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FTC begins issuing subpoenas in App Store investigation triggered by Apple Music - report
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The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly expanded its inquiry into Apple's policy of forcing companies to turn over 30 percent of subscription revenue earned through the App Store, issuing subpoenas to streaming services that compete with Apple Music.
There is no word on exactly what information the commission is seeking with the subpoenas, which were reported by The Verge, or which services have received them. It's likely that the list includes one or more of Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Tidal, the most prominent competition for Apple Music.
The commission began looking into the App Store's revenue sharing policy earlier this month, after competitors groused that Apple Music launched with a built-in pricing advantage.
Because Apple keeps a 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases --?including subscription revenue --?services like Spotify are forced to raise their prices in the App Store to compensate, or face lost revenue from iOS users. The companies are also prohibited by App Store rules from directing consumers to sign up through other avenues that would avoid the 30-percent haircut, a likely secondary point of contention for the FTC.
"They [Apple] control iOS to give themselves a price advantage," one music industry insider told The Verge earlier this year. "Thirty percent doesn't go to any artist, it doesn't go to us, it goes to Apple."
Forcing my ass. This is the AppStore policy.
[QUOTE]"They [Apple] control iOS to give themselves a price advantage," one music industry insider told The Verge earlier this year. "Thirty percent doesn't go to any artist, it doesn't go to us, it goes to Apple."[/QUOTE]
Yeah! How dare they invent an operating system and control it.
thewhitefalcon	Posts: 4,453member
I wonder how much the FTC charges to start an investigation. Ten million? Twenty?
They just need to disable in app purchased and let customers get there subscription on there website.
That being said, I still wish the FTC force Apple to take a very small cut when an app is selling copyright content like movies, music, books, ...
This is so bunk and a waste of my taxes. The competitors can charge the same rate as Apple. They choose not to.
So the competitors are whining that they have to give a percentage of their earnings for an app that gives those whiners access to millions of potential (and paying) customers all the while Apple maintains that ecosystem and all the overhead costs that goes with it for free? As if all that infrastructure magically pays-for and maintains itself?
Stupid people. Nothing is stopping them from going to a competitor like Android - oh wait.. Fandroids expect everything to be free.
Apple can have a monopoly on its own product. Have a nice day crybabies.
What utter load of crap based completely on hearsay and because of obvious competitor conflicts of interest.
What's next? They're going to Federalize iTunes? Nonsense of the highest order.
I strenuously recommend investors call, write and fax their elected representatives to complain about these abuses of power.
williamlondon	Posts: 725member
Of course it has nothing to do with the fact that Goldman Sachs invested $500M in Spotify this year and they're looking to recoup their investment, right?! I'm sure the banking industry's (well known) stranglehold on politics has nothing to do with this investigation, along with Spotify's spending more on directly lobbying the government this year (articles here and here), right?! Nothing whatsoever, I'm sure! ;-)
eightzero	Posts: 2,362member
Well...John D. Rockefeller had an "operating system" for distributing kerosene too....
adrayven	Posts: 460member
"The companies are also prohibited by App Store rules from directing consumers to sign up through other avenues that would avoid the 30-percent haircut, a likely secondary point of contention for the FTC."
Haircut?
umm.. yeah.. and also, they are not prohibited from selling services outside of App Store.. Many have done this for years w/o issue.
elroth	Posts: 1,201member
Yeah, and when you sell a CD through a record store, the store takes 50%. Have you filed a complaint about that also?
eric swinson	Posts: 134member
"They [Apple] control iOS to give themselves a price advantage," one music industry insider told The Vergeearlier this year. "Thirty percent doesn't go to any artist, it doesn't go to us, it goes to Apple."
?Do stores stock their shelves with products for manufactures and sell to and service their customers for free? If the argument is the app store is a virtual store and therefore should get no cut I'd argue that apps and music are virtual products and should be free. I understand they want to keep the 30% themselves just as I'd like my sales staff to sell for me and I keep the commission. Just because it is a subscription and the music services are ultimately paying the cost of royalties and bandwidth to reach their customers does not change the fact that their app is distributed by apple. If they are allowed to argue against this requirement then every other term Apple has set forth for code compliance and app compatibility is also up for grabs. Bottom line you can't force a store to sell what you want on your terms unless you are in a position to negotiate them. Apple is pretty uniform on the commissions so it's not like any service, company or industry is being shown preference which would be discriminatory.
sandor	Posts: 523member
I am really at a loss as to what the argument is...
Does it differ from Amazon allowing other retailers/wholesalers to sell similar products, but being able to undercut their pricing due to instituted fee policies?
folk fountain	Posts: 15member
Since when have stores not been allowed to make money? Apple may not seem on the surface as a conventional store but it acts in the same way. What you purchase through the iTunes store has mark-up just like any other store. If they are not allowed to make money than I would assume that downloads through Amazon should have no markup either. I have things on subscribe and save at Amazon so I should only pay mark-up on the first box of Cheerios. All the subsequent boxes of Cheerios should not have mark-up. I'm not sure why that makes sense but OK.
Fortunately there are a lot more Android devices and PCs so we don't even have a monopoly issue here.
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I know what the argument is going to be... Next iTunes will be accused of being a monopoly, despite dozens of crappy competitors.
mac_dog	Posts: 688member
i think, most importantly, apple is disruptive to those in power. they eliminate the middleman whose sole purpose was that of a bottom feeder who really didn't do a thing and got most of the profit. they're also gaining too much power on wall street. this is making a lot of enemies of those stuck in the old economies & business models. it didn't bother them when typographers were going out of business, but now that it's coming to the areas of music, medical, and automotive, you can bet there's going to be more of this. the stakes are so much bigger. i guess government will be the last one.
i predict this government will find a way to break up apple (as a monopoly) before it gets there.
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Especially if Apple is legally able to continue to provide uncrackable security measures. Expect our illustrious leaders to continue to mount full frontal assaults on Apple.
I understand how people defend Apple on this but it is a gray area in my opinion because it is a subscription. Apple has nothing to do with the monthly billing because it does not go through the App Store. I fully agree that they should get 30% of the first month but not so sure they have a right to 30% of the ongoing reoccurring billing.
geekmee	Posts: 328member
Help me to understand this?... The FTC is investigating what Apple does with pricing of its own product & services, huh??... Something reeks!!
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As long as that app is offered through the App Store, that pricing is completely fair. Let these deadbeats offer their services as web apps otherwise.
mike1	Posts: 1,896member
So, I make a and sell a widget through two channels, retail and direct through my company web site.
My widget costs me $40 all in.
1. I sell my widget to, let's say Target, for $70. They sell it for $100. They make $30 and I make $30.
2. I sell my widget to some people directly. I make $60, Target makes nothing.
With the logic of this lawsuit, I should be suing Target to recoup the $30 I would have made if the customers had bought from me directly.
That doesn't make much sense, does it?
All Spotify and others need to do is not put in-app purchases in their app. If they want Apple to do some of the work, then they should suck it up and pay the 30%.

