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best laid plans 2014
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sorry for the slow posting lately. yes, i'm still slacking off. (~_^) regularly scheduled programming should resume this weekend. (^_^)
in the meantime, i thought i'd steal a blogging idea from peter frost, and give ya'll an idea of what to expect from this blog during 2014. (tl;dr: more of the same, really. (~_^) )
– more on mating patterns: long-term inbreeding and outbreeding practices in human societies and why some peoples go for inbreeding and why others do not. also, the relationship(s) (if any) between mating patterns and family types (think emmanuel todd). also, more on the connections between mating patterns and clannishness (or not) and behavioral patterns like civicness, corruption, and nepotism.
– i hope to explore further how different long-term mating patterns and family types create/affect selection pressures for various innate social behaviors in populations.
– individualism/collectivisim vs. familism/non-collectivism
– universalism vs. particularism
– democracy: including the contrasts between liberal vs. consensus democracy and the idea that there are democratic tendencies in a lot of societies — probably the majority of societies — but very few places where you'll find liberal democracy and even fewer places where liberal democracy works.
– i want to look further at how renaissances and reformations happen, and why human accomplishment has most definitely not been uniform across the globe.
– violence: mostly the differences (if any) between societies where feuding is common vs. those that engage in large-scale warfare (thanks, grey!).
– also, i'll continue to ask (in a hopefully annoying, gadfly-like way): where does culture come from?
– i'll also be asking: how does assimilation happen? and i'll be asking/looking for evidence for if/how it does.
this past summer, i started posting about the history of mating patterns in europe, and i had a plan all worked out, but i got (seriously) side-tracked. typical! i'm going to pick up that posting plan!…right after i post about the history of mating patterns/family types/social structures in the nordic nations…right after i post about the mating patterns/family types/social structures of the franks.
got all that? good. (^_^)
p.s. – oh. i also take reader requests! (^_^)
previously: top ten list 2013
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clannishness defined
because there's more to hbd than just iq, biology 101, biology and behavior, biology matters, civicness, clannishness, clannism, collectivism, commonweal, consensus democracy, definitions, different peoples is different (duh!), disregard for the commonweal, familism, feuds, first draft, individualism, individualism-collectivism, just a theory (with a small "t"), liberal democracy, mating patterns matter, particularism, relatedness matters, universalism, violence, what's this hbd business all about anyway?
'bout time, right? right.
the first thing — one of the most important things — to remember is that clannishness does NOT just apply to peoples who live in clans (or, like the arabs, lineage-based tribes). a population that is clannish, or exhibits traits of clannishness, does NOT have to be one arranged along clans/tribes. all — or maybe most (dunno) — societies that are arranged along clan/tribal lines are normally clannish — at least i think so — i can't think of any that are not. but clannishness extends beyond that — some societies are clannish even though their members don't spend their everyday lives surrounded by their fellow clan members.
so what is clannishness then? clannishness is (and i reserve the right to alter this definition) a set of behaviors and innate behavioral traits and predispositions which, when found in a population, result in the members of that population strongly favoring, in all areas of life, themselves, their family members — both near and extended, and even closely allied associates (esp. in clannish societies which are not arranged into clans), while at the same time strongly disfavoring those considered to be non-family and all unrelated, non-allied associates. (i know — it's messy — it needs work. i agree. feel free to leave suggestions in the comments! thnx.)
the most important thing to remember here is: take the clannish individuals out of their native clannish environment — for instance, away from their extended families or clans — and they will still, on average, behave in clannish ways. why? because (i think) that what we're looking at are innate traits — innate traits that are found to different degrees, on average, in different populations. and why should that be? evolution by natural selection, that's why. to quote myself:
think of it like a two-stage rocket:
– FIRST you have either inbreeding or outbreeding (or any range in between those), and these mating patterns either focus or disperse "genes for altruism" … within extended family groups, which….
– THEN sets the stage for creating different selection pressures in that different social environments are created (egs. nuclear families, extended families, clans, larger tribes). it's HERE in this second stage where the behaviors — either clannish or not (or any range in between those!) — are selected for (or can be selected for).
"either clannish or not (or any range in between those!)." in other words, clannishness should be viewed as a spectrum. to quote myself again:
clannishness should be viewed as a spectrum.
the pattern seems to be that, the longer and greater the inbreeding, the more clannish — and the opposite — the longer and greater the outbreeding, the less clannish.
if we take 1 as the least clannish and 10 as the most clannish, i would rate various groups as follows (these are today's judgements — i reserve the right to alter these as i go forward and learn more about all of these populations!):
1 – the english (not all of them — probably not the cornish, for instance), some of the dutch
2 – the scandinavians
3 or 4 – the irish
6-7 – the italians, the greeks, the chinese
7-8 – the albanians
10 – the yanomamo
11 – the arabs
(see also jayman's A Tentative Ranking of the Clannishness of the "Founding Fathers")
since we're talking (i think) about evolution and the selection for behaviors here, it should be obvious that populations can go from being more or less clannish — and also that populations can, and do, head down slightly different evolutionary pathways depending on their own, unique circumstances, and so probably all will be clannish (or non-clannish) in their own ways. there will be broad similarities, of course — but maybe mostly the patterns will be generally the same, just not very specifically.
so what are these clannish behaviors/traits?
well, i'm not the only one who's interested in clannishness and the effects that has on the functioning (or not) of societies. here is mark weiner on "clannism" [kindle locations 128-138]:
"[B]y the rule of the clan I mean the political arrangements of societies governed by what the 'Arab Human Development Report 2004' calls 'clannism.' These societies possess the outward trappings of a modern state but are founded on informal patronage networks, especially those of kinship, and traditional ideals of patriarchal family authority. In nations pervaded by clannism, government is coopted for purely factional purposes and the state, conceived on the model of the patriarchal family, treats citizens not as autonomous actors but rather as troublesome dependents to be managed.
"Clannism is the historical echo of tribalism, existing even in the face of economic modernization. It often characterizes rentier societies struggling under the continuing legacy of colonial subordination, as in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, where the nuclear family, with its revolutionary, individuating power, has yet to replace the extended lineage group as the principle framework for kinship or household organization. A form of clannism likewise pervades mainland China and other nations whose political development was influenced by Confucianism, with its ideal of a powerful state resting on a well-ordered family, and where personal connections are essential to economic exchange."
that's a good start, but here's a more general list of non-clannish–clannish traits/behaviors (again, these should be viewed as spectrums … spectra?):
– individualism/collectivism vs. familism/non-collectivism
– civic-minded/commonweal oriented vs. not civic-minded/not commonweal oriented
– liberal democracy vs. consensus democracy (or no democracy at all)
– low corruption vs. high corruption
– low-violence vs. high-violence(?)
– no feuding vs. feuding
put all of these selected for behaviors together (plus, i'm sure, others that i haven't thought of) in different average degrees in different populations, and you get different degrees of clannishness — or very little at all — in different populations.
previously: where do clans come from? and mating patterns, family types, social structures, and selection pressures and inbreeding and outbreeding and theories
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joshua keating wrote on his foreign policy blog last week:
Questions you never thought to ask: Is inbreeding bad for democracy?
heh. (~_^)
well, some of us HAVE thought to ask that very question, a couple of people waaaay before i did — going back to 2002 in fact:
– Consanguinity prevents Middle Eastern political development from parapundit.
– Cousin Marriage Conundrum – from steve sailer. steve's essay was also included in a volume co-edited by steven pinker, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004.
keating is referring to the woodley and bell paper, Consanguinity as a Major Predictor of Levels of Democracy: A Study of 70 Nations, which was published last year and which i blogged about here (and here and here and here) — and steve sailer also blogged about at the time.
just to refresh everyone's memory, woodley and bell found a negative correlation (r = –0.632, p < 0.001) between the frequency of consanguineous marriages in the 70 nations at which they looked and the level of democracy in those countries. in other words, the greater the amount of consanguineous marriages in a country, the less democracy it probably has.
keating is not convinced:
"As a counterpoint, Iceland — a country so isolated and sparsely populated that people need an Android app to keep them from hooking up with a close relative — has had a representative parliament since the 10th century and a culture of individualism so strong they write Nobel Prize-winning novels about it. So there."
first of all, it should be remembered that woodley and bell specifically looked for success at liberal democracy (fwiw, ymmv). from the paper:
"As conceived here, democracy refers to a system in which there is opportunity for competitive elections and deliberative referendums, with broad public participation encouraged for both (Vanhanen, 2003). Democracy in this instance refers exclusively to the liberal variety where the emphasis is on competitive politics, rather than the classical type in which the focus is on consensus building and statesmanship (Werlin, 2002). Two key characteristics of liberal democratic systems include the presence of institutions that permit citizens to express preferences for alternative policies and leaders, and the existence of institutionalized constraints that prevent the misuse of power by an executive elite (Inglehart, 2003; Lipset, 1959; Marshall & Jaggers, 2010)."
secondly, tenth century icelandic democracy was not an example of liberal democracy — and wasn't right through to 1262 when the norwegian crown took over the governance of iceland. rather, the icelandic commonwealth was a system based on consensus which i posted about previously here.
