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author KS date 12/11/06 venue Gimle, Roskilde, DEN

I've attended at lot of shows at the old Gimle but this was the first time I attended a show at the new Gimle so I didn't really know what to expect from the venue but what I did know was that at least two of the bands are amazing on record, so I quite expected them to be equally aggressive and fast live. I was right. It wasn't long ago since Hatebreed last performed in Denmark, and a big turnout was expected as their last show proved their dominance of the hardcore genre. Skipping Copenhagen, though, meant that not as many people would show up as Roskilde is quite far away to travel, especially on a Sunday night.

Twelve Tribes

First up was Twelve Tribes. I didn't know this band before other than by name. It was kind of a weird show, since it was very obvious that everyone was waiting to see Unearth and Hatebreed. When the lead singer came on and introduced the band it was like everyone said to each other; "Let's assume the position" and so they did. Ten people up in front, including myself, right below the stage. Then a five meter gap and then the bystanders with crossed arms. Pretty weird indeed. I easily kept my place and the only thing to be afraid of was the vocalists ridiculously long and large dreadlocks swinging everywhere threatening to knock you out. Music- and performance-wise they tore it up pretty good and I liked it, but since I don't really know any of the songs it's hard to go into it further. Twelve Tribes tried hard to impress the audience but to no avail.

Now it was time for Unearth and I must admit I was a bit naive at this point, since I thought that the audience would also be rather calm during the Unearth set. I was wrong. I was standing right at front when the first screaming guitars blasted out. Two seconds later it all kicked off into a riot. Right behind me a circle pit started and I was hit hard from the side, pushing me about five meters to the left, spilling the beer in my hand all over and from there on it continued to be general moshing breaking into circle pits once in a while when Trevor (vocals) was commanding from the stage.

Now, I didn't really see this but somewhere during the third song, some guy got hit in the head by a drum stick. How the hell it happened I don't know, but they stopped and dragged the guy on stage to apologize. He was bleeding pretty heavily from his nose and had blood all over his face but was still smiling. He got a free t-shirt from the Unearth merchandise stand and seemed rather happy with that.

Unearth tore the place up and during their set you could see Ken (guitar) chugging a beer bong and later him running up and down the side stairs to the stage while playing his wireless guitar. Buz (guitar) was standing right on the edge of the scene with one of his feet on the shoulder of a guy in front while riffing away. At one time between two songs, the drummer got up on his chair standing high above everyone else, making "come on" gestures for then to jump into the air and hit hard on his drums kicking into a new track. Unfortunately the audience wasn't in their best appearance tonight, since it was only about 50-60 people really moshing, having circle pits and doing those ninja moves but I really enjoyed the show.

Then finally it was time for the headliner of the night: Hatebreed. More people came to the front and you could feel the intensity building up by a few notches. Tonight they played with the First Blood front man Carl Schwartz on bass since Chris Beattie who normally plays bass had injured his arm and couldn't play. That didn't matter because the audience went crazy as we where blown through new classics like "This Is Now", "Perseverance", "I Will Be Heard" and "Live For This" and we even got to hear the title track of their first EP released called "Under the Knife", in which Jamey (vocals) proclaimed he wrote the track when he was 17 years old. Hatebreed wasn't as active on stage as Unearth but people got a lot more into the songs and moshed away, and Jamey was excellent at getting people to chant along on the gang hardcore yells. For example, in "Live For This" people were very enthusiastically following Jamey's lead. Almost all through the set Jamey thanked people for showing up on a Sunday, but in the end I'm pretty sure everyone in the audience thanked Hatebreed for coming and didn't care what day it was.

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Devin Townsend to release "Empath" in March

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Canadian progressive metal virtuoso Devin Townsend will release a new album titled “Empath” through InsideOut Music on March 29th. It features a host of guest appearances including the Elektra Women’s Choir, Elliot Desagnes, Ryan Dhale, Ché Aimee Dorval, Mike Keneally, Chad Kroeger, Nathan Navarro, Samus Paulicelli, Anup Sastry, Steve Vai, Anneke Van Giersbergen and Morgan Ågren. You can view the track listing below:

01. “Castaway”

02. “Genesis”

03. “Spirits Will Collide”

04. “Evermore”

05. “Sprite”

06. “Hear Me”

07. “Why”

08. “Borderlands”

09. “Requiem”

10. “Singularity Part 1 - Adrift”

11. “Singularity Part 2 - I Am I”

12. “Singularity Part 3 - There Be Monsters”

13. “Singularity Part 4 - Curious Gods”

14. “Singularity Part 5 - Silicon Scientists”

15. “Singularity Part 6 - Here Comes the Sun”

While more information about the record is still pending, Danish fans will have an opportunity to watch Townsend live in an acoustic setup at the Bremen Theatre in Copenhagen on April 02nd. Tickets are running low, but you can still secure one here for 350 DKK (+ fees). For more information, see the official Facebook event.

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Wednesday, 26 August 2009

What is happening to the bees

What is happening to the worlds honey bees? I don't know but if you have not heard the worlds honey bees are disappearing and Scientists are not sure as to why. In 2006 colonies across the USA suddenly disappeared, leaving many unanswered questions in their wake.
Now although this blog is The Bees Bonnet, I confess to having no knowledge is this area at all but I was alarmed because up to 90% of flowering plant pollination, required for fruit production is done by these cute little fella's, and if their demise is not halted could have horrific consequences world wide.
So I thought I would link to a site that knows what its on about.

  1. This is really to cheesy to add to the blog , but my wife Fleur whom often mentioned the multiple issues that I ranted about as being the bees in my bonnet once suggested that the disappearing bees were all trapped in my bonnet, and thus this blog

  2. American honeybees pollinate some 90 different crops that bring in more than $15 billion annually. We need to find out what is making the hives collapse and do something about it now.

  3. The Quran has a chapter on Bee. Read Surah 16: 67-68. It says: Varily there is indeed a sign for people who have wisdom. And your Load inspired the bee, saying: "Take you habitation in the mountains and in the trees and in that they erect." "Then, eat of all fruit, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy for you." "There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think."

    God has created bees for humans to enjoy the honey which is a medicine and good for our health. I think the scientists should understand what God is saying in the quran and find out if the bees have taken refuge in the mountains and tree tops that is why they have disappeared? God knows the best!


