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Fishing For Beginners With Whitechurch Youth Group Hailed A Success
#Angling - Whitechurch Youth Group from Rathfarnham in Dublin has once again taken up angling as part of Inland Fisheries Ireland's Dublin Angling Initiative (DAI).
The youth group recently embarked on lessons in the basics of fly fishing, one of the most popular forms of angling.
Students picked up the basics of fly fishing equipment, fly tying and fly casting very quickly. And after a couple of lessons on dry land in Whitechurch, they were ready to go to the river bank and put their skills into practice at a popular angling spot in Milltown.
That's where Matthew McDonald caught a wild brown trout assisted by his friend Nicky O'Hagan on their first fishing trip with the DAI.
Whitechurch Youth Group previously ran a fly-tying programme for fly fishing during the Winter months for several years. After a two year break from fly-tying, they have decided to re-introduce it to the youth group's programme over the next few months.
IFI's initiative offers young people from national and secondary schools, summer projects and youth services the opportunity to attend fishing courses throughout the summer.
Among them are young people from the Sphere 17 youth group in Darndale, North Dublin, who took part in a nighttime fishing event in Maynooth recently.
To date, thousands of young people have been introduced to sea, coarse and game angling and the initiative has been a catalyst in setting up fishing clubs for young people throughout the country.
"We have partnered with Whitechurch Youth Group for many years in showing young people what fishing is all about," said DAI co-ordinator Oisin Cahill. "Fly Fishing is a particularly enjoyable type of fishing and it was great to see how quickly the youth group members picked up the art of fly tying and casting.
"Fishing is a hobby which can be enjoyed at any age. It is fantastic to see so many young people take up angling through the Dublin Angling Initiative.
"We would encourage anyone interested to try it out and discover a pastime which will have a positive impact on your health and wellbeing as well as being good fun."
For further information on the DAI, visit www.fisheriesireland.ie or contact Oisin Cahill at [email protected]
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Dublin Angling Initiative
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Anglers Urged to Stay Safe on the Water
Inland Fisheries Ireland and Irish Water Safety have outlined water safety advice in light of 18 angling related deaths in last three years.
Anglers in Ireland are reminded of the importance of staying safe on the water as they enjoy fishing on Ireland's rivers, lakes and seas. There have been 18 angling related drownings in Ireland since 2014 according to Inland Fisheries Ireland and Irish Water Safety, who have joined forces to highlight water safety to the angling community.
Drownings relating to angling are quite common in Ireland with four deaths reported this year. There were nine deaths reported related to angling in 2015 and a further five in 2014. In total, 122 people drowned in Ireland last year, equating to ten deaths every month with drownings often happening quickly, silently and in shallow water. Irish Water Safety advises anglers to follow these steps to avoid any danger on or near the water:
Wear a lifejacket when on or near the water and make sure that it has a correctly fitting crotch strap.
Supervise children at all times near water - 30 children aged 14 and under drowned in the last ten years.
Check locally concerning dangerous currents and carry an alternative means of propulsion.
Train for your aquatic activity at www.safetyzone.ie.
Watch for changing weather. Be prepared to seek shelter in good time.
Learn swimming and lifesaving skills, available nationwide for all ages through Irish Water Safety.Avoid alcohol as it impairs judgment, balance and coordination, all of which are essential for boating.
In Marine Emergencies, call 112 and ask for the coastguard.
Ireland is a popular destination for angling with 74,000 kilometres of rivers and streams, 128,000 hectares of lakes and over 5,500 kilometres of coastline. There are approximately 273,000 domestic anglers in Ireland with a further 163,000 visitors enjoying fishing during a trip to Ireland in 2015.
Suzanne Campion, Inland Fisheries Ireland said: "Ireland is a popular and unique location for fishing which we want anglers to enjoy. Angling can have a positive effect on health and well-being and it is something that can be enjoyed at any age or ability. In light of recent tragedies however, we would appeal to anglers to wear a life jacket at all times whether near or on the water and to follow Irish Water Safety's top tips to stay safe at all times."
Irish Boat 'Screaming Reels' from Cork Wins Rosslare Small Boats Festival for Eighth Time
The Irish boat 'Screaming Reels' has won the Rosslare Small Boats Angling Festival for a record eighth year in what was a very tight competition. This is the sixth year in a row that the crew from Rosie's Sea Angling Club from Midleton in Cork, who first started fishing the competition in 2008, has won. They beat 43 other boats from Britain and Ireland catching 30 different species of fish for 28.03 kilos. This prestigious competition generates in the region of €300,000 for the local economy, bringing jobs and employment to Wexford.
Sponsored by Inland Fisheries Ireland, Garmin, DAIWA, Wexford County Council, Fáilte Ireland, Sea Angler magazine and IPB Insurance, the 31st festival attracted more than 138 anglers from Wales, Scotland, Isle of Wight, Manchester, Liverpool and Portsmouth as well as domestic anglers from Ireland. The high standard of competition, combined with a quality angling product, continues to attract the best boat anglers in Great Britain and Ireland in what is now regarded as the finest small boat fishing competition in Europe. This was evident again this year with 12 new boats attending the Festival, with many coming from Wales.
Weather conditions on the day were challenging with gale force winds delaying the start of the competition. The winds eased during the week allowing boats to be launched from Kilmore Quay every day enabling them to target all species. The competition was fierce and the boats recorded up to 21 species on the first day (a new record) with the boat 'Even Less' in the lead for the first two days. This continued throughout the week with many boats neck and neck over a number of days.
One third of the boats caught 22 different types of fish species with 36 different fish species recorded in total throughout the festival. It was 'Screaming Reels' from Midleton, Cork however who got to the finish line first with 30 species of fish after four days fishing. The heaviest fish was a bull huss of 6.25kgs caught by Ralph Barkley on the boat 'Seeker'.
The winning boat 'Screaming Reels' consisted of crew Martyn Rayner (skipper) Seirt Shults and Neville Murphy who have continued to raise the bar of the Rosslare Small Boats Fishing Competition. Second place went to the boat 'Even Less' (Wesley Lewis, Steve Mills and Steve Arnold) from Gosport Angling Club in Portsmouth with 28 species for 16.10 kilos. In third place was 'Joe 90' (John Meaning, Dave Weatherby and Graham Cuff) from the Isle of Wight with 26 species for 21.16 kilos.
Inland Fisheries Ireland was present at the event with a marine fish tank for the purpose of displaying fish species that were caught during the competition. Staff from Inland Fisheries Ireland were on hand to educate the public about the fish species on offer from Kilmore Quay. The educational benefits of the marine tank and practising catch and release for marine species are hugely beneficial in terms of conservation and creating public awareness of Ireland's marine resource. The public were able to view marine fish such as ballan wrasse, smoothound, gurnard and dabs which were kept in the fish tank and released back into their marine habitat alive. An overwhelming effort was made by anglers to release marine species back alive to the ocean, which was hugely supported by Kilmore Quay harbour master and staff at Wexford County Council.
The prize giving ceremony took place at 'Redmond's The Bay, where there were fantastic prizes worth in the region of €20,000 on offer including fishing equipment, cash prizes and engraved trophies. A presentation was made to the RNLI in Kilmore Quay who were represented by Johnny Moore who anglers thanked for their generosity.
John Belger, UK organiser of the competition said: 'I would like to congratulate all competitors on their success at the 31st Rosslare Small Boats festival. I would also like to thank our sponsors Garmin, DAIWA, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Wexford County Council, Fáilte Ireland, Sea Angler magazine and IPB Insurance for their generosity and look forward to seeing you all next year'.
The Rosslare Small Boats Festival 2017 will take place from the 9th – 16th September 2017.
Rosslare Small Boats Festival
Inland Fisheries Ireland Plan Aims To Boost Irish Angling Sector Worth €836m
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the state agency responsible for Ireland's inland fisheries, has launched its new Corporate Plan 2016-2020. The plan sees IFI setting out ambitious goals to drive its work around the protection, conservation, promotion and development of Ireland's fisheries resource over the next five years. Among these goals is the growth of angling with a view to increasing the number of domestic and international anglers in Ireland. Angling in Ireland is currently worth €836 million to Ireland's economy annually, supporting upwards of 11,000 jobs.
IFI's Corporate Plan also focuses on the protection and conservation of freshwater fish species in Ireland and it outlines how modern protection services incorporating technology will efficiently protect the resource. Staff have recently adopted new technologies to help them protect Ireland's rivers and lakes with Fisheries Officers now routinely using equipment such as spotting scopes, night sights, thermal imaging equipment and mobile phone apps to assist them in their work. They are also using kayaks, all-terrain vehicles, quads and bikes on fisheries patrols.
IFI has also outlined a greater focus on fish habitats and their development to ensure fish populations thrive, an objective which will be progressed as part of the implementation of the National Strategy for Angling Development (NSAD), the first comprehensive framework for the development of the Irish angling resource. The future health of Ireland's angling resource is dependent on ensuring that Ireland's fish populations and habitats are protected and conserved. This Strategy will deliver significant economic benefits in rural communities where much of angling takes place. It also offers the opportunity to improve the current economic impact of angling by €60 million per year and to support an extra 1,400 Irish jobs.
Ciaran Byrne, CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland said: "Inland Fisheries Ireland has a huge jurisdiction with 74,000 kilometres of rivers and streams, 128,000 hectares of lakes and over 5,500 kilometres of coastline. Over the next five years, IFI will utilise information and communication technologies and equipment to secure greater efficiencies in the protection of these fisheries.
We know that angling is at a turning point in this country and it is vital that we reinvigorate the sector. Angling supports economic development opportunities and jobs, often in rural and peripheral communities. This plan outlines how with the right budgetary and staff resources, we can maximise the potential of the resource while also ensuring that our environmental stewardship leaves the inland fisheries and sea angling sectors in a better position."
