BENTON HARBOR — “It’s on.”
That’s what Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad said Thursday during a news conference opposing a plan to shut down Benton Harbor High School in 2020 that came from the state Department of Treasury and the office of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last Friday. The state has given Benton Harbor school board trustees until June 7 to agree to the plan or the entire district could me closed or chartered.
Some speakers called the plan a land grab, with officials wanting the land the high school sits on because it’s relatively close to the St. Joseph River.
Other speakers said it’s a jobs grab because the people who work at the high school will have to go elsewhere for employment.
Still others said it’s a money grab because the state funds education based on the number of students each school district has.
Muhammad said they would do whatever it takes to let Whitmer know that there will be consequences if the high school is closed, including withdrawing economic support from her.
Some of the speakers called for Whitmer to attend a public meeting Benton Harbor school board trustees have scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.
In an emailed statement, a representative for Whitmer said she won’t be at Tuesday’s meeting, but will be “in the city in the near future to meet with and hear from the community and local leaders regarding the proposed plan.”
Also, local pastors have scheduled a news conference for 3 p.m. today at McCoy Memorial Church of God in Christ, 1840 Union Ave., Benton Township.
Muhammad said that the data used by state officials to justify closing the high school is based on standardized test scores that can be skewed.
“Figures don’t lie, but liars can figure,” he said. “And they have manipulated the data.”
At one time, he said data listed African Americans as “three-fifths of a human being.” He said his grandfather, who lived in Mississippi, told him about the “jelly bean” test given many years ago, in which prospective voters were asked to guess how many jelly beans were in a jar. If he didn’t give the right answer, he was told he couldn’t vote.
“We know the history of your standardized testing,” he said.
High school teacher Marilyn Ross-Golden said she respectfully invites Whitmer to visit her at the high school to see the students.
“According to the officials from the governor’s office and their team, zero ... of our 11th graders for the last five years are college ready,” she said. “Gov. Whitmer, I stand looking in your face tonight. I’m not certain what data you used for those years that you deemed that my kids were not college ready. But I have some data for you that is real data. It’s unbiased. And it’s reliable.”
She said the governor and her team need to gather information from the country’s universities about students who came from Benton Harbor High School.
“You will find those juniors for the last five years that you have deemed not college ready,” she said. “... And some of those people have graduated. Hands off Benton Harbor High School, Gov. Whitmer.”
Ross-Golden said the high school’s graduating seniors have received thousands of dollars in scholarships to attend college.
The state plan calls for the high school students to be sent to eight surrounding high schools and a newly created charter school.
Pastor Charles Williams, president of the Michigan Chapter of the National Action Network, said he doesn’t want to “see our black children dispersed throughout this county and have to face teachers who don’t give a damn about them.”
“When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. And Gov. Whitmer, we are here to tell you today you’re wrong,” he said.
He said his organization will be back to support Benton Harbor.
“We’re not stupid,” he said. “We know what you’re doing in Benton Harbor because we know what happens in Benton Harbor is only a test case for what they’re going to do in Pontiac, what they’re going to do in Flint, what they’re going to do in Detroit.”
Ross-Golden compared dispersing the high school students to surrounding schools to the Conference of Berlin 1884-85, where Europeans met to divide the interior of Africa.
She said state officials met with select community leaders in Benton Harbor the day before the announcement was made to figure out how to divide the students. Benton Harbor school board trustees were not invited and the media was kicked out.
“That’s not going to happen,” she said.
Two members of the state Board of Education attended the news conference. Pam Pugh, vice president of the board, said she was there to listen “just like anyone with a sound mind in Lansing should want to do.”
“I’m here fighting for you. I’m fighting with you,” she said. “... There’s always this attack on black, brown and low-income communities.”
State Board member Tiffany Tilley said taking a high school out of a community is “as violent and brutal as ripping a baby out of a mother’s arms.”
She said Benton Harbor has asked for adequate resources to educate the children.
“If we want out schools in low income areas to do better, we have to do better with funding them,” she said. “The way that we currently are fund our schools in Michigan under Proposal A is failing them.”
Tilley said the state has offered to eliminate most of the school district’s $16 million debt if the Benton Harbor board approves the state’s plan.
“But at what cost to the community?” she said. “For too long, the state has intervened in the dismantling and destruction of education in poor, minority communities.”
Pastor Taurus Montgomery of Harbor of Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church in Benton Harbor held a prayer initiative before the news conference. He gave the attendees several action steps they can take to help the school district.
• Attend the public school board meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Benton Harbor High School.
• Share ideas at a brainstorming session at 6 p.m. Thursday at the church, 769 Pipestone St.
• Host or attend a Benton Harbor High School “fight” party to call state elected officials and ask them not to shut the school down.
Elnora Gavin, a former teacher at the high school, said more ways to help can be found on the Facebook page of Peace4LifeBH.
Contact: lwrege@TheHP.com, 932-0361, Twitter: @HPWrege


Google recently introduced a new method to fight piracy on the Android Market, the License Verification Library (LVL). It replaces the old system copy protection system, wherein your APKs would be put in a folder that you can't access. Unless you root. Oh, and anyone who can copy that APK off can then give it to someone else to put on their device, too. It was so weak, it was almost non-existant.
At first I took the news of LVL to be a great next step. In case you've not been paying attention, LVL puts the copy protection methods in the app itself - a form of DRM. Your app would now communicate with Google's servers to authorize use of the app. You'd no longer prevent a user from copying/transferring APKs, but doing so would be pointless because they wouldn't run on someone else's phone unless they were authorized.
However, any DRM measure can be cracked, it's just a matter effort. Only a few weeks after LVL was released it was shown how easy it was to modify bytecode to bypass the authorization altogether. Google responded with a series of posts (1, 2, 3) that explained how to circumvent this early crack in their armor. Essentially, it all boils down to different methods of obsfucating your code, which as we all know can still fail - and the steps Google proposes for protecting your APKs complicates your code and build process. As happens with most DRM, this has become a game of cat-and-mouse between Google and pirates, using ever-escalating tactics to one-up the other.
But there's a much bigger issue at the root of the entire system: The LVL library only works on apps sold through Google's Android Market.
The whole point of LVL is that the APK itself has some protection built in, so copying it around will not be an issue. But the LVL library only authenticates users who bought the app using the Android Market. If a user buys your app on a third-party store, then the LVL library will reject them. This means that in order to release on a third-party store, you'd have to ditch the LVL library for those builds - and thus defeat your own DRM.
There are a lot of Android Market alternatives now and more on the way. There are some publicly available are sites like SlideME and AppsLib (and possibly soon, Amazon). There are also some carrier-specific app stores - Verizon just launched V-Cast and in Europe, both Orange and Vodafone have their own offerings.
Android Market's recent expansion is, I believe, partially a response to this problem, but it comes too late. If the Market was more widespread and accessible early on then there would not have been an incentive to create and sell apps on alternative app stores in the first place; but now the momentum is there.
As much as it pains me, my conclusion is that it's better off to just go without any copy protection whatsoever. It does not makes sense to limit yourself to one store when potential customers could browsing another. Also, people who pirate will find a way to pirate, regardless your DRM; don't worry about them, and just worry about the people who would buy legit in the first place.


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Next year, Michigan is set to play Alabama at Dallas' landmark Cowboys Stadium, a state-of-the-art facility that is home to the Dallas Cowboys on Sundays and routinely hosts college football games at other times -- both in the regular season and in the Cotton Bowl every January.
That much is well-known.
Now, according to documents obtained by AnnArbor.com, we find out that one of the prime benefits to Michigan agreeing to that game is a $4.7 million paycheck:
According to a contract among ESPN, the Cowboys Stadium and the University of Michigan, the game will take place on Sept. 1, 2012. AnnArbor.com obtained the contract through a Freedom of Information Act request.
In addition to $4.7 million, U-M will receive 200 tickets, two luxury boxes and one field-level suite. The U-M marching band will receive free entry and reserved seating. U-M cheerleaders, dance team and mascots will also receive free entry.
Officials will provide approximately 25,000 tickets for Michigan to sell.