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Correctional Officers receive education grants
KINGSTON — Correctional Officers based at institutions across the island, have been presented with tertiary education grants totalling $2 million to assist with their tuition.
Eighteen of a total of 20 persons received their cheques during a ceremony at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Community and Institution office, Lockett Avenue, Kingston, on June 8.
Guest speaker at the event, Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Vivian Brown, said the Ministry has embraced the initiative undertaken by the DCS staff members to further their education.
"Any move to support educational advancement of persons who work within the Ministry's varied departments and agencies is truly welcomed. Indeed, we see an educated workforce as one which redounds to the benefit of the Ministry itself," he said.
Mr. Brown emphasised that it is important that individuals always seek to become lifelong learners, as this is an integral part of one's personal development.
"Studies show that it is important for human beings to have a role and a sense of purpose. Hence, actively pursuing knowledge and, or skills can help you achieve both as well as the stimulation your brain needs to be healthy," he said.
Commissioner of Corrections, Lieutenant Sean Prendergast, commended the Jamaica Federation of Corrections (JAFEDCO) for negotiating the grant funding allocation and praised the officers for "putting yourselves forward and seeing the need to improve yourself, so that you can get yourself more qualified in the end."
The officers will pursue studies in various fields, including social work, guidance and counselling, primary education, nursing, business studies, mechanical engineering, physical education and sports, child development, and paralegal studies.
As part of a wage agreement signed between the Government of Jamaica and JAFEDCO in November in 2006, the first batch of officers (19) received grants valued at close to $1 million in September 2007.
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And Pappu calls others dictators and "emperor without clothes". Look at the hand gestures of Sonia. Anger, frustration and extreme contempt. Only an extreme Narc would allow herself to be sculpted to a "fake Goddess" or have jerks issuing full page ads falling at her feet. As for the little ignoramus; his biggest animation is rolling up his sleeves in all his silly speeches, like he's up for a street fight. Other times he tears manifestos and slams ordinances by a PM from his own party. Pretending to care about farmers or the poor, this little brat lives in the lap of luxury and practically does no work. RG utters such extreme nonsense that any parent would be ashamed if s/he had produced an empty-brain like him. Yet, the Congis are so enslaved that they cling to this family, unable to escape slavery.
What exactly do these goons mean by "untoward incidents"? Clearly, a threat of violence and rioting. None of this happens without the approval of the dictators of the party – Sonia and Rahul. Be it rioting and violence in Mandsaur or butchering a cow in public in Kerala. All of it happens with the knowledge and approval of the Gandhis. Congis don't have guts even to take a bathroom-break in the middle of a meeting without a sanction from these dictators. So, like the Fiberal media and Sickulars like Commie-Congis, freedom flows only one way – For them to abuse, defend their crimes and hurl the vilest epithets at Modi or RSS or anyone not in their basket. From Nehru, right down to this little Pappu, everyone in this clan has been a naked dictator. It's only now that people are asking them to wear some clothes.
The audacity of claiming that their crimes must be hidden from the public simply because it will hurt Congis or the Chinese Gandhis is the kind of Hitlerism that has infested the Nehru-Gandhi clan for long. You talk about a play or movie about Nathuram Godse, the Congis will be the first to ban it or burn down theatres. These folks still think Indians are a bunch of fools who cannot tell the grain from the chaff. A Malayali author is being threatened with his life if he didn't convert to Islam. Another teacher in Kerala (TJ Joseph) had his hand chopped because he asked some question about Islam.
In Bollywood, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's freedom to concoct stories about Rani Padmini is ferociously defended. Trashing Hindu Gods and Goddesses in Bollywood and in other arts is promoted as artistic expression. But talk about crimes of the Gandhis – their goons are sent to riot all over the place. Even the horrible 66A was enacted because of Facebook posts that trashed Sonia and Rahul. Such is their intolerance of any dissent or even cartoons. The story of Emergency maybe about Indira and Sanjay and maybe partly fictional. But that's the freedom artists have. Every true story world over is always introduced as "Based on a true story" or "Inspired by real events". All such movies are dramatized to some extent, otherwise it would be as bland as the clueless Gandhis. Indu Sarkar would be best judged by those saw the Emergency close-up and experienced its cruelties or observed those.
"Control, it's all about control. Every dictatorship has one obsession and that's it. In ancient Rome, they gave the people bread and circuses. They kept population busy with entertainment but other dictatorships used other strategies to control ideas, the knowledge... how do they do that? Lower education, they limit culture, censor information, they censor any means of individual expression and is important to remember this, that this is a pattern, that repeats itself throughout history".
Exactly what the Nehru-Gandhi clan has done with Indians. Kept them poor, largely uneducated and threw them crumbs as doles. They made every effort to destroy Hindu culture and promote the Chrislamist ideology. They curbed free speech, imposed Emergency, brought in 66A and the discriminatory RTE. SoniaG has been president of Congress for 19 years (since 1998). RG has been general secretary and then VP for the last four years. And they talk democracy? These power-hugging dictators are the ones standing naked in front of Indians. We don't need lessons from them on democracy or any kind of freedom. And because the pattern will not change, these naked dictators must perish from the political landscape or at least buy some real clothes.
Raviji, factual and hard hitting, as usual! But Indians are loving watching the Chinese Gandhis being stripped naked daily and yet prancing like the well dressed pope! Indians are waiting to see these trecherous anti nationals in Tihar with all the slaves of the Khangress party, or whatever is left of it! Patriotic, honest and hard working Indians who love their motherland contributed in whatever way they could to strip these crooks "nekkid" BUT the one who did it best was the REAL Hindu Hriday Samrat Guruji @swamy39 and he will ensure the Chinese Gandhis go to Tihar or to the cell where Veer Savarkar was jailed by the British. Guruji is the TRUE Bharat Ratna, not the 3 Nehru Gandhis who bestowed the BR on themselves like "NAKED DICTATORS"! Raviji, "Carry on Stripping"!
This is a democracy where an illiterate Rabri ruled 10 CR public.A foreign lady with dubious past ruled India through proxy.Hundreds of celebs,politicians, journos bow before her n her moron son.Still she controls the oldest pol party as a dictator.Still her son says Modi as naked emperor.Rabinar has rightly exposed the family.
Oh My God! U r par excellent! I mean, your write ups. Wish you could get them translated into other indian languages. Simply superb.
Still a group of blind faithfuls stall parliament on behalf of these C.Gandhies. Nakedness attracts or what.??
Most dangerous from this fanatical Catholic duo is rapid spread of Xianity,by breaking Hindus.In Karnataka Lingayats are encouraged to declare themselves non-Hindus by Siddu their henchman.In fact politics is secondary destruction of Hindu society is primary target.Innermost circle of Sonia is all Catholic.Where does this Rahul go at govt expense to mysterious places?Some Catholic conclave?No difference between Mother Teresa and Sonia both want destruction Hindu society for Xianity to take over.Jihadis not haf as dangerous.
Mr. Manoj. Your comments reflect you abject mental slavery. Shame on you and your mind. Defending the indefensible crimes of the mental retard mulatto and her lowly bar-maid, you are a colonised mind.
You sound like a typical Congress Pappu. The protests against Bhansali movie was by the Rajasthani community and other such communities. The agitation and threats issued against Indu Sarkar is directly by a mainstream political party which wrongly calls itself now as a "national" party. Are you so dumb that you cannot see the difference?
Please don't forget the filthy corrupt crowd surrounding GHANDHI RULERS want these dim witted GHANDHIS so that they can get a free hand in looting people,alter our history books,play with hindu civilization,divide hindus as dalits, shikhs &jains.They got support to convert hindus to Christians &islam.Ghandhis chose ministers from muslims chritians,and jaichands of hindus.If there was no RSS they would have wiped out copletley hindu ethos religion &way of life.
Top class, accurate & crisp article describing fake gandhis.. Sooner India finishes them off politically, faster our nation will achieve prosperity. If only BJP showed the guts to throw this woman in prison for the crimes she's committed, many Indians would start believing more that our democracy prosecutes criminal politicians as well, unfortunately we are yet to witness a day where these fake gandhi's end up in jail for their loot..
We Indians are suckers. Even though we know exactly what these corrupt Chinese Gandhis are made of, still if Modi Sarkar makes a mistake of putting them in jail, they will come back strongly on sympathy votes. Their only punishment should be slow and painful humiliation through election defeat after election defeat.
Yes, that is dilema. Corrupt Lalu's party and Jaya's shashikala can rule from jail and old, ugly uncle and grand pa actors accepted as heros. It is after 70 years may be some of us are figuring out the dichotomy of our situations and finding our mojo.
It's fate that make these leaders, atleast let us resolve to keep them(Chinese Gandhi) out of power for rest of their wretched lives.
Being cut and shut off from their major domestic as well as foreign supplies and sources, their robotic and zombie-like moves and maneuvers belie their contentions and betray their intentions. Fidgeting and flitting, but never quitting; mumbling, rumbling, fumbling and tumbling, but never crumbling; such apparitions of those persons, though defeated and unseated, are always conceited; though defused and confused, are always suffused, with anger and revenge; although keep wondering and wandering, don't ever consider surrendering; their past dark experiences and previous daring exploits keep them afloat on lightest support, aroused to faintest opportunity, and upbeat about any slightest letup in misery.
So, as we all can see, "the situation is tense, but under control"!
Thanks, if your reply is directed towards my comment, and I'm not mistaken.
It is not Chrislamism. It is "CommiChrIslamism" & Commichrislamists that Sonia promoted and unleashed to destroy Hinduism.
Exactly what the Nehru-Gandhi clan has done with Indians. Kept them poor, largely uneducated and threw them crumbs as doles.This sentence to be written in BOLD and UNDERLINED.


