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Badland Aircraft — Kitfox Lite, A True Part 103 Ultralight Aircraft, Returns to the Market
July 25, 2019 by Dan Johnson 3 Comments
Once we had Avid Flyer. It begat Kitfox, which begat many models before returning to the starting point by creating a Part 103 ultralight vehicle* called Kitfox Lite …what else? At that time Kitfox was owned by its principal, Dan Denney.
A good marketer Denney's Kitfox once employed a whole staff of sales people following up on loads of leads that the then-new design was generating. Even now, decades later, Kitfox, doing business as Fox Air, is building one of the most successful kit-plane designs in aviation history. (For the facts and market position of Kitfox visit our Tableau Public page of LSA and SP kit statistics.)
While the Dan Denney version of Kitfox Inc., addressed strong demand, they also began working to widen the market they served. Kitfox had found success as a two seater in various configurations but did a market exist for a single seater?
It turned out not as much as Denney wanted. After some years the Kitfox Lite design was sold to James Weibe of Belite Aircraft.** After Belite moved on to their own designs, Badland Aircraft owners found agreement and acquired all the rights and tooling plus inventory for the Kitfox Lite. Weibe and Belite may have moved on to other projects but the availability of Kitfox Lite produced a compelling call to action for Badland's owner, Chris Deuel.
"I've been involved with autos and motorcycles my whole life," Chris detailed, "but I had a passion for aviation. When the chance came to acquire the Kitfox Lite, I jumped." With other family members, Chris established his company and set to building Kitfox Lite as a series of differently configured models… F1 UL base kit, F2 Flyer, F3 Speed, F4 Monster, and F5 Fujita. Each model step comes with addition features or equipment." Yet, as Badland advises, "Every model is 100% Part 103 capable." In fact, the aircraft at Oshkosh 2019 (nearby photos) weighed a mere 235 pounds, generously under the Part 103 limits of 254 pounds empty.
Chris seems determined and proud to protect this ultralight vehicle. "It is our honor to carry the tradition of this Dan Denney design into the future," said Chris.
It's Ultralight and It's Affordable
Budget and household income vary widely as do people's decisions about how to use the funds they have. Some buy $175,000 superdeluxe Light-Sport Aircraft. Some look to save money with ultralights like Kolb's FireFly, U-Fly-It's Aerolite, CGS Hawk's Ultra, Air-Tech Quicksilvers, and M-Squared's Breese I. Some buyers simply like the freedom afforded by Part 103 operations.
"Expect to spend anywhere between $11,700-$28,500 for a brand spanking new Badland kit," said Chris, the owner of Badland Aircraft. "You can expect to spend another $2,000-$4,500 for the firewall forward parts unless you have an engine laying around."
However, as Chris puts it, "$35,000 will get you one of the baddest bush-style ultralights in existence." Referring to the F5 Fujita he asked, "Who wouldn't love a full titanium airframe, 21-inch bush tires, 8-inches of suspension travel, a 60 horsepower ultralight that can take you anywhere you want to go? The deluxe model is not ready at this time, but Chris said they were moving with the project.
"A ready to fly base model F-1 starts at $18,900 and runs to the top of the line F-5 built with full titanium welded cage, 58 horsepower yet still 100% Part 103 Ultralight legal," said Badland. "[This is] our dream machine, with every option to make you feel on top of the world; for $37,000 we've got you covered."
"With the folding wings and the ability to park it in a 20 foot by 8.5 foot enclosed car trailer or a single car garage, you'll appreciate the versatility."
What I examined at Oshkosh 2019 looked good with many quality machined parts and an attention to detail you could see in several places. Badland may be new but Kitfox Lite is known and accepted. I think we'll be seeing more of Badland Aircraft.
Are you not too sure about flying with an Italian Polini engine doing the heavy lifting? Knowing the concern some pilots have about two-stroke engines, Badland has a solution. Here's how they put it: "Stay tuned for more info on our very own 450-cc, 45-horsepower, four-stroke engine that weighs less than 65 pounds!" Indeed! If they meet that goal and if the engine proves reliable, that could be of great interest to the legions of pilots unsure about two-stroke powerplants on aircraft.
* Yes, I know I incorrectly (but deliberately) wrote "Ultralight Aircraft" in the title when it is technically "Ultralight Vehicle."
** Some are not aware as I discovered at Oshkosh 2019 but in early June James Weibe and his Belite Aircraft enterprise suffered a terrible loss. The factory was ravaged by a severe fire destroying aircraft, lots of inventory, tools, records, and more. This is why the company did not exhibit at AirVenture after many years in attendance. We wish Belite a full recovery from this disaster. The sale of the Kitfox Lite to Badland occurred before this fire and the deal is unaffected by the tragedy.
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Ted Rockwell says
Tell me about the F5 Fujita
Dan Johnson says
Hi Ted: The Badland company may or may not see your request. Please go direct with your inquiry. Links appear in the article.
Don Catchpole says
Glad to see the Kitfox lite is alive and well. Good report.


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5 Ridiculous Big Pharma ads
9 December, 2010 gender, marketing, media and pop culture, medical practice, normalityadvertising, Big Bad Pharma, depression, drugs, drugs are bad mmm'kay, fibro, fibromyalgia, gender, media and pop culture, medicine, prescriptions, wtfAnnaham
I have an ongoing peeve that relates to medication and social attitudes surrounding it: often, for some people on various sides of the political spectrum, trashing Big Pharma translates into trashing people who use prescription medications at all, for a variety of health conditions — especially for chronic conditions, both of the mental health and physical varieties. As a woman with multiple disabilities — a few of which require me to be on medications manufactured by Big Pharma (OOOOOH, SCARY) — I am not, how shall I put it, too excited about this. It's really nice that stereotypical Extremely Naive Hippie Liberals and Rugged, Anti-Government Bootstrapping Conservatives can, theoretically, bond over how much they mutually hate those of us who take medications for legitimate medical reasons — but even those of us who, normally, would like and/or encourage all of this talk about "building alliances across the [political] aisle" have limits.
In short, there are a lot of things for which you can take Big Pharma to task without also treating the people who depend on these medications like total shit. One of these things is advertising and direct-to-consumer marketing, at which Big Pharma seems to be really quite good! And by "good," I mean totally ridiculous. Let's take a look at five different ad campaigns that should never have left a pitch meeting, much less been made with gargantuan budgets, professional actors, and voice-overs that calmly inform the viewer/listener of possible side effects.
5. Cialis: Yes, the one with the make-out music in the background and the couple sitting side-by-side in the bathtubs out in a meadow or something. Why is it so difficult for these folks to find a tub big enough to fit them both?
4. Uloric: Granted, this one may not be as ridiculous as some of the others on this list, but the visual of a dude carrying around a giant beaker of green liquid (which looks suspiciously like it should be in some sort of fancy alcoholic drink that costs upwards of $7) is pretty bizarre, as is the voice-over that helpfully informs viewers that side-effects may include flare-ups of the very condition that Uloric is used to treat. This might be the entire point of the ad, though; since Uloric is a medication intended to help with Gout symptoms, wouldn't it be more accurate to have the guy wear shoes to which giant beakers are attached? Perhaps we could see a live-action depiction of the 16th-century drawing included in the Wikipedia article on Gout, instead of a guy with a big beaker of neon-green energy drink? That would be awesome, and might get the Gout-is-horribly-painful-and-this-medication-could-help message across in a way that actually makes sense.
