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Bath & North East Somerset Council
RECAP: Campaigners protest outside Guildhall as council debate axed 6/7 bus and Uber licence
The full meeting of Bath and North East Somerset Council is taking place at the Guildhall
The Guildhall on High Street
UPDATE: This blog has now finished.
A full meeting of Bath and North East Somerset Council will take place at the Guildhall this evening.
It will be the first time the council has come together since a reshuffle at the top tier saw four cabinet members leave their posts.
Councillors Patrick Anketell-Jones, Michael Evans, Anthony Clarke and Liz Richardson all offered their resignations.
They were the cabinet members responsible for economic development, children's services, transport and homes and planning respectively.
Campaigners to protest axed bus link between Fairfield Park and Larkhall
Among the items on tonight's agenda is a petition signed by more than 2,400 people calling for the looped 6 & 7 bus route serving Larkhall and Fairfield Park to be restored.
Protesters are due to gather outside the Guildhall for a demonstration before the meeting.
Uber is also on the agenda as councillors are being asked to note the report, which found no grounds to revoke the cashless taxi service's licence in Bath after a three-month investigation.
Follow all the latest as it happens in our rolling blog below from 6.15pm.
ITEM 10: Placemaking Plan 20:46
ITEM 9: Save our 6/7 bus petition 20:04
ITEM 8: Uber taxi licence 19:29
Bus protest 18:35
Youth Justice Plan supported
Councillors vote unanimously in favour of the Youth Justice Plan and the recommendation is passed.
The recommendation
That Council agrees that;
2.1 The Youth Justice Plan fulfils the requirements of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and can be submitted to the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.
2.2 The Youth Justice Plan is adopted as part of the Council's Policy and Budget Framework and can be accommodated within the Council budget.
2.3 The relevant Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel oversees progress and performance.
ITEM 11: Youth Justice Plan 2017-18
The Local Authority has a statutory duty, in consultation with key partner agencies Health, Police and Probation, to produce an annual Youth Justice Plan. The Plan sets out how youth justice services are to be composed and funded, how they will operate and what functions they will carry out to prevent youth offending and re-offending across Bath and North East Somerset
The motion put to vote
39 in favour, 13 against, 5 abstentions. The Placemaking Plan is carried.
Councillors debating the recommendation
The councillors are currently debating the recommendation regarding the Placemaking Plan Inspector's Report.
That the council:
Accepts the Main Modifications listed, which the Inspector considers are needed to make the Plan sound in accordance with section 20 (5) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended);
Agrees the Minor Modifications listed to the B&NES Placemaking Plan, which are needed to ensure clarity, consistency and factual accuracy in the Plan; Page 45 Agenda Item 10 Printed on recycled paper
Adopts the B&NES Placemaking Plan (Local Plan Part 2) as modified in (a) and (b) above, including for the purposes of section 38(6) of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act;
Agrees the B&NES Policies Map is amended in line with (a) and (b) above;
Acknowledges that the adopted Supplementary Planning Documents/Guidance listed in attachment 3 should supplement the B&NES Development Plan;
Delegates responsibility to the Divisional Director for Development, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Homes & Planning, to make minor textual amendments to the Placemaking Plan prior to publication
Move to the item
The Inspector has completed her examination of the B&NES Placemaking Plan and has concluded that the submitted Placemaking Plan can be made sound, subject to a schedule of 'main modifications'.
The Council now needs to consider and decide whether it accepts the Inspector's recommendations thereby enabling it to formally adopt the Placemaking Plan. If the Council does not accept all of the Inspectors' recommendations, then it cannot adopt the Placemaking Plan.
Mr Kerr continues...
On transport:
The Placemaking Plan calls for a city centre free of all but essential traffic, which is great, but do you have any intention of doing this? What is the point of it all, if the council doesn't actually implement its policies - for example, the core strategy policy is to have a car-free city centre, so why isn't there yet any plan to reduce the traffic?
20:46 KEY EVENT
ITEM 10: Placemaking Plan
Chairman of the Federation of Bath Residents' Association Robin Kerr now speaking.
Housing, particularly affordable housing, is in crisis here, and student housing forms a large part of that problem, particularly as our universities refuse to offer campus accommodation to more than a fifth of their students... For years we have been pressing our council to take it seriously and introduce a student housing policy, but to no avail. Meanwhile, the problem gets worse.
Leader Tim Warren
The council leader Tim Warren says he'll be happy to take the issue up with the West of England Combined Authority.
The motion voted through
The motion below is supported by voters and the amendment is carried.
Cllr Patterson
Allowed to sum up, Cllr Patterson says her people are "suffering now" and asks the council to give interim funding to the bus service in the hope that the West of England Combined Authority can do something.
Amendment to motion
The council motion is:
To note the concerns of petitioners in respect of recent changes to the 6/7 bus service following a review of bus services in Bath undertaken by First Bus.
To note that the Bus Service Act gives more tools to local transport authorities, particularly Mayoral Combined Authorities, to engage with bus operators to improve bus services, including options such as enhances partnerships, advanced ticketing, and franchising arrangements;
To note that the West of England Combined Authority will be conducting a network-wide review of the local bus network to make recommendations on if and where any changes are needed to deliver better network for the passenger and meet the transport and economic objectives of the West of England;
Councillor Rob Appleyard adds an amendment that reads:
To ask that, through the Leader, the West of England Combined Authority is strongly requested to examine how services between Fairfield Park and Larkhall can be restored without detriment to the improved service now provided to Camden and improved reliability and rider numbers as part of its wider review of bus service provision throughout the West of England.
"Local shops suffering"
Cllr Patterson says the local shops are suffering and the viability of the community is at stake.
We call on B&NES Council to reinstate the funding and reverse the cut to the route of the 6 and 7 bus serving Larkhall and Fairfield Park.
She has now gone over her five minutes of allotted time and is being told to wrap it up.
Councillor Lin Patterson presents petition
She says there are hundreds of residents who rely on the 6/7 bus after the bus route, which is operated by First Bus, was cut when the annual £39,900 subsidiary was withdrawn by the council.
According to Cllr Patterson, Fairfield Park residents must now get two buses, drive or walk to the nearest shops.
Councillor (R) Lin Patterson pictured with residents at the bus stop, Larkhall Square, Bath. Councillor Lin Patterson organise a campaign to fight changes planned to the 6 and 7 buses that serve the residents of Larkhall and Fairfield Park. | Photographer: Artur Lesniak/arturlesniak.com | Date: 08/08/2016 | Copyright: Artur Lesniak/Trinity Mirror (Image: Artur Lesniak)
Pat Mason continued...
The 2,400 signatures were collected over a few weeks last Autumn from forms distributed to local shops and businesses in Larkhall and the London Road, and on a few bus journeys.
She goes on to say that there is significant "strength of feeling" and support for the old bus route.
We hope the council will reconsider all the information available and realise that our bus subsidy is necessary to provide an essential front-line social service which also affects our local economy.
Pat Mason from Save Our Bus campaign
I'm here to speak about the petition of the Save Our 6-7 Bus campaign, which was organised in response to the withdrawal of the subsidy. The council debate has been long postponed owing to four election. However, the daily misery for our community continued.
ITEM 9: Save our 6/7 bus petition
Mike Parr and Pat Mason will talk about the petition to save the 6/7 bus.
The petition text reads:
We call on B&NES to reinstate the funding and reverse the cut to the route of the 6 and 7 bus serving Larkhall and Fairfield Park. The removal of a regular connection between Larkhall and Fairfield Park has damaging impact on the community. Without this link or any access to the London Road and Walcot, local people, especially the elderly and those without a car, have no effective way of getting to these destinations without an unnecessarily long trip...
Vote on Labour amendment
One against, so the amendment is carried.
Labour amendment
Labour Group now move their own amendment. Councillor Joe Rayment asks:
This council notes:
That a new Government Working Group has been created to examine the employment practices of companies like Uber;
That the Transport Minister has said that local authorities may be unaware of the extent of their powers and their ability to use them and that there are problems with different local authorities interpreting their powers in different ways; and
That the guidance and advice given to local authorities by Government is to be clarified.
Council resolves:
4. To remit to Licensing Committee to consider a further report on this issue in light of any new advice referred above.
Vote on amendment
Vote on amendment: 17 in favour, 34 against and 5 abstentions. The amendment is lost.
Uber amendment debated
Cllr Veal does not accept the amendment and it is now being debated.
No grounds to revoke
Cllr Veal says Uber is acting lawfully and asks the council to note the contents of this report.
An amendment is put forward (BOLD):
The council is asked to note:
2.1 the contents of this report;
2.2 That the council has previously delegated authority to the Licensing Committee to carry out all of the council's licensing functions and that therefore the report should be referred to the Licensing Committe to carry out a thorough investigation into Uber operations.
2.3 A thorough investigation and review has been completed and there are no grounds to revoke Uber's Private Hire Operator's (PHO) licence. Any further issues should be dealt with through the council's Licensing Sub Committee.
Uber issue continued
One of the issues in contention was whether Uber were using local taxi drivers or non-Bath residents.
The probe found there are no laws requiring any private hire vehicle to either start a journey within its home licensing authority or return there at the end of a job. It reads:
Uber inform their drivers that they are able to work legally anywhere where the Uber app is launched - which is correct. Uber encourage licensees from other licensing authorities to work in an area where they know there to be a demand for their vehicles. Whilst this may be considered undesirable by local taxi drivers it is not illegal.
ITEM 8: Uber taxi licence
Councillor Martin Veal thanks all the speakers for talking on Uber.
He highlights why the report on Uber in Bath was carried out, after four city taxi drivers at a council meeting in March raised their concerns about how the app-based company was operating. It led to Councillor Caroline Roberts (Newbridge, Liberal Dems) proposing a review into how Uber's licence was awarded and its impact on local private hire services.
The review found 44 allegations were made to Bath and North East Somerset Council stating that Uber were operating illegally. Of these:
35 involved insufficient evidence to begin an investigation
seven were investigated and not upheld
two investigations remain ongoing
none were made by members of the public.
Andrew Mercer on behalf of Bathampton Meadows Alliance
He says Bathampton Meadows Alliance does not consider the job to be over after the council scrapped the plans for a park and ride on either Bathampton Meadows or New Leaf Farm earlier this week.
The BMA's job is not over we want to protect the meadows for perpetuity.
Asks the council to work with the group to achieve this end.
Bathampton Meadows
30mph outside schools
Adam Reynolds now speaking about the speed limits that will be implemented on new road infrastructure at the Ensleigh North Development up on Lansdown in Bath. A new residential area with a new school. Wants new cabinet member fo transport Cllr Mark Shelford to:
Recognise that the council's 20mph report is flawed and should not be acted upoin and to await the national report due by the end of the year.
Recognise the will of the people of Bath. They chose to have 20mph zoning in 2011 and without consulting them again, this should be the defacto standared for all new residential developments.
Recognise that Traffic Regulation Order Team presented an option to Cllr Clarke that went against the established 20mph residential zoning requirement. Officers should be strong enough to go against the political ideology of the cabinet member for transport IF this goes against current policy.
Earlier bus protest
Here's an earlier interview with Lambridge councillor Lin Patterson outside the Guildhall...
Halliday continues
He wants to free up the community room for hire for events and returning it to its proper purpose.
Many key events in the city have been held elsewhere due to the room remaining shut, and despite appeals to consider alterantives stores to date, nothing has happened... Reopening our room with positive marketing to promote its existence, and all it has to offer, would be a great step forward in re-building good community spirit. Please will somebody start this initiative, and instead of reasons for not doing anything, can we please address the positiveness of the solution, rather than creating obstacles.
Andy Halliday on libraries
Next speaker Andy Halliday is the former manager of Bath Central Library.
Starts by showing a "CLOSED" sign that has been hanging over the exhibition room for the last 8 months.
I plead for its reopening... I base this on the recent month's activity to relocate all archive, some local studies reference and all manuscripts from their podium based store rooms and areas of the main floor to the Guildhall. I am asking for a serious review of these empty spaces happens with a deinite intention of moving reserve stock books currently housed in the exhibition room to these vacant spaces.
Bath City CentreThai Balcony restaurant in Bath handed one-star hygiene rating due to food poisoning concernsThe inspector found multiple issues with the restaurant on the last visit