This is the mother of all sweetheart deals, basically, and if AD Dave Brandon had declined the offer he would have deserved to be thrown into Lake Michigan. Here are the four things the deal has going for it:
1) It's like a major bowl game, with that kind of payout. The $4.7 million paycheck for Michigan is thrilling, because it's basically the most money anybody not running a BCS bowl is giving out for one football game. Currently, the biggest non-BCS payout in college football is $4.6 million, courtesy of the Capital One Bowl (no big surprise there), but even that's understating the importance of this payout, because...
2) It's not a bowl game, so there's no bowl revenue sharing. Sharing may be caring, but greed greases the wheels of capitalism, and for Michigan to be able to keep all $4.7 million of its payout from the Alabama game is a huge deal. So yes, it's better than a typical bowl game, but more than that...
3) It's not the bowl game, so Michigan can still have one of those at the end of the year anyway. Remember, this is a season opener, so it doesn't replace anything about Michigan's postseason options. It's just basically a huge bonus that doesn't upset anything about the normal schedule of a season. Also...
4) It includes guarantees that bowl games just don't offer. Bowl games offer payouts, but they generally come with significant revenue-sapping restrictions; band members' seats have to be paid for, for example. Not so here, with all of the tertiary members of the football program (band, cheerleaders, etc.) getting free entry, plus an extra 200 seats. Y'know, for whoever. Pretty sweet.
Now, it's also worth noting that for as road games go, this is a mammoth payout, but it's not going to be enough to convince Michigan to do this instead of hold home games very often; keep in mind that from ticket sales alone, Michigan gets about that much from every home game, and that doesn't even factor in concessions, parking, and every other revenue generator centered around Game Day in Ann Arbor. So it's not really in Michigan's best interests to start looking away from the Big House very often, especially in seasons like 2012 when it "only" has two home games of the three remaining non-conference games (Michigan is at Notre Dame that year).
As "changes of pace" go, though, especially when it comes to putting your program on display in a vast but unusual market, this is just about exactly the way Michigan should do it.

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Tuesday 24th July 1984
On my first visit to Ireland I travelled on the overnight ferry from Liverpool to Dublin and caught the bus from the ferry terminal across to Heuston station.
One of the "Dutch" steam heating vans No 3161 stabled at Heuston station.
Dublin Heuston carriage shed and freight yard viewed from the end of the platforms. The main line is on the right.
The main line out of Heuston. On the left is the so called "military platform" with some empty coaches stabled.
4-wheeled container flat at Heuston.
Bogie container wagon with pallets for Guinness kegs.
Partly loaded wagon with beer kegs in pallet
A rather backlit photo of the Guinness loading area outside Heuston station.
087 arrives at 08:35 from Waterford.
Mk3 generator van with the obelisk in Phoenix Park behind.
I then walked across Dublin to Connolly station.
Turntable at Dublin Connolly station.
My visit to Ireland coincided with the opening of the electrified DART services. Here 8306 arrives on a Howth to Bray service.
Looking north from the through suburban line platforms at Connolly. On the depot are 025 and 051.
The stock of the Galway mail train with a TPO and a post-war CIE 2nd class coach No. 1434.
TPO No.2974 and a 'Dutch' heating van
Northern Ireland Railways 112 arrives at Connolly with the morning 'Enterprise' service from Belfast.
Interior of terminal platforms at Connolly with a Northern Ireland railways train from Belfast beyond the customs barrier.
Station pilot No. 164 moves the stock of the 'Enterprise' out of Connolly to release the train engine.
A push-pull train from Maynooth to Dublin Pearse runs in with former DMU coach converted to a control car.
Propelling the train was 234.
133 and 132 have arrived at Connolly from Rosslare.
The electric DART service had started the day before my visit - here is unit 8104/ 8304 at Connolly on a Howth to Bray service. I travelled on unit 8132 with a service from Bray to Howth.
8122 and 8121 at Howth station.
Back at Connolly 173 is on a Dublin - Belfast service.
CIE 173 leaves Connolly at the head of a Belfast train made up of Mk2 coaches.
NIR buffet car No. 547
I the travelled on the 13.20 Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Harbour behind 012 seen after arrival at Rosslare.
The end of the line on the break-water at Rosslare.
The train was propelled back out of the station and the locomotive has run round its 6-coach train.
Former BR Mk1 generator coach no.3174. The TL means that the coach has a through line electric train heating cable.
Cravens coaches were the main second rank express coach in 1984 after the Mk2 AC coaches.
The Park Royal coaches with their distinctive flat recessed ends and ribbed sides were still a major feature of long distance trains in 1984.
Rosslare Harbour station.
Looking from the Harbour station towards Rosslare Strand.
A former tablet catcher.
Rosslare locomotive depot
Rosslare port with ferry to France departing.
From Rosslare I took the 19.30 train to Limerick as far as Waterford. This is 157 on its 4-coach train after arrival on a train from Waterford. As I had a cab pass from CIE I was able to travel in the cab of this train to Waterford. I was given the single line token by the driver and told to do the token exchange at Wellington Bridge loop - an interesting experience at nearly 30mph!
Wednesday 25th July 1984
Waterford signal box
Waterford looking west towards the freight yards and the junction of the Limerick and Dublin lines.
No. 038 runs into Waterford at about 08.30 with the 07.15 Rosslare Harbour to Limerick which I took as far as Limerick Junction.
Carrick on Suir signal box. Note the CIE standard open wagons with corrugated sides.
Limerick Junction with 013 at the head of a Shelton to Cork ammonia train. Note the long platform with crossover to allow both north and southbound main line trains to call simultaneously.
157 on the 09.40 Limerick to Waterford train runs around the back of Limerick Junction station before reversing into the bay platform seen to the left.
080 runs into Limerick Junction with the 09.00 Cork to Dublin express.
080 is at the head of a Cork to Dublin service.
A wagon used for bagged fertiliser pallets.
157 is on a Limerick to Waterford train in the south end bay platform at Limerick Junction having run around the back of the station.
The "back line" at Limerick Junction used by trains going to the south end bay.
Beet traffic wagons stored at Limerick Junction.
079 leaves the Junction with the 08.40 Dublin to Tralee express.
036 leaves Limerick Junction heading towards Cork with a loaded train of bagged fertiliser.
The south end bay platform. This was often used when connections were being made between northbound trains and trains for Waterford or Limerick to avoid passengers having to make a long walk along the platform to the north end bay.
Looking north: on the left the Limerick bay platform and on the right the main line platform, then the two through roads and the old locomotive shed.
The north end junction with the Limerick line to the left. The flat crossing between the direct Limerick to Waterford and the main Dublin to Cork line can be seen just to the right of the signal box and the semaphore signal controlling this is to the left of the box.
Looking towards Cork with the Limerick bay and the 'back road' on the right.
The locomotive release points and station canopy looking towards Cork.
Having a cab pass, a track pass and a pass to get me into every depot and works on the CIE meant I could wander freely - even across the main line. This is Limerick Junction looking south.
The forbidding looking station building.
An ancient passenger coach in use by the PW department.
Inside the shed was the wreck of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railcar B (CIE 2509)
Limerick Junction shed
Various withdrawn vans.
A beet wagon.
188 looks as though it's not long out of Inchicore works
167 and 149 on a Tralee to Dublin additional relief train.
I the travelled behind 184 on the 12.55 Limerick Junction to Limerick train.
Bagged cement wagons at Limerick
019 is on a train to Limerick Junction at Limerick
Another view of 019.
My depot pass allowed me to visit the depot and wagon works at Limerick.
Another view of the bagged cement wagons with the counter-balanced body sides.
Irish Cement bogie wagons.
Dolomite wagon in the works yard.
Wagon works and fuelling point.
Limerick Check signal box.
Bell line and CIE Uniload containers.
4-wheel cement wagon.
4-wheel flat with uniload container. In the background is a CIE school bus.
Limerick station signal box.
I then took the 15.30 Limerick to Ballybrophy along the branch through Nenagh seen here in the bay platform at Ballybrophy.
At Ballybrophy 228 was on a short engineering train.
