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Keir Starmer says “Read my lips: I will cut immigration.”

Let me be absolutely clear here, cutting immigration is the wrong thing to do. It is fuelled by racism, and dressed up in economic language to pretend otherwise.

The UK has an aging population and declining birth rate. If we struggle to attract foreign workers, this will impact our economy and public services. A good example of this is the NHS.

‘Bad bosses’ are not hiring internationally before they’ve exhausted every option here. It’s easy to think of a large corporate doing that but even then it’s more likely they’d outsource a whole department in its entirety to another foreign company.

Also your dad’s marketing start-up or your mum’s construction company is not going through the lengthy process of hiring people who don’t already live here.

This also contradicts the UK’s push to have as many foreign students (paying as many tuition fees) as possible. These students have lives here, and should be able to work as they choose post-graduation.

This policy is aimed at those who read the word ‘immigration’ and pop a blood vessel, and it speaks wonders to how Labour thinks about the economy - no different than the Conservative Party.

[eileenlovee]

Top 10 Immigration Consultants In India

Here are 10 of the best experts in immigration from India:

Y-Axis

Abhinav Outsourcings

Immigration Overseas

Aptech Global Immigration Services

Aum Global Immigration

Visas Avenue

IRA Immigration

Kaushal Global

Apoorva Sharma Immigration Services

Global Opportunities

It is crucial to remember that these experts are ranked on their reputation, the quality of services they provide as well as the comments of past clients. It is advised to research thoroughly and evaluate various options prior to selecting an immigration specialist to ensure you make the best choice to suit your specific needs.

We have a short overview about the top 10 immigration experts in india.

Y-Axis Immigration Consultants

Y-Axis is an established immigration consulting firm located in India and offers a variety of services that deal with immigration, visa and citizenship procedures. The firm is comprised of skilled professionals who are well-versed in immigration regulations and policies in different countries . They offer individualized assistance to customers throughout the entire process.

The services provided by Y-Axis include assistance with visa applications and counseling for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Canada, New Zealand United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. They also offer assistance in skills assessment and job search for those who are who are interested in working in other countries.

Y-Axis is known for offering top-quality services. It has received positive reviews from clients regarding their expertise professionalism, professionalism, and care for the smallest of details. But, just like any immigration expert it is crucial to research thoroughly and compare different options prior to selecting a consultant to ensure you choose the most suitable consultant to meet your specific requirements.

Abhinav Outsourcings Immigration Consultants

Abhinav Outsourcings is one of the most prominent Immigration consultants within India providing a wide range of services in relation to visa, immigration and citizenship applications. It was established in 1994 and has assisted many clients in obtaining visas to countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand as well as Canada, New Zealand United Kingdom, and the United States, among others.

Abhinav Outsourcings has a team of skilled immigration experts who offer personalized assistance to their clients throughout the process. They're familiar with immigration laws and regulations of various countries. They provide a variety of services that include advice on applying for a visa, support with applications and assistance with skills assessments and job search assistance for those who are interested in working in other countries.

The company has received a lot of positive comments from clients about their professionalism, knowledge and attention to details as well as a reputation for offering top-quality services. As with any other immigration professional it is crucial to conduct a thorough research and compare various options prior to making a choice to ensure you choose the right expert for your specific needs.

Immigration Overseas Consultants

Immigration Overseas is one of the most reputable experts in immigration services within India that provides a broad array of services that are that relate to visa, immigration and citizenship applications. The business was founded in 2000 , and has since helped numerous clients successfully migrate to countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others.

Immigration Overseas has a team of highly experienced immigration specialists that provide personalized assistance for clients throughout the process . They are aware of immigration laws and regulations of various countries. They provide a variety of services that include assistance with applying for visas, counseling and assistance with skills assessment and job search to those who are interested in working in other countries.

The company has received a lot of positive comments from clients about their professionalism, knowledge and attention to detail as well as a reputation for offering top-quality services. But, just like any immigration expert it is essential to conduct a thorough research and compare different options prior to making a final decision in order to make sure you select the right expert for your specific needs.

Aptech Global Immigration Services

Aptech Global Immigration Services is an established immigration consultancy company based in India that provides a wide range of services that deal with immigration, visas and citizenship procedures. Aptech Global Immigration Services has a team of highly experienced experts who are familiar with immigration regulations and policies in different countries . They offer individualized support to its clients throughout the entire process.

A few of the services provided from Aptech Global Immigration Services includes visa assistance and assistance for applications to countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand as well as Australia, New Zealand United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. They also provide assistance with skill assessment and job searching for those who are looking to work abroad.

Aptech Global Immigration Services received favorable comments from clients about their professionalism, knowledge and attention to detail and has earned a reputation for offering top-quality services. As with any other immigration expert it is essential to research thoroughly and evaluate different options prior to making a choice to make sure you select the right consultant to meet your needs.

Aum Global Immigration Consultants

AUM Global is an immigration consulting company based in India that provides a range of solutions related to immigration, visas and citizenship procedures. AUM Global is a group of skilled professionals who are familiar with the immigration laws and regulations of various countries. They provide individualized assistance to customers throughout the entire process.

The services provided through AUM Global include visa counseling and application assistance for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand as well as New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. AUM Global also provide assistance with skill assessment and job search assistance for those who are looking to work abroad.

It is essential to conduct a thorough research and evaluate different options prior to selecting an immigration specialist, so that you can select the most suitable expert for your particular requirements. But, I wasn't found enough information about AUM Global to provide a an in-depth evaluation of their services and track record.

Visas Avenue Immigration Consultants

Visas Avenue is a well-established immigration consulting firm located in India that provides a wide range of services that are related to immigration, visas and citizenship procedures. The firm has a staff of skilled professionals who are well-versed in immigration regulations and policies in different countries . They offer individualized assistance to clients throughout the entire process.

The services provided through Visas Avenue include visa counseling and application assistance for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Canada, New Zealand United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. They also offer assistance in assessments of skills and job search to those looking to work in other countries.

Visas Avenue has received positive comments from customers about their professionalism, expertise and attention to detail and is known for offering top-quality services. As with any immigration expert it is crucial to research thoroughly and compare different options prior to making a final decision in order to make sure you select the right expert for your particular requirements.

IRA Immigration Consultants

IRA Immigration is a well-established immigration consulting firm located in India that provides a wide range of services that deal with immigration, visa and citizenship procedures. The firm has a staff of highly experienced experts who are well-versed in the immigration laws and regulations of different countries . They offer individualized support to its clients throughout the entire process.

The services provided through IRA Immigration include visa counseling and assistance with application for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. They also provide assistance with skills assessment and job search assistance for those who are who are interested in working in other countries.

It is crucial to research thoroughly and compare different options prior to selecting an immigration professional, so that you can select the most suitable expert for your particular requirements. But, I wasn't found enough information about IRA Immigration to provide a an in-depth evaluation of their services and track record.

Kaushal Global Immigration Consultants

Kaushal Global Immigration is a established and well-known immigration consultancy company with its headquarters in India and offers a variety of services in the areas of visa, immigration, and citizenship procedures. The company is comprised of highly experienced experts who are familiar with the immigration laws and regulations of various countries. They provide individualized assistance to clients throughout the entire process.

Some of the services provided through Kaushal Global Immigration include visa assistance and advice for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Canada, New Zealand United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. They also provide assistance with assessments of skills and job search assistance for those who are looking to work abroad.

It is essential to research thoroughly and compare various options prior to choosing an immigration expert, in order so that you can select the most suitable consultant to meet your specific requirements. But, I wasn't found enough information about Kaushal Global Immigration to provide the most thorough evaluation of their reputation and services.

Apoorva Sharma Immigration Services

Apoorva Sharma Immigration Services is an immigration-related consultancy firm that is based in India and offers a wide range of services that are related to visa, immigration, and citizenship process. The company is led by Apoorva Sharma who is a certified immigration consultant and has vast knowledge of immigration.

The services provided through Apoorva Sharma Immigration Services include advice on visas and assistance in applying for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand and New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. They also provide assistance in skills assessment and job search assistance to those looking to work in other countries.

It is crucial to conduct a thorough research and evaluate various options before choosing an immigration professional, so that you can select the most suitable expert for your particular requirements. But, I wasn't in a position to locate enough information about Apoorva Sharma Immigration Services to give a thorough review of their services and reputation.

Global Opportunities Immigration Consultants

Global Opportunities is a well-established immigration consulting firm located in India that provides a wide range of services in the field of immigration, visas, and citizenship procedures. Global Opportunities has a team of highly experienced experts who are well-versed in the immigration laws and regulations of different countries . They offer individualized assistance to customers throughout the entire process.

