El Clásico friendly. Two words I never thought I would see together. It's an oxymoron. El Clásico by definition can't be a friendly. It's a constant war raging over almost a century, with 266 individual battles so far. On Sunday, we will witness the 267th addition of the world's most famous rivalry.
In this media and money driven world, it was almost inevitable that this day would come. This match will bring tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of viewers all over the world and everybody will make ungodly amount of money from this match.
I'm sure this game will be one of the highlights of the summer for our American friends and fans of soccer all over the world, but Madridistas and Cules aren't really looking forward to this match, because nothing truly good can come out of it. A win is meaningless as it doesn't give a trophy, but a loss will always be scrutinized by the media to an insane level. In the immortal words of Vincent Kompany:
It's a friendly when you lose, it's a game that matters when you win.. In any event, happy with today's display. Making progress. #ManCity— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) July 27, 2017
Cool. Anyway, I digress.
Every Clásico is a high-octane spectacle full of emotions and controversies. Therefore, it's not an ideal scenario at all for a pre-season game, in which the most important thing is for players to get match fit and not get injured. That's why some fans were calling for a second-string lineup with Castilla and Juvenil A kids. Sadly, this won't happen as Franchu, Quezada, Dani Gómez and Manu Hernando left the first team and joined Castilla.
Zidane will have the opportunity to use this match to give more valuable minutes to his first choice starting lineup and frankly, it's about time they get going, because the first official game of the season is dangerously close (UEFA Supercup - Manchester United, 8/8/2017) and the performances of some players against Manchester City were a bit underwhelming.
From Barcelona's perspective, this match might have grave consequences. It hasn't been even full two weeks since the first rumours about Neymar joining PSG in a 222mil deal emerged. This shocked the world, even though PSG were linked with Neymar in previous years. However, this time it felt real. The news came from respectable sources and they were all saying the same - Neymar will join PSG. Now, the same sources are saying that the transfer will be made official after Barcelona's US pre-season tour and therefore, this Clásico will be Neymar's last game.
In theory, we shouldn't really care that much about this game, because in just two weeks, we will have two Clásicos in the Spanish Super Cup. And those two games will matter, because the second potential trophy of the season is on the line.
However, it's still a Clásico, so I, like many other fans, will get up at an ungodly hour to watch this game, with the hope of seeing Real Madrid crush Barcelona and their dreams.
Navas; Carvajal - Varane - Nacho - Marcelo; Casemiro - Isco - Modric - Kovacic; Bale, Benzema
How to watch online
Time: 2am CEST (7/30/2017), 8pm EST, 11pm PST.
Venue: Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA.
TV: ESPN (USA), Premier Sports (UK), Cuatro + TV3 (Spain).
Streaming: WATCH ESPN (USA).
Prediction: Real Madrid 1 - 1 Barcelona (Benzema, Neymar).


text: Your Local Guardian: The graphics are better than ever – characters are genuinely photo-realistic sometimes. The vistas of landscapes and structures on alien worlds are sumptuous to behold. It’s genuinely fun to walk around and take in the detail of these worlds. The game’s first mission, set on the Mars human colony gives stark contrast to how things have come – comparing it to ME1’s first mission, set on Eden Prime – another red planet – says it all. The vibe and feel is just the same, but with incredible leaps in graphical detail.

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The day had been beautiful. Unlike the previous weeks of heatwave in New York, the temperature had been moderate-- just a tad too warm to be called 'perfect', but far from unpleasant --and the clouds in just the right number to keep the sunlight from being overly bright. Even the most reclusive of city dwellers had at least stepped outside for a moment to take in the uncommonly nice weather. Dan Dreiberg would have been one of them. If he'd been awake.
The day slipped by without his notice. The sun had dipped below the horizon before he even stirred.
Dan was a night person, after all.
The door to the basement pulled open without effort. Dan descended the stairs two at a time, a small bag of tools in one hand and a few old, former dishtowels, now stained with motor oil, in the other. There was work to be done, and there was no time like the present.

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Conclude with a brief discussion of your data analysis plan. Discuss the test you will use to address the study hypothesis and which measures of central tendency you will report for demographic variables.
Project is a study proposal regarding a diabetes prevention program in which a group of subjects who will participate in the program and a group of subjects that will only participate in a one day educational program.
At the beginning and the end of the program both groups will be tested for BMI and Hemoglobin A1C results to compare them to verify participants in the program reduced their risk of developing type II diabetes more than the other group.
Both groups will be adolescents from ages 15-19, Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics (these are the cultures within the school we are using), location is rural central Mississippi.

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* When everything is over and Death asks, clearly expecting the answer to be "no", if she has a kiss for her granddad. Susan, borderline EmotionlessGirl and DeadpanSnarker realizes that being what he is makes him more alone than any creature in the universe, actually gives him one, just before going back to her school dormitory and [[spoiler:finally letting herself cry over the loss of her parents, who died at the beginning of the book]].
** There's also something of a Fridge Tear Jerker in the Quirm scenes, that may take several readings to spot: [[spoiler: Susan's friends Gloria and Jade aren't treating her with particular care or compassion when they're chatting together. Even Jade's complaints about how she's being pressured to get married don't invite any concerned glances at Susan, when the troll princess mentions her own father. Susan is so closed-off emotionally, she ''never even told her best friends'' that her parents had been killed in a coach-crash.]]
* In one line:
--->"The music had poured over (the beggars). They ignored it. Music With Rocks In was the stuff of dreams, and there were no dreams under the bridge."
* Susan going back to the night her parents were killed. Death's line from the opening scene ("[[AC:Yes. I could have done something]].") is revealed to be directed at her, as he explains that "There has to be a law" because he can't create life, and then tells her they died instantly without pain as a desperate attempt to make her feel better.
* Buddy's innocence and fierce love of music (something he had from the very beginning) makes the music's takeover that much sadder and more sinister. What he loved destroyed him... and it thought it was giving him everything he could have wanted.
** On stage, when he ''begs'' the guitar to let him play his harp again, just this one time, this last time. Understanding that it'll demand everything of him in return, and pleading with it in his own accent -- pleads as Imp, not Buddy -- to show he's ''not'' being controlled by it, then: that sharing "Sioni Bod Da" with the world really is ''that'' important to him.
** The animated adaptation makes it an even bigger tear jerker because we actually get to ''hear'' the melody, and see the reactions of a few more characters, most notably Death.
* The destruction of Imp's beloved harp, the more so in that it's such a stupid mistake that does it.
** Try being a serious musician and reading that line. Every professional/semi-professional player has built some kind of emotional bond with their instrument.
* One word from the animated version. One single word, in the middle of a hilarious scene of Death trying (and failing) to get drunk and right before one of the most hilarious bits of the animation. As Death laments his inability to forget anything, bemoans the fact that he will always recall absolutely everything and then utters one name:
* [[AC:"I remember everything. Everything. Doorknobs. The play of sunlight on hair. The sound of laughter. Footsteps. Every little detail. As if it only happened yesterday."]]
* [[spoiler:The brief moment in the climax where Susan rages at the fact that despite her best efforts, Imp/Buddy and the rest of the band ''still'' end up dead - in a carriage accident.]]