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Rural Angling Projects To Benefit From €500k Funding
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured funding of €536,886 to develop key angling projects in rural areas. The investment will see development of new recreational facilities and the maintenance of existing angling infrastructure across eight significant projects. Inland Fisheries Ireland collaborated with county councils, chambers of commerce and other local community organisations in the development of these projects to proposal stage and will now continue to work closely with them through the implementation of the initiatives. The funding was awarded by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs as part of the Government's programme to support rural development.
The package will see projects delivered in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Cloone, Co. Leitrim, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Newscastle, Co. Tipperary, Carrick-On-Shannon and Donamon, Co. Roscommon, Kilconnell, Co. Galway, Gweebarra, Co. Donegal and Ballinalee, Co. Longford. It will invest in projects such as river bank restoration, a fishery recreation hub, access for coarse angling and fishing points (fishing stands, jetties, boat slips, car parking) which will allow for international match events and upgrade of existing disabled angling facility to include attractive, accessible lakeside and river bank walks.
The projects form part of the National Strategy for Angling Development (NSAD), the comprehensive national framework for the development of Ireland's angling resource. The NSAD, developed by Inland Fisheries Ireland in consultation with stakeholders, will deliver a wide-ranging set of investments, innovations and promotions over the coming five years. This will ensure that Ireland's fish stocks and angling infrastructure are protected and enhanced for both their economic value and recreational benefit to the communities and visitors they serve across Ireland.
Inland Fisheries Ireland says the investment in rural angling is crucial in order to realise the benefits which can accrue from the natural fisheries resource. In 2015, Ireland attracted 163,000 overseas visitors who fished with a further 273,000 domestic anglers in the country. The sector contributes €836 million to the Irish economy and supports over 11,000 jobs, often in rural and peripheral communities. Effective and sustainable implementation of the NSAD will ensure stability of existing jobs and businesses reliant on angling, and the creation of new jobs as the economic impact of angling grows.
Ciaran Byrne, CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland said: "Inland Fisheries Ireland is delighted to secure this funding for the development of projects which will play an important role in creating a world class fisheries resource which will have significant benefits for rural communities. The fisheries resource in Ireland is extensive and investment is vital to ensure its ongoing protection, conservation and development.
I would like to thank the communities involved for their commitment to the proposed projects to date. We look forward to working closely with these communities and local representative groups as we grow their unique angling offering."
Inland Fisheries Ireland funding projects
Inland Fisheries Ireland has been awarded funding for the above projects
German Anglers Take Top Prize in Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships
German duo Jens Koschnick and Thorsten Kusters scooped this year's Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships title and the €10,000 prize In a week with some of the best weights seen in the five years of this competition the relative newcomers to the Irish scene held an impressive lead all the way through. Consistent fishing saw a second place finish from Ireland regulars Rod Scott and Michael Buchwalder pick up the €5,000 cheque in second place with the 2015 title holders and brothers Steve and Phil Ringer move up from 9th to 3rd place in a sensational finish to the competition.
As Afloat.ie reported previously, the Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships is Ireland's most prestigious coarse angling event and attracted almost 100 of the best anglers from Ireland, Europe & beyond and bringing over €150,000 into the local economy. The challenge of catching the natural wild fish so prolific in Ireland's Lakelands, is one aspect of the Competition but the World Pairs has the added difficulty of doing so in partnership, with both angler's catches contributing to the overall weight for the daily and overall prizes. Run over 5 locations on both sides of the border over 5 days of competition the World Pairs is the ultimate in angling competitions!
Fáilte Ireland and Waterways Ireland have sponsored the World Pairs for the past five years, providing the top prizes with further support from Fermanagh-Omagh District Council & Cavan County Council. The active support of DAERA Inland Fisheries and Inland Fisheries Ireland has also been essential for a successful event with their expertise and resources in finding venues, preparing pegs, the bio-security measures and the stewarding for the events.
World Pairs Result
1: Jens Koschnick and Thorsten Küsters, 189.905 kg
2: Michael Buchwalder and Rod Scott, 174.010 kg
3: Phil Ringer and Steve Ringer, 168.790 kg
4: Will Freeman and Andy Leathers, 161.030 kg
5: Cathal Hughes and Philip Jackson, 156.550 kg
6: Nick Howell and Tommy Hillier, 154.055kg
7: Steve Fleming and Dean Barlow, 147.850kg
8: Lee Addy and Paul Keeley, 146.160kg
9: David Herron and James O'Doherty, 142.050
10: Darren Davies and Bob Nudd, 139.360kg
Dublin Angling Initiative Hosts First Night Fishing Event With Darndale Youth Group
#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland's Dublin Angling Initiative (DAI) recently hosted its first nighttime fishing event at Meadow View Fisheries in Maynooth, Co Kildare.
A group of young people from Sphere 17 youth group in Darndale attended the event and fished for six hours from 7pm until 2am, enjoying good catches of roach, rudd and perch.
Nighttime angling equipment and techniques were introduced to the young people, who took little time to master the pursuit. During the event, the DAI also provided a barbecue to feed the hungry anglers.
The DAI aims to promote, develop and improve angling in the greater Dublin area. During the summer months, young people from national and secondary schools, summer projects and youth services are taken out on fishing courses.
To date, thousands of young people have been introduced to sea, coarse and game angling and the initiative has been a catalyst in setting up fishing clubs for many of these young people.
Oisin Cahill, DAI co-coordinator at Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), said: "Night fishing is an entirely different type of fishing, which the group from Sphere 17 had not experienced previously.
"We were delighted to show them the techniques required and provide them with the right equipment to enable them to try it out.
"Feedback on the night was very positive and another such event is already being planned."
The DAI welcomes enquiries from all groups or individuals interested in its programmes and services. For further information, visit www.fisheriesireland.ie or contact Oisin Cahill at [email protected]
World Pairs Angling Championships Underway
The Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships, Ireland's most prestigious coarse angling event has begun, attracting over 100 of the best anglers from Ireland, Europe & beyond and bringing over €150,000 into the local economy.
The challenge of catching the natural wild fish so prolific in Ireland's Lakelands, is one aspect of the Competition but the World Pairs has the added difficulty of doing so in partnership, with both angler's catches contributing to the overall weight for the daily and overall prizes. Run over 5 locations on both sides of the border over 5 days of competition the World Pairs is the ultimate in angling competitions!
The angling zone for this event is the one hour zone from Killadeas to the North on Lough Erne and Garadice on the Shannon-Erne Waterway in Leitrim in the South. The cross border nature of the event is an important feature of the competition for the sponsors Lakelands & Inland Waterways, the tourism brand owned by Fáilte Ireland and Waterways Ireland. The excellence of the angling venues is ideal for the event, but it is their close proximity (max 30 minutes drive to the peg from the draw location) which allows this partnership event to work.
Failte Ireland and Waterways Ireland continue to sponsor the World Pairs, providing the top prizes with further support from Fermanagh-Omagh District Council & Cavan County Council. The active support of DAERA Inland Fisheries and Inland Fisheries Ireland is essential as they have the expertise and resources to finding venues, prepare pegs, the bio-security measures and the stewarding for the events.
Sharon Lavin, Head of Marketing, Waterways Ireland, stated "the Lakeland & Inland Waterways World Pairs has shone a spotlight on the high quality and large quantity of wild fish in Ireland's Lakelands. The international anglers coming to the event don't just come for the World Pairs, they stay for over a week, in local accommodations and enjoy the hospitality of our local restaurants and bars, and many stay on for a 2nd week to further enjoy the angling the area has to offer, easily adding over €150,000 to the local economy"
The Top prize of €10k and second prize of €5k are at the top of a full range of prizes including the DAIWA Cup, an individual entry competition running inside the Pairs with a full entry payout providing cash for 5 peg sections, daily by county and a top ten overall topped up by a massive £8,500 in tackle vouchers from DAIWA Sports Ltd.
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Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat Assist Anglers After Breakdown
Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat in Cork Harbour was requested to launch yesterday evening at 9.45pm to reports of a speedboat broken down and adrift approximately one km south west of Trabolgan.
In calm conditions with a slight sea,the volunteer crew, under the command of Alan Venner with Ian Venner, Aoife Dinan and Vince Fleming on board headed to the area at best speed.
On arrival, the two anglers onboard the vessel had attempted remedial work with no results. The crew of the lifeboat then established a tow and landed the casualty at Crosshaven boatyard.
The lifeboat returned to station at 11.30pm and is currently being washed down and refuelled by the shore crew before being declared ready for service.
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Trout Production Agreement Between Inland Fisheries Ireland & Angling Federations
The Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) met yesterday with a joint delegation from the National Anglers Representative Association and Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland to discuss IFI's proposal to exit the production of trout for the re-stocking of angling lakes.
As a result of these discussions the Board of IFI has agreed to defer its proposal indefinitely. However, in the discussions the parties recognised that there are significant economic, environmental and biological issues surrounding the current production facilities which IFI needs to resolve. Inland Fisheries Ireland is committed to developing and seeking funding for a comprehensive strategy to meet current and future trout production needs, contingent on obtaining the significant investment required. The parties to the discussions agreed to continue to work closely together to deliver this strategy.