Some of the services provided through Global Opportunities include visa counseling and application assistance for countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand as well as New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. Global Opportunities also provide assistance with assessments of skills and job-search services to those who are interested in working abroad.

Global Opportunities has a reputation for its high-quality services. It has received positive reviews from customers for their knowledge professionalism, professionalism, and care for the smallest of details. But, just like any other immigration expert it is crucial to research thoroughly and compare different options prior to selecting a consultant to make sure you select the most suitable consultant to meet your specific requirements.

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Private Sector Good, Public Sector Bad? (2)

This is the second part of a look at former public services and utilities in Britain that have been privatised in the name of neoliberal economics and the mistaken belief that private enterprise is ALWAYS more efficient than publicly  run bodies.

Prisons

The first privately run prison in the UK was opened in 1992 under a Conservative government and private sector involvement in Britain’s penal system has grown steadily ever since. The UK is now second only to the USA in the number of privately run prisons.

Premier Custodial Group was formed in 1992 and in 2005 was the largest private company running UK prisons. It was a joint venture between the American private prison operator Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and the British firm Serco PLC. From a turnover of £7.52 million in 1994 it had increased its revenues to £127.4m, with pre-tax profits of nearly £10m, paying out a £2m dividend to shareholders. In 2002 Wackenhut was taken over by Group 4 Falck.

In 2003 Serco gained control of Premier, estimating that Premier's

 “income over the life of its existing contracts for five prisons, one secure training centre, two immigration facilities and court escort custody and electronic monitoring services was £2bn” (Cited in Prison Reform Trust: Private Punishment :Who Profits; January 2005)

Group 4 Securicor (G4S) was a company created in 2004 when Group 4 acquired Securicor. Since these takeovers these companies have gone from strength to strength, with Serco, G4S, and GEO Group branching into immigration and other services.

In 2018, the Guardian reported that the Home Office paid these companies:

 “hundreds of millions of pounds to run the UK’s immigration removal centres, but no one knows for certain just how profitable the industry is…Commercial confidentiality agreements mean the Home Office and outsourcing companies are not obliged to publish detailed financial information about immigration detention centres in the UK.” (Guardian: 10/10/22)

In 2022, one of these companies, Sodexo was awarded a £264 million UK prison contract over a ten year period. On receiving the contract, Paul Anstey, CEO, Government, Sodexo UK & Ireland stated:

“Our vision is to provide a secure and safe environment which reduces re-offending through education, builds new skills and offers respect, equality and inclusion.” (Facilities Management Magazine: 16/08/22)

If only that were true! As long ago as 2013 Sodexo Justice Services  was facing charges of prisoner torture and degradation.

'Cruel, inhumane and degrading': Female prisoner kept segregated in 'squalid' cell for five years.”  (Independent: 21/08/2013)

In 2016 a video of naked Prisoners pretending to be dogs led to an investigation into violence and humiliation of prisoners by Sodexo. In September 2017, a female prisoner died under Sodexo care. An inquest into her death concluded:

“serious failures at Sodexo run HMP Peterborough contributed to death of Annabella Landsberg”  (Inquest: 04/04/2019)

Another prison run by Sodexo was accused of residing over a “spice” epidemic, which led to the death of a male prisoner. (Manchester Evening News) In 2018 Sodexo was again accused of neglect and systematic failures resulting in the death of yet another inmate. In 2019, a different prison run by Sodexo was accused of “systemic breaches of inmate human rights”.

In February of this year 20 prison staff resigned from the Sodexo run HMP Lowdham Grange, which was deemed so unsafe the government was forced to take it over.

The appalling levels of service cited above are not restricted to Sodexo alone. In her book “Profiting from their misery: Britain’s private prisons”, Hatty Nestor reveals that:

“outsourcing companies like G4S encourage prisoners to work 40-hour weeks, all they are paid (is)  as little as £2 an hour. Such practices amount to slave labour. Companies are profiting from prison labour, paying fewer well-trained, low staff wages. In private prisons, staff are paid 23% less than public prisons, and they also outsource security, healthcare and cheap food. Private prisons aim for a profit margin of 8-10%, which is met by cutting costs and the increased exploitation of staff and inmates.”

Given that privately run prisons pay their staff less, are more overcrowded, and employ fewer prison officers you would think they would at least be more cost effective yet this isn’t the case. The governments own figures for 2022/23 reveal that it cost £32,762 per prisoner, per year in publicly run prisons, while the cost for privately run prisons was £33,628 per prisoner. (Ministry of Justice: “Costs per place and cost per prisoner by individual prison.", 21/0324)

 What is more, the government gives 23% of its allocated budget to private companies despite the fact their prisons only house 15% of the total prison population. It seems that whichever way you measure private prison success (apart form profits for its shareholders) private prisons do far worse than those still in the public sector.

