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Better World: Documenting endangered alphabets II: Art and activism
By Tim Brookes February 24, 2015
My first exhibition of endangered alphabets — 13 carvings, each with Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights carved in a different endangered writing system — was held in May 2010, and to my astonishment people began talking about it, writing about it, even filming it. Within nine months it had been exhibited at several colleges, universities, galleries and libraries, it had become the subject of a video documentary and had been written up in the New York Times.
Shortly afterward, I began to imagine a different articulation of the alphabets: a permanent standing sculpture that would present as many of the world's endangered alphabets as possible.
In my mind, it was something between a totem pole and a war memorial. Once again I'd use local Vermont curly maple, but this time the alignment would be vertical: made of four panels, each five feet in length, it would take the shape of a tall, hollow, wooden box, with each board facing one of the points of the compass.
As for the text that would be translated into each of the endangered scripts, I wrote a short, simple poem about the importance of preserving endangered languages in their spoken and written forms. It went like this:
These are our words, shaped
By our hands, our tools,
Our history. Lose them
And we lose ourselves.
If I was lucky, I thought, I might get this poem translated into 16 endangered scripts, four on each face. In the end I managed to acquire 20 (Figure 1).
Today these four panels act as an installation. They are hung to form a hollow square perhaps ten feet across and lit from above, so they look like an ancient stone circle, but made of slabs of trees. In the background runs an audio track created by Tim Pasch of the University of North Dakota, a combination of electronic music and voices speaking in endangered North American languages. The result is eerie and extraordinarily powerful — a sacred space devoted to time and language.
This poem had an unexpected effect on my overall sense of direction, which at first had purely been about preservation. Shortly after the first panel was finished, I had breakfast with a writer friend of mine, Josh Brown, who used to edit an environmental conservation magazine. We talked about the changes currently taking place in communication and publishing, and where the future was going, and the exponential rate of change taking place. Afterward, I took him across the road to show him the first panel of the Poem Sculpture, which happened to be in the back of the car.
He looked thoughtfully at the panel, with its incomprehensible black letters floating above the golden waves of maple grain. What it made him think about, he said, was something Aldous Huxley once said in an interview years after the publication of Brave New World. The interviewer asked him if there were any changes he would now make, in hindsight, if he could write the novel all over again.
Huxley said yes, there was a change: he would add a Third Way. As the novel stands, the reader is faced with an impossible choice between the futuristic, hedonistic, ultra-controlled society on the one hand, and the primitive, dangerous, unruly pre-society on the other.
"That's what I think you're doing here," Josh said. "You're offering a Third Way. Faced with all the changes going on in communication and the disappearance of traditional languages and scripts, you've found a way to communicate by preserving the old."
As he was speaking, though, I was thinking of different Third Ways. I was thinking about the internet, and how it was making it possible to research minority scripts and at the same time was marginalizing them faster than ever before.
At that moment it struck me that the long, narrow, carved plank in the back of my car was like a bridge spanning both ends of time and change, the accelerated and the timeless.
At the hasty extreme was the internet and all the astonishing global connections it had made for me, without which I would never even have thought of this endeavor and could certainly never have carried it out. At the timeless end was the slow, deliberate act of carving and of painting, the even slower rise (and fall) of these writing systems, centuries or even millennia in the making.
I should explain that when I've finished carving and painting one of my scripts into a piece of curly maple and then I add the first coat of polyurethane, an extraordinary three-dimensional change takes place. The wood acquires both luster and depth, as if rising and sinking at the same time. Faint shadows become deep currents. Knots becomes cyclones. The grain ripens one way, but in the same instant a different set of ripples will often appear running perpendicular to it. The wood becomes anatomical, muscular. And the black text seems to float both in and above it, as if it is both part and not part of the wood.
Trees have been on this planet for some 370 million years, and the patterns in the grain — well, they illustrate forces that have been acting on matter since the dawn of the universe.
The writing, in a sense, is an imitation of the wood into which it's carved. And in a way, this is what art is all about: pattern that represents change suspended in time.
For the first time, I began thinking of this combination of wood and writing as art.
Language as art
Over the next two years I experimented with carving individual words, even individual letters, often in combination with interesting or "distressed" pieces of wood, as a way of drawing attention to various aspects of individual writing systems, and of writing in general.
Perhaps the best example is the single letter E in Cham, a minority language of Vietnam (and, in slightly different form, of Cambodia). When showing this carving I invite people to write a Roman capital E on the blackboard as a way of making it clear how unsuited the human wrist is to right angles, parallel lines, or even straight lines. The letter is a mechanical contrivance that implies perfection and requires equipment to execute it as precisely as we have come to expect.
Then I invite everyone to raise a hand and imagine themselves drawing the Cham E in the air. "Look around you," I tell them. "Look at those wrist movements. That's the hand of a Thai dancer."
My point is that we've forgotten that writing developed, and developed its character and appearance, as a manual act, and now we enact it largely as a mechanical exercise, forgetting how intimately it connects with other actions of the body. One of the interesting aspects of the Alphabets in general, in fact, is that as minority scripts many of them have remained relatively unaffected by the mechanics of printing and computing. They are still scripts, an expressive and human creation.
One of the most interesting artistic expressions of the Endangered Alphabets is a commission from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon to carve its motto, "Explore, learn, work together," in three separate pieces of wood, each using an endangered script. The triptych features maple, walnut and cherry, all native to North America, all from sustainably harvested sources.
It seems especially appropriate that the college chose to represent itself and its mission in words drawn from endangered alphabets: in doing so, it invites its students and the world in general to step into a new era of culturally, environmentally and economically responsible exploration, to learn from those experiences, and to work together instead of setting up an inequality between the exploiters and the exploited.
Endangered activism
In 2012, I had the good fortune to hear from a young man named Maung Nyeu, who was from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. He had stumbled upon my website and seen, to his amazement, that someone not only knew about the languages of the Hill Tracts but had actually carved them — as part of the endangered poem sculpture, in fact.
The Hill Tracts, a forested upland area in the southeast of the country, are home to more than a dozen indigenous peoples, distinct from the majority Bengali population in language, culture and religion. Over the past three decades, the region has become increasingly militarized, and much of the area's traditional farmlands have been given to Bengali settlers.
"The Bangladeshi government's failure to address rights to traditional lands in the eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts region," reports Amnesty International, "has left tens of thousands of…indigenous people landless and trapped in a cycle of violent clashes with Bengali settlers."
The collapse of law and order has led to well-documented massacres of indigenous people, the burning of villages and temples, and the abduction of women and girls to be sold into the sex trade.
At the heart of this urgent threat to the survival of the indigenous peoples of the Hill Tracts are the related issues of language and education. A report by Oxfam and the European Country of Origin Information Network documented that indigenous children in the Hill Tracts "face discrimination in government-run schools where they are often badly treated by teachers and students from the country's largest ethnic group, Bengalis" — a mistreatment many could tell you they experienced firsthand as a child.
More than half of all household members surveyed in CHT (55.2%) have no formal schooling, the report continued, and for those who start schooling, fewer than eight percent complete primary education while only two percent complete secondary education.
"Ethnic minority children communicate in their mother tongue in their house," an Oxfam officer reported, "but in school they are compelled to face Bengali texts while the teachers are also from the Bengali community. The whole teaching method is in Bangla.
"Children from four to six years old soon lose interest in the classroom and drop out when they cannot communicate with teachers or understand lessons."
These deficits have devastating long-term effects. Experience in the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere shows that if indigenous children are educated in a language other than their own, their success rates are low, and dropout rates high. As they grow older, those same grim statistics convert into rates of unemployment, violence and poverty. In a single generation, Maung said, he has seen his people go from being self-sufficient farmers, living on ancestral lands, to being vagrant day-laborers, scattered across Bangladesh and into India and Burma.
Remarkably, Maung survived his dysfunctional schooling. His mother home-schooled him with such success that he went on to the University of Hawaii to earn a degree in engineering, then an MBA from the University of Southern California. Equipped with those skills, he returned to the Hill Tracts to build a residential education center, a school on the grounds of a Buddhist temple, so the children of the Hill Tracts could be educated in their own languages.
This turned out to be easier said than done. Most of the children who came to the CHT school could no longer read or write their own ethnic language. So he came back to the United States, to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to learn how to create a culturally relevant curriculum that would revive the dying languages of the region.
For Maung, a culturally relevant curriculum has two related aspects, and two related virtues. The first is that the curriculum needs to be taught in the language the child speaks at home, the language the child is already learning, and is using to learn about the world. The second is that the material being taught needs to be familiar. As an example, he explained that he himself was told to learn by heart William Wordsworth's poem "Daffodils."
"I had never seen a daffodil!" he laughed. "I had no idea what it looked like. We have all sorts of plants and flowers, but I never saw a daffodil until I came to the United States!"
Maung has collected over 70 stories passed down in the villages of the Hill Tracts. These stories involve mountains and trees and animals the children already know — stories they may already have heard from their grandparents.
He is in the process of writing out those stories, getting them illustrated in a visual idiom familiar to the children, having them translated into Mro, Marma and Chakma, and then getting them published.
To do so, though, Maung faces an additional challenge. The spoken languages of the Hill Tracts are under threat, but the written languages — the writing systems or scripts — are in even greater danger. Most of the Marma, as well as groups such as the Mro and Chakma, still speak their traditional languages, but very few can still read and write their unique scripts.
This project marked the third phase of the endangered alphabets project: in addition to drawing people's attention to linguistic disappearance and cultural erosion, I'm now trying to do something about it.
In June 2012, Maung and I set up a partnership to create and publish his schoolbooks and, with luck, to help save the languages and support the people of the CHT.
One of Maung's fellow Harvard students illustrated the first of the children's books for his school. I recruited Jamie Kutner, a calligrapher at Louisiana State University, to take the handwritten forms of these scripts and turn them into works of art, and Tom Sanalitro, a typographer from Anglia University in the United Kingdom, to make Mro, Marma and Chakma fonts.
In 2013, students of mine at Champlain College, in Burlington, Vermont, started producing grade-appropriate books for three CHT schools. Since then, a succession of student groups have raised funds to print more books, designed the first coloring books (using images drawn from photos taken in the Hill Tracts) ever to be seen in the region, created alphabet rubber stamps and alphabet charts, and are continuing to come up with more educational materials in endangered languages and alphabets.
The first students attended Maung's school at the residential education center in 2008. The change of attitude was immediately apparent. Children who had seemed destined to be domestics or day laborers announced their intention to be doctors and teachers. To raise funds for the schoolbooks, Maung founded a nonprofit called Our Golden Hour.
"In medicine," he explained, "there is a window of time, maybe a few minutes to two hours, where if the person can get to the ER, the chance of survival increases. For our children, their golden hour is between the ages of four or five and twelve. If we don't get them in school during this time, we won't get them at all."
Endangered furniture
The most recent and perhaps the most unexpected avenue of development for the Alphabets has been also the most down-to-earth: furniture that is built around carved text, mostly in endangered writing systems.
In a way, I was continuing a tradition that has existed in some cultures for centuries — the idea that in creating something we invest it with energy and attention, making it both an extension of ourselves and a gift to the world. To make that connection explicit, we add writing as a signature and/or a blessing.
The first piece was perhaps the most ambitious to date: a dining table made of exquisite curly maple featuring a blessing I wrote and had translated in Balinese. The legs and skirt were added by the woodworker Nathan Moreau.
It was only after I started carving the top, which had already been cut, planed and glued together, that I realized I'd made a ghastly procedural blunder: if I made a single mistake in carving the Balinese text, the whole top would be ruined. I held my breath for about a month.
Several pieces have followed: bedside tables with the Chinese characters for "man" and "woman" (Figure 2); a hall table with the Chinese character for "family"; a coffee table with text in Javanese (a pun on java) that reads "Everyone should learn a second language"; a smaller circular table with a Tibetan inscription, almost a mandala, that reads "graceful kindness." And as a continuation of the concept of writing as a form of prayer or blessing, I decided to address the fact that I'm a terrible sleeper by designing a headboard for my bed that includes the classical Vietnamese character for "sleep." I did the carving and woodworker Tim Peters did the joinery.
As this article goes to press I'm working with Tim Peters to make a unique circular dining table, about five feet across, carved with exquisite Tibetan calligraphy based on the work of the Buddhist calligrapher Tashi Mannox. It will be a repeating design that will run in a ring around the table, perhaps six inches in from the rim of the table and perhaps six or ten inches broad. I'm going to auction it on our website while we're making it, and as with all my carvings that feature the calligraphy of Tashi Mannox, 20% of the profits will go to Rokpa International, a non-profit that supports sick and homeless children in the Himalayas.
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Святий Єронім у пустелі — незавершена картина італійського художника Леонардо да Вінчі. Написана приблизно 1480 року. Зберігається у музеях Ватикану. Композиція картини виконана монохромно на дерев'яному панно.

