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When T-Mobile first released the HTC G1, many of the early adopters were Linux users and fans of open source. One of the most sought after features for Android, was the ability to gain root access to the G1. After root access was gained, users began creating their own custom builds of the Android operating system and even replaced the system bootloader. The most popular custom build, and the one I have flashed on my G1, was released by JesusFreke. Since his first release months ago, JesusFreke has continued to push out new builds each time an official update is sent out from Google.
We were lucky enough to sit down with JF for a few minutes and get his thoughts on Android and the future of his releases. If you are interested in learning more about "rooting" your phone, read to the end of the article where I include the appropriate links. Root access is suggested for advanced users only. You can break your phone if you do not know what you are doing.
Android and Me: What are your thoughts on Android as a mobile platform?
JesusFreke: I really like that it is open source. I would say that was the #1 reason that I bought the phone. It's unfortunate that we can't currently build from source an equivalent build to the officially released ones, but it sounds like it will get to that point eventually. I really hope they make it so that we can at least run the Google apps on our own custom builds. I think a *lot* more people would be running a custom build if we could.
AAM: What inspired you to release your own builds for Google Android? Do you have a history of hacking phones or releases for other platforms?
JF: It was mostly a case of being in the right place at the right time, with the right knowledge. I had pre-ordered my G1 so I was one of the first people to get one. At first, we didn't know about the infamous "root bug" of course, so once I had got my phone, I was bummed that I didn't have root access. I spent some time looking around in the source, trying to find some way to get root. One of the areas that I had investigated heavily was the recovery image, so I had become familiar with it. A week or two later, the root bug was found and everyone was happy that they could get root on their phone. Then the dreaded RC30 came out which fixed the root bug. Since I was already familiar with the recovery image and how the updates worked, I was ready to dissect the RC30 update and create a new one with root access re-enabled. Shortly after my first "root-enabled" RC30 update, I released another version with a few more modifications and features.. and I just kept going from there.
I don't have any experience with other mobile platforms. The G1/Android is my first "smart" phone, and the first phone/mobile community that I've been an active member of.
AAM: How would you rate Google's relations with open source developers in respect to Android?
JF: I think it's awesome that you can connect to #Android on freenode and talk to some of the very same developers that work on Android. Not to mention all the Android related google groups. There are certainly still some rough spots to be sanded out with their support for open source (can't use google apps on builds from source), but I definitely feel that they are headed in the right direction in this area.
AAM: Can you share with us what you do when you are not are not writing code?
JF: I have some unusual hobbies. I enjoy unicycling, slacklining, playing the didgeridoo and playing various types of percussion – my current focus is on the Indian tabla. I also enjoy reading, mostly fantasy and science fiction books, and listening to various forms of world music (among other things).
AAM: Over 100k users have visited the forums where your Android releases were first posted. Do you have any idea how many people have downloaded and are running your work?
JF: Based on the downloads on the various mirrors that I release my firmware on, my best guesstimate is around 5k people.
AAM: I have seen quite a few users send you donations in appreciation for your work. Has this altered the amount of time you spend on your releases?
JF: Yeah, I've received a fair amount of donations, and I'm very appreciative to those who choose to donate. It does not affect the amount of time I spend though. This is a "fun" hobby project for me. I do it because I enjoy doing it, and the amount of time I put into it reflects that. For me, that usually means periods of very intense activity, followed by breaks of low activity as I recover.
AAM: Multi-touch is one of the features that got a lot of people interested in rooting their phones. Will you continue to add new functionality to the G1 when possible?
JF: Yes, I will continue to add functionality where it's possible. Currently we are limited to what types of functionality we can add, because we can't rebuild some of the components from source. Or rather, we can't build them in a way that is compatible with the official releases. The multi-touch stuff was mostly done by lukehutch. He, ryebrye and zinx found a way to implement the underlying multi-touch support with changes just in the kernel, which is one of the components that we *can* rebuild from source. They also made changes in the Browser application to use the new multi-touch support.
AAM: Do you have any future plans for your releases you can share with us? Will we be seeing an auto-updater in the next major release?
JF: I don't plan to include an auto-updater in my build, but there is one that is being developed that users will be able to install from the market. In general, I don't include Android applications in my builds, at least not ones that can be installed seperately, because I think it's better to give the user the choice to install it or not. Additionally, when I include an application in the firmware, it makes it harder to upgrade or uninstall it. Finally, space in /system is at a premium, so it's better to have applications like that installed normally, so they are stored in /data on the phone, rather than /system.
The 2 exceptions are the Superuser application, because it provides a more secure way to get root access on the phone, and the Terminal Emulator application, which I consider an "essential" application.
I would definitely like to add the ability to restore backups directly from recovery mode, instead of having to use fastboot to do the restore. Other than that, I only have a few minor changes currently planned, but nothing too major.
If you would like to follow the progress of JesusFreke and his releases please check out his blog. If you are interested in rooting and flashing your phone, head over to the XDA-developers forum. Please share your experiences and questions with rooting in the comments.


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Budget cuts denied at contentious Rindge deliberative sessionBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
February 02. 2013 1:27PM
RINDGE – An attempt by the Budget Advisory Committee to cut the budget by about $100,000 failed to pass at the Deliberative Session held at Rindge Memorial School Saturday, but served to aggravate voters, who said they are tired of the adversarial tone of town officials.
The motion to amend made by Budget Advisory Committee Chairman Tom Coneys to reduce the proposed 18-month budget of $5,424,329 by $104,329 failed by secret ballot, 66-39.
The 105 voters represent 2.5 percent of the town's 4,131 registered voters.
Coneys proposed the amendment, saying cuts could be made to staffing, employee hours and employee contributions to health- and dental-care premiums.
He said the town was increasing the accountant's hours and adding an additional position to the town. He also said a $40,000 savings could be found by a modest increase to employee contribution to health insurance and that employee pay no part of their dental premiums, which if they did could save the town $10,000. The town could further save another $15,000 by cutting six hours a week from the town dump operating hours.
"We're not trying to slam anybody. We know everybody that works here, but the taxpayers can't bear the whole cost," Coneys said.
"Some of the facts you are making are just not right, Tom. You can't make facts without looking into it," Selectman Jed Brummer said.
Town Administrator Carlotta Lilback Pini said she was blindsided by what she called an "11th hour" amendment by the committee that had numerous opportunities to raise the issue during the budgeting process. She also admonished the committee for not meeting with department heads to learn about the different needs and issues of different town departments during the budget process.
Pini also said Coneys had his facts wrong, saying employees pay 20 percent of their dental premium costs.
"I think this just demonstrates these people haven't having done their homework. It's just a shame," Pini said.
Other Budget Advisory Committee members and some voters spoke against the increasing employee salaries and benefits, while some town officials and employees spoke in support of town employees, both warning of an exodus of from the town of either employees who couldn't get fair pay or taxpayers who couldn't afford to stay.
Some voters decried the process taking place at the Deliberative Session.
"I'm embarrassed by the proceedings," said voter Evie Goodspeed. "I think this adversarial environment has grown. … I don't feel that any of you are representing me. This isn't about all the employees, it's about the residents paying the bill."
In the end, the amendment failed in a secret-ballot vote and the budget moved to the town warrant unamended.
The $1.5 million bond article to fund part of the town's transition to an 18-month budget also moved to the town warrant with a minor clarification.
A warrant article to rescind the change from a calendar year budget to a fiscal year budget also moved to the warrant unamended.
The Select Board had added the article to the warrant on Monday saying some voters were unaware last year when they voted to convert to a fiscal year budget that it would require an 18 month budget in order to make the switch.
