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Cops, Beheadings, and Veeps

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Wake up, swim in the Sea of Cortez, hit the road. We could get used to this.

No one in the group really had any must-sees for the next portion of the trip so we just picked a place on the map and headed in that direction. Jason and Kara were both looking to surf, so we headed to the pacific. The spot we picked was Adolfo Lopez Mateo. This town was apparently, at one point, a tourist destination for whale watching and eco tours. As we rolled in at sunset, we could see that this was no longer the case. Most of the shops were boarded up, and the ones that weren’t had the windows busted out. We wanted to believe that this was a result of the recent hurricane, but it looked as though things had been this way for years.

In Mexico, the beaches belong to the people, and camping is welcome and free on almost all of them. So, we headed to the beach in search of camping. After about an hour of driving around, we still hadn’t found any beaches with vehicle access. It was getting late, and we were getting desperate. On the outskirts of town, we had seen a neighborhood with some really nice houses and a fancy looking hotel called Habitat Hotel. We figured we could camp near the hotel without too much hassle.

Brian, TJ and Joey stopped at the hotel to ask if anyone had suggestions for camping, and it was immediately obvious that the hotel was no longer in operation and was being squatted by some shady looking characters. Trash everywhere, mangy dogs, and makeshift toilets. One of the squatters was friendly enough, but also looked nervous that maybe we were there to tell him we owned the place. We’ll pass. We continued down to the end of the road and asked a couple if we could camp on the beach near their property. They were very friendly and offered to let us stay in their yard, but we declined and instead stayed about 50 yards down the road on a sort of beach next to a large pile of trash.

None of us felt too comfortable with our campsite, but we didn’t have any other options. It was now dark, and we were hours from any other towns. Just as we started making dinner, a police truck with lights flashing bounded down the dirt road, aiming right for our camp. What now? Bribes, arrest, something worse? Brian approached the police cruiser and hoped for the best.

The officer in the passenger seat immediately stuck out his hand for a handshake, and assured us that there would be no problems where we were camped and that they would be doing several patrols of the area that night. Should this make us comfortable that the cops would be keeping an eye on things, or worried that they felt the need to keep an eye on things? Oh well, we all decided to go to sleep early and get up at sunrise and hit the road.

Another foggy morning made the drive out of town seem eerie and misplaced. The destination for the day was Todos Santos, with stops in Constitution (drive slow and stop at ALL stop signs, even if no one else does. No one else will) for coffee and La Paz for gas. We were all feeling a bit nervous, as we had just received news two days prior that there had been some midday beheadings in the tourist zone in La Paz. Apparently, over the last two months there had been 28 murders there, and there was talk of a curfew. Little of this had made the mainstream news and much of it was being kept hush-hush due to the already low tourism from the hurricane.

(Side note: these stories were mostly half-truths and we never once felt the least bit unsafe in La Paz. None of the crimes were directed at, or in anyway involved, any tourists. If we wouldn’t have had insider info, we would have had no clue that any of that had happened)

When we got to La Paz, we stopped at the first Pemex station we saw. We were all a bit hungry but were unsure if we should venture into town for food, or move on to Todos Santos. Brian decided to chat up a cop in the gas station parking lot to try to get a feel for how safe/unsafe it would be. The cop showed Brian the day’s newspaper proclaiming that the murderers had been caught, and assured us that we would be fine. Then he insisted that we follow him to a good restaurant, but only after he moved his assault rifle from his rear seat to his front seat (was he planning on needing it?!) Brian’s poor Spanish and the officers poor English, made for an interesting conversation that resulted in a police escort (complete with flashing lights) for our entire caravan to some place he called “Veeps”. What is Veeps? Did he say something about Applebees? We were very confused, but we knew that we were to follow him through town to one of his favorite spots, that in reality ended up being a chain restaurant called Peter Piper Pizza. Oh well, today we dine on Chuck E Cheese style pizza. After running a few errands (Home Depot, walmart, etc.) we were back on the road. Onward to Todos Santos!

(Side note: Veeps turned out to be VIPs – as in Very Important People – a popular fast food chain in Mexico)

Finding good camping at Todos Santos should have been easy. It is a fairly quiet tourist town, big in the surfer community. However, since the hurricane swept through, damage to the town was still being repaired and the beaches were left flooded with what smelled like human waste and littered with debris.

Parts of it were still attractive, though, and we were all dying to get in the water, so we drove out as close to the high tide line as we could get. Then, TJ got stuck in deep sand. Now, before we go on, we should mention that the jeep is loaded down with nearly every piece of recovery gear imaginable. Be prepared! But it was hot, and it didn’t seem like it would be too much of a struggle to get TJ unstuck. So we pushed and dug sand out from under his Transit. After about 10 minutes, we realized that he was more stuck than we thought. Then a nice older man who lived in one of the giant houses lining the beach drove his truck down and, with a very “I’m saving the day” kind of attitude, pulled TJ out with just a tow strap.

We drove out to a place called Cerritos Surf Camp, which turned out to be the cleanest, yet most exclusive beach in town. They wouldn’t even let us park in their lot. It was getting late, and, as we drove through town, we noticed that the infamous Hotel California looked quite empty, so we all reluctantly agreed to pop in and see if we could play “Let’s Make a Deal!” (It should be noted that Carley was in no way reluctant. Hotel California has been on her radar since she was about 12 years old. Huge Eagles nerd)

Typically, a basic room is just over $100 per night, but TJ and Joey worked some serious magic and got three rooms for $60 each! We all took showers and got dressed up for a night on the town! Dinner and 13-year-old-tequila shots, then drinks at a “locals” bar where several of the locals attempted to assist Carley in learning Spanish, also where we saw a Denver license plate and got a little homesick, and finally, back at the Hotel California for smokes and drinks poolside. We were drunk and high (on life!) and, let’s just say it’s lucky that we were the only ones in the hotel. It was a total gigglefest. Easily one of the best nights of the entire trip. Definitely on the list of best nights of ever.

Checked out in the morning and, uh-oh! Something we ate the night before was not agreeing with Carley, so we spent the day in town waiting for things to clear up. We walked around town, through all the tourist shops, cafes and bookstores. Picked up a set of Spanish flash cards and a Lonely Planet Spanish conversation book. Had a light lunch at a coffee shop.

Camped that night on a buggy beach near town. Spent the next day in town retracing the prior day’s steps, attempting to update the blog, but not finding the inspiration. It’s hard to hunker down and write when you’ve got good times staring you in the face. Around midday, we started looking for a place to camp for the night. Ended up at a placed called Surf Camp on the other side of the highway. This place seemed abandoned, no one at the office, no one to call, but the pool was perfectly clean and a sign near the office read “grab a room” with a price list. Joey and TJ picked their room and Briand and I and Jason popped our tops in the parking lot (really just a dirt patch outside of the entrance). We hopped in the pool to cool off and had yet another excellent (giggly) night.

Got up early and headed to the coffee shop in Todos Santos to make plans for the day. Back to La Paz to pick up supplies (beer, mostly) and then on to Playa Tecolote, just north east of La Paz. Jason’s birthday was the following day, so we made arrangements with a guide to rent a boat that would take us to Isla de Espiritu Santo – an island off the coast of La Paz where the Sea Lions (or Sea Wolves, as they’re called in Mexico) congregate each year.

