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The Mage's Association (魔術協会, Majutsu Kyōkai?) is an international, self-preservative and self-defense organization formed by practitioners of magecraft for the purpose of controlling, concealing, and developing Magecraft. It is said to transcend nationality and genre of magecraft, but that is in name only.[1] After having existed for many years, it was decided around the Middle Ages by those who foresaw the decline of Magecraft that in order to preserve their power Thaumaturgy should drift apart from society and become a secret known only by a necessary minimum number of people.
It has many laboratories and research bodies that seek to advance the progress of Thaumaturgy, as well as institutions that transmit their secrets to the next generation.[2] Although the emphasis lies on the pursuit of knowledge, the Association also seeks to increase its own military strength and reserves the use of force to protect itself from entities that threaten its existence, such as the Holy Church, other mage organizations, supernatural forces seeking to punish mankind for meddling with areas that should not be touched, and individuals who hunt that which they consider taboo.[1] Like the developing of a Reality Marble or for researching into vampirism.
The Association has set up research institutions and established and enforces laws that forbid the criminal use of magecraft in order to promote the development, or perhaps regression, of magecraft. The Association is mainly concerned with the preservation and concealment of Magecraft in criminal aspects. They do not care about hideous crimes committed by magi so long as they are not a threat that might reveal the existence of Thaumaturgy to the common public.
Internal WorkingsEdit
The Mage's Association is divided into three main branches: Clock Tower, Atlas and the Sea of Estray. Ever since Clock Tower became the official headquarters, the Three Great Branches as they are called started to drift apart from each other.
Many systems to rank their members exist within the Association. One of them is seven-rank system that serves to grade one's capacities as a Magus. The top rank is called Grand. Mature Magi without any outstanding powers such as Lord El-Melloi II are around the 4th rank, while complete amateurs and students that just started learning such as Ayaka Sajyou belong the 7th bottom rank. Touko Aozaki rose to the rank of Master (not the Heaven's Feel ones) when she was 20 years old, while Satsuki Kurogiri of Atlas was the youngest to achieve the same feat at 15 years old. Magi with extraordinary powers receive titles according to a color system and those who receive one of the three primary colors (Red, Blue and Yellow) are acknowledged as being among the greatest of their time. It follows with the secondary colors Orange, Purple, Green and Black.[3] The further down you go, the less your rank is. Note that there is no rule about only one person for each color. The Association will, without any stinginess, award a color to you if you're a magus of great stature or one with an unusual talent. Finally, the Noble Colors system is used for the classification of special abilities related to Magecraft, such as Mystic Eyes.
As long as he/she does not possess a Sealing Designation, a Magus may leave the Association at any time without facing any restrictions. However, this is rarely done, since the Association provides its members with great amount of resources, stored knowledge and other benefits. And so many Mages from all over the world gather and devote themselves day and night to the study of Magic, while at the same time, are busily tripping over and being tripped over by other factions and competing for power and budget. The organization is anything but harmonious and has a complicated bizarre structure, but the magical research there is without doubt the leading edge. Despite its academia facet, the Magi of the Association rarely share the result of their own researches between each other.
|Grand (冠位, Kan'i?)
|Touko Aozaki
Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia
Satsuki Kurogiri
|Brand (色位, Shokui?)
|Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald
|Pride (典位, Ten'i?)
|Fes (祭位, Matsui?)
|Lord El-Melloi II
|Cause (開位, Hirai?)
|Count (長子, Chōshi?, lit. "Eldest Child")
|Frame (末子, Basshi?, lit. "Youngest Child")
|Ayaka Sajyou
External RelationshipsEdit
The Mage's Association and the Holy Church have a non-aggression agreement between each other for quite a while now, but armed conflict still tends to happen often in an off-the-records fashion. Atlas however, is a case in and of itself.
The Association has deemed the Magic Foundation of the Middle East and the philosophies of magecraft from the Far East incompatible with its teachings, and both schools conversely reject the Association. It has been working towards at least building a stance of neutrality between them. The mage organizations of Japan also did not join the Association.[1]
Gransurg Blackmore of the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors cooperates with the Mage's Association.
The Three Great BranchesEdit
Clock TowerEdit
The Clock Tower (時計塔, Tokeitō?) is currently the headquarters and main branch of the Mage's Association, the departments that compose it as well as the workshops of its members (which are mainly underground facilities) are located in the British Museum. It is only a venerable museum to normal people of course, but at the deepest part, there is a special area called the "Bottom of the Bridge" where the Association confines many sealing designated magi deemed to be "dangerous because their talents were too outstanding." Also, apparently the Gazamy the "Evil Spook", treated as the number one disaster in the Association, is locked up at the bottom of the London tower. However, some affiliated buildings and institutions are known to be located elsewhere. An example of those would be the Norwich Student Dormitory, where the first meeting between Luviagelita and Rin took place. The receptionist Octavia Leyland recounts the fight that resulted in this particular case as the worst incident in the story of the building.
From the outside, Clock Tower appears to be an appealing and welcoming place, but the truth is not so bright. Actually, the inner workings of the place are ruled by the power struggles between several factions of Magi. In Heaven's Feel True Ending, Rin described her trial in London as being more a parade than anything else: although it had over 300 participants, the majority of them were Magi who wanted to gain favor with the higher ranks.
Clock Tower is currently under the control of a pseudo-aristocratic elite called the Lords. Each Lord holds great political power within the Association just by himself, and there is also those who associate themselves to other talented Magi or an important Magi lineage in a sponsor-sponsored relationship so to increase their influence.
Maybe due this elitist background, preconceived and discriminatory behavior is somewhat widespread inside Clock Tower. Rune and Witchcraft Thaumaturgy are not very popular in the main branch, the latter not being taught as an academia at all. The Enforcers are looked down upon by the upper ranks. Discrimination against Asians is common, which might be a factor on why so few of them are members of the Association.
Admission of new members also involves exams to test one's knowledge of Magecraft, but is possible to bypass this through letters of recommendation or if one is the successor of a distinct lineage of magi. Said "outstanding" individuals receive special treatment such as individual rooms in the dormitory or the right to bring along a couple of apprentices. The apprentices won't have to pay for enrollment or go through the examinations themselves, but they won't be seen as members of the Association either. The organization handling patents relating to magic is also the Clock Tower, and the current finances of the Tohsaka family is being by covered by the patent royalties that are being transferred to their account.
It has been said in Clock Tower that there are three possible disasters within the Association: Gazamy the Wraith, Sealing Designations and the Enforcers.
The Clock Tower has three major factions:
- Barthomeloi - Aristocratism faction.
- Toranbelio (トランベリオ, Toranberio?) - Democracy faction
- Meluastella (メルアステア, Meruasutea?) - Neutral faction
The street was made of bricks and stone. The buildings from the 12th Century were well-preserved, creating a juxtaposition of the Medieval and the modern. The town consisted of over 40 student dormitories (called Colleges), over a hundred research buildings, as well as the business districts that supplied the residents. This was the birthplace of the Magic Association; the center of the modern world of magecraft; the Mecca of mages.
