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Characters, Unknown birth year, Male characters,
Characters with Divination Séances
Jove Justice
Jove Justice V · T · F
Musician ( - 2005)
Deceased (2005)
Thalassa Gramarye (wife)
Apollo Justice (son)
Magnifi Gramarye (father-in-law; deceased)
Dhurke Sahdmadhi (deceased)
Troupe Gramarye (joined as guest performer)
Amara Sigatar Khura'in (Sahdmadhi's wife)
Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in (killer; arrested)
Aliases/nicknames
Jangly Justice* (stage name)
One-off nicknames
Horn Head's father* (by Rayfa Padma Khura'in)
王泥喜 奏介 (Sousuke Odoroki)
Turnabout Revolution (allusions)
Jove "Jangly" Justice was a world-traveling musician and Apollo Justice's biological father.
Meeting Thalassa Edit
During her time at Troupe Gramarye, Thalassa Gramarye met and married Jove, who was a guest performer at one of her shows. After their marriage, she left the Troupe temporarily and had a child with Jove named Apollo Justice. The three travelled all over the world together, with Jove and Thalassa often taking turns watching over Apollo while the other was performing at a different venue.
Trip to Khura'in Edit
Meeting Dhurke Edit
A photo taken during his performance.
About one year after Apollo was born, Jove and Thalassa visited the Kingdom of Khura'in. One night, while his wife was away performing a show, Jove decided to play a casual show at a local bar, taking Apollo with him. In the audience of that show was Dhurke Sahdmadhi, who was married to the country's queen, Amara Sigatar Khura'in. Sahdmadhi greatly enjoyed the show and bought Jove a drink afterwards. The two men instantly hit it off, with Sahdmadhi inviting Jove back to the royal palace to perform for himself and the queen.
Main article: Assassination attempt of Amara Sigatar Khura'in
Attempting to save his son, as depicted during a Divination Séance.
After the private show, Sahdmadhi invited Jove to stay the night with them, sharing a spare room in the royal family's quarters with Apollo. However, during the middle of the night, Amara's sister Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in lured Sahdmadhi away and set the queen's residence ablaze, with the aim of faking Amara's death, blaming Sahdmadhi for the crime, and claiming the throne in her place; Ga'ran needed her sister alive to perform spirit channelings, as she was unable to do so herself.
Waking to find the palace in flames all around him, Jove grabbed Apollo and went to check on Amara so that they could escape together, but Ga'ran, on her way to carry Amara away herself, saw Jove and killed him by striking him on the head from behind with a blunt object. In Jove's last moments, he reached for his crying son, who had fallen from his arms, but soon blacked out. While Amara was rescued by her sister, Apollo was left to die. Luckily, however, Sahdmadhi returned and was able to rescue him, seeing Jove's body in the process.
Investigations into the incident resulted in failure, as Jove's spirit could not be channeled; his belongings, along with all means of identifying him, were destroyed in the fire, and he was only known in Khura'in by his stage name of "Jangly Justice". Without his true name or a picture of his face, a Divination Séance could not be carried out and Jove's role in the incident was eventually forgotten. Meanwhile, the attempt on Amara's life left the country in a state of turmoil. Although Thalassa attempted to locate Apollo, the Khura'inese police were overwhelmed in investigating Amara's apparent murder, and thus she had no choice but to return to the United States without her son. She later got married to Zak Gramarye and had a daughter with him. Apollo was raised by Sahdmadhi until the age of 9, whereupon he was sent back to the United States and eventually became a defense attorney.
Resolution Edit
Main article: Turnabout Revolution
Sahdmadhi spent the years that followed independently investigating leads, including insights into Jove's identity, as he believed the musician's final memories held the key to solving the assassination incident. In the process of this investigation, Sahdmadhi obtained a photograph of Jove performing in Khura'in from a visiting European couple.
The photo and information Sahdmadhi found would prove crucial when Sahdmadhi was put on trial for the murder of Inga Karkhuul Khura'in, with Apollo acting as his defense attorney, as this provided Rayfa Padma Khura'in with enough information to successfully perform a Divination Séance which showed that the assassin wore gloves, which showed that Sahdmadhi's fingerprints on the lighter used to set the fire were either irrelevant to the case or were planted. Additionally, the assassin was shown to be wearing the Cuffs of Justice traditionally worn by the current Minister of Justice, which was Ga'ran at the time of the assassination attempt, thereby making her the prime suspect for the incident. Although Ga'ran refused to admit her guilt and engaged in a fierce courtroom battle with Apollo, the attorney was eventually able to prove that she was the illegitimate ruler of the country who had been responsible for the deaths of Jove Justice and Inga Karkhuul Khura'in.
After Ga'ran was subsequently deposed and arrested, Apollo chose to stay in Khura'in to run Sahdmadhi's old defense firm as the Justice Law Offices and help rebuild the legal system of the country where both his biological and foster father had died. Phoenix Wright made a copy of Jove's photograph and gave it to Thalassa, who was overjoyed to see her first husband's face again after so many years.
Jove was described as a cheerful and pleasant man to be around. He had a big, booming singing voice that captured the attention of everyone who heard it. Jove was also a devoted and loving father, as shown when he tried to save Apollo during his final moments of life.
His Japanese name, "Sousuke Odoroki" (王泥喜 奏介), is very similar to that of his son (王泥喜 法介 Housuke Odoroki). The only difference is the first kanji in his given name, with "sō" (奏) meaning "to play music", thereby alluding to his occupation as a musician.
His English given name refers to the Ancient Roman god Jupiter, who was also known as Jove. In Roman mythology, Jupiter is the equivalent to the Ancient Greek god Zeus and the father of the god Apollo. The word "jovial" comes from "Jove", which fits with Jove Justice's reportedly cheerful nature.
His English stage name comes from the word "jangly", meaning "makes a harsh noise". This may be intended to be a reference to his powerful voice, as well as that of his son.
Unlike other characters that died years before their debut (such as Celeste Inpax, Joe Darke, and Neil Marshall), Jove Justice is one of only two characters (the other being Cece Yew) to be mentioned and have significance to a case, but not have a profile or a mugshot in the court record or organizer. His only appearances in-game are in a photograph of him performing and of his hand during his Divination Séance.
Jove's hairstyle was designed to be almost identical to that of Apollo's, albeit with his "horns" fringe lying down over his forehead instead of upright like his son's.
Jove was previously hinted at by Spark Brushel in Turnabout Succession, where it was said he died in an on-stage accident. However, his actual death as shown in Turnabout Revolution contradicts this statement, as his Divination Séance clearly shows that he was not performing before he died and that his death was intentional.
Jove is one of only two Ace Attorney characters to alluded to in a game prior to being given a name and face, with the other being Blaise Debeste. Of the two, Jove is the only one who was initially known to be a parent.
Retrieved from "https://aceattorney.fandom.com/wiki/Jove_Justice?oldid=149152"
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Objektivadapter (englisch lens adapter) sind Bauteile, mit welchen Kamera-Objektive an Kameragehäusen befestigt werden können, obwohl Objektiv und Gehäuse nicht über ein identisches Objektivbajonett oder Objektivgewinde verfügen.

Beschreibung
Objektivadapter erleichtern den Umstieg auf ein anderes Kamerasystem, und gebrauchte und ältere Objektive können auf diese Weise weiterverwendet werden.