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На картині зображений святий Єронім у похилому віці під час відступу до сирійської пустелі, де він прожив життя відлюдника. Святий стоїть на коліна серед скель, дивлячись на розп'яття, яке ледь помітне в крайньому правому куті картини. У правій руці Єронім він тримає камінь, яким він б'ється в груди у спокуті. Біля його ніг лежить лев, який став вірним супутником Єроніма після того, як він витяг колючку з лапи. Лев і камінь — традиційні атрибути святого.

На лівій стороні панелі позаду святого видно озеро, яке оточене обривистими горами, оповитими імлою. Праворуч крізь отвір у скелях видно обриси церкви. Присутність церкви може натякати на позицію Єроніма в західному християнстві як одного з учителів Церкви .

Свого часу картина була розрізана на п'ять частин і була зібрана колекціонером 19 століття кардиналом Жозефом Фешем, дядьком Наполеона Бонапарта. Його нащадки продали картину папі Пію IX. З цього часу картина зберігається в музеї Ватикану . Колись вважалося, що святий Ієронім був частиною колекції живописця Анжеліки Кауфман, але ця теорія теж була відкинута останніми вченими.

Влітку 2019 року картина виставлялася в Музеї мистецтв Метрополітен у Нью-Йорку. Експозиція була спеціальною окремою презентацією картини при слабкому освітленні з метою збереження.

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Subject: Cardano Price Prediction 2025: Potential 1,000% Gains
Cardano Price Prediction 2025: Potential 1,000% Gains
By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning • December 9, 2021
Cardano (ADA) is one of the biggest cryptocurrencies on the market. But if you haven't invested yet, you aren't too late. Our Cardano coin 2025 price prediction will show you why now is still an excellent time to buy into this project.
Cardano is the sixth largest cryptocurrency in the world right now, and it's primed to bounce higher in the coming months.
Before we reveal our ADA price predictions, let's take a look at what makes Cardano so interesting...
Experienced Leadership Boosts Cardano's Price Growth
Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano, is no stranger to growing cryptocurrencies. As a co-founder of Ethereum, his credibility and experience speaks for itself.
When Hoskinson and his team started the Cardano project, they realized that in order to make something revolutionary, they had to reevaluate the way the world works.
They decided to ignore the way Bitcoin or Ethereum were built. They didn't want to necessarily improve those designs, they wanted to create something entirely new.
They started by asking themselves basic questions and worked from there.
In Hokinson's opening Keynote for Cardano, he told almost 10,000 subscribers the first fundamental question was, "If we want to create a cryptocurrency that can scale to billions of people, how should that foundation work? What should be the heart of it?"
It was eventually decided they needed to create something that became more decentralized over time - the bigger it gets the faster it gets.
They created a system that is multifunctional, and many analysts are calling it the best network technology to date.
Cardano Is Energy Efficient and Constantly Growing
Cardano is a blockchain network using its own coin, called ADA.
Its network is designed in a way that securely stores information for many uses.
In finance, it aims to be a decentralized system that could bring banking to people anywhere in the world. It can be used in agriculture to trace the origin and quality of products. In healthcare, it can track the origins of pharmaceutical products, making it harder to counterfeit medications.
It can also handle a high volume of transactions per second (TPS). While Ethereum handles about 13 TPS, and Bitcoin handles about 7 TPS, Cardano can handle up to 250 TPS.
That solves one of the biggest problems with using cryptocurrencies: slow transaction speeds.
That's just the beginning; it's currently in the process of upgrading to a layer-two solution that will boost its TPS significantly. The Hydra upgrade could improve network performance to reach up to 1 million TPS.
For comparison, Visa peaks at 24,000 TPS.
The upgrade should massively increase Cardano's scalability, thus working toward its original goal of being the most scalable cryptocurrency network in the world.
It also built an eco-friendly network. Thanks to the use of a proof of stake systems, the network consumes only 6 GWh of power per year. That's comparable to 2 power plants worth of energy a year, while Bitcoin uses more energy than all of the Netherlands yearly.
A huge element that will drive Cardano's growth however isn't in its scalability or its energy efficiency, but in its constant development process. It's a peer review based platform designed to allow its users to evaluate any potential change. It's designed "for the people," and it was the first of its kind.
As its users determine necessary change and its user base grows, it will become an independent network.
Its developers created a five-phase program with the goal for Cardano to eventually become a 100% self-sustaining platform.
2025 Cardano Price Prediction
Analysts think it's one of the most well designed networks available right now, and it's undervalued.
Although Cardano is down from its all-time high of $3.10, it's still up 800% this year.
DigitalCoin projects Cardano's ADA coin could average $2.50 in 2022 and climb to an average of $4.04 in 2025.
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Wallet Investor is also bullish on ADA, projecting gains up to 776%, reaching $11.33 by 2025.
But these predictions are all too conservative according to our own experts.
Money Morning crypto expert Nick Black predicts Cardano could reach $15 a token in 2022. That's a 1,000% gain from today's price of $1.35. Again, that's just for next year. The sky is the limit for 2025.
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4Ocean are on a global mission to restore the balance of nature in our oceans by cleaning up plastic and waste from our oceans as well as our coastlines. This movement is funded solely through the sales of their 4Ocean Bracelet which represent a 1lb pound pledge to remove a single pound of trash from our ocean every time a bracelet is purchased. As well as this, they lend support to specific causes every month when they release a limited edition bracelet to support an environmental cause such as sharks, polar bears, sea turtles and the coral reefs.
All of the waterproof 4Ocean bracelets are made from 100% recycled materials. The blue cord in the bracelets, which can come in different colours in the limited edition bracelets, are made from RPET ( recycled polyethylene terephthalate) which is made from recycled water bottles. The beads on a bracelet are produced from glass bottles that have been recycled. There is also a stainless steel charm of the 4Ocean logo that is attached to every bracelet.
Currently, the plastic and glass that goes into making a bracelet is not from those collected in the cleanups. However, the beads and cords used are from recycled plastic and glass bottles. Also, since all the glass and plastic collected on a 4ocean clean-up are recycled it is always possible that a bottle from a clean-up will go into a bracelet.


