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Forestville Sea Temperature
Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Forestville is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Forestville and nearby locations.
Water temperature in Forestville right now
Below is the current sea temperature for Forestville, Australia on 23rd July 2024.
- yesterday: 17.29° C (63.12° F)
- a week ago: 17.54° C (63.57° F)
At this temperature, water will feel cold compared to a swimming pool, but with a bit of experience and practice most people will find the water relatively comfortable to swim in.
The average sea temperature for Forestville on July 23rd over the last 10 years is 18.58° C (65.45° F), with a low temperature of 17.4° C (63.32° F) and a high of 19.77° C (67.59° F).
Analysis and forecast for Forestville water temperatures
The water temperature in Forestville today is lower than the average temperature of 18.58° C (65.45° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 23rd July 2023, was 18.31° C (64.96° F).
The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Forestville over the last 30 days:
The actual nearshore temperatures may vary by several degrees and this can also be heavily affected by weather. Strong winds can cause cold, deep waters to replace the surface waters that had been warmed by the sun, and heavy rain can also reduce the temperature of the sea surface temperature as well.
Water temperature in Forestville by month
The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Forestville.
For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Forestville changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.
Forestville map and nearby water temperatures
Locations near Forestville
The highest temperature in Australia today is 26.94° C (80.49° F) in Darwin. The lowest is in Port Phillip Bay, where the temperature of the water is 11.14° C (52.05° F).
Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Forestville?
The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Forestville because they want to understand and learn how the ocean communicates with the atomosphere of Earth.
SST is one measure that provides information on the global climate, and it can be used to predict the weather in Forestville as well as atmospheric model simulations and to study marine ecosystems in the area.
Data source and citation
Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Forestville comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.
The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.
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I had a very busy week with lots of different influences, hence my art smorgasbord for the week - LOL! What's new, right?
Hand lettered and Doodled Art Journal Pages Colored Pencils, Micron Pens, & Markers Julie's Art Journal Everyday Lorik's Mandarin Orange Monday #99 Denise, Roger and Leslie's ABC Wednesday - Y is for You Julia's What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #265 Karen's Word Art Wednesday #139 Maria's Orange You Glad It's Friday Dion's Friday Sketches #18 Manon's Paper Saturdays Alexandra's Sunday Sketches |
This week we hosted Vacation Bible School at my Church, and I was asked to be in charge of storytelling. As part of my personal daily preparation, I took a Bible verse from the lessons in the curriculum to do some doodling in my art journal. They helped me focus, enhanced my understanding of the stories, helped trigger my creativity, and allowed me to practice my Lindsay Ostrom inspired lettering.
Happy Greeting Card Paper Piecing, Die, Punch & Hand Lettering Freshly Made Sketches # 142 - by Jennifer B. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - W is for White |
With a couple of birthdays coming up, I was also inspired to make these colorful birthday cards with a white accent cupcake band. You may recognize the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man die, whom I altered and gave him a couple of balloons to make him look more festive. Last summer, I gave him a flag for a piece inspired by the techniques of Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013, which you can see here.
Happy 4th of July! Americana Collection Vignette Ramona's Inspire Me Monday #130 Bella's 52 Photos Project - Gallery 9 {Sitting by the Window} Eva & Kristin's Paint Party Friday - Week 17 Year 4 |
On Saturday, I was inspired to put together a 4th of July vignette around a line drawing of my Church, which was done on a vintage window by Sarah Maxwell, a good family friend. I used a vintage USA Flag; a hand painted plate of the Statue of Liberty that I did a couple of years ago; handmade wood cuts by May Carsten, another family friend; a hand thrown plate by Nancy O'Brien, another family friend; a small Steinbach Uncle Sam Nutcracker from my private collection; my tag collection on a vintage oil can birch tree branch arrangement; a star hartstone cookie mold; a handmade paper cut; and some votive holders. I believe I captured the spirit of this important holiday.
Hope you enjoyed my art smorgasbord - LOL! I want to thank everyone who took the time to leave such thoughtful comments in my last post, as well as everyone who is following my blog. Blessings!

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I couldn't believe the state of the mastic sealant that had been applied to this bathtub at a house in the North Yorkshire Spa town of Harrogate. As you can see from the pictures, it was a mess. There were at least three layers of white silicon mastic sealant then a layer of clear silicone had been applied with a spatula then some grout on top of that! I feared the worst.
It was the result of a succession of bodge jobs that didn't work and continued to let water leak down to the room below where it had left brown stains on the ceiling. The client had unfortunately tried to get it patched up but had just made the problem worse. The problem needed to be resolved properly so the ceiling below could dry out, be repaired and then re-painted.
Had the problem been dealt with immediately the damage would not have been so bad. By the time the water shows itself on the ceiling the leak has probably already been there for some time. The bathroom itself was in good condition but the mastic sealant was really letting it down. I discussed with the client what needed to be done and we agreed a price for the work and returned the following week.
Cleaning/Repairing Bathroom Tiles
I first washed the Ceramic wall tile and grout surrounding the bath with Tile Doctor Oxy-Gel to remove staining from the usual combination of dirt, grime, body oil, and soap scum. Being in gel form, this product sticks well to vertical surfaces where its best left for five to ten minutes before scrubbing in so it can get to work breaking down the dirt. I then rinsed the wall tiles with water and re-treated any stubborn stains with a repeat of the process until all the tile and grout was clean.
Once happy with the tile and grout I began to strip off the layers of silicone mastic. This is a slow process by hand, with care not the damage the tiles or the bath. After 4 hours it was all off. The final layer of white silicon was jet black, so had come away from the bath a long time ago. It is essential to have a nice clean surface to apply new silicon to ensure the best result. Adding layer upon layer will not solve the underlying problem.
Once l completely removed all traces of silicone l ran a heat gun over gap for about half an hour to remove the moisture. If any moisture had been left the new sealant wouldn't adhere to the bath and tile properly causing it to peel off later and we would be back to square one.
The last step of the renovation was to fill the bath with water before applying a fresh thin bead of white silicone sealant. Applying mastic well takes a lot of practice to get a nice smooth finish but having carried out numerous bathroom and kitchen refurbs over the years it's a skill I've manage to acquire. Once the fresh mastic was dry the water was emptied from the bath, this technique ensures the silicone is positioned correctly.
As you can see from the pictures there was quite a remarkable transformation. The client was speechless, the difference to the overall look of the bathroom was astounding. It would no longer be a chore for them to use the bathroom. Now they just need to allow the downstairs ceiling to dry out so they can redecorate.
Glazed Ceramic tiles are easy to clean however Grout can be a problem due to its cementous nature which traps dirt therefore I recommend protecting the grout with grout sealer which forms an invisible barrier over the grout and makes it easier to wash clean. For aftercare you can't go wrong with Tile Doctor Aqua Pro which is designed for cleaning shower tile where the grout has been sealed.
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Leonard Peltiers heutiges Statement zum 41. Jahrestag des FBI-Überfalls in Oglala.
26, 2016
Sisters, brothers, friends and supporters:
June 26th marks 41 years since the long summer day when three young men were killed at the home of the Jumping Bull family, near Oglala, during a firefight in which I and dozens of others participated. While I did not shoot (and therefore did not kill) FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, I nevertheless have great remorse for the loss of their young lives, the loss of my friend Joe Stuntz, and for the grieving of their loved ones. I would guess that, like me, many of my brothers and sisters who were there that day wish that somehow they could have done something to change what happened and avoid the tragic outcome of the shootout.