Groundbreaking water strategy to safeguard Essex’s future is unveiled
News / Sun 24th Mar 2024 at 09:10am
THE first ever water strategy for Essex has been launched today at the Essex County Council Spring Climate Summit.
The strategy has been developed by the council in partnership with Water Resources East, water companies, regulators, farmers, environmental groups, and other interested parties. It outlines the current and future water issues facing Essex.
Essex is a seriously water-stressed area, with high demand, low rainfall, and poor water quality. Climate change and population growth are expected to worsen the situation, leading to water shortages, restrictions and impacts on the environment.
The strategy identifies the roles and responsibilities of various organisations involved in water management and highlights the need for change across three core areas.
There are 30 recommendations put forward in the strategy that aim to help safeguard Essex’s water.
The Essex Water Strategy calls for greater collaboration across all parties to deliver its recommendations and achieve the national targets for clean and plentiful water.
Alongside the strategy, the council has worked in partnership with the Young Essex Assembly to create theEssex Water – Your Future online explorer. This tool includes videos explaining the water challenges in Essex and solutions suggested in the Essex Water Strategy.
Councillor Peter Schwier, Climate Czar and Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste Reduction and Recycling, said: “Water is essential for our people, economy, and environment, but it is a resource at risk if we do not make changes.
“This strategy sets out a clear vision and roadmap for how we can protect and enhance our precious water resources, so that we can continue to enjoy the vital benefits that flow from it well into the future.
“We urge all our partners and residents to join us in this endeavour and help us make Essex a water-wise county.”
Stop building more bloody homes then.lol.
Essex might start by blocking the project to build an Eastern Crossing from Herts into Harlow Essex from Pye Corner. The Crossing is in fact a raised road with culverts and a barrier that will destroy the ecology of the Stort River, threaten the chalk aquifer (a construction opposed by the unfortunately toothless Environment Agency) and with the works on the Central Crossing into Harlow reduce the flood plain and increase the frequency and volume of flooding. (As stated by hggts own consultant engineers in the hggt planning application) All sewage from Gilston estate will flow into the Valley towards the Thames trunk sewer that serves Harlow and that already frequently overflows into the Stort. The crossing itself has a phenomenal embedded Carbon footprint and as hggt Engineering consultants themselves reveal provides inadequate protection for the river against pollution during construction and run off pollution once in operation. Add to the destruction the felling of many ancient trees, the risks associated with disturbing old landfill sites, the air and noise pollution in the Valley, the effects of vastly increasing Gilston estate construction HGV traffic and the gridlock road congestion this project dumps on Harlow to benefit East Herts Council and developers cashing in on the exodus out of London and one can see Conservative Essex CC only wishes to conserve profits for developers who bankroll the party and not the environment. SOS
No mention of the millions of gallons lost to leaks in the pipework. This should be the first port of call if they feel water supply is an issue.
We get such a lot of rain in winter. They should build more reservoirs.
Nostradamus, well said.
We wouldn't have such an issue if we built more reservoirs. Not a single new reservoir has been built in England since the water companies were privatized. That, and underinvestment in water infrastructure leading to vast amount lost to leakage, is the primary reason we have an issue.


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Welcome back to the fifteenth day of the 30 Day Asian Drama Challenge! I had to take a break from updating due to my mom breaking her ankle! Since she was at five percent mobility I’ve been practically living with her so no drama watching time or blogging time! She’s doing much better now! So I’m back, picking up where I left off!
Today’s question is:
Drama you watched in full, but it was a waste of your time in retrospect.
This particular drama was one I watched way way WAY back in my first year in dramaland. Before I truly knew what I was doing and what sort of dramas that I would truly enjoy, I randomly picked dramas that I searched for online. It was a very cumbersome and awkward way to find dramas to watch. Anyway, my pick for this question is Playful Kiss. It was my first introduction to this story, which has been remade many times by many Asian countries.
I really wanted to just totally love this one. However, I never connected to it at all! This was way before I dropped shows, which I do now though rarely. I should have dropped this one. I felt so blah afterwards. To me there was absolutely no chemistry between the leads, like none at all! I know he’s supposed to be cold and aloof, but there has to be some warmth and a few sparks. For me there was nothing at all!
The only good thing about this drama was that it introduced me to the story, which I went on to watch the Taiwanese an Japanese versions. I love this story, and I really enjoyed both the other renditions of it. But the Korean attempt fell flat and I wish I hadn’t wasted my precious drama watching hours on it!
Here’s the 30 Day Asian Drama Challenge if you are interested in joining! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s answers to these questions.


How the Dreyfus Affair Explains Sarkozy’s Burqa Ban
Militant secularism has a long, troubled history in France, from paranoia over nun's wimples to the Dreyfusard anti-Jesuit campaigns. Where will it end?
France is once again beset by the politics of the veil. After a 2004 ban on "all conspicuous" religious symbols in French state schools -- a measure that barred the wearing of crucifixes, Sikh turbans, and Jewish skullcaps but was clearly targeted at headscarf-wearing Muslims -- President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken it a step further.
France is once again beset by the politics of the veil. After a 2004 ban on "all conspicuous" religious symbols in French state schools — a measure that barred the wearing of crucifixes, Sikh turbans, and Jewish skullcaps but was clearly targeted at headscarf-wearing Muslims — President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken it a step further.
Now he is pressing for a total ban on the public wearing of the full veil, or burqa, by Muslim women, framing the legislation in terms of national identity: "[The burqa] will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic," he said last year. The veil made women "prisoners behind netting" and "is not the idea the French republic has of women’s dignity."
Indeed, the debate has a long history in France and is not merely a product of the right, though Sarkozy’s opponents denounce it as a nakedly political attempt to attract anti-immigrant support. A powerful, and sometimes irrational, fear of religious influence — once Catholic, now Muslim — has long been a part of French society, through the anti-clerical campaigns of the 19th century and the anti-Jesuit paranoia of the Dreyfus affair. It’s impossible to understand the burqa debate without understanding the nature of the polemics that shaped it.
Anti-clerical sentiment became a major force in French political life in the 18th century, when philosophers attacked the Catholic Church as an enemy of the Enlightenment and a supporter of the oppressive monarchical government. Many of the early debates centered around women’s bodies and freedoms, with religion depicted as attacking society’s weakest and most vulnerable members. In La Religieuse (The Nun), Denis Diderot’s 1796 novel, a young innocent, Suzanne, is unscrupulously pressed into taking the veil and then subjected to the sexual advances and moral perfidy of her superiors. In the work, the veil is a symbol of imprisonment, darkness, and unbridled, corrupt power. As historian Caroline Ford has shown, "forced claustration" became a legal cause célèbre in the 19th century, as lawyers denounced the loss of women’s "civil personality" when they entered convents.
Anti-clerical campaigners condemned nuns’ habits in much the same way that today’s commentators rail against the full veil as the ultimate symbol of sexual and political oppression. The 19th century in France saw a massive growth in the numbers of women entering orders, and a corresponding increase in the number of wimples that distinguished their distinctive vocations. Nuns’ habits were denounced as outward proof of the church’s ability to enforce an unnatural spiritual and physical discipline on victimized women. Even today the occasional commentator acknowledges that the Carmelites and Clarisses Sisters, both contemplative orders, impose a strict confinement on their nuns and require a costume little different from the burqa.
Behind the fantasy of the victimized nun was the specter of the Svengali-like manipulating priest — one that closely parallels today’s fears over the power of radical imams. In his best-selling 1845 polemic Du prêtre, de la femme et de la famille, the 19th-century historian Jules Michelet argued that priests, and especially Jesuits, got between husband and wife to turn women away from the emancipation that Republicanism offered. Many mainstream French feminists in the 1880s and 1890s even opposed giving women the vote on the grounds they would cast their ballot as their confessors told them.
It was around this time that the concept of "laïcité" gained strength as a militant form of secularism that allowed freedom of religious conscience and worship as long as they were private and discreet. The new Third Republic promoted laïcité to fend off reactionary political and religious ideologies and to encourage allegiance to the regime — important at a time when France was the only major country in Europe that was not a monarchy. In the 1870s and 1880s, as part of the struggle for laïcité, the government removed crucifixes from the nation’s classrooms and guaranteed free secular primary education for everyone.
The Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s only strengthened the Republican commitment to secularism. Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army captain of Jewish descent, was wrongly convicted of treason and sent into exile. The trauma of the Affair, which dragged on for years as Dreyfus was reconvicted in 1899 and only finally exonerated in 1906, split the political class in two and severely damaged France’s international reputation. Dreyfus’s reconviction was carried out by a military court in what was seen by his allies as a clerico-military conspiracy. The Dreyfusards blamed the Catholic elite, particularly the aristocratic Jesuit priest Stanislas du Lac. Du Lac not only had an entree into the highest levels of the Catholic elite, he also presided over the Lycée Ste Geneviève, which channeled many of its pupils into the army officer corps. Many Dreyfusards argued that it was du Lac’s minions who orchestrated the military conspiracy that kept the innocent Jewish captain in solitary confinement on Devil’s Island — an accusation with little factual support.
In the aftermath, activists who had worked to free him sought their revenge against the clerical enemy, with some extremists thinking nothing of blacklisting military officers simply because they went to Mass. In 1905, laïcité was embodied in law through the formal separation of church and state. More recently, it has served as a justification for the 2004 headscarf ban and the current campaign against the full veil.
The fears of today are built on those of the past, the Catholic enemy now superseded by the Islamic menace. This is not to suggest that religious institutions are faultless: The recent revelations about child abuse within the Catholic Church show that secrecy and complicity can indeed encourage the worst kinds of exploitation. And during the Dreyfus Affair, one of the main sources of anti-Semitic invective was La Croix, a newspaper run by the Assumptionist order, which for years ran stories of Jewish financial dishonesty, treachery, and ritual murder.
But there is no doubt that, just as the anti-clerical fury back then sometimes also targeted innocent Catholics, the focus on the full veil now heightens the polemical temperature by demonizing Muslims as oppressors of women. In their opposition to the veil, certain feminists have become allied to nationalism. Laïcité, which originated in a wish to defend French liberties from religious fanaticism, now risks undermining those liberties by criminalizing the tiny minority of Muslim women in France for what they wear.
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PENINGKATAN KESADARAN HUKUM SISWA TENTANG BAHAYA PERBUATAN BULLY DI SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 2 PEKANBARU
Bullying behaviour in a school environment can create a less supportive environment for students self-development, bullying behavior can hurt students, so they feel unwanted and rejected by their environment. This will certainly bring effect to the various activities of the students in the school. Causes of bullying due to family factors, environmental factor, school factors and social environmental factors. Bullying is a student who has a physical or social strength that is more appealing to another friend, has a high temperament, and a sense of empathy is low. Victims of bullying often fight against the perpetrators but some of them are subject to the command of the perpetrator and do not dare to fear. To cope with the well-programed bullying, the current countermeasures only include individual approaches by Walikelas, teacher of study field, as well as BK teachers.
Keywords: Student law awareness about the dangers of bullying
. Halimah, A., Khumas, A., & Zainuddin, K. (2015).Persepsi pada bystander terhadap intensitas bullying pada siswa SMP. Jurnal Psikologi, 42(2), 29-140.
. Putri, H. N., Nauli, F. A., & Novayelinda, R. (2015). Faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan perilaku bullying pada remaja. Jurnal JOM, 2(2), 1149-1159.
. Smokowski, P.R. & Kopasz, K.H. (2005). Bullying in school: An overview of types, effects, family charateristics, and intervention strategies. Children & School Journal, 27 (2): 101-109.


