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Why is there always so much politics in the Enquirer? What about the good old days of Love Wapping when either of its readers were just as likely to find some lovely photos of Kevin the Kingfisher as the details of some Emergency Motion?
How about Housing Allocations, Puru Miah, Covid-19 cash, Cllr. Rabina writes a letter AND a book, LBTH tracing service, Arnold Circus and deselecting Abdal Ullah instead?
It's the news! In Brief! (Well, some of it).
Reality is that because of the nature of Tower Hamlets the way in which the council works (or does not work) has a much bigger influence on its residents than most local authorities.
The borough is still one of the most deprived in the UK with many people dependent to varying degrees on the council for social services for help with their daily lives.
Fortunately Tower Hamlets politics is amazingly complex and stories abound, 'Storyville' as Ted Jeory used to say. The entire editorial team, especially the Wapping Mole, would love to report on more good news stories but they have little capacity for anything but the essential stuff which affects the most people.
Here are some stories of the past week that we have not managed to fully cover elsewhere.
Housing Allocations Policy
Big up to Cllr. Marc Francis (Labour, Bow East) and his Labour colleagues who put the Mayor's decision to axe thousands from the housing waiting list (Housing Allocations Policy) under the microscope at the meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny committee on Monday 19th October by making it the subject of a 'call-in' procedure.
A 'call-in' is a way for councillors to ask for a decision that the council cabinet has taken to be looked at again.
Underpinning our community
Here's Marc's explanation of what the issues are with this.
"Our "call-in" asks the Mayor to think again about his plans to remove over a thousand residents from Band Three of the Choice Based Lettings scheme and also not to restrict the number of years homeless families placed in the private rented sector in other Boroughs can stay on our Waiting List. These changes go to the very heart of what kind of community we want to have here in Tower Hamlets. Are we a Borough that takes action to underpin its community? Or doesn't that matter?
The importance of family
If we want to encourage families to stay, we have to be able to offer existing tenants in Band Three the chance of moving to a different place if they want to. Otherwise, we force people to leave. The coronavirus pandemic has shown even more not just the benefit of being near family but the absolute necessity of family and wider support networks. The irony is that every one of those families the Mayor has decided to remove would be giving up a flat or maisonette of the same size, so no-one loses out if they get the home they want.
Housing strategy probably not legal either
Similarly, the decision to restrict homeless families to just three years on our waiting list undermines our community. These are families who have established a local connection with Tower Hamlets. Casting them adrift in Newham, Barking or Ilford is not right. Equally importantly, it probably isn't legal either, as the successful legal challenge to Lambeth's same policy shows. We hope the Mayor will reflect upon these concerns and reverse his decisions."
Thanks very much Marc!
Result was that the Overview & Scrutiny committee unanimously agreed with the call-in and has asked the Mayor to think again.
Political Geek Nerd Link
Key decisions and powers of call-in Centre for Public Scrutiny
Puru letter
Much cloak and dagger intrigue this week as the Mayor did a 180 degree about turn and decided that we would be better off without him! Well, without the nonsense of a Directly Elected Mayor. This change of heart was partially down to his latest scam to retain power as Mayor being rumbled so he thought he would have a go as retaining power as 'Leader' of the council.
Hold on there boy! Not so fast! Cllr. Puru Miah (Labour, Mile End) @th_puru wrote an open letter suggesting that the option of having a 'Committee System' in a referendum to replace the Mayoralty. Here it is. Lots more on this for months and months and months and…
"The true sign of democrats and democracy is to present all options, not just those that are convenient."
More government
cover up Covid-19 money
On writing 'More Covid-19 money' Mole's autocorrect changed this to 'More Cover Up Money'. Computers, huh?
Anyway seems Tower Hamlets just got £38 million for more Covid-19 support. For more detail on this please read this thread on Twitter by Cllr. Andrew Wood (Independent, Canary Wharf) @Andrewwood17.
Cllr. Rabina writes a letter
The Queen of Watney Market, aka Cllr. Rabina Khan (Shadwell, Liberal Democrat), still fuming at Parliament voting to not provide free school meals during the holidays, tweeted that the Mayor should use some of the £38m Covid-19 money to pay for free school meals in the holidays. Don't hold your breath on that one.
Here is a menu for the House of Commons subsidised restaurant. Steak and chips for a tenner? Maybe we should send the hungry children of the East End there for lunch?
Cllr. Rabina writes a book
Yup, Cllr. Rabina has written a book which is to be released in March. Moley has been trying to find out what it is about but knows nothing more than the title, 'My Hair is Pink under This Veil' which doesn't help much. Could be worth a read.
LBTH Tracing Service
Tower Hamlets has started its own 'Track and Trace' service as the government one is absolute rubbish. 12 billion quids worth of rubbish.
Arnold Circus
Short notice but if you love Arnold Circus, join Dan Cruickshank for a public protest at 10am this Friday 23rd October (TODAY!) at Boundary Estate, Shoreditch, to stop the council tearing up the historic paving and commencing works for pedestrianisation without completing the consultation.
Last week Tower Hamlets council started destroying the historic fabric of the paving at Arnold Circus before they had even completed the consultation or presented final plans to the residents. Friends of @Arnold_Circus want the work stopped.
Be there.
Nearly forgot… Recalling Abdal Ullah
When Moley is out and about in Wapping, his spiritual if not physical home at the moment, residents keep on asking him about Cllr. Abdal Ullah (Labour, Wapping & SKD). To be precise they usually ask two things.
- Where is he?
- Can we recall him?
(To be exact these are not the exact phrases used, Mole has omitted various East End endearments for decency reasons).
Answer to 1 is "Not round here as he is probably helping out a huge property developer ease some multi-million pound project through the LBTH Planning System which is perfectly legal" and Answer to 2 is "Unfortunately not".
Well, not yet anyway. Moley has heard that Ullah seems to be very keen on trying his pet scheme related to Wapping Gardens yet again. He was told where to go last time on that one, same again now Abdal, OK? Now go along and play like a good boy.
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We then help articulate questions and concerns to clearly define actionable research that leads to insights.
Our method for "Informing the Process," shown above, comes in three broad phases: the situational assessment, the quantitative analysis, and hands-on research.
Background Assessment
Our background research begins before we talk to a client – through our understanding of economic and workforce development patterns gained from decades of experience. Our assessment starts with our client, garnering information and insights they have about the region's history, its issues, and its perceived opportunities. Our staff get on the ground from a project's beginning to, literally, see its environment, and to really appreciate the area where we will be investing our time and expertise.CREC staff then ensures that we have a thorough understanding of what the region has done before and how that work was received, keeping in mind that sound research is an integral part of regional priority setting and decision making. We also examine the area's key assets – community colleges, universities, infrastructure, culture, natural environment – and begin to examine existing and emerging industries.
