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Latin whenever a new word is wanted, instead of eccentric clergyman of Essex, who emigrated to seeking one home-born. I conceive the reason is America and was resident from 1634 to 1646 in that science is cosmopolitan and universal, and Massachusetts, where he was prominent in many that it is a matter of convenience that scientific ways. One of his American parishes was at terms should be easily comprehended by scientific Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., the place mentioned men all the world over. Words derived from in the title of his best-known book. The book Greek or Latin fulfil this requirement better than was sent for publication to England in 1646, or if each separate nation coined its scientific termino- possibly taken there by its author, and it went logy on the "home-born" principle recommended through four editions. The writer assumes to be by AD LIBRAM. As for the words that have been a sort of Hans Sachs, trying to mend the manners suggested, I can only say that, even in the face of of his country," lamentably tattered both in the the many strange births that we bave witnessed in upper leather and sole, with all the bonest stitches England of late, farwrittle and farspeakle for he can take," and gives many sarcastic bits at his telegraph and telephone are scarcely "little opponents in religion and politics. He explains strangers" to be welcomed on the score either of that he had "been a solitary widower almost analogy or euphony. Mittoplon, which finds twelve years," and that he had been disheartened favour in MR. ROBERT LOUTHEAN's eyes, is a by women's "cladments" when purposing " to bybrid formation, which would hardly speak well make a step over to my dative country for a yokefor our scholarship. I feel some doubt whether a fellow "; and it is possibly tbis reason that makes word for a telephonic message is required at all. him so severe upon the follies and fashions of It is not a tangible or palpable thing, like a tele- women, using many queer words to express his gram. But, allowing that such a term is wanted, scorn. In the light of a recent discussion in telepheme seems as good as any. It is not more 'N. & Q.,' we might almost call him "a crank" exotic than telegram. Many readers of N. & Q.' on this subject. In hastily turning over a copy of will remember the controversy that took place many the book, I failed to see the exact words qnoted years ago in the Times with regard to the re- by H. H. S.; but the following quotations are in spective merits of telegram and telegrapheme. In the same tenor :the end, the ungrammatical form carried the day, "When I hear a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what because it was shorter and more convenient. Bre- dress the Queen is to be in this week; what the nudisvity is the factor which will eventually decide the tertian fashion of the Court; with egge to be in it in all question raised by MR. LOUTHEAN.
baste, whatever it be; I look on her as the very gizzard W. F. PRIDEAUX. of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the
of Nothing, fiiter to be kickt if she were of a kickable Leaving aside the literary language, I believe substance, than either honour'd or humour'a." that practice will always influence business words, in them, to spend their lives in making fidle-cases for
" It is a most unworthy thing for men that have bones such as telephone, wire, &c. A special code goes futulous Womens phansies wbich are the very pettitoes 80 far as to say telfie, "I did correspond with bim of Infirmity, the gyblets of perquisquilian toyes. by telephone"; telgiu, "You did correspond by He wished to have fashions regulated by statate, telegraph." This is perhaps using very freely and calls them "the surquedryes of pride, the our knowledge of Breton, Basque, and Roman watonness of idleness." After his return to Englanguages. But if by that means a business mad land he was settled as a clergyman at Shenfield, corresponding with Hayti, for instance, spends one Essex, and died there.
M. C. L. guinea instead of three, be cannot help considering New York City. the advantages of suffixes, and believing now and then that our prehistoric ancestors were not so rude ROCKSTAFF (8th S. iii. 260).—This word is still as classical studies would lead us to believe. commonly used for the long, taper pole used by
G. ROSSLER. smiths to blow their bellows before iron "rock. There is already an English word which holds staffs" were generally used.
ESTE the field, or, at least, holds its own, against its "foreign " rivals" telegraph" (verb) and "tele
TAE ROYAL VETO (8th S. iii. 369).— The stategram. That word is wire. For once that I hear ment questioned by your correspondent is accurate. either of the other words, I hear this a score of The use of royal influence to indirectly secure the times. I venture, however, to predict that the defeat of a Bill
, sopposing it over to exist, is not future name for a telephonic message will be an
a veto, and the phrase "the royal veto " and all abbreviation, say 'phone.
similar phrases refer to the constitutional power of
rejection, now never used in affairs relating to the "AMERICAN COBBLER" (81 S. ii. 528; iii
. 216). United Kingdom. It is, however, constantly used -The book for which H. H. S. inquires is "The in the case of colonial measures, but in a different Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America,' purport- form; namely, by merely abstaining from eves ing to be written by Theodore de la Guard." The giving the Royal Assent to the Bill which it is real author was Nathaniel Ward (1578-1652), an intended to stop.
"CANARY BIRD," AN OPPROBRIOUS Term (86 Halfpenny Weekly (Liverpool), in 1887, and reS. i. 109, 198, 339 ; ii. 378, 433).-I thank St. issued by Mr. Fisher Unwin the following year in SWITHIN very much for saying that if I" did not book form.
POLITICIAN. hail from Fiji " he would be tempted to lend me his
CHAUCER'S PILGRIMAGE (8th S. i. 474, 522). — copy of 'An Answer to a Certaine Libel.' (I trust it is only the distance that makes him pause, not the 0.a the question of how many days the poet and fear lost I might eat it! The Fijians have not yet his fellows took for their journey from London taken to devour literature !)
to Canterbury, I do not think that Wolsey's Bat, joking apart, as Sr. SWITHIN has kindly times have been cited. Mr. William Morris's offered to tell me anything he can about his " little beautiful print of Cavendish's 'Life of Wolsey, quarto," that will, I thing, quite satisfy me ; and now first made from the author's MS., copied and I may say at once that I was principally anxious to edited by Mr. F. S. Ellis, shows that Wolsey, when see the pamphlet to ascertain, if possible, what using the greatest possible dispatch, on his first Udal it was to whom (together with Cartwright) mission for King Henry VII., travelled from it was addressed by Sutcliffe in 1592, as stated by Richmond to Dover in less than one day and Sr. SWITHIN.
night; but when he went later as an ambassador From St. Switain's later reference to the from Peory VIII. in full state he took four days "Marprelate Controversy literature," I gather to go from London to Canterbury, as all the other that it may have been the celebrated John Udall grand folk did whose journeys have been previously or Uvedale, the author (inter alia) of The Key to cited. His stages were (1) Dartford, (2) Rochester, the Holy Tongue,' the first Hebrew grammar in (3) Faversham, (4) Canterbury. English, and first printed at Leyden in 1593 (of 1. "And haryng his depeche, toke his leave of the the scarce first edition of which I am fortunate in kynge at Richemond abought none, & so came to London
with spede, where than the barge of Gravesend was rody having a copy in my own library), and of whom to launche forthe, bothe with a prosperous tyde and King James I. said, on hearing of his death, wynd. Without
any further abode he entred the barge, "By my soul, the greatest scholar in Europe is and so passed forthe. His happy spede was suche that he dead !" (See Hutchins's 'History of Dorset, üi. arryved at Gravesend within littill more than iii hours;
where he taried no lenger than his post horssis ware pro. 147, third edition.)
vyded; and travellyng so spedely with post horasys that Being at such a distance from my books, I can he came to Dover the next mornyng erely." —Pp.6,7. not now be certain whether this was the same man 2. "Tban marched he [Wolsey) forward out of his who figured in the state trials, for more than one owen bowige at Westminster, passing throughe all of the name took an active part in the politico- London, over London brydge, havyng before hyme, of religious controversies of the period, and suffered gentillmen a great nomber, three in a ranke......and all
his yomon with noble mens and gentilmens sorvaunts accordingly. I should be glad if St. SWITHIN folowyng byme..... His sompter mewles, which ware sa could kindly inform me which (if any) of the above in number and moore, with his carts and other cariages of is referred to in his pamphlet, and also what was his trayn, ware passed on byfore, conducted & garded the "libel" referred to therein, and by whom with a great nomber of bowes and speres. He rode lyke written,
a cardynall, very somptiously, on a mowle trapped with Fiji.
crymmesyn velvett uppon velvett...... Thus passed he
thoroughe London & all the way of his journey, having FAIRMAN, OF LINSTEAD AND TEYNAAM, KENT his trayne.
his barbergers passyng byfore to provyde lodgynge for (86. S. iii. 329).—If KNOWLER will communicate "The first journey he made to Dertford in Kent, unto with me I shall most probably be able to give him Sir Richard Wyltchers howsse, which is too myles beyond wbat information be requires.