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Over 300 arrested for electricity theft
Published:Sunday | July 19, 2015 | 12:00 AM
JPS crews removing hundreds of illegal connections from the Windsor Heights community in St Catherine on Tuesday, July 14.
Over 300 persons have been arrested for illegal electricity abstraction up to July 15, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says.
In a release this afternoon, the light and power company its "crews have been relentlessy pursuing the perpetrators of electricity theft". This has resulted in 304 persons arrested for the illegal abstraction of electricity and some 9,512 throw-up lines taken down.
"On Tuesday July 14, the teams' latest move saw the St Catherine community of Windsor Heights in Central Village, being rid of 850 throw-up lines. One man was arrested, but several others fled from their residences to avoid being associated with the illegal connections," the release says.
According to the JPS, nine persons were brought before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court, for the illegal abstraction of electricity on June 30. Six of them pleaded guilty and were fined an average of J$150,000 each or six months in prison.
On July 1, another five persons were brought before the Linstead Resident Magistrate's Court, with the same charge. Four pleaded guilty and were also fined an average of $150,000 each.
The JPS is reminding non-paying users of electricity that regularization is a straight forward process. "The company is also anticipating that its Community Renewal programme in seven communities in Kingston, will assist in creating sustained regularisation, through public education and practical assistance (such as house wiring), among other measures."
Persons wishing to become regularized should call 1-888-CALLJPS (1-888-225-5577) for further information.
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Humanities building to undergo major renovation; to be renamed Karp Hall
An artist's rendering of the lobby at Karp Hall.
Beginning in early January, Union College will undertake a major renovation of the Humanities building with the goal of greatly enhancing the educational environment for students and faculty. The building will be renamed Karp Hall.
A lead gift from the Karp Family Foundation will support the project, which will include electronic multi-media classrooms, a seminar room, a media lab and a performance classroom that will facilitate staging components such as dramatic readings as part of the classroom experience.
The project also includes extensive improvements to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that will be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient. The total cost of the renovations will be $7 million. The architect is McKinney and MacDonald of Latham, N.Y.
"This is an important project for Union College. It will renovate one of our most heavily used academic buildings and it affirms the importance we attach to the humanities," said President Stephen C. Ainlay. "We are deeply indebted to the Karp family for their continuing support of the College."
Opened in 1965, the three-story, 21,000-square-foot building houses classrooms and offices for nearly 40 faculty members in the departments of English and Modern Languages and Literatures.
Renovations are expected to be completed by November. During the project, faculty offices and classes for the two departments will be shifted to other campus buildings.
The renovations to Humanities are the latest project to transform the College's historic landscape.
This fall, the College dedicated the Wicker Wellness Center, a two-story, 6,600-square foot building adjacent to Alumni Gym that is the new home of Health Services and the Counseling Center.
And last spring, the College opened the Henle Dance Pavilion, a home for classes, rehearsals, workshops, performances and other events. The $3 million, 7,000-square-foot facility is adjacent to Yulman Theater overlooking Jackson's Garden.
Other recent projects have included the Peter Irving Wold Center, a $22 million research and education facility, and a major renovation of the former Social Sciences building, which was renamed Lippman Hall.


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'Utterly senseless': Young woman shot to death while shielding her 1-year-old daughter
Updated: 8:53 AM PDT May 31, 2019
By National Desk Staff
A judge has denied bail for two central Illinois men charged in the Chicago shooting death of a woman who was shielding her 1-year-old daughter from their gunfire.Authorities say 39-year-old Michael Washington and 23-year-old Eric Adams are charged with first-degree murder in the Tuesday fatal shooting of 24-year-old Brittany Hill. Both men are from Urbana.Cook County Judge John F. Lyke Jr. on Thursday called the shooting "chilling, mind-boggling and utterly senseless." Prosecutors said the baby was waving at the vehicle the men were riding in before the shooting."The most egregious part the state tells me is that this little baby being held by her mother is waving at the car. Typically, kids do that," Lyke said. "All of a sudden, the occupants of that car start sending metal bullets at those five people ... and leave this little baby motherless."Police say Hill was holding her daughter when gunfire erupted and placed her body over the baby to shield her from the bullets. The baby wasn't injured.Police believe Adams and Washington were targeting three people near Hill in a gang-related conflict. Community activist and former mayoral candidate Ja'mal Green told ABC News he went to high school with Hill."When Brittany was shot, she shielded her baby, was hit and fell protecting her," Hill said on Twitter. Green said Hill is also survived by a young son.
A judge has denied bail for two central Illinois men charged in the Chicago shooting death of a woman who was shielding her 1-year-old daughter from their gunfire.
Authorities say 39-year-old Michael Washington and 23-year-old Eric Adams are charged with first-degree murder in the Tuesday fatal shooting of 24-year-old Brittany Hill. Both men are from Urbana.
Cook County Judge John F. Lyke Jr. on Thursday called the shooting "chilling, mind-boggling and utterly senseless." Prosecutors said the baby was waving at the vehicle the men were riding in before the shooting.
"The most egregious part the state tells me is that this little baby being held by her mother is waving at the car. Typically, kids do that," Lyke said. "All of a sudden, the occupants of that car start sending metal bullets at those five people ... and leave this little baby motherless."
Police say Hill was holding her daughter when gunfire erupted and placed her body over the baby to shield her from the bullets. The baby wasn't injured.
Police believe Adams and Washington were targeting three people near Hill in a gang-related conflict.
Community activist and former mayoral candidate Ja'mal Green told ABC News he went to high school with Hill.
"When Brittany was shot, she shielded her baby, was hit and fell protecting her," Hill said on Twitter.
Green said Hill is also survived by a young son.
When Brittany was shot, she shielded her baby, was hit and fell protecting her. She survived and will have to grow up without her mother.. what is life Chicago? #Tired #Hurt #RIHBritBrat pic.twitter.com/NqeEgNchpZ
— Ja'Mal Green (@JaymalGreen) May 28, 2019


Agroforestry models for fodder production viz., silvipasture, hortipasture, horti silvipasture and agrisilvi system were established in degraded cultivable wastelands. The wastelands could be effectively utilized for fodder production vis-à-vis livestock production through agroforestry system, which is also an environmentally safe system of land use. Silviculture, silvipasture and hortipasture systems are viable technologies to rehabilitate degraded wastelands. By effective utilization of wastelands for fodder production, the agroforestry system serves as a sustainable land use technology for livestock production.
Silvipastoral system increased the dry fodder biomass yield from 1.25 – 4.50 tons (natural pasture) to 4.50 – 8.70 tons per hectare per year and could hold 8-15 sheep per hectare. The average dry fodder production potential of the hortipasture, hortisilvipasture and hortisilvi system were 3.855, 4.410 and 1.282 tons per hectare per year respectively under rain fed condition. Agrisilvi system of fodder production (Napier-Bajra hybrid grass + Sesbania grandiflora) yielded more dry fodder biomass and protein under irrigated condition.
Among the agroforestry models, Napier-Bajra hybrid grass + Leucena leucocephala / Sesbania grandiflora as agrisilvi system of fodder production was more successful for irrigated lands. Silvipasture with Leucena leucocephala + Gliricidia sepium + Albizia lebbeck as tree components and Cenchrus ciliaris + Stylosanthes scabra as pasture components was recommended for greening of wastelands in rain fed condition. Lambs (10-12 kg) when integrated in silvipasture (Leucena leucocephala + Gliricidia sepium + Cenchrus ciliaris + Stylosanthes scabra) at the rate of 30 numbers / ha., the body weight gain per day was increased by 68% and the animal holding capacity was increased by 50% as compared to natural grazing land during rain fed season. Goats (12-13 kg) when integrated (8 goats / ha.) on mixed silvi pasture gained 62.98% more body weight (50.02 Vs 30.69 g per day) compared to goats raised in natural grazing lands. When lambs (12-15 kg) were integrated in legume hortipasture (48-50 lambs / ha.) by giving one hour additional complementary grazing, gained 20% and 26% more body weight in lush and lean season respectively, compared to lambs grazed in natural grazing land.


