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By Fidelis Munyoro
Three companies which sought to be included in the estate of General Solomon Mujuru have successfully applied to be joined in the case, after the High Court ruled that they have a real and substantial interest in the matter.
The former commander died in August 2011 in an inferno at his farm in Beatrice, leaving behind an empire ranging from real estate, pharmaceutical, farming, to diamond mining sparking a legal confrontation battle between his widow Dr Joice Mujuru and some of the intended beneficiaries.
The ruling comes after one of the daughters Maidei Mujuru sought an order under case Number HC2370/20, declaring that the immovable properties, Kalmic Investments, Athienitis Properties and Rylance Farms were part of the estate on the grounds that they were the national hero's alter egos.
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Alter-ego refers to a legal principle preventing shareholders being treated as the owners of companies to prevent fraudulent activities.
The court applies alter-ego rule to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers and directors of a corporation with respect to their limited liability. Under the alter-ego rule, a corporate veil of an individual is lifted and makes him or her personally liable for his/her unjustifiable activities.
In this case, the executor of the estate Mr Stern Mufara opposed the application for joinder by Kalmic Investments, Athienitis Properties and Rylance Farms, arguing that the persons purporting to represent the three companies had no right or capacity to do so. He argued that there was no CR14 appointing them as directors or shareholders of the companies attached to the founding affidavit.
It was argued that the decision of the Master of the High Court, which is in existence, that the three purported representatives of the companies in question failed to support their allegations that they were directors of the companies.
But in her ruling Justice Jester Charewa found that there was no legal requirement that in instituting proceedings a company should attach CR14 to its founding documents to prove that its representatives were duly authorised.
She said what was indispensable was a resolution by the company that it has resolved to institute or defend legal proceedings and identifying the person that has been tasked with being the mouth-piece.
The court also noted that it was not in dispute that the three companies were the registered and beneficial owners of the properties sought to be included in the estate.
In her ruling, Justice Charewa took into account the agreement on the business partnership between the deceased and businessman Mr James Makamba for the Thurlow Group of Companies.
"It follows that as registered and beneficial owners of the properties which are sought to be included in the deceased's estate, applicants have real and substantial interests which, if they are able to show that they are not deceased's alter egos, they are entitled to protect," said Justice Charewa, finding that the applicants had proved on a balance of probabilities that they were entitled to the relief they prayed for.
"And to enable them to protect such interest, they must be joined to the proceedings seeking to include the properties in the deceased's estate."
After the dissolution of their partnership, Gen Mujuru and Mr Makamba entered into an agreement wherein they shared between themselves certain immovable properties registered in the companies under Thurlow Group.
To give effect to the agreement on the division of the immovable property, the business partners agreed to sign share transfer forms for the respective companies, as well as resignation letters as directors, secretaries and public officers for the respective companies which owned the properties allocated to each other.
By virtue of that agreement, the properties registered under Kalmic, Athienitis Properties and Rylance Farms were allocated to Gen Mujuru.
Mr Makamba surrendered his shareholding and resigned his directorship and public office positions in the three companies. The Herald
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NPA probe panel calls for memoranda from staff, stakeholders
Shulammite 'Foyeku
The Administrative Panel of Inquiry set up by the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, to investigate the activities of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) from 2016 to May 2021 has requested the staff of NPA, stakeholders and the general public to submit memoranda on the activities of the authority.
Secretary of the Administrative Panel of Inquiry, Gabriel Fan, said in a Public Notice signed on behalf of the Chairman that the request for memoranda is in line with the mandate of the panel.
The notice reads: "This is to notify the General Public of Mr. President's approval of the Administrative Panel of Inquiry into the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) from 2016–May, 2021and the subsequent constitution of the Administrative Panel by the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, CON, with the following Terms of Reference:
Examine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the Management of Nigerian Ports Authority and confirm compliance with extant laws and rules from 2016 to May 2021.
Examine and investigate issues leading to the termination of pilotage and other contracts of Nigerian Ports Authority and confirm compliance with the terms of the respective contracts, court rulings and Presidential directives.
Examine and investigate compliance with the communication channel as obtains in the Public Service.
Examine and investigate the procurement of contracts from 2016 to May, 2021.
To determine the Revenues, Expenditures and Remittances to Government by NPA from 2016 to May, 2021 vis-à-vis Government Financial Regulations.
Come up with suggestions and advice that would strengthen the operations of Nigerian Ports Authority.
And any other matter that may be necessary in the course of the assignment.
In line with its mandate, the Panel wishes to invite the staff of NPA, stakeholders and the General Public to submit memoranda on the activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority within the stated period.
All written memoranda in respect of the Inquiry should be:
a. Written in English;
b. Typed in double line spacing;
c. Not more than four (4) pages;
d. Submitted in not less than 20 hardcopies, addressed to the: Secretary, Administrative Panel of Inquiry, Federal Ministry of Transportation, 3rdFloor, Legal Services Department, Bukar Dipcharima House, Central Business District (CBD), Abuja; and soft copies to – api.fmt@gmail.com
All Memoranda with necessary appendices should reach the Office of the Secretary within 7-days from the date of this publication."
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The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service
Peter J. Edwards
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in the late 19th century to its demise in
1945. The formative years began when
a British Naval Mission was established
in Japan in 1867 to advise on the
development of balloons for naval purposes. After the first
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This book describes in considerable detail the people, events ships and aircraft that shaped the Air Service from its origins in the late 19th century to its demise in 1945. The formative years began when a British Naval Mission was established in Japan in 1867 to advise on the development of balloons for naval purposes. After the first successful flights of fixed-wing aircraft in the USA and Europe, the Japanese navy sent several officers to train in Europe as pilots and imported a steady stream of new models to evaluate.
During World War One Japan became allied with the UK and played a significant part in keeping the German fleets of ships and submarines at bay in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. However, in the international naval treaties that followed they felt betrayed, since the number of capital ships, battleships and cruisers, that they were allowed was below those of the USA and the UK.
Aircraft carriers were not included, so a program of carrier building was started and continued until World War Two. At the same time they developed an aircraft industry and at the beginning of war their airplanes were comparable, and in some instances superior, to those of the British and Americans.
Much prewar experience was gained during Japan's invasion of China, but their continued anger with America festered and resulted in their becoming allied with Germany, Italy and the Vichy France during World War Two. There followed massive successful attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, the Southern Islands, Port Darwin and New Guinea.
The British were decimated and the USA recoiled at the onslaught, taking over a year to regroup and take the war to the Imperial Japanese forces. Throughout the conflict many sea battles were fought and the name Zero became legendary. When Japan eventually capitulated after the Atomic bombs were dropped the Japanese Imperial Air Service was disbanded.
Peter Edwards served in the RAF from 1945 and later became a school teacher. He maintained a life-long passion for military history and has had numerous magazine articles published.
"…engrossing history not only recounting the development of Japanese air power—a topic which has not received much attention despite the perennial keen interest in World War II—but also deepening understanding of the nature of the warfare and surrounding political, technical etc matters bearing on it…a distinctive and engaging work filling a gap in any military history."
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"Of interest to World War II historians and military history enthusiasts, this volume on the Japanese Naval Air Service tracks the history of that nation's air forces from their beginnings in intelligence sharing operations with the British in the late nineteenth century, through their development of home-grown technologies in World War I, to their devastatingly effective missions at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere in the Pacific theater in World War II. The work chronicles both the policy and technical sides of air force development, discussing key innovators in Japanese military aviation as well as important technologies."
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Initiative Beautiful India – Colorful India
Giving wings to his dreams Gurvinder Singh Ghuman has taken a unique initiative of Beautiful India, Colorful India. With an aim to motivate people towards plantation of beautiful and colorful flowering trees, this crusader from Sirsa, Haryana has come a long way since 2018.
