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proposal: unik & cloud foundry
Idit Levine
We at Dell EMC would like to propose to contribute project unik (https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/unik) and its integration with Cloud Foundry (https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/cf-unik-buildpack) to Cloud Foundry community.
You can find the full official proposal at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9GakKpm6DMniJpWB-fqhE13SSPaj4-3sOWZ-I5nVyA/edit?usp=sharing
We of course welcome input and feedback on the proposal via inline commentary on the proposal document or directly to me.
Idit
One clarification, we propose it to the CF incubation program.
On Mar 16, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Michael Maximilien
Thanks for this submission Idit and Dell/EMC.
I look forward to comments from community as we work this though the
CF-extensions process.
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:25 PM Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We at Dell EMC would like to propose to contribute project unik (
https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/unik) and its integration with Cloud
Foundry (https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/cf-unik-buildpack) to Cloud
Foundry community.
You can find the full official proposal at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9GakKpm6DMniJpWB-fqhE13SSPaj4-3sOWZ-I5nVyA/edit?usp=sharing
We of course welcome input and feedback on the proposal via inline
commentary on the proposal document or directly to me.
dr.max Sent from my iPhone http://maximilien.org
Hi Idit,
Thanks for sending out the proposal, and thanks for giving your talk in
Santa Clara last year, which I attended and was excited by.
I've read the proposal and heard the talk, but I'll be frank - I still
don't get it. That may well be because I'm a simpleton who doesn't know
much about kernels, let alone unikernels, but if I don't ask some silly
questions I'll probably never know.
- Cloud Foundry aside, how does Unik go from receiving some app code to
know exactly which kernel features are needed for the application at run
time? This is the part that seems most magical to me.
- Where is the Unik daemon running - presumably somewhere of the
operators choice, mostly likely as a BOSH-deployed job?
- What happens if the Unik daemon dies - is it stateful? Will unikernels
continue to run and be manageable?
- Does the unikernel image get created at app staging time?
- Has there been any discussion about how to strategically implement
this alongside Diego, instead of the tactical solution of 'going through'
Diego?
I'm excited by the promise of unikernels - being able to cut out so much
bloat and indirection would be a massive win for efficiency if they usurped
containers as a unit of currency. I wonder how much CO2 emission we could
avoid by stripping abstraction away, instead of piling it on!
Daniel Jones - CTO
@DanielJonesEB <https://twitter.com/DanielJonesEB>
*EngineerBetter* Ltd <http://www.engineerbetter.com> - UK Cloud Foundry
On 16 March 2017 at 21:09, Michael Maximilien <mmaximilien(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You can find the full official proposal at: https://docs.google.com/
document/d/1Q9GakKpm6DMniJpWB-fqhE13SSPaj4-3sOWZ-I5nVyA/edit?usp=sharing
Hi, Idit,
Is there any updates on the concerns Daniel raised? Also, note comments in
According to our process, when comments are not addressed, proposals become
stalled and then are subject to be removed from CF-extensions consideration.
Thanks in advance for addressing all comments.
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 4:33 AM Daniel Jones <
daniel.jones(a)engineerbetter.com> wrote:
- Cloud Foundry aside, how does Unik go from receiving some app code
to know exactly which kernel features are needed for the application at run
- What happens if the Unik daemon dies - is it stateful? Will
unikernels continue to run and be manageable?
On 16 March 2017 at 21:09, Michael Maximilien <mmaximilien(a)gmail.com>
Sorry for the late reply and thank you for the comments. Please see my answers inline.
Cloud Foundry aside, how does Unik go from receiving some app code to know exactly which kernel features are needed for the application at run time? This is the part that seems most magical to me.
First, Unik is not the one who make that decision, this decision is being done by the tool that build the unikernel and it is different tool for each unikernel type.
For example in IncludeOS, the mechanism used for extracting only what is needed from the operating system, is the one provided by default by modern linkers. Each part of the OS is compiled into an object-file, such as ip4.o, udp.o, pci_device.o etc., which are then combined using ar to form a static library os.a. When a program links with this library, only what's necessary will automatically be extracted by the linker and end up in the final binary. To facilitate this build process a custom toolchain has been created.
Hope that make sense.
Where is the Unik daemon running - presumably somewhere of the operators choice, mostly likely as a BOSH-deployed job?
Yes, it is the Operators jobs and it will be smart to create BOSH release to UniK - right now the install process is done by running 'make'.
What happens if the Unik daemon dies - is it stateful? Will unikernels continue to run and be manageable?
The unikernels will continue running but will not be managed by UniK until the daemon will be restarted - just like docker.
Does the unikernel image get created at app staging time?
If the image is not pre built it will be built it, otherwise the existence image will be used.
Has there been any discussion about how to strategically implement this alongside Diego, instead of the tactical solution of 'going through' Diego?
I am going to set time with Chip help and we can all discuss it together. I think that clean integration should be done in Garden. But it should be discussed and decided by the community.
I hope that clarify some of your concerns and please feel free to ask me any question.
On Mar 23, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Daniel Jones <daniel.jones(a)engineerbetter.com> wrote:
Thanks for sending out the proposal, and thanks for giving your talk in Santa Clara last year, which I attended and was excited by.
I've read the proposal and heard the talk, but I'll be frank - I still don't get it. That may well be because I'm a simpleton who doesn't know much about kernels, let alone unikernels, but if I don't ask some silly questions I'll probably never know.
I'm excited by the promise of unikernels - being able to cut out so much bloat and indirection would be a massive win for efficiency if they usurped containers as a unit of currency. I wonder how much CO2 emission we could avoid by stripping abstraction away, instead of piling it on!
EngineerBetter Ltd <http://www.engineerbetter.com/> - UK Cloud Foundry Specialists
On 16 March 2017 at 21:09, Michael Maximilien <mmaximilien(a)gmail.com <mailto:mmaximilien(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
I look forward to comments from community as we work this though the CF-extensions process.
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:25 PM Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com <mailto:idit.levine(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
On Mar 16, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com <mailto:idit.levine(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
We at Dell EMC would like to propose to contribute project unik (https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/unik <https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/unik>) and its integration with Cloud Foundry (https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/cf-unik-buildpack <https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/cf-unik-buildpack>) to Cloud Foundry community.
You can find the full official proposal at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9GakKpm6DMniJpWB-fqhE13SSPaj4-3sOWZ-I5nVyA/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9GakKpm6DMniJpWB-fqhE13SSPaj4-3sOWZ-I5nVyA/edit?usp=sharing>
dr.max Sent from my iPhone http://maximilien.org <http://maximilien.org/>
Could we use time at the CF summit for f2f discussions?
There are also some comments in the docs. I added one more today w.r.t. to
the BOSH CPI and interface in Unik.
