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Nhete and Others v Mudzi Rural District Council (17/04) (SC 92 of 2004, Civil Appeal 117 of 2004) [2004] ZWSC 92 (19 January 2004);
No. SC. 92/04
TAKAWIRA
NHETE AND TWENTY-ONE OTHERS v
MUDZI RURAL
SUPREME COURT OF
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ,
ZIYAMBI JA & MALABA JA
HARARE, OCTOBER 7,
2004 & JANUARY 20, 2005
L. Uriri, for
the appellants
C. Warara, for
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ: This is an appeal from a decision of the
Labour Court. The appellants applied to the Labour Court for
relief in the form of payment of their salaries and benefits
pending the determination of a labour dispute between the parties.
The labour dispute is pending before an arbitrator. In the Labour
Court the appellants sought the following relief:
"1.	That the respondent is hereby ordered to pay the applicants
$177 240 612 being salaries and benefits accrued with
effect from January 2003 to date, with interest.
2.	That the respondent be and is hereby ordered to continue paying
the applicants their salaries and benefits until they are dismissed.
3.	That the respondent
be and is hereby ordered to pay costs of suit."
The application was dismissed and the President of the Labour Court
made the following order:
"1.	That the suspension letter was in terms of SI 371/83.
Section 3 provides for suspensions without pay or other benefits.
2.	The application for
the payment of salaries and benefits pending the finalisation of the
matter is therefore denied."
The appellants now appeal against the above determination upon the
following grounds:
"1.	The court a quo erred in denying appellants the right to
salaries and other benefits until their main matter is finalised.
2.	The Labour Court misdirected itself on point of law by holding
that the suspensions were without pay, which assertion is not
in the suspension letters."
The following relief is
sought in this Court:
"(a)	That the order by the Labour Court be substituted;
the respondent be ordered to pay the appellants their salaries and
benefits until the finalisation of the matter;
(c)	Costs of suit."
The facts of this case are as follows.
The appellants were
employees of the respondent at the material time. In January 2003
they embarked on an industrial action which
the respondent alleges
was illegal. A disposal order against them was issued and they
defied that disposal order. They are also
alleged to have destroyed
or damaged their employer's property in the course of the
industrial action. Following these events
the respondent suspended
the appellants and sought permission to dismiss them from employment.
In a letter dated 21 January
2003 the respondent advised the
appellants as follows:
SUSPENSION FROM DUTY PENDING DISMISSAL
In terms of Statutory
Instrument 371/85, section 3(c), as read together with section 33(j)
of the Mudzi Rural District Council (General
Conditions of Service),
please be advised that Council has suspended you from duty with
effect from 21 January 2003.
The grounds upon which
the suspension is based are that:
-	On 15 January 2003, at around 0900 hours, you deflated Council
The effects of this
suspension are that:
-	You shall not report
to your work place with immediate effect
-	During the period of
your suspension, you are not entitled to enter Council premises
-	You will not be paid
for the period you were on industrial action.
During your period of suspension, you should inform Council of your
change of address."
The respondents, as I have said, applied to the Labour Court for
the payment of their salaries and benefits pending the determination
of the labour dispute between the parties. It is not clear from the
application itself in terms of which provision of the law that
application for interim relief was made. In terms of section 97
of the Labour Relations Act [Chapter 28:01] ("the Act")
an application for interim relief can be made to the Labour Court in
respect of matters that are pending before
the Labour Court. The
relevant section provides as follows:
"97	Appeals to the Labour Court
(4)	Pending the determination of an appeal the Labour Court may make
such interim determination in the matter as the justice of the
requires."
Thus the Labour Court only has jurisdiction to determine interim
relief in respect of matters that are pending before it and not
other fora. This matter is not pending before the Labour Court.
The record shows that the matter is pending before an arbitrator.
I have serious doubts that the Labour Court had jurisdiction to
entertain the application for interim relief in this matter that
not pending before it. On this basis alone this appeal cannot
succeed.
Apart from this, this
case would not succeed on the merits.
It was argued for the
appellants that they were not informed by the respondent that they
were being suspended without salary and benefits.
substance in this contention. The letter of suspension clearly
states that the appellants were being suspended in
terms of SI 371/85
("the Regulations") which clearly provides that an employer may
suspend an employee without salary and
If, indeed, the
employer had intended to suspend the appellants on full pay and
benefits in terms of the common law no reference would
have been made
to the Regulations. At common law, the appellants are entitled to
their salaries and benefits upon suspension.
The reference to the
Regulations clearly implies that the appellants were being suspended
in terms of the Regulations and without
pay. The appellants'
conduct after suspension indicates that the appellants understood
this to be the position. The appellants
never asked for their
salary at the end of January after their suspension in the course of
that month. The appellants only asked
for their salaries some
nine-and-a-half months after their suspension. The inescapable
inference to be drawn from this conduct
of the appellants is that
they accepted that they had been suspended without pay. For how
could all the twenty-one appellants fail
to claim their pay at the
end of the first month of suspension if they bona fide
believed that they had been suspended on full pay and benefits?
On this basis I am
satisfied that the employer intended to suspend the appellants
without salary and benefits and the employees understood
and accepted
that to be the position. In my view this is the only reasonable
inference to be drawn from the conduct of both parties.
It was argued on behalf
of the appellants that because the letter of suspension did not
specifically mention that the appellants were
being suspended without
pay and benefits they were therefore suspended in terms of the common
law which entitled them to their pay
during the period of suspension.
For this proposition the appellants' counsel relied on the case
of Makova v Urban Development Corporation 1992 (1) ZLR 326 (H)
wherein GIBSON J said the following at 328G-330A:
"As to the question whether the suspension was without pay, the
applicant's contention is that the respondent did not purport
suspend the applicant without pay, that the applicant is thus
entitled to his remuneration until he is dismissed.
It is useful to look at
the position under the common law and to examine the reasons given
for the approach of the courts before the
statutory intervention to
appreciate the extent of the changes. At common law the employer
enjoyed the power to dismiss an employee
or to suspend him, but the
right to suspend was only on full pay. See Zimbabwe Sun Hotels
(Pvt) Ltd v Lawn 1988 (1) ZLR 143 (S) which refers with approval
to the case of Myers v SA Railways and Harbours 1924 AD 85.
At p 90 SOLOMON JA in the Myers case supra
rationalises the common law position and the power to suspend a
worker and says:
'… the general principle underlying a contract of service is that
hire is to be paid in return for services rendered, so that,
facie, if the services have not been rendered - the servant
would not be entitled to be paid for that period. And accordingly
an unforeseen misfortune, such as sickness, befalls the person who
has left his services and renders him incapable of performing
for the whole of the period of his engagement, he can only claim
wages or salary for the time during which he has actually served.
If, however, it was due to his employer that he had been unable to
perform his work, then he would be entitled to be paid,
that no service had been rendered by him.'
Section 3 of the Regulations changed the common law. It gave the
employer a right to choose whether or not the suspension is
with or without pay. That election, in my view, has to be made at
the time of suspension so that the worker who has not yet
been found
guilty of misconduct and is available to carry on his duties knows
what of his rights or other benefits are affected by
the decision to
suspend him from work. It would be unjust and contrary to the
purposes of the statute and the Regulations to expect
an employee,
suspended say at the end of the month, to wait until the end of the
following month to find out the full terms of the
suspension. The
objectives of the statute (the Labour Relations Act 16 of 1985)
which are defined in the preamble as 'to
declare and define the
rights of employees' among others, would be stultified, in my
opinion, if the employer were to be allowed
to leave the employee in
the dark about his changed status.
It does seem unjust and
unfair to leave it to the suspended worker to deduce his rights from
his employer's future behaviour.
Besides, there may be any number
of reasons why a cheque duly posted may not reach its destination.
Besides this, the Labour Relations
Act and its Regulations sets out
to prescribe a course of conduct to be followed by an employer wishes
(sic) to invoke his rights under the statute he is duty bound
to follow the steps prescribed in the statute to give validity to his
actions.
In conclusion I hold that once the employer decides to
suspend his employee he has to go further and consider whether such
is to be with or without pay, and having made the decision
the employer must communicate his decision to the employee. The
to communicate the decision to withhold pay during suspension
entitled the employee to expect that he will continue to receive his
pay during that suspension."
Among other things the learned judge makes the following two points
(1)	that upon suspension the employer is required to advise the
employee in writing that he or she is being suspended with or
without pay;
(2)	that once the
employer has made the election at the time of suspension he cannot
resile from it.
I have no doubt in my mind that it is most desirable that an
employer advises the suspended employee whether he is being suspended
with or without pay and that such notification be in writing for easy
proof. I, however, find nothing in the language of section 3
of the Regulations which prescribes the manner and the timing of
communication of that term of the suspension to an employee. To
that extent Makova's case supra overstates what is
required of an employer.
In any event, I am
satisfied that the appellants were advised in writing at the time of
suspension that the suspension was without
pay and benefits by
reference to the Regulations.
The letter of suspension could have been more explicit than it was
but I find it sufficiently clear, in that the employees were advised
that their suspension was in terms of the Regulations, and not in
terms of the common law. The employees understood the letter
mean that, hence their failure to demand their salaries at the end of
the month of their suspension.
The probabilities in this case are against the appellants. Where
an employee is suspended pending investigations such an employee
a legitimate expectation to payment of salary and benefits pending
finalisation of investigations. However, where an employee
suspended pending dismissal, as was the case in casu, there is
hardly any basis for expecting such suspension to be on salary and
It is for the foregoing
reasons that this appeal has no merit. Accordingly, the appeal is
hereby dismissed with costs.
Honey & Blanckenberg, appellants' legal practitioners
Warara &
Associates, respondent's legal practitioners
S and Others v Chiyangwa (12/04) (SC 39 of 2004, Civil Appeal 126 of 2002) [2004] ZWSC 1 (19 January 2004);
Mudzi Rural District Council v Makwembere (SC 90 of 2005, Civil Appeal 223 of 2004) [2005] ZWSC 90 (14 November 2005);
Goromonzi Rural District Council v Mudzimu (98/03) (SC 35 of 2004, Civil Appeal 98 of 2003) [2004] ZWSC 35 (09 June 2004);
Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Zvataida Rural District Council v Chigodo and Another (SC 48 of 2004, Civil Appeal 77 of 2002) [2004] ZWSC 48 (06 September 2004);
Stambolie v Binga Rural Council and Another (13/02) (SC 4 of 2004, Civil Appeal 313 of 2002) [2004] ZWSC 4 (15 February 2004);


