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Click on that sliver of horizontality to see the building in question.
No doubt this has already received much www attention. And now, I attend to it. Photos taken by me, outside Hampton Wick Overground Station, yesterday.
The graffiti in the
Hampton Hackney Wick and surrounding areas is dispiritingly ubiquitous. I prefer the way my part of town handles graffiti, which is for it all to happen in a tunnel.
Good news about a dog saving a child's life here, linked to from Instapundit, no less. And the Daily Mail now has the story too. It's interesting how the Daily Mail, behind a vast smoke screen of abuse from all those who like to abuse it (e.g. all Brit TV comedians), is now busily spreading itself throughout the English speaking world. There's a huge professional media gap in the USA, for something more Daily Mail-ish.
On the other hand, I read, with sadness, that long-time favourite-blogger-of-mine 6k has been setting fire to puppies. This story has yet to go viral.
Via this posting at the Scott Adams blog, I first learned, just now, about Robots Read News.
All the pictures in this cartoon series are identical. Only the words change. Yet, the words on their own would probably not be so effective.
I especially enjoyed the first two comments on the above posting:
If the Robot knows he is superior, I would expect him to be more condescending, and less angry - insulting humans in more subtle and clever ways than simply calling us stupid meat sacks, etc.
Scott Adams:
I am going for insensitive not angry. Part of the joke is that objectivity is indistinguishable from hate.
My next Brian's Last Friday speaker (March 31) will be my Libertarian Friend from way back, Chris Cooper, talking about the rise of the robots. They will rule us, he says, if I understand him correctly. But maybe I don't because he and I are both meat sacks. Maybe he is expressing himself badly. Or maybe I am misunderstanding him. Or maybe both. That I am understanding him correctly suddenly seems like a one in four chance.
I am hopeless at drawing, as you can see.
But having been watching the Six Nations rugby tournament for the last few weeks, and having in particular been listening to the various television commentators, I feel the need to offer you all this attempt at a cartoon.
Anyone who wants to copy this, or indeed copy it and improve the graphics, is most welcome. I am surely not the first to have thought of this particular observation.
(There was a bit of fiddling about with the presentation of this, on account of my software not actually showing me exactly how a posting like this will look. Sorry about that.)
Recently, word reached me, via his daughter, that one of the regular readers of this blog (such people apparently exist) – I'll call him "Tony" (on account of his name being Tony) – was greatly entertained when he followed one of the links on the left, in one of my interminable lists of mostly obsolete internet destinations to Chase me, ladies, I'm in the cavalry.
I say greatly entertained. The report was that Tony's head exploded with fluids and splutters of all sort. Basically, his face and mouth and throat all stopped functioning in their usual fashion and instead suffered a sort of biological combination of an earthquake and a meltdown and a volcanic eruption.
Following this report, I took another look at CMLIITC myself, and for a while, as I meandered through his archives, I was merely quite entertained. But then I read this posting ...:
I recently bought an All-Star Deluxe Ab Belt. Three months ago I was a fat cunt. Now I'm a fat cunt with a vibrating belt.
… and the exact same thing started happening to me. Until that moment I had not realised that I wasn't fully well, but I found myself trying to laugh and cough at the same time, and the same disgusting fluids and substances started bursting out of my face as had burst from Tony's face.
I think that, aside from its wit, it was the brevity of the posting that wrongfooted this. Because of this brevity, the punch line sucker punched me in the face earlier than I had become used to and before I had in any way been able to surmise what it was going to be, as I surely would have been able to do if I had had longer to prepare my defence against it. This is a regular comedic method, I think.
What Harry Hutton looks like now makes very good sense.
I've spent all my blogging time today trying to write a couple of things for Samizdata, so once again it's quota photo time, this time in the form of a photo of Tom Cruise that I photoed recently, just a few minutes before I took this footbridge photo. To be more exact, it is a photo of a photo, of Tom Cruise:
That photo that you see in my photo is to be seen outside the Duchess Theatre in the West End, where the play being shown Goes Wrong, every night, without, although this may not be quite the way to describe things, fail.
I assume that you can only exhibit a picture of Tom Cruise like that if Tom Cruise gives his permission. If that's right, Tom Cruise proves himself to be a good sport. Or, perhaps, a greedy bastard. But for now, I'm going with good sport, if only because if he got greedy, they couldn't afford it.
I refer honourable readers to the posting I did earlier, about a pink van (miniature version of this pink van on the right there). And I ask you to note, again, the difficulties that this pink van's decorators had in making what they had to say fit in with the indentations on the side of the van. The roller-blading fox has a big kink just under his midriff. The website information is written in letters too big to fit in the space chosen for it, but they have to be, to be legible. It all adds to the general air of amateurishness.
But now, let's see how the professionals deal with similar problems:
I was all set to write about how this very "designed" piece of design made all the same mistakes as the pink van, but actually, I don't think it does.
The thing is, the pink van is decorated in a way that says: this is a flat surface. Therefore, the fact that, actually, it is not a flat surface is a real problem.
But what the Sky van says is: you are looking through the surface of the van, to this three dimensional wonder-world beyond and within. Yes, it's a van, and its outer surface has strange and random rectangular indentations and even stranger horizontal linear interruptions. That's because it's a van. Vans are like that. But all these vanly banalities merely happen to be in front of the real picture that we are showing you.
So, for me, this Sky van is a great success.
As for the world it depicts, the show in question is this. I've not seen any of it, but I do recall Karl Pilkington with fondness from that chat show he did with Ricky Gervais, which I seem to recall watching on television, in the early hours of the morning, even though it was supposed to be a "podcast". Pilkington himself also remembers this earlier show with fondness, it would seem.
I am currently spending all my blogging time, apart from the late night hour or so that it took to bash out this, working on a summary of a talk given to Libertarian Home by Mark Littlewood, about Brexit. Lilttlewood used to be for Britain staying in the EU, but has since changed his mind. I hope to be sending that summary in to LH some time tomorrow.
