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Unlikely Radicals: Irish Post-Primary Teachers and the ASTI, 1909-2009
Authors: John Cunningham
Affiliation: Department of History NUI Galway
Publication Year: Hardback 2010
In 2009, the ASTI celebrates the 100th Anniversary of its foundation. Founding members included such national figures as Eamon de Valera and Thomas MacDonagh, both of who served as second-level teachers. The ASTI has rich history in representing the teaching profession and in promoting second-level education and has been a dynamic force in the education sector in Ireland. The ASTI is the largest second-level teachers' union in Ireland with 17,500 members teaching in over 75% of second-level schools.
Unlikely Radicals provides a social and historical account of the ASTI's role in the development of second-level education and the teaching profession in Ireland. It demonstrates the remarkable contribution which second-level education has made to the lives of millions of young people and to social, political and economic progress in Ireland. It details the development of a trade union which has had a significant impact on social and education policy and which has continued to represent the values of Irish teachers and their aspirations for those they teach.
The secondary teacher's life, c.1909
Foundation and early years of the ASTI
The ASTI in the Burke era, c.1920-1937
The association in the 1940s and 1950s
Secondary teachers, educational change, and Irish society in the 1960s
Teacher militancy, c.1961-71
The ASTI expansion and development, c.1970-c.1990
Teachers' unity and resistance to cutbacks in the 1980s
Equality and women's issues, c.1970-1995
Secondary teachers in the Celtic Tiger era
The pay battle of the new millennium.
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Unlikely Radicals chronicles the Irish teachers u January 10, 2011
Reviewer: Adrian Skerritt Australian Journal of Irish Studi from Republic of Ireland
Unlikely Radicals chronicles the Irish teachers union s difficult transition from a professional association to an organisation that fought for industrial rights. This history of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland ASTI artfully combines an outline of structural changes within the union alongside a portrait of teachers lives during episodes of workplace stress and industrial conflict. John Cunningham also carefully shows how debates about teacher unions in Ireland were conditioned by the formation of the Republic nationalism and the needs of the economy. At the turn of last century women secondary teachers endured some the most precarious and difficult working conditions in Ireland. They were on contract but their employment could be terminated at any time. Though not nuns they lived in the convent and were essentially on duty for all their waking hours and received no pay during holidays. Their male counterparts fared little better and were forced to take on labouring outside of school. Cunningham writes empathetically about teachers lives during these difficult times when dedication alone could not give them job security. The formation of ASTI in the summer of 1909 was a bold initiative to give teachers a collective voice. In the early chapters Cunningham demonstrates how the fledgling union developed during great social turmoil when many ASTI members were active participants in the uprising against British occupation and the War of Independence. The poet Thomas MacDonagh who was executed after the 1916 Rising helped Padraic Pearse establish Scoil anna in 1908 while Eamon de Valera was an early provincial leader of ASTI. Affiliation with the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress made ASTI a part of a union movement radicalised by powerful strikes and influenced by socialist activists like James Larkin and James Connolly. In the lead up to the first ASTI strike in 1920 teachers began to use the language of class struggle. They argued that they should not accept a wage freeze when teaching the children of farmers who had benefited from rising wartime food prices. By 1926 however ASTI s relationship with the Labour Party had soured. Many in the leadership felt that affiliation with Labour was an obstacle to recruitment especially following the rise of Fianna F il. By the end of the decade ASTI had no formal connection with either the Labour Party or the Union Congress. This was clearly a watershed in the ASTI s history but does not receive a very convincing analysis from Cunningham other than a brief discussion about the dual character of the union: some members saw the union as a professional association others an industrial organisation. The method of writing history from below serves Cunningham well when analysing the disappointment many young teachers felt towards ASTI s direction from the 1960s. He takes the reader into meetings and brings to life the serious debating culture of the branches. This methodology is the main strength of the book. Cunningham acknowledges that an institutional labour history will necessarily spend time looking at the machinations at headquarters level . However he writes that the approach and effectiveness of headquarters will ultimately be determined by the activism of its members . This is an excellent principle to animate a union history. The latter chapters of the book will be very familiar to those who have participated in debates about education in Australia over the last fifteen years. The key policy shift during the Celtic Tiger era was to treat education as a commodity an approach in keeping with the global rise of neo liberalism. Unlikely Radicals draws on the research of David Harvey and Naomi Klein to describe the way neo liberalism with its rampaging hostility towards the public sector threatened both public education and ASTI. Results from high stakes standardised testing then became the key benchmark in discussions about funding. During the Celtic Tiger assault ASTI consistently fought for a reduction of class sizes. They also rejected the idea that market forces be allowed to dominate education. Even in the boom times teachers were confronted with the ideology of the market in the context of uneven economic gains. Young teachers were unable to buy a home and conditions worsened for many Irish workers. During the 2000 teachers strike Jean Rogers a teacher wrote a letter in The Irish Times criticising the new trend of benchmarking that aimed to measure educational success only in terms of numbers. She expressed an opinion shared by most teacher unionist in Australia today: I saw these underpaid teachers take time out to help students working from an ethos that is as much about inclusion as it is about performance . It is not possible to benchmark interventions so important in making a school day run smoothly. It is not possible to benchmark motivation compassion interest and care. The fact that Irish teachers moved from the wretched circumstances they endured 100 years ago to a situation where they can bargain collectively receive more than subsistence pay can access maternity leave play a key role in curriculum planning and are able campaign in the workplace for improved conditions owes everything to their union. Thousands fought tirelessly often anonymously and often at tremendous personal cost to build the union. Cunningham names these many of these heroes like P.F. Condon who was sacked for being a unionist. The union journal described him as one who never paraded what he was doing but was content to labour in spite of misrepresentation and opposition . Such people are the pride and strength of teachers unions and it is to Cunningham s great credit that he gives them a prominent place in this fine union history.
Ostensibly an official history John Cunningham s March 26, 2010
Reviewer: IrislLeftReview .org from Republic of Ireland
Ostensibly an official history John Cunningham s study of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland ASTI and its relationship with the education system also touches on four key elements of Irish society over the past 100 years: religion class politics and economics. It looks at the changes in Ireland since the foundation of the association in 1909 the role of the various Churches in education the expansion of the secondary school system in the late 1960s the growth of militancy among school teachers in the 1970s and 1980s regarding wages and women s issues and the move from the 1980s onwards towards the commodification of students and results. It also brings into focus the uneven relationship between economic and social class with secondary school teachers finding themselves for much of the 20th century with a middle class status but a working class wage. In 1919 a government report into the conditions and service of intermediate school teachers stated that it was not possible for men and women of culture to live on the salaries offered by schools nor was it possible for them to teach in circumstances where they were perpetually harassed by financial embarrassment. Three years previously Padraig Pearse wrote in The Murder Machine that many an able and cultured man is working in Irish secondary schools at a salary less then that of the viceroy s chauffeur. Wages were not standardized with externs paid an hourly rate. The Irish feminist and agitator Hannah Sheehy Skeffington wrote that female interns who worked for a fixed sum in Catholic schools kept convent hours and were as shut off from the outside world as if she were herself a cloistered nun . Frequently she instructs the nuns and having equipped them in certain subjects she