Located in Mt. Airy and lodged firmly on Germantown Avenue, Mt. Airy Violins and Bows offers an array of services from restoration and repair to renting and rehairing, not to mention their custom crafted bows and string instruments. It's a woman-owned company that also has a small space for concerts.
Mt. Airy Violins & Bows was in need of an upgraded HVAC. The window units were inadequate and when turned on, it was very loud. Whenever an instrument was tested or a concert was happening the window units had to be turned off. Not to mention, HVAC systems are very important in their line of work. If the stores units go, humidity can set in and the delicate wood can warp and damage the instruments. The goal was to upgrade all the primary rooms at the time of the grant and work on the remaining rooms over time.
TMF awarded Mt. Airy Violins & Bows a Stabilization Grant in the Spring of 2016. The funds were used for the first round of HVAC upgrades. This project will not only save them money but also make for a better musical environment and better preserve the instruments.
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A Short Video on Jack: watch?v=NlhjfDBnhy8
Jack Doyle (31 August 1913 in Cobh, Ireland – 13 December 1978 in Paddington, London), known as "The Gorgeous Gael" was at one time or another a contender for the British Boxing Championship, a Hollywood actor and an accomplished tenor.
He was born into a working class family in Cobh, in County Cork, Ireland in 1913. At 6 foot 3 Doyle was always good with his fists and in 1929 he joined the forces of the Irish Guards based in Wales. There he quickly excelled at boxing and was famed for his strong hooks that won him the British Army Championship.
A sensational record of 28 straight victories, 27 by knockout, brought him to the attention of promoter Dan Sullivan. He turned pro and notched up 10 victories on the trot all inside 2 rounds, making him the hottest thing in the sport.
In July 1933, at the age of 19 he missed out on the British Heavyweight title to the holder, Welshman, Jack Petersen. Witnesses claim that he had done most of his warming up in a pub not far from the bout. Within the opening seconds he knew he was in trouble and decided to take the easy way out. He was disqualified for repeatedly punching low.
Shortly after, his singing voice was discovered by Dr. Vincent O'Brien, teacher to Count John McCormack and soon his soft tenor voice and handsome looks were selling out the London Palladium and the Royal in Dublin. Jack was subsequebtly signed up by Decca and several 78 records were produced including the popular "South of the Border" a duet recorded with his then wife Movita. But his love for the drink and generous nature soon started to take its toll on his health.
He travelled to America in 1934 and soon carried on his high living of gambling, ladies and drink. His good looks and deep pockets opened up the party circuit to him and he even managed to land the starring role in two movies, McGlusky The Sea Rover (1934) and Navy Spy (1937).
While in the States he continued to box, taking on one Buddy Baer in August 1935. Like his fight against Jack Peterson it is said that Doyle had consumed the best part of a bottle of brandy before the bell rang and was in no fit state to stand. He was knocked down loaded in the first round.
He returned to Ireland with this new girlfriend Movita Castaneda (having recently split from his wife Judith Allen), a member of the Mexican aristocracy and Hollywood starlet. Following a celebrity wedding in Dublin's Westland Row Church they toured both sides of the Irish Sea, selling out music halls and opera houses.
Around this time Jack fought his last professional fight, against a journeyman called Chris Cole in front of 23,000 in Dublin's Dalymount Park. Arriving late for the bout after a stop at The Clarence Hotel for refreshments, the inebriated Doyle went down in the first. Movita packed up and moved back to Hollywood where she married Marlon Brando.
Shortly after Doyle found himself residing at Mountjoy Jail in Dublin for knocking out a Garda Detective in a Ranelagh pub. He moved to England and his spiral downwards into alcoholism and bankruptcy continued. He found his friends had deserted him as fast as his bank balance, spent in his own words on "slow horses and fast women". He odd-jobbed for while but when he couldn't afford the rent on his humble flat he took to sleeping at the homes of friends, in Pimlico, London, SW1. His only source of income during this time was an allowance he received from Movita.
He died in 1978 at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington and was buried in his native Cobh in the Old Church Cemetery. Shortly before his death, he was interviewed by a journalist who asked him had he any regrets about not spending his money more wisely. "None at all," he said, "twas never a generous man went to hell."

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Q: PHP JSON decoding - accessing object I'm trying to extract a value from a JSON string that's in my program.  The output of var_dump($obj); is this:
object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
  ["BTC"]=>
  object(stdClass)#2 (2) {
    ["value"]=>
    float(403.645)
    ["currency"]=>
    string(3) "GBP"
  }
}

What I want to access is the value (currently 403.645 in this example), but I can't work out how to do it.
I've tried $obj->value and other combinations, but get nowhere; it appears to me that this is an object inside an object and as a result I can't find out how to access it.  Any help would be appreciated!

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Q: Error using highcharts to create heatmap with csv file I'm using Highcharts to create a heatmap based on a csv file. It doesn't work somehow.It returns a blank chart. I've described the csv file and htm coding in the follow. Appreciate any help to get it work.
csv file looks like this:
Tranche 1y 2y 3y
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CDX25 200 100 50

The htm coding for generating heatmap:
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        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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Allied to Low Ger. smelen, Dut. smeulen, to smoulder.
Behind the scenes Mrs. de Vere Carter wrung her hands and sniffed strong smelling-salts.
The wind was from the east, and had the salt smell of the sea.
A smell of salts'll put her right enough.
But some of us will smell the smell of the decay before the new salt begins to work.
The wind sighed in the pines, and a strong salt smell came from the sea.
There was a dead silence, during which they all heard the smelling-salts drop.
He made her drink some sugared water and smell at some salts, while he bathed her temples with vinegar.
Don't you feel a longing, sometimes, for the roar of the gale and the smell o' the salt sea?
She told her sire, the portly squire, Then smelt her smelling-salts, and slept.
Does the lady carry smelling salts?
Babs, run and fetch me those smelling-salts.
As you walk along on top of them, you can smell a faint violet perfume from the salt.
The taste of it in his mouth, the hot, salt smell, the sound of its dripping.
Smelling-salts, pepper and snuff may be used, or hot and cold water alternately dashed on the face or chest.
Tell two men to come, and bring brandy, smelling-salts, anything you think of.
There was also the salt smell of the sea, and the Crevequers, and their sand castle.
Was rocked to and fro on her seat.
(Shipmate, my shipmate!) as in days gone by.
From the seaport, and the roadstead, and the straining sails of ships!
And the heart of me a-leaping at a smell of the sea!
To keep your house smelling sweet, Amy shows us how to make homemade bath salts and what scents go great together in a diffuser in these quick tips.
At low tide, the smell of salt and fish is in the air.
I stroke the fragments as, last night, I stroked your arm smelling of salt, scrubbed clean by the sea air.
Hand me my smelling salts .
Pass the smelling salts - to Belichick, too.
I has so much trouble rousing my old dog, Leo, for his final pee that I had to resort to "doggy smelling salts " to get him up.
Hand me my smelling salts.
NORTH SALT LAKE – A chemical smell at the city's water plant, 40 E 1100 North, caused a North Salt Lake city employee to be sent to the hospital and 1100 North to be shut down for about three hours on Monday afternoon.
I just photographed the rosemary salt for this article and my office smells heavenly.
I has so much trouble rousing my old dog, Leo, for his final pee that I had to resort to "doggy smelling salts" to get him up.


