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New "nature performance bond" to tackle twin sovereign debt and biodiversity crises
30 September 2020, 07:00:00
Opportunity for creditors and developing countries to redefine new issuance and restructuring of existing sovereign debt around measurable nature and climate outcomes.
A new financial instrument developed by the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative (F4B) could help tackle a growing sovereign debt crisis in developing nations while protecting sensitive ecosystems and biodiversity.
The new instrument – known as a "nature performance bond" (NPB) – complements traditional debt instruments, which collect interest until a fixed maturation date, with a performance scheme focused on measurable economic, nature and climate outcomes. Under the terms of an NPB issuers receive relief on both interest and principal as they achieve agreed nature-based outcomes, such as protecting forests, restoring wetlands, and reducing threats to wildlife.
There would be no restriction on the use of proceeds, although a portion could be invested to achieve the committed nature performance outcomes.
"Historically, nations faced with looming financial crises have been forced into a corner -- either default, or lasting damage to their economies, biodiversity, and their people," said Simon Zadek, Chair of F4B. "As key stakeholders convene for the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity, we hope to flip the script and make debt the driver of ecological conservation and human development, with the help of nature performance bonds."
NPBs can help to solve the twin crises of swelling sovereign debt and rampant biodiversity loss by creating a bridge between providers of financial capital and biodiversity-rich countries most in need of debt relief. Many of these nations have seen a disproportionate impact from COVID-19 on their economies.
Seven of the 10 countries with the highest number of COVID-19 infections to date are developing economies that were already facing debt distress before the pandemic struck. Declines in local currencies have increased the cost of servicing foreign debt for many, while evaporating demand has robbed tourism- and export-dependent countries of income.
At the same time, many countries have dramatically increased public spending to support their health systems and defend their economies and citizens' livelihoods. Emerging and developing countries have unveiled rescue packages worth 5.4% of their gross domestic product (GDP), according to the World Bank. This combination of factors has led to government budget deficits ballooning out of control.
Recent months have witnessed the emergence of a growing body of evidence and research making clear the link between nature, climate, and sovereign debt; and also how nature loss is eroding many nations' capacity to generate the economic activity needed to service and repay sovereign debt.
Progress on achieving biodiversity targets under NPBs would be monitored and verified, to award appropriately debtors and to assure creditors that they are paying for actual performance.
The bonds would build on use so far in green finance markets of "debt-for-nature" swaps, a thriving market for green "use of proceeds" bonds, and early experiences in SDG-aligned bonds. NPBs are designed to allow for the standardisation that is typically critical for driving scale in capital markets, thus enhancing the attractiveness of such instruments to the private sector. Investors with long investment horizons (such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds) could find NPBs attractive.
Zadek said: "Although work to secure multilateral agreements has slowed, we can still make this year a 'super year' for global environmental action by building nature into sovereign debt markets as a contribution to addressing biodiversity and climate challenges, while alleviating the economic pain of the pandemic in some of the world's poorest countries."
Further details of NPBs, and how they would benefit both creditors and debtor countries, can be found in a Policy Briefing, available here, and in a Technical Paper, available here.
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5. United State of Pop 2014
It's December, and that means two things are soon to be upon us: the holiday season and a deluge of best of, end-of-year, or year-in-review recaps of every topic imaginable. As far as pop music goes, you could look at any old list. Or you could watch a dramatic synthesis of the year's best in catchy choruses and edgy music videos, crafted with love by DJ Earworm.
4. Owl Goes For a Swim
Owls are definitely in the pantheon of predator birds. Maybe there aren't a lot of predator birds outside the pantheon, but who's counting. Regardless, for all the respect these night hunters get, they don't normally get much recognition for their swimming ability. This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan. Bet that's a sentence you've never seen before.
3. Jane Krakowski's Peter Pan Live! Audition Tape
NBC's live theater event, Peter Pan Live!, aired Thursday. It boasted a star-studded cast, including Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, but ended up being pretty boring. Maybe 30 Rock's Jane Krakowski could've spiced it up—it certainly looks that way from her "leaked" audition tape, produced by Funny or Die.
2. Slow Jam the Immigration News
Every once in a while, Jimmy Fallon enlists a very serious news or political personality to help him with a very serious task: slow jamming the news. This week, he had Brian Williams reprise his role as newsman-turned-jazzman. With the help of Tonight Show band The Roots, the two recounted the president's controversial executive action on immigration and the political fallout that has resulted.
1. Nick Offerman's Whiskey Love Song
One of the most romantic—and, some would say, unrealistic—phenomena of American culture is the concept of "the one." Many people believe there's one person out there that they're meant to be with and who will complete their life and with whom they will live happily ever after. For Nick Offerman, of Parks and Recreation, the one is a thing: whiskey. This music video is an ode to his one true love, complete with romantic rides on horseback.


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Le BHV Marais or Le Grand Bazar de L'Hôtel-de-Ville is celebrating 160 years in business and is also the 1st department store in Paris to be open on Sundays. Founded in 1856 by François Xavier Ruel, the store has evolved into a store where you can get most items you need. From hardware/DIY in the basement, fashion, beauty, home-ware and furniture to restaurants see http://bit.ly/2aqKPLy.
Check out the rooftop 'Le Perchoir Marias" for a fabulous view of Paris.
From June 30 to October 1, 2016 their is a free exhibit on the 5th showing the history of the founder and the store. the exhibit is open from 11 am to 7pm each day
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Havana's Restaurant in Carolina Beach is considered to be one of the best restaurants in town. With an amazing menu, excellent customer service and inviting atmosphere, it's not hard to see why. Havana's specializes in fresh local seafood, hand cut steaks and made from scratch pasta dishes.
Havana's lunch menu features some delicious options, such as the Havana's Crab Cake, which is a jumbo lump crab cake over confetti orzo; BT's Chicken, a Romano encrusted chicken topped with a lemon caper sauce over smashed potatoes; their Fresh Catch, which changes daily and comes blackened or grilled and is served with fresh vegetables and confetti orzo; and a huge selection of different sandwiches and wraps. Some of their delectable dinner items include, Slow Roasted Prime Rib, which is served every Friday and Saturday night; Crab Stuffed Salmon, which is broiled and then stuffed with lump crab meat and topped with a lemon butter caper sauce; the Horseradish Tuna, a seared, horseradish encrusted Ahi tuna with a ginger soy and wasabi aioli; and their Lobster Seafood Bake, which features fresh lobster, scallops, shrimp and back fin crab meat, baked in lobster bisque. These are just a few of the amazing dishes you will find at Havana's.
You will also find a large selection of enticing starters like their Hot Crab Dip for Two, P.E.I. Mussels, Steak Empanada's and Volcano Shrimp. Havana's clam chowder has become a local favorite, winning the last four Pleasure Island Chowder Cook-Off Competitions, from 2011 to 2014. Havana's and Chee-ze Plea-ze have partnered up to offer local, fresh desserts from the Wilmington area. They also offer a signature dessert called the "Hot Rum Bananas Foster," which was originally created in New Orleans in 1952 and is served up hot and fresh and made to order. Fall time is "Local Time" so they fill their days at Havana's with great specials. Every Wednesday is $5.00 Wine Night, by the glass, Thursday is $5.00 appetizers at the Bar and of course, Friday and Saturday night is Prime Rib Night!
Havana's Restaurant is owned and operated by Pete Donat. Stop in and see Executive Chef, Charlie Blake, and General Manager, Jamie Bryan, who operate the Carolina Beach Havana's and have helped to make it one of the best restaurants in town. Come enjoy their relaxing outside dining areas, now that the weather is cooling down and eat one of the best meals you will ever have.
Havana's is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year, for lunch and dinner. Hours of operation are 11:30am to 10:00pm, Monday through Thursday, 11:30am to 11:00pm Friday and Saturday and Sunday brunch is from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Havana's Restaurant is located at 1 North Lake Park Boulevard, on the corner of Cape Fear and Lake Park, in Carolina Beach. Their second location is at 6722 Wrightsville Avenue, in Wilmington.
For more information call (910) 458-2822 for the Carolina Beach location, or (910) 679-4646 for their Wilmington location. You can visit their website, where you can check out their full menu and currently running specials, at www.havanasrestaurant.com. You can also check them out on Facebook for daily updates, seasonal hours and more.