The Clock Tower divided the city based on faculty and department. The architecture varied depending on the district. The Mage's Association divided mysticism into 12 departments. In other words, this city reflected the specialties of each faculty. The Twelve Faculties were ruled by the Twelve Lords. The majority of the magi studied General Fundamentals and then enter the Faculty that was associated with the lineage. Magi might also enroll in other Faculties as associates to help further his studies in his own Faculty. Also, there was great unity within each dormitory (College). If an outsider stepped into the college, it was not uncommon for interpersonal conflicts to evolve into inter-college wars. If a college of a major Faculty is associated with the Barthomeloi, then it would have its own private police.
The twelve departments of mysticism included:
- General Fundamentals (全体基礎, Zentai Kiso?) is the majority of the magi studied in for about 5 years which included common magical knowledge, sympathetic magecraft, contagious magecraft, leyline studies, and mana studies. It is designated as (I) and the department of Mystile (ミスティール, Misutīru?).
- Individual Fundamentals (個体基礎, Kotai Kiso?) is designated as (II) and the faculty of Solonea (ソロネア, Soronea?).
- Spiritual Evocation (降霊, Kōrei?) designated as (III) and the faculty of the Eulyphis (ユリフィス, Yurifisu?) family. Originally the house of Lord Eulyphis manages this faculty until Lord Sophia-Ri took over. Currently Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri's father is the head of the faculty and his son Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri is his successor of the position. It studies the Magecraft of summoning spiritual beings that work through a spiritual medium such as spiritual surgery (霊媒術, reibaijutsu?), spiritual possession. Rocco Belfaban is the head of the Department of Summoning. Merem Solomon's power to create his Great Demon Beasts also falls along these lines.
- Mineralogy (鉱石, Kōseki?), also known as Geology, designated as (IV) and the faculty of Kishur (キシュア, Kishua?). It is the study of mystical properties of mineral substances such as jewels. Luviagelita Edelfelt and Rin Tohsaka are enrolled in this department.
- Zoology (動物, Dōbutsu?) is designated as (V) and the faculty of Chimera (キメラ, Kimera?).
- Anthropology (伝承, Denshō?) is designated as (VI) and the faculty of Burician (ブリシサン, Burishisan?).
- Botany (植物, Shokubutsu?) is designated as (VII) and the faculty of Yumina (ユミナ, ?).
- Celestial body (天体, Tentai?) designated as (VIII) and the faculty of the Animusphere (アニムスフィア, Animusufia?) family. It was generalized as Astronomy Faculty but it included divisions such as Astrology, Planetology, and Divinity. Aoko Aozaki once studied in this faculty.
- Creation (創造, Sōzō?) is designated as (IX) and the faculty of the Valuay (バリユエ, Bariyue?) family. Lord Valuayeta is the head of the Creation department.
- Curse (呪詛, Juso?) is designated as (X) and the faculty of Jigmarie (ジグマリエ, Jigumarie?).
- Archaeology (考古学, Kōkogaku?) is designated as (XI) and the faculty of Astaire (アステア, Asutea?). It is the Department of Universal Research, broadly studies all worldwide and historical matters. The Eleventh Faculty known as Rocks Road earned their name as the weakness, there's nothing on the streets. Rocks Road was an area distant from the power struggles of the Association, so such danger did not exist. They are a group of pure academics who studied archaeology and nothing else. They were not the kind to arrest trespasser and cause quarrel. Sir Flauros research building was a mansion larger than 200-tsubo, it looked like a small castle. Lev Uvall is the director of this research building. This is the department where Touko Aozaki, Souren Araya and Cornelius Alba once worked together at.
- Modern Magecraft Theories (現代魔術論, Gendai Majutsu-ron?) is designated as (XII) and the faculty of Nowich (ノリッジ, ?). Currently Lord El-Melloi II is the head of the department.
- Although Policies (法政, Hōsei?) was the 13th item and was open to those who wish to pursue politics, it was a social science rather than a discipline in the pursue to mysticism. As a result, it was not included in the Twelve Faculties. Hishiri Adashino is part of this faculty.
Known membersEdit
- Director
- The person of highest position in the Clock Tower, "The Director" has been the same person for the two thousand years since the founding of the Association, and because of this is thought to be something more than human.[3]
- Barthomeloi Lorelei
- Also known as "The Queen" of London's Clock Tower and the Vice director of the Mage's Association.
- Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi
- Instructor in the Department of Spiritual Evocation. Killed in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
- Inolife Valuayeta Atrohorme (イノライ・バリュエレータ・アトロホルム, Inorai Baryuerēta Atorohorumu?)
- She is also known as Lord Valuayeta (バリュエレータ, Baryuerēta?) and the head of the Creation faculty. She is in the Neutral faction.
- Lord El-Melloi II
- Instructor. Formerly a student to Kayneth and later succeeded him as Lord El-Melloi II. He has produced many excellent disciples. He is the head of the department of Modern Magecraft Theories, it was an unenviable position until he proved how wrong were people's misconception.
- Rocco Belfaban
- Rocco is the head of the Department of Summoning (召喚科学, Shōkan Kagaku?) who held the position for over fifty years in the Mage's Association.
- Bram Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
- One of the first-class instructors and the successor of the head of the Department of Evocation.
- Feend vor Sembren
- A first-class instructor of the Clock Tower and a Master of Red faction team in the Great Holy Grail War.
The Atlas Academy (アトラス院, Atorasu-in?), also known as The Giant's Pit (巨人の穴倉, Kyojin no Anagura?), is located somewhere among the mountains of Egypt. An institute focused on the study and development of Alchemy, but with members that diverge from the classical view of the alchemist from the Middle Ages and are more worried about the greater truths of the universe. The most independent of the Three Great Branches, it has its own terms of relationship with the Holy Church and other magic organizations. Not surprisingly, these traits cause Atlas to be disliked by the Clock Tower and the Prague Association.[4]
Members of Atlas utilize a method of prediction based on Laplace's Demon. After its first director theoretically predicted the end of the world, the alchemists of Atlas have dedicated themselves into developing methods capable of avoiding it. However, because anything potentially capable of preventing the end of the world might also create even greater devastation, eventually rules dictating that everything created in Atlas must be kept and disposed of within the domains of the organization were established. On that account, the Prague Association has a saying that goes "Lift not the seal of Atlas lest ye wish to not have the world destroyed seven times over".
Atlas has a number of unique customs for a magic association. One of them is that, at times, the institute has been known to lent its alchemist to other organizations such as the Holy Church, although the particulars of the process dictate that the other party must possess one of the seven special contracts that Atlas has printed in the past. One of the organization's main concerns in the present is the recovery of said contracts. Another custom is for the directors of Atlas to adopt the name of Atlasia during their time in office.
Known members are Satsuki Kurogiri and its current vice-director, Sion Eltnam Atlasia. Seems that most of its members cannot perform Magecraft that goes along the line of nature interference due to the lack of Magic Circuits.
Sea of EstrayEdit
The Sea of Estray, also known as The Wandering Tomb (移動石柩, Idō Sekkan?), an integrated association in Northern Europe. It is a conglomerate of minor organizations of magi that are spread throughout Europe that was originally the original Association that predated the Clock Tower. They have ceased communication with the Association since the Clock Tower became the headquarters.[1] This base is itself a moving mountain range. Normally it is wandering at sea as its name suggests, but sometimes it comes up on dry land. It seems they research mainly body alteration, but the specifics are unknown. Nrvnqsr Chaos was originally a magus affiliated to the Sea of Estray. Among the founders of the Mage Association, there had been many heretical magi who were exiled from the Sea of Estray and the Atlas Institute and had no place left to go. Known institutions among those that compose it are:
- Prague Association (プラハ協会, Puraha Kyōkai?) – An organization that researches on Alchemy, its members follow the traditional precepts of alchemists. Consequentially, they are in bad terms with Atlas.
