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The state banks, already hampered by maladministration, were encumbered by huge quantities of real estate which had been taken over as compensation for unredeemed mortgages.
Guchkov attacked the maladministration in the navy, pointing out that no reforms were possible so long as grand-dukes were at the head of its departments.
made responsible for its maladministration.
Suffice it to say that differences with Irala eventually led to his arrest, and to his being sent back to Spain to answer to the charges brought against him for maladministration.
To the difficulties caused by disaster, depopulation and maladministration there was added the danger of foreign invasion when war broke out in Europe between Francis I.
The first was the chaotic confusion of the finances resulting from the maladministration of the national resources since the deposition of Dom Pedro II., and the corruption that had crept into every branch of the public service.
Maladministration and peculation of public moneys go hand in hand, without any vigorous measures being adopted to put a stop to the scandal.
After the accession of Trajan in the same year, Pliny was associated with Tacitus in the impeachment of Marius Priscus for his maladministration of the province of Africa (ii.
His fame as a reformer brought him to the governor's chair in 1874, and he at once gave his attention to a second set of plunderers - the "canal ring," made up of members of both parties who had been systematically robbing the state through the maladministration of its canals - and succeeded in breaking them up. In 1876 the Democrats nominated him for the presidency, the Republicans nominating Rutherford B.
The city government had been characterized by extravagance and maladministration, and a revolt of the independent voters at the polls overcame the usual Republican majority and Cleveland was elected.
The building crisis and the commercial rupture with France had impaired the situation of the state banks, of which one, the Banca Romana, had been further undermined by maladministration.
This task was principally executed by Juan Vazquez de Coronado (or Vasquez de Coronada), an able and humane governor appointed in 1562, whose civilizing work was undone by the almost uninterrupted maladministration of his fifty-eight successors.
The natives are poor, owing chiefly to maladministration, the use of opium and the usury practised by foreigners (Chinese, Arabs, &c.).
These disturbances were followed, early in 1906, by the recall of the governor, Herr von Puttkamer, who was called upon to answer charges of maladministration.
The Goschen-Joubert settlement was accompanied by guarantees against maladministration by the appointment of an Englishman and a Frenchman to superintend the The Law ofrevenue and expenditurethe Dual Control;
On the 7th of February and again on the 9th of March the Commons presented articles of accusation dealing chiefly with alleged maladministration and the ill success of the French policy; there was a charge of aiming at the throne by the betrothal of his son to the little Margaret Beaufort, but no suggestion of guilt concerning the death of Gloucester.
The denunciations in the prophetical writings of gross injustice, oppression and maladministration seem to presuppose definite laws, which either were ignored or which fell with severity upon the poor and unfortunate.
These hostages, when restored in 150, swelled the ranks of the proletariate opposition, whose leaders, to cover their maladministration at home, precipitated a war by attacking Sparta in defiance of Rome.
Nevertheless, some thirty years ago Riaz Pasha stood forth boldly to protest against the maladministration that then prevailed in Egypt.
There was an empty treasury, and the floating debt amounted to X7,000,000; maladministration was rampant in every department of the state; the national guard was mutinous, while the small army of regulars was badly organized and inefficient.
The lofty Early English style had now completely superseded the more heavy and Lit~rat~,,e sombre Norman, and it was precisely during the years of the maladministration of Henry III.
The nation was growing and prospering, despite of its masters maladministration of its resources.
His chosen ministers were wise and experienced officials, whom no man could call favorites or accuse of maladministration.
Stratford was acquittedthe kings thriftlessness and not the chancellors maladministration had emptied the treasury.
The nation ascribed the series of disasters D~oHsi,Jestic which had filled the space from 1369 to 1375 entirely to the maladministration of Lancaster and the kings favorites, failing to see that it was largely due to the mere fact that England was not strong enough to hold down Aquitaine, when France was administered by a capable king and served by a great general.
The greater part of the House of Commons was on their side, and on the whole they may be regarded as the party of constitutional protest against maladministration.
usurpation he had sanctioned the theory that kings can be deposed for incapacity and maladministration.
His first experiment in treason was Rising of the so-called rising of Robin of Redesdale, which Robin of was ostensibly an armed protest by the gentry and Redes- commons of Yorkshire against the maladministration dale, of the realm by the kings favoriteshis wifes relatives, and the courtiers whom he had lately promoted to high rank and office.
Even when due allowance has been made for the financial disorder which the Convention inherited from previous assemblies, and for the war which it had to wage against a formidable alliance, it cannot be acquitted of reckless and wasteful maladministration.
The patronage of the directors was ill bestowed, and the general maladministration heightened their unpopularity.
Disputed successions and civil war, maladministration and the untrustworthiness of the Malay character, caused a steady decline in prosperity.
allegations of maladministration, 9 of which were upheld or partially upheld.
allege maladministration in that you consider the change an error on the part of the council.
Even without maladministration Mrs Park's circumstances would have been difficult, but she suffered the injustice of needless additional anxiety and distress.
complaint about maladministration on the part of one of the bodies covered by the scheme.
fair-minded, objective observer must surely smell grave maladministration.
guilty of maladministration.
Secondly, if so, did that maladministration cause an unremedied injustice to Professor Hayward and to others like him?
injustice in consequence of maladministration " .
upholdnvestigated 42 allegations of maladministration, 9 of which were upheld or partially upheld.
He was charged with aiming at a dictatorship, with permitting or even encouraging the imprisonment, torture and execution without trial of political opponents, with maladministration of the finances and with aggression against the neighbouring states.
Pericles was accused by Cleon of maladministration of public money, with the result that he was actually found guilty (see Grote's Hist.
The heavy cost involved in the suppression of internal disorders, maladministration,and the hindrances placed in the way of economical development by the semi-independence of the federal Salles.
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Donald Trump flashed Vladimir Putin a grin today as the pair met and shook hands at an international Remembrance service in Paris.
The Russian President gave a thumbs-up to his US counterpart which was returned with a quick pat on the back, TV footage showed.
Putin - a pariah in the West after Russia was blamed for a nerve agent attack on UK soil - also shook hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US First Lady Melania Trump.
It came as 70 world leaders gathered under rainy skies at the Arc de Triomphe to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Yesterday Trump sparked fury by skipping a trip to a US war cemetery in France because it was raining.
He was blasted by senior Tories and Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith, who said she was "absolutely horrified". Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also gave a pointed speech in the pouring rain warning that in Dieppe, the raindrops were bullets.
Meanwhile reports also emerged yesterday that Trump blamed Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the Yugoslavia war - because he got the Balkans and the Baltics mixed up.
But today President Trump did attend the formal remembrance service in Paris with dozens of monarchs, presidents and prime ministers from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and beyond.
Together they marked the Armistice, signed in a railway carriage, that caused guns to fall silent across Europe a century ago.
The commemoration is the centrepiece of global tributes to honour the 10 million soldiers who were killed during the 1914-18.
As Trump's convoy was making its way up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe, a topless protester from the Femen radical feminist group ran towards his motorcade, coming within a few metres, before being apprehended by police.
Photographs of the incident appeared to show that she had the words "fake peacemaker" scrawled across her body.
In a glass canopy at the foot of the triumphal arch, built by Emperor Napoleon in 1806, the leaders stood for the solemn ceremony.
The last to arrive was Russia's Putin, who shook hands with Macron, Merkel and then Trump, briefly giving the US leader a thumbs up.
Macron stood to attention as a military band played the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, before walking through the rain to inspect troops.
He then took his place under the Arc while cellist Yo-Yo Ma played a movement from a Bach symphony.
It came after a weekend of poignant tributes.
In a rare public display of emotion by the leaders of two world powers, Macron and Merkel held hands yesterday during a ceremony in the Compiegne Forest, north of Paris, where the Armistice was signed.
On Sunday afternoon, Macron will host the inaugural Paris Peace Forum.
It seeks to promote a multilateral approach to security and governance and ultimately avoid the errors that led to the outbreak of World War One.
Merkel said in a statement the forum showed that "today there is a will, and I say this on behalf of Germany with full conviction, to do everything to bring a more peaceful order to the world, even though we know we still have much work to do."