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A quick way to monitor activities is by using a portable wearable fitness tracker, and an important part of keeping healthy resolutions is making sure they are measurable. In fact, about one in four adults have used a fitness tracking device. Wearing such fitness trackers can even help improve health care by giving detailed insights into sleep, physical activity, heart rhythm, and location.
There are two types of health-monitoring devices: those that can be worn on the wrist, and those that can be worn on other parts of the body to monitor health. The wristwatch fitness monitors are the most common and commonly used, which track your heart beat and can also tell you the calories burned, how many stairs you've climbed, etc. The problem with the wristwatch is that it does not track activity all the time, unlike other types of monitors. For that reason, some of the best wristwear fitness monitors are the ones that come with a built-in pedometer.
Pedometer-equipped devices will track and record your daily activity. Some of them also allow you to calculate how many calories you burn and how much time you have left until you reach your desired goal. Some models will give you the calorie and time requirements for specific exercises to reach your target. This helps you plan your exercise accordingly.
Many of the pedometer-equipped devices come with a display screen which enables you to see a graph of how many steps you've taken. Other monitors give you detailed graphs of your activity.
Most health monitors come with built-in pedometers, but some of the best ones do not. Some of the best trackers do not require you to purchase the pedometer separately. They simply have a built-in pedometer that can be set up to automatically send the results when you get home from work or while you are away from home for some days. You can even make use of an internet connection to send your results to your smartphone to view them anywhere you are.
Some pedometer-equipped devices come with built-in heart rate monitors. This feature enables you to monitor the level of your heart beat.
Some monitors come with a stopwatch option so you can monitor activity as you move. There is a feature called "Fitwave" that lets you know how long it takes for your heartbeats to finish each activity. This feature is particularly useful to people who run regularly. Some trackers come with built-in timers that let you know how long it takes for your workout to be complete and whether or not you have reached your target.
There are many different brands of health and fitness trackers available in the market today. Some of them are more expensive than others. Some of the top brands are Garmin, Polar, Mio, Casio, Nike, Suunto, Fitbit, Aasys and now Oxystrapo So you should shop around and decide on the one that is right for your needs and budget.
Most of the wearable trackers now come with a wide variety of features that make them more useful. You can buy a fitness tracker with the intention of tracking your activities, calories, distance and time you have spent doing a particular activity, the number of calories burned while exercising, as well as heart rate and step counts.
It's also advisable to buy a tracker that has high quality data logging capabilities. This will enable you to have a record of your activities, track your progress and keep a record of how much your daily activity has improved.
For those who plan on doing exercises at home or at a gym, they offer great value for money. You can save a lot of money by buying a wrist watch or a bracelet that you can wear instead of a large and bulky running watch or gym bag.
A great fitness and health tracker offer a very good solution to achieving your weight loss goals. It's important to choose the right one so you can get the most out of your investment.


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Somewhere on Fujitsu's busy booth was the Arrows Tab QH55 Windows 8 tablet. It is a slim waterproof and dustproof tablet that is likely to get some attention from workers that spend a lot of time outside.
Like much of the competition, it runs on a Medfield-based Intel Atom Z2760 processor clocked at up to 1.8GHz. This chip comes with two cores as well as 2MB L2 cache. There's 2GB of RAM, the maximum supported by the hardware, a 64GB SSD, Windows 8 (for the Wi-Fi only version) or Windows 8 Pro (for the LTE version) and Bluetooth.
Another interesting feature is the tablet's "Super Clear Panel" technology which according to the marketing literature, "provides you with a vivid image" whether indoors or out.
The device is likely to be quite expensive because of the proofing features it offers but still doesn't offer a keyboard docking station. Other competing devices include HP Envy X2, Acer Iconia W510, Dell XPS 10 and the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet 2.
The company has also bet on Android with a slim, waterproof tablet, which is available in LTE, 3G and GSM format. The Arrows Tab FAR70B was launched earlier this year in Japan.
The Arrows Tab Android tablet is a cracking device that, like the Sony Xperia Z tablet, is a waterproof and dustproof model. Like its Windows 8 equivalent, the QH55, it is a mere 9.9mm thick and is less than 600g.
Other features include a quad-core SoC clocked at 1.7GHz, a 10.1in 1,920 x 1,200 display (that's a WUXGA resolution), an 8-megapixel rear camera, a front facing 1.2-megapixel one, 2GB of ROM, 32GB onboard storage, Android 4.0, the Human Centric Engine feature (that adjusts your device to the needs of the end user), Dolby Digital Plus, a smart fingerprint sensor with switch, a massive 10,080 mAh battery, Bluetooth, as well as meeting IPX5/8 qualifications.
Both tablets haven't been launched in the UK or Europe and the fact that they were present at MWC may well mean that Fujitsu will announce something sooner rather than later.


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400 Years of Holiday Traditions
Featuring images of Christmases in English middle-class homes.
The Geffrye's annual Christmas Past exhibition offers visitors a fascinating insight into how Christmas has been celebrated in English middle-class homes from 1600 to the present day. Each year, authentic festive decorations transform the museum's eleven period rooms, creating a vivid and evocative picture of how earlier generations celebrated Christmas. Visitors can explore the origins of some of the rich and colorful traditions of Christmases past, from feasting, dancing and kissing under the mistletoe to playing parlour games, hanging up stockings, sending cards, decorating the tree and throwing cocktail parties. Throughout the exhibition, festive food will be served in the restaurant and visitors can hunt for original gifts, decorations, cards and books in the shop.
The Christmas Past exhibition has been featured at the Geffrye for over 20 years. On-going, original research into the history of Christmas adds a new dimension to the displays each year. A well-illustrated book, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, has been written to tell the history of Christmas in English homes and is available in the museum's shop.
For those who cannot enjoy this wonderful exhibition in person, there is a "Christmas Past Gallery" online featuring images of Christmases in English middle-class homes with a decorated hall in 1630, an 18th century parlour, holiday drawing rooms from 1830 and 1870; plus toys, food and decorations all the way to the 1960s.
The Geffrye museum in Shoreditch, just minutes from the City of London, explores the British home from 1600 to the present day, focusing on the living rooms of the urban middle classes in England, particularly London. A chronological series of period rooms show how such homes have been used and furnished over this period, reflecting changes in society and patterns of behavior as well as style, fashion and taste.
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Open Evening: Find Your Festive Spirit: Enjoy Christmas Past by candlelight, listen to a seasonal gallery talk, sing along to live festive music or bring children to a decoration-making workshop. Come and get merry!
Family Day: A lively day of Christmas decoration workshops for children aged 3 and over, with carol singing for all ages.
Farewell to Christmas: The Geffrye's traditional burning of the holly and the ivy, celebrated with carol singing, stories about Epiphany and a taste of mulled wine and Twelfth Night cake. Please note that this event takes place in the garden, so wrap up warm!
Concert by Candlelight: Acclaimed group Bocca Aperta returns to the Geffrye with a moving recital of a capella Christmas music under the Christmas tree in the reading room.
All That Glitters Christmas Decorations Workshop: Create a unique range of glitzy Christmas decorations using a variety of different techniques.
Christmas Greenery Workshop: Make festive arrangements with fresh greens and a mixture of scented, natural ornaments.
[Photo by kind permission of the Trustees of the Geffrye Museum, London]


