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Charles 'Charlie' Howland
Charles "Charlie" Henry Howland, 91 years young, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, with his family by his side.
He came into this world April 26, 1920, in Whiteside, Mo., the second of five children born to Lena Bell (Day) Howland and William Riley Howland.
He married the former Evelyn Louise Spann on Jan. 3, 1947. He was an avid sportsman and known throughout the country for the quality hunting dogs that he raised throughout his life. He was a past president of Laborers Local Union #338, where he was a 69-year member, holding the oldest card in the Local Union at the time of his death. He was a strong advocate for the working man and participated in many hard fought battles to insure fair wages and benefits for his co-workers. He was particularly proud of helping to bring the Central Laborers Pension plan to the Wood River Local (union). Even though the plan met stiff opposition early on; his persistence and vision for a better tomorrow will benefit area working class families for decades to come.
He will be fondly remembered for his great sense of humor, and story telling. Friends, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will remember stories of some strange events that occurred throughout this special man's life such as:
Apparently, as a young man, he came to Wood River by tracking a rabbit in the snow and following it all the way to Wood River. The snow melted and he was not able to find his way back to Calhoun County. Another version was when he fell out of an apple tree in Calhoun County and rolled all the way to Wood River. There are stories of torrential rains so bad that fish were swimming upwards, and people having to get under their boats to keep from drowning. There were droughts so bad that bullfrogs reached five years old before they learned how to swim. He told of hills and pastures so steep in Calhoun County, where he grew up, as a boy, that the livestock grew up with two legs shorter than the others. There are far too many more to mention, but were found equally delightful to hear by the young and old. It does not matter how he got here, and what strange things may or may not have happened in his life; his stories will be told from this generation to future generations to come, and we, his family are forever thankful for the blessing of having him in our lives. For his family, above all is his true legacy.
He will be lovingly missed and forever loved by those of us who survive, his loving wife Evelyn Howland of Medora; a sister, Ruby Quiller of Mozier; daughters and spouses, Charlene (Mike) Shaw of Rosewood Heights, Marlene (George) Stanich of Rosewood Heights, Judy (Abe) King of East Alton, Marilyn Grizzle of South Roxana, Connie (Ron) Stone of Granite City, and Luanne (Jeff) Moody of Fosterburg; sons and spouses, Tom (Sheila) Howland of Bethalto, Danny (Kelly) Howland of Brighton and Michael (Kirstie) Howland of Godfrey; 18 grandchildren, Jasen Shaw, Tony King, Donnie House, Christina Stone, Kim Carstens, Heidi Hoskins, Chad Howland, Steve Stanich, Michael Stone, Melissa Stone, Drew Howland, Kayla Howland, Matt Moody, Miranda Stuller, Melanie Moody, Nicholas Howland, Ryan Howland, and Dylan Howland; and 15 great-grandchildren, Mary Frances, Shelby, Lauren, Alex, Carter, Tyler, Brendon, Colton, Ashley, Amber, Chloe, Connor, Jacob, Luci and Eli.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Marvin Howland, two sisters, Mary Lou Howland and Arie Jane (Howland) Jones, all from Calhoun County, a granddaughter Jennifer Christine Howland and grandson Colin Howland.
So from all of us who love you so much; it is not goodbye; it is we will see you later. For we know where you have gone, and too, have the promise of seeing you again one day.
Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at Elias, Kallal, and Schaaf Funeral Home, 727 E. Bethalto Blvd, Bethalto, IL. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. at the funeral home Monday, Oct. 31, with the Rev. Chip Faulkner officiating.
Burial will follow at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society at http:/www.cancer.org, or the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation at http:/www.curemeso.org.
Online condolences and guestbook may be found at www.eliaskallalandschaaf.com.


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Photography, thanks to social networks' sharing ability, has been much more regarded with its aesthetic. We can't forget about smartphones and tablet devices with impressive, tiny but powerful cameras that allow capturing a lot of images on the go.
Most of the population who are armature people it's enough to use Instagram to showcase photos but there are so many people sitting here reading this post because they are looking into more serious solution. They want to own photography blog or portfolio website and apparently, WordPress, again, is a wise choice.
We believe simplicity and usability are the most important traits a successful photography blog must have. Perharps"100+ shortcodes" and "unlimited layouts" for a single photographer portfolio site is not so much of a good idea. Whether you're a seasoned Photographer or just starting out, this post will help you find the right direction for your site. So wait no more, keep on reading and choose the best starting point for your photography website.
Hiker is a fully responsive and retina-ready portfolio page with WooCommerce integration for photography and art commerce. Hiker is jam-packed with stunning gallery and portfolio pages and includes plenty of customization options, including a nifty homepage grid. The theme is translation-ready to guarantee the communication between you and your audiences. It also comes with premium support so you never have to worry about a thing. What's more, Hiker includes layered PSD files for additional customization and uses a visual composer page build so it is easy to design your website.
Hiker has a minimalism feel that really gives all the visual space to your images and vision. Decorate it with color and typography to make the site completely kick off.
Border is an original and user-friendly photography WordPress theme built with the needs belong to professional photographer in mind. The theme possesses an intuitive designed interface, carefully structured to clean the way to showcase your breath-taking photos. Whether your favors are landscapes, people, food, or weddings, as long as you want to keep a journal with your vision and thoughts, present your bio and services, Border can have you covered.
Regarding an eccentric visual experience, Border owns lively and refreshing page transitions in many cool ways. Border comes with slideshows and grid based galleries that enable you to easily add bunch of images using the Media Manager. You should also check out built-in gallery layouts: Slideshow Gallery, Masonry or Grid of thumbnails. You can also spice up your gallery cover images with beautifully animated text and lines. Choose from multiple types of styles and custom Google Fonts. For all the aforementioned reasons, Border is perfect choice to give your portfolio that extra wow factor that it deserves.
Clean Photo
Clean Photo is a modern and sophisticated WordPress theme ideal for making a photography portfolio site. This theme is compatible with latest WordPress versions.
Aside from the two top popular customization plugin (Visual Composer Builder and Revolution Slider), Clean Photo also is packed with ACF Pro Plugin. The theme has 6 premade portfolio listing types, 3 blog types, 2 blog post layouts and 3 menu types. On the other hand, comes with the theme are a bunch of available a custom page that are 404 page, search page, fullwidth page, about me page and about organization page. To impress the visitor at the few very first moment, the theme features a, amazing entrance animations.
First of all, Aster stands out with the unique layout. Aster will display your galleries in a smooth horizontal layout. Despite the innovative idea, the horizontal scroll still works beautifully with a track pad, mouse wheel, touch (for touch devices) and even keyboard arrows. This guarantees a fluid surfing experience for you and your visitors.
Secondly, if you are worry that the premade flowery patterns that comes with the theme are not your thing, rest assure because you can upload any background pattern you like. It will appear instead of the flowery one you see in the demo site.
One more thing is that you will be able to set up password protected galleries that only your precious client can enjoy. The selection integrated system will allow your clients to classify the images they like.