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After developing a firm grasp of the region and its unique features, the CREC team dig into the data to validate what we know and search for patterns that might motivate or inspire our partners to action.Our staff has a unique relationship with the Federal public agencies involved in creating statistics because they also work with our association partners in monitoring advances in statistics and advising the agencies on how to disseminate data in user friendly forms that our clients can use. We supplement that insight and those sources with an unparalleled knowledge of proprietary data sources to enhance our work and discern patterns. We also understand how far these data sources can be taken and our analysts are equipped to undertake creative approaches to developing estimates that can be used to fill some of the inevitable data gaps.
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We are very excited about the launch of our new website for the Inn! This is a project that we have been putting together for many months and our hard work has finally come to fruition! One of our main goals being that the new site gives a true representation of what the Beacon House Inn Bed & Breakfast is all about and who we are as Owner/Innkeepers. We hoped to infuse the relaxed, casual and vintage beach vibe into all of our photos and words. We strived to make the site user friendly, easy to navigate and informative.
We could not have accomplished the launch of the new site without some help along the way. So, we want to say a big thank you to YoungDoo and John Carey who worked through a rainy few days at the beach to capture the photos we wanted.
Our hope is that our return guests enjoy the use of our improved website and that potential guests easily find and choose us as a great place to stay in Carolina Beach, North Carolina.
The next upcoming Beacon House Inn event that we are promoting on the new site is our first annual Seaside Spring Renewal Retreat taking place this April 3-6, 2014. Check out our website, blog, Facebook and other social media for continued updates and inspiration!


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Landlocked in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is the continent's oldest independent country. Apart from a five-year invasion by Italy, from 1936 to 1941, it has never been colonized. Its ancient monarchy was toppled in 1974 by a Marxist junta that established a socialist state in 1975. Drought, famine, political instability and bloody coups dominated the 1970s and '80s; the Derg regime was overthrown in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. In some rural areas of Ethiopia, obsolete Soviet tanks still lie at the side of the roads and are silent reminders of the confrontations that tore the country apart for two decades.
Ethiopia gave itself a constitution in 1994, and the next year it held the first multiparty elections. Eritrea to the north gained independence from Ethiopia through a referendum in 1993, but border disputes escalated into a full-blown war in 1998 and caused the loss of tens of thousands of lives. A fragile truce was reached in 2000, but final border demarcation is still on hold because Ethiopia objected to the findings of an international commission in 2002.
Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in Africa and in the world, with an adult literacy rate of about 43 percent. Only 28 percent of pregnant women receive prenatal care, according to the 2005 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey, and more than 15 percent of children are expected to die before the age of 5.
The country's economy is based on agriculture and is often stricken by drought and floods. More than 85 percent of the population lives in the countryside, usually in precarious huts made of mud and straw, and many receive food aid from foreign governments and international relief organizations. Coffee, believed to have originated in Ethiopia, is one of the country's leading crops, but low prices in the international market are driving farmers to supplement it with khat, a leafy stimulant that Ethiopia supplies to countries around the world.
Both Islam and Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, the country's major faiths, play crucial roles in Ethiopians' lives – religion is a source of hope amid the harshness of life. Religious leaders are revered and obeyed. Belief in the existence of spirits, both malevolent and benevolent, is widespread, as a component of faith.
The face of HIV
The HIV epidemic started in Ethiopia in the mid-1980s, and today the country has one of the largest number of people living with the virus globally. Of the estimated 1.3 million HIV-infected people, 817,000 are women and 96,000 are children under 15. Prevalence is higher among women (4 percent) than among men (3 percent).
Initially, the epidemic was concentrated in major urban areas and trade routes and among high-risk groups, such as commercial sex workers. But in the 1990s, the epidemic spread into the general population. Today, heterosexual transmission accounts for 87 percent of the infections; an additional 10 percent of infections is passed from pregnant women to their babies. High-risk groups include youths, mobile workers, military and security forces, commercial sex workers and refugees.
AIDS is the cause of about a third of all young adult deaths in Ethiopia, and there are an estimated 744,100 AIDS orphans. When parents die, grandparents and other relatives struggle to feed and care for the children left behind in a country where at any point in time 6 million to 13 million people go hungry.
In recent years the epidemic seems to have stabilized in the urban areas; in the countryside, where most people live, the HIV prevalence rate had been on the rise, but recent reports suggest that it might have begun to level off. In rural areas knowledge of HIV is considerably lower. A 2002 survey, for example, found that only 8.8 percent of male farmers and less than 1 percent of female farmers had a comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS. One of the most common misconceptions found among farmers was that HIV can be contracted by eating an uncooked egg from a chicken that had swallowed a condom.
Challenges to fighting the HIV epidemic
Poverty, discrimination against those affected by HIV, gender disparity and widespread commercial and survival sex are all drivers of the epidemic in Ethiopia.
In a May meeting in Addis Ababa, members of a women's association talked about their economic struggles and the tough choices they sometimes have to make. "Because of extreme poverty, women are vulnerable to prostitution," said one of the women. "They go for sugar daddies who give them money for sex. They go to them to get money, to get bread."
At times, even university students have to resort to "survival sex." "Girls don't have money, and there aren't jobs," said Nolawit Girma, an Addis Ababa University student who was participating in May in a HIV prevention training offered by a local nongovernmental organization. There are other troubling trends among Girma's peers: Condoms are rarely used; sexuality is not discussed at home; and students lack basic information about HIV.
In recent years, religious leaders, especially the Orthodox patriarch, have used their influence to raise awareness about HIV and motivate their followers to fight discrimination and stigma. But those doing prevention work in Ethiopia say a lot remains to be done, especially in the rural areas where traditional practices, such as early marriage and female circumcision, add yet another level of HIV risk.
International organizations trying to slow the spread of the epidemic in Ethiopia say they need better behavioral and biological data to support their work, and donors are sometimes reluctant to invest money in research studies. Beverly Stauffer, an HIV consultant in Ethiopia, said these studies can help them better understand populations: "their knowledge; beliefs; attitudes; practices; culture; religious, structural and social factors that may present barriers to change as well as indicate strengths to build on."
Ethiopian government response
The Ethiopian government has been credited by the World Health Organization with demonstrating a "very high level" of political commitment to combat the epidemic since its beginnings. A national task force on HIV was created in 1985, but a new national HIV policy and a comprehensive strategic plan of action were not developed until more than a decade later.
Since 2000, the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office has facilitated the implementation of programs funded by the World Bank and the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and is now working closely with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
In a recent report, the Ethiopian government said its response to the epidemic has prioritized access to counseling and testing, prevention of HIV transmission from pregnant women to their babies and condom promotion, among other strategies. These efforts, the government said, have resulted in increased HIV awareness and condom use. It then added: "However, compared with the magnitude of the problem the results achieved so far are extremely modest and the national response and intervention are still far from adequate."
U.S. government response
Since its arrival in 2004, PEPFAR has started the first-ever free antiretroviral therapy in the country. It has also partnered with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Muslim Development Agency on large abstinence and fidelity programs and supported caring and income-generation activities for people infected with HIV. The money the U.S. government has invested in Ethiopia through PEPFAR has tripled since 2004, reaching $115 million in 2006.
