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PROFESSIONAL DATA RECOVERY in Spearwood
How we can help get your data back in Spearwood
At Perth Data Recovery we have overwhelming experience recovering data from the very early models right up to the latest laptops and Macbook's with all size and brands of hard drives , so don't panic and rest assured your situation is only a temporary problem , we understand the importance of your data and the consequences of data lost whether you are an international company or a student who's lost his thesis.
Laptop Data Recovery in Spearwood
Recovering data from crashed Laptops and MacBook's in Spearwood
We use laptops in our business and personal lives every day. The portable nature of laptops make them more susceptible to damage than their desktop computer counterparts. Perth Data Recovery recover data from numerous devices, including Spearwood mobile phones data recovery , Spearwood USB devices data recovery , Spearwood PCs data recovery , Spearwood Tablets and many more .
Reasons for data recovery
We regularly receive crashed laptops and MacBook's in Perth. Some most common cases include : dropped laptop data recovery , smashed screens data recovery , water damage data recovery and faulty power supplies. Often the laptop has no sign of life or the data is corrupted , inaccessible or in a raw format which is not readable by end user . Sometimes people accidently delete their data and realize they have no backup , we can help recover deleted data or formatted hard drive in Spearwood.
Common faults on Laptops and Macbooks in Spearwood
- Laptop unable to boot
- Master Boot Record (MBR) corruption
- Smashed screen
- No power to the laptop
- Clicking Hard Drive
- Accidental File Delete
- Liquid/Water damage
- Virus / Malware / Infections
- Dropped Laptop and Macbooks
How to increase your chance of successful data recovery
- Do not attempt to switch your laptop on
- Disconnect from power specially in a water damage scenario
- Do not open the laptop and try to fix it
- Do not download free data recovery tools
- Bring it to Perth Data Recovery as soon as possible
- Salt water damage causes more corrosion over time
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- Send your laptop to Perth data recovery
PC & iMac Data Recovery in Spearwood
Recovering data from Desktop PCs & iMacs
Desktop PC's and iMacs are not portable devices so they are less prone to physical failure than portable storage like laptops and external hard drives , unfortunately the built in hard drive still fails because of several reasons.
Perth data recovery can recover data from all brands and models of Microsoft or Apple compatible devices in Spearwood.If you cannot access your data on your PC or iMac in Spearwood, do not attempt to access hard drive and recover using free online recover software as using an improper software will put unnecessary pressure on hard drive and the data becomes permanently lost. Even removing the storage from the case may damage electronic components or connection ports , so stop trying and bring it to Perth Data Recovery for a professional assessment and evaluation for a high chance of recovery .
How we can help get your data back in Spearwood
The first and most important step is to turn off your system as soon as you encounter a problem and do not attempt to switch it back on. It's always best to be safe in these situations and doing this maintains the highest chance of recovery and prevents further data loss from occurring. You don't even need to remove the storage component from the system, just bring the whole unit to Perth Data Recovery and we will do the rest.
Reasons for data recovery
- Accidental deletion of files / Folders
- Hardware / Physical damage
- File corruptions
- Virus and malware infections
- OS (Operating System) failures
- Master Boot Record (MBR) corruption
- Power surge
- Boot loop
We have seen different crash scenarios and successfully recovered from crashed PC's and iMacs in Spearwood. We understand the panic and frustration of downtime due to a crash and are ready to get your data back.
Common faults on PCs and iMacs in Spearwood
- Clicking Hard Drive
- Failed updates
- Windows failed to load
- Disk is not recognised
- BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death)
- PC does not power up
- Virus or Malware
- Deleted files
- Operating system corrupted
How we can help get your data back in Spearwood
The first and most important thing is to stop using your external hard drive immediately and do not follow any DIY instructions or attempt to recover the files using free data recovery downloaded tools as this can often make the problem worse and make it extremely harder to recover or cause a permanently lost of data.We have been recovering data in Perth from a variety of external hard disk drives for many years.
Next Steps:
- Learn more about our data recovery process
- Complete our online assessment form
- Feel free to contact us with any questions
- Send your laptop to Perth data recovery
FLASH DRIVE DATA RECOVERY in Spearwood
The most convenient way to transport small size of data are Flash drives and USB thumb drives. Whether its family photos , personal documents , financial data or a critical business presentation, most people use these types of storage on a daily basis to hold valuable data. Flash drives and thumb drives are relatively durable, however, they are still sensitive electronic devices and are susceptible to damage and crash in Perth.
Some of the most common causes of flash drive failure in Spearwood:
- Physical damage – This is very common when USB connection is broken from the board or bent and in the process has caused damage to the board inside the drive's case. These Flash drives need to be checked in our Lab to recover data from them. Perth Data Recovery can recover data from all types of USB damage in a professional component level data recovery in Spearwood, we can also remove the memory chip and place it on a donor board to recover data. Perth Data Recovery can recover data in most difficult cases when other recovery companies in Perth unable to recover.
- Data corruption – Data corruption because of viruses, static electricity (can also cause physical damage), operating system failure, software malfunction, and not properly removing the device from a computer are all very common and Perth Data Recovery recovered many cases with similar symptoms.
- Liquid & heat damage – Being extremely small and portable, it is not uncommon for Flash drives to suffer from submersion or excessive heat damage, such as being left in an automobile or direct sunlight.
Perth data recovery engineers can recover data from all of the above Flash drives failures and have already seen most scenarios imaginable. Whether your thumb drive was bent , dropped in the pool , or run over by car , we can retrieve the drive's contents with a very high success rate.
- Do not leave a Flash or USB drive in a laptop or desktop unattended. It is common to forget the drive is in a computer and it can be kicked, bumped, or bent, resulting severe physical damage to the drive.
- Do not expose Flash drives to extreme temperatures, this can cause damage to the electronic components of the drive.
- Always "stop" or "remove" the device from a computer before removing it from the computers USB port—disregarding this step can cause data corruption or deletion.
Next Steps:
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- Send your laptop to Perth data recovery
CAMERA CARD DATA RECOVERY in Spearwood
Perth Data Recovery fully understands the panic of losing irreplaceable memories and family photos due to a SD or Micro SD card crash in Spearwood, it is very devastating. In most cases , many of those digital camera images cannot be replicated. Our professional data recovery engineers can help retrieve seemingly lost images from failed camera cards. Perth Data Recovery Labs has developed state-of-the-art technology and techniques to ensure the best possible chance of recovering your photos in Perth.
- Argus
- Bell Howell
- Canon CR2/CRW
- Casio
- Fuji RAF
- Hewlett Packard
- Kodak DCR
- Konica
- Minolta MRW
- Nikon NEF (D1H/D1X)
- Nikon NEF (E5000/E5700)
- Nikon MOV
- Olympus ORF (E-XX/C5050)
- Pentax
- Polaroid
- Ricoh J61 (RDC-2E)
- Samsung
- Sanyo
- Sigma-Foveon (X3F)
- Vivitar
Some of the most common causes of digital camera card failure:
- Physical damage – These small cards can easily be dropped, bent, and crushed which can damage the internal components of the card. Physically damaged camera cards need to be examined in our Lab in order to retrieve data.
- Data corruption – Data corruption can be caused by static electricity (can also cause physical damage), software malfunction, or not properly removing the device.
- Deletion or re-formatting – A camera card can be accidentally re-formatted in a camera or in the PC or pictures can be deleted during transfer or editing from SD to the computer.
- Liquid & heat damage – Cameras can easily be dropped in water or left in extreme temperatures. Both of these scenarios can cause damage to the internal components of the camera card.
Perth Date Recovery Labs removable media engineers can recover data from all of the above failures and have already seen most scenarios imaginable. Whether your camera card is cracked, submerged, or stepped on we can help retrieve the drive's contents.
RAID Data Recovery in Spearwood
RAID is an acronym that stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID is a term used in computing. With RAID, several hard disks are made into one logical disk. There are different ways this can be done.By integrating two or more hard drives we can achieve greater performance and higher reliability of data.The RAID levels are implemented by software and hardware. The hardware type is most common. Since Raid consists several drives, it's more complicated to recover data from RAID compared to a single disk. Perth RAID data recovery experts can recover your data even if all other means of retrieval have failed. We are expert in all types of raid arrays regardless of the array size, configuration, Operating system , or platform of your Raid Array. RAID Data Recovery is one of the most complex recovery processes that we perform in Perth routinely. Engineers at Perth Data Recovery take such RAID jobs in Spearwood as a challenge and will get your data back as much as possible.
