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Here is the foreword to my book about Bethuel Gifford's and Thomas Chatfield's adventures. A download link for a PDF version of the first chapter — the wreck of the whaling ship Phoenix is at the bottom of this post. Enjoy. Comments and criticism most appreciated.
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
They were the sort of men who clubbed baby seals, tattooed their faces during drunken benders, spread syphilis throughout Polynesia, and carved pornography into the teeth of dead sperm whales. They were fugitive alcoholics shaking in their bunks with delirium tremens, greenhorn farm boys keen for an adventure, negroes and Wampanoags and descendants of Hessian mercenaries stranded by the defeated British Army. They were controlled by acerbic mates from bleak Cape Cod villages who kept to themselves, mostly brothers and cousins, nephews and uncles, and were fast with their fists to keep the scum from rising up from the mephitic stench of the forecastle to mutiny on the high seas.
The first thing that happened to them when the pilot was sent ashore and the ship cleared Gay Head was the collection of their knives so the captain could snap off their points in a seam of the deck, blunting them to reduce the number of stabbings. They were divided into watches and picked by the mates in a quick draft to sit in one of the five whaleboats. The Captain had one, the chief or first mate another, and so on down to the fourth mate. Each whaleboat carried six men. The mates and captain steered. The other five pulled an oar. The harpooner pulled the bow oar because he did his work from the prow of the light boat, bracing his knee in a semicircle cut into the thwart, reaching behind to his right to lift a harpoon from its split oak crutch.
Once a whale was struck, the harpooner and the mate swapped ends, rushing to pass the other and take their place while the whale ran, sounding deep and taking fathoms of line with it. Then the harpooner took the tiller and became the boatsteerer and the mate lifted a long lance and prepared to kill the leviathan by stabbing it in the heart and lungs until it expelled a geyser of dark red blood through its spout.
They were butchers who could cut up a whale and convert it into oil. They worked in gore, slipped on decks marinated in fat and blood, and lost their sense of smell as the fishy stench of whale shit and blood festered out of the woodgrain in the tropical heat. If they fell from the rigging, dislocated a shoulder, or sliced themselves open flensing blubber from a whale they had to heal on their own. If their muscles ached and their teeth became loose then they were scorbutic and began to die in the absence of fresh fruit and vegetables, barely subsisting on a diet of salted meat and dry crackers.
They were men who voyaged into the void of the ocean for three years at a time, self-contained in their 100-foot ships, self-sufficient with enough rations and water to keep them alive for months without going ashore. They sailed into the blank spaces on the charts, to places no hydrographer had surveyed, coming upon indigenous people who gawked at the tall ships cruising into idyllic atolls and Arctic straits, corrupting them with bottles of rum and firearms, then inevitably fighting them and leaving them to die with some new pestilence.
They sailed to the antipodes where they could be beastly men far from the judgment of those they left behind.
They were whalers and they were fortune seekers a hot for a dollar as any prospector or ambitious American. They were the operators of the most complicated and highly engineered machines in existence: tall ships built to survive the caprices of the sea. In those ships they prospered, and many died. In those ships they explored lands as alien as the planets they navigated by.
They were equivalent to astronauts as they explored the blank spaces around the edges of the known world. Their space capsule was made of oak and pine; tar, hemp and canvas; 100-foot, three-masted abattoirs that announced themselves by their stench wafting on the wind long before the emerged over the horizon.
They guessed where they were all the time, sailing with only a rough idea of where they were and where they were going, but never exactly sure until they sighted a known landmark. They existed as lost men lost in the void of the true blue sea.
They lived with doubt whenever they sailed. They rarely stopped, only going ashore and anchoring in ports where water and food could be found or bought, and oil and bone could be sold. If they stopped then some would run away, undone by the constant anxiety of the endless blue water passages through doldrums and cyclones. They fled and hid until the ship sailed away, emerging from their hiding places to stand on the beach, new men becoming shuffling, sun-burned beachcombers and Crusoe's beneaped and stranded far from home.
The ones who stayed aboard placed their trust and lives in the abilities of the aloof figure who stood alone and unapproachable at the windward shrouds by the wheel. He was the only man aboard other than the mate, who had the knowledge and the tools to find and measure the angles of the sun and the moon and the stars. He was the only man who could calculate and note in the ship's log, with the shaky confidence of a scientist who doubts his tools — his hand wound chronometer gimballed in a box, the fogged, cracked glass of the eyepiece of his spray warped wood and ivory quadrant – the daily position of the ship. That made him the Master of the ship, the diviner of the celestial mysteries, the holder of the knowledge that made him king of the floating kingdom and kept his three dozen illiterate subjects obedient and at bay in their miserable lair under the deck of the ship's bluff bow.
They were fugitives from justice, raging alcoholics, Wampanoag Indians in debt to English merchants, runaway slaves, green farm boys, and romantic dandies flunked out of college. They lived like scorbutic troglodytes in narrow bunks, the walls of the ship oozing green mold in the tropics, stinking up the fug filled stagnant air with their coughs and their flatulence. They never bathed. Knowing how to swim only prolonged their agony should they fall overboard because the ship never stopped, and even if they were lucky enough to grab a line trailing astern, there was no way they could pull themselves back aboard. They deserted the first chance they could; preferring to take their chances ashore with cannibals than remain aboard another day. They fled the ships if their captain was foolish enough to come into a port and give them an option to run away but most captains were too short-handed to offer them that temptation. So they stayed at sea for months at a time, never sure of where they were, depending on the captain's incantations and formulas to There were no drugs to soothe the constant anxiety of life aboard a wooden sailing ship with no EPIRB beacons, no radios, no GPS plotters, not even charts of the oceans because in some cases they were the first men to visit the strange islands of the South Pacific or the desolate barren coasts of the arctic.
They drank out of desperation to numb themselves long enough to endure. They persevered if they didn't desert and rode out the will of the sea and the temper of the captain until their ordeal was finally over and they were lucky to walk away with a sliver sized share of the profits, barely enough to pay off their debts to the ship and to pay for a bender in a New Bedford brothel. They found themselves aboard again the following fall for lack of any other place to go in the society of the land.
These were the sort of men that Bethuel Gifford Handy, Jr. — 29 years-old and the eldest son of the Handy-Nickerson clans of Cotuit Port — was in command of in the spring of 1858, on the Nantucket whaling ship Phoenix, as she tacked back and forth off the shores of Honolulu, her first captain going ashore all worn out and ill and incapable of command. Handy had shipped out two years before as the first mate of the Phoenix. Now, on only his second whaling voyage, he was in command of 36 men desperate to follow their former captain ashore and be free from the fear of the summer ahead in the Russian Sea of Okhotsk, the worst waters on the planet, a sea covered by ice three-quarters of the year and fog the rest. A bitterly cold stark place with rough shores with no ports, no charts, no brothels, nothing but sullen natives, deranged Russians on the edge of civilization, and vast herds of right whales congregating in the kitchen of the Pacific to feast on tons of microscopic plankton. They wouldn't be alone. There would be hundreds of other ships, identical to their own, all of them three-masted, tall ships painted black with sheer sides and blunt bows, floating factory ships designed to hunt, chase, kill and butcher the largest animals on the planet.
