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Undergraduate Courses BEng Computers with Electronics (Including Foundation Year)
BEng Computers with Electronics
(Including Foundation Year)
Course options 3 years + Foundation Year
Course: Computers with Electronics (Including Foundation Year)
UCAS code: GH46
Based in: Essex Pathways
Our BEng Computers with Electronics (including foundation year) is open to Home and EU students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your English language and academic skills.
This four-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study. During your Year Zero, you study four academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory English language and academic skills module.
You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.
After successful completion of Year Zero in our Essex Pathways Department, you progress to complete your course with the Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. Combining the study of computer science and electronics, our BSc Computers with Electronics is a great way to investigate computer hardware and software, operating systems, and digital systems design.
In particular, you focus on:
Digital systems design at gate level, and how complex designs can be constructed from basic components
Combinatorial and sequential logic
The functionality of modern operating systems
We are ranked top 25 for electronic engineering (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020), and more than two-thirds of our research rated "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" (REF 2014).
With plenty of opportunity for practical work in which you apply your theoretical knowledge, you graduate ready to move into a range of roles in the technology sector.
We equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed at Essex and beyond.
We are home to many of the world's top scientists and engineers in their field.
Small class sizes allow you to work closely with your teachers and classmates.
Our original Department of Computer Science was founded by Professor Tony Brooker, who came to Essex from Manchester where he had worked with Alan Turing. Professor Brooker invented the compiler-compiler, one of the earliest applications of a formal understanding of the nature of programming languages.
In recent years we have attracted many highly active research staff and we are conducting world-leading research in areas such as evolutionary computation, brain-computer interfacing, intelligent inhabited environments and financial forecasting.
By studying within our Essex Pathways Department for your foundation year, you will have access to all of the facilities that the University of Essex has to offer, as well as those provided by our department to support you:
We provide computer labs for internet research; classrooms with access to PowerPoint facilities for student presentations; AV facilities for teaching and access to web-based learning materials
Our new Student Services Hub will support you and provide information for all your needs as a student
Our social space is stocked with hot magazines and newspapers, and provides an informal setting to meet with your lecturers, tutors and friends
Our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering also offers excellent on-campus facilities:
Our computer, hardware, workshop, 3D printing, and PCB etching facilities mean you can take advantage of a great range of opportunities to deliver quality products - both as part of your studies and as extra-curricular activities
We have six laboratories that are exclusively for computer science and electronic engineering students. Three are open 24/7, and you have free access to the labs except when there is a scheduled practical class in progress
All computers are dual boot Windows 10 and Linux. Apple Mac Computers are dual boot MacOS and Windows 10
Software includes Java, Prolog, C++, Perl, Mysql, Matlab, DB2, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, and Project
Students have access to CAD tools and simulators for chip design (Xilinx) and computer networks (OMNet++)
We also have specialist facilities for research into areas including non-invasive brain-computer interfaces, intelligent environments, robotics, optoelectronics, video, RF and MW, printed circuit milling, and semiconductors.
The Government and industry are increasingly concerned that there will be a shortfall in skilled personnel to meet the needs of the IT industries.
Essex graduates in computer science have been very successful in finding employment as systems analysts, software engineers, programmers and systems engineers, while a number go on to postgraduate study or research. An incredible 88% of our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering students are in professional employment or postgraduate study within six months of graduating from Essex (DLHE 2017).
Our department has a large pool of external contacts, ranging from companies providing robots for the media industry, through vehicle diagnostics, to the control of intelligent mobile robotic cameras, who work with us and our students to provide advice, placements and eventually graduate opportunities. Read more about computer science and electronic engineering career destinations here.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:
Force India F1
We also work with our University's Student Development Team to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.
UK and EU applicants should have, or expect to have:
72 UCAS tariff points from at least two full A-levels, or equivalent.
Examples of the above tariff may include:
A-levels: DDD
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: MMP
All applicants must also hold GCSE Maths at grade C/4 or above.
Essex Pathways Department accepts a wide range of qualifications from applicants. If you are unsure whether you meet the entry criteria, please get in touch for advice.
Essex Pathways Department is unable to accept applications from international students. Foundation pathways for international students are available at the University of Essex International College and are delivered and awarded by Kaplan, in partnership with the University of Essex. Successful completion will enable you to progress to the relevant degree course at the University of Essex.
English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 5.5 overall. Specified component grades are also required for applicants who require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK.
Other English language qualifications may be acceptable so please contact us for further details. If we accept the English component of an international qualification then it will be included in the information given about the academic levels required. Please note that date restrictions may apply to some English language qualifications
Our Year 0 courses are only open to UK and EU applicants. If you're an international student, but do not meet the English language or academic requirements for direct admission to your chosen degree, you could prepare and gain entry through a pathway course. Find out more about opportunities available to you at the University of Essex International College.
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Final Year
Research and Academic Development Skills
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Mathematics for Computer Science
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Want to use a modern Unix/Linux based operating system? To build and text digital logic circuits and electronic circuits with a computer-based electronics simulator? Gain fundamental knowledge in computer science and electronic engineering. Understand computer architectures and components, and operating systems. Examine the principles of electronics and simple electronic circuits.
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How do you test and evaluate the operation of simple computer programs? Or develop a program using tools in the Python programming language? Study the principles of procedural computing programming. Examine basic programming concepts, structures and methodologies. Understand good program design, learn to correct coding and practice debugging techniques.
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Team Project Challenge
Our Team Project Challenge gives you the opportunity to develop a range of professional skills by working as part of a small student team on a specific project. The projects are research-based and incorporate the concepts of specifications, design, and implementation. You'll learn about sustainability, project and time management, design, legal issues, health and safety, data analysis and presentation, team reporting, and self-evaluation. You'll also develop skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, agility, leadership, collaboration across networks, and effective oral and written communication, as well as curiosity and imagination, all of which will enhance your knowledge, confidence and social skills necessary to innovate and succeed in a competitive global environment.
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Mathematics for Computing
The aim of this module is to cover fundamental mathematics for Computer Scientists. It does not assume A-level mathematics, and the emphasis and delivery will be on understanding the key concepts as they apply to Computer Science.
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Intro to Programming with C
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Want to become a Java programmer? Topics covered in this module include control structures, classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, file I/O, event handling, graphical components, and more. You will develop your programming skills in supervised lab sessions where help will be at hand should you require it.
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Introduction to Databases
Databases are everywhere. They are employed in banking, production control and the stock market, as well as in scientific and engineering applications. For example, the Human Genome Project had the goal of mapping the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human DNA. The result is a genome database. This module introduces the underlying principles of databases, database design and database systems. It covers the fundamental concepts of databases, and prepares the student for their use in commerce, science and engineering.
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Network Fundamentals
This module introduces the fundamentals of networking including wiring and configuration of switches and routers and associated subnetting. Laboratory sessions give practical hands on experience in our purpose built networking lab. The module uses the Cisco CCNA exploration Network Fundamentals course which is the first of four Cisco courses that can be used to obtain a Cisco CCNA qualification and participants will gain the CCNA1 qualification whilst on this course.
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Fundamentals of Digital Systems
