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Coin-Op : Arcade : Space Panic (1980, Universal)

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Classic platform game very simular to Universal's much later follow up to their other classic "Mr. Do" called "Mr. Do's Castle". In it you control a man in a space suit that must dig holes through platforms and get monsters to fall in them, then fill them back up again to make the creatures fall through and be destroyed, all of which must be done before your oxygen supply runs out. Things are made MUCH more difficult in higher levels as you must deal with monsters that must be drop through more than one floor, something that seems almost impossible for all but the most skilled players. This game was also released for the Colecovision home game system and for the Apple II computer as "Apple Panic."

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Year ROM Set Description Manufacturer
1980 panicger Space Panic (German) Universal (ADP Automaten license)
1980 panich Space Panic (harder) Universal
1980 panic2 Space Panic (set 2) Universal
1980 panic3 Space Panic (set 3) Universal
1980 panic Space Panic (version E) Universal

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The weather is getting cooler in the mornings here, its time to start pulling out the warmer clothes, get an extra blanket....while I am doing this, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

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i will try thank you jan you have a happy weekend also
Gonna need someone to keep us warm.
You have a great weekend to jan.
I just joined the group. And I wanted to wish everyone a great weekend.

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Transitions (1972-1973)

The 1972 Annual Meeting was held on April 23rd back at the Church of the Holy Trinity (the kitchen facilities were more convenient than those at St. Ignatius). Ewert Cousins was reelected President. Robert McGuire, S.J., a teacher at Regis High School, where he was involved with the school curriculum oriented toward an Omega training program, became a new Board members. The Nobel prize biologist from Australia, Sir John Eccles, who was sympathetic to Teilhard's views, gave the address on "Brain, Speech and Consciousness."

In May, Minna with her husband Capt. Paul Cassard, USN, ret., made a week's trip to England and her first visit to the British Association. In June there was another departure, though only for a sabbatical year, when Ewert Cousins left for the newly founded Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Pieter de Jong became Acting President.

But, the fact that 1972 was a pivotal year in the Association's development was due to Minna's illness which manifested itself soon after her return from London. For some time her self-discipline had hidden her ill health, but her courageous struggle with cancer ended with her death on October 27th. Her vivid presence would no longer animate the Association. Ewert Cousins, in the memorial he wrote for the December Newsletter, expressed the deep sense of loss felt by all who had known her and, for the Association, the hope that its future would be energized by her spirit, furthering the goals to which she had so generously devoted her energies.

Gertrud Mellon and Alice Knight plunged into the work of running the Association during the long summer months when Minna was in the hospital, helped enormously by the ever faithful Alice Leighton. They were elected Acting Secretary and Treasurer following Minna's death. Alice Leighton resigned at that time, but Winifred McCulloch, returning to the city in late December after about a year's absence, pitched in to help. Soon afterwards Fanny Brett de Bary, a friend of Thomas Berry, became a volunteer despite other heavy commitments, driving in from Rockland County one afternoon a week.

Change was in the air. It was felt that the Association faced a crisis, not caused by Minna's death but precipitated by it. Goals had to be redefined (should it be an elitist association or open to a large number of people), and sources of funds had to be discovered. To discuss these problems, Alice Knight organized a Conference of Board members and invited guests which was held at Wainwright House, Milton Point, Rye, New York, on December 15-17, 1972. Pieter de Jong, Jean Houston, Gertrud Mellon, Alice Knight, Thomas Berry, Robert McGuire, and Wayne Kraft were present from the Board, and Anne Brennan, Margaret Bach Lynch, Arthur Ceppos from the Advisory Board. Guests were Alfred Sunderwirth, John Ballard, and Phoebe Ballard from the Board of Wainwright House with Robert Knight, Oscar Lynch, Joseph Pearce, Lathrop Douglass, William Brennan, Jr., Judith Hollister, and Betty Reardon.

The stated purpose of the Conference was:

1) To explore new dimensions of expressing the thought of Teilhard through prayer, liturgy, communal attitudes, teaching, music, dance, art and other media;
2) To propose new directions and growth to the American Teilhard de Chardin Association.

The consensus from the first evening's session was that none of the present board members had enough time to devote to the Association, there was the perennial problem of lack of money, and there was indecision about the goal.

There was agreement that the Association should be Christ centered, and the general feeling was that though Teilhard's vision illuminates all areas of life - religion. science, philosophy - more attention should be given to individual human growth. Lecture and conference teams, dance, and the arts should be used, films and television programs and more aid to students were needed. Thus, this conference emphasized experiential growth of individuals and the Association's work was seen primarily as an outreach of Christian ministry.

Wainwright House presented a tentative offer to permit the Association to merge with them. It was agreed that this could take place only after the Association had established its identity and goals and had acquired a source of financial support. Margaret Bach Lynch volunteered to act as permanent coordinator of the Association at a minimum salary. It was also decided that the name of the Association should be changed to give an indication of its goals.

These problems were discussed at the 1973 Annual Meeting, again held at the Church of the Holy Trinity. (Astronaut and para-psychologist Edgar Mitchell was the speaker.) The still-absent Ewert Cousins was reelected President. Margaret Lynch was elected Editor of the Newsletter - she had already brought out an attractive enlarged issue enlivened with photographs and decorative details. A committee was nominated to propose a change of name and it was noted that the British Association had already changed theirs to The Teilhard Association for the Future of Man.

A pressing problem that faced the Association was the need to find a new home. The apartment building at 157 East 72nd Street had changed ownership; switchboard service had been discontinued, and a rent increase would come with renewal of the lease. The consensus was that a move to Wainwright House was not desirable; it was too far out of the city, it would mean a certain loss of identity, and the financial problems had not been solved. One tantalizingly attractive offer loomed as a possibility in New York City. In June of 1971 some parishioners of St. James' Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue, had purchased the large building adjoining it on the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and 72nd Street, both for protection and in order to house the church's community outreach programs. This was a five-story elevator structure, originally built in 1898 by Rhinelander Waldo, a Police Commissioner, for his bride. It was considered one of the finest examples of French Renaissance style in the city and later was to be designated a city landmark. There were some fine shops on the street level, Christie's of London (the Fine Arts auctioneers) was on the second, and the rooms on the third and fourth floors were to be completely made over as to accommodate non-profit organizations. As soon as purchase of the building had been made public, the Association made a formal request to become a tenant. The Rector, Dr. James Coburn, was a member of our Association and though our stated purpose did not fall squarely within the church's community programs we had hopes that his awareness of our work might be persuasive.

A year later, word came that our application had been accepted, and a large, beautifully proportioned room on the fourth floor was chosen. The rent was lower than for the 72nd Street quarters, the large former ballroom was available for our evening lectures, our library-office could easily accommodate discussion groups of up to 20, and a modern kitchen made it possible to hold luncheon or supper meetings of the Board. We felt blessed. The move was accomplished in September of 1973, not without the traumas that usually attend such perigrinations. Additional furniture required to fill the large room was made available from the storehouse of the Church and a little paint brought everything into harmony. A balcony muffled the sounds of Madison Avenue traffic and three long windows looked out to a large vista of open sky. The character of our new center was both serene and warm, and its welcoming attractiveness was felt by all who visited it. The address was 867 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10021. It was even closer than our old center to all the buildings in which Teilhard had lived, worked, and worshipped in those last years of his life.

