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Ways Done in the Past - Indoor Photography
Mr Lee Hin Ming's photo studio in Singapore in the 1900 - 1930s.
From the photo studio owner Mr Lee Hin Ming's collection of over 80 years and donated his customers' photo to the National Archives of Singapore, credit with thanks and acknowledge. Only a few of these "memory aids" are posted on this blog to share the ways indoor photos were taken in Mr Lee's studio and how different they are today.
These photos of the individuals, ladies and gentlemen, young and old, prominent community leaders, businessmen, family and friends.
Could you spot the difference from these photos and the changes in lifestyle, fashion (hairstyle, dressing, shoes, spectacles and other accessories) of his hundreds and thousands of customers over the decades...these but only a few of the photos posted on the blog.
Everyone who visits the photo studio wants our best look to appear in a photo-shoot.
These ways for customers preferences then and now...for everyone to look their best.
James Seah at age 23, photo taken at Mei Loo Photo Studio in 1971.
At the photo studio, two photos were taken for each type. I then return a week later to choose from the "proof" copies and order the best final print. The minimum six copies of the same photo for each order.
How aged the scanned photograph (shown above) is...so the guy ;)
First, to visit the hairdresser , next to the photo studio. Different times, different people, different ways providing different services.
Family Portrait Photos
A family photo c 1950
A lady with her children c 1950.
Spot the Difference - Then and Now
Who's Who in Singapore
For great grandparents, grandparents, parents and relative and friends who have experienced indoor photos taken in the old-fashioned photo studios in the 1900s or later, please kindle the fond nostalgic memories for a family-bonding fun activities at irememberSG on Facebook.
Photo of Ivan Teo Teik Loon as a baby.
Thanks to Teik Loon for his generous contribution to post with the following description to share with us:
This is Baby Curly.
This photo was taken in a studio called:
- Peck Tai (in Hokkien)
- 百代 (in Mandarin)
- Century (in English)
- Keck Ling kway [Indian St.] (in Hokkien)
- Cross Street (in English)
Not sure if this studio is still there. I doubt so. The clothes I was wearing were sewn by my mother. She thought it was cool, so, she brought me to take this photo.
Teik Loon, my former colleague and a close friend of over 30 years.
Teik Loon at the Singapore Airshow 2012 as an official Chaperon for the VIP guests.
Labels: Ways Done in the Past - Indoor Photography
Ways Done in the Past - Photo Development
"Double image" photo development in the 1900s.
There were not many professional photographers in the 1900s in Singapore. They have to invest business capital and shops, professional cameras, studio lighting and expensive photography equipments for development of the photos which were commonly in black and white.
Only wealthy people and businessmen can afford to visit a photo studio for special occasions for remembrance, for wedding, graduation and other formal celebrations with the family.
The ways done in the 19th century with scientific technology for photo studio business would need professional cameras, photographic paper, ink and negative films, the latest models and material manufactured and supplied as at that time. The backdated advertisements, magazines, posters and announcements of these old products as reference resources.
In the past, camera owners and amateurs enrolled as members of photography clubs and schools to attend courses for learning latest skills and techniques. While using the camera on theory in class, practical lessons are conducted outdoors, including special arrangement for female models at attractive tourist spots such as gardens, parks or the seaside. The century-old Botanic Gardens and Tiger Balm Garden (Haw Par Villa) were popular.
As developing of negative films in the photo studios and shops were costly, photography enthusiasts also learn 'darkroom techniques' to deveop their own photos. A room exclusively designed to process the negative films for printing on specially used paper. It was quite a bit of investments on the equipments, chemical, paper, lightings and other specially manufactured devices. Once a roll of negative film was completed, the camera would then open its film door in the dark for the exposures to develop the film negatives.
It was a skilful and tedious process which was not easy to use. Using the camera and developing the photos was indeed an art in the early days of black and white photos.
The commercial photo studio as a business in Singapore in the past wasn't common.
The professional photographers were just as few.
Before the days of instant, digital cameras, the photo studios would take almost three weeks or longer for the collection of the developed photos. That was also the days before instant mik powder and MacDonald fast food era.
Apparently, the entire collection of photos by Mr Lee, a professional photographer and owner of the photo studio in the 1900s was donated to the National Archives of Singapore (NAS)for which we have to acknowledge their photo credit and thanks.
In those early days, the photo studio owner was the custodians to the original film negative with each serial number in a photo studio library.
I remembered that when my late mother passed away about 40 years ago, my sister had to go to the photo studio where my mother had taken her last photo there. The serial number written on the back of her postcard sized photo for reference and it was enlarged to be used on the front of the funeral hearse. As an urgent development of this photo, additional fee was charged.
The customer could then make a repeat order with the photo studio owner, place the additional copies required and later collection of the photos upon payment of the required charges. The photo studio owners are the custodians of these personal photos.
Thanks to the foresight and vision of Mr Lee to contribute his studio's business for over many decades to NAS in the public domain to share our nation's heritage record for research and resources. Old photo records are stored over the decades to pass on to every of his customers to their descendants through NAS.
Without the donation of his privately owned photo collections to compile a photographic history and heritage of Singapore, the "memory aids" as photos would have been fed to termites or destroyed.
The Chinese proverb "達萬言,畫意能" ('One picture is worth a ten thousand words') is a case in point, how inter-generation link is helpful for the younger generation could trace their family roots and the changes in Singapore memory to understand how their ways were done in the past...and the next generation will remember and understand the present generation could store photo archives of our lives for posterity.
On this blog to emphasise on "double images", it was a special technique of two separate photos taken and developed in one exposure. "Photoshop" image software application for computers, with its versatility and features, was undreamt of before.
It was a new way a century ago. At that time, words like 'creative, innovative, mind-mapping, "out-of-the-box thinking", brainstorming' words and other fanciful and colorful languages coined in the 21st century was not yet heard of.
Since the days of homo sapien who walked on this earth with four limbs instead of two, our ancestors have developed their minds for new ways to be done.
We are waiting for new scientific technology to be released in the not too future.
New ideas and inventions, new ways are found every day.
In the meantime, view the century-old photos to spot the difference of details and ways done in the past which were captued in the photos.
Our Singapore memories! Our Singapore heritage!
Labels: Ways Done in the Past - Photo Development


Tendons are strong fibrous tissues that attach muscle to bone. Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon that can cause pain, reduced movement, weakness, and stiffness of the affected area.
Tendonitis is typically caused by overuse injuries, doing the same repetitive motion, wearing down a tendon. Overuse injuries are often work or sports related. Tendonitis can affect any tendon, but most commonly occurs in the shoulder (rotator cuff), elbow (tennis/golfers elbow), or hand and foot (Achilles tendon).
If suffering with possible tendonitis, describe the symptoms to an orthopedic expert at Direct Orthopedic Care (DOC). After a thorough examination including palpation, evaluation of pain, tenderness and range of motion, the physician may order imaging tests such as X-rays and an MRI.
Tendonitis can typically be treated nonoperatively with rest, ice, anti-inflammatory medications, physical therapy, and bracing. Surgery is rarely necessary to release or remove damaged tendon tissue.
To prevent tendonitis and repetitive overuse, the orthopedic specialists at Direct Orthopedic Care (DOC) recommend stretching, warm-up and cool-down exercises, and cross-training to vary exercise programs. Avoid or modify any activity at work or play that causes tendon and joint pain as a proactive way to avoid developing tendonitis.