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Making Compromises

It seems difficult to be in a relationship or to participate in society without making compromises. Our differing beliefs, needs and values have to be sorted out if we are to exist together. You’ve built a life that “accommodates” your needs and doesn’t push you where you don’t want to go.

You’ve made compromises to get to where you are, and challenging those means upsetting the apple cart, and you are reluctant to do that. The word is – accommodation.

It is a common mis-perception that we need to compromise in order to have a friendship or a relationship or to “get along” in society. It is that shared myth that allows us to have what passes for a relationship or a friendship without having to be really open and honest. It allows us to avoid taking the risk of being really open and then being rejected.

But there is a problem with accommodation (compromise). It doesn’t really work. Now I’m playing a bit with words, but I want you to see a point I’m trying to make. There is a big difference between collaborating: the action of working with someone to produce or create something – a mutually held goal; and compromise: the consent of principles by mutual concession. I find the latter to be unacceptable.

First, you must never compromise your morals or convictions, whatever they may be. And by definition, compromise demands a concession of your principles to the other person’s ego. And even if you both come halfway, It still does not lead to general fulfillment, only to a shared level of frustration. It dissatisfies everyone. And there will always be residual resentment. “I don’t really want to go there but in order to keep the peace . . .”

You don’t get to do life on compromised terms because God doesn’t accept compromises. She insists on compliance to Universal Truth. And because of that, the trade-off you made is eventually going to come around to bite you. Now, you can decide to change what you believe, but that is a different matter.

What’s powerful about collaboration is that there is no ego involved. The focus remains on the task. The issue is “What do we need to do to achieve this shared goal.”

Let’s take an example: one great source of marital difficulty is the business of menopause. I want to acknowledge that menopause for many women is absolute hell! So what happens when you bring your needs to your partner?

In a collaborative relationship the goal will be (mutual comfort). You’ll be met with compassion. You agree to get a small fan in the bedroom that won’t affect him much and is really helpful to you when you are experiencing hot flashes. No biggie. He sleeps better knowing that it’s better for you.

But, if he is stuck in his ego, and perhaps holds resentments from other issues, the fan becomes an obstacle. When he objects, what is really getting in the way? In that same light, when he can’t deal with your mood swings or irritability, what is really happening?

Your needs and moods have conflicted with his ego needs. You are upsetting his routine, his comfort zone, and that threatens him. By changing the rules, you are like the gays who want to marry or Black people who want equal rights, only now you’re bringing change into the home.

A compromise would be to put a fan it in the doorway to the bedroom. The result is that you don’t really get the help you need, he is only marginally disturbed – and you both feel resentment. That’s the problem with compromise.

You want drive 50 mph down the street. The city says, “Kids sometimes play there and people often walk their dogs so it’s best that you only do 25. And then it punishes you when you do not obey (if you get caught). (Hear the gnashing of teeth as the ego comes up against it’s arch rival – authority.) But, you might want to consider what makes you need to go 50 in the first place?

Most adults did not get their emotional needs met when they were children. Those unmet needs don’t go away as you grow up. They percolate into your adult life today and powerfully affect everything you do, especially when you’re involved a touchy (read – ego based) negotiation. “Why can’t I get what I want?” “Pay attention to my wants.” Those unsatisfied needs (rarely spoken of) turn situations into problems. They make resolution difficult because neither of you are not dealing with what is really going on. Your little girl wants her difficulties to be acknowledged and his six year old is crying for validation. No one is really talking about hot flashes.

If Jews want to celebrate the sabbath on Saturday, or gays want to marry, or someone wants to have an abortion, or Muslims want to pray five times a day, let them! It is really none of your business! If Colin Kaepernick wants to take a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, whether or not you agree with him, that’s his right as a citizen!

But when his behavior challenges an unresolved issue you are carrying around – like when you dodged the draft – then holy hell is going to descend, only it will be wrapped in the flag of patriotism. When we interject our personal unresolved issues into someone else’s life choices, things fall apart. Suddenly Kaepernick becomes disloyal to the country, Watch the fundamentalist ministers or Family Values politicians who get caught with their zippers down. Their outward righteousness masks their inner drives.

What we interject into these situations is our discomfort with someone believing something other that we do. It is our insecurity. In the first place, most pepole do not know who they are or what they really believe. Society, religions and our families all want to tie us into their beliefs and encourage us to accept theirs without really exploring our own. We often parrot those beliefs without thinking much about it.

But since they are not really “your beliefs,” you end up building a life on sand. And conscious of it or not, you feel vulnerable. And you resist digging into those beliefs because that would upset the whole belief structure upon which your life has been built. Your extended family, work relatioinships, friendships etc. are often based on those shared beliefs. But what if they are not really your beliefs? What if gays, Blacks or feminists are right? Or what if the Catholic Church or your fundamentalist Christian preacher is wrong? What then?

And as a society we have been terribly wrong about some very important issues! Let’s start with slavery and genocide against the Native Americans and then move on to prohibition, women’s voting rights, segregation or today, Black lives matter and gun control, just as examples. Then consider the wars in Viet Nam and Iraq or trickle down economics, the 2008 housing crisis, universal health care, gay rights, global warming – the list goes on – and history is going to show that we were on the “wrong” side on each of these issues.

It’s not likely you are going to change the government, although we all must keep trying, but there are some things you can do within your own circle that will help to make life easier for you and for those around you:

First and foremost: Irrespective of the specifics, the challenge in every situation is to move to greater compassion. As Gay Hendricks teaches, “All any situation needs is more love.” That means to be respectful. To get any sort of resolution, you need to be respectful of the other person’s point-of-view, even if you disagree with it.

Second: Be aware of your own motivations. What’s driving your beliefs? Are they really yours? Unacknowledged emotions can be a major roadblock to problem resolution. When we feel threatened, we will often fight over an issue that’s not even really important.

Third: You must have open communication. In the beginning, ask for what you want and then LISTEN to what the other person has to say.

Fourth: Think about explaining your feelings – especially your anger – instead of just expressing them.