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Parenting Skills, Styles & Advice
Scaring Your Child Senseless & Public Shaming: Good Parenting Practices or Nah?
Jessica B Smith
teacher's paddle used to spank children in classroom | Source
The Paddle
Do you wish teachers were allowed to use paddles in school again?
Back in the Good Ole Days
Back in the day, children were a lot more disciplined then they are nowadays. You didn't hear about children committing suicide because of bullying, neither did you hear about children carrying guns to school and blasting their peers and teachers. Our modern day children have gotten out of control. Some people attribute their unruliness to numerous factors including:
they've taken God & prayer out of the schools
parents can get arrested for physically disciplining their child
people don't like for others to correct/discipline their child
I remember my mama telling me that when she was growing up (back in the 60s), children would get paddled by the teacher who would then tell the parent, then they would go home and get spanked by the neighbor, then spanked by Mama when she got home, then spanked by Daddy when he got off work. You "spank" a child nowadays, you're liable to end up behind bars.
parent spanking young daughter for saying bad words | Source
Parents Use Alternatives to Spanking
So what do you do as a parent when spanking is unacceptable and time-out no longer works? Some parents have decided that punishment and confiscating items don't leave a lasting impression. They have decided to increase the intensity to truly teach their child a lesson. Read over what these parents have done and you decide if the discipline is acceptable or if the parent has gone too far.
A Father Scares His Son Senseless
A father is concerned about his son constantly misbehaving. When he finds out that his son has gotten in trouble yet again for being a bully in school, the father enlists the help of two police officers to teach his son a hardcore lesson. The boy is not truly arrested in this video, but from the fear in his voice and on his face, he genuinely believes that he's about to take a trip to the slammer. Watch the video and you decide if the father's method of discipline is acceptable or if he went too far.
Father Scares Son by Having Cops Arrest Him
What do you think about the father punishing his son by pretending to have him arrested?
The punishment was appropriate
The punishment went too far
Public Shaming of Teenager for Sneaking Boys into the House
A 15-year-old in Palm Coast had to stand at one of the busiest intersections in Flagler County holding a sign that read: I sneak boys in at 3am and disrespect my parents and grandparents. Her mom and stepdad had tried other means at first, like putting her on punishment and taking away her electronics, but she only laughed at these forms of punishment. But she wasn't laughing for the 2 1/2 hours that she stood at the intersection with her face an unbecoming shade of pink.
Passersby had mixed reviews. Some honked their horns and waved in agreement of the punishment. They felt like this was tough love and it would get her attention before she got law enforcement's attention. Others felt like this was abuse and it would only make her act out worse. In case this punishment isn't enough, her mother is already considering even stricter punishments, such as shaving her head or making her hold up the sign at her high school.
Watch the video and you decide if the public humiliation of this 15-year-old was appropriate or did her parents go too far.
Teenager Publicly Humiliated for Sneaking Boys in the House
What do you think about the parents punishing their teen by public shaming for sneaking boys in?
She's probably going to behave worse
Read Their Story Here
Parents Attempt To Scare Misbehaving Daughter By Bringing Her To Police Precinct, But Cops Not Amuse
Two Staten Island parents said they were just trying to teach their badly behaved 6-year-old a lesson, but police said they were punished for trying to dump their daughter at a precinct house. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY
Parents' Scare Tactic Fails & Lands Them in Jail
Two Staten Island parents end up arrested and in jail when a plan to teach their out-of-control daughter a lesson backfires in their face. Their 6-year-old daughter came home from school, in trouble yet again for acting out in school. The parents came up with an idea to scare some sense into their badly behaved daughter. They decided to take her to the precinct to show her where "the bad kids go."
The problem is that the officers at the precinct refused to play along with the parents. They weren't amused by the situation because they felt that it was an inappropriate course of action for a child that young. The mother then became upset and allegedly began to say things like, they only came for help, their daughter was out of control, they were going to leave her at the jailhouse and if they wouldn't take her, then they'd take her to the firehouse.
The girl then watched her mother and father get handcuffed and taken to jail charged with endangering a child and attempting to abandon a child. Read their story (which includes a video) and then give your opinion in the poll questions.
Was the parents' approach to teach their child a lesson inappropriate?
Do you think the cops went too far by arresting and charging the parents?
Ted Poe, judge in Houston who gave creative sentences that often dealt with public shaming/public humiliation for rehabilitation | Source
Mike Hubacek, the man whose drunk driving took the lives of a husband and his nanny | Source
Before You Rule Out Shaming (Public Humiliation)
The number one question in this hub would probably be: is shaming appropriate for young children? I think people are less concerned with is it effective as they are with is it appropriate.
But one thing is certain. Texas congressman Ted Poe (former judge) is one of the prime advocates for public humiliation and he launched the "shame law" back in the 90s that not only has helped keep our jails and prisons from overpopulation but has brought about some of the lowest recidivism rates ever. Ted Poe was notorious for sentencing people to sentences that dealt with public shaming along with other stipulations, like community service and getting the needed help (a mandatory AA class).
One example is of a man named Mike Hubacek who at the age of 18, collided into a minivan, taking the life of a husband and nanny (the wife survived). Hubacek was drunk, his blood/alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. He was pummeling at a 100mph when he crashed into the minivan, and somehow he managed to live. He was sentenced to 10 years for intoxicated manslaughter but after only half a year, Judge Ted Poe let him out on shock probation. Many people were appalled that he received such a short sentence, but he had many stipulations attached to that sentence, including he couldn't operate a vehicle for 10 years, had to constantly carry a picture in his wallet of the people he killed, had to wear a sign at one of the busiest intersections in Houston stating "I am a drunk driver and I killed 2 people" under the supervision of his probation officer. He also had to care for the victims' grave sites and, attend AA classes and speak to youth about the dangers of driving drunk.
Years later, he became the posterboy of what positive effects public humiliation can have. You can read his story here or watch his video below.
Video Footage of the Accident that Mike Hubacek's Drunk Driving Caused
Parents, would you publicly humiliate your child (by making them wear a sign) if you think it will stop their bad behavior?
Yes, I would
No, I wouldn't
In a world where physical discipline (spanking) is frowned upon and where grounding only punishes the child instead of eradicating the behavior, some parents have found creative alternative ways to rehabilitate their child. Some parents try to scare their child senseless while others humiliate their child in the eyes of the public. What is your take on this subject? Do you think these parents are taking punishment too far or do you think it's a good idea? Please leave your comment below.
© 2014 Jessica B Smith
Discipline by Parents
Should Parents Spank Their Children
by Sarah Johnson31
Child Discipline: Positive Parenting & Positive Discipline
by Shasta Matova23
Should Corporal Punishment, Such As Spanking, Be Allowed In The Home And In Our Schools?
by Mary Hyatt87
Discipline and Parenting Techniques for Young Children
by rebekahELLE34
To Spank Or Not To Spank? (Hell Yes!)
by Beyond-Politics20
Your Child is Swearing? Why and When Swears are Okay!
by Katharine L Sparrow2
So now I can't spank my child as a form of discipline?
by Holly57
Early Childhood Moral Development!
by Pam Morris2
5 years ago from Sanford, NC
Thanks for your comment. You make some really good points that parents should consider if they ever feel pushed to this point. One point is that it might be seen as an invitation for other men to approach your teenage daughter, thereby making matters worse. Could public shaming of a child be possibly creating a monster who holds everything inside(guilt, shame, hatred) until they eventually grow up and explode on the world?
Anne Gillingham
5 years ago from Los Angeles, CA
In the case of the teen sneaking teen-aged men in the home ... problem is ... that could be taken as a welcome sign, for more mature men.
If this were my daughter I would also be afraid for her safety. If she gets labeled as "public sexual property" then she could be in imminent danger. There are some guys out there who might figure "well if she is easy with Tom, Bob and Michael she will be easy pickings for me."
I am not a huge fan of the use of shaming tactics. From my personal experience, they do a lot, long term, to make the child internalize and personalize every single transgression, when s/he grows up.
ANISH N R K
5 years ago from Kerala, India
If a parent spanks the child who have stolen from his purse, what will follow is that the next time he steals he will make sure that his father will ever know. Physical punishment and humiliation does not eliminate a behaviour, it will only suppress it for the time being. It will also lead to the evolution of the following:
negative emotions like resentment and revenge
modelling parents aggression
Thank you for your comment, Asksadie. More and more parents are choosing the public humiliation route (just go to youtube and key in "children public humiliation"). You write "humiliation breeds humiliation" and "humiliation destroys esteem." You make some very interesting points that parents should keep in mind and consider when their child has pushed them to the edge and they choose public shaming as a last resort.
Obviously, you are against public shaming of children. Are you also against public shaming of adults? One adult was caught stealing at a store and his punishment was to stand in front of the store for a week wearing a sign that read, "I am a thief. I got caught stealing at this store." The store owner said for the entire week that he was there, they didn't have one single incident of theft. What do you think about public shaming for adults?
ASKSADIE
Humiliation breeds humiliation.
While children need boundaries and consequences, I have yet to see humiliation work, with children, or with my patients.
Rather than teaching and modeling, humiliation destroys esteem and, as the old saying goes: "Is a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Rules that are known, provided with consequences that are immediate and relate to the misbehavior is what I teach. Generalized remarks about personality are devastating.
There's a difference between behavior and personality. The punishable part is behavior, without sacrificing personality.
This is a critical distinction. We want our children to own their morality, not consider our demands a threat to their egos.
Marnie Macauley MS.


