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NIM02942 - Tips, gratuities and service charges: Tronc arrangements: Appointing a troncmaster
Appointing a troncmaster
Typically, an employee is appointed to administer the tronc and is usually referred to as the troncmaster. HMRC does not prescribe who the troncmaster should be. Sometimes the troncmaster is appointed by a tronc committee who decide who would be the most suitable person to take on the role. However, in some cases the employer appoints the troncmaster. The employer may choose any person they wish but if they choose an individual who influences how the business is run, for example, a company director, this may indicate that the employer has indirectly allocated the payments made from the tronc. When considering whether condition 2 of the gratuity disregard (NIM02922) is satisfied you must consider all the facts, see NIM02971.
- the employer does not play any part in deciding what amounts are paid and to whom, and
- there is no evidence to suggest that the employer established and controls a system that performs the allocation in such a way that the allocation can reasonably be said to reflect and give effect to the employer’s wishes
the payments from the tronc can be disregarded from earnings because the employer has played no part, directly or indirectly, in the allocation of the tips. See NIM02956 for more information.
Frank owns a pub and restaurant. Tips paid by cheque, debit and credit card are all passed to Sharon, the troncmaster, who has been appointed by Frank. Sharon operates PAYE on the tips that she distributes. A staff committee decides on the allocation and Frank has nothing to do with this.
Even though Frank has appointed Sharon as troncmaster he has played no part, directly or indirectly, in the allocation of the tips because he is not involved in determining who should receive tips and how much each employee should receive. In these circumstances, no NICs will be due on the tips received by the tronc members.


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NLU Delhi students write open letter to High Court
Over 145 past and present students from the National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) have addressed an open letter to the Delhi High Court, urging the chief justice and the High Court judges to intervene against the proposed 50 percent reservation for applicants who are residents of Delhi. In the letter students have raised their concern regarding the adverse effects of the January 14 notification on the “National character of NLUD”.
The letter reads: “We fear that instead of remaining an ‘elite’ institution of learning, the effect of the notification would be to make it an ‘elitist’ one. You will no doubt forgive us for the impertinence of writing an open letter to you, but we beg to take the liberty to insist that what is at stake is not only the future of our institution, but also of the ‘NLU Model’ itself, which has for long been considered as a means to bring legal education at par with other streams of technical education, both in terms of quality and public perception….”
The letter adds that the notification can raise safety issues for women applicants and disproportionately impact the number of female applicants, and worsen the already skewed sex ratio prevailing within the university.
The letter also points to the lack of infrastructure and faculty strength at NLU Delhi to cater to an increased student population of 123.
“An increase from the present strength of 83 will severely impact the quality of learning within the institution, thus defeating the purpose behind the establishment of our university,” the letter read.
Alumni meet at NLIU Bhopal
The National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU) Alumni Cell and Alumni Association will host the fifth alumni meet over February 14-16, 2020. The three-day event will witness various fun-filled activities, as the alumni take a trip down memory lane.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof V Vijayakumar, will open the meet by giving an address to welcome the alumni. In the evening, the alumni and faculty will reconnect and reminisce over dinner, and enjoy an evening of social and intellectual engagement.
Day two will start with a panel discussion, where a diverse line up will seek to inspire and empower students on their journey to success.
At the end of the day, the alumni can sit back and enjoy a cultural evening when the students will showcase their talents in dance, music, comedy and poetry.
On the last day, the Alumni Cell will conduct Alumni Association elections. The alumni present will cast their votes to determine the new president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary. Post-elections, the cell will organise sporting events to foster connection between the students and alumni and encourage a healthy competitive spirit.
The three-day affair will conclude with valedictory ceremony and vote of thanks.
Two Bronzes for NLU Odisha student
Prachi Chowdhary, a first-year student of National Law University, Odisha, has won two bronze medals in Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours and Triples at the National Khelo India Youth Games hosted in Assam over January 10-22, 2020.
Lawn bowls is a unique sport introduced in the Khelo India Games for the first time. It is usually played on a large, rectangular, precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surface known as a bowling green which is divided into parallel playing strips called rinks.
Chowdhary says: “The experience of representing not just her state but the University and family was truly exhilarating.” She further adds that the game helped her to increase her focus and concentration.
Chaudhary represented West Bengal at the games.
CAN Foundation announces Project Dhananjay
In its flagship project, the Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities (CAN) Foundation is launching Project Dhananjay to aid new entrants from economically weaker backgrounds in a career of litigation.
The project aims to provide an incubatory period to budding, meritorious law graduates (from economically weaker sections of society), who have the potential to raise the standards of the Bar in multiple ways. Under this project, a monthly stipend will be provided to the scholars who are selected by a highpowered expert panel after a month-long two-tier selection process.
This monthly stipend will be provided as a “sustenance allowance” for the initial one year (or two years) of their practice in courts of law.
Kartavya—first NLUO-SMC state- level video making competition
The Social Media Committee (SMC) of the National Law University, Odisha (NLUO) has announced its first ever state-level video making competition, “Kartavya”.
NLUO, being the coordinating university for Odisha for the 70th Constitution Day year-long celebration, is organising the competition.
NLUO aims to sensitise, cherish and abide by the noble ideas enshrined in the Indian Constitution with this competition. The theme for the competition is fundamental duties.
The competition is open for all undergraduates and postgraduate students from any recognised uni-versity/college across the state of Odisha (except National Law University, Odisha).
Students can win cash prizes worth Rs 14,000 and certificates of excellence and merit.
The last date for submission of videos is April 4, 2020. Interested students can fill in the registration form on the university website.
—Compiled by Nupur Dogra