Looking towards Dublin whilst I awaited 13.45 Tralee to Dublin with 075.
Thursday 26th July 1984
I left Dublin on the 08.30 to Sligo behind 050. This view is at Mullingar
The 07.45 Sligo to Dublin has 132 and 133 at its head as it arrives at Mullingar.
Sligo station with the train from Dublin in the platform. The mail van on the left will work the 19.45 to Mullingar where it will be added to the 22.00 Galway to Dublin mail.
A brake 2nd coach no.1914.
A 2nd class coach.
Sligo shed with 185 and 186 in view.
050 propels its stock out of the station to run round.
Sligo signal box.
I walked down the short harbour branch past the cement silo.
The freight and container depot at Sligo at the end of the harbour branch.
Fuel oil wagons that operated from Dublin three times a week
Uniload and beer flats .
CIE Expressway bus.
I decided to travel in the cab of 050 back to Dublin on the 13.50 service, being made to feel most welcome.
Longford station with container depot alongside,
The terminal was served twice a week at this time.
Mostrim with 173 arriving on the 13.30 Dublin to Sligo. The driver promised me he would leave without me!
A brake 2nd class coach at Dublin Connolly.
Park Royal open 2nd class.
From Dublin Connolly I travelled in the cab of 211 as far as Drogheda on a Dublin Pearse to Drogheda train. The train is seen after arrival there.
At Drogheda 048 was on a Tara Mines to North Wall zinc ore train.
One of the large bogie wagons used on the Tara Mines trains.
Drogheda looking towards Dublin with the branch from Navan on the right
Cement wagons in the yard at Drogheda.
From Drogheda I travelled north to Dundalk in the cab of 224 working a Dublin to Dundalk service.
The gauntleted track over the |Boyne Viaduct.
Arrival at Dundalk behind 224.
Looking towards Belfast from Dundalk.
Northern Ireland Railways No. 113 was stabled at Dundalk.
224 runs round its train.
Looking towards Dublin with quite a lot of freight traffic evident.
Harp lager container
Satzenbrau Pils beer container.
My return to Dublin was in the cab of 005 with an evening Dundalk to Dublin train.
Viewed from the cab the train is about to cross over the northbound line and enter the loop at Mosney holiday camp.
Friday 27th July 1984
I had set aside the Friday morning to visit Inchicore, having been assured in the letter from CIE that I would be welcome to visit the works and depot. I was surprised to find that it was the works' holiday and at first thought I wouldn't be allowed in but some the Works' manager himself came out and offered me a tour of the works and depot which took about an hour - a generous use of his time I'm sure.
Withdrawn Sulzer diesel 104 was in a line of locos by the side of the main line
E432 a 0-6-0 diesel was in the depot yard.
Another view looking from the cab end.
Inside the carriage maintenance depot.
077 looks almost ex- works.
There were no fewer than 86 locomotives in either the works or on the depot. Of these about 25 were withdrawn or had suffered crash or bomb damage, including 004, 010 and 207
Underneath this 201 class can be seen the electronic device used to do with the signalling system in the Dublin DART area. Locos so fitted had an S suffix after their number.
A Lyons Tea container.
A Mark 2 Supertrain 2nd class coach and beyond a former BR Mark 1 steam heating van.
A former DMU coach converted for use on push-pull trains.
One of the new Mark 3 electric generating vans that had just been introduced.
A Mark 3 restaurant car.
An anhydrous Ammonia tanker.
A withdrawn 6 wheel steam heating van.
Alongside the main line was a long row of withdrawn locos including B113 and B114.
Another long line of withdrawn locos; from left to right 104,110,109, 108, 103, 112, 106, 107, 102, 101, 105 and 037.
I then made a round trip to Waterford travelling out on the 11.35 from Heuston and returning on the 15.15 both trains being hauled by 086.
At Waterford a cattle ship was loading on the far bank of the River Suir.
The bridge over the River Suir west of Waterford had been in use for magnesite traffic from Ballinacourty to Cork until 1982 and had once formed the line through to Mallow.
At Kilkenny all trains had to reverse.
086 is running round its train.
I spent several hours watching the heavy Friday evening trains heading west at Kildare. Between 17 .15 and 19.55 17 trains passed through.
This is 076 runs no stop through Kildare with the 17.30 Dublin to Cork train passing 075 on a Tralee to Dublin service.
155 arrives with the Fridays only 17.35 Dublin to Waterford.
The 15.10 Cork to Dublin mail train has 190 at its head.
130 and 127 pass with the 18.00 Dublin to Westport.
043 is at the head of the 15.55 Cork to Shelton ammonia train.
The emergency water tank carried on the last wagon.
071 brings the 17.30 Mark 3 stock Cork to Dublin through Kildare.
Saturday 28 July 1984
This was to be the first of two trips out to the west coast of Ireland from Dublin. i took the 08.20 from Heuston to Westport, a journey of 4 hours and 10 minutes behind 081.
We passed 127 and 130 on the 07.50 Westport to Dublin at Cloughjordan.
Westport loco shed
The wagons of the 0845 Claremorris to Westport liner train. These were detached from the previous night's Dublin to Claremorris liner which ran twice a week.
081 has run round its train and is setting the stock back into the departure platform.
Looking towards the end of the line at Westport.
I returned to Claremorris on the 13.35 to Dublin with 081.
081 is departing for Athlone and Dublin. The line to the right is the freight only line to Athenry and Limerick.
Looking towards Westport at Claremorris
Looking towards Westport and Ballina ; on the left is the three coach train that will form the 16.25 Claremorris to Ballina train whilst on the right is the Westport to Dublin service. I will take this train to Ballina once the connection from the 13.02 Dublin to Westport has been made.
Claremorris signal box looking towards Westport and Ballina.
Claremorris looking towards Dublin.
On the right is 023 with two coaches that were part of the Fridays only Dublin to Ballina and had been worked back empty from Ballina late on Friday evening. As can be seen I was using my trackside pass again to take photos.
The Westport and Ballina end of the station.
In the yard at Claremorris were some petrol tankers that had been on the previous night's Dublin to Claremorris liner.
Also there were some container flats and a fuel oil tanker
020 has arrived at Ballina.
In the container terminal is the previous night's arrival from Dublin conveying containers for Asahi.
B+I Uniload and Freightliner containers.
A CIE Bedford lorry.
CIE school bus.
Ballina with the service back to Claremorris.
The level crossing over the freight branch.
From Ballina I returned to Claremorris behind 020 and then behind 078 on the 18.25 Westport to Dublin arriving at Heuston at 22.05 - a long day!
Sunday 29th July
This was another long day with a trip to Galway and back leaving on the 08.30 from Heuston to Westport with 080 as train loco. I rode in the cab as far as Athlone and had the unnerving experience of almost hitting a person crossing the line near the Curragh racecourse when we were travelling at 90mph.
This is Portarlington with the train having crossed over onto the Up line from Cork and about to turn off onto the Athlone line at the bridge.
At this time Athlone was being rebuilt with a new station under construction on the east side of the Shannon bridge on the site of the old GSR station. However, the old MGWR station on the west side was still in use, The 09.25 Galway to Dublin is seen leaving behind 164 and 165.
Coach No. 1917 with a Cravens coach beyond.
1417 was a buffet coach.
080 is leaving with the 08.30 from Heuston to Westport.
Track work and resignalling work is underway. 218 is at the head of ballast wagons at the old loco shed. In the background the rear coaches of the Westport train can be seen diverging to the right. The Galway line continues ahead.
I now had just over an hour before my train to Galway. This is Athlone Midland station looking towards Dublin and the Shannon bridge.
The exterior of Athlone Midland station which would be closed in 1985 when services were transferred to the new station on the site of the old Great Southern and Western Railway station
The bridge over the River Shannon.
I must have walked over the railway bridge to take these photos. The former MGWR line to Mullingar (at the time this line only has a few freight trains and the night mail over it and is now closed) can be seen diverging to the left whilst the line to the right leads to the former GSWR station.
The "new" Athlone station is seen under construction .