Trump, who champions a nationalist 'America first' policy, will not attend the forum.
The US leader has said he will also not hold a bilateral meeting with Putin in Paris.
Trump and Putin are expected to have formal talks later this month when both attend a G-20 summit in Buenos Aires.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election and possible collusion with Trump's campaign.
Trump has repeatedly sided with Russia and slammed his own country's investigators over the probe.
General Sir Nick Carter, head of the UK Armed Forces, today warned there is a risk of "inadvertent escalation" among world powers.
And Labour's defence chief Ms Griffith warned Donald Trump’s “denigration” of institutions like Nato could make war more likely.
She said: “However imperfect it is, having a rules based system, having unity among the sensible nations of the world, trying to make sure we do talk rather than fight is just very very important.
“It worries me very considerably when we see some rather inappropriate perhaps flaunting of those rules.”
As well as “aggressive acts” by Russia, she said, “we’ve seen a denigration by Trump of some of those very institutions we rely on to keep that peace.”

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Friday, May 22, 2015
Shocking Allegations of Rough Justice at a P&Z Hearing in the Rural West: Environmental Activist Opposing Oil and Gas Project at Public Hearing Charged with Criminal Trespass and Spends Five Days in Isolation
Last week, an attorney here in Idaho alerted me to allegations currently against the Payette County, Idaho Planning & Zoning Commission that are so mind-boggling horrific that, well, I had to blog about them.
The allegations are as follows. An environmental activist opposing the modification of a CUP for the construction of a natural gas facility spoke during the public comment period at a public hearing on the modification request. In her comments, she alleged potential conflicts of interest of some of the commissioners. Later, after public comment, commissioners accused the activist of "telling whoppers." The activist requested a "point of order" asking for clarification, to which the chair of the commission called the sheriff. All of this, of course, is run of the mill P&Z stuff.
When the sheriff arrived, though, things allegedly took a turn for the worse; he proceeded to arrest the activist for criminal trespass...at a public hearing! The allegations also state that the sheriff then held the activist for eight days in a county jail. Five of those days in jail were in isolation where the activist was "given no access to a shower, no contact with her husband, no access to clean clothes, and was forced to use the toilet while a male prison guard watched her." And let's keep in mind all of this arose out of public comment at a public hearing on a conditional use permit.
If these allegations are true...wow.
There has been substantial media coverage of the Cliven Bundy-style of violence that is running through the rural west these days. If the allegations from Payette County are true, they point to another, more insidious type of violence despoiling public discourse in these same rural small towns and preventing civil debate about their futures.
I will continue to follow the case and give updates as it evolves.
For all of the details: Download Notice of Tort Claim - Alma Hasse


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Originally released in platinum three years ago and then in pink gold the following year, A. Lange & Söhne returns to the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds at SIHH 2019, now with a white gold case with a black dial. And unlike the earlier iterations that were limited to 100 pieces each, the new model is part of the regular collection.
To recap, the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds is a regulator-style watch with overlapping sub-dials for the seconds, minutes and hours, arranged in a triangle.
The significance here is the inverted colour scheme of the grained black dial with white printed tracks and Roman numerals. The look is somewhat reminiscent of Richard Lange Pour le Mérite in white gold of 2016.
Visual interest is maintained via red accents on the quarters of the minutes sub-dial. Additionally, a small triangular cutout at six o’clock serves as the power reserve indicator, showing red when the mainspring is nearly empty.
Unusually for a regulator watch, the seconds hand is most prominent, being on the largest sub-dial at 12 o’clock. The reason for this is the deadbeat seconds function, where the seconds hand ticks in one-seconds steps like a quartz watch. This represents a nod to 19th century watches when deadbeat seconds pocket watches were conceived for easier synchronisation of the time.
Most modern deadbeat seconds are designed with what is fundamentally a regular movement, but with an additional gear train to create the jumping seconds function that serves no genuine timekeeping purpose.
The L094.1 movement in the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds, however, was designed from the ground up with a remontoir, a buffer spring that serves as a constant force mechanism by smoothing out the varying torque from the mainspring as it winds down.
The remontoir delivers controlled, consistent bursts of power to the regulating organ of the timepiece. Isochronism is therefore improved and thus, accuracy is maintained independent of the remaining power in the mainspring.
The remontoir inside the L094.1 is designed to recharge every second, making it perfect for driving the jumping seconds hand. The priming of the remontoir is visible through a cutout of the movement’s massive half-plate.
Meanwhile, the other half of the movement houses both the auxiliary geartrain for the jumping seconds and a plethora of levers. These levers form another feature of the movement – the second hand resets to zero and stops when the crown is pulled out, making time setting more precise.
As with Lange’s mid to high-end watches, timekeeping is further improved by having a freesprung balance wheel coupled with an overcoil for the hairspring.
Price and Availability
The Richard Lange Jumping Seconds in white gold with a black dial (ref. 252.029) is priced at €71,000 including 19% German tax.
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Novamont and Coldiretti have launched their plan for the development of agriculture 4.0, which has grown by 20% over the last year, generating record revenues of 540 million euros. The announcement was made by Coldiretti at the G20 summit in connection with the birth of Mater-Agro, the new completely farmer-centric company. On this occasion Piazza Santa Croce, in the heart of the city of Florence, became the setting for “The agriculture of the future” with food at centre stage, combining tradition and innovation, while respecting the environment, health and the local area against climate change.
Mater-Agro, a company whose shareholders also include farmers, was created by Coldiretti, the largest farmers’ association in Europe, and Novamont, a pioneer and international leader in the bioplastics and biochemicals sector. The new company plans to promote an open innovation model involving agriculture and industry, helping agricultural entrepreneurs to maintain good crop yields through sustainable agricultural solutions. The strategy includes bio-materials to enhance plant health, biolubricants, biodegradable mulching film and other biodegradable bioplastic applications in addition to the development of crops capable of coping with the effects from climate change on temperatures and water resources.
Through Mater-Agro, Coldiretti and Novamont will design protocols to help regenerate polluted and unstable soils at risk of desertification, creating an ‘experimental farm’ where farmers and researchers will be trained on the transformation of degraded areas into centres of innovation and development for the efficient and sustainable management of crops and to face the new challenges posed by climate change.
In order to promote and distribute new products and services, the project will use the network of the Italian Agricultural Consortium Bonifiche Ferraresi.
“We are working together to develop Italian agriculture which is the greenest in Europe, thanks to its leadership in terms of added value, sustainability and quality,” explained Coldiretti president Ettore Prandini. He highlighted that “the project aims to support bioplastic and biochemical value chains by promoting technical and scientific networks in local areas to create an Italian green biochemicals chain with research and innovation capable of providing an effective response to the effects of climate change.”
“In light of the unprecedented crisis facing humanity, which increasingly requires us to make courageous choices to bring about an ecological transition which we cannot put off any longer, Mater-Agro aims to be a source of innovation in which bio-based chemicals and agriculture combine together by utilising research, innovation and good farming practices. We aim to promote the circular bioeconomy as a decisive element in designing a more sustainable future for everyone, in order to do more with less,” said Catia Bastioli, CEO of Novamont.
Novamont and Coldiretti have worked together for years to create a model of cooperation which brings innovation and regeneration to the agricultural sector through the bioplastics value chain, starting with vegetable oils. The collaboration began over ten years ago in the experimental fields of central Italy, with the cultivation of cardoon and safflower on marginal lands and the development of products designed to supply unique, sustainable solutions to help with the recovery of polluted ecosystems. An agreement was signed in 2015 for cardoon cultivation, followed by another in 2019 for sustainable production of ‘Made in Italy’ sunflower oil. In 2020, Novamont and Coldiretti, working with the University of Bologna and the Polytechnic University of Turin, promoted the creation of the Re Soil Foundation, whose goal is to connect scientific, technological, environmental and humanistic knowledge to become a meeting point for the various Italian and European companies focused on the soil.
