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Innovating the business model of hyperlocal news: Nub News in focus
Nub News: an emerging scalable model for hyperlocal and local news
There's an acute challenge for hyperlocal news. Local businesses are perfectly adept at connecting with their own audiences on major platforms. They rely on Facebook, Instagram and Google for their distribution, making the local rag redundant. There's also the issue of scale. How do you make a scalable model that can stay lean but offer rich and relevant insights for communities to emerge a viable business model.
Nub News is attempting to carve out a model that sits between the major national publishing houses in the UK, such as Reach's answer to hyperlocal In Your Area, and the independents — many of which are part of the Independent Community News Network: one man or small team operations operating unique business models to their niche.
Nub News is different because it employs journalists to cover a patch, and wants demonstrable local knowledge. They then add layers of aggregated content from Zoopla, Reed, eBay and others to bring relevant content to the village or town. Add to that trusted contributors — members of the local council, legal teams, police and sports clubs who can submit content for the site. It's lean. And possibly scalable: there are currently 54 sites from a start of three 18 months ago.
The revenues come in four main forms:
sponsorship of the news site which offers brand opportunities for local companies such as solicitors
sponsored sections or content editorials (advertorials)
partnerships with national deals such as the Co-op
classified ads or directory listings
What works best is local original content that can't be found anywhere else. When the journalists produce good stories the traffic works well, including features such as Up Close features with local people and businesses. In business terms, the site becomes viable when there is 30% of the population on the site. When there's 50% then the rates that can be charged increases. Karl Hancock, CEO, who has come into the news sector from city banking, said: "The journalist has to be right and the town has to be right. Is it neglected by other publications, and does the journalist see and understand the area well enough to fill that gap. It is trust that works, and understand what can differentiate the offer of Nub News with what is out there already."
Niche revenue models for independent media. Business. Resilience. Diversification. Innovation. @cecook www.mediainnovationstudio.org www.clarecookonline.com
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If there is one negative about Doctor Strange (and it's only negative in the formulaic sense) it's how Marvel Studios sets up these original movies. We're introduced to *insert protagonist here*, who goes through a journey, thanks to a * insert climatic event that changes his life*, which thrusts him into a situation that raises the stakes due to a * insert shoehorned villain that doesn't get enough screen time*. Sure, it's the basis for how most superhero movies in general are set up, but it feels predictable. But the magical element in Doctor Strange puts a new twist on the origin story that also will have people rushing to Google after the movie to see how they did it.
The effect bends reality and shows that there's more than meets the eye in a world full of superheroes saving earth from physical elements. Combining magical elements with arresting visuals (with a pinch of the "weird factor" mixed in, as well), this transfixed vision from director Scott Derrickson (Sinister) results in an exciting origin story. We are clearly in a new area of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that warrants further exploration in future sequels. This movie also should serve as a key to Marvel Studios' projects that bring together their other characters when the universe is at stake (Avengers: Infinity War?).
Doctor Strange would not work without Benedict Cumberbatch, who is stupendous as the doctor-turned-magical sorcerer. Cumberbatch's Strange and Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark/Iron Man are strikingly similar, but in the best way possible. Arrogant, yet charismatic, and, at times, comedic, both superheroes bring out the best in the other talented actors with whom they interact. Cumberbatch is just what the doctor ordered (pun-intended) for Marvel Studios, who was in need of a new, intriguing character to help shape (another pun-intended) their cinematic universe.
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) in her role as the Ancient One is almost as good as Cumberbatch. Teaching Doctor Strange the mystical arts of perception, Swinton plays the all-powerful one with poise and surprising satire; Swinton's performance is, quite arguably, the best supporting character in a Marvel Studios movie to date. In smaller roles, Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) is more than capable as Mordo, a student of the Ancient One who is sure to play a much larger role in Doctor Strange sequels. Benedict Wong (The Martian) is sturdy as Wong, one of the Masters of Mystic Arts tasked with protecting important relics and books. Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls) brings much needed humanity as a fellow surgeon and friend to Doctor Strange.
And Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) is all right as Kaecilius, the main villain. Much like the other Marvel Studios movies, Mikkelsen's antagonist character does not add much to the overall scope of the story. While he is a threat, we're not given much backstory for what motivates him to venture down the dark path in a story almost entirely focused on the introduction of Doctor Strange.
Aside from Cumberbatch, the best thing about Doctor Strange are the visual effects that go hand-in-hand with the action sequences, both of which are the best in a Marvel Studios movie to date. With mind-bending effects that actually make the experience worth seeing in 3D (especially IMAX 3D if you have access), the viewer is immersed in a kaleidoscope of intoxicating action sequences that never cease to amaze. But of all the many visual effects in Doctor Strange, the ones in the third act alone are worth the price of admission. Imagine if you will a world built out of LEGOs stripped of its physical elements and gravity with dye split on the set. Action sequences like the ones seen in the third act of Doctor Strange beg to be seen on the big screen.
Doctor Strange adds to, "the Marvel standard," where audiences walk into the theater with high expectations. But even so, Doctor Strange is like no previous adventure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, which now features 14 movies. Where the Marvel Cinematic Universe is heading is anybody's bet, but Doctor Strange reinvents the wheel with an auspiciously new era of characters that are sure to bring more people into the experience with every passing movie. For now, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk are the main superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but we know that eventually they will cease to be a part of that world. And if Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange happens to replace any of the current leading superheroes and gets to play a bigger role in the overall landscape of this entire cinematic universe, then I'm all for it.


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Il Boston Tea Party fu un atto di protesta dei coloni nordamericani della costa atlantica, verificatosi giovedì 16 dicembre 1773, nel porto di Boston, in risposta al continuo innalzamento delle tasse, promosso dal governo del Regno Unito. Un gruppo di giovani coloni indipendentisti, appartenenti al movimento clandestino dei Sons of Liberty ('Figli della Libertà'), si travestì da nativi Mohawk e s'imbarcò a bordo delle navi del Regno Unito ancorate nel porto di Boston: una volta a bordo, essi gettarono in mare le casse di tè trasportate dalle navi.

La situazione antecedente
Le leggi sulla tassazione delle colonie tra il 1765 e il 1767 accrebbero l'astio dei coloni verso il parlamento del Regno Unito relativamente a una disparità tra le tasse pagate e la rappresentanza a Westminster. La protesta crebbe e uno dei principali rappresentanti, John Hancock, con lo slogan no taxation without representation (niente tasse senza rappresentanti in parlamento) organizzò un sistema per boicottare il tè proveniente dalla Cina e venduto dalla Compagnia britannica delle Indie orientali. Le vendite di quest'ultima nelle tredici colonie calarono da  a 520 sterline. La Compagnia delle Indie iniziò ad accumulare debiti nonché merce nei magazzini e senza avere all'orizzonte prospettive di miglioramenti anche perché i contrabbandieri, come il precedentemente citato Hancock, acquistavano tè dai Paesi Bassi senza pagare tasse d'importazione.

