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Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry.
Dorworth, loser of "one of shocking legislative defeats in Florida history", lands in Ballard's lap
"Chris Dorworth was supposed to become speaker of the Florida House of Representatives in two years. Instead, he will be lobbying his former colleagues."
A prominent Tallahassee-based lobbying firm announced Tuesday that it has hired Dorworth, the controversial Lake Mary Republican who lost his seat in the state House earlier this month in one of the most shocking legislative defeats in Florida history.
Dorworth, 36, will manage a new Orlando office for Ballard Partners, which earned more than $1 million in fees during the last quarter alone from clients that include Amazon.com, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Florida Power & Light and gambling giant Genting.
"Obviously, everyone was shocked by the election results," said Brian Ballard, the firm's president and one of the state's top Republican fundraisers. "But there's nobody that has left the House of Representatives in my memory, really since [former House Speaker] Allan Bense, that has had the love of the membership as much as Chris Dorworth."
Dorworth, who lost his Seminole County-based House seat to Democrat Mike Clelland of Lake Mary, called the move "an incredible beginning to the next chapter in my career.
"I chose to work with Ballard because I've seen that over my tenure in government, it seems that on every major battle that plays out in Tallahassee, Brian Ballard has been right in the middle of it advocating for his clients," he said.
By law, lawmakers can't lobby the Legislature for two years after they leave office. Dorworth said he expects to spend that time "setting strategy and establishing a strong presence here in Central Florida" for Ballard Partners, as well as lobbying the Governor's Office and executive agencies.
He then plans to begin legislative lobbying.
"Dorworth has a new career – as a lobbyist". See also "Dorworth lands at Ballard Partners".
"Bipartisan spirit is already receding"
"The bipartisan spirit is already receding from last week's swearing-in ceremony and Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford looked more like a typical conservative Republican with the unveiling of his committee assignments on Monday." "Florida House leadership assignments will test bipartisanship".
"Group tasked with making recommendations to improve Miami-Dade elections"
"A group tasked with making recommendations to improve Miami-Dade elections will begin meeting Tuesday morning, three weeks after Election Day was marked by long lines and a surge of absentee ballots that took several days to count." "Group to begin reviewing Miami-Dade's elections practices". See also "Why you spent hours in line at the polls" and "Miami-Dade mayor names election advisory group members".
"Nine-ballot discrepancy"
"Audits of the voting systems used in the Nov. 6 election reflect none of the ballot-counting turmoil in Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties, where misplaced, misprinted and machine-munched ballots made Florida — once again — the target of wisecracks and lawsuits."
In St. Lucie County, where angry voters demanded a recount after learning that machines could not read some cartridges in the testy congressional race between Allen West and Patrick Murphy, the audit found 100 percent accuracy in two randomly selected precincts.
In Palm Beach County, where 27,000 ballots had to be hand-copied onto new ballots because a printing error prevented machines from tallying the ballots, the difference between election night totals and the audit of more than 3,200 ballots in four precincts found a nine-ballot discrepancy. Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher attributed the difference to "little anomalies," such as a poll worker who double-counted write-in ballots in one precinct and another who allowed provisional ballots to be scanned.
Although more than 700,000 voters cast ballots in Palm Beach County, the nine-ballot discrepancy bothered Bucher, who said she will review reported problems and decide how to improve the process.
"Voting audit finds discrepancy".
"Laundry list of scandals"
"Beleaguered by allegations of corporate misconduct and exorbitant executive spending, leaders at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. expressed outrage — at the media. During a special hearing on Tuesday to address several corporate improprieties first reported by the Times/Herald, Citizens CEO Barry Gilway reserved some of his harshest criticism for news outlets that uncovered the laundry list of scandals at the state-run company." "Citizens leader criticize media coverage of firm's problems". See also "NSF Video: Citizens Insurance Hearing".
"A gimmick pretending to be a policy used as a sound bite"
The Miami Herald editorial board: "Florida colleges and universities are among the most affordable, and there has been a brain drain of top professors in their fields leaving for other states that pay them more. Florida Board of Education member Roberto 'Bob' Martinez of Miami noted in a letter to the governor last week that Scott's proposal 'will be perceived as a gimmick pretending to be a policy used as a sound bite, and merely copying the plan announced last year by Gov. Perry of Texas.' Mr. Martinez, a Republican appointee, is telling it straight." "Invest in Florida's public colleges".
"There's some singular backbone for you"
Daniel Ruth: "A few days ago, Sen. Marco Rubio hedged on this whole silly science thing by claiming he has no clue about the age of the planet."
"It's one of the great mysteries," said the man who wakes up every morning practicing the crisp salute upon debarking from Marine One on the White House lawn.
"But if you are on the hunt for a real mystery, you don't need to go much further than that demagogue Grover Norquist, Washington's Torquemada of Taxes."
Congress, of course, is populated by figures who pride themselves — at least before microphones — as fiercely independent-minded pillars of courage ever ready to stand up to the forces of evil bent on destroying America. Inspiring is what it is.
And yet, going into the November elections, 279 congressional incumbents along with another 286 challengers eager to become part of the Capitol Crazy Buffet line all happily signed a pledge to Norquist promising to never, ever raise taxes by so much as a bus token.
Say, there's some singular backbone for you.
Among those rolling over like a Shih Tzu eager to get its tummy rubbed for a Snausage treat were Rubio, Reps. Vern Buchanan of Sarasota, C.W. Bill Young of Indian Shores and the recently defeated Allen West of Palm Beach Gardens.
"Republicans start to ask, "Grover who?"".
"Atwater will have to answer questions"
"Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater will have to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit filed by the owner of a Tallahassee art gallery that was never paid for framed photographs valued at more than $357,000 for the new 1st District Court of Appeal." "Florida CFO Jeff Atwater must testify in 'Taj Mahal' case".
Stand-your-ground gun laws have a troubling racial component
Frank Cerabino: The Stand Your Ground numbers are not a mystery:
They're just inconvenient to the supporters of the law. David Hemenway, the director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, wrote a piece that summed up the findings of multiple studies showing that stand-your-ground gun laws don't deter crime and have a troubling racial component in the way they are prosecuted. "In the Stand Your Ground states, when white shooters kill black victims, 34 percent of the resulting homicides are deemed justifiable, while only 3 percent of deaths are ruled justifiable when the shooter is black and the victim is white," Hemenway wrote.
"Stand Your Ground panel does just that".
"Focus on growth management fades"
"Growth management issues have been moved from the former Community & Military Affairs Subcommittee to the Economic Development & Tourism Subcommittee. 'We think growth has a more prominent role than just kind of being a secondary issue for economic development,' Charles Pattison, president of 1000 Friends of Florida, said in response." "'Community Affairs' disappears from subcommittee name as focus on growth management fades".
Dems defeated Republican who fell for Teabagger scare tactics
The Tampa Bay Times editorial board: "Tuesday's 6-1 vote to add fluoride back into the drinking water caps a long public controversy that reaffirms the centrist judgment of Pinellas voters and their embrace of sound science and sensible government. New commissioners Charlie Justice and Janet Long decided to run for office in part because the commission voted 4-3 to stop adding fluoride in January. The Democrats defeated two Republican incumbents who fell for the scare tactics and the tea party political pressure, and they pledged to reverse the decision upon taking office." "Welcome reversal on fluoride". See also "Citizens CEO on Dismantled I-Team: 'The Bad Decision Was How We Did It'", "Citizens defends investigator firings, wants to move on" and "Pinellas to put fluoride back in water".