Overall, Aster is perfectly scalable and SEO optimized, responsive, retina-ready photography WordPress theme. It will fit every site – big or small, from huge studio portals to personal portfolios.
Firstly, Armanda guarantees that your site will always look sharp and utilize 100% of screen estate on every device. Other Armada's features are all adaptive navigation menu on smaller screen sizes.
Armada grants you the ability to customize almost every aspect of its appearance and layout via powerful theme options panel and visual page builder. The new and fresh page templates system in Armada allows you to demonstrate your content like portfolio projects, blog posts or team members. Even better, you can specify which categories to show on this particular page. This way, you can create an unlimited number of distinctive portfolios, galleries, blogs, teams, etc.
Photography is feature-rich flat and cleanly designed responsive WordPress. It has multiple post formats support function to give you a smoother website running process.
Photography supports photo proofing. It also has a client gallery so that only your client can view the premium photos. They can be password protected. The content is displayed through masonry photo layout photography portfolio. Photo and images of yours can also be liked and voted, creating a dynamic and interactive design for your website. Moreover, you can opt to make galleries downloadable in digital format.
The theme comes with super-fast optimized photo lightbox. To optimize the navigation process, Photography includes five navigation menu layouts (slideout menu, full screen menu, padded menu around the page, menu on top, flown over content) and four pagination types (Ajax, infinite scroll, page numbers, classic).
eClipse is an engaging and immersive photography theme with technologically resourceful features. You can first choose to start with either Dark or Light skins. Then, with the theme's custom WordPress data importer, your site can be up and running in seconds. eClipse gives you full control over the theme colours, using our live preview theme options you can change all the colours in the theme. You can set parallax background video on a section by section basis when building your pages. Anything is possible with eClipse WordPress theme.
JPhotolio is premium WordPress themes designed especially for wedding photographer. However, user can still take this theme as a foundation blog for any other topic of photography. This theme provides everything that you need to impress your visitor with your photo, or video. JPhotolio grants you unlimited size of portfolio with unlimited probability of style & color schema. Even better, it also paves very easy road your visitor get in touch with you. It has many social features such as integration with Google Direction, Ajax Contact form with Professional Email notification, and integrated Google SMTP.
This theme's best part is that it is included with music playlist that have feature you will hardly find on other themes. Music playlist is able to be played on entire website. It will stop when other music or video from content played.
Skylab has a minimal block-style interface designed for photographers, or designers. This theme has highly visually focused design to incorporate multiple galleries and images at a variety of sizes.
Skylab is the perfect solution for blog a large number of tight images with its grid-block format. Each image is displayed in a square on the homepage. Moreover, interior pages offer more personalization and photos in gallery-style post formats.
Kameron comes with a custom made fullscreen gallery that was designed and developed for the benefit of photographers. The gallery comes with multiple options that can be switch on and off. The elements include description and title area, thumbnail strip, fullscreen image option, scale-down image option, social sharing, gallery color customization and easy access to main site navigation.
The theme is easy to use for anyone, not just tech-savvy people. Kameron comes with a 1-click demo install option that will make setting up a piece of cake. All 3 demos are included in your purchase so you will be able to easily import the demo and then personalize the site until you are satisfied.
Outdoor fits for every photography need, such as Model Photography, Documentary Photography, and other photography need.
Outdoor comes with Visual Layout Builder powered by Visual Composer Drop & Drag Page Builder. Create almost any layout you can imagine in only couple of clicks. Present your photos in the best way you can with Slider Revolution plugin. It also has WooCommerce Pages pre-Integrated. It has 6 different style home pages ( Slider, Slideshow, Horizontal Carousel, Multi Slideshow) ; 5 different style portfolio archive pages; 9 different style portfolio single pages (built with Visual Composer).
Kinetika is a powerful fullwidth photography theme. For aiding you to run your website, the theme is WooCommerce supported and includes built in events posts, photo proofing galleries and variety of portfolio showcase functions. The package comes with WPML multilingual ready and includes .po .mo language files for easy localization to any language. Most importantly, the theme is retina ready, fully responsive and malleable.
In addition, fullscreen slideshows and videos support displaying of Information box populated with Events, Portfolios or Blog posts. Kinetika theme has the ability to display image slideshows and videos as page background with page opacity control for each of the page. All those great fullscreen image and video have thumbnail scroller.
Invictus is designed for photographers, graphic designers, art and creative directors, movie directors and architects.
With Invictus, you can setup number of images for the gallery. The gallery has YouTube, Vimeo or self-hosted video support. In the gallery, you can choose the Featured galleries, the sorting of images (random, date etc.)and overlay pattern. For each image, you can adjust thumbnail height and thumbnail quality. Between the images are slide interval and animation speed and transition option.
Diamond is embodied in a minimal beautiful design language that allows the photos to take center stage. It has valid HTML5 & CSS Code so that guarantees high speed & extra SEO optimized. The theme has over 600 built-in Google web fonts while provide you with an extra plugin that enables you to generate an endless amount of forms for your website's visitors. Another plus point is that Pursuit let you import contents from your other site easily. Regarding technical specifications, the theme is WordPress 4.0+, Formidable, and WPML translation ready. MailChimp subscribe form and Contact Form 7 is also readily integrated.
Superba is a media-focused photography WordPress Theme. Superba has so many variants and allows to easily managing images and videos.
Superba provides great way to organize albums: they can contain multiple pictures and videos, and they display, describe and catalogue media in a meaningful way. With ÜBER Album pages, your website can have their own set of images or automatically pull content from other albums and projects. This way, you'll be able to add, for example, a macro-album fetching all the photos taken with the topic tagged as "Mountainous", no matter what album/project they're in.
Another good point of this theme is that media library items that are added to albums and projects have their own specific taxonomy so that they can be tagged and filtered in album pages.
Diva is a fabulous WordPress portfolio theme for photography and people involved in this certain business. We bring on the table a stunning gallery to best showcase your photos. The theme was built with Visual Composer & Redux Framework which will make it much easier when it comes to build your website.
However, as fancy the gallery seems, Diva is guaranteed to work perfectly on your mobile devices and it will provide the same awesome photography exhibition as it does on desktop.
Talent is a carefully designed and tech-savvy WordPress website theme to create multiple photography showcase pages. The theme it fully prepared for displaying and touch screen across all possible devices such as tablets, laptops, desktops or mobile. This theme is developed based on well-structured HTML5 and CSS3 coding to help you keep up with the latest trends in web design. It was created by Envato Elite authors.
The theme provides password protected client galleries and services. It presents the gallery through carousel sliders in 3 sizes (large, medium, small) and two blog layouts.
PhotoPro is a professionally developed WordPress theme for photographers as the name has said for itself. The theme's objective is to provide you with a great canvas for showcasing your work. The minimal design combined with some great jQuery effects and unique layouts are sure to make your site kicks off from the crowd and retain your visitor's attention.
PhotoPro let you easily opt for anything, whether you want a full-width scroller (this is the default style) or masonry (using Isotope) for your homepage and gallery category pages. This way you can select the style that best matches your vision.