This is not something I have thought about casually and then moved on. It's something I think about every day. As I look back, I remember the expressions of both fear and courage on the faces of my brothers and sisters as we were being attacked. We thought we were going to be killed! We defended our elders and children as they scattered for protection and to escape. Native people have experienced such assaults for centuries, and the historical trauma of the generations was carried by the people that day — and in the communities that suffered further trauma in the days that followed the shootout, as the authorities searched for those of us who had escaped the Jumping Bull property.
As the First Peoples of Turtle Island, we live with daily reminders of the centuries of efforts to terminate our nations, eliminate our cultures, and destroy our relatives and families. To this day, everywhere we go there are reminders — souvenirs and monuments of the near extermination of a glorious population of Indigenous Peoples. Native Peoples as mascots, the disproportionately high incarceration of our relatives, the appropriation of our culture, the never-ending efforts to take even more of Native Peoples' land, and the poisoning of that land all serve as reminders of our history as survivors of a massive genocide. We live with this trauma every day. We breathe, eat and drink it. We pass it on to our children. And we struggle to overcome it.
Like so many Native children, I was ripped away from my family at the age of 9 or so and taken away to get the "Indian" out of me at a boarding school. At that time, Native Peoples were not able to speak our own languages for fear of being beaten or worse. Our men's long hair, which is an important part of our spiritual life, was forcibly cut off in an effort to shame us. Our traditional names were replaced by new European-American names. These efforts to force our assimilation continue today. Not long ago, I remember, a Menominee girl was punished and banned from playing on the school's basketball team because she taught a classmate how to say "hello" and "I love you" in her Native language. We hear stories all the time about athletes and graduates who face opposition to wearing their hair long or having a feather in their cap.
With this little bit of my personal history in mind, I think it is understandable that I would then, as a young person in the 1960's and 70's, be active in the Indigenous struggle to affirm our human, civil, and treaty rights. Our movement was a spiritual one to regain our ceremonies and traditions and to exercise our sovereignty as native or tribal nations. For over 100 years some of our most important ceremonies could not be held. We could not sing our songs or dance to our drum. When my contemporaries and I were activists, there were no known sun dances. Any ceremony that took place had to be hidden for fear of reprisals. One of our roles as activists for the welfare of our Peoples was to create space and protection for Native peoples who were trying to reconnect to our ancient cultures and spiritual life. This was dangerous and deadly. It meant putting our lives on the line because people who participated in these ceremonies, and people who stood up for our elders and our traditional way of life, were brutally beaten, killed or disappeared. Paramilitary groups and death squads ruled some reservations and each day was a battle. If an uninvited, unknown or unrecognized vehicle pulled up to your house, the first reaction was that you were being visited by someone who meant to do you harm in some way. This was learned behavior on the reservations. This was excruciatingly true in the 1970's.
Hey, I don't want to be all doom and gloom here. I see over the decades that in some important ways, life has improved for our Peoples. President Obama's extraordinary efforts to forge a strong relationship with our Tribal Nations is good cause for a new sense of optimism that our sovereignty is more secure. By exercising our sovereignty, life for our people might improve. We might begin to heal and start the long journey to move past the trauma of the last 500 years. But what will we do if the next Administration rolls back those gains made over the past 8 years?
I often receive questions in letters from supporters about my health. Yes, this last year has been particularly stressful for me and my family. My health issues still have not been thoroughly addressed, and I still have not gotten the results of the MRI done over a month ago for the abdominal aortic aneurysm.
As the last remaining months of President Obama's term pass by, my anxiety increases. I believe that this President is my last hope for freedom, and I will surely die here if I am not released by January 20, 2017. So I ask you all again, as this is the most crucial time in the campaign to gain my freedom, please continue to organize public support for my release, and always follow the lead of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
Thank you for all you have done and continue to do on my behalf.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse…
Leonard Peltier


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Mar 10, 2022, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
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About the Event
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Beatles vs. Stones tribute show to perform two shows at Mayo Civic
The debate between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has been going on ever since they first crossed paths on the charts 54 years ago. The argument at the time, and one that still persists, was that the Beatles were a pop group and the Stones were a rock band: the boys next door vs. the bad boys of rock. So who's better? These two legendary bands will engage in an on-stage, throw down – a musical 'showdown' if you will – at the Mayo Civic Center on Saturday, September 19 with 5 pm and 8:15 pm shows courtesy of tribute bands Abbey Road and Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show.
Taking the side of the Fab Four is Abbey Road, one of the county's top Beatles tribute bands. With brilliant musicianship and authentic costumes and gear, Abbey Road plays beloved songs spanning the Beatles' career. They face off against renowned Stones tribute band Satisfaction – The International Rolling Stones Show, who offer a faithful rendition of the music and style of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the bad boys of the British Invasion.
Where did the idea for the show come from?
"Music fans never had a chance to see the Beatles and the Rolling Stones perform on the same marquee," said Chris Legrand, who plays "Mick Jagger" in the show.
"Now, music aficionados can watch this debate play out on stage."
The Rochester show is part of a 125 stop tour of the U.S., Australia and Canada and has been touring since 2011.The show also performs long term residencies for a number of the Harrah's Casino properties. The production includes some of the more popular songs from the two rock pioneers and covers the scope of their musical careers, although the set list for Satisfaction usually includes Rolling Stones songs up to the 1980s.
"They certainly have more pop songs but we're a really great live show. The fans are in for an incredible night of music!" says LeGrand.
During the two-hour show, the bands perform three sets each, trading places in quick set changes and ending the night with an all-out encore involving both bands. The band members have their outfits custom-made, since avid fans know exactly what the Beatles and Stones wore onstage during different time periods in their careers. There's a lot of good-natured jabbing between the bands as well.
"Without Beatlemania, the Stones might still be a cover band in London," said Chris Overall, who plays "Paul".
"There's no question that the Beatles set the standard."
The audience naturally enjoys top shelf tributes to two legendary bands in the same evening. Like The Idaho Statesman said: "If you see only one tribute show, see this one…smart and loads of fun."
"It's just a fun time and a cool back-and-forth nonstop show," Overall said.
"We're going to bring it all. It's going to be an evening of high-energy music," said LeGrand.


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The Spatial Delivery is an oddball, a voltage controlled envelope filter that allows you to step outside the universe of funk while reinforcing your secret love affair with auto-wah. It has 3 modes: Up Sweep, Down Sweep and Sample and Hold.
With Range, Resonance and Filter controls you can get super emphasized filter sweeps in the Up and Down modes. The Range, in combination with pick attack, controls the sensitivity and reaction time of the envelope and thus the width of the frequency sweep. The higher the Range and harder the attack equals a faster reaction time and higher frequency sweep and vice versa. Reign in the controls a bit, add your favorite overdrive/fuzz after the Spatial Delivery and you've got a real nice resonant, cut-through-the-mix lead tone. Crank the controls back up and you're a neo-bedroom rock god. In the Sample and Hold mode the filter is controlled by random voltage and the Range controls the speed. Add a sub octave into the mix (before or after) and you've just created a deep fried space droid computer freak-out. The filter can be cross faded between high pass (counterclockwise), band pass (center) and low pass (clockwise) for a wide variety of voices. The Resonance control goes from zero to the brink of oscillation and adds more body and ring to the filter voice.