Sagem at Milipol 2013
Sagem is displaying its products and services on the Safran stand, along with fellow Safran company Morpho. At Milipol 2013 Sagem is focusing on three main areas: portable optronics, the Smart Vest integrated warfighter system, and Patroller, the new long-endurance tactical drone system with multi-sensor capacity.
Sagem is showcasing its Sword family of weapon scopes and JIM LR, a family of long-range multifunction infrared binoculars. The Sword family includes scopes with a single infrared channel (Sword light) or versions that combine day and night (infrared) vision (Sword T&D and Sword Medium).
JIM LR binoculars are at the heart of a new intelligence system that is being unveiled at Milipol: MOST (Mât Optronique de Surveillance Terrestre), an optronic land surveillance mast. It is operated from a shelter-mounted tactical terminal and features the latest image processing software – another specialty at Sagem. Building on the outstanding performance offered by JIM LR, Sagem offers other advanced functions on MOST, including day-night image fusion, panoramic display, and automatic threat detection. MOST is being offered in several configurations: vehicle mounted, fixed station, telescopic mast. Covering a full 360 degrees, the JIM LR sensor incorporates a thermal imager, GPS and a north seeker enabling the detection and position determination of a target at a range of several kilometers, for protection, intelligence and attack missions.
More than 5,000 JIM LR units are now on order or in service in some 30 countries, including the armed forces of the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark and France. The Sword scope and JIM LR binoculars have been used in foreign deployments, including Afghanistan. JIM LR binoculars are produced at Sagem's plant in Poitiers.
Integrated warfighter systems - Smart Vest
Sagem's FELIN (Fantassin à Équipements et Liaisons Intégrés) integrated equipment suite for soldier modernization is now in volume production for the French army. Ten French army infantry regiments have been equipped to date, and FELIN was deployed in Afghanistan. Based on this combat experience, Sagem developed Smart Vest, a new integrated solution for today's warfighter. Innovative, compact and wireless, Smart Vest calls on advanced, scalable communications and command technologies.
Patroller™ tactical drone system: long-endurance, multiple sensors
The Patroller™ tactical drone draws on Sagem's extensive experience in this field, more specifically nine years of deployment of the Sperwer system in Afghanistan. Patroller can handle surveillance missions lasting 20 to 30 hours. It is based on a certified airframe, capable of carrying a payload with up to 250 kg of intelligence equipment.
A "multi-sensor" drone, it carries Sagem's Euroflir 410 high-resolution optronic pod, a receiver to track maritime traffic, or other intelligence sensors, in particular a communications intelligence (Comint) system to capture and locate enemy communications. Its ground control station is interoperable with military networks, and is in compliance with NATO standards and civilian infrastructures.
Patroller is being offered as a replacement solution for tactical drones deployed by the French army, as provided for in the 2014-2019 military spending bill. The Patroller drone was developed by Sagem as prime contractor. The printed circuit boards are made at Sagem's plant in Fougères, with the gyrostabilized pod at the Dijon plant, and final assembly at Montluçon. It provides solid foundations for a long-term tactical drone industry in France, with strong export potential.
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The Milipol exhibition is being held from November 19 to 22 at the Parc des Expositions in Villepinte, just north of Paris