Winifred McCulloch took over the running of the Center. On the evening of November 5th an Open House was held, and some 150 guests from the Metropolitan area enjoyed a collation, some conversation, and welcoming remarks by Ewert Cousins.

We inaugurated the ballroom that November with a fall and winter seminar given by Thomas Berry on "Contemporary Spirituality," a course he had given at Fordham and Columbia Universities, reflecting on the spiritual situation of contemporary society and the manner in which the interior journey of man to his authentic self can be successfully carried out. The audience of some 60-70 persons could never have been accommodated in our old quarters.

The problems raised at the Wainwright House Conference had still not been answered, but one step had been taken - the American Teilhard Association would remain in New York City and there try to solve the questions still confronting us. What were our new goals to be? Should we change our name? How were we to finance our work?


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Tiny Dangerous Dungeons is a short platform Metroidvania developer and published by Adventure Islands for iOS on 2015-03-25, and later ported to Android, Macintosh, and Windows. The game's graphics and sound were designed to look as though the game were made on the Game Boy. In the game, you control an unnamed character who is trying to find a treasure located in the bowels of a dangerous dungeon.

I remember downloading this game onto my phone shortly after it was released for Android, but I became so frustrated with the poor on-screen controls that I gave up only a short way into the game. When I discovered the game was part of the Bundle For Racial Justice and Equality and had a Windows port, I decided to give it another try. With the addition of game pad support, I was able to make quick work of the game, beating it in about an hour on 2020-06-29. I found all the hidden heart fruits and only died twice.

I own a digital copy of this game, but it is now free. I have beaten it.

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  • The game has a good nostalgia factor with graphics and sound befitting the Game Boy.
  • The design of the enemies and player have a bit of charm to them.
  • Although the music isn't great as a standalone, it fits the game's theme, makes good use of the artificial constraints, and has a decent number of tracks considering the size of the game.
  • There are a couple puzzles in the game. Nothing head scratching, but enough to give a small bit of enjoyment upon solving them.

  • When using a gamepad, the game is too easy. Most of the areas are easy to navigate and save points litter the map. The only part I had any real difficulty with was getting the Treasure Key near the very end, and that was because I wasn't being patient enough because so much of the rest of the game was so easy.
  • By placing the hidden sections of the game on the map, the designers took away some of the mystique of the game. It not only reveals the general area to find the secret entrances, but also indicates there's an important item in each of them. I found one of them without the map, and I may have found two, but the others would have been a surprise to me without a map. I probably would have appreciated the game slightly more (and possibly even replayed it) if the designers merely told me there were four hidden caches to find and left it to me to discover where they were.
  • The game is a bit too short. With the engine in place, the designers could have easily stretched out the game a bit further.

  • The on-screen controls on iOS and Android are awful. No doubt this led to the game being too easy when using a game pad.

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Review of the 2001 Trans America Athletic Conference College Baseball Season. Standings are complete for Division I for 2002-present but for all other seasons, the standings are based only on available stats captured.
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Reel Shorts | The Book of Negroes

The journey of a strong-willed, resilient former slave who has to overcome several sizable challenges to gain her freedom is documented in the epic BET mini-series, The Book of Negroes.

Coming on the heels of the Oscar-winning film, 12 Years A Slave, as well as the British period piece, Belle, The Book of Negroes also introduces audiences to another little-known historical occurrence, the liberation of former slaves by the British government in 1783. The names of 3,000 slaves that were evacuated to Nova Scotia, in lieu of being sold back into slavery, were recorded as a part of this historical document.

The mini-series based on Canadian author Lawrence Hill’s award-winning book, also known as Somebody Knows My Name, centers on Aminata Diallo (the brilliant Aunjunae Ellis) who is abducted in 1750 after watching both of her parents being killed by her captors. As she is being marched to the shore to board the “big canoe” which will take her to lands unknown, she is befriended by one of the young Africans working with the slavers, Chekura (Lyriq Bent). During the most demeaning period of her young life, his kindness to her would not be forgotten.

Trained by her mother as a mid-wife, the young Aminata gains the reputation as a “baby catcher” and soon gains favor with her captors during her horrific trek through the Middle Passage. Chekura also joins her as she witnesses the sight of many people from her homeland, bound and chained, which proves to be a life-altering experience for her. According to an African proverb, “you are not dead as long as someone remembers your name,” and Aminata acknowledges all of her fellow captives in a powerful example of that creed.

Soon she arrives on American soil, where she is branded like an animal and sold into servitude to the lecherous Mr. Appleby (Greg Bryk), who has another agenda in mind for his chattel. Salvation for Aminata comes at the hands of house servant, Georgia (Sandra Caldwell) who schools her in the way of survival and serving as her “wing” slave helping to keep Appleby at bay. Further complicating matters is the return of Chekura, who was sold to another plantation but has relocated his early love. His presence infuriates Appleby, who takes great pleasure humiliating Aminata in an attempt to keep her mentally enslaved.

As one of the few slaves with the ability to both read and write, Aminata catches the eyes of a Jewish man, Soloman Lindell (Allan Hawco), who purchases her from Appleby to be his assistant. The price comes with a dark secret that will haunt Aminata for the rest of her life. With their relationship strained, Lindell and Aminata travel to New York just as the increased tension of the Revolutionary War is at its apex.

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Befriended by a benevolent tavern owner, “Black” Sam Fraunces (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), Aminata discovers a path to freedom uses the backdrop of the conflict of the war as cover for her escape. She is reunited once again with her beloved, Chekura living with other freed slaves in Canvas Town but as soon as she finds any semblance of happiness, trouble is not too far from Aminata’s doorstep.

Despite the sizable opposition that she encounters, Aminata continues to persevere using her intelligence, skill and god-given ability that endears her to some and infuriates those who see her less than a person. She overcomes personal loss, overaggressive and disrespectful masters and being separated from her husband as she dreams about returning back to her village in Africa one more time.

BET’s first mini-series is a pretty good one anchored by a strong performance by two-time Black Reel Award nominee Ellis. She embodies a tender vulnerability mixed with a strong, courageous spirit that strikes the perfect tone for a character that will suffer several major challenges throughout her life. Ellis has a fire burning in her character’s soul that never distinguishes and it is that quality that keeps her, and the story, interesting.

The Book of Negroes largely succeeds because of the fierce determination and absolute resilience of its star and the fact-based screenplay, written by co-written by the Hill and director Clement Virgo. To assist with telling key parts of the story, Virgo wisely relies on two Oscar winners, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Gooding, Jr. The two, along with Bent, provide much-needed support to the project and elevate it from a television movie of the week to a “event” film.

Although not quite as forceful or strong as Alex Haley’s Roots or 12 Years a Slave, The Book of Negroes is a solid, well-told story that probably would have benefited from several more hours to fully flesh out such an amazing story. While audiences have become desensitized to stories about slavery and captivity, this is an excellent addition to the cinematic canon of stories documenting the experience of enslaved Africans in America who never forgot their roots.