early medieval icelanders were represented at their alþingi by regional chieftans known as goðar. nobody elected these goðar — they were the local strongmen from various areas of iceland, and they typically inherited their position, although these chieftainships were sometimes sold. you could, in theory, pick your own goði to whom you swore allegiance, but apparently in practice this rarely ever happened — because a lot of medieval icelanders were kin to their goðar [pdf], and it's almost always bloody awkward to break it off with family — especially when you can't easily move to the other side of the island or something.
so these early medieval icelandic "representatives" bore little resemblance to the representatives we have in modern, parliamentary systems (h*ck – maybe that was a good thing!). if you were an early medieval icelander, your alþingi representative was likely your kin, and you were probably stuck with him for life — until his son took over. this was not liberal democracy.
did the early medieval icelanders marry their cousins? i'm not sure. it's very likely that their immediate ancestors from norway did (like the early medieval swedes probably did), and the medieval icelanders ignored many other of the church's teachings and regulations on marriage at the time [pdf], so i wouldn't be surprised if they did. the fact that medieval icelandic society seems to have devolved from one in which kinship was comparatively unimportant to a state where large clans controlled the place also suggests to me that they married their cousins — or at least mated awfully closely (they may not have had to marry very close cousins since they were such a small population to start off with).
having said all that, when trying to work out why the medieval icelanders — or any other group for that matter — didn't/don't have liberal democracy, it's not really important whether or not they were marrying their cousins at the time in question. well, it is … and it isn't. (don't pull your hair out just yet.)
what is important (i think) is whether or not the medieval icelanders — or any group-X — had been marrying their cousins over the long-term. i don't think that there's an instantaneous connection between cousin marriage (or other close mating) and failing to manage a functional liberally democratic system. what i think that there is are longer term evolutionary processes connected to inbreeding/outbreeding patterns and the selection for individualism vs. familism or clannism. and if you have clannism, liberal democracy will just not work.
woodley and bell acquired their consanguinity data from consang.net. here's a map of those data:
what stands out right away is that consanguinity rates are very high in the arab world, the middle east, north africa, and places like pakistan and afghanistan, while rates are really low in the u.s. and scandinavia. that seems to fit the cousin-marriage-doesn't-promote-democracy theory. but the cousin marriage rates in china are very low — same range as england and western europe. why don't the chinese manage to have a liberal democracy then?
what you have to understand is that this map is a snapshot. it is a moment in time (mostly the twentieth century). it doesn't tell us much about the history of cousin marriage in any of these societies — whether any of it's been short-term or long-term — and without knowing that, we can't even start to guess at any effects the mating patterns (and related family types) might've had on the evolution of behaviors in these populations, including those related to clannishness.
once you know, for instance, that up until very recently, the chinese actually preferred cousin marriage, then you can — i think — begin to understand why they're clannish (or, at least, extended family-ish). and why, therefore, liberal democracy doesn't work there — or didn't arise there in the first place either.
rinse and repeat for all the other locales on the map.
see also Cousin Marriage and Democracy @marginal revolution.
previously: liberal democracy vs. consensus building and democracy and endogamous mating practices and "hard-won democracy"
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as we've seen, some societies experience a lot more difficulties implementing liberal democracy (or any sort of democracy) than others, and very often the ones that have these difficulties have a history of cousin marriage (see here and here).
liberal democracy (fwiw) is, of course, a relatively modern invention, but it's not as though democratic tendencies weren't around before the enlightenment. many societies have, or have had, democratic elements to them even if they are/were not fully functioning democracies, probably mostly because people will have a say in matters. there's even been talk that the ancient sumerians engaged in a "primitive democracy" so … well … there you go.
in The Tribal Imagination, robin fox described so well what is so ODD about our modern liberal democray. i quoted him once before on liberal democracy, and here i go again [pg. 60 – bolding added by me]:
"Again in England, it was not until 1688, after a bitter civil-religious war and a period of hard totalitarianism, that we were able to set up a system whereby political factions could compete for votes and, most amazingly, the loser would *voluntarily cede power*. This transformation took a long time and hard practice with many missteps."
to voluntarily cede power. very odd system, indeed!
in digging around for stuff on mating patterns in different societies, i've found that i keep coming across an alternate democratic system that seems to pop up again and again in places with more inbreeding than the anglo world, and that is consensus democracy. and if it's not a democratic system, it's a system of governing that involves getting/having a consensus in some shape or form. i don't know if this is an actual general pattern or not — i.e. more consensus building in more inbred societies — it's just something i've noticed lately.
tribal societies, like those in the arab world, definitely seem to operate with consensus building systems [pg. 212 – emphases added by me]:
"Arab society during Muhammad's day and for more than a century afterward never really developed a stable political order worthy of being called a state. There was no state per se and no administrative structure of government. Arab society remained what it had always been, a tribal society characterized by personal leadership and appointed retainers that drew no distinctions between the social, religious, and military aspects of life. Indeed, there was never a formal army as such. Instead, there was an alliance of powerful tribal chiefs who led their personal retinues in battle. There was no financial system, and what treasury there was came from gifts and booty obtained in raids. Government was essentially an enlarged tribal system of negotiated consensus among powerful tribal chieftans, and it was these warrior chiefs who controlled the Arab populace and the army. Governance was effected indirectly through tribal intermediaries. This system of indirect rule plagued the Muslim Empire until its end. Power ebbed and flowed from the center of authority, but no caliph ever was able to retain control of the tribal and regional armies for very long. Revolts and insurrections rooted in jealousy, political interests, religious apostasy, and blood feuds went on for centuries."
but i've also noticed the concept of "consensus" in other places like in the medieval republic of novgorod which is meant to be one of these examples of early democracy in eastern europe. however, consensus was a big part of novgorod's democratic system [pg. 47 – link and emphasis added by me]:
"Another source of stability in the region which is grounded in the historic inheritance of Novgorod is the concept of democratic consensus. Although, in Novgorod's history, consensus was sometimes achieved through violent means (the medieval chronicles depict how recalcitrant minorities within the assembly, or veche, might face physical assault, including being hurled off the principle bridge of the city into the river Volkhov), the idea that elected representatives have an obligation, once in power, to seek consensus for the good of society beyond narrow partisan, ethnic, or geographic interests has been critical in helping to achieve stability…. As former First Deputy Governor Valery Trofimov put it, 'all of civil society' — elected officials, academics, entrepreneurs — worked together to forge a policy commonly referred to as 'politics of the round table.'"
and poland's era of golden liberty — another example of early democracy in eastern europe — was undone by its consensus building mechanism, the liberum veto [emphasis added by me]:
"The liberum veto (Latin for 'the free veto') was a parliamentary device in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It allowed any member of the Sejm (legislature) to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify any legislation that had already been passed at the session by shouting Nie pozwalam! (Polish: 'I do not allow!'). From the mid-16th to the late 18th century, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had the liberum veto, a form of unanimity voting rule, in its parliamentary deliberations….
"This rule evolved from the principle of unanimous consent, which derived from the traditions of decision making in the Kingdom of Poland, and developed under the federative character of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Each deputy to a Sejm was elected at a sejmik (the local sejm for a region) and represented the entire region. He thus assumed responsibility to his sejmik for all decisions taken at the Sejm. A decision taken by a majority against the will of a minority (even if only a single sejmik) was considered a violation of the principle of political equality."
in other words, there had to be consensus.
i might be wrong, but it seems to me that consensus building systems have something to do with the presence of different interest groups — in the case of tribal societies, different tribes — in the case of clannish societies, different clans. i think you might wind up with liberal democracy arising naturally only in places where these interest groups have been removed from the system — like in england where society was "atomized" into bunches of individuals and their nuclear families in the early medieval period.
let's see — who else likes consensus? oh, yes — some north american native americans in canada, eh! probably have a history of mating endogamously. the sveeedes. late outbreeders. and, my personal favorite, one of those rabble-rousing scots-irishmen, john c. calhoun!:
"The 'Disquisition on Government' is a 100-page abstract treatise that comprises Calhoun's definitive and fully elaborated ideas on government; he worked on it intermittently for six years before it was finished in 1849. It systematically presents his arguments that 1) a numerical majority in any government will typically impose a despotism over a minority unless some way is devised to secure the assent of all classes, sections, and interests and 2) that innate human depravity would debase government in a democracy.
"Calhoun offered the concurrent majority as the key to achieving consensus, a formula by which a minority interest had the option to nullify objectionable legislation passed by a majority interest."
hmmmm. that "innate human depravity would debase government in a democracy." how true.
previously: consanguinity and democracy and pathogens and consanguinity and democracy and "hard-won democracy"
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Q: Select and verify a value from 3 tables I have made this:
(SELECT numerocert FROM certificati)
UNION
(SELECT numeroarbo AS numerocert FROM cert_arbo)
UNION
(SELECT numeroerba AS numerocert FROM cert_erba)
WHERE numerocert = 12