Meanwhile, my understanding of the referendum is that the Jo Cox murder has made a bit of a difference, in favour of Remain, but that a stronger swing towards Leave has also been happening.
The whole immigration argument, now being pressed hard by the Leavers, is obviously making a big difference. But I reckon some other forces are also in play.
I was struck by the news that Leave was appealing to Labour voters by saying that voting Leave would wipe the smile off the faces of Cameron and Osborne. I think that's probably proving to be very persuasive. In a General Election, you can hate Cameron and Osborne all you like, and vote against them. But, against you are all those people who think that a Labour Government would be a catastrophe. They all vote for Cameron and Osborne despite not liking them. But in this referendum, all those Labour voters whose overriding emotion is loathing of Cameron and Osborne can actually cause Cameron and Osborne to lose. I'm guessing that's a very appealing idea.
I also think that Eddie Izzard's bizarre appearance – literally his appearance – on shows like Question Time destroyed with one viral image the claim that all Remainers are normal people and only the more unhinged of the Leavers are a bunch of nutters from some other planet. Izzard reminded me of that bonkers woman in a beret that the late Victoria Wood once did, to such comic effect.
To be clear. I'm not saying that everyone now thinks that those arguing for Leave are all normal. Leavers have long been reckoned by normal people people to be, many of them, about as sane as a sackful of drunken badgers. What Izzard did was say to the nation: Lots of us Remainers are barking mad too.
Izzard, in other words, completely changed a widespread and very influential idea. If everyone had been supposing that all Leave freaks are actually not freaks at all, any of them, than the Jo Cox murder would also have changed things, a lot. As it is, this horror story merely confirms what most people already know about Leave freaks. They're freaks. Meanwhile, the mainstream politicians arguing for Leave are not nearly such freaks. They are fairly normal looking. They look normal in the way that Farage looked normal, when he was sitting next to Izzard on Question Time. The Jo Cox murder doesn't change that.
Izzard, on the other hand, actually changed things. The murder of an MP is a much bigger deal than Izzard. But that murder, horrible though it was, does not change what most people think about Leavers. Many Leavers are freaks. But what Izzard did was use his small national presence to suggest a really rather big change, and not in a way that helped the cause he was arguing for. He said that many Remainers are freaks too.
That's the problem with showbiz people. They confuse showbiz popularity with being popular with the entire nation. If you find a comedian to be annoying or just not very funny, you can simply ignore him, happily leaving those who adore him to carry right on adoring him. The comedian makes a good living. You are not bothered. Problem solved. Everyone happy. Personally, I think Eddie Izzard has one joke - "Hey, I'm completely random in what I say!" - and I've heard it enough not to want to hear it again. So, I now ignore Izzard.
But politics is, by definition, the stuff that comes for you whether you want it or not. Politics is like having to sit and listen to a performer whom you don't like. When Izzard steps forward, dressed like that, spouting political opinions, he then provokes, from those who do not like what they are seeing, not a mere shrug of indifference, but active opposition. Izzard made people want to vote against what he was saying.
In this recent piece in the Independent, it was claimed that how Izzard had been arguing was the problem. I wonder if even the anonymous editors who signed off on this editorial really think this. They carefully avoided saying that Izzard looked like a freak. Which is fine for late night telly fun. But it is not fine when the subject being argued about is the manner in which our country should be governed. There is a reason that ambitious politicians do not, any of them, present themselves as Izzard just did.
If the Brexit referendum result is as close as it could well be, Izzard's contribution to the Leave cause could prove to have been decisive.
This has been a been a rather muddled and repetitious piece of writing. This is because I was working out what I thought, as I wrote. The point about how the Jo Cox murder doesn't change how anyone feels about Leave Freaks, but that Izzard's pratting about does change what lots of people feel about Remainers, and that lots of people now reckon that a lot of Remainders are Freaks too, only emerged as I wrote. But, me thinking aloud is one of the things this place is for.
While channel hopping in search of an entirely different TV channel earlier this evening, I happened to catch this snatch of dialogue, from the TV show New Tricks:
"When you're looking for something, it's always in the last place you look."
"That's because when you find it, you stop looking for it, you berk."
Well, I laughed. And I reckon it's an improvement on any of these.
I didn't know New Tricks was such a success in foreign parts:
These curmudgeonly coppers, baffled by new technology, hating modern policing methods and clearly in no state to mount a rooftop chase, proved gripping to viewers across the globe.
Actually, it's pretty obvious why New Tricks is so popular with TV viewers everywhere. It's because TV viewers everywhere are mostly the same age as the curmudgeonly coppers in New Tricks, and at least twice the age of all the other cops on television.
Speaking as an oldie myself, I can tell you that jokes about not being able to remember where you put things speak to me, very loudly. Yesterday, my oldie friend was helping me with my Ryanair checking in (another thing not all oldies to put it mildly are very good at sorting out) and during this my debit card was required. So I produced it, from my wallet, and two seconds later I placed my wallet … into a black hole, and couldn't for the life of me find it anywhere. It just totally vanished into thin air, into a parallel universe, with its entrance portal on the far side of the moon. And then it reappeared, on top of the plastic sugar jar.
Joke number 20, of these one hundred:
A few decades ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don't let Kevin Bacon die.
How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.
How come Miss Universe is only won by people from Earth?
I picked the first three by the fact that I actually did laugh out loud. Then, after about 30, the jokes started to fall flat. I stopped laughing, but carried on in the hope that the laughter would return. It never did. I was completely joked out.
By the time I reached 85, above, I was in the mood to get quite angry if someone said something even slightly angry-making, which is why I include 85. Yes, I've often wondered about this. Why does nobody not from Earth win that thing? Something should be done about it. And I don't believe there's ever been a Mr Universe from off-planet either.
It's things like this that mean that when those Aliens do show up, they may be hostile. We should choose our words, and in particular, our masculinity and feminity championship descriptions, more carefully. This is not a joke.