That night, we took it easy so as to not feel like garbage the next day. It was a good move. The boat ride out to the island was rough, but fun and Carley was laughing like a child on an amusement park ride the entire time. We went through caves and arches and saw some pretty impressive rock formations. When it was time to get in the water, we didn’t hesitate to pop on our “kit de snork” and jump in. A few yards from the boat, about 5 or 6 sea lions were congregating in the water. Carley dove down to see what they were up to and nearly lost her s&%t when she saw that there were baby sea lions swimming around beneath them. One swam right up to her, checked her out and then darted in the opposite direction. Playful little fellas.

[We didn't take any pictures because our camera doesn't go under water. So here's a sea lion drawing. Enjoy!]

After about 30-45 minutes of Carley screaming “HOLY S&%T!!” into her snorkel, our captain called us back to the boat. It was time to head back. A quick stop on a beach, tucked away and looking like something you see in a “Beaches” commercial, for lunch and beverages, we headed back to Tecolote for dinner and drinks to celebrate Jason’s birthday. That night we sat around a table at camp and placed a game called Munchkin. It’s basically a poke at DND, with zombies and monsters. Nerd fun! This would be TJ and Joey’s last night in Baja, they were L.A. bound first thing in the morning. We miss you guys!


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3 medical marijuana stocks to buy

‘Where there’s smoke, there’s . . . opportunity’ concludes The MoneyLetter after surveying a number of security analysts’ reports on medical cannabis producers in Canada. Companies already established in the medical marijuana business are gearing up to meet the demand on production expected with the impending legalization of the recreational marijuana market.

Canopy Growth Corporation

Marijuana_StocksCanopy Growth Corporation (TSX—WEED) has received additional licensing at both cannabis greenhouse facilities operating under its majority-owned BC Tweed Joint Venture Inc. banner, including the licensing of the largest cannabis facility in the world.

In total, Canopy Growth’s licensed growing space has tripled in calendar 2018, to more than 2.4 million square feet and it remains on path to exceed 5.6 million square feet of domestic growing space.

Toronto-based Beacon Securities analyst Vahan Ajamian maintains his ‘Buy’ recommendation.

Near-term, he expects the BC Tweed joint venture company will begin moving the first shipment of plants into the Delta greenhouse. By the end of the summer, he expects Canopy Growth to have the entire 3-million square feet space in BC up and running.

“These developments reinforce our view that Canopy has the expertise, financial resources and regulatory know-how to accomplish significantly more and move meaningfully faster than its competitors. We believe the company is best positioned to swarm the shelves of the legal market in all regions—which is the best set up for any (marijuana) licensed producer to get first-time users and keep them long term. The company is targeting 40 per cent market share.”

On a separate note, Canopy announced the acquisition of the largest Czech medical cannabis company, Annabis Medical, for 50,735 shares upon closing and another 34,758 shares subject to reaching certain milestones. Based on recent share prices, the total value of the deal could be approximately $2.5 million.

Healthcare stock Canopy Growth produces and sells medical marijuana in Canada, and is positioning itself for the pending legalization of the recreational market. It is headquartered in Smith Falls, Ontario.

Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Healthcare stock Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX—ACB) was recently the bearer of good news when it announced the acquisition of approximately 71 acres of land in Medicine Hat, Alta.

According to Vancouver-based PI Financial analyst Jason Zandberg, Aurora’s acquisition happens to be in the same area where the licensed producer of medical cannabis intends to build a new 1.2-million square-foot hybrid green house that is projected to produce 150,000 kg annually.

“The new facility, named ‘Aurora Sun’, will be designed and engineered by Aurora Larssen Projects Inc. and will be 50 per cent larger than Aurora Sky. We expect that the facility will cost $130 million to $150 million to build and like all Aurora facilities, will be built in compliance with EU good manufacturing practice standards,” says the analyst.

“The addition of Aurora Sun brings ACB’s total expected capacity to over 430,000 kg per year and is anticipated to supply both the Canadian medical and recreational marijuana markets as well as the rapidly expanding international market. Management stated that they expect first planting will occur in the first half of calendar 2019, with completion of the full facility in the second half of 2019.”

Mr. Zandberg, who reiterates his ‘Buy’ recommendation and sticks with his $15 per-share 12-month target price, says that production expenses are expected to drop to under $1 per gram at full capacity on account of the higher degree of planned automation and ideal growing conditions.

The analyst adds that Aurora strategically selected Medicine Hat for the base of its Aurora Sun plant due to its abundance of sunshine, minimal-cost electricity, minimal humidity and friendly business environment.

Vancouver-based Aurora Cannabis, together with its subsidiaries, produces and distributes medical marijuana products in Canada.

Emblem Corp.

Healthcare stock Emblem Corp.’s (TSXV—EMC) outlook is getting better, says Mr. Zandberg and his Vancouver-based PI Financial colleague Devin Schilling after the medical marijuana company announced results for the fourth quarter of 2017.

The analysts, who boost their recommendation to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ and increase their 12-month target share price to $2.75 from $2, say that Emblem’s revenues for the quarter were $700,000, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was a loss of $1.8 million, and EPS (earnings per share) was a loss of $0.04.

As for some good news, the company’s performance on the revenue and EBITDA fronts surpassed the analysts’ projections for revenue—$600,000—and for EBITDA—a loss of $2.2 million. And the company’s EPS tally was just below the analysts’ projection of a loss of $0.03.

The company’s GrowWise Health chain of clinics generated sales of $514,000 last year. According to the analysts, Emblem acquired the 50 per cent stake in the GrowWise chain that it did not already own for a loonie during the fourth quarter of last year. “We believe this enterprise offers value to EMC shareholders as it has been primarily responsible for the increase in new patients at EMC, adding 600 patients in the first quarter alone,” say Messrs. Zandberg and Schilling.

Toronto-based Emblem produces and sells medical cannabis in Canada.

This is an edited version of an article that was originally published for subscribers in the May 2018/Second Report of The MoneyLetter. You can profit from the award-winning advice subscribers receive regularly in The MoneyLetter.

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Educator Festival

Educator Festival

Practical hands on learning that’s Fun and Meaningful’

Saturday Sept 7th, 2019

The ECW Educators Festival offers Educators an array of authentic and meaningful hands on learning experiences that are fun, innovative and informative. In a tranquil, stress free environment this event provides you with the space to hang out with fellow ECEC villagers, unwind, relax and just Be. Connect with friends and colleagues and wander through the festival at your own leisure, engage in what interests you and have some fun. Take all the time you need to connect with the Exhibitors, participate in a some PD sessions. The Educators Festival has been designed by Educators for Educators so come along check it out, connect, share and learn together.

The Professional Development sessions are planned hands on micro experiences designed as a provocation of learning, to introduce you to professional learning experiences that will inform your thinking and practice. Designed to support you to grow in knowledge and confidence, your experiences will inspire you to take your learning back to your own unique environments to share with colleagues and help to bring some fun back into your work with children, reduce the stress and anxiety associated with your role and motivate you to Be the Best Educator you can Be..