Passive Adapter dienen ausschließlich der Befestigung des Objektivs. Sie übertragen keine elektrischen Signale. Eventuell im Objektiv vorhandene Autofokus-, Bildstabilisierungs- und/oder Springblendenfunktionen stehen folglich nicht zur Verfügung. Die Entfernungseinstellung und die Einstellung der Aperturblende müssen manuell vorgenommen werden. Weiterhin werden keine Metadaten auf das Kameragehäuse übertragen, wie beispielsweise Daten im standardisierten Exif-Format, so dass diese auch nicht in den Bilddateien abrufbar sind. Daher ist eine automatische Kompensation von Abbildungsfehlern nicht möglich, diese müssen gegebenenfalls vielmehr manuell im Zuge der nachträglichen Bildbearbeitung korrigiert werden.

Aktive Adapter stellen elektrische Verbindungen zwischen Kameragehäuse und Objektiv her. Diese können zur Energieversorgung des Objektivs sowie als analoge oder digitale Schnittstelle verwendet werden, was zum Beispiel für die automatische Entfernungseinstellung oder zur Steuerung der Aperturblende eingesetzt werden kann.

Während theoretisch jedes Objektiv auf jedes Gehäuse montiert werden kann, stößt man in der Praxis auf Grenzen, etwa weil ein Adapter gar nicht erhältlich ist. Ferner muss der Adapter so konstruiert sein, dass das Auflagemaß (englisch flange focal distance), nämlich der Abstand zwischen dem originalen Objektivanschluss und dem Film beziehungsweise dem Bildsensor, beibehalten wird. Ansonsten kann das Objektiv nicht auf weite beziehungsweise unendliche Objektweite scharfgestellt werden. Aus diesem Grund ist es relativ einfach, Objektive von Spiegelreflexkameras an spiegellose Systemkameras zu montieren, da letztere in der Regel ein deutlich geringeres Auflagemaß besitzen.

Der Bildkreis des verwendeten Objektivs muss bei digitalen Kameragehäusen die Fläche des Bildsensors vollständig abdecken, damit es nicht zu zu starken Abschattungen in den Bildecken kommt (siehe auch Randlichtabfall). Wird der Bildkreis des Objektivs nur teilweise ausgenutzt, resultiert ein kleinerer Bildwinkel, der zu einer scheinbaren Veränderung der Brennweite führt. Dieser Umstand wird mit dem Begriff Formatfaktor beschrieben.

Besondere Bauformen
Manche Adapter weisen auch optische Elemente auf, wie zum Beispiel Telekompressoren (englisch: focal reducer), welche die Brennweite des Systems verkleinern, und die wirksame Blendenöffnung vergrößern.

Umgekehrt kann mit Telekonvertern (englisch: teleconverter) die Brennweite des Systems vergrößert werden, wobei die wirksame Blendenöffnung sich verkleinert.

Eine weitere besondere Bauform sind elektronisch angesteuerte Adapter, welche Focus Bracketing ("Auto Bracketing") an einigen Kameras ermöglichen, die über diese Funktion herstellerseitig nicht verfügen (z. B. Canon-EF-Objektive auf Micro-Four-Thirds-Kameras oder als Zwischenring für Canon EF- oder Nikon-F-Bajonett), um etwa das Anfertigen von Bildserien für das Focus stacking zu vereinfachen.

Weblinks

 Alte Objektive auf digitalen Systemkameras, Kompatibilitätstabelle

Einzelnachweise

Objektivanschluss

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I am 100% behind you when it comes to officiating and the diving British players. I've just had enough. It has now come out that Moss said: "I have no idea if Lovren touched the ball" to his linesman. To then decide it wasn't an offside is beyond belief. He just admitted he didn't see Lovren touch it, how can you then decide it's not offside because Lovren interfered? And this offside rule is bonkers. All kinds of referees have come out and they can't even agree. If you ask me its pretty damn easy. Of course Lovren didn't "pass" to Kane. The game didn't "restart" when Lovren touched the ball. It's just idiotic to say or believe that. But it's shambolic now that managers and referees and everyone else can't agree on a rule. It should be easy, that's why we make a damn rule.
For the second penalty, I said it yesterday. I'm sick and tired of any little touch is deemed a penalty when similar incidents aren't even looked at if it happens outside the boxes. I have no doubt that that linesman wanted to make a name for himself. I've stopped believing in coincidences a long time ago, and for whatever reason, Smart wanted to take the limelight yesterday. Maybe some fans had been on him the whole game, or maybe he just had a bad day, but he decided that he wanted to be the man. How Moss, who clearly saw the incident and deemed it worthy of nothing with the way he waved his arms, changed his mind after talking to Smart is another conversation. Moss was nothing but shocking yesterday.
I bet FA is doing everything it can do slow down the introduction of VAR. We are all talking about the game now, and will for days after what happened. VAR would have made this conversation a non-starter. That is not good for business and the FA knows that.
Still livid about yesterday. I can't even get myself to watch Salah's wonder goal because it's heart breaking what happened minutes afterwards.
Whilst I cannot agree that they were both penalties, I am prepared to accept that the "experts" say they were. What I will never agree with, though, is the process by which they were given. Kane was offside when the ball was played, end of story. Surely the issue about the ball being played by a Liverpool player would only relate to an incident similar to our first goal – ie Salah was in an offside position but the ball was effectively passed to him by a Spurs player. For their first penalty Lovren clearly did not pass to Kane, Kane was clearly offside when the Spurs pass was made and he was clearly interfering with play – or else Lovren would not have tried to clear (pretty disastrously it has to be said). That is before we even get to the issue as to whether Kane dived for the penalty as well. Whilst it can be argued it had no impact because it was saved, who knows what a hash Kane may have made of the second penalty if he'd not already had the first one?
Moving on to the second penalty, the referee saw the incident and waved play on, only to stop because his assistant had flagged. However, Moss was actually in a far better position to see whether there was an actual foul than his assistant and he waved play on. The assistant then convinced him it was a penalty and, as Jeff has already pointed out, it is the first time I can remember the ref allowing himself to be overruled by his assistant having already waved play on – in other words having seen the incident himself and decided it wasn't a penalty. It is also somewhat ironic that he effectively overruled the assistant for the first penalty, yet allowed himself to be overruled for the second. Given some of the cast iron penalties that we have not been awarded ourselves this season, we do seem to be on the receiving end of some seriously soft ones ourselves.