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The much-awaited encounter between the two neighbours attained a record viewership of 20.02 points, unheard of in the Indian television space. Cricket fever has led to a 514% increase in the ratings for the sports genre over the average on the last four Wednesdays
The Indian cricket team, which is on the verge of winning the World Cup, has already created history for television viewership. The semi-final between India and Pakistan on Wednesday saw the ratings peak at 20.02, which no event, no match, no show, has achieved so far, according to Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap). aMap is an overnight TV audience measurement system that provides data on multiple dimensions like demographics, ownership and viewership.
"World Cup matches have seen high viewership numbers… be it India against England, or India against Australia. However, the India-Pakistan match surpassed all expectations, attracting ratings of 11.7 and getting peak ratings of 20.02 points. The madness associated with the India-Pak match was in true form and with 67.3 million viewers watching the match on TV, it was the grandest of all events," said Jiniti Shah, vice-president, aMap.
According to aMap, the time spent per viewer for the India-Australia match was 115 minutes, for the India-England game it was 99 minutes, and the involvement shot up to an electrifying 160 minutes per viewer for the titanic tie on Wednesday. It said the time spent for the sports genre shot up by 248%, which contributed to the high jump in gross rating points (GRPs).
Women in India, normally perceived to be not too keen to watch cricket matches, were glued to the TV sets throughout the matches. The female target group (TG) has shown a tremendous growth, especially cable and satellite (CS) housewives (working) showed an increase of 49% and CS housewives showed increase of 33% across all TGs, from 15+ years females that witnessed a 30% increase in viewership to CS 4+ years females viewership that increased by 31%, the audience measurement service provider said.
While sports channels witnessed robust viewership, general entertainment channels (GEC) saw viewership dip by 20% during the semi-final match on Wednesday. aMap said, "The match led to a 20% dip in GRPs of the GEC genre with a subsequent increase of 514% in the sports genre over the average of last four Wednesdays. The net reach for the sports genre increased by 80% over the average of last four Wednesdays."
Exports of the king of fruits will be affected too; horticulturists blame low-quality pesticides for crop loss
Alphonso, the king of fruits which grows mainly in Maharashtra’s Konkan region, will be costlier this season.
Over 90% of Indian domestic air passenger travel is supposed to be ‘business travel’, and is paid for by commercial entities. One would have thought that the largest protest would have come from them, since it is their human assets which are out there in the skies, being flown by fakes and frauds. However, they too have kept their silence... and the reasons are not too far to find
The complete business of buying, owning, operating and generally keeping in good order any private airplane is totally in the hands of the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation). One word or line out of place by any business leaders, and they would probably find that they have to take commercial flights, too. And that wouldn't really do, would it? I mean, can you imagine—not being permitted to take your private business plane on a holiday to watch the Indian Cricket Team defeat the Pakistani Cricket Team?
Let’s get back to our series on civil aviation. There is somebody in the civil aviation part of governance in India who is very, very upset with the title as well as contents of the first two parts of this series (The pigsty that is civil aviation in India (Part I) http://www.moneylife.in/article/the-pigsty-that-is-civil-aviaton-in-india-part-i/15128.html) and the second (The pigsty that is civil aviation in India (Part II) (http://www.moneylife.in/article/the-pigsty-that-is-civil-aviation-in-india-part-ii/15149.html).
Apparently, the title and article are "against National Interest", and there is concern that the international community will laugh at us. Or worse. On the contents of the article itself, there is not much reflex, as yet. Whether the reality of aviation in India is not against national interest, known wide and far and currently the subject of immense interest on the Internet as well as with the international community, nothing.
Well, first things first—the reference to pigsty and all matters porky, including porcine fingers from the various parts of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, DGCA, et al, dipping into the fat and grabbing the grease, in a manner of speaking, were and are with reference to a book called Animal Farm. Penned not too long ago by a famous writer of Indian origin and Bengali birth, erstwhile from Motihari and Katihar, now in Bihar, called George Orwell. If they haven't read it, my sincere apologies, but I have always maintained that more of us should look towards Bihar for inspiration. Including of the National Interest sort, lately.
Next, as far as "National Interest" due to media reportage is concerned, spare me. There is no dearth of inside information many of us have on how anything even remotely resembling "National Interest" is more often than not the first victim to be spat out by the roadside the moment anything to do with civil aviation is taken up in India. Whether it is equity acquired free of cost by ministers who manage amazing links also with the people who operate accounts in tax havens, or whether it is plain and simple payoffs for everything down the line, the realities are known on the street.
You only have to try to fathom out the amazingly anti-people and probably anti-National terms and conditions of airport privatisation in India, for example, to see how the aviation scams when they finally surface will leave the Telecom and CWG/IOA scams way behind. Even John Company could not have got some of them past the natives with some of the conditions we find ourselves bound to lately.
But hey, National Interest, to be confused with personal benefit, means that deep resounding silences are preferred, with messages sent that anybody falling out of line shall be dealt with. Guess what, we only have National Interest in mind while writing, so, here we go.
To start with, barring the aviation authorities, what else can we deduce by way of the resounding silence from other entities involved in the aviation business in India? And what other solutions can we try to offer, as responsible citizens looking out for National interest? That is the question this third instalment hopes to answer.
Before that, an anecdote— it happened decades ago. I was in a shipping company's office when word came in that a ship had gone down, somewhere in the South China Sea, with all hands on board. This was in the days when dry cargo bulk carriers were sinking with regular frequency, and human error was the regular result of enquiries carried out by flag states—flag states being, largely, the so-called ‘Flag of Convenience’ countries. The usual SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) was to run around, ensure that all paperwork satisfying any seaworthiness requirements were updated before the inspectors landed up, and then to figure out how to maximise profits out of insurance as well as P&I Clubs. Simply put, human error was equal to all money recovered by the ship-owner, and some scanty compensation provided to relatives of the blamed and found guilty, already deceased.
Pretty much the same procedure is adopted with airline crash enquiries. It is never, or seldom, that the truth on manufacturing defects or maintenance or anything else comes out—except, lately, with some cases in developed countries. International TV crews cannot be everywhere—they weren't given access to the Mangalore crash, for example. Fake licence or not, will that information ever be re-verified? Has it ever been re-verified in the past? The answer is NO.
This placing all the blame on the humans on board went on, not surprisingly, until a British ship (the Derbyshire ) with British crew onboard went down. And the families, unions as well as other entities like educational and research organisations organised a very serious investigation. They paid for it, too, in millions of pounds. Which included—amongst other things—the hiring of deep sea submarines to go down to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and take photographs as well as try to figure out what happened.
The rest is known history, and brought forward the first real change in attitudes by ship-owners and shipyards towards safety in design, especially in larger ships. There was no human error at sea in this case. The huge ship simply broke up in microseconds and went down due to greed and design defects. There was sheer criminal negligence ashore at every stage, though—which the underwater probes brought out.
Something like that is what happens in civil aviation, too, especially in ‘emerging’ Third World countries. Like ours.