Raid Failure Situations
RAID failure is due to many factors but our experience over a decade shows that most of failures have been aggravated by human error. "Let me try myself" or following "DIY" attitude often complicates the recovery of RAID.
Most Common Raid Failures in Spearwood
- RAID Controller failure
- Raid configuration lost
- Accidental reconfiguration and initialization of RAID array
- Multiple drives failure
- Raid partition missing
- Virus Damage
- Partition was formatted
- Raid drives have mechanical fault
Expert advice if RAID is inaccessible
- Never reinitialize drives
- Never change the sequence of the Raid Drives
- Do not reinstall Operating system
Do not create new partitions - Immediately switch off Raid drives upon hearing unusual sound from the Raid drive
- Label all drives according to their position in Raid Array
- Always seek professional help , Call Perth Data Recovery to arrange an assessment
Raid Data Recovery Process in Spearwood
Perth Data Recovery has recovered thousands of cases over the years. Data Recovery process for Raid starts from an initial evaluation stage , in this stage our engineers will evaluate the RAID and diagnose the fault with the raid array. In the evaluation process, we will determine whether RAID has logical corruption to the array structure, or the drives in the RAID array have suffered any physical damage. Once the cause of failure is determined our Raid engineer will send you a report along fixed quotation for your approval.
On your approval we will start the recovery process and as we have a high success rate in our RAID data recovery services in Perth, there will be a high chance of successful RAID recovery , when finalized the recovery , we can copy the data on your nominated storage or cloud .
Common Raid Levels
- Raid 0 – Stripe Set
- Raid 1 – Mirroring
- Raid 0 + 1 – Stripe + Mirroring
- Raid 5 – Stripe Set with Parity
- Raid 6 – Stripe Set with Dual Parity


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This article originally featured at the Pathfinder Foundation and is republished with permission. Read it in its original form here.
By Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman & Admiral Dr. Jayanath Colombage, Director Centre for India -Sri Lanka Initiatives of the Pathfinder Foundation
Introduction: Fish do not respect boundaries but humans should!
India and Sri Lanka are two neighboring Indian Ocean states. A shallow and narrow strip of sea called the 'Palk Bay' and the 'Gulf of Mannar' separates the two countries. There is a clearly demarcated, mutually agreed upon and legally binding International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), separating the territorial waters of the two countries. There are binding commonalities in the form of linguistic, cultural, religious and vocational, between Tamil Nadu and the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Until the signing of IMBL agreements in 1974 and 1976, fishermen from coastal districts of both countries used this sea, mainly for traditional fishing. There was a harmonious coexistence between these communities for a long time. However, Tamil Nadu fishermen changed their fishing methods in the late 1970s and upgraded to steel hulled fishing vessels and engaged in bottom-trawling in order to boost production. Continuous bottom trawling on the Indian side of the IMBL resulted in depleting fish stocks therein. Gradually, these trawlers began to cross over to the Sri Lankan side of the IMBL. The newly introduced Indian trawlers were much bigger and more powerful than traditional craft, as they had to trawl and recover nets heavy with the catch. The fishermen of northern Sri Lanka found it extremely difficult to venture in to the sea during the days when Indian trawlers were poaching, as they feared damage to their boats and fishing gear, as well as safety for their lives.
During the time of the conflict, the Sri Lankan government was compelled to restrict fishing by local fishermen in the north and the east due to security concerns. However, the Indian trawlers continued to bottom trawl in Sri Lankan waters regardless, at times coming 2-3 nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast. This situation was effectively exploited by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who used Indian trawlers to ferry their cadres, fuel, explosives; mainly from the southern Indian coast to northern, north-western and north-eastern coasts of Sri Lanka. However, the number of Indian trawlers operating in Sri Lankan waters was relatively less during this period, as they feared misidentification as LTTE agents by the Sri Lanka Navy. With the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka, and the gradual resettlement of displaced personnel, local fishermen wished to recommence their livelihood activities and what they encountered was a large hostile Tamil Nadu trawler fleet plundering their resources. With the fishery conflict gaining a new significance, both governments continued discussions at various levels to find an amicable long lasting solution. However, to-date, there has been no solution or even a common agreement of the issues affecting fishermen from both countries.
Legal Implications and Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (FAO, 2001):
Illegal fishing refers to activities: Conducted by national or foreign vessels in waters under the jurisdiction of a State, without the permission of that State, or in contravention of its laws and regulations;
Unreported fishing refers to fishing activities: Which have not been reported, or have been misreported, to the relevant national authority, in contravention of national laws and regulations; or
Unregulated fishing refers to fishing activities: In areas or for fish stocks in relation to which there are no applicable conservation or management measures and where such fishing activities are conducted in a manner inconsistent with State responsibilities for the conservation of living marine resources under international law.
From the above definition, it can be seen that Indian fishermen engage in IUU fishing in every aspect and they are clearly violating the UNCLOS, which permits only the right to innocent passage in another state's territorial waters. According to Gunasekera (2016), "Article 19.2 (i) of the UNCLOS makes proviso for any 'fishing activities' by foreign vessels to be regarded as an act of prejudice towards peace, good order or security of the coastal state, thereby confirming that such passage is not innocent." Further, Tamil Nadu fishermen do not declare the catch and location, and carry out their activities in contravention of state responsibility to conservation of living marine resources by engaging in destructive bottom trawling.
The United Nations Development Summit in September 2015, adopted UN Resolution 70/1, "Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development." The basis for this resolution was the understanding that global resources in the oceans should be carefully managed for a sustainable future, as the oceans are key in making the earth habitable for humankind. The main objective of Goal 14 of this agenda, 'Life Below Water' is to "conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development" (UN, 2015).
The spirit of this resolution is clearly applicable to the Indo-Sri Lanka fishery conflict. The UN has set a target year as 2020 to end IUU fishing. The UN resolution also talks about conservation and sustainable use of oceans as per international law as reflected in UNCLOS, and encouraging sustainable artisan fishing. India and Sri Lanka being member states of the UN committed to sustainable development and should abide by this resolution.
Sovereignty of Kachchativu Island
The two governments concluded two IMBL agreements with a view to maintaining cordial relations. They could be termed as landmark agreements, which came into force even before the UNCLOS. Tamil Nadu maintains that the island of Kachchativu was 'ceded' to Sri Lanka by the 1974 agreement without the consent of the state, for which it has sought legal remedy. However, the central government maintains that these two agreements are binding. As per Gunasekera (2016), "By virtue of the Agreement entered between the two countries in 1974 regarding the boundary in historic waters between the two countries and related issues, the delimitation process has taken place on grounds of fairness and equity more than the application of the principle of 'equidistance' though the final outcome justified the latter." Hence, sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of Kachchativu clearly falls under Sri Lanka. Based on historical facts, the Government of Sri Lanka has maintained that the island was administered by then Ceylon and has been under its jurisdiction even during the time of the Portuguese and later the British. There is evidence to suggest that Surveyor of the Government of India treated the island as part of then Ceylon, as far back as 1876 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, 2008).
Tamil Nadu has consistently maintained that the main issue for this conflict is the ceding of this uninhabited island to Sri Lanka. However, the fact of the matter is that Kachchativu was never 'ceded' by India. Instead, India recognized that the island belonged to Sri Lanka. The island of Kachchativu is closer to the landmass of Sri Lanka by one nautical mile than that of India. Tamil Nadu politicians also accuse that the Sri Lankan Navy and Coast Guard harass Tamil Nadu fishermen, who accidentally drift across the IMBL closer to Kachchativu. However, the Indian Coast Guard, filing an affidavit in Chennai High Court, stated that the Indian fishermen are crossing IMBL into Sri Lankan waters for better fish catch as fishery resources are depleted on the Indian side of the IMBL. They also used banned methods of fishing and the Sri Lanka Navy does not cross the IMBL to the Indian side (Indian Coast Guard, 2015). No further argument is necessary, as this statement has come from the most authoritative source in India, which is tasked with the responsibility to guard the IMBL and Indian territorial waters. This affidavit also nullifies the claim often made by Indian fishermen that the Sri Lanka Navy is harassing them, when they are fishing in the Indian waters.
Whenever the Sri Lankan side detains fishermen and their boats engaged in poaching, Tamil Nadu political leaders blame New Delhi for ceding Kachchativu to Sri Lanka, as if that was the core of the dispute. Is Kachchativu Island the real issue in this conflict? Do fishermen from South India accidentally drift across the IMBL in to Sri Lankan side? Do they engage in illegal trawling only around Kachchativu?
