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On 11th January, representatives of the European film industries met in London to discuss the threats posed by piracy and how the ...
John Woodward, CEO - UK Film Council
Remember when …There was once a time when seeing the next blockbuster was something of an enjoyable ordeal. A mission that required as much stamina to accomplish as it did to control your enthusiasm during the months of publicity mega-phoning.
Arriving hours early at your local cinema, everyone queuing up the street, praying the tickets didn't run out before you'd shuffled to the kiosk, crowding into a packed theatre – all to enjoy the latest film glamorous Hollywood had to offer. Loud and proud on the big screen, there was no film viewing experience to touch it. Nothing compared to being flown through the silver screen.
Then you'd go through whole trial again as soon as possible. If you wanted to see the film quick you had no choice. Back in those nostalgic days we were a captivated and captive audience, paying for the privilege.
The times, they have a-changed. Rapidly.
Last Wednesday in the UK, Dixons announced that it would no longer sell VHS units – it's not worth their time anymore. DVD players have become now standard for private movie watching. Home-based hardware is getting better and cheaper all the time, so people across the global territories are paying for DVDs to bring a high quality, theatre-challenging experience into their homes, rather than just visit the cinema - and to get much more, with endless repeatability and worthwhile extras enhancing the film package.
With the exponential developments in computer and digital technology, the celluloid film has also moved from the untouchable realm of the big theatre screen to the ethereal digital world, infinitely accessible by the masses around the globe.
Crucially, as a result of these advancements people are now choosing to pay far less to see and own movies than the industry would have them – if at all. Film piracy has become a worldwide, consumer-led phenomenon that's been leaving the industry in its dust.
On 11th January, with their DVD and film revenues hemorrhaging daily, representatives of the European film industries met in London to discuss the threats posed by this piracy and how the blood-loss could possibly be stemmed.
Bleeding wounds
Darcy Antonellis (senior Vice President of Warner Bros. Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations) gave a few examples of the losses incurred by WB. Last year, [i]Shrek 2 DVD sales were much less than expected and Harry Potter 3 shifted less than half the number of units of its prequel. Twelve months ago, a random sampling of 1,000 people in France showed that 12% wouldn't buy The Matrix Reloaded as they already had a pirate copy before the legitimate release date. This is "what kids now see as respectable behaviour," added Antonellis. As the pirates beat the dates of most theatrical releases, the box office is taking a slashing too.
As piracy affects revenues, there is real fear that distributors will start suffering as colossal losses as the music industry did with CD sales. With Gregor Pryor, of Music Choice Ltd, warning, "online piracy has cost the music industry billions of dollars," representatives heard that in 2003 piracy cost film businesses £3.7 billion.
As a result, the security weaknesses in DVD distribution are being put under the scalpel themselves.
Hard and Soft cuts
"Camcording still remains as the first copy that's made and is subsequently used as a master to make hard copy," said Antonellis, examining the piracy chain. "We protect the film pre-release until someone camcords in the theatre, then the piracy distribution starts." Once a soft copy is made in one country, pirate copies flood around the planet faster than the next theatrical release. With this, people then don't see the need to pay for the high priced cinema ticket – especially if the film wasn't that good!
"The bulk [of camcording] is in the US," she continued, "but the behaviour repeats in other territories when we release there too – as with Harry Potter 3."
To combat this, we are seeing more distributors organising simultaneous global theatrical releases – 'date and day' releasing. However, once the soft copy is out there, the revenues of legitimate DVD distributors and retailers are already threatened.
"The situation's horrendous," said Alex Sparks, MD and Senior Vice President of Blockbusters. "With 700 stores around the country we're certainly on the frontline experiencing it." He continued: "People want the hot stuff that's at the cinema. I think sales go down because they're saying, 'I've seen it already.'"
With the soft master copy uploaded on the net, within 24 hours hard copies are then sold on the street with pre-prepared packaging in any territory at dirt-cheap prices. Of course, ripping from a legitimate original disc (once obtained) as the master is another route which the pirates can take.
The significantly improving quality of pirate hard copies and packaging offers attractive alternatives to the real deal, months before it is available in stores. Research has shown that even if the quality of the pirate disc is substandard, some viewers will accept this because they paid so little (or nothing) in the first place.
The most prevalent traffic of pirated, copyright infringing soft copy is peer2peer file-sharing. Analysis commissioned from market research agency IPSOS has shown that this is becoming common across most demographics of people accessing the net, who know its illegal but hold "a soft moral obligation to this." Quality and download times are determining most people's choices more than anything else, as it is perceived as a victimless crime with no fear of prosecution. It appears to be most common amongst European teenagers, with 24% of young women and 35% of young men downloading movies illegally (compared to 16% of all net users).
The essential point here is that to watch the film the downloader is accessing digital content. There may be no need for the actual DVD disc anymore – unless he actually wants to burn his own copy. The issue shifts to managing the physically shapeless digital data. More of this later.
Stitching up its wounds
So, the industry is fighting back at hard and soft pirate copy. How?
A multi-disciplinary, long-term strategy has already begun, supported by relevant film producers and bodies (such as the Federation Against Copyright Theft, the Motion Picture Association, the Motion Picture Association of America, etc), encompassing a number of initiatives, such as:
- Security will continue to tighten across the film production, post-production and distribution processes to prevent leakage.
- Theatrical day 'n' date releases will continue, followed by accelerated DVD releases to close down the pirates' window of opportunity. (Simultaneous theatrical and DVD releases were briefly speculated, but this was scoffed at due to costs, and, one imagines, because of the potential of lost theatrical revenue).
- Governments will be lobbied to pass tougher piracy and copyright legislation nationally and local authorities pushed to take prosecuting action against localised pirating networks.
- Localised law enforcement bodies will be called upon to press for convictions.
- More raids (such as on eDonkey and BitTorrent) and lawsuits will be pursued, along with the faster suspension of auction sites, such as eBay, when pirated goods are being sold. There will be as much publicity as possible to make people aware of these when they happen.
- Aggressive advertising to highlight the issue in people's minds. Adverts are already showing with much more regularity in cinemas and on rental stores' internal TV systems. Some companies are also releasing these ads with their films.
- Education and public policies will be pursued, aimed squarely at changing the public's understanding of the issues. They are looking to convince consumers that some pirate goods are linked to organised crime (and possibly fund offshore terrorism, etc), that there are victims (be it illegal immigrant street-sellers, or through effects on local economies as independent video stores fold, shop workers are laid off, etc), and to reinforce the illegality of piracy and content theft and that people can and will be prosecuted. Some companies have already instigated outreach programmes in schools and universities, institutions where filesharing networks are very well established for younger consumers.
