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A biosphere refers to the interaction of all living things with the natural resources that sustain them. Mark Zeitoun and Ghassan Abu Sitta write that Gaza has become a "biosphere of war", where "sanctions, blockades and a permanent state of war affects everything that humans might require in order to thrive, as water becomes contaminated, air is polluted, soil loses its fertility and livestock succumb to diseases. People in Gaza who may have evaded bombs or sniper fire have no escape from the biosphere."
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Israeli rabbis at military prep school are caught on video praising Hitler
The shocking teachings of Israeli state military preparatory school rabbis: Hitler had it "100 percent correct" except his supremacy was directed against the wrong people, Jews ought to have Palestinians as slaves for genetic reasons, and the real Holocaust is humanism and pluralism threatening the Jewish state.
I was wrong about anti-Semitism going away
For the past 25 years or so I have had a running debate with Jewish friends, Is anti-Semitism over? I've argued that it is, given the incredible Jewish inclusion. I was wrong. Anti-semitism remains an abiding hatred, and Poway shows it's recurrent.
PA refuses to accept 'incomplete' tax revenues from Israel amid deepening financial crisis
Every month, Israel collects some $190 million in customs duties on goods being imported into the Palestinian territory and transfers it to the PA. But recently it has been withholding $10 million per month, meant to represent the amount paid by the PA to the families of political prisoners and "martyrs" killed by Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is refusing to accept the reduced tax revenues, which has plunged the government into its worst financial crisis in years. This is leading Israel to start discussing a plan of action should the Palestinian Authority collapse completely.
The musical inspiration of Siraj in Rama
A surprising musical ensemble called Siraj in a Palestinian village in the Galilee has overcome discriminatory and cultural hurdles to put on professional performances and innovatively adapted some of the iconic pieces of Arab composers and singers from the 20th century, from Um-Kalthoom to Fairuz. Hatim Kanaaneh reports.
Miller and Indyk dismiss Trump peace plan — and laud their own 'inspiring' failure
Should US peace processors be proud of failed efforts? Aaron David Miller writes to Martin Indyk: "Do you remember what Clinton said to us at end of the second briefing before Camp David. 2000? Trying and failing is better than not having tried at all. So inspiring and so quintessentially American."
Alleged Chabad shooter credits racist New Zealand attack as inspiration … but Ted Cruz and McCain blame Ilhan Omar
While the alleged shooter in Saturday's deadly attack on the Poway Chabad synagogue said he was inspired by the shooter of the Christchurch terrorist attack in New Zealand and claimed to have fire-bombed a mosque. Regardless, Ted Cruz and Meghan McCain attempted to link the attack to Ilhan Omar.
'If you're for justice for Palestinians, you're for climate justice': Zena Agha on climate change and the future of Palestine
In her recent paper "Climate Change, the Occupation, and a Vulnerable Palestine," Zena Agha outlines the threat that climate change presents to Palestine, how it is exacerbated by the Israeli occupation, and the steps being taken, or not being taken, to prepare for it. Adam Horowitz talks with Agha about what climate change means for the future of Palestine and the Middle East, and how it should fit into the Palestine solidarity movement agenda.
It's time to stop talking about the Occupation, we need to talk about the Israeli Military Dictatorship instead
Yossi Gurvitz says that as long as we focus on occupied territories, of land, we are bound within the rules of occupation, where the occupier and his "security needs" will always win. Instead he proposes we should start speaking of the Israeli Military Dictatorship: "Avoid all discussions of sovereignty. They're useless. Speak of night raids intended only to terrify people, of invading houses without warrants, of indefinite imprisonment without trial; speak of the horror lurking beneath all this. Speak, in short, not of territories but of people."
'Thou shalt not murder those who resist your oppression': #NoPassover reflections on a Jewish theology of liberation
"Sometimes I am asked where would I begin if I were to write a Jewish Theology of Liberation today from scratch?" Marc Ellis writes. "A Jewish Theology of Liberation might begin with an addition to Emil Fackenheim's 614th commandment or, more to the point, the positing of another commandment," he answers, "after the Holocaust and after Israel – and what Israel has done and is doing to the Palestinian people. The 615th Commandment? 'Thou Shalt Not Murder Those Who Resist Your Oppression.'"
In my childhood kibbutz, I reflect on the absence of Palestinians
On a trip to a kibbutz where he was born, Jonathan Ofir reflects on the utter denial of the Palestinian presence in Israel. He moves on to the wondrous village of Lifta, a monument to Palestinian life that Israel doesn't want visitors to see.
From God to art to politics, in Amman
A natural gas pipeline from the sea through Jordan is Israel's latest effort to normalize relations with its Arab neighbors. But Palestinians resist. In Amman, Alice Rothchild visits an exhibit of remarkable friezes by Palestinian artist, Abdul Hay Mosallam. "They killed me and my killer denied me while turning cold in my grave," are the words on the Gaza piece.
Attacks on Gaza have caused low birth weights, birth defects — JVP's Health and Human Rights Watch
Low birth weight and birth defects increased significantly since 2011 in Gaza. The evident cause is two military attacks in 2012 and 2014 that introduced novel risk factors, contamination by heavy metals weapon-remnants, ongoing impoverishment, and impaired waste management, says Reproductive Toxicology journal.
On 56th Friday in Gaza, Israeli forces wound 110 civilians, including 37 children and 4 paramedics
"Israeli forces have escalated their attacks against the medical personnel in the field, wounding 4 members of them" Friday, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza. On the 56th Friday of the Great March of Return, Israeli forces injured 110 civilians.
Federal court rules in favor of Texas school teacher, striking down anti-BDS law
After a months long battle, a Texas school teacher was told she could return back to work after a federal court blocked an anti-BDS law in the state on the grounds that it was "likely unconstitutional."
