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Dance Party! — The Reykjavik Grapevine
Dance Party!
RX Beckett
Iceland is well known for boasting an impressive art community of every sort and for every walk of life, and dance is no exception. Although the size of the dance community is directly proportional to the size of the country, the quality and breadth of options is nothing to shake a stick at. After taking a nice summer vacation, the city's movers and shakers are coming back this autumn with new shows, new artists and the gumption to power through the tough times.
The Big Kahunas
Last April, the Iceland Dance Company's 2008–2009 season closed with a momentous performance in the Blue Lagoon choreographed by Erna Ómarsdóttir. The audience were literally immersed in the show's physical setting, raising the bar on drawing the spectator into the performance. This has set a tall order for the company in the upcoming season, but they are not shying away from the task, going onward and upward. "The season ahead is quite ambitious," says Jóhanna Pálsdóttir, marketing director at ID, "what we're trying to do is offer something for everyone, for young and old, for people who have just started to attend dance and people who are really into it."
They kick off in September with their annual Family Performance, which puts together a collage of their best shows and favourite pieces. The family oriented, kid friendly show will be on Sunday afternoons in September and October and free for children under 12, making it a great weekend activity. They will also travel up to Akureyri in October for two performances, bringing three of their most popular pieces to the Northern capital. In November, they'll delve deeper into the avant-garde with Jam Week, a four night run of two-for-one performances. These performances will be more experimental and unpredictable, where the choreographers will have to work with whatever happens. It may appeal to a more experienced dance fan or to the daring uninitiated who is up for a more challenging and exciting show.
Throughout the month of December, ticket holders at the Reykjavík City Theatre will be treated to a twenty minute dance appetizer prior to the play they have come to see for only 490 ISK extra. This will give the theatre lover a chance to become a dance lover as well. The Company will then take a brief lull as they prepare for their big February show choreographed by Alan Lucien Oyen, one of Norway's bright young talents. Oyen is reputed for a very lyrical style, incorporating elements of speech into his beautiful, flowing pieces. Finally, something to look forward to in the long-term will be the closing performance in May 2010, Jóhann Jóhannsson's Fordlandia with the Reykjavík Symphony. This performance will be put on during the Reykjavík Arts Festival and will be a spellbinding way to close the year and start next summer.
Gotta Dance NOW?
The first week of September will be a big one for the little guys. The Reykjavík Dance Festival is coming back for its 7th year from September 3rd to the 7th at the Hafnarfjörður Theatre. With independent choreographers and performers out the wazoo, and presenting no less than six new Icelandic dance pieces, they will also continue their goal of bringing contemporary dance into the public eye with two Dance Parades in downtown Reykjavík.
In addition, it will be attended by several directors of international dance companies and festivals. The festival is one of the few opportunities that independent choreographers and dancers in Iceland have to show their work, so it is a great chance for them to be seen by the big wigs, as well as a great chance to expose new people to modern dance who might not get to otherwise.
Halla Ólafsdóttir, a founding member of Samsuðan & Co., has been involved with the festival for the past two years and will be performing in 'Grease, The Deleted Scenes' this year. She describes the festival as a true celebration of dance and a way for the dance community to collaborate and pool their resources. "What I think is very exciting about the Icelandic dance scene right now is that people are extremely willing and excited about doing things," says Halla, "the community really wants to share and make things happen."
It is still a matter of economics though—they only received funding from the municipal government, but not the state—so they are operating on a much smaller budget than previous years. All the performers are volunteering their works, and all the shows will be free with a request for donations to help fund next year's festival. For those without wheels to get to Hafnarfjörður, there will be a free bus departing from downtown at Karamba (Laugavegi 22) forty-five minutes before each performance and coming back after.
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30 Asia Pacific Defence Reporter MAR 2017 working really hard to ma ximize Australian industry content and be in a position to build 12 quality ships for the Navy, on time, on budget." And what design will Damen Shipyards be tendering? Nothing firm is known yet, but their 75 metre length overall, 1400 tonnes displacement, helicopter and UAV capable OPV, which can include a multi-mission RHIB and other small craft launch and recovery bay, looks as though it could be an excellent design basis for Australia's needs. FASSMER AND LUERSSEN Fassmer have built their OPV-80 design for two South American countries – Chile and Colombia – with deliveries ranging between 2008 and 2014. This design with length overall of 80.6 metres and 1850 tonnes displacement seems to fit the likely characteristics and capabilities required for Australia's future OPVs. The special features available could include an active anti-rolling tank, helicopter hangar, deck crane with a safe working load of 4 tonnes at 10 metres, single point davits with wave compensation, a modular platform concept for simple integration of different combat systems, rescue zone, and launching ramp for a rapid interceptor boat. APDR has been unable to get any comment from Fassmer's Australian prime contractor, TKMS, about either work being done with Australian defence industry to develop an OPV AIC Plan or any generalised details of what design is likely to be tendered. Clearly the gag that Defence puts on potential RFT respondents is working well in their case. However, TKMS do have extensive industry contacts, are engaged now in industry discussions and have an existing Australian supply chain. Luerssen have a distinguished history as a naval shipbuilder with 585 vessels delivered over the past 60 years. Of these 236 were built for Germany, 195 for export and 154 constructed under licence elsewhere. These include 199 patrol boats, 237 fast patrol boats, 5 OPVs including 4 to Darussalam, 16 cor vettes, 12 frigates, 68 MCMVs, 14 naval support vessels and 34 other craft. Luerssen told APDR they have engaged regularly and continuously with Australian defence and non-defence industry suppliers for a wide range of maritime capabilities, more recently since 2015. The company has sought contact with many Australian suppliers and conducted site visits to Australian companies and is confident, even impressed by, the Australian capabilities. Luerssen say they are committed to long term engagement with the Australian supply chain for Australian as well as international programs and have already identified Australian companies which are of great interest for the OPV and other international projects both in naval vessels and their yacht business. Out of their proven family of designs, APDR believes Luerssen will be proposing a mature one that meets the operational and technical requirements of the RAN. Their OPV 80 design offers a flexible customised design with growth margins for weapon systems, accommodation and combat suites. They are capable of heavyweight helicopter operation and can have multirole capabilities using containerised mission modules. RHIBs are carried inside shell recesses or can be launched through a stern slipway. WHERE ARE WE NOW? Commodore Stephen Hughes, Director General Littoral (within Navy Capability Division), and Program Sponsor for SEA 1180 OPV project, provided this statement to APDR: 'Using a Competitive Evaluation Process that includes the Analysis of Alternatives, Design Studies and a Request for Tender for an experienced designer and Australian shipbuilder in partnership with Defence, will ensure that OPV construction can commence in 2018. 'The OPV is an exciting opportunity for the Royal Australian Navy as part of the recapitalisation of Australia's naval fleet of patrol vessels, frigates, destroyers, replenishment ships and submarines. The OPV provides an outstanding opportunity for Australian industry and the workforce required to construct them. 'The OPV will deliver a more capable vessel that will provide greater reach and endurance than the existing Armidale Class patrol boats. The OPV will be capable of undertaking several different roles including enhanced border protection and patrol missions across the demanding Australian maritime environment and further abroad if required. 'As intended under the First Principles Review of Defence, this project is leading the way in developing Navy capability through robust and cooperative delivery processes and enterprise relationships between Navy, the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group and industry. The collaborative approach and progressing the CEP in accordance with a well-defined program of activities, positions the project to deliver the OPV as required by Government.' The RNZN has excellent experience with its two 85 metre OPVs – built by BAE Systems in Melbourne – and one wonders why they were not considered for SEA 1180. They have now each travelled more than 150,000 nautical miles in the seven years since 2010 commissioning and conduct missions from the Tropics to dodging icebergs in the Southern Ocean. This has resulted in their four Armidale-sized Inshore Patrol Vessels currently being barely used, while NZ is now acquiring another OPV in the early 2020s. NEXT STEPS Each of the three future OPV contenders are now developing their AIC Plans, partnering arrangements and writing what they hope are winning tender documents. 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The Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge (IC3) is demonstrating the impact of international collaboration with the allocation of $103 million funding to support projects aligned with IC3's priorities. The US Department of Energy (US DOE) recently announced up to $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development on Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies. In addition, the Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (ACT-CCS) consortium is offering up to $35 million for research and innovation projects that can lead to safe and cost-effective CCS technology. Furthermore, the European Commission has an indicative budget of $38 million for industrial CCS projects involving partners from Mission Innovation countries.
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The current Horizon 2020 Call for Proposals from the European Commission for "Low carbon industrial production using CCUS" encourages collaboration with Mission Innovation member countries. €33 million is available for proposals submitted by the 27th August 2019 deadline. The Commission will fund demonstration projects integrating CO2 capture in industrial installations.
IC3 is led by Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the UK. The co-leads are pleased to report on the alignment of the funding priorities but recognise there is more to do. Brian Allison, the UK IC3 co-lead stated that "IC3 is starting to provide the focus on CCUS R&D that lays the foundation to accelerate the technology".
There is broad international consensus that CCUS has a vital role to play in meeting global climate change ambitions. However, the International Energy Agency's 2018 "Tracking Clean Energy Progress" highlights the limited growth in both CCUS on power and industry and has categorised CCUS as 'off track' and noted that a significant increase in global CCUS deployment is required. The IC members are currently taking forward the recommendations of the "Accelerating Breakthrough Innovation in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage" report.


