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Donnie Darko is a 2001 American supernatural drama film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell. The film depicts the adventures of the title character as he seeks the meaning and significance behind his troubling Doomsday-related visions. Budgeted with $4.5 million and filmed over the course of 28 days, it grossed just under $7.7 million worldwide. Since then, the film has received favorable reviews from critics and has developed a large cult following, resulting in the release of a director's cut on a two-disc special edition DVD in 2004. ... more on Wikipedia
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package in.testpress.testpress.util;

import android.accounts.Account;
import android.accounts.AccountManager;
import android.accounts.OperationCanceledException;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ComponentName;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.provider.Settings;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.loader.content.Loader;
import android.util.Log;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.Task;
import com.google.firebase.iid.FirebaseInstanceId;
import com.google.firebase.iid.InstanceIdResult;

import java.util.List;

import in.testpress.testpress.TestpressServiceProvider;
import in.testpress.testpress.core.TestpressService;
import in.testpress.testpress.models.Device;
import in.testpress.testpress.ui.SplashScreenActivity;
import in.testpress.testpress.ui.ThrowableLoader;

import static android.content.Context.ACCOUNT_SERVICE;
import static android.content.Context.MODE_PRIVATE;
import static android.provider.Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID;
import static in.testpress.testpress.BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID;
import static in.testpress.testpress.core.Constants.GCM_PREFERENCE_NAME;

public class CommonUtils {

    public static void getAuth(final Activity activity,
                               final TestpressServiceProvider serviceProvider,
                               final CheckAuthCallBack checkAuthCallBack) {

        new SafeAsyncTask<TestpressService>() {
            @Override
            public TestpressService call() throws Exception {
                return serviceProvider.getService(activity);
            }

            @Override
            protected void onException(final Exception e) throws RuntimeException {
                if (e instanceof OperationCanceledException) {
                    // User cancelled the authentication process (back button, etc).
                    // Since auth could not take place, lets finish this activity.
                    activity.finish();
                }
            }

            @Override
            protected void onSuccess(final TestpressService testpressService) throws Exception {
                super.onSuccess(testpressService);
                checkAuthCallBack.onSuccess(testpressService);
            }
        }.execute();
    }

    public static abstract class CheckAuthCallBack {
        public abstract void onSuccess(TestpressService testpressService);
    }

    public static boolean isUserAuthenticated(final Activity activity) {
        AccountManager manager = (AccountManager) activity.getSystemService(ACCOUNT_SERVICE);
        Account[] account = manager.getAccountsByType(APPLICATION_ID);
        return account.length > 0;
    }

    public static void registerDevice(final Activity activity, TestpressService testpressService,
                               TestpressServiceProvider serviceProvider) {
        if (isUserAuthenticated(activity)) {
            getAuth(activity, serviceProvider, new CheckAuthCallBack() {
                @Override
                public void onSuccess(TestpressService testpressService) {
                    registerDevice(activity, testpressService);
                }
            });
        } else {
            registerDevice(activity, testpressService);
        }
    }

    public static void registerDevice(final Activity activity,
                                      final String token,
                                      final TestpressService testpressService) {

        final SharedPreferences preferences =
                activity.getSharedPreferences(GCM_PREFERENCE_NAME, MODE_PRIVATE);

        new SafeAsyncTask<Device>() {
            @SuppressLint("HardwareIds")
            @Override
            public Device call() throws Exception {
                return testpressService.registerDevice(token, Settings.Secure.getString(
                        activity.getContentResolver(), ANDROID_ID));
            }

            @Override
            protected void onException(Exception e) throws RuntimeException {
                preferences.edit().putBoolean(GCMPreference.SENT_TOKEN_TO_SERVER, false).apply();
            }

            @Override
            protected void onSuccess(final Device device) throws Exception {
                preferences.edit().putBoolean(GCMPreference.SENT_TOKEN_TO_SERVER, true).apply();
            }
        }.execute();
    }

    public static void registerDevice(final Activity activity,
                                      final TestpressService testpressService) {

        FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().getInstanceId()
                .addOnCompleteListener(new OnCompleteListener<InstanceIdResult>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<InstanceIdResult> task) {
                        if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
                            Log.d("registerDevice", "getInstanceId failed", task.getException());
                            return;
                        }

                        // Get new Instance ID token
                        //noinspection ConstantConditions
                        String token = task.getResult().getToken();
                        registerDevice(activity, token, testpressService);
                    }
                });
    }

    public static <T> Exception getException(Loader<List<T>> loader) {
        if (loader instanceof ThrowableLoader) {
            return ((ThrowableLoader<List<T>>) loader).clearException();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static void openUrlInBrowser(Activity activity, Uri uri) {
        setDeepLinkingState(PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, activity);
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK |
                Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);

        activity.startActivity(intent);
        setDeepLinkingState(PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED, activity);
    }

    private static void setDeepLinkingState(int state, Context context) {
        ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(context.getPackageName(),
                SplashScreenActivity.class.getName());

        context.getApplicationContext().getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(
                componentName,
                state,
                PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
    }

}

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When I was growing up, we ate breakfast, lunch and supper. But on Sunday, after church in the morning, we had dinner. To me, dinner on a Sunday means around noon. However, supper has since changed its name to dinner, making for some confusion. When our son was dating his now-wife, she thought being invited for dinner meant in the evening, no matter which day of the week it was. To clear up the confusion, she came up with lunch-dinner. So today, 8 of us gathered around for lunch-dinner. How I love these family times. We laugh, talk, eat, talk, laugh, eat and talk some more.
The day was grey outside but warm inside. We lounged around the fire in the afternoon, playing Dutch Blitz and Chronology, some played on their laptops, others snoozed. But we were all together. And as the grey light of a drizzly day faded into darkness, we once again gathered around the table for faspa - a Mennonite tradition that I grew up with, consisting of a light meal of buns, cheese, cold cuts, pickles and cookies. Tea and coffee, of course.
I ran outside before dinner (lunch-dinner) to find something for the table centerpiece. Rosemary and vinca were the green and fresh so I hurriedly clipped them and plunked them into this jug. Fresh, growing things in winter are a treat. While outside I noticed that the vinca is beginning to bloom already, thanks to our mild winter.
The week ahead is a full one and this was a wonderful way to begin. Together.
We had some sunshine up here today - I'd have sent you some if I'd known you needed it!
I like the new term your DIL has come up with for your Sunday noon meal. Do you know that psychologists acknowledge that one of the features of a 'successful' family is having a special vocabulary, meaningful only to family members - lovely that your DIL has added to your special family lexicon!
On rainy or dreary days I say ,"we have to own sunshine" and it seems you have done that with your beautiful table wear.
that needs to read, "make our own sunshine", maybe I am up a little too early.
That is funny! Growing up--AND STILL- we have breakfast, dinner (the noon meal)and supper (late afternoon meal). We weren't introduced to the term LUNCH, until we started school and had LUNCH at noon in the cafeteria.
Now, as empty nesters, the DH and I have brunch (late breakfast, early dinner) and dinner/supper, early afternoon meal--which is the only FDA approved meal of the day, meaning a HEALTHY dose of the recommended daily requirements of all food groups. WOW...that sounds complicated--but it works for us!
Thanks for sharing your family traditions with us. The one thing that I hope my children will never forget is the wonderful times shared around our dining room table.
I enjoy seeing all your pretty tablescapes!
Sounds like a wonderful way to spend time together as a family.
I love your pitcher with the greenery ! It adds such a nice green and colourful touch ! I was thinking that next time I prune my shrubs, I should keep the branches and display them like this !
Your table looks so pretty and inviting. I love to think of you all having a lovely lunch-dinner together. I'd never heard of faspa and would love to learn more about Mennonite traditions! Thanks for your blog entry, Lorrie.
What a lovely combination of colors and how jealous of you I am to find rosemary growing in your yard. Mine is growing beside the sink. The family time you describe sounds wonderful and faspa...that's a meal I'd enjoy.
What a beautiful table setting, I love the yellow and blue, and rosemary is perfect with the jug.
I can identify with the confusion over supper and dinner...as our evening meals were always 'supper' when I grew up.
Rosemary in the garden in January? I love it. All I have is parsley, chives and a wee bit of lemon balm.
I need to check out Chronology...it's new to me.
Enjoy the busy week ahead. I'm thinking it may include a visit with our mutual friend. Have fun.
Lots of posts to catch up on here Lorrie and I see you are certainly into Valentine.
Meal descriptions changed here too. Always dinner time in the middle of the day and tea evening when I was a child. I guess because many men worked near to where they lived and came home for their main meal.
Now of course it is lunch midday and dinner at night, except for Sunday when we have our main meal midday and call it Sunday dinner then Sunday tea at night.