The Tamil Nadu fishermen are experts in navigation and know their position well. Besides, most of these trawlers are now fitted with Global Positioning Systems (GPS). However, it has to be highlighted that Indian fishermen are not fishing only around Kachchativu island but come 2-3 nautical miles from the coastal city of Pesali in Mannar island, which is, in fact, 17.5 nautical miles from the IMBL and South West of the Delft island, which is about 11.5 nautical miles from the IMBL (Admiralty Chart, 1987). These two locations are long distances away from the IMBL and Kachchativu and deep inside Sri Lankan territorial waters. Therefore, it can be convincingly concluded that the issue of Kachchativu is only a cover to justify destructive fishing being carried out by Indian trawlers well within Sri Lankan territorial waters to sustain the multimillion-dollar prawn export industry. There are allegations of double standards adopted by the European Union on this clear case of IUU fishing. Although the EU has stated that it is 'working to close the loopholes that allow illegal operators in the fisheries sector to profit from their activities,' it has not taken any action to ban export of illegally caught prawns to its member states by India. However, the EU was quick to ban fish exports from Sri Lanka over allegations of IUU fishing though the ban is now removed (Wijedasa, 2015). Of late, northern fishermen have begun to fault the Sri Lanka government for not taking the matter with the EU forcefully.
Fishermen's Livelihood Issue
Quite often the state of Tamil Nadu argues that their 'poor fishermen' are suffering due to enforcement measures undertaken by the Sri Lankan government. However, it is noteworthy that almost all persons, who are engaged in bottom trawling, are contracted employees. It is alleged that the trawlers are actually owned by large-scale businessmen, who are often close to the political elite of the state. Suryanarayan highlights this fact by saying "quick returns from prawns attracted many from non-fishing communities to invest in this profitable venture. As a result, numerous fishermen became daily wage labourers" (2016). A measure of this fact can also be seen from the increased number of trawlers in the three South Indian districts of the Palk Bay (Thanjavur, Pudukkottai and Rameshwaram), from 1568 in 1986 to 3339 in 2000 (Suryanarayan, 2016). All these trawlers engage in bottom trawling in Sri Lanka waters. Prawns have become a multimillion-dollar industry; mainly for exporting to the USA, Japan and Western Europe.
However, when the Sri Lankan authorities arrest a minute percentage of these trawlers for poaching in its territorial waters, and subject offenders to judicial processes, there are huge protests in Tamil Nadu and letters are written to the central government demanding intervention. In order to maintain goodwill between the two neighbors, the government of Sri Lanka releases offenders and their boats are handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the IMBL at regular intervals. This procedure has become a routine occurrence and is not an effective deterrent at all as they return to engage in poaching no sooner they are released. Enforcement measures such as burning or blowing up captured fishing vessels as being practiced by Australia and Indonesia, are not implemented so as not to adversely affect bilateral relations with India when they capture vessels engaged in IUU fishing in their territorial waters. However, a step in the right direction is that due to severity of poaching, Sri Lanka has refused the demand made at the November negotiations in New Delhi for the release of hundreds of boats it has seized.
Traditional and Human Security Implications
During its heydays, LTTE employed Indian fishing trawlers either seized or hired, to transport war-fighting materials and their cadres, initially between the two coasts and at latter stages to carry out ship to shore transfers. Such activity posed a serious security threat, as the LTTE was able to engage in near-conventional battles using long range artillery and mortar pieces. The conflict ended in May 2009 with the defeat of the LTTE. Although there has not been a resurgence of the organization, there were several attempts by certain segments of the Tamil Diaspora to revive hostilities in Sri Lanka. Against such a backdrop, large number of Indian fishing trawlers coming very close to Sri Lankan coast on a regular basis could lead to serious security implications, should the LTTE decide to revive their violent organization. Further, frequent smuggling of narcotic drugs into Sri Lanka from South India are using Indian trawlers to carry out this illegal trade.
The northern Sri Lankan fishermen engage in most sustainable methods of fishing, employing traditional artisanal methods. They do not operate multi-day fishing vessels, unlike their southern counterparts. They use small boats and venture in to the ocean for short periods, usually not more than 24 hours.
However, large steel hulled Indian trawlers practice bottom trawling, which is considered as one of the most destructive methods of fishing. Bottom trawlers are called "hoovers of the ocean" and "bulldozers mowing down fish and other benthic species" (Suryanarayan, 2016). If this bulldozing of the Sri Lanka Ocean is continued, soon there will be hardly any fish to catch. Bottom trawling scrapes the sea bed, disturbs the marine environment, damages age old corals, affect the growth of planktons and finally affect the reef fish, prawns and other types on benthic marine species, which could result in 'habitat degradation.' The majority of the northern coastal population of Sri Lanka depends on fishing or fishery related industry. That is the only livelihood activity they have ever known. If that source of livelihood is destroyed, there will be huge economic, social and political consequences affecting human security.
Progress of High level and Fishermen level Discussions
Traditionally, the Indian side had made it a practice to demand that representatives of fishermen from the two countries should meet and discuss all issues relating to the dispute, to which Sri Lankan authorities seem to agree, despite the fact the issue required negotiation between the two governments and not between offenders and victims. Recently however, representatives of Sri Lankan fishermen have been firm against the systematic exploitation of fisheries resources by their Indian counterparts. During the most recent encounter in New Delhi on November 2, 2016, after a gap of nearly one and half years, Sri Lankan fishermen refused to agree to the demand made by their Tamil Nadu counterparts to fish in Sri Lankan waters for 83 days in a year for three consecutive years as a grace period before they switch into deep sea fishing as an alternative way out of the Indo-Lanka poaching issue (Sunday Times, November 13, 2016).
The Sri Lankan fishermen have been adamant that they would not agree to continuation of illegal poaching and bottom trawling in their waters and had insisted that Tamil Nadu fishermen should stop engaging in such activity forthwith. The Sri Lankan fishermen also demanded compensation for the losses incurred due to poaching and bottom trawling, prior to moving ahead of further talks (The Hindu, 2016). Further, they had pointed out that Tamil Nadu fishermen were engaged in IUU fishing, and threatened to take the matter up in international forums to bring pressure against the illegal activities practiced by them for decades. The stand taken by the Sri Lankan fishermen, who are the victims of IUU fishing, is genuine as it is their livelihood at stake. It is the responsibility of the Indian government to adopt measures to address the livelihood issue of its citizens and, allocate adequate resources help them in their transition from bottom trawling to deep-sea fishing.
Aftermath of the inconclusive fishermen's talks, the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister and Aquatic Resources Development Minister met with Indian External Affairs Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, to discuss possible measures to find solutions to the fishery conflict (Lanka Business Online, 2016). This is the first time the two foreign ministers actively participated in fishery talks, which is a clear indication of the commitment of both governments to find a lasting solution. Whilst the details of the discussions are not published, it is reported that they agreed to set up a Joint Working Group (JWG) on Fisheries to meet every three months and a meeting between Ministers of Fisheries every six months. The first Ministerial Meeting was held on January 2, 2017 in Colombo.
Among the several issues to be taken up by the JWG are for "expediting the transition towards ending the practice of bottom trawling at the earliest," which patently lacks a time bound commitment. Other tasks of the JWG would be to work out modalities for Standard Operating Procedures for handing over apprehended fishermen and ascertain possibilities of cooperation on joint patrolling (Lanka Business Online, 2016).
Conclusion and The Way Forward
Diplomatic initiatives, JWGs and fishermen to fishermen talks have not seen the desired results for the last several decades. There is no common understanding between the two sides, one driven by profits and greed, and the other by poverty and desolateness. Whilst the Sri Lanka side maintains that poaching and bottom trawling by Indian trawlers should not be permitted, the Indian side is demanding licensing, limiting the number of trawlers and days, thereby not harming their fishermen in Sri Lankan waters.
The law enforcement authorities on both sides of the IMBL are forced to restrain themselves due to political pressure wielded by Tamil Nadu business interests. The hostile attitude of Tamil Nadu towards Sri Lanka mainly rests around this dispute, which could result in adversely affecting the excellent bi-lateral relations between the two countries. The solution to the problem is not to permit Tamil Nadu business interests to profit from their illegal activities. Unless a firm position is taken by Sri Lanka with regard to violation of its territorial waters, engaging in illegal bottom trawling by way of stepped up arrests and non-return of fishing vessels may continue. It is clear that poaching in the Palk Bay area and the Gulf of Mannar would continue for some time, while the marine environment is systematically destroyed to a point of no return. However, the ongoing dispute should not result in physical harm to the Tamil Nadu fishermen, due to the failure of authorities concerned to address the dispute in a timely manner.
