Turks & Caicos developer, Stan Hartling, dares to be different and reaps the rewards with his luxury resorts.
Celebrating the start of a new legacy with The Shore Club ground-breaking.
When the Hartling Group broke ground on The Shore Club, their most recent project on Providenciales (Provo), Turks and Caicos (TCI), in January 2014, it was an event as unique as the high calibre resort development will be. Instead of laying on a lavish spread for dozens of VIPs and local dignitaries, Stan Hartling, CEO of the Hartling Group, chose to invite 250 local high school graduates to the event. Designed as an educational day for young people entering the workforce, it gave them the opportunity not only to witness the very beginning of a resort development, but also to attend a special careers expo, where local firms involved in resort development and operations were on hand to offer advice and guidance to the young job-seekers.
CEO Stan Hartling inspires a student at Shore Club Career Expo.
Community involvement is of paramount importance to Hartling and in addition to events such as this one, and his participation with the Provo Hockey League, his firm supports a number of non-profit foundations. "Being involved with the community makes me feel part of the fabric of life here," he says. "There is a purpose to what we do, and we can see the results of our efforts, especially in such a small place. It's rewarding."
Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, Hartling has been calling Provo home for 18 years. He first visited the island in 1996 to attend a tax seminar, but the pristine beaches, friendly people and easy going lifestyle were quick to work their charm and before long he had bought six acres of undeveloped beachfront.
The 850 feet of exclusive beachfront at The Shore Club.
An experienced property developer - he had built a portfolio of shopping malls and subdivisions in Canada by his early 30s - he had a nose for a good deal and knew in his gut that the island was approaching a critical mass. "There were only two or three developments on Grace Bay then; the golf course was in place though, and new restaurants were opening and staying open. The timing was right," he recalls. Indeed, nowadays the spectacular five mile stretch of Grace Bay is backed by dozens of high-end condos and resorts, two of which - the swish Regent Palms resort and the plantation-style villa development of The Sands - were developed by the Hartling Group.
Having dabbled in fine arts and music, qualified as a chartered accountant and then moved in to the property business, Hartling has an eye for design, a head for numbers and a shrewd business sense, but more than that, his success can be attributed to the fact that he is not afraid to take a different approach. "The Shore Club is a prime example of my tendency to throw away the spreadsheet and look at what the market wants: the niche right now is in high-end, boutique, give-me-something- really-special properties," he explains. "So we think about how we would create that special product."
One of the two low-rise beachfront buildings with only 38 condos on Long Bay Beach.
Taking luxury to another level entirely, The Shore Club will comprise 38 high-end condos and six spacious villas connected by underground passageways, enabling staff to move around unseen. It is the "lack of focus on density," as Hartling puts it, that will really distinguish the development, however. Spread across nine acres of virgin beachfront at Long Bay Beach, the developers will use only about 50 percent of the approved density for the property, something that, as time goes by, will become increasingly rare. "There may be only one or two examples of this, ever, in Provo," Hartling observes. "Our clients see the value of something that is unique in the long term and are willing to pay more for it."
He knows what his clients want - the luxury Caribbean vacation home with the peace of mind of managed ownership, an income stream from the rental programme and a viable long term investment - and that is what he delivers. "The value of a property is more than the cabinetry or the quality of construction. If you look at what creates long term value growth it's impossible to ignore the management and maintenance of the property post-opening," Hartling explains. His first TCI project, The Sands on Grace Bay, looks better today, he says, than it did when it opened 15 years ago - proof that he is in it for the long run.
A $5.8 million beachfront villa on Long Bay Beach.
A self-confessed control freak, Hartling admits that not many people would still want to be sitting in on AGMs a decade after a project is complete, but for him, it is just another phase in the life of the development, and he thrives on being involved in every phase: design, construction, sales and operations.
Hartling has approached both the design and the management of his resorts from a unique perspective - the perspective of a client seeking a long-term investment. The result is a series of award-winning luxury resorts that will stand the test of time, where owners buy into a whole leisure experience, not just bricks and mortar. His success to date is ample proof that his unique approach to real estate development works, and that daring to be different pays off.


Night Fishing is one of the most traditional and most effective ways to catch Striped Bass - big Bass. Just like before dawn, the lack of light and traffic on the water combine to make Striped Bass extremely active.
From the moment you leave the dock, there is a special feel on a night fishing trip. As the Sun begins to set, you will be in one of the most picturesque areas on Earth as we settle into our fishing spot before it gets dark.
You can use fly fish or spin - either can lead to big Bass. Many of our clients doubted the effectiveness of Striper fishing at night until they saw it first hand. Whether it becomes your first choice or simply a once in a while adventure, night fishing is an experience everyone should enjoy.
The quality of night fishing depends largely on weather conditions and the timing of tides; therefore, night trips will not be scheduled unless the time is right. If this is something you want to try, please let us know as early as possible so that we can work with your schedule and get you out when the fish are biting.


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It's all about comfort: Our aye chair offers enormous comfort as a swivel chair as well. Thanks to the special swivel and shock-absorbing mechanics, the chair gently rebounds when you sit down and automatically moves forward again when you stand up. The seat shell cups your body like a hand, and the comfort of the upholstery ensures many pleasant hours at the table. Your comfort is also ensured by the flexible backrest, ergonomic armrests and the comfortable, buoyant seat. aye uses the "Y" design shape in the flare of its four-leg wooden frame and it therefore fits perfectly with the yps table and bench ensemble.
Seating comfort has many faces.
A good hand for everything.
The unique quality of the woodwork at TEAM 7 is obvious in the aye swivel chair when you see the precision of the node connection to the legs. And our choices of leather and fabric covers are proof that we also have the right touch for leather and fabric.


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AT&T testing Nokia EOS as codename "Elvis" while details leak
by Stephen SchenckMay 31, 2013 3:02 pm
Where are we with rumors of this Nokia EOS, the PureView Lumia said to bring 41-megapixel imaging to Windows Phone? We've heard about a relatively compact design, unlike the 808, looking pretty much like the Lumia 920. There was mention of a new Nokia Pro Camera app, a xenon flash, and we've heard rumors of a possible launch in early July. Today we get a fresh batch of EOS gossip, including a new codename for the handset.
WPCentral makes a number of claims about the EOS and seems to have a great deal of faith in their accuracy, explaining the info comes from "numerous trusted sources whom we know and who have seen the device." According to these sources, AT&T is currently testing the phone as codename Elvis.
A lot of what we've heard before is confirmed here, like the xenon flash and new camera software. Supposedly, the phone will have a 720p OLED display, 32GB of internal storage, and will be about a millimeter thinner than the 920 (though with a noticeably raised area for the camera). It's reportedly running WP8 build 10322 and will feature a mode that lets it snap two pictures at once – one high-res and one better suited for sharing. There would be no option for microSD expansion, and while we're likely to see a number of color options, yellow is mentioned here as one of them.
As for a release, July could still be possible, but we might be looking to something further out into summer.
Source: WPCentral
Phones, Windows
AT&T, EOS, News, Nokia, Rumors, Windows Phone 8
Stephen Schenck
Stephen has been writing about electronics since 2008, which only serves to frustrate him that he waited so long to combine his love of gadgets and his degree in writing. In his spare time, he collects console and arcade game hardware, is a motorcycle enthusiast, and enjoys trapping blue crabs. Stephen's first mobile device was a 624 MHz Dell Axim X30, which he's convinced is still a viable platform. Stephen longs for a market where phones are sold independently of service, and bandwidth is cheap and plentiful; he's not holding his breath. In the meantime, he devours smartphone news and tries to sort out the juicy bits Read more about Stephen Schenck!

