So step one from the train station is to get myself a five day metro pass. Good for me. Sure I'm here for 8 days, but five is the most you can get. I'll look into another one later. I'm not sure if you can buy them in advance. I'm also not sure where I can buy them aside from the train station. Surely they're everywhere. It's a cute little slip of paper that you put in a cardboard holder that is regular card size. It's so you don't lose it I guess. They want you to put your name on the holder though, and your holder number on the slip. I have no idea. Probably just a French idea to mess with tourists. I reckon that they'd like to do that.
So I make my way to the hostel. You see, the metro system here works wonders. It's brilliant. It – well – it has some problems. And here they are. Number one, it's bloody hot. That's why the windows open, I'd bet. Even the locas were sweating up a storm. And lets face it, it's not August here. It's October. The leaves have started to fall. There is no need for such heat. And the second – something few subways managed to get right, aside from Toronto. It's a terrifying day when the TTC is making the most sense. When the car stops, I want the doors to open. No buttons to push, no handles to lift, no secret codes, handshakes, or passwords. I just want the door to open! And you know that the French are starting to get wise to this, because the new cars have this wonderful futuristic feature.
So what, you ask, is the first thing I do once I throw my pack in my room? I walk the streets to find wifi. I don't want to pay. But I am supposed to message a friend here, and I'm already late because the train was delayed. And I find nothing. There are all these FreeWifi ports around town, that let you access it if you have a hardwired net connection with them. In a city like that, why would anyone leave their own network open? Why would they ever have their own?
So I gave in. I paid two euro for a two hour wifi card (not a terrible price – but still, there should be NO price.) I need, after all, to check my e-mail and connect with aforementioned friend. So I connect to the network, and... wait – where's the wifi network? Ohh good – it's down. And it remains down for forty five minutes (at least. It's at that point I say, screw this, I'm not wasting my first day in Paris, and I leave. Five minutes later, I find free wifi access at McDonald's here. There's a lesson here. Stick to your morals. Imagine what will happen the day I finally cave and pay for a toilet.
So, having learned my lesson, and being too late to hook up after a late email check, I head off to the Louvre. Because – well, that's what Paris is right? That's about eighteen percent of it anyway. But first I switch over at the Opera station, and because I have a metro pass I decide to head above group and check things out. Ohh Emm Gee! I'm in PARIS! And it's fantastic! And I want to hate. And I want to scathe. And I want to be bitter. And I want to shout "your city is overhyped!" But it's not! It's like The Beatles – perfectly hyped. Chuck Klosterman would be proud.
It would probably be a good idea to learn when the subway shuts down for the night. No Tokyo surprise here, I hope. So off I go, "Parle vous anglish?" oh you don't. Hmm – o.k. Lets try this: "Quelle our le Metro Arette?" (I'm sure the spelling is terrible. Work with me here. I have a hard enough time in english. Just think of it as adding to the confusion motif.) Mistakes were made with this question. I spend the next forty seconds smiling and nodding while I'm sure the old lady said things like "Ahh you stupid American. I'll kill your family. Yes, you may have saved us in World War 2, but look at you now. You have New York. I spit on New York. Look at all the fat ugly people there – in passing, are you from New York then? And have you seen the beautiful people here? This is Paris. Get screwed!" And then she walked away. I would need a game plan for the future.
And then I ducked, with incredible speed – nearly toppling over, but we'll worry not about that, as it didn't happen in the end – down the stairs back to the train. Off to the Louvre! And when I stepped out of that station, I lost my breath. It's true. And remember – I really wanted to hate this city – the buildings were fantastic. The crazy Metro sign at that staiton was worth many a picture, and then you start waking down the halls to the Gallery. Look at all the glass pyramids. My god, they're slightly terrible, and slightly fantastic! And the sky. Look at that sky! It's blue!
If we're being honest, part of my love – more than part perhaps, may have come from that very sky. If seasonal depression is a real thing, so too then must be seasonal exuberation!
And then you start your walk. It's not a confusing walk, no. It's just a straight line. There are a few pit falls and traps to be wary of, and we will come to those – I assure you – but it is nevertheless a simple straight walk.
Bang – the gardens. You just want to run out and roll all over the grass. But watch out [trap number one!], or you'll end up like Wesley Crusher in the one episode where Picard said "I don't care about international laws when I think they're stupid! And saved Wesley, much to the peril of intergalactic relations." Do not step on the grass! Grass is not for stepping on here in Paris. It's for looking at, appreciating. Stepping on it will result in the ire, anger, and shouts, of officials in charge – like a father who has just laid fresh seed on his lawn, and is not yet sure about the quizzical gentleman newly dating his daughter.
Then you hit the real gardens. The ones that are gated. The ones without grass – so you know it's o.k. to walk around and peer at the many sculptures, placed around the two round ponds which are set up for late afternoon lounging.
You see, by trying to walk towards it, you've proved yourself a great fool. Though it looks close, there is no arriving at this monument by foot. It's like walking into that forest in which you can ever only close 50% of your destination. Try as you might to reach the end, and though you may even feel yourself progressing, you'll never reach the end. It's just not possible. It will always loom there, just on the horizon mocking you.
Apparently if, in frustration, you go check the internet in another McDee's, and then return to the surface world, you will find yourself right in fron to fit. But that too is a terrifying thing.
She's a witch! Buuuuuuuuuuuuuurn her!
So there I was, staring at it, and thinking "huh, it's not so big." Look – when you've been looking at it for the last hour, trying in vain to get to it, you want something that is beyond human comprehension. Clearly though, this, I could comprehend. I may have taken a few too many pictures here. Thrity, or so. And [trap three] trying to tell locals that, "no, I don't want you to take a picture of me. It's ok. My tripod is great – see the swivel screen? I can even frame it properly. And note the long exposures I have set, which allow for perfect lighting, and clarity – unlike what would be achieved from your hand, or with a flash? Please – leave me be." is hard work. They were persistent in their desire to help! If you find this, it's probably for the best to just let them take a shot, and clear the area. Then you can go back to your real photography.
Now it's on to the final trap. Getting across the street. Why Paris? Why? Why would you make walk signs that only extend to the middle of the lanes – where you then have to wait, and hope that you don't get hit, before crossing the rest of the way. And so help you if yo J-walk. Sure grandpa John with his cane is doing it. But he's French. He has years of practice. The second you step off the platform, you will die. It's just that simple. You wont get hurt. Your wont get knocked out. You will die. I don't even know how. It will just happen. So obey the signs in Paris! You have been warned.
And from there, I wanted to see the Arc de Defense. But I was in no mood to walk another six klicks to see it. So on to the subway, and I was off! And – yup, there is was. All glass and lit up. Way to go. That will stand the test of time, for sure. The way you have a band stand under it? Super.
More McDonald's – I bought something this time. A prune sunday I think – I don't know? And internetted a final time. Then I was to head towards my final stop. The Eiffel Tower! Sure, I'd seen it already – and wasn't it gorgeous? But I hadn't SEEN it. You know?
I took the A train (sweet! Like a Go Train that's free with subway ticket) and then grabbed the 3. Found out I was on the wrong way – got confused about how to go the other way – grabbed the 9 – grabbed the 3 at Republique. Which was super, because it was under construction and I had to navigate through a labrynth of detours that would make even the greatest Dungeon Master cringe. But finally I was on it, off to the hostel, second last from the east end on the 3, and made my way inside. Where I wanted to relax by watching Resident Evil (I took a screen shot of the end of RE3 with all the Mila's in their spheres, and it's a fantastic desktop background now.) but, of course, this was not to be. Live music in the hostel (which would actually impress me normally – and does right now too, but...) prevented me from hearing a thing. So type type type. Shower and crash perhaps. Or maybe just crash. With breakfast being included here, and served to 11 – instead of 9 – sleeping in and morning showers make perfect sense.
Pictures I will add later, K? Awesome. McDonald's is our friend.
If you use/try any of these, let me know what you thought!!
I always try to hit up the NewEurope tours - so thanks for the tip. I was wondering where this one met!