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Western Canada is simply one of the best places in North America to explore the great outdoors and nature's wonders. Tour through the very heart of the Canadian Rockies and view the splendour of soaring snow-capped mountains, crystal clear lakes and breathtaking scenery around every bend, all from the comfort of your motorhome.
On this relaxed 15-night pre-planned motorhome holiday, you'll travel with the knowledge that some of the most sought-after sites in Western Canada have been selected and booked for you. The relatively short driving distances also ensure that you'll spend the maximum amount of time enjoying the amazing scenery in this part of Canada.
This motorhome tour can depart from Vancouver or Calgary and can be tailor made to your exact requirements.
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Vancouver must-sees include beaches; the gardens and forests of Stanley Park; the lively waterfront galleries and artists' studios of Granville Island; and the historic districts of Gastown, Chinatown and Yaletown. Many of these attractions will be included in your half-day sightseeing tour.
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Be sure to take the Sea to Sky Gondola, 885 meters above the ocean, for views of Stawamus Chief Provisional Park and the volcanic Atwell Peak of Mount Garibaldi. Or jump in a canoe or kayak and explore Whistler's River of Golden Dreams - a paddler's paradise with epic views around every bend in the river.
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Guro Reiten (Sunndalsøra, 26 juli 1994) is een Noors voetbalspeelster die vanaf het seizoen 2019/2020 uitkomt voor Chelsea LFC. Ze komt sinds 2014 ook uit voor het Noors vrouwenvoetbalelftal.

Clubcarrière
Reiten maakte in 2010 haar debuut in de 2. Divisjon, het vierde niveau in Noorwegen, bij Sunndal Fotball. In 2011 maakte ze al de overstap naar Kattem IL, was actief in de Toppserien, om nadien vanaf 2013 uit te komen voor Trondheims-Ørn. In 2017 maakte ze de overstap naar Lillestrøm Sportsklubb Kvinner waarmee ze zowel in 2017 als 2018 kampioen zou worden in de Toppserien. In 2018 won ze ook de beker. Reiten werd ook twee maal topschutter. Op 31 mei 2019 werd bekend gemaakt dat Reiten werd getransfereerd naar Chelsea LFC.