As I said, it may well be that they were both penalties (I don't think they were), but the routes by which the decisions were made were self evidently flawed, with officials guessing as to what they think happened and an experienced ref allowing himself to be overruled by an assistant who was in a worse position than him to see the incident. My final point is that apparently the Mail asked this morning whether Spurs are a team of divers – I think that we have all the evidence we need in support of that one!
I was a Class 1 referee who retired from the game in 2006. The formal rules knowledge test, which is part of the Class 1 qualification, is based on FIFA's criteria and therefore consistent around the globe. I recall that the pass mark for this test was 70%. This allows a Class 1 referee to not know up to 30% of the rules and still pass.
The referees' association that I was part of had several FIFA referees and assistant referees within it and at our monthly meetings we would discuss rule issues and in-game scenarios. I was constantly amazed that so many of the referees, including Class 1, 2 & 3 referees, didn't really know some of the key rules or their correct application. Once qualified, many referees seem adopt their own "journeyman" interpretations of particular rules.
I recall Harry Kewell getting sent off in a world cup game for deliberate handball on the goal line when a shot bounced off his body with his arm tightly held against his body. The ball hit the top part of his arm just below his shoulder. After the game the assembled FIFA referees announced that the game referee had correctly interpreted the rule and deemed that Harry deliberately played at the ball. I still think this is nonsense under the actual rule for handball. However, at the same tournament an identical thing happened to a German player and the referee played on, clearly ruling that the same contact was not deliberate. How's that for consistency!
My point is, if the relatively simple handball rule cannot be correctly interpreted and applied by an assembled group of the world's top referees, what chance a proper interpretation of the more layered off-side rule?
I chimed in a couple of times after the game to post what I know to be the correct interpretation of the rules and essentially agree with Keith Hackett's opinion of the application of that rule as it related to the Spurs game. This part of the rule has not changed since I was an active referee and I applied the different aspects of the "gaining advantage while in a off-side position" rule in my games. In one game I had to explain the rule to my match inspector when I disallowed a goal scored by an attacker, who was standing in an off-side position when a ball was played, before scoring after the keeper parried a save straight to him.
I have always understood that the meaning of "deliberate" in the gaining advantage section of the off-side law requires a player to be in control of the ball such that they have made a back pass or other intended play that is intercepted by the attacker. If the ball is deflected off a player who intends to clear ball with an opponent standing in an off-side position to gain an advantage then the attacker is off-side under the provisions of that aspect of the off-side law. As Keith Hackett has stated, there is further reinforcement to this position in that the player standing in an off-side position creates the advantage because he causes the opponent to play at a ball that he would otherwise not play.
Krish I've not read the Echo article but you can hear the lunatic asylum screaming from hundreds of miles away upon hearing this news. Again the Lemar transfer smacks of "let's just scramble to buy the biggest name out there" without even considering that this guy's market value more than doubled between June and August 2017, from £40m to £90m, without doing more than scoring a fine goal in an international friendly. No wonder the LFC transfer team don't think he is value for money. I've not kept up with the French league this year because it is a waste of time seeing PSG smash everyone every week, but by all accounts Lemar has reported some lacklustre numbers so far this season. The transfers of Mane, Salah and Robertson show there is serious value to be had out there, and the way we do that is by cashing our chips on players deemed to not be good enough "at this level" (by virtue of being a reserve team player at a top European club, or playing well at a lower half of the table side) and then proving otherwise.
Besides, it may well be that he's made it clear he's only interested in moving to Barcelona, and they will pay £900m if it means they get him, so in that case there's no point pursuing him. We only want players who really want to be here, not mercenaries like Sanchez, or ones who would rather be somewhere else.
Having said that I'm seriously hoping we're making some moves behind the scenes to recruit Leon Bailey of Leverkusen, some of his play in recent weeks has been absolutely outstanding and he would become an incredible player working with Klopp. But he may well end up as this summer's Lemar. The current asking price is 50m Euros but will most likely be 80m Euros by May.
We're third in the table, QF of the Champions League, second highest goals for in the league. Separately to all that we've got three of the most enjoyable attackers in the league to watch. After a 6 month delay we've gotten our top defensive target in VVD – someone all the other top teams wanted. In another 6 months we'll have one of the top young midfield talents in the world arriving at a massive discount.
Separate to all that again, we've got one of the most honest and likeable managers in the whole of world football. He's one of the few who is both a good manager and a good human being! (not gouging at people eyes it appears may be too much to ask of some managers). Historic stadium, recently expanded, and rumours now that it will be invested in again with a further expansion many were suggesting we very unlikely. New training ground too. Could also add that in TAA there is a local back in the team in the mould of Carragher or Gerrard, who may be there for years to come. The club's even run by a Liverpudlian in Peter Moore.
I feel sorry for anyone who looks at all this and comes to the conclusion the sky is falling in. It must lead to an existence which is constantly miserable.
Post-Match Analysis: Tottenham (H), by Daniel Rhodes.
Liverpool Try To Defend A Lead, Officials Smoke Crack, Sensational Salah, by Paul Tomkins.
My Day At The Match – Spurs (h) Sunday Feb. 4th 2018, by Graham Gilby.
Effing Reffing Takes The Headlines Again, by Chris Rowland.
Expected Goals – a Deviation, by Thanos Panagos.