- Customs and Excise work will continue to be supported (1.69 million illegal discs were seized coming into the UK last year) across Europe – a 2328% rise in three years.
- 'Cam-jamming' technology is being developed – ways of actually disrupting the digital camcording that takes place in theatres whilst not impacting on the visual experience for the cinema-goer. This is seen as an integral part of the coming digital cinemas and may well involve direct modifications to the projectors.
In all, these are disparate approaches but they all move in the same direction, they all share a common sense of urgency.
Price Dice
"Criminal groups and increasingly entrepreneurial citizens are now making a lot of money," surmised Raymond Leinster, Director General of FACT.
The industry admits it won't be able to beat the pirates; they just want to be one of two steps behind them. With pirated discs, however, it faces a doomed inevitability over pricing.
The industry has to back the whole process of making the movie through to retailing the disc; the pirate just copies the end result. With obviously much lower overheads, the pirate discs can be sold on for a tiny fraction of the legit retail price tag.
"People just want to buy it cheaper, to get something for nothing. The industry cannot compete with piracy pricing. They have an 800% profit margin," commented Dara MacGreevy, Regional Director of the Motion Picture Association. "
In comparison, Rob Jongmans, Exec. Vice President of Buena Vista Home Entertainment Europe, broke down the costs behind a legit DVD:
"33% goes to distribution costs - disc manufacture, packaging, shipping, advertising, marketing, etc; 27% is taken by the government; 19% goes on retailer costs [staff, mark-up, etc]; and 17% goes towards the film's production costs. Leaving 4%. This is what the studio uses to invest in new productions."
"The Hollywood cat isn't really that fat," he concluded.
Whether the average DVD buyer would believe such statements, though, is debatable and the lowest price will always win out.
"One of the biggest challenges is to remove the rose-coloured glasses of the consumer who has no sympathy for big Hollywood studios," added Jongmans. So, it is clear what routes some advertising campaigns will embrace.
"The alternative to internet piracy is not in DVD. The future is in the internet."
Tim Kuik, Director of BREIN (private Anti-Piracy organisation in the Netherlands)
The above are really short and mid-term strategies to manage the flow of pirate discs and loss of money. But the industry cannot compete with the pirate disc manufacturers indefinitely and they will never better or even match their prices. The most efficient damage limitation exercise is aimed at ultimately doing away with the source of that damage – the DVD. The key lies in the long-term approaches to combating illegal filesharing.
'To infinity, and beyond!'
A study by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) in 2003 showed that peer2peer video sharing and its software was continuing to grow, despite prosecution and negative publicity campaigns.
Last year their research showed that illegal movie and TV downloads accounted for more than 34% of downloads over peer2peer networks such as KaZaA, Limewire and Bearshare.
This trend is likely to continue as more people access appropriate bandwidths. Arash Amel, Screen Digest's senior analyst, said, "In 2004, total broadband households outstripped digital pay-TV households in Europe for the first time. By 2008, he concluded, "about 200 million households will be looking to have broadband."
Very swift advances in broadband or increased bandwidth speeds are going to lead to seriously competitive subscription charges to access them. Much more efficient downloading technologies are coming too, of course. So, it's just going to get cheaper and easier for people to download more content and with more quality.
So rather than fight against the progressing technologies that are enabling illegal film-sharing, the industry is sucking in its communal gut to embrace the online media models. It is inevitable for its survival. They want to get in on the activities that illegal downloaders are enjoying and turn them legal, for a price.
Film companies are already getting the Internet Service Providers on board quite easily. The revenues that the ISPs were getting from subscriptions to customers (to access broadband etc) have levelled off. With that bandwidth market looking to get aggressively competitive, prices will fall even more and the ISPs are looking to get that revenue back (and to capitalise on their initial investments in setting it up). As a result, they're looking to sell quality content that customers will want. And we want movies and everything that goes with 'em!
In the future there will be intensive investment in and marketing of online services, to tempt consumers to pay for film content at competitive prices and to stick with a favoured brand or two. The aim is to improve on the services that pirates offer.
"Pirates are very good at providing decent copies of things, but are very hard pressed to provide a subscription service – it must exist over time," said Rob Schuman of Cinea (a subsidiary of Dolby Labs).
Looking again to the music industry, Greg Pryor said, "Apple has shown that online content can make money for the industry. People will buy innovative and exciting content."
Good news for the consumer then if the film industry moves to online distribution, as it will have to provide services that are so much better than piracy networks that people will be willing to pay for them again.
Indeed, Movielink offers online film within the US already, and people are waiting to see how successful it will prove.
People will still want to share the content they've bought and will always find a way. Again, the industry is looking to support this, rather than fight against and criminalise its customers again. Effective but flexible Digital Rights Management technology (DMR) is the key to making this workable. Once it can ensure digital content will be sold and distributed securely, there will be no turning back.
However, at present painfully slow speeds and disrupted downloading can frustrate getting movies from the net – and the industry knows people will be turned off paying for such a sketchy service. But not for too long…
'It is inevitable, Mr Anderson.'
'Internet 2' is on the digital horizon. Already in use in some academic and research institutions around the world, it is still very specialised but is effortlessly shifting enormous amounts of data. Earlier this month two separate international teams announced new Internet2 Land Speed records by sending over 6 gigbits of information per second across half the planet.
The film industry, conscious that it needs to be ahead of the game next time round, is waking to the possibilities that the next net revolution will herald. The future of films at home is online. The present problems involved in easily and legally distributing films to consumers in their own homes will eventually be resolved.
As a precursor to this technology, the Advanced Access Content System has been developed, backed by a consortium of, amongst others, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Sony, Warner Bros and Disney. The AACS aims to be a universal DMR system that will allow authorised copying and sharing or content, and will provide safe environments for businesses to supply content (i.e. films) direct to the next generation of DVD players and recorders.
Once they can figure out how to protect it and get us to pay for it online, it will be so much cheaper than making, marketing, distributing and retailing DVD to us, and make the (pirate or legit) hard copy market redundant. For years the industry has seen the DVD as a 'golden goose', or rather a 'cash cow' to be milked for every drop, but is already predicting slumps in the market:
"There was 12% growth last year," said Marek Antoniak, MD of Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. "There may be growth this year but less than 12%. Probably in 2006 the market will mature."
From then on the only way for sales is down.
... here lies the DVD, R.I.P.
It is ironic that the internet so effectively enabled the piracy of films and now may play a significant role in its demise. Is piracy driving the DVD to a premature end? The industry may well force-feed us this notion as part of its campaigns, but I see this rather as the positive evolution of the technology. 'On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.'
While the next generation of DVDs, such as HR and Blu-Ray will get here first, they will eventually be surpassed by the soft digital format. iPods and the like mean people no longer collect CDs; in a very foreseeable future, your movie collection will be similarly stored. Your amalgamated home entertainment systems and the delivery of media and films to it will be the key.