Fifth: See things from the other’s point-of-view. You might be committed to what you want, but you need to see what the other person needs as well. The other may be as committed to their point-of-view as you are to yours. If you can see how they are FEELING and why they are FEELING that way, you’ll be more likely to find a resolution.

Another technique: Use open-ended questions and statements. That gives you a better sense of what the other person wants. It is also important that they feel like they are being heard. Ask questions like: “Why do you feel that way about X?” and “How can we do this better?” For statements, say things like “Help me understand more about . . . “

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This year we had Team Safariland come out and shoot the event. Bobby McGee, Julie Golob, Rob Leatham, Team Captain Scott Carnahan, Doug Koenig, Maggie Reese Voigt and our newest team member Keith Garcia were all in attendance and of course were sporting their favorite Safariland accessories.

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Monday, 26 September 2016

Going From Season To Season

The end of September to the beginning of October can be a tricky time of year. It's that weird period in between the seasons where everyone is dying to dig out their thickest boots, their fleece pyjamas and their knitted scarves, praying for the leaves to turn copper and fall off the trees. We all know though that's really not the case and our Autumn cravings are just a lil bit premature. The wind may be nippy but it's still pretty warm-ish and although the skies are black the air is stuffy and let's face it, September isn't Autumnal at all. However, we do need to update our wardrobe to get us through this awkward transitional period and my favourite piece for doing this is a good ol' trench coat.

This absolute classic is from Unique 21 (you may have seen me mention them in my post about my white dress!) and when it comes to the time of year where it's not warm but not cold either, trench coats are the perfect balance between "jacket" and "coat". Other than being practical, they're just the ultimate coat staple. They look chic and high end no matter how budget they really are (this one is down to £30 FYI!) and can be thrown over just about anything and still look well put together.

I also spoke about my rekindled love for earrings a few months ago and it hasn't gone away. After neglecting my poor ears for years, I finally discovered some new earrings I actually like and my collection grew with this beautiful pair from Adore, a new jewellery brand that's part of the Swarovski group, bringing beautiful, elegant designs like this to us jewellery lovers. I'll admit I'd never heard of them before getting these earrings but my oh my, their jewellery is to die for. I absolute love how simple yet eye-catching their pieces are (I've got my eye on one of the layered necklaces next!)

Finally, I'll talk about the post bargain. Can you believe this jumper is from Primark?! I saw it in my local store last week and grabbed it straight away. The knitwear section of my wardrobe is looking a little bit thin to be honest and I hadn't bought anything new for Autumn's approach and I couldn't think of anywhere better to start. I love the colours, the block stripes and the neck and best of all? It cost ten pounds. Yup, Primark has done it again!

Do you have any favourite transitional pieces?

Amy x

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  1. I absolutely love the jumper you have on, as if that's from primark!? I think you look lovely xx

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  2. Lovely outfit, the trainers are right up my street x

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Working Californians Support Propositions 1A-1F

From an e-mail sent to DSCC delegates:

April 21, 2009

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

As supporters of the California Democratic Party, we strongly urge you to support Props 1A-1F on California’s May 19 special election. Passage of these measures is vital to the health and well-being of working men and women throughout the state.These measures are absolutely necessary to stabilize our state budget and prevent future drastic cuts to schools, public safety, infrastructure improvement, and health care for working families. They will also maintain new sources of revenue for the state in the near future to help solve our current budget crisis and help restore California’s fiscal health so we can continue to invest in our schools, public works and other state services – investments that provide good-paying jobs for working families.

During this current budget crisis, Republicans representing big business special interests were demanding that worker protections be ravaged as a condition for support of new revenue sources. Those attempts were guarded against, but failure to pass these measures may lead to more budget stalemates, and the Republicans will almost certainly try and go after workers again.

Further, because of California’s fiscal crisis, the state was one day away from shutting down hundreds of school, road, water and infrastructure construction projects – a move that would have cost our state thousands of union jobs, perhaps permanently.

Fortunately, the budget that was passed helped stave off this economic disaster and will begin the long process of restoring our state’s fiscal health. But Props 1A-1F are needed to uphold that agreement and move our state forward.

If we don’t pass these measures California will lose more than $23 billion during the next 4 years. With large deficits predicted in the next few years, loss of these monies may require more drastic cuts than we have already seen to teachers, construction workers, firefighters, law enforcement, and state and local public employees.

Passing Props 1A-1F is necessary so we don’t plunge California back to the brink of insolvency and threaten funding for all the programs and services we care about.

These are difficult issues for our members, but we believe that these measures must pass to protect working families. We strongly urge your support for Props 1A-F.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Rant - The May Special Election

I’ve received two letters this weekend, one co-signed by Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and another from Democrats for Propositions 1A-1F, both asking me to support the propositions coming up in May.

It appears that the Sacramento establishment will be asking CDP delegates to commit themselves to working on the passage of these propositions and I am having a hard time justifying this beyond a short term band-aid..

I understand that this was the best Sacramento could do at the time but the fact remains that all we are doing is kicking any real solutions to California’s deficits down the road until next year’s budget rolls around, than what? More propositions?

We have the majority in both houses. What is the fracking problem? If the two-thirds requirement to pass the budget is the issue, let’s replace it with a simple majority. If Prop 13 allocations are an issue, let’ s get to work on it. If the wealthy don’t pay enough in taxes, why not tax them? None of these will be easy but anything worth doing never is.

Now, Bass is a weak speaker and Steinberg is doing the best he can, but for the love of the state why is it so difficult to do what needs to be done? Wilson and Brown made it happen in 1991. Neither side was happy, but it got done.

The current crop of Republicans aren’t worthy of the name and Arnold is far from spectacular which is why it is so infuriating to watch Bass get rolled on a regular basis leaving Steinberg to defend and attack which is great but it works better when both houses are on the same page.

Where is this fear of action coming from? I agree that the consultant class thrives on the sheepish behavior of their client lawmakers, that the same lawmakers are ensnared by lobbyists that keep them “viable” and enslaved by staff that knows more than they do (thanks, term limits).

So what? The elected is the elected. They cast the vote. The can make or break a play (see Correa and Maldonado during negotiations) when they grow a pair and work it. They can cast the vote. In dodging their responsibility to make the hard call they are setting themselves up for a tragic fall.

Other than expediency, I don’t know how Sacramento plans to sell this. A low turnout election doesn’t favor a win.