While addressing the media persons today during a media conference, Gurvinder Singh Ghuman stated that majority Indians plant traditional trees (Tali, Kakkar, Neem, Piple, Safeda etc.) which results in green foliage only whereas his idea is to plant flowering trees, herbal trees, ornament trees, and fine looking shrubs along with traditional trees.
Initiative Background
Giving an insight into the initiative background, Gurvinder Singh Ghuman stated, "In 2018, I purchased seven varieties of FT, HT, OT, and Shrubs from a renowned nursery in Pune (167 PLANTS)."
This work of tree planting was accomplished with the help and support of area priests, local politicians and the local government administrators, the police department, and the enthusiastic people of Sirsa including students, teachers, and concerned citizens.
"We planted these trees in various locations around Sirsa, including the hospitals, government schools, parks, police stations, as well as other public places within the city," revealed Ghuman.
This was a great success, however purchasing these plants from a nursery on our own is expensive, that's why we are not able to do this on a large scale, shared Ghuman. However, purchasing the seeds is a cost effective way to carry forward this initiative, he went on to add.
The seeds for these government approved trees are available in some parts of India, and the cost of seeds is less than purchasing plants.
Therefore, in 2019, Ghuman purchased 72 varieties of seeds, totaling 125,000 seeds. Out of these seeds, Ghuman made 1000 kits and distributed 500 throughout Haryana, 300 in Punjab, and the remaining 200 were distributed to private & government schools, shrines (Gurudwaras, Temples, Churches, Brahm Kumaris, & Ashrams), agricultural universities, Woman Kissan Wing, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and also to environment conservationists.
Initiative Objective
After commencing this initiative in Sirsa, Gurvinder Singh Ghuman's goal is to reach out to government/private schools, colleges, hospitals, parks, holy places and other public areas in every kasba, villages, and even dhanis of farmers spread across every book and corner of India.
These and similar types of seeds should be available all over the country. Nurseries all over India have the knowledge about types of seeds & about the ways to plant them. Ghuman further said," additionally, I want to share knowledge about the optimal sowing & replant time, as well as details about the size and height of the trees to ensure they are planted optimally."
"Moving forward, we are looking for the support of corporate houses, social organizations, experts in forestry, environment aficionados, conservationists, CSR initiatives, citizens, and government (central and state) to be part of this movement to beautify this country," added Ghuman.
He also said that he would also like to invite Indian NRI's who have love and passion for their country and would be willing to donate seeds and plants to their native villages.
Also, I want to involve seed sellers and nurseries to join us. My email id, mobile number, social media, and website will be given to connect with the people, emphasized Ghuman.
All of these trees have environmental benefits in addition to their added beauty, color, and shade provided. Only government approved trees will be used in this initiative. Additionally, we must preserve our heritage plants and trees, and must protect them from vanishing.
I propose that we should celebrate this with a flowering tree day, where annually on August 5th, the people of India should come together and plant new trees and celebrate their work towards making their country beautiful.
My initiative "Beautiful India - Colorful India," should not be limited to a particular region but has to be a PAN INDIA MOVEMENT, concluded Gurvinder Singh Ghuman


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September 5, 2016 Ronnie Jackson Venture Capital Fund
A young startup carving out a new niche in World-wide-web Travel Fulfillment chronicles their adventures through private equity funding, like their meetings with Angels, Venture Capitalists and Channel Partners. It is vital to pick venture capitalists with whom it is possible to have a fantastic working relationship. They can provide you with suggestions in the distinct aspects of venture capital, from raising venture capital to drafting of proposals to exit tactics.
In contrast other fund forms such as venture have not shown such a sturdy overall efficiency. A share of the earnings of the fund (ordinarily 20%), paid to the private equity fund's management enterprise as a efficiency incentive. The availability of venture funding is amongst the primary stimuli for the development of new organizations and technologies.
Commonly, these Retail Venture Capital funds only invest in providers where the majority of workers are in Canada. These are a group of wealthy investors, monetary institutions and investment banks that can gather investments. Assuming the venture capitalist expresses interest in the investment opportunity, a very good enterprise plan is a pre-requisite.
In turn this explains why venture capital is most prevalent in the speedy-increasing technology and life sciences or biotechnology fields. So if you want to pursue a career in venture capital, there are numerous venture capital jobs readily available for you. Monitoring of subsidiaries / mutual funds Over the years, economic institutions have diversified their activities into economic services such as merchant banking, venture capital, mutual funds, investment banking, housing finance, and so forth.
Among the early VC funds set up was the 1 by the Rockfeller Loved ones which started a special fund called VENROCK in 1950, to finance new technologies organizations. The NVCA was to serve as the sector trade group for the venture capital market. In a lot of of these regions, with less created economic sectors, venture capital plays a part in facilitating access to finance for tiny and medium enterprises (SMEs), which in most situations would not qualify for getting bank loans.…


Lesson 2. How do computers work?
The lesson will introduce you to the computer. Your knowledge about the elements of the computer and how they work will enable you to easily understand the lessons on hardware, software and networks.
Lesson 2 3 .Scope s s s s s s What is a computer? What are the elements of a computer system? What are the different types of computer systems? What are the components of a data processing cycle? What is the role of a computer in the data processing cycle? What are some trends in the development of computers? UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
you should be able to: s Describe how computers process information s List the elements of a computer system s Identify the different types of computer systems and their uses s Explain the data processing cycle s Define the role of computers in the data processing cycle s Be aware of development trends in ICT UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. Lesson 2 4 .Learning Outcomes By the end of this lesson.
What is a computer? A computer is a machine with electronic and electromechanical parts. It is programmable and is capable of performing the following functions: sAccept data (input) sProcess data sGenerate output (information) sStore data/information sRetrieve/send data/information UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. Lesson 2 5 .
processing and storage.S. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. The latter had all the components of the computer input. Charles Babbage invented the Difference Engine and conceived of another machine called Analytical Engine.Development of computers s s The beginning of the commercial computer age began on June 14. Bureau of Census Prior to this. output. Lesson 2 6 . 1951 with the delivery of UNIVAC--Universal Automatic Computer to the U. Babbage is called the father of computers. however.
Lesson 2 7 . punched cards and magnetic tapes for storing data. and the removable disk pack replaced punched cards. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. 1951-1958: Vacuum tubes were used as the internal computer components. Transistors enabled manufacturers to produce smaller computers. 1959-1964: Transistors replaces vacuum tubes. assembly language and high level languages replaced machine language.What are the so-called computer generations? s s First generation. Second generation. and machine language for programming.
Generations (continued) s s s Third generation.. banking. ICs led to the production of even smaller computers called mini computers. 1965-1970: Integrated circuits --complete electronic circuits on a silicon chip were developed. quantum computers.. Software became more sophisticated and interactive processing possible Fourth generation.…) UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. voice recognition. neural systems. artificial intelligence. The microprocessor or computer on a chip was developed. i. This made PCs.) Fifth generation. Lesson 2 8 . and other applications possible (calculators. 1971-present.e. present and beyond .recent and emerging technologies..
Lesson 2 9 . Data/Information .are descriptions of how things are done. People . i.the most important part and beneficiary of a computer system. Procedures .Elements of a computer system s s s 1. documentations.raw facts (data) and processed data (information) that are used to produce the desired result UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. generally categorized as either end-users or developers 2.e. manuals. … 3.
