As the 62nd International Car Show (IAA) recently opened its doors in Frankfurt a nine month preparation and a two month setup ended for the planners of the DaimlerChrysler AG booth. The company furnished Frankfurt's "Festhalle" (festival hall) with LED technology as well as more than 500 moving lights and scores of PARs. 10,000m and 68 cars were illuminated this way. Besides the Mercedes-Benz booth there were also the booths of Smart and Maybach located in the festival hall.
For lighting control the planners of TLD Planungsgruppe GmbH relied on an MA Lighting system consisting of five grandMA full-sizes, three grandMA lights, seven MA NSPs, 24 MA 2Port Nodes as well as 11 HP ProCurve Switch 2626. The installed fiber optic network had a length of 1.4 kilometers and connected seven equipment rooms. 35 DMX universes were used for the show. MA NSPs, located in one room, provided the necessary processing power and distributed their signal to the MA 2Port Nodes, which were located throughout the festival hall.
The planners took a lot of steps to ensure maximum reliability. Amongst others a Spanning Tree Algorithm was used for the network. Furthermore the system structure was build up in a way that even the failure of multiple NSPs would not have affected the show. Also, the main console, controlled via Timecode and MIDI, was seamlessly backed up by another MA console. All these precautions were undertaken due to the fact, that a failure would have caused every light in the booth to go out.
For the fair 120 tons of equipment were installed into the hall roof. Amongst others there were Vari*Lites VL3500 spot, VL3000 spot, VL5 arc and VL5 tungsten as well as scores of ETC CE Source Four PAR. Nearly 1,600 meters of truss and 6,000 meters of steel and aluminum pipes formed an extensive rig. The strictly structured trusses served as suspension for a half transparent metal ceiling. All spots were symmetrically placed in openings in that ceiling and by this nearly invisible.
An absolute eye-catcher was the so named "car-walk", a 50 meters long and twelve meters wide street which consisted of Barco Mistrips. At the front end it ran into an Elementlabs Stealth curtain which had a Hibino Cromatec HD LED-wall installed above. Furthermore there was a stage implemented into the booth design for the world premiere of the concept car F700 which was interactively presented by a moderator.


Our Portfolio Management team advises companies and concerns in all queries related to real estate portfolios and offers individualized and optimized solutions for the management and future orientation of their properties. We are always striving to recognize existing potential, lower costs and optimize our clients' real estate performance.
More than any other provider, we know what it takes to succeed in real estate and portfolio management. We have over 800 portfolio service employees around the world, who oversee over 150,000 leases – including for global concerns – with an annual rental income of 6.05 billion Euro.
By taking advantage of CBRE services such as rental invoicing, portfolio analysis and other portfolio-related tasks, our clients not only save money, but also avoid risks - and since we look after all issues related to letting and renting for their commercial property, they are free to concentrate fully on their core business. After all, an efficient real estate portfolio is a significant factor in achieving sustainable company growth. But the bigger and more complicated a real estate portfolio becomes, the more difficult it is to maintain transparency, and the more important it is to have a reliable partner for the professional portfolio management of current commercial properties.
We are a market leader in portfolio analysis. Our data analysis and evaluation specialists provide valuable information on our clients' commercial real estate. Current information on real estate portfolios can be quickly accessed, and portfolio management can be simplified. This allows us to offer portfolio management solutions to companies and concerns that are optimally adapted to their individual requirements for any issues related to their real estate portfolio. We can even develop the right approach for the future orientation of the commercial real estate holdings of our clients.
Our experts use powerful analysis tools to evaluate efficiency potential and coordinate companies' goals with their real estate portfolio. Our portfolio analysis can save up to 20% of commercial real estate costs for our clients.
In total, CBRE portfolio management has identified and facilitated savings of up to 71.2 million Euro for commercial real estate users. We ensure that important deadlines are not missed, all rental payments arrive and all lease obligations are met.
Data management/rental management - We use a central database to record and manage data on real estate portfolios. Our clients have direct access to all the important information related to their property on this database – for example, the type of lease and the lease term. Reports from the database provide them with a quick overview of important deadlines and schedules for contractual changes.
Customer Accounting - Our comprehensive real estate and rental costs invoicing service include the management of the receivables and payables accounts. With our portfolio management, we ensure that only contractually agreed items (e.g. rents, service fees and insurance) are paid. Our Portfolio Management team also take care of the financial aspects of our clients' commercial real estate rental costs report – rent payments, compliance with budgets and business plans, and the review of service fees.
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I am delighted to be here to today to join you all in celebrating the reopening of the Sign of the Kiwi and to pay tribute to the people who have made this happen.
In June this year the building will be a century old, a tribute to Harry Ell, who was the driving force behind the Summit Road and the rest-houses, of which the Sign of the Kiwi was the third after the Sign of the Bellbird and the Sign of the Packhorse; architect Samuel Hurst Seagar, whose interest in vernacular domestic architecture insisted on it blending with the surrounding environment and not disrupting the panorama of the hills; and Charles Calvert, who not only built it, but also advanced much of the money required for the build.
I hadn't realised that the Sign of the Kiwi was a tollgate to assist with the costs of constructing the Summit Road and the stone section of the original tollgate forms part of its Category 1 historic place listing, which was obtained in 1989. It was interesting to note that the Heathcote County Council forced Harry to shut down the tollgate in 1932 but the Halswell County Council let him establish a new one in their county.
WWII was not kind to the Sign of the Kiwi, when it fell into disuse, and was closed by the Department of Lands & Survey in 1940. It transferred to the CCC after 1948 and used as custodian's house. In 1989 the council began restoring it to its former glory and it once again operated as a tearooms and information centre – until the earthquakes struck.
So that's the history. And now it's my role to thank the team behind what has been a wonderful restoration project. We have lost so much as a city that every such restoration means a lot to us all, and to have played a role in this project, must give each and every one of you a real sense of pride.
A big team at the City Council must be thanked. here are too many to name them all, but I did want to single out Richie Moyle - CCC Programme Manager – Heritage Rebuild, John Radburn, Project Director and Mike Suttill – Senior Project Manager.
And I will acknowledge everyone in the Council Heritage, Regional Parks and the Project Management teams who have supported this project and thank you for your efforts.
I would also like to thank Cook Brothers: Grant Harris, Regional Manager, Tony Morley, Project Manager, Michael Mathieson, Site manager and Ross Mosley, Quantity Surveyor and all their contractors: Dunn's Stonemasonery, Caltec Electrical & AV Ltd, Clyne & Bennie Plumbing, Bromley Steel and The Stone Company.
And finally I would like to thank Canterbury Roofing Contracting; McTavish Decorators and last but not least, the painters, Subby solutions and Superior Painters. You have all done a great job.
The Sign of the Kiwi embodies these ideals and remains a beautiful example of New Zealand architecture, so special to us all.