Clubtatistieken

Laatste update: 17 juni 2019

Interlandcarrière
Reiten speelt sinds 14 januari 2014 voor het Noorse nationale team toen ze mocht debuteren in een interland tegen Spanje.

Tijdens het Europees kampioenschap voetbal vrouwen 2017 maakte Reiten deel uit van de Noorse selectie. Het Noors voetbalelftal sneuvelde na 3 nederlagen kansloos in de groepsfase. Op de WK in 2019 scoorde Reiten in de openingswedstrijd van Noorwegen tegen Nigeria het eerste Noorse doelpunt.

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Laatste update: 27 juni 2019

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 2017, 2018
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 2018

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Nonetheless, we have started a new calmer, gentler mommy administration here. Some rules are still in strong effect—no pulling, kicking and biting. The rest we are trying to let slide. All that discipline sometimes gets in the way of being with your child.
Put in roughly chopped greens (about 1 bunch each), sautee until just wilted.
Cook homemade cavatelli for 3 minutes. Fish out of the water and add to the veggies. Sautee, add a little pasta water, and then cover. Finish with olive oil, red pepper and thinly sliced red onions.
This post is part of @lornayee from The Cookbook Chronicle's #meatlessweek ; and I decided to join in because I heard about it from @celiacteen . Go enjoy their posts as well as the others lettign the pigs off the hook this week.
And, for fun, I thought I would send this over to Presto Pasta Night started by Ruth of 4 Every Kitchen and hosted this week by Rachel The Crispy Cook.
Dish looks great. . .the shelling, the shelling though! LOL re your reputation: I wonder what she tells her friends!
Mommies somehow always get the rep for being the mean parents while daddies get to be fun. Why is that?
This looks like one fabulously green pasta. All the better because you got to spend quality time together while creating it!
Fava beans with kale and dandelion greens sounds delicious as well.
What lovely photos and such a great spring pasta dish. Thank you for sending this over to this week's edition of Presto Pasta Nights!
Your pasta looks simple and delicious, which is exactly the right way to treat those lovely favas. And funny, I had a very similar experience with my munchkin, shelling fresh garbanzos. At first I thought they were all going to get eaten before we had any dinner, but then there was knuckling down and surprising helpfulness! Joy!
In France, we call that Gnocchis.
I already made two recipes, 1 with Potatoes, the other with Brocoli.
But both time, I could make those thin stripes on it. I have just understood how it does work when I saw your picture.!
all my favorite things in one dish.


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Q: How to avoid overlapping plots in ggplot2 I want to plot estimates for three age groups (agecat) by two exposures (expo). The code below produced overlapped plots with alphabetically rearranged age groups. How could I avoid overlap of the plots and plot maintain the existing order of the age groups?
I used this code:
ggplot(mydf, aes(x = agecat, y = est,ymin = lcl, ymax = ucl,  group=agecat,color=agecat,shape=agecat))  +
  geom_point(position="dodge",size = 4) +
  geom_linerange(position="dodge",size =0.7) +
  geom_hline(aes(yintercept = 0))  +
  labs(colour="Age Group", shape="Age Group") +    theme(axis.title=element_text(face="bold",size="12"),axis.text=element_text(size=12,face="bold"))

Sample data:
 > dput(mydf)
    structure(list(expo = c(0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1), est = c(0.290780632898979,
    0.208093573361601, 0.140524761247529, 0.156713614649751, 0.444402395010579,
    0.711469870845916), lcl = c(0.0679784035303221, -0.00413163014975071,
    -0.208866152400888, -0.175393089838871, -0.227660022186016, 0.0755871550441212
    ), ucl = c(0.514078933380535, 0.420769190852455, 0.491138970050864,
    0.489925205664665, 1.12099179726843, 1.35139300089608), agecat = c("young",
    "young", "middle", "middle", "old", "old")), .Names = c("expo",
    "est", "lcl", "ucl", "agecat"), row.names = c(2L, 4L, 6L, 8L,
    10L, 12L), class = "data.frame")

A: I would do this by using expo as a variable in the plot.  This would let ggplot know that you have overlap and so you need dodging at each level of your x variable.  Once you do this, you can use position = position_dodge() directly in the two geoms and set the width argument to whatever you'd like.  See the help page for position_dodge for examples of when you need to set width explicitly.
Here I'll replace group = agecat with group = expo.  Using group instead of an aesthetic like shape means that there is no indication which point represents which expo level on the graphic.
mydf$agecat = factor(mydf$agecat, levels = c("young", "middle", "old"))

ggplot(mydf, aes(x = agecat, y = est, ymin = lcl, ymax = ucl,  group = expo, color = agecat, shape = agecat))  +
    geom_point(position = position_dodge(width = .5), size = 4) +
    geom_linerange(position = position_dodge(width = .5), size = 0.7) +
    geom_hline(aes(yintercept = 0))  +
    labs(colour="Age Group", shape="Age Group") +
    theme(axis.title = element_text(face="bold", size="12"),
          axis.text = element_text(size=12, face="bold"))

A: You can convert the column agecat to factor with the levels in the desired order. Then, as Heroka pointed out in the comments, we can achieve a similar effect using facet_wrap:
mydf$agecat <-  factor(mydf$agecat, levels=c("young", "middle", "old"))
ggplot(mydf, aes(x = agecat, y = est, ymin = lcl, ymax = ucl, group=agecat,color=agecat, shape=agecat))  +
  geom_linerange(size =0.7) +
  geom_hline(aes(yintercept = 0))  + labs(colour="Age Group", shape="Age Group") +
  facet_wrap(agecat~est,  scales="free_x", ncol=6) + geom_point(size = 4)+  theme(axis.title=element_text(face="bold",size="12"),axis.text=element_text(size=12,face="bold"),strip.text.x = element_blank())

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Will libraries rent, instead of lend, books to patrons?
I don't understand the numerous interested and enthusiastic links to the LA Times' story on mechanisms that permit libraries to lend ebooks to patrons.
The LAT calls it "Another Boost for E-Books", which is fair. But it's another step in the incremental destruction of libraries.
I just finished reading Nicholson Baker's Double Fold and was shaken by his portrait of the library community's embrace of microfilm and digitization — and their destruction of their collections of paper newspapers, magazines and books. Baker had already been pretty hard on librarians, when he took them on for moving from card catalogs to computerized catalogs.
One of Baker's core ideas is that we're moving away from a world in which libraries could acquire (or create) information in print and make it available free to patrons until it fell apart from use.
We moving into a world where access to information is metered and where libraries pass the cost on to us. In that world, taxpayers (who don't want to pay for anything, anyway) are going to resist "subsidizing" the information needs of their fellow citizens. This was the reasoning behind closing the PubScience database (at the insistence of the private database industry).
When libraries start buying ebooks with licenses for a limited number of uses, it's another step toward becoming retail channels and rent-collection agencies for copyright holders.