Dertford : where all his trayn ware lodged that ayght, FRANCES C. FAIRMAN.
and in the contrie thereabought. The next day he rode
to Rochester, and lodged in the Bysshopes palice there; 4, Bolton Studios, Redcliffe Road, S.W.
and the rest of bis trayn in the cytie, and in Strode on
this syde the bryge. ENGLISH ACTRESS IN PARIS (8th S. iii. 308). — Peg " The iiird day he rode from thence to Fevergham, & Woffington appears to have been the actress referred there was lodged in the Abbey, and his trayne in the to. With the termination of the Covent Garden town, and some in the contre there aboughts. season of 1747-48 she had crossed over to Paris encountered wită the worshipfullest of the town and
" The iiiith day be rode to Caunterbery, whear he was in order to take lessons from the famous Mlle. contrye, and loged in the Abbey of Christechurch in the Damesnil, then at the head of her profession in Pryors lodgyng, and all his trayn in the citie; where he France.
W. J. LAWRENCE, contynued iii or iiii dayes."'-Pp. 63-5. "PRACTICAL POLITICS" (86 S. iii. 347).— Is evidence as to the ordinary length of a pilgrimage
How much longer are we to be without direct the expression "practical politics really, as R. B. P. asserts,
to Canterbury near the end of the fourteenth one of Mr. Gladstone's recent century?
F. J. F. io vention8"? I find 'Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day,' used as the title of a series "PHILAZER" (8th S. iii. 28, 97, 154, 299).—The of articles by Mr. A. F. Robbins, published in the fullest account of the Filacers, in the Court of
King's Bench, is to be found in "Jus Filizarii : or freux are akin, being onomatopæic terms suggested the Filacer's Office in the Court of King's Bench, by the bird's croak. In Bas-Breton, the
* is setting forth the practice by original Writ, with frão, frav. (Grolle is Lat. graculus, or gracula.) several Precedents and other matters relating Further, the French-and this, so far as I know, thereto; and also a Presentment of the Fees of all does not occur with us sometimes extend the the Officers in the said Court. Very useful for the name of the raven (corbeau) to the crow, and even Filacers and all other Practicers in that Court. to the rook. When "flocks" of corbeaut are By John Trye, of Grays Inn, Esq." London, spoken of, "rooks" must be meant, as ravens and 1684.
J. F. R. crows seldom, or never, congregate. It is true
that ravens, crows (carrion and hooded*), rooks, MEDALLION PORTRAITS (8th S. iii. 368).-It is jackaws, are all of the "crow",(corvus) genus ; just possible that the last-named medallion may still, I think it is the case that while in England we represent Isabella Drummond Forbes, youngest pretty generally distinguish between "rooks" and daughter of the sixteenth and sister of the seven
crows," in France the same word usually covers teenth Lord Forbes. She married in 1839 the the two species. This may be because rooks are Baron Ernest de Poellnitz, by whom she had a less common in France than in England, where family. See Burke's 'Peerage,' under " Forbes, rookeries, & word for which there is no French Baron."
equivalent, are a characteristic feature of the sur
roundings of our homesteads. CHARLES STEWARD, OF BRADFORD-ON-AVON
HENRY AT ELLE (2nd S. vi. 327, 359; gib S. iii. 154, 195, 255, 358). Barnes.
-The annexed transcripts of two monumental inscriptions at Bradford-on-Avon appear in Sir THE CEPRISUS AND THE ILISSUS (8th S. ii. Thomas Phillippo's Monumental Inscriptions in 303).—I was staying in Athens for a short time in the County of Wilton,' 1822, pt. ii., pp. 278-9:- February, and walked on the banks of the Ilissus. Plurimus summa probitate potus omnibus in vita
In some parts there is a thin stream of water, in Charitis, cunctis in morte flendus.
others it appeared to be quite dry, E. W. Hic jacet Carolus Steward, Armiger, de Cummerwell, Parochiæ hujus
appendiæ, Fragili vale diceng mundo FAMILY PAPERS OF JAMES CRAGGS (8th S. i.
xi Julij Anno MDCLXXXXIII. Moestissimam relinquens conjugem Mariam, ex Antiqua sale-rooms by the then Duke of Buckingham, in
367).—These papers were sent to Messrs. Puttick's Comptonorum Familia in Agro Gloucesterensi. Æterna paco Quiescat.
1853. They consisted mostly of letters relating to Arms: A fess checky within a border ermine ; ham, during his tenure of office as Viceroy of Ire
his grandfather, Richard, first Marquis of Buckingimpaling a lion passant-guardant between three land'in 1782-88; and I well recollect that they helmets."
were full of political scandal. They were probably "Triste Monumentum intueare, Lector, et postquam bought in by some member of the GrenvilleEpitaphium tacitè, perlegiati nigrum, sub pedibus
aspice Temple family, and were taken back to Stowe. At marmor, tunc si possis supprime luctus. Ab annos a prosapia, ac' honestis parentibus ortus, nunc fato coro all events, one letter which was in the catalogue, reptus (Carolus Steward) multorum lachrimis inibi and which referred to a relative of my own, was sepultur, dum superstes nurâ integritate innocuus, kindly sent to me as a free gift from that place. dulcique indole conus, et affabilis bonis moribus ornatus, ac virtutibus tam eximie decoratus ut æquando, baud
Ventnor. parem reperies, proh, dolor ! quam plurima vitæ pengum absolvunt, et supremum inducunt diem, hic casu " FINE CHAMPAGNE (8th S. iii. 265). – I do infausto, ex equo labente delapsus, mox graviter pestore contusus, tandem apostemata intumuit, languit, not know how far back DR. CHANCE's memory of et occubuit, xi Julij, Anno Dñi MDOXOVIII. Amice this delight may go ; but the name of it used to Valeto, summum nec metuas Diem, nec optes justa hæ figure on all sorts of cartes in the pleasant Paris piæ Memoriæ Chari Mariti, uxor lagubris Maria Steward, of thirty years back, when by no means unfreDicavit, et marmora parentavit, 1701."
quently the name would mean the thing. Arms: Or, a fess checky argent and azure
W. F. WALLER. within a border ermine; impaling, Sable, a lion pass. guard. between three helmets or.
(8th S. iii. 267). –I copy the following from the 17, Hilldrop Crescent, N.
Bayswater Anoual' for 1885, edited by Henry
Walker, F.G.S., which contains a selection of "CROW" AND "Rook" (8th S. iii. 367).—In French the word corneille ("crow") is commonly
* In Britain the two species of " crow are the extended to the "rook," freux or grolle. As the common or carrion crow and the hooded crow. The rook is termed by ornithologists corvus frugilegus, body with black head, wings, and tail. In some parts of
carrion crow is black, wbile the hooded crow has a grey it has been imagined that freux was a contraction Scotland the carrion crow is called hoody, a name which of frugilegus. But "rook" (A.-S. hróc) and his plain plumage renders unmeaning.
papers on the history and antiquities of Padding- Douglas (son of the second earl, and brother of the ton, reprinted from the Bayswater Chronicle, 1884: first Duke of Queensberry), who was killed at the
"In the zenith of her fame she [Siddons) resided at a siege of Maestricht, in 1676. Could this be the percottage known as Westbourne Farm, Westbourne Green, son sought ?-if not, I can only suggest the gallant which has been described by a visitor as close to the pre- Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, grandson of the sent Lock Hospital in the Harrow Road. It was a little Hon. Sir Robert Douglas, and great-grandson of retired house, in a garden screened with poplars, and not the
ninth Earl of Angus. Sir Robert fell bravely unlike a rural vicarage, and was at one time the residence of Madame Vestris. "It was standing till about the year at the battle of Steinkirk in 1692, in the act of 1860."
recovering the standard of his regiment from the I think that Desborough Place, which stands enemy.
OSWALD, O.S.B. on the north side of the Great Western Railway
Fort Augustus, N.B. and west of the Royal Oak station, was built on part of the grounds of wbat Robins cælled Des-Canton Vallais, appears in 1397 as Sausa, which
ETYMOLOGY OF Saas (8th S. iii, 48).—Saas, in borough Lodge.. Gutch's map of Paddington in 1828 probably shows the exact situation of the may be explained from the Middle Latin saucen.
or saucia, a corruption of saliceta, "bsier beds" or cottage. If there was any "view" published of Mrs. Siddons's rural retreat I should be pleased to priateness of which will be recognized by all who
" willow plantations," an etymology the approknow where a copy can be obtained, that I may know the village.