Rather as a politician, when sacked, pretends that he has resigned to spend more time with whatever is left of his family, when a cricketer gets the elbow from the national team, the selectors always now say stuff like this:
James Whitaker, the national selector, said: "Ian Bell has been an outstanding player for many years and undoubtedly still has plenty to offer England in the future. It was clearly a difficult decision but he has struggled for runs in recent series and we felt that it was the right time for him to take a break and spend time working on his game out of the spotlight.
Outstanding player. More to offer. Take a break. Work on his game. Out of the spotlight. And sometimes, it's even true. After all, Compton and Ballance are both back. But the difference is age. Compton and Ballance are still quite young. Bell is at that age where he is either good now, or not. He doesn't have a potential big decade to offer in the future, just one or two more years right now.
Bell's problem is that he has always been the kind of player who can make a good team better, but he has never been the kind of player good enough to make a bad team good. And even when he was playing really well, which he did from time to time, you kind of didn't notice. He was never a "game changer", merely a pretty good player, who sometimes did really well, and sometimes not so well.
Talking of bellends, for several years now the comedians on the telly have been using this, to me, peculiar expression, to describe people they are not impressed by and are inclined to mock. But only now, wanting to add something to this posting, did I learn that the bellend is the head of the penis. Which presumably makes the bell … Blog and learn.
I've not been out much lately, but last Friday night I got to see Perry and Adriana's new version of indoors. That was the best photo I took, of a drying up cloth.
Click on that to see Adriana's trousers, of the sort that are presumably threatening all the time to get tighter.
I just sat down to do a BMdotcom posting, about some strange disruption inflicted earlier this evening upon the Royal College of Music by the London premiere of the new James Bond movie. While composing this posting, I realised that it would do nicely for Samizdata, so there it went. I don't do nearly enough for Samizdata these days.
The posting was based on something that Goddaughter 2 (now a student at the RCM) told me. And she also told me something else, this time not disturbing or of any public significance, but merely rather entertaining.
GD2 now inhabits a big building, full of rooms occupied by her and her fellow students. Lots of rooms. Lots of doors. All the doors looking like each other.
So, one of the ladies in a nearby room to GD2 has a boyfriend staying the night. Boyfriend needs a piss. Being a relaxed sort of individual, he strolls to the toilet, naked. It is deep into the night, and he expects not to encounter anyone, and he does not, at first. But then, problem. Which door is the door to the room of his lady friend? He does not remember. About four different wrong doors are opened, complete with people behind them, most of whom were surprised but amused, before the correct door is found.
If this was a movie, that would only have been the beginning of the mayhem and the reactions to being woken up by a naked man at the door would have been far more extreme than they actually were. But for me, this was mayhem enough to be very entertaining. Boyfriend wasn't bothered. Like I say, a relaxed sort of individual. And no harm at all came of this little nocturnal drama. Just a mildly entertaining blog posting, or so I hope.
A notable Brian has just died. Close.
Scyld Berry writes about the bravest man to ever play cricket:
The story was that when a ball hit him on the head at short-leg, he shouted "catch it!" Eric Morecombe joked that the start of the cricket season was the sound of leather on Brian Close.
RIP Tweet by Alan Butcher (which was how I learned about this):
Was once in a Roller with Brian Close. Went over a speed bump too quick. His head went clean through the roof upholstery.
Close was also one of the few men ever to make Boycott get a move on (see para 11).
He was a great England captain, briefly, but was then sacked for … well, for wanting to win too much, basically. Then reinstated briefly, much later. Should have been captain all that time.
Excellent piece in the Daily Mash about photography and its impact, entitled Everyone sad because of photo of thing that's been happening for months. I only just noticed this piece, probably because it didn't include a photograph:
It has been confirmed that everyone kind of knew the thing was happening, but now they are very sad and angry because there is a photo of it.
The thing about a photo is that a vivid photo can tell a story very quickly, this being why this particular one is getting around so much and being talked about so much. Not necessarily a true story, not straight away, but a story. And that's what you want, if you are The Media. The Media sell stories. Truth, factual and/or moral, is nice too, but not the essence of the product. That photos do their job well is not a "conscience" thing. It is a speed of communication thing. Photos communicate a lot very quickly.
The speed with which a picture tells a story is why I have so many photos here. This is a kitten blog. It doesn't take itself too seriously and it doesn't expect you to take it seriously, unless you want to. My photos don't consume your time, unless you want them to. Often, I only tell my stories here at all if I have a photo. It would take too long to explain with mere words, and anyway, what would be the point?
Headlines aren't necessarily true either. In fact, I would say that the biggest media lies are to be found in photos and in headlines. Photos typically lie, when they do lie, by omission. Headlines just lie, and you can often tell they're lies simply be reading the story under them.
Why do headlines lie? Because that often makes for a more appealing story. The truth is usually more mundane. But mundane doesn't get you eyeballs.


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The secret to good teaching
13.12.2016 | News
By: Gabriela D'Hondt
ETH Professor John Lygeros has won the CS Award for Best Teaching. The award winner is constantly developing innovative teaching concepts – and his students love it.
So what is the secret to good teaching? One person should know: John Lygeros, Professor of Control and Computation and Head of the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. He has already won the ETH Golden Owl teaching prize three times in the past and this year accepted the CS Award for Best Teaching at ETH Day.
Yet the award-winning professor admits that he has still not quite got to the bottom of the secret to good teaching: "I'm not yet sure what the best way to teach is. That's why I've spent my life researching and working on it." It is precisely this innovative drive that his students hold in such high esteem – but not just that. In a video, they explain why John Lygeros more than deserved to receive the CS Award for Best Teaching.
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CelticFest Mississippi wouldn't be a festival without its vendors! For the festival go-er, in addition to the multiple stages of music and dance, plus Heritage, Music, and Dance workshops, there are a variety of Celtic and specialty item vendors. There are also plenty of food and drink vendors to keep the appetite sated!