I want to see if the number 12 is present in these three tables, but do not understand what is wrong.

A: The where Statement must be connected to call 3 tables:
SELECT numerocert FROM certificati WHERE numerocert = 12
UNION
SELECT numeroarbo AS numerocert FROM cert_arbo WHERE numeroarbo = 12
UNION
SELECT numeroerba AS numerocert FROM cert_erba WHERE numeroerba = 12

or you she to use a outer query:
select numerocert from (
  (SELECT numerocert FROM certificati)
  UNION
  (SELECT numeroarbo AS numerocert FROM cert_arbo)
  UNION
  (SELECT numeroerba AS numerocert FROM cert_erba)
)
WHERE numerocert = 12

A: The answer why your query fails was given in another answer already. Here is another approach.
You want to know whether a value exists in one of the tables. But rather than use EXISTS (or IN for that matter), you select from all tables, glue their results and eliminate duplicates. Here is one way to select 12 if found in any of the tables (and the optimizer may apply an algorithm where it only reads on until the first match found):
select numerocert
from (select 12 as numerocert) t
where numerocert in (select numerocert from certificati)
   or numerocert in (select numeroarbo from cert_arbo)
   or numerocert in (select numeroerba from cert_erba)
;

A:     Select *
    From

    (SELECT numerocert FROM certificati

UNION

    SELECT numeroarbo AS numerocert FROM cert_arbo

    UNION

     SELECT numeroerba AS numerocert FROM cert_erba)  tab
    WHERE numerocert = 12

You need to wrap the result of unions into one table then apply query on that

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Radel-Pabby was away from her home on Nov. 24 when it happened. Her boyfriend was at home with their 1-year-old son Parker and Willow.
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Radel-Pabby describes her fur baby as a "sweetheart mama's girl," and as being protective of Parker. But other than that, Willow is pretty low-key.
"She's not really a barker unless she's talking to us or really excited to see us," Radel-Pabby said.
However, on Nov. 24, while Radel-Pabby was away from the house, Willow went into the upstairs office, where she doesn't normally, and began acting strangely.
"(Willow) never goes into the office unless we're in there. She had crawled underneath the desk where the outlet was, and she was acting nervous," Radel-Pabby said. "Usually that means there's a problem or she's scared of something."
Radel-Pabby said her boyfriend, who was home at the time with their son, found Willow in the room.
"She was barking and she pooped everywhere because she didn't know how else to tell us (what was wrong)," she said.
Her boyfriend kept trying to get Willow out of the office, but Radel-Pabby said she kept giving him a warning snap.
"She was telling him: 'There's a problem. Don't move until you see this,'" Radel-Pabby said.
Eventually, Willow was finally able to turn Radel-Pabby's boyfriend's attention to an outlet, behind which a fire had sparked.
"It hadn't spread through the rest of the wall yet, (but) it started melting the box and wires and box around it," Radel-Pabby said.
The fire department was called and firefighters put out the fire, but had to cut a hole in the wall to be sure it was contained.
Radel-Pabby said the firefighters told her, "If we hadn't seen it when we did, our whole house would've been up in flames overnight."
"It scared the crap out of me," she said. "The fact that this could've been a lot worse -- it was an eye-opener."
Radel-Pabby gives all the credit of her home still standing and her family staying safe to her her "sweetheart" dog.
"Willow surely did save our home."
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RONNIE BOTTOMLEY 'BIG BIRTHDAY BIG BAND'
Thursday 18.07.2019
For the opening night of the jazz festival this year, multi award winner, drummer, arranger and big band leader Ronnie Bottomley celebrates his 90th birthday leading 18 of the north's finest jazz musicians in his Big Band. It is (he says!) his last outing as a big band leader -it will be a very special occasion.
Ronnie has worked with the best – singers like Gene Pitney, Buddy Greco and Marion Montgomery, musicians including Johnny Dankworth, Harry (Sweets) Edison and Barney Kessel, as well as playing at two Royal Command performances. He worked at Leeds College of Music for 35 years and was musical director of the Leeds College of Music Big Band when they accompanied three times Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur at her European debut at Leeds Town Hall. Ronnie has collected many awards – including the Jack Parnell Trophy for best big band drummer and the Jazz Yorkshire Lifetime Achievement Award.
His band features four vocalists Chris Scott from the BBC Radio Big Band, Leeds vocalists Nicki Allan and Eddie Martell plus Kelly Dixon plus on saxophones - Jim Corry (alto/soprano), James Russell (alto/clarinet/flute), Joel Purnell (tenor), Simon Kaylor (tenor/flute) Rod Mason (baritone); trumpets- Dale Gibson, Gareth Smith, Trevor Vincent, Ian Chalk ; trombones - Brian Archer, Stuart Garside, Kevin Holbrough, Chris Hibbard; guitar - Derrick Harris ; piano- Graham Hearn; Bass - Adrian Knowles, Drums - Dave Walsh
To add to his musical achievements Ronnie is now an author! His autobiography "Its not all fun having a good time" is published this year. He will be talking about the book and signing copies of before the concert at 6pm in the Rooftop Bar at Leeds College of Music (free to ticketholders)


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Q: Decimal Lags on ACF or Integer I have an hourly time series, so when I plot the ACF it shows decimal lags. I can solve this by setting l=frequency of data times the numeber of integer lags I want to study. Ex: acf(data, l=8765*4)
For selecting ARMA order, should i look at integer lags or decimal lags?


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Das Ostbüro der SPD war die organisatorische Basis der Arbeit von geflüchteten Parteiführern und -mitgliedern der SPD nach der Zwangsvereinigung von SPD und KPD zur SED am 21. April 1946.

Vergleichbare Ostbüros bestanden auch bei den anderen demokratischen Parteien sowie beim DGB.

Geschichte
Da eine freie, legale Parteiarbeit in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone (SBZ) nach der Zwangsvereinigung nicht mehr möglich war, wurde 1946 das sogenannte Ostbüro gegründet, um die Arbeit in der Illegalität fortführen zu können. Organisatorische Basis waren die Flüchtlingsbetreuungsstellen in Hannover, wo der erste Hauptsitz des Ostbüros lag, und West-Berlin.

Am 1. Juni 1950 wurde der Hauptsitz nach Bonn verlegt. Für die operative Arbeit blieb die Außenstelle in Berlin wesentlich.

Seit dem 1. November 1948 war Stephan G. Thomas Leiter des Ostbüros bis zu seiner Umbenennung 1966.

Der SPD-Parteivorstand beauftragte Anfang 1959 Max Kukil mit der Reorganisation des Ostbüros, wenige Tage später starb er plötzlich im Alter von 55 Jahren an Herzversagen. Die Staatssicherheit der DDR streute die Spekulation, die in ostdeutschen Zeitungen veröffentlicht wurde, dass Kukil von Mitarbeitern des Ostbüros vergiftet worden sei.

Im Jahr 1966 wurde das Ostbüro in das "Referat für gesamtdeutsche Fragen" der SPD umgewandelt. Herbert Wehner als stellvertretender Parteivorsitzender der SPD, der 1966 auch Bundesminister für gesamtdeutsche Fragen wurde, betrieb die Kursänderung in Richtung Entspannungspolitik. Bis zur Auflösung im Jahr 1971 war Helmut Bärwald dessen Leiter.

In Berlin arbeitete die Außenstelle noch bis 1981 unter Charlotte von Heyden und Käthe Frädrich weiter.

Aufgaben und Tätigkeit
Wesentliche Aufgaben waren
 die Betreuung der Flüchtlinge aus der DDR
 die Koordination der Widerstandsarbeit gegen undemokratische Maßnahmen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen in der SBZ bzw. DDR und Unterstützung  der verbliebenen Mitglieder in der DDR zur Wiedergründung einer SPD
 die Betreuung der politischen Gefangenen und deren Angehörigen
 Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im Westen und der Versuch der Herstellung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit im Osten
 Schmuggel von Propagandamaterial in die SBZ bzw. DDR
 Abwurf von Flugblättern mittels Ballons über der SBZ bzw. DDR
 Informationsbeschaffung über Personen, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft in der SBZ bzw. DDR
 Weitergabe von Informationen über die SBZ bzw. DDR an in- und ausländische staatliche Stellen

Arbeit in der DDR
Kontakte zum Ostbüro der SPD waren in der DDR streng verboten. Eine Vielzahl von Verhaftungen und Schauprozessen erfolgte wegen des Vorwurfs der Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ostbüro, unter anderem auch die des DDR-Außenministers Georg Dertinger.

