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Enhanced partnership between Qantas and Tourism WA ahead of direct services to London
Qantas and Tourism Western Australia announced (01-Feb-2017) they are raising the value of their tourism marketing partnership to AUD12.9 million (USD9.8 million) to maximise the benefits of the carrier's planned Perth-London Heathrow service, to be launched in Mar-2018.
The additional AUD5.7 million (USD4.3 million) in funding will be used to promote Western Australia in the UK, Europe and locally highlighting Perth as the perfect stopover destination for international visitors and connecting domestic customers.
Qantas International CEO Gareth Evans said the direct link to Europe was a vote of confidence in Perth's potential as a tourism hub. Seats on the Perth-London flights will go on sale in Apr-2017
Sydney Airport to announce full year results as it continues to stall on whether it will commit to Badgery's Creek
Sydney Airport has announced it will release its results for the full year ended 31 Dec-2016 on Thursday, 16-Feb-2017, before the market opens.
Sydney Airport currently holds an option to develop the new Western Sydney Airport at Badgery's Creek. The Right of First Refusal for the new airport, included as part of the 2002 sale agreement for Sydney Airport, expires 4 months after the Federal Government's Notice of Intention, issued on 20-Dec-2016.
Sydney Airport's announcement of full year results comes as it continues to stall on whether it will commit to developing the new airport in Sydney's west, which Qantas has announced will be the home of its low cost subsidiary Jetstar in NSW.
Air New Zealand introduces AI technology to assist customers
Air New Zealand announced (02-Feb-2017) it is introducing its field of artificial intelligence (AI) service assistant, unveiling its new chatbot 'Bravo Oscar Tango' (Oscar).
The chatbot will initially assist customers with commonly asked queries with Air New Zealand Lounge, Airpoints and baggage queries. It offers a more personalised experience and time saving compared to a traditional online FAQ search. As with other AI technology, Oscar will learn based on the conversations people have with it, becoming more user friendly and more helpful the more it interacts.
Air New Zealand chief digital officer Avi Golan says Oscar has been launched as a beta product allowing customers to play an active role in training it. Air New Zealand plans integration with its mobile app, via both voice and text, and with other chat platforms and in-home digital assistants:
"Over time we want Oscar to become a virtual travel assistant helping customers across every stage of the journey, with the ability to recognise who you are, inform you about your flights, make or change a booking, select seats, check you in, and offer to help sort you a taxi to the airport,
"There's no doubt that AI is the future, allowing customers to better self-serve within their channel of choice, further improving the customer experience."
Avi Golan, Air New Zealand chief digital officer
Pullman Reef Casino Hotel Cairns gets $6.5 million refurbishment
The Pullman Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns has announced (01-Feb-2017) completion of a AUD6.5 million refurbishment program which has extended to all public areas.
The refurbishment includes a redesigned lobby area, expansion of the Tamarind Restaurant and a new bar and café.
The property has also overhauled its room product, with rates now automatically including breakfast daily, self-parking, wifi, free national calls, a daily drink in the hotel's new Bar36 and selected mini bar items free of charge that will be replenished daily.
PM confirms Australian citizens free to travel as normal to the US
Australia's Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull stated (31-Jan-2017) the Australian Government has received assurances from the US Administration that all Australian passport holders remain welcome to travel to the US. The White House has confirmed the US Executive Order of 27-Jan-2018 will not affect any Australian passport holder irrespective of their country of birth or whether they hold another passport.
Qantas reviews airfares to Honolulu
Qantas announced (01-Feb-2017) the following a seasonality review of economy and business class fares from Australia to Honolulu, it will reduce the length of the high seasonality period for June and July. The new seasonality will be:
- Low season: 16-Apr-2017 to 27-Jun-2017;
- High season: 28-Jun-2017 to 10-Jul-2107.
All bookings not yet ticketed will be assessed under the new international fare structure effective 01-Feb-2017.
Melbourne's SkyBus to service Avalon Airport
Melbourne Avalon Airport established (01-Feb-2017) an agreement with SkyBus to operate express shuttle bus service between the airport and Melbourne's CBD for 10 years, effective from 01-Feb-2017 onwards.
Tickets can be purchased online or at dedicated kiosks costing AUD22 per adult. Jetstar will also include the opportunity to purchase SkyBus Avalon Express ticket in their Jetstar ticket process.
Australia's Safety Bureau announces increases in the rate of bird strikes at Australian airports
Australia Transport Safety Bureau reported (01-Feb-2017) airports with the largest increase in the rate of birds trikes between 2014-2015 were Cairns Airport, Canberra Airport, Darwin Airport, Gold Coast Airport and Sydney Airport.
The most common operation involved in bird strikes are domestic high capacity aircraft.
Jetstar appoints new head of cyber-security
Jetstar appointed Yvette Lejins to the new position of head of cyber security (cio.com.au, 01-Feb-2017). Ms Lejins was recently IT security leader at Asciano. The carrier stated that the appointment is part of a continuing increase in its focus on cyber security, reflecting a broader move in the industry.
Western Australia airport commences expansion project
Busselton Airport in Western Australia commenced airside work on a major AUD69.7 million (USD52.8 million) expansion project (Business News, 01-Feb-2017).
Works on the airside include lengthening, widening and strengthening of the runway, development of additional apron parking bays, taxiways and new airfield lighting. Ertech and Arup were appointed to carry out works for airside and landside respectively.
Landside work will commence in late 2017 and includes construction of a new passenger terminal, access roads and other supporting facilities. The project is jointly funded by Western Australia government (AUD56.4 million (USD42.7 million)), Commonwealth (AUD9.8 million (USD7.4 million)) and City of Busselton (AUD3.5 million (USD2.6 million)).
The entire project is scheduled to complete in late 2018.
These are among the over 30 news items in relation to the Australia Pacific region published by CAPA Centre for Aviation in their Asia Pacific Airline Daily and over 400 news items covering global aviation.


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Victoria pledges to plant 5,000 trees by end of 2020
Published Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:37PM PDT
Gretchen Mann Brewin, right, the first woman to be elected mayor of Victoria, plants a tree in the Mayor's Grove with current Mayor Lisa Helps in July 2019. The city has pledged to plant a lot more trees in the next 12 months.
The City of Victoria has joined a global initiative to plant more trees in cities, promising to plant an additional 5,000 trees before the end of next year.
The pledge is part of a newly launched United Nations program called the Trees in Cities Initiative, which asks mayors to set a goal for new tree plantings and then monitors their progress.
Victoria mayor Lisa Helps, who was in New York City this weekend, participated in the launch of the initiative.