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#include "RangeRegistry.h"
#include "CoordPair.h"
/*
=head2 new

  Arg [1]    : none
  Example    : my $rr = Bio::EnsEMBL::Mapper::RangeRegistry->new();
  Description: Creates a new RangeRegistry object
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Mapper::RangeRegistry
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : AssemblyMapperAdaptor
  Status     : Stable

=cut
*/

RangeRegistry *RangeRegistry_new() {
  RangeRegistry *registry;

  if ((registry = (RangeRegistry *)calloc(1,sizeof(RangeRegistry))) == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr,"ERROR: Failed allocating space for registry\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  registry->registry = IDHash_new(IDHASH_MEDIUM);

  return registry;
}

void RangeRegistry_flush(RangeRegistry *registry) {
  IDHash_free(registry->registry, Vector_free);

  registry->registry = IDHash_new(IDHASH_MEDIUM);
}

/*
=head2 check_and_register

  Arg [1]    : string $id
               The id of the range to be checked/registered (e.g. a sequenceid)
  Arg [2]    : int $start
               The start of the range to be checked
  Arg [3]    : int $end
               The end of the range to be checked
  Arg [4]    : (optional) int $rstart
               The start of the range to be registered
               if the checked range was not fully registered
  Arg [5]    : (optional) int $rend
               The end of the range to be registerd
               if the checked range was not fully registered
  Example    : $ranges=$rr->check_and_register('X',500,600, 1,1_000_000));
  Description: Checks the range registry to see if the entire range
               denoted by ($id : $start-$end) is already registered.  If
               it already is, then undef is returned.  If it is not then
               the range specified by $rstart and $rend is registered, and
               a list of regions that were required to completely register
               $rstart-$rend is returned.  If $rstart and $rend are not
               defined they default to $start and $end respectively.

               The reason there is a single call to do both the checking and
               registering is to reduce the overhead. Much of the work to
               check if a range is registered is the same as registering a
               region around that range.
  Returntype : undef or listref of [start,end] range pairs
  Exceptions : throw if rstart is greater than start
               throw if rend is less than end
               throw if end is less than start
               throw if id, start, or end are not defined
  Caller     : AssemblyMapperAdaptor
  Status     : Stable

=cut
*/

// Perl version allows rStart and rEnd to be optional. I require them to be set - if you don't need them to be different to start and end,
// just use the same values as start and end for rStart and rEnd

// Also added a flag to indicate we actually want the gaps vector returned - quite often its not used in the caller and so would leak
// memory
Vector *RangeRegistry_checkAndRegister(RangeRegistry *registry, IDType id, long start, long end,
                                       long rStart, long rEnd, int wantGaps) {

  // The following was commented out due to Ensembl Genomes requirements
  // for bacterial genomes.
  // The following was uncommented because I'm not caring about those requirements
  if ( start > end ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "start argument [%ld] must be less than (or equal to) end argument [%ld]\n", start, end);
    exit(1);
  }

  if ( rStart > rEnd ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "rStart argument [%ld] must be less than (or equal to) rEnd argument [%ld]\n", rStart, rEnd);
    exit(1);
  }

  if ( rStart > start ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "rStart argument [%ld] must be less than (or equal to) start [%ld]\n", rStart, start);
    exit(1);
  }

  if ( rEnd < end ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "rEnd argument [%ld] must be greater than (or equal to) end [%ld]\n", rEnd, end);
    exit(1);
  }

  IDHash *regReg = RangeRegistry_getRegistry(registry);
  Vector *list;
  if (IDHash_contains(regReg, id)) {
    list = IDHash_getValue(regReg, id);
  } else {
    list = Vector_new();
    IDHash_add(regReg, id, list);
  }

  Vector *gapPairs = NULL;
  if (wantGaps) {
    gapPairs = Vector_new();
  }

  int len = Vector_getNumElement(list);

  if (len == 0) {
    //this is the first request for this id, return a gap pair for the
    // entire range and register it as seen
    CoordPair *cp = CoordPair_new(rStart, rEnd);
    Vector_addElement(list, cp);

    return Vector_copy(list);
  }

  //####
  // loop through the list of existing ranges recording any "gaps" where
  // the existing range does not cover part of the requested range
  //

  int startIdx = 0;
  int endIdx   = Vector_getNumElement(list)-1;
  int midIdx;
  CoordPair *range;

  // binary search the relevant pairs
  // helps if the list is big
  while ( ( endIdx - startIdx ) > 1 ) {
    midIdx = ( startIdx + endIdx ) >> 1;
    range  = Vector_getElementAt(list, midIdx);

    if ( CoordPair_getEnd(range) < rStart ) {
      startIdx = midIdx;
    } else {
      endIdx = midIdx;
    }
  }

  long gapStart;
  long gapEnd;
  int rIdx = -1;
  int rStartIdx = -1;
  int rEndIdx;

  gapStart = rStart;

  int i;
  for (i=startIdx; i < len ; i++ ) {
    CoordPair *pRange = Vector_getElementAt(list, i);
    long pStart = CoordPair_getStart(pRange);
    long pEnd   = CoordPair_getEnd(pRange);

    // no work needs to be done at all if we find a range pair that
    // entirely overlaps the requested region
    if ( pStart <= start && pEnd >= end ) {
      return Vector_new(); // perl returns undef, but that causes me problems
    }

    // find adjacent or overlapping regions already registered
    if ( pEnd >= ( rStart - 1 ) && pStart <= ( rEnd + 1 ) ) {
      if ( rStartIdx < 0 ) { // Not yet been set
        rStartIdx = i;
      }
      rEndIdx = i;
    }

    if ( pStart > rStart ) {
      gapEnd = ( rEnd < pStart ) ? rEnd : pStart - 1;
      if (wantGaps) {
        CoordPair *cp = CoordPair_new(gapStart, gapEnd);
        Vector_addElement(gapPairs, cp);
      }
    }

    gapStart = ( rStart > pEnd ) ? rStart : pEnd + 1;

    if ( pEnd >= rEnd && rIdx < 0 ) {
      rIdx = i;
      break;
    }
  }

  // do we have to make another gap?
  if ( gapStart <= rEnd ) {
    if (wantGaps) {
      CoordPair *cp = CoordPair_new(gapStart, rEnd);
      Vector_addElement(gapPairs, cp);
    }
  }

  //
  // Merge the new range into the registered list
  //
  if (rStartIdx >= 0 ) { // rStartIdx has been set to something
    long newStart;
    long newEnd;
    CoordPair *rStartIdxRange = Vector_getElementAt(list, rStartIdx);
    CoordPair *rEndIdxRange   = Vector_getElementAt(list, rEndIdx);

    if ( rStart < CoordPair_getStart(rStartIdxRange)) {
      newStart = rStart;
    } else {
      newStart = CoordPair_getStart(rStartIdxRange);
    }

    if ( rEnd > CoordPair_getEnd(rEndIdxRange)) {
      newEnd = rEnd;
    } else {
      newEnd = CoordPair_getEnd(rEndIdxRange);
    }

    CoordPair *cp = CoordPair_new(newStart, newEnd);

    // Think its <=
    for (i=rStartIdx; i<=rEndIdx; i++) {
      Vector_removeElementAt(list, rStartIdx); // Always remove from rStartIdx as array is shrinking by one each time called
    }
    Vector_insertElementAt(list, rStartIdx, cp);
    //splice( @$list, $rstart_idx,
    //        $rend_idx - $rstart_idx + 1,
    //        [ $new_start, $new_end ] );

  } else if (rIdx >= 0) {
    CoordPair *cp = CoordPair_new(rStart, rEnd);
    Vector_insertElementAt(list, rIdx, cp);
    //splice( @$list, $r_idx, 0, [ $rstart, $rend ] );
  } else {
    CoordPair *cp = CoordPair_new(rStart, rEnd);
    Vector_addElement(list, cp);
  }

  // Note if wantGaps is not set then gapPairs will be NULL - but you said you didn't want it so that should be OK
  return gapPairs;
}

// overlap size is just added to make RangeRegistry generally more useful

/*
=head2 overlap_size

  Arg [1]    : string $id
  Arg [2]    : int $start
  Arg [3]    : int $end
  Example    : my $overlap_size = $rr->( "chr1", 1, 100_000_000 )
  Description: finds out how many bases of the given range are registered
  Returntype : int
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable

=cut
*/

long RangeRegistry_overlapSize(RangeRegistry *registry, IDType id, long start, long end)  {
  long overlap = 0;

  if ( start > end ) return 0;

