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Andreose, Alvise; Renzi, Lorenzo (2013). "Geography and distribution of the Romance languages in Europe". In Maiden, Martin; Smith, John Charles; Ledgeway, Adam. The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Volume II: Contexts. Cambridge University Press. pp. 283–334. ISBN 978-0-521-80073-0.
Moldovans are the largest population group of the Republic of Moldova, and a significant minority in Ukraine and Russia. This article refers primarily to the Romance language-speaking ethnic group native to Moldova, there is an ongoing controversy whether Moldovans are a fully fledged ethnic group or a regional subgroup of the Romanian ethnic group. Also, the Slavic neighbours called Moldovans Vlachs or Volokhs, a term used to refer to all native Romance speakers from Eastern Europe. Until the 1920s, historians generally considered Moldovans as a subgroup of the Romanian ethnos, if in the past, the term Moldovan has been used to refer to the population of the historical Principality of Moldavia. In 1918, Bessarabia joined the Kingdom of Romania, following a vote of Sfatul Ţării, the circumstance of the vote was itself complex, since the Romanian troops were present in Bessarabia at the request of the Sfatul Ţării as it was facing exterior threats and anarchy. The unified Romanian state promoted a common identity for all its Romanian-speaking inhabitants, in 1940, during World War II, Romania agreed to an ultimatum and ceded the region to the Soviet Union, which organized it into the Moldavian SSR.
A poll conducted in the Republic of Moldova by IMAS-Inc Chișinău in October 2009 presented a detailed picture, the respondents were asked to rate the relationship between the identity of Moldovans and that of Romanians on a scale between 1 to 5. The results varied significantly among different categories of subjects, for instance, while 33% of the young respondents chose the same or very similar and 44% different or very different, among the senior respondents the corresponding figures were 18. 5% and 53%. A survey carried out in the Republic of Moldova in 1992 showed that 87% of the Romanian/Moldovan speakers chose to identify themselves as Moldovans, the major Moldovan political forces have diverging opinions regarding the identity of Moldovans. This contradiction is reflected in their stance towards the history that should be taught in schools. Governing forces such as the Liberal Party, Liberal Democratic Party, a significant number of intellectuals from the Bessarabia considered themselves part of the Romanian nation in the passing of time.
Our brothers from Bukovina and Macedonia dont call themselves after the places they live in and that is what we should do as well. I think people come here not forced, but freely, for a return to their brothers and he is often quoted as saying We are Romanians, period. The 2004 census results reported that out of the 3,383,332 people living in Moldova,75. 81% declared themselves Moldovans, the 2001 census in Ukraine counted 258,600 Moldovans and 150,989 Romanians. In Russia,172,330 Moldovans have been counted in the 2002 Russian census and they are concentrated mostly in Moscow, but in some rural areas in Kuban, southern Siberia, and the Russian Far East, where they were deported generations ago. Around 20,000 Moldovans live in Kazakhstan, mostly in the former capital Almaty, the largest share of the territory of the historical Principality of Moldavia together with all its formal capitals and the famous painted churches are located in Romania. The river Moldova now flows entirely through Romania, after the Russian annexation of Bessarabia in 1812, and Austrian annexation of Bukovina in 1775, the rest of Moldova united with Wallachia and formed the modern Romania.
Vojvodina, officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain. Novi Sad is the largest city and administrative center of Vojvodina, Vojvodina has a population of almost 2 million. It has a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural identity, there are some 26 ethnic groups in the province, the term vojvodina in Serbian means a type of duchy – more specifically, a voivodeship. It derives from the word vojvoda which stems from the Proto-Slavic language word voevoda and those words are etymologically connected with modern-day words vojnik and voditi. Its original name was the Serbian Voivodeship which became Voivodeship of Serbia, Indo-European peoples first settled in the territory of present-day Vojvodina in 4200 BC. Before the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC, Indo-European peoples of Illyrian, the first states organized in this area were the Celtic State of the Scordisci with capital in Singidunum, and the Dacian Kingdom of Burebista.
During Roman rule, Sirmium was one of the four cities of the Roman Empire. The city was the capital of several Roman administrative units, including Pannonia Inferior, Pannonia Secunda, the Diocese of Pannonia, Roman rule lasted until the 5th century, after which the region came into the possession of various peoples and states. While Banat was a part of the Roman province of Dacia, Syrmia belonged to the Roman province of Pannonia, Bačka was not part of the Roman Empire and was populated and ruled by Sarmatian Iazyges. After the Romans were driven away from this region, various Indo-European and these peoples included Goths, Huns and Avars. For regional history, the largest in importance was a Gepid state, according to the 7th-century Miracles of Saint Demetrius, Avars gave the region of Syrmia to a Bulgar leader named Kuber circa 680. The Bulgars of Kuber moved south with Maurus to Macedonia where they co-operated with Tervel in the 8th century, Slavs settled todays Vojvodina in the 6th and 7th centuries, before some of them crossed the rivers Sava and Danube and settled in the Balkans.
The Romanian alphabet is a variant of the Latin alphabet used by the Romanian language. They occur only in words and their Romanian derivatives, such as quasar, watt. The letter K, although older, is rarely used and appears only in proper names and international neologisms such as kilogram, broker. These four letters are still perceived as foreign, which explains their usage for stylistic purposes in such as nomenklatură. In cases where the word is a direct borrowing having diacritical marks not present in the above alphabet, Romanian spelling is mostly phonemic without silent letters. The table below gives the correspondence between letters and sounds, some of the letters have several possible readings, even if allophones are not taken into account. When vowels /i/, /u/, /e/, and /o/ are changed into their corresponding semivowels, letters K, Q, W, and Y appear only in foreign borrowings, the pronunciation of W and Y depends on the origin of the word they appear in. Romanian orthography does not use accents or diacritics – these are secondary symbols added to letters to alter their pronunciation or to distinguish between words, writing letters ș and ț with a cedilla instead of a comma is considered incorrect by the Romanian Academy.
Romanian writings, including books created to teach children to write, treat the comma, the letters î and â are phonetically and functionally identical. The reason for using both of them is historical, denoting the languages Latin origin, for a few decades until a spelling reform in 1904, as many as four or five letters had been used for the same phoneme, according to an etymological rule. All were used to represent the vowel /ɨ/, toward which the original Latin vowels written with circumflexes had converged, the 1904 reform saw only two letters remaining, â and î, the choice of which followed rules that changed several times during the 20th century. During the first half of the century the rule was to use î in word-initial and word-final positions, there were exceptions, imposing the use of î in internal positions when words were combined or derived with prefixes or suffixes. For example the adjective urît ugly was written with î because it derives from the verb a urî to hate. In 1953, during the Communist era, the Romanian Academy eliminated the letter â, replacing it with î everywhere, including the name of the country, which was to be spelled Romînia.
The region is considered by the UN to be part of Moldova. The PMR controls a narrow strip of territory to the east of the River Dniester, unrecognised by any United Nations member state, Transnistria is designated by the Republic of Moldova as the Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status, or Stînga Nistrului. As part of agreement, a three-party Joint Control Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarised zone. Its authorities have adopted a constitution, national anthem and it is the only country still using the hammer and sickle on its flag. After a 2005 agreement between Moldova and Ukraine, all Transnistrian companies that seek to export goods through the Ukrainian border must be registered with the Moldovan authorities and this agreement was implemented after the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine took force in 2005. Most Transnistrians have Moldovan citizenship, but many Transnistrians have Russian and Ukrainian citizenship, the largest ethnic group is Moldovans, who historically had a higher share of the population, up to 49. 4% in 1926.
Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia are post-Soviet frozen conflict zones and these four partially recognised states maintain friendly relations with each other and form the Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations. The region is known in English as Trans-Dniestr or Transdniestria. Etymologically, these names are adaptations of the Romanian colloquial name of the region, the documents of the government of Moldova refer to the region as Stînga Nistrului meaning Left Bank of the Dniester. The name of the according to the Transnistrian authorities is Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The short form of name is Pridnestrovie. Pridnestrovie is a transliteration of the Russian Приднестровье meaning by the Dniester, indo-European tribes had for millennia inhabited the area where Transnistria now is when it was a borderland between Dacia and Scythia. The Tyragetae inhabited the area around the River Dniester as well as the Scythians, early Germanic and Turkic tribes were present in the area during their attacks and invasions of the Roman Empire.
Soviet symbols are still used in Transnistria.
Old Bucharest manhole cover inscribed according to the etymologically prone spelling at the time, which reads BUCURESCI CANALISARE (meaning Bucharest sewers). Compare to today's BUCUREȘTI CANALIZARE.