finds her place filled by her pupils. Secondary school employment was overwhelmingly temporary and casual for non religious staff. No degree of efficiency wrote one teacher no amount of devotion to his work no conduct however satisfactory guarantees him security of tenure. It meant that teachers were constantly moving around going where the jobs were and living out of digs and lodging houses. John Cunningham describes the experiences of Eileen Gould the wife of the writer Sean O Faolain in a small midland town: Her digs were a lodging house which was otherwise patronised by male bank clerks members of another peripatetic profession and she did not feel at ease beside the small parlour fireplace so each evening after tea she withdrew to her room to spend cold lonely hours by herself. The economic reality of secondary school teaching at this time was in contrast to the social background of the teachers as well as the social pretensions they felt they had to maintain as members of the professional classes. Not that these teaching troubadours were treated with equal respect by the small town elites. Again Cunningham: The well attested poverty of teachers was relative though no less severely felt for that. They were generally well educated with about 40 per cent of them being drawn from the small cohort of university graduates and they had expectations of professional status. Many had the title of professor and felt obliged not least to the institutions that employed them to keep up middle class appearances. But the signifiers of middle class status respectable dress an acceptable address support for local causes maintaining a servant were not easily afforded on salaries that were totally at the discretion of the employer and that while varying considerably averaged 48 a year for women and 82 for men in the early twentieth century. In the circumstances according to an ASTI founder it was inevitable that rosy expectations yielded to an ignominious acceptance of one s self as the outcast pedagogue who had no social rating among the solid citizens of the town. By way of contrast housekeepers and cooks earned around 40 a year while a Dublin building tradesman in regular employment earned around 100 a year. One of the reasons why lay teachers were paid so low was due to their work environment and conditions. Secondary schools were precariously funded with a mixture of public and private funds influencing wage levels. Also the secondary school system was small and denominational with a strong division between Protestant and Catholic schools. In 1900 there were about 2 000 second level teachers of which 824 were Protestant 382 were Catholic lay and 722 were Catholic religious. In Protestant run schools generally there were opportunities for advancement but this was rarely the case in Catholic schools where all senior posts were held by diocesan clergy or members of religious orders. With religious in most of the ordinary teaching positions also lay teachers had little leverage which was why conditions became so unattractive and staff turnover was so high. The observation of one chairman of the Intermediate Board that no lay man wilfully takes up teaching as a permanent career is supported by impressionistic evidence and there are indications that a high proportion of those working as secondary teachers were doing so either because they were disqualified from or not yet qualified for other professions. Miche l Breatnach s colleagues in one academy according to his memoir were a Trinity theology graduate who had last minute qualms about taking orders a former civil servant sacked for drunkenness and a man who failed his medical exams. It was within such an environment that the first stirrings of organisation began to take place. The forerunner of the ASTI was the Association of Intermediate and University Teachers AIUT which was formed in 1897. It core demands were for the registration of teachers adequate salaries security of tenure and good service pensions. These goals would also become the mainstay of the ASTI. If one of the noblest of professions was to attract the necessary numbers argued the AIUT the rewards had to be adequate. As one of the founders of the ASTI P.J. Kennedy put it in 1910 a system of education which ignores the teacher is radically unsound. There could be no satisfactory education without professional conditions for teachers the ASTI argued because able individuals would seek their livelihoods elsewhere until there were reasonable career expectations in teaching. The fact that there was a large pool of low wage and compliant secondary teachers in the Religious orders working in schools essentially governed by the Catholic church helped to create a bulwark for decades against the goals of the organised teachers associations. Cunningham focuses in on the experiences of women who made up more than 40 per cent of non clerical secondary teachers. Not only that in pre partition Ireland over 80 per cent of lay women in the profession were Protestant whereas the majority of lay men were Catholic. In 1911 the decision was taken to establish a women s section within the ASTI which was named the Women Teachers Association WTA . The divisions on the island were reflected in the ASTI and in 1919 large sections of the association in Ulster broke away and formed the Ulster National Teachers Union after the ASTI registered as a union and affiliated to the left leaning and decidedly Republican Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress. At the same time the rise in post war industrial militancy which saw gains not only for tradesmen and labourers but white collar workers as well did not leave the ASTI untouched and the first strike by Irish teachers was undertaken on 3 May 1920. To the argument of [the Religious] employers that they were constrained by the low level of fees in their schools writes Cunningham the teachers asked whether they were expected through their low salaries to continue subsidising the education of the children of those such as comfortable farmers who had made enormous profits from the increased food prices of wartime. The strike was a relative success for the ASTI and a milestone in its history. It had taken on the Catholic religious employers had won concessions and had done so through the backing and solidarity of the Irish trade union movement of which it was for now a full and active member. The cross class alignment of white collar and tradesman coupled with the upheavals of the post war period was enough to make the Catholic religious file a tactical retreat. With the formation of the Free State however the dynamic changes somewhat with cabinet and crozier singing from the same Catholic hymn sheet. Possibly the most influential individual on the southern state s education policy was the phantom minister for education Rev. Timothy Corcoran the Jesuit professor of education at UCD. Cunningham explains that Corcoran was a pedagogical traditionalist favouring classical over modern languages and critical of liberal and child centred educationalists like Montessori Froebel and Pestalozzi for failing to take into account the effect of original sin on human nature and thereby perverting the whole professional mentality and action of teachers. He was a prolific polemicist a founder of the periodical Studies and a contributor to the Catholic Bulletin and the Irish Monthly. His articles in these publications conveyed his general outlook but on occasion they could be quite specific in their critique of proposals and unambiguously directive in their tone. They were read and were intended to be read by senior public servants and political leaders. According to E. Brian Titley Corcoran acted as a watchdog for the bishops in educational affairs and his comments precisely reflected their attitude in every respect. for Seosamh N ill secretary of the Department of Education his influence was unparalleled: In the reconstruction of the Irish state he was from the beginning the master builder in Education. In 1926 only 34 per cent of of the 1 461 registered secondary teachers in the Free State were lay teachers an average of two in each of the country s 283 schools. The loss of the six counties meant that the ASTI s catchment area was far more reliant on the relatively small pool of Catholic lay teachers than might have otherwise been the case. This weakened the power base of the ASTI within the educational system a situation which the union overcame by drawing on personal connections with leading figures. Although by the late 1930s the ASTI had won concessions on pay pensions and finally in 1937 a limited form of security of tenure Cunningham argues that the agreement of 1936 37 marked an acceptance by the ASTI of the particular character of the new state and of the strength of Catholic authority. In the Association s early years British governments for their own reasons had been prepared to press for the extension of the role of the state in secondary education and were prepared to use financial incentives to win concessions from the Catholic bishops. But even though they had ex ASTI members in influential positions neither Cumann na nGaedhael nor Fianna F il governments wished to quarrel with the Catholic Church regarding the limits of its authority in secondary education. Moreover as one of its leading spokesmen on education indicated the Catholic Church would accept no such limits in any case: On issues of Catholic education insisted Rev. Corcoran there is no appeal to the civil state least of all here in Ireland where our schools have by all historic tradition their title to existence