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Gezeichnet 2018 - The best drawings published in the Swiss media this year
14th December 2018 to 10th February 2019
You may laugh: Gezeichnet 2018 is a walk-through review of the year's main events and topics of debate. In this exhibition about 50 Swiss caricaturists and cartoonists display their most important and funniest drawings published in the Swiss media.
EXTREME – 175 years of Swiss postage stamp production
02.03.2018 - 08.07.2018
Postage stamps not only serve as a reflection of cultural history, but in a Swiss context, they are also part of a success story. Switzerland was only the second country ever to introduce postage stamps. Today these rare pieces are some of the world's most sought-after stamps.
From 2nd March to 8th July 2018 the Museum of Communication will stage an unparalleled exhibition. The display will include 50 of the most important gems from the early years of Swiss postage stamp production. The entire collection is valued at several million Swiss Francs.
They may be small, but the production of postage stamps is a complex process with great artistic value. Thanks to original designs by Ferdinand Hodler and other artists, the exhibition will highlight the creative work behind the production of stamps.
Stamp collections are sources of great passion. Collectors invest a considerable amount of time and large sums of money in their collections. Various video portraits provide a personal glimpse into their world.
Gezeichnet 2017 - The best drawings published in the Swiss media this year
15.12.2017 - 11.02.2018
You may laugh: Gezeichnet 2017 is a walk-through review of the year's main events and topics of debate. In this exhibition about 50 Swiss caricaturists and cartoonists display their most important and funniest drawings published in the Swiss media. The sketch artists of all the figureheads of the Swiss media world, including 24heures, Aargauer Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung, Der Bund, Le Temps, Nebelspalter, NZZ, Tages-Anzeiger, Tageswoche and many more, have once again come together, this time to celebrate the anniversary.
17.02. - 26.03.2017
Migration is a complex and highly topical subject. What is it, besides their pedigree, that defines people's acceptance in everyday life? In this interactive photographic exhibition, one female and six male photographers deal with the different aspects of immigration into Switzerland. Can I distinguish between Swiss people and migrants? And how much migration is lodged within me?
In collaboration with Severin Nowacki,
Peter Eichenberger, Eve Lagger, Daniel Luginbühl,
Werner Lüthi, Kuno Schläfli and Karl Schuler.
Gezeichnet 2016 - The best drawings published in the Swiss media this year
16.12.2016 - 29.01.2017
You may laugh: "Drawings from 2016" is a walk-through review of the year's main events and topics of debate. In this exhibition more than 50 Swiss caricaturists and cartoonists display their most important and funniest drawings published in the Swiss media. Included in this who's who of pictorial satire are the well-known drawing pens of Felix Schaad (Tages-Anzeiger), Max Spring (Berner Zeitung), Peter Schrank (Basler Zeitung), Chappatte (Le Temps / NZZ am Sonntag), Orlando (Der Bund), Ben Marchesini (Le Matin) and Michael Streun (Nebelspalter), amongst others.
Danse macabre. The Dance of Death in contemporary art
15.10.2016 - 25.11.2016
The transience of life has always fascinated human beings. Artists process this game of fear, fascination and hope in extremely different ways. The exhibition in the Museum of Communication shows how varied contemporary danse macabre artworks can be. Particular focus is on new media.
Peter Aerschmann, Judith Albert, Lars Arrhenius & Johannes Müntzing, Jürgen Brodwolf, Com&Com, Ingeborg Doetsch, Food Cultura, Jeanette Ehlers, Julienne Jattiot, Frantiček Klossner, Reto Leibundgut, Giovanni Manfredini, Rupprecht Matthies, Franziska Megert, Andrea Nyffeler, Meret Oppenheim, Lothar Seruset.
In front of the Museum of Communication:
Offspace Container fahrnisbau mit Vivace I by Pia Maria Martin, video, 03'03'', 2006
In collaboration with videokunst.ch
Danse macabre – Bern is alive!
The late autumn of 2016 in Bern will come under the spell of the Dance of Death. Various cultural institutions will loosely cooperate to stage a wide-ranging examination of the transience of life and the presence of death in everyday life.
A dialogue with time. How will I live when I am old?
13.11.2015 - 10.07.2016
Statisticians have calculated that by 2035 more than a quarter of the population of Switzerland will be 65 years of age or older. This significant increase will change the dynamics of our society and old age is becoming an important topic of conversation.
However, there is no such thing as a typical old age – aging is a multifaceted and very personal process, which everyone experiences in a different way. It clearly includes more than a deterioration in one's health, a reduction in mobility and an increase in the gaps in one's memory. Although public perception often focuses on these phenomena that can be linked to the aging process, this paints a biased and incomplete picture. Aging also brings additional freedoms, more time and increasing room to manoeuver. The exhibition at the Museum of Communication allows its visitors to observe and experience the entire range of phenomena linked to the aging process.
The exhibition does justice to the theme by turning the visit into a personal experience. As part of a concept that is a novelty in Switzerland, aging experts guide visitors through the exhibition rooms; these so-called senior guides are between 70 and 84 years of age and have extensive experience with the exhibition's theme. In conversation with the group, aging thus becomes a personal experience, which is further enhanced by exciting stories from the lives of the senior guides. There is a lot to discover here, from a Sumatran rhinoceros as a travelling companion to a game of tennis against John Lennon. Most definitely an experience not to be missed!
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)
Gezeichnet 2015 - The best drawings published in the Swiss media this year
18.12.2015 - 24.01.2016
You may laugh: "Drawings from 2015" is a walk-through review of the year's main events and topics of debate. In this exhibition more than 50 Swiss caricaturists and cartoonists display their most important and funniest drawings published in the Swiss media. Included in this who's who of pictorial satire are the well-known drawing pens of Felix Schaad (Tages-Anzeiger), Max Spring (Berner Zeitung), Peter Schrank (Basler Zeitung), Chappatte (Le Temps / NZZ am Sonntag), Orlando (Der Bund), Mix & Remix (L'Hebdo) and Michael Streun (Nebelspalter), amongst others.
Exhibition texts in German and French.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)
Oh Yeah! Pop Music in Switzerland
14.11 2014 to 30.08.2015
A Journey through the Adventure of Swiss Pop Music from the 1950s to the Present.
What today represents a whole feeling for life, indeed a lifestyle for many, was a sensation in the mid-1950s. Pop music has been with us for over half a century. In 1954 Elvis Presley sang That's All Right Mama and ignited the sparks of the pop revolution. Soon the first waves of this musical earthquake also reached Switzerland.
Authentic rockers were rare or were considered beatniks. But that would change quickly in the 1960s. First electric guitar became the rage then the Beatles and the Rolling Stones left their mark on Switzerland. In 1968, Swiss pop music celebrated its first high point: Les Sauterelles made the hit parade! With that a colorful scene and new horizons opened up. Beat mixed with soul and jazz. In the 1970s the Minstrels, Toni Vescoli, Polo Hofer and Rumpelstilz sang in Swiss-German. Krokus brought hard rock to the scene and captured the USA.
A new era began in 1983 when private local stations like DRS3, Couleur3 and Rete3 started broadcasting and finally Swiss pop and rock bands were being played on the radio. That fertilized the burgeoning Swiss pop music scene. Some bands even made the leap abroad. How did things progress from the 1990s on? François "FM" Mürner, a radio man of the first pop music hour, is the one to ask – let yourself be guided by him through the exhibit and learn about beats, bands and pop music in Switzerland. Oh yeah!
