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Recently, there seems to have been revival of classic libels against Jews, such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and ye olde blood libel, in many parts of the world.
I'm not Jewish, but I have a personal interest in this topic, as a member of another, much smaller religious minority which has frequently been a target of what can best be described as warmed-over anti-Jewish propaganda. Also, I live in New York and have had quite a few Jewish friends.
Below, I'll discuss some classic anti-Jewish claims, with links to sites refuting them.
I do question whether these beliefs have become quite as widespread as some folks claim. Pro-Israel hawks have seized upon the promulgation of anti-Jewish libels as a justification for their own intransigance, which makes me wonder whether some of them might be exaggerating just a tad. Nevertheless, the revival of traditional anti-Jewish nonsense does indeed seem to be a real and growing menace.
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- The blood libel
- "International bankers" and the Federal Reserve System
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Alas, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion seem to have gotten very popular these days, especially in the Middle East. Worse yet, they are part of the official ideology of Hamas and possibly some other groups too. According to The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and Antisemitism by Shaul Wallach:
… With the birth of the State of Israel and the eruption of the Arab-Israeli conflict, they became part of state-sponsored antisemitism throught the Arab world. Antisemitic ideas had already been spread by Christian missionaries in the Middle East since the early 19th century. This activity erupted in the Damascus blood libel in 1840, which was followed by many recurrences of the libel in other Arab countries in the latter half of the 19th century. European antisemitic works were already being published in Cairo in Arabic before the turn of the century. The Protocols were translated into Arabic from the French edition by al-Khuri Antun Yamin, probably in the late 1920's. Many editions appeared starting in the 1950's, mostly in Cairo and Beirut. President Nasser publicly asserted their authenticity, and his brother, Shawqi Abd' al-Nasir, published an edition in 1968 entitled "Brutukulat Hukama Sahyun wa-Ta`alim at-Talmud" ("Protocols of the Learned Men of Zion and Teachings of the Talmud"). In the same year, an Islamic congress which convened in Cairo produced some papers containing antisemitic themes which had been rampant in prewar Europe. Unlike its counterpart in Europe, antisemitism in the Arab world seems to be officially sanctioned and promoted. It forms part of religious sermons and appears to be part of public education.
The Protocols today form part of the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and its allied Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), whose part in the Palestinian intifada is well known. The statement that the "enemies" or the "Zionist invasion" are behind "secret societies" such as the "Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, the Lions and others" around the world for purposes of sabotage is repeated three times in the Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement. Mention of these organizations, together with the claim that the "enemies" were "behind the French Revolution, the Communist revolution and most of the revolutions we heard and hear about", reveals direct borrowing from the Protocols and its predecessors. The Protocols are finally mentioned by name in Article 32:
… The Zionist plan is limitless. After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook, they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" ("Brutukulat Hukama Sahyun" in the Arabic original), and their present conduct is the best proof of what we are saying.
In summary, use of the Protocols by modern day Arabs is living testimony to the transplanting of classical European antisemitism into present-day Arab society.
Double-checking this, I found a copy of the Hamas Charter, 1988 on a pro-Palestinian website. Sure enough, it does indeed contain the above-quoted passage.
The Protocols are being promulgated not just in the Middle East, but in various other places too. See the section on Contemporary usage and popularity, especially the sub-section on Other contemporary appearances, in the Wikipedia article on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
In addition, there are a lot of folks who aren't Jew-haters per se but who believe that the world is run by "the Illuminati." a claim which has many parallels to and is historically intertwined with the Protocols. Anti-Illuminism has been used to scapegoat not just Jews but also Freemasons, Pagans, occultists, "Satanists," atheists, gays, feminists, environmentalists, and the values of the modern secular West in general.
So, I think it's important to educate people about the Protocols.
I should mention here that I don't, currently, take any definite stand regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict, other than to be suspicious of the propaganda of both sides. There's a lot I have yet to learn about the Israel/Palestine conflict. But it's clear to me that the spread of nonsense about Jews isn't helping the situation any.
An excellent debunking of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion can be found on the "Emperor's New Clothes" website, in the following series of articles by Jared Israel:
- 'The Protocols of Zion,' Part One: Weapon Against Democracy
- 'The Protocols of Zion,' Part Two: Illogical, Sloppy, and Incoherent…
- 'The Protocols of Zion,' Part Three: Reader Comments: 'I am no Antisemite. Why do some parts of "The Protocols" Ring True?'
Using facts, logic, and humor, Jared Israel does a great job of showing how ridiculous the Protocols are. It begins by showing how elites have used the Protocols for their own purposes, nut just to persecute Jews but also as a weapon against all kinds of political reform. He also provides a Transcript of Philip Graves' articles published in the London Times, August 16 to 18, 1921, which originally exposed the Protocols as a hoax.
(Note: I do not necessarily endorse everything else on Jared Israel's website. Among other things, he is very much a partisan of the Serbian side in the Yugoslav wars, a topic on which I don't yet know enough to take a definite position one way or the other. Also, he's very pro-Israel. I don't yet have a definite position on the Israel/Palestine problem either.)
Other good refutations of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are listed on David Dickerson's website.
Shaul Wallach's article The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and Antisemitism, which I cited earlier, also contains a brief history of literary precursors to the Protocols. Some other bits of relevant history can be found on the following pages:
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Anti-Masonry and Anti-Semitism by Leon Zeldis
- History of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion on the website of the Masonic Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
- The Myth of the Judaeo-Masonic Conspiracy by W. Bro. A Israel, Master, in a collection of pages about Masonry on the website of Gary L. Dryfoos at M.I.T.
- Anti-Masonry Frequently Asked Questions on Mastermason.com
- Part 4: The "Illuminati Conspiracy": The original, anti-Semitic version in The New Antipas Papers by S.R. Shearer, an evangelical Christian who is critical of the grand-conspiracy claims of other evangelical Christians such as Pat Robertson. Another, very similar page on the site is The Origins of the Illuminist Myth: The Fabrication of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Shearer's info on the Illuminist myth is said to be primarily from two sources: Warrant for Genocide by Norman Cohn and Organized Anti-Semitism in America by Donald Strong.
- Protocols of the Elders of Zion on Carpe Noctem by Kristi and Mark Fisher
- Who Is Irma Plavatsky? Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, and the Internationalization of Popular Culture from the Dime Novel to The Da Vinci Code by Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), 2006
(P.S., 6/10/2008: In my list of refutations of the Protocols, I previously included a link to a page by one Henry Makow. I subsequently deleted that link because it turns out that, while Makow disbelieves in anti-Jewish conspiratorial claims, he believes that Jews were framed by "the Illuminati.")
By far the most egregious anti-Jewish myth is the old-fashioned blood libel, the idea that Jews ritually murder Christian (or Muslim) children and use their blood as an ingredient in matza dough, among other ritual uses.
To me, this idea seems so blatantly obviously false that it hardly needs to be refuted. Jews are forbidden to consume blood, even the blood of farm animals. (See Leviticus 17:14 and Deuteronomy 12:23 in a Christian Bible.) Human sacrifice is forbidden too.
Besides, I live in New York. If there were any truth to the idea that Jews routinely kill Christian babies, there would be an awful lot of missing Christian babies around here.
Nevertheless, an astonishingly large number of people seem to believe it these days. Google "Jewish ritual murder" and you'll find lots of websites by people who insist that Jews really do kill Christian or other non-Jewish children. And, if you Google "blood libel," you'll find plenty of stories about how it's being promulgated offline, too. A few such stories are here:
- Leading Egyptian Newspaper raises Blood Libel, Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), November 6, 2000. (Note: For some controversy about MEMRI, see the following articles in The Guardian, U.K.: Selective Memri by Brian Whitaker, Monday August 12 2002, and Media organisation rebuts accusations of selective journalism by Yigal Carmon, Wednesday August 21 2002)
- Blood Feast on Snopes.com, apparently drawing on the following WorldNetDaily article: Saudi news: Jews use teen blood in pastries: Columnist in daily paper claims 'fact' of ritual by 'Jewish vampires', March 13, 2002
- Another WorldNetDaily article, Saudi Media Revise Blood Libel, September 19, 2002, on the website of Teach Kids Peace, which also has a petition asking "the US and Canadian Governments, European Union, Arab League, and United Nations to stop the Palestinian Authority from promoting a culture of hatred, encouraging violence, and glorifying suicide bombing."