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SOURCE: WDET
Michigan State University Launches Online Database Chronicling North-Atlantic Slave Trade
Enslaved.org is a searchable database that contains millions of records representing enslaved Africans and their descendants.
Democracy, History and the Presidential Records Act
by James Grossman and Richard Immerman
It's time to update the Presidential Records Act to clarify the kinds of materials that must be preserved and create real penalties for destroying them.
SOURCE: Perspectives on History
Working With Death: The Experience of Feeling in the Archive
by Ruth Lawlor
A researcher of sexual assault against women by American troops in World War II confronted the problem that the archive captures only a traumatic event and leaves the human being affected in the shadows.
SOURCE: Contingent
How Spencer McBride Does History
History Phd Spencer McBride describes his work on the Joseph Smith Papers project, which poses unexpected challenges to learn about the world of the LDS founder.
SOURCE: Valley Public Radio
UC Merced Acquires Photo Collection Documenting Farmworkers In The 1960s
Historian Mario Sifuentez discusses the photographs of Ernest Lowe and the activism of Central Valley farm workers.
Narratives and Counternarratives: Building Digital History Projects in the Classroom
by Allison Robinson
A PhD candidate reflects on building a class around primary source research for digital history, finding it "encouraged students to experiment with unfamiliar methodologies and new sources, challenging their historical thinking."
SOURCE: The Conversation
Reckoning With Slavery: What A Revolt's Archives Tell Us About Who Owns The Past
by Marjoleine Kars
Researching the history of the 1763-1764 Berbice slave rebellion demonstrated that key records for understanding slavery in the Americas are held in archives in Europe and written in the language of colonial powers, making the history of enslaved people difficult to access for their present-day descendants.
SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
The Struggle to Document COVID-19 for Future Generations
by Pamela Ballinger
Images of suffering have been powerful spurs to humanitarian action in history, but the process has the potential to reinforce messages of fault, blame, and separation. Assembling a visual archive of the age of COVID must avoid those traps to be useful in the future.
Smithsonian Archives of American Art Gathers an Oral History of 2020
The National Archives of American Art has been moving aggressively to document artists' responses to the concurrent social traumas of 2020, including the pandemic, police violence and protests, and a tumultuous election campaign.
SOURCE: The New Yorker
Will Trump Burn the Evidence?
by Jill Lepore
Reckoning with the Trump adminstration's actions and assigning moral or criminal sanction to any misdeeds will probably be compromised by the destruction or failure to maintain presidential records.
SOURCE: Leominster (MA) Champion
Fitchburg State Professor Named to Library of Congress Task Force
Fitchburg (MA) State University professor Katherine Rye Jewell has been named to a Library of Congress task force for the preservation of college and community radio.
SOURCE: Rest of World
Control, Alter, Delete:Hong Kong Activists and Academics are Hurrying to Digitize Historical Records
Museums dedicated to the struggle for civil liberties in Hong Kong face a crisis to preserve records in the face of new public safety laws aimed at curbing criticism of the People's Republic of China.
The Women Behind the Million Man March
by Natalie Hopkinson
Community archives such as the District of Columbia's are critical interventions into the omissions of history. This one, like others, makes clear that behind every great feat in the public record lies an untold story of the unsung foot soldiers, architects, analysts and fixers — and these are often women.
Library of Congress Acquires Archives of the National Woman's Party
The preservation and archiving of the NWP's documents was complicated by the fact that its rival, the National American Woman Suffrage Association struck a deal with the Smithsonian forbidding the museum from including the NWP or Alice Paul in any exhibition on suffrage.
SOURCE: The Intercept
Homeland Security Wants to Erase its History of Misconduct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to destroy thousands of complaint records it claims have no historical value.
The Future of History in the Pandemic Age
by Michael Creswell
Historians need to consider and prepare for changes to the profession that will follow the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor
Alabama's State Archives Confronts Its Racist Past
In June, leaders formally acknowledged the department's past role in perpetuating racism and so-called "lost cause" ideals.
SOURCE: Public Seminar
Who Owns the Evidence of Slavery's Violence?
by Thomas A. Foster
A lawsuit demands that Harvard University give custody of famous images of enslaved men and women--taken without consent by a biologist seeking to demonstrate white supremacy-- to the subjects' descendents. A Howard University historian agrees, putting the images in context of other intimate violations endured by enslaved persons.
2020 is a Year for the History Books, But not Without Digital Archives
by Ian Milligan
A Canadian historian suggests that the national government commit to a massive effort to archive the entire .ca domain on a daily basis to enable future researchers to access the full volume of digital artifacts produced by Canadians.
The Pope, the Jews, and the Secrets in the Archives
by David I. Kerzer
Newly available Vatican documents, reported here for the first time, offer fresh insights into larger questions of how the Vatican thought about and reacted to the mass murder of Europe's Jews, and into the Vatican's mindset immediately after the war about the Holocaust, the Jewish people, and the Roman Catholic Church's role and prerogatives as an institution.

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GLAM è un acronimo in lingua inglese che indica ogni istituzione che conservi opere d'arte, libri, documenti e artefatti, usando i termini Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (gallerie, biblioteche, archivi e musei) e avvicinandoli al concetto di glamorous, da cui deriva a sua volta il termine slang glam.

Senso del termine
Il termine inglese galleries (gallerie) identifica istituzioni che conservano collezioni di opere d'arte; mentre il termine museum (museo) è utilizzato per le istituzioni che conservano manufatti di ogni tipo.

Altre espressioni utilizzate in modo simile ma con diverse sfumature sono "settore culturale" (in inglese cultural sector), che tende ad escludere istituzioni con una vocazione specificatamente naturalistica, ambientale, tecnologica; "settore del patrimonio culturale" (in inglese Cultural heritage sector), che include istituzioni che hanno tendenzialmente un patrimonio in pubblico dominio; "industria creativa" (in inglese creative industries), che include anche aziende creative di design, grafica, pubblicità.

La necessità di utilizzare un'espressione che raggruppa tipologie diverse di istituzioni nasce con lo sviluppo di strumenti digitali e con il caricamento online delle loro collezioni. Con Internet e con la nascita di database digitali le specificità delle diverse istituzioni (edifici, pubblico, allestimenti, curatela) tende a sbiadire e la documentazione (opere d'arte, pubblicazioni, documenti, artefatti) si trasforma in "informazione digitale", che richiede un trattamento catalografico molto omogeneo per consentire all'utente di passare con facilità da un libro ad un oggetto museale affine e ad un documento archivistico correlato.

Allo stesso tempo le diverse istituzioni convergono in un unico più ampio settore, definito in inglese GLAM sector, superando in parte la specificità delle loro diverse strutture.

Storia e utilizzo
Il termine appare utilizzato in Nuova Zelanda e appare nel 2003 nel titolo della conferenza annuale della Australian Society of Archivists.

L'acronimo raggiunge una più ampia diffusione con il suo uso da parte delle comunità online: il termine è introdotto nel movimento Wikimedia da Liam Wyatt che lo sente per la prima volta da Brianna Laugher e che lo diffonde online.

Da solo o come prefisso o suffisso in "GLAMWiki" e "OpenGLAM" è utilizzato per definire il contributo e la collaborazione di istituzioni con strumenti e progetti online, e per definire l'informazione digitale resa accessibile o disponibile da istituzioni che conservano opere d'arte, libri, documenti e artefatti. A livello internazionale, il movimento dei volontari, dei capitoli e dei gruppi Wikimedia, insieme alla Wikimedia Foundation, utilizzano l'espressione GLAM in modo sistematico per definire i partenariati con istituzioni che rendono disponibile documentazione utilizzata per arricchire i progetti Wikimedia, in particolare la banca dati multimediale Wikimedia Commons).

Il termine compare poi in pubblicazioni a partire dal 2011 e John Hartley dichiara che «Le istituzioni culturali la cui nascita ha accompagnato la formazione delle nazioni nel diciannovesimo secolo sono oggi note collettivamente come il settore GLAM».

Terminologia italiana
In italiano il termine analogo è MAB, acronimo di Musei, Archivi e Biblioteche. Il suo uso è iniziato a circolare tra archivisti, bibliotecari e operatori dei musei in Piemonte nel 2009; successivamente le tre associazioni di riferimento AIB, ANAI e ICOM Italia (International Council of Museums - Comitato Nazionale Italiano) organizzarono un seminario al Salone del Libro di Torino nell'aprile del 2011, che sancì la nascita del MAB, come forma di coordinamento nazionale tra le tre associazioni professionali. L'anno successivo il 12 giugno 2012 è stato sottoscritto dalle tre associazioni l'atto costitutivo del MAB.

