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There is no one way to understand the food security of urban dwellers and no one prescription to resolve them. UNICEF with the International Food Policy Research Insttitute recently documented the effects on food security and nutrition of a wide range of activities in seven cities. Two of those experiences are summarised below:
People's itchens in Lima
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT in the 1 980s and existing high inflation and poverty combined to make poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition widespread features of life in the Peruvian capital. One third of housing in Lima by 1990 was estimated to be grossly sub-standard. Prices of basic foods, such as beans, increased by 1 200 % in Lima in the 1980. In this period of hardship, women's groups, church groups and health workers organised to establish communal "people's" kitchens, which numbered about 2 300 by 1990. The kitchens continue to grow in popularity. In many of them, women organise themselves into a cooperative to provide daily meals at the lowest possible rate to cover costs. In others, they may generate a small profit and use it to invest in day care or other services. An umbrella organisation of people's kitchen groups does national-level lobbying on food security issues on behalf of the poor, representing a second level of organization. The kitchens have raised a host of political and economic issues, including whether women forgo better economic opportunities by working in them and whether they represent a good use of external food aid. Studies have shown however that families frequenting the kitchens had a more diverse diet than others from similar income groups and that the content of the meals represented a very high percentage of daily dietary needs. In this case, a food-based activity has had a positive impact well beyond food security on the organizational and management capacity of poor women, their status in the community, and their awareness of political and economic issues.
When basic foods became too expensive in Lima hunger spread rapidly
Poverty in Peru has been worsened by high inflation and structural adjustment.
THE LAST 15 YEARS have been hard on city dwellers in developing countries. The policies that in many countries resulted in affordable food, basic services and social safety nets in the 1960s and 1970s disappeared in the era of structural adjustment and austerity budgets of the 1980s. Food prices have risen markedly in many major urban centers since 1980; civil service jobs have become more scarce and Low-wage informal sector jobs a more important source of Livelihood.
The share of the world's food security problem that is urban rather than rural has grown with the urbanization of the planet. As noted at the recent Habitat II conference, the number of urban centers with 500,000 or more inhabitants was 438 in 1980 (representing about 745 million people) and is expected to be 892 in 2010 (3.8 billion people). One half of the world's population will be urban by 2005 and three-fifths by 2025. The inadequacy of housing in many cities also means inadequate access to water and cooking space for food preparation. For example, 31% of homes in Tegucigalpa, 26% in La Paz and 19% in Addis Ababa are estimated to have no kitchen or cooking space, and much higher percentages have no access to piped water.
Food security is a part of livelihood security for urban dwellers as well as rural families, but in the urban environment, livelihood strategies may be even more complex. The absence of extended families and the need to take on long hours of work at low wages can make food preparation, child care and daily household duties a constant challenge for women. With their Limited disposable income, families may have to choose among school fees, increasingly costly health services, food and clothing, and shelter. Household food security in cities must be assessed in ways that clarify these difficult trade-offs faced by families.
IN SELECTED SLUMS of the Bangladeshi capital, it was estimated that only 20 percent of children attended school, 50 percent of young children were underweight, and only 40 percent of children were immunized, and few homes had adequate sanitation.
The most common occupations for men were rickshaw-driving and stone-crushing and for women being maids or low-paid garment workers. A UNICEF-supported project resulted in the training of women as community health workers, the training of some residents in tubewell maintenance, savings and micro-credit programmes combined with literacy training for women. Infrastructure projects as part of this work included tubewells, latrines, dustbins, drainage systems, footpaths and street lighting.
Sustainable community organisations were established and supported. Although a full evaluation is not yet complete, hygiene practices have improved, the incidence and severity of diarrhea is down, and women have praised the activities that have enabled them to organise and share experiences with their peers. The impact on food security, while indirect and gradual, is expected to be significant as women continue to organise and improve their income-earning potential and their ability to ensure good child care at a low cost.
Only 20 percent of Dhaka's children go to school.
URBAN POVERTY and food insecurity are intractable structural problems that will be resolved only through structural change and empowerment of the poor. Sustainable social safety nets provide some measure of relief. Some of the conclusions UNICEF has drawn from the experience of urban programmes it has supported:
Status of Women
Food security can be enhanced by measures that improve the status of women -that is, that improve their income-earning potential and organizational capacity and their decision-making authority in the home and community, and help them save time and energy. Urban women, often devoid of extended family contacts and other social networks, have a special need for maternity leave and other benefits on the job and mechanisms to enable them to care for and feed their young children even if they work outside the home.
Basic services
Improved access to basic social services such as education and health have obvious benefits for household income, productivity, self-esteem and future ability to ensure the satisfaction of food needs in the family.
Structural change and empowerment of the poor
can have huge impact on the lives of urban women
The right to adequate food is nearly universally recognised but rarely respected. Man' discussion of food security and the right to food have focused on rural areas as have discussions of food security and many donor-funded projects. Donors have at times been hesitant to support projects designed to improve food security in urban areas, thinking that they would contribute to attracting rural people to cities. But the right to food is not any less absolute for urban than for rural dwellers. In spite of the macro-economic factors that have constrained public expenditure on cities, access to food for all urban dwellers must be ensured.
The world's ten largest urban agglomerations by the year 2000
UNICEF and IFPRI. The urban poor and household food security: Concepts, evidence and case studies. UNICEF Urban Examples, vol.19, Nov. 1994.
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1995.
This fact sheet was contributed by UNICEF For further information, please contact:
UNICEF One UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, U.S.A
Tel: (001) 212 326-7000
Fax: (001) 212 503-0374
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1. Re: behaviour of fsync() call on local vmdk-based VMweinstein5 Oct 11, 2011 8:58 AM (in response to quasimir)
Welcome to the Community - The fsync command will be handled by the guest OS - the ESXi server virtualize the resources used by the VM including disk so when the VM issues a write the ESXi takes that write and performs it within the VMDK or RDM - the guest insures the wirte is done the same way it is done in the pphysical world -
2. Re: behaviour of fsync() call on local vmdk-based VMquasimir Oct 11, 2011 9:19 AM (in response to weinstein5)
Hi, thanks for your reply. Does that mean that ESX just does its own write caching/syncing to the vmdk file irrespective of the guest syncing requests and that there is no way to control this from the guest?