If an aviation accident takes place, almost every time—and this is borne out by the few accident investigation reports openly available—the blame is in most cases assigned to human error. The drill down attitude at Animal Farm, therefore, is simple—the little piglets, or humans at the front end, are disposable anyways. So does it really matter if their licence is genuine or not, as long as the paper trail behind it works to satisfy the owners and the insurance companies, in case and when an incident does occur?
All they will do is to go and hang another piglet.
But now we come to the part where the piglets take the battle to the bigger pigsty, the ones where the other fatter pigs are sitting, licking their chops, and waiting for the fuss to die down. As said before, a couple of middle or junior level DGCA officials will get it in the neck, some junior pilots without proper connections will lose their livelihoods, and after a while things will go back to as they were before.
If we really want to understand why that happens and has happened for centuries, then we have to take time out to read Emily Eden's bitingly incisive letters and reports on her visit to India. Before 1857. The fundamentals, however, of how things work in India remain the same. All that has changed is that the names of the players, be they the foreigners and their East India companies trying to rule us, or our own Maharajahs and their Munims bowing backwards to do their bidding, remain the same.
So, some basic fixes expected by consumers and customers from the real players, are proposed. All in the National Interest, of course?
1) Airlines will simply need to dig and drill down deeper into the licences held by pilots, especially those who have not come through regular channels like the Government run-training colleges, the Indian Air Force, their own cadet programmes or with otherwise impeccable backgrounds. Pilots who have come through the route of nepotism will have especially to be checked.
Which training college is genuine and which is fake is well known in the industry, and this information simply needs to be put to use. The simulators as well as internal checks and balances need to be in position. And any small security or detective agency will run a fairly comprehensive background check for a few thousand rupees.
In addition, airlines need to evolve their own cockpit crew matrix, like is done on ships as well as some of the better airlines. In brief, a new pilot must have an experienced co-pilot or another senior experienced pilot in the cockpit. Likewise, new co-pilots must work only under experienced pilots. The total number of actual flying hours on type should not be less than a certain number for both pilots in the cockpit, and this should be published data. Anything less than that "matrix", the total hours of experience inside a cockpit for both the pilots in the front seats, and the aircraft needs to be declared non-airworthy for scheduled passenger operations till rectified. A good number for this matrix, based on inputs from pilots, would be a minimum combined total of 4,000 hours "on type".
No point telling us customers about the food on board or something equally inane. We already know that co-pilots are hired basis on some amazing advance deposit to the airline process, and that promotions are done basis on external influences. Just let us know what the minimum hours in your cockpits will be when we fly.
2) Expecting the mainstream media to play honest intermediary is difficult—airlines and the rest of the related tourism industry are not just big advertisers, but also often have cross holdings in media companies. In addition, most airlines in India have deals with print and television media for barter on ad space against travel and other aviation services, like maintenance of aircraft and helicopters.
We would expect the tourism industry to come out very strongly with a statement on this issue of fake pilots. There is going to be no dearth of tourists who are going to think multiple times before boarding a domestic flight in India. That would certainly be in the ‘National Interest’. The tourism industry could start with running a boycott of some of the airlines which have been the more flagrant violators of aviation safety.
Why has the tourism industry not spoken up? Well, National Interest could be one reason, though the real reason probably has to do with the fact that the tourism industry is heavily linked with the travel industry, and the travel industry is going to be selectively strangled by the aviation guys if they dare speak up. Every large hotel chain, every travel company—depends on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA, who depend on the aviation industry. Better to keep quiet.
3) Aviation incident reports need to be made totally public, and available to travellers as well as others not just free of charge on the Internet after things are over, but also co-terminal with the proceedings which need to be open to the public. As of now, most of the truth probably gets shielded in National Interest, whatever that means. Even in the Indian Air Force, casualty and incident reports are freely distributed to airmen, so that they will learn from things.
Likewise, in other countries, the aviation regulators and authorities have a system of proactively encouraging incident reports from not just cockpit crew, but also cabin crew, ground staff and passengers. With the advent of the Internet, awareness and knowledge of matters pertaining to aviation is very high, and many people other than the pilot know what is going on —and when it is going wrong.
Within India, the DGCA and others do not even now have a working system, to accept and review inputs from those impacted by deficiencies in civil aviation. This needs to be fixed, very soon, and made public. As of now, anybody from within the industry complaining about an incident is usually marked as a whistleblower and then taught such a lesson that he or she never goes back to do so again, and anybody from outside the industry—like a passenger or other user—simply does not have an avenue.
However, if you scan the various Internet groups on the subject, then some of the experiences are terrifying. The regulator, DGCA, needs to fix this. Soon.
4) Taking "tests" for new entrants is another racket that needs to be controlled and regulated by the DGCA. As on date, a half-day "test" for a co-pilot's job sets a candidate back by Rs20,000 and more. Typically, for recruiting all of three-five co-pilots, an airline will place an advertisement, and attract anything between 300 and 3,000 applicants.
All of whom will put down Rs20,000 or more. And use all the clout they have. To answer a 2-page question paper, and if lucky, then move on to an oral viva. After which, most of them will not be given even the courtesy of a response, and will simply not get their money back.
Certainly, airlines and other employers are entitled to their own procedures, but do the math— look at the amount of money that is flowing. And that is not all—if selected, a co-pilot has to typically place a "deposit" of around Rs20-Rs25 lakh with the airline, which he or she then has to pay back from the earnings generated.
Of course, DGCA knows about this—there are names and phone numbers of DGCA "touts" pertaining to this "service" available on the Internet groups, openly. As a matter of fact, like pamphlets for apartments on rent, similar small handbills were available at the JorBagh Metro Station right opposite Safdarjung till not too long ago. What DGCA can do is to try and regulate this process of taking money for examinations and then deposits. In the National Interest.
5) As we said earlier, over 90% of domestic air passenger travel in India is "business travel", and is paid for by commercial entities. One word or line out of place by any business leaders, and they would probably find that they have to take commercial flights, too.
And that wouldn't really do, would it? I mean, can you imagine—what if you were not permitted to take your private business plane to watch India defeat Pakistan yesterday?
It is loud and clear that the issue of fake licensing is going to die out soon, like so many other issues have done so in the past. However, the big difference now is something called "transparency", where much information is easily available, to those who seek it. It therefore remains to be seen what WE do with this information, if WE are interested in fixing things.
As a sidelight, here's a list of all the aircraft that operated to and from Chandigarh Airport on The Day, 30th of March 2011. It should be known that this is publicly available information, all timings are in GMT (IST minus 5 hours 30 minutes) and that the list includes military airplanes as well as civilian airplanes. All times are "airborne", means when they took off from Chandigarh.
Will we ever know if the commercial business houses who used their aircraft—were these placed in their books as business expenses or as personal expenses? Likewise, there were some amazing diversions, for example, Kingfisher Chennai to Mumbai, operated via Chandigarh. And then, to make things more interesting, a very brief analysis on the order of departure shows who is what.
1812: Prime Minister of India (B738)
1828: Prime Minister of Pakistan (A310)
1832: 2nd plane from Prime Minister of India (B737)
1849: Vijay Mallya's personal plane. (A319)
1855: JSW Steel Bombardier-100 OP Jindal group
1858: Mukesh Ambani's personal A-319
And then there were the rest, comprising both Indian and Pakistani aircraft.