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Princess of the Everglades
Charles Mink, Author Pineapple Press $16.95 (212p) ISBN 978-0-910923-98-9
This distinctly Southern first novel stars mannerly Sheila and tomboyish Skeezix Quintaine, 10-year-old geniuses known as the Amazing Mandolin Twins of Kirk Quintaine's Progressive Mandolin Orchestra. Kirk, their unaffectionate father, is obsessed with his invention, ``Indian Jazz'': ragtime versions of American Indian songs played exclusively on mandolins and sung by his wife, Lily, dressed as a squaw. On the road from North Dakota in September 1926, the Orchestra is trapped in Fort Myers, Fla., in a hurricane. The twins are in a rowboat heading toward safety when Sheila falls overboard and is swept into the Everglades; taken in by Seminole Indians, she awaits rescue and manages to shed some of her prim demeanor. Unfortunately, the likably weird personalities in Kirk's troupe cannot carry the novel, which is burdened by underdeveloped portrayals of the Indians and bland characterizations of the famous personages who join the search for Sheila, among them an 80-year-old Thomas Edison, his admiring friend Henry Ford, a moody Charles Lindbergh and, most ridiculously, Al Capone. (May)

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Renewable Energy Strategies for Europe: Electricity Systems and Primary Electricity Sources
Michael Grubb, Roberto Vigotti
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One of the difficulties in the design of higher-order tunable bandpass filters is achieving correct tracking of the
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Geometric Dynamic Recrystallization (GDR) is a recrystallization mechanism that has been proposed to occur in several alloys, particularly aluminium, at high temperatures and low strain rates. It is a variant of dynamic recrystallization.

The basic mechanism is that during deformation the grains will be increasingly flattened until the boundaries on each side are separated by only a small distance. The deformation is accompanied by the serration of the grain boundaries due to surface tension effects where they are in contact with low-angle grain boundaries belonging to sub-grains.

Eventually the points of the serrations will come into contact. Since the contacting boundaries are defects of opposite 'sign' they are able to annihilate and so reduce the total energy in the system.  In effect the grain will pinch in two new grains.

The grain size is known to decrease as the applied stress is increased. However, high stresses require a high strain rate and at some point statically recrystallized grains will begin to nucleate and consume the GDRX microstructure.

There are features that are unique to GDRX:
 The recrystallisation spreads throughout the specimen over a strain range (0.5-1 in Al-Mg-Mn alloys) without any change in flow stress. This is in contrast to discontinuous mechanisms where the flow stress normally decreases by ~25% as the recrystallized grains form.
 GDRX results in grains that are around 3 times the sub-grain size. Statically recrystallized grains are normally 20-30 times the sub-grain size.

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I am a supporter of cryptocurrencies. I believe that a cryptoruble should exist.
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At the end of November, the [international] committee will present developed approaches to this and other issues of the cryptocurrency regulation in its first report.
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Mary, an electrician, and Bob, an administrative assistant, are happily married, and have been for 5 years. They met in their high school ninth-grade math class, where they sat at the same desk. Bob began courting Mary two weeks after they met. By tenth grade, they had been going steady for 6 months. They got engaged at the end of eleventh grade, and married right after their high school graduation. They are widely known as a great couple, and get along with each other really well. One day, John was hired at Mary's electric company. John was handsome, outgoing, thoughtful, caring – exactly Mary's type. Coincidentally, she was asked to train him. As a result, they spent a lot of time together, told each other about their lives, and got really close. Mary was really attracted to John, and wanted to have a romantic relationship with him, and he was happy to do so.
How does this story continue? Let's imagine Scenario 1, where Mary and Bob are a traditional couple representative of the American mainstream. Mary really struggles with what to do. On the one hand, Bob is a great husband, and she loves him. On the other hand, she's head over heels for John, and wants to have a romantic relationship with him. Finally, she gives in to her passion. She cheats on Bob, sleeps with John, and feels terrible about it. But she can't stop herself from going forward with John. Eventually, Bob finds out. He's very hurt and outraged, and asks for a divorce. There is pain and suffering all around.
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Where is the new Firmware?
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Cameron Cooke
I was under the impression that Humax was releasing the new software to enable the TV Portal by the end of January. Where is it?
It's obviously not ready yet, and is still being beta tested.
MartinLiddle
Cameron Cooke said:
The most recent information was that a problem had been found and required a fix. The latest estimated date for an OTA is 4th February.
Clearly it's not ready yet as I don't have it, I was merely asking for updates? It's not an unreasonable question considering the published release date promises from Humax and this being a Humax forum.
MartinLiddle said:
Thanks for the info Martin.
Can't quite believe how many times the deadline has slipped. I'm a Developer and I can't honestly understand how something like this could take a year to build. If I'm not mistaken the actual TV portal modules i.e. BBC iPlayer, Sky Player are just plug-ins provided and produced by the 3rd parties.
What amazes me is that Humax originally advertised October as a release date so they must have spoken to their devs and got estimated timescales before coming up with that date. So you would expect it to slip a few weeks maybe a month, but 3 months? It was either incredibly buggy software or they must have one part time developer working on it.
Hopefully it will be worth the wait...
Sandholme
I take it you actually read the other threads before jumping in and complaining with a first post.
MrPloppy
I think the trouble is that we can only guess. There have been rumours from people relating to Humax saying that 4th Feb is a good OTA release date, but I think this highly unlikely. I think that Hitachi have booked their slots in for the 4th, and so an OTA update then is probably not a goer.
It's rubbish, and we can (and have been!) moan about it on here. But there's not a lot we, the customer, can do about it. It's a waiting game, and that's all there is to it, I'm afraid.
In addition, probably half or so people on here and on the other fora, already have the portal update but can't say anything about it.
When I say "half", its probably nowhere near that, but you know what I mean!
Sandholme said:
Now now! Let's be nice to newcomers!
I was more interested in any updates or news regarding the Firmware. There is no need to be rude, I'm just interested in the latest news. Also is it surprising that I might be annoyed about the lack of Firmware?
MrPloppy said:
Thanks, be nice to me! ;-)
Thanks for the info. It would be great I guess if Humax communicated more to their customers. I emailed them a few months ago and never received a reply. It's a real shame because I want to like Humax, I think their boxes are by far the best and most reliable, but the customer service / customer relations leaves little to be desired and only angers their customers.
framedtoo
there was a thread no what version no. it will be when its released. what we should be doing is guessing the month.
i think humax will keep to their word (its on the box). so im saying October , just eight months to wait
I'll take July
Sorry, bit touchy today, I sometimes get fed up of all the complaints.
debear
I get fed up with people who have the beta being a white knight acting like Humax's honorary employee of the month. It's now February, moaning won't make it come any quicker but the lack of update info is what gets me. Should they not make some kind of facebook statement on the situation now or somthing? Just makes me think they a very poorly run company with one poor software developer in Korea and hamster for staff, with no communication on this side what so ever.
bixieupnorth
and said it rejection emails that we would be given beta before it went ota, no sign of that, i reckon march now!
bixieupnorth said:
Really Humax have brought this on themselves. The box the HDR comes in has October as the availability date clearly printed on it (although there is probably some small print disclaimer too - mine's in the loft so I can't check) so by being this late delivering people are bound to get ticked off.
While some of the delay might be outside Humax's control (like the EPG Find bug) I suspect that as their customers are retail end-users there is less pressure on them to deliver than if we were business users - they've got our money so there's no need to rush. Not a very good state of affairs though and it doesn't encourage people to brand-loyaly.
ThatMartinChap
debear said:
I get fed up with people who have the beta being a white knight acting like Humax's honorary employee of the month.
what do you expect the lucky beta folks to do ? Spill the beans ? I don't think that will get you the update any quicker. If anything, it may slow it down if Humax feels the need to address further issues if discussed in forums such as this.
Also, the beta testers probably don't have the latest development version so it is unproductive to discuss issues publicly that may already be fixed.
Just phoned up Humax support. They said it would be available in the next couple of weeks...
<sigh>