In fiscal 2005, the country received $18.8 million for prevention activities, or 25.9 percent of the country's total PEFPAR funding for prevention, care and treatment. Another $14.8 million — or 20.3 percent — went to care, while treatment activities were allocated $39 million — or 53.8 percent.
The treatment program consumes the most funds. By the end of 2006, PEPFAR's goal is to support antiretroviral therapy to 60,000 patients in 89 hospitals and 267 health centers in cooperation with the Global Fund. So far, 47,000 people are receiving treatment, according to Management Sciences for Health, a U.S. nonprofit group funded by PEPFAR to ensure that antiretroviral drugs are delivered and managed properly.
Prevention efforts include mother-to-child-transmission programs as well as blood and injection safety programs. Abstinence from sexual relationships is the main PEPFAR message for Ethiopian youth, but U.S. government officials say they complement that training with condom information when youth are sexually active. In 2006, PEPFAR planned to reach 3.7 million youth with abstinence-only education and 13 million people with abstinence and fidelity programs.
The main group doing social marketing of condoms in Ethiopia, DKT International, said condom supply by the U.S. government has not decreased in the past few years; in 2005, it shipped about 60 million condoms.
PEPFAR, however, has placed restrictions around the promotion of condoms. For example, funds cannot be used for media campaigns that target young people and encourage condom use as the primary way to prevent HIV. Andrew Piller, DKT Ethiopia director, said the British, Irish and Dutch governments have stepped up to provide social marketing support. The European donors "made it clear that they were ready to fill the gap if necessary," Piller said.
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text: OLDSMAR, Fla. - Trainer Benny R. Feliciano was granted just five stalls for the Tampa Bay Downs meeting but he has made the most of his opportunities. When Feliciano, a former jockey, sent out Richie London to win the fourth race on Friday, it gave him seven winners from just 18 starts for a winning percentage of 38.\nFeliciano was quick to give his son, the jockey Ricardo Feliciano, a lot of the credit. Ricardo rides most of his dad's horses.\n"Ricardo and myself get on all our stock in the morning," Feliciano said. "He is good at pointing out the little things that we might have to work on with a given horse to make them better. I'm very proud of him, of the way he has developed into a good, solid rider, and I feel very confident in him on our horses.\nFeliciano, 58, began training in 1999, and he has maintained a small but very successful operation. He has won at a rate of over 20 percent in five of the past six years - winning at a 34 percent clip in 2006 and 32opercent in 2005 - and looks headed to another 20 percent-plus year. He had his best year from a money perspective last year, with stable earnings of $208,916.\nAs to his stable here, Feliciano said, "We don't have any superstars, but we're having a good meeting and hopefully will go back to Mountaineer this summer."\nTimes haven't always been so good for Feliciano.\nBack in the early '70s, Feliciano was at the top of his game as a jockey. A perennial power at Thistledown, Feliciano also rode with success around the Midwest, including the Chicago tracks.\nThen one day in Chicago, the authorities searched a vehicle that Feliciano had driven to the track and found a prohibited electrical device. While the rider professed his innocence, he was suspended indefinitely from the racetrack. Feliciano stayed in racing by moving to Ocala and galloping and breaking horses on farms, and making some modest purchases with an eye to pinhooking them. For more than a decade he fought for reinstatement and was finally given permission to return to the track as an exercise rider, and was given back his jockey license in the early '90s. After riding with limited success for several years, Feliciano moved to the training side of the business.\n"While I missed being at the track during those bad years, I also learned a lot about horsemanship and about working with horses from the ground up," he said. "It was a valuable experience, even if the times were tough."\n* Mike Straight, a graduate of Chris McCarron's North American Racing Academy, won on the first mount of his career Friday, piloting Ready Ruler ($54.80) to a 1 1/4-length victory in the sixth race. Ready Ruler and Proud Aly ($33), winner of the fifth race, combined for a track-record daily double payoff of $6,638.60.


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Episode #56: An Incredible Philadelphia Entrepreneur: Buck Buckley
I am super excited to share my podcast with Buck Buckley, an incredible and powerful Philadelphia entrepreneur! Buck grew up in Bethlehem, PA and went to Episcopal Academy for high school and UNC for college. He now resides right outside Philadelphia with his wife, Susan, and two children.
Buck began his career as a loan officer and then joined Safeguard Scientifics at age 27 where he started from the bottom and quickly climbed the ladder to Vice President of Acquisitions. For anyone not familiar with Safeguard Scientifics, it was founded by legendary Pete Musser. It was a venture capital firm and they were the first to invest in companies such as Comcast and QVC. Pete is often credited with creating the venture capital community in Philadelphia and so many of its successful entrepreneurs.
In the 1990s, Buck spent a significant amount of his time at Safeguard on the west coast and became familiar with "the internet." At that time, no one quite knew what the internet had the capacity to do to our world but Buck had an inkling it was going to be huge. As a result, in 1996 he decided to launch his own venture capital firm: Internet Capital Group with Ken Fox. In August 1999, the company went public and was trading at $12 per share. By December 1999, the company was trading at over $200 a share which is equivalent to $50 billion and Buck was considered one of the most influential leaders in the early internet age. Then in 2001, the dot-com crash happened and the stock plummeted to $12 a share. Everyone told Buck to file for bankruptcy but he didn't give up.
Instead, he pivoted his business model and had an incredible comeback. He transitioned the company to Actua Corporation and instead of investing in multiple companies, they only invested in a few core companies. In 2017, the company sold its 3 majority-owned businesses and doubled its investors' shares. Today, he is now building his new company called Seminal Capital. Please enjoy!
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- "The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO" by Bob Iger


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I know I've alluded to it before, but I write songs because I can't not write songs. I don't have a defined genre – and nor do I want one. I write what I feel, when I feel it. If you like what I was feeling when I wrote the song above – it's called This is for You and it's from my 2nd album LEVEL which, like all my music, can be downloaded via Spotify, Apple Music, etc..
And be it a gently tapping foot or thoughts of a loved one . . . the slightest shiver across the skin or a beaming smile . . . watery eyes or a need to dance, I hope that through my song-writing I can create in the listener a response to this thing that I can't stop doing. I've never seen myself as an artist but I guess that is what I have become, and my challenge is to become better at my craft. After all – if I cant stop doing it, the least I can do is try to be good at it.
Have a look around the site and I hope you like what you stumble across.
And I thank you all – as ever, for taking the trouble to engage.
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News of 21st November 2008
Nicolas Prost fastest rookie in Malaysia!
A1 Team France started the A1GP Sepang weekend well by topping the rookie session in Malaysia. Nicolas Prost, who made his race debut for the team earlier this month in Chengdu, set the fastest lap right at the death of the session, with a time approaching half a second quicker than anyone else. Nico will now hand the car over to lead driver Loďc Duval, who will be in the car for the rest of the weekend.