Both sides should accede that this is a livelihood issue affecting thousands of families on both sides of the divide. It has also to be recognized that taking care of livelihood issues of citizens is a responsibility of the respective governments, who should find solutions to issues affecting bilateral relations without resorting to prevarication. As Suriyanarayanan points out, there are some positive measures being undertaken by the state of Tamil Nadu. There is a planned buy-back arrangement of trawlers, provide alternative livelihood for fishermen engaged in trawling and to construct tuna long liners. Through incentives and persuasion, affected fishermen could be encouraged to switch over to deep sea fishing in the Indian EEZ and international waters or engage in other vocations. However, sincerity, effectiveness and timely implementation of these measures are yet to be ascertained (Suryanarayan, 2016).
Sri Lanka's concern is whether the fragile marine ecosystem in the Palk Bay would survive until these measures are implemented effectively. There is a need for Sri Lanka to embark on scientific research on the subject area to ascertain the real damage caused by bottom trawling and the resultant impact on the fisheries in the Palk Bay in order to gather sufficient data from primary and secondary sources, make an assessment of the cost of annual losses due to poaching, and be ready to present a incontrovertible case to India. A research station in the island of Kachchativu manned by the National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA) personnel could be entrusted with this task. A joint mechanism for investigation of alleged offences and joint patrolling by both countries merits consideration. If all efforts fail in finding an amicable solution, the government of Sri Lanka should be ready to refer the dispute to the appropriate international authorities on the strength of UN resolution 70/1, Goal 14: 'to conserve and sustainably use oceans and marine resources for sustainable development.'
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's "like" button isn't going away, but it's about to get some company.
Facebook has been testing alternatives to "like" in about a half-dozen countries, including Ireland, Spain and Japan. On Wednesday, Facebook started making "haha," "angry" and three other responses available in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
In changing a core part of Facebook — the 7-year-old "like" button has become synonymous with the social network — the company said it tried to keep things familiar. The thumbs-up "like" button will look just as it long has, without the other choices cluttering the screen or confusing people. You have to hold that button or mouse over the "like" link for a second or two for the alternatives to pop up.
Here are seven things to know about Facebook's latest feature, known as Reactions.
When a friend posts that his father has died, or a cousin gets frustrated with her morning commute, hitting "like" might seem insensitive. Users have long requested a "dislike" button, but that was deemed too negative and problematic. Are you disliking the death or the call for sympathy?
Facebook chose to offer more nuanced reactions — "love," "haha," "wow," "sad" and "angry" — alongside "like" — to give users "greater control over their expressivity," says Julie Zhuo, Facebook's product design director.
Facebook went through comments on friends' posts, as well as emoji-like stickers people were using. It chose the most common ones and tested those. Facebook considered dozens of reactions — but offering them all would have been confusing. Think of having to flip through pages and pages of emojis: Do you want one wink, a tear, a full frown or a half frown?
Facebook ultimately chose these six reactions for their universal appeal — something that could be understood around the world. Even a generic happy face "was a little bit ambiguous and harder for people to understand," Zhuo says.
Each reaction comes with an animated emoji, such as the thumbs up for "like" and a heart for "love." These emojis will look the same around the world, but phrases such as "love" will be translated.
Zhuo says people click on "like" more than a billion times a day, so "we didn't want to make that any harder." It's still the go-to reaction for most posts. But Zhuo says in the countries tested, people used the alternatives more frequently over time.
The rollout is expected to take a few days to complete. You'll get the feature automatically on Web browsers, but you'll need to update your app on iPhones and Android devices (no word yet on Windows and BlackBerry).
Facebook already shows how many people like a post and lets you tap or click on the count for a list of people. With Reactions, you see how many people have reacted in some way, along with the top three reactions, such as "love" followed by "haha" and "wow." You can get breakdowns for each reaction — the total and specific people. If you don't update your app, you'll just see the number of likes.
Once you have this, you can start marking older posts as "wow" or "sad," too.
Facebook has a complex formula for deciding which of your friends' posts are more prominent. Ones that get a lot of likes, for instance, will tend to show up higher. Now, posts marked "angry" or "wow" will bump up, too.
But Facebook wants to show what it thinks you're most interested in — and that might ultimately mean mostly happy posts, rather than ones that evoke sadness or anger. Zhuo says Facebook will tweak its formulas based on how people respond.
These alternative reactions are for all posts, including those from groups and brands. A company won't be able to block the ability to mark its posts with anger.
Why so long? Besides deciding on how many and which specific reactions to offer, Facebook needed to figure out the right way for people to discover and use it. For instance, a menu might have been harder to find, while offering all six buttons up front might have made it harder to just quickly "like" a post and move on. Zhuo says CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed for the long-press method as a balance.
The feature is expected to evolve over time, and Facebook may add or change choices based on feedback.
Facebook's blog post: http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/02/reactions-now-available-globally
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Tk_DistanceToTextLayout (3) - Linux Manuals
Tk_DistanceToTextLayout: routines to measure and display single-font, multi-line, justified text.
Tk_ComputeTextLayout, Tk_FreeTextLayout, Tk_DrawTextLayout, Tk_UnderlineTextLayout, Tk_PointToChar, Tk_CharBbox, Tk_DistanceToTextLayout, Tk_IntersectTextLayout, Tk_TextLayoutToPostscript - routines to measure and display single-font, multi-line, justified text.
#include <tk.h> Tk_TextLayout Tk_ComputeTextLayout(tkfont, string, numChars, wrapLength, justify, flags, widthPtr, heightPtr) void Tk_FreeTextLayout(layout) void Tk_DrawTextLayout(display, drawable, gc, layout, x, y, firstChar, lastChar) void Tk_UnderlineTextLayout(display, drawable, gc, layout, x, y, underline) int Tk_PointToChar(layout, x, y) int Tk_CharBbox(layout, index, xPtr, yPtr, widthPtr, heightPtr) int Tk_DistanceToTextLayout(layout, x, y) int Tk_IntersectTextLayout(layout, x, y, width, height) void Tk_TextLayoutToPostscript(interp, layout)
- Tk_Font tkfont (in) Font to use when constructing and displaying a text layout. The tkfont must remain valid for the lifetime of the text layout. Must have been returned by a previous call to Tk_GetFont.
- const char *string (in) Potentially multi-line string whose dimensions are to be computed and stored in the text layout. The string must remain valid for the lifetime of the text layout.
- int numChars (in) The number of characters to consider from string. If numChars is less than 0, then assumes string is null terminated and uses Tcl_NumUtfChars to determine the length of string.
- int wrapLength (in) Longest permissible line length, in pixels. Lines in string will automatically be broken at word boundaries and wrapped when they reach this length. If wrapLength is too small for even a single character to fit on a line, it will be expanded to allow one character to fit on each line. If wrapLength is <= 0, there is no automatic wrapping; lines will get as long as they need to be and only wrap if a newline/return character is encountered.
- Tk_Justify justify (in) How to justify the lines in a multi-line text layout. Possible values are TK_JUSTIFY_LEFT, TK_JUSTIFY_CENTER, or TK_JUSTIFY_RIGHT. If the text layout only occupies a single line, then justify is irrelevant.
- int flags (in) Various flag bits OR-ed together. TK_IGNORE_TABS means that tab characters should not be expanded to the next tab stop. TK_IGNORE_NEWLINES means that newline/return characters should not cause a line break. If either tabs or newlines/returns are ignored, then they will be treated as regular characters, being measured and displayed in a platform-dependent manner as described in Tk_MeasureChars, and will not have any special behaviors.
- int *widthPtr (out) If non-NULL, filled with either the width, in pixels, of the widest line in the text layout, or the width, in pixels, of the bounding box for the character specified by index.
- int *heightPtr (out) If non-NULL, filled with either the total height, in pixels, of all the lines in the text layout, or the height, in pixels, of the bounding box for the character specified by index.
- Tk_TextLayout layout (in) A token that represents the cached layout information about the single-font, multi-line, justified piece of text. This token is returned by Tk_ComputeTextLayout.
- Display *display (in) Display on which to draw.
- Drawable drawable (in) Window or pixmap in which to draw.
- GC gc (in) Graphics context to use for drawing text layout. The font selected in this GC must correspond to the tkfont used when constructing the text layout.
- int x, y (in) Point, in pixels, at which to place the upper-left hand corner of the text layout when it is being drawn, or the coordinates of a point (with respect to the upper-left hand corner of the text layout) to check against the text layout.
- int firstChar (in) The index of the first character to draw from the given text layout. The number 0 means to draw from the beginning.
- int lastChar (in) The index of the last character up to which to draw. The character specified by lastChar itself will not be drawn. A number less than 0 means to draw all characters in the text layout.