Computers, embedded systems, and digital systems in general have become an essential part of most people's lives, whether directly or indirectly. The aim of this module is to introduce the software and hardware underpinnings of such systems at an introductory yet challenging level suitable for future computer scientists and engineers. Topics covered in the module include both top-view as well as bottom-view approaches to understanding digital computers. They range from the more theoretical (e.g., state machines, logic circuits, and von Neumann's architecture) to the more practical (e.g., how transistors produce binary signals, operating system functions, memory management, and common hardware devices). The module also includes problem solving classes in which a guided discussion of weekly exercises is aimed at giving the student an opportunity to consolidate his/her understanding of the topics involved. Upon completion of this module, students should have a good conceptual and practical understanding of the nature and architecture of digital computer systems and their components.
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Digital Electronic Systems
This module develops the fundamental concepts introduced in the Digital Systems Architecture. We examine how data are represented within digital systems, including floating point, 'text' and 'data' files, and how the conversions between internal and human-readable forms are performed. The design and applications of higher-level logic elements such as counters, registers and multiplexers are discussed, as well as the more general concept of the finite state machine and its design. Transmission of digital data between systems is introduced by examination of the RS232 protocol. Further, fundamental decisions on how such sources should be represented in digital format include sample rates and quantization accuracy are discussed. In the case of audio and video especially, the possibilities for signal processing and data compression are investigated
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A bare computer is just a complex pile of electronics. What a programmer needs is much higher-level: a human-usable interface; a file system; communication with other computers. The system should be able to share itself between many users, but stop them from interfering with each other's work. It should be secure. In short, what a bare computer needs is an operating system. This module studies the functionality an operating system must provide, and the principles of how that is done.
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C Programming and Embedded Systems
The overall goal of this module is to provide you with an understanding of how programs are written in C (a computer programming language) to solve engineering problems. Learn how to program an embedded microprocessor in C and how to design embedded mircroprocessor systems as solutions to various problems. Explore the design input and output modules for an embedded system.
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Digital Systems Design
Digital systems are an important part of most electronic devices and systems. In this module students learn to design a small system using an industry-standard prototyping board based around a Xilinx FPGA. The module is laboratory based using Xilinx Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software and it builds on knowledge of digital circuits that students learn in CE161. Students learn how to design, and more importantly, how to debug and test a design, using laboratory test equipment, to convert an idea into working hardware.
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Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience (UX) Design and Information Visualisation
Human-Computer Interaction is about making software usable - not requiring users to think very hard in order to carry out whatever operation they need to do. In this module we start by covering the cognitive foundations of usability - what we know about the perceptual and motor limitations of our users - before introducing Norman's theory of human / computer interaction and its applications, using web design as the main application scenario - considering both web access from a desktop and web access from a smartphone, with all its implications. Finally, we look at how to use visualization to facilitate access to information.
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Web Application Programming
The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of the principles that underlie the design of web applications, and to provide practical experience of the technologies used in their construction.
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The robots are fast becoming part of our daily lives, autonomous cars will drive themselves, drones will deliver packages, and underwater vehicles will explore the oceans. This module covers fundamental knowledge on sensing, navigation, localisation, motion control, and decision making involved in most robotic platforms. You will be able to construct and program LEGO robots using Java language to perform a range of tasks.
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The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to the C++ programming language. The contents covered by this module include basic concepts and features of C++ programming (e.g., operator overloading), C++ Standard Template Library, and inheritance, function overriding and exceptions.
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Team Project Challenge (WBL)
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Individual Capstone Project Challenge
The highlight of our undergraduate degree courses is the individual capstone project. This project module provides students with the opportunity to bring together all the skills they have gained during their degree and demonstrate that they can develop a product from the starting point of a single 1/2 page description, provided either by an academic member of staff or an external company. In all the student spends 450 hours throughout the academic year, reporting to their academic tutor, and in the case of company projects, to a company mentor. All projects are demonstrated to external companies on our Project Open Day.
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Languages and Compilers
This module provides you with an introduction to formal languages and the structure of compilers and their main components. Gain a comprehensive understanding of syntax and semantics of basic programming languages elements; explore the regular and context-free grammars as well as the lexical and static analysis. By the end of this module you will be able to describe formal languages using BNF notation, explain the link between finite state automata and regular expressions and implement key parts of a compiler for a simple language.
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Large Scale Software Systems and Extreme Programming
The world demands software systems with ever increasing richness of behaviours and degrees of complexity. However, traditional software engineering techniques, which were inherited with relatively minor adaptations from other, older branches of engineering, have been struggling to scale up to the challenges posed by modern software systems. As a result, a large proportion (as much as a quarter!) of software projects based on traditional methods end up being cancelled at some point in their lifecycle, with many more being late, over budget and with less features than initially stipulated. In this module you will learn why traditional software engineering techniques fail, and you will become very familiar (through lectures, labs, videos and a large group project) with a novel set of techniques, known as Extreme Programming and Agile Software Development, which fundamentally solve these problems. In the last decade, these techniques have been so successful that today as many as 80% of all projects adopt agilite methods.
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Natural Language Engineering
As humans we are adept in understanding the meaning of texts and conversations. We can also perform tasks such as summarize a set of documents to focus on key information, answer questions based on a text, and when bilingual, translate a text from one language into fluent text in another language. Natural Language Engineering (NLE) aims to create computer programs that perform language tasks with similar proficiency. This course provides a strong foundation to understand the fundamental problems in NLE and also equips students with the practical skills to build small-scale NLE systems. Students are introduced to three core ideas of NLE: a) gaining an understanding the core elements of language--- the structure and grammar of words, sentences and full documents, and how NLE problems are related to defining and learning such structures, b) identify the computational complexity that naturally exists in language tasks and the unique problems that humans easily solve but are incredibly hard for computers to do, and c) gain expertise in developing intelligent computing techniques which can overcome these challenges.
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Interested in designing, programming and evaluating AI robots? To understand the potential applications for AI in the real world? Study different approaches to the use of AI robotics, along with associated design methodologies. Gain practical experience of building your own autonomous mobile robots and intelligent machines, from sensing to action.
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Computer vision is the discipline that tries to understand the content of images and videos. It has an extraordinarily wide range of applications; well-known ones include inspection on production lines, reading number plates, mixing live and computer-generated action in movies, and recognising faces. However, researchers are working on applications such as driverless cars, building 3D models from photographs, robot navigation, gaming interfaces, and automated medical diagnosis -- in fact, whenever you as a human looks at the world and try to understand what you see is fair game for computer vision. This module introduces you to the principles of computer vision through a series of lectures and demonstrations. You have an opportunity to learn how to use these principles and algorithms on real-world vision problems in the associated laboratories using the industry-standard toolkit, OpenCV.
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A typical timetable includes around eight to fourteen one-hour lectures per week with associated classes or laboratories
Any language classes involve language laboratory sessions
Courses are taught by a combination of lectures, laboratory work, assignments, and individual and group project activities
A significant amount of practical lab work will need to be undertaken for written assignments and as part of your learning
In your first year, you will have exams before the start of term in January
Your assessed coursework will generally consist of essays, reports, in-class tests, individual or group oral presentations, and small scale research projects
All credit-bearing modules will involve a final exam, which will be either essay-based or in the form of a test