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)
In the crucible of propaganda. Switzerland and the First World War
A joint exhibition by the Swiss National Library and the Museum of Communication
August 21 to November 9, 2014
In 1914, as Europe became engulfed in the First World War, Switzerland was also affected. The country was split: while a majority of Swiss-German speakers sympathized strongly with Germany and Austria-Hungary, in the western part of the country most French-speaking Swiss sided with France and its allies. The split within Switzerland was picked up on by the foreign war powers – and used. They began massive propaganda campaigns to win over Swiss public opinion.
The deep divide in sympathies proved a severe challenge to Swiss domestic politics. Although it stayed united politically, after the war the country was marked by deep social and cultural divides.
In the crucible of propaganda showed various documents from the First World War era. It focused on the propaganda war and the splits that divided Switzerland.
Rituals. A Guidebook to Life
November 8, 2013 to July 20, 2014
Our lives are marked by rituals. We encounter them in all areas of life – at the family table, the work place, in sports stadiums and at church, at state receptions, the youth center, popular fests and rock concerts. Thanks to rituals we learn how we are expected to behave. Rituals support us, help us form a sense of identity and trust, give us feelings of belonging and being safe. But they can also ostracize and manipulate. As codes of communication they regulate behavior in the community. In its exhibition entitled "Rituale. Ein Reiseführer zum Leben" – Rituals. A Guidebook to Life – the Museum of Communication took a closer look at rituals.
Rituals are defined as regularly repeated yet often unconscious courses of action with symbolic meaning. The exhibit staged the theme in a (fictive) land of rituals and sent visitors on a voyage through the peaks of power, the plains of security, the fields of everyday life, and the valley of tradition. The viewing point at the end of the exhibit rewarded visitors with both a vista and an overview: they could test their newly-acquired knowledge via the "ritual decoder" while the "ritual creator" suggested a ritual tailor-made just for them.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)
21 – Remembering coming of age
30.08.- 27.10.2013
Bernese artist Mats Staub's video installation revolves around three questions: What year did you turn 21? What did you experience at the time? And how did you become an adult? Mats Staub asked people of all ages these questions and recorded the answers. The long conversations were condensed into short portraits. He later played them back to his conversation partners and filmed them at the same time. Visitors of the «21» exhibition experienced both simultaneously: as they listened to the stories, they could see how the narrators were faced with their own history as they listened to it – intimate moments of remembering were created.
«21 – Remembering coming of age» is a long-term project by Mats Staub and grows as it goes from place to place. The 50 portraits screened at the Museum of Communication had never been shown in Switzerland before. Out of them, 20 were shot specifically for the exhibition in Bern, twelve of which in German and the remaining eight in French.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)
Am I beautiful?
A joint exhibition by the Museum of Communication and the Natural History Museum of the Burgergeimende Bern
9.11.2012 – 7.7.2013
You look in the mirror to check, you readjust your hair, a bit of powder to fix your complexion – the desire to be admired is as old as man. «Am I beautiful?» is a question that keeps us on our toes throughout our lives – sometimes in very subtle, other times in very immediate ways. Is beauty merely a means to optimising procreation? Is what is beautiful also good? How far will the beauty imperative push us? The exhibition «Am I beautiful?» explored these questions and others and encouraged its visitors to look for individual answers.
The collaboration between the Museum of Communication and the Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern has broadened the question of «Am I beautiful?» to include the animal kingdom, because beauty is a deciding factor both in human and animal coexistence. The exhibition conveyed biological fundamentals and investigated ideals of beauty through the ages and across cultures without neglecting questions of power and the creation of beauty.
A special section of the exhibition was devoted to acoustic beauty. One of the items on display was a voice modulator, which allowed the visitors to briefly change their tune.
«Am I beautiful?» subsequently toured to the Museums of Communication in Berlin and Frankfurt. The Swiss National Museum took over the exhibition for the Swiss History Forum in Schwyz.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
Thorberg. Behind bars.
30.08. -28.10. 2012
Documentary filmmaker Dieter Fahrer's exhibition «Thorberg. Behind bars.» showed film portraits of convicts shot at Thorberg, a Bernese prison. Several years of work allowed Fahrer to gain an insight into this closed-off world. He gave 18 inmates the opportunity to talk about their lives in short film portraits. The men talked about being locked up, their lives beforehand, their guilt, hopes and fears. They showed Thorberg, a prison with mythical status, from the inmates' point of view. At the time of filming, the men portrayed in the documentary were between the ages of 28 and 45. The visitors watched the film portraits inside six 8.5 sqm prison cells, rebuilt as life-size replicas. Every cell housed an original item from Thorberg Prison: this one a bed, that one a sink or mirror cabinet, another one a table and chair. There was a TV screen in all cells, fulfilling as a dual-purpose medium of communication: in the exhibition it served as a window into the prison; as part of everyday prison life, the TV screen is the inmates' window to the world.
The exhibition was later shown at the Museum of Communication in Frankfurt.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
Caution: communication endangered
4.11.2011 -15.7.2012
Piles of junk mail in the letter box, hundreds of daily e-mails, non-stop tweeting on social networks: no wonder people feel increasingly overwhelmed , no wonder we feel drained, stressed out, irritated. How afraid are we to miss out on something? How much of a strain is it to always have to be reachable? When do unlimited communication outlets turn into a tide impossible to cope with? In the exhibition «Caution: communication endangered», the Museum of Communication shows how you can navigate the flood of communication free of stress. The exhibition was staged as a health spa and conveyed tips and strategies on how to deal with the flood of communication in a relaxed and sensible manner, spread across 13 interactive stations. The entry station called «check-up», where the visitors were able to initially reflect upon and document how they deal with communication, proved very popular. The computer-aided software originated from a questionnaire based on scientific research and was made up of 20 questions. It was developed in collaboration with the Institute of Sociology of the University of Bern specifically for this exhibition. The result of the check-up was the so-called Personal Communications Index (PKI) reflecting every spa visitor's use, fun and woes.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
Where are you? YOUR MOBILE MAKES YOU MOBILE
15.10.2010 – 3.7.2011
The «Where are you?» YOUR MOBILE MAKES YOU MOBILE exhibition showed how mobile communication is changing our communication habits. A selection of devices from the museum's collection documented the rapid development from the first car phone all the way to today. The mobile phone, however, was not simply the subject of the exhibition, but also the audio guide though it. This type of visitor's guide was a technological world premiere and proved very popular. A large proportion of the visitors took part in the «mobile etiquette manual», a poll on the visitor's relationship with and usage of their mobiles. An analysis of the data showed that differences in answers weren't primarily determined by differences in age.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
My grandparents – stories to remember
3.9. – 10.10.2010
Bern artist Mats Staub's audio and photo exhibition «My grandparents – stories to remember» showcased fifty grandchildren's memories. «My grandparents – stories to remember» looked back on the upheavals of the 20th century, but placed the focus on the descendants. The grandchildren tell the stories of a time they didn't witness themselves, but know only from hearsay. They fashioned a narrative out of their own memories of narratives. The focus of the exhibition were 50 conversations in which grandchildren from across Switzerland, Germany and Austria spoke of their grandparents. Mats Staub condensed these narratives into approximately 10-minute audio pictures which the audience were free to select and listen to on iPods. The lives of the grandparents and grandchildren spanned over a hundred years and thus several eras: the oldest grandfather was born in 1880, the youngest grandchild in 1985. Several grandparents were from abroad. With the help of individual biographies, «My grandparents – stories to remember» also provided an insight into the history of Switzerland as a country of immigration.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
16.10.2009 – 4.7.2010
Wherever people communicate with each other, it will sooner or later pop up: the rumour. Whether that be at a family gathering, in the stairwell, down the local, at the office, on the trading floor or in parliament.