So whose going to be there:

Caroline Fewster – Will bring her ususal vitality and fun as she shares some practical hands on experiences and strategies to support Educators working with Babies and Toddlers

Nathan Wallis – Nathan will share with you the science behind brain development and the influence of trauma and development on behaviours. The plain speaking neuro scientist will provide you insights to behaviour that will awaken a completely new understanding of how to support children’s development and self regulation. You can catch the festival closing keynote or register for a Masterclass.

Angus Gorrie – “Loose parts implantation is often met a face value and seen as the materials in a space. This is very narrow visioned and in fact limits the amazing benefits of the play itself. Join Angus for this session to unpack more the “WHYs” pertaining to loose parts rather than just the “HOWs”. The deeper dig into the realm of the child will most likely change not only what you see in a loose parts space, but how you interact with it”.

Nature Play QLDHyahno Moser – Will be talking Nature Play, the benefits for children, their health and wellbeing with a focus on advocating community and neighbourhood play to families.

Phoenix Support for Educators – Sandi from Phoenix Support for Educators will present a brief overview of her Cups philosophy for understanding children’s behaviour, before leading a discussion specifically around “filling the fun cup”. This workshop will also explore play through the lens of learning outcomes, principles, schema and engagement in play. An overview of the work of Maslow, Csikszentmihalyi and Laevers will be presented around flow and involvement and how their research and theories influence our Early Years pedagogies. Educators will rethink planning, routines and curriculum design to facilitate an atmosphere of fun, joy and learning by considering ways to provide uninterrupted, sustained periods of play.

However, you can’t fill from an empty cup! Educator’s will also discuss how they meet their own need for fun, joy and learning to ensure this spills over into their work in education and care.

Birdwings – will help you to invite participation, support behaviour and find the joy in group times. Join Jennifer and Narell for some circle time songs and dances.

Pedagogical Practice Professionals – Lets talk pre-reading and pre-writing and the underpinning skills Educators can focus on to support the development of these skills.

Nature Play QLDAnya Imhoff – Reconnect to your inner child and take part in a carousel of Bush Kindy experiences! Discover and practise how you can construct waterproof shelters, spark children’s creativity and imagination, try your hand at some useful knots and use simple tools safely for a child initiated purpose, to enhance your nature program.

Hello Africa ShowSunday Ali – Is a lively interactive introduction to the music and culture of Africa

Wildlings Forest School – Nicki Farrell and Vicci Oliver will help you to risk assess and sweep your potential Bush Kindy Site

Lindy Doller – Back from speaking at the world forum Lindy will share with you some simple practical resources you can make with children that will delight and build both fine and gross motor skills

Janet Kan – Is an author and specialist ECT working with babies and children with diverse needs and will share insights and strategies to support you to deliver responsive programs for children

Unyucky The Power of Table Talk – One of the greatest lifelong gifts you can give a child is the ability to enjoy the company of other people over meals. Children who regularly eat with their families and other trusted adults are known to have better outcomes at school, better resistance to negative peer pressure, and better acceptance of a wide and healthy variety of foods.

However, meals with children aren’t always easy, especially in large groups. In a service setting, children’s meal times may be when educators are caught up in documentation or taking their own breaks. Even if tables are shared, the talk between children and educators may be devoted to food service rather than developmental serve and return.

Creative Rocks and Pebbles – Alan will be back again with his hand painted resources, numbers, letters, names and phrases that Educators can weave into your program

NAPCAN – This National Child Protection Week has embraced the theme that – ‘To raise thriving kids, parents need support to navigate life’s choppy waters’ – which is based on the latest research about how we talk about parenting. The presentation will explain the child development approach to communication and remind us that stories, words and metaphors are powerful tools.

We Belong Family Day Care Service has an exceeding rating and was the Family Day Care Australia National Excellence Award winner for Service of the Year. Our focus is on building relationships with Educators, Families, Children and Community. We register Educators across Logan, Redlands, Gold Coast, Ipswich and Brisbane. We would love to talk to Educators about becoming a Family Day Care Educator and will have displays on the day of examples of programs and environments unique to Family Day Care.

Green Sprouts – will offer a round robin of sustainable experiences with a vision to foster an appreciation of the natural environment, develop environmental awareness and provide a platform for ongoing environmental education.Supporting Educators to confidently and successfully embed sustainability into daily practice through immediate action resulting in ‘real outcomes’ i.e. ‘to reduce our carbon footprint’

Children of the Wilderness – Inspires educators to get their hands dirty using natural resources easily found in local areas . Enjoy creating beautiful pieces with natural materials to take home or use as play props. Learn about the benefits of messy, unstructured, natural play for children’s social, emotional, mental health and development.

First Door – Are you caught in the bustle of providing and managing activities to churn out bulk documentation, so you can tick off children’s ‘learning’?

This mini workshop explores how to bust the shallow documentation grind. We discuss ways to capture and build from each child’s ideas, learning dispositions, interests and abilities through a play-based curriculum.

Understand the value in stepping back as educators to intentionally observe, document and plan for each child’s authentic progress in the important stuff – identity, connection, well being, learning and communication.

Family Day Care QLD – Grab some FDC QLD Specials on the day: Self-Paced Professional Learning targeted at educator’s working in a Family Day Care setting usually $33.00 purchase at the Festival $20.00 per session.

Our ‘Get it Together kit’ unpacks the EYLF in the context of a Family day Care Setting. Kit is usually $90.00 for the Festival $50.00

The Education Gap – TEG is an online resource platform. With its purpose being to provide early childhood centres and educators a space to learn and refresh skills, showcase themselves, build networks and grow knowledge. TEG is developed by ECEC professionals specifically for the ECEC Sector.

Watch this space as more presenters and trades are finalised.

Nathan Wallis Closing Keynote – 2pm – 3pm

Evidence Based Best Practice – What would that really look like in your setting?

The last twenty years has seen an explosion of brain development research with new technologies allowing us to understand the inner workings of the human brain like never before. Much of this information looks at the formative nature and huge significance of the early years’ experience. The role of the early childhood teacher has moved in the research from the back of the queue to the very front! Neuroscientific research findings give us a clear idea about the why and how of early childhood teaching and care. In an easy to understand manner, Nathan will discuss what evidence based best practice would look like in the early childhood setting if this research was put fully into practice.

Networking Drinks and Nibbles – 3pm – 5pm

Following the closing Keynote by Nathan Wallis we invite you to join our Collective for a networking opportunity over wine and nibbles, as we all wind down and share the excitement from a fabulous day of connecting and sharing across our profession.

* Optional Extras

* Team / Relationship building Evening     Sat Sept 7th – 5pm – 9pm

Whole teams can come together to participate in an evening of fun designed to connect and strengthen teams over a range of creative learning experiences. Fun, informative and interactive team building experiences packed with trivia, games and prizes
Evening includes- Dinner, drinks, desert, overnight accommodation and breakfast.

* 2hr Masterclass with Nathan Wallis

We have an AM and PM masterclass. You will have the time and space needed to go deeper, explore and unpack Brain Development for babies and children. How the brain works and how neuroscience can better inform your day to day interactions with babies and children. Understand Attachment and Trauma and gain sound and practical knowledge you need to assist you to build stronger relationships with children, respond thoughtfully and support the development of emotional competence.