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The Nine-Year-Old Who Ran An Organised Crime Ring On 'Neopets' Is The Internet's New Hero
"This story is like Goodfellas, but with 10-year-olds on Neopets."
by Michelle Rennex 25 August 2020
For a lot of us 10-year-olds growing up, playing mini-games on Neopets was just a nice way to pass the time after school. For others it was a lucrative business platform to make money by illegally running a rare pet-selling ring.
And that's exactly what Texas-based software artist, Everest Pipkin, says they did when they were nine.
Reminiscing on their tradition of bi-annually emailing Neopets support to request access to their childhood account, Everest decided to just take matters into their own hands after years of no response.
every few years i email neopets support asking if they can help me log into my childhood account and (unsurprisingly, tiny team, millions of old accounts) i've never heard back
— everest (@everestpipkin) August 23, 2020
but today, when i was writing my biannual email to neopets support, i was like …. wait ………. i bet there has been a neopets hack. they still use http to log in for christsakes! surely there has been a neopets hack
Doing what they do best by working with code, Everest found a 2013 leak of Neopets information that listed passwords, emails, IP addresses, and dates of birth all in plaintext after hours of clicking around sketchy forums.
After searching around for their dad's old AOL address tied to their Neopets account, Everest found the password but noticed that it had already been changed.
But instead of mulling over the lost account, Everest instead took the opportunity to remember why they were booted off the platform in the first place — for running a self-confessed "organised crime ring".
but it reminded me of why i stopped playing neopets in the first place, which is that neopets took down my organized crime ring based on this exact same circumstance ??
For those who don't remember how the iconic game worked, Neopets was really all about playing games to earn Neopoints to pimp out your pets with fancy colours.
Turns out, Everest created a business by leveraging every pre-teen's need to flex on all the other kids in the game. By adopting unwanted pets at the "pound" and pimping them out, Everest was able to create a puppy farm of sorts, which made Everest Neopoint profit.
as a preteen precriminal, i made a tidy little neopoints profit on "adopting out" painted pets, for slightly cheaper than a neopets paintbrush would run you (which was very expensive). honestly a bit of a puppy farm situation but we all make do
this was not official- neopets had a "pound" where you could drop unwanted pets for adoption. so me and party 2 would get on AIM, they'd buy some overpriced item in my shop , then i'd put the pet up for adoption, they'd search its name at the exact moment, adopt it, done pic.twitter.com/0JXwwvOxgF
The reason this plan worked so well was that Everest had procured the elusive "Lab Ray", which could only be accessed after finding nine Lab Map pieces through a long treasure hunt across the lands in game.
But once you had assembled the Lab Map, you were able to "zap" your pets every day for free. This zap could change your Neopet by giving you Lab Ray-exclusive colours, which, of course, would be exactly what a kid would want to flex on their friends with.
the way i had painted pets at less than paintbrush prices was because of "the lab ray", which was accessed via the world's longest treasure hunt. but once you assembled the map you got access to a button that basically did something random to one of your pets once a day pic.twitter.com/BYje43Mbkn
Everest would do this zapping every day, sell the Neopet when it finally became a cool colour, then make a new pet to repeat the process. However, as time went on, this time-consuming task became too much for one nine-year-old to handle, so Everest started an invite-only guild to manage workers interested in making some sweet, illegal profit.
To keep the workers in line, Everest provided the team with a Lab Map, and would given them a percentage of the Neopoint adoption profit when the map was returned.
this goes on for a while, we grow in power, we are small but influential, we are well regarded. i am filthy rich
But after running at such a small profit margin with tedious processes, Everest got both Neopoint and power hungry. Requesting to use and babysit friend's accounts was simply not enough, so Everest begun hacking into accounts that had been abandoned.
Drunk on power, Everest, as a nine-year-old child, had learned the art of hacking and would change passwords and transfer account access to continue the giant scam.
my friends, THE RUSH I FELT at nine years old, staring at the friendly neopets welcome screen AND FOUR PETS WHO WERE NOT MINE. the adrenaline. the horror. the pride pic.twitter.com/mlxEAP5S7T
i want to say i hesitated, but i was nine and drunk on power and i simply did it. the pet transformed from an aisha to, i believe, a buzz. i thought about how they would feel, returning to a totally different species. would they think they had misremembered? imagined it? i smiled pic.twitter.com/aI5jaFRfGr
This process of scamming, stealing, zapping and selling continued for months, where Everest's guild had collated a thousands of probable passwords and account names.
But as their friends stop playing Neopets, Everest decided to give up Painted Pets Adoption to their second-in-command — until PayPal dropped in 2002.
You see, before PayPal, Everest was simply dealing with Neopoints — a form of currency worth nothing outside of the gaming site. But in 2002, someone offered Everest Neopoints in exchange for US dollars, so naturally they jumped on the idea straight away.
an offer. someone offering to exchange their neopoints for.. well…. us dollars. it worked much the same way as our own scheme. get on AIM, sell an overpriced item in the shop, send a paypal transfer, shake hands
However, Everest's guild did not feel the same way. The guild were certain that involving real money in this covert Neopets trading scam would get the business shut down and those involved booted off the platform.
Drunk off power, Everest decided to take matters into their own hands by redesigning the guild without permission of the team. Totally ignoring that they had given the 2IC full control of the guild six months prior, Everest made their first deal and managed to earn a sweet $10 USD that was deposited right into an unverified PayPal account.
i set up my first transfer using my personal shop, and it went – flawlessly. some small portion of all my accumulated neopets empire turned into $10 USD in my unverified paypal account. i was /living/.
Continuing this process "dozens of times with different Neopians", it still wasn't enough. So Everest decided to backstab their 2IC by taking her login information and bleeding her dry after a deal.
This power trip was ultimately Everest's demise with the 2IC taking evidence of the organised Neopets crime ring to Neopets Support, who swiftly froze all accounts — including the PayPal account that had never been withdrawn from.
and thats when she took 2 and half years of internal conversations, forum posts, text documents, and AIM chats to neopets support and got them to freeze every single account i had ever touched, including my paypal account which i never successfully recovered (being eleven)
But in an act of sweet justice, Neopets had actually frozen all but one account — the account that Everest has so desperately tried to get back into for years. The same one that has since been hacked into itself, with its password changed and lost forever.
Absolute scenes. Honestly, someone call The Social Network cast and crew to start production on this technological thriller RIGHT NOW.
This story is like Goodfellas, but with 10-year-olds on Neopets. https://t.co/tr8CMxHTis
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) August 23, 2020
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We have played Chislehurst Golf Course a couple of times last year with a golf society..we enjoyed the challenge so much we returned this year twice to play it having paid a four ball green fee. We recommend it as an extremely challenging course. The layout requires accuracy plus a good eye for reading greens. It is very well maintained with challenging greens in excellent condition far superior to the greens of many clubs including Sundridge & Royal Blavkheatn. We found the members and staff friendly & helpful. We look forward to returning soon for another round. Five star quality club house and course.
Have played this course alot recently. It has the best greens I have ever seen. The course is very well kept, always looks 100%! The course is very short, only par 66, with 8 par 3's. However, all the par 3's are a good test. This is a lovely course and deserves a visit.
I have played here with a society day and we were made very welcome. A nicely laid out tightish course with some superb par 3 holes, which whilst short require extreme accuracy. Note in particular the >130 yd uphill blind tee shot from which you have to carry an old world war II bomb crater of some 50 yds wide and 25ft deep!
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The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies, variously also Central African foragers, "African rainforest hunter-gatherers" (RHG) or "Forest People of Central Africa" are a group of ethnicities native to Central Africa, mostly the Congo Basin, traditionally subsisting on a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle. They are divided into three roughly geographic groups:

the western Bambenga, or Mbenga (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic),
the eastern Bambuti, or Mbuti, of the Congo basin (DRC)
the central and southern Batwa, or Twa (Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Angola and Namibia). The more widely scattered (and more variable in physiology and lifestyle) Southern Twa are also grouped under the term Pygmoid.

They are notable for, and named for, their short stature (described as "pygmyism" in anthropological literature). They are assumed to be descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans to Central Africa, albeit substantially affected by later migrations from West Africa, from their first appearance in the historical record in the 19th century limited to a comparative small area within Central Africa, greatly decimated by the prehistoric Bantu expansion, and to the present time widely affected by enslavement at the hands of neighboring Bantu, Ubangian and Central Sudanic groups.

Most contemporary Pygmy groups are only partially foragers and partially trade with neighbouring farmers to acquire cultivated foods and other material items; no group lives deep in the forest without access to agricultural products. A total number of about 900,000 Pygmies were estimated to be living in the central African forests in 2016, about 60% of this number in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The number does not include Southern Twa populations, who live outside of the Central Africa forest environment, partly in open swamp or desert environments.

Additionally, West African hunter-gatherers may have dwelled in western Central Africa earlier than 32,000 BP and dwelled in West Africa between 16,000 BP and 12,000 BP until as late as 1000 BP or some period of time after 1500 CE. West African hunter-gatherers, many of whom dwelt in the forest-savanna region, were ultimately acculturated and admixed into larger groups of West African agriculturalists, akin to the migratory Bantu-speaking agriculturalists and their encounters with Central African hunter-gatherers.

Name

The term Pygmy, as used to refer to diminutive people, derives from Greek πυγμαῖος pygmaios (via Latin Pygmaeus, plural Pygmaei), a term for "dwarf" from Greek mythology. The word is derived from πυγμή pygmē, a term for "cubit" (lit. "fist"), suggesting a diminutive height.

The use of "Pygmy" in reference to the small-framed African hunter-gatherers dates to the early 19th century, in English first by John Barrow, Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa (1806). However, the term was used diffusely, and treated as unsubstantiated claims of "dwarf tribes" among the Bushmen of the interior of Africa, until the exploration of the Congo basin. In the 1860s, two Western explorers, Paul Du Chaillu and Georg Schweinfurth, claimed to have found the mythical "Pygmies". A commentator wrote in 1892 that, thirty years ago (viz., in the 1860s), "nobody believed in the existence of African dwarf tribes" and that "it needed an authority like Dr. Schweinfurth to prove that pygmies actually exist in Africa" (referencing Georg August Schweinfurth's The Heart of Africa, published 1873). "African Pygmy" is used for disambiguation from "Asiatic Pygmy", a name applied to the Negrito populations of Southeast Asia.