In my previous blog, we learned about the four keys we need to activate in our own lives in order to be spiritually positioned and on board with the Lord's vision. This week, I would like us to look at the significance of staying on board even through the storms of life.
As Christians, we get excited when we encounter a move of God and receive a prophetic word. We stay in a church while hoping for the next word, but if the prophetic does not keep flowing to us, we lose hope and faith; we sometimes begin a search for a new word elsewhere. But the truth is, we can be empowered to fulfill our destiny through just one prophetic word that was spoken over us by God.
When we board a real ship and begin to sail into the deep seas, we can't just jump ship every time we feel uneasy or queasy. If we attempt to, we'll probably drown in the deep ocean. In addition, we need to pray for and respect the leadership that is placed over us in the same way that every ship has an assigned captain and workers that help navigate it to its appointed destination.
If you find yourself defaulting towards this pattern, it is time to stop, realign, and get back on board with the Lord's vision. Quit making excuses to the Lord. He is waiting patiently for us to get on board His royal cruise ship and to embark on our spiritual expedition. In the pursuit of holiness, we must join in with the Lord's vision as a lifetime journey.
If you sense that your life feels empty and pointless, then your ship hasn't sailed yet. However, it's not too late! Pursue your purpose, answer God's call, and get on board with the vision He has for you – He has amazing and wonderful places He wants to take you.


May 12, 2011 - The Office of Inspector General plans to review the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) process for reporting and mitigating the risk of operational errors by air traffic controllers.
OIG is conducting this review at the request of the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and its Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security as well as the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation.
While the United States has the world?s safest air transportation system, operational errors, which occur when a controller fails to ensure the required separation distance between aircraft, remain a significant safety concern.
For example, on January 20, 2011, an operational error led to a near mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane carrying 259 passengers and 2 U.S. Air Force planes near New York City. The Boeing 777-200 operating as American Airlines Flight 951, N766AN and a flight of two US Air Force C-17s, operating as Thug11, were transiting through New York Air Traffic Control Center (ZNY) airspace, when the flight crew of both flights received a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) alert.
AAL951 had departed John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) southeast bound for Sao Paulo, Brazil (SBGR/GRU) climbing to FL220, and THUG11 had departed aerial refueling area (AR777), from the south east, heading North West bound for McGuire Air Force Base (WRI), New Jersey, descending to FL220, on converging courses.
At approximately 80 miles southeast of JFK, the aircraft received TCAS alerts and at the same time the two separate air traffic controllers received a conflict alert. The airplanes responded to their TCAS directives, and both controllers immediately provided traffic advisories and turned their respective aircraft to resolve the conflict. The airplanes came within approximately 200 feet vertical and .84 miles lateral from each other.
The American Airlines was on a regularly scheduled passenger flight from New York, NY to Sao Paulo, Brazil. THUG 11 had been operating in a military aerial refueling area (AR777) and was returning to McGuire Air Force Base (WRI), New Jersey. No injuries were reported on either flight. The event occurred during night time under VMC.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) statistics show that the number of operational errors increased over the past year, from 1,234 in fiscal year 2009 to 1,887 in fiscal year 2010. According to FAA, this increase is mostly due to the introduction of voluntary, non-punitive safety reporting, such as through the Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP).
In March 2011, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and its Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security as well as the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation requested that OIG review FAA?s process for reporting and mitigating the risk of operational errors.
Specifically, they expressed concerns about the accuracy of the reported number of operational errors, the causes for the significant increase in this number, and the related safety implications. The FAA recently implemented the System Loss of Standard Separation (LoSS) Index, a new process designed to capture each incident where 2 aircraft fly closer than separation standards permit.
The new tool calls for the investigation and analysis of all separation losses, not just operational errors. Pilot deviations or miscellaneous losses such as emergency descent for pressurization are also included. Instances of non-compliance with separation standards will be called LoSS.
The Chairmen and Ranking Members also requested that OIG review FAA?s implementation of ATSAP, which FAA established to encourage air traffic facility employees to voluntarily report safety and operational concerns. Specifically, they questioned whether FAA is using the program, how ATSAP impacts the number of operational errors reported, and if it is capturing errors that could lead to breakdowns in safety.
OIG will initiate two audits that will evaluate the effectiveness of FAA?s policies and processes for the new LoSS Index and whether FAA is using LoSS to (1) collect, measure, evaluate, and report separation losses and (2) mitigate those risks and the FAA?s implementation and oversight of ATSAP. OIG will begin both audits the week of May 9, 2011.