Isaac TAYLOR. add it to my little collection of engravings and the sketches which I have made of picturesque "bits" SCHOLA VERLUCIANA (86b 8. iii. 148, 272, 331). in this neighbourbood. H. G. GRIFFINHOOFE, -The details given by W. C. B. at the last 34, St. Petersburg Place, W.
reference leave not the least doubt that the school An extract from Fanny Kemble's Record of a moant is Lord Weymouth's free grammar school at Girlbood' may be of some use. October 1, p. 13, Warminster. Although the identification of Vorshe says:
lucio is disputed by antiquarios, it has, after Cam"Our new house after Newman Street was at a place den ( Britannia, ed. 1586, p. 115), been restricted called Westbourne Green, now absorbod into endless in literary use to Warminster, wherever I have avenues of palatial residences, &c. The site of our met with it.
F. ADAMS. dwelling was not far from Paddington Canal." ni
At p. 15, after relating an amusing visit from ALTAR (8th S. iii. 168, 254). --Following MR. her aunt, she remarks: ""Mrs. Siddons at that PICKFORD's example, and writing with neitherodium time lived next door to us." EMİLY COLE, nor amor, I would observe that the word "altar" has Teignmouth.
always kept its place in literature. Thus, Evelyn A view of Mrs. Siddons's house at Westbourne tells us that at $t. James's, Piccadilly, " the altar Green in 1800 is given in Old and Now London;" altar," when he communicated ; and oven Boswell
was especially adorned"; Johnson "went to the vi. 216. It is said to have been pulled down in writes that Johnson " did not choose to approach 1860 to make way for a row of shops and houses. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN,
the altar without a previous preparation"; in 71, Brecknock Road.
Dickens, little Dorrit went up to the altar" to
be married ; and "the priest waited in his white I should bave added in my former communica. surplice at the lowly altar," when Jane Eyre was tion that Robins, in his 'Paddington, Past, and not married. Examples might be added by the Present,' p. 183, states in a note that Desborough score. It is worth notice that "the altar," in Lodge was occupied for some time by Madame common parlance, at one time meant the sanctuary Vestris and her husband, the late Charles as well as the "table." So, in Oliver Twist' wo Mathews. This may serve as a clue to the identifi. read that "within the altar of the old village church cation of the house.
W. F. PRIDEAUX. there stands a white marble tablet," which Oruik
Bbank represents as being placed some five feet up LORD ROBERT DOUGLAS (8th S. iii. 347). ---MR. the east wall. And in descriptions of churches in Nowers's query does pot orr on the side of over the last century-the London City churches will defioiteness ; but in spite of the latitude afforded supply instances -" the altar" included the by such phrases as à violent death," and "two reredos and rails. In the same way popular lanhundred years ago or more," I fear he will not guage some years ago spoke of "the communion," easily identify the object of bis inquiry. Any when the table" was signified. At St. Clement's possible Lord Robert Douglas in the serenteenth Church, Hastings, there used to be a board century must have been a son of a Marquis of announcing, among other benefactions (or " beneDouglas (cr. 1633) or a Marquess and Duke of dictions," a8 one guidebook preferred calling them) Queensberry (cr. 1682); but no such pame appears " the plate used at the Altar, and the velvet coveramong the younger song of either of those poble ing for the Communion Table," truly a subtle houses. There was, it is true, an Hon. Robert distinction. This was dated 1721. By the way,
» and
se communion table" is no more in the Prayer British Museum Satirical Print No. 2661, which Book than is "altar," although George Herbert is dated "Octo?. 21, 1745," and entitled 'Briton's and Addison use the expression. "The Holy Association against the Pope's Bulle.' In this Table "the Lord's Table" have a special design the Pretender grasps the horns of one of a meaning. It is hardly historical to say that Laud group of bulls, while between his feet lies the nine "introduced" the word altar, seeing that it was of diamonds, wbich is referred to by one among used by Andrewes, Overal, Cosins.
many inscriptions on the plate as
'everlasting EDWARD Å. MARSHALL, M.A.
F. G. S. Hastings.
DR. MURRAY asks for a quotation or reference Though the term "altar" is not in the Prayer before 1791. Here is one. Grose, in his 'Tour Book, it is the common term made use of in the thro' Scotland'in 1789, writes :Coronation Service. See, e.g., sectt. vi., vii., X., " The nine of diamonds : diamonds it is said imply xii., xiii., of the form and order" at the corona- royalty, being ornaments to the imperial crowa; and tion of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide in every ninth King of Scotland has been observed for 1831, and of Queen Victoria in 1838. I have not many ages to be a tyrant and a curse to the country. for reference Dr. Silver on The Coronation Ser. Others say it is from its similarity to the arms of Argyú;
the Duke baving been very instrumental in bringing vice of the Anglo-Saxon Kings,' Oxf., 1831, in about the Union, which by some Scottish patriots, bas which is the service for the coronation of George III. been considered as detrimental to their country." ED. MARSHALL.
J. R. M. I 80 far am at one with my friend Mr. Pick- The nine of diamonds is the coat of arms of the FORD that if I were speaking in or of a Romish Dalrymple family, and was called the "Curse of charch, I would naturally use the term "altar- Scotland" from the very leading part they took piece," meaning thereby a picture suspended over in carrying through the Union between England what the worshippers in that church call and and Scotland in 1704.
MAC ROBERT. believe to be an altar, sc., a place of sacrifice (I
[See 1st 8. i. 61, 90; iii. 22, 253, 423, 483; 4th S. vi. also write non-polemically). But as the English 194, 289; 5th S. iv. 20, 97, 118.] Church repudiates both the name and thing, I would think it more consistent to speak of such a TRUMBULL (8th S. ii. 527 ; iii. 98, 154, 255).picture in her consecrated buildings by some other In answer to Jaydee the following may saffice. name-say, "chancel-piece." I am not sure that John Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, pictures, other than in windows, are legal among June 6, 1756, died Nov. 10, 1843, in the city of
The "hymeneal altar" may safely be rele- New York. How far he was from being, as gated to the limbo of newspaper slang.
JAYDEE judges, a Loyalist, or Tory, is plain from May I be permitted to close with a query? How the following particulars. The revolutionary war is it that your ever-genial correspondent is still broke out before he was quite nineteen years of permitted to pen his pleasant reminiscences in so age. He at once joined the rebels, who had cooped alien a locality! Patrons, "make a note o't." up the British forces in Boston. He showed such
skill as an engineer there that Washington selected Clevedon.
him as one of his aides-de-camp. In 1778 be In the 'New Week's Preparation,' a decidedly served on the staff of the general in command of Protestant work, which ran through many editions, an enterprise for expelling the British from Rhode
Island. and was in general use as a manual from about 1750 to 1820, twenty-seven pages are devoted to
In 1780 he sailed for France, whence he soon a "Companion for the Altar,"and the word "altar"
went to London with a letter from Franklin, intro is used interchangeably with communion table." ducing him to Benjamin West. His aim was The work referred to was published by Edward merely to stụdy art; but he was arrested, accused Wicksteed, and superseded the old Week's Pre of treason, imprisoned eight months, and then paration,' of which nearly fifty editions were pub- released only after West and Copley had become lisbed by Samuel Keble, 1685 to 1740.
Bureties that he would leave the kingdom. As A. T. M.
soon as American Independence was acknowledged
he returned to England as a student of West. " CURSE OF SCOTLAND". (86. S. iii. 367).- If While here be painted 'The Sortie from Gibraltar,' DR. MURRAY will refer to the Indexes of N. & Q.' to which your correspondent alludes. Of this ho be will find that several persons have written on made three or four replicas. this subject, including myself. There is perfect Trumbull painted at least four portraits of evidence that the nine of diamonds was called Washington, and four decisive scenes in the Rethe " Curse of Scotland," and popularly recognized volution on the Rotunda, in Washington. Your as such, some time before Culloden was fought correspondent asks for a list of his works; but they (April 16, 1746). DR. MURRAY may refer to fill a whole gallery, which bears his name, in New


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The declared objective of the treaty is to simplify standards as much as possible, through the means of so-called "regulatory cooperation," wrote the German Environmental Protection Agency in a position paper.
This presents considerable risks for environmental protection efforts in the EU: "Environmental standards could be reduced, and the environmental features of products might be at risk," the paper stated.