Dembner (1996) reported a universal "disdain for the term 'pygmy among the Pygmy peoples of Central Africa: the term is considered a pejorative, and people prefer to be referred to by the name of their respective ethnic or tribal groups, such as Bayaka, Mbuti and Twa. There is no clear replacement for the term "Pygmy" in reference to the umbrella group. A descriptive term that has seen some use since the 2000s is "Central African foragers".

Regional names used collectively of the western group of Pygmies are Bambenga (the plural form of Mbenga), used in the Kongo language, and Bayaka (the plural form of Aka/Yaka), used in the Central African Republic.

Groups

The Congo Pygmy speak languages of the Niger–Congo and Central Sudanic language families. There has been significant intermixing between the Bantu and Pygmies.

There are at least a dozen Pygmy groups, sometimes unrelated to each other.
They are grouped in three geographical categories:
the western Bambenga (Mbenga) of Cameroon and Gabon, the Bayaka (Aka and Baka), the Bakola or Bakoya (Gyele and Kola), and the Bongo. These groups are speakers of Bantu and Ubangian languages
The Bambuti (Mbuti) of the Ituri Rainforest, speakers of Bantu and Central Sudanic languages
the widely scattered Batwa:
the Great Lakes Twa of the Great Lakes, speakers of the Bantu Rundi and Kiga languages.
the "Pygmoid" Southern Twa, not always included in the term "Pygmy", as they tend to be somewhat taller (male average above 155 cm). Subgroups include the Echuya Twa, Mongo Twa, Lukanga Twa and Kafwe Twa.

Origins and history
African Pygmies are often assumed to be the direct descendants of the Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherer peoples of the central African rainforest.
Genetic evidence for the deep separation of Congo Pygmies from the lineage of West Africans and East Africans, as well as admixture from archaic humans, was found in the 2010s. The lineage of African Pygmies is strongly associated with mitochondrial (maternal line) haplogroup L1, with a divergence time between 170,000 and 100,000 years ago.

They were partially absorbed or displaced by later immigration of agricultural peoples of the Central Sudanic and Ubangian phyla beginning after about 5,500 years ago, and, beginning about 3,500 years ago, by the Bantu, adopting their languages.

Linguistic substrate

Substantial non-Bantu and non-Ubangian substrates have been identified in Aka and in Baka, respectively, on the order of 30% of the lexicon. Much of this vocabulary is botanical, deals with honey harvesting, or is otherwise specialized for the forest and is shared between the two western Pygmy groups. This substrate has been suggested as representing a remnant of an ancient "western Pygmy" linguistic phylum, dubbed "Mbenga" or "Baaka". However, as substrate vocabulary has been widely borrowed between Pygmies and neighboring peoples, no reconstruction of such a "Baaka" language is possible for times more remote than a few centuries ago.

An ancestral Pygmy language has been postulated for at least some Pygmy groups, based on the observation of linguistic substrates. According to Merritt Ruhlen (1994), "African Pygmies speak languages belonging to either the Nilo-Saharan or the Niger–Kordofanian family. It is assumed that Pygmies once spoke their own language(s), but that, through living in symbiosis with other Africans, in prehistorical times, they adopted languages belonging to these two families."

Roger Blench (1997, 1999) criticized the hypothesis of an ancestral "Pygmy language", arguing that even if there is evidence for a common ancestral language rather than just borrowing, it will not be sufficient to establish a specifically "Pygmy" origin rather than any of the several potential language isolates of (former) hunter-gatherer populations that ring the rainforest. He argued that the Pygmies do not form the residue of a single ancient stock of Central African hunter-gatherers, but that they are rather descended from several neighboring ethno-linguistic groups, independently adapting to forest subsistence strategies. Blench adduced the lack of clear linguistic and archaeological evidence for the antiquity of the African Pygmies, that the genetic evidence, at the time of his writing, was inconclusive, and that there is no evidence of the Pygmies having a hunting technology distinctive from that of their neighbors. He argued that the short stature of Pygmy populations can arise relatively quickly (in less than a few millennia) under strong selection pressures.

West African hunter-gatherers may have spoken a set of presently extinct Sub-Saharan West African languages. In the northeastern region of Nigeria, Jalaa, a language isolate, may have been a descending language from the original set(s) of languages spoken by West African hunter-gatherers.

Genetics
Genetic studies have found evidence that African Pygmies are descended from the Middle Stone Age peopling of Central Africa, with a separation time from West and East Africans of the order 130,000 years.
African Pygmies in the historical period have been significantly displaced by, and assimilated to, several waves of Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan speakers, of the Central Sudanic, Ubangian, and Bantu phyla.

Genetically, African pygmies have some key differences between them and Bantu peoples. African pygmies' uniparental markers display the most ancient divergence from other human groups among anatomically modern humans, second only to those displayed among some Khoisan populations. Researchers identified an ancestral and autochthonous lineage of mtDNA shared by Pygmies and Bantus, suggesting that both populations were originally one, and that they started to diverge from common ancestors around 70,000 years ago. After a period of isolation, during which current phenotype differences between Pygmies and Bantu farmers accumulated, Pygmy women started marrying male Bantu farmers (but not the opposite). This trend started around 40,000 years ago, and continued until several thousand years ago. Subsequently, the Pygmy gene pool was not enriched by external gene influxes.

Mitochondrial haplogroup L1c is strongly associated with pygmies, especially with Bambenga groups. L1c prevalence was variously reported as: 100% in Ba-Kola, 97% in Aka (Ba-Benzélé), and 77% in Biaka, 100% of the Bedzan (Tikar), 97% and 100% in the Baka people of Gabon and Cameroon, respectively, 97% in Bakoya (97%), and 82% in Ba-Bongo. Mitochondrial haplogroups L2a and L0a are prevalent among the Bambuti.

Patin, et al. (2009) suggest two unique, late Pleistocene (before 60,000 years ago) divergences from other human populations, and a split between eastern and western pygmy groups about 20,000 years ago.

Ancient DNA
Ancient DNA was able to be obtained from two Shum Laka foragers from the early period of the Stone to Metal Age, in 8000 BP, and two Shum Laka foragers from the late period of the Stone to Metal Age, in 3000 BP.

The mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosome haplogroups found in the ancient Shum Laka foragers were Sub-Saharan African haplogroups. Two earlier Shum Laka foragers were of haplogroup L0a2a1 – broadly distributed throughout modern African populations – and two later Shum Laka foragers were of haplogroup L1c2a1b – distributed among both modern West and Central African agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers. One earlier Shum Laka forager was of haplogroup B and one later Shum Laka forager haplogroup B2b, which, together, as macrohaplogroup B, is distributed among modern Central African hunter-gatherers (e.g., Baka, Bakola, Biaka, Bedzan).