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Cruise NewsCelebrity Cruises News
Celebrity Cruises Cancels Select Sailings for Three Ships
Celebrity Cruises informs guests of further cancellations impacting three cruise ships, including Asia and transatlantic voyages.
Modified Date: Sep 20, 2021
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Despite Celebrity Cruises moving ahead with resuming cruise operations, the situation around the world remains fluid, and that includes Asia. The cruise line has sent a letter to guests about cruise cancellations for ships scheduled to sail the region and transatlantic voyages.
Celebrity Cruises Cancellations
Celebrity Cruises has informed guests and travel agents of cancellations for sailings in Asia and transatlantic voyages impacting three vessels. In Asia, Celebrity Soltice will be affected with departures from January 2, 2022, through April 24, 2022. Two transatlantic voyages are also impacted for Celebrity Infinity's April 2 departure and Celebrity Silhouette's November 1, 2021 cruise.
The cancellations are due to the uncertainty in parts of Asia, so the sailings are cancelled out of an abundance of caution. This also comes as Royal Caribbean shifted Wonder of the Seas debut from China to Florida, and Costa Cruises is also moving Costa Venezia from China to Turkey.
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Guests impacted by the further cancellations can be moved to another Celebrity cruise, a 125% future cruise credit, or a full refund. Guests can also choose to keep their vacation on the same vessel and destination by rescheduling for a 2022/23 sailing within four weeks of the original scheduled departure.
The reschedule option need to be chosen by September. If not, guests will automatically have the future cruise credit option for use by April 30, 2022, on a cruise that departs on or before December 31, 2022. All the details are provided in the letter that was sent to guests on September 15:
Celebrity Solstice was initially scheduled to offer a range of itineraries between Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. Still, now the ship's first sailing will depart on May 6, 2022, to kick off its Alaska season out of Seattle.
Celebrity Infinity was originally set to depart Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 2, 2022 on a 13-day voyage ending in Portugal. The ship will now begin sailings from Lisbon, Portugal, on April 15, 2022. The vessel will still head across the Atlantic but with no guests on board.
Celebrity Silhouette, which is currently offering UK domestic cruises out of Southampton, will no longer offer its November 1 11-night transatlantic sailing leaving the UK for Fort Lauderdale in Florida. It seems the ship will also still sail across the Atlantic but with no guests on board.
The cruise line has already resumed some operations, including in the U.S. and Europe. Protocols are also being adapter depending on where each ship sails from.

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The Innovation Center was awarded the prize of the Paris Club of Directors of Innovation
On December 12, 2019, the Innovation Center of the Langevin Institute was awarded the prize of the Paris Club of Directors of Innovation. This award recognizes the innovation strategy implemented (...)
Thematic school in Les Houches: Waves in complex media
A thematic school entitled "Waves in complex media: From theory to practice" is organized by GDR Complexe and the French Optical Society at Les Houches from 14th to 24th of April 2020. (...)
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Multimodal method for the scattering by an array of plates connected to an elastic half-space.
Maurel, A., and K. Pham.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146, no. 6 (2019): 4402–4412.
Résumé: © 2019 Acoustical Society of America. An accurate and numerically inexpensive method is presented to calculate the reflection of in-plane waves at the free surface of an elastic substrate supporting a periodic array of plates. The method is based on the expansions of the elastic fields on the pseudo-periodic modes in the substrate and on the Lamb modes in the plates. These expansions involve unknown amplitudes which are determined by simple matrix inversion when accounting for the boundary conditions at the surface of the substrate and at the free edges of the plates. Exemplifying results are reported in a wide range of frequency covering two resonances of the plates which are analyzed: a flexural resonance of slender bodies and the quasi-resonance of the so-called edge mode. The convergence of the method is inspected quantitatively; it is shown that it is good in view of the fact that the stress is singular at the corners of the plates in contact with the substrate. In particular, the scattering coefficients converge as 1/N s 3/2 with N s the truncation of the expansions.
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Optimizing Light Storage in Scattering Media with the Dwell-Time Operator.
Durand, M., S. M. Popoff, R. Carminati, and A. Goetschy.
Physical Review Letters 123, no. 24 (2019).
Résumé: © 2019 American Physical Society. We prove that optimal control of light energy storage in disordered media can be reached by wave front shaping. For this purpose, we build an operator for dwell times from the scattering matrix and characterize its full eigenvalue distribution both numerically and analytically in the diffusive regime, where the thickness L of the medium is much larger than the mean free path â.,". We show that the distribution has a finite support with a maximal dwell time larger than the most likely value by a factor (L/â.,")2≫1. This reveals that the highest dwell-time eigenstates deposit more energy than the open channels of the medium. Finally, we show that the dwell-time operator can be used to store energy in resonant targets buried in complex media, without any need for guide stars.
Mimicking the cochlea with an active acoustic metamaterial.
Rupin, M., G. Lerosey, J. De Rosny, and F. Lemoult.
New Journal of Physics 21, no. 9 (2019).
Résumé: © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The human ear is a fascinating sensor, capable of detecting pressures over ten octaves of frequency and twelve orders of magnitudes. Here, following a biophysical model, we demonstrate experimentally that the physics of a living cochlea can be emulated by an active one-dimensional acoustic metamaterial. The latter solely consists on a set of subwavelength active acoustic resonators, coupled to a main propagating waveguide. By introducing a gradient in the resonators' properties, we establish an experimental set-up which mimics the dynamical responses of both the dead and the living cochleae: The cochlear tonotopy as well as the low-Amplitude sound amplifier are reproduced.
Mots-Clés: Acoustics; Hearing; Inner ear; Metamaterial
Perfect Brewster transmission through ultrathin perforated films.
Pham, K., A. Maurel, J. F. Mercier, S. Félix, M. L. Cordero, and C. Horvath.
Wave Motion 93 (2020).
Résumé: © 2019 We address the perfect transmission of a plane acoustic wave at oblique incidence on a perforated, sound penetrable or rigid, film in two-dimensions. It is shown that the Brewster incidence θ∗ realizing so-called extraordinary transmission due to matched impedances varies significantly when the thickness e of the film decreases. For thick films, i.e. ke≫1 with k the incident wavenumber, the classical effective medium model provides an accurate prediction of the Brewster angle independent of e (this Brewster angle is denoted θB). However, for thinner films with ke<1, θ∗ becomes dependent of e and it deviates from θB. To properly describe this shift, an interface model is used (Marigo et al., 2017) which accurately reproduces the spectra of ultrathin to relatively thick perforated films. Depending on the contrasts in the material properties of the film and of the surrounding matrix, decreasing the film thickness can produce an increase or a decrease of θ∗; it can also produce the disappearance of a perfect transmission or to the contrary its appearance.
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Penrith and Eden Museum is a museum in Penrith, Cumbria, England. The museum aims to collect, preserve and display material reflecting the history and culture of Penrith and Eden. The museum is owned and managed by Eden District Council. The museum is based in a former school building, known as Robinson's School, which first opened in 1670.