  IDHash *regReg = RangeRegistry_getRegistry(registry);
  Vector *list;
  if (IDHash_contains(regReg, id)) {
    list = IDHash_getValue(regReg, id);
  } else {
    return 0; // No list for this id, so can't be any overlap
  }

  int len = Vector_getNumElement(list);

  if ( len == 0 ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Odd have zero length list in RangeRegistry_overlapSize\n");
    return 0;
  }

  int startIdx = 0;
  int endIdx   = Vector_getNumElement(list)-1;
  int midIdx;
  CoordPair *range;

  // binary search the relevant pairs
  // helps if the list is big
  while ( ( endIdx - startIdx ) > 1 ) {
    midIdx = ( startIdx + endIdx ) >> 1;
    range   = Vector_getElementAt(list, midIdx);
    if ( CoordPair_getEnd(range) < start ) {
      startIdx = midIdx;
    } else {
      endIdx = midIdx;
    }
  }

  int i;
  for (i=startIdx; i < len ; i++ ) {
    CoordPair *pRange = Vector_getElementAt(list, i);
    long pStart = CoordPair_getStart(pRange);
    long pEnd   = CoordPair_getEnd(pRange);

    if ( pStart > end ) {
      break;
    }

    if ( pStart <= start && pEnd >= end ) {
      overlap = end - start + 1;
      break;
    }

    long mStart = ( start < pStart ? pStart : start );
    long mEnd   = ( end   < pEnd   ? end    : pEnd );

    if (mEnd - mStart >= 0) {
      overlap += ( mEnd - mStart + 1 );
    }
  }

  return overlap;
}

// low level function to access the ranges
// only use for read access
Vector *RangeRegistry_getRanges(RangeRegistry *registry, IDType id) {
  IDHash *regReg = RangeRegistry_getRegistry(registry);
  Vector *list = NULL;

  if (IDHash_contains(regReg, id)) {
    list = IDHash_getValue(regReg, id);
  }

  return list;
}

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Edmond's Board of Education consists of five members-one from each election district-who serve a five-year term with one member's term expiring each year. Each year the board sets Annual Operating Goals. It also manages construction projects, education-related purchases, district policies and oversees district personnel.
Board meetings are held the first Monday of each month unless otherwise noted. All meetings are held at the district headquarters at 1001 W. Danforth in Edmond. Time is set aside at the beginning of each meeting for questions, comments or suggestions from the public. To speak at a monthly board meeting, contact Board Clerk Judy Pendergraft at judy.pendergraft@edmondschools.net.
For the first time in its history, Edmond Public Schools has an all-female Board of Education.


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The Week In Review (16-22 Jan)
on 22 January 2017 at 11:53 pm
Women's March shows that solidarity still exists. Image by Mark Dixon. Creative Commons.
We round-up the last week in music, including news you might've missed, our #SongOfTheDay playlist and Classic Of The Week
In a week dominated by the inauguration of America's 45th President, The Donald, we could focus on the negatives that are predicted for the next four years. However, there's been another major event this week and it's given us a tremendous sense of pride.
Yesterday (Saturday 21 January 2017) saw the Women's March on Washington. In a show of solidarity with their American counterparts, millions of people from around the world took to the streets and vocalised their opposition to the threat to women's rights that they see enshrined in the divisive politcs of Donald Trump. That is how we chose to remember this week.
Now, though, you can catch the rest of our weekly round-up.
Classic Of The Week
'Fagetarian And Dyke' by Team Dresch (1994)
If you're a fan of riot grrrl, but have not heard this track by the brilliant Portland, Oregon, quartet Team Dresch then you're in for a real treat. Fiery, infectious and possessed by a clarity of purpose that's always been the calling card of riot grrrl, Fagetarian And Dyke is a lost classic that you can discover today.
Paul McCartney has filed a lawsuit against Sony Music, seeking confirmation that copyright in early Beatles songs will return to him in 2018 (56 years after the songs were written), as per the 1976 Copyright Act.
George Harrison's entire solo catalogue will be reissued on vinyl on 25 February, to mark the late Beatle's 74th birthday. His 12 studio albums and 1992's Live In Japan will be available both indvidually, and as a boxset simply entitled George Harrison: The Vinyl Collection.
Radiohead have announced a string of nine more US live dates, to tie in with their Coachella performances on 14 and 21 April. The tour kicks off in Miami on 30 March, and will visit Atlanta, New Orleans, Kansas City, Seattle, Portland, Santa Barbara and Berkeley.
Could Lorde's highly anticipated second album be finally nearing completion? The Kiwi singer-songwriter posted on Instagram this week that she was off "back to work in the States, finishing this record".
More names were announced this week for the Isle Of Wight Festival 2017. The new additions include Kaiser Chiefs, Texas, The Undertones and The Alarm.
Songs Of The Week
Song: To The Rescue
Artist: The Divine Comedy
Song: Phase Me Out
Artist: VÉRITÉ
Song: How Much Further
Artist: Stealth
'Welcome, Stranger!' by The Blue Aeroplanes (Album)
EXCLUSIVE! 'Days Like Falling Stars' by Shambhu
We round-up the last week in music, including news you might've misse... Read More+
The Week In Review (30 Jan – 5 Feb)
The Week In Review (24 – 30 July)
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It all started with kittens…..
When Laurie Ritchel agreed to foster two kittens through her church, little did she know how this small act of kindness would lead into changing someone's life for the better.
After Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, Kim Venable, who had been rescued by boat from her Beaumont home, contacted Laurie's church for help taking in her two kittens until she could go home. In the rush to evacuate, the kittens scattered and couldn't be located. Could Laurie find them and care for them until she could return?
"Of course!" Laurie said she hardly gave it a second thought. Laurie had just stepped up to volunteer with the American Red Cross to assist in the relief effort.
Laurie texted photos and updates on the two kittens she nicknamed "Scout and Boo" to Kim.
"I knew she was worried about them, and I felt this could ease her mind," Laurie explained. Several days later she received a text from Kim stating that she had finally returned home, and was surprised to discover that the two kittens Laurie had rescued looked very similar to her own, but were not her kittens. These actually belonged to her neighbors. Her own kittens were safe and waiting for her on the porch of her home.
Laurie and Kim straightened out the mix-up and while chatting, Kim mentioned meeting a Red Cross lady purchasing supplies at Walmart for the local shelters and how nice she was.
It turned out that Laurie was the woman! Through this conversation, Laurie then found out that Kim had 22 family members living in her home. In her extended family, four had lost their homes. She also learned that Kim had some medical issues that needed to be quickly addressed, including the need of a wheelchair.
When Laurie returned to Red Cross headquarters, she passed Kim's medical needs on to the Red Cross health services team and also asked the feeding team to add Kim to their route.