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Median house values in Melbourne’s outer suburbs rose, while the capital city’s inner suburbs took the biggest house price falls over the past year, according to Domain’s House Price Report for the June 2019 quarter.
Home values in Warburton rose 16% in the June quarter. Values in Whittlesea and Gisborne climbed 11.7% and 10.2%, respectively, the report showed.
Median home values in Bacchus March climbed 9.6%, Cairnlea 9%, Cowes 8.4%, Wollert, 7.7%, and Darley 6.3%, according to the data.
Home values in Williams Landing and Bittern also rose 6.2% and 5.2%, respectively, the data showed.
The capital city’s inner suburbs experienced the biggest drop in house values over the past year, according to the report.
House prices in St Kilda fell 32.1% to a median of $758,000, while prices in the exclusive suburb of Toorak dropped 31.7% to a median of $2,812,500, the data showed.
The suburb of South Yarra saw price declines of 31.4% to $1,262,500, according to the report.
“The higher-priced suburbs tend to be more volatile – they rose the most in the boom and have also dropped the most as prices cooled. Cheaper houses have tended to sell in these more expensive suburbs, which can affect the overall median,” Domain economist Trent Wiltshire.
Prices in Hawthorn dropped 27.3%, Hughesdale 26.5%, Carlton 26.1%, Box Hill South 25.1%, and Box Hill 21.4%, the data showed.
Prices in St Kilda East and Hawthorn East fell 21.1% and 20.7%, respectively, according to the report.
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Although copywork is a common practice in the field of visual resources, there is little information on the ethical considerations of altering images digitized from books or articles. What state of the original should the final digital surrogate replicate – how the artwork appears in person or how the image in the publication appears? Does this change when the purpose of the image is documentary rather than artistic? Using as a basis Franziska Frey and James Reilly’s four stages of digitizing and restoring photographs, I explore the ethical implications inherent in digitizing and altering images without possessing the original artifact or artwork, as well as discuss the importance of considering one’s audience and their level of visual literacy.
"The Unexplored Ethics of Copywork Image Manipulation,"
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After the death of Josef Stalin on March 5th (Purim), the Soviet Union retreats from its most sinister policies towards its Jewish population, but continues to suppress Jewish religious and cultural life. Hostility toward Zionism and Israel grow.
Noted Soviet poet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, publishes his poem, “Winter Station,” one openly critical of official anti-Semitism. In June, a delegation of rabbis from the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America visits Moscow to verify reports regarding conditions facing the Soviet Jewish community.
On September 14, a cover story by Moshe Decter in the New Leader documents discrimination against Soviet Jews, a major breakthrough in making the public aware of their plight. On September 25, President Dwight D. Eisenhower urges Nikita Khrushchev to resolve issues concerning the status of Jews in the USSR during a meeting at Camp David. Eisenhower cites the “deep concern” expressed to him by Jewish groups.
In October, a study by Dr. William Korey and B’nai B’rith on the Right to Leave and Return is submitted to the United Nations. In 1964 it would be adopted by the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry as a fundamental legal statement on the rights of Soviet Jews.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko publishes his poem, “Babi Yar,” an attack on both the official silence surrounding the Holocaust, and popular anti-Semitism. The poem resonates among intellectuals and others in the West, and is cited by the Soviet Jewry advocacy movement.
Cuban missile crisis.
In October, the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism is formed. Together with similar, independent committees it would eventually help create the nation-wide Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.
On the 29, Justice Arthur J. Goldberg and Senators Abraham Ribicoff and Jacob Javits meet with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and challenge him regarding Moscow’s treatment of Soviet Jews. Trofim Kichko’s anti-Semitic book, Judaism Without Embellishment, appears in the Soviet Union during the ongoing anti-religious campaign. It is made available to the United Nations by Morris B. Abram, a member of the US delegation, with the American Jewish Committee. The booklet, with virulently anti-Jewish texts and images, becomes a cause célèbre in the USSR, while it is denounced throughout the West.
In April, at Columbia University, students launch the advocacy organization, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry; major Jewish organizations meet at the Wilshire Hotel in Washington DC, where they agree to launch an ad hoc American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry (AJCSJ), a coordinating body to advocate on behalf of Soviet Jews.
On October 15, Nikita S. Khrushchev is removed from power, and Leonid Brezhnev assumes power as First Secretary of the Communist Party, the beginning of the eighteen-year “Brezhnev era.” On the 28, over 10,000 people attend a rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, one of the earliest public demonstrations for Soviet Jews.
In April, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach debuts his song, “Am Yisrael Hai” at a New York City demonstration. It becomes a rallying cry for the Soviet Jewry Movement.
In September, a Soviet crackdown on human rights activists and dissidents results in the arrests of writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel. In Washington, DC, September 19-24, thousands attend the National Eternal Light Vigil, the first public demonstration in the US capital organized by the AJCSJ.
Elie Wiesel’s The Jews of Silence is published, calling attention to the plight of Soviet Jews. Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are placed on trial for “anti-Soviet propaganda” in the first of a series of show trials.
In July, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, representing Reform rabbis, undertakes a five-week East European mission to explore the status and condition of Jews, primarily in the Soviet Union. Most sources are closed to the delegation. In December, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin declares at a Paris press conference that Jews could only leave the Soviet Union on the basis of family reunification.
Israel’s victory in the Six Day War (June 5-10) stirs pride and strong national sentiment among many Jews in the Soviet Union. Applications to leave for Israel escalate. The Soviet Union again severs ties with Israel. Restrictions on Jewish enrollment in top universities expand, stimulating additional Jewish applications to leave.
Launching of Academic Committee on Soviet Jewry, to be headed by Professor Hans Morgenthau. The group focuses on Jewish scientists and academics who lost their jobs after applying to leave for Israel.
In May, eighteen Soviet Georgian Jewish families issue an appeal to the United Nations, calling for their right to leave the Soviet Union. It is released publicly in Israel, catching the attention of the media and advocates for Soviet Jews. In June, House Minority Leader Gerald Ford (Rep., Michigan) introduces a general amendment in support of Soviet Jews. In December, Boris Kochubievsky is charged with anti-Soviet slander and put under arrest after campaigning to leave for Israel.
On May 16 Boris Kochubievsky, charged with anti-Soviet slander, is sentenced to three years of hard labor. His is the first known case of the sentencing of a Jewish activist. On November 25, the United States moves to raise the issue of Soviet Jews at the United Nations. US delegate Rita Hauser brings the issue before the General Assembly.
A heavily publicized press campaign is organized by Soviet authorities to condemn Israel. Soviet Jewish cultural, artistic, and scientific personalities are forced to participate.
On March 3, thirty-two independent groups in the US join together to create the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. In the fall, Jewish Defense League members place pipe bombs in the doorways of the Aeroflot and Intourist offices, causing a minor diplomatic crisis between the US and the USSR; the Committee for Human Rights in USSR is formed and led by Valery Chalidze, Andrey Tverdokhlebov, and Andrei Sakharov.
On December 10, Human Rights Day, a daily vigil for Soviet Jewry vigil is launched opposite the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Vigil lasts twenty years. On December 24, Jewish and non-Jewish defendants are accused of hijacking an airplane to escape the Soviet Union and fly to the West and Israel, resulting in multiple fifteen year sentences, and two commuted death sentences.
Between February 23 and 25, the First World Conference on Soviet Jewry opens in Brussels. The meeting adopts the Brussels Declaration with a commitment to strengthen the Soviet Jewry advocacy movement. On June 6, major and regional Jewish organizations adopt a proposal to reorganize the AJCSJ, to be renamed the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. The idea of a separate New York City entity is also approved, leading to the creation of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry.
On December 13, an inter-organization Freedom Lights for Soviet Jewry rally fills New York’s Madison Square Garden, and receives major publicity.
In April, Jewish activists in the USSR issue “The White Book of Exodus,” with scores of personal letters and appeals. It is smuggled out of the country and published by the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry. On Solidarity Sunday, April 30, thousands participate in a public demonstration for Soviet Jewry in Dag Hammerskjold Plaza near the United Nations; over 100 communities across the country organize similar demonstrations.
In August, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR introduces a “ransom tax” to be levied on emigrants and meant to deter Jews seeking to leave for Israel. On October 31, the Academic Committee for Soviet Jews prints a two-page ad in the New York Times, denouncing the emigration tax, and expressing support for Jewish academics and scientists unable to work in the Soviet Union. It is signed by 10,000 academics from over 100 institutions.
Meanwhile, on October 4 in Washington, DC, Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson proposes legislation linking trade benefits for “non-market” (i.e. communist) nations to the liberalization of their emigration laws.
On February 7, Congressman Charles Vanik co-sponsors legislation similar to that of Sen. Jackson in the House of Representatives. A little over a month later, Senator Jackson submits the final version of the amendment linking trade between the US and non-market (communist) countries to the issue of free emigration.
Between May 2 and 9, New York Mayor John Lindsay visits Moscow and discusses Jewish emigration with Soviet officials. In that same period, between May 4 and 8, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger transmits to Soviet officials a list of more than 700 Jews repeatedly refused exit visas while on a diplomatic visit to Moscow.
On June 17, Leonid Brezhnev arrives in Washington, D.C. for a meeting with President Richard M. Nixon. He is greeted by a demonstration of nearly 13,000 people condemning Moscow’s policies towards its Jewish minority. Noted actor and folk singer Theodore Bikel, together with the African-American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, lead a protest march to the Soviet Embassy.
On December 20 the Jackson-Vanik Amendment is overwhelmingly approved by the US Congress, making US trade concessions and low-interest loans to any “non-market economy” (communist) conditional on “respect for the right to emigrate.”
President Gerald M. Ford signs the Helsinki Final Act which, among other things, enshrines “human contacts” (the free movement of people), and the reunification of divided families as basic human rights. Leonid Brezhnev signs for the Soviet Union; the document becomes a global instrument for pressing human rights in the USSR especially Jewish emigration.
On October 10, Parliamentarians from twelve West European countries form a committee supporting Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.
In February, over 1,000 delegates from around the world attend the Second World Conference of Jewish Communities on Soviet Jewry in Brussels.
On June 3, President Gerald M. Ford signs into law a bill creating a US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the “Helsinki Commission”) to monitor adherence to the Helsinki process. The Commission has the active support of the Soviet Jewry Movement and human rights groups.
Meanwhile, on July 2 the USSR unveils a memorial at the Babi Yar ravine containing no reference to the thousands of Jews murdered there during the Holocaust.
On March 15, Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, a young Jewish activist and a participant in the human rights movement, is arrested on charges of treason and spying for the US. This is viewed by many in Washington as a Soviet challenge to the humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and as an obstacle to US-USSR détente.
In June, Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry is formed in Washington, DC to serve as a public advocacy group. The first co-chairs were Helen Jackson, Jeanette Williams, Paula Blanchard, and Joanne Kemp. The group will go on to “adopt” Jewish Prisoners of Conscience in the Soviet Union, such as Ida Nudel.
On October 4, the First Review Meeting of the Helsinki Final Act is held in Belgrade. The US delegation, led by Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, presses human rights issues for Soviet Jews.
On July 14 Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky is sentenced to three years in prison and ten years forced labor. His case attracts world attention and Sharansky becomes a symbol of Jewish Refuseniks.
On April 27, five Soviet dissidents and Jewish activists, exchanged by the US for two Soviet spies sentenced in the US, arrive in New York City. Mark Dymshitz and Eduard Kuznetsov are greeted at New York’s “Solidarity Sunday” before leaving for Israel.
On January 22, Andrei Sakharov–noted physicist, human rights advocate, and outspoken supporter of Jewish refuseniks–is exiled from Moscow to Gorky after protesting the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.
On October 12, more than 100 Hebrew teachers and students in the Soviet Union gather to protest to the Supreme Soviet about harassment and arrests.
On March 15 the Third World Conference on Soviet Jewry is convened in Israel, with a large US contingent. Later that month, on March 29, the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public is formed in Moscow to combat Jewish emigration activities.
On March 11 Mikhail S. Gorbachev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party, promising a new policy of openness (Glasnost). On November 19, Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, makes a pre-Geneva summit appeal to President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, seeking free emigration for Soviet Jews.
On February 11 Natan Sharansky, after an early release from prison, arrives in Israel. In March, Edgar Bronfman, President, World Jewish Congress, and Morris. B. Abram, Chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, visit Moscow in a failed effort to negotiate religious freedom and emigration rights for Jews. From October 11-12, the second summit meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev is held in Iceland. A group of US Jewish leaders flies to Reykjavik to brief delegates.
On December 6, 250,000 people participate in the “Freedom Sunday” March on Washington, DC on the eve of the first Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meeting in the US capital. It is the largest rally ever organized in the US on behalf of a Jewish issue, and it marks the peak of the Soviet Jewry advocacy campaign in the US.
The Coalition to Free Soviet Jews halts its annual Solidarity Sunday demonstrations near the United Nations in New York City.
In January, at the Meeting of the Conference on Security and Economic Cooperation (CSCE) in Vienna, the Soviet delegation approves the Final Declaration which includes the Right to Leave and the principle of family reunification. On February 12, reflecting the profound changes unfolding within the Soviet Union, the Solomon Mikhoels International Cultural Center opens in Moscow with the help of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC or “The Joint”), a social welfare agency whose mission is to assist Jews throughout the world.
In December, more than 700 Soviet Jews from 175 non-governmental organizations, in addition to observers from other countries, meet in Moscow at the first national conference of Soviet Jews in over seventy years.
On March 15, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes President of the Soviet Union. On December 10, the Soviet Jewry Vigil, held daily opposite the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., ends after twenty years. Nearly 182,000 Jews leave the Soviet Union for Israel, and thousands more for the United States.
On December 25, Mikhail Gorbachev resigns after an aborted anti-government coup, and is succeeded by Boris Yeltsin. The Soviet Union dissolves into independent republics.