Here's a quick history lesson and a cool story that was inspired by the picture above.
Ancient Israelite temples would have a "most holy place" that was separated from the outside by a veil (see Exodus 25-26). Only the most holy of the high priests could pass through the veil to be in the presence of God and they could only do this if they had a holy and righteous sacrifice to give.
Veils were used to separate the holy things from the broken things; the radiant light from the darkness outside; the sacred from the sinful. When Moses's face was radiant after speaking to God, he covered the radiance with a veil before going to speak to the Israelites. When Solomon describes the woman in Song of Solomon, all of her most beautiful features (eyes, temples, mouth, hair, et cetera) are said to be covered by a veil. The veil was their way of keeping what was good and perfect from what was unclean and unworthy. In the same way, our brokenness, our sin, our hard hearts kept a veil between us and our perfect, loving, holy, sacred God. We've all messed up somehow in our lives – hurting someone, lying, cheating, stealing, failing as a friend, brother, or sister, et cetera – and due to that, we can no longer be in "the most holy place" with God. We can no longer communicate with him, be in his presence, or hear from him because our sin has put a veil between our brokenness and his holiness.
So where the heck does a picture of a hole in the ceiling of a building play into all of this?
Here's how: there's this monstrous slab of drab, gray concrete way above my head that blocks out the light and beauty of the sun and blue sky from the drab, gray sidewalk I'm walking on below. That concrete slab is the veil. But, if I stand, be still, and look up, I realize there's this hole that is letting light through. This impenetrable and unreachable concrete ceiling, acting as a veil between me and the sky, has been pierced. Not only this, but when I focus my eyes on it, not only can the light reach me, I can see the blue sky and sun pouring through.
This is why that's so, so cool, friends – Jesus pierced the veil. In fact, Jesus tore the veil right in half and threw it away. Like the hole in the concrete, he allows the light through, he allows the beauty of heaven in to the world.
Matthew, Mark and Luke each write that in the moment that Jesus passed away on the cross, "the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom," (Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Friends, Jesus not only passed through the veil as a high priest, gave the most perfect and holy sacrifice (himself), and stood in the presence of God – he tore the veil for you and me. He tore the veil so that we could be with God again. He promises that he is the way, the truth, and the everlasting life. And what's even better is all you have to do is accept that. All you have to do to tear that veil and be in the presence of God and in a relationship with God is accept that Christ already tore the veil for you.
Ephesians 2:8-9 says that, "It is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast." So let's stop living in fear, in darkness, in loneliness, in exile, in separation, in pride, in brokenness, in sadness, in hate. Let's live in freedom, unveil our faces, and be transformed "into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord," (2 Corinthians 3:18). Let's stop striving to earn God's love and forgiveness. Let's accept the gift of grace, the torn veil, and its promise of abundant "love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control," (Galatians 5:22).
Jesus was pierced and crucified so that the veil could be pierced and torn down. He's already put your short-comings, your insecurities, your failures, your fears, your doubts, your brokenness, your suffering, and your baggage on his shoulders – he's just waiting for you to accept it and stand in "the most holy place" in the presence of God that is now freely open to you. We're no longer separated from God. There's no longer a veil to divide us from his freedom and love. There's no longer a veil, friends.


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I'm a friendly gemini who loves cats, coffee, and all that is cute and creative. Professionally I work as a Graphic Designer and Content Creator for Web. I enjoy creating art to bridge a gap between the everyday man and the person wanting to spread their message. This message can be in the form of advertisements for their business or a concept that they want to spread onto others. As a bilingual, I believe art can be a method of communication that can surpass the language barriers and strike directly into the hearts of others. I run the website 15MinutesofCreativity to spread my own message of creating time to chase your own creative endeavors. Many people have lifetime goals of leaving their mark on the world and I want to help them achieve it with my own experiences and trial and error.


I reserved the H lounge for a birthday celebration and my guests and I had an awesome experience. I worked with Kelsey who ensured everything ran as smooth as possible. All of the staff I encountered were very polite and accommodating. There was live music performance by Michelle Robinson and band who were absolutely amazing. I would certainly return and recommend this venue.


An ESRC Workshop on Writing Research Proposals for Fellowships and Grants will be held at Adeyemi Federal University of Education on 23-24 September. Led by UK- and Nigeria based academics, the workshop is aimed at postgraduate students and junior academic staff whose PhDs were obtained within the last five years in the Humanities and Social Sciences based at the University of Ibadan and Adeyemi Federal University of Education. The workshop will support scholars from those institutions who want to prepare successful research proposals for fellowships and grants available to early career scholars in Nigeria or internationally (e.g. CODESRIA, Cadbury, Leventis, African Studies Centre, Leiden Visiting Fellowship, AHP (ACLS), SSRC, ESRC, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, etc).
Department of History (Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Nigeria). As part of the workshop is based on one-to-one work on a draft research proposal, places will be limited to 20 participants.
important aspects of research proposal writing.
• Why is writing research proposals an important academic activity?
Eligibility: Scholars of all nationalities who are currently pursuing a PhD or those who completed their PhDs less than five years ago. All applicants must either be PhD students or currently employed by the University of Ibadan or Adeyemi Federal University of Education.
position at their current institution.
benefit the most from the workshops.


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Ferruccio Furlanetto (Sacile, Italia, 16 de mayo de 1949) es un bajo italiano.

Debutó profesionalmente en 1974 en Lonigo. En 1979 debutó en la Scala de Milán, en una producción de Macbeth bajo la dirección de Claudio Abbado. Desde entonces ha triunfado en numerosos papeles, incluyendo Leporello en Don Giovanni, Basilio en Il barbiere di Siviglia, Felipe II en Don Carlos, Figaro en Le nozze di Figaro, Gremin en Eugenio Onegin, Zaccaria en Nabucco, Orest en Elektra, Fiesco en Simon Boccanegra, Borís Godunov, etc.