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In this page of the Institute's website you can find material about the transfer of specialized knowledge about cetaceans (for example how to distinguish the dolphin species or which species of cetaceans inhabit the Greek Seas), as well as useful material that allows young people to acquire more general (and highly desired…) education. Believing that the second kind of knowledge is much more important than the former one, we first propose you to visit our webpage "We suggest…". You will find there, brief and comprehensive videos and documentaries that we have selected, with a double aim: 1) To acquire a taste of the beauty of our world through impressive pictures, messages and knowledge, 2) To form a global conception and the essential rationale about questions, such as: In what kind of world do I live? What is wrong and drive us to the destruction of our environment? What is my role as a human being, active citizen, inhabitant of our unique earth and what positive action can I take to stop the decline? After you take a glimpse of the proposed material and decide what you want to watch first, the best is to let the young persons express their opinion. We hope that our ideas will give you a lot of stimuli for enriching discussions with them and between them.
HOW I CAN RECOGNIZE THE 4 DIFFERENT DOLPHIN SPECIES
Detailed photographic presentation of external morphological differences between 4 dolphin species that exist in permanent populations in the Greek seas. The aim is to be able to recognize them in case of encounter in their natural environment. This leaflet is originally produced to describe the dolphins of the Gulf of Corinth (where all 4 species coexist), but everything mentioned inside is valid for all Greek seas.
Production: Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute (2008)
Leaflet (triptych, two-pages Α4, pdf format)
THE 9 MARINE MAMMAL SPECIES OF THE GREEK SEAS
Photographic presentation of the 8 cetacean species and one species of seal, that have permanent populations in the Greek seas, followed by comments about their ecological significance and dangers threatening them. Scientifically edited by Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute.
Production: THALASSA Project (2012)
TEXTBOOK ABOUT THE 14 SPECIES OF MARINE MAMMALS OF GREECE
Manual containing a detailed presentation of the 14 marine mammal species (13 cetaceans and 1 seal) that have been registered in the Greek Seas. Except from these species, there are chapters about cetacean evolution, the ecological significance of the marine mammals for the sea environment, the threats they are facing, the situation of their protection and the relative legislation, and finally, the measures to adopt in order to protect them. Scientifically edited by Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute.
Booklet (66 pages, pdf format)
MAIN DISH: PLASTIC BAGS
Ten-minute presentation with dramatic examples from the Greek Seas on the problem that the irrational production and use of plastic bags and other plastic products of our "civilisation" have creted. Plastic items that pass from our hands and go to the marine environment end up in the stomachs of sperm whales and dolphins and drive to their painful death.
PowerPoint Presentation with automatic narration (ppsx format)
CETACEANS AND ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION
General introduction on the subject and brief-sampling presentation of the appearance of different cetacean species on ancient Greek historical and mythological representations. Concerning cetaceans and ancient Greek mythology, see also the webpage about Nereis.
Webpage (html format)
If videos do not open through the above link, click here
WHALES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
A series of 5 very informative documentaries about cetaceans, the threats and their conservation in the Mediterranean Sea. Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute has participated in various ways in these documentaries.
From EarthOCEAN 2007 (Chris Johnson, Genevieve Johnson)
1) Mediterranean Sea: The sea in the middle of the earth (9:46")
2) Spermwhales of Greece: Life in the trenches (17:32")
3) Fishy Business: The illegal driftnet fishery (13:52")
4) Disappearing dolphins (17:27")
5) Sanctuaries of the Sea: Are the Marine Protected Areas
for Cetaceans the solution?; (15:34")
Documentary (can be watched, or downloaded as mov podcast format)
1st part 2d part 3d part 4th part
MARINE MAMMALS: OUR COHABITANTS IN THE GREEK SEAS
Educational documentary of the THALASSA Project- Learn, Act, Protect, with information about all species of cetaceans and seal living in the Greek seas, as well as about all wider ecological ideas about the marine environment, dangers that threaten marine mammals and ways to protect them. The documentary is available in 4 parts.
Film direction: Manos Gasteratos
Documentary - Time length 31:55"
INSTRUCTIONS FOR NAVIGATORS
¨A useful guide created as a part of the informative campaign "THALASSA" (SEA), about what we have to do in case we meet a small or a big marine mammal when we are in a boat. It is better for all of us to be informed!
Graphics: Vassilis Kokkinidis, WWF Hellas, THALASSA Project(2012)
Video - Time length 1:37"
OUR FRIENDS THE DOLPHINS
The younger friends of dolphins will have the pleasure to discover these graceful animals, as well as the human activities that threaten their survival through the pages of Giovanni Bearzi's book. The booklet is available in many languages and was translated and edited in Greek by the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute.
Giovanni Bearzi's edition (2006)
EVERYTHING ABOUT DOLPHINS
A multilingual educational booklet of UNEP on the occasion of the year of dolphin (2007). The booklet was translated and edited in Greek by members of Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, so that it can be used at schools, as well as by all children who live in Greece and they still have the chance to be close to seas where we can meet dolphins.
Edition of international organizations: UNEP, CMS, WDCS (2007)
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Program website: http://www.thalassa-project.gr
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THALASSAPEDIA
This website was created in the frame of the program "THALASSA – Learn, Act, Protect" in order to become more familiar with the 14 species of marine mammals of Greek Seas. It is mainly addressed to young boys and girls and to their near ones, such as teachers and parents.
Encyclopedia website: http://www.thalassapedia.gr/en/
Internet Encyclopedia
THE LITTLE EDUCATIONAL SUITCASE FOR SCHOOLS
This is an educational package of the program Sea targeting young public and having as an aim to raise awareness and inform the students of Pre-school and Primary school about marine mammals of the Greek Seas. It contains group games, and experiential activities, as well as a guidebook for teachers, an activity book and working sheets for the school class, 3 jigsaw puzzles, one CD with pictures, one CD with sea sounds. The package-suitcase can be borrowed and kept up to 3 weeks in each school.
Production: MOm, THALASSA Project (2012)
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Is this country great or what?
I can rent a 30-foot-long CruiseAmerica.com motorhome, with no prior large vehicle experience, load it with six of my friends and family, and plow on down the road.
The company website is filled with ways to maximize the enjoyment of the rental, and very little about safety and regulation. In fact, the renter's resource page lists more than 50 questions, and I found just three related to safety or licensing.
Q: "Do I need a special drivers license to drive a motorhome?" Which, I thought, had an interesting answer.
Best of all…no medical required.
If enjoying the RV-lifestyle isn't your thing, how about something water-based?
A Bayliner 335 Cruiser is nearly 33 feet long, weighs about 12,000 pounds and has a capacity of 12 people. Pricing starts at $160,000, but if you've got the cash, you can be on the water pretty quickly.
He did mention that some marinas or moorage locations will have their own requirements. So, it would appear, if you can get it started and away from the dock, you can pilot it.
Of course, we are all familiar with the most common mode of motorized transit in this country, the automobile. This mode comes in many sizes and flavors. Two of the most popular are the passenger car and the light truck, with tens of millions of variants on the road daily.
According to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, there were 43,945 vehicles involved in fatal accidents in 2011. "Passenger cars" accounted for 17,442 (39.7%) and "light trucks" accounted for 16,740 (38.1%).
I can, and do, fly into airports all over the country, walk up a car rental counter and drive out moments later in a vehicle unlike my truck at home, into an area I'm unfamiliar with, so long as my credit card works and my drivers license is unexpired.
But heaven forbid I consider operating a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub, carrying 12 gallons of fuel, seating for two, and a top speed 80 mph, downhill, without a valid 3rd class medical I received four years ago (at 38 years of age).
Does anyone else see any inconsistencies?
Don't misunderstand me: I'm in no way advocating for a medical exam to privately operate a motorhome, boat or automobile. A medical exam will not make any of these modes of travel safer, just like flying.
Just something to ponder. And thankfully, we can ponder while camping, boating or driving…no medical required.
We in aviation have been wringing our hands for some time now pondering, discussing, and debating why aviation, and GA in particular, is declining – and what we can do to reverse this trend.
May I submit that the (needless) 3rd Class Medical has been as much, or perhaps more, responsible for such as high fuel prices.
Be careful what you ask for. A few years ago a friend of mine complaned about his Real Estate Taxs, saying one of his neighbors had more than he and was paying less tax's. The appraiser came out and said "yes, thank you so much for making us aware of this problem",and promptly raised both their tax's.
The original medical was issued by the us army to qualify the pilots flying mail in open cockpit aircraft, because they were all considered military reserve.
In other words, it has has no relevance for about 100 years.
To compromise with reality, as AOPA proposed, is to leave the absurd in place, only just a little bit less of it.
The only way to compel a change is to get the congressionals to pass legislation telling FAA to stop. The FAA by itself will never let go, even under sequestration. To let go would be to admit all the efforts to date have been pointless.
Use sequestration and congressional pressure to legislatively command FAA to stop. Anything less will go nowhere.
Form a petition and take it to the congressional ga caucus. Sam graves (r .mo) will be receptive.
As with all things related to government control of aviation (and just about anything else), once a control has been established and a beurocracy set up it will take on a life all its own and become almost industructable. It is usually the beurocracy that you are trying to dismantle which has to approve such an action and have you ever heard of a government beurocrat volonteering to be made surplus ? In the early days of aviation it was believed that the unnatural act of flying required the best of medical and physical condition. Why the first flight attendants were even required to be nurses in order to aid passengers in coping with the stress of the flying environment. Today we know that that was all nonsense for the most part but try to eliminate the burden of proving unreasonably near perfect physical condition and you will hit a stonewall. Not even a 1st class medical is a garantee as I remember cases of airline pilots becoming incompacitapted or even dead in flight.
My post of today's date, 1111 DST, should have said "50" years of flying experience, NOT "5"-!
It just seems to me, a GA pilot for over 50 years, the way to stimulate General Aviation is not to build & sell LSA that cost over $160k, but to allow folks to self certify to fly their old 'certified' airplanes provided they do not conduct commercial operations. Most of the folks I know of are we old timers that have been around GA for years and merely want to continue to experience the thrill of flying and share the same with new folks when we are gone-!
Right on, Ben, use the power of the pen and press to illuminate these issues to the general aviation flying public: someone once said that the FAA Mission is not happy until you are unhappy-!
Good point. We used to call it "J.J." Job justification. The numbers speak for themselves. There is NO reason for the third class medical. The whole concept keeps some over-paid underworked, desk jockey employed. Come to think of it, isn't that what most of the FAA and Federal government is.
I would love to know why it takes so long to get a medical when someone has had cancer? Two guys at our airport had and took treatments for cancer with positive results. No more cancer. In both cases, it took them over 6 months to get approval from the FAA Wizards in Oklahoma City to approve them for medicals. They just keep coming back wanting more and more info even about stuff that had nothing to do with the cancer. Both finally got the medicals but have to submit more info 12 months after they took thye physicals(6 months after approval) or the physical is no l,onger good. My question is: How many people have you ever heard of that dropped dead suddenly from cancer? The idiots in the FAA are completely out of control as are many federal bureaucracies.
I did a FOIA once because I became so frustrated with CAMI, and the Special Issuance Process; would you believe only 6 of the staff had a "license to practice", otherwise known as a means to work and serve the public as a "certified" doctor. In the case of cardiology issues, the CAMI folks outsource the medical package submitted for a Special Issuance because they have NO ONE on their staff with a degree in cardiology or otherwise is a practicing cardiologist. Thence, "why" does the airman have to see his licensed cardiologist t submit all the necessary paperwork for his package to be subsequently sent to this group of cardiologists that, then, make a recommendation to the FAA/CAMI bureaucrats to, in turn, issue a Special Issuance Medical Certificate, which, oh by the way, probably expires within six months after the airman in question has complied with the FAA/CAMI bureaucrats. Would it not make more sense and save everyone involved much aggravation and costs IF ONLY the FAA/CAMI bureaucrats would accept the documentation submitted by the airman from his/her Licensed Cardiologist? Who best knows the medical attributes of the subject airman but his physician? To me, the FAA HQS could dissolve CAMI, out source the Special Issuance process for cardiology related issues to licensed Physicians operating in the private sector that otherwise specialize in cardiology on a daily basis?
Great post. Since there are far few airplanes than motorhomes and boats, it is much easier to keep track of the airplanes. It would be nice to do away with the 3rd class medical, but I certainly don't count on it happening anytime in the forseeable future.
The FAA wont be happy until the only people flying are the military and the airlines.
True that. There is no room in the Surveillance State for people who have the freedonm to go quickly and undetectably whenever and wherever they like.
Just watch, the day is coming when you will not be able to do any of these things without the proper paperwork, Big Brother and the Womb to Tomb mindset just has not caught up to them yet.
To me it is very simple; there should be no medical required, other than a driver's license, for the operation of a non commercial use aircraft. This sillines about under 180 horspower etc, has just been a way to appease those that feel that there should be restrictions.
Sometimes it seems that the sole purpose of government is to find inexplicable ways to drain as much money from our pockets as it can. I truly believe that they have people that are put into rooms with the sole purpose of thinking up new ways to fleece the American people.
Thanks very much for your efforts in this area and please keep up the good work on this subject matter. I too am appalled at the inconsistencies and obvious (to those that have looked at this carefully) over reach by the FAA which must be viewed as nothing more than their giving an "appearance" of safety. Following my heart attack many years ago, I have been required to take more tests than a person younger than myself who doesn't have to take any heart related medical tests but who could have his/her first heart attack at any moment. The idea that the FAA is preventing "public endangerment" is way over the top and just simply justifies their existence in light of a fear based thinking public that doesn't understand that there is acceptable risk to everything that we do in life. If you look at simply the odds of something happening it is interesting. If someone in general aviation flys a 100 hours a year that's only 1% of the time available that the pilot is in the aircraft (and even less than that in the air when you consider taxi/run-up time) (100/8760 total hours in a year). If the pilot was going to become incapacitated by heart failure then there is a very slim chance that it will be while in the airplane. Then there is the only slight risk that the airplane would hit anyone anyway. The issue here is what is acceptable "risk" but the government can use ANY risk as an excuse to implement a rule of practice or regulation and it's easy to justify this to the gullible public that can only imagine airplanes falling out of the sky. Thanks again.
Ben Sclair; Thank You for using your pen power. Keep pushing your pen….. no medical required.
OK, I'll be the first to say it. Kind of a bad example since the J-3 qualifies as light sport and can be flown without a medical. But I do agree 100% with the point you're making about how silly it is to continue with the third class medicals.
I was going to say the same thing, Jscott. How about using an Ercoupe as an example where the "CD" model doesn't require a medical but the "D" model does even though they both use the same engine and except for a few pounds are identical. The Cessna 120, 140, and 150 are good examples also.
Great idea Ben, a medical for renting a motorhome!, of course that is a requirement for the CDL that should be required ( if it were this would be a good direct comparison). The problem is not the 3rd class medical, that is an annoyance that cost about the same as a few hours of rental. The big discrepancy is the license requirement. We cannot and should not eliminate the aircraft license, we could however greatly reduce the cost of it. The "Open Airplane" plan for universal rental check-outs will be a great step forward in availability as well. Bare in mind that the big cost is the certificate its' self and then the constant rental check-out and rental currency requirements. These are driven by insurance company liability concerns.
I have been saying this about motorhomes and boats for years……..
In my dreams you can do this in a light, simple aircraft.
A third class is self certifying to start with. When is the FAA going to eleminate the requirement. It would be a shot in the arm for General Aviation. So just do it. Don't complicate it like AOPA suggests. How many are flying now without a physical?
Well, since you mentioned it, are you aware that there are commercial operators of balloons and gliders that "self certify" that they are fit to fly and yet are not required to obtain, at major expense, a medical certificate from a Designated Medical examiner! And, they, are indeed commercial operators since they "charge for their services" and yet do NOT need , or are NOT required to be certified to fly passengers for hire, consistent with the terms in the FAR regarding 'commerce operations'. It seems to follow, then, that if I am only flying for pleasure, then I should only be required to "self certify" as glider pilots or balloon pilots, and NOT be required to obtain certification from a medical examiner since I am not conducting commercial operations. Seems some sort of hypocrisy to me!
Great post, Ben! It does point out how accustomed we have become to FAA's suffocating reach.