Il governo del Regno Unito fece passare allora il Tea Act (1773) che permise alla Compagnia delle Indie di vendere tè alle colonie senza l'obbligo di pagare tasse o dazi di alcun tipo al Regno Unito. Ciò permise alla compagnia di vendere il tè a metà del prezzo precedente e anche più economicamente di quello venduto in Inghilterra permettendole di contrastare anche le offerte dei mercanti e dei contrabbandieri delle colonie.

Questo non fu il primo colpo subito dalle colonie da parte del governo del Regno Unito. Nel 1764 vennero tassati zucchero, caffè e vino con lo Sugar Act, nel 1765 qualsiasi materiale stampato con lo Stamp Act e nel 1767 il vetro, la carta e la pittura con i Townshend Acts. Il Tea Act del 1773 fu dunque la goccia che fece traboccare il vaso. Il risentimento per il trattamento di favore ricevuto dalla Compagnia delle Indie, la quale annoverava esponenti della lobby che esercitavano una grande influenza sul parlamento inglese, si fece subito sentire tra i coloni e specialmente tra i contrabbandieri benestanti. Vi furono alcune rivolte tra le quali quelle di New York e Filadelfia, ma quella che fu destinata a lasciare un segno nella storia fu quella di Boston.

La rimozione della tassa sul tè fu interpretata dagli abitanti delle colonie come un altro tentativo da parte del parlamento britannico di schiacciare la libertà americana. Samuel Adams, insieme ai contrabbandieri che avevano tratto profitto dal commercio del tè, intimò a tutti gli agenti e ai consegnatari della Compagnia delle Indie Orientali di abbandonare il luogo terrorizzando chi avesse opposto un rifiuto con degli attacchi diretti ai magazzini e alle residenze.

Il primo vascello ad arrivare carico di tè fu il Dartmouth nel tardo novembre del 1773. I Sons of Liberty (Figli della Libertà), comandati da Adams, iniziarono a organizzare degli incontri per decidere le iniziative da prendere. Migliaia di persone presenziarono a questi incontri provenendo anche dalle zone circostanti. La folla sfidò la Compagnia, il parlamento inglese e anche il governatore Thomas Hutchinson che si stava impegnando per permettere lo scarico della merce. L'incontro che si tenne il 16 dicembre alla Boston's Old South Meeting House fu il più grande visto sino ad allora, contando  partecipanti secondo la stima dell'epoca.

Il proprietario della Dartmouth e il capitano Rotch convennero che il carico avrebbe dovuto essere riportato in Inghilterra e così decisero anche gli altri due vascelli presenti al porto, lEleanor e il Beaver. Il governatore Hutchinson però decise di bloccare il porto e di vietare alle suddette navi di salpare senza aver scaricato il tè.
Il 16 dicembre 1773, la notte prima della data prevista per lo scarico, il capitano Rotch si appellò al governatore per ottenere il permesso di lasciare il porto di Boston e in seguito si presentò la sera stessa alla riunione di protesta per comunicare il mancato assenso. Dopo aver appreso il rifiuto di Hutchinson e dopo varie ore di dibattito, Samuel Adams si rivolse alla folla con le seguenti parole:

I Sons of Liberty repentinamente si travestirono da indiani Mohawk e armati di asce e mazze si diressero verso Griffin's Wharf, il punto dove erano ancorate le navi. Il gruppo si divise in tre parti dirette da altrettanti comandanti e pronte a imbarcarsi contemporaneamente. Una volta a bordo prontamente le ceste di tè vennero portate dalle stive sui ponti e successivamente il contenuto venne gettato in mare. In quella sera galleggiarono sulle acque del porto circa 45 tonnellate di tè, provenienti da 342 ceste, per un valore stimato dell'epoca di  dollari. Temendo una eventuale correlazione con il reato di alto tradimento i patrioti tentarono di eliminare ogni traccia possibile. Le scarpe vennero buttate in mare, i ponti delle navi vennero spazzati e venne fatto verificare a ogni primo ufficiale che solo il tè venisse danneggiato.

Il tè stagnò nelle acque del porto per settimane. Vi furono dei tentativi da parte dei cittadini per recuperarlo ma prontamente vennero spedite delle barche che si occuparono di rendere il tè inutilizzabile battendolo con i remi.

Un altro vascello della Compagnia delle Indie avrebbe dovuto giungere a Griffin's Wharf ma non vi arrivò mai in quanto si arenò sulla spiaggia di Provincetown. La particolarità sta nel fatto che 54 ceste di tè vennero recuperate e giunsero puntualmente nelle teiere degli abitanti di Boston.

Reazioni
Le decisioni del governatore Hutchinson provocarono una crisi. Se si fosse comportato come gli altri governatori e avesse permesso ai capitani di risolvere la faccenda con i coloni, probabilmente le navi sarebbero salpate senza scaricare la merce. Lord North ammise che se i coloni avessero continuato nel rifiuto d'importare per altri sei mesi il tè il Tea Act sarebbe stato abrogato.

In Gran Bretagna anche i politici che erano considerati a favore delle colonie protestarono, consentendo così un'unione totale tra i partiti contro le colonie. Frederick North, il primo ministro inglese, disse per l'occasione:

Il governo inglese era convinto che il tea party fosse stata un'azione che non poteva rimanere impunita e rispose nella primavera 1774 stabilendo nuove leggi, che furono conosciute come le "leggi intollerabili" o anche "leggi coercitive", con cui si chiudeva il porto di Boston e si riducevano le autonomie del Massachusetts. Inoltre John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren e Benjamin Church vennero accusati del crimine di alto tradimento.

Benjamin Franklin riconobbe che, per riaprire il porto, il tè distrutto andava ripagato. Lord North ricevette la visita di alcuni mercanti di New York che si offrirono di estinguere il debito ma le offerte vennero rifiutate. Molti coloni, anche non di Boston, s'impegnarono ad astenersi dal bere tè per protesta, passando a caffè, tisane e Balsamic hyperion (tratto da foglie di lampone). Questa protesta non durò a lungo, ma nell'autunno 1774 da Filadelfia le colonie decisero il boicottaggio sistematico di tutte le merci inglesi come pressione per ottenere l'autogoverno.

Alcuni coloni in seguito vennero ispirati dal tea party a sviluppare atti di protesta, provando così che la notte del 16 dicembre 1773 fu uno dei principali catalizzatori che condussero alla guerra d'indipendenza americana. Inoltre l'evento permise di raccogliere numerosi appoggi per i rivoluzionari delle tredici colonie, che in seguito avrebbero avuto la meglio nella loro lotta per l'indipendenza.