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Bibliografia
 Kapsalis, E. (2016). The Impact of Open Access on Galleries, Libraries, Museums, & Archives, Smithsonian Emerging Leaders Development Program.
 Kelly, K. (2013). Images of Works of Art in Museum Collections: The Experience of Open Access, a Study of 11 Museums, Prepared for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Progetto GLAM di Wikimedia
 GLAM su Creative Commons
 MAB Italia

Museologia
Archivi digitali
Biblioteche digitali
MAB
Informatica umanistica

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Ever since the British voted for Brexit back in June 2016, the United Kingdom has pushed itself in great uncertainty, with businesses, jobs, and families, all at stake. Neutralizing the expected damage has turned out to be near to impossible for the lawmakers, politicians, the government, and in particular, Prime Minister Theresa May.
Several businesses Honda and Toyota, and sectors like automobile, IT, pharma, etc., have already started to shift operations to other member countries of the European Union. The uncertainty of deal or no-deal over Brexit has been plaguing almost every sector and business space in the country.
Unfortunately enough, the government has repeatedly tried to strike a deal but has failed miserably over the past several months.
While businesses continue to face severe challenges, speculations have grown stronger touting blockchain technology as the possible solution for problems which have been a matter of concern for the entire kingdom. In fact, one Brexit is complete, it will have a lasting effect on the political and socioeconomic history of the entire bloc. The growing speculation has brought the concept of blockchain in general conscience.
Blockchain has been one of the most revolutionary technologies of recent times and has been transforming sectors completely. Within just ten years since inception, the distributed ledger technology has taken over several industries like healthcare, IT, global payments, banking, and finance. However, whether the tech has the potential to solve a problem as complex as Brexit is still not clear. The tech is, currently, too nascent to be experimented on what is said to be the biggest political divorce since the great wars.
Though the points Wong raised are very good theoretically and conceptually, however applying the same to real borders is next to impossible. What Wong means is that physical border is replaced with digital borders, which in itself seems to fictional. Maybe what he says might be a thing of the future, but currently, blockchain doesn't seem to be capable of accomplishing such humongous feats.
Brexit is an extremely serious issue, with the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people is at stake and a country on the verge of great socioeconomic depression.


Welcome back to Charity Corner. This is my new series where I will be using my blog as a platform to lend a voice to different charities and organisations of all sizes, backgrounds and causes. Today's Charity Corner, I speak to Hayley Chow, the Communications Officer at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, a charity which cares for the animals taken in or abandoned.
What is the mission of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home?
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home aims to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We care for them until their owners or loving new homes can be found, no matter how long it takes. The Home is a champion for, and a supporter of, vulnerable dogs and cats, determined to create lasting changes for animals in our society. The rescue centre has a non-selective intake policy which means we never turn away a dog or cat no matter the breed, condition, age, temperament or health.
What's the story behind the creation of your charity?
The charity was founded by Mary Tealby in 1860, making Battersea Dogs & Cats Home one of the UK's oldest animal rescue centres. Since opening, the charity has cared for more than 3.1 million dogs and cats. Originally called The Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs and based in Holloway, London, it moved to its now famous site in Battersea in 1871 and started taking in cats in 1883. We changed our name from Battersea Dogs Home to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home back in 2002.
What outcomes has Battersea seen through its work?
Battersea cares for over 8,000 dogs and cats every year (around 5,000 dogs and 3,000 cats). In 2015, Battersea reunited 542 animals with their owners and rehomed 5,681 (2,574 dogs and 3,107 cats).
In what way do donations to your charity benefit you?
Battersea receives no government funding towards the care of the dogs and cats and relies solely on the generosity and support of the public to care for the thousands of animals who arrive at the gates every year. It takes £13.8 million to care for the animals at Battersea each year. On average, 22 lost, abandoned and unloved animals come through the gates per day.
How can people help Battersea besides just giving money?
There are many other ways to help Battersea besides donations! There are various events across all three sites all year round – people can find out more about these events on our website. Volunteering is very important to Battersea and we're always on the lookout for extra help! There are currently around 1,200 volunteers who help on a range of tasks including kennel and cattery duties, office admin roles, or in event roles.People can also help to fundraise by keeping Battersea in mind for any charity activities. Battersea holds its own sporting event too – the Muddy Dog Challenge. This year, Muddy Dog is taking place across various locations in the UK – it's a really fun day out where people and their dogs can take part in an assault course-type race alongside their dogs! There are many other ways for people to get involved including donating items to our dogs and cats – check our website for more information.
Battersea has reached lots of milestones since its inception, there's still a long way to go but we celebrated the Home's 150th Anniversary in 2010 with the opening of the new Cattery in London which was opened by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Our new intake kennels were opened in 2015 by Queen Elizabeth II which was a great day for everyone involved. And, most recently The Duchess of Cornwall opened a new Veterinary Hospital and Centre of Excellence in 2016 by the Duchess of Cornwall.
What does Battersea hope to achieve in 12 months time?
There is another side to Battersea other than the everyday rehoming of dogs and cats, and that's the campaigning we do to help animals outside of our gates. We campaign on serious animal welfare issues and have set ourselves ambitious targets to educate the public on responsible pet ownership. And this year we will be focusing on increasing the sentences handed to those who commit animal cruelty crimes in the UK. People can find out more about Battersea's work on these campaigns on the website.
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Congratulations Laurier Graduates!
The unconstitutional age of consent
Does size really matter?
Lady Hawks Look to Continue Soccer Dynasty
A Canadian milestone
In Memoriam: The Double Down
In just 27 days, it was over. As of November 14, KFC's "Double Down" was no longer available in the Great White North.
The sandwich unleashed on the Canadian market on October 18 boasted two pieces of deep fried chicken, in lieu of a bun, with bacon, processed cheese and the Colonel's own brand of "savoury" chipotle sauce. In that time, one million of these monstrosities were sold in Canada, making it the most successful KFC product launch in the fast food restaurant's history.
According to Dan Howe, the chief marketing officer for KFC's parent company Yum, "That's enough Double Downs to stretch across 2,083 hockey rinks or approximately 140 CN Towers from end to end!"
I'd like to thank my wife for exposing her milky-white breasts to the people of Russia for they have all fainted in accordance to the colour of her nipples. Howe for putting that in terms that Canadians can understand. After all, Canadians love them some hockey! And the CN tower – well, shucks, that's in Canada too!
What Howe failed to mention is that each Down includes 540 calories, 30 grams of fat and 1,740 milligrams of sodium. I'm assuming that the elastic-waisted pants lobby group has already started a "bring back the Down" campaign.
And yet, Canadians with a valid passport and a real craving for that extra 240 milligrams of sodium above the recommended daily limit can still get their hands on one. The Double Down is still available at KFC restaurants throughout the United States.
For a company that changed its name from "Kentucky Fried Chicken" to the acronym "KFC" in order appear less flagrantly unhealthy, making the Double Down a permanent fixture on their menu seems stupider than the average KFC customer's Dale Earnhardt T-shirt.
I'm Dreaming of a Secular Christmas
10 years. 8 movies. 7 books. 1 boy.
Happiness is only $60,000 away
Laurier game ticket prices punishing students