Singer/songwriter Ben Arthur is our guest this week on the podcast. He plays a couple of songs live and tells us all about his new album.
We should probably explain that last source, which goes back to the time that an email hit the Popdose inbox, wondering if we might be interested in chatting with Ben Arthur. We immediately recognized that offer as a possible opportunity to instead ask Ben a bunch of questions meant for Bea Arthur of The Golden Girls fame. And just like that, we were off and running. We quickly discovered that Ben likes to have fun and be goofy just as much as we do — and a lifelong friendship officially kicked off.
Throughout his career, Ben has always been working an interesting angle when it comes to the projects that he engages in and that's something that we discuss during today's interview regarding his latest album, Call & Response, a collection of "answer songs" responding to the work of other artists.
He has some well-known targets, like the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen, in addition to songs that offer a response to short stories by Joyce Carol Oates and Alice Munro. Additionally, several of the songs are collaborations that he co-wrote with folks like best-selling author Jonathan Lethem and short story writer George Saunders.
I've really enjoyed this album a lot since I got it, so it was a real thrill to get the chance to talk with Ben about this record and he also shared plenty of information regarding his other projects, including Songcraft Presents, his Emmy-nominated songwriting video series.
Ben recorded a couple of exclusive performances of songs from the album for this podcast. You'll hear one song going into the interview and then another one at the end of the podcast. In the middle of it all, we'll toss in a sample song from the record as well. By the time we are finished, you should have a pretty good idea as far as what this album is all about.
You can purchase Call & Response here and we encourage you to visit Ben's website, Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with everything that he's got going on.
Visit the Lost Together website for a complete archive of all of the episodes we've done so far. We're on Facebook and Twitter as well and you can always feel free to drop us a line or three via the email machines.
This episode is dedicated to William S. Burroughs and Naked Lunch.


Footdee, referred to locally as `Fittie`, lies on the banks of the River Dee, right beside where the north side of the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour meets the North Sea. There has been a settlement here since Medieval times but the housing that can be seen today was laid out in 1809 by John Smith, then Superintendent Of The Town's Public Works. The purpose-built community was specifically designed to house local fishermen and their families.
From first taking up residence, the villagers decorated their sheds and outhouses with flotsam and driftwood and the practice still continues albeit with mostly tacky shop-bought souvenirs rather than `lucky finds`on the beach. The colourful additions certainly brighten up the location and bring more than an occasional smile to visitors` faces.
The original houses were thatched single-storey dwellings, uniform in width, height and depth with similar doors and windows with additional storeys and dormers added piecemeal by the new owners as funds allowed. Several of the original wooden sheds, many times patched and repaired, still survive.
Fittie has a real `forgotten corner` atmosphere and when wandering through these back streets its easy to forget that it borders one of busiest industrial harbours in the UK. There are plenty of photographic opportunities too so remember to bring your camera!
Unlike this guy, most of the residents are friendly and seem quite happy with where they stay!
The modern control tower is on the Footdee side of the harbour and a complete contrast to the old cottages which it overlooks.
Some of the resident fishermen, although the one on the right looks more like a pirate!
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Contrary to the impression given by these guys, it`s very rarely warm enough here for sunbathing or surfing in Hawaiian shorts!
Additional images relating to Aberdeen can also be found in my Stock Photography Archive.
The Footdee War Memorial honouring those who lost their lives serving their country during the 1914-1918 conflict stands in Pocra Quay on the waterfront overlooking the harbour entrance. It was unveiled on 16 August 1919 by James Tulloch J.P. The panels listing fatalities from WW2 were added on 21 May 1949.


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by Tomio and Yumiko Uchida
At university, Tornio majored in computer science and Yumiko in Yumiko in mathematics. They both learned to play bridge while at university and they used to go to tournaments, although they are self-confessed average players at most. Micro Bridge, which is their private project, began as a network play tool to help them improve their own bridge skills and partnership.
Micro Bridge takes Gold for first time, Synrey Bridge takes Silver third year in row. Wbridge5, Yves Costel developer and Q-Plus Bridge, Hans Leber developer settle for Bronze. Gérard Joyez, developer of Bridge Monitor, accepts the Gold Medal for Micro Bridge, Tomio Uchida developer.
They started developing Micro Bridge in 1982. "These were the days before DOS, and they used BASIC for the user interface, but that was too slow for play engine so we wrote it in Assembler. In 1984, they completed the double-dummy algorithm, and year later produced their first DOS version. Micro Bridge 3.0, in 1986, was the first commercial version.
They introduced a duplicate-game mode to Micro Bridge in conjunction with the JCBL. This enabled users to compare their results with actual teams matches or pairs tournament results, The JCBL each year offers data disks that contain hands and results of major tournaments. I think Micro Bridge was the first program to have such a feature.
In 1986, they adopted the Monte Carlo simulation method to produce fair play. This was their original idea, but it was impossible in 1982, so we had to live with the double-dummy (cheating) algorithm. As PCs became much faster, so we introduced the fair play algorithrn. (from 1999)
Micro Bridge has won the the World Computer Bridge Championship once (2019) and been runner up 5 times.
Micro Bridge is a commercial software
Micro Bridge is only available for Windows. Demo available for download. Upgrade to 13.3
Upgrade to 13.3 does not work with the demo version.
Micro Bridge (CD only option) is available at Svenska Bridgeförlaget. and Jannersten Förlag
Micro Bridge is not available for Mac, but can be run with a suitable Windows emulator.
Version 13.3 is the version that won the World Computer Bridge Championship in 2019.
Description of Micro Bridge Systems and Features.