More details about my question:
We have a mail server running on a VM (linux ext2 partition, backed by a local vmdk image) which returns "OK" to the client only after having called fsync() on the received email file to make sure that the message is physically written to disk before sending a confirmation to the client. So if the client gets an "OK", it knows that the file has definitely been received. In case of a crash between fsync() and the "OK" response, the client might re-send the message but that's an acceptable scenario.
What we have observed is that if we send a lot of emails to the server and "pull the plug" on the ESX host, we actually lose some messages that were confirmed as "OK" by the server. This means that fsync() didn't actually sync the files to the physical disk.
We did the same test with the smtp server running on physical tin and we saw the normal behaviour (number of messages saved = number of "OK" sent to client)
So how can we ensure that ESX actually syncs the data to disk?

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Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko were both from Toyama, Japan. Fujimoto was born on December 1, 1933 and Abiko on March 10, 1934. In 1944, when they were both elementary school students, Abiko transferred to Fujimoto's school and they found they both liked drawing. After entering junior high school, they remained friends although they went to different schools. While they were junior high school students (1946–1948), they were excited by a comic book written by Osamu Tezuka, Shin Takarajima (New Treasure Island). They published their own manga coterie magazines. They were also impressed by Tezuka's Lost World and Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and they wrote fan letters to them. When they became high school students, they started writing manga for the readers' columns of various publishers. They made their debut in Tenshi no Tama-chan. They earned money from this, so they visited Tezuka's house in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, before they graduated from high school.
Because both Fujimoto and Abiko were both eldest sons, they decided to take company jobs after graduating from high school in 1952. Fujimoto joined a confectionery company, and Abiko began working for a local newspaper publisher. However, Fujimoto quickly quit the job because of injury. Abiko managed to be consistent with manga. While Abiko was working for the company, Fujimoto took a central role in contributing serial manga. At this time, their pen name was Ashizuka Fujio. In 1953 they published Utopia: The Last World War (UTOPIA—最後の世界大戦 UTOPIA: Saigo no Sekai Taisen). The next year (1954), they decided to go to Tokyo in order to become professional manga artists. They formed a mangaka group called New Manga Party (新漫画党 Shin Manga-to, the first period, 1954–1955; the second period, 1955–?) with Terada Hiroo and others. At first, Fujimoto and Abiko lodged at Ryōgoku; however, afterwards they moved to an apartment of Tokiwa-so where Hiroo lived.
They continued to draw manga day after day. A lot of editors of manga publishers visited and asked Fujiko Fujio to write serial manga. They became a popular mangaka. However, they lost their job during 1955 through the early 1956 because at the New Year of 1955 they returned home to Toyama, and they relaxed so much that they missed the deadlines of nearly all their manga. After this, they only barely recovered their credibility. In 1959, they left Tokiwa-so, and moved to Usagi-so, and then to Kawasaki, Kanagawa. Fujimoto got married in 1962 (at the age of 28). The next year, Fujiko Fujio received the Shogakukan Manga Award for their manga Susume Robot and Tebukuro Tecchan.
Fujimoto and Abiko established Studio Zero with Shin'ichi Suzuki, Shotaro Ishinomori, Jiro Tsunoda, Kiyoichi Tsunoda, and one employee. Later Fujio Akatsuka joined, and at its peak the studio employed about 80 people. They produced several animated films, for example, Astro Boy. Fujiko Fujio revived their popularity as mangaka again with Obake no Q-tarō in 1964. Both of them continued to write popular manga and anime, for example Ninja Hattori-kun, Kaibutsu-kun, Pāman, 21-emon, etc.
Fujimoto started writing Doraemon in 1970, and at the same time he started writing complete manga for young people. Doraemon at first did not attract children's attention very much. However, three years later, Doraemon became an animated series on TV, and he became a popular character nationwide. Fujimoto was awarded a prize for Doraemon by Nihon Mangaka Association in 1973. On the other hand, Abiko wrote Black Salesman (later re-entitled Warau Salesman), autobiographical Manga-michi, etc. Abiko's manga were aimed at young adults (Seinen) while Fujimoto's were aimed at children (Kodomo). In spite of the enormous popularity in Asian countries, none of their works have ever been officially introduced to any English-speaking countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia or New Zealand.
Both Fujimoto and Abiko did however, travel the world. Abiko wrote manga about Mao Zedong based on a trip to China. A lot of trips helped Fujimoto to write manga, especially T.P. Bon.
In 1987, Fujimoto and Abiko ended their partnership, and after that, they worked independently.
From 1980 until his death in 23 September 1996 due to liver failure, Fujimoto wrote a series of long manga of Doraemon every year. The manga series were animated on the screen, and every year the animated films were a gold mine for the movie industry. In 1989, Fujimoto won two awards for Doraemon movies. Abiko's Hattori the Ninja and Pro Golfer Saru were also animated with Doraemon on the screen.
What is DORAEMON? It is a humorous children's manga (later a TV-series) about a boy named Nobi Nobita who is so unlucky, weak and lazy that his descendants had to send the family robot back in time to help him out. That robot is Doraemon (where the "Dora" is presumably based on the word "dora-neko," or stray cat), and his four-dimensional pocket produces any number of futuristic gadgets and devices meant to help Nobita become something other than a complete failure in adulthood. Though smart and caring, Doraemon has his own foibles, and his partnership with Nobita produces both triumphs and disasters, hilarious situations and occasional poignant moments.
As a "gag" manga for children, the series has no real progression; our hero is always a fourth-grader, and rarely do changes carry over from story to story. As a glimpse into Japanese family life, though, DORAEMON is priceless. We see Nobita's parents as very typical for Japan of the 1970s, with the father a stocky and mellow salaryman, and the mother a hardworking housewife whose job it is to make sure Nobita studies hard and does his chores. Although ferocious when angry, she is also caring and smart; at heart she just wants her son to grow up to become a decent, hardworking adult with a bright future. Nobita's friends include the class bully nicknamed Gian (presumably based on the word "giant"), the class rich kid Suneo who usually acts as Gian's lieutenant, the gentle and smart girl Shizuka and the occasionally appearing super-brilliant Dekisugi (which can be read as "over done" or "overly perfect"). There's also their schoolteacher, a stern man who has no compunction against sending Nobita off to stand in the hallway for being late. In all this, Doraemon acts as the childhood friend or older sibling we all wish we could've had: caring, smarter than us, with a sense of justice, imperfect and fallible enough to not be irritating, and with a magic pocket that can produce the solution to any problem.


