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Interesting Events in US History – Part #5 (1964-1972)

1964 The Great Society welfare programs cause poverty rate to stop dropping.The Great Society social welfare programs began under Democrat President Johnson, radical Progressive, significantly enlarging the permanent welfare class in the US.
1964 Rochester, NY police viciously attack and beat peaceful civil rights protestors. Later National Guard troops attack demonstrators with fixed bayonets as the demonstrators prayed.
1964 New York City police violently attacked and beat with nightsticks peaceful civil rights protestors.
1964 While police officers looked on, pool manager at a local hotel poured acid in a swimming pool containing black and white civil rights protestors.
1964 Teenager James Powell, black, was shot and killed by New York Police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan, white, while peacefully demonstrating.
1964 St. Augustine Beach police officers viciously attack a group of black and whites with nightsticks and billy clubs while the group was attempting to swim at a “whites only” beach.
1964 Civil Rights-03Philadelphia police officers, all white, beat numerous blacks while they were standing on the street peacefully. The blacks had “moved along” fast enough so they were beaten by police officers.
1964 Cleveland police use a bulldozer against peaceful civil rights demonstrators killing a local minister Bruce Klunder. In the demonstrations that follow police are seen severely and viciously beating beating numerous black women as well as men and children.
1965 Civil Rights“Bloody Sunday” occurred. Hundreds of State police brutally and savagely beat 550 peaceful Civil Rights demonstrators in Dallas County, Alabama. It was a violent coordinated attack by police beginning with tear gas. Seconds later state police officers attacked the demonstrators with night sticks beating them to the ground. After that, mounted state police officers charged the crowd on horseback knocking anyone to the ground who had remained standing or tried to flee.
1965 Major large-scale Army combat units deployed to Vietnam by Democrat President Johnson, radical Progressive and war monger.
1965 CivilRights-05In Selma, AL police officers violently attack non-violent peaceful civil rights protestors. The police viciously beat protestors with nightsticks after having firing tears gas at them.
1965 Under the Democrat President Johnson the federal government began exercising control over public education, and moving power and control from the local school districts to a central planning directorate of the federal government. This moves brings the US further into compliance with the 10th plank of the Communist Manifesto“Free education for all children in public schools.”
1965 Under the Democrat President Johnson the federal government began seizing control of the nation’s health care system through the establishment of the Medicare program.
1965 Under the Democrat President Johnson the federal government began subsidizing college student loans through the Federal Family Education Loan Program. This moves brings the US further into compliance with the 10th plank of the Communist Manifesto“Free education for all children in public schools.”
1966 Under the Democrat President Johnson the federal government continued expanding its control of the national health care system through the establishment of the Medicaid program.
1966 The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) was established to control all forms of transportation within the US borders. This brought the US into full compliance with the Communist Manifesto’s 6th plank“Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.” The communication piece of the 6th Plank was accomplished in 1934 with the establishment of the FCC.
1967 While Democrat President Johnson, Progressive, served, the Los Angles began the first police department para-military Special Weapons and Tactics unit. SWAT teams were used approximately 1000 times per year in the 1960’s.
1968 American combat troop strength reaches its peak under Democrat President Johnson, Progressive and war-monger. President Johnson was well known as a radical Progressive, globalist and war monger.
1968 More 2nd Amendment rights are lost via The Gun Control Act of 1968. The act was The Gun Control Act of 1968passed by a very liberal activist Democrat run Congress and signed into law by Democrat President Johnson, a Progressive. This act established a “Gestapo” mentality and enforcement within the Bureau of Alcohol Tabaco and Firearms (BATF).   Gun ownership and purchase tracking is started by the BATF.
1969 Under the Democrat President Johnson the federal government began its first government control of media outlets with the establishment of the Public Broadcasting System.
1969 Police State Militarization Of PoliceThe militarization of local law enforcement agencies began. Non-federal agencies began moving away from “peace officers” to “law enforcement officers.”
1970 The Environmental Protection Agency was established by President Nixon, globalist, via an Executive Order. Nixon, well-known as a Progressive did not seek to establish the EPA via Congressional legislation but rather by Executive Order. The EPA now has virtual iron-clad unconstitutional control over private and public lands as well as all private and commercial activities on those lands. That control is decided almost exclusively by agency regulation vs. the passing of laws through Congress.
1970 KentState01Ohio National Guardsman open fire at unarmed peaceful college students killing 4 and wounding 9 more. A demonstration was taking place with about 2000 students, the guardsman ordered them to disperse, fired tear gas and then advanced on the students. The students react by throwing the tear gas back at the guardsman along with rocks.   KentState02The guardsman fixed bayonets on their rifles and charged the students and opening fire shortly thereafter. The suppression of right of assembly and the tactic of violence against unarmed citizens begins in earnest.
1971 Republican President Nixon, well-known Progressive and globalist, discontinued trading gold for dollars thus removing any last tangible value to the US dollar.
1972 The Supreme Court (stacked with Progressives) ruled that radical environmental groups had “standing” and could sue anyone to advance their extremist environmental agenda.
1972 Ten Muslims of a local mosque phone in a false alarm and then ambush responding officers, killing one.

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For people who like to make things

Many iOS apps today are clients of some sort. They request data from a remote server. Typically this data is served over HTTP (with SSL) and formatted as JSON. At FastModel Sports our iOS app is constantly requesting large amounts of JSON data. While debugging the app I inevitably have to compare what I’m displaying in my views to what the server sent me.

This meant saving the server response into an NSString, printing it out to the console with NSLog, copying that output, switching to Terminal, pasting that output into a file and then running jq on that file. That’s a lot of steps. In this post I’ll show you how to do all of that directly from the LLDB command prompt.

LLDB is the default debugger in XCode. In addition to many other features, it has access to the Clang expression parser. It also has an embedded Python interpreter and makes its entire API available as Python functions. One of the consequences of this is that we can write arbitrarily complicated Python functions and invoke them from the LLDB command prompt. The LLDB repository has a list of sample Python scripts. A good place to start is the template file. I made a copy of this file, called it and modified it as shown below. The current version of this file can be found on GitHub.

We start off by importing required modules and creating a parser to parse command line arguments:

# Be sure to add the python path that points to the LLDB shared library.
# # To use this in the embedded python interpreter using "lldb" just
# import it with the full path using the "command script import"
# command
#   (lldb) command script import /path/to/
# Inspired by
# For a blog post describing this, visit

import lldb
import commands
import optparse
import shlex

def create_jq_options():
    """Parse the options passed to the command.
    Also provides the description string that's used as
    the command's help string.
    usage = "usage: %prog [options] <jq_filter> <variable_name>"
    description = '''This command will run the jq using jq_filter on the
NSString local variable variable_name, which is expected to contain valid JSON.
As a side effect, the JSON contained in variable_name will be saved in
/tmp/jq_json and the filter will be saved in /tmp/jq_prog.