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Computer Science Colloquium
Hui Ma
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
A Geometrically Enhanced Conceptual Model and Query Language
Wed 14.12.2011, 15:30, 60 minutesK 224B
Motivated by our experiences with spatial modelling for the sustainable land use initiative we present a geometrically enhanced ER model (GERM), which preserves the key principles of entity-relationship modelling and at the same time introduces bulk constructors and geometric features. The model distinguishes between a syntactic level of types and an explicit internal level, in which types give rise to polyhedra that are defined by algebraic varieties. Together with GERM we present a query language (GERM_SQL) on the conceptual level with means for describing and composing geometric data that are compatible with the dual representation of geometric data on the surface and the internal level. Further, it emphasises the stability of algebraic operations by means of a natural modelling algebra that extends the usual Boolean operations on point sets.Bio
Hui Ma is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. She received a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Tongji University in P. R. China, a Master of Information Sciences (with First Class Honours), and a Ph. D in Information Systems from Massey University in New Zealand. She was an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Information Systems at Massey University and an Environmental Information Analyst at Horizons Regional Council before she joined Victoria University of Wellington in 2008. She was also a member of the Information Science Research Centre at Massey University from 2003 to 2007 and a member of Elvis Software Engineering research group at School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington since 2008. Her major research interests are distributed databases, conceptual modelling, service-oriented systems, and geographical information systems.Invited by Hon.-Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schewe (FAW)
The Computer Science Colloquium is organized by the Department of Coputer Science at JKU, the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI) and the Österreichische Computergesellschaft (OCG).


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The Asian custom of constructing garden ornaments, often functioning in affiliation with Feng Shui ideas, has an almost timeless historical past. Wealthy materials with varied textures, including the comfortable native timber and vegetation, coarse gravel, and smooth lumber, create an total sense of steadiness in this entrance courtyard. Nonetheless, in case your finances would not extend to purchasing an authentic vintage statue, modern reproductions are increasingly plentiful and lots of 'outdated' garden ornaments that survive as we speak are themselves reproductions of earlier examples.
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This Privacy Policy applies to all individuals who interact with us ('you/your'), including everyone who visits or uses our websites, anyone who uses any of our products and services, investors, individuals who apply for a position with us and our staff. This Privacy Policy applies to our collection, use and other handling of your personal information.
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If you are working with us or applying for a position with us, we may collect human resources information including:
- emergency contacts
- education certificates and qualifications (eg first aid diploma, bachelor degrees);
- current and former employment details (eg pay rate and salary, leave entitlement)
- bank account details
- feedback from supervisors and referee reports
- screening checks including health, reference, background, directorship, financial probity, identity, eligibility to work, vocational suitability and criminal record checks
- training records
- logs of your usage of our equipment, IT and work resources (e.g. phones, computers and vehicle).
- Biometric data for reporting and timekeeping purposes
2.3 Investors
We may collect information relating to your application or shareholding, e.g. the number of shares you hold or seek, any power of attorney you grant, your shareholder reference number or holder identification number and your tax file number if you choose to provide it.
2.4 Finance applicants
If you enquire about, apply for or obtain finance through us, we may collect additional information about you, and may exchange that information with the financiers that we work with. That information may include:
- salary, assets and personal finance information
- preferences in relation to loan options, features and amount
- credit scores and indicative finance quotes
We and the financiers we work with may also provide you with further information about the collection and handling of personal information by those financiers, including in relation to credit checks.
2.5 Collection of information through our websites
When you visit our websites, we collect certain information, including as described below.
Site visit information
For example, we record your server IP address, the date and time of your visit, the pages you visited, any documents you downloaded, the previous site you visited and the type of device, browser and operating system you used.
We use and disclose this information in anonymous, aggregated form, for purposes includingstatistical analysis and to assist us to improve the functionality and usability of our websites. Cookies
A cookie is a small string of information that a website transfers to your browser for identification purposes.
We use cookies to hold session information. This information may be used to personalise your current visit to the website, for example to allow the website to remember who you are by keeping server variables linked to your session.
Most internet browsers are set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive them, you can adjust your internet browser to reject cookies, or to notify you when they are being used. Rejecting cookies can, however, limit the functionality of our websites.
2.6 What if you don't provide us with your personal information?
We will provide you with the option of not identifying yourself, or of using a pseudonym, when dealing with us if it is lawful and not impracticable to do so. A pseudonym is a name or other descriptor that is different to your actual name. For example, you can generally access our websites and make general phone queries without having to identify yourself.
In some cases however, if you don't provide us with your personal information when requested, we may not be able to provide you with the product or service that you are seeking. For example, you must identify yourself to purchase a vehicle.
3. How we collect personal information
3.1 Methods of collection
We collect personal information in a number of ways, including:
- in person (for example, when you come to one of our dealerships or events)
- through our websites (for example when you submit a request to receive our offers, to receive our brochures and/or other materials, through instant offer or to book a test drive)
- when you buy a vehicle from us
- through our Facebook page or othersocial media accounts
- over the telephone
- through written correspondence (such as SMS, letters, faxes andemails)
- in forms and materials about our vehicles, parts, accessories or services (for example, completed service forms, competition entry forms and surveys)
- from records of interactions and activity relating to us, e.g. online activity information as described above, through surveillance cameras at our dealerships (if applicable to the location), logs relating to our IT and work resources.
We may also collect personal information about you from third parties, including:
- manufacturers, distributors, authorised dealer network members and service providers (see under heading 'who we may share your personal information with' below)
- marketing organisations including through the use of industry databases
- recruitment agencies and referees
- credit providers (in connection with finance and related enquiries and applications
- publicly available sources such as the internet and telephone directories.
3.2 Collection notices
Where we collect personal information about you, we may provide you with additional details about that collection (such as the purpose for which we are collecting the information and the type of third parties to which it is usually disclosed), generally in a collection notice.
Collection notices provide more specific information than this Privacy Policy. The terms of this Privacy Policy are subject to any specific provisions contained in collection notices and in the terms and conditions of particular offers, products and services. We encourage you to read those provisions carefully
4. Why we collect personal information
4.1 General
The main purposes for which we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information are set outbelow:
- promoting ourselves and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and each of our products and services, including through direct marketing, events and competitions (see under heading 4.2 below);
- managing ours and the OEM's relationship with you and to provide you with products and services;
- administering your vehicle's warranty;
- supporting you in making an application for finance or insurance for your vehicle;
- obtaining products and services for our business;
- operating our website;
- performing research and statistical analysis, including but not limited to for market research, customer satisfaction and service improvement purposes;
- protecting the health, safety and security of our offices, staff, customers and the property held on our premises;
- answering queries;
- monitoring performance and helping us and OEMs to manage our respective products, services and business operations;
- training ours and OEMs' respective employees, agents and representatives;
- recruiting staff and contractors;
- workplace management and administration;
- complying with our legal obligations (e.g. in relation to a vehicle safety recall and pursuant to laws including the Fair Work Act, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act, the Income Tax Assessment Act and other tax laws, Corporations Act, occupational health and safety acts and workers compensation acts);
- for corporate transactions such as business mergers and acquisitions, (e.g. to assess or facilitate those transactions and manage the transition of the business); and
- in relation to investors, assessing applications, managing your investment and providing investor services;
- handling complaints and disputes;
- detecting, investigating and preventing fraud; and monitoring any unlawful or inappropriate activity in connection with our websites and resources.