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Rorschach ≠ Likelihood of Confusion
By Steve Baird®
One of the problems with "trademark bullying" can be a failure to comprehend the legal standard governing most trademark disputes: Likelihood of confusion. Another is a failure to appreciate the subjective nature of whether the legal line has been crossed or whether there has been an attempted trademark overreach. Understanding that trademark rights are dynamic (not static, meaning they can grow or shrink over time) and that this type of intellectual property is not amenable to precise demarcation like a real…
Rent Me: A Non-Trademark Command
Some commands support trademark ownership (Just Do It), and others don't. As you know, I'm not a fan of the USPTO's trend toward informational refusals, especially when the "evidence" more supports a mere descriptiveness refusal. Having said that, this RENT ME informational command screams incapable: Rent Me caught my eye, because bigger words don't always make it a trademark: This Rent Me command is informational, incapable, and not ownable as a mark. OK,…
Thin to Lose?
One of my friends, when playing blackjack and asked to "cut the deck" after it has been shuffled, consistently admonishes without hesitation: "Thin to win." Given the trademark story for today, you may end up believing the opposite. A 6-year trademark fight between Frito-Lay and Real Foods ended this month. Frito-Lay opposed Real Foods' applications to register Rice Thins and Corn Thins: Real Foods apparently decided not to appeal the TTAB's September …
Why Not Put a Bow on Genericness?
'Tis the season for gratitude and thankfulness, and avoiding conflict and fruitcake. From a trademark perspective, every season is for avoiding genericness, right? After all, generic designations are part of the public domain, they aren't own-able. So, why is Guaranteed Rate continuing to invest in Rate.com, found to be generic? Perhaps because, for an online business, a generic domain name is quite valuable. Beyond that, Hotels.com's persistence…
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When thinking about brands comprising religious matter, I think of EZEKIEL 4:9. The EZEKIEL 4:9 brand has been registered as a trademark for bread since 1990. The brand owner had to clear some chaff from the Principal Register to do so, threshing this EZEKIEL as abandoned, and gaining this EZEKIEL by assignment. It presently owns five federal registrations for depictions of the EZEKIEL 4:9 mark. The above EZEKIEL 4:9 packaging explains the meaning behind…
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Now that we're back in the blogging business, I'm anxious to be able to harvest some visual trademark stories captured on my iPhone over the past 7 months: Are you surprised to see the federal registration symbol marking World's Softest? After all, the phrase seems to communicate important information about the socks in question, as does the federally-registered slogan: Like Walking on Clouds! Turns out, not only has the sock maker registered World's Softest Sock for…
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It's been a while . . . about seven months now. As you'll see, a few things have happened since April, when we last left you with these gems on the topic of trademark bullying: Stop Bullying the Entrepreneurs, What does Entrepreneur Mean, Anyway?, and Public Shaming is Not the Solution to Trademark Bullying. Let's Build One. We're thankful to be back here, to resume the legal and marketing team dance. So, in the spirit of…
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–Jason Voiovich Last week, we saw the latest installment in the "trademark bullying" saga. But this time was different. Instead of lawyers fighting amongst themselves, DuetsBlog brought out the big gun: Seth Godin. You can read the entire piece here. I like Seth Godin, and so do lots of other people (hence, the "big gun"). I read the comments (over 30 from my count). It seems to make people feel better to have…
What Does Entrepreneur Mean Anyway?
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Know Ye, that Asa Roberts a Private of Captain ??mon's Company (I) 31st thirty-first Regiment of Illinois Vols who was enrolled on the 15th fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty one to serve three years, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this 26th twenty sixth day of July 1862 at Cairo, Illinois by reason of Chronic peritonitis and he is perfectly unfit for service.
Said Asa Roberts was born in Roane in the state of Tennessee is 26 twenty six years of age, five feet eight inches high fair complexion grey eyes dark hair and by occupation when enlisted a farmer.
Given at Cairo this 26 day of July 1862.
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Asa Roberts enlisted 15 Aug 1861 for 3 years into Company I, 31st Regiment, Illinois Volunteers.
He was discharged 26 July 1862 at Cairo Illinois due to Chronic Peritonitis.
Description: 5'8", fair complexion, Grey eyes, dark hair.
Well, at least they did back in the 19th century. My second great-grandfather, Asa Ellis Roberts, came from a large family. He was one of at least 16 children. He too, had 16 children, 12 with his first wife and another four with his second wife. A father, farmer, and Civil War veteran, he led a hard life.
Asa Ellis Roberts was born on 28 February 1835 in Roane County, Tennessee., He is the son of John Calvin Roberts (1795-1873) and Elizabeth Blackwell (1796-1867).
Map of Asa Ellis Roberts Life.
Acy, as he was probably known of as child, was the 12th of 16 children. He grew up in Roane County, Tennessee. Apparently, he did not attend school as he still was unable to read and write according to the 1880 Census.
I have a lot of research to do regarding Asa's childhood. It appears that something tragic occurred in 1848, when Asa was 13. It appears, from other researchers' information, that five of his siblings, Calvin, David, Elizabeth, George, and John all died that year. There are five of his other siblings that I do not have death dates, so it is possible that even more than five of his siblings died in 1848. Definitely, more research is needed.
Asa married Elizabeth Minerva Toney (1834-1872) on 19 May 1852 in Rowan County, Tennessee. Asa was 17 and Elizabeth was 18. Shortly after their marriage the young couple moved to Illinois where all of their 12 children were born.
William T. Roberts, born about 1853.
George Washington Roberts, was born about 1855 in Jackson County, Illinois; he died in 1902. He married Harriet Shinall sometime before 1895; next he married Hariett Alice Burchell on 24 December 1895.
John G. Roberts, born between about 1856 and died about 1870 at 13 years of age.
Margaret M Roberts was born about 1858. She married William Harvey Porter sometime after 1870.
The 1860 Census found the young family living in Township 5S (Ewing Township), Range 3E, in Franklin County, Illinois. Asa was a farmer, living with him was his wife and four children. His personal property was valued at $15.
Calvin Logan Roberts was born in December 1860. He married Mary Emeline Fryer, next he married Willie Adeline Harrell, then he married Margaret E. (last name unknown).
On April 12, 1861 the Civil War broke out and Asa joined Company I, 31st Illinois Infantry (Union) on August 15, 1861, at Benton, Franklin County, Illinois.
His company mustered in on 18 September 1861 at Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois. Cairo is the southern-most city in Illinois and the perfect place to begin a campaign against the Confederacy.
Shortly after the battle at Fort Donelson (Feb 1862), Asa entered the hospital for pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium – two thin layers of sac-like tissue that surrounds the heart). On 23 July 1862 Asa was discharged for "Chronic Pericarditis." His physical description at discharge was 5'8", dark hair, gray eyes, with a fair complexion.
Sarah Angeline Roberts was born on 5 March 1863. She married Daniel Rufus Baltzell.
James Monroe Roberts was born in June 1865. He married Nancy J. Huckshorn.
In 1865 Illinois held a state census which indicated Asa and his family were living in Township 4S, Range 1E, Jefferson County, Illinois.
Then tragedy struck over and over and over again. Three children in a row died as infants, 1866, 1868, and 1869.
The 1870 Census finds the family living in Township 4, of Jefferson County, Illinois. Asa is still a farmer and his personal property value had grown to $400. With him are his wife and six children; William, George, Margaret, Calvin, Sarah, and Monroe. It appears that his son John G Roberts had already passed.
In 1870, John C. Roberts was born. He died in 1873, living only three years.
On 26 May 1872, Asa's wife, Minerva died. I don't know if it was as the result of childbirth, but I suspect it was. Because another child was born and died as an infant in 1872.
On 25 August 1872, Asa married Patience Anna Marshall Dean (1845-1919), in Jefferson County, Illinois. Asa was 37 and Patience was the 26-year-old widow of Thomas Dean. Patience had two children with Thomas, Elnora and another child who had passed already.
With John C. Roberts' death in 1873, that made five children in a row born and died and six children passing within only seven years. Asa's father, John Calvin Roberts, also died in 1873.
However, Asa and Patience had their first child together Charles Wilson Roberts on 5 July 1873. Charles married Clara Farmer on 29 January 1891.
Rosa Della Roberts was born on 26 May 1875 in Jefferson County. She married James Lawrence Derrington.
Florence Elizabeth Roberts was born on 21 January 1880 in Ewing, Franklin County; she died on 26 October 1948 in Sesser, Franklin County, Illinois at 68. She married Frances Perry Scott on 24 March 1901, next married Spencer. She had 2 children I know of: Nellie and Alfred.
By the 1880 Census, all of the children Asa had with Minerva had moved on and his household in Elk Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Illinois, consisted only of him, his wife Patience, their three children together (Charles, Della, and Florence) and Patience's daughter from her marriage to Thomas Dean, Elnora Dean.
Hugh Ellis Roberts was born on 2 July 1884 in Jefferson County. He died on 30 August 1908 in Ina, Illinois at the age of 24. He married Clora Dell Scott on 7 October 1900. They had 4 children: Harry, Carrie, Bert, and Mabel.
Asa Ellis Roberts died on 5 October 1886 at the age of 51, was buried at Hope Cemetery in Spring Garden, Jefferson County, Illinois).
Research the death dates for 5 siblings for whom I don't have dates.
Research the causes of death for the siblings who died in 1848.
Research Asa Ellis Roberts' Civil War Record, his pension application, and the pension application of his widow, Patience Anna Marshall Dean Roberts.
 Note: Chris H. Bailey indicates that Asa was born on Feb 18 and that his father's bible is what indicated 28 Feb. His date is probably based upon either Asa or Patience's civil war pension record. I need to research those records closely. That said, his grave marker and other secondary sources are all in agreement as to the 28 February date.
 Family Search: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 / Asa Roberts – Elizabeth Toney. Note: Some researchers suggest that Elizabeth Minerva Toney's first name was Cynthia. My use of Elizabeth is based upon this marriage record.
 Chris H. Bailey – "Descendants of John Calvin Roberts & Elizabeth (Blackwell) Roberts of Roane County, Tennessee"; Page 10 (Person 10) Asa Ellis Roberts.
 Family Search: 1870 Census – Township 4. Range 3, Jefferson County, Illinois, Line.
 Many thanks to Chris H. Baily for his "Descendants of John Calvin Roberts & Elizabeth (Blackwell) Roberts of Roane County, Tennessee." His research confirmed much of the research I did, provided new insight into Asa Ellis Roberts' life and the lives and even the existence of some, of his children.