from the Catholic Church alone and not from any civil power. Irish self government in other words did not change anything. This is not to say that the ASTI and its members were exactly out of step with the conservative Catholic nature of the Free State. In 1927 the association disaffiliated from the Labour Party and Congress. Cunningham highlights the minutes of the Dublin branch meeting in April 1926 where one member Mr. Keane objected to the organisation s association with Labour in part because we were educators of middle classes and as such our connection should be with that class. The fact that the ASTI was able to achieve modest gains for its members through its personal and political connections with the Free State s power structures was no coincidence. There were significant tensions between the ASTI and the other teachers unions with the former holding a somewhat snooty attitude of the latter. Secondary school teachers were well aware that they came from the middle class and that they taught the middle class: they just weren t paid very well for their troubles. The shake up in Irish education in the 1960s also changed the dynamic within the ASTI in terms of its membership as well as upsetting the relationship between the organisation the employers and the state. In 1963 the organisation voted to re register as a trade union and in January 1969 it re joined Congress. By this time Donogh O Malley had ushered in free secondary education for all while throughout the 1960s secondary teachers watched as workers in other industries improved their pay and work conditions through militant action. As with the 1918 22 period the lesson was not lost on them and once again secondary school teachers were working to rule and going on strike but this time with limited success. Moreover in the period between the exam boycott of 1964 and the abortive strike of 1971 the ASTI became a really vibrant organisation. Teachers were drawn to meetings in unprecedented numbers to learn about the issues to express opinions about them and to vote upon them in increasingly frequent national ballots. Those of them who held strong views competed with one another for delegateships to annual convention and to the many special conventions. The vitality of the debate and the ever present danger of strike ensured that enlistment in the ASTI became almost automatic for many entrants to the profession. With the concurrent decline in the proportion of teaching religious it became more difficult to dispute the Association s claim to speak for the body of Irish secondary teachers. The loosening of the Catholic church s hold on education in the Republic affected not only teachers but parents and pupils as well. In the 1980s parents were becoming more organised and more independent and consequently it was desirable to establish good relations with their representatives. The assault on education in the 1980s met fierce resistance from teachers unions culminating in a rare show of solidarity and strength in December 1985 when an estimated 20 000 men and women drawn from the ASTI the TUI and INTO [travelled] on a cold winter s day to Croke Park by car coach and special train from all corners of the country to protest against the cutbacks. The theme of inter union relationships dominates the final chapters of Unlikely Radicals particularly the extremely bitter and divisive pay disputes of 2000 2002. The ASTI s criticisms of Partnership carry a certain poignancy today as we look back on the period with a much more sober view of the Celtic Tiger miracle and its fantastic promises of constant eternal economic growth. Indeed the commodification of results such as the Irish Times league tables and grind school sweatshops is singled out for particular criticism. Whereas in the 1930s the Irish secondary school system was run with the production of priests in mind today the production of business and marketing souls is the new mantra one that is just as narrow as the clerical collar of former years. Since 2004 the role of the ASTI and indeed the other teachers unions has been largely defensive as the chimera of modernisation and productivity takes up the column pages once occupied with equal force and absolute certainty by the words miracle tiger and Celtic . Teachers are in danger of being side lined once again as they were in the early decades of the 20th century. The gains which were achieved through years of struggle and persistence one fears will only be held through resistance and organisation. Unlikely Radicals is a timely book well written and informative. It provides a clear and concise account of the organisational history of the ASTI as well as placing that history within the social cultural and economic development of the Irish Free State and Republic. Finally in its own subtle way it manages to show aspects of the power and dynamic of class in Irish society and for such insights alone it is well worth the effort.
Teachers may grumble now but things were much w February 25, 2010
Reviewer: Irish Independent from Republic of Ireland
Teachers may grumble now but things were much worse A new book says that 100 years ago they used to earn less than chauffeurs In the early part of the last century the writer Hanna Sheehy Skeffington was moved to remark that female second level teachers were the most harassed and exploited class in the whole country . The position of their male counterparts was not that much better. Their jobs were insecure they had little or no opportunity for promotion in schools that were dominated by the clergy and their pay was meagre. Padraig Pearse was fiercely critical of the education system of his time: We are all alive to the truth that a teacher ought to be paid better than a policeman and to the scandal of the fact that many an able and cultured man is working in Irish secondary schools at a salary less than that of the viceroy s chauffeur. The dramatic improvement of pay and conditions of teachers over the past century is chronicled in a new book Unlikely Radicals: Irish Post Primary Teachers and the ASTI 1909 2009. Written by historian Dr John Cunningham of NUI Galway the book provides a social and historical account of the ASTI s role in the development of second level education and the teaching profession in Ireland. During the present difficult period for teachers the book may offer some kind of consolation. Over the past century with effective union leadership their relative status pay and conditions have improved dramatically. By the end of the last century Irish teachers with 15 years service were the third highest paid in developed countries. Teachers and others involved in education frequently complain about the pressures of the points race and the concentration on rote learning. But there is nothing new in this. At the time of ASTI s foundation in 1909 the focus on exams was if anything more intense. Schools were funded and teachers paid according to results. Padraig Pearse described the highly competitive education system of his time as a murder machine . With their poor pay teachers of the early Twentieth Century struggled to keep up appearances according to John Cunningham s account. The signifiers of middle class status respectable dress a decent address and keeping a servant were not easily afforded on salaries that were at the discretion of employers. Cash strapped teachers who are struggling to get by in our current recession after two pay cuts may care to copy the example of Joe O Connor a Kerry teacher who struggled to get by on his salary of 100 per year in the early years of the last century. He supplemented his income by selling cups and medals won at village sports designed shop fronts for draper stores and drew illustrations for magazine stories. At the time of ASTI s foundation teachers seemed to fall into the profession because they did not fit in elsewhere. In a memoir of the time teacher Micheal Breathnach said his colleagues in one school included a theology graduate who had last minute qualms about becoming a priest; a man who had failed his medical exams; and a former civil servant sacked for drunkenness. Although conditions gradually improved following the ASTI s foundation lay second level teachers were largely left out of the loop when it came to managing their schools and influencing government policy. The most dramatic changes at second level came in the 1960s and 1970s when the Government introduced universal free second level education and the Catholic church began to relinquish some of its control over schools. The recent public sector strikes which affected schools were small beer when compared to some of the disputes that broke out in earlier decades. In February 1969 teachers in every second level school in the country except St Columba s College in Rathfarnham went on strike for three weeks. Over 600 pupils marched on the streets of Dublin in support of them. While pay for teachers had improved dramatically by the Celtic Tiger era there was still a feeling that the profession was being left behind by those in the private sector. Now that so many of the perceived benefits of the Celtic Tiger era have proved temporary and in some respects illusory young people are again likely to view teaching as an attractive option. Despite the pay cuts John White ASTI s general secretary argues in the book that teaching remains a worthwhile profession one with a moral dimension one that provides job satisfaction one in which the working conditions are generally good . Unlikely Radicals Irish Teachers and the ASTI 1909 2009 by John Cunningham is published by Cork University Press 39.