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A 16-year-old girl was fighting for her life in hospital after being shot in the face with an air rifle.
The teenager, who has not been named, is thought to have suffered horrific injuries after being shot at an address in Paulton, Somerset, on Monday.
Her 19-year-old boyfriend, Dean Durbin, has been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm and also with possession of an air weapon while being a prohibited person.
He is due to appear at Bath Magistrates' Court later on Tuesday.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman described the girl's injuries as "very nasty", but said they were hopeful she would survive.
"A 19-year-old man is due to appear before Bath magistrates following an incident in which a teenage girl suffered serious injuries after being shot with an air rifle.
"Dean Durbin has been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm and also with possession of an air weapon whilst being a prohibited person.
"The charges follow an incident which happened at an address in Paulton shortly before 6am on New Year's Day.


In June of 2012, a flood reached the high water mark that flooded out the plant's basement plus a foot above operating floor height and over 3,600 ft. of steam/condensate piping located in box conduit.
Within two days, Boldt was mobilized to the site to asses the repairs and jointly develop a scope with the owner, insurance company, subcontractors and suppliers. Inside the heating plant, boiler feed pumps/motors and condensate pumps and motors were replaced or refurbished. Boiler combustion air fans were refurbished and checked for balance and alignment. New air compressors, controls, communications, chemical feed system and a coal handling conveyor and bucket elevator was replaced. The gas fired unit was lit off in six weeks, the coal boiler grates were stripped, sandblasted and reinstalled for lite-off within five months in time for winter heat.
On the steam tunnels feeding the campus, Boldt again worked with the owner, insurance agent and subcontractors to create a scope of work and a schedule. Once mobilized, the team excavated the 3,600 ft. of box conduit, saw cut the tops, stripped and replaced 7,200 ft. of pipe insulation, replaced the tops, weather-proofed, backfilled and started surface restoration all within six weeks.
Boldt self-performed demo, concrete, carpentry, iron work and crane support.
Using pull-scheduling, Boldt was able to coordinate the entire team's effort to make decisions, scope the project, order long lead-time items, coordinate the subcontractors and meet the project deadlines to get the campus back up in just six weeks in time for the fall semester.


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Ponce – miasto portowe w Portoryko, leżące w południowej części wyspy. Jest czwartym co do wielkości ośrodkiem miejskim kraju – Ponce w 2008 zamieszkiwało ok. 146 tys. ludzi, jego powierzchnia wynosi 278,4 km².

Miasto zostało założone w 1692 przez potomka hiszpańskiego konkwistadora Juan Ponce de Leóna i nazwane jego imieniem.

Współpraca
  Saragossa, Hiszpania

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Q: Python script create folders from filename Searching a python script thats move files to directions created based on the filenames.
Ex.
Filename is ARC20180810185310.jpg
Move that file to:
2018>08

Filename is ARC20180910185310.jpg
Move that file to:
2018>09

A: It's good to try something yourself first, the ask on SO - you learn much more that way.
I would try:
import os
from shutil import copyfile
folder_path = '*folder path*'
os.chdir(folder_path)
for file in os.listdir(folder_path)
    year = file[3:7]
    month = file[7:9]
    final_path = folder_path + '/' + year + '>' + month + '/' + file + .jpg'
    copyfile(file, final_path)

Just replace the paths in ** with whatever you need.
This way you slice the file name and get year and month from it (characters from 3 to 6 and 7,8), then copyfile to a path consisting of both year and month that you sliced.

A: First of all you will need glob.glob() function to find all files in given directory:
files = glob.glob('ARC*.jpg')

Then you will need to extract some parts of filename:
year = filename[3:7]
month = filename[7:9]

Use os.makedirs() with exist_ok=True and create the dirs:
os.makedirs(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, year, month))

Then use shutil.move to move file to specific directory
shutil.move(filename, os.path.join(BASE_DIR, year, month, filename))

Finally you will get something like this:
import glob
import os.path
import shutil

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

files = glob.glob('ARC*.jpg')
for filename in files:
    year = filename[3:7]
    month = filename[7:9]
    try:
        os.makedirs(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, year, month))
    except OSError:
        pass
    shutil.move(filename, os.path.join(BASE_DIR, year, month, filename))