Nel febbraio 1775 il Parlamento britannico votò la cosiddetta "soluzione conciliante" (conciliatory resolution) che prevedeva l'abolizione delle tasse per tutte le colonie che avessero contribuito in maniera soddisfacente alla difesa del regno e avessero mantenuto gli ufficiali dell'impero. Ma ormai era tardi: quella primavera iniziò la guerra d'indipendenza americana. Il famigerato Tea Act fu abrogato solo con la legge sulla tassazione delle colonie del 1778. La Dichiarazione di Indipendenza degli Stati Uniti era già stata approvata da due anni.

Retaggio

John Adams e molti altri americani consideravano bere tè un atto antipatriottico, seguendo il Boston Tea Party. Bere tè passò di moda durante e dopo la Rivoluzione, divenendo il caffè la bevanda calda preferita.

Secondo lo storico Alfred Young, la locuzione "Boston Tea Party" non comparve sulla stampa fino al 1834. Prima di allora allꞌevento si faceva normalmente riferimento come "la distruzione del tè". Secondo Young, gli scrittori americani furono per parecchi anni apparentemente riuttanti a celebrare la distruzione di proprietà, e così lꞌevento fu ignorato nei racconti sulla Rivoluzione americana. Ciò cominciò a cambiare negli anni 1830, specialmente con la pubblicazione di biografie di George Robert Twelves Hewes, uno dei pochi participanti ancora viventi al "tea party", quando esso divenne quindi noto.

Al Boston Tea Party si è spesso fatto riferimento in altre proteste politiche. Quando Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi condusse un rogo di massa delle schede di registrazione di indiani nel Sudafrica nel 1908, un giornale britannico paragonò lꞌevento al Boston Tea Party. Quando Gandhi incontrò il Governatore generale dell'India nel 1930 dopo la campagna di protesta del sale, Gandhi prese del sale non tassato dal suo scialle e disse sorridendo che il sale era per "rammentarci il famoso Boston Tea Party."

Attivisti americani di diversi indirizzi politici hanno invocato il Tea Party come simbolo di protesta. Nel 1973, nel 200º anniversario del Tea Party, un raduno di massa a Faneuil Hall chiese lꞌimpeachment del Presidente Richard Nixon e protestò contro le compagnie petrolifere durante la crisi energetica. Successivamente, i protestanti abbordarono una nave nel porto di Boston, impiccarono Nixon in effigie e gettarono numerosi bidoni di petrolio vuoti nel porto. Nel 1998, due membri conservatori del Congresso degli Stati Uniti misero una copia del testo sulle imposte federali in una cassa sulla quale scrissero "tè" e la gettarono nel porto.

Nel 2006, fu fondato un partito politico libertario denominato "Boston Tea Party". Nel 2007 Ron Paul, nel 234º anniversario del Boston Tea Party, superò il record di raccolta fondi in un solo giorno ottenendo $6,04 milioni in 24 ore. A seguito di questa raccolta di fondi i "Tea party" crebbero nel movimento omonimo, che dominò la politica conservatrice americana per i successivi due anni, raggiungendo il proprio culmine con una vittoria degli elettori repubblicani nel 2010, che ottennero un gran numero di seggi presso la Camera dei rappresentanti degli Stati Uniti.

Navi e museo del Boston Tea Party

Il Museo del Boston Tea Party si trova presso il ponte della Congress Street a Boston. Esso provvede a ricostruzioni, documentazioni e a un certo numero di esposizioni interattive. Il museo provvede a due copie di imbarcazioni di quel periodo, Eleanor e Beaver. In più, il museo possiede una delle due note casse di tè dell'evento originale, parte della sua collezione permanente.

Partecipanti al Boston Tea Party
Lista dei partecipanti al Boston Tea Party, ordinati in ordine alfabetico:

Francis Akeley (Eckley),
Nathaniel Barber,
Samuel Barnard,
Henry Bass,
Joseph Bassett,
Edward Bates,
Adam Beals Jr.,
Thomas Bolter,
David Bradlee,
Josiah Bradlee,
Nathaniel Bradlee,
Sarah Bradlee,
Thomas Bradlee,
James Brewer,
John Brown,
Seth Ingersoll Browne,
Stephen Bruce,
Benjamin Burton,
Nicholas Campbell,
Thomas Chase,
Nathaniel Child,
Benjamin Clark,
Jonathan Clark,
John Cochran,
Gilbert Colesworthy,
Gersham Collier,
Adam Collson,
James Foster Condy,
Daniel Coolidge,
Joseph Coolidge,
Samuel Coolidge,
Samuel Cooper,
William Cox,
Thomas Crafts,
John Crane,
… Crockett,
Obadiah Curtis,
Thomas Dana Jr.,
Robert Davis,
John DeCarteret,
David Decker,
John Dickman,
Edward Dolbeare,
Samuel Dolbeare,
John Dyar Jr.,
Joseph Eaton,
Joseph Eayres,
Eckley (vedi Francis Akeley),
Benjamin Edes,
William Etheridge,
Samuel Fenno,
Samuel Foster,
Thomas Fracker,
Nathaniel Frothingham Jr.,
John Fulton,
John Gammell,
Eleazer Gay,
Thomas Gerrish,
Samuel Gore,
Moses Grant,
Nathaniel Greene,
Timothy Guy,
Samuel Hammond,
Peter Harrington,
William Haskins,
William Hendley,
George Robert Twelves Hewes,
John Hicks,
Samuel Hobbs,
John Hooton,
Elisha Horton,
Elijah Houghton,
Samuel Howard (nato Hayward),
Edward Compton Howe,
Jonathan Hunnewell,
Richard Hunnewell,
Richard Hunnewell Jr.,
Thomas Hunstable,
Abraham Hunt,
Daniel Ingersoll,
Daniel Ingoldson,
Charles Jameson,
Robert Jameson,
Jared Joy,
David Kinnison,
Robert Lash,
Amariah Learned,
Joseph Lee,
Nathaniel Lee,
Amos Lincoln,
John Locke,
Matthew Loring,
Joseph Lovering,
Joseph Ludden,
David Lyon,
Thomas Machin,
Ebenezer MacIntosh,
Peter McIntosh,
Archibald MacNeil,
John Marston,
Martin, probabilmente Wm. P.,
Thompson Maxwell,
John May,
Mead, probabilmente John,
Henry Mellius,
Thomas Melville,
Aaron John Miller,
James Mills,
William Molineaux,
Francis Moore,
Thomas Moore,
Anthony Morse,
Joseph Mountfort,
Eliphalet Newell,
Joseph Nicholls,
Samuel Nowell,
Joseph Pearse Palmer,
Jonathan Parker,
Joseph Payson,
Samuel Peck,
John Peters,
William Pierce,
Isaac Pitman,
Lendall Pitts,
Samuel Pitts,
Thomas Porter,
Henry Prentiss,
Nathaniel Prentiss,
Rev. John Prince,
Edward Procter,
Henry Purkitt,
Seth Putnam,
John Randall,
Joseph Reed,
Paul Revere,
Benjamin Rice,
Jonathan Dorby Robins,
Joseph Roby,
John Russell,
William Russell,
John Sawtelle,
George Sayward,
Edmund Sears,
Robert Sessions,
Joseph Shed,
Benjamin Simpson
Peter Slater Jr.,
Samuel Sloper,
Ephriam Smith,
Josiah Snelling,
Thomas Spear,
Samuel Sprague,
John Spurr,
James Starr,
Phineas Stearns,
Ebeneezer Stevens,
James Stoddard,
Elisha Story,
James Swan,
Abraham Tower,
Bartholomew Trow,
John Truman,
Benjamin Tucker Jr,
Micheal Ugenti,
Thomas Urann,
James Watson,
Henry Wells,
Thomas Wells,
Josiah Wheeler,
John Whitehead,
David Williams,
Isaac Williams,
Jeremiah Williams,
Thomas Williams,
Nathaniel Willis,
Joshua Wyeth,
Thomas Young.