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Soldiers of the Queen is a song written and composed by Leslie Stuart. The song is often sung and published as "Soldiers of the King" depending on the reigning monarch at the time. The tune was originally composed by Stuart as a march celebrating the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal. The lyrics were added at a later date and the title changed. The song was then interpolated in the musical comedy An Artist's Model (1895).

The song served as the regimental (quick) march of the Queen's Regiment, 1966–1992. In 1992 the Queens Regiment and Royal Hampshires became the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment who now use the song Soldiers of the Queen as their regimental song (at the end of the song the Regiment then sing "Farmer's boy" to show their links to R Hampshire)  It is also the regimental march of the combined 2nd and 14th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry); the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps and the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), the second most senior of Canada's Cavalry Regiments. It was used as the de facto marchpast of the British Army during the Diamond Jubilee Armed Forces Parade and Muster. The song was sung by the public attending a farewell function in Brisbane, Australia, the day before the departure of the 1st contingent QMI, to the Boer War. It was again sung as the contingent left Brisbane on board S.S. Cornwall on 1 November 1899.

It was used as the theme to the film, Breaker Morant.  BBC Radio 4 comedy programme The Harpoon, a show lampooning boys' magazines from Britain's Empire days of the 20th century, also used the piece as its opening theme—which is harshly interrupted mid-stanza by a page-turn.

The song has no connection to "The Soldiers of Our Queen", a quite different song which appears in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Patience.

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Soldiers of the Queen by Leslie Stuart 1898:

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Britons once did loyally declaim
About the way we rul'd the waves
Ev'ry Briton's song was just the same,
When singing of our soldier braves.
All the world had heard it
wonder'd why we sang,
And some have learn'd the reason why
But we're forgetting it,
And we're letting it
Fade away and gradually die,
Fade away and gradually die.
So when we say that England's master,
Remember who has made her so

1st Refrain
It's the Soldiers of the Queen, my lads
Who've been my lads,
Who're seen my lads,
In the fight for England's glory, lads,
When we've had to show them what we mean:
And when we say we've always won,
And when they ask us how it's done,
We'll proudly point to ev'ry one
  of England's soldiers of the Queen!
It's the Queen!

2
War clouds gather over ev'ry land,
Our flag is threaten'd east and west.
Nations that we've shaken by the hand
Our bold resources try to test
They thought they found us sleeping
thought us unprepar'd,
Because we have our party wars,
But Englishmen unite when they're call'd to fight
The battle for Old England's common cause,
The battle for Old England's common cause.
So when we say that England's master,
Remember who has made her so.

2nd/3rd Refrains

It's the Soldiers of the Queen, my lads,
Who've been my lads,
Who're seen my lads,
In the fight for England's glory, lads,
When we have to show them what we mean:
And when we say we've always won,
And when they ask us how it's done,
We'll proudly point to ev'ry one
Of England's soldiers of the Queen!
It's the Queen!

3
Now we're rous'd we've buckled on our swords,
We've done with diplomatic lingo,
We'll do deeds to follow on our words,
We'll show we're something more than "jingo."
And though Old England's laws do not her sons compel
To military duties do,
We'll play them at their game, and show them all the same,
An Englishman can be a soldier too,
An Englishman can be a soldier too.
So when we say that England's master,
Remember who has made her so.

 Refrain

References

External links

 Sheet music at the Internet Archive retrieved 7/30/2019
 Gramophone recording 1910 Disques Edison Diamond (40184)  retrieved 7/30/2019

British military marches
Songs about soldiers
Songs about the military
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Songs written by Leslie Stuart

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EMXYS & Royal Observatory of Belgium Receive Go Ahead for Participation in ESA's Hera Planetary Defense Mission
Juventas CubeSat coming in for asteroid landing (Credit: ESA – Science Office)
ELCHE, Spain (EMXYS PR) — EMXYS and the Royal Observatory of Belgium have been selected by the European Space Agency to provide a gravimeter for the Juventas spacecraft that will land on asteroid Dimorphos as part of the European Space Agency's planetary defence programme.
Hera Team Congratulates JAXA on Asteroid Sample Return
December 7, 2020 December 6, 2020 News 0
The Hayabusa sample return capsule. (Credit: JAXA)
PARIS (ESA PR) — The team behind ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence congratulates JAXA for returning Hayabusa2's capsule to Earth laden with pristine asteroid samples. They look forward to applying insights from this audacious space adventure to their own mission.
ESA Awards Contract for Hera Planetary Defense Mission
September 15, 2020 News 0
ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence seen approaching the Dimorphos asteroid moonlet. (Credit: OHB)
PARIS, 15 September 2020 (ESA PR) — Today ESA awarded a €129.4 million contract covering the detailed design, manufacturing and testing of Hera, the Agency's first mission for planetary defence. This ambitious mission will be Europe's contribution to an international asteroid deflection effort, set to perform sustained exploration of a double asteroid system.
ESA, GomSpace Sign Contract for Juventas CubeSat in Support of Hera Mission
August 10, 2020 August 9, 2020 News 0
Juventas CubeSat (Credit: ESA/GomSpace)
LUXEMBOURG (GomSpace PR) — GomSpace Luxembourg SARL and the European Space Agency (ESA), today signed a contract to continue development and implementation of the Juventas CubeSat in support of the Hera mission.
The contract value is approximately EUR 11,000,000, focused on delivery of the Juventas spacecraft and its associated payloads for launch with Hera in 2024. The amount will be divided between several partners, whereof GomSpace share is about EUR 6,100,000.
Predicting the Unpredictable—The Dynamics of DART's Dive into an Asteroid
July 26, 2020 July 25, 2020 News 0
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft at Didymos. (Credit: NASA)
by Jeremy Rehm
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
LAUREL, Md. — In the fall of 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will reach its destination: asteroid Didymos and its small moonlet, named Dimorphos.
ESA Awards OHB Contracts for Copernicus Missions
July 5, 2020 July 4, 2020 News 0
Sentinel-6/Jason-CS will map up to 95% of Earth's ice-free ocean every 10 days in order to monitor sea level variability. (Credit: ESA/ATG medialab)
BREMEN, Germany (OHB System PR) — OHB System AG, a subsidiary of Bremen-based space and technology group OHB SE (Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005936124), has been selected by the European Space Agency ESA as the prime contractor for the CO2M mission (CO2 Monitoring Mission in the Copernicus program).
This mission includes the Copernicus satellites, which will measure global anthropogenic CO2 emissions and thus play a key role in studying the causes of climate change and monitoring it.
OHB System and OHB Italia will also be responsible for the payload on two further missions (CHIME: Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment and CIMR: Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer) as subcontractors of Thales Alenia Space.
The order volume resulting from today's bid decisions is expected to be more than EUR 800 million [$900 million]. Final contract negotiations will start shortly and contract signings are expected in the coming weeks.
Copernicus is a satellite Earth observation program of the European Commission and the European Space Agency ESA. It provides Earth observation data for environmental protection, climate monitoring, natural disaster assessment and other social tasks.
In addition, ESA's Industrial Policy Committee (IPC) has approved OHB System's proposal for the HERA asteroid defense mission for final negotiations. Implementation of the HERA mission has already commenced. The contract is expected to be worth around EUR 130 million [$146 million].
Hera and its Asteroid Target
June 25, 2020 June 24, 2020 News 0
PARIS (ESA PR) — ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence seen approaching the Dimorphos asteroid moonlet, which is destined to become the subject of an audacious deflection experiment.
NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission Target Gets a New Name
DART mission profile (Credit: NASA)
LAUREL, Md. (NASA PR) — Nearly two decades ago, a near-Earth asteroid was discovered to have a moon and the binary system was given the name "Didymos"—Greek for "twin," a loose description of the larger main body and the smaller orbiting moon, which became unofficially known as Didymos B.
In 2022, that moon will be the target of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first full-scale demonstration of an asteroid deflection technology for planetary defense. The DART spacecraft will execute a kinetic impact, deliberately crashing into the asteroid to change its motion in space. To mark this historic mission, Didymos B is getting an official name of its own: Dimorphos.
Queen's Brian May Works to Probe Origin of Asteroids
June 2, 2020 June 2, 2020 News 0
Brian May (Credit: ESA)
NICE, France (ESA PR) — Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has teamed up with asteroid researchers to investigate striking similarities and a puzzling difference between separate bodies explored by space probes. The research team ran a supercomputer-based 'fight club' involving simulated large asteroid collisions to probe the objects' likely origins. Their work is reported in Nature Communications.
DART Mission To Deflect Asteroid Moves Toward Early 2022 Launch
June 1, 2020 May 28, 2020 News 0
DART mission (Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory)
by Douglas Messier
NASA's planetary defense mission to deflect a small asteroid continues to move toward a February 2022 launch date while holding to its $313.9 million budget, according to a new assessment by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will fly to the binary asteroid Didymos and impact the smaller of the two bodies to assess techniques for deflecting dangerous asteroids on collision courses with Earth.
A test of the automated navigation system being developed for ESA's Hera mission. A space-grade camera is imaging a model binary asteroid system in dark conditions representative of deep space illumination. (Credit: GMV)
PARIS (ESA PR) — Hera – named after the Greek goddess of marriage – will be humankind's first probe to rendezvous with a binary asteroid system, a little understood class making up around 15% of all known asteroids.
NASA will first perform a kinetic impact on the smaller of the two Didymos asteroids, then Hera will follow-up with a detailed post-impact survey will turn this grand-scale experiment into a well-understood and repeatable planetary defence technique. Being able to deflect the orbit of an incoming body in this way could one day help prevent a devastating strike on Earth.
This 'hardware-in-the-loop' testing is being performed by GMV in Spain, responsible for developing the Hera mission's guidance, navigation and control system.
Lunar Gateway: Earth's Guard Post Against Asteroids?
The Gateway concept (Credit: NASA/ESA)
PARIS (ESA PR) — Humankind's next space outpost, the lunar Gateway, will serve as a staging point to reach the surface of the Moon. A new ESA-backed study is considering whether it could also be used as a deployment point for planetary defence missions, to intercept asteroids approaching dangerously close to Earth.
ESA and EDA Joint Research: Advancing into the Unknown
January 12, 2020 January 10, 2020 News 0
Hera deploying its two CubeSats. (Credit: ESA – Science Office)
PARIS (ESA PR) — ESA and the European Defence Agency (EDA) are embarking on new cooperative projects for exploring unknown or potentially hazardous environments: harnessing drones for the monitoring of disaster-stricken regions or toxic spill sites and making use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to navigate across the surface of asteroids or other terra incognita.
Germany Invests 3.3 Billion Euros in European Space Exploration, Becomes ESA's Largest Contributor
Three years after the last ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, government representatives from the 22 Member States met in Seville, Spain, on 27 and 28 November 2019 and committed a total of almost 14.4 billion euro [$15.87 billion] for space programmes over the next few years.
Germany is contributing 3.3 billion euro [$3.6 billion] to ESA programmes focusing on Earth observation, telecommunications, technological advancement and commercialisation / NewSpace.
At 22.9 percent, Germany is now ESA's largest contributor, followed by France (18.5 percent, 2.66 billion euro), Italy (15.9 percent, 2.28 billion euro) and the United Kingdom (11.5 percent, 1.65 billion euro).
The ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level is the highest political decision-making body, and it defines the content and financial framework for ESA's space programmes every two to three years.
Ministers Approve ESA's Hera Asteroid Mission
November 30, 2019 November 29, 2019 News 0
SEVILLE, Spain (ESA PR) — Europe's space ministers gathered at Space19+ in Seville, Spain in November 2019 have approved ESA's Hera asteroid mission for construction and launch, as part of the Agency's broader planetary defence initiatives that aim to protect European and world citizens.
Hera will be humanity's first-ever spacecraft to visit a double asteroid, the Didymos binary system. First, NASA will crash its DART spacecraft into the smaller asteroid – known as Didymoon – before ESA's Hera comes in to map the resulting impact crater and measure the asteroid's mass.
Hera will carry two CubeSats on board, which will be able to fly much closer to the asteroid's surface, carrying out crucial scientific studies, before touching down. Hera's up-close observations will turn asteroid deflection into a well-understood planetary defence technique.