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California Live Updates: Evacuations, Warnings Issued Because of Debris Flow and Flood Threat | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel
In an aerial view, trees cast shadows in an area burned by the Dixie Fire on Sept. 24, 2021 in Greenville, California. Burn scars left by the fire are at risk for dangerous flash flooding and debris flows.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Residents in an Alisal Fire burn scar are under an evacuation order.
In some areas, it might be too late to leave, the NWS warns.
Tens of thousands are without electricity.
Evacuations were ordered in at least one area and others are being told it might be too late to leave Sunday as a powerful storm moves across parts of California bringing the threat of potentially deadly landslides and flash flooding.
The threat is especially high in terrain left barren by wildfires, which is vulnerable to flooding and an especially dangerous and fast-moving type of landslide that scientists call "debris flows."
Watches and warnings for flooding and debris flow were issued ahead of the storm for areas including the Dixie and Alisal burn scar areas.
(FORECAST: Powerhouse Atmospheric River Storm Arrives in California)
The weather is bringing relief amid a historic drought and tamping down the threat of fall wildfires. But it remains to be seen how the region's wet season will play out.
Here are the latest updates.
Evacuations Ordered in Alisal Burn Scar Area
An evacuation order is in effect starting at noon PDT for some residents in the Alisal Fire burn scar area, including areas west of Las Flores Canyon, east of Mariposa Reina, south of West Camino Cielo, and down to the ocean. A warning was issued on Saturday.
The Alisal Fire started earlier this month and burned more than 26 square miles in Santa Barbara County.
It May be Too Late For Some to Leave, NWS Warns
The National Weather Service in Sacramento said debris flows were already occurring early Sunday morning. In a tweet, the agency warned residents that it may too late for some to leave.
"If you are near a burn scar, it may be too late to evacuate," the agency said in a tweet. "Do not attempt to cross a debris flow. Take shelter in the highest floor of your home."
Warning signs of an impending debris flow including rushing water and mud as well as unusual sounds including cracking, breaking, roaring or the sound of a freight train.
Tens of Thousands Without Power
More than 80,000 power outages are being reported in California as of about 10 a.m. PDT, according to poweroutage.us. Most of those were centered in the northern part of the state, including Sonoma, Marin, San Mateo and Butte counties.
What's Causing This Weather?
The rain is from a powerhouse storm tapping into a strong atmospheric river that moved into California Sunday.
Soaking rain from this latest storm to hit the West Coast is ongoing right now from Northern California into the Pacific Northwest.
Heavy snow is also possible in some areas.
Click here for the full forecast.
What are Debris Flows and Why are They so Dangerous?
Terrain left barren by wildfires is most vulnerable to an especially dangerous and fast-moving type of landslide that scientists call "debris flows." Known less formally as mudslides, these flows are typically triggered by short, intense rainstorms and can send a wall of water, soil, ash, vegetation, rocks and other debris careening downhill, sweeping away or burying everything in its path.
"A debris flow is kind of a flood on steroids," Jason Kean, a debris flow expert with the U.S. Geological Survey, told weather.com in an interview. "It's all bulked up with rocks, mud, even boulders – and boulders can be the size of cars."
Besides destroying vegetation that would normally hold soil and debris in place, wildfires change certain characteristics of the soil itself. It becomes less likely to absorb water, which creates conditions ripe for flash flooding and debris flows
The Weather Company's primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.


Our original goal was expanded from changing our master bathroom from bland to a user friendly,elegant bathroom. We started by choosing a vanity several inches higher. The counter top is a granite. The sinks were replaced with larger, deeper bowls.
Discuss your budget with your spouse/partner before you plan to change your room. Get an idea of what the market has to offer. Call contractors and get estimates.
Get advice and inspiration from people just like you who had a unique vision for their bathroom. Browse before-and-after photos, see the progress and get some great ideas and tips to use in your own home.


Metallica played a special gig in Antarctica yesterday (December 8).
The metal band performed 10 songs inside a dome at the Argentine Antarctic Base Carlini and the audio was transmitted to the crowd through headphones. Click above to watch the band play their song 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' in front of an audience made up of competition winning fans from Latin America. Scroll down to watch more footage of their performances of 'Sad But True' and 'Creeping Death' and see a full setlist from the show, via Stereogum.
It was only the second ever gig staged on the continent, following a performance in 2007 from a group of musical scientists, called Nunatak, at British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station as part of the Live Earth climate change awareness concerts.


Pop these cute cake pop critters on any bee-based bake table and they're sure to buzz off in a hurry! Mouth-watering morsels of cake baked in our Silicone Cake Pop Mould, coated in royal icing and decorated with bee-themed designs, they've definitely earned their scrummy stripes!
Bake 20 pops (we used our recipe for Valentine's Cake Pops) then pop them out of the mould once cooled. Count out 20 cake pop sticks – they're supplied with the mould, or available to buy separately here – and set aside. Melt the white chocolate and dip one end of each cake pop stick into the chocolate, then stick that end into the cake pop ball. Push the other end of the stick into a polystyrene cake dummy while the chocolate sets – you can put them into the freezer for a few minutes to speed this up.
Once your sticks are set hard into your cake pops, they're ready to coat. Mix the royal icing with enough water so that the consistency is thick, but will still run. Divide this evenly between two bowls and add a little yellow food colouring to one bowl, mixing well until fully combined.
Cover half the cake pops with the yellow royal icing and half with the white, spooning the icing over and rotating the pops until fully, evenly covered. Let any excess drip off and then replace your pops in the cake dummy to set – if possible, leave them overnight.
To turn your yellow cake pops into bees, first make the large bee wings. Roll out white modelling paste until very thin, use a small round cutter or the base of a large icing nozzle to cut out and shape ten pairs of wings, then leave to harden. To make the stripes, roll out some black icing and cut into thin strips using a craft knife. Use a little edible glue to attach two stripes to each of your yellow cake pops. For the eyes, roll little balls of the black icing and again, use edible glue to attach. Finally, attach the wings with edible glue once these have hardened fully – you may need to hold them in place for a while.
To make the little bees for your white pops, roll small balls of yellow icing into little sausage shapes to form the bodies of your bees and leave to set. Once these have hardened, use edible glue to attach them to the cake pops. Dip a fine brush into black food colouring and paint on a few black stripes and the eyes. For the wings, roll out a little white icing and use the smallest of the daisy icing cutters to cut out a few flowers. Cut the petals off these flowers and glue two onto the cake pops above the mini bees to make the wings. Finally, use the black colouring to paint looping bee trails onto each pop.
For more showstopping bakes that are sure to create a buzz, check out our step-by-steps to decorate a Tiered Honeycomb Bee Cake, Buzzy Bee Cake, Bee Madeleines, Bee Mini Sandwich Cakes and Iced Bee Cupcakes, and our recipes for Iced Bee Cookies and Bee & Honeycomb Shortbread.