A: Just replace the srcDir and dstDir, you will get your file.jpg moved, if you use MoveFile(srcDir, dstDir, resuisive=True), you will move the file.jpg in the sub-dir of the srcDir too.
from __future__ import print_function
import os, re, shutil

class MoveFile(object):
    def __init__(self, srcDir, dstDir, recursive=False, flag='.JPG'):
        self.srcDir = srcDir
        self.dstDir = dstDir
        self.recursive = recursive
        self.flag = flag
        self.duplicateFileName = []
        self.badFileName = []
        self.jpgFile = []
        self.srcDirDict = {}

    def findAllJPG(self):
        # recursively find file
        if self.recursive == False:
            for item in os.listdir(self.srcDir):
                if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.srcDir,item)) and \
                                os.path.splitext(item)[-1] == self.flag.lower():
                    self.jpgFile.append(item)
        else:
            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.srcDir):
                for item in files:
                    if os.path.splitext(item)[-1] == self.flag.lower():
                        self.jpgFile.append(item)
                        self.srcDirDict[item] = root

        if not self.jpgFile:
            print('NOT FIND ANY JPG FILE!')
        return self.jpgFile

    def parse(self, text):
        try:
            pat =re.compile('[a-zA-Z]+([\d]+)')
            match = pat.match(text)
            data = match.group(1)
            fileName = data[:4]+'-'+data[4:6]
        except TypeError:
            self.badFileName.append(text)
            fileName = None
        return fileName

    def move(self, text):
        try:
            fileName = self.parse(text)
            if fileName == None: return
            if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.dstDir, fileName)):
                os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.dstDir,fileName))

            srcPath= os.path.join(self.srcDirDict[text], text)
            dstDir = os.path.join(self.dstDir, fileName)
            shutil.move(srcPath, dstDir)
        except:
            self.duplicateFileName.append(text)
            raise

    @staticmethod
    def decC(dir):
        return os.path.join(self.srcDir,dir)

    def run(self):
        try:
            if not os.path.isdir(self.dstDir):
                os.mkdir(self.dstDir)
            for text in self.findAllJPG():
                self.move(text)
            print('MOVE SUCCESSFUL!')
        except:
            raise

srcDir = r'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\2'
dstDir = r'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\3'
fmv = MoveFile(srcDir, dstDir, recursive = False)

fmv.run()


Spectrum Industries Inc., headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, innovates tech-ready, quality furniture. As the premier manufacturer of school furniture products, Spectrum values its customers, their feedback, and each product is designed with the customer's needs in mind.
For over 50 years, Spectrum has been serving customers with their products such as its AV-ready lecterns, carts, tables, chairs, and desks. Since 1968, Spectrum's product development process has evolved to meet the needs of their customers and for the company to live up to its standards of creating high-quality, durable furniture.
In Spectrum's product development process, designers, engineers, and many more individuals work together as a team to innovate the perfect product. A wide variety of research is conducted to evaluate what is trending in the field of education, especially makerspace, STEM, and STEAM.
Every product is designed to ensure Spectrum customer expectations are met and represented. One important stage in the product development process is testing. All products are sent to Spectrum's performance lab and endure rigorous testing to ensure their customers that they are receiving durable, safe products. For example, Spectrum's Flex Active Flip Table was designed, tested, and evaluated to ensure it would be safe for their customers.
Spectrum's product development process is nothing short of extensive. Every single step is meticulously planned out and designed to meet customer needs. "We'll make it right for you" is a slogan Spectrum implements into its product development process as well. Listening to customer feedback and designing quality products is one of Spectrum's top priorities.
From design, to development, and all the way to manufacturing the end product, Spectrum's thorough product development process is their way of ensuring their customers that they are in safe hands. Spectrum continues to value customer feedback and innovate furniture that connects people with technology for the ultimate learning environment.