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Stop the Killing Rampage in Sulu Now!
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Feb 6, 2006 | Peace Process, Press Releases
While civil society organizations in the island-province of Sulu pour in collective efforts to peace building, we, the members of the Mindanao Peaceweavers are alarmed and bothered with the chain of carnage allegedly perpetrated by no less than uniformed men who are supposed to be vanguards of peace and order.
On January 28, 2006, at around 7:15 p.m., a group of innocent civilians who have just gone out from a Mosque in Duhul Bato, Barangay Mauboh, Patikul, were fired upon, killing one and wounding 10 others. The suspect is, ironically, a law enforcer belonging to the Philippine Marines whom Gen. Alexander Aleo, in a press conference, said was already being investigated by the local Police.
Even before an update on the supposed investigation has to be made public, on the night of February 2, 2006, six other civilians were mercilessly butchered, leaving six other wounded survivors at Palar, some 50 meters away from both the Marines and 104th Brigade headquarters in Subsub, Jolo. A child survivor said the brutal gunmen ran towards the Marines detachment after the horrendous bloodbath.
These grisly slaughters of innocent civilians happened at a time when the province of Sulu is engulfed with tension brought about by the presence of US soldiers going around the towns of the province, including schools, with their flashy guns in full view of everybody.
The cold-blooded killings have happened while local folks complained against US soldiers, conducting joint exercises with their Filipino counterparts, reportedly cutting coconut trees, using their parcels of land, and, digging land without even asking permission from the civilian owners. Disturbing planes hovering low every night have all the more reinforced the already tensed situation in at least four municipalities of Sulu where US troopers are.
These are occurring at a time when the people of Sulu are still in anguished over the massacre of four civilians allegedly by Army soldiers in the village of Baunu Ice, Barangay Kapuk Punggul, in the town of Maimbung last February 1, 2005, who, like many other victims, are yet to be afforded justice.
These things have happened when the Tausogs of Sulu are pleading for government to demilitarize the island as one of the requirements in their effort to discard the culture of gun in favor of a culture of peace. The burgeoning number of US
troops came at a time when the Tausogs are commemorating the centenary of the Bud Dahu massacre where over 1,000 people, some 400 of them women and children, were ruthlessly slaughtered by US soldiers led by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood from March 6-8, 1906. Tomorrow we also recall the infamous "Burning of Jolo" which practically razed the entire town to fire and destruction — a carnage which up to now continues to traumatize the town of Jolo and its people.
Aside from human casualties, these merciless killings also serve to impede the efforts of the Sulu provincial government to transform the island from a war to a zone of peace and progress, a noble mission that everyone should rally behind.
When will the butchering of humans in Sulu stops? Hope not until after another century?
The Mindanao Peaceweavers strongly condemns the killings in Sulu and calls on the AFP to investigate the alleged abuses committed by its soldiers in the area. We reiterate our call for the Commission on Human Rights to set-up its office in Sulu to ensure that these human rights violations are expeditiously investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.
We appeal on all sectors of society, both from government and private organizations in Sulu, Mindanao and the entire country, to join hands and together work to hasten the healing of wounds wrought by these gloomy pasts while never lowering our guards against anything that may attempt to threaten peace and progress that we all dream of.
Mindanao Peaceweavers


It's Monday the start of a new week a call to action to embrace new opportunities, to strive to be better today then I was yesterday. I will not be jaded by setbacks from my past. I will use them as learning experiences and inspiration to overcome any adversity that may come my way moving forward.
Mondays are a fresh new canvass waiting for me to paint my future on. I will not paint it in black and white rather I will use bold strokes and daring colors. I will not remain within the lines that society says I must instead I will paint outside the lines with the knowledge that nothing is impossible if I dare to dream.
Monday a blank canvass, a new beginning, a chance to seize the possibilities of greatness.
This entry was posted in You Can't Define Me and tagged Ambition, creativity, Dreams, Inspiration, inspire, motivation, opportunities, optimism, progress, self esteem, vision on July 23, 2018 by Carl A. Cooke.


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"""
    kurrent.cli
    ~~~~~~~~~~~

    :copyright: 2013 by Daniel Neuhäuser
    :license: BSD, see LICENSE.rst for details
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import os
import sys
import textwrap

from docopt import docopt

from kurrent import __version__
from kurrent.builders import SingleDocumentBuilder
from kurrent.writers import HTML5Writer, KurrentWriter, ManWriter

BUILDERS = {
    'single': SingleDocumentBuilder
}
WRITERS = {
    'kurrent': KurrentWriter,
    'html5': HTML5Writer,
    'man': ManWriter
}

def main(argv=sys.argv):
    """
    Usage:
      kurrent [-h | --help] [--version] <command> [<args> ...]

    Commands:
      build
    """
    arguments = docopt(
        textwrap.dedent(main.__doc__),
        argv=argv[1:],
        version=u'Kurrent %s' % __version__,
        options_first=True
    )
    arguments['<args>'].insert(0, arguments['<command>'])
    if arguments['<command>'] == 'build':
        build(arguments['<args>'])
    else:
        print(
            u'Error: %r is not a kurrent command.\n' % arguments['<command>'],
            file=sys.stderr
        )
        try:
            main(['kurrent', '--help'])
        except SystemExit:
            sys.exit(1)

def build(argv):
    """
    Usage:
      kurrent build [-h | --help] <builder> <writer> <sources>...

    Builders:
      single  Builds a single document.

    Writers:
      kurrent  Creates a kurrent file.
      html5    Creates an HTML5 file.
      man      Creates a man page.
    """
    arguments = docopt(
        textwrap.dedent(build.__doc__),
        argv=argv
    )
    try:
        builder = BUILDERS[arguments['<builder>']]
    except KeyError:
        print(
            u'Error: %r is not a known builder.\n' % arguments['<builder>'],
            file=sys.stderr
        )
        try:
            build(['build', '--help'])
        except SystemExit:
            sys.exit(1)
    try:
        writer = WRITERS[arguments['<writer>']]
    except KeyError:
        print(
            u'Error: %r is not a known writer.\n' % arguments['<writer>'],
            file=sys.stderr
        )
        try:
            build(['build', '--help'])
        except SystemExit:
            sys.exit(1)
    for source in arguments['<sources>']:
        builder(source, os.path.dirname(source), writer).build()