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Bouchard to join Team Canada for Fed Cup in Montreal
Tennis Canada confirmed on Sunday that Eugenie Bouchard will play for Team Canada in the Fed Cup April 18-19 in Montreal.
Canada will be taking on Romania in a bid to stay in the elite World Group for next season, after losing to the Czech Republic in the first round of the top annual women's national team tennis tournament.
The loss to the top-rated Czechs at Québec City in February – without Bouchard – put Canada in a position to defend its place in the first tier of the tournament. They'll stay there so long as they win at least three matches against Romania in Montreal.
Eugenie Bouchard helped Canada to the Fed Cup World Group elite eight for the first time.
In a Tennis Canada release Bouchard said "It's special to me that next week's Fed Cup tie is taking place in my hometown of Montreal. I hope that everyone comes out to watch some great tennis and support Team Canada." Tickets are available to purchase online for both days.
Bouchard joins a team that includes fellow Montrealer Francoise Abanda, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Toronto's Sharon Fichman. Despite struggling for form in 2015 with recent early WTA tour exits in Charleston and Miami, Bouchard is by far the highest ranked player in the competition at world number seven.
Francoise Abanda returns a shot against Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic in February.
The top Romanian coming to Montreal is ranked 36th in the world, that's Irina-Camelia Begu. Although world no. 62 Alexandra Dulgheru gives Romania depth, as does Andreea Mitu who is just off the top 100. Raluca Olaru rounds out the visiting squad. Romania's best player, no. 3 Simona Halep, will be missing from Montreal.
The best-of-five will be decided by four singles matches and a doubles rubber if it goes to a fifth tie.
Canada's men meanwhile, will be playing in the Davis Cup quarterfinals in July after ousting Japan in the first round of that competition on Canadian soil back in early March.
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According to the latest ruling out of the Ninth Circuit Court, it's perfectly legal for federal agents to secretly plant a GPS locator on your car in the middle of the night, even if it's parked in your driveway, and then use said locator to track your movements as they see fit. Even without a warrant.
In the case, DEA agents secretly planted a GPS locator on Juan Pineda-Moreno's Jeep at night while it was parked outside his home, and then used it to pinpoint the illegal marijuana crop he was cultivating. Pineda-Moreno appealed the case on the grounds that the secret tracking violated his Fourth Amendment rights, but a three-judge panel denied his appeal in January and a larger panel ruled this month against reconsidering the case.
The ruling, which sets precedent for Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, holds that "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures" doesn't apply to driveways.
But the Ninth Circuit doesn't make precedent for the whole country, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently ruled that extended tracking via GPS requires a warrant. But, since conflicting precedent has now been set on the West Coast, this issue is bound for the Supreme Court. Hopefully, they'll side with the rights of the people.
It's not that the 9th Circuit applied a narrow application of the 'open fields' doctrine. It's that they applied a *selective* application of it. They selected the "steps taken to protect the area" and "…in an enclosure" criteria and applied those while ignoring the "uses the area is put to" and the 'proximity' criteria.
Is the driveway close to the house? Yes, it's directly adjacent to the house. The pouring of concrete for a driveway does not create a new curtilage line.
Is the driveway used daily for the purposes of those living in the house adjacent, and no one else? Yes, the driveway is used every day by the owners of the property and nobody else is allowed to use it.
Am I allowed to ask someone to 'get off my property' if they are in my driveway? Yes, indeed I am. How then can you consider the driveway not a piece of curtilage?
The artilce states that the Supreme Court reversed Dunn's conviction. This statement is not correct; the court reinstated Dunn's original conviction since the barn was outside of the curtilage and was not used intimately in conjunction with the dwelling house. Dunn's expecation of privacy in the barn was radically different from his expectation in his home or within his curtilage.
The Feds can GPS me all they want. My life has a routine that varies very little. But, this is not the Soviet Union or Communist China. I think the Supreme Court would over turn such a ruling as being unconstitutional. The Feds need all the tools they can use to combat Terrorism and Drug Traffickers; but let's don't sacrifice Human Civil Rights. The "End" does not justify the "Means".
Does a person have a reasonable expectation of privacy if they were standing on their driveway with no clothes on? Obviously not. Do you have an expectation of privacy when someone stands on the street and stares into your house through a window? Nope. Next time, keep the car in the garage.
On a side note, the kid that found the GPS unit after the oil change shouldn't have taken pictures of it. He should have just attached it to another car and went on with his life.
I think the government does whatever it wants and that the people who blindly do what their told are the worst. Who do you think pays for all the stuff that goes on at AREA 51?
Oh I forgot to remember that there is no AREA 51 or white planes with red stripes that have no airline names painted on them flying to a place in the middle of the Nevada desert from Las Vegas Airport everyday!
I did enjoy the part about the FBI asking for their device back.