Summary: In this last installment of a three-part series, the author discusses four more important considerations when embarking into the choppy seas of the membrane water treatment industry. This article will expound on the final four of 10 tips for water treatment dealers to keep in mind when selecting the appropriate membrane system.
Implement and monitor performance trends.
Part 1, which covered Tips 1-3, discussed some important things to do and check in the feasibility evaluation phase. Part 2 covered Tips 4-6 and provided suggestions on how to ensure the best overall system design through excellent pilot testing and using experienced designers and contractors. This article, Part 3, covers Tips 7-10 and focuses on what to do during startup and operation.
In many cases, when a new membrane system starts up, it's a facility's first experience with membrane water treatment. There may be up to hundreds of person-years of experience at a particular plant with conventional water treatment (clarification, filtration and chlorination), but no in-house experience with membrane water treatment. Training will be required.
There will likely be "sticker shock" for the price tag of membrane water treatment training. Supervisors and managers are used to spending a relatively small amount for conventional water treatment training.
Membrane water treatment is relatively new.
The number of people and facilities using conventional water treatment has, to date, been huge compared to the number involved with membrane water treatment.
While reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology has been commercially available since the 1970s and may be considered the most mature of the membrane technologies, membrane water treatment as a whole, if not in its infancy, is likely no more than in its adolescence—as far as market saturation.
A few years ago, when the membrane market wasn't as large, the cost of a standard RO membrane element was around $1,200. The cost of research, development and manufacture had to be spread out over relatively few buyers. Today, with large orders, a standard RO membrane element may only cost $400. Thus, there are many more buyers today making it a much more economical option.
The same is true for membrane water treatment training. While the cost is high in comparison with conventional water treatment training, the cost of producing and delivering the training has to be spread out over relatively few facilities. The cost will drop as the membrane water treatment market expands.
One month prior to startup: All personnel associated with the membrane water system are trained in the fundamental process, equipment, maintenance, monitoring and basic troubleshooting of the membrane unit. The purpose of the initial training is to ensure everyone knows the purpose and function of each piece of equipment as well as the difference between acceptable and unacceptable performance. In other words, people know when to raise the alarm that performance is degrading (it isn't always obvious) and basically know how to fix the problem (chemical cleaning in many cases).
Three to six months after startup: All personnel associated with the membrane water treatment system receive a review of the fundamental process, equipment, maintenance, monitoring and basic troubleshooting of the membrane unit. Their level of understanding will catapult based upon their months of real-world operating experience combined with lectures and hands-on training.
During the first one to two years: At least two people at the plant should be trained in more advanced monitoring, troubleshooting and chemical cleaning of the membrane system. They monitor and interpret more detailed performance trend data (more on this later).
The startup of a new system can be a crazy time. Hurry up, then wait… hurry up, then wait—over and over again. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and contractors have schedules to meet. They need to hydro-test certain lines by certain dates and load membrane elements and check performance by certain dates.
A word of caution: The single-biggest potential problem with operating many membrane units is biofouling. You never want to load membrane elements into the pressure vessels, apply water to them, then let them sit for days or weeks while the computer control system, instrument loops or other equipment and sub-systems are made ready.
With the right bacteria, warm temperature and enough organic compounds (food) in the feed water, even being stagnant for less than a week can result in a subsequent dramatic reduction in performance. A biofouling process may begin that greatly increases chemical cleaning and even membrane element replacement costs.
Many membrane manufacturers have software programs that provide a prediction of how a specific membrane unit will work on a given feed water and under what given conditions. This information can be very valuable. The most important data, however, are after the membrane system has been actually operating for 24-48 hours. This is called "start-up data." All subsequent performance is referenced back to startup data.
Start-up data tell us how a new and clean unit operates on a particular feed water. These aren't theoretical data from a software prediction program—these are real-world data. The author has, on several occasions, been hired to solve a costly performance problem at a membrane plant, only to find there are no start-up performance data. There's no reference information as to how the unit ran in the beginning when it (supposedly) ran well.
One consulting job comes to mind where the problems cost the company nearly a half-million dollars per year in labor (overtime), membrane element replacement and cleaning chemical costs. The plant personnel were trained to monitor the RO units. They took the right data and created the right performance trends. The monitoring problem was that this was a "turnkey" job. The system wasn't completely turned over to plant personnel for six months after the units actually began operating. The OEM took all of the data and the plant's data were incomplete.
In the aforementioned case, the best you can do is chemically clean a unit extremely well and then, after operating for at least eight hours after the cleaning, take performance data and call it "start-up" data. You can never be sure the unit really is back to performing like new, however, without more extensive investigation and occasionally even autopsies of membrane elements.
Let's say that we are at a large RO plant. The plant has been operating 24/7 for six months. Table 1 provides a list of a few operating parameters for one RO unit at startup and today.
As the temperature of the feed water increases, the amount of pressure required to produce an equal amount of permeate should decrease. That the feed pressure in the previous example remained the same indicates fouling (likely) and/or scaling is (are) occurring simultaneously with the temperature increase. If this problem isn't caught at an early stage, cleaning back to new performance capability may be practically impossible.
Normalized permeate flow (NPF)—(For nanofiltration and reverse osmosis applications). Scaling and/or fouling will cause NPF to drop. Membrane damage will cause the NPF to rise.
If you're considering membrane water treatment for the first time, there are things to watch and consider. This series of three articles covered 10 important tips. In this last installment, the need for excellent training, startup data and monitoring were emphasized.
David H. Paul is president of David H. Paul Inc, an advanced water treatment training and technical services firm in Farmington, N.M. He has over 25 years of experience in advanced water treatment, and has published over 100 technical articles and papers. He has created and administers a 4,000-page, college-accredited correspondence training program plus three on-campus college degree programs in advanced water treatment. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in microbiology from New Mexico State University. Paul can be reached at (877) 711-4347, (505) 327-2934 (fax), email: dhp@dhptraining.com or web: www.dhptraining.com.


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Takatāpui (també escrit takataapui) és un terme te reo Māori (llengua maori), que s'utilitza de manera similar a LGBTQI+. Quan es parla en te reo Māori, les persones LGBTQI+ de qualsevol cultura es coneix com a Takatāpui. En altres idiomes, una persona Takatāpui és un individu maori que és lesbiana, gai, bisexual o transgènere (LGBT).

Tradicionalment, Takatāpui es referia a una parella devota del mateix sexe. En ús contemporani, Takatāpui s'utilitza en resposta a la construcció occidental de «sexualitat, gènere i expressions d'identitat corresponents» (identitat de gènere i identitat sexual). Els identificadors de gènere māori (wāhine, tāne) i els rols de gènere (protocols marae, participació en la guerra, els modes de vestir i la col·locació de Tā moko) van existir abans i fora de la influència occidental. El terme Takatāpui inclou no només aspectes de la sexualitat, sinó també la identitat cultural. Takatāpui incorpora tant un sentiment d'identitat indígena i comunica l'orientació sexual; s'ha convertit en un terme genèric per construir la solidaritat entre les minories de sexualitat i de gènere dins de les comunitats māoris.