Anyhow, we could of course have more than one discussion.
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:11 AM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry for the late reply and thank you for the comments. Please see my
answers inline.
First, Unik is not the one who make that decision, this decision is being
done by the tool that build the unikernel and it is different tool for each
unikernel type.
For example in IncludeOS, the mechanism used for extracting only what is
needed from the operating system, is the one provided by default by modern
linkers. Each part of the OS is compiled into an object-file, such as
ip4.o, udp.o, pci_device.o etc., which are then combined using ar to form a
static library os.a. When a program links with this library, only what's
necessary will automatically be extracted by the linker and end up in the
final binary. To facilitate this build process a custom toolchain has been
Yes, it is the Operators jobs and it will be smart to create BOSH release
to UniK - right now the install process is done by running 'make'.
The unikernels will continue running but will not be managed by UniK until
the daemon will be restarted - just like docker.
If the image is not pre built it will be built it, otherwise the existence
image will be used.
I am going to set time with Chip help and we can all discuss it together.
I think that clean integration should be done in Garden. But it should be
discussed and decided by the community.
I hope that clarify some of your concerns and please feel free to ask me
any question.
On Mar 23, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Daniel Jones <daniel.jones(a)engineerbetter.com>
+44 (0)79 8000 9153 <+44%207980%20009153>
*EngineerBetter* Ltd <http://www.engineerbetter.com/> - UK Cloud Foundry
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:25 PM Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com>
On Mar 16, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com>
https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/unik) and its integration with
Cloud Foundry (https://github.com/emc-advanced-dev/cf-unik-buildpack)
to Cloud Foundry community.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9GakKpm6DMniJpWB-fqhE13
SSPaj4-3sOWZ-I5nVyA/edit?usp=sharing
http://maximilien.org
http://blog.maximilien.com
Sounds good. I reply to the BOSH comment and it should defiantly be part of the discussion.
It make a lot of sense to held a f2f discussion at Cloud foundry summit. Chip, thoughts ?
I believe I reply to all the comments.
On Apr 13, 2017, at 4:29 AM, Michael Maximilien <mmaximilien(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There are also some comments in the docs. I added one more today w.r.t. to the BOSH CPI and interface in Unik.
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:11 AM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com <mailto:idit.levine(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
On Mar 23, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Daniel Jones <daniel.jones(a)engineerbetter.com <mailto:daniel.jones(a)engineerbetter.com>> wrote:
+44 (0)79 8000 9153 <tel:+44%207980%20009153>
http://maximilien.org <http://maximilien.org/>
http://blog.maximilien.com <http://blog.maximilien.com/>
Chip Childers <cchilders@...>
We can do it at summit if we want to wait that long. Is that the path that
you'd like Idit? If so, I can get a place scheduled for an open community
discussion around it.
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:39 AM Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sounds good. I reply to the BOSH comment and it should defiantly be part
of the discussion.
It make a lot of sense to held a f2f discussion at Cloud foundry summit.
Chip, thoughts ?
On Apr 13, 2017, at 4:29 AM, Michael Maximilien <mmaximilien(a)gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:11 AM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com>
The unikernels will continue running but will not be managed by UniK
until the daemon will be restarted - just like docker.
If the image is not pre built it will be built it, otherwise the
existence image will be used.
On Mar 23, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Daniel Jones <
Chip Childers
CTO, Cloud Foundry Foundation
Ramiro Salas
I really, really like this Unikernel approach, and the proxy idea for CF is very clever. It would remove a lot of adoption roadblocks from the security perspective, since you are now dealing with fully hardware-protected instances.
I think my main concern is that in essence, you are now booting micro-VMs, not containers, so the artifact is now openly exposed and protected only by whatever security group the IaaS can provide. This can be appreciated in the video of the talk when the IPs for each running app instance can be clearly observed. So they can't take advantage of constructs like Cell NATing, ASGs or Isolation Segments, AppArmor, Seccomp, etc. At least not apparently.
Could unik-spawned AIs live in overlay space with Netman? that would work nicely with the new networking model. If policy can be applied to the AI and enforced by the CNI-based SDN layer, then it would be a nice adaptation.
On a similar note, we now shift the scheduling responsibility from Diego to the IaaS essentially. And albeit the images are very small, are all IaaS capable of handling the speed and the transient nature of AIs constantly scaling up and down? Can all IaaSs achieve the 250K instance capacity that we know Diego with Garden can?
Ramiro Salas | @ramirosalas | Ecosystem Engineering @ Pivotal
Idit,
I spoke with Dr. Max about this proposal, and he and I both think that
walking through the project and proposal live with the community would be
best done during the monthly CAB call. The next call is on 5/17 at 11 AM
Eastern US Time.
Hopefully that works for you!
-chip
It does. Looking forward!
On Apr 28, 2017, at 4:43 PM, Chip Childers <cchilders(a)cloudfoundry.org> wrote:
I spoke with Dr. Max about this proposal, and he and I both think that walking through the project and proposal live with the community would be best done during the monthly CAB call. The next call is on 5/17 at 11 AM Eastern US Time.
EngineerBetter Ltd - UK Cloud Foundry Specialists
Wonderful. I can give you up to 15 mins. We use Zoom so you can share your screen if you want to do demo / presentation.
Look forward to it. Let me know if you need anything from me.
ibm cloud labs
sillicon valley, ca
maximilien.org
On Apr 29, 2017, at 12:40 AM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Great, looking forward and thanks for your help.
On Apr 29, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Michael Maximilien <maxim(a)us.ibm.com> wrote:
maximilien.org <http://maximilien.org/>
On Apr 29, 2017, at 12:40 AM, Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com <mailto:idit.levine(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
On Apr 28, 2017, at 4:43 PM, Chip Childers <cchilders(a)cloudfoundry.org <mailto:cchilders(a)cloudfoundry.org>> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:39 AM Idit Levine <idit.levine(a)gmail.com <mailto:idit.levine(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
On Apr 13, 2017, at 4:29 AM, Michael Maximilien <mmaximilien(a)gmail.com <mailto:mmaximilien(a)gmail.com>> wrote:


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In Los Angeles, Measure J got 66.1 percent of the vote. But it takes 66.7 percent. Out of 2.8 million votes cast, with the vast majority in support, the measure lost by just 15,961 votes. Again, rule by the minority. So this time, we lost, and it was a costly defeat.
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Last night mum stayed up late (11pm) reading and I had super restless itchy legs, so didn't get to sleep for ages :(:(:( Consequently woke up tired and grumpy. Then I was looking at the maps again and got depressed all over again at the really bad seat rotation scheme that doesn't alternate sides of the coach. Pissed off with the world and didn't want to be sociable at breakfast. In fact I was so upset I sat down looking at my food wondering if I'd even be able to stomach it.