The Rabindranath Tagore Center, Kolkata, the cultural flagship of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), was inaugurated on June 1, 2008 by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the then Minister of External Affairs, in the presence of Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr Karan Singh, President of ICCR, and other dignitaries.
air-conditioned building, spread over four floors, with a pronounced glass roof atrium, houses the ICCR office and has four art galleries, and a souvenir shop.
Within a short time, the RTC has become the cultural hub of Kolkata. It enables this culturally-vibrant city to appreciate a variety of international cultural events, which include art exhibitions, dance and musical performances, seminars, talks, workshops, and theatre. Additionally, in this one-stop cultural Center, one can browse through the gift shop, Kamala, with its choice selection of Indian handicrafts, and also savour the finest of Indian teas and delectable food at its Café Thé.
The festival, Tagore Beyond Frontiers (Dec 4-6, 2009), had several academic sessions with international and national participants, cultural programmes including a fashion show on the Tagore sartorial style, a book fair and exhibitions on Tagore's art, a photographic exhibition on his travels, as well as a painting exhibition by Italian artists inspired by his music.
Click here to see a video on the Rabindranath Tagore Center, Kolkata.
9A, Ho Chi Minh Sarani Kolkata 700071, WEST BENGAL.


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Wade Mountain Nature Preserve Trail System
Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is currently 843 acres with eight miles of trails for hiking, biking, or riding. Featured on this property is the Devil's Race Track which has one of the best views north of Huntsville, with views to Tennessee on a clear day. The Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is one of three Land Trust of North Alabama Preserves that are each larger than Central Park and are all within Huntsville city limits.
Type: Equestrian Trail, Greenway, Mountain Bike Trail, Nature Trail, Urban Trail
Property usage guidelines posted on information kiosks and along trails.
greenway connections; environmental education
Location: Within northern city limits of Huntsville, AL
Counties: Madison
East Trailhead: From Alabama I65, take exit 340 and drive east toward Huntsville. Take exit 19B for US-231 N/US-431 N/Memorial Parkway. Merge onto N Memorial Parkway. Drive north on Memorial Pkwy. past Alabama A&M University (app. 2.6 miles). Turn left onto Hollow Road which is the first road north of Winchester Road. Turn right on Spragins Hollow Road. The Preserve parking lot is on the right, just past the third 90 degree bend in the road.
West Trailhead: From Alabama I-65, take exit 340 and drive east toward Huntsville. Take exit 14 for Research Park Blvd., merge onto AL-255 N. Continue onto Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Lane. Turn left onto Pulaski Pike NW. Huntsville's Dry Creek Greenway parking lot at 6960 Pulaski Pike will be on the right.
Note: Downloadable trailmaps in PDF format available on www.LandTrustNAL.org
Land Trust of North Alabama's Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is currently 843 acres with eight miles of trails for hiking, biking, or horseback riding. (Note: Wade Mountain is currently the *only* Land Trust Preserve upon which horses are allowed.) A National Recreation Trails grant was awarded in the late 90's and used for trailhead construction.
The geology of Wade Mountain influences the area's microclimate which may be considered almost semi-arid. The land is steep and is composed primarily of highly eroded limestone capped by a layer of sandy soil (Hartselle Sandstone). Water drains the area quickly, leaving little for the plants. Therefore, the variety of plants is somewhat different from those typical of the area and most are smaller than normal. The white ash, cedar, hickory, and scrub glade supports unique species, including wild turkeys.
As in most karst topography, there are numerous small but unusual sinkholes and solution cavities. Six springs, four of them intermittent or wet weather springs, flow from the limestone cavities, and there are two waterfalls. Wade Mountain and its springs are the headwaters of Pinhook Creek, which feeds into Huntsville Spring Branch in the heart of Huntsville. Six caves are known on the Preserve.
The Preserve includes the Devil's Race Track, a significant geologic feature located on the eastern lobe and which has one of the best views of north Huntsville, with views to Tennessee on a clear day. This feature is a rock outcropping of Monteagle limestone, is level, and generally covered with grasses and wildflowers. The weathering of the underlying limestone releases numerous Mississippian fossils characteristic of a shallow reef environment. Folklore claims the Cherokee Indians raced horses atop the mountain.
The trail system was created by and is maintained by volunteers. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, located a few miles from the western Pulaski Pike trailhead, is but one of several corporations who encourage employees to volunteer time for Trail Care Crew workdays.
Both the city of Huntsville and the Land Trust own land that comprise the Preserve, with the Land Trust providing management and trail development/maintenance. The Land Trust's Public Recreation Committee is responsible for identifying, prioritizing, planning, implementing, and maintaining all recreational development including trail development and trailheads on properties opened to the public. In addition, this committee works closely with the Volunteer Coordinator to recruit, develop, and nurture volunteers needed to support their efforts. This committee is also responsible for all mapping and GIS gathering efforts. The Land Trust staff representatives on the Public Recreation Committee are the Land Manager and the Land Steward.
On the western side, the city of Huntsville's Dry Creek Greenway off Pulaski Pike and Toyota's Community Pavilion for Environmental Education help the trailhead make a smooth connection between concrete greenway and the Preserve's natural trails. The trail system is also an integral part of the city's Pinhook Creek Section II Greenway.
The Land Trust offers environmental outreach programs. Seasonal hikes and events on the trails offer a gateway to use and direct enjoyment of Land Trust properties, increasing probability of self-initiated usage. Environmental education events on the trails help foster appreciation of nature and the need to preserve the places we love. This is vital in raising the next generation of land preservationists.
Other organized groups such as the Sierra Club, Wildflower Society, OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), classes from Alabama A&M University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, and homeschool and Scout groups are but a few who consistently use these trails that are open to the public. The Land Trust has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Huntsville Wildflower Society for their monitoring of the cedar glades atop the mountain.
The Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is one of three Land Trust Preserves that are each larger than Central Park and are all within Huntsville city limits. The Preserve's trail system allows for direct enjoyment and appreciation of this unique natural jewel.
Secondary Surface: Asphalt
Brochure: 2011 spring tornadoes brought down trees.
Website: Land Trust of North Alabama
Website: Facebook: Land Trust North Alabama
Andy Prewett
Land Trust of North Alabama
Cynthia Potts
Cathie Mayne
Toyota Community Pavilion for Environmental Education
Toyota Volunteers on National Youth Service Day
Dry Creek Greenway toward Land Trust trails
Wade Mountain Nature Preserve Spring

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Q: How to get token from JWE Encrypt method of Jose Sdk I am new in C# jose jwt. I have been using JWE.Encrypt() method.
AnyJson anyJson = new AnyJson();
anyJson.page = 2;
anyJson.filters = new Filters();
anyJson.filters.startDate = DateTime.Now.Date;
anyJson.filters.endDate = DateTime.Now.Date;

string key = "bXF9p18KmVjgyzv3lP6otbne1W8PLo6gEE287SMyjeI=";

var payload = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(anyJson);

string token = JWE.Encrypt(payload,
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               JweEncryption.A256GCM);

and I am getting response in json like
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but as per the doc given by client, we need to send this JWE token like
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which is looks like JSON. How can I send data like this?