"We know there is a climate crisis and we're committed to everything we can as a city to mitigate the impacts," Helps said in a release announcing the commitment. "Participating in this UN initiative allows Victoria to join in a global movement of communities. City staff are currently designing ways in which we can harness the power of our community to meet this goal."
The UN program calls planting trees "one simple yet powerful way of building more sustainable and resilient cities," noting that strategically planted trees can cool the air between 2 C and 8 C.
Such cooling can reduce the need for air conditioning, which helps to reduce emissions. This is in addition to the up to 150 kilograms of carbon dioxide a tree can remove from the air.
The trees Victoria has pledged will be planted on both public and private land in the city. The city plans to spend an additional $1 million annually to speed up the implementation of its Urban Forest Master Plan, which lays out how the city intends to maintain its existing trees and plant new ones.
Victoria is the first city in Canada to participate in the UN Trees in Cities Initiative.


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PHD in Administration
- About the program
- Program rules
- Program courses
- Academic staff
Program Goals
The program aims to qualify researchers who are capable of analyzing problems and developing appropriate solutions in the sectors related to management / technology, quality and business /. This enables the researcher to follow up on the latest developments in management / technology - quality - business / and to create new knowledge that allows companies working in related fields to develop their technologies and enhance their role at all levels: local, national, regional and global.
The program covers different research areas in the field of management / technology - quality - business /. The Council of Scientific affairs defines these at the beginning of each new academic year.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the PhD thesis, the student is expected to possess a set of knowledge, skills and values, in particular:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Distinguishing between appropriate research methodologies in their competence.
- Knowing the latest developments and innovations in the field of their thesis.
- Classifying the mechanisms for developing solutions, studying their effectiveness and evaluating their impact on complex environments.
- Understanding the impact of values and ethics in science related to their specialty.
- Classifying scientific journals and conferences that publish the latest scientific developments in their specialty.
- Intellectual Abilities:
- Analyzing problems and developing solutions.
- Creating new knowledge.
- developing creative ideas within the modern trends in their area of competence.
C. Practical Skills:
- Evaluating the work of others.
- Selecting appropriate methods to document the results of his/ her research.
- Choosing the appropriate techniques to display his/ her work.
- working to secure funding sources for the development and application of the creative ideas.
- Participating in national, regional and international forums and working on marketing the results of his/ her research.
D. General transferable skills:
- Continuing the search for the latest developments and innovations in the field of specialization.
- Constantly working to develop themselves.
- Documenting the results of his/ her research and discussing them in international forums.
- Forming and leading teams.
- Using appropriate language and terminology to discuss problems and develop solutions
Students are accepted to prepare for the Ph.D. degree in the Syrian Virtual University in the disciplines of management / technology - quality - business / after they have achieved the following:
- The candidate must have a Master's degree in Technology Management, Quality Management or Business Administration from the Syrian Virtual University with at least a very good grade.
- He/ she must have passed the bridging year for graduates of the Department of Technology management, Quality Management and Business Administration from the Syrian Virtual University, in accordance with the rules determined by the University Council in its decision to adopt the bylaws of the bridging year and its amendments.
- He/ she must have passed the English language test conducted by the University whether this took place before or after the bridging year and before being registered for the following year, or to have an equivalent international standardized test scores, such as TOEFL, IELTS, or the highest level in the English placement test of the Syrian Virtual University, or any other test accepted by the Council of Scientific Affairs, whose conditions are determined by the University Council provided that it has not been more than two years since the date the student obtained the standard test document.
- The Candidate must have published at least one paper in English in one of the journals or the indexed and accredited dual arbitration scientific conferences and approved by SCOPUS or WEB of Science, or has obtained the approval of the journal or the conference for publication where not more than two years passed since the date of approval of the publication of the research.
- To submit a proposal (title and objective) that conforms with the research axes referred to in Article No. / 52 /, and is accepted in accordance with the selection criteria set out in Article No. / 55 / and the procedures set forth in Article No. / 56 / of the Regulations.
In case the student passes the bridging year according to the conditions specified in its internal regulations, he/ she shall continue in the second year of the Ph.D., and if they fail to pass it, their registration will be suspended and registration will be cancelled from the program.
Courses list:
study plan
- The student shall prepare a research plan for the doctoral dissertation under the supervision of a supervisor and a co-supervisor if any, according to a form determined by the Council of Scientific Affairs.
- The Scientific Committee evaluates the research plan based on the report of the plan and the oral presentation made by the student before the committee in the presence of the supervisor.
- After the approval of the Scientific Committee, the research plan is presented to the Supervisory Committee along with the opinion of the Scientific Committee. The Supervisory Committee has the right to summon the student to ask him about the dissertation specifics.
- The University Council shall approve the registration of a doctorate student after the approval of both scientific and supervisory committee of the plan. The registration decision is issued by the University President.
- The follow-up and supervision is conducted by the research supervisor through monthly guiding meetings (at least one monthly meeting), through face-to-face meetings, or through the system of synchronized sessions adopted at the university with the need to record all meetings and document them digitally, and upload the recorded sessions within a maximum of two weeks since their date to be considered as part of the dissertation. Moreover, it is not accepted to defend the dissertation without submitting monthly recordings of the meetings and considering them as part of the required documents.
- The University Council may assign a PhD student to pursue a number of scientific activities necessary to complete his/ her qualification based on the proposal of the supervisor of the doctoral research. These activities may include contributing to the teaching of courses or seminars, and participating in conferences or scientific activities.
Article 60. PhD dissertation:
- The dissertation shall be carried out under the supervision of a faculty member or the like, or a specialist approved by the Scientific Affairs Council who holds a doctorate degree at the rank of at least Assistant Professor.
- Another supervisor approved by the Scientific Affairs Council may participate in the supervision.
- The doctorate dissertation is prepared in Arabic, and the student has the right to prepare it in English after the approval of the Council of Scientific Affairs to be accompanied by a comprehensive summary in Arabic.
- The student shall submit a reading at the university to approve the research plan at the end of each academic year before the scientific committee presenting in it the progress of his/ her research and this requires the student to attend in person. After that the scientific committee shall present periodic reports indicating the status of students of the doctorate programme to the supervisory committee for a follow-up and to present appropriate suggestions for the development of the scientific research system to the Board of Trustees.
- The student shall have full responsibility for carrying out his/ her research and the communicating with the supervisor.
- The supervisor and the co-supervisor, if any, after completing the preparation of the doctorate dissertation, submit a detailed report on the dissertation to the scientific committee stating the validity of the dissertation for presentation to the jury committee.
- The Scientific Committee shall adopt its decision regarding the validity of the dissertation for arbitration based on the dissertation report, progress reports and the interim readings of the student and supervisor.