"We were quick all session, so it was a very positive morning," Nicolas Prost said. "I worked a lot learning the track on the PlayStation before I came here, but I wasn't ready for the temperature which will make the race very tough. I hope Loďc will like the car."
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Friday, December 23rd, 2016
The Layer between Worlds
On the clearest of days, when the winds of the Aetherium were calm and peaceful, and the layers between worlds wore thin, the citizens of Galavar could sometimes glimpse the trees beneath the ground through the fragmenting earthsky.
Those were days to tread carefully, though – one ill-considered step and away they would float, to resurface miles, days, and sometimes lives away, naked, cold and shivering, hearts filled with wild and improbable tales, and eyes full of a terrible, haunting wonder.
Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Had to go to the office today, to sign a piece of paper that needs to be in by Monday earliest, and on the way there I spotted parhelia and the barest discernible hint of the 22° halo [Parhelion, sing.; pl. parhelia. German: Nebensonne(n); English: sundog(s)].
I only had my mobile phone with me, it being a work and shopping excursion that required me to bring the put-stuff-into backpack rather than the full-of-camera backback, but I did manage to capture the above photo of them.
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To generate step change in the capacity and productivity of sorghum breeding programs in sub-Saharan Africa and to provide a strategic platform (germplasm, tools and information) to underpin genetic gain for productivity in environments that are water limited.
Water limitation causes significant crop losses and food insecurity in major dry land sorghum growing regions, such as those in Ethiopia. There are considerable opportunities to make more effective use of available water in these environments by improved tailoring of genetic and management options. Unfortunately the capacity of Ethiopian plant breeding and agronomy programs limits their ability to exploit these opportunities. In addition, although considerable variation exists for key traits associated with water extraction and transpiration efficiency, little is known about their genetic control or efficient means to select for them in Australia and Ethiopia.
The project aims to improve sorghum productivity in drought prone areas of Ethiopia and Australia by
To achieve these goals, the program has established strong linkages with key institutions in Ethiopia to build and sustain a country-led program for sorghum improvement. Achieving productivity gains requires appropriately focused long term investment in well equipped (training and tools) and staffed crop improvement programs targeting specific environments. The project will enhance the efficiency and capacity of local programs by providing necessary equipment and mentoring via "training by doing". The ability to integrate new technologies in molecular genetics, breeding, crop physiology, modelling and agronomy in local programs is vital to the long term prospects and enduring outcomes we seek in this project. This will require development of human and institutional capacity. We will apply and adapt the newly developed capacities in an action-learning crop improvement activity that will target the identification and development of superior genotype and management packages for the target regions. We will contribute to knowledge generation by developing a deeper understanding of the physiology and genetics of traits that determine drought tolerance in sorghum with the view to rapidly using this knowledge in applied crop improvement programs.


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You know how there are some thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that you just can't seem to shift no matter how...
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Following the English reformation the allegiance of the Manx church to Rome was broken and Catholic practices forbidden. The running trade however brought trading links with Ireland, France and other Catholic countries thus providing a nucleus for a small Catholic community. Waldron notes, with some disquiet, that in the early 18th century Catholic children were admitted to school and their religion apparently tolerated. A small burying plot was established on Langness near the chapel of St. Michael , it would also appear another was later established within the grounds of the ruined cathedral on St Patrick's Isle. With the revestment most of these links were broken and church numbers declined - as noted in Wesley's famous comment (from his Journal) A more loving, simple-hearted people than this I never saw - and no wonder; for they have but six papists and no dissenters on the Island.
At its most anti-Roman Catholic period the English penal code stipulated perpetual imprisonment for saying Mass, declared Catholics incapable of purchasing or inheriting land and made the possession of a horse worth more than £5 a criminal offence. The Island did not follow these practices - until quite late in Elizabeth's reign the Earls of Derby were Catholic and did little to spread the reformation to the Island where it progressed relatively slowly. As noted by Sir James Gell [Manx Soc vol xxxi] "At the same time, it is presumed the Reformation was brought about in the island by means of the recognition of some of the Acts [of Westminster]; for there are no Acts of the Insular Legislature bearing upon the Reformation."Though the Island displayed considerable religious toleration (however around the 1660s a small group of Maughold Quakers was persecuted) and had none of the penal laws re Catholics that so disfigured the English Statute book, they were of course required to obey the ecclesiastical laws re attendance at church, places of marriage and burial etc.(several Catholic priests were briefly imprisoned in 18th C for illegally celebrating marriage), another was presented in 1759 for attending a non-catholic.
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The first priest to reside in Douglas was Father Miles McPharlan - as Rev Demsey says his story is not without interest and is also linked to the Dublin rising. Lieutenant Major Taubman (of the Nunnery family) and a contingent from the Manx Fencibles were sent to Dublin where Major Taubman was billeted in Fr McPharlan's rooms (though Peter Kelly in his History of St Mary's treats this as something of a myth). When Fr McPharlan fled to the Island around 1804, to escape debts incurred in setting up a brick factory for his Irish parish, he made contact with Major Taubman who gave a site, within a disused quarry on the Douglas-Castletown road, for a chapel [see Castletown Deed Hillary term 1821 #31 dated 29 Nov 1813] By 1814 the small chapel of St. Bridget was built [see CTD Hil 1821 30 dated Dec 1814 which states chapel built] though Fr McPharlan left for France to better escape his creditors.
The Irish Jesuit College, which had provided some earlier priests on a temporary basis, agreed to provide a resident priest in 1823 - this was Father Gahan, who also opened St. Mary's in Castletown. Along with Fr Gahan came John Kelly who taught at a school, St. Mary's, established in Douglas in 1824 which attracted both Protestants as well as Catholics becoming well known for many years for the breadth of its curriculum. Fr Gahan's generous Irish friends allowed the purchase of an old theatre at the corner of Athol Street and Prospect Hill which was adapted for use as Chapel and school in 1836. An additional footnote added to the second, 1841, edition of Quiggin's Guide noting this move stated that we are not aware of a single conversion of a native to Popery, having occurred on the Island. However Fr Gahan died in 1837 before the Church was fully ready, his memorial can be seen in the grounds of St. Mary's - he was accorded a full and generous tribute in the Mona's Herald - a letter to the Manx Liberal (dated 6 Oct 1837) however states that Fr Gahan's memorial in Krk Braddan had been repeated descecrated, mainly by chalked messages but also by scratching the stone.
On 29th July 1837 the Manx Liberal reported that
On Wednesday last, arrived from Liverpool, his Lordship the R. Rev. Doctor Brigs, R. C. Bishop of the northern district of England, accompanied by the Very Rev. Doctor Ewins, of Liverpool; and on the following day administered the sacrament of confirmation in the Church of St Francis Xavier, in Athol Street, the Rev. Messrs. Aylmer and M'Grath attending, where upwards of 110 children and adults were confirmed.
The Irish famines of the 1840s further increased the Catholic population who towards the end of the century were swelled in the summer months by the every increasing tourists mainly from the North of England.