This is a fun, simple blanket that can fold into a pillow. Plus, they're great for the car, sleepovers, and cuddling on the couch on a cold day!
Cut and measure ALL your fabrics and polyester batting to the size listed.
Start with the blanket and put right sides together(which means the brightest sides touch each other.) Now, sew all the way around with a straight seam leaving one gap big enough for your hand.
Trim the corners and turn your blanket inside out.
Now, repeat steps 2 and 3. Make sure to sew your polyester on after sewing the two pieces fabrics together BEFORE turning it inside out.
Now thread your needle and whip stitch the pocket onto the blanket. MAKE SURE that you only sew the bottom and two sides- NOT THE TOP! That is where the blanket folds into.
BTW, I'm sorry about the blur and shape of the blanket my my camera isn't very nice. And also this is the front of the blanket.
This is the back of the blanket.
So now, lay it flat on the ground.
Again, sorry! It's a little blurry but you're just folding it back till you reach the edge of the pocket.
Then, flip it back to the front side and start folding towards the pocket. Try to make each fold about the same size as the pocket, that way it will fit inside it nicely.
So, you just kind of tuck it in and it stays pretty well.
This is the guide I followed so you can check this out too.
So please comment and let me know how yours turned out. And if you find a better way of it, folding it let me know! Thanks!


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445 F. 2d 1015 - National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union B Parish
445 F2d 1015 National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union B Parish
77 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2818, 65 Lab.Cas. P 11,861
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION
357, Respondent.
Harold B. PARISH et al., Petitioners,
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent.
Nos. 24645, 24793.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
June 24, 1971.
Leonard I. Gang (argued), of Dickerson, Miles & Gang, Las Vegas, Nev., for Harold B. Parish and others.
Herman Levy (argued), Michael F. Rosenblum, Attys., Arnold Ordman, Gen. Counsel, Dominick L. Manoli, Associate Gen. Counsel, Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Warren M. Davison, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel, NLRB, Washington, D.C., Abraham Siegel, Director, NLRB, Los Angeles, Cal., for National Labor Relations Bd.
Barry S. Jellison (argued), Intl. Brotherhood of Elec. Workers, Local 357, Las Vegas, Nev., Philip Paul Bowe, of Davis, Cowell & Bowe, San Francisco, Cal., Kevin M. Efroymson, Las Vegas, Nev., for Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 357.
Before CHAMBERS, BARNES and CHOY, Circuit Judges.
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:
The labor board and the Local 357 arrived at a settlement on an unfair labor practices complaint issued by the board in response to charges filed by Parish, Handley, Woody and Gregory. The four charging parties were 'travelers,' electricians who were members of the IBEW locals not at the Nevada AEC test site where Local 357 was in charge.
Much of the relief requested by the charging parties was granted in the settlement. But the charging parties filed objections to the settlement with the regional director and later with the board.
The charging parties wanted a hearing before the board on the settlement and the fairness thereof. This they were denied, and an order, enforcement and review of which is sought here, was entered on the settlement.
Our views on the necessity of such a hearing are in accord with those set down by the Fifth Circuit in Concrete Materials of Georgia, Inc., v. NLRB (5th Cir. 1971), 440 F.2d 61: 'The charging party must be afforded (1) an evidentiary hearing on any material issues of disputed fact presented by his objections, * * * and (2) a presentation on the record of reasons for acceptance of the settlement agreement as the basis for the order notwithstanding his objection.'1
The general counsel refused to include in the complaint the charge that Local 357 denied membership rights to the travelers. The charging parties are not entitled to an evidentiary hearing on their objection to this refusal because, as the board noted on the record, the objection is to a matter outside the scope of the complaint. The membership denial charge was dismissed by the regional director, and the appeal of the dismissal was denied by the general counsel. The decision of the general counsel not to issue an unfair labor practice complaint is not reviewable.2 Vaca v. Sipes (1967), 386 U.S. 171, 182, 87 S.Ct. 903, 17 L.Ed.2d 842. This objection presents no material issue of disputed fact.
Nor does the objection to inclusion in the agreement of a clause denying that signing the agreement constitutes an admission by Local 357 that it violated the National Labor Relations Act present a material issue of disputed fact. The board informed the charging parties that it considered the nonadmission clause surplusage since the agreement provided for entry of a consent decree by any appropriate court of appeals and a waiver of all defenses thereto.
Following a strike in 1966 a large number of travelers resigned from one of the employers at the test site. It was charged that the resignations were coerced by the union as a part of a pattern of discriminatory work referrals practiced against the travelers in favor of Local 357 members. Local 357 was ordered to make whole those travelers injured by the discrimination by granting them back pay. Now the charging parties object to the method used by the regional director to discover which travelers suffered the discrimination.
As noted in the board's response to this objection, the method used by the regional director was to send letters to travelers who might have been discriminated against, explaining the charges filed against Local 357 and requesting them to fill out and return a questionnaire informing the regional director of any discrimination they might have suffered. The charging parties were invited to assist by correcting or supplementing the list of travelers to whom the letters were sent. Eight travelers claimed back pay, and six were granted it.
The charging parties contend that instead the burden should have been placed on Local 357 to prove that the resignations were voluntary, so that all those who resigned during the period in question would be entitled to back pay unless the local could prove otherwise. They claim that because of fear of future union reprisals the travelers who resigned under coercion are not likely to take affirmative action to obtain back pay. Although placing the burden on the local might increase the probability that those who suffered discrimination are made whole, we cannot say that the survey method selected by the regional director was outside his discretion. The charging parties do not contend that there are travelers who qualified under the regional director's method who have not been granted back pay, but only that the regional director's method of discovery was faulty. Nor is there any allegation that all who suffered discrimination were not reached by the regional director's survey.
Local 357 charged the travelers excessive fees as a condition of employment or referral. The settlement agreement required the local to reimburse all travelers for excessive fees collected between November 7, 1966, and June 1, 1967, at the rate of 23% Of the total amount collected during the relevant period in 1966, and at 13% Of the total amount collected in the relevant period in 1967, with six percent interest.
The charging parties object to the June 1, 1967, cut-off date, alleging that excessive fees are still being charged. There are no facts in the record that support this cut-off date as the date on which the local stopped charging excessive fees. The board merely notes that 'the period of time for which reimbursement was ordered corresponds with the period of Union interference and discrimination which the Regional Director felt would justify treating the fees as conditions of referral or employment.'
In calculating the percentages of the fees to be repaid to the travelers, the regional director first determined their fair share of the 'total hiring hall expense.' By subtracting their fair share from the amount originally assessed, the regional director derived the percentages of the original assessment to which the travelers were entitled as reimbursement. This method has support in the case law (J. J. Hagerty, Inc. (1965), 153 NLRB 1374, enforced sub nom. NLRB v. Local 138, IUOE (2d Cir. 1967), (385 F.2d 874), but the board presented no facts to show just what it considered a hiring hall expense that would benefit travelers and Local 357 members alike. The charging parties contend that included in the 'hiring hall expense' were items of benefit only to members. We simply do not know what expertise the regional director used.
We think a hearing was required on the cut-off date chosen for repayment of excessive fees charged and the percentages to be repaid. On the other points, we think no hearing was required.
Remanded for proceedings in accord with this opinion.
The circuits appear not to be in agreement on this question. In the second circuit the charging party is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing on its objections to a post-complaint settlement agreement (Local 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, etc. v. NLRB (2nd Cir. 1964), 339 F.2d 795). The third circuit requires an evidentiary hearing on charging party objections to a post-complaint settlement agreement (Leeds & Northrup Co. v. NLRB (3rd Cir. 1965), 357 F.2d 527; Marine Engineers' Ben. Ass'n v. NLRB (3rd Cir. 1953), 202 F.2d 546. And in the D.C. circuit, 'regard must be had to the particular circumstances.'
Textile Workers Union of America v. NLRB (1961), 111 U.S.App.D.C. 109, 294 F.2d 738. Textile Workers required on remand either a hearing or a presentation on the record of the board's reasons for acceptance of the agreement over the charging party's objections.
But it may be that where the decision of the general counsel not to issue an unfair labor practices complaint is wholly without basis in law, a federal district court may mandate issuance of the complaint. Cf. Retail Store Employees Union, etc. v. Rothman (1962), 112 U.S.App.D.C. 2, 298 F.2d 330