The rumour is neither lie nor truth. It's located somewhere between information and false report and leaves room for interpretation. Rumours enjoy a dubious reputation, yet everyone will eventually help spread them – sometimes unknowingly, sometimes very deliberately. In the eponymous exhibition, the Museum of Communication allowed the visitors to experience the many facets of the rumour. The temporary exhibition conveyed valuable information on the subject of the rumour, amongst other things with ten easy questions and answers. Several interactive stations allowed the visitors to immediately put this «dry theory» to the practical test. The rumour generator, a PC station that generated rumours out of a few personal details and started spreading them, proved one of the most popular stations. The biggest draw, however, was the «Spy in the service of the rumour», a small, projected character visitors could directly communicate with.
«Rumour» was subsequently shown at the Museums of Communication in Berlin and Frankfurt.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
Goodbye & Hello: a dialogue with the hereafter
There are many ideas of what life after death looks like. Much rarer are clear definitions or demarcations between this life and the next. In its "Goodbye & Hello: a dialogue with the hereafter", the Museum of Communication zeroed in on the point of intersection between this life and the next. In doing so, it entered a field of uncertainty that offers fascinating insights. At the core of the exhibition at the Museum of Communication lay those directly affected and their experiences.
A great number of visitors felt compelled to share their own experiences. 70% believe in the hereafter or life after death. A quarter of our visitors had experienced hauntings, seen ghosts or been in contact with the dead. Half the survey respondents believe in ghosts and hauntings.
The International Forum Design in Hannover honoured "Goodbye & Hello: a dialogue with the hereafter" with the "iF communication design award 2009". The exhibition was designed by gewerk, Berlin.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
Deceitful images
19.10.2007 – 6.7.2008
The exhibition investigated the level of objectivity of images and highlighted the patterns of manipulation through and with images. The visitors immersed themselves into an "ABC of lies" and travelled along the alphabet from A for "aktuell" ("current") to Z for "Zukunft" ("future"). Over 300 images from the last 100 years, roughly, served to illustrate the scope of the subject. The Museum of Communication exclusively exhibited Swiss images. The images shown in the exhibition exemplified and disclosed the three basic patterns of how images can be deceitful: the doctoring of images, the distortion of text and context references and lying with the help of real images. "Deceitful images" illustrated how images sources can be critically analysed and read. The exhibition explained the ethical demands that need to be asserted when dealing with image sources, and made it clear that the onus is not just on those who produce and distribute images, but also on those who consume them.
The touring exhibition "Deceitful images" was developed by the Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Foundation and created with financial support from the German Federal Agency for Civic Education.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
hair-raising: Man – Animal - Communication
A joint exhibition by the Museum of Communication and the Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern.
20.10.2006 – 1.7.2007
The temporary exhibition "hair-raising: Man – Animal - Communication" offered an insight into the fascinating universe of animal and human communication, because communication is a prerequisite to living together, be that among humans or animals. The animal kingdom has many forms of communication at its disposal. When hyaenas' neck hairs stand on end, wolves put their ears back, whales sing and fireflies glow, they are sending out warning and attraction signals that are unambiguous and vital messages to their fellow species. However, there is also communication between member of different species: between predator and prey, parasite and host. Across this species boundary, humans communicate with their pets. "hair-raising" got to the bottom of the relationship between man and animal, and illustrated how they communicate together, but also how animals communicate amongst themselves.
Three German exhibitions that had been shown at the Museum of Communication in Berlin, the Übersee Museum Bremen and the State Museum of Nature and Man in Oldenburg formed the basis of «hair-raising». They were pulled together and added to for the exhibition in Bern.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)
"reisegelb" – 100 years of post buses in Switzerland
2.6 – 3.9.2006
The Museum of Communication dedicated a celebratory exhibition to the Post Bus, a Swiss institution, for its 100th anniversary. Over its history, the bright yellow Post Bus became part and parcel of the Swiss brand and of the Swiss cultural heritage. The "reisegeld" exhibition traced the history of the Post Bus, from its bumpy beginnings to the hightech vehicle of a modern public transport company. The themes ranged from vehicle development to its role in tourism and transport, its cultural aspects and the significance of the Post Bus as part of everyday life in Switzerland. Fringe events offered were tours around Bern in vintage post buses and a national vintage post bus rally to the Museum of Communication. Vintage post buses were on constant display in and around the museum.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German / French)
Electric guitars: Legends. Noise. Passion
21.10. 2005 – 28.4.2006
The exhibition told the story of the electric guitar and its effect on society. The starting point were original specimens, milestones of its 70-year history, displayed in the exhibition: very rare instruments of peerless aesthetic value. Texts, images, sounds and films testify to the explosive potential and the sensuality of the electric guitar and its music. The visitors could, under expert guidance, personally hazard a Hendrix or Clapton-style riff on about 15 guitars. «Electric guitars» was a multimedia journey through the century of mass culture. The headphones the visitors were handed upon entering could be plugged in anywhere and provided the necessary soundtrack.
«Electric guitars» was an exhibition of the Deutsches Technikmuseum and the TECHNOSEUM in Mannheim, with the addition of Swiss elements.
Exhibition Flyer (PDF, in German)


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When comparing Corona SDK vs Loom SDK, the Slant community recommends Corona SDK for most people. In the question"What are the best 2D game engines?" Corona SDK is ranked 27th while Loom SDK is ranked 41st.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pro Very simple to use
Pro Free
Corona SDK is completely free. That includes pro-tier plugins.
Pro Corona Simulator
Corona SDK ships with Corona Simulator, which runs your game/app directly on your PC/Mac and updates every time you make changes.
It provides immediate feedback to your actions, you can see your changes right on the screen, without necessity to make build to device. Getting instant feedback really boosts tenfold prototyping and development speed.
Pro Lua syntax
Uses the great and easy-to-learn Lua programming language.
Pro Good documentation and lots of tutorials
Pro Very comprehensive API
It's very quick to get things up and running with Corona SDK. The API is extensive and while it's not 100% feature-complete with the iOS API, it's close enough that you could create tons of games and never run into a roadblock.
The API docs can be found here.
Pro Amazing learning curve
Corona does not throw photoshop-like madness full of buttons editor. You can go as fast as you want, learning and building game from ground up. Eventually, you'll learn how much corona is doing for you. But to start you don't have to master complex editor software. It's a great tool to learn to start game development if you want to learn how to program and make games. Your experience will be 100% transferable to any other Pro game engine.
Pro Cross-platform desktop and mobile
Corona works on OS X, Windows and Android (including Kindle Fire & Nook).
Pro Live builds - update builds running on a device automatically
With the live build feature, once you have created a build and installed on a device, you get lightning fast turnaround times because any change on the code or data is updated to the devices running the game (within the local WiFi) immediately. So changes can be tested on the real hardware within a very few seconds.
What's even more impressive, this even works flawless with multiple devices running the game. You have to use it to learn how good of a feature this is while development and even more, while doing QA. Imagine fixing bugs and everyone of your QA team/friends/whoever helps to get your game done, has all changes on his device without doing anything but waiting 5 seconds - outstanding.
Pro Content scaling
It's easy to create a game that looks good on many different sized mobile devices.
Pro Marketplace for 3rd party plug-ins
Pro Great community
Pro Ability to call any native (C/C++/Obj-C/Java) library
Pro Well supported
Pro Live reload of code and assets across multiple platforms
Loom can live update changes in realtime, allowing you to see them on multiple devices immediately.
Pro Powerful command line workflow
Loom Turbo ($5/mo) gives access to powerful command line tools. For example, "loom new" to make a new project, "loom run" to run it. Packaging, deploy, and live reload are done automatically for you.