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Here is something that I would like opinions on. After 20 some cruises, mostly with Royal Caribbean, we now prefer to simply eat dinner at the Windjammer rather than at the main dining room. Doing so allows us to eat when we want and provides a much wider choice of items.
We have tried the MyTime Dining option which gives us more flexibility, but it can still result in long waits for a table if prior reservations are not made, and occasionally has resulted in dinner taking two hours to complete.
Another advantage of not eating in the main dining room is that we can avoid having to pack formal clothes, saving one suitcase between us by the time dress shoes are included.
Now the question. If we avoid the assigned dining table and only eat evening meals in the Windjammer or alternate dining venues, what do we do about the gratuities for the dining staff? We have done the following at times during these cruises. 1) Gone to our assigned dining table on the first night and then again on the last night to distribute the recommended gratuties for the full cruise, even though we were only at the table two nights out of a 14-night cruise. 2) Gone to the main dining room only on the first night and then stopped by the table on the last night without eating there and distributed gratuties, but at less than the recommended amount for the full cruise. 3) Avoided the main dining room altogether, and only tipped the staff in the Windjammer whose tables we regularly ate at or those who provided extra special service.
We know that on every cruise there are those who never visit the main dining room. We also know that the dining waitstaff depends entirely on tips. What are your thoughts please?
Thanks for your question. I guess this is one place where we differ from you, because we always find it a great treat to be pampered every night in the formal dining room... but having said that, I also understand the convenience and freedom that dining in the buffet-type venues allows. These days everybody's lives are so scheduled out that it's nice to go and come when, where, and how you want, at least when you're on vacation.
That having been said, the dining room staff gratuity issue is a very personal one, and this call will ultimately boil down to your personal beliefs and judgement. It's true that the crew relies heavily on tips. It's also true that if you're not getting the service most nights because you're not in there, then you shouldn't be forced to tip fully.
Personally, I would probably at least offer them something (whatever amount you deem sufficient) of a gratuity, just as a kind gesture, even if I very rarely used the dining room, as you're doing. This would still allow you to give a nice tip to those who are taking care of you in the Windjammer, without going over the total amount that you normally would've given to the dining room staff (who often work the Windjammer and other food venues during the day).
But again, ultimately this will have to be your call. And as you know, each cruise offers a different quality of dining/service experience. Your point is well-taken when it comes to paying for a service you'll use nearly never, but I would take this one on a cruise-by-cruise basis. The simple fact that you've put thought into this topic shows that you're considerate of others... you're the type of folks we love to cruise with!
A group of friends and I are planning on going on a cruise after college graduation. We want to keep it cheap but also have room where we aren't getting on each other's nerves. Does it make a difference in price if we get one room or two? Would getting the second room be more expensive?
Thanks for your question... and congratulations on picking the ultimate way to celebrate the milestone of your college graduation! How else could you all be together, celebrate every night, bond together through some amazing shared experiences at exotic ports, and not have to worry about a thing? It's all taken care of!
It's smart that you're open to some options when it comes to saving money. Very smart. Begin your planning by being flexible on which week you'll travel... you'll often find huge swings in cruise prices from month to month, or maybe even week to week. Once you've settled on a particular week, then I would very strongly consider going with 3 or 4 people to a room. Yes, you will definitely save money this way, since tickets for the 3rd & 4th person in the room are much cheaper.
You have to remember that you'll likely spend very little time in the room, other than when sleeping. It's not like at home where you'd be spending hours on end in the room. So even though having 3 or 4 people in a room can mean things are tight for a few minutes while you're dressing, once you bust out of that stateroom door, you've got a thousand-foot-long ship to roam on your own all day and night. And a whole lot more cash to spend on your sail-and-sign card.
This is a personal decision which will depend on how much money you plan to spend, how well you like your cruisemates, and how much you personally need your privacy. But I'd recommend doubling things up in the stateroom, and going with 3 or 4 to a room. It's a smart way to save cash, and to be well on your way to paying for your next cruise!
On my upcoming Carnival cruise is breakfast available on the day we disembark?
Thanks for your question, and congratulations on your upcoming cruise!
Yes, breakfast should be available before you disembark... we've never had an experience where it wasn't available the last morning.
This is a great way to get breakfast done conveniently, before the getting-home hassle begins... plus it beats throwing $20 away on breakfast at a fast food outlet!
There's an 8 day Carnival cruise that I'm considering. I've heard that there is a "party" cruise line. Is Carnival that cruise line?
Carnival is indeed often considered a "party" cruise line, probably because it often tends to attract a younger crowd. If you're into nightlife, Carnival is definitely ready to please... if not, it's a big ship! You'll find more than you can do in a week if you want to stay busy and/or party... but at the same time, there's always plenty of beach chairs, and first-run movies available in your stateroom if you just want to "chill out" and have some peace and quiet.
Bottom line, whether you want a fast pace or a slow one, Carnival will deliver for you!
Hope you enjoy your cruise... stop by and say "Hi" when you get back on our free Message Board!
My husband and I are considering our first cruise. It would be a mid-November departure from NYC to Bahamas. Will we appreciate the warm climate for most of the trip or will we be wishing we flew south first before boarding?? Just don't want to waste half the week in cool/cold weather!!
Congratulations on considering a cruise vacation! That is a question that depends as much on what you'll want from your cruise vacation as anything else.
Why? Because it depends on what you find you enjoy most on "sea days." On a cruise vacation there's so much to do, you may find yourself forgetting you're at sea from time to time.
Yes, it's going to be cool when you depart NYC at that time of the year. And yes, to some degree, it's going to be cool outside while you're traveling for 2 1/2 days at sea. But you'll likely find so much to do onboard that you may not find it much of a problem!
When you get into the area of the Bahamas, you'll find that the temperature averages around the upper 60's to lower 80's during November, so anything will go for the 2 or 3 days you're down there... so soak it up in the pool when you're not ashore on those days!
Bottom line -- do some investigating on the website of the cruise line you're considering traveling with. Look at what amenities are available on the specific ship you're considering. If you find that there are enough attractions and activities on board to keep you busy (and likely you will), you may not miss the pool for the couple days coming and going.
But if you think you'd enjoy spending a lot of time hanging out in the pool chairs and listening to the live band outside (and that is great relaxation time), then you may want to consider flying down, and picking up a cruise from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral, or something like that (wherever the best deals are). Because you ARE going to find it chilly outside on the decks during that time of year, while sailing to and from the Bahamas. Even in the Gulf, even during warmer months, it gets chilly on the decks during sea days, and a lot of that is simply the strong winds at sea combined with the speed the ship is moving. Even on cruises in warmer months, we always bring a light jacket for the sea days.
So, put some thought into exactly what you want most out of the cruise, and what you can do without.
My mother and I are going on our first cruise in Sept with Royal Caribbean to Grand Cayman and Cozumel. I am wondering if the pools and whirlpools on the ship close after a certain time?
In our experiences we have seen the pools open and closed at odd times on the lines we've been on, so we spoke with Royal Caribbean directly to get an accurate answer. We were told that, on Royal Caribbean's ships, the pools were almost always open, unless there was some type of maintenance going on. On our cruises with Royal Caribbean, we've seen folks out at the pools at late hours, but I'm not sure if, on the trips where we've sailed with Royal Caribbean, the pools were 'always' open, even while at sea. For starters, you'll may find that, when you first enter the ship at the cruise terminal, the pools are empty. Then, when you wake the next morning, you'll probably find that they have filled them with the fresh clear seawater you're now sailing in (yes, saltwater). I can't vouch for every cruise line, but even during the cruise, they will probably drain the pool at some point and then refill it a number of times (I hear it's every night on at least one line, but I've never sat out there to check this).
But at any rate, you can be fairly sure you'll find them open quite a bit during your cruise. The only times I recall for sure seeing the pool closed during the day while at sea is during times of rough seas, when the ship is rolling badly, causing violent waves in the pools (for safety reasons). And you're unlikely to see those types of conditions happen on your average cruise trip.
But not to worry, you'll find so much going on around the ship, that you'll probably not even use the pools as much as you think...have a great time!
There are round-trip cruises that start at a port, such as Miami, and end up back there again, but these may not go all the way through the Panama Canal. The one-way cruise is a sure bet that you'll travel the whole canal, if that's your main interest. I don't think the fact that you and your traveling partner live in separate locations will pose a problem...for instance, on the cruise linked above, you both would just need a one-way airline ticket from your homes to Fort Lauderdale, and would need another one-way airline ticket from San Diego back to your homes. The airline tickets will probably run a little more money due to the fact that you're not buying round-trip airline tickets. So, yes, you can do it, and it should be the trip of a lifetime. Enjoy!