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This is a very attractive modern reproduction of a 1940 Ford low bed Pepsi delivery truck. Rolls very smoothly on metal axles.
The white spot on the running board is just glare. There are 2 minor blemishes, but no damage or signs of abuse.
Should not effect it overall value or beauty.
Composition: cast metal body, plastic fenders and rubber tires.
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2016 Colour Book
2017 Telephone Directory
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Caribou calf in a maternity pen near Revelstoke, to protect it from wolves until it is old enough to survive. (Black Press Media)
Indigenous rights plan sparks concern in B.C. communities
Local governments left out of talks on caribou protection
Sep. 9, 2019 1:10 p.m.
When B.C.'s mayors and councillors gather for their annual convention this month, their top issue is keeping a seat at the table as the province remakes its land use consultation with Indigenous people.
The B.C. NDP government is expected to move ahead as soon as this fall with legislation to enact the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The doctrine of "free, prior and informed consent" on land use has been controversial since the UN declaration was passed a decade ago, with Canada removing its objection to its language in 2016.
The issue emerged this spring as communities found out about the B.C. government's development of new restrictions on industrial development in caribou habitat. Premier John Horgan appointed Dawson Creek councillor and former B.C. cabinet minister Blair Lekstrom to consult with communities who were left out, after public meetings around the province were filled with people protesting the closed-door talks and effect on local economies.
RELATED: Plans to preserve caribou on hold as B.C. mends fences
RELATED: Forestry, recreation squeezed by B.C. caribou program
The province negotiated a deal with two northern Indigenous communities, the West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations, for large areas of caribou habitat in northeast B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson also announced steps toward restrictions on a larger land area, to satisfy demands from Ottawa to avoid an emergency caribou protection order under federal species at risk legislation.
In June, the province accepted Lekstrom's recommendation to place a two-year moratorium on new forest and mining development in the northeast region and consult with communities on the impact of the plan.
The Union of B.C. Municipalities executive has made the issue its top resolution for the convention. Their resolution calls for "principles of mutual respect, consultation and cooperation" as specified in the Community Charter to be maintained in future.
The UBCM convention runs Sept. 23-27, meeting this year at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. It's local governments' annual opportunity to meet with B.C. cabinet ministers and debate their needs.
Ottawa's response to 'gig economy' hindered by unreliable data, documents say
Canadian flyers scramble after strike forces British Airways cancellations
Photos: Female midget AAA teams start northern tour in Vanderhoof
Vancouver Comets went up against the Northern Capitals in the Vanderhoof arena on Jan. 17
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The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a blunt-talking preacher who braved beatings, bombings and fire-hosings to push Birmingham, Ala., to the forefront of the civil rights movement and advanced the historic fight with a confrontational strategy that often put him at odds with its most charismatic leader, died Wednesday. He was 89.
Shuttlesworth had been in poor health for the last year and was hospitalized with breathing problems three weeks ago at Birmingham's Princeton Baptist Medical Center, where he died, said family spokeswoman Malena Cunningham.
He was the last of the civil rights movement's "Big Three"; he, along with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957.
In 2004 he tried to revive the venerable civil rights group when it was beset by infighting and financial problems, but was ousted after several months as president when the board rejected his vision of greater activism.
"The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth is the last of a kind," Rep. John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat and civil rights leader, said in a statement Wednesday. "When others did not have the courage to stand up, speak up and speak out, Fred Shuttlesworth put all he had on the line to end segregation in Birmingham and the state of Alabama."
Although not a household name, Shuttlesworth was as important to the movement as King was, said Diane McWhorter, whose chronicle of Birmingham at the height of the movement, "Carry Me Home," won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.
"Shuttlesworth and King were the two major axes of the SCLC part of the movement," McWhorter said Wednesday. "Shuttlesworth was in the vanguard of direct action, pushing towards confrontation. King was the person who could really deal with white people and was more conciliatory. The two of them together formed a dialectic that drove the movement forward."
By his own count, Shuttlesworth had been bombed twice, beaten into unconsciousness and jailed more than 35 times.
He saw himself as the nemesis of Eugene "Bull" Connor, Birmingham's racist police chief, who returned the animosity. After Connor's men shot the reverend with a fire-hose gun during a melee, sending him to the hospital, Connor told a reporter, "I wish they'd carried him away in a hearse."
Born March 18, 1922, in Montgomery County, Ala., Shuttlesworth moved to Birmingham at age 3, where he lived with his mother, Alberta, and an authoritarian stepfather, William, who had worked in the coal mines until the ore dust ruined his health. Shuttlesworth's combative nature may have developed in reaction to his stepfather, who was known to beat Shuttlesworth, his mother and eight younger siblings. The family grew crops on rented land to survive.
Shuttlesworth managed to attend high school in a better part of town. After graduating as class valedictorian, he worked odd jobs for a few years, including one as a truck driver on an Army Air Forces base in Mobile during World War II.
He joined the Baptist Church in 1944 and by 1947 was studying for the ministry at Selma University. By 1949 he was preaching at Selma's First Baptist Church for $10 a week.
In 1953 he took over as pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham. He was called to a life of social activism the following year, when he was riveted by a newspaper headline on May 17, 1954, announcing that the U.S. Supreme Court had outlawed school segregation in Brown vs. Board of Education. "I felt like I was a man, that I had rights," Shuttlesworth said, recalling his reaction in a 2004 interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He became an activist in Birmingham, calling for the hiring of African American police officers and joining the voter registration efforts of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. He also supported the Montgomery bus boycott, led by King, in 1955.
When the state of Alabama essentially outlawed the NAACP in 1956, Shuttlesworth, who had been frustrated with that group's internal politics, started the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights to take direct action to end racial segregation. "This deed first singled him out as the preacher courageous enough or crazy enough to defy Bull Connor," historian Taylor Branch wrote in his chronicle of the movement's early years.
On Christmas night in 1956 Shuttlesworth was laying plans to lead a group into the white sections of buses when about 15 sticks of dynamite exploded outside the parsonage. The blast destroyed his humble quarters but he emerged unscathed from the wreckage. The next day he led 200 people onto Birmingham's buses.
In 1957, he took two of his daughters to enroll in an all-white high school in Birmingham. More than a dozen men with chains, brass knuckles and baseball bats were waiting for him when he drove up. One of the men stabbed his wife, Ruby, in the hip. Shuttlesworth was beaten until he passed out, but he regained consciousness and managed to clamber back into the car, calmly telling the driver not to break any traffic laws as they rushed away.
That year he joined with King and Abernathy to launch the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which became the guiding force of the movement.
Shuttlesworth constantly prodded King to take more aggressive action. "King's attention was pulled in a lot of different directions," McWhorter said. "His public appearances were crucial to raising money for the movement. Shuttlesworth was always trying to bring him back into the work and get him focused on the real campaign."
In 1963 their collaboration culminated in massive demonstrations in Birmingham to pressure downtown department stores to desegregate. Later that year when President Kennedy introduced to Congress the legislation that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he told King and Shuttlesworth, "But for Birmingham, we would not be here today."
Shuttlesworth often said that he "tried to get killed in Birmingham" to draw attention to the injustices. His rough-edged approach alienated many of the more bourgeois elements of the movement, but he made no apologies. God, he said after the explosion that nearly took his life, "made me bomb-proof" and blew him into history.
His first wife died in 1971. He is survived by his second wife, Sephira Bailey Shuttlesworth, five children, 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, a great-great grandchild, five sisters and two brothers.