There are 4 different gallery styles. Moreover, the theme comes with 4 different skins – Light, Black, Blue and Earthy. You can preview these skins on the live demo by clicking on the names in the sidebar.
Exposure is a potent photography theme that is designed to focus the limelight on your imagery.
The theme has built-in 2 different sliders for you to choose from. The first one is dynamic thus great to showcase your photography portfolio. The second slider is a bit more static but can incorporate videos
For the customization of the global theme, you can first modify the highlight colors with a single click. You can do that directly from the powerful admin panel, by using a simple color picker, and all instances of that color will be changed across the site. And then just allow your creative juices to flow freely and use inventive shortcodes together with the drag & drop page builder to create unique, engaging pages in the blink of an eye.
What's more, this theme is WooCommerce ready to help you promote and sell your photography talent with ease. Using it, you can create the app showcase website of your dreams in a blink of an eye. Keep your users up-to-date with all upcoming events by making use of the built-in calendar.
Built on top of our latest framework, the integrated page builder allows you to craft unlimited layout combinations.
Lydia is photography WordPress Theme with an engaging and professional design which makes it a great solution for your business, portfolio, blog or any other purpose website related to photography. Lydia was built with the powerful Twitter Bootstrap v3. Since it is responsive, the layout will adapt to different screen sizes which will make your website be compatible with any device such as smart phones, tablets or desktop computers.
Regarding customization, we have to say first that Lydia and it loads of page builder elements pages with unlimited color options. The page builder in Lydia gives you full of features that are highly functioning and scalable. Full blog feeds, portfolio feeds, carousels are also bundled to help promote your photos. On top of that, each element can be tweaked around so you can choose to show only certain categories in a page, define background images or anything.

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Now there is a quintessential Australian term. Football, whether it be AFL or NRL is a day-long event! There is generally a football tv or radio show on the morning of a football game and the post-game debrief at the other end of the day. Of course, there's the spectacle of the game itself. Whether it is watched at the venue, the pub, the living room or in the man cave of a mates place it's an all-day affair. So how does a dedicated fan sustain once self over the course of the day? It's a one appliance solution – the Weber of course!
So, if you're catering, we can plan out an all-day menu that will not only have you king of the grill and catapulted to legend status amongst your friends, but with a little bit of early organisation, you might even get to see some of the game. Here are some suggestions to make life easier.
Breakfast / Brunch Options – Served until 11:30am
- Bacon and eggs rolls
- Pancakes
- Ned Kelly's breakfast pizza
- Breakfast frittata
Lunch to be Served before the Beginning of the Game
- Vegemite sausage rolls
- PB & J Ribs
- Mexican pulled beef rolls
- Beef and stout pies
- Chicken schnitzel and coleslaw rolls
- Homemade pizzas (everyone makes their own)
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By bus – nearest bus stop:
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"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth". Kahlil Gibran
We've had a few days off from parenting the big two recently, courtesy of cubs and scouts. Hands down our favourite clubs that our kids belong to, definitely a post for another time. This weekend saw Fin go off and enjoy a weekend at survival camp with Scouts and Daisy a day out at the Yorkshire Arboretum with Cubs. So with one or two down, our weekend was considerably quieter. We visited York on Saturday and had a yummy choc brownie at Brew and Brownie coffee shop followed by the Yorvik Viking Centre, where we got to have two tours round and see loads as we were wise and waited until the end of the day to visit. Teddy loved it despite the fact Vikings are very smelly! Florence enjoyed her trip around the city on Daddy's back whilst pinching Teddy's sunglasses!
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Taiwan is not a big island at 13,974 square miles making it really easy to get around. If you're planning on traveling to Taiwan for a good period of time, you can definitely go around the whole country.
Taiwan's transportation system is excellent, you can get from one end of the island to another in just a few hours by high speed rail and there are a few options for methods of transportation.
Yeison and I recently traveled the whole island of Taiwan by train, spending one month to slow travel through the main areas. As the route is along the coast, it is the most beautiful scenery in the country and it's a fabulous way to discover Taiwan.
You can also rent a car and drive but for our trip, we opted to take the TRA to get us around. With mountain and coast lines, we would be able to enjoy a leisurely train ride with spectacular landscapes and scenery to take in the beauty of Taiwan.
Travel Taiwan by train
Taipei Main Station – TRA
More likely than not, your starting point will be in Taipei. The TRA and the HSR are both located at Taipei Main station so depending on your preference, you can take either one to the west coast.
Taking the TRA (Taiwan Railways Administration) is so easy. Our starting point was Taipei so from Taipei Main Station, we grabbed a train to our first stop, Hualien. We decided to go east first and go around the island clockwise. We purchased tickets at the TRA counter and I advise getting there at least half an hour early just in case.
We took the JuKong (莒光) train from Taipei to Hualien which took us around 4 and a half hours. They have a cart they bring around occasionally selling snacks and random trinkets but it's not very much. You can also order a lunchbox from them if you get hungry.
Seats are incredibly comfortable. You have a lot of leg room, those things to put your feet on and you can lean your chair back. Ahhhhh.
Keep your eye out during the ride because the scenery is pretty nice. The day we went was raining but you still get views like this (just imagine it with clear sunny skies).
Hualien Station
From Hualien Station we went to Taitung. This ride wasn't as long at around 3 and a half hours and we took the mountain line. The scenery was gorgeous, it was just green green green the whole time!
Each train is slightly different. You may get one that is a bit older with different seats. Either way, they are all comfortable and spacious. If you have a lot of luggage, most of them have the overheard compartments or space in the back where you can stow it.
From Taitung we took the train to Kaohsiung. Now this was a beautiful ride! About 3 hours long, we got lovely views of the coast.
New Taipei City
From Kaohsiung we took the train to New Taipei City where we stayed for a week. This one was another long one, nearly 5 hours. We didn't take express so every train we took made a good amount of stops.
From Taipei Main Station, we took the TRA back to my great-aunt's house which is in Taoyuan. We made the mistake of taking the TRA instead of the local train so we had to stop at Taoyuan first and then grab the local train to NeiLi station, the one closest to her house. NeiLi is a smaller station that goes through a local route so if you take the TRA there, the train will pass it and drop you off at ZhongLi.
Tips for Taking the TRA
It may seem a bit confusing at first taking the train but it's really simple. You can either purchase your ticket online and if you do so, they'll ask you to input your passport number as the ID. You must show your passport when you go to pick up your tickets at the counter.
If you don't purchase them in advance, you can go to the ticket counter and tell the agent where you want to go. They have a schedule in the front so you can also tell them if there's a certain train or time you want to take.
If not, they'll ask you if you want to take the earliest one. When you get your ticket, it'll look like this.
The important thing to note is the train number (122 in this example) and time. There are boards all over to let you know which platform you need to get on, which car and seat. You must keep your ticket as you need it to get out of your arrival station and the train master will come through once during the ride to punch your ticket.
Another note is to book reserved seats. If you don't, it's likely you'll have to stand in the area in between cars or get stuck standing and that's pretty terrible for a 4 hour ride.
Other than that, that's about it! It's really simple. If you ever have questions, you can ask the train masters or just show them your ticket and they'll point you in the right direction if you don't speak Mandarin.