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My third illustration of a “Schwarzer Reiter” that I have officially designed for “Hohenrotbart,” the ruling, dynastic house of “Das Königreich Middenland” in my low-fantasy world. Both this illustration and it’s associated “faction iconography” were officially designed for a low-fantasy setting of my original conception with technology and material culture roughly equivalent to European History during the compounded advents of The Italian Renaissance, The Protestant Reformation, and The Discovery of America. Where formations of heavily armoured and mounted knights in either suits of full plate armour or heavy coats of chainmail fight alongside professional armies of pikemen and matchlock musketeers. Where medieval-style stone castles are gradually being outsourced in favour of both lavish country estates and devoted military fortifications, or “bastions,” due to the technological advancements being made in gunpowder-based, siege artillery. And where fledgling nation-states in the form of kingdoms and empires look beyond the great oceans and the frontiers of “The Known World” in search of exotic riches and virgin lands. In context to the canon lore of my low-fantasy world, “Hohenrotbart” or “House Rotbart” is the newly established ruling dynasty over “Das Königreich Middenland” or “The Kingdom of Middenland.” A fantasy kingdom loosely inspired by Medieval and Renaissance Prussia under the theocracy of The Teutonic Knights, as well as 16th and 17th century “Ducal Prussia” after the official dissolution of The Monastic State of The Teutonic Knights in East Prussia. “Die Schwarze Reiter” as the elite, pseudo-monastic, martial fraternities of aristocratic and noble heavy cavalry paying direct homage and military service to the persons of “Die Könige von Middenland” as both the traditional and the hereditary holders of the office of “Der Hochmeister Der Schwarze Reiter” or “The Supreme Grandmaster of All Schwarze Reiter” being highly analogous to the constituent chapters of The Teutonic Knights during The European Middle Ages and The Renaissance. While the official legislation formally decreed by Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart“ to convert to “The Luxembourgian Reforms” on behalf of his dynastic house and his hereditary subjects being roughly analogous to the secularization of “The Monastic State of The Teutonic Knights” or “Der Deutschordenstaat” into the Lutheran, East Prussian Duchy during the early 16th century. Alongside “Hohenbiermann Der Markgrafschaft Branndenborg,” “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” collectively form “Die Sudkreuzritterstaaten,” “Die Teutogenstaaten,” or “Die Sudentscheidenstaaten.” Essentially a “Teutogen” or “Southern Austere” cultural and linguistic bloc born of the complimentary and subsequent events of “The Southern Crusades” and “The Sudsiedlung.” “The Southern Crusades” being the religious warfare and the territorial acquisitions officially preached and prosecuted against the apostate, Albic tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship of “Erdøk“ or “The Great Forest” geographically located beyond the eastern frontiers of The Empire of Mankind Proper. While “The Sudsiedlung” denotes the gradual and effective resettlement of culturally and ethnically “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” settlers and immigrants to “Die Sudkreuzritterstaaten” alongside the synonymous, systematic, and complimentary mass conversion efforts and the cultural assimilation of the indigenous “Albic” tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship of “Erdøk.” The appeal for the druidic, cult worship of “Erdøk“ or “The Great Forest” already gaining momentum amongst the Albic tribes indigenous to The Former Kingdom of The Midlands long before it’s final collapse beginning with the untimely extinction of the legitimate, male bloodline of The Late House Bartholemnew and the consequent warring and political feuding between the princely, “great houses” of aristocratic and noble princeps and magnates over the issue of legitimate succession to The Late House Bartholemew for the hereditary title of “King of The Midlands.” “Das Königreich Middenland,“ in particular, is the consequential product of “The Midlands Crusade” formally and officially preached and prosecuted against the apostate, Albic tribes geographically located beyond the southernmost frontier of “Das Selbst Kaiserreich der Menscheit.” With Friedrich-Albrecht von Rotbart as Bishop-Prince of Elchingen and one of the three ecclesiastical, invested “Kurfürsten Des Selbst Kaiserreich der Menscheit“ officially serving as “Archpatriarchal Legate,” or the pontifical representative to the person of Archpatriarch Vexillarius IV as “The 299th and Reigning Bishop of Romulus” and “The Current Head of The Conservative Church of The New Gods” for this second “Southern Crusade” officially preached and prosecuted against the apostate, Albic tribes indigenous to The Former Kingdom of The Midlands. Before his formal coronation and anointment as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart.” Friedrich Von Rotbart was originally a mercenary captain of minor aristocratic stock to a company of professional pike-and-shotte infantry known as “Die Bande Des Falke” of “The Band of The Hawk” operating within both “The Austere” and “The Frivolous” cultural and linguistic hemispheres of The Empire of Mankind Secundus. Friedrich Von Rotbart as a mercenary captain to pike-and-shotte infantry would have been content to ply his trade of professional soldiery in service to Das Selbst Kaiserreich der Menscheit’s great houses of aristocratic and noble “Imperial Princeps” or “Imperial Magnates” were it not for his fraternal connections to his far more prolific, prestigious, and illustrious older brother: Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart, Bishop-Prince of Elchingen, ecclesiastical, invested “Kurfürst Des Selbst Kaiserreich der Menscheit,” and above all “Archpatriarchal Legate to Vexillarius IV for The Midlands Crusade.” In return for the once-in-a-millennium opportunity to be formally crowned and anointed the first monarch of his own sovereign state and the founding head of his own royal household, Friedrich Von Rotbart and his “Bande Des Falke” flocked to the rallying cry of this new “Midlands Crusade” formally preached and prosecuted by his far more prestigious, prolific, and illustrious older brother as the pontifical representative to the person of Archpatriarch Vexillarius IV as “The 299th and Reigning Bishop of Romulus” and “The Current Head of The Conservative Church of The New Gods.” Although having allegedly fought with such distinction and meritorious service so as to earn both the respect and the commendation of the leading aristocratic and noble princeps and magnates as well as the sanctioned church authorities officially involved in The Midlands Crusade. Friedrich Von Rotbart and his “Bande Des Falke” fought only as minor belligerents involved in this campaign of religious warfare and territorial conquest aimed at the systematic, mass conversion of the apostate, Albic tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship of “Erdøk.” With The Midlands Crusade concluding in both stunning and overwhelming triumph for the crusaders at the climactic “Battle of The Godswoods.” “The Godswoods” as the holiest shrine and sacred grove to the apostate, Erdøki cultists indigenous to The Former Kingdom of The Midlands was subsequently desecrated and demolished by the conquering, crusading knights of The Midlands Crusade. With it’s constituent lands being officially consecrated as the official site of construction for the new basilica town of Marienburg, where Friedrich-Albrecht von Rotbart would be both formally and officially invested with the awesome and prestigious ecclesiastical office of “Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg,” with The Bishop of Romulus explicit blessing, in order to facilitate the systematic, mass conversion of the apostate, Albic tribes back into the fold of The Conservative Church of The New Gods. Through sheer virtue of his fraternal ties to both the pontifical representative to the person of Archpatriarch Vexillarius IV for The Midlands Crusade and The Seminal Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg, Friedrich Von Rotbart was naturally prioritized over all other prospective candidates for the formal and official coronation and anointment as the first secular, worldly monarch for the new “Königreich Middenland” or “The Kingdom of Middenland” as well as “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” or “The Founding Head of House Rotbart” as the region’s first reigning, dynastic household and hereditary monarch since the untimely extinction of the legitimate, male bloodline of “The Late House Bartholemew” well over a century and a half ago. By sheer virtue of the awesome power, prestige, and authority invested within the ecclesiastical office of Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg, Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart would use his power, authority, and influence within The Conservative Church of The New Gods to leverage the unanimous religious and political support of the high ranking offices of both the ecclesiastical and the monastic clergy in Das Königreich Middenland for the coronation and the anointment of his younger brother as “Friedrich I, Der erster und herrschend König von Middeland und Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart.” Friedrich I’s formal coronation and anointment as “The First and Reigning King of Middenland” and “The Founding Head of House Rotbart,” however, was initially received with both icy anticipation and subtle dread by the newly established princely, “great houses” of “junker” aristocracy and nobility that had formed from the cream, core, and bulk of the conquering, crusading knights of The Midlands Crusade originally preached and prosecuted by Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart as Archpatriarchal Legate to the person of Vexillarius IV as “The 299th and Reigning Bishop of Romulus” and “The Current Head of The Conservative Church of The New Gods.” Friedrich I’s formal coronation and anointment as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” was originally judged and disputed with suspicion and skepticism, in equal measure, by the feudal princeps and magnates of “junker” aristocracy and nobility due to his minor aristocratic birth within the “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” cultural and linguistic hemisphere, as well as his professional background as a mercenary captain to pike-and-shotte infantry, as opposed to aristocratic and noble heavy cavalry as the traditionally most prestigious form of military service due to the historical precedence of the militaristic ideology of professional chivalry. With both the formal blessing and the expressed recommendation of Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart as his far more prestigious, prolific, and illustrious older brother and The First Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg. Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” had officially awarded hereditary, dynastic enfeoffment to Das Königreich Middenland’s newly established princely, “great houses” of “junker” aristocrats and nobles the most arable lands, titles, and estates that had not been previously and officially claimed as the legal property of The Conservative Church of The New Gods. Much later into his long, prolific, and illustrious reign, Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” would officially decree state legislation to grant both the greater and lesser dynastic houses of “junker” aristocracy and nobility the exclusive, feudal privilege over official appointments as judges and magistrates for the new, secular, provincial, “royal” law courts officially established by Friedrich I shortly after his formal coronation and anointment as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland.” The voluminous bodies of secular law codes, customs, and traditions applied to the provincial jurisdiction of the secular, “royal” law courts of the new “Königreich Middenland” essentially being derivative works based on the old town laws of “Die Freie Reichsstädte” or “The Imperial Free Cities” within the “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” cultural and linguistic hemisphere of Das Selbst Kaiserreich Der Menscheit. With the exception of the provincial jurisdiction of the episcopal diocese of The Archbishopric of Marienburg, which fell directly under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction the canon law courts of The Conservative Church of The New Gods officially seated within The Holy Sept of Romulus as the historic kernel, capital, and namesake of The Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Republic and “The Empire of Mankind Primus.” In direct cooperation with his far more prestigious, prolific, and illustrious older brother Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart as “The First Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg.” Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” worked in joint partnership with both the ecclesiastical and the monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods over the rulership, the state administration, and the systematic, mass conversion of the autochthonous Albic tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship of Erdøk. Through the spiritual, cultural, and moral authority of a culturally “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” Conservative clergy with their monopoly on knowledge, education, and learning in general. The systematic, mass conversion of the apostate, Albic tribes of Das Königreich Middenland came synonymously with their thorough assimilation into the “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” culture and language using the church schools and the religious services officially sponsored by a culturally and ethnically “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” Conservative clergy. With any indigenous Albic tribes who had both openly and violently protested against the legislative marginalization of their religious liberties in order to encourage their systematic, mass conversion back into the fold of The Conservative Church of The New Gods facing mass genocide at the hands of either the fledgling, yet powerful professional army of “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland,” or the feudal, aristocratic levies of knightly retinues or pike-and-shotte infantry regiments paying direct homage and military service to the great houses of junker princeps and magnates. In addition to the systematic, mass conversion and the thorough cultural assimilation of the apostate, Albic tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship of “Erdøk” or “The Great Forest.” Friedrich I’s single, most defining, and most enduring policy as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” is actively encouraging the mass migration and the thorough and effective resettlement of settlers and immigrants hailing from his native “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” cultural and linguistic hemisphere within The Empire of Mankind Proper. Using the allure and the promise of the opportunity to resettle and start a new life, in free hold, within the newly established castles and fortified cities of Das Königreich Middeland, as well as the most arable lands and estates within their attached countryside. Friedrich I intends to “bolster” or otherwise “revitalize” growth within the local economy, industrial base, and the cultural and scholastic activity of his new “Königreich Middenland” by attracting skilled, moneyed, and educated commoners to permanently resettle into his newly established castles and fortified cities as “burghers” or bourgeoisie, merchants, artisans, and professionals, as well as the most lucrative and arable lands and estates within their attached countryside as “kollmers” or country gentlemen. In order to ease the cultural and religious friction between the equally dramatic and significant influx of “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” settlers and immigrants with the Albic natives. Friedrich I, in direct partnership with the ecclesiastical clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods in Middenland, has actively pursued a church and state-mandated policy of encouraging the intermarriage between male settlers and immigrants hailing from the “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” cultural and linguistic hemisphere of The Empire of Mankind Secundus with the daughters of Albic families who had officially converted back into the fold of The Conservative Church of The New Gods. By granting church dowries officially sponsored by the ecclesiastical clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland to Albic families who had both openly and formally converted back into the fold of The Conservative Faith, Friedrich I hopes to simultaneously stimulate the systematic, mass conversion of the apostate, Albic tribes back into the fold of The Conservative Church of The New Gods, while also easing the societal friction agitated by the cultural and religious differences between the “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” settlers and immigrants with the Albic natives. Despite it’s reputation as the newest, poorest, and least developed sovereign state within the geographic boundaries of “The Civilized World” as officially defined and prescribed by the ecclesiastical and monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods, as well as the nonconformist preachers of the multitude, or the plethora of “Reformed” and “Dissenter” churches of The New Gods derived from the theological reforms of Karl von Luxembourg and Cassyon Dufresne, respectively. “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” possesses the single largest, most disciplined, most skilled, and most professional armies of pike-and-shotte infantry south of Margrabia Mazowsza under Rod Danielewski. Immediately descended from the military traditions of the conquering, crusading host of The Midlands Crusade formally preached and prosecuted under the ecclesiastical leadership of Bishop-Prince Friedrich-Albrecht von Rotbart as “Archpatriarchal Legate,” or the pontifical representative to the person of Archpatriarch Vexillarius IV for The Midlands Crusade. The professional regiments of pike-and-shotte infantry paying direct homage and military service to Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland are some of the most feared and respected composite units of pikemen and matchlock musketeers to define the current epoch of post-chivalric warfare. Der König von Middenland’s professional regiments of pike-and-shotte infantry are notorious for their steely discipline in holding the line in pitched battles against other composite units of pike-and-shotte infantry and in the face of nigh-irresistible cavalry charges, their superb quality of military fitness and skill-at-arms, and their exceptional degree of military professionalism by contrast to the feudal, aristocratic levies and mercenary contractors more popular elsewhere within “The Civilized World.” This culture of military excellence and professionalism directly inherited from the conquering, crusading host of “The Midlands Crusade” have merely been “bolstered,” or otherwise “reinforced” by the personal and direct supervision of Friedrich I, whose world beating pike-and-shotte infantry regiments have only benefited from his hard-earned, empirical knowledge and worldly experience as a mercenary captain to pike-and-shotte infantry operating within the “Austere” and “Frivolous” states of “Das Selbst Kaiserreich Der Menscheit” before his expressed involvement in The Midlands Crusade at the expressed invitation of his older brother. Although born out of his inherent distrust for the newly established great houses of “junker” princeps and magnates that had formed from the cream, core, and bulk of the conquering, crusading knights originally involved in The Midlands Crusade. “Die Schwarze Reiter” as the elite, pseudo-monastic, aristocratic and noble heavy cavalry paying direct homage and military service to “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” as both the traditional and the hereditary holders of the office of “Der Hochmeister Der Schwarze Reiter” or “The Supreme Grandmaster of All Schwarze Reiter” likewise parallel the world-beating military professionalism, discipline, physical fitness, and skill-at-arms of Das Königreich Middenland’s prized regiments of pike-and-shotte infantry. Organized into elite, pseudo-monastic “chapters” or “martial fraternities” known as “Brüderschaften” or “Brotherhoods” each housed and headquartered within a local “chapter house” corresponding within a network of recruiting districts known as “cantons.” And placed under the personal command and the direct supervision of “Ein Großmeister” or “a Grandmaster” personally and directly appointed for life from “legitimate issues” or “dynastic scions” of Das Königreich Middenland’s great houses of “junker” princeps and magnates by the persons of “Die Könige von Middenland” themselves. “Die Schwarze Reiter” as the elite, pseudo-monastic, aristocratic and noble heavy cavalry paying direct homage and military service to “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” as both the traditional and the hereditary “Hochmeister Der Schwarze Reiter” or “Supreme Grandmasters of All Schwarze Reiter” were either compelled through the obligatory, feudal, aristocratic “blood tithe,” or otherwise willingly enrolled into the local chapter houses of their respective “Brüderschaft” to serve the royal, state interests of “Die Könige von Middenland” over the feudal, private interests of their aristocratic and noble households. To physically distinguish the constituent “Brüderschaften” of “Die Schwarze Reiter” from the domestic, household knights paying direct homage and military service to Das Königreich Middenland’s newly established great houses of “junker” princeps and magnates. “Die Schwarze Reiter” were issued their signature, black armour further embellished with skull fetishes, gilded plates, and “burned” chainmail to distinguish their rank, seniority, and specific “Brudershaft” while wearing surcoats and cuirasses richly emblazoned or enameled with the escutcheon of “Hohenrotbart” as the founding, ruling, dynastic household of “Das Königreich Middenland.” In order to both preserve and retain the professional loyalties and the direct homage of the various “Brüderschaften” of “Die Schwarze Reiter” to the persons of “Die Könige von Middenland.” Both the personal livelihoods and the upkeep costs of “Die Schwarze Reiter” were funded through a combination of the quarterly income tax generated by Das Königreich Middenland’s “royal demesne” or “crownlands,” by tariffs officially imposed on the trade, commerce, and industry of Der König von Middenland’s charter companies and the local trade guilds, as well as tithes and benefices generated by the religious services of, donations to, and the property owned by The Conservative Church of The New Gods in joint partnership with “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” over the rulership, the state administration, and the systematic, mass conversion of the apostate, Albic tribes autochthonous to “Das Königreich Middenland.” Each “Großmeister” was personally and individually charged for life directly by the persons of “Die Könige von Middenland” with the personal command and the direct supervision of “Die Brüderschaften” of “Die Schwarze Reiter,” and could be immediately and unceremoniously stripped of their rank and office should they show any signs of insubordination to the person of “Der König von Middenland” or those of his official, state-sanctioned representatives. All “Schwarze Reiter” from the youngest and rawest of squires to the most venerable and seasoned “Großmeister” were legally obligated to forfeit any lands, titles, and estates within their legal possession at the secular, provincial, “royal” law courts of “Die Könige von Middenland” upon and regardless of their obligatory or voluntary enrollment into the local chapter houses of their respective “Brüderschaft.” Through compelling the second sons of Das Königreich Middenland’s junker aristocrats and nobles, as well as the firstborn sons of poorer junkers into elite, pseudo-monastic, and professional military service as “Schwarze Reiter” through the obligatory, feudal, aristocratic “blood tithe.” Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland,” “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart,” and “Der erster Hochmeister Der Schwarze Reiter” hopes to better “entrench” or otherwise “reinforce” the hereditary, dynastic loyalties and the feudal homage of Das Königreich Middenland’s greater and lesser dynastic houses of junker aristocrats and nobles to the persons of “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland.” In terms Hohenrotbart’s foreign and dynastic policy as the founding, ruling, dynastic household of “Das Königreich Middenland.” Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart shortly after his formal investiture as “The First Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg” had successfully brokered a matrilineal union with “Hohenbiermann Der Markgrafschaft Brannenborg” through the marriage of Markgraf Friedrich-Albrecht Von Biermann’s younger sister to the newly crowned and anointed “Friedrich I, Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland und Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart.” Through the matrilineal union forged by the marriage between Friedrich I and the younger sister of Markgraf Friedrich-Albrecht Von Biermann, the cornerstone for an extraimperial personal union between “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” and “Hohenbiermann Der Margrafschaft Brannenborg” as “Die Sudkreuzritterstaaten,” “Die Sudentscheidenstaaten,” or “Die Teutogenstaaten,” or the nation-states born of the subsequent and the complimentary events of “The Southern Crusades” and “The Sudsiedlung” was laid out. Which is most explicitly apparent with the subsequent and the complimentary “Treaties of Marienburg and Brannenborg-An-der-Havel” officially brokered between the state-sanctioned, court representatives of “Hohenbiermann Der Markgrafschaft Brannenborg” and “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” over the prospective merger of Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg and Das Königreich Middenland into an extraimperial composite state united by their shared heritage in “The Southern Crusades” and “The Sudsiedlung,” as well as their shared background as the earliest religious converts to the theological reforms of Karl von Luxembourg to the religious establishment of, and institutions of organized religion within The Conservative Church of The New Gods officially seated in Romulus. Prinzessin Chloe Von Rotbart as Friedrich I’s eldest daughter from a previous marriage before his formal coronation and anointment as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland und Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” was formally betrothed to Robert III, The 40th and Late King of Albion and The Former Head of House Lyonheart, as part of a defensive pact to put a check on the belligerence of Maison Williamson du Royaume d’Aquitaine’s as the single largest military powerhouse within “The Civilized World.” Edmund IV as the legitimate successor to both The Kingdom of Albion and House Lyonheart was equally unable to, nor inherently interested in staking a dynastic merger between The Kingdom of Albion and Das Königreich Middenland, as his mother Chloe Von Rotbart was not a “real issue” to the first “Prinzgemahl-Königin von Middenland” from “Hohenbiermann Der Markgrafschaft Brannenborg.” Albrecht Von Biermann as “Der herrschend Markgraf von Brannenborg,” “Der momentan Chef von Hohenbiermann,” and secular, hereditary “Kurfürst des Selbst-Kaiserreich der Menscheit,“ however, was far more successful in cultivating closer ties with Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland” and “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” using a combination of his paternal ties to “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland,” their shared heritage to the subsequent and the complimentary events of “The Southern Crusades” and “The Sudsiedlung,” as well as their shared background as the earliest religious converts to the theological reforms of “Karl Von Luxembourg,” a learned church doctor of theology at “Die Universität Wörtzburch“ as one of the greatest centers of church-sanctioned, academic research on both The Canon Theology of The New Gods as well as Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Civil Law and Jurisprudence north of The Olympian Mountain Valley. Within the subsequent “Treaties of Marienburg and Brannenborg-An-Der-Havel” officially brokered between the state-sanctioned, court representatives of “Hohenbiermann Der Markgrafschaft Brannenborg” and “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland.” Albrecht Von Biermann as “Der herrschend Markgraf von Brannenborg,” “Der momentan Chef von Hohenbiermann,” secular, hereditary, “Kurfürst Des Selbst-Kaiserreich der Menscheit,” and nephew to Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland,” “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart,” and paternal uncle to Albrecht Von Biermann opened negotiations with the proposition of mutual inheritance between Hohenbiermann and Hohenrotbart for both Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg and Das Königreich Middenland should either dynastic house grow extinct through the male bloodline. Friedrich I, in direct response to the opening propositions of Albrecht Von Biermann’s conditions, further elaborated upon the treaties with the following conditions that Albrecht Von Biermann never officially incorporate Das Königreich Middenland as a constituent, member state within The Empire of Mankind. As Imperial Law had officially restricted any member state outside “the hereditary state” and “the dynastic house” of The Emperor-Elect, as well as “Hohenluxembourg Des Königreich Schönbrunn” from endowing the reigning patriarchs of their dynastic houses with royal titles. That Albrecht Von Biermann and all of his prospective successors as “Die Markgrafen von Brannenborg” officially convert to “The Reformed Faith of The New Gods” based on the theological reforms of Karl Von Luxembourg officially published at “Die Universität Wörtzburch“ by the time of their formal inheritance to “Das Königreich Middenland” from the then extinct, male bloodline of “Hohenrotbart.” So as to simultaneously retain and preserve the religious liberties of all subscribers to The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland, while simultaneously encouraging both the spread and the proliferation of The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg. And that Albrecht Von Biermann and all his prospective successors as “Die Markgrafen von Brannenborg” officially act as both regents and godfathers to Friedrich I’s infant son “Kronprinz Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart” in the event and the occasion of his untimely passing. As Friedrich I had only and finally succeeded in producing a surviving male heir by his late 70′s. To both sweeten and conclude the subsequent and the complimentary “Treaties of Marienburg and Brannenborg-An-Der-Havel,” Albrecht Von Biermann had offered the ultimatum of consenting to the outlined elaborations under the condition that Friedrich I and all of his prospective successors as “Die Könige von Middenland” officially hold the title of “Der Markgraf von Brannenborg” plurally with the title of “Der König von Middenland” rather than incorporating Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg as a constituent province of Das Königreich Middenland uniquely situated within the southernmost frontier of The Empire of Mankind Proper, so as to simultaneously preserve and retain the awesome power, privilege, and authority traditionally attached to the title of secular, hereditary “Kurfürst Des Selbst Kaiserreich der Menscheit” that had been both traditionally and synonymously tied with the hereditary title of “Die Markgrafen von Brannenborg” since it’s original awarding to Markgraf Friedrich II Von Biermann during The Electoral Reforms of Vespasian VII of The Imperial Household after his official election as The 96th Emperor-Elect of Mankind formally decreed in the aftermath the electoral wars disputing his lawful and legitimate election for the title of “Der Designiert-Kaiser Der Menscheit.” With the passing away of Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart as Friedrich I’s far more prestigious, prolific, and illustrious older brother and The First Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg. The venerable and ailing Archpatriarch Vexillarius IV as The 299th and Reigning Bishop of Romulus and The Current Head of The Conservative Church of The New Gods had formally and officially invested in Wolfgang Amadeus Von Holswig-Schlestien, Bishop-Prince of Griffenheim and one of the three ecclesiastical, invested “Kurfürsten Des Selbst-Kaiserreich Der Menscheit” as the next Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg for Das Königreich Middenland. Unlike Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart as his predecessor and The Seminal Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg. This new Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg was particularly hellbent on both maximizing and prioritizing the spiritual, cultural, and moral power, authority, and influence of The Conservative Church of The New Gods officially seated in The Holy Sept of the old capital, civilizational kernel, and titular namesake of The Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Republic and “The Empire of Mankind Primus” over the rulership, the state administration, and the systematic, mass conversion of Das Königreich Middenland’s apostate, Albic tribes at the expense of reducing the secular, hereditary power, authority, and influence of “Hohenrotbart Des Königreich Middenland” to a purely nominal role. Stating at one point that “The Midlands Crusade was formally preached and prosecuted in the name of The Canon Pantheon of The New Gods, not in the name of the selfish and conceited ambitions of prospective monarchs and aristocrats. And it was through their sheer grace and divinity that the crusade had concluded, in stunning and overwhelming triumph, in favour of the sanctioned forces of The Conservative Church.” In direct response to this ever increasing threat to his sovereign and legitimate rule and authority posed by both this new Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg and his clerical and lay followers. Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland und Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart” had formally decreed state legislation to officially convert to The “Reformed” Faith of The New Gods on behalf of both his dynastic household and his hereditary subjects. The “Reformed” Faith essentially being derived from the theological reforms of Karl Von Luxembourg at Die Universität Wörtzburch questioning both the spiritual and cultural legitimacy and the moral infallibility of “The Bishop of Romulus” or “The Archpatriarch” and his spiritual, cultural, and moral authority as “The Last of The Classical Pontiffs,” or the sole, anointed representative to The Entire Canon Pantheon of The New Gods in the whole world after the official dissolution of the “Quattuordecimviri Sacris Faciundus” or “The Pontifical College” under the Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Imperator of Mankind “Demetrius Superbus” with his official prescription of The Conservative Faith of The New Gods as “the state religion” of The Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Empire of Mankind Primus. As well as protesting against the widespread corruption, the abuses, and the worldly excesses of both the ecclesiastical and the monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods. With his legislative decree to officially convert to “The Luxembourgian Reformation” on behalf of both his dynastic household and his hereditary subjects, Friedrich I had finally assumed supreme authority over matters of religion in Das Königreich Middenland. And in the process making himself the effective and virtual “Supreme Head of The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland” as the first major culture and state in both the recorded histories and the geographic expanse of The Known World to officially convert to The “Reformed” Faith of The New Gods based on the theological reforms of Karl Von Luxembourg. With his spiritual ties of fealty to The Holy Sept in Romulus formally annulled through his official conversion to The Luxembourgian Reformation, Friedrich I had actively pursued a policy of the systematic confiscation of the lands, property, and treasuries of any ecclesiastical and monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods who had openly refused to submit before the formal renunciation of his spiritual ties of fealty to The Holy Sept in Romulus, while also endowing himself with full control over the state investiture of new bishops and abbots for The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland. Including state investiture over the venerable and prestigious ecclesiastical office of Bishop-Patriarch of Marienburg since it’s original consecration and founding by his far more prestigious, prolific, and illustrious older brother at the stunning conclusion and the aftermath of “The Midlands Crusade” with the historic, subsequent, and complimentary desecration and demolition of “The Godswoods” as the holiest shrine and sacred grove of the apostate, Albic tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship “Erdøk” or “The Great Forest.” Friedrich I’s first official policy as “The Supreme Head of The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland” was to decree church legislation to decriminalize both the private ownership and the vernacular translations of The Holy Canons of The New Gods, which had always been traditionally codified in “Cosmopolitan” or “Classical Romulan” as the liturgical language of The Conservative Church of The New Gods since it’s original codification and formalization under the religious reforms traditionally attributed to The Classical Romulan Imperator of Mankind “Cassadorian the Great” with his establishment of The Conservative Faith of The New Gods as the “preferential” religion of The Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Empire of Mankind Primus. The possession, the reading, and the strict, legalistic interpretation of the Old Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan rite and liturgy of The Holy Canons of The New Gods being the exclusive, legal reserve of the ecclesiastical and the monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods, as well as the exclusive, feudal privilege of the hereditary, dynastic, greater and lesser houses of feudal aristocracy and nobility since the closing centuries of The Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Empire of Mankind Primus at the twilight of The Civilized World’s “Classical Antiquity.” This policy of actively proliferating both the private ownership and the vernacular translations of The Holy Canons of The New Gods would subsequently open both it’s reading and it’s strict interpretation to all social classes outside the ecclesiastical and monastic clergy and the feudal aristocracy and nobility. To “reinforce” or otherwise “bolster” his policy of the mass proliferation of the vernacular translations of The Holy Canons of The New Gods to all social classes outside the ecclesiastical and monastic clergy of The “Reformed” Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland and the greater and lesser houses “junker” aristocracy and nobility. Friedrich I as “Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland,” “Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart,” and “The Supreme Head of The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland” has actively campaigned to encourage both the spread and the growth of mass literacy within Das Königreich Middenland using the religious and political support of any professional printers, missionaries, and church schools personally sympathetic to the theological reforms officially preached and published by Karl Von Luxembourg at Die Universität Wörtzburch. With Friedrich I’s formal issuance of the deed of foundation for “The Collegium Fridericium” or “Die Universität Königsberg” as both the earliest and the greatest, official centre of ideological proliferation for Karl Von Luxembourg’s theological reforms to the religious establishment of, and the institutions of organized religion within The Conservative Church of The New Gods officially seated within The Holy Sept of Romulus as the old capital, civilizational kernel, and titular namesake of both The Cosmopolitan, Classical Romulan Republic and “The Empire of Mankind Primus” until it’s final and final collapse at the very end of The Civilized World’s historical epoch of “Classical Antiquity,” as well as a monolithic religious and material cultural monument literally “set in stone” dedicated to his irrefutable infamy and notoriety as the first hereditary, dynastic ruler in both the recorded histories and the geographic expanse of “The Known World” to formally renounce his spiritual ties of fealty to The Holy Sept in Romulus through his legislative decree to officially convert to “The Luxembourgian Reformation” on behalf of both his dynastic household and his hereditary subjects. “The Collegium Fridericium” or “Die Universität Königsberg” essentially being founded to serve as a mighty bastion of religious and intellectual cultural education designed to produce new ecclesiastical and monastic clergy for Friedrich I’s “Reformed” Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland, as well as literate and formally educated missionaries to preach and proselytize The Luxembourgian Reformation throughout and beyond Das Königreich Middenland’s established frontiers.