Selectwoman Roberta Oeser spoke in favor of the article saying the town officials had not made it clear last year that there were financial implications attached to that vote.
If the 18-month budget is passed, taxpayers would see a $400 to $500 bump in taxes this year. That would be spread out over five years if the bond is approved.
Former Selectwoman Pat Barry, though, said she opposed the warrant article, saying Rindge voters are intelligent and knew what they were voting for last year.
"I think that's a very slippery slope when we open that can of worms," Barry said.

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|2012-03-07, 15:11
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Yumin is also another instance of an "older" woman we have seen already in the anime. She is presented as someone on the edge of being superseded by the upcoming younger generation. So the turning point in the match for Yumin is the moment when she refuses to go along with the usual story, where older women exist to set the stage for the young, who win glory and victory on the strength of their youth. Yumin's win underlines the author's basic sympathy for older women. In this respect, Suetsugu-sama is very much writing against the conventions of a large portion of manga and anime written today.
It would be interesting to go back and reevaluate the main characters in terms of this contrary point of view. One could think Chihaya and Taichi's good looks and Chihaya's exceptional reflexes rather tell against them, as signs of the privilege of youth. Conversely, Taichi's words about putting in effort on the tatami and about making himself into someone who does not run away reflect the values of experience and endurance that define the lives of those have grown through and beyond youth. Arata's care for his grandfather fulfills women's wishes that sons should equally fulfill the responsibility of caring for the elderly usually shouldered by the daughters. A lot that transpires in the anime makes new sense I think if you look at the show from the perspective of this sympathy for older women.
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|2012-03-07, 15:30
|Link #1322
Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
Taichi and Arata are both what might be called "old souls" - especially Taichi. He's responsible, neurotic and relfective. Chihaya by contrast is the virtual embodiment of youth both inside the ring and out - self-centered, innocent, not very self-aware, athletic and impetuous.
While both Yumin and Sakura are older women (and both defeated Chihaya) I think they're at very different places in their Karuta journey. Sakura is clearly well past her prime, a "ceremonial" player playing for the love of the game and what might have been. Yumin is only one year removed from being Queen, and at a crossroads - will Karuta continue to be an important part of her adult life, or will she go the way of Sakura? She's still young and athletic enough (and free of responsibilities enough, presumably) to rededicate herself to being elite, if she so chooses.
|2012-03-07, 16:31
|Link #1325
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|2012-03-07, 16:59
|Link #1326
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 31
Of course, everything would be easily solved if they added referees. What happens when players can't agree on who should get a card anyway?
|2012-03-07, 17:57
|Link #1327
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
I'm no karuta player, but I don't think I'd mind getting trounced by Shinobu. She's just plain better than everyone else. Fine. But I don't think I'd want to even play in the same room as Yumin. She's not just annoying - the thought that she's getting by on dishonesty is just shameful.
|2012-03-07, 20:17
|Link #1328
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
First card
With the pinky, like she said.
Second card
It's unclear whose hand it is until next frame where we see that Chihaya's hand is the one that was late.
So it seems despite being annoying, the old lady was honest on both accounts. I'm glad that at least Chihaya lost fair and square, it would have sucked to lose to a cheater.
|2012-03-07, 20:35
|Link #1329
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Can we stop calling Yumin an old lady. Didn't she just graduate college? Maybe she is old compared to the high school kids but she isn't that old.
Gosh this thread is making me feel old and I am older than Yumin.
But thanks very much for the screen caps Byakou, those were very helpful in clearing up that Yumin did not cheat. She knew it was her card and she fought for it.
|2012-03-07, 22:27
|Link #1330
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Lost in a delusional world.
So she regained her passion and managed to come back. I like how this show is progressing, honestly this probably could've happened realistically speaking.
Ayase choked in the middle of the match and lost despite the lead she had, that happens in pretty much anything competitive.
Now the problem is, she doesn't love karuta, but loves competitive karuta. The notable difference is that they both lead you down two entirely separate roads. One being the road of her former victor, Sakura, or the road everyone else tries to follow, becoming queen/master.
But her speed and sharp reflex's prove otherwise, she has the talent but doesn't have the mental build. Unfortunately not a lot of people have the mental build, and those that do don't necessarily need talent. This is what I think Harada tried to teach her by telling her to stop relying on her speed, and focus on overcoming the barrier that made her lose important matches. Combine the two and your good, remove the mental strength and no matter how much talent you have you'll always lose.
I see Arata as the complete opposite of Chihaya, he's mentally prepared but doesn't rely on talent. And by that I mean, the mental block that clouds Chihaya as she plays, doesn't happen to Arata since he doesn't care about the outcome. He obviously wants to win but he doesn't put as much pressure to what happens if he doesn't, as Chihaya tries so hard not to lose that it has the opposite effect. And at the moment I could definitely see Arata holding more than just his weight against Hisashi.
The show feels like their trying to view a modern karuta players perspective and the mental struggles that occur through their daily matches. And I find it's really well thought out, I'd prefer such an outcome rather than an unrealistic scenario where Chihaya becomes queen, and the mains succeed against overwhelming odds.
|2012-03-08, 04:10
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Join Date: Mar 2011
|2012-03-08, 09:40
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Lost at Sea
Join Date: Mar 2010
Thinking on Guardian Enzo's comment about Yumin and Sakura being at different points of a career in karuta, I noticed that the female characters in Chihayafuru comprise a trajectory of age, starting with Chihaya as a child, and then going on to Chihaya as a teen, to Shinobu, to Yumin, and finally to Sakura.
No one wins forever--not even Shinobu. So human life is imperfectly characterized by victories in karuta. Loss, rather, is the true universal. Experiencing, facing, and dealing with loss is the place where human victories are found. That is why the anime is closing on such an ambivalent note, with defeats of the principal characters on the tatami. Suetsugu-sama pursues the deeper, more difficult victories, the quiet greatness of Taichi's words to Harada-sensei. In the end everyone loses, everything is taken away--yet for all this people still refuse to run away. Defeated, they become noble; by tragedy, they become great.
At its heart Chihayafuru carries a wisdom too deep for tears.
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|2012-03-08, 15:52
|Link #1335
cho~ kakkoii
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
As the say, you can learn about a person about his/her true self in adversity. She should be a better player if she can keep her self together and come out of it well enough to move on. There is one thing Chihaya has done consistently is that all her opponent come alive when they play against her. She is special, but we already know that!
|2012-03-08, 23:56
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Seriously, I feel sorry for the former queen. She has low self esteem. She knows she's too average, and she's the one who gets ignored. She somehow does well in karuta. She continues to play karuta because she knows someone will care about her. Her teacher will care about her, as long as she continue to play karuta. Although he has the bad personality, he is a good teacher. So, she works hard. The public view is that she becomes a office lady, so she loses the precious time for practice. She knows it's not the case. Besides, students are busy with their work, too. She is overwhelmed by Shinobu and loses the confidence.
Chihaya has the high respect for the former queen, although she's dethroned. Chihaya notices her victory is the result of the hard work. However, Chihaya still can't believe it. The victory at her grasp is overturned later.
It raises an interesting question. Chihaya witness her success to win the title, but Chihaya misses the lossing title match. Because Chihaya didn't recognize Shinobu, it meant she did not watch the national TV from previous year. How can a kaurta mania as Chihaya will miss the most important event of the year? I also notice this manga has covered emotions for many players, for winning and losing. It's more than sports anime.
|2012-03-12, 14:35
|Link #1337
Lost at Sea
Join Date: Mar 2010
The episode takes its title from the 9th waka of the Hyakunin Isshu. Mostow translates the poem as follows:
The color of the flowers
has faded indeed
in vain
have I passed through the world
while gazing at the falling rains.