%prog '.[]|{firstName, lastName}' jsonStr
%prog '.[]|select(.id=="f9a5282e-523f-4b83-a6ca-566e3746a4c7").schools[1].\' body
    parser = optparse.OptionParser(
        help='compact instead of pretty-printed output',
        help='sort keys of objects on output',
    return parser

Next we define the Python function that will be bound to the lldb command:

# The actual python function that is bound to the lldb command.
def jq_command(debugger, command, result, dict):

    # path to the jq executable. This is the only variable you need to change
    jq_exe = "/Users/aijaz/local/bin/jq"

    # the filter will be written to this file and will be invoked via jq -f
    # The benefit of saving the filter in a file is that we don't have to
    # worry about escaping special characters.
    jq_prog_file = "/tmp/jq_prog"

    # the value of the NSString variable will be saved in this file
    # jq will be invoked on the file, not using stdin
    # For some reason, large amounts of data were causing the lldb
    # rpc server to crash when using stdin
    jq_json_file = "/tmp/jq_json"

    # Use the Shell Lexer to properly parse up command options just like a
    # shell would
    command_args = shlex.split(command)
    parser = create_jq_options()
        (options, args) = parser.parse_args(command_args)
        # if you don't handle exceptions, passing an incorrect argument to the
        # OptionParser will cause LLDB to exit (courtesy of OptParse dealing
        # with argument errors by throwing SystemExit)
        result.SetError("option parsing failed")

    # in a command - the lldb.* convenience variables are not to be used
    # and their values (if any) are undefined
    # this is the best practice to access those objects from within a command
    target = debugger.GetSelectedTarget()
    process = target.GetProcess()
    thread = process.GetSelectedThread()
    frame = thread.GetSelectedFrame()
    if not frame.IsValid():
        return "no frame here"

    # The command is called like "jq '.' val"
    # . is the jq program
    # val is the name of the variable
    # val_string is the value of the variable
    jq_prog = args[0]
    val = frame.var(args[1])
    val_string = val.GetObjectDescription()

    # write the json file and jq program to temp files
    f = open(jq_json_file, 'w')
    f = open(jq_prog_file, 'w')

    # default values of the option placeholders
    compact = ""
    sort = ""

    if options.compact :
        compact = "-c"

    if options.sort :
        sort = "-S"

    # invoke jq and print the output to the result variable
    print >>result, (commands.getoutput("%s %s %s -f %s %s" % (
        jq_exe, compact, sort, jq_prog_file, jq_json_file) ))

    # not returning anything is akin to returning success

Finally, we instruct the debugger to bind that Python function to a new LLDB command called jq:

def __lldb_init_module(debugger, dict):
    # This initializer is being run from LLDB in the embedded command interpreter
    # Make the options so we can generate the help text for the new LLDB
    # command line command prior to registering it with LLDB below
    parser = create_jq_options()
    jq_command.__doc__ = parser.format_help()

    # Add any commands contained in this module to LLDB
    debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f jq.jq_command jq')

    print """The "jq" command has been installed, \
type "help jq" or "jq --help" for detailed help.\

The last bit that’s required is instructing LLDB to import this Python file every time the debugger starts up. The easiest way to do this is to add a line in ~/.lldbinit:

command script import /path/to/

Now, once LLDB starts, it will read the .lldbinit file, and import the Python script we wrote. As it’s being imported, the script will instruct LLDB to bind the jq LLDB command to the jq_command function in the file named (that’s the jq.jq_command bit).

Then, in our iOS app, all we have to do is get our HTTP response into an NSString. One of the ways to do this is to create a JSONResponseSerializer (using AFNetworking):

- (id)responseObjectForResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
                           data:(NSData *)data
                          error:(NSError *__autoreleasing *)error {

    NSHTTPURLResponse * httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
    NSString *body = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

Any time after body is initialized, we can break into LLDB and invoke jq on it:

(lldb) jq '.[0]|keys' body

As Apple’s engineers pointed out at this year’s WWDC, another way to import the Python file, on a per-project basis, is to insert a breakpoint in main. Then to that breakpoint add an action that imports the Python file.

Importing a Python file from a breakpoint in main
Importing a Python file from a breakpoint in main

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Smoke bellows from Manbij following alleged Coalition strikes on June 22nd (via Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

July 19, 2016

Written by

Chris Woods

Research by Kinda Haddad

A major Coalition-backed campaign to liberate the ISIL-occupied northern Syrian town of Manbij and surrounding villages has led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians, according to local reports.

The Syrian Arab Coalition (SAC) – a proxy US-trained force comprising mostly Kurdish fighters – is currently advancing on the town centre amid heavy streetfighting.

But at least 70,000 non-combatants remain trapped within Manbij – caught between US airstrikes, advancing SAC forces and ISIL snipers. Water and food is said to be running low following the two-month siege.

There are corpses on the streets and under the rubble that people are not able to remove,” Free Manbij Media Centre told Airwars on July 19th. “The numbers of those killed is between 500 and 700 martyrs according to estimates, the majority of them a result of Coalition planes bombing.” The local Manbij Coordination Committee placed the overall number of civilian deaths lower, at 368.

Airwars’ own estimate – based on hundreds of reports from local journalists, media activists, rebel groups and casualty monitors – suggests at least 190 civilians may so far have died in Coalition strikes in and around Manbij since May 31st.

Local monitors describe a desperate situation. The Manbij Agency for Documentation – a group trying to track civilians killed in the fighting – has given its own harrowing account of life under siege: “The smell of decomposing bodies fills the streets, as residents are unable to leave their homes for fear of snipers from both sides. Many of the civilians’ bodies are still stuck under the rubble of houses shelled by Coalition aircraft. Some of them are alive and others are dead.”

Airwars tracking indicates the situation is worsening. The period of July 11th-18th saw the greatest number of claimed Coalition civilian casualty events in two years of war against ISIL – with 14 of 15 alleged incidents taking place in or around Manbij.

In the latest reported event, at least 56 civilians from multiple families died in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the village of Tokhar in the early hours of July 19th. Victims were shown being buried in a mass grave. Though reporting remains confused, Tokhar may be the single largest alleged Coalition civilian casualty event since August 2014.

Victims of an alleged Coalition strike near Manbij July 19th are buried in a mass grave (via Manbij Mother of All Worlds)

Victims of an alleged Coalition strike near Manbij July 19th are buried in a mass grave (via Manbij Mother of All Worlds)

450 airstrikes

Coalition attacks on Manbij began in earnest on May 21st, in support of a ground assault by the Syrian Arab Coalition (SAC.) Since then more than 450 strikes have targeted the town and surrounding areas, hitting “Da’esh heavy weapons, vehicles, fortifications, VBIED facilities, armored vehicles, technical vehicles, bridges, and caches,” according to the Coalition.

The United States is responsible for almost every strike at Manbij. According to official data, between May 22nd and July 17th this year 637 US airstrikes were carried out in Syria – with just 13 by its Coalition partners.

The US-led Coalition initially focused on driving Islamic State fighters from nearby villages – a tactic “which is encouraging ISIL’s retreat into the city” according to a June 15th press release. By early July almost all strikes were hitting Manbij itself.

The Coalition claims civilians have been able to escape the siege thanks to evacuation corridors provided by advancing SAC forces. But monitors dispute this, insisting ISIL snipers try to kill any non-combatants attempting to leave Manbij.

Civilian deaths

Casualty claims have been mounting since the siege began, with 40 separate alleged Coalition civilian casualty events reported in and around Manbij to July 19th.

Airwars presently assesses 29 of these events as fair: that is, featuring two or more credible reports, with Coalition strikes confirmed in the near vicinity. At least 190 civilians appear to have died in these actions, including 39 or more children and 23 women. A further 134 or more civilians were reportedly injured.