These are the ‘tools’ of the green revolution provided by green chemistry:
BIO PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
Bio plant protection products containing extremely high concentrations of pelargonic acid are effective at controlling annual and perennial weed growth in public areas, vineyards and orchards, in controlling axillary bud growth in tobacco, in the pre-harvest drying of potatoes and in thinning the flowering of pome fruits. They represent the ideal alternative to traditional solutions whose use is increasingly being called into question. Rapidly biodegradable in the soil and with very low water solubility, bio plant protection products do not generate residues in the soil or on treated plants, and therefore do not affect the germination of seeds in the soil or root systems, leaving the fertility of the soil unaltered and preserving its biodiversity and resistance to erosion.
Liquid mixtures for the lubrication of mechanical parts of tractors and agricultural machinery, providing the optimal solution for environmental protection. With equivalent characteristics to traditional mineral oil-based products, they are obtained from renewable sources and their biodegradability gives them a high environmental profile while also providing greater fire safety thanks to a flashpoint of over 280°. In addition, due to their high viscosity index, biolubricants allow pumps to work with less effort and therefore reduce energy consumption.
BIODEGRADABLE MULCHING FILM
If plastics used in farming are not correctly collected and disposed of they can have a significant environmental impact, contaminating the soil and affecting soil fertility and health. In particular, there are real problems with the end-of-life disposal of plastic sheeting used for fruit and vegetable cultivation, which is typically very dirty and therefore hard to recycle. The biodegradability attribute of the film means it can be left in the soil, and once incorporated it is converted by microorganisms into carbon dioxide, water and biomass, without negative effects on the soil and avoiding the production of any plastic waste. The film is then completely biodegraded without leaving any residue in the soil.


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Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology Professor of Radiation OncologyProfessor of
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BS, Biology/Theology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.MD, Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Internship, Internal Medicine, Georgetown UniversityResidency, Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona
American Board of Radiology (Therapeutic)American Board of Internal Medicine
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Translational Biomedicine
The focus of my research is the use of imaging to improve outcomes for patients undergoing cancer therapy, radiation therapy in particular.
Grants that I am a part of that support this focus are:
U01 CA140206 Quantitative Imaging to Assess Response in Cancer Therapy Trials and
R21 CA130281 Imaging Thymidine Uptake During Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
Other areas of interest are in treating cancers of the Head and Neck and Brain, especially in the pediatric population.
Forkhead box M1(FoxM1) regulates radioresistance of quiescent human oral squamous cancer cells.
59th Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting, September 15-19, 2013, New Orleans, LA.
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God is still at work, even in the greatest storms of your life. Trust Him, He loves you.
Let God hold you close through the storms of this life, not only will you be blessed on the other side, but He will bless many others through it too.
Talking about what Jesus has done and is doing blesses both you and those who hear you.
Consistent examination of your motives will help keep you focused on God’s plan for your life.
Respond to the direction of the Holy Spirit, tell others about Jesus, and keep growing. Your life will be impactful, and you will have a blessed life.
Scripture quotations marked "NKJV™" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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SAVAGE Street Car Playground! | TX2K20 Day 2
- by Seth I
Day 2 of TX2K is CRAM packed full some of the most intense street car action, and that is exactly what 2020 needed to kick the racing season off right! Roll Racing upsets, SHATTERED Records, and the best group of racers wanting to put on a show for the crowd made day 2 of TX2K a WILD one! UGR Lambo's battling T1 built GTR's for the crown of the Elite 8, Big Dog Toyota Supra's fighting for World Records, and "the little integra that could" challenging top shelf exotics with the a 4-5 shift that feels like warp speed! Check out day 2 and enjoy the show - Stay tuned for Day 3!

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Secondary Lot in Kalispell Bay with a large 30×40 shop. Portion of it insulated and heated. 3bd/1ba manufactured home (personal property) on .18acres in the heart of Kalispell Bay. Short distance to shared beach (shared with only 4 parcels) SANDY beach frontage. Dock with room for your boat! Close to Priest Lake Marina, Hills and endless trails for all season fun! Private well and community Sewer. No CCR's or HOA! Easy access throughout the year, located on a County maintained rd in the highly desirable Kalispell Bay Area!
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Competence Centre for Cancer Research
Research and development and innovation are at the centre of the knowledge-based model of societies in developed countries. Estonia is a constantly developing knowledge-based society in which sustainability is based on the creation and use of knowledge to make the society and its innovative economy function more efficiently in order to improve the welfare of the people.
Oncogenetic testing platforms with oncogenetic consultation have been developed in Estonia.
The fight against cancer is not an easy one because cancer is biologically so multi-faceted. The effectiveness of treatment depends largely on how early the cancer is detected. For this reason the Competence Centre for Cancer Research (CCCR) has focused its development work on new early diagnostic platforms that allow the appearance of cancer to be confirmed non-invasively. Some tumours are genetic in nature and the CCCR has developed oncogenetic testing platforms with oncogenetic consultation.
As well as its work on diagnostics, the CCCR also works on treatments, focusing particularly on developing candidates for the new generation of cancer treatments with the aim of making them more targeted so that they kill only the cancer cells and not others, and of minimising side-effects.
The Competence Centre for Cancer Research (CCCR) was founded in 2005 to improve the quality of cancer therapy by developing and implementing new diagnostic platforms and to offer the pharmaceutical industry new drug candidates. Currently the project portfolio of CCCR contains 12 development projects, with 4 applied projects in diagnostics and 8 applied projects in drug development. There are also three basic research projects running.
The CCCR as a research and development institution got a positive score in an international scientific evaluation organised by the Ministry of Education and Research in 2010. In November 2010 the CCCR received special recognition at the Finnish Quality Innovation Awards from the President of Finland for innovative complex services for oncogenetic consultation and testing.
The choice of services:
• Hereditary cancer risk assessment
• Genetic markers in oncology (predictive, prognostic and diagnostic)
• Genetic analysis for nutrition counselling
• Genetic consultation in oncology
• In vitro tests
• Preclinical tests
• DNA/RNA analysis
• First phase clinical trials
• Research and development cooperation in various European Union programmes
• Consultation services for the drug registration process for the EMEA and FDA
Hereditary breast cancer testing:
BRCA1 genetic testing: € 500
BRCA2 genetic testing: € 500
Genetic consultation in oncology: € 130
*Example prices for Estonia. To get an individual price quote, please contact your preferred service provider, who will be able to advise you on the most appropriate tests for your personal needs and inform you of the factors that will determine the final cost.

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The installation of prefabricated houses in rural areas has increased in recent years due to a “legal vacuum” that allowed these types of houses to be installed on rustic land if they did not have the water, energy and waste supplies connected, as published by the newspaper The Economist.
But a few weeks ago, given the doubts raised by the public, the prosecutor of Environment Coordinator Room, Antonio Vercher, has sent a letter to the network of special prosecutors to clarify this issue. It warned sellers and buyers that the Installation of this type of eventual houses could even lead to prison sentences.
Thus, he emphasizes that the installation of prefabricated houses also requires the necessary permissions as “those made of brick and cement”.
In the letter they point out the coincident pronouncements of the “different courts which have been endorsed by various judgments of the Supreme Court”. Thus, the dwellings are subject to “urban planning permission and subsequent control”.
Are caravans governed by the same law?
The courts too have rejected the comparison between this type of prefabricated housing and caravans either mobile home.
“The jurisprudential trend is consistent with this position, which considers that any housing structure license requiredregardless of its fixation system”, they point out.


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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
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In many places, the UK in particular, is considerably less common than selene. However, in southern France the reverse seems to be true, and in Var and the Alpes-Maritimes selene does not occur so there is never an identification problem. In fact, having visited a variety of locations in southern France in the past fourteen years I have not seen a single selene, and euphrosyne was often common, sometimes very common. In 2011 and 2012 I encountered selene at a location in the Jura.
In 2017 I visited the département of Lozčre in south central France, a rather wild and uncultivated region. At a lakeside location the weather was overcast and very little was flying except for a few Erebia ringlets, but the sun eventually came out and the whole area was suddenly filled with butterflies, including nine different species of Fritillary, including numerous selene.