Our UK students, and some of our EU students, who are still at school or college, can apply through their school. Your school will be able to check and then submit your completed application to UCAS. Our other EU applicants or independent applicants in the UK can also apply online through UCAS Apply.
The UCAS code for our University of Essex is ESSEX E70. The individual campus codes for our Loughton and Southend Campuses are 'L' and 'S' respectively.
Some of our courses also hold interviews and if you're invited to one, this will take place during your applicant day. Don't panic, they're nothing to worry about and it's a great way for us to find out more about you and for you to find out more about the course. Some of our interviews are one-to-one with an academic, others are group activities, but we'll send you all the information you need beforehand.
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Gladwell's Line: Gambling in Genoa..Aceing the Optimists
by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz 28 Apr 05:07 PDT 29 April 2019
Australia SailGP Team has their first practice for the San Francisco SailGP Event 2 © Sam Greenfield for SailGP
The recently concluded Sailing World Cup Genoa was notable for some very mixed results.
Matt Belcher (AUS), a seven-time World Champion in the 470 class, finished in double figures in the final standings for the first time since July 2016. In the Womens 49erFX, the 2016 Olympic Silver medalists and former world champions, Alex Maloney and Molly Meech finished 23rd overall.
Spain's Iker Martinez, often in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, won the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull.
Like many others, the NZL Sailing Team should have come away from the Sailing World Cup Genoa, moderately pleased with some results, but frustrated with several others.
They would not be alone in their frustration, the strongest wind of the series blew on the final leg of the Mens 470 Medal Race, reaching a 10kts, and getting the 470 Mens Medal Race fleet on the plane for the first time in the regatta.
Once again, the need was underlined to stage sailing regattas in venues with good wind. Failure to do so means postponed and lost races, the inability to maintain a broadcast schedule of the racing, and a huge variation in results. World Sailing and others need to realise that these are serious events for the sailors, often with performance-based grant money and/or Olympic selection decisions being made on the basis of results of a drifting match.
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke with coach Hamish Willcox (second from left) - 49er - NZL- Day 6 - Hempel Sailing World Cup - Genoa - April 2019 - photo © Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy
Plus the driftathons make very boring TV, with frequent recourse to replays from events where they do actually have good winds on a consistent basis.
It is claimed that the Genoa Jib (the forerunner to the Code Zero and able to be carried upwind) was conceived in Genoa, Italy. After watching the racing in the Sailing World Cup Genoa, one could easily understand the necessity for such a sail. The word on the Olympic Rialto is that this year will be the last for the Sailing World Cup in all its machinations that have never worked.
The China SailGP team's F50 catamaran is craned into the water for a training session. Event 2 Season 1 SailGP event in San Francisco - photo © Sam Greenfield for SailGP
Rowing too has a World Cup. Rowers being pragmatists, they opted for the achievement of the possible - which was to have a tight circuit of regattas all based in central Europe which lead into the World Championships.
For all European based rowing events, it is possible to drive to the venues. For those outside Europe, the drill is to fly into the first regatta and then drive to the other two. The timeframes are such that it is possible to mix a training camp or two between World Cup events, and then compete in a regatta (which like Sailing is typically a five or six-day event, depending on entries).
But we digress.
Emerging with big smiles from the Genoa regatta were the New Zealand Mens 470 crew of Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox, who turned around an indifferent series of results early in the regatta with three good countable single digit places in the tail-end of the regatta. All the other crews in the Mens 470 turned in at least one and sometimes two double-digit scores.
Isaac McHardy and William McKenzie - 49er - NZL- Day 6 - Hempel Sailing World Cup - Genoa - April 2019 - photo © Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy
To underline the topsy-turvy regatta that was SWC Genoa, who would have thought that the winner of the Mens 470 would be counting 18th and 20th places in their pointscore - and discarding a 33rd?
Most of the New Zealand interest was in the 49er class where Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are victims of their own success. While they have had a foray into the America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race, the absence of the cat has allowed the proverbial mice to play.
The America's Cup champions have returned to the 49er to find that in their absence the class has already been qualified for NZ for the 2020 Olympics. And there are at least four crews in the viewfinder for that spot, and that at this stage of the Olympic cycle, their credentials over the past 24 months in the 49er are no better than the other three or so crews.
That means there is internal competition between the crews to achieve selection, which is rare in the New Zealand Olympic sailing context and must be managed carefully. A big part of New Zealand's sailing success has occurred when crews have all worked together in a class and been open within the group with changes they have made, and whether it has been a positive one or not.
Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox - 470 - NZL- Day 6 - Hempel Sailing World Cup - Genoa - April 2019 - photo © Sailing Energy
In Genoa, for all the talk about a lack of wind, Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie won the Silver medal by a margin of six points from third-placed Burling and Tuke, with the Gilmour brothers (AUS) winning the Gold medal just four points ahead of the Kiwis.
Also putting in a solid performance is the 49er combination of Josh Porebski and Trent Rippey who opened strongly at Aarhus, last August, lying third in the regatta after two days of racing behind Logan Dunning beck and Oscar Gunn wearing the yellow jersey of the points table leaders.
It would have been unthinkable post-Rio, that Burling and Tuke could have been edged out of the Mens 49er spot for Tokyo 2020, but if an objective selection system is in place - then that outcome is a distinct possibility.
Silver fleet round the windward mark - Day 6 - 2019 Toyota New Zealand Optimist National Championships, Murrays Bay, April 2019 - photo © Richard Gladwell
Of course, having a hot competitive fleet at home is an Olympic Godsend. Look at the Brits in the Finn over the past couple of decades. Five Olympic Gold Medals on the trot and 11 world championship titles in a 20 year period is "owning" an Olympic event. Will that prove to be the case with New Zealand and the 49er class?
Adding to the intensity of the 49er's Olympic buildup, the 2019 World Championships is coming up in Auckland in November-December 2019. It is hard to believe that regatta will not be a key selection event for the Kiwi 49er slot in Tokyo. As mentioned, Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn qualified New Zealand, as the fourth qualifier for the 2020 Olympics with their seventh place in the 2018 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark in August 2018.
Scarlett Zerbe (AUS) (Royal Brighton YC) Top female and third overall - Silver fleet- Day 6 - 2019 Toyota New Zealand Optimist National Championships, Murrays Bay, April 2019 - photo © Richard Gladwell
Optimist Comeback
The 2019 Toyota NZ Optimist National Championships concluded on Wednesday at Murrays Bay. Racing aside it was another superbly organised regatta, despite a lack of co-operation from the wind on the penultimate day.
George Lee Ross (Wakatere) turned in an outstanding performance on the final day of the regatta winning all four races and defending not only his New Zealand title, but also winning the Open title and turning the tables on top Australian sailor, Daniel Links - who had been on top of the leaderboard from the first day of the regatta. Links was defending his New Zealand open title, won last year at Queen Charlotte YC, with Lee Ross placing third in the Open section of that regatta, and winning the NZ [resident] Championship.
It seems that every year or two, one club seems to dominate, depending on how their Junior program is performing. This year it seemed to be Wakatere BC's turn on top.
Shufei Wu (Murrays Bay SC) Silver fleet- Day 6 - 2019 Toyota New Zealand Optimist National Championships, Murrays Bay, April 2019 - photo © Richard Gladwell
George Lee Ross was top placed sailor in the Gold fleet his Wakatere clubmates Harrison Loretz and Valentine Kayrouz placed fourth and sixth respectively in the Open Championship. Tom Rebbeck (Wakatere) won the Silver fleet, with George Pilkington (Wakatere) in second overall. Josh Hilder (Wakatere) won the Bronze fleet.
Nelson Meacham (Wakatere) won the Green fleet with Tessa Clinton (Wakatere) finishing second and top girl in the Green fleet. 10-year-old Wiliam Mason (Wakatere) qualified for the Silver fleet, finishing midway in the 47-boat fleet. There were four other 10-year-olds in the Bronze fleet. Youngest sailor was eight year old Nathan Soper (Charteris Bay) who turned in an excellent performance finishing 41st out of the 62 boat Green fleet (and beating all the 9yr olds).
Daniel Links (AUS) - Royal Prince Alfred YC - Second overall - 2019 Toyota New Zealand Optimist National Championships, Murrays Bay, April 2019 - photo © Richard Gladwell
With all the debate about Gender Equality in Olympic sailing, the statistics show that 40% of the Green fleet were female sailors, it drops to 26% across the 142 sailors in the Open - Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets. The Gender balance is just 12.7% in the Gold fleet.
Sailors from eight countries (New Zealand, Australian, French Polynesia, China, Great Britain, USA, Poland and Chile) competed in the Toyota sponsored series, an excellent level of support - which can hopefully be carried over into other dinghy classes as the sailors move out of Optimists.
However the retention of female sailors, at a junior level, remains very much a work in progress, if indeed it has been started at all.
Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ Editor
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Ein Ahu ist eine Zeremonialstätte der Osterinsel, die das baulich manifestierte, spirituelle Verbindungsglied zwischen dem Diesseits und dem Jenseits bildet. Die Anlage ist mit hoher spiritueller Kraft (Mana) und Unantastbarkeit (tapu) versehen, hat aber auch Bedeutung als Symbol politischer Macht. Sie besteht in der Regel aus einer steinernen Plattform mit monumentalen Steinstatuen (Moais), zu der eine angeschrägte Rampe führt sowie einer geebneten, rechteckigen Fläche als Vorplatz für rituelle Feste. Bisher sind auf der Osterinsel 255 Ahu in unterschiedlichen Erhaltungszuständen bekannt, davon 164 mit einem oder mehreren Bildwerken.