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Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2018
by judith varley
The meeting opened with an address by Debbie Abrahams MP. She gave us a brief but comprehensive summary of the difficulties we all see everywhere, every day, and tied them firmly to the Austerity policies introduced and implemented ruthlessly by the Coalition and Tory governments since 2010. Widening inequality is THE biggest issue of our times, she said, greater here than elsewhere in Europe and in the OECD. Income disparities are worse for the poor, with children and women losing out disproportionately, with impact on reducing growth too. None of these matters were recognised in the Chancellor's Spring statement, though they had all been foreseen by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary. England has become the country of poor pay, job insecurity and the 'self employed', (most earning less than a living wage). Debt was flat-lining as a whole, but has increased in the poorest of the population. Education should be about preparing children for life, not just as workers and social security should provide for those out of work, children, the elderly and those who have become sick and disabled; with £34 billiion cuts already and more to come, the policy was an absolute failure.
The largest wealth determinants are land and property, and as fewer people own these, and their holdings have increased, they have led to further increased generational and power inequalities – the business of who makes the decisions and how. Add to these factors, lower investment and a shift in funds from poorer to wealthier areas, we now have differences reminiscent of Victorian times. Relating funding to the age profile, England is now below the EU average, public spending is down and life expectation down too (Marmot June and Dec 2017), whilst the state pension age has risen. In England, 300,000 more pensioners are in poverty than in 2010, 4 million children in poverty are in working households, with CPAG estimating 900,000 are under 5 years. 3.7 million disabled people have had social service cuts since the Health and Social Security Act (2012), with twice as many now living in poverty. Although 4 million disabled people want to work, only 25,000 have found paid employment. Disabled access to a full public life, employment and other opportunities continues to be poor or absent contradicting the manifesto mantra, 'Nothing about me, without me'. This is a catalogue of failure at the most basic levels. She ended by suggesting we need a new social contract, a Beveridge for our times.
Debbie was thanked for her contribution.
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Agenda with apologies
Minutes of the 2017 Annual General Meeting
Accepted by Vivien Giladi and seconded by Mike Roberts
Alex Scott-Samuel as Chair and Jean Hardiman Smith as Secretary had been re-elected unopposed
Tom Fitzgerald was re-elected as Treasurer
Two auditors were appointed, Councillor Mark Ladbrooke, nominated by Tom Fitzgerald and seconded by Helen Cranage, and James Gill, self nominated and seconded by Mike Roberts.
A new position of Minutes Secretary was suggested by Jean Hardiman Smith and Judith Varley was proposed by Vivien Giladi, seconded by Helen Cranage
Twenty new Central Council members had been elected. Several branch AGMs had been held shortly before the Central Council AGM. This had led to confusion as some branch Central Council delegates were also present on the national Central Council list of candidates for election.
Vivien Walsh was thanked for her work as election scrutineer and for her timely report. The second scrutineer's report was not yet available. The election results were accepted and the officers needed to see the second scrutineer's report. Mike Roberts suggested outstanding issues should be examined by the officers to give a rapid response, with confidentiality for any additional areas of concern.
Jean Hardiman Smith apologised that her report was still as notes currently.
Constitutional amendments
It had been proposed and agreed at an earlier CC meeting that branch AGMs should have at least 4 weeks notice given, and ordinary branch meetings 2 weeks. John Lipetz proposed a further amendment – that in addition to this, branch AGMs should be held well before the national AGM. Further debate led to agreement that branch elections should be concluded no less than 3 and no more than 12 weeks prior to the national Central Council ballot being circulated so that branch delegates already on Central Council did not contest national places. A clarifying statement was added to the effect that anyone succeeding in a branch election to Central Council will not be eligible to stand in the national election in that cycle.
Martin Rathfelder had proposed that SHA should in future have 2 rather than 4 vice chairs and they should have honorary officer status. Andy Thompson was in favour of keeping 4. Caroline Bedale suggested up to 4 vice chairs be retained in order to support special areas of work and to prepare reports for the AGM. The amendment was withdrawn.
It was agreed that Martin should have 3 weeks advance notice of any proposed change of dates/venues for either Central Council or AGM
With more women amongst Central Council delegates, a Women's Group with a core of 3 CC members should be inaugurated, and it would need to meet to be effective. Alison Scouller covered maternity issues and she commented that in practice it was difficult to arrange meetings since everyone was so busy.
Mark Ladbrooke said SHA needed a grievance policy, perhaps based on that of the Labour Party. Grievance issues should not be raised at the AGM. (NB SHA does have a a grievance procedure)
Martin commented that membership was increasing substantially (now provisionally 964) and new branches were being created – all welcome developments, although the distribution of branches was concentrated in safe Labour areas. Could all members think about recruiting members in neighbouring Tory areas?
Tony Beddow had long thought a review of SHA organisation was overdue considering the skills, competences, gaps in expertise etc amongst Central Council delegates, and proposed some professional backup working with Martin. (???Mark Appleby) suggested we should welcome more disabled members recognising that they might need further support, financial and other to participate. Tony Jewell commented that his locale, Fenland, was large and diffuse and it was difficult to organise a local group – suggestions as to how this could be done and how many people were needed to create a viable branch etc.. would be welcome. SHA should try to attract more young (defined as under 27) and BAME members. In general, more structure was needed to help new members and more local activities organised, but in general, local groups giving opportunities for members to meet, discuss, connect, pick up ideas for campaigns etc.. were all beneficial. Martin said national funds were available to pay for meeting rooms for branch meetings. Organisational issues to be on the next Central Council agenda
Tony Beddow said that affiliation costs to the Welsh Labour Party had risen 4-fold from £60 – this was on the basis that SHA was equivalent to a Union and had at least 1000 members. This needs to be taken up at national level. Martin has raised the issue of affiliation costs previously and will take it up with the Democracy Review.
Tony Jewell suggested we could gift aid subscriptions to the David Stark Murray Trust, think in terms of legacies and investigate and revive it – all and Martin to do.
Caroline Bedale wanted information about local branch activities and Martin said he would organise a page for each branch on the website for this purpose.
Affiliation to other organisations were agreed as follows: The Labour Party, Medact, James Lind Alliance (supports evidence based medicine), Smoke Free Action, KONP, Health Campaigns Together (HCT), Equality Trust, and European Public Health Alliance. New NHS Alliance was disaffiliated although Brian Fisher, a NNA officer, spoke in its support. Vivien Giladi stated that HCT was moving towards building solid links with Trade Unions. Tony O'Sullivan said KONP groups were maximising working together and had a new website. A London demonstration for the 70th birthday of the NHS on 30 June was planned and they were working on the Naylor Report and Virgin Healthcare.
1 Caroline Walsh, represented at the meeting by Martin, was involved in the Handbook on the Equality Act. The Act applied to all organisations including the SHA. It should be easier for people to participate, perhaps electronically. This was welcomed, we would commend it to the Labour Party and make a financial contribution to effecting it. Meetings might be streamlined – the Manchester youth group might help with this.
This Association welcomes the legal handbook "Equality Act 2010 (disability) and the Labour Party" produced by the Disability Equality Act Labour group. The hard work that has gone into this document by disabled members and experts in the field are to be commended. We commend the handbook to the Labour Party and call for it to be accepted, in its entirety, as official Party guidance. We agree to make a donation of £50 towards a print run to enable the group to make the handbook available at Party events including conference.
The resolution was carried.
Our meetings need to move around the country, and care taken to review dates we have already and to avoid clashes with other meetings
Policy discussions
Brian Fisher reported on the work with the Labour shadow health team. A small group had tackled Primary Care initially, specifically the independent status of GPs, the Out of Hours situation, Social Care and how to integrate it. They aimed to develop a brief leaflet, 3 pp in soundbite sentences. The front bench want expertise, not necessarily from the SHA or Labour Party members. Jacky Davis asked how we know group recruits agree with our views. Brian stressed that confidentiality was crucial throughout and that policy was not a 'silo' situation – housing, education, socio-economic factors all contributed. The people to speak on other topics had not been decided, but the numbers must be small and security 'tight'. Mental health was to be covered next
Central Council meeting
The AGM was followed by a brief Central Council meeting at which four vice chairs were elected. Two women – Alison Scouller and Diane Jones – were nominated and elected unopposed. X men were nominated, and Tony Beddow and Andy Thompson were elected.
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For Rethinking HOME Kevin van Braak - grandson of a secret agent in the Dutch Marines during the police actions in Indonesia - transposed historical black and white photographs taken at the time by the Dutch military onto Batik cloth. Hundreds of thousands of tiny dots in wax, made using a traditional Indonesian technique, cause the image to look like old newspaper photo's. The image lost sharpness due to the enlargement and the quality of the 70-year old original. Pixelled onto cloth, it loses even more of its sharpness.
From close up you cannot see what it is, yet neither can you be certain from afar. Just like the history connected to the old photographs: no one has a clear understanding of what exactly happened. You are always looking at something you will never be fully certain of.
explain the histories of buildings, objects and contexts. Time tends to change events and how hard we try to keep the facts, the written and visual materials that witnesses to these events, seem to be subject to transformation. Through imitation, restoration, adaptation and transformation of these relics, he tries to give their historical development and (former) ideololgische features a voice through visualization and interpretation.