The autosomal admixture of the four ancient Shum Laka forager children was ~35% Western Central African hunter-gatherer and ~65% Basal West African – or, an admixture composed of a modern western Central African hunter-gatherer unit, a modern West African unit, existing locally before 8000 BP, and a modern East African/West African unit likely from further north in the regions of the Sahel and Sahara.

The two earlier Shum Laka foragers from 8000 BP and two later Shum Laka foragers from 3000 BP show 5000 years of population continuity in region. Yet, modern peoples of Cameroon are more closely related to modern West Africans than to the ancient Shum Laka foragers. Modern Cameroonian hunter-gatherers, while partly descended, are not largely descended from the Shum Laka foragers, due to the apparent absence of descent from Basal West Africans.

The Bantu expansion is hypothesized to have originated in a homeland of Bantu-speaking peoples located around western Cameroon, a part of which Shum Laka is viewed as being of importance in the early period of this expansion. By 3000 BP, the Bantu expansion is hypothesized to have already begun. Yet, the sampled ancient Shum Laka foragers – two from 8000 BP and two from 3000 BP – show that most modern Niger-Congo speakers are greatly distinct from the ancient Shum Laka foragers, thus, showing that the ancient Shum Laka people were not the ancestral source population of the modern Bantu-speaking peoples.

While Southern African hunter-gatherers are generally recognized as being the earliest divergent modern human group, having diverged from other groups around 250,000 BP - 200,000 BP, as a result of the sampling of the ancient Shum Laka foragers, Central African hunter-gatherers are shown to have likely diverged at a similar time, if not even earlier.

Short stature

Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the short stature of African pygmies. Becker, et al., suggest African pygmyism may have evolved as an adaptation to the significantly lower average levels of ultraviolet light available beneath the canopy of rainforest environments. In similar hypothetical scenarios, because of reduced access to sunlight, a comparatively smaller amount of anatomically formulated vitamin D is produced, resulting in restricted dietary calcium uptake, and subsequently restricted bone growth and maintenance, resulting in an overall population average skeletal mass near the lowest periphery of the spectrum among anatomically modern humans.

Other proposed explanations include the potentially lesser availability of protein-rich food sources in rainforest environments, the often reduced soil-calcium levels in rainforest environments, the caloric expenditure required to traverse rainforest terrain, insular dwarfism as an adaptation to equatorial and tropical heat and humidity, and pygmyism as an adaptation associated with rapid reproductive maturation under conditions of early mortality.

Additional evidence suggests that, when compared to other Sub-Saharan African populations, African pygmy populations display unusually low levels of expression of the genes encoding for human growth hormone and its receptor associated with low serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 and short stature.

A study by Price, et al., provides insight into the role genetics plays in the reduced stature of African pygmies:

Music

The African Pygmies are particularly known for their vocal music, usually characterized by dense contrapuntal improvisation. Simha Arom says that the level of polyphonic complexity of Pygmy music was reached in Europe in the 14th century, yet Pygmy culture is unwritten and ancient, some Pygmy groups being the first known cultures in some areas of Africa. Music permeates daily life, with songs for entertainment, special events, and communal activities. The Pygmie people are known to use an instrument called the n'dehou which is a bamboo flute. The n'dehou only produces a single sound, however, the person using this instrument would wield their breath and inhale making high-pitched sounds; this allows the individual to make polyrhythmic music using a one-note instrument. Along with the different sounds of the breath and the n'dehou, The musician may also stomp their feet or tap on their chest to add even more dimension and complexity to the music. The n'dehou was popularized by Francis Bebey, a Cameroonian musical artist.

Polyphonic music is found among the Aka–Baka and the Mbuti, but not among the Gyele (Kola) or the various groups of Twa.

Contemporary issues in society

Enslavement, cannibalism, and genocide

In the Republic of Congo, where Pygmies are estimated to make up between 1.2% and 10% of the population, many Pygmies live as slaves to Bantu masters. The nation is deeply stratified between these two major ethnic groups. The Pygmy slaves belong from birth to their Bantu masters in a relationship that the Bantus call a time-honored tradition. Even though the Pygmies are responsible for much of the hunting, fishing and manual labor in jungle villages, Pygmies and Bantus alike say Pygmies are often paid at the master's whim; in cigarettes, used clothing, or even nothing at all. As a result of pressure from UNICEF and human-rights activists, a law that would grant special protections to the Pygmy people is awaiting a vote by the Congo parliament.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the Ituri Conflict, Ugandan backed rebel groups were accused by the UN of enslaving Mbutis to prospect for minerals and forage for forest food, with those returning empty handed being killed and eaten.

In 2003, Sinafasi Makelo, a representative of Mbuti pygmies, told the UN's Indigenous People's Forum that during the Congo Civil War, his people were hunted down and eaten as though they were game animals. In neighboring North Kivu province there has been cannibalism by a death squad known as Les Effaceurs ("the erasers") who wanted to clear the land of people to open it up for mineral exploitation. Both sides of the war regarded them as "subhuman" and some say their flesh can confer magical powers.

Makelo asked the UN Security Council to recognize cannibalism as a crime against humanity and an act of genocide. According to Minority Rights Group International there is extensive evidence of mass killings, cannibalism and rape of Pygmies and they have urged the International Criminal Court to investigate a campaign of extermination against pygmies. Although they have been targeted by virtually all the armed groups, much of the violence against Pygmies is attributed to the rebel group, the Movement for the Liberation of Congo, which is part of the transitional government and still controls much of the north, and their allies.

In Northern Katanga Province starting in 2013, the Pygmy Batwa people, whom the Luba people often exploit and allegedly enslave, rose up into militias, such as the "Perci" militia, and attacked Luba villages. A Luba militia known as "Elements" attacked back, notably killing at least 30 people in the "Vumilia 1" displaced people camp in April 2015. Since the start of the conflict, hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced from their homes. The weapons used in the conflict are often arrows and axes, rather than guns.

Ota Benga was a teenage pygmy boy from the Congo. Ota was purchased from slave traders and was brought to the United States to be exhibited for his different looks. Ota had sharpened teeth as a result of the traditions of his tribe and he was also short in stature. In 1906, Ota was brought to the Bronx Zoo and exhibited in the monkey house. Ota was given a bow and arrow for protection from the animals. After the exhibit was closed, Ota was not able to return home to the Congo and he lived out the rest of his life in Virginia until he became depressed and ended his life at the age of 33 years old.

Systematic discrimination
Historically, the Pygmy have always been viewed as inferior by both the village dwelling Bantu tribes and colonial authorities. This has translated into systematic discrimination. One early example was the capture of Pygmy children under the auspices of the Belgian colonial authorities, who exported Pygmy children to zoos throughout Europe, including the world's fair in the United States in 1907.