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Secret Subway
We planned our newest and most challenging room to be 75 minutes long.
We recreated the story of the forgotten inventor who built the very first metro in New York in 1870, and we paired it with the atmosphere of Jules Verne's works in this unique escape room. Of course, we have a few surprises for you in this room as well!
Enter the realm of the inventor, turn on their inventions and be part of this truly surprising journey!
About the difficulty level, let's just say that you've been asking us to build a really difficult room; here it is! We don't accept any complaints about the difficulty level after the game.
The Secret Subway was made especially for experienced escape room players, beginners should choose from our easier rooms.
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Traveling to Laos is half the fun. The southeast Asian country was virtually closed off to tourism until the late 90s, and is just opening to the world. What I had read about Laos said that things there move at a different pace: everything slows waaay down. So, we would too. We traveled to Laos from Thailand by plane, bus, taxi, foot, and finally, a 2-day slow boat cruise on the Mekong River to reach Luang Prabang, Laos.
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Will X mark the judging spot for Nicki Minaj?
Insiders tell The New York Post that Simon Cowell has met with this hip hop star about coming on board The X-Factor this fall as a judge. She would join recently-announced producer L.A. Reid on the panel if she agreed to make the move.
"Simon thinks Nicki is fantastic. She's sassy, she looks great and she has bags of personality," a source tells the newspaper. "Nicki has a large following and she fits well with the ethos of the show, which plans to usher in a new generation of musical talent."
Auditions for The X-Factor kick off on March 27.
This would be an unusual gig for Minaj to accept, considering her current popularity. Most singers join a reality show to revive a career (see Aguilera, Christina on The Voice and Lopez, Jennifer on American Idol). Other names under consideration include Tommy Mottola, Nicole Scherzinger and Cheryl Cole.
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UPDATE: We can now answer the question posed in the headline: No. Sources have said Minaj will NOT serve as a judge.


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Photo Enhancement with DaVinci Resolve
Since learning to use DaVinci Resolve for color grading, I have found this to be a great tool for enhancing photos. Here I present my color enhancement and color grading through the use of DaVinci Resolve 12.5 from Blackmagic Design. I also use PhotoDirector 7 and Autodesk Pixlr for image editing. Here are my photo enhancement samples.
Photos were taken with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 and Asus ZenFone 3 camera, and enhanced through color grading and styling adjustments in DaVinci Resolve. Video editing and production was done in CyberLink PowerDirector.
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This following video shows photos enhanced and color graded in various styles using DaVinci Resolve.
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In almost any contemporary business, there is a need for a marketing team. It could be a team of one, or a large international team managing campaigns and programs in different languages, different marketing channels, to different audiences.
In the social media world we live in today, it is no longer sufficient for marketing executives to be talking about print and broadcast campaigns. Executives are looking for marketing people with the courage, the creativity, the knowledge, and the field-tested experience to put together marketing programs and campaigns that drive the brand message to print, broadcast, and digital (in the fullest sense of the word).
Marketers must have courage, especially the courage to dream big, to dream far ahead in the future, and to dream boldly. In the world of "me too" products and services, what differentiates one company from the next is mindshare of the customers.
Marketers need creativity to kickstart the company's brand, products and services forward. Marketers may not and often should not be the actual people doing graphic designs or video editing (even if some actual knowledge helps in bridging project management), but should have the creativity to dream up dramatic, attractive and viral campaigns, especially now on the social media scene.
Marketers need knowledge, and not just bits and pieces, or even volumes of raw data. Raw data is useless for marketing until they are properly distilled into usable knowledge the marketer and his corporate team can use to succeed in the marketplace and win customers. This also means a good marketer cannot be in a cocoon with no outside knowledge. He should be one who is a voracious reader who devours information quickly, efficiently, and productively. Think like a shark.
Marketers need real experience. It is easy for someone to dream big and dream fancy, but can such ideas be actually deployed? For example, having huge, gigabyte-sized image files for print use is a sure way of telling us that real experience in print production is missing. Likewise, not optimizing video down to digestible sizes for streaming on the Internet implies a lack of hands-on knowledge about the mechanics of video formats, usable sizes, and Internet delivery. Therefore, again, read widely, try frequently, and gain actual usable experience that can streamline your marketing campaigns for maximum effectiveness with the least deployment challenges.
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Located in the heart of Sonoma wine country, Sebastiani offers a unique historic winery with a barrel room that features antique redwood tanks, original wine making tools, a grand event space, tours and tastings.
Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery is a proud member of the Foley Food & Wine Society. As an FFWS member, you'll be enrolled in our Society Points program. Receive points for every dollar you spend with The Society.
Enjoy the latest releases delivered to your door. Club members receive discounts on wine and merchandise and complimentary tastings for up to 4 people. Plus, you will receive complimentary tastings and a minimum 10% discount on wine and merchandise purchases at any of our Sister properties.
Whether it's a wedding, birthday, or other event that requires a beautiful setting and wonderful wine, Sebastiani Vinyards & Winery is the perfect choice. Located in historic Sonoma, California, Sebastiani offers Tuscan architeture, private meeting rooms, outdoor grounds and more.


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When we think of the value of plants, we often visualize sources of food, not pharmaceuticals. However, many of the world's essential medicines are derived from plants in processes that are too often inefficient, unreliable, and environmentally destructive.
Dr. Elizabeth Sattely and her team are exploring how plants can be re-engineered to serve as miniature chemical production facilities to produce a wide array of biological agents. Their target is Nicotiana benthamiana, an Australian relative of the tobacco plant whose "flexible" chemistry has been harnessed in a number of laboratory applications. At Stanford, a Nicotiana variety is being used to produce the chemotherapy agent Etoposide, a drug used to treat many different kinds of cancers.
"This work not only has the potential to make lifesaving drugs more accessible, but also safer and more reliable."
– Dr. Elizabeth Sattely, PhD
The current process for producing Etoposide involves using large quantities of the Himalayan Mayapple, an endangered plant that has been overharvested since the drug's discovery. Dr. Sattely's process is faster and can also make it easier for researchers to make analogs of the drug that could have reduced side effects and improved effectiveness.