- int underline (in) Index of the single character to underline in the text layout, or a number less than 0 for no underline.
- int index (in) The index of the character whose bounding box is desired. The bounding box is computed with respect to the upper-left hand corner of the text layout.
- int *xPtr, *yPtr (out) Filled with the upper-left hand corner, in pixels, of the bounding box for the character specified by index. Either or both xPtr and yPtr may be NULL, in which case the corresponding value is not calculated.
- int width, height (in) Specifies the width and height, in pixels, of the rectangular area to compare for intersection against the text layout.
Tcl_Interp *interp (out)
Postscript code that will print the text layout is appended to
These routines are for measuring and displaying single-font, multi-line, justified text. To measure and display simple single-font, single-line strings, refer to the documentation for Tk_MeasureChars. There is no programming interface in the core of Tk that supports multi-font, multi-line text; support for that behavior must be built on top of simpler layers. Note that unlike the lower level text display routines, the functions described here all operate on character-oriented lengths and indices rather than byte-oriented values. See the description of Tcl_UtfAtIndex for more details on converting between character and byte offsets.
The routines described here are built on top of the programming interface described in the Tk_MeasureChars documentation. Tab characters and newline/return characters may be treated specially by these procedures, but all other characters are passed through to the lower level.
Tk_ComputeTextLayout computes the layout information needed to display a single-font, multi-line, justified string of text and returns a Tk_TextLayout token that holds this information. This token is used in subsequent calls to procedures such as Tk_DrawTextLayout, Tk_DistanceToTextLayout, and Tk_FreeTextLayout. The string and tkfont used when computing the layout must remain valid for the lifetime of this token.
Tk_FreeTextLayout is called to release the storage associated with layout when it is no longer needed. A layout should not be used in any other text layout procedures once it has been released.
Tk_DrawTextLayout uses the information in layout to display a single-font, multi-line, justified string of text at the specified location.
Tk_UnderlineTextLayout uses the information in layout to display an underline below an individual character. This procedure does not draw the text, just the underline. To produce natively underlined text, an underlined font should be constructed and used. All characters, including tabs, newline/return characters, and spaces at the ends of lines, can be underlined using this method. However, the underline will never be drawn outside of the computed width of layout; the underline will stop at the edge for any character that would extend partially outside of layout, and the underline will not be visible at all for any character that would be located completely outside of the layout.
Tk_PointToChar uses the information in layout to determine the character closest to the given point. The point is specified with respect to the upper-left hand corner of the layout, which is considered to be located at (0, 0). Any point whose y-value is less that 0 will be considered closest to the first character in the text layout; any point whose y-value is greater than the height of the text layout will be considered closest to the last character in the text layout. Any point whose x-value is less than 0 will be considered closest to the first character on that line; any point whose x-value is greater than the width of the text layout will be considered closest to the last character on that line. The return value is the index of the character that was closest to the point. Given a layout with no characters, the value 0 will always be returned, referring to a hypothetical zero-width placeholder character.
Tk_CharBbox uses the information in layout to return the bounding box for the character specified by index. The width of the bounding box is the advance width of the character, and does not include any left or right bearing. Any character that extends partially outside of layout is considered to be truncated at the edge. Any character that would be located completely outside of layout is considered to be zero-width and pegged against the edge. The height of the bounding box is the line height for this font, extending from the top of the ascent to the bottom of the descent; information about the actual height of individual letters is not available. For measurement purposes, a layout that contains no characters is considered to contain a single zero-width placeholder character at index 0. If index was not a valid character index, the return value is 0 and *xPtr, *yPtr, *widthPtr, and *heightPtr are unmodified. Otherwise, if index did specify a valid, the return value is non-zero, and *xPtr, *yPtr, *widthPtr, and *heightPtr are filled with the bounding box information for the character. If any of xPtr, yPtr, widthPtr, or heightPtr are NULL, the corresponding value is not calculated or stored.
Tk_DistanceToTextLayout computes the shortest distance in pixels from the given point (x, y) to the characters in layout. Newline/return characters and non-displaying space characters that occur at the end of individual lines in the text layout are ignored for hit detection purposes, but tab characters are not. The return value is 0 if the point actually hits the layout. If the point did not hit the layout then the return value is the distance in pixels from the point to the layout.
Tk_IntersectTextLayout determines whether a layout lies entirely inside, entirely outside, or overlaps a given rectangle. Newline/return characters and non-displaying space characters that occur at the end of individual lines in the layout are ignored for intersection calculations. The return value is -1 if the layout is entirely outside of the rectangle, 0 if it overlaps, and 1 if it is entirely inside of the rectangle.
Tk_TextLayoutToPostscript outputs code consisting of a Postscript array of strings that represent the individual lines in layout. It is the responsibility of the caller to take the Postscript array of strings and add some Postscript function operate on the array to render each of the lines. The code that represents the Postscript array of strings is appended to interp->result.
When measuring a text layout, space characters that occur at the end of a line are ignored. The space characters still exist and the insertion point can be positioned amongst them, but their additional width is ignored when justifying lines or returning the total width of a text layout. All end-of-line space characters are considered to be attached to the right edge of the line; this behavior is logical for left-justified text and reasonable for center-justified text, but not very useful when editing right-justified text. Spaces are considered variable width characters; the first space that extends past the edge of the text layout is clipped to the edge, and any subsequent spaces on the line are considered zero width and pegged against the edge. Space characters that occur in the middle of a line of text are not suppressed and occupy their normal space width.Tab characters are not ignored for measurement calculations. If wrapping is turned on and there are enough tabs on a line, the next tab will wrap to the beginning of the next line. There are some possible strange interactions between tabs and justification; tab positions are calculated and the line length computed in a left-justified world, and then the whole resulting line is shifted so it is centered or right-justified, causing the tab columns not to align any more.
When wrapping is turned on, lines may wrap at word breaks (space or tab characters) or newline/returns. A dash or hyphen character in the middle of a word is not considered a word break. Tk_ComputeTextLayout always attempts to place at least one word on each line. If it cannot because the wrapLength is too small, the word will be broken and as much as fits placed on the line and the rest on subsequent line(s). If wrapLength is so small that not even one character can fit on a given line, the wrapLength is ignored for that line and one character will be placed on the line anyhow. When wrapping is turned off, only newline/return characters may cause a line break.
When a text layout has been created using an underlined tkfont, then any space characters that occur at the end of individual lines, newlines/returns, and tabs will not be displayed underlined when Tk_DrawTextLayout is called, because those characters are never actually drawn - they are merely placeholders maintained in the layout.


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Loss of transparency likely for Haywood under new hospital joint venture
Haywood Regional Medical Center and WestCare are in the final stages of forming a partnership, with plans to launch a new joint venture as early as January.
The two entities will join forces under a new umbrella organization with a single CEO and new board of directors. While daily operations will be merged, the arrangement stops short of a full merger with the assets and long-term balance sheets remaining separate.
Haywood County Commissioner Mark Swanger questioned how the interests of the public will be safeguarded under a new joint venture.
Currently, Haywood Regional is a public hospital. The public and media are allowed to attend hospital board meetings, and finances, policies and nearly all its records are open. The new joint entity will be a private nonprofit, however, entitling the public to only very limited disclosure about operations.
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"Has there been thought of having a county commissioner serve on that board to ensure our county government and citizens have as much transparency as possible?" Swanger asked Clasby.
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"While I don't doubt the motives of anyone involved in this now, 10 years from now we will have an entirely different cast of characters, so to count on the trust issue is not good business in my view," Swanger said. "I think a commissioner seat needs to be part of the operating agreement so the citizens who have the financial investment in the physical plant of Haywood Regional are properly represented."
Swanger asked Clasby to deliver the suggestion to the rest of the hospital board. The current hospital board will continue to exist once the new entity is formed, but which decisions will lie with the Haywood Regional board versus the new joint operation board has not been stipulated.
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500-Day Countdown to 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines – Presidential Car Museum, Quezon City
Various LGUs and government agencies will light up historic sites, monuments and landmarks, cultural centers, public spaces, and edifices simultaneously at 6 p.m. as a show of national solidarity to the 500 days to the 2021 QCP
Three sites will lead the nation in this national solidarity event: Manila, Lapu-Lapu City, and Davao. These sites constitute the 21 historic sites and landmarks across the country to be featured in the 21-count to 6 p.m. The selection of 21 monuments are based on their representation of greatness, anciency, and heroism of our nation before and after Lapulapu.