Daher waren die Widerstandsgruppen, die mit dem Ostbüro zusammenarbeiteten, gezwungen konspirativ zu arbeiten.

Personen

Bekannt gewordene Mitarbeiter
 Helmut Bärwald
 Siegfried Berger
 Robert Bialek
 Walter Böhm
 Heinz Brandt
 Wolfgang Harich
 Heinz Kühne
 Rudolf Maerker
 Siegmund Neumann
 Dieter Rieke
 Stephan G. Thomas

Eine Vielzahl von SPD-Mitgliedern und -Anhängern musste den durch das Ostbüro koordinierten Widerstand  gegen die DDR-Diktatur mit Flucht, Gefängnis oder gar Tod bezahlen. Die genaue Anzahl ist unbekannt. Schätzungen sprechen von 800 bis 1000 inhaftierten Mitgliedern.

Flüchtlinge
Bekannte Flüchtlinge, die mit Hilfe des Ostbüros flüchteten, waren
 Fritz Schenk
 Rudolf Maerker

Das Ostbüro in der Propaganda der SED
In der Darstellung der Propaganda der SED war das Ostbüro der SPD ein Zentrum der Spionage und Diversion. Insbesondere der Volksaufstand des 17. Juni 1953 wurde als Ergebnis der westlichen Agententätigkeit der Ostbüros, der Geheimdienste und der Bürgerrechtsbewegungen wie der Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit oder des Untersuchungsausschusses Freiheitlicher Juristen zurückgeführt. Mitglieder des SPD-Ostbüros wurden in der DDR-Propaganda als "Schumacher-Agenten" dargestellt.

Siehe auch
 Ostbüro der CDU
 Ostbüro der FDP

Literatur
 Helmut Bärwald: Das Ostbüro der SPD. 1946–1971 Kampf und Niedergang (= Reihe Gegenwart und Zeitgeschichte. Band 14). Sinus, Krefeld 1991, ISBN 3-88289-023-1.
 Wolfgang Buschfort: Die Ostbüros der Parteien in den 50er Jahren (= Schriftenreihe des Berliner Landesbeauftragten für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der Ehemaligen DDR. Bd. 7). 3., unveränderte Auflage. Der Berliner Landesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der Ehemaligen DDR, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-934085-09-1 Online (PDF; 1 MB).
 Wolfgang Buschfort: Das Ostbüro der SPD. Von der Gründung bis zur Berlin-Krise (= Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte. Bd. 63). Oldenbourg, München 1991, ISBN 3-486-64563-3.
 Wolfgang Buschfort: Parteien im kalten Krieg. Die Ostbüros von SPD, CDU und FDP (= Analysen und Dokumente. Bd. 19). Links, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-226-3.
 Wolfgang Buschfort: Das Ostbüro der SPD. In: Freiheit und Recht. Nr. 1+2, April 2011, , S. 9–10.
 Norbert Pötzl: Der Kampf der Systeme: TÖRICHT UND TÖDLICH. In: Spiegel Spezial Geschichte. vom 29. Juli 2008.
 Bernd Stöver: Die Befreiung vom Kommunismus. Amerikanische Liberation Policy im Kalten Krieg 1947–1991 (= Zeithistorische Studien. Bd. 22). Böhlau, Köln u. a. 2002, ISBN 3-412-03002-3, S. 250 ff. (zugleich: Potsdam, Univ., Habil.-Schr.).