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For nearly two decades, the North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts has presented one of the signature events of the holiday season, "The Nutcracker" ballet.
On Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, more than 300 students, from kindergartners to eighth-graders, will again perform the holiday classic in what has become the largest fundraiser for the school.
Fans of the classic ballet will see the Nutcracker Prince, Clara, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, the Russian dancers and much more, performed by the most talented dancers at the school.
Thomas Millins, NFMAA principal, said not only are rehearsals going great, but ticket sales are strong, with 80 percent of the seats sold for an event that tends to sell out every year.
"This is the ninth year we'll be at the Mann. Our teachers have this down to a science. Everything is so methodically done, planned out in advance, scheduled so everyone knows what's going on," Millins said. "It's like clockwork."
Many of the performers have been in the ballet for many years, moving up through the ranks from little gingerbread kids to the star roles.
Millins, as is the tradition for the principal, will play the role of Uncle Drosselmeyer, his third time in that role.
"We try to do things every year to enhance the part," Millins said, adding the dance teachers try to spice up things each year by having him do something different.
NFMAA has performed the ballet for nearly 20 years. It started out at the school auditorium, which only seats about 500 people. The show became so popular they had to start doing multiple shows, which tired out the students, especially those who played Clara, the main female lead, and the Nutcracker.
The show moved the Barbara B. Mann, which seats 1,800, so the performers only had to do two shows, one for the students at the auditorium a few days before the event, and the other at the performance hall.
Tickets can be purchased at the school between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. and 1 and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. About 300 seats are left.
For more information, go to the school's website at nfa.leeschools.net.


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Pumpkin pie
Konditor & Cook once shipped a lorry full of pumpkin pie to the opening of Planet Hollywood in Moscow. The recipe enjoys great popularity in the autumn months.
Sweet pastry
- 50g caster sugar
- 100g salted butter, cut into cubes
- 150g plain flour
- 1 egg yolk
Pumpkin filling
- 300g pumpkin, peeled and chopped into large chunks
- 300g squash, peeled and chopped into large chunks
- 3 medium sized eggs
- 110g light soft brown sugar
- 70ml milk
- 50ml single cream
- Pinch salt
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/3 tsp ground cloves
Make the sweet pastry by combining the sugar and egg yolk, then add the butter and, using a wooden spoon, mix until it starts to come together. Add the sifted flour and rub together, then knead into a dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
Using a rolling pin, roll pastry to approx 3mm and line a 21cm loose bottomed tart case. Trim off surplus pastry, and chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile pre-heat oven. Then blind bake the pastry case for 20 minutes at 175C/gas mark 4.
Make the pie filling by roasting 300g each of pumpkin and 300g of butternut squash (the mix creates a better texture) in the oven at 180 degrees/gas mark 4 for 30 minutes. Once the squashes are soft, remove from oven and blitz with a stick blender. During the roasting process there is considerable weight loss: you should end up with 400g of puree. Leave to cool.
Add the sugar to the puree and whisk until smooth.
Add all the other ingredients and whisk again. Fill the blind baked case with the mixture and cook in the oven at 175C/gas mark 4 for 30 minutes or until the mix is set, but still very soft in the centre.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.


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A MAJOR MAJOR Announcement: HUBO joins The Slumber PartyHUBO Productions signed up its most recent collaboration deal via an agreement to support the production of Origin8 Media's Slumber Party. HUBO Financial Director and Board Member Ida Ceniza-Tiongson was on hand to seal this deal with Slumber Party director Emmanuel Dela Cruz representing Origin8 Media. Slumber Party received a production grant from Cinema One Originals and is an official selection of the festival to be held this November.
Slumber Party is set on the eve of August 23, 2010, the night when a bus carrying Chinese nationals from Hong Kong are held hostage in Manila, Philippines while Philippine representative Maria Venus Raj is under pressure in the Miss Universe pageant to bring home the coveted crown. Three long time friends throw a sleep over party and do a vigil to once again show their support for the country's delegate to the most prestigious beauty pageant. Nursing a broken heart from a failed romance, Phillippe is joined by Elle and Jhana to carry him through that night. On what was planned as a light and fun night took a twisted turn when a young frat-boy broke into the house where they were staying. Questions about life, love and friendship arose within the course of the night.
About Origin8 Media
Origin8 Media is founded by eight storytellers that aims to create and produce content that is original, excellent, and meaningful as it is commercially viable. The founders are writers, producers and directors whose collective body of work in the film and television industry includes some of the biggest and memorable hits of the last decade. Work credits of the members of Origin8 in various capacities include Endo, Tanging Ina, KimmyDora, Nasaan Ka Man, Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington, and Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros. Origin8 believes that excellent content and blockbuster success go hand in hand, that critical acclaim and mass appeal are not opposing forces.
About HUBO Productions
HUBO Productions is an independent multi-media production company that is known for its core film ventures. To date, HUBO has released three full-length films, that have been shown in the Philippines and in international film festival circuits. Its fourth release, In Nomine Matris, is going to be screened this December as an official selection of the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival New Wave Feature Film Category. HUBO has ventured its artistic reach in music, theatre, dance, and visual arts. HUBO encourages artistry through practical means, and dedicates its art to stimulate the mind however unconventional and unfamiliar.
"PROMISES" Promises Success: A Filipino Artist Featured in Finch Lane Gallery
Utah is known as the mecca for Latter Days Saints (Mormon) and the home of the top American film festival called Sundance founded by Robert Redford. In between the extremities is the fast growing Art World in its capital Salt Lake City. Every year, the prestigious The Salt Lake City Arts Council (a division in the SLC Department of Community and Economic Development) look for artists to feature in its historic Finch Lane/Park Gallery.
Out of hundreds of applicants, the Visual Artist Committee of the Arts Council has selected budding artist/painter Roldan Din, the first Filipino to be featured in the much coveted opportunity in Utah. The gallery showcases Roldan Din's "PROMISES," a collection of mixed media paintings on big wood boards, canvases, and paper. His work will be on display March 9 until April 27, 2012.
Also on exhibit are stone and bronze sculptures by established Bryon Draper called "Proxy Offering." The Salt Lake Seven, a group photography exhibit called "Prisoners of Consciousness" completes the featured collection.