- Passover and the Blood Libel by Steven Stalinsky, New York Sun, April 12, 2006
- Arabs Attack Jew in NYC, Blood Libel Returns to Russia by Ezra HaLevi, April 27, 2008
- The section on Contemporary blood libels in the Wikipedia article Blood libel against Jews
I've linked to several others in a recent post on my LiveJournal blog.
Some toned-down variants will claim that it isn't Jews in general who kill Christian babies, but just one weird Jewish sect. Offhand, that claim seems extremely unlikely to me too. Here's an account of controversy over one such allegation: The Blood Libel Returns by Rachel Neuwirth, American Thinker, February 25, 2007. According to this article, there is no evidence for the allegation other than confessions extracted through torture. More discussion about Ariel Toaff's book can be found in Did Jews Drink Blood? Giving Proof To Blood Libel? by Emil Steiner, Washington Post blog, February 8, 2007. As the latter page points out:
Toaff, a professor at Bar Illan University, near Tel Aviv, bases his claims on confessions "extracted by torture" during a "medieval trial" in 1475. Suffice to say, this might not be the most reliable source, and even Toaff only goes so far as to say the accusations "might have been true." Still, for centuries, this so-called "Blood Libel" has been used as an excuse for the segregation and annihilation of Jews, which is why people are in such an uproar over the new book. What seems to have been forgotten in the shuffle though is that Toaff is describing a "deviant sect" of fanatics some 500 years ago — a time when all types of brutal behavior (NAFW) took place. And even if there is some truth to his claims, to consider them indicative of an entire religion would be like believing the Branch Davidians are representative of all Christians. Admitting that these events may have taken place and examining the evidence empirically is not anti-Semitic; however, believing they provide justification for centuries of genocide is.
Alas, quite a few websites have indeed seized upon Toaff's claims as one more excuse to hate Jews in general.
Other websites promote other, more recent alleged instances of Jews killing Christian (or Muslim) children for various alleged ritual purposes.
I have not yet studied any of these claims in detail. For now I'll just say this: If I were ever to encounter any real evidence of any such crime by any Jews whatsoever, I would be inclined to suspect that it was not the accepted practice of any actual Jewish religious group, but that, perhaps, a few very disturbed Jewish teenagers might have decided to act out the myth. After all, there do exist disturbed teenagers, from Christian and other non-Jewish backgrounds, who have acted out other popular myths, e.g. by committing atrocities in the name of "Satanism." So, if a few Jewish kids were to do something similar, that would just be one more way that Jews are like everyone else. To generalize it into an indictment of Jews per se would be absurd.
Some young Jewish men have enjoyed pretending that the age-old myth is true, as a joke. (See, for example, the satirical song Christian Baby Blood by Jewmongous, of which see also this review.) I have to wonder if, perhaps, some of the alleged evidence for the blood libel might be based on a misunderstanding of similar macabre humor.
As I said, I haven't yet studied this matter in detail. I haven't yet found a website devoted to comprehensive, detailed refutation of "Jewish ritual murder" charges. I hope some historian will put up such a website. There's definitely a need for it these days.
The Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance have a collection of pages on Blood libel, host desecration, ritual murder, & other largely anti-semitic fables, which give some of the history of the anti-Jewish blood libel plus historical parallels to witchhunts and persectution of other religious groups.
"International bankers" and the Federal Reserve System
Closely related to Protocols-style grand-conspiracy theories is the idea that thw world is secretly run by a cabal of Jewish bankers, primarily the Rothschilds.
Various right wing groups have advocated grand-conspiracy theories featuring "international bankers." Such theories don't necessarily target Jews. After all, the Rockefellers and the Morgans are WASPs, not Jews.
Nevertheless, banker-conspiracy claims have often been linked to Protocols-style Jewish-cabal claims, via the idea that the Rockefellers and the Morgans are somehow "owned" by the Rothschilds. And one of the most popular banker-conspiracy writings is Secrets of the Federal Reserve by Eustace Mullins, who also believed in the traditional anti-Jewish blood libel.
So, if one is going to debunk anti-Jewish claims, it helps to be familiar with "banker" claims too, and their fallacies.
Some common claims, e.g. in popular Internet videos such as Zeitgeist, are the following:
- That the Federal Reserve System is nothing but a private banking cartel, "as Federal as Federal Express." In fact, it's an odd mixture of public and private, neither strictly a government agency nor strictly a private entity either, nor is it a for-profit entity. It has a Board of Governors who are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. But it consists of 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, each of which has "member banks," which are private banks.
- That the Fed's profits go into the pockets of member banks, at the expense of the U.S. Treasurey. In fact, only a small portion of the Fed'd profits go to member banks. The member banks are required to keep some of their own money at the Federal Reserve Bank, and they earn a dividend on that money. But those dividends are only about 2 or 3 percent of the Fed's profits, most of which go into the U.S. Treasury. (See the Federal Reserve systems income and expense tables for 2005 and 2006.)
Many other claims are addressed in Debunking the Federal Reserve Conspiracy Theories by Edward Flaherty.
See also Jewish "Control" of the Federal Reserve: A Classic Anti-Semitic Myth on the ADL site.


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Prosecutors said they opened the investigation months before the Lohan crash, according to a Reuters report, after several incidents where it appeared that photographers collaborated to provoke celebrities in order to get their distressed reactions on film.
"In certain, specific incidents, the paparazzi have crossed the line into criminal behavior," said William Hodgman, of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Police said the photographers are frequently banding together to chase celebrities' cars through the city and surround them in traffic, in some cases trying to run them off the road or cause accidents in order to get photos they can sell to the pic-starved weekly celebrity magazines.
"Somebody's going to get hurt or killed because of this activity," Hodgman said. "And we are aware of numerous instances where the children of celebrities have been jeopardized by the conduct of the paparazzi."
On June 1, Lohan called police to complain about being chased by paparazzi. Shortly after, photographer Galo Cesar Ramirez was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he crashed his minivan into Lohan's Mercedes as she was trying to get away from him. Several other photographers showed up just after the crash to snap pics, but no formal charges have been filed yet in the incident.
In November, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake filed suit against a pair of celebrity photographers, who they said tried to goad the couple into a fight to get a juicy picture. The photographers sued the couple, saying they had been attacked when the duo tried to grab their cameras.
By themselves, many of the traffic violations and other minor crimes the photogs are committing don't carry a big risk, but police said the alleged collaboration between them could bump their actions up to a felony.
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The owner of the photo agency Fame Pictures, Boris Nizon, told The Associated Press he wasn't sweating the probe. "We obey the law and we work really professionally," he said.

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Title: Unraveling the nature of universal dynamics in $O(N)$ theories
(Submitted on 11 Nov 2019 (v1), last revised 24 May 2020 (this version, v2))
Abstract: Many-body quantum systems far from equilibrium can exhibit universal scaling dynamics which defy standard classification schemes. Here, we disentangle the dominant excitations in the universal dynamics of highly-occupied $N$-component scalar systems using unequal-time correlators. While previous equal-time studies have conjectured the infrared properties to be universal for all $N$, we clearly identify for the first time two fundamentally different phenomena relevant at different $N$. We find all $N\geq3$ to be indeed dominated by the same Lorentzian ``large-$N$'' peak, whereas $N=1$ is characterized instead by a non-Lorentzian peak with different properties, and for $N=2$ we see a mixture of two contributions.