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The April Green Room was very interesting. We started with a couple of warm-up games and then started to read 'Women in Jeopardy' by Wendy MacLeod. It appears by the laughter from everyone that this play will be ideal for Mercury to produce, maybe even for 2018. Keep an eye out on our Web Page or Facebook.
The boyfriend, hummm. Can she trust him?
We had two visitors to our ranks and they thoroughly enjoyed their time with us. If you receive our emails and would like to come but think the Green Room is only for members then don't worry it will only cost you a gold coin donation and you will be with other like minded people and have a very enjoyable night of play reading, games and conversations.
We tend to discuss lots of aspects of the production side of the play as well as what the characters would sound like, behave or how they would react.
The Green Room is held the first Wednesday of the month at the Wynnum Manly Arts Council room at the old Wynnum Central School. Put it in your diary and come along.

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You could almost hear the NHL offices breath a sigh of relief as both the Blackhawks and Flyers finished off their opponents earlier this week to set up a Chicago versus Philadelphia Stanley Cup finals. We say "sigh of relief" as a Montreal/San Jose final, simply stated, would have been a ratings disaster for the league.
Instead, the NHL gets hockey-mad Chicago against the unlikeliest run to a Cup final the league has seen in quite some time, as the Flyers needed a shootout on the season's final day just to qualify for the post season. Toss in their amazing comeback against Boston from a 3-0 deficit in the Conference Semifinals and the Flyers are writing one amazing script.
Both clubs are looking to break long Cup droughts as well. For Philadelphia it's been 35 years since they last hoisted the silver bowl in 1975, while Chicago is in the midst of one the league's longest Cup-less streaks dating all the way back to 1961.
Should be an entertaining final that we think might go the distance. Here's a look at what has to happen on both sides of the red line for either club to drink from Lord Stanley's silver chalice.
Flyers win the Cup if:
Michael Leighton can take his game to another level. That may seem like it's asking a lot from a kid that just posted three shutouts and a .954 save percentage against the Canadiens in the Conference Finals but remember this: The Devils, Bruins and Habs came into the playoffs with the NHL's 24th, 30th and 26th ranked offenses, respectively. The Blackhawks are a bit more high octane up front as they had the third best offense overall. Leighton will win or lose this series for Philly.
The Flyers will also need to continue to get the balanced scoring they've been getting as their depth up front represents their best chance to stay with the speedy Hawks on offense. As stated earlier, while the Flyers have not faced a team with an offense like the Hawks posses, Chicago has not faced a team with the kind of depth up front the Flyers have. There's not one line you can key on defensively—they're all dangerous.
Everyone seems hot for the Flyers right now and Mike Richards, Simon Gagne, Jeff Carter, Daniel Briere, Claude Giroux, Ville Leino and company will need to keep it going for another two weeks.
The Blackhawks win the Cup if:
Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane continue to play like 10-year veterans and not like the third-year pups they actually are. These two kids, 22 and 21 years old respectively, have dazzled for the Hawks this post season, not only in putting up big numbers, but in coming up big in clutch situations.
And while Toews and Kane will try to skate circles around the Flyers defense, the Hawks will also need to bring their bulk. The Flyers got a break defensively against the much smaller Canadiens, so the Hawks size will present a new challenge—but only if they utilize it. The glacial Dustin Byfuglien, Troy Brouwer and Ben Eager will need to be at their bashing best to create some room for the Hawks flashier forwards. It also wouldn't hurt Chicago's chances if Marian Hossa brings his "A" game.
In goal, while Leighton's numbers are superior to Antti Niemi's, the Finnish netminder has faced tougher opponents offensively and may actually give the Hawks the edge between the pipes. He'll need to be just as good against Philly.
In what should be a terrific final, we think the clock strikes twelve for the Cinderella Flyers and the Windy City ends its almost 50-year Cup drought in seven.


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One Direction
"Hmmm... hot indeed."
One Direction is a boy band/terrorist group who formed when they realized that when having sex with each other, their moans sounded sort of like singing. Simon Cowell saw potential to exploit teenagers who don't know any better, and so rigged the X Factor so they'd get through despite being talentless. Fans of the group are called 'Directioners'; they dress up in pillowcases at night and lynch people who oppose the One Direction social movement. They can often be heard rhythmically chanting about how hot the group are, or can be seen stalking them on Twitter and Facebook.
The band became successful in 2010, after which Simon Cowell decided to further exploit musically illiterate teenage girls by creating One Direction themed posters, calendars, action figures, coathangers, paper clips, water, et cetera.
Musical style[edit]
One Direction's music mainly consists of a generic electronic four-chord backing track, with auto-tuned vocals about: going out with girls, breaking up with girls, having a fun time with girls, wanting to go out with girls, saying about how beautiful girls are, making memories with girls, and so on. Y'know, like every other boy band in existence. Occasionally, the band decide to fuck up a song that already exists, for example the charity single "One Way or Another", which copied the original but made it worse.
The band's style has been emulated by several other boy bands, for example every boy band appearing on the X Factor since 2010. This has resulted in a number of 'One Direction clones' that girls also mindlessly adore.
The Directioner Movement[edit]
The Directioner movement started soon after the group gained a following on the X Factor, and fans started trying to out-do each other by showing how much they love One Direction, resulting in a number of suicides. After that, Directioners took inspiration from the Ku Klux Klan and dressed up in bedsheets, lynching people who opposed the group's music.
One Direction has often been described as the most aggressive fandom out there, which has led doctors to consider 'Directionism' as a mental illness. The illness is characterised by random outbursts of violence at non-fans, an inability to stop stalking the group on-line, and the belief that haters are just 'jealous of them'. In 2013, governments from all around the world united to try and put an end to the pandemic, but attempts so far have been unsuccessful - and have possibly increased the number of people living with Directionism.
The majority of fans just seem to focus on the band's looks, instead of the music, which is what actually matters. Directionism often brings on this symptom, which is caused by the decaying of the part of the brain that detects abysmal music and rejects it.
The band's image consists mainly of them jumping whilst flailing their arms around, meanwhile
singing lipsyncing to music. They always look deliriously happy, wear skinny chinos and v-neck t-shirts. Zayn also tries to look older than he is by growing a pathetic wispy moustache, and tries to look cool by squinting into the distance (Justin Bieber also does this.) Niall's image consists of looking like he's just fallen out of his mother's vagina, and Harry wears a Brillo pad on his head.
Critical reception[edit]
Reception of the band's music has been mixed (that's wikipedian for not very good). The publication Trashy Pop concluded that "One Direction's music is an incredible blend of meaningful lyrics, plus they're so hot!" A music website stated however that "I'd rather see One Direction fall one direction into a pit of snakes than ever hear their music again."; the offices of the publication were suspiciously set alight 10 minutes after the article was published. The band is often criticised by musicians, who question why they even try when groups such as One Direction are popular.