Roldan Din, a resident artist at HUBO Productions, has selected pieces from various periods since he started painting in 2006. PROMISES includes his work in Seattle (2006-07), New York (2007-09), and Utah (2009-present). Each piece represents emotions and experiences living in those places and circumstances at certain points of his life. The collection, as expressed by those who have seen them, are both strikingly moving and thought-provoking. His play with colors and texture gives a certain mixture of sensitivity and callousness, a must see for art students and patrons.
"My work focuses on change. I try to capture transitions unconsciously by creating tangible pieces over periods of time. My works are impulses of the moments I am in. I feel that collectively they are layers of time passing and of movements from one state to another. I am not interested in positing an idea or image because I believe in the more meaningful dialogue between a piece of work and its viewer. So, in that sense, my works are always abstract. Even the identifiable imageries in my paintings and photos are not fully calculated nor staged. The real people, places and things in my work exist within the context of time, places, cultures, relationships, intentions, hopes and dreams and are therefore only representations of something bigger and more complex. I do not offer enlightenment but only a view of my own personal journey."
See more works @ www.roldandin.com
For him, "art is a powerful tool for education and growth for both the artists and viewers. I also believe art can transcend all kinds of barriers and limitations." As promised, Roldan Din's work promises nothing but a bright future for the budding artist.
The successful opening reception last March 9 filled the gallery with guests from the Salt Lake City Arts Council patrons and supporters to the beautiful families of the featured artists. The work will be on display until April 27. Visit www.slcgov.com/arts for special events and art walks scheduled for the next coming months.
Finch Lane Gallery is open Mondays – Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00pm. It is located at 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, call +1.801.596.5000.
Brave New Music
Following the success of its debut film Compound, HUBO Productions Inc. does a first in independent cinema circuit by embarking on a search for fresh music to complement its second offering. The result is the soundtrack BRAVE NEW MUSIC: Songs from the Original Motion Picture Sa Pagdapo ng Mariposa.
The soundtrack includes songs from a recently held contest wherein musicians submitted entries. A diverse mix of pop, rock, world, rhythm and blues, and metal was selected from more than 200 entries coming from the Philippines (Manila, Bacolod), Japan, and the United States.
Bar favorite VerseS performs the carrier single "Home," a song about personal struggles and the desire to seek shelter and security.
Three tracks were specifically written for the movie based on the theme posted in the competition mechanics—"Caregiver" written by Ryan Bobis Villena and performed by Area 5, "Di Kita Iiwan" written by U.S.-based Filipino Ferdz Din and sung by Australian-American Elin Jr, and "Let's Play" written by Marq Dollentes together with soul/R&B singer Keith Martin who performed it with talented female vocalist Isabella.
Four bands included in the soundtrack have albums released in the market-Red Horse Muziklaban winner Sunflower Day Camp, Liquid Jane, RedLead 65, and The Rinka Collective. Underground metal act, Intolerant, and one of Bacolod's pride, 4WD, round up the list.
BRAVE NEW MUSIC: Songs from the Original Motion Picture Sa Pagdapo ng Mariposa is now available in Astrovision/Plus stores.
1. Home by Verses
2. Botelya by Liquid Jane
3. Tara by The Rinka Collective
4. CC/Hour by Sunflower Day Camp
5. 'Di Kita Iiwan by Elin Jr
6. Gising Na by 4WD
7. Langit Na by RedLead 65
8. Shift by Intolerant
9. Caregiver by Area 5
10. Let's Play by Isabella featuring Keith Martin
Bonus Tracks:
11. Home (Radio Edit) by VerseS
12. Home (Instrumental) by VerseS
13. Caregiver (Euthanasia Mix) by Area 5


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Tenure-Track Professor/Associate Professor in the Division of Landscape Architecture in the Department of Architecture (Ref.: 201700676)
Applications are invited for an appointment as Professor/Associate Professor in the Division of Landscape Architecture under the Department of Architecture, with an anticipated start date of summer 2018. The successful candidate with more experience and qualifications will be appointed as Professor and will be considered for direct tenure subject to approval. For Associate Professor, the post will be made on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal with consideration for tenure during the second fixed-term contract. The selected candidate will also serve as Head of the Division.
Landscape Architecture has been taught at the University since 1993 and became a distinct academic unit in 2009. The Division of Landscape Architecture offers an undergraduate programme in landscape studies and an accredited professional Master of Landscape Architecture degree with a student body of approximately 140. The Division has gained international recognition for design-focused excellence in research and teaching that engages complex issues of urbanism while establishing the disciplinary vanguard in the region. Southeast Asia and China are areas of particular attention for landscape research and practice centered on transnational infrastructure in addition to social and environmental issues in emerging economies. Information about the Department/Division can be obtained at http://www.arch.hku.hk/ and via the Division's yearbook, http://www.arch.hku.hk/media/upload/HKU-Landscape-Division-Annual-2015-16.pdf.
The Division seeks a candidate to provide academic leadership, as Head of the Division, to shape and deliver a strategic vision that builds on ongoing research and pedagogical initiatives. Applicants should have proven management ability and leadership skills, and show evidence of substantive contributions to University/departmental level missions and services. They should have the ability to create an intellectually-stimulating work environment and one which fosters good working relationships among staff members and links with external bodies.
Applicants should have attained high academic standing and possess an established scholarship record that incorporates elements of research, teaching and critical practice at an internationally recognized level. They should hold a professional degree in landscape architecture, and licensure from an internationally recognized professional institute. A doctorate in landscape architecture or a related field is desired.
A globally competitive remuneration package commensurate with the appointee's qualifications and experience will be offered. At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. The appointment will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary, as well as leave, and medical benefits. Housing benefits will be provided as applicable.
The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only candidates shortlisted for interviews will be notified of the application result.
The University is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to equality, ethics, inclusivity, diversity and transparency; and is committed to a Non-smoking Policy
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Global challenges regarding energy and climate change, the environment, health, food safety, technology and renewable solutions, use and conservation of land and natural resources, and development of the bio-economy, requires greater effort. NMBU is well equipped to conduct further research in these fields. NMBU's expertise spans entire value chains and includes both basic and applied research.
On 1 January 2014, the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and the University of Life Sciences merged and became –NMBU, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. NMBU has 1700 employees and 5200 students, and is currently located on two campuses – Ås, about 30 km south of Oslo, and Adamstuen in Oslo. In 2019, the new research- and education-building for veterinary science will be completed and all of NMBU will then be located at Campus Ås.
Further information about NMBU is available on www.nmbu.no
Head of School of Landscape Architecture – Ref.no 17/00685
The Faculty of Landscape and Society at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) seeks a Head of School of Landscape Architecture. It is a full-time position for a period of four years, with a possibility of a second period.