The Crunchyroll translation "Just as My Beauty has Faded" presumably alludes to Yumin's age, since the episode portrays her to a degree as someone whose interest in karuta has faded since her loss to Shinobu.
But the poem might refer better to Chihaya, and to the situation she finds herself in with her loss. All her effort at karuta has been focused on becoming queen, and now that dream has been suddenly and unexpectedly derailed. So it may be she who finds that "in vain / have I passed through the world." More, Chihaya's stunned and sightless stare echoes the senseless "gazing at the falling rains" of the final line. The despair the poem articulates is the challenge that Chihaya's defeat leaves her at the close of the episode. In a sense, the episode ends on a cliffhanger: how will Chihaya respond to her loss? How will her friends react? All of that is left for the next episode.
I confess Chihaya's defeat has left me with a certain listlessness, so I will forgo more analysis of the cards this week. The significance of Yumin's win for the overall story arc escapes me. The narrative begins to take on the depressing character of real life, where life is just "one damned thing after another."
|2012-03-13, 10:10
|Link #1338
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: United States of America
Age: 27
Well, that was an interesting episode in that we got to see it from the PoV of someone who hasn't been in the main cast at all.
But I loved Yumin so it was all cool. She is actually my idol among the women in this show now. I could care less about deified talented players or youthful dreamers or people full of confidence and with a plan of action all the time. I sympathize much more with tenacious workers who aren't exactly brimming with confidence all the time but manage to hang on nonetheless. They are just that much more real, real as in seeing the flaws with the world and themselves but coping with it nonetheless. They will have to battle all their life with the possibility of eventually giving in to despair, of becoming nothing but a whiner, but so long as they don't do it, they are awesome.
I severely disagree with those posters who think contesting every close call is dishonest. Contesting every close call is what separates the passionate and the sincere from the weak-willed and the insincere. Sportsmanship includes being serious about the sports and that means contesting what you believe should have been yours. There are many things wrong with claiming that Yumin is cheating just because she contests all close calls, the first of them being the assumption that she contests even when she knows for sure that the card wasn't hers.
I say it is the duty of every player who respects the sports to contest a call if they are either sure that they deserved the point or if they are unsure as to who should get it. The only time it'd be dishonest, cheating and disruptive would be if you contested something you know for sure that you didn't win. And that is a thing nobody can do with as much confidence and with as much detail as Yumin did with her calls.
Besides, Chihaya wasn't anywhere near as confident as Yumin that she touched the cards first and yet she tried to take them. Why isn't she being harped on for being dishonest instead? It's kind of redundant to try and defend her point here when she couldn't manage to make a case for it herself, don't you think?
|2012-03-13, 15:21
|Link #1340
That ending ... reminded me of what a softie I am
I'm a little let down that there wasn't a match shown in detail, but was still a nice episode. You can really see how close everyone is now.
Taichi keeping an eye on the depressed Chihaya and what followed was simply lovely. Why, why do they all have to be so adorable?
I'll be so sad once the anime ends
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Get ready, presidential swing states. Now the campaign ad crush -- and TV spending spree -- really begins.
The TV ad war for the 2012 presidential contest, its total spending expected to swell to $1.1 billion, is set to start anew now that both party conventions are over and the two-month sprint to the general election is under way. Just over a third of that amount has been spent so far, according to the Kantar/Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks campaign ad spending.
That means the campaigns and independent groups will spend more on the air in the final eight weeks of the presidential contest than they did in the first five months.
The biggest change is on the Republican side, with Mitt Romney now free to tap millions in general election funds he had collected but could not spend until becoming the party's official nominee. With that accomplished, the GOP's already significant spending advantage over President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies will grow larger still -- the first time in history an incumbent president will have been outspent on the air by his opponents.
While the level of spending may be eye-popping, the playing field is even narrower. National polls show Obama and Romney in a virtual dead heat, but only eight states are considered true battlegrounds: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. Obama carried all of them against Republican John McCain in 2008, but they are too close to call for now.
Flush with new cash, the Romney campaign moved quickly to take advantage -- pouring nearly $5 million into a new ad campaign across those states beginning this weekend after being dark for nearly two weeks. A series of state-specific ads hit Obama on defense spending, business regulations and housing, while another ad uses President Bill Clinton's words from the 2008 primary race against Obama.
A proliferation of Republican-leaning independent groups led by the two-pronged juggernaut American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS kept Romney in the game throughout the summer while he regrouped from a bruising GOP primary contest that tapped considerable campaign resources. Priorities USA Action, the only significant pro-Obama super PAC, has been far outpaced by the conservative-leaning groups.
Those and other independent groups emerged after the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case in 2010 loosened campaign finance laws, allowing wealthy individuals to spend unlimited sums on political activity as long as they stay separate from the campaigns themselves. The Crossroads groups are backed by former President George W. Bush's longtime political counselor Karl Rove, while Americans for Prosperity, another pro-Romney group, was founded by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.
Together, the Crossroads groups spent about $66 million on ads through the end of August. The vast majority -- $58 million -- came from Crossroads GPS, which is organized as a social welfare group under tax laws and thus does not have to disclose its donors. AFP, which also does not disclose its donors, spent $35.2 million during that time.
The Obama campaign spent $166 million on ads through Aug. 30, compared with $74 million by the Romney campaign and $22 million by the Republican National Committee. But now, with Romney's general election resources unleashed and the Republican-leaning groups continuing to air ads backing his candidacy, the Obama campaign will be all but swamped on the air.
"It will be no holds barred on the Republican side. All that money the Obama campaign has been expecting Romney to spend on ads will finally start to flow," Kantar/CMAG vice president Elizabeth Wilner said. "The Obama campaign is betting on their message, while the Romney campaign is betting on tonnage."
Obama campaign officials acknowledged Friday how outmatched they are by Republicans on TV but said they had enough money to compete. They also pointed to their sophisticated ground organizing efforts, saying their ability to identify voters and get them to the polls would in part offset their advertising disadvantage.
Romney and the independent groups spent $245 million on ads through the end of August while Obama and his allies spent $188 million, according to information from media buyers provided to The Associated Press. Obama's team front-loaded its ad spending in the spring, but Republicans caught up in June and began outspending Obama by mid-July -- often by a 2-1 margin.
Republicans abandoned their efforts in Michigan and Pennsylvania after hoping to make those Democratic-leaning states competitive for Romney. The GOP hopeful was born in and grew up in Michigan, where his father served as a popular two-term governor. And Pennsylvania has a large population of white, working-class voters, which has long been one of Obama's weakest demographic groups. A significant shift in momentum for Romney could put those and other states back in play.
Carl Forti, a top adviser to the Crossroads groups and Restore Our Future, another pro-Romney super PAC, said the battleground map "absolutely" could expand and that, if it does, the Republican-leaning groups will be eager to take advantage.
"For people who have only partially been paying attention until now, we have an opportunity to win them over," Forti said. "As long as they're disgruntled with the current president, they'll continue to look elsewhere."
Both sides are eyeing Wisconsin as a potential new battleground after Romney named Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. Americans for Prosperity and Restore Our Future each spent about $2 million there earlier in the campaign after Republicans beat back a Democratic- and union-backed effort to recall GOP Gov. Scott Walker. Priorities USA Action has recently begun airing ads in Wisconsin, where polls still show Obama leading Romney.