Pygmies are often evicted from their land and given the lowest paying jobs. At a state level, Pygmies are not considered citizens by most African states and are refused identity cards, deeds to land, health care and education access.

There are roughly 500,000 Pygmies remaining in the rainforest of Central Africa. This population is rapidly decreasing as poverty, intermarriage with Bantu peoples, Westernization, and deforestation gradually destroy their way of life and culture.

The greatest environmental problem the Pygmies face is the loss of their traditional homeland, the tropical forests of Central Africa. In countries such as Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo this is due to deforestation and the desire of several governments in Central Africa to evict the Pygmies from their forest habitat in order to profit from the sale of hardwood and the resettlement of farmers onto the cleared land. In some cases, as in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this conflict is violent. Certain groups, such as the Hutus of the Interahamwe, wish to eliminate the Pygmy and take the resources of the forest as a military conquest, using the resources of the forest for military as well as economic advancement. Since the Pygmies rely on the forest for their physical as well as cultural survival, as these forests disappear, so do the Pygmy.

Along with Raja Sheshadri, the fPcN-Global.org website conducted research on the Pygmies. The human rights organization states that, as the forest has receded under logging activities, its original inhabitants have been pushed into populated areas to join the formal economy, working as casual laborers or on commercial farms and being exposed to new diseases. This shift has brought them into closer contact with neighboring ethnic communities whose HIV levels are generally higher. This has led to the spread of HIV into the pygmy group.

Since poverty has become very prevalent in Pygmy communities, sexual exploitation of indigenous women has become a common practice. Commercial sex has been bolstered by logging, which often places large groups of male laborers in camps which are set up in close contact with the Pygmy communities.

Human rights groups have also reported widespread sexual abuse of indigenous women in the conflict-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite these risks, Pygmy populations generally have poor access to health services and information about HIV. One British medical journal, The Lancet, published a review showing that Pygmy populations often had less access to health care than neighboring communities. According to the report, even where health care facilities exist, many Pygmies do not use them because they cannot pay for consultations and medicines, they do not have the documents and identity cards needed to travel or obtain hospital treatment, and they are subjected to humiliating and discriminatory treatment.

Studies in Cameroon and the DRC in the 1980s and 1990s showed a lower prevalence of HIV in Pygmy populations than among neighboring groups, but recent increases have been recorded. One study found that the HIV prevalence among the Baka Pygmies in eastern Cameroon rose from 0.7 percent in 1993 to 4 percent in 2003.

Deforestation
A consortium of researchers conducted a case study on the Pygmies of Africa and concluded that deforestation has greatly affected their everyday lives. Pygmy culture is threatened today by the forces of political and economic change.

See also
Ethnic groups of Africa
Peopling of Africa
Khoi-San

Notes

References

External links

Kiss of Life for DR Congo Pygmies by Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
African Pygmies: Hunter-Gatherer Peoples of Central Africa
The Pygmies' Plight Smithsonian Magazine, December 2008 by Paul Raffaele
Survival International: Pygmies
Pygmy Survival Alliance
Undated footage of Pygmy tribe constructing a vine bridge