Exhibits

Some of the museum's exhibits include a fossil dinosaur footprint from the sandstone of the Eden Valley;
objects from the Stone Age and the Roman period, including a coin hoard of over 600 bronze coins dating from about AD 320-340 found at Newby near Shap and Roman jewellery found locally; the medieval seal of Penrith and the old market toll measures; a gold posy ring found on the outskirts of Penrith and inscribed Kepe Faith Till Death; mementoes of local personalities such as Trooper William Pearson, wrestler William Jameson and Percy Toplis, the 'Monocled Mutineer'; and an elephant's tooth excavated from the bottom of the moat at Penrith Castle.

More recently, the Museum has acquired new finds from the Eden area discovered with metal detectors and declared treasure under the Treasure Act (1996) which are now on display in the Museum. These include a Charles 1st medallion from Kirkby Stephen, a medieval coin hoard from Crosby Ravensworth and a gold and amethyst gemstone ring from Waitby.  A Tobacco jar dated 1897 which appears to have been made at the nearby Wetheriggs pottery was given to Penrith and Eden Museum in January 2019.

Fine art collection
The museum's fine art collection  includes a group of Dutch and Flemish landscape and genre paintings, as well as British works including examples of the 19th century Penrith artist Jacob Thompson such as The Druids Cutting Down the Mistletoe. It also houses contemporary works by Eden artists Phil Morsman, Alan Stones, Lorna Graves, David Boyd and William S. Cowper.

In December 2019 a picture added to the museum's collection was 'A Corner of Old Time Penrith' painted by William Jackson and left to the museum in the will of Mary Laycock Newman of Christchurch. Painted in oils on canvas the subject is dated 1909 and shows shops at the corner of King Street and Market Square, Penrith – including  a butcher's, a fishmonger's and the premises of John Turner, watchmaker who also traded as a jeweller and gunsmith.

Several items, found by metal detectorists, were acquired by the museum in February 2020 through the Portable Antiquities Scheme. They were valued by the Treasure Valuation Court at the British Museum with the reward shared between the finders and landowners.  The finds include a medieval silver finger ring from Kirkby Thore (dating from around AD1150-1250), a medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger ring (dating from around the 13th century AD) which was found at Waitby near Kirkby Stephen and a medieval silver 'teardrop' brooch (made between AD 1200 and 1400).

Accreditation and awards

Penrith and Eden Museum is an accredited museum (No. 153) under the Scheme administered by the Arts Council and a member of the Cumbria Museums Consortium.

In the media
In July 2018 Penrith and Eden Museum featured on the BBC TV series, the Antiques Road Trip with the show focussing on William Jameson (1837-1888), Penrith's famous Cumberland & Westmorland wrestling champion. The Museum houses a large collection of memorabilia including championship belts and trophies relating to William Jameson.

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External links
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Basho4Humanity | Icons of the Child ( Children and Teens ) | English collection of Basho's linked verse, tanka, haiku, letters, prose, letters, and spoken word about humanity - with commentaries to enable the ordinary reader to understand and enjoy Basho's words.
In article C-7 are 107 Basho visions of childhood. In this article, however, I have selected just five Basho renku stanza-pairs and two single stanzas by Basho which penetrate to the depths of child nature. All selections are about children from age 3 to 12 (Poems about infant and teenagers abound in other articles), and I must admit these are mostly about boys or children in general. Basho's portraits of teenagers are mostly about girls, but between 3 and 12 he seems to have paid more attention to boys.
We learn from Basho the nature of age seven, the child giving hope, the exuberance of children "running and jumping about," the child's "eagle eyes" and magical understanding of language, the silent tears of a child, the succession of generations through childhood.
Not every haiku must be exactly as seen – as many of Basho's verses were not – however sketching reality is one way he recommends. The two stanzas – both by Basho -- together say that conceiving a haiku should occur naturally, organically, as one's face develops.
The daughter plays her mother's koto here and now -- and also plays it through the months, years, decades of practice required to master the instrument. Basho praises the young girl in the early stages of her discipline. We imagine the pride the hard-working mother feels hearing her seven-year-old daughter produce such beauty. With utmost subtlety and grace, through the powerful effect music has on the brain, Basho portrays the bond between mother and daughter, the hope for a better future that the growing and learning girl evokes in her mother, hope rising on the lovely notes emerging from her seven-year old fingers on the harp.
Ryoban shows us little kids with no inhibition at all about taking off their clothes when the heat is so oppressive even in the evening. They are waiting for the moon to rise, but this may carry the hidden meaning of "waiting for puberty." Basho adds euphoric body movement to this portrait of children. He says naked is okay, but how about a bit of restraint? The kids hold thin straw mats about a meter square in front of them as they dash about screaming. Still we see their "moons." Children still in the paradise of innocence, but feeling the first hints of the shame to emerge when their bodies show sexual traits. One naked child stops running to notice a dog lying nearby. The animal seems fully asleep -- but also holds its tail with attention.
Shiba and Akita dogs, the original breeds on these islands, are known for perpetually holding their tails up in a perfect curl, the white fur under the tail curling around to show on top, as round and white as the moon (ahh! the link between the three stanzas).
The poet 300 years ago makes this observation, through the eyes of a child, about Japanese dogs, and we can see the same any evening in a Japanese neighborhood; dogs with tightly curled tails. Somehow the brain signals which produce this tail shape are programmed into Japanese dog genes. The child who runs and jumps about in naked joy can also observe the world and wonder about consciousness and brain-muscle control. Each stanza deepens our perception of children's humanity.
For New Year's Day we get dressed up to visit shrines and friends and people important in our lives – so we adults have a lot to talk about: We drag the kids along with us, but really they do not want to go. We hide our meaning in a maze of adult words with references to people and things they know not – but how much do the language sponges understand? Bokusetsu, who was a doctor, observes children paying attention.
Whalers would spot whales from stations along the shore and launch boats to catch them with harpoons and lances. Basho's single stanza -- a half-dozen words and a few particles -- combines the intriguing trio of child, whale, and shell; we start with medium-size child, then move out to enormous whale, and return to tiny shell in boy's hand, then spread out to fill the area with sound. That sound carries this child's life force. Still moving, the mind goes to the villagers rushing to their boats to chase the fleeing whale, waves surging, the boy watching excitedly from his post.
Because the stanza gives no hint of circumstances, we can imagine the child in any circumstances shedding silent tears. The stanza by itself is brilliant because it can apply to any child, anywhere in the world, in any era, and so it unites all children into a single icon. (To experience the stanza with the ones before and after, see E-12 MY FIRST RENKU JOURNEYS).
The newest student at an archery dojo kneels on the floor, feeling small and weak. To this, we add an image of the dojo where tall powerful men strut about with dangerous weapons, making the boy feel the way he does. The boy kneels in hiza-mazuki, hips resting on heels propped up on feet with toes forward – students of Japanese martial arts will recognize this - a position of alert readiness; so he struggles to keep his skinny back and shoulders straight, with all the resolution he can muster against the intimidation.
The white hair showing in long horizontal gaps between thin bamboo stalks tied in parallel belongs to the boy's grandfather who hides behind the screen to watch without the boy knowing. He knows that for his grandson to see him would interfere with the boy's training. How does the old man know this? (Here I take a step which you may not join.) Granddad is an accomplished archer – in Japanese, a shihan – who has trained in this dojo since he was a child. As the old man watches, he can see himself kneeling there young and helpless 50 years ago. He sees the entire process of little boy becoming aged master. So we cooperate with the poet to fulfill a life-affirming vision. With the missing pieces filled in, the two stanzas convey a profound human truth: the grandfather's compassionate concern for his grandson, a bond which passes through to the third generation.