Note

Fonti
 John K. Alexander, Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. ISBN 0-7425-2115-X.

 Benjamin L. Carp, Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America (Yale U.P., 2010) ISBN 978-0-300-11705-9 online

 Richard Ketchum, Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution came to New York, 2002, ISBN 0-8050-6120-7.
 Bernhard Knollenberg, Growth of the American Revolution, 1766–1775, New York, Free Press, 1975. ISBN 0-02-917110-5.
 Benjamin Woods Labaree, The Boston Tea Party, Originalmente pubblicato nel 1964, Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1979. ISBN 0-930350-05-7. online
 Pauline Maier, The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams, New York, Knopf, 1980. ISBN 0-394-51096-8.
 Ray Raphael, Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past, New York, The New Press, 2004. ISBN 1-56584-921-3.
 Peter D. G. Thomas, The Townshend Duties Crisis: The Second Phase of the American Revolution, 1767–1773, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-19-822967-4.
 Peter D. G. Thomas, Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773–1776, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-820142-7.
 Alfred F. Young, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution, Boston, Beacon Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8070-5405-4; ISBN 978-0-8070-5405-5.

Bibliografia
 B.W. Labaree, The Boston Tea Party, Northeastern University Press, 1979
 S. Kroll/P. Fiore, The Boston Tea Party, Holiday House, 1998

Voci correlate
 Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America (periodo coloniale)
 Boston
 Compagnia britannica delle Indie orientali

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Guerra d'indipendenza americana
Storia degli Stati Uniti d'America nel periodo coloniale
Proteste negli Stati Uniti d'America
Storia di Boston