The Faculty of Landscape and Society has 1300 students and 180 staff. It contains of five departments carrying out research and education in landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, real estate management and law, international environment and development studies and public health science. The School of Landscape Architecture currently has 41 staff, 7 PhD students and 290 students. The School offered the first landscape architecture programme in Europe from 1919, and is Norway's main academic institution for education and research in the field of landscape architecture. The department consists of five units: Landscape Design and Construction, Urban Green Space Management, Landscape Theory and History, Landscape and Community Planning, and Environmental Horticulture. The School also hosts a plant nursery and the Centre for Landscape Democracy. The School of Landscape Architecture currently offers two study programmes: a five-year Master programme in Landscape Architecture and a three-year' Bachelor programme in Landscape Engineering. The School leads and participates in national and international research projects and is an active member of the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS), and will host the ECLAS conference in 2019.
Main responsibilities
- Strategic leadership in the development of quality in education, research and communication.
- Represent and promote the Department at the University and in society
- Personnel responsibility for academic staff.
- Lead democratic processes.
- Contribute to an excellent work environment characterised by creativity, cooperation and gender equality.
- Contribute to good management and sound economy at the Department.
The Head of School reports to the Dean of the Faculty and is member of the Dean's leadership group.
The employment is a full-time position with options for research and teaching.
- The Head of School must hold a PhD and/or be recognized at an international level within landscape architecture, architecture, landscape planning or closely related fields.
- Applicants must be able to document successful experience in university leadership or equivalent high-level experience from leading organizations focused on research and development.
- Preference will be given to those who can demonstrate a dynamic breadth of interest and a track record in both landscape architecture practice and academic research.
- Proficiency in English.
- Competence in a Scandinavian language.
Desirable Qualifications
- Documented pedagogical experience and qualifications.
- Experiences in strategic planning, personnel leadership and organisational development.
- Experience with active promotion of an inclusive work environment and gender equality.
- Able to inspire and motivate colleagues.
- Experience in confidence-building and developing internal and external social networks.
It is a prerequisite that the person appointed resides in a location that enables her/him to be present at the institution on a regular basis.
Personal characteristics
- You thrive in interaction with staff and students.
- You enjoy leading through democratic processes.
- You are able to see and realize strategic opportunities.
- You are thorough and accountable.
- You communicate well internally and externally.
NMBU offers:
NMBU is dedicated to excellence in research, education and communication and is a leading institution in its fields. The University is located in attractive surroundings in Ås, 30 kilometres south of Oslo. The Department is housed in historical buildings in a beautiful university park. The new leader will work with creative and committed staff and students and will find exciting opportunities in a growing university.
The faculty is under reorganisation and changes in responsibilities may change.
The position as Head of School is for four years, with the possibility for renewal. The salary is NOK 702 000 - 835 500 depending on qualifications and experience. For particularly competent applicants, a higher salary may be possible. A compulsory contribution of 2 % will be made to the Norwegian State Pension Fund.
Further information
To apply online for this vacancy, please click on the 'Apply for this job' button above. This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.
Application deadline: April 3rd, 2017
Equality and diversity
NMBU promotes gender balance and diversity in academic and leadership positions. Women and candidates who can contribute to the cultural and geographical diversity of staff are particularly encouraged to apply.
Verified testimonies, certificates
Applicants invited for an interview will be asked to present verified copies of diplomas and certificates.
The position follows the Norwegian government pay scale A compulsory contribution of 2 % is made to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund. A good working environment is characterized by diversity. We encourage qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of gender, physical ability or cultural background. The workplace will if necessary be facilitated for persons with disabilities.
According to the Freedom of Information Act § 25 the list of applicants for this position may be made public irrespective of whether the applicant has requested that his/her name be withheld.
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Faculty Tenure or Tenure-Track 9-Month (Associate or Full Professor)
Landscape Architecture, Program Coordinator
College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED)
[Job #997985]
Kent Campus – Kent, OH
Opportunity: The College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) invites applications for the position of Program Coordinator of a recently created landscape architecture degree program based in Cleveland, Ohio.
This faculty position will have the opportunity to guide and direct an exciting new program in Landscape Architecture focused on design and the continuing revitalization and developed vibrancy of urban and suburban infrastructures. The individual will provide vision, leadership and teach in a first professional Master's degree and a post–professional Master's degree in landscape architecture. The candidate will work with faculty, students and professionals to shape and implement the mission and character of the new program, and will possess the abilities to recruit students and develop supportive relationships within the academic and professional communities. In addition, the Program Coordinator is expected to produce creative or scholarly work, and engage in service activities.
The MLA programs are entering their third year (the program began Fall 2014) and are in the process of seeking LAAB candidacy status. We seek an accomplished designer with expertise in either the history/theory of landscape architecture, or the integration of construction technologies and site engineering to teach graduate design studios and coursework related to their area of expertise. We seek applicants with strong representational skills (both analog and digital). Cleveland and the Great Lakes regional context offer unique opportunities and challenges requiring a landscape perspective. The MLA programs focus on urban, postindustrial, and infrastructural landscapes that merge cultural considerations with ecological systems and hydrological infrastructure.
Candidates must hold, at minimum, a Master of Landscape Architecture or its equivalent. They should have substantive experience in design practice and have professional registration, innovative research, and/or university teaching. They should also have a growing network of professional collaborators and show promise for developing a national reputation through the dissemination of peer-reviewed scholarship in leading venues. The successful candidate will be expected to lead in the delivery of studio-based and lecture formats within the Landscape Architecture program, especially related to their own area of expertise.
The program is part of three degree programs, including architecture and urban design at the CUDC in Playhouse Square, Cleveland, Ohio http://www.cudc.kent.edu/. The CAED's 24 full-time faculty and 750 undergraduate and graduate students occupy three locations: the spectacular new 107,000 sq. ft. Center for Architecture and Environmental Design designed by Weiss/Manfredi on the edge of downtown Kent; the recently renovated Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative in Playhouse Square; and the Palazzo Vettori in the historic center of Florence, Italy.