A significant number of these slain civilians  – 164 so far – have been named by local monitors. One such case is Leen Samer Yusuf Waik, a young girl who died with her grandfather and two other named victims in a July 9th incident.

The Coalition has been aware of civilian casualty allegations at Manbij for some weeks. In the first known siege-related incident on May 31st, at least 3 and as many as 15 civilians died when the Coalition allegedly struck the al Hawatma area of the town. Yet despite widespread media reports on the day, the Coalition claimed to be unaware of civilian casualty allegations when approached by the Independent.

Despite numerous credible allegations of non-combatants killed since then, the US-led Coalition has yet to admit a single civilian casualty from its siege of Manbij.

A CENTCOM statement provided to Airwars and other media on June 19th noted: “We are aware of reports alleging civilian casualties near Manbij, Syria, recently. As with any allegation we receive, we will review any information we have about the incident, including information provided by third parties, such as the proximity of the location to CJTF airstrikes, and any other relevant information presented. If the information supporting the allegation is determined to be credible, we will then determine the next appropriate step.”

▲ Smoke bellows from Manbij following alleged Coalition strikes on June 22nd (via Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)


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postmodernism at the v&a

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Or to give it its full title Postmodernism – Style and Subversion 1970-1990.

Strangely the V&A select a date period for the exhibition as postmodernism has always been a slippery thing to pin down. Does anybody really know when it started or when it finished – if indeed it has? It’s very nature – drawing heavily on the past whilst at the same time rejecting it with pastiche, irony and the subversion of the title – makes the whole era confusing to define and explain. In the sad absence of any attempt at definition by the V&A here is a copy of an amazing and almost unknown document that provides one of the only theoretical definitions.

Entitled ‘The Postmodern Manifesto’ and found, unpublished, by Jacques Derrida’s deathbed, it is also signed by the hugely influential thinkers Roland Barthes and Michel Foucauld (courtesy Brian Sewell in the Standard):

1. The art of the past is past. What was true of art yesterday is false today.

2. The Postmodern art of today is defined and determined, not by artists, but by a new generation of curators, philosophers and intellectuals ignorant of the past and able to ignore it.

3. Postmodernism is a political undertaking, Marxist and Freudian.

4. Postmodernism is a new cultural condition.

5. Postmodernism is democratic and allied to popular culture.

6. Postmodernism denies the possibility of High Art.

7. Postmodernism deconstructs works of High Art to undermine them.

8. Postmodernism is subversive, seditiously resembling the precedents it mimics.

9. Postmodern art is pastiche, parody, irony, ironic conflict and paradox.

10. Postmodern art is self-consciously shallow, stylistically hybrid, ambiguous, provocative and endlessly repeatable.

11. Postmodern art is anti-elitist, but must protect its own elitism.

12. To the Postmodernist every work of art is a text, even if it employs no words and has no title, to be curatorially interpreted. Art cannot exist before it is interpreted.

13. Postmodernist interpretation depends on coining new words unknown and unknowable to the masses, on developing a critical jargon of impenetrable profundity, and on a quagmire of theory with which to reinforce endowed significance. Vive le Néologisme!

Brian Sewell, clearly not a fan, dismisses postmodernism  thus in an excellent essay in the Standard: “Once the distinctions between the visual arts and other forms of intellectual sustenance are blurred in the pan-cultural soup of Postmodernism, nothing means anything precisely, everything is individually interpretable by anybody, and the deliberately obscure language of this anybody or group of anybodies becomes an art form in itself, for in Postmodernism art and language are one and the same and everything is text.”

Oh well, but like it or not postmodernism has existed and been represented in many different ways in the fields of architecture, art, design, theatre and music. The V&A here attempt an overview of the whole movement, vastly ambitious and only vaguely successful. You leave no more knowledgeable about postmodernism but it is still an enjoyable ‘romp’ though the era – bright, brash, colourful and theatrical.

Art-lovers will note an almost complete absence of works but will find a nice sense of period. Working from a supposed beginning in architecture the exhibition runs helter-skelter through design, music, art, film and more. There are wonderful Sotsass pots, memorable pieces of Italian design and Memphis furniture. A clip from Blade Runner plays next to costumes from the film: Rachel’s office dress and the window-crashing replicant’s plastic mac. There are clips from Grace Jones, Talking Heads and Devo music videos plus items of costume – my highlight the ‘big suit’ of David Byrne‘s.

Eventually, after passing through a section on money – the Warhol dollar sign is of course there – the exhibition ends with a Robert Longo film and a large portrait featuring one of his convulsive figures (David Byrne drew on theses convulsions in his stage act by the way). The image is unsettling – is he falling, dancing or perhaps just been shot. We are of course not meant to know. The exhibition asks us therefore  ‘Are we all post-modern now?’ Probably.

At the V&A until 15 January 2012

defining contemporary art?

7 August 2011 § Leave a comment

Since I purport to comment on contemporary art I thought it might be useful to post some sort of definition. In an attempt to find any sort of consensus I stumbled across an excellent blog called ART CANON whose tag line is art genres, groups, movements and styles, art critics, historians, philosophers and theorists (Not sure who Jacques Ranciere is, or want a definition Neo Geo? Then this is the site for you!) Here is their entry which takes from Tate and Wiki:

Term loosely used to denote art of the present day and of the relatively recent past, of an innovatory or avant-garde nature. In relation to contemporary art museums, the date of origin for the term contemporary art varies. The Institute of Contemporary Art in London, founded in 1947, champions art from that year onwards. Whereas The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York chooses the later date of 1977. [Tate]

Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced since World War II. [wikipedia]

Not clear, so perhaps the biggest contemporary art gallery in London – Saatchi – has a good definition? Nope – they don’t even bother. The Tate is the next and it calls itself ‘Modern’ (as many contemporary art galleries do), and if you want to get more confused try the auction houses. Sothebys Contemporary department includes work from ‘the early abstract expressionists to the present day’. Since the term had also been sometimes used in the 1920’s one assumes they refer to the American movement of the mid 1940’s. Christies Contemporary Art is ‘dedicated to art created after 1970…  focusing on the various artistic movements of this time, from Minimalism and Conceptualism…Bonhams do not have a definition and nowadays tend to hold ‘Modern and Contemporary’ sales. None of them help clarify matters by chucking in occasional pre-war works, by Picasso for example, in to their Contemporary sales.

Contemporary art is most normally taken as starting after the end of the modernist period (in which I’d include the abstract expressionists) so I thought a look at writings on post-modernism might help. Post-modernism is also hard to pin down but usually is considered as a movement including most, but all, Contemporary art – and, as the name suggests, succeeding modernism. In Wikipedia’s definition it contradicts its previous entry (quoted by ART CANON above) by now placing the start of Contemporary art as 1950. To confuse matters further some thinkers and philosophers feel that modernism has not ended, or that post-modernism is actually just a part of modernism – but I won’t go in to that!

Mark Tansey - Modern Postmodern

It is generally accepted however that by 1960, amongst many other influences, the Assemblage art of Robert Rauschenberg, the Fluxus movement and the Pop art of, for example, Andy Warhol and Richard Hamilton had at least laid the foundations of what we would now call contemporary art. It is in the end probably impossible to define exactly where modernism ‘died’ – so let’s just settle for somewhere between 1950 and 1980.