A: Are you really sure you should sent a JWT token that you create your self?
typically a JSON token is issued by an authorization service. That both you and the receiver of the token trusts.

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Art in Cornwall
A creative corner of England
An artists' colony in Newlyn played an important role in British impressionism
Books, arts and culture
by L.F.
CORNWALL, a peninsula county in England's sunniest south-west tip, has long been a muse to artists. Painters are drawn to its expansive beaches, granite cliffs, picturesque harbours and quality of light. The 1994 opening of a Tate gallery in St Ives, on the wild Atlantic north coast, boosted the town's artistic credentials. Newlyn, on the gentler south coast, is less well-known despite having a longer artistic heritage. The Newlyn School, active from the 1880s to the beginning of the 20th century, was an important chapter in the history of British impressionism.
The school can be divided into two waves. Pre-1900 artists painted the day-to-day lives of the local community using a muted palette in a French realist style (many had honed their skills in Brittany and Barbizon). Post-1900 artists painted in a more impressionist style, using looser brushstrokes and brighter colours to depict the beauty of their surroundings. But everyone who came to Newlyn believed in painting outside, en plein air, capturing the play of light on their canvases.
Unlike St Ives, which drew more international artists, Newlyn was distinctly British. Artists working in St Ives sent their works to the Paris salons, whereas Newlyn painters hoped to impress the British artistic establishment at the Royal Academy in London. Though few of these artists had financial worries—and part of Newlyn's appeal was its cheap lifestyle—many still sought the sales afforded by academy recognition.
Stanhope Forbes, who settled in Newlyn in 1884, did much to promote the colony. His painting, "A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach", was a hit at the Royal Academy's summer exhibition in 1885 and put Newlyn on the map. Forbes and fellow artists such as Frank Bramley, Walter Langley and Elizabeth Forbes (Stanhope's wife) were "capturing a way of life that was fast disappearing", says Alison Bevan, director of Penlee House Gallery and Museum in nearby Penzance, which specialises in Newlyn School art. It was a conscious decision to paint British subjects for a British audience, she adds. Their buyers were mostly magnates of England's industrial north, so many works are now housed in galleries in Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. Penlee's most popular works are Bramley's "Eyes and No Eyes" (1887), which features two women laughing with a fisherman in front of a shimmering harbour, and Norman Garstin's "The Rain It Raineth Every Day" (1889), a luminous image of a wet day on Penzance seafront.
In 1899 Stanhope and Elizabeth opened the Forbes School of Painting which ushered in the second wave of artists. A more bohemian set than their predecessors, they are the alluring subject of a new film, "Summer in February", directed by Christopher Menaul. Based on a true story, it follows a young aspiring artist as a raffish painter and a gentlemanly land agent vie for her affections. Against a backdrop of vast seascapes and a somewhat melodramatic string score, this soaring film captures the artists' creative spirits and the freedom they sought away from the industrialisation of the cities. It also shows how frivolity can precipitate tragedy.
Sir A.J. Munnings (the raffish painter in the film) is one of the most notable artists of Newlyn's second wave. A lauded equestrian painter, he was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1944, and was knighted the same year. Five years later his farewell speech to the RA was an impassioned (and inebriated) war cry against modern art: he declared he would rather have "a bad, muddy old picture where somebody has tried to set down what they have seen than all this affected juggling". One of his more beautiful works is "The Morning Ride" (1912), a striking portrait of his first wife on horseback. The horse is exquisitely drawn. The rider's white dress and hat gleam in a dreamlike forest of thick, colourful brushstrokes. Munnings's paintings still command large sums at auction, and his hunting pictures are popular with American buyers.
This period of the Newlyn School also included Dame Laura Knight, who became a celebrated painter of the Ballet Russes and an official war artist at the Nuremberg trials. In 1929 she was made a dame and in 1936 she was the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy. An exhibition of her vivid portraits is now on view at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Newlyn's dramatic landscapes and affordable studio space continue to lure artists. Henry Garfit, an abstract painter, moved there from London ten years ago. He opened the Newlyn School of Art not far from Forbes's original school (which closed in 1938). The not-for-profit school runs courses in painting, printmaking and pottery taught by 30 local artists; some in light-filled workspaces, others in the open air (see pictures). Mr Garfit says the school has been a useful source of income for local artists, and should keep Newlyn as a site of artistic inspiration for years to come.
"Summer in February" is in British cinemas now. "Poems, Plays & Fairytales: Literary-inspired works by Newlyn Artists" will be at Penlee House Gallery and Museum in Penzance until September 7th 2013. "Laura Knight Portraits" will be at the National Portrait Gallery in London until October 13th 2013
More from Prospero
Language barriers
"Minari" sets off a debate about awards and foreign-language films
See all about it
The Royal Court takes inspiration from the Federal Theatre Project
A labour of love
"Pieces of a Woman" offers a tragic portrayal of childbirth