Zayn's Replacement[edit]
In March 2015, the BBC announced Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson had been sacked after it emerged he urinated on small boys in Africa 3 years previous. At the same time Zayn Malik had decided to quit One Direction due to "stress", although it was widely believed he was dating Ian McKellen. One Direction's agent Simon Cowell decided Jeremy Clarkson should replace Malik in the group. There was some speculation as to whether James May would also be joining the group, but this was quashed when it emerged that May was learning to play the Recorder, ready for his trip to Syria to join Islamic State as their chief musician. Cowell decided that One Direction should change their name to "Top Direction". But like, hey, ZANE FUCKING MALIK GOT REPLACED BY Ryan Ross. And, boom clap, bitchaoz.
Involvemnt with Osama bin laden[edit]
It was revealed after 911 that Osama bin laden was helping one direction to come up with lyrics to brainwash people (like James May) to come and help Osamas cause in Syria.


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A Different World
The winner of the inaugural Nancy Fairfax Artist-in-Residence for Established Writers was Henri 'Renoir' Rennie, who stayed for a week in the studio at Tweed Regional Gallery in Murwillumbah in early February to devote himself exclusively to focused writing time. Here, Henri reflects on a transportive week, during which progress was most certainly made.
Writers create pictures in the mind's eye, with words and images. What we produce can be as broad as a mural, compelling as a tableau, powerful as a sculpture. It can be as idyllic as a landscape, or as mind-bending and challenging as the most outrageous abstracts.
At the beginning of February I had the extraordinary pleasure of being the Nancy Fairfax Artist-in-Residence in the studio space at the Tweed Regional Gallery. That was courtesy of the gallery and Byron Writers Festival.
It was seven days of splendid isolation – eating and sleeping to my own erratic schedule, and writing. Writing, writing and writing.
I'd spend the early part of the morning out on the balcony, eating breakfast and enjoying the view over the paddocks up to the mountains. Then as the day warmed up (and wow! The days warmed up!) I'd move into my air-conditioned space, surrounded by my maps, notes and references.
At the start of the week I'd set myself the target of completing a first draft of the fifth book in my urban fantasy series – the Dubious Magic books. Ambitious perhaps, but without ambition there's no achievement.
Seven days later, I held a complete story outline of The Spirits of Sron Dubh, and over 50,000 words of that first draft. Not completed, but better than two-thirds of the way there.
I'd written almost as many words in that week as the entire length of the first book in the series (The Wizard of Waramanga). As I look at the Harry Potter series on my bookshelf I see that my expanding word count is not a unique experience. As characters grow and develop across a story arc, it's perhaps inevitable that the complexity of their relationships and the plots woven around them increases.
Looking out of the window and doing a little mental editing of tree species (and cow species), it was very easy to have my mind in Scotland.
The Nancy Fairfax Studio proved an excellent environment from which I could immerse myself in 'my own little world' – in this case an island in the southern Hebrides. Looking out of the window and doing a little mental editing of tree species (and cow species), it was very easy to have my mind in Scotland. When I finally came home my darling bride had to put up with some days of broad Highland accent.
The gallery's focus is very much on 'visual arts' – painting, sculpting, photography, and the studio is an excellent resource for those working in those fields. But what is more visual than words on a page? Paper or electronic, the images, emotions and reactions that words conjure on their way from eyeballs to brain can be every bit as exciting, stimulating, challenging or soothing as any other art form.
It's been a privilege for me to use the studio as the incubator for my latest creation, one for which I'm profoundly grateful. I hope that many more authors in years to come will enjoy the same opportunity.


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We undertook the creation of the Lab's website following new technological techniques such as:
- Mobile Responsive design
- Parallax effects
- Double domain Allis integration
- Email management
- New company rebranding
- Facebook & Instagram integration
We further developed on Facebook & Instagram social networks and enabled Google My Business to provide the foundation for the robust, online presence of the customer business.
We are very happy about this package of services we offered as well as about the services we have undertaken to promote and promote.


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West Dulwich
District of London
in Greater London of England, United Kingdom
- London City Airport (8 mi)
- RAF Northolt (13 mi)
- London Biggin Hill Airport (14 mi)
- London Heathrow Airport (15 mi)
- Redhill Aerodrome (20 mi)
- London Gatwick Airport (25 mi)
- London Luton Airport (27 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (30 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 9 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church (Unesco heritage, 11 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 18 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 23 mi)
- Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 66 mi)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 106 mi)
- Hartsbourne Country Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Brent Valley Golf Course (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Ilford Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Ealing Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Chingford Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Barnehurst Golf Course (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Hampton Court Palace Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Cray Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Broke Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Chartham Park Golf Club (Golf course, 25 mi)
- London Eye (observation point, (0 mi)
- Lee Valley Marina Springfield (marina, (5 mi)
- The View from the Shard (observation point, (2 mi)
- Box Hill Hiking Area (amusement park, (19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.509 and -0.126 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 30' 30" and W -0° 7' 32"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 08:29 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:54 am and 4:51 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
- Le Bons Bay
- References
- This place on Geonames.org
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Oakfield Preparatory School is an independent coeducational preparatory school, situated near Tulse Hill, Dulwich, Lambeth. Oakfield is a member of the Independent Schools Association. With over 500 boys and girls aged between 2 and 11, it is housed in historic Georgian buildings either side of the South Circular at the junction with Croxted Road, and uses Dulwich Sports Club for football and rugby, and the swimming facilities at Dulwich Sports Centre.
All Saints Church, West Dulwich
All Saints Church is a Grade I-listed Gothic Revival church in West Dulwich, South London. It was built 1888—1897 and designed by George Fellowes Prynne.
Belair Park
Belair Park is located in West Dulwich part of the London Borough of Southwark, southeast London, England. Formerly the grounds belonged to Belair House, a country villa built in Adam style and now a Grade II listed building. There are two other Grade II listed structures within the park: the lodge and entrance gate and an old stable building.
St Luke's Church, West Norwood
St Luke's Church in West Norwood is an Anglican Church in the London Borough of Lambeth. It currently has an Evangelical emphasis.
Kingswood House
Kingswood House, formerly known as King's Coppice, is a Victorian mansion in West Dulwich at the southerly tip of the London Borough of Southwark, England. It is a Grade II listed building. In 1811 William Vizard was granted a 63 year lease for Kingswood Lodge. When Vizard returned to his native Gloucestershire in 1831, others were granted the property leases. From 1891 the house was owned by John Lawson Johnston who extended the house and remodelled the facade including adding battlements.
Rosendale Primary School
Rosendale Primary School is a primary school in West Dulwich, Lambeth, south London, England. It is at the north end of Rosendale Road, between the railway and Turney Road.
Gallery Road
The archaeological gallery roads (棧道) were roads through remote mountain areas of China. They consisted of wooden planks erected on holes cut into the sides of cliffs. They were most notably used in the Qin Mountains linking the Wei River and the Han River valleys. The first gallery roads were built during the Warring States Period (476-221 BC) and used by Qin to invade Shu and Ba. They were fully consolidated into a thriving network during the Han Dynasty.