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Re: A MENDacious President
By Farooq A. Kperogi
My write-up with the above title elicited interesting reactions from a broad range of readers. I present some of them below. As the first writer notes, the president seems blissfully oblivious of the political, social and even national security dangers of turning himself into a lying, bungling spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, an organization that almost single-handedly introduced and popularized kidnapping in Nigeria, and that has a long history murders, of oil theft, and many other unmentionable criminal infractions.
It's obvious that the president hasn't learned age-old noblesse oblige, that is, the obligation of people of high rank to be honorable. This is obviously a highfalutin ideal for this president who is transparently single-minded in his preoccupation to wallow in power for the hell of it. Advising this man about civility, restraint, self-reflexivity, and social/geo-political sensitivity is like throwing pearls before swine. He doesn't seem to know that to defend one's own people is an instinctive impulse. It doesn't require any effort. What requires effort is the capacity to rise superior to this base temptation and to be dispassionate. What requires effort is the courage to admit and confront the failings and foibles of one's people. No one needs the capacity for this effort more than the leader of a complex, multi-ethnic, and multi-religious nation like Nigeria.
Look, I am a huge sucker for political upsets, for the tale of unlikely, hitherto disregarded people shocking the world by rising to positions of prominence. In fact, I was initially thrilled that someone from outside of Nigeria's predictable tripodal ethnic configuration, especially from the deep south where the bulk of the revenue that sustains our nation comes from, has emerged president. But I've since been disillusioned. This man is just NOT it. I would gladly support a more competent "South-South" person. President Jonathan's simple-mindedness and cluelessness scare me to death. He is, without a doubt, the most uninformed president or head of state we've ever had. He is, I am sorry to say, almost illiterate. For the first time in my life, I have great doubts that Nigerian can endure. Jonathan may be the death bell of Nigeria. I hope and pray I am wrong!
Your description of President Goodluck Jonathan as a "MENDacious president" is not only apt and creative, it is also prophetic. Daily Trust of Wednesday October 20 reported the president as yet again defending MEND! When will this man realize he is president for all of Nigeria, whether they are MEND or BEND or Boko Haram? Can you imagine Obasanjo becoming a spokesman for OPC or the late Yar'adua becoming a defender of Boko Haram or Yandaba? I don't recall any president in Nigeria's 50 years a nation who has ever publicly defended murderous, undesirable elements from his part of the country. But the sad thing is that even in defending MEND, the president deliberately lies through his teeth. A MENDacious president indeed!
Sabi'u Umar, Kano (sabimoru@yahoo.com)
This was a fine essay, by all that fineness denotes and connotes. Nigeria is for now under some siege. We hope that the writings of deep scholars like you will incite unsparing radicals against the state of things. Do please keep it up my brother and my friend!
Makinde Olawale Oyewunmi, Lagos (greatmankind@gmail.com)
I can't agree more with you, Farooq. This guy is a clown and total embarrassment to Nigeria. Well, I hope those trying to install him for a further four-year term have a rethink now before they tear Nigeria into shreds. And for his Niger Delta defenders: we all fought to have him there when his boss was ill, but you have made it your job to claim responsibility and stand by him even when he is clearly wrong. It remains to be seen how far he will go.
Aliyu O. Musa, Liverpool, UK (musaaliyu1@yahoo.com)
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's president, demonstrates clearly that he is intellectually deficient and suffering from chronic poverty of ideas. If by any chance he happens to lead the country come 2011 it will be just too tragic for tears. One keeps on contemplating why is it that we always got it wrong when it comes to leadership. May God save the country.
Alhassan Bello, Gombe (hassani21@yahoo.com)
Good day. I just saw your write up in today's paper, and I really like the way you put things about the so-called Mr. President. The president is too sentimental about everything he does in this country. With Jonathan as a president, Nigeria is going no where because he's the most inexperienced president that our beloved nation ever had. Now, to me, only with the help you ''the press'' (by telling Nigerians exactly who Goodluck Jonathan is) will God will help Nigerians out of this mess, or rather misfortune.
In the end, I will like to say I'm really delighted by your column. And also, if possible I will like to know you better. Thanks.
Auwal Rogo (auwalrogo@yahoo.com)
Many thanks for your beautiful and well researched write up. Truth will always prevail. Please keep it up. This kind of writing could and should be educating our politicians and teaching them what politics and democracy (in this globalised world) are all about. To add more to what you said, the MENDacious president could as well be described as "A leader with an empty headed megaphone" and the most unpopular and worst president Nigeria ever had. Please try to get these two beautiful books or search via the Internet:
The first is titled "Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places (2009)." The author is Professor Paul Collier of Oxford University. He is also the author of "The Bottom Billion". The second book is titled "Held Together by Pins: Liberal Democracy Under Siege In Africa (2007)". It is authored by Professor Tatah Mentan of the Minnesota University, USA. He teaches courses on globalisation and security issues.
Abbati Bako, (abbatibako58@yahoo.com), MA Political Strategy and Communication, University of Kent, UK, Brussels Campus
A MENDacious President
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I want to have an upper atmosphere composed of a gas which is lighter than "air" so that my human occupants of a planet can harvest it and use it to fill blimps and hot air balloons.
I'm planning on having my "normal air" as Nitrogen Oxygen as I see no need to change it from Earth-like. I'd rather not use have a Hydrogen layer (as it explodes and would ignite both balloon and planet).
Is it possible to have a layer of Helium in a planet's upper atmosphere (which then the humans could use some dodgy hydrogen balloons to reach and harvest).
If not Helium what other gases are viable?
There are three problems with a lightweight upper atmosphere.
There aren't that many lightweight gases. Off the top of my head, your options for lighter-than-nitrogen/oxygen (molecular weight 29) are neon (MW: 20), hydrogen fluoride (MW: 20), methane (MW: 16), ammonia (MW: 17), water vapor (MW: 18), helium (MW: 4), and hydrogen (MW: 2). Of these, methane and hydrogen are flammable, water vapor will tend to condense, ammonia is toxic, and hydrogen fluoride is highly reactive. For the purposes of ballooning, a mid-weight gas like neon has only half the lifting power of hydrogen or helium.
The atmosphere is pretty well mixed. An exceptionally lightweight gas like hydrogen or helium will be noticeably more abundant in the upper atmosphere, but will tend to escape. Mid-weight gases like neon, on the other hand, will be mixed in by ordinary atmospheric circulation.
Helium is the obvious candidate, it's only slightly heavier than hydrogen. It's not flammable or explosive, and it works well in balloons.
Where would all that helium come from? The chemical makeup of the planet would be very different from our own.
You would expect atmospheric mixing to constantly churn the atmosphere. Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide all have very different densities but they still mix fairly evenly in our atmosphere.
Lighter gasses escape more easily, you would expect Hydrogen and Helium (especially in the upper atmosphere) to be stripped away into space by atmospheric escape.
There is one scenario that might just work although it's still rather implausible. That is if the planet was a moon in low orbit around a gas giant. The gas giant would be the source of the helium and hydrogen, replenishing that which was lost and causing escaped gas to remain in a ring to be gathered in again as the moon orbits.
That doesn't solve the atmospheric mixing problem but you can hand-wave that to a certain extent.
You can get past the problem of He escaping into space only if the planet's core is rich in radioactive isotopes that undergo alpha decay. That would produce a supply of He to replenish what's lost to space.
Then you might actually have, instead of an upper-atmosphere layer, certain mineshafts that go deep enough to tap into this natural source of He.
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Welcome to Savings Saturday, the place you come to save some green while eating green. Looking to stay cool and defeat the heat? This week, I'm sharing some real chill deals, sure to refresh your wallet. Yes, I'm about out of summer puns.
…and then save another $1 good towards any Blue Bunny ice cream product when you check your email a few minutes later. That's savings almost nice enough to share.
Thanks for the coupon. I caught a sale at Food Lion so I got 100 pack boxes for $1.50 each…It was awesome! I can't wait to try some recipes. I finally tried the oopsie roll, and OMW it is so fantastic! I love love love it! Did I mention, I love it? LOL!


I recently saw a client and asked her if she likes to work out to music. She actually said no, she valued quiet more than music because she never got to experience it. She should definitely work out in quietness.
But if you're the type of person that can hear a song and be instantly transformed to a better place, or reminded of one of the great moments of your life, then by all means, use music to get you there, especially when working out.
Music is one of the best ways to get ourselves to a motivated state. Here is a list of songs that have a great beat, positive energy and/or lyrics to live by. Many were played during my week in Palm Springs and every time I hear them I smile and remember Enjoy.
My friends always bust my chops because I pick a new song I love after it's a year or two old already. That's because I don't watch TV or listen to the radio. I heard the song "Bulletproof" by La Roux while out and love the theme.
You're challenge today, should you accept it. Pick a song that will become your battle cry. Choose a song with a strong beat and words that will serve to inspire you and help you reach your goals. Have fun and let me know which song you choose. Maybe I'll make a playlist of powerful songs we can all use when working out and conquering the world.
My recommendation- Sit in the sun, face tilted up, smile, and think about who and what you love most. Smile again. If you can think it, you can make it happen. This IS YOUR life and you have something special to do. You're in control. Start doing it today. As the song says, "Today is all you have, today is all you'll ever have. I hope you have fun and get what you want most.
A special member of the FFR requested more great music for her workouts. This song has a great beat and just the right pace for your workout and the lyrics that can get that fire going within. Enjoy and smile while doing your workout.
You know the power of a great song and how it can put a smile on your face and take you places you want to be. Listen as this song invites you to, Just Say Yes, and allow yourself to enjoy the ride. Go ahead, it's ok. BTW- it's almost 5 minutes long so perfect for you know what: 5 Minutes to Fitness+!
Great song for your workout!
It's just over 5 minutes long. Perfect for those 5 minute intervals!


Sweet battle! E be like say some "underlying beef" dey between these 2 homies because all the bullets, axes, saliva, teeth and punches wey full dis thread tire me!
"you said i lost to the coogar/ wrong! 'cause recent events proved the fraudster's a loser/"
"so I pierce a nail through his flesh. . .but if his scream's derailing the thread/ I go 'straight to the point' and 'hit the nail on his head'!!/"
Limerick also had some tight "metaphorical gems" littering his graphs but was less consistent! Limerick should have just beat him up with supreme flows since it seems he was lacking in the "personals department" against elymax!
Good showing from both guys!