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Today there are 8 settings in Veneto that were awarded with this prestigious recognition. In 1987, Venice and its Lagoon first entered the List; the Botanical Garden of Padua joined the World Heritage in 1997, together with the 'multiple locations' of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas, included in 1994 and extended in 1996; the City of Verona was listed in 2000, and the Dolomites were recorded in June 2009, thanks to their natural environment; the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene in 2019.


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At DTGO we are dedicated to the proposition that deeper, pro-active understanding of human psychology and behavior is essential to create the systems and experiences that provide the stakeholder fulfilment that contributes most to the long-term health and well-being of our people and society.
The basis of this understanding, and the philosophy that underpins all our actions, activities and communications is SUSTAINNOVATION. This concept is a process to generate well-being in the context of our business and social actions through the thoughtful and active interplay of two types of research and innovation - behavioral psychology and eco-systems science. Our research into human behaviour generates insights into the motivations, inspirations, hopes, dreams and preferences that drive our stakeholders, both consciously and sub-consciously.
At MQDC, SUSTAINNOVATION helps us develop insights into how best to reinforce the positive aspects of human behaviour in the context of community living and maximize the health and happiness of our tenants. These insights are examined through the lens of the materials and systems that go into designing and planning living, commercial and recreational spaces including use of energy, landscaping, lighting, water and other key resources.
In order to deliver on the potential of SUSTAINNOVATION, MQDC has invested millions of dollars in an in-house research and development facility, the Research and Innovation for Sustainability Centre (RISC) as well as in technology and innovations to enhance better health and well-being for its residents, community and society at large. The mission of RISC is to operate as a credible R&D center dedicated to knowledge-sharing with the industry and cultivating world-class researchers with a focus on sustainable development.
RISC acts to help increase the speed and quality of innovation, supporting local innovators and partnering and sharing knowledge with world-class institutions. It is dedicated to optimizing tenant psychological and physical health across psychographics and demographics focusing particularly on the imperatives of construction, maintenance, resource management and lifestyle issues inherent in environments built for living, commercial use and recreation.
The RISC team of researchers leverages cutting-edge technology and collaborates with existing research institutions, building on their expertise to enable efficient planning and implementation of experiences that improve tenant well-being. RISC invests in latest technology and human resources, especially in under-researched areas, to bring about true sustainability for the property industry and enable local innovators to create concrete business and societal impacts. RISC incites real changes in the industry by leading by example.


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What is the Cost of a Liquor License in Chicago?
I get this question all of the time. The answer depends on a lot of things. For example, an applicant may qualify for one type of license, but not another. Similarly, certain licenses may be appropriate for one applicant, but not another. So, your individual circumstances can dictate how much the City will charge you.
Here's the current City of Chicago pricing list. The fee is due with the application and is nonrefundable. If the application is approved, the license fee is good for two years. All fees are subject to change:
- Tavern Liquor License: $4,400
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Recently NO.1 releases the F4, the multi-sport mode bracelet.
It is a pity that the companion app Fundo Pro can only support English and Chinese, so does the bracelet. We received some feedback about this, it is important to include other languages in the app. So we're now doing the translations. But not the bracelet, you know, there are only several words in bracelet, you can even guess the function via the icons. So we are going to release a new firmware for F4, to delete the words under the icons.
*This method also works for NO.1 F6, you can download the F6 firmware here* Latest F6 firmware.This firmware improves the pedometer algorithm.
So if you receive a F4 with the words under the icons, if you mind the English display, you can follow this tutorial to update your F4 to a pure version.
- Download the Nrf Master Control APP and the firmware here. Or the version 2.3, the latest version 2.6.(this version fixed the pedometer issue.)
- Extract the file, install the Nrf Master control app in your phone, don't unzip the F4_20170826 firmware.
- Find the correct Mac address, connect it.
- After the connection is successful, click the Unknown service.
- Click the unknown characteristic
- Input the value 42, click send.
- Click the 'X' button, then refresh the app to find the DfuTarg, connect it.
- Click this button then go to this window to choose the firmware.
- Waiting for the update process
Done. If you failed to update, the bracelet will reset after 3 seconds it will boot.
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In the FunDo app I can find "Firmware upgrade v2.0.1". How does it correlate with the above firmware versions (like 0.2.6)?
I have an F4.
HI, is there any way of flashing the firmware via cable, because my smart band suddenly started to vibrate indefinitely, and won't connect to bluetooth at all? Thanks.
I want to update F4 but when I did it I by accident downgrade and now I do not have charging animation and connection how to resolve that??
I have f4 smart band color full,but I updated F4 incorrectly, so that become blank
Bluetooth and touch screen still functions.
I need firmware no 1 F4 Smart Band Color full,please give me firmware
I have bought F4. And the stock firmware before is 0.1.8. But I update to v0.2.3, now at the 0.2.3 version, the battery not enough more than 2 days. Before I update to the last version, battery life more 5 days. Please, where can I get link to download firmware version 0.1.8 for DT NO.1 F4? Thank you.
Hello I have the F6 smart watch and updated to 0.2.5,now the notifications are only in Chinese.
With the previous firmware I had the notifications in default phone language in Greek.Do you know any solution?
Thanks in advance
Good day! I saw that the new F4 Color smartband is equipped with 0.2.8 firmware. If this firmware is compatible with the old model F4, please post a link here to update our bands. Thanks!
Hola., como puedo actualizar mi f6. Hay algún video para ver como se hace la actualización manual ? Es que con el tutorial me es muy complicado
Hi, I have the F4 and my Blue Tooth is disconnected and I cant seem to get it connected. Please help to solve this problem as the watch is useless without connecting to smartphone.
hi, i update my f6 smartwatch with the above f6 file. now the display shows incorrect symbols. before the update the display was fine. Not all symbols are incorrect but the most. Can you send me the factory firmware that i can repair the screen. Here an example of the display.
The screen self is not defect.
How do I know what mac address to use?
Hello, the "FunDo" application has a feature for temperature demonstration. Could not replicate this information on the screen of NO.1 F6?
This update works to DN60?
It does not update to version 0.2.9 and stays at 0.2.6.
This version has a lot of problems in connection, its unpair and only connect again with phone reboot.
Please, ai need verison 01.8 for no1. f4, these links don't have this version.
Since a couple of days my F4 does not show the weather. In Fundo when I tap refresh icon does not refresh and says "No weather yet". It looks like there is no internet connection but I have mobile and Wi-Fi internet connection.
Boa tarde!
Meu F6 ficou com os pixels todos acesos quando se usa qualquer função.
Como corrigir
Dear Jon, I cannot ask directly on the F5 updating firmware post, so I ask you here.
1) my F5 actual firmware, checked on the watch, is 1.58.7. On the post "how to update F5 firmware manually" you show a method for Android devices. How can I perform a manual update with an iPhone or a Windows pc?
2) on the post I read there is an indication of the 1.6.3 and 1.6.6 new firmware versions for the F5. But connectin the eatch to the Hplus app I'm not be able to update the watch firmware, it's alwais 1.58.7.
Thanks if you can help me.
Just tried firmware 0.2.6, but with this version the pedometer/stepcounter is not working in FunDo. Went back to version 0.2.3, and got it working again.
Hello. I received the F4 bracelet and I noticed that the pedometer was counting too many steps. I updated it to the last version 2.6 , but now it doesn't count the steps anymore. Any advice , please?
Why the f4 can touch with anyting? Why not just fingger?
After updating i to 0.2.6. i dont see charging animation and now i cant see when it is charging but battery is charging. Can you help me with that? Also When I connect bluetooth earhpone band disconnect and need to restart bluetooth or app to work.
hello i try update manually to version 2.6 but after 2% running it unable connect. and now my f4 really die. cannot charging. can you please help me
I just bought two of F6 for me and my wife but i encouraged with a probrem, our app did not save steps and sleep report. And after end call i get a notification.
I use an adroid phone samsung J7 Prime.
Please fix this issues asap.
Thank so much!
HI! I have a problem whit my F4.after the last update, the application fails to work and can not connect to my f4 bracelet
HI! I have a problem whit my F4. Do you know anything about Huawei P8 lite connection problem? I can see the watch, but always fail the connecting.