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Here's what it looks like when witches convene to cast a binding spell on Donald Trump
The concept of covens convening at midnight, under a waning crescent moon, to cast a spell on President Donald Trump probably sounds to many like a lot of leftist nonsense. Some real snowflake shit. Add "in Brooklyn" to that sentence and the entire thing risks becoming a caricature of itself.
Nonetheless, magical and non-magical types nationwide assembled Friday night for ritual bindings, wrapping symbolic orange totems — most often, candle stubs — in black thread and chanting a brief incantation to seal the deal. The ceremonies, participants insisted, were not intended to hurt the president, but rather to keep him from hurting others: to bind his hands and the hands of his minions before they could do anything or anyone else harm.
All of which is bound to inspire some skeptically raised brows because, yes, a bunch of witches got together to cast some spells on our nation's president, ostensibly with the expectation that those spells will do something. What that something would be differed from witch to witch.
Larissa McCoy, who led a ritual in Brooklyn on Friday night, wasn't necessarily banking on the binding having an immediate, concrete effect. Rather, she was encouraged by the prospect of so many people, across the country and possibly across the world, divining power from themselves. The point of the entire enterprise, she said, was to reinforce a sense of unity and revitalize resistance — to help people feel less like victims and reclaim a little agency and energy.
"The goal is to bring the community together, to get everyone on the same page, to remind everyone that we are fighting, and to not be complacent," McCoy said. "It's hard to just intake the bad news every day, and if you feel that fighter energy, it kind of puts a fire back under people [so] that they will protest, will march ... will support institutions that are being attacked at the moment."
"It's so many people's energy going towards one thing," she pointed out. "I think it definitely cannot have a negative effect."
McCoy chose House of Yes, a burlesque bar in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, as the site for her ritual. It was well suited to the occasion: House of Yes is a sort of Burning Man outpost situated in the heart of gentrified Bushwick, and fully embodies the Brooklyn burner stereotype. "I basically mentioned it to the founders and they were like, 'Fuck yeah,'" McCoy said.
The club's dance floors began filling up around 10:30 p.m.. By 11:00 p.m., they were packed with gyrating, feathered throngs through which an impassive waitress waded with a plastic tub labeled "SEQUIN BRAS" hoisted over her head, presumably delivering reserves to the go-go dancers swinging from gilded cages overhead.
Most people were there for the Carnivale party, but when Mic polled a random group of women in the bathroom — which, incidentally, looks like the inside of Venus' half shell, if Venus was a Barbie with a special affection for MDMA — none of them knew about the binding ritual planned for midnight. Most of them, though, were down, even if witchcraft wasn't the reason they were there. And regardless of their level of magical experience or investment, people seemed to appreciate it for largely the same reasons: Associative rebellion and self-empowerment.
Is that surprising from a bunch of young Brooklynites assembled for a drug-fueled dance party? Absolutely not. Is there nonetheless something to it? Club consensus said yes.
Roughly half an hour before the ritual began, Celine, a 22-year-old veterinary technician, echoed McCoy's sentiments unprompted: "For me personally, it's an awesome reminder — for myself and for others — of the power that the people have."
"I feel like that's such a cliché," she added. Still, she said, gatherings like Friday night's remind people who are frustrated by the "B.S. that makes it to the news" that they aren't the only ones. The binding wasn't Celine's first spell. When asked if she'd had any success with witchy endeavors in the past, she said yes, but emphasized the importance of adjusting one's expectations.
"Part of it is you can't take it too literally," Celine said.
"A lot of people hone in too hard on their perception of the outcome of [this] spell," she added. "And I feel like, if you get too focused on that, you forget that this was a group thing, and that ... it's an overall outcome in the universe."
Celine's boyfriend Neal, a 28-year-old Marine veteran who is currently studying economics, agreed (Both Celine and Neal requested Mic use only their first names). Neal, who said he'd dabbled in witchcraft when he was younger but ultimately considered himself a spiritualist, wasn't sure if he would participate in the binding. For him, the evening — and magic in general — was about the "interconnectedness" of human beings. Neal said he'd never had any luck with spells he had cast, but attested to friends who'd "absolutely" seen their magic take effect.
"With this kind of thing," Neal explained, "it's never specific. But if you project something out, it does come back."
Friday night's ritual was not specific to one sect of the witch community; because it encompassed so many different people from so many different practices, it was a sort of pan-magical affair. But paganism or Wicca, for example, rest on the same tenets reflected in the binding ceremony: Harmony with natural rhythms, magic derived from personal intention, and the belief that what goes around — or out into the world — comes around.
In a blog post laying out the rules of the ritual, "writer/speaker/magical thinker" Michael M. Hughes wrote that he "make[s] no claims about its efficacy," noting that many people who planned to participate in the mass binding viewed it as an "art/consciousness-raising project." Still, his answers to the FAQs suggested readers should suspend their skepticism.
"This is not the equivalent of magically punching a Nazi," Hughes wrote. "Rather, it is ripping the bullhorn from his hands, smashing his phone so he can't tweet, tying him up, and throwing him in a dark basement where he can't hurt anyone."
Hughes recalled the 1967 exorcism and levitation of the Pentagon, for which a few hundred Vietnam War opponents, led by Allen Ginsburg and Abbie Hoffman, gathered to float the building three feet off the ground. In that respect, the activists did not succeed — the Pentagon remained firmly planted — but they did get the NSA's attention.
The levitation attempt occurred within the context of the larger March on the Pentagon, which started with a 100,000-person rally and ended in front of Department of Defense Headquarters, its crowd thinned out to about 30,000. Those protesters clashed with thousands of federal troops, resulting in hundreds of arrests, including that of Norman Mailer, who wrote about the fray in The Armies of Night.
According to Daniel Ellsberg, an activist and former military analyst who was working on the Pentagon Papers at the time, it struck a chord. Ellsberg told Arthur magazine that, when the exorcism was proposed, he occupied the office next to that of Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara.
"The idea of levitating the Pentagon struck me as a great idea because the idea of removing deference from any of these institutions is very, very important," Ellsberg said, adding that "the idea that you would jointly piss on the Pentagon as part of a pagan ceremony raises so many associations."
"In the Pentagon it became, 'Can he [Abbie Hoffman] really do that? And six feet!?!'" Ellsberg continued. As WagingNonViolence.org put it, the protest was notable for its "historic and seminal merging of a creative 'happening' with political intent," if not for fulfilling its levitation promise. It was more about messing with the man than it was about actually extracting demons from a government building.
The creative happening at House of Yes was not historic, but the larger phenomenon might be.
When was the last time witches used grassroots organizing to taunt a president? In the late sixties, a performative feminist collective called the Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy, or WITCH, cast a mass hex on Wall Street, specifically targeting the patriarchy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. But a president whose specter catalyzes a country full of witches to action? Trump may well be the first.
It is dangerously easy to get under Trump's skin. It also seems to work, a pattern protesters of many motivations have noticed and leveraged. Now that news of the witches' mass spell has made it to Fox News, it's possible that the president has picked up on it. And whether it amuses or enrages Trump, the idea of thousands of witches raining magic down upon his golden, ducktailed hair is bound to fuck with his head at least a little bit.
The ritual itself was tongue-in-cheek. Official instructions, which Hughes said were drafted and circulated by "a member of a private magical order who wishes to remain anonymous," indicated that groups casting binding spells would be most active in New York City, San Francisco and Portland. They called for an "unflattering photo of Trump," and the stub of an orange candle to stand in as his totem.
McCoy used baby carrots, "our little representation of that little orange man," as she put it. Just before midnight, she spread a purple cloth on a table sequestered on House of Yes' back patio, directly across from a wall against which leaned an enormous, beige baby doll with the creepily adult-looking head of an infant in a Renaissance painting.
The instructions called for the ceremonial objects to be arranged in a "pleasing circle," but McCoy laid hers out in the pleasing half-circle limited space accommodated: A bowl of baby carrots and black thread, clipped in roughly four-inch segments; the tower card from a tarot deck — which meant, McCoy said, "the fall of Trump Tower, symbolically" — a print-out of a toothy and many-chinned Trump nestled in a large, scavenged ashtray; a tall white candle; a silver tray with port glasses full of salt and sand and water; and a single feather. McCoy also integrated a mounted jackalope skull, a bottled snake, a needle-necked vase and a handful of crystals, for added witchy effect.
Having herded interested parties, experienced spell-casters and the uninitiated over to the table, McCoy began the ritual. Baby carrots, string and incantation sheets were distributed. She lit the candle and launched into the ceremony.
"Hear me, oh spirits," everyone chanted together. "Of water, earth, fire and air, heavenly hosts, demons of the infernal realms and spirits of the ancestors."
"I call upon you to bind Donald J. Trump," they continued, winding black twine around their carrots, "So that he may fail utterly, that he may do no harm to any human soul, nor any tree, animal, rock, stream or sea."
Bringing the incantation to a close with a bid to the gods to "bind their tongues, bind their works, bind their wickedness," McCoy blew out the candle. The final step, the one that sealed the spell, would be depositing the roughly 15 bound carrots at Trump Tower. Typically, she said, ending the spell would entail burying the totems or submerging them in running water, but in this case, the magic community agreed that dumping the tiny Trumps at one of his buildings would be equally effective.
Because the immediate objective is not for Trump to gather his staff for the signing of an executive order and grab for his pen, only to find his hands glued improbably together at the wrists. And with such a diffuse group of people clustered around the country — shouting roughly the same words together at roughly, but by no means exactly, the same time — there are limitations to what participants could reasonably hope to achieve.
Again, the point of the spell was more to encourage people, particularly those whose agency Trump would overtake, to channel their energy inward. Ideally, that lights the requisite fire under the participant's butt, such that the participant keeps showing up, well beyond Friday night. Is that not what you thought witchcraft was?
"You put the energy that you want, the change that you hope to see is the intent that you keep in your mind when you say something, an incantation like this," McCoy explained. "It's all about people — personal power. Personal intent, personal power and coming together as a community and raising your own voice."
The power of a protest often comes down to unity in numbers; millions of people worldwide choosing the same moment to stand up for human rights, for example. Mention of mass witch protests — which will be ongoing, planned for every waning crescent moon from now until Trump is out of office — is bound to make myriad eyeballs roll, especially after Lana Del Ray slapped her label on it. Yet the central sentiment is the same one that unites demonstrators for immigrants' rights, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, and every other issue the Trump presidency threatens.
"You don't have to believe in 'magic' to believe in the power of intent and community and that's, for me, what this is," McCoy said. "Mostly."