Der Terminus ahu ist ebenfalls von den Marquesas, dem Tuamotu-Archipel und den Australinseln bekannt. Dort bezeichnet er allerdings nur die erhöhte Plattform als Abschluss eines rechteckigen Zeremonialplatzes (marae), auf der Osterinsel hingegen ist die gesamte Zeremonialanlage gemeint.

Baubeschreibung

Eine erste, wenn auch sehr ungenaue Baubeschreibung lieferte James Cook bereits zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts:

Erst Wissenschaftler des 20. Jahrhunderts haben sich bemüht, die Bauweise genauer zu untersuchen. Katherine Routledge, die die Osterinsel zur Zeit des Ersten Weltkrieges besuchte, teilt die Zeremonialplattformen nach der Art ihrer Errichtung und dem Umfang der Ausstattung in vier Bautypen ein (die Ordnung ist im Prinzip heute noch gültig, jedoch nehmen spätere Forscher zum Teil weitere Untergliederungen vor):
 rechteckige Ahu (rectangular ahu) – rechtwinklige, einfach gebaute, niedrige Steinplattformen ohne Statuen, möglicherweise die Urform auf der Osterinsel.
 Ahu mit Kolossalstatuen (image ahu) – die häufigste und größte Bauform
 Halbpyramiden-Ahu (semi-pyramidal ahu) – aus unbearbeiteten Steinen errichtete Strukturen, die in rund 50 Exemplaren auf der Osterinsel vorkommen. Sie haben die Form einer sehr niedrigen, langgezogenen, dreiseitigen Pyramide. Die größten Exemplare sind etwa 45 m lang und etwas mehr als 3 m hoch, mit einer oder mehreren Grabkammern. In einigen Fällen sind in die Konstruktion Bruchstücke von aufgegebenen Statuen eingearbeitet.
 Ahu Poe Poe – von spitzovalem Grundriss in der Gestalt eines Kanus, dessen Bug und Heck leicht hochgezogen sind. Ein oder zwei steinverkleidete Grabkammern sind entlang der Längsachse eingearbeitet. Die Bauform kommt in 7 Mustern vor, die alle keine Statuen tragen. Ein recht gut erhaltenes Exemplar westlich von Anakena ist rund 20 m lang und 4 m hoch.

Ob sich aus dieser Einteilung der Bauwerke eine zeitliche Abfolge ihrer Errichtung ablesen lässt, ist umstritten. Routledge sieht den einfach gebauten, rechteckigen Ahu ohne Statuen als die älteste und den Ahu Poe Poe als die jüngste Form (möglicherweise erst nach der europäischen Einflussnahme errichtet) an. Nach neueren Erkenntnissen sind die beiden letztgenannten Typen von ihrer Zweckbestimmung her hauptsächlich Ossuarien und stammen aus der Spätphase der Osterinselkultur.

Die weitaus häufigste und am besten wissenschaftlich untersuchte Form ist der Ahu mit Statuen (image ahu). Er besteht aus einer mit Steinen verblendeten, erhöhten Plattform, die im Innern mit Erde und Geröll aufgefüllt ist. Bei einigen Plattformen, z. B. beim Ahu Tahira in Vinapu, ist das Schalenmauerwerk aus großen, kunstvoll bearbeiteten und sorgfältig eingepassten Blöcken errichtet (Megalithmauer), bei einfacheren Anlagen wurden lediglich Steine im Naturzustand verwendet. Dabei fällt auf, dass die rückwärtige, seeseitig gelegene Wand oft sorgfältiger aufgeführt ist als das übrige Mauerwerk. Die Steine sind ohne Mörtel gesetzt, Mörtel war auf der Osterinsel unbekannt. In die Oberseite der Plattform sind schwere, ovale Steinplatten eingelassen, die als Fundamente für die riesigen Steinstatuen dienen. Darauf erheben sich, mit dem Rücken zum Meer, die bis zu 40 Tonnen schweren Moai, die an der Basis lediglich mit kleinen Steinchen verkeilt sind.

Die Plattformen, auf denen die Figuren stehen, sind häufig an den Seiten durch etwas niedrigere, aus Stein gesetzte Seitenflügel verlängert. Deren Funktion ist unbekannt, wahrscheinlich dienten sie lediglich repräsentativen Zwecken, um das Bauwerk gewaltiger erscheinen zu lassen. Einige Anlagen erreichen damit eine Gesamtlänge von bis zu 145 Metern.

Zur Plattform führt über die gesamte Länge eine aus Erde aufgeschüttete, oft gepflasterte Rampe. Bei einigen Anlage ragen poro (Rollkiesel) aus der Pflasterung heraus, wahrscheinlich lediglich als Dekorationselement.

Vor der Rampe liegt ein geebneter, manchmal befestigter, rechteckiger Vorplatz, der rituellen Zwecken diente. Der Zeremonialplatz ist in der Regel gegenüber dem Umfeld mit Markierungssteinen abgegrenzt. Hier fanden die regelmäßigen religiösen Zeremonien statt.

Bei archäologischen Grabungen wurden an der rückwärtigen Wand einiger Plattformen ummauerte Gruben entdeckt, die als Krematorien dienten.

Ob diese Verbrennungsplätze eine spätere Anfügung sind oder bereits bei der Errichtung des Ahu eingeplant waren, ist umstritten.

Größe und Proportionen der Ahu sowie die Anzahl der Statuen unterliegen keinen erkennbaren Gesetzmäßigkeiten. Es sind sowohl große Ahu von über 100 Metern Länge und bis zu zehn Meter hohen Steinstatuen bekannt als auch Plattformen mit lediglich einer einzelnen, kleinen Figur. Die meisten Plattformen tragen nur eine oder zwei Statuen, solche mit mehr Figuren sind selten. Die größte Anlage ist der Ahu Tongariki mit 145 Metern Länge und 15 Moai. Es ist zu vermuten, dass die an der Spitze der Stammesgesellschaft stehenden Clans der Osterinsel ihre Macht durch die Größe der Plattform, die Anzahl der Statuen und die Sorgfalt der Ausführung sichtbar machten.

An der Nordküste der Osterinsel stehen die meisten Ahu, die größten und am besten ausgestatteten Anlagen findet man jedoch hauptsächlich im Süden.

Die Zeremonialplattformen der Osterinsel stehen bis auf wenige Ausnahmen an der Küste, zum weit überwiegenden Teil innerhalb eines Bereiches von 500 Metern zur Gezeitenlinie. Sie waren in der klassischen Zeit stets mit einer Ansiedlung verknüpft. Dabei gab es im Abstand der Wohnhäuser zu der Zeremonialanlage eine deutliche Rangfolge, die die streng hierarchisch gegliederte Gesellschaft Polynesiens widerspiegelte. Dem Ahu am nächsten standen die Paenga-Häuser – besonders aufwändig gebaute, an umgedrehte Boote erinnernde Häuser – der Häuptlings- und Priestersippen mit gepflastertem Vorplatz und Erdöfen (umu) sowie die zugeordneten steinernen Hühnerhäuser (hare moa), gefolgt von den besonders fruchtbaren, mit Steinwällen geschützten und gemulchten Feldern (ähnlich den Zocos auf Lanzarote). Erst dahinter, weiter zum Inselinnern, standen inmitten der übrigen Anbauflächen die einfacher gebauten Wohnhäuser der gewöhnlichen Stammesmitglieder. Diese Anordnung zeigt, dass der Ahu nicht nur religiösen, sondern auch machtpolitischen und repräsentativen Zwecken diente.

Zweckbestimmung und Zeremonien

Der Ahu – zumindest trifft das für die Plattformen mit Bildwerken zu – ist als eine Zeremonialstätte anzusehen, die vorrangig der Ahnenverehrung diente und an der Initiationsriten für Häuptlinge (ariki) und andere hochgestellte Personen stattfanden. Weitere Riten dürften mit Fruchtbarkeits- und Ackerbaukulten verknüpft gewesen sein.