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A River Dogs Christmas Carol – The Classic Story Retold!
Written by Helen Hare on December 21, 2018 . Posted in Blog
Twas' the night before Christmas, and all through the River Dogs house, not a creature was stirring, not even Helen dressed as a mouse. With the Man in Shorts in his kerchief and Auntie Lucy in her cap, we all settled down for a well-earned nap. Yes, folks; we're closing for the holidays, so what better way to say goodbye than with a 'festive tail' to celebrate some of the incredible River Dogs Christmas pics that you've sent to us over the past few weeks. It's time for a River Dogs Christmas Carol!
Welcome To A River Dogs Christmas Carol!
It's me, Betsy, and I'll be the narrator of this River Dogs Christmas Carol! Ok, here I go. Ahem.
The Marley's were dead, to begin with. That much you must remember, or nothing that follows will seem wondrous (that's you Betty and Nelly. Quick, get into character. Oh…they're asleep, well we'll wake them up when their bit comes around).
They had worked with a tight-fisted, hand to the grindstone, covetous old Doggy Day Care worker named Ebenezer 'Man in Shorts' Scrooge, who worked all hours god-sent at his esteemed Doggy Day Care Tadcaster unit, but they had passed seven years ago to this very night. Ebenezer Shorts (we'll stick with this name from now on!) only employee, Auntie Lucy, was worked to the bone and had finally plucked up the courage to ask for Christmas Day Off.
"The whole day?" Ebenezer Shorts asked.
"Yes, Sir," said Auntie Lucy. "Please; you can watch re-runs of Crufts and eat as may Hobnobs as you want…"
Ebenezer Shorts considered this for a moment. "Very well," he snapped, but be here all the earlier the next morning!". Auntie Lucy ran before he could change his mind, and then Ebenezer Shorts locked up and went back to his cold and lonely house.
As he approached the door, his doorbell made a strange 'SCHNAKS' sound, and then everything went quiet. This startled Ebenezer shorts, but still, he made his way up to his room and settled down to a nice supper of cheese and Hobnobs.
At the stroke of 12, the solitary candle on the mantlepiece went out. A ghostly light filled the room, and then two little dogs appeared next to a glorious Christmas wreath.
"Change your ways Ebenezer," said Betty Marley.
"Yeah," said Nelly Marley, "and stop eating so many Hobnobs too!
"Bah, Humbug," said Ebenezer Shorts. "A little biscuit crumb can fool the senses. Yes, there's more of gravy than of grave about you!"
The Marley sisters laughed. "You shall be haunted by three ghosts", they said in unison. "Heed their warning if you hope to avoid the path that we tread!"
The Marley sisters disappeared without a trace, leaving Ebenezer Shorts alone in his room. The next minute, he was jolting awake in his chair at the sound of the clock striking 1-am. Had he fallen asleep, or had time simply speeded up?
A bright light flashed into being, forcing Ebenezer Shorts to shield his eyes.
"Right, let's get this over with," said a voice by his knee.
"Who's that?" Ebenezer Shorts cried.
"It's Otis, the Ghost of Christmas past. Now come on, I'm going to be late for dinner if we don't get cracking. Grab hold of my tail, and you shall fly!"
Ebenezer Shorts bent down and grabbed hold of Otis's tail, and suddenly they were soaring above the rooftops in Tadcaster, heading towards a bright light over the River Dogs Tadcaster Unit. They landed safely in the courtyard and peered in through the window.
A young lady was behind the counter, tickling all of the dogs behind their ears.
"That's Helen," said Otis. "Remember when she used to work here before your obsession with Hobnobs and money drove her away!" Ebenezer Shorts looked down at the ground and nodded. "And look," Otis continued, "there you are getting ready for the Christmas party. You loved Christmas once you know".
"And look over there," said Ebeneezer Shorts, that's old Barney Fezziwig, my old dog boss when I was a lad! He used to make the best Christmas Jumpers you know, and he always wore them proudly wherever he went! I remember one year when he made a jumper for each member of ye' olde River Dogs family. Those were the days. He was about as ruthless as a rose petal that one!"
Almost as if he had heard Ebenezer Shorts mention his name, Barney Fezziwig looked up and smiled. Suddenly, dozens of sets of paws galloped into the room to the sound of Christmas Music – it was the start of the River Dogs Christmas Party! The balls and bowls had been put away, and a large dance floor had been set up in the space where the crew usually played. Logan, the lovable beardie violin player bounced into the room playing a merry jig, much to the delight of the other party goers who danced and barked with smiles on their faces.
Ebenezer Shorts was about to sit down on a chair and join in with the festivities when a very familiar face appeared next to him. It was his old dog, Ollie, the very same pooch as when he was a lad. Even though Ollie couldn't sense his old master and the spirit that joined him on his fateful quest, Ebenezer still felt fates cold hand pluck at his heart strings as he looked down into the wide open eyes of his old faithful friend.
"Please, Spirit, leave me!" Ebenezer Shorts pleaded, closing his eyes.
"Fair enough," said Otis, "I'm starting to get a bit peckish anyway. See you later!"
When Ebenezer Shorts opened his eyes, he was back in his cold and lonely room. The clock struck two, and a jolly bark sounded from the next room. He ran in to find a small looking pup in what looked like a Christmas Cracker outfit.
"Alright! Merry Christmas," said Frankie.
"Who are you?" said Ebenezer Shorts.
"I'm the Ghost of Christmas Present", said Frankie, "that's why I look a bit like a cracker. Over eighteen-hundred of my brothers and sisters have come before me. Have you not read the Dachshund Diaries man?! Anyway, I'm supposed to show you how Great Christmas is, so hurry up and grab hold of one of my ears!"
Ebenezer Shorts felt the same surging sensation as he flew through the air and landed at the base of a small house. "Who lives here?" he asked.
"It's the home of your employee, Auntie Lucy", said Frankie. It's Christmas in this part of Yorkshire too you know!"
Ebenezer Shorts looked in through the window. "Such a meagre feast", he said softly.
"But all the more appreciated", said Frankie.
"Who's that boy in the corner?"
"That's Tiny Barney", said Frankie, and he isn't doing too well. If things carry on as the way they are, then I believe the child will die. (Not really folks, it's just a story!)
"To the founder of the feast, Mr Ebenezer Shorts!" said Auntie Lucy from inside the house.
Ebenezer and Frankie walked through the wall and appeared by the tableside. "I work her so hard, you know," he said softly. Frankie growled and nodded in agreement.
"To the founder of the feast!" Poppy exclaimed. "If he were here right now I'd bite his leg and show him a piece of my-"
"To the founder of the feast!" Tiny Barney coughed, and then they all smiled and tucked into their dinner.
Ebenezer Shorts was suddenly whisked off his feet as Frankie transported him through time to another Christmas Scene. He was back at River Dogs, watching all of the four-legged friends playing in their finest Christmas clothes, joining in with the merriment of the season and wishing each other a very Merry-sniffalicious Christmas. The scene changed once again, and Ebenezer found himself in the entrance to a large and lonely lighthouse. Two dogs were sat next to each other sharing a cup of hot grog, their collars pulled up tight around their chin in a bid to hold off the bitter wind. Without realising and without planning, they both jumped into whistling a jolly Christmas tune as old as the night itself, and I swear that the wind took pity on them and joined in with the tune in harmony.
The scene changed again sure enough as if a star had exploded in front of Ebenezer's eyes, and his eyes fell upon a solitary figure in an old mining house. Although she sat alone waiting for her friends and family to return home for Christmas dinner, she had decorated herself with the most glorious festive colours of silver and…well just silver, and looked as though she were the pride of the season. Ebenezer Shorts had never taken the time to consider that one single day could bring so much joy to so many people, people who had nothing but the clothes on their back and the tinsel around their necks. Something like elation crossed with shame consumed his entire being, making his form feel as foggy and unpredictable as the shade that stood on all four paws by his side.
"Right, that's me done," said Frankie. "You've seen how happy Christmas can make people. Now you've got the pleasure of meeting the Ghost of Christmas Future."
"Please, Spirit," pleaded Ebenezer Shorts, "must I meet this last spectre? I know that I must change?"
"Meet the spirit, you big baby", Frankie laughed, and then he disappeared, leaving Ebenezer Shorts alone on the street.
There was a low, menacing growl from somewhere in the shadows, and then a tall dog walked forwards, garbed in long robes as black as shadow.
"Spirit," Ebenezer Shorts croaked,". I am willing to follow and to learn with a thankful heart. Lead on".
"Was that a dog joke?" said Bess. 'Lead on?' This is serious business you know. Now, follow me.
They walked to a small, back-alley shop where a group of people were crowding around a pile of belongings.
"I've got the sign from above the door", said Parker, looking rather pleased with himself.
"Very good, Parker, said Pepper. That'll get you a few dog treats no mistaking.
"Well I've got his van", said Helen. What'll you give me for that then, eh!"