HSR (High speed rail)
You can also take the HSR for the west coast route. This saves you a ton of time as it runs at a top speed of 300 km/h or 186 mph. The HSR goes from Taipei to Kaohsiung (Zuoying station to the west) in just a matter of hours and from there you can go to Kenting if that is your destination. It is more expensive but it saves you a lot of time if your trip isn't as long as ours. We didn't mind taking the slow train since we enjoyed the views and it was more budget friendly.
Taking the TRA from NeiLi (Taoyuan) to Taipei City takes around 40 minutes. On the HSR, it takes 14. It is fast!
Efficient and Affordable
Taking the train is definitely the way to go and I highly recommend to travel Taiwan by train. You can also rent a car but it's nice to be able to just sit back, relax and take in the views.
There are many stations and stops so you can plan your trip around where you want to go by that since there are so many amazing and beautiful places to explore in Taiwan.
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Richard Parker is one of New Zealand's leading ceramic artists. He has won numerous awards in his field. His work is all about energy. From their form and construction through to the tiniest changes in glaze, line and surface, his pieces communicate from the heart of their maker - energetic, passionate, humorous, and free.
Richard is actively involved in the international ceramics community and his work is held in major public and private collections in NZ and other countries including America, Canada, Britain, Germany, Finland, Norway, Holland, Japan and Korea.
Through both his work and contribution as a mentor and teacher he has been a prominent and highly influential member of the ceramics community.


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TRUCK contract hire specialist Indelease has continued its plans for growth by making a second key appointment in three months.
The ambitious company is targeting major expansion on the back of increasing demand and has now recruited Jon Tew as sales director.
The move to add additional strength to the board follows the appointment of Paul Fewkes as operations director in May.
And Juliet Smith, managing director of Indelease, says it will be central to the company's growth strategy.
She said: "Indelease has made substantial progress over the last 18 months, particularly in the provision of HGV contract hire, and we intend to build on that momentum.
"I believe we've handpicked some of the best people in the industry specific to their field.
"Jon's knowledge and experience will be of huge benefit to the team and I'm positive he can help open doors to substantial new opportunities and increase out exposure nationally."
Jon, aged 35, has more than 15 years' experience in the contract hire and rental sector and brings with him a significant number of contacts and relationships.
He said: "Indelease is a growing company that wants to enhance its exposure in the market place and significantly increase fleet size.
"It's a very customer-focused business with a fantastic amount of industry experience and it's putting together the kind of infrastructure that will ensure growth is sustainable.
"Indelease has a great mentality and every customer is given a proactive service by the whole team right from the outset.
"They are fully independent so can actually offer the customer exactly what they want and tailor a package that suits them.
"We have a great service to take to market and I'm confident we can achieve our targets and beyond."


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The Transport Ministry has set a goal for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States to move up the Thai aviation standard from Category 2 to Category 1 by March 2018, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Wednesday (Dec 20).
Mr Arkhom said this while attending a regional conference on Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP) in Bangkok today (Dec 20).
He said FAA, an agency with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation, in 2015 moved the Thai aviation standard down to Category 2 because Thailand still lacked experienced pilots.
Therefore, the Transport Ministry has set a goal for the FAA to move Thailand back to Category 1 in March 2018 because it has solved the problem by authorising the captains of all airlines to guarantee the experience of pilots under their supervision before they can apply for a pilot licence, Mr Arkhom said.
He added that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European Union also agreed to this practice.
Mr Arkhom said Thailand still needs to make improvements in several aspects, particularly personnel for checking aviation standards to open wider an opportunity for Thailand to increase its flights to various countries.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his opening speech at the GASeP regional conference, said that Thailand had continued to uplift its aviation standards to an international level. The ICAO's removal of the red flag from Thailand in October indicates the Thai government's determination to make the Thai aviation win acceptance and confidence from other countries.
The prime minister said Thailand will develop and maintain the Thai aviation safety continuously in the next three years to cope with all challenges from changes in the world situation and various forms of threats. The government's intention is for Thailand to be a regional aviation centre to spur investment, trade and economy as well as job creation.
Chula Sukmanop, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), said those attending the two-day GASeP conference will learn from exchanges of opinions among aviation representatives from 26 countries to draw up a plan for world aviation safety in the next four years because each country has a different kind of threat.
Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS)


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In a world full of countless hair products, services, and salons for women, it can be easy for men to feel left out. With men taking their haircuts and hair care more seriously than ever, the need for a luxury barbershop has never been greater. Men are looking for a place where they can pamper themselves and experiment with trendy haircuts and beard trims, and Baxter Finley Barber & Shop is just the place.
Baxter Finley Barber & Shop has quickly become the top barbershop for quality haircuts and hair care in West Hollywood. When you get to know the shop, it's easy to see why.
The Brand
Unlike most barbershops and hair salons, Baxter Finley isn't owned by one or two people. Instead, it's owned by the L'Oréal brand Baxter of California. The corporate heritage doesn't mean it's not a passion project for the employees that have been there since day one. That's certainly the case for Sarah Healy, the shop's general manager.
Interestingly enough, Healy doesn't have a background in barbering. She began her career in the beauty industry 20 years ago as an aesthetician. She quickly moved her way up the ranks as an aesthetician and was tapped to work as a consultant for Summit Salon Consulting, a company that exclusively works with salons that carry L'Oréal brands. When L'Oréal purchased the barbershop in 2013, they brought Healy on as a consultant to help set up the barbershop and barbers. When L'Oréal let the general manager who was there at the time go, they brought Healy on as the full-time general manager.
Even though Healy didn't have experience in barbering, her experience as an aesthetician was a perfect fit for Baxter of California as the brand actually started as a skincare range for men before expanding into hair care. Over the last five years, Healy has helped to grow Baxter Finley into a one-stop shop for all men's beauty needs.
The Location
Much like the West Hollywood neighborhood Baxter Finley and Shop calls home, the barbershop decor is fun and eclectic with a perfect blend of old and new accents.
While the barbershop is a destination for the modern man, Healy says the antique touches are a nod to old-school barber shops where men used to hang out. Back then, men really took their haircuts and hair care routines seriously.
"When you walk in here, you want to feel like you kind of stepped back in time a little bit and you want to be able to relax. I'm big on energy and I want the space to make you feel good when you walk in the door—make you feel like you want to stay a little bit," Healy explains.
The Products
Considering its name, it should come as no surprise that the Baxter Finley Barber & Shop exclusively carries Baxter of California products. Lucky for their customers, the Baxter of California range carries everything barbers and clients need to create flawless haircuts and beard looks. While the barbers use the full range to help their clients achieve the style they're going for, Healy says Baxter of California pomades are easily their best selling product range.
"Our number one seller is the Clay Pomade. It tends just to fit the biggest demographic of hair types out there," she says.
The barbers work closely with their clients to find the perfect products for their hair type, texture, and lifestyle. While the Hard Water Pomade may be perfect for straight and slightly waves strands, the Grooming Cream is more suitable for textured hair.