The official theme song, "Bagani," will be introduced in this event. The Lapu-Lapu countdown's event title is "Mangayaw." Directed by Lutgardo Labad, written by Floy Quintos, and produced by Junjet's Productions, the program revolves on the world of our Visayan ancestors. It will be 300-strong cast-and-crew program. Among the performers are Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra, various chorale and dance troupes in Cebu like Loboc Children's Choir, and other companies from various places in the Visayas.
The event title of the Manila Countdown is "Sinong Bayani," Directed by Maribel Legarda and written by Froilan Medina. It will feature the continuing greatness and heroism 500 years hence since the time of Lapulapu. It is produced by the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA).
The Davao Countdown's event title is "Mindanao: Unconquered," directed and written by Harold Quibete, with HQ Production as the producer of the program. It will concentrate on the unvanquished heritage of our ancestors as seen in Mindanao.
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Mr. Mark Kiven Oriendo (for Davao Countdown)
Mr. Josef Alec Geradila (for Manila Countdown)
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- In 1968, mortgage rates were 8.5%. The next year, rates went down to 7%. Homeowners could buy a 15-20% larger home for the same payments if they could find someone to assume their mortgage.
- FHA and VA mortgages were very popular in certain price ranges and they allowed anyone to assume the mortgage regardless of the credit. If you could find a person to take over your note, you were free to qualify for another mortgage.
- In October 1981, mortgage rates reached 18.63%. A $250,000 mortgage had a monthly principal and interest payment of $3,896.46. As astronomical as that rate sounds, people were still buying homes and were good investments.
- Four years later, they were still over 12%. The monthly payment was $2,571.53. Believe it or not, people were excited to be paying only 2/3 what they had to pay a few years earlier.
- Fast forward to late 1991 when the rates went below 9% and that same payment was to $2,015.16. At the turn of the 21st century, rates were 8.15% and that made the payment $1,860.62. Not much change in rates during that decade.
- If we look around the housing bubble, late 2008, the rates were 6.04% and the payment was $1,505.31. By 2009, mortgage rates had fallen below 5%. The lowest mortgage rate was 3.31% on November 2012 with a payment of $1,096.27.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Cemetery at Yosemite
43 comments:
- Our Country Bungalow said...
I love old cemeteries too. These are great pictures. I love that they are all spread out, almost encouraging visitors to wander. Looks like a beautiful place. I wonder what trees were there when this cemetery was established?
~cathy - October 26, 2011 8:25 PM
- mudderbear said...
I have enjoyed your ride through the cemetary very much. Thank you so much.
- October 26, 2011 8:31 PM
- Esther said...
Me gustaron las fotos, están increibles, Thanks!!!
- October 26, 2011 8:41 PM
- The Tablescaper said...
So interesting. It does make you want to know more about each and every one of those people.
- The Tablescaper - October 26, 2011 8:42 PM
Well, Cindy, I thought as a fellow Cali-gal that I knew a whole, whole lot about beloved Yosemite but since you've had these two posts about it, you've also taught me a couple of new things and more, so thanks for that! I think, especially as a young family maybe trying to concentrate on fun things to do for kids, my parents must have purposely left the cemetery out of the planning. I have never, ever heard of it! But it certainly makes sense, that for employees of the park who might have lived a large part of their life there, they'd want to have their final resting place be in the same beautiful setting.
I live in a very small SoCal town and our cemetery has some really ancient tombstones. My impression from walking thru that section of the cemetery, with the oldest graves, is one of sadness and hardship, to see families having lost so many children, no doubt to childhood diseases which of course, in our time, have been eradicated. Also here, a fair share of stones whose writings can now not be read, something I discovered when "tracing my roots" in ancient cemeteries elsewhere in the U.S. Not everything can be saved. Not everyone can be remembered.
In this day and age, it seems something of us will live on in infinity by way of the internet and what's preserved in cyberspace whereas, in another century if, say, the Family Bible or a lone tintype was lost or destroyed, so did the family's "story" except for what was passed verbally to a successive generation. I guess I've just learned to accept that not all things last.
When we renovated our nearly 90-year-old bungalow, we only had so much money and couldn't restore, but we tried to be true to its bones and save what we could, honor its era even if was knock-off light fixtures. The windows were so shot, there was no way to even make anything out of them; we tried to remove the glass and just broke it in the process. I had a big cry over it and then just had to let it all go. But we found an artist's easel under the house, sanded and painted it (white, of course), and it makes a great piece in which to stand in a corner and display a nice, framed photo or painting. We had to tear out delightful cupboards for inside laundry but we kept the decorative wood trim from them and reinstalled it. You do what you can.
Must be the same way at the old cemeteries; probably no way to stop the deterioration of old stone and wood from nature's elements. At least for maybe a hundred years, loved ones closest to the deceased could still "visit" the graves and derive some comfort. For the rest of us all the years later, we can still appreciate these quiet, tranquil spaces of rest and reflection. - October 26, 2011 8:48 PM
- Cindy said...
Thank you Vicki, I loved reading your comment! It's sad but true, we can't save everything!
- October 26, 2011 8:59 PM
- Debbie said...
Those are awesome photos of the cemetary!! I, too, love to go to cemetaries for the historical aspect. One of the best ones we've been to is in Columbia, behind the old schoolhouse. You should check it out sometime. It's nice that you and your sweetie enjoyed this together. :)
- October 26, 2011 9:08 PM
- Cindy said...
Debbie, we went to Columbia on our way home!!! I didn't see the cemetery though!
- October 26, 2011 9:14 PM
- Tracie~MyPetiteMaison said...
I love this post, Cindy. I could have spent hours with you looking through the cemetery and reading so much history.
I spent a lot of time with my great grandparents and grandparents and they passed on stories while we walked through Oak Hill Cemetery... I'm sure you've been there! There are so many old sections there. We used to have picnics there when I was a kid and when my dad passed away, we would spend time there doing the same in the summer. You brought back some lovely memories, although that may sound strange to some people.
Love this, did a post about cemeteries a while back and what the symbols on the tombstones mean, was fun. - October 26, 2011 9:16 PM
- Cindy said...
Tracie, I was at Oak Hill Cemetery with my mom when she told me she loves walking through old cemeteries! I want to go walk through there now...well not right now but maybe this weekend! It's beautiful there!
- October 26, 2011 9:26 PM
- Unknown said...
Cindy, what a terrific post! Great photos too. I love wandering in old cemeteries too. So peaceful... Except Boot Hill in Tombstone at night! Scared the be-jeze outta me.
Rainey - October 26, 2011 9:39 PM
- Nelly said...
Falling by the wayside? Maybe a family traveling over the country and died while on the road?
Loved this post being a lover of history and someone who also likes to read gravestones tho havent done it for many years. - October 27, 2011 1:00 AM
- Lori said...
I wonder how those wooden ones have held up so long. I always wonder old cemeteries when I get the chance. Walking among history and memories and saints.
- October 27, 2011 3:29 AM
- Victoria said...
Oh how beautiful the cemetary is! I wonder if that's a Bible verse on the young girls grave? I know faltered means stumbled and wayside is a path so maybe it means she stumbled during her walk through life. There's a really spooky, very old cemetary out by the Grand Canyon in AZ. I wanted to go in it but nobody was willing to go in with me and I was too spooked to go in alone!
- October 27, 2011 4:25 AM
- Jacqui said...
What a wonderful post. I was immobilised by the cross which just said 'A Boy'.
- October 27, 2011 6:36 AM
- Curtains in My Tree said...
I love reading the old tomestones.
My Uncle in the late 1960's had to dig up a cementary for the builing of Interstae I-70 through Missouri around St Louis Mo. There were people who was in charge of finding family members letting them know the cementary was being removed and moved. There was an entire section of unlocated families so my Uncle took all the stones to his new house and made a back patio out of all the grave stones reading dates back to 1700-1800's.
I remember as a child walking on them and reading them.
My cousin still lives in that house in st Louis Mo
Cemetaries are all history - October 27, 2011 6:45 AM
- Pamela Gordon said...
I enjoyed this post very much as I also love old cemeteries because of the history written on each tombstone. I have some photos ready to do a post on cemeteries soon. I like the casual layout of this Yosemite cemetery amongst the old trees. Thanks for sharing! Pamela
- October 27, 2011 7:05 AM
- violetlady said...
I have always loved old cemeteries, but have not wandered through any for a long time. Thanks for reminding me of something I loved to do. Your photos and commentary are wonderful. I am surprised the old wood markers are still in good shape. Wondering how it is determined who can get buried there? "Faltered by the wayside" - I have heard that before and think I have seen it before on gravestones. I think it means she had been sick. It might have been from an old poem.