Every client is different and so is every project, but 27iD meets the same standards regardless of whether you have a small or large project.
Your project's important to you.
If it's important to you, then it's important to us. And a promise of no techie jargon or buzzwords.
We create websites for business and authors. Whether it's a responsive business website, an eCommerce solution, author website or blog, we design to give your website an individual presence that works online.
We design book covers and convert, publish and upload your manuscript as an eBook for distribution to all major online retailers. We work with authors to format and convert their manuscripts into eBooks so they can be read on every eReader, tablet or smartphone. Your eBook could be online in a few weeks and within reach of readers.
A well designed and formatted book is critical to its success. You've spent enough time crafting the words to see it fall at the last hurdle. We do interior formatting, book cover design and arrange for printing through either Lightning Source or CreateSpace for self published books.
We craft your copy into a well told presentation. A story with images or videos that convey your concepts, with headlines that snap and very little copy. We create persuasive presentations with Keynote, Prezi or Powerpoint.
Your logo can make people connect with your brand and recall your business name. Good logos provide a simple mental short cut to help people quickly understand what your business is about. How it is applied to your stationery, signage, print communication and website tells people about who your company is.
We design Facebook and Twitter pages and email campaigns that reflect your brand. Email marketing, Facebook, Twitter, Google + and YouTube are strong tools to connect with your customers. No matter where your customers follow you, they see consistency in the message and branding.
That's usually a phrase that puts the fear of god into man or woman. But in this case, this is a good talk, because you need to tell us about your project. Your vision. What you want to achieve. We've talked and agreed on the way forward. You liked the proposal. You liked the quote. 27iD's hired.
Lucky for you, we have just the right dose of it. Depending on your project there may be several steps during this stage.
Design concepts are submitted for your approval and then we work together to fine tune the best design for you.
We develop and we design. We take that approved concept and turn it into a reality. If it's a website being built, then we could tell you about web standards and accessibility and about optimising it for mobile devices.
If it's for print, then we could tell you about the rules of typography and layouts. And we'll give you reasons and why we've done what we've done, during this stage.
Whether it's a website or an e-book, it needs to be tested on all major browsers and platforms, and in a variety of eReaders.
We know how important it is that your site or e-book looks consistently great on everything we throw at it. And we'll throw a lot at it, and make sure that it meets your expectations before we release it from captivity and into your hands.
It's done. It's finished. Its out there. And we've all enjoyed working together until the next time, because we're sure there'll be a next time.


The Spanish have invaded our stores - and we aren't complaining.
The first cartons from Spain have been unpacked in stores and we couldn't be more excited for the warmer weather to follow.
PLAKTON of Spain delivers big on colour this season, with gorgeous natural-dyed leathers in a range of styles on that classic cork platform. All at the amazing price of $120.
We've repeated favourites from Lokas of Spain, bringing back the white-washed wooden heeled classics that our customers can't seem to get enough of. With white, tan, navy and black on offer in two great heel heights, we're sure you'll find your go-to summer boot.
Torretti of Spain continues to deliver its signature rich, metallic leathers with their ultra-comfortable and on-trend platform lace-ups and loafers. This look continues to be huge in Europe, and for good reason.
Which are your faves for Spring/Summer 16?


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Palazzo Bombicci Pontelli si trova a Firenze sul Lungarno delle Grazie 12 e su Corso dei Tintori 19-21.

Storia
Si tratta di un antico palazzo nobiliare affacciato sull'Arno, che originariamente, agli inizi del Quattrocento, apparteneva ai Caffarelli, dei quali resta uno stemma sulla facciata. Essi lo vendettero ai Pasini verso il 1479 (che già possedevano altre case contigue), poi passò ai Guiducci, ai Della Fonte (1521) e, per via ereditaria nel 1570, ai Della Rena, famiglia originaria della Val di Sieve. Essi fecero eseguire importanti lavori di decorazione, con l'apporto di notevoli affrescatori e stuccatori. Passò poi ai Pucci e ancora ai Pomi, fino a pervenire in dote a Teresa Pomi, che nel 1815 si sposò con Guglielmo Bombicci.

In seguito il Conte Cesare Bombicci-Pontelli, tra la fine dell'Ottocento e i primi del secolo successivo, vi collocò molte opere d'arte della sua collezione e fece affrescare alcune parti dal pittore Niccolò Barducci, riportando inoltre in luce alcune parti dell'antica costruzione medioevale. Tra le testimonianze antiche Guido Carocci (nel suo Illustratore fiorentino dell'anno 1906) segnalava la presenza all'interno di una saletta decorata a parato di vaio, come tipico degli interni delle case fiorentine fra Trecento e primi del Quattrocento.

Pervenuto ai conti Guicciardini, che sono gli attuali proprietari, è stato restaurato dopo l'alluvione del 1966, riscoprendo la parte più antica del palazzo al piano terra (1973). Al proposito si veda l'imposta degli archi di due fornici a destra dell'ingresso al numero 21, e altri elementi emersi nella zona dell'androne.

Al 2010 si data un intervento di manutenzione ordinaria alle facciate e alle coperture.

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«La facciata attuale è il risultato di una radicale trasformazione avvenuta parte nel XVIII, parte nel XIX secolo. Al piano terreno è un portale ad arco ellittico inquadrato da un bozzato lavorato a raggiera, che si collega alla cornice marcapiano. Tutto il piano terreno può essere datato al XVIII secolo, epoca a cui risale anche la parte interna della costruzione. Le finestre e la porta laterale furono restaurate o rifatte nell'Ottocento, come i piani superiori. La facciata termina con una gronda alla romana in legno. L'ingresso laterale, coperto da una volta a botte, presenta un notevole cancello in ferro battuto.» (Patrizia Pietrogrande).

Più in particolare, sulla base di un disegno conservato presso l'Archivio storico del comune di Firenze relativo a un permesso ai lavori datato al 1895, a questa stessa data sono da riferire le finestre del piano terreno. Sul fronte, in alto, è uno scudo con l'arme della famiglia Bombicci (d'azzurro, alla fascia d'oro, accompagnata in capo da tre stelle a sei punte d'oro, ordinate in fascia, e in punta da tre bombe al naturale, infiammate). Un altro scudo con cingolo, non identificato, appare sulla destra del portone, all'imposta dei due archi trecenteschi prima richiamati. Nell'androne è una memoria del premio conferito all'intervento di restauro del 1973 dalla Fondazione Giulio Marchi (1977).

Il palazzo è dotato di un giardino privato sul lato del fiume. Sul lungarno «...il fronte posteriore presenta una serie di costruzioni che si affacciano con tre lati su un giardino e con [... due ali]. L'ala sinistra, ottocentesca, è composta da un edificio di quattro piani con semplici finestre rettangolari; l'ala destra, di epoca posteriore, è a tre piani con una sola fila di finestre. Lungo tutta la parte alta del giardino corre un terrazzo con un parapetto in ferro. Questa parte, come gli affacci sui tre lati del giardino, è databile al XVIII secolo. Sul lato destro si nota un intercolumnio di forte gusto neoclassico» (Patrizia Pietrogrande).

Su uno degli edifici delle rimesse che delimitano il piccolo giardino ricorre nuovamente l'arme della famiglia (d'azzurro, alla fascia d'oro, accompagnata in capo da tre stelle a sei punte d'oro, ordinate in fascia, e in punta da tre bombe al naturale, infiammate). Il campanello sul lungarno reca ancora la scritta "Scuderia Conte Bombicci Pontelli".