The Developing Brain

The Last twenty years has seen an explosion of brain development research. Advances in medical science mean we have learnt more about brain development and functioning during this period than all of our collective knowledge up to this point. Much of the public discussion during this time has related to new knowledge in the area of infant’s brains. However, just as many amazing new discoveries relating to brain development and functioning have also been made relating to the year’s from childhood right through to late adolescence. These findings often contradict many of the long- held practices that helping professionals, teachers and parents have viewed as best practice. The result is that there is now a large gap between how people ‘think’ the developing brain functions and what neuroscience research has actually shown to be the case. An understanding of this knowledge will help to guide our practice to better meet the developmental and educational needs of the children and adolescents we work with.

Nathan Wallis

Closing Keynote and Masterclass

Meet Our Presenters

Attendance options

ECW Educator’s Festival – Just $100 ECW Member rate / $200 Non Member rate

A huge range of workshops and market stalls filled with loose parts, natural sustainably sourced materials and resources. All in a relaxed outdoor setting filled with food stalls and music designed to offer you a day out packed with fun and learning in a social and professional context.

ECW Educator’s Festival includes 1 hr keynote address by Nathan Wallis – Neuroscience Educator

*Optional Extras

*2hr  Master class with Nathan Wallis – Just $50 ECW Member rate / $100 Non member rate.

*Team Building – Just $100 ECW Member rate / $200 Non Member rate (Includes Team building event, Dinner, Drinks, Desert, Accommodation and Breakfast)

Group Bookings

Register 5 or more Educators into any ECW Festival event and save 20% off either the ECW Member or Non Member rate. To save on the ECW Member rate all Educators must be an ECW Member. Simply Download the Group Booking registration form complete and send completed form to

NB: ECW Member fees are 50% off the non member fee – Join and save$$

“This was so relaxed and informal”

“I felt it reflected who we are as Educators”

“The vendor stalls were amazing, not the usual boring resources”

“It was a great opportunity to connect with colleagues and presenters”

“Loved the freedom, choice, atmosphere and opportunity to connect with others”

“This event was a fantastic outward expression of the very important work that ECW do. I witnessed early childhood educators and coordinators, immersed in leaning, nature and self-care.

The overall atmosphere, enhanced by the natural and beautiful setting, seem to result in a very relaxed, by still highly engaged learning experience. There were smiles all around, a slowing down of time, which seemed to facilitate connections and reflections. Amazing work ECW Team and I look forward to being involved in 2019″

Hyahno Moser- Program Manager for Nature Play QLD

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The situation of cultivation in the border areas of Switzerland

  • Hello user-friends,

    actually we could be very, very happy about the fantastic business by some of us - Schnuffelduffel, IZOJUB, chrispriv and others. They give us a wonderful alp-scenery and very nice cultivation and airports, which make IPACS little Switzerland more and more attractiv as a diversified area for vfr as well as for ifr. Nevertheless I'm really frustrated about the situation of cultivation and vegetation. We have two possibilities for using general cultivation in Switzerland - ORBX and Drassaud, also smaller airport-sceneries.

    Now IZOBUj has given us a very nice cultivation for the border-areas to Schnuffelduffels alps. The problem is, that there are conflicts between these cultivation-possibilities and it's not possible to find an ideal combination between them. They also use different tiles. Unfortunately I'm not able to spend much time by learning how to make cultivation und solve this problem myselve because I'm involved in fighting against the corona-pandemie. I tried to find a solution (published in flight-sim), but there are more problems and conflicts, as I thougth first - also with the ORBX-airport Saanen an ORBX-Geneve. And that makes me very frustrated. Also there are areas without vegetation/trees - especially in france alps and in italy.

    Is there someone, who could be able to solve these problems and give us a cultivation for the whole area without these problems - perhaps a combination with IZOJUB und ORBX oder Drassaud?

    I hope for helpful user!

    Thank you! Be healthy!

    Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit-Version, Intel Core i7 3770, 3,4 GHz, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA Geforce 1050 ti

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  • Hello Heideflieger,

    Unfortunately, the different cultivations are not compatible and can not be combined with each other, because they have as you noticed different coverages at the level of the tiles. With the exception of the older cultivation by drassaud, these are also not editable resp. can't be adapted if necessary, which is a big disadvantage. Further only the cultivation of IZ0JUB has integrated the trees on base of OSM data, but this unfortunately not separated. And then there is an overlay with the vegetation from the Swiss DLC, causing performance issues due to double definition.

    Also it also has many conflicts with current and future special cultivation (e.g. Swiss huts by drassaud, my "Croix de coers"-alpine scenery near Verbier or future scenery like Sion or Zermatt Heli, apezial cultivation for Bern etc.). This is the reason that I often can not share my work, cause it wouldn't work for most users. Therefore, there is no alternative for me at the moment than the one from drassaud, cause it is not compressed and can be adapted.

    On the other hand, the new cultivation of IZ0JUB is very nice, I wish it also covering the whole of Switzerland, but this editable and with the trees separated (and an exclusion if the default vegetation of the Swiss DLC). Also, the new cultivation must be constantly maintained and be adjusted if necessary.

    Finally, the cultivation for Switzerland would have to be completely redone from scratch, this with the same look and feel as the new Swiss Alps cultivation.

    Currently I do not have the capacity to implement this completely, is very very much work behind it. Just started with the first tiles and got in touch with IZ0JUB /Michael, but would need support from other user for editing to be able to engage this project and to get finished some time in the future.

    Best regards,

  • Hello Heideflieger,

    Good news. I am working on new cultivation complementary to the Alps Cultivation from IZ0JUB for the rest of Switzerland (nothern part - 8 tiles at all) using the same building texture resp. look and feel. Will also integrate some special cultivation and make all the adjustments to the already existing Swiss sceneries.

    Here is a first preview:

  • Hello Christophe,

    these are fantastic news, after some weeks without AF2 because of hard times!

    I've been frustrated, that I'm not ably to solve the current existing problems with the cultivation - especially because switzerland is grown to a very inspiring, detailled alps-scenery, which should get an appropriate cultivation. It's great, that you can use IZOJUBS business for this.

    Thank you very, very much! The previews let me be very appy! So much nice details...! :D

    Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit-Version, Intel Core i7 3770, 3,4 GHz, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA Geforce 1050 ti

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China-Australia relations have grown robustly

In 1972, the then Chinese and Australian leaders – chairman Mao Zedong and premier Zhou Enlai; and prime minister Gough Whitlam – made the significant decision to open diplomatic relations between their two countries. In the past 40 years, relations between Australia and China have withstood the test of the changing international situation and achieved historic progress.

Chen Yuming

In 1972, the then Chinese and Australian leaders – chairman Mao Zedong and premier Zhou Enlai; and prime minister Gough Whitlam – with great political wisdom and strategic courage, made the significant decision to open diplomatic relations between their two countries.

In the past 40 years, our relations have withstood the test of the changing international situation and achieved historic progress.

We have frequent exchanges at leadership and other levels. Our leaders visit each other or meet at multilateral settings every year.