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U-M entrepreneurial creativity course challenges students to "do epic shit"
by Eli Friedman March 25, 2021 April 20, 2021
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The Michigan Marriage Pact, shots from scrunchies and soaps that look like American states, what do they have in common? These student-run businesses all began as projects in ALA/PSYCH 223.
Also known as Entrepreneurial Creativity, the course is a requirement for all students pursuing the University of Michigan's minor in entrepreneurship. Students in the class are asked to work with one small group throughout the semester to bring an idea for a product, service or event to fruition.
Students can pursue a wide variety of paths, according the course's lecturer, Eric Fretz.
"(Students are) like, 'Well how do we know when we're done?'" Fretz said. "'Well, we're done when the term's over.' 'How do we know if we get an A?' 'Well, (you'll) get an A if you do epic shit.' 'What does that mean?' 'I'll tell you when I see it.'"
Fretz, who graduated from the University with a dual Ph.D. in psychology and education in 2010, said he designed the course to bring students out of their comfort zones and help them navigate the professional world after graduating from the University. He said he does not present himself as a typical lecturer but rather as an educator whose only goal is to prepare his students for life after college.
"I always tell them that 'You're not gonna like me because I'm gonna treat you like I was your boss … I don't have a research thing, I don't have an agenda, right, I'm just here to try and make you great Wolverines and go out and crush it in the real world,'" Fretz said.
Fretz's unconventional teaching style may be due in part to his circuitous path back to the University from his undergraduate graduation in 1989. After leaving the University for the first time, Fretz began a 20-year term in the Navy, during which he was deployed three times, married and moved to five different states.
He said he did not expect to be accepted into the University's dual PhD program when he applied in 1998. However, Fretz was accepted and graduated 12 years later, after experiencing changing personal circumstances and undergoing military service. Fretz said he was unexpectedly offered a lecturer position at the University in 2013, soon after he retired from the Navy.
"I became an instant faculty member without ever planning to," Fretz said.
Fretz's courses, which combine practical knowledge with engaged, student-oriented teaching, have been popular ever since, several students told The Michigan Daily.
LSA senior Elien Michielssen and her group created the Michigan Marriage Pact — a survey that matches U-M students with their most compatible partners — in fall 2019 as their project for Fretz's class. Michielssen said Fretz immediately supported her group's idea for the MMP.
Unlike most projects, the MMP continued beyond the end of the semester, and Michaelssen and her team have no plans to end it. Michielssen credited Fretz's teaching style with creating an environment that allowed her group to succeed.
"He was pretty bold and very upfront with his feelings or his thoughts on people's ideas," Michielssen said. "He was not afraid to share when something was a good idea and when he didn't think something was a good idea."
Michielssen said her team has hired new members and continues to refine the MMP's algorithm in anticipation of its next iteration. She said Fretz's lessons on teamwork and personal finance stand out as her most important takeaways from the course.
Heather Gaynor, who graduated from the University in 2020, helped create the Scrunchie Shot in November 2019 with her entrepreneurial creativity group. Gaynor is now the chief executive officer of Scrunchie Shot, LLC, which produces scrunchies with flasks hidden inside. Like the MMP, Scrunchie Shot continued to operate past the end of the semester after initial success in the course.
The business has seen success on TikTok after multiple viral videos have helped its growth, but Fretz's support was where it all started, Gaynor said.
"I would not be running my own business if I had not had this class," Gaynor said.
Gaynor also said Fretz's candor set him apart from the other lecturers at the University.
"He's willing to tell you no and be direct about it," Gaynor said. "But he's also willing to be the biggest hype man you've ever had."
Scrunchie Shot debuted ahead of a Michigan football game during the fall 2019 season and sold out within 36 hours, according to Gaynor. Now, Gaynor said the team hopes to continue its momentum and is considering expanding their product line, moving into Amazon or purchasing Big Ten licensing.
Engineering junior Catherine Loder is the chief finance and operating officer at Scrunchie Shot. Loder said Fretz taught practical life skills as well as business strategies to his students.
"He did a finance lecture I'll probably never forget," Loder said. "It was really one of those (moments that make you think) 'Ah, I finally understand what's happening in the finance world thanks to him.'"
Loder said her team has worked well together because of Fretz's lessons on team dynamics and that her group remains in communication with Fretz, whose "wealth of information" has been invaluable to her company's success.
When LSA senior Zachary Layle took the class, he helped create Fifty State Suds, a company that sells soaps that look and smell like American states. While the company currently only sells Michigan soaps, they plan to eventually branch out in making soaps for other states and selling them across the country.
"The plan generally is to get ourselves into stores," Layle said. "And right now, we've been focusing on Michigan as we build our soap base."
Layle said Fretz's course was different from other classes he took at the University because of the level of interaction it offered.
"In this course, not only are you discussing the ideas, but you're actually implementing what you're learning in class with a lot of hands on experience," Layle said.
Fretz acknowledged his teaching style is unusual, but said he thought it allows him to be most effective in achieving his main goal as a lecturer — changing lives.
"I'm very in the weeds, and very up close and personal with my students in a way that is sort of atypical," Fretz said. "But that's where I believe the power is. I'm teaching to change things and people. I want impact."
Daily Staff Reporter Eli Friedman can be reached at elisf@umich.edu.
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Robert Barber wants to tackle oversight agency
by Greg Hambrick September 21, 2010
In 2006, Charleston restaurateur Robert Barber lost one of the closest statewide elections in South Carolina history. Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. André Bauer held on to his seat by less than 0.3 percent. Now, he's returning to the ballot, challenging State Comptroller Richard Eckstrom.
A former school board member and state legislator, Barber says his past campaigns have "had a lot to do with a combination of frustration and impatience with the job being done, along with a general inclination and desire to serve the public in that capacity."
South Carolina's leaders have provided more than enough comedian fodder, with Gov. Mark Sanford taking mysterious trips to Argentina, former Treasurer Thomas Ravenel going to prison for handing out cocaine to his friends, and Congressman Joe Wilson yelling "You lie!" from the cheap seats at a presidential address.
Eckstrom has not escaped the spotlight, though. After refunding the state $669 in 2006 for taking a state car on a family vacation to Minnesota, Eckstrom was parodied in an opening sketch on Saturday Night Live.
"Whether it's a total violation of any kind of law is another question. But it's terrible judgment, clearly," Barber says.
But the embarrassment isn't just on the comedy circuit. The comptroller general is expected to keep the state's books balanced and review expenses and bills.
Eckstrom, who did not return calls seeking comment, has prided himself on greater transparency — opening up credit card charges and other state spending to public scrutiny. But Barber points to two recent headlines that raise questions about the department's oversight.
In April, state officials found an accounting error by the Department of Revenue that led budget writers to spend $60 million they didn't have.
And, this summer, Paul Timothy Moore, former finance director for the Department of Social Services, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $5 million from the state over four years in a scheme that involved writing checks to strippers and possibly hundreds of other people. They'd take a cut and Moore would take the rest. The fraud wasn't found until someone involved contacted authorities.
"If there isn't a process, there should be a process to pick up on that stuff immediately," Barber says. "Any of that could have been addressed by a competent, successful small business owner who has to pay attention to details."
As a business owner, Barber says he's learned to watch his bottom line, while staying connected with "everyday, hard-working people."
"I don't think we'll ever get enough business folks up there who pay taxes and are concerned about taxes and the taxpayer," Barber says.
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Thanks Stinktel. Thanks. Are you going to waive my Starhub data too?
I appreciated the fact that the engineers are working very hard to fix it but… haiz… it's still money, you know?
Truffle salmon scrambled. The scrambled eggs is very very good. Omg. 😍😍😍😍😍 In love with it. Lucky I never order the usual sausages with eggs or eggs benedict. Lol. This is much more awesome.