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A beloved but aging former heavyweight champ of the rock music world, the Forum in Inglewood, is making a comeback. Officials at Madison Square Garden Co. will unveil plans Tuesday for the historic arena that include a multimillion-dollar face-lift and a January opening with an iconic California music group.
In making its first business venture west of the Mississippi, MSG is wagering that the Forum can once again vie for the biggest names in pop music against a younger, larger and well-heeled opponent, Anschutz Entertainment Group's Staples Center.
The act that will kick off a new era for the Forum when it reopens Jan. 15: The Eagles, who will play three nights. The move pairs the quintessential Southern California rock group with a concert venue that's seen little action over the last decade.
One day last week, half a dozen cranes occupied the arena floor, which had been stripped down to the original concrete, as had the seating tiers above it. Ceilings and walls had been ripped apart for structural, electrical and plumbing upgrades meant to improve artist and fan amenities.
"There are plenty of venues in the L.A. market," Madison Square Garden Co. Executive Chairman James L. Dolan told The Times on Friday, "but none of this size that can accommodate artists like the Eagles, with multiple-day runs where the venue is completely tuned into the concerts that are going to be put on."
The inaugural booking signals the intense interest in the project by Eagles manager Irving Azoff, who also manages Christina Aguilera, Van Halen and Steely Dan. Azoff, former executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and previously CEO of Ticketmaster before it merged with Live Nation, has a long professional and personal association with Dolan.
Both men are scheduled to formally announce details of the Forum's revitalization in the already highly competitive concert scene at a news conference at the facility. They are expected to be joined by members of the Eagles and possibly other musicians associated with the building's storied history.
Still, the Forum returns to the ring playing the part of the underdog.
When Staples opened in 1999, it yanked away the Forum's key tenants — the Los Angeles Lakers and the L.A. Kings sports franchises — while also landing the L.A. Clippers as well as the bulk of arena-level live music events.
That exodus of big acts from the Forum demonstrated the deep pockets of billionaire developer Philip Anschutz's AEG, which built and operates Staples as the anchor for the surrounding L.A. Live entertainment, dining and retail complex.
The Forum, however, now has a powerful alliance with Madison Square Garden, which itself is nearing the end of a $1-billion makeover. MSG's owners in recent years have rehabilitated two other historic New York entertainment venues: Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theatre.
AEG officials have downplayed any sense of a serious threat to Staples Center's regional dominance. "Certainly every venue in Los Angeles has its own history," AEG President and CEO Dan Beckerman said Monday. "We believe AEG's multibillion-dollar investment and our continued commitment to fans and artists will ensure that Staples Center and L.A. Live will remain Southern California's premier live entertainment destination."
But MSG officials are expressing unshakable confidence that the Forum will resume a place of prominence in the world of arena rock, which it helped invent after its 1967 debut, just six weeks before the opening of today's Madison Square Garden arena.
When it wasn't busy hosting basketball and hockey games, the Forum featured Led Zeppelin 16 times as well as performances by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Nirvana, Prince and dozens of other rock, pop, country and R&B acts.
To compete for attention with Staples, the renovated Forum's goal is to be the nation's largest indoor facility designed with music as its top priority. "When it was a professional-sports arena and a concert arena, it had to serve those two masters," Dolan said. "Now it's constant entertainment and there's no compromise."
MSG bought the Forum last year for $23.5 million from the Faithful Central Bible Church, which had owned it since 2000 but was largely unable to transform it into a revenue-generating property. MSG is putting more than $70 million into bringing it up to speed technologically and aesthetically, a potential advantage over the 14-year-old Staples Center. "The all-in figure is approaching $100 million," Dolan said, factoring in the purchase price and the building improvements.
In Inglewood, the project is seen as a source of community revitalization as well, a new source of jobs during the construction and revenue for the city that lost at least $800,000 a year in direct income from the Forum after Staples opened. MSG is guaranteeing the city at least $675,000 a year in ticket, parking and concession taxes once it's up and running again.
The renovation has spurred another developer to take over the adjacent Hollywood Park property with plans to raze the racetrack and replace it with a $2-billion planned community called Hollywood Park Tomorrow, which MSG and city officials expect to help allay concerns about the safety of the area for future concertgoers.
MSG officials said the Forum — like Staples — will be an open house, meaning outside promoters, including industry giants Live Nation and AEG, will be able to book shows there.
It is positively cozy compared to the more modern big arenas…" — By Jim Guerinot, a veteran concert promoter
Concert industry veterans expect the Forum will hold a special appeal to a certain segment of the pop music community for its historic reputation and its more intimate environs. Staples has approximately triple the real estate footprint of the Forum, which will not have the three decks of private skyboxes popular with Staples' corporate clients.
"It is positively cozy compared to the more modern big arenas — cubic footage wise — and it is a great sounding room," said Jim Guerinot, a veteran concert promoter and record company executive before turning full time to managing musicians, including Gwen Stefani and No Doubt, Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails.
Another important factor is its availability. "Staples has three sports teams that gobble up the bulk of its calendar," said Azoff, who described himself as "head cheerleader for the Forum." Since music groups are often touring, the Forum's ability to offer more dates could be an advantage.
Those who attended shows during the Forum's glory days in the 1970s and 1980s will recognize the familiar scalloped edging circling the top of its 72 Roman-inspired columns around the building designed by architect Charles Luckman, who also designed Madison Square Garden.
Artist renderings of the new building display a single bowl with seating for 17,500, nearly the same as it held previously and approximately equal to Staples' capacity. Installation of a new center floor ring capable of holding 350,000 pounds will allow it to accommodate contemporary concert production needs. MSG's plan also includes the ability to scale down the arena to about 8,000 seats.
An artist's rendering of the revitalized Forum depicts red velvet seats. (Madison Square Garden Co.)
Red velvet seats, which one MSG official describes as "more like theater seats than arena chairs," will match the original "California sunset red" shade now being reapplied to the exterior, which had been painted blue in the 1980s in conjunction to a naming rights deal with Great Western Bank. For 15 years, the arena was called the Great Western Forum.
MSG has a corporate sponsorship deal with Chase bank, but Chase's name won't get equal billing. "It will still be called the Forum," Dolan said. New signage will read "The Forum Presented by Chase."
Dolan wouldn't say how many shows MSG expects to book at the Forum annually. "It's a little bit 'Field of Dreams' — build it and they will come," he said.
In addition to concerts, officials anticipate bringing in other touring entertainment attractions. And there will be the occasional sporting event, such as boxing or tennis.
MSG will look to Azoff and Forum general manager Nick Spampanato, who previously worked at Southern California venues including Universal Amphitheatre and the Wiltern Theater, for their knowledge of the local concert scene.
"We don't want to be the guys from New York," Dolan said. "We want the Forum to be owned by Southern California; we want it to be part of a commu
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CLEMSON, S.C. (July 8, 2019) –
Philip Sikes, Student Affairs
It's hard to miss. Whether you're traveling to Clemson University's main campus on Highway 93 from Seneca or driving across the bridge on the same road in the opposite direction, a distinctive construction project catches your eye for a few seconds.
And then a question probably pops in your head: what exactly is that?
Resembling more of a large cabin than a traditional university facility, the new Outdoor Education Center on the grounds of the Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center will soon add a unique flavor to an area best known to Clemson of the past as Y Beach. Slated to open later this fall, the project will add 16,000 square feet of dedicated outdoor recreation space and include a pair of academic classrooms, boat and equipment storage, adventure trip rentals and a covered outdoor patio overlooking Lake Hartwell.
When completed, the center will serve as the new home for Clemson Outdoor Recreation Education — affectionately known as CORE — and will be open to anyone owning a Campus Recreation membership.
"We think we have the best outdoor recreation program in the country, and it deserves a home that suits that title," said Chris Fiocchi, senior director of Campus Recreation. "We want this facility to be a destination on campus."
The new Outdoor Education Center, located at the Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center, features a unique blend of steel beams and southern yellow pine cross-laminated timber in its construction.
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The best example of the center's unique design comes from the application of cross-laminated timber (CLT) on its floors, ceilings and beams — all highly visible from Highway 93. Around the time the Clemson University Board of Trustees was approving the formation of the multidisciplinary Wood Utilization + Design Institute (WU+D) in 2013, professor Scott Schiff and a creative inquiry composed of civil engineering students began studying CLT and the strength of various species of wood.
Michael Stoner was one of the undergraduate students who made up the creative inquiry team responsible for first testing southern yellow pine CLT. Under the guidance of Dr. Weichiang Pang — an associate professor who serves as part of the WU+D team — Stoner is now in the final stages of pursuing a Ph.D. at Clemson in civil engineering. His research has focused on CLT's performance under the duress of high winds and debris.
Douglas fir and spruce fir are the most common species used in CLT application, but the creative inquiry team narrowed its focus on the potential use of southern yellow pine, which is in plentiful supply across the southeastern part of the United States. Following tests in the institute's labs, it was determined to meet the required performance standard used in manufacturing.
"We didn't invent any of this, it was actually first developed in Europe in the 1990s," said Pat Layton, director of WU+D. "But we proved the concept could work here with our students. It's very strong and when designed properly, CLT is environmentally friendly and energy-efficient."
Stoner fondly recalls the time he spent working with Schiff and another student two years ahead of him — Graham Montgomery — who is now a director for Swinerton Mass Timber in Greenville, South Carolina.
A covered outdoor patio overlooking Lake Hartwell and main campus is one of the feature design elements of the new Outdoor Education Center.
"I remember talking to Graham and saying, 'What if we had a building on campus made of this product?' and the concept just seemed so far away," Stoner said. "Now it's all over our labs and you see it going up on campus. It's fascinating to see where it is now versus then."
It's also fascinating to see the project in motion. The first beams arrived on site from WU+D partner IB X-LAM and its plant in Dothan, Alabama and went up on April 16. And it didn't take long for the entirety of the 24 acres worth of harvested southern yellow pine to be put into place by Sherman Construction, the general contractor for the project.
Combined with architect Cooper Carry's steel beam design, the facility has taken on the hybrid look university officials were aiming for since the onset of the project.
"The application of CLT fits perfectly with the type of natural environment we want to create," Fiocchi said. "To be the second facility in the country to feature CLT sourced from southern yellow pine is an incredible opportunity not only for Campus Recreation, but also our partners from WU+D."
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«Don't Tell Me You Love Me» —en castellano: «No me digas que me amas»— es una canción interpretada por la banda estadounidense de hard rock Night Ranger  y fue escrita por Jack Blades. Se enlistó originalmente como tema del álbum Dawn Patrol, publicado en 1982 por Boardwalk Entertainment.