Ambassador Chen Yuming with Prime Minister Julia Gillard . . . economic and investment relations between China and Australia have clear strategic value. AFR

Exchanges between parliaments, political parties, militaries and localities are vibrant.

There are over 10 bilateral dialogue mechanisms such as the strategic dialogue, economic dialogue and defence consultations, all of which are productive.

Our countries have maintained sound consultation and co-ordination in the United Nations, G20, East Asia Summit and other multilateral mechanisms.

China and Australia are more interdependent than ever. In 40 years, two-way trade volume jumped from $US100 million to $US116.6 billion – up 1300 times.

China is Australia’s largest trading partner, export market and source of imports, while Australia is China’s seventh-largest trading partner and an important supplier of resources and energy.

People-to-people and cultural exchanges have grown robustly.

In 1972, there were no Chinese students in Australia and fewer than 500 two-way visitors. Today, about 160,000 Chinese study in Australia and 1.37 million visitors travel between the two countries annually. We have 81 pairs of sister states and cities and our first reciprocal “Years of Culture" was a resounding success.

For 40 years, China-Australia relations have braved the waves and spiralled upwards.

As the Chinese saying goes: One shall have no doubt at the age of 40.

So what is the legacy of the maturing China-Australia relations? What is the inspiration for the future?

First, foresight and vision hold the key to the development of China-Australia relations.

Forty years ago, it was with foresight and vision that our older generation of leadership normalised bilateral relations.

Today, in the face of deepening globalisation and regional integration, so long as we view and approach our relations from a broad strategic perspective, and firmly bear in mind the fundamental interests of our peoples, we will be able to keep China-Australia relations on the right track of development.

No matter how we frame our relationship, its strategic significance is beyond any doubt.

Second, win-win co-operation is the bedrock for the development of China-Australia relations.

The two nations are highly complimentary in industrial structure and natural reserves. That makes us natural partners for mutually beneficial co-operation.

A quarter of Australia’s exports go to China. Demand and investments from China have driven a boom in Australia’s mining and other sectors, pushing per capita income up 30 per cent.

Bilateral co-operation has lent a strong support to our respective economic and social development, and brought tangible benefits to the two peoples.

In the long run, economic and investment relations between China and Australia have clear strategic value.

Our investment co-operation needs to be diversified and extended from the traditional energy and resources area into agriculture, environmental protection, financial and monetary services, tourism and infrastructure development.

Third, mutual understanding provides enabling conditions for the development of China-Australia relations.

Only when we engage in exchanges can we get to know each other. Only when we know each other well can we understand each other well.

Forty years ago, we found each other mysterious. Today, we are no longer strangers. This is because we visit each other more often.

China is Australia’s biggest source of international students and its biggest market of inbound tourists by value.

Mandarin is the second most used language in this country, only after English.

Different cultural values and development backgrounds pose no barriers to understanding. We need to think more from each other’s perspectives, and be more considerate of other’s feeling.

This is built on knowledge and understanding.

More and more Chinese people know not only Sydney and Melbourne, but also Gallipoli and the Kokoda Track, and why Perth is called the “City of Light".

We expect the Australian people to learn more about Chinese culture and history.

If one is familiar with the wars, hunger and humiliation the Chinese people have suffered in modern history, one will better understand why they are so sensitive to sovereignty issues, cherish peace so dearly and aspire for development so strongly.

Fourth, mutual respect and trust are the prerequisites to the bilateral relationship’s development.

China and Australia are far apart geographically, with different cultures, conditions and systems.

It is impossible for us to agree on everything, but it is important that we respect each other as equals and seek common ground while shelving our differences.

We respect each other’s independent choice of path of development and try to accommodate each other’s core interests and major concerns.

We take a rational view of each other’s strategic intentions and do not see each other as rivals.

China always takes Australia as an important partner in the Asia-Pacific for comprehensive co-operation.

We are delighted that strong economic links and political mutual trust complement and reinforce each other.

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China recently successfully concluded in Beijing.

It reviewed China’s development over the past decade and laid out plans for its future endeavours in all fields.

China will continue to pursue scientific development at home, deepen reform and opening-up, speed up the transformation of growth patterns, and pursue balanced, co-ordinated and sustainable development.

This will turn China into a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020.

On the diplomatic front, China will remain committed to the path of peaceful development and the strategy of win-win co-operation, engage in international affairs more actively, and play its due part as a responsible country.

China will stick to the policy of being a friend and partner to its neighbours, deepen mutually beneficial co-operation with them and seek development in a way that will bring more benefits to neighbouring countries.

The China Express will run more smoothly and steadily.

The Congress set a “double growth" target, namely doubling China’s 2010 GDP and per capita income by 2020.

China will also press ahead with its urbanisation drive.

All this will give China greater staying power to achieve sustained and balanced development.

During the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), China’s total imports and direct outbound investments are expected to exceed $US10 trillion and $US500 billion respectively.

Its large market for social security, health care and high-end agricultural produce, as well as areas like innovation and science research, will open up new horizons for China-Australia co-operation.

Australia is the first developed country in the West to have published an “Asian Century" white paper.

The paper reflects Australia’s sharp strategic vision. China and Australia share broad common interests and have no conflicts of fundamental interests.

The key to even more brilliant achievements in co-operation lies in whether we can grasp long-term and fundamental interests and set the stage for China-Australia relations to reach a new strategic height.

I am convinced that in the next 40 years, China and Australia will become not only mutually beneficial business partners, but also mutually trusted good friends.

I have full confidence in our future.

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Police Covered Up Their Murder Of 7-Year-Old Aiyana Stanley-Jones

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Aiyana Jones was shot while she laid in her home sleeping

AFRICANGLOBE – The family of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, alleging police conspired with city officials to cover up the details surrounding the tragic event.

As we previously covered, the young girl was asleep on a couch in her home when police mistakenly raided the wrong home, launching a flash-bang grenade into the residence and fatally shooting the sleeping child.

The raid was conducted on May 16, 2010 when police were looking for murder suspect Chauncey Owens, who lived in a separate unit.

According to Officer Joseph Weekley, a fellow officer threw a flash-bang grenade through the window, which temporarily blinded Weekley who had been first through the door. When the effects of the flash-bang wore off, the officer realized there was a person on the couch. As the officer aimed his weapon at the couch where the child was sleeping beneath a “Hanna Montana” blanket, he claims her grandmother, Mertilla Jones, smacked his MP5 submachine gun, causing him to pull the trigger and kill Aiyana.

Mertilla Jones disputes this claim and says that she reached for her granddaughter when the grenade came through the window, not for the officer’s gun, and did not make contact with an officer at any point during the assault on her home. Her fingerprints were not found on the weapon.

While the exact circumstances surrounding the death are unclear, the lawsuit states: “Defendants Joseph Weekley and Robert Rowe unlawfully seized Aiyana Stanley-Jones, used excessive force against her and unlawfully used deadly force thereby inflicting horrendous personal injuries and ultimately death from which certain damages naturally followed to the members of Aiyana Stanley-Jones family and/or estate.”

Weekley previously faced a jury twice after the shooting, both trials dismissed.

Named as defendants in the lawsuit include the city of Detroit, Officers Weekley and Rowe, The Detroit Police Department, and approximately 20 unidentified members of the Special Response Team.