Screen Digest's chief analyst Ben Keen argued, "The technology for unlocking doors is more important. Letting people move the content to other devices in the home that are authorised for this and to devices outside of the homes that can be used for sharing. This needs to be embraced with maximum flexibility, supported by the new technologies."
Ultimately, the film industry is on the cusp of a paradigm shift. It is facing real challenges to its established business models, just as it did when television threatened in earnest after WW2. Online media and its exponential advances are forcing the change. Having seen the music industry get sufficiently burnt, you can rest assured that the Movie Men are not going to be sluggish.
But neither will the pirates.
'What are we holding onto, Sam?'
Well, it's still going to take a while to get there. The sky is clear at present so DVDs will continue to be released in their hundreds of thousands and provide the best format for watching films at home.
The HR and Blu-Ray discs will give superbly improved quality and storage capabilities but any new hardware will almost certainly play your old discs as well.
It's likely that we're going to get new films on disc more quickly and some more reasonable pricing may seep across the market as distributors look to keep paying customers loyal. As the cash cow dries up, the DVD market can only become even more consumer-led. Distributors know that wavering prices, lame packages and repeated releases are frustrating the paying customer (who doesn't feel cheated when they have to double-dip?). So it's possible that the quicker first time releases may also be more accomplished, comprehensive and attractively priced than ever before. And we can only benefit from this.
The industry knows that if they don't deliver, all those customers will just 'look' elsewhere.
Editorial by Paul Griffiths
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A Chinese media article names Apple among other websites and app stores that have been investigated for providing pornographic content in the country. The FDA bars generic versions of painkiller, OxyContin. Global figures pay respects at Margaret Thatcher's funeral. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images
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Journalist Charles Glass looks at World War II from a different perspective — that of the nearly 150,000 American and British soldiers who walked away from combat.
Journalist Charles Glass looks at World War II from a different perspective — that of the nearly 150,000 American and British soldiers who walked away from combat. In "The Deserters: the Hidden History of World War II" (940.548), Glass follows three soldiers: Privates Steve Weiss, John Bain, and Al Whitehead. Each served bravely — Whitehead earned both Bronze and Silver stars — yet each choose to desert. Glass tells why and what happened to them in his thought-provoking new book.
While Starz dramatizes the manipulations of Elizabeth Woodville of the House of York and Margaret Beaufort, the matriarch of the Lancaster family, in the new series "The White Queen," novelist Philippa Gregory proceeds to the next generation. "The White Princess" is Elizabeth of York, who agrees to marry Henry VII even as she mourns the death of her true love, Richard III. Their wedding finally unites the houses of York and Lancaster — but the marriage is shaky and the truce uneasy as Henry continually fears a York heir will emerge to take his throne.
In "Hitler's War," Harry Turtledove began an alternative history of World War II. With his fertile imagination he recreated a war that began in 1938 when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. The fourth book in "The War That Came Early" series, titled "Two Fronts," takes us to 1942. Britain and France have formed an alliance to finally try to stop Germany in Western Europe while America continues its own war with Japan.
In a scene only the dearly departed would have fully appreciated, the funeral for popular newsman Tim Russert apparently turned into the social and political networking event of the year in Washington, D.C. Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, reveals what you always suspected about D.C., but secretly hoped wasn't true in "This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — Plus Plenty of Valet Parking! — in America's Gilded Capital" (306.209).
In 1983, torrential rains spurred by El Nino plus a particularly heavy snow melt caused great concern for the engineers at Glen Canyon Dam. They feared the structure on the Colorado River at the head of the Grand Canyon wouldn't hold. Their efforts to save the dam turned the river through the canyon into a suicide run — one daredevil Kenton Grua vowed to do. Kevin Fedarko tells what happened when the fearlessly defiant Grua and two companions took a rebuilt dory called "The Emerald Mile" (979.132) on "the fastest ride in history through the heart of the Grand Canyon".
Happily for television viewers A&E has turned Craig Johnson's fine mystery series into a show called "Longmire." Walt Longmire is the sheriff of Absaroka County in beautiful Wyoming, and "The Cold Dish" (M) is the first book in Johnson's series. It begins with the murder of young Cody Pritchard who had been one of four boys arrested two years earlier for the rape of a local girl. Walt fears that revenge is the motive, and he sets out to stop the killer before the remaining three boys become his, or her, victims.
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If you change to swept fins, your performance and ability to foil will be so bad, that nobody seem to do this on full raceboards (I've talked to some of the best kite racers here who confirms this).
So when you got loads of sea weed for an event - how do you cope with that ?
Just let the kite plow through ?
Jumping and trying to get rid of it in the air ?
Dropping backwards in the water and just wait ?
Dropping backwards in the water and turn the board or clear the fins with your hand ?
Or ?
Peter Frank
PS: On freerace boards it is very different, and anti sea weed fins are used - but that is not the question here....


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Contestants vying for the title of Peach Queen of the 2013 Niagara County Peach Festival met with the Kiwanis Club of Lewiston on Sunday, July 29, at the Lewiston Event Center (formerly Frontier Lanes). Current Peach Queen Margaret Dorian, Peach Queen contestants and Kiwanis Club members had an afternoon of bowling and fun.
The Lewiston Event Center graciously opened its doors exclusively for this mixer as it is normally closed for the summer months.
Pictured, Dorian (center) is joined by Lewiston Events Center staffers Amanda Hibbard (left) and Kim Cudmore.
In the group photo, contestants include: row one, Gabrielle McIntyre, Bridgette Ehrmann and Angela Gallo. In row two, Jacey Diez, Gabrielle Lopez, Abigal Nashwinter, Annia Quarantello and Jordon Powe; and in row three, Hannah Olds, Rachel Mackenzie, Cailey Wright, Alexandra Westadt and Allison Deutschman. Camera shy: Kara Incorvia, Sarah Privitera and Denna Koch.
Sixteen contestants from all over Niagara County will compete for the crown during the annual Peach Festival weekend, Sept. 6-8. (photos by Robin Clark)


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Ric Hochet, by Tibet
Gilbert Gascard, who used the pseudonym Tibet, was one of the classic artists of Tintin magazine and creator of the famous series 'Chick Bill' and 'Ric Hochet'.
De Avonturen van Koenraad
Gascard was born in Marseille, France, but he moved to Belgium during his childhood. He began his career as an assistant animator in 1947. He then joined the studios of Tenas and Rali, where he met his future scenarist and collaborator André-Paul Duchâteau.