Selene is superficially quite similar to euphrosyne. The principal differences are discussed on the euphrosyne page.
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Nicholas Mirzoeff discusses how visual activism and social justice is increasingly taking place and gaining power on social media platforms.
It’s a world of images today, from Tinder to Throwback Thursdays and Trump. As this last example shows, that’s not always such a great thing. From work to leisure and dating, there’s a screen involved somewhere for most people, most of the time. The average American spends 9.9 hours a day looking at screens, including phones, computers, and televisions. People are producing and viewing visual media objects like never before. When we study these interactions, which constitute our visual culture, we are engaged in making visual culture work. And as that work has taken an ever greater centrality in people’s lives, it has also become the contested space for making social change.
Changes in Visual Culture
After the fall of the Berlin Wall spelling the end of the Cold War in 1989, artists and academics imagined a new way of seeing the world. It involved questioning how people saw themselves and were seen by others, centring on popular culture, media images, and their influence on art. They called it visual culture, based on the term coined by Marshall McLuhan in Understanding Media (1964). In New York City, a group of young postmodern photographers, including Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, and Sherrie Levine, epitomised this shift. Their work concentrated on their own lives, in the case of Goldin whose circles experimented with social, sexual, and other identities. Cindy Sherman depicted herself wearing various costumes and disguises, whereas Sherry Levine appropriated the work of others. All asked us to think about the image-centred world in which we live. Their paramount question was the issue of representation, and so, they became known as the Pictures Generation.
Today there’s a new visual culture that we can call the Snapchat Generation. It’s user-generated and shared online, rather than claiming status in the art world. It utilises Instagram, Facebook, Imgur, Tumblr, Netflix, Hulu, Twitpic, YouTube, and an array of other apps. Some people become famous through this process, like YouTube stars PewDiePie, Michelle Phan, and Rhett & Link, whose millions of subscribers generate millions in advertising revenue (Berg 2015). Their work is highly orchestrated and produced, despite the appearance of being home-made. One such performer, nineteen-year-old Australian Essena O’Neill, deleted all her social media accounts in November 2015, claiming, ‘I was defined by something that was not real’ (Elgot 2015). Of course, a social media storm resulted, creating yet more revenue.
Snapchat epitomises this new circulation of images. It is a conversation app that allows users to share pictures, in the certainty that they will be deleted ten seconds after they are opened. At first it was used mostly for potentially controversial or sexually explicit imagery. Now it has become a dynamic visual conversation platform for the smartphone era. 166 million users generate an astonishing three billion ‘Snaps’ every day on an app that was launched only in 2011, even though it is still not permitted in China, the largest Internet market (Constine 2017). Snaps are intended to protect the privacy of users, and that is presumably troubling to the Chinese authorities. When it was launched as a public company, it was briefly valued at $32 billion, only to tumble when advertisers did not generate sufficient revenue for investors (Frier 2017).
The unusual nature of Snapchat signals a generational divide. While baby boomers and Gen Xers often see this visual conversation as self-indulgent narcissism, millennials consider it as much a part of everyday life as the phone call used to be. Forty-four per cent of millennials use their camera phone every day, with 76 per cent posting the results to social media (Meeker 2015). While many of these photos are trivial, some might capture incidents of police violence, protest, or other issues that are often excluded from mainstream media, but can now be seen as they happen. Today’s visual activism harnesses the energy and passion people have for social media and, almost simultaneously, turns them back into the world.
A New World
The unusual nature of Snapchat signals a generational divide. While baby boomers and Gen Xers often see this visual conversation as self-indulgent narcissism, millennials consider it as much a part of everyday life as the phone call used to be. Forty-four per cent of millennials use their camera phone every day, with 76 per cent posting the results to social media (Meeker 2015). While many of these photos are trivial, some might capture incidents of police violence, protest, or other issues that are often excluded from mainstream media but can now be seen as they happen. Today’s visual activism harnesses the energy and passion people have for social media and, almost simultaneously, turns them back into the world.
This moment is the product of a dramatically new set of global conditions. Since 2008, more people live in cities than in rural areas for the first time in history. It’s an astonishing transformation. In Brazil, 85 per cent of the population—no fewer than 172 million people (CIA)—live in cities, exceeding the 81 per cent of US urban residents. Such density and expanse have radically reorganised the once clearly defined city space into flowing city regions, as geographers now call them, like São Paulo, whose towers seem to never end.
The new global majority is also young—under thirty worldwide, and often under twenty-one in the developing world (Boumphrey 2012). In Brazil, 24 per cent of the population is under fifteen years old (World Bank). In sub-Saharan Africa, 70 per cent of people are under thirty: the median age in Niger is fifteen. These children and young people do not remember the struggles for independence that defined their parents’ lives. In South Africa, the Born Free Generation—born since the fall of apartheid in 1994—has known nothing but majority rule, and is increasingly impatient with the government’s failure to deliver even basic services. Demands for shelter, food, clean air, potable water, and electricity have become the engine of social change.
What powers that change is the fact that this young urban majority is networked. Estimates are that, in 2015, 42 per cent of people had some kind of access to the Internet. Google predicts that by 2020, at least five billion people will be online, making the web the first universal medium. Brazil is now the fifth largest smartphone market in the world (IDC), while 48 per cent of Internet users are in Asia—a proportion that exceeds the Asian share of global population (Internet World Stats). Although the Internet audience has only just reached the same level as that of television, the difference is obvious and dramatic. On TV, you have to watch what someone else has programmed. Online, you can add and create content yourself. Not only can incidents like the Tianjin explosion or the floods in Chennai no longer be concealed by governments, but the Internet also allows average citizens to organise self-help networks to deal with such disasters.
For today’s young, networked urban life is far from idyllic. Services are a problem, from transport to electricity and water. Even the fundamental conditions of organic life cannot be taken for granted. Two hundred million people in China watched the documentary Under the Dome within just three days of its release in February 2015, mostly via the WeChat mobile-messaging platform. The film showed the staggering extent of urban pollution in major cities across the country. Such conditions are not limited to China. London exceeded the European Union air pollution limit for 2017 in the first six days of the year. The traditional solution to increased urban populations has long been more economic growth, but that would simply produce more emissions, making pollution still more pervasive. How, then, are the young people of the world to live?
Collectively, the young, urban, networked, and hot world amounts to a rupture in the modern ways of understanding both the organisation and the very purpose of human life. Even time has changed. Some live in a 24/7 world where time is said to be money, while many more find themselves asked to work ever longer hours for smaller return. The climate crisis has undone the nature of what geologists call the ‘deep time’ of the planet itself, because humans have created a new geological era (called the Anthropocene, or new human, era) in the course of one human lifetime—that is, since the 1950s, when the human impact on the Earth system became visible in geological form due to radiation in the atmosphere. Previous geological eras are measured in millions of years.
One way to understand the explosion of time-based media, such as photography and video, is to regard it as a response to the anxiety about changed global conditions in general and time in particular. Americans take more photographs every two minutes than were taken worldwide in the entire nineteenth century. Four hundred hours of YouTube videos are uploaded every minute. In 2014, at least one trillion photographs are estimated to have been taken. That’s over a quarter of all previously existing photos.
Many experience this rupture as a crisis. For others, it is an opportunity. French philosopher Jacques Rancière characterises rupture as a moment in which ‘one does not defeat the enemy, but ceases to live in the world that this enemy has constructed for you’. That is to say, there are new possibilities for ordinary people to shape their lives in ways that are not dictated to them, whether by employers or governments. Pictures of all kinds both depict the rupture and present possible alternative worlds.