I found your webpage most informative, thank you! My question is regarding onshore excursions. Is it really necessary to book them ahead of time? We are going to be in the Bahamas in 3 weeks and will be in Nassau for 1 day so we didn't want to book an excursion ahead of time in case once we get there, we decide to do something entirely different. I've heard conflicting stories regarding where you end up once you get to Nassau. Apparently, there isn't a beach or shopping area in the immediate area. We are looking to spend a relaxing day on the beach and do a little shopping. Not real iterested in doing any scuba diving or anything like that.
This will be our first cruise, so we're not familiar with how it all works. Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.
Thanks for your question. No, it is not necessary to book your excursions ahead of time; you can do that while aboard the ship. We do often book ours ahead of time if we know, for sure, what we want to do at a certain port, but we have also booked excursions aboard the ship. If you're mainly wanting to just relax at the beach, we recommend that you do one of the 'beach break' excursions...or, since you'll be in Nassau, you may want to check for an excursion to the Atlantis Resort! This would give you the opportunity to check out a resort known the world over, and also would be a great place to hang out at the beach. Either way, if you're wanting to do a little shopping, check with your cruise line to see how long the excursion lasts (probably 4 or 5 hours), so you're sure you'll have time for a little shopping afterwards. One word of caution, however you plan your day: be sure you're back aboard your ship with ample time to spare; the ship will not wait if you're late. You're okay if you're on an excursion through the cruise line, but just keep an eye on the time if you're out on your own.
That having been said, congratulations on making an awesome vacation choice -- you're going to have a great time! One of the greatest things about a cruise vacation is knowing that once you're aboard, everything you need is taken care of. Drop us a line when you get back and tell us about it!
Thank you for such a great web site. It is most informative!
We are planning a Canada & New England Cruise in the first week of September 2008.
We have learned through the internet that the hurricane season is around that time. Have checked past hurricane seasons and we will have to base an opinion on that.
Should we be concerned to cruise around that time of the year? We have not yet booked.
Thank you and you have a great day.
Thanks so much for your kind words about our site...they truly mean more than you know. We hope that it will continue to be a source of information for you, and that you will spread the good word about our site.
In other words, they may decide to have you board at another port location to avoid the weather, in which case they will probably give you some type of credit for your inconvenience.
Or, if no other option is available, they may cancel the trip and refund your money.
At any rate, the cruise lines usually 'take it upon themselves' to bear the burden of dealing with uncertain weather during hurricane season. We can't guarantee what any cruise line will or won't do, but usually they're the ones who make good on things when the unexpected happens during hurricane season.
If things go like they have the past couple years, you shouldn't have much problem! And we certainly hope weather doesn't stop your trip.
Again, thanks so much for visiting our site, and please don't hesitate to ask any other questions!
To Dress to the Nines?
This is our first cruise. We are leaving from Seattle for Alaska on May 11. We were really wondering about dress wear for dinner. Are dresses a necessity or dressy pant suits. And anything you think we should know. I really enjoyed your site but was not able to access the first thing on your list about what to do at home preparing for the cruise had no trouble with the rest. The first cruise ships have already arrived in Seattle. I believe it was Tuesday when the first one came in. Thanks for the great site and any help you can give me. My husband and I are celebrating our 45th anniversary so we are not youngsters but not over the hill yet.
Congratulations on your 45th anniversary, and on making a great choice on how to celebrate it! We celebrate our 15th anniversary on April 10th. It's truly a blessing in this day and age to see folks like you stick with each other for the long haul. We know that doesn't happen by accident. You are to be commended!
As far as Formal Dining goes, the cruise lines are usually pretty easy going about what to wear. Usually, on a one-week cruise, you'll only have two true "Formal Nights", where they'll recommend dresses for the ladies and tuxedo or suit for the gentlemen. The other nights in the formal dining room are something along the lines of "Smart Casual", in other words, khaki pants and a nice shirt are fine for the men, and pant suits are fine for the women for all the other nights in there. We've even worn blue jeans and a nice shirt a time or two in the formal dining, just not on "Formal Night", and they're not going to give you any problems. The only time I've seen them say anything is when a guy wore shorts to formal dining, and they told him he needed long pants. So don't let the formal dining scare you -- you're going to be spoiled when you go in there! Go have a great time! Do try something new every night while you're in there -- you can even order two different plates for one person, that way you'll have that steak in case you don't like the other plate!
You mentioned having trouble with the first link on our page -- I believe you're talking about the one that says "Cruise Tips Home". If so, that is just a link that takes you back to our main home page, it doesn't take you anywhere else. But speaking of preparing at home, do take a look at our "Cruise Packing List" page, and make sure you click the link for the "Printer Friendly Version". That'll take you to our Packing List that even has checkboxes to check as you pack, and blank spaces to write in extras that you think of.
Finally, thanks so much for your kind words about our site, it means more than you know! Remember we're always here if you have any questions, and, let us know how your trip goes!
Do cruises the week after Christmas tend be be full or not so full? When is the best time to book for that week???
That time of year does tend to be busy for the cruise lines, but no situation is ever exactly the same. But the best time to book is most always right away. Often you will find that the rooms go cheaper the earlier you can book them, and, of course, by booking earlier you'll have more choices as to which room you want. We've heard it said, "book early, or book late." Which is to say, early on, the cruise lines are eager to get bookings going, and will often offer great prices then. And as the cruise draws near, they're frantic to fill those last rooms, so the good deals come again -- it's just that, being that late in the game, you're very limited on room choices. So it's best to book as early as possible. We've even had situations where we booked, only to see the cruise line drop prices a couple weeks later. We'd call, tell them we saw the lower price, and they'd automatically lower our booking price to match the new price! (They don't want to go through you cancelling, then bothering them again to re-book at the lower price) So our advice is, book as soon as possible!
Where on a ship is the best for the least motion. We were told the center and closer to the bottom. How bad would the 8100 (stateroom number) be on the Naviagtion Deck, port side, on the new Eurodam Holland America be?
Any suggestions on what tours that would be good to do on this Sept 1, 2008 cruise might be?
Regarding dining, is the anytime dining a good idea?
Any other addtional information would greatly be appreciated.
The information you were given is generally correct -- there is less motion in the center and towards the bottom of the ship. However, although we do generally book a room near the center for this reason, we always try to be on one of the upper decks near the center. We do this kind of as a 'tradeoff' -- less motion due to being in the center, but closer to the dining and other facilities by being on the higher deck.
We've never cruised with Holland America, so we're not familiar with many things about that line or that particular stateroom. But if you'll stick with the 'near the center' idea, you'll have a much smoother ride. Actually, believe it or not, some people like the motion in their room -- they say it rocks them to sleep at night!! I say, the little rocking I get in the center of the boat is enough for that.
For dining, we always do the Formal Dining...we find it to be a great treat and would do nothing else. But it's hard to go wrong with dining, you're pretty much going to be taken care of however you choose to go.
But while we're on the topic of dining, we'd like to recommend the later dining times if available. We like the later seating because, on port days, the later seating allows us more time in port, without having to rush back to the boat before departure to get ready for dinner. On a cruise, you're already limited to only a few hours in port...we sure don't want to be limited any more than that by an early dining time.
We hope you have a great trip, and let us know if you have other questions. And, when you get back, drop us an e-mail reviewing your cruise!
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Our mission is to promote the sport and sportsmanship of lacrosse to the residents of Mendon & Upton, Massachusetts. To provide a fun, positive and enriching experience for all of the youth, parents, coaches and volunteers involved in the program. NYL fields both boys and girls lacrosse teams.
MBYLL(Boys) and Founders League (Girls) are the core programs for boys and girls from 1st grade through 8th grade to participate in inter-town play as part of the MBYLL (Boys) & Founders League (Girls), the governing bodies for youth lacrosse in eastern Massachusetts. We share and promote the MBYLL/Founders youth league philosophy; there are no standings kept, no league championship or playoffs. We play all players as equally as possible with the goal of teaching the sport and providing a fun experience for all involved. We police ourselves in the effort to provide an outlet for kids that has not been swept up in the pressure filled, win-at-all-cost mania that is too present in today's youth sports. All NLA participants, coaches, parents and spectators are expected to adhere to and abide by our Code of Conduct.