In general the main problem lies with using social science to define art history – can the start and end of ‘modernism’ ever be defined? Can anything ever come after post-modernism (or contemporary art)? Would we not be better off just sticking to the ‘isms’ and movements like cubism and Pop art, which have clear styles, aims, practitioners and so on? And so for a definition of contemporary art, I will leave that as a trap for others!

So, does that help? I thought not, but it is nevertheless good to see that – as is often the case in the art world – there is no definitive answer. The moral perhaps is if you want to hold an opinion, or like a work that is ‘unpopular’ – then why the h*ll not!

Homework for tonight:

Terry Smith, What Is Contemporary Art? Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009, 344 pp. ISBN: 13-978-0-226-76431-3.
E. H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion, Phaidon, 1960 386 pp, ISBN: 0-7148-1756-2
Nicolas Bourriaud, Relational Aesthetics, Les Presse Du Reel, 1998, 125 pp. ISBN-10: 2840660601
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Jesus reveals the heart of the Father through the parable of the Lost Sheep. A man loses one of His sheep and leaves the ninety-nine in His flock to go after it. When He finds it, He brings it back to the fold and invites His friends to celebrate the return of His lost sheep.

Jesus says, “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over the ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”

Child of God, you are the ninety-nine, the one who needs no repentance. Your heart, mind and purpose are set in Christ.

The Ninety-Nine

Here’s a situation ripped from headlines. You’re a bakery owner and you were just asked to bake a wedding cake for a couple that does not share your Christian beliefs. Remember you’re in Christ, they’re not; you’re Heaven bound, they’re not. God plans your day; He makes firm your steps. God is not out to harm you but to prosper you. So why did He bring this unsaved couple in your path?

God positioned you for one reason and one reason alone. If you think it’s to prove your faithfulness to Him you’re wrong. There’s no need for that. You’re belief in His Son and His finished work at the cross has you sealed for eternity. You’re the ninety-nine, Heaven’s not rejoicing over you, it’s waiting to rejoice over the salvation of that one demanding that cake from you.

But how do I do that, especially in a situation like that, I’m not a preacher?

Neither was Paul or the Disciples. Take a page from their book, simply testify about the love of Jesus; that same Love that saved you. Plant that seed of love and Christ will do the rest. If you’re too shy to speak, that’s okay, you have something mighty within you that can tear down barriers and move mountains. You have access to God through prayer. You have God’s ear; pray and watch Heaven move on your behalf.

generationGeneration Grace

Christ said this to Paul, “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you.” Acts 18:9-10

I believe that God is raising up a generation that does not fear lawsuits, persecution or death. A Believer who is confident in the power of that name that is above all names. I believe our God is challenging all of God’s people not to run from these challenges but to seize them as opportunities to share God’s grace. See it as a chance to impart life to a person who may not walk through those church doors to hear God’s Word. It just may be, that their only chance of knowing the Love that God has for them is through you Child of God.

I believe the Father is stirring up a Generation Grace that shares in His will to see none perish. One who refuses to bury the talent God gave them and seizes every opportunity to lift up the name of Jesus. That person who served you coffee, the students you teach, your co-workers are not chance encounters but God encounters. Not all ministry takes place in a synagogue or church, it can be as casual as a Man waiting by a well for someone to give Him a drink 🙂

Are you that Grace Generation?

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Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Solo Traveller - Episode 17: Anybody home? (9Qs #7)

Where can the heroic motivation be most effectively redeemed?
Be the PCs first:
• roll a d4 twice to declare an act of (1)
defiance, (2) infiltration that aims to bring an end to the threats.
• Choose or use the random idea generator to inspire the place where and when the encounter will occur. The place and time do not have to be the same as in Q6.

=Dystopian palace.

Dimmul/Foreven (2936 C587A7A-C) / Date: 279-1106

There is an uneasy peace aboard the CherGaSen scout ship. Lt. Gytovo thinks he can take Dame Giikagin at her word, but the Ilparan soldiers are uncomfortable working with the 'enemy'. Dame Giikagin orders her subordinates to accept that they are prisoners of war, and Lt. Gytovo admonishes his 'unit' to treat them in scrupulously in accordance with the Imperial Rules of War, lest they be the ones responsible for the Imperium severing ties with their nation.

The following morning, the camouflage netting is pulled down off the ship, and Eshtam fires up the engines. They are soon in the air, Eshtam piloting the ship at a leisurely pace, flying NOE to avoid radar detection.

Not quite an hour later, the ship reaches the outskirts of the town of Nulfaora, a sleepy resort-town of only about 12000 permanent inhabitants. It is nestled in a wooded valley at the base of a small, heavily forested mountain. The Presidential Palace of the Republic of Erhai stands atop the low mountain, looking down over the town. A military base is less-obviously situated within the mountain itself.

Eshtam puts the ship down on the outskirts of the town in a large, empty parking lot. Dame Giikagin tries the comm to let her contact know they've arrived, but there is no answer. Eshtam tries to get a channel through, but even she is unable. There's no chatter on any civilian channels either.

"I don't like it," says the Lieutenant, echoing everyone's thoughts.

Eshtam, Lt. Gytovo, and Dame Giikagin don flak vests out of the ship's locker. Eshtam and the lieutenant take a pair of ACRs, and give the noble back her pistol. Lugalaa has her combat armour and gauss rifle. They all walk down the ramp and scan the area around the ship. Nothing moves, and there is no sound save the occasional call of a grunnet from the woods, or the cough of the desgo-birds soaring on the breeze. Lt. Gytovo orders Deevi and Juild to stay behind on the ship to guard the prisoners. The rest of them walk slowly across the vacant lot up to the tourist centre at the edge of town. They can see through the large and copious windows that there is no one inside. "I know it's the off season," says Dame Giikagin, "but you think there'd be someone at work today."

Eshtam slips off ahead by herself to get a feel for the place [Recon roll 11+4; this succeeds even at a level of Formidable]. She comes back a few minutes later.

"It's a ghost town," she says. "not a person moving on the street. And once you get a few blocks in, there's burnt out vehicles and buildings everywhere. But at least there's no bodies."

"We'd better get a little closer," says Lt. Gytovo, "and see if there's anyone left here at all. And then see about the palace. I'll wave a white flag if we spot any patrols. But, Corporal, keep your gauss rifle handy."

"Oh, I was gonna, sir."

[There will be 1d3=2 encounters as they move through the town.

Encounter #1: Unusually quiet street (actually, this set the tone for the whole place)]

They walk into the town very slowly, very cautiously. Dame Giikagin is noticeably agitated, but does her best to put on a brave face. They farther into town they go, the worse it looks. They begin to pass one burnt out building after another, and many of those that are still intact are riddled with bullet holes. Some streets are cratered from artillery fire, and wrecked vehicles are everywhere -- mostly civilian but a fair few are military. Eshtam and the Lieutenant examine everything, trying to figure out who was involved. Lugalaa is quiet, comporting herself like a proper soldier... until they pass the wreckage of an armoured personnel carrier.

"Awwwwwww," coos Lugalaa, pointing at the half-blasted insignia, "how cuuuute! What kind of animal d'ya think it's supposed to be? It's adorable, whatever it is!"

"It's a drossenar," says Eshtam. "They're native to Veegint... like the mercenaries who owned this wreck. An outfit called 'Hean's Drossenars', after their Captain."