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Swiss Politics
Strict anti-Covid measures applied to Swiss mass events
Spectators in sports arenas - indoors or outside - must be seated and stadiums can only be at 2/3 of their capacities. Keystone/Peter Schneider
The government has announced a series of conditions for the resumption of mass events in Switzerland, which have been limited since March to curb the spread of coronavirus infections.
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Español (es) Eventos masivos, pero bajo estrictas condiciones
Português (pt) Suíça aplica medidas rigorosas contra Covid-19 em grandes eventos
Interior Minister Alain Berset, whose portfolio includes health issues, said events with more than 1,000 participants were important for society, notably sports and culture, as well as the economy.
"It's good news for the public, but it's a huge responsibility for the organisers," Berset told a news conference on Wednesday.
As of October, mass events need permission by cantonal authorities which have to base their decisions on the epidemiological situation in the region and the tracing capacities. Organisers also have to put in place protection measures to prevent a new spike in Covid-19 cases.
National football and ice-hockey matches – the most popular sports events in Switzerland – are also allowed to admit crowds of spectators again.
However, spectators must wear hygiene face masks and be seated. The maximum number of sold tickets must not exceed two thirds of the normal capacity. The sale of alcohol will be permitted.
Berset said Switzerland was one of the first countries in Europe to authorise a return of mass events.
"It's another step towards normalising the situation without losing control," he said. The government introduced sweeping restrictions on public life in March and started easing them gradually three months later.
However, Berset warned it is crucial for Switzerland that the pandemic remains under control during the autumn and winter months.
He acknowledged that the government decision made it particularly difficult for organisers of cultural events.
In a first reaction, the cantonal authorities have described their task as "very challenging".
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Which film will win the Best Picture at the 2022 Golden Globes?
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Our look at the Best Picture nominated films at the 2022 Golden Globes
With the 2022 Golden Globes just around the corner on 9th January, we take a look at each of the films nominated for Best Picture Drama.
Dir: Kenneth Branagh | Universal Pictures
Taking place during the 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, the story follows 9 year old Buddy living in Belfast with his Protestant family as they get sucked into the violence filling the streets. Based loosely on the childhood of director and writer Kenneth Branagh, the film pays tribute to the families in Belfast who lived through The Troubles, with great performances from Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench and debut actor Jude Hill.
Dir: Sian Heder | Apple TV+
An English-language of the French original, CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) follows Ruby, the only member of her family who can hear, who helps her parents and brother keep their business going. Ruby goes to audition for the school choir but panics as she had been bullied for her speech as a child. After being accepted, she is drawn to her latent passion for singing.
Dir: Denis Villeneuve | Warner Bros. Pictures
The second big screen adaptation of the epic novel from Frank Herbert, Dune focuses the story of Paul, the son of a noble family to protect their claimed desert planet and its precious resource 'spice', a substance that allows heightened vitality. Dune features an all-star cast, including Timothée Chalet, Rebecca Ferguson and Javier Bardem.
Dir: Reinaldo Marcus Green | Warner Bros. Pictures
This biographical film follows Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, as he aims to turn the two into the professional tennis players we know today, overcoming the insurmountable odds against a primarily white, upper-class sport, with an amazing performance from Will Smith in the title role.
Dir: Jane Campion | Netflix
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in this western drama about a domineering rancher Phil, who behaves cruelly towards his brother's new wife and son Peter. After abuse from Phil and his range hands, Peter discovers Phil's homosexuality and Phil starts to show decency to Peter, yet continually lashes out at his mother Rose.
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Q: How to detect aboutness with python pos tagger I am working with python to take a facebook status, tell what the status is about and the sentiment. Essentially I need to tell what the sentiment refers to, I already have successfully coded a sentiment analyzer so the trouble is getting a POS tagger to compute what the sentiment is referring to.
If you have any suggestions from experience I would be grateful. I've read some papers on computing aboutness from subject-object, NP-PP, and NP-NP relations but haven't seen any good examples and havent found many papers.
Lastly if you have worked with POS-taggers, what would be my best bet in python as a non-computer scientist. I'm a physicist so I can hack code together but don't want to reinvent the wheel if there exists a package that has everything I'm going to need.
Thank you very much in advance!