Pat Rick et Mass Tick
Two years after his animation debut, he joined Héroic Albums, where he did various illustrations, as well as the realistic police comic 'Dave O'Flynn'. From 1951 onwards, he worked at the art studios of Tintin magazine and he introduced such characters to the magazine as 'Jean-Jean et Gigi', 'Titi et Tutu' and 'La Famille Petitoux'.
Chick Bill, by Tibet
The same year, he created his first continuing comic in Ons Volkske, 'De Avonturen van Koenraad', written by Duchâteau. In the same magazine, and its French counterpart Chez Nous Junior, he created the funny western comic 'Chick Bill'. In the early days of this series, all the characters were animals. As the series evolved, Tibet humanized his characters. From the fourth album, the series got its definitive shape.
Chick Bill (1982)
From 1956, the 'Chick Bill' series also appeared in Tintin. In addition, he created a sole episode of 'Pat Rick et Mass Tick' in 1955, as well as an advertising strip for Helva. He began his famous detective series 'Ric Hochet' the same year, again with Duchâteau, releasing 77 albums during his lifetime.
Globul, by Tibet
Besides working on his two successful series, Tibet took on 'Globul le Martien' and 'Alphonse' (text by René Goscinny) and 'Mouminet' (text by Greg). Tibet created 'Junior' in 1958, the leader of his new series 'Le Club des Peur-de-Rien'. This comic appeared in Ons Volkske/Chez Nous Junior.
Club des Peur-de-rien
In the early 1960s, he illustrated the first episodes of 'Les 3A', with backgrounds by Mittéï and texts by Michel Vasseur (a pseudonym of Duchâteau). In the seventies, Tibet did some caricatures of celebrities in Tintin's section 'Tibetière'.
Rik Ringers cover by Tibet for the dutch Tintin magazine
Tibet's final creation was the more adult series 'Aldo Remy', of which three albums appeared at Glénat from 2006. In Holland, 'Ric Hochet' appeared under the name 'Rik Ringers' and was very popular. Gone but not forgotten, Gilbert Gascard, better known as Tibet, passed away on Saturday night, 2 January 2010, at the age of 78.
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Insurgents detonated a pair of vehicle bombs at a gate of the U.S. consulate in the western city of Herat early Friday, then opened fire with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades before being killed, Afghan and U.S. officials said.
At least two Afghan security guards died outside the consulate building.
More than 20 Afghans were wounded in the attack, including security guards, police and more than a dozen residents of the area, said Gen. Rahmatullah Safi, the Herat province police chief.
No Americans were killed, and all consulate personnel were reported safe and accounted for, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
The assault began before 6 a.m. when seven attackers approached the consulate in two vehicles. Five of the gunmen apparently got out of the vehicles and opened up on Afghan security forces with small arms fire. One of the vehicle bombs was the detonated near the gate, Safi said. The second rammed into the gate and then exploded, he said.
It was unclear if any of the attackers made it into the consulate compound. In a statement, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf did not directly address the point, saying only that if any attackers made it past the gate, U.S. security contractors guarding the compound would have handled them.
All the attackers eventually were killed, according to Gen. Muhammad Ayoub Salangi, a deputy minister of interior. The two drivers died in the explosions of their vehicles; the five others were gunned down by Afghan and U.S. forces.
The Taliban took credit for the attack in an emailed statement.
The attack came just two days after the first anniversary of a terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and another U.S. diplomat dead, along with two CIA security contractors killed at a nearby CIA facility. The defenses around U.S. diplomatic missions have been in the spotlight ever since.
The involvement of U.S. forces in repulsing the attackers made the Heart assault somewhat unusual. Terrorist attacks in Afghan cities in recent months have been handled primarily by Afghan police and soldiers. Even an attack on the NATO base on one side of Kabul's international airport in June was dealt with entirely by Afghan security forces. The only forces in sight from the U.S.-led coalition were a handful of observers who watched how the Afghans performed.
This time, though, U.S. troops joined the fray. Local journalists reported several coalition helicopters over the scene as the fighting raged. Salangi said that U.S. special operations troops had responded to the assault.
In a statement condemning the attack, U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham said that coalition security forces had joined the Afghans in securing the compound.
Civilians often bear the brunt of such attacks, and Cunningham noted that the insurgents had harmed only Afghans.
"The perpetrators of this attack have shed Afghan blood on Afghan soil," he said.
Rezwan Natiq is a McClatchy special correspondent.


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P 284 Mistral The P 284 Mistral concert grand piano is an improved, masterfully built instrument for professional use in concert halls. Thanks to its sound potential, it is suitable for the interpretation of musically demanding pieces. It has the characteristic PETROF grand piano sound and extremely beautiful appearance.
Advantages of the construction and materials used in PETROF 284 Mistral
PETROF original.
The inner rim is laminated with 13 ply's of solid beech and birch lamels
The rim is CNC machined for high accuracy.
The outer rim is laminated from birch plywood sheets.
The inside facing is veneered horizontally with Ebony Makassar.
The total rim thickness is 8.4 cm.
A very strong rim ensures long term tuning stability and regulation stability. A strong CNC machined rim supports the proper crown of the sound board, which produces the precious Petrof tone. Rare Ebony wood on the inner face of the rim give the noble appearance that is deserving of a Petrof grand piano.
Rim posts
The Petrof frame consists of four longitudinal spruce posts, and one descant post made from compressed beech wood (called Lignamon) along with two cross spruce posts.
The joints of the posts and rim are dove tailed (fish tailed) and doweled with beech hardwood dowels.
The cross block of wooden frame is reinforced by profiled steel rail.
Dřevěná kostra je CNC opracována.
A total of seven frame posts and a reinforcing of cross block by steel rail ensure its extraordinary form stability. The last descant post made from Lignamon helps transfer the high frequencies to the sound board producing incredibly clear tone in the last octaves.
Petrof original.
The legs are made with a solid beech core, an outer layer of alder, a Gabon counter veneer, and a decorative veneer.
The legs are 625 mm in length.
Strong leg construction ensures high piano stability when being played dynamically.
Iron plate
The iron plate is produced in the Czech Republic. The iron plate is made from grey cast iron, wet sand casted, and hand finished; then it is CNC machined for an accurate fit. Each plate is finished in the new dynamic gold color.
CNC machining ensures high accuracy of string scaling and accurate fit to each piano. Our new plate color enhances the beauty and noble look of the Petrof grand piano.
Iron plate support
An adjustable steel bolt is added between iron plate and cross block of wooden frame to increase stability. New design of the adjustable bolt aids in the stability.
Support of iron plate increases the stability of its form, resulting in better tuning stability.
Hardware fittings
The hardware is a Petrof original design.
The hardware is solid polished brass, lacquered, and stain resistant.
All the hardware fittings are maintenance free.