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Peucang Island, The Truly Secluded Paradise Of Ujung Kulon
Nestled within the Ujung Kulon National Park by the Panaitan Strait in the Pandeglang Regency, Peucang Island is truly a secluded paradise located at the most western edge of Java Island. Surrounded by a soft white sandy beach, clear blue waters, and enchanting coral reefs, Peucang promises serenity for whoever steps on its sands.
Located in the province of Banten, the island of Peucang covers a total area of around 450 hectares, and is home to a variety of species of wild animals such as monkeys, hornbills, monitor lizards, wild boars, toucans, sea hawks, and more. The most notable of these is the barking deer that are found abundantly around the island. These indigenous dwellers of the island are also what have given the island its name, since "Peucang" in the local Sunda language stands for barking deer.
The population of wild life in Peucang Island is well preserved due to the lack of predators here. The geographical profile of Peucang Island can be described as lowland with vast primary vegetation consisting of a mix of diverse aged trees and grassland with thick shrubberies. This unique feature is the reason why Peucang Island is considered a haven for its wildlife.
Like most of the Ujung Kulon National Park area, Peucang Island was also severely battered by the historical eruption of Mount Krakatau in 1883. Almost no flora and fauna survived the calamity of the eruption and the tsunami that followed. However, one particular tree did survive and still lives to this very day in the forest of Peucang Island. The tree which is classified as a Fig Tree (Ficus sp) is called the "Kiara" Tree and is estimated to be over 1 century old.
This spectacular tree has an amazing diameter equal to a circle made by over 30 adult humans. The Kiara Tree is also commonly known as "Strangling Tree" since it absorbs its resources from a host tree as if slowly "strangling" the host tree until it eventually dies. The fruits from the Kiara tree are consumed and carried by primates and birds who later drop the remnants on the branches of the host tree. Over time the seeds of the Kiara tree would grow on these branches as well as its roots which would continue to grow downwards until they reach the soil. The roots will continue to grow until the host tree dies and is replaced completely by the Kiara Tree.
Below the surface of its clear waters, the enchanting coral gardens with their diverse sea creatures are a perfect venue for snorkeling by the beach or diving at the various dive spots. Among some of the dwellers of Peucang Island underwater realm are butterfly fish, angel fish, clown fish, cockatoo fish, and a whole lot more. The most favorite spot for diving is at Karang copong at the western end of the island. However, diving here can only be undertaken by experienced professional divers since it has strong currents due to its location near the Indian Ocean.
The island also features a tropical forest which is great for trekking and observing wildlife. When evening nears, the beach presents spellbinding scenery and mesmerizing colorful ambience of the sun setting on the horizon.
Peucang Island serves as base camp and staging point for those who wish to explore deeper into the Ujung Kulon National Park. It is for this reason, that on this small island you will find accommodation and supporting facilities.
The Peucang Island Eco Resort has a number of lodges with a total of 23 rooms. Each lodge has spacious rooms and porches. The Resort applies nature-friendly concepts and does not, therefore, utilize air-conditioning.
Peucang Island Eco Resort
Jl. Pembangunan 3 No. 81 Neglasari, Tangerang 15121
The island with all its marvels above and below the surface offers a wide range of activities including: Trekking, boating, canoeing, wildlife observation, diving, snorkeling, surfing, camping, and more.
Peucang can only be reached by boat from Sumur Dock or Tanjung Lesung Resort, or by fast boat from the tourist centre of Carita beach. The boat trip from Sumur Dock to Peucang Island takes approximately 3-4 hours depending on the weather and the waves, and will cost around IDR 1,500,000 to IDR 2,000,000. Whereas, from the capital city Jakarta, it will take a little over 4 hours to reach Sumur by car.
If you plan to venture into the forest you should wear long trouser and covered footwear (not sandals).
When walking on the island, you need to watch out for monkeys since they will occasionally try to pick some of your belongings such as hats, sunglasses, cameras, or others.
For more information you can contact:
The Office of the Ujung Kulon National Park
Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan No.51 ,Labuan
Pandeglang, Banten
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A calm forest in the Eifel, nature reserve, in winter.
In times of an endless flood of images and greed for perfection I see the necessity to look into an entirely different direction: The images is not enough, it is the abstraction and the individual view of the beholder, together they reach into and below the surface of customary patterns of conception. In this case abstraction is focused on the reduction to certain facts, forms and objects but not as an experience of pure non-objectivity. The imagination of the viewer supplements what is absent; what thematically is not dissolved receives, an invisible layer through the observer. The combination of visual perception and communication is one of my incitements in finding new motives and conceptions for photographs. A picture hast o tell a story or a picture hast to build a story in the beholders mind. In a world, that is powered by "faster, higher, further", I see a progress in pausing. To create pictures and visual spaces wich invite the observer to dwell, to linger, almost to contemplate, are my objectives. EXHIBITIONS 97.2013 - 09.2013 New York "The Story of the Creative" 09.2013 Sustenuto, Bruxelles Single-Exhibition "Transitus Essence" 05.2013 efunktion, Köln Group-Exhibition "Zaghafte Konsequenz" 08.2009 – 11.2009 Provence, Cologne Single-Exhibition "Stairs"


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John Swanson, 82 - January 31, 2007
John H. Swanson, 82, of Cozad, formerly of Gothenburg, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at the Golden Living Center in Cozad.
Services were held on Friday, Jan. 26, at the Berryman Funeral Home Chapel at Cozad with the Rev. Larry Milliken officiating. Burial was at the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Swanson was born on Jan. 16, 1925, at Gothenburg, to Levi and Ada Lindberg Swanson. He was raised north of Gothenburg and attended rural school.
He served in the United States Army during World War II, at Normandy, France and Belgium. He was captured in Germany and was a POW for five months. He was awarded the Good Conduct medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman badge and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign medal with three bronze stars.
In 1946, he married Rose Maline at Norton, KS. The couple made their home in Gothenburg until 1969, when they moved to Cozad. He was employed with Coop at Gothenburg and Cozad.
Swanson was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Gothenburg.
He enjoyed gardening, yard work and coin collecting, according to family members.
Swanson was preceded in death by: four brothers—Elmer, Ronnie, Billy and Stanley.
Survivors include: his wife, Rose of Cozad; four sons—Galen (Patti) and Larry, all of Cozad, Dan (Michelle) of Oconto and Jim (Carolyn) of Omaha; a daughter, Jodie Eckerdt of Loveland, CO; brother, Harold Swanson of Omaha; sister, Betty Williams of Greeley, CO; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Gothenburg.
Condolences to the family may be shared online at berrymanfuneralhome.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East told senators for the first time Tuesday that he had envisioned keeping about 20,000 troops in Afghanistan after combat operations end in 2014, far more than the number the Obama administration and NATO are considering.
Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, said he personally recommended the U.S. leave 13,600 troops in Afghanistan and that he assumed the NATO allies would probably contribute "around 50 percent" of the U.S. total, which would be roughly 6,500.
"We have to send a message of commitment," Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
U.S. and NATO leaders said last month that they may keep between 8,000 and 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after combat troops leave by Dec. 31, 2014. At a NATO meeting in Brussels, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged the range being considered, but noted that no final decision has been made.
Panetta said that most allied defense ministers assured him they were committed to remaining part of a U.S.-led coalition after combat forces leave Afghanistan.
Pressed by senators Tuesday about the possible reduction of troops over time after 2014, Mattis said he would not want to forecast a specific troop withdrawal timetable through 2018 because war is unpredictable.
"My concern is that at the end here we're going to drop the ball and I don't want to do that," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Mattis responded that, "if the Afghan security forces continue to mature the way they have been and we hold them at that full strength into 2018, there may be more reductions we can take."