What we know about the American peace plan
"Their plan is to put us in a desert and offer us some drops of water so we are forced to accept it," Palestinian leader Mohammed al-Masri says of the rumored content of Trump's peace deal. "No power, no borders, and just give us some economic freedom." Such a proposal will be dead on arrival, Palestinians say.
UMass Amherst chancellor calls on organizers of Palestine event to include pro-Israel side for 'dialogue'
UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy has urged organizers of a campus forum about efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian voices, featuring Roger Waters and Linda Sarsour, to include "differing points of view" in the panel so that there will be "dialogue" between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian advocates.
Palestinians won't get a peace deal till Abbas goes — Nikki Haley
Pandering to two pro-Israel groups, Nikki Haley calls Sheldon and Miriam Adelson "national treasures." She says the Obama administration "led" the UN Security Council resolution against settlements in 2016, pressuring other countries that did not want to vote for it, and making other ambassadors "uncomfortable."
Notre Dame of Gaza: our mosques and churches are also burning
As Notre Dame burned, Ramzy Baroud thought of Gaza's Great Mosque. While the fire at the French cathedral was likely accidental, destroyed Palestinian houses of worship were intentionally targeted.
The UAE's seedy influence operations are a footnote in the Mueller Report
Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump administration was focused on Russian interference in U.S. politics, but his findings highlight some highly questionable contacts that people close to Trump's transition team had with representatives of another government that has intervened massively in U.S. policymaking in recent years: the United Arab Emirates.
Change cannot happen just by switching political leaders, we need to change the system
Nada Elia disagrees with those who say it was good Benjamin Netanyahu won the recent Israeli elections because it will help reveal the nature of Israeli society to the world. "Did anyone who is in any way genuinely interested in politics still believe, up till Netanyahu's fifth reelection, that the two-state solution is a valid option that simply requires the right Israeli prime minister?" she asks.
Two-state solution didn't work, Jared Kushner says, signaling possible support for Israeli annexation
Jared Kushner explicitly ruled out a two-state solution for his peace plan. "If that would have worked, we would have made peace a long time ago on that basis." His comments signal potential support for Israeli annexation of portions of the West Bank and Palestinian economic support but no sovereignty.
Sarsour, Waters and Hill will 'incite… violence' against Jewish students, say pro-Israel groups
The "vast majority of world Jewry" perceive Roger Waters, Marc Lamont Hill, and Linda Sarsour to be anti-Semites because they have called for democracy in Israel and Palestine, say 80 groups trying to end UMass's sponsorship of a May 4 forum on– the quashing of speech on Palestinian human rights. The letter is classic McCarthyism, says organizer Jeremy Earp.
Falling off the edge: Iraqi and Syrian refugees
Alice Rothchild visits a church in Amman that has gained a regional reputation for caring for refugees from Syria and Iraq, many of whom fled ISIS atrocities and are afraid to return. "Forty percent of the women are widows and many refugees have experienced unimaginably severe and chronic trauma from abuse."
Running for the Right to Thrive: The Palestine Marathon as a window into the Israeli occupation
Jen Marlowe ran the 2019 Palestine Marathon, and did much of her training throughout the West Bank and Gaza. She writes, "while I realized that there would be challenges during my training runs, what I hadn't anticipated was the window they would provide into the lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation."


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|Jun 2, 2004, 7:35 AM
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I am keen to purchase a digital camera and over the past weeks have read various reviews and spoken to a number of shop keepers about what camera to buy.
However I am still quite unsure as to what to buy as my findings often conflict
I think I have decided upon one of two cameras, although why I have chosen these I am not 100% sure.
At present I am torn between the Canon A80 and the Fuji 5000S
What draws me towards the 5000S is the 10 x optical zoom.
Also I am told that although it is only a 3 mega pixel camera it is actually equal to a six mega pixel due to the shape of the pixels
Questions: Do I really need that much zoom or is 3 x optical more than adequate?
and am I been sold up the river by this claim of it being the equivalent to a 6 mega pixel camera?
What draws me towards the A80 is the guaranteed 4 mega pixels
I would like a camera that will give me high quality pictures up to about 8" x 10" (occasionally A4 Size)
Also after getting used to taking pictures for a while on auto I would like to have the option to take more control
and experiment
How do the results of these cameras compare. Are they good cameras?
Can someone help me decide? What should I chose? Which one will give me what I am after?
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|Jun 2, 2004, 9:02 AM
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First I want to note that im no pro.
I have 2 digi cameras (well 3 but my logitech pocket cam is a toy realy).
My old camera has 8x optical zoom, and that is great. It "only" has 1.3mp and is rather big, so I bought a very small camera with 3x optical zoom.
After being used to 8x optical zoom, the 3x zoom seems a toy I think the old camera takes beter pictures even if the new one has 5mp.
If I only had 1 camera I would sacrifiace size for zoom, as there is no small pocket size cameras with agood optical zoom.
It seems to mee thatfull 8x optical zoom looks like 1:1 size. What I try to say with my horrible english, is that the object seems as big in the camera as in real life.
A 3x zoom will still result in a picture that is smaller than real life.
What this means is that one has to get very close to the object with the 3x optical zoom. This makes the subject aware of me takeing a photo, and that makes it more dificult to get a natural photo. Still the 3x optical zoom is beter than no zoom, as one can "crop" the picture.
This picture is of my little girs from about about 30meters without zoom and with 8x zoom.
So I think you should make some test with the zoom, it might be a important factor.
|Jun 7, 2004, 9:13 PM
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Hi Ingar,
I think the A80 is a great camera but I also agree with Stone in that the extra zoom range is quite useful.
(candid shots of your kids, getting close to the action in a sports event, nature photography, getting close to that facial expression in discrete way, and so on...)
It is also better to have a 10x zoom than adding a teleconverter later to your 3x zoom.