- Sponheim Abbey (スポンハイム アビー, Suponhaimu Abī?) – An institution that works closely with Clock Tower, Cornelius Alba was supposed to be its next director.
- Thule Society (トゥーレ協会, Tūre Kyōkai?) – A group of magi that study Rune Magecraft, it possesses the original runic scripts.
Related TermsEdit
Average One (五大元素使い, Godaigenso Tsukai?, lit. "User of the Five Elements")
- The title given to those who possess Elemental Affinity to all the five primary elements. Very valued by the Mage's Association. Includes Rin Tohsaka.
Lord (君主, Kunshu?)
- In the Mage's Association, no rather, the Clock Tower, there are a number of families that hold sway. They are called Lords and are the objects of fear. There are three major families of Lords and about 20 families of relatives. These families are well-known even in normal society. The history of one family is at shortest 500 years and the longest is over 2000 years. They have been plotting and plotting since a staggeringly long past.[3]
Second Owner (管理者, Kanrisha?, lit. "Supervisor")
- When the Association entrusts a family of magi with a spiritual land, the current head of said family receives this title and becomes in charge of administrating all supernatural activity within its territory. Once a magus fixes residence in a spiritual land of the Association, he is expected to seek the permission of the Second Owner before setting his workshop. However, just like Kiritsugu Emiya did in Fuyuki, it is possible to remain hidden from the Second Owner depending on how well he performs his job.
Spiritual Land (霊地, Reichi?)
- Mystical grounds where strong leylines of Mana can be found, places that increase the power of Magecraft and, in the case of those of top class, where Magic can be activated. The Mage's Association has the ownership of most of the high quality spiritual lands around the world but, for practical purposes, actual administration of the land is left to a local lineage of magi that is related to the Association. Among the spiritual land of Japan, the one under the care of the Aozaki family is the only location where Magic can be activated. The Fuyuki Grail Wars, however, were created as an excuse to concentrate the necessary amount of magical energy needed to enable activation of magic on the spiritual land of Fuyuki. In the Heaven's Feel route of Fate/stay night, it is successful and the third magic is activated. Although the second magic is also activated in the Heaven's Feel route, it is irrelevant to the spiritual land of Fuyuki, as it uses the Jewel Sword Zelretch.
Wizard Marshal (魔道元帥, Madō Gensui?)
- A title given by those who possess a certain degree of military authority within the Association, so far the only known Wizard Marshals are Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg and Barthomeloi Lorelei. Note that while Lorelei is the Wizard Marshal in change of a group of 50 elite magi, she is also the assistant director of Clock Tower.
Workshop (工房, Kōbō?)
- The magical laboratory of a magus where he performs his researches and experiments. During its construction, the most important procedure is to prevent the magical energy inside of the workshop from leaking out so its presence can be concealed. Magi usually set up Bounded Fields around their workshops to protect them. Stepping into the workshop of a magus without his permission is seen as an act of open hostility. Referred to in the Aniplex of America translation as an atelier (french for workshop).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
[] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Mage's Association [Others], p.039-040 [T]
Mage Association [Others]
A self-defense organization formed by practitioners of magegraft, transcending nationality and genre. (Of course, this is in name only.)
Its mission is to manage, conceal, and develop magecraft.
It reserves the use of force to protect itself from entities that threaten its existence (the Church, other mage organizations, and individuals who hunt what they consider taboo). In order to promote the development (or regression?) of magecraft, the Association set up research institutions and established laws that forbid the criminal use of magecraft.
The headquarter of the Association is in London, England. It is also called the Clock Tower.
The Association is divided into three departments. Besides the Clock Tower, there are also the "Giant's Cellar" in the Atlas mountains in Egypt, and the "Sea of Astray", the integrated association in Northern Europe. The "Sea of Astray" was the original Association that predated the Clock Tower, and had ceased communication with the Association since the Clock Tower became the headquarter.
Also, the Association deems the Magic Foundation of the Middle East and the philosophies of magecraft from the continent* as incompatible with its teachings. Conversely, the other two schools also reject the Association.
Furthermore, as Alba stated in the story, the mage organizations in Japan did not join the Association.
- ↑
[] Character material - Prelude I: The Mages' Association [Organization], p.021
The Mages' Association [Organization]
A self-preservation agency formed by practitioners of magecraft, regardless of nationality or race (of course, in name only).
Its directive was to control, conceal, and further develop magecraft.
The Association had the martial power to protect itself from those who threaten its existence. It also possessed facilities for the further development of magecraft. The Association enforced a set of laws that prevented the criminal use of magecraft.
At the moment, the centre of the Association resided in London.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - Theory of Magic - The two great forces in the Thaumaturgy world: Mage's Association, p.051
"Clock Tower", the Highest Institute of Magic
The Clock Tower, the core of the Association and in fact what could also be said to be the Association itself, is based in the British museum of London. Magi from all over the world gather and devote themselves day and night to the study of magic, while at the same time, are busily tripping over and being tripped over by other factions and competing for power and budget. The organization is anything but harmonious and has a complicated bizarre structure, but the magical research there is without doubt the leading edge.
Below the building, there is the magi's research area which includes studies and archives. It is only a venerable museum to normal people of course, but at the deepest part, there is a special area (prison?) called the "Bottom of the Bridge" where the Association confines many sealing designated magi deemed to be "dangerous because their talents were too outstanding." Also, apparently the Gazamy the "Evil Spook", treated as the number one disaster in the Association, is locked up at the bottom of the London tower.
The person of highest position in the Clock Tower, the "Director" has been the same person for the 2000 years since the founding of the organization, and because of this is thought to be something more than human.
The organization handling patents relating to magic is also the Clock Tower, and the current finances of the Tohsaka family is being by covered by the patent royalties that are being transferred to their account.
Ranks of Magi
A magus is given a "rank" that matches his ability. The highest is said to be Crown (Grand), but details on it are unknown. Note that Lord El-melloi II, lecturer at the Clock Tower who has produced many Grands among his pupils, is stuck in the mediocre "fourth rank" for some reason.
Color ranks
Separate from the normal ranks, color-based titles are given to those that have become special.
The highest are red, blue, and yellow based on the three primary colors. After that, there are the combined colors of orange, purple, green, black, and so on. The further down you go, the less your rank is. Note that there is no rule about only one person for each color. The Association will, without any stinginess, award a color to you if you're a magus of great stature or one with an unusual talent.
Sealing Designation Enforcers
If you receive a "sealing designation", you will be confined and even your magic research will be gone, not to mention your freedom. Thus, the person given that designation will of course desperately resist that and won't stop fighting. To forcefully retrieve magi who were qualified enough to be given a sealing designation, the Association dispatches "Enforcers." There are around 30 of them total, and Bazett is one of them.