Es steht heute außer Zweifel, dass die Ahu zudem mit einem Totenkult verbunden waren. Archäologische Grabungen haben den Nachweis erbracht, dass sich in den Plattformen ausgesparte Kammern mit Knochenresten befinden. In der klassischen Zeit der Osterinsel-Kultur wurde der Verstorbene in Matten aus Tapa oder Totora-Schilf gewickelt und dem Zerfall ausgesetzt. In der Regel geschah das auf dem geebneten Platz vor dem Ahu der Sippe. War nur noch das Skelett übrig, setzte man die Knochen in der Zeremonialplattform bei. Ein solches Zweitbegräbnis ist auch auf anderen Inseln der Südsee und in Teilen des indopazifischen Raumes gebräuchlich. Diese Art der Bestattung wurde vermutlich aber nur Häuptlingen, Priestern und anderen hochrangigen Mitgliedern der Stämme zuteil. Die Krematorien, die bei einigen Anlagen gefunden wurden, belegen ebenfalls den Bezug zu einem Totenkult. Es ist denkbar, dass hier die weniger hochrangigen Verstorbenen verbrannt wurden.

Ihre Funktion als Grabstätte haben die Ahu auch nach ihrer Zerstörung nicht verloren. Am Ahu Vinapu und einigen anderen Anlagen wurden späte Beisetzungen in den durch die umgestürzten Statuen entstandenen Höhlungen gefunden.

Alter

Archäologische Untersuchungen haben ergeben, dass die Zeremonialplattformen über Generationen erweitert, aus- oder umgebaut wurden, oft unter Wiederverwendung älteren Materials. Das macht eine Datierung einzelner Anlagen äußerst schwierig.

Radiokohlenstoffdatierungen weisen als früheste Errichtungsperiode auf die Zeit zwischen 1000 und 1100 n. Chr. hin. Es liegen zwar auch frühere Datierungen vor, sie sind jedoch nicht zweifelsfrei mit den Bauten zu verknüpfen. Den archäologischen Untersuchungen zufolge lag der Schwerpunkt der Bautätigkeit im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. Wahrscheinlich wurden nach 1650 n. Chr. keine neuen Anlagen mehr errichtet.

Heutiger Zustand

Irgendwann zwischen der Entdeckung der Osterinsel durch den Holländer Jakob Roggeveen 1722 und dem Besuch von James Cook 1774 begann die systematische Zerstörung der Ahu durch die Inselbewohner selbst. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts gab es auf der Osterinsel keine unbeschädigten Zeremonialplattformen mehr. Die Ursachen sind trotz intensiver Forschung auch heute noch umstritten. Es werden unter anderem folgende Gründe angeführt:

 Bürgerkrieg und innere Konflikte
 Kulturverfall durch den Einfluss der Europäer
 ökologische Zerstörung, gefolgt von einer Hungersnot
 Machtübernahme durch eine Kriegerkaste
 Wechsel zu einer anderen Religion, dem Vogelmannkult
 Erdbeben und Tsunamis.

Die Mehrzahl der Zeremonialanlagen auf der Osterinsel befindet sich heute noch "in situ", d. h. mit mehr oder weniger zerstörten Plattformen und umgestürzten Moai. Einige Ahu sind ab den 1950er Jahren mithilfe moderner Technik wieder aufgebaut worden. Besonders sehenswert ist an der Südküste der in den 1960ern rekonstruierte Ahu Tongariki mit fünfzehn aufrecht stehenden Moai von beeindruckender Größe, die größte Zeremonialanlage im Pazifik. Der gut erhaltene Ahu Vinapu mit seinen sorgfältig eingepassten Steinen ist ein besonders schönes Beispiel für die Baukunst der klassischen Periode der Osterinselkultur.

Parallelen

Der polynesische Ursprung der Osterinselkultur lässt Parallelen auf anderen Inseln des Pazifiks erwarten. Die Errichtung von monumentalen Steinstatuen ist – neben der Osterinsel – von den Marquesas, Pitcairn, Raivavae, Hawaii und Tahiti bekannt. Zeremonialplattformen ohne Statuen (marae) kommen auf fast allen polynesischen und einigen melanesischen Inseln vor. Sie bestehen in der Regel aus einer gerodeten und geebneten Fläche mit einer steinernen, terrassenartig angehobenen, manchmal gestuften Plattform und haben eine offensichtliche Ähnlichkeit mit den rechteckigen Ahu ohne Statuen der Osterinsel, möglicherweise die älteste Bauform.

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Lia Ices grows into her own voice
In Grown Unknown, Brooklyn's Lia Ices has made a stunning statement, but she says she has only begun to explore
by Mike Usinger on April 13th, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Taste-shaping outlets such as Pitchfork, Spin, and Uncut have used terms like funereal, mournful, and dreamy to gush all over Lia Ices's second album, Grown Unknown. Reached on tour during a pit stop at an Ann Arbor, Michigan, delicatessen, the Brooklyn singer-songwriter suggests a more abstract but somehow more fitting description.
"I feel like this album maybe sounds like winter," Ices says simply.
That's no accident. When Ices started thinking about what she wanted to do with Grown Unknown, escaping the roar and grit of New York City was at the top of her list. Her plan was to connect with nature, and while that may make her sound like a Birkenstock-wearing granola muncher, it shouldn't. She was after something more spiritual and pure, the goal being to tap into something primal. She did just that in a remote, rented farmhouse in Vermont in the dead of winter.
"We had to hike up half a mile since we didn't want to pay for snow-plowing," Ices relates. "So we would only leave the house once a week for groceries and then take them up on a sled. It was on 40 acres—a little red house with a barn and a lake. It was a really idyllic winter scene—there was so much snow. I think that being in an extreme natural setting, and letting the natural world and what it's doing permeate your thoughts, is super-interesting and super-important. Coming from New York, I just had to let myself be mellow and just give in to a complete lifestyle shift, which I felt that I really needed."
As one might have expected, changing gears didn't happen overnight.
"It was slow living. I would read a chapter of a book and then go for a walk and think about whatever I needed to think about. It was important for me to figure out what I wanted things to sound like. I had apprehensions because I'd never done a writing retreat. I'd never left New York to do something like this, and there was a definite fear of "˜What if nothing comes out?' "
Ices needn't have worried; as evidenced by Grown Unknown, the creative process couldn't have gone more splendidly. When the classically trained pianist first surfaced with 2008's Necima, she played things more or less straight, her songs drawing more than one comparison to the likes of Cat Power and Regina Spektor. Released on indie heavyweight Jagjaguwar Records, Grown Unknown finds the gorgeously smoky-voiced singer dramatically refashioning her career. Right from the kickoff track, restraint is the key to the record's hushed brilliance, with "Love Is Won" starting with nothing but delicate piano and wounded-heart vocals then gradually bringing church-service organ and soft-patter drums into the mix. Elsewhere, "Ice Wine" is layered with stately strings and exotic timpani, "After Is Always Before" meshes baroque harp with military-march percussion, and "Daphne" marries psychedelic-country piano and funeral-pyre guitar with stunning results.
Ices is careful to note that Grown Unknown's songs came together in two stages. The first was the writing, which took place in Vermont, plenty of good red wine helping fuel the process. The second had her doing her best to mess with her creations when it came time to record them in New York, with producer Nicolas Vernhes (Deerhunter, Animal Collective) helping her veer off in all manner of unexpected directions.
"I'd put out a record before this one and didn't spend as much time on the arrangements as I did the writing," Ices says. "It was more like "˜Oh, I can write a song, so let's record it.' This one was really important because I would write the song on piano, and then be confident enough to abandon the piano and be like, "˜Maybe horns can do this better. Or maybe there's a weird-ass harpsichord that would be way more interesting.' "
That Ices is already at the point where she's intent on messing things up makes sense when you consider her background. Before she embarked on a career in music she studied experimental theatre at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Included in her education were classes that concentrated on voice work.
"They were about finding your own sound and not being afraid to use your voice and body as a vehicle for expression and motion," Ices relates. "Some of it was really insane, but it really taught you about playing with the voice. We'd get assignments like "˜Sing a dream.' Dreams are like the most abstract thing ever, so the challenge was using sound and your voice to express things that are unexpressable. I took off in that voice class, realizing that my voice was really different and didn't fit into the classical theatre world. I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore, and that I could make my own songs."
Today, Ices continues to take the attitude that exploring is a healthy thing. That's a warning to her fledgling fan base that she's only begun to embrace her inner artist—and that Grown Unknown's tunes bear little resemblance today to the wintry creations that came together in that farmhouse in Vermont.
"I wrote, arranged, and recorded the songs without ever having played too many of them live," says Ices, who performs with backing musicians on-stage. "They've since taken on a whole new energy. It's born from the record, but much more extroverted. There's an energy from being in a band that's really tight and can play really loud. And that will maybe end up informing the next record."
A record that, Ices notes, will very likely sound like summer.
Lia Ices plays the Biltmore Cabaret next Thursday (April 21).
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Lia Ices sounds off on the things that enquiring minds want to know.
On her favourite singers: "I think Leonard Cohen is a great artist. And on John Lennon's solo work, he uses his voice as an insane emotional vehicle that's really incredible."
On evolving as an artist:"No one tells you how to make music or how to make a record. You eventually figure out that it's about confidence and having the patience to sit with something. For me, real art is made when there's enough time to fuck up and then take something important out of that."
On revisiting Necima: "I'm happy with it—going back to it is kind of nostalgic. It was my first batch of songs, and I think it was a cool place to start. I like the songs, but I realize the difference between that record and what I'm doing now. Even after I recorded it, I was like, "˜Okay, I think I'm ready now to take control,' which I think is an age and confidence thing."
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hey I checked the biltmore cabaret to buy tickets as soon as I saw your aticle but it doesnt show that she s performing any time soon...:0/
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I believe in leading an environment where children learn and grow to their fullest potential academically, emotionally, and socially. I see my role as an advocate for students and faculty to support the demanding challenges for the future. At KGA, we will strive to provide a unique opportunity within the Chandler Unified School District for gifted students to experience a school-wide culture of community and collaboration. The teachers and faculty are specifically trained to provide problem-based learning with an interdisciplinary approach to best support our learners. A strong focus on 21st Century Skills, technology, and engineering are embedded in all aspects of the accelerated curriculum.