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Writing a short addendum of action steps to my “You Don’t Hate AI Art, You Hate Capitalism” essay that I posted yesterday and including some AI photographs made with DALLE2 of Capybaras helping a union drive. These outputs were all based off of original photos I took of Capybaras in Ipaussu, Sao Paulo, in 2019. Let’s start with some advice for illustrators and commercial artists who are worried about AI ruining their lives.

UNIONIZE YOUR WORKPLACE! Seriously, your bosses are the ones out to get you, not the AIs or AI artists. Unions are the best way to prevent outsourcing to AIs.

UNIONIZE WITH OTHER FREELANCERS! This is harder to accomplish, but freelancer unions do exist and there should be more of them. (Side note: many artists who will be affected have the privilege to work in highly gatekept cultural industries that, in the US, discriminate against POC, immigrants, Queer people, Disabled people, etc. They are also mostly based in the Global North and they don’t hire many experimental new media artists, so keep in mind, this aint my battle lol)

Opt-out of Stable Diffusion V3! If your work is showing up on the “Have  I been Trained“ website, you can opt out of future AI model releases through this link: https://haveibeentrained.com/

Learn about new media histories and experimental processes! The art world is changing fast and visual arts don’t all revolve around representational illustration and commercial imaging. Expanding your craft is a matter of adaptation and survival. We new media artists have been messing with AIs for almost a decade now and this whole hysteria makes a lot of you sound brand new.

Train AI models using your own works and let everyone make derivatives. This is the classic “dont beat em, join em” approach and I think it’s awesome. It makes you seem generous and not like some boomer screaming “muh copyrights” into the void. Here’s a tutorial on how to train Stable Diffusion on your own set of images .

Now for some broad structural solutions, because these calls for AI Art Bans are giving strong “Disco Sucks” vibes:

AI’s should be treated as public infrastructure and thereby socialized or nationalized.  No private company should own AI systems or vectors of information. AIs should be open source and free for all to learn and use. 

Commercial applications of AIs should be strictly regulated. Not just because biases and misuse of sexualized images are rampant, but because private ownership of AI will lead to more socio-economic inequalities.

Generative Image AI Services should be paying royalties to artists. If you want your favorite illustrator to get those royalties, go pressure OpenAI and MidJourney directly. They have records of all their prompts and are making bank. What people don’t know is that when these services came out, they had atrocious licensing restrictions where they owned the prompts and images AI Artists were creating, but community pressure made them cave in. Now AI Artists own the outputs while granting a nonexclusive license to the AI corps (much how social media platforms operate).

Finally here’s some advice for digital artists working with AI:

Artists should fully disclose if their works include AI-generated imagery, especially if it’s the main visual. Many exhibiting artists use terms like “Collaboration with AI” to describe their art and that’s a good practice, because it really is a collaboration with a computer. (Side note: China is making it a law that all AI-generated media have a watermark or disclaimer and I think that’s a fair approach).

Artists should attribute the other artists they reference in their prompts, especially if they are relying on a living, working artist’s aesthetic for their output. Many AI Artists will mash-up several references, like cyberpunk + lisa frank + ansel adams + raphael painting, and tho i personally wouldnt fault an artist for not disclosing these references, since they are all canonical, I think its commendable for AI Artists to share their prompts along with their visual work.

It is unethical to take raw outputs based off of a single living, working artist and in order to commercialize a whole unattributed series of derivative works based off their aesthetic. But I think there are caveats if you are working within a legitimate conceptual framework and you attribute the artist you referenced. Also if you are remixing your artistic reference in your own workflow, you are protected by Fair Use and that’s ok. The best way to tell the difference if someone is using AI in unethical ways is to consider that person’s entire body of work. Are they appropriating in an interesting way? Is there a concept or politics behind their appropriation? Is AI Art all they seem to do? Art history has been driven by appropriation and that’s not going to change. 

Consider whether your AI Art punches up or punches down! Sure, go ahead and rip off the damien hirsts and jeff koons of the world. But if you are a white dude making japonaiserie or chinoiserie, or outputs based off of Black hip-hop culture, you should reconsider your approach. That FKN Meka thing is a perfect example of white guy owners creating a fake AI rapper using lyrics ghostwritten by Black rappers. That shit is gross and evil. Keep in mind that evaluating cultural appropriation requires an understanding of colonialism and racial capitalism.

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Parliament opens for a new four-year term on Thursday, and the media is covering the comings and goings, while also welcoming newcomers to the legislature.

In one story Ilta-Sanomat asks (siirryt toiseen palveluun) two first-term MPs what they make of the pay and perks on offer in their new job. Pinja Perholehto (SDP) and Joakim Vigelius (Finns) were both a little surprised at the taxpayer's generosity.

They both criticised the decision to raise MPs' pay at the start of this parliamentary term from 6,614 euros to 7,137 euros. That's for those who have served less than twelve years — longer-serving legislators will get 7,494 euros a month.

Perholehto waited tables before she was elected to parliament, and says she's become used to an income of less than 2,000 euros. As such she thinks this raise was unnecessary. Vigelius too says that parliament would still find people to serve even with a smaller compensation.

Expenses are another issue. Each month MPs get between 986.81 euros and 1809.15 euros, depending on the location of their official residence, and the money is tax-free.

Perholehto finds that a little strange, especially for MPs who live close to Helsinki. In addition MPs have broad rights to compensation for transport used, and get travel cards for use in the Helsinki region.

Finns Party x National Coalition

Iltalehti looks ahead (siirryt toiseen palveluun) to the formation of the next government, which is the biggest task for National Coalition leader Petteri Orpo right now.

The paper claims that the NCP's first preference is for a right-wing government in coalition with the Finns Party, the Christian Democrats and the Swedish People's Party (SPP).

That would give the government a slim majority, with just 109 seats in the 200-member parliament. As that includes the non-voting Speaker of Parliament, there is little room for manoeuvre.

The parties have different views on work-based immigration, with the Finns Party strongly opposed and the NCP and SPP both looking to increase numbers.

European policy is another issue that could derail talks, with the NCP and SPP strongly pro-EU and the Finns Party looking to leave the union in the long run.