Having recently purchased a 10x zoom Kodak DX6490 and having researched 10x zoom cameras, let me tell you that the Fuji S5000 is only 3 MPix and that the 6 Mpix are interpolated, which can be done in software very easily to any picture from any camera. Other often mentionned weaknesses are that it has a minimum ISO of 200 (= noisy pictures) and that jpeg compression is agressive. If you intend to take long exposure night shots I believe that the longest exposure is only 2 sec also. I don´t mean to put down the camera, I just think you be aware of its weaknesses. There are a variety of good review sites you should check (this one isn´t the best one IMHO). For comprehensive one page reviews check DCResource:
Another good site for reviews is:
Besides the obvious image quality requirement, I would also pay attention to low light performance (eg indoors or night shots): does the camera focus well in low light? does the evf remain usable? can you take long exposures and are they noisy? The Kodak DX6490 is quite good in this department plus has excellent picture quality, which is why I bought it.
Also, all 10x zoom digicams have manual controls on top of the program and scene modes.
|Jun 8, 2004, 2:10 AM
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Hi Ingar
I have a Fuji S5000 and it will produce A4 prints with no problems, you don't need to use the 6mp mode either. 3.1mp works just fine. The 6mp is interpolated and doesn't give any extra info.
The problem with the Fuji is the level of compression on the jpegs which gives some artifacts and it can be quite noisy. but don't let that put you off. Just use neatimage software or Helicon noise filter and the pics come out just fine.
I can't say for the canon A80 but I have seen reviews which rate this camera but you will have more fun with a 10X zoom. The colour from the Fuji is also very punchy giving good lively images. I'm not bias to the fuji by the way. I also have a Canon 300D. The Fujis Full Auto is actually better than the canon when using the built in flash. The image resolution isn't though.
If you want to see lots of examples of the fuji s5000 pics goto www.s5000.net and go to the forums there. Loads of pics to see.
hope this helps
|Jun 15, 2004, 9:26 AM
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I tested the Fuji F700 with the same image sensor the 5000S has. Good 3mp pictures, 6mp not really useful. High compression and only ISO 200 along with some other things were enough to give it back...
If you look for image quality look for good lens (optical lens quality), good optical zoom (with image stabilizer if available) and ISO 50 setting along with low JPEG compression rates.
I can't say there's a must for big zoom, even a 3xZoom is more than what you got 5-10 years ago in a non-digital SLR (my Minolta Dynax 500si has 35..70 mm) but it is definitely NICE. Tested the Canon S1 IS (10xoptical Zoom, Image stabilizer) and its fantastic. Has very bad AF in low light though
A80 was recommended bya Canon support guy for battery life time, but to be honest the S60 looks better to me.
Good luck!
|Jun 24, 2004, 2:11 AM
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I would just like to let you know that most people can not hand-hold a 10x zoom image. Chances are, you will see that you don't need the 10x zoom and that the size is intrusive. The Super CCD HR, which is in the S5000, is a cool idea, but like you said, the camera uses built-in firm ware to make "fake" data. The CCD imager actually "sees" 3MP of information, but it then produces more pixels by simply adding them inbetween other "real" pixels. 4MP is definately good enough for 8x10, and if I am right in assuming A4 is 8x12 or 8x14, that should be good, too. I just bought an A80 and am waiting patiently for it to arrive, but I see that the S5000 is about $380 USD on Amazon.com, and my A80 was only $270 USD. You may like to know that the A80 has the ability to add lens attachments using the barrel adapter here. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000UXH4G/ref=pd_ts_p_12/002-3928663-1044061?v=glance&s=photo&n=499248
This adapter makes it possible to use Canon lenses specifically for their Powershot line or any other 52mm lens. There is also a 37mm lens adapter somewhere, but I don't know who makes it... I hope I helped. If you have any questions, email me at [email protected]
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|Jun 25, 2004, 9:37 AM
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The S5000s level of compression does have an effect on overall photo quality. It is ok, but not among the best of the 3 megapixel cameras out there. As someone else has stated, a 10X zoom does someone no good if you can only use it in bright sunlight or get blurry "motion blur" effects. Without "image stabilization", many people will not be able to hold a 10X zoom steady enough to get pin-sharp images unless you're outdoors on a bright sunny day.
The A80 takes better photos, and give you more options for image quality/compression in it's menu system. It takes better quality images on top of that.
If you do want a bigger zoom (yes, they ARE useful), consider looking around for a sale on a Canon S1 IS camera. It is a 3 megapixel camera, but has an image stabilized 10X zoom with a swivel LCD as well. If you look around you can find it at a decent price. Buydig.com is a discount site that has a decent reputation. Here is a link to the buydig area for that camera, but look around your area as well - a retail store might have it on sale, too:
|Jun 25, 2004, 10:48 AM
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But one doesn't have to use the 10 zoom. You could use the 6 or 7 or 8. Is it possible to use it than without getting a blury pcture?
Till what zoom can most people take pics without a tripod?
|Jun 25, 2004, 11:16 AM
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hmm another camera you might want to consider if your interested ingood optical zoomis the Fuji S3000 http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_...uji_s3000.html. My brother has it and its been great. Like the S5000 its a 3.2 MP camera.Its very similiar to the S5000 but has 6X optical Zoom instead of 10X. You still can get really Great Zoom images but since at max 10X chances are the camera would not be steady anyways the S3000 may be the better choice. Plus you would saveover $100. I think the S3000 might bethe best Priced 3.2 MP 6X Optical zoom camera on the market you can get it at Amazon for under $250.
|Jun 25, 2004, 11:34 AM
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I am waiting for the revieuws of the pentax optio mx to be released soon.
It has a 10 x zoom.
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If you get ten computer audio experts drunk – I mean really, tongue-looseningly, inhibition-dropping, just pre-unconscious honesty drunk – you'll likely hear the same complaint; the problem is the computer. A computer has amazing advantages in the acquisition, storage, allocation, and replay of music, but it's a little bit too flexible for its own good. A lot of the current trend in floating earths and isolation through power conditioners and regenerators comes about in an attempt to keep at arm's length EMI and RFI generating components, such as the relatively cheap power supplies, graphics processing cards, and screens that go into a typical laptop. Many companies go some ways toward compensation, by building more dedicated audio computers, but few go down the whole 'computer-less computer audio' route. Melco is the exception.