Ha cantado en los principales teatros de ópera del mundo. Debutó en la Metropolitan Opera en la temporada 1980/81, y ha actuado en la Ópera de París, el Festival de Salzburgo (en 1986 con Figaro, y en 1987 con Leporello, dirigido por Karajan), la Staatsoper de Viena, el Mariinski, el Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires (donde participó en Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo y Barbiere di Siviglia) , el Teatro Real de Madrid (Fiesco, y Don Quijote), Royal Opera House de Londres, etc.

Como cantante de concierto también es un demandado artista. Tiene en su repertorio la Novena sinfonía de Beethoven, el Stabat mater de Rossini o el Requiem de Verdi. Cantó, bajo la dirección de Karajan, en la Misa de la Coronación, de Mozart, en la Basílica de San Pedro de la Ciudad del Vaticano, en presencia del papa Juan Pablo II. Suele aparecer en este formato en la Scala, la Opera Alemana de Berlín, el Gran Teatro del Liceo, el Musikverein de Viena, o los Proms.

Su discografía y videografía abarcan desde el Leporello con Karajan en el Festival de Salzburgo de 1987, y el Sparafucile de Rigoletto, junto a Pavarotti, con dirección escénica de Jean Pierre Ponnelle en 1982, hasta Don Carlo en la Scala y Simon Boccanegra en el Covent Garden (junto a Plácido Domingo).

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Bajos de Italia
Nacidos en Sacile
Bajos en el Teatro Real
Músicos clásicos del siglo XX de Italia
Músicos clásicos del siglo XXI de Italia

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R&R NOTEBOOK: Free classes
Seabury Blair Jr. — Jul 2nd, 1996
Free tastes of prepared backpacking foods and a clinic on using a map and compass are on the calendar of free classes at the Mt. Constance Mountain Shoppe in Bremerton this week.
The Backpacking Food Feed Fest is scheduled for Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m., and will include samples of lighweight foods and hints on how to prepare them.
The map and compass class is scheduled Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. Those attending will learn the basics of navigating in wild country using a map and compass. Pre-registration is required for this class; call 377-0668.
Both classes are at the store, located off Riddell Road at Wheaton Way.
Cyclist medalist
West Sound Cycling Club member Ted Dupee brought home a silver medal from the Time Trials at the Santa Rosa, Calif., national cycling competition. Dupee, 62, finished second to the national record holder in his age category in 1 hour, 3 minutes and 41 seconds for the 25-mile event.
Dupee raced in every event at the nationals, placing 11th in the road race and 6th in the criterion. The North Kitsap resident plans to compete in the Huntsman Senior Games in Utah this fall.
The Mount Townsend Trail is suggested as a good, snow-free hike in the Olympic Mountains by the Washington Trails Association, the non-profit trail advocate that provides a weekly trail report for the Cascades and Olympics.
The four-mile trail begins off Forest Service Roads 27 and 190 west of Quilcene and climbs to the broad summit of the 6,280-foot peak. For information about other trails in the Quilcene Ranger District, call 360-765-2200.
Snow level in the Olympics is generally between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, with trails on north-facing slopes more likely to be snow covered. Patches of snow cover all of the major trails high in the park, and the Obstruction Point Road was closed at Waterhole.
Elsewhere, the Mount Aix Trail was reported snow-free and hikable along the east slope of the South Cascades. Walkers planning to use this trail should plan on sunshine and carry protection from the rays. For information on other trails in the Naches Ranger District, call 509-653-2205.
On the west slope of the South Cascades, the Krause Ridge Trail is reported to be snow-free, with views into the Cispus River Valley. Juniper Ridge is inaccessible due to road washouts, but the Tongue Mountain Trail is open. for information on trails in the Randle and Packwood areas, call 360-497-1100.
Snow level on trails around Mount Rainier National Park is reported to be between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. Highway 123 from Cayuse Pass to Ohanapecosh is open to alternating one-way traffic. For information on Mount Rainier trails, call 360-569-2211 and play the voice-mail system.
The Annette Lake Trail is recommended as a good family hike, four miles into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness off the I-90 corridor. This is a crowded and popular destination along the west slope of the Cascades. For information on trails in the area, call 206-622-8378.
The six-mile trail to Kennedy Hot Springs is reported to be snow-free but not yet cleared of scores of downed trees in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Expect crowds on this hike, as well. For information on trails in the area, call 360-436-1155.
The Washington Trail Assocaition's trail report is available on the Web at: http://www.wta.org/wta/
Paddle rodeo
The Washington Water Trails Association has scheduled a day of canoe and kayak recreational competion for July 28 on Lake Union in Seattle.
The Seattle Paddle Games will pit recreational paddlers in any kind of human-powered craft in a number of events, including a canoe sprint, kayak obstacle course, even a race where the craft is paddled by hand. Registration is suggested by July 15 because the even is limited to 200 participants. Funds raised will benefit the association.
Registration is $30 per adult and $10 per child and registration forms are available at the Olymnpic Outdoor Center in Poulsbo, Tahoma Outdoor Pursuits in Tacoma, REI Outlets and Pacific Water Sports, Seattle.
The primary game site is at the south end of Lake Union at the ZymoGenetics kayak ramp at the old Lake Union steam plant. A Paddler's Parade through the locks is scheduled for 5 p.m.
The Washington Water Trails Association has more information at 206-545-9161.
Kids' kayak kamp
The Vashon Island Kayak Company is offering a kids' kayaking day camp for youngsters aged 12-16, scheduled to begin July 16 and continuing every Tuesday for six weeks.
Cost for the program is $480. Cost includes all equipment, lunches and ferry fees.
Besides sea kayaking, campers will be offered information on the marine environment they paddle. Youngsters will learn propulsion and maneuvering storkes, braces, rescues, navigation and basic seamanship. Classes are taught by instructors certified by the American Canoe Association who hold current first aid, outdoor emergency care and CPR cards.
Saturday, Sunday — West Sound Cycling Club training, mountain bike and family recreational rides. Information: Ted Dupee, 479-1265, for locations and time.
Saturday, Sunday — Mountain biking Saturday,
8 a.m.; road racing Sunday,
8 a.m.; Mount Constance Mountain Shoppe, Gig Harbor. Information: 1-206-858-8030.
A combination of lecture, land drills and on-water exercises are employed in the classes. The graduation outing Aug. 20 is scheduled to include a barbecue and kayak trip to Blake Island.
A portion of the proceeds generated by the camp will benefit the Washington Water Trails Association, which is developing the Cascadia Marine Trail from Olympia to British Columbia.
For information or to register for the camp, call the Vashon Island Kayak Company, 206-463-9257.
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK
Trail reports The old road to the abandoned mining town of Monte Cristo on the Mountain Loop Highway is a hike recommended for families this week by the Washington Trail Association. The association, a non-profit organization to protect and enhance trails through volunteer ... [Read More...]
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Tour de Kitsap West Sound Cycling Club's Tour de Kitsap is scheduled for Sept. 1 this year, a 30or 50-mile ride co-sponsored by the Bremerton Blackerry Festival. Cost is $15 per rider prior to Aug. 18 ($10 for 17 and under) and includes a map, sag wagon and ... [Read More...]
Fairholm open Campers reported that several loops of Fairholm Campground, at the west end of Lake Crescent, were opened last week after earlier closures due to problems with the water and wiring systems. Olympic National Park workers were replacing wiring and water pipes ... [Read More...]
R&R Calendar: Free clinics
Backpacking foot-tasting and a map and compass clinic are on the calendar this week at the Mt. Constance Mountain Shoppe in Bremerton. The backpacking Feed Fest is scheduled Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the shop, located off Riddell Road at Wheaton Way. ... [Read More...]
Hoh Road opens Olympic National Park officials reported the Hoh River Road, washed out by winter floods, was reopened on Friday. The road provides access to a boat launch area inside the park that is popular with anglers and to the park Visitor ... [Read More...]