Einzelnachweise

Deutsche Teilung
Geschichte der SPD
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Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy on air, again.
Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 40th anniversary of Douglas Adams's cult science fiction comedy.
The global multi-media success story that is "Hitchhiker's" started life as a Radio 4 series in March 1978. The original scripts by the late Douglas Adams then went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a collection of comic books – and a towel.
Arthur Dent is the last human alive, but in many ways he's much less than that.
Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams's space travellers return to Radio 4 to be thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash on Thursday 8 March 2018 at 6.30pm.
Grab your DON'T PANIC towel and enjoy the broadcasts.
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Lawrence of Arabia & The Bridge on the River Kwai | Releasing on 4K UHD on 6/7
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Celebrating its 60th anniversary. Winner of 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture of 1962, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA stands as one of the most timeless and essential motion picture masterpieces. The greatest achievement of its legendary, Oscar®-winning director, David Lean (1962, Lawrence of Arabia; 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai), the film stars Peter O'Toole — in his career-making performance — as T.E. Lawrence, the audacious World War I British army officer who heroically united rival Arab desert tribes and led them to war against the mighty Turkish Empire. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1962, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA won seven, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography [Color], Best Art Direction-Set Decoration [Color], Best Film Editing, Best Music [Score] and Best Sound.
Celebrating its 65th anniversary. When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even its theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
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Right to just and Democratic Governance
In our engagement with government and its institutions, we seek to support increased capacity at all levels and influence the implementation of legislation. The investment in strategic engagement with the government at all levels facilitates the identification, and prioritisation of issues, and collaboration with development partners.
ActionAid works with tax power, redistributive justice & accountable and transparent public services with the people who need help the most. We seek to continue our advocacy and engagement with communities that enable the poor and excluded to advocate for their rights and have access to public services against the backdrop of shrinking and/or reduced space for civil society.
Core Areas Include:
Tax power, redistributive Justice & accountable and transparent Public Services
Deepening democracy and civic space
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Rana Plaza incident: Survivors are yet to recover
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United Nations General Assembly has already explicitly recognized the human right to water, ActionAid Bangladesh believes that river must be recognized as a living being both legally and practically to protect its right. In this backdrop, ActionAid Bangladesh hosted its fourth annual international water conference 'River: A living being' on 29 and 30 January 2019 at Kuakata, Patuakhali.
People's Budget Assembly 2019
ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) in coordination with Democratic Budget Movement, the Parliamentary caucus concerned with national development and the annual budget, Dhaka University Centre on Budget and Policy organized 'People's Budget Assembly 2019', a model parliament session to discuss on preparing a participatory budget reflecting hopes, rights and aspirations of the general people, The programme was held on 28 April 2019 at Engineers Institutions Bangladesh (IEB) in Dhaka.
This year Rana Plaza tragedy marked 6 th year of the largest industrial accident in the country's history taking place. Bangladesh RMG sector saw comprehensive reforms and improvements in different areas such as workplace safety, occupational safety and health, law and policy reforms etc following this tragic incident. Considerable efforts have been made by the government, non-government organisations, local manufacturers, international fashion brands and individual stakeholders to ensure compensation, rehabilitation and reintegration of the affected people and workplace safety.
Halt corp
Taking the momentum of November 30, 2017- declared as Tax Day by the government of Bangladesh, a two-week action was planned at the local and national level around corporate taxes and its roles as a key source of revenue to fund public services. The core objectives of this campaign were to raise awareness and generate discussion around issues related to corporate tax avoidance, illicit financial flow and harmful tax incentives, role of corporate taxes as an alternate mechanism of revenue generation vis-à-vis indirect taxes such as VAT. The main demand was "Halt corporate tax avoidance and generate revenue from corporate taxes."
Tax tribunal, Citizens' Tax 2018
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Price tag of a dream
Selim does not have the life he had before Rana Plaza. He is not physically fit like before. His left leg and left hand is paralysed. Was this supposed to happen?
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14 March 2016 was a more eventful day than other days. There was a festive atmosphere in the office. From the morning, candidates of Feminist Leadership Forum (FLF) were conducting their campaign for the new convener position. After successful campaign, election formality started at 3 pm. The former convener handed over the responsibility to the newly elected convener.
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Cross border talks and joint efforts are imperative to ensure we project a positive impact upon the future generations of this subcontinent.
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The Tax Power campaign of ActionAid Bangladesh has been spreading awareness of the tax injustice and influence redistribution of resources.
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Invisible Scars: Five Years After Rana Plaza
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Unforgettable & unforgivable: Rana Plaza
The 2013 Rana Plaza collapse killed more than 1135 garments workers and approximately 2,500 injured people were rescued alive. It is considered the deadliest garment-factory accident in human history. On April 22, 2017 ActionAid Bangladesh shared the 4th Follow up Survey "Unforgettable & unforgivable: Rana Plaza" on the Status of Rehabilitation and Reintegration of the Survivors and Families of Deceased. In 2017, the survey was conducted on survivors and families of deceased. The sample sizes were 1403 and 607 for survivors and families of deceased.
Three years since Rana Plaza: the changing RMG sector
This is the preliminary findings of the 3rd follow-up survey on the status of rehabilitation and reintegration of the survivors and the families of deceased, and a critical reflection on the changes in the ready-made garments (RMG) sector post-Rana Plaza collapse.
Unfinished Duties..
Rana Plaza collapse was the single worst tragedy in the global history of apparel industry the whole world witnessed in April, 2013 at Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In response to this tragic incident, ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) worked with the survivors and the family members of the deceased workers from the very beginning. AAB has been conducted a rapid need assessment and surveys since 2013. In 2015, AAB commissioned another follow-up survey to assess the psychological and physical health condition of the survivors, to assess the present livelihood status of the survivors and kin of the deceased, reality check on the status of compensation and to identify the gaps in realizing the services.
Vulnerability of the children and families of the garments workers deceased in Savar building collapse
This report is developed on information from a phone-survey on 278 deceased garments workers who left behind children.
Empowering Women RMG Workers Project Bangladesh
ActionAid Bangladesh has been working with the RMG workers for empowering them to claim their rights. The purpose of the project is to improve the working conditions of the workers. To reach its objective we seek to raise awareness on the Bangladesh Labour Law (BLL)…
ActionAid Bangladesh has been working with the RMG workers for empowering them to claim…
Advisory and Capacity Building Services on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to Improve the Business Environment in Bangladesh
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Mainstreaming the UN Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights in the Bangladesh Garment, Leather and Tannery Industries