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Dahlia’s life changed forever while still a teenager. Diagnosed with Wilson’s disease—“your social life goes down the toilet”—it would have been easy to simply give up on life. Instead she shunned sympathy “because it made me feel weak” and “hated pity” and “hated people feeling sorry for me”—and she decided to suck it up and confront her disease with unbelievable amounts of wit, sarcasm and grace.
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Today's happy photo is kind of a cheat. I didn't take it today, I took it two days ago. And it's also not one photo, it's a series of photos.
Friday afternoon I was playing some music while I was working on something in my bedroom and a really fun song came on, Avicii Wake Me Up, which you can't help but dance to, and Shawn and Clarissa happened to be in the room and a spontaneous dance party ensued. They were dancing around the room and Clarissa was giggling and it was such a cute moment that I grabbed my camera to document it.
As I was looking at the photos later I realized that I took a few of them fast enough that if you put them all together you could make an animated gif out of them. I was going to do that on Friday but never got around to it, so I finally did it today.
So the photos weren't taken today but the animation was made today, and it makes me laugh every time I look at it. I love these two people and all the joy they bring into my life. How cute are they?! :)


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VICE’s Indonesia team travelled out to North Sulawesi, a deeply Catholic region, to figure out how farmers were turning palm tree sap into a potent, and fiery, liquor called Cap Tikus.
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Exploring Anchor locker
Getting ready to shove off for a few weeks. The process includes cleaning up the anchor locker. The chain had moved since I last anchored, last summer, and had forced the door open. I had refinished the door, but hadn't been able to close it as the chain was not moving back by itself.
I pulled up to a vacant float at 90į to the one I am tied to. I dropped the anchor onto the float and most of the chain too.
While out, I had some paint left from my haulout, the spray on zinc that I bought to try on my running gear, so I re-galvanized the CQR and the first 6' of chain. When I wound it back into the locker, I noticed that having the last 6' marked was handy to know when to watch for the anchor coming up.
My Windlass had been re-wound last summer. The shop that did the job told me that the windlass had been abused! I was a bit miffed, as this is just a piece of machinery, so how could one "abuse" it? I confess that once, many years ago, I had trouble getting the anchor up, I had continued to use the windlass to pull on it until it did get to the surface. It brought with it about 2000 lb of steel. It had been fouled on a car hauler trailer, which I returned to deeper water a mile or so from the anchorage.
In the interim I had routinely used the windlass without any further extraordinary use, until it just didn't want to do it any more, hence the rewind.
Over the years, I have had various switches replaced, for controlling the windlass. It seemed that the foot switches were not very robust, so were replaced more than should have been necessary. The ones I have in play at the moment are micro switches covered by a red rubber dome that is exposed to your foot when you flip the cover open. They each have a pair of wires that go to the nearby solenoid, and activate the windlass in either direction.
As part of the rewind project last summer I replaced the solenoids, as both were showing some rust, but left the switches alone.
Today's project was to clean up the wiring. It seemed like every time something had been replaced, another crimp connector or two, or even three, had been added to the mess in the most inhospitable locker in the boat. I pulled out a few feet of unnecessary wire, several crimps, and put in some much shorter, more direct runs of continuous wire. Then I tried the foot switches and all worked as it should.
The paint on the anchor really improves its appearance. It looks like it just returned from the galvanizing shop. Not as nice as the shiny, polished stainless anchors some have, but lots better than the worn, rusty at the edges look it had before I started. In a week or so it will all be worn off from use, but I still have some paint left.


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Nina Meredith is an international, award-winning film director whose work has been recognized both nationally and internationally by the Cannes Lions, Webbys, Clios, Andys, D&AD, One Show, Tellys and inducted into SHOOT’S 2018 New Director Showcase. She has written, produced and directed content in over 30 countries for some of the world’s largest brands including Nike, Adidas, BVLGARI, The Olympic Channel, Intel, New Balance and more.
Blurring the lines between traditional narrative and documentary style, Nina Meredith’s work is visually arresting from frame one. She’s constantly exploring new techniques and pushing the style of her work to create a dynamic and filmic cutting edge genre. Yet throughout these efforts, she maintains a deep, intimate connection with her subjects, whether real people or actors. She credits her education as a fine artist, including portraiture in film and photography, for helping to define her visual style.
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Completeness is, weirdly enough, a mathematical word. It’s talking about logic, a theory is complete when it can always be derived. And as a mathematician all I can say is I like my blog how I like my logic: complete. So here is a dusty old review for a book I read in 2017 publishing before it’s sequels review.
A Darker Shade of Magic follows Kell, a man with magic powers and an ever changing coat who has the rare ability to travel between worlds. He lives in London and the world’s he visits all portray a slightly different version: his own, Red London, is glistening and full of magic. White London is starved of magic and dying, while Grey London is our own London just set slightly in the past. But what happens when White London attempts a hostile takeover in a desperate attempt for survival?
I’m not going to die,” she said. “Not till I’ve seen it.”
Her smile widened. “Everything
As my first step into adult fantasy I was a bit nervous picking up this many paged tiny print novel, back in January 2017. In hindsight, my worries were all pointless- A Darker Shade of Magic was a brilliant read.
Adult fantasy is not that big a leap from YA fantasy. The main characters are a little older, but the whole thing feels very similar- creative plots, spunky heroins, and easily accessible. This book is doesn’t take itself too seriously, there’s still humour and an engaging plot which I was slightly worried it would lack. It’s very readable and digestible, I’d say it’s a good bridge between fantasy YA and adult fantasy (not that I’ve read much of the later).
VE Schwab has the power to make time slow down with her writing. The events of the novel take place over a mere two days yet are so exciting and enthralling that I didn’t feel the plot was dragged out at all. So much happens in such a short time: epic fights, characters fears and flaws, and even a classic ball scene in a mere two days. This novel is remarkable.
“I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still”
This quote sums up Lila perfectly. She’s a girl who tags along with Kell, desperate to leave her mundane life in Grey London and longing for something new. Also she dreams of being a pirate- definitely my kind of heroine. What I liked most was how Lila reacts to the masquerade ball in this novel. Similar to the classic trope she gets all dressed up, a tailor specially making her outfit and picking out her mask. But unlike other novels she doesn’t wear some massive, flowing, princess dress. Because that’s just not Lila. She gets some proper boots, a nice suit, a scary mask: practical attire for the night ahead. It’s so true to her character and so unexpected, one of my favourite book ball scenes.
Kell’s character is more serious and determined. Confined to his job he has one small act of rebellion: smuggling trinkets between worlds that later lead to dire consequences. It’s nice to watch how Lila and Kell’s characters grow together and how they come to care for each other as the unlikely partnership forms.
Rhy laughed silently. “I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
“I apologize for shooting you in the leg,” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
The final character I particularly enjoyed was Rhy, Kell’s brother and the crown prince. His charming exterior hides his fear for lacking magic, making him a complex and funny character to read who instantly comes alive on the page. The brotherly relationship between Kell and Rhy is sweet and adds more tenderness to an otherwise sharp novel.
Overall I’d recommend this novel to any fantasy fan. It is slightly more gory than younger YA is, but is very accessibly written for older readers who haven’t read much adult.

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The Sunshine Coast is an our and a half north of Brisbane and offers wreck diving, reef diving as well as diving with Grey Nurse Sharks
Humpback whales migrate north and south from July to November.
The diving around the Sunshine Coast is all year. Summer water temperatures are around 26 C, where as winter is around 19 C.
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The same way you would react if you were told you are free to buy a company and invest your hard earned money but not free to make profit because your customers said so, is exactly the dilemma of major European club owners who recently sought to create a breakaway European Super League.
Football clubs exist to make profit. Now, if for any reason a football club falls off the cliff, starts losing money and eventually goes bankrupt, there’s only one possible outcome which is extinction – The football club ceases to exist! For this reason, big clubs go the extra mile to ensure the club is owned by an investor who would throw-in a huge chunk of money to recruit the very best to achieve success. This perhaps explains the recent successes being recorded on the field of play by the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.
Prior to the acquisition of Manchester City by Sheikh Mansour, the club achieved little or nothing on the field of play despite the barrage of merry songs sung by supporters on match days. In fact, it was Mansour’s big money that endeared the club to many soccer fans and increased the fan base. Till date, Sheikh Mansour is known to have invested over 1.3 billion British pounds to reposition the club where it is today.
It is therefore absurd for the media to suggest and incite fans that they own the clubs and not the men who invested heavily in acquisition and purchase of big name football players to win laurels.
The COVID-19 pandemic clearly highlights the volume of investment by club owners as they continue to pay wages of players and staff amidst the pandemic. These they do despite having to play football games behind closed doors; without fans – A situation which remains in most European leagues as the world battles to completely recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. How then do we equate the role of fans and club owners who invest heavily irrespective of global trends? It’s glaring that just as customers of coca-cola can’t replace its management, similarly, it’s only fair for football fans to leave the management of football clubs in the hands of the owners who invest their hard earned resources. The task of managing these clubs should remain the exclusive reserve of those who invest.
Equally condemnable, is fans gatecrash, invasion and occupation of the football pitch on Match day – Manchester United versus Liverpool which led to the postponement of the game. The incident which left two police officers injured including one officer being attacked with a bottle and sustaining a significant slash wound to his face should be condemned for what it is. There should be no place for violence in football. It’s barbaric in real sense for fans to act in this manner. For one, the formation of the Super League was never imposed on any club neither was it made mandatory. Why then the negative press and incitement?
This incident also raises a lot of questions on the usefulness of press freedom being so vigorously championed on World Press Day because in recent times, press freedom has been variously abused. The attempts by journalists to harass and extract comments from club owners in the heat of the Super League cancellation is a sad reminder of the abusiveness of the press. What we find is in reality, the Press is free whereas society isn’t and very often is at the mercy of the press.
In the final analysis, it behoves the media and fans to understand the ubiquitousness of the clamour for freedom. Individuals who acquire football clubs are not charity organizations. They do so to make profit and should be allowed to enjoy same freedom and leverage as we all do when we set up our various ventures.