Hi I want to translate the interface to Spanish (the date formatt and the days of the week) there is an file where I can get that? Or do you know how can I help you?
Hi I'm having trouble using the sleep option? It's not doing anything over night? I've tried just leaving it to log manually & I've actually tried clicking on the sleep icon to see if it logs it that way. But it's not logging anything. 🙁
I've also done the latest update. Thanks
No me aparece ninguna ventana al hacer click en características desconocidas para introducir el valor 42, que puedo hacer?
hello dear
Please could you upload the latest version of firmware? I think is v2.2
Many thanks
good afternoon,
I bought a smartband x2 after I gave the error in the update and I used this rom in it, I was able to install the rom but everything was zapped. The screen of the smatband is 96×96 and these were one of the reasons to get bad with this rom (firmware), how could I make a firmware for me? because I can not use my watch.


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By Jatindra Dash
BHUBANESWAR, May 23 (Openly) - Sprinter Dutee Chand - India's first openly gay athlete - says she will fight for the right to marry her "soulmate" days after revealing her sexuality to a deeply conservative country.
The 23-year-old caused shockwaves when she told an English-language daily she was dating a woman from her village in eastern Odisha state. Chand was praised for her courage after Sunday's article but the revelation soured ties with her family.
"They should know that everyone just wants to live happily," Chand told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"People oppose many things in the name of culture and religion ... (but) India is a democratic country and many things change frequently," Chand said.
Dubbed "India's fastest woman" with a national record over 100 metres, Chand said she found the strength to go public after the Supreme Court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex last September - and after her family threatened to out her.
Now, she wants the right to marry her partner in a country where same-sex marriage is illegal and homophobia is rife.
"I am confident we will also be legally allowed to marry. I will appeal and seek permission," she said at her small two-bedroom home in Odisha's capital city of Bhubaneswar.
Gay sex is considered taboo by many in India, and while it no longer carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison, rights such as gay marriage are likely to prove elusive.
But Chand is also a woman who fights for what she wants.
Like South African Olympic athlete Caster Semenya, Chand has hyperandrogenism - a condition that boosts natural testosterone levels - which saw her barred from competing under International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rules.
She was subjected to tests and abuse for being "unfeminine". But she took the IAAF to court and won a landmark victory in 2015 that paved the way for hyperandrogenic athletes to compete in 100m and 200m races.
The decision allowed her to run in the 2018 Asian Games, where she won two silver medals.
Her latest resolve to tackle tradition came nearly a week after Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, sparking expectation for change across the region.
Chand said that even if she does not now succeed in her bid to marry, she and her partner would remain "soulmates for life".
"As long as we are united in our hearts and our minds, nothing can prevent us," she said.
Chand declined to name her "very caring" girlfriend and said they shared a "mental relationship" rather than a sexual one.
Her revelation was cheered as a brave act - U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres says she is proud - but Chand said she came out because her sister had threatened to expose her sexuality.
Her sister and mother said they could not accept her relationship, said Chand, something she was "shocked to see", while her partner's family had been more supportive.
"We would have announced this at an appropriate time, maybe after four or five years," she said.
Yet Chand said she felt relieved the secret was out and wants to be a role model for the millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people in India.
LGBT+ rights activists say much needs to be done to win equality, including the right to marry and adopt, and also better access to jobs, healthcare, education and housing.
"Any rule which deprives someone of happiness is wrong," Chand said.
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Pipiroa Bay Homestay and Garden
Russell Bed and Breakfast & Self-Contained accommodation Bay of Islands
Waterfront, purpose-built, bed and breakfast and self-contained accommodation
Stay with us in the beautiful Bay of Islands just six minutes to Russell. Enjoy spectacular sea views from our north facing waterfront property and the vista of our prize winning garden from sunny decks. Watch the sea birds diving and the fish jumping in the bay below. Take a dinghy and catch your own.
Experience quality at the affordable price of NZ$150 per night for two people.
Things to do
In all weathers, in all seasons there is so much to do.
On our property wander the garden and enjoy the mix of subtropical, native and perennial plants, bush paths, bird life and garden art. Sip wine in the gazebo and relax surrounded by the beauty of the bay.
At night enjoy spectacular sunsets, experience the sounds of Kiwi and Morepork, sit with the glow worms, or soak in the spa under the stars.
Enjoy a day in the Bay
- Walk around Pipiroa Bay and beyond and explore the area that was once New Zealand's first capital. Take the walking track to Russell. Go for a swim or sit and watch the boats go by.
- Kayaks and mountain bikes are available and triathlon circuits to suit your interest and fitness are our speciality.
- Sailing and fishing are also available by arrangement.
- Explore the islands by ferry, old-fashioned sailing ship, jet boat, fishing boat or scuba.
- Explore historic Russell, Paihia, and Waitangi where the Treaty was signed between the British crown and the Maori in 1840.
Your Kiwi hosts Paula and Gary
We were school teachers in another life, are well-travelled, and now enjoy meeting people and entertaining. We are available to help you plan your visit and tackle some of the activity options offered in the Bay of Islands. We have camped, tramped, fished, kayaked, sailed, dived, snorkeled, and swum in many parts of this beautiful environment, since coming to Russell on our honeymoon, so have a good knowledge of places to go and things to see and do. Our passions are water activities, the garden, keeping active, the family, and Paula produces fabric and garden art.
Bed and Breakfast suite
- queen bed with ensuite
- conservatory adjoining the bedroom
- access to spacious deck with superb sea view
- delicious breakfast
- tea and coffee making facilities
- Freeview TV, WiFi, clock radio
- access to laundry facilities
- dinner on request
"Thank you for making our stay so special. We really enjoyed ourselves…"
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"Many thanks Paula and Gary for our five beautiful days in the Bay of Islands. Pipiroa Bay Homestay is the way a bed and breakfast should be!"
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A10 AMERICAN- Rose & Scroll, 20ga. 30"
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A10 AMERICAN- Rose & Scroll, 20ga. 30" barrels, Trulock choke tubes, exceptional exhibition American black walnut round knob Prince of Wales stock, target forend, Galazan recoil pad, gold single selective trigger, vent rib, adjustable trigger, tru-oil finish, full side lock shotgun with hidden fastener hand detachable locks, exceptional full coverage rose & scroll engraving over traditional bone and charcoal case coloring, base price- $10,000, options include: 20ga. frame- $500, Tru-oil- $500, Exhibition wood- $900 S&H- $50, includes makers case with cover, available for immediate delivery, limited availability.
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Visit the scenic East Shore of Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago from Fond du Lac to Peebles, Pipe, Stockbridge, and Sherwood. Have family fun on farms and in orchards, and at a museum especially for children and the young at heart. Feast on farm dinners featuring local food. Visit shops featuring art and crafts, fair trade products, homemade soaps and lotions, health products, Wisconsin foods, fishing gear, and more. For recreation, enjoy boating, fishing, golfing, and hiking. Relax at a salon or spa. Dine at local cafés and restaurants. Stop at the parks along the way. See spectacular sunsets. Have a great adventure as you Explore the Shore! Click on Visit, Shop, Play, and Dine above to access the website of each business.


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Born in Linz, Austria in 1969. Lives in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, where she and her husband run the Hortus Permaculturis – an organic permaculture garden.
Sigrid Nepelius graduated at the HBLA für künstlerische Gestaltung (a school for arts and artisan crafts) in Linz, then worked as a graphic designer for more than 20 years before she concentrated on painting. Intensive involvement with spiritual questions, numerous workshops, i.e. meditation and shamanism, and love to nature accompany her since youth and shape her way of living and working.
Most of her oil paintings are created intuitively directly on canvas by means of free association, conceptual works in various techniques are inspired by nature.
As an active networker for fantastic art she runs the webzine Phantastisch.at, since 2013 she has also been an organizer and curator of fantastic art exhibitions (amongst others the Labyrinth exhibition series together with Christine Hirschberg).