OK, so in reality 'computer-less computer audio' is an oversimplification; the architecture inside the Melco N100 is still very much that of a digital computer; it has inputs, outputs, memory, storage, a processor, and it operates using a series of programs running along an operating system. None of this reinvents the wheel, and the technology used comes from the computer world, not from Area 51. However, the difference with the Melco is every circuit pathway, every board, bus, and byte are tasked to home audio use. Put it this way; armed with a USB stick and malign intent, you could reprogram most music servers to act as a personal computer. But not here; the Melco's architecture is too musically-directed.
The same has held with every Melco device since the first models appeared five years ago, but the N100 is the smallest and most affordable in the range; the half-sized device that manages to cram a lot of architecture into a very small box. What's also shared with all Melco models is an ability to cope with tracks up to 32bit/384kHz PCM, or DSD 512. MP3, WMA, and OGG fall into the 'squirt, not play' category. There is a matching D100 CD/DVD/BD transport/ripper, and a E100 external 3TB hard drive (you can also use your own external USB hard-drives). There is also a bigger brother called the N10, which beefs up the size of the hard drive (from 2TB to 3TB) and comes with an external power supply. Both limit the number of inputs and outputs (one front and two rear USB sockets, and two LAN RJ45 connections).
Both the N10 and N100 are very much designed to have digital pathways 'in' and 'out' rather than the bi-directional connections usually seen in computer-based systems. In USB, that means there are front and rear USB inputs for memory sticks or hard drives, and an external USB out for a DAC alone, while for Ethernet there is one connection designed to link the Melco to a local network, and another connecting it to the relevant player. While there has to be some bi-directionality involved (if you connect the N100 to a player via Ethernet, that player needs to access whatever's upstream of the Melco), the advantage here is the Melco acts like a semi-permeable barrier between the noisy world of Ethernet and the more sensitive souls in an audio system.
Instinctually, I like this way of doing things – the Melco is just another link in the chain providing good sounds but can be a means whereby sounds from networked sources can be heard with some of the noise of that network stripped away. The number of USB inputs could seem limiting at first, but in fact Melco has been smart here, too. Each device in the Melco chain has two USB 3.0 connectors, allowing a daisy chain of devices. So the lone input of the N100 attaches to a D100 drive, which then attaches to an E100 hard drive extension. Or vice versa. Even if the D100 is powered down, the E100 drive will still speak to the N100, and there's always the front-mounted USB device. I'm sure there's a finite limit to the number of units you could daisy chain this way, but as the two-box N100/E100 combination already gets you to 7TB of storage, and yet more accessed through UPnP on an Ethernet store, I think you run out of tracks and shelf-space before running out of Melco road.


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TV licence fee staff have been issued with a manual advising that customers who use the words "idiots", "shambles" or "useless" are likely to be making a complaint.
Other indications that a viewer may be unhappy include use of capital letters or the phrases, "When will you people listen?", "Who do you think you are?" and "Sort yourselves out!"
The document also reveals quirks in the rules about who needs a licence - the Queen, prisoners and diplomats do not, but all other Royals and prison officers who live in the grounds of a jail do.
The 964-page official handbook, which was released following a Freedom of Information request, sets out in detail how the fee should be administered.
A large section is dedicated to dealing with complaints, including prepared answers to regular objections about the BBC's "offensive" programmes and the aggressive tone of licence fee warning letters that could "shock" elderly people.
Staff are advised to look out for particular "keywords" suggesting a customer is protesting about some aspect of the £145.50-a-year fee.
These include: "compensation", "complaint", "disgraceful", "disgusted", "incompetent", "appalling", "furious", "intimidation", "mistakes", "harassment", "rude", "threatening", "outrageous", "upsetting", "unacceptable" and swear words.
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The two main companies contracted by the BBC to administer the TV licence received 35,000 complaints in 2008 and 37,000 in 2009, according to the TV Licensing website.
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When it comes to planning permission, there are a number of factors that may cause an application to be rejected. Make sure you're aware of these before you apply for your best chance for a successful application first time round
When it comes to planning permission, it is vital to understand the position of the planners and the factors that will cause an application to be rejected. Understand these before you apply and you'll be well on the way to a successful application.
The Importance of Location
It is true to say that location is critical in choosing a site, because you need to take into account all of the planning pitfalls — which can be numerous.
The first thing to establish when looking at any site you think could be a potential plot is whether or not it is inside the local 'Development Boundary'. In order to protect the open countryside from indiscriminate development, local policy planners draw this imaginary line around towns and villages. Effectively, planning policy restricts development to those sites within these defined boundaries. If your site lies outside this boundary and you are not planning on redeveloping an existing dwelling, converting an old barn or building a property to serve an agricultural need, then the chances are that you are unlikely to receive planning permission.
Once you have found your plot, within the Development Boundary, the principle of development is basically already established — subject to the proposal meeting an array of specific planning criteria.
Never Underestimate Your Neighbours
Over the years I have found that it's useful to get your ducks in a row first. Establish a rapport with neighbouring occupants, but before you discuss your plans with them make sure that you have thought everything through. Keep in mind the need to consider the siting of the building, its size and design — it is the site context that is important.
Planning authorities will always look at the impact on neighbouring properties. You can assess this by looking for natural screening such as trees and hedges and whether you can use them in the overall scheme. Never take a mature hedge out unless you are absolutely desperate for space.