We may also collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for other purposes explained at the time of collection, to which you have consented or which are required or authorised by or under law.
4.2 Direct marketing
We may use or disclose your personal information to let you know about us and our products and services (including promotions, special offers and events), either where we have your express or implied consent, or where we are otherwise permitted by law to do so. We may contact you for these purposes in a variety of ways, including by mail, email, SMS, telephone, or online advertising.
Opting out
Where you have consented to receiving marketing communications from us, your consent will remain current until you advise us otherwise. However, you can opt out at any time, by:
- contacting us using the contact details set out below;
- advising us if you receive a marketing call that you no longer wish to receive these calls;
- using the unsubscribe facility that we include in our electronic messages (such as emails, SMS and MMS messages).
5. Who we may share your personal information with
5.1 Within the Autopact Group
We share personal information with our related bodies corporate for the purposes described in section 4.1 above. For example, information about your vehicle's warranty status and service history may be stored in our record management system and accessed by other dealerships across our network to help when they service your vehicle in the future.
5.2 Disclosure to third parties
We may share personal information with third parties where appropriate for the purposes set out in section 4, including:
- OEMs, who may use, disclose, share and store your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policy
- vehicle manufacturers and distributors (e.g. in relation to retail delivery advice (RDA) on sale of a vehicle, warranty claims, recalls, capped price servicing, etc.)
- financial institutions for payment processing
- insurers
- financiers
- government, regularity and law enforcement authorities
- an individual's agent or authorised representative
- your employer
- referees whose details are provided to us by job applicants
- our or the OEM's contracted service providers including roadside assistance, customer research, delivery and shipping providers, information technology and data storage providers, customer relationship management platforms, venues and event organisers, marketing and communications agencies, research and statistical analysis providers, call centres and mailing systems
- external business advisers (such as consultants, recruitment advisors, accountants, auditors and lawyers)
- the agent(s) of any of these entities referred to above
6. Cross border disclosure of personal information
We may disclose personal information to third parties located overseas including the following recipients:
- vehicle manufacturers and distributors;
- external advisers; and
- service providers (including information technology service providers).
The countries where overseas recipients may be located will vary from time to time. For example, vehicle manufacturers are located in a wide range of countries including China, Czechia, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Some overseas recipients may not be subject to Australian privacy law or substantially similar law or binding scheme.
7. Data quality and security
7.1 General
We take reasonable steps to:
make sure that the personal information that we collect, use and disclose is accurate, up to date and complete and (in the case of use and disclosure) relevant; and
protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
You can help us keep your information up to date, by letting us know about any changes to your details, such as your address, email address or phone number.
7.2 Security
The steps we take to secure the personal information we hold include website protection measures (such as firewalls and anti-virus software), security restrictions on access to our computer systems (such as login and password protection), controlled access to our corporate premises and physical records, policies on document storage and security, personnel security (including restricting access to personal information on our systems to staff who need that access to carry out their duties), staff training and workplace policies.
We have policies to destroy files that are no longer needed after a certain period of time, subject to any record-keeping requirements imposed by law.
Online credit card payment security
We may from time to time process payments using EFTPOS and online technologies. All credit card transactions processed by us using those technologies use industry standard security measures to protect payment details.
Website security
While we endeavour to protect the personal information and privacy of users of our websites, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you disclose online and you disclose that information at your own risk. If you are concerned about sending your information over the internet, you can contact us by telephone or post (details under heading 10 below).
Third party websites
Links to third party websites that are not operated or controlled by us are provided for your convenience. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of those websites, which are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Third party websites should have their own privacy and security policies, which we encourage you to read before supplying any personal information to them.
8. Access and correction
8.1 General
Please contact our Privacy Officer (details under heading 10 below) if you would like to access or correct the personal information that we hold about you. We may require you to verify your identity before processing any access or correction requests, to make sure that the personal information we hold is properly protected.
8.2 Access
We will generally provide you with access to your personal information, subject to some exceptions permitted by law. We will also generally provide access in the manner that you have requested (e.g. by providing photocopies), provided it is reasonable and practicable for us to do so. We may however charge a fee to cover our reasonable costs of locating the information and providing it to you.
8.3 Correction
If you ask us to correct personal information that we hold about you, or if we are satisfied that the personal information we hold is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, we will take reasonable steps to correct that information to ensure that, having regard to the purpose for which it is held, the information is accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant and not misleading.
We are not obliged to correct any personal information if we do not agree that it requires correction. If we refuse such a request, we will provide a written notice stating our reasons for refusal.
9. Complaints
If you have a complaint about how we have collected or handled your personal information, please contact us (details under heading 10 below).
We will endeavour in the first instance to deal with your complaint and take any steps necessary to resolve the matter within a week. If we are not able to do so, we will ask you to submit your complaint in writing. In most cases, we expect to investigate written complaints and provide a response within 30 days of receipt. If the matter is more complex and our investigation may take longer, we will contact you and tell you when we expect to provide our response
If you are not satisfied with our response, you can refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (see https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints/ for further information).
10. Our contact details
Please contact us if you have any queries about the personal information that we hold about you or the way we handle that personal information. Our contact details are set out below.
Mail: Autopact Pty Ltd, PO Box 1407, Mooloolaba QLD 4557
Telephone: 07 5373 3170
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will be posted on our website at https://www.autopact.com.au/privacy-policy and a copy may be obtained by contacting our Privacy Officer (details above).
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 10 November 2021.


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Green Jade Flower Earrings
A charming floral design gives these earrings an elegant touch. Plated in 21ct gold with green jade semi-precious stone these earrings have a gorgeous textured finish and are perfect for everyday wear.
Product Details
- Handmade
- Made in Turkey
Material: 21ct gold plated on recycled brass and green jade semi-precious stone.
- Drop : 1.5 in
- Width: 1.5 in
All our products are 100% handmade, therefore variations in colors and sizes may occur.
The Social Pillar
Equal Hands partners with artisans and organizations in underserved communities around the world to provide a dignified income and opportunities for talented makers. We also donate a portion of the purchase price to local charitable causes we support.
The Environment Pillar
We are very aware of the negative impact fast fashion and mass production has had on the environment. This awareness has led us to work towards offering the most environmentally sustainable and natural products that we can find.
The Economic Pillar
We strongly believe that empowered individuals hold the ability to break the cycle of poverty and that in particular, women need to be connected to opportunities so that communities can thrive.


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Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
Emergency planning (EPCRA Sections 302 and 303)
Emergency release notification (EPCRA Section 304)
Annual inventory (EPCRA Sections 311 and 312)
Toxic Release Inventory (EPCRA Section 313)
Typical records an EPA inspector may ask to review under EPCRA
More information
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) is the name applied to Title III of a broader law, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), enacted in 1986.
SARA was passed to amend an earlier law, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which had created a program for the cleanup of toxic waste sites (the "Superfund" program). However, shortly before SARA was passed, a release of toxic gases from an industrial facility in Bhopal, India caused over 2000 deaths, and sensitized the U.S. public to potential dangers wherever large quantities of toxic chemicals were stored and used. An extra section not immediately related to toxic waste cleanup, Title III, was added to SARA to address these concerns.