I then returned to the Midland station to take the 10.00 Dublin to Galway behind 149 and 190. I rode in the cab as far as Athenry but in contrast to the other drivers he wasn't very friendly so I returned to the train for the rest of the journey to Galway.
Unfortunately the small number of photographs I took in Galway have disappeared so there are no further images for this day. After an afternoon spent on Galway beach - there wasn't much to do in Galway on a Sunday in the 1980s I returned to Dublin on the 18.50 to Heuston.
Monday 30th July 1984
On this day I travelled from Dublin to Killarney on the 08.40 Tralee service behind 075.
The train shed at the terminal station at Killarney. This station is situated on a spur of the through Mallow to Tralee line so all trains have to reverse in or out of the station.
Water tower at Killarney.
After a two hour break I carried on to Tralee on the 13.15 Cork to Tralee hauled by 017.
The bogie of one of the "Dutch" heating vans.
Tralee station after the arrival of the train from Cork.
Tralee freight yard with the stock for the daily 18.25 Tralee to Mallow liner. I then travelled on to Cork behind 017 on the 17.25 Tralee to Cork.
Tuesday 31st July 1984
I started this day with a round trip to Cobh behind 038 and then took the 11.30 to Dublin as far as Mallow behind 080
Cork signal box
The gantry crane at the container terminal at Cork.
A first Class Mark 3 coach on the Cork to Dublin.
The restaurant car on the same train.
Mallow looking towards Dublin with the container terminal on the left.
The Dublin end of mallow station with the former line to Waterford branching off to the right.
Inside the old steam shed was preserved GNR(I) 4-4-0 No 131
Mallow signal box
053 at the head of a Shelton Abbey to Cork bagged fertiliser train.
142 brings a Cork to Platin bogie cement train through Mallow.
I decided to return to Cork behind 077 on the 10.30 from Dublin and then to go back to Dublin behind the same locomotive on the 14.40 from Cork.
That evening after watching more trains at Heuston and Connolly I boarded the night ferry to Liverpool, where I was stopped by immigration (Special Branch) officials and asked to prove my identity. The letter I had from CIE giving me permission to be on railway property seemed to be enough!

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Power from river to light school
Wednesday 10 November 1993
Micro-hydro power technology is increasingly popular in Peru and Nepal, where a one- kilowatt turbine can light a village. It has now arrived on the delta of the river Wandle in south London: here it will ring a bell at high tide and light the hall of a primary school.
The project is the brainchild of Platform, a group set up 10 years ago to combine art, science, ecology and earth magic. It cost pounds 25,000, from the Government's now-defunct urban programme, and is backed by the Department of the Environment, Wandsworth Council, the Arts Council and the London Arts Board.
The Wandle was chosen because it is one of the few rivers not to have been turned into a drain. Its delta was, in Bronze and Iron Age times, a site of votive water offerings: the Battersea Shield in the British Museum was found there. According to Platform, it was as sacred a river as the Ganges.
The group hopes the project will raise the average urban Briton's energy consciousness to nearer that of a rural Nepali, who knows the limits of the village hydropower plant and will switch off the lights when he or she starts to cook. Bikash Pandey, its programme manager in Nepal, watched yesterday's ceremony.
He said: 'What is exciting is that people are coming to the same conclusions, whether they are in London or in Nepal. It is easy in a big city to think nuclear power is the solution, but the best economics is using local resources intelligently, making a place beautiful and looking after the environment in the long-term.'
Platform describes the project as a celebration of ecological technology and sees it as part of the imaginative recreation of the city. The bell will 'reconnect' people with tidal rhythms. On a sculpted frieze are the names of species it seeks to lure back - salmon, otter, heron. St Joseph's school, which is taking energy from the turbine, is being rebuilt along green lines, with a bird-watching hide, an ecological garden, a log amphitheatre and nesting- boxes built into the school walls. Its children helped to plan these features.
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CPI (Maoist) confirms death of Ravalu Srinivas alias Ramanna in audio clip; Naxal leader wanted in 2010 Dantewada, 2017 Sukma attacks
Banned ultra-Left outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) has finally confirmed the death of Ravalu Srinivas alias Ramanna, a dreaded Maoist leader from Chhattisgarh, who died at the age of 59
Banned Maoist outfit’s Bastar division calls for struggle against State, fight for identity of adivasis on World Tribal Day
On the occasion of the Vishwa Adivasi Diwas (World Tribal Day) on Friday, the Maoist cadre in Chhattisgarh asked the tribals to observe it as a ‘day of struggle to protect the rights and identity of tribals’
Naxalism cannot be wiped out with violence, development alone: Education and popularisation of Constitution is key
The conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh saw a campaign that inter alia involved Naxalism as one of the prominent issues
Maoists in Bastar call for boycott of Lok Sabha election, put up posters extending support to Kashmiri separatists, militants
Maoists of Bastar in Chhattisgarh have extended support to Kashmiri separatists and militants and also called for a boycott of the Lok Sabha election.
Bhima Koregaon violence 'deep-rooted conspiracy', says Bombay HC, dismisses Anand Teltumbde's plea seeking quashing of FIR
Teltumbde had claimed that he was being falsely implicated in Bhima Koregaon case. In his plea, the activist denied all the charges against him even as the police opposed.
'More extortionists than rebels': Scribes brush off Maoist statement expressing regret for attack on DD cameraman
Those living in the Maoist-hotbed of Basta remember that prior to Sahu, two local scribes were brutally murdered by Maoists in 2013
Dantewada attack: Maoists say had no intention of targeting media, but warn press, election officials to stay away from conflict areas
The Maoists on Friday released a statement on the Dantewada attack that killed a Doordarshan cameraman and two policemen, stating that "Doordarshan cameraman Achutyanand Sahu was killed after being caught in the ambush and we had no intention of targeting the media."
Based on the information gathered from witnesses, the police identified three guerillas who took part in the attack in Andhra Pradesh. They include Aruna alias Venkataravi Chaitanya, a Special Zonal Committee Member of the CPI-Maoist
Bhima Koregaon arrests: UAPA has poor conviction rate; roughly 75% cases end in discharge or acquittal
The conviction rate for cases under UAPA–cases convicted per cases in which trials were completed–in 2016 was 33 percent, as against 82 percent for all SLL cases, while the pendency percentage – cases pending trial per total cases for trial – stood at 97.8 percent in 2016, as against 82 percent for SLL cases.
'Urban Naxals' use provisions of NHRC, SC to weaken State, propagate Maoist propaganda, claims report released at RSS event
A fact-finding mission report on Naxals, recently unveiled at an RSS event states that "intellectuals working as academicians, lawyers, media persons act as sympathisers of Maoist activities and spearhead the movement by making it appear an ideological war against caste and class"
Bhima Koregaon riots probe: Bombay HC to hear plea against ADG PB Singh, Maharashtra Police over media briefing in sub judice case
Social activist Sanjay Bhalerao, who claims to be to be a witness to the Bhima Koregaon violence, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court seeking action against Additional Director General ,Param Bir Singh and the other policemen for briefing the media and disclosing evidence.
CPI(Maoist) leader surrenders before Jharkhand Police, CRPF; militant wanted for various cases including murder
A Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered on Wednesday to the Jharkhand Police and CRPF. He claimed that he was tired of the Naxal activities.
Maoists kill one, injure another on suspicion of being police informers in midnight attack in Telangana
Maoists went on rampage in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem district early Saturday, killing one and injuring another former guerrilla member
Maoist violence drops by over 50% in six years as Left-wing extremists' grip weakens in red bastions
There has been a 52.6 percent drop in incidents of Maoist violence between 2010 and 2016, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of ministry of home affairs (MHA) data
A construction company employee was brutally murdered in Bihar's Jamui district in the wee hours of Tuesday. Police suspect the Communist Party of India (Maoist) to have carried out the incident after a failed extortion demand
In 2006, even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, known for his economy of words, spoke up, describing the Maoists as the “biggest internal-security threat.”
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has apologised for the death of nine civilians, including 7 polling personnel, in landmine blasts triggered by their cadres in Chhattisgarh over the weekend and termed it as a "serious mistake".
The Maoists may have lost a significant part of their power but have they been demolished completely?