At the design stage, give consideration to the way in which windows in your proposals overlook neighbouring gardens or windows: any building work should not be overbearing upon them, block out their light or affect their amenity. As a general rule of thumb, a 21-25m distance is normally given from principal window to principal window, i.e. a main living room of a property. There is often design guidance criteria for each authority — I normally check with each authority that I deal with to be sure what their criteria is, as they do differ.
From my experience of local planning authorities, neighbour issues are only given credence in the planning process if the concerns are planning related. I usually find talking to neighbours and understanding their point of view provides an opportunity to negotiate a win-win solution in most cases. You will not win every argument, but talking always helps.
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I once had a case where we discovered that a site, which was going through the conveyance process prior to purchase, had no legitimate legal access. My client had asked the question about the likelihood of achieving planning. As soon as I looked at the site and investigated matters further I discovered, via solicitors and the highway authority, that the site was land locked with no formal legal vehicular access.
This example hopefully demonstrates that it is important when you are looking at plots to ensure that you have a legal right of access or ownership of access to your plot, and that your plot has appropriate access from the highway. This usually means that you will need to check with the highway authority that they are satisfied with the physical size and shape of the access. It is fair to say that these types of technical issues can be resolved, either by improving the access or creating a new access in a position that is in accordance with Highway Safety Guidelines. Sometimes you cannot solve these difficulties because the land you might need forms part of a ransom strip, so always check that the extent of the land you are buying provides adequate access.
A major theme currently within planning is 'sustainability'. If your site is close to public transport links, such as bus stops, or can be easily accessed on foot or by bike from local amenities, then this is a good point to promote when you apply for planning permission.
In a nutshell, highway issues can work both for and against you in terms of securing planning permission. Always ensure you tackle highway issues early on and check out how the local highway authority will view development of a plot at the same time as you investigate whether you will receive support from the local planning authority — it can be an expensive mistake not to.
Conservation Areas and AONB
It is no surprise that areas with beautiful landscapes are considered to be attractive places to live. However, these areas also have specific constraints afforded to them. The main landscape and conservation designations include Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, land covered by an Article 4 Direction, or a Conservation Area. Within these areas, specific consideration must be given to the impact of the development on the site and the wider setting within the locality.
Your planning application must be well presented; it needs to address all the policy issues related to the constraints. For example, if the site is in a Conservation Area or the conversion you are proposing involves a listed building, then good design and a sensitive scheme will be required — deliver that and you will be more likely to carry the conservation officer with you through the negotiation process. If the site is close to or contains a listed building, then the chances are that a new property may harm the setting. I would certainly say that these are the higher risk sites, likely to cause you more trouble — so bear this in mind when bidding for this type of land and allow a larger budget, as the planning process could take much longer as these types of scheme are inevitably more complex.
Flood Risk
There were many parts of the country badly affected by the aftermath of the summer's torrential rain that has again highlighted the problems associated with building on or near to floodplains and watercourses. The Environment Agency has useful information regarding flood zones.
Flooding can be a major constraint, which often leads to planning applications being refused and higher planning costs due to the need for 'Flood Risk Assessments' and specialist advice. The situation is going to get a lot worse over coming years in terms of regulating developments in flood zones. On a general point, my advice is to do the background research that identifies all the planning issues and then decide whether the site will work for you in terms of viability.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take for approval?
For planning applications for extensions and single dwellings, the Government target for local authorities is eight weeks. If the application process runs relatively smoothly then you can expect a decision before that date; however, unexpected problems or objections can push this timescale up.
From experience, entering into detailed pre-application discussions with the local authority before submission will save you a lot of time and money in the long run. Using this approach, I establish early on in the process what the planners' views are and whether it will be necessary to reconsider the submitted scheme or seek further negotiation.
I've seen a barn but it only has permission for a holiday let. Why is that and what are my chances of upgrading it?
I am sure we have all seen that idyllic barn surrounded by beautiful open countryside, ripe for conversion. However, planning policy has been evolved over the years to stop the gentrification of these humble buildings because it is the residential paraphernalia – the domesticity of the building and the associated curtilage – which is nearly almost always resisted.
The restriction on the 'use' of a barn conversion as a holiday let is to prevent permanent residential occupation. This is normally because the property is in open countryside outside any settlement boundary and therefore contrary to planning policy.
Restrictions are governed by either a condition or perhaps a legal agreement. Legal agreements can be removed and conditions can be varied or removed, dependent on the issues involved. In my experience, however, I have only ever witnessed a few cases where holiday let restrictions have been lifted.
I'm thinking of designing a house myself. Will presentation affect my chances?
From personal experience, having worked in both local authority and now as a consultant, I would strongly recommend ensuring that your application drawings and associated application submission are well presented and all the bases are covered.
Firstly, if the submission is poor then you will not convince officers, let alone elected members, of the worth of your project. At the end of the day, the drawings are going to be what the local authority bases its decision on and they need to be visually well presented, and clear with appropriate annotation — a north point helps too!
Design and Access statement: What is it, how do I get one and how much will it cost?
These statements have to accompany all planning applications besides householder building works in unprotected areas and changes of use. Statements are used to justify a proposal's design concept and the access to it. The level of detail depends on the scale of the project and its sensitivity. Most authorities will have guidance notes available to help you but, unfortunately, unless you ensure you have included one in your submission, planning authorities can refuse to register your planning application.
How long does my approval term last?
For a 'Full' application (unless otherwise stated) the period would be three years from the day the decision was made.
With an 'Outline' application you have three years after the decision in which to seek approval of the remaining Reserved Matters and then up to two years after the last Reserved Matter was approved to commence building.
It always surprises me how often people allow planning permissions to formally lapse. You can seek renewal and it takes little time to reapply – there is even case law on what constitutes commencement and a number of cases where applicants have dug out foundations to protect their planning permission in perpetuity, intending to finish sometime later. I don't advocate this approach, but it is useful to understand the process.


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Types of Medication Errors
A medication error can lead to a medical malpractice claim in many ways:
- Prescribing errors. In these cases, the defendant did not prescribe the correct medication to the patient. This could mean prescribing the wrong medication, the wrong dosage, or the wrong delivery method.