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Esta canción fue lanzada como el primer sencillo de Dawn Patrol en 1982 en Japón y el Reino Unido y en 1983 en el resto del mundo.  El vinilo numera la melodía «Night Ranger» —compuesta también por Blades— en el lado B del mismo.

Recepción
El sencillo logró una gran aceptación en los Estados Unidos, pues consiguió entrar en los listados de popularidad en ese país, colocándose en los puestos 40º. y 4.º del Billboard Hot 100 y Mainstream Rock Tracks respectivamente. En Suiza, «Don't Tell Me You Love Me» pudo escalar más alto en las listas de éxitos, ya que alcanzó el 9.º lugar en el Schweizer Hitparade de aquel país.

Eduardo Rivadavia de Allmusic, quién realizó una crítica al álbum Dawn Patrol, dentro de la misma describió a este tema como «una canción simplemente sobresaliente».

En la cultura popular
La canción fue remasterizada para ser presentada y descargada en la serie de videojuegos Rock Band, lanzados para las consolas PlayStation 3 y Xbox 360.

Lista de canciones
Ambos temas fueron compuestos por Jack Blades.

Créditos
Jack Blades — voz principal y bajo.
Kelly Keagy — batería y coros.
Brad Gillis — guitarra y coros.
Jeff Watson — guitarra.
Alan Fitzgerald — teclados.