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Salem, Ore.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bernie Sanders has won his 19th state, only four short of Hillary Clinton's tally, but that's not the gap that counts.
Despite his decisive victory in West Virginia on Tuesday, winning 51 percent of the vote to her 36 percent, Sanders trails nearly hopelessly in the contest for delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.
Clinton is in the mop-up phase now, 94 percent of the way to the magic number when the party insiders known as superdelegates are included, and on track to clinch the nomination in early June.
Republican Donald Trump is closing in on his prize, too, 92 percent of the way there after wins in West Virginia and Nebraska on Tuesday — in a field with no rivals left.
Sanders is vowing to fight on. He campaigned in Oregon and California on Tuesday and his victory in West Virginia highlighted anew Clinton's struggles to win over white men and independents — weaknesses Trump wants to exploit in the fall campaign.
Among those voting in the West Virginia Democratic primary, about a third said they would support Trump over either Clinton or Sanders in November. An additional 2 in 10 said they wouldn't vote for either candidate. But 4 in 10 also said they consider themselves to be independents or Republicans, and not Democrats, according to exit polls.
While Sanders is still attracting thousands to rallies, his campaign has grown more difficult as Clinton closes in on the nomination. His fundraising has fallen off and so, too, has his advertising, with only about $525,000 in ads planned for California and $63,000 each in West Virginia and Oregon, according to advertising tracker Kantar Media's CMAG.
That's a significant decline from the wall-to-wall advertising campaign he ran earlier in the primary, during which his $74 million in ads outspent Clinton by $14 million.
Edward Milam, of Cross Lanes, West Virginia, is a self-described socialist who gave money to the Sanders campaign but his vote Tuesday to Clinton.
Even as the primaries continue, Clinton has largely shifted her focus to the general election.