Thurlow Park (ward)
Thurlow Park ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is located towards the South of the borough containing much of West Norwood and Tulse Hill including Tulse Hill railway station. It is bordered in the North by Brockwell Park.
Old College Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The Old College Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is in West Dulwich, Southwark, southeast London, England, to the east off Gallery Road. "Old College" refers Dulwich College, set up through Alleyn's College in Dulwich, a charity that has now become the Dulwich Estate. The club has seven tennis courts. In 2009, three of the courts were resufaced with cushioned porous acrylic. The remaining courts have all-weather macadam surfaces. In 2010, an online booking system was introduced.
Knight's Hill (ward)
Knight's Hill ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. The boundaries of Knights Hill are the A214 in the south and the A215 to the east. The population of Knights Hill is 13,687 according to the 2001 census, this is an increase of around 2000. This is 5.1% of the Lambeth borough population. The population is predominantly over 65. The area of the ward is 146.8 hectares.
Gipsy Hill (ward)
Gipsy Hill ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The ward contains much of West Norwood as well as Norwood park and West Norwood Cemetery. it also contains Gipsy Hill railway station. Gipsy Hill ward is located in the Dulwich and West Norwood Parliamentary constituency.
Honor Oak Cricket Club Ground
Honor Oak Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Dulwich, London. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1943, when the Buccaneers played Northamptonshire in a wartime charity match. In 1967, the ground hosted a single Second XI Championship match between the Surrey Second XI and the Glamorgan Second XI. The ground hosted a single Women's One Day International in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup when Australia women played Denmark women.
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Solar statistics Europe 2009*
Zonne-statistieken Europa 2009*
On this webpage I present graphs that I made from the data published by EurObserv'ER in their Photovoltaic Barometer report (April 2010), the Solar Thermal Barometer report (May 2010), and data presented in earlier reports on these renewable energy markets. In addition, in March 2011 EurObserv'ER published their 10th State of Renewable Energies in Europe report, with new data for a few countries only. For two graphs for PV development updates have been included (marked in the legends). Further updates will follow as the new Photovoltaic Barometer will be published and time can be found to adjust the spreadsheets and graphs. For a verbose summary of mentioned report, with graphs, see the article of March 4, 2011 (Dutch).
Op deze pagina presenteer ik grafieken die ik heb gemaakt van data gepubliceerd door EurObserv'ER in respectievelijk hun Photovoltaic Barometer rapport (april 2010) en hun Solar Thermal Barometer rapport (mei 2010), en van eerder gepubliceerde data over deze hernieuwbare energie markten. In maart 2011 publiceerde EurObserv'ER hun 10e "status van hernieuwbare energie in Europa" rapport, met nieuwe data voor slechts enkele landen. Ik heb deze data verwerkt voor PV en op deze pagina twee grafieken ververst (gemarkeerd in legenda). Verdere updates zullen volgen zodra het nieuwe PV-Barometer rapport beschikbaar zal komen. Voor een uitgebreide bespreking van genoemd rapport, zie het artikel van 4 maart 2011.
* 2009 Preliminary results/voorlopige resultaten. With respect to the preceding years, the last available data from previous reports have been taken as "final" results (according to EurObserv'ER statistics, for some countries some minor corrections have been implemented a year after the first publication of those results). EurObserv'ER provides "fast-access" data to be able to track market volume growth as soon as possible.
Capacities shown are in DC generator capacity, hence the STC value of the PV-modules in the solar installations. Internationally known as "Wp" ("Wattpeak"). Inverter (AC) capacity is not considered here.
with respect to Photovoltaic Barometer report May 2010
Previous report (up till 2008)
and more recent reports:
Summary 10th Renewable Energies report EurObserv'ER here (March 4, 2011)
In april 2010 werd een nieuw overzicht van statistieken over zonnestroom in de EU27 gepubliceerd door EurObserv'ER. In mei 2010 volgde het rapport over thermische zonne-energie (zonnecollector markt) in de EU27. Polder PV maakte wederom, net als voor het vorige rapport over met name 2008, grafieken van de belangrijkste cijfers, en belichtte nog enkele opvallende zaken. Voor twee grafieken (PV) werd gebruik gemaakt van data gepubliceerd begin maart 2011.
Veranderingen Photovoltaik Barometer rapport 2009 en 10th State of
Renewable Energies rapport 2009
Yellow fields: changed data. Most particular France (+ 42 MWp), Italy (+ 149 MWp) and Austria (+ 15 MWp). All changes together have lead to 210 MWp extra capacity for EU27, as compared to the previous Photovoltaic Barometer Report published May 2010.
Grafieken met marktontwikkeling zonnestroom in EU27
Figure 1. Update: March 2011 (10th State of Renewable Energies in Europe report).
Accumulated capacity of photovoltaic installations in the EU27, in GWp (1 GWp = 1.000 MWp = 1.000.000 kWp), in five consecutive years (2005-2009) according to the latest data reported by EurObserv'ER (note that numbers might have been refreshed in new reports dealing with previous years, the latest data available in these reports have been included here). Data are from the last and previous Photovoltaic Barometer reports.
The graph shows strong growth in these years, and an overwhelming dominance of grid-connected systems. Autonomous ("off-grid") systems make up only 0,9% of the PV market in 2009 and will dwindle even further in significance as the on-grid market grows with huge new volumes each year. Growth has been even negative between 2006 and 2007 for this small off-grid category. Growth in grid-connected PV was strong in that period (over 59%), almost doubled to 113 percent from the accumulated 2007 capacity into 2008, and even grew considerably 55% in the economic "crisis" year 2009. Final accumulated capacity in EU27 amounted to 15,93 GWp in 2009 (according to updated EurObserv'ER's (but still preliminary) data for that year, corrections will probably follow in the next photovoltaic barometer report).
Figure 2. Accumulated PV-capacity per EU27 country (only for 2009 accumulation is given in numbers for clarity). Note absolute dominance of world market Germany, with over 9,8 GWp accumulated, end of 2009 (in February of 2010, the 10 GWp milestone has been reached). Secondly, for the year 2009 a world record increase (difference between white and blue column, over 3,8 GWp in one year) for the German world market. Thereby again taking over the first position, as Spain, only one year worlds' biggest market for new installations in the previous year, has completely collapsed due to severe capping of the new capacity allowed under the FIT regime, accompanying regulatory bureaucracy, lower feed-in tariffs, and a land in turmoil with several economic crisis situations. Italy on a good third place with already over 1 GWp in accumulation, and increasing new capacities coming on-line. The rest of the EU27 countries is hardly visible on this scale (see graphs below for detail). Only the surprising Czech Republic and even more astonishing Belgium did very well considering their relative size and populations. For some markets, actual accumulation data can differ considerably, depending on the source and the status of the statistical reviews. Therefore, mind the red warning (also applicable to other graphs presented on this page).