The Celtic Heritage Society runs a booth where CelticFest MS T-shirts, performers CDs, and other items can be bought. You can also become a CHS member at the booth.
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Our purpose is to provide both an educational and entertaining Celtic experience for those who attend all of our events. We accomplish this by bringing together national caliber headliners, the best regional Celtic musicians, dancers, artists and other performers as well as a great number of quality vendors and special events. We've enjoyed consistent growth since our first festival in 1991, and welcome the challenge to continue to expand and improve. Vendors are an important part of CelticFest Mississippi, and we hope that you will join us for this "little festival that could".
Scottish clans are also welcome to have a presence at CelticFest MS and should contact Harvey Kimble to coordinate the details: firstname.lastname@example.com; cell 601-672-1166.
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CelticFest Mississippi is an annual event held at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum since 1992, celebrating traditional music and dance of the Celtic nations including Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. The festival has featured performances from many well-known Celtic musicians and artisans over the years. It has now grown to a 3-day event with multiple music/dance stages, several workshop areas (workshops on dance, musical instruments, Gaelic language, genealogy, history, literature, Irish culture, Celtic art, etc.), public dances, singing and music sessions, an educational children's area, numerous Celtic exhibits, ample vending of food and Celtic specialty items. CelticFest has featured many internationally acclaimed artists including Paddy Keenan, Liz Carroll, Daithi Sproule, Billy McComiskey, Zan Mcleod, James Kelly, Mick Moloney, Seamus Egan, Eileen Ivers, Tim Britton, Ed Miller, Kieran O'Hare, Brendan Nolan, Cherish the Ladies, the Armagh Rhymers, and Chulrua.
CelticFest Mississippi is produced and sponsored by the Celtic Heritage Soceity, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, tax exempt organization dedicated to to study, promote, and preserve Celtic traditions and culture in Mississippi and the region, including music, dance, art, literature, language, and other activities native to Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Cornwall, and the Isle of Man. Many of the immigrants who settled in Mississippi were of Celtic extraction, by some estimates, ¾ of American southerners are descended from immigrants from Celtic lands. By its charter, membership in the CHS and participation in society functions are open to all. We encourage participation of all Mississippians in all CHS activities regardless of their own personal ethnic background.
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But, no rest for the weary. Literally.
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It was time for our muster drill. We grab our bright orange life jackets and head to our muster station to check in. I show my cabin card to the crew and move on to the station only to find one open seat. My Mann and I wouldn't be able to be together. I walk back towards My Mann who is pulling out his pockets finding nothing but pocket lent. Somewhere between our cabin and our muster station he's misplaced his cabin card. Darn muddled brains!
We finally get him checked in and together we go to find a place. One of the crew inside directs me to a seat, which I take. Getting myself seated and situated I look up to survey my surroundings. Lots of people with lots of bright orange, bulky life jackets. Then my eye catches something that doesn't belong there.
My sleepy brain has a difficult time trying to sort out what is wrong with what I my eyes are seeing. Across the way I see myself in the mirror only it isn't a mirror and it isn't me.
I focus my brain and my eyes a bit more and I think that it looks more like my sister sitting there.
I wave tentatively. She waves back.
Still stunned and not sure what has happened I ask, "What are you doing here?"
I had just spoken to her via phone and text. Not once did she say anything about being on a cruise! Not once in the last few months had she mentioned a thing about being on the same cruise!
|Photo taken by my sister's husband
Sneaky, sneaky, sister.
She found out. through my mom, that we were going on a cruise and then went about stealthfully to find out which ship and when we would be on it. She called the various cruise lines we use to see if we had booked and finally finding us booked the same cruise. She was so good that she even managed to get the cabin next to ours.
I could have saved her time and told her but I knew they had their sights on an Alaska cruise this year and I didn't want to be the reason they didn't go. It turns out that I am the reason they aren't going this year after all.
The extremes my sister will take to spend some time with me. I love her for it. The four of us enjoyed being together and relaxing for the week.
It was wonderful. I got to eat like a pig and come off the ship two pounds lighter than I went on. That was a nice surprise, too.
Have you had any surprises lately?


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Arabic Culture Day
On Wednesday, May 24th, Polish Naval Academy was celebrating an Arabic Culture Day to honor all Arabic students that are studying at the Academy and also to familiarize all academic community with the students.The event started with a lecture form two ex-ambassadors form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Also, there was a small exposition about the history of Arabic horses in Poland.During the coffee break guests could see an exhibition about the horses and also admire some pictures from private collection of our students. Also there was an original Arabic coffee and some sweets for tasting. After the break our students from all three countries: Kuwait, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave a presentation about their countries, culture, religion, military, customs and a regular day-by day life.The event ended at our canteen, where everybody could taste a traditional Arabic dishes prepared for real Arabic cooks especially for the Day.
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Visit of Polish clerical Moslem
On Thursday, April the 6th Polish Naval Academy held a visit of Polish clerical Moslem Tomasz Miśkiewicz – the Mufti of the Moslem Religious Relationship at the Republic of Poland. First, Mufti gave an open lecture about the history of Tatars and Muslims in Poland. After a lunch break Mufti met with foreign students. His Holiness gave a sermon in Arabic about 500 years of Islam on Polish lands and a restoration of Tatar religious parish after 1989 year.
Also, cadets were given some instructions about how to combine cadet`s duties with religious ones. Mufti also appealed for obeying the law of country of residence encouraging cadets to visit the Mosque in Gdansk.
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National Day of Kuwait
On 20th February at 0800 hrs, the community of the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia participated in the solemn assembly on the occasion of the National Day of Kuwait. In order to celebrate the National Day of Kuwait, the flags of Kuwait and the Republic of Poland were raised, the community heard national anthems and there was read the occasional order. Words of praise towards the Kuwait cadets directed Rector-Commandant Capt Prof. Tomasz Szubrycht.