The Services
Like most barber shops, Healy says haircuts make up about 80 percent of their business, but the shop has way more to offer than just haircuts. Baxter Finley Barber & Shop offers a full range of barbering services including haircuts ($43+), buzz cuts ($25+), shaves ($41+), and beard trims ($20+). Baxter Finley Barber & Shop also offers a gray blending service for men who are beginning to go gray but want to hold on to their salt and pepper look a little while longer.
Unlike women, who typically visit the salon every 10 to 16 weeks, Healy says most of their regulars return every two to three weeks. The most dedicated clients—particularly those with beards—head to the barbershop weekly.
Most recently, Healy hired a female barber with a background as an aesthetician to begin offering Gentlemen's Facials ($43+). The newest service is a clear nod to the brand's founding skincare range, but it also can be the first and only time Baxter clients spend time pampering their skin.
"She does a full 40-minute facial in the barber chair because the barber chair lays back and our clients love them. They kind of look like they're just getting a shave with the towels on their face, but they're getting a facial. It's really nice. She puts a lot of clients to sleep," Healy says.
The Details
The Baxter Finley Barber and Shop is located at 515 North La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA. To book an appointment, call 310-657-4726 or visit www.baxterofcalifornia.com/baxter-finley. Follow the barbershop on Instagram and Facebook for more information.


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NYCC: Snowpiercer Animated Promo Revealed by TNT
Straight from the New York Comic-Con panel, TNT has revealed the animated promo for Snowpiercer, the upcoming series adaptation of the graphic novel and acclaimed film. Check it out in the player below!
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TNT's new Snowpiercer series will return fans of Bong Joon-ho's 2013 film to the desolate future where the Earth has become a nearly-uninhabitable tundra and much of the human population has been relegated to a perpetually-moving locomotive.
While the film starred Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Ed Harris, the series will star Jennifer Connelly (Labyrinth, Hulk), Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting, Hamilton) and Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha, American Made). They will be joined by Susan Park, Benjamin Haigh, Sasha Frolova, Katie McGuinness, Sam Otto, Alison Wright, Annalise Basso, Sheila Vand, Roberto Urbina, Lena Hall and Rowan Blanchard.
The series was originally picked up by TNT in 2015 with a two-season order and after years of development and delays was finally on track to premiere sometime next year on the network before WarnerMedia revealed it would be moving to the comedy-focused TBS back in May. And now in another plot twist, the network is moving the series once again, except rather than to any of the remaining networks it hasn't landed at yet, it will be heading back to TNT.
"We've had the unique opportunity to more thoroughly test and explore where this show will best perform," Kevin Reilly, chief content officer at HBO Max and president of TNT, TBS and TruTV said in a statement. "While we are still adding dramas to TBS (such as Obliterated), after further research and consideration we've decided to keep Snowpiercer on TNT," he said in a statement announcing the news. "Now that we've seen this incredible post-apocalyptic sci-fi series in its entirety, and better understand the audience this show will appeal to, we're confident it will perform strongest on TNT."
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Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson was set to co-direct the first episode of Snowpiercer with James Hawes, who previously worked on TNT's The Alienist with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins, until he left due to creative differences with Orphan Black's Graeme Manson, who took over as showrunner in February 2018.
The series adaptation is being produced by Tomorrow Studios and CJ Entertainment. Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios will executive produced along with Derrickson, James Hawes, Matthew O'Connor, Miky Lee, Jeong Tae-sung, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun and Choi Dooho.
Snowpiercer is expected to premiere sometime in late spring 2020.
The post NYCC: Snowpiercer Animated Promo Revealed by TNT appeared first on ComingSoon.net.
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OLED Display and Screen Curtain Question
Submitted by Ben Vercellone on Saturday, February 3, 2018.
Hardware & Accessories
I know that at least until the iPhones with the OLED displays, turning the screen curtain on with Voiceover did not work as a battery saving strategy. I would like to know if the screen curtain feature will now also decrease one's battery drain if he/she is using an iPhone with an OLED display.
Hi, I just got the new iPhone X the other day. From what I know about OLED displays, if there's a black spot in the display, or if the display is black, then there is no light being used. As OLED displays do not use any form of backlight as opposed to the LCD displays, you should be good for using screen curtain on your new iPhone. Personally OLED is the way to go for future display tech. Plus there's less energy being used to run the screen
Screen curtain and battery usage
On my iPhone 7 having the screen curtain on makes a big difference to my battery life, this was true for my previous iPhone 5S, don't know about the X but without question it makes a difference in the previous models


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Considering how insulated we were from global influences, impact of the First War on India was far greater than one would have expected.
By the time the dust settled not only had we lost over a hundred thousand soldiers and greatly diminished our economy but also gone through some tectonic social changes that would affect us forever.
To understand what was happening lets go back to the turn-of-the-century.
The country had started getting restless. Bengal already had a strong radical tradition influenced by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Anand Math, Anushilan Samiti, Jugantar and others . The partition of Bengal in 1906 had strengthened it further. And the unrest had spilled over to the west and the north and even the somnolent Congress had split vertically with Tilak, Lajpat Rai and Aurobindo Ghosh creating the so-called garam dal within the party.
Firebrand Bal Gangadhar Tilak was exiled to Burma for six years in 1908. On his return in 1914, though he offered support for the British war effort, he also demanded Swaraj or Home Rule. The very next year Gandhi relocated from South Africa.
Initially he was low-key, participating in only a few localised protests. But when the British desperately needed help in the war in 1917-18, Gandhi went way beyond Tilak's offer of support. He actually travelled across the country with the British enlisting recruits for the war. This may or may not have been an attempt to upstage Tilak but that the two shared a testing relationship is a fact. Both were devout Hindus but that was where the similarity ended. Tilak was a radical nationalist keen to go the extra mile even if it meant violence and Gandhi was a votary of non violence and reconciliation.
Tilak's death in 1920 put a lid on any public airing of their differences but their correspondence reveals a philosophic conflict which was to become a major social fault-line in Indian politics in the future.
Around this time, the Ottoman empire which had once stretched from central Europe to the Gulf and Russia to Africa was on its decline. Towards the end of the war when dismemberment of Turkey was imminent, there was sympathy for the Caliph among Indian Muslims. This led to the birth of the Khilafat Movement to pressure Britain to treat the Caliph honorably.
Though it had been started by a group of Muslims, Gandhi decided to include Khilafat as part of the Congress's non-cooperation movement of 1919. Mixing an entirely unrelated event in a distant land with the Indian freedom movement no sense at all and opposition to it was immediate and stiff. The Muslim League and the Hindu Mahasabha were up in arms. So were most Hindus and many Muslims including his colleague Jinnah. It had been an expedient political decision taken unilaterally by Gandhi only to outflank the Muslim League and make Congress the first choice of the Muslims. Today it would be called appeasement. But soon he realised his mistake and looked for a face-saver to withdraw the agitation. That came in the shape of the Chauri Chaura incident in which many policemen were killed by a rioting mob.