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An Interview With Singer-Songwriter ANDY SYDOW on New Music, Favorite Performances and More!
Tag: All Access, All Access Music, All Access Music Group, Andy Sydow, Artist Interview, Reasons For Departure
Americana singer-songwriter, Andy Sydow, recently premiered his new music video to the title track, "Reasons For Departure", in No Depression, one of the nation's most prominent and broad-ranging music publications. The new track continues to showcase Andy's personal songwriting His lyrics are relatable and honest – a common effort in his music. The music video was crated and animated by Greg Carr, who also is the artist behind the album artwork. For the music video, Carr drew hundreds of sketches and sequenced them together. With the visuals and the music, this music video connects the lyrics and feeling of the song to the audience. This is the second single off his newest album, "Reasons For Departure," released on May 11th.
Learn more about Andy Sydow in the following All Access interview:
Thanks for your time, Andy! Where does this interview find you now? What's on tap for the rest of your day?
I just finished up a phone interview with Music Friday Live, now I'm sitting in the Sheridan Hotel lobby in downtown Denver waiting for my gig to start.
Overall, how do you think 2018 has been treating you and your music career? What has been one goal that you have had this year and how close are you to reaching it?
2018 has been the best year so far. There are lots of moving parts with my career right now. It's getting to be stressful at times, but I like that. My biggest goal this year is to put out new music and build my brand. I just released Reasons For Departure a week ago, so now my biggest focus is promoting it and booking as many shows as possible.
Growing up, was music always a big part of your life? Can you recall your first ever musical experience?
Yeah, music has always been a huge part of my life. There was a lot of musical instruments around the house as a kid. I think the first experience I can recall is my mom writing the fingering under the notes of Little Drummer Boy so I could perform it for our family at a Christmas talent show. When I got a little older, my dad started taking me to the Boulder Theater to see acts perform on the eTown radio show. As I got more and more into it, we started going to eTown most Sunday nights.
What has been the biggest surprise so far about making music your career? Has there been an unexpected or welcome challenge to it all?
I wouldn't change anything, but there have certainly been challenges. When I got started, I didn't realize I was going to have to actively learn new skills that don't always involve music. For instance, I made my first promo video a few weeks ago. I'll admit it's not great, but it's a necessary skill when you're trying to grow your brand and promote yourself.
How do you think you and your music have been influenced by your hometown and where you live today? If you don't think that it has affected you at all, why is that?
I'm Colorado through and through. I was born in Houston, but I've been in Colorado since I was three. Anyone is going to be influenced by their physical environment at least somewhat. The music scene in the Denver area is very diverse and there's always something going on. I live 5 miles from Red Rocks and not too far from downtown Denver, so there's no shortage of music. Plus, having mountains in your backyard can only be a positive influence on the creative process.
I find it interesting that sometimes musicians choose to go by something other than their own name, so why did you decide to go by your name?
Because that's who I am. Even though I may write songs about someone else or someone I used to be, it's still me writing and singing and I like that to be represented. Also, I think just being influenced by a lot of artists using their name growing up such as Warren Zevon, Eric Clapton, Henry Butler, Vince Guaraldi and Anders Osborne played a role in my decision to go that route.
Let's talk about your recently released album "Reasons For Departure." What was it like putting this collection together? Did anything surprise you about the overall process? How long did it take to make?
We started pre production with producer Chris Daniels (of Chris Daniels & The Kings) last January (2017) and went into the studio the next month. We recorded the drums, bass, keys and rhythm guitar live in one weekend. From there, it took many more hours to lay down the vocal tracks and overdub other instruments. Chris was quite the vocal coach. He kept pushing for a better take. I think it took 24 hours in the studio just to get the lead vocals down! That was a surprise for me and how I'm used to doing things, but I'm really glad we did it the way we did. We finished recording by August and I had the hard product in my hand by mid-December.
What was the inspiration for your lead single "Reasons For Departure"? How creatively involved were you with the making of the animated music video for it?
It was inspired by lost love for unknown reasons. Sometimes you're in a relationship and you think everything is going fine, but to the other person it's not. Then like the blink of an eye they're gone and that's that. Not all my songs are literal interpretation of my life, but this one is.
I wish I could take responsibility for the music video! I don't have that kind of talent. All credit goes to Greg Carr on that. He videotaped me playing the song a few times against a green screen, then he watched the video and drew nearly 1,000 animated pictures and sequenced them all together like a flip book. If you haven't seen the video, I highly recommend you check it out! It's a real work of art by Greg.
What do you think makes for an ideal show for you? What has been a favorite performance of yours so far? Do you have any upcoming shows this summer?
Any show where there's a good energy in the audience. I love festivals, small club shows and national openers all for different reasons. The festival vibe is really cool because everyone is in an easy going mood and is really there for the music. Playing a small club is great because usually that means it's your fans who came to see you and I'm always grateful for that. National openers are a chance to really create an impression and present your music to potential new fans.
My favorite performance so far… hmm… I think it's a tie between two shows. I got to open for perhaps my favorite musician/songwriter, Anders Osborne, in Nederland on New Years Eve. That was insane! It was a packed house and I could hardly believe what was happening. The Reasons For Departure CD Release show last week was great too. We headlined the show and packed a small club in Denver filled with supporters and friends. That was really special. The band was on fire that night, too!
We're about to hit the road to support the album. We start out in Denver at Denver Day of Rock Festival on May 26, then we head north to Saskatoon and Edmonton for about a week. We'll circle back around through Washington and Idaho before heading home. We'll be back to cover Montana the last week of July. I play pretty much every weekend in some capacity or another. When I'm not fronting the Andy Sydow Band, I play a lot of solo shows and dueling piano shows. Sometimes I'm a sideman for other artists as well.
We are currently living through a very trying and politically charged time right now so I am curious to know how your own music is reflecting this time period? If you don't think it is, why is that? Would you say that other musicians are making music that has been influenced by this climate?
I have my opinions as does everyone, but I haven't been compelled to write too much about the current climate. I can't say why that is. Maybe I'm too attached to the situation right now to write about it with a clear head. I write about what I'm passionate about in the moment and try not to force anything. I'm sure something will come out of me at some point.
What has it been like keeping up with your social media accounts and all the different platforms? Is it hard to stay up to date on it all?
Yeah, it's tricky! I feel like I'm usually pretty on top of it, but I was just realizing earlier today that the call-to-action on my website is still for the Reasons For Departure music video, and it needs to be changed the new album now that it's out.
I'm constantly making facebook banners or tour posters and putting filters on funny faces trying to always have something up-to-date and interesting to say on my socials. I actually really enjoy it, but it does get to be a lot of work and it's easy to let something slip through the cracks.
Who are some of your favorite artists, or rather, what musicians have continued to inspire you and your music? Who would you absolutely still love to work with in the future?
There are so many. I'm a huge fan of Anders Osborne's work. I think he's one of the artists out there right now who is absolutely on fire. He's writing excellent lyrics, has an unbelievable voice and can totally shred on his instrument. I love Jason Isbell, Jackie Greene, Dawes, Randy Newman… I could go on all day. I think having Anders or Randy produce a record for me would be really cool.
If you were going to be stranded on a deserted island forever, what musical item would you take with you?
A waterproof, permanently tuned grand piano!
If your music was going to be featured on any TV show that is currently on right now, which would you love it to be on?
I'd love to go back in time and have my music on That 70s Show or How I Met Your Mother. In current realistic times, it would be a dream come true to get a song on Nashville. The music on that show is excellent!
At the end of the day, what do you hope your fans take away from your music?
Something relatable. That's all I can really ask. The magical thing about music is there's something for every mood. If you're sad, there's a song for that. Not necessarily to cure the sadness (although maybe) (add comma) but just a song that you relate to every time you feel that way. It's the same when we feel happy or melancholy or ecstatic. I want to provide THAT song for the listener.
Where can our readers connect with you?
Feel free to shoot me an email at andysydowmusic@gmail.com or visit my website, www.andysydow.com
I hope to see you at a show!!
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I want to output audio in Win XP from various applications (audio players, video players, browsers) to two audio devices at the same time (two local soundcards, one internal and one external).
Switching between two devices is easy: just change the device and (re)start the application. But to output the same audio to two devices simultaneously is harder. I have searched and found many forum posts on the web stating that it is not possible. But I also found some posts claiming that PulseAudio can do it.
PulseAudio is a sound server, a background process accepting sound input from one or more sources (processes or capture devices) and redirecting it to one or more sinks (sound cards, remote network PulseAudio servers, or other processes).
W: pulsecore/random.c: failed to get proper entropy. Falling back to seeding with current time.
W: pulsecore/core-util.c: secure directory creation not supported on Win32.
W: pulsecore/core.c: failed to allocate shared memory pool. Falling back to a normal memory pool.
W: pulsecore/core-util.c: WARNING: Only sockets can be made non-blocking!
W: pulse/mainloop.c: WARNING: cannot monitor non-socket file descriptors.
Ok, I hope I can get some feedback either on how to get PulseAudio to work in Win XP and do what I'm after or on some other application on XP that will accomplish that.
I'm reviving this thread since I'm planning a christmas party and would really like to be able to play the same music in multiple rooms.
I just did some new searches on this problem but didn't find a solution. But I'm thinking of another, second best solution: using two instances of some media player, tied to one output soundcard each and exactly syncronized somehow, possibly through an autohotkey script. So the user would only use (and perhaps also only see) one media player window. But clicking pause there will instantly pause also the other one. The same goes for changes to the playlist, jumping to a location in the song and so on. Does this seem doable? Any other feedback? And if someone knows an application that already does what I want (output to two soundcards simultaneously) then post away of course.
Here's a Winamp solution if you use Winamp.
Or want to try it. You probably saw this in your search.
I don't know if it works.