All defendants are accused of conspiracy in the suit, which states: “Upon Defendants realizing that they had critically injured the seven-year-old girl, they intentionally conspired to cover-up their unlawful acts by providing false and fictitious information to the authorities and to the media regarding the shooting of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, including falsely claiming that the bullet that killed her was fired from inside the lower unit of the duplex rather than from the outside…”

The lawsuit, filed by attorney Geoffrey Fieger, seeks damages for the family of at least $75,000, and the family has requested a trial by jury.

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Is Puerto Rico Safe for Travel in 2021?

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Warnings & Dangers in Puerto Rico

Overall Risk

In Puerto Rico, it can be dangerous if you do not take precautions. Tourist areas are usually safe, but outside them, you should be as careful as possible. Always keep an eye on your belongings and avoid walking late at night.

Transport & Taxis Risk

Public transport is unsafe due to the large number of pickpockets operating in it. In addition, vehicles often do not go on schedule and can be late. Use taxi services to get around, but never drive in the street. Only licensed taxis are safe. Make sure the driver turns on the taximeter.

Pickpockets Risk

There are a lot of pickpockets in Puerto Rico. Usually, they prey on tourists. Be especially careful in crowds, train stations, and even beaches. Keep personal items with you, and do not leave bags unattended. Do not stand close to the carriageway at intersections - reported cases of snatching bags from tourists when they cross the road.

Natural Disasters Risk

The territory faces an array of natural hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, periodic droughts, and flooding. Situated in the middle of the Atlantic hurricane belt, Puerto Rico is ordinarily subject to severe storms in the Caribbean from June to October every year.

Mugging Risk

The risk of serious armed robberies and attacks in Puerto Rico is very high. Slums in large cities of the country should be avoided, do not walk after sunset, and in poorly lit streets. Do not carry a lot of cash and expensive things - it is better to leave them at the hotel. Park auto in guarded parking lots and carefully lock the car.

Terrorism Risk

Terrorist attacks are likely in Puerto Rico because terrorists have been operating in the United States and Puerto Rico for more than two decades. Due to the island’s political status, separatist violence will likely continue. Examine the political environment before your visit here. Avoid rallies.

Scams Risk

Most often, fraud in Puerto Rico is associated with street lotteries, the sale of tickets for non-existent flights, or excursions. Be careful not to participate in such events. Buy goods and services only in licensed locations. Withdraw money at ATMs at banks to avoid scamming your card.

Women Travelers Risk

Women traveling alone to Puerto Rico can feel quite safe if they follow specific measures. Do not walk around the city at night. Do not draw attention to yourself with your clothes or expensive items. Return to the hotel by taxi if it is too late.

How Safe Is Puerto Rico for Tourists?

Puerto Rico is a rather dangerous country to travel to.

The crime index is high and has not been falling for many years.

The main problems are related to thefts, car thefts, assaults, armed robberies, as well as drug trafficking.

Most crimes are concentrated in the major metropolitan cities of San Juan and Ponce, and most of them are related to drug trafficking.

Police heavily patrol tourist areas in both cities, and violent crimes against tourists are very rare.

The main problem is theft: do not leave your things unattended.

You always need to keep track of your things and your surroundings.

Do not carry a lot of cash and expensive devices.

If you travel by car, always carefully lock it and park it in guarded parking lots.

Car theft is widespread.

Usually, tourist resorts are safe and well guarded.

But if you go beyond, especially at night, be especially careful and careful.

Better to get around by car or taxi.

Also, be careful around the beaches in the evening – on deserted beaches, robberies and assaults are often committed.

Avoid public housing projects known as caseríos.

This is often the location of drug dealers and other illegal activities, as well as violent crimes.

Beggars on the streets of the city also need to be careful.

Often they can distract you while their accomplice steals your bag or wallet.

Do I Need a Visa to Visit Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico is a United States territory, so a visa is not required for United States citizens. All tourist visa requirements are in compliance with US visa requirements. A valid passport is required.

Which Currency Is Used in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico is a commonwealth country under the United States of America, and this uses the United States Dollar (USD) as its official currency. The United States dollar has a symbol: $, also abbreviated US$. It subdivided into 100 cents.

How's the Weather like in Puerto Rico?

The best times to visit Puerto Rico for ideal weather are mid-February to April. Average temperatures in Puerto Rico vary very little, and the weather feels hot for most of the year, with a little chance of rain throughout the year.

What Do I Need to Know about Airports in Puerto Rico?

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is a joint civil-military international airport. It located in suburban Carolina, Puerto Rico, five kilometers southeast of San Juan. It is the busiest airport in the Caribbean region by passenger traffic. Over 4 million passengers board a plane at the airport per year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Should I Get Travel Insurance for My Travels?

Just like anywhere else, the travel insurance policy is a must when visiting a foreign country. Make sure you got it before starting your journey, the customs officer may ask for it.

What Are Some Things to Do in Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory with a landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. In San Juan, the capital and largest city, the Isla Verde area is known for its hotel strip, beach bars, and casinos. Its Old San Juan neighborhood features colorful Spanish colonial buildings and El Morro and La Fortaleza, massive, centuries-old fortresses.
Capital: San Juan

Is the Water in Puerto Rico Safe to Drink?

The EPA said that virtually all Puerto Ricans supplied by the island’s water authority had “reliable drinking water.” But tap water isn’t drinkable.

Is Uber Safe in Puerto Rico?

There is no Uber taxi in Puerto Rico. However, you can use any other taxi service in this country or travel by car.

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Is Bucharest Safe for Travel in 2021?

Bucharest, Romania
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Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania and its cultural, industrial, and financial center. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. It became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the center of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum (Bauhaus and Art Deco), communist-era, and modern.

Warnings & Dangers in Bucharest

Overall Risk

Bucharest is a fairly safe city to travel to, often with enough common sense to avoid getting into trouble. Keep an eye on your surroundings, and don't buy anything from street vendors.

Transport & Taxis Risk

Public transport is well-developed and safe. Taxis are convenient for getting around, but sometimes drivers can rip off tourists at exorbitant prices. Make sure the taxi has a taximeter.

Pickpockets Risk

Pickpocketing occurs at every turn in this city, so wear an anti-theft backpack, look after your belongings, and don't leave your phones and wallets unattended. In crowded places, keep an eye on your surroundings.

Natural Disasters Risk

Bucharest is located in a zone of seismic activity, and earthquakes are possible here from time to time. However, they are usually not strong and rarely occur. Keep an eye on the weather for the region.

Mugging Risk

The risk of serious robbery and armed attack in Bucharest is shallow. Avoid communicating with suspicious individuals and not walking late at night in remote areas from the city center.

Terrorism Risk

The risk of terrorism is low in this city. The global risk of terrorist attacks in public areas exists worldwide, so tourists should be vigilant.

Scams Risk

Fraud is commonly associated with street vendors offering counterfeit goods to tourists. Don't buy them even if the price is very attractive. Also, only withdraw money from ATM at banks with cameras to avoid skimming your card.

Women Travelers Risk

Women traveling alone can feel quite safe in Bucharest. The main thing is to adhere to the usual precautions and monitor your surroundings.