Post reformation the parishes became linked with Ireland, however since the 1850s, with the restoration of the English Hierarchy, the Island parishes were attached to the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
In 1836 there were sufficient Catholics in Douglas to buy a theatre, St. George's Hall, in Athol Street and convert it into a church dedicated to St. Francis Xavier. According to the returns in the 1851 religious census it had space for some 300 seated and 226 standing. On that Sunday, apparently a wet and windy day there were two services - the first had 100 + 340 children; the second 240. Average numbers were claimed to be 476, 700 and 120 at an evening service - evidence enough that a new church was required This building was later, 1880s, used by the Methodist New Connexion before they moved to Derby Road!
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It was the indefatigable Father McGrath who sought out a better site. The present church, whose foundation stone was laid in 1857, opened on the 4th August 1859 with great ceremony which caused not a little adverse comment from certain elements in the Methodist community.
High Altar pre WW1
Built to the design of Henry Clutton in French Gothic early 13th Century style. Interior decoration includes work by Peter Paul Pugin and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
The parish school opened in 1861.
Peter Kelly The History of St. Mary of the Isle
1984 (which also gives an excellent history of the re-establishment of a significant Catholic Community on the Island.
Thwaite's guide of 1863 gives a very full description of the church
1909 Jubilee described in Manx Quarterly
Built on Onchan head overlooking Douglas Bay. Opened in 1923 using one of the large wooden huts originally used as
a recreation hut at the Knockaloe Internment Camp.
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In 1936 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed the bleached oak benches together with a high altar and pieta destined for a new permanent church. By the 1980s this hut, now nearly 70 years old was dilapidated and in need of replacement. A local millionaire businessman, Mr Albert Gubay, came forward and offered to pay for a replacement church; he also suggested that a focal point of the new church could be a window illustrating Christ walking on Douglas Bay. The church was designed by Clayton/Massey with Mr John Cryer, local architect, responsible for the interior with the window by Chris Spittall as focal point. Post Vatican-2 changes in the liturgy meant that the Giles Scott altar remained unused.
G.N. Kniveton The Onchan Story 1992 p33.
Open 1939 to cater for the newly created housing estate for the rehoused slum dwellers of Douglas. Fine spacious, renaissance style church built to the design of Anthony Ellis
Now demolished after closure in July 2001 - the church was reported as needing £250,000 spent on repairs and as Pulrose estate was also demolished prior to rebuilding, the Archdiocese of Liverpool's review of church buildings indicated that rationalisation was called for - some of the internal fittings were re-used at St patrick's Peel.
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Another housing estate church built 1954 to the design of S.F. O'Hanlon of Douglas
In 1863, following a few years of using a meeting room above a tallower's, a disused warehouse was converted into
a small chapel. Following a major effort of fundraising by Father Barton who
died before the church could be started, a new church to the design of the young Giles Gilbert Scott was begun in
1909 and completed a year later at a cost of £3,000. The much admired design is typical of Scott and falls squarely
within Catholic church tradition.
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The plain interior focuses attention on the high altar with its beautiful coloured and gilded triptych
G.L.Lynch The Land is Bright Liverpool: Universe
Publications 1988
Dean Gillow Our Lady of the Sea and St Maughold, reprint 1910
The church, built at an estimated cost of £300, was opened in 1865. However there were too few Catholics in Peel to support their own priest and thus St. Patrick's operated as a chapel-of-ease to Douglas until 1930.
The land was bought at auction by Michael Smythe as anti-Catholic feeling in Peel would have made direct purchase almost impossible
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Established 1826 due to the efforts of Fr Gahan; built, with money collected from appeals in Ireland, to, it would
appear, a design by Thomas Brine.
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see under Parish Register Transcriptions
Much of this page has been abstracted from Fr Demsey's excellent, and very readable, history.
William S Demsey,. History of the Catholic Church in the Isle of Man Wigan: Birchly Hall Press 1958
P. Kelly The History of St Mary of the Isle 1984
(gives an excellent history of the re-establishment of a significant Catholic Community on the Island)
Rev Dean Walsh Ireland and the Isle of Man 1903
A. W. Moore Diocesan Histories: Sodor and Man SPCK 1894
J. Roscow Eighteenth Century Nonconformists in the Records of the Manx Museum
Proc IoM Nat History and Antiquarian Soc IX #4 pp 473-490 1990
Dominic Dowling Fr. Mathew Gahan SJ, 1782-1837 Catholic Life pp18/9 Sept 2007
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Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents.
The court said the law is constitutional because it was meant to reduce confusion in families and society. But it acknowledged that it restricts freedom and could become out of step with changing social values.
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There is a growing awareness of sexual diversity in Japan, but it is often superficial and generally limited to the entertainment industry. In a country where pressure for conformity is strong, many LGBTQ people hide their sexuality even from their families because of a fear of prejudice at home, school or work.
Japan does not legally recognize same-sex marriages. As LGBTQ rights awareness has gradually grown in recent years, some municipalities have begun issuing partnership certificates to ease problems in renting apartments and other areas, but they are not legally binding.
Lawmakers in the conservative ruling party have repeatedly come under fire for making discriminatory remarks about LGBTQ people. Earlier this year, Katsuei Hirasawa, a veteran lawmaker, was widely criticized for saying that "a nation would collapse" if everyone became LGBTQ. Last year, another ruling party lawmaker, Mio Sugita, was condemned after saying in a magazine that the government shouldn't use tax money for LGBTQ rights because same-sex couples aren't "productive."


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The long light and breezy kaftan in Ikat weaved fabric. Ikat is an intricate form of textile which is produced using a method that consists of yarns that are resist-dyed, twirled, and then woven to create a shaded pattern effect.
Skillfully handwoven ikat cotton. Hand wash or dry clean.
Made in India
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Sporte Leisure Polo Shirts for your logo. A sophisticated look that balances style, fashion andcomfort for your corporate or sports team.AERO polo's
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OS-365A Outdoor siren
The OS-365A is equipped with a magneto-dynamic horn siren mainly suitable for family houses or for buildings with more space around them. Two tamper switches are built into the unit. They react to removing the cover from the unit or removing the siren from the wall. The siren's housing is made of mechanical-, weather- and UV-resistant plastic. The circuit board is protected against air humidity by a double layer of varnish.
Caractéristiques techniques
|Power supply
|10 to 17 V DC
|Current Consumption
|< 50 mA / 12 V
|Backup battery
|NiCd pack 4.8 V / 1800 mAh
Lifetime approx. 3 years
|Electro-acoustic siren sound level
|110 dB /1 m
|Siren timer
|5 minutes
|Flasher timer
|30 minutes
|Resistance of the tamper loop in stand-by
|Security grade 2 (without internal cover)
|Environmental class IV
|-25 to +60°C
|230 x 158 x 75 mm
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OS-350 Siren
The OS-350 is an outdoor non-backup siren combining a loud acoustic siren with a flashing light. The flashing light helps to locate the active siren. Optional piezo-electric siren (ACM-OS360).