3. Lyrica: Every time I see this one, I want to yell at the TV, particularly when the one featuring the classy middle-aged lady who bakes bread has somehow made its hellish way into my precious rerun of Dirty Jobs or another show that I don't like to admit to enjoying. The actress in this ad pronounces "Fibromyalgia" like it's a seasonal root vegetable or something (like "FYE-bro-MY-al-GEE-AH") and all I can do is give the television my most hateful death glare. Oh, and even better is when she says that "My doctor diagnosed it as FYE-bro-MY-al-GEE-AH muscle pain," and I want to scream, "Lady, IF YOU KNEW what fibro was actually like, you would not be saying that. You would probably be in too much pain on some days to do very much." Or baking loaves of crusty bread en masse, for that matter. As someone who's dealt with fibro for the past few years of my life, I only wish I had enough energy to bake many loaves of bread, like the woman in this commercial. Sweet, delicious carbs might help my pain, or at least give me something to focus on other than constant pain and fatigue.
2. Cymbalta: My personal favorite moment is when a kid runs up to hug the woman (presumably a relative?) and the camera focuses on her face, and she just looks so sad that the explanation just has to be terrible acting (or depression, according to the good folks at Eli Lilly). Depression's symptoms are much, much more complex than walking around looking like the emoticon for sadface [🙁], but you wouldn't know it by watching this commercial. I think someone should make a parody of ads like this, except that some other person approaches the woman, tells her to "Snap out of it," and then the woman gives that person the finger–or, more accurately, gives them the 😐 face, because that is what certain aspects of depression make you feel like doing. You're not only sad all of the time, but often you feel too hopeless to respond to people's asshattery when they feel the need to comment on your depression and/or tell you that you Just Need To Buck Up.
1. Viagra ("Viva Viagra" spot): Truly the stuff of nightmares. The first time I saw this ad, I was awake at 3 or 4 AM due to pain (go figure, right?) and thought I was hallucinating when the opening chords of "Viva Las Vegas" started up in the opening seconds of this ad. I was, at first, confused as to what that particular song had to do with a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction. And then four middle-aged dudes–one playing a guitar–appeared on the screen and started to sing "VIVA VIAGRA!" to the tune of a song that most people associate with Elvis Presley, or any buddy comedy that has some sort of drunken Vegas montage. If you're sure that this one won't give you nightmares, I urge you to find it on YouTube, because it must be seen to be believed. Unfortunately, it's been replaced in recent months with 30 seconds of yet another middle-aged white dude driving a car around in the dark. The penis = car association makes more sense than hanging out with your best buds and singing about Viagra, I suppose, particularly if you know anything about psychoanalysis.
Readers, what are your least favorite Big Pharma ads, and why? Short descriptions (and links to videos, if you have them) can be helpful for people who may have not seen the ads; please include them, if possible, so that we may all share in the unintentional hilarity.
Who Killed Civil Discourse? Evelyn Evelyn, Marginalization, and Internet Discussion
22 February, 2010 activism, bodies, creative work, feminism, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, marketing, media and pop culture, meta, normality, othering, representations, social attitudes, Uncategorizedcommunication, evelyn evelyn, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, social inclusion, social treatment, things people sayAnnaham
Hello. I am Annaham (yes, I have a name). I am the person who posted a critique of Evelyn Evelyn on this website, which kicked off something of an internet controversy. For those who've just joined us, I made a post about Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley's side project Evelyn Evelyn, Lauredhel made another post soon after, and things got a little out-of-control, to say the least. Because my post was part of this whole storm of various substances — both gross and not — I feel some responsibility to share my reaction to what's gone down thus far.
I'd like to take a moment to talk about some basic principles of anti-oppression activism and social justice work that intersect with the work we do here at FWD, as some very specific structural issues and contexts are absolutely relevant in this discussion. Often, marginalized people are encouraged and expected to be sensitive and accommodating to the attitudes and prejudices of the dominant culture and to those of less-marginalized (ie: more privileged) people. However, this sensitivity and accommodation usually does not run both ways. Marginalized people, if they criticize something that (for example) leaves them out or makes them feel awful, are often told that they are being overly sensitive or overemotional, that they just misunderstand intent, that they are exaggerating, or that their tone is not polite enough. They are then expected to modify their behavior — and their self-expression — to fit with the norms and values of those who are more privileged.
What the less-privileged have to say is usually not accorded much importance, critical thought, or respect, and yet they are supposed to prioritize, be patient with, and generally assign more importance to views, values and norms that are not their own. People in marginalized communities are often expected to educate the more privileged majority. They may be expected to patiently explain basic concepts, sometimes repeatedly. And if those with more privilege decide that they do not agree (with the less-privileged group's tone, focus, or any number of other things other than the actual argument that is being made), those with less privilege are told, with varying degrees of subtlety, to shut the fuck up.
All the while, the perspectives, attitudes, norms and values of those with more privilege are made neutral. The power dynamics are rendered invisible, because that's just the way things are, so there's no point in trying to change any of it. Why are you so angry? You're just looking for things to get mad about. You just like being offended. Why can't you focus on other/more important things? It wasn't meant that way. You need to hold your tongue until you've done x, y and z. Quit taking it personally. You're ruining everyone's good time. Stop trying to make everyone pay attention to your pet issue, because it doesn't affect anyone other than you. Your demands are unreasonable. Stop complaining. Shut up.
And when things don't go entirely smoothly (which happens often), those not in a position of privilege are often blamed for it: Well, what did you expect, using that tone? You're the one who brought it up; you're the one who rocked the boat.
Unfortunately, these tactics are extremely common when it comes folks' objections against many sorts of media and pop culture critique and/or backlash against critical engagement with cultural works. In other words: These are not new patterns.
I am definitely not saying that everyone has to agree with the critiques that I and others have made regarding Evelyn Evelyn; I am not suggesting that ideological lockstep is a worthy end-goal. What I am saying is that the humanity of marginalized people — those who have traditionally been left out, and who are often on the receiving end of justifications for said exclusion(s) — is not up for debate. The humanity of the participants in this discussion — that of the creators/artists, fans, and those of us who have come forward with critiques — is similarly not up for debate. What I posted, and what I am posting here, was (and is) my take on the matter. I do not, nor do I want to, claim to speak for all PWDs, or all disabled feminists, or all fans of AfP and/or Jason Webley who are also disabled or feminists, or both. We all have our different takes on Evelyn Evelyn and how things have unfolded, and I think it is a good sign that so much discussion has come from this.