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5526 Monterey Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90042, Stati Uniti
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MFA, an architecture firm based in Los Angeles, is committed to seeking a sustainable architecture of innovative space; a space that is shaped by the specific needs of the client, the unique qualities of the site and region, and the logic and efficiency of construction. Martin Fenlon is from Columbus Ohio and received Bachelors and Masters degrees in architecture from Ohio State University. During graduate school, Fenlon had the opportunity to work for the renowned firm Morphosis Architects before graduation, where he finished at the top of his class as recipient of the Faculty Prize in 1999. After working for Zago Architecture in Detroit for three years, he relocated to Los Angeles and established his practice in 2004. Fenlon is a licensed architect in California and Michigan
Wooden recovery in Los Angeles. Living in modernity among traditional essences
In a little-known neighborhood, Hermon, just outside the center of Los Angeles, a dilapidated bungalow dating back to 1920 has undergone a major renovation carried out by Architect Martin Fenlon bringing the old structure to life
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The Voice's Gavin Rossdale tempts auditioning Keziah Rodell to pick him as her coach by promising her 'Jay Z, new clothes and a makeover'
By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline
Published: 17:25 EST, 11 February 2017 | Updated: 06:45 EST, 12 February 2017
There's always a battle on stage on The Voice when all four coaches spin in their chairs after hearing an act.
And while it's a nice predicament to be in, 20-year-old Keziah Rodell had to choose from the line-up on Saturday night's show.
The Surrey-born singer, who sang Work Song by Hozier, had Sir Tom Jones, Jennifer Hudson, Will.i.am and Gavin Rossdale all pressing their buzzers to spin around to face her.
Promises promises: The Voice's Gavin Rossdale tempts auditioning Keziah Rodell to pick him as her coach by promising her 'Jay Z, new clothes and a makeover'
And while flattering, this meant she had to select one.
Despite lucrative pitches from all four, the would-be star was swayed by Gavin's namedropping and materialistic offerings.
'I need a voice like you have. We hear a lot of singers who have great voices but they don't know what they have. It's like they're driving Ferrari's, but they're crashing it,' he said in a sort of back-handed compliment.
He then added that he has just signed a writing deal with Jay Z and has the means to get Keziah 'new clothes' and give her a makeover as part of the package.
He informed her that if she went with him he would have the best team around him for what she needs.
Dangling the carrot: Despite lucrative pitches from all four, the would-be star was swayed by Gavin's namedropping and materialistic offerings
Big plans: 'I need a voice like you have. We hear a lot of singers who have great voices but they don't know what they have. It's like they're driving Ferrari's, but they're crashing it,' he said in a sort of back-handed compliment
Name dropping: This didn't sit well with viewers at home, who took to Twitter to give their thoughts about Gavin's pitch
This didn't sit well with viewers at home, who took to Twitter to give their thoughts about Gavin's pitch.
'So Gavin Rossdale has signed a writing deal with Roc Nation/Jay Z. Why would that team be arsed about a contestant on The Voice UK?' came one remark.
'Why is Gavin talking like she came on The Voice to get a makeover?' another asked.
Others remarked that Gavin's pitch was 'slimy'.
One wrote: 'Gavin on the The Voice has got to be the creepiest man on telly!'
Another echoed: 'Watching a bit of The Voice & how slimy is Gavin Rossdale? Ugh, like ectoplasm oozing out the screen!'
Promise he made, promise he made: 'So Gavin Rossdale has signed a writing deal with Roc Nation/Jay Z. Why would that team be arsed about a contestant on The Voice UK?' came one tweet
Lots to offer: Gavin then added that he has just signed a writing deal with Jay Z and has the means to get Keziah 'new clothes' and give her a makeover as part of the package
Not good enough: 'I am not really a songwriter, I'm not a record producer, but I am a singer. I have been in this business a long time – I can give you all the experience I have had and know about singing,' Sir Tom said
Some, however, begged to differ.
'I can't be the only one who finds Gavin from the voice extremely attractive,' someone gushed, as another had clearly made a night of it, tweeting: 'Glass of Prosecco in hand; now ready to watch the Voice and obsess over my crush on Gavin. I think I love him!'
Nonetheless, Keziah picked Gavin as her coach, despite high praise from the others.
Will.i.am seemed to poke fun at Gavin's pitch, saying: 'You don't need a make-up artist, but if you want one, I can provide that. That's not something I'm going to solicit, it's about how to improve your craft.'
Made over? 'Why is Gavin talking like she came on The Voice to get a makeover?' another asked
Not amused: Others remarked that Gavin's pitch was 'slimy'. One wrote: 'Gavin on the The Voice has got to be the creepiest man on telly'
Jennifer told her: 'I know what it's like to be unheard and your talent not to be recognised. If you join Team JHUD, I will make sure your voice is heard. Trust me, Team JHUD takes care of their artists.'
Sir Tom said: 'I am not really a songwriter, I'm not a record producer, but I am a singer. I have been in this business a long time – I can give you all the experience I have had and know about singing.'
University student Keziah seems to be going against her mother's wishes being on The Voice.
The G Team: Gavin informed her that if she went with him he would have the best team around him for what she needs
She explained backstage that her mum would like her to go on and do something academic following university, but she just wants to sing and make it as a performer.
Keziah said: 'I started singing at the age of 11, but performing has always been a secondary hobby to studying. I haven't done that much singing – the shower is the perimeter of my singing.
'I am at a crossroads as I think my mum would like me to do something academic, but I want to do this.'
The Voice continues at 8PM on ITV next Saturday evening.
Gavin Rossdale tempts auditioning Keziah Rodell with Jay Z