By first including Khilafat in his non cooperation movement and then withdrawing it, Gandhi made enemies on both sides. Hindus felt that they had been taken for granted and Muslims felt let down when he called the agitation off. To add insult to injury, within a year of Gandhi's unilateral decision to support Khilafat, the Caliph was deposed by the Turks themselves.
But this was just the beginning; more trauma was to follow. The chasm between the two communities would only deepen.
Racked under the burden of heavy taxation and greedy Hindu landlords, the Muslim Mopallah community of the Malabar region of Kerala had long felt oppressed and exploited. The Khilafat Movement gave them a cause to unite and fight for. Initially their target were the British but the protest soon degenerated into a full-scale war against the Hindus of the area. A crude version of Islamic law was imposed and atrocities meted out mercilessly to the Hindu population. Casualties and forced conversions were said to be in thousands not hundreds.
After the Mopallah uprising communal rioting became the norm rather than the exception. Typically happening around festivals and religious processions and sometimes for reasons more trivial. Interestingly even then cow slaughter was a bone of contention. Year after year, from Bengal to Bombay to Lahore to Delhi, hundreds would be killed on either side in a surreal dance of death and destruction.
Our official history downplays this but the big story of the twenties and thirties was not so much the freedom struggle as the deepening divide between the Hindus and Muslims. And neither the Government, nor the Congress nor the Hindu Mahasabha nor the Muslim League had any solution to offer.
As someone born in 1889, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, whose efforts would go on to create an alternative narrative for India a century later, had lived through all of this.
After his matriculation from Nagpur, he headed for Calcutta as much to pursue medicine as to dabble with 'nationalist' organisations like the Anushilan Samiti which believed in the ideal of 'cultural, political and economic independence' achieved with 'muscles of iron and nerves of steel'.
This was the Calcutta of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Anandmath and Vande Mataram, Aurobindo and Barin Ghosh, Hemchandra Quanungo, Praful Chaki and others. At the Anushilan Samiti, he connected with Prasad Bismil and Sarvakar, fine-tuned his Hindu orientation, imbibe a shriller, more radical brand of nationalism and reinforce his instinctive commitment to physical and mental toughness which he believed should be the cornerstones of a good Hindu. Though the RSS, keen to associate him with Nagpur more than any other city plays down his Calcutta influences, the fact is that his core philosophy was nurtured in that city.
Once back in Nagpur after his medicine, for a while he toyed with the idea of fomenting a violent uprising and set up Krantidal which by today's definitions was a simple terrorist organization. He recruited a force of 150 volunteers and trained them for an uprising planned for 1918. Unfortunately the ship carrying the weaponry was intercepted by the British. After this failure, Krantidal lay abandoned and he joined the Congress, the only option for a young man wanting to be in public life. But his differences with Gandhi and the Congress on the Hindu-Muslim dynamic were very basic. Within two years of joining including the one spent in jail on charges of sedition, he left the Congress.
Out of the Congress, he was able to crystallise his own thinking and vision. This shifted his focus from the British to the need for a Hindu renaissance. "Even if the British leave, unless the Hindus are a powerful nation, where is the guarantee that we shall be able to protect our freedom?" he had once asked. Creating such a powerful nation now become the raison d'etre of his existence.
His frustration was two-fold. He felt Hindus lacked the physical and emotional strength necessary to fight back and that in any case, the religion was too fluid and random for them to unite and fight as one. In fact he had once complained that uniting Hindus was like weighing a bowl filled with frogs; one or the other would keep jumping out.
But that was not all. After the Khilafat experience in which he felt Muslims had shown their loyalty to someone beyond the boundaries of India, he had decided that Muslims could not be depended upon in the fight for India's freedom. "If the yoke of British slavery has to be overthrown, we have to mainly trust the Hindus. We have to awaken patriotism, discipline and bravery. Then only will the Muslims shed their separatist tendencies and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Hindus in the nationalist movement."
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh was formed by Hedgewar in Nagpur on the Vijaydashmi day in 1925. With the objective of forging 'the scattered Hindu society into an organised and invincible force both on the adhyatmik and material plane'.
Using 'Rashtriya' as a kind of surrogate for Hindu was an incredibly smart move. In one swoop the ownership of nationalism became a private Sangh affair.
He chose the extraordinarily simple format of a shakha to be held in a park or any public space where those interested would gather for a couple of hours every morning or evening. The routine included exercise and yoga, playing games, undergoing martial training, reciting shlokas and shouting and singing nationalist slogans and songs. Occasionally there would be discussions or discourses on spirituality (read Hinduism) or nationalism related subjects. And this diverse mélange of activity would be bound by activities like saluting the Bhagwa Dhwaj, taking the RSS pledge, singing Vande Mataram and other songs and the literature from the central office from time to time.
The Shakha concept was self-sustaining, easily replicated and therefore easy to grow. Expansion was fast, helped by the rising antagonism between the communities to which neither the government nor the Congress seemed to have any solution. He took care to exclude any direct political activity within the shakha. For one thing, with the setting up of the RSS his personal focus had shifted away from politics. Secondly he was aware that a confrontation with the Congress and Gandhi would not be easy to handle for the fledgling RSS and thirdly, anything remotely subversive could invite action by the government.
Whatever his objectives may have been have been, on the ground the RSS existed as the very anti-thesis of the Congress. If the Congress was a loose non-ideological construct of people coming together to fight the British, the RSS was a disciplined army with a clear ideological bias. If the Congress spoke of Hindu-Muslim amity, the RSS believed India was a Hindu nation in which the Muslims and Christians were welcome to stay. If the Congress preferred to paper over religious differences, the RSS believed only an understanding of the glorious Hindu past would create the pride that is necessary in building a nation.
In his mind Hedgewar saw the Congress as a continuation of the old British idea of an India that had been united and brought together by them and believed instead in the idea of a rich and and ancient cultural heritage that needed to be made relevant for contemporary times. In fact, when the Congress drafted a committee to decide on a flag for the country, he was against the idea of a tricolor and lobbied (all but managed) that the Bhagwa Dhwaj be chosen as it best represented India. Later in 1930 when the Congress gave a call for the Indian flag to be hoisted, the RSS office was an exception which continued to fly its own flag.
The riots of 1923-1927 helped RSS expand its footprint into other states as well. Hedgewar personally visited Punjab, Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi, UP and several other parts of the country creating more and more shakhas. His message everywhere was simple. If the country has been ruled by invaders for 800 years, the problem was bound to be within us. We need to look within and fix it. Fighting the British was, by now, just a footnote in the RSS scheme of things. By the time he died an early death in 1940, he had pretty much established presence of RSS in most large cities in the country.
But the philosophy that he espoused has not only remained but grown over the years. Was he wrong? Possibly not. After all despite the fact that India was non-existent as a unity before the British, there must have been a powerful cultural synergy which enabled the British to unite it without too much pain.
He simply overlooked the fact that culture is a continuous creation. And that many of the so-called 'invaders' from the ninth century onwards had not only made India their home but had also imbibed and contributed to the culture he so valued.
It was an oversight India, that is Bharat, would pay a big price for in the decades to come.