Left a bit after 8am.
Once again, people with the awesome window seats on the right side of the coach slept most of the morning. Seriously why would you even bother coming on a trip like this if you're just going to sleep the whole way through it??? The only advantage of them sleeping was that they didn't take up half the window trying to take their own photos. There was one point where there was an awesome view to the left, and some other points later in the day I was able to lean across people to get some nice photos on the right.
We also took a ferry ride across one of the fjords because there's no road.
Lunch was at the lovely fjord-side town of Fauske. We had leftover chicken from last night's meal, and an icecream. The sun had also well and truly come out, so was feeling a lot better.
After lunch we left the fjords for a bit and headed into the hills, and I think most of the coach snoozed, including me.
On the way back south over the Arctic circle we stopped at the visitor's centre there for a break and we saw the little movie they had which was quite informative. Of course the Arctic circle isn't there anymore, it's wandered north (at 14 metres per year) so is now a ways north of the current visitor's centre. But it was still cool anyway.
Continued down and past more fjords and mountains, although not as spectacular. Watched a short film with Joanna Lumley about her trip to the Arctic to see the northern lights.
I was in a tshirt all day today. I did put my coat on for the ferry ride. But even in the snow at the arctic circle I was just in my tshirt. Silly really.
Dinner was in the hotel - buffet style. Pretty average meal really, but dessert was nice enough. A bunch of them were going to go for a walk after dinner, and I'd have loved to have gone, especially as we've done literally no exercise all day, but that would add another hour to going to bed time and I'm exhausted.
Slept reasonably well again last night. Taking the doona out of its cover certainly does seem to work. I just have this weird mental block against doing it, because that's not How Things Should Be Done.
Decent breakfast again. 7:30 out the door.
Long driving day today. Past lots of fjords.
The seat rotation has put us on the wrong side of the coach to see them. As we're driving south, all the fjords are on the right, and we're on the left of the coach pretty much until the end of the trip. So this sux epically.
But what's worse is that the lucky people on the right side of the coach are WASTING IT!!!! We're in some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, and many of the people with the right side window seats were sleeping or reading or playing on their tablets. Why even bother doing this tour people?? If these people don't care about looking at the scenery they should swap with people that do (read: me). As it was I was hanging over people trying to see out the windows for the morning and get photos where possible. It was the most frustrating and then depressing morning so far. I. Hate. People. A lot.
Had a photo stop in Gildetun up on the side of a moutnain, a morning pitstop in Storslett and a lunch pitstop in Nordkjosbotn.
After that the weather closed in and made visibility pretty poor, and we were going over the mountains not next to the fjords so I ended up having a bit of a snooze.
Had a toilet pitstop in Bjerkvik.
Late in the afternoon we ended up back on the border in Riksgransen in Sweden to take beautiful train trip down from the border along one of the fjords and into Narvik. Very pretty, although it was very grey and dreary. Can see how it would be even more spectacular on a good day. At least I got a good window seat for it.
So even though the room was the coolest, most comfortable room of the trip, the thick warm doonas meant overheating anyway. So that and all the lights from hopeless blinds meant I didn't sleep all that well. Did I mention we didn't get to bed til after 1am? And I had restless legs so couldn't get to sleep for ages? Although I didn't feel as tired today as I felt yesterday. Go figure. Probably because we had a fairly late start so slept in til about 7am.
Breakfast options were fairly limited. No bacon again! *gasp* Ended up having quite a lot of potato, so a very "carby" breakfast.
Then blogged yesterday from the hotel lobby (only hotel so far on this particular trip that we've not had wifi in the rooms).
Left around 10:30am. Had a couple of small photo stops which was nice - one for the town of Honningsvag, although the light was pretty bad, and one for the fjord, but that one had some reindeer just there which made the stop worthwhile, as it wasn't really a good place for a photo. Turns out the photo stops were just fillers to take up time - because otherwise we'd have been too early to the tiny restaurant we went to for lunch - which had another tour bus there and so we timed it to get there just after they left. I just had an ice cream for lunch, as I felt like I'd just had breakfast.
Drove onto Alta and to the hotel, around 3pm. Went and found the laundry and thought we'd have a go at doing some washing.
The machine was a very complicated Bosch with way too many cycles all labelled in Norwegian, with no english instructions. Found one cycle that said it would take 43 minutes. It took nearly an hour, and even then didn't spin the clothes very dry. So then into the drier. Another Bosch with far too many options. Whatever happened to two dials on a drier: temperature and timer ?? Why so damned complicated?? After forty minutes we went back and the clothes weren't dry at all. Mum went back again later, fiddled, went to reception to ask for help, found out the drying tray was full of water, tried again, and after probably two an a half hours since we started, gave up and brought all the washing back to the room to try it here.
By this time of course it's 6:30 pm and all I've had to eat since breakfast is an ice cream so I was feeling pretty miserable. So we went out for dinner - just across the way to a little shopping mall. Found a little pizza place and shared a small pizza.
Feel like a big fat blob. Didn't do *any* exercise today (other than a few walks up and down three or four flights of stairs on account of the elevators in the hotel being out of service). It certainly hasn't helped that's it raining here (guess we won't be seeing the midnight sun tonight!), and we're not really anywhere near the fjord anyway, and all the dramas with the washing). At least the blinds look to be good shut out blinds, so hopefully we'll get some sleep.
The hotel we had last night had an even more open bathroom door. This one you could into the toilet as well as the shower with a couple of clear breaks in the frosted glass. Weird. Also no plugs for the sink to do washing, *but* they do have a free guest laundry, which we used this morning before breakfast (thanks mum!).
Sleep was a bit broken last night. Aircon got it relatively cool, but still overheated with the doona on. I think I might pull the doona out of its cover tonight.
Breakfast choices were a little limited this morning, but still had mostly my usual breakfast (which is getting smaller by the day).
Headed out at 8am. Had a pitstop midmorning, and continued onto Oulu for lunch. We had subway for lunch (I haven't had subway in a month!) and then wandered around the foreshore area looking at all the cute buildings.
Sadly I've lost my mini usb cable :(:(:(:(:( It must have either fallen out at the hotel at some point overnight (maybe at dinner, or breakfast, or in the room), or when pulling the camera out during our stop in Oulu. I'm pretty sad about it too, because that was the cable that I got with my Sony DSC-F828 camera in 2004, and it's been in that camera bag that entire time.
Dinner tonight was in the hotel restaurant. Salad for entree was nice enough. Mains was meant to be chicken with vegetables, but was actually chicken, fries and huge amounts of bbq sauce. The chicken was lovely but we were wondering what happened to the veggies. Dessert was a nice piece of chocolate cake.