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Conservation is one of CNPS's core missions. In San Diego, our chapter's Conservation Committee works on conservation issues in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
What this involves, in practice, is reading and commenting on plans, environmental impact reports (EIRs), environmental impact statements (EISs), habitat conservation plans (HCPs), resource management plants (RMPs), natural community conservation plans (NCCPs) and others. We also attend meetings, give testimony, meet with stakeholders and lawmakers, work with the state conservation director (Greg Suba), the conservation chairs of other chapters, and our allies in the environmental community. On occasion, we make site visits. As a last resort, we join coalitions of other environmental groups to litigate when everything else has failed.
This is unglamorous but terribly necessary work. American environmental law was created as an adversarial system, where developers on one side are opposed by advocates for public interests (that would be us), and elected officials have to decide the outcome of what is framed as conflict after both parties have gone through their parts of the process. California is very fortunate to have strong environmental laws, but the downside is that the fate of developments are normally decided by years of meetings, rather than dramatic protests, and there is a long, intricate process that all projects go through as they head towards completion.
If you are interested in this kind of work, you are very, very welcome, as we always need more volunteers. We are happy to train you too, and we have developed training materials. If you know of a project that needs our involvement, we also welcome you. Our goal is to protect California's native plants, and where they are threatened, whether it is by development or climate change, we speak up and advocate for them. We can be reached by email at conservation@cnpssd.org
If you want to attend a committee meeting, we meet the first Tuesday of every month, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Email conservation@cnpssd.org for details.
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William Phelps Eno (1858-1945) was an internationally recognized pioneer in traffic control and regulation. Dubbed the "Father of Traffic Safety," Eno developed the first traffic plans for major cities including New York, London, and Paris, and is credited with helping to invent and popularize stop signs, taxi stands, pedestrian safety islands, and other traffic features commonly used throughout the world.
Eno started out in his family's real estate business, but his interest in transportation led him to concentrate his spare time on traffic reform. In 1899, at the age of 40, he left real estate behind and devoted the rest of his life to implementing his concepts for sane and orderly transportation. His "Rules of the Road," adopted by New York City in 1909, became the world's first city traffic plan. He also wrote the first-ever manual of police traffic regulations.
Eno gradually embraced multimodal transportation interests. He developed a plan for subways in New York City long before anyone else seriously considered the concept. He also became interested in maritime activities, supported railroad development, and instigated research in the 1920s on the future impact of aviation.
Eno died in 1945 at the age of 86. Ironically, he never drove a car during his lifetime. The Father of Traffic Safety, an avid horseback rider, distrusted automobiles.
The Eno Center for Transportation's original name and logo.
In 1921, William P. Eno created a corporation whose purpose was to continue his lifetime's work – the promotion of safety on roads and highways. He endowed the Foundation and began the work of attracting other transportation experts and specialists in order to provide a forum for unbiased discussions that would lead to improvements in the movement of people and goods.
Since 1921, the Foundation has undergone many changes. What began as a Foundation for Highway Traffic Regulation has now morphed into an independent, non-profit think tank that works in federal transportation policy and transportation leadership development. What has not changed is Eno's constant presence in the world of transportation.
If you have more questions regarding the history of Eno or its founder, contact Alexander Laska, Communications Officer, at alaska@enotrans.org.


Review: Dandy Darkly's All Aboard!
"Seats for the trepidatious!" Dandy Darkly sing-songs, proferring the front row. Trepidatious is right: on first glimpse, Darkly is a formidable host. He rushes us onto the "Gaybird Steamer", a train which crashed one fateful night in Gaybird, Georgia. The hairs on the back of our collective neck are standing on end, but Darkly's cross-generational saga is everything you could wish from a night of sinister storytelling.
Darkly's the human embodiment of an exclamation mark, his nervous energy following through from the excitable show title. He waves lacy-sleeved arms and bejewelled rings at the audience, berating us for our dependency on smartphones. Darkly vies for our attention with his louder-than-life attitude and social commentary, contrasting with the insidiously prejudiced traditions of Gaybird's inhabitants. His show strikes a tone somewhere around Black Mirror via Lake Wobegon, juxtaposing grotesquery and smalltown Americana.
Darkly's accompanied by a jazz ensemble and strong technical cues, creating a fully immersive experience. That first drum beat causes goosebumps: the score has an enveloping effect akin to sinking through silk sheets into a smoky bar. Darkly's storytelling is purely transformative, the kind of show where I don't realise I'm sitting at the edge of my seat until he takes a break to sip from a (poisoned?) chalice.
The narrative weaves together several compelling tales, monsters looming from the shadows in the form of scary figures and terrifying technology. An hour in Darkly's company feels visceral but ultimately uplifting, a cathartic experience that rewards the trepidatious.