My love for spending time in Mexico City is well-documented on this blog. Rounding up our week on the Riviera Maya, our return flight out of Mexico City meant we could tag on an extra night staying in the city. All the better for a re-visit to the fabulous St. Regis Hotel, and an opportunity to catch-up with how the foodie scene concentrated in the well-to-do Polanco district had moved on since our last visit three years ago. The idea was to have a leisurely lunch prior to making our way to the airport for our evening departure. Ignoring the usual hyperbole around established players like Pujol, and wanting to avoid a repeat of my less than satisfying visit to Dulce Patria, this time we chose somewhere we felt was a little under the radar despite having won many accolades.
Describing the menu as a 'collision between Mexican flavours and Basque cooking techniques' part of the team behind Biko trained at that infamous temple to gastronomy – El Bulli, and have aimed to stamp their own contemporary vision on the molecular gastronomy movement. Located on Avenida Presidente Maseryk, the main drag running through central Polanco, the entrance to the restaurant can be found discreetly tucked between a row of designer stores. Taking the stairs up to the restaurant, the space opens up into a fairly large dining room, sporting warm wood panelling and suede upholstery in neutral earth tones. The ambience is classy, modern and airy.
With the choice of a degustation menu or a la carte, the menu needs a little bit of explanation to help navigate, so some Spanish skills will come in handy. Going for the degustation menu, we had all sorts of tasty bits; from fish croquettes, to smoked salmon with baby corn and black olive pesto, baby squid with black ink rice and mariscos reduction, parcels of crab meat wrapped in tomato skin with olive citrus reduction and the lovely sea bass with shrimp and mussels on potato gratin. The food here is the main highlight of the experience, which can only be described as bold, exciting and confident. It's also a bargain by London standards.
I can't rave enough about the lunch we had at Biko – that rare combination of unique tastes and textures delivered in bite-sized morsels, while still making you feel like you've had a proper meal. With all the foodie hype that's doing the rounds, they definitely get my vote for one of the best in Mexico City. Make this part of your to-do list when in the well-heeled Polanco district.