- Prescription filling errors. These cases involve pharmacies that fill prescriptions. Pharmacy employees must ensure they fill prescriptions accurately and consult with prescribing doctors if there is any room for concern about prescription legibility, dosage, or other issues.
- Manufacturing errors. The Food and Drug Administration carefully oversees the prescription drug industry and requires all manufacturers to meet an acceptable standard of care in their production processes. When a manufacturer learns that one of its products is dangerous, the company must take appropriate action to limit injuries to patients who take the dangerous drug. Defective or dangerous drug cases often fall under product liability laws. With these claims, plaintiffs don't always necessarily have to prove defendants were negligent, only that the medication in question was indeed defective and the defect caused the plaintiff's damages.
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Depending on the nature of a medication error case, the plaintiff may incur additional medical expenses, experience unnecessary pain, and suffering, and may miss time from work to receive treatment. A medication error also impedes the proper treatment the patient should receive, causing his or her initial problem to carry on longer than necessary. Patients injured by medication errors can hire a Kansas City medical malpractice lawyer and sue for compensation for these damages.


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In USA job website, 500,000 SM jobs, 3 PO jobs… Each team is supposed to have both!?
Since 2007, every company I have visited has a problem. They can't bridge the gap between strategy and User Stories.
In the session, we will survey several techniques and tools that PO use to clarify design, and then clarify requirements.
Most importantly, we show the PO's critical role in limiting WIP, and scheduling work.
Target Audience: Everyone involved in product definition and requirements - including architects and tech leads, ops managers. However the focus is on product people.
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Jun 21, 2019 (MarketNewsVideo.com via COMTEX) --
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 3X Shares, where 10,450,000 units were destroyed, or a 11.1% decrease week over week.
And on a percentage change basis, the ETF with the biggest outflow was the iShares International High Yield Bond ETF, which lost 200,000 of its units, representing a 20.0% decline in outstanding units compared to the week prior.
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[WATCH] Jeep's 2015 Super Bowl Ad Takes Global Approach
"Beautiful Lands" uses "This Land Is Your Land" music to tell a story
It's no secret that the Super Bowl is an advertising gold mine for companies that offer products and services in the United States. Of course, to access that gold mine, companies have to be willing to shell out more gold than average Joes like us will ever have to our names, but that's another story. Many of the commercials tend to be funny (like "The Fiat Blue Pill" ad this year), but this year, a surprising amount took a more sentimental route (like Toyota's "How Great I Am").
One of the most successful ads this year fell into the latter camp, and, contrary to what you might think based on its content, it was produced for the most patriotic brand in America: Jeep. Jeep's Super Bowl commercial this year, entitled "Beautiful Lands," took the familiar American song, "This Land Is My Land," to score a commercial at first filled with shots of beautiful places across America, but eventually with imagery from all across the globe. [Watch Jeep's 2015 Super Bowl ad below.]
The 90-second spot (which, in theory, would have cost Fiat Chrysler a whopping $13.5 million, assuming no discounts were applied) includes imagery from the United States, Australia, Brazil China, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Featuring the all-new Jeep Renegade, the ad demonstrated the journey that the Renegade takes around the world—and perhaps how the journeys that we as individuals take aren't so different from the journeys of our next-door neighbors or our neighbors on the other side of the world.
The ad took 19 days to shoot, with the crew shooting in more than 40 locations around the globe. In total, they traveled 73,777 miles (which equates to nearly three trips around the world). Fittingly, the ad placed 5th in the automotive category and 15th overall in USA Today's Ad Meter for the Super Bowl commercials this year.
Of course, the ad did attract some negative criticism from the ignorant type, who believe 'Murica is the only place worth seeing and that other cultures are undeserving of respect and attention, much in the same way that Coca-Cola's beautiful multilingual ad from last year drew criticism. It's reassuring to note, however, that the overwhelming response has been positive.
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The 2018 RV Dealers Convention/Expo will provide the most comprehensive education and training opportunity specifically for the RV industry's dealership professionals, Nov. 5 - 9 at Paris Las Vegas.
The event's education matrix, curated by the Mike Molino RV Learning Center, includes the complete schedule of events. The convention/expo takes place at Paris Las Vegas, Nov. 5-9.
The sales track offers education workshops with five presenters new to the convention/expo, along with David Martin, a popular speaker- well known for his sales training programs, and Jared Sobel, an expert in RV sales and management training.
Top speakers presenting the most relevant dealership topics have been scheduled for the Dealer/GM track of the 2018 RV Dealers Convention/Expo.
Attend this free, informative webinar, provided by the Mike Molino RV Learning Center's strategic partner KPA, on Thursday, August 16 at 1:00 PM EDT.
This 20-minute webinar will cover the new requirements and how to best prepare your company to comply with Prop 65. This webinar is intended for compliance personnel from manufacturers, suppliers and CA RV dealerships.
The convention/expo will take place Nov. 5-9, 2018 at Paris Las Vegas, sponsored by RVDA–The National RV Dealers Association, RVDA of Canada, and the Mike Molino RV Learning Center.
In addition to a new presenter, the track features four presenters well known in our industry who specialize in social media and digital marketing for dealerships.
The Convention/Expo takes place Nov. 5 -9 at Paris Las Vegas and is sponsored by RVDA, RVDA of Canada, and the Mike Molino RV Learning Center.
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In the absence of medical education and research minister Anil Joshi, who is currently on a personal visit abroad, his officer on special duty (OSD) Munishwer Joshi is acting on his behalf.punjab Updated: Jan 06, 2016 23:27 IST
In the absence of medical education and research minister Anil Joshi, who is currently on a personal visit abroad, his officer on special duty (OSD) Munishwer Joshi is acting on his behalf.