So the hotel we had in Helsinki had these weird bathroom walls that were just glass with a bit of paint on them which plenty of see through spaces to see in from the outside. Managed to convince the thermostat to go down to about 19C (not sure that it actually did) so slept relatively well. In fact we had an early night (21:30) and slept through til 6:30!
Breakfast didn't start til 7am though, and they wanted to leave at 8am, so it was a very rushed breakfast for us (the room was pretty chaotic too, but we went to a second room which was a lot quieter).
Then it was driving driving driving north out of Helsinki.
We had a morning pitstop. I got frustrated with the people sitting in front of us (and will be for the entire trip) who just fuss around when the coach stops and block everyone else getting off the coach. Even the dude's wife was like "stand aside to let people out" but he didn't care :( I hate people.
More driving. Finland is like 74% forest so that's pretty much all we saw all day. Mostly young growth by the look of it as timber is Finland's primary industry.
After the first pitstop they put on some Sibelius. The first track being Finlandia. Except our tour guide will. not. shut. up. He talked for about 80 of the 90 minutes of the first leg this morning and as soon as Finlandia came on after the pitstop he talked just about all the way through it. Sad times.
Lunch was at a similar roadside combo of supermarket and cafeteria.
When we got to Kuopio in the afternoon we went up the tower overlooking the lakes and the town. I couldn't be stuffed waiting in the huge queue for the lifts, so walked up the steps! All 380 or so of them (mum counted)!
Dumped our stuff, accosted the bellboy and took our own bags up to our rooms, then went for a wander around the town. Lovely weather and we walked all the way down to the lake and back.
Tried to get onto the internet but my laptop refuses to connect to the wifi. The phones connect just fine though. Go figure. Also, turns out this hotel (and apparently the next one) has a free guest laundry. Maybe that's a thing in Finland. Good to know.
Since we couldn't listen to Finlandia on the coach, I found a beautiful video on YouTube (on my phone since the laptop won't connect - sad times) with Finnish landscapes and animals - just lovely.
Dinner was in the steakhouse downstairs in the hotel. Entree was a delicious vegetable soup (mostly tomato). Mains was "crispy beef brisket" whih was just amazing. So tender and tasty. Dessert was a nice enough pannacotta.
I've had something under my left upper eyelid since this afternoon and it's super frustrating :(:(:( edit: managed to get rid of it before bed.
Slept reasonably well on the ferry. It was super calm so could barely feel the ship moving at all. Except we didn't close the blinds so could see a red glow on the horizon at 2am, and it was super sunny at 4am. Which is when we woke up. Whoops.
Breakfast was more chaos but otherwise pretty good.
Arrived at Helsinki at 10am and disembarked quite easily.
We had a local guide did a bit of a tour of Helsinki, driving around and seeing quite a bit.
We had a short photo stop at the Olympic stadium from 1952.
Then down to the Sebalius monument. Which was quite pretty in the morning sun.
Except. Could not get a clear photo of it. An Indian tour group turned up at the same time and they can't just take photos of things, every single one of them needs to have multiple photos of themselves taken. Which means I couldn't get a photo without annoying people in it. I was fuming by the time we had to leave.
Next stop was the Rock Church, which is a pretty cool church they built into a granite hill and put a roof over the top.
Continued driving around for a little while longer before being dumped in square next to the Lutheran cathedral and told to entertain ourselves for an hour and a half. hrmm. So mum and I went into the Lutheran cathedral, wandered through the waterside markets, and went into the orthodox church before meeting back at the square.
Got taken to the hotel next where we dumped out stuff and I checked out how the local public transport system worked. Decided to go back to the Sebalius monument by bus. Found the little kiosk that sells tickets and got ourselves a two hour ticket for EUR 4.30. Got the bus with no problems.
We had the monument almost to ourselves for a little while and it's quite photogenic. Then another couple of tour groups turned up so we got out of there.
Walked over to the trams and caught one back into town.
Walked around the foreshore a bit, taking photos of the old sailing ships, and then we watched the ferry leave back to Stockholm.
Took another tram up to Central to see the station, then another tram to near our hotel. So three trams and a bus - pretty good value for our two hour ticket!
At the hotel we dumped more stuff then headed out for dinner. Found a Japanese restaurant and had some very nice teriyaki salmon. Then back to the hotel where mum went and used the internet and I reorganised the suitcase and general got myself feeling more in control.
Last night we set the room thermostat to 5C. It barely got cooler than ambient temperature. And couldn't open the window either.
Breakfast had a bigger selection of food, on account of being a much bigger hotel. They had potato and mushrooms which was nice.
Hopped on the 7:36 #635 bus to the terminals (it was super packed :( ).
Got to terminal 2 and there was a Subway (I really felt like Subway for dinner last night but we didn't find it - doh!).
Used the machines to check out suitcases through and that worked pretty well. Went through security, where they got me to turn the camera on and take a photo to make sure it really was a camera. And got a tarmac tour to get to the plane.
Got to Copenhagen but our bags didn't come up the appointed carousel. And we weren't the only ones missing bags. But they finally finally came up - they must have lost a trolley along the way somewhere. Got some cash out, then waited for our transfer to the hotel from our tour group.
We got a 15th floor room, but sadly facing away from the city. No aircon to speak of either. But the window opens so hopefully it'll cool down overnight.
When we got here I needed to grab something light for lunch. Except I've said before, Copenhagen is *huge*, and it took a full half an hour to walk from our hotel to somewhere with light food options. After walking up and down a pedestrian section near the town hall I gave up and chose the Scottish Restaurant, because you can get small meals there (I just had some fries with mayo).
By the time I got back to the hotel, two hours had passed :(:( So much for a quiet afternoon catching up on blogging, backing up photos etc. Only got an hour before we had to head down for the tour starting meeting and dinner.
Dinner was ok - a bit of a buffet, so could regulate what we ate a bit better. They also included a couple of drinks, which may be the last I have on this trip on account of the price of everything here.
After dinner we headed out again - up to Tivoli Gardens. This was originally on the itinerary for this tour, but in recent week wasn't on the itinerary for the tour on their website. So I was a bit annoyed that we'd paid to go see and wouldn't get to (it's ~20AUD just to get in). So that was pretty good that we did in fact get to go in. Had a lovely wander through the park. Wanted to go on some rides but it was all too complicated with bags and stuff and not really having enough time. Even got some freshly made fairy floss which you can't get in Australia anymore, you can only get packed stuff. So that was all very nice and it was all very pretty as the lights came on.