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Decision Height
On Aviation Safety & Indian Aviation
An incident story that turned into an accident
By Jacob K Philip
A near miss incident involving a Vistara Delhi -Pune flight and an Air India Mumbai-Bhopal flight could be one of the most discussed and widely reported aviation incidents recently in India. Though the report that was carried first by Times of India on 11th of this month and later taken up by most of the national and regional press has brought aviation safety to sharp focus again, it raises more questions on how safety issues like this are reported and interpreted by the media.
And it is also of concern that the whole details of the incident were leaked to the press by one or two central government organizations and the press thereafter presented it to the public in the most unprofessional and unethical manner.
The is a gist of the report(s):
On February 7, night an Air India flight (Mumbai to Bhopal AI 631, an Airbus A 319-112) was travelling at 27,000 ft towards Bhopal. A Vistara flight (UK997, Airbus A320-251N) that was inn the same skies flying towards Pune from Delhi at 29,000 feet suddenly started descending to 27,000. The astonished area controller asked the Vistara why it left the assigned level of 29,000 and going to 27,000 and the pilot of the craft retorted that she was told by the controller to do so. The argument was heard by the AI pilot too, because She too was tuned to the same frequency. Then to her horrors, the AI commander noticed the Vistara flight speeding towards her flight just 2.8km away. Then the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) of both the aircraft issued a very urgent collision warning (resolution advisory). The warning said, "climb, climb" to the AI flight and the pilot climbed up and turned right immediately to fly clear of Vistara, to escape the doom that was imminent. The level difference between two flights was just 100ft before AI flight climbed up, as per TCAS. When their paths crossed each other , the level difference was just 600ft. Whereas, the allowed minimum vertical separation was 1000ft.
The original reports published by the Times of India on two consecutive days and the rehash of those reports by the rest of the national media made the readers think that:
The two aircraft were traveling in opposite directions
Both aircraft were maintaining their respective levels- 27,000 and 29,000 feet – cruising along peacefully until the Vistara started descending from 29,000 to AI flight's 27,000 level.
It was the presence of mind Air India pilot that saved the lives of as many as 271 people on board of both aircraft. She acted precisely and swiftly when faced by a life threatening eventuality.
But for the AI pilot, the two aircraft would have collided each other, face on.
But the actual facts couldn't have been more different:
Direction of the fights: The aircraft were not traveling face to face towards each other. At the time of conflict, the angle made by the flight paths of two aircraft were apporx 120 degrees – not 180. See the picture.
No level flight: After taking off at 7.40 PM from Mumbai airport, the Air India aircraft was still in the climbing phase of the flight (It had to reach the cruising altitude of 33,000ft within a few minutes) and so it was gaining around 1000-1500 feet per minute, consistently.
And the Vistara flight, that had left Delhi 6.50PM was steadily losing altitude for a landing at Pune airport at 8.52PM.
Bothe aircraft were NOT staying at any particular altitude. One was climbing, the other was descending.
See altitudes of Air India flight 631 was maintaining before and after the incident (From 23,600 to 28,300 ft) (Log from flight tracking site Flightaware).
At 08:28:23pm 23,600ft
And these were Vistara flight's levels :
At 8:28:18pm 31,500ft
At 8.29:19pm 30,200ft
So here we have two flights traveling at two level s heading to two destinations and whose flight paths were to be crossed at some point of time. And just as it was the only logical step, the descending aircraft was told by the Mumbai Area Control to stay above and the climbing one to stay below, so that they could be allowed to pass each other at the first safest point of time when the vertical and lateral separation between the two was safest.
And to repeat that again, it was only natural for the Vistara flight to climb down sooner or later.
The pilot who braved odds to save lives?
Not really. The pilots of both the aircraft were just obeying the orders issued by the computer of TCAS of their respective aircraft. The AI commander climbed up because the TCAS decided that was better and ordered her to do so. Just like the Vistara co-pilot, who lowered her aircraft as per the TCAS command. And there was nothing marvellous in these actions either. All the pilots are thoroughly trained to do that and they are bound to follow the exact procedure. And the decision maker is not the pilot, but the TCAS computer. The course of action is decided collectively by the TCAS computers of both the planes after assessing the speed, altitude, mode of flight and bearing of both the planes. And when the computers issue the verbal command ( to climb or to descend, mostly) the pilots have no choice but to obey blindly.
A certain doom scenario? The chances of a collision was less, though the TCAS had ordered the pilots to climb/descend immediately. Even if the planes were proceeded in the same levels maintaining the same speed, the chances of actual collision were remote.
See the pictures that show the full flight paths of the aircraft and the enlarged view of the point where the Resolution Advisory was given by the TCAS around 8.30pm, 7th February.
One aircraft was at 27,000ft and the other was at 27,100ft altitude. The speed of the Air India flight was 1080km/hr. The Vistara flight was covering 763 km in an hour. The lateral separation between the flights was 2.8km. The bearing of Vistara flight was 177 degrees and that of AI was 74 degrees, approx.
If we draw two lines extending the path of both the aircraft, it can be seen that they would cross each other at a distance of 2km (down) from the present position of Vistara fight. To reach that point, the time taken by Vistara would have been 9 seconds. But during those 9 seconds, AI flight would been moved 3.9km away from its present position.
So there were no collision going to happen.
But then what about the TCAS urgent warning? Can computers go wrong?
The computers of course were not wrong. Only that, these systems always incorporate a factor of safety in all calculations. An extra allowance will be added to all the distances and heights. And that is how it should be.
The Area Controller factor
In the sensationalized report of Times of India, this character got only a passing mention – but that was damaging enough. According to the report, the AC was taken by surprise 'seeing' the Vistara fight at level 271. The question the AC reported to have asked the Vistara pilot – "why are you here?"- betrays his total lack of control over his job. A person constantly monitoring the flight can't be taken off guard like that. So he indeed was a villain, though not the main one, in the story.
The main villain and the heroine
And about the main one, there were enough ingredients- lucky for the reporter- to spice up the whole thing: the co-pilot was a woman; she was alone; her Commander was not anywhere near at the critical moment. A young, in experienced, ignorant girl of a pilot left alone to find her way out of the mess she had made was the perfect dark background for the heroine of the story.
And what a heroine it was to be !
– A mature, elegant woman in her late forties with 20 years of flying experience under her belt, the Air India commander was the perfect picture of the cool, composed superwoman who averts imminent disaster at the nick of time.
So we have the day-two story:
Near miss: How AI's woman pilot saved lives of 261 flyers
And it will be highly inappropriate to end this note without mentioning an effort actually made by the ToI reporter to guess why there was a 'confusion' between the Vistara flight and the AC.
" There may have been confusion between the ATC and Vistara cockpit — which at that time had a woman co-pilot at the controls and the captain had taken a toilet break. The AI flight had a woman commander, Captain Anupama Kohli. Maybe there was a mix-up in communication in those tense seconds like what altitude instruction is being given to which lady. This has to be seen," said sources."
So the assumption is that the AC got confused between the two woman voices. It is sad that the reporter didn't pause for a second to think about the numerous male voices an AC hears throughout the day from the cockpits of so many flights, without confusing among them. Before writing down this silly guess, the reporter should have tried to understand a basic norm too of radio communication : Before the start of each instruction, the controller has to spell the call-sign of the aircraft he is giving the instruction. And when the pilot replies, she/he also has to say his call-sign at the end of his words. And above all, the aircraft is constantly being monitored visually on the radar screen, by the AC at the Area Control.
How the details of the incident found their way to the media is intriguing, to say the least.
In both the reports, there were details that were known only to the people directly involved in the incident and to the officials of DGCA who had received reports from the parties involved – the facts that the Vistara co-pilot and Air India commander were women and the Vistara male commander was taking a toilet break during the incident are examples.
The AC , AAI and the Vistara crew would not have leaked the info, for obvious reasons. The remaining parties are the Air India crew and the DGCA. Given the heroine status given to and readily accepted by its senior pilot, Air India of course is the chief suspect. And they couldn't have done that alone. The other half of the story unfolded the night of 7th February aboard the Vistara flight must have been filled in by someone who had access to the report Vistara sent to the DGCA.
Why should someone from Air India and/or DGCA take the pains to give these details to the press? Not for the sake of air safety, that is obvious. If that was so, the report would have been much more accurate and the day-two story glorifying the AI commander would never have happened.
The ongoing investigation by Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will serve its purpose fully only if the answer to the above legitimate question too is found out.
(Jacob K Philip, a Doha based aviation analyst, is the honorary editor of Indian Aviation News Net. He can be reached at jacob@indianaviationnews.net)
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Excellent description
RUPESH KUMAR NASHINE
15 Feb 18 at 4:40 am
Thanks Rupesh
-Jacob
17 Feb 18 at 10:44 am
Professional analysis by Jacob.
Why was Vitara Commander not in cockpit during climb phase. What is the company SOP for climb phase?
Anand Verma
It was the approach phase for Vistara. Was not climbing.
Not sure about their SOP, but FAA does allow one cockpit crew to leave the cockpit during climb & descent. Only condition is
" When flying above 25,000 feet, if one pilot leaves the cockpit, the other must don an oxygen mask."
Shri. Jacob Philip has done an in-depth study of the air-prox incident happened in Mumbai airspace on 7th Feb 2018. The report is very impressive and informative and is widely circulated among the aviation community. The sound knowledge of aircraft systems, awareness of ATC functions and standard operating procedures make him different from other so called aviation journalists. Being an air traffic controller with 30 years experience, I personally feel that most of his findings are not far from reality and truth.
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Thank you very much Maxis.
Very well analysed..being a nervous flier this news had got onto my nerves..reading this analysis,I am at least relieved to know that our pilots and ATCs r so well trained nd they tk their jobs really seriously..even if I m 5 percent less nervous boarding my next flight, credit goes to u Jacob sir.
Suvro
18 Feb 18 at 4:05 pm
Nervous to fly? You are not alone 🙂
Many people read/watch air accident reports & analysis for the same reason. And it is perfectly logical too – it is the unknown that we are always afraid of !
18 Feb 18 at 10:54 pm
Excellent and balanced analysis and reporting. Kudos!
Thanks George
I would first like to thank you for this description of yours but at the same time concerned for the commander of the aircraft who had gone to the toilet.What consequences he has to undergo as DGCA in india is not to be trusted.I will be highly obliged if you answer to this querry of mine.
wsarm regards.
sangeeta
31 Jul 18 at 2:02 pm
A compelling, critical, and analytical forensic description of the incident. The description of the post-incident behaviour of several of the parties, while speculative, rings true. Pointing out that much of the media coverage was ill-informed was essential. As much as a democracy needs a free press, it should reject a biased/un-critical/ill-informed press as cancerous. If I may be permitted the luxury of answering Mr. Philips' last question, perhaps AIC sees substantive competition from VTI. Given the compellingly demonstrated incompetence of AIC management, at least in terms of delivering an acceptable customer experience, it might be that they have to resort to leaks and whispers in order survive.
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On a laptop track pad, it's really easy to accidentally use the "scrolling goes through windows" feature of the new g-p. I believe this would warrant disabling the functionality (maybe only if a trackpad is detected? is this doable?) or at least offering an option to do so.
As a workaround, you can install packages from the following PPA that were compiled with the "scrolling on task list" feature disabled.
Thanks for your bug report. I don't quite understand - do you mean the trackpad equivalent of scrolling the mouse wheel over the workspace switcher applet? Or am I on the wrong track?
3. I often put my finger on the lower right hand corner of the pad.
The issue is that this scroll isn't as reversible as scrolling in a text document or something.
- on what applet do you that? windows list? workspace switcher?
- what do you cakk "flash wildly", the glowing effect of the windows list?
> - on what applet do you that? windows list? workspace switcher?
> - what do you cakk "flash wildly", the glowing effect of the windows list?
really easy to do this by mistake.
really easy to trigger this by accident with a laptop touchpad.
Ccing Vincent who is upstream. Vincent, what do you think about that? Should it be a gconf option?
No plan for this, but I can't say we'll never do this.
Ben, I don't quite understand this comment: "The issue is that this scroll isn't as reversible as scrolling in a text document or something."
Why isn't it as reversible?
> No plan for this, but I can't say we'll never do this.
> Why isn't it as reversible?
your place that much. You are just a few lines off from where you were.
hard to do on a laptop touchpad.
Isn't the right fix to fix scrolling on laptops, then?
I mean, there are a lots of places where you'll get similar issues. We shouldn't disable scrolling everywhere except for texts just because of this.
At least for me, the panel ends up being more of an issue than other places we use scrolling for non-text (like in tabs). The panel is a natural "resting" place for one's mouse. Also, I've found that I often use the lower-right-hand corner of the trackpad as a starting place to scroll.
The panel is the *ONLY* place I ever accidentially scroll using my laptop.
One (somewhat) odd thing: on a trackpad, the most natural motion to switch windows would be scrolling along the *bottom* of the trackpad, left to right or right to left. I imagine that's a bit more complicated though.
And it's more of a problem on desktop than in other places because a small, mistaken scroll in most app windows will not cause much trouble, it will generally scroll just a little.