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Game design involves planning numerous important and often mundane details. For example: Doors.
Game design involves planning numerous important and often mundane details.
They bring you to new challenges, new levels, new lands. Simple details that can make the difference between a approachable game and a confusing one.
In an excellent blogpost, Liz England discusses what she calls "the door problem." Here, she offers a list of questions that a game designer must answer about something as simple as having a door in their game. For example:
- Are there doors in your game?
- Can the player open them?How do they know?
- Can the player open every door in the game?
- Or are some doors for decoration?
- Can doors be locked and unlocked?
- What tells a player a door is locked and will open, as opposed to a door that is for decoration and can never be opened?
With games, you are essentially creating a world for others to enjoy. But what good is a world if the doors to it won't open?
You might also like Game Design Ed's More Than Just Having Good Ideas.

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Campsites in Friesland
With its total surface area (land and water), Friesland is the largest province in the Netherlands. The enormous wealth of water, marshland and culture makes the region a perfect holiday destination in every season. The capital Leeuwarden was - rightfully - named the cultural capital of Europe in 2018.
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Water sports enthusiasts can indulge themselves at the many lakes, waterways, the North Sea and the Wadden Sea. For typical Frisian water sports such as Fierljeppen (pole vault), Skûtsjesilen (traditional Frisian sailing competitions) and of course ice skating, you’ve come to the right place. On beautiful summer days, you can enjoy swimming in the many Frisian Lakes and can make the most beautiful boat trips along extensive glades and characteristic villages.
Modern architecture & a rich history in Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden is a wonderfully well-arranged city with highlights such as the Fries Museum, De Blokhuispoort (former prison where you can now find all kinds of creative entrepreneurs and nice shops) and the old, crooked Oldehove tower that can easily be reached on foot from the city centre. Explore the unique boutiques, atmospheric cafés, restaurants and the extensive range of shops. You can experience a dynamic international student life in the city through the myriad of languages ??that pass you by during your visit. For a fantastic view of Leeuwarden, climb the modern 114m high Achmea tower. In clear weather you can even see the Wadden Islands from the panoramic observation deck.
In addition to the capital, a visit to, Sneek (known for the Sneekweek) and Harlingen are surprisingly special, each exuding its own inviting character. Friesland also has no fewer than four national parks, including the island of Schiermonnikoog and the Weerribben, both with their own unique flora and fauna. The neighbouring province of Groningen provides ample opportunity for a nice trip during your holiday in Friesland.

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Purpose: To demonstrate not only prevention of vision loss but also improvement in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after treatment with ranibizumab on a variable-dosing regimen over 24 months in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Design: Interventional case series.
Study population: One hundred and thirty-eight eyes of 138 patients treated intravitreally with 0.5 mg ranibizumab (Lucentis; Novartis, Basel, Switzerland). Age above 50 years, BCVA 0.2 to 1.2 logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution (logMAR), primary or recurrent subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to AMD.
Observation procedures: After single initial treatment, monthly follow-up examination. Retreatment in case of one of the following: sign of subretinal fluid or intraretinal edema, increase in central retinal thickness (CRT) on optical coherence tomography (OCT), active CNV on fluorescein angiography, increase of metamorphopsia, and loss of BCVA > 5 letters on Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart.
Main outcome measures: Compared with baseline: proportion of eyes gaining > or = 15 letters, proportion of eyes losing or gaining < 15 letters, change in CRT.
Results: After 24 months, 30% of eyes gained > or = 15 letters. After 24 months, 55% of eyes lost or gained < 15 letters. Mean CRT of 386 +/- 145 microm at baseline was significantly reduced to 211 +/- 39 microm after 24 months (P = .036). Mean injection number per patient was 5.6 +/- 2.9 and 4.3 +/- 3.8 from baseline to month 12 and month 12 to 24, respectively.
Conclusion: Intravitreal ranibizumab on a variable-dosing regimen was effective in significantly increasing mean BVCA and reducing CRT. This beneficial outcome was achieved with a low-rate of mild ocular adverse effects among our patients.
Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00564291.