The Book of Negroes airs on BET in three parts, February 16, February 17 and February 18 at 8pm, EST

Grade: B-


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Entry Date: 11 Nov 2018
Expiry Date: 01 Dec 2018

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The HDA has the following three–years fixed–term contract position:

Job Title: Project Manager (Western Cape)
Location: Region A – Western Cape
Reference: YCH 001668

Main Purpose:
To manage all aspects of the human settlements development projects of the HDA, that has been allocated and to ensure delivery on time, within budget and to required specifications.

Key Responsibility Areas:

Strategic management:

• Participate in the management of the provincial office.
• Contribute as a manager to the overall effective functioning of the HDA assigned projects in the Province
• Ensure integration of the different functions within the regional office to ensure optimal delivery of the HDA mandate on assigned projects
• Ensure the alignment of projects to the broader HDA strategy and strategic intention

Project planning:

Prior to starting a project, conduct a comprehensive project planning process that includes delivery of:
o Comprehensive scope
o Resourcing plans
o Budget projection and evaluation
o Project delivery deadlines
o Risk evaluation matrix
• Present completed documents that identify and highlight potential:
o Risks
o Opportunities
o Challenges
• Define and deliver:
o Project scope
o Detailed project plan with project timeframes and deliverables, and associated communication documents
o Project budget

Project management:

• Secure appropriate resources of housing and related services to achieve project objectives
• Manage resources to deliver according to defined outputs and project plan deliverables
• Manage all site-based meetings
• Develop service level agreements and contracts (including standard professional contracts) for resources on the projects, specifically the professional teams and sub-contractors
• Monitor and manage the performance of professional teams and sub-contractors to ensure delivery as stated in the project plan
• Manage housing and related services project budget
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and community representatives
• Control and coordinate the project:
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• Communication

Project administrator:

• Contribute to project related procurement including
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• Develop funding proposals
• Draft, submit and present housing and services project related management

• Develop and implement site inspection processes
• Ensure compliance with legal, contractual and safety requirements
• Ensure that onsite occupational Health and Safety requirements are met and complied with

People management:

• Select, assign, lead and manage people
• Set clear objectives for self and others and measure achievements against these objectives through implementation of the performance management system
• Build and manage relationships with staff members
• Manage and support staff development
• Develop and manage the implementation of succession plans for key individuals and critical positions
• Implement the HDA HR policies and procedures as required
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Compliance management:

• Manage implementation of work within established policies, systems, procedures, processes and practices
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• Identify areas of non-compliance and implement corrective action

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How to do your physical activity when the weather is bad? We are all aware of the fact that those winter, cold months are not the best days for carrying out such actions like walking, running, and exercising in the open air. But that does`t have to mean that you should skip the entire winter or every raining day.All of us are less active during the winter.

home-workout-couplePeople spend greater part of the day indoors. They simply can’t make themselves go out, or to gym, so they prefer staying inside, watching TV, eating, and turning into couch potatoes! And when the winter is over – they realize that they “suddenly” grew fat! But, there are a lot of things you can do inside your homes, and prevent gaining weight:

  1. While you are watching TV, you can do weightlifting for half an hour, for which time you’ll burn out 97 calories.
  2. Also, doing different types of exercise for half an hour burns out 104 calories
  3. Dancing is also very good exercise. You’ll include almost all muscle groups, and you’ll also cheer up! So, instead only listening to your favorite band, dance while listening. This exercise is very good “calorie-burner”, because in only 15 minutes, you’ll burn out 112 calories!
  4. Also, good news is that you can associate ironing with things beneficial for your looks, because it burns more than 110 calories in 15 minutes.
  5. Also, sweeping your floors will burn out 121 calorie in only 30 minutes. Plus – your house will shine bright!
  6. Doing squats, sit-ups, and press-ups, burns out around 150 calories in a quarter of an hour.
  7. The greatest calorie-burner is climbing up and down the stairs! In a half an hour, almost 200 calories will be burned, plus- you’ll stretch your legs, work out your leg and bottom muscles, and do a little cardio-training.stair-woman-keep-fit-climbing

Now you see that everything you do is some sort of training, and that there is possibility not to grow fat and out of shape even if you don’t visit gym.

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It’s very good to drink water during your training, but everyone knows that. What less people do know is that it is better to drink easy-digestive dairy products, such as whey, because they keep you fed and build onto muscles. Proteins are good for “demolishing” fats in our bodies, and the effect is far better if we take them in during the

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Typhoon ravages Philippines; response slowed because of Christmas holiday

Residents wade through floodwaters Dec. 27 after a typhoon swept through Nabua, Philippines. Typhoon Nock-Ten packed 115-mph winds that downed power lines, uprooted trees and knocked out communications infrastructure while making travel difficult. (CNS photo/Francis R. Malasig, EPA)

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MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The emergency response to a major typhoon that hit the northern Philippines Christmas Day and killed at least six people was slowed because some government and aid workers were on holiday leave, a Catholic Relief Services official said.

Matthew McGarry, sub-regional country representative in the Philippines for the Baltimore-based agency, said it can be “extremely difficult” to get information on damage and injuries during the first three days after a storm hits.

Typhoon Nock-Ten packed 115-mph winds that downed power lines, uprooted trees and knocked out communications infrastructure while making travel difficult.

McGarry told Catholic News Service the island province of Catanduanes in the east, which took the first hit from the powerful storm, is virtually cut off because no flights or boats can get in. He said in some places only aerial assessments were made.

“But then you add on to that for the U.N., the humanitarian people, even the government, everybody was on leave,” McGarry said. “Many offices are closed this entire week. A lot of people had gone home to the provinces to be with their families [and had gone] overseas, abroad, to be with their families.”

He said, “It’s not unusual to respond to an emergency in the Philippines in December … but Dec. 25 is abnormally late in December for a major typhoon like this. … So it’s easier to have people work through a holiday, rather than try to bring them in in the midst of a holiday.”

CRS recalled its emergency team from holiday break to start assessments Dec. 27, McGarry said. The agency was expected to focus on shelter, water and livelihood work once a full assessment was carried out.

On Christmas officials said more than 12,000 ferry passengers were stranded as a no-sail order was issued and more than 330 domestic and international flights at Manila’s international airport were canceled Dec. 26 as the storm made its way off the country’s western seaboard.

The civil defense office said about 430,000 people were evacuated from their homes. A day before the storm, government officials had been trying to move residents to safety, with reports of people not wanting to interrupt their Christmas celebrations to leave home.

The governor of Camarines Sur province reportedly offered roasted pig, a holiday staple, to residents to entice them into shelters. The vice governor of Catanduanes told a local television network that her office ordered forced evacuations, calling residents “hard-headed” as they refused to leave because it was Christmas. But McGarry said, from initial reports, the government appeared to have carried out a successful mass evacuation.

Meanwhile, the Philippines coast guard resumed its search Dec. 27 for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of the storm. A coast guard official said 14 other crewmen had been rescued and another died after the M/V Starlite Atlantic sank off Batangas province as the storm swept out of the country and into the South China Sea Dec. 26.

President Rodrigo Duterte visited the worst hit provinces and pledged to provide farmers with about $1 million to help replant lost coconut groves.

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Research Article Open Access

Towards an Integrated Intrusion Detection Monitoring in High Speed Networks

Hassen Sallay1
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Journal of Computer Science
Volume 7 No. 7, 2011, 1094-1104

Submitted On: 19 April 2010 Published On: 30 June 2011

How to Cite: Sallay, H. (2011). Towards an Integrated Intrusion Detection Monitoring in High Speed Networks. Journal of Computer Science, 7(7), 1094-1104.