Takatāpui no és un nou terme, però l'aplicació d'aquest és recent. El Dictionary of the Māori Language (Diccionari de la llengua māori, recopilat per primera vegada pel missioner Herbert Williams el 1832) assenyala la definició com a «company íntim del mateix sexe». Després d'un llarg període de desús, hi ha hagut un ressorgiment a partir de la dècada del 1980 com a una etiqueta per descriure un individu que és māori i no heterosexual. Es va trobar que la paraula Takatāpui existia a la Nova Zelanda pre-colonial per descriure les relacions entre persones del mateix sexe. L'existència d'aquesta paraula repudia l'argument conservador māori que l'homosexualitat no existia a la societat māori abans de l'arribada dels europeus.

Hinemoa i Tutānekai
El relat clàssic i primer dels orígens dels déus i els primers éssers humans es troba en un manuscrit titulat Nga Tama A Rangi (Els fills del cel), escrit el 1849 per Wī Maihi te rangikāheke, de la tribu Ngāti Rangiwewehi de Rotorua. El manuscrit «dóna un relat clar i sistemàtic de les creences i creences religioses māori sobre l'origen de molts fenòmens naturals, la creació de la dona, l'origen de la mort i la pesca. Cap altra versió d'aquest mite es presenta d'una manera tan connectada i sistemàtica, però tots els esdeveniments inicials, des de qualsevol àrea o tribu, confirmen la validesa general de la versió de Rangikāheke. Comença de la manera següent: Amics meus, escolteu-me!. El poble māori prové d'una única font, és a dir, el Gran-cel-que-es-troba-a-sobre, i la terra-que-es-troba-avall. Segons els europeus, Déu va fer el cel i la terra i totes les coses. Segons els māoris, el cel (rangi) i la terra (papa) són ells mateixos la font ».

Una de les grans històries d'amor del món māori és la llegenda de la princesa Hinemoa i el jove Tūtānekai. La història continua sent popular i es recorda en cançons, pel·lícules, teatre cultural i dansa. En llegir la versió original de Te Rangikāheke en māori, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku va trobar que Tūtānekai tenia un amic masculí (hoa takatāpui), anomenat Tiki, i Tūtānekai «no es va quedar tant impressionat per Hinemoa com la narració victoriana romàntica havia descrit». Després que Tūtānekai es va unir amb Hinemoa, Tiki es va entristir molt per la pèrdua del seu hoa takatāpui. Tūtānekai, sentint-se molt trist també, va decidir que la seva germana petita es casés amb Tiki per consolar-lo. Si bé ningú no pot dir que Tūtānekai i Tiki estaven implicats sexualment, la seva relació es va acceptar per ser íntima més enllà de la mera amistat, i la història il·lustra el concepte que takatāpui en la vida tradicional de māori no era exactament la mateixa que les construccions de l'homosexualitat contemporània a les societats occidentals.

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Un dels primers usos contemporanis de «takatāpui» va ser un informe a la Comissió de Salut Pública per Neewini i Sheridan (1994), que utilitzaven el terme per abastar homes gai māori i homes que tenen relacions sexuals amb homes però que no s'identifiquen com a gai. L'ús històric del terme pot no correspondre amb la comprensió contemporània de les identitats LGBTQI+, mentre que la informació sobre la sexualitat no heterosexual i les variacions dels rols de gènere tal com els entenem avui ha estat substancialment eradicada per la moral victoriana aportada pels colonitzadors i els missioners cristians. Tot i que circumstancial, hi ha algunes proves que takatāpui vivia sense discriminació en època preeuropea.

Algunes persones LGBTQI+ māori contemporànies utilitzen els termes «gai» i «lesbianes» per conveniència, mentre que d'altres s'autoidentifiquen com a takatāpui per resistir la colonització de les seves identitats i cossos «que negarien l'accés a un coneixement ancestral important». Alguns utilitzen els dos termes segons el context. L'ús de takatāpui per identificar-se requereix l'acceptació d'un mateix com a māori i alhora com a LGBTQI+. Aproximadament una cinquena part de māori són joves, però el sistema educatiu estatal no preveu explícitament explorar les múltiples identitats. Els rols espirituals i socials tradicionals que takatāpui ha tingut en les societats māoris històriques no s'incorporen fàcilment als plans d'ensenyament i, malgrat un mandat del 2002 del Ministeri d'Educació, hi ha una «absència a l'engròs de currículums de sexualitat culturalment adequats a les escoles per a māoris».

Els derivats de takatāpui inclouen takatāpui kaharua (bisexual), takatāpui wahine (lesbiana), takatāpui wahine ki tāne (home transgènere) i takatāpui tāne ki wahine (dona transgènere).Takatāpui serveix de terme genèric per a totes aquestes identitats.