Environmental standards in the EU are often stricter than those in the US - especially with regard to chemicals. For instance, a number of pesticides that are used in the US are illegal in the EU, because they contain chemicals that may cause cancer.
Also, contamination limits differ greatly: In 2012, thousands of tons of corn produced in Europe, but tainted with the mycotoxin aflatoxin B1, due to fungus, were shipped across the Atlantic as animal feed - because in the EU, it would have had to have been disposed of.
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström advocated the free trade agreement, saying last year that no product will enter the European market if it does not comply with European standards.
Investment protection still under dispute
Environmentalists are also criticizing the investment protection aspects of the planned treaty. Under this scheme, companies would be able to sue governments for damages if a country were to tighten its environmental regulations, for example.
Lawsuits like these are already happening under similar treaties, for example the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): In the 1990s, a tribunal ruled that the Mexican government needed to pay a US company $15.6 million because it did not grant permission to build a hazardous waste landfill.
This investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, which major corporations are demanding be included in TTIP, is one of the main reasons so many people in Europe are opposing the treaty.
German Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel - together with his French counterpart Matthias Fekl - have instead proposed a special disputes court, which would be more transparent and allow appeals.
For Bär, this is not enough: "It's a more general issue at stake: Should international investors have special rights to oppose regulations, or not?"
German media say secret documents reveal the US has pressured the EU to approve a transatlantic free trade deal. The reports say Washington may block easier car exports if the EU doesn't open up its agricultural market. (01.05.2016)
WikiLeaks has launched a campaign to collect reward funds to be given to people, who can provide insider information on the planned EU-US trade deal, also known as TTIP. Donations are already pouring in. (11.08.2015)
The US president has hailed German Chancellor Merkel's "moral leadership" among a slew of crises in Europe. But as Obama arrives in Germany to secure key aspects of a transatlantic trade deal, he faces opposition. (24.04.2016)

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The foods we eat today determine how healthy or unhealthy we will be in days to come. Leading a good lifestyle and developing/following a healthy lifestyle are some of the best ways to have the healthy body. Most diseases and conditions such as heart diseases, diabetes, cancer, skin infections, and even obesity can be prevented by a healthy diet as well as being careful with the foods you eat. It is through proper nutrition that our bodies can remain healthy and be capable of fighting infections such as cold and flu. Discussed below are some of the basic nutrition facts that you need to know about to lead a healthy life.
Proteins are required in the body for cell regeneration and tissue growth. Providing your body with high-quality proteins, therefore, helps cells grow healthy, and also promotes quick recovery from injuries. While there may be plenty of proteins on the market, it's always advisable to go for the best quality proteins, and not processed ones. Lean meat, chicken breast, soy, peanuts, and fish are some of the best sources of proteins (amino acids) for the human body. Any form of processed proteins such as bacon and canned foods contain chemicals and impurities that have devastating effects on the body in the long run.
Vitamins also play a vital role in our body in that, they help in detoxification as well as improving immunity and cell growth. Although vitamin supplements may come in handy, it's advisable to get a fair dose of vitamins from natural foods. The best sources of vitamins include leafy vegetables and fruits. Having a fruit after every main meal, (apple, orange, melon, pineapple, berries, etc.) is a wise option, as these provide vitamins in their full spectrum. Fruits not only promote good health and detoxification but also help reduce ageing effects on the body, especially the skin.
Minerals too play a vital role in the human body. Calcium and fluoride, for example, are essential for strong and healthy bones and teeth. Zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and manganese are also needed for production and regulation of hormones among other functions. Include foods rich in these minerals in your diet plan is one of the best ways to have a healthy body. Root tubers, seeds, fruits, and green leafy vegetables are considerably the best sources of minerals for the human body. You can also supplement these with over the counter mineral supplements.
High-quality carbohydrates are also needed to help fuel body functions and processes. Although most of the foods in food restaurants today are rich in carbohydrates, most of them are treated hence unhealthy. Processed carbs (from fast foods and factory manufactured foods) are the leading causes of obesity and diabetes among other health conditions. The only way to remain healthy is by replacing processed foods with unprocessed ones. Whole grains, cereals, brown bread, brown rice, corn, and seeds are some of the best and healthy sources of carbohydrates.
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text: Progressive lawmakers introduced sweeping legislation to deliver water justice to people across the country amid skyrocketing water bills for families across the U.S., recent drinking water crises in states including Michigan, Ohio, and regulatory inaction to eliminate toxic chemicals in water sources used by millions of Americans. The Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2019 would create a $35 billion trust fund to invest in water infrastructure improvements across the United States. The legislation will be a step toward making sure public water services are functional and guaranteeing safe, clean, and affordable for American households, its sponsors say.Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were among the members who introduced the bill in the House Thursday, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed companion legislation in the Senate.Clean drinking water should be freely available to Americans in every community in this country. Proud to introduce the #WATERAct with @RepLawrence to commit Congressional funding to improving water infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/x40oKz1xWE— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) February 28, 2019\u0026nbsp;\u0022This is such common sense,\u0022 Khanna said at a press conference with his co-sponsors, noting that the bill would create between 750,000 and one million jobs for people to participate in repairing water infrastructure around the country.\u0022It would cost $35 billion a year to have upgraded water infrastructure in this country,\u0022 Khanna said. \u0022Let\u0026#039;s put that into perspective, that\u0026#039;s about five percent of the military budget, and that\u0026#039;s what it would take to make sure every American has clean drinking water.\u0022The bill was introduced on the heels of reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying a plan to set limits on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS, in drinking water and soil.\u0022Such explicit pollution of American water, combined with the rising climate crisis and an anti-science White House, only makes this bill even more crucial,\u0022 said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food \u0026amp; Water Watch, in a statement.\u0022Drinking water—safe, clean, affordable drinking water is a human rights issue,\u0022 said Lawrence. \u0022There is not a human being who can live on this earth without water and we are treating it as if it\u0026#039;s a luxury.\u0022The legislation also follows a number of high-profile drinking water crises in a number of states in recent years, including in Ohio, Kentucky, and, perhaps most famously,\u0026nbsp;Flint, Michigan—where old pipes have left the city\u0026nbsp;still lacking safe water\u0026nbsp;four and a half years after the poisoning of its municipal suppliesfirst captured national attention.\u0022It is unacceptable for one of the richest countries in the world to have communities that are still struggling in having safe and clean drinking water,\u0022 said Omar. \u0022Our water infrsatructure is in a state of emergency.\u0022The bill \u0022addresses water contamination, affordability, and justice in one fell swoop,\u0022 said Hauter. \u0022It promotes union labor and job creation while prioritizing disadvantaged communities, rural households, indigenous communities, and schools. When it comes to water, this is the progressive, just legislation America needs.\u0022


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Today, Holger Czukay is a busy man, running back and forth as he packs things up for the big move back to the old Can studio in Weilerswist, near Cologne. This is a very special thing: The Weilerswist studio, a former movie theater also known as Inner Space during Can's time there, is an enchanted place, the scene of the making of such prime-era Can classics as Future Days, Soon Over Babaluma and Landed.
Shook-eye, it's pronounced. And a bit of background: Holger was the bassist–chief engineer of revered German band Can circa '68–'76. Can's legend looms large in recent times for their enormous impact on (no exaggeration) just about every kind of contemporary music, though let's say mostly in the techno, electro, hip-hop, trip-hop, ambient, DJ and punk-rock spheres. In Germany the band is the stuff of legend, too (though never saleswise), so much so that Inner Space, which had in post-Can times been used for normal commercial enterprises, was recently purchased and moved intact to a museum, where it was re-created in minute detail.
Czukay himself is the famously mad musical genius who created such influential solo albums as Movies in 1979, which was the virtual blueprint used in the subsequently even more influential My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno and David Byrne (which both admitted to in later years); he has collaborated with Jah Wobble, David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto and numerous others in recent years, and his latest album, in collaboration with his artist wife U-She, is called The New Millennium. Czukay will make a rare American appearance on May 18 at the Knitting Factory, and it's an important occasion for a number of reasons, one of which is that Czukay, as the principal sculptor of Can's sound, is the secret, key background man behind so much modern music that you owe it to yourself to hear the source, and, more importantly, where it's arrived in 2004.
The New Millennium is another odyssey into fantastic worlds of highly organized yet purely spontaneous sound, each polyrhythm-percussion-based track a massaging low-frequency waterfall of sampled, electronic and analog stupefaction. On many of these pieces, like "Djinni," for example, Czukay does something in the archetypal Czukay mode, which is to convey that something is happening, though you'll never know exactly what. Czukay's explanation of the thinking behind it all is, a bit typically, something that clicks with you weeks after hearing him say it.