As I have stated here on FWD and elsewhere, I am a fan of AfP and have been for a number of years. Many of the people who have raised concerns about Evelyn Evelyn are fans, potential fans, or former fans (and there have been solid points raised by non-fans, too). Dreamwidth's Anti-Oppression Linkspam community has, at present, four round–ups collecting posts on the matter from around the web. I suspect that many of us who have posted on the Evelyn Evelyn project with a critical eye are not raising these concerns simply to bug or irritate Amanda and Jason, or their fans. However, there are quite a few people who seem eager to dismiss those of us with legitimate concerns as "haters" who just don't understand art. The hostile messages from "haters" that Amanda has received are not legitimate critiques. These are personal attacks, not arguments of substance.
I almost feel like it should go without saying that I do not support people making these attacks on Amanda, but just to make it very clear: I am very much against people using this controversy — and the complex issues raised — as a bandwagon upon which they can leap to make personal attacks and/or comments about Amanda's personal life or who she is. Unfortunately for those of us who have been trying to bring attention to Evelyn Evelyn-related issues and seriously discuss them, the "haters" are distracting from these same issues (and are apparently effective at it). I have also heard that people are making threats of physical violence against Amanda. That is not okay. It is never, ever acceptable to make threats of violence against anyone, regardless of your disagreement. That is basic human decency. It is truly disheartening to me, and to the other FWD contributors, that some are using this very difficult situation as an excuse to make horrific threats. We fiercely condemn these attacks.
One of the comments I received was from someone who, as far as I can tell, thought that my post seemed "insincere," with a bonus implication that I was and am making other PWDs look bad "in the eyes of the abled." Comments of this sort are often aimed at members of marginalized groups who are expected speak for everyone in their group when confronted; it basically boils down to "You are making other [disabled people] look bad." I have to wonder why this same thing was not said to the AfP fans who found it necessary to show up here to derail, break out tone arguments, tell me and my fellow contributors that we are crazy and/or should shut up, and who dismissed us on Twitter as just bitching about the project. It's interesting, and rather telling, that some fans have used these tactics against me, my fellow FWD contributors, and other people who have critiqued the project, but could not (or did not want to) step back and consider their own behavior.
We were, in various other places around the web, called "retarded," "angry bloggers," had the legitimacy of our contributors' disabilities questioned, and (trigger warning) threatened with rape (link goes to a screencap of a comment left on Amanda's blog) — among many, many other things. In the comments thread to my original post, I was told that I need to focus on more important issues, that I was blowing things out of proportion, that I was censoring people and/or trampling on their free speech rights by laying out guidelines that specifically told potential commenters to not leave derailing comments, and that intent should excuse offensiveness. Eventually, I lost my patience.
There were also quite a few personal-attack comments left in the moderation queue; for obvious reasons, these were not published. These attacking comments were a significant part of why I closed comments on the post, though I did not explain that in my final comment. My decision was not about "censoring" what anyone had to say, or infringing upon "free speech" rights (this is a private website — one that has contributors, commenters and readers who are not only from the U.S.), or only about the fact that I lost my patience after having explained certain concepts over and over again; I and my fellow contributors simply could not deal with the personal attacks, threats, and violent language being left in the mod queue anymore.
Here is just a sampling of some of these unpublished comments from the mod queue (possible trigger warning):
"What's the matter with you?"
"cant handle it? then just fucking die!"
"fuck u die slow nigga!"
"ONOEZ SOMEONE WANTED TO SMACK SOMEONE SUCH VIOLENCE!!! Typical retarded comment on an idiotic, stupid, moronic, weak, and lame blog. Fucking oversensitive twits."
I think there is something analogous here to some of the more hateful comments that Amanda received on Twitter and elsewhere, but that is a bit of a tangent.
Going through the mod queue for that post was not an experience that I would want anyone to have. I could talk about the fact that it got to the point where it exhausted me to look at the comments; about the extreme anxiety and emotional hurt I felt while reading some of the comments that attacked me as an individual and/or questioned my mental health status; about how it feels to notice that your physical pain level — already there as a result of a chronic pain condition — goes up a few notches as you read criticism(s) directed not at your argument, but at you. I have a feeling that were I to discuss this in depth, some would likely construe it as "ANGRY BLOGGER BLAMES AMANDA PALMER FANS FOR HER OWN PAIN" or accuse me of using my disability as an excuse for being "too sensitive." I get more than enough of that outside of the blogosphere.
I need a break from having attempted to be civil and polite and explain very basic concepts to a select few people who have no interest in substantially engaging with me or with others who have raised concerns about Evelyn Evelyn. Simply put, I need some time to recharge my politeness batteries, as well as my hope that some people — and I include many of Amanda's fans in this category — do want to listen, learn and discuss without derailing or attacking. I wish I could address every critique that's come our way, but I am pretty worn out (and I suspect that many of you — disabled and not — know the feeling).
In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that Jason and I have been communicating via e-mail — he emailed me shortly after my other post went live — and discussing many of these issues in more detail; for that, and for his willingness to engage, listen, and consider the critiques that have come up, I thank him.
I wish Amanda and Jason success with their endeavors; I do not wish to shut either of them up or, worse, endorse that Evelyn Evelyn not go forward at all. There is, as I have said, quite a bit of difference between critiquing a portion of someone's work and wanting to shut them up or silence them; I have aimed for the former. I ask, however, that they engage critically with and take seriously the numerous points that have been brought up, both about (trigger warnings apply to the first two links) specific aspects of the project and the response to critiques so far. Taking on such huge issues will doubtlessly be a difficult and ongoing process. Of course, Amanda and Jason will probably interpret all of this in different ways. What happens next does not have to be "perfect" — nor 100% Annaham-approved (because that would be unrealistic and silly), but it would be fantastic for these two very talented musicians and performers to bridge the gaps between their good intentions and what actually shows up onstage and on the album.
What are the ultimate lessons here? What can people on all sides of this discussion take away? Right now, I don't know, and for the moment, that is okay with me. I still believe that better things are possible. I refuse to give up that hope.
[Special thanks to meloukhia for ou's help in putting together links and other material for this post.]
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Quickhit: "From Cool to Crippled" in advertising
18 February, 2010 marketing, shaming, social attitudeslauredhel
Bad Cripple shows us a couple of ads, in Why Equality is Elusive, Part I and Part II.
Description [emphases are mine]: The ad is headed, in red,
"Drive stupid and score some kickin' new wheels."
This heading is placed beside the image of an slim adolescent boy, white-appearing and dark-haired, wearinga red T-shirt, black jeans, and black Converse-style sneakers. He is sitting in a hospital-style wheelchair. His arms are slumped on the armrests, his back hunched, and his head bent such that his face is in shadow and not clearly visible.
The small text in the ad reads:
"Nothing's cooler than the day you get your driver's license. But as soon as you start driving stupid, it's not so cool anymore. Texting, using your iPod, racing, they all fall under the category of stupid. And dangerous. So before you get behind the wheel and try to prove how cool you are, here's a little harsh reality. Nothing kills more Utah teens than auto crashes. Not fazed? Okay, how does the thought of spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair grab you? Look, every year far too many Utah teens go from cool to crippled in the blink of an eye. So if you're one of those drivers who think they have something to prove, you can start shopping for your wheelchair now. And hey, if you think that's harsh, wait until the day you roll it into school.