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The Extra Woman
How Marjorie Hillis Led A Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It
Scutts, Joanna
Book - 2018 | First edition.
Presents a cultural history of independent single women between the 1920s and the 1950s through the reclaimed life of glamorous guru Marjorie Hillis.
"You've met the extra woman: she's sophisticated, she lives comfortably alone, she pursues her passions unabashedly, and--contrary to society's suspicions--she really is happy. Despite multiple waves of feminist revolution, today's single woman is still mired in judgment or, worse, pity. But for a brief exclamatory period in the late 1930s, she was all the rage. A delicious cocktail of cultural history and literary biography, The Extra Woman transports us to the turbulent and transformative years between suffrage and the sixties, when, thanks to the glamorous grit of one Marjorie Hillis, single women boldly claimed and enjoyed their independence. Hillis, the pragmatic daughter of a Brooklyn preacher, was poised for reinvention when she moved to the big city to start a life of her own. Gone were the days of the flirty flapper; ladies of Depression-era New York embraced a new icon: the independent working woman. Hillis was already a success at Vogue when she published a radical self-help book in 1936: Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman. With Dorothy Parker-esque wit, she urged spinsters, divorcées, and 'old maids' to shed derogatory labels and take control of their lives, and her philosophy became a phenomenon. From the importance of a peignoir to the joy of breakfast in bed (alone), Hillis's tips made single life desirable and chic. In a style as irresistible as Hillis's own, Joanna Scutts, a leading cultural critic, explores the revolutionary years following the Live-Alone movement, when the status of these 'brazen ladies' peaked and then collapsed. Other innovative lifestyle gurus set similar trends that celebrated guiltless female independence and pleasure: Dorothy Draper's interior design smash, Decorating Is Fun! transformed apartments; Irma Rombauer's warm and welcoming recipe book, The Joy of Cooking, reassured the nervous home chef that she, too, was capable of decadent culinary feats. By painting the wider picture, Scutts reveals just how influential Hillis's career was, spanning decades and numerous bestsellers. With this vibrant examination of a remarkable life and profound feminist philosophy, Scutts at last reclaims Hillis as the original queen of a maligned sisterhood. Channeling Hillis's charm, The Extra Woman is both a brilliant exposé of women who forged their independent paths before the domestic backlash of the 1950s trapped them behind picket fences, and an illuminating excursion into the joys of fashion, mixology, decorating, and other manifestations of shameless self-love."--Dust jacket flaps.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & company, [2018]
Branch Call Number: 305.420973 SCUTT
Characteristics: 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Chapel_Hill_MarthaW Jan 17, 2019
I had never heard of Marjorie Hillis prior to reading an article about her a year or so ago, which is wild considering how exceptionally famous she was in her heyday. This was a fascinating look at her live alone movement and adeptly showed how revolutionary this was for her time. I particularly enjoyed seeing how it was oversimplified and commodified in the wake of her first book's success, because, well, #capitalism.
Frankster1 Jan 02, 2018
The title, "The Extra Woman" is a referenced to Marjorie Hillis's first book, and her life is the pivot around which the book evolves. The subtitle, however, is misleading, which is unfortunate because there is so much here that would have been better served with something else. "How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It" does not tell how the book covers the American obsession with self-help/personal growth books from the early 1900's on or how it follows the changing roles and expectations of American women from World War I to the 1970's. These two topics are so much more interesting than what the subtitle suggests, and the overview of the changes in the lives of American women (covering white middle and upper class only, as lower economic and non-Anglo groups were ignored in writings of this period) is well worth reading for its insight into how American society has arrived where we are today. I can understand my grandmothers' and mother's generations so much better having read this.
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Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst
Cruise curators
Increasingly, cruise ships are becoming galleries at sea.
In 2005, Denver artist Lawrence Argent crafted a 40-foot-tall blue bear out of fiberglass and posed it peering through the towering glass windows of the Colorado Convention Center.
"I saw it and I loved it," said Joan Blackman, an art consultant for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. "And I said to myself, one day we're going to have the opportunity to have this onboard."
Nine years later, the company's Quantum of the Seas emerged from a shipyard in Germany with a 32-foot-tall bear, this one pink and made of stainless steel, affixed to the top deck.
"It became an identifier," Blackman said. "And it says a lot about Royal, because they've given you not only something to talk about but it's really kind of intrigued you and made you smile."
Art has always been a background element on a cruise, but increasingly it is stepping into the spotlight. Some lines are spending millions of dollars on art with each new ship. (View a slideshow here.)
Blackman, a co-founder and partner at International Corporate Art (ICArt) in Coral Gables, Fla., said the emphasis on art helps drive home the quality of the cruise experience and give cruise lines an extra surprise, a different experience and a conversation item to offer guests.
"They're trying to differentiate themselves, their brands, their ships and create something that is their [unique] characteristic," she said.
Strategies are as varied as the brands. At some lines, art reinforces a national identity that it cultivates or emphasizes heritage and tradition. Other lines want to appear contemporary.
And some are offering a curated art collection worthy of connoisseurs.
In general, art on cruise ships is becoming more three-dimensional, more interactive and more driven by technological possibilities than in the past, according to Blackman.
Onboard Royal Caribbean International's recently delivered Harmony of the Seas, there are more than 3,000 pieces of art worth $6.5 million.
Perhaps the most talked about piece is "Head," five tons of steel and embedded motors that moves multiple plates intermittently to create a three-dimensional human head.
Created by Czech artist David Cerny and installed on the Harmony's indoor promenade, "Head" is both a legitimate work of art and the kind of showpiece that resonates with cruise guests.
Another provocative piece, "Medusa's Shoes," by Dutch artist John Breed, sits outside the ship's Entertainment Place neighborhood. It is a gilded thicket of upturned legs and shoes kicking in the air.
Mariangela Capuzzo, who commissioned the piece as creative director and lead curator for ICArt, said that the piece, like all of those on the Harmony, relates to a common theme: "The World We Live In."
"We're all kind of going crazy and turned around," Capuzzo said. "It's a question of speed and having a good time. It's very pertinent to the world we live in. It's also whimsical."
Royal Caribbean's concept of creating a "red thread" that ties every piece of art together thematically throughout a vessel is just one way of organizing a ship's collection.
At Carnival Cruise Line, art responsibilities are parceled out to different function areas. For example, as director of specialty dining, Greg Poplewko is in charge of art in the alternative restaurants.
That includes Ji Ji Asian Kitchen, a fairly recent addition to Carnival's lineup. Diners there are treated to a bit of theater when they arrive at a table. The server instructs guests to roll a die, and the winning number writes down all of the orders for the table.
It relates to the theme of luck (Ji means lucky in Chinese). So Poplewko commissioned a local Miami artist to fill a canvas with symbols of luck -- a horseshoe, a rabbit's foot, a four-leaf clover -- for a wall of the restaurant.
"Our whole story within the menu speaks to how lucky you are to dine in our restaurant, because we've taken all of this time to travel the Orient and come up with this fantastic food," Poplewko said.
Sculptures are popping up in different areas of ships, such as this light sculpture on an elevator landing on Holland America Line's Koningsdam. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst
At Holland America Line, art reinforces the company's Dutch heritage. Even on the Koningsdam, its most contemporary ship, there is a large model of a Dutch sailing vessel on an elevator landing.
At Cunard Line, in a nod to tradition, designers made great use of old photos and design themes from Cunard's historical offices in New York and Liverpool in redesigning the Queen Mary 2.
And at MSC Cruises, where an Italian experience is offered, notable art includes "La Dolce Vita. 1950-1960," a collection of 84 black-and-white photos of film stars. Originally exhibited at the Museo dei Fori Imperiali in Rome, it now hangs aboard the MSC Divina.
An MSC spokeswoman said the line's art selection is heavily influenced by the Aponte family, who own the company.
At most publicly held cruise lines, art selection is typically outsourced to consultants, with oversight from top management. Princess Cruises has used Bronson Fine Arts in Los Angeles, and Norwegian Cruise Line employs Atlanta-based Soho Myriad Inc.
ICArt's Capuzzo said consultants know both the art world and the cruise world and can bring them together. "We have the expertise. We're very much aware of the pulse of the market," Capuzzo said. "We're international. I'm constantly traveling to art fairs all over the world."
She said, "I know how to present the art collection in a way that supports the brand."
RCCL estimated the value of the art on Royal Caribbean's 24 ships at $142 million, while that on Celebrity Cruises is valued at $52 million.
Since few people list art as a top reason to cruise, it raises the question of what cruise lines are getting for that investment.
Sarah Hall-Smith, vice president of art consulting at Soho Myriad, said she credits the average cruiser with knowing on some level whether the ship they're on is well designed.
"Whether you invest the extra money in a recognizably good art collection or whether you cheap out and do prints and posters, the general population does notice that," Smith-Hall said.
"I think it's worth the extra investment to have an art collection that doesn't look like something you bought from Art.com or Wal-Mart," she said.
Perhaps the first person to put a major emphasis on art in the post-liner era was Christina Chandris, wife of Celebrity Cruises founder John Chandris and an art maven.
Chandris, a trustee at the foundation for London's Tate Modern museum, filled Celebrity's ships in the 1990s with works from modern masters such as Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein.
Many of those works, originally on the Celebrity Galaxy and the Mercury, were moved to Celebrity's Solstice-class ships when the older vessels were transferred to TUI Cruises.
"She gave us a remarkable legacy," said Kelly Gonzalez, vice president of architectural design at RCCL. "We definitely respect it."
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank Del Rio is very hands-on when it comes to selecting the art for the company's ships. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst
If there is a contemporary counterpart for Chandris, it would have to be Frank Del Rio, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, who has made art his personal project in recent years.
Starting five years ago with two newbuilds for Oceania Cruises, the Marina and the Riviera, Del Rio scoured the world looking for modern art that would set those ships apart.
He did the same for the Regent Seven Seas Explorer which debuted in July, hand-picking works for every cabin, including two Picasso prints for the ship's signature suite.
At a press conference aboard the Explorer, however, Del Rio said it was time to let someone else do the job.
"It's very time-consuming," Del Rio said. "I'll tell you, every weekend for the last two-and-a-half years, almost without exception, has been dedicated to going out and finding the art aboard this ship."
But judging from the art selection process on the upcoming Norwegian Joy, Del Rio can be expected to keep his hands in the game. Smith-Hall said she has suggested some "challenging" pieces for the Joy, which is bound for China, and that Del Rio seemed to enjoy and appreciate that.
"It's been really fun to work with somebody who's so enthusiastic about artwork and is hands-on with the art collection that goes on the ship," Smith-Hall said.
In the view of Peter Knego, a collector of cruise ship art and proprietor of the Midshipcentury.com website, art has come a long way since the dawn of the 20th century when the transatlantic liner trade came into its own.
"In the earliest ocean liner days, the art tended to be more like the art you would see ashore," Knego said, such as paintings of castles, English manors and hunting trips.
"It was all commissioned specifically for the ship," he said. "But they were meant to distract you from the fact you were at sea. You went to sea like we go on airplanes, to get from A to B, and they didn't want to give you that feeling you were on a ship."
In the 1920s and '30s, cruise ships came under the sway of the art deco movement, and after World War II, nationalism emerged as a trend, with European lines commissioning art from their indigenous art communities.
"The Italians had this whole cabal of great artists," Knego said. "The French, same thing. You stepped onboard, you were in that country. It created a sense of pride for that nation, because those ships represented those countries."
By the 1970s, liners had mostly disappeared, and the cruise lines began marketing middle-class vacations. At Carnival, art was the province of designer Joe Farcus, who created heavily themed, high-energy interiors.
"Most people aren't art connoisseurs these days," Knego said. "They're just out for a vacation. That's why Farcus has really become so successful -- not because people have great taste but because he set an atmosphere that did lend itself to fun and partying."
Dreamscape on the Carnival Vista harkens back to the style of former Carnival designer Joe Farcus. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst
Farcus designed his last Carnival ship a decade ago, and today's art on Carnival is generally more subdued. But on the Carnival Vista, one feature in keeping with the Farcus aesthetic is Dreamscape, a pair of towering mushroom-shaped columns in the atrium and casino.
Originally conceived as a lattice-like chandelier, Dreamscape evolved into an LED light sculpture, one that could be programmed with 90 different works of art, everything from beaches and coral reefs to abstracts that look like panels of wood or starry skies.
Nigel Stables, Carnival's director of technical entertainment, said, "There's quite a lot of vessels out there that do have chandeliers. We wanted fresh. We wanted a piece of art. We wanted something new. And that's how the LED concept sort of became born."
The designs move, change color and can be reprogrammed to keep them fresh, Stables said, adding that technology is starting to become a bigger part of the art world.
"A lot of these museums now are starting to use a lot of projection and a lot of LED work as art pieces," he said. "I think there's been a move away from the traditional still imagery."
Another trend on cruise ships has been toward more sculpture.
"Twenty years ago nobody was interested in spending the money on what it costs for sculpture, and today that has definitely changed," Hall-Smith said. "Clients are very interested in three-dimensional works vs. prints on paper or canvas, which was the bulk of what was being done 15 to 20 years ago."
Designers are jazzing up some of the pedestrian areas on cruise ships for display, including stairwells, corridors, elevator cabs and even public restrooms.
"We do very cool things with the restrooms" on Royal, ICArt's Capuzzo said.
Even the hulls of ships have become canvases at Norwegian Cruise Line, which has commissioned hull paintings from pop-art master Peter Max and nature artist Guy Harvey, among others.
Cruise art is also increasingly global in its scope. Several lines are building ships intended for Chinese consumers and are busy looking for Asian art that will resonate with those guests.
And global contemporary art gained a new home in Miami, home of most major cruise companies, when in 2002 Art Basel set up a branch of its art fair in Miami Beach. The fair has mushroomed into a citywide phenomenon each December, and some said it has encouraged cruise lines to be more adventurous in the type of art displayed on their ships.
"I think most people would have thought of art, prior, as something that's a beautiful piece that's framed and hangs on a wall," Gonzalez said. "And I think people understand that art's so much bigger than that."
At its best, Knego said, art on cruise ships gives guests the same feel for beauty and discovery they find at a gallery or museum.
"When you're at a certain age and you've cruised a long time it's nice to step aboard the Viking ships or even the Celebrity Solstice-class ships and get the ambience and feel like you're in an adult, sophisticated environment," he said.
"There's a sense of 'I'm walking up this stair and, oh my God! I just noticed this painting. Well, what's on the next staircase?'"