Exhibitions in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Russia und Spain.


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This is version 8.0 of the Microsoft® Health Common User Interface Control Toolkit. The scope and requirements of this release are based on materials produced from extensive consultation with patient safety experts, clinicians, user interface designers and application developers. This release includes new controls, and code updates to controls, in Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 and Windows® Presentation Foundation (WPF), as listed below.
A collection of very reusable code and components in C# 3.5 ranging from ActiveRecord, Csv, Command Line Parsing, Configuration, Validation, Logging, Collections, Authentication, and much more.
This is ideal for C# developer looking for a Utility library, Java developers looking for a C# version of Java Commons.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine says he's successfully undergone prostate cancer surgery.
King made the announcement in a statement from his wife, Mary Herman.
Herman said that her husband is feeling fine after the surgery Friday and eager to return to work — apart from being a bit sore and "boring us all with bad prostate jokes."
King, who is 71, survived malignant melanoma decades ago. Earlier this week, he disclosed the prostate cancer and plans for his surgery, performed at Massachusetts General Hospital.
King said he has every plan to continue working and run for re-election in 2018.


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2110 Gallery
2110 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Located in the heartLocated in the heart of Midtown Sacramento, the Sacramento Art Complex boasts a one-stop shop featuring
More than 20 working artists of all ages under the same roof. Come enjoy the monthly Second Saturday Art Walks with every thursday preceding Second Saturday a night of gallery openings.
940 Idaho Maryland Road
Grass Valley CA 95945
My home away from home! Come visit my studio and my fellow resident artist in their studios that make up AsIf (Artist Studios in the Foothills).
Check the website for classes in painting, drawing, wheel throwing, ceramics and more.
Art Works Gallery
113 Mill Street
Grass Valley CA 95945
Come to downtown Grass Valley and visit this coop gallery comprised of over 35 local artist.
Also a participant in the monthly 2nd Saturday Art Walks.
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Sherrie and George, in both Granite Bay and Roseville California, can help you find the proper dietary products to that perfect outfit for your pet.
Everything you need to spoil your pet as well!
Great people and great store!
The Gray Goose
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Great place to visit if you need to laugh, find a gift - big or small! Everyone knows the Gray Goose with the colorful Steuie and her trusted dog Reggie.
She will help you find the perfect gift to make anyone smile. Now with her online store as well, you do not need to travel to the retail store to be amused!
Love to hang my work in such a fun atmosphere!
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Oct. 3, 2018. (Phoenix) ISM Raceway offered a sneak preview of it's ongoing 178 million dollar upgrade project during Goodyear Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series tire testing. Several popular NASCAR drivers were on-hand to test Goodyear racing tires at the track. The track upgrade includes new seating, VIP lounges, restaurants, garages, escalators, under the track tunnel, first aid center, RV parking, rest rooms, media center, start/finish line, and victory lane. Due to continuing construction, some areas were off-limits for this event. The construction will be complete for the next race weekend November 9-11. For more info, visit http://www.ismraceway.com/
Photography by Danny Raustadt
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I think reasons of breaks between teenagers and adults have always been strong and various since the mid-50s. Here I narrow down my interest to the late 90s, so the period following the "Grunge explosion" of the early 90s.
Why would I talk about the late 90s particularly, well.. because it's one of the most interesting ones of course 😀
More precisely, I tried to connect various elements of this time period after watching a documentary about Columbine :


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Finding 150 artist, half from LA, willing to deliver their art for a one night show is a spectacular feat. Hanging that work in 5 hours gives an idea of the spirit of this event, where nothing is for sale and even the wall labels are only attached by the artists as they arrive. This was not an evening for collectors, but one when the artist admired one other and celebrated each other's company. MAS stands for Mutual Admiration Society. That is not to say there were not loads of spectators who came to marvel and maybe to rub shoulders with artist in all mediums. People were still arriving when I left at 9 pm after talking straight for 3 hours.
The San Diego Art Institute under the direction of Ginger Porcella and with the approval of the board (I have to declare a interest as a board member) aims to introduce the institute to a wide range of artists in our community. I ran into many artists at the show who had never been to this premier space in Balboa Park for contemporary art. There are many great artists living and working in our region and SDAI hopes to celebrate the excellence of their work. Artists naturally embrace change. I think it is part of the job description of a creative person. I believe that continuous quality improvement goes hand and hand with greater support for the arts. I am pleased to say that the membership of artist at SDAI has increased and this is due to the excitement created by Ms. Porcella in opening up the space for shows like MAS Attack.
|Photo by Ed Roxbourgh
|SDAI's Ginger Porcella and Artra Curatorial's
Max Presneill – Curatorial Director. Not pictured
Kio Griffith – Development Director
Colton Stenke – Operations Director
|Prudence Horne
|Jessica McCambly - tiny, tiny pearl like dots delicately placed in the middle of a white expanse.
|scott b. davis
|Carmen Argote
|Ismael de Anda III
|Katya Usvitsky
|Don Porcella
|Daphne Hill
|Becky Guttin
|Clayton Ehman
|Hung Viet Nguyen
|Susan Feldman Tucker
|Ann Zapolli
|Bhavna Mehta - I stood for quite a while, waiting to get a clear shots of this elaborate cut out work by Bhavna and finally decided that this acute viewer deserved a presence in this report.. Bhava is one our SD Art Prize recipients for 2014 and her work goes on view soon San Diego Art Prize 2014 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
March 28-May 2, 2015 with Marianela de la Hoz, Philipp Scholz-Ritterman and Joseph Huppert.
|Einar and Jamex de la Torre are past recipients of SD Art Prize
|Jessica McCambly, This work by Jessica is on view right now along with the following four works, at the SD Airport as part of the SDAI 75 anniversary year which takes place in 2016.
|Cheryl Tall
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For those of us who enjoy laying in the warmth of the Sun, the thought of the end of Summer is a sad one. Nonetheless, starting next week, I will get to welcome new students and welcome back returning students. So, my abbreviated Summer hours come to end.
Library hours next week will be as follows. You can also check the Library and Reference desk hours at our website. Also, if you are a Hofstra Law student ask the Library staff about swipe card access for 24/7 access. (Swipe card access is available ONLY to Hofstra Law students.)
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Community-driven disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in urban areas
Diane Archer, Somsook Boonyabancha, Norberto Carcellar, Jason Christopher Rayos Co, Zarina O Hipolito, Mark Pelling, Jorgelina Hardoy, Gustavo Pandiella, Luz Stella Velásquez Barrero, Cassidy Johnson, C Ramachandraiah, Joel F Audefroy, Caroline Moser, Alfredo St
Journal article, 636 pages
The papers in this issue bring to our attention the importance of community action – for disaster risk reduction, for post-disaster rebuilding and for climate change adaptation. The paper by Diane Archer and Somsook Boonyabancha highlights the energy and creativity of disaster-affected communities as they rebuild their homes and livelihoods far more effectively and far more cheaply than external agencies. The paper by Norberto Carcellar, Jason
Christopher Rayos Co and Zarina O Hipolito describes the support programme developed by the Homeless People's Federation of the Philippines for disaster-affected communities and for disaster risk reduction, and the benefits this brings to low-income disaster-affected or atrisk households. The paper by Cassidy Johnson reviews the roles of local civil society groups in Turkey after the 1999 earthquakes. And the paper by Mark Pelling considers the roles of
community organizations in urban disaster risk reduction in Haiti, Guyana and the Dominican Republic. Other papers in this issue show the importance of community organizations in developing responses to disaster risk or in post-disaster rebuilding and in trying to get government support to do so.