The pin block is made from special Multiplex type compressed beech plywood with a density 800 –850 kg/m3, laminated using very strong moisture resistant laminate glues.
The pin block is highly resistant to climatic changes, providing stable torque of tuning pins and high tuning stability.
Sound board
The soundboard is a Petrof original design.
The soundboard is made from fine European spruce.
The asymmetric crown and diaphragmatic tapering of the soundboard gives the piano greater acoustic output in the whole tonal range, allowing it to fill even the largest of concert halls with sound. It has a new shaped descant arc producing more clarity of tone in the last octaves.
The asymmetric crown and diaphragmatic tapering of the soundboard gives the piano greater acoustic output in the whole tonal range, allowing it to fill even the largest of concert halls with sound.
The ribs are a Petrof original design.
The ribs are made from fine European spruce.
They are individually asymmetrically shaped the tips are hand fitted to insure a proper fit.
The corner cross rib (cut off bar) is laminated from beech lamellas and CNC machined to form the arc.
Individually asymmetrically shaped ribs support the asymmetric crown of the soundboard. Proper soundboard crown gives birth to the Petrof sound. Arced cross rib creates good conditions for vibrations of the soundboard.
The bridges are a Petrof original design.
The treble bridge utilizes a solid beech body with a maple cap in the middle section, a genuine ebony cap in high treble section. .
The bass bridge has a solid beech body with a maple cap.
In the bass bridge horizontal holes are used to lighten its mass and the bottom is cut for better elasticity.
All the bridge caps are graphite coated, notched and drilled for pins by hand.
The different materials in the bridge caps are used to most efficiently transfer the desired frequencies in each section to the soundboard. The lightened and elastic bass bridge enables exceptional transference of low frequencies to the soundboard all contributing to the wonderful European sound of the Petrof.
The Mistral uses agraffs in the bass and low treble and front and rear pre-tuned duplexes in high treble.
Petrof utilizes laser positioning of its duplex bridges (frets).
The Mistral uses single string hitching throughout the piano.
Using of agraffs and duplex scaling adds richness to the tonal color of the piano.
Tuning pins
The tuning pins are made of steel then nickel plated for prolonged service life.
The tuning pins are of the best quality and they are corrosion resistant.
The steel wire for treble strings and steel core of wrapped strings are made by Röslau Germany, and Mapes USA.
The copper wire for winding is made by Degen Germany.
The longest bass string is 2080 mm.
Strings are made from special string wire of top world quality.
Renner hammers, made in Germany with walnut or hornbeam moldings, premium felt, and hornbeam hammer shanks.
Renner hammers are one from the worlds best, made from very special hammer felt. These hammers enable Petrof to obtain a wide scale of tonal color and power.
Petrof dampers are supplied by Renner (Germany).
In this grand piano dampers are used which are produced by Renner in Germany. These dampers are considered to be one of the best if not the best in the world.
The action used in this piano is genuine Renner made in Germany.
The wippen rail is made of vertically oriented Multiplex plywood.
The hammer rail is made of solid beech wood.
The action parts are made from hornbeam.
A Renner grand action is generally rated as one of the worlds best. It´s fast and reliable, it is the most sought after by top quality pianists world wide.
Petrof keyboards are made from solid European spruce.
White key tops area acrylic Polyplex from Sweden.
Black keys are genuine Ebony wood.
The entire keyboard is individually balanced.
Petrof keyboards belong among the top quality keyboards in the world. Ebony wood provides an unmistakable feeling when playing.
Key bed
Petrof construction, spruce sandwiched, between beech hardwood veneers.
A beech hardwood insert is inset in the spruce core in legs and lyre area.
The key bed thickness is 47 mm.
The key bed is additionally reinforced by a strong solid wood rail on the bottom of the key bed.
Key bed is CNC machined for a perfect fit and high accuracy.
A reinforced key bed ensures high stability both in play and regulation, it provides a feeling of reliance allowing the pianists to perform to their full potential.
The Mistral has three fully functional pedals made of solid polished brass.
The middle pedal has sustenuto function. The pedal system is braced with two steel attached braces to insure stability when playing
Construction, materials and function of the pedal system are fully comparable with that of other high-end grand pianos.


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The Peru State softball team ended March on a hot streak with four straight wins against Culver-Stockton and Avilla University.
The Peru State softball team ended March on a hot streak with four straight wins against Culver-Stockton and Avilla University.
After taking two decisions at home against Culver-Stockton, 13-4 in five innings and 11-9, the Bobcats went on the road to Kansas City and scored 9-0 and 7-5 decisions against Avilla.
The wins raised Peru State's record to 6-14 overall and 4-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
In other news, Peru State shortstop Kristen Bodyk was named the HAAC Softball Player of the Week on Monday morning. She was nearly unstoppable at the plate last week during the Bobcats' four-game win streak.
The senior from Paris, Ontario, Canada, hit .846 (11-for-13) with seven extra-base hits (three doubles, three home runs, one triple) while tallying 18 RBI and seven runs scored. She upped her career home run total to 11, putting her eighth on the Bobcats' all-time list.
Peru State will return to action at 4 and 6 p.m. today at Fayette, Mo., against Central Methodist University. Check out the schedule below for more upcoming action.
4-3, At Evangel, 2 and 4 p.m.
4-4, At Concordia (Seward), 4 and 6 p.m.
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Editors' note: Securus informs us that it has since updated its online software and mobile apps, fixing some of the concerns stated in this review. CNET has not tested these updates.
The Securus eZoom is a portable GPS device, but it's no navigator. This pocket sized module is designed not to get you from point A to B, but to help you to remotely find whatever (or whomever) to which the eZoom module is attached.
What is it? (Design)
The eZoom isn't designed to be stealthy -- it's primary function is to help you to find something valuable, not to spy on your significant other; though, it could be used for either purpose. The unit measures a mere 2.6 by 1.8 by 0.8 inches and weighs a scant 2.7 ounces. At that size, the eZoom should easily disappear into an open pocket in a backpack or purse. I tossed the device into a front pocket of my backpack at the beginning of the weekend and outright forgot that that it was there until I went looking for it much later.
There's not much in the way of controls, displays, or inputs. The eZoom is designed to be a set-it-and-forget-it sort of affair.
The glossy top surface is home to three indicator lights for battery status, cellular connection status, and GPS connection status. These lights are usually powered off and flash only if there's something to report (such as a low battery) or an active connection is being made (for instance, when the eZoom is transmitting its status to the cloud).
Beneath the indicator lights but still on the top surface is the SOS button. Pressing and holding this button for 2 to 3 seconds instantly transmits the location of the device and notifies any e-mail addresses or phone numbers that are set to receive notifications. This can be useful in an emergency, but Securus' instructional materials also indicate that the SOS feature can be used as a sort of check-in feature for simply sending location data to others sharing an account.