U.S. and NATO leaders have said they are strongly considering a plan to continue funding a security force of 352,000 Afghan troops through 2018, as part of an effort to maintain security and help convince Afghanistan that America and its allies will not abandon it once combat troops leave in 2014, senior alliance officials said Thursday.
Associated Press reporter Sagar Meghani contributed to this report.


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BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — The City Council in a former mining community-turned-artist's haven in rural southeastern Arizona voted Tuesday night to approve an ordinance to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples.
The measure — approved on a 5-2 vote following an emotional three-hour hearing — makes Bisbee the first Arizona city to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, giving the couples the rights now enjoyed by married couples.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has said the ordinance would be unconstitutional, and has promised to go to court to block it.
The ordinance said the city of about 5,600 people wants to end "discriminatory practices against members of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community" so that couples could have lasting and meaningful relationships regardless of sexual orientation.
The measure allows same-sex couples to go to City Hall and pay $76 — the same cost of a marriage license in Cochise County — to enter into a civil union, The Sierra Vista Herald reported. The city clerk would then issue the couple a certificate of the civil union.
Earlier Tuesday, Bisbee City Attorney John MacKinnon said the ordinance's impact would only apply to things within the city's control. That includes city personnel policies and the city cemetery, he said. Others will decide how the ordinance might apply to things outside the city's direct control, such as the hospital, he said.
"We can't as a small jurisdiction in southeastern Arizona change everything in Arizona," he said before the meeting.
More than 100 people attended Tuesday's crowded meeting. The Bisbee Fire Chief, citing worries over a fire hazard, eventually ordered people to leave the building after some attendees began sitting on the floor. People then stood outside City Hall, gazing through open windows at the proceedings.
In advance of the meeting, a conservative Christian advocacy group said the ordinance would violate Arizona's ban on same-sex marriage and would be the subject of a costly legal fight.
In a letter sent Monday, the Phoenix-based Center for Arizona Policy said Bisbee's ordinance attempted "to do an end-run" around the state's marriage laws.
MacKinnon said the group was equating civil unions with marriage. "I don't think that's necessarily the case," he said.
Horne said in a statement that the measure attempts to change state law on things such as community property. Only the state can change that law, he said.


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Ted Cruz Needs To Stop Trying to Make Princeton Happen
Dan Amira says that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is the world's most condescending elitist, but while the elitism on display here is certainly reprehensible, it's reflective of a sad pathology all too common to the graduates of a certain university in New Jersey:
The elite academic circles that Cruz was now traveling in began to rub off. As a law student at Harvard, he refused to study with anyone who hadn't been an undergrad at Harvard, Princeton, or Yale. Says Damon Watson, one of Cruz's law-school roommates: "He said he didn't want anybody from 'minor Ivies' like Penn or Brown."
Let me say first off: This is an insane attitude to have about life. Completely, utterly insane on every level.
On the other hand, if you are going to get into this kind of mindset, the fact of the matter is that there are two "major" Ivies, and Princeton is not one of them. Perhaps the clearest example of this misconception that Princeton alumni labor under was the BuzzFeed demolisticle "46 Signs You Went to Princeton." Sign No. 33 was: "You don't know what it means to actually care about football when you're not playing against Harvard or Yale." But nobody at Harvard or Yale cares about the Princeton game! It's the saddest thing. Once a year you see all these Tigers getting agitated about some football game nobody else even knows is happening.
There is an Ivy League, and there is a Harvard-Yale rivalry. Princeton is not a thing. I would suggest a rivalry with Penn.


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August 14. 2017 10:26PM
Combined plastics companies will make new home in Hudson
By MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
Machine operator Rany Nath inspects plastic parts while working at at W.K. Hillquist in Hudson on Monday. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
Two plastic injection-molding companies are melting into one.
Londonderry-based Granite State Plastics, which acquired rival W.K. Hillquist of Hudson, plans to combine the two companies at the Hudson company's location on Executive Drive.
"We haven't determined the time lines, but obviously it's one of the things you want to try to maximize the opportunity by consolidating the two facilities" within the next 18 months, owner Steven Lunder said Monday.
Granite State Plastics employs 27 workers and Hillquist another 45, but Lunder isn't sure whether all the workers in Londonderry will want to commute another 18 miles each way. Some workers live as far away as Seabrook and north of Concord, he said.
"We don't anticipate making any cuts," he said.
Lunder said he expects the merged company still will need to look for more space or build an addition.
Hudson's 36,000 square feet is about double the size of the Londonderry location.
Timing worked well for the two companies — which count a combined 90 years of injecting-molding experience — to join forces.
"The primary owner of W.K. was looking to retire, and we were looking at multiple options, including a simple real estate transaction and also opportunities for acquisitions," Lunder said. "We were friendly competitors for many years."
"It was that we are outgrowing our space, but also we were looking for space that would better suit our needs in the future," said Lunder, whose Londonderry operations are at 15 Tinker Ave. "They have a fantastic facility there (in Hudson)."
Lunder said the two companies had "very little" overlap in their customer base.
"It was an important part of the equation for sure because you don't want to cannibalize your opportunities," Lunder said. "Because the combined company is obviously a larger company, there are going to be customers who previously wouldn't look at one of the companies because of their individual size and capabilities."
Granite State Plastics supplies parts and assembly services to several industries, including medical, automotive and sporting goods, including making parts that go into wearable technology to measure a person's metrics, such as blood pressure.
Mike Torpey, longtime president of W.K. Hillquist, was named president of Granite State Plastics.
"I've had the pleasure of working with WKH employees for more than 40 years," Torpey said in a statement. "While I can't promise Steve another 40 years, I look forward to addressing the challenges ahead with them in the combined company."
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.


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As a former healthcare worker who worked with children I am extremely concerned about the level of pesticides in many of our fruits and vegetables.
Small children have developing immune and neurological systems that make them susceptible to toxins.
We don't know whether pesticides have any effect on children because unfortunately no long term studies have effectively examined the effect that pesticides may have on young children.
These are wonderful suggestions that you have posted. In addition sometimes you can get coupons for organic products. Many produce farmers will allow you to come to their farms and harvest fruit. You pay by how much you pick. My family used to do this with peaches and apples. It was a fun family activity during the summer.


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The Inquirer's Top 25 Phillies prospects have been detailed in the newspaper and on philly.com the last two days.
Now, in no particular order, here's a look at some guys who were in the conversation and could very well be in the mid-season top 25.
Austin Wright, LHP
The 23-year-old lefthander was named the Florida State League pitcher of the year after going 11-5 with a 3.47 ERA for single-A Clearwater. He was drafted twice in the 23rd round – once out of high school by Pittsburgh and the second time out of junior college by Boston – before the Phillies took him in the eighth round in 2011 after one season at the University of Mississippi. He will attempt to duplicate the success of his first two professional seasons at double-A Reading this season.
Tyler Knigge, RHP
The 24-year-old reliever was a lights-out closer for single-A Clearwater last season, going 4-1 with nine saves and a 0.60 ERA in 34 appearances. He finished with a 2.92 ERA in 21 outings at Reading.
Mitch Gueller, RHP
The 54th overall selection in last year's draft, Gueller's career got off to a rocky start in the Gulf Coast League as he posted a 1-5 record and 5.27 ERA in eight outings, including six starts. The Washington state native just turned 19 in November, so there is plenty of time to develop.
Seth Rosin, RHP
Catcher Tommy Joseph was the most touted prospect in the trade that sent Hunter Pence to San Francisco, but Rosin, 24, has a chance to reach the big leagues, too. The hard-throwing righthander will likely open this season at Reading, where the Fightin' Phils figure to have one of the better pitching staffs in the Eastern League.