It's the law. The City of Miami Beach is guided by the Florida Building Code. Section 105.1 states: "Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit." (Exemptions on Section 102.2 of the Building Code).
A permit brings you the service of Building Department Plans Reviewers and Inspectors who are experts in their field. In addition to providing advice, they approve each phase of your project, checking to see that the work is done in accordance with the code and the approved plans. Working without a permit is illegal and can result in fines and cause problems if and when you sell your house.
What is required to receive a building permit?
A Permit Application is required for submission of a permit.
Fill out a Permit Application including a folio number (13 digit number from property tax statement or Miami-Dade County Property Appraisers) or visit the Miami-Dade Property Information, online.
Submit two (2) sets of plans for Drop-Offs and for Walk-Through at the Permit Counter to obtain a processing number. Plans submitted must be considered 100% complete to qualify for plan review. Click here to obtain a list of Projects Required to be Signed and Sealed by a Design Professional.
You will be required to pay an up-front permit fee (Fee Guide) prior to beginning the permitting process. Once all required approvals have been obtained and your plans have been signed off by the plan reviewers, the outstanding balance of your permit must be paid prior to the issuance of your permit and permit card. Please click on the Permit Application Submittal Checklist to review the permit submittal requirements.
The City of Miami Beach Building Department is located at 1700 Convention Center Drive. The North Beach Satellite Office, located at 962 Normandy Drive, services the North Beach community (63 to 86 Streets) with Building Departments' functions. Applications, forms, and the Building Department's Fee Schedule, can be found in our website.
What are the Building Department's hours of operation?
The Building Department's offices close daily for lunch from noon to 1:00 p.m. Building Department's main office is located at City Hall at 1700 Convention Center Drive and the North Beach Office's address is 962 Normandy Drive.
Building Administration and Operations: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Homeowners' Permit Assistance (1st floor) and Permit Counter (2nd floor): 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Ticket Routing System: All Tickets are issued at the Homeowners' Permit Assistance Counter (City Hall, 1st floor) from 7:40 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Walk-Through Tickets are issued at 7:40 a.m. and they are served at 8:00 a.m. The tickets are provided at the Homeowners' Permit Assistance Counter (1st floor of City Hall) from 7:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays, and Wednesdays through Fridays they are issued from 7:40 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. The last ticket is served at 3:15 p.m. One ticket, per process, at a time, and submittals with less than 10 pages for structures less than 3 stories.
Drop-Off Plans: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
To consult with an Inspector: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday.
To consult with a Plan Reviewer: By appointment only.
Records Management (Microfilm and Research Requests): 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Building Department's North Beach Office is located at 962 Normandy Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33141. Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The City of Miami Beach Development Review Departments which include the Building Department, Planning & Zoning Department, Public Works Department and the Fire Prevention Department are working towards a 30-day review time for residential projects and 60 days for multi-family and commercial projects. Please be aware you may need Miami-Dade County approvals for the environmental core and/or impact fees depending on the scope of work.
What types of permits can I complete with Walk-Through service?
The City of Miami Beach Building Department has made the permitting process easy and fast by providing a walk-through service for certain permit types. To participate in the walk-through process you must obtain a ticket for routing prior to 11:00 a.m. These types of permits can be issued the same day, if all the required information is properly submitted. All walk-through processes are limited to (1) one permit package per customer (One ticket, per process, at a time), to structures less than 3 stories, and submittals with less than 10 pages. Please make sure that all paperwork is complete prior to submitting it to the Permit Clerk. The following is a list of items that can be processed as walk-through permits: List of Permits.
What happens if I have been cited for beginning construction prior to obtaining a permit?
Construction must be brought into compliance or construction must be removed. If the construction is not permitted under any circumstances, then it must be removed.
You must have a permit to demolish and an inspection must be made to ensure that it has been demolished and the property cleared.
When work for which a permit is required is commenced prior to obtaining a permit, the permit applicant shall be required to pay $500.00 plus a double permit fee. In no event shall the applicant pay less than $500.00 plus double the amount of the minimum fee as specified for each type of work. The payment of the required fee shall not relieve any person, firm or corporation from fully complying with all applicable regulations and codes, nor shall it relieve them from being subject to any to the penalties therein. The double fee requirement shall be applicable to all sections of the Building Department noted herein. For the second offense of doing work without a permit, the permit applicant shall be required to pay a $1,000.00 penalty fee plus a double permit fee. For each subsequent offense, the permit applicant shall be required to pay a $2,000.00 penalty fee, plus a double permit fee.
Inspections depend on what is involved in the project. Simply stated, an inspection is required prior to covering up any part of the construction.
How and when are inspections performed?
The job to be inspected must be accessible. An OSHA approved ladder must be available, if needed.
Inspections may be requested via the Citizen Access Portal (CAP) until Friday, May 31, 2019 when the City will be migrating to the new Citizen Self Service (CSS). Even though customers will be able to conduct business in CAP until the day of, we are asking all users to migrate their CAP accounts to CSS as soon as possible.
Customers can log on in CAP to request and cancel inspections.
To request an inspection through our Interactive Voice Response System (I.V.R.), please call 305.673.7370 . Please have the permit and Pin numbers available. For instructions, please consult the EnerGov CAP and IVR Training Manual.
How do I request a pin number?
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There's something about October that seems to be a little pumpkin obsessed - whether we're eating, decorating or carving - October is all about pumpkins! Feel the same? Here are some cute pumpkin DIY ideas from around the internet!
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The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a further blow to the media sector, already ailing, slashing revenues and causing job losses in media outlets around the world. In the US alone, at least 21 local newspapers have merged, 60 local newsrooms have closed and well over 1,000 staffers have been permanently laid off according to the Poynter Institute, cited in an interesting new report entitled Worldwide Challenges and Possible Solutions for Journalism Funding in the Age of the Coronavirus and After.
Authored by Anya Schiffrin, from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, with Hannah Clifford and Kylie Tumiatti, and backed by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the report surveys some of the most promising initiatives to sustain independent journalism worldwide. Some of these programs were developed or expanded in response to the pandemic, which has further highlighted the importance of reliable, independent news sources to counter disinformation.
Some initiatives involve tapping development aid, philanthropy, and venture capital in support of struggling media outlets and/or innovative start-ups. The billion-dollar International Fund for Public Interest Media formed a temporary coalition of donors last year to pool development aid in support of hard-hit media organizations. In South Africa, the Open Society Foundation is making small grants to media outlets affected by the pandemic while the Google News Initiative provides small grants for media start-ups. The American Journalism Project supports inclusive, community-based media. Community is also at the core of the Open Markets Institute's efforts to transform 6,700 privately-owned news outlets into more community based and financially independent institutions.
But, as the report points out, "Beyond individual grant making, there is a growing recognition of the need for something like a Marshall Plan for journalism." The authors therefore highlight big-picture ideas that could lead to systemic change.
The current media crisis is causing renewed interest in public funding for media organizations, particularly in the US, traditionally lagging in this area. Several countries around the world already provide assistance to quality journalism in various ways, which include funding public broadcasters (Germany, France, Canada, the UK), offering tax credits to newspaper subscribers (France), or supporting public-interest regional journalism (Australia). During the pandemic, philanthropists and impact investors teamed up to buy Australia's struggling AAP newswire.
In the US, a Local Journalism Sustainability Act, introduced in July 2020, seeks to assist the media through federal tax credits for subscriptions. Designating journalism as a public service profession and government purchased advertising are other ways the authorities could support journalism. Governments can also purchase super subscriptions, making content available to selected audiences. There are precedents: Churchill rescued Reuters during World War II, the report mentions.
As always, finding sustainable funding sources to make a substantial impact remains the main challenge, which is why this publication devotes plenty of space to Australia's exciting new draft legislation.
Unlike previous (unsuccessful) attempts to make tech giants pay for news, which focused on copyright legislation – in Spain, France and Germany, for instance – Australia's draft Mandatory News Media Bargaining Code harnesses competition law and arbitration to force Google and Facebook to share their data and bargain with news organizations for remuneration. If no agreement is reached within three months, a final offer arbitration process would come into play. A non-discrimination clause would prevent tech companies from side-lining media organizations that have signed up. The Code has its downsides: Because it would apply mainly to established news organizations – big publishers like Murdoch's News Corp and Nine could be major beneficiaries – the planned legislation would not increase media diversity.
According to the report, Google and Facebook are protesting loudly that the Code would be unworkable. But as global efforts to support floundering media outlets pick up pace amid the pandemic, many countries will be watching Australia's bold move to dig into the pockets of tech giants to support quality journalism with great interest.
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LAS VEGAS -- — Kelsey Plum had 23 points and passed 1,000 for her career on Sunday, and the Las Vegas Aces set a franchise record for points with a 118-95 win over the Atlanta Dream.
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A'ja Wilson added 19 points and nine rebounds and Liz Cambage had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Aces (14-4), who maintained at least a share of first place in the WNBA standings.
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Summery Reads of 2020, Part I
Reading with the seasons, I've picked up a few books with "summer" or sunshine in their titles. I'll have more to write up later in August, including novels set during the summer months.
A Summer Bird-Cage by Margaret Drabble (1963)
Sarah Bennett, who went straight from university in Oxford to Paris for want of a better idea of what to do with her life, is called home to Warwickshire to be a bridesmaid in the wedding of her older sister, Louise, to Stephen Halifax, a wealthy novelist. Afterwards, Sarah decides to move to London and share a flat with a friend whose marriage has recently ended. As the months pass, she figures out life as a single girl in a big city and attends parties hosted by Louise – back from an extended European honeymoon – and others. Sarah eventually works out, from gossip and from confronting Louise herself, that her sister's marriage isn't as idyllic as it appeared. Both sisters find themselves at a loss as for what to do next.
Although Drabble's debut novel is low on action, its characters are sharply drawn and she delights in placing them in situations and conversations where their true values will emerge. I could relate to Sarah for her bookishness, her observant nature, and her feeling that her best days of being a student are behind her. Drabble was only 24 when this was published; though she was already married and a mother, her distinguished university career (a double first from Cambridge) wasn't long behind her. Given that Drabble's sister is novelist A.S. Byatt, it's impossible not to speculate about the autobiographical inspiration for this picture of sisters who are subconscious rivals and don't even seem to enjoy spending casual time together.
What with the sisters sharing the maiden name Bennett, you also can't help but think of one of the classic sister novels, Pride and Prejudice. Drabble makes her debt obvious when Sarah goes over to Louise's for dinner and comments on the "charming convention of the scene – sisters idling away an odd evening in happy companionship. It was like something out of Middlemarch or even Jane Austen." I was also reminded of the sister pair in Deerbrook: one got all the beauty, but the other seems much more interesting.