- A jury composed of specialists or experts in the field of the dissertation shall be composed of at least five members of the Ph.D. holders, one of whom shall be the supervisor. The panel should be composed of an odd number of judges, and at least two of the members are rapporteurs and with a rank not less than an assistant professor or a chief researcher from the country's universities or any Arabic or foreign universities in addition to one member of the Scientific Committee.
- Each rapporteur shall submit a report on the validity of the dissertation for discussion. The date of the discussion shall be determined upon obtaining two positive reports.
- All reports shall be submitted to the Scientific Affairs Council for decision and approval by the University Council.
- The dissertation will be discussed in a public judgement session, which will be announced and communicated to the vice president for scientific affairs two weeks prior to its convening.
- The jury committee evaluates the dissertation according to the rules set by the University Council based on the proposal of the council of scientific affairs. The student is considered to succeed in the dissertation based on one of the ranks adopted in the Universities Regulation Law.
- The Judging Committee may give a period of not more than three months from the date of the discussion for the amendments (if necessary).
- The student shall not be granted a Ph.D. degree and his/ her registration shall be cancelled if the Committee does not approve of the amendments requested of him/ her within less than three months after the discussion, and if he/ she does not implement the amendments.
- After the final discussion, the jury committee shall prepare a record containing the approved result of the student according to the system of calculating the evaluations adopted by the University, and submit it to the competent councils for approval. Attached to the record are the reports of the two rapporteur members.
- Registration of the student shall be frozen and his/ her registration in the program shall be cancelled in the absence of a decision to validate the dissertation for arbitration within the maximum period allowed in the program, without refunding any fees or installments.


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opacity (from the Oxford Dictionary of English)
n. [mass noun] the quality of lacking transparency of translucence: thinner paints need black added to increase opacity.
- the quality of being obscure in meaning: the difficulty and opacity in Barthes' texts.
<ORIGIN> mid 16th century: from French opacité, from Latin opacitas, from opacus 'darkened'.
1. opaqueness, cloudiness, density, obscurity, dullness, murkiness, haziness, impermeability, mistiness, milkiness, filminess The opacity of the water is due to its mineral content.
2. obscurity, complexity, ambiguity, intricacy, vagueness, incomprehensibility, abstruseness, impenetrableness, reconditeness the deliberate opacity of his language
In this and other works, I toyed around with the word by breaking it apart and adding more complexity to the concept. I have playing off the synonyms dullness, stupidity, and "being just plain thick". An example of the use I caught was:
The Republican Party seeks to bring opacity back into government.


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It's high time we were due a new batch of games consoles, don't you think? It's been six years since the Xbox One and PS4 launched, and while we're always hopeful that Sega might treat us to a Dreamcast 2, it looks likely Microsoft and Sony will have another crack first with new machines in 2020.
While Microsoft is acting cagey, hinting E3 reveals this June, Sony decided to spill a whole tin of beans in an interview with Wired.
First things first: we weren't being pessimistic when we said 2020 – lead system architect Mark Cerny made it pretty clear that this is not a 2019 product, so don't stop buying PS4 games just yet.
In fact, don't stop buying them at all. Sony seems to have learned its lesson with this generation, and will make the PS5 (if that is its final name) fully backwards compatible with the PS4. Not just the games, either – apparently the PSVR hardware will also work as it does now. But faster and better.
We can say this with confidence as Sony gave a few key details for tech nerds, too. Not only will it feature SSD storage for much faster loading times, it will be powered by a third-generation AMD Ryzen chip with eight cores.
It's apparently capable of supporting ray tracing, which is currently something reserved for more-money-than-sense gaming PCs. Without boring you all into closing that browser window, ray tracing is a fancy technique that models the way light travels in 3D environments and makes things a lot more realistic. It's pretty intensive, but very effective – just look how it improves the 22-year-old Quake 2:
Finally, Sony has promised support for 8K television sets. Y'know, like the one that isn't in your living room right now. Or indeed, anybody's living room. Bit disappointing Sony isn't supporting its 63-foot 16K TV set, but maybe the company just sees that as overkill…


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The Polaris High Lifter models are all about getting muddy and wet, and we travelled to Shreveport, Louisiana to do exactly that at the High Lifter proving grounds to see how these machines work.
The High Lifter treatment is available on the Ranger XP 1000, RZR XP 1000 and the Sportsman 850 and XP1000 from Polaris, and the package contains essentially the same gear for each of the machines.
ALSO SEE: Polaris is Developing an ABS System for ATVs
All three units run Outlaw 2 tires designed by High Lifter, with 29.5-inch units coming on the RZR and Sportsman while the Ranger makes due with 28-inch tires. Unique bumpers are mounted on the front and rear, meant to keep things up out of the mud, while each front bumper also creates a home for a high-mounted winch that is part of the High Lifter package. New half doors with a one-inch drain space at the bottom are fitted to the Ranger, and as you climb out of the water, it runs straight out of the cabin seemingly as fast as it came in.
Underneath, 13.5-inches of ground clearance are available from the Sportsman and Ranger, while the RZR sits a full 15-inches off the ground. Arched A-arms along with high-clearance rear radius rods help to keep essential gear from dragging in the ruts. Suspension travel remains at 11 inches for the Ranger, 21 inches for the RZR and 7.4 and 6.7 inches on the Sportsman front to back. The spring rate on all of these models is also cranked up to make things stiffer, allowing for over a hundred pounds of caked-on mud to be accommodated for.
But once the speeds pick up, the Ranger still offers enough suspension travel to make sure you can have some fun going a bit quicker. If you really want a best-of-both worlds machine when it comes to speed though, the RZR still has lots of suspension travel, offering the kind of no-lift feeling through the whoops feeling that models with this much suspension are known for.
Everything that needs to breathe and vent, including the engine, transmission and differentials all can do so thanks to the high-mounted snorkel. Additionally, the Sportsman gets a high-mounted radiator to keep itself out of the mud.
Gearing in the transmission has been made lower in each machine to get better torque to the ground at lower RPM.
So what does it cost to go mudding with a High Lifter on your home turf?
The Ranger XP 1000 High Lifter sells for $19,999 in the US and $24,999 in Canada.
The RZR XP 1000 High Lifter goes for $21,699 in the US and $27,099 in Canada.
Finally, the Sportsman XP 1000 High Lifter sells for $13,999 in the US and $17,499 in Canada.


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Wallabies' defensive tweaks the key to avoiding Bledisloe sweep: Genia
Defence wins championships and that's the area of the Wallabies' game which has been put under the microscope internally as they desperately try to avoid a Bledisloe Cup clean sweep in Japan.