How Safe Is Bucharest for Tourists?

Bucharest is one of the safest cities in Europe.

The crime index here is at a low level.

The main problems are petty theft and corruption.

On the streets of the city, you can meet prostitutes, especially at night.

However, it is worth remembering that prostitution is illegal, as is extortion.

Remember this and do not accept any offers, especially from intermediaries who “know the place” (pimps, taxi drivers, etc.),

Be very wary of unwanted offers of help from passers-by, even if they have good English.

In particular, if a stranger offers to accompany you to the hostel or hotel in a taxi to show you the way, refuse immediately.

Nightclubs and bars where drunkenness occurs regularly may not be safe.

Keep an eye on your drink, and don’t let them treat you for free.

This could be a trap.

Sometimes you can meet stray dogs on the streets of the city, be careful.

As with most other major cities, some parts of the city such as Pantelimon, Ferentari, Giulesti, and Gara de Nor are not safe to walk at night.

If you need to travel to these areas, it is safer to take a taxi.

Do I Need a Visa to Visit Bucharest?

As a Schengen state, in general, non-EEA citizens who qualify for a visa exemption can only stay for a maximum of 90 days in a 180 day period within the Schengen Area (including Slovakia) a whole.

Which Currency Is Used in Bucharest?

The Romanian currency is the leu (plural lei). Each leu is divided into 100 bani, available as coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 50.

How's the Weather like in Bucharest?

In Bucharest, the summers are warm and mostly clear, and the winters are very cold, dry, and partly cloudy. The months April, May, June, and September-October have nice weather with a good average temperature.

What Do I Need to Know about Airports in Bucharest?

Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport is Romania’s busiest international airport, located in Otopeni, 16.5 km north of Bucharest’s city center. It is currently one of the three airports serving the capital of Romania.

Should I Get Travel Insurance for My Travels?

A travel insurance policy is a must when visiting a foreign country or city. Make sure you got it before starting your journey; the customs officer may ask for it.

What Are Some Things to Do in Bucharest?

Bucharest, in southern Romania, is the country’s capital and commercial center. Its iconic landmark is the massive, communist-era Palatul Parlamentului government building, which has 1,100 rooms. Nearby, the historic Lipscani district is home to an energetic nightlife scene as well as tiny Eastern Orthodox Stavropoleos Church and 15th-century Curtea Veche Palace, where Prince Vlad III (“The Impaler”) once ruled.

Is the Water in Bucharest Safe to Drink?

Tap water is not potable. It is better to use bottled water or boil tap water.

Is Uber Safe in Bucharest?

There is an Uber taxi in the city; you can call a taxi from your smartphone application. The fare will depend on the time of day and the distance traveled.

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I recently had the opportunity to head to Las Vegas (insert Viva Las Vegas song here) to learn about some pretty interesting advancements in commercial space travel; specifically, with the Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) from Boeing. The company sees an increased demand from governments, corporations, and private citizens to get to space, and they are placing their bet that the CST-100 can provide a solution.

The CST-100 is being designed as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability initiative, which is trying to find a private solution to transport crew and supplies into space. The winner could be considered the replacement for the Space Shuttle.

Boeing is one of three companies (the other two are Space Exploration Technologies, aka SpaceX, and Sierra Nevada Corporation) competing for NASA’s business. When the decision is made, NASA could choose just one winning design, or could choose to go with two. Obviously, Boeing is hoping to be in the winner’s circle.

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1: Be socially beneficial.

2: Avoid creating or reinforcing unfair bias.

3: Be built and tested for safety.

4: Be accountable to people.

5: Incorporate privacy design principles.

6: Uphold high standards of scientific excellence.

7: Be made available for uses that accord with these principles.

Also forbids AI applications that is likely to cause more harm than good; cause injury or death to people; be used for surveillance contrary to international norms; or has a purpose that contravenes international law and human rights.

One take away is that certain terms like “international norms” are pretty vague and overall, the principles could be fleshed out with examples and detail. Some more criticism here.

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Pod shatter-tolerant varieties are making straight cutting a more viable option for Alberta canola growers — but it’s not a ‘silver bullet’

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Ulysses, a Hundred Visions & Revisions, Before the Taking of a Toast & Tea

joyce1I never thought I could announce that because of the Christmas rush… well the Beatnik has sold out of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The modernist vade mecum, a stream-of-consciousness experimental prose, full of humour, riddle and pun. It was also a one day precursor of Fox Network’s TV hit of a few years back – 24, though I doubt agent Jack Bauer was modelled on Leopold Bloom. (I don’t remember that Bauer spent so long on the bog.) 16th June 1904 is Bloomsday.

joyce6265,000 words is the book’s length, 30,030 is its rich lexicon – a new word is introduced one in under every nine. It has been estimated that the first edition contained 2,000 errors, and it has been estimated further that this number has been added to with each subsequent edition. There have been eighteen editions for sure, often offering variation every time a new impression was printed. A New York pirated edition was published in 1929, the Odyssey Press edition was printed in 1932 (held by some to be the least contentious); because of censorship battles it was published in England first in 1936 by the Bodley Head, an edition that was revised in 1960. The Joyce Estate has been somewhat baffled and become protective, commercially dumbing down and approving a Wordsworth edition for £1.99 ahead of copyright D-Day in the United Kingdom. To help excite scholarly interest Joyce had laid his own booby traps, incorporating error by design, and any edition of Ulysses therefore resembles the human condition, that is a rich and layered corpus of mistake, a state of original sin; even Gabler’s ‘corrected edition’ of 1984 turned out to be a literary Tiger Woods, a saintly winner exposed with pants down, and, like Woods, it was roasted for its faulty fundamentals as well as its faulty footnotes (though to be fair Joyce’s own iron play from the rough wasn’t that good). Most publishers have reverted to its 1960 (or 1922) text. John Kidd’s scholarly revision is yet to charge in as a knight in shining armour; it has been stalled by the Joyce Estate’s current lack of interest in further foraging with the text.

joyce_wakeOriginally Ulysses (the Latinate name for Odysseus) was published in serial form by the American journal The Little Review from 1918, and by Sylvia Beach in Paris in 1922. After a year’s break, Joyce set to on Finnegans Wake (no rest for the wicked). this is a book that in many ways is an even tougher nut to crack, an interpretation of dream landscape to be read by diehards only. The Christmas rush is not yet a seismic tidal wave, so Finnegans Wake sits here still in stock awaiting its mince pie, horse chestnut stuffing and Christmas cheer next year.

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  1. Phi Stewart
    22nd December 2016

    I have the Danis Rose edition – very good, and it’s a pity it had to be withdrawn. Frankly, if any differences in spelling or punctuation make any difference, they are dwarfed by the difficulties of the text. I wrote a little verse:

    Strobe of Consciousness

    “A stream of consciousness” said Joyce,
    And to it Molly Bloom gave voice.
    So twenty thousand words at least
    Came pouring out before she ceased.
    But is that really how we think,
    In chains of phrases, link by link?

    I just see pictures flashing past,
    No thoughts for many seconds last.
    And tunes in snatches come and go
    And feelings well up from below.
    With many blanks they alternate –
    A strobe of consciousness my fate.