Restaurant workers at Harrods are calling on the store to allow staff to vote on who distributes their tips in the latest row over the use of service charges.
Catering staff at the luxury retailer have threatened to strike over claims that Harrods keeps up to 75 per cent of gratuities from its restaurants and cafes.
The United Voices of the World Union (UVW) – which represents Harrods' 483 restaurant employees– says that the practice is costing workers up to £5,000 a year in lost wages.
Harrods uses a Tronc system, where the 12 per cent service charge is distributed among staff by an appointed troncmaster.
But when contacted for comment the store, which is owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, declined to reveal the proportion of tips it paid to employees.
Petros Elia, general secretary of UVW, told BigHospitality the union wanted the store to allow staff to elect their own troncmaster to increase transparency over the way tips are shared.
"At the moment that troncmaster is appointed and is afforded considerable discretion which is of great concern to staff," said Elia.
"Our members believe that, since it is their hard work that is being rewarded, they deserve 100 per cent of the service charge.
"We are…calling for the election of a Tronc committee to monitor, evaluate and report on the activities of the troncmaster in order to ensure fairness, accountability and transparency."
The British Hospitality Association's (BHA) Code of Practice states that it is reasonable for businesses to take a portion of the service charge to cover the administration of running a Tronc.
But Elia argued that Harrods, which saw turnover rise to £788.9m in the year to 30 January 2016, could afford to absorb the costs.
"The service charge and the tipping system generally is a means for Harrods and other restaurants to shift the burden of paying a decent wage from themselves on to the customers," said Elia.
There are more than 20 cafes, restaurants and bars operating in Harrods, and the store has submitted plans to open its first late-night restaurant in the basement space currently occupied by its fine-wine department.
A Harrods spokesperson said: "Harrods is taking steps to improve the current system through which it distributes its service charge, to ensure it best serves our employees and is completing a detailed review into the existing scheme.
But Elia said that the retailer would have to justify its position if it continued to take a cut of the service charge in future.
"Our members would then consider Harrods' position before taking any industrial action," he said.
"Industrial action is always a last resort."
In 2015 Casual Dining Group - operator of the Bella Italia, Cage Rouge and La Tasca brands - scrapped all administration charges on staff tips following major public backlash.


This class will go over studio lighting and shooting techniques as they apply specifically to studio portraiture. A variety of lighting scenarios will be explored emphasizing the use of light and shadow to convey emotion, mood, and capture depth of facial features. Students are encouraged to incorporate various poses, make-up, clothing, and settings, and to evaluate various lighting scenarios to determine the best lighting setup for their work.


Tony Hambrook, former managing director of Alloy Yachts, died peacefully at Mercy Hospice on February 1, surrounded by his family in Auckland, New Zealand.
Tony was one of the great leaders of the superyacht Industry, taking the helm of Alloy Yachts in 1989 and guiding the company through more than 30 years of building award-winning yachts.
A natural born leader, Tony earned the respect and admiration of his employees, colleagues, customers and the industry alike. He had a reputation for being a 'no holds barred' leader who would deliver nothing less than a perfect superyacht to his customers.
Alloy Yachts would build 44 superyachts and be awarded 38 international superyacht awards under his leadership. Many of his customers would return again and again for a yacht built by Tony and his team. The last yacht to be built at Alloy Yachts was the 43.89m Hey Jude in December 2014.
In 2006, Tony was inducted into the Waitakere Business Hall of Fame. In recognition of his honesty, hard work and outstanding contribution to the worldwide community of superyachts, Tony was awarded the International Superyacht Society – Leadership Award in 2009.
His country recognised him when, in 2007, he was awarded the Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for distinguished service in the New Zealand marine export sector.
In 1986 he was appointed Alloy Yachts' production manager and when the company was sold to New Zealand owners, he was asked to manage the entire business. That was 1989 and Tony was managing director until Alloy Yachts closed its doors in 2015.
Tony was the president of the NZ Marine Export Group (Marex) for 10 years and was one of the visionaries who launched the first NZ Millennium Cup in 2000 with 28 superyachts competing.


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British pilgrim completes 6,500km walk from the UK to Saudi Arabia for Hajj
British pilgrim Adam Mohammed has fulfilled his dream of traveling to Makkah on foot to perform the Hajj.
The 52-year-old pilgrim walked through the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan to reach Saudi Arabia, covering a distance of almost 6,500 kilometers in 11 months and 26 days.
He walked an average of 17.8 km a day and reached Ayesha Mosque in Makkah on June 26.
He walked across Europe to complete his journey.
A huge crowd of pilgrims, local residents, and his two daughters who had flown from the UK welcomed him in the holy city.
Mohammed said: "I was so happy to finish my journey and I am overwhelmed by the great welcome, generosity, and love of Saudis and other nationalities. I am so eager to perform Hajj because Hajj has been my greatest dream."
He spoke about what he would do when standing on Mount Arafat.
"I will thank Allah for making this journey possible and for making my all-time goal come true to perform Hajj. This was not an easy journey for me but I had to sacrifice everything for the sake of Allah and humanity.
"I have been preoccupied with reading the Holy Qur'an ever since restrictions were imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Suddenly, I woke up one day and something inside me told me to go to Makkah all the way by foot from my home. I could not ignore this voice and decided to go for it."
It took him just two months to prepare for the arduous journey with help from a British organization and donations from his fellow countrymen.
Mohammed, who is Iraqi-Kurdish, began his journey on Aug. 1, 2021, from his home in Wolverhampton.
He had a cart weighing up to 250 kilos for his personal belongings. "Actually, I built it myself. It is where I ate, slept, and cooked for the journey."
He told Arab News that, except for weather and traveling, he did not face any other challenge on his way to Makkah.
"There were no big difficulties, except for a few stops by police authorities in several countries to inquire about my presence in their land. But they were surprised when they came to know about my unique journey."
Many people came forward to help him during this journey, with some pushing his trolley and others offering him food and a place to rest.
He documented and live-streamed his experience through his channels on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, while also using his platform to spread messages of peace and equality.
Even with 2.8 million likes on TikTok, Mohammed said his journey was not for fame but religion.
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Q: Multiplying objects in javascript I'm doing java script tutorial and i encountered weird piece of code which for the guy doing tutorial work but not for me. And i know why, but i can't figure out why it works for him. He tried and multiplied two objects which i know it can't be done.
Can someone explain me why the following code works for him because result of it, gives me NaN which is normal because it is not a number it's object.
        tool.onKeyDown = function(event) {
                var maxPoint = new Point (view.size.width, view.size.height);
                //Gives screen width {x:600, y:300}
                var randomPoint = new Point.random();
                //Gives random betwen 0-1 {x:.5, y:0.5}
                var point = maxPoint * randomPoint; //multiplying gives him {300,150}
                console.log(point) // NAN
                new Path.Circle(point, 20).fillColor = "orange";
            }