Communications . 5. Generally software is divided into system software and application software.provides the step by step instructions that tell the computer what to do.the physical element of a computer system categorized according to the basic operations they perform: input.Elements of a computer system s s s 4. processing. Hardware . 6. storage and communications. Lesson 2 10 . Software .refers to the electronic transfer of data from one place to another UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. output.
computers are sorted according to physical size and processing power. Minicomputer. Microcomputer (Desktop. Notebook.Laptop. Palmtop). Lesson 2 11 . The different types are: Supercomputer Mainframe.What are the different types of computer systems? s s In general. Microcontroller UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
The combination of bits to form meaningful characters or numbers is called a byte. This means that the computer recognizes only two numbers. 0 and 1. Lesson 2 12 How is data represented in the computer? .Computers represent data as two-state systems. Larger numbers. Each of these two numbers is called a bit from the words binary digit. letters and special characters are formed using combinations of 0 and 1. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
ASCII can have 128 combinations of 7 bits each while ASCII-8 can have as many as 1256 combinations UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. Lesson 2 13 . The coding scheme ASCII (As-key) and ASCII-8 or extended ASCII has been adopted as a standard by the US government and by computer manufacturers.What coding schemes are used to form meaningful bytes of data? s s There are usually 8 bits in a byte.
Lesson 2 14 . Process Output Information Cataloging Process Catalog Record Filing Process Card Catalog Storage UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. Accession No.How is data processed into information? Input Data Author Title Imprint Subject Call No.
The Information Processing Cycle New Document Data Input Process Output Document Stored Data UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. Lesson 2 15 .
Lesson 2 16 . UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.What is the role of computers in the information cycle? s s s s Accept data through input devices Process data using microprocessors Store data for interactive use in the RAM and for longer periods of storage in the ROM and hard disks Output data through output devices.
7 days a week Less prone to error Produce output requirements easily Could send and retrieve data from other computers if in a network UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1. processing and retrieval Tireless--can work 24 hours a day. Lesson 2 17 .What are the advantages of using computers for data processing? s s s s s Faster data input.
Lesson 2 18 .What are some disadvantages of using computers? s s s s s s Require skilled manpower for design and programming and data encoding Require electricity Require air conditioning for non-stop work Expensive to acquire and maintain Require frequent upgrade due to fast developments in hardware and software Require regular staff training UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
Lesson 2 19 .What are some general trends in computers? s s s s s s s Moore's Law: Computing power doubles approximately every 18 months Faster processors Bigger storage capacity Bigger memory Stand alone>>>Network>>>Distributive computing Software bloat Lower cost UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
Lesson 2 20 .What are some general trends in hardware? s Downsizing: x Mainframe >>> PC>>Pocket PC s s Right sizing Increasing memory: x RAM 1MB to at least 256 MB Hard disk 10 MB to 20 GB s Increasing storage: x s s Decreasing cost Increasing processor speed: x PC XT to Pentium 4 UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
Lesson 2 21 .What are some general trends in software? s s s s More sophisticated software Bigger storage requirement Bigger memory requirement More user friendly: x DOS to Windows UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.
The efficiency of these tools is dependent on the specifications of the computer hardware.Conclusion Computers are reliable and efficient tools for data processing and information retrieval. the software. UNESCO ICTLIP Module 1.There are advantages and disadvantages in using them. database design and the user. Lesson 2 22 .
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — It may have been illegal for the mayor to promise $155,000 in gifts to needy city employees as part of his appearance on the CBS show "Undercover Boss," and the state Ethics Commission has been contacted about the matter, the district attorney said.
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto pledged the money to four workers during his appearance on the show last month.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr.'s office "made certain inquiries concerning the payments," but it "has no active investigation involving the city's participation in the program," said Zappala spokesman Mike Manko.
Zappala told KDKA-TV, the local CBS affiliate, that "salaries of public employees are negotiated. You cannot just give a bonus."
Peduto has repeatedly defended the gifts as legal, saying the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority is overseeing how the money is raised and paid out to avoid any improprieties. He has said the money will come from private donors, though at least one agency that is contributing money — the tourism-promotion group VisitPittsburgh — gets most of its $11 million budget from taxpayers.
Peduto's chief of staff Kevin Acklin said, "As of now, we have not received any indication that anything we did was other than in full compliance with city and state law."
Last week, county Controller Chelsa Wagner threatened to withhold $681,000 in tax revenues to VisitPittsburgh, which has contributed $25,000 toward the fund and planned another $25,000 contribution. Peduto has said the show amounted to an hour-long commercial for the city in prime time, when networks normally charge $200,000 for 30 seconds of air time.
On Friday, Wagner told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette she had decided to release the tax money after speaking with members of the VisitPittsburgh board. She's still advising them not to contribute the second $25,000, however.
Manko, Zappala's spokesman, said Wagner's office and unions that represent city workers both have a legal right "to try and determine whether payments made to workers as part of the 'Undercover Boss' program represented illegal bonuses."
The state Ethics Commission would not confirm or deny an investigation.
But Peduto's spokesman Tim McNulty said the office hasn't been contacted about such a probe.
"Our lawyers completely vetted this months ago," McNulty said Friday. "We're in total compliance with city and state ethics laws."


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Re: The Daily Mail ban
Post by CrowsNest » Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:13 am
Look at this moron.....
just because another paper might be bad, has no bearing on the whether we should use such an unreliable source as the Daily Mail. ...... ~ BOD ~ TALK 17:16, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
Are they doing it delnerately, or are they just that thick?
People are pointing out other papers in the UK news print sector are just as bad if not worse than the Mail, because they have not been banned. Only the Mail has been banned.
Why is thst, you dipshits? It's a very simple question. 'People think it is a real newspaper' is not an answer, not when you apparently can't prove it isn't a real newspaper to any reasonable standard.
A perfect example of a prominent ban supporter being a total liar. A complete unashamed teller of complete untruths.....
I note that some people are treating this as a relitigation of the original RfC. It's not. The assertion is that the Mail has changed and that the guidance should therefore change. The original consensus that the Mail is unreliable stands, the opinions of a minority notwithstanding, this is about whether there has been meaningful change, and actually we should be reflecting the opinions of third party sources. I have not noticed any independent commentators saying that the Mail has become more reliable, the Mail's website is still packed with clickbait, soft porn papparazzi pics and press releases masquerading as stories,but the print edition may indeed be changing, early signs are that it is beginning to take a reality-based line on Brexit, for example. In time I think we could use the print edition again, though not web-only stories, ever. Guy (Help!) 16:16, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
As this lying piece of shit well knows, when the RfC was filed, it included this list of reasons why the ban should be revisited.....
1)	The DM has changed dramatically - it is not the same source we banned in 2017.
2)	Relatively little high quality evidence exists asserting DM is generally unreliable.
3)	Retaining the ban creates a dangerous WP:creep / slippery slope problem.
4)	The DM is sometimes the best available source for certain topics.
5)	Retaining the ban is damagingly partisan.
6) The ban is disproportionate to its objectives
7) The consensus resulting from the RfC was unclear
......with each being further expanded with proper reasoning.
Only 1 of the 7 is what he claims this RfC is all about. And 5 of the 7 are explicitly about relitigating the original debate, which is perfectly allowed, because it is solid Wikipedia policy that consensus candida change, and so should be periodically revisited, especially when there is a groundswell of opinion that a mistake was made.
Will Guy Chapman be blocked for telling a complete and entirely self-serving lie? No. This is Wikipedia. Telling lies is permitted.
What makes me laugh is that this is so blatant. It is in your face obvious. There isn't a single fibre of his being their either tells him he shouldn't be doing this, or to fear any consequences of doing it. Shameless.
Who the fuck is he to even be telling people what the debate is about anyway? That is a privilege reserved for the filer.
But you watch. Whoever closes this abortion will happily ignore all this evidence of malfeasance.
Perfect example of what the ban supporters are capable of.....