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By Holly Baggett
Writer, artist, big apple gallery proprietor, and co-editor of the Little Review, Jane Heap was once essentially the most dynamic figures of the foreign avant garde, making a lifestyles that outlined the "modernist event" as a syncretic one. intentionally looking a low profile all through her existence, Heap has annoyed many students attracted to her own lifestyles and the terribly important interval during which she lived. via her correspondence, Heap right here unearths her intimate self in addition to her extra public, inventive relationships with a number of the legends of contemporary artwork, literature, and spirituality. Focusing totally on the voluminous letters written by way of Heap to Florence Reynolds, the correspondence integrated during this quantity spans the years from 1908-1949, incorporating extra illuminating letters to Reynolds from different major figures in Heap's life.
Heap's letters display the unconventional transformation of a dreamy, younger Midwestern girl right into a forceful, refined arbiter of foreign modernism and supply infrequent perception into the fight for lesbian identification and group through the inter-war interval. They aspect her eventual abandonment of paintings within the look for the transcendent within the seductive and esoteric mysticism of George Gurdjieff. Holly Baggett's accompanying essay extra highlights the confidence of Jane Heap's aesthetics and life.
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It’s been some time that I covered an icon theme on It’s FOSS. Perhaps because no theme caught my eyes in recent times. There are a few which I consider the best icon themes for Ubuntu but these are mostly the known ones like Numix and Moka and I am pretty content using Numix.
But a few days back I came across this Xenslim WildFire and I must say, it looks damn good. Minimalism is the current popular trend in the design world and Xenlism perfects it. Smooth and tranquil, Xenlism is inspired by Nokia’s meego and Apple iOS icon.
Have a look at some of its icons for various applications:
Folder icons look like:
Theme developer, Nattapong Pullkhow, claims that the icon theme is best suited for GNOME but it should work fine with Unity, KDE and Mate as well.
Install Xenlism Wildfire icon theme
Xenlism Theme is around 230 MB in download size which is slightly heavy for an icon theme but considering that it has support for a huge number of applications, the size should not be surprising.
Installing in Ubuntu/Debian based Linux distributions
To install it in Ubuntu variants, use the command below in a terminal to add the GPG key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 90127F5B
After adding the key, use the following commands:
echo "deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xenlism-wildfire/repo deb/" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xenlism-wildfire-icon-theme
In addition to the icon theme, you can download a matching minimal wallpaper as well:
sudo apt-get install xenlism-artwork-wallpapers
Installing in Arch based Linux distributions
You’ll have to edit the Pacman repository. In a terminal, use the following command:
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
Add the following section to this configuration file:
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xenlism-wildfire/repo/arch
Update the system and install icon theme and wallpapers as following:
sudo pacman -Syyu
sudo pacman -S xenlism-wildfire
Using Xenlism icon theme
In Ubuntu Unity, use Unity Tweak Tool to change the icon theme. In GNOME, use Gnome Tweak Tool to change the theme. I presume that you know how to do this part, but if you are stuck let me know and I’ll add some screenshots.
Below is a screenshot of Xenlism icon theme in use in Ubuntu 15.04 Unity. Xenlism desktop wallpaper is in the background.
It looks good, isn’t it? If you try it and like it, feel free to thank the developer:
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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has appointed Prof Ango Abdullahi, as its chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) and convener of the forum, even as it demanded an end to the killings across the country.
A statement signed yesterday in Abuja by the chairman,NEF’s Implementation Committee, Mohammed Bello Kirfi, said the decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the forum held Wednesday in Abuja, to deliberate on critical issues concerning the organisation and the nation.
Kirfi said at the end of deliberations, NEF approved the new structure proposed by its special Think Tank and also appointed the new officers to run the organisation.
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“NEF wants an immediate and complete end to these unfortunate happenings and will work with government, other community and civil society organisations, traditional rulers, political leaders and the clergy to ensure that peace returns to the North and to Nigeria. In particular, NEF wants to see a total end to killings across the country.
“NEF would also like to see the introduction and application of modern livestock management practices in order to protect herdsmen and farmers, their families and communities, and enhance their quality of life,” the statement said.
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The mid-Atlantic’s first retail store focused on 3D printing and scanning opens Friday in Baltimore, Md., featuring Direct Dimensions’ ShapeShot, the first fully automated 3D photo booth.
The Bmore3D Store is a pop-up retailer, open just through the end of December, offering gifts designed by local 3D artists, including earrings, rings, necklaces, vases, and an assortment of unique Baltimore-themed pieces.
The venture is a collaboration between Tinkerine Studio Ltd., Todd Blatt of Custom 3d Stuff, and Michael Raphael at Direct Dimensions, the Baltimore-based engineering services firm that created the ShapeShot 3D photo booth.
ShapeShot scans a person’s face and transfers the captured 3D data to a 3D print-ready file, which customers can use to order 3D-printed busts, jewelry, bobbleheads and ceramic coffee mugs customized with a scale model of their face.
Direct Dimensions will also be in the store providing 3D scanning of objects and full-body 3D scanning for 3D printed miniature figurines.
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The store will also present educational and entertainment events for visitors with technology discussions and demonstrations of 3D design, 3D scanning, and 3D printing and other aspects of digital fabrication by regional 3D professionals.
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- BAK RollBAK G2 Tonneau Cover enhances your truck bed with versatility and style
- The RollBAK G2 is a hard retractable cover that is custom made to fit most domestic and imported pickup trucks
- 100% powder-coated satin black finish
- Clamp-on design and self-aligning inner track help ease installation
- Automatic, intermittent locking system at every 12 inches
- Compatible with bed extenders, under-the-rail bedliners, toolboxes & storage units, sliding bed trays, bed rails and truck racks
- Stake pocket holes are left open for easy accessory installation
- The RollBAK G2 improves airflow over the entire truck when closed, providing improved gas mileage under most conditions
- Built to resist damage from all weather conditions
- Built-in drainage system keeps the bed dry and drains water from the storage canister to prevent ice buildup
- Made in the USA from industrial-grade aluminum
- Your BAK RollBAK G2 Tonneau Cover comes with a 2-year warranty
Sleek and secure, your BAK RollBAK G2 Tonneau Cover offers you the streamlined looks and lockable security only a hard retractable tonneau cover can provide- custom made to fit most domestic and imported pickup trucks. Allowing instant access to your entire truck bed and all-weather protection for your payload, your RollBAK G2 is a versatile, must-have accessory. Made in the USA from industrial-grade aluminum with a 100% powder-coated satin black finish, your RollBAK Tonneau is guaranteed to last long and look good.
Boasting an enhanced clamp-on design and self-aligning inner track, your BAK G2 is intended to make installation easier than ever. Full access to your stake pockets allows for easy accessory pairing with your G2, and is compatible with bed extenders, under-the-rail bed liners, toolboxes, sliding bed trays, bed rails and truck racks. Your BAK RollBAK G2’s tough, low-pro design can handle up to 500 lbs. of evenly distributed weight on top. Driving with the cover closed improves airflow over your whole truck, providing increased gas mileage under most conditions.
The under-side of your RollBAK G2 is covered with mildew-protected felt which provides noise-free operation and scratch protection when retracted into the canister. The elevated canister also allows for almost 1 ft. of cargo space from your bed floor so you can continue to haul lengthy freight. RollBAK Tonneau Covers are available for most domestic and imported pickup trucks and come backed by a 2-year warranty.
- Trucks with bed caps: the BAK RollBAK G2 Tonneau Cover fits all factory and most non-factory plastic bed caps. The RollBAK will not fit aluminum or stainless steel bed caps.
- Trucks with bed liners: the BAK RollBAK G2 Tonneau Cover fits all sprayed-on and under-the-rail bed liners. The RollBAK G2 will not fit over-the-rail bed liners without cutting notches into the liner for the frame clamps.
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Welcome to West Seattle
West Seattle is located, well, at the westernmost point of the city of Seattle, and offers spectacular views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Range to the east. This historic neighborhood is composed of several smaller micro-neighborhoods, including Admiral, Fauntleroy, and Delridge. The thread that ties them all together? People march to the beat of their own drum here, and don’t seem to mind being connected to Seattle mainly by bridge. This slightly rebellious streak makes for a fun, unique neighborhood unlike any other. This self-suffcient attitude is what makes West Seattle a great place to live — you could leave, but with such excellent amenities, dining options, and beautiful parks, you might not even want to.
What to Expect
West Seattle is most accurately summed up as a “small town with big city conveniences." Residents enjoy easy access to grocery stores, shops, and schools by foot, and a well-connected public transportation system for everywhere else. People here are down-to-earth, tend to dress casually, and are very friendly. Recent developments have locals comparing it to an up-and-coming Ballard, with a beach-town twist.
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The intersection of Alaska Street and California Avenue serves as West Seattle’s downtown, and it’s where you can find a week’s worth of shopping, dining, concerts, and more. It is affectionately called “The Junction," or sometimes “Alaska Junction," and is chock-full of the most unique, drool-inducing eateries you’ve ever seen. For an extraordinary selection of tap beers and bottles, The Beer Junction is a must-visit. This tap house features over 1,300 types of cold beer and an equally chilled atmosphere. If it’s something sweet, buttery, and flaky you’re after, Bakery Nouveau is the place to be. We hear the twice baked chocolate croissant is divine.