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Forest and climate change policies, strategies and programmes in the EAC and IGAD sub-regions. Working Paper Vol. 2 (18).
2014 Milimo, P.B.Working Paper
This report was commissioned as part of a larger study by the African Forest Forum (AFF), to review regional plans and programmes related to people, forests and climate change by partner states of the East African Community (EAC) and the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). EAC and IGAD are both sub-regional institutions with differences emanating from the laws that established them. EAC was established under a treaty while IGAD was established by an agreement. These different methods of establishment seem to have a bearing on the way the two institutions operate/function, as reflected by the differences in what the secretariats to EAC and IGAD are doing regarding climate change.
EAC has achieved more progress compared to IGAD in implementing climate change programmes. For example, EAC has developed and enacted climate change policy instruments to guide and coordinate implementation of programmes in partner states while IGAD has not. Also, the number of climate change and related programmes on environment and natural resources management and conservation policy instruments, and approved CDM and CDM application projects are more in EAC than in IGAD member states, except for Kenya and Uganda whose memberships overlap in the two Regional Economic Communities (RECs).
Main findings
All the EAC and IGAD member states have signed and ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and, as a requirement, do submit NAPA and NAMA reports. However, only the EAC has developed a climate change policy, a strategy and a plan, proposed the creation of a Climate Change Fund, and entered into a regional collaboration on climate change with COMESA. At the national level, only Kenya has developed a climate change strategy established a Climate Change Coordination Unit (CCCU) and proposed the establishment of a National Climate Change Fund. By contrast, IGAD has not developed any climate change policy, strategy or plan. Instead, IGAD has developed disaster risk assessment and preparedness policies and also established drought and famine early warning institutions (i.e., ICPAC, AMESD, EWARN, etc.); that are also furnishing climate change risk prediction data. As such, this report recommends that IGAD also, needs to develop a sub-regional climate change policy through which it will guide and coordinate its member states in the implementation of climate change programmes.
Although EAC has achieved some success in developing climate change instruments, actual implementation lies with the partner states. Perhaps, one challenge faced by the EAC sub-region, regarding the climate change policy instruments it has developed, is how to translate their good intentions into sustainable and effective actions; and how resource investments for implementation of the programmes can be secured in order to reduce longterm vulnerability. Underlying climate change risks and closely coupled with lack of implementation resources, is the lack and/or inadequate capacity (knowledge, skills, competencies, personnel and at different levels) to mainstream climate change into national development programmes at national and community levels. Capacity-building is a very important area that this report strongly recommends for strengthening by both EAC and IGAD (once they have developed climate change policy instruments). Inadequate, or lack, of resources to finance climate change programmes is a key constraint. National governments confronted with other immediate priorities (e.g., >40% youth unemployment rate, >50% poverty levels, food insecurity, etc.), are able to only allocate limited funds to climate change due to its perceived low priority. In order to address this shortcoming, it is recommended that climate change be adequately and effectively integrated into all development programmes as it is, in any case, a cross-cutting issue.
Key climate change needs
Gender and youth mainstreaming into climate change risk reduction and management
Women, children and vulnerable groups are the worst affected by climate change disasters. But since gender is a social construct, more often than not, women are left out in discussions/decisions that most affect them. As a result, strategies and plans developed are often gender-blind. Since 50% of any population is comprised of women and >65% is madeup of young people under 15 years of age; it is very important that gender and youth considerations be mainstreamed – including participation – into all climate change programme stages (planning, implementation, review, etc.).
Increased financial support for climate change risk reduction initiatives
The EAC-CCMP (2011-2031) presents a budget for supporting the implementation of identified climate change activities. But this is not sufficient, considering more needs to be done according to the identified implementation gaps by the present report. As such, an EAC Climate Change Fund has also been proposed. Countries, on their part, are struggling financially, as far as climate change is concerned. Poverty and the argument that their small or even negative contributions to GHG emission, make them misguidedly reluctant to allocate their limited national resources to climate change programmes. As such, financing implementation of climate change activity is left at the mercy of available global (UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, etc.) financing mechanisms. Despite this, compared to countries like China, Brazil, India, South Africa and Indonesia, EAC and IGAD member states have performed poorly in accessing available resources from global climate change mechanisms to implement CDM projects. This report therefore recommends that special attention/assistance be given to address this area (accessing global climate change funds), in order to move climate change risk management and avoidance in the sub-region forward. Considering their areas of comparative advantage, it is recommended that AFF develops a climate change framework, to inform national governments on how to increase access to financial support for risk reduction initiatives.
Mainstreaming climate change risk reduction into development planning
Climate change affects all government functions at the macro-level (through all ministries and departments) and at the micro-level (through effects on communities), although not equally. Focal ministries responsible for climate change, through CCCUs, should make it their responsibility to mainstream climate change into all other development and nondevelopment programmes; with special emphasis attached to community-level implementation and gender. Of special interest is the prominent role of forestry – especially tree planting under agroforestry systems. Yet, the link between climate change and an increase of tree area seems to be assumed, rather than being clearly explained and promoted. The same is true of farmer managed natural regeneration. Other than promoting trees for tree's sake, AFF should develop a deliberate approach that links and/or integrates tree production into day-to-day community resilience and climate change risk reduction, risk avoidance and increased resilience.
Improved identification, assessment, and awareness of climate change risks
Droughts resulting in famine, floods, landslides and climate related epidemics are a common occurrence risk faced by inhabitants of EAC and IGAD. Vulnerability of inhabitants to these disaster risks is responsible for high levels of poverty in the region. Although collaborations between national institutions (like meteorological stations) and sub-regional institutions (like ICPAC) exist, coordination between and among them is at best very poor and at worst non-existent. Therefore, there is not only need to strengthen knowledge and understanding of geographical distribution, type and extent of climate change disaster risk and vulnerability, but also an urgent need for effective coordination and exchange of knowledge and information. Profiling of climate change risk and potential impacts to development, at both national and community levels should also be intensified.
Developing climate change programme management and coordination capacity
Inadequate capacity, and in some cases complete absence of climate change technicians/professionals, is a major problem in the effective domestication and implementation of developed policies, strategies and plans. In this regard there is an urgent need to introduce climate change as a subject of study at all institutions of learning. An approach that presents climate change as a cross-cutting issue should be adopted in capacity training. A serious problem facing member states of EAC and IGAD is the proliferation of institutions with climate change agenda, but currently without coordination mechanisms for information distribution or even how to assess impacts of human capacity enhancement programmes.
Enhanced knowledge management for climate change risk reduction
Effective climate change risk management can only take place when knowledge on disaster risk reduction options is adequately disseminated. There is need therefore to strengthen regional, national and local mechanisms for knowledge sharing; through all available methods (i.e., radio, newspaper, theatre, traditional folklore and story-telling, etc.). The aim should be to share experiences and information, identify needs and encourage closer collaboration.
Increased public awareness for climate change risk reduction
Institutions responsible for climate related risk assessment exist in EAC (e.g., National Meteorological Stations), and IGAD (e.g.., ICPAC, AMESD, EWARN). But these are little known by the general public, let alone many central government ministries and departments. To be aware is an important component of empowerment. All available means should therefore be used in making institutions (private and public) and individuals aware of the risks posed by climate change, as well as management and avoidance options available to them.
Facilitating the strengthening of climate change risk reduction institutions
Mandate for climate change in all the countries is scattered in many government ministries, except for Kenya which has established a CCCU. Coordination of climate change activities of these institutions is not only weak but also ineffective. Competition and rivalry for scarce resources is also a serious problem. All countries should therefore formulate climate change policies, strategies and plans; and establish CCCUs to coordinate climate change activities. For this to happen, it is necessary for countries to raise more resources (financial and human) for this purpose.
Integrating climate change risk reduction into disaster response management
States have not developed climate change policies, strategies and plans; except for Kenya. Current handling of climate change activities is uncoordinated and has an add-on rather than an integrated approach. EAC and IGAD member states should integrate climate change response actions into disaster response management.


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Q: PyQt4: printing Code 128 barcode fonts I'm trying to write a text in code128 and a printer also ends in a picture, but it does not work in either of the two ways, I looked at the official documentation and other forum questions but it does not print in code128
from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication,QImage,QFont
from PyQt4.QtCore import QSizeF
import sys,time
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
image = QImage(640,100,QImage.Format_Mono)
image.fill(1)
font = QFont('code128',32,QFont.Normal)
painter = QPainter()
painter.begin(image)
painter.setFont(font)
text = "\xccasdfsf\xce"
painter.drawText(10,90,text)
painter.end()
image.save('test.png')

and also in my thermal printer
from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication,QImage,QFont,QPrinter
from PyQt4.QtCore import QSizeF
import sys,time
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
printer = QPrinter('POS-58(copy of 1)')
font = QFont('code128',32,QFont.Normal)
painter = QPainter()
painter.begin(printer)
painter.setFont(font)
text = "\xccasdfsf\xce"
painter.drawText(10,90,text)
painter.end()

Neither of these two works for me and I find a solution for this, what could be happening?
The actual output is this
I am using PyQt4 in windows 10 with python 2.7

A: From your comments, it is clear that the Code 128 font has not been installed properly on your system, so it is falling back to MS Shell Dlg 2 as a default.
To see exactly which fonts are available to Qt on your system, you can do this:
>>> fd = QtGui.QFontDatabase()
>>> len(fd.families())
209
>>> for f in sorted(fd.families()): print(f)
...
Adobe Courier
Adobe Helvetica
Adobe New Century Schoolbook
Adobe Times
Adobe Utopia
Arabic Newspaper
B&H Lucida
B&H LucidaBright
B&H LucidaTypewriter
Bitstream Charter
Bitstream Terminal
Bitstream Vera Sans
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
Bitstream Vera Serif
C059
Cantarell
Code 128
Code 128 low
Code 2 of 5 interleaved
Code 3 de 9
Code Datamatrix
Code EAN13
Code PDF417
D050000L
...

If the Code 128 font doesn't appear in this list, it has definitely not been installed properly. There are plenty of free versions of this font available online (e.g. Free Barcode Font), so I suggest you try installing some of those instead.
If these fonts still don't show up in Qt's list of font families, you can try adding them explicitly, like this:
>>> QtGui.QFontDatabase.addApplicationFont('C:\\MyFonts\\code128.ttf')

To check that the newly installed font is valid, use QFontInfo:
>>> font = QtGui.QFont('Code 128')
>>> info = QtGui.QFontInfo(font)
>>> info.family()
'Code 128'

(NB: checking font.family() is not sufficient here, because that will only return what was requested, rather than what was actually found).