EPCRA was designed to promote emergency planning and preparedness at both the state and local level. It provides citizens, local governments, and local response authorities with information regarding the potential hazards in their community (sometimes referred to as "Community Right-to-Know"). EPCRA requires any facility that is using or storing certain specific chemicals to inform state and local agencies that it is subject to EPCRA requirements. It also established various additional reporting obligations.
The list of chemicals covered under EPCRA is called the list of "Extremely Hazardous Substances" (EHS). There are currently over 300 chemicals on the list. EPA provides a "List of Lists Database" that lists each chemical, together with a toxicity and regulatory profile, and a first aid guide.
EPCRA requirements that are likely to be relevant to healthcare facilities are discussed below..
Any healthcare facility that has any chemical listed on the extremely hazardous substances list at or above its planning threshold quantity must:
If there is a reportable release into the environment of a hazardous substance, healthcare facilities must provide:
A release is reportable under EPCRA Section 304 if the amount of hazardous substance releases meets or exceeds the minimum reportable quantity set in the regulations. Two types of chemicals fall under this regulation: 1) extremely hazardous substances; and 2) CERCLA hazardous substances.
Under EPCRA Section 311 requirements, healthcare facilities must submit copies of hazardous chemical material safety data sheets (MSDS) or a list of MSDS chemicals to the LEPC, SERC, and local fire department. Under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, employers must maintain an MSDS for any hazardous chemical stored or used in the work place.
Under EPCRA Section 312, healthcare facilities that meet Section 311 requirements for a hazardous chemical must submit an annual inventory report for that chemical. The inventory report (called a Tier II report) must be submitted to the LEPC, SERC, and local fire department by March 1 of each year.
Certain chemicals are exempt from the EPCRA Section 311 and 312 definition of a hazardous chemical. One exemption that applies to the healthcare industry is concerns medical and research lab materials. Note that certain conditions must be satisfied in order for this exemption to apply. The substance must be used in a research laboratory or a hospital or other medical facility under the direct supervision of a "technically qualified individual". To meet the definition of a technically qualified individual, a person must be:
EPCRA requirements do not apply to materials being transported. Therefore, materials being distributed or stored incidental to transportation (i.e., under active shipping papers) would not be included in a facility threshold determination under Sections 311 and 312. However, spill reporting requirements under Section 304 would still apply to all materials, whether in transit or not.
Companies that use more than a certain minimum amount of any of a long list of toxic chemicals are required to submit a form every year to EPA detailing how much of each chemical was emitted or disposed of during the preceding year. The EPA makes that information public in a database called the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). It has turned out to be one of the most effective tools for convincing manufacturers to put some serious effort into waste reduction. No one likes to be identified in local newspaper headlines as the biggest polluter in the neighborhood.
Not all companies have to report under TRI. The reporting requirement depends in part on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of the facility. The healthcare industry primarily falls under SIC codes that include:
None of these SIC codes are required to file TRI reports under EPCRA Section 313.
There are some cases, however, in which facilities that might appear to be in the healthcare sector actually do have to report. For example, federal facilities are subject to EPCRA Section 313. These would include federal hospitals such as veterans' hospitals, military hospitals, or clinics in federal prisons.
Also, a healthcare facility might be considered to be an "auxiliary facility" if it is primarily engaged in supporting the activities of another establishment. If the healthcare facility meets this definition, and if the establishment it supports is required to file TRI reports under EPCRA, then the healthcare facility must also report its TRI data.
The typical records a local or state authority or EPA inspector may ask to review during an EPCRA inspection include:
EPA's TRI web site.
EPA's CERCLA website.
"List of Lists" is a consolidated list of chemicals subject to EPCRA and CAA Section 112(r) used to help facilities handling chemicals determine whether they need to submit reports under Sections 302, 304, 311, 312, or 313 of EPCRA and, for a specific chemical, what reports may need to be submitted. It will also help facilities determine whether they will be subject to accident prevention regulations under CAA Section 112(r) and lists "unlisted hazardous wastes" under RCRA.
Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO). CAMEO's primary users include firefighters, State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) and Tribal Emergency Response Commissions (TERCs), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), industry, schools, environmental organizations, and police departments.


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Graphitic Corrosion – Difficult to determine before a failure!
Leave a CommentGraphitic corrosion is a process that may happen in equipment made of iron, particularly grey cast iron, but also ductile cast iron. Graphitic corrosion can lead to unexpected catastrophic failure of the affected part because the cast iron can lose its strength without a visible warning such as a change in size, shape, or appearance. (more…)


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Greeks Gone West: Kristina Tremonti
"Greeks Gone West" is a series of video vignettes the US Embassy in Athens made about the world of work in the US. Through the prism of Greeks and Greek-Americans with interesting work lives, we hope to improve the understanding of US society and to show possibilities during a time, in Greece, when life seems full of limitations and frustrations.
Each video is roughly three minutes long and addresses how each of the 23 participants came to do what they do, whether a music supervisor, a film director, an HIV doctor, a restaurateur, an advertising guru, fashion designer and several other people, and what they plan to do next. We hear about their experiences and relations with Greece, but mainly we hear how they've pushed through the toughest parts of their journey. We plan to profile a pathologist, a music producer, a fashion designer, a chef, a video game designer, and several other people.
With the support of Kathimerini, you will be able to enjoy one video profile per day throughout the month of July.
Today's video features Kristina Tremonti, founder and president of I Paid A Bribe Greece (www.edosafakelaki.org), a non-profit digital democratic platform created to tackle corruption in Greece.


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Rally XC100 is tested to the extreme, so you can ride there too. This single-sensing power meter delivers reliable power measurements and is easy to transfer between bikes, no matter what bike you're on or where you're riding.
- Impeccably Designed Pedal—Rally power meters have undergone rigorous testing to increase reliability. Featuring a superior design with sensors housed inside, this pedal installs like any other pedal. And it's quick to transfer between bikes.
- Reliable Readings—By reliably measuring your cadence and forces detected on the left pedal, Rally XC100 doubles the value to provide total power. Want more metrics? Upgrade later to the dual-sensing system (sold separately).
- Cleat Compatibility—For a comfortable ride, this pedal is designed to fit your favorite Shimano SPD cleats.
- Transferable Spindle—From road to gravel to cyclocross and much more, keep riding year-round with a transferable spindle that can be installed in the Rally RS/Rally RK road pedal body kits (each sold separately).
- Battery Life—Make sure you're ready for those long rides and training sessions with up to 120 hours of battery life.
- Battery type: LR44/SR44 (x4)
- Battery life: up to 120 hours (with LR44 battery type)
- Weight: 316g
- Water resistance: IPX7
- Max. rider weight: 105kg
- Accuracy: +/- 1.0%
- Cleat type: Shimano SPD
- Q-factor: 53/55mm with supplied spacing washer
- Stack height: 13.5mm
- Field calibration
- Adjustable release tension
- Garmin Connect
- Measurement location: Spindle
- Communication: ANT+ and Bluetooth
In the Box:
- Rally XC100 pedals
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- Documentation
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Algonquin Outer Line
The Algonquin Outer Line is an LTA train line that encircles the outer regions of the borough of Algonquin in Liberty City in GTA IV. The line is almost completely underground, except of one point between Hematite Station en Manganese West Station, where the tracks run above the entrance of the Booth Tunnel. On the Algonquin Bridge to Dukes and Broker, the tracks run on the lower deck of the bridge, beneath the road.