Garment, leather and tannery industries have emerged as the biggest earner of foreign currency…
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Denon Blu-ray Disc Player and Transport Announced
Mahwah, NJ — July 24, 2007 — Denon Electronics, a world leader in high-performance home entertainment products, today announced the upcoming introduction of two groundbreaking DVD products, the new reference-standard DVD-3800BDCI BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1
Blu-ray Disc Player and the DVD-2500BTC (SRP: $1,199) BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1
Blu-ray Disc Transport. The DVD-3800BDCI (SRP: $1,999) is the world's first BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1 Blu-ray Disc Player from a Blu-Ray Disc Association member featuring the acclaimed 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta chipset. It provides users with the highest resolution high-definition video available today via HDMI connection, as well as the ultimate in audio performance, including high-definition audio decoding and DDSC-HD audio output. The DVD-2500BTCI outputs audio and video signals and requires a connected audio/video receiver to do the decoding. Both BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1 Blu-ray units are slated to ship this fall.
In addition to its Blu-ray Disc introductions, Denon is updating its advanced lineup of DVD players and changers with six additional models, including the DVD-1940CI (SRP: $349) and DVD-1740 (SRP: $169), as well as the new DVM-1845 (SRP: $269) 5-disc DVD changer. With the new additions, Denon's current line of DVD players now feature advanced HDMI output capability for the ultimate in audio and video performance. Three new models in the company's Retail Home Theater DVD lineup have also been added, including the DVD-758 (SRP: $349) and DVD-558 (SRP: $169) DVD players, as well as the new DVM-745 (SRP: $269) 5-disc changer.
Joe Stinziano, Denon's Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing, noted: "Denon is committed to providing our discriminating customers with a no-compromise high-end solution for enjoying next-generation high resolution media. Our new products exemplify the highest level of home theater quality. As a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, we brought all of our design and engineering expertise to bear in the creation of these groundbreaking Blu-ray products, setting new performance standards for the format. Denon remains committed to offering our customers the most options in ultimate-quality home entertainment products and to this end, our future plans do not preclude the introduction of high-definition products in other formats."
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Denon's new DVD-3800BDCI BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1 Blu-ray Disc Player sets new standards in high-performance, interactive DVD playback. In addition to delivering the pinnacle of high-quality audio and video performance, both the DVD-3800BDCI and DVD-2500BTCI feature SD card readers that offer users a new level of full interactivity with multiple opportunities for content providers to add enhanced content such as movie trailers, games and more.
The Ultimate in Video Performance…
In addition to being in the forefront of BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1 Blu-ray Disc Player technology, Denon's DVD-3800BDCI is also the world's first to feature the acclaimed 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta chipset, providing enhanced video performance with upconversion and IP scaling to 1080p. The pixel-by-pixel and Digital Noise Reduction feature afforded by this technology allows the player to remove image-degrading artifacts, resulting in astoundingly clear, high-resolution image quality.
The Ultimate in Audio Performance…
Denon's new DVD-3800BDCI also utilizes a variety of the world's most advanced audio technologies, including Advanced AL24 processing, to deliver the ultimate in audio performance. The player offers HD Audio and DDSC-HD, with decoding of Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio and is capable of outputting both 7.1-channel analog signals and PCM audio via HDMI output.
DVD-2500BTCI Blu-ray Transport: High-Performance Connection to A/V Receivers
The DVD-2500BTCI is a leading edge Blu-ray Disc Transport that allows owners of advanced A/V receivers to add Blu-ray capability to their system and enjoy high definition video. The DVD-2500BTCI will natively output an HD audio bit-stream to a connected receiver via HDMI. Once this signal is accepted in the receiver, it can then be decoded into its native format including Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio.
Secondary Video and Audio Decoders
In keeping with the guidelines mandated by the Blu-ray Association for BD-ROM Profile 1 version 1.1 players, both Denon Models DVD-3800BDCI and DVD-2500BTCI incorporate a secondary audio and video decoder. This allows for simultaneous playback of a secondary audio and video track which may be used for interactive audio and commentary and for picture-in-picture capability (respectively). Additional information (subtitles, audio streams, camera angles, trailers, games, etc.) can be downloaded from the Internet via computer and stored on a SD card that either player will accept. This content can be played with the original content of Blu-ray Discs.
Denon's DVD Lineup offers More Models with HDMI Output
In addition to the new Blu-ray Disc products, Denon has significantly upgraded its DVD player line. Denon's new DVD-1940CI and DVD-1740 DVD players, for example, output video at stunning 1080p resolution via HDMI, making them ideal for use with the advanced digital display devices of today (and tomorrow). The superior image quality of the DVD-1940CI is achieved through the use of the advanced Faroudja FLi2301 DCDi chipset, providing an improved Film Mode, 3:2 pulldown detection and de-interlacing, as well as five Progressive Mode memory settings that enable viewers to fine-tune picture quality to their particular preference. The result is remarkably clear, high-resolution image quality, free from picture artifacts. Additional audio/video enhancements in the DVD-1940CI include HDMI 1.1 output compatibility, SACD / DVD-Audio playback, discrete interlaced and progressive video D/A converters. For enhanced
audio playback, both the DVD-1940CI and DVD-1740 use discrete high performance Burr
Brown Audio DACs — models PCM-1738 and PCM-1756 respectively. The DVD-1940CI and
DVD-1740 will also interchangeably convert video standards; NTSC and PAL and the DVD-1940CI will now support the popular DivX Ultra standard.
The DVD-1740 and the DVD-1940CI are both currently available.
NEW 5-Disc DVD-Changer Added to Lineup
To provide additional flexibility, Denon is also introducing a new 5-disc DVD changer, with HDMI 1.0 and selectable scaling output to 1080p. Model, DVM-1845 is a progressive scan changer with DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD and CD-R/RW playback compatibility, Kodak Picture, FujiColor, and JPEG Photo File Viewer for total convenience and utility. For enhanced image quality, the DVM-1845 also includes an advanced 12-Bit Video DAC (108MHz, 480i/480p) and 3:2 Pull-Down detection. The DVM-1845 is currently available.
In addition to the new models announced today, Denon's DVD line includes: the flagship DVD-5910CI (SRP: $3,800), DVD-3930CI (SRP: $1,499) and DVD-2930CI (SRP: $849).
New Retail Home Theater Series Models: High-Value, High-Performance
Denon's new Retail Home Theater Series line of advanced DVD players, includes the DVD-758, DVD-558 and DVM-745 5-disc changer, and offers many of the same high-quality features found in Denon's companion models. Features include HDMI output with upscaling to 1080p, Burr Brown 24/192 Audio DACs, playback of CDs and DVDs with MP3 and WMA 9 audio files as well as CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW. Additionally, the DVD-758 will play discs encoded with DivX Ultra. All three models are currently available.
About Denon Electronics
Denon is a world leader in the manufacture of the highest quality home theater, audio and software products. Denon is recognized internationally for innovative and groundbreaking products and has a long history of technical innovations, including the development and first commercialization of PCM digital audio. Denon Electronics is owned by D&M Holdings Inc.
About D&M Holdings Inc.
D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE I: 6735) is based in Kawasaki, Japan and owns the Denon, Marantz, McIntosh Laboratory, Boston Acoustics, Snell Acoustics, D&M Professional, D&M Premium Sound Solutions, Denon DJ, ReplayTVa and Escienta brands. Denon, Marantz, McIntosh and D&M Professional are global industry leaders in the specialist home theater, audio/video consumer electronics or professional audio markets, with a strong and long-standing heritage of manufacturing and marketing high-performance audio and video components. Boston Acoustics, with its signature The Boston Sound, is a leader in premium loudspeakers for home and automotive audio markets. Snell is a super premium speaker brand. The ReplayTV and Escient brands represent award-winning technologies in digital home entertainment. D&M Premium Sound Solutions manufactures high-quality, Hi-Fi audio products for the B2B automotive and consumer electronics markets. Additional information is available at www.dm-holdings.com.