Remember, Narcissists are not normal. They don't think like we do. They don't speak normally either.
Most of what they say is meant to confuse us, throw us off and manipulate us. They use backward-talk, projection, martyrdom and almost ALWAYS provoke us to respond in a manner they can then use against us. They are brilliant manipulators.
NarcSpeak is a huge red flag. If it happens more than once – you need to get out of the relationship – before you end up too brainwashed or too abused to think straight or function.
They often use NLP = NeuroLinguistic Programming – used in sales, marketing, politics and… seduction/ mind control.
Scary, huh? It is critical you are aware of this tactic so you can recognize when it is occurring.
Then she gives a long list of various things a narc can say to you, and what they really mean, as a "narc decoder" that also demonstrates some of this hypnotic "programming." I recommend checking it out; I've heard some of those things from narcissists, myself.
But the part about hypnotism and mind control especially interested me, because my ex-narc-best friend Richard used this crap on me. I still have a printout of an IRC conversation in which he explained it to me, so I know I'm not making it up.
He told me he used it, when single, to get girls to dance with him, that he learned it from a guy who was a professional hypnotist. Richard also told me he used to be quite the womanizer, a dog with women, before he got married.
He told me he used it on me because I would occasionally put up blocks while we were talking, so he would break through them using hypnotism, and I would say whatever I didn't want to tell him.
As you can see when you follow the links up above from Scott's article, this kind of hypnotism uses eye tricks and words planted into conversation, so you don't know it's happening.
It's the sort of thing used all the time by high pressure salesmen and marketing campaigns. The kind of hypnotism described to me by Richard, is in this same line. And I had no idea he'd been doing it.
1. Shawn: I loved him, opened up to him my deep dark secrets, wrote him long letters over the summertime hoping that revealing my innermost thoughts would inspire him to love me back.
But he kept using my body in various ways, constantly pushing me to do more with him, taking all he could get, then verbally and emotionally abusing me afterwards.
Then he finally tossed me away in disgust and refused to have anything more to do with me for some time, because our religious beliefs told us we were sinners for having sexual relations of any kind outside of marriage.
2. Phil: He got me to forget about Shawn and Peter. He was the love of my life. I told him my secrets; we secretly formed a spiritual marriage; we passionately desired each other.
Then he, too, tossed me away because I refused to let him break my spirit and make me an obedient wife who did everything he wanted no matter how painful, degrading or disgusting, and refused to let him verbally and emotionally abuse me without my fighting back.
3. Richard: Because we were both already married, this was friendship and platonic love, no sexual elements at all. But it was a deep, emotional and intellectual connection: my spiritual mentor, my best platonic friend, a roommate for a time, so I told him very personal things, all my secrets. Those secrets included details about my exes and religious struggles. I trusted him and called him my brother.
Then his own dark secrets began coming to light: physical violence, manipulation, child abuse, vindictiveness.
After seeing with horror just how violent he could become with his own best friends over misunderstandings, because his wife forced him to do her bidding and abuse his own best friends (my husband, me, and at least one other friend), my husband and I broke off the friendship–only to receive no attempts at all from Richard to reconcile.
No apologies, just the expectation that all apologies and changed behavior would come from me and me alone. And, a couple of years later, the beginning of a year-long campaign of intimidation and stalking which continues to this day.
They just don't want to face the fact that we broke off the friendship not because of me doing anything "wrong," but because my husband and I both see them as abusive, histrionic, deceptive and manipulative.
Once I got out of the FOG during the process of writing about this, it was much easier to trace the lies and manipulations and put them all together, to recognize how they tried to gaslight me from the very beginning and still tried as recently as last year.
For them to admit that their own actions led to the breakup, would shatter their delusions and make them admit they behaved badly and wrongly.
I feel once again discarded with disgust by someone to whom I had opened up and shared my life story and secrets, to whom I told all the musings which my introverted mind usually keeps locked up for its own use.
I am quiet, shy, introverted, and have NVLD/Asperger tendencies. Making friends has never been easy, finding dates was never easy, and for many years I've lived far away from family and the people I grew up with.
So while I have made many good friends over the years, some of whom I still keep up with, I have been through many periods of loneliness.
Outgoing people tell shy people to just "be more social" and "talk to people" as if it were something everyone can just do and if you're not doing it you're just being stubborn. That isn't the case at all.
Introverted brains work differently in social situations than extroverted brains do, and if shy people could just flick a switch and stop being shy, then they would never be shy in the first place.
When I open up to someone, and especially if I love him/her in some way, it's because that person makes me feel safe emotionally. My quietness ends as I begin pouring out my innermost thoughts in long letters/e-mails to that person, whether it's a lover or a friend, male or female. In person, the two of us can talk for hours.
When that person turns around and discards me with disgust, I feel that something about me is deeply unlovable, that the innermost thoughts people say they want to hear, must be bad somehow. Then the next time, it's even harder to open myself up to someone else, for fear that it will happen again. I grow even quieter, even more reserved.
Extroverts and outgoing people should take note that these things do happen, that maybe that shy/quiet person is still like that because opening up to others keeps leading to pain and heartache.
This is why it's been even harder after Richard's discard of me, to move on to a new best friend. The more pain you get from opening up to people, the harder it is to open up to someone new. But I have opened up to three new people in the last year and a half, who have not discarded me. I think I can trust them.
I need to focus on the ones who have not discarded me: My husband knows me intimately in every way, yet has not discarded me after 18 years.
My best friends from college are still there for me. Mike still loves to hear from me. Sharon still loves to visit me. Catherine made it very clear on July 4 that she still loves me.
Old friends are still very kind on Facebook even though we have lived in separate states for many years. Friends nearby with whom I lost touch, are there for me again.
I need to realize that the ones who discarded me, are abusive and probably narcissists as well. That it is not a reflection on me, and does not make me unlovable in the least. I just need to be more careful whom I care about.
You will find that you have changed during the course of the relationship with a narcissist. You will walk away completely far removed from the beautiful woman you were when you entered it.
You may have gone from soft, sweet and feminine to hardened and bitter. From trusting, open and receptive to suspicious and untrusting. From self-assured and confident to being full of self-doubt and insecurities.
It will take some hard work on your part to let this damaged part of you go and find your old self again.
For most of us breaking up with a narcissist can leave us feeling confused, devastated, and untrusting of all men in the future.
Usually, when a relationship ends both parties grieve some, both parties have regrets and both parties have done things that they feel remorseful for.
But not a narcissist! He walks away from you with a cold, callous disregard. He feels nothing.
……A narcissist can turn from loving you to discarding you almost abruptly as it took for him to 'idolize' you after his first meeting you. Uh, what was that? About one date would you say?…….
Truth is, you didn't exist to the narcissist. He is so totally and completely self-centered to the point of his being the only person in his life – ever.
You simply were a temporary ego-boost. A narcissist supplier (an enforcer and validation of his self-love). His mirror.
You were taken in by his phony charm simply because you trusted men. And now you are left with doubts, insecurities, questions, and extreme hurt that one you cared for could so easily 'dismiss you' and then walk away completely unmoved and untouched by the experience.
You want him to hurt, too. To show sorrow. To feel remorse.
So that you can feel important again. Like you mattered.
But you didn't. And it has nothing to do with you. He simply is unable to care for anyone other than himself, no matter whom they are.
And deep inside you know that you have just wasted years of your life on someone who is an empty fraud. It's like you imagined everything; nothing was real.
He was a masterful actor when he was getting his ego fed; but now that he is not getting his narcissistic supply from you anymore he simply – and completely – has totally erased you from his life.
It is important to remember that narcissists are 'plotters' and he has been plotting the destruction of the relationship since the very first moment his charming, but fake persona met you.
Expect your world to fall apart whereas his world will remain unscathed – as will his emotions. OOPS, pardon me, I made a mistake! Make that "his 'lack of' emotions".
Narcissistic men haven't any empathy for others, and will never take any direct responsibility for any pain they may have caused. They will never acknowledge their wrongdoings, or apologize to you, because they truly believe themselves to be perfect.
They project all their faults and flaws onto you, accusing you of the very things that they, themselves, are guilty of.
In fact, throughout your entire relationship, you probably were lead to believe that you were the problem when in actuality it was their narcissism that was at fault. You have subconsciously learned to take his attacks personally, because he is so very good at manipulating the people around him….
Yet, the narcissistic ex continually acts in abusive, bewildering and confusing ways. He is not above committing destructive acts. When the breakup becomes a reality, it is likely that his 'false persona' will completely disappear all together and you will most likely experience the most hurtful of behavior from him.
The above quoted post applies in various ways to all my ex-relationships with probable narcs, both boyfriends and friends.
The same goes for friends. A Narc likes friends that are shiny and new. That are entertaining or amusing.
That are reliable, even though he won't be reliable when they call for him, or if he is, it's because he is trying to keep them staying loyal to him, not because he cares about them, but because of the benefits they bring to his life.
Also, the Narcissist will immediately size up his friends as either capable or incapable of dominating. The Narc is always aware of whether he is in the dominant or submissive role in his relationships and friendships.
This is instinct to the Narcissist, who understands only power, not love or empathy. –Comment in thread How are narcissists with their friends?
Yeah, don't go around thinking everyone's a Narcissist just because they're putting their needs and wants above yours. So much of Narcissism occurs in the Narc's own mind that it's hard to pick them out.
Some clues: do they live a transient lifestyle, move from place to place, or from job to job? Do they dump friends a lot?
Do they think very highly of themselves without an objective reason to do so (i.e., do they think they're smarter or more attractive than they are, or do they pride themselves in whatever ability they really do have to an unhealthy, egotistical extent)?
Do they have trouble getting close to people? Do they seem controlling or manipulative? Do they have trouble with boundaries being set between them and other people? Do they fear intimacy?
Do they start a new relationship by building the other person up and acting like they're perfect, only to tear them down over time and then dump them? Do they get offended when you criticize them for even minor reasons? –Comment in thread How are narcissists with their friends?
Yep. These last two quotes apply.
Tonight I stumbled on the controversy over Alisa Valdes' latest book, a memoir of how a cowboy got her to stop being militantly feminist, and start being more submissive.
The cowboy turned out to be an abuser, which got feminist tongues tsking, while relational conservatives (is that a term?) loved the idea of women being more submissive.
Because she exposed the abuse in a blog post but then removed it immediately, people began to wonder why she was hiding it.
Her story is on her blog, here and here. She doesn't go into the detail that's in the deleted post, and I could not find the deleted post even in cached form. But it is clear that "the cowboy" was abusive, even though most of the time he acted normally, and that she is not trying to hide that.
I heard from a man last night who told me he was grateful for me sharing my story, because it made him feel a little less alone, and that is rather the point of my writing career in a nutshell.
One of the many things the cowboy never understood about me was my driving compulsion to write about my own life in a public sphere. He was very private — almost too private, in retrospect.
I, meanwhile, am pretty much an open book. He always thought I was open because I needed attention, but that isn't it at all.
I am open because I feel like there is a real lack of honesty and genuineness in the world, a lot of people pretending things are okay when they're not, and I think that does harm to everyone else.
This one rings familiar: 5 Signs Your Man Is An Abuser I saw these signs in my relationship with my ex Phil, and also in the dynamics between Richard and Tracy.
The signs listed are in most abusive checklists, but Valdes also eloquently describes them: jealousy and possessiveness, controlling behavior, isolation, holds very rigid gender roles.
What I learned from my own abuser is that boys who grow up to hurt women are almost always victims of earlier abuse by their moms. He certainly was.
This doesn't excuse what he did. I mention it to underscore the need to stop blaming only men for domestic violence. In truth, it's a whole-family cycle that involves men and women, boys and girls.