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A specific date for this holiday was not implemented until 1984, when it was arranged that the historic moment would be observed on the 3rd of September. Festivities are held all over the country, and a public ceremony is held in Hyde Park, Sydney. Also, ceremonies are held annually in schools and major centres, and the Governor-General, Governors, and some politicians attend the ceremony in Hyde Park or release statements to the media. To learn more about Australian National Flag Day and why it is important, read on.
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The deal with SAP is described as an on-gong rollout and no time scale has been given for its completion. The new systems will replace a combination of non-SAP products and in-house coding.
"As a global leader in automotive manufacturing, we turned to SAP to help us build the infrastructure of Toyota's new company-wide accounting information system. We are excited to reap the benefits of faster response times to growth strategy decisions and latent and future risks in our business," said Hiroaki Kitazawa, Toyota executive general manager and field general manager of the Information Systems Group.
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The Toyota Production System (TPS) is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota. It comprises of the firm's management philosophy and practices. Effectively TPS organises Toyota's manufacturing and logistics, including interaction with suppliers and customers. The system could be viewed as a precursor to "lean manufacturing." TPS was developed between 1948 and 1975.
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With the rapid economic development of Tibet and the strong support of central government, transportation condition in Tibet has changed greatly in recent 30 years. Centered around Lhasa, a transport network has taken shape in Tibet, including highways, airlines, railroad, etc. Now, Tibet's major cities have their own transportation systems too. While for foreign tourists, there are some restrictions on traveling to Tibet. So your vehicle has to be arranged by local travel agency.
How to Get to Lhasa
Currently, there are five airports put in service in Tibet, including Lhasa Gonggar Airport, Chamdo Bangda Airport, Nyingchi Mainling Airport, Ngari Gunsa Airport and Shigatse Peace Airport. There are domestic flights connecting Tibet with Chengdu, Xian, Beijing, Chongqing, Kunming, etc and only one direct international flight to Katmandu. Lhasa Gongga International Airport is 6 kilometers southwest of Lhasa city center, about 1 hour's drive.
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At present, there is only one railway connecting Tibet: Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the longest and highest railway built atop a plateau, which is China's first railroad to Tibet. Several rails are under construction or planed such as Sichuan-Tibet Rail, Yunnan-Tibet Rail, etc. However, in the peak season from May to October, it is difficult to get train tickets to Tibet due to the great demand. So we recommend you to fly to Tibet and get out by train.
Currently, there are five highways leading to Tibet respectively from Xining, Chengdu, and Kunming.
Sichuan-Tibet Highway
Starting from Chengdu and ending in Lhasa, Sichuan-Tibet Highway is the most precipitous highway in China. It is the most popular self-driving route to Tibet among Chinese travelers. On the way, it passes Ya'an and Kangding. There are the south line and the north line.
South Line:
With a total length of 2146 km, the south line starts from Chengdu and arrives at Lhasa via Ya'an, Luding, Kangding, Dongerluo, Litang, Batang, Mangkang, Zogang, Banda, Basu, Bowo, Nyingchi, Bayi, Gongbujiangda, Mozhugongka, Dazhi, which is also a part of 318 National Road (Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport-Tibet).
North Line:
With a total length of 2412 km, it starts from Chengdu and separates from south line at Xinduqiao, via Qianning, Daofu, Luhuo, Ganzi, Dege, Jiangda, Chamdo to Bangda and then meets with south line again leading to Lhasa.
Qinghai-Tibet Highway
Being the highest and longest asphalt road in the world, Qinghai-Tibet Highway starts from Xining of Qinghai Province and ends at Lhasa. With the length of 1937 km, it is the main road to Tibet due to the great scenery and good road condition, which is open to traffic all year round. Along the road, there are prairies, salt lakes, mountains, deserts and other natural landscape.
Xinjiang-Tibet Highway
It is probably one of the most challenging roads in the world. Running from Yecheng of Xinjiang to Lhatse in the Tibet, Xinjiang-Tibet highway runs 1,455 kilometers with harsh and highly unpredictable weather condition. The road is notorius for lacking of oxygen and the high degree of steepness. Travelers are known to have to wear oxygen masks during this stretch, to deal with altitude sickness. Those who take the G219 are usually the ones who inhabit a spirit of adventure.
Yunnan-Tibet Highway
Yunnan–Tibet Highway is asphalted, which links Dali and Markam via Jianchuan, Zhongdian, Deqin and Zhikang. Running along the Hengduan Mountains, it is a very scenic drive with the total length of 714 kilometers. This highway was built along the "Tea-Horse Ancient Road" which the businessmen and tourists frequented in the ancient times. It's a less beaten track by passengers.
Chinese-Nepalese Highway
It is another main road. It stretches 900 kilometers from Kathmandu in Nepal, then passing through Zhamgu Nyalam, Tingri, Shigatse, and finally getting to Lhasa in Tibet. It is about 150 km in Nepal and 750 km in Tibet. There are about 170 unsurfaced road to Tibet.
How to Get around Tibet
There are restrictions on traveling in Tibet. Due to the provisions of Tibet's travel permits, you can only travel in a vehicle or visit a monastery with your tour guide. And all forms of transportation around Tibet must be prearranged through a tour group. Most agencies will allow you to use taxi or public buses to get around if you are only staying in Lhasa.
Now the Lhasa–Shigatse Railway is open to the public. It takes about 3 hours between the two cities while the car journey takes about 6 hours. You travel agency can help you to make the train journey.
In Lhasa, minibus are commonly used due to its cheap price and convenience. Many regular buses shuttles between Lhasa and major towns in Tibet. While public bus routes are not developed like those in other cities of China. For foreign tourists, they can take the buss only if they have the travel permit.
The best way to get around Tibet is by taxi. It is easy to hail a taxi on the city streets. The fare for taxis in Lhasa is RMB 10 for the first 3 kilometers and additional RMB 2 for each kilometer (a half-mile) thereafter. During the peak seasons, the drivers like to charge higher.
By Pedicabs
Pedicabs are unique vehicles to get around downtown. Pedicabs are good for a one-time use but actually may be pricier than a taxi. Moreover, pedicab drivers usually overcharge tourists.
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Back on April 21, 2010, my first "On This Day In Music History" post was about the song "T-Bone Shuffle" by Blues singer/electric guitarist T-Bone Walker.
The date of that post was the anniversary of Walker's recording of the song in 1955, in Chicago, IL for Atlantic Records.
But I had missed one detail: that recording done in 1955 was not T-Bone Walker's first recording of "T-Bone Shuffle." It was a re-recording of the song: something that Blues artists of that era commonly did when they changed record labels.
How had I missed this? Where had I gone wrong?
Here's what led to my startling (and somewhat embarrassing) discovery.
On April 21, 2011, I was telling a student who was working on "T-Bone Shuffle," about the significance of the day. During the conversation, I opened up my copy of Wolf Marshall's 1998 book: Blues Guitar Classics (an excellent collection of transcriptions) and read from the section about "T-Bone Shuffle." Marshall said that the recording he had transcibed was released in 1949.
When I got home that evening, I checked the liner notes to my copy of the 2000 Rhino CD Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker and sure enough, it listed April 21, 1955 as the recording date. Then I listened to the track.
This was not the "T-Bone Shuffle" I knew and loved.
Quickly, I popped my copy of the 1986 Charly CD, T-Bone Walker: Low Down Blues into my player and clicked on Track 16. There it was!
The liner notes to the Charly CD, by Alan Balfour, stated that the 22 tracks on the disc had all been recorded between late-1946 and early-1948 in Los Angeles, CA for Black & White Records.
Further research (a big "Thank You" here to the Dimond Library at the University of New Hampshire) into the discography section of the T-Bone Walker biography Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story by Helen Oakley Dance, revealed just the information I was looking for.
The musicians on the session were: T-Bone Walker, electric guitar & vocals; George Orendorff, trumpet; Bumps Meyers, tenor saxophone; Willard McDaniels, piano; John W. Davis, bass; and Oscar Lee Bradley, drums.
"T-Bone Shuffle" was not released, however, until sometime in 1949. (You were right, Wolf Marshall!) The July 30, 1949 issue of Billboard Magazine lists T-Bone Walker as #31 on the list of "Top Selling Rhythm & Blues Artists" and the Comet Records single "T-Bone Shuffle" as one of the three records whose sales earned him that distinction.
Next time: listen first. Titles can be deceiving.
P.S.: The original, 1947 recording is the hands-down better version of the two.
It's amazing that so much information about these blues artists can be found at all, given the racial tone of the country at that time. We can all be thankful for those who recognized this music as something really special and made the effort to document and catalogue….


Since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in 2016 that graduate student workers at private universities have collective bargaining rights, academia has been the site of a national labor upsurge. As graduate workers at private institutions organize for formal union recognition, already-recognized graduate unions at public universities are also fighting to improve their working conditions and raise their living standards.
At the annual meeting in Chicago this January, the AHA's Graduate and Early Career Committee assembled a panel of graduate union activists to talk about our recent organizing experiences. Chaired by Amanda Scott of the Naval Academy, the panel included Sarah Siegel of Washington University in St. Louis, Jody Noll of Georgia State University, Ruby Oram of Loyola University Chicago, and me, from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
University administrations frequently argue that graduate students should not be afforded the legal right to union representation because we are students, not employees, despite the fact that graduate students are taking on increasingly heavy teaching workloads.
Siegel discussed having to testify that she was really an employee at a hearing convened by the NLRB at Washington University to determine whether graduate workers were eligible to hold a union certification election. Lawyers representing the university suggested that her teaching duties did not constitute employment, but rather only an experience to strengthen her CV. Siegel responded by noting that the two were not mutually exclusive.
Some university administrations take a different tack. Oram said that at Loyola, a Catholic university, the administration argued that its graduate employees were "religious workers" and that it was exempt from labor law on the grounds of religious freedom. In what she said felt unreal because of its obvious absurdity, Oram had to explain at an NLRB hearing that as a history instructor, no part of her job involved conducting worship, ministry, or religious counseling.
At both Washington University and Loyola, the NLRB ruled that graduate employees are indeed workers and thus entitled to hold union recognition elections. Washington University's election was in October 2017. Siegel says voter suppression by the administration resulted in nearly a third of the ballots cast going uncounted—including her own—leading to an inconclusive result.
Loyola's graduate workers won a conclusive victory in their union election in February 2017, one month after President Trump took office. The university, however, did not immediately begin bargaining with students or recognize the union. In the meantime, Trump placed new, anti-union appointees to the NLRB. In October later that year, Loyola announced it would not bargain with graduate workers at all because it did not recognize their democratically elected union.
What happened to the graduate unionization efforts at Washington University and Loyola is virtually identical to what has occurred at several other private universities. While the nascent unions could appeal their cases to the NLRB, this would likely lead to the landmark 2016 ruling being overturned now that the board is controlled by Trump appointees.
Instead, graduate workers are pursuing a direct-action approach, holding highly visible protests to publicly shame university administrations into doing the right thing. These tactics are bearing fruit. The administrations at Brown and Columbia have agreed to recognize their graduate unions, and Oram and Siegel say their unions have already won certain concessions like wage raises and dental insurance.
Even when graduate workers successfully unionize and negotiate contracts, like at many public universities, university administrations often continue to resist the unions' existence. This is often the case at UIC, where we have had a recognized graduate union since 2004.
While President Trump's appointments to the NLRB have created obstacles to graduate student unions at private universities, his appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court ensured the anti-union ruling in last year's Janus v. AFSCME case. The 5-4 decision essentially imposed "right-to-work" on the nation's entire public sector, where unions are prohibited from collecting fair share fees from employees they are legally required to represent. Panelists at the session discussed the decision's adverse impact on existing graduate student unions at public universities. Graduate unions already have difficulty maintaining membership because of the natural turnover of the graduate workforce, and Janus will make it even harder to gain new members, and therefore, to also maintain financial stability.
At both private and public universities, the biggest challenge to graduate unions—besides employer obstruction and legal barriers—is simply being able to organize and unite graduate student workers. The most basic tool of organizing is having one-on-one conversations to discuss the work-related problems and financial anxieties we all share but rarely talk about. Siegel explained how these conversations helped set the agenda and build support for Washington University's graduate union.
But even with one-on-one conversations, there are challenges. As Oram noted, the struggles of a graduate worker in the history department are not necessarily the same as those of a graduate worker in the chemistry department. Further, many graduates are made to think that their job duties somehow do not constitute "real" labor, even though we teach real students and have real bills to pay.
To disabuse graduate students of such notions, faculty support for union efforts can often be crucial. Noll talked about his research into the 1968 statewide teacher strike in Florida and argued that parallels can be drawn to current graduate union campaigns. The 1968 strike was successful in part because teachers had the support of their supervisors, the principals of their schools. In the same way, Noll suggested, support from graduate workers' faculty supervisors can be helpful.
At UIC, we are fortunate that the faculty workers are also unionized and supportive of our grad union. The two unions are on the same contract cycle, meaning we are both currently in negotiations and combining our respective contract campaigns. In recent months, graduate students and faculty at UIC have come together to hold a joint protest at a Board of Trustees meeting and an informational picket on campus.
Alliances can be also built with other groups beyond faculty. Siegel said the graduate union at Washington University is part of a coalition to win a $15 minimum wage for all campus employees, and Oram talked about a Fight for $15 protest she and other Loyola graduate workers participated in alongside clergy and fast-food workers at McDonald's "Hamburger University" in Chicago.
Given the realities of the academic job market and the expansion of precarious adjunct positions, our experiences as graduate union activists will undoubtedly be useful after we graduate. Even if we pursue careers outside of academia, the knowledge and skills we gain will prove valuable. Siegel, for example, recently started a job as a researcher for the Colorado Education Association, the statewide teacher union.
As universities are increasingly run like corporations, unions of academic workers are a necessary corrective to ensure that the teaching and research mission does not get lost in the short-sighted scramble for "revenue-generation." As Noll argued, unions can be beneficial for universities by improving conditions for everyone—especially students—and need not be viewed as an oppositional force. The question is whether university administrations will ever recognize this.
Jeff Schuhrke is a history PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, studying the connections between organized labor and US foreign policy during the Cold War. His writing has appeared at In These Times, Jacobin, and Labor Notes. He is the co-president of the Graduate Employees Organization, AFT Local 6297.