India continued to be one of the most persistently targeted countries by transnational terrorist groups like LeT, a US report has said, noting New Delhi's concerns about Pakistan-based terror outfits remain the main impediment in normalising Indo-Pak ties.


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Another 2 COVID-19-related deaths reported in Johnson County among 62 more deaths statewide
Despite falling positivity rates and hospitalizations locally and across the state, nearly 500 Iowa City school district students are currently quarantining due to exposure to COVID-19.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Iowa reported another 1,335 cases of COVID-19 and 62 additional COVID-19-related deaths — including another two in Johnson County — since the state's tally at 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Coronavirus.Iowa.gov.
Officials report a total of 4,394 people with COVID-19 have died from the disease across the state, including 51 in Johnson County. The deaths reported Wednesday were the first since a pair of deaths was reported Jan. 8. The first death here was reported April 4.
Officials reported 103 influenza-related deaths across the entire state of Iowa in the 2019-20 flu season. The novel coronavirus will likely be the third-leading cause of death in Iowa in 2020, behind just heart disease and cancer, according to 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
A total of 1,430,372 Iowans have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus, which causes the disease, including 68,734 in Johnson County. A total of 307,568 have tested positive in Iowa. The state has reported a total of 12,124 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Johnson County, an increase of 39 since 10 a.m. Tuesday.
► Where to get tested for COVID-19 in Johnson County
How many people are in hospitals?
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the state reported 82 people with the virus were being hospitalized in the state's fifth RMCC, which includes Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello and Washington counties, as well as 23 patients in the region's intensive care units. The region last peaked at 371 hospitalized patients on Nov. 18 and 19, and 102 in its ICUs on Nov. 19.
Officials reported 474 COVID-19 patients hospitalized across the state Wednesday morning, including 86 in ICUs; the previous highs were 1,527, reported Nov. 18, and 288, reported Nov. 17. Fourteen of Iowa's 99 counties were reporting 14-day positivity rate averages of at or higher than 15%. Thirty-one were reporting 14-day positivity rate averages of less than 10%.
Johnson County's positivity rate average was 10.1%.
COVID in Iowa City schools
The Iowa Department of Education announced Jan. 8 that it had rejected a waiver request from the Iowa City Community School District to hold classes entirely online.
In their rejection of the district's waiver request, which cited concern over cold weather and the holidays as factors that drove an increase in the county's 14-day positivity rate average in the weeks following Christmas, Ann Lebo, the director of the state department, wrote "The guidelines set by the (Iowa Department of Education) in consultation with the Iowa Department of Public Health were designed as a measure of virus activity in all situations and are not contingent on the weather or the calendar.
"It is reasonable to apply them here," Lebo continued, "and their application points toward denying your district’s request."
Iowa City district officials had committed to requesting a waiver if the county's 14-day positivity rate average rose to more than 10% for a three- to five-day period — which has been the case since Jan. 1 — the district absence rate for students or faculty reaches 10% for two consecutive days, or both, in a “decision matrix” agreed to by the Iowa City school board in early September.
A law passed last year by the Iowa Legislature laid out guidelines for schools offering remote learning in response to the pandemic, and Gov. Kim Reynolds' administration has generally interpreted the law to mean that schools should hold half of their classes in-person unless the county's COVID-19 positivity rate reaches 15% for a two-week period and absenteeism reaches 10%, but the state's Department of Education has made clear that districts can ask for permission to move fully online before meeting those thresholds.
The state also rejected a waiver request by Des Moines Public Schools, the largest district in the state, just before the new year, too, saying the county's 11.5% positivity rate average didn't meet the threshold needed to justify online-only learning. The waiver request rejection was the state's first in months and came after Reynolds stressed in early December that she believes parents should have the option to send their children to attend classes in person five days a week, an option Iowa City families haven't had since early in 2020.
Reynolds has said that the law passed in June, Senate File 2310, doesn't grant her the authority to mandate schools provide more than 50% of their instruction in person and urged the legislature to immediately pass a bill requiring schools to offer 100% in-person classes for students in her annual Condition of the State address on Jan. 12.
The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said in-person learning is only safe when communities' positivity rates are under 5%. Iowa City schools have mostly learned in a hybrid model of in-person and online learning this year; 81 students and 15 staff in the district are currently positive for the disease, according to the district's COVID-19 Dashboard, and 860 students and 207 staff have tested positive since Aug. 15. The district has closed 18 classrooms and 10 extra-curricular programs as a result of potential exposure to students and staff, and 494 students and 56 staff members are currently being asked to quarantine.
► Tracking COVID-19 cases in schools across Iowa, from kindergarten to high school
How many people have been vaccinated in Johnson County?
More than 142,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far in Iowa, and more than 12,600 Iowans have been fully vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine, officials announced Tuesday.
The country's vaccination campaign got off to a slower than expected start, but Iowa has been doing better at inoculating people than many other states, national data shows.
More than 18,500 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been administered in Johnson County so far, including nearly 13,000 doses to residents of Johnson County. Nearly 1,900 Johnson County residents have received both doses of a vaccine.
► More:When will a COVID-19 vaccine be available for most Johnson County residents?
COVID-19 at the University of Iowa
On Monday, University of Iowa officials said another 19 cases of COVID-19 had been self-reported by students since Friday, totaling 2,887 cases since Aug. 18. Officials also reported nine new cases, totaling 395 since Aug. 18, among the university's faculty and staff.
The university also reported 4 students living in its residence halls who are currently being asked to quarantine or self-isolate.
► Here's what we know about coronavirus cases, students in quarantine at Iowa, Iowa State and UNI
COVID cases in Iowa prisons
The state reports 31 incarcerated individuals and 13 staff members at Coralville's Iowa Medical and Classification Center are positive for the disease. Another 444 inmates and 92 employees have tested positive and since recovered.
A spike in cases at the Coralville facility was reported on Aug. 18. One of the inmates at the facility, Richard Leroy Peters, 77, died Sept. 6. Peters was the fourth of 14 people under Iowa Department of Corrections supervision to die from complications related to COVID-19, but just the first at the Coralville facility. Among the department's staff, an Iowa Correctional Institution for Women staff member with COVID-19 died Nov. 16 and a Clarinda Correctional Facility staff member with COVID-19 died Nov. 28.
► The Iowans we've lost to COVID-19: Join us in remembering the Iowans we've lost to COVID-19. Together, let's carry their stories with us.
COVID cases in Iowa's long-term care facilities
Officials continue to report outbreaks at 71 of Iowa's 436 long-term care facilities, including at Iowa City's Briarwood Healthcare Center and the Coralville Lantern Park Specialty Care facility.
Of the Iowans who've died from COVID-19, 1,806 were residents of long-term care facilities.
An outbreak at Solon's Nursing Care Center earlier this year was responsible for the deaths of 12 residents and staff, according to a ProPublica report. An outbreak at the Colonial Manor of Amana was responsible for the deaths of nine residents and staff. An outbreak at the Iowa City Rehab & Health Care center was responsible for the deaths of three residents and staff.
► Coronavirus cases are increasing in Iowa: Here's how to track COVID-19 in Johnson County
Coronavirus in Iowa, by the numbers
Numbers reported by the state for Johnson County and all of Iowa, respectively, as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Numbers in parentheses represent change over the previous 24 hours.
- Total tested: 68,734 (+196); 1,430,372 (+4,161)
- Total confirmed: 12,124 (+39); 307,568 (+1,335)
- Johnson County's 14-day average positivity rate: 10.1%
- Total recoveries: 10,656 (+43); 270,555 (+1,673)
- Total deaths: 51 (+2); 4,394 (+62)
- Hospitalized in RMCC Region 5: 82 (-5)
- Receiving ICU care in RMCC Region 5: 23 (+2)
RMCC Region 5 includes Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello and Washington counties.
Source: Iowa Department of Public Health
Zach Thompson is the editor of the Press-Citizen and can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @zthomp.


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Coach Mas Ud Dramani has handed call ups to 28 players to the Black Queens camp as they prepare for their upcoming international friendly game against France.