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We're finally getting a taste of Persona 5: The Royal's new content. From what I can tell (I can't read Japanese), most of the content in these two videos were visible in the Japanese trailer for the game.
Everything is slowed down enough that we can check out the new companion and a few new confidants added to the game. We even get a glance at what might just be a human version of Morgana sitting in the cafe.
Looks like The Royal will ooze more style and content and keep our Joker looking as fresh as possible in the new semester. Check out these videos above for more information!


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"We're doing the premiere of a Canadian film called Brown Girl Begins, which I think is really cool! We haven't done a lot of films,"
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text: If there's something I love about the holidays, it's the fuzzy comfort of sweaters. Akin to Oprah, I freely designate sweaters as one of my favorite things (you get a sweater you get a sweater, you get a sweater!). And yes, we all deserve a good one. When gearing up for the holidays this year, go big on the sweaters, but keep in mind: they don't have to be ugly. They sure can be, but it isn't a necessity. That […]Continue Reading


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#1952 closed bug (fixed (in master))
Inventory header too long
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eg "(Inventory) Burden 15.7 lb (164.2 lb remaining). Select Item: (Inven: a-d, / for Equip, | for Quiver, - for Floor, ESC)"
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comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by nckmccnnll
- Resolution set to fixed (in master)
- Status changed from new to closed
Shortened in 0b2a7ab
comment:2 Changed 5 years ago by PowerWyrm
I've checked 0b2a7ab and I'm not really fond of the result. I came up with a better idea, tell me what you think of it:
- remove burden indicator completely so that Display equipment (e) and Display inventory (i) have the same header: "Select Item: (Equip/Inven?: x-y, ...)"
- add a new command "Display burden" mapped to 'B' (original keyset -- need something else for roguelike): displays "Burden xx.x lb (yy.y lb remaining/overweight)" on the top line
- burden info would stay in inventory subwindow
comment:3 Changed 5 years ago by nckmccnnll
Agreed, but I don't think we need a burden command - it's shown on the 'C' screen, we just need to add a weight remaining section to it.
I've changed the prompt and re-adjusted the 'C' screen in 823287b - what do you think?
comment:4 Changed 5 years ago by PowerWyrm
The result is fine. Forgot about the C screen but yes, that's the perfect place to put the burden indicator.
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Gazdar Street has about fourteen residential buildings in the lane, apart from a 100-year-old school. Some of these buildings are owned by trusts, some by individuals who live in them (mostly on top floors). There are commercial establishments like godowns, shops and workshops too in the lane. But thanks to its unique layout and close-knit community, it has evolved into a fine example of community living.
Residents knew each other by their first names, just as they knew each other's food preferences, love for music, hobbies and every little detail about their families and friends. Every evening, after the men got home from their workplaces, they pulled up plastic chairs and settled down at the head of the lane, forming an informal human gate. There they sat chatting, exchanging notes about their work and life, while keeping an eye out for their women folk and kids who would sometimes come in late from a social commitment or coaching classes. They would also keep an eye out for strangers – creating an incredibly organic system of security.
But nothing brought the residents of Gazdar Street closer than the festival of Navratri. For those nine days of the biggest celebration for Gujaratis, every resident of the houses lining the street plunged headlong into the festivities. "No one cooked at home, no one slept in the night, everyone was down there, dancing," recalls Meena Sampat.
Over time, most of the younger residents have either moved out from here or developed a taste for glitzier entertainment.
Vishal, who traverses the city for work and socialising, rues the fact that the neighbourhood has nothing for youngsters, who prefer to participate in dandiya parties in the suburbs where stars, DJs and celebrity performers keep them happy and on their feet."They (the people here) need to evolve in order to hold back the youngsters," says Vishal, who still feels strongly connected to the neighbourhood and his family home, but his young heart has already taken flight.
Things are changing.
There are strong rumours that a real estate company that specialises in redevelopment has set foot in the next lane by acquiring a community living building, which may lead to a domino effect (literally) as other buildings might be pulled down too. Only time will tell.
The building opposite Bhatia Niwas has been sold to a Marwari businessman who is keen to redevelop it. CCTV cameras have been installed after a series of thefts jolted the residents out of their autumnal reverie. Talks are on with various stakeholders of Bhatia Niwas and a decision to redevelop it may be taken sooner than later. Vishal has been active on dating sites. He intends to get married soon.
Vishal had tried living in different parts of the suburbs, to be closer to his workplace, his friends and the young "scene". "I have always been a Bombay boy, and like most people my age I too wanted to live on my own to get a taste of what it is really like," he confesses. Once he had his taste, Vishal let pragmatism take over romanticism. "When you have your own house in the heart of South Bombay, why would you want to waste money on rentals," he asks.
Even as we help ourselves to the sugary, buttery srikhand, his mother tells us, "Vishal has now realised that he wants to live here. It makes us happy," she says.
Vishal waits for her to finish and then says softly, tenderly but emphatically, "I know no girl would want to marry me and move in here. Who wants to live in this sort of a building with no lifts, shared bathroom, zero privacy? People are used to better options, even if they are cramped apartments with high rentals. I want to live here but I don't think I can get married and continue living here."
Vishal's marriage may not be the only reason why the Sampats may eventually move out of here. Some of the residents of this lane are planning to buy properties in the upcoming satellite townships that boast of Bollywood stars as brand ambassadors. A far cry from the chaotic, organic settlements of the old city, these new townships offer manicured lawns, yoga rooms, banquet halls, malls, multiplexes, international schools and hospitals within the periphery. The apartments too are more modern and they have elevators. The Sampats have been looking at a few options in these townships and gated communities that have been luring the old residents of the old city with promises of a more convenient life. But, as the senior Sampats point out, they are not really inconvenienced here.
"Crawford Market is still one of the best places to shop, everything is just a walk or a short drive away. We know all our neighbours, there are helpers who carry our luggage up to our floor. We have everything we need here," says Meena. The gated housings, the swank condos may be convenient but there is no joy in a modern apartment when you don't even know who your neighbour is, let alone trust them, says her husband. "I know my parents, how social they are, they will be able to make friends in no time," says Vishal.
The parents and the son talk about their plans for the future. As the skies darken and the street lights come on, it becomes evident that the family has been discussing this particularly sensitive issue without making much headway.
Redevelopment plans for Chira Bazaar–Kalbadevi area are heavily debated and fraught with political collaterals. A 30-acre redevelopment plan that was floated some time back was met with mixed reactions. While a huge section of the residents welcomed it, for the sake of the younger generation, another group opposed it saying it would affect their businesses that have over time grown roots in this part of the city. Gazdar Street is mostly residential, with houses belonging to trusts that were never interested in joining the redevelopment conversation. There was also the Maharashtrian versus Gujarati debate that was thrown up by the proposed Metro Route 3, stoked by political interests.
The Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) were opposed to the route, accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of "parcelling off" the neighbourhood to the "vegetarian lobby" of Gujaratis and Marwaris. They demanded a new route map for the Metro so that the Marathi community, including the non-vegetarians, was not displaced. Eventually it became evident that the resistance to the route was more about political mileage than actual community concerns.