Pro Open source
The Loom runtime and LoomScript compiler are open source, with code available on GitHub, allowing you to have the freedom to fix the bugs and add the features your game needs.
Pro Examples
Loom includes over 30 examples ranging from complete sample games to demos of single features.
Pro Familiar and powerful scripting
Loom's scripting language is immediately familiar if you know JavaScript, ActionScript, TypeScript, C#, or Java. Internally, it uses a proven VM technology with over 10 years of heavy use in games.
Pro Good support
Loom devs are helpful.
Pro Cross-platform
Loom can deploy to Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android (including Nook, Kindle Fire and Ouya). There are also custom port available for WP8, Blackberry and consoles.
Con Closed source
Since you don't have access to the code, you can't make changes to the SDK. You even have to implement workarounds on issues that have long been reported, but never fixed.
Con Free, but not completely
Such important plugins like AdMob cost $300 per year!
Con Making a device build requires internet connection
To build your app for the device (iOS/Android/AppleTV) Corona requires to fetch resources from online. This would include base application template and plugins. This allows not to perform local build or use Xcode or Android Studio to do a build. Even Large games/apps would build very fast with good internet connection.
Your code never leaves computed. Corona SDK would transfer some information to determine which plugins and pieces has to be transferred in order to make a final steps in build.
As a bonus - you get basically one button press to get from your Corona Simulator game to game on a device.
There's no level editor, asset viewer or any other visual tools in Loom SDK. Everything has to go through command line. I think it's fine if you really like typing.


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Former BMC President and founder of Wild Country, Mark Vallance passed away on 19 April following a period of illness suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
Mark was an entrepreneur and innovator, a man of big ideas with the drive and courage to put them into action. Alongside American climbing legend Ray Jardine, Mark was widely acknowledged as the 'inventor' of Friends, the revolutionary camming device that had an immediate and lasting impact on the climbing world; he even featured on the popular TV programme Tomorrow's World in 1978 demonstrating his faith in them to a bemused presenter by taking a leader fall at Millstone Edge.
Mark put 100% into everything he set his mind to, and I well recall his three-way banter with the formidable duo (and two of the climbing world's most experienced talkers!) Ken Wilson and Dick Turnbull on regular Tuesday night climbing sessions, not that he ever managed to get much of a word in at times.
In his early life Mark spent time with the British Antarctic Survey and the Peak District National Park Authority, and following the setting up of Wild Country, he went on to establish the Outside store in Hathersage and was part of the team that built the Foundry Climbing Centre in Sheffield.
At the BMC Mark took over the presidency in 2003 from Dave Musgrove and Derek Walker before him, at a time of major organisational upheaval and financial difficulties. He wasted no time in launching a wide ranging Future Policy Review chaired by Bob Moulton which culminated in agreement at the 2006 AGM to adopt a one-person one-vote in place of the club block vote system.
Another of Mark's brainchilds was the highly successful BMC British Mountain Map, published in collaboration with Harvey maps, which launched in 2005 with a map of the Lake District and now runs to a series of 16 maps across the UK.
In 2016 Mark published his autobiography – Wild Country: the man who made Friends – cementing his place as one of climbing's great innovators.
Dave Turnbull, BMC CEO
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|Decor is our guide for the week. He started by telling us about the 3 different time periods...pre Ankgor (before the year 1000); Ankgor (1000-1500); and post Ankgor from 1500 and on. Temples were built by Buddists and Hindus. Often times they started as Buddist and then Hindus took it over.they would remove the Buddas or just remove the head or change the look of the Buddha adding a beard to the face. Sometimes they would revert back to Buddhism.
The temples were never completed as the king would die before completion and the new king would start his own. Most of them are in the process of being restored, using sandstone and limestone from the original quarries. As With the Incas, these heavy stones were laid without mortar. They were moved to the site over land by elephant or via bamboo rafts on the river.
After the 16th century Buddism, Hinduism and Animaism were combined together.
There are 296 temples in Ankgor and 1000 in Cambodia.We saw 5 of them.
Ta Prohm was the first temple. A Buddist temple with 3 walls, 2 moats, 4 entrances, 4 libraries in which the Sanskrit tablets were kept, 39 towers, 4 ponds and sitting on more than100 acres. The sandstone came from a quarry over 40 miles away. Many trees have grown into the temple causing some of the collapse. It is also felt that the civil war that took place from 1975-1992 caused some damage.
The second temple we saw was Banteay Srey, a Hindu temple. This had 3 towers and 2 libraries. The carving on the walls was much more detailed. We also visited Preah Khan, Neak Poan and Pre Rup temples.
After our day of temple tours we watched the sun set. We had a very interesting chat with our guide. He is a survivor of the Cambodian Genocide that was led by Poi Pot and the Khmer Rouge. He was 4 years old when 15 members of his family were killed, including his father and 4 brothers. His mother took him and his 2 sisters and left their village and try to locate the bodies. Unsuccessful. Unlike Rwanda where there is a museum and memorials in every town, Cambodian Genocie is not spoken of and is illegal to teach in school. History courses covered is from 100 years ago. He tells his sons about this and they do not believe him. He hopes now with the Internet and information available from outside the country the new generation will learn about it.
He was also "recruited " by the Rmy when he was 16. He drove a tank during the civil war and barely escaped death. The tank was locked from the outside and the driver's ankles were restrained. Because there were soldiers being transported on the outside he was able to get them to shoot the lock off (he was not restrained) and escaped seconds before his jeep was blown up! After 10 years he left the army!
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I know 9mm is the smallest round that has recoil and is used in IPSC, IDPA etc.
Is there something for .22LR, in a competition sport? Other then olympics?
Just curious if there would be another use for a .22lr pistol or rifle, other then cheaper practice.


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So I've been riding this guy around a little now, breaking it in and working out the kinks. This bike is SUPER loud which I should probably do something about…But what? Anyway, I'm just a tail light away from finished so I thought I'd snap some nice pics while I have the equipment borrowed for a photo shoot. Notice I did this build in less than a month! Woohoo!
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So turns out this poor thing has been running stupid rich which has lead to gas in my oil, and some smoking! The culprit was a way-too-thin needle. Here is the new (thicker) and old side-by-side.
That may not look like much but for needle taper that is HUGE! The fact that you can even see a difference in the picture shows how significant it is. So here she is finally tuned up properly and ready to hit the road as my new companion.
Once I had the motor mounted I wanted to see it slightly mocked up, so I put the tank on and…THE MOTOR IS IN THE WAY! UGH! The tank sat about 6″ off the frame, at about a 45 degree angle up, being pushed away by the tall engine. I totally didn't even think about that as an issue! Stupid…So I did this.
I'm not proud of it! But I think I have a plan. You'll see tomorrow. As for now, here is the tank sitting on it now all cut up underneath.
Very compact! Tomorrow's goals = fix gas tank, and tear down the motor!
Mission success! I got the motor completely mounted in the frame today…Took all day though. Lots of cutting, drilling, and welding. I'm so glad I got a drill press, it makes life SO much easier!
Here are some of my mount welds…
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Merkel warns EU is likely to agree to lengthy Brexit delay
Theresa May insists 'orderly' Brexit best for UK ahead of Brussels meeting
British prime minister Theresa May during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in Westminster. Image: EPA/UK parliamentary recording unit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Mrs May in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of the Brussels summit, suggested they "may well" go for a longer delay, although the UK would be allowed to leave "very quickly" if Parliament approves a withdrawal deal. File Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Theresa May the EU is likely to agree to a longer Brexit delay than the one she is asking for.