The title comes from a John Webster quotation: "'Tis just like a summer bird-cage in a garden: / the birds that are without are desperate to get / in, and the birds that are within despair and / are in a consumption for fear that they will never / get out." In other words, it's easy to miss, and idealize, what you don't have. Sarah still thinks she can have it all; Louise has realized the choices life forces on you. In modern parlance, this is about adulting and FOMO. It still feels relevant, in a way that seems to anticipate the work of Sally Rooney.
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (2006)
Another sisters novel, and the first book in my Journey through the Day with Books challenge. Meghan Fitzmaurice is a household name as the host of America's most popular morning talk show, Rise and Shine, but her star fades rapidly when, her microphone still on after she thinks they've gone to a commercial break, she murmurs "f***ing a**hole" about a guest who is, admittedly, a creep. It turns out her outburst didn't come out of nowhere: the night before, her husband, Evan, had announced he was leaving her. Meghan goes to Jamaica to regroup, leaving her younger sister, Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx, to figure out what happened and create a semblance of normalcy for her beloved nephew, Meghan's college-age son Leo, who's just back from an exchange program at a farm outside Barcelona.
I liked the New York City setting and the central sister relationship – "Sisters tend to get stuck in their roles and they don't always know how to get out of them. The pretty one. The practical one," their aunt Maureen, who raised them after their parents' deaths, says – but the plot hereafter veers between thin and melodramatic. I didn't warm to Bridget's boyfriend Irving, a hardboiled older cop, and I get a little nervous about white ladies creating stereotypical African American characters and giving them names like Tequila (Bridget's receptionist at the women's shelter) and Princess Margaret (Tequila's daughter).
In a nice bit of symmetry, though, the book's end finds a subdued Meghan hosting a late-night show called Day's End. I didn't like this nearly as much as her nonfiction (I loved Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake), but I would read more by Quindlen: I also have a copy of One True Thing, and I have heard that her recent fiction is good.
And a skim from the library that ties in nicely with the cover image above:
The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals by Patrick Barkham (2010)
In 2009, Barkham set out to revive the childhood butterfly-watching hobby he'd shared with his father. The UK is home to 59 species, a manageable number to attempt to see in a season, although it does require a fair bit of travel and insider knowledge. I've read too much general history about the human relationship with butterflies (via Rainbow Dust by Peter Marren, which came out a few years later, and An Obsession with Butterflies by Sharman Apt Russell, which Barkham mentions in a Recommended Reading section at the end of the book) to engage with all the context he includes; I focused on the nitty-gritty of the quest running from mid-March to August. I'll leave it to readers to discover whether he succeeds or not. Nice additions here are the color plates of all the species in question, and the line drawings by Helen Macdonald, yet to come to prominence in her own right – with H Is for Hawk in 2014.
A favorite passage: "Butterflies are symbols of freedom and happiness, sunshine and summer days. They are tokens of romance"
Have you been reading anything particularly fitting for summer this year?
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Book Serendipity, April‒Early July
I call it serendipitous when two or more books that I read at the same time or in quick succession have something pretty bizarre in common. Because I have so many books on the go at once (usually around 20), I suppose I'm more prone to such incidents than some. I also list these occasional reading coincidences on Twitter. The following are in rough chronological order. (January to March appeared in this post.)
Characters named Sonny in Pew by Catherine Lacey, My Father's Wake by Kevin Toolis, and Sacred Country by Rose Tremain.
A double dose via Greenery via Tim Dee – while reading it I was also reading Other People's Countries by Patrick McGuinness, whom he visits in Belgium; and A Cold Spring by Elizabeth Bishop, referenced in a footnote.
A red thread is worn as a bracelet for its emotional or spiritual significance in The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd and Plan B by Anne Lamott.
The Library of Alexandria features in Footprints by David Farrier and The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd.
The Artist's Way is mentioned in At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison and Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott.
Characters sleep in a church in Pew by Catherine Lacey and Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout. (And both novels have characters named Hilda.)
Coins being flung away among some trees in In the Springtime of the Year by Susan Hill and The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (literally the biblical 30 pieces of silver in the Kidd, which is then used as a metaphor in the Hill).
Rabbit-breeding projects in When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray and Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.
Mentions of the Great Barrier Reef in When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray and Footprints by David Farrier.
The same very specific fact – that Seamus Heaney's last words, in a text to his wife, were "Noli timere" – was mentioned in Curlew Moon by Mary Colwell and Greenery by Tim Dee.
Klondike ice cream bars appeared in both Small Victories by Anne Lamott and The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg.
The metaphor of a rising flood only the parent or the child will survive is used in both Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and What We Carry by Maya Lang.
The necessity of turning right to save oneself in a concentration camp setting is mentioned in both Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels.
An English child is raised in North Africa in Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively and The Child in Time by Ian McEwan.
The Bristol Stool Chart appeared in both Gulp by Mary Roach and The Bad Doctor by Ian Williams.
A Greek island setting in both Exit West by Mohsin Hamid and Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (plus, earlier, in A Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson).
Both Writers & Lovers by Lily King and Mother: A Memoir by Nicholas Royle mention Talking Heads within the first 20 pages.
A trip to North Berwick in the early pages of Mother: A Memoir by Nicholas Royle, and hunting for cowrie shells on the beach – so familiar from Evie Wyld's The Bass Rock, read the previous month. (Later, more collecting of cowrie shells in Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively.)
Children's authors are main characters in The Crow Road by Iain Banks and The Child in Time by Ian McEwan.
A character is killed by a lightning strike in The Crow Road by Iain Banks and Writers & Lovers by Lily King.
Characters named Ash in The Crow Road by Iain Banks and The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg.
A brother steals the main character's object of affection in The Crow Road by Iain Banks and Sacred Country by Rose Tremain.
A minor character in Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler is called Richard Rohr … meanwhile, I was reading a book by Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ.
A maternity ward setting in The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue and The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting.
A love triangle is a central element in Writers & Lovers by Lily King and The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting.
Reading a book by a Galloway (The Trick Is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway) and a book about Galloway (Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape by Patrick Laurie) simultaneously.
Attending college in L.A. in The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.
Two books that reference the same Darwin quote: Into the Tangled Bank by Lev Parikian, and "The Entangled Bank" is the title of the final poem in Red Gloves by Rebecca Watts.
Characters with the surname Savage in The Box Garden by Carol Shields and Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain.
A character is taught how to eat oysters in The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
A Louisiana setting in The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Property by Valerie Martin.
Characters named Stella in The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and The Group by Lara Feigel.
The last line of the book has a character saying "Come in" in Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ankomst by Gøhril Gabrielsen.
Currently reading four books with mixed-race narrators: (Black/white) The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi Durrow, Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey; and (Japanese/white) My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki.
Currently reading two novels in which a pair of orphaned sisters are taken in by relatives (Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau and Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen). Plus two more novels with orphan characters: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky and My Year of Meats.
In two of these four (not telling which, though you can safely assume it's not the Victorian novel!), they are orphans because both parents were killed in a car accident. I feel like this is a fictional setup that I encounter all the time (cf. All the Beautiful Girls, The Monsters of Templeton, Saint Maybe) that can't be that common in real life?
Vassar as an alma mater in Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain and The Group by Mary McCarthy.
Punahou School (Honolulu, Hawaii) is the author's alma mater in The Noonday Demon by Kathleen Norris and Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.
What's the weirdest reading coincidence you've had lately?
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New Reading Projects! (Join Me?)
By Rebecca Foster on May 18, 2020 | 45 Comments
It's only one week since we announced the Not the Wellcome Prize winner, the culmination of a month-long project that was months more in the planning. I don't think I'll be coordinating another blog tour anytime soon, as it was a lot of work finding participants, working out a schedule and keeping on top of the publicizing via social media. Still, it was a lot of fun, and already I'm missing the buzz and ready to get stuck into more projects.
I'd love it if you joined me for one or more of these. Some could be combined with your 20 Books of Summer or other challenges, too.
Ongoing buddy reads
It would have been Richard Adams's 100th birthday on the 9th. That night I started rereading his classic tale of rabbits in peril, Watership Down, which was my favorite book from childhood even though I only read it the once at age nine. I'm 80 pages in and enjoying all the local place names. Who would ever have predicted that that mousy tomboy from Silver Spring, Maryland would one day live just 6.5 miles from the real Watership Down?!
My husband is joining me for the Watership Down read (he's not sure he ever read it before), and we're also doing a buddy read of Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez. In that case, we ended up with two free copies, one from the bookshop where I volunteer and the other from The Book Thing of Baltimore, so we each have a copy on the go. Lopez's style, like Peter Matthiessen's, lends itself to slower, reflective reading, so I'm only two chapters in. It's novel to journey to the Arctic, especially as we approach the summer.
I plan to take my time over these two, so tell me if you have a copy of either and feel like picking it up at any point over the next few months.
Bibliotherapy self-prescriptions
The other day I got out my copy of The Novel Cure by School of Life bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin and browsed through the categories for some prescriptions that might feel relevant to the current situation. I found four books I own that fit the bill:
From the list of "The Ten Best Novels to Lower Your Blood Pressure": Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto by Maile Chapman & The Waves by Virginia Woolf (and I've read another three of them, including, recently, Crossing to Safety).
One of several prescriptions for Loneliness: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.
The cure for Zestlessness: Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow.
If you have access to one of these, or have a copy of The Novel Cure and are keen on following up on another of the prescriptions, let me know.
And now for two memes that I (think I) have created. Although I'm sure something similar has been done in the past, I couldn't find any specific blogs about them. I don't know about you, but I always need encouragement to pick up books from my own shelves – even though libraries are currently closed, I'm still working my way through a library stack, and I'm tempted to make another order of new books from Hungerford Bookshop. It's great to support libraries and independent bookstores, of course, but there could be no better time to mine your own bookshelves for treasures you bought ages ago but still have never read.
Journey through the Day with Books
I enjoyed picking out 18 books from my shelves that refer to particular times of day or meals or activities associated therewith. Four of these are books I've already read and four are ones I'm currently reading. You can piggyback on my selections if you wish, or find your own set.
Here's my full list:
Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
Up with the Larks by Tessa Hainsworth
Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer
Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Eventide by Kent Haruf
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Talk before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg
When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray
Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Sleeping Arrangements by Laura Shaine Cunningham
The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe
Bodies in Motion and at Rest by Thomas Lynch
Silence by Shūsaku Endō
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
The Four in a Row Challenge