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Business Bay residents forced to pay Salik
Business Bay is a preferred home and office location (File)
Bindu Suresh Rai
Published Thursday, April 14, 2011
Several Business Bay residents are crying foul over new roadworks that have blocked all other access points in and out of the area, forcing them to use the Al Safa Salik tollgate.
Some say access point to enter the district from the toll free Al Khail Road is still open, but the exit road is blocked off, forcing them to re route their cars and head to Sheikh Zayed Road.
"Even a run to the grocery store is now forcing us to drive through the tollgates," said Akanksha Mehta, a resident of Executive Towers in Business Bay who said the routes were blocked as early as the first week of April.
"I have a two-year-old child so you can imagine the number of times we have to rush in emergency supplies – be it for diapers, baby formula or cough medicine if she is sick.
"We moved to Business Bay because the rent was more affordable and the location was perfect for both my husband and my work commute. But this is hurting our pockets."
Mehta calculated that between her husband and her car, their daily average now in just Salik fees alone is Dh16 each.
"If this continues we will be forced to pay Dh350 a month in just Salik!" she said.
Another resident, who did not wished to be named but also resides in one of the Executive Towers' blocks, said: "I don't believe this excuse of construction work is really true. All I have seen are sandpits being shifted from one place to another, but no actual roadwork ever taking place." The two-year-old resident of the neighbourhood blamed the Roads and Transports Authority.
Roads exist
Navin Punjabi, an independent real estate consultant said: "Let me clarify... there is a way in and out of Business Bay district without crossing Salik, but the main problem is that people don't know of the existence of such roads.
"The main access point into the area was via Downtown, which was also not a proper constructed road, but rather a dirt track that was used by construction vehicles. Now that access has been blocked because of the roadworks and people are crying foul.
Punjabi revealed roads that few know exist into and out of Business Bay, which include a dirt track that leads you from Eppco station into the area.
"There is an unconstructed road there that many people don't know leads directly into the district.
"Another is an entry way through Al Khail Road also exists, but the road is unmarked so again, those who explore the area long enough know it's there. Plus, the arteries reading to this proper road are unconstructed, hence causing the confusion."
These roads were verified by this reporter.
When Emirates 24|7 contacted the RTA, calls went unanswered.
The RTA reportedly collected Dh776 million in Salik fees in 2009 compared with Dh669m in 2008 and Dh214m over six months after July 2007, when the toll was introduced in Dubai. Car owners are charged Dh4 for passing through the gates.
Punjabi says irrespective of the Salik woes, the district is still hot property due to its location, spacious apartments and affordable rents, revealing that the area's popular Executive Towers currently are 85 per cent occupied.
"Business Bay boasts a prime location, with average rents ranging between Dh60,000-Dh70,000 for a one-bedroom flat, Dh70,000-Dh90,000 for a two-bedroom and Dh95,000 to Dh110,000 for a three-bedroom. It doesn't get better than this."


Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday said they are verifying reports of alleged drug manufacturing inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
Aguirre said he personally received new information that methamphetamine or shabu was being cooked inside underground tunnels at the national penitentiary.
He added that the Department of Justice (DOJ) already received offers of technological aid to locate the said tunnels.
"Meron pong tunnel (sa Bilibid), meron po, may nagbanggit na sa akin niyan, meron tayong technology to determine kung meron talaga at kung nasaan ang tunnels," Aguirre said over Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
Aguirre said he was also able to confirm that shabu was being smuggled into the NBP by mixing it in bottled water, which inmates supposedly boil until shabu crystals remain.
"'Yung nakumpirma ko po diyan ay 'yung pagpasok ng napakaraming bottled water na pagkatapos … 'yun po ay kanilang iinitin. At pagkatapos 'yung tinatawag nating precipitate, 'yun po pala ay shabu for internal consumption dyan sa loob," Aguirre said over radio DZMM.
"Nakahalo sa bottled water, pakukuluan hanggang sa mawala ang tubig, at 'yung matitira 'yung po ang shabu na idinidistribute o pinagbibilli dyan sa loob," he said.
(What I have confirmed is the entry of a lot of water bottles. They then heat the water and what we call precipitate turns out to be shabu that is being consumed in the compound.
Saying they were able to confiscate signal boosters but no cellphones on Wednesday, Aguirre lamented that prison guards help prisoners in hiding prohibited materials during raids.
"Alam ko po ang ginagawa ng mga 'yan dahil may nagreport na po sa akin. Ang ginagawa po ng mga 'yan, 'pag alam nilang nakatunog silang may raid, bibigay lamang nila sa mga guwardiya," he said.
"Sa lahat po ng aspect na ginagawa diyan sa loob ng Bilibid, meron pong graft and corruption, meron pong anomaly, at sa akin pong pagtantsa ito po ang pinakamaruming ahensya ng ating pamahalaan sa matagal ng panahon na hindi nasolusyunan nitong mga nakaraang administrasyon," Aguirre added.
(I know what they do because someone had already reported it to me. Once they get word that there will be a raid, they give [their prohibited belongings] to the guards.
On Wednesday, 320 members of the elite Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police took over the job of securing the NBP while 200 prison employees undergo training.