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In 2017, Barry Jenkins thrilled students and staff with his visit to Florida State after winning an Oscar for his film "Moonlight." Jenkins is nominated again for an Academy Award at the 91st Oscars this Sunday.
Florida State University film school phenom and Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins has earned his third Oscar nomination.
Jenkins adapted the screenplay from the 1974 novel of the same name by writer James Baldwin. It's a love story of despair and hope, as experienced and managed by two African-American families, set in Harlem in the early 1970s.
The movie received Oscar nominations in two other categories. Nicholas Britell, who earned a nomination for Best Original Score for "Moonlight," got another nod in that category for "Beale Street." Regina King was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Jenkins won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay two years ago for "Moonlight," which he also wrote and directed. That film won three Oscars in 2017 including Best Picture.
Jenkins (FSU '03) reunited his crew of FSU friends and College of Motion Picture Arts graduates for "Moonlight." Jenkins' college buddy and longtime cinematographer James Laxton (FSU '03) was back behind the camera; Adele Romanski (FSU '04) earned a producing credit; and Joi McMillon (FSU '03) and Nat Sanders (FSU '02) edited the film.


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This is a view of the Allegheny River in Western Pennsylvania, seen from Tarentum. I took a quick walk through the park along the river on a beautiful autumn day and took as many photos as I could. The hill is very high and steep behind this row of trees and otherwise the hill comes down to the bank of the river, but for this short stretch the row of trees was separated from the hill, deep in bluish shadow, while the trees caught the late afternoon sunlight.
I knew I wanted to keep this loose, just capturing the visual of the reflection and the contrast with the bright sunlight, bright leaves, and dark hillside.
I had intended to use navy blue paper for this painting because of the bluish cast of autumn, but I had no navy blue left in the pad of paper, so I used black. I used Strathmore charcoal paper, which is lightweight and has a finer texture than the other black pastel paper I've used. When paper is made the pulp is poured into a mold that has a screen in the bottom of it. The paper pulp is spread on the screen, then pressed into it with a piece of heavy felt. As it dries the paper holds the screen pattern on one side but is relatively smooth on the back. I considered using the "felt" side, which has only a slight screen texture, but then decided I wanted to use the texture to build the detail in the trees.
Allegheny River Reflections, Pastel, 12 x 16, 2017. The original is not framed yet but I'm picturing a brushed copper/amber metal, double mats. Digital, giclee and canvas prints as well as greeting cards are available.
This was my painting from Day 26. See other paintings in this and other painting challenges on the page Creative Challenges.
This entry was posted in 30 in 30, Challenges, landscapes, nature artwork, original artwork, pastel, pastel, waterscape and tagged 30 in 30, 30 paintings in 30 days, AUTUMN, landscape painting, landscapes, pastel painting, woods on September 27, 2017 by Bernadette.


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package org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.test.utilities;

import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.IMqttAsyncClient;
import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.IMqttClient;
import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.IMqttDeliveryToken;
import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.MqttCallback;
import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.MqttException;
import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.MqttMessage;

/**
 * Listen for in bound messages and connection loss.
 */
public class MqttV3Receiver implements MqttCallback {

  static final String className = MqttV3Receiver.class.getName();
  static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(className);

  final static String TRACE_GROUP = "Test";

  private final PrintStream reportStream;
  private boolean reportConnectionLoss = true;
  private boolean connected = false;
  private String clientId;

  /**
   * For the in bound message.
   */
  public class ReceivedMessage {

    /** */
    public String topic;
    /** */
    public MqttMessage message;

    ReceivedMessage(String topic, MqttMessage message) {
      this.topic = topic;
      this.message = message;
    }
  }

  List<ReceivedMessage> receivedMessages = new ArrayList<ReceivedMessage>();

  /**
   * @param mqttClient
   * @param reportStream
   */
  public MqttV3Receiver(IMqttClient mqttClient, PrintStream reportStream) {
    String methodName = Utility.getMethodName();
    log.entering(className, methodName);

    this.reportStream = reportStream;
    connected = true;

    clientId = mqttClient.getClientId();

    log.exiting(className, methodName);
  }

  /**
   * @param mqttClient
   * @param reportStream
   */
  public MqttV3Receiver(IMqttAsyncClient mqttClient, PrintStream reportStream) {
    String methodName = Utility.getMethodName();
    log.entering(className, methodName);

    this.reportStream = reportStream;
    connected = true;

    clientId = mqttClient.getClientId();

    log.exiting(className, methodName);
  }

  /**
   * @return flag
   */
  public final boolean isReportConnectionLoss() {
    return reportConnectionLoss;
  }

  /**
   * @param reportConnectionLoss
   */
  public final void setReportConnectionLoss(boolean reportConnectionLoss) {
    this.reportConnectionLoss = reportConnectionLoss;
  }

  /**
   * @param waitMilliseconds
   * @return message
   * @throws InterruptedException
   */
  public synchronized ReceivedMessage receiveNext(long waitMilliseconds) throws InterruptedException {
    final String methodName = "receiveNext";
    log.entering(className, methodName);

    ReceivedMessage receivedMessage = null;
    if (receivedMessages.isEmpty()) {
      wait(waitMilliseconds);
    }
    if (!receivedMessages.isEmpty()) {
      receivedMessage = receivedMessages.remove(0);
    }

    log.exiting(className, methodName);
    return receivedMessage;
  }

  /**
   * @param sendTopic
   * @param expectedQos
   * @param sentBytes
   * @return flag
   * @throws MqttException
   * @throws InterruptedException
   */
  public boolean validateReceipt(String sendTopic, int expectedQos, byte[] sentBytes) throws MqttException, InterruptedException {
    final String methodName = "validateReceipt";
    log.entering(className, methodName, new Object[]{sendTopic, expectedQos});

    long waitMilliseconds = 40*30000;
    ReceivedMessage receivedMessage = receiveNext(waitMilliseconds);
    if (receivedMessage == null) {
      report(" No message received in waitMilliseconds=" + waitMilliseconds);
      log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
      return false;
    }

    if (!sendTopic.equals(receivedMessage.topic)) {
      report(" Received invalid topic sent=" + sendTopic + " received topic=" + receivedMessage.topic);
      log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
      return false;
    }

    if (!java.util.Arrays.equals(sentBytes,
        receivedMessage.message.getPayload())) {
      report("Received invalid payload="
             + Arrays.toString(receivedMessage.message.getPayload()) + "\n" + "Sent:"
             + new String(sentBytes) + "\n" + "Received:"
             + new String(receivedMessage.message.getPayload()));
      log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
      return false;
    }

    if (expectedQos != receivedMessage.message.getQos()) {
      report("expectedQos=" + expectedQos + " != Received Qos="
             + receivedMessage.message.getQos());
      log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
      return false;
    }