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Moda and joint-venture partner Apache Capital were advised by Rettie & Co on the deal which will create 500 homes for rent in addition to 25,000sq/ft of commercial and retail space in the Fountainbridge district of the city.
Resident amenities including a gym, lounges, roof terraces and enhanced public realm will also form part of the package, with construction expected to get underway by the end of the year with completions coming in phases through to 2023.
In separate news residential investment firm Get Living has purchased a 7.5 acre site in Glasgow's Merchant City where it plans to invest £200m in building 600 rental flats.
This build will be delivered in a single phase within 18 months subject to detailed planning permission, highlighting growing confidence in the fledgling PRS market.
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The Washington-based indie-rock band Car Seat Headrest announced an international headlining tour across the U.S. and Europe throughout 2019.
To round out the year, Car Seat Headrest will play a slew of dates throughout November in France, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, and Belgium. Then, the tour will pick up next year, starting off the U.S. leg of the trek on February 14 in Boston, Massachusetts. They will make stops in cities like New York, Tampa Bay, and New Orleans before wrapping-up in San Antonio, Texas on March 2.
The tour dates follow the band's decision to release Twin Fantasy – Mirror to Mirror, a remastered version of founder Will Toledo's Bandcamp project. The record will be available November 2 for streaming and November 9 on vinyl. Previously, the LP was only released as a Record Store Day exclusive, with only 4,000 copies distributed.
Twin Fantasy- Mirror to Mirror follows 2018's Twin Fantasy, a re-recorded and "re-imagined" version of the album, which dropped this past February. Car Seat Headrest has consistently released music since their 2010 debut; they currently have eleven records to-date, with with eight self-released.
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Nihonbashi Honten. Not just the city's best Japanese restaurant, but one of the city's most seminal eateries, full stop. Where else can you get a Wagyuu burger? Or diamond-priced cuts of Kobe beef? Four person portioned bowls of tsukune nabe? Darshan's Munidasa's gift to Colombo doesn't just offer slices of Japan plonked on a plate in the form of hasty sushi or donburi - the sometimes baffling Nihonbashi menu stretches to include the most aspirational, exotic offerings of Japanese cuisine (one day, I will try the Kobe beef...). While the prices can reach alarming heights as the unfamiliar words knit into a befuddled mess - what is shabu shabu and why does it cost Rs. 21,800? - it's possible to enjoy a dinner at the Honten without the post-meal depression of a light-pocketed departure.
Well, sort of. Let's be honest, a meal at Nihonbashi is never going to be cheap - but it doesn't have to skyrocket into a stratosphere of extreme extravagance. The daunting five figure beef items - for us - are largely aspirational - to be fantasised of and salivated over, with only the faint hope of one day ever being consumed. While these printed images are longingly gazed at, there's still plenty in the kind-of-affordable range that are generally excellent, well executed and delicious dishes.
A sticky, piping hot katsu don, for instance, is Rs. 1180. Steaming, tender strips of breaded chicken are placed on a bed of glutinous white rice and topped with a freshly broken egg, with lightly balanced wafers of crackling seaweed. The egg sort of half cooks on top of the chicken, spreading a stringy, viscous web of yolk and white across the softly sizzling ribbons of meat. This is an excellent katsu don - thick and eggy, deeply flavoured with soy and accompanied, by succulent, savoury chunks of chicken; it's a large and completely filling meal - only a couple of pieces of sushi are recommended alongside it. Trust me, you will be full.
Sushi wise, the small cubes of rice and seafood are almost always excellent - the marguro carpaccio (Rs. 1080) - thick chunks of ruby red tuna, lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and spring onion, accompanied by a miniature beaker of wasabi olive oil. The temaki (Rs. 460), a brittle seaweed cone containing sticky white rice and a thick curl of tempura prawn, laced with a wasabi mayonnaise. Our only disappointment was the gyu no tataki - a standard favourite that's usually excellent - but this time too thickly cut and flooded in sauce, overpowering the delicate flavour of the raw meat.
The bamboo-framed yakitori garden unfurls into the cool, white dining space that is Honten. With offshoots of private rooms and adjoining rock gardens, the traditional Japanese style seating and cloistered rooms follow a zen aesthetic - quiet, calm and ivory white: bamboo mats, floor cushions and a little gadget that instantly summons an attentive waiter. The Honten goes for an all round epicurean experience - ambience, taste, service. All good.
There's a lot to explore on the restaurant's carefully curated - if sometimes bewildering - menu. From the standard platters of sushi - nigiri, maki, etc - and donburi to the more exotic wagyuu burger or okonomiyaki - the food is generally of the highest quality and makes use of the best ingredients - export grade tuna and so on. This is undoubtedly one of Colombo's best restaurants - perhaps only rivalled by Darshan Munidasa's second child, Ministry of Crab.
For a more affordable experience try the yakitori garden outdoors. Between 6 and 8 PM you get 50% off on all yakitori and carlsberg beer.
Was here just yesterday, they have a super lunch set menu with Tempura, sashimi, maki-sushi, miso as well as the best final touch - COFFEE JELLY!!! Wonderful! LKR 2400 was fully worth it!