Instead in the desktop even a very tiny amount of scroll will start switching like mad between screens.
The combination of these creates the very annoying "flashing" effect.
it also makes it effectively impossible to use this feature intentionally. The desktops flash by too fast and you need to be a precision monster to be able to use this feature on a laptop.
the foreground for a fraction of a second, until the next window gets focus and raises, etc.
pop-up dialog. It really is unusable on laptops.
I have this exact problem using KDE. I have read the KDE developer's responses to requests about this and they are unwilling to add the option to disable scrolling on the task bar. They were IMO very rude to their users about this issue. One response they gave was to learn to use the touchpad better. What jerks.
I am happy to see that GNOME is a little more user sensitive and I am now switching my desktop manager. If an option could be added to satisfy laptop users, I think this would be very helpful.
Thank you for even CONSIDERING this issue and thank you for being concerned about what your users. You guys are really great.
I totally agree - scrolling desktops should be turned off when using touchpad. This is a daily annoyance. But the current workaround, turning scrolling off altogether, would be worse.
Yes scrolling desktops is not 'reversible' since often I end up on another desktop that has some window open, and when I would like to scroll back, I end up just scrolling in that particular window. Scrolling desktops is also very sensitive.
Add another "bump" to this. It is far too easy to accidentally scroll the desktop switcher. I'm not even sure how scrolling is useful in the desktop switcher. You would have to be extremely precise with the mouse to get the desktop you meant to get in this fashion.
Scrolling in the desktop switcher seems entirely useless to me.
Fully agreed. This is extremely annoying on my laptop. An option to diable, or even turn the sensitivity way down would be welcomed.
you can disable the vertical (or horizontal) scroll via System->Preferences->Mouse->Touchpad->Check off the "Enable scrolling" box.
However it will turn off the touchpad scrolling feature in all applications, not just windows list. But as for me, I dont like to scroll with touchpad, it's too sensitive, so I have it off anyway.
The best solution so far is to use xfce4-panel which doesn't support scrolling at all and looks like default gnome taskbar.
2) right click on your taskbar, "Delete panel".
enjoy the simplicity of xfce4 without that f**kin annoying scroll.
For the developers, that don't understand what is going on: we don't want disable scrolling everywhere, we are using it to scroll docs in Firefox, editors, everywhere. We want to disable scrolling exactly in taskbar, because it is useless there if you can't (and you can't with touchpads) scroll precisely.
caused by the flashing workspaces and 1 to find where I need to be again.
would be fine. Just some suggestions.
features forced me to look for something else. I am glad I did. Thank you!
I will bump this. I also think that it is not even convenient when we use the "normal" mouse wheel. To look on every desktop a window free area to use it, is much more a pain in the ars*. it's much more simple to simply use <ctrl><alt> arrow.
I also feel that this is a bad design, even for normal mouse use. It seems like "making the scroll wheel do something" just for the sake of it. There are other instances of this which *can* be turned off. For example, using the scroll wheel when the cursor is over the desktop switches desktops by default under hardy with compiz. (Actually, I think this is what the two previous comments are referring to, not the original bug.) This behavior is also very annoying to (some) touchpad users, but can be turned off in compiz settings.
it's almost guaranteed to face this problem every time you use touchpad.
sometimes pointer is not on application window and you scroll to another desktop. Happens at least once in a day. (4-8 hours of work).
So at least 'disable' option is mandatory.
Also, didn't find any request for automatic touchpad disabling when writing or when USB mouse is connected. This is a very basic feature ant writing your own scripts is absurd (if you want to make ubuntu OS mainstream). Making these features would save lots of nerves for ordinary people.
Same grievance here. Whenever the pointer is accidentally over the taskbar and I only slightly touch the scroll area of my touchpad, I'm instantly desoriented for a few seconds. On a touchpad, this feature is unusable (at least, obviously to a lot of people) and it should be possible to disable it.
Wanted to chime in on how annoying this "feature" is. In particular the desktop switch when mouse wheel event occurs on desktop. Whats worse is that certain parts of some GTK interfaces (labels, for example on the nvidia-settings program) and other unexpected parts of some GUIs will also cause this desktop switching behavior, despite the fact the cursor is over the application window (its really bad when its things like the trough near a scroll bar). I've been using Linux for about 12 years now and gnome since early 1.0 releases and its things like this, that make it feel like its progressing backwards in usability, probably an exaggeration, but reflects just how $&*@ing annoying this is. I think this option should be disabled by default. If some masochistic user wants to enable it, give them a gconf option somewhere, call it something like "/desktop/gnome/really-annoying-desktop-switch-mouse-wheel-hell".
it really shouldn't be hard to do..."
This would make it possible for users to work around this usability problem, by using some gconf command line.
In the long run, it would be nice to either expose the gconf setting in some UI (in panel applet config dialog?), or detect if a scroll event comes from a touchpad, and ignore it in that case (this might be difficult to implement, though). But for now, it would be a huge improvement if users could just manually disable this annoying behavior.
Sorry if that was inappropriate. From http://blog.davebsd.com/2009/06/10/one-hundred-paper-cuts/ I got the impression that everyone could mark a bug as "papercut"; and my personal opinion is that this bug qualifies for that. But it wasn't my intention to interfere with the design team's decisions.
Here's a patch that'll disable the feature entirely.
At the end I don't know what this portion is in the patch or if it's needed.
This proof-of-concept patch registers a boolean option at /apps/panel/global/tasklist_mousewheel, in which a true setting turns on the mousewheel capability and the false option turns it off. There is not yet a "gconf schema" for it and I am not sure if the gconf option was added in the right place, but nevertheless it demonstrates the option requested in this bug.
5) ensure that the dependency gconf-2.0 (libgconf2-dev) was added correctly to configure.in, control.in, and anything else that may need it. I don't know the minimal version of the package to specify: I assume any gconf-2.0 will work so this is how the dependency was added for the time being. And I know it's required for Build-Depends, but I don't know if it needs to be in the Depends for the generated libwnck-dev package as it currently is.
You do not need to relink gnome-panel against it. Simply install the deb packages for libwnck and run "killall gnome-panel && gnome-panel". Then add the boolean gconf key. Changes should take effect immediately.
It'd be really nice to see an option to disable this annoying feature in one of the upcoming releases of Ubuntu.
xtknight, I wrote a similar patch to disable scrolling in the workspace switcher, maybe we should use the same gconf key name?
Se bug #150443 for the patch.
I don't think it's necessary to add a GUI option to enable the scrolling, this just clutter the gui, better let it rest in gconf for the geeks who want it (like me).
After a quick look I would propose not add the gconf dependency to libwnck but instead add a property, scroll_enabled, to the tasklist and use gconf within window-list.
This patch adds the ability to set the scrolling behavior of the tasklist in libwnck.
This "feature" is driving me nuts ;) I can't emphasize that enough.
System >> Preferences >> CompizConfig Settings Manager >> Viewport Switcher >> Desktop-based Viewport switching >> Disable Move Next and Move Prev.
Would it be possible to get this patch as a PPA? I'm new to Ubuntu and I don't feel comfortable compiling this thing myself.
Coming from a Windows background, I find this thing to be more of a bug than a feature. I can understand uniforming things everywhere in the OS/WM, but it's still annoying that this thing doesn't have any GUI option to disable it.
> >> Desktop-based Viewport switching >> Disable Move Next and Move Prev.
> doable?) or at least offering an option to do so.
Everything works like a charm on Jaunty.
This bug could be solved by fixing Bug #487749 for laptops. This bug is about replacing the current one-finger-on-the-edge scroll with the double-finger-scroll on Synaptic touchpads.
Switching the default scrolling method to two fingers only solves this bug if users stick with the default. I have some fine motor control problems, and I find scrolling using two fingers more difficult than with one along the edge.
But about every touchpad is a Synaptics touchpad and for the great mass of laptop users this will solve the problem. Tough it is true that if the user chooses to use edge-scroll or has some custom hardware this bug will still persist.
How do you tell users the way of scrolling has been changed? Users have been scrolling using the edges of the touchpad for years. You can't just change this to two-fingers scroll. If the edges don't work in a new release of Ubuntu, they'll think the developers screwed up the touchpad drivers and just re-install an older version of Ubuntu where this "bug didn't excist". Yes, I know it's just disabled and users can re-enable it, but they don't know. How does the user know he has to use two fingers to scroll? The best way is to show a window showing an animated picture of how to scroll in this new version of Ubuntu. This windows should be displayed for every user which logs on for the first time if Ubuntu detects a Synaptics touchpad. Otherwise people really don't know how to scroll.
Maybe, it would be ok to tell the user about this feature when the synaptic touchpad is detected. With a popup message and a small explanation about this bug.
Switching the default scroll mode to two finger scroll is a workaround, not a final solution. "Solving" this by defaulting to two finger scroll would be forcing everyone who is affected by this bug to use their laptops in a certain way. I thought Ubuntu was the free OS. =) I would still use edge scrolling even if two finger scroll was an option. Also, I'm not a coder, but it sounds a lot less work to write code for disabling an old feature than to implement a completely new feature.
"I would still use edge scrolling even if two finger scroll was an option. Also, I'm not a coder, but it sounds a lot less work to write code for disabling an old feature than to implement a completely new feature."
Two finger scrolling is already available in Ubuntu since Ubuntu 9.04.
Sorry for the double post, but I want to add I agree with you about two finger scroll not being a solution, but just a workaround. Disabling scrolling through windows isn't much work. Marcus Carlson already made a patch which makes it possible to enable or disable this feature, but it hasn't been included in Ubuntu 9.10. I don't know why.
Reassigning to match the product of the upstream bug.
Well, the upstream discussion is quite stale. In the meantime, I've created a PPA with a very straightforward patch. No configuration options are added, just the function for scrolling on task list is completely disabled. No more, no less.
Log out after installation to activate the changes.
Only Karmic and Jaunty are supported at the moment. Just drop me a line if you want another release to be added.
I would be infinitely grateful if you could create a package for hardy as well... Have you placed the patch online somewhere? Could you provide a link to it?
No problem, Øyvind. The source package for Hardy has just been uploaded and now it's waiting in the build queue.
The patch (version for Hardy) can be found at http://pastie.org/729263 .
This 'bug' bothers me as well, as a user of a mouse with a rather sensitive scroll wheel.
This still is an issue in the latest build of Ubuntu 10.04.
This really should be fixed for Lucid. It drives novice users nuts: they issue a scroll command and their windows go thoroughly berzerk. It's up there with Microsoft Windows' tendency to think the Super/Windows key is stuck down or Mac OS X's tendency to ignore window button clicks: simple, but really frustrating for a novice users.
I've personally seen this feature scuttle a Windows-to-Ubuntu migration because it pissed off a few VIPs.
It probably won't be fixed in gnome-panel because the focus isn't there, but Ubuntu's focus on usability should allow for better practice. The fix (make the behaviour optional and off by default) has been developed and is well-known.
True. After all those years this bug still isn't fixed. Ubuntu 10.04 is an LTS release and this bug really needs to be finally fixed.
I just found a good alternative to window list this morning called Dockbarx. It gives you much more control over the way the window list functions, including the ability to disable the window scroll without having to disable scrolling system wide.
It seems to be working great for me.
This drives me crazy. My wonderful VX Nano mouse which I looooove in Windows is totally annoying in Ubuntu 10.04 because of this.
PLEASE give us a way to disable the scroll wheel from switching windows on the panel!!!!
- Marking Invalid as per Sebastien's comment.
:that the average user would encounter, ** On a netbook or laptop this is trivial to trigger; it's not a lot harder to trigger with a mouse, either.
:In a default application of the Ubuntu or Kubuntu release currently under development OR in any of the featured applications.
Is the panel being replaced in the next release with one that doesn't exhibit this behaviour? Otherwise, this absolutely a papercut bug. It's very easy to place the cursor over the window list applet; it's demonstrated in Fitt's law that a screen edge control is much, much easier to hit.
I agree with psarhjinian. This pretty clearly meets the criteria for a papercut.
David Jurenka's patch at comment #87 worked flawlessly for me (on Maverick): no more scrolling through windows in windows list on panel. Thanks, David!
David Jurenka's patch works (Many Thanks!), but only for the window list, not the workspace switcher - which is actually where I get the most problems: I've used Windows for years, so I generally use Alt-Tab to switch windows, but I still use the mouse to switch workspaces.
As suggested by xtknight, running "killall gnome-panel && gnome-panel" will restart the panels, without requiring a log-out.
@ Vish - I agree with psarhjinian and zorblek - this definitely meets the requirements of a papercut.
@Marcus #48 - why should the workspace switcher be a separate bug? As I see it, everyone who has a problem with one, will have a problem with the other. Also, any discussion about options, their locations in menus/gedit, and their defaults, would apply equally to both threads.
If it has already been created as a separate bug, does anyone have a link?
I still have this bug on Xenial, Gnome Flashback Metacity. Is there an option to disable this yet? I can't find it.
and would remove some *really* annoying behavior.
This behaviour is truly awful on a laptop using trackpad scrolling.
If I am scrolling a window down fast to the bottom, once I reach the end of the document the mouse cursor ends up over the task bar and before I know it I'm cycling through windows.
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Дмитро Вікторович Миронов-Гальченко — солдат Збройних Сил України, учасник російсько-української війни, який загинув під час російського вторгнення в Україну.