Back to the physical features: one of the eZoom's sides is home to a small power button that is noteworthy only in its difficulty in being pressed. Considering this tracker is supposed to be "always on," this does help in preventing accidental shut-off. Yet another edge is home to a mini-USB port, which is hidden beneath a rubber flap and used for charging the device; and a SIM card slot, which is tucked under its own rubber flap that's held shut with screws.
There are no other noteworthy physical features of the water-resistant eZoom module, aside from four rubber feet on its bottom side that keep the device from sliding around on a smooth surface such as a table or desk when charging.
Speaking of charging, the eZoom takes about four to six hours to charge once it's been removed from its box for the first time, but that should last anywhere from three days to three weeks depending on how much its internal accelerometer is triggered by moving the device. Users can also receive notifications when the eZoom's battery gets low. We'll come back to the power management option more in a bit.
You've got more mounting options available for the eZoom than just a pocket. The device ships with a small fabric pouch that can be used to hook the tracker onto whatever you're inspired to attach it to. Users who want to keep tabs on a vehicle can also permanently mount the eZoom if they desire and power the device with the car's own electrical system with an optional vehicle mounting kit, which is sold separately.
What does it do? (Features)
The Securus eZoom features two internal wireless connections that work together to help the unit to communicate its location to the owner. The first is its cellular antenna that connects the device to the Web as well as to the cloud.
The second connection is the GPS receiver that eZoom uses to triangulate its position on the planet using signals beamed down from the GPS satellite network. More specifically, the eZoom uses an A-GPS receiver (Assisted Global Positioning System) which also makes use of positioning data gleaned from the cellular data network to help it to more quickly locate itself and to maintain a degree of positioning accuracy when a clear view of the sky isn't available.
This A-GPS connection gives the eZoom the ability to locate itself amid tall buildings, under heavy tree coverage, and indoors -- albeit with diminished accuracy. With a clear view of the sky, Securus tells us that it can pinpoint and report its location within five yards. When indoors, I saw the accuracy drop to within a few blocks. Still, that's better than nothing. Sometimes "within a few blocks" is all the accuracy you need to know whether lost your backpack on the train or simply left it at the office.
Left to its own devices, the powered-up eZoom will transmit its location to the cloud every few minutes when it detects that it is in motion with its internal accelerometer. If the accelerometer doesn't detect motion, the eZoom sends updates less frequently, conserving battery power to keep the device operating longer.
Securus apps and alerts
Upon purchasing an eZoom and charging the device, users will need to log in on the Securus Web site to set up an account and activate the hardware.
For most users, this Web interface will also be where the majority of their interactions with the device and its various settings will take place.
The Web site features a map (provided by Nokia, according to the copyright information) upon which the current position of the eZoom can be seen. In a column to the left of the map, users can view an icon that they assign to the device (I chose the CNET logo), the nearest current street address to the device, the time of the last positioning check-in, and the battery-charge percentage along with the last time it was reported.
Here users can also find four small text links: Find, Track, History, and Settings.


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The fascinating memories of a doctor who spent most of his professional life in many, often remote, parts of the world and who has seen and done many remarkable things. The observations and comments about people and places make this, in part, an unusual travel book. It is, however, the story of his clinical and administrative work in these places that is both fascinating and unique. He encountered outbreaks of plague, cholera and a...


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John Whyte needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 243 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
AX Suede (Needs logo as either "AX Suede" or "AX")
MatMarket(my company name; not the one that needs a logo) represents Asian manufacturers of textiles for the US market. We primarily focus on footwear, gloves, apparel and bags. Some of our bigger clients in each field are Nike, Incase, Mechanix Wear and Columbia.
MatMarket has now decided to launch our own textile; and this is where we need your design help.
Our target for this specific textile is gloves. It will be used as the palm material for Moto-X, Bike, Winter and Work gloves.
Think FOX, Pearl Izumi, Burton and Mechanix Wear.
As mentioned above, we have always sold textiles for someone else. Well, we are now selling our own textile for the glove market.
The name again for this textile is "AX Suede". This material will be the feature for all promotional tools in our range so we need the following for "AX Suede":
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Most textiles currently used on glove palms are non-stretch microfiber textile. The problem with this is the material bunches up on your hand b/c there is no stretch.
"AX Suede" solves that problem; it has excellent stretch.
"AX Suede" also solves another problem; it can be made in bright and vivid colors. The existing materials are very dull. When you think about Moto-X gloves (take FOX for example) they like to use bright and vivid colors.
Finally, as addressed above, you can build the logo / color story around either "AX Suede" or just "AX". This direction is up to you.
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Creationism in Michigan gubernatorial race
Creationism emerged as a burning issue in Michigan's gubernatorial race, after Republican candidate Dick DeVos told a questioner at a September 8, 2006, campaign stop that he supported teaching "intelligent design" alongside evolution in the public schools. The questioner, Eric B. Fauman, recounted the exchange in a letter to the editor of the Ann Arbor News (September 14, 2006), commenting [Link broken], "At a time when our students' science literacy is already significantly below average ... teaching our children sectarian religious beliefs as science can only harm our state's ability to compete internationally." DeVos subsequently told [Link broken] the Associated Press (September 20, 2006), "I would like to see the ideas of intelligent design that many scientists are now suggesting is a very viable alternative theory ... That theory and others that would be considered credible would expose our students to more ideas, not less." The Detroit Free Press (September 20, 2006) also quoted [Link broken] him as saying, "Local school boards should have the opportunity to offer evolution and intelligent design in their curriculums." His Democratic opponent, incumbent Jennifer Granholm, opposes teaching "intelligent design" as science.
The reaction to DeVos's comments from the scientific and educational communities in Michigan was unsurprisingly negative. The president of the Michigan Science Teachers Association, Paul Drummond, told the Free Press that "intelligent design" is "not science," and the president of the Michigan state board of education, Kathleen Straus, described it as "religious theory." Speaking to the Livingston Daily Press & Argus (September 21, 2006), Michigan State University professor Robert T. Pennock, the president of Michigan Citizens for Science, posed [Link broken] the question, "How could Michigan students compete in the life sciences, so important to our economy, if DeVos has them learn pseudoscience?" And the state's newspapers were critical of DeVos as well, with the Lansing State Journal (September 22, 2006) editorially commenting [Link broken], "'intelligent design' is not science. It is an attempt to forge the trappings of scientific inquiry around a fundamental structure of beliefs. It has no business in any science classroom," and a columnist for the Midland Morning Sun (September 22, 2006) opining that DeVos's position, though unsurprising, casts doubt on his "ability to properly engage science."