The UK prime minister will meet the leaders of the remaining EU 27 later on Wednesday to press for a further extension to the Article 50 withdrawal process to June 30th to allow her more time to get a deal through Parliament.
However Mrs Merkel, who met Mrs May in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of the Brussels summit, suggested they "may well" go for a longer delay, although the UK would be allowed to leave "very quickly" if Parliament approves a withdrawal deal.
"We will shape this extension in such a way that, whenever Britain has approved the Withdrawal Agreement, Britain can then complete its orderly withdrawal very shortly after," she told German MPs.
Her comments were in line with a plan put forward by European Council president Donald Tusk for an extension to the Article 50 withdrawal process.
European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas meanwhile said Brussels was "fully prepared" to cope in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
"This is not our desired outcome but we are not afraid of it. We are prepared," he said.
With Britain set to leave the EU at 11pm on Friday without a deal unless an extension is agreed, Mrs May insisted she would be "pressing the case" in the Belgian capital for a shorter delay.
Mrs May attended prime ministers' questions in Westminster before travelling to Brussels for the European Council meeting in Brussels which will determine whether the UK leaves the union in a no-deal Brexit on Friday or extends the deadline yet again, until May 22nd, June 30th or even into early 2020.
She remains under intense pressure from Conservative MPs – already angry at the failure to leave on March 29th as planned – who oppose any further delay.
At prime minister's Questions, Tory backbencher Craig Tracey said she should abandon her "diluted deal" and take Britain out on World Trade Organisation terms, while Henry Smith warned that an extension would cost the UK £1 billion a month.
Mrs May however told MPs that Britain would already be outside the EU if they had been prepared to vote for her Withdrawal Agreement.
"The best Brexit for the UK is for us to be able to leave in an orderly way, to be able to leave with a deal," she said.
"We could actually have been outside the EU by now if we had managed to get the deal through."
Earlier, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay insisted ministers were committed to taking Britain out of the EU at the "earliest opportunity".
"I don't want to see a long extension. The prime minister doesn't want to see a long extension. That is why the request today is to June 30th in order that we can leave as soon as possible," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Mr Barclay, a Brexiteer, sidestepped questions as to whether Mrs May could remain in office if the EU insisted on a longer delay.
In contrast, pro-EU Justice Secretary David Gauke suggested she could carry on until she has taken the country through the current phase of the negotiations and Britain has finally left the EU.
"I don't think we should be rushing to change our leader when there is a big task to be done," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If we are going through that process of trying to get Parliament to support a deal to find a way of breaking this deadlock, then Theresa May continues to be right person to lead us through that process."
The depth of the anger within the Tory ranks was underlined by a Commons vote on Tuesday, when 97 Tory MPs voted against a motion backing Mrs May's call for an extension which only passed with the support of opposition MPs.
Meanwhile, veteran Tory Eurosceptic Sir Bill Cash has written to Mr Tusk warning that an extended delay was likely to face a legal challenge in the British courts, "thus further prolonging the uncertainty surrounding the UK's exit from the EU".
'Flexible extension'
In a letter to the leaders of the remaining EU27, Mr Tusk said there was "little reason to believe" that the ratification of Mrs May's beleaguered Brexit deal could be completed by the end of June.
He called for the European Council to discuss an alternative, longer extension, such as a "flexible extension" lasting "as long as necessary and no longer than one year".
Mr Tusk wrote: "The UK would be free to leave whenever it is ready. And the EU27 would avoid repeated Brexit summits.
"Importantly, a long extension would provide more certainty and predictability by removing the threat of constantly shifting cliff-edge dates."
The unanimous agreement of all 27 remaining EU states is needed to avoid a no-deal Brexit on the scheduled date of April 12th.
EU leaders will gather for talks with European Parliament president Antonio Tajani on Wednesday evening, before hearing from Mrs May.
They will then meet for dinner without her to agree a response to the UK's extension request.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned that the EU should not offer the UK an extension on terms the latter cannot accept at Wednesday's summit because it could lead to a crash-out on Friday.
'Continued talks'
Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said discussions were continuing between his party and the Conservatives in an attempt to find a compromise Brexit deal. - PA


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My Grandma Edna Mowery was a short, plump little lady whose eyes always sparkled. Grandpa had passed on long before and she lived alone. She spent her time making things. She sewed, mostly by hand. I remember one year she made me a whole wardrobe of Barbie doll clothes. These were amazing. There were fancy dresses with sequins sewed on them, there were flannel pajamas, pleated skirts with tops to match with tiny little buttons sewed on them. One of my favorites was the tiny corduroy coat with little pockets stitched on it. Grandma had even completed it with a matching lining! There must have been 25 outfits in this little box that she had waiting for me under her Christmas tree one Christmas Eve. And to think that all of these were sewed from scrapes of material and sewed by hand - stitch by tender stitch. There are no other Barbie clothes like these. I actually still have them and no I don't play "Barbie" anymore but every now and then I take them out and look at the tiny stitches stitched with love and am still amazed at this special wardrobe of clothes!! I was the envy of all of my girlfriends when they saw all of these! And as I look at these clothes I am amazed at the time, patience and love that went into making them. Another year in my early adult life I had a big package under Grandma's tree. It was a colorful red and white quilt - again all hand stitched! These things must have taken her all year to make.I in turn always looked forward to giving grandma something equally as special. I painted china so I would always hand-paint her a cup and saucer (she loved her hot tea!) or a plate, or more salt and pepper shakers to add to her collection. She collected all kinds of salt and pepper shakers! She must have had hundreds!! As a kid I remember standing for hours looking at all of these she had in two big china cabinets - row after row of them filling every nook and cranny in the cabinets. I've often wondered where all of her salt and pepper shakers ended up. That was such a fond memory for me of gazing at each and every one of them as a child.
When Grandma passed away I was given a box with all of the china pieces I had painted for her. Each layer of paint and each firing of the paint was done with a loving heart as I painted it just for her with her alone in mind. I now look at those china pieces and recall the joy I felt with each stroke of paint that was applied. And even more joy as I gave the painted china pieces to her.
That is what Christmas is all about the joy and blessings of giving from the heart. Not so much the dollar amount spent - but the act of giving. Giving out of love reaches clear down into the depths of the heart. And that is when the act of giving fills not just the giver but also the receiver with the joys and blessing of that expression of true love - that of giving! It was once said that "you may give without loving, but you cannot love without giving".
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Gila Regional Medical Center Board recognized caregivers with outstanding years of service at the January meeting. Velia Fierro was recognized for 20 years in Dietary, while Yvette Escudero was recognized for 25 years in Patient Financial Services. Donna Stewart has spent 20 years in EMS and was also recognized by the board.
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Sometimes, "insider" news is of the bad variety. Sometimes it's so-so. This is definitely in the "we're glad he's alive" category. Best wishes to our friend Jeff Dickey-Chasins, the "Job-Board Doctor," a sometimes-collaborator and sometimes-competitor who works with job boards.
Dickey-Chasins suffered a heart attack or two last week. Chest pain, arm pain, nausea. Blocked arteries. But add in a few stents and some drugs, and he's almost back to new.
He wrote about it in his weekly newsletter, offering this cautionary tale: "Most importantly, listen to your body: If you start feeling bad – and believe me, my chest was pretty unambiguous about the pain – get help. … If I hadn't gone into the emergency room that afternoon, if I hadn't already been in the hospital when my heart attack began, I would most likely be dead.
"Next week I'll be back on the recruiting beat. But right now, I'm just going to enjoy breathing."