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Wisemans's swift firing from BlackRock shows the days of giving executives an ethical pass are over
By Jennifer WellsStar Business Columnist
Fri., Dec. 6, 2019timer4 min. read
Make it two. And that's a trend.
When McDonald's Corp. CEO Steve Easterbrook was ousted for having a consensual relationship with an employee, I awarded the burger behemoth a gold star for exemplary governance. Easterbrook's firing sent a signal that corporate comportment policies are no longer written just for show, and that they can reach into the highest corporate offices. I suggested then that some executives, comfy in the leg-over corporate culture in which they had become accustomed, might be sensing a chill wind blowing through their own affairs. (I use the term loosely. Easterbrook was divorced.)
So now we have Mark Wiseman, whose career appeared to take off like a comet a little more than three years ago when he moved from the top job at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in Toronto to the mighty BlackRock Inc. in New York. And then Thursday he was for the high jump, acknowledging his regretful mistake for carrying on an affair with a colleague, which he failed to disclose. (I use the term affair specifically here. Wiseman is married.)
BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with roughly $7 trillion (U.S.) in assets under administration. Wiseman moved from his position as chief executive at the CPPIB to become BlackRock's global head of active equities and a senior managing director. At the time of his appointment, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink described Wiseman as an executive of stature. "He is not only a best-in-class investor but also a great leader of investors," Fink said then. Wiseman's spouse, Marcia Moffat, was already at BlackRock, running the firm's Canadian operations out of Toronto.
Given the tough slog in the world of active investing (a.k.a., stock picking) versus the massive growth of index and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, Wiseman had his work cut out for him at BlackRock. This is conjecture on my part, but if he was hoping to emerge as an heir apparent to BlackRock founder and CEO Larry Fink, as has been suggested, he was going to have to rack up sequential quarters of asset growth in active equities. Despite two restructurings and a more "scientific" approach to stock picking (I think that means better use of data), asset outflows in Wiseman's active equities unit were $18.5 billion in 2017, $12.4 billion in 2018 and only now are there signs of a turnaround.
But, and this is a big but, Wiseman was aligned with Fink in a new corporate religion. By this I mean the belief that quarterly earnings guidance and managing corporate performance to meet street expectations had created havoc in capital markets. It was Wiseman, along with McKinsey's Dominic Barton, who drove the creation of the not-for-profit Focusing Capital on the Long Term, which set out to encourage business to set their sights on a long horizon in decision making. It was Larry Fink, who serves as a strategic adviser, who helped take the initiative global. Canadian members include the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, where Wiseman worked before joining the CPPIB.
The long term initiative dovetails with certain Fink preoccupations. Right about now he should be drafting his annual letter to the CEOs of the companies in which BlackRock invests. Fink's letter at the beginning of the 2019 calendar year reminded CEOs of a company's purpose, not just to shareholders, but to all stakeholders, meaning employees, customers and communities.
"Purpose," he wrote, "unifies management, employees, and communities. It drives ethical behavior and creates an essential check on actions that go against the best interests of stakeholders. Purpose guides culture, provides a framework for consistent decision-making, and, ultimately, helps sustain long-term financial returns for the shareholders of your company."
Culture. Values. Ethics.
I say all this by way of suggesting that not only did Wiseman breach BlackRock's "relationships at work" policy, but put Fink in a position of having to defend the company writ large. "This is not who BlackRock is," Fink and BlackRock President Rob Kapito wrote in a memo to staff. "We expect every employee to uphold the highest standards of behavior. This is especially critical for our senior leaders."
Last July, Fink and Kapito used similar language when Jeff Smith, who had been global head of human resources for the company for more than a decade, was shown the door. The company did not define what corporate policy Smith had failed to adhere to.
Acting swiftly and with purpose in ousting Wiseman, this week's memo states, was "critical to reinforcing our culture." That telegraphs to the rank and file that they should not fear stepping forward to report misbehaviour. CEOs everywhere should take note. The days of looking the other way, or giving top executives a pass for breaching codes of conduct, are done.
When Easterbrook was turfed at McDonald's I suggested corporate leaders reread their own codes of conduct. A refresher never hurts. This latest dismissal brings to mind another thought: penning a new year's letter to all employees pledging adherence to internal codes, and promising a safe place to report code-breaking behaviour. If Larry Fink can write an annual letter, so can all CEOs.
Jennifer Wells is a Toronto-based business columnist and feature writer for the Star. Reach her on email: jenwells@thestar.ca