The CAED's distinguished faculty, cutting-edge facilities, and established programs in Architecture, Architectural Studies, Interior Design, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Health Care Design, research-based graduate work in Architecture and Environmental Design and Construction Management offer numerous cross-disciplinary research opportunities and maintain close relationships with regional industry and design practice. The MLA program is strategically situated in Cleveland together with the college's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) where the Master of Urban Design and Master of Architecture students and faculty collaborate with the MLA and CUDC on projects and research dealing with urban ecologies, integrating landscape and infrastructural concerns with the goal of making better cities. Research areas dealing with brownfield sites and cross disciplinary research with geography and biology also abound.
The CAED houses two faculty-led research labs: the Robotics Fabrication Lab (RFAB) and the Novel Ecology Design Lab (NEDlab). Expanding digital design resources in Kent include a new state of the art Fabrication Lab with wood and metal shops, CNC routers, plasma cutter and robotic arms; a computer lab with open-access 3D printers and laser cutters; quadcopter drone and infrared cameras for aerial and thermal imaging; and campus partnerships with other digitally-oriented units including the highly regarded Schools of Art, Fashion Design, Visual Communication Design and the Liquid Crystal Institute.
Located midway between New York and Chicago in the Cleveland/Akron metro area, Kent State University is an ascending national research university in the heart of a burgeoning cultural and industrial region that is home to some of the world's finest art museums, national and metro park systems, robust regional industrial activity, universities, restaurants, theaters, music venues, and independent cinemas.
See the following websites for more information on Kent State University http://www.kent.edu/ and the College of Architecture and Environmental Design http://www.kent.edu/caed/.
This position presents aspiring landscape design educators with an opportunity to shape and lead a program that will contribute to the life and vitality of a dynamic region.
Required Qualifications:
• Possess a minimum of one degree in landscape architecture from an LAAB accredited (or equivalent) program
• Possess a Master's degree in landscape architecture of closely related field.
• Demonstrated administrative and leadership abilities in an academic setting.
• Demonstrated ability to teach effectively in a minimum of two areas of landscape architecture.
• Evidence of professional, scholarly, or creative achievement
Preferred Qualifications:
• Demonstrated ability and experience pertaining to urban landscapes and community outreach activities
• Ability and interest to develop and participate in cross-disciplinary endeavors.
• Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture or a closely related field.
• Licensure in Landscape Architecture
• Ability and interest to seek grant-supported scholarship and creative activity.
Appointment, Rank and Salary: The position is a nine-month appointment with stipend for the summer at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. Salary is competitive and negotiable. The anticipated starting date is August, 2017.
For more information on Kent State University go to http://www.kent.edu/ or CAED http://www.kent.edu/caed/
Application Deadline and Requirements: Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Applications must include the following:
• A letter of interest, with candidate profile.
• A statement of administrative philosophy.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Representative examples of teaching, (student work and syllabi), research, scholarship, peer-reviewed publications, and creative practice work (PDF format required).
• Names, addresses, and phone numbers of at least three references.
For a complete description of this position and to apply online,
visit our jobsite at https://jobs.kent.edu
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Aalto University has opened the following remunerated positions for Postdoc researchers and Doctoral Students:
1. Doctoral Candidate in Landscape Planning and Sustainable Development
2. Postdoc researcher or Doctoral Student to develop Grant Applications on Urban Resilience, Urban Sustainability and Urban Sustainable Metabolisms
The first position is offered to Aalto Doctoral Students so any interested person who does not have that Status should simultaneously apply for it.
The second position is opened to any postdoc researcher or doctoral candidate from any university with experience and interest in the suggested topics and works.
One person can apply for both positions.
Please spread the info on this open Postdoctoral researcher / Doctoral candidate -positions to any likely candidates!:
Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 20 000 students and more than 400 professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland.
1. Doctoral candidate in Landscape Planning & Sustainable Development
The position will be filled 1.4.2017, or as agreed. The position will be filled for a maximum of four years. Applications for the position are to be submitted through the eRecruitment system no later than Friday 31 March, 2017 (Finnish time UTC +2). More info and link to the application form at: http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/1174/
2. Postdoctoral researcher or Doctoral candidate on Urban Resilience, Urban Metabolism and Sustainability
The position will be filled 1.3.2017, or as agreed. The position may be filled part-time or full time for a maximum of 12 months. Applications for the position are to be submitted through the eRecruitment system no later than Wednesday 22 February, 2017 (Finnish time UTC +2). More info and link to the application form at: http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/1175/
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Head of Department
Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
The Faculty for Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production (LTV) at SLU Alnarp is looking for a Head of Department for the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (LAPM).
The Department is Sweden's main academic institution of education in the landscape professions, and for research related to this field as a part of SLU Landscape. The faculty also hosts the Swedish academia-praxis nexus Movium and – from 2017 onward – the internationally oriented research platform SLU Urban Futures. On campus an urban forest park of 30 hectares, the Alnarp Landscape Laboratory, invites for experimental on-site pedagogy and research. The Department works with teaching, research and collaboration and has about 80 employees. Education is a significant part of the institution's activities and courses are given in five programs; Landscape Architecture, Landscape Engineering, Horticultural Design, Master of Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Urban Development. The Department has solid networks in the region's academic environments, especially with the University of Copenhagen, Lund University and Malmö University. There are also established relationships with various actors of public development, such as governmental and regional authorities and municipalities, as well as with companies and NGOs. Researchers are part of major international networks and work with issues related to the planning, design and management of landscapes of all categories and scales, exposed to the global challenges such as urbanization, climate change, economic and demographic turbulences. All are regarded as important topics in society and are part of the SLU strategy.
Duties: With this appointment of HoD the Faculty expects strong leadership in developing the research and education at the department, and to contribute to the success of both Faculty and University within the framework of SLU Landscape. The HoD is responsible for the staff, for the economy and for the work environment in general, which means to develop an atmosphere of openness, respect, and good communication. The new HoD shall further develop the internal organization of the Department which includes leading the process of identifying future profiles of academic staff, in close dialogue with the Faculty. There will be several retirements coming the next few years, and the future staffing profiles shall mirror the needs in both education and research. The HoD will cooperate closely with practice and further develop cross-disciplinary outreach alliances across SLU, between SLU and its external cooperators, being it other universities, professional practices or end users, and is also expected to continue the development of improving the scientific output of both practical and applied research projects taking place at the department. The working languages are English and Swedish.