The California Republican Party just voted to shoot all the propositions down. It’s a no brainer for them; they win by letting the Dems fight for a loser. Besides, term limits ensure that the Republican lawmakers that got us into this mess will not be held accountable to fix it.

This fight can be won, but the Sacramento establishment won’t look beyond the American River for help. If they did, they could lose their jobs.


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Official Name: Sardinia (Sardegna)
Land Area: 9,302 sq miles (24,092 sq km)
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Colombia has one of the largest income gaps in Latin America. This high level of income inequality is the result of several territorial heterogeneities, which contribute to the inequality in different degrees. In this paper, Colombia’s income inequality is analyzed by focusing on differences between regions; it is shown how every region has different explanations of inequality by sources of income. For this research, micro-data from household surveys were used, four inequality indicators were calculated, and some decompositions of the Theil index and Gini coefficient were estimated.

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Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has called for the UK Government to ensure new appeal cases relating to decisions made by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) under the MER rules on Maximising Economy Recovery of N. Sea oil be heard in Scotland.

The new UK Energy Bill creates new appeal rights for oil and gas companies against the regulator’s decisions under S.28 on Collaboration and other licensing and regulatory issues which the OGA will have sole discretion to decide at first instance.

Aberdeen is an important location for the global oil and gas sector, and home to the OGA, and as such it makes logistical and practical sense for any determination in relation to actions and decisions of the OGA be supported by staff and judiciary based in the city, said Ewing.

With the support of the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates, the Scottish Energy Minister has today made public this plea which was originally made to the UK Government in January 2016.

Ewing wrote to Shailesh Vara, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, and David Mundell, Secretary of State for Scotland, to press for urgent assurances on the matter.

Ewing added: “It makes sense from every perspective that powers which exist to adjudicate disputes over decisions taken by the OGA are exercised in Aberdeen.

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“Although the Scotland Bill enables the management and operation of reserved tribunals to be transferred to Scotland I have great concern about the timetable for these transfers. I have been told this is unlikely to happen before 2020 at the earliest, by which time opportunity to develop the necessary specialisations will have been lost – not to mention the extra cost and inconvenience of travel and the time expected of individuals, such as witnesses, would be enormous overall.

“I feel it is vitally important that the expertise of Scotland’s legal profession is utilised at the start and that the UK Government give a firm commitment to that now. The Law Society in Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates and the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen have all expressed their support with this.

“It would be sensible to locate the tribunals in Aberdeen because it is the international capital of oil and gas activity and is where most of the business which could lead to disputes will be done – and the legal business should be there too.

“The tribunal exists in order to provide a means of receiving and determining any complaints about decisions taken by the OGA. Complaints are likely to arise and we should be prepared.

Any such complaints are likely to be serious so it is important such proceedings are based where the grievance occurs, where witnesses work, companies operate and the office of the OGA is located. These are all or mostly in Aberdeen.

Christine McLintock, President of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “Aberdeen is central to the oil industry in Scotland, the UK and internationally. We would support the Scottish Government’s efforts to ensure that appeals relating to decisions made by the industry’s regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority, can be heard in the city.

“Given that the Oil and Gas Authority is already based there and the wealth of specialist knowledge and expertise about the sector among the legal profession and judiciary in the North East, it makes sense to also locate the new tribunal and appeals tribunal in Aberdeen.

“There is a fairly short time period of 28 days to lodge notice of an appeal. If the appeal goes ahead, it is highly likely that the majority of potential claimants and witnesses involved in the case, as well as their legal representatives, would be located in and around Aberdeen. Having the tribunal and appeals tribunal in the same part of the country will be more convenient to access, saving time, effort and money for all concerned.

“We have also written directly to the UK Minister for Energy, Amber Rudd MP, to urge her to consider the benefits of locating the tribunal in Aberdeen.”

James Wolffe QC, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, added: “The Energy Bill establishes a new structure for appeals from the regulator. These appeals should be dealt with, from the outset, in Scotland, where so much work related to the oil and gas industry already takes place.

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AISECT University: Aiming For A Skilled And Digitally Literate Workforce

"Keeping up with the times" is a motivating principle for many in the education space. However, very few like AISECT University, also compliment this with the need for swift execution. In the course of the year, AISECT University seems to have fully encapsulated the benefits of a digitally-driven future coupled with skills development programmes. In this regard, the University has recently embraced the digital wave in consonance with the State Govt's efforts and has continued to promote skill-based education through the opening of their latest campus in Jharkhand.

The university's founding principle has been towards reducing overall skills deficit and to address this requirement at two levels. Firstly, AISECT has revived the practical part of the curriculum through collaboration with local industries so as to enable a hands-on learning experience. Secondly, the setting up of Skill Academies in each academic department in collaboration with the NSDC has provided the required impetus to address the long-term concerns relating to a skilled workforce.

According to AISECT University's Vice Chancellor Prof Vijay Kant Verma, this vision is being nurtured with an emphasis on skills and research-based higher education. "AISECT University has been a progressive institution ever since its launch and I am happy that our vision has been commended at such a prestigious platform. Unfortunately, not much emphasis is given to hands-on experience and skills in the formal higher education space in India.We believe that progression is not just heading forward in the right direction, but taking all with you"

AISECT University got a shot in the arm after winning the acclaimed World Education Award (2016). The university has won the award for the 'Progressive Higher Education Institution Operating in the Private Space' category.

In early September, the University welcomed its second campus, this one in Jharkhand at Matwani in Hazaribagh district. The new campus set up by the university has all the basic amenities like that of the digital library, training and placement cell, computer laboratories, multi-skill centre and it also offers a lot of entrepreneurial opportunities to the students. The campus is spread across an area of 25,000 square feet. This is also the first private university in the district.

As of now, the university offers under graduate and post graduate programmes. The programmes are offered under different verticals like management, commerce, agriculture, art and vocational, computer science and IT. The university is also in the process of offering programmes in M.Phil and Ph.D. The university has also made one skill compulsory for the students. This will benefit the under graduate student because they leave the university with 3 to 4 skills and also with a good experience, according to Mr. Santosh Kumar Choubey, Chancellor, AISECT University.