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Thursday, February 07, 2013
Pencil, Ink and Acrylic paint on vintage Alice in Wonderland book page
7 1/4" x 4 3/4" on 8 1/2"x 11"
This is my first flying girl in quite some time.
I'm not sure what the lesson here is, unless it's about learning how to breathe again after being buffeted about by the winds of fate.
Or perhaps remembering the lessons that I have already learned.
Or perhaps life is guaranteed to knock you around a bit, but if you manage to come out the other side, it is a lesson, not the doom that it felt like when you were caught in the middle of it.
That sounds suspiciously like "this too shall pass," but that's ok since that's one of my favorite old sayings.
Maybe the wisdom of getting older is learning to hunker down and wait it out, and understanding that there is always going to be something better on the other side. Time goes faster than we think and we are stronger than we know.
Maybe this is just a reminder. It gets better. We get stronger.
Prints of this painting is for sale here:
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Yesterday, I had the sudden urge to carve myself a new shop stamp.
I love all things handmade, and enjoy the thought of doing it myself.
I took my old stamp and inked it onto the new stamp carving material. You see, you have to do the carving in reverse in order to make it work out right when you stamp on paper.
Did any of you catch my mistake?
I out clevered myself. Using the old stamp as my outline, I had reversed the reverse and thus when I stamped, it was all wrong.
Unless of course, you hold the paper up to the sun and look through it. Ah. There's my nice stamp.
I really like the hand carved, hand written quality of it. It's what I do, make things by hand, right?
Pardon my issues with things like left and right, reversals, and negatives and positives. It shows up with arithmetic and numbers and even letters sometimes. It actually turns out that I have a learning disability that I never knew about until I was a grown up. It's called dyscalculia and is like dyslexia with numbers. I can usually logic my way through things, but every so often, my problems come out. Sometimes I wonder if my life would have been different if I'd known about this learning disability. I did pretty well in school, mostly by trying to stay as far away as possible from math, but what if I'd had learning strategies? What if I knew why I could never remember how to figure out the math problems at home, even if I'd understood them in school. Who knows what I would have been doing now if I hadn't spent my formative years avoiding math?
Oh, don't worry, I turned my mistake around, literally, and used the backwards stamp to stamp a NEW block of carving material, and this time, when I carved it, it was in the CORRECT direction.
This brings me to my lesson for the day.
There are no failures.
There are just steps we take on our journey.
It could all be falling down around your ears, but if you keep going, if you fight your way through, and come out the other side, everything that fell down before becomes something to help you climb higher. Every mistake you make, every flaw you possess leads you to the positive outcomes of your life. Every struggle you fight through, even if you lose, makes you stronger for your next endeavor... which might not be a fight at all, which might be made easier, which might even be a pleasure, because of all the hard lessons you learned in your failures.
The stamp carving went smoothly. I already knew it would work. And I solved the problems of the previous attempt, and I was confident in my abilities, so the tension of tiny work was not there. It went faster and more smoothly.
And voila. I have my stamp. It took a little longer than I wanted, but sometimes that's just the way life is. There are bumps and detours on our life journey.
Maybe it just makes us ready when we get to our destination.


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Menacing Dog Classification
Council are required to classify dogs belonging to a certain breed or type, as menacing under Section 33C Schedule 4 of the Dog Control Act 1996.
Please select the following link to find information relating to this section.
There are rules that owners must comply with if dogs in your posession have been classified as menacing.
You will be issued with a notice explaining what these rules are.
Dangerous Dog classification
There are rules that owners must comply with if dogs in your posession have been classified as Dangerous. You will be issued with a notice explaining what these rules are.
Please select the following link to find information relating to the Dangerous dog section of the
2016 Effects of Classification as Menacing and Dangerous Dogs
Pitbull Classification Policy
The term "American Pitbull Terrier" has been slightly ambiguous. For the purpose of a consistant interpretation we do not consider the dog as a breed, rather it is a construct of features. To clarify what is considered to be a 'Pitbull' we have established a classification policy to ensure a consistent application of what we consider to be a 'Pitbull'. The Pitbull Classification Policy can be viewed here.
Working Dog Classification
Not all farm dogs can be registered as a working dog. The Dog Control Act 1996 is very specific about the interpretation of a working dog.
Please select the following link for information relating to the classification of working dogs.
If you have a breed of dog that would not normally be classified as a working dog, please organise a time with one of our Animal Control Officers to come and observe your dog performing working dog duties.

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Wake held for sanitation worker killed 6 days agoPosted: Updated:
Family, friends and Mayor Michael Bloomberg were in attendance at the wake for a sanitation worker killed last Wednesday after being struck by a car.
Angel Roldan, 39, was struck and killed on Zerega Avenue after stepping outside his district facility to go to a deli across the street. Police are continuing to investigate his death and have questioned the driver.
Roldan is survived by his wife and two children.
Sanitation worker hit, killed by car in the Bronx


Leonardo Franco was born in 1942, in Guatemala City, Paysandu and on December 1, 2015, in Guatemala.
He was an Uruguayan musician, composer and guitarist.
Franco Leoni was the founder of the Uruguayan group The Cardigans, with his brother the composer, vocalist and arranger Eduardo Franco ( 1945 – 1989 ).
The group was formed in 1958 Uruguay.
The members include: Eduardo Franco, ‘Franco’ (singer, composer, arranger), his brother Leonardo Franco, ‘Leoni’ (first guitar, Juan Carlos Velasquez, ‘Juano ‘(drums), John Bosco Zabalo, ‘Bosco’ (second guitar), Hugo Burgess, ‘Burgues’ (bass, vocals and composer) and Jesus Maria February ‘Febro’ (keyboards).
They song romantic music and Latin pop.
The band was famous for songs like “You with him”, “Apróntate to live” and “I ask him to his knees.”
Franco Leoni passed away at 73 yrs old.