Lords, consuming their time in power struggles
In the Magic Association, no rather, the Clock Tower, there are a number of families that hold sway. They are called Lords and are the objects of fear. There are three major families of Lords and about 20 families of relatives. These families are well-known even in normal society. The history of one family is at shortest 500 years and the longest is over 2000 years. They have been plotting and plotting since a staggeringly long past.
The Sea of Estray, together with the Atlas Institute, is an organization called the original form of the Magic Association.
Among the founders of the Magic Association, there had been many heretical magi who were exiled from the Sea of Estray and the Atlas Institute and had no place left to go.
The base of the Sea of Estray is in Northern Europe. This base, with the nickname of the Moving Stone Coffin, is itself a moving mountain range. Normally it is wandering at sea as its name suggests, but sometimes it comes up on dry land.
It seems they research mainly body alteration, but the specifics are unknown.
*What is an alchemist?
One who studies the flow of matter. That is what an alchemist is. The alchemists of the Clock Tower created products like the homunculi of the Einzbern by merging with western magery.
However, the ultimate goal of the alchemists of the Atlas Institute is set even closer to the original ideology, as the "transformation of events". The often spoke-up "transformation of base metal to gold" in alchemy is, to the members of the Atlas Institute, mere "transformation of matter" and is nothing more than a primitive art far removed from their ideals. Their alchemy is an advancement of the metallurgy of ancient Egypt, the root of the discipline, and has not been influenced by western magery like the alchemy that the Clock Tower magi handle.
- ↑
[] Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Atlas Academy [Place name], p.155 [T]
The Atlas Institute [Place name]
The Atlas Institute is an association of Magus and Alchemists based somewhere in Egypt's Atlas Mountains. It is also known as the Giant's Pit.
It was formerly one of the three major branches of the Mage's Association, and it was responsible for measurement and prediction.
It is an institute focused on the study and development of alchemy, but its members broke off from the mainstream modern practice of alchemy that originated in the Middle Ages. Atlas Institute Alchemists are the founders of modern magic practice, and they are more concerned about the greater truths of the universe than mainstream Alchemists.
Unlike most Magus, Atlas Alchemists special abilities were based on a Man+Machine approach. Following their mantra "Faster, Stronger, More Accurate" they treated their bodies as containers to fill and modify in order to develop their abilities.
They possessed great calculation and measurement ability that is rare to manifest naturally in a normal human (and their five senses). It was their belief that humans have evolved to gather information, analyze it and then directly solve any problems perceived.
The correctness of this idea was somewhat proven in the magic-devoid world of Fate/Extra. The Alchemists of Atlas have poor magic circuits, and did not lead their lives relying on magic. As they are Alchemists who did not rely on magic (or to be precise couldn't rely on magic) even as the decline of magic circuits progressed, they could continue their pursuit and study of magic.
However, after an extended period of time where no children were born to succeed the veteran Atlas Alchemists, their self-determined downfall came about irrespective of the magic circuit decline.
There is not even a single homunculus remaining at Atlas. The last living Atlas Alchemist died of sickness after producing the last homunculus, which lives in a cave somewhere else.
The Atlas Alchemists disappeared, and their research facilities which were built using unknown techniques stretch out in an underground city which is now, more or less, a giant graveyard.
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autoconf weirdness
By MandyWaite on Nov 05, 2009
configure.ac files (configure.in in the old days) are used as input to autoconf which miraculously (it's all miraculous to me) expands the macros in the configure.ac file and creates a runnable configure shell script. Autoconf macros may be system dependent so if you decide to regenerate a configure script, it's the job of autoconf, in conjunction with aclocal, to locate all of the macro definitions that it's going to need to get the job done. These macro definitions may be supplied by the local installation of autoconf, by other packages via aclocal or actually supplied by the package you are building in a file named acinclude.m4
Due to some changes in the way Lighttpd is built I found that for Lighttpd 1.4.23 in WebStack we had to regenerate the configure script, I did this using the autogen.sh script that ships with the lighttpd source code. autogen.sh calls libtool, aclocal, automake, autoconf and autoheader. On Solaris 10 autoconf generated an error:
configure.ac:67: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
But AC_DEFINE is a standard autoconf macro so why can't it be found? We dug around and found mention of it being to do with pkg-config but couldn't work out why that would be. So We stripped down the lighttpd configure.ac bit by bit and found that the problem went away when we removed the lines referencing a macro named PKG_CHECK_MODULES. The file aclocal.m4 in the lighttpd build directory contains any additional macros required by autoconf to process configure.ac and is generated by aclocal. The lighttpd source distribution includes the aclocal.m4 file that was used to create the original configure script, but when you run aclocal, a new aclocal is generated from macros that have been registered with aclocal on the local system. On this system, after running aclocal, aclocal.m4 didn't contain a macro named PKG_CHECK_MODULES :o/
Further research showed that PKG_CHECK_MODULES is usually supplied in a file named pkg.m4 which is installed as part of pkg-config. It usually installs to /usr/share/aclocal which is the default location used by aclocal to locate macros. In this case though we were using a tool set specifically created by the WebStack team for building WebStack on Solaris 10. In this tool set (wstools), aclocal lives in /export/wstools/bin and it looks for macro definitions in /export/wstools/share/aclocal. wstools doesn't include pkg-config so there's no pkg.m4. That explains why it couldn't find the PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro, but why the error about AC_DEFINE?
In configure.ac you'll find:
if test "x$FAM_LIBS" = x; then PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FAM, gamin >= 0.1.0, [ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBFAM], [1], [libfam]) AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FAM_H], [1], [fam.h]) ]) fi
So you can kind of see why the AC_DEFINEs passed to the PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro could be affected, but autoconf indicated that the error came from a line of code not related to PKG_CHECK_MODULES, i.e.:
AC_CHECK_MEMBER(struct tm.tm_gmtoff,[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STRUCT_TM_GMTOFF],[1],[gmtoff in struct tm])],,[#include <time.h>])
Here AC_DEFINE is used with another standard autoconf macro (AC_CHECK_MEMBER) and if you look at the generated configure script you find:
if test "x$ac_cv_member_struct_tm_tm_gmtoff" = x""yes; then cat >>confdefs.h <<\\_ACEOF #define HAVE_STRUCT_TM_GMTOFF 1 _ACEOF fi
Which shows that it didn't actually fail where it said it did. Turns out the time it failed to process AC_DEFINE were where it was used with PKG_CHECK_MODULES. The error from autoconf actually referenced the first use of AC_DEFINE and not where it failed. Best of all, rather than emit a warning about PKG_CHECK_MODULES being missing, it just adds this to the configure script:
if test "x$FAM_LIBS" = x; then PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FAM, gamin >= 0.1.0, AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBFAM], [1], [libfam]) AC_DEFINE([HAVE_FAM_H], [1], [fam.h]) ) fi
Which is the un-expanded macro calls from configure.ac. These aren't valid shell commands, so the generated configure script will fail. In this case the best way to fix the problem is by adding pkg-config to the WebStack build tool set. I've also heard that this problem can occur on systems with older versions of pkg-config, I guess that they may not define a PKG_CHECK_MODULES with the signature required by the configure.ac script.