In a recent post, Richard Messick observed–correctly–that although in the last 10-15 years we have seen greater enforcement by so-called "supply-side" countries against bribe-paying firms, "demand-side" governments have not been willing—or able—to go after the bribe-taking public officials. Rick further observes that once a bribe-paying firm has reached a settlement with a supply-side enforcer (say, the U.S. Department of Justice), it should be much easier for the demand-side government to prosecute the corrupt officials on the other side of the transaction. But we see very little of this. Rick attributes the failure to go after the bribe takers to a combination of factors: lack of capacity on the part of demand-side governments, lack of political will, and lack of information about the settlements with supply-side governments.
Those factors are all important, but Rick overlooks one salient fact about these settlements between bribe-paying firms and supply-side governments: often the public settlement documents do not reveal nearly enough information about the bribe transactions to enable the demand-side governments to take action (unless they undertake substantial and costly additional investigation). In the US, for example, the press release announcing the resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matter often looks like this: no names regarding who received the money, no precise time concerning when, no specific department within the agency that received the money. Even if the U.S. government has provided more detailed information about the transactions to demand-side governments, the lack of public disclosure means that if the demand-side government takes no action, local activists lack the ability to use "naming and shaming" techniques effectively.
FOIA is intended to secure open government and an informed citizenry by creating a public right to public access to the information held by federal executive branch agencies–including the Department of Justice and the Securities & Exchange Commission, which are responsible for enforcing the FCPA. If the DOJ or SEC have reached a settlement with a firm that violated the FCPA, then it is likely that those agencies possess documents detailing the bribe transactions, even if those documents have not been made public. Thus, in principle, a simple request for the names of foreign public officials that have received a bribe in a resolved FCPA case should be considered information that the U.S. government is obligated to disclose under FOIA.
(F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual.
Taking into account that FOIA exemptions are to be "given a narrow compass", I would argue that none of these conditions applies to a request for information about a foreign official's involvement in bribery. Subsections (A) would not apply, particularly because U.S. enforcement proceedings would already have concluded, and it's sensible to read this provision as applying only to U.S. enforcement in any event. Subsections (B) and (F) might apply in extreme cases, so perhaps the U.S. government could refuse to disclose officials implicated in bribery schemes if those officials might subsequently be subjected to unfair proceedings or physical danger, but in most cases this will not be an issue. Subsection (C) would likely not apply, because even though disclosure of participation in a criminal scheme might be an "invasion of privacy," it is certainly not "unwarranted," given that the officials involved have committed serious crimes. Subsection (D) would apply only if the corrupt foreign official were the confidential source of the government's information about the FCPA violation (an exceedingly unlikely occurrence). And subsection (E) seems irrelevant to this sort of request.
So, it seems that there is at least a colorable legal argument that requesting the names of foreign officials, who have not committed any crime under U.S. law, would not interfere with the purpose of the FOIA exemption for law enforcement information. If the request is carefully tailored in order to avoid any link with this exemption, or any other FOIA exemption, there is a good chance it will succeed. Success, of course, is not guaranteed. This aggressive use of FOIA implicates foreign relations, which is one of those subject areas in which judges accord significant deference to the executive branch. However, if it works, it would substantially improve the prospects for prosecuting bribe-taking public officials in many countries.
This entry was posted in Guest Commentary and tagged enforcement, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Freedom of Information Act, Ignacio A. Boulin Victoria by Matthew Stephenson. Bookmark the permalink.
Thanks for your post, Ignacio. I think that this is a plausible idea. I agree that FOIA exemptions are to be construed narrowly, so you're on the right side of the presumptions here, I think.
At the same time, I see a couple of potential issues (some of which I am, admittedly, not entirely sure about; someone who is an expert on admin law might correct me here).
First, a significant number of FCPA actions are resolved by deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs). In such cases, enforcement proceedings may be delayed, while defendants and the government generally stipulate to the facts associated with the issue. A plausible argument could be made out, under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(7)(A), that revealing further information, beyond what was stipulated to in the DPA, could interfere with the agreement made with the defendant, or otherwise prejudice any attempts to subsequently enforce the DPA.
Second, I imagine it's possible that this could cause significant controversy in foreign countries. If so, and this was deemed to pose a threat to foreign relations, it would be possible for the executive to classify them, per 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1). This is probably not a serious threat, though, as I imagine it would be pretty hard for the administration to explain away.
Third, are there potential problems with standing here? I know that the FOIA is generally open to "any person," but I am wondering if that extends to foreign governments. I don't remember ever learning about that issue one way or the other, so this might be a complete red herring.
Thanks for your comment and sorry for the delay. Exams have been terrible:). Regarding your first point, I think US based corporations agreement with the US government includes a provision not to disclose the name of their employees, but they usually don't include the name of the foreign government employees who have received illegal money.
As to the controversy in foreign countries, on the one hand it might create some noise. On the other, I believe it would be pretty embarrassing for a foreign government to publicly push against the disclosure of the information of its own corrupt officials.
Regarding standing, I am not saying that a government should request the info. Instead, it should be a private party such as a journalist or a non profit organization.
I agree with Phil that this is an interesting and plausible plan, although I also have some questions. Specifically, I wonder how much the work product privilege incorporated into FOIA's exemption #5 might come into play in many cases. Most records associated with a prosecution would seem to fall under such a privilege, meaning that a requester might have trouble getting anything but the final agreement approved by a final decisionmaker. I've found one or two cases on WestLaw suggesting that in domestic criminal prosecutions, most of the prosecutors' files are protected under the FOIA privileges exception. And if the courts decided to treat "deferred" prosecution agreements as truly deferred and not final, even those documents could be protected by privilege under exemption #5 (in addition to the exemption #7(a) concerns Phil raises above).
Do you know what the final agreement paperwork you'd actually be requesting would look like? That seems like the best shot for getting documentation that wouldn't run into work product privilege, and yet would have information useful to a prosecution.
Two other thoughts: First, I would look for what law has developed, if any, on the FOIA-bility of plea bargain agreements and other instruments that might be analogized to deferred prosecution agreements or final admissions of guilt. I've found at least one case suggesting that many plea bargaining agreements contain admissions of information that might be used in other prosecutions, making them protected under the law enforcement exception to FOIA (again — similar to Phil's 7(a) concern). And second, I would think about what tools agencies and companies might have for self-insulation: for example, if only the final agreements could be FOIA'd, that might change the incentives for what information would be admitted in them versus left out of the final decision.
HI, and sorry for the delay.
A final agreement looks like this. http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2013/2013-65-npa.pdf . Look at page 8, for example, where the corporation recognizes that it has provided illegal gifts to three specific officials. We just need the names!
There is one fundamental issue here. When FOIA refers to prosecutions, it is concerned with US law enforcement procedures. But in what I am proposing, FOIA would be used just to get the names of foreign officials, who cannot be prosecuted in the US.
Thank you for a thought provoking entry Ignacio. To begin with I realise your post is rather specific to the enforcement on the demand side under the FCPA, however, I feel some thoughts on the Australian situation may be of interest.
By way of background, Australia has ratified the OECD bribery convention, although investigations are somewhat thin on the ground, however, several large firms have been in the spotlight in recent years – outcomes are pending. We also have an FOI Act with similar release exemptions related to law enforcement. From a practitioner's perspective (not a lawyer, mind you) the discussion above appears to apply equally in Australia.
Without having read the US FOIA, I rather suspect similar exemptions would be in place.
From my experience with international law enforcement, complex transnational investigations often involve the confidential cooperation of foreign governments. Even though these governments are often victims of the corrupting nature of outside business (i.e. Australian, US or others), they may not be willing to air their dirty laundry. Alternately, future cooperation may hinge on a principled stance of non-disclosure of investigation details under any circumstances. In essence, even though one arm of a foreign government wishes the information to be released, the cooperating investigative agency may not see such a wish in the same light. In either circumstance, express or implied unwillingness to approve the release of information presents another barrier.
This said, I still see value in trying to use FOI to identify bribe recipients. While there will be some rejections, I expect there will also be some successes which can then be built upon.
Thanks for taking the thinking in my earlier post forward. Using the U.S. Freedom of Information Act to pry more information on briber takers out of the American government merits exploration.
"At the request of the Department, and consistent with applicable law and regulation, Daimler shall also cooperate fully with such other domestic or foreign law enforcement authorities and agencies, as well as the Multilateral Development Banks ("MDBs"), in any investigation of Daimler, or any of its present and former directors, employees, agents, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and subsidiaries, or any other party, in any and all matters relating to corrupt payments and related false books and records and internal controls, and in such manner as the parties may agree." Deferred Prosecution Agreement, United States v. Daimler AG, D.C.D.C., No. 1:10-cr-00063, March 22, 2010 at 3.
". . .a continuing obligation to provide full, complete, and truthful cooperation to the Department and any other law enforcement agency, domestic or foreign, with which the Department directs Siemens to cooperate. . . ." Department's Sentencing Memo, United States v. Siemens Aktiengesellscheft, No. 1:08-cr-00367, December 12, 2008, at 10.
If I were a member of civil society, worked for the media, or were a part of the political opposition in any of the countries where either company had admitted paying a bribe, I would be asking the enforcement agency in my country if it had made any contact with ether company and what the result was.
Large law firms write annual or semi-annual tomes analyzing the settlement agreements in FCPA cases. But the ones I have read don't mention what obligation the settling defendant or defendants are under to cooperate with non-U.S. authorities,. I know of at least one, involving BAE, where no cooperation was required. Why? Are there others? Are the cooperation terms boilerplate or negotiated? What considerations go into the negotiations?