Note that for France, the results for the overseas departments ("Departements Outre Mer", DOM) also have been included in the accumulated data by EurObserv'ER. For the dominant grid-connected market segment they account for a respectable accumulated total of 67,5 MWp in 2009, representing 25% of the 268,2 MWp connected to the grid in the whole country including DOM. This should be kept in mind if one wants to consider the European context focussed on the old subcontinent and its neigbouring isles. The "DOM" isles, French Guyana, and a small slice of Antarctica, all falling under a variety of administrative legislation frameworks, are scattered over the globe and far removed from the direct "physical" influence sphere of Europe, see English Wikipedia map and accompanying clarifications.
Figure 3. Same graph as figure 2, but with a scale better outlining the data for the rest of the EU27 countries (Germany up to France running off the Y-axis for 2009, see Figure 2). Note the strong differences in development between the other countries: explosive to good growth in the Czech republic, Belgium, France, and Portugal (good, uncapped incentive regimes). But low growth for my own country, the Netherlands. That once was on the forefront of market implementation, but that has lost all contact with reality with an extremely complicated, highly capped, and hardly stimulating "incentive" regime as of April 1, 2008 (example: 17.000 applications for "small category" in 2010 on first day, only 4.200 approved; 35.000 applications for "large category" in 2010 on first day, expected only app. 150 (!!!) to be approved because of marginal budget...).
Figure 4. Update: March 2011 (10th State of Renewable Energies in Europe report).
Detail showing the first 10 countries in the EU27 with respect to PV capacity accumulation, showing huge variation in the implemented PV-capacities (accumulated volume numbers shown for 2009 only). Difference between World Champion Germany and (in update:) Austria has become a staggering factor 197 in 2009. Difference with Spain has shrunk dramatically from a factor 32 in 2005 to only 2,8 in 2009. However, this is expected to grow again, as Germany already installed 6 GWp in the first 11 months of 2010, and the Spanish market is still struggling from the post 2008 collapse, showing only marginal growth since then (with more troubles looming ahead). In the "top ten", the Netherlands and Greece markets hardly grew significantly, only Austria seemed to have started a small mini-boom (passing UK for the time being with respect to accumulated capacity). It is expected, however, that in particular the UK market will get a boost from its implemented new, and well-balanced feed-in regime (it added 33,3 MWp under Ofgem's microgeneration scheme in 2010, data to be published by Polder PV). With the imminent hard-core crisis conditions in Greece it remains to be seen how much of its long-year potential of 3 GWp waiting in the bureaucrat's pipeline will see the grid on short notice...
Figure 5. Accumulation of PV-capacity in EU27 countries per inhabitant/capita and per year. For this, the World Population Reference Bureau data for 2009 have been used in the calculations by Polder PV (hence: mid 2009 population as fixed reference). Numbers shown for 2009 only, for other years refer to the scale of the Y-axis. A very different picture emerges, with the small country Luxembourg as a suprising third on the podium, behind Germany and Spain. However: incentives have been stopped there, and growth as of 2005 has been low. In contrast, the ratios in other countries have been growing fast. Not only in the world market Germany. Also Italy, the Czech republic and Belgium are developing fast (as of 2011 the perspective for Czech republic is however not good, if net manager problems are not solved). France - with its relative big population - still does not have a notable impact in this graph but will probably grow faster in coming years (2010 included). Portugal is positioned relatively high with its not too large population (10,6 million) but already 102,2 MWp of PV-installations (high impact of large field installations) according to EurObserv'ER. In the right of the graph, the average data for EU27 countries have been given. Already almost 32 Watt(peak) per capita has been realized in the EU27 in 2009, almost 4 times less on average than world champion Germany has reached in that year by itself.
Figure 6. Graph comparable to Figure 5, but this time the (land) surface area of the countries has been taken as reference for total PV capacity installed (in kWp of PV installed per square km. of land). Again, World Population Reference Bureau data have been used, published in their 2006 report. Yet another picture emerges (numbers shown for 2009 only). Related to surface available, Germany again taking the lead with almost 28 kWp per square kilometre of land available in 2009. But surprisingly, rapidly growing Belgium has taken the second position with almost 12 kWp/km², just before neighbouring Luxembourg. The next candidates are close together: Spain, Czech Republic, and the Mediterranean island state Malta, with Italy trailing further behind. Netherlands is taking the lead in the back-row, but its new capacity is only growing sluggishly. Most (small) installations have been realized already in its heigh-day in 2003... Average EU27 realisation in 2009 is 3,65 kWp per square km. of land surface.
Figure 7. Rating of ten best countries with respect to accumulated (total) PV capacity in 5 consecutive years (2009 left, 2005 right, screendump op Excel spreadsheet). Germany and Spain leading the way from the beginning, although the latter's second position in 2009 could be threatened in a few years time by surging Italy. Netherlands (marked yellow), once "the brave PV country bordering the North Sea", has given all its cards away and is gradually sinking from its respected third position in 2005 (due to a small market boom with (far to) hefty installation subsidies in 2003) to an extremely bitter 8th position in 2009. With little perspective that things will turn out to become better since its new "incentive" regime (SDE as of April 1, 2008) has turned out to be a totally unstimulating and heavily capped bureaucrat's nightmare full of investment uncertainties.
Figure 8. Year-on-year growth of the on-grid photovoltaic markets in EU27 countries for the period 2006 to 2009, in percentage of the previous market accumulation year published by EurObserv'ER. Actual percentages only presented for the period 2008-2009 for all countries. Yet another picture emerging. In world market Germany growth has been a good 64% in one of the deepest economic crisis years in modern human history. Czech Republic showed absurd growth of 757% (not considered "sustainable growth" in that country). Other remarkable growth percentages in Malta (plus 542%), Belgium (plus 412%), Greece (plus 303%), Slovakia (plus 283%) and France (plus 223%). Of course, when a market is still small the growth percentages will be very high (e.g., Portugal in 2006-2007, Bulgaria in 2007-2008). That is the reason that the growth in the already huge, mature world market Germany "seems" so modest in this comparison. Spain has been a tear jerker in 2009 (plus 3%) and its growth perspectives are dark because of constant troubles related to the 2008 boom, added to other structural problems (overcapacity in electricity generation).
Again, my own rich country the Netherlands, once a "top" market for a few years, is behaving as a very bad boy in this comparison, with low growth percentages (12% in 2008-2009, lower than growth in Sweden in Northern Europe, only minor help from the new "incentive" regime).To the right of the graph again the average data for all EU27 countries is presented. Showing "healthy" growth percentages of 96% for the period 2007-2008, and, suprisingly, a considerable 53% in the "crisis period" 2008-2009.
Figure 9. Same as for Figure 8, but now for the off-grid PV-systems in Europe. Remarkable growth in Bulgaria (plus 1.150%) and Estonia (plus 400%) in 2008-2009, but considering their still nascent markets these high percentages should be taken with precaution. All-over growth rates in most countries remain low, a few percent per year at the most, with further exceptions Hungary (doubling of off-grid market), Czech Republic and Finland. In Latvia apparently older off-grid installations have been scrapped from the records. Note that "decommissioning" policy in EU 27 states is mostly paperwork instead of real-time monitoring, and the guidelines for this tricky interpretation differ between states, if they even exist. EU 27 showed growth of 8% on average in the period 2008-2009.