"Never heard of 'em," says Lt. Gytovo.

"No reason you should've, Lieutenant. Hean tried to recruit me when I was looking for a way off Veegint. I turned him down. I didn't want to be a soldier, especially not one who ended up here..."

"Let me know how that works out for you."

"So, uh, what's the plan?" asks Cpl. Lugalaa.

"We should still go to the Presidential Palace," says the Lieutenant, "and try make contact with the good Dame's agent, and figure out where everybody went. Looks like they evacuated the civilian population before the fighting started, but the army should still be here."

"Won't the Erhaians just shoot us, sir?"

"We're going in as representatives of the Imperium. That ought to make them think twice."

"No offence, sir, but why do you think that will make a difference?"

"They can't risk the Imperium backing their enemies."

"Besides," adds Eshtam, "we've got an ace-in-the-hole in the form of a fifty thousand ton Imperial cruiser in orbit above our heads."

"Would that be the one you were unable to contact... ma'am?"

"Just keep walking, Corporal."

They keep going, having lapsed into silence. It soon becomes obvious that most of the destroyed military vehicles are of a lower tech level than is standard on Dimmul, and now that they know what to look for, the stylised drossenar insignia shows up again and again. There can be little doubt that Hean's Drossenars were not the victors.

[Encounter #2: 4 soldiers. Eshtam's Recon (+4) vs. theirs (INT 12, Recon-1 = +3): 12+4 vs. 6+3)]

A patrol of four Erhaian soldiers is finally spotted in a winding residential street. They are ostensibly on patrol, but are so careless that they don't spot the four people trotting up behind them until they have closed to well within 10 metres, and then only because Lt. Gytovo calls out, "Parley!"

The surprised soldiers wheel about to face their pursuers. [reaction: 9, intrigued]

"Oh, hey, um... hi!" says the leader, a young man of about 20.

"We're representatives of the Imperium," says Lt. Gytovo. "We need to speak with someone in charge. This whole planet's going to be at war with itself if we don't act quickly."

"Oh... uh, I really don't know anything about that. I mean, I'd like to help, but..."

"Sarge," says one of the other soldiers, "ain't that girl wearing Ilparan combat armour...?"

"Oh, I'm with them," says Lugalaa.

"Quiet, corporal!" barks Lt. Gytovo. "I'll do the talking here. Who's your CO, soldier?"

"Sir! That'd be Captain Kashudaagir, sir! But I'm not sure he can help, either... sir!"

"Call in, then. Tell him you've got four people representing the Imperium on the ground, and 50,000 tons representing us in orbit, and it's his call which he wants to deal with."

"Oh, shit... Miinda, make the call!"

[Q: Does the call have the desired effect? 50/50: 75, No.
Q: What happens instead? Communicate / Failure]

The Erhaian soldier activates her communicator. "Patrol 2-J to base, patrol 2-J to base, over... Patrol 2-J to base, do you copy? Base? Hello, anybody there?" She looks at her communicator with a scowl, knocks it against her helmet several times, then repeats her call on several different frequencies. Finally she gives up. "There's a lot of interference. I think we're being jammed."

"Great," says Eshtam. "We need to get to the compound -- quietly. I think someone may be trying to keep us away."

"Do you think we've been set up, mi'lady?" Lt. Gytovo asks the noble. "How well do you trust your agent?"

"He's been well paid by my government to... oh, I see your point."

"Right," says Lt. Gytovo, raising his weapon, "we may have been set up by a serial traitor. I need the four of you to take us to meet your captain, or someone else with rank. You'll have to lead the way. Nothing personal, but we have to count on your friends not to shoot through you."

[the Erhaian soldiers need to fail a morale check to obey the orders of someone whom they should, by rights, be taking prisoner. They are just recruits, so Morale is only (1d6+1=) 2; they unsurprisingly fail the check on 2d6.]

They march through side streets, winding their way towards the compound, or at least the restricted area at the foot of the mountain.

[Difficult (-2) Recon check to avoid other patrols on the way: Eshtam rolls 8+4, success]

Be the GM next:
Use the random idea generator to inspire an encounter with relevant threats
committed to preventing the heroes' success.
Be the PCs once more:
Use the heroes' abilities to respond to the threats' resistance as per their heroic
motivation and the RPG's rules.

Oppress / Allies

[Q: Is compound full of activity? 50/50: 98, Exceptional No.
Q: Is the president here? Unlikely: 33: Yes + Event: Remote event - Gratify / Opposition]

"We're almost there, sir. I'll see if I can get a quiet word with the captain. He'll know what to..." The young soldier's words trail off as the sound of explosions rips the air. Units of grav carriers are moving in from north, gunboats have just engaged in a firefight with Erhaian units on the ground, and artillery units hidden in the trees are about to start pounding the government palace on the mountainside.

"I see Tetrarchy insignia," says the Lieutenant, "but who do those yellow grav tanks belong to?"

One of the soldiers looks where the lieutenant is pointing. "Aw, hell!" he exclaims, "They's Nlursin Polis tanks. They's supposed to be our allies. My sister goes to uni at N-Pol Tech! This can't be happening!"

[Q: Can the party reach the compound? Unlikely: 07, Yes.]

As the explosions get nearer their position, the Erhaian soldiers panic and break into a dead run towards the nearest checkpoint. The rest have no choice but to follow them. The checkpoint guards wave everyone quickly into a tunnel before they even have time to realise they're not all Erhaian.

[Q: Is the captain there? Unlikely: 34, Yes.
reaction=12, Genuinely friendly]

The Erhaian soldiers are at a loss what to do with their new guests, so just cover them half-heartedly with their weapons. The young soldier runs off to find Captain Kashudaagir, his CO, and brings him back quickly. After a brief conference with Dame Giikagin, he agrees to escort them into the compound and bring them to the Generalissima's attention.

They surrender their weapons to the Captain, and he leads them through the plasteel-reinforced tunnels into the command centre, where they are introduced to [rank 1d6+4=7 on the CT Mercenary table] Brigadier General Jayn Uztri, a silver-haired veteran whose uniform is running out of space for campaign ribbons [reaction=5: Hostile, may attack].

Dame Giikagin start explaining the situation, but the Brigadier General cuts her off sharply. "Let me get this straight: a member of a belligerent government, an enemy grunt, and a pair of self-styled Imperial agents show up on my doorstep demanding to speak to the commander-in-chief about a plot by an offworld gangster to threaten the whole planet  for reasons unknown, so we need to make peace with everyone right now. And all this whilst we're in the midst of a surprise assault by one of our former allies. Give me one good reason why I should believe you jokers... and why I shouldn't just have the lot of you shot?"

  1. "Uh, well . . . there is our 50,000 ton Imperial Cruiser in orbit . . . who do you want them to side with? Is that a good enough reason?"

    -- Jeff


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Sunday, 6 December 2015

Dragon Warriors solo - Part XI: Dénouement

As Loys emerges from the darkness of the underworld, his eyes are blinded by the bright, yet overcast day. When his vision clears, he is greeted by the sight of a dozen or more archers, arrows nocked and aimed right at him.

[The idea to have soldiers surrounding the PCs came to me as a result of the above picture, which was sitting in my Dragon Warriors folder simply because it's the top half of the picture I used back at the end of scene 6 (though in both pictures I had to photoshop out the horse; more on this anon).