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Laurier researchers talk Big Data at digital scholarship event
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Mar 13/14| For Immediate Release
Abby Goodrum, Vice-President, Research
Lori Chalmers Morrison, Acting Director
WATERLOO As Canada moves into the 21st century, the collection and use of Big Data is becoming increasingly important not only to computer science but also to the humanities and social sciences.
As part of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canadas (SSHRC) series of regional events highlighting insights from their Imagining Canadas Future challenge, Western University is sponsoring a full-day event on Saturday, March 15 that will address Big Data in the SSHRC disciplines: Data from the past, present, and future.
Laurier researchers Colin Robertson (www.thespatiallab.org), assistant professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and Andriy Shkilko, associate professor, School of Business and Economics, will participate in a series of presentations during the afternoon. Robertson will focus on his work on geosocial pattern analysis in the context of understanding urban spaces, and Shkilko will discuss his work in data and analysis in equity trading.
Laurier researchers are leveraging the opportunities and challenges of digital scholarship and applying the resources of big data to their investigations, said Abby Goodrum, vice-president: research. This is an interdisciplinary approach we are keen to develop at Laurier.
Other researchers presenting at the March 15 event are from Western, the University of Waterloo and the University of Guelph. The morning session will feature industry representatives from IBM and GCI Canada.
According to Western SSHRC leader Andrew Nelson, Our challenge as we move farther into the 21st century is to bring humanities and social sciences researchers together into a truly interdisciplinary collaboration with computer scientists to equip our scholars to exploit this data to the fullest.
To register for the event, visit https://sscsecure.uwo.ca/Socialscience/research/bigdata.
As part of SSHRCs Imagining Canadas Future regional event series, Laurier is hosting Every citizen an environmental scientist: How Canadian families can protect nature by using their smartphones, and have fun doing it, on Monday, March 17, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. For further information about this event and to register, visit http://imagining.eventbrite.ca.


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Caribbean Airlines is currently participating at the annual Trade and Investment Convention at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, with a focus on the airline's Cargo and JetPak products. "TIC continues to provides an excellent platform for Caribbean Airlines to promote the benefits of air-freight. In the fast-paced business environment of today's economy, we are seeing more and more small businesses and manufacturers stepping into the export arena. As the region's premier carrier, we remain committed to providing reliable airlift for the further development of the region's manufacturing and trade industries. " stated Senior Marketing Manager, Alicia Cabrera.
Caribbean Airlines has won the "Federal Express 'Best of TIC Booth Award' for the last two consecutive years and visitors to TIC can look forward to several interactive elements featured in the booth, as well as vie for the chance to win a trip to any of the airline's destinations.
At the Convention's opening yesterday, the booth saw many high profile visitors including Senator the Honourable Vasant Bharath, Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Economy who was presented with a Caribbean Airlines model aircraft.
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This qualification is part of the Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package. It reflects the role of skilled operators who use a broad range of hospitality service, sales or operational skills combined with supervisory skills and sound knowledge of industry operations to plan, monitor and evaluate the work of team members. They operate independently or with limited guidance from others, and use discretion to solve non-routine problems. It provides a pathway to work as a supervisor in hospitality settings such as restaurants, hotels, motels, clubs, pubs, cafes, and coffee shops. It allows for multi-skilling and for specialisation in accommodation services, food and beverage, and gaming.
Subjects you can Study
Core: Enhance customer service experiences; Manage conflict; Lead and manage people; Manage finances within a budget; Coach others in job skills; Implement and monitor WHS practices; plus more. Electives: Use hygienic practices for hospitality service; Use hygienic practices for food safety; Respond to a customer in crisis; Address protocol requirements; Develop and use complex spreadsheets; Clean and tidy bar areas; Attend casino gaming machines; Roster staff; Purchase goods; Plan catering for events or functions; plus more.
About Central College CorporateEstablished in 1987, Central College Corporate (formerly Australian Institute of Workplace Learning) is a Registered Training Organisation that offers courses in business, marketing, leisure and health, aged care, community services, transport and logistics, competitive manufacturing, work health and safety, hospitality as well as short courses. RTO code: 91282
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I've had it. I cannot bf successfully. every time I think we're over our hurdles I'm thrown a loop. I struggled with 3 LCs, sore nipples, mysterious breast pain, fenugreek, waking up every 3 hours during the night to feed/pump, and pumping like mad to get my supply up and to get my daughter to latch. She isn't a big eater and every feeding was a struggle. Finally we had it! She was eating and gaining, I had so much milk that I was able to freeze about a week's worth, pumping 3-4 oz per breast, my nipple and breast pain went away, and we were both happy.
Now all of a sudden it's over. I noticed I couldn't pump much on Friday and it's gotten progressively worse during the weekend. Today I can barely squeek out an ounce combined. She is latching but won't suck b/c why should she? there's nothing there.
To make matters worse, she started getting the crystalized red spots in her diaper from lack of hydration and concentrated urine. This was an issue in the hospital and the drs told me to make sure if we see that to get her hydrated asap so now I'm giving her EBM following each "nursing" session, although by nursing I mean she latches, falls asleeps, and cries.
I'm back on fenugreek as of yesterday (3/3x) and since Saturday I've been pumping every 2 hours and getting less and less as the day goes.
I don't really expect advice. Just needed to vent. I've done everything I can possibly think of and nothing is helping. I can get her to 3 months exclusively bf using my frozen milk and then I guess it's over. Frustration is an understatement.
And yes, I've been in contact with my local LLL. She's very nice. Not much else to say on that note.


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Aspirin for Infertility
Aspirin has been used for more than a century to treat minor aches and pains. Now, recent studies have suggested that aspirin may also help you conceive. But how effective - and safe - is taking aspirin for fertility?
Aspirin is made from the chemical acetylsalicylic acid, which reduces pain and swelling by inhibiting the action of Cox-2 enzymes in your body, which produce prostaglandins, the hormones that cause muscular constriction, fever, and inflammation.
Scientists believe that aspirin may help women who experience recurrent spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) conceive and carry a baby to term. Some of these women have very high levels of antiphospholipid antibodies, which cause blood platelets to stick together and the blood to thicken. This can increase the risk of developing dangerous blood clots which, if they develop around the placenta, can deprive the baby of oxygen and nutrients, resulting in a miscarriage. These antibodies may also interfere with the embryo's ability to attach to the uterine wall.
When low-dose aspirin, also called baby aspirin, is given to these women, their platelets become less sticky, their blood circulates more smoothly, and precious oxygen and nutrients are delivered to the placenta. It may also help the embryo attach and grow on the uterine wall.
A recent study conducted in Argentina and published in Fertility and Sterility demonstrated the effectiveness of low-dose aspirin with women who had experienced multiple miscarriages and who were undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). The study compared two groups of 149 women. One group took a daily dose of aspirin along with their IVF medication to stimulate their ovaries, while the other group took just the IVF drugs. Forty-five percent of the women who took the aspirin became pregnant, but only 28 percent of the other group conceived. The researchers also found that the women taking aspirin produced more eggs than the other group and they were able to retrieve an average of 16.2 eggs from them, compared with just 8.6 eggs from the non-aspirin group.
However, the results of this and other studies have been questioned in the scientific community. According to Peter Wardle, honorary secretary of the British Fertility Society, "Opinion is fairly divided. Small studies suggest there is a difference while larger studies suggest there isn't."