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Everything Worthy of Observation
The 1826 New York State Travel Journal of Alexander Stewart Scott
Paul G. Schneider Jr. - Editor
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FINALIST - 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the History category
Offers a firsthand account into early-nineteenth-century New York State and Lower Canada during a time of enormous growth and change.
In the pre-dawn of August 2, 1826, Alexander Stewart Scott stepped aboard the steamboat Chambly in Quebec City, Canada. He was beginning a journey that not only took him across New York State but also ultimately changed his view of America and her people. A keen observer, the twenty-one-year-old meticulously recorded his travel experiences, observations about the people he encountered, impressions of things he saw, and reactions to events he witnessed.
This firsthand account immerses the reader in the world of early-nineteenth-century life in both New York and Lower Canada. Whether enduring the choking dust raised by a stagecoach, the frustration and delays caused by bad roads, or the wonders and occasional dangers of packet boat travel on the newly completed Erie Canal, all are vividly brought to life by Scott's pen. This journal also offers a unique blend of travel and domestic insights. With close family members living in both St. John's, Quebec, Canada, and Palmyra, New York, his travels were supplemented by long stays in these communities, offering readers comparative glimpses into the daily lives and activities in both countries. Gregarious, funny, and inquisitive, Scott missed nothing of what he thought worthy of observation.
"…reading Mr. Scott's journal will greatly benefit those who study the history of early transportation in a young America, or those who act as docents, and wish to enrich their own historical narratives." — American Canal Society
"…entertaining reading … The book is well edited. There's never an unfamiliar term that doesn't get explained." — Adirondack Daily Enterprise
"…Paul Schneider has painstakingly researched the people and places Scott mentions, putting important details and his sources in an introduction and footnotes. He brings to life the landscape of Scott's journey in the many drawings, photographs and maps strategically placed throughout the book." — Western New York Heritage
"History buffs will enjoy Scott's detailed accounts ranging from the daily trials—enduring the dust kicked up by stagecoaches—to the fantastic—a first glimpse of the roaring waters of Niagara Falls. The narrative is aided by the expert editing of Paul G. Schneider, who decodes unfamiliar vocabulary and adds helpful footnotes." — Chronogram
"Anyone interested in the early history of New York State will love this book." — Albany Times Union
"Everything Worthy of Observation charts the lively trip of Alexander Stewart Scott across New York State in 1826. From drinking the waters at Saratoga Springs to getting completely drenched by the spray at Niagara Falls. Scott's fascinating diary is contextualized and expertly explained by Paul G. Schneider Jr. making the reader want to visit these places in order to compare Scott's observations." — Jennifer A. Lemak, coauthor of An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War
"Everything Worthy of Observation is a delight to read. Not only does one see State landmarks such as Niagara Falls through fresh eyes (a neatly foiled snake attack at the Falls is recounted) but one almost feels the dust of stagecoach travel. The hazards of canal travel are made clear—the large number of low bridges on the Erie Canal required that canal boat passengers 'lie down flat on the Deck … or get down below' to avoid receiving severe blows and getting knocked down. No doubt the pleasure of reading this book is greatly enhanced by the scholarship of Paul G. Schneider Jr. His extensive research is evident in the wonderful notes he provides that furnish context for the reader. I highly recommend this book." — Margaret Lynch-Brennan, author of The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840–1930
"Carefully transcribed and meticulously edited, the travel journal of Canadian Alexander Stewart Scott provides a close-up view of life in upstate New York in 1826. A cultivated devotee of the theater and of books and reading, Scott records many details during his canal and lake voyage. He describes meeting many interesting people during his travel, which included transportation not only on canal boats but also by stagecoach and steamboat. Scott has left us with a fascinating depiction of New York State during a significant period in its history." — Paul R. Huey, Retired Senior Scientist (Archaeology), New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Paul G. Schneider Jr. is an independent historian and a member of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Editor's Introduction: The 1826 New York State Travel Journal of Alexander Stewart Scott
Chapter One - The start of the journey from Quebec City, Canada to Schenectady, New York
Chapter Two - By canal packet boat and stagecoach to Geneva, New York
Chapter Three - Geneva to Palmyra and a stay with family
Chapter Four - Visit to Niagara Falls
Chapter Five - Incidents on the Erie Canal and a return to Palmyra
Chapter Six - Heading east once more, Palmyra to Albany, New York
Chapter Seven - Touring Albany and Troy, New York
Chapter Eight - Homeward bound, Troy to St. John's, Quebec
Chapter Nine - Visiting family and friends in St. John's before heading home to Quebec City
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Trump Pardoning War Criminals, Prosecuting Whistleblowers
May 31, 2019 Geopolitics101	3 Comments
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has already made clear his soft spot for war criminals, having brought one – Elliot Abrams – into his administration. Then, earlier this month, Trump pardoned Army First Lieutenant Michael Behenna. Now, reports indicate Trump is just getting started.
And while Trump appears to be making moves to pardon more war criminals, those who have exposed war crimes, including whistleblower Chelsea Manning and journalist Julian Assange, are charged with contempt of court and espionage.
Lieutenant Behenna was sentenced to 15 years behind bars in 2009 for shooting a man to death who had been stripped naked and interrogated in connection with a roadside bomb.
The American Civil Liberties Union wrote:
This pardon is a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military's own code of justice.
Military leaders, including Trump as commander-in-chief, should prevent war crimes — not endorse or excuse them."
More pardons on tap
Undeterred by such sharp rebukes, Trump is reportedly preparing to pardon a handful of other war criminals. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the New York Times.
Among those slated for pardon is Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL accused of stabbing a "defenseless" and wounded teenager receiving medical treatment. He and his platoon then took photos of themselves standing over the corpse. Gallagher is also accused by fellow SEAL snipers of shooting a teenage girl wearing a flower-print hijab from a sniper's nest while she was walking with her friends. They also say he shot an unarmed old man.
Gallagher is set to stand trial "in the coming weeks."
In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. Process should move quickly! @foxandfriends @RepRalphNorman
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2019
The New York Times' sources say that Trump put in expedited requests for the "paperwork needed to pardon the troops" around Memorial Day.
An Army Green Beret — Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, who has yet to face trial over the killing of an unarmed Afghan man in 2010 — is also reportedly being floated for a pardon, as are a group of Marines who urinated on the corpse of a dead Taliban fighter and then posted a video of it to YouTube.
A private security contractor with Blackwater who was found guilty of shooting "dozens of unarmed Iraqis" may also be pardoned.
Gerry Condon, president of Veterans for Peace, told MintPress News:
This sends absolutely the wrong message to the troops — it invites them to become cold-blooded murderers."
"We are not talking about a confusing combat situation here — this is not the 'fog of war.' We are talking about the pre-meditated stabbing murder of an unarmed prisoner and the sniper rifle murders of random civilians."
Delivering pardons to these men sends a clear message that American soldiers are above the law, experts argue. "It raises the prospect in the minds of the troops that says, 'Whatever we do, if we can get the folks back home behind us, maybe we can get let off," retired military judge Gary Solis told the Times.
Justice upside down
Trump's not-so-subtle wink to troops wondering what they may be able to get away with comes alongside his crackdown on those who would — or have — exposed such crimes. Chelsea Manning blew the whistle on the U.S. military's extrajudicial killings by leaking drone footage of pilots gunning down civilians and journalists in the infamous "Collateral Murder" video. Meanwhile, Julian Assange, who published the video, is charged with 17 counts of espionage by the United States in a case that could ultimately see him put to death.
One wonders the substantive difference between the potential execution of Assange and the executions for which Trump plans to dole out pardons.
Condon added:
What is the message to the soldiers and to the world if blatant war criminals are pardoned, while Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange are severely persecuted for exposing war crimes?"
Condon said that Manning and Assange should be pardoned, but cautioned that "pardoning" denotes a crime and said they committed none. "They should have their charges dismissed and be let go."
Feature photo | Donald Trump greets to U.S. servicemen aboard the USS Wasp at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, May 28, 2019. Eugene Hoshiko | AP
Alexander Rubinstein is a staff writer for MintPress News based in Washington, DC. He reports on police, prisons and protests in the United States and the United States' policing of the world. He previously reported for RT and Sputnik News.
A month ago the Government Accountability Office came out with a report showing the total number of whistleblower complaints over the past five years at the Department of Defense. It's nearly 100,000. Here's the only part of the report that references that number:
The Department of Defense Inspector General identified 8 substantiated violations of whistleblower confidentiality between fiscal years 2013 and 2018, representing approximately .01 percent of the 95,613 contacts handled by the Inspector General during that time…."
95,613 whistleblower complaints over five years.
https://geopolitics.co/2019/04/20/nearly-100000-pentagon-whistleblower-complaints-have-been-silenced/
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Fucking spaceballs.
cameliani says:
Huh? How come Cheney, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, ColinPowell…..etc…who killed thousands or millions through their armchair orders did not even need a pardon? Everyone knew but all kept mum. They walk free!!! Now 2 (cannon fodder)young patriot men killed one person in the traumatic motions of war and it is big enough for big time tribunal conviction and a partisan article. Double standards or what? Not surprising of course. The whistleblowers are being punished by Pompeo and his masters not Trump. His hands are tied for the moment, stuck in the middle politically.
kennyboy says:
What else can you expect from a Luciferian race of "Creatures" now running out of time "Fast" by "Self-Extermination"…But wait till the "Golden Race" returns…for then it will be "Excelurated" vastly.
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Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Act 2017
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14Meaning of standard class travel
(1)For the purposes of this Act, carriage on a flight is to be regarded as standard class travel if—
(a)the seats for passengers whose agreement for carriage provides for that class of travel have a pitch no greater than 1.016 metres, and
(b)the class of travel is the only, or the most basic, class of travel available on the flight.
(2)The pitch of a seat ("seat A")—
(a)is the distance between a fixed point on seat A and the same point on—
(i)the seat immediately in front of seat A, or
(ii)if there is no seat immediately in front of seat A, the seat immediately behind seat A, and
(b)if there is no seat immediately in front of or behind seat A, is to be determined with regard to any guidance issued by Revenue Scotland for that purpose.
(3)Whether a class of travel is the only, or the most basic, class of travel available on a flight is to be determined with regard to any guidance issued by Revenue Scotland for that purpose.