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Surmount Energy Solutions was founded in 2008 with the goal of bringing technology-enabled services to India's sustainable-construction and building-maintenance & operations industries. The company works with builders and corporations to incorporate sustainability and automation into design, construction, and operations and to achieve certifications such as USGBC-LEED for new and existing buildings.
In 2012, Surmount Energy launched its BuildTrack brand, offering hardware and software products for IoT enabled home and building automation. Surmount Energy used Forge to integrate intelligent models into its BuildTrack platform and extract IoT data. As a result, building and facilities managers using BuildTrack can better manage control of lighting, heating/cooling, water pumps/motors as well as a variety of sensors and other building systems in ways that impact sustainability and asset efficiency goals.
Intelligent models contain valuable data about buildings and their assets, helping construction teams successfully manage projects. Just as important, the value of that data reaches beyond construction—for example, providing visibility into building systems in ways that can help facilities managers reduce energy costs, meet sustainability goals, and improve safety and security.
Surmount Energy wanted to share intelligent models through its BuildTrack platform—but it needed a way to make the models easily viewable, while also limiting access based on specific user roles and responsibilities. In addition, the company looked to link intelligent models to IoT sensor data; to controls for lighting, air conditioners and other electrical asset; and security cameras in order to provide a useful visual interface for users and also asset data from the models.
How Surmount Energy solved it with Forge.
Realizing that building the necessary tools in-house would take too much time, Surmount Energy chose Forge to add BIM viewing and data management to its BuildTrack IoT platform. The Forge Viewer API supports 2D and 3D views of intelligent models in browsers, letting BuildTrack users view intelligent models from a range of devices, independent of platforms.
Using the Forge Model Derivative API, Surmount Energy extracted data from other systems within the intelligent models and linked it to BuildTrack's IoT sensors and other control hardware. With this data and control, BuildTrack users can view everything from sensor alert status to maintenance schedules and manuals just by clicking on images of facilities and actually control electrical assets and systems represented within those models. BuildTrack can also manage users' access to specific files within intelligent model data, such as particular building floors, rooms or specific lighting or climate-control systems.
Forge highlights include the following:
- Reduces platform development time by 50%
- Broadens access to BIM models beyond construction teams into operations
- Improves the ability to monitor asset performance and meet sustainability goals
"Forge's rapid development environment made it possible for us to build a platform interface with a visual context, so users could connect with physical spaces and assets within Buildtrack's IoT platform. That means personnel can easily see asset data, status and even activate controls for efficient facility operations." —Dr. Narendra Bhat, President, Surmount Energy


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PNP nabs election ban violators
Nearly 4,100 persons were arrested for violating the nationwide election gun and liquor ban on May 8, one day before national and local elections.
In a statement sent to the Philippine News Agency, PNP revealed that as of Sunday, May 8, they had already apprehended 4,092 persons, mostly civilians, for toting firearms since the Commission on Election's (Comelec) implementation of the gun ban on January 10.
This figure is composed of 3,920 civilians, 49 security guards, 30 government officials, 31 police officers, 18 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel, seven law enforcement agency employees, 22 from threat groups, 10 from Private Armed Groups (PAGS), three members of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU), and two Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) personnel.
The PNP also confiscated 3,372 firearms, 37,365 deadly weapons and 35,454 pieces of ammunition.
Furthermore, police authorities arrested 12 individuals who violated the liquor ban that was implemented on Sunday.
The gun ban, implemented by the PNP and other law enforcement agencies because of the country's national and local elections, started on January 10 and will last until June 8. On the other hand, the Comelec liquor ban will only last two days, until the end of election day Monday.
The COMELEC Resolution No. 10095 states that "individuals shall not be allowed to sell, furnish, offer, buy, serve, or take intoxicating liquor anywhere in the Philippines."
The violation of the prohibited acts are punishable with imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than six years and shall not be subject to probation. Also, the guilty party shall suffer disqualification to hold public office and deprivation of the right of suffrage.
PNP added that majority of the apprehended liquor ban violators are from Region 9 (8), Region 10 (3), and Region 1 (1).
As of today, the PNP has recorded 145 election-related incidents (ERIs). 28 of those were recorded as validated ERIs, 58 are still being suspected as ERIs and 60 non-ERIs from January 10 to May 8.
The 28 verified ERIs befell 67 victims that killed 15 persons, wounded 9 others, and left the remaining 43 unharmed.
Director Ricardo Marquez of the PNP reassures civilians that they remain non-partisan and apolitical, and that they, in coordination with the AFP, have deployed sufficient forces to ensure the safety and security of voters around the country.
He adds that the COMELEC-AFP-PNP checkpoints will continue to be conducted throughout the country to effectively implement the firearms ban during the election period.
"We call to the public to be vigilant at all times to prevent unscrupulous individuals and lawless elements from taking advantage of them and from using them for their sinister motives," said Marquez.
RELATED: No-fly zones on May 9
Source: KAMI.com.gh