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The Endangered Pergola of Pioneer Square | Where's my backpack?
I've spent a fair bit of time exploring oddities in the Ballard, Fremont and Georgetown neighbourhoods of Seattle, but apart from the neon library and the Gum Wall, I haven't shown you much of downtown Seattle yet. So here is one of my favourite downtown features, right in the heart of Pioneer Square.
The pergola, boasting 65,000 pounds of iron, was erected in 1909 as a shelter for a stop on the Yesler and James Street Cable Car Company. Underneath the pergola lay a so-called 'comfort station' that was so resplendent it became known as the finest underground restroom in the United States. Locals nicknamed it Queen Mary of the Johns because of the elegant marble stalls, white-tiled walls, terrazzo floor and gleaming brass fixtures. Unfortunately, the restrooms are not accessible today; they were closed to the public shortly after World War II, allegedly due to illicit activities.
The pergola's canopy is an elegant affair of wrought iron and glass held up by cast iron Corinthian columns and in 1977 it was declared a national landmark. It remains one of the most beautiful and most beloved landmarks in downtown Seattle.
Every time I walk under the gentle arches I glance up at the occasional pane of cracked glass and remember how lucky Seattle is to have the pergola at all, after what happened in 2001. On January 15th of that year, at 5:45 in the morning, an eighteen-wheeler semi truck came trundling down Yesler Way and hung a right onto First Avenue. The rookie driver at the wheel, lost and trying to find his way back to Highway 99, misjudged the turn and took the pergola with him, reducing it to a collapsed heap of mangled iron and shattered glass.
U.S. Xpress Enterprises of Chattanooga, TN, who owned the truck, agreed to pay for the restoration of Seattle's precious pergola. A local company, Seidelhuber Iron and Bronze Works, had worked on restoring the pergola in 1972 and now took on the mammoth task of rebuilding it. They retrieved every gnarled and twisted piece of iron they could salvage from the pile of pergola, which had exploded so dramatically that pieces of iron were found in bushes over 60 feet away. Remarkably, they managed to find and salvage 99 percent of the original metal, welding it back together. Only one percent of the structure had to be recast. The hard part was putting it all back together again, because there were no blueprints. Instead, they spent nineteen months working off old photos and drawings, trying to figure out the correct dimensions. As a safeguard against any future mishaps, the structure was reinforced with a skeletal foundation of 50,000 pounds of steel.
$3.9 million dollars later the pergola was ready and on August 17th 2002 it rose like a phoenix from the ashes and resumed its position at the corner of First and Yesler and there it has remained ever since.
The pergola has, however, weathered many perils since its resurrection. In September 2008, in a re-enactment of the 2001 incident, a semi turning from Yesler Way onto First took out a protective bollard on the corner and grazed the pergola. In April 2012 yet another semi taking the same turn clipped the pergola and damaged the roof, shearing off the protective bollard that had now been bolted to the sidewalk. A new protective bollard, anchored into the restroom below the pergola, was put in place. In May of last year, another semi ran over the bollard which this time refused to budge. Instead, the truck went up and over, got high-centred on the bollard, hit the canopy, and ended up wedged against the pergola. Two months later, in July, a pickup truck hopped the sidewalk and slammed into one of the historic lamp posts that make up the pergola complex.
The future seems fraught with danger for the poor pergola. Next time you're in Seattle, put aside some time to visit Pioneer Square and admire the pergola…while you still can. And if you're driving, please, please, please take it easy at the corner of First and Yesler.
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Poor pergola has been through a lot! I imagined the reconstruction to be a giant iron jigsaw puzzle. Interesting post Ailsa.
Seems like it is a magnet! Fingers crossed for improved driving skills in Seattle.
What an interesting history and lovely structure. Thanks for this Seattle flag, I plan to check it out when there. When I am, I 'll keep an eye out for semis….
Time for some driver training? Or speed restrictions and massive warning signs…at the end of the day, what can you do?
Great gallery – not fare of mine … of the Pioneer Sq – very nice area to spend some time at – change so much since I sailed out there … twice per day – in 1989. Very trendy today.
I was there 2 years ago – and I couldn't see any cracks as you have captured, but I'm sure they were there. I hope they will look after it.
This was really a fun post to read. You write so well.
Goodness, this pergola attracts accidents! Maybe the road is just too narrow for tractor trailers?
The pergola is exceptionally beautiful, so glad the City decided to rebuild it as a unique treasure.
It is so firmly entrenched in the hearts of Seattleites they simply had to rebuild it. The project won an award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation.
Great story about the pergola! Wonderful post, Ailsa.
A life of its own indeed. It looks so Parisian.
I've been in Pioneer Square so many times and never noticed it. . . might have walked under it without knowing.
It's beautiful and has as many lives as a cat!
Great post! You have done an excellent outline of the multiple-incident Perils of the Pergola.
Interesting story of this pergola – and I'm glad they rebuilt it. It's a beauty.
What a beautiful piece of history! Would someone please create a diversion route for trucks???
Its always nice to see a fresh take on this lovely structure. It was one of the reasons I wanted to be an architect. I'm not, but its still amazing. Thank you for the lovely images and nice memories.
I've only visited Seattle once, very briefly. I missed this, but if I'm there on a hot summer day (do those exist in Seattle?) this is where I'd want to be.
I'll be heading out there soon again. will have to check it out!
The pergola sounds like a magnetic attraction for semis and pedestrians alike – sorry I couldn't resist – what an incredible story and great pictures!
Love this!…shared on my personal facebook page.
Yeah, I came here looking for more information about the Pergola. Man, what horrible timing.


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Auto e-com co files DRHP with SEBI
Droom Technology is the second Indian automobile online company to go public as CarTrade has recently floated its IPO
MUMBAI, Nov 13 (The CONNECT) - Automobile e-commerce platform Droom Technology Limited has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with capital market regulator SEBI to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).
This the second Indian automobile online company to go public as CarTrade has recently floated its IPO. CarTrade Tech scrip is trading at Rs 1,117 apiece when the bourses closed on Friday.
The Droom IPO consists of equity shares of face value of Re. 1 each of Droom Technology. The offer comprises of fresh issue of aggregating up to Rs 2,000 crore and an offer for sale of up to Rs 1,000 crore by Droom Pte. Ltd, the holding company based in Singapore. The equity shares of the company will be listed on the BSE and NSE.
Additionally, the company, in consultation with the lead bankers to the issue may consider a further issue of equity shares including a private placement aggregating up to Rs 400 crore. If such placement is completed, the fresh issue size will be reduced.
The company intends to utilise the net proceeds from the fresh issue to fund organic and inorganic growth initiatives aggregating to Rs 1,150 crore and Rs 400 crore respectively and towards general corporate purposes.
Droom is a technology and data science company that facilitates automobile buying and selling online through a combination of their asset light ecommerce platform with a vertically integrated ecosystem of products and services.
The Company is the only major Indian player with a completely online transactional model and offer one of the largest selection of automobiles amongst the major online players in India, according to a Grant Thornton Report with over 1.15 million vehicles listed that includes both used and new cars and two-wheelers, and other vehicles, as of September 30, 2021.
For the six months ended September 30, 2021, it has seen 89.27mn visits on its website/app, and has 20,725 Auto Dealers, present in 1,151 cities. It has 2,78,807 used vehicles in 11 categories listed valued at Rs.146.49 bn, and it sold 56,412 vehicles and has a GMV of Rs 59,347.25 mn
Droom is led by an experienced leadership team with significant industry experience. Sandeep Aggarwal, Founder, Promoter, Chairman, Whole-time Director and Chief Executive Officer, has over 20 years of experience in the technology and start-up space and has in the past founded, ShopClues.com, a leading Indian e-commerce platform. Akshay Singh is currently the CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) and Mohit Ahuja the Chief Marketing Officer.
The Indian automotive industry is currently the fifth-largest automotive industry and is expected to be the world's third-largest automotive industry in terms of volume by Fiscal 2026, propelled by demographic drivers such as rising disposable income, growing middle class, urbanization and a growing preference for personal mobility. It is poised to grow at 17.3% CAGR from Fiscal 2021 to Fiscal 2026 to reach Rs 36,725 billion by Fiscal 2026.
ICICI Securities Limited, Axis Capital Limited, Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Limited and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Private Limited are the book running lead managers to the issue.


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A Quaker Approach to Research - Review
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Tom Head
A Quaker Approach to Research: Collaborative Practice and Communal Discernment
by Gray Cox
reviewed by Tom Head
This short book is the latest in a series from the Quaker Institute for the Future (QIF). All of the other publications in the series focus on pressing, specific, hot topics for our global future: genetically modified crops, energy and fuels, the economic growth dilemma, climate change, food security, etc. In contrast to these issue-oriented volumes, A Quaker Approach to Research (2014) explores methodology and our ways of knowing: How do we as Quakers approach research and understanding of critical issues? This book is a provocative exploration of how Quakers come to know what we know and how those methods might be applied to social research.
The primary author is Gray Cox, a Friend with a long-standing interest in Quaker epistemology and a professor of political economics, history and peace studies at the College of the Atlantic. As in other QIF efforts, the lead author is joined by a team of collaborators. In this case,
that team includes includes: Charles Blanchard, Geoff Garver, Keith Helmuth, Leonard Joy, Judy Lumb, and Sara Wolcott. As such, the booklet not only addresses the QIF methodology, but illustrates it as well – in both its content and style. Many voices are heard, in many ways . . . so much so that the reader is drawn into the discernment process and has to do some of the work of sorting it all out. It's not always easy reading, but navigating its pages and insights will likely appeal to Friends wishing to probe the question of how our Quaker faith shapes our ways of knowing and what contributions Quaker methods might make to humankind's search for public policies that support human betterment and ecological integrity.
Its four chapters provide, in turn: an overview of Quaker traditions and practices of communal discernment; a presentation of QIF's experience with the meeting for worship for the conduct of research; a comparison to communal discernment traditions, both religious and secular, outside of the Quaker movement; and finally, an in-depth discussion of underlying philosophical issues. In addition to Gray Cox's overarching teachings with respect to the subject of Quaker epistemology, some of the most fascinating and instructive features for me were Keith Helmuth's section on "collective discernment in indigenous cultures" and Leonard Joy's "experience of Quaker process in a secular setting."
In the spirit of full disclosure, I should note that I am not an entirely disinterested reader of this book. I was on the Board of the QIF in its early years, served as one of its officers, and participated in several of the efforts described in this book. Thus I have observed these efforts in an up-close and personal way, making me keenly aware of both strengths and challenges. But I have also been away from QIF's work for a number of years now, and I observe its current contributions from a distance. I admittedly have a fondness for what QIF is doing, how it is doing it, and the people doing this work. QIF is a remarkable undertaking, and perhaps in somewhat the same way that we Quakers have come to appreciate what Robert Greenleaf called "servant leadership," I think we can see in this book specifically – and in the work of QIF generally – something we might come to call "servant scholarship." The book is a blueprint for research that serves the common good. ~~~
Tom Head is a member of Bridge City Friends Meeting in Portland, Oregon (NPYM), and Professor of Economics at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. The field of International Economics has been the focus of most of his professional work and much of his Quaker service, and he has a particular passion for contemplating the interface of world religions and global economics issues.