We got back to the entrance one minute late (on account of *hoards* of people coming in the gates) and there was *noone* there. So we thought we'd misunderstood the meeting place. Mum stayed there while I went to the other place I thought maybe we should have been meeting. Twice. But no. They'd all fricken gone off without us. So now we're going to have a reputation with the rest of the tour (forty fricken people) as being people to be late and hold everyone up. Completely pissed off about it all.
Woke up 5am. But I was stressing about getting washing done and having breakfast before getting into town by 9:15am. So I wasn't getting back to sleep.
So we got up and headed down to the laundromat. Except they must have forgotten to turn the alarm off because this siren kept going off. I was super tired and hungry and the loud noise made my brain explode. We don't think we managed to get any detergent into the machine. Sigh.
Took the dried washing back to the hotel, had breakfast, but I was still super tired and grumpy. Finished getting ready and checked out, leaving the bags and the car at the hotel.
Then walked into town. We got to the Festspielhaus at 9:30, which does indeed tour the Felsenreitschule.
They don't allow photos. At least at the moment because they're setup for some festival which starts tomorrow. Well I wasn't going to pay 7 Euro to not be able to take photos, especially when it would have taken up an hour of perfectly good sunlight. Maybe next time.
And that's another thing. The damned weather forecasts are completely useless. They predicted rain for today, but it didn't come until much later in the day, and even then not much while we were still there.
So we walked up behind the festspielhaus and over the ridge to the other side. Walked along Nonnberger Hauptstrasse to find where they all had the carriage ride. Then all the way up to Nonnberg abbey. Went into the church this time which I didn't do last time.
Then back down into the old town to all the platzes where various bits of the movie were filmed, and the Mozartsteg.
Finally walked up to Kaputziner Closter to check out the view back to the old town.
Came back down and went to a place where I'd noticed earlier they sold Salzburger Nockerl, which mum had never heard of. So that was lunch (along with some cream of asparagus soup).
Went back to the hotel to pick up our bags, then headed back to Munich.
By the time we'd checked into the hotel, gotten petrol for the car, returned the car, saw about checking into our flight tomorrow and finding something to eat it was after 9pm :(:( So much for an early night :(:(:( Fortunately I didn't manage to bingle the car, so that was a huge relief. Driving on the wrong side of the road is super stressful! Who knew!
The checkin process was super painful. Terminal 2 at Munich airport only has checkin counters for Lufthansa. And its partner airlines in the fine print. So that was a little confusing. So we went to try checking in with the machines, but it both of our names up incorrectly, then refused to let us checkin. None of the human-operated counters showed general checkins, it was all just "bag drop" stuff. We asked the local Lufthansa help and she just said we just had to get in line with the bag drop queue. Really not a very user-friendly process.
Went into Augsburg first up. Met up with a local guide and went on a walking tour of the city. Had an interesting walk through the Fuggerei settlement, then looked at various buildings, and finished up at St Anna church, where Luther stayed for a while in the cloisters.
Then we got given some free time, so went up the tower in one of the churches, then had a look at the shiny "Goldsaad" - gold room in the Rathaus. Had a bite to eat from maccas (because it was at our meeting place and I knew I could get a small serving of food).
Then we headed to Dachau. Very sad place. Especially the cremetoria. Our guide, Ute, was born in 1938 and had stories to tell about her childhood which was pretty cool.
And finally onto Munich. Our hotel is in the middle of an industrial area, so there's nothing of any interest around. We walked into our room and the first thing I said was "this room stinks". Even though it says it's a non-smoking room on the door, there's an ash tray and matches in the room. We opened the window up wide and the door as well to get some air through which has helped. Others weren't so lucky - they got actual smoking rooms. We were all not very happy at all. And to rub salt into the wounds, they charge ten euros a day for the wifi!!!! Which I flat out refuse to pay given our awful experiences so far. It's worse that we're here for two nights right when I need it for organising the next part of our trip (although for the most part that's mostly organised so not the end of the world). But seriously, what hotel in Germany in 2016 doesn't have free wifi? I think this calls for an uncomplimentary review on TripAdvisor. I went down to reception to start asking questions (like, how can I get into the city? where's the nearest station?). Then moved onto where's the nearest laundromat, which of course he couldn't answer, so I said can we look one up, because I have no resources, to which he said, oh there's a business centre computer I could use. I was hoping for some wifi, but whatevs. Decided it was entirely too difficult to get to a laundromat from here (being in the middle of nowhere and all) so gave up on that idea.
Had dinner in the restaurant downstairs. Ok but very salty. Then back up here to find the desk doesn't have any spare power points. You have to disconnect either the lamp or the tv to get power. So after being spoilt by generally good hotels with all the sorts of services you'd expect, this hotel really ended this particular tour very badly.
Slept til 6am this morning. Had to have the window open all night though so we wouldn't overheat as much.
Breakfast we were quite stressed because mum had lost her jacket somewhere and we couldn't find it and noone had handed it into reception. But after breakfast we asked reception again and this time they had it. So that was a relief.
On the road at 9am, stopped at a reststop for morning tea.
After lunch went on a very meandering tour of Geneva by coach, then a very meandering tour of the old town by foot. Apart from the cemetary where John Calvin is said to be buried, the cathedral, and the Reformation Monument I don't remember much else.
Then back to the hotel to try and figure out what we're going to do tomorrow.
Dinner was at the Edelweiss restaurant nearby. Entree was molten cheese, potato, onions and gherkins - cheeeese! Mains was salmon (nicer than the salmon we had the other night). Dessert was strudel (I was too full to really enjoy it).


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The Hoodie: A Style for the Ages
One item of clothing that seems to have been around for ages, the Hoodie, actually has. The initial style extends back to medieval times when the hooded robe was the daily uniform of the Franciscan Monks. In the 1930's, the transformation of the regular sweatshirt into the hooded version was brought into production by the Feinbloom brothers, who made a zippered, hooded sweatshirt that they marketed to sports players. Today, the Hoodie has become a fashion statement for men, women and children of all ages. It has moved from its position in athletic sportswear to a broader base within the designer world.
The athletic version of the Hoodie is usually made out of cotton, polyester, or a blend and it was either a pull-over or a front zippered style with a tie-able hood. It is produced by and carries the logo all the major sporting brands like Nike, Champion, Under Armor, Adidas, Reebok and countless others. The younger crowd has been marketed to it through music, TV, and specialty interests like skateboarding.
Today, the Hoodie has been brought into 2012 with new fabrics, textures, and colors. With so many designers having their own versions of the Hoodie, it has been allowed to become much more of a fashion statement than ever before. Cotton and polyester have been traded for the luxury of cashmere, wool, and silk to elevate this iconic item to a new level.