Leandro Castro, OF
The 23-year-old native of the Dominican Republic had a strong season at Reading, hitting .287 with 10 home runs and 71 RBIs. His 35 doubles ranked second in the Eastern League and his RBI total was eighth in the league. He is a free swinger who does not walk much, but his power potential is real. Castro hit .313 in 48 at-bats in the Dominican winter league.
B.J. Rosenberg, RHP
The 27-year-old righthander has proven he has a powerful enough arm to pitch at the big-league level, but he must learn to throw consistently good strikes.
Chris Serritella, 1B
The Phillies took the left-handed power hitter in the fourth round out of Southern Illinois University and he hit .297 and slugged a team-leading six home runs at short-season Williamsport last summer. He led the New York-Penn League with 24 doubles. It will be interesting to see if he opens 2013 in Lakewood or Clearwater. First base appears to be his only position in the field.
Mitch Walding, 3B
The Phillies' fifth-round pick in 2011 was overmatched at times in his first professional season at Williamsport. He batted .233 with one home run and 31 RBIs and struck out 66 times in 292 plate appearances.
Kevin Brady, RHP
Pitchers drafted out of college should dominate the New York-Penn League and that's what the 22-year-old righthander did last summer. Brady, a 10th-round pick out of Clemson who battled a variety of injuries in college, posted a 1.85 ERA and struck out 49 batters while walking just five in 39 innings.
Tyler Greene, 2B
He was rated among the country's top 75 picks in 2011, but the Phillies got him in the 11th round and convinced him to sign instead of accepting a scholarship to the University of Georgia. Greene's first full professional season did not go as planned. He returned to the instructional league in Clearwater after being overmatched at Lakewood (11-for-75 with 37 strikeouts in 23 games), then was moved from shortstop to second base later in the year at Williamsport. He hit only .211 at Williamsport.
Zach Green, SS/3B
The Phillies took the 18-year-old Green in the third round of last year's draft and he got off to an impressive professional start by hitting .284 with 13 doubles and three home runs in the Gulf Coast League.
Willliam Carmona, 3B/1B
The Long Island native is an Eagles fan and he helped Stony Brook University become the Cinderella favorite in last year's College World Series. The Phillies took him in the 11th round and after he hit .348 in 25 Gulf Coast League games, he was promoted to Lakewood. He played third base in college, but is more likely to play first base at the professional level.
Keive Rojas, RHP
The 19-year-old Venezuelan excelled in the Gulf Coast League, posting a 4-1 record and 1.67 ERA in 17 relief appearances. He allowed just 22 hits and seven walks while striking out 42 batters in 32 1/3 innings.
Ethan Stewart, LHP
The Canadian native was not taken until the 47th round of the 2010 draft, but he impressed in his Gulf Coast League debut in 2011 and pitched at low-A Lakewood last season. Stewart, 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds, is still a work in progress, but he has a chance if he can learn to throw consistent quality strikes.
Yoel Mecias, LHP
The 19-year-old lefty from Venezuela had an impressive professional debut for the GCL Phillies, posting a 2.16 ERA and a 1.032 WHIP in 41 2/3 innings.
David Buchanan, RHP
The 23-year-old righthander only made 13 starts at Reading last season because of a ligament injury to the middle finger on his throwing hand. He is not overpowering, but he knows how to pitch. Phillies assistant general manager Benny Looper compares him to Kyle Kendrick, the man who will be the No. 4 starter for the Phillies this season.


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Football League clubs 'failing to meet disabled guidelines'
Many football league clubs in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire "provide insufficiently" for wheelchair users, the BBC has found.
Non-compulsory guidelines on how clubs should cater for disabled fans have been in place since 2004.
A BBC Inside Out report found that several clubs, including Sheffield United and Scunthorpe United, were under-performing.
Sheffield United has 91 fewer seats than the recommended amount.
The Accessible Stadia Guide, a set of government guidelines, states the minimum standard to which all newly-constructed grounds have to meet in the provision, location, and quality of facilities for disabled fans.
Clubs in existing grounds must make "reasonable adjustments" to make sure everyone can access their services.
Along with Sheffield United, other grounds with far fewer seats than the guidelines recommend include Scunthorpe United (72 fewer), Leeds United (57 fewer) and Bradford City (40 fewer).
York City and Doncaster Rovers have 14 and 13 fewer respectively, while Hull City have just 144 of the recommended 162 seats. In contrast, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United each have 10 more seats for disabled fans than required.
Barnsley FC and Sheffield Wednesday did not respond to the survey.
Across the country, less than a third of football league clubs meet the recommendations for wheelchair spectator provision.
Burnley FC in the Championship has the lowest rate of wheelchair spaces compared with the guideline target, with 110 fewer seats than it should have.
Meanwhile, Blackburn Rovers has 109 more seats for wheelchair users than the target.
In League One, Southend United is worst for wheelchair provision with 90 fewer seats, while Blackpool is best with 30 more than required.
In League Two, Carlisle United has 120 seats fewer than recommended while Luton Town has 18 more.
Fulham, QPR, Reading, Bury, Chesterfield, Coventry City, Fleetwood Town, Swindon Town, Cambridge United, Hartlepool United and Leyton Orient did not respond to the survey.
The Football League said clubs were working hard to "deliver the match day experience that disabled supporters deserve", in line with the government's recent Inclusive and Accessible Stadia report and the views of disabled rights campaigners.
"Instead of spending resources on extra capacity for which there may be no demand, our focus is to improve the match-day experience for those disabled supporters that do attend," it said.
"87% of league clubs [in England] now employ dedicated staff to assist disabled fans, 86% of clubs ensure that away disabled supporters sit with their fellow away fans, and 97% of clubs provide accessible parking or drop off points for disabled fans."
In September, Premier League clubs agreed to improve access for disabled supporters by August 2017 after a government report criticised inadequate facilities and support at Premier League grounds.
Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson said increasing the number of seats was among the areas for improvement.
"A disability shouldn't be a barrier to attending sporting events," he said.
Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is broadcast on Monday, 7 March at 19:30 GMT on BBC One, and nationwide on the iPlayer for seven days thereafter.


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To give myself a quick break before heading off to the great quarry of words, which must be broken free from the bedrock of language by exhausting main effort, I've put up a few more reviews on here on the blog, plus an interview. We have:
Masters of Horror A review of part of the anthology TV series (I love anthology horror).
Let The Right One In The Swedish book that became a Swedish film that became an American film. And an interview with its author, John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Fenrir Part two of MD Lachlan's centuries-spanning werewolf/Norse saga.
Mammoth A silly TV movie from SciFi. So bad that it's simply bad.


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It is with great sadness that I read of Pati Temples passing last week (Herald, Feb. 8). For such a vital, dedicated and remarkable person to leave us so soon is truly a huge loss. Her dedication to her family, the animals she loved and life in general was a wonder; few make the things they value count as much as she did.
You will always be in my heart, Pati; may your new adventure be as rewarding.
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Working with Safari Extensions
Filed Under (Coding, Javascript, Safari) by Olle on 20-08-2010
So I have had my first go with a Safari Extension and it has not been a smooth ride I tell you! The documentation over at Apple really leaves one wishing for more.
Some of the questions that I have manage to fix without documentation are the following
"How the heck do I add icons to the Safari Settings page?
Unless you want to have the default Safari Extension icons in Safari Settings(after installation), in the Safari Extension Builder and in the Installation Dialog, make sure you add three icons to your extension folder and call them:
And I guess you can figure out the dimensions of the icons, yes it 32×32, 48×48 and 68×68.