In a communication sent to the medical education and research director and Punjab Medical Council (PMC) registrar, Munishwer, acting on the minister's behalf, has sought the official record pertaining to the appointment of the PMC president and related court cases.
The relations between the minister and PMC president Dr GS Grewal have not been going smoothly of late and Joshi has initiated an inquiry against Dr Grewal. Later, Dr Grewal's brother Maheshinder Singh Grewal, who is adviser to the Punjab chief minister, had accused the minister of exceeding his jurisdiction saying he could not act against the president of the PMC, which is an autonomous body. To this, the minister had said that he was within his right to act against the PMC in case it did not function properly.
Munishwer told HT that the minister was expected back in a few days and he, despite being not being part of the government, could act on the minister's behalf. "I can seek information on his behalf as I assist him on day-to-day functioning," he said.
Medical education and research secretary Hussan Lal, when reached, refused to comment on the issue.
Meanwhile, senior bureaucrats accepted that though it was an irritant that a private person attached to the minister was acting on his behalf bypassing the official machinery, it was common practice. "The OSD doesn't have personal authority, he is acting on the minister's behalf. In case something goes wrong, the minister is responsible for it," a senior IAS officer said.


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This vintage fabric is called "popcorn chenille" and was created in the beginning- to -mid-century, likely by a woman in a rural town. Learn about the history of American chenille. Because it is a vintage fabric, I only have a little bit of it and a limited amount of cauliflowers will be made.
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text: Bowhunter TV - November 20, 2014 Yes, You Can Bowhunt During Gun Season Choosing to bowhunt during gun season certainly adds an extra layer of difficult to and already difficult task.But Bowhunter Magazine's Brian Fortenbaugh is willing to give it a try and shows that it can be a success. Be sure to check state regulations. Some states, such as Iowa, do not allow archery equipment to be used during shotgun season.In this segment from Bowhunter Magazine TV, Fortenbaugh has the legally required blaze orange on and he's perched in a tree stand with his bow in hand.Bowhunting during gun season means you likely need to change up your approach just a bit. Finding a property where gun pressure is low, or nonexistent, is important. The added hunting pressure that comes from the start of gun season does put deer on the move but those deer will not be moving naturally in most instances. Instead, they'll be responding to the increase in human activity and will seek our sanctuary type areas. If the gun season coincides with the rut, movement can be good as bucks will continue to seek out does. But those does will likely be heading for security cover to escape the hunting pressure. Locate a stand in that area and you can successfully bowhunt during gun season. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Soca artist, Denise Belfon, is continuing her recovery from a near fatal vehicular accident in the Bahamas this weekend.
Belfon and her manager, Natasha Thomas, landed on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera on Saturday, October 24th, and were on their way to the artist's scheduled concert, "Denise Belfon Live" at Club Secrets, Palmetto Point.
The Examiner reports that at around 6 p.m. the vehicle they were travelling in started to experience a mechanical malfunction four miles away from the venue. This caused the driver, Clifford Sands, to lose control, overturning the vehicle.
Both Belfon and her manager were airlifted to the Levy Medical Clinic in New Providence for treatment along with three other injured individuals, Stephen Bain, Isabella Joseph and Perez Smith.
According to an observer on the scene of the accident, the incident could have been more severe, stating that the roads on the island are long and winding within hilly areas. The individual said that most of the vehicular accidents on the island usually end in fatalities.
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It's less than 5 days until Common People opens it's gates in not one but two fantastic locations in the UK. We spent some time today interviewing Chas of Chas and Dave ahead of their appearances this weekend. It was a brilliant chat about inspirations and past experiences, along with advice for newbies and a brief acapella sing song. Here's what we talked about…
So you've been playing with Dave for over 40 years, how different is it performing now compared to when you started?
Just that people know us now, they didn't know us when we started so er, that's the big difference and you obviously improve as you go on if you love what you're doing you always make improvements as you go along, so yeah we're better now than we've ever been.
Working so closely together all this time must have been challenging at times, what advice would you give to people trying to make it together as a duo / group as long as you have?
Well, we were friends first, I met Dave in 1963 when I was on tour with a band called The Outlaws. I was on tour backing Jerry Lee Lewis and I got picked up by some girlfriends and Dave was in the car, he was a bass player in another band at the time. So we became friends just because we had very similar taste in music, and so we were friends for 9 years before we decided to get together and I gave up playing bass and went onto piano. So initially we were pals and that's very important, a lot of people get together simply on a professional basis and a lot of them make it work but it is obviously an advantage if you are friends in the first place.
Over the years you've worked with some heavyweight musicians, who's been your favourite session musician to work with?
Well the best musician I've ever worked with, (which was my mentor who I learnt piano from) is Jerry Lee Lewis. I first saw him in 1958 when I was a young lad in a skiffle band playing guitar and that's when I decided I wanted to learn piano. Not many years later I toured with him and yeah, he's my all time favourite and I've worked several sessions with him over the years. So yeah he's very much top of the list of favourite musician I've ever worked with.
What would be your most memorable performance?
That's very hard umm… I straight away go back to the first ever time I was paid to play when I was 13. I was playing guitar in a skiffle group, and I was playing in the top of a pub in Edmonton and I had the most fantastic time of my life, I really was and at the end of it I was floating on a cloud and then someone came up and gave me a pound note and I said what's that for? And they said well it's for tonight's gig! And something went 'ding' in my head and I thought this is what I'm going to do for the rest of my life, play music the most enjoyable thing I can think of and get paid for it. And so that's the first gig that comes to mind but there's been many gigs some with Jerry Lee Lewis. Topping the Albert Hall on our own, doing Glastonbury there's been many in-between.
In 2014 you played at Sonisphere festival, what was it like playing there and were you nervous with it being a heavy metal gig?