In a study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, researchers followed 316 women in consecutive IVF cycles over a period of six years. Seventy-two of the women were given aspirin and 244 were not. They found that the live birth rate in aspirin users was 29 percent, slightly lower than the 41 percent in the no-aspirin control group. In addition, the implantation rates were 21 percent with aspirin and 30 percent in the control population. The scientists concluded that low-dose aspirin was not beneficial to IVF patients, nor did the aspirin enhance endometrial thickness, augment the ovarian response, or improve pregnancy rates.


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Caramel Apple Bacon Bites
- Prep Time: 60 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Ready Time: 75 min
- Yield: 48 bites
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 package Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® Caramel Apple Flavored Premium Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 large egg
- 1 pound cooked bacon, finely chopped, divided
- 1 can Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Caramel Apple Flavored Frosting
- 48 thinly sliced Granny Smith apple wedges
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Coat mini muffin cups with no-stick cooking spray. Stir cake mix, shortening, water, egg and 1/2 cup bacon together in large bowl until combined. Press 1 1/2 teaspoons dough into bottom and sides of muffin cups.
- BAKE 12 to 14 minutes until edges begin to brown. Let cool 5 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
- PLACE frosting in decorator bag fitted with small star tip. Fill each bite with frosting. Garnish with remaining bacon and apple.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 of 48 bites), Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 35), Total Fat 4g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 5mg, Sodium 140mg, Total Carbohydrate 7g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 4g), Protein 2g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 2%, Iron 2%.
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American Eagle quits mallStaff Report | January 22,2013The Diamond Run Mall has lost another major retailer.
American Eagle Outfitters closed its store Monday after a dozen years at the mall.
"The mall has a low occupancy rate of 60 percent and per our current strategy plan, we seek to return great results to our shareholders and one of those ways is to re-evaluate our store footprint," company spokeswoman Iris Yen said in an email. "We look at closing/moving stores in underperforming locations."
The 19-year-old mall has seen a steady decline in business as one retailer after another has abandoned the area's only indoor shopping center.
Mall owner, Gemini Real Estate Advisors, is surrendering ownership of the property to its major creditor, an investment trust.
Gemini purchased the mall in 2007 from Zamias Services, which was recently hired to oversee management of the 400,000 square-foot mall.
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Caribbean Airlines believes that it is in the best interest of our country, and the region at large, to have a well-educated population and a young generation which is open-minded and able to embrace and deal with the complex issues of the modern society. Education is the backbone of development for any country and our industry, in particular, depends on skilled employees. In this field, we focus on encouraging the culture of learning; promoting and developing areas of education relevant to the development of the economy through the provision of assistance as well as learning equipment. Our initiatives are targeted at individuals (students and educators) as well as educational institutions. Career days and involvement in school projects are just some of the initiatives we take part in. By supporting youth and educational projects, Caribbean Airlines' intention is to contribute to the involvement of the young generation in current affairs and promote the concept of civil society in the region.
Culture and Arts are an inevitable component of every society's heritage and we are aware of the diverse cultures present in the Caribbean. Caribbean Airlines is interested in exclusive partnerships with artistic formations and cultural events that share the same values as our brand. Our partners must stand for excellence and prestige.
Caribbean Airlines is aware that we need to assist in any way possible to the communities in which we serve. To those not as fortunate as others, we are committed to improving the quality of their lives by assisting in any way we can. It must be everyone's mission to make an effort to create such conditions, which give each individual in a society a chance to have a decent life and a reason for joy and happiness. Sponsorship in this area promotes humanity and tackles basic human concerns.


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I apologize for such a long post...I have a couple of questions and I want to get all my info out there!
I'm a really active SAHM to my new LO (7 weeks) and my 10-year-old son. My LO weighed 8 lbs 7 oz at birth and is in the 95th percentile for her age, gaining weight & length rapidly from the get-go. Very good eater!
MY FIRST QUESTION:I need to know how to work pumping in on a daily basis to cover me when I'm out and about, doing things or at places where actually sitting down to nurse is too time-consuming and inconvenient (not that I don't enjoy nursing, cuz I do!) I can't exactly "schedule it in" everyday (say, first thing in the morning) because my LO doesn't wake up at the same time everyday. I'm afraid to pump at say 6 AM, then have her awaken at 6:30 and find I don't have enough to satisfy her.
Also, I have an OALD, and feeding her is sometimes a very messy, frustrating ordeal...but I've noticed that my OALD is more pronounced if it's been several hours since the last feeding. At feedings like this, she gets so frustrated with all the gulping and choking that she doesn't eat enough, and is wanting the breast again very quickly. Sometimes, she won't burp effectively before wanting to return to the breast, then will have either a tummy ache or spit up, etc. I've found that she actually eats full, comfortable meals (sucks without stopping) and is satisfied longer between feedings if she eats from a bottle instead of from my breast. I thoroughly enjoy nursing her when I know that my OALD won't be too crazy for her to eat from, and also through the night, which is great because I don't have OALD while laying in bed. I don't have time to lay in bed during the day because, as I mentioned in my first paragraph, I'm gone a lot or working at home.
MY SECOND QUESTION:Would it be "wrong" for me to feed her from a bottle, as if I were working outside of the home when I'm actually not? I know that sounds ridiculous, but something is telling me that because I'm a SAHM, I should be willing and able to nurse her and just deal with the crazy OALD, and just stay trapped at home, not going places I need to go or doing things I need to do! Let's face it, some places and activities are just not convenient for throwing a blanket over my shoulder and nursing.


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The state parks and forests of Massachusetts are some of the most treasured areas of the state, and rightfully so. You can reconnect with nature, experience magnificent natural settings, hike, bike, climb, swim, fish and even paddle.
Massachusetts' park system is actually one of the largest state park systems in the country with 450,000 acres of forests, parks, greenways and historical sites coupled with beautiful landscapes, seashores, lakes and ponds.
Our state parks are impossibly gorgeous natural habitats, where you'll find a world of outdoor fun, all 12 months of the year. Like most places in Massachusetts, expect to be surprised when you visit any number of our state parks and forests. Get your kids a FREE Park Passport and start exploring Massachusetts' state parks! Brought to you by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism and the DCR.
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1976: The U.S. Supreme Court lifts the 1972 ban on the death penalty for convicted murderers. A 1972 ruling by the court had voided states' death penalty statutes because they could result in arbitrary sentencing, making them "cruel and unusual" punishment. After states passed new laws to deal with the issue, through bifurcated trials featuring separate deliberations for the guilt and penalty phases as well as other changes, the Supreme Court ruled that the new laws weren't unconstitutional.


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That inspiration manifested itself in 1987 when I created the first Spinning® bike. Initially, I'd envisioned a piece of equipment that I could use to train for ultra-distance races. As I began to develop the accompanying Spinning program, however, I realized that its application would transcend a simple exercise machine; it could foster balance, consciousness, and harmony for people of all fitness levels.
Within a few short years, the global impact of Spinning had exceeded all of my expectations. My innovation was being used around the world, and people were training in a way they'd never experienced or imagined - and I was training right along with them.
In 2004, a virus severely damaged my heart, and my ability to ride a bike was stripped away from me. It was during this unlikely time, while fighting to heal my body, that a memory from the recent past entered my mind and with it, another inspiration.