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Q: Why @PostConstruct is not working in spring boot application? I have the following code in the spring boot application:
@ApplicationScope
@Component
@Slf4j
public class ApplicationLists {

    private List<Country> countryItems = new ArrayList<Country>();

@PostConstruct
    protected void init() {
        initCountryList();

And the @PostConstruct method is called only when I submit a request through postman, I need
this code to run om startup.
Thanks,

A: Instead of @PostConstruct I'm implementing ApplicationRunner, it has
run method. That's solve the problem, I just hope that
this is the right thing to do in spring boot.

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S. Giovanni in Monterrone
A dark underground passage leads from the church to the crypt of San Giovanni. The churches were not originally intercommunicating, but separated by a thin dividing wall of tufa. This narrow passage is embellished with fine frescoes, which, together with the ones in the crypt, go from the C12th to the C18th.
On the left wall there is a C12th CHRIST PANTOCRATOR, i.e. the Governor or Ruler of All, his hand raised in a Latin blessing and holding an open Gospel inscribed with a Greek text. On the outer edge of the lunette, there is a Latin inscription: Mundi Salvator Simil et Sum Lucis Amator. It is a harmonious fusion of Byzantine and Latin elements.
Above, on the remains of an arch, is a SAINTED MONK whose identity has so far foxed scholars. The fresco has been dated C13th.
Opposite, St. NICHOLAS, Bishop of Mira in Turkey, whose bones were stolen and taken to Bari, where they are preserved in the Cathedral. He is the patron saint of Bari, where he is much venerated. The fresco is C14th.
The passage leads to the church Crypt, used first as a Baptistery and then as a burial place. There are many very interesting frescoes: in the recess ahead, on the left, is a C13th Annunciation, in front of which in the typical arched frame, is a mid C13th St. James the Less, an Apostle much venerated by Christian communities, who was sometimes called 'the brother of the Lord' because it is possible that he was Jesus' cousin. He was privileged to witness a special apparition of the resurrected Christ, having vowed to himself that he would not eat again until he had seen Christ resuscitated with his own eyes. He is thought to have been the first Bishop of Jerusalem and died a martyr on the orders of the High Priest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, Ananus I.
Next to him is a St. PETER, also datable to the mid C13th; both are attributed to the Maestro della Bruna. Pilgrims returning from the Holy Land used to make what seems to have been an obligatory stop here, and the graffito symbols they left on the frescoes are still visible: a Star of David, bottom right, and a particular sort of crucifix, left. On the right, round the corner, Saints Jerome and Apollonius. There is then a palimpsest featuring the Madonna Odigitria (showing the Way, i.e. the Christ Child) according to some experts, others believe it to be St. Andrew. There are a fair number of palimpsests in the rock-churches around Matera. These are frescoes that have been painted over several times, usually as a result of the modernisation or rebuilding of churches. The original frescoes were beaten with a hammer to make the new ones take, but in this case the Saint's face was left untouched, probably out of respect, so the later fresco has failed to adhere and has slipped off, leaving the face of the unknown Saint belonging to the earlier fresco underneath.
On the opposite wall, the Church's most recent fresco depicts CHRIST WITH ST. AGNES, Christian martyr, Roman virgin, cruelly persecuted by the Emperor Decius. She was martyred at the tender age of 12, and is remembered as an example of courage and purity. She is the guardian saint of virgin girls. Others suggest, however, that the figure is in fact St. John, his features delicate given that he too was killed when young. The fresco dates from C16th, and is followed by a painting of the Virgin Mary and the name of the commissioning patron.