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Over the course of the year property technology – proptech in short – was omnipresent, with city shapers looking to capitalise on new innovations in order to transform the way we communicate, commute, consume and create.
Technology has enhanced globalisation, providing market transparency as well as expediting business processes; areas which heavily benefitted the property sector.
Over 2018 there has been a dramatic acceleration in investors' and property owners' appetite to try new tech and see what impact it can have on the property industry with a fundamental shift in the sentiment for tech among real estate players.
Revisit some of the stories that shaped the technology landscape around the Australian property industry this year.
Related: City Shapers 2018: A Year in Review
South Australia's state government unveiled its intentions to create a 250-megawatt power plant to support a 50,000-home solar and battery network in partnership with Tesla.
Members of the public have already been invited to participate in a trial before the system is put in place receiving a 5kW solar panel system and 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall 2 battery.
Engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon unveiled plans for a $91 million data centre in Sydney's inner south.
The 25,780sq m centre, designed by architecture firm Warren and Mahoney is managed by tech company Equinix, who currently operate more than 180 data centres across five continents, accommodating over 9,500 companies worldwide.
AGL Energy commenced construction of its 453-megawatt wind farm 250 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, the largest of its kind in Australia.
Once completed in 2019, the wind turbine project will produce 1.5 million megawatt-hours of renewable energy annually, enough to provide power for 260,000 homes.
Melbourne-based property technology company Equiem signed a major deal with the $19.7 billion Vornado Realty Trust, to install its technology portal in Vornado's buildings.
The deal enabled Equiem to expand their operation into two of Vornado's assets in New York City – One Penn Plaza and 90 Park Avenue. Equiem's software allows owners to offer their occupiers anything from free gym classes to discounted coffee and movie tickets.
REA Group acquired residential property data company Hometrack Australia, allowing it to expand its property insights and data capability.
Hometrack Australia is a provider of property data services to the financial sector. Its products include property data analytics and insights, customised data platforms and an automated valuation model.
Ridesharing giant Uber announced plans for a "flying taxi" service earmarked to take-off by 2023. After partnering with NASA, Uber unveiled its flying car prototype at the Uber Elevate Summit in Los Angeles while discussing the future of its flying service.
The service to be known as UberAIR, and will see the company partner with three "launch cities" to bring the service to market.
ASX Limited announced plans to invest $30 million over three years into Infotrack, Australia's largest provider of eConveyancing technology and services, in order to create a new electronic property settlement service.
Melbourne Park announced plans for Australia's biggest eSports tournament, the inaugural Melbourne eSports Open which took place in September.
The move to position Victoria as Australia's premier eSports destination comes just days after the NSW government opened its first dedicated eSports arena.
Paris-based XTU Architects announced plans for a mixed-use development dubbed the "FrenchDreamTowers" for the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
The futuristic high rise project would be a technological marvel utilising energy-efficient micro-algae exteriors and blockchain-monitored building systems.
The blockchain support-network will manage air quality, energy storage and the multitude of environmental systems interacting within the towers.
News Corp acquired American real estate company Opcity for US$210 million (A$288 million), a Texas-based real estate technology platform that matches home buyers and sellers with real estate professionals.
Opcity uses data sets, applied analytics and machine learning to better capture online leads and instantly connect "transaction-ready" clients with the right agents.
ASX-listed shopping mall giant Vicinity Centres announced the injection of a further $50 million into its solar energy program unveiled earlier this year, create the largest property solar program in Australia.
When completed, the two stage project would be capable of generating 48.5 gigawatt hours of power annually, potentially reducing Vicinity's consumption of grid electricity by 40 per cent.
Data centre operator NextDC announced plans to spend more than $2 billion on three new sites in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
The sites in Sydney and Melbourne would be the largest ever built in the country consuming 80 megawatts while the Perth data centre would operate at 20 megawatts of power.
NextDC reported revenue growth of 31 per cent to $161.5 million benefiting from the burgeoning data storage industry, with data centre services revenue for the year increasing from $117.6 million to $152.6 million.
Technology giant Amazon has made its first venture into the construction industry, announced the financial backing of a home building start-up company.
Plant Prefab, a Californian construction Technology Company, focuses on taking a faster and cost effective approach in creating sustainable pre-fabricated homes.
The investment announcement came after Amazon released its new line of smart home devices in August.
Californian-based Kinestral Technologies commenced mass manufacturing its patented smart-tinting glass at its newly-opened factory in Miaoli, Taiwan.
The 10,000sq m facility would enable the creation of to 38,000sq m of the company's flagship product Halio per year.
The New South Wales government announced plans to trail the potential of blockchain ledger technology in order to make property conveyancing cheaper, more reliable and secure within the state.
The NSW Land Registry Services partnered with Stockholm-based blockchain specialists ChromaWay, who gained notoriety for pioneering a platform for the Swedish land registry, streamlining the countries land ownership records.
The Queensland government unveiled plans to build an artificial intelligence hub in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.
The new training hub, dubbed The Precinct, will help fill the skills gap created by the surging artificial intelligence sector.
The AI Hub will provide a co-working space for startups undertaking advanced robotics, machine learning and speech recognition along with mentoring and international networking opportunities.
Crypto millionaire wants to build a blockchain utopia in Nevada
A cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns spent $400 million on an enormous plot of land in the Nevada desert with the intention of building a utopian community based on blockchain technology.
The new city new city which would be spread over about 260 square kilometres, where houses, schools, commercial districts and production studios will be built.
New property tech platform, Nokk, was launched in November. The application allows prospective home buyers to connect with home owners who are willing to entertain offers, despite not officially having their property on the market.
The application has garnered 7000 users, predominantly from around Melbourne, and has almost 3000 properties listed its marketplace.
Tech giants Airbnb announced plans to move into property development.
Airbnb issued a release from co-founder Joe Gebbia stating the online accommodation providers are officially prototyping new ways to design, build and share homes.
The project's mission statement centres around Backyard being driven by a passion for humanistic, future-oriented and waste conscious design.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment manager Corestate Capital Holding invested €1 billion (AUD$1.5 billion) of equity and debt into Quarters, a major player in the co-living sector.
Part of Berlin-based co-living service provider Medici Living Group, Quarters targets young professionals and offers a residential and living experience "aligned with the needs of millennials".


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'Clue: The Musical' peformance set: The Liberty Theatre Company's production of "Clue: The Musical" will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in the Dorchester Village Civic Center, 1804 Islands Highway in Midway. Tickets are $10 apiece and are available from the following local businesses: Southeast Auto Service & Repair, 104-B Carter St. in Hinesville; Hinesville Area Arts Council, 102 Commerce St. (exact change only); VIP Office Supply & Furniture, 109 Central Ave. in Hinesville. To purchase tickets online or for more information, go to www.hinesvillearts.com.
East Liberty Legion members appearing on TV
Members of the East Liberty American Legion Post 321 will appear on WTOC's "Mid-Morning Live" at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, to discuss the 5K fun run/walk and Veterans Day parade.
WTOC is channel 12 on Hinesville cable systems.
Lee to receive award at Savannah film festival
The Associated Press
SAVANNAH — Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics creator known for making brief cameos in successful movies starring his characters, will be honored at the upcoming Savannah Film Festival.
Lee is scheduled to receive a lifetime-achievement award Oct. 30 at the Savannah festival. Lee's characters — including Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Avengers — took decades, and loads of computer-generated effects, to become box-office sensations after they debuted in the 1960s.


text: As I mentioned in a previous post (Hallway Rehab) I found this fabulous ornate mirror on sale for $150 dollars at Country Bum'kin antique shop in the Catskills. Take a look at the before and after, it's amazing what a little cleaning and gold spray paint can do. Another piece of history brought back to life!