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Newfoundland expedition was a 1796 Franco-Spanish expedition during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Newfoundland expedition may also refer to:

Newfoundland expedition (1585), an English naval expedition in 1585
Newfoundland expedition (1696) of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville against English settlements during King William's War
Newfoundland expedition (1702) of Commodore John Leake against French settlements during Queen Anne's War

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Siege of St. John's, part of a French expedition against English settlements in 1705
Battle of St. John's, part of a French expedition against English settlements in 1709
Battle of Signal Hill, the British response to a French expedition against St. John's in 1762


The Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland (PBRC) will offer free estate planning training on October 16, 2018, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m for attorneys who volunteer with them. This training will cover drafting simple wills, advance medical directives, financial statutory Powers of Attorney, and ethical considerations. Attorneys must agree to prepare two estate plans within 1 year of registering. The 10/16/18 in-person session has reached capacity, but attorneys can still register to watch the training by webcast. PBRC is co-sponsoring this training with Community Legal Services of Prince George's County.


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Long-awaited Covid vaccine registration portal open for all children aged 5-11 from today
The long wait is finally over for kids with appointments expected to be offered soon after registration
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The long wait is finally over with appointments expected to be offered soon after registration (Image: Getty)
Parents can register their children aged between 5 to 11 years for the Covid-19 vaccine from today.
The long wait is finally over with appointments expected to be offered soon after registration.
A HSE Spokesperson said: "Clinical trials showed that this vaccine was highly effective at preventing Covid-19 in children.
"Though serious illness from Covid-19 is rare in this age group, they are even less likely to become seriously ill with Covid-19 if they are vaccinated.
"All vaccines are tested before they are approved for use in Ireland by the European Medicines Agency.
"We know from listening to parents that they have questions and concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine. Parents should get their information from a trusted source, such as hse.ie or a medical professional when making the decision to vaccinate their child."
The quickest and easiest way to register is online. Parents will need the following to book a vaccine appointment for their child online:
A Personal Public Service (PPS) number
Eircode
An email address
Alternatively, parents can call HSELive on 1800 700 700 to register their child over the phone.
Once a parent registers their child, they will receive a text message with details of their appointment.
And to comfort a child who may be nervous about getting the vaccine, the HSE has also published a child-friendly comic all about coming to the vaccination centre and how it works, here.
Children aged 5 to 11 years old will be offered a smaller Pfizer dose. They will need two doses about 3 weeks apart.
The protection they get has been shown to be similar to the protection the Pfizer vaccine provides for adults.
A parent or legal guardian will need to give consent for their child to get their Covid-19 vaccine. If a parent registers online, they will be sent a text message with a link to give consent before the appointment for vaccination.
Children will need to be accompanied by an adult and anyone who attends alone will not be vaccinated.
Where possible, the child's parent or legal guardian should attend the vaccination appointment with their child.
If the parent or legal guardian has given consent online in advance, it is possible for them to ask another adult to bring their child to the appointment.
If consent has not been given (e.g. over the phone), the child's parent or legal guardian has to be there.
Parents can change the appointment by calling HSELive if
The appointment time does not suit
Children with additional needs that may need an appointment at a quieter time
Those wishing to make appointments for more than one child at the same time
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Vulnerability: Do We Know It, When We See It?
"Vulnerability"… a universal human experience, the companion of an open heart. And when we recognize it in another, it is the precursor to the giving and receiving of compassion and empathy. But what does vulnerability look like in another? And do we know it, when we see it?
As a couples therapist, I believe vulnerability is what nurtures and sustains intimacy. In my work with couples, I dwell in the land of vulnerability. I see clients doing everything they can to avoid it; I see clients exhausted in their mission to hide it; I see clients live from a closed heart in an effort not to feel it; I see clients take big steps in learning how to express it; and I see clients embrace it.
And, what I see, very often, are clients who are unaware of the vulnerability demonstrated by their partners. I see, over and over again, one partner feeling very exposed and raw, and the other partner completely unaware of the deep vulnerability before them. And as a result, missing an opportunity for developing deep intimacy with their partner.
Two things become apparent as I witness an unawareness to another's vulnerability. First, we all express our vulnerability differently. Secondly, in order for intimacy to be developed and nurtured, in addition to expressing our own vulnerability, we all need to know how our partner looks when feeling vulnerable.
We tend to think that others will express vulnerability, the way we do. But, the ways in which vulnerability can be expressed, are infinite. Some of the more common images we hold in our minds of how vulnerability looks, fall into the areas of quiet, soft, gentle types of expression. We tend to think of vulnerability as looking "tentative" or "shy" or "demure" in some way. However, vulnerability can also look angry, judgmental, critical, apathetic, disengaged, humorous. When we feel vulnerable, we can be masters of covering it up with other expressions of emotions that feel more comfortable to us. When some people feel vulnerable, it is more comfortable to become even louder, more insistent, or more boastful. For some, it is more comfortable to be angry or disengaged than it is to be emotionally exposed and feel the uncertainty and risk that comes with that. And for others, humor distracts from the vulnerability lurking just beyond the surface.
Intimacy and vulnerability go hand in hand. When partners recognize, receive and explore each other's vulnerability, it is a chance for them to let go, to tear down the walls, take off the masks and honestly admit to their fears. When we are not aware of the unique way vulnerability looks on our partner's face, or gets expressed in their body language and in their words and actions, or sounds in their tone of voice, we miss the chance to respond with compassion, understanding, and empathy.
So, it seems some important questions are: When your partner is feeling vulnerable, do you know it when you see it? How does your partner act when they are feeling vulnerable? And how can you, as their partner, slow down, manage your own reactions and emotions effectively enough to be curious as to what is lying underneath what you see on the surface?
Other questions: How do you express your own vulnerability? How do you communicate to your partner when you are feeling uncertain and emotionally exposed? How would you like your partner to respond to you in these crucial moments?
So take a deep breath, slow down and ask, what does it truly mean to be vulnerable and will I know it within myself and within my partner, when I see it?


The museum's latest exhibit, showcases an array of scaly creatures, including deadly snakes, colorful lizards, unusual turtles and crocodiles from all over the planet.
Visitors will have the chance to get up close and personal with these cold-blooded animals, and the engaging displays are intended to create a better understanding of how reptiles fit into the global ecosystem. Interactive elements like croc-speaking lessons, turtle trivia and viper "milking" will help hammer home the message.
A slew of special events are planned for opening weekend, which is this weekend, October 3 and 4, including informative lectures, craft-making activities and hands-on lessons.
Access to this exhibit costs $5 for nonmembers of the museum, $3 for individual and family members and is free for family plus-level members and above. Admission is $22.95 for non-member adults and $18.95 for non-member children.
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Black dwarfs are entirely hypothetical unlike red, brown and white dwarfs. It would take a white dwarf longer to become a black dwarf than the universe has existed, so there are no black dwarfs in existence.


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San Francisco, California, Alumnae Club
The History of the San Francisco, California, Alumnae Club
On November 17, 1925, 14 alumnae of Pi Beta Phi petitioned national Headquarters with a handwritten letter, signed by all, which read:
"We, the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae, residing in San Francisco, feeling that the Bay forms a barrier to efficient work for the Settlement School, do petition the Grand Council for a charter for an alumnae club to be known as the San Francisco Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi."
In 1926, Grand Council granted the charter that formed the San Francisco Alumnae Club. The club became the second alumnae club in northern California, 13 years after the Berkeley Alumnae Club was created.
Throughout the years, the club has participated in endeavors contributing to the welfare of San Francisco as well as Pi Beta Phi philanthropies and projects. The San Francisco Alumnae Club supports local literacy initiatives, food bank distribution sites and women's shelters. Members have sponsored theatrical events, pool parties and garden parties.
The San Francisco Alumnae Club traditional holiday gatherings and fundraisers are recorded from the early 1930s. Cookie Shines are a timeless part of the club's heritage, and members have had luncheons at Golden Gate Fields since the 1960s. The club strives to honor the legacy of the women who came before while remaining relevant to the needs of the club's current members.
Philanthropic Service
Philanthropic work has always been a passion of the San Francisco Alumnae Club. A few early examples include:
1955 - The Pacific Avenue Fun Fete street fair raised $6,781 for the Pi Beta Phi Medical Research for Children Fund. $2,500 was donated to the San Francisco Children's Hospital. The balance of funds was awarded to other Bay area medical research projects benefitting pediatrics. Many area Pi Beta Phi alumnae clubs and active chapters participated to make the event a success.
1961 - The Pi Beta Phi Rummage Sale was held in Larkin Hall at the Civic Center. One customer at the rummage sale remarked, "Pi Phi has the best and classiest rummage in town."
1961–62 – $1,000 was donated to Meals on Wheels. Pi Phis donated 1,310 hours of service to the organization. Meals on Wheels began as a pilot program in San Francisco in 1960 and was later adopted as a permanent community program.
Currently, the club participates in the Champions are Readers® program.
Notable Alumnae
Imogen Cunningham, photographer
Mary Katherine Campbell Townley, crowned Miss America in 1922 and 1923 (The only woman to win the title twice.)