- October 27, 2011 7:21 AM
- Rose H (UK) said...
Your post is fascinating! I love old cemeteries too, but I've never seen one as interesting as that one - thanks for sharing Cindy :o)
- October 27, 2011 7:29 AM
- violetlady said...
"'Tis the picture of our mother,
Farther on she could not roam,
So she faltered by the wayside;
And the angels took her home.
Often now her voice seems calling
From the dim and distant shore,
And methinks I hear an angel
Softly treading heaven's floor." - October 27, 2011 7:30 AM
- Amy Chalmers said...
Oh that is a beautiful cemetary Cindy. I think they are lovely places to visit. Full of history and meaning.
- October 27, 2011 7:34 AM
- Elsie said...
Oooo Cindy that is one awesome old cemetery. That is like WOW!!! I love to go to old cemeteries and read the headstones. That is so awesome they put on the headstones how they died. So much history and
I love history. That is so funny Cindy about your guy stopping abruptly to read the markers. I am
glad it is working out for you. - October 27, 2011 9:45 AM
- Dana @ Cooking At Cafe D said...
Sadie, the one who drowned - it looks like there's a touching epitaph on the bottom of the stone.
"Ah, that beautious head,
if it did go down
carried sunshine into the Rapids."
Sounds like her companions loved her.
Thanks for sharing this with us. - October 27, 2011 11:34 AM
- Unknown said...
Do you have any idea why some had fake flowers and who put them there?? Loved this post.
- October 27, 2011 1:35 PM
- Unknown said...
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Diana - October 27, 2011 2:15 PM
- The Knotty Spinster said...
Thanks for the great pictures of the old cemetery. Loved it.
- October 27, 2011 2:30 PM
- Laurie said...
Just loved the visit to the old cemetery. We found a child's grave hiking down out of an area in the Colorado Rockies. Very interesting, but yet sad.
- October 27, 2011 3:20 PM
Everyone's comments on this post of yours, Cindy, are so interesting. I came back today to read more.
I'm childless but come from a big 'ol family tree where the branches have extended from the 1700s with lots and lots of family in the Carolinas. My parents went "roots hunting" about 25 years ago and found one of "our" cemeteries in the woods (actually has our surname as its title on the old, arched, rusty-iron entrance gate, which feels a bit creepy!) but my mom was too scared to enter; it was so dark and overgrown. Dad could barely make out any of the names and dates on the tombstones. (Didn't I read somewhere that they'd often put some kind of whitewash on the stone markers, which further deteriorated them due to some composition in the wash itself?)
Makes one wonder how many old family and vanished-town cemeteries are covered over and/or abandoned here in the U.S. My father came from one of those towns which disappeared as everyone left for the bigger cities. It was in Texas. At first, the Dust Bowl in the 30s was the issue; it made farming impossible. Farming is so hard anyway; my grandfather actually gave up, after too many hailstorms decimated his crops. Later, many small towns lost their economy when the old Route 66 was replaced by the interstate highway system; they were literally passed by.
On a few visits to Texas in my youth, Dad was able to show me the cemetery in what was left of his old hometown. It seemed to alternate over the years we went back there from being an untended cemetery, to tended again, then ultimately forgotten, perhaps as lingering farm family's oldest members died off, with youngest ones long-since having moved away.
Dad's little sister is buried in this small cemetery of maybe 30 graves. She died in childbirth; they buried her in one of her other sisters' small doll trunk. No brother or sister in the family forgot this; it had a big impact on them as children. (Like many tiny towns scattered across the plains, this one wasn't full-service; they had no mortuary or hospital or church, although traveling "preachers" would visit and assist.) There is no grave marker for Baby Sarah, but Dad remembered clearly where she lay in rest.
In these early visits, a few "landmarks" still remained in the town, like the schoolhouse (which served as a community center), teacher's house, post office and hotel, barns, a few grain silos, train tracks...although everything was completely abandoned except for, at first, my aunt's house, although she later left as she aged. Only a couple of active farms remained. I traveled there many years later, in my adulthood and none of these structures were left except my aunt's collapsed house (snow caved in the roof). The cemetery was almost covered by wild grasses. I'm sure if I went there today, not only could I not find the location of the town (one of my older cousins might figure it out), I doubt I'd be able to unearth the cemetery. No large monuments or statues mark the location although it had been fenced in.
It was one of the oddest experiences of my life to have my father point out to me where neighbors and childhood chums had lived, his own lively childhood home (which he could only find once he stumbled on the old root cellar next to a cottonwood tree he'd climb as a boy), the railroad station; stories of quilting bees, Christmas pageants (no one had Christmas trees on the prairie; only one tree for the town, set up in the schoolhouse for the whole community). If it was odd for me, I can't imagine what it felt like to my dad. I think he found it desolate and depressing but he could be a man of few words about such things. We just stood there, that last time at the small, forlorn cemetery, the two of us looking out over the vast land where earth meets sky with nothing in beween for as far as the eye can see, not a sound but the prairie wind. - October 27, 2011 4:21 PM
- Fishtail Cottage said...
My grandfather would call these headstones the "forgotten ones" - oh, how he'd worry that he'd become one! Thanks for honoring them just by mentioning them in your blog post! Hugs! tracie
- October 27, 2011 4:29 PM
Very nice of your blogger violetlady for solving the mystery of "faltering by the wayside;" so poignant.
I found myself thinking of the woman who must have fallen in the river. How did she slip? Did a wagon get stuck as they were trying to cross? The mind goes viral.
Nice that curtainsinmytree's relative found a way to save the unclaimed gravestones. A town near to me encountered something like this when it was decided to turn the cemetery into a community park. I don't remember what they did with all the gravestones/markers.
Reminds me of old black & white "snapshots" with no identification on the backs of them; no idea who the people are. My mom has a full box of them from various relatives who left them behind; I suppose I'll have to just throw them away when she passes on, which kills me, but if Mom and Dad didn't know who the people were, how can I? Seems very unsacred to toss them. I know a guy who loves antiquities and he'll buy up lovingly-compiled family albums/scrapbooks and loose photos; apparently can't stand to see such treasures like these at swap meets or in antique stores.
It happens...you can be the last of your family tree, and there's nobody after you to care about your story and the "stuff" of your life. Hard for people who are part of a bigger family to understand what that's like, with nobody to pass your stuff onto when your time comes.
I guess it's same for an old gravesite, coming across a falling-apart marker, thinking to oneself, "where's the family, that they don't try to preserve these historical things" but descendents, if any, are probably widespread. It's left to the rest of us to respect, wonder and honor the history. - October 27, 2011 5:02 PM
- Jenna E said...
I love old cemeteries, I always wonder how hard their lives were back then. It's so sad when you see a bunch of young ones because you know it must have been from a plague.
- October 27, 2011 5:59 PM
- NeereAnDear said...
Hi Cindy ... found this post so fascinating ... amazing piece of history ...
Thought this might help ... you had me pondering what it meant ....
To falter means to lose strength .. or become unsteady ... so to speak
To fall by the wayside means to "give up or fail before the end of something" ...
so basically she faltered or gave up and the angels took her home before her time ...
Jo - October 27, 2011 7:01 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh wow! We used to go to Yosemite as a when I was young as well; its one of my favorite places. I've never seen this though- thanks for sharing it!
- October 27, 2011 7:29 PM
- Sunny Simple Life said...
Love old cemeteries too. I find them peaceful and so interesting. This is particularly so.
- October 27, 2011 10:41 PM
Cindy, I have to tell you one more thing as this popular post of yours winds up. Talking of old cemeteries got me thinking about my dad and his ghost town, so I messed around tonight, did some googling. I just can't believe what I found. The cemetery where his baby sister was buried in the 1920s is no longer forlorn, but has been organized and is now a state historical marker. I'd thought it only had about 30 graves but it's more like 100 because I guess it encompassed some pasture land I didn't know about or Dad had forgotten about. There were some kind of burial/deed records and his sister is on it. Gosh, I wish so, so much I could have shown him this before he died four years ago. I could just kick myself for not looking into it a few years earlier. I never thought I'd go back there again; I have no real reason to as no relatives remain in that neck 'o the woods but I feel galvanized to make one more trip because I want to see all this for myself. You probably had no idea when you posted about Yosemite's cemetery what this would lead to, at least for me, so thanks a lot. Wow. You just never know...
- October 28, 2011 1:39 AM
- Cindy said...
Vicki! I loved reading about that and I'm so thrilled for you! You are so right...I would have never thought that posting pics about a cemetery could turn into such a wonderful story for someone else! This made my day!!! Thank you so much for sharing it here! ...you can come back anytime and leave updates!