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How to Disable Chat in Battlefield 2042 & Best Hacks In 2022
How to Disable Chat in Battlefield 2042
If you're looking to disable How to Disable Chat in Battlefield 2042, you've come to the right place. Whether you're interested in learning how to turn off chat on Xbox or ps4 or you just want to know what's involved, this article will help.
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There's been a lot of hype about Battlefield 2042, but one thing that hasn't been talked about as much is its Turn Off Text Chat feature. Originally rolled out in the beta version, the feature was promised for the final release but never appeared.
The Turn Off Text Chat feature lets players turn off chat in a few simple steps. However, the feature isn't for everyone, and it's not always the best way to go. In fact, it's been criticized for being distracting, confusing, and unnecessarily complicated.
Battlefield 2042 is a large online FPS game, and there's no single player mode. Instead, players can join up with other players in a party or squad. If you don't have a group to play with, you can still communicate with friends in the game using the pinging system or the EA Friends feature.
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If you're wondering if you can turn off chat in Battlefield 2042, you're in luck! Besides text chat, the game offers a voice chat feature that will help you stay in touch with your squadmates.
Although it might be a little late in the day, the development team at DICE have announced a Positive Play initiative designed to curb online toxic behaviors. The initiative includes the ability to report players, as well as the ability to mute or hide in-game text. In addition, the game also includes a text to speech feature that may be able to tone down the more aggressive language.
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The developers are also promising new quality-of-life improvements, including improved Ribbons and XP Events. Additionally, a new End of Round scoreboard will be added.
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If you have not already been playing Battlefield 2042, you are missing out on one of the biggest online FPS games of the year. This game is characterized by sniping and gunfire, and it requires players to work together to capture objectives across different platforms. It also allows crossplay, which means you can play with other people using EA Friends or other services.
While Battlefield 2042 does offer text chat, some players find it distracting. The development team has promised in-game voice chat, but has not provided details on the feature. Players can disable text chat by turning off the feature or using third-party applications.
Some PC players are using party chat applications like Discord to communicate with their teammates. However, players on Xbox will not have access to this feature.
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There's been some controversy over the Battlefield 2042 Turn Off Text Chat feature, which is now being implemented. The developer is trying to censor profanity and mute in-game text to discourage online toxic behavior. However, some players are enjoying the feature, while others find it distracting or unnecessary. Here's how to disable the feature on Xbox and PC.
One major issue with Battlefield's text chat is that it has a robotic voice reading the player's chat. This is often a problem for newer players, but it's something that can be addressed. In addition to a text to speech feature, the game includes an always on profanity filter.
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DICE has also announced a Positive Play initiative, which aims to reduce toxic behaviors in games, including censoring in-game text, reporting cheaters, and allowing players to mute in-game text. Players will be able to block specific players or report them for misconduct, as well.
how to turn off text chat in apex legends ps4
Apex Legends is a great multiplayer shooter, but it isn't perfect. The built-in voice chat system is nice, but the volume can be low. However, there are ways to fix this, and we'll explain how.
First, you should check your mic and speaker level. If they're on the low side, you're not going to hear your teammates. You can adjust the volume on your console. Alternatively, you can use a headset, which has its own built-in microphone.
While this doesn't fix the problem entirely, it will help. In addition, you can also try these other options:
If you have a laptop or desktop PC, you may want to install a microphone on it. This will give you better sound and help you avoid game-related chat problems.
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Thousands expected to attend returning Lincoln Steampunk festival
Bank Holiday festival: Thousands of Steampunk fans from across the continent are preparing to head to Lincoln dressed in their aviator goggles and corsets for a weekend to remember.
Thousands of Steampunk fans from across the continent are preparing to head to Lincoln dressed in their aviator goggles and corsets for a Bank Holiday weekend festival to remember.
Billed as the biggest event of its kind in Europe, the city is gearing-up to welcome Steampunks for Weekend at The Asylum VII from August 28 to 31.
The Victorian Steampunk Society Chairman John Naylor said that he expected at least 2,000 people to attend on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
He said: "Steampunks are coming to Lincoln from most of the European countries, but also from America, Canada and New Zealand.
"Numbers have been growing over the last few years, because it's all about people being nice to each other. They also share the same frames of reference – history combined with a dash of imagination and creativity thrown in.
"People are intrigued by the Steampunk genre. They want to come and take a look and, before they know it, they find they have got involved."
Serious Steampunks will be portraying the neo-Victorian science fiction theme, including bustle skirts, waist-nipping corsets, military outfits, pith helmets, pocket watches and fantastic goggles, many customised for the occasion.
The programme for the weekend is crammed with activities, including a range of open events which anyone can attend, as well as ticketed sessions.
Such has been the demand that all the tickets for the evening events have been snapped-up.
Last year's Steampunk Festival. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Lincoln BIG Events & Promotions Manager Michael Armstrong has worked closely with the Steampunk Society in the preparations for the festival.
He said: "Weekend at The Asylum VII is one of the most important occasions in Lincoln BIG's events calendar.
"This year it will be centred on a variety of uphill venues, including Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill, The Assembly Rooms, Bailgate Methodist Church Hall, the Westgate Academy and Bishop Grosseteste University."
A full timetable of events over the weekend can be found here.
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Community Support Adviser at UNAIDS Tanzania, January 2018
NAFASI ZA KAZI / AJIRA UNAIDS TANZANIA
Vacancy No.: UNAIDS/18/FT2
Title: Community Support Adviser, United Republic of Tanzania
Grade: NO-C
Contract type: Fixed-term Appointment
Duration of contract: 2 years
Application Deadline: 21 February 2018
(30 day(s) until closing deadline)
Currently accepting applications
Organization unit: AI/RSJ Regional Support Team, East and South Africa (AI/RSJ)
Duty station: Zanzibar United Republic of Tanzania
MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Provide leadership and coordinate support for an expanded UN system response to support countries towards ending the AIDS epidemic as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. To promote, support and provide guidance to national partners and the UN system in reaching Global AIDS targets by 2020 with a Fast-Track approach to rapidly scale up HIV services focused on populations and in locations most affected by the epidemic. Promote effective use of strategic information and documentation of trends on the epidemic and the response as well as provide intellectual leadership on the status of the response to HIV in the country.
Main tasks and Responsibilities of the Position:
Under the supervision of the UNAIDS Country Director, and working in close collaboration with the Department of Community Support, the incumbent is assigned all or part of the following responsibilities:
– Advise on, stimulate and foster engagement and coordination among civil society organizations in country level decision making mechanisms, supporting the leadership of people living with HIV, young people, women and key populations.
– Together with the team and other partners, work towards maximizing the potential of grant opportunities and bilateral aid available at national level to broker aligned, harmonized resources to address community priorities and resources for civil society organizations and communities, including for community systems strengthening.
– Build strategic alliances with civil society and communities to support tracking and monitoring government accountability for attainment of the 2016 Political Declaration and UNAIDS 2016-2021 Strategy targets, and the 2030 Agenda, including resources made available to different stakeholder groups in the governmental and non-governmental sectors.
– Support and strengthen alliances between HIV related civil society organisations and other social justice movements at regional and country level, including those relating to human rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's rights, access to justice, among others.
– Share information, guidance and tools to country partners and civil society organizations; support demand creation for the inclusion in national AIDS plans of programmatic interventions addressing the integration of community responses, as well human rights and gender equality and diversity as they impact on prevention, treatment, care and support, with emphasis on reduction of discrimination, including in the health sector, stigma and punitive approaches to HIV and achieving scale and efficiency.
– Stay abreast of current/hot issues and tensions; provide UNAIDS leadership with strategic information and analysis, as well as provide support to communities during human rights crises.
– Provide technical input to social protection policies and programmes to ensure that they are HIV sensitive.
– Provide support to the Joint UN Team on AIDS and other partners to promote collaborative synergies for sustained and consistent support to networks and organizations for effective advocacy and inclusion of community priorities in the joint work planning.
– All other related duties as assigned.
Advanced university degree in social science, public health, policy, human rights or international development. For internal candidates, a first university degree and 7 years of relevant work experience will be considered as equivalent.
Specialization in one of the above fields complemented by degree or studies in international relations, business/public administration or political or other social science.
Daily News 22 January, 2018