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History of Gardening
Leave a Comment / Landscape / By TeckboyAj
Gardening is an integral part of the history of landscape
architecture. Without the knowledge of Gardening, plants
would easily die out and there will be nothing for people
to admire in lawns and parks everywhere in the world.
This article takes a peek at the history of Gardening
beginning from ancient times to today's society.
people have appreciated having vast lawns and gardens in
their households for a long time. Even in ancient Egyptian
tombs, there are illustrations that show ponds surrounded
by different types of trees which are evidence of how
Gardening flourished even at that time.
Then there's the fabled Hanging gardens of Babylon which is
one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was said
to have been built by the Persian king Darius the Great for
his wife.
The civilizations that came after Egypt and Persia
continued with this tradition of having a vast expanse of
gardens. These include the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
But Gardening isn't an entirely Western activity. Even the
ancient Chinese and Japanese have built landscapes in their
temples.
Their designs are usually aimed at replicating natural
landscapes such as mountains and rivers.
The Middle Ages brought about a revival of Gardening
practices in Europe. By the 16th to the 18th centuries, the
development of such gardens was at an all-time high.
And while Gardening of the past was solely in the domain of
houses and temples, It played an important role in urban
planning by the time the 20th century came.
It has since then played a part in the creation not only of
houses but also of buildings throughout the world.