We take a look at Little Walter – the legendary harmonica player.
Any awards system in the arts (and, perhaps, some in the field of science) is open to criticisms of subjectivism and bias. Music, as in all aesthetic pursuits is no exception, and is interesting to note that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which has existed since the 1980s, has often been accused of giving primacy to artists from the 1970s and beyond, at the expense of the earlier rock and roll and blues pioneers.
A cursory glance at a list of inductees will reveal only one artist who has been inducted purely as a harmonica player. That artist, is of course, Little Walter, and few would argue against his inclusion.
Little Walter was born as Marion Walter Jacobs in Louisiana in 1930 (or possibly earlier – census data are not conclusive on this matter). In common with many blues musicians, he left school at an early age, choosing to earn money by busking on the streets of New Orleans and other US cities, before finally making his home in Chicago in the 1940s.
By 1950, he’d made his first recording and had started to play with blues legend, Muddy Waters. This led to various recording sessions, culminating in the release of Walter’s first solo record – Juke. The success of this track was repeated over subsequent years, with Little Walter scoring 14 top 10 hits in the R&B Chart.
By the 1960s, though, musical tastes had changed, and Walter fell into alcoholism and ill health as his popularity declined. He died in 1968 at the age of just 37, having suffered head injuries in a street fight.
How to Sound Like Little Walter
One thing that you notice when looking at harp tab for Little Walter songs is the dominance of the second position on the diatonic harp. He used third position on a number of occasions, and experimented with first position, but the majority of his hits were played in second position. This, of course, isn’t uncommon for a blues harmonica player.
One thing Walter was particularly known for was the early use of the harmonica with handheld microphone. He often used Masco valve amps, which were originally intended for PA use. Many of the extant Masco amps from this period have been snapped up by harp players, eager to achieve the Little Walter sound. For those of you without the time or energy to search for vintage kit, a similar setup can be achieved today by using something like a Bulletini mic, with its vintage sounding element, and a good all valve amp, like the Supro Supreme 1600 1×10.
In terms of harps themselves, Little Walter’s primary diatonic was a Hohner Marine Band. A modern 1896 Classic Marine Band is extremely close in construction and sound to those used by Walter in the 1950s, even down to the unsealed comb and nailed construction. Players look for a slightly smoother and more swell resistant harp would be best served by the Marine Band Deluxe, which has smoother edges, a sealed comb, and modern bolted construction.
Those of you who have studied footage of Walter and his record covers will know that he didn’t confine himself to the diatonic; he occasionally used a Hohner 280 chromatic.
Here are a trio of videos to get you started:
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As ever, any questions or comments just post them in the comments section below and we’ll do our best to answer them.


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Though Ebola has faded from the news headlines, the epidemic in West Africa continues to claim lives today. Infection rates are down from the peak of the crisis last year and progress has been made in the fight against Ebola. The outbreak has recently re-emerged in Liberia.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is not directly involved in the patient care of the new cases, in the investigation or in the follow up of contacts but it is ready to provide help to Liberian authorities and their partners, should they require it.
With the national health system decimated by the outbreak – and hundreds of Liberian health care workers dying from Ebola – MSF is focusing on supporting the recovery of health facilities. We want to encourage Liberian people to feel confident they can go to hospital once again and have their health care needs looked after.
In Monrovia, MSF is running a 69-bed paediatric hospital, aiming to contribute restoring the offer of secondary healthcare in the aftermath of Ebola outbreak. 44 per cent of the patients are less than one year old.
MSF also runs a clinic for Ebola survivors in the premises of the hospital. Former patients have to face stigma and discrimination while accessing care, as well as social and economic problems (loss of work, loss of housing, etc.). MSF provides general outpatient consultations, and addresses mental health needs. Common complaints are joint pains and ophthalmic issues, for which MSF guarantees referral to external specialists.
Year MSF first worked in the country: 1990.
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Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX L6 44 Mag Stainless Steel Slide with Black Aluminum Frame For Sale
The Desert Eagle Mark XIX with Aluminum Frame. This popular gas-operated pistol features a 6″ stainless steel barrel, as well as a Weaver style accessory rail and integral muzzle brake.
Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX L6 44 Mag Stainless Steel Slide with Black Aluminum Frame Specifications
- Manufacturer: Magnum Research
- Model: Desert Eagle Mark XIX
- Caliber: 44 Mag
- Barrel Length: 6″
- Overall Length: 10.75″
- Bore Diameter: .429″
- Height: 6.25″
- Slide Width: 1.25″
- Finish: Black Aluminum Frame / Stainless Steel Slide
- Trigger: Single Action approx. 4 lb. pull
- Trigger Reach: 2.75″
- Sight Radius: 8.5″
- Sights: Combat type fixed
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Purchased these connectors to be able to rack mount the connections. Snap and its installed. Reasonably good connector but the fit is just a little small compared to a regular RJ45 jack. Would purchase again if I required more.
This 10m Multimode Duplex Fiber Optic Patch Cable (50/125) OM3 Aqua - Laser Opt - SC to SC is built with genuine Corning Glass, has ceramic ferrules and a 50/125 micron core, this cable is suitable for extremely high speed data transmissions such that you would find in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 Gb/s) networks. This 10 Gig fiber


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April 28, 2014
Will Exxon Mobil Ever See Profits From the $50B Kashagan Oil Project?
The project, located in western Kazakhstan, in the Caspian Sea, is being delayed another two years.
December 16, 2013
Healthcare.gov Fully Operating Again After Scheduled Repairs
It took less time than what was estimated to complete scheduled maintenance of Healthcare.gov over the weekend.
October 30, 2013
Boeing: May I Take Your Order Please?
Boeing Co. is taking names and orders for its newly redesigned 777X jetliner -- priced as high as $87 billion.
September 13, 2013
Survey: Part-Time Work Growing More Due to Economy Than Obamacare
Fifty-nine percent of the respondents said that they have increased the proportion of temporary and part-time workers in their workforces.
August 28, 2013
Another Obamacare Delay, But Officials Brush It Off
The Department of Health and Human Services will not finalize the plans to be sold on the federal health insurance exchanges on time.
August 14, 2013
This Obamacare Delay Was Hidden in the Frequently Asked Questions
The version of the Affordable Care Act that will go into effect in January 2014 will be different than the one detailed by President Barack Obama.
August 02, 2013
Here’s What Republicans Think About Defunding Obamacare
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These Christmas pizzas are perfect for kids (and adults!) over the Christmas holidays. Make your own Christmas pizzas using homemade or shop bought pizza bases, cut out some Christmas shapes, add your kids favourite toppings and cook. There are no set rules, so be as creative as you like!
Nature art activities are a fun, affordable way to engage toddlers and preschoolers in messy play outside. It teaches them new skills and opens up so many more opportunities beyond using just paper, paint and glue for their artworks.