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Classically trained as a pianist and choral singer in the Jerusalem Conservatory, Asia made the change to popular music by obtaining a degree in contemporary writing and production from Berklee College of Music in Boston. After years of work in the music industry, Asia obtained a masters in classical composition from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Asia is the 2015 winner of the Ben Steinberg young composer award for Jewish choral music, and the finalist of the 2018 Stephen Paulus choral composition competition. Other professional credits also involve studio work, string arrangements for artists such as John Wesley Harding and Annie Gallup, musical direction, production and side musician gigs from Broadway to Reggae.
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Total Merit Indexes: Are they helping or hurting?
If you haven't worked in a trade show booth or attended a cattle show recently, you could very well be missing important genetic improvement discussions. Discussion about which traits breeders feel are at an acceptable level and which ones need to be improved. I suspect that few of you have worked a trade show booth but I can tell you, from front line experience, that bottom line focused breeders are not shy about saying that today's dairy cattle are not functional enough, don't get pregnant easily (may conceive but not retain) and require too much worker time. Contrast that with the spectators at shows that talk about their ideal cow being tall, lean, tight uddered, deep ribbed and wide rumped. Often front and center in all the discussions is which total merit index to use. Is it TPI, JPI, NM$, LPI, RZG, BW, TMI, NVI or another? Is any one total merit index capable of meeting the needs of all breeders?
Every breeder or owner wants to have the #1 cow or bull. And back twenty to thirty years ago many bull owners bragged about having the #1. All-be-it they had the number one for Milk, Fat %, Fat Yield, Type or whatever. For the average breeder it was very confusing. Which should they think was the #1 bull? In order to assist breeders, breed societies and genetic evaluation centers started publishing total merit indexes for bulls. Those indexes combined the production and type genetic indexes. It was reasoned that having a ranking system that combined all the traits was much superior to single trait marketing and selection.
Recently CDN published the following genetic trends for Canadian Holsteins and Jerseys.
The average increase in LPI for both breeds is 65 LPI points per year. Undoubtedly this annual gain is more than would have been achieved without having the LPI to use for sorting animals. These gains are based on increases in both production and durability (conformation). But note that no gains have been made for health and fertility (H&F) in the past fifteen years.
Index Worship – Gone Too Far?
Everyone talks about the top ten TPI sires but in fact between #1 (Massey) and #20 (Goose) there are only 122 points. That is almost like getting 99% compare to 95% on a test. Not much difference. So drill down and know the facts. Indexes for these twenty bulls range from 42 to 93 lbs for fat yield and from 0.98 to 3.42 for Udder Composite.
Mating a high TPI bull to a high TPI cow without regard to where the bull and cow are strong or weak can lead to disaster.
Buying only on the TPI, even though the pedigree person announces that "this heifer is #1", does not guarantee that you are buying the best animal for the traits important to you.
In fact we could very well have reached the point where we are limiting the advancement we will make in our herds because we do not look at all the genetic indexes for an animal. Instead of using TPI to sort out the top animals and then studying the strengths and limitations of an animal, we only consider the TPI. If you wonder about that The Bullvine suggests that you study the top TPI heifers looking at both their TPI and fertility (DPR) indexes. You will find many top heifers that have a negative DPR index. Is not reproduction the #1 reason cows are culled?
The key word in this title is YOU. What business are you in – the business of breeding and marketing of breeding stock or the business of milk production? After you make that important first decision, you are in a position to decide on which total merit index you should use.
It is important to think in terms of what you want your herd to be genetically in the future when selecting a total merit index to use. Traits beyond production and type are becoming more important to breeders. The following ICAR published table shows the relative trait emphasis for seven leading total merit indexes and the average for all total merit indexes from seventeen countries.
If you do not sell animals for breeding purposes, having type at a high weighting in your total index may not be your best business decision. NM$ may be a better index for you.
In ten years will you be a breeder or a milk producer? Choose either the breeder index (i.e. TPI or LPI) or the milk producer index (i.e. NM$).
If you do not show cattle or sell cattle to showmen, then PL (Productive Life) or HL (Herd Life) rather than PTAT or CONF should be an important part of your total merit index.
Including and giving significant weighting to traits such as fertility, longevity, calving ability, milking speed and mastitis resistance in the total merit indexes will be the way of the future for breeders focused on milk production.