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Denon Releases Anniversary Edition Hi-Fi Audio Components
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Denon AVR-S960H Budget Priced 8K A/V Receiver (2020)
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REVEALED: Offshore company is Plymouth Argyle's preferred bidder
This story has been released today by This is Plymouth. Full story can be found on the link below:
Kevin Heaney is part of the secretive consortium poised to do a deal for administration-hit Plymouth Argyle, according to well-placed sources.
The Herald can reveal an offshore company called Bishop International Limited is the preferred bidder for the club.
This is Plymouth link
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Kevin Heaney keen to focus on Truro City's future
Source: Thisiscornwall Link: thisiscornwall
Truro City chairman Kevin Heaney has reiterated his 'total commitment' to the club, despite confirmation of his involvement with an Irish consortium who are the preferred bidders for Plymouth Argyle.
The League Two club, who are in administration, issued a statement on Friday revealing that property developer Heaney had been approached to act as a property advisor to the consortium.
Part of the statement read: "Kevin has confirmed that his interest is property related only and that he will have no financial interest in Plymouth Argyle Football Club."
Under football governance rules no individual can have any involvement in the ownership or running of second club. And Heaney, who had previously denied any connection with an Argyle takeover, confirmed to Briton Sport he would not be involved with the football side of Plymouth Argyle.
He said: "My only focus is Truro City as it has been for the past seven years.
"My only role at Argyle is as an advisor on the property side of the proposed deal. I was approached a couple of months ago asking if I could help and I was delighted to do so.
"I have nothing to hide. There have been a lot of lot lies spread about it all but I am just an advisor and was asked for my opinion.
"I love Truro and the people. We still have a lot to do in the next five years if we are to achieve the dream of making Truro City a professional club.
"We need a new stadium and to ensure the club have a lifetime income rather than rely on one individual.
"My determination to do that has not changed. My involvement at Argyle if everything goes ahead is just on the development side and not with the football side."
City, who play Argyle in a friendly at Home Park on Wednesday July 27, return to pre-season training next Thursday evening ahead of their first season in the Blue Square Bet South.
Kevin Heaney admits new stadium is crucial
Source: Blue Square Bet
Truro City chairman Kevin Heaney says it is crucial for the club's continued development that their proposed stadium be built as soon as possible.
A stadium site at Langarth Farm, near Threemilestone, in Cornwall has been earmarked that could also house the Cornish Pirates rugby club.
After seeing his side promoted to the Blue Square Bet South for next season, their fifth promotion in six years, Heaney says that without a stadium to match their ambitions, the club could go backwards very rapidly.
Heaney, who recently admitted to being part of a consortium vying for Plymouth Argyle told This is Cornwall: "I want us to become a full-time side in a couple of years, but without the stadium that won't happen.
"Wouldn't it be fantastic to have a full-time football team and a rugby side playing in the Premiership? But we need a stadium for that to happen and without it I fear the alternative is Armageddon for both clubs. Everyone is doing all they can to make sure that does not happen."
With regards to his involvement with Argyle, he told This is Plymouth: "They (the unnamed consortium) are talking to a number of developers and approached me to see if I would be interested. They came back to me to say 'would you, on our benefit, talk to the council to find out what the potential is?'.
"I feel proud and privileged to be asked but that's the only capacity I'm here in. I'm a football club chairman, I'm extremely happy and love Truro City."
The paper reports that the businessmen involved want to 'separate the club from its property by buying only the stadium and adjacent land'.
Truro City are currently based at Treyew Road which has a capacity of 3000.
Kevin Heaney linked with Argyle
Source: Plymouth Argyle club website
Kevin has now confirmed that he has been approached to participate in the property transaction as an advisor. As Kevin is already involved in professional football he cannot have any involvement in the ownership or running of a second club.
Kevin has confirmed that his interest is property related only and that he will have no financial interest in Plymouth Argyle Football Club.
Link for more information is here:
http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10364~2378144,00.html
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Thurrock gain a reprieve
Of interest to Truro Fans, sadly, the demise of Rushden and Diamonds FC this week has meant a reprieve from relegation for demoted club Thurrock. The Diamonds' web site link and Club statement is found HERE
Thurrock FC web site link with limited information on the subject is HERE
Thurrock FC now remain in the Blue Square Bet South league and their web site is now included on the Truro Fans site. Bishop's Stortford now move to BSB North.
Boost for City as Dan signs on
From 'This is Cornwall'
WINGER Dan Smith has ended fears that he would quit Truro City in the summer by agreeing a new contract with the Blue Square Bet South club.
As revealed in last week's Sport Briton, the 21-year-old former Plymouth Argyle player had been made a final offer to stay for a second season at Treyew Road.
And this week City boss Lee Hodges revealed that Smith, who made 34 starts last season scoring nine goals, had committed himself to the club.
Hodges said: "It is good news that Dan will be staying."
Now only right-back Barry McConnell, who had to give up his charity run from John O'Groats to Land's End because of a knee problem, has yet to confirm he will be staying at the club for a fourth season.
But Hodges is unconcerned, as he fully expects the former Exeter City defender to stay.
"I am certainly not looking for a new right back. Barry has been brilliant for us and is a seven out of ten every match."
Hodges also laughed off media speculation that he could be in line to take over as manager of his former club Torquay United following the departure of Paul Buckle to Bristol Rovers.
He said: "Someone told me I was 12-1 for the job, but while I am flattered to be linked with the job I certainly won't be wasting any money betting on myself. No one has been in touch at all.
"I have signed up for two years at Truro and am totally committed to the club so that is done and dusted. I really enjoyed my first season and although it is going to be twice as hard after being promoted I am really looking forward to it."
City's improved new status has again been illustrated after securing another prestigious pre-season friendly at home to league One side Yeovil Town on Saturday July 16 (3pm), for the first ever visit of the Somerset side to Treyew Road.
City have already agreed to play QPR, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United.
And Hodges is delighted with the quality of games his side face as they prepare for their first season in Step 2.
Hodges said: "It is a fantastic pre-season programme and brilliant for the boys.
"I am especially looking forward to going back to Plymouth Argyle."
Summer Social - TISA CRUISE!!!!
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Findlater (2016 population: ) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality (RM) of Duffering No. 190 and Census Division No. 6. It is 75 km northwest of Regina, Saskatchewan's capital, on Highway 11, and 15 km from the Town of Chamberlain. The original settlers had been looking for the neighbouring community of Chamberlain but, due to fatigue amongst the tribesmen, decided to rest at the site. They quickly settled and developed basic living amenities despite promises from the tribe leaders that they would soon move on and "find the new village". This continued for several months as the settlement evolved – tribesmen receiving the same responses to questions of the new community; "We'll find it later", or simply, "findlater". After a year the community was a well established populous and the name "Findlater" had been adopted fondly as homage to the promised community that had brought them there. It is believed (inaccurately) by some that the name comes from Findlater Castle in Banffshire, Scotland.