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Hakim Mustafa Moore, 27, and Robin Alexander, 29. (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)
Parents Turn Fugitives After 1 Child Found Dead, 3 Critically Injured and 1 Missing
By Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on wide range of issues. Her area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. She has reported from the very volatile India-Pakistan border and has contributed to mainstream print media in India for about a decade. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her key areas of interest.
July 3, 2019 Updated: July 3, 2019
A couple is wanted after one of their children was found dead, with two others found in critical condition and another missing in Jackson County, Oklahoma, said a police release on July 2.
Police in Missouri and Oklahoma are seeking public support to locate "two fugitives," 27-year-old Hakim Mustafa Moore and 29-year-old Robin Alexander, according to a press release by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
"The Altus Police Department in Altus, OK, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's U.S. Marshals Task Force are asking for the public's assistance in locating two fugitives, Hakim Mustafa Moore, a 27-year old black male, and Robin Alexander, a 29-year old black female," police said in the statement.
Police have provided photos of the fugitives but have asked the public to be careful as the photos are five years old and the couple might have changed their appearance.
An arrest warrant was issued against them on June 10 after they failed to appear in the court. They have been charged with three counts of child abuse, one count of child neglect, and one count of enabling child neglect.
The press release said that during the course of the investigation, the Altus Police Department came to know that the couple is trying to evade arrest and have fled to St. Louis, Missouri.
Killer Racoon Couple Police hunting Oklahoma couple after 1 child found dead, 1 missing and 3 others left in 'critical condition'https://t.co/ZQtW72G2eP
— Mark P Stengel (@mps051960) July 3, 2019
Moore and Alexander have five children between them and three of them are in the Oklahoma State's custody. The authorities, however, didn't specify when it found the children and didn't divulge their ages.
"They were located in Oklahoma and are currently listed in critical condition. The fourth child was located deceased, and the fifth child has not been located," police said.
According to the records, the fifth child is undocumented and it was born in a hotel room.
"With this information, the Altus Police Department contacted the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's U.S. Marshals Task Force. Both agencies are requesting the public's help to locate these subjects and to determine if the undocumented child is healthy and alive," police said, according to the press release.
KMOV4 reported that the police are offering $10,000 for information leading to the couple's arrest.
The police request that anyone with information can contact 9-1-1, or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).
$10K reward for arrest of OK couple wanted on child abuse, neglect charges https://t.co/G7yX7H6zJl #KMOV pic.twitter.com/3RIcfr9LrM
— KMOV (@KMOV) July 3, 2019
Child Abuse in the United States
An estimated, 700,000 children are abused in the country every year. Around 1,670 children died due to child abuse in 2015, according to the National Children's Alliance.
In the same year, children advocacy groups assisted in 311,000 cases of child abuse around the nation, whereas about 683,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect.
The Lingering Trauma of Child Abuse | Psychology Todayhttps://t.co/suTS73goAI
— Shirley Stewart (@SurelyBeShirley) June 5, 2019
"Households in which participants suffer from alcoholism, substance abuse, or anger issues demonstrate higher occurrences of child abuse as compared to households without," according to Psychology Today.
Child abuse is about actions that cause harm but it can also be about inactions that cause harm and that falls under neglect.
"Physical abuse involves non-accidental harming of a child by, for example, burning, beating, or breaking bones. Verbal abuse involves harming a child by, for example, belittling them or threatening physical or sexual acts. Emotional trauma can result from several forms of abuse," reported Psychology Today.


I did today what I should do more often — take 90 minutes off and head for the hills — more specifically to the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens. I was pretty sure the magnolia hillside would be in full flower — I was wrong — it looks as though there's a week-or-two to go.
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Happy spring! I am so looking forward to kicking this winter behind me.
The reno started yesterday with the first delivery of cabinets. We are going with Home Depot's Thomasville line since it's wood (check), has nice construction (check), has nice drawers (check), is made in Canada (check), and is a good price (triple check.) This is not our forever home and I want to keep the price at a point where we will get every penny out on resale so this fit the bill perfectly. In my next home, I can do my Scavolini.
That being said, so far I've been very impressed with the design process. Nadia, our designer, is AMAZING and has been so helpful with the various combinations and permutations. Because the kitchen is only semi-custom with pre-set cabinet sizes, she has to work within fairly tight parameters and we must have redesigned the island about 50 times.
In the end, these are the choices.
These are the colours but not our kitchen.
The pulls are a simple brushed nickel bar cabinet pull.
Backsplash is matte white hex tile (3″ x 4″) with Snow White grout. This should recede but also soften the look a bit.
For the sink, we chose the Blanco Precis Cascade in Cinder. It comes with a groovy basket so you can wash your produce with ease. The Mister picked this out, which amazed me since he's more likely found in the clearance aisle looking for deals. I think he was just so relieved I did not have Clive Christian on speed dial for this project that he decided to splurge a bit.
The tap is Grohe's Tallinn since it has clean lines and is in a brushed nickel to match the pulls. I've used Grohe on past projects and have always been happy.
Countertops were the hardest choice. I hate granite. Quartz can have issues with high heat. After having marble counters in a previous house, I think they are too much work for family life. So, we are trying Dekton in Aura which gives a Calacatta look. I've seen it in the showroom and it's beyond. The key drawback to Dekton is chipping, which is why we chose a big sink (cast iron pan handles can wreak havoc.) Also, having a skilled installer can help with this issue, I hear.
The project is on budget but it remains to see if it's on time. The island has been delivered and is currently stacked two-deep in the living room like a low-rent version of the leaning tower of Pisa. The upper and lower cabinets are stuck with CN Rail somewhere between where they were made and the truck that needs to bring them to our house. Apparently, this happens a lot in the winter. When researching how I can fix this (I had visions of marching up to the CN intermodal building north of Toronto and paying a ransom for their release!) I learned that this often happens to farmer's crops and even the government has a hard time expediting things. So I guess I can't feel too bad about my cabinets. Home Depot has been on the case and are keeping me informed. If all goes well, the contractor (who is also a dog whisperer so there might be hope for Teddy!) starts soon.
Have you renovated lately? What have been your biggest pros and cons. I find I learn more with every project.
Hi Jen, I love your choices – a lovely, bright, modern kitchen. It's great too that you have found cabinets that were made in Canada. Hope everything goes well with installation, that you don't have too many nights of take-out!


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Sunil Patel MD
Principal Investigator, CCE Division
Sunil.Patel@kingstonhsc.ca
Member, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Cancer Research Institute, Queen's University
Colorectal Surgeon
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Queen's University
Sunil Patel is a Colon and Rectum Surgeon at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and is on faculty in the Department of Surgery at Queen's University. Dr. Patel completed medical school and general surgery residency at Western University in London, Ontario. During this time, he also completed a degree in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, UK. Dr. Patel completed Colon and Rectum surgery fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, NY. Dr. Patel's clinical practice includes treating benign and malignant diseases of the Colon and Rectum, with a focus on Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Patel's research focus is in both population based cancer research, assessing the barriers to and effectiveness of cancer treatments on patients with cancers of the colon, rectum and anus. Dr. Patel has been a research supervisor for medical students, residents and graduate students.
Dr. Patel's publications are available here: Peer-Reviewed Publications (updated Jan. 2020)


Sat, Apr 9, 2011, 08:21 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) has said that the Commission has received over 370 written submissions at the March 27 hearings in Kalmunai.
LLRC media spokesperson Lakshman Wickremasinghe has told the media that some of the submissions were about those gone missing since 1995.
The official has said that some of the other submissions either written or oral concerned land ownership issues, which is another matter that is prevalent in the North and East.
Meanwhile, a large number of grievances at the March 26 LLRC sessions in Moneragala had been about orphaned children.
During the course of its public sittings, the LLRC has held public sittings in the districts of Jaffna, Batticaloa, Mannar, Trincomalee, Vavuniya, Matara, Ampara, Moneragala, Galle, Matara, Puttalam, and Anuradhapura.
The LLRC concluded its public hearings at the end of last month. The Commission is hopeful of handing over its report by May 15 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.