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By Sodiq Adewale Chocomilo
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that the abduction of more than 250 schoolgirls in Chibok in April 2014 may not have occurred if the then governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, had heeded the advice of the examination body.
Recall that on Sunday, Shettima was announced as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.
On April 14, 2014, the schoolgirls were abducted when insurgents attacked the Government Girls' Secondary School (GGSS) in Chibok, Borno State.
The abduction of the girls in 2014 was followed by a global outcry that birthed the #BringBackOurGirls movement.
Aware of the poor security situation in Borno and worried about the safety of students, WAEC had declined to conduct its Senior School Certificate Examination in unsafe parts of Borno, including Chibok.
But that was until Shettima assured of adequate security measures.
According to the then Head of WAEC National Office in Nigeria, Charles Eguridu, the body was initially reluctant to conduct its examination in Chibok and other troubled areas of the North-East because of the security challenges.
It, however, had to buckle when Shettima assured the Council, in writing, that adequate security would be provided.
"Following the previous experience, we were afraid to go to the North-East this year, yet we risked it and asked for extra security through the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike," the official had said.
"We also asked the various state governments to relocate all the centres to the state capitals where there would be adequate security.
"The three governors did not respond to our request but instead said they had made adequate security arrangements. The Borno State government also refused to relocate the students from Chibok to safer places like Maiduguri."
The WAEC official also tendered the letters written to the governors of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe to prove his claim.
He added that another factor that influenced WAEC's decision to ask that all centres be moved to the state capitals was the death of three of its staff while conducting a similar examination in a school along the Yola-Maiduguri road in 2013.
The Borno governor, who initially declined transferring the final year students from centres in remote areas like Chibok to the state capital, finally agreed to do so after the kidnap, Eguridu said.
"Borno State government only agreed to relocate the remaining 189 pupils after the abduction of the girls," he said.
-WithinNigeria
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3000 Cups of Tea ~ A new documentary explores the fall of Greg Mortenson – The Joy Trip Project
A new documentary addresses allegations leveled by the television news magazine 60-Minutes and acclaimed author Jon Krakauer against philanthropist Greg Mortenson. Husband and wife filmmakers Jennifer Jordan and Jeff Rhoads of Skyline Ventures Productions announced Friday their plans to create a new project that explores the controversial fall from grace of the once beloved founder of the Central Asia Institute and the subject of the international best-selling book Three Cups of Tea. A scathing exposé first broadcast on national TV in 2011 accused Mortenson of lying about the events that...
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Afghan Cycles – The Joy Trip Project
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Cool on Kickstarter: Frame By Frame – The Joy Trip Project
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Following up her 2012 "Streets of Afghanistan" project social activist Shannon Galpin has launched a new initiative to raise awareness for the plight of women and girls in Central Asia. Afghan Dreamers is a new book now in production with the help of Make Stuff Sharp that aims to further incorporate art as a powerful vehicle of change meant to transform one of the most violent and politically charged regions of the world. "Art has a power to reach people viscerally in a way that other work doesn't," Galpin...
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Streets of Afghanistan, an interview with Shannon Galpin – The Joy Trip Project
Shannon Galpin is one of ten 2013 Adventurers of the Year. Vote every day for the People's Choice! On her most recent trip to Afghanistan in late October, human rights advocate Shannon Galpin returned a bit of the nation's own culture. In a series of life-size photographs, the Colorado resident delivered artistic expressions of the Afghan people so often shrouded behind the vail of 40 years of conflict. Working to improve the health and safety of women and girls, Galpin, director of the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain, aims to provide a positive vision of beauty...