AISECT is also not far behind in the MOOC domain. Earlier this year, AISECT launched ‘’, a free online Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform, in partnership with Ireland-based Alison Group, reportedly to support the Indian government’s Skill India and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan schemes.

The MOOC platform will offer 750 diploma and certificate level courses in English and Hindi, and the company plans to add other Indian regional languages in the coming months. Being a partner under the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has enabled AISECT to reach for newer frontiers in the education space.

The university also made rapid efforts to transform itself into a cashless campus by promoting digital payments. Siddhartha Chaturvedi, director of AISECT University said, “We are planning to conduct a two- or three-day training in which we will educate students how to do cashless transactions and why it is important. We will acquire a POS machine and e-wallet of SBI. Till now, we have been taking payments by DDs and in cash. Now, cash is not an option.”

The University has also been a staunch backer of the Central Govt's efforts at promoting yoga by offering courses and curriculum development. To this extent, AISECT University and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) based in Bengaluru, Karnataka have entered into a five year MoU that focuses on bringing up the status and importance of Yoga by promoting it as an employable skill rather than just a practice of well-being. The MoU also includes Yoga training of AISECT University’s faculty at S–VYASA and technical training of S-VYASA Faculty on computer and electronics at AU at discounted fees.

As envisaged in their vision and mission statement, the University strives to create a world-class centre for knowledge application and not just knowledge creation. The University has put itself at the globalised forefront of a progressive India and is well positioned to impart dedicated service towards the social and economic development of the nation.

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10 Reasons Why Kerala Remains Hopeful about Itself and Its Leadership

Kerala is not a typical state of the vast nation of India. It is a place where poor village women recently dug nearly 200 wells when government or their men weren’t willing to face the drought. It is a place where the state government gave crop insurance even before Centre planned to provide it. It is a place where one woman forest official built 500 toilets for the tribals to help make the state open defecation free.

The credit for Kerala’s nation-leading Human Development Index is shared by the Left. While other states are vying to be Kerala in HDI, Kerala’s challenge is to balance optimum development with its deep socialist ethos. In other words, it’s just a redevelopment that Kerala seeks from the Pinarayi Vijayan Government when it enters the second year. Here are 10 reasons why Kerala remains hopeful about itself and its leadership.

Steely Determination of Keralites

Ever heard a once 120-feet river degrade into a 20 feet sewage stream over the decades? Sure you have, because it happens across India due to the rapid urbanization of the last three decades. But ever heard about villagers resurrecting that river back into former glory? That’s rarer, and that’s what happened to the 12-km long Kuttemperoor river in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, when 700 villagers waded through a dead river, cleansed it off plastics, dredged it off debris and pollutants, and brought it back to life in 70 days! What is greater is that it was done by local residents cutting across political lines and by combining the best of Central Government’s NREGA scheme and support of State PWD Minister G Sudhakaran.

A Thriving Startup Culture

Kerala might have missed the IT bandwagon, but there is no doubt that Keralite software engineers and technopreneurs (including Infosys co-founders Kris Gopalakrishnan and SD Shibulal) are the best in breed, making their mark from Bengaluru to the real Silicon Valley. This has eventually resulted in a thriving startup ecosystem in the state led by the first public-private incubator in India, Startup Village (now Technology Innovation Zone under State Government’s Kerala Startup Mission), which is now getting competition from new incubators from national level industry bodies like NASSCOM (Startup Warehouse at Kakkanad) to state government infrastructure companies like KSIDC to even private promoters like Technolodge.

Even UN is Helping Kerala

Guess who is going to help Kerala in meeting its Sustainable Development Goals? None other than United Nations that helps in formulating SDGs for each region. UN’s Office of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) has joined hands with Kerala Government to start its impressive facility of UN Technology Innovation Lab (UNTIL) in the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. What is even more impressive is that UN Office for ICT has agreed to focus on three vital areas that Government has asked support for viz Water Resources, Sanitation, & Sustainable Agriculture, in addition to the futuristic concept of Electrical Mobility. Kerala Startup Mission will spearhead UNTIL in the state.

Kerala Tourism is Fighting Back

During the recently concluded tourism season in India, Kerala was hit by not double whammy but by multiple issues. The first strike on tourism was from the move to limit availability of liquor to just the finest hotels. Then came demonetisation which hit the state badly, and bad news about how Kerala’s tourist spots from Wayanad to Munnar and Kumarakom to Kovalam were suffering from acute cash crunch spread rapidly across the international tourism circuit. Next in line came a report that struck at the famed cleanliness of the state – 9 cities of Kerala dropped from under-50 ranks in cleanliness to near-250 ranks. Kerala Tourism is now fighting back with a massive initiative ‘Green Carpet’ while government’s ‘Haritha Keralam’ is aiding it.

Kerala is India’s 3rd Fully Electrified State

Out of India’s 29 states, Kerala is soon to become the third fully-electrified state, meaning that all homes in the state will have electrification. In fact, Kerala has already achieved this by March 31st, but has waited to steer clear of poll code violation. The last leg of this impressive drive spanned 2.5 lakh homes, many of them accessed by cabling 30 km deep into forest areas, for which the state has spent Rs.700 crore. For Kerala, this is a commendable achievement as it produces only 30% of its needed electricity, while 70% is procured from other Indian states at rates around Rs.10 per unit. Most of these producing states are yet to achieve full electrification! Until now, only Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have achieved full electrification.

GST is Net Positive for Kerala

While some Indian states are still having reservations about revenue loss from the upcoming Goods & Services Tax (GST) implementation by the Central Government, Kerala’s economist Finance Minister has done his homework and is confident that the state would benefit by additional revenue of Rs.3000 crore when GST is fully implemented. However, Thomas Issac is still appealing the Central Government to not include petroleum products under GST, as the state collects Rs.14,000 crore as petroleum cess each year, which he hopes to utilize as a 15% fund source for the newly formed Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). In any case, Kerala is not waiting for the 1st year compensation from Centre and has formed a Plan B.