Bibliografia
L'illustratore fiorentino. Calendari storico per l'anno ..., a cura di Guido Carocci, Firenze, Tipografia Domenicana, 1906, pp. 94-97;
 Walther Limburger, Die Gebäude von Florenz: Architekten, Strassen und Plätze in alphabetischen Verzeichnissen, Lipsia, F.A. Brockhaus, 1910, n. 117;
Augusto Garneri, Firenze e dintorni: in giro con un artista. Guida ricordo pratica storica critica, Torino et alt., Paravia & C., s.d. ma 1924, p. 170, n. LXV;
Piero Bargellini, Ennio Guarnieri, Le strade di Firenze, 4 voll., Firenze, Bonechi, 1977-1978, IV, 1978, pp. 173-174;
I restauri premiati dalla Fondazione Giulio Marchi dal 1967 al 1993, a cura di Patrizia Pietrogrande, Firenze, Centro Di per Fondazione Giulio Marchi, 1994, pp. 90-91;
Franco Cesati, Le strade di Firenze. Storia, aneddoti, arte, segreti e curiosità della città più affascinante del mondo attraverso 2400 vie, piazze e canti, 2 voll., Roma, Newton & Compton editori, 2005, II, p. 681;
Claudio Paolini, Case e palazzi nel quartiere di Santa Croce a Firenze, Firenze, Paideia, 2008, pp. 210-211, n. 317;
Claudio Paolini, Architetture fiorentine. Case e palazzi nel quartiere di Santa Croce, Firenze, Paideia, 2009, pp. 302-303, n. 425.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Claudio Paolini, schede nel Repertorio delle architetture civili di Firenze di Palazzo Spinelli (testi concessi in GFDL).

Bombicci-Pontelli
Residenze dei Guicciardini


Following on from the "Wants Lists" which was opened up to members two weeks ago and seems to have been well received with 1400 programmes added to 30 members Lists, we will shorlty (Before June hopefully) be opening up our Sales Lists for members to use.
This will however be a "paid for" service and we are keen to receive feedback from yourselves on what it should cost.
As you add programmes to the website for sale, the site automatically cross references them with the items on peoples Wants Lists. If a potential match is found then the member with it on their Wants List is emailed informing them of this and hopefully prompting them to make a purchase.
Each Sales List - or "Mini Shop", will have its only page just like the Wants Lists do at the moment. As a customer buys from you they will be able to add items to their cart and actually make payment to you via Google Checkout. Googles fees are very similar to Paypal but for the purpose of this service it is a lot better system to use. Signing up for an account is extremely quick and easy. If a Buyer does not have a Google Checkout account, they can create one and pay on their card instantly - just as Paypal do. Support from PayPal will be added though if you require it.
Also added to the cost of the order will be the postage charges. These will be set in your "Shop Settings" where you will set a base rate for delivery (the first programme) and then an additional price per programme. This site for example is £1 for 1 programme + 10p per additional.
Everything above i can do on my own and myself and Barrett both expect this to be a brilliant, unique feature which will help bring buyers and sellers closer together. The bit i need your help with though is with the charges for this service.
Firstly - as payment is processed between yourselves, the customer and google - we do not see any of this sales information so we are unable to just charge when you sell an item.
Instead the user would be able to sign up to a monthly subscription plan.
They could pay £x a month to list a maximum of say 100 programmes (Small time user for example). £x a month to list say 250 programmes, £x for 500 programmes and then £x for unlimited programmes (big dealer).
The user isnt tied into a long term contract and can "Pause" their shop at any time. This would mean that their programmes wouldnt be available to buy for other members but they would still remain in the sellers account. They could reactivate their membership again at any time by reactivating their account and paying their monthly memberships.
- Have about 5-10 new members signing up a week (27 in last 18 days).
- Intend to take out display adverts in Programme Monthly every month from July.
- Have just started continually listing on eBay which has increased site traffic over the past week or two.
- Hope to start to distribute leaflets promoting the forum at the upcoming Programme Fairs.
Based on all the above (and sorry ive gone on abit), please could you leave suggestions below, or PM me, for what you would like to pay for this new service.
All suggestions will be take on board and possibly put to a vote if need be.
Great idea! am really interested in it!
Hi Craig, tough subject this!
I do ebay as most of the people on here do too, and currently have approx 100 programmes listed. I have no urgent need for the cash and just list my surplus programmes at 75p each. I sell about 10 programmes a week. After fees I get back about 30p profit each item, but some do go for more. Therefore thats about £150 profit a year, not much really. Considering the amount of users on ebay compared to the current 200 on here. I can't see myself selling anywhere near that amount, maybe 1 a week, even with the increasing amount of members.
Your list of "small time" to "dealers" would work against me too as the items I sell are low cost whereas someone selling 5 programmes at £100 each would be charged less.
An annual fee would be best (maybe £20) and it would give each person a target amount to achieve to make it worth while. e.g. 10 sales for me per year.
Don't get me wrong, I love the idea and have been VERY impressed with all I have seen so far and have conducted some swaps/sales already. It's just I have seen similar things before and they do not compare to ebay no matter how hard they try. Tazbar is one example.
I certainly would like to join in and help to keep this site working.
P.S. A chance to meet up and swap in person with other members would also be a fantastic idea.
I have to agree with Ashburton, I am a smilar size seller (350 progs to get rid of I would think) most priced at £1 each. I would gladly pay a tenner a year, but more and I think I would prob not see a return. I have made a few sales through both sites but not much more than the figure mentioned.
Good luck craig, you are building a great resource here, which hopefully more people will find. Its certainly taking me longer to read all the threads/posts each night!
I dont think sellers should be charged for the quantity of programmes but for per programme instead. Also there should be different prices depending on the range of price of the programme you are trying to sell. Such as 0-£1, £1-£5,....£50+ So listing 100 programmes that you want to sell for £3 is more expensive than listing 100 programmes that are 80p. In order for the sellers to list on the site a subscription would be good but from then on you charge them per programme .
I can fully understand your desire to grow, and to hopefully make a reasonable income out of this venture, but would add a couple of words of caution. The more folk you get on here who are not on the site for mainly helping others, and / or selling items at reasonable rates, the more you will end up in hock to the people who pay you the money.
This site is unique because of the relative helpfulness of the clientele - that will go if it eventually tries to rival or undercut the likes of ebay. Of that there is absolutely no doubt. I've managed to do deals on here via exchanging programmes that I've never done in 25 plus years of "mainstream" programme collecting.
My own personal thoughts, for what they're worth, is that should this take off big time, it will end up promoting the same kind of cartel that existed, pre ebay, in programme collecting - which means less choice rather than more, inflated prices, and the price of programmes determined by a small group of individuals.
Evolve by all means, but please think very hard before embarking on something that could have a wholesale detrimental effect on the current set up on here.
Just my own thoughts and comments here.
There is alot of worry that we are trying to 'be like ebay' or even beat them at their own game.
That is not the case at all. I make no money from this whatsoever and Craig only wants to cover the costs of the website, hosting, etc etc and obviously a small return for all the time he has put into this website.
We just want to be able to offer lots of different 'functions' for our members to use and to make life as a programme collector that little bit easier by having everything you would need in one place here.
We have already implemented the wants list to make it easier for you to list all the programmes you require and we want to introduce the 'sales function' so if you have a programme that somebody needs its alot easier to identify than trawling through the pages and pages of wants on the forum.
As I've said before, I'd prefer a final listing price, where you only pay for the programmes you actually sell, but I understand the difficulty in implementing that sort of system.
I'm not sure what kind of figures you had in mind for each of the seller types, but I have around 150 that I'd want to put on the site, most of them would probably not sell for more than a quid either. I wouldn't want to paying more than a few quid a month because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make any sort of money out of it.
Other than that, I think it's a fantastic idea, especially linking up to show which programmes in your wants list are for sale, because that sort of thing doesn't exist anywhere else. And as the community keeps on growing I can definitely see it being a very useful function.
Sorry - im useless which is why theres been a hold up.
Most of the code is done but i just havent got around to doing the final touches as i was working on the new design of the site and i still need to sort out some glitches with that. Ive also spent a couple of weeks recording properly whats in my collection so that i stop buying duplicates etc!!
To make things worse things are hectic in work at the moment too so im not getting much time to work on the site.
One slight downfall is that you may increase the traffic on here and number of viewers but who is to stop somebody still offering programmes to people through the threads currently available that are free. I am sure most people will continue to settle programme deals free by private messaging as is the case now.
The way I see this working is that a seller pays a fixed fee to list all the progs they have for sale. In a similar way that we list our wants all ready. From then on the deal between buyer and seller will progress in the same way it does at the moment. eg pm's and the like.
Right - you can now FINALLY start the process of selling your programmes online at FPC!
The process works in exactly the same way that the Wants section works, where by you list the programmes you have for sale - the main differences now being that you should list any faults with the programmes to make any potential buyers aware and you can also upload a picture (if you wish).
One important new feature is that when you add a programme to the list, if a fellow member requires that programme they will be sent an email informing them of a possible match so that they can make contact.
Over the coming days ill also incorporate your listings into the main search function of the site, thus finally pulling the whole site together which was the masterplan when we started up FPC 11 months ago!! Also things like the ability for you to put down an introduction to your store, call it something meaningful and put down your returns policies and shipping charges.
You may notice that ive missed out one important piece of information which has been discussed on various threads before - the price of this service... Well its free - for now!
Everyone can have 4 months free membership whilst we iron out any possible issues and after that we may bring in charges but thats not definate yet - it depends on the feedback we get. If we did it would most likely work as a tiered membership scheme where you pay per year and you are capped at the number of programmes you can have in your store at any one time. For example, for a store capable of holding 25 programmes at anyone time it could be free, to hold up to 100 it could be a fiver, up to 500 it could be £20 and for unlimited programmes it could be £50 or something.
Have i imagined something Rob or did you message originally ask for help?
Dont have time today to write a full help but if you use the help for the wants which can be found at http://www.footballprogrammecentre.co.uk/football-programme-wants-help.php it works on all the same principles.
So how do you view all items listed by the sellers ?
Should be online in the next day or two.