Produits associés
BAT-4V8 Rechargable back-up battery pack
NiCd rechargeable battery 4.8 V / 1800 mAh for OS-360/365 sirens


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datasetposted on 2019-08-04, 08:59 authored by Philippe ChouinardPhilippe Chouinard, Cody Freeman, Elizabeth Saccone
The size-weight illusion (SWI) pertains to the experience of perceiving the smaller of two equally weighted objects as heavier. Competing theories to explain the illusion can be generally grouped into cognitive and sensory theories, which place more importance on top-down processing of cognitive expectations and bottom-up processing of sensory information about the size and weight of objects, respectively. The current study examined the relative contribution of these two general explanations. This was done by varying the amounts of cognitive load in a dual-task and the quality of somatosensory feedback by wearing or not wearing gloves.


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|This lamp was prepared by Thorn Lighting in the early 1980s to illustrate the internal construction of the mercury fluorescent lamp. Ordinarily the outer bulb is completely covered with the opaque layer of europium activated yttrium vanadate, making it impossible to see inside.
This was one of the first Thorn lamps produced with the so-called integral frame assembly, copied from Philips products which were the first to use this method of construction. Previously, the arc tube had been welded into a metal support frame, which was mechanically clamped to the glass flare tube in the lamp neck. The process was labour intensive and required many components in its assembly. The Philips mounting method simply employs thicker wires emanating from the stem itself. The arc tube is spot-welded directly to these wires, thus eliminating the frame assembly.
Another feature of Thorn mercury lamps is their braided cathode construction. Mercury electrodes usually consist of a simple backwound coil of solid tungsten over a tungsten mandrel. Occasionally another coiled wire may be employed for the secondary coils. In the Thorn design, a hollow tube of eight finely braided tungsten wires was employed for the secondary electrode winding. This electrode holds a greater weight of emitter and guarantees enhanced lamp life.
Not so noticeable here is another advanced assembly method. Making one of the first uses of lasers in lamp assembly, the electrodes here have been welded to the molybdenum foils using a Neodymium:YAG laser beam, which provided much more reliable results than spot-welding methods.


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Top image: Borla positioned their exhaust sound simulator in the most noticeable location within their SEMA display to entice enthusiasts and encourage them to hear and feel how different exhaust notes change the character of the car.
David Borla VP, Sales & Marketing Borla Performance Industries
The sounds our exhaust systems deliver are truly distinct. It's what matters most to the people who buy our products, and it's among the benefits we are known for. However, it has always been a challenge to demonstrate to our customers how the sound we create is critical to the relationship between a car and its driver. But now, thanks to a collaborative development project with Brüel & Kjær, an exciting solution has been found in the Borla Driving Simulator that was a big hit at the 2014 SEMA Show.
It's not just sound – it's connection
Our customers are primarily automotive enthusiasts and competitive racers. Their needs are diverse, but at the end of the day, one thing they all want from their exhaust system is the right sound. Much like with music, however, the precise qualities this sound must have are very subjective and have a huge effect on the individual's driving experience.
For example, with competitive racing, timing the perfect shift can depend greatly on hearing the engine's pitch, and that shift could be the deciding factor separating first from second place. For everyday road drivers, the sound their car makes can greatly influence how they drive, how much they enjoy the ride and, of course, how they themselves are perceived.
Modelling "the Sound of Borla"LEARN MORE
Getting this just right is something Borla has been refining into an art for over three decades. In fact, people today even refer to 'the Sound of Borla' as the benchmark of exhaust note quality. Our new relationship with Brüel & Kjær has resulted in even more sophisticated modelling technologies, enabling us to streamline our development process.
We are also using new measurement and analysis techniques to bring a higher level of precision to what we do by going deeper into the mathematics and theory behind it. In short, Brüel & Kjær is helping us utilize advanced technology to understand what we do to a greater degree than ever before.
A virtual sound experience
One particular Brüel & Kjær product caught our attention: an NVH Simulator that replicates the sound of a car's exhaust to an extraordinary degree, taking into account a wide variety of factors such as accelerator pedal position, gear shifts or even driving uphill. As the simulator was designed for engineering purposes, our initial interest in it was purely as a developmental tool; however, we quickly realized its potential for the upcoming SEMA trade show.
SEMA, held in Las Vegas, is the world's premier trade event for automotive speciality products. Competition is fierce, so a simulator seemed the perfect way to drive brand awareness and have people experience the real life unique sound of our exhaust systems. At this trade show, vehicles are not allowed to be run, so supplying a virtual driving experience with actual pulse-quickening connection between engine and ear was both unique and powerful.
Reinventing the wheel
The first step was to feed the simulator with the right data to reproduce the correct Borla exhaust sounds. Brüel & Kjær travelled to our facility in California to make the necessary recordings and measurements of the chosen model car, a 5-litre Mustang, with the stock exhaust system as well as three different Borla exhaust options. This data was then adapted, analysed and integrated to create a unique and incredibly realistic Borla Driving Simulator.
Once completed, we added the final touches – a large screen, an adjustable racing seat, touchscreen control panel, steering wheel, foot pedals and speakers – to make it comfortable and appealing as well as compact and durable enough to be transported.
Making noise at SEMA – and beyond
More than 60,000 people attended SEMA, including many from OEMs, suppliers and race teams. The simulator worked perfectly and was one of the event's most popular attractions. Interestingly, people initially thought that it was simply a racing video game; but when they understood its intent – a unique way to experience first hand the different Borla exhaust sound options and how they affect both driving style and enjoyment – they absolutely loved it.
Borla had been looking for a way to more directly engage customers at the SEMA Show and the simulator proved itself to be the perfect sales tool. Not only did it fire up everyone who experienced it and leave them with a great impression of the Borla brand, but it also has breathed new life into how we approach our development and marketing activities.
These are very exciting times for Borla, and we look forward to finding out just how far down the road our relationship with Brüel & Kjær will take us.
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DB2 Pro
Battery-powered Video Doorbell Kit
Two Doorbell Colour Options
Wire-free and worry-free front door protection
It's the new go-to video doorbell for any apartment dweller or villa owner.The EZVIZ DB2 Pro features ultra-sharp 2K⁺ resolution, wide field-of-view, large battery capacity, and extremely easy installation. Users can enjoy an extra-layer of privacy protection using the voice changer feature,and set up no-filming privacy zones.
2K⁺ Resolution
Smart Human Motion Detection
176° Ultra-Wide Field of View
5,200 mAh Rechargeable Lithium Battery
Wi-Fi Chime Included (Supports microSD card up to 256 GB¹)
Multiple Ringtones Available
No-Filming Privacy Zones
Voice Changer For Privacy Protection
IR Night Vision (Up to 5 m / 16 ft)
Anti-Tamper Alarm
Weatherproof Design
H.265 Video Technology
A doorbell that fits your home
The EZVIZ DB2 Pro doorbell is designed to fit any front door to keep it neat and tidy. You can choose between two color options. Apartment, condo or villa – the doorbell is ready for every home.