Yes - bans are a supremely bad idea and are always misused. There are always other, better sources that can be added to contrast what publications like The Daily Mail say. Also there was poor evidence for this ban in the original RfC. Wikipedia is becoming more punitive and less welcoming. If we want to stop loosing editors we need to make it a more positive experience for editors and putting warning boxes in front of them in ever increasing numbers is antithetical to this goal. Morgan Leigh | Talk 10:38, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
@Morgan Leigh: Bans don't exist. The Mail is deprecated, not banned. We do the same with predatory journals, self-published books and multiple other classes of source that have a reputation for inaccuracy, bias, and lack of adequate editorial control. The handling of the Mail is fully consistent with this. Guy (Help!) 12:32, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
It's a ban. Please stop pretending that it is anything else. Per WP:DUCK - if it acts like a ban (and it does), if people treat it like a ban (and they do), and if everyone calls it a ban (and even the Guardian did) then let's not kid ourselves that it is not a ban. Post a reference to the DM anywhere on this site and it is highly likely that an editor will come into delete the ban with an edit summary reading "RM non-RS", without bothering to look at the article or at the reference being used. Re-post the reference and some helpful soul may post a DS notice on your talk page.
And let's also stop saying that this is about guidance! We already have guidance about using tabloid sources on BLP/controversial articles and do not need a ban to add to it. This ban is not about guidance - it is the opposite of guidance, it is compulsion. FOARP (talk) 13:13, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
I see. So now we rely on The Guardian to inform us on how we conduct ourselves. .....Martinevans123 (talk) 13:23, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
Unwilling to accept this is a ban, unable to accept the clear and obvious difference between how the Mail is treated and how the likes of self-publishing is, in their utter desperation to deny reality, they finally have to resort to arguing The Guardian is not a reliable source for what happens on Wikipedia. The Guardian.
Do you think they see the irony?
The Guardian says it is a ban. That is either incorrect (and therefore anecdotal evidence they are unreliable), or they are correct and this process is being polluted by people knowingly telling obvious lies.
Post by CrowsNest » Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:33 pm
More lies.
The Wikipedia community has spoken in one RfC and it looks like the current RfC will go the same way; we have examined what The Daily Mail does, determined that it is unreliable on a whole new level compared to other tabloids, and decided not to use it as a source. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Did you do all this in invisible ink?
I swear, this has to be some kind of mental illness. There is the Wikipedia debate happening in the real world, and the one the voices in his head are telling him has happened.
Guy Macon is also the person who said this......
A Daily mail article under Hopkins byline can be reasonably presumed to contain the words of Hopkins; she would complain if they made stuff up and published it under his byline. That makes it one of the exceptional circumstances. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:49, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
If the garbage he has been spewing is to be treated consistently, we have to assume every word penned by Hopkins in the Mail is a fabrication, up to and including the identity of who really wrote it, who even thought it, and she would be in on it, as a receiver of the Devil's Coin. That is their business model apparently. Make everything up. Everything.
Has he changed his tune? Or was that said by a different voice in his head?
Macon is of course now trying to get the person who is most animated about the lack of suitable evidence presented anywhere that would persuade anyone his claims are true, removed from the arena. Which is exactly what someone who is lying, and knows they are lying, would do.
Post by CrowsNest » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:11 am
Dan Murphy, the so called journalist who hangs out at Wikipediocracy.....
Der Spiegel, a respected publication that tries to get it right, discovers it may have a serial fabricator on its hands, in much the same style of Janet Cooke at the Washington Post long ago. It immediately suspends the reporter and begins an investigation, ending in the termination of the reporter, a retraction of his articles, and an extensive, public review of the editorial failings that enabled the hoaxster.
the fact that Der Spiegel is mired in a scandal over something that at The Mail or The Sun would be merely treated as "Tuesday" tells us something
He of course doesn't have any examples to hand of the source of the controversy currently unfolding at Der Spiegel being a normal occurrence at the Mail.
What pieces of shit like this never seem to remember, is that in Britain, when a real scandal hits a newspaper, one that involves the sort of fabrication being seen at Der Speigel, there is more than just a controversy and an internal inquiry. When the Sun made shit up about Hillsborough, it produced a 20 year fight for justice, culminating in criminal prosecutions. When the News of the World hacked a dead girl's phone, the paper got shut down and the entire system of press regulation was changed. When the Mirror fabricated an image of British soldiers, editor piers Morgan lost his job and had to move to America to escape the shame.
These were all proper scandals, things the average man or women in the street remembers long after the event, and which presumably factors into their purchasing choices (and in the NOTW's case, advertiser's choices). Not for the nothing are the Sun, Mirror and latterly the NOTW, considered "rags" populated by "hacks", whose content is routinely assumed to be suspect and if little news value, but is nonetheless still widely read because many people are stupid, and even more are not, they just like to read this stuff, whether it is true or not. Much like people still read Wikipedia, even though a large proportion know it is potentially made up.
If the Mail is so bad, if they are on the same level as the so called "red tops", if reader's expectations of their content is the same, if this shit is just "Tuesday" in their case, then why am I struggling to think of a single similar controversy involving them? Why is it the people alleging it "regularly makes shit up" keep having to refer to the same single blog written by a disgruntled employee? Is that what constitutes a national scandal to these retards? Or is there a giant coverup? Or is the implication we all know it happens, but we all just accept it?
People need to wake up and smell the shit that is being shovelled. If the only supposed national scandal involving the Mail surrounds what they did in the 1930s, as viewed with the benefit of much hindsight, then maybe you don't have shit? Maybe you are desperate to find anything to use as a reason to discredit them?
When one of the biggest critical paragraphs in Wikipedia's own article on the Mail is their own pathetic ban, when even the Wikipedia article on the paper doesn't list a single controversy that remotely rises to the level of those mentioned above, or this Der Spiegel incident, then maybe, just maybe, these people are letting their political bias and other pet hobby horses colour their judgement of the Mail's actual reputation out there in the real world........
If the charge is that the Mail routinely fabricates stories, if your complaint is a little stronger than 'wah, wah, I didn't like it when they said this', then let's see the evidence.........
If you have no evidence, or it is pathetically unconvincing, then by all means, make whatever claim you like. Hopefully one day, you will be held to account for it. Hopefully once the world has moved on from this idea that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and Wikipedians are capable of integrity.
Post by CrowsNest » Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:04 pm
Here's a brilliant example of Wikipedia being incapable of even recognising a reliable source......
From the Wikipedia article for the Daily Mail:
The independent Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC News), in its April 2017 assessment of the newspaper, wrote: "Has a strong conservative bias and has a poor track record with fact checkers" and rated it as right bias, with factual reporting "mixed", but did not reduce it to the questionable sources/fake news category.[168]
The actual text of the "source"......
Established in 1896 by Harold and Alfred Harmsworth and Kennedy Jones, The Daily Mail is a tabloid newspaper in the UK. It is edited by Geordie Greig, who took over as editor in November 2018 from Paul Dacre, who had been the editor since 1992. The Daily Mail's parent company is DMGT, which owns newspapers including the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and The Metro. The chairman is Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere, who inherited the media empire founded by his great-grandfather Harold and his brother Alfred a century earlier. Harold Sidney Harmsworth is also known to be a admirer of Mussolini and supporter of Nazi Germany.
Analysis / Bias
The Daily Mail is a known a supporter of the Conservatives. They are also one of the pro-Brexit tabloids and according to a Reuters article, the Daily Mail published a controversial headline in response to a Brexit Court ruling criticizing the judges, by branding them as 'enemies of the people' According to CNBC, the Daily mail also has been criticized by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales for publishing fake news articles and "hyped up" headlines and "mastered the art of running stories that aren't true'". Further, CNBC reported that DMG media responded by saying "DailyMail.com is the very antithesis of click-bait and hype headlines. We just tell stories better than anyone else."
In review, the Daily Mail tends to publish stories utilizing sensationalized headlines with emotionally loaded wordings such as "Woman, 63, 'becomes PREGNANT in the mouth' with baby squid after eating calamari", which is obviously a fake news story. In 2017, Wikipedia banned the Daily Mail as an 'unreliable' source. When it comes to sourcing information they use minimal hyperlinked sourcing as well as sourcing to themselves. In general, most stories favor the right, however the Daily Mail will report either side if the story is sensational enough.