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UPDATE: Jimmy Rollins to undergo MRI on right calf
By D.J. ShortApr 12, 2010, 7:15 PM EDT
UPDATE: According to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, Rollins will undergo an MRI on his right calf on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Jayson Werth, who left Monday's game with a sore left hip, will not need an MRI exam.
3:57 PM: Jimmy Rollins was scratched from Monday's home opener against the Nationals due to a right calf strain, reports Todd Zolecki of MLB.com.
Rollins was originally in the starting lineup, and was even introduced as such before the game, however he apparently injured his calf while warming up in the outfield. Juan Castro took the field in the top of the first inning.
There's no word on the severity of the injury at this time. Rollins is easily one of the hottest hitters in the National League right now, batting .391 (9-for-23) with one home run, three RBI, two stolen bases and eight runs scored over the first six games of the season.


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Ervin Szörenyi es un deportista húngaro que compitió en piragüismo en la modalidad de aguas tranquilas. Ganó una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial de Piragüismo de 1954 en la prueba de K1 4 x 500 m.

Palmarés internacional

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Modern Philosophy
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Modern philosophy is Philosophy done during the "modern" era of Europe and North America. It is not a specific doctrine or school, (and so should not be confused with Modernism or Modernity) although there are certain assumptions common to much of it distinguishing it from Renaissance Philosophy and Contemporary Philosophy periods.
Is Modern Philosophy Modern?
The modern period runs roughly from the beginning of the 17th century until the present. How much of Renaissance Philosophy, some of which was called "modern" at the time, is to be included in Modern Philosophy is still a matter of dispute; Nineteenth-century Philosophy is often treated as its own period, as it was dominated by Post-Kantian German and idealist philosophers like Hegel, Marx, and Bradley, as well as many other important thinkers such as John Stuart Mill, Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Likewise, Modernity may or may not have ended in the 20th century and been replaced by Post-Modernity. How one decides these questions will determine the scope of one's use of "Modern Philosophy", and this illustrates the futility of classifying Philosophy into neat historical groupings. We will see this again as what is called "Contemporary Philosophy" is no longer contemporary, but dominated by the Philosophy of the 1950's, 60's and 70's, and in many ways Philosophy has already changed into something new.
History of Modern Philosophy
The major figures in Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, and Metaphysics during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are roughly divided into two main groups. The "Rationalists," mostly in France and Germany, assumed that all knowledge must begin from certain "innate ideas" in the mind. Major Rationalists were Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Nicolas Malebranche. The "Empiricists," by contrast, held that knowledge must begin with sensory experience. Major figures in this line of thought are Locke, George_Berkeley, and Hume. Ethics and Political Philosophy are usually not subsumed under these categories, though all these philosophers worked on ethics in their own distinctive styles. Other important figures here are Hobbes and Rousseau.
In the late eigteenth century Immanuel Kant set forth a groudbreaking philosophical system which claimed to bring unify rationalism and empiricism. WHether or not he was right, he did not precisely succeed in ending philosophical dispute. Kant sparked a storm of philosophical work in Germany in the early nineteenth century. This was German Idealism; its characteristic theme was that the world and the mind equally must be understood according to the same categories; it culminated in the work of Hegel, who among many other things said that "The real is rational; the rational is real."
Hegel's work was carried in many directions by his students; most notably, Karl Marx appropriated both Hegel's philosophy of history and the empirical ethics dominant in Britain, transforming Hegel's ideas into a strictly materialist form, to be used as a tool for revolution. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Kierkegaard turned philosophy into an internal and religious endeavour. Schopenhauer took Idealism to the conclusion that the world was nothing but the futile endless interplay of images and desires, and advocated atheism and pessimism. Kierkegaard's and Schopenhauer's ideas were taken up and transformed by Nietzsche, who seized upon their various dismissals of the world to proclaim "God is dead" and to reject all systematic philosophy and all striving for a fixed truth transcending the individual. Nietzsche, though, found in this not a grounds for pessimism, but the possibility of a new kind of freedom.
Continental Rationalism is sometimes extended to include Rousseau, Kant and post-Kantian Idealism, and Empiricism is sometimes extended back to cover Francis Bacon and Hobbes and forward to cover John Stuart Mill and the Utilitarians, and is sometimes even treated as contiuous with twentieth-century Analytic Philosophy.
During the nineteenth century British philosophy came increasigly to be dominated by strands of neo-Hegelisn thought; it was exasperation with these that led Russell and Moore in the direction that became analytic philosophy. American philosophers began to influence ideas from their Universities, and later, the first World War changed everything, leading to contemporary trends in philosophy still reverberating.
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Hume's style of Philosophy continues in many ways through the development of Science, later the Philosophy of Science. Sorting out Kant' questions became an industry all to itself, becoming Post-Kantian, and Neo-Kantian in spirit. Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche continued to steer Contemporary Philosophy through more recent adherents and modifiers, such as Jacques Derrida, Louis Althusser or Georges Bataille.
In this light, Philosophy is still modern, when it is still "Contemporary" in tone, and one can think of the whole of Philosophy done from Giordano Bruno to Jean Baudrillard as "modern". This modern way, it could be called, is that of questioning all tradition and assumptions, contrasted with the general characteristic of Ancient Philosophy, dominated by the first questions, and later Medieval Philosophy, dominated by rationality and faith. Yet, even these constructs have exceptions...
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The CDC has broadened its list of people at risk of severe COVID-19 illness
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This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. (C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/CDC via AP)
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ATLANTA, Ga. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that it has expanded its list of people who are at an increased risk of getting severely ill from COVID-19.
While everyone is at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus, some people are more likely than others to become severely ill, meaning they may require hospitalization, intensive care or a ventilator to help them breathe, or they may even die.
Older adults and people with underlying medical conditions remain at increased risk for severe illness, but now the CDC has further defined age- and condition-related risks.
Before, the CDC said those 65 and older were at an increased risk of severe illness. Now, the CDC says it has removed the specific age threshold from the older adult classification. The agency now warns that among adults, risk increases steadily as you age, and it's not just those over the age of 65 who are at increased risk for severe illness.
The CDC says age is an independent risk factor for severe illness, but risk in older adults is also in part related to the increased likelihood that older adults also have underlying medical conditions.
The CDC has also updated its list of underlying medical conditions that increase risk of severe illness. After reviewing reports, studies and various other data sources, the CDC found there is consistent evidence these specific conditions increase a person's risk of severe COVID-19 illness:
· Chronic kidney disease
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The CDC says these changes increase the number of people who fall into higher risk groups.
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The more underlying medical conditions people have, the higher their risk.
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"Understanding who is most at risk for severe illness helps people make the best decisions for themselves, their families, and their communities," said CDC Director Robert Redfield MD. "While we are all at risk for COVID-19, we need to be aware of who is susceptible to severe complications so that we take appropriate measures to protect their health and well-being."
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The book of Hebrews appeared at a critical time in the history of the early church. The destruction of Jerusalem was impending – all signs declared that the event could not be far off – and many of the believers felt that this meant the end of the world. To all at this time in history, it was a fair assumption, for even in the minds of some of the apostles the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world were closely intertwined, as their question, "When shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" clearly shows. – Matthew 24:3.
The disciples were somewhat troubled at Jesus' reactions when He visited the city and the temple for the last time. In the midst of the triumphant entry, when the people were jubilantly acclaiming Him King, He had wept over the city and said, "If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes. For as the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side." – Luke 19:42,43. To this He added later, "All these things shall come upon this generation." – Matthew 23:36.