A Radical Approach for Environment

Come June 5, the World Environment Day, and guess how Kerala is going to celebrate it? Believe it or not, by felling lakhs of trees! To understand this, one should rewind to an afforestation program gone haywire. Over the past decades, Kerala Forest Department like of many other states planted lakhs of eucalyptus and acacia trees for rapid forestation, only to discover that these water gurglers brought down the state’s precarious water table still further. That’s why on June 5 a new felling program of these tress and replacement with planting of 1 crore fruit-bearing, medicinal, and traditional multipurpose trees are being organized. Forest department, agriculture department, & Kudumbasree are jointly spearheading it.

A Focus on Teachers

Kerala which made history by training a total of 38,000 upper primary teachers in specific ICT training is getting ready for the next round. A total of 56,000 high school teachers in Kerala will soon get specific training in Information Technology as part of the state government's general education rejuvenation mission'. The training is imparted under the IT@School, a government initiative to impart IT education in schools, from May 8 onwards. The IT@School has come up with the teachers' training project after the launch of the 'High Tech School' project, envisaged to digitise 45,000 classrooms in state-run schools. The highlight of the training would be the practical sessions on the use of ICT in classroom transactions.

Leadership in Anti-Corruption Battle

A recent survey has proved that Kerala is actually one of the least corrupt states in the country, second only to Himachal Pradesh. The survey was conducted by the Centre for Media Studies on the basis of people's experience in paying bribes for public services, and covered around 150 households from at least two districts each of 20 states, spread across urban and rural locations. While Karnataka tops the list with 77% of respondents saying that they had to pay bribes to public servants, only 4% among Malayalis said the same. The reasons for the low levels of corruption in Kerala could be many, ranging from an ever vigilant media to high literacy rates because of which the citizens are more aware of their rights.

A New Educational Loan Assistance Scheme

Bad study loans are a severe problem for banks in Kerala. Out of the Rs10,220 crore total educational loans in the state, Rs1,315 crore is NPA. Now, Kerala has launched a Rs. 900 crore loan repayment scheme to help students from families with annual income below Rs. 6 lakhs. The move comes at a time when students are suffering because of banks selling a large number of  “bad loans”, to loan sharks like ARCs. For loans below Rs4 lakh (NPA study loans), if the banks waive interest and penal interest, 60% will be paid by the government and the rest 40% by the borrower. For loans above Rs 4 lakh, if the loans have not turned NPA, state will pay upfront the first year up to 90% of the repayment, second year 75%, third year 50% and fourth year 25%.

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How to Ask about Guns Before a Playdate — Even When We Don’t Want To

I grew up around guns, in a rural community where literally everyone owned one. My stepfather was a police officer and kept his personal and work weapons in a closet drawer. As older children and teens, my brothers and I quickly figured out where they were, and often would retrieve one to play with, pretending to shoot bad guys or threatening each other with, playing/not-playing.

We were always told to never touch the guns, but only the perfect child listens to a parent all the time.

We weren’t perfect children, but we were lucky children.

Asking about unsecured firearms is important to me, and I have many friends who own guns.

Seattle mom Gina Cardaman is a good friend who owns rifles and handguns. But I don’t worry when my kids are at her house. Her firearms are locked in a heavy basement safe, and only she and her husband have the combination. It’s large enough for rifles, but also stores items such as birth and marriage certificates. The family’s guns are locked inside, always.

She says she usually doesn’t offer up the fact that she owns guns due to the strong feelings many have around firearms. “I've seen hostile comments about gun owners on some Facebook discussions, one specifically where the mom said she would never let her children play at a household that had guns,” she says. “I didn't know her personally, but I felt hurt by that level of judgment without evidence.”

In fact, Gina’s name is a pseudonym. She doesn’t want to attract the ire of those who don’t understand.

How to talk about firearms

The best way to talk about guns is to do so in the context of other safety-related topics, say many experts. It also gives the other parent an opportunity to share his or her own safety concerns with you.

“Having good manners does not mean you have to forgo safety and concern for yourself and your children,” says Deborah King, a Seattle-based etiquette expert and founder of the Global Protocol, Etiquette and Civility Academy.

“Some people are afraid to state what their needs are out of fear of being viewed as impolite,” she says. “But kindness and respect starts with yourself, with having healthy boundaries and stating what you need.”

All safety-related discussions should be conducted in person or on the phone, says Elizabeth Bennett, Community Benefit director at Seattle Children’s Hospital, who has more than 25 years of experience working on injury prevention and child safety.

“Email is easy to misinterpret,” she says, and a way for the other parent to feel judged.

A good way to broach the subject is something like, “Emma has never been to your home, Can we talk a little bit about the dynamics of what that’s going to be like?”

When talking about guns, or any safety-related subject, give the other parent the sense that you’re on a team, and communicate your expectations. Something like “We don’t give our children soda” or “We don’t let them play on the internet” could be a good starting point.

Then, move into more difficult subjects, King says. “Here are some more serious concerns I have,” you might say, and bring up gun safety. She suggests that you couch it in your own concerns, not an accusatory manner.

“All parents want to keep their kids safe,” Bennett says. She suggests asking about access to guns along with a check-in regarding booster seats, bike riding, pools, allergies and internet safety. Also mention if you have a particularly inquisitive or impulsive child.

Then say, “I just want to check if there are any firearms in the home, and if they’re locked up.” or “My kid is curious, and I need to check if there are any unlocked firearms in the house.”

Gina would like to be asked about guns in the same straightforward way that parents ask about nuts or pets: “‘Do you have guns in your house? How are they stored?’ That simple. I would never be offended at the question, because it shows thoughtfulness and concern for safety.”

If there is an unlocked gun, a parent can offer to have the playdate at their house or visit a park.

Though necessary, this is a hard conversation, says Bennett. She recommends practicing with relatives or friends who are gun owners.

“It's when there are prejudgments and assumptions that it becomes challenging,” Gina says. “We happen to be extremely liberal Democrats who practice attachment parenting. And, yes, we have guns.”

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NIBBLES The Book Monster By Emma Yarlett

This is a story about a little monster called… NIBBLES!

Nibbles likes to nibble soap,
and Nibbles nibbles socks,
Nibbles chomps on rubber ducks,
and Nibbles munches clocks,
Nibbles loves to nibble toes,
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Caution! This book contains a crunching, munching book monster!
Whatever you do, don't let him out.
Too late…!
Nibbles is a very naughty book monster and he's nibbling his way through fairy tales that don't belong to him! Can you catch him and put him back in his book?
Coming to a bookshelf near you in April, children will love to lift the flaps, peek through the holes, and chase Nibbles through a fantastical world of books in this highly interactive story, exquisitely illustrated by Emma Yarlett.
Packed with favourite fairy tales (including Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears) this clever book provides a unique twist on the genre.