Drowsy Driving | Distracted Driving | Aggressive Driving | Impaired Driving | Not Buckling Up
DontDriveStupid.com"
As Bad Cripple says:
But the ad relies on antiquated and deeply rooted fears to scare teens noting that "every year far too many Utah teens go from cool to crippled in the blink of the eye". Great, this undermines forty years of legislative initiatives meant to empower people with a disability. Teens are being taught that a wheelchair is akin to a tragedy, a fate worse than death.
If you go to the website, the header currently has a headshot of a conventionally-pretty white brunette girl with sutured wounds on her cheek and lip. The heading says, "Driving stupid can really make you look bad."
So there's the Don't Drive Stupid campaign: it is assumed that for teen boys using a wheelchair is worse than death – and for teen girls, the worst possible fate is to have minor wounds on her face.
It is interesting to contrast these official messages – ableist, sexist, objectifying, dehumanising – with the posters made by high school students themselves for the campaign: a car knocking the motif off a signpost, 'When you drive you hold someone's life in your hands", "you know you're tired when you swerve to miss your car freshener", "Last message received" with a crash and a breaking cellphone, and various others – none of which rely on stereotypes about marginalised groups at all.
Next up, Bad Cripple brings us this Nike advertisement:
Description: A Nike shoe sits on a red background. The text reads:
Fortunately, the Air Dri-Goat features a patented goat-like outer sole for increased traction, so you can taunt mortal injury without actually experiencing it. Right about now you're probably asking yourself, "How can a trail running shoe with an outer sole designed like a goat's hoof help me avoid compressing my spinal cord into a Slinky on the side of some unsuspecting conifer, thereby rendering me a drooling, misshapen, non-extreme-trail-running husk of my former self, forced to roam the earth in a motorized wheelchair with my name embossed on one of those cute little license plates you get at carnivals or state fairs, fastened to the back?"
To that we answer, hey, have you ever seen a mountain goat (even an extreme mountain goat) careen out of control into the side of a tree?
Bad Cripple commentary reads, in part (check out the rest):
If anything is unusual about the above Nike ad it is the fact it was pulled. Imagery of this sort is sadly the norm and abounds. I see it every day on television, in newspapers, on the internet and in a plethora of magazines. Some people in disability studies call such images examples of the "defective person industry".

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The provisions of the Union Customs Code 1 (the Code) are being applied since 1 May 2016. A major goal of the Code is the shift to a complete use of electronic systems for interactions between economic operators and customs authorities, and between customs authorities, and the end of paper-based customs processes.
(b)three national systems that have to be developed or upgraded by the Member States alone.
Article 278 of the Code provides that, until all the new electronic systems envisaged under the Code are operational, existing electronic and paper-based systems can continue to be used for customs processes. The Article establishes the end of 2020, at the latest, as the date by which the use of these transitional arrangements must cease. In line with this deadline, the Work Programme sets out step-by-step plans for completion of the work on the electronic systems by 2020.
·The unavoidable delay in completing the design of the electronic systems. When setting the 2020 deadline, it was anticipated that the rules supplementing and implementing the UCC (the UCC Delegated Regulation, 4 the UCC Implementing Regulation 5 and the UCC Transitional Delegated Regulation 6 ) would be adopted very soon after the adoption of the UCC in 2013, so that their provisions could be taken into account in developing the IT systems. However, as it happened, discussions took much longer than expected and the acts were only adopted in their final form in late 2015/early 2016. This delay meant a delay in producing the functional and technical specifications for many of the electronic systems.
·The enormity of the work of interlinking seventeen electronic systems across the whole of the EU and the particular complexity of some of the electronic systems. These elements only became apparent as work started on the functional and technical specifications for the systems. Having the full picture following the work on the specifications has led the Commission and Member States to the conclusion that a revision of the target date for completion of the systems is necessary in some cases. This is particularly true for those electronic systems for which the specifications will only be completed in 2018.
·Data harmonisation difficulties. Since the adoption of the Delegated Regulation and the Implementing Regulation, work is also proceeding at an intensive pace on harmonisation of the data provided by economic operators. This element is crucial for the interoperability of the different UCC electronic systems, for a harmonised application of the legal rules and for cooperation with other public services active at the border. Harmonising the data in line with international data models such as that of the World Customs Organisation also ensures better linkages with the IT systems of third countries and thus greatly facilitates trade. However, this work involves a much heavier than expected investment in terms of time and in financial terms in fully reprogramming some of the existing electronic systems.
·Sequencing. When planning realistic timelines and costs, close attention must be paid to the impact of the proposed electronic changes on the customs and trade eco-system. As the electronic systems are closely interlinked, it is important to introduce them in the right order (sequencing) so as to ensure that interdependencies are respected and that the changes for administrations and trade are introduced in a structured and coherent manner.
For all of these reasons, it has become necessary to provide for a later date (2025 at the latest) for full completion of work on some of the systems. This target date will ensure the smooth implementation by 2020 of the majority of the systems and the later implementation of the remaining systems, in proper sequence, on dates between 2021 and 2025. Half of the systems for which implementation is to be delayed already exist and are merely being upgraded under the UCC while the other half are new systems.
·Three new systems which are designed to apply innovative features of the Code i.e. Centralised Clearance for Import (CCI), Proof of Union Status (PoUS) and Guarantee Management (GUM).
The postponement to 2025 of the latest delivery date for these electronic systems conflicts with Article 278 of the Code which only allows the use of means for the exchange and storage of information other than the planned electronic systems until 2020. Therefore, the deadline in Article 278 must be extended in respect of the delayed systems. Furthermore, action must be taken quickly in order to ensure legal certainty; business and customs administrations would have serious problems if, by 2020, some of the electronic systems were not implemented and at the same time the law prohibited the continued transitional use of alternative arrangements.
As Member States and businesses need on average two years to make arrangements for each electronic system, the Commission has to provide certainty by 2018 about the re-planning for some of the systems and the related extension of the applicability of transitional arrangements after 2020 up to 2025.
The amendment to Article 278 of the Code is consistent with the calendar for IT planning in the Multi-Annual Strategic Plan (MASP) and the Work Programme for the Code will shortly be updated on this basis via a new Commission Implementing Decision.
The legal basis is Article 33 and Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (customs cooperation and common commercial policy).
The proposal does not entail any new policy developments compared to the legislative act it intends to amend; it modifies a single provision of that legislative act to extend the deadline for the use of transitional measures in respect of a small number of customs processes so that an existing policy choice (gradual shift to an electronic environment) can be better assured. As the Code is a legal act of the EU, it can only be amended by way of an equivalent legal act. Member States cannot act individually in this area.
In order to tackle the aforementioned problem, the Commission proposes to amend Article 278 of the Code so that the transitional arrangements for the exchange and storage of customs information (i.e. existing electronic and paper-based systems) can continue to be used after 2020 for the customs processes covered by the electronic systems that will not be implemented by 2020.
The proposed amendment keeps the deadline of 2020 in Article 278 but at the same time it provides for an extended deadline of 2025 in relation to customs processes covered by the aforementioned electronic systems that will not be operational by 2020.