The result will be this:
Why the heck does not the updates work?
I made a lot of misstakes when it comes to the update part of the Extension.
I finally got it to work by leaving the default value when it comes to "Bundle Identifier ".
When you create your new Extension you choose a name, for example myex.ver1, and the builder will create the folder(myex.ver1.safariextension with the Info.plist) for you and also create the default "Bundle Indentifier" in the Extension Builder. In my example the Identifier will be com.yourcompany.myexver1.
Now make sure that you only change the "com.yourcompany" part of the Identifier. I made the mistake of modifying the last part as well. In my example my Identifier looked like this "net.subelement.myex.ver1".
The problem with this is that the updates will not ever work, when you have a .plist that looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Extension Updates</key> <array> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>net.subelement17.myex.ver1</string> <key>Developer Identifier</key> <string>YOUR IDENTIFIER</string> <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>1.0</string> <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key> <string>1.0</string> <key>URL</key> <string>http://subelement17.net/projectplace/projectplace.safariextz</string> </dict> </array> </dict> </plist>
So the thing is to always user the suggested Identifier, or you might end up in the same problems as I did.


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CBS can be distressing, but many people find that the hallucinations can get less frequent with time. It was initially thought that hallucinations resolved within 12 to 18 months, but a recent study found that most people still have occasional hallucinations five years after they first started.
People who have CBS may have lost a lot of their vision from an eye condition, such as age-related macular degeneration, cataract, glaucoma or diabetic eye disease. Many of these conditions are more common in older people so many people who have CBS are older. However, anyone of any age, including children, may develop this condition as any eye condition that causes sight loss can trigger CBS.
It's thought that there are more than 100,000 cases of CBS in the UK. Some research suggests that up to 60 per cent of people who are experiencing serious sight loss may develop it.
See what it's like to live with the condition and how it can be managed. Meet Bee who's 82 and has glaucoma and Charles Bonnet syndrome.
Charles Bonnet syndrome is named after a Swiss philosopher and writer who lived about 250 years ago. Charles Bonnet wrote about his grandfather's experiences after his grandfather lost his sight to cataracts and began having "visions"; he could see patterns, people, birds and buildings, which were not really there.
The main cause of CBS is loss of vision and how your brain reacts to this loss. Exactly how sight loss leads to hallucinations isn't really known, but research is slowly revealing more about how the eye and the brain work together.
Current research seems to suggest that when you are seeing real things around you, the information received from your eyes actually stops the brain from creating its own pictures. When you lose your sight, however, your brain is not receiving as much information from your eyes as it used to. Your brain can sometimes fill in these gaps by releasing new fantasy pictures, patterns or old pictures that it has stored. When this occurs, you experience these images stored in your brain as hallucinations. CBS tends to begin in the weeks and months following a deterioration in your sight.
"I always thought that seeing things was a sign of mental health problems".
If you have lost some sight to a condition like macular degeneration or glaucoma and you start to hallucinate or see things that aren't really there, then you may have CBS.
There isn't one test that your doctor can do to find out whether you have CBS or not. Usually by talking with you and in some cases doing tests, your doctor will be able to rule out the other causes of hallucinations, like mental health problems, Alzheimer's and other conditions. If there are no signs of these other conditions and you have lost sight then it is probable that CBS is the cause of your hallucinations.
It's natural to be worried, confused or frightened when you see things that are not really there. Until you know what's happening, you may be concerned that seeing things is a sign of a mental health problem, or you might think that you have Alzheimer's disease. However, it's important to remember and reassuring to know that CBS is caused by sight loss only and not by any other health problem.
If the hallucinations cause you to feel anxious, you may also feel like you want to keep quiet about the things you are seeing. However, even though there is no cure for CBS, letting people know that you have this problem or talking about it may offer you some peace of mind. There is more information on "talking about CBS" below.
There are some medical problems, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, serious mental illness and other brain conditions, which affect the part of the brain concerned with seeing and these conditions may cause some people to have hallucinations. It's important to remember that having CBS does not mean you're more likely to develop any of these other conditions. Sometimes, if you have one of these conditions as well as CBS because of sight loss, it can make your hallucinations more frequent.
Certain things about CBS hallucinations make them different to the hallucinations caused by other conditions. Usually, with CBS you're aware – or can learn to recognise – that what you're seeing isn't real, although it may appear vivid. CBS hallucinations only affect your sight, which means that you don't hear, smell or feel things that aren't there. People with CBS do not develop any obvious, complicated non-medical explanation about the cause of their hallucinations (sometimes called "delusions"). For example, someone with CBS wouldn't have thoughts that the people they were seeing wanted to hurt them.
If one day you find that you're seeing a pattern, person, building or a landscape that you know is not really there, then don't be afraid to mention this to your GP or optician, who should be familiar with CBS. You may find it useful to take a copy of this information along with you.
The visual hallucinations caused by CBS can vary and can range from simple shapes and dots of colours, simple patterns, straight lines or a network of branches, to detailed pictures of people, animals, insects, landscapes and buildings. When you have lost a large amount of your vision it may be difficult to see everyday things, but you may find that your CBS hallucinations are very detailed, and much clearer than your normal vision. The images can appear "out of the blue", lasting for just a few minutes or in some cases, several hours.
At times, the hallucinations may fit alongside the background you are looking at, making them feel quite real, like seeing cows in a field when the field is actually empty or seeing a fence across the pavement. At other times, they will seem totally unreal, like seeing fantasy images such as dragons.
When you first develop CBS your visual hallucinations may happen quite often, you may see things every day and for long periods of time. Your CBS may stay like this for a number of months, but over time the hallucinations may become less frequent and they may eventually stop. However, some people's hallucinations carry on for longer and you may find that you are prone to hallucinations every now and again.
The kinds of things people see with CBS hallucinations seem to fall into two broad types:
Both kinds of hallucination can vary. Sometimes they may be in black and white and at other times in colour, or they may move or stay still. It's possible you may have one type of hallucination more than another or have both types of hallucination at the same time or one after another.
Many people with CBS experience hallucinations of repeating patterns. These may be grids or shapes or lines, which can be quite vivid in colour, like bright green dots surrounded by vibrant pink squares. You may also see complicated brickwork or mosaic patterns that grow in size to cover more and more of your vision. People can also see patterns that look like a network of branches or roots from a tree, growing over everything they see.
People usually describe this type of hallucination as being laid on top of everything they see, or growing across any surface they look at. Sometimes people also experience patterns of distorted faces, which appear in their vision and can change shape or move towards them.
The second type of hallucination people can experience are more complicated and include hallucinations of people, places, insects and animals. Like the pattern type of hallucination, these hallucinations also come in different types.
You may experience hallucinations where whole scenes appear, such as landscapes with waterfalls, mountains or a garden full of flowers. At other times you may see individuals or groups of people. You may see people dressed in costume, like Edwardian families, Roman soldiers or small children in bonnets. The figures of people in your hallucinations may be life size, larger than life sized or very commonly very small. All these types of figures may move or remain still.
At times, the hallucinations may fit with the room that you are in when you experience them, so that you may see animals in your bed or people working in your garden. At other times the hallucinations can appear very odd, such as double-decker buses in your kitchen or hallway.
In most cases, CBS hallucinations don't include familiar people or past events that you may have experienced. The things that you see are usually not threatening or unpleasant, but of course most people are frightened when they first start to have their hallucinations. Over time, the more you experience the images, the more comfortable you may become with them. You may begin to recognise similar things appearing in your vision, such as the same tiny people, or the same field of flowers.