History
Findlater incorporated as a village on September 27, 1911. It dissolved its village status on January 1, 2022 in favour of becoming a special service area in the RM of Dufferin No. 190.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Findlater had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Findlater recorded a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a  change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2016.

Notable people

Joy Coghill, O.C., (1926-2017), Actor, director, and writer was born in Findlater.

See also

 List of communities in Saskatchewan
 List of special service areas in Saskatchewan

References

Special service areas in Saskatchewan
Dufferin No. 190, Saskatchewan
Division No. 6, Saskatchewan


McALLEN — The Mexican Consulate here and the McAllen Public Library announced a Spanish-language children's festival taking place later this month.
"Francisco Gabilondo Soler Cri-Cri," is the first event of its kind, said consulate general Socorro Jorge-Cholula. The event is a part of the consulate's initiative to promote culture among Mexicans and Mexican-Americans outside of Mexico.
The event, which takes place April 25, lands right on the Mexican holiday, Día del Niño, or Kid's Day. The event celebrates the Mexican composer Francisco Gabilondo Soler, who composed and performed children's songs under the name "Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor," or the singing cricket.
The event will feature Soler's music and plays as well as children's books where Cri Cri is featured. The consulate has been organizing the event with the Library since November. All of the events are put on by either the consulate, the library or various community organizations on both sides of the border.
Through this event, the consulate hopes to promote bilingualism among Valley youth.
Often, it's easy for children to forget Spanish once they go to school, especially if their parents speak English at home. However, being conversational and literate in two languages is becoming more of an expectation as time passes.
"We want to make knowing Spanish cool," Jorge-Cholula said.
From 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. the event will be open for school visits only. However, from 4 through 7 p.m. the event is open for all participants.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct event times.


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A friend went to Stockton and saw the future.
In fairness it is not really a pound pub. You get a half for that, a pint is about £1.70.
So, what is the shape of things to come ? The pub or the mobility scooter ?
I'm pretty sure that there used to be one of those in Leek.
An aptly named town, I guess.