- Route A trains run clockwise
- Route J trains run counter-clockwise
- At Easton, Route J trains become Route 3 for the Broker line
- At Manganese East, Route A trains become Route 8 for the Broker Line
Listed clockwise (Route A):
- From Hove Beach on Route 8)
- Easton (interchange with Algonquin Inner Line)
- Emerald
- Castle Gardens
- Feldspar
- Hematite
- Manganese West
- Quartz West
- Vauxite
- Vespucci Circus
- Quartz East
- Manganese East
- Becomes Route 8 to Huntington Street
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As a GUCCI Team Manager, you will lead and inspire a dedicated team of Client Advisors to deliver the highest performance through a customer centric attitude.
You will lead from the shop floor, delivering real time coaching and feedback to achieve business and product category goals. You will develop and grow the talent within your team.
You are an ambassador of the brand, promoting our Values and Amplifiers.
• Promote a positive and professional team environment that fosters trust, integrity and superior performance standards, leading by example.
• Working on the shop floor, you will be in constant contact with your team, supporting and coaching where needed, ensuring a consistent client experience.
• Provide support and regular feedback to Client Advisors to ensuring their development is ongoing and their motivation and sense of belonging is high.
• Conduct regular and monthly performance conversations, discussing results and developing action plans.
• Participate in attracting, recruiting and onboarding a high performing team.
• Manage the employee lifecycle of the client advisor both online through Workday and local platforms and offline through paper forms and documents.
Partner with the Store Manager and Human Resources on employee relations issues to ensure effective resolution.
• Monitor your team's adherence to company policies and procedures; follow up when needed.
• Support opening and closing of the store as Manager on Duty.
• Lead Store Morning Briefings as and when required, delivering key business communication and daily objectives.
• Develop and lead cross category and floor working, ensuring your team can and do sell all categories across all floors.
• Lead and inspire your team on executing a superior client experience, ensuring the hospitality mindset is in each Client Advisor.
• Develop a client engagement mindset, with the purpose of building long lasting relationships with clientele.
• Full utilisation of the various clienteing tools to activate, retain and grow team and personal client base.
• Lead the execution of clientelling activities with your team, developing actions to reach clear goals and KPIs
• Monitor Client Advisor's performance and work with them on a daily/weekly/monthly plan to ensure Clienteling excellence
• Lead from the shop floor, actively selling and role modelling the selling ceremony.
• Manage the customer flow on the shop floor ensuring no client is left unattended and exceptional service is delivered.
• Manage and resolve customer issues, delighting and retaining the client relationship.
• Monitor the performance of the assigned categories and proactively propose action plans to reach the targets.
• Partner with the Store Manager and the Merchandising team, by providing effective feedback on products, stock situation and specific category requests in order to grow the business.
• Partner with the Store Manager and VM team to provide insights to maximize the category potential while ensuring the image and merchandising guidelines of the store are maintained.
• Partner with the Store Manager and the Training team to ensure Client Advisors develop full product knowledge through specific training, while ensuring they are aware of market trends and competitors.
• Utilise digital platforms to support store and online product sales.


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I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. – John 10:28
The famous author and pastor F. B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The men roped themselves together in this order: guide, traveler, guide, traveler, guide.
They had gone only a little way up the side when the last man lost his footing. He was held up temporarily by the other four because each had a toehold in the niches they had cut in the ice. But then the next man slipped, and he pulled down the two above him. The only one to stand firm was the first guide, who had driven a spike deep into the ice.
Because he held his ground, all the men beneath him regained their footing. F. B. Meyer concluded his story by drawing a spiritual application. He said, "I am like one of those men who slipped, but thank God, I am bound in a living partnership to Christ. And because He stands, I will never perish."
Because of God's great love for us, those who are in Christ are planted firmly and secure in His loving arms. So thank God today for His faithfulness to you in Christ. And if you haven't done so, trust in Jesus today to forgive your sins and place yourself securely in Him!
Prayer Challenge
Give God thanks that He's faithful to you and trust Him fully for the forgiveness of your sins!
Questions for Thought
What does your security in Jesus Christ say about how much God loves you?
Because you're firmly planted in Christ by faith in Him, what kind of confidence do you have when it comes to facing life and facing the afterlife?


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Welcome to Classical Images!
Description:This large rare, original copper-plate engraved antique architectural print, view of the facade of the Charlottenburg Palace stables in Berlin - plate No.15 of 16 - by Johann August Corvinus 1683 - 1738, after Andreas Mayers 1716 - 1782, was published in Eigentliche Abbildung des Prächtigen Königl. Lust Schlosses Charlottenburg, eine Meile von Berlin, sambt dem darhinden im Walde gelegenen schönen Lust Garten(Set of 16 numbered plates, the first with the title, with plans and views of the buildings and gardens at Charlottenburg, the palace of the King of Prussia on the outskirts of Berlin.) by Jeremias Wolff Erben in 1740.
General Definitions:Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stablePaper color : - off whiteAge of map color: -Colors used: -General color appearance: -Paper size: - 19in x 12 1/2in (490mm x 335mm)Plate size: - 14 1/2in x 10 1/2in (370mm x 260mm)Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
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Background:Berlin straddles the banks of the River Spree, which flows into the River Havel (a tributary of the River Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the citys main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel, and Dahme rivers (the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee). Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. About one-third of the citys area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers, canals and lakes. The city lies in the Central German dialect area, the Berlin dialect being a variant of the Lusatian-New Marchian dialects.First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes, Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1417–1701), the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), and the Third Reich (1933–1945). Berlin in the 1920s was the third-largest municipality in the world. After World War II and its subsequent occupation by the victorious countries, the city was divided; West Berlin became a de facto West German exclave, surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989) and East German territory. East Berlin was declared capital of East Germany, while Bonn became the West German capital. Following German reunification in 1990, Berlin once again became the capital of all of Germany.The Thirty Years War between 1618 and 1648 devastated Berlin. One third of its houses were damaged or destroyed, and the city lost half of its population. Frederick William, known as the Great Elector, who had succeeded his father George William as ruler in 1640, initiated a policy of promoting immigration and religious tolerance. With the Edict of Potsdam in 1685, Frederick William offered asylum to the French Huguenots.By 1700, approximately 30 percent of Berlins residents were French, because of the Huguenot immigration. Many other immigrants came from Bohemia, Poland, and Salzburg.Since 1618, the Margraviate of Brandenburg had been in personal union with the Duchy of Prussia. In 1701, the dual state formed the Kingdom of Prussia, as Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg, crowned himself as king Frederick I in Prussia. Berlin became the capital of the new Kingdom, replacing Königsberg. This was a successful attempt to centralise the capital in the very far-flung state, and it was the first time the city began to grow. In 1709, Berlin merged with the four cities of Cölln, Friedrichswerder, Friedrichstadt and Dorotheenstadt under the name Berlin, Haupt- und Residenzstadt Berlin.In 1740, Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great (1740–1786), came to power. Under the rule of Frederick II, Berlin became a center of the Enlightenment, but also, was briefly occupied during the Seven Years War by the Russian army. Following Frances victory in the War of the Fourth Coalition, Napoleon Bonaparte marched into Berlin in 1806, but granted self-government to the city. In 1815, the city became part of the new Province of Brandenburg.The Industrial Revolution transformed Berlin during the 19th century; the citys economy and population expanded dramatically, and it became the main railway hub and economic centre of Germany. Additional suburbs soon developed and increased the area and population of Berlin. In 1861, neighbouring suburbs including Wedding, Moabit and several others were incorporated into Berlin. In 1871, Berlin became capital of the newly founded German Empire. In 1881, it became a city district separate from Brandenburg.