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Simple Gifts - for String Quartet
String Quartet - Intermediate
Composed by Folk Song. Arranged by Kate Agioritis. Sacred. Score, Set of Parts. 11 pages. Musika Publishing Australia #00058. Published by Musika Publishing Australia (S0.8408).
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Wreck-It Ralph Quick Review
This past week I finally was able to see Wreck-It Ralph and I loved it. In brief, the story is about a video game baddie who is tired of being the bad guy and wants to be liked by the characters in his game. After an incident at an anniversary party, Ralph decides the only way to earn respect is to get a medal to show the other characters that he can be a good guy. What follows is series of episodes that takes Ralph from the familiar settings of his own world to two new worlds that will test his determination to be a hero.
As a gamer, I loved all the nods to classic games and some of the more recent ones out there. Three things in the movie that really got me excited were Burger Time, Beard Papa and Buckner & Garcia. That is all I'm going to say about that and let's see if you can spot these cameos when you go watch the movie again.
Wreck-It Ralph deals with some great issues that can be good talking points for your children when you're driving home from the theater. It deals with bullying, friendship. identity, self worth and being true to yourself. Wreck-It Ralph was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go see it again and look for more Easter eggs in the background. If you haven't see it or already did and are going to see it again, make sure you stay after the credits for a pretty cool gaming reference.


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Copenhagen, as you will immediately see on arriving in the city centre, is the city of towers and spires. A great many of them stretch into the sky, ranging from the playful Vor Frelsers Kirke to the defiant Rundetårn. Yet another example, and certainly one of the most curious, is Børsen. The city's former stock exchange is a long, in parts slightly shabby-looking Dutch Renaissance building with decorative elements all over. Its main element is the thin and graceful spire in the middle which, at first glance, only looks a bit strange. On looking closer, though, you will see that the spire actually consists of four entwined dragon's tails! While the dragons gape downwards, their tails stretch skywards. Maybe it was this curious element which made Børsen the first building in Denmark to be protected as a historic monument in 1857? The dragons are said to protect the building from all evil things and managed to prevent fire from nearby buildings to spread to Børsen on several occasions. Børsen is now used by the Danish Chamber of Commerce after the stock exchanged closed in 1974.
Børsen (mean: The Stock Exchange) is a gorgeous Dutch renaissance style building on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen wich was built in 1619–1640 .
It housed the Danish stock-market until 1974.
The three crowns at the top of the building (reaching a height of 56 meters) represent the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Housed in a longboat inspired fantasy 16th century redbrick building, topped by a swirling dragon's tail spire, is the Danish Boersen. It's the oldest stock exchange in the world, built at the behest of Christian IV, who wanted to turn Denmark into an international business powerhouse. Originally it operated like a medieval shopping mall, its length filled with market stalls and vendors. Today little of it is still devoted to stocks and shares.
One of the most recognizable buildings in Copenhagen is the Old Stock Exchange or Borsen. This imposing Renaissance structure was built by King Christian IV between 1620 and 1640. It is remarkable for its spire which to me looked like a unicorn horn. Actually it represents the twisted tails of three dragons topped by 3 globes and 3 crowns. The crowns represent the countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Some sources say that there are 4 dragon tails but I only saw 3 which would make sense since there are 3 crowns for the 3 countries. There is a large engraved plaque over the main entrance with a green marble pillar on either side, but other than the name King Christian IV, I was not able to make it out. Apparently the building is not open to the public for tours.
The most interesting buildings are located in the southern part of Slotsholm separated from the Tojhusgade palace.
There is a Renaissance facade of the oldest in Europe Stock exchange (Borsen) on Borsgade. It was constructed in 1620 at Christian IV.
An unusual tower in the form of the weaved tails of four dragons draws attracts attention first of all.
Among many other sights I think you should not miss to see the old Stock exchange, a wonderful Renaissance building with an impressive spire consisting of the tails of four dragons (inside no visits possible)
Borsen is the old stock exchange building, and is not open to the public. The exterior of the building is very artistic, and the copper spire is constructed of four dragon's tails, spiraling and intertwined all the way to the top. You can find Borsen in Slotsholmen.
The Stock Exchange building, located beside Christiansborg Slot, is easily recognizable by its unique twisted spiral. This building was constructed in the 1624 by Christian IV as a convenient location for trading, near the docks. Over time, as trading has gone from actual buying and selling of goods, to the electronic exchange of stock shares we have today, the Exchange has maintained its traditions as Copenhagen's center of commerce.
The building is not open to visitors.
Borsen is the building where the old stock exchange used to be. It was built between 1619 and 1625. Nowadays it is used for offices. The building has a very unique character due to the fact that it is over 100 meters wide. You'll see a feature on the roof that consists of a couple of dragons.
The Stock Exchange, Borsen, is often regarded as one of the most remarkable buildings in Copenhagen. Again Christian IV is the originator and was behind the erection of this beautiful renaissance building with Hans v. Steenwinckel the Younger as the architect. In 1625 the 127-metre long building in two floors was ready. On the lower floor there were storage rooms for the merchants of the town, and on the first floor 36 stalls. On the outside Borsen is beautifully decorated with tortuous twigs and sandstone ornaments, which were restored most recently in 1906. Most famous is, however, the curious spire, which is made of four twisted dragon tails entirely according to the king?s idea.
In 1745 a thorough restoration was carried out under the guidance of the architect Nicolai Eigtved, and the two statues of Mercury and Neptune were erected. From 1857 the large exchange hall was furnished an up until 1974 Borsen would function as the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, which at that time was the world?s oldest stock exchange building still in use.
You cannot miss its twisted spire: three dragons' tails to symbolise Denmark, Norway and Sweden. However, these weren't here originally but the king wanted the building to look more splendid. As they asked a Fireworks constructor to design it, this is what they got :-) It is supposedly the oldest stock market in the world and was built 1619-25 and then improved over the years. My only problem is that it is difficult to photograph since there is so much traffic, lamp posts etc. outside it...
Can you see the roof of the building left? I've heard that the person in charge of this building construction was so much put his energy to finish it, however he made a mistake on that shell looking roof. It is winded counterclockwise and it supposed to be a clockwise. When the building was completed, people were keep laughed commited suicided by drowning from this roof... So sad, huh? I think that it is still looking good though.


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Daniel Seidman is a home chef and food photographer with a passion for creating delicious meals that look as good as they taste. Find his recipes at thechefdan.com.
Sous-Vide: When do you like to use sous vide over another cooking method?
Daniel Seidman: When I’m cooking for a crowd, sous vide is my go-to. I love the consistency that I’m able to achieve with minimal effort. If I am making sous vide steaks, I am confident that they will all come out perfectly cooked and I won’t have to spend my time monitoring them on a grill. I recently cooked over 50 sliders sous vide for a party and I was able to focus on spending time with friends and prepping other ingredients instead of worrying about whether I was over- or under-cooking them.
SV: What are your favorite foods to sous vide?
DS: Steak is one of my absolute favorite things to sous vide. After having a perfectly cooked sous vide steak, it’s hard to go back to any other methods of cooking. I also enjoy creating alcoholic infusions using sous vide. It’s a quick way to infuse a lot of flavor into spirits like tequila, vodka, or bourbon. One of my favorites for a hot summer day is making blueberry- and lemon-infused vodka and then spiking lemonade.
Before co-founding Seattle-based food and technology company ChefSteps, Grant Crilly spent four years collaborating with photographer Ryan Matthew Smith to develop the brand that defines Modernist Cuisine.
Sous-Vide: What sous vide recipe could you make every day and not get tired of?
Grant Crilly: Crispy, pounded boneless chicken thighs. They are simply amazing, and you can garnish them with anything from a quick sauté of vegetables to Korean pancake–style toppings. Just pound out some boneless chicken thighs with a pot or mallet, cook sous vide at 167°F (75°C) for 45 minutes, and then press them in a pan to sear them. Always delicious.
SV: What are some of the misconceptions about sous vide that you’ve encountered?
GC: My favorite is that it is only for fancy restaurants or meals. You can cook amazing humble meals with sous vide. It’s how I cook most at home. That it’s always a slow cook; it can be as fast as 10 minutes if you want a nice piece of fish. That it’s inconvenient. All things are inconvenient if you don’t plan a little. And with sous vide, if you plan even a tiny bit, you can have dinner waiting for you whenever you are ready, even if your schedule changes.