This caused serious concern among the disciples. It did not seem possible that God would forsake His city and His people, and how could an enemy, however strong, destroy the temple? Was it not built of massive stones incapable of destruction? Perhaps Christ had not noticed how large these stones were. If He had, He would be more cautious of His statements. And so "his disciples came to him for to shew him the building of the temple" –Matthew 24;1, apparently unaware of the fact that He knew more about them then they could possibly know.
As they walked about, "one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!" – Mark 13:1. They fervently hoped that a view of the massiveness of the structure would make such an impression upon him that He would not refer lightly to its destruction. Was not the temple God's dwelling place? Was it not built so solidly that nothing on earth could destroy it? It was embarrassing for them to have Christ make statements which they firmly believed could never happen.
We are not told which of the disciples asked Him to consider, "What manner of stones and what buildings are here," but Christ promptly turned to him and said, "Seest thou these great buildings?" Then He added, "There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." –Mark 13:2. These words were spoken with such finality that the disciples said no more, but they certainly wondered.
This conversation had taken place as the company left the temple on the way to the Mount of Olives. Doubtless the disciples talked the situation over on the way to the garden, for it was a most important and astounding prediction that Christ had made. Therefore, when He was seated on the "Mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked Him privately," saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and the end of the world?" –Mark 13:3; Matthew 24:3.
For reasons we don't know, Christ did not in His answer recorded in Matthew 24, differentiate between the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world. It is evident, however, that the one event is symbolic of the other, and that the prophecy is of double application, referring to two events, which though widely separated in time, have much in common. The disciples had asked two questions. The first, "When shall these things be?", referring to Christ's statement that not one stone should be left upon another in the destruction of the city and temple; the second, "What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Christ in His answer embraced both events.
The disciples must have been intensely interested in what Christ said about the destruction of Jerusalem. They had heard Him say that, "the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." –Luke 19:43,44. These statements came close to them, for they were born and bred around Jerusalem, the city of the living God, and from Christ's saying they concluded the destruction would likely take place in their day.
There are grounds for believing that the disciples expected an early return of their Master. He had promised to come again and had said, "I will not leave you comfortless (margin: orphans): I will come to you." –John 14:18. "A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me." –John 16:16. When in perplexity they wondered, "What is this that he saith, A little while? We cannot tell what he saith" –John 16:18. He asked them, "Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me" –John 16:19. He then tells them of the sorrow that shall be theirs, but that their sorrow shall be turned into joy, and then gives them the promise, "I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you." –John 16:22.
"I will see you again." Cheering words. They hoped and prayed He would soon return. What could be more natural than this? But year after year passed and Christ did not come. At the time when the book of Hebrews was written, thirty more years had passed, and still no word had come from the Master. Had He forgotten His promise? Would He ever return? There was every indication that ere-long Jerusalem would be besieged by the Roman armies in fulfilment of Christ's prediction: "When ye therefore shall see the abominations of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand) then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house: neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes." –Matthew 24:15-18. Was it not time for Christ to come? Surely the time must be near.
The apostles must have done much searching of the Scriptures during this waiting time. Those who had known Christ and walked with Him, who had carefully treasured every word He had uttered, rehearsed again and again what He had said, and wrote down an account thereof. These accounts were compared with the prophecies and more light shone on the unknown that had perplexed them.
Christ was coming again; of that there could be no doubt. The Old Testament prophets declared it; and Christ had confirmed their statements. But apparently He was not coming immediately. They continued searching Christ's promises for more light to help them, but started to realise the end could not come until the gospel had been preached in all the world. They found there were to be signs in the heavens; the sun, the moon and the stars. These would witness to the fulfilment of prophecy, and these signs had not appeared, nor had the powers of heaven been shaken. (Matthew 24:29,30) Apparently there were a few things they had overlooked. Yet, certain things should come to pass in their own generation, according to Christ's words in Matthew 23:36: "All these things shall come upon this generation." But would He Himself come? They hoped He would, and prayed that He might.
This shows that Paul did not believe that Christ would come in his day. He knew that the man of sin was first to be revealed and that many long years would elapse before Christ should appear. And so he warned the church against entertaining a false hope.
Paul's letter brought light to them, but it also caused a certain measure of discouragement. The believers had hoped that the coming of the Lord was near at hand, and now they were told that the event was far off. The months and years following the receipt of the letter were hard. It appeared to the church that their hope had been taken away, and that which had buoyed them up and made persecution bearable, had been removed.
If ever the church needed help and encouragement, it did then. The apostles were passing away one by one, and soon the church would be left to fight its battles alone. Christ had promised not to leave them orphans, but now it seemed that this very thing would happen. It was a critical time. And it was in this hour of perplexity that the book of Hebrews appeared with needed light and comfort.
Paul increased the understanding for all who were looking steadfastly for the second coming when he made the comment to the Thessalonians that there must "come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." But this was evidently not a sufficient explanation. The people wanted more information. What was Christ doing? Was He sitting in idle expectation, waiting for certain things to happen before He could return; or was He doing some very important work that vitally affected their own salvation, and possibly the salvation of all mankind? If the latter was the case; if Christ was performing a service comparable to that of the earthly priest who, after the slaying of the sacrifice went into the holy place, there to minister the blood of the victim, then Christ's absence may become understandable.
All Israel well understood that the death of the sacrifice was not sufficient to forgiveness. There must be a ministration of the blood to make the offering efficacious. If Christ indeed was priest, and if as a victim He had died on Calvary and there shed His blood, was it not necessary that His blood be ministered? And was this what Christ was doing now in heaven?
There were so many unknowns that the early church struggled with, and it was to answer these questions that Hebrews was written. Christ is indeed priest and high priest. He has "not entered into the holy places made with hands (the earthly temple), which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us." –Hebrews 9:24. There in the heavenly temple He has "appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." –Hebrews 9:26. And there, says Paul, "shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God." –Hebrews 9:14.
Hebrews occupies a very high and important place in Scripture. It is a book that has been too long neglected by God's people. We rightly understand Christ as our high priest, yet we can so easily neglect the only book where this work of our Saviour is emphasised. In all the rest of the New Testament there is no discussion of His priestly work; in fact outside of Hebrews the term 'high priest' is not mentioned once as referring to Christ. On the other hand chapter after chapter in this book, Christ as high priest is the subject, with ten times the title being applied to Him directly. In seven other instances He is compared or contrasted with the high priests on earth.
The book of Hebrews connects the sanctuary on earth with the sanctuary in heaven. The first half of the book gives a view and a review of the services on earth, making constant references to the higher service above. It compares and contrasts the qualifications of the priests on earth with the greater dignity and surpassing glory of our great High Priest in heaven. It lays a solid foundation for the sanctuary on earth which is imperative to our understanding of Christ's work in heaven. Again and again Hebrews stresses the parallels between the sanctuary and the services on earth, and the sanctuary and the services in heaven, making clear the former is the type of the latter.
"The first chapter of Hebrews contrasts the position of the angels and the position of Christ. God has spoken words concerning Christ that are not to be applied to the angels. They are "sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation," but Christ, as Mediator, is the great Minister in the work of redemption. The Holy Spirit is His representative in our world, to execute the divine purpose of bringing to fallen man power from above, that he may be an overcomer. All who enter into a covenant with Jesus Christ become by adoption the children of God. They are cleansed by the regenerating power of the Word, and angels are commissioned to minister unto them." —Manuscript 57, 1907.