Currently there is no medical cure for CBS. When you experience CBS, the most effective form of treatment can come from knowing that the condition is not a mental health problem or a symptom of another disease but is due to sight loss. Knowing that CBS usually improves with time (even if it doesn't go away completely) may also help you cope with the hallucinations. Having information on CBS and sharing your experiences with friends or family can also help.
Although there is no proven drug you can take to stop CBS hallucinations, some drugs for other problems have been successful in helping some people. The drugs that have been tried are usually very strong and are designed for people with epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, dementia or mental health problems. All these drugs can have serious side affects and should only be used under proper supervision and probably only for people who are very upset or confused by their CBS hallucinations.
Some common medications people take as they get older can interact when they're taken together. This can make your CBS hallucinations more frequent. If you're not sure if the medication you're taking is making your CBS worse, ask your GP to review your medication. This may help to lower the frequency of your hallucinations.
Having a hallucination can be frightening, particularly when you're also dealing with losing your sight. Although the hallucinations may not be of anything frightening, it's natural to feel anxious and confused just by having the experience of a hallucination.
There is no cure for CBS but you may find it helps to talk. Sometimes describing your hallucinations and how they make you feel can help you cope with them. Most people find that talking about their hallucinations with their GP, optician, ophthalmologist, family, friends or carers can help them deal with CBS.
Although CBS is not connected to mental health problems, professionals in the mental health field are experts at helping people deal with hallucinations. If your CBS hallucinations become upsetting, your GP could refer you to the local mental health team for further help. Talking over your feelings with a counsellor, psychologist or psychiatrist may provide you with ways of coping with the hallucinations you are experiencing.
For most people there isn't one way to deal with their hallucinations, but there are a few general points that some people find can sometimes help.
One way of trying to cope with the hallucinations is to make some changes to the things around you and what you are doing, to see if this will cause your hallucinations to stop. Many people experience their hallucinations when they are sitting quietly without much occupying their mind. Having the TV or radio on or moving around a little can sometimes help. Sometimes just standing up or moving slightly can help to get rid of the hallucinations. Some people also find that looking directly at the image they are seeing causes it to fade. Sometimes moving your eyes or blinking rapidly can also help.
A recent study has shown that a specific eye movement exercise can help. When a hallucination starts, look from left to right about once every second for 15 to 30 seconds, without moving your head. As a guide to how far to move your eyes, imagine two points about a metre (3 feet) apart on a wall in front of you and look from one point to the other when standing about a metre and a half away (5 feet). Your eyes should be held open during the movements. If the hallucination continues, have a rest for a few seconds and try another 15 to 30 seconds of looking left and right. If the hallucinations have not diminished or stopped after four or five periods of looking left and right for 15 to 30 seconds, the treatment is unlikely to work and you can stop. It may be worth trying again on another occasion or for a different type of hallucination.
The level of lighting may influence your hallucinations. If your hallucinations happen in dim light, then try to open the curtains or turn on a light or the television as the change in lighting may help to stop the hallucinations. Lighting conditions in certain rooms may also mean that you see the hallucinations more often in one room than another. For example, you may find that you rarely get your hallucinations in your garden or kitchen but that you often see them in your living room. This may be because the kitchen and garden are much brighter and this is helping to control the hallucinations. If your CBS happens when there's a lot of light then switching off a light may also help. Making sure that the lighting is the right level for your sight problem in all the rooms in your house will help you make the most of your sight and might help your hallucinations.
Some people find that their CBS hallucinations are worse when they're tired or stressed. Making sure you have enough sleep at night will help with this.
Sometimes it can help to get to know your hallucinations so that you become familiar with them. Many people find that this means the hallucinations become less frightening and easier to cope with. This sort of adjustment may allow you to have some form of control over the way you feel about the things you are seeing. If you see something in more detail than you normally would, this may be a clue that it is a hallucination. When you see something that you are frightened of or unsure about ask yourself, "is this too detailed to be real?" As well as these general points here are some tips which may help you deal with particular types of hallucinations.
You may find you have hallucinations that change the shape of streets and rooms. For instance, your hallucinations might suddenly make it look like there is a wall or fence in front of you and you may have to check if this is real. This can make you lose confidence walking around and it may take you longer to get out and about.
If you experience hallucinations like this, it's important that you are not afraid to check the area around you. It may be sensible to go slowly, to reach out and feel around for what is real and what is not. Having a good knowledge of your surroundings can also help with these kinds of hallucinations.
Hallucinations of people can be frightening, particularly if they're inside your home. If the images are of very small people or people in costumes then it may be easier to realise that they are hallucinations than if the figure is in ordinary clothes. Having a good idea of when you're likely to have visitors may make you more confident if you have this type of hallucination and will help in you feeling secure in your home or your surroundings.
Hallucinations of animals are also very common. Often people describe animals on their chairs or in their bed. Sometimes this can be very upsetting, especially if you aren't keen on a particular type of animal.
Using touch to make sure that the animals are hallucinations is not a bad thing and sometimes reaching out towards the hallucination may cause them to stop and disappear.
If you have CBS, you're likely to have very poor vision but there is a lot you can do to make the most of the vision you have. This may mean making things bigger, using brighter lighting or using colour to make things easier to see. There is more about this in our "Making the most of your sight" leaflet, part of our Starting out series, which is available to download or by calling our Helpline on 0303 123 9999.
If you have very poor sight you may be able to register as sight impaired or severely sight impaired, this can be a gateway to services from your local social services department. Our Helpline can also give you information about the low vision services available and our website offers lots of practical information about adapting to changes in your vision and products that make everyday tasks easier.
Talking about the hallucinations and working out a way to deal and think about them can help a lot. Organisations like the Macular Society and RNIB can all offer you information and support while you're experiencing CBS.
If you or someone you know is living with sight loss, we're here to help.
RNIB Helpline
0303 123 9999
[email protected]
Macular Society
0300 3030 111
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The NIF's guidelines are designed to inform its grant-making, capacity-building and project decisions. These highlight three principles:
- Respect for a multiplicity of viewpoints;
- Transparency to grantees, donors and the public at large
- Compliance with standards of accountability and due diligence
Criteria for Grant-Making and Support
- Compliance with the laws of the state of Israel
- Respect for the principles of the New Israel Fund and compliance with its policies and procedures
- Relevance to NIF strategic priorities, including:
- A focus on social change
- Strengthening Israel's democratic values and institutions
- Missions that fall within one of NIF's four general issue areas: human and civil rights; social and economic justice; religious pluralism and tolerance; and protecting Israel's environment.
- Nonprofit status
- Registration as an amuta or a company for the benefit of the public;
- Publicly available bylaws;
- Audited financial reports;
- Confirmation of proper accounting procedures as required by Israeli tax authorities and possession of a certificate of tax-withholding at source.
- The above eligibility requirements will not apply to individuals or coalitions requesting capacity building services from Shatil.
Organizations that engage in the following activities will not be eligible for NIF grants or support:
- Participate in partisan political activity
- Promote anti-democratic values
- Support the 1967 occupation and subsequent settlement activity
- Violate the human rights of any group or individual, advocate human rights selectively for one group over another and/or reject the principle of the universality of human rights
- Condone or promote violence or use violent tactics
- Employ racist or derogatory language or designations about any group based on their religion, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
- Works to deny the right of the Jewish people to sovereign self-determination within Israel or to deny the rights of Palestinian or other non-Jewish citizens to full equality within a democratic Israel.
- Engage in activities at odds with the positions, principles, or vision of the New Israel Fund.
Approved July 29, 2010 – Tel Aviv
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