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Telling Her Story
a mother so distraught she mercilessly murdered 7 of her children and ended her own life soon afterward
Linda Jean Limes Ellis
July, 2019
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Ethel Marie Rader was born January 12, 1885 in Gahanna, Franklin County, Ohio to Peter William Radar and Mary Bobb Rader.
Ethel married Charles Otto Geller on New Year's Day, 1908 in Franklin County, Ohio. His parents were Jacob H. Geller, Jr. and Eleanor Elizabeth Patterson Geller – both buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery in Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio. Sheep Pen Cemetery is also known as the Limes, Old Limes, or Gustin Cemetery.
Personally, I have several collateral line Limes ancestors buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery, and because of that connection, I have an interest in the lives of others buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery.
Personally, I have several collateral line Limes ancestors buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery, and because of that connection, I have an interest in the lives of others buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery.
Charles M. Geller – born in 1908 – little is known about Charles M. at this time. His name as Charles M. appears in both the 1910 and 1920 census records for Franklin County, Ohio.
Ervan Reed Geller August 9, 1914
Vernon L. Geller born 1917:
1918 and 1919:
Ethel's dizzyingly downward spiral began after the tragic unexpected loss of her husband, Charles Otto Geller, at age 34, on April 18, 1918. He was a night fireman who died due to heart disease while working at the Jeffrey Manufacturing Plant in Columbus, Ohio where they lived. She found herself a single mother with 5 young children to care for and raise.
Ethel Geller married rather hastily again on March 8, 1919 to a man apparently who had entered her life and shown her the kind of sympathy she felt she most needed at the time; but a stranger unfortunately she knew little about who he really was or what happened in his past life. In due time, more about him would be revealed.
Ethel Geller married rather hastily again on March 8, 1919 to a man apparently who had entered her life and shown her the kind of sympathy she felt she most needed at the time; but a stranger unfortunately she knew little about who he really was or what happened in his past life. In due time, more about him would be revealed.
It is important to note, another side of Ethel Marie Rader Geller Yeldem became public in 1922 when it appears she regained stability enough to become involved with other elements that she encountered; even taking extra steps to help others she didn't know.:
From the "Columbus Evening Dispatch" – September 8, 1922:
"The Dispatch Mailbag"
"To the Editor of the Dispatch"
"Sir: At the southwest exit of the fair grounds on Monday evening, Aug. 28, at about 10 o'clock, as I was stepping on a street car I found a spectacle case. On examining it I found it to contain a valuable pair of spectacles. I have followed up several ads for lost glasses in vain, so have come to the conclusion that they were lost by an out-of-town fair visitor. I would be only too glad to return them if the owner can be found and am writing the Mail Bag in hopes the owner or friends will see the letter and call for them."
Mrs. Yeldem, 393 Belvidere Avenue
1925 and 1926:
However, 1925 and 1926, brought more unforeseen and profoundly sad events that greatly impacted Ethel's life.
Her 10 month old infant died of cholera on July 25, 1925, Walter Yeldem, whom she had with her second husband Darby "Darb" Yeldem, who later the Columbus Dispatch news reports revealed his real surname was Medley. Yeldem was Medley spelled backwards.
Then Ethel's world was shaken with the fact that her second husband had committed the unthinkable criminal act of assaulting her only daughter from her marriage to Charles Otto Geller, then 13-year old Mildred Geller. Furthermore, various newspaper reports identify Darby Yeldem as a "Negro" or being "colored". In one article it is stated that he "claims to be an Indian.":
From the "Columbus Dispatch"– April 6, 1926.: Page 34.:
"Darby Yeldem, age 41, 393 Belivdere Avenue was bound over to the grand jury under bond of $10,000 when arraigned in municipal court Tuesday morning, on a charge of assaulting his 13 year old step-daughter, Mildred Keeler." *
(*The name "Keeler " was incorrect for Ethel and the late Charles Otto Geller's only daughter, who was Mildred Geller.)
If the grief caused by these events were not enough to overcome, another child suffered serious injuries from an accident that could have easily taken her life, but she managed to survive.:
From the "Columbus Dispatch" – July 9, 1926. Page 6.:
"Running after a ball, which had rolled into the street in the path of an automobile, Thursday evening, Elaine Yeldem, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darby Yeldem of 393 Belvidere avenue suffered a fractured skull when struck by the machine, which was driven by Mrs. L. E. Scott of 347 Columbian avenue. The regained consciousness Friday morning, according to a report from Mt. Carmel hospital, where she was taken by Mrs. Scott. The girl also suffered the fracture of six ribs.
The accident happened when the child ran in front of the machine as it was turned from an alley near the Yeldem home, Mrs. Scott told police."
Ethel's father, Peter William Rader, died on May 25, 1928. He was 68 years old. Her mother, who was five years younger than her husband, survived. She lived until 1939. They were buried in the Mifflin Cemetery.
The year of 1930 actually started off well for Ethel's oldest daughter, Mildred that should have made her mother quite proud of her.
On the January 30, 1930, Page 10B of the Columbus Dispatch there is a feature spotlight story with the title: "Girl Makes Unusual School Record" which includes a pretty photograph of her sharing that she excelled in two categories at Columbus' Central High School.:
The 1930 U.S. Census enumerated on April 10th, 1930 with Ethel Yeldem who is listed as age 44 and divorced. Her occupation is listed as "Laundress from home." She is still living at 393 Belvidere Avenue in Columbus with the following children.: Elaine age 10, Eleanor age 9, Byron age 8, Wayne age 6, Alice and Alan (who were twins) age 3-3/12. Also her Geller children of: Mildred age 17, Ervan age 15, and Vernon age 12.
Charles M. Geller who was Ethel's oldest child from her first marriage is missing in the family's census records and has yet to be found where he was living at that time. However, her son Eldon, age 19, shows up in the 1930 U.S. Census living as an inmate at the Institution for the Feeble Minded located at 1601 West Broad Street in Columbus.
May 6, 1930
Tuesday, May 6, 1930, was the day Ethel Marie Radar Geller Yeldem decided she could no longer endure living and carried out the murders of 7 of her living 11 children because she felt they would be better off not enduring a lifetime of hardships as she had known; she also knew she would be joining them soon herself. She tried to commit suicide the same day but did not actually pass away until May 16th.
As might be expected, some readers of the Columbus Dispatch wasted no time writing up and sending in their comments of displeasure about the newspaper's explicit coverage of this sad event to the point of their overdoing it and being in poor taste in the reader's opinion.
It has to be noted that despite the trauma she experienced in her early life, Mildred Ann Geller went on to lead a highly productive and successful life passing away at the age of 97 in 2010. :
Obituary for Mildred Ann Geller Lightfoot.:
"Anderson – The family of Mildred A. Lightfoot sadly announces her passing on March 15, 2010, at the age of 97, at her daughter Jean's residence. Mildred was born June 18, 1912 in Columbus, Ohio, to Otto and Ethel Geller.
She graduated from Central High School in Columbus, Ohio in 1930 and began further education at Ohio State University.
She moved to Anderson in 1931 to attend St. John's School of Nursing, graduating with honors in 1934.