What a fun book! It has flaps to lift and holes to look through as naughty Nibbles, the book monster, escapes from his cage and munches his way into fairy tales. Poor Little Red Riding Hood's less than pleased to be shut out of her own story, and just wait until you see the damage Nibbles does to the three bears' house…

This book is highly unusual and likely to appeal to older children than those most picture books are aimed at. For a start, you need to know your fairy tales to appreciate the trouble Nibbles is causing and then there are the names of the fairy tales' authors – I'm sure I've seen those letters rearranged elsewhere!

The book is a hardback and quite pricy at £11.99, but my copy came with a Nibbles soft toy made of corduroy though I'm not sure if it comes free with the book or whether you have to pay extra for it. It seems well made, but I'm not sure I'd buy one separately. I'd definitely buy the book though. It's fab!

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Families who visit Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge between 22nd and 30th October are invited to follow a Victorian ghost story trail around the historic streets. Discover how famous authors of the time, including Charles Dickens, wrote hugely popular works about spirits, ghosts, fog-shrouded graves and mysterious reflections appearing in mirrors. Some of the most famous stories will be included in the spooky trail.

Having whet your appetite for ghoulish tales, each afternoon during the half term break the Prince Albert Players will be performing spooky scenes from Sweeney Todd along with Shropshire ghost stories.

In Victorian England, All Hallows Eve (31st October) was celebrated with games and rituals including the popular practice of ‘souling’, a tradition that paved the way for modern-day Trick or Treating. In the 1800s children, and sometimes poor adults, would dress up and go around door-to-door offering prayers and songs in exchange for Soul Cakes. A selection of these simple round spiced cakes, which were often marked with a cross, will be on sale in the town’s bakery during the half-term Halloween week. You can find out more about this and other curious Victorian Halloween customs as you explore Blists Hill’s many shops, cottages and places of work.

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hopefully amidst all these financial meltdown the projects above will complete as scheduled. not really concerned if the first two gets constructed. we reall need need a tower like 31lvl to really liven up the city's boring artchitecture.

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Science is Different

I've heard people say recently that the "intelligent design" theory should be taught alongside the theory of evolution, as they are both theories and should have equal representation in the schools.  Science, therefore, is really just another religion.

No, it isn't.  It is different in a very important way.

If you talk to a scientist about something he believes, some theory about the way things are, and suggest that he is wrong, the scientist will lean forward and ask you why you think what you do.  They will ask for details, challenge your evidence, and seek to understand your thought process.  If you can convince them that you are right and they are wrong, this is a great day for that scientist.  Being wrong is exactly what they want to happen.  The entire scientific method is designed to discover where our theories are incorrect or where there are things we simply didn't know at all.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson said it this way: "I love being wrong because that means, in that instant, I learned something new that day."  If you confirm that a scientist is right, that's fine, but they won't get excited.  You are telling them something they already know.  The entire purpose of science is to uncover new truth.

Religion, on the other hand, requires that it is always right.  A religious person already knows the nature of God, that he exists and what he wants from us.  They have texts they study because they believe the texts are absolutely correct.  Their own personal understanding of them might be lacking, and so they will engage in "Bible study" or something similar, but the thing they are studying is unassailably correct.  It must be.

If you tell a religious person that you believe something different than they do, they will assail your beliefs,  They will react with anger and feel insulted.  They will call you a name, like "infidel". They may, in fact, decide to kill you.  They may decide, because you believe differently than they do, that they are justified in blowing you up, or flying a jumbo jet into your building, or burning you alive.

Religion says it knows the truth already,

If Science knew everything already, then it would cease to be necessary and the entire scientific effort would stop. If course, we'll never know everything, and so science will go on as long as there are people with curiosity and intellect.

If a religion were to be shown to be wrong, it would die.  That's why religious people react to challenges the way they do.  Being wrong is dangerous and scary.  You are threatening something they've committed to, perhaps given money to, maybe raised their children to believe.  The cognitive dissonance they feel when you tell them they are wrong is intolerable to them.

They have to shut you up.  And so they will.

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Mitch Epstein turns his lense towards the familiar and seemingly banal, seeking to find beauty, myth, and mystery.  The images explore the blurred line between private and public space, capturing gestures which give the photographs a life of their own.

For Recreation, Epstein photographs the rituals of American leisure in the seventies and eighties.  The City reconstructs the intimate core and the anonymous skin of New York, contrasting personal images of family and friends with anonymous street vignettes.  Family Business traces the decline of Holyoke, Mass., a once prosperous industrial town in New England, through the poignant example of Epstein's own family's declining fortunes and psychological disintegration.

Through these three bodies of work, Epstein examines the American Dream, both in it's reality and in it's ultimate illusiveness.


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Finalists of Water Abundance XPRIZE competition announced

The Water Abundance XPRIZE is a $1.75 million competition, challenging teams to alleviate the global water crisis with energy-efficient technologies that harvest fresh water from thin air. They have recently announced the finalists who revolutionizes access to fresh water by creating a device that extracts a minimum of 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere using , at a cost of no more than 2 cents per liter.

The Water Abundance XPRIZE creates decentralized access to water, giving people the power to access fresh water, whenever and wherever they need it. The requirements for the program are steep enough to almost like science fiction: the device must extract “a minimum of 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere using 100 percent , at a cost of no more than 2 cents per liter.”

For a million bucks, people will try anything. But only five teams have made it to the finals, taking equal shares of a $250,000 ‘milestone prize’ to further their work. There isn’t a lot of technical info on them yet, but here they are, in alphabetical order:

Hydro Harvest:

This Australian team based out of the University of Newcastle is ‘going back to basics’, probably smart if you want to keep costs down. The team has worked together before on an emission-free engine that turns waste heat into electricity.

JMCC Wing:

This Hawaiian team’s leader has been working on solar and for many years, so it’s no surprise their solution involves the “marriage” of a super-high-efficiency, scalable wind energy harvester with a commercial water condenser. The bigger the generator, the cheaper the energy.