The first signature format of this new visual culture is the now-infamous selfie. The selfie is the culmination of a long democratisation of the self-portrait. Photography expanded the field of self-portraiture almost as soon as it was invented. The combination of smartphones with front-facing cameras and social media has made selfies ubiquitous since 2010. The selfie is the first visual form of the new young, urban, networked majority. ‘Selfie’ was the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2013, used 17,000 per cent more often than the year before. Google estimates that thirty billion selfies were taken in 2014. The website SelfieCity has shown that most selfies are taken by women—as many as 82 per cent in Moscow—to be shared primarily with other women. The selfie, then, is a challenge to the ‘male gaze’ identified by film scholar Laura Mulvey in 1975 as an inherent component of narrative cinema. Perhaps that accounts for some of the hostility towards it. Already a cliché, the selfie is not important in itself. But it shows us that the new majority is inventing new ways to see itself.
For those of us engaged in the formal study of visual culture, the transformation in attitudes towards images brought on and propelled by social media presents challenges and opportunities. One of the first definitions of visual culture characterised it as the effort to create a ‘history of images’ (Bryson, Holly, and Moxey 1994). At that time, the authors did not mean all images everywhere. They were interested in how popular imagery and works of art combined to create modes of ‘representation’ ranging from questions of identity to politics and feminism. In the two decades since, these ideas have transformed everything from art exhibitions to queer politics. Today, we have to take that effort a step further. Just as the first wave of visual culture studies was, in fact, quite selective in its choice of images to analyse, today’s energy centres on the interpretation of visualised media in the moment of globalisation. Certain key images and types of imagery seem best able to help us in this visual work—namely the attempt to document, describe, and define the experience of rupture in the disjointed global present and recent past.
The Right to Look
Among the floods of digital imagery today, some forms are simply an attempt to keep pace with what is happening and to make a record of personal experience. There are also new possibilities to shape what is now self-evidently a visual culture into the practice of freedom. Taking its cue from global social movements (such as the Zapatistas in Mexico, Occupy Wall Street in the US, or Rhodes Must Fall in South Africa), this work questions the centrality of representation, from politics to visual imagery, and searches instead for instances of what I have called ‘the right to look’ (Mirzoeff 2011).
This ‘right’ is not one that is contained in law codes but rather is brought into being when people exchange looks, such as the look into each other’s eyes that we know from friendship, trust, and love. In this exchange, no one dominates and a common space emerges between us that is the foundation for a common experience. First of all, those encountering each other listen to what the other has to say, even when they do not speak. This familiar personal experience can become collective in certain moments, such as when Tahrir Square was occupied, forming a visual commons. The visual commons does not produce common economic or political conditions, but it is the indispensable precursor to those possibilities. For unless we can see—in the broadest sense of the term—each other and allow ourselves to be seen, so it is that the other then invents us, rather than the other way around; no progress can be made.
Such commons have existed in the past. The civil rights movement in the United States produced an understanding that segregation was wrong by placing bodies in spaces where they were not supposed to be and letting what happened to them be seen. Televised events, such as fire hoses being turned on marchers in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, convinced President Kennedy of the need for the Civil Rights Act, passed in 1964. For the commons invents the future—or at least one possible future—rather than illustrating past or present situations. As such, it is always changing and always in need of interpretation. The ongoing moment of rupture is a new opportunity to create and shape the visual commons above and beyond questions of representation. These processes together are what I mean by visual activism.
The idea that visual culture might be a space in which to make change and shape the world, rather than merely reflect or represent it, stems from a shift in the understanding of what we still call ‘the image’, the building block of visual culture. In his 1972 classic Ways of Seeing, art historian John Berger defined the image as a ‘sight which has been recreated or reproduced’. His declaration was a radical one at the time. By grouping fine art, photography, and popular imagery into the same analytical category of ‘the image’, Berger made the concept of visual culture possible.
Today, however, everything we see on screens is a computation. A camera is a data collection method, requiring processing in a computer, whether for still or moving images. Many of the most striking examples of present-day imagery do not even involve light. The sonograms that people keep as the first ‘photograph’ of a child in utero are produced by sound waves. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) pictures of the inside of the human body are created by placing the body in a strong magnetic field, causing it to emit radio waves that are recorded and then converted into images. But what they depict is never literally seen by anybody.
Indeed, even our understanding of the human senses has changed dramatically due to the influx of digital imagery. The elegant straight lines of the classic vision diagram showing light refracting into the eye have been replaced by a complex set of feedback loops and data streams. There are now thought to be two forms of vision. One deals with perception, the other with action. Over eighty locations in the brain process vision, connected by at least twelve parallel processing pathways. Today’s expanded visual media is producing a human generation with better peripheral and central vision than their parents, which they have developed from playing video games. Scientists call this ‘probabilistic inference’, meaning decision-making based on incomplete information—the choices we make when driving a car, for example.
Formerly, we were trained to concentrate on one task at a time, like a factory worker on an assembly line. Mostly, if not exclusively, we did. Now we are supposed to pay attention to such distractions as email notifications, and mostly, if not exclusively, we do.
People tend to think of seeing as a sort of high-definition video. It turns out it is more like a pencil sketch in black and white (Felleman 2011). The brain completes what it has perceived based on previous experience and what it anticipates. Perhaps this is why visual culture seems like an arena where we can effect change: if what we see is always an ‘assemblage’, to use the term created by philosopher Gilles Deleuze, then it can be put together in different ways if we so choose.
The Visual Community
There is a new ‘us’ on the Internet, and it’s using the Internet to share all these images. This ‘us’ is different from any that print or media culture has experienced before. Anthropologist Benedict Anderson famously described how print culture created ‘imagined communities’ (2006). Readers of a specific newspaper, for example, felt they had something in common with other readers they had never met. Most notably, modern nations were shaped as imagined communities. From the new feminisms to the idea of the 99 per cent disseminated by the Occupy movement, the Snapchat Generation is reimagining how they belong, to what they belong, and what that looks like in the moment of rupture. There is a global visual community that can come together at specific moments, usually in a crisis such as a natural disaster. Specific communities are forming and shaping events constantly, sometimes mapping older communities in different ways and sometimes fostering new possibilities, from Tahrir Square to Rhodes Must Fall and the Confederate statue controversy in the United States.
New visual media is helping to create new forms of social change worldwide. Beginning with the Arab Spring, social media has expanded the scope of politics. But it has done so unevenly. The Facebook page ‘We Are All Khaled Said’ received 300,000 ‘likes’ in January 2011, setting the path to the Tahrir Square uprising. But the 2013 army coup in Egypt pushed back against such interaction, shutting down social media and activism alike. When students took to the streets of Hong Kong to Occupy Central with Love and Peace in October 2014, they created multiple outlets for live-streamed video, photographs, social media, and artwork. The goal was both to make police violence visible and to share their cause with the world. Their identifying yellow umbrellas were even exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, while the occupation was happening. In 2016, media phenomenon Donald Trump became president of the United States, in significant part as a result of the combination of his prominence on the reality TV show The Apprentice, free media coverage in the news, and his millions of Twitter followers. Trump has redefined mainstream politics in social media. As president, his constant tweets drive the US political and media agenda and create a sense that everything centers around him.
One of the most striking examples of our transformative moment has been the activism surrounding the recent wave of police killings of African American men as documented on smartphone videos and shared online. For the first time, it has been possible to compare police accounts of their actions with independent visual documentation of what happened. Some 85 per cent of African Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine own a smartphone—several points higher than their white counterparts. At first, the effects of this ownership were internal to the black community, as exemplified by the rise of what has been called ‘Black Twitter’, a social media niche specific to African Americans. But in July 2014, a policeman employing an illegal chokehold killed Eric Garner, an African American man in Staten Island, New York, even though Garner was already restrained by several other police officers and stated repeatedly, ‘I can’t breathe.’ The incident was documented on smartphone video and shared online. A few weeks later, eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. Although there was no video of the event, online reactions brought national attention to it.
When grand juries believed police accounts and did not indict police officers for any crime in either case, Internet users used the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter to demonstrate their outrage and share their photographs and videos. The hashtag evolved into a fullblown movement, developing into mass protests. It took both visual documentation and media-worthy street protests to make the nascent movement have national impact. Such intersections of the young urban majority with social media have created a shift from recording change to making change.