In both Bledisloe Tests to date this year the Wallabies have hung tough with the All Blacks in the first half before the world champions ran them ragged in the second.
The difference in those halves? Pace of play.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika hinted as much when he spoke to reporters in Sydney last week.
"(We need to) understand that we need to do those things, that we were doing in those games, for longer," Cheika said.
"We have made a few changes as well to the way we do things, from those two games, around the defensive picture, so we will see how they go against the same opposition."
The pace of the first halves in both Sydney and Auckland were in the Wallabies' favour.They were controlled, somewhat muddling minutes which slowed the game down and allowed the Australians to set up shop defensively.
The half time scoreline in Sydney (6-5) and Auckland (7-14) suggest that's when the two teams are relatively evenly matched.
Both Tests have become ugly for the Australians when the tempo kicks up a few notches.
That's what happened in both Sydney and Auckland and that's when the All Blacks appear to be at their unbeatable best.
They piled on 61 points in the two second halves combined and the challenge this Saturday, according to Wallabies halfback Will Genia, is to control that tempo so the match doesn't follow the same path in Yokohama.
"The focus has pretty much been on defence," Genia said of the Wallabies' week so far.
"Not allowing them to play so quickly, whether it's off quick lineout throws or quick taps.
"(Not) playing at the pace that they want to play at.
"As an example, kicking the ball and we put it out, making sure we chase and don't give them the opportunity to play the quick line out.
"Also getting set quickly in the lineout so they don't play at the pace they want, getting the jumper up quickly.
"Just managing the pace and tempo of the game and playing it in a way we want to play.
"The way that the game goes, they're going to get the momentum, they're going to play at that tempo, but making sure we have the opportunity to control the game in that sense as well."
Doing that is easier said than done but it will set the Wallabies on their way at Nissan Stadium.
The second half in Salta - in which the Wallabies racked up 38 spectacular second half points to record an historic win - gives Genia the belief his team can walk the talk.
"More than anything it was a case of getting some reward for the hard work that we put in," he said of the win.
"It's no secret, we haven't been consistent in terms of results and things have been down, so to get some reward for the work that we're putting in that certainly gives us a lot of confidence moving into this weekend."
The confidence accrued from the win in Argentina should prove invaluable to a team which has cut an indecisive outfit at times this season.
Beating the All Blacks is another matter altogether and Genia knows that better than anyone.
He first played the Kiwis in 2009 and has endured a decade void of Bledisloe Cup glory.
"You get sick and tired of losing to them but you also love playing them," he said.
"For me that's a privilege because I love playing the best so you can't get hung up completely on the fact that we lost and the disappointment.
"I'm probably at a point where I appreciate every opportunity more than I ever have before playing against the best team in the world."
The Wallabies face the All Blacks in Yokohama on Saturday, kicking off at 5pm AEDT, broadcast LIVE on FOX SPORTS, Channel Ten and RUGBY.com.au radio.


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During a 3 minute interval we count the total number of tips and
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Limitations: if the rain count is not transferred during an interval then it will be transmitted as part of next interval. Rain less than resolution will (0.2mm) will not be measured.
- wind speed is in miles per hour. we sample wind speed every 15 second. The instrument returns the number of revolutions counted in that 15 second interval. revolutions / 15 second is the speed during that sample interval. if the wind speed is > 0 then it is added to a cumulative average during 3 minute period. Every 3rd minute the wind speed CMA is transmitted to the server.
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The art of Hubert Stowitts, 1892–1953
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Left: Stowitts photgraphed by Nickolas Muray, 1922. Hubert Julian Stowitts had a number of careers, including dancer, film actor, painter, designer and metaphysician. As a dancer he worked with Anna Pavlova, who discovered him in California in 1915 and took him on tour around the world. His statuesque figure was used by Rex Ingram for […]
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Los Angeles is usually thought of as the city of sunny weather, gorgeous beaches and beautiful people. It has also, over the last couple of years, seen a huge rise in STD's. Recently it became law in Los Angeles that porn stars have to wear condoms on film. About time too!
In order to raise awareness of safe sex practices and get more sex information out to the public, the Los Angeles County Department of Health ran a condom design contest last year. Members of the public were asked to design condoms with a Los Angeles theme.
This year, the Department of Health has taken to the road in a giant 40ft coach to take the winning condom designs to the people and hand them out for free. The slogan on the side of the bus is 'Suit up L.A.'
Other measures taken were to create a program that allows teens to access information and resources and also order condoms online for free. Hopefully these creative ideas will inform and educate the good folk of Los Angeles and the STD rates will start to fall soon.


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Around two million long-term UK savers with Standard Life will see their payouts reduced after the insurer today became the latest to cut final bonuses as stock market values plummet.
The Edinburgh-based life and pensions giant said it was also introducing stricter penalties for policyholders who want to cash-in their pensions and investments early.
The group is introducing so-called market value reductions (MVRs) to more with-profits plans and hiking others that already exist, up to 30% in some cases.
It blamed the recent hefty falls in equity markets seen amid the global financial crisis and economic slowdown.
The FTSE 100 Index has lost around a quarter of its value since August as spooked investors have headed for the exit. Today's changes will typically reduce the maturity value of a pension by between 9% and 12% and between 11% and 13% for endowment values.
The final bonus changes will mean that, for example, an investor who had paid £50 a month into a pension for 20 years would see the value of their transfer value fall from £83,874 (€107,000) last November to £78,609 (€100,000) today.
Someone who paid an initial investment of £10,000 (€12,700) into a with-profits bond at the end of October 2005 would see their cash-in value reduce from £11,462 (€14,500) last October to £9,828 (€12,500) today.
Standard Life said: "Investment returns have generally been poor over the last year, but particularly so since August, resulting in today's decision to reduce final bonuses and extend MVRs.
"The changes that we have made today will ensure that we maintain fairness between planholders who choose to leave with profits and those who remain invested until their plan maturity or retirement date."
The regular bonuses paid on the policies will remain unchanged, it confirmed.
With-profits investments are long-term savings policies that hold back some returns in good years and pay out in bad ones.
The policies are often taken out as pensions or endowments to pay off a mortgage.
Legal & General has already cut its final with-profits bonuses earlier this month, by up to 9% on average, while Norwich Union also this month re-introduced MVRs across its unitised with-profits plans.