"'Djinni' is . . . how can I say? Today everything is based on effects. 'Djinni' is based on neutral effects."
It has episodes and interludes, and cutaways — like a film, obviously.
"As I said 20 years ago, I'm an acoustic-electric landscape painter. But that landscape painting is trying to tell a story — not delivering a message."
Another great excursion is "Chittagong," with more creeping into dusky alleyways, where further adventures might take place. He couldn't possibly have planned the intricacies of these mysterious nooks and crannies . . .
"It's strange. I bought a synthesizer, and tested it. And suddenly U-She came by and said, 'Have you recorded that?' And I said, 'No, I'm just only playing around.' 'Can you record this now?' 'I will try.' 'I'll come back in 10 minutes.' In 10 minutes she came back, and I just finished the recording of the ground track. And she came down, had the words ready, and said, 'Can we make just one vocal recording of this?' And this one recording was it.
"She has a vision, and sometimes she is leading, as she was on [the track] 'Millennium.' Usually we don't start from a lyric, she only listens to something that I am trying to establish on an instrument, very carefully. This is where she is overtaking me, because I will go to bed and say forget about it, and she'll say, no, you record this immediately, and then I can't escape it. 'Millennium' you can say was finished in five minutes. But the four weeks following was her opinions on how my guitar was too loud, etc. [Laughs.] The typical arguments in bands, always the same."
Czukay departed Can to get relief from the egotistical bickering that ultimately prevents bands from presenting a unified vision. On his solo albums, he enjoyed working alone, without distractions. But, always looking for a different way of doing things, on Linear City, he shared the recording/editing process with fans via his Web site (www.czukay.de).
In Can's last interesting period, Czukay ceded the bass playing to former Traffic man Rosko Gee in order to concentrate on bringing spontaneity back into the group, via shortwave radio "playing" and his own analog sampling machine — a modified Dictaphone. "This is why I was lucky at the time — switching on the shortwaves, and working with this radio as an unpredictable sound source. Working with the Internet, with other people together, has somehow the same quality."
On Linear City, what is perhaps not too surprising is how Czukay's warm, inviting personality comes through, even in collaboration with several other people.
"Yes, because this is what I have learned: In Can, 95 percent was listening to the others, and only 5 percent was saying something with your instrument. This is what Can really learned — playing by listening."
Holger Czukay likes to work in the dark. He doesn't want to see anything when he composes. That might interfere with the music's visual effect. For many years he has turned night into day, burning the midnight oil, alone in his studio with his cobbled-together equipment.
"When the night gets in, then I am getting awake, I'm ready to work. But I can do that the same way in daytime. Somehow it's similar to Bach. Bach was like an officer, a musical composer officer, writing from morning at 8, then eight hours or 12, then if dinner was not served punctually at 12 o'clock, he got very angry!" He laughs.
One of the ways Czukay has achieved recordings that sound unlike anything else you've ever heard is his method of mixing — a piece will be blended as many as 20 times, then sampled from and edited back together.
"This is partly still true, but now different methods are melted together. Now, when I record, I record with the final sound, I don't put on any effects when mixing. And actually, I don't mix, really. I'm at any time able to play the whole piece as it was recorded and how it should be at the end.
"These things are not the type of 'masterpieces' that come by thinking and torturing your brain; that has nothing to do with creativity. These things are in the air, and you just grab at the right time. This idea is based on an old way, an ancient way of producing. Very effective, actually — there is a chance to be surprised by something, and accept something that was not to be foreseen."
It was Czukay's vision about the correct amount of playing/not playing that gave Can its special sound and impact. The live Can and the studio Can were completely different birds; in the studio, everyone except human-machine drummer Jaki Liebezeit needed heavy editing. Czukay offers insight into how a band can find its own sound:
"Emotion, intelligence and wildness: These three elements made Can, and somehow make myself. Can was a punk group; we didn't want to be social outcasts, but the way we were playing — actually as beginners — was something we had done freely and emotionally.
"Usually young bands today are following a certain kind of a trend. When you are getting older, it's better to develop something like your own patent recipe; it's like a medical mixture, your wonder medicine, and you shouldn't tell everyone what it is. All I can say is, I'm using the whole spectrum of what I'm available to have, from Dictaphones, very old sound sources, up to the most up-to-date administration tools and sound sources. These things together make your unique sound at the end."
So much music is so very predetermined, and so shiny it hurts. Whereas Czukay once said the poorer the sound, the better the quality.
"It's funny, when we started with Can, we found how many mistakes we had made, and I was saying, yes, I think the microphone was in the wrong position, I mixed poorly, etc. But it doesn't matter. As long as the music is fine, the sound quality doesn't matter at all. Because every music will sound good as long as it's played well.
"It's the same thing when I play French horn. I cannot play French horn. But the worst that could happen is that people start smiling."
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Sda215 posted a topic in Off TopicSince we have yet to see any separate roleplay sub-forum in the TFC Forums, why don't we have one in here, in the Off-Topic Sub-Forum as a temporary place? I have a set of rules (should we actually do this): 1. Keep things realistic and logical (in aAnime/Manga/Cartoon/Comic sense) as humanely possible. 2. Play what character (or Original Character, or yourself) you like from some sort of entertainment program or device (Anime/Manga, Books, Cartoons, Comics, Movies, TV, and the like). 3. Try to keep the roleplay at least a level of appropriateness. 4. Do not show hate, racism, sexism, or any other kind of discrimination or the like in the roleplays. 5. Have fun! 6. Try not to burn down the forums... I'll go first: Naoto Shirogane: Ugh, what the... Where am I? What is this place?
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Sda215 posted a topic in Off TopicIf you watch any anime (besides your usual American animes), what are your favorite anime theme songs?
Does anyone watch any animes? If so post them here. I am an anime fan so let this be the anime thread. for off topic discussion I've watched: Fullmetal Alchemist (3.7/5) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood[best anime ever imho(that I have watched, apparently TTGL is better, but I haven't seen it yet. ] (4.9999999/5) Bleach(4/5) Avatar[don't know if that's considered] (4.75/5) Avatar: Legend of Korra[^^] (4.5/5) Hikaru no Go [totally boss by the way] (4.75/5) Death Note (4.991/5) and some Shoujos what about you guys?


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Capstone Projects – A Sneak Peek
As I mentioned in the recent post about the WEBS Expert Knitter Certification Program, the final project before graduating the program is the Capstone Project. This project challenges knitters, who have completed all of the required coursework , to design and knit an original sweater from scratch! Over the course of five months, and with the support of an assigned mentor, program members sketch, swatch, knit, rip out and re-knit, all in the pursuit of a well-constructed, lovely garment that shows off the many skills they have acquired throughout the program.
So far, two groups have completed Capstone Projects and graduated the program. Their finished projects are an inspiration:
Tomorrow, the 2011 sweaters will be due, and I am so excited to see the culmination of all the hard work the current program members have been putting in over these past few months. (A few have already made it to my desk and they are gorgeous!)
Here is a sneak peek of where this year's Capstone Projects were just a few short weeks ago!
- Expert Knitter Certification Program Graduation, 2013 - June 28, 2013
- June Hemmons Hiatt Visits WEBS - March 29, 2013
- Look Who's Stopping By - February 3, 2013


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The 30-year-old challenger had been on course for defeat at Vivint Arena before unleashing a left-high kick in the final round.
The judges scored the fight 50-45, 50-44 and 50-43.
The MMA fighter has not indicated a plea.
The Brazilian overcame his American rival, causing him to submit with a rear-naked choke.
The American exhilarated UFC 272 with a dominant display that led to the judges scoring in the No.1 welterweight's favour – 49-46, 50-45, 50-44.
Adesanya made his fourth successful defence with scores of 48-47, 48-47, 49-46.
The final scorecards read 49-46, 48-47 and 48-47 for Holloway.
The fight ended via doctor's stoppage after McGregor's leg buckled under him during the first round.
Deiveson Figueiredo was dethroned by Brandon Moreno in Arizona.
The BJJ master had arrived in Texas boasting more submission wins than anyone else in UFC history.
Valentina Shevchenko kept her flyweight belt and Rose Namajunas regained the strawweight strap at UFC 261.
The fight will take place as part of UFC 264 at the T-Mobile Arena.