Q: So then, whose soldiers are they? (1d6) 1 the earl, 2-3 local baron, 4 the earl's enemy, 5 brigands, 6 unknown

1d6=1, the earl's troops

Q: Trouble? 50/50 (4+): O2 C1 - No, and... protecting the PCs as well as their liege's investment.]

"Ho, lads! Stand down!" calls the lead archer. "These be not fell beasts that emerge from the accursed hole, but men: good knights and true. And a lady!"

"Indeed we are a band of brave knights," says Loys modestly, "but who be ye?"

"Why, the Earl's men come to guard ye, and see ye safely back... if, that is, ye have his prize."

"That we do," says Loys, "and it was bought by dint of much steel."

"Well the Earl will want to pay ye with much prettier metal than that! Come! we ride for Fort Merl forthwith."

"Fort Merl?"

"His Grace is there on an errand. He gave orders to come immediately when ye'd found the book. I'll even let ye all have some of our horses for the journey. Consider it my repayment for the service ye've already done us. For had you not come out of that hole with the book, me and the lads were to go down and get it ourselves!"

Scene 14

Chaos: Out of control (d8)

Setup: return the Tractatus to the Earl

NPC list: Lady Melisenda, Earl of Avincester, the Secret Enemy, Benoist the brigand, Brother Quintinus, goblin & associate monster

1. get a horse
2. find out situation
3. head home
4. earl's mission

[A random event back in Scene 8 revealed (to the GM-me) that the Earl would be away from home when the PCs took the book back. I rolled a die on my d30 area map to find his location.

Q: Is it a safe Journey? Certain (2+): O6 C5, Yes]

The journey across the moors is uneventful, and by nightfall they have reached Fort Merl. The Earl of Avincester is there there to greet them. He orders the best possible quarters prepared for the knights and their fair lady companion, and apologises profusely for the rough nature of the fort's accommodations. He does not reveal what errand has drawn him away from his own castle -- nor are his guests so importunate as to ask.

[Q: Does the Earl know of Loys & Reynaud's crusade news yet? Likely (3+): O1 C5, No. (I will increase the likelihood by one step per fortnight from now on for anyone who might hear such news).]

Once they've had a chance to rest, the earl receives them privately in the commander's private dining hall. Ysmena hands him the bejewelled tome, and as he opens it, his eyes go wide in amazement.

"You've found it! You've really found it. My search is finally at an end! Of course, you'll be wanting a reward, and one is richly deserved. Here..."

So saying, the Earl rips both of the golden, gem-encrusted covers off the book and tosses them on the table before Loys.

"These should fetch a pretty price in Ebrac," continues the Earl as if nothing out of the ordinary had taken place. "And now, as you've proven yourselves in this endeavour, there is another small matter for which I humbly beg your assistance..."

[And thus the first adventure draws to a close. so it is time to tally up the rewards.

The sale of the book covers will net enough to rest up in Ebrac for about a week and purchase normal horses for party, +7 days provisions each. This is by DM fiat, since if the PCs have horses, it will be much easier to grab pictures of knights out of my image folder. The rest of their treasure will be spent as normal.

Experience Points:
XP from combat are equal to the Rank (or Rank equivalent) of the foes defeated, and distributed by the DM amongst the PCs participating. So--

Loys gets the XP for his duel with Sir Cressin (scene 5), but since it wasn't a duel to the death, he only gets half. Sir Cressin was 3rd rank; I'll round up for Loys' noble deed: 2xp

The brigands in scene 6 were both 2nd Rank, so 4xp must be divided between 3 PCs. Reynaud seemed to fight the best, so he'll get 2xp whilst Loys and Ysmena get  each. Ailbert does not earn any XP for being defeated.

Ysmena took out the 1st Rank elementalist in scene 8 with a single spell, so she earns the 1xp from that.

Then there's the monsters defeated in the ruins:
 4 goblins (1xp each)
 1 hobgoblin (4xp)
11 wolves (1xp each)
 1 bugbear (3xp)
 1 hellion (8xp)
27xp total. I wasn't going to count the goblin that escaped, but 1 more Xp makes a number easily divisible by 4, so each PC earns 7xp from the ruins.

Finally, everyone gets 5xp for completing the adventure.

So, Loys earns 15xp, Reynaud and Ysmena earn 14xp, and Ailbert earns 12xp.]

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    1. In the immediate future I fear the answer is 'nothing', as I somehow have plans to go out every night this week. But thereafter I have an idea which has finally jelled into a sort of plan, after a game book sitting on my table staring at me since August. Depending on how the weekend goes, I may have a more to say next week.

    2. Have a wonderful week, my friend. Enjoy yourself.

      -- Jeff

    3. Thank you. It was fun but exhausting.

  2. This has been simply excellent. Just simply excellent. Whatever you choose to do, however you choose to do it, that will be excellent too.

    Thank you for sharing this with us.

    1. Thank you. I hope to have something to share in the next few days. I shall take your comment to heart and try to stop obsessing over minutia so I have something to post!

  3. Once more a most excellence tale that you gift us with.
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    1. You're very welcome. I shall endeavour to keep you all entertained.


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Since 2005, Lebanon has been experiencing increased political instability. While the overall level of human rights protection has improved, this improvement depends on the political priorities of individual ministers rather than coherent policy decisions. It is also frequently affected by armed conflicts and clashes. There are reports of political interference in the judicial process, and unconstitutional military courts continue to operate. Lebanon still lacks a comprehensive institutional and legislative framework for the universal protection of human rights, and has no system to oversee the implementation of international treaties, including the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT).

Torture is widespread in Lebanon, with more than 700 cases reported to a single NGO in 2008- 2009, particularly with regard to suspects of national security offences, non-Lebanese citizens, LGBTIQ and drug addicts. The legislative and policy framework to prevent impunity for torture is absent. In a socio-cultural study conducted by ALEF on the acceptance of violence in Lebanon, it was found that the Lebanese population accepts violence as an instrument of power and a tool to enforce and control over opponents. In a survey conducted by ALEF in 2011, 23% of respondents associated violence with “political violence” and 27% said that they knew at least one person who has suffered from beating by official security agents.

In this report, ALEF studies the compliance of Lebanese laws with the UNCAT regarding the criminalization of torture, with the aim to give an objective and reliable summary of Lebanon’s progress towards the implementation of its international obligations under the UNCAT. Lebanon is 10 years overdue in submitting its initial report to the Committee against Torture, a fact that is of a grave concern for ALEF, as it reflects a wider lack of political will to engage on this issue. During the last three years, the Lebanese government has made a number of public commitments to the eradication of torture, notably the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), acceptance of recommendations issued by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) and those of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). However, these commitments have not yet been translated into action. The relevant initiatives have been delayed or reversed by political deadlock, changes in government and internal clashes.


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Nosy Newfie Cozy Mysteries

Write What You Love

I’m about to hit publish on my first-ever cozy mystery. And while it’s not the first novel I’ve written (I have two romances and a YA fantasy series published under other names), it is the first time I gave myself free rein to simply write what I love.

Often writers are given the advice to write what you know, but this summer at RWA I heard a speaker, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, talking about writing for your Id. Basically, her arguments was that if you love something enough as a writer and include it in your books that you’ll find readers who love it just as much as you do.