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The Other World and Worlds of David Wojnarowicz
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Homosexuality & Art thru eyes of a raging artist
It was a sudden vision of the world; a transient position of the body in relation to the Other World. So I came to understand that to give up one's environment was also to give up biography and all the encoded daily movements; the false reassurances of the railing outside the door. This was a beginning of a definition of the World for me. A place that might be described as interior world. The place where movement was comfortable; where boundaries were stretched or obliterated; no walls, borders, language or fear.
David Wojnarowicz, Close to the Knives
David Wojnarowicz was born in 1954 into a life that was troubled from the very onset on the fringes of American society. The first years of his life were marked by incredible abuse from his father with dog chains, two by fours, and molestation.
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By age nine, Wojnarowicz was back with his neglectful mother; from ages nine to 16 or 17, he "fucked in every season and in any weather," (Tongues of Flame, p. 115). All along those years, Wojnarowicz made many forays into prostitution and random sex where his life was often at stake as early as age twelve. In his teenage years, education fell to the wayside and by age sixteen, he was a permanent resident of the streets. Wojnarowicz's daily life consisted of tricking, shoplifting, and avoiding death with a gang of transvestites along the Hudson river. However by age twenty, he began to assemble the pieces of his life and his creativity began to emerge. Five years later in 1979, Wojnarowicz seemingly began his artistic career with photographic series produced, action installations created, and a true documentation of the world in his eyes underway. Wojnarowicz grew up as...
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Jigsaw wants to play a game with you on PlayStation 3.
• Jigsaw has laid out a gauntlet of torturous traps for a handful of innocents. Only you stand between them and an untimely end. Think quickly. The clock is ticking.
• Who lives and who survives in the game is determined by the decisions you make.
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Team One
Buliding Boxes
Organisational Culture Transformation
The HR team and Team One instigated a cultural change initiative as a response to workplace fatalities and a discouraged workforce.
This programme was rolled-out across the whole of the Group to include Operations, Finance, Marketing, Compliance, HR and IT. As we all worked on the same site, the intention was to develop a sense of "one"; to challenge each other to be more positive and proactive with such tools as the "Power Train"; and to inspire the workforce with positive role-modelling from Team One facilitators.
The objectives of this programme were
1. To increase safety awareness and to create a proactive safety environment measured through:
A higher number of near misses reported
A reduction in the number of MTIs (Medical Treatment Incidents) and a decreasing trend in the MTIFR (Medical Treatment Injury Frequency Rate)
A reduction in the number of LTIs (Lost Time Injury) and a decreasing trend in the LTIFR (Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate)
2. Behaviour and attitude changes measured by less absenteeism, sickness and better team performance
3. An increase in confidence in 5 key areas after completing the course:
I am able to work with a positive attitude
I am prepared to view life from other people's point of view
I can communicate with management
I am clear of my responsibilities in health & safety
I take responsibility for health & safety around my workmates
While the statistics show a marked improvement in the areas of health and safety, participants have also used the principles of this programme to improve other areas of their lives, as shown in the anecdotal evidence.
The Client Said
"We have seen better team performance through enhanced production statistics. New production records have been set and overall production is up 20%."
Anecdotal Evidence and an Increase in Confidence
Shift Managers and Team Leaders have created 'Power Trains' with their crews and have displayed them in the plants.
An employee of 8-years service with literacy problems motivated as a result of the sessions to seek assistance to improve.
An employee of 10-years service motivated as a result of the sessions to put himself forward for development in an area out of his comfort zone.
Learning about colleagues' home lives / personal situations and having a greater respect and understanding for them.
Values At Work
Roll-out Project:
The Issue: Formerly a Government Department, this client had evolved through the State Owned Enterprise phase, acquiring a lot of small businesses to become a large private company. There were significant issues of cultural inertia from the history of the organisation which adversely affected performance and productivity.
The Process: Team One were asked to co-design a programme that would infuse every level of leadership with a strong adherence to the new values the organisation wanted to embrace. A PowerTrain based programme, entitled Values at Work was implemented for 500 managers and staff in leadership positions. Following the feedback from the initial Roll-out we were asked to continue rolling this out to their 2000 strong workforce.
The Result: Since the Staff Roll-out we have had report of much higher staff attitude towards their workers and their work. Three months after the implementation of the programme, one of their largest clients called the senior managers to a meeting at which he told them that as clients, they had noticed a huge improvement in the attitude and performance from the staff on the contracts they were delivering to that client and asked what they had done to achieve this.
The Client Said: The CEO said "Participants from our Company gave this programme the highest ratings I have ever seen, confirming our belief that it is helping us to drive cultural changes throughout the organisation" Following the workforce roll-out the HR Manager publicly thanked Team One for "Implementing this training throughout their organisation which has can only be described as an adrenalin shot to the heart of our organisation"
Health and Safety Project:
The Issue: To have the concepts of safe behaviour instilled in the workforce so that working safely and looking out for each other becomes an accepted part of the way people work on the site.
The Process: We ran 13 two-day workshops as the first phase of our Safety Behavioural Change Programme. Everyone – all 270 employees – attended the program starting with the Senior Management Team.
All the workshops were highly participatory – breaking out into small groups, work shopping topics and then presenting their group's work back to the bigger group. Everyone was required at some time over the 2 days to present and for many this was a big challenge.
The material was all about personal accountability, communication, family, teamwork and personal development.
"It was a powerful reinforcement of the safety vision when people stood in front of their mates and presented what their groups had developed in order to ensure a safe working environment."
The Result: Following the initial courses the client had gone 9 months without a Lost Time Incident. Nine months accident free – especially in times when we have been exceptionally busy was a new record.
The Client Said: "I am convinced that as a consequence of the Team One work we will see an improvement in our safety performance and additionally we will have more communication, better teamwork and ultimately, a better performing business.
The Team One work was rated so highly by our people because its relevance goes beyond the workplace and impacts into all areas of their lives. The material is simple yet encompasses so much – it is fresh, innovative and well presented.
We have turned the corner – we want to use the Team One work to consolidate our performance Year to Date, and we believe our vision of "no accidents, no harm to anyone working on our sites" is both realistic and achievable."
Industry - Manufacturing
The General Manager of this business unit had worked with Team One in a previous business unit of one of New Zealand's largest companies, getting fantastic results. He called on Team One to once again improve performance, productivity, engagement and EBIT.
Team One began working with this organisation in May 2010. The following are the results of one production plant.
• F10 Team One starts work with the organisation at the end of F10
• F11 increased 1245%
• F12 increased 121%
The increase in EBIT alone generated a return on the training investment of 360% in the first year.
Rate (sheets/hr)
• F10 139.2
• F11 157.2 +12.93%
• F12 169.0 +7.5%
Productivity is measured in sheets per hour. When Team One first presented the target of 150 sheets per hour they were met with resistance from the entire workforce. After working through the issues using the Team One tools the production teams were open to trying to achieve the goal. The entire site achieved it within two weeks of completing the training and have continued to improve this KPI ever since. Imagine a consistently hourly improvement in production of 20% over two years.
• TRIFR (end of F10) 14.46
• TRIFR (end of F11) 0
• TRIFR (to May) 0
The Total Recordable injury frequency rate fell to 0 immediately after the completion of Team One training. Many hazards have been identified and resolved and team members make sure they look out for each other.
DIFOT
• F10 94.1 %
Customer complaints fell and DIFOT improved consistently after the completion of the course. A follow up course, held in 2012 further assisted in the improvement of these figures.
Never before had we encountered an organisation with 0% engagement as this survey result shows. Measured six months after the first Team One course, disengagement levels had reduced by 32.8% and engagement had increased by 30.4%.
Culture & Leadership – Hancock's Case Study
How investing to improve crew culture and frontline leadership is benefiting forest manager Hancock Forest Management NZ
In 2012 Hancock's health and safety performance had plateaued. The company had already invested in improving systems and processes. However, Hancock's recognised they also needed to invest in improving the culture and leadership of the organisation.
At this point, Tawera Nikau from Team One was engaged to come work alongside staff and contracting crews to begin addressing the culture of the working environment.
"Where Team One was coming from was that people had experiences in their life (*lens scratches) that were influencing the ways they behaved – the culture. Team One essentially gave them tools to address those and to move forward," says Rowan Struthers, Operations Manager of Hancocks Forest Managment.
Five years on and Hancock's have developed a culture where the biggest benefits of the training can be seen in the strong communication and engagement amongst all staff.
As Paddy Penwarden, Harvesting Forester, says in the above video "Everyone's looking after everyone now, covering their back and they're not afraid to say something".
Congratulations Hancock we are thrilled to see the improvements and to have been a part of your organisational cultural transformation.
This study typifies why it is so important to invest and develop in the health and culture of an organisation.
*Lens Scratches -Just as we have lenses we can look through on the outside of our eyes, we also have lenses behind our eyes. None of us sees reality as it truly is. All of us interpret truth and reality by filtering and viewing it through our hidden lenses. These are all shaped by all the past experiences – emotion, fears, dreams – and information that we have accumulated over time. We consistently receive rave reviews of how addressing lens scratches, in our programmes, has positively impacted the personal & professional lives of course participants.
SMALL BUSINESS – CONSULTANCY Olympic Athlete – wanted to focus on training for Commonwealth games while getting business up and running. Called on Team One to provide Business Development. Worked with client to re-vamp his marketing, customer service and renegotiated with his suppliers
Result: 500% increase in gross turnover in six months
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR – TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING Two divisions, wholesale and retail sales not speaking to each other. Conference nearly called off because Wholesale Division didn't want to be in the same seminars as Retail. Called on Team One to facilitate Team development weekend including training in communication, customer services and team skills. Facilitated the adoption of motto: Let's enjoy Winning Together and revamped systems so both teams could work together.
Result: Following conference, highest sales month on record as teams worked together for the first time ever.
TRAVEL COMPANY – CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME Following drastic slashing in sales commissions by Airlines, client needed a training programme that would encourage and enable staff to change the way they do business in a more difficult trading environment. Team One provided change management and staff training for over 700 staff.
Result: Increased turnover, profit doubled and staff morale dramatically up — all against industry trends.
RESTAURANT CHAIN – MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING Management training and personal growth needed for staff so could promote from within. Worked a programme over a period of months, including goal focus and setting.
Result: 300% increase in dessert sales after two weeks of implementation of ideas.
LARGE SOLE – CHANGE MANAGEMENT Major restructuring had left office staff demoralised and hurt. Called on Team One. What they did is a secret, but morale and communication went through the roof and we can do it for your organisation too!
Result: Better communication between managers and staff, higher morale, lower staff turnover.
TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTION Large facility training organisation, one facility under-performing, low student numbers, under budget on fee income, high staff turnover and losing money Team One did Power Train leadership development programs for their management team and lecturers. They adopted the framework and remained in partnership for two years.
Result: within two years staff moral had improved, quality of teaching had dramatically improved, all attributed to the Power Train.
© COPYRIGHT 2016 BY TEAM ONE INTERNATIONAL