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Marquette guard Junior Cadougan scored a team-high 15 points and three other teammates tallied 13 apiece, but none of them were the star of the Golden Eagles' 81-71 college basketball victory over Providence at the weekend.
That honour goes to the rogue bat that fluttered around the Bradley Center midway through the second half, disrupting the game and sending players, coaches and refs scrambling for cover.
Marquette held a 58-42 lead with 11:23 left when the bat first appeared. Referees halted play several times during the next few minutes as players from both teams tossed towels into the air like nets in an effort to catch the bat.
At the 7:36 mark, after Providence rallied to chop Marquette's lead to six, arena officials opted to dim the lights in hopes the bat would settle in the rafters and play could resume uninterrupted. That strategy proved effective, enabling the game to continue and the Golden Eagles to regain momentum and close out the victory.
"It was funny to begin with," Marquette coach Buzz Williams told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "But after awhile, it was, 'Damn the bat. We have to win.' There is going to be a winner and a loser. There's not going to be an asterisk that said a bat was in the building."
If Marquette was the winner on the floor, the bat was the winner in the world of social media. He now has two Twitter accounts devoted to him.
NBA fans will remember this is not the only time a bat has disrupted a basketball game. A bat at the AT&T Center sent San Antonio Spurs and Sacramento Kings players scattering in November 2009 until Manu Ginobili came to the rescue and swatted the bat away with his bare hands.
Thankfully, none of the Marquette or Providence players tried that Saturday. Ginobili needed rabies shots afterward.
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As Carroll County's largest employer, Carroll County Public Schools should be considered a good investment, according to Superintendent Steve Guthriet.
During a Tuesday, Feb. 5, budget hearing and forum, one of several scheduled to be held around the county, Guthrie outlined the various issues facing the school system and stressed that the system was an excellent investment.
"It is valuable to Carroll County as an entity," Guthrie said to the 75 people gathered in South Carroll High School's auditorium for the evening session. "People move here to go to our schools."
The school system is the ninth largest in the state, with an enrollment of more than 26,500 students, according to its website.
After 11 moves with the Army, Robert Bartholet, of Woodbine, commented that he and his wife moved their family here because of the excellent school system.
"We came here for one reason: Education drove us here," Bartholet said. "What we see here is very disturbing. It will have economic effects. How can we help you with effective means to influence the county to put money this way?"
Guthrie said that even with a declining student population, new state mandates and inflation have meant hefty bills for the school system to pay and less funds to do it.
Cuts have been made across the board over the years, he said, but more funds are still needed.
The school system may have to endure more staff cuts, the closing of Outdoor School and the possibility of closing schools.
Guthrie is not a fan of any of those options, he said.
He said he believes that the county has "sufficient funds" to support the school system.
"It is a funding decision," Guthrie said. "Where do you want to put your money?"
Carroll County schools have a 95 percent graduation rate — the highest in the state — and a dropout rate of only 1 percent, Guthrie said.
Those numbers will start to decline, however, if the system loses quality teachers to other counties and does not keep its technology current, which is expensive, Guthrie said.
"Decay doesn't happen overnight," Guthrie said. "Good teachers leave over time. We'll start to see a slow decline."
Guthrie encouraged everyone to make their concerns heard by attending Board of Education meetings and Board of Commissioners meetings.
He recommended writing letters, sending emails and using any other means of communication that they can.
Kelly Frager advised everyone to reach out to neighbors, friends in other communities, even parents at bus stops; and share their concerns.
"Sadly, most people are apathetic and so busy with their lives," Frager said. "The more people know this ... they would take action."
In her comment, Sara Spaur, a senior at South Carroll High School, expressed regret at the prospect of Outdoor School closing.
The 17-year-old said after the meeting that she hopes to be a counselor at Outdoor School this year and that Guthrie's information was upsetting.
"In today's competitive work environment, you need to prepare the student," Spaur said. "I don't like this."
A kindergarten teacher for 36 years, the last 21 in Carroll, Susan Withnell has seen a lot of changes, she said after the meeting.
If aides in the classroom were cut, her job would become even more challenging.
"A lot of children are coming to kindergarten without a preschool education," Withnell said. "The expectations for what an exiting kindergartner has, have risen dramatically. I'm teaching what 10 years ago had been a first-grade curriculum."
Board member Virginia Harrison was pleased with the level of attendance at the forum.
"I'm really happy to see this many people present," Harrison said. "It is important for the community to get involved and hear their voices."
Community residents are also invited to attend any of the following hearings:
• Monday, Feb. 11, at Winters Mill High School, 560 Gorsuch Road, Westminster.
• Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Liberty High School, 5855 Bartholow Road, Sykesville.
• Thursday, Feb. 21, at Manchester Valley High School, 3300 Maple Grove Road, Manchester.
• Monday, March 4, at Westminster High School, 1225 Washington Road, Westminster.
• Thursday, March 7, at Century High School, 355 Ronsdale Road, Eldersburg.
• Monday, March 18, at North Carroll High School, 1400 Panther Drive, Hampstead.


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Aspiring cultural critics of the world, get those pitches ready: "Girls," the show that inspired a thousand think pieces, is back.
Created by and starring Lena Dunham, a Manhattan native who shot her first feature film, "Tiny Furniture," fresh out of Oberlin College, "Girls" received widespread praise and drew a narrow audience when it premiered last spring. The series, which returns to HBO on Jan. 13, follows the personal and professional struggles of four young women living in hipster Brooklyn. Raw, well-observed and often excruciatingly funny, it's "Sex and the City" for a more disenchanted age.
As the critics swooned over "Girls," which garnered five Emmy nominations, including one win, and hailed Dunham as a young, female version of Louis C.K. or Larry David, plenty of others scoffed at the show's nearly all-white version of New York City and the whiny entitlement of its aimless twentysomething characters.
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For many, the fact that the principal cast members all happened to have well-connected parents and that Dunham played a less fabulous version of herself created the impression of privileged navel-gazing. In a particularly hostile review, Gawker dismissed "Girls" as "a program about the children of wealthy famous people" and "the exhaustion of ceaselessly dramatizing your own life while posing as someone who understands the fundamental emptiness and narcissism of that very self-dramatization."


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Thank you to everyone for your care & concern for Israel, I really appreciate the kind and wonderful readers I have! I am glad to report that he has had no other reactions since and hopefully never again.
I collected some things from around the house in like colors, I love this pink, it's almost a melon color. But then there's green, so fresh and bright and a very happy group of colors. Which do you prefer?
I finally found a place for that Marimekko fabric I had laying around. I love the pattern and colors so much but I don't want to cut it up so I just stretched it over a canvas and hung it over our bed. For as long as I can remember, we've never had anything hanging over our bed, at least not in this house. It's kind of weird having something in that normally blank space but I actually really like it. The pillow is from RK, hard to choose just one but I don't like having too many pillows so this big one is just perfect.