IL says that the alternative is a Blue-red government including the NCP, the SDP, the Greens and the Swedish People's Party, but that there has been little contact with the Social Democrats to explore that option.

Finnair's Bulgarian customer service

Helsingin Sanomat reports (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on Finnair's cost-cutting drive, which has seen their online chat services concentrated at a service centre in Bulgaria.

None of the staff there speak Finnish, and they rely entirely on machine translation. The service has been based at the Bulgarian service point since January, and Finnair says there have been a few translation mistakes but overall they are satisfied with the service.

The company points out that they still offer Finnish-language assistance by phone, although neither Finnair nor HS note the cost of actually calling the company compared to using an online chat service.

The company believes that artificial intelligence will rapidly improve the service, and reduce the number of mistranslations.

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i thought about not writing anything bc I'm late to the discourse game this time round and bc I've been so unplugged for so long that I don't get anons asking me things anymore but then I was talking to @twopoppies and like actually - I have shit to say

the first thing i have to say is that the British economy is overwhelmingly failing the working class. Teachers, train workers, and the fire service have all voted to go on strike in the last month. and the reason that this is happening is twofold: the first is that the MPs are self-absorbed dicks. The second is that the UK pulled out of one of the largest single-market economies in the international community, which hit every sector of the economy bc new taxes tariffs trade agreements erc. So like - don't talk to a Brit about what their utilities are doing. The third reason that these towns are dying though is because of the practice of outsourcing labour to cheaper countries/cities/communities. This is why people began to blame immigrants for the decline of the working class. Which like - if a Brit wants to come and teach my kids and write my PhD, they can pry it from my cold dead hands.

That's a really roundabout way of explaining that if you don't live in a larger city, you're gonna have loads of poverty in the area. And that - for the most part - your distance from London is directly proportional to the poverty rate. I work in *small British coastal town* in a *large comprehensive school* (that's like a US public school), and my kids are about 13-16 years old. The 16-year-olds are doing their GCSEs (like GEDs) in the spring, and loads of them don't believe that they can do it. Out of the Y11s that I know, I know maybe one or two that have concrete plans to go to university. Most don't believe that they can succeed, and are unwilling to go anywhere far from home. A comparable region of the world would be Appalachia in the US. The school I teach at is right across the street from council estates, and some of the kids have never left the town - even though there's a 2 hr train that takes you into London. Loads of their lives are really tough. I obviously can't give specifics, but I've definitely had days I can't shake off at the end of them.

This is all to say that out of the hundreds of kids I know, I don't know a single one that's gonna win a Grammy in 15 years time. Or a Pulitzer, or an Oscar or a Tony or an Olivier or a BAFTA. and this is absolutely not because they're not capable of doing it - they 100% have the capacity to succeed and the talent to be amazing. We just don't have the resources to nurture that talent in a way that would make them competitive to the people in the first ring of the ladder to success. I have a kid who wants to be a detective, and another teacher (!) told me 'well that's just not realistic. kids like him don't get into the programs he'd need to get into to do that'. That's just the reality of life for them. To them, I'm the anomaly. I'm the one who made it out! I left a tough home and a rough couple of years to become a PhD student and a young woman with a stable job, a guy who agrees to watch my cat, and loads of good friends. And I'm DEFINITELY not winning any Grammys hahaha - but by their metric their TEACHERS are some of the most successful or educated people they know, and they don't see themselves as those people.

We do our best for these kids, but it 1000% makes sense that someone from a background like this would say that the kind of success and fame and resources it takes to be an international pop star doesn't happen to people like him. Because it's a million to one. For every Harry Styles, a million David Smiths (not a real kid) don't make it out. So maybe shut up, have some empathy and celebrate an unlikely success? Or like. Eat cake if that fails.

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Understanding the UAE's Visa Regime

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a popular destination for both tourism and long-term residency. Its strategic location, vibrant economy, and high quality of life have attracted millions of people from around the world. For those already residing in the UAE, understanding the visa requirements and processes is essential for travel, business, or family visits.

Types of Visas for UAE Residents

Visit Visas:

Tourist Visas: For leisure or business visits.

Family Visit Visas: For family members of UAE residents.

Business Visit Visas: For individuals traveling for business purposes.

Residence Visas:

Employment Visas: For individuals employed in the UAE.

Investor Visas: For individuals investing in the UAE economy.

Family Visas: For family members of UAE residents.

Student Visas: For international students studying in the UAE.

Transit Visas: For individuals transiting through the UAE.

Visa Application Process

The visa application process for UAE residents typically involves the following steps:

Gather Required Documents: This may include passports, photographs, proof of residency, financial statements, and invitation letters (if applicable).

Submit Application: Applications can be submitted online, in person at the relevant embassy or consulate, or through authorized visa agents.

Pay Visa Fees: Visa fees vary depending on the visa type and nationality.

Attend Interview (if required): Some visa categories may require an interview with embassy or consulate officials.

Await Approval: The processing time for visas can vary, depending on the specific application and the embassy's workload.

Visa Extensions and Renewals

For those already residing in the UAE on a residence visa, it's important to understand the rules for visa extensions and renewals. These processes typically involve submitting necessary documents to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs (GDRFA) or the relevant immigration authorities.

Tips for a Smooth Visa Application

Plan Ahead: Start your visa application process well in advance, especially if you have tight deadlines.

Gather All Required Documents: Ensure you have all the necessary documents ready before submitting your application.

Follow Instructions Carefully: Pay close attention to the specific instructions and requirements for your visa type.

Be Patient: The visa application process can take time, so be patient and avoid rushing.

Choosing a Reliable Visa Service

If you're unsure about the visa application process or prefer to outsource the paperwork, consider using a reputable visa service. These services can provide guidance, assist with document preparation, and expedite the application process.

Conclusion

Navigating the UAE's visa system can be a straightforward process for UAE residents. By understanding the different visa types, following the correct procedures, and planning ahead, you can ensure a smooth and hassle-free experience.

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Slovenia HR Outsourcing Solutions: Your Gateway to Seamless Business Expansion with MyGlobal.si

Welcome to MyGlobal.si, your trusted partner for Slovenia HR Outsourcing Solutions, immigration services, company registration, and accounting services. Whether you're relocating, expanding your business, or navigating complex employment regulations, our expert team is here to simplify the process. Discover how our tailored solutions can help you transition smoothly and achieve success in Slovenia.

At MyGlobal.si, we specialize in providing comprehensive Slovenia HR Outsourcing Solutions to meet the unique needs of businesses and individuals alike. Our services are designed to help you navigate the intricacies of Slovenian employment and immigration regulations, making your relocation or business expansion as seamless as possible.

Whether you're looking to register a company, obtain work and residence permits, or outsource HR functions, our dedicated team is committed to guiding you every step of the way. With extensive knowledge of local laws and procedures, we ensure that your business operations in Slovenia are compliant, efficient, and geared for success.

Why Choose MyGlobal.si?

Expertise in Slovenia HR Outsourcing Solutions: We offer tailored HR services to help you manage your workforce effectively, whether you're setting up a new branch or optimizing your existing operations.

Comprehensive Immigration Services in Slovenia: From residence permits to citizenship, we provide end-to-end support for all your immigration needs.

Seamless Company Registration in Slovenia: Our team assists with all aspects of company formation, ensuring you meet all legal requirements for doing business in Slovenia.

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Start your journey with MyGlobal.si today, and let us help you achieve your business goals in Slovenia. With our Slovenia HR Outsourcing Solutions and a full suite of services, we make it easy for you to thrive in your new venture.

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Why Legal Translation Should Be Done By a Professional

Documents like patents, immigration documents, legal proceedings, business agreements, corporate contracts and so on require legal translation for different purposes. Documents which are to be legally translated have to be authentic hence choosing a credible legal translation services in Qatar is vital. Inaccurate translations can lead to severe consequences.  An amateur should not be selected for legal translations.  It should be done only by professional companies who provide outsourcing PRO services in Qatar.  Blue Link provides authentic legal translation in Qatar. Choose us if you are looking for outsourcing PRO services in Qatar.

Given below are some of the reasons which points out why it is important to choose professional legal translation services in Qatar.

Errors in legal translation can lead to severe issues

Translation of a document is done mainly for official purposes and if errors occurr in such documents it can have severe consequences. Inaccuracies depending on the kind of document can lead to court disputes, lost business opportunities, penalties and even criminal charges. Each clause and sentences in documents have its own importance and they have to be carefully translated in order to maintain the credibility of the document. Therefore in order to be safe and for prompt processing of  documents it is recommended to hire professional provider of legal translation services in Qatar. 