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'Drift'n'Drive' Review – Gotta Go Fast
Posted on November 3, 2014 by Carter Dotson
Drift'n'Drive ($2.99) is quite the fun chaotic top-down racing game. I was intrigued by the game when I saw a GIF of it in action with a whopping 32-car field, and it looked like something I had to play. And it lived up to my expectations. It's very much an arcade-like experience. The cars auto-accelerate, and have tires with low grip, making them drift-happy, and providing for a very chaotic game. And the only controls are left and right to steer, with a turbo boost that charges up over time. Helping with the chaos is the fact that the courses are generated randomly in the career mode, so it's about reacting to what might be coming up next and trying to stay on the road. Grass and dirt slow the car down, hitting trees and walls causes damage to the car, and it's possible to lose a wheel, which makes steering more difficult, until both front wheels are gone, and the vehicle is just straight-up wrecked.
Career mode is the star of the game, with five different circuits to play in, going from fields of 8 to 32. There's an upgrade system to make the car's basic stats improve, along with the helpful turbo boost, and of course the change the paint job. Time Trial and Multiplayer modes are also available, but Career mode is the most interesting because of the large fields to race against, the upgrade system, and the nuttiness that comes from trying to out-race dozens of cars at once. This is not a racing game for people who want precision driving, no, this is for the person who thinks racing is a full-contact sport.
I'm always annoyed when racing games make the player car start in last no matter what. Drift'n'Drive eschews this by making the starting position of the player car be whatever position they finished at in the last race. This means that some races are effectively impossible to win without advancing in them to start at a higher up position, but it's not necessarily the worst fate in the world, either. Because tracks are randomized each time, and there's always monetary rewards for the stunts performed, there's plenty of reasons to keep coming back. Repetition is not always a bad word – in this game, it's cleverly integrated. It also means that failure is appropriately punished, though crashes are especially punishing if starting near the front of the pack. At least there's money to be earned no matter what, and it doesn't take long to go from one race to another.
The game really picks up in its later portions, when there's 16 and then 32 cars to race against. It's gloriously chaotic as there's a massive horde of vehicles drifting, boosting, and crashing into one another. The game's drifty nature means that control is more of a polite suggestion than a universal rule. Turn softly, and don't spin too much out of control, lest the pack catch back up. The game never slows down at all on the iPad Mini Retina that I played the game on, even with video recording enabled and a whole horde of cars on screen, which is a solid achievement even if the game is 2D and the cars are all the same color.
There's no in-app purchases for getting ahead in terms of upgrades, and there's no need as everything is perfectly earnable through just playing. Just keep at it, get better start positions, buy upgrades smartly (try to avoid anything that downgrades other stats, as eventually it becomes possible to max out everything), and just keep at it, and glory is possible. That $5,000,000 bonsai tree 'upgrade' might take a while, though. There's also the medals for each circuit, with the raritanium one being difficult to get even if with a maxed out car on the easiest circuit, as winning ten times in a row is not easy, because one big mistake could mean the end of the streak! Really, this game is all about skill, or at least mitigating the chaos inherent to the game.
While the experience is relatively brief – I was able to get a gold medal on each circuit in about an hour and a half of play – it's quite the enjoyable one. Plus, there's the time trials, and the local multiplayer for up to four people at once. I loved my time with Drift'n'Drive, and while it especially stands out in this week's batch of releases, it holds up pretty well overall. I highly recommend it, though I hope more circuits are in tow.
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Moti-Lab is a new concept, and as such it might not be immediately apparent to all how to go about teaching using this new equipment. We also know that no matter how fun and engaging the learning is, every resource at a school needs to deliver measurable learning outcomes that are curriculum focused.
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std::unique_ptr<install_static::PrimaryInstallDetails> MakeInstallDetails(
    const base::CommandLine& command_line,
    const installer::InitialPreferences& initial_preferences) {
  std::unique_ptr<install_static::PrimaryInstallDetails> details(
      std::make_unique<install_static::PrimaryInstallDetails>());

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  const install_static::InstallConstants* const mode =
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  // - --system-level on the command line, or
  // - the GoogleUpdateIsMachine=1 environment variable.
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  // the channel is dictated by the --channel switch on the command line or the
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  // Cache the ap and cohort name values found in the registry for use in crash
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      *mode, system_level,
      channel_from_cmd_line ? channel_from_cmd_line->c_str() : nullptr,
      &update_ap, &update_cohort_name);
  details->set_channel(channel.channel_name);
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    details->set_channel_override(*channel_from_cmd_line);
  details->set_is_extended_stable_channel(channel.is_extended_stable);
  details->set_update_ap(update_ap);
  details->set_update_cohort_name(update_cohort_name);

  return details;
}

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Anjanette Young, Handcuffed Naked In Her Home By Police, To Lori Lightfoot: 'I Believed In You As A Black Woman'
By CBS 2 Chicago Staff December 17, 2020 at 8:00 am
Filed Under:Anjanette Young, Dave Savini, Lori Lightfoot, Wrong Raids
CHICAGO (CBS) — Just days after a video showed Chicago Police invading her home, and handcuffing her while naked, Anjanette Young stood before the media with a direct message to Mayor Lightfoot: "I believed in you as a Black woman."
Young said she voted for Lightfoot, whose own law department not only tried to stop CBS 2 from telling her story on Monday, but is asking a federal judge to punish her over the video's release.
Young stood naked before heavily armed Chicago Police officers who had just wrongly burst into her home in February, 2019, just a few months before Lightfoot took office. She was handcuffed and pleaded with the officers, telling them they were wrong.
It is the job of police "to serve and protect," Young said on Wednesday. "Well they didn't do that for me. They didn't care about me. So, yes, I would ask for accountability if you ask me what do I want from this."
Young's attorney, Keenan Saulter, blasted the city for dragging their feet over their Freedom of Information Act request to view the police body camera video of the wrong raid.
"You're telling a woman you violated that she doesn't have the agency over the images of her own body." said Saulter, addressing how CPD denied her FOIA request for the body cam video last year.
"I was disappointed yesterday when [mayor Lightfoot] seemed to double down on the attempt to cover up these videos, we're hopeful that does not continue, that's not acceptable."
Lightfoot, in a news conference after Young's remarks, apologized. She also said she was "blindsided" by her law department's decision to file a motion to block CBS from airing the video and seeking sanctions against Young.
"I was completely and totally appalled" by the video. "I could have easily been Ms. Young, and I can put myself in her place."
"All of that is horrifying to me. If you can hear that my voice is hoarse, it is because I have been unsparing in my comments to all involved in this colossal mess."
"Ms. Young's dignity, that she and all of us deserve, was taken from her in those moments, and that is simply inexcusable," the mayor said.
"I am sorry. What you experienced should never have happened, period," she continued.
Lightfoot sidestepped questions Tuesday about why city lawyers tried, in a rare and unprecedented attempt, to block a CBS 2 story from airing disturbing video that shows how police treated an innocent woman during a bad raid.
When Chicago Tribune Reporter Gregory Pratt asked Lightfoot at a news conference Tuesday why her administration went to court to kill the story, Lightfoot evaded answering the question directly.
"That raid actually took place in February of [2019], even before the first of two elections was decided, so that was not something that happened on my watch," said Lightfoot, referring to her successful mayoral primary (five days after the raid) and runoff election on April 2.
However, Lightfoot was in office when CPD denied requests for the video by Young and CBS 2.
Instead of addressing the city's unsuccessful attempts to block CBS 2 from airing the footage, she pointed to changes the police department made to its search warrant policy in January 2020, including mandatory pre-checks and two supervisors required to be on the raid teams. The changes came after nearly two years of CBS 2's extensive reporting on CPD wrong raids.
But CBS 2's reporting found the police department has failed to take sufficient measures to stop officers from raiding the wrong homes and hold them accountable when they do. CBS 2 documented two wrong raids that happened even after the police department changed its policy. Like in Young's case, officers acted on bad tips without checking to see if the addresses they were given were correct.