A: You need a new point with the new values:
Multiplication works only with numbers, not with objects. If you need to multiply points, then you have to implement that as an own method of Point.
tool.onKeyDown = function(event) {
    var maxPoint = new Point (view.size.width, view.size.height);
    //Gives screen width {x:600, y:300}
    var randomPoint = new Point.random();
    //Gives random betwen 0-1 {x:.5, y:0.5}
    var point = new Point(maxPoint.x * randomPoint.x, maxPoint.y * randomPoint.y); // gives him {x: 300, y: 150}
    console.log(point) // should return correct result
    new Path.Circle(point, 20).fillColor = "orange";
}

Edit
It works in the example with
<script type="text/javascript" src="paper-full.js"></script>

and a script block with type="text/paperscript"
<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="myCanvas">
// code here
</script>

A: the above code is not vanilla javascript it is using paper.js which allows for point multiplication: http://paperjs.org/reference/point/#multiply
example from docs:
var firstPoint = new Point(5, 10);
var secondPoint = new Point(4, 2);
var result = firstPoint * secondPoint;
console.log(result); // {x: 20, y: 20}

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D.C. Law Library - § 1–204.56b. Performance accountability report.
↪ § 1–204.56b. Performance accountability report.
§ 1–204.56c. Financial plan and report.
(a) Submission of report. — Not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 2001), the Mayor shall develop and submit to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a performance accountability report on activities of the government of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ending on the previous September 30.
(3) A statement of the status of any court orders applicable to the government of the District of Columbia during the year and the steps taken by the government to comply with such orders.
(c) Evaluation of report. — The Comptroller General, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall review and evaluate each performance accountability report submitted under this subsection and not later than April 15 of each year shall submit comments on such report to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Public Law 106-113 in subsec. (a), struck "Authority" and inserted "Mayor".
Pub. L. 106-449, in subsec. (a), substituted "2001" for "1999": and, in subsec. (b)(1), deleted "for an acceptable level of performance and the goal for a superior level of performance" following "stated goal".


In this classic article originally published in the very first edition of The Psychological Bulletin in January 1904, psychology legend William James discusses the influential Chicago school of thought, led by John Dewey.
The rest of the world has made merry over the Chicago man's legendary saying that Chicago hasn't had time to get round to culture yet, but when she does strike her, she'll make her hum.' Already the prophecy is fulfilling itself in a dazzling manner. Chicago has a School of Thought! - a school of thought which, it is safe to predict, will figure in literature as the School of Chicago for twenty-five years to come. Some universities have plenty of thought to show, but no school; others plenty of school, but no thought. The University of Chicago, by its Decennial Publications, shows real thought and a real school. Professor John Dewey, and at least ten of his disciples, have collectively put into the world a statement, homogeneous in spite of so many cooperating minds, of a view of the world, both theoretical and practical, which is so simple, massive, and positive that, in spite of the fact that many parts of it yet need to be worked out, it deserves the title of a new system of philosophy. If it be as true as it is original, its publication must be reckoned an important event. The present reviewer, for one, strongly suspects it of being true.
Like Spencer, again, Dewey makes biology and psychology continuous. 'Life,' or ' experience,' is the fundamental conception; and whether you take it physically or mentally, it involves an adjustment between terms. Dewey's favorite word is 'situation.' A situation implies at least two factors, each of which is both an independent variable and a function of the other variable. Call them E (environment) and O (organism) for simplicity's sake. They interact and develop each other without end; for each action of E upon O changes O, whose reaction in turn upon E changes E, so that E's new action upon O gets different, eliciting a new reaction, and so on indefinitely. The situation gets perpetually 'reconstructed,' to use another of Professor Dewey's favorite words, and this reconstruction is the process of which all reality consists.
I am in some doubt as to whether, in the last resort, Dewey thinks monistically or pluralistically of this reality. He often talks of 'experience' in the singular as if it were one universal process and not a collective name for many particular processes. But all his special statements refer to particular processes only, so I will report him in pluralistic terms.
No biological processes are treated of in this literature, except as incidental to ethical discussion, and the ethical discussions would carry us too far afield. I will confine myself therefore to the psychological or epistemological doctrines of the school.
"In psychological terms we may say, in explanation of the judging process, that some stimulus to action has failed to function properly as a stimulus, and that the activity which was going on has been interrupted. Response in the accustomed way has failed. In such a case there arises a division in experience into sensation content as subject and ideal content as predicate. In other words, - upon failure of the accustomed stimulus to be adequate - activity ceases, and is resumed in an integral form only when a new habit is set up to which the new or altered stimulus is adequate. It is in this process of reconstruction that subject and predicate appear." The old subject (the that of the situation) stands for the interrupted habit, the new subject (the that with the new what added) stands for the new habit begun. The predicate is thus essentially hypothetical — the situations to which the use of it leads may have quickly to be reconstructed in turn. In brief, S is a stimulus intellectually irritating; P is an hypothesis in response; SP is a mental action, which normally is destined to lead or pass into action in a wider sense. The sense of ' objectivity' in the S emerges emphatically only when the P is problematic and the action undefined. Then only does the S arrest attention, and its contrast with the self become acute. 'Knowing; therefore, or the conscious relation of the object to the self, is thus only an incident in the wider process of 'adjustment,' which includes unconscious adjustments as well.
This leads Professor Dewey and his disciples to a peculiar view of 'fact.' What is a fact? A fact and a theory have not different natures, as is usually supposed, the one being objective, the other subjective. They are both made of the same material, experience-material namely, and their difference relates to their way of functioning solely. What is fact for one epoch, or for one inquirer, is theory for another epoch or another inquirer. It is 'fact' when it functions steadily; it is ' theory ' when we hesitate. 'Truth' is thus in process of formation like all other things. It consists not in conformity or correspondence with an externally fixed archetype or model. Such a thing would be irrelevant even if we knew it to exist. Truth consists in a character inclosed within the 'situation.' Whenever a situation has the maximum of stability, and seems most satisfactory to its own subject-factor, it is true for him. If accused here of opening the door to systematic protagoreanism, Professsor Dewey would reply that the concrete facts themselves are what keep his scepticism from being systematic in any practically objectionable sense. Experience is continually enlarging, and the object-factors of our situations are always getting problematic, making old truths unsatisfactory, and obliging new ones to be found. The object-factors moreover are common to ourselves and others; and our truths have to be mated with those of our fellow men. The real safeguard against caprice of statement and indetermination of belief is that there is a 'grain' in things against which we can't practically go. But as the grain creates itself from situation to situation, so the truth creates itself pari passu, and there is no eternally standing system of extra-subjective verity to which our judgments, ideally and in advance of the facts, are obliged to conform.
There are two great gaps in the system, which none of the Chicago writers have done anything to fill, and until they are filled, the system, as a system, will appear defective. There is no cosmology, no positive account of the order of physical fact, as contrasted with mental fact, and no account of the fact (which I assume the writers to believe in) that different subjects share a common object-world. These lacunae can hardly be inadvertent — we shall doubtless soon see them filled in some way by one or another member of the school.
I might go into much greater technical detail, and I might in particular make many a striking quotation. But I prefer to be exceedingly summary, and merely to call the reader's attention to the importance of this output of Chicago University. Taking it en gros, what strikes me most in it is the great sense of concrete reality with which it is filled. It seems a promising via media between the empiricist and transcendentalist tendencies of our time. Like empiricism, it is individualistic and phenomenalistic; it places truth in rebus, and not ante rem. It resembles transcendentalism, on the other hand, in making value and fact inseparable, and in standing for continuities and purposes in things. It employs the genetic method to which both schools are now accustomed. It coincides remarkably with the simultaneous movement in favor of 'pragmatism' or 'humanism' set up quite independently at Oxford by Messrs. Schiller and Sturt. It probably has a great future, and is certainly something of which Americans may be proud. Professor Dewey ought to gather into another volume his scattered essays and addresses on psychological and ethical topics, for now that his philosophy is systematically formulated, these throw a needed light.