    log.exiting(className, methodName, new Object[]{"true"});
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Validate receipt of a batch of messages sent to a topic by a number of
   * publishers The message payloads are expected to have the format<b>
   * "Batch Message payload :<batch>:<publisher>:<messageNumber>:<any additional payload>"
   *
   * We want to detect excess messages, so we don't just handle a certain
   * number. Instead we wait for a timeout period, and exit if no message is
   * received in that period.<b> The timeout period can make this test long
   * running, so we attempt to dynamically adjust, allowing 10 seconds for the
   * first message and then averaging the time taken to receive messages and
   * applying some fudge factors.
   *
  * @param sendTopics
   * @param expectedQosList
   * @param nPublishers
   * @param expectedBatchNumber
   * @param sentBytes
   * @param expectOrdered
   * @return flag
   * @throws MqttException
   * @throws InterruptedException
   */
  public boolean validateReceipt(List<String> sendTopics, List<Integer> expectedQosList,
      int expectedBatchNumber, int nPublishers, List<byte[]> sentBytes,
      boolean expectOrdered) throws MqttException, InterruptedException {
    final String methodName = "validateReceipt";
    log.entering(className, methodName, new Object[]{
        sendTopics, expectedQosList, sentBytes});

    int expectedMessageNumbers[] = new int[nPublishers];
    for (int i = 0; i < nPublishers; i++) {
      expectedMessageNumbers[i] = 0;
    }
    long waitMilliseconds = 10000;

    // track time taken to receive messages
    long totWait = 0;
    int messageNo = 0;
    while (true) {
      long startWait = System.currentTimeMillis();
      ReceivedMessage receivedMessage = receiveNext(waitMilliseconds);
      if (receivedMessage == null) {
        break;
      }
      messageNo++;
      totWait += (System.currentTimeMillis() - startWait);

      // Calculate new wait time based on experience, but not allowing it
      // to get too small
      waitMilliseconds = Math.max(totWait / messageNo, 500);

      byte[] payload = receivedMessage.message.getPayload();
      String payloadString = new String(payload);
      if (!payloadString.startsWith("Batch Message payload :")) {
        report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
               + payloadString);
        report("Payload did not start with {"
               + "Batch Message payload :" + "}");
        log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

      String[] payloadParts = payloadString.split(":");
      if (payloadParts.length != 5) {
        report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
               + payloadString);
        report("Payload was not of expected format");
        log.finer("Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

      try {
        int batchNumber = Integer.parseInt(payloadParts[1]);
        if (batchNumber != expectedBatchNumber) {
          report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
                 + payloadString);
          report("batchnumber" + batchNumber
                 + " was not the expected value "
                 + expectedBatchNumber);
          log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
          return false;
        }
      }
      catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
               + payloadString);
        report("batchnumber was not a numeric value");
        log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

      int publisher = -1;
      try {
        publisher = Integer.parseInt(payloadParts[2]);
        if ((publisher < 0) || (publisher >= nPublishers)) {
          report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
                 + payloadString);
          report("publisher " + publisher
                 + " was not in the range 0 - " + (nPublishers - 1));
          log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
          return false;
        }
      }
      catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
               + payloadString);
        report("publisher was not a numeric value");
        log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

      if (expectOrdered) {
        try {
          int messageNumber = Integer.parseInt(payloadParts[3]);
          if (messageNumber == expectedMessageNumbers[publisher]) {
            expectedMessageNumbers[publisher] += 1;
          }
          else {
            report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
                   + payloadString);
            report("messageNumber "
                   + messageNumber
                   + " was received out of sequence - expected value was "
                   + expectedMessageNumbers[publisher]);
            log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
            return false;
          }
        }
        catch (NumberFormatException e) {
          report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
                 + payloadString);
          report("messageNumber was not a numeric value");
          log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
          return false;
        }
      }

      int location;
      for (location = 0; location < sentBytes.size(); location++) {
        if (Arrays.equals(payload, sentBytes.get(location))) {
          break;
        }
      }

      String sendTopic = null;
      int expectedQos = -1;
      if (location < sentBytes.size()) {
        sentBytes.remove(location);
        sendTopic = sendTopics.remove(location);
        expectedQos = expectedQosList.remove(location);
      }
      else {
        report("Received invalid payload\n" + "Received:"
               + payloadString);
        for (byte[] expectedPayload : sentBytes) {
          report("\texpected message :" + new String(expectedPayload));
        }
        log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

      if (!sendTopic.equals(receivedMessage.topic)) {
        report(" Received invalid topic sent=" + sendTopic
               + " received topic=" + receivedMessage.topic);
        log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

      if (expectedQos != receivedMessage.message.getQos()) {
        report("expectedQos=" + expectedQos + " != Received Qos="
               + receivedMessage.message.getQos());
        log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false: " + receivedMessage);
        return false;
      }

    }

    if (!sentBytes.isEmpty()) {
      for (byte[] missedPayload : sentBytes) {
        report("Did not receive message \n" + new String(missedPayload));
      }
      log.exiting(className, methodName, "Return false");
      return false;
    }

    log.exiting(className, methodName,
        new Object[]{"return true"});
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * @param waitMilliseconds
   * @return flag
   * @throws InterruptedException
   */
  public synchronized boolean waitForConnectionLost(long waitMilliseconds)
      throws InterruptedException {
    final String methodName = "waitForConnectionLost";
    log.entering(className, methodName, new Object[]{
        waitMilliseconds, connected});

    if (connected) {
      wait(waitMilliseconds);
    }

    log.exiting(className, methodName,
        new Object[]{connected});
    return connected;
  }

  /**
   * @param cause
   */
  public void connectionLost(Throwable cause) {
    final String methodName = "connectionLost";
    log.entering(className, methodName, new Object[]{cause,
        connected});

    if (reportConnectionLoss) {
      report("ConnectionLost: clientId=" + clientId + " cause=" + cause);
    }

    synchronized (this) {
      connected = false;
      notifyAll();
    }

    log.exiting(className, methodName);
  }

  /**
   * @param arg0
   */
  public void deliveryComplete(IMqttDeliveryToken arg0) {
    // Auto-generated method stub
  }

  /**
   * @param arg0
   * @param arg1
   */
  public void deliveryFailed(IMqttDeliveryToken arg0, MqttException arg1) {
    // Auto-generated method stub
  }

  /**
   * @param topic
   * @param message
   * @throws Exception
   */
  public synchronized void messageArrived(String topic, MqttMessage message) throws Exception {
    final String methodName = "messageArrived";
    log.entering(className, methodName, new Object[]{topic,
        message});

    // logger.fine(methodName + ": '" + new String(message.getPayload()) + "'");
    receivedMessages.add(new ReceivedMessage(topic, message));
    notify();

    log.exiting(className, methodName);
  }

  public synchronized List<ReceivedMessage> getReceivedMessagesInCopy(){
	return new ArrayList<ReceivedMessage>(receivedMessages);
  }