For me, continued professional development is incredibly important. I am constantly nagging my boss to let me go on yet another training course to help boost my skills, confidence and experience.
It can take a lot of time to find useful, relevant and affordable courses, so I decided to create a calendar of ecological and environmental conferences, training courses and workshops that I come across as well as any random personal/professional development ones I think are worth a look.
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Q: Error integrating TestCafe with Azure Devops I am following this tutorial on integrating TestCafe with Azure Devops https://testcafe.io/documentation/402822/guides/continuous-integration/azure-devops.
I run the script npm run test testcafe which locally runs testcafe.  I also tried npm run test and get a similar error
This is what I am getting as a result

I have done some searches for this and have been unable to find what is going on.
Anyone have experience with this?

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For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and were physically attacked by someone other than their husband/partner since age 15, DVOFQ (D117A) reports the frequency of such attacks in the past 12 months.
Apart from universe differences, DVOFQ (D117A) has no comparability problems.
DVOFQ (D117A) is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is based on a question included in Phase V forward of the standard domestic violence module.
Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than their husband since the age of 15.
Angola 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Burundi 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Cameroon 2011: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Congo (Democratic Republic) 2007: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Cote d'Ivoire 2011: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Egypt 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than their husband since the age of 15.
Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than their husband since the age of 15.
Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Ghana 2008: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
India 2005: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
India 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15, in households selected for the long questionnaire.
Malawi 2010: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Malawi 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Model 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Mozambique 2011: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Myanmar 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Namibia 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Pakistan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than their husband since the age of 15.
Rwanda 2014: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Uganda 2006: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Uganda 2011: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Uganda 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Zambia 2007: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Zambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Zimbabwe 2010: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.
Zimbabwe 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, who have been physically attacked by someone other than a husband/partner since age 15.


From a distance some thought it would look like an insect cocoon. Its creator described it as a cloud. Many wanted to know what would hold it up and a few worried about who would clean it and how.
But yesterday all agreed that the enormous €100m (£70m) glass museum the American architect Frank Gehry has designed for Paris was extraordinary.
The plans for the building, a mass of vast swirling and jutting glass panels unveiled yesterday, make the city's other controversial edifices - the Louvre pyramid and the Pompidou Centre - look almost staid by comparison.
Mr Gehry is best known for the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, a swirling mass of titanium that has become his most iconic work. But even he had some difficulty describing the oversized glass conservatory he has designed as a proposed museum for the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne.
"It's a cloud of glass - magical, ephemeral, all transparent," he said. It was, he added, "not stodgy".
"I wanted to create something that every time you approach, it shows a different character depending on the light and the time of day. I wanted to emulate everything this word 'transparence' means."
If built - and the project has yet to be given planning permission - it will almost certainly be nicknamed the Cloud, although it is officially the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation.
The project has been commission by Bernard Arnauld, president of the luxury goods group Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessy and the richest man in France with an estimated personal fortune of more than €14bn (£9.8bn).
Mr Arnaud, 57, said the building was his personal dream and it was his mission to give the public a chance to discover art. He said he hoped work could start next year and for the museum, housing permanent and temporary exhibitions of contemporary and classical art, to open in 2010 at the latest. He said it was too early to say what works would be housed in the museum but that it would exhibit the art that has influenced LVMH's designers from Christian Dior to Marc Jacobs.
But Mr Arnaud refused to comment on suggestions that his project was a dig at his rival François Pinault, another well-known art collector and the fourth-richest man in France, whose "art foundation" was to have been established in Paris but decamped to Venice, claiming French bureaucracy had strangled the project.
Gehry, 77, said the commission was like a dream. "I have always had a curiosity and interest in fashion and as I experienced the world Paris became my favourite city. So when a man who leads in fashion, who collects art that I love invited me to Paris to do a building it was a heavenly assignment," he said.
The French culture minister, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, who was at yesterday's unveiling, said the foundation would be a place for "debates, meetings and exchanges between artists, professionals and the public, as well as between the past, present and future".
Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë, who is backing the project, said the museum was an "immense gift" to Paris and would secure the city's cultural place in the world.
Gehry added that one of his main aims was to attract youngsters. He said: "I hope they will look at the building and say, 'what is that?'"
Paris has a long history of controversial architecture. In 1887 a "Protest against the Tower of Monsieur Eiffel" was published in French newspapers describing the structure as "useless and monstrous". The Pompidou Centre, by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, caused a furore in 1969. Critics claimed it had the best view of Paris - as you could not see the building itself. In 1989 the Louvre pyramid was branded a defacement of the building but has become an acclaimed landmark.


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