- October 28, 2011 9:03 AM
my final, final update.....
I am now in touch with the cemetery association's (they have an Association!!!) president's son and have sent in a memorial donation in my father's name; had the bank draw up the check yesterday, looking forward to hearing back from them after sharing some tidbits from the "life story" Dad put on his computer a couple of years before he died. I'm mulling the idea of buying a marker for Dad's baby sister's grave. I'm comforted that she wasn't swallowed up by prairie grass. I have flown on this, dropping everything else. In fantasy, I like to think my dad knows and has a glad heart about it.
Then yesterday, I heard from a school friend I haven't seen or talked to in 35 years and we reminisced about eating cream of chicken soup at her house before the next high school class after lunch. I never thought when I started the week that, by the end of it, I'd be rolling on such a huge wave of nostalgia. My mom's having a hard time after a stroke and I've been so preoccupied; this has been a real boost.
Thanks, Cindy. I am completely addicted to your blog. Have a fun Halloween! - October 29, 2011 6:37 PM
That last post was from me, Vicki, for like 'way too many times. Thanks for indulging all my comments; didn't mean to hog up the thread!
- October 29, 2011 6:40 PM
- Kathryn Ferguson Griffin said...
I love old cemeteries as well. Such history and beauty combined. Thanks for sharing a bit of your trip. Hope you're having a grand Sunday! Toodles, Kathryn
- October 30, 2011 10:09 AM
Cindy, I am a "silent" follower of your blog for the past couple of years. I'm from Missouri and I too love old cemetaries. If you take shaving cream and a squeegee you can apply the shaving cream to the letters and squeegee if off and the old letters just "pop" so you can read the tombstones! Works like a dream. Try it!
- November 01, 2011 6:04 AM
- Cindy Adkins said...
I love old cemeteries! I've been to Yosemite a couple of times, but didn't even know there was a cemetery there! Thanks for sharing.
Hugs, Cindy - November 03, 2011 6:00 PM
- Kathie Truitt said...
How beautiful were the words on Sadie's headstone: "if her head did go down she put sunshine into the rapids". How sweet.
- December 07, 2011 6:57 PM
Grate photos!
- October 04, 2012 10:30 AM


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Playing the Wrong Tune
When the Turkish star pianist Fazil Say goes on tour in Germany this week, the public may try to spot signs of nervousness or annoyance in his face. He's just been sentenced to a ten-month prison sentence suspended for five years on account of allegedly blasphemous statements which have offended religious feelings, and that's a crime under paragraph 216/3 of the Turkish criminal code. Say has not responded to the verdict, for fear of making things worse.
Last April, Say distributed two sentences ascribed to the Persian poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) on Twitter: "You say rivers of wine flow in heaven, is heaven a tavern to you? You say two virgins await each believer there, is heaven a brothel to you?"
Say is an avowed atheist who is also said to have re-tweeted comments such as, "I don't know if you're noticed, but everywhere you find windbags, mean people, sensation seekers, thieves or charlatans, they are all excessively pious. Is that a paradox?" Another referred to a muezzin whose call to prayer lasted 22 seconds and a Turkish liquor: "Why such haste? Have you got a mistress waiting or a drink on the table?"
"The world laughs at Turkey"
Say, who's 43, plays with the best orchestras in the world. He gives 130 concerts a year, shaves in airports, breakfasts in airplanes, smokes two and a half packs of cigarettes a day, and drinks the occasional lemon vodka before a concert. He's a professional, and so his audience will probably not be able to tell whether he's thinking of Beethoven, Mozart and Janacek or of events in the 19th criminal court in Istanbul.
The trial began last October. Say was required to appear in court, and declared he was unmarried and had an undefined income.
One of the three people who had brought the charges against him, the construction engineer Ale Emre Bukagili, testified that Say made blasphemous statements "just to get himself talked about". He added, "There is a God – that's obvious. Now we can talk further about that."
Fazil Say did not want to talk further about that and asked the judge if he might be excused from further appearances in court because of his concert programme. The judge agreed and Say was not present when the hearings restarted in February.
Bukagili told the court that he suspected that Say suffered from autism, which he said he could tell from seeing him on "visual media," and he asked the court to investigate this possibility in detail: "Can Say be called to account for his actions? We want him to face punishment but we are not without a conscience."
In November Say spoke to CNN Türk television in what is his most recent interview. He told the interviewer, a friend of his, "The world laughs at Turkey, and the government backs these people who are bringing charges against me. It's an interesting situation."
Egemen Bagis, Europe affairs minister and thus responsible for negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union, said that he was not following what Fazil Say had to say: "His art is indeed something different; he's an important name for Turkey. But what he says about anything other than his art is absolute idiocy."
Say's dislike of the conservative government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also fuelled by his conviction that the religious men who hold power in the country have no idea about the arts. He's said of the minister for culture, "The man doesn't protect a single one of his artists. They are all the same to him. The people should punish me, blah blah blah, and what he means by 'people' is just three or five people. Just riff-raff."
The creationists' network
It is of course more than three or five people – Say's accusers are followers of a popular guru by the name of Adnan Oktar, alias Harun Yahya. Oktar wears dark glasses and an open-necked shirt and says that there's no such thing as evolution, and anyway, all terrorists are Darwinists. In his 57 years, Oktar has written more than 300 books. He has his own television station, in which he employs a collection of surprisingly similar, doll-like women with big lips and erotic eyes as members of his audiences.
Ali Emre Bukagili, the construction engineer who has laid charges against Fazil Say, often tweets links to Oktar's shows, and he's also brought charges against a student from Eskisehir who blogged, "How helpless must someone be to attach himself to a man like Adnan Oktar?" He won the case.
Bukagili has also sued the Turkish publisher of the works of Richard Dawkins, as well as 113 writers on the internet site Eksi Sözlük (Sour dictionary), not to mention a cartoonist on Penguen magazine.
Bukagili recently issued a response to the many questions by journalists as to his motivation. In his statement, he said, "I want everyone who gives his opinion to do so in a reasonable and constructive way and to respect the beliefs of others, so that love, understanding and peace will strike roots in our country."
Tim Neshitov
© Süddeutsche Zeitung / Qantara.de 2013
Translated from the German by Michael Lawton
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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I'm still delirious on Hawaii time having spent the last ten days there enjoying the beach, pools and more on the big island. We stayed at the Four Seasons Hualalai and it was the perfect place for our little family to just relax. I brought my laptop with the intention to do some blog posts by the pool but there must be something in the air that just prevents your brain from functioning "real world" activities. (I never even took it out of it's sleeve!) Instead, I ate too much, read my book and lots of cheesy magazines, swam with the fishes and eagle ray, held a little seahorse, watched the turtles sleep on the beach and drank yummy cocktails. Coming back to earth now has been slow going. The trip overall re-energized my body and my creative spirit and I am happy to be back home.
Here are some photos from my Instagram documenting my trip. Aloha!
{Drinks and cold towels greeted us at the Four Seasons upon arrival. The smallest glass had juice for my 4 year old.}
{The beautiful sunset during dinner on my first night in Hawaii.}
{Doodling by the pool with a Japanese drawing book I got two years ago. I finally had time to unwind and draw!}
{You could always find turtles resting on the beach in the afternoon and early evening.}
{Our waiter at the Beach Tree restaurant recommended a Mojito with mango rum. This turned out to be my favorite drink to have on the trip. So yummy!}
{Beautiful sunset at the Beach Tree.}
{The lei-making table was working overtime at the Luau.}
{We visited the Seahorse Farm and got to see all the teeny-tiny baby seahorses. The highlight was getting to hold a little seahorse. They are extremely light and their tails are so soft. I was surprised that this little guy barely had a grip on me.}
{Little geckos were everywhere and my daughter and I loved spotting them on the grass or on the little pool cabanas. This little boy somehow caught one so we could see him up close. He let it go free later.}
{It was a breezy afternoon, aka bubble time.}
{This is the fire and ice sushi at the Ulu Ocean Grill at the resort. A couple at the table next to us had it and we were intrigued. It was on top of dry ice and then blowtorched at our table by the server. My husband and I literally devoured them in 2 minutes.}
{We all fed the Eagle Ray at Kings Pond at the resort. I have to admit we were all scared but the 3 of us did it and loved the whole experience. He is 17 years old and just sucked the food out of our hands. He felt very, very slippery.}
{This is my last mango mojito a few hours before I flew back home. After I took this photo, a couple of humpback whales were splashing in the ocean in the distance.}
{As fabulous as a vacation in Hawaii can be, nothing beats coming home to my little Lulu.}


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