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- IIED code: 10605IIED
- Published: Oct 2011 - Sage Publications
- Area: Philippines, South America, Caribbean, Turkey, India
- Theme: Urban
- Series: Environment and Urbanization 23.2
- eISSN: 1746-0301
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text: A mother's heart-warming letter highlights importance of creating autism friendly spaces (11 July 2017) The mother of a 15 year old autistic girl writes an emotional letter to The O2, thanking them for their incredible support during a Linkin Park concert. Names have been changed at the request of the people involved. On Monday 3 July, Catherine took her autistic daughter Lily to see her favourite band, Linkin Park at The O2 in London. Catherine was blown away by how the staff at the venue who went above and beyond to provide an astounding level of care, compassion and consideration to ensure Lily had an unforgettable evening. We were so touched by the letter, we wanted to share it to demonstrate the positive outcomes that can be achieved when an organisation makes small changes to create an autism friendly space and experience. "Dear The O2, Last night I brought my 15 year old daughter to see Linkin Park. She is a big fan and had used her birthday money from last September to get the tickets. The only tickets left were up in 412, which I was a little concerned about, as she is autistic and can be overwhelmed by heights, high ceilings, and noise. Not wanting to limit or disappoint her, we got the tickets and I did a lot of preparation with her, looking at images of the venue and helping her to understand the whole process of the trip. We travelled from Suffolk. We did not expect any special treatment, but what we found at The O2 was the most amazing level of care, compassion and consideration that I have ever seen. It all started when I asked for a bit of advice from one of your security men with a sniffer dog, outside the building. I wasn't sure whether to join the long security queue or go away to a café and come back later. As soon as he knew that Lily was autistic he directed us to go straight to the main doors. Another member of staff then walked us to the doors, checked our ID and handed us to the security team, who checked our bag and escorted us into the building. By avoiding the crowds and long queue you reduced her levels of stress significantly. Thank you for that. The staff on duty on the stairs and walkways were polite and helpful but Lily was already showing signs of being overwhelmed, as we moved up the levels. A steward explained we should go to customer service at 410 if we had problems coping. Before we went to our booked seats, they told me that they could find seats lower in 412 if we needed them. A member of staff supported us in entering the seated area but Lily was too frightened and withdrew to the bar area. She was very upset and disappointed that she wasn't coping as well as she had hoped. Your staff reassured and encouraged her. They ensured two aisle seats were opened up for us, right next to the 412 entrance. But still she couldn't manage to enter zone 412. Then we were handed over to the most amazing man, Matthew, who took us downstairs to level 1. He gave Lily time to calm down and he printed off two different sets of tickets for seats in level 1- one set near to ground level and one set up in the Amazon deck. The team considered all the factors that could overwhelm her and came up with options that might work. Matthew then escorted us to 110. It took quite a while, and several stops to get Lily to move forward but he waited patiently and was calm and encouraging. Once we got to the doors, he had them opened so she could get used to the noise before entering. When Lily was too nervous to go right in, he went ahead and took photos of the stage view and brought them for her to see what it would be like. She then went in. He showed us our new seats ZZ86 and 87 and took her to a small nearby platform which she was allowed to stand on as well. After a few minutes she settled and ended up having the most fantastic time. The amazing, efficient, calm and thoughtful actions of every member of staff we met supported us both, and resulted in an unforgettable evening The O2 staff discreetly passed on information to each other, which meant that all the customer care team knew that Lily and I were allowed to move from the platform to the seats and everything ran smoothly. I didn't have to keep re-explaining the situation at all. I can only say a million thank yous. If anyone reading this has an autistic child, you will know and understand the enormous investment we make when we offer new experiences to our child or when we support them in achieving their aims. The amazing, efficient, calm and thoughtful actions of every member of staff we met supported us both, and resulted in an unforgettable evening. As we left, I went to see a supervisor to tell them how impressed and grateful we were. She was so delighted to hear about it and then she offered us a quiet short cut out of the arena. A member of staff took us back through the building, avoiding the crowds and we came out of an exit close to the station. The O2 is all about memorable and enjoyable events for all, and you absolutely followed through for us. You have amazing staff, working in a time when security and safety is at the forefront of our minds, you kept us all safe and you were still able to put the happiness of one child high on your priorities. If you are able to track down Matthew, who helped us, I would love to know that he saw this letter and for him to know what a massive difference he made for us, and probably makes on a daily basis for others like us. But thank you to you all, thank you for your generosity." There are more than 1 in 100 people in the UK on the autism spectrum, and many struggle to cope with unfamiliar places, sights and sounds which others are able to filter out, such as artificial lighting, loud music or large crowds. We welcome and applaud The O2 for making their venue so autism friendly for Lily and we hope other organisations can take inspiration from their actions that evening. To find out more about how venues can become more autism friendly then head to our Autism Friendly Awards webpage – an award scheme set up to champion premises who commit to ensuring autistic people and their families can enjoy spaces, business and shops in the same way as everybody else.


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He is one of Seattle's icons, and for opera lovers around the world, Speight Jenkins is both the face and the heart of Seattle Opera.
The tall, white-haired gentleman who customarily welcomes Seattle Opera patrons at the top of the stairs at McCaw Hall will end his tenure as general director at the end of this month.
Jenkins, 77, succeeded company founder Glynn Ross in 1983 as only the second general director in Seattle Opera's 50 years. Since then, the opera's milestones and accomplishments have piled up: Its multimillion-dollar budget has increased sevenfold; it has attracted patrons from around the globe to its rare, complete productions of Wagner's "Ring" cycle; and, in 2003, it hosted the opening of one of the city's arts jewels, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.
Jenkins' prodigious energy and authority has been behind every success. Other opera directors say he is unique in his profession because of his "hands-on" approach to presenting opera: He is ubiquitous, present at nearly every rehearsal, supportive and full of insightful ideas. He treats his singers well, recalling diva Birgit Nilsson's famous observation that "Songbirds sing when they are happy." If a singer needs a dentist, or an air conditioner, Jenkins will find one. If a temporary apartment has unclean sheets and unmade beds, he will rush over and help make the bed (as he once did for soprano Sheri Greenawald, now San Francisco Opera Center director).
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His peers in American opera companies regard him with considerable respect. Evans Mirageas, artistic director of Cincinnati Opera, has called him "one of the finest opera impresarios on this planet, and a real mentor. He has an appetite for work and for total involvement that is just astonishing. He's my hero."
Blessed with an incredible ear, honed from many years as a New York music critic and a lifetime of attending opera worldwide, Jenkins has been able to zero in on great talent. Completely colorblind when it comes to casting, he has presented an African-American tenor as an 18th-century Italian nobleman; a Caucasian soprano as Madame Butterfly; and a plus size mezzo-soprano as the sexpot Carmen. The radiance and the rightness of the voices trump all other issues for Jenkins. He is known particularly for giving great opportunities to black male singers, and Jenkins has been a major force in the careers of such singers as Vinson Cole, Lawrence Brownlee, Gordon Hawkins and Arthur Woodley.
Brownlee, now one of today's most sought-after lyric tenors, said of Jenkins: "From the very beginning of my career during my days as a Young Artist at Seattle Opera, Speight has been the biggest supporter, adviser, mentor and friend. I am eternally grateful to him for having believed in my gift and giving me my professional start."
"Speight is the single most involved general manager I have ever encountered," says Stephanie Blythe, who has appeared many times in Seattle and is a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. "He has an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and an incredible passion, and is one of the most supportive souls I have ever met."
Crucial to his success in Seattle has been his relationships with administrators (Kelly Tweeddale and her predecessor Kathy Magiera) and audiences: After every performance, he leads a Q-and-A session with anyone who wants to stay (many do).
The list of Jenkins' awards and honors is long. Here, The Seattle Times named Jenkins one of the 150 most influential people in Seattle/King County, and ArtsFund presented him with its Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award. Nationally, the National Endowment for the Arts gave him an Opera Honors Award in 2011, and Opera News has called him one of the 25 "most powerful" names in American opera.
All this is quite a leap for a man whose arrival at Seattle Opera in 1983 raised eyebrows around the opera world. Jenkins had never before staged or presented an opera. The Los Angeles Times called him a "Dallas-born opera dilettante." The biweekly Arts Reporting Service predicted that Seattle Opera's "ship" might "sink slowly in the harbor."