Space Grey
Classic White
Clear, vivid view with EZVIZ's first 2K⁺ video doorbell
Featuring the top resolution of its kind, the DB2 Pro renders crisp, clear video to capture every vivid detail of the visitors, and provides 5-meter infrared night vision for 24/7 protection.
DB2 Pro with a 2K⁺ camera
Prevailing 1080p cameras on the market
A well-thought-out solution in one kit
To make sure you hear the ring even from afar, EZVIZ pairs it with an indoor chime. What's better, the chime can help extend your Wi-Fi signal, and boost the network for the doorbell to ensure it get connected stably – which many wireless doorbells may struggle with.
Multiple Ringtones Available
Wi-Fi Connection Booster For The Doorbell
MicroSD Card Slot (up to 256 GB)
*The DB2 Pro can also be compatible with all 16/24V mechanical or electric chimes that you already have at home.
Set up in minutes, and use for about 4 months
If you are less than a stellar electrician, this wireless, wire-free and weatherproof DB2 Pro could be your best option – stick it anywhere and enjoy long-lasting performance.
Weatherproof Design
Up to 115-Day Battery Life²
Energy-Saving Mode
(5,200 mAh rechargeable battery)
See ultra-wide to get the whole picture
With a 176-degree viewing angle, you can easily see the postman from head to toe and know where he places your package. The doorbell also comes with several different mounting plates in the package, which can help adjust the angle of installation to optimize the doorbell's vision.
Adjust Coverage With Different Mounts
A smart doorkeeperto keep you in the know
With both human-shape and PIR detection capabilities,the device is smart enough to distinguish people from pets or objects. You can customize the alert trigger conditions³ to adjust its sensibility.
3 meters
4 meters
5 meters
Talk, before you get the door
Respond to friends or deliveries with only a simple tap. If you live alone and prefer to stay unidentified to a stranger, just use the voice changer for extra peace-of-mind.
Hi, you have a delivery.
Thank you, please leave that outside the door.
Easy to use but hard to tamper with
In case the doorbell is forcibly removed, a sharp alarm will sound and a mobile alert will be instantly sent to you. What's more, the DB2 Pro prohibits unauthorized use after theft, thanks to the account binding restriction.
Anti-Tamper Alarm
Unique Cloud Account Binding
Reduce video storage space and ease network loads
The doorbell features the advanced H.265 video compression technology, achieving same or better video quality while reducing required bandwidth and storage space⁴.
H.264 (Mainstream Video Compression)
Required Bandwidth
Required Bandwidth
Required Storage Space
Required Storage Space
H.265 (Upgraded Video Compression)
We do our best to protect data and privacy
We design the DB2 Pro to respect every private space,and to secure every byte of your data. You can setup no-filming privacy zones⁶ on EZVIZ App to make sure recording only happens when it's appropriateand allowed. Meanwhile, your recordings is fully encrypted from end to end to stay private and secure.
AES 128-bit encryption
TLS encryption protocol
Multi-step authentication
Privacy Zone
Safe, flexible storage options
You can insert a microSD card onto the indoor chime to save your recordings locally, without worrying about any data loss even if the doorbell is damaged or lost. You can also subscribe to EZVIZ CloudPlay for unlimited storage space and an additional layer of data protection.
Supports MicroSD Cards¹
Supports EZVIZ CloudPlay Storage⁵
Security at your fingertips.
With the EZVIZ App, you can capture, save, protect, and share what's valuable to you.
Live View
Two-Way Talk
Instant Alerts
Video History
Up to 8x Zoom
Smart Home Enabled
EZVIZ app interface images are for illustrative purposes only.
1 A local storage card must be purchased separately.
2 Data from EZVIZ's lab results, based on the usage of 5 minutes per day under standard conditions.
3 The suggested PIR detection distance comes from EZVIZ Lab's test results. May vary based on different environmental factors.
4 Data from EZVIZ Lab's test results under standard conditions. The video compression efficiency will vary with the frequency and complexityof the activity captured, as well as other environmental factors.
5 The cloud storage service is only available in certain markets. Please verify the availability before making a purchase.
6 Users can draw in rectangles to customize up to 4 privacy zones.
|Camera Parameters
|Image Sensor
|1/2.7" Progressive Scan CMOS (Supports low light sensitivity)
|2.0 mm @ F2.0, view angle: 176° (Diagonal)
|Day & Night
|IR-cut filter with auto-switching
|Video Parameters
|Max. Resolution
|2544 × 1888
|Video Compression
|Frame Rate
|Max: 15fps; Self-Adaptive during network transmission
|PIR Sensor
|Sensing Angle
|Sending Distance
|Max. 5 m (16.4 ft)
|User adjustable (High, Medium and Low Sensitivity)
|Audio Input
|Built-in high-sensitivity microphone
|Audio Output
|Built-in high-power speaker
|Reset button
|Network Parameters
|Intelligent Alarm
|PIR + human shape smart motion detection
|Tamper Alarm
|Sound and light anti-dismantling alarm (supports sending alerts to the smartphone)
|Video Intercom
|Long-distance video two way talk
|EZVIZ Cloud Proprietary Protocol
|Interface Protocol
|EZVIZ Cloud Proprietary Protocol
|Wi-Fi Parameters
|Wi-Fi Standard
|IEEE802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
|Frequency Range
|2.4 GHz ~ 2.4835 GHz
|Channel Bandwidth
|Supports 20 MHz
|64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
|Transmission Rate
|11b: 11Mbps, 11g :54Mbps, 11n :150Mbps
|Operating Conditions
|-20°C to 50°C (-4°F to 122°F), Humidity 95% or less (non-condensing)
|Ingress Protection Grade
|241.35 g (8.5 oz)
|150 × 58 × 32 mm (5.91 × 2.28 × 1.24 inch)
|Battery Capacity
|5200mAh rechargeable lithium battery
|Power Supply
|Power Consumption
|Max. 2W
|100 × 55 × 35 mm (3.94 × 2.17 × 1.38 inch)
|Power Supply
|Wi-Fi Standard
|IEEE802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
|Audio Output
|72 dB within 1 meter
|Supports microSD card up to 256 GB
|120 g (4.2 oz)
|In the box
|In the box
|- DB2 Pro Video Doorbell
|- Chime
|- Mounting Plates
|- Inclined Mounting Plates (2)
|- Screwdriver and Screw Kits (2)
|- Foam Sticker
|- Plate Foam
|- Drill Template
|- Pin
|-U-shaped Wire and Wire Connectors (3)
|- Power Cable
|- Quick Start Guide
|- Installation Guide
|- Regulatory Information
|UL / CE / FCC / REACH / WEEE / RoHS
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Banisteriopsis Caapi Vine is the main ingredient in Ayahuasca (Yage, Yaje), a sacred brew known for millennia in order to enter the sacred supernatural divine world. Family: Malpighiaceae Genus: Banisteriopsis Species: caapi, inebriens The legendary "Vine of Souls" Banisteriopsis caapi Vine. This forest liana is the basis of an important native brew, ceremonially known in the the Amazon basin and by isolated tribes in Colombian and Ecuadorean Andes. According to tradition sections of Banisteriopsis Caapi vine are boiled with leaves from a number of potential admixture plants such as Psychotria viridis (Chacruna) or Diplopterys cabrerana (Chagropanga, Chaliponga) to make the Ayahuasca The Herb here is strictly offered as botanical specimen. Not for consumption. Consult the disclaimer before your order. WARNING B. Caapi contains MAO-inhibiting substances. This means it can be very dangerous when combined with certain foods or other psychoactives that are totally harmless when taken by themselves. VISIT EROWID FOR MORE INFO ON SAFETY DETAILS!