  /**
   * @param text
   */
  public void report(String text) {
    StackTraceElement[] stack = (new Throwable()).getStackTrace();
    reportStream.println(stack[1].getClassName() + ":" + stack[1].getLineNumber() + " " + text);
  }

  public int receivedMessageCount(){
	  return receivedMessages.size();
  }
}

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Introduction to the Site
The Site Today
Wider Context
Scheme Revisions
The Cultural Centre
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Proposed Scheme
Hotel – Consented Scheme
Hotel – Proposed Scheme
Landscaping & Public Realm
Exhibition Boards
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The concave and convex shape of the 32 storey tower rising above a two storey podium and the complimentary Y shaped eight storey block was an innovative and sophisticated design. It features high quality curtain walling and Britain's first use of projecting stainless steel mullions. All these features have contributed to its Grade 2 listing and it is now regarded as one of London's most significant post war buildings.
Original Design in Watercolour, Ronald Ward Associates
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Originally known as Vickers Tower. Designed by Ronald Ward and Partners.
Design Process began in 1956 and the tower was completed in 1963
Architectural form: concave and convex form of tower
Skilful composition of the tower, Y-shaped building and the podium
Curtain walling: Britain's first use of projecting stainless steel mullions
One of the first tall buildings to be built along the River Thames.
It was briefly London's highest structure and stands at 387ft or 118m
Some original interior fittings survive on the ground floor
Its location, height and materiality reflect the confidence and modernism of post-war planning
Grade II listed
Regarded as one of London's most significant post-war buildings
© 2018 Millbank Tower Proposals. All Rights Reserved
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Landlord's Refusal To Renew A Lease
Often a lease of land or land and buildings gives the tenant the right to renew it, sometimes more than once. This depends on what is written in the lease document. Usually the lease will state that the tenant has the right to renew the lease only if the tenant has complied with all the terms of the lease and the tenant has given the landlord written notice of the tenant's intention to renew the lease. Commonly the lease states that the tenant must give three months notice, but some farm leases require the tenant to give at least six months notice.
Can the Landlord Refuse to Renew the Lease?
What happens if the tenant has not complied with the lease, or has not given the landlord written notice in time? Reading the lease on its own, you would think that the landlord could refuse to renew the lease. In fact they can, for the reasons mentioned, but that may not be the end of the matter, because leases must be read subject to many provisions in the Property Law Act 2007, some of which protect the tenant.
That Act gives the tenant the right to apply to the High Court to require the landlord to renew the lease, if the landlord refuses to renew. The court has power to do this, taking into account the circumstances I talk about later. The landlord and tenant cannot override the provisions of the Act by agreeing that they do not apply.
If the landlord does not wish to grant the renewal of the lease, the landlord should serve a notice on the tenant (and certain other affected parties). The landlord's notice must state that:
The landlord is refusing to grant the renewal of the lease.
The tenant has the right to apply to the court for relief against the refusal.
The tenant must make the application within 3 months of receiving the landlord's notice.
It is advisable for the tenant to seek legal advice.
The Tenant's Application for Relief
If the tenant applies to the court for a renewal of the lease, the court has a wide discretion and can take into account such matters as:
- Why the notice was not given e.g. it may have been overlooked
- Whether the landlord contributed in any way to the tenant's failure to give notice
- The tenant's conduct, and whether the tenant has complied with the lease
- How the landlord and the tenant would be disadvantaged if the relief was or was not granted
- The landlord's and the tenant's motivations
- How any other parties might be affected.
An Example Where Relief was Refused
In one case[i] the court refused to grant the tenant's application for relief for several reasons. They were:
- The tenant had used the land for farming of bulls, whereas the lease only permitted dairy farming and beef grazing
- The tenant had not done the fertilizer tests required
- The tenant had used some of the landlord's land not included in the lease (This had arisen because the parties had drafted the lease themselves and had not defined the leased land clearly – one reason to have a lawyer do the job!)
- The tenant had failed to maintain the pasture, farm, fences and culverts properly
- The tenant would not suffer any irreparable harm. It stood to lose less than $40,000 if the lease was not renewed.
- There would be significant prejudice to the landlord if the lease was renewed. The judge considered that, because of the hostility between the landlord and the tenant, it would be difficult for them to agree on the correct area of land to be included in the lease without resorting to arbitration. The judge considered that even an arbitrator would find it difficult to identify the correct land to be included in the lease.
[i] Sibrad Company Ltd v Kanters (2009) NZCPR 356
What Does this Mean for Landlords?
If you do not intend to grant a renewal because the tenant is not complying with the lease, or has not given you enough notice, you should give the tenant notice of this intention as required by the Act. You should also consider whether your desire not to renew the lease might be for trivial reasons that might be overturned by the Court if the tenant applies for relief.
What Does this Mean for the Tenants?
If you want to ensure that you can renew your lease, then you should be careful to comply with all the terms of the lease and give notice of your intention to renew to the landlord within the time stated in the lease. If you do not do this, you may lose your right to renew the lease and could be put to the expense, hassle and delay of court proceedings. However, you may be able to get relief from the court if needed.
Specialist Legal Advice can Save you Money and Hassle
The law affecting leases is complex and technical. Your best option is to seek advice from a lawyer with specialist experience before taking any action.
Please email me at [email protected] with your ideas for future articles. Keep an eye out for next month's column, where I will discuss another relevant rural legal issue.
Barbara McDermott is a partner of Norris Ward McKinnon, specialising in commercial and rural law. With offices in Hamilton and Huntly, we have friendly, expert legal advisors ready to help you with your business and personal legal matters.


Quoit -meaning the flat covering stone of a dolmen.
Dolmen- meaning a type of single megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones.
Most date from the early Neolithic (4000–3000 BC) as does the one at Pendarves near Camborne Cornwall.
The word Dol-men originates from two Breton words meaning Stone-table.
GD and I came across the Quoit by chance as we passed by at the top end of Pip's field.
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Parking here was a little surreal, there are some very old buildings, it was a different world to the busy town we had only minutes before passed through.
Go up the hill just a little ways and turn right by the old well.
And take the bridleway that passes by the old school house.
So many beautiful hedgerow flowers, the colours delighting, the sound of bird song enthralling, the wind in the trees entrancing.
On reaching the woods take the path that lies straight ahead not the right or the left.
It was a very muddy and uneven path but it had been raining. Even so I would say not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies, not today for sure.
GD and I reached the lane where at the top you would turn right down the lane which will lead you to the frying Pan or 'Pips' field leading to the Pendarves Quoit also called Carwynnen. But we wanted to explore where we were a little more first.
We loved this fallen tree which looked to us both like a cow's head.
The path says no…. or only who dares?
About this time after a lovely mornings walking, my leg begun to protest and so GD and I headed back for the car with a promise to complete our walk another day.
Preserving the history and culture of a Celtic people through poetry, song, dance, music, art, sport and spoken word stretches back to the story tellers – Bards of ancient Celtic countries.