A factual search reveals that the Daily Mail has a poor track record with fact checkers. Here are a few failed fact checks:
(List of examples)
Overall, we rate Daily Mail Questionable due to numerous failed fact checks and poor sourcing of information.
If you didn't know any better, you might suspect this garbage was literally written by the Wikipedians. It has all their hallmarks....
-Since when was their political stance relevant to their accuracy?
-Since when was it acceptable to imply the paper is owned by closet fascists?
-Since when was Jimmy fucking Wales an accepted authority on press standards?
-Since when was Wikipedia banning a source remotely considered an authortative indicator of reliability?
-Since when was the headline treated as the story for the purposes of fact checking?
-Since when was a random list of anecdotal evidence, sufficient to establish a pattern?
-Since when was an imprecise word like "numerous" appropriate in this context?
How did this website even get accepted by Wikipedia as a reliable source for such claims? Does it meet their RS criteria? Their "About" page makes it pretty damn obvious that it doesn't.......
Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC News), founded in 2015, is an independent online media outlet. MBFC News is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices........MBFC News follows a strict methodology for determining the biases of sources. Dave Van Zandt is the primary editor for sources. He is assisted by a collective of volunteers who assist in research for many sources listed on these pages.
MBFC News also provides occasional fact checks, original articles on media bias and breaking/important news stories, especially as it relates to USA politics.
MBFC News was founded by Dave Van Zandt in 2015. Dave studied Communications in college and over the years has focused on personal research in media bias and the role of media in politics.
Is there a single reliable source out there that backs up what "Dave" claims his site is all about? Does he use any sources other than Wikipedia and Google for his "research"? Does he understand the difference between a robust methodology and simply using the same format and check list?
I'm sure Wikipedia's world renowned quality control systems will be swinging into action any minute now. ANY MINUTE NOW.
They have had four months to notice this edit to this high profile article, but hey, give them time. They're all volunteers after all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... =855421707
Still, is anyone really surprised to see that Wikipedia is now happily using questionable sources that give credence to its own ban, to support the idea the Mail is unreliable? This isn't quite citogenisis, but it is close.
Unsurprisingly, the Wikipedia article on Media Bias/Fact Check is a car crash, one where even after it has been gutted of their worst editorial practices, you still have to wade through around fifty words describing it, all sourced to itself, before you even find words from an independent reliable source.
And they are not very complementary......
https://www.cjr.org/innovations/measure ... rtisan.php
Amateur attempts at such tools already exist, and have found plenty of fans. Google "media bias," and you'll find Media Bias/Fact Check, run by armchair media analyst Dave Van Zandt. The site's methodology is simple: Van Zandt and his team rate each outlet from 0 to 10 on the categories of biased wording and headlines, factuality and sourcing, story choices ("does the source report news from both sides"), and political affiliation.
Both efforts suffer from the very problem they're trying to address: Their subjective assessments leave room for human biases, or even simple inconsistencies, to creep in. Compared to Gentzkow and Shapiro, the five to 20 stories typically judged on these sites represent but a drop of mainstream news outlets' production.
The article of course repeats the mistake that anecdotal examples is proof of a broad claim with profound implications......
The site's ratings have been used by BBC News and Newsweek when discussing the reliability and bias of other media organisations.[6][7][8]
But hey, who cares what the precise methodology of Wikipedia is? We're only concerned with the methodology of an established newspaper which is biased. Sorry, unreliable. Keep forgetting to use the right word there. Must be the Wikipedia rubbing off on me.
On and on it goes. Lie after lie. The irony is palpable.
No. The Daily Mail is systematically unreliable. Its Australian edition also routinely steals the work of other journalists ([43]). Nick-D (talk) 03:48, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Routine theft? Quite the claim, that.
How ironic that, on closer inspection, the source provided for this claim by this piece of shit Wikipedian, seems to have done exactly what people accuse the Mail of doing. A hopelessly biased story, pure sensationalism, all under a demonstrably false headline.
Headline......
Can anything stop the Daily Mail and its brazen theft of other people's yarns?
Relevant text, way way down at the bottom of the story, past all the outrage and handwringing.....
what the Mail is doing may actually be legal, as the Mail claims.
The key is the fair dealing provision in the Copyright Act, which says you can copy someone else's news story if you make sufficient acknowledgement.
Which is why the Mail credits the author and links to the original.
So that's Australia's premier television channel calling something both "brazen theft" and possibly legal, in the same story. That's what Wikipedia calls a gold standard reliable source. Quite how you use it, is anyone's guess.
Might I suggest this as a suggested edit to Wikipedia, using this reliable source.......
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Daily Mail's brazen theft of other people's work may actually be legal.
Yes, a very useful addition to an encyclopedia. Not.
I'm noting this here so people know when this RfC gets closed with some bullshit about how the "No" camp succeeded based on the evidence, you will know what a dirty trick it all was. Because you know damn well they aren't going to read each link from top to bottom, if at all, and so they will be relying on the biased presentation of scum like Nick, who absolutely wants people not to read what he is presenting as proof of his claims. Dare we even assume he read beyond the headline?
Interesting to note that "Nick-D" is a Wikipedia Administrator and "proud to be a financial member of Wikimedia Australia". He should probably clarify that post-haste, last anyone assume they are acting as proxies for the corporate entity, and therefore assume he would be a very good target for litigation. It won't matter of he hasn't fully identified, if there are WMF documents out there which specify what the "D" stands for, they can be compelled to hand them over.
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Post by sashi » Mon Dec 24, 2018 12:07 pm
I think it might be good to actually have a link to the abc.net.au article here. After reading it, I think your argument is quite a s - t - r - e - t - c - h.
Yes the headline is a distortion, but I don't think the MediaWatch story makes DM (or Google) look too good.
Post by CrowsNest » Mon Dec 24, 2018 12:57 pm
sashi wrote: I don't think the MediaWatch story makes DM (or Google) look too good.
Because........?
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National Park Service numbers show a huge uptick in visitation in the 255-mile park. More accurate counting helped.
A record number of people visited the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in 2014, but that statistic has more to do with improved counting than with a sudden upswing in park popularity.
The National Park Service (NPS) annual report recently released showed 671,582 people visited the park last year, topping the previous record of 625,549, logged in 1987. Boaters and canoeists accounted for most of the visitors last year, the majority of whom used the park from May through October.
Documenting visits to the St. Croix riverway presents a more difficult challenge than at many other national parks because so many boat landings — 70 — fall within its vast boundaries.
The riverway, managed from NPS headquarters in St. Croix Falls, Wis., stretches over 255 miles on the St. Croix and Namekagon rivers in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Unlike other national parks — such as Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota and Yellowstone in Montana and Wyoming, which have just a few entrances where visitors pay to enter — the St. Croix riverway doesn't have traditional gateways to count people.
"If we collected a fee I would have a much better idea," Galonska said.
Instead, numbers come from a variety of sources — park visitor centers, permit holders, hunting licenses, traffic counters, daily counts of boats and canoes, backcountry overnight stays and outfitters.
At Wild River Outfitters in Grantsburg, Wis., owners Jerry Dorff and Marilyn Chesnik saw an uptick in business last summer after a couple of rainy seasons. They have been reporting customer numbers to the park service since 2002 — mostly level over the years — but Dorff said the latest statistics offer some encouragement.
More than two dozen outfitters that rent services for canoeing, kayaking and fishing document visitors for the NPS, as do tour boat operators.
The park service uses a mathematical formula to measure overall numbers, such as multiplying random counts of boats and canoes by 10.
The NPS doesn't measure visits to the "state zone" of the St. Croix River, which begins at the historic boomsite just north of Stillwater and experiences the heaviest recreational boating. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources manages the St. Croix south to where it flows into the Mississippi River.