On 25th February, Kuwait celebrates its National Day. This is an excellent opportunity to describe the history of this country. Kuwait has been ruled by the AL-SABAH dynasty since the 18th century. The threat of Ottoman invasion in 1899 prompted Amir Mubarak AL-SABAH to seek protection from Britain, ceding foreign and defense responsibility to Britain until 1961, when the country attained its independence. Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2nd August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led UN coalition began a ground assault on 23th February 1991 that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family returned to power in 1991 and established one of the most independent legislatures in the Arab World.
Today our Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia had possibility to celebrate for the second time in the history, the National Day of Kuwait. It was celebrated in a special way at the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, as 15 cadets of the second year continue their military studies and 37 cadets from Kuwait have started their studies on the first year. Despite many differences between our countries, we surely share the love for the sea and country.
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Space and satellite technologies – a new intercollegiate course
Starting from the summer semester of the academic year 2016/2017 we will begin education on the new course of the full-time second degree studies – Space and Satellite Technologies (TKiS). This is the intercollegiate course run in cooperation of Tri-City three universities: Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdynia Maritime University and the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia.
Recruitment process for that course will be conducted simultaneously at 4 faculties in all those three universities – at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gdańsk University of Technology, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Gdańsk University of Technology, at the Faculty of Electronics at Gdynia Martime Univeristy and at the Faculty of Command and Naval Operations and the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia.
Each of these faculties will offer their candidates and will conduct special education in case of certain speciality. Faculty of Command and Naval Operations will conduct education on that course in speciality Space and satellite applications in security systems (AKiSwSB). For each of the speciality classes will be held on all three universities, when the graduates of AKiSwSB speciality will receive a degree from the Faculty of Command and Naval Operations at the Polish Naval Academy.
On 10th February at the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia the authorities have presented the Poland's Strategic Concept for Maritime Security (SCMS). In the document, prepared by a task force working at the National Security Bureau (NSB), there has been presented, among others, the vision of Polish Naval Forces, including Polish Navy. The presentation took place at the conference organized by the Naval Academy and the National Security Bureau and it was dedicated to maritime security of the Republic of Poland.
SCMS consists of four parts devoted to the marine environment, maritime forces of the Republic of Poland, directions of development of their capacities and recommendations for their development. It is complemented with two appendices devoted to the legal order of the seas and oceans and the characteristics, international legal status and geopolitical situation in the Baltic Sea.
The strategic concept was developed by a task force, working since February 2016, led inicially by the Deputy Head of the NSB, Jarosław Brysiewicz and then replaced in November 2016 by Dariusz Gwizdała. The task force also consisted of Capt Prof. Tomasz Szubrycht, Rector-Commandant of the Polish Naval Academy, Capt (Ret) Prof. Andrzej Makowski of the same Academy, (Deputy Chairman), Brigadier General Jarosław Kraszewski, Director of the Armed Forces Supervision Department in NSB, three members of the think-tank Ships Building Council (Rada Budowy Okrętów): Cdr (Ret) Maciej Janiak, LtCdr (Ret) Cezary Cierzan and Szymon Hatłas (Secretary of the team and President of Gen. Józef Haller Institute), Sławomir Kamiński, D.Sc. and Agnieszka Adamusińska (NSB).
The National Day of Qatar
The National Day of Qatar falls on Sunday, 18th December. The Ambassador of Qatar in Poland, Saif MIDHADIM, invited the representatives of the Polish Naval Academy together with the Rector-Commandant the Qatarian cadets to the occasional event, which took place on 7th December, 2016 in the Sheraton hotel in Warsaw.
On 18th December Qatar celebrates his National Independence Day. In his history Qatar was two times under annexations: from 1872 to 1916 became included to Turkey, from 1916 to 1971 was under Great Britain protectorate. Given limited guarantees of the safety, the sheikh of Qatar was obliged not to keep diplomatic relations with any of dominant power without agreement of British government. The successor of the throne sheikh Chalifa ibn Hamad announced the full independence of the Qatar on 1st September, 1971. Two days later the arrangement with Great Britain lost his validity, and Qatar became an sovereign country. The same month Qatar was established a member of the United Nations Organization. In 2015, 10 cadets from Qatar became students of the Polish Naval Academy on 1st degree studies, major in Coast Guard. Among distinguished guests from the diplomatic corps and politicians there was also invited Irena Szewińska - polish Olympic medalist, who won
7 Olympic medals (3 gold).
The celebrations of the National Independence Day of Qatar at the Polish Naval Academy took place on Monday, 19th December at 0800 hrs as a formal assembly.
Cadet`s Day
On 29th November the solemn assembly took place in the Polish Naval Academy as the anniversary of the November Uprising, starting the academic celebrations of the Cadet`s Day. During the ceremony military students symbolically took over the command of the Academy. The honorable Rector function took cadet Andrzej Angel.
There were honorary guests invited: the Inspector of the Polish Navy Rear Admiral Mirosław Mordel, Vice-Admiral Stanisław Zarychta, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Flotilla of Ships Rear Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski, who was promoted on the degree by the President of the Polish Republic Andrzej Duda couple of hours earlier.
During the ceremony the best military students were awarded for achievements in science, sport, social activity and worthy representation of the Polish Naval Academy. Flowers were laid under the monument of the Heroes of Westerplatte.
Further celebrations of Cadet`s Day took place on 2nd December. It started with the elevation of the state flag with the honorable personnel of the school battalion after which a meeting with the Rector-Commandant was conducted.Later on the Sport Championships was carried out about the Honorable Rector Cup. The traditional Cadet's Ball was the culmination of the holiday.


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Strain-Detecting Composite Materials
These materials can be used in aerospace vehicles and aircraft, or in any application where monitoring total overload or localized strain is critical.