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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro:: ethics and the fourth estate
Kenneth M. Kambara on April 16, 2009
When I heard that HuffPo was instituting standards for citizen journalists, my initial thoughts were that this is like having cinematic standards for porn or a paparazzi code of conduct. Jeff Bercovici explains why he feels that the 2,500 or so citizen journalists should follow professional standards. NYU Journalism prof. Jay Rosen has a different views, evident when he explained last year why he thinks that citizen journalists have a place, in light of the Mayhill Fowler dustup about her HuffPo article based on interview with Bill Clinton, where she did not reveal she was a member of the "press." Rosen makes a good point here::
"When we admit the validity of both we expand the social space of the press. That is a good thing. If it has pro and amateur wings maybe the press can fly again. If the pros and lots of citizens care about things like "access" maybe that will expand the accessible zone in politics. Dave Winer said it this weekend: Blow up the Beltway. My formulation is milder: expand the press!"
I understand that by professionalizing the act of journalism, it lends the institution of journalism an air of legitimacy. There are supposedly formalized rules of engagement that engender trust {or something more like a grudging acceptance, perhaps} with subjects and readers alike.
I'm not buying it. Jonathan Alter of Newsweek complained about Fowler, which was tantamount to whining about how his job is getting tougher with the advent of citizen journalists::
"This makes it very difficult for the rest of us to do our jobs…If you don't have trust, you don't get good stories. If someone comes along and uses deception to shatter that trust, she has hurt the very cause of a free flow of public information that [Fowler] claims she wants to assist. You identify yourself when you're interviewing somebody…It's just a form of cheating not to."
Please. Maybe the "trust" is really an instrumentalist manifestation of journalism beholden to capitalism. Professional journalists need to feed a costly machine that generates revenues. Good for them. Although, I offer that when capitalism is tied to journalism, you often get infotainment. Is the "trust" really a quid-pro-quo exchange of favours? Journalists play by certain "rules" to get stories to feed a revenue-generating news machine.
Is Dateline NBC practising good journalistic integrity in its "To Catch a Predator" ruse::
Hey, alleged child molesters are an easy target, so it's all for the best, right? Never mind that professional journalism was found engaging in entrapment of a Assistant District Attorney who committed suicide over being targeted in the "sting" operation.
While I surmise that most professional journalists would decry these tactics and To Catch a Predator would not be viewed by many as professional journalism, it highlights how journalistic integrity within that institution is far from above reproach.
I've argued that satire masquerading as journalism can serve the journalistic function outside the institution of journalism. It should be noted that Colbert and Stewart are still a part of infotainment, albeit with a different stance. I'm all for a plurality of voices and stances in the media. I'm more interested in the journalistic function of the fourth estate than preserving some abstract notion of the institution of journalism as a craft. I'd rather see journalists push the envelope à la Hunter S. Thompson, rather than play it safe or curry favor with advertisers. ¡Viva Gonzo!
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ellemac — April 16, 2009
Another great post, Ken.
With respect to HuffPo's posting of its citizen journalist standards, I'm sure the timing was due to their aggressive solicitation of new recruits to cover as many of the so-called Tea Parties that happened on Tax Day as possible. It does seem like it's about time. (I don't quite get Jay Rosen's argument that "I'm not sure we can tell all 1,700 contributors, 'You're all reporters for the Huffington Post'" – seems like they just did, and all they had to do was post a blog...)
What troubles me a bit about the Mayhill Flower encounter with Bill Clinton is how it seems to further the expectation that politicians and other public figures must be public at all times, that there is never any "down time" when they can take off the mask of public rhetoric and express themselves freely as private citizens. To be sure, Mayhill Flower questioned Bill Clinton at a public event, so maybe it's not the best example. But I do think it's unfortunate that the guy can't just have a moment of personal (and colourful) expression in response to a question that was posed by a sympathetic party. Clinton should have known better, but it's a drag that he can't just call a spade a spade without making national headlines about it. With citizen journalists lurking in every corner, I suspect politicians will get more and more reticent about expressing anything other than tired, meaningless talking points that we've all heard over and over.
So maybe I kind of agree with the Newsweek crybaby. I'm not sure; I'll have to think about it some more.
Hang on a sec. I'm disturbed that I have find myself arguing for restriction of information. I feel that as a disenfranchised Gen X webhead, I have forsaken my cultural roots.
Meh. (That's better.)
Kenneth M. Kambara — April 17, 2009
Yes, I failed to mention the context of the teaparties. Thanks. I like the idea of citizen journalists, no, ALL journalists not being restricted in how they get their information. So, I'm taking issue with these HuffPo guidelines::
"7) ALWAYS IDENTIFY YOURSELF
Do not misrepresent yourself when you interact with a source. Before you start quoting them, you should tell them that you are reporting the story for Huffington Post. Always treat your sources respectfully.
8 ) IDENTIFYING SOURCES
Make the greatest possible effort to get your sources to go "on the record" - which means that you can use their quotes. But if they don't want to be quoted, respect their right not to be named..."
I like the idea of a journalist feeling free to infiltrate a hate group, pose as a customer, or go undercover in an institution. Should there be guidelines to prevent the Dateline fiascos? Absolutely.
I tend to view celebrities and public officials as not having the luxury of "down time." I'm ALL FOR politicians being more candid. The media and the public seem to be eager for those embarrassing "fart in church" soundbites.
The danger for politicians who are so concerned about perceptions is coming across as bland (or from Uxbridge). If a reticence to make comments more than "no comment" or "I'll get back to you" becomes pervasive, I'm sure some will differentiate themselves by having opinions/backbone.
I'm one of the handful of people who saw and actually liked De Palma's adaptation of Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities." The media "jackals" {including Willis as Fallow}, evocative of a Fellini film, don't bother me that much. I see them as serving a function and would rather see more aggressive tactics than ones "overly" sensitive to the subject or treating audiences with kid gloves. In Web 2.0, the stakes are high since a miscue can go viral and public opinion can change on a dime, so everyone covered by media {defined broadly} has to be on guard.
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The truth and change, 2: Technoredemption Goes Pro « truth and rocket science — August 29, 2009
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'It's All About Screens.' This is the Daily Diary of Screens. On Saturday, August 1, 2015, CBS finished #1 as ''48 Hours'' was the top program. BBC One was #1 in the UK as 'Casual+y' was the top program. Seven finished #1 in Australia but ''ABC News Saturday' was the top program. SUNDAY AUSTRALIAN OVERNIGHT TV RATINGS (*SEE BELOW)
Today, traditional TV still accounts for the lion's share of video viewing, but online and mobile are where the growth is. When managed together, TV/digital/mobile hold the potential to drive real impact for advertisers—enabling them to maximize the customers they reach and/or reinforce key messaging across screens. After all, 'It's all about screens'.