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Palestinian terrorist Dalal Mughrabi. Photo: Palestinian Media Watch. In the midst of renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas awarded a $6,000 award to the Dalal Group for Popular Arts, a dance group named after Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist who was behind a bus attack in which 37 Israeli civilians died, Palestinian Media Watch reported Sept. 8.

The official Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, reported on Abbas’s “Presidential Grant” to the dance group last month. Additionally, “The Lion Cubs and Flowers,” a youth group for boys and girls run by Abbas’s Fatah party, named a class after Mughrabi. Twelve of the 37 Israelis who died in the 1978 bus attack orchestrated by Mughrabi were children.

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Corbyn’s opponents cannot defeat his political programme so they attack his character with spurious allegations.

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a news conference in London on December 6, 2019 [Yves Herman/Reuters]
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Since the election of Jeremy Corbyn as its leader in 2015, Britain’s Labour Party has been the target of a sustained campaign to portray it as rife with anti-Semitism. Alongside unfounded accusations that Corbyn himself and his closest allies are “anti-Semites“, it has widely been claimed that under the direction of someone who has spent a lifetime fighting racism, the party has become “institutionally anti-Semitic”. Furthermore, it has even been claimed that a Corbyn government would pose an “existential threat” to Jewish life in this country.

Racism and anti-Semitism, unfortunately, still exist in modern Britain. Therefore, it is impossible to claim that any mainstream national political organisation in the United Kingdom, be it Labour, the Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats, is 100 percent free of members who hold racist or anti-Semitic views. Corbyn acknowledged this, accepting that even “one [incident of anti-Semitism in the party] is one too many” and explained that to him “driving anti-Semitism out of the party for good is a priority”. However, this never was about anti-Semitism which is why nothing he said or did proved enough to convince his detractors.

He is promising to take the privatised utilities and the rail companies back into public ownership and tax multinational companies like Google and Amazon which currently pay virtually no tax in the UK. Moreover, he is promising to stop arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia and to educate Britain’s youth about their country’s colonial history.

Rather than challenging the Labour leader’s policies on fighting poverty and ending Britain’s continuing support for oppressive regimes across the globe, his rivals and critics are focusing their energy on doubling down on their accusations of anti-Semitism.

So is the Labour leader, who has an impressive track record of supporting Britain’s Jewish community and standing against anti-Semitism, really an anti-Semite who purposefully filled Britain’s main opposition party with “fellow racists”, or is something else happening here?

What we are witnessing today is clearly not an honest expression of concern for Britain’s Jews, but a smear campaign born out of the British establishment’s desire to stop an anti-establishment and anti-Zionist leader from moving in to Number 10 Downing Street.

Politicians on the right, as well as the Blairites who are still part of the Labour Party, accuse Corbyn of anti-Semitism because they know that this line of attack makes them appear more morally righteous than they would otherwise appear if they defended measures that increase poverty and inequality. They find it easier to wave around accusations of anti-Semitism than justifying cutting taxes for the rich and benefits for the poor.

Meanwhile, Zionists around the world are working hard to convince British society that the Labour leader is anti-Semitic, because they do not want one day to face a British administration that is willing to hold Israel to account for its occupation of Palestine and oppression of the Palestinian people.

After the 2017 general election, in which Corbyn’s Labour caused a major upset by not only winning 30 extra seats but gaining the biggest swing (9.6 percent) to Labour since 1945, Britain’s establishment and its Zionist allies across the world doubled down on their efforts to brand the Labour leader as an anti-Semite and prevent him from expanding his support base further.

The Zionist right’s use of accusations of anti-Semitism as a way to eliminate rivals and disqualify their opposing views and criticisms, however, did not start with Corbyn’s rise to power.

In the past decade, in response to the growing support for the Palestinian cause in the UK and beyond, Israel embarked on a quest to convince the world that any criticism of itself and its policies is an act of anti-Semitism. To achieve this, it used its powerful lobbies both in the United States and the UK, as documented in Al Jazeera’s four-part investigative documentary series – The Lobby.

At first, in Britain, these unfounded allegations of anti-Semitism were used primarily by pro-Israel campaigners against anyone who tried to express support for Palestine and Palestinians. Following Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, however, these efforts swiftly focused on him and his party. Unnerved by the success of an anti-Zionist, anti-racist and unapologetically left-wing politician who openly wants to bring down the political order that is the source of their power and privilege, Britain’s political establishment and media swiftly jumped on the bandwagon.

Their sustained campaign to brand Corbyn and his supporters as anti-Semites had a profound effect on the British public in general and Britain’s Jewish community in particular.

A November poll by the Jewish Chronicle showed that 87 percent of British Jews consider Corbyn to be an anti-Semite and 47 percent would “seriously consider” emigrating if he wins on December 12. Some may assume given that such an overwhelming majority of British Jews believe Corbyn to be an anti-Semite, he must be. This, however, is not the case.

As revealed by Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Justin Schlosberg, Antony Lerman and David Miller’s recently published book “Bad News for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public Belief”, between Corbyn’s election in June 2015 and March 2019 there had been 5,497 stories on the subject of Corbyn, anti-Semitism and the Labour Party across Britain’s eight most popular national newspapers. Most of these reports were hostile to the Labour leader.

Moreover, Jewish publications like the Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News and the Jewish Telegraph also repeatedly filled their pages with reports accusing the Jewish leader and the supporters of his party of being anti-Semitic. Furthermore, even the UK’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, who is an ardent Zionist, recently wrote an article for The Times in which he criticised Corbyn for the way he dealt with the accusations of anti-Semitism surrounding the party. He heavily implied that British Jews should not vote for the Labour Party.

There is just one prominent Zionist who has broken ranks and he is the foremost historian of British Jewry, Geoffrey Alderman, professor of politics at Buckingham University. In May, Alderman wrote a devastating critique of the idea that Corbyn is anti-Semitic, in which he listed a whole series of pro-Jewish initiatives the Labour leader had supported throughout his political career.

While the accusations that Corbyn is an anti-Semite have come with no proof, they successfully convinced many British Jews that the Labour Party under his leadership poses a threat to them.

This is exactly what Noam Chomsky called “the manufacturing of consent”. The media, with the help of religious leaders and politicians with ulterior motives, established as fact the myth that Corbyn is anti-Semitic and created an environment in which anyone who challenges this claim is seen as mad, clueless or indeed anti-Semitic themselves. This is an effective method of manipulating public opinion.

It is a repetition of the Salem Witch Trials. Denial of being a witch was held to be proof that you were one! Indeed the only people who were hanged were those who denied being witches.

Corbyn poses no threat to Britain’s Jews. The real threat to British Jewry is coming from the Zionists and right-wing politicians who want to conflate anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism. These attempts to pollute the definition of anti-Semitism are not only trivialising the racism Jews face across the world, but also contributing to the dangerous assumption that all Jews support and therefore are responsible for Israel’s actions

His rivals know that Corbyn’s egalitarian policy proposals could easily resonate with Britons of all races, religions and ethnicities. This is why instead of attacking his ideas and policies, they are attacking him personally. On December 12, we will see if they have been successful.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.

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