Skydra: Very little information is available for this Chicago team, except that they have created ‘a hybrid solution that utilizes both natural and engineered systems’.

The Veragon & Thinair:

Alphabetically this collaboration comes on both sides of U, but I’m putting it here. U.K. collaboration has developed a material that “rapidly enhances the process of water condensation,” and are planning not only to produce fresh water but also to pack it with minerals.

Out of Hyderabad in India, this team is also going back to basics with a solar-powered solution that doesn’t appear to actually use solar cells — the rays of the sun and design of the device do it all. The water probably comes out pretty warm, though.

The first round of testing took place in January, and round 2 comes in July, at which point the teams’ business plans are also due. In August there should be an announcement of the $1 million grand prize winner. Good luck to all involved and regardless of who takes home the prize, here’s hoping this tech gets deployed to good purpose where it’s needed.

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Sunday, October 06, 2002

The Monticello Steamship Company

Jerry Bowen

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Business thrived amid rivalry

Zephania Jefferson Hatch was born in 1846 near Monticello, N.Y., and grew up in a rural farming area. Being a restless young man wanting to improve his lot in life, he immigrated to Oregon and worked for a while for the famous Jim Hill, building the Great Northern Railroad.

Tiring of working for others, he became interested in maritime operations and decided to open his own cargo transport operation. He bought a small steamboat and began delivering supplies along the Columbia River out of Portland.

His first try at his own business was cut short when a load of cement he was delivering to an island on the river got wet during a heavy rain. The ship sank alongside the dock when the cement swelled up and burst the hull of the ship.

Not one to be stopped by the “minor” setback of losing his primary asset, he decided that perhaps transporting passengers might be more profitable than cargo. In 1892, he placed an order for a small passenger steamer and named it Monticello. Hatch assigned himself as captain of the 126-foot steamship and went into business. Demand didn’t meet his expectations in the Northwest, so in 1895 he sailed for San Francisco to try his luck there.

Misfortune dogged his wake again when the boilers in the Monticello failed outside of San Francisco Harbor and the ship had to be towed to port. The Pacific Mail Company placed a lien on the Monticello for the tow.

Overcoming his latest setback, he managed to pay off the lien and placed his fast little ship on a passenger run between Vallejo and San Francisco in competition with the Aden Brothers Ferry Company. His brother Charles N. Hatch joined the enterprise and they named their fledgling business the Hatch Brothers Steamship Company.

The faster Monticello competed well with the Aden Brothers’ ship, Sunol, and the Hatches began to prosper.

Flushed with success, the Hatch brothers ordered another speedy ship in 1900, the General Frisbie.

The Aden Brothers tried to compete by chartering the H. J. Corcoran, so the Hatch Brothers decided to acquire another vessel, the Arrow. Being a little short of capital, they took in a partner, R. R. Spencer, in order to obtain the new ship and incorporated under the name Monticello Steamship Company in 1904. The Arrow was put into service in 1905 and outran the Corcoran with ease.

The Aden brothers acquired the Grace Barton, but the Hatch ships still dominated the passenger service. Finally the Adens gave up and turned the business over to another brother, R. J. R. Aden, who had been running a wood and coal business in Vallejo.

R. J. R. ran the ferry company until 1913 but also failed to compete successfully with the Monticello Steamship Company and went out of business. The ships were sold; the Sunol went to the Leslie Salt Company and was renamed Pyramid. The Corcoran went to the C&H Sugar Company and was renamed Crockett.

Always looking for a way to improve their business, the Hatch brothers began coordinating their operations with the electric trains of the Vallejo, Benicia, and Napa Valley RR on July 4, 1905. The railroad was also known as the San Francisco, Napa Valley and Calistoga RR, or more commonly, the Napa Valley Line. Trains made connection with the General Frisbie at the Main Street Dock in Vallejo.

The Hatches considered merging with the railroad several times but in the end continued with just a working agreement.

In 1909 the Monticello Steamship Company added the Sehome to its fleet. With six daily round trips between San Francisco and Vallejo and four ships in service, business was good but profits were not up to expectations, so other means were used to increase their cash flow. The company added concessions aboard their ferries including bars, restaurants, barbershops and shoe shine stands.

Zephania Hatch died in 1913 leaving his brother, Charles, in charge. Zephaniah’s sons also were heavily involved with the business; William was a captain, Tremaine an engineer, and Ferry a lawyer. Zephania had in the past often remarked, “I had three troubles; captains, engineers and lawsuits.” You might say he had covered all the bases.

Increased Mare Island Navy Yard traffic necessitated the need for another vessel. The Asbury Park was purchased from the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1918 and after a difficult trip to the west coast was greeted with great enthusiasm by loyal Vallejo customers.

Tragedy struck on Dec. 14, 1918, when the General Frisbie collided with the Sehome in heavy fog near Pinole. Luckily, while the vessels were stuck together, all passengers and crew were safely transferred from the Sehome to the General Frisbie. When the Frisbie backed away, the Sehome sank to the bottom of the bay.

After the collision, the necessity to put the Asbury Park in service became a high priority and after a quick refit, she was renamed Napa Valley and began operations on Oct. 31, 1919.

Additional ships were acquired over a period of time and some of them were converted to carry the new-fangled automobiles. After the Asbury Park was converted, it was renamed Calistoga in 1924.

With the coming of the automobile, talk of building bridges across the bay signaled change and the owners of the company realized the inevitable demise of ferryboats would be the result. So Zephania Jefferson Hatch’s sons, Tremaine and Ferry, who were the heads of the company decided to sell the business. They sold the Monticello Steamship Company to the Golden Gate Ferry Company in February 1929 for $2,000,000.

The golden empire of the Hatch brothers finally had come to an end. Zephania Jefferson Hatch started with very little, overcame setbacks and built a solid business that lasted for 32 years. They had earned the grateful support of the community they served and another era became history.

Today we have a new fleet of ferryboats serving the public, although they don’t carry vehicles. Plans are in the works to increase the number of ships and ports they operate from. Who knows? Maybe someday they will also carry automobiles. Historians say history repeats itself and it seems to be doing just that in this case.