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U.S. Army, 1963 to 1975. The UH-1H was used as a troop and cargo transport and specialized operations.
In 1981, CAL FIRE originally acquired 12 helicopters from the Department of Defense. They were heavily modified by CAL FIRE for firefighting use, and went into service in 1989.
CAL FIRE currently has 9 helicopters available state wide, along with two additional helicopters available from CAL FIRE's Aviation Management Unit (AMU) in Sacramento to fill behind scheduled maintenance.
CAL FIRE utilizes the Super Hueys for fast initial-attack on wildland fires. The copters are able to quickly deliver a nine person fire cerew wherever needed, as well as battle fires with water and/or foam drops.
CAL FIRE helicopter crews are trained for "short haul" rescues. A short haul rescue involves a crew ember being lowered from a hovering helicopter to an injured, or trapped person below. Once hooked to a harness or stokes basket, the victim and crew member are then carried a short distance to safety. For more information on short haul rescues, click the link to the right of the page.
One Pilot, two Fire Captains, and eight Firefighters.
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I racconti romani di una ex novizia è un film italiano del 1972 diretto da Pino Tosini.

Conosciuto anche col titolo I racconti romani di Pietro l'Aretino, è l'ultima apparizione cinematografica di Gino Cervi.

Trama
Nella Roma papalina un cantastorie viene malmenato e imprigionato con la catena: per passare il tempo racconta a sette carcerati suoi compagni di cella una storia che si presume abbia raccontato Pietro Aretino a Papa Leone X. È quella di Nanna, figlia di messer Barbieraccio – uomo anziano ma ancora voglioso – e donna Marietta, che assecondando il desiderio dei genitori si fa monaca col nome di suor Agapita e viene accolta in un convento.

Più che alle pratiche spirituali, le suore si dedicano a lauti banchetti con alcuni frati e un baccelliere; mentre si ritira da sola a pregare nella sua camera si accorge che in altre stanze si dedicano alle orge. Lei, molto turbata da quanto accade, riceve la visita dello stesso baccelliere che la costringe controvoglia a fare l'amore per la prima volta. Contrariata, scrive ai suoi genitori chiedendo di andarsene via; abbandonato il velo, viene fatta sposare dalla madre ambiziosa a Giocondo, un uomo perennemente ubriaco, il quale alla prima notte di nozze si comporta rozzamente prima di addormentarsi. Nanna, piuttosto delusa, incontra la sua amica Aspasia, anch'essa insoddisfatta di Cencio, un marito poco sveglio; decisa a trovarsi un amante, lo trova in don Gorgonio, il nuovo pievano. Con la complicità della stessa Nanna e di mastro Zenobio, un medico compiacente, escogita uno stratagemma: si finge in punto di morte per riceverlo in casa. Nanna, incoraggiata da lei, decide di sostituirsi a una meretrice e incontra quattro amici del marito, ignaro di tutto, che alla fine scopre la sua macchinazione e si dispera.

Abbandonato anche il consorte, Nanna in breve tempo diventa dapprima prostituta di alto bordo e quindi cortigiana rispettata con la madre a riscuotere i proventi. Da una sua relazione con un Anguillara nasce Filippa, detta Pippa, la quale al compimento dei diciotto anni viene anch'essa fatta diventare cortigiana di lusso, e quindi ricoperta di monete d'oro e gioielli dal suo primo amante, e stavolta è la stessa Nanna che provvede ad incassare. Mentre il cantastorie termina di raccontare la novella ai suoi compagni di prigione ormai addormentati, Papa Leone X, ascoltata anch'essa quella storia dallo stesso Pietro Aretino e confortato dalle facezie di fra' Martino, il suo giullare, acconsente alla sua divulgazione.

Censura
Il film ebbe enormi problemi in sede censoria: presentato il 9 settembre 1972 con il titolo I racconti romani di Pietro l'Aretino, con la lunghezza di 2.543 metri, venne respinto per ben due volte, il 25 settembre e il 25 novembre 1972. Ripresentato il 1º gennaio 1973, dapprima con il titolo La nonna e poi con quello definitivo, con lunghezza ridotta a 2.351 metri, venne respinto per la terza volta il 29 gennaio 1973. Ridotta ancora la lunghezza della pellicola a quella definitiva di 2.332 metri, il film venne approvato con il visto n. 61742 del 15 marzo 1973, con divieto ai minori di 18 anni.

Non è noto in cosa consistono i 211 metri di pellicola mancanti, in quanto la documentazione è al momento irreperibile.

Distribuzione
Il film ebbe la prima proiezione pubblica il 21 settembre 1973, ben sei mesi dopo la concessione del visto; in seguito venne rieditato nel 1975 con il titolo I racconti romani di Pietro Aretino su monache, cortigiane e maritate. Il 26 febbraio 2019 la revisione ministeriale eliminò il divieto di visione ai minori di 18 anni, riducendolo a 14, e il film fu proiettato in televisione il 14 marzo 2020 sul canale Cine34.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Film drammatici
Film decamerotici
Film ambientati nel XVI secolo
Film ambientati nel Rinascimento


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Q: How to detect a click as soon as possible in JavaScript? I have the following code on my webpage:

    Button

On my webpage, the actual code is like this:
Lot of markup
<button>My button</button>

Two iframes
More HTML

Since the script tag comes just after the button, it should be detecting the click but it doesn't. The click is detected only after the page has loaded. Why is that?
Is there anything that I can do to detect the click as soon as possible.

A: You could put the onclick event directly on the span tag.  That would make it so that it works as soon as that part of the DOM has loaded, rather than waiting until the whole page has loaded to execute the script.
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Or something else simple.

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Q: Django - button to remove row in sqlite3 I have a question.. I got a Django Application with a mailbox that shows a list with all the mails and their importance (priority to answer). clicking the button "Manage" goes to a view of a mail message.
Now I also want to add a "delete" button that will delete this email in the list aka the row from the sqlite3 database.
I have tried multiple things, because I saw this on multiple forums. My problem is that I'm quite new to Django and I don't know which answers I can combine with what I already have in my code.
This is what I have now (it doesn't work as I'm still trying to find working solutions)
mailindex.html:
<form action="" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{% csrf_token %}

        Manage
        <button type="submit" name="deletemail" value="deletemail" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm">Delete</button>

</form>

views.py
class MailboxView(generic.ListView):
    extra_context = {"mailbox_page": "active"}
    model = MailMessage
    context_object_name = 'mails'
    template_name = 'core/mailbox/mailindex.html'

    def post(self, request):
        # if 'deletemail' in self.request.POST:
        if request.POST.get('deletemail'):
            mail = MailMessage.objects.get(pk=13)
            mail.delete()
            return HttpResponseRedirect(self.request.path_info)

EDIT:
I am a bit further: it now works that the button deletes email with ID 13... How can I send the mail.id to my function in views.py?