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Welcome to The Coode Street Podcast, an informal weekly discussion about science fiction and fantasy featuring award-winning critics and editors Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe. The Coode Street Podcast debuted in 2010 and has been nominated for the Hugo, British Science Fiction, and Aurealis awards.
This week, with Gary returned from Archipelacon in Finland, we touch once again upon the problems of translation, the Finnish Weird, the international SF community, and such timely matters as the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert's Dune, the announcement of World Fantasy Life Achievement winners Ramsey Campbell and Sheri S. Tepper, new critical books in the series from University of Illinois, and even some odd ideas about short books or essays we'd like to see on the model of the 33 1/3 series, as well as the usual random rambles.
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Connacht Tribune
GMIT hit by industrial action
Around 70 technical staff at GMIT began industrial action this week in a row over pay with the Department of Education.
The action will continue to escalate over the next fortnight and will effectively see the workers refuse to use any technology or procedures which have been introduced at the college since 2009 – including phones, emails and swipe cards.
As of Tuesday, workers in the college's Technical Section who are members of SIPTU, are no longer sending, receiving or acting on emails, and are not answering or making any calls.
They have also withdrawn cooperation with software and any new processes (or working practices) introduced since 2009.
Workers were balloted in July and voted in favour of taking both industrial action and strike action, because of the failure to implement a Labour Court (and previously a Workplace Relations Commission) ruling in relation to the failure to implement final 2.5% payment from the Towards 2016 national partnership agreement.
It's understood the annual 2.5% of salary is owed back to 2008, but cannot be paid by GMIT because the new salary rates were never sanctioned by the Department of Education.
A spokesperson for GMIT did not respond to a request for comment.
Yesterday (Friday) will see members fully withdraw from Agresso, an internal financial software system.
There will be no cooperation with video conferencing, audio visual requirements, Open Day events and they will withdraw from using electronic swipe cards, timetable and module manager, withdraw from support of CAO student transfer, and printing services, and there will be no further cooperation with the Moodle learning platform or processing IT accounts.
There will be non-cooperation with technology introduced since 2009 that is to be used with autumn exams, and non-cooperation with the development of the new €20m STEM building on the Dublin Road campus.
Next Tuesday, the workers will withdraw support for post graduate degrees, international students and lifelong learning students, and for all new courses introduced this year.
From September 4, there will be protests at the entrance to GMIT and workers will not cooperate with technology introduced since 2009 for the student registration process, or HR management software.
All students return on September 11, and coinciding with this, laboaratories will be closed for preparation for half-an-hour each morning, afternoon and evening, and labs will only be open and closed by technical staff and only operate when either a technician or a lecturer is in attendance.
There will be no support for labs from 1pm to 2pm, and there will be a withdrawal of support for any related technology introduced since 2009.
Last year, industrial action of an almost identical nature was called off after a week when the Dept of Education conceded at the LRC. But the Department reneged on the agreement, and a further Labour Court ruling last February found the workers were entitled to the 2.5%.
Connacht Tribune
Community fights back on hospital 'downgrade by stealth'
Raw emotion, sadness and some anger filled the air at Clifden Town Hall on Sky Road last Sunday afternoon as a shaken community gave honest, personal accounts of the impact the closure by stealth of Clifden District Hospital would have on the people of North Connemara.
The public meeting was hastily organised after fears emerged on Friday that the HSE may transfer respite services from Clifden to Merlin Park Hospital, 50-plus miles away in Galway City.
Families were told their loved ones in Clifden Hospital may have to move home, or go to Merlin Park the following Monday, due to 'issues with staffing'.
An axe has hung over Clifden Hospital for some years, but this latest move stirred the community to fight back to retain services locally.
Galway County Councillor Eileen Mannion (FG), who organised the public meeting with Senator Sean Kyne, said 625 people signed the attendance sheets and an estimated 650 people attended.
"The community effort spreading the word was unbelievable; the turnout was unbelievable," she said.
"It wasn't just anger; it was raw emotion in the room. Sadness. Family members spoke about the calls they got on Friday. The feeling that their elderly person was being rejected; that they weren't being respected.
"One man stood up, three years waiting for respite care for a family member, and then to be told after a few days in there that she'd have to be taken home or to Merlin Park.
"We're 50 miles from Galway. If there's no traffic you might get to the outskirts in an hour but with the traffic in Galway, you could be another hour to get to Merlin Park. Not everyone has transport either and they've to rely on buses.
"A young woman stood up at the meeting and said her dad was dying in Galway. And she had to go to Saint Vincent de Paul to get money to pay for a B&B so that the family would be close to him when the end came. People gave their personal stories, and it was just heart-breaking."
(Photo by Carmel Lyden: Teresa Conneely from Roundstone addresses people at the public meeting in Clifden Town Hall).
This is a shortened preview version of this article. To read extensive coverage of the Clifden Hospital story, see this week's Connacht Tribune. You can buy a digital edition HERE.
Connacht Tribune
Pilgrim took to his feet to realise dream!
Clifden man Breandan O Scanaill, who is on a pilgrimage from his home town of Clifden to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, received a Mayoral welcome and a memorial crest when he arrived at the Asturian town of Navia last week.
Breandan, whose walk from his home outside Clifden to the reputed burial place of St James in Santiago, began in April, was walking through Navia in Spain when a local man came over to chat to him.
"He asked me about my journey and was interested in the fact that an Irish man had turned up in the town," says Breandan, who had been admiring the Chapel of San Roque at the time.
The local man outlined the history of the building and the town to Breandan and they began chatting more generally about history and architecture – topics dear to the pilgrim's heart.
Breandán's new friend introduced himself as the Mayor of Navia, lgnacio Garcia Palacios, who invited the visitor from Clifden to visit the Town Hall.
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Local Property Tax rate to stay unchanged despite Council chief's plea
Councillors have agreed to keep the Local Property Tax (LPT) rate unchanged – despite pleas from management that Galway County Council is predicted to spend at least €22 million more than it brings in for the next two years.
County Chief Executive Jim Cullen had recommended an increase of 15% on the LPT rate for 2023 and 2024 – amounting to €2.1m extra in the coffers annually – which would bolster its case when it came to pleading for a greater share of funding from central government.
In an estimation of income and expenditure for the Council, taking into account "unavoidable" expenditure and income changes set to hit, the Council would run a deficit of €9.04m in 2023 and 13.2m in 2024 – well over €22m unless there was a change in finances.
"I am hopeful of an uplift in baseline [funding] levels . . . we cannot continue to ignore the fact that other councils have raised LPT and their citizens enjoy a better standard of services that in Galway," he stressed.
He told a meeting this week that €9m would be needed to maintain services next year at the same level as 2022. This was due to significant cost increases given that inflation is reaching 9.6% currently. Pensions, gratuities and payroll increases from the national pay agreement, increments and additional staff were all adding to bigger outgoings.
Without that extra funding, it will be necessary to reduce spending by that amount with a negative impact on service and staffing levels, he said.
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Lions tourists Mike Blair and Chris Cusiter have been named as joint captains of Scotland.
The move comes as Scotland prepare for their autumn internationals against Fiji, Australia and Argentina on November 14, 21 and 28 respectively.
Blair, a Lions squad member on the 2009 tour of South Africa, has led Scotland since the 2008 Six Nations but will now share the duties with his scrum-half rival.
The pair have been vying for the No9 shirt since 2004, with Blair currently having won 58 international caps over seven years and 2005 Lion Cusiter totaling 44 in five seasons.
Blair had been in pole position under former coach Frank Hadden but Cusiter's move to Glasgow from French side Perpignan has seen him impress new boss Andy Robinson.
"This year we're going to have two captains: Mike Blair and Chris Cusiter – two world class players, two world-class people," explained Robinson.
"Leadership is not about one person: it is about developing a number of leaders.
"Whichever one is selected will lead the team. But, off the pitch, the two will lead the team together."