The conflict, stoked by political fuel, did once again reflect the changing demographics of South Mumbai. The bigger concern was about the weakening clout of non-vegetarian Marathis, who have had to make way for the more assertive Marwari and Gujarati traders. Despite the chief minister's assurance that all displaced families will be rehabilitated in the same neighbourhood, it was being met with cynicism.
"Bambai kisike baap ka nahi hai," shrugs Vishal.
Aware of the political designs but indifferent to them, he considers himself a true-blue "Bombay Boy" who is at home anywhere in the city, in any milieu. Dismissive about the allegations against the Gujaratis by vested political voices, Vishal is as apolitical as most of his peers in the city. "Besides, it is the trading community that actually built this city," he says.
Of late, several instances of mysterious fires have broken out in the neighbourhood, in the cramped, densely populated buildings that have pushed out families in favour of godowns, shops and commercial establishments. There are hardly any casualties in these incidents, even though the houses stand cheek by jowl and are mostly in a pitiable state. There seems to be a pattern here, according to Vishal. Everything points towards the desperation of some people to redevelop their buildings and move on.
Gazdar Street had largely remained unsullied, untouched by the swirling political debates and controversies, except for those few days during the riots. That is when the Sampats, like everyone else in the neighbourhood, stocked up on chilli powder and petrol bombs and other home-made weapons. Despite repeated alarms – that the rioters were on their way – nothing really happened here. Except for the fact that a bunch of goons were about to attack a few homeless people who lived in the burial ground next door. "There was a rumour that they were sheltering rioters, but when faced with the sword- and scythe-wielding thugs, the poor people pleaded for their lives and convinced them of the truth," recalls Vishal's mother. The tide of violence and bloodshed that swept through the city stopped short at this cul-de-sac. The story goes: the residents had parked their cars outside their gates in such a way that not more than one person could get in. They also took turns to keep night-long vigils at that time, strengthening their bonds as a community.
Excerpted with permission from At Home in Mumbai: Stories from the City's Living Spaces, Chandrima Pal, HarperCollins India.


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Union Chapel clock is fixed – just in time for 140th birthday celebrations tonight
PUBLISHED: 11:44 06 December 2017 | UPDATED: 13:36 06 December 2017
It's been a long time coming but the Union Chapel clock has been repaired just in time for the venue's 140th birthday.
The clock, made by Thwaites and Reeds in 1888 and installed a year later, has been out of action for decades and the arts venue launched a major project to get it fixed.
A leaking case had caused serious rust problems, the dials were damaged, the clock face was in poor condition and the mechanism – from 1952, when it was electrified – had simply stopped working.
To help preserve it, £40,000 was raised for the work after a campaign by the Chapel last year. As well as donations from members of the public, donations came in from Heritage of London Trust, The Drapers' Company and Friends of Union Chapel.
Last week a contractor was seen putting the finishing touches to the work, with a picture showing him inside the structure.
The chapel's business project manager Barbara Basini told the Gazette yesterday (Wed): "We are very pleased with the result and very grateful for the generosity of people and organisations who have supported this project and the chapel.
"The projects involved major reinforcement of the original metal structure supporting the clock case, which was rusted away following years of water penetration, as well as repairs and redecoration of the case and repairs to the mechanism and movement.
"It has been very interesting – using dry ice technique to remove the rust from the metal surfaces – and fun.
"There were some unexpected repairs to be carried out, as it often occurs when dealing with historic buildings. We have had a very collaborative approach with the main contractor, who managed to overcome some very challenging moments.
"Now we look forward to seeing our clock ticking again for our 140th anniversary celebrations."
The celebrations are set to be held tonight at 6.06pm – if that sounds oddly specific, it's because 1806 is the year the first Compton Terrace chapel opened.
Earlier this year the chapel celebrated its 25th anniversary as a gig venue. In that time it has welcomed music giants including Elton John, Bjork, Amy Winehouse, Tori Amos, Adele and U2.
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Flemish Community
In 2017, Flanders has the following major cultural institutions: Kunsthuis Vlaanderen (the merger of the Royal Ballet of Flanders and the Flemish Opera), Brussels Philharmonic, the arts campus deSingel, Ancienne Belgique (pop and rock venue in Brussels), Antwerp Symphonic Orchestra, arts centre Vooruit, Concertgebouw Brugge, KMSKA (Royal Museum of Fine Arts – Antwerp), M HKA (Museum for Contemporary Art – Antwerp) and the Castle of Gaasbeek.
These major institutions have varying types of management structures. Until a number of years ago, these major cultural institutions were excluded from the existing decrees and were not evaluated by the existing advisory bodies. In the meantime, guidelines for the two museums and the castle have been introduced in the Flemish Parliament Act on Cultural Heritage and for the other institutions in the Flemish Parliament Act on the Arts.
These institutions have to submit a policy plan, covering a period of 5 years. The guidelines include stipulations on quality assessment (including foreign experts) and a management agreement for a five-year period.
In the government agreement for the current legislature (2014-2019), the Flemish Government has put forward the strengthening of these Institutions, because of their status as centres of excellence and 'ambassadors'. The institutions that are supported via the Flemish Parliament Act on the Arts have already seen a rise in their subsidy from 2017 onwards.
For Flanders, there is no recent research concerning the evolution of public-private partnerships and cultural sponsorship.
French-speaking Community of Belgium
The institutions subsidised by the French-speaking Community of Belgium where the subsidy is greatest compared to all the other operators are specifically cited in the decree:
Multidisciplinary cultural centres
- Le Botanique (Brussels)
- Les Halles European Cultural Centre (Brussels)
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
- Le Manège Cross-border Cultural Centre (Mons)
Performing arts
- Royal Opera of Wallonia (Liège)
- Philharmonic Orchestra (Liège)
- Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia (Mons)
- Music Council (Brussels)
- Musical Youth Federation (Brussels)
- 'Festival de Wallonie' (Namur)
- Choral Song Centre (Namur)
- National Theatre (Brussels)
- Charleroi Danse, the Choreographic Centre of the French Community
- La Bellone performance space (Brussels)
- Theatre des Doms (Avignon)
Letters and books
- Archives and Museum of Literature (Brussels)
- Royal Academy of Language and Literature (Brussels)
Plastic arts and museums
- Goldsmith Museum (Seneffe)
- Grand Hornu Museum of Contemporary Art (Mons)
- Mundaneum (archive centre) (Mons)
- Mariemont Museum (Morlanwelz)
- Belgian French-language radio and TV (RTBF)
- Cinema and Audio-visual Centre
- Local TV stations
- Art and experimental cinemas
- Audio-visual creation workshops
Most of these institutions are linked to the French-speaking Community of Belgium by programme contracts which define their missions and their subsidies.
German-speaking Community
The Belgian Radio and Television Centre of the German-speaking Community is a para-community service which has a management agreement with the government. The Media Centre of the German-speaking Community is a department under the aegis of the Ministry for the German-speaking Community but with separate management. The open channel is under the financial responsibility of the German-speaking Community while the management is the responsibility of a private-sector non-profit association.