The senior national female team is expected to take on their French counterparts on October 23 in a game which will serve as part of their preparations for the Africa Women’s Championship (AWC) to be staged in Ghana next month.
France will host the next FIFA Women’s World Cup and will use the friendly game against Ghana as part of their preparation for the competition.
Players who have been invited are report to the Black Queens camp in Prampram on Tuesday October 3 at 11:00am.
The African Women’s Championship will be held from 17 November to 1 December 2018.
The winner of the competition, the first and second runners up will automatically represent Africa at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Compared with drugs plus endoscopy, placement of transjugular portosystemic shunt within 72 hours of admission to the hospital (early or preventive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt [TIPS], also called preemptive TIPS) increases the proportion of high-risk patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding who survive for 1 year. However, the benefit of preemptive TIPS is less clear for patients with a Child-Pugh score of B and active bleeding (CP-B+AB). We performed an individual data meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of preemptive TIPS in these patients and identify factors associated with reduced survival of patients receiving preemptive TIPS.
METHODS: We searched publication databases for randomized controlled trials and observational studies comparing the effects of preemptive TIPS versus endoscopy plus nonselective beta-blockers in the specific population of high-risk patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding (CP-B+AB or Child-Pugh C, below 14 points), through December 31, 2019. We performed a meta-analysis of data from 7 studies (3 randomized controlled trials and 4 observational studies), comprising 1327 patients (310 received preemptive TIPS and 1017 received drugs plus endoscopy). We built adjusted models to evaluate risk using propensity score for baseline covariates. Multivariate Cox regression models were used to assess the factors associated with survival time. The primary endpoint was effects of preemptive TIPS versus drugs plus endoscopy on 1-year survival in the overall population as well as CP-B+AB and Child-Pugh C patients.
RESULTS: Overall, preemptive TIPS significantly increased the proportion of high-risk patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding who survived for 1 year, compared with drugs plus endoscopy (hazard ratio [HR] 0.443; 95% CI 0.323-0.607; P < .001). This effect was observed in CP-B+AB patients (HR 0.524; 95% CI 0.307-0.896; P = .018) and in patients with Child-Pugh C scores below 14 points (HR 0.374; 95% CI 0.253-0.553; P < .001). Preemptive TIPS significantly improved control of bleeding and ascites without increasing risk of hepatic encephalopathy in Child-Pugh C and CP-B+AB patients, compared with drugs plus endoscopy. Cox analysis of patients who received preemptive TIPS showed that patients could be classified into 3 categories for risk of death, based on age, serum level of creatinine, and Child-Pugh score. In each of these risk categories, preemptive TIPS increased the proportion of patients who survived for 1 year, compared with drugs plus endoscopy.
CONCLUSIONS: In a meta-analysis of data from 1327 patients with cirrhosis, acute variceal bleeding, and Child-Pugh score between 10 and 13 points or CP-B+AB, preemptive TIPS increased the proportion who survived for 1 year, in both subgroups separately, compared with drugs plus endoscopy.
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Hohenzollern Bridge, Show all 10 places in Koln » Koln10
Surprisingly, the Hohenzollern Bridge is one of the most recognizable objects in Cologne and is second only to the cathedral itself. Moreover, it's called the "Bridge of Love". Maybe because couples in love walk along with it and hang locks on the parapet with the assurance of the eternity of their feelings.
But back to engineering earthiness. The bridge assembled from steel beams. It stands on two piers and has three arches. The length of the main span is 167.75 meters, the total length is 409.19 meters, and the width is 29.5 meters.
It's simply amazing how the interweaving of steel channels, riveted and screwed together, create the effect of openwork in perspective. In this respect, the Hohenzollern Bridge reminds me of the Eiffel Tower.
The railway bridge needed to connect the right bank of the Rhine (read: the coal-mining Ruhr area) and the centre of Cologne, and the main station stood in the very centre it shares one square with the cathedral.
In 1859 it was built and named Cathedral (Dombrücke). It had six Romanesque turrets (four on the banks and two on supports in the middle of the Rhine). For its lattice structure, it was popularly called the "Mousetrap" (Muusfall). It was designed by hydraulic engineer Hermann Lohse.
It had two lanes for cars and two railway tracks. However, it soon became apparent that it wasn't able to handle the load, and after 48 years it was demolished to build a new version.
Prewar Hohenzollern Bridge
In May 1911, a new bridge was opened, which MAN had been building since 1907. The new bridge already had four railway tracks. It was already decorated with four neo-Romanesque turrets, which were designed by the Berlin architect Franz Schwechten. In addition, four equestrian monuments to the representatives of the Hohenzollern dynasty appeared at the bridge. Apparently because of the chosen name for the bridge. In general, the Hohenzollerns are a dynasty of the Electors of Brandenburg, and then of the kings of Prussia.
Hohenzollern Bridge to War
During the war, Cologne survived 262 bombings and was badly damaged, but still withstood. It was destroyed by American sappers on March 6, 1945.


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Slaget om Fredens Havn
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THE BATTLE ABOUT THE HARBOUR OF PEACE (SLAGET OM FREDENS HAVN) is a story about a group of homeless people who have taken matters into their own hands and have created their own little paradise on old boats - a lot of them half sunken - next to some of Copenhagen’s most expensive habitation on Copenhagen's waterfront.
Some urban planners see Fredens Havn as as a succesful social experiment showing how homeless can co-create solutions to their problems, while neighbours and politicians at large see the place as an illegal occupation and an eyesore that needs to be taken down by authorities
It´s a story about the people living in this real-life Water World. The old punk and strident semi-retired sword swallower Stork and Esben, the peaceful and pragmatic unofficial "mayor" of the community. Very different personalities with each their own take on how to deal with the city and their threats to shut down their pirate community .
But even more so, it´s a film about the clash between different classes in Denmark, the homeless and the students in Fredens Havn versus their prosperous neighbors, who have gotten politicians and authorities to begin a clearance of the harbor.
Storken and his friends are doing everything they can to try and change the decision and keep Fredens Havn, but will they succeed?


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Marondera hospital is running a pilot project for maternity wards, a concept that is set to transform the health sector in Zimbabwe.
The development comes as the government gears up to transforming the health sector.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has partnered with other non-governmental organisations in establishing a model maternity ward at Marondera hospital.
The hospital has eight private wards which appear to be offering high class standards.
Ministry of Health and Child Care Director Family Health Dr Benard Madzima says the success of the pilot project will see it being implemented in other hospitals across the country.
Some corporates have adopted wards in government institutions and some have gone further to renovate and refurbish the adopted wards.
This was done to ease pressure on government after realisation that the budgetary allocation was below the Abuja Declaration threshold which stipulates that health sector must be allocated 15 percent of the total budget.


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Leo J. O'DonovanSeptember 4, 2009 - 9:05am0 comments
A religion of revelation understands God as addressing us from beyond our experience, not apart from it. It helped me to remember that when visiting what may be the most engaging encounter between faith and culture in New York these days.
That would be Dan Graham: Beyond, a retrospective of the contemporary American artist's work at the Whitney Museum of American Art (through October 11). The show includes sculpture, prints, drawings, video, and film installations.
Born in Urbana, Illinois, in 1942, and raised in New Jersey, Graham in 1964 founded and briefly ran the John Daniels Gallery in New York City. It featured conceptual and Minimalist artists, such as Sol Le Witt and Donald Judd. Graham's own first conceptual pieces were for magazines in the mid-1960s.They included cash-register receipts that played deadpan counterpoint to the glossy commercial ads with which they were paired. With similar flat-toned objectivity, Graham sharply criticized the depersonalization and standardization of American life in “Homes for America” (1966-67), a project for Arts Magazine on the large-scale suburban housing developments of the period.
By the early 1970s, Graham began exploring how the human body is perceived in space. One of his most engaging efforts is Opposing Mirrors and Video Monitors in Time Delay (1974). Two video monitors face one another across a room in which there are also mirrors at either end. Visitors...