NPS statistics show that the other national park in the metro area, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, attracted 85,637 visitors in 2014. Much like the St. Croix riverway, the 72-mile Mississippi park relies on visitor center numbers, boat tours and special events to count people.
The lowest recorded number of visits within St. Croix riverway boundaries — 188,400 — was in 2010, according to the NPS report. Statistics tracking riverway visitors have been kept since 1973. During that time, more than 16.4 million people have visited the riverway.
Galonska said attendance reporting in recent years may not have been as accurate as it could have been due to NPS budget and staff cuts, which depleted the ranks of full-time law enforcement rangers and left fewer available to count visitors.
Nevertheless, documenting and monitoring trends is more important to park managers than statistics on the overall number of visits, Galonska said.
Galonska said that regardless of how the 2014 visitor statistics were measured, they show substantial public interest in the riverway.


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perk: Steel 10 2000 11 Target takes 15 points of damage to Health and 30 points of damage to Stamina and Magicka.
perk: Ebony 22 2200 22 Creatures and people up to level 20 flee from combat for 30 seconds. Creatures and people up to level 20 will attack anything nearby for 30 seconds.
perk: Daedric 16 3600 14 Absorb 25 points of health.
perk: Steel 10 1670 10 Absorb 20 points of stamina.
perk: Elven 13 911 11 Burns the target for 12 points. Target is illuminated for 15 seconds. Target is 35% weaker to fire damage for 10 seconds.
perk: Elven 12 852 13 Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Steel 17 2300 20 Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage. Undead take 40 points of damage instead.
perk: none 5 105 7 Target moves 20% slower for 30 seconds.
perk: Glass 22 1150 21 Target takes 15 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Steel 10 700 12 Target takes 10 points of Fire damage, and 10 ponts of Frost damage to Health and Stamina. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Dwarven 18 1036 14 Target takes 15 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Target moves 50% slower for 30 seconds.
perk: Steel 7 327 8 Target takes 5 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Especially effective against undead.
perk: Daedric 18 4200 15 Carrying capacity increases by 20 for 1 seconds. Decrases your magicka by 15 points for 1 seconds.
perk: Steel 21 1630 18 Target takes 20 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage.
perk: Dwarven 5 270 6 Deals 15 points of poison damage.
perk: Steel 10 170 11 Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Elven 15 6585 13 Burns the target for 15 points. Drinks the blood of foes it has killed. Absorb 20 points of health if superior.
perk: Orcish 11 330 9 Deals 15 points of poison damage.
perk: Elven 15 6585 13 Target takes 15 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Drinks the blood of foes it has killed. Absorb 30 points of magicka if superior.
perk: Dwarven 23 1000 20 If target dies within 10 seconds, fills a soul gem.
perk: Dwarven 12 350 10 Target is paralyzed for 5 seconds. You are paralyzed for 5 seconds.
perk: Dwarven 19 1400 19 Burns the target for 30 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Steel 19 60 9 Target takes 10 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Elven 12 709 13 Target takes 15 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Steel 21 1050 21 Burns the target for 25 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Daedric 16 8000 15 Burns the target for 30 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: none 5 35 2 Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
Hrormir's Icestaff Staff N/A 8 1239 0 A freezing whirlwind that does 50 points of frost damage per second to Health and Stamina. Target is invisible for 10 seconds.
perk: Glass 22 3500 21 Target takes 30 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Steel 18 1400 17 Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: None 7 110 8 Target takes 10 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Especially effective against undead.
perk: Elven 20 600 20 Burns the target for 15 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Daedric 23 4000 24 Does 20 points of Health damage. Chance to paralyze the target for 3 seconds. Burns you for 20 points. You take extra damage while on fire.
perk: Steel 12 564 12 When your target is under 25% Health, add 30 Weapon Damage to your Attacks.
perk: Dwarven 23 950 20 Burns the target for 25 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: None 13 2500 9 Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage. Improves your armor rating by 20 points for 5 seconds. Increases your Magic Resistance by 30% for 5 seconds. Decreases your magicka by 100 points for 1 seconds.
perk: Glass 18 1600 14 Chance to paralyze the target for 2 seconds.
perk: Steel 14 3500 13 Does 30 points of Health damage. Restore 30 points of Stamina.
perk: Daedric 20 2500 16 Target takes 25 points of frost damage to Health and double that damage to Stamina.
perk: Daedric 31 6214 27 Target takes 20 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage. Target is 25% weaker to shock damage for 20 seconds.
perk: Steel 10 1393 11 Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Dwarven 23 3304 20 Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Glass 14 1200 12 Burns Daedra and Undead for 40 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Steel 25 300 20 Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Chance to paralyze the target for 5 seconds.
perk: Steel 10 246 11 Absorb 15 points of health.
perk: Dwarven 16 2517 12 Target takes 20 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage. Target is 25% weaker to shock damage for 20 seconds.
Rod of Sparks Staff N/A 8 500 0 Lightning that does 8 points of shock damage to Health and Magicka per second.
perk: Orcish 18 740 18 Absorb 5 points of Speechcraft.
perk: Ebony 16 662 17 Random Magic Effect on Strike.
perk: Daedric 20 8000 16 Summoned Daedra up to level 36 are sent back to Oblivion.
perk: None 10 220 11 Creatures and people up to level 10 flee from combat for 30 seconds.
perk: Orcish 26 3400 21 Burns the target for 20 points. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Steel 7 50 7 Does 15 points of damage to Health and Magicka. Target is 15% weaker to poison. Undead up to level 18 flee for 15 seconds.
perk: Ebony 15 5000 13 Deals 5 points of poison damage. Target is invisible for 20 seconds.
perk: Elven 20 1000 20 Burns the target for 10 points of Health and Stamina damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
perk: Dwarven 16 450 12 Target takes 25 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Steel 11 180 12 Target takes 25 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.
perk: Daedric 6 1100 11 If target dies within 15 seconds, fills a soul gem.
Staff of Sheogorath Staff N/A 8 8400 0 Freezes all living, undead, daedra, and constructs within 12 ft for 5 seconds.
Staff of the Healer Staff N/A 8 1946 0 Heals the target 25 points, but not undead, atronachs or machines. Cures all diseases. Stops poison's continuing effects.
Staff of Worms Staff N/A 8 4300 0 Reanimate any dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds.
perk: None 9 65 7 Target takes 15 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage.
perk: Steel 21 120 18 Target takes 20 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage.
perk: Ebony 15 2300 13 Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Daedra take 40 points of damage instead.
perk: Ebony 15 1700 13 Decreases Max Health of target by 10 points for 30 seconds.
Syndelius' Boltcaster Staff N/A 8 100 0 A bolt of lightning that does 25 points of shock damage to Health and half that to Magicka.
perk: Ebony 22 2200 22 Target takes 15 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka damage.
perk: None 16 4500 20 Absorb 10 points of stamina. If target dies within 5 seconds, fills a soul gem.
perk: Daedric 31 780 27 Absorb 30 points of stamina.
perk: Daedric 31 8300 27 Burns the target for 40 points. Targets on fire take extra damage. Absorb 10 points of stamina. Target moves 10% slower for 10 seconds.
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TRIVIA QUESTION: What is the first radio station to play Don McLean's American Pie in its 8-minute, 36-second entirety? The answer appears below.
•1958 ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW debuts on July 3rd on ABC TV (later CBS and NBC). •1968 JEANNIE C. RILEY records Tom T. Hall written single Harper Valley P.T.A. on July 26th. •1972 MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL Blues singer/guitar player dies at 68 on July 3rd in Memphis, TN. •1980 JOHN CONLEE debuts on The Grand Ole Opry on July 5th. •1993 CURLY JOE DERITA last of Three Stooges dies of pneumonia at 83 on July 3rd. •2008 KIX BROOKS (Brooks & Dunn) runs with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain on July 6th.