If there is one tool that every web designer needs then I'd have to say that it is Firebug. Once you have used it a few times, you will forever feel naked without it. Firebug is a web development toolbar that adds onto Firefox and allows web designers and developers to analyse and edit a website in real time. Firebug is a great time saving device for the web designers that use it. I'll outline a few of its features in this article. If you would prefer to just try it out for yourself then you can download it now.
Inspect and edit HTML on the spot.
Edit CSS on the spot, tweak the styles until you get the style you want.
Visualise the CSS with the ability to outline the elements on a web page including divs and block level elements.
See the margins and padding on certain elements.
Monitor network activity so you can see each file that a web page loads as well as the time it takes to load.
Error notifications quickly bring your attention to any errors on the page.
Find DOM objects on the fly.
Firebug is simply a great web development tool that I think every web designer should have.


Leitrim is an oasis of tranquility in the east of Ireland.
This region was long influenced by the O'Rourke family of Dromahair, until the Normans invaded in the 13th century. The O'Rourke family had occupied the south and their heraldic lion occupies the official county shield to this day.
Leitrim is best known for its fantastic lakes. Lough Melvin is internationally renowned for its unique range of plants and animals, Lough Allen offers amazing views and Parke's Castle is located on the shore of Lough Gill. Other lakes of note include Lough Garadice, Lough Glenade, Lough Rynn and Lough MacNean.
Leitrim provides you with ample accommodation options to suit your requirement and your budget. Bed & Breakfasts, Guest Houses, Hostels, Hotels and Farm Houses can all be booked.
Hotels in Leitrim allow you to take in the county�s tranquility without any inconvenience. Some of Leitrim�s hotels offer great views of the county�s lakes. Hotels in Leitrim include Lough Rynn Castle in Mohill and the Bush Hotel in Carrick on Shannon.
Bed & breakfast accommodation in Leitrim provides you with a comfortable and affordable stay along with deliciously cooked breakfast for a reasonable price. B&B in Leitrim includes names such as Glebe House in Mohill and Aisleigh B&B in Carrick on Shannon.
Leitrim restaurants serve dishes that will satisfy all tastes, many using only the freshest local ingredients. Popular restaurants in Leitrim include Vittos Restaurant in Carrick on Shannon.
Shopping Leirim is a charming affair. The shops of Ballinamore, Carrick-on-Shannon, Carrigallen and Drumshanbo will provide you attentive service that is missing from busier locations.
Car rentals in Leitrim facilitate cars on rent for a pre defined period and according to budget. Cars can be rented from Ballinamore Car Hire, Drumshanbo Car Hire, Kinlough Car Hire and Carrigallen Car Hire.
Leitrim has several quite parkland golf courses, allowing you to truly get away from it all and focus on your game at courses like Ballinamore and Carrick on Shannon Golf Clubs.