During her nursing career, Mildred worked at St. John's Hospital. She enjoyed private duty nursing and was hired as the first Nurse at Madison Heights High School. She was the School Nurse from 1959 to 1967. Mildred and her husband, Clarence E. "Mike" Lightfoot both retired in 1967 and spent over 20 years traveling and spending winters in Clearwater, Florida. They were members of the First United Methodist Church. Mildred was a member of Phi Chi Epsilon Sorority, Tau Chapter, 60 years. She was also active in Bridge groups until two years ago and her wonderfully special "Pixie Club" until one month ago. Mildred is survived by three daughters, Molly Lightfoot Blom and husband Douglas of Eddyville, Kentucky, Jean Lightfoot Faris and husband Joe of Anderson, and Betty Lightfoot and husband Ed of Brownsburg; six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, C. Otto and Ethel Geller; husband, Clarence E. "Mike" Lightfoot, and brothers, Vernon and Ervin Geller. Services will be at 10:00 AM on March 19, 2010 at Robert D. Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel; 200 W. 53rd Street; Anderson with Rev. Kaye Casterline officiating. Cremation will follow and burial will be in Knox Chapel Cemetery in Rigdon on Friday, March 19, 2010 Visitation will be 3-7:00 pm, March 18, 2010 at the funeral home. Honorary Pallbearers will be Richard Lightfoot, Ervin "Mickey" Geller, Douglas Blom II, Joe Faris, Ed Beaver, Michael Blom, Douglas Blom III, J.T. Fletcher and Jeff Kasper.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospital Home Health Services Hospice and The Anderson Public Library.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospital Home Health Services Hospice and The Anderson Public Library.


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Domestic Cases
Following the recent CJEU decision in North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Ltd. and Maura Sheehy v. An Bord Pleanála & Ors, C-470/16 (NEPP) (accessible here), there have been two decisions of the Irish High Court on costs in cases wholly or potentially involving environmental grants. Both cases had been adjourned pending the determination of the CJEU in NEPP, and provide welcome guidance on the interpretation of the NEPP case.
Merriman & Ors. v. Fingal County Council, Ireland and the Attorney General, Dublin Airport Authority and Ryanair DAC [2017] No. 201 JR – 17 May 2018, Barrett J.
High Court makes split costs order, finds that Order 99 applies to costs relating to grounds of challenge under the Habitats Directive.
This judgment concerned the allocation of costs in relation to the unsuccessful judicial review by local residents of the decision of Fingal County Council to extend the "life" of the planning permission for development of the new Northern Runway at Dublin Airport. The challenge made in the course of the case involved three different categories of argument relating to:
- The failure to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA);
- The failure to carry out an Appropriate Assessment (AA); and
- The residents' property rights under the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The Applicants argued that under NEPP, all of their costs should be recoverable on the basis of the "not-prohibitively-expensive" requirement. Fingal County Council, daa, the State and Ryanair variously sought either some or all their costs adopting differing interpretations of NEPP.
Barrett J., in making costs orders, considered the three heads of challenge set out above.
- EIA costs: EIA costs were subject to Article 11 of the EIA Directive and Section 50B of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2017 (the Planning Acts) and accordingly made no order as to costs.
- AA costs: Barrett J. held that while Order 99 of the Rules of the Superior Courts applied here (where costs "follow the event" unless there is special cause (Order 99 Rule 3)), so did the "interpretive obligation" described by the CJEU in NEPP. The CJEU held that Article 9(3) and (4) of the Aarhus Convention must be interpreted as meaning that where the application of national environmental law is at issue, it is for the national court to give an interpretation of national procedural law which is consistent with the objectives contained in the Aarhus Convention, so that judicial procedures are "not prohibitively expensive". Barrett J. made an order for costs against the local residents in favour of Fingal County Council and daa, but held that such costs must be measured in a manner which is not prohibitively expensive. This element of the Court's ruling remains to be adjudicated upon where sufficient information on the amount of cases to be discharged and the means of the residents to discharge same is put before the Court.
- Constitutional/ECHR Rights costs: In relation to the non-EIA and non-AA costs, Barrett J. held that Order 99 of the Rules of the Superior Courts applied. All respondents (save for Ryanair) were awarded their costs on the basis that the applicants had been refused all reliefs sought and refused every point for which they sought leave to appeal.
SC SYM Fotovoltaic Energy SRL -v- Mayo County Council [2018] IEHC 245 – 4 May 2018, Barniville J.
High court makes distinction between EIA and non-EIA grounds when awarding costs
This decision on costs followed an unsuccessful application by SC SYM Fotovoltaic SRL (Fotovoltaic) to extend time to bring a judicial review leave application to quash a section 5 declaration issued by Mayo County Council for the laying of underground cabling and ducting to link an existing substation to a proposed wind farm substation. The Respondent, Mayo County Council, did not seek its costs, and only Fotovoltaic and the developer Notice Party (Aeolus Windfarms Ltd.) engaged in the costs arguments before the Court.
Fotovoltaic had challenged Mayo County Council's decision on three basic grounds at the substantive hearing:
- An EIA/public participation related ground;
- A fair procedures ground; and
- A ground based on the alleged failure by the Council to provide adequate reasons for its decision.
Barniville J considered each of the three grounds separately in coming to his decision on costs and concluded as follows:
- EIA/public participation costs: the "not prohibitively expensive" requirement applied to the arguments made under this head.
- Fair procedures, and
- Inadequate reasons costs: the grounds of challenge raised under these two heads were not concerned with national environmental law or its application and therefore the 'not prohibitively expensive' requirement did not apply.
Barniville J. ordered Fotovoltaic to pay two thirds of the developer Notice Party's costs.
The judgment can be accessed here.
Hayes and Others v An Bord Pleanála [2016] No.499 JR – 17 May 2018, Ní Raifeartaigh J.
High Court quashes decision to grant future planning permission for a non-compliant quarry due to failure to environmentally assess the impact of past development
The Applicants challenged An Bord Pleanála's (the Board's) decision to grant planning permission to a quarry in Cork. The quarry owner had previously failed to register the quarry under s.261 of the Planning Acts with the local planning authority rendering it "unauthorised development". In response to an enforcement notice, it ceased operating for six months. It then applied for planning permission in respect of future development under s.34 of the Planning Acts for essentially the same plot of land. The application was accompanied by an EIS. The Board, on appeal, granted planning permission and this was challenged by the Applicants.
Ní Raifeartaigh J. quashed the Board's decision due to its failure to factor the impact of past development on the environment into the decision making process and the absence of any remedial Environmental Impact Statement from the quarry owner. In doing so, she noted the decision of the CJEU in Cases C-196/16 and 197/16 Commune Di Corridonia v. Provincia Di Macerate, in which the Court had held that an assessment carried out after a plant has been constructed and entered into operation cannot be confined to its future impact on the environment but must also take into account its environmental impact from the time of completion of construction. Ní Raifeartaigh J. held that "EU law requires that information about past adverse environmental effects (if any) be made available to the decision maker and a decision made by the decision-maker about the future in light of all relevant information."
Cork County Council v. O'Driscoll [2018] IEHC 203 – 18 April 2018, Baker J.
High Court considers the nature and effect of the conditions of a waste licence
This case arose out of a motion for summary judgment brought by Cork County Council, which was seeking to recover a €1.2 million landfill levy due under the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended. Mr O'Driscoll, the Defendant, resisted the application on a number of grounds, including that the levy was wrongfully claimed by Cork County Council. Mr. O'Driscoll's defence did not succeed and Cork County Council was granted judgment.
What is notable about the case is its consideration of the nature and effect of the conditions of a waste licence including the levy payment obligation. In particular, Baker J. considered whether the conditions were such that the breaches could be termed technical, or did they need to be treated as conditions precedent and necessary to the operation of the licence? In finding that they were conditions precedent, Baker J. held that in deciding on such a question the substance of the condition should be examined and that the literal wording of the condition will not be conclusive. She also set out a three pronged methodology for categorisation of waste licence conditions. These are that a condition must be examined in light of:
- The facts;
- The considerations intended to be achieved by the imposition of the condition, and;
- The probable consequences of the breach.