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Duke Ellington: Three Suitesby Duke Ellington
One of Duke Ellington's most delightful adaptations of another composer's material is his reworking of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" into jazz; this version is a classic and well worth treasuring. Ellington's reworking of Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suites" (including "In the Hall of the Mountain King") and his tribute to John Steinbeck ("Suite Thursday") are also among his better extended works, really utilizing the unique tones of his distinctive sidemen. Highly recommended.
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Flying Carpets Games is bringing The Girl and the Robot, its Kickstarted aventure game about a girl and a robot, to PlayStation 4.
Previously confirmed for Wii U, PC, Mac, and Linux, the game follows a young girl, trapped in a castle built upon ancient arcane technology, who one day escapes and encounters a malfunctioning robot knight with whom she works together to unravel the castle’s mystery and escape alive. It is inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Ico, as well as the animated movies of Studio Ghibli.
The game is due out this December. Watch a trailer below.


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Discussion in 'Fibromyalgia Main Forum' started by NifferA, Feb 9, 2006.
For those who use the whey protein shakes, which one has the best taste?
Jay Robbs Vanilla; yummy. I heard the chocolate & strawberry is good also. Don't get the egg white. yuk. Then I add green powder, nonfat soymilk, flax oil, coconut oil and sometimes blueberries.
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Large Acreage 4.5 miles from Micaville and a few min from Spruce Pine. NO RESTRICTIONS. Gas lines and power lines run through the property. Perfect for dividing to create a neighborhood. Seller can add roads and drainage to suit for the right price. Seller is offering a graded house site in the area the buyer chooses and a gravel driveway.
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In the verdant landscapes of Rwanda, where bananas are not just a fruit but a cultural icon, a silent menace threatens the very existence of cherished varieties. Panama disease, a devastating wilt caused by a soil-inhabiting fungus, has unleashed its wrath upon the banana industry, pushing iconic varieties like Kamaramasenge and Gros Michel to the edge of extinction. However, in the face of this crisis, agricultural biotechnology emerges as a beacon of hope, offering genetically modified (GM) banana varieties resistant to this insidious disease.
Understanding the Peril:
Panama disease, once confined to Southeast Asia for nearly two decades, has now spread its tendrils across the globe, wreaking havoc on banana plantations in Africa. The disease, with no known cure and affecting beloved varieties like Kamaramasenge and Gros Michel, poses a significant threat to Rwanda’s agricultural landscape. It’s a race against time as the disease persists in the soil for up to 35 years, necessitating urgent action to save these iconic varieties from oblivion.
The Call for Biotechnological Intervention:
Pacifique Nshimiyimana, a prominent banana farmer and agricultural scientist, highlights the urgent need for agricultural biotechnology as a solution to save Rwanda’s staple food. With the banana sub-sector covering a significant portion of Rwanda’s cultivated land, the threat of Panama disease looms large, endangering not only iconic varieties but also the livelihoods of farmers and the availability of a crucial food source for Rwandans.
Nshimiyimana emphasizes the critical role of genetically modified banana varieties in combating Panama disease and preventing the extinction of vital banana varieties like Kamaramasenge and Gros Michel. By harnessing the power of genetic modification, scientists can confer resistance to the disease, offering a lifeline to Rwanda’s banana industry and ensuring the continued availability of these cherished varieties.
A Global Effort:
The significance of agricultural biotechnology in the fight against Panama disease extends beyond Rwanda’s borders. In Australia, scientists have developed the world’s first genetically modified banana, QCAV-4, resistant to the fungus causing Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4). This groundbreaking development holds promise for the global banana industry, offering a potential solution to combat the spread of Panama disease and safeguard banana cultivation worldwide.
Looking Towards the Future:
As Rwanda finalizes its legal and regulatory framework for the safe use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the stage is set for embracing agricultural biotechnology as a tool for enhancing food security and addressing pressing challenges like Panama disease. With the passage of legislation governing GMO crops and efforts to assess policies within the East African Community, Rwanda stands poised to harness the potential of GM crops in addressing food insecurity and advancing agricultural sustainability.
In the face of mounting challenges posed by Panama disease, agricultural biotechnology emerges as a game-changer, offering hope for the preservation of iconic banana varieties and the resilience of Rwanda’s agricultural landscape. With continued support for research, innovation, and regulatory frameworks, Rwanda paves the way for a future where biotechnology plays a pivotal role in ensuring food security, sustainability, and prosperity for generations to come.
Original article written by Michel Nkurunziza
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I could not find a good place to my garage door remote, so I created my own "homelink" built in remote.
Took my remote apart.
Here are the components I used... A momentary switch from Radio Shack, some wire, and the circuit board from the remote.
Found a nice mounting point.
Drilled a hole and mounted the switch.
Put the parts back in the car using velcro to hold the circuit board to the airbag module.
Installed you can barely see the button, mounted high it works great.


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Strand on the Green
One of the most picturesque areas in London, Strand on the Green is a lovely place to while away an afternoon, with pubs and cafes to eat and drink and watersports to master. One of the oldest parts of Chiswick, the area on the north bank of the Thames from Kew Bridge to the end of the tow path at Grove Park is enjoyed by visitors and locals, mudlarkers, walkers and photographers. Delve into the rich heritage and cosy pubs in this iconic part of London.
Fishing Village to Conservation Area
Strand on the Green is one of Chiswick’s four former villages, the others being Little Sutton, Turnham Green and the area around St Nicholas Church (old Chiswick). Human presence in the area has been dated back some way – in the 19th century a number of skulls were found in the river identified as belonging to around 600BC, and Roman pottery has been found there.
The name itself is likely taken from ‘Stronde’ meaning ‘shore’ as it was a fishing village until industrialisation unified Chiswick’s villages and made it a suburb. It has been known variously as Strand Green and Strand under Green. The first houses and wharves formed no more than a line along the foreshore and over time other river businesses set up alongside the fishermen.
Image above: Strand on The Green in the 19th Century, image courtesy of Panorama of the Thames
“Oh how I’d love to live here”
Various members of the nobility and gentry settled in the area from Tudor times and in the 1700s the Strand attracted both city merchants and hangers-on of the Hanoverian Georges, who spent much time at Kew. All these elements intertwined to create a prosperous community.
The opening of Kew Bridge in 1759, and the presence of the royal family at Kew Palace caused a further increase of popularity, and further encouraged wealthy people to build locally.
However, while Strand has enjoyed prosperity for much of its existence, it has not been without hardship. When the Grand Junction Canal diverted freight traffic to Brentford, and the Royal Family moved to Windsor Castle in the 1800s, the area fell out of fashion and fell into a period of decline.
During World War Two a parachute mine destroyed 41 houses on the Thames Road, causing major emotional and financial hardship for the community.
Nonetheless, Strand on the Green’s significance was set in stone as a result of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act which listed just under 40 buildings as having special architectural or historical interest and the area has seen a resurgence since that point.
For the rest of the 20th century, the area gained some exposure on the big screen. Hawk-eyed Beatles’ fans may have noticed that the embankment and City Barge both feature in the 1965 film Help! as the fab four escape an eastern cult. The 1969 version of Goodbye Mr Chips also used 59 Strand on the Green as a filming location for Katherine’s home and Julie Christie was filmed walking on the Strand for the 1965 film Darling, declaring “Oh, how I’d love to live here.”
Famous residents have included the 16th century poet Lady Mary Sidney, 18th century painter Johann Zoffany, whose house has a blue plaque, the 20th century novelist Nancy Mitford and actor Donald Pleasance. Former Ultravox singer Midge Ure lived for a while at Zachary House.
Image above: The Bell and Crown
Food and Drink
Aside from its picturesque views of the Thames, Strand on the Green is well known for its multiple pubs, cafes and restaurants.
Close to Kew Bridge is the Bell and Crown, a roomy 18th-century pub and restaurant. It has the aesthetic of a country pub with a great selection of beers, which are allowed to be taken outside for those wishing to sit on the embankment overlooking the river. The Bell & Crown is a member of The Chiswick Calendar Club Card, offering a discount to Club Card holders.