NASA Langley Research Center has developed a metallic material that can be embedded into structural alloys to enhance nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of a structure. Current NDE tools, such as eddy current probes and others, can have some difficulties detecting small flaws in certain materials and structures. Also, using them can be costly, time-consuming, and labor-intensive, often resulting in significant downtime in the case of examination of machinery and vehicles. This innovation is to embed particles that react to strain with easily detected acoustic emissions and change in magnetic properties.
Compositions Comprising Nickel-Titanium, Methods of Manufacture Thereof, and Articles Comprising the Same
These solid lubricant coatings provide reduced friction and wear to any lightly loaded sliding mechanism operating from cryogenic to 650 °C.
NASA's Glenn Research Center has developed high-temperature solid lubricant materials suitable for foil gas bearings that enable the commercialization of a broad array of revolutionary oil-free gas turbines, compressors, blowers, motors, and other rotating machines that can operate from cryogenic to redhot temperatures. These tribological (friction and wear) coatings and composite powder metallurgy material innovations have immediate and proven spinoff potential for high-temperature steam turbine control valves, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves, articulating ducts and piping joints, and other industrial and aerospace applications.
Preparation of Metal Nanowire Decorated Carbon Allotropes
This technology produces materials for a variety of applications in electronics, communications, catalysis, and optics.
NASA's Langley Research Center has created a new class of materials based on depositing nanometer-sized metal particles onto carbon allotropes. The method is scalable and relatively simple, and allows for control over the size and distribution of the metal particles in the substrate, adjusting the surface area to optimize specific thermal or electrical properties of the material. One promising nanocomposite material created consists of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with metal particles dispersed in a polymer matrix. Ribbons, tubes, and moldings of the nanocomposite were found to have novel intrinsic electrical characteristics that enable tunable dielectric constants with low loss factors. The decoupling and independent control of the two fundamental parameters offer a class of materials with the potential for finely tailored electronic properties. The novel methods enable materials that show promise for a variety of applications in electronics, communications, catalysis, and optics.
In Situ Mechanical Property Measurements of Amorphous Carbon-Boron Nitride Nanotube Nanostructures
Utilizing the full mechanical capabilities of individual nanotubes is a primary research goal in nanotube reinforced nanocomposite materials. Practical use of these nanomaterials requires creating stable and strong linkages between nanotubes without sacrificing their mechanical advantage. Cross-linking between shells via electron beam irradiation and application of large compressive forces have been studied and offer a viable approach to improve tube-to-tube load transfer and hence, mechanical properties. However, these approaches result in unwanted mechanical degradation and have limitations in scale-up for their applications to macroscopic nanocomposite materials.
Negative Dielectric Constant Material Based on Ion Conducting Materials
NASA Langley Research Center has developed a novel negative dielectric constant material based on ion-conducting materials. A negative dielectric constant material is an essential key for creating metamaterials, or artificial negative index materials (NIMs). NIMs have generated great attention due to their unique and exotic electromagnetic properties, and could be used for unique optical and microwave applications, including new methods of electromagnetic cloaking and extremely lowloss communications.
Non-Toxic Material Generates Electricity Through Heat, Cold Air
Imagine a body sensor powered by one's jewelry, or a cooking pan that charges a cell phone in a few hours.
Using a combination of the chemical elements calcium, cobalt, and terbium, University of Utah researchers created an efficient, inexpensive and bio-friendly material that generates electricity through a thermoelectric process involving heat and cold air.
Researchers Craft New Material That Could Improve LED Screens
Researchers working at the Ultrafast Laser Lab at the University of Kansas successfully created a new bilayer material, with each layer measuring less than one nanometer in thickness. The new material, that someday could lead to more efficient and versatile light emission, was made by combining atomically thin layers of molybdenum disulfide and rhenium disulfide.
Researchers Find 'Golden' Idea for New Wearables
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a way to "grow" thin layers of gold on single crystal wafers of silicon, remove the gold foils, and use them as substrates on which to grow other electronic materials. The discovery could lead to new wearable developments, including a smartphone that conforms entirely to one's wrist.
The Ultimate Tool for Characterizing Materials during Mechanical Tests and Validating FEA during Component Tests
The Digital Image Correlation Technology (DIC) is a non-contact 3D measurement tool that measures deformation and strain during material testing. DIC is a single system that replaces strain gages, accelerometers, LVDT's, string potentiometers, extensometers, laser trackers, and surface scanners. The results are full field, and presented as an experimental representation of a finite model.
Temperature-Regulating Fabrics Keep Babies Comfortable
Materials designed for spacesuits now regulate heat in baby clothes and blankets.
Spinoff is NASA's annual publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. This commercialization has contributed to the development of products and services in the fields of health and medicine, consumer goods, transportation, public safety, computer technology, and environmental resources.


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Author has written 2 stories for Pokémon.
Age: 17
Birthday: December 27, 1997
Hometown: Fresno, California
Sex: Female
Orientation: Irish, Native American, Arabic
School: Central High School
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Best Friends: Breana Marroquin. Jose Perdomo.
Hobbies: Reading, Watching Netflix, hanging with my friends, writing, drawing.
Books: To Kill A Mockingbird, Hamlet, Brave New World, Heart of Darkness, Frankenstein, Beowolf, Matched, The Fault in Our Stars, The house of night series, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Manga/Anime: uhhh Pokemon. thats it... hehe, yeah. OH and Avatar And Teen Titans.
Shows: Glee, Pokémon, Sherlock, The Fosters, Switched at Birth, Girl Code/Guy Code, Catfish
Movies: I cant really name and one or few movies that are my favorite. I love too many.
Actor/Actris: Jennifer Lawrence
Singer: Bruno Mars
Song: I'm Already There by LONESTAR
Game: Minecraft
Subjects: History, physics
Color: Blue
Shape: Uh...Square...I guess?
Animal: I love all animals
Favorite Time of Day: Any time between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Holiday: Halloween >:)
Something Crazy That I Did: One time my and my friend snuck out of the house at 2 in the morning and walked around town for about 2 hours with out getting caught.