A: This is what I found to work, going to edit it and use it with nltk pos tagger and see what results I can get.
import nltk
from nltk.corpus import brown

# http://thetokenizer.com/2013/05/09/efficient-way-to-extract-the-main-topics-of-a-sentence/

# This is our fast Part of Speech tagger
#############################################################################
brown_train = brown.tagged_sents(categories='news')
regexp_tagger = nltk.RegexpTagger(
    [(r'^-?[0-9]+(.[0-9]+)?$', 'CD'),
     (r'(-|:|;)$', ':'),
     (r'\'*$', 'MD'),
     (r'(The|the|A|a|An|an)$', 'AT'),
     (r'.*able$', 'JJ'),
     (r'^[A-Z].*$', 'NNP'),
     (r'.*ness$', 'NN'),
     (r'.*ly$', 'RB'),
     (r'.*s$', 'NNS'),
     (r'.*ing$', 'VBG'),
     (r'.*ed$', 'VBD'),
     (r'.*', 'NN')
])
unigram_tagger = nltk.UnigramTagger(brown_train, backoff=regexp_tagger)
bigram_tagger = nltk.BigramTagger(brown_train, backoff=unigram_tagger)
#############################################################################

# This is our semi-CFG; Extend it according to your own needs
#############################################################################
cfg = {}
cfg["NNP+NNP"] = "NNP"
cfg["NN+NN"] = "NNI"
cfg["NNI+NN"] = "NNI"
cfg["JJ+JJ"] = "JJ"
cfg["JJ+NN"] = "NNI"
#############################################################################

class NPExtractor(object):

    def __init__(self, sentence):
        self.sentence = sentence

    # Split the sentence into singlw words/tokens
    def tokenize_sentence(self, sentence):
        tokens = nltk.word_tokenize(sentence)
        return tokens

    # Normalize brown corpus' tags ("NN", "NN-PL", "NNS" > "NN")
    def normalize_tags(self, tagged):
        n_tagged = []
        for t in tagged:
            if t[1] == "NP-TL" or t[1] == "NP":
                n_tagged.append((t[0], "NNP"))
                continue
            if t[1].endswith("-TL"):
                n_tagged.append((t[0], t[1][:-3]))
                continue
            if t[1].endswith("S"):
                n_tagged.append((t[0], t[1][:-1]))
                continue
            n_tagged.append((t[0], t[1]))
        return n_tagged

    # Extract the main topics from the sentence
    def extract(self):

        tokens = self.tokenize_sentence(self.sentence)
        tags = self.normalize_tags(bigram_tagger.tag(tokens))

        merge = True
        while merge:
            merge = False
            for x in range(0, len(tags) - 1):
                t1 = tags[x]
                t2 = tags[x + 1]
                key = "%s+%s" % (t1[1], t2[1])
                value = cfg.get(key, '')
                if value:
                    merge = True
                    tags.pop(x)
                    tags.pop(x)
                    match = "%s %s" % (t1[0], t2[0])
                    pos = value
                    tags.insert(x, (match, pos))
                    break

        matches = []
        for t in tags:
            if t[1] == "NNP" or t[1] == "NNI":
            #if t[1] == "NNP" or t[1] == "NNI" or t[1] == "NN":
                matches.append(t[0])
        return matches

# Main method, just run "python np_extractor.py"
Summary="""

Verizon has not honored this appointment or notified me of the delay in an appropriate manner. It is now 1:20 PM and the only way I found out of a change is that I called their chat line and got a message saying my appointment is for 2 PM. My cell phone message says the original time as stated here.