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For Saturday, August 1, 2015 (Posted on August 2, 2015)
CBS #1 Saturday as '48 Hours' top program.
The Tiffany Network was #1 again, for the second straight night in prime time on Saturday. At 8P, a rerun of the pilot episode of 'Madam Secretary', which was one of the best this past season, finished with 2.31 million viewers. At 9P, a rerun of '40 Hours' finished with an average 3.53 million viewers. Then at 10P, another rerun of '48 Hours' finished with an average 3.85 million viewers, which was #1 for the evening.
The Alphabet Network was second on Saturday. At 8P, a rerun of 'Celebrity Family Feud' finished with an average 2.92 million viewers. Then at 9P, another rerun of 'Celebrity Family Feud' finished with an average 2.32 million viewers. But it was at 10P that Walt's World lost its steam as 'Boston EMS' finished with an average 2.87 million viewers.
The Peacock Network finished just ahead of Animal Network on Saturday with a dismal performance. At 8P, a rerun of 'Running Wild With Bear Grylls' finished with an average 1.55 million viewers and shockingly, it was the top rated program for 30 Rock on Saturday. Then at 9P, 'Aquarius' with a new episode finished with a 1.45 million viewers. Finally at 10P, 'Hannibal' finished with an average 1.05 million viewers. Sad. Disappointing. Disgusting performance by the programmers of Sarnoff Siti.
The Animal Network of Broadcast died on Saturday. Here is a network that has the rights for Major League Baseball and it didn't put any of the games on the schedule in prime time on Saturday. That is proof for any pink slip coming to the programming department of Murdochville. Instead, at 8P, they gave us a rerun of 'Home Free' which brought in a whopping 1.21 million viewers. And at 9P, they decided to give us yet another episode of 'Home Free' which had an average 1.37 million viewers. It couldn't even beat 'Aquarius'. When you can't beat Manson watchers, you are in deep, deep trouble.
CBS finished #1 on Saturday with an average 3.230 million viewers. ABC finished #2 with an average 3.033 million viewers. NBC edged into #3 with an average 1.349 million viewers. FOX finished #4 with an average 1.292 million viewers.
On this date in 1963, revelations begin to emerge that contestants in US television quiz shows with high-value prizes are given answers to questions in advance, most notably Charles Van Doren, who had become a celebrity through his winning streak on NBC's 'Twenty-One' in 1957, which ended on 11 March 1958.
Mobile To Drive Huge 20% Increase In Online Video Viewing in 2016
How much more content can we watch? New findings from ZenithOptimedia suggest the average amount time people will spend consuming online video each day will increase by 23.3% in 2015 and by a further 19.8% in 2016. The growth in video consumption is being driven by the rapid rise of smartphone and tablet penetration across the globe, together with the resulting changes in consumer behaviour. Video consumption on mobile devices is forecast to grow by 43.9% in 2015 and 34.8% in 2016. Meanwhile, video consumption on non-mobile devices will continue to grow, though at more moderate rates, increasing by 9.5% in 2015 and 6.5% in 2016.
ZenithOptimedia expects mobile to become the main platform for viewing online video next year. In 2012 mobile devices accounted for 22.9% of time spend watching online video worldwide. By 2014, this proportion had risen to 40.1%, and Zenith expects it to reach 52.7% in 2016 and 58.1% in 2017.
ZenithOptimedia also predicts that the number of people regularly watching traditional, linear TV will peak this year, and will start to decline for the first time in 2016. The report states that the number of regular linear TV viewers will rise 3.1% in 2015 but then shrink by 1.9% in 2016 and 0.9% in 2017.
TV Campaigns Extend Reach Via Facebook Ads
Facebook has seen success with video ad placements, and recent research indicates that TV advertisers are leveraging the social network to stretch the reach of their campaigns. According to March 2015 research by Nielsen for Facebook IQ, Facebook helps advertisers running television campaigns target younger age segments that are harder to reach on TV. Facebook-only entertainment ad campaigns in the US reached 13.4% of the 18-to-24 targeted age group, or nearly a quarter of overall reach among the demographic. Cross-platform campaigns delivered an average reach of 15.5%, or almost 27% of the total. Meanwhile, among those ages 25 to 34, cross-platform ads reached 14.0% of the targeted age group and Facebook-only campaigns about 10%, representing 22.3% and nearly 15% of total campaign reach, respectively. The boosts are particularly significant when one considers that nearly seven in 10 people reached on Facebook of all ages fell in the 18-to-34 range, vs. 26% share of those on TV, emphasizing the huge reach advertisers can gain among these younger demographics by going beyond television.
Video continues to expand its share of both mobile and total Facebook ad dollars. According to research from Nanigans, video increased its share of overall Facebook ad spending worldwide by 23% between Q1 2015 and Q2 2015, from 13% to 16%. Growth was even more impressive when it came to mobile ads, where video's portion of spending rose by 40% quarter over quarter, from 15% to 21%.
According to Kinetic Social, video's share of Facebook ad dollars is larger in the US, where the format accounted for almost 27% of advertiser spend on the social network in Q2 2015. While this was slightly lower than its 28.0% share in Q1 2015, it was nearly double the portion it grabbed in Q4 2014 and more than triple that in Q2 2014. Overall, eMarketer estimated in April 2015 that Facebook ad spending worldwide would jump nearly 35% this year to reach $15.50 billion. At the same time, we forecast that Facebook mobile internet ad revenues would hit $11.01 billion globally in 2015, up 48.4% year over year.
Top Ten Box Office for Weekend 31 July-2 August 2015 (thru Saturday) Domestic Only
#1 Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation $56,400,000 in 3,956 theaters
#2 Vacation $14,850,000 in 3,411 theaters
#3 Ant-Man $12,619,000 in 3,322 theaters
#4 Minions $12,200,000 in 3,575 theaters
#5 Pixels $10,400,000 in 3,723 theaters
#6 Trainwreck $ 9,700,000 in 2,690 theaters
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The Big One had 'Casual+y' and it topped the evening on Saturday in the UK. First, at 6.25P, an airing of the Spielberg movie, 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' with Harrison Ford finished with an averaged 3.15 million viewers (22.1%). Then, 'The National Lottery: Five Star Family Reunion' brought in an average 3.18 million viewers. But it was at 910P, 'Casual+y' finished with an average 3.98 million viewers and a 22.6% share of the available audience to finished #1 for the evening in the UK.
The Independent One brought out a little music for the evening as at 630P, 'Mamma Mia!' drew an average audience of 2.17 million viewers (14.9%). Then, 'The Cube' followed with an average audience of 1.88 million viewers (10.8%).