Such change is rarely permanent. Consider one of the most powerful images of 2015, the photograph of Alan Kurdi, a two-year-old Kurdish refugee whose drowned body was discovered on a beach by a Turkish policeman. Nilufer Demir, a Reuters stringer working for the Turkish Dogan News Agency, took a photograph of the retrieval of the deceased boy that seemed to change global attitudes, if temporarily (Mirzoeff 2015). In mainstream and social media, people began to refer to Syrian ‘refugees’ rather than ‘migrants’. Countries like Canada and Germany opened their doors to more of them. Demir’s photograph had such impact because it reminds us of images we already know well. The posture of the policeman, Sergeant Mehmet Ciplak, who carried Alan’s body, subconsciously echoed one of the key icons of Western art. Known as the Pietà, meaning ‘pity’, it depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after he was taken down from the cross. Perhaps the best known example is Michelangelo’s 1499 sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica. Such iconic images carry the power of the sacred.
That subconscious recognition, regardless of our religious beliefs, allows the photograph to get past the deflecting shell we have all developed in today’s image-dominated world. First identified by German critic Walter Benjamin in the 1930s, this shell allows us to survive both the constant stream of ads and the endless depictions of suffering that confront us every day. The horrific spectacle of the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015, however, produced another effect, inciting widespread hostility towards refugees in both Europe and the United States. In 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union, influenced by hostile depictions of migrants. No one image, or set of images, in and of itself is going to achieve social change. To be sustainable, change requires engagement that may be mobilised by images but has to be carried out in other ways—including, of course, the ongoing use of visual materials.
One of the best-known proponents of the concept of visual activism is South African photographer Zanele Muholi. Muholi uses her work to claim the right to call herself a black lesbian. She is caught between the renowned ‘rainbow constitution’ of her country, which formally guarantees rights to LGBTQ people, and the daily reality of violence and sexual assault against them in the townships. Her work came to global prominence with a 2015 solo exhibition entitled Isibonelo/Evidence at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
At the same time, visual activism was spreading across South Africa. Using the hashtag #RhodesMustFall, a 2015 student movement demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town campus. Rhodes, an inveterate imperialist, was deemed to be an inappropriate representative of the post-apartheid nation. Despite the objections of some art historians, the statue was removed to a museum. Some have complained that warehousing such symbols is the equivalent of rewriting history, but that is precisely what historians do, year in and year out. #RhodesMustFall opened up a debate about the extent to which South Africa had truly set aside the legacies of apartheid. The students mobilised that debate into #FeesMustFall, a successful call for the cancellation of planned tuition increases. Demonstrations ended the year with the more controversial demand #ZumaMustFall, referring to the South African president. What had begun as a debate over public art led to a change in government policy, followed by a challenge to the government itself.
The debate over statues of past heroes has spread first to the United States and now to Australia and the UK. Following the far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, statues commemorating the Confederacy became controversial across the United States. Many cities have removed prominent statues, from New Orleans to Brooklyn. Debate has spread to statues of Columbus and other colonial figures. Hoping to benefit from a white backlash, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia made such statues into a campaign issue for the November 2017 election, only to lose heavily. Visual activism in the new global context is a key means to explore how the new majority wishes to be seen by themselves and by others, when the state will not, or cannot, represent them. Keep looking.
This essay is based on material in Nicholas Mirzoeff’s book How to See the World: An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies and More (2016). All these ideas are developed at greater length therein. This article was originally published on Podium, M+ Stories.
Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University, is one of the founders of the academic field of visual culture. His work includes An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999/2009), The Visual Culture Reader (Routledge, 1998/2002/2012), The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of Visuality (Duke University Press, 2011), and How to See the World: An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies, and More (Basic Books, 2016). In 2014, he launched the open writing project After Occupy: What We Learned. He is currently working on a project entitled The Visual Commons: #BlackLivesMatter.
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Weezer – The White Album: It’s Not Pinkerton But It’ll Do.
NOTHING IS EVER going to be Pinkerton again and maybe that’s a good thing. It has to be around twenty years since Weezer released what is still regarded as their best album, but the problem with releasing your best album early in your career is you can never again capture that exact cocktail of excitement, youthful energy and precise magic that makes an all -time great. After that you can still make good albums, but you’ll never be back at that one moment when everything came together perfectly (Many might think of this as Arctic Monkeys Syndrome). Yet doesn’t mean that you should just stop because sometimes, it’s just good to make something fun and just in time for summer.
Forming the now fourth part of Weezer’s self-titled Colours album cycle, The White Album is possibly the most fun it sounds like the band have been having since their debut. This is because it takes it back to basics for most tracks sticking to bass, drums and some guitars with a few pianos and sleigh bells thrown in for colour. But for the most part, the album’s simplicity is its virtue. Keeping the virtues of modern surf and slacker punk sounds like Wavves or Mac Demarco, the album lasts a brief 35 minutes with its longest track coming in at just over four minutes (though it must be said, with much slicker production than those bands I mentioned), it’s a brief little album that doesn’t waste any time and is all the better for it.
Rivers Cuomo has never been known for having truly impressive pipes but he has a better understanding of intonation and vocal performance than a lot of his post-grunge ilk and he really manages to sell the repressed melancholy underpinning a lot of the songs. Also I’m happy to report that finally on ‘Thank God For Girls’ we have a good entry into the canon of Rivers Cuomo tries to rap (Yes, ‘The Greatest Man That Ever Lived’ had its goofy charms but it wasn’t exactly what you’d call ‘good’). For the most part, the album is more Blue than Pinkerton as it has its sad moments but it never goes full self-loathing.
If the album has a major issue, it’s that it’s too clean. Especially on the imminently forgettable ‘(Girl We Got) A Good Thing’, the production and guitars are so slick, they’re almost John Travolta’s hair in Pulp Fiction (I can do contemporary references) but the shiny, happy songs always felt a little insincere with this band. Compare it to album highlight ‘Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori’, a mini-masterpiece of upbeat miserable character study and it becomes clear that the band are better when they aren’t trying too hard. It’s a problem that plagued Raditude, Hurley, Everything Will Be Alright In The End, they tried too hard to be the band they were before without ever just stopping and being them. Equally, a fine enough song in its own right but second track ‘Wind In Our Sails’ feels too much a ‘song over the trailer to a middling but uplifting indie comedy’ to not be a hint irritating.
I still can’t decide if album closer ‘Endless Bummer’ is meant to be such a damp squib considering its name or if it’s just an anticlimactic ending to another-wise incredibly solid collection of tracks with only a few notable duds amongst them (The aforementioned ‘A Good Thing’ and the oddly frenetic penultimate track ‘Jacked Up’). Maybe it’s just a think to accept that Weezer are not a band for whom acoustic guitars work that well, once the track kicks it improves but thats three minutes into a four minute song. But for a band going as long as Weezer, to still have as much energy as still as much to offer as in their heyday. You aren’t going to have an out-of-body experience listening to The White Album, it won’t change your life but if you want half an hour of good summer jams, this is your place.


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AT THE OPENINGS of solo exhibitions, we generally have a large crowd with people keen to meet the artists. The gallery is a sociable place where friends arrange to meet to view exhibitions together, to discuss paintings and perhaps enjoy a glass of wine as they look round a show. Friends may bump into each other, by chance, and spend time catching up. At other times, conversations break out between strangers when people share their thoughts on particular paintings or sculpture.
It is all very enjoyable although it can be nerve wracking too as artists wait to see the response to their latest work.
Sadly, at the moment, the gallery cannot be the same lively and sociable place it normally is as we are in the ‘new normal’ and everyone is masked up and keeping their distance.
WE HAVE JUST had the first exhibition opening at the gallery since the Spring with solo shows by Deborah Phillips and Stephen M.Redpath. There has been a great response to both artists’ work but it has been strange having to marshal visitors. People have been acting sensibly and considerately, patiently waiting in one room until another group has moved through. No one is rushed. It is all working well but we do miss the buzz of a crowded gallery.
The joy of art comes in its infinite variety and we could scarcely have more different artists than Deborah and Steve.
Deborah is a well established, well known, widely exhibited artist whose richly textured vibrant paintings are highly collectible.