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♦ Personal details
Jan Malan Hofmeyr was born on 1 January 1935 in Amersfoort, Mpumalanga as the second son of Harry Hofmeyr, later director of the Stofberg Theological Seminary near Viljoensdrift, and his wife Winnie (Malan). He completed his secondary education at the Hoër Volkskool, Heidelberg, after which he studied for the ministry at the University of Pretoria, obtaining a BA in 1956 and a BD in 1959. He excelled as student leader, serving as both SRC chairman and chairman of the house committee of the student residence Sonop in 1958. At the end of that year he won the Abe Bailey bursary that enabled him to tour the UK, the Netherlands, France and Germany, where he studied industrial and inner-city mission.
On returning to South Africa he undertook an extended tour of several African countries, including what is today known as the DRC, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Congo.
♦ DRCA (URCSA) Minister
He entered the ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa in 1960 as pastor of the congregation of Meadowlands, Soweto, a position that he occupied until 1967. During this time he learned to speak Tswana fluently, believing that language constitute relationships.
In 1966 he took the lead in establishing the Sefikeng Church Centre in Meadowlands, Soweto. His request to open a Mqinga Zulu Graduatesbookshop in the Centre was turned down by the authorities, as this would make township life pleasant for blacks. He was also responsible for establishing 5 creches in Meadowlands between1963-1967, and served as Vice-Chairperson of the Southern Transvaal Synod of the DRCA, and in various other capacities. In 1967 he took up the position of Synodical Youth Minister of the DRCA where he remained until his retirement from church work in 1992.
♦ Youth Pastor
During this time he served as Secretary of the DRCA General Synod Youth Committee (1968-1992). He organised several multi-racial praise and worship meetings for members of the family of DR Churches in Meadowlands, the Johannesburg City Hall and the City Theater between 1960-1992, and used speaking opportunities (sermons, etc) in various congregations of the DRC (NG Kerk) since 1960 to underline the Scriptural injunction that church services should be open for all irrespective of race and colour.
In the 1970s he organised many youth retreats on farms, at Umgababa on the KZN South Coast and in Botswana for township youth, and hikes in the Timbavati Game Reserve with black and white students participating, in an effort to foster dialogue between the leaders of the future.
Jan interviews Letlhogonolo SelebogoIn 1969 he established and administered (until 1992) the Sedibeng Youth Hostel in Itsoseng (Lichtenburg), which provides accommodation and care for high school students. In 1979 he established and administered (until 1992) the Emdeni Children's Home in Emdeni, Soweto.
As a member of the Reformed Ecumenical Council's Youth Committee he attended Council meetings in Nimes, France (1980) and Chicago (1984), and he was co-responsible for organising the REC African Youth Conferences in Pretoria (1984), Chongoni, Malawi (1988), Krugersdorp (1991) and Gabarone (1995).
From 1979 to 1992 he served as Synodical Treasurer of the DRCA in the Southern Transvaal (92 congregations), responsible for church finances, administration, pension funds, etc. He was responsible for establishing in 1982 and administering until 1992 the DRCA Synodical Office ("Ebenhaeser") and Kagiso Conference Centre.
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Jan Hofmeyr in 1974 was a founder trustee and the first Executive Chairperson of StudyTrust. From 1974 to 1992 he In the OLD days...was responsible for the development of StudyTrust as a national bursary organisation for the benefit of financially needy students with academic potential. In 1992, on taking early retirement from the DRCA, he was appointed National Director (full-time) of StudyTrust, a position he occupied with great distinction until the end of 2007. Under his leadership StudyTrust reached its current stature as a recognised civil initiative in the fight against poverty in South Africa with individual donors from all major South African communities.
Through fundraising and establishing partnerships with private sector companies, he steered StudyTrust to become an organisation responsible for bursary and loan support amounting to R5.4 million in 2007 to students country-wide. From 1974 to 2007 more than 17 800 annual bursary allocations had been made. He enhanced the efficiency profile of NGOs by maintaining an exemplary low level of gross administration cost for StudyTrust (9% in 2006 and 10.4% in 2007).
Under his leadership StudyTrust contributed significantly to Black Economic Empowerment with 83% of its beneficiaries in 2007 being Black (86% in 2006).
Jan married Elma (van Niekerk) in 1960 and they have three daughters and five sons, amongst them the internationally renowned violonist Zanta Hofmeyr, flutist Malané Burger-Hofmeyr and Harry Hofmeyr, author and producer of TV dramas and programmes.
StudyTrust made a video to commemorate Jan's work when he retired in 2009. Link to video


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The nuclear power industry is pushing for a revival of nuclear energy. The industry is aggressively seeking to license and build the first new nuclear reactors in a generation. Toward this end, nuclear companies have sought public approval by disingenuously presenting the energy source as clean, renewable, and necessary to deal with global warming, environmental degradation, and dwindling petroleum resources.
Energy companies are already pursuing the necessary permits to build and operate new reactors in a growing number of locations. To learn more about where new reactors are being proposed, click on the map below or view list of proposals here.
Federal efforts to resuscitate a nuclear industry that was DOA come with a cost: your tax dollars (over $13 billion) are being spent to support the companies that want to build new nukes, transferring the considerable financial risk from corporations to taxpayers. Public Citizen, through its Energy Program, is actively debunking nuclear industry propaganda and challenging new reactors at the state and federal level while vigorously working to promote viable energy solutions.
Energy companies already are pursuing permits to build and operate 34 new reactors throughout the country. Despite the prohibitive cost and fatal flaws of nuclear power, 17 applications to build new nuclear reactors have been submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Navigate an intereactive map of nuclear reactor proposals.
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Ole Miss hires Insell as next coach
Oxford, MS – Ole Miss has hired Matt Insell as their next head women's basketball coach.
Insell spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at Kentucky and helped lead that program to four 20-win seasons and four trips to the NCAA Tournament. Kentucky plays Delaware in the Sweet 16 on Saturday.
"I'm very excited to be the new women's basketball coach at the University of Mississippi," Insell said. "This is an opportunity I've had my eye on for a long time and I just can't put into words how excited I am to be leading this team. I promise you this - we are going to put a team on the floor that is going to make the Rebel Nation very happy."
Prior to his time at Kentucky, Insell was the director of basketball operations at Louisiana Tech.
Insell takes over a squad that went 9-20 this past season. The team was run on an interim basis by Brett Frank, who took over for Adrian Wiggins after he was fired before even coaching one game.
Wiggins was dismissed in October following an investigation over "impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct committed by members of his staff."