Qualifications: The Head of Department should hold a PhD in a relevant subject and must be recognized at an international level within at least one of the relevant research fields in LAPM. Applicants must be able to document successful experience in academic leadership at both department and individual level. We expect applicants to have substantial university leadership experience, or equivalent high-level experiences from leading organizations focusing on research, development or pedagogics. Experience from collaboration with practice is considered as an additional qualification. Applicants should document high-level experience in pedagogics, and is expected to lead the further development of the academically based educational activities at the department. Applicant must be fluent in English (spoken and written), and preferably be able to communicate in at least one of the Scandinavian languages, since Swedish is the main working language in university administration
Place of work: Alnarp
Form of employment: Permanent position. The employment is a full time position with options for research and teaching. The position as HoD is appointed for three years with the possibility for extension.
Extent: 100%
Starting date: By agreement
Application: We welcome your application marked with Ref no. SLU ua 5057/2016.
Specific documents attached: Specified documents to be attached to the application: The applicant's approach to leadership, as reflections on earlier experiences from leading positions, tot 2 pages.
SLU is an equal opportunity employer.
The application can be written in English or any of the Scandinavian languages.
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) develops the understanding and sustainable use and management of biological natural resources. The university ranks well internationally within its subject areas. SLU is a research-intensive university that also offers unique degree programmes in for example rural development and natural resource management, environmental economics, animal science and landscape architecture.
SLU has just over 3,000 employees, 5,000 students and a turnover of SEK 3 billion. The university has invested heavily in a modern, attractive environment on its campuses in Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala.
The Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV) is responsible for research, teaching, environmental monitoring and assessment as well as outreach and collaboration in the fields of landscape planning and horticulture. The LTV Faculty is also active in the fields of agriculture, food, production, health, quality of life, environment and water.
The majority of the faculty's employees and students are based on Campus Alnarp, between Lund and Malmö. The LTV Faculty houses six departments and a large number of collaborative centres.
Further information:
Academic union representatives:
- Andrus Kangro, SACO, +46 (0)40 415 479
- Linda Thörnström , SEKO, +46 (0)18 67 10 57
- Jörgen Olsson, ST, +46 (0)40 415 431


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Research supports better quality of life for residents through cultural groups in retirement facilities. Treyton Oak Towers is full of art enthusiasts as well as artists. Arts and cultural events are uniquely encouraged through ongoing support of Louisville Orchestra's Coffee Concert Series as well as Louisville Ballet and Fund For The Arts. Treyton Oak is proud to announce their newest sponsorship with Kentucky Opera for the upcoming season!


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ShortShorts brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 67 Designs von 22 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Decision time.
Short Shorts Productions
Short Shorts Productions is a small video editing business specializing in video editing services for the small business and individual. It's a new business that needs a logo for branding and marketing purposes that will be used on the website and for marketing collateral. The Short Shorts name is in loving memory of my father who passed away unexpectedly this past October. He used to wear these ridiculous little jean short cut-offs that were so short the pockets hung longer than the shorts themselves. He'd wear these beauties when he was out working on the cars or around the house. He was a bearded man with glasses and a stocky build so little shorts on this guy were quite the sight, not to mention he was pretty hairy. Also, because I'm in video production "Shorts" is relevant because short videos and films are called "Shorts." So Short Shorts Productions it is. What I see in a logo is something where Short Shorts is really the focus and then Productions is included in the text but separate somehow, smaller maybe, or less obvious anyway. If a little pair of jean cutoffs could somehow work, that'd be neat, I'm not sure how to implement the video concept into this so please feel free to be creative. I'm really looking for something clever and almost friendly, if that makes sense.
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- Cheesy. I know its a fine line between lighthearted and fun and being cheesy. What I mean by cheesy is I need it to look professional and not cartoon-y
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Mumbai, February 15, 2015 (Washington Bangla Radio): The official trailer of FDC's international co-production, Qissa, The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost' a Punjabi language feature film by Anup Singh, starring Irrfan Khan, Tisca Chopra, Tillotama Shome and Rasika Dugal among others hgotreleased. The film has been received well in the International Film Festivals all over for its unique story and performances.
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3 cups of fresh or frozen cranberries
2 cups of raisins (I prefer sultanas as they have a lighter flavour)
1/4 cup grated fresh ginger
2 apples, chopped well
1 cup water
- Blend apples in water.
- In a large saucepan combine all ingredients with the blended apples.
- Bring to a gentle boil over a medium heat.
- Stir for about 5 minutes or until the cranberries have popped.
- Let cool.
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1/4 cup potato flour
1/2 cup rice syrup
1/2 tsp of salt
2/3 cup coconut oil
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3/4 cup of raw sunflower seeds
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- Mix dry ingredients together
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- Mix thoroughly with fingers.
- Set aside 1 1/2 cups of crumb mixture for topping.
- Press the remainder into a 9″ by 13″ baking pan.
- Spread with cranberry mixture on the base
- Sprinkle with remaining crumbs on top of fruit.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Can Interrogators Teach Digital Security Pros?
As I read the article, I realized the subject matter reminded me of another aspect of my professional life.
In intelligence, as in the most mundane office setting, some of the most valuable information still comes from face-to-face conversations across a table. In police work, a successful interrogation can be the difference between a closed case and a cold one. Yet officers today are taught techniques that have never been tested in a scientific setting. For the most part, interrogators rely on nothing more than intuition, experience, and a grab bag of passed-down methods.
"Most police officers can tell you how many feet per second a bullet travels. They know about ballistics and cavity expansion with a hollow-point round," says Mark Fallon, a former Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agent who led the investigation into the USS Cole attack and was assistant director of the federal government's main law enforcement training facility. "What as a community we have not yet embraced as effectively is the behavioral sciences..."
Christian Meissner, a psychologist at Iowa State University, coordinates much of HIG's research. "The goal," he says, "is to go from theory and science, what we know about human communication and memory, what we know about social influence and developing cooperation and rapport, and to translate that into methods that can be scientifically validated." Then it's up to Kleinman, Fallon, and other interested investigators to test the findings in the real world and see what works, what doesn't, and what might actually backfire.
Does this sound familiar? Security people know how many flags to check in a TCP header, or how many bytes to offset when writing shell code, but we don't seem to "know" (in a "scientific" sense) how to "secure" data, networks, and so on.
One point of bright light is the Security Metrics community. The mailing list is always interesting for those trying to bring counting and "science" to the digital security profession. Another great project is the Index of Cyber Security run by Dan Geer and Mukul Pareek.
I'm not saying there is a "science" of digital security. Others will disagree. I also don't have any specific recommendations based on what I read in the interrogation article. However, I did resonate with the article's message that "street wisdom" needs to be checked to see if it actually works. Scientific methods can help.