I hope she was right. Because that’s exactly what I did in writing A Dead Man and Doggie Delights, the first in my Nosy Newfie Cozy Mystery Series. This series of books is going to be all about what I love.

Colorado mountains? Check

Crazy family that you still love despite everything? Check

A good friend that you can run a business with? Check

A Newfie that’s as much a part of your life as any person? Check

A tall, dark, and handsome man you don’t have time to fall for? Check

Coke and toasted PBJ sandwiches? Check and Check

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(If you don’t, that’s okay, too, because this was the most fun I’ve had writing a novel yet and I can’t wait to do it again.)

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Saturday, July 31, 2021

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HomeIssue 23Standoff over Anzac Oval for gallery crescendoes

Standoff over Anzac Oval for gallery crescendoes

UPDATE, 1.50pm: The Town Council will challenge any attempt by the NT Government to compulsorily acquire Anzac Oval. Their resolution to this effect followed  more than an hour’s debate at today’s special meeting. The vote in support of  the resolution was unanimous. Mayor Damien Ryan and Councillor Glen Auricht were apologies. More later.

Minister Dale Wakefield may be “ready to pull the trigger” on compulsory acquisition of Anzac Oval to allow the government’s plans for the national Aboriginal art gallery (NAAG) to proceed, but Alice Springs Town Councillors are pushing back.

In a media statement today Cr Marli Banks challenges the Minister’s warlike approach, saying that it has sent “shock waves through the community at a time that people are already experiencing high levels of stress as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic”.

Together with Crs Catherine Satour and Eli Melky she has called for a Special General meeting of council (it will be the second this week) to address the issue.

The meeting will be held today, Thursday, May 7, at 12.30.

“The community wants our leaders to take charge, but not take over. To go to war with the Northern Territory Government is not in the best interest of our town. We need to be measured and mature, and we need to take the time to get this right. We are in unchartered territory and we need to work together to ensure we can sustain our economy and afford our future.”

The Alice Springs News understands that there has never been compulsory acquisition of land owned by a local government authority in the NT.

Council has received a legal opinion on the issues. No doubt its content will become clear in today’s debate.

The meeting will be chaired by Deputy Mayor Matt Paterson, appropriate given Mayor Damien Ryan’s CLP candidacy and the politicisation of the gallery project.

Says Cr Banks: “Until resolved differently, the position of council is clear, build the NAAG, but leave the oval intact.

“Decisions pertaining to stimulus projects aimed at recovering the Northern Territory economy should not be rushed.

“A collective view should be measured and be representative of the community. Hasty decisions should be replaced with sound judgment and ideally be backed by the community who are ultimately the drivers of the economy.”

Cr Melky takes up the Minister’s warlike metaphor, declaring “battle lines drawn”.

“The council has to date been unanimous in supporting a National Aboriginal Art Gallery to be built in Alice Springs.

“Anzac Oval is a special community space used regularly for playing sport and holding large community events such as Carols by Candlelight and Masters Games opening and closing ceremonies.

“There is a rich history with the oval hence the name Anzac. This is a special place placed under threat by a Minister and her Government who are unwilling or unable to accept the overwhelming community love for this open space.

“We look forward to meeting with fellow elected members today to discuss this unexpected and unwanted rise in hostilities at a time when our community is dealing with a pandemic and should be focused on the recovery and safety of our community.”

A letter from Minister Wakefield (Territory Families) and Minister Lauren Moss (Tourism and Culture), dated 8 April, while expressed in more conciliatory terms, links the project to pandemic recovery.  The Ministers say they have “made clear” to the Australian Government that the gallery project is “absolutely critical” to the recovery of the town and the region.

They again ask the council “to endorse” the Anzac Precinct as the site for the gallery, including Anzac Oval. The letter does not address the sticking point for council: that they need to see evidence of traditional owner support for the Anzac Precinct site. It does, however, refer to a previous letter from Minister Wakefield, dated 9 March, which addressed the issue in general terms, providing no evidence as such.

The News will report this afternoon from council’s special meeting.

– Kieran Finnane

Last updated 1.50 pm

  1. A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. Following is a comprehensive, up-to-date list of the current world dictators and authoritarian regimes.
    As of today, there are 50 known dictatorships in the world: 19 in Sub-Saharan Africa, 12 in the Middle East and North Africa, 8 in Asia-Pacific, 7 in Eurasia, 3 in Americas, 1 in Europe.
    Soon one will be added to the list making it 51 with the dictator of the NT. Minister Wakefield and Minister Lauren Moss showing arrogance and total disdain for the people.
    If they manage to acquire the oval will the project be finished before the next Northern Territory general election, which is scheduled for 22 August 2020?

  2. Please just build the art gallery south of the gap where the Aboriginal people want it. There can be a bus taking people into town and restaurants can offer specials deals to encourage tourists into the CBD . Don’t destroy our beautiful town by taking away our special oval. Listen to the Aboriginal people and show some respect, NT Govt. Thanks for being strong AS councillors.

  3. Why is this saga still ongoing?
    I’ve signed petitions and written comments and twice been phoned by Dale Wakefield’s office.
    Each time I have suggested they build it out by the Desert Park as was mooted by the “paid for” advisors.
    I like to go to the movies and if the Anzac Oval car park is hijacked I will have nowhere to park without having to pay. Leave the oval alone.

  4. So instead of spending this massive rates surplus on helping Alice Springs families get through the Coronavirus, they are gonna enter a piss it up the wall in legal fees over a court battle they will ultimately lose with the NTG for a bit of land most of the town don’t really care that much about, except for the same half a dozen rusted-on commentators here and on the Forum harp on about.
    And if by some chance they actually manage to pull it off, Gunna will just say its too politically difficult to deal with the Alice Springs Town Council and will just up sticks on the project and take it to Darwin where their construction industry desperately want it and won’t squabble over the location.
    Real smart thinkin right there, fellas … give ya’selves a big ole pat on the back.

  5. @ Margaret Coutts, @ Yvonne: Polling sees Labor in Braitling at its lowest prior to Mr Giles time. That means Labor has no chance in Braitling and I expect on this issue much self harm has been done to Labor.
    I also expect Mr Gunner has communicated to Ms Wakefield to just go all out as did Napoleon at Waterloo. This means Alice Springs may well have a legal fight costing tax payers millions and or an unwanted legacy from Ms Wakefield.
    My advice Ms Wakefield is to retreat as every good general knows when overwhelmed and let this decision be made after August 22, 2020.
    Better to retreat unlike Napoleon and not be known as “the Little corporal” from contemporary times?

  6. Made it clear to the Australian Government, we are now that arrogant in the Northern Territory that it dictates to the Federal government.
    Is destroying the most central, social open green area in the town of Alice Springs so critical to save face on a project that duplicates so many art shops and small businesses in the centre of town?
    I would like to see all our anti frackers help with saving this clean green zone for the town – you might even win this one.
    Keeping in mind art doesn’t bring visitors, visitors buy art work while they are on holidays.
    Some are definitely getting the chicken or the egg a bit mixed up here.
    Invest the money into other capital works that would stimulate the economy.
    Sure the town needs a lot of other infrastructure .
    With the argument of a lasting attraction is a little short winded if it is not a cultural centre of world class standards. An art shop just won’t cut it.