Not at all! We notoriously can fit in anywhere, we don't fit in anywhere and we do fit in everywhere. Someone said to us years ago when Pavarotti was still going strong, "you could come on in the middle of a Pavarotti concert and raise a cheer" and I thought, yeah we could! We fit in everywhere, and it went down absolutely fantastic, it was just a sea of people dancing and singing along so it was like any other gig, just loads and loads of people there. We first did it in 1979 at Knebworth with Zepplin!
I think it's fair to say that Rabbit is pretty much your best known song, how did you come up with the idea for it / what was your inspiration behind it?
Well we've got a lot of popular songs, I think top of the list is 'Ain't No Pleasing You' that made number one in most charts. There's a lot of songs, 'Gertcher', 'Snooker Loopy', 'London Girls'… but 'Rabbit' that virtually came about because Dave had the idea about an old girl that used to talk to much and we got together wanted to put a bit of rock and roll into it, and there was an old rock and roll song called exactly that.. (singing) "You talk too much, You worry me to death, You talk too much, You even worry my pet, You just talk, Talk too much" So we thought let's do an English version of that and that's virtually how it started and the rabbit, rabbit, rabbit thing sort of came later on as we were mixing the song. So it sort of built up from writing it to actually recording it, bits were added and we got the final recording done and as you know it did very well!
Finally is there any parting message you'd like to leave for young musicians trying to make it in the business?
Well over the years there's been changes in the recording industry and things, but, the bottom line is what we're still doing now is doing live shows, that will always be. No matter what the media does whether it be CD's or downloads, or Vinyl or Cassettes or all the other things throughout the years, companies come and companies go, people will always want to go and see a good live show. So my advice to any young musician out there that really are serious about making a career out of it get out there and get yourselves a live show going, get confidence in front of the audience. Give them what you want to give them but at the same time take note of what goes down and what don't go down well, that's what we've done over the years. But never think what does the audience want, think what do I want to give the audience and then you take from what their reaction is and over the months and the years of your career, if your earnest about it will get better and you should make a good living for the whole of your life.
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Late last summer, while anxious and sleep deprived, my doctor asked me if there were any anniversaries of traumatic events I was remembering. I half laughed, it seems there is always a traumatic event to remember. I told her which one correlated with that time of year. However, I'd not been ruminating or brooding on it as I tended to do in the past. In fact, I've spent the last seven years since I started writing my first book working on healing and strenuously moving through the past into the… Read more Just Another Day →


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The best new TV series this year is the one that everyone, including me, believed was the most preposterous, out there, guaranteed-to-fail TV premise we'd ever heard. Until we watched the pilot and realized that the only preposterous thing about Sleepy Hollow is how incredibly entertaining it is. You don't have to take my word for this; reviewers from everywhere, even The New Yorker, are saying some version of, "This should never work, and I love it!"
Here's how it goes: patriot Ichabod Crane is mortally wounded in a Revolutionary war battle, but preserved by a spell cast by his good witch wife, Katrina. He wakes up in 2013 to find that the Hessian soldier who killed him, and whom he beheaded at the same time, now rides Sleepy Hollow as the Headless Horseman, aka Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Crane is found by a young police sheriff, Abbie Mills, whose partner and mentor was murdered by the Horseman, and they team up to stop the Horseman from bringing on the Apocalypse. Throw into this mix some demons, portals into hell, rival covens of good and evil witches, undead cops, and Freemasons descended from the Founding Fathers, and you have a bubbling brew that has no right to form a coherent world.
Third, the writers are making sure the mythology works consistently. Once they set an important piece of mythology into place, it stays where it's put. Not only that, each new piece works to build the big picture, expand our heroes' knowledge of what they're up against, and often, present a new challenge.
Fourth, and by far the most important, the show has a solid cast of characters who make us care about them, especially the two leads. The partnership between Crane, the man far out of time, and Abbie, the junior cop trying to save the world without making her superiors think she's delusional, already ranks high in my list of favorite TV friendships. Their chemistry is an endearing mix of drama and humor that just pulls you into their lives – especially the humor, with Crane reacting, often snarkily, to the strangeness of the modern world, and Abbie reacting to Crane's reactions.
Fifth, and probably just important as four, all the characters react in genuinely human ways to the extraordinary events that have suddenly become part of their daily lives. You can get away with almost any weirdness in your world, as long as your characters react to it in ways your audience will believe.
If you want proof of how well Sleepy Hollow works, I present as evidence a whole stack of small errors and illogical details that ought to drive me and other viewers mad. But somehow, they don't. For instance, the Village of Sleepy Hollow has, according to the welcome sign, a population larger than most small cities. Fair enough. Move on. A child from the lost Roanoke colony (don't ask!) speaks the English of Chaucer, not Shakespeare. Noted. What's your point? A civilian like Crane, especially one with zero records of his identity, would not be allowed anywhere near a police investigation. Correct. Now shut up and let him keep investigating! And three weeks after he woke up, Crane is still wearing his 1781 clothes every day, and seriously, anyone who really had to hang around with a guy wearing 250 year old clothes he had been buried in, would take him to the mall ASAP for a new wardrobe. Right? Right. Crane looks AMAZING in those clothes. You want to make something of it?
So let me recap Sleepy Hollow's lessons for builders of complicated and far-fetched worlds:
- Keep the plot moving and don't get bogged down in details and exposition.
- One way to prevent deadly exposition is to make sure your world's mythology is accessible.
- Use your mythology consistently, and build it gradually (and I should NOT have to remind you of this, unless you're entirely new to worldbuilding).
- Make your characters likeable, believable and compelling, and they'll pull your audience along. Character based humor helps a lot with this.
- Do NOT get lazy and make a lot of stupid factual error. Unlike Sleepy Hollow's producers, you're probably not good enough to get away with it (Sleepy Hollow's team includes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who also produced Fringe, Alias, Hawaii Five-0, Star Trek, and a few other hits you might have heard of).
If you've learned any other worldbuilding and storytelling lessons from watching Sleepy Hollow, please share them in the comments.