I've been contemplating this one for quite a while. It's inspired by Phyllis Rose's The Shelf –from LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading (one of Simon's favourite books – see his review), for which she picked a shelf of the New York Society Library, eliminated duplicates and repeat entries from the same author, and read the remainder – whether she'd heard of them or not; whether they were awful or not. ("Hands down the worst book on the shelf is Le Queux's Three Knots, a mystery that reads as if it were written by an eight-year-old on Percocet.")
This is a variation in that you're looking at your own TBR shelves and picking a set of four books in a row. For many, that will be four novels whose authors' surnames all start with the same letter. But if you organize your books differently (especially within nonfiction), you may find that the set of four is more arbitrary. You never know what they might have in common, though (book serendipity!).
I'm no strict challenge host, so if you want to engineer your shelf order, or if you decide to swap a book in later on, that is no problem at all. My one firm rule is only one book per author.
I've picked out a few appealing sets, all from my fiction shelves. F, G, L and M had particularly rich pickings. I'll report back as I finish each set, while the "Journey through a Day" may well take me the whole rest of the year.
Still ongoing (more here): Projects to read as many Bellwether Prize, Wellcome Book Prize and Women's Prize winners as possible, as well as Wellcome long- and shortlistees.
Can I tempt you to take part in any of these reading projects?
[Journey through the Day: Sunrise in Pieniny, Poland (Pudelek / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)) / Sunset (Alvesgaspar / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0))
Four in a Row: Four pelicans in a row (Sheba_Also 43,000 photos / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)) / Phone boxes, Market Place, Ripon (Tim Green from Bradford / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0))]
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Best Backlist Reads of 2018
Like a lot of book bloggers, I'm irresistibly drawn to the shiny new books released each year. However, I've noticed recently that many of my most memorable reads were published years or even decades ago. In 2018 I even came across a handful of books that are for me among the very best representatives of their genre, whether that's nature, travel, family memoir, historical fiction or science fiction. The below selections are in alphabetical order by author name, and account for all the rest of my 4.5- and 5-star ratings of the year (another 27!).
My best backlist reads of the year (most of the ones I own in print, anyway).
March by Geraldine Brooks (2005): The best Civil War novel I've read. The best slavery novel I've read. One of the best historical novels I've ever read, period. Brooks's second novel uses Little Women as its jumping-off point but is very much its own story. The whole is a perfect mixture of what's familiar from history and literature and what Brooks has imagined.
Marlena by Julie Buntin (2017): The northern Michigan setting pairs perfectly with the novel's tone of foreboding: you have a sense of these troubled teens being isolated in their clearing in the woods, and from one frigid winter through a steamy summer and into the chill of the impending autumn, they have to figure out what in the world they are going to do with their terrifying freedom. It's basically a flawless debut, one I can't recommend too highly.
Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane (1996): Ireland's internecine violence is the sinister backdrop to this family's everyday sorrows, including the death of a child and the mother's shaky mental health. The book captures all the magic, uncertainty and heartache of being a child, in crisp scenes I saw playing out in my mind.
The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt by Tracy Farr (2013): Lena Gaunt: early theremin player, grande dame of electronic music, and opium addict. I loved how Farr evokes the strangeness and energy of theremin music, and how sound waves find a metaphorical echo in the ocean's waves – swimming is Lena's other great passion.
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay (2007): A tight-knit cast gathers around the local radio station in Yellowknife, a small city in Canada's Northwest Territories: Harry and Gwen, refugees from Ontario starting new lives; Dido, an alluring Dutch newsreader; Ralph, the freelance book reviewer; menacing Eddie; and pious Eleanor. This is a marvellous story of quiet striving and dislocation; I saw bits of myself in each of the characters, and I loved the extreme setting, both mosquito-ridden summer and bitter winter.
The Leavers by Lisa Ko (2017): An ambitious and satisfying novel set in New York and China, with major themes of illegal immigration, searching for a mother and a sense of belonging, and deciding what to take with you from your past. This was hand-picked by Barbara Kingsolver for the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (2010): Hungarian Jew Andras Lévi travels from Budapest to Paris to study architecture, falls in love with an older woman who runs a ballet school, and – along with his parents, brothers, and friends – has to adjust to the increasingly strict constraints on Jews across Europe in 1937–45. It's all too easy to burn out on World War II narratives these days, but this is among the very best I've read.
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1996): For someone like me who struggles with sci-fi at the best of times, this is just right: the alien beings are just different enough from humans for Russell to make fascinating points about gender roles, commerce and art, but not so peculiar that you have trouble believing in their existence. All of the crew members are wonderful, distinctive characters, and the novel leaves you with so much to think about: unrequited love, destiny, faith, despair, and the meaning to be found in life.
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar (2015): Hester Finch is looking back from the 1870s – when she is a widowed teacher settled in England – to the eight ill-fated years her family spent at Salt Creek, a small (fictional) outpost in South Australia, in the 1850s–60s. This is one of the very best works of historical fiction I've read; it's hard to believe it's Treloar's debut novel.
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson (2016): I treated myself to this new paperback edition with part of my birthday book token and it was a perfect read for the week leading up to Christmas. The stories are often fable-like, some spooky and some funny. Most have fantastical elements and meaningful rhetorical questions. Winterson takes the theology of Christmas seriously. A gorgeous book I'll return to year after year.
Available Light by Marge Piercy (1988): The subjects are diverse: travels in Europe, menstruation, identifying as a Jew as well as a feminist, scattering her father's ashes, the stresses of daily life, and being in love. Some of my favorites were about selectively adhering to the lessons her mother taught her, how difficult it is for a workaholic to be idle, and wrestling the deity for words.
Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills by Neil Ansell (2011): One of the most memorable nature/travel books I've ever read; a modern-day Walden. Ansell's memoir is packed with beautiful lines as well as philosophical reflections on the nature of the self and the difference between isolation and loneliness.
Boy by Roald Dahl (1984): Pranks and larks and holidays: these are all here; so is crushing homesickness and a bitter sense of injustice at being at the mercy of sadistic adults. Nearly 60 years later, Dahl could use memory and imagination to fully inhabit his childhood self and give a charming survey of the notable events of his life up to age 20.
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich (2001): I thoroughly enjoyed my armchair trek across a frigid island nation in the company of Gretel Ehrlich, who traveled here repeatedly between 1995 and 2001 and intersperses her journeys with those of her historical model, Inuit–Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen, whose seven Arctic expeditions took in the west coast of Greenland and the far north of the North American continent. Every time she finds a fresh way to write about ice and sun glare and frigid temperatures.
Ali: A Life by Jonathan Eig (2017): It's a riveting account of outliving segregation and developing a personal style and world-beating confidence; it's a sobering tale of facing consequences and having your own body fail you. I'm the furthest thing from a sports fan you could imagine, but I approached this as a book about a cultural icon and read it with a spirit of curiosity about how Eig would shape this life story and separate the facts from the legend. I loved it.
The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler (2017): A charming introduction to 99 more or less obscure writers. Each profile is a perfectly formed mini-biography with a survey of the author's major work: in just two or three pages, Fowler is able to convey all a writer's eccentricities and why their output is still worth remembering.
To the Is-Land: An Autobiography by Janet Frame (1982): This is some of the best writing about childhood and memory that I've ever read, infused with music, magic and mystery. The prose alternates between dreamy and matter-of-fact as Frame describes growing up in New Zealand one of five children in the Depression and interwar years.
Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller (2015): This poignant sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight is a portrait of Fuller's two-decade marriage, from its hopeful beginnings to its acrimonious end. What I most appreciated about the book was Fuller's sense of being displaced: she no longer feels African, but nor does she feel American.
West With the Night by Beryl Markham (1942): Markham writes so vividly about the many adventures of her life in Africa: hunting lions, training race horses, and becoming one of the continent's first freelance pilots, delivering mail and locating elephant herds. Whether she's reflecting on the many faces of Africa or the peculiar solitude of night flights, the prose is just stellar.
And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison (1993): An extraordinary memoir based around the author's relationship with his father. Alternating chapters give glimpses into earlier family life and narrate Morrison's father's decline and death from cancer. This is simply marvelously written, not a bad line in the whole thing.
The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson (2017): This is an extraordinarily well-written and -researched book (a worthy Wainwright Prize winner) about the behavior, cultural importance, and current plight of the world's seabirds. Each chapter takes up a different species and dives deep into everything from its anatomy to the legends surrounding it, simultaneously conveying the playful, intimate real lives of the birds and their complete otherness.
The Long Goodbye: A Memoir of Grief by Meghan O'Rourke (2011): I read a whole lot of bereavement memoirs; this has been one of the very best. O'Rourke tells her story with absolute clarity – a robust, plain-speaking style that matches her emotional transparency. The heart of the book is her mother's death from colorectal cancer on Christmas Day 2008, but we also get a full picture of the family life that preceded it and the first couple of years of aftermath.
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry (2017): Eighteen and a half thousand people died in the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011. It's not really possible to get your head around a tragedy on that scale so, wisely, Parry focuses on a smaller story within the story: 74 died at Okawa primary school because the administration didn't have a sufficient disaster plan in place. This is a stunning portrait of a resilient people, but also a universal story of the human spirit facing the worst.
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen (2012): A splendid memoir-in-essays that dwells on aging, parenting and female friendship. Some of its specific themes are marriage, solitude, the randomness of life, the process of growing into your own identity, and the special challenges her generation (roughly my mother's) faced in seeking a work–life balance. Her words are witty and reassuring, and cut right to the heart of the matter in every case.
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin (2009): Probably the best self-help book I've read; dense (in the best possible way) with philosophy, experience and advice. What I appreciated most is that her approach is not about undertaking extreme actions to try to achieve happiness, but about finding contentment in the life you already have by adding or tweaking small habits – especially useful for pessimists like me.
In the Days of Rain: A daughter. A father. A cult by Rebecca Stott (2017): This was a perfect book for my interests, and just the kind of thing I would love to write someday. It's a bereavement memoir that opens with Stott's father succumbing to pancreatic cancer and eliciting her promise to help finish his languishing memoir; it's a family memoir that tracks generations through England, Scotland and Australia; and it's a story of faith and doubt, of the absolute certainty experienced inside the Exclusive Brethren (a Christian sect that numbers 45,000 worldwide) and how that cracked until there was no choice but to leave.
Writers & Company by Eleanor Wachtel (1993): Erudite and fascinating author interviews from Wachtel's weekly Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program. Whether I'd read anything by these authors (or even heard of them) or not, I found each Q&A chock-full of priceless nuggets of wisdom about creativity, mothers and daughters, drawing on autobiographical material, the writing process, and much more.
And if I really had to limit myself to just two books – my very best fiction and nonfiction reads of the year – they would be March by Geraldine Brooks and And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison.
What were your best backlist reads this year?
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Kampen för tillvaron () är en oljemålning från 1888–1889 av den norske konstnären Christian Krohg. Målningen tillhör Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design sedan 1889.