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Egypt's El-Sissi pays state visit to France; activists angry
Posted: Dec 7, 2020 / 03:36 AM EST / Updated: Dec 7, 2020 / 03:36 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is paying a state visit to France for talks on fighting terrorism, the conflict in Libya and other regional issues, amid criticism from human rights groups over the Egyptian leader's crackdown on dissent.
French President Emmanuel Macron will host el-Sissi at the Elysee Palace on Monday, and is expected to raise human rights concerns among the other topics on the agenda, according to Macron's office.
El-Sissi has overseen the largest crackdown on critics in Egypt in living memory, jailing thousands of Islamists along with pro-democracy activists, reversing freedoms won in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, silencing critics and placing draconian rules on rights groups.
Days before his arrival in France, amid pressure from U.N. and Western activists, Egyptian authorities released three workers at one of the last rights groups still functioning in Egypt. The three staffers of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, who were detained in November following a meeting with diplomats from Western countries, were released Thursday pending an investigation into charges of belonging to a terrorist group and spreading false news.
El-Sissi often warns that his tough hand ensuring stability is necessary, pointing to war and destruction in Syria, Yemen and Libya as the alternative.
Egypt is a U.S. ally and has deep economic ties with European countries. French authorities see Egypt as a key country in efforts to stabilize the troubled region, and Macron has warned that in the absence of Western support, Egypt could turn to the West's authoritarian rivals China and Russia.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling results were compiled amid an internet blackout.
In a generational clash widely watched across the African continent, with a booming young population and a host of aging leaders, the 38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguably the greatest challenge yet to Museveni. He had strong support in urban centers where frustration with unemployment and corruption is high.
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Q: ImportError: No module named base in Spyder IDE I am using Spyder IDE. I am running a script once and everything is ok. I run it a second time and appears the error. In my script I use the following packages:
from __future__ import division
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import scipy.optimize
import cProfile
from sympy import solve,exp
from sympy.abc import y
from PIL import Image
import dicom
from bisect import bisect_left,bisect_right
import math
import os
import seaborn as sns
import scipy
import pandas

I don't know If has anything to do with the packages but I cannot fix it.
Here is the traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<ipython-input-5-a431862ce876>", line 1, in <module>
runfile('/Users/dkoimt0/Spyder/swse.py', wdir='/Users/dkoimt0/Spyder')

File "/Applications/Spyder-Py2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/spyderlib/widgets/externalshell
/sitecusto  mize.py", line 588, in runfile__umr__.run(verbose=verbose)

 File "/Applications/Spyder-   Py2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/spyderlib/widgets/externalshell/sitecustomize.py", line 538, in run
modpath = getattr(module, '__file__', None)

File "/Users/dkoimt0/Library/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/lib/python2.7/site-packages/seaborn/external/six.py", line 117, in __getattr__
value = getattr(_module, attr)

File "email/__init__.pyc", line 79, in __getattr__

ImportError: No module named base


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Does anyone know why Sir Simon's Arcade is so called?
Staff at the Lancaster Reference Library and the City Museum have been unable to ascertain the origin. Can anyone help?
Winnie Clark:
Andrew White informs us that the name comes from Sir Simon Lovat, a Jacobite sympathiser, whose portrait was painted by Hogarth and who was executed in London. There was a pub called after him on roughly the site of the present Diggles which was the chief coaching inn of Lancaster, and the Arcade took the name of the pub.
One response to "Sir Simon's Arcade"
TONY HIBBERD
If it's the same Sir Simon in the painting by Hogarth, that would be Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat.
He was a Jacobite sympathizer known as The Fox, due to his cunning and some would say duplicitous character. He was executed in 1747 at or outside the Tower of London, having the distinction of being the last individual to suffer beheading in the UK.
His remains lie in St Peter ad Vincula church at the Tower.


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Чинкай (кит. Чжэнь-хай; ок. 1171 или 1169 — ок. 1252) — государственный деятель Монгольской империи, канцлер. По происхождению кераит или уйгур.

В 1203 году с несколькими сторонниками Чингис-хана «пил воды Балчжуны». После вступления Чингисхана на престол стал сотником и был назначен судьёй (джаргучи). После 1211 г. был поставлен во главе поселения 10 000 китайских пленников на восточном Алтае. Построенный там город получил название Чинкай Балгасун («город Чинкай»). В правление Угэдэя продвинулся на государственной службе, став в 1230-х годах одним из наиболее влиятельных чиновников в имперской администрации. В 1231 г. был назначен ю чэн-сяном (правым министром). В ведении Чинкая находилось гражданское и финансовое управление западными землями Монгольской империи. Среди чиновников Чинкай (вместе с Махмудом Ялавачем) стал руководителем группировки, поддерживавшей уйгурское и мусульманское купечество, занимавшееся посреднической торговлей. Эта группировка противостояла придворной партии, руководителем которой был Елюй Чуцай, отражавшей интересы китайских производителей.

После смерти кагана Угэдэя в 1241 году власть перешла к регентше Дорегене, которая вскоре отправила в отставку Елюя Чуцая, а Чинкай занял его место руководителя Великого имперского секретариата. Но вскоре из-за придворных интриг Чинкай потерял свой пост и вынужден был бежать и укрыться у царевича Годана.

После избрания каганом Гуюка в 1246 году, новый правитель вернул Чинкая на его прежние должности. Чинкай стал самым влиятельным чиновником в администрации империи. От лица Гуюка он вёл переговоры с папским посланцем Плано Карпини. После смерти Гуюка в 1248 году Чинкай стал главным советником регентши Огул-Гаймыш и пытался сохранить престол за представителями дома Угэдэя. Победа партии, руководимой Бату и Мункэ, и избрание новым каганом Мункэ в 1251 году привели к падению власти Чинкая. Он (вместе с Огул-Гаймыш и несколькими сотнями их сторонников) был арестован по обвинению в заговоре против Мункэ и после полугодового процесса казнён.

Примечания

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Умершие в 1250-е годы
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Q: Magento Storefront Missing CSS (Loading from incorrect location) I just did a fresh installation of Magento on an Ubuntu server, and when I load the wepbage, all the CSS is missing. When I go to Devtools > Network and check the location its trying to load the CSS from, I get this: <my.ip>/static/version1657058741/frontend/Magento/luma/en_US/mage/calendar.css
The version folder does not exist on the server. Instead, the CSS is located in /static/frontend/Magento... So why is Magento trying to load CSS from this version folder and how can I instead get it to load directly from /static/frontend?
Edit: I've already tried changing the dev_static_sign value to 0 (disabled), but it seemingly had no effect.
Thanks in advance.

A: Try executing following 3 commands and check if issue is fixed
php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
php bin/magento indexer:reindex

A: For apache
Make sure according to your version that you have an .htaccess file in pub/ folder.
Some earlier versions have the .htaccess one level back. Try to find the .htaccess from the magento repository for your version if its missing.
You can try to remove the vendor and do a clean composer install again, which brings back the missing .htaccess files upon end.