Defending champions Jan Blachowicz and Amanda Nunes both retained their titles at UFC 259 in Las Vegas.
Aspinall has already made an impression by dispatching Jake Collier and Alan Baudot in a combined 140 seconds.
The 33-year-old has now won 13 fights in succession.
The 32-year-old Dubliner suffered the first knockout defeat of his career in the Abu Dhabi rematch.
Dustin Poirier got the better of Conor McGregor in the UFC 257 main event in Abu Dhabi.
The 34-year-old was deemed the victor by all three judges by a score of 29-28.
The 28-year-old Dubliner is preparing to make his debut on the biggest stage in MMA in 2021.
The Irish mixed martial arts fighter defeated Poirier when the pair met in a featherweight bout in 2014.
Alex Morono came out on top in McKee's second UFC appearance.
The Russian has retired unbeaten with an unbeaten professional record of 29-0.
Nurmagomedov defends his UFC lightweight title tomorrow night.
Abu Dhabi played host to UFC 253 overnight.
Tyron Woodley later revealed he suffered a rib injury during his Las Vegas defeat to Colby Covington.
According to UFC president Dana White, it could be the Brazilian veteran's final professional bout.
The 41-year-old complained that he was blinded by an eye poke before losing out by unanimous decision.
In his first fight for over a year, the undefeated Dagestani will take on interim champion Justin Gaethje.
The Antrim man made the step-up to fight Khamzat Chimaev at short notice.
'I'm really not here to get a nice new tracksuit,' the 24-year-old says. 'I'm here to take the win.'
He'll take on Khamzat Chimaev on Fight Island next weekend.
The 32-year-old Donegal man was beaten by Joel Alvarez via submission at UFC Fight Night 172.
The UFC lightweight from Donegal will compete for the first time in 16 months tonight in Abu Dhabi.
The belt will be on the line in Abu Dhabi tomorrow night.
He'll aim to dethrone welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night.
Gilbert Burns was due to take on Kamaru Usman on next weekend's UFC 251 card in Abu Dhabi.
The 57-year-old father of legendary UFC champ, Khabib, passed away earlier today.
It was a contender for fight of the year.
The mixed martial arts organisation was due to return to the Irish capital for an event on 15 August.
Brazilian Dos Anjos wants to fight McGregor even though the Irishman called time on his career last weekend.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Northern Westchester County.
- State Police in Westchester are actively investigating and hoping to crack a 29-year-old cold case in which a 24-year-old woman's remains were discovered in Yorktown Heights.
- State police suspect a 27-year-old man from Pomona jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge last Sunday night, but an underwater search for his body continued on Monday.
- Yorktown police have charged a 47-year-old resident of Cortlandt Manor with assault, following a car accident that reportedly led to a physical altercation.
- Afterwhiles, the home where John Cheever died in 1982 and his widow, Mary, died in 2014, is on the market in Ossining.
- A 22-year-old store employee has been charged with stealing money from the market in South Salem where she worked, state police said.
- Former New York State Republican Senate majority leader Dean Skelos, was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption by a Manhattan federal judge Thursday.
- Two calls and department training kept Croton firefighters busy on Wednesday.
- Pleasantville native Jessica Tom finds success with her debut novel, "Food Whore: A Novel Of Dining And Deceit."
- Mount Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich recently announced that the village is debating the launch of a business improvement district (BID) in the area.
- The Yorktown Central School District was notified this week that it is one of only four districts in the country to be designated a National School of Character by a nonprofit organization.
- A waitress's tip inspired former New York City Firefighter Anthony Austin to become a volunteer in Peekskill.
- A new test has revealed that the level of lead in the Pound Ridge Library's water supply exceeds the maximum safety threshold.
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Among the numerous stabilizers which have emerged over the past few years, the gimbals with integrated camera are still pretty rare. DJI, the world leader for drones manufacturing offers a very good solution with its stabilized camera that you'll discover in this DJI Osmo+ review. Indeed, it's very high quality and reliability will easily manage to convince you…if you like awesome quality videos. In order to help you find the best stabilizer with integrated camera, we have done this DJI Osmo+ test. Without waiting any more second, discover our DJI Osmo+ review in which we will look into all its principle characteristics.
DJI Osmo+ Review : the battery life is…not long enough
As always, let's start this DJI Osmo+ review with its battery life. If you are planning to shoot long videos, the first thing you'll check is how long can you use your gimbal before it runs out of battery. We gave a grade of 6.8/10 is our DJI Osmo+ review because this criterion is really disappointing compared with other stabilizers. Indeed, with only 1h40 minutes of recording (manufacturer information) possible, you might be a bit frustrated… Well, you still have to take into account that our DJI Osmo+ review was done with a very cold environment of 38-40°F which gave us a battery life of just a bit more of 80 minutes. Under warmer temperatures, it would certainly had lasted 100 minutes. Of course, the cold and batteries are not good friends.. Therefore, the figures put forward by the manufacturer might be true and close to reality. Yet, we would have expected a battery of more than 1225mAh for a product of such a high standing. Our DJI Osmo+ review is therefore a bit negative about the battery life.
What we highly recommend is to buy a second, or, even a third battery in order not to be disturbed during some long days of shooting. We truly regretted, at the end of our DJI Osmo+ review not to have a second battery to make our test last longer. One battery will cost you approximately 25-30$ and you'll be able to enjoy 100% of your stabilizer with integrated camera. If you are ready to pay almost 700$ for a stabilizer, you certainly won't care adding 30 more $ to win more freedom. For our next DJI Osmo+ review, we will take at least two batteries, for sure !
You also need to take something else into account when you use this gimbal with integrated camera. Indeed, as you'll see later in this DJI Osmo+ review, you can (and it is highly recommended) connect your smartphone to your gimbal in order to have a better control on your stabilized camera. We really noticed an impact on the battery life which was lowered… As you can guess, this will affect both the battery of your stabilizer and your phone and you certainly won't reach 100 minutes of battery life if you are connected all time long on the mobile app. Actually, we tried it during our DJI Osmo+ review, and we had to stop at 80 minutes, as we said earlier.
The last thing we also wanted to mention in this part of our DJI Osmo+ review is the fact that this gimbal with integrated camera is not really adapted for cold temperatures. Indeed, the manufacturer displays a using temperature between 32-104°F. Therefore, we easily understand why the battery life we had during our DJI Osmo+ review under 38-40°F was not as long as what the manufacturer boasts. There is no lie in what DJI tells you.. when you take into account the fact the we were only 6° over the minimal temperature use allowance. Let alone the battery, everything worked perfectly under these temperatures and you'll see just in the next section that the quality and reliability of this product are part of its main assets. Still, if you want a stabilizer to use under "extreme" condition, we invite you to look for a Gopro gimbal such as the Removu S1 or the Gopro Karma Grip, to name but two. Indeed, they perfectly answer to very cold temperatures…
The manufacturer hasn't published the presentation video of the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review yet, but we can show you the one of the previous version. Actually, there are not much changes and that will show you almost everything your stabilizer with integrated camera can do. That will also show you the quality of the product and everything you should know about it. Well, let's stop writing ! A video always speaks more than words and long sentences :
The quality and reliability are on top !
If we put such a good grade (9.4/10) in our DJI Osmo+ review, it's really because we were so pleased by its robustness and its very top quality. Indeed, the materials used are all high-end quality and we directly understand why the product is "so" expensive. In fact, this stabilizer which is today the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review is not a plastic toy at all. You are here with a high-end product which will offer you years of use and life span…provided you use it correctly and you don't throw it away…of course !
Still, we haven't talked about it yet in this DJI Osmo+ review, but it is very important not to touch your motors while they are working. If ever you feel like the balance is not good (thing that never happened to us with this gimbal) don't try to rebalance it while the motors are switched on. Turn everything off and then you can touch it. If you don't respect this basic rule, you might considerably damage the motors..
Our DJI Osmo+ review can only be positive, one more time, when it comes to a DJI's product. We have to admit that this Chinese manufacturer really knows how to deal with quality and reliability...witness its very famous drones, the Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro which have a growing success worldwide.
This stabilized gimbal received a few improvements in terms of quality compared with it's little brother in order to make it ever more resistant in case of little impact. In the end, the product turns out to be robust and you'll be able to use it without being afraid of breaking it. It may not be THE best stabilizer with integrated camera, yet, it certainly offers THE best quality and reliability you'll find on the market. As far as this is analyzed, we were too pleased during our DJI Osmo+ review. When it comes to quality and reliability, you can be fully confident.