In 2002, while attending a cycling event for physically challenged athletes, I had the opportunity to try a participant's homemade hand-cycle. I never imagined that using my arms alone to power a cycle could be so much fun or so physically demanding. This memory became my inspiration: if such a bike were re-engineered properly and integrated with a training system steeped in mind-body philosophies the potential would be vast
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Issued: 26 January, 2015
Caribbean Airlines is providing travel options for customers whose flights may be impacted by Winter Storm Juno Travel Advisory.
Passengers may voluntarily opt for a re-issue or refund based on the following guidelines:
Cities Affected:JFK, GEO, KIN, POS
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Impacted dates of Travel:January 26 - 27, 2015
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Ticket Refund:Allowed, at service fee of USD50
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Refunds will be made to the credit card used to purchase the ticket at the point of sale.
A letter indicating the account being closed must be submitted from the bank for this process to be initiated.
For tickets purchased from online or walk-in Travel Agents - these requests for ticket refunds should be directed to your Travel Agent as they are best qualified to prepare your request for submission the Refunds Department. The different types of Travel Agents include:
All refunds will be made to the original form of payment used to purchase the ticket, i.e. if you paid by credit card, the refund will be made to your credit card only. Refunds are processed 15 working days from the day Caribbean Airlines Refunds Department receives your request, providing all the documents necessary to process your refund is attached. Penalties are incurred each time a customer does one or more of the following: cancellation, date or flight change does not show for a flight or does not use a ticket. Flight disruptions caused by the airline such as schedule changes, flight cancellations etc do not incur penalties. Please note, if you change your itinerary and then choose to maintain/return to your original itinerary any fees charged as a result of the first change would remain non-refundable. Refund penalties are determined by the rules governing the fare you have purchased. One penalty would therefore not govern any combination but the penalty for each fare type would stand on its own. Travel Agents are provided with our ticket refund guidelines to assist with the correct and timely processing of your ticket refund.
If you have lost or failed to produce your paper ticket at check-in, a new ticket must be purchased in order for you to proceed to your destination. The original dates of travel and bookings must be maintained for a refund to be considered. The carrier whose original stock has been used should also ticket the new document. Where the replacement ticket is of a higher value and other airlines are involved, correspondence would be initiated between carriers. This would result in the delay of a full refund applicable under the Lost Ticket Procedure. Documents Required:
A lost ticket fee is charged as per the rules governing the original fare purchased. All charges are subject to local statutory taxes and are NON REFUNDABLE.
Reissues will be limited to a maximum of two (2) for the purpose of extension of validity. If you have reissued your ticket and are holding a Miscellaneous Charges Order (MCO), you would be entitled to a further extension once you submit your document within one year of the issue date. Tickets are non-transferable. You should submit your claim to your point of purchase i.e. Caribbean Airlines Reservations Office, Call Centre, Internet or your Travel Agent.
All requests must be supported by proof of immigration status. One way or partially used tickets are subject to immigration requirements. This can be established in a number of ways:- 1. Show proof of another ticket being purchased; 2. Stamped proof from immigration of passport showing passenger having status to remain in respective country or having left via other means; 3. Residency, work or study permit for respective country; 4. A detailed explanation from your Travel Agency on an official letterhead For partially used tickets the date of the first unused coupon determines the validity period - one year from the date of commencement of travel. For partially used tickets, the period of validity of any new ticket issued for the revised routing will be limited to the expiry date that would have been applicable had the new ticket been issued on the date of sale of the original ticket. All tickets must adhere to the amended Cancellation/Change Rule (Category 16). If the ticketed flight reservation is not cancelled prior to the ticketed departure time rebooking is not permitted and the ticket will have no value. No transaction will be entertained after this period.
Any refund, date change penalty or other penalties are determined by the rules governing the fare you have purchased. All un-used ticket refunds should be directed to the place you purchased your ticket and refunds can only be made to the original type of payment used to purchase the ticket. You should submit your claim at your point of purchase, i.e., either at a Caribbean Airlines Reservations Office, Call Centre, Internet or your Travel Agent.
There are some government imposed taxes, charges or fees that our reservation system is unable to exempt automatically. Please request a refund from our E-Business Support Centre if you are charged any of the following:
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Passenger Service Charge (KT) - a request for a refund can be made up to 60 days from your date of departure. You will need to submit proof of travel or your electronic ticket number and a copy of your passport details. Passengers who are entitled to this exemption include:
Requests for ticket refunds are to be directed to the same location where the ticket purchase was made. Therefore, if you used a Travel Agent, the Call Centre, the Internet or a Caribbean Airlines Ticket Office then you should return to the respective point of purchase. They will prepare your request and then submit it to the Refunds Department.
All refunds will be made to the original form of payment used for the ticket purchase, i.e. if you paid by credit card, the refund will be made to your credit card; if made by cash, a cheque will be generated in settlement of your claim.
Refunds are processed 7 - 21 working days from the day the Refunds Department receives your request, providing all the documents necessary to process your refund are attached.
Flight disruptions caused by the airline such as schedule changes, flight cancellations etc. do not incur penalties, but processing fees may be applicable. Please note that if you change your itinerary and then choose to maintain or return to your original itinerary any fees charged as a result of the first change would remain non-refundable.
Refund penalties are determined by the rules governing the fare you have purchased; refunds are at times allowed on combination refundable and non refundable fares. At such times all taxes are refundable and the non refundable coupon(s) closed.
Fares that are non refundable may be eligible for reissue within the validity period. Please check with your issuing office for details.
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NARROWSBURG, NY — A reading of Caryl Churchill's play "Top Girls" will take place on Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 3, at 3 p.m. at Krause Recital Hall in the Delaware Arts Center on Main Street. The reading, directed by Penelope Morgan-Lohr, will benefit Delaware Valley Arts Alliance's Arts Alive drive. The suggested donation is $15.
Written in 1982, "Top Girls" centers on Marlene, a determined career woman who has been promoted to managing director of an employment agency. In the first act of the play, Marlene shares a celebratory lunch with women from history, including a 19th-century world traveler and explorer, Isabella Bird; Lady Nijo, courtesan to a Japanese emperor who later became a Buddhist nun; and Pope Joan, who, disguised as a man, is thought to have been pope between 854-856. Ben Brantley of The New York Times called the play "one of the most resonant theatrical set pieces of the past 50 years." Call 845/252-7576.


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How do thermal lenses work?
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Thermal lenses are actually two separate lenses layered on top of each other, with a space of air in between them. This space of air acts as an insulator between them, so one single lens isn't experiencing a drastic temperature differential, like a single pane lens might between the outside and the hot air next to your face.
It also helps that the inner lens is much thinner and made from a less dense plastic than the main lens, so it warms up to the temperature of your sweat and breath faster, inhibiting condensation.
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In terms of their ability to inhibit fogging, dual-paned thermal lenses never "wear out." (They eventually need to be replaced for other reasons)
Coated or treated lenses, on the other hand, work by having some kind of film or coating on the inside that is hydrophobic or that fills in all the pores in the outer layer of the plastic.
Over time, these treatments can either evaporate or be rubbed off from regular use.
If you're familiar with scuba masks, this is why a new layer of anti-fog treatment is applied every time you dive. It simply wears off.