Problem statement: Security Management has become a critical aspect for large scale distributed systems. Particularly, recent Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems (DIDS) schemes in High Speed Networks (HSN) have raised new serious management problems and challenges. Increasing the effectiveness of IDS monitoring is primordial to satisfy the restrictive constraints in such large multi-domains environment for narrow context of HSN. Approach: We consider the intrusion detection monitoring as a two facets entity: one at local level (single domain) and another at the global one (multi-domains). Through the local level, evolution of single domain intrusion detection process (vulnerability data collection, alert generation and sensor configuration according to some improvement scenarios) can be monitored. The global level represents evolution of multi-domain intrusion detection process as well as the eventual security defending process through overall network (policy generation, load balancing operations and global alert correlation). Differentiating these two facets, leads to the design of a scalable intrusion detection management solution. Results: The effectiveness of DIDS management in HSN had been studied and an IDS scalable monitoring architecture for multi-domains had been proposed. Several scenarios of Snort IDS showed an improvement on the performance of real-time detection. An integration of a set of tools provided a convivial IDS monitoring platform. Conclusion: To satisfy the constraints of Intrusion detection process in term of real-time and efficiency in HSN we need to monitor efficiently the IDS process. In this context, the management framework outlined is more appropriate, convenient and efficient. The herein proposed architecture, the snort IDS improvement techniques and the integrated platform played a crucial role in improving of IDS real-time monitoring.

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  • Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
  • high speed networks
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CFL 2016 Season Begins!

Kick off after the Dressler TDHello there! I know it’s been a LONG time since we’ve recorded any new episodes. Sorry about that; things have been incredibly busy for everyone. However, at the start of the new CFL season, I wanted to keep a running set of weekly predictions for winners.

Here are predictions for week 1, starting June 23, 2016.

Fr. Darryl’s predictions:

  • HAM @ TOR (June 23): TOR
  • MTL @ WPG (June 24): WPG
  • OTT @ EDM (June 25): EDM
  • CGY @ BC (June 25): CGY

(Best of all, the Riders get to enter week 2 undefeated!)

What are your predictions for this week? How will the season turn out? Let us know your thoughts below!

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., (April 7, 2014) – For the past few years, the Commonwealth of Virginia has observed Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April. During this 30-day period, safety advocates across the Commonwealth have initiated educational campaigns on the dangers of distracted driving with the goal of saving lives on Virginia roadways, as distracted driving continues to be recognized as a top danger behind the wheel.

“Distracted driving continues to be a serious problem on our roads,” said Georjeane Blumling, Vice President of Public Affairs for AAA Tidewater Virginia. “With the number of motorists whose focus is on something other than their driving, it is apparent that people are ignoring the dangers of distracted driving.”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in the U.S. in 2012, 3,328 people were killed in crashes caused by a distracted driver. An estimated 421,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver.

Take a look at these Virginia statistics.

  • 123,579 traffic crashes in Virginia
  • 67,004 people were injured in crashes on Virginia roadways
  • 775 people died in crashes in Virginia

Did you know an average text takes nearly 5 seconds, which means your eyes are off the road for the entire length of a football field? Just talking on your cell phone is distracting. According to NHTSA, cell phone users are 18% slower to take action when seeing brake lights.

“Although driving seems like second nature, it’s still a skill that requires constant, complex coordination between your mind and body. Unfortunately, a moment’s lapse in attention can have tragic consequences,” stated Blumling. “We need to be accountable for our own actions to make Virginia’s roads safer. That’s why AAA is committed to educating drivers on the full range of distractions that can lead to crashes, from adjusting the radio or attending to children, to eating and drinking or using a mobile phone. All distractions place the driver, passengers and others on the road at risk.”

Distracted driving isn’t limited to your cell phone. Set your GPS before you drive away, not while

you’re driving. Eat in a restaurant, not in the car; and remember that kids in the back seat can also be a distraction. Avoid turning around to tend to children as much as possible. Finally, remind friends and family of the dangers of being distracted while driving.

  • Top Ten Tips to Minimize Your Distracted Driving:
  1. CHANGE YOUR WAYS and recognize the activities that distract you, such as eating, conversing on the phone, or changing a CD. Once you recognize these distractions, you can work to eliminate them.
  2. MAKE A PLAN. Know your route in advance and make sure that you have a good understanding of your directions. Check weather and road conditions. If you are transporting children, make sure that they are all properly buckled up and that you have items to keep them occupied, such as books on CD or soft toys.
  3. MANAGE YOUR TIME so that you do not have to multi-task or drive aggressively on the road.
  4. DON’T LET YOUR DRIVE TIME BECOME YOUR DOWN TIME. Understand that driving is not your “down time” or a time to catch up on phone calls, personal grooming, or dining.
  5. SCAN the roadway to make sure that you are aware of others on the road at all times. Be prepared for the unpredictability of others.
  6. CONCENTRATE on your driving. Make sure that you are not upset or tired when getting on the road. This is not the time to have a serious or emotional conversation with your passengers.
  7. PULL OVER if you need to do something that will take your eyes and/or mind off the road. Make sure that you find a safe place to pull over first.
  8. REDUCE THE USE! Use technology sensibly.
  9. TAKE A REFRESHER CLASS! Everyone can pick up bad habits through the years. A driver improvement class can raise your awareness and help you assess your driving behaviors.
  10. BUCKLE UP, EVERY TRIP, EVERY TIME. Making sure that everyone is properly buckled up is the best defense against distracted drivers.

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Surf Life Saving is an amazing activity for growing a child's confidence, knowledge and skills in the beach environment. Not only will your child have fun and meet new friends, they will become part of an iconic organisation that has served New Zealand communities for over 100 years. The Titahi Bay Surf Life Saving Club has been serving the Porirua community for 75 years.

The juniors of today are the future of Surf Life Saving and with the tireless help of the dozens of club members, Titahi Bay SLSC has established a highly reputable program that runs for a 5-6 month period over the summer months.

Not only is nippers a fun way for your child to enjoy the beach in a safe environment, it also offers a program that is designed to ensure children have fun at the beach while participating in lessons that will progress them to becoming a fully rounded participant in both lifesaving and sport. It's also a great activity where children and their families can be together and enjoy a sport for all ages.

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Teacher:  JarEl

It Takes Courageous Heart to Accept the Father Challenges

June 21, 2004

JarEl: TR, George. Good evening, it is I, your teacher, JarEl. It is indeed a pleasure, once again, to be in the company of my dear friends. At the present state of your world you currently find yourselves in the process of the Correcting Time. There are many areas that are being rearranged as we speak. Much that was incorrect is being corrected and much that is evil is being done away with. However, that does not mean that you should simply wait by the side and allow the Correcting Time to happen without you. You are a very crucial and integral part of this process. Your ever watchful eyes insure that the Correcting Time runs smoothly. If it was not for people like you who are very grounded in your spirituality, history and understand the connection between religion, science and philosophy, the Correcting Time would be derailed. For there are still certain factions who would like to revert to an earlier way of thinking.