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PPG Takes Action on Climate Change
Company commits to measure, independently verify and publicly report its GHG emissions on an annual basis using The Climate Registry General Reporting Protocol.
Compiled By Adrienne Selko | Jan 29, 2008
PPG Industries has become a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry as it sets aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization established to measure and publicly report GHG emissions in a common, accurate and transparent manner consistent across industry sectors and borders.
By joining the group, PPG has voluntarily committed to measure, independently verify and publicly report its GHG emissions on an annual basis using The Climate Registry General Reporting Protocol. The protocol is based on the internationally recognized GHG measurement standards of the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
PPG previously committed to reducing its GHG emission intensity from sources in the U.S. 18% from 2002 to 2012. It achieved this in 2006, six years earlier than the projected date. And last year, PPG, a supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass, set its GHG emission goals saying it it aims to reduce its total energy intensity 25% from 2006 to 2016 and its total global GHG emissions 10% from 2006 to 2011.
The company reduced its energy use by just over 1% annually each of the last five years, saving about $40 million overall. Meeting its new energy savings goal would realize a savings of $15 to $20 million a year at today's energy prices.
"I applaud PPG for becoming the first Pennsylvania-based company to join The Climate Registry," said Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty, a board member of the registry. "The company's commitment to reducing greenhouse gases reflects an understanding that conducting business in an environmentally-conscious manner is also sound financially. I encourage all companies in Pennsylvania to join this important program and get a jump on crafting solutions that are a boost to their businesses."
Pennsylvania and 38 other U.S. states, five Canadian provinces, three Native American tribes, two Mexican states and the District of Columbia are the founders of The Climate Registry.
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Hindu Gods Spike Chinese Dragon
Thursday 18 September 2008, by M K Bhadrakumar
India's National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan made an astounding claim in a television interview on August 6 that "divine intervention" might have secured for the country a "waiver" from the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG). The "waiver" allows India to have global nuclear commerce without formally signing either the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) nor the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and paves the way for the US Congress to ratify a potentially lucrative civilian nuclear deal with India.
The NSG "adjusted its guidelines" for India on Saturday. Narayanan was reacting to the news. He then went on to launch a tirade against China, alleging Beijing tried to spoil India's party at Vienna. He said India was taken by surprise by the Chinese doublespeak since Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao had assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Beijing would play a constructive role when the issue of the "waiver" for India came up for consideration in Vienna.
He lamented India's misfortune to have countries like China as neighbours. "We cannot choose our neighbors. We have China and Pakistan as neighbours and with both of them we desire to have the best of relations," he said. Narayanan added: "The Chinese Foreign Minister will come here and we will, of course, express disappointment. We will say that we did not expect this from China." (Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived in Delhi on September 8.)
The timing of the broadside is intriguing. It stands to reason that Yang's visit would have provided a splendid opportunity for Delhi to do some plain-speaking with the Chinese one-to-one. India's veteran External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, could have ably done that. Yet Delhi chose to go ballistic. Curiously, Mukherjee took the first opportunity on September 7 to somewhat moderate his colleague's savage attack on the Chinese, but without quite disowning him. When asked about China's stance at the NSG, Mukherjee told reporters: "I don't want to comment on what role was played by which country at the NSG. This is their internal matter. Every sovereign country has its right to express its own sovereign will."
A spate of Indian media reports have since appeared based on government "leaks", thumb-sketching behind-the-scene efforts by Chinese diplomats to somehow scuttle a NSG consensus decision on September 6. Any delay in Vienna would have been lethal. It would have thwarted the efforts by the US to pilot the NSG "waiver" and the US-India civil nuclear cooperation agreement to the Capitol Hill on September 8. A tight schedule lies ahead to obtain the approval from the US Congress before September 28 when its session ends.
It remains unclear where it was that the Indian special envoys sent to Vienna to canvass for the waiver were rubbed so badly by the Chinese diplomats. Actually, Beijing had never hidden its unhappiness over the presumptuous fashion in which the US first erected the NSG to punish India for its nuclear explosion in 1974 and then shepherded the world community to isolate the Indians. Now, the US has unilaterally decided otherwise and sought to amend the rules so as to accommodate Delhi. As recently as on September 1, the People's Daily lambasted Washington in no uncertain terms for its "multiple standards" and inconsistencies apropos of the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
But the Chinese commentaries took care to focus criticism on Washington. They left open the possibility that when the crunch came, China, after having said its piece, would move on rather than exercise its prerogative to block an NSG consensus. Indeed, senior American officials have more than once expressed optimism that rhetoric apart, Beijing wouldn't obstruct an NSG waiver. In fact, at the crucial NSG session on September 6 in Vienna, China, like many other NSG member countries, absented.
All said, therefore, the Indian Government's decision to whip up a degree of public frenzy over China has been deliberate and well-conceived. To be sure, a powerful imagery has been conjured up: Hindu Gods spiking the Chinese dragon. The thesis is that China worked hard at the NSG to obtain a similar waiver for its close ally, Pakistan. As proof, the government has given to the media a statement by Yang: "It is also China's hope that the NSG would equally address the aspirations of all parties for the peaceful use of nuclear power while adhering to the nuclear non-proliferation mechanism." The corporate media eagerly lapped up the China-bashing. The large anti-China lobby in the strategic community in Delhi promptly acquiesced with "expert" opinion.
The government's purpose has been well-served. The public attention has been almost entirely deflected from the core issue: what is the additional price that Washington has extracted from Delhi for obtaining this NSG waiver? The government struck with immaculate timing just as misgivings were beginning to be voiced in India that Delhi paid a high price to get the NSG waiver.
An explicit Indian commitment not to resort to nuclear weapon-testing ever again formed the "basis" of the NSG waiver. Indeed, on September 5 morning, quite out of the blue, Mukherjee made a formal statement in Delhi ostensibly regarding India's commitment to disarmament. The statement contained an innocuous reference to India's commitment to observe a moratorium on nuclear testing. At first glance, it seemed Mukherjee was only restating India's stance. But as it turned out, the resonance was directed towards Vienna and the NSG waiver was forthcoming on its "basis".
CLEARLY, the NSG waiver was neither "clean" nor "unconditional" as Delhi claimed but instead signified yet another surrender of national sovereignty. The waiver has converted India's voluntary moratorium on testing into a multilateral commitment. Effectively, India has now agreed that any fuel supply agreement for its imported reactors will be subject to regular NSG review, while restrictions remain on India gaining access to uranium enrichment and reprocessing technologies and India's nuclear facilities come under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] in perpetuity.
In other words, India has been virtually brought within the ambit of the CTBT and NPT. India has given an open-ended commitment to abide by all NSG guidelines, including any future changes that the body may make in its guidelines, while India cannot participate in the NSG decision-making as such. In overall terms, India's nuclear programme will be brought under US monitoring and control. Unsurprisingly, there is a sense of disquiet that the government is keeping away from public purview the full details of the negotiations over the nuclear deal with the US.
Overarching all this is the reality that the US-India nuclear deal forms an integral part of a broader strategic relationship. Indeed, in the past three-year period, while the nuclear deal was under negotiation, Indian foreign policy already moved onto a trajectory harmonising with the US regional policies. There has been masterly inactivity with regard to building up relations with Russia; a distinct cooling is apparent vis-a-vis the Russia-China-India trilateral dialogue format and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; ties with Israel have assumed a pivotal nature within India's Middle East policies; relations with Iran have been curtailed; close coordination with the US is apparent in regard of regional security in South Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Delhi keeps up the pretense that the nuclear deal is all about India's energy security, but it has succumbed to the US-Israeli pressure against proceeding with the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, which had a much shorter gestation period and would have been a far cheaper source of energy. The heart of the matter is that the nuclear deal eases the flow of US military technology to India, paving the way for the "interoperability" of the two armed forces and making India a potential ally in coalitions that the US might assemble from time to time as part of its global strategy.