Wolff, Jeremais 1663 - 1724Wolff was an German engraver and publisher. Born in Augsburg, he originally trained as a clock and automat maker, later changing course and opening a small copperplate engraving shop. His success was impressive and became one of the largest European art, print & map publishers in the first half of the 18th century. Wolff employed some of the best engravers of the time and although not an engraver himself, only Wolffs name was recorded on the engravings. Many of his engravers went uncredited for their work. In 1710 Wolff was one of the founder member of the Empire State Academy of Arts in Augsburg.After his death in 1724, Wolffs publishing business was inherited by his sons and son-in-law, Johann Balthasar Probst (1673–1750) a notable engraver at the time. The firm continued on in Augsburg under the name Jeremias Wolff Erben.Together with the Nuremberg copperplate engraver Paul Decker , Wolff published a series of engravings showing the war successes of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Italy , southern Germany and the Spanish Netherlands, during the War of the Spanish Succession . The prints are exhibited in the Museum of Military History, in Vienna .


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POMEPS Studies 4 – November 13, 2013
A group of Syrian-Americans arrived at an academic conference at Lehigh University last week in Bashar al-Assad t-shirts and draped in Syrian flags adorned with Assad's face. They repeatedly heckled and interrupted speakers, and one told an opposition figure that he deserved a bullet in the head. When a speaker showed a slide picturing dead Syrian children, they burst into loud applause. When another speaker cynically predicted that Bashar would win a 2014 presidential vote, they cheered. In the final session, they aggressively interrupted and denounced a Lebanese journalist, with one ultimately throwing his shoe at the stage. The panel degenerated into a screaming match, until police arrived to clear the room.
This spectacle might seem notable in that it unfolded at a U.S. university, but otherwise it would pass for an alarmingly normal day at the office in today's toxically polarized Middle East. Such intense mutual hostility, irreconcilable narratives, and public denunciations are typical of any number of highly polarized political arenas across the region. A similar scene between supporters and opponents of Egypt's military coup is all too easily imagined — just add bullets. That's why the disproportionate focus on sectarian conflict as the defining feature of the emerging Middle East seems dangerously misplaced. Sunni-Shiite tensions are only one manifestation of how a number of deeper trends have come together in recent years to give frightening new power to identity politics writ large.
The explosion of Sunni-Shiite conflict in recent years has very little do to with intrinsic religious differences or with 1,400 years of Islamic history. It should instead be understood as an entirely typical example of identity politics, one in which sectarian differences happen to be the most easily available to politicians hoping to exploit them for cynical purposes. It looks much the same as the ethnic and religious polarization that ripped apart the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. The sectarian polarization in Bahrain or Syria has followed very similar patterns to the Islamist-secularist polarization in Egypt and Tunisia. Responding to these sectarian tensions by embracing authoritarian states, focusing on religious authorities or exegesis, or promoting cross-sectarian reconciliation will miss the point. Today's sectarianism is political to the core — even if it increasingly seems at risk of racing beyond the control of its cynical enablers.
Interpreting Sunni-Shiite conflict as just another manifestation of a millennia-old conflict repeats a broadly essentialist position which tends to be the first resort every time ethnic or sectarian violence breaks out. Such approaches tend to focus on intrinsic, deeply rooted, and irreconcilable cultural differences between groups which can always pose a risk of escalation to violence (think Robert Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts, which supposedly convinced Bill Clinton of the inevitability of Yugoslav ethnic slaughters). Evidence of decades of coexistence or intermarriage rarely impresses proponents of an essentialist approach. These differences might be latent for long periods of time, but given the opportunity — electoral mobilization, state failure, sudden explosions of local violence — people will tend to fall back on these deep identities. Such arguments tend to lead toward solutions involving the heavy hand of authoritarian states to suppress these supposedly inevitable violent tendencies, or toward partition into ethnic enclaves if state collapse has gone too far.
That's just what authoritarian regimes would like us to believe. But much more frequently, ethnic or sectarian violence is driven by either regimes themselves or by elites who cynically exploit identity for their political aims. These leaders might or might not truly believe in these differences, but they are perfectly happy to take advantage of them when it suits their goals. Often, it is the authoritarian regimes themselves that are most responsible for stoking and shaping the identity divisions. The Saudi regime, most obviously, systematically uses sectarianism in order to intimidate and control its own Shiite citizens at home and to combat Iranian influence regionally. Saudi leaders may or may not genuinely hate Shiites, but they know that sectarian conflict is a useful strategy. In Egypt, the Mubarak regime tolerated significant levels of intimidation and attacks on Coptic Christian citizens, while Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government actively stokes the demonization of Islamists to generate support for the new military regime. In Iraq, a stronger state under the control of Nouri al-Maliki is too easily used to protect Shiite privilege and repress Sunni opponents. Strong states are often the problem, not the solution.
The strategic mobilization of identity politics typically involves some common moves. Electoral systems can be designed to maximize sectarian or ethnic competition, force voters into identity-defined voting blocs, and hinder cross-identity coalition formation. Discrimination in state institutions, military recruitment, and patronage can entrench hostility along particular lines and not others. For sectarian entrepreneurs from Slobodan Milosevic to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to triumph, intermarried families must be ripped apart, the possibility of coexistence undermined, and moderate counterparts knocked down in favor of more frightening extremists. Televised slaughter, rumors of sectarian or ethnic targeting, and the wide circulation of hostile rhetoric are a benefit, not an unfortunate side product of their efforts.
Often, the real purpose of such strategic identity mobilization is intra-group competition, as ambitious leaders see sectarian or ethnic extremism as a useful way to attack their political rivals as weak, naïve, or duplicitous. Attacking Shiites is often a product of competition among different Sunni factions as much as it is driven by larger religious struggles. More venom is often directed toward moderates within one's own group than toward the putative enemy; as the dwindling cohort of true Egyptian liberals can attest, anyone who might try to seek the middle ground and critique both sides will be viciously shouted down. That, in turn, pushes more and more people to either silently accept or even to vocally repeat the mythologies supporting this mobilized identity, no matter how absurd.
Uncertainty, fear, economic hardship, and violence often create the toxic conditions for identity mobilization to gain traction. It's endlessly useful to demagogues and dictators to have some minority to blame for problems, to deflect outrage from their own failures, and to bind an otherwise fractious community together against a common enemy. And that's where the proliferation and entrenchment of sectarian rhetoric over the previous decade have been especially destructive. The sectarian incitement which pollutes official and private media outlets alike, and which floods through politicized mosques and religious networks, provides the master frame which increasingly makes sense to people who a decade ago would have angrily waved such rhetoric away. And after a decade of civil war in Iraq and propaganda about an Iranian-led "Shiite Crescent" threatening the Sunni Muslim world, those narratives are now deeply entrenched and hard to change. Language and terms that once sounded exotic and strange now find wide public circulation and resonance.