In addition to the quality of this stabilizer and the gimbal itself, we also need to take into account the video quality in this DJI Osmo+ review. On this criterion, one more time, the Chinese camera does very well. Indeed, despite its pretty low pixelized captor, (12,6MP), the result is just awesome. We were really impressed during our DJI Osmo+ review by the outcome and we weren't expected that much from a 12,6MP captor. This is not only due to the very-high-quality 3 axis stabilizer (with 4 motors), but also to the X3 Zoom camera of the Zenmuse, one of the flagship product of this manufacturer.
The thing we also really enjoyed during our DJI Osmo+ review was the x7 zoom. This is (for the time being) the only stabilizer with integrated camera which offers this solution which will considerably enable you to win in precision during your videos. The zoom is split in two between a 3,5x optic zoom and a 2x numeric zoom. In the end, you'll get a very clean and smooth image even if you stand far away from your target. This is a real asset for the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review compared, for instance, with a Gopro stabilizer which will only offer large shots. Still, let's remind you that Gopro gimbals and this gimbal are not supposed to be used in the same situation. For extreme sports videos, we strongly recommend you to use Gopro stabilizers which will be more efficient for the job.
On the technological part, the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review can shoot in 4K up to 30FPS, which is pretty good nowadays. If you want to do insane slow motions, you can also shoot in 1080p at 100FPS. We used this mode during our test and the result was very convincing. An other very important thing to take into account in the fact that this camera can shoot photos at 12MP with DNG RAW format. This will enable you to have original files that you'll perfectly modify in post production, on photoshop for instance. In the next section of our DJI Osmo+ review we will look into the stabilization, and, one more time, you won't be disappointed.
The stabilization is very well functioning
Here we are at a very important section of our DJI Osmo+ review : the quality of the stabilization. Thanks to its 3 axis and 4 motors (1 more than the old version), this gimbal stabilizer offers an almost perfect stabilization. From now on, the X3 Zoom camera is fixed on both sides which enables it to shoot even smoother videos. The difference between the old and the "+" version is not enormous and obvious, but it is visible ! The improvement is still noticeable and the manufacturer really did a good job about it. We graded it with a 9.1/10 in our DJI Osmo+ review because we were really pleased. We really see that DJI has a long experience in stabilization and has already proven it with the very good stabilization of its drones.
Be it for its drones or for its stabilizers, the Chinese manufacturer of stabilizers (for smartphone and cameras) really offers products which yield stunning results. If you are a lambda person who wants to do some holidays videos, VLOGs or sport videos or a professional looking for accurate images, you are bound to find what you are looking for with this product that we present you in this DJI Osmo+ review.
Even if the stabilization of this stabilizer is not as good as the one of the Gopro stabilizers Removu S1, Gopro Karma Grip or EVO GP PRO, it really pleased us during our DJI Osmo+ review. We really have to admit that the combination of an excellent camera with a high-end stabilizer was bound to offer some awesome images during our little mountain day. The next criterion of our DJI Osmo+ will be about one of the main strengths of this stabilizer : its functions.
The numerous functions of this stabilizer
One more time in this DJI Osmo+ review, our stabilizer with integrated camera doesn't lack functions to answer all your demands for your videos. Before everything, the thing we really enjoyed about it and which raises the grade of our DJI Osmo+ review is the moving time lapse. The latter enables you to do some very original shots as, for instance, filming cars in a busy city like Tokyo. You just have to choose a beginning point and an ending point and your stabilizer will move automatically. It will move very slowly in order to have nice and smooth shots. Our DJI Osmo+ review is really positive about this function which works really well. Meanwhile, you can do anything you want, your gimbal is working for you and assembling everything. You just have to contemplate the result.
The second function which is very interesting and that mattered during our DJI Osmo+ review is the "selfie mode". It will enable you, as its names says, to shot incredible selfies by hitting 3 times on a single button, the trigger of your gimbal. Thanks to its 0.5m focal distance, the adjusting of your image will be done automatically and you'll get some very high quality selfies. We really enjoyed using this function during our DJI Osmo+ review and we were really please about the results it yielded. In any case, it will always be better than the frontal camera of your smartphone. When you know how many selfies are done each day in the world, you can guess that this function will please a lot of future users.
You can also shoot beautiful panoramas with this stabilizer with integrated camera. To do so, the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review will shot and overlay 9 photos to end up with 1 perfect panoramic. In the end, you'll get some awesome souvenirs of your holidays or anything you never want to forget. Note that the result of this panoramic mode is really great compared to what we saw in some other reviews we did. As a matter of fact, some do a very bad job at dealing with the light exposure… Here, it was very well managed. If you have a bipod or not, your stabilizer will perfectly stabilize your shot. According to us, if you are looking for perfection, using a bipod is still recommended. We didn't use one during our DJI Osmo+ review, but it would have been interesting to see if there is (or not) a difference between panoramas made with and without a bipod.
As if all these functions were not enough, you may also shot some long exposures photos in order to have a very original outcome. This will create an artistic fuzzy shot on moving object that is worth having a look at. It's not at random if we graded it with a 9.5/10 in our DJI Osmo+ review in this category. Indeed, this stabilizer will offer a really good solution for people who are looking for something original which doesn't stick to simple functions. If you buy the DJI Osmo+, you really need to try this function that pleased us during our DJI Osmo+ review.
The controlling of the stabilizer
Here we are already at the 5th section of our DJI Osmo+ review. Like its main competitor, the Feiyu Summon+, this stabilizer has, according to us, a grip which is a bit too short. It would be better with 2 or 3 more inches in order to catch it better. On the other hand, this enables you to easily put it in the box and it's therefore very easy to travel with. Let's mention the very nice box in which it is delivered and that you'll use to transport your stabilizer. Despite everything, it has a very light weight (268g for the stabilizer and camera + 201g for the grip). This is therefore very confortable to use and we liked it during our DJI Osmo+ review.
Yet, this is still a very personal point of view and some people will really enjoy using a short grip… It really depends on the use you want for your stabilizer. If you don't have a too "sportive" use, then, the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review will perfectly do the job with its short grip.
As far as the controlling is concerned, we were a bit disappointed during our DJI Osmo+ review. In fact, we first regretted not being able to see what we are filming on the camera, as you can with the Feiyu Summon+… This is definitely due to the shape of the camera which would never allow a 2″ screen on its back. Hence our little frustration during our DJI Osmo+ review compared with our experience with the Feiyu Summon+. We had to wait until the end of the day to see if our videos were masterpieces or bad quality shots.
An other thing which disturbed us a little during our DJI Osmo+ review was the fact that you can mount your smartphone…on the side of your gimbal. We don't really know if this is a genius or a really bad idea because it's both useful and very bulky… Still, as far as the mobile application is concerned, we were really pleased and we don't have anything bad to say about it. In fact, everything is very well optimized and the connexion is really smooth between your phone and the camera. During our DJI Osmo+ review, we tested and approved it ! You can control and change the parameters of your stabilizer directly from your phone.
Despite all of this, we graded it with a 8.3/10 in this category of our DJI Osmo+ review. As far as the grip and the control buttons are concerned, there is almost nothing to say… It's simple and efficient and you'll be able to start/stop shooting videos very easily or control the X3 Zoom camera thanks to the joystick if you want to do some adjustments. We finally arrive at the end of this DJI Osmo+ review and we'll now conclude with the price of this stabilizer with integrated camera.
Conclusion of our DJI Osmo+ review : the price
Here we are at the conclusion of our DJI Osmo+ review with the price of the product. On this point, we were maybe a bit severe with a 7.3/10 in our DJI Osmo+ review. In fact, the latest gimbal with integrated camera of the Chinese manufacturer is currently sold between 630 on internet and 650$ on the official DJI website. This is approximately 250$ more than the Feiyu Summon+, its main competitor. Also take into account that, here, you have both the gimbal and the camera. If you want to buy a Gopro or smartphone stabilizer, you'll have to buy each separately. Therefore, it can easily reach 800+ $…
Even if this price is quite high, it is not incomprehensible at all. Indeed, the subject of our DJI Osmo+ review is, according to us, one of the best, if not THE best stabilizer on the market. Unfortunately, its price and battery lower it's average grade a lot… The quality and reliability are excellent and the Chinese manufacturer worked hard to improve this new version. We really enjoyed it during our DJI Osmo+ review, and we are sure that if you tried it, you'll directly adopt it ! At least, we did… Just below, we have made you a very short summary of the assets and weaknesses of this stabilizer we saw during this DJI Osmo+ review.