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Zimbabwe keen on beefing up economic, trade ties with Vietnam
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has expressed wish that his country and Vietnam will promote their sound politic relations and beef up bilateral economic and trade ties.
Sunday, August 03, 2014 18:02
President Robert Mugabe made the remarks at a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador Le Huy Hoang who presented his credentials on July 31.
He added that Zimbabwe hopes ministries and economic sectors from both nations will discuss concrete measures to boost trade and implement tripartite cooperation programmes in health care and agriculture which Vietnam has effectively carried out in some African countries.
The president was also interested in Vietnam 's active foreign policy, expressing support to the country's stance on strengthening its international integration and settling all issues through peaceful measures in conformity with international law and the United Nation Charter.
Briefing his host on Vietnam 's socio-economic development and external relations as well as the East Sea issue, Ambassador Hoang affirmed Vietnam 's determination to foster the friendship and all-round cooperation with Zimbabwe .
The two sides also discussed measures to further bolster partnership between the two countries, especially in trade, economics, health care and agriculture.
Ambassador Hoang called on Zimbabwe to recognise Vietnam 's market economy status, and support Vietnam 's candidacy for the UNESCO Executive Board, the UN Economic and Social Council, and the UN Security Council.
Earlier, Ambassador Hoang also had a meeting with Zimbabwe 's Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, during which they talked of ways to strengthen diplomatic and politic ties between the two countries.
Mumbengegwi said he hopes the two sides will further their close coordination at regional and international forums, including the Non-Alignment Movement and the United Nations.
He pledged to work with other relevant agencies to consider Vietnam 's proposals, so that Zimbabwe could soon announce the acknowledgement of Vietnam 's market economy status. He also expressed support for Vietnam 's running for seats in important international organisations in the coming time.
On the occasion, Ambassador Hoang had a meeting with local enterprises to introduce Vietnam 's products, including rice and tra fish.-VNA
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared ground for the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter.
Lao mission in Geneva joins Vietnamese counterparts on Lunar New Year festival
Ambassador Latsamy Keomany, Head of the Lao Permanent Mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has extended best wishes to Vietnamese Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai and staff on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Congratulations to new Prime Minister of New Zealand
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 27 sent a message of congratulations to Chris Hipkins on his election as Prime Minister of New Zealand./.


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Edible Tableware
Alasdair Allan
Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.
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April 24, 2013, 6:09 am PDT
Rollware: Edible Dishware from Piet Zwart Institute on Vimeo.
During the Middle Ages food was often eaten from trenchers. While later these changed to be made of metal or wood, they were originally a piece of (often stale) bread, cut into a square shape, and used as a plate. At the end of the meal, the trencher could be then be eaten.
The practice of edible tableware hasn't exactly gone away, from Italian bread bowls to Mexican corn tortilla, but it's not exactly on the same level as the Piet Zwart Institute's Altered Appliances exhibition project. Here the rolling pins aren't just kitchen implements for rolling dough. They're design tools; so called "rollware."
Of course being me, I immediately start to think of other uses. We've seen disposable flash drives made from paper before, perhaps we should look into edible flash drives? It would be the ultimate in data security; you could eat your data if you were captured. Sort of like a twenty first century equivalent of rice paper.
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Identitarian activists block border crossing
The Local - [email protected] • 29 Sep, 2015 Updated Tue 29 Sep 2015 14:37 CEST
Around 50 members of the right-wing Identitarian Movement of Austria (Identitäre Bewegung Österreich) blocked the Spielfeld border crossing in protest against policies they say encourage mass immigration to Europe over the weekend.
Evan Thomas spoke to some of the activists, who said they are frustrated by the recent refugee crisis and plan to continue carrying out acts of civil disobedience.
This media-savvy organization, primarily made up of college students, is changing the nationalist scene in Europe through their defiant, but nonviolent tactics.
A few years ago, old-style nationalist or neo-Nazi groups sought to attract young people opposed to multiculturalism and mass immigration. Now, the Identitarians have established themselves as an alternative, aiming to be a "patriotic Greenpeace-type organization", as their Vienna-branch leader Martin Sellner puts it.
Recent stunts include blocking the A4 road near Nickelsdorf, occupying a border post in Salzburg, and building a border fence on the Austrian-Hungarian border.
The group says it has used social media to reach thousands of people since the start of the refugee crisis in September. They want Syrians to seek refuge in regions in the Middle East or North Africa. They claim that proceeds from their "border helper" (Grenzhelfer) stunts will be going to World Vision to support refugees in safe zones neighbouring Syria - rather than in Europe.
Alexander Markovics, who heads up Austria's Identitarian movement, believes that "Europe can never hope to solve the migrant crisis and world poverty through immigration".
He claims it is short-sighted and culturally-destructive for all involved. "Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and other nearby countries are more logical destinations for them, and this is where Europe should be focusing aid efforts and diplomatic leverage," he adds.
While there is some disagreement on how to classify the Identitarian movement politically - whether it be far-right, right, or 'new right' - they represent something distinct from traditional right-wing groups of the post-war period.
Photo: Evan Thomas
Identitarianism claims "ethno-cultural pluralism" as a core value, which says no group of people is more or less valuable than another. This view, Markovics says, is of central importance to their worldview and has allowed them to attract young people from various political leanings.
In keeping with the idea that different people should be free to run their own societies, they take positions that seem almost influenced by the traditional left than far-right - for example being anti-colonial, anti-imperial, and in favour of self-determination. The emphasis on strengthening indigenous identities globally and opposing assimilation is also uncharacteristic of the far-right.
Despite representing a break from traditional far-right extremists, the Identitarian movement remains very controversial for its vocal criticism of mass immigration and multiculturalism - which Markovics argues, "makes the preservation of ethno-cultural identities impossible and will lead to a non-European Europe".
As Europe becomes more polarized on issues of culture and migration, a part of Austrian society is seeing this position as more reasonable than they otherwise might have in the recent past.
According to Julian Bruns, an expert on far-right movements, when talking about the Identitarians it is important to keep in mind that they don't bring violence to the streets, instead it is their messages that present a danger because they know how to package them well.
He says that since the movement's beginnings in France in 2012, it has been made up of students, not skinheads, who use popular culture and new right rhetoric to attract young adults to their movement.
The social anxiety over the migrant crisis that Austria's Identitarians are tapping into, is also facilitating a boost in popularity for the Freedom Party. The FPO, campaigning to reduce immigration, could conceivably win a majority in Vienna's October elections - something that would have been unthinkable a generation ago.
Many Identitarians have links to the Freedom Party, and the FPO's recent success in Upper Austria's state elections was marked with jubilation on some of the movement's social media profiles.
Potentially even deeper than the divisions highlighted by the Greek debt crisis earlier this summer, the current refugee crisis has exposed profound differences among Europeans on the direction, role, and even definition of Europe.
#Immigration #xenophobia