The Arab uprisings introduced such uncertainty and fear not only within countries such as Syria, but across the entire region, as do recent memories of very real slaughters, displacements, and outrages — such as those that have scarred Iraq. Syria provided endless opportunity for local entrepreneurs to use sectarian language and imagery to build support and raise money for the insurgency. Increasingly polarized, insular media clusters within which only information supportive of sectarian narratives tends to circulate, reinforces and intensifies identity conflicts with every YouTube video. And those atrocities have been experienced vicariously across the region, with Egyptian or Tunisian Sunnis identifying with the suffering of their Syrian or Iraqi counterparts even if they did not themselves have much direct contact with Shiites.
Highlighting the role of cynical politicians in the mobilization of identity conflict points to very different policy advice, of course. Fighting sectarianism thus requires changing the incentives and the opportunities for such political mobilization. Were electoral rules changed, official media and state institutions purged of sectarian language, and hate speech and incitement punished rather than encouraged, identity entrepreneurs would suffer political defeat. Elites who want to cynically manipulate sectarianism need to have the raw material with which to work or the right conditions within which to work their evil magic. Taking the oxygen out of the room is not impossible: Kuwait, for instance, turned away from sectarianism in its last elections, in part as the costs of such conflict began to really sink in.
But such political responses to identity conflict become far more difficult after they have been successfully mobilized — especially under conditions of state failure, uncertainty, violence, and fear. It is far easier to generate sectarian animosities than it is to calm them down. This ratcheting effect is the reason for the deepest concern about the trends of the last few years. Identity entrepreneurs may think that they can turn the hatred on and off as it suits their interests, but at some point these identities become self-sustaining and internalized. Blood matters, a lot: There will be no reconciliation in Iraq or Syria for a long time, not with so many individuals who have watched people they love slaughtered or raped or displaced over their ascribed identities. How could anyone expect an Iraqi Sunni to forgive or happily coexist with Shiite neighbors who only recently killed his children because of their religion? Those memories are only reinforced by the endlessly circulating videos and images which today provide unavoidable documentation of additional atrocities. Even ending the violence and restoring a modicum of stability in Syria, Iraq, or Bahrain is not likely to erase these inflamed hatreds and memories, leaving well-fertilized terrain for the next identity entrepreneur who comes along.
The political approach to sectarianism makes painfully clear that it did not have to be like this. Sectarian conflict is not the natural response to the fall of a strongman. The Bahraini activists who demanded political reform and human rights did not have to be tarred as Iranian assets and smeared as Shiite separatists. Syrian non-violent activists could have developed and enforced a compelling vision of a non-sectarian post-Assad alternative. Gulf Islamists and regimes could have opted not to use sectarianism to generate support for the Syrian insurgency. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and its enemies could have opted for cooperation and inclusion rather than spiraling polarization and confrontation. But this approach also offers little optimism about the future. The painful reality is that sectarianism proved too useful to too many powerful actors, and too compelling a narrative in a violent, turbulent, and uncertain time, to be avoided.


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What Are You Holding Onto?
I've done a lot of rock climbing, so I know firsthand the importance sometimes of not letting go! This applies to other things as well: keeping hold of a child's hand while crossing the street, staying true to your ethics in a tricky situation, or sustaining attention to your breath while meditating.
On the other hand, think of all the stuff – both physical and nonphysical – we cling to that creates problems for us and others: clutter in the home, "shoulds," rigid opinions, resentments, regrets, status, guilt, resistance to the facts on the ground, needing to be one-up with others, the past, people who are gone, bad habits, hopeless guests, unrewarding relationships, and so on.
Letting go can mean several things: releasing pain; dropping thoughts, words, and deeds that cause suffering and harm; yielding rather than breaking; surrendering to the way it is, like it or not; allowing each moment to pass away without trying to hold on to it; accepting the permanently impermanent nature of existence; and relaxing the sense of self and opening out into the wider world.
Living in this way is relaxing, decreases hassles and conflicts, reduces stress, improves mood and well-being, and grounds you in reality as it is. And it's a key element, if you like, of spiritual practice. To quote Ajahn Chah, a major Buddhist teacher who lived in Thailand:
If you let go a little, you will have a little happiness.
If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of happiness.
If you let go completely, you will be completely happy.
Appreciate the wisdom of letting go, and notice any resistance to it: perhaps it seems weak to you, foolish, or against the culture of your gender or personal background. For example, I remember talking with my friend John years ago about a woman he'd been pursuing who'd made it clear she wasn't interested, and he felt frustrated and hurt. I said maybe he should surrender and move on – to which John replied fiercely, "I don't do surrender." It took him a while to get past his belief that surrender – acceptance, letting go – meant you were wimping out. (All ended happily with us getting drunk together and him throwing up on my shoe – which I then had to surrender to!) It takes strength to let go, and fortitude, character, and insight. When you let go, you're like a supple and resilient willow tree that bends before the storm, still here in the morning – rather than a stiff oak that ends up broken and toppled over.
Be aware of the letting go that happens naturally all day long such as, releasing objects from your hands, hanging up the phone, pushing send on an e-mail, moving from one thought or feeling to another in your mind, saying bye to a friend, shifting plans, using the bathroom, changing a TV channel, or emptying the trash. Notice that letting go is all right, that you keep on going, that it's necessary and beneficial. Become more comfortable with letting go.
Consciously let go of tension in your body. Exhale long and slowly, activating the relaxing parasympathetic nervous system. Let go of holding in your belly, shoulders, jaws, and eyes.
Clear out possessions you don't use or need. Let in how great it feels to finally have some room in your closet, drawers, or garage.
Pick a dumb idea you've held on to way too long – one for me would be that I have to do things perfectly or there'll be a disaster. Practice dropping this idea and replacing it with better ones (like for me: "Nobody is perfect and that's okay").
Pick a grievance, grudge, or resentment – and resolve to move on. This does not necessarily mean letting other people off the moral hook, just that you are letting yourself off the hot plate of staying upset about whatever happened. If feelings such as hurt still come up about the issue, be aware of them, be kind to yourself about them, and then gently encourage them out the door.
Letting go of painful emotions is a big subject, with lots of resources for you in books such as Focusing, by Eugene Gendlin, or What We May Be, by Piero Ferrucci. Here's a summary of methods I like: relax your body; imagine that the feelings are flowing out of you like water; vent in a letter you'll never send, or out loud someplace appropriate; get things off your chest with a good friend; take in positive feelings to soothe and gradually replace the painful ones.
In general, let things be pleasant without grasping after them; let things be unpleasant without resisting them; let things be neutral without prodding them to get pleasant. Letting go undoes the craving and clinging that lead to suffering and harm.
Let go of who you used to be. Let yourself learn, grow, and therefore change.
Let go of each moment as it disappears beneath your feet. It's gone as soon as you're aware of it, like a snowflake melting as soon as you see its shape. You can afford to abide as letting go because of the miracle – which no scientist fully understands – that the next moment continually emerges as the previous one vanishes, all within the infinitely tiny duration of Now.