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Мешкав у м. Золотоноша (Черкаська область). Навчався у Золотоніському фаховому коледжі ветеринарної медицини Білоцерківського національного аграрного університету.

Під час російського вторгення в Україну в 2022 році був військовослужбовцем контрактної служби. Служив стрільцем — санітаром механізованої роти 72-ї окремої механізованої бригади імені Чорних Запорожців.

Загинув 22 серпня 2022 року біля с. Павлівка Волноваського району на Донеччині внаслідок артилерійського та мінометного обстрілу у віці 18 років.

Похований із почестями 27 серпня 2022 року в Золотоноші на Алеї Слави.

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 орден «За мужність» III ступеня (2022) (посмертно) — за особисту мужність і самовіддані дії, виявлені у захисті державного суверенітету та територіальної цілісності України, вірність військовій присязі.

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Військовики 72-ї окремої механізованої бригади
Поховані в Золотоноші


Over the past 21 years, the Orange Volunteer Fire Department's Santa's Helper fundraiser has seen many special moments and Sunday night had one for Elf Mama's record books.
About 4 days prior to the popular delivery event, Coordinator Annie Davis, aka Elf Mama, received a special request from one of the participants regarding Santa and her brother's marriage proposal.
The plotting immediately began and a solid plan was developed (and Santa and his firefighter helpers were filled in).
Santa and his elves left the Post Road Fire Station around 1:45 p.m. and went about the business of delivering early Christmas presents to good boys and girls around town, then at 5:30 p.m. they truck arrived at Tom's house and THIS (video) Is What Happened.
Santa told a captive audience of young kids the story of why he arrived on a fire truck instead of his sleigh, then, one-by-one he handed out their special gifts.
He then announced that there was one more present, and rummaged through his sack, but it was empty. His chief elf helper handed him a festive gift bag and he called Kristine over for her present.
Kristine sat on Santa's lap and unwrapped a champagne glass from a large amount of tissue paper. Inside the glass was a note, which she quietly read to herself — we still don't know what it said.
Santa then asked where Tom was. "What do you want for Christmas?" he asked.
"I want a wife," Tom answered.
"Really? How would you get one?" Santa asked.
Thank Goodness, She Said Yes as the entire household cheered.
Elf Mama's plan continued with the firefighters making a call to the station so Tom could reveal Kristine's answer to the world.
Firefighters who were standing by in different areas of town congratulated the couple over the air waves (this was quite humorous).
Meanwhile, at the house, Santa's firefighter helpers offered their congratulations and each one handed Kristine a long stem yellow and orange rose (or 2 … or 6) — Yellow roses symbolize Joy and optimism, Orange is for enthusiasm and passion.
Santa said he wanted to marry the couple on the spot — by the power invested in him by the North Pole.
Back at the fire house Santa was still talking about the proposal and swore he WOULD get his Justice of the Peace license by next year.
Congratulations Tom and Kristine, may the rest of your lives together be as joyous as Sunday afternoon was.