Steve is newly embarking on his career as an artist and this is his first ever solo exhibition. His sensitive, expressive watercolours are quite special and there is rare beauty in his work.
Deborah first exhibited at the RSA, aged 14, and has been an artist ever since.
“I enjoy all aspects of creating a painting, from going out into the the stunning Scottish countryside to collect reference material, priming the board on which I will paint, squeezing paint from the tubes and watching it glisten on the palette, holding the well used brushes, mixing the squelchy colour and applying it in swathes, varnishing, framing and then seeing the finished article on a gallery wall — every stage gives me a thrill.”
Steve had an idyllic childhood in rural Pembrokeshire spent largely exploring the natural world. This led to an academic career as an ecologist studying wildlife and landscape but he never lost his passion for art.
“I paint to capture light and the essence of landscapes…I love to work in that area between representation and abstract and I strive for those exhilarating moments where the landscape and my emotional response become interwoven in the painting.”
Some paintings are more difficult to display online than others. Paintings with a lot of texture and layers of paint are especially difficult and Deborah Phillips’ paintings are among those. Anyone who knows her work will know how cleverly she incorporates all sorts of materials such as leaf skeletons and grains into her paintings. But if you have never seen her work in real life, only on screen, then you are missing so much. Deborah often uses touches of metallic paint; the subtle sparkle enhances her painting.
We have been delighted by the response to Steve’s work. It is rare to see watercolours of such quality. His largest painting, ‘Machair’, stops people in their tracks. It is simply stunning. It is a pity Steve’s first show has had to be in this difficult time but he is definitely one to watch and savour. The intensity of pigment he uses and the gradation of washes perfectly transmit his experience of landscape.
The exhibition continues until Saturday 26 September, open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 to 4. We are more than happy to welcome you on other days if you wish to visit outwith these hours. Just get in touch.
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Life has an incredible reputation with its’ ability to take our breath away. Rolling hills, unlimited brooks that babble even more than an overly excited me and sunsets that can leave us speechless… a miracle in itself. Yet within the mingling of the majestic awes of life’s splendor, the ouches of this life can knock the wind out of our sails with one sharp jab to the gut. Taking time to catch our breath once again .
Bitter waltzing with sweet, highs soaring to distressing lows, at times finding myself scrabbling to recalibrate and steady my faiths’ equilibrium.
With all the dizzying and stressful challenges life can thrown our way, it is not out of the norm for me to utter, “God where are you?” more then a time or two. We have already established I like to talk.
And yet I also love to listen with bated breath when it comes to hearing God breathed truths addressing my doubts. His mercy blowing away lies that cloud my proper perspective into wisps of insignificance. Seeing His love for me in new and profound ways.
A couple of months ago I experienced ominous brooding clouds of doubt , only to watch God gloriously lift the foreboding billows to see Him in a whole new light.
This particular event involved our 15 1/2 year old dog Scooby who on one Friday morning vets visit was gravely diagnosed with advanced Lymphoma. That night and the next morning our grown children visited to say their final tearful good-byes. By the next evening he could barely walk as I took him to the car for his final solemn ride to the vet. We arrived 15 mins. early to check him in before my husband arrived from his work . As we made our way to the clinic door Scooby’s 63 lbs. frame lumbered and swayed even more with his burdening disease. Anxious to get him help as soon as possible my heart began breaking more with each labored step he took. Swinging the front door open so grateful to get help soon, only to find out they were not taking anymore patients that early evening due to no more beds, and a vet that had to leave early. Now heading back to the van, Scooby was staggered with greater intensity, hoisting him up and into the car I waited for Kevin to arrive. Leaving the side van door open while sitting with Scooby, tears streamed down my face, I felt so helpless, and alone. Suddenly, he threw up and collapsed in the back of the van my heart overwhelmed with sorrow and anxiety . Thankfully, shortly after that Kevin arrived, his 5 min work delay felt like an eternity. While waiting earlier I was able to call and find a nearby vet still open less than 2 minutes away, $120.00 more yet it did not matter. By the time we arrived Scooby could no longer walk and Kevin had to carry him in.
Overwhelming sadness merged with an outpouring of compassion from the staff brought us great comfort and relief. Once settled in the room the kind vet then sat on the floor with us as we held our beloved dog weeping. His tenderness and compassion was evident as his eyes welled with tears as we cried. Saying our final sorrowful goodbyes, and with heavy hearts we left toting only his blanket and collar, and now mere memories to sustain us. Feeling so grateful for the kindness, love and support from this clinic during our time of loss.
The following weeks after Scooby’s passing had me pondering why I felt so overwhelmed as I sat in the van waiting for help that day. Though my feelings were valid going through losing a pet, the more I reflected on those intense emotions it dawned on me that abandonment issues from past sexual abuses somehow got triggered. The fact I was surrounded by people yet feeling so alone and helpless in my time of need hit a raw emotional nerve.
Walking in a place of victory as you navigate brokenness takes courage to forge ahead to get to the place of healing, forgiveness and deeper levels of freedom God longs for us.
And though at times I get weary of trying to see God in all things, I’m confident it’s worth the pondering, searching and asking to get to the truth. God is looking and longing to be gracious to us every time, whether it be the first or the millionth time!
Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding. Isaiah 40:28
So how did God address my wrestling abandonment and trust issues?
Lovingly as always !
While I was still wrestling with grief and grappling with this abandonment trigger, Kevin and I received a thoughtful card of condolences from the Pet Medical team a couple weeks later. As we both read through and looked at all the signed names we could not believe our eyes when we spotted our vet’s last name. It was Emmanuel which means, “God with us”. We were blown away! It was such a hug to my heart from a Abba Father I’m learning to trust more each passing day.
What a precious reminder that God is always with us, never failing us, nor forsaking us, even when we feel alone and overwhelmed.
Perhaps like me your questioning where God was or is in your time of need.
From my heart to yours, may we continually see God working on our behalf in all things. Though you and I have felt alone at times, we are not. God enters our grief, weeps with us. His heartbreaking even greater then your own. He is with us every step of the way even when you cannot feel His presence at the time.
Emmanuel God is with us, What a beautiful name, What a glorious promise!
I thank you most High God! You are breathtaking. Psalms 139:5 The Message


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I do cook most nights. It's the only way to get the hungry family fed. But lately I've been trying some of those yummy things I've saved on Pinterest.
This was actually as easy to make as the website promised, and it turned out, and it tasted good. I'll be making it again and seeing what variations I can find.
I sort of kind of almost made Salted Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies...by crushing the pretzels I'd bought and mixing them in with a package of Betty Crocker salted caramel cookie mix. It worked! And it was tasty enough that I plan on trying the real thing sometime soon.
The Bubble Up Enchilada Bake wasn't a hit at my house. It was quick and easy and I thought it tasted just fine, but the men folk disagreed. Have I mentioned that they're picky?
How about you? Have you made anything new lately? Got any suggestions for a pack of hungry boys?


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Found this product design database, via this We Make Money Not Art post [thanks]. The site is chockablock full of fab
things from the 70s. What I found particularly appealing was Honda’s 50cc scooter.
How great is this? Having just bought a Honda Dylan 125 to get round
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17,000 Seek Asylum In Togo
The Togolese government has reported that over 17,000 Ghanaians have sought asylum in Togo as a result of intermittent communal conflicts in the Northern Region since 1993.
Kwesi Ahwoi, the Interior Minister who made this known at the meet-the press encounter in Accra expressed shock about the report, stating that the matter would be investigated to ascertain the truth.
'It is quite shocking to hear that some Ghanaians are seeking asylum in Togo. However, we will go there and find out the actual truth and know what to do afterwards,' Mr. Ahwoi said.
It was recently reported that some Ghanaians who were in Brazil to support the Black Stars in the 2014 edition of the World Cup were seeking asylum in that country.
The Ghanaian supporters claimed to be Muslims who were fleeing violent conflicts between different Muslim groups in Ghana; an assertion the government of Ghana has denied.