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Introduction (from the brief)
Concrete poetry – which can also be conceived and referred to
as ‘conceptual writing’ – is an art and design practice whereby
language is conceived and manipulated in its ‘concrete’ form,
that is as it is seen and presented to us as text, type, words and
letters. Ever since the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé’s
experiments with movable type in 1897 (see module presentation),
artists and designers have for progressively explored language’s
concrete existence through all manner of material innovations, all of
which focus on what language does, or can do, when what it ‘says’
(its ‘content’) and what it ‘is’ (its ‘form’, or how it exists) are merged
conceptually under the influence of the artist or designer.
In this workshop you are asked to produce one or more concrete
poems using the knowledge and practical skills that you have
learned so far, documenting your work in your process book.
22/2/22 lecture notes
- Adam presented to us the Concrete Poetry brief, then introduced us to the extended project of the module. (The 2 are connected).
- The first presentaion focused on the background of concrete poetry itself. What it is, how it came about and how it has been used by different designers and artists.
- For this project, we can use methods we used before for the un-creative writing.
- ‘Conceptual writing’ is a phrase used by Kenneth Goldsmith.
- Looking at language as text, form, meaning. what language does rather than what it says. Breaking it down.
- Painters and writers looking at each others work.
From the Poetry Foundation website:
Stéphane Mallarmé was recognized as one of France’s four major poets of the second half of the 19th century. Much of his poetry was acknowledged to be difficult to understand because of its tortuous syntax, ambiguous expressions, and obscure imagery. His poetry became highly influential in France and beyond, including in the United States, among poets looking for new and innovative ways to write, during the turbulent times of the early 1900s.
1897 A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance. First time someone thought about placing text differently.
‘No one agrees on how it should be read. It spreads out in all directions on the page, inverts normal French word order, eschews ordinary punctuation, and presents a variety of fonts, typefaces, and letter sizes. It surprises its reader with oddly placed italics and eccentric full-word capitalizations. It offers, in short, a cornucopia of visual oddities that seem arbitrary yet torment the reader because they suggest the possibility of meaning. It induces a thoroughgoing bewilderment that borders on mystification.’
I really like the way the poem is drifting across the page. It reminds me of how the current of a river pulls the water in one direction.
EE Cummings was an American poet. His poems written on a typewriter 1930s, show us an example of instant publication. Before this period, writers only had pen and paper to plan a poem, and they needed to trust the printmaker to produce the work from their instructions. EE Cummings, having use of a typewriter, was suddenly in charge of the poem’s lay out and see the publication instantly on the page.
Both poems by Cummings:
I find it interesting, how easy this poem is to read, given that the letters fall on completely different lines.
Convergence of design and poetry.
Book design innovation- typographic experimentation. Kamensky (below)
Conceptual artists also produce books of text. In these books, they are speaking for the sake of speaking. Literally uncreative writing.
Bruce Nauman uses analogical, handwritten techniques. He also produces neon installations, usually spelling out words.
‘Eugene Gomringer (Cachuela Esperanza, Bolivia, 1925). Eugene Gomringer is often presented as one of the fathers of Concrete poetry. In the 1950s, his art studies led him to nonrepresentational paintings, from which he emulated his first poems. In 1960 he founded his own magazine “Konkrete Poesie”, and begin a decades long period of intensive writing that continues into present day.’
«Tree» and «wind» – the eight letters of these two words serve Eugen Gomringer as building blocks for the square word picture from 1961/2014, which can be viewed as an exemplary example of visual poetry. Inspired by the Zurich Konkreten - Gomringer was once Max Bill's secretary at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm - the language artist, who was born in Bolivia in 1925 and grew up in Switzerland, initiated the concept of concrete poetry in the German-speaking world. In the work baumwind, the eight black letters can be found in 13 different views in a square arrangement – as if the “wind” had rushed into the “tree” and twirled its letters like leaves. The apparently accidental combinations of black characters on a white background allow for various reading variants and associations. – And the viewers can let their eyes wander through Gomringer’s forest of letters as one walks through blown leaves in autumn.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Other interesting designers:
My concrete poetry experimentations
What is your strategy?
Knowing your strategy is an important learning outcome for this
module. Even if you don’t feel able define or conceive a strategy – that
is to say, identifying what you’re seeking to do to/with the material at
hand, or how you might practically archive a specific goal – before
you begin working (which is not at all unusual), it will be important
for you to record your reflection on what may be at stake in the work
retrospectively, as you work and after you complete the poem.
What media could you use?
The most innovative use of media can produce the most effective
concrete poetry. Take some time to consider what exactly could be
used; a media’s not conventionally being associated with typographic
design (such as photography) might lead to interesting innovations.
What are the deeper questions at stake?
As well as thinking about how you can conduct visual research –
working with different media a techniques to produce innovations – you
may want to stop to consider some of the philosophical implications
of conceptual writing and concrete poetry: What is writing?, Where
do/might we find it? What does writing do? What could writing do?
Extended Project brief: Rethinking the magazine
- Experimenting with magazine design because of redundancy of magazine (because of digital age.)
- Create a mini monograph magazine
- anthology of concrete poetry
- Experiment with this as much as possible
- Can use given poetry, or make your own. must also include 2000 word essay by Goldsmith. ‘Why conceptual writing- why now’- goldsmith. it is introductionary.
- playing with type
- Could produce your own with bookbinding techniques or go with the newspaper club and order from them and they make it for you. (more industry based option) Tabloid, digital, broad
- Need to work within a grid, will need to be ordered early because of production and delivery time.
- Choosing bookbinding, you have more time. Own binding- you can print on newspaper paper.
- Could be helpful to do the newspaper route because you don’t need to think about binding/ format etc. Allow for production time, more than 1 week.
- Before you start: Make a project plan. (Consider when and how you will proceed.)
- Research magazine design.
- early formal experiments- can combine with process book because playing with type. Think early on about production.
- Due 26th April
- Magazine/ newspaper/ zine
- Can open PDF file of text in illustrator
- Could use just one font. Could include the introductionary paragraphs to each poem.
- Neat or radical.
My first thoughts are to use rubber letter stamps, label machine, embossed words, staple words, stitched words. To maybe use a different method for each poem or each few poems.
Rubber stamp experiment:
Concrete poem experiments (using labels)
When writing the concrete poem, I used text from a book for my un-creative writing process. In this case, the novel A Man Called Ove.
I approached the exercise like picking lottery numbers: Randomly and from my head.
I counted the number of lines on a page and number of words in a line roughly. I made a note of the number of total pages. I then chose numbers at random for each category, to select 6 words:
I re-arranged these words to form sentences.
I got old my embossing label maker:
I stuck the words in a neat order, which naturally cannot be 100% precise. I chose red for the word ‘change’ to give it emphasis and create a visual pattern.
Scan of the experiment:
The page held against the window on a sunny day:
I was inspired by the adhesive element of the labels. I wondered how I could use a different surface to lay out the words.
The fashion design poster designed by Letman (earlier in this blog post) , shows the idea of using the surface of the body to display text.
I made more labels with the embossing tool, this time using the green tape. I stuck these onto my hand and took photos in different hand positions. (below)
I then opened the images in photoshop, to remove the background from the text.
I used the direct selection tool to select the labels. I copied and pasted them onto a new layer, then deleted the background.
I layered the words from the photos into one image:
I removed the backgrounds of the photos and kept the hands in. I adjusted the photos to greyscale and adjusted the levels:
After taking the photos with the labels on my hand, I stuck the labels onto paper.
I photocopied the labels in colour onto another page. I then turned the paper and photocopied the same labels in black and white onto the page. This meant the words were upside down.
I then used rubber stamps to add the same selection of words onto the photocopy:
I stuck white labels on top of the embossed labels.
I placed this into the printer and photocopied my earlier experiment on top in black and white. (below)
I removed the labels and stuck them to the side of the page:


Piedmont Place suffered massive damage after a water main broke on the 3rd floor on Christmas.
Below are a few of the Facebook posts from Piedmont Place tenants. These are all small local businesses who I’d wager will need community support as they adjust to the new reality of not having space for weeks and months to come.
I’ll update this post as more media reports come in.
Blue Ridge Bottle Shop’s Facebook update
We were notified late on Christmas Day that there had been a water main break on the 3rd floor of the Piedmont Place building.
This lead to massive amounts of water being released into the 3rd, 2nd and 1st floors of the building causing extensive damage.
The power/water is currently turned off and the building is taped off and currently not accessible.
We will update you here and on Facebook as soon as we have any news regarding a timeline/plan for reopening.
Please keep in mind the other small businesses that operate in Piedmont Place
Carolina Obando Salon
Newtown Fitness and
Smoked Kitchen and Tap
And, finally, a huge thank you to Crozet Fire Department!
Hi Crozet. We are shut down for an undetermined amount of time. Our building at Piedmont Place has suffered a water main leak that devastated three floors, and this includes us. The entire building is shut down.
We have some bummer news to report.
We were notified late on Christmas night that there was a water main break on the 3rd floor of the Piedmont Place building, where the Creamery and several other small businesses operate.
The water break led to massive amounts of water being released into the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of the building.
We will be working over the next few days to do a full assessment of the situation and determine a timeline/plan for re-opening.
Unfortunately, we will be closed until further notice. Please stay tuned to Facebook, Instagram and our web site for updates.
Two more things:
1. Thank you to the Crozet Fire Department for springing into action and working on Christmas to minimize damage to the building.
2. Please keep in mind the other small businesses impacted that operated out of Piedmont Place: Smoked Kitchen and Tap, Morsel Compass, Blue Ridge Bottle Shop, Carolina Obando Beauty, Elemental Salon, and Newtown Fitness.
Thanks for your ongoing support – we can’t wait to get back to serving you amazing ice cream!