There was no sinking, but Jenkins was indeed born in Dallas, where he first fell in love with opera as a 6-year-old when his mother told him about Valkyries riding through the air. After earning a law degree at Columbia University and completing military service, he worked as a music editor and critic, and hosted the "Live From the Met" broadcasts on television. When he came to Seattle to lecture during a production of Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle of operas, Seattle Opera board members were mesmerized by his expertise and passion. The board's Beverly Brazeau asked Jenkins to address the committee searching for Glynn Ross' successor — and then asked him to be that successor.
"Thank God it worked!" laughs Brazeau today. "At first he declined saying he was a 'real New Yorker,' but later that evening he raced across the lobby and said, 'I know I can do it!' The light went on. He was wonderful to work with, and he was meant to do this job. He's just our miracle."
Jenkins says, "I was shocked and amazed at the opportunity. Everything started clicking in my head: the 'Ring,' the 'Ring'!"
There are regrets: productions that had to be canceled because of their expense. Jenkins wishes he could have presented "Wozzeck," "La Gioconda," "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" and "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk," in addition to big Wagnerian productions that proved too costly. Recent retrenchments have suspended the Young Artists Program, reduced the number of annual performances, cut salaries and positions and instituted furloughs. (The company expects a surplus after the 2013-14 season.)
"But it's been a great run," Jenkins concludes, "and I'm handing over the company to my successor, Aidan Lang, in great shape. I like him very much. We get along extremely well." Lang, previously director of New Zealand Opera, was hired in 2013.
Jenkins himself is also in great shape, exercising religiously, and planning post-retirement lecturing at Stanford's continuing education program and elsewhere — plus consulting and the completion of a long-delayed book on great opera singers. He has changed his familiar seats at McCaw Hall to an undisclosed location, so he can slip in and out unseen.
"I don't want to 'hold court' at the opera," he says, "and be deluged with people asking me what I think. I want it to be Aidan's job, his own thing."
Then comes that impish smile.
"Besides, I have trouble convincingly lying if I didn't like a production!"
Melinda Bargreen also reviews concerts for 98.1 Classical KING FM. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Harborne, William (DNB00)
HARBORNE, WILLIAM (d. 1617), the first English ambassador to Turkey, was son of William Harborne, esq., of Great Yarmouth, who was son of George Harborne of Shropshire. He was appointed one of the bailiffs of Yarmouth in 1572. In 1575 he was elected a burgess in parliament for that borough, in the room of John Bacon, deceased, but by a very irregular proceeding his election was rescinded, and Edward Bacon was returned. He went to Turkey in 1577, and procured the first 'heroical letters' from the Grand Signior, inviting the friendship of the queen of England. The Turkey Company was established in this country in 1579 after Amurath III, upon a treaty between Harborne and Mustapha Beg, a Turkish bassa, had granted to the English merchants the same freedom of traffic through his empire as was enjoyed at the time by the French, Venetians, Poles, and Germans.
Harborne was formally appointed Queen Elizabeth's ambassador or agent 'in the partes of Turkie' by a commission dated at Windsor on 20 Nov. 1582. He sailed from Cowes in the Isle of Wight on 14 Jan. 1582-3, and represented this country at Constantinople till 3 Aug. 1588, when he started on his return journey overland to London. Interesting accounts of both journeys are printed in Hakluyt's 'Collection of Voyages.' During his embassy to the Porte he obtained, without any charge to the queen, a general privilege for far more ample traffic than had been granted to any other nation. The trade which followed greatly increased the customs. He likewise succeeded in procuring the redemption from captivity of many English subjects, and induced the sultan to guarantee the future safety of English voyagers throughout the Levant seas. During the six years in which he was employed by the queen he received only 1,200l. for his services, besides 600l. given to him by the Company of Levant Merchants. Nash, writing in 1598, speaks of 'mercurial-breasted Mr. Harborne,' who, he says, 'always accepted a rich spark of eternity, first lighted and inkindled at Yarmouth, or there first bred and brought forth to see the light: who since, in the hottest dayies of Leo, hath echoing noised the name of our island and of Yarmouth, so tritonly, that not an infant of the cur-tailed, skin-clipping Pagans, but talk of London as frequently as of their Prophet's tomb at Mecca' (Lenten Stuffe, in Harl. Miscell. ed. Park, vi. 156, 167).
On his return to England Harborne settled at Mundham, Norfolk, where he died on 9 Sept. 1617. There is, or was, a monument to his memory in that parish, with a eulogistic inscription in English verse. He wrote: 1. An account of his journey from Constantinople to London in 1588. Printed in Hakluyt's 'Collection of Voyages.' 2. 'The relation of my tenn yeares forraine travelle in procuring and establishing the intercourse into the Grand Seignor his domynions, begun in anno 1577 and fynished 1588, specifieng the service donn to hir Matie and Comon Wealth, with such perticuler proffet as the Traders thether have and doe enioye therebie,' Lansdowne MS. 57, f. 65. 3. Many of his letters and documents relating to his embassy are preserved among the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum, and the Tanner MSS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.[Manship and Palmer's Yarmouth, i. 36, 73, 86, 87, 106, 123, 186, 224, 283, ii. 199, 301, 302; Blomefield's Norfolk, v. 57, x. 171, xi. 268; Guillim's Display of Heraldry, 1724; Harleian Soc. Publications, i. 83, v. 308; Harl. MS. 6993, art. 2; Lansd. MSS. 42 art. 15, 57 art. 23, 61 art. 32, 64 art. 82, 65 art. 29, 67 art. 106, 84 art. 4, 86 art. 8, 73, 112 art. 25, 775 ff. 177, 194; Hackman's Cat. Tanner MSS. pp. 950, 1107, col. 3; Ellis's Letters, 1st ser. iii. 83, 84; Notes and Queries, 3rd ser. iv. 471; Hakluyt's Voyages, 1810, ii. 275-9, 285-95, 298-306, 316-18, 426 seq.; Purchas his Pilgrimes, 1625, ii. 1642; Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1547-80, p. 697; Birch's Elizabeth, i. 36.]
William Harborne' memorial stone is in the nave of Mundham Church and the inscription reads .. 'Aires spare your cost, he needs no tomb in death, who ambassador for Queen Elizabeth


text: We've got some traction here with the anti racist, anti Nazi movement to tear down the confederate monuments. We took our kids to one of the rallies last spring. But ya, my teens would rather play video games and walk around the mall than protest the shit we can't stand. Anyway, I do have one friend in his mid 20s that goes to all the protests and is 100% down to punch confederate flag waving assholes in the face on sight..


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Donations CPPSH REPORT, Dec. 2009 President's Message CISA Mailing
The Public Trust Doctrine
"That generations of trustees have slept on public rights does not foreclose their successors from awakening."
Supreme Court of Arizona, 1991
The Public Trust Doctrine is the principle that certain lands and resources are preserved for public use, and that the government is required to maintain it for the public's use. The ancient laws of the Roman Emperor Justinian held that the seas and the shorelines were open to all the people. In the Magna Carta in England centuries later, public rights to the waters and shorelines were further strengthened. These public rights became law in England and subsequently became the common law of the United States. This was firmly established in Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois in 1892. In that case, the Illinois legislature had granted a large portion of the Chicago harbor to the Illinois Central Railroad. A subsequent legislature sought to revoke the grant, claiming that the original grant should not have been permitted in the first place. The court held that the public trust doctrine prevented the government from alienating the public right to the lands under navigable waters. In subsequent cases it was held that this public right extended also to waters which were influenced by the tides regardless of whether or not they were navigable. This concept has also been found to apply to the natural resources, mineral or animal, contained in the intertidal sediments and water over those public trust lands. Private ownership does not take precedence over the rights of the people under the public trust.