Here's 100 random questions:
1) Are you in a relationship with somebody? yes I am
2) Do you hate more than 3 people? YEAH!!
3) How many houses have you lived in? Um, 4.
4) Favorite candy bar? Twix!
5) Favorite shoes? My boots
6) Have you ever tripped someone? No, they just didn't see my foot go out in front of them. Not my fault they're uncoordinated.
7) Least favorite school subject? Government
9) Do you own a Britney Spears CD? nope.
10) Have you ever thrown up in public? Yeah.
11) Name one thing that is always on your mind. If I look ok, and if people notice that I don't.
12) Favorite genre of music? I'm into all kinds.
13) What is your zodiac sign? capricorn
14) What time were you born? 8:28 am. exactly. not even kidding.
15) Do you like beer? Not really
16) Ever made a prank phone call? Hell yeah!
17) What is the most embarrassing CD you own? A Homemade CD of all the cheeta girl and Hannah Montana songs. ( I was really young when it was made)
18) Are you sarcastic? Yes, Yes I am.
19) What are your favorite colors? Blue, Silver, Black, Green
20) How many watches do you own? none
21) Summer or winter? Winter
23) Favorite color to wear? Dont care as long as its comfortable, and not a neon color, or orange/yellow
24) Pepsi or Sprite? Pepsi
25) What color is your cell phone? black
26) Where is your second home? Don't have one.
27) Have you ever slapped someone? yes
28) Have you ever had a cavity? A few.
29) How many lamps are in your bedroom? one.
30) How many video games do you own? A couple, but I suck ass at them
31) What was your first pet? A gold fish! but it died.
32) Have you ever had braces? nope
33) Do looks matter? yes and no. its hard to explain.
35) Name 3 teachers from your High School. Tainter, Wood, Moeshburger
36) American Eagle or Abercombie? American Eagle
37) Are you too forgiving? Yea
38) How many children do you want? 4
39) Do you own something from Hot Topic? No
40) Favorite breakfast meal? French toast!
41) Do you own a gun? Yes
42) Ever thought you were in love? Yes.
43) When was the last time you cried? last night
44) What did you do 3 nights ago? Made a music video for a class project
45) Olive Garden? La Panera? I have never been to either one.
46) Have you ever called your teacher mommy? yes, many times.
47) Have you ever been in a castle? not a real one.
48) Nicknames? Lina, Lin, Weenie
49) Do you know anyone named Bertha? No
50) Ever been to Kentucky? No
51) Do you own something from Banana Republic? No
52) Are you thinking about somebody right now? Yes i am. :)
53) Have you ever called someone Boo? yep!
55) Do you own a diamond ring? not a real one.
56) Are you happy with your life right now? somewhat
57) Do you dye your hair? no. but I want to
58) Does anyone like you? I would hope so.
59) What year were you born? 1997
60) What were you doing in May of 1994? I wasn't born so...
61) Do you own a Backstreet Boys CD? no ;-;
62) McDonalds or Wendys? McDonalds
63) Do you like yourself? somewhat
64) Are you closer to your mother or father? my mom
65) Favorite physical feature of the preferred sex? Hair, eyes, arms, chest
66) Are you afraid of the dark? no.
67) Have you ever eaten paste? No
68) Do you own a webcam? Yes
69) Have you ever stripped? Maybe, Maybe not
70) Ever broke a bone? nope
72) Do you chat on AIM often? idk what AIM is.
73) Pringles or Lays? Pringles!
74) Have you ever broken someone's heart? yes i have.
75) Rugrats or Doug? Rugrats
76) Full House or The Brady Bunch? Full House!
77) Did you like your high school guidance counselor? yea he's cool
78) Has anyone ever called you fat? no
79) Do you have a birth mark? a couple
80) Do you own a car? No,
81) Can you cook? Yep!
82) 3 things that annoy you:
1. Fake People
2. when people bring something up and then don't wanna talk about it
3. unexplainable questions and or stements. like "what does water taste like"
83) Do you text message often? 24/7
84) Money or love? Love
85) Do you have any scars? Yes
86) What do you want more than anything right now? my license
87) Do you enjoy scary movies? Yes!!!
88) Relationships or one night stands? Relationships
89) Big Red or Juicy Fruit? Juicy Fruit.
90) Do you enjoy greasy food? Sometimes.
91) Have you seen all the Rocky movies? not one
92) Do you own a box of crayons? Yes!
94) Who was the last person that said they loved you? my boyfriend
95) Who was the last person that made you mad? my hairdresser/mom
96) Who was the last person that made you cry? my boyfriend lol
97) Who was the last person that made you laugh? my best friend
98) Who was the last person that you fell for? my boyfriend
99) Who was the last person that instant messaged you? my boyfriend
100) Who was the last person that called you? my boyfriend
My Top 10 Pokemon Shippings:
*NOTICE: The shipping of Meowth and Pikachu is NOT cat-and-mouseShipping! its actually KrazyShipping! said so on the bulbapedia website! I here by CLAIM the name CAT-AND-MOUSESHIPPING.
Cat-and-mouseShipping: (i made this up. i think it would be really cute) The shipping of Zoey and Richie. hehe name is cuz' zoey has a Glameow and richie has a Pikachu. you know glameow is a cat pokemon, pikachu is a mouse... yeah. (I think it would be really cute!)
10. WishfulShipping- The shipping of Cilan and Iris. sadly, I don't really know Cilan and Iris. (the look kinda weird) But they sound like a cute couple...maybe.
9. VineShipping- The shipping of Ash'a Bulbasar and May's Bulbasar. I think it pretty cute!
8. ValleyShipping- The shipping of Ash's Charizard and Charla. perfect match!
7. RocketShipping- The shipping of Jessie and James. Also refered to as JAJL. Pretty cute but...
6. LagomorphShipping- The shipping of Buneary and Pikachu. I refer to it as BAPL (cuz its name is to hard to say! :P) Although sometimes i wished Pikachu was a girl, would make more since to me. but still adorable!