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The Ultimate Guide to Visa Consultant in Chandigarh

Visa consultants are important in assisting people to secure visas due to the many challenges that surround the visa acquisition process. There are many visa consultants available in Chandigarh who can help make this process easier and faster. This article discusses the role of visa consultants, how to select a good one, and also gives an insight into some of the best companies in India, like Nestaboard.

Why You Need a Visa Consultant in Chandigarh

Applying for a visa can be a complex process. It is important to understand that each country has its requirements and documents. A visa consultant in Chandigarh can help you in the best way possible and can guide you in the right way so that you do not make any mistakes while filling out the application form. They assist in minimizing the chances of application rejection and also save you time and energy.

What to Look for in a Visa Consultant

When selecting a visa consultant, consider the following factors:

1. Experience: Choose a consultant with a proven track record and years of experience. Experienced consultants understand the nuances of visa applications and can provide valuable insights.

2. Reputation: Research the consultant's reputation through online reviews and testimonials. Positive feedback from previous clients is a good indicator of reliable service.

3. Transparency: Ensure the consultant is transparent about their fees and services. Avoid consultants who promise guaranteed approvals, as this can be misleading.

4. Credentials: Verify the consultant's credentials and certifications. Reputable consultants are often members of professional associations, which indicates their commitment to ethical practices.

Leading Visa Consultants in India

Several companies in India offer top-notch visa consultancy services. Here are five leading companies similar to Nestaboard:

1. Nestaboard: Nestaboard is known for its comprehensive visa consultancy. They provide personalized guidance and support for various visa types, including student, work, and tourist visas.

2. Y-Axis: Y-Axis is a prominent visa consultant with offices across India. They offer services for immigration, study abroad, and work visas, providing end-to-end support.

3. WWICS: WWICS specializes in immigration and visa services for countries like Canada, Australia, and the USA. They have a team of experienced consultants who provide tailored solutions.

4. Abhinav Outsourcings: Abhinav Outsourcings offers visa consultancy for immigration, study abroad, and business visas. They have a strong reputation for their thorough and professional approach.

5. Visa House: Visa House provides visa consulting services for a wide range of countries. They offer personalized services to meet the unique needs of each client.

The Role of a Visa Consultant

Visa consultants offer various services to assist with visa applications:

- Documentation Assistance: They help you gather and prepare the necessary documents required for your visa application.

- Application Review: Consultants review your application to ensure it is complete and accurate, reducing the risk of rejection.

- Interview Preparation: Some visas require an interview. Consultants can provide guidance and tips to help you prepare.

- Follow-up and Updates: They keep track of your application status and provide updates, ensuring you are informed throughout the process.

Benefits of Hiring a Visa Consultant

Hiring a visa consultant in Chandigarh offers several benefits:

Consultants are professionals who possess extensive knowledge about visa requirements and procedures, helping individuals navigate through the complexities of the application process with ease.

By entrusting consultants with your visa-related tasks, such as handling paperwork and follow-ups, you can save valuable time and effort that can be better spent on other priorities in your life.

One of the key benefits of seeking professional assistance is the reduced risk of application rejection, as consultants are well-equipped to identify potential obstacles and address them proactively.

 Additionally, consultants offer personalized service, catering to your unique needs and circumstances to provide tailored advice and support every step of the way. This individualized approach ensures that you receive the guidance that is most relevant and beneficial to your specific situation.

Selecting the right visa consultant in Chandigarh is crucial to ensuring that the visa application process runs smoothly. When choosing between the two, consider experience, reputation, openness, and credentials. Some of the best visa consultancy services are provided by Nestaboard, Y-Axis, WWICS, Abhinav Outsourcings, and Visa House.

By adhering to these guidelines and choosing a good visa consultant, one can increase his/her chances of success in the visa application process and proceed to the journey of exploring the world.

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Why PRO Services are Essential for Business Success in Dubai

Dubai, a global commercial hub renowned for its strategic location and robust economy, attracts entrepreneurs and businesses worldwide. However, establishing and operating a business in Dubai has its challenges. The intricate web of regulations, government procedures, and cultural nuances can be daunting. This is where professional PRO services in Dubai play a crucial role. These services are indispensable for ensuring compliance, streamlining processes, and facilitating smooth business operations. This blog will explore why PRO services in Dubai are beneficial and essential for business success.

1. Navigating Regulatory Complexities

Dubai has a well-established legal framework that governs companies. The regulatory landscape can be challenging, from obtaining trade licenses and visas to renewing permits and adhering to hard-earned laws. PRO services are vital in helping businesses understand and comply with these rules. They ensure that every legal requirement is met, significantly reducing the risk of fines, penalties, and operational delays, thereby providing a sense of security.

2. Efficient Documentation and Approvals

One of the most time-consuming components of jogging an enterprise in Dubai is coping with paperwork and acquiring vital approvals. The documentation can be overwhelming, whether it is visa processing, labour settlement approvals, or company registration. PRO offerings manage those processes effectively, ensuring that each document is correctly organized and submitted on time. This performance saves time and lets commercial enterprise owners become aware of core sports in preference to administrative duties.

3. Expertise in Local Laws and Practices

Understanding nearby laws, cultural norms, and commercial enterprise practices is vital for fulfilment in any market, and Dubai isn’t an exception. PRO service vendors have an in-depth understanding of the local criminal devices and business surroundings. They are well-versed in modern regulatory updates and can offer precious insights and advice. This understanding helps organizations make informed decisions, avoid felony pitfalls, and maintain top status with government authorities.

4. Cost-Effective Solution

Cost-Effective Solution Hiring a full-time, in-house PRO can be a significant expense, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. Outsourcing PRO services, on the other hand, is a cost-effective solution. It provides access to a team of experts without the overhead costs associated with full-time employees. This arrangement allows businesses to pay for services as needed, optimizing their budget and resources and appealing to budget-conscious companies.

5. Time-saving and Convenience

Time is a treasured asset for any business. PRO offerings deal with time-consuming obligations, queuing at authority workplaces, filling out forms, and following up on packages. Outsourcing these responsibilities allows enterprise proprietors and executives to focus on strategic planning and growth. The comfort supplied via PRO services translates into smoother operations and faster completion of essential duties.

6. Facilitating employee mobility

Dubai’s enterprise environment is diverse, with a sizable expatriate workforce. Managing worker visas, painting lets in, and residency renewals can be complex and time-consuming. PRO services streamline these techniques, ensuring that all worker-associated office work is handled efficiently. This allows for retaining expertise and ensures compliance with local immigration legal guidelines.

7. Building Strong Government Relations

8. Compliance and Risk Management

Non-compliance with neighbourhood laws and policies can result in intense effects, including fines, prison moves, and harm to an organization’s recognition. PRO services help companies stay compliant by keeping track of regulatory changes, time limits, and necessities. They also assist in accomplishing internal audits and ensuring that each business activity aligns with nearby legal guidelines. This proactive method of compliance minimizes risks and protects the enterprise from capacity liabilities.

9. Support business expansion.

PRO services are invaluable for businesses expanding their operations in Dubai or the wider UAE region. They assist in opening new branches, obtaining licenses, and navigating complex regional regulations. This support simplifies the expansion process and instils optimism and encouragement, enabling businesses to grow and scale without unnecessary delay or complexity.

10. To increase focus on core business activities

Offering business and legal services to PRO Services enables business owners and managers to focus on their core competencies. Whether manufacturing, marketing, or customer service, having more time and resources to devote to essential business functions can dramatically improve overall productivity and growth.

Conclusion

PROs are essential in ensuring smooth and successful operations in Dubai’s competitive and dynamic business environment. They offer expertise, efficiency, and peace of mind, enabling companies to navigate regulatory challenges and focus on their core activities. By leveraging the benefits of PRO services, businesses can improve their efficiency, reduce risk, and achieve long-term success in Dubai’s growing market.

About Bizex:

Bizex Business Setup L.L.C., based on CEO Mr. Ahmed Askari, offers comprehensive business consulting offerings with over a decade of mixed experience. Specializing in incorporation registration, VAT registration, bank help, auditing, investments, and PRO services, Bizex serves each mainland and unfastened zone government. Their sizable client base includes thousands of corporations, almost 90% renewing their change licenses annually due to Bizex’s unique and innovative business solutions. The company collaborates intently with government authorities to provide accurate and responsible records, making it a trusted partner for business setup in Dubai.

Services Offered:

Company Formation Services In Dubai

TAX & VAT Services In Dubai

Business Trade License In Dubai

PRO Services In Dubai

IT Services In Dubai

UAE Golden Visa

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+971 556388268

+91 6360102705

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Address: Office No. 304, Al Mankhool Building (BMI Building), Khalid Bin Al Waleed, Bur Dubai, Dubai.