Los Angeles' 'Bitcoin Maven' is facing prosecution for running what prosecutors are calling an unregistered money transmitting business via LocalBitcoins.
A Bitcoin trader in Los Angeles, California is facing prosecution for allegedly running an unregistered multimillion dollar Bitcoin-fiat money transmitting business, NBC LA reported yesterday, June 11.
Under her pseudonym the 'Bitcoin Maven', Theresa Tetley, 50, reportedly earned at least $300,000 annually from her black market business, which ran between 2014 and 2017 via a listing on localbitcoins.com. The U.S. Attorney's Office has contended that the 'Maven' exchanged between $6 and $9.5 mln in the course of her operations.
The case is reportedly considered to be the first of its kind in Southern California.
Tetley has pleaded guilty to federal charges of operating an unregistered money transmission business, as well as to conducting one financial transaction prosecutors are alleging involved proceeds from drug trafficking.
In the court papers, prosecutors accuse the Maven of "fuel[ing] a black-market financial system [...] that purposely and deliberately existed outside of the regulated bank industry."
The government is pursuing a 30-month federal prison sentence for the crime, with Tetley's defense attorney arguing for a reduced term of one year.
Federal prosecutors further request an order of forfeiture for 40 Bitcoin (about $269,600 at press time), in addition to $292,264 and 25 assorted gold bars that were seized by law enforcement on March 30.
Prosecutors postponed sentencing on Monday, June 11, and have yet to announce a rescheduled date.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regulates crypto-fiat dealings under existing legislation for money transmitters.
As of 2011, U.S. cryptocurrency exchangers and administrators have been subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). In 2013, FinCEN issued further guidance clarifying that they are required to register as money service businesses (MSB) and comply with anti-money laundering (AML) measures and a range of internal safeguards aimed at financial crime prevention.


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Signature: A printed portrait of Verdi inserted into an oval opening at the top of the sheet.
Inscribed (signed?) R. FRANZONI on the verso.
Inscribed GIUSEPPE VERDI - BUSSETTO 1813 – MILANO 1901 in the margin of the oval portrait of Verdi.
Further inscribed with the titles of Verdi's operas along the top and right edge of the sheet.
Inscribed massima lunghezza / del cliche cm. 12 1/2/ in proporzione la / larghezza massima cm. 7 at the lower right.


Please join us for the Phoenix Coin Club Spring Show on Saturday, March 2nd, and Sunday, March 3rd, 2019. Show location is Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 1600 S. Country Club Dr, Mesa, AZ 85210. Saturday hours are 8AM to 5PM. Sunday hours are 9AM to 3PM. Approximately 50 tables of dealers with varied inventory including several out of state dealers. There will be something for everyone. Ample parking available. Admission is $1.00 and young numismatists are free. Drop addressed postcard or fill one out at coin show to enter drawing for a PCGS Graded Gold Coin (1 entry / person).


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Storbritanniens militær består af tre værn: Flåden, hæren og luftvåbenet.

De kaldes normalt British Armed Forces eller Her Majesty's Armed Forces, og nogle gange Armed Forces of the Crown. Styrken består af et personel på 429.500 i 2006 (195.900 aktive, 191.300 i reserven og 42.300 i den frivillige reserve). Der er således tale om en af de største militære styrker i Europa, men kun den 26. største i verden. Storbritanniens militær har dog det 2. største budget – kun overgået af USA. Den øverstkommanderende er monarken (Dronning Elizabeth II) og de ledes af the Defence Council, som hører under forsvarsministeriet (MoD).

Den britiske hær hedder British Army. Modsat de andre værn hedder den således ikke "Royal". Forklaringen på dette fremgår under hovedartiklen om den britiske hær.

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Autumn Gem
A Documentary on Modern China's First Feminist
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Autumn Gem Textbook for the iPad
White Balance and Color Grading
During the filming of Autumn Gem, we used Phoxle SpectraSnap White Balance Filter 1 to set a custom white balance for each scene. I've used many white balance products in the past, including ExpoDisc, WhiBal, and gray cards, and I've found the SpectraSnap to be one of the better products out there. Its ability to fit a wide variety of lenses, including the two Sony videocameras we used to film the documentary, was key. I also appreciated the fact that it is a shoot-through white balance filter; I've found the accuracy of those to be higher than reflected light WB filters.
In the film, however, we're not always looking to have a neutral color tone throughout our scenes. Getting neutral-looking footage, however, makes it easier to color correct — or color grade, as it's called in the film industry — afterwards. I've been using a combination of Final Cut's Three-Way Color Corrector filter and Apple's Color application to perform various color grading tasks.
Here are screenshots of a before and after scene from Autumn Gem. The photo on the below is what was recorded by the the camera. As you can see, there is still a slight cast to the photo, even when using the SpectraSnap. I suspect that's because the lights we used to light the background versus the foreground were different.
The original look of the serving tea scene.
The next photo is the same scene that was corrected using Color. I set up a number of Secondary Rooms to apply color corrections to only specific parts of the scene such as the walls or Qiu Jin's outfit.
The serving tea scene that has been color corrected using Apple Color.
Once we have picture lock on the film, I'll continue to color grade certain scenes from the film. Not all scenes require such work, and for those, the built-in Three-Way Color Corrector in Final Cut does as admirable job. For more complex scenes, however, Color is a powerful tool for getting the look that we want out of the film.
1 Phoxle is run by Chris Pedersen, a friend of mine whom I know from my Camera Owners of the Bay Area user group meetings.
Author Adam Tow
Tags Apple, Autumn Gem, Color, color correction, color grading, filter, Final Cut, Phoxle, Qiu Jin, SpectraSnap, The Qiu Jin Project, white balance
How Time Flies… and the Third Cut
How time flies! A year ago this time, we were planning our trailer shoot and preparing for our trip to China. The film has been built out in six month increments. Rae started pre-production work around July of last year. We started filming in January, wrapping things up around the middle of June. The past six months have been spent in our home office, slaving away at Final Cut day in, day out.
A little over a month after completing our first rough cut, Rae and I are putting the finishing touches on the third cut of the film. Though the running time difference between the first and third cuts comprise just a few minutes, there's been some substantial changes in the pacing. It's amazing how trimming a half a second here and there can improve a scene so much! We've also moved some scenes around to improve the narrative structure.
I've been spending the past several days color correcting the film, trimming edits, and adjusting the captions and subtitles. Every day, we're getting closer to completing the film, but there always seems to be more things to be added to the task list! Fortunately, the light at the end of the tunnel is just ahead.
We'll try to post more frequently to the blog from this point forward. Writing is kinda like brushing and flossing your teeth every night; you just have to get in the habit!
Tags Autumn Gem, China, color correction, color grading, Post-Production, Production, Qiu Jin, The Qiu Jin Project
Rough Cut Completed!
We've reached an important milestone with the film today with the completion of the rough cut of The Qiu Jin Project: Autumn Gem!
It took me 22 hours to go from picture lock to burning the first DVD; the long delay was a result of my supreme struggle to get Final Cut to export the movie without crashing. I searched long and hard for a solution on the Creative Cow Final Cut forum, Ken Stone's site, Google, and on Apple's own forums. I eventually settled on using the instructions on Ken's web site using the Export using Quicktime Conversion command in Final Cut to export the HDV timeline to Apple ProRes 422. To get around the "out of memory" errors, I had to break up the export into several pieces.
From there, I brought the video into Compressor, where I could now export a version for DVD and iPhone. That took a number of hours even with an 8-core Mac Pro! After that, I popped the video into DVD Studio Pro and quickly pumped out a DVD.
With the rough cut complete, we can now show the documentary to our crew, potential donors, family, friends, and other interested parties.
Tags Autumn Gem, Qiu Jin, Rough Cut, The Qiu Jin Project
Three-Inch Golden Lotuses
At the age of four or five, a young Chinese girl growing up during the 10th and early 20th centuries would begin the process of foot binding. Her feet would be broken and bound into tight bandages for the next ten to fifteen years. The goal was to achieve the desired size of the three-inch golden lotuses. Foot binding caused constant, excruciating pain. In the beginning, a girl could barely even stand on her own. Walking even a few steps would often be painful and tiring.
Qiu Jin was considered one of the more fortunate victims. Despite the pain, she continue to remain active throughout her life.
Rae and I are getting closer to completing the rough cut of The Qiu Jin Project. It's been a long process, but the light at the end of the tunnel is clearly visible now. Of course, there's a lot of work still to be done even after we get the rough cut done. For instance, we have to complete our musical score and perform color grading. Still, having the rough cut is a significant goal that we set out to achieve this month!
Tags Bound Feet, Foot Binding, Golden Lotuses, Photography, The Qiu Jin Project
Wushu ala Final Cut
This afternoon, we edited a scene from our filming of the Chinese Women's Army at Tilden Park in Berkeley. Li Jing, who plays Qiu Jin in the documentary, is running through a hand form.
Nine takes were used to construct this scene. One take was a wide shot which we use to start the sequence. Mixed throughout are eight closeup shots detailing the action as Li Jing goes from one move to the next. Add in a little wind sound, and we've got ourselves a nice 34-second clip!
There's a saying that a film is really created in the editing room. After having spent several months living in Final Cut, Rae and I certainly agree with that statement!
Tags Autumn Gem, Final Cut, Li Jing, Post-Production, Qiu Jin, The Qiu Jin Project
Editing Continues Its Inexorable Progress
We've been hard at work editing the film over the past two months, hence our long delay between posts. It seems once filming is done, the only "exciting" photos we have to share is us sitting in front of our computers staring at Final Cut and Aperture! So far, we have assembled nearly 50 minutes of footage for the final film. There's still much to do, but we have a good sense for the narrative is shaping up to be.
There remains a few more pickup scenes to shoot along with recording the music and narration for the film. Our target is to complete those tasks by the end of this month.
In other news, we should announce that our fiscal sponsorship has moved from Film Arts Foundation to the San Francisco Film Society. After thirty-two years of serving the independent film community, Film Arts is closing its doors; fortunately, the SFFS was there to take on the task of supporting existing fiscally sponsored projects, including ours. Visit our support page to learn how you can donate to our project. It's tax-deductible!
Date September 8, 2008