A: Django will not trigger the delete_mail_listing, or any other method except the ones that are in the code flow of the ListView.
Probably the most elegant way to do this is working with a DeleteView:
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from django.views.generic import DeleteView

class MailMessageDeleteView(LoginRequired, DeleteView):
    model = MailMessage
    success_url = reverse_lazy('mailbox')
In the urls.py, you can then register this view:
urlpatterns = [
    path('', login_required(views.IndexView.as_view()), name='index'),
    path('mailbox', login_required(views.MailboxView.as_view()), name='mailbox'),
    path('mailbox/delete/<int:pk>/', views.MailMessageDeleteView.as_view(), name='delete')
]
and in the template you then submit to the MailMessageDeleteView:
<form  method="POST" action="{% url 'delete' pk=mail.pk %}">
    {% csrf_token %}
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm">Delete</button>
</form>

Note: You can limit views to a class-based view to authenticated users with the
LoginRequiredMixin mixin [Django-doc].


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1:Preheat oven to 325 F.Prepare a large or 12 cups non-stick bundt pan.
Combine ingredients(C) in a large bowl,sieved and set aside.
3:Combine ingredients (B) in blender or food processor,blend till well combine,set aside.
4:Combine ingredients (A) in mixer except eggs at high speed till light and fluffy.Reduce speed to medium when add eggs one at a time and cream well after each addition.
5:Pour ingredients(B) into the mixer with (A) and whisk for 1 minute or until well combine,then add in (C), together into the mixture well for 30 seconds.
6:Pour the cake batter into a bundt pan,bake for 45-50 minutes or adjust to your oven temperature,till golden brown.Test with a toothpick,when comes out clean,it's ready.
7:Remove cake from oven and then pan,leave it cool. Sprinkle with some powder sugar before cut into pieces and serve with tea or coffee as snack.
my oven temperature is quite high ,plus the non-stick pan heat up fast.I should set 45 minutes instead of 55 minutes.
ready to serve with coffee or tea.
Look at the cake texture, I know you have perfectly bake this durian cake, look really yummy..But currently my family members can't take durian, all having flu and sore throat, including me, too bad.
The cake look so soft and moist!! We love this type of cake a lot. I have yet to bake a durian cake. Maybe it's time to try it out but I have to get some durian first.
The cake looks so smooth and soft....well done!
Looks great, the texture looks like pound cake. I haven't bought a single durian all the years I have been in US, can you believe it?
Next time I must try this cake. I made durian cream cake recently, but it was best eaten on the same day ... can't keep. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. Happy you found durians!!!
Thanks for your kind words:.oh yes I was suprised when this durian cake comes out perfectly fine texture and soft.I think the cake flour I mixed work hard for me! hahaha! hope your flu and cold recover soon!
Thanks for your words..yes this durian cake really turn up great! it's also my first time baking durian cake.Usually I whack the durian until jilat jilat jari,tak ada chance for baking! hahaha!
oh yes,Gert this durian cake is really soft especially the texture is fine..Even Eliot eat it after he know it's durian..I think it's best if you use cake flour,it's help and taste better.
thanks :)hiyooo...how come you not gian to eat durian here? well maybe you can tahan but not me...I like sweet durian so Thai's durian is perfect for me..
Wah, the cake looks so moist & soft inside.
I don't lke to eat raw Durian but I love Durian pastries. The smell is just right without that offensive Durian odor.
I found the perfect Durian tart recipe on www.filipinodesserts.net. It is so easy to make!
Hi.. Would like to know whether is it necessary to grease the non stick bundt pan.


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The goal of model-based mechanical ventilation is to allow the doctor to set abstract therapy goals. Physiological models can be employed to predict patient reactions to changes in ventilator settings and therefore can be used to optimize those settings to meet the clinician's goals. In addition, they provide supplementary information about a patient's health by revealing physiological parameters that would otherwise be hidden. For that purpose, the models must be adaptable to each patient individually. To ensure robust parameter fitting models are organized in hierarchical structures where models of lower complexity are extended to create models of higher complexity. Thus each model is related to its parents (i.e. the less complex models) and children (i.e. the next complex models). Employing such a structure in the identification process allows to use knowledge from already identified models of low complexity to gain optimal initial conditions for the identification of complex models.
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Max & Maja på det magiska museet (tjeckiska: Hurvínek a kouzelné muzeum) är en animerad tjeckisk film från 2017 i regi av Inna Jevlannikova och Martin Kotik efter ett manus av Sergej Zernov och Martin Kotik.

Handling
Max och Maja hittar ett magiskt gammalt dockmuseum och råkar av misstag aktivera en disk som gör alla dockorna levande.

Rollista

 Martin Klásek – Hurvínek Spejbl / Josef Spejbl, Hurvínkeks far
 Helena Štáchová – Mánička, Hurvíneks kompis / lärare Kateřina Hovorková, Maničkas docka
 Ondřej Lážnovský – hunden Žeryk / marionettdrake
 Jan Vondráček – dockan Bastor
 Ota Jirák – dockan Bručoun
 Petr Rychlý – dockan Popleta
 Vilém Udatný – dockan Chytrák
 Martin Dejdar – dockan Čert
 Jiří Lábus – dockan Čert
 Václav Vydra – arbetare / pantomimhäst
 Zbyšek Pantůček – arbetare / spårvagnschaufför / lärare / mannen med glasögon / kör
 Libor Terš – borgmästare / muskeldocka
 Jana Postlerová – skvaller-Pěnkavová
 Jitka Sedláčková – skvaller-Sýkorová
 Michaela Frkalová-Klenková – dockan Baletka
 Ivo Novák – cyklist / kör
 Marie Šimsová – övriga röster
 Jana Kotíková – övriga röster / kör
 Štěpánka Fingerhutová – övriga röster / kör
 Jiří Urbánek – övriga röster / kör
 Vít Panovec – övriga röster / kör
 Šimon Matějíček – övriga röster / kör
 Kateřina Kotíková – övriga röster / kör
 Veronika Kotíková – övriga röster / kör