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Moog MF-105M MIDI MuRF
MuRF stands for "Multiple Resonance Filter Array". The MIDI MuRF is a filter sequencer, capable of creating animated filter effects across eight frequency bands. These warm and resonant filters can be applied to any sound source: guitars, synthesizers, vocals, etc. All processing is 100% analog and its parameters can be controlled from MIDI, expression pedals or CV-compatible instruments.
Third in a series of MuRF pedals, the MF-105M MIDI MuRF combines all of the features of its two predecessors and takes the idea of the filter sequencer even further. There were three limitations of the original MF-105, all of which have finally been addressed by the MF-105M.
Firstly, the original MF-105 was better suited to guitar and mid-range frequencies. The MF-105B follow-up was aimed at those who wanted a more bass-friendly unit. But with the MF-105M, the user can now switch between Mids or Bass frequency bands to animate the desired frequencies:
BASS - 110 Hz, 160 Hz, 240 Hz, 350 Hz, 525 Hz, 775 Hz, 1.2kHz,
MIDS - 200 Hz, 300 Hz, 450 Hz, 675 Hz, 1kHz, 1.5 kHz, 2.2 kHz, 3.4kHz.
Secondly, the older MF-105s were difficult to sync in a MIDI studio. The new MIDI In of the MF-105M allows perfect MIDI-clock synchronization with DAWs, drum machines, and other devices. Continuous Control (CC) MIDI data allows the user to start, re-start, and stop the pattern as well.
Thirdly, the patterns on the older units were fun but not editable. With the MF-105M, the user can create original patterns. Moog shipped a free Mac/PC sequence editor that allows the user to easily draw custom patterns and transfer them to the MIDI MuRF. All of the front panel controls can also be controlled from the software editor as well.
Like all Moogerfoogers, the MF-105M is designed to be anything from a foot pedal effect unit to part of a modular synthesis system. With its tap/step and rate jacks, even those who stay clear of MIDI (or synthesizers) will find the MIDI MuRF is a great tool for animating their sounds in creative new ways. In fact, a Moog expression pedal or MP-201 is great for getting more expressiveness out of the unit. Whether it's morphing drones, stuttering lead lines, filtering drum patterns, or space age sequences, the Moog MIDI MuRF delivers the goods.
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- Polyphony - Monophonic
- Multitimbral - 1 part
- Oscillators - None
- LFO - Off/On
- Filter - 8 band array of resonant filters, switchable for Mids and Bass
- Envelope - Rotary Envelope Control
- Effects - Drive
- Sequencer - Up to 64-step patterns
- Keyboard - None
- Memory - 12 Mids and 12 Bass presets, all editable by user
- Control - MIDI in, tap/step in, and CV: Rate, Mix, Envelope, LFO/Sweep
- Weight - 4 lbs. (1.8 kg)
- Date Produced - 2009
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Reviewed February 2013.
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A themed play area adds great value to an urban or country setting and gives a unique identity to your local area, which leads to a stronger sense of ownership and pride from the local community. It also provides children with a stimulating play experience, sparks their imagination and encourages role play. Are you ready to embark on a theme adventure? Let us lead you through the options…
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Whether you're new to the firearms industry, or you're looking to shake up your EDC loadout, let's take a look at some of the best defensive rounds available today.
We've put together a list of five of the best ammo offerings for varmint and predator hunting applications. If you're a seasoned varmint dispatcher, or you're new to the farmstead life, take a gander as Terril walks us through the pros and cons of various varmint loads.
Some of the best testing comes from questions we ask ourselves. In my case: what is the difference between Hornady Critical Defense and Critical Duty ammo?
Introduced in 2020, the 6mm ARC has some impressive features. This cartridge offers exceptional ballistics out of the AR-15 platform and has grown in available loadings over the years. Here's what's to love in this cartridge.
At present, we are more blessed than at any other time in history as far as ammunition is concerned. The quality and consistency of ammunition have advanced massively over the past few decades, especially in defensive handgun ammo, which we'll be looking at today in this article.
Does barrel length really matter when it comes to the 9mm Luger cartridge? Maybe. Probably. Let's take a look!
Jim Davis gives us his thoughts on the fabled .22 LR CCI Stinger for hunting, target practice, and personal defense.
Rimfire rounds come and go, and only a few have stood the test of time and thus far the .17 HMR has held up very well. It is not as cheap or as suppressor-friendly as the .22 LR, nor does it pack the sheer foot-pounds of energy of the .22 Magnum. But the flatter trajectory of the .17, on its own, is probably going to be worth the cost of admission when those other rounds might prove lacking. In its niche, accept no substitutes.
Few rifle rounds won't work for personal protection, but rifle rounds can be too powerful. Many conventional soft-point and full metal jacket rounds can zip straight through the intended target and carry on downrange with potentially dangerous results. Here are five defensive rifle loads that you should consider for your home defense plan.
I'm very familiar with Remington's UMC .223 55-grain ammunition, having used it for many years. This load weighs 55 grains and is a Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) profile. Let's take a closer look at the .223, and Remington's UMC load, in particular.


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Farmers of Perry County were invited to the sixth annual Farmers’ Breakfast on March 2.
The breakfast, assembled by longtime proponent of agriculture, state Rep. Mark Keller, allowed farmers to enjoy a hearty first meal of the day, followed by an important information session.
“Every year we do a presentation to inform farmers and the agricultural community of new rules and regulations,” Keller said.
Lately, Keller has been reaching out to new farmers in the community. He also informed farmers of Franklin County that as of March 2, if re-elected, he’ll be representing Franklin County for another two years due to faulty reapportionment plans.
Also attending was the secretary of the Department of Agriculture, George D. Greig. He said he spends most of his time speaking with fellow farmers. He has farmed his entire life and continues to do so.
A Crawford County native, Greig spent about 30 years as a dairy farmer. In 2006, he sold his livestock and rented his barn to another dairy farmer in the area, while he used his land to cultivate corn, soybeans and hay. He maintains a 650-acre farm in Crawford County with his brother.
While on a tour through the Perry County Fairgrounds last summer, Greig became overwhelmed with Perry County pride. He couldn’t help it, he explained to Keller who was leading the tour.
“He [Keller] is very supportive of the agricultural community. He definitely pushes Perry County,” said Greig.
The latest news items affecting Perry County farmers are:
— Farm stands and farmer markets across Pennsylvania will share $92,000 in federal grants to help expand businesses and connect consumers to locally grown, nutritious farm products.
— Butcher’s Farm Market in Newport received $2,000 under the Direct Farm Sales Grant program to purchase a freezer for specialty crops.
— Pennsylvania trout stocking schedules are available in preparation for opening day of trout season in April. Free copies can be obtained at Keller’s district offices in New Bloomfield and Chambersburg.
The trout stocking schedule and other information pertaining to the newest developments in Perry County can be viewed at RepKeller.com.

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