"""
def main(Topic):
    facebookData=[]
    readdata=csv.reader(open('fb_data1.csv','r'))
    for row in readdata:
        facebookData.append(row)
    relevant_sentence=[]
    for status in facebookData:
        summary=status.split('.')
        for sentence in summary:
            np_extractor = NPExtractor(sentence)
            result = np_extractor.extract()
            if Topic in result:
                relevant_sentence.append(sentence)
            print sentence
            print "This sentence is about: %s" % ", ".join(result)
        return relevant_sentence

if __name__ == '__main__':
    result=main('Verizon')

note that it will save only sentences that are relevant to the topic you define. so if I am analyzing statuses about cheese I could use it as the topic, extract all of the sentences on cheese and then run a sentiment analysis on those. Please if you have comments or suggestions on improving this let me know!

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Coastal engineer: Bahamas must "adapt to survive"
BusinessNovember 13, 2019November 13, 2019 at 3:46 am Natario McKenzie
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Bahamian coastal engineer yesterday warned The Bahamas must take steps to "adapt to survive" the increasing intensity of natural disasters.
Carlos Palacious told attendees at the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) Accountants Month conference, "no one is coming to save us every time".
Palacious is the managing principal of BRON, the umbrella organization for several engineering and technical related entities.
He stressed this nation must use data to aid in decisions on sustainable development.
"We saw the Americans and other nations come to our rescue," Palacious said.
"We saw all the social media tweets and celebrities flying in. Do you think that they are going to come every year after every storm.
"We were blessed as a nation that hurricane did not hit the US otherwise the response would have been much different."
Palacious said the country must adapt to climate change in a realistic and intentional way.
"If you live in a house that is over 10 years old it's not built you are living in a structure that does not meet the current code," he continued.
"Hurricane Dorian exceeded every code we have in the known developed world and exceeded our current code. If you live in a building over 10 years old you are not even up to the current code."
Palacious noted other countries around the world have adapted to climate change related challenges.
"This is not a challenge the rest of the world hasn't dealt with," he said.
"The Netherlands is substantially below sea level. Mexico City is substantially below sea level. This is not a challenge the world has never seen. It's a challenge The Bahamas has never been forced to respond to."
Palacious suggested natural dunes can be used to mitigate following and retention ponds can be built to mitigate the impact of flooding, with the fill used to raise the land on which buildings are erected.
He also underscored the need for proper zoning and coastal protections.
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Victoria Taxi driver arrested for assault after injuring pedestrian near Tillicum mall
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A Victoria Taxi driver was arrested and charged with assault after an incident near Tillicum shopping centre on Tuesday afternoon.
David James Taylor says he was leaving the Save-On-Foods grocery store at the mall at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday February 4th when a green Victoria Taxi vehicle sped past him through a Stop sign, barely avoiding hitting the pedestrian.
Taylor says he then turned around and pointed at the Stop sign as a signal to the driver.
According to him, the taxi driver then allegedly got out of his vehicle, walked over to Taylor, picked him up and threw him on the ground, causing a concussion and bruised ribs. The driver then got back in his vehicle and proceeded to drive away.
After this incident, Taylor quickly called 911 and took a photo of the cab. The vehicle was located by Saanich Police shortly afterwards.
"The driver had pulled over and began saying extremely horrible things about me being First Nation," says Taylor, who works in the Indigenous Education Department at the Greater Victoria School District.
"Once Saanich Police arrived I gave my statement and was lucky enough to have had an either off duty or retired policeman who witnessed the whole incident."
Taylor alleges the taxi driver lied to police in a statement, telling the cops that Taylor was "homeless" and pestering him for money.
"This is not at all what happened," Taylor said.
According to Taylor, his view was corroborated by the retired/off duty police officer who witnessed the entire incident.
Saanich Police have confirmed that the cab driver was arrested, charged with assault, and released later on Tuesday on a Promise to Appear in court.
Meanwhile Taylor was transported to hospital in an ambulance to be treated for his injuries.
"There is no information to suggest this incident was racially motivated, but the investigation is ongoing," says Cst. Anastasiades of Saanich Police.
A spokesperson for Victoria Taxi told Victoria Buzz that management has spoken to the driver in question but will withhold comment until they have spoken to police themselves.
"The investigation is on-going and any witnesses that may have seen the incident are
encouraged to contact the Saanich Police," said Cst. Anastasiades.
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Quadruple shooting in Richmond a murder-suicide, police believe
Vigil held for corrections officer gunned down in North Delta
Travis Prasad CTV News Vancouver Multi-Media Journalist
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Published Friday, May 7, 2021 12:41PM PDT Last Updated Saturday, May 8, 2021 12:31PM PDT
VANCOUVER -- A vigil was held for Bikramdeep Randhawa, the 29-year-old provincial corrections officer shot to death in a busy mall parking lot last weekend.
More than 100 people gathered outside the Walmart on 72nd Avenue and Scott Road on Friday evening, in the same Scottsdale Centre parking lot where Randhawa was fatally shot. Attendees left flowers, notes, and lit candles in his honour.
Several of Randhawa's former coworkers remembered him as a compassionate person, always putting others first.
"He was always welcoming," one colleague said. "He'd offer you food, drinks, anything to make you stay and chat."
"I wish he (Bikramdeep) was here. I wish he could give us all one big hug. Make us all laugh one more time with his silly humour," said another one of his coworkers.
Randhawa moved from India to Canada in 2008 with his brother. While he's the younger sibling, his older brother often looked to him for guidance.
"This is the biggest thing I have lost in my life," says Dupinder Randhawa, Bikramdeep's brother. "This a complete shock to me. I never expected this to happen like this."
Randhawa's parents live in India. They're now desperately trying to fly to Canada for their son's funeral, but are delayed due to Canada's current COVID-19-related ban on direct flights from India and Pakistan.
Sukhpreet Brar had been Randhawa's roommate since 2016. He says he isn't aware of his friend having any enemies.
"It wasn't time for a person like him to leave the world and leave family behind, in deep sorrow and tears," says Brar.
Brar believes his the slaying was a tragic case of mistaken identity. So does Randhawa's brother.
"As far as I know, he wasn't involved in anything bad. If he would be, he would tell me," says Dupinder.
Investigators have cast a wide net and said the motive for the shooting could be anything from his professional life as a guard since 2016, to something in his personal life, to a case of mistaken identity.
On Thursday, Delta Police Department spokesperson Cris Leykauf told CTV News investigators "are still considering a full range of options."
Two close friends of Bikramdeep Randhawa say he was like an older brother to them. They're shocked that he was gunned down in a Delta mall parking lot last weekend.
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Q: приложение вылетает android studio Почему вылетает приложение при отладке на девайсе? Просто не запускается.
Вот логи при запуске приложения:
01-06 00:28:39.970 8210-8210/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                 Process: com.go.fenom.home, PID: 8210
                                                 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.go.fenom.home/com.myapplication.Home}: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.myapplication.Home" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/base.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_dependencies_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_0_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_1_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_2_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_3_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_4_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_5_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_6_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_7_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_8_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_9_apk.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64, /product/lib64]]
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2692)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2864)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1567)
                                                     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
                                                     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:156)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6523)
                                                     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:942)
                                                     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:832)
                                                  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.myapplication.Home" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/base.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_dependencies_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_0_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_1_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_2_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_3_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_4_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_5_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_6_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_7_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_8_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/split_lib_slice_9_apk.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.go.fenom.home-2/lib/arm64, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64, /system/vendor/lib64, /product/lib64]]
                                                     at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
                                                     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:380)
                                                     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
                                                     at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1083)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2682)
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                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1567)
                                                     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
                                                     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:156)
                                                     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6523)
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И добавляю одно из активити.
package com.go.fenom.home;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton;
import android.support.design.widget.NavigationView;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;