This is an earlier example of a song I wrote while in Mayday Parade. Pop punk has always been first in my playlist, so stuff like this is always really fun.
Writing and recording music has been my passion and my voice for as long as I can remember. Fronting and writing in bands Go Radio, Mayday Parade (Lessons in Romantics) and my own solo effort As You Are, Ive grown to find writing almost therapeutic, a way to say the things that can't be said using only words. I'd love to be a part of that process for you, working together to get a song that sums up your exact emotion and feeling or just some music to drive to. Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your life. I hope we can create a song to do it justice. Please note, while I'll always get to your song as fast as possible, turnaround times vary and can take up to a month. If there's a time limit, let me know and I'll try to meet it for you.
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Does our frequent use of the Lord's Prayer result in it becoming a rote prayer with no power?
Over the past couple of years, I have been taking communion on Sundays to residents of a local nursing home. One of the residents on the Alzheimer's floor (we will call her Mary Jane) has always been eager to receive communion, but on a recent visit she became quite agitated and even accused me of wanting to kill her. I was shocked as was her attendant, who tried to calm and assure her that everything was fine. She would have none of it, and I retreated to call on other residents.
I gave her communion, and then to my surprise, she said, "I love you." I responded, "I love you, too, Mary Jane," and gave her a pat. What a contrast to my prior visit!
In reciting the Lord's Prayer, Mary Jane may have been recalling a prior time in her relationship with God – perhaps in church, maybe in personal prayer or a family prayer time. We can only speculate what she may have been thinking, but it brought her peace and contentment.
Why should we be surprised that this prayer, testifying to the kingdom, glory and power of God, awakens a soul ensnared in the darkness of Alzheimer's disease?
St. Paul declared, "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but of power." (1 Co. 4:20) There is power in the Lord's Prayer and God's word. May we all be awakened!
This entry was posted in Power of the Lord's Prayer, Uncategorized and tagged The Power of the Lord's Prayer on May 24, 2016 by Bill Dalgetty.
Have you ever been cut to the heart by what someone says?
That happened to 3,000 people who were listening to Peter on the day of Pentecost right after the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples. The Book of Acts reports that when the disciples were anointed by the Holy Spirit various physical phenomena were seen and heard – the sound of a roaring wind and tongues of fire seen coming to rest on the disciples as they began to praise God in different languages.
Some who were present accused the disciples of being drunk, but Peter stands up and skillfully defends what is happening. He boldly witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Quoting the prophets and psalms, he explains the historical basis for what God is doing in their midst.
When we are "cut to the heart" by someone's words, the Holy Spirit is usually convicting us of some truth or reality in our lives. We know deep within our being that we must act on what we have heard.
Many years ago, at a Life in the Spirit program, I experienced the presence of Jesus Christ in a new and special way. While at first believing that this experience was real, I started to have some doubts. So, I sought prayer from one of the prayer teams to confirm that what happened was indeed real.
I was cut to the heart by his words. While I had not shared with them what my doubts were, he spoke directly to them. How could he know what I was thinking? While I didn't fully understand that evening what was happening, I later came to realize that the Holy Spirit had given him a word of knowledge for me, affirming my earlier encounter with the Lord and his forgiveness and love.
Like the people Peter spoke to on Pentecost, the words of the priest became a watershed moment, leading me to put Jesus at the center of all aspects of my life, including my marriage, family and work life. While I don't always meet the expectations of the call, my life has never been the same.
God loves to speak to us in the words of others, in scripture, and in his quiet whisper to the heart.
This entry was posted in Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Uncategorized and tagged Cut to the Heart by the Spirit on May 17, 2016 by Bill Dalgetty.
Have you ever suffered multiple inconveniences due to an extended power outage?
The lack of air conditioning on a hot muggy night; spoiled food from a refrigerator not working; eyes straining to read by candle light; groping for clothes in a dark closet — just a few of the inconveniences we are likely experience.
In the same way an electrical power outage can make life difficult, so too will a Holy Spirit power outage be a challenge to live out our Christian faith in today's world.
This is exactly what happened to the disciples. They began to testify boldly to Jesus' resurrection and experience the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts included wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge and fear of the Lord, as described in Isaiah 11: 2-3, and faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophesy, discerning spirits and praying in different tongues, as described in 1 Corinthians 12:7-10.
Just as Jesus affirmed that they needed the power of the Holy Spirit, so too, do we need this same power if we are to fulfill our calling as Christians, living out our faith day to day.
While I received the Holy Spirit when baptized as an infant, it wasn't until I seriously confronted sin in my life as an adult and people prayed with me for the release of the power of the Holy Spirit, that I began to experience God's presence in deeper way. Only then did I begin to experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit and the reality of the gifts of the Spirit. All my priorities and values began to change. I no longer compartmentalized my life, putting Jesus in a box, but accepted his offer to dwell in me and brought him into every aspect of my life, including my family and work life.
The Holy Spirit gives us eyes of mercy for the homeless person asking for money at a stop sign, a patient hand for the elderly person on the Alzheimer's floor of a nursing home, and the gentle truth and encouragement for the inmate in the county jail. The Holy Spirit gives us patience to listen to a business colleague who needs to talk and empowers us to pray with a friend for the healing of a serious illness.
If you are not experiencing the fullness of God's presence and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, follow Peter's advice in Acts 2:38, repent of any sin and pray for the release of the power of the Holy Spirit which you received in your baptism. Jesus said, "If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the gift of the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Luke 11:13) All we have to do is ask.
Do not suffer a Holy Spirit power outage any longer.
This entry was posted in Power of the Holy Spirit and tagged Holy Spirit Power Outage on May 10, 2016 by Bill Dalgetty.
In each of these instances it seemed to be the actions that these people took based upon their faith that brought forth a response from Jesus.
Faith without action is incomplete. We need to act on our faith in order for it to have effect. It usually requires that we go out on a limb and risk failure, embarrassment, or disappointment.
A number of years ago my daughters and I were water skiing in Uncle Tut's boat in the sound between Holden Beach, NC and the mainland when the outboard motor conked out. He tried to start it several times, he fiddled with a number of adjustments, but nothing seemed to work. It was getting late in the day. There weren't any other boaters in the area. He had no VHS radio, and it was a time before cell phones. We just sat there in the middle of the sound, unable to get back to the landing. I started to silently pray that the motor would start. Uncle Tut kept pulling at the starter cord, but nothing happened.
I got a sense that I needed to pray out loud so Uncle Tut and my daughters could hear me. As Tut was giving it another pull, I shouted, "Lord Jesus, start the engine!" Varoom, the motor started right up. Uncle Tut, who loved to tell stories, told this story for years – how my prayer started his motor when nothing else he did could.
Every day we have opportunities to act on our faith. If we see a questionable business practice, our faith in Christ should enable us to speak up for integrity. If a colleague is discouraged, our faith should motivate us to provide encouragement. If an employee needs to talk, our faith should be willing to listen. If we see a need for healing, our faith should be willing to offer to pray. If we need healing, our faith should be willing to ask others to pray with us.
By giving us free will, God risked everything to become one of us in Jesus, counting on there being a few willing to follow him and carry on his work. How much are we willing to risk in living out our faith to carry that work forward?
This entry was posted in Faith and Action and tagged Faith Requires Action on May 3, 2016 by Bill Dalgetty.