5. LuckShipping- The shipping of Brock and Lucy. refered to as BALL. (OMG! haha i just got that!) Brock Deservs Some LOVIN! Only one i think would work for him. but still super cute!
4. HandymanShipping- The shipping od Tracy and Daisy. I refer to it as TADL. one of the sweetest ones!!!
3. PenguinShipping- The shipping of Dawn and Kenny. I refer to it as DAKL. hehe I'm a sucker for the fall-in-love-with-your-best-friend kinda thing! BUT im not entierly against IkariShipping...
2. Contestshipping- The shipping of Drew and May. Refered to as DAML. and my second favorite.
1.PokeShipping(my fav!)- The shipping of Ash and Misty. Also refered to as AAML. The BEST SHIPPING EVER!
A LIST OF ALL SHIPPINGS (except cat-and-mouseShipping


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Featured Artists: Rose Cowles, Johnny Lee, Katherine Melanie
Jun 2 – July 17
About Rose Cowles
Rose Cowles paints because she can, and in her opinion there is nothing better than getting messy in the studio, losing track of time, and mucking about with a playful attitude, knowing that her trials and errors will often churn out the most amazing results. Cowles paints what she loves and prays along the way it will eventually all come together and translate a message of sincere joy, hope and gratitude through subject matter, words, colour, and glorious textures. Her passions are varied, however her desire to lift souls in a positive way is constant.
Rose Cowles is a Governor-General Award nominated Artist and has won many awards for both book illustration and and graphic design and has illustrated and painted on a full time basis out of her home based studio in Victoria BC for the past 25 yrs.
– Gilbert de la Frogponde" by Jennifer Rae
– Dog Tales" by Jennifer Rae
– I Know An Old Laddie" by Jean Little
– The Queen, The Bear and The Bumblebee" by Dini Petty
– The F Team" by Anne Laurel Carter
– The Mysterious You Series" with Kids Can Press
– The Amazing International Space Station" with Kids Can Press
– Puppies On Board" with Orca Books Publishing
– Science Detectives" with Kids Can Press
(Not all picture books are still in circulation)
– Recipient of two Silver Awards for illus. Studio Mag 1990
– Two Alcuin Awards for book cover design 1991 and 1997
– "GDC" Awards for book design and self promotion 1997
– Nominee for Governor-General Award (2000)
– Shortlist: 2003 Silver Birch Award
– Starred selection: Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2003
– Starred selection: Red Cedar Book Awards 2002-03
– Shortlist: 2005 Silver Birch Award
– Red Cedar Book Awards 2006
– Red Cedar Book Awards (2) 2008-09
– Peoples Choice award for 2D art in the International Women's Day Show through the Victoria Arts Council 2017
– Peoples Choice Award and Best in Show through the Victoria Art Councils "LOOK"show for 2D 2017
About Johnny Lee
Honoring the gift I was given, I draw in detail believing anything worth doing well takes patience, commitment and time. I choose realism, because for me it is a lot more challenging than doodling from my imagination. Chosen subjects evolve from memories I have as a boy.
A mother's story of her ancestry coupled with the impact a grandfather had on this boy still today. The act of illustrating gives me peace, stillness, freedom, sense of accomplishment, purpose and pride. It allows me to exit the conceptual make believe reality of society and enter a place where time, meaning, rules and logic do not exist.
I am humbled of how nature can channel creativity through a body to a page. Drawing is in my nature and may I never take it for granted.
About Katherine Melanie
I was born an artist and have developed my skills through various courses and valuable instruction.
My journey began in Winnipeg, Manitoba where I studied still life drawing, calligraphy, sculpture and Life Model drawing at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. I was fourteen years old.
Advertising Art Program at Red River College, where along with various classes I first studied photography. This was 1981, and film cameras were in use then. Working in a dark room with developer, fixer and water processing and enlarging machines was very exciting.
Art History at University of Manitoba.
I had the pleasure to teach photography at the Stz'uminus College, Ladysmith B.C.
I am a mother of two wonderful children who I draw much inspiration from the past 21 years.
I have had a career in dentistry for over 28 years.
Artists draw attention to details in life that sometimes are overlooked and make beauty out of nothing at all.
I am focusing on three exhibits at this time. They are all composed of digital photography and are capturing my heart through vision of our valuable elements of life.
Land Air Water
The pieces available in the Chemainus Theatre gallery now are part of my Land and Air series. Hope you enjoy the journey!
Featured Artist: IceBear
July 18 – Aug 26
About IceBear
IceBear is an Ojibway artist who now lives and works in the Cowichan Valley. An artist all his life, his work runs the gamut from from representational to abstract. His paintings and sculpture are
shown and collected internationally. His traditional, tribal home is Cape Croker, (Chippewas of Nawash) on the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada, but he now lives and works on Vancouver Island.
The Elders of his people call him a Dreamer, that is, one born to the task of transforming dreams, his own and others, into a visual reality. His work has helped individuals feeling lost, out of place, or disconnected from their roots to find their way home. Some of his paintings carry somewhat autobiographical elements, easily recognizable to other aboriginal people, because certain conditions are common to native people world wide. Other experiences may be familiar to all, being part of the human condition that we all share.
Respect for Mother Earth and all her creatures is omnipresent in my work. Again, this respect is something that all aboriginal people share, and more and more non native people are beginning to realize is important to the continued existence of humans and many other lifeforms on this planet.
IceBear chooses to paint primarily in acrylic, as he likes the vibrancy of the colours and the textural qualities he is able to achieve. but he on occasion also paints in oil or watercolour. Many of his paintings are available as limited edition giclees on canvas, by special order. IceBear sculptures have been created in wood, stone, cast bronze, and a eclectic mix of new high tech sculptural mediums and resins.


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