All of you here in this room understand that in order for this Correcting Time and the Age of Light and Life to arrive we must always be progressive; we must always be moving forward. We take what is good and we discard that which is obsolete. You live in an age of progressive thinkers and these progressive minds once united can make tremendous change in this world. As I look down on this room I am very proud of each of you and your accomplishments. Not too long ago I encouraged all of you to create change in your world and many of you took this mission to heart and in your own way have developed interesting and creative opportunities. Now these opportunities are creating fruit which many are participating in. Thank you for your effort and your absolute valor to take on this challenge.

In your world you categorize certain people who go off to war as heroes. I categorize all of you in this room as heroes, for what you do in this world is truly heroic, in more ways than one. One day in the history of your world people like you will be recognized for the valiant effort which you put forth. It is unfortunate that at this moment your efforts are overlooked. It is not for fame or glory that you are doing what you are doing, and all of your efforts are being recognized somewhere, be assured of that.

It takes a truly courageous heart to accept the challenges of the Father. The challenges He gives are there for a reason: to mold us, to chisels us and to make us stronger. It is a coward who shies away from these challenges and creeps back to his comfortable un-challenging space. It is the courageous of heart who steps out into the storm of change and opportunity and confronts every single challenge that is thrown at him or her. It is the truly brave of heart who does not hide behind secured fences or gated communities and integrates himself with the world society and looks for opportunities or needs that people may have. It is the courageous of heart who shun isolationism and truly become citizens of Urantia. How else can you effect change if not by integrating yourself with other Urantians?

For those who are going forth to the international convention of the Parliament of World Religions I give you my blessings and send you off with my sincere and deep heart-felt feelings. For what you do is of great value for all those in this room and for those to come. You go forth to represent a new way of thinking; you represent a new and enlightened opportunity for all peoples of Urantia. Remain open-minded and remain strong in your conviction. Remember that most religions started off as a light of truth and of God, but at some point in their history they became isolated and they created a crystallization of their ideas into dogmas and therefore could not move forward.

You are being sent to move forward. You are being sent to encourage others to move forward. Do not be confrontational, for that does not encourage anyone to move forward.

Confrontation only creates anger and it frightens those that you are confronting back behind their wall and once you have them behind their wall you will never reach them. Follow the teaching of Michael and try to adapt his way of doing things to your own. When you are in doubt ask for his help and he will speak for you. Do not be afraid, for what you do is good. Whatever may come remember you have put your mark on the history of Urantian spirituality and you shall ever be known as the representatives who ushered in the beginning of the Age of Light and Life. So go forward with a warm heart and be proud of who you represent and who you speak for.

Do any of you have any questions?

Stella: There is so much barbarism in the world today, it seems that it is such a formidable task. How can you change the minds of people who are so intent on destroying, killing and torturing? It seems impossible. Is there anything that we can do? We are all trying in our own way. The task is worldwide, I wonder how we can do it?

JarEl: TR, George. You can do it and if you begin to believe you cannot Stella, then it will not be done. You have to remain positive. The barbarism that you see is only a small percentage of who the people of Urantia are. It is only magnified because there is attention called to it. Rarely do you see the barbarism of your own government.

Stella: I see it.

JarEl: TR, George. Much of it is kept in secret and the consequences of it’s barbarism is seen through the reaction of more barbarism by other people and that is what you see. You must see the bigger picture and understand the entire scheme of things in order to understand the way your world works. Regardless of whether you understand it or not, understand this: if you continue to project a positive and hopeful demeanor you will, in turn, affect others to have the same attitude you have and this will change the world. Such a small act can change the world and create miracles. You can negatively affect this room, you can also change it in a positive way.

I truly sympathize with your thinking Stella, I understand how you see that the world is still very much imperfect. However, from my vantage point I see that it is getting much better, things are getting better and better. From our vantage point we see a huge improvement in the world. And with all of you here moving forward and some of you moving towards Barcelona to represent Michael we see things increasingly improving by the minute. So be of good cheer. For your world is improving Stella and you will live to see change happen in this world.

Stella: Thank you. I am sort of worried, I am trying to get a book of hope out and not too much action is taking place and I worry that I won’t get it finished before I die. I am glad that I will live long enough to accomplish it.

JarEl: TR, George. There is much help on your side Stella, in the same way that all of you in this room are being helped in various ways. It would be kind of you if you would acknowledge your celestial helpers from time to time. For they do much work for you without much reward. The reward that they receive is greater than any reward that you might receive here on earth. That reward, is knowing that they have served someone, a son or daughter of God. If you begin to look at your service in such a way you will find much reward at the end of it all. There is great fulfillment in serving one another. There is no shame in humbling yourself in order to serve a fellow Urantian.

Are there any more questions?

Stella: I would like to thank you for your encouragement. You see much farther than we do. From our viewpoint it can get very discouraging.

Lucille: JarEl, I want to thank you for your wonderful messages. It does so much for me to be encouraged by your message to know that we have the love of God at all times.

JarEl: TR, George. You are truly welcome and I find much fulfillment in bringing you these words. When you get to be my age….

Lucille: How old are you?

JarEl: TR, George. That is irrelevant, when you get to be my age you get used to having a positive attitude. For you see how things, in the end always work out and I have had much experience on how God works. I know that what you see in your world is only temporary. There is great change on the horizon. From your point of view you may feel that the world is not changing but I know that it is truly changing. The hope that I see is that there are people like you who are initiating this change. There are highly intellectual and enlightened individual human beings such as yourself who are towing the rest of humanity towards the Age of Light and Life. That is truly, truly reassuring to me and all of my colleagues up here. For we see the struggles and valor that you put forward.

We see the results, for behind you leave a wake of change that is affecting the entire world as we speak. The only reason that you do not see this is because you are in the forefront. You are in the front line that is moving forward and plowing its way through the chaos, but if you would stop and slightly turn and look back you would see how much you have grown and how much those around you have grown because of you. But you are too busy right now moving forward. I understand why you will not look back. I encourage you to move forward with all of your might and all of your strength. If you ever need to stop and rest, by all means do so because you deserve it. And that is what I see.

We are very encouraged by this fact. We have no doubt that the Age of Light and Life is coming. In fact we look forward to it. Thank you all and good night.

All: Good night JarEl.

– Dear Father, thank you for this day and thank you for this gathering. We love you very much Father and we are so grateful for all the blessings that you have bestowed on each one of us. We are so grateful for the plan that you have for each of us and the world. We are so grateful for this Correcting Time and for allowing us to be a part of it. Thank you so very much. We love our Creator Son Michael and our Universe Mother Spirit Nebadonia and all the Spiritual Helpers, the Angels and the Teachers, bless them and bless the Correcting Time, in Michael’s name, amen.–


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From 1900 until 1905 he held various small business positions, then for the next twelve years he farmed on his parents' land. He went to high school in Independence, Missouri. Not well known when he took office, Truman gained respect for his role in the development of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and for his leadership during the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War. Biography of Harry S. Truman. Harry S. Truman. A shy start Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884. Thirty-third President of the United States. Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884–December 26, 1972) became the 33rd president of the United States following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. Vice-president elected in 1945 together with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he becomes president, at the death of this one, that same year. He was born on 8 May 1884 in Lamar (Missouri). The family, which soon included another boy, Vivian, and a girl, Mary Jane moved several times during Truman's childhood and youth - first, in 1887, to a farm near Grandview, then, in 1890, to Independence, and finally, in 1902, to Kansas City. Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884, the son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman.