Even though the Ghanaians seeking asylum claimed to be fleeing conflict, information available to DAILY GUIDE indicated that they were fleeing the current economic hardship in Ghana.
817 Ghanaians Renounce Citizenship
Mr. Ahwoi disclosed that 817 Ghanaians have renounced their citizenship due to the economic situation in the country.
He said out of the number, 367 were males and 450 females.
Mr. Ahwoi said 538 have sought citizenship in Germany, 233 in Netherlands, 32 in Norway, seven in Denmark, five in Austria, one in Hong Kong and one in China.
Explaining the issue to journalists, David Agorsor, Director of Migration, Ministry of Interior, said the economic situation in the country had resulted in many Ghanaians renouncing their citizenships.
He said the situation was on the increase, stating that 'most of the people renouncing their citizenship were doctors and nurses. This is due to the fact that they are paid well in the developed countries.'
Many have blamed the situation on what Brigadier Joseph Nunoo - Mensah (Rtd), former National Security Advisor said when Ghanaians complained about the hardship they were going through due to bad governance.
Nunoo - Mensah said, 'Every Tom, Dick and Harry gets up and is calling for a strike. If you don't want the job Ghana is not a police state, take your passport and get out of this country. If you can't sacrifice like what some of us have done then get out. If the kitchen is too hot for you, get out.'
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Massages come in all shapes and sizes, and I love all of them. If you like massages like I do, you may wonder if your cat would also enjoy getting a massage. Whether a relaxing cat massage or a therapeutic cat massage, there are a lot of reasons you may want to try out massaging as an activity for you and your cat. Some cats will love it, but remember that some cats will really hate it, so start carefully and gently.
The Benefits of Cat Massage
Many experts may recommend to you that you massage your cat, but why is it such a good idea? Do animals get as much from massages as humans do, or is it a waste of your time? Well, the truth is there are many benefits, if you can get your cat sit still long enough to try it. The advantages of massaging your cat include:
- Building the special bond of affection and trust between you and your cat.
- Stress relief for anxious or nervous cats as dopamine and serotonin are released, which are known as ‘feel-good’ hormones.
- Improving their coat.
- Reduction of aggressive behavior due to a stronger bond of trust and happier outlook.
- The opportunity for medical checks for wounds and lumps, or parasites and ticks.
- Relieving pain for cats that suffer from arthritis or other joint issues.
- Improving blood circulation and lymph systems.
- Eliminating toxins.
- Relieving other medical issues, such as diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and kidney disease.
With all these benefits, it can’t be surprising that most experts will happily recommend that you at least give it a go. There are, however, times that massage may not be advised. These are few and far between, but it is important not to add to any health problems your cat may be suffering from. Two such examples include:
- If they are suffering from cancer
- If they have a fever
It is always worth discussing with your vet or another professional expert before taking on any new treatments for your cat. They can advise you how best to help with any specific conditions your cat has, and may even be able to advise you on technique. But, for the most part, massaging your cat is a safe and potentially hugely beneficial activity.
How Do You Massage A Cat?
Ultimately, a gentle massage is very unlikely to do any harm, so there is no reason not to at least try it! Just be careful that you are not using too much pressure, or stressing any joints. If you want to explore the world of cat massages, here are some cat massage techniques you may want to experiment with:
- Start in a familiar spot and stroke your cat slowly. For example, if they like to be stroked on their head, start here and stroke them in the exact same way you normally do.
- Gradually adjust your technique to use even pressure using your full palm or even whole hand. Move to stroking them the length of their body, from head to tail.
- Move to their shoulders using circular motions. A good idea is to put each hand either side of their upper body and rub gently downwards, as well as in circular motions.
- You can then move down their back, continuing gentle pressure and circular motions. You must be particularly careful about moving to their hind legs and lower back as these can be more sensitive. If you suspect that they are tensing up, stop and stay at their upper back and shoulders.
- Similarly, you may want to move to massage their belly, but must be prepared to stop if they don’t seem keen. After gently rolling them over, hold them in place with one hand while rubbing their belly and chest with circular motions with the other hand.
- Last, but not least, you can massage their tail. Start at the base, rubbing and gently squeezing their tail and moving up towards the tip. Tails are extremely sensitive, which is why you should leave them to last. Your cat will need to be very relaxed to let you touch their tail.
Tips for Massaging Your Cat
Massaging your cat is not always easy, but it is worth it when your cat is amenable. To help you do the best job that you can so that your cat will get the most out of it, here are some helpful tips:
- Wait for the right time
If your cat is too hungry, too tired, anxious or grumpy, they won’t feel like being stroked, let alone massaged. Your cat will need to be in a relaxed, happy mood, so it may be best to get them when they naturally come to relax with you. You may even want to train them into becoming a lap cat before you get started.
- Build your relationship first
Similarly, your cat needs to trust you completely, or they won’t enjoy the experience. If you have only recently adopted a new cat, let them adjust to their environment and to you first. Try building your bonds of trust through treats, training and time spent together. Once they care for you and trust you, they are more likely to enjoy a good massage.
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- Be careful with the belly, head and tail
Cats are more sensitive in some areas than others, and many cats will never adjust to being touched in certain places, so you cannot force it. Sensitive areas vary from cat to cat, but pay particular attention the tail, head, belly, and lower back. A great tip for getting your cat used to massaging a more sensitive area is to massage a non-sensitive part with one hand, while you make your way to more sensitive parts with the other.
- Regularly check that they are enjoying it
During the massage, make a conscious effort to check that they are really enjoying the massage. This is particularly vital for sensitive areas. Your cat may actually be tensing up or in pain, and you don’t want to wait until they scratch or run away from you to find out they are unhappy. Signs they are happy include closed eyes, purring, and being limp in your arms.
- Try talking or singing
Generally, talking or singing in soothing tones can help your cat bond with you, so it can be calming for a cat to hear you talking during the massage as well. A common misconception is to talk to cats with high-pitched tones, similar to baby talk. It is much better to use quiet, low tones for both your talking and singing.
- Use this time to check their coat, skin and health
The massage is not only great for your cat’s health, but is a fantastic opportunity to check them over for health concerns. Look out for matted, greasy or missing fur as it may be an indicator of medical issues, difficulties grooming in certain areas or stress. Check their skin for bites and bumps, and feel for high temperatures, lumps and wounds.
Massaging Your Cat’s Head
As we’ve already advised, cat’s heads can be particularly sensitive, but it can also be an area that carries a lot of stress. Your cat will get a lot from a good head massage, if they are relaxed enough to enjoy it. Here are some suggested cat head massage techniques and advice to help your cat get the most out of any head massage you give them:
- Start with broader circular motions using your entire palm. It can be quite easy to transition from stroking to these palm movements, which can keep your cat at ease for the massage
- Transfer to using your fingers, if it does not startle your cat, and massage the back of their head, temples and behind the ears with circular motions.
- Try moving these circular motions to their chin and neck, but do not press into their neck as it will choke them and startle them.
- Move to their cheeks and forehead, continuing to use these small, circular motions with even pressure.
- If your cat is relaxed enough, they may even let you gently rub around his eyes, whiskers or on his nose. Make sure your finger nails are short and that you aren’t about to shock your cat into any sudden movements.
- Finally, return to using your palms to rub the sides of their face, and keep stroking them to keep them relaxed as long as possible.
Massage and Health Care
Massaging a healthy cat for the benefits of bonding and preventative health is one thing, but therapeutic massage to help a cat with a specific condition is another. If you are interested in massage to help with a condition, such as diabetes or arthritis, I would recommend discussing the best techniques with your vet or another expert.
General advice for learning how to massage a cat with arthritis or any other painful joint or muscle condition,, is to remember that they are in pain, so you must be particularly cautious and gentle. Start with stroking and petting and work up to using small circular motions. Be especially aware of their reactions, and be prepared to change what you are doing so that you learn what helps them the most. A great tip is to use hot towels before you start, and during, to warm up the muscles and keep them warm.
Note: The advice provided in this post is intended for informational purposes and does not constitute medical advice regarding pets. For an accurate diagnosis of your pet's condition, please make an appointment with your vet.

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