The Commission has extensively consulted the Member States and listened to their concerns about the need for a more realistic timetable for the development of the electronic systems of the Union Customs Code and about the corresponding need for the continued applicability of transitional arrangements for the exchange and storage of customs information beyond the current deadline of 2020. In addition to some written and bilateral consultations, these issues were discussed in detail at Commission meetings with Member States on 31 March 2017 and on 29-30 June 2017. The Commission also sent Member States a detailed questionnaire to obtain information on their preferences regarding systems that should be delayed if any had to be delayed. The proposed new deadline and new planning schedule for the electronic systems takes into account the responses of Member States to that questionnaire.
The Commission also consulted the trade representatives in the forum of the expert group that gathers representatives from diverse trade associations, the Trade Contact Group , at Plenary meetings on 27 April 2017 and 12 July 2017. Businesses need realistic timetables and agree that the deadline to use the transitional arrangements for the exchange and storage of customs information must be extended in the case of electronic systems that will be ready later than 2020.
This initiative does not require an impact assessment because it does not concern a policy choice. It simply suggests extending the use of the transitional arrangements that are already provided for in the Union Customs Code, for an additional period of time. This extension will, in fact, ensure a smoother and less disruptive implementation of the policy choice contained in the Code for a gradual shift to a complete use of electronic systems for interactions between economic operators and customs authorities, and among customs authorities, and for the end of paper based procedures.
The Commission has adopted a report 7 on the implementation and impact to date of the Union Customs Code including its electronic systems, which provides more detail on the background to the delay in implementation of some electronic systems.
The Code aims to ensure a shift to a fully electronic environment for all customs processes in order to ensure a framework for EU customs that is adapted to modern trade realities and thus to improve the competitiveness of European businesses while also better protecting the financial and economic interests of the Union and the Member States and the safety and security of EU consumers. However, the deadline to implement all seventeen relevant electronic systems by 2020 imposes considerable pressure on all involved – on the Member States, the Commission and the business community. The proposed delay in implementation of a small number of systems will help to focus attention on ensuring the effective delivery of the other systems by 2020. Moreover, the delay can be managed by the present amendment to the legal framework, to allow the continued transitional use after 2020 of existing arrangements in the case of the customs matters dealt with by the electronic systems to be delayed. In fact these existing arrangements already, in some cases, involve electronic systems and the provisions of the Code simply provide for their upgrade. Therefore, the postponement of the deadline for the delivery of some IT systems will not jeopardise the achievement of the objectives of the UCC.
The possibility to use alternative means of exchange and storage of the customs information in the case of some of the UCC electronic systems does not have budgetary implications in the short term. The present initiative, by providing a legal safety net for the small number of electronic systems to be deployed later than 2020, allows full attention to be focused in the next two years on the work of ensuring that the majority of the systems are finalised by 2020. It thus assists in the achievement of the objectives of the UCC including that of better ensuring the protection of EU financial resources.
Financing will be required under the next generation of EU customs funding programmes for post 2020 to ensure that the work on the development of the UCC electronic systems can continue until 2025.
The Commission will, by 2021, carry out an interim evaluation of the UCC legal framework and the electronic systems implemented by that date. It will launch a more comprehensive fitness check after 2025, once all the electronic systems are in place, so as to determine whether there are gaps or errors in the Code that need to be addressed by a more comprehensive proposal for amendment.
·the Automated Export System (AES) plus the upgrade of the National Export System (covering also the export component of the national Special Procedures System) are referred to as the electronic systems designed to apply paragraph (d) of Article 210, Article 215(1) and Articles 263, 264, 267, 269 to 272, 274 and 275 of the Code (as applicable to goods taken out of the customs territory of the Union) .
The Automated Export System (AES) is also designed to apply centralised clearance for export (Articles 179 of the Code) but to the extent that both Centralised Clearance (CCI) and AES are to be delivered after 2020, there is no need to expressly mention the connection between Article 179 and AES in the proposed new paragraph of Article 278 of the Code.
·the information on guarantees used in several Member States for purposes other than transit would have to be exchanged between Member States by email and would have to be stored in the Member States' national systems.
(1)Under Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code 8 (the Code), all exchanges of information between customs authorities and between economic operators and customs authorities, and the storage of such information, are to be made using electronic data-processing techniques.
(2)However, the Code allows for the use of means of exchange and storage of information other than electronic data-processing techniques during a transitional period, to the extent that the electronic systems necessary for the application of the provisions of the Code are not yet operational, but only until 31 December 2020 at the latest.
(3)In accordance with the Code, Member States are to cooperate with the Commission to develop, maintain and employ electronic systems for the exchange and the storage of customs information and the Commission is to draw up a work programme relating to the development and deployment of those electronic systems.
(4)The Work Programme has been established by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578 9 . It contains a list of seventeen electronic systems that must be developed for the application of the Code, either by the Member States alone (in the case of systems to be managed at national level - "national systems") or by the Member States and the Commission in close collaboration (in the case of Union-wide systems, some of which consist both of Union-wide components and national components - "trans-European systems").
(6)There are many challenges in setting up all the necessary electronic systems by 2020 both for the Commission and for the Member States. First, in some cases, harmonising the data elements on the basis of internationally accepted data models as required by the Code demands a full reprogramming of existing electronic systems and investments both in financial terms and in terms of time that are greater than foreseen at the time of adoption of the Code. Second, as the electronic systems are closely interlinked, introducing them in the right order is important. Delays in the development of one system will therefore unavoidably lead to delays in the development of others. Third, the Code (including the end date for transitional measures on 31 December 2020) was adopted in 2013 while the rules supplementing and implementing it, namely Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 10 , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 11 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 12 , were only adopted in 2015 and 2016. The discussions on those rules took much longer than expected and this has caused a delay in setting out the functional and technical specifications necessary for the development of the electronic systems.
(7)It has become evident that, while most systems will be deployed by 2020, others can only be partially completed by that date.
(8)The Commission, after having consulted Member States and economic operators, therefore proposes that work should continue after 31 December 2020 on two groups of systems. A first group consists of existing electronic systems that must be upgraded to take account of certain requirements of the Code, such as the harmonisation of the requirements on data to be input into the systems. This group consists of three trans-European systems (the system dealing with Entry Summary Declarations, the system dealing with external and internal transit and the system dealing with goods taken out of the customs territory of the Union) as well as the National Export System (including the export component of the national Special Procedures System). The second group consists of three new trans-European electronic systems (the systems concerning guarantees for a potential or existing customs debt, the customs status of goods and centralised clearance). The Commission, in partnership with the Member States, has drawn up a detailed timetable with a view to deploying those systems over a period up to the end of 2025.
(9)In line with the new planning for the development of the electronic systems, the period laid down in the Code during which means for the exchange and storage of information, other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1) of the Code, may be used on a transitional basis, should also be extended to 2025 as regards those two groups of electronic systems.
(10)With regard to the other systems to be set up for the purposes of implementing the Code, the general end date of 31 December 2020 for the use of means for the exchange and storage of information other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1) of the Code should continue to apply.