Målningen visar brödutdelning till fattiga en kall vinterdag i hörnet av Karl Johans gate och Skippergaten i Kristiania (nuvarande Oslo). Flera av Krohgs målningar porträtterade personer inom samhällets mer utsatta grupper. Hans sociala engagemang gjorde att han under 1890-talet allt mer övergick till journalistiskt arbete. Hans skrifter och tidningsartiklar samlades i fyra band och utgavs under titeln Kampen för Tilværelsen (1920–1922).

Krohg målade även flera förstudier och repliker på samma motiv, en av dessa ingår idag i Nationalmuseum samlingar.

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Målningar 1889
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Crackdown on E-Casino Joints
VOL. XVIII NO. 3 (October 25-31, 2014)
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan ordered the city police headed by Sr. Supt. Rolando Miranda to round up electronic casino (e-casino) joints operating in the city following confirmation by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) chairman and chief executive officer Cristino Naguiat Jr. that there was no permit issued for any electronic game like e-casino and e-bingo in the city.
"I asked our city police to check on these e-game establishments, find out what authority they have to operate and to close them if they have no permit," the mayor said on Wednesday.
Baguio Apostolic Vicar Bishop Carlito Cenzon earlier called the mayor's attention on the existence of e-casino operation in one shopping mall in the city.
The mayor who said he has not signed any permit to allow said operation authorized the bishop to conduct a study and submit a report to serve as basis for the chief executive's action.
Naguiat reportedly assured that PAGCOR will not approve any application for e-games in the city unless the city allows it.
The city has standing resolutions opposing the establishment of casino or any form of gambling.
Domogan during his term as congressman of the city was among those who proposed the amendment of the PAGCOR charter to give local government units a say on allowing PAGCOR games to operate in their locality.
At present, PAGCOR requires applicants for license to operate games to secure a Letter of No Objection from the local government units.
Naguiat also reportedly said that the city's refusal to allow casino and other PAGCOR games would not mean forfeiture of its privilege to secure assistance from the PAGCOR.
PAGCOR recently agreed to fund the construction of a 32-classroom structure on the lot allotted for the Baguio City National High School in Irisan barangay and a 20-classroom building at the Pines City National High School in preparation for the senior high school program to start in 2016./By: A Refuerzo