- Cons : The numerous functions, the high-end quality of the gimbal, the stabilizer and the camera, the very well functioning mobile app and the x7 zoom.
- Pros : The battery life could definitely we improved, the size of the grip, the price and the phone support which is not very practical.


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How Germany and Sweden responded to the unprecedented number of children seeking asylum during the current European refugee and migration crisis.
By Shanoor Seervai
When almost 1.3 million migrants crossed the Mediterranean last year seeking refuge in Europe, each country faced a choice—help those fleeing unspeakable violence and suffering or close the borders and make the lives of these people even more difficult. Germany and Sweden are two countries that opted to help, diving headfirst into the complex challenge of receiving and providing services for a large number of arrivals in a short time frame.
Children on the move are particularly vulnerable and face numerous risks to their safety. They are entitled to special care and protection, including the right to safe accommodation, education, health care, legal representation, and, for unaccompanied children, the protection of an adult guardian. Germany and Sweden have provided high quality care to asylum-seeking children. However, their arrival in unprecedented numbers in 2015 overstretched the countries' capacity to cope with the influx.
In May 2016 this researcher traveled to both countries to conduct a rapid assessment of policies and practices for responding to the needs of child migrants. The overarching refrain I heard from experts and policymakers was, "We were not prepared for this," a reference to the enormity of the task before them.
Integrating Refugees into German Schools
Germany accepted more migrants than any other European Union country last year. As a result Germany needed to integrate around 325,000 children into the school system as of the end of 2015.[1] Germany does not have a national education policy—the sixteen federal states have their own laws for culture and education. The policy of most states is to offer German-language immersion classes to all foreign students, including asylum seekers, in regular schools, ensuring that integration begins even while children are acquiring language skills. Based on their age and progress children are mainstreamed into regular classes after one or two years.
According to Helmut Kehlenbeck, a German official and expert on intercultural affairs, migrant children are "normal children for us. We do not treat them differently—we must help them perform to the maximum of their cognitive abilities." Germany's response to the education of refugees reflects this sentiment: most states have hired hundreds of new teachers and increased the number of transition classes in schools. Although teacher recruitment has been a challenge, states have made a concerted effort to hire teachers who have expertise in teaching German as a second language and are sensitive to cultural differences.[2]
Many teachers have emerged from retirement expressly to fill the gaps in migrant education. Many others do not have the rigorous training required of full-time teachers in Germany and are therefore placed on short-term contracts and paid less than regular teachers, said Michael Schwan, an advisor on refugee management at the Department of Education in Berlin. But most are motivated by an interest in migration and by a sense of social responsibility. The six teachers I interviewed all expressed a desire not only to teach their new students but also to express love and affection and acknowledge the tremendous barriers the children had faced in their journey to Europe.
Due to the overwhelming demand, not all migrant children are able to access a high quality education. Students waiting to be placed in a transition class may experience isolation, which in turn might make it more difficult to ultimately integrate. Schwan noted that those who have studied German in a transition class and are ready for regular classes may also have to wait several months to secure a spot in an English or mathematics class, particularly in competitive schools.
Migrant children who have the opportunity to learn German and subsequently attend regular classes are well positioned for integration if they are granted refugee status and remain in Germany. This is not without challenges. According to Judith Kumin, former Europe director at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, integration into a different culture takes more than language acquisition, but education is the best starting point, even for older children.
The success of integration programs in Germany will depend in large part on the commitment of individual teachers, principals, and schools to be inclusive of migrants and to stretch resources, as policymakers in each state determine how to expand and reform the education system.
Caring for Unaccompanied Children in Sweden
Sweden received the largest number of unaccompanied minors (children traveling without their parents or others responsible for their care) in 2015. Of 163,000 asylum applications, 43 percent (70,000) came from children. Half of these were from unaccompanied children.[3] Historically, unaccompanied children have picked Sweden over other EU countries because it has a relatively child friendly asylum process and generally ensures that children have access to care, accommodation and social services.
Once a child arrives in Sweden, the Swedish Migration Agency appoints a lawyer for each child and transfers the child's care to a municipality. The municipality is responsible for finding accommodation (either in a residence or foster home) for each child, ensuring their access to education and health care, and appointing an adult guardian for them. The appointment of a guardian for unaccompanied minors is widely regarded as a best practice for protecting and advocating for the best interests of asylum-seeking children.
Even this well-developed system could not withstand the arrival of thousands of unaccompanied minors in the fall of 2015. Faced with a backlog of asylum cases, the Migration Agency was unable to prioritize the most vulnerable children. Temporary accommodations for newly arrived children were filled beyond capacity. Municipalities scrambled to respond. Hundreds of mattresses were purchased and placed on the floors of school gymnasiums to create makeshift transitional homes, according to Shaima Muhammad, a social worker for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the municipality of Mölndal. Scrupulous norms for the monitoring of residence and foster homes fell by the wayside as social workers struggled to keep up. There were delays in the appointment of guardians, while guardians that were appointed were tasked with overseeing the care of too many children.
Sweden's response must not be underestimated. At the level of the municipality as well as at the level of ordinary citizens, the country demonstrated both the will and the capacity to provide children with the highest level of care permitted by time and resources. But the response at a policy level to the crisis is disappointing and significantly shrinks the likelihood of unaccompanied minors receiving asylum in Sweden. Border controls now require unaccompanied minors to provide a valid form of identification upon arrival. Many asylum-seeking unaccompanied children (particularly from Afghanistan, the largest source country) do not carry such identification.
Once a role model in protecting the rights of refugees, Sweden recently passed a restrictive asylum law, which will go into force on July 20 of this year. This temporary new law rolls back Swedish rules of asylum to bring them more closely in line with the minimum standards of European law. The proposal grants asylum-seeking children temporary residence permits instead of permanent ones, limits the right to family reunification, and seeks to make mandatory medical age assessments of unaccompanied minors whose age is in question. Most nonprofit and human rights organizations see this proposed law as an unnecessary retrenchment of a system that once prioritized the best interests of the child.
The protection and integration of children seeking asylum poses numerous, complex challenges, even to countries with a long-standing commitment to human rights and social welfare. Even when the best interests of the child are treated with the utmost importance, every contingency cannot be accounted for. "We need to be prepared to be a country of immigration," Schwan said. Muhammad echoes this sentiment: "We need to find a solution for every possible situation. The authorities need to learn to be adaptive."
Adaptation, however, should not come at the cost of child rights—bureaucratic timelines need to be relaxed, but standards of care should not be compromised. In both Germany and Sweden, innovative, on-the-spot solutions were required when established systems choked in 2015. In the short term, this is critical in order to prioritize the needs of children on the move. But in the medium to long term, resilience needs to be built into systems so that crises are better managed and fewer children slip through the cracks.
See more on Harvard FXB Center's work with Children on the Move.
[1] Office of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK), "Integration of newly-arrived children," Berlin: KMK, Unpublished.
[2] Office of the Standing Conference, "Integration of newly-arrived children."
[3] Swedish Migration Agency, "Applications for Asylum Received 2015." Updated April 15, 2016, Accessed May 26, 2016.
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A Melbourne Muslim cleric accused of performing the forced marriage of a child bride has been sacked.
Imam Ibrahim Omerdic, 61, is charged with conduct that caused a minor to enter into a forced marriage at Noble Park on September 29 last year.
Omerdic, imam of the Bosnian Islamic Society and Noble Park mosque, was stood down after his November arrest, according to a statement from the Islamic Council of Victoria on Monday.
He was later sacked after an internal investigation and a new imam appointed, the statement said.
"Mr Omerdic is no longer the imam of the Noble Park mosque and has no role with the society," it said. "Further, Mr Omerdic's marriage celebrant licence has been revoked."
A second man, who cannot be identified, is charged with sexually assaulting his child bride between 30 September and 1 October last year. A DVD of the ceremony being conducted at a mosque may form part of the evidence, Melbourne magistrates court was told last week.
Omerdic is on bail while the other man has been remanded into custody until the case resumes on 3 February.
The Board of Imams Victoria has issued a statement against forced and child marriages.
It said imams were advised to meet both the bride and groom in person before the marriage ceremony to ensure they were of marriageable age and both consented.
"Underage marriages are illegal in Australia," the statement said. "As Australian Muslims we are required to observe and respect the laws of Australia."