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Stock Performance Review on Aerospace and Defense Industry -- RADA Electronic Industries, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, and Textron
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Shares in El Segundo, California headquartered Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. rose 0.12%, ending yesterday's session at $33.93. A total volume of 1.59 million shares was traded, which was above its three months average volume of 709.15 thousand shares. The stock has gained 20.79% in the past month, 66.49% in the previous three months, 87.98% over the past twelve months, and 89.03% on an YTD basis. The Company's shares are trading above their 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 25.83% and 53.79%, respectively. Moreover, shares of Aerojet Rocketdyne, which designs, develops, manufactures, and sells aerospace and defense products and systems in the US, have an RSI of 79.84.
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Kayfun Lite Plus 26650
You are looking at a brand new TOBECO Kayfun Lite Plus 26650 28 mm style. It is Stainless Steel Version. This is a rebuildable atomizer and intended for advanced users. The Kayfun RBA allows for multiple setups including either silica wicks or cotton wicks. Very reliable and amazing flavor. This has fast become many vapers go-to setup. Get one now and see what all the hype is about!
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Gemma Nera Silver
Thanks to its experience with Gemma Nera Gold, the Gino Toschi Vinegar Cellar has launched the Silver version. The new product maintains the company's commitment to developing and offering new versions that further enhance an already precious, unmistakable product. Created with full respect for the established tradition that strongly characterises the Modena area, new Gemma Nera Silver is a thick product that is rich in must and contains no caramel. It follows the company's desire to further develop a culture which has made Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP so prestigious and inimitable around the world.
Perfect for stimulating imagination and creativity in the kitchen, it is especially good on cold dishes, whether they are typical of the great Italian tradition or are part of today's modern fusion approach.
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Yes - "Siberian Khatru"
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Now we get to the last track on the album. This is the more rock oriented song, the whole piece has a drive to it that never lets up, but it never feels like it's rushing to get to the end. Again the band knows when to move from section to section with such precision that it never feels forced, unlike other songs with a similar run time. My only complaint about this song (and i guess that album as a whole), is that it ends on a fade out. Now AJOne23 did a great job editing the track to minimize the fade-out by using a part of the final guitar solo. However I wish the band could have come up with something back in 1972 when they released this. Having said that, this is still a great song, and now (like the others) it's full band for you guys to enjoy!
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On Tuesday, seven Harlem properties ensnared in the 203k housing scandal will be placed on the auction block. Although most of the properties foreclosed on after the scam were acquired by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), private developers are now starting to snatch them up.
In an auction October 29, a property owned by St. Stephen's Baptist Church was purchased by Erlan Holding Company for $585,000, according to Rick Jachimiak, vice president of risk management and community investment at M&T Mortgage Company, one of the nation's largest 203(k) lenders. Another property, 783 St. Nicholas Avenue, is being purchased by developer Jerry Migdol of Migdol Realty, who hopes to turn the four-unit building into condominiums.
This new trend alarms activists like James Lewis of the West Side SRO Law Project, a 203(k) tenant-turned-organizer. While he's glad to see the run-down properties foreclosed on, he worries about losing them to private buyers. "There's no guarantee that protects the tenants," he said.
Ali Karfve, a tenant at 352 East 116th Street, is worried too. Her building is one of approximately 514 Manhattan and Brooklyn properties involved in the 203(k) scam, first exposed by City Limits [see "The Harlem Shuffle," November 1999]. Bought by a cast of crooked realtors, these buildings were over-appraised and then "flipped" at inflated prices to local nonprofits eligible for rehab grants from HUD.
In most cases, including Karfve's, the nonprofits were unable to keep up with mortgage payments, and the buildings slid into disrepair. "We've had two management companies–neither of them took care of the building," she said. Tenants were left with rickety stairs, leaky ceilings, and no heat for months at a time. For the past year, she added, there's been no management at all. The building's landlord, St. Stephen's Baptist Church, did not return calls by press time.
In 2001, flooded with stories like these, HUD came up with a plan: Rather than wash its hands of the troubled properties, it would work with the city's department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to rehab them. The system worked well for most of the properties, which were successfully conveyed from HUD to HPD and then to new owners, including, in some cases, tenants themselves. But HUD's promise was contingent on the fact that the overpriced homes would not appeal to private buyers. And times have changed.
Seven Harlem properties owned by St. Stephen's, more than half of which are occupied, are slated to be sold at Tuesday's auction in the rotunda of the county courthouse at 60 Centre Street. Karfve and other tenants will be there to urge bidders not to buy their homes, hoping they will default to HUD instead. The foreclosure is necessary, she said, but "I don't think it should have been an auction." If HUD took title, "we'd feel more secure," she added. "Something good needs to come of this."


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Essential Collection Perfect Sleep Pillow
Full size pillow with excellent loft and shape retention designed to give a greater level of comfort and support. Exceptional bounce back quality from Cloud 9, a brand you can trust!
- 700gm
- 48cm x 76cm
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LHH New York Star Anais Explains THAT Jerry Springer Video
Love & Hip Hop NY star Anais had some 'splaining to do!
A video of the star appearing on the infamous Jerry Springer show surfaced recently and it was a mess! Check it out:
OK, so here's what's going on here. Anais is claiming to have been pregnant by her transgender roommate. But in reality the "roommate" is really her cousin and they were just collecting a few coins by appearing on the show.
Here's how Anais explained it:
In brief, she said:
When I post it 5 years ago they don't care for it. That's to show you you can work now, and your work can show 20 years later. Amen for that. Now like I said let's leave the past alone! Nicoleta sent me more pics of us as kids 😂😂♥💋
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Were you surprised to see Anais on Jerry Springer?
I wasn't.


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Netanyahu: World has pampered Palestinians, Trump first to tell them the truth
"If we ever want to get to reconciliation and peace, there needs to be an understanding why this conflict has continued for so many years," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a special Knesset session marking 40 years since Anwar Sadat's address to Israeli parliament. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
NEW DELHI – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas revealed with his fiery and intransigent speech Sunday that the real reason for the lack of peace in the Middle East is the Palestinian refusal to recognize a Jewish state in any border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
Netanyahu, in a briefing with reporters after a series of meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that Abbas's words will help Israel "present the truth" to the world. While much of the comments about the speech have centered on attacks on US President Donald Trump, Netanyahu said that what Abbas said, not only the shrewd way in which he said it, will help Israel get its point across.
"If we ever want to get to reconciliation and peace, there needs to be an understanding why this conflict has continued for so many years," Netanyahu said. "There is always an attempt to hide this, and I have worked for many years to try and get across the truth that the root of the conflict is the continual and, unfortunately, unchanging denial of the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state within any borders."
He said that without a change in the position stated by Abbas, "there will not be peace."
Netanyahu also said that Abu Mazen's outburst was because he was concerned about the diplomatic plan that the US administration is working on, and wanted to remove the Americans from involvement in the process. "The world has pampered the Palestinians, and not told them the truth," he said. "I think Abbas is reacting. For the first time someone [Trump] is telling them the truth."