I am taking small steps in that direction with my PhD in the war studies department at King's College London.
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- ~NorthernLitez~ said...
I would say that one should understand fundamentals first, of what is needed before being able to practically approach the subject. This is where it lacks in digital/network forensics, perhaps. Once we understand how things work in the "micro" level, applying practical methods become much easier.
- dre said...
From theory, the issue we face is not only parading the right kind of cyber security science, but also ground truthing the damage valuation standards.
Primary losses (versus secondary loss, taken from FAIR) require actuarial tablization. Secondary losses, which include intangible assets such as brand damage and reputation loss, have not been modeled fully. The science is currently in progress -- and changes too often to narrow down. The Internet moves too fast -- even the advertises can't keep up with their own brand and reputation trajectory changes.
Douglas Hubbard's books on measuring intangibles and understanding risk have well-thought theories, however they change rapidly with new releases every 3 or so years. There are a small few of economists who can calculate and narrow down the science of cyber risk, cyber insurance, et al. They need to publish with the other authors and thought leaders in this field. The coming together of minds is happening, but it is slower than Internet speed. The language and socializing of FAIR and similar threat and risk quantification practices needs to happen across all verticals, and all audit, risk, regulatory, cyber insurance, and cyber threat experts need to start speaking this new language.


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Nobody's Perfect Ist das hier Weihnachten oder Karneval?
Aus Sicht eines Engländers feiern die Deutschen sonderbar ernsthaft Weihnachten. Auf der Insel dagegen trägt man lustige Papierhüte, redet wirr, verlötet sich zu viel Sherry. Unser Lieblingsbrite Ian McMaster verwöhnt uns mit ausgesucht albernen Scherzen - and now let's switch to English.
"The problem with Christmas in Germany is that it's so, um, so, um, so, so " We waited with bated breath for my British friend to find the word he wanted to finish his sentence. When nothing came out of his mouth, we started guessing. Boring? Expensive? Religious? Then finally, I hit the nail on the head when I suggested "solemn".
"Solemn, yes, that's it. Christmas in Germany is just so [very rude word] solemn." And we understood that he meant solemn in the sense of "not cheerful or smiling, serious" rather than its other meanings of "formal or dignified" or "characterized by deep sincerity". (All definitions from the Oxford Dictionary of English.)
Funnily enough, though, this was exactly what I liked about Christmas in Germany when I first arrived from Britain in 1989. I had never been a big fan of Christmas and I'm still not. But I appreciated the fact that a German Christmas seemed to be a quiet, dignified affair. The commercial razzmatazz that you found in Britain hadn't found its way to Germany yet. Now, of course, it's here with a bang, including this year's mini-scandal of various Christmas markets opening before Advent.
But back in 1989, I was happy to escape the gaudy nature of British Christmas, which consisted of the following procedure. Does it sound familiar?
- Eat far too much.
- Drink far too much.
- Watch far too much television.
- Argue with your family.
- Maybe go for a short walk, but preferably continue eating, drinking and arguing.
- Start the whole cycle again.
I was even willing to forgive Germany for celebrating Christmas (or "Xmas", as we often write) too early - on the 24th and not the 25th, as in Britain. But I was disappointed about the way Germany treated Xmas in terms of holidays. In Britain, if the 25th or 26th falls on a weekend, people get an extra day's holiday during the week to compensate. None of this "employer-favourable" stuff, when the 25th is a Saturday and the 26th is a Sunday. No way mate - in Britain, we're taking other days off!
German visitors to Britain at Christmas often have the feeling that they have arrived in the middle of the carnival season. While eating our Christmas lunch, we wear silly paper hats, blow paper whistles that make silly noises, play with silly plastic toys and tell silly jokes.
We Brits love pulling crackers
The hats, whistles, toys and jokes are all found in the "Christmas crackers" that we pull at the meal table. The Oxford Dictionary defines such a cracker as "a decorated paper cylinder which, when pulled apart, makes a sharp noise and releases a small toy or other novelty".
We Brits love pulling crackers. But be careful about using that expression because "to pull a cracker" also means to have a relationship - usually, sexual rather than solemn - with an attractive woman. (Note: crackers are also thin dry biscuits or light crisps made of rice, as in "prawn crackers", but that's not important right now.)
As for the cracker jokes, they are seriously silly and seriously corny. Here are a few examples:
Q: What do you call a blind reindeer?
A: No eye deer.
Q: What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A: A parrot.
Q: Why won't cannibals eat clowns?
A: Because they taste funny.
Q: What happens if you put a bomb in a tin of alphabet spaghetti?
A: Well, if it goes off, it could spell disaster.
Q: What's the name of Father Christmas's wife?
A: Mary Christmas.
And, finally, one for linguists:
Q: What do you call Father Christmas's helpers?
A: Subordinate clauses. (Nebensätze.)
You get the picture, I think. If you want more such jokes, go here.
Childish? Maybe, but we Brits wish each other a Merry Christmas and we take this obligation to be merry very seriously. And as the dictionary says, merry means "cheerful and lively", "characterized by festivity and enjoyment" and also being "slightly and good-humouredly drunk" - as in, "Ooh, no, I couldn't possibly have a third sherry. I'm already feeling a bit merry." A synonym for merry in this context would be "tipsy". For more British Christmas jollity, which includes the idiomatic expression "to pull a cracker" at the start, check out this song with British comedian Mel Smith and singer Kim Wilde.
To finish, I'd like to tell you a Christmas story:
A married couple in London, Mary and Peter, were entertaining their German friend Ulf for Christmas. Peter and Ulf were old friends, as they had both been lifelong communists. During Ulf's three-day stay, however, he was constantly getting into arguments with Mary and was often very rude to her. On one occasion, Peter came into the living room to find Mary and Ulf arguing violently over the weather. "Look", said Mary, "it's starting to snow." Ulf replied angrily, "That's not snow, that's rain!" Mary insisted, "No, Ulf, it's snow." Ulf shouted loudly, "It's only rain, believe me!" At this point, Peter decided to intervene. "Oh, please stop arguing, won't you," he said to his wife. "Rude Ulf the Red knows rain, dear."
On that corny note, I wish you all a happy holiday period and all the best for the New Year. (For more such Christmas phrases, see here).
See you in 2013, when I'll give you more help with the English language. And that's a solemn - I mean, sincere - promise.
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