Separately, it should be noted that Baker J. also held that the claim was a statutory claim and not a claim in contract for the purposes of the Statute of Limitations, which meant that the case was not statute barred as argued by the defendant.
This judgment can be accessed here.
This article contains a general summary of developments and is not a complete or definitive statement of the law. Specific legal advice should be obtained where appropriate.


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With a large number of contact centers having adopted an omni-channel approach, there is no doubt that the customers now have several modes of communication such as telephone and email with the service provider. Recently, a new addition has been made to this list of modes of communication and that is 'Live Chat.'
Live chat is an online channel of communication that allows website visitors to interact with your customer service agents to ask questions, seek help with navigation or gain some valuable information. With live chat, it has become easier for the customers to find answers to their queries quickly, which, in turn, helps them attain instant gratification and improve the contact center's customer satisfaction score (CSAT).
One of the most dynamic ways to interact with your customers, live chat can be used to deliver an improved customer experience in a number of ways. Some of these are as mentioned below:
Live Chat For Better Customer Experience
1. Keep It Visible
The option of live chat should be easily visible to a customer browsing the website on a desktop or through his phone. This is because making a customer wait to connect with the right customer care representative might lower the chances of delivering good customer experience.
Wondering how this can be done? You can use automated messages feature to welcome each user with a customized message or greeting. The customized messages can be drafted on the basis of user's action on the website and the information you already have about them in your database.
When improving customer retention is concerned, a repeat customer can be greeted with a message like 'it's nice to have you back'; a customer from a different country can receive a welcome message in his/her native language, etc.
While setting a 'chat now' icon is important, it might, at times, get lost in the flood of information contained on the page. In such cases, it is important to send a timely chat invitation to your customers. Doing so would offer them a confidence that help is just a click away as and when they need it.
2. Stay Quick and Active
It is important to value your customer's time. To ensure this, it is essential to be quick and always stay on your toes to offer them the required assistance. For instance, if a customer has asked a question, it is important for you to be ready with an appropriate answer that may help resolve their query. In case, you need some time to collect the requisite information, it is advisable to mention the appropriate wait time in your chat window. This would help the customer understand that you are still there as well as develop patience to find the best possible answer.
In another scenario, if the agent plans to go on a break, it is recommended that he/she changes his/her default chat window settings. This would help ensure that the customer gets connected with him/her only when he/she is available and not on a break.
3. Collect Relevant Customer Details
Collecting relevant information about your customers from multiple sources can serve as a great help in attaining maximum customer satisfaction. Keeping information such as his/her attitude in a particular situation, the way of greeting, past queries and issues, handy can be used to help them feel recognized and handle them better.
The details about his/her past queries can also be used to surprise your customer. Once his/her current query is resolved, asking him/her something related to his/her previous query such as, 'hope your phone networks are working fine now' might not only make him/her feel happy but also surprise them that you care about them.
Always remember that having such insights about your customers can lead to the development of a positive attitude, which, in turn, may help in delivering an amazing customer experience.
4. Stay Attentive
Whether it is a telephonic conversation or a live chat, listening to your customers' concerns and queries is the prerequisite to delivering an amazing customer experience. This is because paying attention to every minute detail mentioned by the customer is important to understand his/her problem area better and plan an optimized customized solution.
It is important for the agents to stop being concerned about how they look when writing a particular statement during a live chat. Doing so distracts them from carefully understanding the customer's concern and hence, does not allow them to deliver the required solution. Always remember that the need is not to offer an immediate solution but the requisite solution that may help attain maximum CSAT.
5. Don't Rely Too Much On Canned Responses
It is certainly true that canned responses are an excellent trick to speed up the entire communication process and reduce the Average Handle Time (AHT). But, one must remember that these are not always suitable to be used in every customer-agent communication.
Canned responses are predetermined or predefined answers to some common questions asked by the customers. These are good to be used in case some technical information related to a product or service is to be shared as these include answers to some such frequently asked questions. Using these responses in such cases helps save a lot of customer's as well as the agent's time.
There can also be situations when the customer is looking for information that has not been recorded as a canned response. In such situations, it is better to offer them personalized assistance as this would allow the agents to offer an amazing customer experience.
Multichannel Support May Help Attain Maximum Customer Satisfaction
Offering help as a live chat agent takes a lot of customer's time and patience. Therefore, it is extremely important to know the art of controlling your emotions and the basic rules of communication.
In this era of rapidly evolving technology, customers do not rely solely on a single mode of communication. They might switch between channels when seeking help from a customer service agent. For instance, they might request a call from a live chat agent and vice-versa. Hence, the need is to be aware of how to handle a customer on different communication channels.
One must never consider the job of a customer support agent easy as it demands a lot of effort, knowledge and skills to stay in the race and attain maximum customer experience.


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Hi Amanda, I know what you mean, finding time to "play" is difficult but I think its much needed when you can. I know what you mean about time taken to create each letter though, so far I've managed time to create "A", I've got along way to go!
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I'd love to create my own exclusive fonts, but I'm the most impatient designer on the planet.
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Disney's D23 Expo has officially kicked off and we are getting our first look at Star Wars Land via a giant, detailed 3D model. And it's pretty amazing, here 2 years after the addition to the Disneyland theme park was announced. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the Star Wars expansion at the D23 Expo in 2015 with a construction starting in 2016. Star Wars Land is expected to open in both the California and Florida Disney theme parks in 2019, with more information set to drop later this weekend.
Inverse Entertainment reports that Disney unveiled the first public model of Star Wars Land late Thursday evening at the D23 Expo, ahead of the official start on Friday. Before the unveiling of the model only rough art sketches and descriptions were available to the public, so this is pretty big news. The 3D model is incredibly detailed all the way down to a miniature BB-8 within the new expansion. Well, 'expansion' isn't quite the word to use, since it looks massive and like a completely new, separate theme park altogether. D23 Attendees will be able to check out the model in all of its detailed glory at a showroom within the expo throughout the weekend.
According to a more detailed explanation of the new park, guests will be able to "take the controls of the Millennium Falcon on a customized mission" and partake in "an epic Star Wars adventure that puts guests in the middle of a climatic battle between the First Order and the Resistance." Both of the huge parks are expected to be about 14 acres in California and Orlando. Apparently the theme park expansions will be based off of a never before seen planet from the Star Wars universe, a universe that includes gift shops and Star Wars themed restaurants.
The incredibly detailed model boasts a scale version of the Millennium Falcon and other ships, including a First Order TIE Fighter near one of the entrances to the expansion. The aforementioned never before seen planet seems to be made up of a bunch of different places in the Star Wars universe, specifically Mos Eisley-like places, Endor, and Tatooine. Apparently the expansion to the Disneyland theme parks cost at least $1 billion to construct, which will make a lot more sense once you check out the pictures of the 3D model below.
Walt Disney Imagineering designed the project in direct collaboration with Lucasfilm Story Group, together deciding to make the theme park expansions to take place on a new planet, located within the Outer Rim of the Unknown Regions. Describes as a "remote frontier outpost," the planet has not appeared in books or movies, but it apparently has been a part of the official canon for "thousands of years." The idea was to make an immersive experience for Disneyland guests and it certainly looks as if it's going to end up that way, even by looking at the 3D model. As stated previously, it is not clear when the Star Wars Land theme parks will open, but they are more than likely to open by summer of 2019. More information on the theme parks is expected to be announced later this weekend, but until then, check out the pictures and a short video of the Star Wars Land 3D model below.


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