1.Means for the exchange and storage of information, other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1), may be used on a transitional basis, until 31 December 2020 at the latest, where the electronic systems which are necessary for the application of the provisions of the Code other than those referred to in paragraph 2 are not yet operational.
(f)the provisions on goods taken out of the customs territory of the Union laid down in Article 210 (d), Article 215(1), Articles 263 to 264, Article 267, Articles 269 to 272 and Articles 274 to 275.
(2)In Article 279, the words "in the situation referred to in" are replaced by the words "in the situations referred to in".
(1) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (recast) (OJ L 56, 10.10.2013, p.1).
(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578 of 11 April 2016 establishing the Work Programme relating to the development and deployment of the electronic systems provided for in the Union Customs Code (OJ L 99, 15.4.2016, p.6).
(3) Decision No 70/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a paperless environment for customs and trade (OJ L 23, 26.1.2008, p.21).
(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 58, 29.12.2015, p.1).
(5) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 58, 29.12.2015, p.558).
(6) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council are regards transitional rule for certain provisions of the Union Customs Code where the relevant electronic systems are not yet operational (OJ 69, 15.3.2016, p.1).
(8) Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
(9) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578 of 11 April 2016 establishing the Work Programme relating to the development and deployment of the electronic systems provided for in the Union Customs Code (OJ L 99, 15.4.2016, p. 6).
(10) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1).
(11) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558).
(12) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards transitional rules for certain provisions of the Union Customs Code where the relevant electronic systems are not yet operational and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (OJ L 69, 15.3.2016, p. 1).


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Lightning storms are much more dangerous than sharks. According to the internet, about 5 people are killed by sharks in a year, while 100 million sharks are killed by people annually. Who's scary? We are.
For some reason, this seems counterintuitive. I guess it's because the use and abuse of vending machines involves millions of people every second of every day, while one person is elected President once every four years in the US. Despite the low odds, please don't rock one of these machines if your candy bar doesn't drop. Around 13 people die this way each year. But do rock the vote.
Do you have phobias about unlikely events such as sharks, plane crashes, or fatal spider bites? Do the statistics make you feel any better?
My house has been struck by lightning twice!. Having spent 20+ years in politics I have no interest in 'being' anything. As for deer, drop by any day and help me shoo them out of my yard. Better yet, run one down on your way here, but be sure you are driving a tank. As for the aliens, sometimes I think my boys were aliens in their teens.
I missed the president one. I really would think more people would rock a vending machine to the point of it falling on them.
It's the lightening that frightens me the most. Mother nature can be so cranky.
I missed two of them. The president one. Like you said counterintuitive.
My thought process on the Hawaii one was "what if there were no deer, then of course…well you get it.
I go the lightening vs. shark correct. I struck out on the vending machine vs. president. I thought president was more likely, then second guessed myself when I though of how abusive people become with the machines when they don't vend. On the Hawaii thing, I knew conjoined twins was rare.and in East Texas everyone knows someone who has hit a deer, but I didn't think Hawaii had any naturally, and didn't know anyone gifted them with some, so the Chinese ruined that one for me. That means I got one out of three. I had an aunt that got hit by lightening while washing dishes at her sink. The lightening hit a tree outside, and went through the roots that were wrapped around pipes and busted through her sink. Burned off some hair and her eyebrows. But she made a full recovery.
It's crazy how unlikely it is to get attacked by a shark, yet people are still terrified of them.
I actually thought the odds of getting crushed by a vending machine were higher than becoming president. I'm glad I was wrong!
I'm off to vent on a vending machine.
Don't forget your suit of armor.
The sharks don't stand a chance against us, do they?
My kid watches that Dumb Ways to Die video... now it's stuck in my head. Ack!
Sorry Nick. At least it's not "Let it Go".
This was interesting! Living in a household that has hit four deer while driving over the past nine months, Hawaii sounds like a great place to live.
Very interesting examples of odds, love how you explain things so even us math challenged people get it.
I'd heard lightning strikes were very probably, I think the guy who holds the record is a park ranger who's been hit 7 times.
I can't believe he didn't switch jobs after the first 3 or so!
I knew that about vending machines. And still I see people rocking them over a dollar bag of chips that gets stuck.
I can believe the lightning one. Interesting odds indeed. Thanks earlier this week for the Liebster - I appreciate it. I'll try to do it in May. Here's to next weeks A to Z. All fun!


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Czesław Tadeusz Gluza (ur. 11 czerwca 1956 w Wiśle) – polski polityk, urzędnik samorządowy, w latach 2008–2011 starosta cieszyński, poseł na Sejm VII kadencji.

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Ukończył studia z zakresu socjologii na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim. W 1981 był zatrudniony w Pracowni Badań Społeczno-Zawodowych przy zarządzie Regionu Podbeskidzie NSZZ "Solidarność". Od początku lat 90. pracował w urzędzie miejskim w Ustroniu, dochodząc do stanowiska naczelnika Wydziału Spraw Obywatelskich i Kryzysowych.

W wyborach samorządowych w 2006 i w 2010 z ramienia Platformy Obywatelskiej był wybierany w skład rady powiatu cieszyńskiego. 28 stycznia 2008 został przez radnych powołany na urząd starosty tego powiatu w miejsce Mirosława Kożdonia. Utrzymał to stanowisko również po wyborach samorządowych w 2010.

W wyborach parlamentarnych w 2011 uzyskał mandat poselski z listy PO, otrzymując 13 334 głosy w okręgu bielskim. W listopadzie 2014 został wykluczony z partii za powołanie konkurencyjnego komitetu Wspólnota Dla Ziemi Cieszyńskiej w wyborach samorządowych. We wrześniu 2015 został kandydatem Zjednoczonej Lewicy do Sejmu następnej kadencji, przeszedł też z klubu parlamentarnego PO do klubu poselskiego Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej. Nie został wybrany na kolejną kadencję Sejmu. W 2018 z ramienia Cieszyńskiej Inicjatywy Samorządowej kandydował na burmistrza Cieszyna, zajmując ostatnie, 5. miejsce.

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Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Ludzie urodzeni w Wiśle
Ludzie związani z Cieszynem
Politycy Platformy Obywatelskiej
Politycy SdRP i SLD
Polscy radni rad powiatów
Posłowie z okręgu Bielsko-Biała
Starostowie województwa śląskiego
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They recommend sending between 8 and 10 am and between 3 and 4 pm. Relaxed, friendly pieces in your own words are fine. Out of those 60, subscribers, only about 1, read any given post. Mar 21st, Last update How to Write a Newsletter in 4 Simple Steps Although content marketing became popular and powerful thanks to SEO and blogging, it applies to many other marketing initiatives you could pursue for your business.
Three Pieces of Content Are Enough Having three content pieces in your email updates is enough for a good well rounded newsletter. Bring the 3 articles to someone savvy and have them take a look.
We only have about 26, email subscribers here, but because I routinely send out high-quality articles, as well as prune subscribers who are no longer reading, our open and click through rates are off the charts.
The more you can find out about the people on your email list through market research, the better you can tailor the email-marketing message to meet their needs and solve their problems.