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Alas, poor Yorick/Schillers Schädel

I heard on the radio recently that Schiller’s putative skull is being DNA’ed and compared to the DNA of Schiller’s descendants. Actually I wonder if there have been any new developments, as this was news last summer, and incidentally Schiller’s only available relations had to be exhumed too.

When Goethe wrote his famous lines, he was not in the charnel house at all, but had the first ‘Schiller skull’ at home, under a glass dome and on a blue velvet cushion. ‘I spotted it at once’ is poetic licence too:

Als ich inmitten solcher starren Menge
Unschätzbar herrlich ein Gebild gewahrte,
Daß in des Raumes Moderkält’ und Enge
Ich frei und wärmefühlend mich erquickte,
Als ob ein Lebensquell dem Tod entspränge.

The skull reminded him of the Aegean and the ancient Greeks, or so say my notes pencilled presumably in a lecture by Ilse Appelbaum-Graham in the late 1960s.

This skull was simply picked out of the mass by the mayor of Weimar in 1826 because it was the biggest and he thought Schiller must have had a bigger brain than the others.

Another skull was produced in 1911/1912 – the New York Times report of the time can even be found online.

The investigations have been presided over by the retired anthropologist Herbert Ullrich, author of Schädel-Schicksale historischer Persönlichkeiten, an anthropologist from Freiburg University with the Monty-Pythonesque name Ursula Wittwer-Backofen, and scientists from Innsbruck University who have not only been having trouble with Mozart, but have also examined Ötzi and thousands of 2004 tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. If I read the press right, any conclusions reached will not be released until May, when a film on the subject is to be shown on TV, presumably on May 12, the 208th anniversary of Schiller’s birth. To quote Time, in July 2007:

Besides trying to prove which skull is genuine, the Friedrich Schiller Code team will run a series of tests to corroborate the genetic analysis, search for traces of opiates or harmful heavy metals, and perhaps confirm contemporary reports that Schiller died of tuberculosis — thereby disappointing conspiracy theorists who claim he may have been poisoned by Freemasons. The poet himself probably wouldn’t have cared what fate befell his remains. “The Weavers of the Web — the Fates — but sway/ The matter and the things of clay,” he wrote in his philosophical lyric The Ideal and Life. “Safe from each change that Time to Matter gives/ … The form, the archetype, serenely lives.” And so it will, whichever skull takes the crown.

Here is the latest news from Reuters – more descendants have been exhumed, so presumably they drew a blank on the first ones:

“The remains of the bodies were in good enough condition for a DNA examination,” said Egon Moehler, a spokesman for the German city of Stuttgart, where the bodies of three relatives who died in the 19th century were unearthed.

To obtain DNA samples for testing, the city has opened the final resting place of the dramatist’s eldest son, Carl, his grandson Friedrich as well as the wife of his grandson.

My money is on neither skull being Schiller. Would William Hill offer odds on this one?

LATER NOTE: I thought I would add the German of Schiller’s poem, but it was difficult to locate because the translation was so free. Here’s the original, from Projekt Gutenberg-DE:

Nur der Körper eignet jenen Mächten,
Die das dunkle Schicksal flechten;
Aber frei von jeder Zeitgewalt,
Die Gespielin seliger Naturen,
Wandelt oben in des Lichtes Fluren
Göttlich unter Göttern die Gestalt.
Wollt ihr hoch auf ihren Flügeln schweben,
Werft die Angst des Irdischen von euch!
Fliehet aus dem engen, dumpfen Leben
In des Idealen Reich!

And here’s the translation quoted by Time, from a site on German Classics:

The Weavers of the Web–the Fates–but sway
The matter and the things of clay;
Safe from each change that Time to Matter gives,
Nature’s blest playmate, free at will to stray
With Gods a god, amidst the fields of Day,
The FORM, the ARCHETYPE, serenely lives.
Would’st thou soar heavenward on its joyous wing?
Cast from thee, Earth, the bitter and the real,
High from this cramp’d and dungeon being, spring
Into the Realm of the Ideal!

Apparently translated into English by Calvin Thomas, LL.D. no less.

Wikipedia, Bei Betrachtung von Schillers Schädel

Siemens Airport Center

Siemens has a huge ‘practice’ airport in Fürth (this quote dates from a couple of years ago).

With the new Siemens Airport Center (SAC) in Fürth (Germany), Siemens has created the world’s only innovation, planning and testing center designed to develop specific airport and airline solutions together with customers, and to test them under simulated operating conditions. An entire airport infrastructure was recreated in compact form over an area of approximately 9,000 square meters (29,527 square feet).

Here in German:

Ein kompletter Flughafen – nur ohne Flugzeuge und Landebahn: Das ist das Siemens Airport Center (SAC) in Fürth-Bislohe, in dem die Siemens AG ihr integriertes Portfolio für Flughäfen und Fluglinien präsentiert. Auf einer Nettofläche von 9.000 Quadratmetern erfüllt das SAC vier Funktionen: Als Kundeninformationszentrum, Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum für integrierte Flughafeninnovationen, als Testbetrieb für laufende Kundenprojekte und als Trainingscenter für Kunden und Siemens-Mitarbeiter.

One can’t help wondering if Terminal 5 at Heathrow did without something like this.

Marital acquest/Zugewinn

In the recent entry on the Mills-McCartney divorce arrangements, I quoted this:

This is not a case where the principle of sharing of the “marital acquest” is engaged at all.

This term was new to me. It seems a good solution for Zugewinn in German law: the property acquired by both spouses from the date of marriage on, which may be divided fifty-fifty in Germany if so agreed or in default of a contract. The situation in England is different, but still it can be necessary to talk about this amount as one of the factors.

I find acquest in the OED:

3. Law. Property gained by purchase, or gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.

Used in this sense in French and in jurisprudence, it says in the etymology.

Google reveals 112 uses, and I think it must recently have been taken up. Probably it was one of the recent big cases where the concept needed to be discussed that used it and was widely reported.
Here‘s an example:

Increasingly on divorce (and the same principles are likely to apply on the dissolution of civil partnerships) the court is interested in ascertaining what has been described as the ‘marital acquest’, that is, the assets accumulated by the parties during their marriage.

I see it was quoted in Miller v. Miller.

This does not mean that, when exercising his discretion, a judge in this country must treat all property in the same way. The statute requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case. One of the circumstances is that there is a real difference, a difference of source, between (1) property acquired during the marriage otherwise than by inheritance or gift, sometimes called the marital acquest but more usually the matrimonial property, and (2) other property.

Zugewinn is usually translated as accrued gains or surplus.

MacBook Air in trashcan/MacBook Air entsorgt

It sounds very much as if Steven Levy’s wife threw his MacBook Air (he’d been lent it for review) into the trash compacter – see Gone, Without a Trace, in Newsweek.

Well, one of Beuys’ Fettecken was disposed of even when it was in full view, rather than hidden in a pile of papers like the MacBook. And another German victim was Gustav Metzger at Tate Modern:

The spokesman said: “The bag was removed the morning before we first opened. It was not put in a crusher but in a skip. It was removed but it was seen that it was damaged. That’s why the artist put another bag in its place.”