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Playing Around
by Pamela Murray Winters July 22nd, 2005 August 29th, 2020
At the Olney Theatre's Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab to Aug. 7
"These plays are meant to talk to each other," said Cheryl Faraone, co– artistic director of the Potomac Theatre Project (PTP), of the group's Potomac Theatre Festival 2005. The five productions—two full-length plays, two short pieces, and a sketch—are running in repertory, with a complex schedule that allows weekend theatergoers to spend the whole day at the Olney Theatre's Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab.
Such an experience—which reviewers took in on July 17, the plays' opening day—indeed allows one to hear the conversations between these very different works, though it also allows for some fairly headache-inducing cross talk. Perhaps that's why I found that day's final offering, Somewhere in the Pacific, a disappointment, though I think the problems went beyond a dialogue-weary audience.
Neal Bell's story of the wartime "buddy system"—and its sexual ramifications—starts with some provocative ideas. According to Allan Berube's Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two, the conditions of war—frightening, disorienting, emotionally intense—fostered strong bonds among men. Some of these friendships became sexual; one soldier quoted by Berube explained, "You had a buddy and if you carried on, why, that was that." Such actions could backfire, of course, when nominally straight men reacted against their own queer panic.
Set in this sea of sex and death, Somewhere in the Pacific portrays a Marine unit—including one openly gay soldier, Billy (Bill Army)—facing an uncertain future. One storyline follows Billy and his pals as they shoot the shit, wrestle, articulate their fears, and, in some cases, give in to desires often brought on by boredom, frustration, or power plays rather than love or lust. Another follows the heartsick Capt. Albers (Paul Morella), who has received a letter from his soldier son, David, now dead from suicide. The bloodstained missive tells of the depravities the young man witnessed, some among his own men. When Albers believes he hears the letter being read on the ship's PA, he begins interrogating his men, uncovering connections between them and his son.
Jim Petosa's production creates believable characters, particularly James Konicek's laid-back Chotkowski and MacLeod Andrews' sweet-natured Southerner, Duane. And the sense of facing the unknown—somewhere in the Pacific, the men don't know where land begins or life ends—is reinforced by Jarett Pisani's sound effects and Mark Lanks' high-contrast lighting design. But the couplings don't seem natural; they come uncomfortably close to evoking those Cinemax flicks in which people chatting banally suddenly drop their ski suits and have at it. Surely a story like this one should carry some erotic charge. But, as manfully as the actors try, they can't muster up a way to say "Hello, sailor" that doesn't induce suppressed giggles.
According to its program, the Potomac Theatre Festival is a "festival of political theatre," but its politics are mostly presented at the personal level. They couldn't be more explicit, though, in the festival's two Harold Pinter works. Pinter's 2002 sketch Press Conference, in its American premiere, served, on press day, as a bridge between two small plays, Edward Albee's mordantly funny The American Dream and Pinter's shatteringly bleak One for the Road.
In Press Conference, Richard Pilcher plays—no, embodies—the minister of culture in an unnamed country who, as the first reporter's question reveals, used to head its secret police. Self-satisfied, avuncular, and dead-eyed, the minister replies confidently to questions about his regime's treatment of women ("We raped the women. It was part of an educational process") and children ("We abducted them and brought them up properly. Or we killed them").
The dark humor of this brief piece evaporates when Pilcher's minister morphs into Nicolas—a similarly sinister character but now a family's interrogator in One for the Road. Nicolas varies his technique with each member: He's matter-of-fact, even chatty, with the little girl, Nicky (Hope Romagnoli), but he keeps the adults off-balance. And whereas he badgers the wife, Gila (Rachel Dunlap), with a barrage of questions as emotionless as the prattling of a parrot, he saves his most complex machinations for her husband, Victor (Nigel Reed). The cheery aplomb with which he offers questions such as "Would you like to know me better?" and "I love death. What about you?" never masks the hollowness within. His prisoners scarcely speak, but Dunlap's and Reed's faces and bodies are more eloquent than any speech might be. It's a chilling tragedy, just brief enough to escape being unbearable, but still destroying all hope: When Nicolas observes, "God speaks through me," Pinter's pointing us toward the twin hells of God-hatred and nihilistic atheism.
Albee offers a more complex and provocative—not to mention more entertaining—social commentary in The American Dream. It also features a family of three, one of whom, Mommy (Valerie Leonard), is so appalling you almost wish she'd make a compulsory visit to Nicolas. Mommy, Daddy (Reed again), and Grandma (Vivienne Shub) whine and bitch their way around a high-class flat—really just the set James Kronzer has designed for all three plays, here embellished by some snazzy Scan furnishings—as they wait for someone who's late. No, not Godot, but Mrs. Barker (Rebecca Martin), who doesn't seem to know why she's there any more than Mommy and Daddy know why they've called her. Everyone spouts platitudes like "People think they can get away with anything these days—and of course they can," accompanied by broad, Kabukilike gestures. And for a time, elevator music trills from the background (including "Fascination," which also occurs, to creepy effect, in Road). The only characters with a smidgen of self-awareness are Grandma (Shub's a scene-stealer, and not just because she looks to be as old as her character) and a mysterious, jut-jawed visitor (Lucas Kavner): "You're the American dream," Grandma tells the strapping lad, and when she wants to know why he's familiar, he glibly replies, "I'm a type." They're all types, and the plot that gradually emerges is an ugly but ingenious little metaphor. The laughs are intelligent ones, and the froth gives way to deep questions about human bonds, but you don't have to let them keep you up at night.
The most awe-inspiring creation to come out of this year's festival is Snoo Wilson's Lovesong of the Electric Bear, in its professional world premiere. Wilson makes an almost impossible setup work: The main characters in this fantastic, fact-based voyage are visionary British scientist Alan Turing and his sentient teddy bear. Wilson begins with Turing's death by cyanide-poisoned apple and loops back through his life. It's a story better than fiction, from his youthful love for a doomed classmate through his career as an academic, his work in World War II code-breaking, and his sad end as a man who couldn't quite create an electronic brain and whose status as a gay man led to a humiliating punishment.
Aubrey Deeker and Tara Giordano play, respectively, Turing and the bear, Porgy—whose name rhymes with "Georgie," though it's Turing who kisses a girl and makes her cry. As Joan, Turing's chess partner, confidante, and—briefly—fiancée, Meghan Nesmith leaves a glow long after her character is gone. So does Julia Proctor as Christopher Morcom, Turing's boyhood beloved. James O. Dunn and Leonard both falter here: Dunn muddles the British accents and has an unfortunate turn as a Mammyfied seer. Leonard's broad mellifluousness serves her well as Turing's mother, but she's also cast as Dilly Knox, Turing's mentor, and there's no more believing her as an elderly male cryptography expert than there is Dunn as Marie Laveau.
But no matter, for when Deeker and Giordano jump aboard Turing's childhood bicycle—their "dream transport," Porgy says, for a trip through Turing's past—we gladly come along for the ride. Giordano, who radiates energy, manages to be cute and moving at the same time—no mean feat, considering that the character might otherwise be a human-sized Snuggle spokesbear. All elbows and shirt-tails, Deeker's eccentric professor loves individuals even as he shuns people, fights for his country without surrendering to authority or accepting its sodomy laws, and persists in his creation of a thinking machine long after it becomes clear that he's headed down the wrong path. Ideas, not actions, are what count in Turing's story; Wilson marries those forward-thinking ideas to the sometimes faulty actions to engrossing effect. The charm, depth, and poetry of his script approach those of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. And if Turing's rueful observation that "someone needs to be more comfortable with existence than me" seems defeatist, his story is one of victory—for Turing and, here, for the playwright and the PTP.CP


The Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) and Gender Links with support from UNIFEM convened a Southern African pre-Beijing Plus Fifteen caucus meeting from 4th – 6th February 2010. See Annex A for programme.
This brought together 39 (34 females and 5 males) participants comprising the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance members, government representatives, FEMNET and other strategic partners to establish a regional position on progress made by SADC States ahead of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) fifteen year review. The review will take place at the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status Women (CSW) in March this year.