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Q: how to send data from webpage to mobile device via SMS I have just started learning java script and trying to build a small functionality where i have created a form(web page basically) and want to send form data on my mobile device via SMS on the click of submit button.But don't know how to pass data from JS to java class and further how to send it via SMS. Can anyone help me how this can be achieved.
thanks in advance.

A: You need to learn how to use gsm module and integrate it


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Melbourne – Design Destination
Australia,Chef Shannon Bennett,Melbourne,sky-scraping architecture,Vue de Monde
Perched on the southernmost rim of the earth, Melbourne is often referred to as the cultural capital of Australia – a title it holds on to with great gusto. A relatively new city, sky-scraping architecture dominates the skyline, but scattered church spires and buildings with carved gables provide a glimpse into its Victorian past.
The climate in Melbourne is unpredictable and a visitor may experience all four seasons in one day. But, autumn (March to May) and spring (September to November) when the temperatures are at their pleasant best are the ideal months to visit. Cross your fingers and hope that a freak storm does not thunder in that day.
Abundant venues for art, film, theatre, music and opera ensure that there is never a dull moment in Melbourne. A vibrant coffee and wine culture and gastronomical delights that can seduce the most stubborn taste buds add to the city's appeal. All these factors combined to gain Melbourne the rank of the World's Most Liveable City by The Economist in 2011.
PUTTING THE VIEW IN VUE
After 11 years of winning awards and acclaim, Chef Shannon Bennett decided to take his restaurant to new heights, thus its shift to the top floor of Melbourne's Rialto building.
Located on the fifty-fifth floor, restaurant Vue de Monde provides a wondrous and unforgettable experience aided by the dramatic view and chic interiors. The vision for the interiors was that it should be as much a testament of Australian history as a reflection of modern Melbourne.
Ink-black walls were chosen to give the place a sophisticated gloss. The armchairs were upholstered with kangaroo leather and furs procured through government-controlled culls. At the heart of the restaurant, the open-plan kitchen counter radiates an orange-yellow glow and exudes warmth into the cool sophistication of the space.
One wall is adorned with neon artwork by artist Joseph Kosuth while light fittings have been used to create interesting montages on another wall. Full-length windows add an element of constant change as the skies transform from the vibrant sunset hues and fill up with sparkling stars and illuminations of the city beyond.
The adjacent Lui Bar may be separate in its existence, but it serves as an ideal complement to the restaurant. The bar faces the south and takes in the view of the bay stretching into the horizon. A variety of seating arrangements have been conceptualized to suit different moods. Sinkable lounges some draped in gold, some in black are clustered in the inner sections, while low sofas form intimate settings along the long windows. But, the head-turner is the 'chandelier' that spreads across the ceiling over the bar. Sculpted to appear like transparent clouds, it has been created by Mikala Dwyer from industrial residual plastic.
While the food at Vue de Monde has managed to appeal to all palates across the years, with its new location and makeover, the restaurant has now entered the realm of classic, fine dining amidst a contemporary ambience.
The Parkville Campus of University of Melbourne serves as an open-air museum tracing Australia's sculpture history since the 1880's. Works by celebrated artists grace the campus grounds and facades of the university buildings, and make the routine walk to class a rich cultural experience. The art here ranges from the Atlantes created in 1880 by James Gilbert installed in the porch of the Old Physiology building to the late 20th century black steel creation, Sun Ribbon by Inge King in the Physics building.
With a city that has so much to offer, it is possible that you may miss a few of its delights. Not if you manage to book yourself into the Lost and Found Hotel Room. Initiated last year, this lost room finds itself in a different location each year for a period of three months, May to July. Furniture, artwork, little knick-knacks that line the shelves and even the bathroom products are resonant of Melbourne's rich culture.
WANDER IN WONDER
Is it a shop? Is it a museum? It is Wunderkammer! German for Cabinet of Curiosities, it is a storehouse of the bizarre, the esoteric and, at least to some eyes, even the aesthetic. Medical instruments, framed and mounted bugs and flies, world maps and globes, skeletons and more are crammed into this little space. So while the mounted head of a reindeer or human skulls may not be on your shopping list, it is worth stepping into this store for an educative browse.


Iraq is in chaos. I do not know where to begin this dead horse beating campaign. Are you telling me that a slew of career politicians and policy makers well-versed in international politics (Moreso than this lowly ASU Political Science graduate) did not have the foresight or mental facilities to see this coming? I mean seriously, this is not a shocking development, it should be an expected result. You have Islamic and Kurdish fighters engaging in the great land grab outside of Baghdad. In most cases, these militants are simply taking cities in some cases unopposed. Awesome, glad to see that the training they received is being put to use.
I am fighting the urge to say, "I told you so" but such commentary is crass. The situation in Iraq is one that is relatively cyclical and will probably demand a US military presence for the foreseeable future as it is obvious that the United States trained Iraqi military is not only not up to task. The argument could be made that they do not want to defend themselves since they are reportedly just throwing down their arms at the first sign of conflict. Wow, I wonder if these guys would fold in the face of a light breeze? Seriously though, I bet George W. Bush is sitting at his ranch in Crawford, TX cackling away while he enjoys a chilled glass of Fruitopia, sliced bananas and a Garfield comic book.
The question that must be answered is: "What does the United States do now?" Well, the President isn't too keen on sending troops back which is not shocking since his foreign policy approval rating is currently at an all-time low (Thirty-seven percent). We are currently experiencing a conundrum since he cannot take a page out of the Clinton playbook and lob a few cruise missiles. What gets me is that our brilliantly scaffolded democratic system that we put in place did not take root. Who would have thought that once we left that this would happen? I ask again did the brilliant political tactician read anything or consult people with a rudimentary understanding of Iraq about this. It wasn't soothsaying or any sort of witchcraft to see this outcome. Of course, given the amount of territory seized by ISIS (Not the Intelligence Agency -- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), the United States has to do something but is shackled given the current political situation in Iraq. It will be interesting to see how this plays out given the fact that a humanitarian crisis is brewing.