Svenska röster

 Max (Harvie) – Edvin Ryding
 Maja (Monica) – Hanna Berg
 Joseph Spejbl – Dick Eriksson
 Smarter (Brainy) – Jonas Bergström
 Trumper (Grumpy) – Anders Byström
 Dummer (Dimwit) – Mikael Regenholz
 Bastor – Bengt Järnblad
 Borgmästaren (Mayor) – Anders Öjebo
 Fru Hassel (Mrs Titmouse) – Vicki Benckert
 Fru Sissel (Mrs Siskin) – Charlotte Ardai
 Fru Katarina (Mrs Katarina) – Annelie Bhagavan
 Djävul 1 (Devil 1) – Mikael Regenholz
 Djävul 2 (Devil 2) – Joakim Tidemark
 Övriga röster – Dick Eriksson, Mikael Regenholz, Annelie Bhagavan, Henrik Ståhl, Alice Sjöberg, Anders Byström, Joakim Tidemark
 Inspelningstekniker och regi – Johan Pettersson & Mikael Regenholz
 Översättning och sånger – Joakim Tidemark
 Producent – Hans-Henrik Engström
 Mix – Bernt Eklund
 Svensk produktion producerad av Nordic United

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The Beckett Scholars met in the far south west of Scotland on the first weekend of July. Hosts were 2015 Beckett Scholar Robert Fleming and his wife Claire. Robert, a beef farmer whose Nuffield study and interest had been centred on breeding and genetics, was now entirely focused on grass production/utilisation/management and the amount of beef he could produce off each hectare of his land. He told us the coastal area round Wigtownshire, where he farms, was the best grassproducing region in the UK, with growth for 10+ months of the year courtesy of the Gulf Stream drift. Both grass and cattle were constantly measured and monitored for results and profits, with strict targets set in conjunction with an agronomist. The business was AgriScot 'Scotch Beef Farm of the Year' in 2017. The area he farms in is included in the proposed Galloway National Park and, if he can get planning permission, Robert hopes to build some lodges to let. With the spectacular views across the sea to the Isle of Man and beyond, demand would be assured.
Next visit was to organic farmer Alan (Ted) Brown, he makes and markets cheese from both sheep and cows. The entrepreneurial owner told us he had himself applied for a Nuffield Scholarship some years back, but had been turned down. Clearly this had been Nuffield's loss.
A balanced picture of farming in Wigtownshire clearly needed to include a dairy farm and we visited Colin Ferguson, Next Generation Chairman of the NFU, Scotland. He explained to the Group how a farm he has had for less than 2 years has been turned around to start on the route to becoming a modern progressive dairy unit.
Our final hosts for the afternoon, Crafty Distillery, told us in detail how their immaculate 2-year old gin distillery had been built and operated. Their tour and talk covered the successful journey their 'Hills and Harbour' gin has taken - and we had the opportunity to sample the product.
On the Sunday, following a spirited AGM, we embarked on our final visit. A short drive south took us to Mull of Galloway farm and hosts Harvey and Billy Sloan. We were left gasping at the finest range of beef farm buildings many of us had ever seen. They had all been designed and physically built by the farmer and his (allegedly) retired father. They had extended their talents into restaurant building when they finally obtained planning permission to erect a café and gift shop at the site of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse. The foundations had to be blasted out of solid rock but the fabric of the building itself was of similar construction to that used for their huge cattle sheds. We partook of our final meal there, and the view over the low, gently rolling, wide open landscape, with the Irish Sea on one side and Luce Bay the other of Scotlands most southerly tip and the spacious fields demarcated by stone walls and bathed that day in sunshine, is one we will all take back to our own respective homes.
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Ex-army boxer rapped for protecting homes for £13 says: 'My service is better than the police'
John 'Winky' Watson already has more than 1,000 clients after setting up his business two months ago :: He's now set to expand
"I'm no vigilante - I'm providing a service people want and need."
So says John 'Winky' Watson, the "private security firm" boss who is extending his crusade to keep the streets safe across Teesside and beyond.
Customers pay the hulking ex-army boxer £13-a-year per house to carry out private patrols on tough estates.
His firm, John Watson Security Ltd, is already operating in the TS6 and TS10 areas, with TS3 and others to follow.
John 'Winky' Watson, who runs John Watson Security from South Bank
But this week, business like his were slammed in the House of Commons by Redcar MP Anna Turley, who said she feared people were turning to such firms after "losing confidence in the ability of the police to support them."
A former oil and gas offshore worker, former Eston Park School pupil John said he got the idea for his business in December while recuperating from a shoulder op.
Private protection firms charging £13 per house for 'policing-type' service, MP says
And he insists people pay him because he gets results.
"As soon as they see my van they scarper," said 15-and-a-half stone, South Bank born-and-bred John, who only began his business eight weeks ago but has already signed up more than 1,000 customers as well as 20 major clients - including a multi-millionaire property developer.
"We stop break-ins, burglaries - the other day we got two stolen puppies back from a bloke robbed at knifepoint.
"My service is better than the police - that's why people pay me."
Punters pay John via PayPal.
Their names go onto a spreadsheet and a van patrols their home around every 20 minutes.
He only has one van at the moment and runs the show with "right hand man" Carl Teasdale, Neil Peacock and his sister, Natalie Watson.
But he'll have another van in a few days and plans to get another four in two months.
As well as home patrols, he also does business and door security.
But MPs from both sides have refused to back private security practices operated by the likes of John.
"Some of my constituents have been driven, in desperation, to pay for private protection companies to protect their homes and their businesses," said Redcar Labour MP Anna Turley.
"These companies are offering protection packages for around £13 per house, which involve offering security, responding to incidents and investigating crimes.
"I'm deeply worried about the legality of such companies, and the fact that vulnerable people are feeling obliged to pay for protection because they have no faith the law is being upheld."
Her Conservative neighbour, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Simon Clarke, added the practice was "unacceptable" and "wrong".
However John - a 37-year-old former Green Howard who served in Bosnia and Northern Ireland- denies being a vigilante.
"I provide a better service than the police but that's because they don't get the funding and don't have the manpower anymore.
"I'm not saying the police are bad, I work alongside them with the same aim as them.
"What I can do though hopefully is get to people before stuff kicks-off.
"When you have these little creatures kicking your doors at night or scratching your car, I will be straight there to prevent that - and you can't always say that with police."
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Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger said: "The development of private security companies offering services to residents and businesses is now prevalent across the country and I share the concerns of local MPs about this.
"It is important that such firms carry out effective checks as to the suitability of anyone employed in this work and that staff are properly trained and licensed where appropriate, this is something the Government needs to ensure nationally as a matter of urgency.
"Most important of all is that the Government reverses its cuts to police funding so we can put more officers on patrol.
"Irrespective of whether there are private security patrols or not, I would urge local people to continue to report all crime to Cleveland Police and continue to support our officers."
But John is adamant he's working with, not against, the police.
"I'm a professional set up. I don't beat anyone up, I don't do anything like that.
"But I'm well known in the area and I'm always getting texted about stuff. I've got a good reputation and that's enough."
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