This is where an orchestrated diversionary tactic becomes useful for the Indian Government. By projecting China's perceived unfriendliness, Delhi insinuates that India has been left with no option but to proceed on the present track of forging a strategic partnership with the US. The Indian Government's submission to the domestic opinion is that Chinese unfriendliness, as manifest yet again at Vienna last weekend, provides the raison d'etre for what Delhi has embarked on with the US.
Indians are a deeply nationalistic people. When a Chinese threat is invoked—and, that too, in combination with the Pakistani—as the rationale of the US-India strategic partnership, the Indian public really has no choice but to rally behind the government's current policies. Dissenters will be simply branded as "anti-nationals"—or worse still, "Chinese agents". It is a shrewd strategy as it deflects criticism regarding the matrix of the US-India relationship as such, which is an unequal partnership where India is bound to end up playing the role of a junior partner.
The government has reason to be nervous that once the nuclear deal moves on to the US Congress on September 15, a new dynamics takes over. Americans have a nasty practice of indulging in open discussions and public revelations of dark secrets on sensitive issues that may cause discomfort to the Indian leadership. Any searchlights by inquisitive American legislators or public watchdogs on the full range of hidden Indian assurances and commitments to the George W. Bush Administration could be extremely damaging politically to the government in Delhi. Hopefully, the jingoism that has been drummed up in Delhi will deflect attention.
What would Beijing make out of this entire spectacle? The Chinese are realists. They would most likely show tact. Jingoism isn't new to them, either. Yang, in particular, had a hugely successful tenure as the ambassador to the US. He would recollect that American politicians almost routinely indulged in grandstanding while Sino-American relations continued to expand. China is already India's No 1 trading partner, and it seems bilateral trade will exceed the $ 60 billion target by 2010.
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The elements, foot traffic, rolling barbeques, and scampering dogs all contribute to the breakdown of a deck's finish. But with detailed observation and knowledge of both old-finish removal and new-finish application, you'll be able to plan and carry out your deck rejuvenation. Just follow these steps.
While it may be obvious that a deck's finish needs replacing, it might be less obvious whether any boards do. One of the problems with film-forming solid stains is that they can lift off the deck surface, thereby creating a place for water to hang out. If this condition remains for long, the patch of decking under the lifted stain rots. Replacing rotten boards will be your next step.
If your deck has a lifting layer of solid stain, you'll need to remove it all. There are many water-based strippers that will be easy on both the environment and your health. To get maximum effect from the chemical reaction of stripper on finish, don't apply the gel in direct sunlight. A cloudy, mild day is best, and covering the area you are stripping with a sheet of poly will keep the stripper wet and active much longer. There are also various surface-blasting options you could look into, like soda or corn. These are easier than sand on a soft surface like wood. You'll likely have to do a bunch of hand scraping and sanding in the tight spots, but it will be worth it!
Perhaps your deck was finished with penetrating stain, and it's just looking worn in the high traffic areas. If that's the case, here's how I'd approach it: with a power washer or a garden hose, in conjunction with a liquid deck cleaner, clean the deck surface and then allow it to dry. Observe the margins of wear; they may need a bit of feathering with sandpaper if they're uneven. Start sanding out these transition areas with 80 grit until they're smooth. Depending on the surface quality of the deck, you may want to follow this up with some finer grits, remembering to sand along the grain. At this point, I get out the vacuum to do the final cleaning before finish.
Water-based finishes aren't the way to go anymore. For starters, wood has an affinity for water, and so a well-designed finish will take advantage of this. It will penetrate several cell layers deep, forming an integral bond with the deck that won't peel. And should you spill some finish on the lawn, Ma Nature won't take it too hard. The colours and degrees of opacity have never been greater. In fact, one of the toughest tasks will be deciding on a colour.
Applying the finish has never been easier. Design progress in the area of staining pads now provides you with some smart choices. A staining pad used in conjunction with a paint tray is a great way to get finish on your deck. Practice loading the pad with the right amount of finish to avoid drips. Once you get the hang of this method, you'll love it. You'll still need to use a good nylon brush in the corners and tight spots, but there's even a staining pad with a perpendicular central applicator for staining the spaces between deck boards.
I apply at least two coats on fresh surfaces, being certain not to apply stain in direct sunlight—it needs to get drawn down into the wood before the water evaporates. When touching up the worn areas that you've prepped with cleaning and sandpaper, try to apply the finish just to the bare wood, using a brush to blend the margins. Give the new finish a chance to toughen up over several days before subjecting it to traffic. Then you're finally ready for the deck chairs.
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Look at their reaction to his plan to reduce the national debt.
So what exactly has Trump proposed to get assorted card-carrying members of the Deep State so worked up?
He proposes cutting a deal with debt holders so that they take less than the full amount they are owed.
Critics whine his plan is a de facto U.S. debt default that will cause a global economic calamity.
That's the story the media is breathlessly reporting.
But, as usual, the true story is buried deeper.
And it explains why the establishment wants to destroy Trump with all deliberate speed.
So why is the dealmaker Trump looking to cut the deal of his lifetime with the national debt?
Because he's focused on something that the Deep State's candidate, Hillary Clinton, won't say in public… even though she knows it's a ticking economic time bomb.
In 2015, the U.S. spent $223 billion on interest on the national debt. That's with rates at zero.
Historically, interest rates for U.S. government debt have ranged between 4 to 6%. Just before the Great Recession they were between 4.5 and 5.25%.
If interest rates returned to those normal levels, the cost of servicing the debt would rise to roughly $1 trillion per year.
That's basically the entire U.S. discretionary budget in 2015.
If rates go up to historically normal levels, just paying interest on our debt would cost as much as we spend on the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, Health and Human Services, Education, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Justice—the list goes on.
And because the government borrows the money to make interest payments, this starts a vicious chain reaction of paying interest on money borrowed to pay interest.
Analysts estimate this spiral would cause the national debt to increase more than $60 trillion in less than 20 years.
In other words, we'd be penniless peasants deployed to work on Deep State-owned rice farms.
So Trump wants to kick the Deep State in the teeth, so to speak.
This isn't an endorsement of Donald Trump. And it's not an endorsement of his proposal to deal with our massive debt problem.
My analysis is to help you see beyond hyperventilating headlines that the establishment feeds you daily.
They want you to only think that Trump is outrageous.
Remember when they used to portray Ron Paul as a lunatic?
They're trying to do the same thing with Trump… just because he's anti-establishment.
They want you to think that anything beyond Deep State control is damaging to you.
But, whatever your current understanding, make sure you pay attention to the real issue: debt is the lifeblood of the Deep State.
They get rich and powerful while they bankrupt our nation.
The last thing they want is to reduce the addiction to debt.
They don't care if our exploding debt ends up ruining millions of Americans in an epic financial collapse.
And that's why the Deep State will do whatever it can to make sure Trump doesn't get in the White House.
The establishment would rather have Hillary in the White House.
She's a safe bet for the shadow government.
With the "devil" as the President, we can expect to keep piling trillions of debt on top of debt with no end in sight, until it all comes tumbling down. Then they take what you have left in the name of saving the country.
Don't you find it strange that the mainstream media never reports on how much money Hillary has been paid by the Deep State?
It's $153 million and counting over the last 15 years.
Don't you find it odd that if you were the United States Secretary of State and left national secrets on an email server stored in a bathroom that could easily be hacked from Romania, you would be in jail for life… yet she's on the cusp of becoming President?
I mean, even little kids know this is wrong. They know it's crooked.
And yet, the media focuses the majority of its time on how irresponsible and non-presidential Trump is.
So next time you hear hyperventilating voices from the Deep State railing against Trump and his "dangerous" ideas, just remember… they're right.
Trump's ideas are very dangerous… to the wealth and power of the Deep State. And that's why they want him stopped.
Please send your feedback to coveluncensored@agorafinancial.com. Let me know what you really think about Clinton vs. Trump.


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