As a marketer, having this information up front will help diminish your unsubscribe and spam rates as well. Personalize the newsletter by using a friendly, conversational tone.
Once bitten, twice shy. Links should ideally connect to a dedicated and relevant landing page on your website, not just the home page. If you have been reading something interesting recently, big national news stories or any news developments in your business, all this is fine material for a newsletter.
This infographic from GetResponse shows a lot of data based on their research about the best times to send. Rather than publishing an article you like and hoping your readers enjoy it, now you know what they think within a matter of minutes.Below are a bunch of tips for writing and sending effective email newsletters.
Hope this helps you get in to the world of enewsletters in order to keep in touch with existing clientele or obtain new clients. How to Write an Effective newsletters – Hard-Sell Email. Written hard-sell email is not as difficult as many people taught, but it requires some little idea and creative if you want to increase the open rate when sending email newsletter.
Writing an email newsletter is among the trickiest marketing stumbling blocks for small business owners. In truth this task does not have to be all that difficult and sometimes is over complicated by not having a clear goal in mind.
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Most email newsletter apps let you either make a new email newsletter each time, or automatically generate a new email from your site's new blog posts. Revue takes a different approach. Its emails are built from content you curate into a news email, with links to your and others' content.
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On April 3, renegade military leader Khalifa Haftar announced an offensive on Tripoli to "liberate" the capital and the entire west of Libya from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Fayez al-Serraj.
Many now believe that Haftar had been planning this military takeover since 2014 when he called for a military coup in Tripoli. His attempt at overthrowing the first democratically elected parliament in Libya, the General National Congress (GNC), failed, which led him to launch "Operation Dignity" in Benghazi a few months later.
The announcement of the operation launched by Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) came just days before a national conference organised by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) was to be held in the city of Ghadames on the border with Algeria.
This conference was expected to achieve a breakthrough in the political impasse and produce a roadmap to resolve the Libyan conflict which would have included holding fresh elections to unite the country's divided institutions. Such a political deal would have put an end to Haftar's personal ambitions of achieving absolute power in Libya, supported by his main international backers, the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
The fact that he chose to wage war on Tripoli just ahead of this important conference (initially scheduled for April 14-16) demonstrates that he has always been disingenuous about reaching a political settlement and that his attendance at all the international peace talks, including in Paris, Palermo and most recently Abu Dhabi, was merely a tactic to buy time.
Haftar's offensive has antagonised the entire west of Libya, especially the cities of Tripoli, Misrata, Zawia and Zintan and their military factions, which were quick to unite under the banner of defending the capital and put up a viable resistance to his forces.
Now as the chances of a political settlement in Libya are vanishing by the day, there seem to be three possible scenarios that could unfold moving forward.
First, Haftar's offensive could grow into a protracted conflict and eventually a military stalemate. This means that the fighting would go on for many months, possibly even years, especially if both sides keep receiving support from international backers in the form of weapons, ammunition and financing.
This scenario would be devastating for the country, causing a large-scale humanitarian crisis and widespread damage to civilian infrastructure and housing. It would also mean the end of the UN-led dialogue process, further division between the east and west of Libya, and continuous bloodshed throughout the country.
Second, the LNA could also choose to withdraw, facing potential defeat. Haftar gambled on the element of surprise and a quick entry into Tripoli before his opponents could react and mobilise. That, however, did not happen; his forces failed to break through the defences of the capital.
Haftar has been using two staging posts for his offensive on Tripoli: the cities of Gharyan and Tarhouna, some 80km south-west and south of the capital. His supply lines, however, are vastly stretched, with his forces fighting hundreds of kilometres away from their base in the east.
If his long supply lines are cut and needed supplies of fresh ammunition, fuel and new fighters diminish more quickly than expected, then LNA is likely to end up retreating.
This could in turn lead to the GNA forces advancing and reclaiming lost territory in both the south and the strategically important Jufra area in the centre of the country. Haftar's control of the oil-crescent area between Sirte and Benghazi could also come under threat if his forces withdraw.
Third, there is also a possibility that the LNA, boosted by fresh military supplies from his staunch supporters the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt would defeat the forces currently defending Tripoli.
If the LNA manages to advance into the capital, some opposition armed groups may switch their allegiances to Haftar and some of his reported sleeping cells may become active and help with the take-over.
However, resistance in the form of street fighting may go on for a while before the renegade military leader could establish full control over the capital. Conquering other key cities outside Tripoli, such as Misrata (220km to the east) and the Nafusa Mountain towns (200km to the south) would take much longer, possibly months if not years.
Will Haftar succeed in his war on Tripoli?
Whether Haftar will succeed or not in his war on Tripoli will depend mainly on the stance taken by the international community, especially the permanent members of the UN Security Council.
So far, these key players have resigned themselves to issuing statements of condemnation, calling for the cessation of fighting. Meanwhile, other countries have continued supplying weapons, ammunition and logistical support, which are fuelling and prolonging the conflict.
In my opinion, the indications are that Haftar has now lost the element of surprise and miscalculated the level of military resistance that he would face. The supply lines for his troops are difficult to maintain and it is most likely that he would not be successful in taking Tripoli.
A defeat would mean the end of Haftar's ambitions of securing total military and political control of Libya and the end of his perceived legitimacy to be part of any further political process. He would have to be left out of any further efforts to achieve reconciliation and political accord.
The chances of Libya ending the conflict and the current divide, bringing about genuine peace and stability, would indeed increase if Haftar, the biggest obstacle, was removed.


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Judiciary Hearing CIRCUS: Nadler Lashes Out, Dem Brings Chicken Prop, GOP Mics Cut
by Team BonginoPosted: May 2, 2019
In a chaotic scene today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) lashed out at President Trump and Attorney General William Barr after Barr did not show up to a hearing following a dispute over the questioning format.
"The president of the United States wants desperately to prevent Congress from providing any check whatsoever on even his most reckless decisions," Nadler said. "The challenge we face is that if we don't stand up to him together, today, we risk not being able to stand up to any president in the future."
He continued, "The very system of government of the United States, the system of limited power, the system of not having a president as a dictator, is very much at stake."
Nadler then went on to slam Barr, saying he failed to protect the special counsel's investigation.
"He has failed to check the president's worst instincts," he said. "He has not only misrepresented the findings of the special counsel, he has failed to protect the special counsel's investigation from unfair political attacks."
GOP Mic cut
Chairman Nadler also cut off a Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz's (FL) microphone mid-sentence as he tried to challenge the leading Democrat on the committee:
Judiciary Democrats say AG Barr is "terrified." Yesterday he testified for over five hours in an open hearing.
Today, they cut off my microphone. #WhoIsTerrified? pic.twitter.com/xQhQR0HMwY
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) May 2, 2019
Chicken prop attends hearing
Democrats mocked Barr's decision to not attend the hearing by having an empty chair for him and staging a ceramic chicken prop at the table.
Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) also brought fried chicken to the hearing. He told reporters "Chicken Barr should have shown up today and answered questions."