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Because in the beginning Morgan Freeman narrated that there will be a lense that shall not fog up easily and then the thermal lens was born. Never question Morgan Freeman's work; he might be right behind you.
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Hot tip: Invest in reputable vendors, I did a great deal of planning and organising myself however getting married overseas I relied heavily on the advice and expertise of My Wedding Planner (Laura at Mint Events) and Florist (Sarah at the Flower Room) to bring our dream day together. Take time out together and enjoy the moment it's a once in a life time feeling and finally remember to laugh and don't sweat the small stuff, we had so many hiccups along the way but we wouldn't change a second of our day.
What they loved: From the moment I saw Hazel whilst flipping through my copy of Bride to Be I knew it was the dress for me. I'm a short girl (157cm) so the last thing I wanted was to be lost in metres of fabric and a big skirt. Hazel is a classic gown with simple but elegant detailing
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Emerging Turkey gains millionaires
The number of high-net worth individuals in Turkey is expected to increase strongly by 2017, according to Wealth Insight, as the country continues its strong economic performance relative to European peers.
The research firm forecasts that the number of high-net-worth individuals will grow by 58% to reach 148,000 in five years' time, with the wealthy expected to decrease their exposure to cash in favour of alternatives.
Turkish HNWI's currently hold a quarter of their wealth outside the country, and foreign asset holdings are expected to reach US$195bn by 2017. Turkish high-net worth investors have been increasing their exposure to alternatives and fixed income since 2007, while 39% have secondary properties in foreign countries.
The proportion of wealth under the control of high-net worth individuals is expected to grow by 48%, adding to a trend which has seen an increasing amount of the country's wealth settle in the hands of HNWI's.
Currently, $500bn of the country's wealth is held by 94,000 high-net worth individuals, which Wealth Insight says indicates "a relatively uneven spread of wealth in the country".
Andrew Amoils, senior wealth analyst at Wealth Insight, said such a wealth disparity was not particularly surprising in an emerging market. "It's above the worldwide average, but there are places like Russia where it's much higher. So it's not a terrible level for emerging markets, it's probably what you would expect."
Turkey has emerged relatively unscathed from the international financial crisis, according to The Wall Street Journal, having avoided the widespread banking chaos afflicting its peers since 2007. The country enacted a tough regulatory structure after a 2001 domestic banking crisis. The International Monetary Fund is projecting real GDP growth of 3.5% in 2013, building on 3% last year.
In November, the country completed its largest ever share sale, raising $2.5bn by selling one-fifth of the state-owned Halkbank. The oversubscribed sale came only weeks after Fitch upgraded the country's sovereign debt to investment grade for the first time.
Amoils said that there are opportunities available to foreign wealth managers hoping to tap into the country's emerging class.
"Based on our research, the local private banking industry in Turkey is relatively well developed. But there are also a lot of banks with offices in Turkey such as Citibank, HSBC, and JP Morgan which Turkish people can invest their money through."
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There are currently a number of introduced insect species that have been mass produced and released as biological control agents to help control HWA in the eastern United States.
One of the most promising biological control agents against HWA is Sasajiscymnus tsugae (Sasaji and McClure) (previously Pseudoscymnus tsugae). This beetle is a small oval "sesame-seed sized" black lady beetle from Japan that is approximately 1/20 inch in length (Fig.1). Eggs of S. tsugae are small oval orbs. The reddish-orange eggs are laid singly or in groups in the cracks and crevices in hemlock bark and twigs. Larvae (Fig.2) change from reddish-brown to grey during four developmental stages. The pupa (Fig.3) is reddish-brown and about 1/20 inch long. Both, adults and larva are highly mobile and feed on all HWA stages. S. tsugae's life cycle is highly synchronized with HWA. S. tsugae produces multiple generations per year (2 to 3 in the southern Appalachians), adapts to a variety of climatic conditions, and possesses excellent searching and dispersal abilities. S. tsugae specialize on adelgids and require HWA to develop and mature to adults.
Scymnus sinuanodulus (Fig. 4) and Scymnus ningshanensis (Fig. 5) are lady beetles introduced from China to help control HWA. Both beetles are small, elongated oval in shape, and measure 1/16 inch in length. These brownish-orange lady beetles have dark brownish-black body markings. S. sinuanodulus females have black heads and males have brown heads. Egg and immature stages are similar in both species. Eggs are laid singly in hemlock bud scales or other concealed locations. Eggs are yellow-orange becoming dark brown after one day. Larvae are elongate and appear yellow to reddish brown. Larvae have a waxy coating on the cuticle that is more noticeable in later instars. The pupa is covered with course hair that has viscous droplets on the tips. Both species have one generation per year and begin laying eggs in the spring after overwintering. Both species specialize on adelgids and require HWA to develop and mature to adults.
Laricobius nigrinus is native to Western North America. The adult L. nigrinus (Fig. 6) is elongate reaching from 1/12 to 1/8 inch in length and covered with fine erect hairs. Eggs are yellow ovals. Eggs are laid singly within the woolly adelgid covering. L. nigrinus larvae (Fig. 7.) are elongate, yellow-green to brown with scattered short hairs. Larvae grow from about 1/16 to 1/6 inch during four develop-mental stages. The last instar burrows into the ground to form a yellow pupa. L. nigrinus has one generation per year and its life cycle is timed with HWA. This beetle becomes active when the adelgid comes out of dormancy in October. L. nigrinus is host specific for HWA and survives through the winter.
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Barbara Ann Telfer, 70, of Fonda, N.Y. passed away December 10, 2012 after a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of the area and will be missed by all who knew her.
Barb was born in Amsterdam, N.Y., to the late Robert Johnson and Regina (Johnson) Peeler.
She attended both Fonda and Amsterdam school districts. Barb spent her life devoted to the love and care of her family and always put her family above all.
She especially enjoyed babysitting and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Barb loved to make various crafts, but particularly enjoyed making wooden lawn ornaments with Winfield Fonda, her long-time companion. She was fond of the outdoors and taking camping trips.
Barb is survived by Winfield, her daughters; Nancy Minch, Joy Kilmartin, Dawn Telfer, and Bobbi Bush, brothers; Robert Johnson Jr., Donald Peeler, Ronald Peeler, William Peeler, sisters; Anna Bedell, Kathy Andrews, Dawn Peeler, grandchildren; Jessica Swanker, Gary Swanker, Megan Minch, Erin Minch, Brandon Bush, Kelsey Minch, William Bush, Lauren Bush, great-grandchildren; Anthony Bush, Sydney VanAlstyne, and Hunter Romaine, step-father; Robert Peeler, mother-in-law; Madeline Susi.
In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband; Robert R. Telfer, brother; Robert A. Peeler, sister; Eileen Hastings, and a son-in-law; Timothy Minch.
All funeral services will be private.
The family asks in lieu of flowers that donations be made in Barbara's memory to the charity of one's choice; St. Peter's Hospice Inn, 315 S. Manning Blvd., Albany, N.Y., 12208, Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Rd., Suite 300, Jacksonville FL, 32256, and American Cancer Society, 260 Osborne Rd., Loudonville, N.Y., 12211.
All arrangements have been entrusted to Jackson and Betz Funeral Home, 15 Main Street, Fultonville, N.Y., 12072.
Please visit and sign the family's guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com.