import com.myapplication.R;

public class Gallery extends AppCompatActivity
        implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener {

DrawerLayout drawer;
NavigationView navigationView;
Toolbar toolbar=null;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_gallery);
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

    //We dont need this.

    FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
    fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                    .setAction("Action", null).show();
        }
    });

    drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
            this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
    drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle);
    toggle.syncState();

    navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
    navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
}

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
        drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
    } else {
        super.onBackPressed();
    }
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.home, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody")
@Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle navigation view item clicks here.
    //here is the main place where we need to work on.
    int id=item.getItemId();
    switch (id){

        case R.id.nav_home:
            Intent h= new Intent(Gallery.this, com.go.fenom.home.Home.class);
            startActivity(h);
            break;
        case R.id.nav_import:
            Intent i= new Intent(Gallery.this, com.go.fenom.home.Import.class);
            startActivity(i);
            break;
        case R.id.nav_gallery:
            Intent g= new Intent(Gallery.this,Gallery.class);
            startActivity(g);
            break;
        case R.id.nav_slideshow:
            Intent s= new Intent(Gallery.this, com.go.fenom.home.Slideshow.class);
            startActivity(s);
        case R.id.nav_tools:
            Intent t= new Intent(Gallery.this, com.go.fenom.home.Tools.class);
            startActivity(t);
            break;

        // after this lets start copying the above.
        // FOLLOW MEEEEE>>>
        //copy this now.
    }

    DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
    return true;
  }
}

Почему пакет package com.go.fenom.home; а импорт import com.myapplication.R;?
Влияет ли это на что то?

A: Если класс Home это активити то нужно прописать его в манифесте.приложение не может найти этот класс.


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Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.
Konstantin Stanislavisky
Konstantin Stanislavisky's quotes
Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings and subconscious creation.
Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.
I prefer theatre but TV keeps you well known.
At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.
Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.
The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.
By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.
Simon Conway Morris
Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.
For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
James Agate
I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
Ivor Novello
But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.
Janet Suzman
The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.
I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier.
I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old.
Claudia Christian
I was on a founding members of the Canadian theatre movement in the late 60's till the mid 70's and performed theatre from Halifax to Vancouver and all places in between.
Nick Mancuso
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit.
I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.
Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre.
My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.
Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.
The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.
I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts.
Matthew Ashford
Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.
Theatre sports is the best improv training period.
You can only do so much theatre.
I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.
When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.
There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage.
I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.
I think there is no world without theatre.
In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.
A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.
Kenneth Tynan
In the theatre, the actor is given immediate feedback.
The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
Harrison Birtwistle
I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre.
If you're interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe doing little theatre, you're better off and you'll be a happier person. This is too gut-wrenching and heartbreaking.
I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.


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text:
Donald Trump: Destroyer of the Clinton Dynasty
It's been a rough couple of months, but I'm done grieving now, and I'm ready to get back in the fight. But first, a brief celebration is in order. Let's reflect on four extraordinary years, ponder for a few minutes what President Trump has accomplished, and consider what the alternative could have been.
President Trump gave us four years of economic revitalization. We've had explosive GDP and unprecedented low unemployment across all demographics. Even with the pandemic-driven lockdowns, you can just feel that the economy is ready to roar back to life as soon as we're allowed to go back to work. Obama's claim that you'd need a magic wand to achieve 4% GDP has been exposed as a lie meant to excuse his own sub-par performance.
President Trump has reset the U.S. role on the international stage. We have a better understanding of our threats and better cooperation with our allies. We are even seeing positive developments in the Middle East for the first time in my lifetime — all because Donald Trump took an unconventional approach to diplomacy in the region.
The courts have been realigned, with three new conservative justices and hundreds of lower-court appointments. Even the 9th Circuit Court is now politically balanced.
He exposed the government corruption that has remained hidden for so many years. We now know that deep-state operators really did attempt a coup of a duly elected president. Unfortunately, they haven't been punished, but we know who they are.
He reinvigorated the conservative base. That base is 75 million strong, crosses all demographics, and is energized like never before.
But his crowning achievement (yes, I know it's debatable, but hear me out) is that he has removed the Clinton dynasty from the American body politic — forever.
A four-year Hillary Clinton administration would have been no joking matter. Consider what Hillary would have done. Weaponization of the government against its citizens would have been rewarded. We'd have three new liberal Supreme Court justices. We'd still be embroiled in endless military conflicts (hello, Benghazi). Bill's association with Jeffrey Epstein would have remained hidden. The Clinton graft machine would be running at full throttle. Finally, we'd be looking forward to a Chelsea administration in a few years.
The Donald saved us from all of that. He has excised the Clinton rot that has eaten away at our political foundation for 30 years. He exposed the Clintons as the grifters they've always been. Their foundation is dying because it no longer has influence to peddle. We know that Bill Clinton is still a lecherous pervert (please tell me he didn't pose for that portrait in Jeffrey's apartment). Donald Trump broke Hillary. She's been reduced to the visage of an insane old woman, screaming to an empty hall that she's still relevant.
The Democrats have moved the Clintons from the asset column to the liability column on their political ledger. They are flushing them down the drain like spoiled milk (which still smells better than the stench of the Clinton Foundation). They are finished.
And for that, we thank you, President Donald J. Trump.
John Green is a political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Star, Idaho. He is a retired engineer with over 40 years of experience in the areas of product development, quality assurance, organizational development, and corporate strategic planning. He can be reached at greenjeg@gmail.com.
This article was first published by American Thinker on January 12, 2021.