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TRIVIA ANSWER: On June 26, 1971 WNEW FM (102.7) New York City is the first radio station to play Don McLean's American Pie in its 8-minute, 36-second entirety.
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Bottom Line: Weird, funky, dysfunctional and charming like the neighborhood of Venice Beach itself, Green Goddess Collective sells completely adequate recreational cannabis just two blocks from the iconic boardwalk.
So — you're a tourist who's come to Venice Beach for a ripped-from-the-big-screens visit to one of the most famous beach neighborhoods of all time. But where do you score some of this new-fangled legal cannabis California now offers?
That's easy — it's just two blocks off the boardwalk on Main St. at Green Goddess Collective. The club bears the distinction of being the recreational cannabis store closest to Los Angeles' famed Venice Beach. It's also one of California's less stunning retailers — a small, dingy, but serviceable retail shop whose biggest asset is location, location, location. No matter, you're here for bragging rights and serviceable ganja, and Green Goddess Collective has you covered.
So why the disconnect between prime location and dingy vibes? Probably because of the history of both Venice Beach and legal cannabis. Both arose from unsavory backgrounds to international prominence, and both are still struggling to meet mainstream expectations for a friendly retail experience.
Start with Venice Beach: the broad, sloping sandy beach, the pier, the waves, the skatepark, the food, the coffee, the weirdness. The urine stank. The hustlers. The tourists. Traffic and parking so bad that once you get there, there's no point in leaving.
Venice Beach — it isn't a city, but rather a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles. It exists as much in our collective psyche as it does in reality.
I lived down here on weekends in the summer after college, staying with my then-girlfriend. We'd spend Saturday mornings drinking coffee off the speedway, then book shopping on the boardwalk, making sure to say hi to the street performer wearing a live snake and a speedo and nothing else.
Venice Beach is part of an axis of freedom that zig zags up to San Francisco and over to Boulder, Brooklyn, Barcelona, Amsterdam and few other places in the world. It's a leading province in the Freak Kingdom — a way station on the seeker highway that encircles the world.
Founded by a tobacco magnate, Venice was considered a 'slum by the sea' in the 1950s, which of course drew Beat Poets and immigrants. The Doors started there in 1970s, followed by the skaters of Dogtown and Z-boys in the '80s. Nowadays, kids know Venice through the blockbuster video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and GTA:V.
All of which is to say it's a place that tolerates non-conformity, which is why the locals allowed medical marijuana stores to open up after California voters legalized the herb in 1996.
This informal medical marijuana system existed in a quasi-legal limbo for a generation, up until February of this year, when the city of L.A. actually began issuing retail licenses to about 45 clubs so far. One such license hangs on the wall near the front desk of Green Goddess, a sign of evolution after 21 years of regulatory neglect.
Those 21 years of quasi-legality are a big reason why most clubs up until now have been such dumps. What's the point of a million-dollar renovation if the sheriff or feds can raid and seize the building on any given day? With regulatory certainty hopefully comes investment and capital improvements. Lord knows Green Goddess could use a spa treatment.
Start with getting there: Venice Beach parking is a bloodsport on weekends (and on Mondays and Tuesdays due to street sweeping). That's the paradox: you need a car to get anywhere in L.A., but once in a car, you just sit there in soul-killing traffic.
Say you find a spot in the neighborhood. Pull an illegal u-turn. Take it by force if necessary. Congrats. You've arrived. Right off the bat, you'll see beautiful murals in the surrounding neighborhood — Dennis Hopper riding a motorcycle across the exterior wall of a barber shop — plus the requisite homeless people and seemingly unemployed weirdos on beach cruisers who do have homes but no weekday plans.
Down the street at Green Goddess, you'll find the cannabis version of a funky, low-rent surf shop where retail is secondary to worshipping the lifestyle. Jazz plays from the speakers while a receptionist acts like she's itching to go on break. Her replacement can't work the computer to confirm you are 21 years-old.
But here's the thing: Green Goddess can afford to slack. They're two blocks away from the frickin' beach and one of just four licensed retailers in an area. In terms of decor: the collective keeps it literal — embracing the "goddess" theme with pictures of hindu temple goddess sculptures.
The actual sales floor is upstairs from the reception area and about the size of a bedroom. The sales cases look like they were purchased second-hand from a failing skate shop. Beneath you, the hardwood floors are weather beaten, decades-old and creaky.
In terms of offerings, the menu is completely serviceable, with no surprises for connoisseurs. There were some decent flowers, though nothing is lab-tested for potency or purity, yet. (That is mandated by Summer.) We skipped the requisite OG Kush renamed after celebrity Charlie Sheen and picked up some Tangie Sunrise for the excellent aroma. In terms of flower prices, expect to pay a non-competitive $20 per gram. (Hey, it's like the '90s all over again!) Tip: bring cash or pay $3 to use their on-site ATM. No debit or credit payments accepted.
Statewide regulations have also thinned the edibles selection to a now-statewide standard selection of survivors: Korova, Kiva and other stalwarts like Venice Cookie Co. and Defonce chocolates.
The concentrate selection was equally basic — vape pen brands Pax Era and dosist, plus carts by Aya, Harmony, Select, Honey Vape and Oasis. We made a note to try the cool CCELL Palm vape cart battery base.
Overall, there's nothing distinctive about Green Goddess' menu. We could be at any L.A. weed dive. All the distinctiveness is out on the world-class street scene: where a pack of girls on beach cruisers chirps away at each other in maybe Swedish, and portly tourists from the midwest wander past the henna tattoo booths.
The potential for cannabis combos is never-ending in Venice — Tangie Sunrise and some languorous tanning, anyone? Venice Beach has gnarly anti-smoking laws, but you can pair vaping with almost any activity: wandering the canals on a self-directed art walk; renting an electric scooter or a surfboard; people-watching from a cafe; riding the roller coaster over at the nearby Santa Monica pier.
Whatever you're into, Venice has it. Now including legal cheeba.
It's two blocks from one of the most famous beaches in the world — on Venice's Main Street nonetheless.
Expect inflated rates for a captive audience.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter Venice on a weekend.
Does 'spraying' cannabis beat smoking it?


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The Phoenix Nudist Club was Incorporated in May 2006 and is based in Perth, Western Australia. Its membership varies between 30 and 50 adults although attendance at functions is usually 15 - 25. Our members come from all walks of life and age groups, with the majority being couples. The objects of the Club are to provide facilities for the lawful pursuit of clothing-optional sports and social activities to the benefit of the members, and to support and liaise with other recognised naturist groups.
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The Irish Examiner June 17th 2013
As protests continue in Turkey and the G8 meet in Northern Ireland, the right to peaceful assembly and free expression has never been more important, says Ruairí McKiernan
PROTEST might not always be an attractive proposition, and we won't always agree with those doing the protesting, but we must defend with all our might the right to express the change we dream of.
The right to protest is essential for the health of any society. Protest offers a channel for expression to people who otherwise don't feel heard and puts pressure on governments and companies who aren't acting in the interests of people and planet.
The end of slavery and colonialism, workers' rights, women's rights, and civil rights in Northern Ireland have all been achieved because committed individuals and communities, often facing ridicule and repression, had the courage to protest oppression and injustice and proclaim that better ways were possible.
There has been much speculation as to why the Irish don't protest more, given the litany of scandals and abuses we've endured. It may be because people feel it's a tactic that belongs to hippies, students, lefties and anarchists or that they believe protest doesn't work.
Or it may be that our inheritance of colonialism and repression has given us a fear of rocking the boat — something that is convenient for those with power.
Aside from this, too many have been led to believe that people power is ineffective. Instead, they put their faith in the political system, or decide to 'get real' by leaving aside their idealism, accepting things as they are, thereby risking cynicism, despair and things getting worse. "Sure what's the point?" we hear said in defeat, before the opportunities have been explored.