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Salutations Stats & Strategy Specialists
(Today's post is sponsored by the letter 'S')
A couple years ago, I wrote a post about KEM farming (which can be found here) and how it yields donuts. Since that time, many of you like myself have gone on to grow your KEM farms to over 100 KEMs, earning over 100 donuts every 4 hours, as you have raised your XP bonus percentage into the thousands.
At this point, some of you may wonder is it worth always going for 3 donuts when you fill an XP bar? Or are you better spending that money on additional KEMs?
Let's take a look and see…


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DOUBLEPLAY began as a collaborative film by Gil De Ray and Kirsty Allison, shot in New Orleans, where Kirsty chalked up a graffiti poem around Crescent Park which she then recited, and Gil created music as an accompaniment. It creates an echo to the track to his first half of the film, some of which was shot in the UK's Hellfire Caves.
They perform their new project: KIRSTY ALLISON + THE CHILDREN OF THE BURNING SUN live on August 18th at the Liminality 3 exhibition celebrating cross-disciplinary works in visual-sound performance, at Sean McLusky and co's Gallery 46 in Whitechapel. It was a direct result of this first collaboration.
DOUBLEPLAY premiered in New York at the Secrets 2018 film festival featuring Douglas Hart (Jesus and Mary Chain), and Bad Seed, Jim Sclavunos. Kirsty's multi-medium artworks generally use text (London's Tate galleries, Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Sao Paulo). Kirsty's explorations into lyricism and poetry began at her Sylvia Plath Fan Club nights in London, and in her "dangerous", confronting and visceral performance, in the lineage of punk poetry, with comparisons to Jock Scot and Jeremy Reed. Murray Lachlan Young describes her as "sexy and talented". Musically she began exploring beats and rhymes in a nouvelle jazz project with Adam Ant and Bow Wow Wow drummer, Dave Barbarossa; in hip-hop with Madison Washington; MCing with Youth, and The Egg; and DJing with Irvine Welsh and Kris Needs. An active supporter and promoter of music, she is arts editor of DJ Mag, and runs COLD LIPS ("artistic and fabulous" Dr John Cooper Clarke, "proving literary folk are the coolest folk" Time Out). Previously published by Vogue, The Guardian, Dazed, Ambit, 3:AM, and various zines and anthologies. she has made clothes for Boy George, wrote Making Something Out Of Nothing, which explored regeneration and arts for Red Gallery, and Unedited, a hand-stitched poetry collection. Her debut novel, VAGRANT LOVERS will be published by Wrecking Ball Press in 2019.
Gil's made many music videos, toured the world doing projections, and films have been selected at Raindance. Gil also works across mediums – associate editor on COLD LIPS, as well as making films (usually to accompany his and cohort's music), he writes, draws and paints. Music projects include VOODOOTRON, his new collab with Helsinki-based Parisian, Benjamin Floor Trauma; and DREAM PIRATE, the forthcoming collab with fellow Vagrant Lover, WELFARE. He headlines the Waiting Room in London on 23rd August. @gil_de_ray
Kind things people have said about Kirsty Allison @kirstyallison_
"celebrating the cerebral and the carnival" Sunday Times Style
"Kirsty Allison is the most rock n roll poet living in London" Kelli Ali
"She's a modern Patti Smith" Johny Brown, Band of Holy Joy
"If you want to see what's coming up on the cutting edge of the zeitgeist" Hardeep Singh Kohli
"Wordsmith wizardry" Adam J. Harmer, Fat White Family


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Biomed engineers and clinical neurologists at the University of Munich Hospital are working on commercialization of a head mounted camera designed to store and transmit the exclusive point of view of its wearer's eyes. The EyeSeeCam moves along with the pupils of the user, and as such allows "for the first time, to literally see the world through somebody else's eyes." The device will be presented at the upcoming MMVR 17 NextMed conference (Jan 19-22, in Long Beach, CA).
The possibilities for the camera are endless. Here's what its designers think it could be used for:
Health Care and Industry: Documentation, e.g., of Surgery; Teaching and Education;
Quality Assurance
Neurology, ENT: Diagnosis of eye movement disorders; Diagnosis of vestibular disorders and vertigo
Movie and Video Making: Documentary and fictional movies; News and Videoart
Security: Quality assurance of special forces training; Documentation by a "third eye"
Sports: Sportsnews; Movie from the Athlete's perspective
(Neuro-) Marketing:Shopping behavior; Advertisement perception; Ergonomy
Research: Studies on attention; "Body language" during conversation
Consumer Applications: Sightseeing; Events
Project page…
Project brochure…
Abstract: Salient features in gaze-aligned recordings of human visual input during free exploration of natural environments
(hat tip: ScienceRoll)


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Is it even possible to deep fry soup? Apparently, and that can only be a good thing. Rocket News 24 reports that KFC outlets in Japan sell deep fried versions of corn potage:
One of the current darlings of the Japanese palate is the creamy soup corn potage. A common fixture in Japanese cafes, its popularity exploded when popular popsicle brand Gari Gari-kun expanded its lineup to include a corn potage flavor, which went on to become such a huge hit stores couldn't keep it in stock.
But while Gari Gari-kun's parent company hit upon the idea of freezing the soup, KFC Japan has chosen to run in completely the opposite direction, and will be releasing a deep-fried corn potage fritter next month.


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This film defies classification : even though there is an underlying story line,
the film is first and foremost an invitation to the contemplation of nature's beauty.
Narration would distract the audience from the visuals, in consequence only
music accompanies the footage. Words mostly fail to explain the film (though
professional writers succeeded in these
press reviews),
hence I wanted the two trailers presented on this site to be a true representation
of what the entire film experience is about.
A goal of this film is to bring astronomy to the public and this DVD is an effective way
to achieve this through some educational oriented special features which do engage audiences
at home and in the classroom.
I want to thank the following people as the film would not be without their key contribution :
Marty O'Donnell, a truly gifted music composer and audio director at Bungie Studios ;
the ever effective staff of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope ;
Sidik Isani, the software wizard who always managed to deliver what I dreamed up ;
the passionate Roberta Zabotti and Giovanni Anselmi from Edizioni Scientifiche Coelum ;
Microsoft Game Studios for being supportive to this special project.