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Throw Back Thursday!!
Before my blog I rarely took the time to review the books I read. I would give it a star rating, but I would not write an actual review. However, I did review First and Only Destiny because I won it in a Goodreads givaway.
If you have never been to Goodreads its an awesome website where you can keep track of all the books you have read, and the ones you want to read. Its also great for getting info about books, series and authors. In other words I am a huge fan. They also have this section for giveaways where you can enter to win free books (Yay!!). In return they ask that, if you win, you write a review. (easy peasy). So checkout the giveaways page, and remember to only enter for books you are actually willing to read!
And yes, I stole that last paragraph, word for word, from my review of The Fairytale's Daughter, but this is a "Throw Back Thursday" post so I can do what I want!
Here is my review of First and Only Destiny, from May 2017. It is pre-blog so it is short and boring and has no cool gifs or pictures.
* (1 out of 5)
"I got this book from a Good Reads giveaway, and I wanted to like it but couldn't. The overall idea for the story itself was fine, but the execution wasn't good. The writing was too over the top with random descriptions, especially at the beginning. It got better as the book went on, or maybe I just didn't notice it as much. At times Devraj's behavior was bordering assault and not romantic at all. The ending was abrupt and unfulfilling. I was able to use my imagination and believed they were able to live happily ever after, but the synopsis of the second book shattered that illusion. The whole book tries to deal with the complexities of interracial couples with strong religious backgrounds, but the characters fail to accomplish anything worthwhile. Overall it just wasn't a good book."


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Which is why, half a year later, when my friend decided to take us to a sushi train, I was not surprised that they only had two dishes each. I was planning to go to Kansai that night, which is why I ate a minimal amount (just enough to supress my feeling of hunger) and I STILL managed to eat more than them.
Situated in Paramatta, it's not too close to the shopping centre, so it's not too busy, but that also means that the prices are not as high as, say, Sushi bay. All of the dishes are around the $3 mark, with the most expensive being $3.50 (I think). They also had many unfamiliar dishes, which I always find fun to try.
Seaweed Salad Sushi
I had warned my friends that I was to photograph their food. However, I still managed to miss the first dish. By the time I noticed, my friend had already finished half of it.....
I had warned my friends that I was to photograph their food. However, I still managed to miss the first dish. By the time I noticed, my friend had already finished half of it.....
A lover of fried foods, I decided to try this, just for the fun of trying something new (to be honest, I had no idea what this was until I looked at the menu). My friend warned me that it didn't taste good- I should have listened. You see, I forgot one very important thing when eating at sushi trains- the fried foods have steam on their covers when they're hot. The lid to this dish? Was clear. Absolutely no water vapour at all. Consequently, the mussels were cold (no, not even warm) and hard. Yes. Hard.
It took my friend about 10 minutes before picking her first dish. Because she sat there, intent on getting a plate of terriyaki sushi. It took ten minutes to find one, and there weren't any after that. How lucky!
The sushi was quite large in size (compared to the other sushi) and not too bad for the price. It also took a LONG time for my friend to finish, and it was very very messy. Nevertheless, we had a very fun time photographing and videoing her eat the sushi (which was too large to fit in the mouth at once) with chopsticks (let's just say, her chopstick skills were, errr....non existent =P)
From what I heard though, the sushi was quite delicious. But then again, terriyaki will always please =] It did however, leave my friend feeling very full- so full that she was contemplating whether or not to get a second dish.
After the not so great experience with the fried mussels, I decided to try another of their fried dishes- this time, making sure that the lid was covered in water vapour. This however, did not ensure that the fried prawns were hot- they were still warm but not as hot as I had expected. Nevertheless, they were crunchy and the fried prawns with lettuce and mayonnaise was a nice combination.
Recommended by my friend, they decided to order on each, me skipping out because I'd already eaten two dishes. Although I did not know if they were hot they were(although I suspect they weren't) , they must have tasted good becuase it's something that my friend orders each time she comes here. They didn't look too bad either!
A meal is never complete without something sweet, and this japanese cotton cheesecake was the perfect way to finish this one. I've never had dessert at a sushi train, mainly because I've never been to one with dessert (no, fruit does no count). So I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was japanese cotton cheesecake on offer- something which I'd always wanted to try. It was really good- it tasted like a cheesecake, only with a texture like a sponge cake (although slightly less airy than a normal sponge cake).
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Trainspotting isn't a hobby unique to Japan, but railfans here seem to elevate the practice to another level. People will make special trips and plan entire vacations around opportunities to ride specific lines, specific train types, witness the christening of a new line, station or train, and sometimes the bittersweet closing of an old line or final run of a historic train being decommissioned. It helps that rail is so ubiquitous in Japan, making an expedition as simple as taking a few steps out the door. But there's something else going on, a deep-seated affinity for steel wheels on rails that I've not seen manifested with the same fervor and obsession anywhere else I've traveled. Since I'm interested in perception of transit, its role in communities and its impact on culture, I'm as curious about the trainspotters as I am about the trains themselves.
While trainspotting in Tokyo can happen just about anywhere, one place to go if you prefer your trains in large doses is Shimogoindenbashi (下御隠殿橋), a small bridge outside the north gate of Nippori Station (日暮里駅) in Arakawa Ward. The convergence point of 13 tracks offers a view of some 2,500 passing trains each day, including local lines and Shinkansen, and is informally referred to as the "train museum" (トレインミュージアム).
In Japanese, 'railroad' is tetsudō (鉄道), lit. 'iron road'. Tetsu-chan (鉄ちゃん) is a somewhat derisory term for particularly enthusiastic train nuts; 'railies' or 'foamers' might be good English analogs. More polite ways to refer to railfans would be nori-tetsu (乗り鉄) for people who like to ride trains, and tori-tetsu (撮り鉄) for people who like to take photos of them.
As adults, we can poke fun at others and ourselves for obsessions like these, but there's no denying the pure curiosity and unbridled joy of a child jamming his nose into a fence in order to get a better look as carriages of all shapes and colors glide by.
Know your trains. This billboard helps identify most of the lines and train types that pass through.
This is the Tōhoku Shinkansen using an E5 series and E3 series train coupled together. Usually, the purpose of this setup is to allow the train to split off to different destinations at some point along the run.
The E5 series trainset is the newest Shinkansen model in operation, though its successor, the E6, is due to enter service in March 2013.
Inbound and outbound Jōban Line
Keisei Skyliner, inbound from Narita Airport
Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōhoku Shinkansen and Utsunomiya Line
Keisei Main Line, outbound to Narita Airport
Jōetsu Shinkansen, 200 series, inbound
Utsunomiya Line, inbound
Keisei Main Line, inbound
Tōhoku Shinkansen, E2 series, inbound
Keisei Skyliner, outbound
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Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tōhoku Shinkansen, E2 series, outbound
Jōetsu Shinkansen, 200 series, inbound
Guys, guys, I'm not a tetsu-chan, I swear. Ok, maybe a tori-tetsu. Don't tell anybody.
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Kafkatool is a useful tool to visualize data in Apache Kafka topics. This help article shows how to integrate Kafkatool with Aiven for Apache Kafka and visualized data in topics. We tested the integration with Kafkatool v2.0.7 and Aiven for Apache Kafka v2.2.
Details about Kafka and Kafka
The following information regarding your Aiven for Apache Kafka service needs to be obtained from the Aiven console.
Details about Kafka and Kafka
Generate the truststore and keystore using the project CA and client keys available for download from the Aiven console for your Kafka service. These instructions are also available in the getting started guide for Kafka.
$ openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey service.key -in service.cert -out client.keystore.p12 -name service_key
$ keytool -import -file ca.pem -alias CA -keystore client.truststore.jks
Integration details
Here are the screen captures that show how to integrate Kafkatool with Aiven for Apache Kafka.
Provide a name for your cluster as shown above and select the appropriate Apache Kafka version of your Aiven for Apache Kafka service.
(NOTE: remember to leave the Zookeeper chroot path as "/".)
Enter the location and passwords of keystore and truststore.
Enter the KAFKA_HOST and KAFKA_PORT information for bootstrap servers.
Click on connect.
Once connected, navigate to Topics and visualize data in your topics.
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