A stone’s throw from here is the Steam Packet, the youngest pub to have set up in the area (though named for an earlier inn on the site of the same name). A sister pub to The Roebuck on Chiswick High Road, The Steam Packet has two floors and offers an excellent selection of drinks from craft beer, real ales to Japanese whisky and a varied wine list. The Steam Packet is also a member of The Chiswick Calendar’s Club Card shemme, offering a discount to card holders.
Images above: Annie’s Restaurant
Further down the river are two more great pubs; the City Barge and the Bulls Head. The City Barge is a 14th Century pub serving a wide range of drinks, including seven rotating hand pull ales and an extensive wine list. You can choose to enjoy any of these in the panelled dining room, traditional bar or simply sat outside, by the river.
Closest to Grove Park, The Bulls Head is a Grade II listed 18th century inn. There has been an inn on the site for over 400 years, and legend has it that Oliver Cromwell, after whom Oliver’s Island opposite is named, used the inn as a base, although the evidence for this is disputed.
Annie’s restaurant on Thames Road has been a local favourite for many years, serving Mediterranean and British cuisine in stylish surroundings. Owner Lorraine Angliss learned the restaurant trade from her Spanish mother and ran the Rolling Stones’ restaurant Sticky Fingers in Kensington before setting up Annie’s at Strand on the Green, the first of several restaurants she now owns. Annie’s restaurant is also a member of The Chiswick Calendar’s Club Card shemme, offering a discount to card holders.
Image above: one of the many places to relax along the embankment; photograph Jennifer Griffiths
A must-do activity for visitors to the area is paddleboarding by Kew Bridge. Active 360 takes beginners out to teach them how to do it and gradually allows people more freedom once they have gauged the person’s level of skill. Trips and lessons head towards Hammersmith or Richmond, depending on the direction of the tide; either way you will get fantastic views of West London from the Thames.
Owner Paul Hyman is well respected for his environmental work in the area. Paul is at the centre of the campaign to clean up the River Thames, urging pubs to stop using plastic straws and single use plastic beakers because every day he sees the ‘River of Trash’ which results. 65% rubbish taken out of the Thames is food and drink packaging.
Paul organizes paddleboarding clean-up sessions on the Thames and in London’s canals, which he tells me have become popular with City types ticking the Corporate Social Responsibility box. You can read more about Paul’s work here. Active 260 is a member of The Chiswick Calendar’s Club Card scheme, offering a discount on paddleboarding sessions to Club Card holders.
In September each year the Thames Tidefest is held at Strand on the Green to highlight and celebrate the recreational importance of the Thames Tideway to Londoners. Part of the wider Totally Thames festival, punters can expect to take part in anything from mudlarking to kayaking to watching live music.
Those willing to venture out can check The Chiswick Calendar’s Tide Timetable, which is also very useful for pubgoers not wanting to get their feet wet (as I have many times).
Video above: The Chiswick Calendar’s visit to Active 360 in February 2019
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May 12, 2011 | Daily Star
Iran Gets Another Nuclear Fuel Batch from Russia
TEHRAN: Iran has received another shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia for use at its Bushehr nuclear plant, the Arabic-language Al-Alam channel quoted an official as saying Wednesday.
“The shipments were transferred to Iran from Russia by plane in three phases on May 4, 8 and 10,” the spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Hamid Khadem Ghaemi told Al-Alam state channel. He said 30 tones of fuel had been received.
Russia delivered the first batch of about 80 tons of uranium fuel rods to Iran in 2008 as part of international efforts to persuade Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment program.
The $1 billion Bushehr plant, which was built by Russia, is the Islamic state’s first and only nuclear power plant. Russia says the Bushehr project is being built under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.
The U.S. and allies say they believe Iran’s uranium enrichment and other nuclear activities are aimed at building weapons. Iran says it needs nuclear fuel purely to produce energy.
Bushehr has for years caused friction between Russia and Western powers pressing for restrictions on economic cooperation with Iran.
Tehran plans to build 19 new 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plants in the Islamic Republic to meet the country’s growing electricity demand.
International and U.N. sanctions have been imposed on Iran for its refusal to halt enrichment.
Meanwhile, the EU said Wednesday that Iran’s response to the bloc’s efforts to revive talks on Tehran’s nuclear program contains nothing new and does not appear to justify another meeting, the bloc said Wednesday.
“On its own, Mr. Jalili’s letter does not contain anything new and does not seem to justify a further meeting,” said Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, referring to Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili.
“We are surprised to hear the Iranians talking about meetings. They have not been in touch with us with any proposals,” she said. “We will be in touch with the Iranians with the aim of creating the basis to renew dialogue.”
Negotiations with Iran in Istanbul in January failed after Tehran rejected any notion of suspending uranium enrichment in exchange for trade and technology benefits, as called for by several U.N. Security Council resolutions passed since 2006.
In March, the six world powers that have taken part in the talks with Iran said “the door remains open” for dialogue but made clear Tehran must engage in good-faith negotiations to solve the eight-year dispute.
Jalili, responded Tuesday to a letter sent by Ashton three months ago aimed at getting Iran to commit to new talks on the issue.
He said the talks should be just and “refrain from resorting to pressure instruments,” something analysts said indicated Tehran would stick to its refusal to address its uranium enrichment drive.
In addition, Iran is continuing to use front companies and other concealment methods to circumvent U.N. sanctions but the bans have succeeded in slowing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, according to a report by U.N. experts obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press.
The expert panel said sanctions have made it harder, costlier and riskier for Iran to acquire items needed for its banned nuclear and missile activities.
In the report, the panel said the Revolutionary Guards’ influence on decision-making on nuclear and ballistic missile programs “is regarded as increasing through its growing political, economic and social power.”
Elements of the Revolutionary Guards, known as the IRGC, are engaged in a wide range of prohibited activities, including acquiring material and technology for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, smuggling banned material and weapons, and establishing front companies to evade sanctions, it said.


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Episode 65. Soil Fertility, Pests, Marketing, and More
In this episode, Daniel Prial, an agricultural specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA, the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, at the NCAT Northeast Office in Keene, New Hampshire, travels to Five College Farms in Hadley, Massachusetts, to learn about growing organic crops in greenhouse systems. Five College Farms grows heirloom tomatoes and Persian cucumbers in a series of greenhouses.
Daniel speaks with Arthur Mulyono, the business manager of Five College Farms, about how the greenhouse operators maintain soil fertility and control pests. They also discuss the unique marketing considerations that go along with selling greenhouse vegetables directly to groceries.
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A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association shows that the iPhone 12 Pro Max can cause magnetic interference when placed very close to implantable cardiac devices from three major brands.
Researchers first tested the iPhone 12 Pro Max by placing it on a patient’s skin right over the implant, replicating the impact of a phone placed in the breast pocket of a shirt. In a second test, they placed the phone on top of an unwrapped implantable device, still in its box. In both cases, researchers were able to detect significant magnetic interference. The study was small, involving three patients and a total of 14 devices from Medtronic, Abbott, and Boston Scientific. Still, interference was present in all of the implanted devices and more than 70% of the boxed-up devices.
The culprit here is MagSafe, a feature that was reintroduced in 12-series devices and refers to Apple’s various magnetic accessories for iPhone and iPad. This includes MagSafe wireless chargers, cases, and wallets. To connect iPhones and iPads to these accessories, Apple has installed a ring of magnets inside the 12-series devices. This allows the accessories to snap onto its phones and tablets and stay attached.
The study was first reported by Apple Insider, which noted that the new findings confirm a previous study in Heart Rhythm Journal that found the magnets in the iPhone 12 suspended normal function of a cardiac implant that restores normal heart rhythms in patients with arrhythmia. In the wake of that study, Apple issued an update saying that its latest range of products could interfere with medical devices and should be kept at least 6 inches away from them—12 inches away if charging.
“Apple Inc. has an advisory stating that the newer generation iPhone 12 does not pose a greater risk for magnet interference when compared to the older generation iPhones,” the study notes. “However, our study suggests otherwise as magnet response was demonstrated in 3/3 cases in vivo.” As other studies have shown, older generations of iPhones, like the iPhone 6, have not interfered with patients’ heart implants.
The researchers are calling for a wider study to be done.


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