The Little Two had at 840P, a rerun of 'Dad's Army' and it entertained 1.32 million viewers (7.7%). Then, 'First Light; was watched by an average 1.01 million viewers (5.9%).
The Big Four at 7P presented 'Homes by the Sea' and it pulled in an average 1.0 million viewers (7%). Later, the movie 'The Inbetweeners' kept an audience of 899,000 viewers (5.5%).
The Viacom Five began with one of the best series of the season as 'Transporter: The Series' continued with an average 302 million viewers (1.9%), as Then, 'Tut' began with an average audience of 859,000 viewers (5.8%).
The Little Three at 815P presented the movie, 'Meet the Fockers' starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller as it brought in an average 800,000 viewers (4.7%).
Seven #1 in Australia on Saturday but ABC's 'ABC News Saturday' top program.
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The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished #1 on Saturday with a 29.1% share of the available audience. And now the miracle of overnight research. Seven had one program in the Top Ten on Saturday and it wasn't #1 and it wasn't in prime time. #2 was 'Seven News Saturday' which finished with an average 896,000 viewers. The ratings…a magic act.
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished second on Saturday with a 26.1% share. #1 program in the nation on Saturday was 'ABC News Saturday' with an average 988,000 viewers, upsetting both Nine & Seven newscasts. #4, 'Father Brown' was the top drama on Saturday with an average 850,000 viewers. #5 was a rerun of 'New Tricks' with an average 693,000 viewers. #6 was a rerun of 'Doc Martin' with 573,000 viewers. #7 was 'Gardening Australia' with 563,000 viewers. Five programs in the Top Ten on Saturday and finished second.
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The National Nine Network finished #3 on Saturday with a 20.9% share of the available audience. Nine had two programs in the Top Ten on Saturday. #3 was 'Nine News Saturday' which finished with an average 883,000 viewers. And, #8 was 'Getaway' with 427,000 viewers.
The Third Commercial Network in Australia finished fourth with a 19.1% share. #9 was the movie, a rerun of 'Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol' and it delivered an average 424,000 viewers. #10 was 'Epic' which delivered 354,000 viewers.
The Special Broadcast Service in Australia finished #5 with a 4.8% share of the available audience.
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Network Nine #1 on Sunday as 'The Voice' top program
The National Nine Network rocked back to #1 on Sunday with a huge 35.0% share of the available audience. And it wasn't even close last #1 was 'The Voice Australia' with a huge 1.467 million viewers. And #2, 'Nine News Sunday' had one of the largest newscasts of the year with 1.457 million viewers. #9 was '60 Minutes' with 567,000 viewers.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/29150478/tessa-james-reveals-she-is-in-remission/
The Second Commercial Network in Australia finished with 27.3% share. #3 was 'Seven News Sunday' with an average 1,367,000 viewers. #4 was 'Sunday Night' with 1,044,000 viewers. #7 had 'Dancing with the Stars' finishing with 707,000 viewers. So in short, on Sunday, singing beat dancing.
The Alphabet Network in Australia finished #3 with a 16.8% share of the available audience. #5 was 'Grand Designs' with 935,000 viewers. #6 was 'ABC News Sunday' with 870,000 viewers. #8 was 'The Politician's Husband' with drew 680,000 viewers.
The Third Commercial Network in Australia finished fourth on Sunday with a 14.3% share. #10 was 'Gold Coast Cops' which delivered 550,000 viewers to the network and finished with one program in the Top Ten.
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yery difficult task in the Soviet Union, for in the mid 1950*s there
were no  students or teachers of the language, no dictionaries or learning
aids which could be purchased.  The Central Public Library in Leningrad
was the only place where he could obtain a text book and dictionary —
and these materials he was unable to take out.  Thus, Hiilel Butman 1.
learned to read and write the Hebrew language, the language of his people
by using the Library after work, during the nights that it was open.
Hiilel became proficient in the Hebrew language and some of the
literature that he had taught himself to read was used as evidence
against  him at his trial.  The prosecutor contended that this material
was "anti-Soviet:" Hayim Bialik's poems, Zhabotinsky's articles, Leon
Uris' "Exodus," Ephraim Kishon's writings.  From the time of the Six
Day War in 1967, until his arrest, he taught others.  The literature
used at his trial was the only educational material he was able to give
to his students to acquaint them with Israel.  Many of Hiilel's former
students are now living in Israel— but the teacher remains behind,
serving the second half of his ten year sentence,in extremely poor health
and without medical attention.
And, what of the actual crime for which the man is deprived/the
right to be with his family?  To be with a daughter he has never seen,
with a mother who is dying of cancer?  The crime which the Soviet
government and the courts were never able to offer proof of?
As previously mentioned, on June 15, 1970, Hiilel Butman was
arrested and accused of participating in the implementation of a plan by
a group of Soviet Jewish dissidents to flee to Israel illegally by
seizing an Aeroflot plane.  This group included: Mark Dymshitz, Eduard
Kuznetsov, Sylva Zalmanson and others.  These people were sentenced in
the First Leningrad Trial of December, 1970.  According to testimony at
this trial, the "hi-jack" attempt was made out of despair, because these
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Transcript -2- yery difficult task in the Soviet Union, for in the mid 1950*s there were no students or teachers of the language, no dictionaries or learning aids which could be purchased. The Central Public Library in Leningrad was the only place where he could obtain a text book and dictionary — and these materials he was unable to take out. Thus, Hiilel Butman 1. learned to read and write the Hebrew language, the language of his people by using the Library after work, during the nights that it was open. Hiilel became proficient in the Hebrew language and some of the literature that he had taught himself to read was used as evidence against him at his trial. The prosecutor contended that this material was "anti-Soviet:" Hayim Bialik's poems, Zhabotinsky's articles, Leon Uris' "Exodus," Ephraim Kishon's writings. From the time of the Six Day War in 1967, until his arrest, he taught others. The literature used at his trial was the only educational material he was able to give to his students to acquaint them with Israel. Many of Hiilel's former students are now living in Israel— but the teacher remains behind, serving the second half of his ten year sentence,in extremely poor health and without medical attention. of And, what of the actual crime for which the man is deprived/the right to be with his family? To be with a daughter he has never seen, with a mother who is dying of cancer? The crime which the Soviet government and the courts were never able to offer proof of? As previously mentioned, on June 15, 1970, Hiilel Butman was arrested and accused of participating in the implementation of a plan by a group of Soviet Jewish dissidents to flee to Israel illegally by seizing an Aeroflot plane. This group included: Mark Dymshitz, Eduard Kuznetsov, Sylva Zalmanson and others. These people were sentenced in the First Leningrad Trial of December, 1970. According to testimony at this trial, the "hi-jack" attempt was made out of despair, because these