Turning to Trump's speech Friday, in which the US president said he would waive nuclear sanctions on Iran for the final time to give the world powers a last chance to alter the 2015 nuclear accord, Netanyahu said that this appears to be the last chance for the western powers to fix the agreement.
Netanyahu said he told European leaders he met recently in Brussels that they should take Trump's words about this matter seriously, but that many thought that he would never withdraw from the agreement, and that his words were "empty."
"I think that after his speech on Friday, people are starting to understand — maybe late — to take his words seriously," he said.
Netanyahu said that French President Emmanuel Macron told him in a recent phone conversation that while he agrees with Israel's position regarding the danger of Iran's ballistic missile development, support for terror and aggression in the region, he does not agree with Israel vis-a-vis the nuclear deal.
"I told him that if this agreement is not changed, then the aggressiveness of Iran in the region — terrorism, even missile threats toward France — will increase many fold," he said.


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Problem 104
composed by Ernest Pawle, 1960 (hearts modified by Hugh Darwen, 2001)
East-West to defeat six spades. West leads the ♠4.
To send me your solution, click here.
Successful solvers to date: Jean-Marc Bihl, Steve Bloom, Stephen Rose, Steve Dunn, Noer Imanzal, Sanjeev Singh, Bob Bignall, Gabriel Nita-Saguna, Dick Yuen, Homer Wang, K.Y. Chen, Chris Chen, Tsuo Chung-Ching, D. C. Lin, F.Y. Sing
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New! Malagos Fruit Collection - Dried Guyabano
Awarded twice at the recently concluded Great Taste 2018 Awards 'Oscar's of the food world' in London, UK. This recognition honors all the hardworking farmers in the country. Mabuhay ang magsasakang Filipino!
Pure and all natural. Authentic artisan 100% pure chocolate that's proudly Filipino! This is unsweetened chocolate in its purest form from cacao beans grown and processed on our farms in Davao City, Philippines. Read more here.
This is the 8th award received by Malagos 100% Pure Unsweetened Chocolate.
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Meet Us At These Upcoming Tradeshows in 2019
We will be at the below tradeshows and would love to meet with you! Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to set up an appointment.
SID's Display Week – May 14-16 | San Jose, CA
Display Week is the premier event for the international display industry. Here, information display companies and researchers from around the world unveil their cutting-edge developments in display technology. More display innovations are introduced year after year at Display Week than at any other display event in the world. It's a must-come event for anyone in the display industry!
The event will be held May 12-17 in San Jose, CA at the McEnery Conference Center and will host a variety of educational symposiums & seminars, and an exhibition from May 14-16. We will have a meeting space during the Exhibition portion where we'd like to meet with you.
Meetings by appointment only: Email us at email@example.com.
Global Sources Mobile Electronics – April 18-21 | AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
Global Sources Mobile Electronics is the world's largest mobile sourcing show, with 3,700 booths of devices, AR/VR, wearables & accessories.
Our screen protector team will be hosting a meeting space in a SkyZone hotel suite just a 5-minute walk away at the SkyCity Marriott Hotel (right next to the Asia World-Expo). We'll have our manufacturing process on display, a host of samples, and some of our expert staff on site to help answer your questions.
Meetings by appointment only: Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Embedded World – February 26-28 | Nuremburg, Germany
Embedded World is a trade fair for embedded systems and technologies. The show offers the embedded community the opportunity to learn about new products and network with others in the industry. Roughly 1,000 exhibitors will be there presenting their products and innovations. New Vision Display will have a booth this year, showcasing some of our LCD/OLED display and touch products.
Stop by our booth #1-331 (Hall 1) or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com to make an appointment.
GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) – February 25-28 | Barcelona, Spain
The GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) is an exhibition for the mobile industry, which includes a conference featuring prominent executives and thought-leaders from across the world: mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners.
Some of our screen protector team will be there and would love to connect with you. Contact us to set up an appointment.


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O'Brien's decision on QB needs to come sooner than later
In training camp, there is no such thing as a first team or a second team, Texans coach Bill O'Brien claims.
"Everybody gets reps with everybody else," he said. "I mean … we don't look at it as a first team and a second team and a third team and all that."
Yeah, right.
This is the grandest of the Jedi mind tricks O'Brien has attempted on media and fans.
Don't fall for it.
The Texans' first snap in Saturday's exhibition game against the San Francisco 49ers will go to Ryan Mallett or Brian Hoyer. Whoever takes the first snap is the leader in the race to become the first-team quarterback. Period.
Unfortunately for O'Brien and the Texans, it is a race.
This quarterback competition has taken too long. I'm tired of writing about it; O'Brien's tired of reading about it.
It is not a good thing that Mallett and Hoyer are tied for first after this much time, which includes an entire offseason program and two weeks of training camp.
O'Brien coached both of them with New England four years ago, picked up Mallett a year ago, and signed Hoyer five months ago. Yet he can't figure out which is the better choice to run his offense?
If the two are equally good (or bad) at practice, then game preparation and play will separate them.
It would help the Texans if Mallett or Hoyer flopped Saturday night.
If neither guy can win the job, perhaps one can lose it.
The most important decision of the offseason shouldn't be rushed, but it needs to be made sooner rather than later.
Unless O'Brien is planning to rotate QBs - and he isn't - every day used evaluating a potential starter cuts into the preparation time the eventual starter will have to get ready for the season opener Sept. 13 against the Kansas City Chiefs at NRG Stadium.
In transition
There is a lot of transition at the skill positions of the Texans' offense entering this season. J.J. Watt and Garrett Graham, with one apiece, are the only Texans who have a touchdown reception from Mallett or Hoyer.
DeAndre Hopkins, who had a breakout year as the No. 2 wideout, is moving into the No. 1 receiver role vacated by Andre Johnson. At least two guys who weren't on the team last year will be in the top half of the receiver rotation.
The tight ends look to become more involved in the passing game this year than last.
And with Arian Foster out for at least the first few games, four running backs who have a combined three career games with more than 50 rushing yards will try to hold down his spot.
So the more practice the starting quarterback gets with the first team - yeah, I know, the Force is trying to make us believe there is no such thing - the better.
The challenge for O'Brien, if indeed the quarterback race is as tight as he says it is, will be making a judgment in the limited window of playing time against frontline players in the first preseason game.
Hence, it is unlikely he will name a starter next week. But it would be better if he did.
The Texans' defense is stacked. Barring significant injuries, the Texans should rank among the league leaders on that side of the ball.