"For the average family, a walk on the beach is a free and easy amusement. It's something most of us take quite for granted. To a public land manager, however, that same walk represents the exercise of a right with roots that can be traced back through the foundation of our state, to the foundation of our republic, and beyond that to the laws of
"Our walk on the beach is, in fact, defended by a legal doctrine more than 1,500 years old – a doctrine that holds that the land between the tides and under navigable waters is inalienably dedicated to public use. This is the famous public trust doctrine, and a whole string of court decisions, both at the federal and state levels, have confirmed its validity for the present day."
"…when the state limits what private property owners can do with their property, as in zoning restrictions, property owners may object that the state has taken some part of the values of their property without compensation, which is a violation of the constitution. But the situation is very different when the state acts to protect its own property, or the property rights it holds in trust for the people under the public trust doctrine. Potentially, this is a much more powerful means of securing public rights, against which the "taking" argument has no effect. The Washington State Supreme Court held in the Orion case that private owners can expect no economic benefit from their lands if obtaining that benefit deprives the public of rights it holds under the public trust doctrine."
Brian Boyle - WS Public Lands Commissioner, 1991
"This opinion (AG opinion of geoduck aquaculture) raises a number of questions for me. The Clamshacks case comes immediately to mind, since I am having difficulty reconciling that historic decision with the subject AG's opinion. Anyone who ever fly fished the South Puget Sound nearshore for sea run cutthroat and silvers (coho salmon), or has ambitions to do so, will tell you that the first point bulleted below (AG opinion on geoduck aquaculture and the public's use of the water), is also suspect, and probably outright erroneous. The (AG) opinion contains a very familiar error in conceiving that 'normal public use' is always associated with a park or similar public facility. The public trust doctrine rests on, and arises from, the fact that ancient and modern societies have used, and continue to use the entire surface and water column of marine and fresh waters for many millennia, albeit at varying degrees of intensity for different purposes."
Doug Pineo - WS Department of Ecology, 2007
"The Public Trust Doctrine is a legal principle derived from English Common Law. The essence of the doctrine is that the waters of the state are a public resource owned by and available to all citizens equally for the purposes of navigation, conducting commerce, fishing, recreation and similar uses and that this trust is not invalidated by private ownership of the underlying land. The doctrine limits public and private use of tidelands and other shorelands to protect the public's right to use the waters of the state."
"Simply stated, the public trust doctrine provides protection of public ownership interests in certain uses of navigable waters and underlying lands, including navigation, commerce, fisheries, recreation and environmental quality. While tidelands may be sold into private ownership through conveyance of the jus privatum, the public trust doctrine reserves a public property interest, the jus publicum, in these lands and waters flowing over them."
"This public interest is a property right, like an easement. If the state wished to control the use of this burden, including use by either the private owner or by the public, the state is merely controlling a right that it already owns. It is not regulating private property."
"The Washington Supreme Court has described the public trust doctrine as similar to a covenant running with the land. Unlike other burdens on private property, however, landowners need receive no express notice of the public trust burdens on their lands."
The Public Trust Doctrine and Coastal Zone Management, 1991
"The origins of the public trust doctrine are traceable to Roman law concepts of common property. Under Roman law, the air, the rivers, the sea and the seashore were incapable of private ownership; they were dedicated to the use of the public. This concept that tide and submerged lands are unique and that the state holds them in trust for the people has endured throughout the ages."
California State Lands Commission
"The public trust is more than an affirmation of state power to use public property for public purposes. It is an affirmation of the duty of the state to protect the people's common heritage of streams, lakes, marshlands and tidelands, surrendering that right of protection only in rare cases when the abandonment of that right is consistent with the purposes of the trust. Our dwindling natural resources deserve no less."
"While the state may convey title to tidelands and shorelands, the private owner does not receive the 'full bundle of sticks' that all first year law students learn about in property law. Instead, the state retains a 'jus publicum' or public easement on the lands. The state may no more dispose of these public rights than it may abdicate its police powers to run the government or preserve the peace."
Center for Environmental Law and Policy
"The right of the public to use Public Trust lands and waters for recreational purposes is recognized in most states as traditional."
Environmental Protection:
"The preservation of Public Trust resources is an extension of the protection of public uses of these resources, and has been recognized in several states as a trust responsibility."
Applicable Waters and Shorelines:
In general, the following are subject to the Public Trust Doctrine:
*Tidewaters to their farthest reaches
*Navigable-in-fact waters
*Permanently submerged lands, including those extending seaward to the limit of state ownership
NOAA Coastal Services Center
"Local governments should consider public trust concepts when developing comprehensive plans, development regulations and shoreline master programs."
WS Department of Ecology
"As noted, the jus publicum interest in trust lands cannot be conveyed or alienated to private ownership, for the State cannot abdicate its trust responsibilities to the people. The jus privatum interest, however, may be and often is, conveyed into private ownership. There are strict limitations upon the State in order to convey the jus privatum to private ownership. The legislature must act through legislation to authorize the conveyance. The conveyance must be described in clear and definite language, with all ambiguities construed in favor of the State and against the grantee. The conveyance must primarily further the public interest, with benefits to private parties being secondary or corollary. There must be no substantial impairment of the public interest in the lands and waters remaining. Non-compliance with any of these requirements violates the Public Trust Doctrine, and can render the conveyance void."
"...all of the public's trust rights are dominant to the private rights."
"...the private trust land owner's interest in the trust land are subservient to the jus publicum. Further, the privately held trust land was conveyed subject to the Public Trust Doctrine from the outset and therefore nothing has been taken. As a result, a private owner cannot have any reasonable investment-backed expectations."
Putting the Public Trust Doctrine to Work
Coastal States Organization, Washington, D.C.
Foss/Taylor Shellfish Violation of Public Trust Rights
Foss erected this sign on Public Trust tidelands, effectively denying the jus publicum rights of the public.
"North Bay (Foss) was made aware that some of the neighbors to the North believe they have permission to come and go on the North Bay property (tidelands) as they so chose. This has included bringing "experts" onto North Bay's property to attempt to limit North Bay's ability to derive economic benefit from the property." "...North Bay cannot and will not allow trespass upon its property. North Bay's property includes the tidelands exposed at low tide. Please do not enter the property, including grounding boats on the bottom when the tide would allow that to occur on land exposed at low tide. Do not go on the beach or uplands. If you do so, legal action will be taken." "North Bay does not grant permission to you to enter or remain on its lands."
Jerry R. Kimball, on behalf of Leslie Foss, May 5, 2008
"As noted, the Foss family property includes the uplands, the beach and the tidelands." "...the Foss family property is private and there is no authority for the public to enter on to it." The family (Foss) owns a mile of beachfront. They post it at each end as private property. They own the tidelands from ordinary high water to extreme low tide. Anyone walking on the beach is trespassing." "...if she were to strike the bottom with her (kayak) paddle she would be trespassing."
Jerry R. Kimball, attorney for North Bay Partners (Leslie Foss et al), Jan. 22, 2008
2002 Letter from Taylor Shellfish to Walker
CISA Comments
The Foss neighbors clearly have prescriptive rights to enter and traverse the Foss tidelands anytime and anyhow they choose. The neighbors, as well as the public, also have the right to enter and traverse the Foss tidelands per jus publicum rights under the Public Trust Doctrine. These rights are violated by Foss through the use of intimidation: 'No Trespassing' signs and threats of legal action. Also, under the public trust, Foss has no legitimate right to expect any economic benefit from trust tidelands.
Technically, it is Foss and Taylor Shellfish that are trespassing, since their geoduck PVC tubes and nets protrude into the water column and utilize public resources.
Citizen's Complaints
Henderson Bay Eagle
Gibbons' false accusations and Hendricks' Certificate of Compliance
Johnson Point
Estimating Compensation for Injury to Publicly Owned Marine Resources
The Use of the Public Trust Doctrine as a Management Tool
Case Law
Court of Appeals, Bainbridge v. Brennan, pedestrian travel across privately owned tidelands
CELP Articles
Enjoys Long Walks on the Beach...WA Law Review, 2006
Wilbur v. Gallagher
Marks v. Whitney
AG opinion on Seashore Conservation Act
AG opinion on public access to beaches in Puget Sound