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Sumitra Mahajan visits Lilavati over Parrikar's health
New Delhi, Feb 21: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has visited the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai to enquire about Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health.
In a statement the Lok Sabha secretariat here said that Mahajan visited the hospital late on Tuesday and spoke to Parrikar's sons, who apprised her about the Chief Minister's condition.
Mahajan expressed hope that the former Defence Minister would soon be fully fit to serve the people of his state.


The Weimar is usually forgotten in European history, often referred to as the 'between' period of the Kaiser and Hitler. The Weimar is more important than that. It was a period where the discontents of Imperial Germany caught up with the society, and when Europe was recovering. No nation suffered worse than Germany.
The Kaiser abdicated and spent the rest of his days in Holland. This brought a new Government; the Weimar Republic, named after the new capital: Weimar.
Ebert and his new government would have to try and put a broken country back together. They would face opposition from both the left and the right, as well as the people. A seemingly impossible task.


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This page shows the list of '''dams and reservoirs in Russia.

 Baksan Dam
 Boguchany Dam
 Bratsk Dam
 Bureya Dam
 Cheboksary Dam
 Chirkey Dam, Chirkey Reservoir
 Chogray Reservoir
 Gorky Reservoir
 Iovsky Reservoir
 Irganai Dam
 Irkutsk Dam
 Ivankovo Reservoir
 Kama Reservoir
 Kolyma Dam
 Kovdozersky Reservoir
 Krasnodar Reservoir
 Krasnoklutchevskaya Dam
 Krasnoyarsk Dam
 Kuybyshev Reservoir
 Lower Svir Dam
 Narva Dam, Narva Reservoir (shared with Estonia)
 Nizhny Novgorod Dam
 Nizhnekamsk Dam, Nizhnekamsk Reservoir
 Paatsjoki River Dams
 Pavlovka Dam
 Pirengsky Reservoir
 Proletarsky Reservoir
 Rybinsk Dam, Rybinsk Reservoir
 Saratov Dam, Saratov Reservoir
 Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
 Serebryansky Reservoir
 Sheksna Reservoir
 Tsimlyansk Reservoir
 Uglich Dam, Uglich Reservoir
 Upper Svir Dam
 Ust-Ilimsk Dam
 Vazuzskoye Reservoir
 Verkhnetulomsky Reservoir
 Verkhnevolzhsky Reservoir
 Veselovsky Reservoir
 Vilyuy Dam
 Volga Dam
 Volkhov Dam
 Votkinsk Dam, Votkinsk Reservoir
 Vyshnevolotsk Reservoir
 Zagorsk Dams
 Zeya Dam
 Zhiguli Dam

See also
List of dams and reservoirs

References

Dams in Russia
Russia

Dams and reservoirs


1. UM. if you follow thepikeplacekitchen on instagram, you'll know that I just got home from a magical, MAGICAL place: Smorgasburg. I might write up a whole post on it? WHAT DO YOU THINK? do you want to know about nutella ice cream sandwiches and schnitzle and thingsssss??? maybe i'll do a WIAW this week and detail it! yum. (but you can check out a sneak peak on insta don't forget!
2. YASSSS. I'm swooning over #2 for sure.
3. Frankie and I really got our butts in gear this weekend! normally i'm all like: let's loungeeee around and do nothing. but this weekend! (okay i sort of died on Friday after taking Frankie's cousin Jess to Nocheee and drinking like 5 different types of alcohol… BUT) i was able to rally it up and we went to see trainwreck (good, but DEFF expected it to be funnier) and then got sushi from a new [to frankie] place! i'm so strange sushi is like my new hangover food – to be fair it's accompanied by like gyoza and scallion pancakes and edamame and then cucumber and chicken tempura rolls, so is it really weird? Saturday we did one of the Stray Boots tours Frankie's mom got me for Christmas and it was super fun ^ see us getting "fierce" with one of the New York Public Library's lions! do you want to know about this? is this something you're interested in? tellll me! and then todayyyy we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and then along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade down to Pier 5 for lunch at Smorgasburg. So fun!
4. I'm going to DC next week and then when I get back Frankie and I are starting the Whole30… oyy. i'm scared but excited and like if any of you have ever done one I'd appreciate ANY advice I can get. and recipes. i'd LOVE recipes. specifically breakfast… i hate eggs. WAH.
5. Also, if you guys have done any of these and think they're definitely MUST DOs lemme know! I'm trying to put together a list of stuff for frankie and I to do when we have no plans. OH and i'm putting together a list for future date night spots! any recommendations would be GREATLY appreciated!
7. | Bones | I'm in the middle of a marathon! I'm about halfway through Season 6 and making progress toward season 7. | Sense8 | Still loving it! we watch it when we can and I'm really liking how they string it all together. | Fall Shows| EVERYTHING IS COMING BACK SOON! I can't wait for HTGAWM and Scandal and all my other faves. What are you guys excited to watch?
8. i'm going to the beach next weekend I think! I hope this helps with my feeling of not wanting summer to end. i'm pretty excited about it.
9. i laughed for a good five minutes at this video. reminds me of me and my best friends.
That video has top dudes written ALL OVER IT.
Also tell me more about Smorgasburg!
I KEPT THINKING ABOUT US TOP DUDES WHEN I WATCHED IT!
I feel the same about Trainwreck. I feel like Amy Schumer is my spirit animal, yet I found her to be pretty whiny and irritating toward the end lol.
I totally agree! It was a little more… depressing than I expected I think.
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Outliers (#20)
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Alt Right media feast: Zionist alt right. Sensible summary. Iconography. Shock troops. Distilled. Wacism. Identity. Radical, dude. Shillarious. Voices (wake us and then…). #Triggered! Race realism. Amren on the air. 'Splainin'. Greerian analysis. WSJ and the video. Convergence. A primer.
The anti-diversity position
Few understand this idea; Leftists obviously refuse to, and Rightists just do not seem to be able to grasp the subtlety. If one is anti-diversity, it is a recognition that any diversity is toxic. This is not a veiled stab at African-Americans, gypsies or Jews; it is pure logic applied: if more than one group exists in the same place, no group will be able to define the values of that place, and therefore, a constant internal dissent — a type of background hum — will pervade all activities. Eventually that civilization will tear itself apart. Robert Putnam's research on diversity is just the tip of the iceberg; diversity lowers social trust. It also destroys the ability to have culture, standards or values other than the lowest common denominator, which makes no one happy, and makes all minority groups feel subjugated and the majority feel parasitized. No one with a functional brain thinks that diversity can work, which makes you wonder why the Left insists that it does. The answer is that they want to destroy culture, heritage and standards so that the individual alone is the focus, and diversity is a means to that end. They will then need Big Government to constrain the resulting anarchy and be amazed when that ends in totalitarian Communism, as if they could not have predicted that. Then again, when your political platform begins with denying reality in order to destroy social order, you have cast aside any hope of understanding the consequences of any actions and the effects of any cause.
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Rule of law is not part of the Western paradigm. The bottom line. How to think (realistically). Boycott Target. Ryan Lochte, innocent beer fan. (Un)common sense. Elite immunity (indemnified from accountability). The real Right. Information warfare.
It is time we recognize the true goal of egalitarianism: legitimizing mediocrity. To hide this fact, they always argue from the extremes, so that we are presented with a blind retarded gay minority orphan with irritable bowel syndrome and told that if he cannot experience freedom, none of us have freedom, so everyone must change to the standard that allows blind retarded gay minority orphans with colon disease to serve as the form factor for which society is designed. What they really mean is that they want morally neutral, indecisive, and not particularly insightful people of no particular ability to be able to beat down the ones with particular abilities and high levels of intelligence, beauty and moral character. Liberals are the people in the middle, who are not suffering but also have nothing distinctive to put next to their names, therefore are always ranging and hungry like a wolf with AIDS. They want to destroy anything which has risen above a C level activity, and then declare that really well-executed C-level thinking is A-level work. They will replace all heroes with fakes, all artists with entertainers, and otherwise turn everything they touch into mediocrity. Only when hidden in a vast sea of mediocrity can they feel their personal mediocrity will not be noticed, and it is this fear and resentment that propels them.
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It can be explained at its simplest and most central as being the triumph of nature over human intentions. Natural methods work because they are reality-based, finely granular and use resonant or balanced internal structures. Human intentions work on the level of appearance, not so much symbols as social gestures to one another. This creates a death spiral where people "must" and "should" do what gives a group of people warm fuzzies, even though they know it is insane, and in the process it drives them insane. For centuries or longer this has been eating the West because of Western success at civilization enabling the population that would otherwise die off to thrive. We now have some good people and many useless ones, and if Western Civilization is to survive, the useless must be disenfranchised and dispossessed and the good must triumph. This is how it is in nature: the wolf who leads the pack is the strongest, and the trees that rise the highest are the healthiest. Leftism is a movement to sabotage this natural process and its implicit hierarchy and standards by demanding tolerance for that which is unrealistic through the process of "equality," which makes wrong equal to right so long as a person "believes" that wrong. After WWII, this movement took over the West, and the alt right is the first credible pushback because it is honest, atavistic and naturalistic.
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Lymbery, A. and Thompson, R.C.A. (1996) Species of Echinococcus: Pattern and process. Parasitology Today, 12 (12). pp. 486-491.
Although classification and nomenclature within the cestode genus Echinococccus has, historically, been controversial, the past 20-30 years have provided a period of relative stability. Recent calls for taxonomic revision in the genus have therefore created something of a stir. In this article, Alan Lymbery and Andrew Thompson describe the reasons for the new controversy, and suggest that the problem can only be resolved by agreement on an appropriate species concept and on operational procedures for implementing that concept.