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Comic relief is a familiar term which needs little discussion. An author will seek to relieve the intensity of a serious plot line by inserting comic characters or situations; these entertaining diversions help keep the reader's interest lively and balance out the fictional picture of our half-tragic, half-comic world. Probably the most famous example of the use of comic relief in English literature is the knocking at the gate in Macbeth, where the sight of the drunken porter relaxes the audience after the murder of Duncan.
Eliot uses both these devices in Adam Bede. In a sense, most of the novel is local color; the settings and the speech of the characters obviously belong to a specific time and place. But certain characters function almost entirely as local color figures: Wiry Ben, for example, or Chad's Bess, or Mr. Craig. These people are part of the novel's background; they provide a concrete milieu in which the central action of the story takes place. Mr. Poyser is a typical (though unusually skilled) Warwickshire farmer; Wiry Ben exemplifies the typical attitudes of the Warwickshire town laborer of his day.
Eliot gives a lot of attention to the habits and customs of the local people. Most of Chapters 6 and 18, for example, describe what ordinary people did and said on ordinary days in the Warwickshire countryside in 1800. The operation of the Hall Farm and the description of Sunday morning churchgoing are presented not because they are relevant to the novel's conflict but because they help make up the picture of a realistic, functioning, physical world. Parts of Book III (especially Chapter 25 on the games at Arthur's birthday party) show how people celebrated an important event; Chapter 53 describes the local ritual of the harvest supper.
The sections of the novel which concentrate on developing local color serve other purposes as well. Book III, as noted in the commentaries, is the calm before the storm; Eliot builds up suspense by talking of minor matters while delaying the explosion of the inevitable conflict. The long descriptions in Chapter 18 put Thias Bede's death in context; if treated as anything other than a "typical" event, his funeral would assume too much importance in the story, thus diverting attention from Adam's real soul-crisis at Hetty's trial. And Chapter 53 wrings the last bit of suspense from the plot by "marking time" while Dinah thinks over Adam's proposal.
They also serve, of course, to provide comic relief, Eliot normally places her local color descriptions so as to perform this secondary function as well. It is no accident that the relatively light-hearted Book III comes after the lines of conflict in the novel have been somewhat grimly drawn and before Adam's fight with Arthur, or that Chapter 32, in which Mrs. Poyser routs Squire Donnithorne, interrupts the development of Hetty's tragedy.


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A good and just law for shipwreck heritage
By Dr Edward Harris - The Royal Gazette
'Only a small part of what once existed was buried in the ground; only a part of what was buried has escaped the destroying hand of time; of this part all has not yet come to light again; and we know only too well how little of what has come to light has been of service for our science.' - Oscar Montelius, The Civilization of Sweden in Heathen Times, 1888.
Standing as the only visible signpost in the west on the trans-Atlantic crossroads from the Caribbean to the Old World of Spain and the other countries of western Europe, Bermuda and its waters, being also an impediment of reefs in that eastward passage, became the burial place of many a hapless ship and intrepid mariner.
Over the course of the Age of Sail, in the case of Bermuda starting after its discovery in late 1505 by the eponymous Juan and ending with the advent of the Steam Age around the time of the American Civil War, the island become a sunken repository of shipwreck heritage, holding the remains of perhaps several hundred vessels.
Given that sea travel from the Age of Discovery onwards encircled the world, after Magellan if you will, the shipwreck heritage embedded in Bermuda's reefs is international heritage, 'World Heritage' you might say, and thus it fell to the Island to preserve that heritage which belongs to all peoples.
For many years, we fulfilled that responsibility less than adequately, with much heritage being destroyed and not much being retained in the public domain, due to the inadequacies of a law promulgated in 1959, apparently composed with serious input from treasure hunters. The Act was slanted to their benefit and not that of the country or the world, and thus the possession of much of that shipwreck heritage passed into private hands.
That world changed with the enactment by the Progressive Labour Party government, under Premier (now Dame) Jennifer Smith, JP, MP, of the Historic Wrecks Act 2001.
That good and just law for shipwreck heritage mandates that all work carried out on the remaining sites be done by the scientific methods of archaeology and that artifacts and material found belong to the Government, which is also entitled to copies of all records made during the work. Those collections of artifacts and records are ultimately to form the 'National Collection' of shipwreck heritage, to be preserved, studied and shared on behalf of the people of Bermuda and the wider world.
Since 1975, when shipwreck artifacts at the Bermuda Aquarium were transferred to Dockyard, the Maritime Museum (now the National Museum) became the de facto custodian of what then comprised "the national collection" and has spent several millions building an essential conservation laboratory and curating and exhibiting those collections, along with materials the Museum and associated groups, such as the Sea Venture Trust and university field schools, have excavated since 1982, when modern archaeology methods were introduced into the process of examining shipwrecks in Bermuda.


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Click here to hear from festival director Lilly Gonzalez about which authors to look for at this year's event.
The nearly 100-year-old tournament at TPC San Antonio moves to the weekend before the Masters this year and touts a lineup of top PGA competitors that includes Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar, Jason Dufner, Boerne's Jimmy Walker, Martin Laird and others. Not into golf? The April 5 "Night to Honor Our Heroes" event that honors active military will feature President George W. Bush as guest speaker while the April 6 19th Hole Fiesta includes a concert by Granger Smith.
The San Antonio Symphony's spring festival takes inspiration from the city's internationally flavored culinary scene. France is the focus of this concert, which features soloist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane. The series continues on April 12-13 with Savor Spain, with Guadalupe Dance Co. and mezz-soprano Veronica Williams.
This film festival is out to prove that high school students can change the world—all while developing career skills. Over 40 area high school production teams were paired up with area nonprofits and tasked with sharing the organization's story in a 3-minute film. See the original productions at the Tobin Center.
The San Antonio Missions make their Wolff Stadium debut as a Pacific Coast League Triple-A team with a three-game series against Memphis. Tuesdays are $3 nights, which means $3 tickets, parking and more, while hotdogs, soda and draft beers are $1 on Thursdays.
Nickelodeon Presents: Double Dare Live!
The final home game of the season at the AT&T Center is dedicated to fans. The second in a three-game series against the Texas Stars (they play in Cedar Park on April 10 and 13), Friday is also $1 drink night.
Relax before the mayhem of Fiesta during this Saturday of wellness at the McNay Art Museum. Tickets include access to multiple yoga classes (including a bilingual session). Healthy eats will be available from food trucks and wellness vendors will be on-site.
Make plans for a girls' night at the Tobin Center's Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater. This two-woman show is based on the childhood diaries of its authors and while it's full of heart it also promises to have the audience laughing—both at the improv and sketch comedy on stage and through audience interaction.
Various locations. Click here for to-do lists for art lovers, party-goers, families and more.
Slab Cinema, the company that brings inflatable big screens to venues throughout San Antonio, is celebrating all things James Bond this summer with a festival that features six James Bond films, one starring each actor who has played agent 007. The series kicks off at Hemisfair with Dr. No featuring Sean Connery. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is scheduled May 7, The Spy Who Loved Me on May 14, Living Daylights on May 21, Goldeneye on May 28 and Skyfall on June 4.