The Emerson College Police Department provides the Incident Journal to the Beacon every week. Beacon staff edit the Incident Journal for style and clarity, but not for content.
ECPD investigated a report of two students trapped inside an elevator in the Piano Row residence hall. When the ECPD arrived, all elevators seemed to be running normally and there were no signs of entrapment.
ECPD tried to assist a student who reported a missing wallet after the student shared a taxi with an unknown person.
An officer stopped an individual in Allen's Alley from taking possibly abandoned property from inside the alley.
ECPD and facilities management investigated a report of a burning scent inside the Tufte Performance and Production Center. ECPD determined a faulty wall heating system as the cause.
An officer found the front door to 148 Boylston St. ajar. ECPD secured the area and door after a complete search.
An ECPD officer found a lost wallet on the 122 Boylston St. sidewalk. After reviewing video footage to identify the owner, the officer discovered that two individuals stole the wallet, took the money, and discarded the wallet on the sidewalk. ECPD is trying to identify the two individuals at this time.
An ECPD officer found graffiti with blue paint on the side of 180 Tremont St. ECPD notified facilities management for removal.
An ECPD officer found an unsecured door to the Paramount Center. After a complete building check, the officer secured the door.
A WesCon security officer reported to ECPD that an individual attempted to gain access into 180 Tremont St. When denied, the individual threatened the officer with violence. The person fled the area before ECPD's arrival.
ECPD and FM investigated a report of a person trapped in an elevator in the Piano Row residence hall. The security officer told an ECPD officer that the trapped person exited the elevator and left the location. FM remained on scene to inspect the elevator.
ECPD investigated vandalism to the Norman Lear statue outside of the 2 Boylston Place residence hall. ECPD is attempting to identify the individual who wrote on the statue by using video footage.
The Emerson shuttle driver noticed that the vehicle's exhaust pipe was partly unattached. The van was repaired and put back in service.


It's Late August. Is Anyone Happy With The Garden?
I was reading a post the other day from Erin, who blogs at The Impatient Gardener, and she was remarking that when she takes a tour of someone else's garden she always learns something that she can put into practice in her own garden. Great advice and a really upbeat way to look at the world!
Being born a Capricorn, however, (the "downer of the Zodiac", as I like to refer to it), or perhaps it's just my perfectionist streak, whenever I tour another garden, I just look around wistfully and sigh and make mental notes of all the additional shortcomings in my own garden. It doesn't matter how many folks have paraded through my own yard and swooned–I still only see the flaws. For me the grass is always greener somewhere else, and the flowers are always lovelier somewhere else. Maybe that's why I still garden–I'm still trying to get it right.
It isn't helping, of course, that I am working on a huge article (actually a normal sized article) but I'm looking through tons of the latest garden books to try to decide which ones I think ought to go into my "Top Ten Garden Books of 2015" article. Talk about perfection! No one ever takes pictures of "icky" gardens unless it's a "before and after" sort of thing.
Or perhaps it's a book about some sort of "quirkiness" like garden gnomes or something like that. Bottle trees are in vogue right now–love them or hate them they are almost de riguer in the garden even in places where they have never had a history like here in the Northeast. But that doesn't matter. They're "in" in the garden so let's do a bottle tree. But that's a post for a different day–a sense of place in the garden or else gardens will all wind up looking like strip malls or shopping centers!


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MPs criticise UK government policy on human rights
[8 April 2016] The Foreign Affairs Committee has published a report criticising the UK government over its approach to human rights. The report questioned "how energetically the Government is raising human rights issues" adding that there is a "perception" the Foreign Office has deprioritised human rights, citing China as an example.
The report, published on 5 April 2016, is the result of an inquiry into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's administration and funding of its human rights work overseas. It follows the admission in September 2015, by the Foreign Office's top civil servant, Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Simon McDonald, that human rights was "not one of [the FCO's] top priorities" and that "the prosperity agenda is further up the list".
In its report, the Committee stated that it "was disappointed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's choice of language on this occasion and others, which raises questions about how energetically the Government is raising human rights issues."
The Committee noted that Minister of State, Baroness Anelay, "strongly rejected the suggestion that the FCO has deprioritised human rights" but added "the written evidence that we received indicates that there is plainly a perception that this has occurred."
In its conclusions, the Committee stated, "Perceptions and symbols matter, particularly in the context of the UK's soft power and international influence. We recommend that the FCO is more mindful of the perceptions it creates at Ministerial level, especially when other interests are engaged such as prosperity and security, as is the case with China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia."
The Committee also stated that it plans to further scrutinise the FCO during the current parliamentary session, including "specific thematic and country inquiries on areas of immediate concern".
In response to the report, Foreign Minister Philip Hammond said, "I do not recognise this characterisation of our human rights work." He added, "By mainstreaming human rights within the Foreign Office, we have ensured it will always be a central part of our diplomacy, delivering tangible results."
However, The Guardian was scathing of the UK government's policy on China and human rights. In an editorial on 6 April, The Guardian said, "… there can also be little doubt that some of the cuts that have been imposed on the FCO have helped to shift policy priorities away from human rights. That approach has been particularly well documented in relations with China, where the drive for Chinese inward investment has been allowed to swamp every other consideration."
The Guardian concluded, "The answer is not, as the government seems to think, to downgrade human rights… It is to try as hard as possible to do the right thing ethically – even, or especially, when the cost is high."
The Foreign Affairs Committee, made up of a panel of 11 MPs, received evidence from NGOs, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Tibet Watch, Foreign Office officials and Minister of State Baroness Anelay.
Tibet Society will be urging the Foreign Affairs Committee to hold an inquiry on Tibet as an area of immediate concern.
In recent years, securing trade deals with China has supplanted the UK government's concern for human rights in China and Tibet. The language from Ministers often reflects Chinese government policy, rather than upholding universal values of human and civil rights; the UK government's policy on Tibet being the most obvious case in point, which now includes the phrase "[the UK] does not support Tibetan independence". Not only has the previous policy of calling for "genuine autonomy" for Tibet seem to have disappeared, the current policy undermines Tibetans rights to self-determination and freedom of expression.
5 April: Foreign Affairs Committee report (PDF document, 28 pages)
5 April: Foreign Secretary comments on the Foreign Affairs Committee report on human rights (gov.uk)
5 April: Ministers' language 'undermines human rights work', MPs say(BBC)
6 April: View on human rights and foreign policy: do the right thing, not the easy one (The Guardian)
Tibet Society, the world's first Tibet support group, was founded in 1959. Funded by its members, it has been working for over 50 years to seek justice for Tibet through parliamentary lobbying, campaigns and actions. Help keep Tibet alive by joining Tibet Society today. Annual membership £24; Family £36; Life £500.
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Internationally renowned Tibetan film director detained in China
Human rights overshadowed by trade at UK-China summits
A Visit to Dharamsala
Human Rights Day: Tibetans, Uyghurs and Chinese in solidarity
MPs call on UK to raise Tibet at UN Human Rights Council
Second Tibetan writer imprisoned in 2016 for expressing views
British MPs urge China to halt demolition of Buddhist institutes in Tibet
Tory Commission slams UK government's relationship with China
Report: The Human Rights Situation in Tibet: 2013-2016
Action: Call on China to stop Larung Gar demolition
Tibet Society attends Seventh International Tibet Support Groups Conference


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Sanjaya Wanasinghe RSP VSV USP ndu is a Major General of Sri Lanka Army. He is the 50th Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force. Prior to join here, he served as the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters Mullaitivu. He is also Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Artillery Regiment.

Military career
W A S S Wanasinghe commission with the Sri Lanka Artillery Regiment. He served as Director General of Directorate of Overseas Operations. He has been elevated to Major General with effect from 2 June 2020. He also served as Adjutant General of Sri Lankan Army. His father, General Hamilton Wanasinghe, the 11th Commander of the Army (1988-1991) was in office who was also afterwards promoted as the country-produced first 4 Star General.