Figure 10. Graph comparable to Figs. 8 and 9, but now all PV-installations (on-grid and off-grid) are shown in one graph. Some countries showed overall growth of a few hundred percent in 2008-2009 (Czech Republic, Malta, Belgium, Estonia and Slovenia). In reality, only Czech Republic and Belgium should be considered as "serious PV markets". This, however, can change in the future, strongly dependent on active policies to break the existing energy oligopolies, and to give maximum room for decentralized electricity generation. General EU 27 growth amounted to 53% in the period 2008-2009 (all PV installations).
met marktontwikkeling van thermische zonnecollectoren in EU27
Figure 11. Thermal solar collector market development in EU27 in the years 2005-2009. Newly added surface (m²) per year stagnated from 2006 to 2007 (slight decrease in new capacity added), grew again strongly with almost 51% (added: over 4,6 million m²) in 2008, but regrettably dropped again 9,6% in growth into the crisis year 2009 (orange columns, right Y-axis). Total accumulation of all m² installed in EU27 grew, however strongly, 17,2%, 12,9%, 18,7% and still a good 14,1% in the years 2006-2009 (dark brown columns in the background, left Y-axis). Already, a surface of 32,6 million square metres had been realized at the end of 2008 in the 27 EU countries, good for 2.916 MW of thermal power (MWth). This specific solar market seems to be more sensitive to political and economic factors than the more "sexy" PV market. The (temporary???) withdrawal from a good incentive in world market Germany in 2009 does not help to let this very important market segment flourish as it should.
Figure 12. Surface area (in million square meters) of thermal solar collectors in 27 EU countries. Again, Germany leads the way in unprecedented manner (almost 3 times as much surface area as the number 2), followed bij their southern, also German-speaking neighbour Austria that has a long tradition with this particular sustainable energy modus. Thermal collectors can be found on many roofs in the Mediterranean region, which is reflected in the data from EurObserv'ER: Greece leading the way and not far behind from Austria. Followed by Italy that has surpassed France, and Spain at a slightly smaller level. Surprisingly, Netherlands follows on number 7 (just ahead of Cyprus), but development of the market again remains relatively slow, despite the introduction of a new temporary incentive regime. Only for 2009 the accumulated data are given per country. Growth in Germany has been considerable in economic crisis year 2009 (added: 1,62 million m², only slightly less than in the previous year).
Figure 13. More detailed graph as Figure 12, better outlining the contributions of the "lesser" countries (Germany to Greece off-scale). Note that, apart from these first three countries, also strong growth occurred in Italy, France and Spain (France including DOM's).
Figure 14. Detail showing the first 10 countries in the EU27, with a considerable range of implemented thermal solar collector surface areas. The difference between Germany and Poland (somewhat surprising number 10) has grown to a factor 25 in 2008 - the "span" between the numbers 1 and 10 is much less wide than with photovoltaics (see Figure 3). The difference with the number 2, Austria, remains, however considerable - a factor of almost 3 in 2009. Growth has been moderate in most countries. Italy and Spain grew at a somewhat faster pace.
Figure 15. Accumulation of thermal solar collector capacity in EU27 countries in m² collector surface per inhabitant/capita and per year. Also for this graph, the World Population Reference Bureau data for 2009 have been used in the calculations (hence: mid 2009 population as fixed reference). And also in this picture, some other accents become visible as in the original graphs with "absolute" surface areas per country. This time, the small, sunny Mediterranean island of Cyprus leads the way, with a surface of 0,637 m² per inhabitant. Germany, leader when it comes to overall surface area realized, is set back to the fourth place with "only" 0,157 m²/pp. because of its large population (hence: smaller ratio per inhabitant). Austria is on the second position (0,515 m²/pp.), followed by the only other serious competitor Greece (0,361 m²/pp.). Following Germany other countries mostly have less than 0,1 square metre per inhabitant, with the exception of that other Mediterranean island, Malta, with 0,112 m²/pp. At the right end of the graph, the average data for EU27 countries have been given: 0,065 m² per capita has been realized in the EU27 in 2009, which easily should and could get much larger. Thermal solar energy can offset a lot of fossil primary energy use and should be stimulated with great urgency.
A similar graph can be made with the ratio MWth/capita, but this is almost identical with the graph presented here.
Figure 16. Graph comparable to that shown in Figure 15, but this time the total collector surface area accumulated is related to one square kilometre of land available in the country shown. Again, World Population Reference Bureau data for 2006 have been used for the calculation of that ratio. This time not Cyprus, but the much smaller Mediterranean island state of Malta is the best performer, with an impressive 139,7 m² of collector surface per square km. of land area. Cyprus is a good second (75,8), this time followed by Austria (51,6), Germany (36,1), and Greece (30,9 m²/km²). The relatively small Netherlands scores well in the next league, with 19,0 m²/km². Average EU27 score is 7,5 m² per square kilometre of land in 2009.
Figure 17. Rating of ten best countries with respect to accumulated (total) solar thermal capacity (in m²) in 5 consecutive years (2009 left, 2005 right, screendump op Excel spreadsheet). Comparable with Figure 7 for PV installations. Germany, Austria and Greece leading the way from the beginning, and probably unchallenged for years to come. France (including DOM, preliminary results) was pushed downwards by upcoming Italy in 2009 in the EurObserv'ER update. Czech Republic and Poland as surprising newcomers. Netherlands (yellow fields) has remained stable for years in this rating, after taking one step back from 2005 to 2006 due to rapidly developing Spain. It remains to be seen if the present seventh position can be kept in our troublesome country.
Figure 18. Year-on-year growth of the thermal solar collector markets in EU27 countries for the years 2006 to 2009, in percentage of the previous market accumulation year published by EurObserv'ER. Actual percentages only presented for the period 2008-2009 for all countries.
Yet another picture emerging, with relatively "low" growth in world market Germany (slightly over 14% in the period 2008-2009), and suprising strong growth for the Atlantic island nation of Ireland (54,2% in 2009). Other growth percentages are good (despite deep economic crisis conditions) and widely spread among EU27 nations. Portugal had a short boom year in 2007 and fell back to a more moderate 29% growth in 2008 and even 14% in 2009. Poor "growth performers" in relative sense are Cyprus, Greece and Sweden. Netherlands slightly increased its pace, with 10% growth in 2009 (note that its southern neighbour Belgium had almost double that growth rate). The minute state of Luxembourg (part of the Benelux to which Netherlands and Belgium also belong) had a peculiar negative correction (?) of its installed capacity growth in the period 2006-2007, but started growing again considerably in 2008 (possibly new correction of installation numbers?) and 2009. Also Bulgaria showed a strong negative correction, in 2008. Average European (EU27) growth numbers for these two years were 18,7 and 14,1%, respectively.
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Moving Tips & Advice
Some important moving tips for homeowners:
Moving a house is not an easy job as it takes a lot of time and effort. You can get moving quotes from experienced companies and choose to hire the best one that matches your requirements and budget. Here are some tips that will help you make your move easier.