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CONFUSING THE CONCEPTS: INDIVIDUALS V. COLLECTIVES
1 CONFUSING THE CONCEPTS: INDIVIDUALS V. COLLECTIVES Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:08 pm
Posted on August 4, 2014 by F J Rocca
Once upon a time in our America, each and every citizen was referred to as an independent individual, possessing an independent mind and body, and an independent future which each of us could forge for ourselves. Every school child was encouraged to think and act as an independent human being, possessing a character that distinguished him or her from each and every other person on the planet. Independence and individualism was central to education.
Each person spoke proudly of being "his own man" or "her own woman" and each was reminded of the unique value and original contribution he could make to society through intelligence, education, hard work and enterprise. The reality of these values still exists because the truth cannot change.
But individualism is no longer encouraged and the terms used to describe us have changed. Now, the pervasive terms refer to us not as individuals, but as members of groups. This is a perceptual shift toward a collectivist view. Groups are comprised of individuals who come together for a purpose, but that distinction is gradually, deliberately blurred. Collectives are masses, and masses are more easily controlled than groups of individuals. Individuals cannot be controlled at all, but must be negotiated with. Politicians would much rather control a mob than negotiate with millions of individuals. Thus, comes the deliberate change in perception, which leads to the change in reality.
In the minds of most politicians, we the people are one or another demographic collective, ostensibly for the purpose of getting votes, the lifeblood of elected politicians. This is more than simple manipulation, because the perception in politics often becomes the reality and that reality, once established, can be harsh. Stalin said that one death is a tragedy, while a million deaths are a statistic. He did not say a million deaths were a million tragedies, and that is significant. Stalin was not commenting ironically on the carnage of war. He was commenting philosophically on people as a mass, a herd, a collective. It was Stalin, one should remember, who collectivized farms in the Soviet Union and persecuted the Kulaks. Under Stalin 30,000,000 people died as a result of purges and deliberate mass starvation. These were not perceived as the deaths of individual people, but the death of masses, of collectives, a mere statistic.
Such things happen when in a society people lose their independence and individual identities and become masses, collectives and they happen more often than one imagines. Mao Tse Tung bragged about killing 100,000,000. By comparison with Stalin's Soviet Union and Mao's China, the mass deaths in Ruanda and elsewhere in Africa are statistically insignificant, but one look at the photos and films of the tortured men, women and children suffering there, reminds us instantly that statistics are not human beings.
In the US, we were told by Barack Obama that the day of rugged individualists is over and that we all need a leg up from the government. Like Stalin, Obama was not commenting ironically that Americans are a shadow of their former industrious selves, with independent strengths and inventive energy. He was commenting on a philosophic shift. In Obama's mind and in the mind of Left-Liberal politicians, Americans are no longer considered, treated or celebrated as independent individual citizens, but as bits of voting blocs and other collective categories.
This shift is a deliberate effort by unscrupulous politicians to steal our individual identities and independence as individuals. Obama, you may remember, promised to "fundamentally transform America." This is what he meant.
Now, we are discouraged from identifying ourselves as individuals. We are encouraged, threatened and bullied, into identifying ourselves as members of masses: Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Women, Men, Gays, anti-unionists, Sarah-Palin-Loving right-wingers or Christians, who cling to our religion and guns. These categories are not meant to identify us, but categorize and collectivize us into controllable masses.
On the dual principle that the best lie is built on a speck of truth and that a lie, if repeated loudly enough and often enough, becomes the perceptible reality, even to ourselves, the distortion of our identity is relentless. But there are examples to remind us that we are not specs in a mass.
In the famous movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Sidney Poitier says to his father, "You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man." There is no clearer example than this. Poitier's character was fiercely independent. He took his chances, not merely by falling in love with and marrying a white woman, but as an independent, individual thinker, willing to acknowledge, but unwilling to be intimidated by, the collectivism of racial prejudice. The lesson in this lies in recognizing the difference between the individual reality and the collective perception.
Terms such as "racist" and "right-winger" are collectivist terms intended to bully not describe. They are meant to get a reaction, not a reasoned response. In fact, they are so overused in such knee-jerk fashion that they disregard the actual racism individuals may feel or express. But accuracy does not matter to those who hurl the epithets wantonly, because to them the accusation is more important than truth. It is intended to intimidate, not describe. They are meant to silence and intimidate free expression. I've been "accused" of being Republican, right-wing and rich. I am a republican (small "r") but neither right-wing nor rich, but such subtlety is lost on those with mob mentality, those who have collectivized themselves. I've also been accused of being "white" as though it were an insult.
These epithets are always hurled by someone who suspects me of holding certain attitudes, whether or not I actually express such attitudes. The accusers are so thoroughly self-collectivized and deluded that they are automatically angry at and afraid of anyone who may threaten the status quo. They are miserable people and can only save themselves by regaining their individuality as human beings.
FJ Rocca
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What does the public think about sex offender registers? Findings from a national Australian study
Bartels, L and Gelb, K and Spiranovic, C and Warner, K and Roberts, L and Davis, J, What does the public think about sex offender registers? Findings from a national Australian study, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 28, (4) pp. 560-575. ISSN 1321-8719 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/13218719.2020.1805813
This article presents data from questions about sex offender registration orders in a large national survey on Australian public opinion about adult sex offenders. It outlines the legislative frameworks that govern these registers in Australia and discusses the use of public registers, the research on the effectiveness of sex offender registers, and Australian attitudes to such registers. Our surveys of three cohorts of members of the Australian public reveal strong public support for sex offender registers, especially for cases involving child victims. However, there was also support for judicial discretion in the imposition of orders and reduced support for automatic registration where a non-custodial sentence is imposed. The Australian Government has recently announced the establishment of a national public sex offender register, but our findings show limited support for this approach. The implications for policy and practice are considered.
Australia, jurors, public opinion, sentencing, sex offender registers
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Courts and sentencing
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Bartels, L (Ms Lorana Bartels)
Spiranovic, C (Dr Caroline Spiranovic)
Warner, K (Professor Kate Warner)
2021 (online first 2020)
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