2.8 Zeppelin LZ 121 "Nordstern"
May was an interesting month for all developers, since we moved over to a different version control system: Git. With everyone being used to CVS, this took quite some time and in the end even a crash of the CVS hard drive! More about that in the Development News section.
Despite the switch to Git, development continued in many different areas. Some of which include new or updated aircraft, detailed scenery, autopilot enhancements and even face tracking. This newsletter tries to give a good overview of the May developments. Enjoy reading it!
Due to a hard drive crash, the FlightGear CVS server is offline since the beginning of the month. We determined that our efforts would be better spent migrating our repository over to Git instead of bringing the old CVS server back online. Onwards and upwards! Please see FlightGear and Git for details on how to access these new repositories at gitorious.org.
The local weather system has been updated to version 0.61 by Thorsten. This is mainly a bugfix release and includes speedups in many areas and changes in cloud rendering.
Several developers have been collaborating to make the autopilot system more flexible, allowing it express the kind of logic found in modern flight control systems without relying on Nasal helpers or custom C++ code. To this end, the expression syntax (used in XML animations) is now also supported in conditions, and in the autopilot inputs (including references). This enables mathematical and trigonometric functions, and operations like min, max and average, to be used in autopilot logic. Another addition is support for 1-bit storage elements, known as flip-flops in digital electronics, which allows many standard autopilot behaviours to be modelled with simpler, clearer XML and fewer helper properties. RS and JK flip-flop are available, as well as the less common D and T types - the RS type in particular is a good model of the 'arm/disarm' logic found in many automatic flight systems or modes.
As an test-case for the new features, James is replacing the C++ autobrake logic with and XML version - once this is working reliably it will be installed in more aircraft, and should serve as an example for similar systems, for example auto-spoilers.
In addition to adding these new features, there's been a concerted effort to document the existing components, and the new ones, and explain how to build a stable, working autopilot. A comprehensive reference page can be found here, and the how-to is here. Both are works-in-progress, and feedback is appreciated!
See FaceTrackNoIR for the main article about this subject.
Thanks to Wim Vriend, Ron Hendriks and our own FlightGear developer Melchior, Windows users are now able to look around by nothing more than rotating their head. This so called "face tracking" tracks the movements and orientation of a face that is captured by a webcam. Through an UDP connection, the tracker data is transmitted to FlightGear and used to move the current view.
Altough the very first release was this month, the results are already amazing. I can tell you that looking around instead of panning around adds a whole new experience to your flights.
See Boeing 747-400 for the main article about this subject.
Gijs has been updating "The Queen of the Skies" with overhead panel backlighting, an (this time -thanks to Torsten- stable) autopilot making one of the best airliners in FlightGear even better. In the meantime, effort has been put into the cockpit shell and a 3D model of the upper deck. You can soon walk through the cabin, open the animated lavatory doors and nock on the 747's flightdeck door.
Zexe and helijah worked at the Macchi M.33 and Savoia S.21 models. See the forum for more information and the download links.
After teasing the forum-visitors for almost two months with amazing screenshots of the development, a beta version, of this stunning piece of art, has finally been released. The aircraft already includes an ultra complete cockpit, which really shows the eye-for-detail that its author has! Everything has been modeled, down to the pipes and wiring.
For downloads and other info see the forum-thread. The aircraft is also distributed through our new Git repository.
Did we say eye-for-detail? Here is another author that defenitely deserves that title!
The Mil Mi-6 is being developed by Blender3D. It was first launched in June 2009, with an update in March of this year. Similar to the IAR-80, this helicopter has all the details that make the difference between a model and a replica. And with help from some of the best heli-developers attached to the FlightGear project, we can be sure that the FDM will look/feel just as good!
Download and more info available at the forum.
The Sukhoi-Gulfstream S21 is being developed by xsaint and should be out by late May. More information here.
WooT implemented the ilec-sc7, a popular total energy compensated variometer for gliders. It is available in the Git data repository. More information can be found in the forum.
The VMX22 was already mentioned in earlier newsletters, but its development progressed and it should be out soon, however unmapped. More information in the forum.
Anders is currently working on the Zeppelin LZ 121 Nordstern and it has the basic parts of the propulsion, ballast and gas systems in place but much work remains on the instrumentation, systems and the 3D model . Nordstern together with her older sister ship Bodensee were designed by Luftschiffsbau Zeppelin in 1919 with medium range passenger routes in mind. Bodensee ran a regular passenger service between Friedrichshafen and Berlin during autumn 1919 and Nordstern, built in 1920 - 21, was intended for the same route with an extension to Stockholm.
The development of European airports (like LIME in Italy; EDDF in Germany and others) has been very active, also during the past month. Europe has currently some of the most detailed scenery areas in FlightGear. Further on in this newsletter you can read about the latest addition: London Gatwick.
TaxiDraw was employed to update the existing AI taxiways in the current parking.xml file and should give a reasonably realistic feature for AI traffic. It is intended to improve the various aspects of taxiways in the near future.
A useful readme file has been included and also three .stg files to help the user load Gatwick to the level of detail required.
So, the UK now has a fully modeled major airport and it is now open to international FG flights - welcome to the UK via London Gatwick!
The DC-6B was one of the world's first long-range commercial aircraft. It served under a variety of operators, and served as Air Force One during the 1950's. Its reliability and toughness has kept examples of it in service today.
Now, about the FlightGear model.
Aesthetically speaking, this model is great! The model is highly detailed in various places, and it has an accurate, well made 3D cockpit All the (old-fashioned) gauges work perfectly, and they look good as well. The control column and rudder pedals are animated too. My only gripe about the model is the lack of a throttle quadrant.
The DC-6 flies nicely, too. It isn't too responsive, and isn't too sluggish either. I cannot comment too much about the flying characteristics, however, as (sadly) I've never flown a DC-6 in my life.
The DC-6 sounds nice as well. From starting to cruising, the engines on this bird are music to any piston engine fan's ears.
My only complaints about this model are minor, such as the lack of flap and landing gear sounds. Or the lack of seats and/or cargo in the cabin of the DC-6.
A very, very nice video showcasing some of FlightGear's features has been uploaded by "TheMasterofmod". It covers lots of features, including a carrier takeoff, Los Angeles International Airport some formation flights and lots more!
New in the "FlightGear HowTo" serie by Oscar, is a crosswind landing tutorial. Altough his flying skills are not yet top of the notch, his tutorials are! Do not forget to take a look at his channel, with all the howtos in one place.
Once again, FlightGear will be present with an own booth at the LinuxTag (9-12 June) in Berlin, the capitol of Germany. LinuxTag is the most important place for Linux and open source software in Europe. The booth will be run by an experienced group of FlightGear enthusiasts. There are plans to present up to three FlightGear installations, each of them with a tripple screen setup. An internet connection should be present, so you might want to have a look at increased activity in the greater Berlin area. For those who are planning to visit LinuxTag be sure to stop by and say "hello". You can find the booth in hall 7.2b. We will be next to Mozilla and the LinuxGamers.
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