The first and foremost thing you should pay attention to is: Planning. It is a good idea to plan everything beforehand. Planning cannot be done overnight. Hence, you should start at least eight to ten weeks before you have to move. You should start making a list of the things you would need to do and manage the tasks accordingly.
Sort out the belongings:
Moving houses gives you an opportunity to sort out your possessions. You can remove the items that you may no longer need and keep aside the ones you need. You can sell or discard the belongings that you think are useless and can look for rental storage options to store your goods.
Look for furniture removalists:
It may not be possible to remove all the heavy items and furniture on your own. You should start looking for furniture removalists to pack and move all the furniture to your new house safely. They would take care of everything and make your move stress free. The expert professionals would also provide moving boxes to pack all your household goods.
Label the boxes:
The professional movers in Melbourne would pack your belongings, but you can label the boxes on your own so that it may be easier for you to unpack the items when you shift to the new house.
The cost of moving would depend on the existing location, quantity of your belongings, distance between your current home and the new destination, etc. You can get quotes from a few service providers and hire the best one. Good luck and happy moving!
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by Robert Wilkinson
Happy Valentine's Day! Since this is a day dedicated to loving, affectionate relationships, it's time for our yearly look at how courtship is different from seduction. Later I'll offer you a bit about the story of the origin of Valentine's Day. For now, let's take a stroll down the Path of the Lover Archetype!
We began this journey yesterday, so if you haven't read that, please take the time before jumping into this one, or if you would rather do it the retrograde way, go ahead and read it after you read this. I've rewritten quite a bit of it, with an eye to using this material in a book I'm writing on help mates, Soul Mates, and Twin Flames. These are definitely not the same things, and knowing the distinctions can help us understand how our dances with others led to both wonderful and difficult experiences and realizations on our relational Spiritual journey. Today we pick up exploring our inner Lover archetype, why our emotional body functions as it does, and how to know the difference between courtship and seduction.
Valentines' Day is the one day of the year dedicated to lovers, which is a great thing unto itself. Picking up on themes introduced in yesterday's article, each of us has six different archetypal roles, or Grand Masques, which are the "faces" our personality shows to the world. The Lover is one of the six, and is the part of us which seeks relationship, whether with others, our Higher Self, or our dance with Spirit.
In Astrology, we find the 6 Great Archetypes in the 12 signs, which express as six axes of two signs each. The Axis of Aries/Libra is the Lover, which can also be called the Relator, since those signs are associated with the Axis of the "I-Thou" relational dance in our charts.
We discover our inner and outer Lover Archetype, and how we wear that Grand Masque (and the Grand Masques of the other Archetypes) through our interactions with others. All parts of who we are have a relationship with all the other parts of who we are, and all parts of us are impacted by the relationships we have with others. As we grow from infancy to adolescence into adulthood we learn to imitate our image of these Archetypes according to what we've learned and what appeals to our Anima, or subconscious mind.
As we learn to imitate various aspects of archetypes, they become fixed as images in our Astral (emotional) mechanism. Some of these are conscious, while others reside in the subconscious mind. That's why often we don't even know we're being a certain way or acting out a certain unconscious role, until a) someone points out what we're doing, or b) we have an electric moment when our Higher Self holds up the invisible mirror to our personality and it awakens to what it never saw before that moment.
Why We Like What We Believe We Like
The nature of subconsciousness, or the Astral mechanism, is to like what it likes and not like what it does not like, regardless of how reasonable or unreasonable those desires and feelings may be. Because we weren't trained as children to evaluate our desires with an eye to our spiritual growth, we often found we "liked" something because we were taught to like it. Very few of us are taught to question what we like and why we like it, and so we cling to those desires until we awaken to our need to choose a different path.
Chasing a desire without knowing whether it's good or bad for us is a symptom of how we've been seduced by the unconscious part of our personality. By taking a look at the part of us which always wants more of what it believes it "likes," we can see how we were seduced into that desire by our childhood and early adult conditioning. Then we can understand how we have been holding on to our "likes," and change the ones which are unhealthy.
Time is the means by which we measure our movement through experiences. With time and experience, our understanding of the material, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes of life evolves. As we evolve, we have both similar and different interactions with others in our world. Along the way we discover at each turn of life's wheel that we continue to like some of what we used to like, do not like some of what we used to like, and have awakened to new things and people to like.
Our Eternal Lover is always open to interactive dances with those we meet along the road of life. However, often our subconscious Desire-Mind (Kama Manas) gets seduced by the "likes" of another, whether it's good for us or not. How and why does this happen?
It is part of the human experience to project our likes onto our world, and we are the recipient of the projected likes of others. It begins with our parents' verbal and nonverbal cues, where we learn that some things bring smiles and praise, while other behaviors, likes, and attitudes bring frowns and disapproval. These are powerful cues that influence our choices, both those that bring pleasure and those that bring pain.
Our path to spiritual maturity naturally leads us to be more conscious of our likes and dislikes and how these relate to the growth of our personality. We begin to spot unhealthy desires, and are able to note when we are swayed by the desires of another. As we learn to be our Higher Self in our interactions, we then can see what we express and others express as projections. Once we become conscious of what moves our desires, we learn to be increasingly aware of our conscious and unconscious projections. Over time, we find we have the power in each moment to choose to turn our actions, feelings, and speech to a better interaction, freed of projections, expectations, and attachments to perceptions.
As we evolve consciously, we grow to see how not to be seduced by anything or anyone, and learn to make conscious choices that lead us to ever-greater states of happiness, joy, fulfillment, and occasionally true bliss. We no longer yield to the seductions of our lower self and others which used to pull us into discontent once our lower nature has embraced the courtship with our Higher Self. All our interactions, within and without, help us awaken to the greater Love we ARE. Everything in our lives points us toward ways to become the greater Love we seek with each dance step we take.
So let's take a deeper look at what seductions look like, examine how they arise from superficial, callow affections and maladjusted desire minds, and explore how to step back from ours and others' projections. In looking at the differences between courtship and seduction, we find that there are "symptoms of seduction," where we can learn to see the difference between healthy affection and seductions that only leave us feeling wounded.
The Difference Between Seduction and Courtship
Our old friend the I Ching makes a distinction between seduction and courtship. We'll begin with the nature of how we influence others and how they influence us. In one highly respected translation, it offers that any healthy influence between people must stem from "reciprocity that stimulates joy," indicating we're on the same "harmonic wave length" as the other. To understand healthy influences, we must look at innate tendencies and see how various influences work in us and others.
Expanding on the concept, from Hexagram 31, "Influence (Wooing)" also known in various other translations as "attraction," "persuasion," and "reciprocity":
... for it is perseverance that makes the difference between seduction and courtship; in the latter the stronger takes a position inferior to that of the weaker and shows consideration to them. This attraction between affinities is a general law of Nature. Heaven and earth attract each other and thus all creatures come into being. Through such attraction the sage influences human hearts, and thus the world attains peace. From the attractions they exert we can learn the nature of all beings in heaven and on Earth. (Wilhelm/Baynes edition)
I note that "consideration" is a keyword for the expression of respectful sincere affection, and so it seems that one clue about whether seduction is present is found in the consideration or lack of consideration of one for another. If someone we're with is not respectful in their affections, then it's a seduction. This often accompanies a lack of respect for appropriate boundaries, and/or not allowing for a healthy individuality to express itself.