He pointed out that Metzger had not actually had to pick up new rubbish to put in his replacement bin liner but had simply found one that had already been filled and discarded. “The bags are taken from where they are found and put in the space,” said the Tate. “He doesn’t manipulate what’s in the bag.”

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Deutsche Fassung bei Spiegel Online.

There is a great discussion in an entry and comments in …jurabilis! on the two forms Schadenersatz and Schadensersatz. I remember puzzling about this for many years when I was teaching legal translation. We used to discuss translations into German, even if I didn’t teach them myself.

We eventually decided to use Schadensersatz all the time, but had the feeling that German lawyers preferred it without the S in the middle – there were always a public prosecutor and a judge doing some of the teaching.

The BGB has SchadenSersatz too, but was that always the case? Apparently so. The form without the S is used in Austria – surprisingly, when one considers words like Erbseinsetzung and Erbserklärung, which always remind me of Erbsensuppe.

This has even been discussed by Bastian Sick, but to little effect, as usual.

Nuremberg Zoo/Tiergarten Nürnberg

It’s just been announced that the polar bear cub Flocke will be on public view from April 9. Here is a guide for visitors – after all, the school Easter holidays end next Friday, so from March 31 there will be a few days to visit the Zoo while it’s still civilized.

I can’t get the hang of Google Maps, but if you scroll to the right here you will eventually see the zoo, marked with a blue line.

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It is embedded in deep forest, on a hilly and wooded site, and you can see the sandstone where the stone for Nuremberg Castle was quarried. So it’s quite a large and civilized zoo for the visitor – less so for some of the animals. A bit like a mixture between a more generously planned zoo and a crowded inner-city zoo. It would still be in Dutzendteich if Hitler hadn’t wanted that area for a parade ground. And look what happened to that.

Parking is difficult except on the civilized days I just mentioned. So do yourself a favour and get the tram from the main railway station. At the moment, it normally runs every ten minutes and takes fifteen minutes to get there, and you get out closer to the zoo than if you had to park some distance away.

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North Devon

2015 Result:
Conservative: 22341 (42.7%)
Labour: 3699 (7.1%)
Lib Dem: 15405 (29.4%)
Green: 3018 (5.8%)
UKIP: 7719 (14.8%)
Others: 138 (0.3%)
MAJORITY: 6936 (13.3%)

Category: Semi-marginal Conservative seat

Geography: South West, Devon. Coterminous with the North Devon council area.

Main population centres: Barnstaple, Lynton, Ilfracombe, Braunton, South Moulton.

Profile: A rural seat on the western edge of Exmoor. The biggest town by far is Barnstaple, a market town and former port that is the commercial and administrative centre of North Devon. The rest of the seat is made up of small rural villages and small seaside towns along the North Devon coast. The seat also contains Royal Marines Base Chivenor.

Politics: This has been a marginal seat between the Conservatives and the Liberals since its creation in 1950. It was previously represented by the Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe, who lost his seat in 1979 while facing charges of attempted murder and opposed by a wonderfully odd variety of candidates, including perennial candidate Bill Boaks and Auberon Waugh`s Dog Lovers Party. In 2010 was one of four seats where UKIP finished third (the others being West Devon and Torridge, North Cornwall and the Speakers seat in Buckingham).

Current MP
PETER HEATON-JONES (Conservative) Born 1963. Former BBC radio presenter. Swindon councillor since 2010. First elected as MP for Devon North in 2015.
Past Results
Con: 18484 (36%)
Lab: 2671 (5%)
LDem: 24305 (47%)
UKIP: 3720 (7%)
Oth: 2141 (4%)
MAJ: 5821 (11%)
Con: 18868 (36%)
Lab: 4656 (9%)
LDem: 23840 (46%)
UKIP: 2740 (5%)
Oth: 1826 (4%)
MAJ: 4972 (10%)
Con: 18800 (38%)
Lab: 4995 (10%)
LDem: 21784 (44%)
UKIP: 2484 (5%)
Oth: 1191 (2%)
MAJ: 2984 (6%)
Con: 21643 (39%)
Lab: 5367 (10%)
LDem: 27824 (51%)
MAJ: 6181 (11%)

*There were boundary changes after 2005

2015 Candidates
PETER HEATON-JONES (Conservative) Born 1963. Former BBC radio presenter. Swindon councillor since 2010.
MARK CANN (Labour) Born 1950, London. Educated at St Josephs College, London and Reading University. Retired teacher. Former Mendip councillor. Contested North Devon 2010.
NICK HARVEY (Liberal Democrat) Born 1961, Chandlers Ford. Educated at Queens College and Middlesex Polytechnic. Marketing executive. Contested Enfield Southgate 1987. MP for North Devon 1992 to 2015. Minister of State for the Armed Forces 2010-2012.
STEVE CROWTHER (UKIP) Born Devon. Contested Devon North 2010.
RICKY KNIGHT (Green) Language teacher. Contested North Devon 2005, Bristol West 2010. Contested South West region 2009, 2014 European elections.
GERRY SABLES (Communist Party GB) Contested North Devon 2010.
Comments - 231 Responses on “Devon North”
  1. I might as well be the first to point out that the North Devon Gazette “poll” might as well have been carried out by PAUL WAY…

    (If you don’t want to read the article, they basically asked 53 people in the street who they were voting for)

  2. I wonder if this will have any effect?

    I’m sure it will appear on some LD leaflets

  3. We rightly scoff at polls like this but they do actually influence voting. I know someone who is intending to TV tory in Southend west based solely on the crap Yougov Newscast.

  4. Hi Iain,

    I think it will have a small effect, I have already spoken to people who have seen a leaflet, they told me it was just a copy of the article as it appeared in the Newspaper, with the appropriate publishing details added off course, apparently the story was also was covered by the Daily Mirror.

    I don’t think the Lib Dems stand to gain much though, perhaps it will persuade a few Tory’s not to vote at all, but is more likely to turn a few hundred Blue’s to Purlple.

  5. Con gain, 800.

  6. Lib Dem Hold. 1,500 maj.

  7. UKIP win by 100

  8. Ukip win???? Thats pretty outlandish

  9. Conservative gain, majority 750.

  10. Cllr Ian Meadlarkin has defected from UKIP to the Conservatives here.

  11. Harvey announced to stand again.

    I think he’ll improve on 2015, but probably fall short of winning, though I wouldn’t be shocked if he did scrape through.

  12. With retreads a lot depends on whether they can maintain their personal vote or whether they suffer from a “We told you last time to f*** off” and send the message again

  13. I think there’s less of the latter sentiment when it’s more about punishing the party, which is undoubtedly what happened to the LDs.

  14. I expect the Lib Dems to come up short in most south west seats like this one. If they recover to 20 or even 30 seats I expect very few will come from their former strongholds in this region. Remember it took the Libs 13 years to win back Devon North and Cornwall North from 1979 to 1992. They may be back here but at this election I doubt it.