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Home Where To Study What Alumni Say A future in International Energy Economics – Hermann's story
A future in International Energy Economics – Hermann's story
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Hermann: Protecting the planet with a degree in International Energy Economics
I caught up with Hermann via a video call and, apart from his time studying abroad at Western Sydney University, I knew nothing about him. By the end of our conversation, I was astonished at how much he has already fitted into his 22 years. I asked him about his current degree in International Energy Economics.
"I'm currently studying International Energy Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Ulm, southern Germany. As the name suggests, it's a combination of computer science (data analytics, mostly), energy engineering and business studies relating to the energy sector. I completed my sixth semester abroad at Western Sydney University in Australia, now in my seventh semester. I'm currently writing my thesis with my bachelor's degree graduation in March.
"My semester abroad made me want to continue using my English, so I'm currently working as a Student Assistant at the International Office. Because I was an international student myself, I can empathise with the internationals here. I know how it feels, being in a new country and some of the difficulties that can cause, so I can help them."
Why study International Energy Economics?
Hermann's enthusiasm for his chosen field was striking. I wondered why he chose to go in this direction, and if he had ever considered anything else. It was towards the end of his high school studies that he chose the energy sector, making a big shift from his previous plans.
"At the very beginning I wanted to become a banker; you could say I was just after the money! But then a visiting professor from The Biberach University of Applied Sciences delivered a presentation in my school about renewable energy sources. He talked about sustainability and how we need to protect the environment, using my home region as an example. It changed everything.
"I'm from a town that's really close to nature. Five minutes by bike and you're outside in the forest or you can go swimming in the lake. I realised that the professor was right – we have beautiful landscapes here, close to the Alps and close to Lake Constance. It's beautiful, it's green and there is so much nature. His presentation reinforced the importance of protecting all that, rather than running off to chase the money. I think I was only two or three weeks from my final exams when I switched. I was about to enter a programme offered by Deutsche Bank but that persuasive and inspiring talk made me change my mind."
Find out more about Hermann's time as an international student in Australia.
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Every one of us navigates a unique journey through life – a journey of discovery, opportunity and challenge. Individually, we all have the power to inspire, to help others, to make the world a better place. Life stories are a powerful means of showing the way.
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27 June 2016 (age 86)
Writer, actor, former water polo player, singer, composer, comedian, jurist, pilot, lawyer, screenplaywriter, fashion designer, record producer
Maria Amato (1960–2016)
Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016[1]) was an Italian actor, filmmaker and a former professional swimmer.[2] He was known for working on comedy movies with his longtime friend Terence Hill. Spencer is known for his roles in They Call Me Trinity, Trinity Is Still My Name, Crime Busters, Miami Supercops, and in Troublemakers.
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↑ Meu encontro com Bud Spencer (in Portuguese)
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Hill & Spencer website (French)
Carlo Pedersoli at sports-reference.com
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bud_Spencer&oldid=6637023"
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WATER SANITATION & SAFETY
Although the civil war in Liberia ended in 2003, a decade ago, the country is still recovering from a situation in which institutions were decimated and the population was extremely poor. To date livelihoods, youth unemployment, female vulnerability and food insecurity remain critical problems. The poverty reduction strategy II (PRS II) indicates that 64% of Liberians live below absolute poverty line of which 48% are extremely poor.
According to the 2018 census, the total population is 3.5 million but density varies: the counties Montserrado, Nimba, and Bong comprise 55% of the population. This includes the capital of Monrovia which has a population of about 1 million. The five smallest counties, Grand Kru, Rivercess, River Gee, Bomi and Gbarpolu contain 10.5% of the population, a drop from 12% in 1984, showing an increase of people moving to more populated areas.
Poor sanitation and hygiene, and use of unsafe water, causes ill health and contributes to an estimated 88% of deaths from diarrheal disease worldwide. Malaria remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Liberia, followed by diarrhea and acute respiratory disease.
According to the Joint Monitoring Program (JMP), based on 2011 data, access to improved sanitation is just 18% nationally, with 7% in rural areas and 30 % in urban areas, and the open defecation rate is 44%. Twelve percent of the population uses unimproved (often traditional) latrines and 26% of the population share toilets with their community members. The most affected places are rural areas, peri-urban slums and informal settlement. BIRD-Liberia during the Ebola crisis in 2014 got engaged and carried on awareness and best behavior practices to curtail the sanitation problem faced by the country.
With the help of partners, BIRD-Liberia will achieve the following under water, sanitation and hygiene:
To increase access to human waste collection and disposal facilities from 15% to 40%
To increase access to safe drinking water from 45% to 90% by 2022.
To conduct awareness and sustainability of 90% of water and sanitation facilities in the country.
Create awareness on open defecation in and around Liberia.
The significance of water, sanitation and hygiene and its critical role in determining the health status is well acknowledged in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).The sixth SDG emphasizes on achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, as well as to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene, for all and end open defecation. The strategy document emphasizes on increasing awareness and understanding of adverse health impacts of poor drinking water supplies, lack of adequate sanitation facilities, and poor hygiene. BIRD-Liberia as an institution is charged to conduct massive awareness in achieving these.
Importance of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene to Reaching Liberia's Vision 2030
Economic and scientific studies have shown that water, sanitation and hygiene does not only improve the quality of life but also bring tangible health, environmental and economic benefits and contribute to poverty reduction. With the current poor access to water, sanitation and good hygiene practices in Liberia, it should be noted that Liberia is losing a notable proportion of its GDP and that not financing WASH will contribute to preventing Liberia from reaching its vision of becoming a middle income country by 2030 (WASH Sector strategy 2011).


New Delhi: A five-member team of Pakistani investigators arrived in India on Sunday to carry forward the probe into the Pathankot Air Base attack. India blames Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants for the January 2 attack.
Led by Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department Additional Inspector-General Muhammad Tahir Rai, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) left for India on a special plane from Allama Iqbal International Airport. "The five-member Pakistani investigation team left for New Delhi around 11.45 today," Muhammad Tariq, an immigration official at the Lahore Airport said.
Intelligence Bureau's Deputy Director-General Lahore Muhammed Azim Arshad, Military Intelligence's Lieutenant- Colonel Irfan Mirza, Lieutenant-Colonel Tanvir Ahmad of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Inspector Shahid Tanveer, a Punjab police officer based in Gujranwala, are the other members of the JIT.
India had blamed JeM militants for the assault on the IAF base in Pathankot in Punjab on January 2, which triggered two days of gun-battle that left seven Indian security personnel dead.
India plans to provide the Pakistani probe team access to all witnesses in the Pathankot terror attack case but not security personnel from National Security Guard or the BSF.
Official sources in New Delhi said on Saturday that India will also press for visit of its probe team to that country for carrying out investigations there.
The sources said the team will not be provided complete access to the Pathankot air force base but to limited areas where Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were engaged in an 80-hour gun-battle with Indian security forces.
The airbase will be visually barricaded by NIA to prevent any view of its critical areas.
The team will be briefed thoroughly at the NIA headquarters in New Delhi which will include a 90-minute presentation on the investigations carried in the case so far, the sources said.
This will be the first time that Pakistani intelligence and police officials are travelling to India to investigate a terror attack.
The witnesses include Punjab Police Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and cook Madan Gopal and 17 injured people.
The attack led to the postponement of a scheduled meeting between Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India in January in Islamabad.
On February 18, Pakistan had lodged an FIR in connection with the Pathankot terror attack without naming JeM chief Masood Azhar who India has accused of having masterminded the strike.


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The purpose of this article is to show you how to change the settings for your printer to work on the Autosoft system.
Please note: this change will have to be made for each report/invoice type, AND on each computer. Doing it on the server does NOT change the settings on the client computers.
4. Press "ALT" + "P"
This will bring up the printer settings box.
1. Follow the steps 1-5 in part 1.
Please Note: Preference changes cannot be assured. This is reliant on the printer driver being compatible with the Autosoft software. This is outside of the realms of support, as the driver and how it works is outside of our control.
To do the above for invoices/receipts, you need to make these changes on the report in the "setup" menu of the report console.