Any time there is a coercion or a push and pull that seems out of balance, it's a symptom of a seduction. So are offers which disrupt your life with associated demands to explain why you aren't going along with them. Remember that seductions may seem playful, but if you don't go along with them, be alert for overt or implied threats.
These can be active threats or passive threats, and can take many forms. Examples of passive threats are when another goes into a mood while withholding affection, gifts, or even emotional connectedness. Moods always indicate a seduction is present, since emotional maturity is strong enough to express itself without threats or coercions.
Examples of "disruptive offers" are "I've done x, y, and z for you, and you don't seem to care." Or "Because I've done a, b, and c, you should be doing d, e or f." This is where we learn to discern the difference between coercive manipulation and genuine reciprocity. While it's always good to be part of a dance where we both express genuine love, gratitude, and appreciation, those cannot happen if there's a one sided coercion going on.
In all forms of bargaining with another, make sure you agreed to the bargain to begin with, otherwise it's a seduction. If you didn't ask for a gift, but there is an expectation you will do something simply because they brought you a gift, (other than thank them,) it's a seduction.
While it's true reciprocity is very important for a relationship to stay in balance, a seduction isn't about reciprocity. When one partner tries to do things the other did not ask for, and expects something in return for the "favor," it's a seduction. While some seductions are relatively harmless, others can bring disaster. This is where the potential results of the seduction must be kept in mind. What are we agreeing to, and why are we agreeing to it?
Moods are seductions by the subconscious desire-mind. A good mood is when the subconscious desire-mind has been bought off, a bad mood when it has been denied its desire. You can observe more moods, and moodiness, than usual when a seduction is going on. Objectivity, detachment, and dispassion are the solutions to moods and seductions, since these are not easily manipulated by either subconscious images or the desire mind (Kama Manas), the two means by which we are seduced.
I have noted that seductions are often accompanied by too much emotional baggage automatically associated with expressions of affection. These are interactions that escalate much too quickly to be authentic. Other times, seductions involve the need for one to "save" another, or "be saved" from something by another. Seductions do not like a healthy autonomy, as they are based in unconscious power and control factors.
To the degree our inner Lover is unhealthy, we are needy and hope someone will come along to end our feelings of inadequacy. If our inner Lover is healthy, we tend not to attract destructive or clingy people who get attached and controlling, or those who quickly begin offloading heavy emotional freight or expecting a form of salvation from us and what we offer or don't. Beware of self-pity, as this is a common form of seducing another into "helping" in ways that don't help.
Robert Johnson (the author, not the blues legend!) wrote some interesting things about the nature of seduction in his three classic works, He, She, and We. These are short, enchanting works that explore certain archetypes within us and our world, and definitely worth the time.
Ultimately, as offered earlier, the Lover is about the dance of courtship between the lower self and the Higher Self, and we play out this dance through relationships that mirror both of these parts of our inner nature. As we embrace the courtship of the Higher Self to bring our personality out of various forms of suffering, we can find a way to view all our relationships through the eyes of our inner Lover, and grow beyond the seductions that only cause us pain.
So How Did Valentine's Day Come To Be?
We now segue into a brief and interesting history lesson about Valentine's Day, because it's a good thing to honor the circumstances that brought our world to give a day to valuing lovers. That's a strange notion in itself, given the barbarism of our world these past few thousand years.
Of course, being about a saint, it's a holiday of recent invention, originating in Rome. February 14 originally honored Juno, the Queen (who also happens to have an asteroid named after her, but that's another article for another time.) February 14 was the day before the Feast of Lupercalia, where children were allowed to pair up for the festival, and longer if they chose.
In a nutshell, Claudius II, the tyrant of the third century, needed soldiers, not lovers, so he cancelled marriages and engagements in Rome. Saint Valentine continued to marry people in secret, so Claudius chopped off his head on February 14. After that the church co-opted the Feast of Lupercalia, re-naming it Valentine's Day. And there you have it.
So for today and the next while, please take some time to review how throughout your life others have offered you healthy affection, and how you offered it to them as well. Consider all you have liked and loved, and everyone and everything that inspired you to give and receive your tender affections and a higher Love.
These were the times you were wearing the Grand Masque of the Lover, doing a timeless dance with a form of the beloved, and therefore yourself. We all like that which is beautiful to us, since it mirrors our own beauty. And exploring beauty is a very good thing. Happy Valentine's Day, you beautiful lovers who read this. You ARE the love you seek!
© Copyright 2021 Robert Wilkinson


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This morning, Ryerson University and Deloitte announced a new certification framework based on Privacy by Design principles. Privacy by Design is a set of principles that builds privacy into the design, operation and management of a given system, business process or design specification. It is based on 7 Foundational Principles developed by Dr Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of Ryerson's Privacy and Big Data Institute and the former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
Under the Privacy by Design framework, Ryerson will be responsible for certifying organizations that meet the necessary privacy criteria. Organizations must first undergo an assessment by Deloitte, Ryerson's exclusive assessment arm for the certification framework, against the 7 Foundational Principles.
Deloitte will assess the strength of an organization's privacy practices relative to internationally recognized privacy principles including privacy regulation, industry self-regulatory practices and best practices. It has developed criteria to empirically validate specific offerings by using an assessment scorecard technique to quantify and measure compliance. Applications for certification will be sent to Ryerson. Ryerson will provide the application to Deloitte which will prepare a report with recommendations for use by Ryerson in deciding whether to issue a "Certification Shield", a logo that organizations can use to promote their privacy practices.
According to Ryerson and Deloitte, the benefits of a Privacy by Design certification will give organizations the ability to:
- Ensure compliance by getting ahead of the legislative curve and minimizing compliance risk
- Reduce the likelihood of fines and penalties, including financial losses and/or liability associated with privacy breaches
- Build your brand by fostering greater consumer confidence and trust thereby gaining a sustainable competitive advantage
- Better manage post-breach incidents to regain consumer trust and confidence
- Maintain best practices by seeking independent testing of privacy and security controls rather than more self-reporting or testing
According to Dr Cavoukian in a speech this morning kicking off the program, organizations that use Privacy by Design principles should be "shouting about it from the rooftops". In her view, it is based on a positive sum model, "a win win" for businesses and consumers.
Privacy by Design was developed by Dr Cavoukian in the 1990s. In 2010 the framework was adopted as an international standard by data and privacy commissioners from around the world. Since then it has been translated into 37 languages. It has been adopted in many jurisdictions in Europe and will, according to Dr Cavoukian, likely be included into forthcoming amendments to EU's new data protection law. The principles have been operationalized by some of North America's largest companies.
The Privacy By Design certification is not affiliated with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and certification by Ryerson does not signify compliance with Ontario privacy laws.