By 2018 Canadians were making 12 million calls to 911. Increasing more of those calls for emergency help are made over IP networks. The same mobility and portability conveniences we expect and enjoy now present unique challenges for the IP PBX service providers and users. While selecting and implementing on-premises equipment or a cloud partner for VoIP services the business leaders and homeowners need to be aware of the mandatory requirements and some common pitfalls.
At the beginning (about1968) the FCC and American Telephone and Telegraph Company (A&T) established a short cut method to contact and request emergency services with the dialed digits of 9-1-1. This now mandatory telephone feature has spread across Canada and is expanding nearly worldwide.
It has no doubt saved countless lives, lessened the impact of injuries and helped to report and solve crimes in an expeditious manner. Previously each household and business need to identify and post local emergency numbers of fire, ambulance, poison control, and police services separately near physical telephones. Failing that step of posting the user was fumbling through a local phone book and/or placed a panic call to an operator, often with mixed results.
As adoption of 911 on VoIP was an afterthought by the PBX manufacturers and service providers with some fatal and near-fatal consequences. Government standard setting and regulations have paved a path away from most risks. The educated VoIP administrator very much needs to be informed of these issues and limitations. They have a role in assuming responsibility for loved ones and colleagues.
Today Enhanced 911 (E911) is currently deployed in most metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Initially, Phase 1 was mandated by the FCC for the location services of mobile cellular telephones and address accuracy challenges. Since 2005 VoIP Services was added to E911 Phase II thus clarifying roles and responsibilities as well as enforcing provider compliance for the transfer of auto-populated of location data on fixed and nomadic VoIP endpoints.
From your IP Phone, a 911 call can be placed via your LAN, PBX, and internet. A trained emergency response operator will verify your information and determine via scripts if a dispatch of emergency services is warranted. They may provide situational coaching in real time until first responders arrive on site to take over. Detailed call data and voice recordings are retained for some time for review in further legal investigations, capacity planning, and quality training purposes.
What are the common VoIP 911 Limitations?
On a traditional analog local line, your 911 call is sent directly to the nearest emergency response center. Conversely, on a VoIP service, the 911 call is forwarded to a 3rd party service provider (a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)) that will automatically or manually route your call to a local emergency response center based on some minimum required location criteria.
This critical step is known to be the cause of call routing mistakes to the wrong center if there is an information flaw, misconfigured IP_PBX or missing contact information. You may be asked to manually provide key information (name and location etc) during the distress call in order to send the proper resources. If the emergency caller is unable to speak, this situation is exacerbated.
The root causes of such incidents may pertain to the VoIP administrator's attention to a documentation responsibility or some compatibility between the VoIP equipment and the PSAP to make pertinent info readily visible. The general responsibilities of the service provider and subscriber are outlined below.
Another common limitation of calling 911 from a VoIP home or a business phone is power failures. This common occurrence will prevent your desk telephone and/or LAN from completing the 911 call through to the internet. Traditional landline phones typically do not have this issue as protected power is sent via the local loop from the Telephone Company's station. Note that wireless phone extensions within your house will have the same dependency on household electricity. For this reason, some remote locations retain 1 local line although VoIP and cell phones maybe within the household.
Other less common system failures are the loss of hosting services at the cloud provider, IP network congestion, IP PBX misconfiguration, and the overwhelming call spikes at the emergency centers when hundreds of individual may call in for the same major event.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in Canada have been leading their respective initiatives but also collaborate on standards setting for VoIP PBX manufacturers and service providers. As our voice and data communications have always been interconnected there is co-operation and the 'lessons learned' are often shared. 911 and VoIP regulations are documented in the USA by the FCC Consumer Guide for VoIP 911. From the CRTC the VoIP 911 call interaction between providers and consumers is documented here Obligations of Local VoIP Providers. For your, convenience GoneVoIP has distilled these government links below.
What are the VoIP Provider's 9-1-1 related Responsibilities?
Stay informed of Telecom Decisions that affect 911 services and next generation 9-1-1 directions.
What are the VoIP end user 9-1-1 related responsibilities?
Make family, babysitters & workplace emergency leader(s) aware of your known VoIP and 911 limitations with suggested workarounds like a designated person(s) to access 911 over cellular voice.
Action Items – Get Ready, Stay Ready and Stay Safe!
Review the documentation of perspective VoIP providers before signature. Ensure they have invested in user tools to handle your organization's profile.
Identify individuals in your organization to 'own' the 911 process and database hygiene.
To arrange a test of 911 on a VoIP line and verify full functionality, you may contact your local police for a scheduled appointment. For example in the Metro Toronto area, first, review the material at Toronto Police and make an appointment with at least 5 days advanced notice. To schedule a Toronto 911 Test Call dial 416-808-8899.
As the 911 over VoIP limitations are overcome, the harnessing of innovative technology will make our future safer and at times of personal injury, crime or public disasters. Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) is a series of initiatives to update and drive improvements of the 911 infrastructure in the United States and Canada. Eventually, it will enable the public to transmit text, images, video, and data from an IP device to the PSAP. Next generation systems will include sensors like personal medical devices and even monitor hazardous waste being transported on rail systems. NG9-1-1 has also brought outbound emergency alerts to your wireless devices and highway signage systems.
GoneVoIP will stay on top of these issues, limitations, and directions as it may shape your investment decisions in Business IP Telephone services and in your home communications.


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You can enable users to assign a line key function to any line key on the phone.
By default, functions are assigned to line keys in succession—the order in which the line key displays on the phone. Flexible Line Keys (FLK) enables you to break that ordering and assign a line key function to a line key that displays anywhere on the phone's screen. You can apply this feature to any line key function, including line appearance, speed dial, busy lamp field (BLF), presence, and Enhanced Feature Keys.
This feature is available on the VVX 200 series, VVX 300 series, 400 series, 500 series, 600 series, and VVX Expansion Modules.
Note: Line keys on VVX phones and expansion modules are numbered sequentially, and the line keys on VVX expansion modules depend on how many lines your phone supports. For example, a VVX 600/601 phone supports 16 lines, numbered 1-16. The first line on an expansion module connected to a VVX 600/601 phone is line 17.
Line keys that you configure using this feature override the default line key assignments as well as any custom line key configurations you may have made.
Specific conditions apply when you assign BLF or presence to line keys.