O'Brien is concerned with how his field general leads and his play-making ability, but having a quarterback who limits mistakes is more important.
Efficient, opportunistic offense could make for a successful season. That efficiency is probably being impacted by this quarterback competition.
I asked one defensive player about the battle at quarterback and he said it doesn't matter much.
"We don't care," he said. "If the defense does its job, it shouldn't matter who's back there. We know we need to set the tone for this team."
They will care when the offense sputters or doesn't generate points. May the Force be with them.
A bad rap
It is difficult to hide weak quarterback play in the NFL.
The longer it takes for O'Brien to decide which of his quarterbacks belongs on the first team, the weaker the Texans look at the position.
Then again …
"The disrespect that they show our quarterbacks, I'm tired of that, too," O'Brien said on HBO's "Hard Knocks." "Because both those kids can play. They just need a chance, and one of them is going to get it."
When, O'Bri-wan Kenobi, when?


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ABOVE: Huntington Beach's wooden pier, 1906, a few years before Pacific storms damaged it. A fixture on the coast since the late 1800s, the community rallied to rebuild and reopen the pier in June 1914. (Photo, City of Huntington Beach archives)
From their first arrival in Wintersburg Village and Huntington Beach
township, the pioneer community gravitated toward the beach for fishing
and recreation. The wide, open stretches of sandy beach were open to
LEFT: One of several beach scenes included in the 1933 publication, Echo, produced with the assistance of the Smeltzer Japanese Association, which met above the Tashima Market in Wintersburg Village. (Photo, Orange County Young Men's Association publication, Echo, 1933) © All rights reserved.
For the Japanese community in the early 1900s, the beach was a place were there were no restrictions or discrimination as was found in movie theaters in Garden Grove and the Walker's and Yost theaters in Santa Ana* where rope lines separated the Japanese and Mexican community from Caucasian theater goers. The beach and pier were open and free.
RIGHT: Beach goers identified as Mr. Noguchi, Henry Kiyomi Akiyama (Charles Furuta's brother-in-law and fellow goldfish farmer), and Mr. Andow, at Huntington Beach circa 1915. (Photo snip, University of California - Fullerton, Center for Oral and Public History, PJA 520) © All rights reserved
"The most common beach which was
used by the
Japanese groups was Santiago Beach, which was on
the terminal end of Bushard Street in Huntington Beach," recalled Clarence Nishizu during his 1982 oral history interview.** "Another beach
was called the Jetty near the outlet of Santa Ana
River between Huntington Beach and Newport."
LEFT: Leonard Miyawaki with a leopard shark caught at Huntington Beach, circa 1924. Leonard's father, Yatsumatsu Miyawaki, was a signer on the 1904 founding document for the Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Mission. Miyawaki also opened the first Japanese market in 1907 at 217 Main Street in the Talbert-Leatherman building, today the Longboard Restaurant and Pub. (Photo, University of California - Fullerton, Center for Oral and Public History, PJA 027) © All rights reserved.
Nishizu said Japanese American groups "like the Japanese
Language School, Orange County Young Mens' Association,
judo groups, church groups" gathered at the beach for picnics, clamming, swimming and sunbathing, experiencing no formal segregation, "no discrimination." The beach then, as today, was one of the free public spaces for which there were no restrictions based on ethnicity.
Journalist Neeta Marquis had written about the atmosphere in Orange County in 1913, observing the working relationships and friendships among the Japanese pioneer community and others in Orange County. Marquis had come to interview the first clergy of the Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Church, Reverend Joseph K. Inazawa and his wife, Kate Goodman. While their marriage made headlines around the world, it was simply accepted in Wintersburg. Marquis noted there were many multi cultural ventures and civic events.
"…others all over Southern
California are having similar experiences in both the business and the social
world—very especially among the agricultural classes owning and working the
great celery fields of Orange County," wrote Marquis. "...The entire countryside accepted the
invitation of the Japanese to join them in their celebration of the Emperor's last birthday."
ABOVE: Clamming at Huntington Beach, circa 1935. (Photo, University of California - Fullerton, Center for Oral and Public History, PJA 355) © All rights reserved.
Marquis was writing about events in 1912 that brought Orange Countians together. At that time, much of the Huntington Beach pier had fallen into the sea after fierce Pacific storms.
The Huntington Beach board of trustees (predecessor to the city council), approved Ordinance
No. 91 on May 13, 1912, regarding the issuance of a $70,000 bond for the "construction
and completion of a municipal wharf for the water front." Two weeks later, Huntington Beach leaders would meet with the growing Japanese community from Wintersburg Village and the surrounding area. If Huntington Beach was going to rebuild its pier, the township would need help from around the County.
gathering on the steps of the Huntington Inn, May 31, 1912, thought to be about fundraising support for the pier. The
crowd includes Huntington
Beach's first mayor, Ed Manning (second row, far right in
light-color suit), another Huntington Beach mayor, Orange County
supervisor, and pioneer realtor, Thomas Talbert (second row on step,
fourth from left with hat in hand), Wintersburg Mission clergy, Reverend Hisakichi Terasawa
(front row, fourth from right), Charles Mitsuji Furuta (front row
below step, second from left), and at center next to Rev. Terasawa, a two-time Huntington Beach mayor (1914-1916 and 1918-1919) Eugene French. (Photo, Wintersburg Presbyterian Church) © All rights reserved
Relationships among Huntington Beach leaders and those in Wintersburg Village had already been established. When the Wintersburg Mission sought donations for the 1910 Mission building, contributions came from around the County and from Huntington Beach businesses and individuals. Among the names recorded as contributing to the Wintersburg Mission are some of Huntington Beach township's founding families.
Left: From the archives of the present-day Wintersburg Presbyterian Church, a report listing the donors for the 1910 Mission in Wintersburg Village. (Image, Wintersburg Presbyterian Church)
Asking for community help was a pioneer farming country practice, everyone helped each other. Instead of raising a barn, this time the community raised a pier.
When the pier was finally ready to re-open in 1914---one hundred years ago this month---the community held a party the likes of which had not been seen before. A reported total of 20,000 people attended the two-day festivities, many riding Henry Huntington's Pacific Electric Railway to town. There would be music and baseball (the team from Garden Grove vs. the Pacific Electric team), swimming and diving competitions, and a sack race.
One of the exciting highlights of the pier re-dedication was the surfing demonstration by Hawaiian-Irish surfer George Freeth, considered the first surfer in Southern California and the first to surf the pier. He would forever set the tone for future generations: surfing the Huntington Beach pier means you're a pro.