The point is that injustice and greed thrive when good people do nothing. Taking action changes things. It is uplifting, empowering, and effective in changing opinions, laws and lives. By not acting we end up as helpless spectators dependant on the promises of politicians and the goodwill of profit-focused corporations. If done in a healthy way, protest offers a practical way to maintain our humanity and dignity by expressing ourselves beyond shouting at the telly or giving out on Twitter or in pubs.
The Ballyhea protesters in Co Cork demonstrate this each Sunday as they march through their village to remind the world that they don't accept that their children will have to pay the gambling debts of bankers and bondholders. Imagine how fast things would change if everyone did this. So too the people of Rossport, in holding hope alive against the might of Shell and the State. Protest helps us see we're not alone. It can turn us back into power brokers. It reminds politicians that they are paid to represent us, pressures them to act in our interests and helps them deliver difficult reforms at key moments.
Despite the bad name given to activism and protest, it is no accident that many of our heroes used protest, demonstrations and marches as core tactics in their toolbox for change. Michael Davitt, Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, John Hume, Mary Robinson, and President Michael D Higgins all dared to disagree.
There are those who stopped a nuclear plant being built at Carnsore point in Wexford, and the 12 Dunnes Stores workers who gave hope to an imprisoned Nelson Mandela by going on strike for two years because they had to handle the fruit of apartheid South Africa. There are those who have marched to save hospitals, and those who picketed and petitioned to ensure schools were built.
The victories of protest are often undervalued. We may never know how bad things could have been if it was not for the courage of the few to stand up for the rights of us all.
Those courageous enough to stand up and speak out are often attacked, dismissed and isolated for doing so. Their careers and reputations are threatened, their health suffers, and it becomes difficult to be a lonely voice in a sea of silent support. It is therefore all the more important to support people who say the thing the rest of us are afraid to voice.
Of course protest isn't always the best or only way of doing things. As the saying goes, 'it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.
Too much emphasis on protest, anger, outrage and opposition can be draining, unappealing, and counter-productive. It is sometimes better to propose and create positive alternatives and to offer hope where there is none. Sometimes though, as with the Arab Spring, protest is that flame of hope, a visible declaration that we are alive and not prepared to take any more.
In a world faced with war, poverty, austerity and climate change, it is vital that the right to hold this flame of hope remains alive. It is essential that groups such as the G8 are reminded that they are failing humanity and compromising the survival of the planet. It is no accident that 1% of the world controls 39% of the wealth (their wealth grew 7.8% last year) while 80% of the world lives on less than €8 per day. The policies of the G8, a self-appointed group, prioritise the wealth of some over the wellbeing of all, drowning out opposition and alternatives. Raising our voices for change is therefore as much a duty as it is a right.
Amid revelations of government spying on innocent people, a crackdown on protest, and the demonisation of dissent, the freedom of free expression and peaceful assembly has never been more important. Europe's recent history of dictatorships is a reminder of what happens when we lose this freedom. Now, more than ever, we need to be vigilant, vocal and courageous in protecting our rights to dissent and in daring to dream of better ways.
*Ruairí McKiernan is an award-winning social innovator, campaigner and member of the Council of State. He is hitchhiking around Ireland in July listening recording voices and visions for Ireland before talking at the MacGill Summer School on July 28th. His website is www.community.ie
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Thomas J Price: Now You See Me
Past display archive
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Man on a Horse (Kings Avenue), 2011
Thomas J Price
Image courtesy of the Artist and Hales London New York. Copyright the Artist.
Now You See Me presents a selection of contemporary artist Thomas J Price's sculptural work from the last five years, in which he uses cast bronze and aluminium to create fictional, anonymous heads and figures. Price adopts traditional materials and methods and draws on historical precedents, such as Greek and Roman statuary, in order to counter and critique art history by representing people who have not commonly been seen in portraiture. These sculptural works invite viewers to question the ways in which black men have been represented in art and contemporary culture. In his words, Price seeks to subvert stereotypical representations in depicting his subjects 'not being heroic, not being a type, not being recorded as some sort of ethnicity'.
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WITH an announcement about a fight between Miguel Cotto and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez imminent, bookmakers have started to offer odds on the potential superfight.
The two look set to meet in Las Vegas in November, either at the Thomas & Mack Center or the MGM Grand.
The younger Alvarez has been installed as an early favourite, with some bookies offering 2/5 and others a slightly longer 4/9.
WBC world middleweight champion Cotto can be backed at 7/4 or 15/8 at the moment while the draw is offered at 20/1 at every outlet offering odds on it.
So, should "Canelo" be the betting favourite?
On paper, the Puerto Rican's experience dwarfs that of his Mexican counterpart having fought the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley and Sergio Martinez and picking up world titles in four weight classes.
At just 24 however 'Canelo' has already garnered an impressive amount of in-ring knowledge against Mayweather and Mosley and more recently Erislandy Lara.
A fully-fledged light-middle, and former world champion at the weight, Alvarez is the naturally bigger man despite Cotto now operating in a higher weight class (albeit only fighting at catchweights so far).
"Canelo" stands at 5ft 9ins while Cotto is 2ins shorter and Alvarez's reach extends 3.5ins longer than Cotto's at 70.5ins.
Cotto however has been successful against bigger men in the past. Yuri Foreman, Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito were all larger than Cotto when he beat them, although the latter also holds a victory over him.
Cotto's experience as an underdog is patchy – he lost to Mayweather and Pacquiao as one but upset the odds against Martinez.
His youth gives Alvarez a natural advantage – at 34, Cotto has been in his fair share of wars and while he still looked spritely in the later stages with Martinez, his stamina down the stretch has faltered in the past.
Both men can box off of their jabs or trade on the inside, although if the fight were to take place at close quarters one would have to favour Cotto and his vicious hooks. Alvarez arguably has a wider variety of shots at his disposal and his lead uppercut is particularly spiteful.
Cotto has a higher knockout rate at 75% compared to Saul's 68%, but many of his early wins have come at smaller weights – although every one of his victories above welterweight have been stoppages or retirements. Neither man has an obvious edge in power, but a discrepancy between the two is their ability to take a shot.
Cotto has been stopped twice and visibly hurt on other occasions, while Alvarez is yet to be put down as a pro although, interestingly, Miguel's brother, Jose Miguel Cotto, did wobble "Canelo" momentarily – only to be stopped in nine.
155lbs has been a rumoured catchweight for this fight, which would not majorly favour either fighter given that both have fought at or around that weight regularly but, as mentioned, the smaller Cotto may well come in under that limit.
The intangibles – heart, grit, composure under pressure – will all play their part and both men have them in abundance. However, "Canelo" is yet to be dragged into a real battle of attrition, and Cotto may be the man to do it, but perhaps that is testament to Saul's skill set and natural strength.
The odds are perhaps a little too favourable towards the flame-haired Mexican but his youth, size and obvious talent make him a rightful favourite. Just.
What can be banked on, however, is that this will be a fight to remember.


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Q: Using golang's mgo library, how do you retrieve nested objects such as lists I am trying to retrieve an object that fills this class:
type Room struct {
    Name   string
    People []Person
    Chat   []ChatMessage
    Me     Person
}

The data field "People" comes up as an empty slice [].  I am using a simple find to get the data.
result := Room{}
err = c.Find(bson.M{"name": "dev"}).One(&result)

What am I doing wrong?
Figured it out....
The answer can be found here:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mgo-users/KirqfCSlKFc/t2l3l4yxFRwJ
Basically, just need to add 'bson: ""' at the end of the People []Person line

A: Figured it out....
The answer can be found here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mgo-users/KirqfCSlKFc/t2l3l4yxFRwJ
Basically, just need to add 'bson: ""' at the end of the People []Person line

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