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Kate Barker Review of Land Use Planning Final Report - Recommendations, document of December 2006 is encouraging in many respects, however it falls short in many areas, with a lot of emphasis on cutting red tape rather than encouraging a system that would improve the quality of life of people quickly. Although Kate Barker did point to the inadequate planning system for creating the following situations:
* Of the world's 15 most expensive prime commercial property locations, five are in England.
* London West End occupation costs of £98 per square foot are the most expensive in the world. They are around 40% more than any other city in the world, and double that of Paris, the next most expensive European city.
* Prime site occupation costs in Manchester and Leeds are around 40 per cent more than mid-town Manhattan.
Manchester and Leeds 40% more expensive than Manhattan.
"Central to Ms Barker's approach is a belief that any building project that has little or no impact on others should be given the go-ahead, whether it is a private extension, the restoration of an empty building in a town, or even in some cases the development of low-value farmland within green belt areas."
This must be great news for self builders. The subsidised countryside may now not be off-limits - only 7.5% of the land in the UK is settled. The UK has the lowest rate of selfbuilt homes in the western world. In other European countries designing and building your own home is the norm.
The above "any building project that has little or no impact on others should be given the go-ahead". That in theory is the case now. I assume more of a slant to the applicant than before.
The line "the development of low-value farmland within green belt areas." This must also give hope selfbuilders too.
"Barker said planning applications should be approved unless there were strong reasons against them,"
"She called for a review of urban green belt boundaries to allow socially and environmentally friendly developments."
The above means NIMBYs need a very strong case. All it needs is the laws and the first test case.
LONDON (Reuters) - The government must rip up the red tape and
remove uncertainties to accelerate decision making around major
planning projects if business is to meet the challenges of
globalisation, a report said on Tuesday.
Chancellor Gordon Brown tasked Bank of England policymaker Kate
Barker to carry out a full review of Britain's planning process
which business says is hurting competitiveness.
The recommendations in my report provide a comprehensive set of
measures to ensure we have a planning system that is timely,
transparent, flexible and responsive enough to meet the challenges
that lie ahead," she told a news conference.
Barker's report called for the creation of an Independent Planning
Commission to have the final say on planning proposals, removing
that responsibility from ministers in all but exceptional cases.
Instead, ministers should set clear strategic guidelines covering
areas of national importance like transport, energy, water and
waste -- and then step back.
The report said rooftop wind turbines to cut carbon dioxide
emissions should not be hindered by planning laws, and planning
permission should take account of future flooding from climate
Barker said planning applications should be approved unless there
were strong reasons against them, noting that streamlining the
planning process could save businesses and local authorities
hundreds of millions of pounds.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said the planning
commission had to be insulated from political pressure.
"A National Spatial Plan ... needs to be put in place by the
proposed commission, so as to ensure that decisions on major
infrastructure investment are integrated into the development plan
process," said Brian Berry, RICS head of public policy.
"Such a plan would also help to balance national interests with
local concerns. Without a plan, Barker's review is in danger of
creating a democratic deficit," he added.
Barker said a Planning Gain Supplement -- a windfall tax on profits
from development of greenfield sites -- should come into effect
She called for a review of urban green belt boundaries to allow
socially and environmentally friendly developments.
More than half of land in Britain is protected from development
either through green belt bans, nature reserves or as sites of
special scientific interest.
Businesses argue that bureaucratic delays in getting planning
permission for new projects are holding them up from making new
investments in Britain.
Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceuticals group, is said to have
abandoned a plan to locate its European headquarters in Britain
because of planning constraints.
Development of Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five was delayed for
years by planning objections, and Swedish flatpack furniture giant
IKEA is struggling to get permission for 20 more stores.
The Institute of Directors said the report was "one of the most
sensible things to have come out of the Treasury in years".
Barker said the town centre first policy for urban developments should remain in place but the requirement to demonstrate the need for a development should be removed.
Barker called for a cut in form-filling and a streamlining of the process so development plans could be delivered in 18-24 months rather than the more than three years it currently takes.
If these recommendations become law then house prices will drop, as more land is available, and the quality of life will rise.
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New laws give waterfront heritage zone extra protection Mar6 2007 Liverpool Daily Post
CULTURE Secretary Tessa Jowell will this week outline plans to make it even harder to get planning permission for projects at world heritage sites, including Liverpool's waterfront.
The move follows concerns raised by United Nations inspectors that lax planning rules are putting the sites at risk of damaging development.
Last year, architecture experts from Unesco – the body that polices world heritage sites – visited Liverpool to inspect plans for three wedge-shaped apartment blocks near the Three Graces.
Its emergency report squashed rumours that any such development could lead to the city being stripped of its prestigious heritage title.
A similar row has engulfed the Tower of London, where Unesco raised the alarm over huge skyscrapers. Inspectors will rule in June whether the Tower should be put on an "at risk" list.
Now a White Paper, to be unveiled by Ms Jowell on Thursday, will make it easier for schemes to be "called in" to public inquiries, which will have stronger powers to block insensitive development.
But the changes will go much further by stamping out home improvements – such as stone cladding and satellite dishes – which do not currently need planning permission.
The country's 24 world heritage sites will be given "buffer zones" to ensure the same protection as national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty.
A Department of Culture spokesman said: "Liverpool was given a clean bill of health by inspectors last year, but it would be disastrous in terms of international public relations if any of our sites were put in the endangered category.
"One satellite dish might not make much difference, but 200 would have an awful effect, which is why we need more controls on development."
However, Liverpool City Council disputed the need for the new laws, pointing out that the area adjacent to the world heritage site already enjoyed protection as a conservation area.
That meant "permitted developments," such as stone cladding, were already outlawed, although not across the entire "buffer zone", which stretches up to a quarter of a mile.
Mr Hinchliffe, the council's world heritage officer, said: "We don't think allowing stone cladding a quarter of a mile away makes much difference, but we will have to see what the White Paper says."
Campaigner Wayne Colquhoun, from Liverpool Preservation Trust, said: "We have been pressing for some time for this kind of government intervention. If Tessa Jowell is now saying that even satellite television dishes will not be allowed in buffer zones, how can Liverpool City Council condone huge granite building blocks that will for ever destroy the side view of the Port of Liverpool Building.
"The same applies to schemes in Princes Dock that will ruin that most evocative view of the Royal Liver Building for ships sailing into port.
"These projects must now be put on hold to await the report of the Unesco meeting in summer and also to enable a proper study of Tessa Jowell's White Paper proposals."
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Syrian Refugees Need Stronger International Support
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
Category: Middle East, News
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Syrian refugees fleeing their homeland's civil war deserve support from the international community in the form of food, water, shelter and education, said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, of Tucson, Ariz., chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services.
In a nationwide webcast on 20 June, World Refugee Day, Bishop Kicanas also called upon governments to stop the shipment of arms to the Syrian government and rebel groups.
"It's a situation that cries out for our response," Bishop Kicanas said of the refugee crisis building daily in Syria's neighbors, including Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. "If people could be there and actually see face to face and firsthand, one couldn't possibly be unmoved to see the suffering they (refugees) are enduring.
"The war simply has to end and hopefully the international community can move toward a political solution and can immediately end the violence."
The bishop has visited Lebanon twice in recent months — in January and early June — to assess the situation and observe the work of Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Lebanon. He said he met with refugees, who are not staying in formal camps but are scattered in small tent communities throughout the small nation snuggled against the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea.
Humanitarian agencies estimate that at least 525,000 Syrians have fled to neighboring countries since violence erupted in March 2011. Joan Rosenhauer, executive vice president of U.S. operations for CRS, said during the webcast that the number of refugees is projected to reach 1 million by the end of the year.
"It's quite remarkable that the Lebanese government and the Lebanese people have found ways to absorb and provide as best they can for this level of refugee crisis," said Rosenhauer, who also recently visited the country.
The war also has claimed about 93,000 lives, according to the United Nations.
In a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman during one of his visits, Bishop Kicanas said the leader asked for broader assistance from the international community so that his country's 4.2 million residents can accommodate the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled their homeland with little more than the clothes on their back.
"Lebanon is receiving about 5,000 refugees a day," Bishop Kicanas said. "It's a stress on public health and the educational system."
Bishop Kicanas also referenced Pope Francis' recent letter to the leaders of the Group of Eight nations, which concluded a two-day meeting in Northern Ireland on 18 June. In his letter, Pope Francis urged the G-8 leaders to seek a cease-fire and to bring all parties to the negotiating table.
The summit ended without agreement on a course of action other than to support plans for a Syria peace conference in Geneva to begin "as soon as possible."
"Our Holy Father has called us to be attentive to the suffering that is going on and the need for all of us to contribute what we can to provide the humanitarian aid that is needed right now," Bishop Kicanas said.
"This is a desperate situation and we need to respond."
Stephen Colecchi, director of the U.S. bishops' Office of International Justice and Peace, urged the nationwide audience to contact President Barack Obama and members of Congress to stress that the United States join other nations — particularly Russia with its close ties to Syrian President Bashar Assad — to bring all parties to the negotiating table to resolve their differences.
"We can tell our government that the decision to arm the rebels is a bad decision and the same for the Russians arming Assad. We need an arms embargo. That's what the U.S. should be pursuing rather than arming one side or the other," he said.
The webcast was sponsored by Catholics Confront Global Poverty, a joint program between CRS and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Full GT Open Calendar & Schedule Full Barcelona-Catalunya Track Calendar Series Next Race: Portimão Circuit
This is the official pre-season test for the 2023 season, which will consist of 7 races.
The teams will be doing heaps of test runs and seeing what falls off the cars. The goal of course is that nothing should fall off when we get to the real racing bits.
The season, and thus the proper racing, starts April 28-30 2023 at Portimão Circuit.
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Seyfarth Shaw's Labor & Employment Department Earns No. 1 Vault Ranking
As part of its annual survey, Vault announced today that Seyfarth Shaw has earned the number one spot in the Vault Practice Area Ranking for Labor & Employment, up from ranking fourth last year.
Nearly 17,000 law firm associates across the United States were surveyed and asked to vote for up to three firms, excluding their own. Self-identified corporate associates voted only in the corporate-related categories; litigators in the litigation categories, etc. Seyfarth's top ranking indicated it was the top firm in the Labor & Employment category and had the highest total percentage of votes out of 15 other firms.
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