  7. @ Vthefence: Our Town Council would not even consider the opportunity cost of pissing the rates surplus against a wall.
    But the cost is that the council does much less to support newly impoverished ratepayers.
    You can see them now, the Greens and Aboriginal representatives taking the moral high ground to fund the most lavish legal picnic in the history of our town, QCs at $8K day, SCs at $5K and a gaggle of lesser legal eagles will spend and spend our surplus until a probable loss to the NT Government is announced six months later.
    Of course we will fund both sides of the court case.
    What is poorly understood here is that the NT is beyond broke and everyone of us is going to have to pay the cost.
    The Desert Park makes a loss, South of the Gap will make a loss and do nothing for town businesses.
    This project must pay its way and it will only do that if it is in town.
    The Government and business people understand this.
    Many who know this are afraid to speak up against the factions.
    To speak up against the Aboriginal argument is an invitation to be called a racist.
    But the South of the Gap argument is not of the times.
    The Gap itself is sacred and no woman should pass through it.
    Is there an outcry?
    Online referendum before squandering the surplus please.
    It is our money.
    Get our permission before spending it.

  8. I find it interesting that the government does not want to listen to the people of Alice Springs.
    An art gallery will not solve our problem in Alice Springs as far as tourism is concerned, and I have asked many guests, did you come up here to see the culture and most said no.
    The Desert Park would be the ideal pace to have a gallery or add to the Araluen art gallery.
    How many do we need in town?
    Will the local tribes want the other tribes’ art in their town?
    They argue and fight when they live in the same town, so how is this going to help their tribal relations.

  9. This gallery is a life line for our collapsed tourism industry and the community’s support of this project would be a ray of hope to those struggling to save their businesses and to the employees already displaced from their jobs.
    It is heart wrenching to hear our council has again rejected the opportunity to move our town forward and unbelievable that people are rejecting the opportunity to have a world class gallery built in our town because they will find it difficult to find a car park.
    And how many times must it be stated that this is not an art shop?
    The tourism sector in our town is broken and we are all looking for hope and leadership.
    Alice Springs Town Council please just let this gallery be built. Ultimately the town will thank you.

  10. Merrilyn Spencer, with due respect for your opinion, the tourists will not come to Alice only for an art gallery and cultural center.
    We must offer more than that, especially when crime is rising.
    The Aboriginal collection at the Vatican Museum is one of the most important outside Australia and it is the most visited at the Vatican Museum.
    The Vatican Museum Indigenous collection has some of the earliest known documentations of Australian Indigenous culture.
    The collection has been tallied for the first time in a recently released catalogue by Prof Mick Dodson, Katherine Aigner (editor), Senator Pat Dodson (contributing author), Craig Richie (CEO AIATSIS), Fr Nicola Mapelli (Director, Anima Mundi).
    In France Quai Branly Museum has ensured Aboriginal art will have a permanent and high-profile presence in Paris by commissioning Lena Nyadby, one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, to produce a 700-square-metre work to be displayed on a section of its roof.
    There are many like those all across the world, so, why come to Alice only for an art gallery?
    The Taking Control of our Heritage – Indigenous Cultural Heritage Conference will provide the first opportunity for Traditional Owners and their allies to meet, discuss, and develop programs, strategies and ideas to take control of their cultural heritage in Australia. Tuesday 24th November – Thursday 26th November 2020, Melbourne, Victoria.
    Please take note of “Traditional Owners to take control of their Cultural Heritage” not once again controlled by arrogant white fellows like Moss and Wakefield.
    So we should wait to see the outcomes before wasting money and destroy more of Alice Springs.

  11. @ Evelyne Roullet Re: The Taking Control of our Heritage – Indigenous Cultural Heritage Conference in Victoria.
    Heard the one about Victorian Aboriginal people demanding that remote NT Aboriginal people take a “cultural awareness” course before returning to meet with them again?
    It’s true.

  12. Any Aboriginal Art gallery should be put in the Desert Knowledge precinct.
    It’s the right place for it.
    The gallery should be put in a culturally appropriate culturally safe place.
    If it means that taxis and busses have to take tourists there, so be it, that’s what happens everywhere else.

  13. @ 4 Merrilyn Spencer: I am astounded that you believe the gallery “is a life line for our collapsed tourism industry”.
    Such shallow thinking entitles you to run for politics!
    There are so many other factors that bring tourists and art in Alice is not one of them.
    Value for money, a safe place, feeling welcome and of course the sights.
    Unfortunately we fail on three of the four items.
    Caravan sites are way too expensive compared to most other states, the government and town council ensure the tourists and locals aren’t safe. Feeling welcome has a lot to do with feeling safe and respected.
    The sights, well there are a multitude of beautiful and interesting sites to be seen, in and around Alice.
    Perhaps people just need to take a break from their phones, TVs and other distractions and enjoy some of the best views and outings and weather in Australia.
    So, is the gallery location really that important in the scheme of things? I say NOT.

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Stable Isotopes Reveal Diet of Irish Small Sharks

Here is a press release on my recently published paper from the work I did together with Dr. Anne Marie Power and Dr. Conor Graham during my Bachelors.

Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), which are an abundant small shark species in Irish coastal waters, have been shown to have a very varied diet, preferring soft-bodied animals over crabs and fish, according to a new study by marine scientists at the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway. The study was published in the Journal of Fish Biology.

Previous studies which were purely based on examining what is found inside the stomach of a dogfish had described these sharks as mainly feeding on crabs and fish. In this new study, the researchers extracted muscle tissues from these sharks and analysed them using chemical tracers, called stable isotopes, to determine whether these ecologically important predators actually feed on other prey types.

Using a combined approach of novel chemical tracers and analysis of the stomach contents of the dogfish, the researchers were able to show that these small sharks feed mainly on soft-bodied animals such as sea squirts and other soft-bodied organisms. The reason crab and fish prey might have been over-estimated in the past is because these hard-bodied prey types tend to be over-represented in the dogfish’s stomach contents due to their slower rates of digestion.

Dogfish are one of the most abundant sharks and can be found from Norway down to western Africa and are common along all Irish coasts. In contrast, other species of predatory fish such as cod, are described to be on the decline due to an increase in heavily-overfished areas worldwide.

Alina Wieczorek, lead author of the study from the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway, says: “It is important to know what dogfish feed on because with the decrease in commercially important fish, these small sharks are likely to become the top predators of our future coastal ecosystems.”

The researchers were able to infer from a muscle sample of the shark what it primarily had been feeding on in the preceding 200 days. This is due to the fact that some chemical tracers of elements such as carbon accumulate in different ratios in the animal’s tissue, depending on what they have been feeding on. The higher up the foodchain an organism feeds, the more carbon stable isotopes can be found its tissues.

Alina Wieczorek, added: “A vegetarian, for instance, would have less of the heavier carbon in their muscle than someone who prefers a meaty diet. So the sentence, ‘You are what you eat’ isn’t that far-fetched.”

The research article resulted from Ms Wieczorek’s undergraduate project which was supervised by Dr Anne Marie Power, and was carried out during the final year of her B.Sc. in Marine Science at

NUI Galway.

Professor Mark Johnson, the coordinator of the B.Sc. Marine Science course at NUI Galway, explains: “We feel it is important that teaching should be research-led and this is a great example of how undergraduate students can produce high quality research during their final year projects.”

This research was funded as part of the NEPHROPS project ( by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme.

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