Like most people, I'd like to imagine I'm a reasonably intelligent person. I've managed to get this far in life, hold down a job – do quite well at it, usually; raise a family without mislaying any kids for too long; partake in debates and hold my own; I've even managed to successfully submit an expenses claim on our Oracle system and have the money appear in my bank account!
But I've reached the limit. I'm at a point where I can no longer fathom how society works. Or, one aspect of it. One organisation in it, to be precise – RTÉ.
On January 11th, 2014 both Panti and the man who plays her, Rory O'Neill, appeared on The Saturday Night Show with Brendan O'Connor. Comments made by Rory on the topic of homophobia, during the interview, mentioned individuals involved in Irish journalism, including John Waters, Breda O'Brien and the conservative lobby group The Iona Institute. Mr. O'Neill's view was that those mentioned displayed homophobic behaviour due to their opposition to homosexual equality on issues like gay marriage and gay adoption. Those mentioned, in-turn, threatened RTÉ and Mr. O'Neill with legal action. RTÉ subsequently removed that section of the interview from their online archive. The legality of Mr. Waters' display of support for censorship was subsequently questioned since he was a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Two weeks after the initial incident on The Saturday Night Show, John Waters resigned from his post at the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. There was further comment on the strange lack of coverage of the censorship by The Irish Times, who regularly publish Waters' articles.
On the January 25th episode of the RTÉ Saturday Night Show Brendan O'Connor issued a controversial public apology on behalf of RTÉ to those mentioned by Mr. O'Neill in the interview held two weeks previously. Even though RTÉ censored Mr. O'Neill's statements from their online archive, Mr. O'Connor ended his RTÉ apology with the contradictory insistence that "It is an important part of democratic debate that people must be able to hold dissenting views on controversial issues." The fact that the Irish State broadcaster (RTÉ) censored a citizens opinions, and then was rumoured to have offered compensation to those promoting the censorship, became a controversial issue, discussed by members of government.
So what I don't understand is – some people think they were defamed and threaten to sue RTÉ – and RTÉ decides that rather than giving them a right of reply, or saying that Ms Panti/Rory O'Neill's statements were obviously personal opinion and therefore didn't come under the heading of defamation, or telling them to go ahead and sue and the jury could decide, or any one of a number of other options – RTÉ apparently instead decided to just pay them money.
Not damages or compensation, because that would imply that they had been damaged or required compensation. It appears that RTÉ just received some solicitor's letters, and decided on some kind of ex gratia payment to forestall anything else.
A payment to Iona Institute members, who seem to have unfettered access to any number of RTÉ radio and TV panels… This payment, remember, is being paid for out of the TV licence fee that goes to our state broadcaster.
RTÉ does have an odd history when it comes to compensation payments, though. Like that time they defended a libel action taken by Beverley Cooper-Flynn, who had encouraged people to avail of illegal investment schemes. RTÉ just waived half of the €2.4 million they were due to be paid by her. No reason. Just because.
In the past couple of weeks, some public servants have started receiving emails and circulars regarding their temporary cut to annual leave. This was one of the minor clauses contained in the Haddington Road Agreement (aka Croke Park II), something glossed over or ignored by the unions when advising staff to vote in favour of it.
In essence, those on the max of their salary scale, earning between €35k and €65k per annum, and with more than 23 days' annual leave entitlement, lose up to six days' annual leave, temporarily, between now and 2015. So, e.g., an Administrative Officer reaching the top of their scale this year will lose 2 days in 2014, 2 more in 2015, and one in 2016 – and in 2017 will be back to their full leave entitlement. People effected are essentially working an extra six days over three years.
Why? Er, reasons. Just because.
I suppose ostensibly Howlin will claim it's necessary, it'll increase productivity, and sure look, it's part of the (cue his overused phrase) "last ask" for public servants.
So the Administrative Officer on max of scale loses 6 days leave. Her division head on more leave and a lot more money loses nothing. The Junior Systems Analyst on max of scale loses 6 days leave but his boss on possibly less money loses none. Two people in the same grade but where one started a couple of months before the other – one loses days, the other doesn't.
It won't increase productivity by any measurable amount. Every office, department, and public body has lost staff that haven't been replaced. Some of us working an extra two days a year for a couple of years doesn't – can't – make up for that.
It's there because Robert Watt told Brendan Howlin to do it, because, on paper, x number of civil servants working 2 days extra per year for three years can apparently roughly translate into a monetary amount that can go onto one side of a balance sheet.
What isn't taken into account is that after the pay freeze, the numerous pay cuts, the lack of any promotional opportunities, the longer hours, the reneging on the Croke Park Agreement by Labour and Fine Gael, the gutting of family-friendly work practices (such as flexi-time and term-time) and everything else, this latest unnecessary, inequitable exercise does come at a cost – whatever goodwill or flexibility that may have remained.
Digital Rights Ireland is a small volunteer organisation dedicated to defending civil, human and legal rights in a digital age. They are perhaps best known thus far for their participation in the Stop SOPA in Ireland campaign – the attempt to stop Seán Sherlock bringing in the law that Sherlock promised couldn't and wouldn't be used to block access to any websites.
So, when the music industry recently brought a court case against Irish ISPs to force them to block access to some websites, Digital Rights Ireland applied to be an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case.
Long story short, the music industry opposed the application, and the one day hearing to determine if DRI could be heard in the case landed them with a legal bill of almost €30,000 (later halved on appeal (which itself cost €1,900!) to €13,700.


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