14daysofZespriSA Archives - Wots For Lunch?
It's been a week, a few people entered by little Zespri giveaway and now the time has come to announce the winner.
Congratulations Jackie, I'll be in touch soon to organize getting your prize to you.
So it's the last day of the 14 days of Zespri challenge and as a reward for sticking with me during all the kiwifruit madness I have a little giveaway for you.
Not only did the awesome people at Zespri supply me with a few a two week supply of kiwis and and pack of kiwifruit accessories, they also gave me an additional pack of items to give away to you.
a Fruit & Veg City voucher to the value of R150 to buy your own two week supply of kiwifruit.
To enter, use the Rafflecopter widget below to leave me a comment letting me know which of my 14 Days of Zespri posts was your favourite. For extra entries share a photo of you doing something funny with a kiwifruit or tweet about the giveaway. You'll have a week to enter and I will close entries next Sunday, 29 September 2013 this Friday, 27 September 2013 and announce the winner the following Monday.
Also, don't forget about the Zespri Cut, Scoop and Enjoy competition. You could win a R1,000 Yuppiechef voucher by sending your Cut, Scoop and Enjoy photos to zespri@storybookcommunications.co.za.
We're nearing the end of the Zespri kiwifruit 14 day blogger challenge, today's challenge is to think up a refreshing kiwifruit drink.
Although it's still pretty cold in Cape Town, it's the beginning of Spring and the warmer weather is just around the corner. While we're still wrapped in warm blankets or huddled around fireplaces most Capetonians are dreaming of Summer days filled with braais and picnics. This kiwifruit and mint rooibos iced tea fits pretty neatly into those daydreams.
Poured into a small thermos I think this would make a lovely addition to a packed lunch. Or you could spike each glass with a shot of vodka or spiced rum before pouring in the tea for an iced tea cocktail, yum!
Place the rooibos and mint into a tall jug (I used a coffee plunger due to the loose rooibos) and pour over the boiled water.
Leave to steep for at least 15 minutes, the long you leave it the stronger the flavours will become.
Strain the tea into another just or a bottle.
Add the honey and kiwifruit puree, stir to dissolve the honey.
Stick in the fridge to cool until you are ready to server.
Serve over ice with additional sprigs of mint and slices of kiwifruit if desired.
This is going to be my last packed lunch for the 14 days of Zerspri challenge. I've really enjoyed eating my kiwifruit lunches and I've loved being able to add some new items to my lunchbox collection. I opted to keep things simple with this lunch so I've got a sandwich, a little salad, some crunch veggies and a kiwi hanging out in it personal side cart.
Zerspri are currently running a campaign called Occupy Lunchbox through which they'd like encourage parents and children (and anyone else who packs lunches) to make healthy choices when packing lunchboxes. The ambassador for the campaign is a cutie called KID Z, check her out in the video below to hear all about what she stands for as the face of the Occupy Lunchbox movement.
Over the last week and a half I've enjoyed eating kiwifruit in all sorts of ways, but my favourite has to be eating it raw, scoop by tasty scoop. Eating it fresh and raw means I can enjoy a low calorie snack high in vitamins B and C with lots of fibre and that helpful actinidin enzyme. Plus it's low GI too, sounds like the perfect thing to snack on to me.
Up until receiving my Zespri blogger pack for this challenge I'd never actually eaten kiwifruit with a spoon. *le shock* I'd always just laboriously peeled it, cut it into chunks and then eaten it. Eating it with a spife is just so much less messy and more convenient. I thought I'd share with you visually how I use the Cut, Scoop and Enjoy method along with my cute spife when I feel like a quick kiwi snack.
Zespri are currently running a competition until the end of October 2013 where you could win one of four R1,000 Yuppiechef vouchers. All you have to do is snap a photo of yourself, a family member or a friend enjoying a nutritious kiwifruit using the Cut, Scoop and Enjoy method. Once you've got your photo you can then enter the competition by emailing it to zespri@storybookcommunications.co.za. Submissions will be uploaded to the Zespri website and the winning submissions will be announced in the first week of November 2013.
I've really enjoyed taking part in the Zespri Daily Scoop of Amazing challenge. I've learned you can do more with these fuzzy brown fruits then just peeling them, cutting them into chunks and eating them. I've been trying to use them in interesting ways, so far I've made a kiwi smoothie, face mask, salsa, kiwi squares and pancakes. As the challenge has progressed I feel like I've gotten my blogging mojo back, something I'm very happy to have returned.
My lunchbox today is filled with "leftovers" from a braai we had last night. (Is it still considered leftovers if you purposefully prepared an extra portion of food to stick in your lunchbox?) My boyfriend was so happy to braai that he couldn't wait to share our interesting supper with his friends over on G+.
The ostrich cubes on these kebabs were marinated in a mixture of kiwifruit, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, chilli and olive oil. The kiwifruit in the marinade has a tenderising effect on the meat so it's best not to let it sit for too long, an hour is perfect. I then skewered them with alternating chunks of kiwifruit and onion. The grilled fruit has a really intensified flavour and the onion turns all sweet and sticky, a yummy option for your next braai or just grilled in the oven.
braaied ostrich and kiwifruit kebabs.
Here is my recipe for the kiwifruit and ostrich kebabs.
Combine kiwifruit, soy sauce, olive oil, garlic, ginger and chili.
Add the cubed ostrich steak and mix so that all the meat is covered in the marinade.
Set aside to marinate for about an hour.
Skewer the cubed ostrich steak interspersing with alternating pieces of kiwifruit and onion.
Grill kebabs for 5 minutes on each side.
It's day eight of the Zezpri kiwifruit challenge and today we're being challenged to share our breakfast with you. I've never been able to stomach porridge, since I was a child I've always chosen muesli or granola over Pronutro or oats. My preferred way to eat it is with some plain yoghurt and honey. If there is any fresh fruit available that would be chopped up and added to the mix.
These days I seem to skip breakfast more often than not and a cup of coffee at the office usually lands up being the first thing that passes my lips in the morning. Taking a little time to prepare a quick breakfast makes such a big difference to the rest of my day.
Layering the kiwifruit, granola and yoghurt in a glass and calling it a parfait just makes it a little more special and really doesn't take much more time than dumping it all into a bowl. I really need to make an effort and sacrifice ten minutes of warm bed time to make sure I'm starting my day off right.
I missed two days of posting for the Zespri Daily Scoop of Amazing challenge. But I'm back with a special treat in the form of a stack of kiwifruit pancakes.
Yesterday was a full day of cookieswapping and evening at the Madame Zingara Theatre of Dreams, my first visit and an amazing night out. So today I just wanted to stay in and take it easy. These American style pancakes are a great thing to make for a breakfast at home. I took it so easy that we actually ate them for lunch. A perfectly acceptable Sunday lunch don't you think?
I made the pancakes using this recipe on Instructables. I halved the recipe as I was only cooking for two people and added pieces of kiwifruit before flipping them. I served them with maple flavoured syrup and the leftover bits of kiwifruit that didn't make it into the pancakes. You could of course serve them with honey, real maple syrup or just plain if you prefer.
Today's lunch is another kiwifruit laced affair, I'm having fun finding different ways to enjoy my stash of kiwis. I'm supposed to be sharing a recipe with you today, but honestly the salsa in my lunchbox today is so simple it's hardly a recipe at all. I combined equal parts of diced kiwifruit, red onion and yellow pepper, a handful of chopped coriander and squeezed over the juice of half a lemon. That's it! The kiwifruit adds a lovely sweet tang to the salsa that is a great accompaniment to the smoked chicken in the wraps. I loosely rolled the tortillas around the chicken and salad so that I had enough room to spoon in the salsa when I was ready to eat it. That way the tortillas don't get all soggy and are easier to eat.
This coming Saturday I'll be participating in my third annual cookie swap. It's the third year running in Cape Town and this year there are going to be events in Joburg and Durban too. Seeing as we're well into our Zespri challenge I thought I'd attempt a cookie with kiwifruit in it and share the recipe with you. Most of the recipes I came across required dried kiwifruit and I don't own a dehydrator or a very reliable oven so that wasn't going to happen. I did come across this interesting recipe in an old edition of Lawrence Journal-World from 1987. How retro! The recipe is a variation of a tray bake that you cut into bars once cooled and I think pretty ideal for when you need to bake for a crowd.


Naval Jetty is a surf spot in the United States. The water temperature around Naval Jetty varies dramatically throughout the year. The temperature ranges from 3.3°C (38°F) in February up to 23.8°C (74.8°F) in the month of August, as illustrated below. The average water temperature throughout the year is 13°C (56°F) and the best time for water activities is late summer, since Naval Jetty is located in the northern hemisphere.
What is the current water temperature at Naval Jetty?
Are there any other surf spots near Naval Jetty?
Yes, there are a few surf spots close to Naval Jetty. The closest one is Rehoboth-Main, which is just 3.6km (2.2miles) away from Naval Jetty. Click here to check out more information on Rehoboth-Main and its current water temperature. Another good surfspot near Naval Jetty is Dewey Beach, which is roughly 4.8km (3miles) away.
Are there beaches close to Naval Jetty?
Yes, there are several other nice beaches close to Naval Jetty. The nearest one is Cape Henlopen, which is only 2.6km (1.6miles) away from Naval Jetty. Another fun beach near Naval Jetty is Henlopen Acres, which is ca 2.9km (1.8miles) away.
What wetsuit do I need for Naval Jetty?
The water temperature at Naval Jetty is warm, reaching up to 24°C (75°F) in the months of July, August, and September. During this time, in the late summer, a thin wetsuit top or a jumpsuit might be required for most people, but some might even be ok without a wetsuit for surfing, swimming, snorkelling, or scuba diving . Nevertheless, during January, February, and March, water temperatures cool down to nearly 3°C (38°F). During this season, a 5-6mm drysuit with booties, hoddie and gloves is recommended to be able to stay in the water for a significant amount of time, but some people might even be fine with a very good 5/6mm wetsuit for very short amounts of time . For very chilly conditions and cold mornings/evenings, it might be recommended to bring a big supply of extra warm clothing and hot drinks.
How is the scuba diving and fishing close to Naval Jetty?
Due to comparatively large temperature changes throughout the year, diving and fishing conditions alter quite a bit depending on the season. The temperature ranges from 3 to 8°C (38-47°F) during January, February, and March. Pollock, Winter Flounder, and Atlantic Cod are typical fish that can be found in waters of this temperature range. Nevertheless, the conditions typically change during July, August, and September when temperatures reach 19 to 24°C (66-75°F). Fish that can often be found in waters of this temperature range include: Bigeye Tuna, Blackfin Tuna, King Mackerel, Spotted Seatrout, and White Marlin.
Directions to Naval Jetty: How do I get there?