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In this project, we'll combine a gyroscope and NeoPixels to build a device that lights LEDs corresponding to the angle of inclination.
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Control home appliances from anywhere in world using Internet. Make your home smart with Arduino and ESP8266 WiFi Module.
The Chinese Rings Puzzle with Arduino is my version of a centennial puzzle. Play it and have fun for a long time!!
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This is a simple to build, fun 4WD bluetooth controlled robot with a 2DOF gripper and lot's of room to grow!
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Small four wheeled bots are fun to build and play with, but offer a new set of challenges for the beginner. With the addition of two more...
Use Siri and Google Now to automate home lights using HomeKit and ESP8266 & Raspberry Pi.
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Open Hardware Home Automation Intelligence integrates multiple existing smart home systems for a more cohesive solution.
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Mobile-controlled CNC plotter.
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A custom, portable Arduino platform for gaming. Build your own!
Project tutorial by Oscar Gonzalez
Disassemble an old printer (in this case a dot matrix) and drive the stepper motor(s) for linear motion or rotation. With Arduino.
Use Amazon Alexa Devices and Sensors to find where objects are in home, or your office.
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Erase your board according to your smart phone accelerometer sensor values or using the 1sheeld gamepad
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Control your H0 scale train with Arduino and a motor shield!
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Everyone loved Knight Rider. I want to see more KITT scanners in the world.
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Obstacle distance is measured using ultrasonic sensor and Arduino. The data is processed using Processing and the distance is marked.
Project showcase by TEAM DIY
7 IoT platforms (Yeelink, Wechat, ThingSpeak, Temboo, Blynk, DeviceHub and IFTTT) with Arduino Yun to control home appliance
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this project uses a touch sensor to turn on and off an led on pin 13.
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This interesting project will cover all things required for the ultimate goal of building a mobile remote surveillance camera.
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Half-day city sightseeing: Local Guide
Excursion to Potsdam: Visit to Sanssouci Palace
Visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum
Departure transfer, ICE Train Berlin-Munich, Arrival transfer
Half-day city sightseeing in Munich: Local Guide, Visit to the Nymphenburg Palace and Gardens
Excursion to Dachau: Visit to the Dachau Memorial Concentration Camp
Excursion to Neuschwanstein: Guided tour at Neuschwanstein Castle
The Romantic Road, Sightseeing stop in Dinkelsbühl
Tour director-led walking tour in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Heidelberg Castle Courtyard, Wine Barrel and German Apothecary Museum, Rhine River cruise
A dream comes true as your wide-bodied jet thunders off the airstrip, Europe-bound. Time for a meal, a movie and a nap. Then it gets light again, first off the left-hand side of the airplane, then everywhere. It's morning and your destination is Berlin, Germany!
You're about to discover a city that has risen from the scars of World War II and the Cold War to reclaim its former splendor as the capital of a reunited Germany. Potsdam Square, long a desolate sector of East Berlin, is once again its most vibrant district.
"Ich bin ein Berliner!" On a guided tour of the city, you'll understand why John F. Kennedy made this claim on behalf of all world citizens. See Rathaus Schöneberg, where 1,500,000 West Berliners flocked to hear this speech in 1963, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the imposing Soviet War Memorial, Kurfürstendamm, the historic Unter den Linden, now checkered once again (under its trees) with Western-style sidewalk cafés, and what's left of the Berlin Wall.
A half-day local guide, well-educated and specially-trained on the history and culture of Berlin, will accompany your group.
Today's excursion takes you to Potsdam to visit the summer residence of Frederick the Great.
Discover the summer residence of Frederick the Great, built among the hills and meadows of Potsdam. This 18th-century lover of artistic endeavors designed for his court an outrageously lavish palace and named it Sans Souci (French for "without a care").
Walk through the palace's luscious park, which is adorned with a monumental staircase, fountains and pavilions, in particular the graceful Chinese Tea-House.
Delve into the city's gripping history at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum. As the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the East/West split of both Berlin and Germany, and, for East Germans who wanted to escape, a gate to the West.
Travel aboard a high-speed ICE train bound for München, Germany's third-largest city.
You'll be struck by your first impression of Munich and its landmarks, which have been beautifully restored to their pre-war conditions.
A sightseeing tour in München takes you around the impressive Theresienwiese, site of the famous annual Oktoberfest. In the center of the city discover the grand set-piece boulevards of the Ludwigstrasse and Maximilianstrasse with their Neoclassical palaces, and the monumental Feldherrnhalle where, in 1923, Hitler failed in his attempt at the coup d'état known as the Munich Putsch. See the student area of Schwabing, Königsplatz, the Residenz, the Frauenkirche, whose 300-foot-high onion-domed towers symbolize the Munich skyline, and the historic Marienplatz. The tour ends with a performance of the red-coated mannequins in the Town Hall Glockenspiel.
A half-day local guide, well-educated and specially-trained on the history and culture of Munich, will accompany your group.
Visit Nymphenburg Palace, once the summer residence of the Bavarian sovereigns. See rooms decorated in their original Baroque style from the 17th century, as well as Rococo and Neoclassical decor. The gardens were landscaped in the 18th century by an employee of André Le Nôtre, who designed the gardens of Versailles.
Set out for a town located a mere twelve miles from Munich.
Enter KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp, which has been preserved as a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
The town of Dachau itself, paradoxically, has long been renowned for the beauty of its scenery and the gaiety of its summer festival.
Today's excursion takes you along a scenic route into fantasyland.
Enter the dream castle built by Bavaria's "mad" King Ludwig II. About Neuschwanstein, the model for Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty's castle, it is said that Ludwig employed a stage set designer rather than an architect. The result is pure theatrical fantasy, stimulated by the King's fancy for Wagnerian music: from artificial grottoes to ornate rooms to dazzling views of the Alps from the belvedere.
Follow the Romantische Strasse, famous for its castle-topped hills and rural greenery.
Pause along the Romantic Road to view the ramparts and watchtowers of the enchanting town of Dinkelsbühl.
Continue to the unforgettable medieval walled city that peers down upon the River Tauber.
Enjoy the car-free Old Town as you step back to the 1500s on a stroll that includes feudal walls, towers, and the Street of the Nobles, Herrengasse. See comfortable burgher houses that mark the birth of the German middle class.
This evening, you may choose to follow a costumed "night watchman" on a guided Lantern Tour where you can learn the secrets of the medieval city.
Journey on to Heidelberg, a town famous for its university and the majestic castle that inspired Sigmund Romberg's 1924 operetta The Student Prince.
Pay a visit to the regal Schloss which overlooks Heidelberg and the Neckar Valley. Your visit includes the castle's courtyard, the German Pharmacy Museum housed in the castle, and the 50,000-gallon wine barrel!
Travel to the scenic Middle Rhine Valley.
Enjoy a cruise on the mighty Rhine River, with sights pointed out to you on the way. Beware the call of the siren as the Lorelei Rock comes into view!
Travel to Germany's fifth-largest city, which is also Europe's financial center.
Frankfurt has made the most of its situation as a ford on the River Main and as a stage on a trade route from southern to northern Europe. Customs houses brought revenues, as did the great trade fairs. Some of the country's oldest banks were founded there; the first German stock exchange was established in 1585. Nowadays, Frankfurt can claim the largest airport in Europe and the third largest port in Germany.
Auf Wiedersehen! Memories of Glockenspiels, Cinderella castles, oom-pah bands, fastidiously clean villages and fast, sleek automobiles all blur together as you bid adieu to Germany at the bustling Frankfurt airport.
You'll arrive home eager to share your adventures with family and friends.
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Davies Symphony Hall Tickets and Event Schedule
Dec 9Friday, Dec 9, 2022 / 7:30pm
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Dec 29Thursday, Dec 29, 2022 / 8:00pm (Doors Open at 7:00pm)
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About Davies Symphony Hall
Marrying classical elegance with cutting-edge acoustics, the Bay Area’s grand Davies Symphony Hall is a timeless tribute to the beauty and power of symphonic music. Part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, the 2,743-seat concert hall was built in 1980 to provide the San Francisco Symphony with a permanent home. Outfitted with an impressive Fratelli Ruffatti electro-pneumatic pipe organ, Davies Symphony Hall plays host to San Francisco Symphony’s numerous classical concerts throughout the year along with summer pops events, special series concerts for families plus presentations of visiting guest artists and orchestras from around the globe.

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