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Fresenius Kabi Opens New Pharmaceutical Compounding Centre in Mississauga, Ontario
Using advanced manufacturing technology and quality standards,
centre to serve hospitals across Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 11, 2018 /CNW/ - Fresenius Kabi announced today it has opened a new pharmaceutical compounding centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The centre features state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and processes designed to meet rigorous quality standards and increased capacity needs of customers. The facility produces compounded pharmaceuticals for Canadian hospitals.
The new Fresenius Kabi centre is the result of several years of planning and refinement and an 11 million dollar (CAD) investment. It is expected to employ 70 people by 2022, and has the capacity needed to expand to accommodate growth. The opening doubles the company's work force in Mississauga.
Fresenius Kabi is a global health care company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. Headquartered in Germany, Fresenius Kabi has been operating in Canada for more than 20 years. Fresenius Kabi is a leading supplier of IV generic medications for Canadian hospitals and has compounded millions of doses for patients through its homecare division. The new facility showcases Fresenius Kabi's continued commitment to patient care, expanding its compounding operations from homecare services to an increased focus on serving patients in hospitals.
"We're delighted to announce the opening of this advanced new compounding centre and to continue to expand our leadership and innovation in the compounding sector in Canada," said Fresenius Kabi Canada C.E.O., Matthew Rotenberg. "We've been honing our skills and expertise for more than 20 years here, and our commitment to patient safety, quality and drive for continuous improvement distinguishes us in this area of care."
New national guidelines for sterile pharmaceutical compounding come into effect for Ontario in January 2019. Hospital pharmacies across the province ? and later all of Canada - will be required to incorporate updates and improvements to their practice, at a significant cost in most cases. Hospitals that do not have the funds or the infrastructure to update their facilities and processes are expected to look for other options for their compounded medications.
The new Fresenius Kabi compounding facility was designed to address a historical gap in regulation for the compounding industry in Canada, offering hospitals across the country the opportunity to meet forthcoming standards without compromising patient care.
"This facility was developed to meet the need for higher compounding standards in Canada," said Ryan Ungemach, director of Compounding for Fresenius Kabi in Canada. "This is why we hold ourselves to GMP standards where possible, akin to our pharmaceutical manufacturing operations around the world."
This facility allows Fresenius Kabi to continue working with hospitals, providing them with high-quality compounded products for patients, in accordance with the new standards. The compounding centre is the first-of-its-kind, designed to produce a high volume of the most common doses of ready-to-administer IV medications in a manufacturing-type environment and allow hospital staff to focus their time and efforts on patient needs.
"With the new NAPRA guidelines and Accreditation Canada recommendations for sterile compounding, hospital pharmacies will need to find ways to meet these higher standards of care," said Anna Lee, Director of Pharmacy Outpatient Operations and Corporate Business at the University Health Network, one of Toronto's leading acute care networks. "Through this new compounding facility, Fresenius Kabi is illustrating its ongoing commitment to bringing the highest standards to the Central IV Additive programs, providing a broad selection of products and meeting the needs of our institution."
Building on Fresenius Kabi's global expertise, the new Mississauga facility features advanced manufacturing technology from Europe, including a decontamination process that is significantly more effective than the traditional multi-step manual wiping process of starting materials still used in compounding centres in Canada today. Until now, this type of technology has only been seen in pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. Several additional technological advancements have been implemented, including process automation, paperless systems and advanced cleanroom design. To deliver a final product under sterile conditions, the facility utilizes a rigorous environmental monitoring program which constantly surveys dozens of parameters, ensuring that both the cleanroom and the technicians within it operate in a highly controlled manner.
"To meet growing demand for compounded products, most providers simply build more space for more hoods and more technicians using the same manual processes. We recognize the need to improve as an industry, and we've done this by introducing more automation, more technology, and reducing manual manipulations throughout the process," Ungemach said. "With this new centre, Fresenius Kabi has improved the compounding process, and that's what really makes this unique."
About Fresenius Kabi
Fresenius Kabi (www.fresenius-kabi.ca) is a global health care company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company's products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients. The company's Canadian headquarters is in Toronto, Canada. The company's global headquarters is in Bad Homburg, Germany.
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This course explains the design patterns from the perspective of real life projects. It focuses on minimizing the cost of change of the code we are writing, by doing a code design that embraces change. It does so, by discussing for each pattern its intent, its applicability and the most important aspects that need to be considered when tweaking the pattern to a very specific context. It also shows code examples on how the patterns were implemented in different projects and on how patterns can be combined among them and with other design principles or practices.
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China Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
China Oil Pollution Compensation FundChina adopted the Civil Liability Convention 1992 ("CLC") in 1999 but its accession to the 1992 Fund Convention is restricted to the HK Administrative Region . the Chinese Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (the "Chinese Domestic Fund") was established in 2012 and is administered by the Committee of China Oil Pollution Compensation Fund ("Committee") which was established on 18th June 2015. The Committee will shortly publish the protocols for the submission of claims, thus launching a new compensation regime for oil pollution incidents caused by ships within Chinese waters .
Fund Administration
The Committee is based in Beijing with claims administered from a newly established Claims Centre in Shanghai. The Committee is drawn from Ministries most affected by pollution incidents (Transport, Finance, Agriculture, Environmental Protection); the State Oceanic and National Tourism Administrations; together with three para-statal oil majors (China National Petroleum Corporation, Sinopec Corporation and China Offshore Oil Corporation). The Committee considers for approval claims referred to it by the Shanghai Claims Centre.
Claims Submission
All claims against the Fund must first have been pursued through the local courts against the responsible ship (or her insurer or guarantor ). The Fund responds to damages awarded by the court, but unrecoverable from the ship, such as when an owner is insolvent; when the responsible ship cannot be identified; or when the damages claimed exceed any limitation or exemption available to the owner.
Any claims must be submitted within three years from the date of the damage; but always within six years from the polluting incident.
A limit of RMB 30 million applies for any one incident (article 18 of the 2012 Administrative Measures ) with an proportionate apportionment of all claims should the damages exceed this limit.
The Committee determines which claims are eligible for payment by the Fund. The timetable of the committee meetings will be announced later this year
The Fund is maintained by contributions from oil cargo owners in China (pursuant to the 2010 Regulation of PRC on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships). A levy of RMB 0.3 per ton is applied against cargoes of persistent oil substances (article 6 of the 2012 Administrative Measures) and collected from receivers of persistent oil in Chinese waters (article 56 of the 2010 Regulation). "Persistent oil" includes crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil, lubricating oil and other persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil.
It is understood that between 1st July 2012 and 30th May 2015 the Fund built-up reserves of approximately RMB 318.16 million for claim payments. It is believed that claims from 14 oil pollution incidents, amounting to RMB 165.65 million have been notified to the Committee and will be processed shortly pending the publishing of protocols.
The Fund provides a second tier compensation for claimants who may suffer oil pollution damages at Chinese waters. All claims, however, will have to be referred to a competent local court before being submitted to the Claims Centre.
The protocol for claims submission and reimbursement will be revealed later this year. In the interim, if Members have any questions concerning the China Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, please contact your usual contact at your local Managers' office.
An Introduction to China Marine Oil Pollution Laws and SPRO Contract
Helen Huang - Senior Claims Executive from Thomas Miller's Hong Kong office provides an introduction to China's marine oil pollution laws with a discussion on the relevant International Conventions, China's domestic laws and Ship Pollution Response Organisations (SPROs).
Israel: 0.10% fuel sulphur limit in ports from 23.02.2023
Israel's Port Regulations (prevention of air pollution from ships) 2022 implementing MARPOL Annex VI will enter into force on 23rd February 2023
Turkish P&I cover issue resolved / Agreement between Turkey and IG
Following significant engagement between the International Group and the Government of Turkey, an agreement has now been reached for such ships carrying crude oil cargoes and that will allow Members to continue voyages through Turkish controlled international straits and waters.
Circular 17/22: The Price Cap on Russian Oil
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'Godzilla vs. Kong' Director in Talks to Return For Sequel
Matt Singer Published: April 28, 2021
Even though the film premiered simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters, even though it debuted in theaters in the midst of a global pandemic, Godzilla vs. Kong still became the biggest box-office hit of the last 14 months. The film has already grossed over $406 million worldwide, truly impressive numbers when you consider all the reasons it could have flopped. If you made a sequel, and it came out after the pandemic had been brought under control, just imagine how much money you could make?
It seems as though Godzilla vs. Kong's producers, Legendary Entertainment, is entertaining those thoughts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio is already discussing plans for a sequel to the film. Their sources claim the title being discussed is Son of Kong, which was also the name of the first sequel to 1933's King Kong.
It looks like Godzilla vs. Kong's director, Adam Wingard, may also return for this follow-up:
Legendary is quietly taking steps to stretch the series into one or more installments, entering early talks with Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard to return for another round of monster-on-monster mayhem. If a deal closes, Wingard would be the first helmer to return to the monster fold since Godzilla kicked off the Legendary partnership with Japan's Toho in 2014 with $524 million in global receipts.
If Legendary does want Wingard back for the sequel, that could cause a delay in production, as Wingard is already involved in several other projects, including a big-screen version of the '80s animated series Thundercats and a 2020s remake/sequel of the '90s action film Face/Off. But hey, Kong didn't even have a kid in the last movie. They've got to give him some time to settle down and start a family anyway if they're going to make Son of Kong next.
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