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Mike Valentino's hard work and sacrifice has made Valentino's the premier Italian restaurant in the Sarasota region.
Visaggio pizza was named after their last name.
Classic Italian women. She created most of our family recipes. Escarole and bean soup anyone?
Hows that Chicken DiPadre tasting?
We always loved the south! Who would have known our New Jersey roots would be planted in Florida.
This is were it all started.
Josephine loved making her famous pizzas and pasta dishes.


There are children who have strong faith despite their parents' disbelief in, even hostility towards religion. The beauty and order of the universe awakens faith in them, as it did in Great Martyr Barbara.
The writer and New Martyr Evgeny Poselyanin (his real surname was Pogozhin, 1870–1931) reflects upon the teaching of faith to children in his book, Faith, and the Path to Faith.
Such a mind [as Great Martyr Barbaras'] arrives on its own at an inevitable faith in the Creator and Caring Provider of all that exists.
Then, a person with a lively and deep mind and a nature distinguished by a sense of justice finds it necessary to investigate those strange attacks on religion, of which he has become a witness. He strives to make sense of it all. And it could be said that other people, who would have remained indifferent to nature in times when religion is not persecuted, turn to it with all their souls during times of persecution.
However, the path that I have just mentioned is the path of direct faith, and it is the path of a few chosen souls.
In others faith must be cultivated, and this cultivation of faith is one of the most important tasks in life.
It is widely known that people of faith are greatly interested in the question of how to pass their faith along to their children. You will even find atheists who are concerned about this.
One well-known French denier of religion would personally take his daughter to catechism classes—apparently in an effort to educate his daughter in the faith that he himself had lost.
"Just imagine—I came to the cafeteria. The children were sitting down to table like lambs, without prayer. I immediately asked them to sing grace. After all, it's simply out of line…" She then strictly instructed the overseers to make sure that the children never sat down to eat without praying first.
Such indignation from the lips of an "atheist" is rather unexpected.
But that is just it—atheism taken to its final conclusions, to indifference, almost never exists in profound people. Either is it meek and peace-loving, bordering on faith, as it was in this feminine soul, or it is hateful and militant; and hate is only the flip-side of love.
One way or another, these people sense the value that religion has for the soul, the irreplaceable support that it give to people, and they cannot bring themselves to take this treasure away from their close ones.
One mother hired a student teacher in the village for her son, who was sixteen at the time. The student was suitable in every respect, but a very important question had yet to be answered.
This is how anyone who relates to people sympathetically and deeply should view this question. But of course, the child's soul will not receive much from this careful silence. Positive action is needed.
The primary importance cannot be overemphasized of those first warm and pure impressions of faith, and the influence they can have upon a child's even barely awakened consciousness.
Before an old icon a lampada burns with a dispassionate, dying flame; an old nanny makes prostration after prostration before the icon; the bells in the local belfry are gently and peacefully ringing.
The bitter frost has drawn fanciful flourishes across the window, but here in the room it is warm, cozy, and pleasant.
This world, this holy calm is something the child may remember many times later in his adult years, and much will become clear in his darkened soul as he remembers it.
I recall one visit to my relatives' estate.
As I happened to be on business in one ancient town, I remembered that not far from there, about twelve versts distance, my relatives lived in their old family estate house. I sent them a message, they sent me a carriage, and I arrived at their home in the evening.
After looking over the house that was built in the early nineteenth century, with old family portraits on the walls, old furniture and antique dishes, I followed my young hostess into a large room.
"His father was born here," she said at the threshold, nodding toward her husband.
The deceased old man was not of humble origin, but a well known figure in the history of his native region.
The spacious room with scrupulously curtained windows was almost empty, as well-maintained nurseries often are. On the table in a metal case with a gilded metal overlay was an icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, and before it a tender flame flickered through the blue glass of a lampada.
"I was blessed at my wedding with this icon of my father's," the master of the house said quietly.
In the center of the room stood a cradle with a muslin curtain pulled back. In it was a sleeping infant, sweetly smacking his lips.
It seemed as though the eyes painted on the old icon reached this cradle with their gracious gaze and blessed with their power this new human existence.
This icon united the grandfather and the child, the past and the present, with unseen bonds.
This is the healthy, natural environment that surrounds the child of Christian parents.
And what touching poetry there is in the young mother's teaching her child to bring his little fingers together and make his first sign of the cross, to pronounce amidst the prattle of his first words the great name of God.
Pity the child whose mother did not teach him to pray, and pity the mother who left this sacred duty to others.
It is remarkable that children never doubt the existence of God. Their barely sparkling consciousness is nevertheless somehow capable of grasping the idea of Divinity.
The Savior's words, Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes (Mt. 11:25, Lk. 10:21) opens a lawful field for drawing very necessary conclusions.
Having begun his religious life early, the infant soul can advance very far in his religious development while yet in infancy. He can contemplate the mysteries in which, for example, the two famous cherubim in the painting, "The Sistine Madonna" by Raphael are engulfed, placed as they are on the boundary between two worlds.
There were incidents in the earlier years of persecution against Christians when babes at the breast were eager to go to torments for Christ together with their parents, and thus they became conscious confessors and martyrs.
This feeling that the soul itself has, what it turns itself toward like a sunflower to the sun—all this must be strengthened, cultivated, and deepened in children.
From the very earliest, most tender age, children should be given Holy Communion as often as possible, even every week. Like grafting a wild branch onto a good tree, nothing more readily transforms a soul into a cluster on Christ's vine than its frequent immersion in Christ's holiness at His table.
The famous spiritual father and preacher, Archpriest Alexei Petrovich Kolokolov, once told how his spiritual daughter was given in marriage to a titled man who later manifested signs of mental illness. The doctors were afraid that the children would be abnormal.
For his own part, Fr. Alexei offered what he had in his own hands—spiritual medicine. He advised the mother to commune her three boys from that marriage as often as possible from the earliest months of their lives. They all grew up to be healthy and normal men.
Of course, children do not understand various dogmatic nuances, and it is entirely unnecessary to explain these points to them. But a living perception of God must be inculcated in children. The feeling that there is a higher, almighty, most excellent Being, to Whom everything is revealed, Who is always ready to listen to one and respond.
Let the child at first turn to God with his childish, seemingly empty and insignificant requests—this is that simple and sincere faith, that strong faith in Him, which will later acquire a different shade when he matures.
In one of the most fragrant creations of Russian literature, belonging to a man who, unfortunately, later betrayed Christ, in Leo Tolstoy's "Childhood" and "Youth" there are beautiful descriptions of childish prayer. The boy stands in his robe and prays for papa, for mama, then suddenly starts remembering all the people who are dear to him in his childish little world, then adds quickly a prayer that tomorrow there be good weather so that he could go out and play.
In War and Peace, the brother and sister of the Rostov family remember as adults how as children they prayed for the snow to be turned into sugar, then ran outside into the frosty weather to see if a miracle had happened by their prayers.
Later, when Nicholai Rostov is an officer, he prays one day that God would help him out of a very complicated and burdensome situation. During that same prayer he suddenly receives a letter that unexpectedly settles the problem in the most satisfactory way.
The instinctive prayer of a child with his strange and peculiar requests transforms itself into the conscious prayer of a mature adult.


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