ABOVE: A group from the Garden Grove Japanese Language School at an outing at Huntington Beach, circa 1927. The Garden Grove school was located at 10771 Sherman Street near Garden Grove Boulevard and was demolished to make way for a Costco shopping center, despite its historic status. (Photo snip, University of California - Fullerton, Center for Oral and Public History, PJA 204) © All rights reserved.
There was another featured event that day that demonstrated the support and community involvement of the Japanese pioneer community. After George Freeth's "surf board riding" and before the grand finale of the concert band and pier illumination, thousands of visitors witnessed a "Japanese fencing and sword dance" demonstration, most likely a kembu performance. Like all the day's events, the performance represented the community and those who had supported the rebuilding of the pier.
Right: The June 12, 1914, Huntington Beach News lists events planned for June 20 to mark the dedication of the new concrete pier. The Huntington Beach News reported 20,000 visitors came for the pier dedication and provides the events calendar with Japanese fencing and sword dance at 4:30 p.m., just before the band concert and pier "illumination." Reverend Kenji Kikuchi of the Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Mission belonged to one of the many Japanese fencing clubs.
The Japanese sword dance also was an indicator of Samurai origins for some. Reverend Terasawa and Reverend Kenji Kikuchi of the Wintersburg Mission, Yukiko Yajima Furuta, Masako Tashima of Wintersburg's Tashima Market, Clarence Nishizu, and Maki Kanno (mother of Fountain Valley's first mayor, James Kanno), among others, had Samurai ancestry. Community involvement and civic responsibility was second nature.
"We were indoctrinated with
the spirit of bushido..." explained Clarence Nishizu in his oral history interview.** "There are countless stories
in Japanese history of a Samurai
giving his life to prove the avowed sense of
ethical code of loyalty to one's lord. This is synonymous to the spirit
of Americanism
as written in the American creed to love one's
country and to support its Constitution and defend it against all
Performed in feudal times as an exercise in courage or mental concentration, it is performed by women and men. A video of a sword dance performed in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ste5UCxKqMs
ABOVE: A generation after the Issei, or Japanese immigrants arrived in Orange County, the American-born Nisei had fully adopted the Southern California beach lifestyle. An account of the Japanese baseball league that practiced across the street from the Mission in Wintersburg Village notes the coach had trouble getting players to practice, as they preferred the beach. (Photo, A humorously titled image of a gathering at Huntington Beach from the Orange County Young Men's Association publication, Echo, from 1933) © All rights reserved.
Imagine the hushed crowd at the pier in 1914 as they watched, the ocean waves crashing in the background. Undoubtedly, few in the crowd had seen a sword dance before that day.
The sword dance also was a signal that Huntington Beach was inviting the world to take a look at the growing beach town. The pioneer community already spoke a half dozen languages in addition to English and Japanese, including Spanish, Italian, German, Armenian and Tagalog. California was gearing up for the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915, marking the opening of the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Panama Canal. There was an enthusiasm in California for all things new, inventive, and international. On June 20, 1914, the town was bubbling over with civic pride, thousands of people, and a reported 1500 automobiles parked up and down the coastline.
ABOVE: A beach party at Huntington Beach, circa 1933-1935. The Japanese Language Schools, Mission and Japanese Association regularly held events at the beach and in Huntington Beach's downtown parks. (Photo, University of California - Fullerton, Center for Oral and Public History, PJA 357) © All rights reserved.
One hundred years of gratitude
The Huntington Beach pier has battled Pacific storms more than once, with the community rebuilding it each time. In 1988, the ocean again took parts of the pier out to sea.
Among those who contributed to rebuild the pier for its 1992 re-opening, was Huntington Beach's Sister City of Anjo, Japan, with a contribution of $92,000.00---more than the total cost of the pier in 1914. The design replicated the architectural structure of the 1914 pier.
On June 21 and 22 this year, special events will remember Huntington Beach's "100 Years of Surfing." There again will be surfing demonstrations, music, speeches (see information at http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/announcements/attachments/100Years_Postcard-may%2028%20%283%29.jpg)
As the community marks the 100-year anniversary of surfing at the"longest pier on the coast," we also remember and extend gratitude to the Japanese pioneers in 1912 and, in more recent times, our friends in Anjo, Japan, who helped build it.
*Walker's Theater in Santa Ana originally opened as the Temple Theater in 1909. It was demolished in the early 1960s. The Yost Theater still exists as a historic music and event venue on Spurgeon Street in Santa Ana.
** Clarence Nishizu's oral history interview was conducted in 1982 for the Honorable Stephen K. Tamura Orange County Japanese American Oral History Project by Professor Emeritus Arthur A. Hansen.
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Scotland will soon celebrate the completion of a new onshore wind farm that will bring renewable energy to Perthshire.
Griffin Wind Farm is a 68-turbine wind farm project that is located just south of Aberfeldy in Perthshire. Valued at £200 million, Griffin Wind Farm will become fully operational in spring 2012 and will provide a combined capacity of 156.4MW.
The project is a new venture that has been entirely self-funded by SSE and covers an area of 30 square kilometres across land that was previously used for commercial forestry. Lagan Construction is the main contractor on the project, whilst Enterprise Utilities is the groundwork subcontractor.
Construction began in July 2010 and the turbines have been supplied by Siemens. The first 61 turbines to be installed have a hub height of 77 metres and a blade tip height of 124 metres, whilst the remaining seven turbines have a hub height of 67 metres and a blade tip height of 110 metres.
The first turbine began generating in May 2011 and with the final turbine assembled in November 2011, all 68 turbines have now been installed on the site.
As part of the Griffin Wind Farm project, a number of off-site improvements were conducted on roads around the site in order to improve access for the installation of the turbine components. This work included temporarily closing a section of pathway that cut through the site.
The path connects Dunkeld to Aberfeldy and is a popular route for walkers and cyclists. However, in the interests of health and safety, public access to the route was temporarily suspended in 2010. The path was briefly reopened partway through the project, but was closed once again when it was determined that access could not be safely managed.
In order to facilitate the needs of the general public, a period of limited controlled access was introduced. This involved the use of a short vehicle transfer to transport members of the public across the closed part of the route. During the entire operation, the usage of the path was monitored so that members of the public were not endangering themselves by trying to gain entry.
Reinstatement work is currently taking place on the site. As the area previously comprised a mixture of grassland and heather moorland, reinstatement work will include the replanting of a variety of trees that are native to the surroundings.
Once Griffin Wind Farm is operational, the facility will add to the 2,000MW of renewable energy that SSE already operates. This increase in energy capacity will contribute to the company's targets to own and operate 4,000MW of renewable energy in the UK and Ireland by 2013, whilst at the same helping SSE to halve its carbon impact levels over the next eight years.
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