"Why, Helen, the engine's still warm. I don't pay extra for the warmth you know.
"You should; it's the only warmth he ever had!" The group cackled and laughed as Bess lead Ebenezer Shorts away.
I see, Spirit," he said glumly. "If I don't change my ways then I could end up like the poor soul who's business has been taken over. Show me comfort, what about Auntie Lucy and Tiny Barney. Take me to them.
Bess wagged her tail, and then they magically appeared outside of Auntie Lucy's house. She was crying into a pan and stirring far too vigorously than needed. Beside the fire lay an empty collar and an un-chewed bone.
"Not Tiny Barney!" Ebenezer Shorts cried. "Please, Spirit, show me no more. I have changed; I will love Christmas and live every minute of my life to the full. I promise you this!"
"There's one more stop we need to make first", said Bess. She rounded a corner and glided towards a gravestone in the centre of a barren field. There was a broken videotape with the word 'Crufts' written on it, a torn packet of Hobnobs, and a single pair of shorts obscuring the writing on the stone.
Ebenezer Shorts walked forwards and howled with fear as he saw his own name upon the stone. He ran back to plead for mercy but found that the shadows were encroaching on him from every angle. He fell to his knees and found himself back in his own room, his chair and his dinner plate exactly where they were the night before. Excited to be back, he put on his best clothes and ran into the street to wish everybody in Tadcaster a Merry Christmas.
"You there!" he suddenly cried. Is the prize Turkey still for sale in the butchers shop?
"You mean the one twice the size of me?" said little Rosie. "Yep, it sure is!"
"A remarkable girl!" said Ebenezer. "Go and buy it for me and get an Uber back here as fast as you can, I'll give you as many homemade dog treats as you want!"
"Wow! You got it Mister!" Rosie ran off like a shot and came back a short while later. Ebenezer jumped in the cab and took the turkey straight to Auntie Lucy's house for her and Tiny Barney.
True to his word, Ebenezer Shorts kept the spirit of a River Dogs Christmas alive every day of the year. His gift of the turkey proved to be the biggest Christmas feast that they had ever seen. He won Helen back, and together they kept River Dogs alive (and he kept the sign above the door and the van too!) The spirits had managed to save him all in one night; they can do that you know, in fact, they can do anything that they like!
So, from all of us here at River Dogs, we wish you a Very Merry River Dogs Christmas! And remember, lay off the Hobnobs!
PLEASE NOTE – All River Dog's dog based 'Dog Blogs' are fictitious and for entertainment purposes only. These blogs do not accurately represent River Dogs doggy daycare policies and are born from the imagination of our social media department. For more information about our policies, services and business values please visit the River Dogs website.
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Calle de la Chorrera, Frigiliana, Málaga, Spain, 29788
A maze of cobblestone alleyways leading off Calle Real, the Moorish heart of Frigiliana is lined with flower-festooned white cottages with wrought-iron balconies. The streets wind upward with steep steps, past ancient churches and palaces, and boutiques sell traditional ceramics decorated with Arabic designs. Tiny piazzas are home to tapas bars where you can sample local treats and a glass or two of regional wine. A signposted walk, illustrated by ceramic plaques, guides visitors through the narrow streets up to the castle, relating the story of the Spanish ousting the Moors from the village in 1569.
Frigiliana is also a gateway to the rugged terrain of Parque Natural Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama, making it popular with cyclists and hikers looking to spot golden eagles and goats among the mountain peaks and scattered olive groves. Day trips to Frigiliana are often combined with a visit to the nearby Costa del Sol town of Nerja.
Frigiliana is best explored on foot; many of the streets are not accessible by car.
Cane honey is a popular ingredient in many dishes in Frigiliana.
To avoid the crowds, visit on a weekday before summer.
Located inland from the Mediterranean Sea, Frigiliana is 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Málaga and 3 miles (5 kilometers) from Nerja. The town is best reached by car or bus. From Málaga, travel along A7 and take exit 292. Tours from the Costa del Sol also offer transportation.
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The Three Cultures Festival, which is held during the last week of August, is Frigiliana's largest event, with shows, exhibitions, and activities that celebrate the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim cultures of the town. Overall, you will experience the best weather from mid-April to the end of June and during September and October.
Since Frigiliana is located on the perimeter of this national park, many outdoor enthusiasts use the town as a base for exploration. The park is made up of the three mountain ranges—Tejeda, Almijara, and Alhama—and boasts a range of activities such as bird-watching, mushroom picking, canoeing, mountaineering, and more.
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Who You Gonna Call? Not UPD
Jennifer Newman March 30, 2014
Visitor's entrance to the New Paltz Police Department. Photo by Cooper LaRocque.
Many SUNY New Paltz students are unaware that if they call university police off campus, unless it is a direct emergency, they will be referred to town police.
The New York State University Police Department (UPD) at SUNY New Paltz has jurisdiction over the college campus, as well as the adjoining roadways including Route 32, 208 and Plattekill Road, but do not usually respond to calls further than that, according to Deputy Chief of Police Mary Ritayik.
Although university police receive calls from off-campus as often as a couple times a week, whether UPD or town police respond to said calls depends on where they come from, Ritayik said.
"Some people don't understand," she said. "We can only have arrest powers in certain areas. In other areas we have to turn it over to town police."
However, there are exceptions to this rule. The New Paltz Police Department and SUNY New Paltz's UPD have a 'Memo of Understanding;' a signed agreement between the president of college, the chief of police in New Paltz and the chief of UPD. It states that if the town police need assistance, or if an emergency situation arises, university police are allowed to assist off campus, but only when requested, according to Ritayik.
These jurisdictional lines have confused and even angered some students who do not have knowledge of these protocols taken by university police.
Fourth-year Secondary Education major Brianna Valentine said even though she has been going to SUNY New Paltz for four years, she did not know about this policy until it was brought to her attention.
"I would feel betrayed if I was referred to New Paltz Police, especially since [SUNY New Paltz] plugs the UPD line more often than the university says to call 911," she said. "And considering that in the evenings, on weekends, most people are partying off-campus, [it would] make sense to let students know what the criteria is for reporting 'off campus' altercations or crime."
According to the most recent available security report from the SUNY New Paltz police department, at this time the college has no recognized off campus location for monitoring off campus criminal activity.
Ritayik said the biggest issues UPD sees on campus are a high amount of alcohol and drug activity. However, that number isn't reflected on calls UPD gets from off campus.
Campus crime statistics from the New Paltz UPD state that there were 79 drug law violations referred for disciplinary action on campus property in the year 2012, but zero off campus by UPD in the same year. For alcohol violations referred for disciplinary action, campus police dealt with an additional 39 incidents on campus property, yet once again none off campus property.
According to Ritayik, it is not because of a lack of empathy that UPD does not answer most off campus calls.
"Some people think it's like we don't care," she said. "It's just sometimes our hands are tied. We can't take that call from [town police]. What if it turns into a big criminal investigation that wasn't ours to begin with. Say you have a situation and the person ended up getting arrested but then it all comes back to who made the arrest and who started the initial investigation. Was it really our jurisdiction? Then your case can really fail that way. We want to make sure everything is done by the books to begin with."
Although it may be a hindrance for students, business in the town of New Paltz don't seem to mind the lack of UPD activity off campus.
The Manager of Murphy's Restaurant and Pub on Main Street in the heart of New Paltz, Teresa Dones, said UPD would come assist if there was a large enough fight, but she did not mind the lack of UPD response.
"We usually do call the New Paltz Police, but if not, they're always usually sitting right here," she said pointing to the parking lot next to the bar. "They're very alert to what's going on."
Dones said she usually needs to call them once a month for assistance, otherwise their own security takes care of issues.
The mindset is similar down the road for Shea O'Brien's bar owner Garvon McClosky who said he felt the town police was enough.
"We're Irish people here, if anyone wants to start a fight, they're in the wrong place," he said laughing. "The town police are fantastic."
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