  15. Fascinating new discovery pertaining to Jeremy Thorpe’s trial:

  16. The Jeremy Thorpe drama on BBC1 begins tonight at 9pm: A Very English Scandal.

  17. Not a Hugh Grant fan particularly but I thought he was excellent. Very convincing.

  18. I think he just plays himself, but it was an era of posh, aloof politicians so he was needed.

    It’ll be interesting how much more is made of the cover up in parts 2 and 3.

    I liked the police > Scotland Yard > MI5 > safe part (as that’s apparently also what happened with evidence re Cyril Smith).

  19. The case and trial showed the power of the old boys network.

    At the trial the judge described the main witness against Thorpe, a man who was the victim of an attempted murder: ‘a hysterical, warped personality, accomplished sponger and very skilful at exciting and exploiting sympathy’. ‘He is a crook, a fraud, a sponger, a whiner and a parasite.’ Before added: ‘But of course, he could still be telling the truth . . .’

    Hilariously imo Private Eye columnist Auberon Waugh in the 1979 GE in NORTH DEVON, stood against Thorpe as the ‘dog-lovers’ candidate’!! A facetious election address declared: ‘Rinka is not forgotten. Rinka lives.’

  20. Alex F – I agree.

    Although of course both are true (he was a victim and a blackmailer).

  21. The Jeremy Thorpe docu the BBC ordered be destroyed is to finally be aired tomorrow at 10pm.

    The police have re-opened the case after the Mail apparently found the gunman Newton/Hann Redwin still living in London!

  22. I watched A Very English Scandal and enjoyed it. Hugh Grant’s portrayal was excellent.

    Nevertheless, as I’ve regularly moaned on these pages in the past, I absolutely deplore the modern tendency in so-called “biopics” of dead people (who can’t sue) to pass off unproved assertions and in some cases blatant untruths as hard facts. See the Curse Of Steptoe case, which was such a flagrant tissue of lies about Harry H Corbett that the BBC were forced into the rare step of pulping the DVD release and never ever repeating the programme.

    In A Very English Scandal, Thorpe is shown blatantly conspiring to murder Norman Scott, in total defiance of the fact that he was found not guilty of these allegations in a court of law. Were he still alive he would be able to take the BBC to the cleaners on that alone.

  23. The documentary on BBC4 was actually better – it made me see both Thorpe and Scott in completely different lights – although to be fair it’s not something i knew a tremendous lot about beforehand

  24. I really enjoyed the three part series. It’s unusual to enjoy a drama where both of the main characters were so apparently unlikeable. I don’t think the judge should have described Scott in the way he did at trial, but I don’t think you could actually disagree with his description of the man.

  25. “It’s unusual to enjoy a drama where both of the main characters were so apparently unlikeable.”

    And there you’ve nailed the problem. It is a drama masquerading as fact. Obviously many parts of it are indeed fact, but key aspects are mere supposition and indeed fly in the face of Thorpe having been found not guilty of the allegations. I’m guessing 95% of the viewers won’t see the significance of the small print “based on a true story” and assume the drama is a 100% accurate dramatisation of what happened. Sadly this is routine these days with all so-called biopics. Indeed the writer of the screenplay Russell T Davies admitted as much in an interview recently when he said the crux of his job is “to imagine what the characters might have said to each other”.

  26. HH – although that might have been interesting.

    I very much doubt Thorpe would have sued, given that the test for it to be defamatory of having the effect of lowering him in the opinion of he average man.

    Whilst it is a fact that he was found not guilty, it’s also a fact that he chose not to defend himself (because the prosecution had letters proving he had lied) and the Judge was biased and his misdirection of the Jury would be appealed today.

    Incidentally, Peter Bessell (in the Tom Margold documentary after the drama) sounded just like Ronnie Fearn. Were all Liberals camp back then, or just them two and Tyler?

    I’m surprised David Steel hasn’t come in for more scrutiny, after this case and Cyril Smith. I hadn’t realised that all six then living Liberal leaders attended Thorpe’s funeral.

  27. Incidentally, I had no idea that George Carman QC was rumoured to be gay (or bisexual at the very least). Not a particularly pleasant man by all accounts, but obviously very good at his job.

    Peter Cook’s satire of the biased judge remains very, very funny.

  28. ‘Not a particularly pleasant man by all accounts, but obviously very good at his job.’

    When the immoral Jonathan Aitken tried to pocket some money by suing the Guardian for telling the truth about him, it was all about which side could get Carmen first

    Fortunately on that occasion the good guy’s got him – which to be fair to him, was usually the case – think Hamilton v Fayed, Channel 4 v Allan etc

  29. There was a good guy in the Hamilton/ Fayed debacle, Tim? Talk about a lesser of two evils! 🙂

  30. ‘There was a good guy in the Hamilton/ Fayed debacle, Tim? Talk about a lesser of two evils! ‘

    I think not

    Even if you buy the tabloid narrative – which I don’t – that Al Fayed is a vile, egotistical, misogynistic, violent bully, he’s still a Saint compared to Neil Hamilton, whom the less said about the better

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Monthly Archives: August 2018

August 2018 Newsletter is done

This month: Updates on the pay dispute and more on the Staff Survey. You can find it in the Newsletters section at the top of the menu. As always, any comments, good or bad are welcome.

Disappointing result for carers

Some of you may be aware that for the past 2 years the Disability and Carers staff network group have put in a great deal of work towards creating a policy to help support staff with caring responsibilities. The policy put forward by the network group was put together after consultation with the university Equality and Diversity department and staff in…

2018-19 Pay: National Industrial Action Ballot announced

UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive met yesterday to decide on the next steps for this year’s pay campaign. The consultative ballot of all branches returned an overwhelming vote in favour of rejecting the “final” offer of 2.0% or £450, which is consistent with the message received from our branch’s membership. Members will receive ballot papers to their home addresses…

2018-19 Consultative Pay Ballot Result

The results of our ballot of Brighton branch members on whether to accept or reject the “final offer” of 2.0% or £425 is follows: 84.2% voted to REJECT the offer. 15.2% voted to ACCEPT the offer. The turnout was 57.7%. Thanks to everyone who voted or persuaded others to vote. This is the highest turnout we have had in a consultative ballot…

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Vietnam respects Yugoslavian people's right to self-determination

Vietnam respects Yugoslavian people's right to self-determination

On October 6, Spokeswoman for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, Ms.Phan Thuy Thanh, while answering questions from foreign correspondents about Vietnam's comments on the latest developments in Yugoslavia said: "Vietnam respects the right of the Yugoslavian people to self-determination."

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MFA Spokesman on comments from California based Hoa Hao Church

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Former Prime Minister Pham Van Dong Passes Away

Pham Van Dong, former Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), former prime minister, former advisor to the Party Central Committee, and National Assembly deputy from the first to the seventh legislatures between 1946 to 1987, died in Hanoi on April 29, of illness at the age of 94.

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Additional 65 foreign-invested projects licensed in first quarter

Ha Noi, April 7 (VNA) -- An additional 65 foreign-invested projects were licensed in the first quarter of this year with a combined investment capital of USD 148 million.

Ho Chi Minh City topped the list with 21 projects valued at USD 51 million. Binh Duong province, next to Ho Chi Minh City, had 24 projects licensed worth only USD 16.5 million; and Ha Noi had four projects valued at USD 4.4 million.

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Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh was responding on April 6 to a BBC correspondent who had sought Viet Nam's reaction to the WEF report. She said: