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en - English (valitud) See dokument ei ole Teie keeles kättesaadav ja pakutakse Teile keelteribalt mõned muus keeles. Menetlus : 2018/2712(RSP) Menetluse etapid istungitel Dokumendi valik : B8-0260/2018 Esitatud tekstid : Arutelud : Hääletused : Vastuvõetud tekstid : MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION See also joint motion for a resolution RC-B8-0259/2018 with request for inclusion in the agenda for a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law pursuant to Rule 135 of the Rules of Procedure on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia (2018/2712(RSP)) Barbara Lochbihler, Ernest Urtasun, Bodil Valero, Igor Šoltes, Florent Marcellesi, Keith Taylor, Terry Reintke, Judith Sargentini, Michel Reimon, Jordi Solé, Pascal Durand on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group NB: This motion for a resolution is available in the original language only. European Parliament resolution on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia (2018/2712(RSP)) B8‑0260/2018 The European Parliament, - having regard to its previous resolutions on Saudi Arabia, notably the one on Saudi Arabia, its relations with the EU and its role in the Middle East and North Africa of March 2014, the one on the case of Raif Badawi of February 2015 and the one on the case of Ali Mohmmed al-Nimr of October 2015; - having regard to the awarding of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and Expression to the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in 2015 - having regard to Saudi Arabia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council and of the Commission on the Status of Women, as well as its future membership of the Executive Council of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, starting in January 2019, - having regard to the CEDAW Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Saudi Arabia from 9th March 2018; - having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), - having regard to the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights, - having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, - having regard to the European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, - having regard to Rule 135 of its Rules of Procedure, A. Whereas Saudi Arabia ranks among the world’s most discriminatory and retrograde countries in terms of rights of women and girls, even compared to regional standards; whereas the Saudi political and social system remains profoundly undemocratic, makes women, Shia Muslims and other members of religious minorities second-class citizens, seriously discriminates against the country’s large foreign workforce and severely represses all voices of dissent; B. whereas since the 15th May 2018 Saudi authorities have arrested seven women: Loujain al-Hathloul, Aisha al- Mana, Madeha al-Ajroush, Iman al-Nafjan, Aziza al-Youssef, Hessah al-Sheikh, Walaa al-Shubbar and, and four men: Ibrahim Fahad Al-Nafjan Ibrahim al-Modeimigh, Mohammad al-Rabae and Abdulaziz al-Meshaal, for their engagement in support of women´s rights, under fabricated charges of “suspicious contact with foreign parties” and “undermining security and stability of the state”; whereas these activists are known for their campaign against the ban on women driving and advocacy for the abolishment of the male guardianship system, and have been arrested ahead of the anticipated lifting of the ban on women driving on 24 June 2018; C. whereas the day the lifting of the ban on women driving was announced, officials working for the king contacted prominent women´s rights activists and warned them not to speak to the media; D. whereas Loujain al-Hathloul was transferred from Abu Dhabi to Saudi Arabia against her will in March 2018 after attending a review session of Saudi Arabia at the UN CEDAW; whereas she was placed under travel ban until her recent arrest and is for now the only confirmed case currently held incommunicado; whereas local activists report that all detainees are held in those conditions; E. whereas a number of reforms have been announced or introduced in recent years, including in the field of participation in municipal elections, appointment of women to the Shura Council, the opening of the labour market, improving access to government services, responding to domestic violence and allowing women to drive as of 24 June 2018; F. whereas the announcements on societal reforms, spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as part of his much-touted Vision 2030, including on women’s rights, have paradoxically been accompanied by an increasing crackdown, inter alia on women human rights defenders, who are subject to arrest, threats of prosecution by the Specialised Criminal Court and other forms of intimidation; whereas achieving gender equality and ensuring women´s rights requires fundamental changes and the elimination of human rights violations and discriminations in the law and in practice; G. whereas Saudi Arabia has a range of discriminatory laws, in particular the legal provisions relating to personal status, the Civil Status Code, the Labour Code, the Nationality Act and the system of male guardianship, by which authorization from a male guardian is still expected in a number of areas, including travelling internationally, accessing health care services, choosing residency, marriage, filing complaints in the justice system, leaving state-run shelters for abused women, and for leaving detention centers; H. whereas Saudi Arabia ranked 138 out of 144 countries in the “The Global Gender Gap Report” published by the World Economic Forum; I. whereas tradition, religion and culture are persistently used to justify discrimination against women; whereas there is a deep-rooted use of discriminatory stereotypes in Saudi Arabia, focusing primarily on the roles of women as mothers and housewives; J. whereas Saudi Arabia´s general reservation to the CEDAW is, according to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention and impermissible under article 28 of the Convention; K. whereas Saudi Arabia is actively engaged in imposing its own preconceptions in the UN Human Rights Council and the Commission on the Status of Women by, inter alia, pushing for reducing the scope in which certain rights apply, including LGTBI rights and freedom of opinion and expression; L. whereas Saudi Arabia ranks 169 out of 180 on the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index 2018 and is listed among the NGOs “Enemies of the Internet” list; whereas although internet is widely used and Saudi Arabia has the highest number of active Twitter users in the region, internet is heavily censored with thousands of websites being blocked and new blogs and websites needing a license from the Ministry of Information; whereas Sakharov Prize Laureate Raif Badawi is still in jail solely for peacefully expressing his views; M. whereas the counter-terrorism law adopted in 2013 and revised in 2017 includes provisions which allow turning any dissenting expression or independent association into a crime of terrorism; whereas this law has been heavily criticised by UN experts, who have stated that they are “witnessing the persecution of human rights defenders for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, assembly, association and belief, as well as in retaliation for their work” and pointed out that “the government has ignored repeated calls by UN experts and others to halt these violations, rectify them, and prevent their recurrence”; N. whereas Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is one of the five top executing countries in the world; 1. Denounces the continued, systemic discrimination against women and girls in Saudi Arabia and deplores the glaring disconnect between the encouraging announcements of reform by the Saudi leadership and the reality on the ground, as most recently illustrated by the brutal crackdown on women’s rights defenders in the past few weeks; expresses its solidarity with these admirable activists who are being repressed for seeking to redress one of the most misogynistic system worldwide; 2. Calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to immediately and unconditionally release all these activists, as well as all the other human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience detained and sentenced for merely expressing their right to freedom of expression; 3. Deplores the fact that the EU VP/HR Frederica Mogherini has so far refrained from calling publicly for the release of the women arrested; calls on the European Union and the Member States to take a strong, public stand towards this flagrant violation of human rights, including by demanding their release in all contacts they hold with Saudi authorities; urges the EU Delegation in Riyadh to provide all appropriate support to the imprisoned women’s rights defenders, such as prison visits, trial monitoring and the provision of legal or any other form of assistance that the defendants might require; 4. Calls on the European automotive companies, allured by the commercial benefits to be accrued from the lifting of the ban on women driving and already engaged in gender-targeted advertisement such as Volkswagen, Renault, Nissan, BMW, Bugatti, Mini and Lexus, to publicly call for the release of the women´s rights activists; calls on the European automotive industry to support initiatives advocating for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, such as #Women2Drive; 5. Calls on the EU to table a resolution on the situation of human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council, which inter alia should call for the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Saudi Arabia, in line with the other HRC Special Procedures created for the most serious human rights situation worldwide; calls on the EU to take an initiative at the next Human Rights Council and at the Commission on the Status of Women which would raise the issue of membership by States with deeply questionable human rights records, notably in terms of women´s rights and gender equality; deplores the vote of several EU Member States in support of Saudi Arabia’s membership to the UN HRC and CSW; 6. Is deeply concerned about the prevalence of gender-based violence in Saudi Arabia, which remains largely underreported and undocumented and justified with retrograde reasons such as the need to discipline women under men´s guardianship; urges Saudi authorities to adopt comprehensive legislation to specifically define and criminalise all forms of gender-based violence against women, in particular female genital mutilation, rape, including marital rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, and to remove all obstacles women face in their access to justice; expresses profound disquiet about the reports of a prevailing practice of child marriage; is deeply concerned about the situation of migrant female workers, who face an absolute lack of protection from Saudi authorities and are faced with continuous situations of violence and harassment, condemns in this regard the recent execution of Muhammad Zaini; 7. Calls on the Saudi authorities to revise the Law on Associations and Foundations of December 2015 in order to allow women activists to organise themselves and to work freely and independently without undue interference by the authorities; urges as well the revision of the Anti-Terrorist law, the Anti-Cybercrime Law and the Press and Publications Law, which are repeatedly used to prosecute human rights defenders, as well as of all discriminatory provisions present in the legal system including in fields such as inheritance, transmission of nationality and marriage; 8. Is dismayed by the existence of the male guardianship system, which is a reflection of the deeply rooted patriarchal system that prevails in the country, and urges Saudi authorities to abolish it without any delay; 9. Calls on the Saudi authorities to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to lift the reservations made to CEDAW and to ratify the Optional Protocol to the CEDAW in order to ensure that Saudi women can fully enjoy the rights enshrined in the Convention; urges Saudi to extend a standing invitation to the visit of all Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council; 10. Calls on the Saudi authorities to introduce an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a step towards abolition; calls for a review of all death sentences to ensure that these trials adhered to international standards; 11. Calls on the European Union to include a discussion on human rights, particularly the situation of women’s human rights defenders, as a permanent item on the agenda of the annual summit between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council; 12. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to support in an active manner civil society groups and individuals defending human rights in Saudi Arabia, including through arranging prison visits, trial monitoring and public statements; calls on the EEAS to consider proposing the adoption of EU restricted measures related to serious human rights violations (including asset freeze and visa bans), as are currently in place against individuals in a number of countries such as Iran, Myanmar and Ukraine; 13. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to carry out an audit of the Chaillot Prize for the Promotion of Human Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region, organized annually by the EU delegation to Riyadh; expresses consternation at the award rules, which restrict applications to those who are legally registered and active in a “constructive engagement with the authorities”; urges the EU delegation to Saudi Arabia to refrain from using EU money to legitimize laws such as the Law on Associations and Foundations which in practice do not allow the registration of civil society organisations and severely impede the activity of human rights defenders; 14. Calls, once again, on the Saudi authorities to put a stop to any further flogging of Raif Badawi and to release him immediately and unconditionally; insists that all senior representatives of the EU, notably VPHR Mogherini and Commissioners, systematically raise the case of Raif Badawi in their contacts with their Saudi counterparts and to request to meet with him during their visits in the country; commits to stepping up its efforts in support of his release; decides to send its President to Riyadh in order to raise the case of the Sakharov Prize laureates directly with the authorities; 15. Deplores the significant arms deals by EU Member States, among others Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, with Saudi Arabia, which run counter to the EU Common Position on Arms exports; calls, once again, for an EU-wide ban on export, sale, update and maintenance of any form of security equipment to Saudi Arabia which can be or is used for internal repression, including Internet surveillance technology; calls on the High Representative to report on the current state of military and security cooperation by EU Member States with the Saudi regime; 16. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the UN Secretary General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Human Rights Council, H.M. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Secretary-General of the Centre for National Dialogue of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Viimane päevakajastamine: 30. mai 2018 Õigusalane teave

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Home WBAF BOARD MEMBER Baybars Altuntas World Business Angels Investment Forum, Chairman Vice President, The European Trade Association For Business Angels (EBAN) Baybars Altuntas is a former Senior Advisor of the Elite Programme of the Stock Exchange Group (LSEG); star of the Turkish version of the television show Dragons’ Den; Chairman of the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF); Vice President of the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and Early Stage Market Players (EBAN); President of the Business Angels Association of Turkey (TBAA); the World Entrepreneurship Forum Ambassador to Turkey and the Balkan countries; and President of Deulcom International. One of the top global speakers on entrepreneurship, innovation and Angel Investment, Mr Altuntas was invited by former US President Obama to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya, and was the only entrepreneur to be granted a personal audience with former President Obama at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington, DC. In addition, Mr Altuntas is the developer of the world-renowned entrepreneurship theory, the Altuntas Start-up Compass Theory; author of ‘Off the Bus, Into a Supercar! How I Became a Top TV Star and Celebrated Investor’; and a co-author of ‘Planet Entrepreneur: The World Entrepreneurship Forum’s Guide to Business Success Around the World’. He is an advisory board member of the South East Europe Research Council in Greece, and follows Ban Ki-moon (former Secretary General of the United Nations) as an Ambassador for JCI. Mr Altuntas has also been recognised by the European Trade Association of Business Angels (EBAN) as ‘the Best Individual in Europe Engaging with the Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem’ in 2014 (Ireland), 2015 (Netherlands), 2016 (Portugal) and 2017 (Spain). baybars.altuntas@wbaforum.org PreviousBOARD MEMBERS NextAbdulaziz Al-Khalifa

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Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927 Monday, 20 January 2020 [GMT +1] MISSIONARIES KILLED Acts of the Holy See CEP Appointments OCEANIA/MARSHALL ISLANDS - Resignation of the Apostolic Prefect of the Marshall Islands and appointment of successor Resignation of the Apostolic Prefect of the Marshall Islands and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands (Pacific Ocean), presented by Fr. Raymundo Sabio, M.S.C., and appointed Fr. Ariel Galido, M.S.C., missionary in the Marshall Islands as Apostolic Prefect of the same Apostolic Prefecture. The new Apostolic Prefect was born on June 3, 1975 in Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, Philippines. He received his priestly ordination on June 9, 2004. The following year, in 2005, he was sent to the Marshall Islands, where he worked as a missionary in the parishes of different islands. The Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, was created in 1993 and entrusted to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC). It is made up of 5 islands and 29 atolls, has an area of 181.3 sq km and a population of 58.800 inhabitants, of whom 4.925 are Catholics. There are 6 priests (1 diocesan, 5 religious), 1 permanent deacon, 1 religious brother and 8 religious sisters. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/6/2017) The contents of the site are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Contact editorial staff Cancel your subscription to the newsletter

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1971 / Horror, Comedy Directed by Robert Fuest Written by James Whiton and William Goldstein Starring Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas, Sean Bury, Susan Travers and Peter Jeffrey A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death. The following tags are associated with this movie: beasts The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) If SAW and Phantom of the Opera had sex, I guess this is what it would spawn... The story is decent, there's a few decent death scene ideas in the movie, I just wish it were more gruesome than it was. Even though the movie is technically from the 70's, it feels like a product from the previous decade and I've never really enjoyed much cinema from that time, nor do I enjoy music from that period. If you enjoy movies from the 60's or earlier, you might as well ignore anything I say about them, or this movie either. I've seen this one something like three or four times before, and I always left with a lukewarm feeling. Seeing it once again, I don't find the movie bad, or even all that mediocre, but despite the cleverness and amusing pieces of dialogue throughout, this still isn't a movie I love. As it is, I really like most of the really random kills (perhaps the death-by-brass-unicorn is my favorite, but the bat kill was great, as were the locusts, snow-blower, and the exsanguination scenes), and the character of Dr. Phibes, played by Vincent Price, was really interesting and moderately tragic. Even so, the movie doesn't work for me. Vincent Price was a clear stand-out, but this movie isn't really as driven by him as many of his other films are (such as House on Haunted Hill or Theater in Blood), possibly because he didn't speak all that often. Others were pretty solid also, such as Joseph Cotton, Terry-Thomas (who I love in anything I see him in, from The Vault of Horror to my favorite comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World), and Peter Jeffrey. The movie does possess a bit of a tragic feel, especially toward the somewhat somber conclusion (which also had a solid precursor to a Saw series trap, which was innovative), so that worked out well, but though I enjoyed much of the comedy (which was never too pervasive, luckily), I still find the movie hovering around average, which may change sometime in the future with another viewing. Slaughter Hotel (1971) Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971)

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Flight Rail meets with the Subcommittee on Railroads in Washington D.C. Flight Rail was invited to brief the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials on the VECTORR technology. Our local Congressman, Jared Huffman, and Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Bill Shuster, facilitated our staff to meet with the Railroad Subcommittee. It was a very productive meeting. The Railroad Subcommittee staff were interested in learning more about Flight Rail, the VECTORR technology, and what obstacles may exist in developing the technology. We are honored to have participated in this briefing! Construction of the curve is completed The curve is in and the guideway is complete! We added 11 new sections in two days to complete our 1/6 scale outdoor test guideway. The guideway is now 2,095 feet long (638.98 m). As mentioned before, the 180° banked curve is sharp enough on a scale basis to prove VECTORR's ability to operate on a full-size 22° conventional railway curve (at reduced speeds). The curve will also enable proving VECTORR's switching ability. ​ Mendocino College MESA program We are fortunate to participate a second year in the Math, Engineering and Science Achievement program (MESA) through the Mendocino College here in Ukiah, California. The students focused on our VECTORR technology and were awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships and presented the material at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. January 13-17. The students this year included Mikeal Tadeo and Oliver Bojorquez with their presentation on the "Choice of Parameters for an Elevated Atmospheric Propulsion Transportation System" and Jason Whitney with his presentation on the "Geometrics of an Elevated Atmospheric Propulsion Transportation System." We appreciate their enthusiasm for our technology. Construction progress on the curve We are making progress on building and installing the final 895 feet (272.98 m) of our outdoor test guideway. The pictures below show the progression in 2012 and the installation of 400 feet (122 m) of guideway. The curved section is a 180° banked curve with a 48 foot (14.64 m) radius. This equates to a full size train operating on a 262 foot (79.91 m) radius or 22° curve. The final 495 feet (150.98 m) - soon to be installed - includes a few straight sections to connect the 2%, 6%, and 10% grades to the curve, curve sections, and straight sections that follow the curve. This will complete the guideway project with a total length of 2095 feet (638.98 m). ​ VECTORR chosen as one of top 11 technologies for Colorado's I-70 corridor  Flight Rail Corp. participated in a feasibility study issued by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to determine the technical and financial feasibility of implementing a high-speed transit system on a fixed guideway in Colorado's I-70 Mountain Corridor between Jefferson County and the Eagle County Regional Airport. Word went out to all transit technology inventors to submit a Statement of Technical Information for the Colorado Advanced Guideway System Project. Out of 18 responders, the VECTORR system was chosen as one of the top 11 technologies found to be capable of providing a system that would meet the criteria necessary. This qualified the VECTORR for further feasibility review and an invitation to present our technology at a Technology Forum in Colorado. CDOT determined there is a significant funding gap for installing a high-speed transit system and has tabled the project. Relocation of second power station We moved the second power system next to the original power system while installing the additional guideway. We now have pull/pull and push/push capabilities. Presentation at the Transportation Research Board Flight Rail Corp. was a presenter this week at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board held in Washington, D.C. We were honored to receive an invitation to present our white paper entitled, Atmospheric Propulsion for High-Speed Inter-City Passenger Rail. Our technology was well received and new contacts were made with transportation scholars, government officials, and private sector representatives. We were very fortunate to have two Mendocino College MESA student interns, James Acevedo and Sandra Arellano, present their study of our technology at this annual meeting through the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program. Their presentation was entitled, Choice of Parameters for an Elevated Atmospheric Propulsion Transportation System. Ukiah Daily Journal features VECTORR We were honored by a feature on the front page of the Ukiah Daily Journal describing our 1/6 scale prototype. New control tower We just completed the control tower to more easily operate and view the VECTORR. With the guideway 1200 feet (366 m) long and an additional 700 feet (213.50 m) coming soon, we needed to have a better vantage point above the grapevines to view the entire guideway. VECTORR is currently operated by remote control. We now have power at the tower and plans to install a control panel in the tower to operate VECTORR. Our demo guests are enjoying this new addition to our test facility. New G-valve installed We now have the gate valve (G-Valve) installed that automatically closes off the east end of the power tube. This valve enables push-pull on the 10% and 2% grades whenever VECTORR is on the guideway between the two power systems. When the VECTORR is on either side of the power systems, we can use push-push or pull-pull which more than doubles our top speed capability.

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Pen-Co This page is a translated version of the page Pen-Co and the translation is 100% complete. Instructions sheet Pen-Co 53 advertising The Pen-Co (or simply Penco) brand is the best known brand of the F. R. V. (which stands for Fratelli Rossi Vicenza) a company founded in Sandrigo, a small town located near Vicenza, in 1923, by Rinaldo and Marcello Rossi. The company was founded as Fratelli Rossi - Penne Stilografiche e Materiali Pressati, adopting the Caesar initial brand name (with the logo inscribed on a plaque surmounted by the imperial eagle), clearly inspired by the climate established by the Fascist regime propaganda. A Pen-Co 53 The production of the '30s was aimed at the lower end of the market, with button filler fountain pens produced mainly in black celluloid, but quality was still acceptable. The pens were generally identifiable by the words F.R.V. engraved on the barrel and on the nib. The company, however, also marketed parts and production on demand models, and because his nibs had a good quality/price ratio often happen to find them mounted on other pens. After the war the nationalist autarchy emphasis of the fascist regime ended, so the company changed its name to Pen-Co, short for Pen Company Manufacturer, producing pens in three different marks: Palladium , Diplomat and Pen-Co, directed respectively to the lower, medium and high-end. The former were pens that reflected the traditional style, produced with lower quality materials. The intermediate brand included a single size pen with traditional lines and mid-level finishes, while Pen-Co were clearly inspired by the US market trends, with a short clip in military style and very slender lines. Some Pen-Co 53 The most famous models, however, are those of the 50s, some clear imitation of the Sheaffer Triumph models, with nib conical, tapering lines and Crest style metal cap. The Pen-Co 53 was the top model, widely publicized, so much to arouse the reaction of the Sheaffer Italian distributor. But in addition to the conical nib version, although much less common, and virtually unknown until recently, Pen-Co also produced variants with ordinary open nib, like the one shown in the photo at left, as Sheaffer had done with Admiral or Saratoga. An open nib Pen-Co Despite attempts to stay afloat in an increasingly reduced market, taken by the emergence of disposable ballpoint pens, the company found itself in increasingly difficult economic activities and finally closed in the late 50's, March 30, 1957. [1] Luca Valente article about the company's history [2] PenTrace article about the company's history Retrieved from "http://www.fountainpen.it/index.php?title=Pen-Co/en&oldid=122774" Translated Pages

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Tag: Harry H. Corbett Yesterday many media outlets provided obituaries of the actress Fenella Fielding, who recently died at the age of 90. Fenella Fielding is best remembered for starring as Valeria, the camp vamp in ‘Carry On Screaming’, alongside the dysfunctional regulars of the Carry On films – the foibles of the Carry On actors were not made public when those films were made – but Fielding was in fact a serious actress. The BBC told us that ‘Fenella Fielding survived a violent upbringing to play Ibsen, Shakespeare and Euripides on stage. As an artist, her sheer versatility captivated both Federico Fellini and Noel Coward. This was a woman of wit and wisdom who kept a copy of Plato beside the bed.’ After ‘Carry On Screaming’, Fielding turned down all future Carry On work but the die was cast. In the public mind, she was the quintessential 60s femme fatale, delivering double entendres with lashings of false innocence. Her career slowly drifted into obscurity almost as soon as she uttered her most immortal line. Fenella Marion Feldman was born in Hackney in 1927, the youngest child of a Romanian mother and a Lithuanian father. The relationship with her parents was never easy, often strained and occasionally violent. As a toddler, she seemed to speak in gibberish. Her mother and father worried she was failing to develop normal language skills until they chanced upon her in animated conversation with a doll. ‘I suppose,’ Fenella later wrote, ‘I just didn’t want to speak to my parents.’ The young Fenella took ballet lessons and gave her youthful talent for comedy free rein in the annual end of year show – once memorably cavorting around the stage to the tune of Nobody Loves A Fairy When She’s Forty. Other mums and dads, she bitterly noted, showered their children with fresh flowers after each performance; her own parents merely offered up the same basket of artificial blooms, year after year. As she entered her teens, Fenella’s life at home became darker. Her father – who could be charming in public – was a ‘street angel, house devil’, she recalled who ‘used to knock me about with his fists’. To make matters worse, her mother would actually ‘egg him on’. Fenella thought the violence would pass, but it didn’t – at least until she threatened to go to the police. Fielding left school at 16 and spent a year at St Martin’s School of Art. Her parents were appalled that she might see naked men – or even worse, naked women – in class, which was bound to result in pregnancy and drug addiction. There were rows every morning. Eventually, they forced her to leave. Still wanting to act, Fielding would hang around stage doors in the West End in the hope of brushing against Alec Guinness or Laurence Olivier. She won a two-year scholarship to the RADA – which pleased her mother and father greatly until it dawned on them she might actually become an actress. Her mother began turning up at RADA at lunchtime, making a scene and insisting Fielding leave. ‘Really, darling’, she would say, ‘these common people!’ After a while, the school quietly withdrew her funding. Fenella considered going to university but her father told her he’d ‘rather see her dead at his feet.’ Instead, she was dispatched to learn shorthand and typing, which she found soul destroying. Fielding ingested 70 aspirin in a suicide attempt but changed her mind at the last minute. She swallowed pints of mustard water to induce vomiting after calling an all-night Boots to ask how to reverse the effects. Fleeing home, Fenella found digs in Mayfair run by ‘friendly prostitutes’. In 1952, she appeared in an amateur production at the LSE alongside Ron Moody – then a mature student – who later found fame as Fagin, in the film version of ‘Oliver!’ Ron Moody supported Fenella’s ambition to become an actress, persuading her not to pack it in. She changed her name from Feldman to Fielding, pretended to be seven years younger in order to compensate for her late start in show business and began appearing in comedy revues. By the end of the 1950s, Fenella had made a name for herself in the musical ‘Valmouth’. It was quirky and, for the time, rather lurid – but Fielding’s rave reviews led to an awkward reconciliation with her parents. Her mother turned up at the Lyric Theatre bearing a peace offering of sorts: a whole, fried chicken. Next was ‘Pieces of Eight’, a live comedy revue written by Peter Cook and Harold Pinter. Starring alongside her was Kenneth Williams – already firmly established as a household name – who harboured a brittle ego under the thinnest of skins. When one review called Fielding a ‘beautiful butterfly of comedy’, Williams exploded. Encouraging her to ad lib, he ruthlessly stole her best lines. He became threatening and bluntly warned her not to steal his limelight. When Fielding extemporised the end of one sketch with the line ‘the last one dead’s a sissy’, there were hysterics. Williams went white and shrieked that she’d ‘called me a homosexual in front of the whole audience’. ‘It was awful,’ she later recalled. ‘I’d never been so frightened in all my life.’ Worse was to come as Fenella branched out into film and television. In 1959, she appeared in ‘Follow A Star’ alongside Norman Wisdom – who she came to loathe. ‘Not a very pleasant man,’ she later said. ‘Hand up your skirt first thing in the morning. Not exactly a lovely way to start a day’s filming.’ During the 1960s, Vidal Sassoon, personally, did Fenella’s hair and the bohemian journalist Jeffrey Bernard took her on riotous club nights. She would sit and talk long into the night with the flamboyant artist Francis Bacon and the rest of that decade’s rakish beau monde. Professionally, there were small parts on television in ‘The Avengers’ and regular appearances on the cutting-edge satire, ‘That Was The Week That Was’. Her film appearances included working alongside Dirk Bogarde in ‘Doctor in Love’ and Tony Curtis in ‘Arrivederci, Baby!’ On stage, Fielding pursued her love for drama. ‘The Times’ described her performance as Hedda Gabler as ‘one of the experiences of a lifetime’. The Italian film director Federico Fellini took her to Claridge’s and offered to make a film where she starred as six or seven different incarnations of male desire. Unfortunately, she was already booked to do a season on stage in Chichester so she turned him down – to the great disappointment of her agent. Then came ‘Carry On Screaming’, which reunited Fielding with with her old nemesis, Kenneth Williams. The filming took three weeks, made her hugely famous and her career never recovered. She played Valeria – a thinly disguised Morticia Addams – with every ounce of camp vamp she could muster. Her wig was huge, her eyelashes incredible and her red dress was so tight she was completely unable to bend in the middle. Every scene was done in a single take and, of course, she is remembered for just one. Reclining on a chaise longue, Fielding entices Harry H Corbett towards her. The eyes flutter and the voice purrs. ‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ she inquires seductively – before vast quantities of dry ice envelope them both. Fenella politely declined all invitations to appear in other Carry On films – including the lead in ‘Carry On Cleopatra’ – partly in an attempt to avoid being typecast by the success of the first. For the rest of her life, she struggled to escape Valeria. The offers dried up and her on-screen career quietly slid away. She did Morecambe & Wise Christmas specials and some voice work for both the cult hit series, ‘The Prisoner’, and a ‘Magic Roundabout’ project – ‘Dougal and The Blue Cat’. But she didn’t make another film for almost 15 years. Fielding was rarely completely out of work. She continued on stage – with a string of well-reviewed provincial shows – in which she didn’t have to play ‘either a Lady or a Tart’. But, eventually, she struggled for money and was forced to go to the social security office to claim benefits. She never married, despite a string of male admirers. One possible future husband died, another couldn’t get over his alcoholism and had to be abandoned. For 20 years, she maintained two separate lovers and managed to prevent them ever meeting. ‘I loved them both,’ she wrote but decided on ‘never committing; never having a marriage that could have gone awful’. Politically, she was on the left – despising Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s and refusing to help her older brother Bas when he stood for election under the Conservative banner. But they remained close and she was proud of him when, without her help, he became an important figure in the Conservative Party and eventually entered the Lords. Latterly, there was work with Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson in ‘Guest House Paradiso’ and a role as an eccentric granny in the gritty teenage drama, ‘Skins’. But, for Fenella Fielding, her best work always took place on stage. At the age of nearly 90, the ‘Financial Times’ described her performance in Euripides’ The Trojan Women as ‘unbearably moving… at the extreme limits of pathos’. Fielding was resigned to her professional fate after ‘Carry On Screaming’. The autobiography she published in 2017 – entitled ‘Do You Mind If I Smoke?’ – has little shred of bitterness or regret. The only thing that rankled was when she met fellow actors – and there were many – who’d been asked to do adverts with a ‘Fenella Fielding-like’ voice. ‘Bloody cheek,’ she would say. ‘Why didn’t they ask me?’ Throughout her long life, Fenella worked with and knew about the activities of many unpleasant people, including many of those named on this blog who colluded with, or were even responsible for, the organised abuse of vulnerable people and children. Previous posts have discussed Dafydd’s celebrity contacts, a network which was boosted by his mate and umbrella Professor Linford Rees at Barts being the father of 1970s ‘Poldark’ sweetheart Angharad Rees, who was married to Christopher Cazenove; Cazenove hit it big in Hollywood and starred in ‘Dynasty’…. (see post ‘A Galaxy Of Talent’). I mentioned that the lives of unpleasant actors in the Carry On films were sanitised by the media at the time. Kenneth Williams was quite nuts: misogynistic, gay but hated the rest of humanity so was solitary, had a Jimmy Savile-esque relationship with his mother and was so obsessive that he wouldn’t allow visitors into his house lest they used his bog and left their germs behind. When Kenneth Williams was found dead, many questions about his death which should have been asked weren’t. Sid James was a ferocious wife-beater and Babs Windsor was married to a gangster and friends with many other gangsters, including the Krays. This was known but was packaged as Babs’s ‘glamorous’ life. Those targeted by the scumbags with whom Babs and Dafydd were mates didn’t perceive them to be glamorous, we thought that they were dangerous and unhinged. Norman Wisdom gave an interview when he was an elderly tax exile living on the Isle of Man and he came over as a deeply unpleasant man, not just a cheery chappy who shouted ‘Mr Grimsdale’ and fell over a great deal. Norman waxed lyrical about the joys of flogging and hanging people and the necessity of hanging onto every penny of his substantial wealth. Francis Bacon was openly gay and for a while was the partner of George Dyer. Bacon’s wiki entry tells us that he: ‘met George Dyer in 1963 at a pub, although a much-repeated myth claims their acquaintance started during the younger man’s burglary into the artist’s apartment. Dyer was about 30 years old, from London’s East End. He came from a family steeped in crime, and had till then spent his life drifting between theft, detention and jail. Bacon’s earlier relationships had been with older and tumultuous men. His first lover, Peter Lacy, tore up the artist’s paintings, beat him in drunken rages, at times leaving him on streets half-conscious. Bacon was now the dominating personality; attracted to Dyer’s vulnerability and trusting nature. Dyer was impressed by Bacon’s self-confidence and artistic success, and Bacon acted as a protector and father figure to the insecure younger man… Dyer abandoned crime but soon descended into alcoholism. Bacon’s money attracted hangers-on for massive benders around London’s Soho. Withdrawn and reserved when sober, Dyer was highly animated and aggressive when drunk, and often attempted to “pull a Bacon” by buying large rounds and paying for expensive dinners for his wide circle. Dyer’s erratic behaviour inevitably wore thin – with his cronies, with Bacon, and with Bacon’s friends. Most of Bacon’s art world associates regarded Dyer as a nuisance – an intrusion into the world of high culture to which their Bacon belonged. Dyer reacted by becoming increasingly needy and dependent. By 1971, he was drinking alone and only in occasional contact with his former lover. In October 1971, Dyer joined Bacon in Paris for the opening of the artist’s retrospective at the Grand Palais. The show was the high point of Bacon’s career to date and he was now described as Britain’s “greatest living painter”. Dyer was a desperate man, and although he was “allowed” to attend, he was well aware that he was slipping out of the picture. To draw Bacon’s attention, he planted cannabis in his flat and phoned the police and attempted suicide on a number of occasions. On the eve of the Paris exhibition, Bacon and Dyer shared a hotel room, but Bacon was forced escape in disgust to the room of gallery employee Terry Danziger-Miles, as Dyer was entertaining an Arab rent boy with “smelly feet”. When Bacon returned to his room the next morning, together with Danziger-Miles and Valerie Beston, they discovered Dyer in the bathroom dead, sat on the toilet. With the agreement of the hotel manager, the party agreed not to announce the death for two days. Bacon spent the following day surrounded by people eager to meet him. In mid-evening of the following day he was “informed” that Dyer had taken an overdose of barbiturates and was dead. Bacon continued with the retrospective and displayed powers of self-control “to which few of us could aspire”, according to Russell. Bacon was deeply affected by the loss of Dyer, and had recently lost four other friends and his nanny. From this point, death haunted his life and work. Though outwardly stoic at the time, he was inwardly broken. He did not express his feelings to critics, but later admitted to friends that “daemons, disaster and loss” now stalked him as if his own version of the Eumenides (Greek for The Furies). Bacon spent the remainder of his stay in Paris attending to promotional activities and funeral arrangements. He returned to London later that week to comfort Dyer’s family. During the funeral, many of Dyer’s friends, including hardened East End criminals, broke down in tears. As the coffin was lowered into the grave one friend was overcome and screamed “you bloody fool!” Bacon remained stoic during the proceedings, but in the following months suffered an emotional and physical breakdown. Deeply affected, over the following two years he painted a number of single canvas portraits of Dyer, and the three highly regarded ‘Black Triptychs’, each of which details moments immediately before and after Dyer’s suicide.’ Francis Bacon’s wiki admits that as a young man, Bacon was a rent boy and involved in petty crime, but states that in middle age Bacon was charismatic, friendly and engaging and spent most of his time ‘eating, drinking and gambling’ with his friends in Soho. I used to know someone who knew Francis Bacon and that is not what I was told. I was told that Francis Bacon was an absolute bastard, that he was drunk, aggressive, angry and a prolific user of young men for sex. The person who knew Francis Bacon was a Hergest Unit patient. As with so many of his other adventures in his younger days, this man chatted away to the Hergest Unit staff about Francis Bacon and his circle… See post ‘The Killing Floor – I Know Cos I Was There!’ Francis Bacon’s circle of friends included Tom Baker of ‘Dr Who’ fame and of course Lucian Freud. Fenella provided voice-overs for ‘The Prisoner’. That series was famously filmed at Portmeirion, the Italianate village in Gwynedd built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who lived at Llanfrothen just down the road. Sir Clough married Amabel Strachey, one of the Bloomsbury set and throughout the middle years of the 20th century, Clough and Amabel’s bohemian friends spent their summers in the Llanfrothen/Croesor area. Their friends included Bloomsbury originals, as well as a whole variety of intellectuals, artists, internationalists and radicals. Among them lived the locals, some of whom had their lives wrecked by Gwynne the lobotomist, Dafydd and the gang. See my post ‘The Village’ for details. In later life, Bertrand Russell lived near to Clough and was a friend of his. Russell was sexually predatory, callous and abusive to his nearest and dearest and is suspected of having sexually used/abused his granddaughter Lucy, who burnt herself to death when still young. Russell employed an expensive dodgy solicitor who, along with Top Doctors, obligingly declared Russell’s relatives/victims mad and banged them up/had them disinherited at Russell’s request. See post ‘So Who Was Angry About What?’ Russell’s son Conrad – his son by Russell’s third wife Patricia – became the 5th Earl Russell, after Russell’s eldest son John Conrad, the 4th Earl Russell, who pretty much had his life ruined by his father, died. Conrad Russell was an historian who specialised in 17th century British history and wrote and lectured extensively on the origins of the English Civil War. His major works include Crisis of Parliaments: English history 1509–1660 (1971), Origins of the English Civil War (edited, 1973), Parliaments and English politics, 1621–1629 (1979), Unrevolutionary England, 1603–1642 (1990), and Fall of the British monarchies, 1637–1642 (1991). Conrad Russell stood as a Labour candidate in the 1966 General Election but was not elected. He later became active in the Liberal Party and sat in the Lords as a Lib Dem. Harold Pinter married Lady Antonia Fraser, the daughter of the Labour peer Lord Longford who, along with many members of his family, knew about organised abuse, including the contribution to it made by Dafydd and the gang (see post ‘Comedies Of Menace’). Lady Antonia is, like Conrad Russell, an Oxford-educated historian. Her works include Cromwell, Our Chief of Men (1973) and The Weaker Vessel (1984), a study of women’s lives in 17th century England. Fenella Fielding’s brother is Basil Samuel Feldman, Baron Feldman and sat in the Lords as a Conservative from 1996 until his retirement in 2017. Basil Feldman is a former member of Lloyd’s of London and was the director of The Young Entrepreneurs Fund, 1985-94. He has been described as a former plastic-toy magnate whose business interests reportedly included ‘Sindy dolls, aircraft kits and yo-yos’. Feldman married his wife Gita Julius in 1952. He has two sons and a daughter. One of his sons is Nick Feldman, bass guitarist of the band Wang Chung. Feldman is a member of the Garrick and Carlton Clubs. As were/are many of those who protected Dafydd et al. Feldman was knighted in 1982 – as Mary Wynch began her legal struggle against Dafydd and the gang. On 15 January 1996 Feldman was made a life peer. His sponsors were Thatch and Parkinson. By Jan 1996, Sir Peter Morrison and Dafydd’s mate, the corrupt Home Office Drugs branch mandarin Bing Spear (see post ‘Little Things Hitting each Other’), were both safely dead, having died within four days of each other in July 1995. Sir Ronnie Waterhouse knew that he would be Chairing the Waterhouse Inquiry that William Hague ‘didn’t know’ that he would be announcing in six months time and Ronnie had already spent 1995 conducting a tour of Wales, where he supped and dined with many of those who should have asked questions about the abuse of children in care in north Wales but didn’t (see post ‘Heart Of Darkness’). Coat of arms of Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman A Coronet of a Baron A Mount issuant therefrom between two Sprigs of Basil both flowered a Dexter Cubit Arm the hand grasping a Wreath of Laurel all proper Per chevron Argent guttée de sang and Gules guttée d’eau in chief two Apple Trees eradicated and fructed proper in base a Phoenix rising from Flames also proper Dexter: A Lion reguardant Or holding in the dexter paw a Copper Handbell and in the mouth a Sprig of Pink Camelia both proper; Sinister: A Hind reguardant Or gorged with a Portcullis attached to a Chain Sable and holding in the mouth a Sprig of Basil flowered proper Melius Quo Citius (The sooner the better) So Fenella ‘refused to help’ her brother with his political career. When one considers whom she had hung out with, it is fairly clear that she didn’t need to help him… Author Sally BakerPosted on September 13, 2018 September 17, 2018 Categories Jimmy Savile, Lawyers and Judges, Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet, North Wales Child Abuse Scandal, North Wales Hospital Denbigh, Substance Misuse, Uncategorized, Westminster Polticians, Ysbyty GwyneddTags Adrian Edmondson, Alec Guinness, Amabel Strachey, Angharad Rees, Barbara Windsor, BBC, Bertrand Russell, Bing Spear, Bloomsbury Set, Carlton Club, Carry On Cleopatra, Carry On Screaming, Cecil Parkinson, Christopher Cazenove, Clough Williams-Ellis, Conrad Russell, Cyril Smith, Dirk Bogarde, Doctor in Love, Dr Dafydd Alun Jones, Dr David Owen, Dr T. Gwynne Williams, Dr Who, Dynasty, Earl Russell, Europides, Federico Fellini, Fenella Feldman, Fenella Fielding, Financial Times, Follow A Star, Francis Bacon, George Dyer, Gita Julius, Guest House Paradiso, Harold Pinter, Harry H. Corbett, Hedda Gabler, Hergest Unit, Hollywood, Ibsen, Jeffrey Barnard, Jeremy Thorpe, Jimmy Savile, Joan Collins, John Conrad Russell, Judge Huw Morgan Gruffydd Daniel, Kenneth Williams, Lady Antonia Fraser, Lloyds of London, Lord Basil Feldman, Lord Longford, LSE, Lucian Freud, Lucy Russell, Lyric Theatre, Magic Roundabout, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Wynch, Morecombe and Wise, Nick Feldman, Noel Coward, Norman Wisdom, North Wales Hospital Denbigh, Oliver!, Patricia Russell, Paul Murphy, Peter Cook, Peter Lacey, Pieces of Eight, Plato, Poldark, Portmeirion, Prince Charles, Professor Linford Rees, RADA, Reggie Kray, Rik Mayall, Ron Moody, Ronnie Kray, Shakespeare, Sir Charles Evans, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Peter Morrison, Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Skins, St Bartholemews Hospital, St Martin's School of Art, Terry Danziger-Miles, That Was The Week That Was, The Avengers, The Garrick, The Prisoner, The Times, Tom Baker, Tony Curtis, University of Oxford, Valerie Beston, Vidal Sassoon, Wang Chung, Waterhouse Inquiry, William Hague, Young Entrepreneurs FundLeave a comment on R.I.P. 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Top 10 1980s Slasher Movies Though it was a landmark movie, "Halloween" was a 1970s slasher and really started the craze in earnest for the 80s. (*Descriptions courtesy of IMDB - the place for movie info) This Wes Craven movie unsettled more teens than just about any other movie - ever! We thought we were over our fear of sleep when we were kids, but it resurfaced big time with the concept of a serial killer entering our dreams to kill us! Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. When the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep. This movie just squeaks into the 1980s, being released in 1980. "Prom Night" proved to be a teenaged dream of disco versus deadly. It brought the retribution theme and the killer among us theme into the spotlight for many more movies to come. It also stars our established favorite scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis. A masked killer stalks four teenagers, responsible for the accidental death of a little girl six years earlier, at their high school's senior prom. This movie blazed a trail that was highly competitive with "Halloween." In fact, the two movies were so pitted together, we had to see a movie where Michael Myers fought Jason Voorhees. A camp on a lake, a tragedy, a vengeful mother, an undead son.... A group of camp counselors is stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which, years before, was the site of a child's drowning. Jamie was busy as hell in 1980 when "The Fog," "Prom Night" and "Terror Train" were released. This movie produced the "teens trapped and being killed off" theme while this party train rambled down the tracks with a vengeful killer from the past on board. A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train. This 1983 movie threw us for a loop. We thought we knew the killer, possibly, and we thought we knew the motives, maybe, but then this camp showed us that we can't assume anything in slasher movies. Angela Baker, a traumatized and very shy young girl, is sent to summer camp with her cousin. Shortly after her arrival, anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions gets their comeuppance. Lots of future stars cut their teeth on 1980s slasher movies, Tom Hanks is no exception. In this movie, we took a joyous event and tainted it with killings and unknown motives. Definitely a killer-is-stalker theme. A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape? This classic mid 80s slasher movie took on a new kind of killer - high tech (the rage of the 80s) and combined it with the 80s love of malls! Eight teenagers are trapped after hours in a high tech shopping mall and pursued by three murderous security robots out of control. Teens with too much time on their hands, decide to check out a local legend at a funeral parlor, only to be faced with real evil. On the night of Halloween, 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. "Hull House", rumored to be built on an evil patch of land & underground stream, is the place. While starting the party, the teens gather around a big mirror to perform a seance...BIG MISTAKE. They awaken some evil force and find themselves trapped and taken over one by one. Now it's a battle for who can survive and cross over the stream before going to hell.... It's the 1980s and college kids are ready for a hazing in the form of an abandoned mansion, a local legend and being locked in. It was the perfect formula for an actually pretty creepy slasher. Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds. The Slumber Party Massacre Bringing up the titillation score, this movie gave viewers the scantily clad girls having a sleepover combined with the necessary slashing to make it a true hallmark of the 80s genre. The Basketball team is having a slumber party, but people soon start turning up dead. Labels: slasher movies, top 10

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> Curriculum / Resources > Lessons and Resources > Audio Files: Forest Creatures. What? Where? Audio Files: Forest Creatures. What? Where? These Tlingit language audio files are used in all the lessons and activities in the Unit “Forest creatures.” More audio: Nouns, Noun Forms • Verbs, Hand Signs • Standing, Looking, Chasing • Sounds What Does it Eat? What does the squirrel usually eat? Daa sá axháa nooch kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/what-does-squirrel-usually-eat.mp3 Does it usually eat ___? ___ gé axáa nooch? Does the squirrel eat pinecones? S’óos’ani gé axáa nooch kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/does-squirrel-eat-pinecones.mp3 The squirrel usually eats pine cones. S’óos’ani axáa nooch, kanals’aak. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/squirrel-usually-eats-pinecones.mp3 The deer usually eats leaves, plants. Kayaaní axáa nooch, guwakaan. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deer-usually-eats-leaves.mp3 The black bear usually eats berries. Tléikw axáa nooch, s’eek. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-bear-usually-eats-berries.mp3 The wolf eats deer. Guwakaan axáa nooch, gooch http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wolf-eats-deer.mp3 The ermine usually eats mice. Kagaak axáa nooch, daa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ermine-usually-eats-mice.mp3 The land otter usually eats fish. Xáat axáa nooch, kóoshdaa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/land-otter-usually-eats-fish.mp3 Do people usually eat squirrels? Káach gé axáa nooch kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/do-people-usually-eat-squirrels.mp3 No, they don’t usually eat squirrels. Tléik’, tlél has ooxáa nooch kanals’aak. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/they-usually-dont-eat-squirrel.mp3 Where does it live? • return to top Is the squirrel here? Yáadu gé kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/is-squirrel-here.mp3 Is the squirrel there? Wéidu gé kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/is-squirrel-there.mp3 Where is the squirrel? Goosú kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/where-is-squirrel.mp3 It’s not here. Tlél yáat http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-not-here.mp3 It’s not there. Tlél a http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-not-there.mp3 Where does the squirrel live? Goox’ sá yéi tíxx’w kanals’aak? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/where-does-squirrel-live.mp3 The squirrel lives in the forest. Aas gutóox’ yéi tíxx’w, kanals’aak. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/squirrel-usually-lives-forest.mp3 The deer live in the forest. Aas gutóox’ yéi tíxx’w, guwakaan http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deer-lives-in-forest.mp3 The black bears live in the forest. Aas gutóox’ yéi tíxx’w, s’eek. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/black-bear-lives-in-forest.mp3 Wolves live in the forest. Aas gutóox’ yéi tíxx’w, gooch. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wolves-live-in-forest.mp3 Ermine live in the forest. Aas gutóox’ yéi tíxx’w, daa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ermine-live-in-forest.mp3 Land otters live in the forest. Aas gutóox’ yéi tíxx’w, kóoshdaa http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/land-otters-live-in-forest.mp3 It doesn’t live there. Tlél áx’ yéi utíxhx’w. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/it-doesnt-live-there.mp3 Song • return to top Song “Tell about the (animal), it lives in the forest and eats (food)” http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/3song-tell-about-the-animal.mp3 Target sentence patterns, yéi daané, to do What am I doing? Daa sá yéi daa xané? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/what-am-i-doing.mp3 What are you doing? Daa sá yéi daa eené? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/what-are-you-doing.mp3 What is he/she doing? Daa sá yéi adaa né? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/what-is-he-she-doing.mp3 I’m sitting Xa áa http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/im-sitting.mp3 You are sitting. Ee áa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/you-are-sitting.mp3 He is sitting. Áa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/he-she-is-sitting.mp3 Sit! (one person) Ganú! http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/you-sit.mp3 Sit! (all) Gaykí! http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/you-all-sit.mp3 I’m not sitting. Tlél xwa.aa http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/im-not-sitting.mp3 You are not sitting. Tlél ee.aa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/you-are-not-sitting.mp3 He is not sitting. Tlél u.aa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/he-is-not-sitting.mp3 Don’t sit! Tlél ee.aayík! http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dont-sit.mp3 I know! Xwasikóo! http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/i-know.mp3 I don’t know! Tlél xwasakú! http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/i-dont-know.mp3 Target sentence patterns, aa, sitting • return to top What is it doing? Daa sá yéi adaané? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/4what-is-it-doing.mp3 It is sitting. Aa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/it-is-sitting.mp3 Where is it sitting? Goox’ sá áa? http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/where-is-it-sitting.mp3 It is sitting on a branch. Sheey kát áa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-sitting-on-branch.mp3 It is sitting under a tree. Aas tayeex’ áa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-sitting-under-tree.mp3 It is sitting in the grass. Chookán xoot áa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-sitting-in-grass.mp3 It is sitting on the beach. Eekt áa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/its-sitting-on-beach.mp3 I’m not standing. Tlél xwa.aa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/im-not-standing.mp3 You are not standing. Tlél ee.aa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/you-arent-standing.mp3 She-he is not standing. Tlél u.aa. http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/he-she-not-standing.mp3 You all don’t sit. Tlél yee.aayík! http://www.goldbeltheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/you-all-dont-sit.mp3

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Dufner, Schwartzel confirmed for Perth Jason Dufner, currently ranked number nine in the world, and Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters Champion, are the first international stars to be announced for the Perth International to be played from 18 to 21 October at Lake Karrinyup Country Club, Perth, Western Australia. Dufner, from the United States, was described by Sports Illustrated Magazine in June as “the hottest golfer on the planet”. The 35-year-old was runner-up at the 2011 US PGA Championship and has enjoyed a stellar 2012 season with seven top 10 finishes highlighted by wins at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and HP Byron Nelson Championship. Dufner sits third on the PGA TOUR money list and will make his debut in the Ryder Cup next month. Schwartzel from South Africa has already won seven times on the European Tour highlighted by his stunning victory at the 2011 Masters Tournament where he became the first player in history to birdie the final four holes to win the coveted Green Jacket. The 27-year-old will look to emulate the feats of his fellow countrymen Gary Player, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen who are all past champions at Lake Karrinyup. This marks Charl’s first appearance in Perth. “It has been a while since I was down in Australia for a Tour event but I have always enjoyed the people and the culture there and the great sporting rivalry between our countries in cricket and rugby. I am looking forward to visiting Perth and hopefully I can continue the South African success at Lake Karrinyup,” commented Charl. The Perth International is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour and with prize money of US$2,000,000 it is the richest tournament in Australia. It is also the only event in Australia co-sanctioned with the European Tour and the winner of the event will receive an exemption to the World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions. Top class field for Perth International Perth International confirmed for 2013 Perth International returns to Lake Karrinyup Perth to host $2 million golf tournament lake karrinyup country club perth international golf championship Perth marks first time for Oosthuizen in Australia Van Pelt wins Perth International European Tour stars named to play Perth Ogilvy commits to Perth International World Super 6 Perth date announced for 2018 Fraser adds to ‘best ever’ Perth International field Other Readers Enjoyed Goss through to top 16 at US Amateur Rebuilt Karrinyup ready for International

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Anointing of Sick Ministries/Groups Liturgy Team Lectors and Commentators Acolytes and Altar Servers Michaelites About the Congregation Michaelites in Australia Saint Michael Mission Knighthood of Saint Michael Mass in the vineyards – Hunter Valley 25/03/2017 Holy Spirit Catholic Church North Ryde Under The Care Of The Michaelite Fathers How to Become a Catholic Becoming Catholic is one of life’s most profound and joyous experiences. Some are blessed enough to receive this great gift while they are infants, and, over time, they recognize the enormous grace that has been bestowed on them. Others enter the Catholic fold when they are older children or adults. This tract examines the joyful process by which one becomes a Catholic. A person is brought into full communion with the Catholic Church through reception of the three sacraments of Christian initiation—baptism, confirmation, and the holy Eucharist—but the process by which one becomes a Catholic can take different forms. A person who is baptized in the Catholic Church becomes a Catholic at that moment. One’s initiation is deepened by confirmation and the Eucharist, but one becomes a Catholic at baptism. This is true for children who are baptized Catholic (and receive the other two sacraments later) and for adults who are baptized, confirmed, and receive the Eucharist at the same time. Those who have been validly baptized outside the Church become Catholics by making a profession of the Catholic faith and being formally received into the Church. This is normally followed immediately by confirmation and the Eucharist. Before a person is ready to be received into the Church, whether by baptism or by profession of faith, preparation is necessary. The amount and form of this preparation depends on the individual’s circumstance. The most basic division in the kind of preparation needed is between those who are unbaptized and those who have already become Christian through baptism in another church. For adults and children who have reached the age of reason (age seven), entrance into the Church is governed by the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA), sometimes called the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA). Preparation for the Unbaptised Preparation for reception into the Church begins with the inquiry stage, in which the unbaptized person begins to learn about the Catholic faith and begins to decide whether to embrace it. The first formal step to Catholicism begins with the rite of reception into the order of catechumens, in which the unbaptized express their desire and intention to become Christians. “Catechumen” is a term the early Christians used to refer to those preparing to be baptized and become Christians. The period of the catechumenate varies depending on how much the catechumen has learned and how ready he feels to take the step of becoming a Christian. However, the catechumenate often lasts less than a year. The catechumenate’s purpose is to provide the catechumens with a thorough background in Christian teaching. “A thoroughly comprehensive catechesis on the truths of Catholic doctrine and moral life, aided by approved catechetical texts, is to be provided during the period of the catechumenate” (U.S. Conference of Bishops, National Statutes for the Catechumenate, Nov. 11, 1986). The catechumenate also is intended to give the catechumens the opportunity to reflect upon and become firm in their desire to become Catholic, and to show that they are ready to take this serious and joyful step (cf. Luke 14:27–33; 2 Pet. 2:20–22). The second formal step is taken with the rite of election, in which the catechumens’ names are written in a book of those who will receive the sacraments of initiation. At the rite of election, the catechumen again expresses the desire and intention to become a Christian, and the Church judges that the catechumen is ready to take this step. Normally, the rite of election occurs on the first Sunday of Lent, the forty-day period of preparation for Easter. After the rite of election, the candidates undergo a period of more intense reflection, purification, and enlightenment, in which they deepen their commitment to repentance and conversion. During this period the catechumens, now known as the elect, participate in several further rituals. The three chief rituals, known as scrutinies, are normally celebrated at Mass on the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent. The scrutinies are rites for self-searching and repentance. They are meant to bring out the qualities of the catechumen’s soul, to heal those qualities which are weak or sinful, and to strengthen those that are positive and good. During this period, the catechumens are formally presented with the Apostles’ Creed and the Lord’s Prayer, which they will recite on the night they are initiated. The initiation itself usually occurs on the Easter Vigil, the evening before Easter Day. That evening a special Mass is celebrated at which the catechumens are baptized, then given confirmation, and finally receive the holy Eucharist. At this point the catechumens become Catholics and are received into full communion with the Church. Ideally the bishop oversees the Easter Vigil service and confers confirmation upon the catechumens, but often—due to large distances or numbers of catechumens—a local parish priest will perform the rites. The final state of Christian initiation is known as mystagogy, in which the new Christians are strengthened in the faith by further instruction and become more deeply rooted in the local Catholic community. The period of mystagogy normally lasts throughout the Easter season (the fifty days between Easter and Pentecost Sunday). For the first year of their life as Christians, those who have been received are known as neophytes or “new Christians.” Preparation for Christians The means by which those who have already been validly baptized become part of the Church differs considerably from that of the unbaptized. Because they have already been baptized, they are already Christians; they are, therefore, not catechumens. Because of their status as Christians, the Church is concerned that they not be confused with those who are in the process of becoming Christians. “Those who have already been baptized in another church or ecclesial community should not be treated as catechumens or so designated. Their doctrinal and spiritual preparation for reception into full Catholic communion should be determined according to the individual case, that is, it should depend on the extent to which the baptized person has led a Christian life within a community of faith and been appropriately catechized to deepen his or her inner adherence to the Church” (NSC 30). For those who were baptized but who have never been instructed in the Christian faith or lived as Christians, it is appropriate for them to receive much of the same instruction in the faith as catechumens, but they are still not catechumens and are not to be referred to as such (NSC 3). As a result, they are not to participate in the rites intended for catechumens, such as the scrutinies. Even “[t]he rites of presentation of the creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the book of the Gospels are not proper except for those who have received no Christian instruction and formation” (NSC 31). For those who have been instructed in the Christian faith and have lived as Christians, the situation is different. The U.S. Conference of Bishops states, “Those baptized persons who have lived as Christians and need only instruction in the Catholic tradition and a degree of probation within the Catholic community should not be asked to undergo a full program parallel to the catechumenate” (NSC 31). For this reason, they should not share in the same, full RCIA programs that catechumens do. The timing of their reception into the Church also is different. The U.S. Conference of Bishops states, “It is preferable that reception into full communion not take place at the Easter Vigil lest there be any confusion of such baptized Christians with the candidates for baptism, possible misunderstanding of or even reflection upon the sacrament of baptism celebrated in another church or ecclesial community . . . ” (NSC 33). Rather than being received on Easter Vigil, “[t]he reception of candidates into the communion of the Catholic Church should ordinarily take place at the Sunday Eucharist of the parish community, in such a way that it is understood that they are indeed Christian believers who have already shared in the sacramental life of the Church and are now welcomed into the Catholic Eucharistic community . . .” (NSC 32). Christians coming into the Catholic Church must discuss with their pastor and/or bishop the amount of instruction needed and the time of their reception. The sacrament of baptism removes all sins committed prior to it, but since Christians have already been baptized, it is necessary for them to confess mortal sins committed since baptism before receiving confirmation and the Eucharist. In some cases, this can be difficult due to a large number of years between the Christian’s baptism and reception into the Catholic Church. In such cases, the candidate should confess the mortal sins he can remember by kind and, to the extent possible, indicate how often such sins were committed. As always with the sacrament of reconciliation, the absolution covers any mortal sins that could not be remembered, so long as the recipient intended to repent of all mortal sins. Christians coming into the Church should receive the sacrament of reconciliation before their reception into the Church (there is no established point for when they should do this) to ensure that they are in a state of grace when they are received and confirmed. Their formation in the faith should stress that frequent confession is part of Catholic life: “The celebration of the sacrament of reconciliation with candidates for reception into full communion is to be carried out at a time prior to and distinct from the celebration of the rite of reception. As part of the formation of such candidates, they should be encouraged in the frequent celebration of this sacrament” (NSC 36). The Christian fully enters the Church by profession of faith and formal reception. For the profession of faith, the candidate says, “I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God.” The bishop or priest then formally receives the Christian into the Church by saying, “[Name], the Lord receives you into the Catholic Church. His loving kindness has led you here, so that in the unity of the Holy Spirit you may have full communion with us in the faith that you have professed in the presence of his family.” The bishop or priest then normally administers the sacrament of confirmation and celebrates the holy Eucharist, giving the new Catholic the Eucharist for the first time. Reception in Special Cases In some situations, there may be doubts whether a person’s baptism was valid. All baptisms are assumed valid, regardless of denomination, unless after serious investigation there is reason to doubt that the candidate was baptized with water and the Trinitarian formula (“. . . in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”), or that the minister or recipient of baptism did not intend it to be an actual baptism. If there are doubts about the validity of a person’s baptism (or whether the person was baptized at all), then the candidate will be given a conditional baptism (one with the form “. . . if you are not already baptized, I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”). “If conditional baptism . . . seems necessary, this must be celebrated privately rather than at a public liturgical assembly of the community and with only those limited rites which the diocesan bishop determines. The reception into full communion should take place later at the Sunday Eucharist of the community” (NSC 37). Another special case concerns those who have been baptized as Catholics but who were not brought up in the faith or who have not received the sacraments of confirmation and the Eucharist. “Although baptized adult Catholics who have never received catechetical instruction or been admitted to the sacraments of confirmation and Eucharist are not catechumens, some elements of the usual catechumenal formation are appropriate to their preparation for the sacraments, in accord with the norms of the ritual, Preparation of Uncatechized Adults for Confirmation and Eucharist” (NSC 25). Waiting for the Day! It can be a time of anxious longing while one waits to experience the warm embrace of membership in the Church and to be immersed into Catholic society. This time of waiting and reflection is necessary, since becoming a Catholic is a momentous event. But waiting can be painful as one longs for the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, and the joys of Catholic life—the security that being a faithful Catholic bestows. Yet even before being received, those waiting to be fully incorporated already have a real relationship with the Church. For those who are already Christians, their baptism itself forms a certain sacramental relationship with the Church (cf. Vatican II, Unitatis Redintegratio 3; Catechism of the Catholic Church 1271). They are also joined to the Church by their intention to enter it, as are the unbaptized who intend to do so: “Catechumens who, moved by the Holy Spirit, desire with an explicit intention to be incorporated into the Church are by that very intention joined to her. With love and solicitude mother Church already embraces them as her own” (Vatican II, Lumen Gentium 14:3; CCC 1249). Thus, even before one is fully incorporated into the Church, one can enjoy the status of being recognized by the Church as one of her own, precious children. IMPRIMATUR: In accord with 1983 CIC 827 permission to publish this work is hereby granted. +Robert H. Brom, Bishop of San Diego, August 10, 2004 If you are interested in taking that first step and want more information about RCIA program here at Holy Spirit parish, feel free to contact one of the RCIA team members: Cathy Raccosta caterinarr09@gmail.com 0449170964 SUNDAY MASSES Saturday 5.00pm Sunday 8.30am 10.00am 5.00pm WEEKDAY MASSES Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sat 8.30am Tues 7.00pm Fri 7.00am All hands on deck getting snacks to fireys Steven Buhagiar: Take up this pilgrimage challenge while Martin family relics are here Pope’s possible visit to Indonesia, East Timor and PNG Sydney pilgrims head for March for Life Simcha Fisher: In praise of litanies FLAME GIFTS has a great selection of cards and gifts for all occasions. GOD’S WORD – Daily Readings and Reflections for 2020 available from our Flame Gift Shop. Let the message of Christ, in all its richness find a home in you. (Colossians 3:16). Come and see Flame Gifts . There is something for everyone. Shop is open 7 days. All proceeds benefit our parish! © 2020 Holy Spirit Catholic Church North Ryde. All Rights Reserved.

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Posts tagged 'alcatraz' Escapin' by SS at 7:34 am on Wednesday 10th June [alcatraz, goab, mtb, triathlon] It's finished! As I mentioned way back in November, I had committed to the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon, a historic triathlon that involves jumping off a boat into the San Francisco Bay, swimming to the city, biking around a bit and then running around a bit. The swim is really the most significant aspect of the triathlon and it's the one I prepared the most for. Preparation started in ernest at the end of 2014 and my motivation really kicked in after my cousin Rita told me more or less that I was an idiot for attempting to swim a distance on my injured shoulder. If there's anything that I hate more than anything, it's being told I can't do something - so this really helped :). The day of the event began at 3:20 am with a hastily consumed bowl of Trader Joe's granola decorated with a severely overripened banana. The banana was potentially a mistake because I immediately felt nauseous. At 3:35, dad and I were on the road to San Francisco. My phone battery was at 14% because, in the age of technological progress, it was deemed wise to manufacture a USB cable so thin that it could feasibly be plugged in upside down and the user would be none the wiser. Thankfully it lasted long enough for us to reach San Francisco and at that point I reassembled my bike, gave my dad the phone with 6% of battery remaining and wished him luck with navigating to a parking spot. (He ended up finding parking near by and attempted to nap for a couple of hours.) Arriving at the transition area at 4:15am, there was already a long line of riders waiting to enter. A female triathlete in a foul mood asked a volunteer why it was necessary for them to queue at this time. He shrugged and said he didn't know, as she rushed away to the end of the line. Another triathlete jumped in and said to the volunteer, "thank you, by the way, for giving up your time to be here." Once in, I was very happy with my position at the end of the rack. An officious looking woman observed me laying out my towel underneath my bike and insisted that I make sure I didn't extend out too far outside of the rack. Given that my towel was perhaps 30 centimetres in width and the adjacent walkway was several metres wide, I could only laugh. By the time I racked up, it was 4:30 am and I decided that it was probably wiser to use a porta-toilet before donning my wetsuit, for the obvious convenience. At this time there was already a substantial queue and so I was forced to take the first stall that was available, a structure that lacked the most basic stability from the outside and gave me the very real sensation while inside that I was about to re-enact that scene from Family Guy where Peter's porta-toilet falls over. Euch. At 4:50am, the line for the bike pump was about 50 athletes deep. Meanwhile, outside, the line to get into the transition area had a couple of hundred athletes in it. While I was initially miffed at the early start to the event, it turns out to have been A Good Idea. One of the best things about arriving so ridiculously early was that I got to make several acquaintances from around the world. In particular, there was the British woman who had flown in from New Zealand, the British man who had flown in from Toronto, the Rice university student who was the sole competitive triathlete in their club, the French man who was here for a second time and the German man who was a professional triathlete. I got to the boat at just after 5am and gave up everything that I didn't need for the swim (including my glasses) and found a comfortable spot on the carpet next to a fence they had erected a few feet from the starboard windows to stop the boat getting unbalanced as people jumped off. Later, after I remarked that the carpet was actually fairly comfortable, the German pro mentioned I should notice how the carpet is wet as we leave. That, apparently, is from triathletes who don't wish to queue for the limited toilets on the boat. Euch. Speaking of the limited toilets, one of the few possessions I had with me that I wasn't swimming with was a water bottle. Staying hydrated is important and I finished that bottle fairly quickly. However, now snugly wrapped up in a wetsuit, it made visits to the facilities somewhat tedious. The first was okay, given enough space in a stall, but the second and third involved significant queueing and some careful balance (I'm adamant my wetsuit will be exposed mostly to water). 1.5 hours later, we were close to departing. I felt like a nap. The adrenaline from waking up at 3:15am had mostly worn off. There wasn't, however, any space to lie down. Walking to the bathrooms involved hopping into tiny triangles in between excited triathletes. It would have been nice to do the Escape with a friend. The boat departed at 6:34. There was much cheering. I was nervous. At just after 7, we completed a circuit of the Alcatraz island. Athletes were stretching on the balcony. The queue for the bathroom was the entire length of the boat. As it approached 7:30, the American national anthem played. I started an activity on my watch. It was searching for a GPS signal. At 7:30, triathletes clustered at each end of the starboard side, where there were two openings in the rails. The fog horn rang. A loud cheer erupted, simultaneously with the almost non-stop sound of beeping as athletes walked over the timing mats and jumped off the boat. I made my way towards the exit at the back of the starboard side. I walked over the timing mat. It beeped, many times, as others also walked over. There was little time to think, I wanted to walk straight off but ended up walking to the right to find a gap in the row of people jumping off. My watch was still searching for a GPS signal. The water wasn't actually that cold. And the waves, they weren't that bad. I was disappointed. My competitive advantage was partially in the fact that I'd trained for the intensity of the Alcatraz swim, but the water that day, it was flat. The fastest swimmers apparently finished in 25 minutes or so. I took 40 minutes. Unlike the HITS Napa triathlon I did, where I had elbows and feet hitting me from all angles, I only got hit a couple of times by other swimmers. One of those swimmers was going the wrong way, so I kept swimming into him. He continued trying to cross my path but I swore under my breath and kept going. He eventually gave up. I like to think I saved him some energy. Swimming the Bay with 2,000 other swimmers was unlike anything I've ever done before. I felt like I was in a school of triathletes, each mostly swimming autonomously yet collectively we were all going the same way and helping each other navigate that way. Swimming in open water is so unlike anything else - there's nothing quite as expansive and as uniform as the surface of the sea. After a while (well, 40 minutes), I arrived at the shore. I had left a shirt and a pair of shoes in a bag which was left out there. A volunteer helped me pull my wetsuit off. The shoes and shirt went on, and I overtook a number of people trying to run the half a mile to the bike racks in their wetsuits. Heh. Bike shoes on, a run out to the mount point and I was off. The wind was at my back. I overtook a number of triathletes struggling to get up to speed on the flat. The hills came quickly enough, though, and I slowed down. Ostensibly, I was preserving energy for the run. The bike course for the Escape is lovely, a hilly course around San Francisco with some lovely corners. That morning was foggy and descending into the fog on the return trip was much fun. I was adventurous, undeterred by the sight of an athlete who wrecked going down one of the downhills and who was now covered in blood and strapped to a body board being loaded into an ambulance. Out of towners struggle with the hills, particularly if they insist on using tri bikes. There was a pungent smell emanating from my brake pads after a couple of the downhills. I'm glad I updated them a few weeks ago, they made the corners much more enjoyable. While in Golden Gate Park, I made friends with a bearded, tattooed chap with a great shorts/jersey combination which were covered in flame graphics. These matched his tattoos well. I commented on this and we had a lovely conversation about Pittsburgh, from which he traveled. The end of the bike was sad, for me, because running is mostly just pain. I put my new running shoes on and ran out. There's nothing sadder than a runner wearing cycling lycra but I'm too cheap to buy a tri-suit and too Indian to fit well within my cycling lycra. On my way out, I overheard my dad directing my roommate Ryan to his location and was amused. My friend Alberto, an impressive triathlete who was there as a supporter, yelled "Go Sunil!". I smiled. A few metres later, a lady burst into laughter and commented, "what a great smile!". The run was slow from the beginning. I was quickly overtaken by many of the athletes I had overtaken earlier while cycling. Still, I enjoyed the scenery and was the subject of a couple of comments, "You've traveled a long way from Cambridge!". One of these was from another 27 year old called Rob, with whom I confided that I was too cheap to buy a new jersey. We had a surprisingly in-depth conversation about why there are so many fast 40 year old triathletes and so few late twenty-somethings. He was faster at running than I was, so I bade him goodbye and continued on. The finish to the triathlon was odd. You run past people who've already finished and families doing ordinary things. You can taste the end but you're not there yet. There's a good few hundred yards of grass to run through. The grass was slippery and my balance was suspicious. I didn't trip though. Running through the inflatable finish gate, I was happy that it was over, that I finished. Also, a little underwhelmed. I'd expected that at the end of this accomplishment, my legs would be full of lactic acid, or I'd be ravenous, or faint. I felt fine. Perhaps I should have run faster ;-). I had an assortment of friends and my dad waiting for me at the finish line. Actually, that's something of a lie, most of my friends arrived a minute after I finished because apparently my time prediction was perhaps a little too accurate - but they were there and that was wonderful! Thank you! The hardest aspect of becoming a triathlete for any sort of event longer than a sprint distance triathlon is figuring out how to manage your time. The last six months or so have been an endless battle between my social obligations (mostly voluntary, mind you) and this underlying fear that I wasn't training enough. Well, it turns out that less is more - at first I overtrained and I was hellishly tired at work. Then I started training less, sleeping more and suddenly started breaking PRs on Strava. The momentum is addictive and it'll probably carry me through to a half Ironman distance triathlon in September. My next challenge has already been set though - in March 2016, Phil and I will be participating in the Cape Epic, a notorious mountain bike race described as "the Tour de France of mountain biking".

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GVLIBRARIES.ORG About the Media Library Special Book Collections About the Game Library Browse Game Collection ReadyFor Games Common Core Games Common Core Alignments FishForInfo Research Database Links The Crisis Impacts a Variety of Farmers (4) | 1980s Farm Crisis Four different farm families each come to farming through different means. Each is impacted by the 1980s farm crisis. This segment is part of the documentary The Farm Crisis, which examines the tragic circumstances faced by farmers for most of the 1980s, when thousands were forced into bankruptcy, land values dropped by one-third nationally, and sky-high interest rates turned successes into failures seemingly overnight. Connie Reimers-Hild: Executive Director & Chief Futurist for the Rural Futures Institute | What If – Innovator Insights NOTE: Spanish version is captions only. With innovation and entrepreneurship, the Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska addresses rural issues and opportunities. It works with education, business, community, non-profit, government and foundation partners. Connie Reimers-Hild has a PhD in human sciences, plus degrees in natural resources and entomology. Innovation Insights features short video interviews with innovators and creators answering questions about things like influences, passions, and mistakes, and offering advice for the next generation of innovators. Building a Better Workforce | American Graduate There is a lot of talk in workforce development circles about “middle skills” jobs, career opportunities that fall between minimum-wage positions and others that require at least a four-year degree. But Ryan Meador has a different phrase for that wide swath of workers in the center of those two occupational poles. He calls them the “meaty middle,” and he works a lot with that population as dean of student development and enrollment management at the Business and Technology Campus of Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, Missouri. That’s the group of high school students — perhaps as many as three quarters of them — that falls between the standouts and potential dropouts. “These are the individuals that are best for going into programs where there’s practical application,” Meador said. “We’re going to teach you the skills that you need, and we’re going to get you into good paying jobs. …. They’re the ones who have opportunities, who have the skills and ability to be successful, but don’t have what it takes to drive it on their own.” And it’s those students who are prime candidates to take advantage of what the workforce development community describes as “stackable credentials.” That’s where a student earns an industry certification, in say, IT security, and then builds upon that skill up through community college and then a four-year institution. (For more on that, see the video above.) Only about a third of the open jobs in Kansas City require a bachelor’s degree or higher, Meador said. One of his best real-world examples of succeeding through stacking is a Kansas City Power & Light executive, who now has a master’s degree, but who got in with the company after going through MCC’s program for linemen. KCP&L paid for much of his schooling In today’s world, Meador said, healthcare is one of the best industries suited to stacking credentials. For every doctor, he said, there are about two nurses that have bachelor’s degrees and there’s about six other support staff that have somewhere between a high school degree and associate’s degree. Others with more limited training include phlebotomists and billing and coding staff. Dr. Doug Girod is looking at workforce development from a different vantage point than Meador, but as the former executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center, he certainly shares the viewpoint about the healthcare field. Girod is now chancellor of the University of Kansas. The U.S. is short about 50,000 physicians, he said. And there are manpower shortages in just about any healthcare-related field, he said, from physical therapists to lab personnel. Girod has also been a leader within KC Rising, a business-led initiative to accelerate economic growth within the region. So, he has thought about education and workforce development from a variety of perspectives. “It’s really a matter of creating connectivity,” Girod said. “So, reaching further into high school, if not middle school, and helping students understand pathways and what those pathways look like, creating those pathways, and then making them continuous.” Schools Tackling the Soft Skills Deficit | American Graduate Educators around the region are implementing project- and career-oriented learning to engage kids. But in the Center School District, at least, another key constituency is excited too. Neal Weitzel is the director of college and career readiness in the district, which is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and he recounted parents’ reaction at a recent orientation for its Center Professional Studies program. “When I just would ask them afterwards how did it go, they felt like they knew what their student was doing. They felt like there was a purpose behind the courses their student was taking,” Weitzel said. That felt good, he said, “because the hard part with education right now, is ‘What is my student learning? What are they gaining here?’” Those are valid concerns because local businesses have similar questions about their potential workforce. And, as the video above notes, industry is telling educators that graduates need better “soft skills,” such as critical thinking and adaptability, that vocationally focused coursework provides. This type of curriculum, referred to today as “career and technical education,” is a modernized version of what used to be known simply as “vocational education.” The latter term developed a second-class reputation as a track for kids who were not cut out for college, even though voc ed students could pursue solidly middle class professions. CTE leaders like Weitzel stress that their programs are agnostic when it comes to college versus career. “What we’re trying to do is make sure that every student receives a skill set, or an opportunity, or a learning experience that will help support whatever they want to achieve when they leave our district,” he said. Whether that means college or a job is a decision left up to the student and their parents. And that leads to another feature of CTE: stackable credentials. Take, for instance, someone who wants to become a nurse. Through a program like Center Professional Studies, the student might become qualified to work as a certified nursing assistant right out of high school. From there, while the student is earning money, they can continue their education to become a full-fledged nurse with a four-year degree or beyond. What it all boils down to, Weitzel said, is providing students with solid early professional skills that will help them be employable no matter what path they take after high school. “That choice,” he said, “will be theirs to determine.” Bob Stowell: Ord, NE Lawyer and Economic Development Leader | What If – Innovator Insights Bob Stowell has been an economic development leader in the rural town of Ord, NE. He helped start Ord’s innovative leadership program. Nancy Williams: President/CEO of No More Empty Pots | What If – Innovator Insights Meet Nancy Williams, the president/CEO of No More Empty Pots, an Omaha, Nebraska non-profit that focuses on improving self-sufficiency, food security, and economic resilience. Its programs include culinary workforce training, entrepreneurship, and community gardens. The Time Value of Money Understanding saving, investments and retirement can sometimes be a challenge to young people when their immediate needs and wants easily outweigh long-term financial planning. Riza Laudin, an economics teacher at Herricks High School in Long Island, New York, helps students make personal connections to the benefits of saving early through a lesson on the time value of money. In this lesson, Ana begins saving at age 22 for twelve years, while Shawn saves from ages 34 to 65. Students are challenged to predict who was the better saver. Understanding and applying the principles of compound interest, students learn a new strategy for saving and begin to contemplate their own financial futures. How the Deck Is Stacked: Why the Middle Class Matters Learn how the percentage of Americans who belong to the middle class is shrinking and why this matters to the U.S. economy, in this video from FRONTLINE’s “How the Deck Is Stacked,” produced in collaboration with Marketplace and PBS NewsHour. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal presents statistics that support the idea that far fewer people today than in 1971 are defined as middle class; this not only impacts whether and how individuals spend their money but also overall economic growth in the country. This resource is part of the FRONTLINE Collection. What is the DOW? | Two Cents Do your eyes glaze over when you ever hear about the DOW? Are you still confused about what the DOW is? How Much is Too Much? | American Graduate “Our students are not widgets!” Certainly that is the sentiment of educators who see business involvement in schools as “putting in orders” for workers. Yet that refrain might be less common in an era when the whole notion of career and technical education is evolving way beyond shop class. Maybe that’s because each side understands its boundaries. Businesspeople and educators both say the same thing: Industry lays out the workforce needs; schools develop the curriculum. The video above, the final one in our opening series for American Graduate: Getting to Work, includes voices from a major regional employer as well as from K-12 and higher education.

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Iran’s Nuclear Anniversary Published: July 21, 2016 - 16:28 Shubhda Choudhary Delhi A year after signing the historic nuclear deal, Iran is still struggling. The deal, which many say, is still fragile, altered the geo-politics of West Asia, aligning Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel. It is still doubtful if Barack Obama’s successor would treat Iran as America’s ‘natural ally’ and uphold the nuclear deal in good faith. All said and done, Tehran would be keen on protecting the deal. What matters today is definitely the fact that Iran’s nuclear deal has completed a year! Just like any anniversary, the symbolic meaning attained by this occurrence is more tantamount, revealing that yes; the deal made through stormy waters, through all the vilification and ratification and gained a concrete identity in itself. But is there any basis, in reality, to think that this deal, popularly called as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, is still very fragile? Well, there are reasons for saying so. To start with, both in Tehran and Washington DC, there are domestic forces which do not want this deal to materialise and hence, have issues reconciling with it. After all, one can lead the horse to the trough but one can’t force it to drink water! What comes as a surprise and sheer obstinacy is the recent legislation passed in the US House of Representatives to stop the 25 billion dollar Boeing deal which involved selling aircrafts to Iran. President Obama has already stated, quite shrewdly and in time, that he would veto it. How can we ignore the serious determination of the US lawmakers to curb the deal, through any reason, under any pretext? On the other hand, Iran is complying with its commitments. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has acknowledged that Iran has started dismantling its nuclear programs. It has also stopped the shipment of uranium stockpile, which was initially under process, to Russia. Also, with the lifting of the EU and UN Sanctions against Iran, now it can act braver and be a part of the global and financial international markets. However, Iran does complain, slowly and softly, that the imagined economic boom did not take place. There are three concrete reasons for it: Firstly, US Dollars in any kind of transaction with Iran cannot be used because the American sanctions have not been lifted, yet. These sanctions deal with issues which are non-nuclear, such as the human rights record of Iran and its regional policies. Thus, it does come as a major setback. Secondly, western banks which have had their own range of struggles and tussles with US Treasury Department, do not want to invest in Iran. Once bitten, twice shy! Though, John Kerry, the Secretary of State is working around to erase these inhibitions, it is going to be a long and tedious process. Thirdly and most importantly, Iran too has to adapt to the current investor’s sentiments and accordingly make its own domestic market flexible and attractive enough for investments. Building the investor’s confidence is very necessary and Iran is definitely finding it hard to do so. The autarchic mentality needs to be dealt with and Iran needs to embrace a veritable cultural revolution. Nevertheless, a big leap of faith would help Iran and a more adamant and persistent leadership would bear results, quite sooner, especially when the bigger picture is taken into account. Till then, a happy nuclear anniversary to Iran! Read more stories by Iran’s Nuclear Anniversary Iran, Nuclear deal ABOUT HARDNEWS | SUBSCRIBE TO PRINT EDITION OF HARDNEWS | CONTACT HARDNEWS © Copyright 2006-2018 HardNews Media Pvt. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Use of this is only permitted as Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy

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Wednesday 31st July 2013 John Sheridan was joined in the stands by coaches Gary Owers and Sean McCarthy to see a a young Argyle side win 1-0 in a match against Clevedon of the Calor Southern League. The trio's prime objective was to run the rule over trialist Jordan Gele, a 20-year-old French midfielder who was spotted in trial game, arranged by former manager Paul Sturrock. The winning goal came two minutes from time when substitute Josh Hutchinson scored with a low drive from 20 yards. Argyle's Milk Cup coach Chris Souness praised the young side after the bounced back from opening day defeat to beat County Fermanagh 1-0 yesterday. Souness' beaming face said it all as he spoke after watching his side complete a victory far more comprehensive that the scoreline had suggested. "We got the response, but first and foremost, the performance was pleasing," explained the popular and long standing Pilgrim's coach. "Life is a lot easier in tournament football when you get a win, it makes everything you work on from here on in a little bit easier as people believe more in what you are doing and begin to relax. It's good to get the win and good to get the performance for the lads but in truth, it could have been more as the scoreline doesn't really reflect how well we played. We really learned our lessons from the Strikers game, put a lot of work and effort into last night's training and made sure this morning that we were ready to go with the right attitude and focus and generally that showed in today's game." Up next for the Pilgrims is the Japanese FA, a side that Souness belives will provide a tough test for the Pilgrims. He said: "We have been looking forward to this one because I would imagine that they'll be technically gifted and be able to receive the ball and be comfortable on it. That is all the things we do in our games so it might well be a clash of the same technical abilities and that will be a good chance to see how far we have come." Argyle have announced that tickets for the first two home games of the new season are now on general sale. Argyle face Fleetwood Town at Home Park on Saturday, August 10 before playing host to Rochdale on Saturday, August 24. Curtis Nelson believes there is healthy competition for places at Plymouth Argyle for the start of the new Football League season despite the reduced size of the squad at Home Park. John Sheridan is working with a smaller number of players than he did last term but has used his budget to make some experienced signings. Nelson said: "It's healthy competition and I think you have got to have that in every squad. "The people that are playing have got to keep on their toes, and if you are not in the team you have got to be working towards getting in it." Nelson played out of position at left centre-back as Argyle lost 2-1 to Yeovil Town at Home Park on Saturday but still impressed Sheridan. Nelson said: "I would rather be playing on the left-side than not at all. You have got to enjoy every game and play with a smile on your face all the time. I haven't got a clue whether I will be in the team against Southend. It's up to the gaffer who he plays." Curtis is looking forward to starting the season, "It has been a tough pre-season. A new John Harbin has come in and worked us hard. The last two games have been good ones to be playing in. You have got to take the positives from every performance, and there are things to learn as well. We played reasonably well against a Championship team and we will try to take that forward into the game at Southend." Academy coach Ian Stonebridge was keen to take the positives from the Pilgrims' Milk Cup defeat to Strikers FC South Coast on Monday. Argyle were beaten 2-1 by their Californian opposition but Stonebridge, who played in the Milk Cup for Tottenham Hotspur as a youngster, was not going to get too down. Ian said: "You can look at the result and be disappointed but the other side of it is that this is our first game and we have some young lads who are experiencing tournament football for the first time. We've had a really interesting day where we've all learned plenty - both about playing against a team from different continent and in the different conditions that tournament football brings. Although disappointing at times, there was certainly plenty for us to draw from it and take into our next games. Both of Strikers' goals came from Argyle mistakes but again, Stoney was not about to start pointing the finger. He said: "Young players will make mistakes and that is the nature of youth development. What we're looking to do is to see the response to those mistakes and if we can help the players to understand the things that have happened and improve on them and iron them out. Becoming more consistent is important as the players get older and obviously within this tournament setting it's quite a concentrated series of games so those things are kind of exercised and magnified. We are certainly not going to be dealing out individuals in terms of mistakes they made today and we want to help those lads improve and progress." Argyle had started the match in fine fettle and even took the lead, a silver lining that Stonebridge emphasised. He said: "The quality of our possession and passing and movement in that first period was really good, although without really penetrating and effecting their goal and really threatening them which is something we need to build on in the next few games. That first 15 minutes certainly gives us positives to build on in the next few games beginning with the trip to Port Stewart where we meet County Fermanagh. There are likely to be different players involved as the squad will be used to its full through the week so it will be good to see those players get a chance as several of them got on the pitch as substitutes today and again several of them did well to affect the game in a positive way and it will be good to see their response." John Sheridan is hoping Plymouth Argyle will have a near fully-fit squad for their League Two season-opener at Southend United this weekend. Striker Matt Lecointeis the only player with a long-term injury. Guy Branston, plus Rommy Boco and Andres Gurrieri, did not take any part in the 2-1 defeat by Yeovil Town at Home Park on Saturday. The trio sat out the final pre-season game because of injuries but none of them are serious. Sheridan said "They are all running and doing everything in training other than ball work. Hopefully, one or two of them will be back before the game at Southend." Striker Marvin Morgan and newly-arrived left-back Andre Blackman were both substituted at half-time against Yeovil as a precaution after taking knocks. John continued, "Marvin has got a little shoulder injury. He will be okay, I think. Andre has got a bit of a dead leg and we will see how he is, but other than that everyone is okay." A young Argyle side went down 2-1 to Californian side Strikers South Coast in their opening Milk Cup under-15's game. Argyle: Jordan Stidson, Jordan Bentley, Jack Calver (Henry Wilson 40), Oliver Gardner, Daniel Rooney, Dario Pisano (Sam Morgan 52), Alex Fletcher, Jake Mill, Jason Vincent (Jamil Roberts 40), Alex Battle, Sam Ryan (Tyler Tonkin 52). John Sheridan was pleased by the team's performance in in the 2-1 defeat against Yeovil yesterday, despite the scoreline. "It was very encouraging," said John, "I was very pleased.", then continued, "I like to win every game, so obviously the result was disappointing, but other than ten or fifteen minutes in the game I was really pleased. I thought we matched them in most department and was very encouraged with what I saw. We started the game very well. The keeper's made one or two saves and we've had opportunities to score goals. If you score a goal when you're on top and then the momentum's in your favour. I was disappointed to concede the way we did, and then you get a bit downbeat, because you think you should be two up. But that's full credit to Yeovil because they were patient and moved the ball really well. I knew it would be a good test for us. I felt we were a bit naïve; we were dropping too deep and inviting them to keep the ball a little bit. I told them at half time to step up ten or fifteen yards and don't be worried about the ball in behind, just stop them from dictating the game. In the second half, I was really pleased with the way we went about our game." Argyle took the game to the Somerset side from the off, and despite a quickfire pair of goals from James Hayter and Paddy Madden, Argyle hit back with a consolation goal from Tyler Harvey after the break. "He's a good finisher," said John, "He's composed and he did well for the goal. It was a good interchange of passing for the goal with Youngy, and Tyler just got across the near post. It was a side foot and a good finish." Argyle went down 1-2 to Yeovil Townin their final pre-season friendly at home Park this afternoon. Argyle: Cole (McCormick), Berry, Paul Wotton (Blanchard), Nelson (Richards), Blackman (Purrington), Young (Vassell), Hourihane, Blizzard, Alessandra, Reid (Lane), Morgan (Harvey). Six days after an encouraging 1-1 home draw with Milton Keynes Dons, the visit of Yeovil Town will provide the final test for Argyle before the start of the new season."It's another good test for us," said John Sheridan. "It's still about fitness, but we want to try to get a bit of shape to like we did against MK Dons, when I felt we did really well against a very good footballing side. Yeovil had an excellent season. They are in the Championship now, so they will give us a good test, and we will have to defend and create chances, like we did last week. I felt we could have scored more goals last week. That's what it's all about – scoring goals and winning football matches, but, at the same time, I thought we nullified a good footballing side who have caused teams a lot of problems. We looked after them quite well. We're all going the right way, and hopefully, we will have a good season." Matt Lecointe looks set to miss the whole season due to his knee ligament injury. Matt damaged his knee in a collision with former team-mate, Truro goalkeeper Ollie Chenoweth, during a pre-season match at Truro City, and requires an operation. John Sheridan said: "Matt is probably going to miss the season. It's a crying shame. We're in pre-season at the moment and we're talking about next pre-season. He continued, "I've had a little chat with Matty, and I'll speak to him more when he's had the operation, but we know what his injury is. It's hard for a young lad like him to miss a whole season, but he's got to try to stay as positive as he can and get ready for next season." John is backing the former England Youth International to bounce back from his setback. "He's fit enough and capable enough to come back and be stronger," said John. "It's a long process but lots of good players who've played at a higher level have come through the same injury. we'll give him the best treatment we can." Argyle's have confirmed the signing of new left-back Andre Blackman, the former Celtic defender has agreed a deal until January. He will play for Argyle for the first time against Yeovil Town at Home Park today. John Sheridan said: "Andre is a player I know quite a lot about and has caught my attention over the years I have been a manager. He's a very good player and I think he will fit into the way we want to play. I have seen him play for Celtic and I really liked what I saw. It's an opportunity for Andre to come in and prove to one or two people he's good enough. I really think he can. He has got to get his feet on the ground. I have had a chat with Andre and it's up to him. He's only here until January. I know what he can do, but I want him to see me and show other people. Hopefully, if he does that we can talk about lengthening the contract and he will be here for a lot longer." Andre Blackman is set to sign for the Argyle, subject to completion of the relevant paperwork. The 21-year-old left-back is a free agent following his release from Scottish Premier League champions Celtic at the end of last season and will remain at Home Park initially until January 2014. A schoolboy with Arsenal and Tottenham, Andre joined Portmsouth at the age of 16 but began his professional career with Bristol City in the summer of 2009, having recovered from a serious ankle injury. Andre made two League Cup appearances for the Robins but left Ashton Gate in October 2009 by mutual consent. Several trials, most notably with Leicester City followed, before Andre joined then Conference side AFC Wimbledon. It was with the Dons that Andre began to establish himself as a player, playing 15 times. After a short time out of the game, Andre was handed a lifeline at Parkhead in October 2011. On signing for the once European champions, Blackman said: "I felt right at home from the word 'go' at Celtic. I instinctively knew that I was in the right place and that I was surrounded by people who were willing to help get my career back on track." Blackman played three times for the Bhoys and spent the early stages of last season on loan with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, enjoying two outings, before returning to Glasgow. Argyle have renewed their successful collaboration with The University of St Mark and St John. The League Two club will have access to training facilities such as the gym, grass pitches, sports therapy centre and sports science lab at the Plymouth campus while training for the 2013/14 season. Stan Cinnamond, the university's director of sport, said "As the centre for sporting excellence, we are delighted to renew this partnership. The new foundation degree in Football Coaching and Development cements our strengthened collaboration with the football club and really puts us on the map for providing state of the art facilities and support to students and sports teams in the city." Argyle chief executive Martyn Starnes said, "We are delighted our partnership with the University of St Mark and St John continues to go from strength to strength. To be able to make use of the superb facilities at Marjon is of huge importance to our preparations. The relationship between the city's leading sports club and the university, with its top-class sporting amenities, is vitally important to both parties and for the city." Argyle fans who have Joined the Club for the 2013-14 season are being offered a discount on tickets for the Capital One Cup tie with Birmingham on August 6. Green and White adult Members will be offered tickets for £5, while over 65 and student Members get in for just £3. Plymouth celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the birth of former Argyle director Michael Foot this Tuesday. Council leader Tudor Evans is hosting the centenary celebrations in the Council Chambers, starting at 6.30pm. The evening is part of a campaign to raise £60,000 to create a Foot memorial in Freedom Fields Park in Plymouth. A number of special Michael Foot memorabilia items will be raffled on the night to help raise funds. Michael, who died in 2010, sat on the Board at Home Park in the early part of the century and, having supported the club his entire life, was officially registered as a player in 2003 in celebration of his 90th birthday. The celebrations are open to all and admission is free. Home Park is hosting a triple treat for the Green Army this weekend. On Saturday, Argyle take on Yeovil Town in their final pre-season friendly. On Sunday, the doors will be open to allow fans exclusive access to the first-team squad training session. On Monday, John Sheridan and John Harbin will be staging a Meet the Members Question & Answer evening. The Yeovil game kicks off at 3pm and tickets are priced at £9 for adults, and £4 for concessions, as long as they are bought before match-day. Match-day prices are £11 and £6. The players return to Home Park the morning after the Yeovil match for a post-game training session that supporters will be able to watch. The Barn Park end will be open from 10am for fans to gain free admission to the session, which will begin at around 10.30am and last for about an hour. As well as the training session, supporters will be able to take part in a range of activities being staged by the club's Football in the Community Trust and the Green Taverners between 10am-2pm. The FIL Family Zone For All will be open, and food and drink will be available to purchase. The third leg of the weekend sees manager John Sheridan host an evening Q&A session for Argyle Members. As well as being able to address questions to John and Performance Manager John Harbin, Members will be able to collect their 2013-14 Membership cards from a special stall set up under the stand. The evening takes place between 7-8pm and the Devonport End will open at 6.30pm. John Sheridan is pleased with Ryan Lane's performance after coming on as a substitute and nabbing Argyle's only goal in a 1-1 draw. Lane was amongst a clutch of fledgling Pilgrims who took to the field in the second half against the Dons, all of whom have a chance of featuring in the coming season, according to the Sheridan. "He's seen the keeper, 25-30 yards out, and it's a great finish. I've said to all the lads who came on in the second half – we were a very young side – our squad's not massive, so if we get one or two injuries, they might be figuring a lot more. They've got to be confident. And Ryan will get a lot of confidences scoring a goal like that. The younger players on the fringes have got to believe that's they've got a chance. Playing with the first team won't do them any harm. Whether they're 35 or whatever, I'll still be telling people what they should be doing. But those players have had a career. The younger players have got to be listening, learning and wanting to be playing higher than this division. The advice I give them is for them to play higher, not to play lower. It's to make them better players and to make us a better team." Argyle's problematic left-back conundrum will be solved sooner, rather than later, according to John Sheridan. "I need a left-back, I need someone who can come in and hopefully make us better. I know I've one or two young players who can play there but whether they're right for throwing in now, I don't know. So I'm looking for one and I'm confident I'll get one, definitely before the first game and, hopefully, before the Yeovil game. I'm asking about two players and waiting for them to come back." Durrell Berry, normally a right-back, filled the role against MK before switching across to his preferred position. "I thought he was excellent all game, at left-back and right-back," said John. "He hasn't done pre-season for the last two years and you can see the difference in him. He looks really fit and he's on top of his game at the moment, and he hasn't missed a day's training. I said to him, before we started pre-season, that I wanted him to get through it and he has done. It will stand him in good stead. You can see the difference in him." John Sheridan admits choosing between Luke McCormick and Jake Cole will not be an easy decision. Luke began Sunday's 1-1 draw against Milton Keynes Dons, with Jake coming on at half-time. That pattern, or the reverse, will be repeated in the Pilgrims' final pre-season game against Yeovil on Saturday. John said: "I'm looking at both of them and it's going to be hard for me to make a decision for the first game. They are very evenly matched; they both work well together; and they want each other to do well. It's good to have competition - it ups each other's game. Again, next week against Yeovil, they will probably play half a game each and then I'll make a decision for the first game. They know what I'm like. I don't pick any favourites – I pick who I think should be playing. Jake did very well in my short time here when I came last year, and Luke's come in to prove himself again – he's been here before and was an excellent 'keeper. We've got two good 'keepers. Whoever plays, I have full confidence they can do well for the team." Argyle drew 1-1 with MK Dons this afternoon with a goal from youngster Ryan Lane. Argyle: McCormick (Cole), Nelson, Wotton (Purrington), Blanchard, Berry, Alessandra (Vassell), Blizzard, Hourihane (Young), Boco (Richards), Reid (Harvey), Morgan (Lane) Matt Lecointe and Andres Gurrieri are the only absentees from Argyle's squad for today's match against Milton Keynes Dons. Matt injured his knee in a Development XI game at Truro on Wednesday, while Argentinean midfielder Andres has not played in pre-season because of a thigh injury. "He's a bit longer than I thought he would be, but he's doing everything he can." said John Sherdan, "I've had a thigh injury myself and it's just one of those things – you have to make sure it's right because kicking is going to be the problem. We're hoping, next week, he'll be joining with us." Ahead of tomorrow's friendly against MK Dons, John Sheridan is intent on instilling a attacking philosophy into the squad. "We're going to try to attack teams this season. Whoever I play, we are going to be attack-minded; at the same time, we need to be strong and resolute and make it difficult for the opposition." A player who could both benefit from and contribute to that outlook is Rommy Boco who arrived at Argyle on Thursday. "Rommy's going to be behind a little bit, but he's got straight into things. He played a lot of games last season so I think the rest will have done him more good, than anything else. I'm confident he'll score goals – he's proved that at Accrington. He plays off the cuff; he's exciting; he'll get players involved." Although John is focused on taking the game to the opposition, his approach is going to be on the pragmatic side of gung-ho. "I know MK Dons will move us around and play football, and cause us lots of problems," he said. "If we make the mistakes that we've made in one or two of the pre-season games we will get punished. We need to get them out of our game. It's about getting ready for the first league game. We've been working on one or two things, defensively and attacking, and hopefully we'll look a little bit more solid. We have got to get in the habit of wanting to go about and win every game, and that's what we'll do." Warren Feeney has been named player-assistant manager at Salisbury following his release by Argyle. The appointment of the 32-year-old was announced at the Whites' pre-season friendly with Torquay on Saturday. Argyle have published a reminder of their ticket deal for the pre-season match against MK Dons tomorrow, which kicks off at 3pm. The admission prices for tickets bought by 7pm this evening are £9 for adults and £4 for concessions. They will rise to £11 and £5 respectively on the day of the match. Supporters wanting to watch both MK Dons and the visit of Yeovil Town to Home Park next Saturday can pay £15 for adults or £7 for concessions, this package deal also runs out at 7pm this evening. All seating is un-reserved and only the Lyndhurst and Mayflower stands will be open for both games. A painting of former Argyle director Michael Foot is to be sold at auction to help pay for a memorial to him in Plymouth city centre. Michael, who died in 2010, sat on the Board at Home Park in the early part of the century and, having supported the club his entire life, was officially registered as a player in 2003 in celebration of his 90th birthday. The unique print by Plymouth painter Robert Lenkiewicz shows Michael proudly wearing his Argyle scarf and is a copy of the original that hangs in Portcullis House in Westminster. Matt Lecointe is facing a late start to his 2013-14 season after suffering a knee injury. The 18-year-old England Youth international was hurt during the Development XI's 1-1 draw at Truro on Wednesday, after which he limped away with his leg in a brace. "He's being assessed," said John Sheridan, "I don't think it's a nice injury for the kid, which is a crying shame – he's worked his socks off and got himself fit. We'll have to wait and see. We're still waiting for the results of a scan. We'll keep our fingers crossed and do the best we can for him." John Sheridan is one player away from completing his Argyle squad for the 2013-14 season. "There's only a left-back I feel I need to bring in now," said John. "If I can get a left-back, I'll be very pleased with my squad." The vacancy has arisen following Onismor Bhasera's decision not to accept the offer of a new Home Park deal, and the failure of Ryan Dickson and Martin John to sufficiently impress during pre-season trials. That leaves teenage first-year pro Ben Purrington as the only natural left-back available. "I'm still enquiring about one or two players, whether they'll be here for Sunday, I don't know but I'm waiting for the clubs to come back to me. It'll probably be loan – which I think is only right – someone who has been doing a pre-season at his club. It's important that whoever comes in now is fit." Talking about the left-back trialists over pre-season, he said, "Ryan was a bit short of what I was looking for. He's an experienced player, so I didn't want to be messing him about if he could find something else elsewhere. I think it was important to let him know so I could concentrate on bringing someone else in. Martin trained really well but, again, I just felt he wasn't really what I was looking for. The search goes on for a player who I hope will benefit us and come and play and make us better." Benin international Romuald Boco has signed for the Argyle on a one-year deal. Rommy, a 28-year-old attacking midfielder joins Lewis Alessandra, Marvin Morgan and Reuben Reid as summer arrivals at Home Park. John Sheridan said "I'm very pleased to get him. He's got a good goalscoring record, knows this division, and with things not happening with Jason Banton, I wanted someone to come in who was similar to the way Jason plays. I think Rommy fits that criteria very well. He can play left, right and down the middle. He's very comfortable; has got good feet; runs at people, and he gets a goal. I have said that, hopefully, we are going to be attack-minded, and with him, Lewi, Marvin, Reuben and other players who are going to be pushing for the starting positions up front, we are going to be strong and hopefully we are going to start scoring goals." Although Boco has joined late into the pre-season, John has no concerns about his fitness, "He played with Sligo in Ireland and, after their season finished, he went to Accrington. I think he played more than 60 games last season, so I don't think there's any problems. He looks a fit lad anyway. Hopefully, he'll come in and settle quickly. We need to get him on board and get him in and around the team as quickly as possible. He's a little bit behind the players but he looks naturally fit." Argyle will continue pre-season preparations with a more concentrated approach following Tuesday's 0-0 draw at Bath City. So far, fitness has been top of John Sheridan's agenda and the emphasis has been on the whole squad getting a run-out. On the final pre-season matches, John said "People will be playing longer. We haven't worked on team-shape and we're going to start being more focused now because the quality of teams we are playing now is a lot better than what we have. We don't get punished for the silly things we do, and that's no disrespect to the three teams we've played. If we're doing them next week against MK Dons and against Yeovil, we'll get found out, so it's important we try to get the players into the system and the shape we are going to play and get it sorted out properly." Bath presented a greater threat to the Argyle than the teams in their previous two matches, "It was a good workout for us, again," said John. "That's what it's all about at this stage. Obviously we'd like to win games and score more goals – I think we should be scoring more goals in the three games we've had, but, on the opposite side, you can look at the three clean sheets. It's still early days and no-one's going to tell me we should be ready at this stage of the season. We're still getting rustiness. Everyone thinks they're ready, but they're not: I've said before and I'll keep saying it, once that ball comes out, it's a different game. We know now our tempo's got to pick up. We've had three good tests. Every game's been very warm, so we've got a lot of fitness out of it." Ryan Dickson will not be joining Argyle following his trial. The left-sided player did not feature in Argyle's 0-0 draw at Bath on Tuesday, after which John Sheridan said, "I'm not going to be doing anything with Ryan. He's not really what I'm looking for. I've explained it to him the best way I can, and I'm working had to try and fill that area." Speculation about Jason Banton returning for a second loan spell has ended with the news that he has been loaned to MK Dons on a six-month deal. Argyle drew 0-0 in their pre-season match against Bath City tonight. First half: Cole, Nelson, Wotton, Branston, John, Young, Hourihane, Blizzard, Alessandra, Reid, Morgan. Second half: McCormick, Berry, Nelson, Blanchard, John (Lecointe), Alessandra (Lane), Young, Hourihane (Richards), Vassell, Feeney, Marvin Morgan (Harvey). Luke McCormick believes that he is still a Championship-calibre goalkeeper and wants to repay the faith shown in him by the chairman, manager and supporters. He said: "I have set myself long and short-term goals that I believe are achievable. The long-term goal is that I'm still here for next season. That's quite a big one for me because I want to be part of this football club for as long as I possibly can. I would also like to play as many games as possible this season." The 29-year-old admitted that he had had doubts about a return to professional football after his time in prison. He said: "Probably, for a period of time, I had resigned myself to thinking that it wouldn't happen, and I completely understood and accepted that. Now I'm hungrier than I've ever been. I feel like I have got a point to prove, which I didn't necessarily have as much last time I was here. I owe this club for giving me the chance and I've got a lot to repay the fans for, and I'm determined to make this a success." After his lengthy absence from professional football, McCormick's playing comeback has not been without difficulties. He said: "I think I've had to adapt my game a little bit. I certainly have to look after my body a little bit more. My body hasn't been used to the vigorous training sessions day in, day out, that's for sure. But, like with anything as you get older, I think you learn to use your head a little bit more." Lewis Alessanadra will make his Pilgrims' debut at Bath on Tuesday after sitting out Argyle's first two pre-season games with a slight thigh injury. He will be joined by defender Guy Branston, who has caught up with his team-mates after being waylaid by a virus, although midfielder Andres Gurrieri is uncertain and Nick Chadwick is ruled out. "Lewis will be involved on Tuesday," said manager John Sheridan, "Guy Branston will, Andres is maybe 60-40 and Nick's waiting for results of scan on his knee." John will also have another look at former Pilgrim Ryan Dickson, who has been released by Southampton and who played 70 minutes at Tiverton. "He's been injured," said John, "so this was his first game. He got a good shift in. I don't judge anybody on just this game, so I'll have a look at him at Bath and possibly in the Milton Keynes game. And then I'll make a decision." John Sheridan was pleased with the way his players sweated their way through Saturday's 1-0 win at Tiverton yesterday. Out-of-contract striker Warren Feeney's 51st-minute goal was the difference between the two sides as the preparations for the new season continued. "Conditions were very hard to play in," said John. "It was ridiculously hot. A lot of the lads have got blisters, as well, because the ground is rock hard, full credit to the lads. It was a good work-out for us in the end, and all the players came through okay. It's been a hard pre-season and they all put a shift in." Looking forward to the remaining pre-season fixtures, John continued, "It's about giving the players game-time at the moment, I was always going to do that for these two games, and the Bath game will be the same. Then, against Milton Keynes and Yeovil, I will be looking at how we are going to play as a team. I haven't given the team any instructions yet. I just want to get plenty of work-ethic in the games, to keep the fitness ticking over. It's easy when you're running up hill and around the park but it's totally different when you are in a match situation. Some players look totally different when there's a ball out there and they have got to get used to that. That's why we have these games." John noted parts of Argyle's game which still needs work, "I know it's about fitness and everything - and no disrespect to Tiverton - but when you do the wrong things in these games, you don't get punished. We were lucky today in one or two situations because better teams would have punished us. They are the sort of things I take out of the game – we don't want to be doing them against better opposition." Warren Feeney finally got a chance to show John Sheridan what he can do, and took his opportunity with aplomb. Warren was released by Argyle at the end of last season after a season-ending foot injury in John's first game in charge, but has been given a chance to earn himself a new deal during this pre-season. Feeney scored the only goal in Argyle's 1-0 win at Tiverton five minutes after coming on at half-time. "He's been biting at the bit. He's trying to impress me. He hasn't played for a long time, he came on and worked hard and it's always nice to get a goal" said John. "It's his first game and I don't want to get carried away just because he scored. I thought he did okay when he came on and it was encouraging. He's had a bad injury but he's worked his socks off in pre-season." He added, "I know what he can do. He knows how to play the game. I've got some good strikers in and around the team and I've got good options to play people up there. I'm hoping we're going to be a very attack-minded team this season." Argyle won 1-0 in their pre-season match against Tiverton Town this afternoon with Warren Feeney scored the only goal of the match. Argyle (first half): McCormick, Berry, Nelson, John, Dickson, Vassell, Blizzrd, Hourihane, Purrington, Reid, Morgan. Argyle (second half): Cole, Blanchard, Wotton, Richards, Vassell, Allen, Young, Lecointe, Dickson (Ryan Lane), Feeney, Harvey. Argyle have appointed Shaun Taylor as new full-time Professional Development Coach, under the Premier and Football League's Elite Player Performance Plan. Shaun's role will be to support Head of Youth Kevin Hodges in running the Argyle Academy and take responsibility with Kevin for the club's Under 18s. He will also provide one-on-one coaching with Academy players. Kevin said: "I'm just really pleased that Shaun has come on board and he will be assisting me on a day-to-day basis with the Under 18s. I am constantly telling our young players how fortunate they are to have coaches with such a wealth of experience. Some of our coaches are still playing, whilst others have played at the highest level, and they are able to call upon their experiences to help our youngsters become better footballers." Shaun has played top flight football with Swindon Town and Kevin commented on Shaun's previous coaching roles. "Shaun has worked with youth and senior players at Bristol City and Exeter City, and recently he was a first-team coach with Torquay United working alongside Martin Ling. Our Academy staffing structure is now complete as required by the Elite Player Performance Plan and we look forward to the new season with real optimism." Shaun is the older brother of Craig Taylor who played for Argyle in two spells between 1998-2003. Ahead of tomorrow's pre-season friendly match against Tiverton Town, John Sheridan has called for all players to fight for a place in the first team. He said "I've made it clear to everyone, whoever is in the squad will be given his chance of playing. I want people to believe in themselves and make a push for a place in the first team." Conor Hourihane is enjoying the pre-season and believes that Argyle has a strong squad to start the season. "It's nice to be back," he said. "It's tough running in this kind of weather, but we're all enjoying it. It's fair to say that, in the three pre-seasons I have been with the club, this is definitely the strongest team we have had so far, and I'm sure we'll get even stronger." He went on to comment on the squad's morale, "There's a good vibe. Everyone's definitely looking forward this year. The lads have the right mentality – we definitely want to go up the table. We are all looking forward to it and itching to go. It's important, in any league, to get off to a good start – you don't want to be playing catch-up – and I think we have got a squad which will get off to a good start." John Sheridan has confirmed that Tuomas Rannankari's trial has ended early. "We've had the lad's injury assessed and unfortunately, he's going to be out for a few weeks, so that rules him out of our pre-season plans." said Sheridan. "It's really bad luck and a shame for the lad. We all feel for him but he's going to get a flight and we'll reassess the situation once he gets himself fit again." John Sheridan has ruled out a return to Home Park for Onismor Bhasera. The Zimbabwe international defender or left-sided midfielder is on trial with Yeovil Town, after failing to respond to Argyle's offer of a new contract. "I've been trying to get hold of him, and really I don't know what he's playing at," Sheridan said after his side's pre-season friendly victory over host club Elburton Villa on Tuesday. "I've tried as hard as I can and I don't think he has come out of this very well." Argyle fielded a team of development players in a friendly match against Torpoint Athletic this evening. The result was a 5-0 win for Argyle. Argyle kicked off pre-season with a victory at Elburton Villa last night, the win was achieved courtesy of Matt Lecointe's first-half strike and second-half penalties from Marvin Morgan and Reuben Reid. For John Sheridan, it was a chance to get some fitness and confidence into the first-team squad. "I'm pleased to get things kicking," said John. "The lads have worked really hard. They have put a lot of effort in and we are getting them fitter. It was a good work-out. Everyone got a bit of football. That's what they are working towards. It was obviously very hot and the grass was a little too long for my liking, but it was a good test." Commenting on the match itself, he said "We could have scored a lot more goals but the main thing is to keep everyone fit and improving, and hopefully we'll get better and better as the games go by towards the start of the season." John was pleased that the strikers he used made their mark, despite two being scored from penalties. "It doesn't matter how they go in the back of the net – we had a lot of opportunities to score a lot more, which would have been more pleasing – it's good for the supporters to see one or two new players. The crowd was really good and it's helped Elburton." Injuries to Lewis Alessandra, Andres Gurrieri, Nick Chadwick and Guy Branston, meant John was unable to use his whole first-team squad, but it should not be too long before the absentees are back in action. "Lewi's not serious. He's just a little bit tight. Same with Andres. I think they both could have played, but I'd rather be careful. Brano's still recovering from a calf injury. They've got through most of the pre-season, and missing tonight was just a precaution so they won't aggravate their injury and be out longer." Less than 48 hours into a trial at Argyle, Finnish international Tuomas Rannankari picked up a thigh injury while playing in yesterday's match against Elburton Villa. The injury came early in the second half. "Unfortunately, Tuomas has just gone to cross a ball and he's felt a pull to his thigh," said John Sheridan after the game. "We'll just have to assess him and see. It's a shame for the kid. He's come over and is trying to show us what he can do. We don't know how serious it is yet." The defender now has an anxious wait to see if his trial can continue. Argyle won 3-0 tonight against Elburton Villa in what was the first pre-season friendly of the Summer for John Sheridan's first team. Matt Lecointe, Marvin Morgan and Reuben Reid scored the goals. Argyle first half: Cole, Blanchard, Wotton, John, Rannankari, Vassell, Allen, Young, Purringon, Lecointe, Harvey. Argyle second half: McCormick, Berry, Nelson, Richards, John, Vassell, Blizzard, Hourihane, Rannankari, Morgan, Reid. Martyn Starnes has spoken about his appointment as Chief Executive after his move from Yeovil town and has his sights set on getting Argyle back to the Championship. "Plymouth has a great catchment area, a big supporter-base," said Martyn. "I think it has got a wonderful future and I have been given the opportunity to be part of it. I am absolutely delighted to be here, it's a fantastic club. I am aware, being a massive football fan generally, that Plymouth has had difficult times in recent years, going into administration. Recovering from that, I recognise, is difficult and James and the Board of Plymouth have presented me a rather unique opportunity to help to revitalise the club and move it back into the division it should be playing in, the Championship, and to do it with financial viability, which I am used to doing at Yeovil." Argyle Director David Felwick expressed the club's pleasure that Martyn had agreed to take the position. He said "We were keen to attract an experienced and motivated chief executive to put another brick in the wall, as it were, to satisfy our ambition to get Plymouth Argyle promotion to the higher leagues." On his return to Argyle, this time as First Team Coach, Sean McCarthy believes that Argyle can be a 'force to be reckoned with'. "We have got some fantastic experience on the coaching side. We can bounce ideas off each other and, hopefully, make the football and coaching side of it enjoyable for the players, but very hard. To be fair, I have got to say the players have worked their socks off since the start of pre-season. They have come back in good nick and looked after themselves through the summer. He added, "With one or two more additions that John (Sheridan) is trying to get in over the next few weeks, hopefully we will be quite a force to be reckoned with." Argyle's youngsters gained a credible 3-3 draw in their first pre-season friendly against a strong Royal Marines side at CTC Lympstone. Kevin Hodges' side found themselves 3-1 down before scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to earn their result. It has been confirmed by the football league that Argyle will compete in round one of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy this season and will not receive a bye. The Pilgrims will play the first round in the Southern Section West and will face one of the following sides either home or away: Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Exeter City, Portsmouth, Torquay United or Wycombe Wanderers. Former Argyle left-back Onismor Bhasera now looks highly unlikely to return to the club after his agent Ralph N'komo revealed he is set to start a trial with Turkish side Elazigspor. N'komo, who also stated that there was interest from a Championship club for the Zimbabwean defender, was quoted as saying: "The club will start its pre-season training on 10 July in the Netherlands and they will pick up Bhasera in England. The club is looking for a left-back and want to have a look at him since they don't know how he plays. It's unlike in England where he is well known. He was the best player for Plymouth Argyle in the past season, but we are looking at what is best for the player.We can't rule out his return to Plymouth Argyle, but it will depend on what offers are on the table because he is a very good player and a number of clubs are interested in him." Sky TV have chosen to televise Argyle's home match against Portsmouth on October the 12th in what will be the first time the two sides meet in a league match in over twenty-two years. The match is Argyle's first league game to be televised since August 2010 and will kick-off at the earlier kick-off time of 12.15. John Sheridan has spoken about a possible return to Argyle for winger Jason Banton. While Sheridan is keen to bring Banton back on loan for the forthcoming season, he is trying to take some heat out of the speculation. "I appreciate Crystal Palace letting us have Jason on loan last season because he proved very valuable for us," said Sheridan. "Everyone knows I'm interested in Jason and I don't want to keep talking about it. I don't think it's right. Palace will do what's best for Jason and they know our interest. I'm just leaving it at that. I have just got to concentrate on who I have got here at the moment." Sheridan has already signed Lewis Alessandra, Reuben Reid (on loan) and Marvin Morgan this summer to strengthen his attacking options. He added: "I would like to bring in another attack-minded player. Jason is a player who I have spoken of before but there are other players who we have looked at. If it doesn't materialise with Jason, I have got to look elsewhere. Everyone else is talking about Jason but I'm just trying to be quiet. What will be, will be. You have got to respect that he's not our player." John Sheridan has confirmed that he has not had any inquiries from other clubs about transfer-listed Argyle striker Nick Chadwick. Chadwick did not take part in the pre-season training session yesterday morning because of an injury. "I haven't had any interest (in Chadwick) from any clubs," said Sheridan. "He has got a little knock at the moment but he has been training since we have come back (for pre-season). Nick is an experienced player and you have got to give him a bit of respect. I have just been truthful with him – that my thoughts are elsewhere and I think other players are going to be in before him. While Nick is at this age, he can still go and play football and do a good job for someone else. I have left that with him and he knows the situation. He's not going to figure in my plans and, hopefully, something will come out of it." Former Yeovil Town Chief Executive Martyn Starnes has today been appointed to the same role with Argyle, filling a vacancy that has been absent since the departure of interim CEO Martin Baker last December. Fifty-eight year old Starnes who held the same role with Swindon before his Yeovil days will also join the Argyle board of directors. Starnes will take up his new post with Argyle on Monday July 8th. James Brent spoke in enthusiastic terms about the appointment:"My fellow Directors and I are delighted to welcome Martyn to Plymouth Argyle. Martyn brings years of experience in running football clubs and has demonstrated that, even for a club which has a much smaller fanbase than Argyle, financial prudence can be combined with league success. We are confident that Martyn will leverage the additional revenues anticipated from the new grandstand to support John Sheridan in moving Argyle back up the Football League. It is a measure of Martyn's confidence in Argyle that he has decided to join us from a newly promoted Championship club. I look forward to the new season with enthusiasm and excitement." In football related news, Argyle manager John Sheridan has confirmed that he will no longer chase up the contract offered to Zimbabwean left-back Onismor Bhasera after his previous contract expired at the end of last month. This leaves Bhasera now likely to leave the club after more than three years of service. Sheridan said: "I've got to be looking at bringing someone else in now. We've made him a very good offer, we like him, the fans like him and he's done well for us. But the problem is getting hold of him and finding his whereabouts." Two potential replacements for Bhasera are Martin John and Ryan Dickson who are both currently on trial at Home Park. 24 year old John who has previously played for Cardiff and 26 year old Argyle youth product Dickson are both playing for a contract. Sheridan today confirmed: "Hopefully one of them will impress enough and fill that position. Martin John has come in on the first day of pre-season and he's worked very hard - obviously we'll keep him around until the games and have a good look at him. Obviously we all know what his [Ryan Dickson] potential is. He's been at big clubs and he's been here before, he's a Plymouth lad. Again I'll have a good look at him before we make a decision in the next week or so." Argyle today signed former Shrewsbury Town striker Marvin Morgan, on a two-year contract. John Sheridan believes he will be a big player for the club, and not just because he is 6ft 4in. He said: "He'll be a big player for us and I am very pleased to get him. There were other clubs after him, and he's looked at Plymouth and his other options, and chosen Plymouth, which I'm very pleased about. He's not just a big, tall striker, he's a good player. First and foremost, he's done very well in this division when he's played for Shrewsbury and Aldershot. He's scored goals. He gives us something different. He plays lots of games, so you get value for money, and I think he's a really good addition to what we've already got. He's got a bit of experience. His does score a goal, but he also makes his presence felt, he's big, he's quick and, like I say, he's a bit different to what we've got in Reuben, Lewi, and we'll possibly add another attack-minded player." Morgan came late to the Football League after working his way up the ladder, signing for Aldershot in 2008, where he first worked with Gary Owers. Sheridan added: "Gary's worked with him, which is a benefit to us, and I've managed teams when he's been in the opposition so I know a lot about him myself. He's a good lad, an intelligent lad, who wants to do well and improve even though he's 30 years old. He played lots of games and I hope he keeps on doing that." Sheridan is not guaranteed a start when Argyle kick-off their season at Southend on August 3rd however. "It's about a squad," said Sheridan. "Players who I am signing have got to work hard to get into the side. I want them to come in and be hungry. For the last three or four years, the club has been down at the wrong end of the table. I don't want that to happen again and I'll make sure it doesn't. We're bringing in players who have played at a higher level, who have valuable experience, and have been in successful teams. "If I can get them all together and working hard, hopefully we're going the right way." Marvin Morgan joined Argyle because of the club's ambition under John Sheridan. He said: "As a striker, you want to be playing, you want to be scoring goals, and you want to be going to an ambitious club, and you can't be getting a more ambitious club than this in League 2. This is the biggest club I have played for in my career. It is about trying to get it out of League 2 and into League 1 and going on from there. It's going to be a tough task, but my ambition is to do what I did at Shrewsbury, when I took a step back to move forwards. It was the right step to go to Shrewsbury when I did, and I think it's the right thing again. I did have offers from League 1 clubs, even a last-ditch effort from team last night, but I'm a man of my word and, once I got down here, my mind was made up. At the moment, it's hard for any player getting a team, and I was grateful to have a few teams interested in me." The prospect of working under Sheridan appealed to Morgan, who also knows Gary Owers from their time together at Aldershot. "I haven't come here thinking I'm a big shot, far from it," he said. "The gaffer is very honest and that's the type of manager I need to be playing under, I've played under managers who are not honest with you and you think you are doing well when you're not. If I'm not doing it, he's going to kick me up the backside, and I think that's the kind of approach I need. He's always done well with strikers, every striker who has played under him has scored goals." Morgan believes he has plenty of miles left on the clock after coming into the professional game in his mid-20s. "I got into football quite late and have only had five years as a full-time footballer," he said. "So I like to say that I'm 25 in footballing years, and I think I've got a lot left in the tank. My agent thinks I could play until I'm 40 because I got into football so late, as long as I look after my body. I'm 30, but I'm still a big kid. I've still got loads of enthusiasm for football." Romain Larrieu has revealed he would consider a return to playing, despite having hung up his gloves more than 12 months ago. Larrieu played in a charity game in France at the start of June and that whetted his appetite for a return to action. He is still coming to terms with not being involved in football, especially with pre-season having just started, and said: "It's strange. I don't really know how I feel about it. I'm looking at different things I could do, in football and outside. I have got myself fit again and maybe if there is a club that wants to have a look at me, why not? I still have enough will to play. I'm getting myself fit and then, at least, I will be fit. I have no expectations. I won't be upset if nothing happens. I have been training quite a lot, especially back in France. I played in a charity game near my hometown of La Rochelle and I really enjoyed it." The opposition in that game included Mathias Doumbe, who was released by MK Dons at the end of last season. Larrieu added: "He played against me and tried to score a couple of times but never got near it! I really enjoyed playing in that game, more than I thought I would. That's what has put this idea in my mind." Although he has been on a training programme, Larrieu has not done any goalkeeping work, apart from that one game. His preference would be to play in the Football League again, and he said: "That's where I have been and I have enjoyed it so much. I would look there first, but I just want a project, somewhere where they want to do it right. You do miss the buzz you get from playing at three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon or a Tuesday evening. It's very hard to replace whatever you do." Larrieu would be interested in a career in coaching in the future, but not at this moment because he has a young family and wants to spend time with them. He said: "Coaching is not an option for me right now. It's going to mean I'm going to have to be somewhere, away from my family or take them with me, and then you never know what's going to happen next."

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Jeremy D. Morley concentrates on International Family Law. The firm works with clients around the world from its New York office, with a global network of local counsel. Mr Morley is the author of "International Family Law Practice", the leading treatise on international family law in the U.S., and "The Hague Abduction Convention", published by the American Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and a former law professor. Brazil and International Child Abduction by Jeremy D. Morley From an expert report that I prepared recently - and that was submitted to a California court - on Brazil's practices concerning international child abduction: "Congress requires the U.S. State Department to determine the compliance by U.S. treaty partners with the Convention. The State Department's annual Compliance Reports are, in my opinion, extremely reliable and authoritative (although often unduly restrained and "diplomatic"). In its most recent report the U.S. State Department has singled out just five countries as being either ‘Not Compliant' with the Hague Convention or as demonstrating ‘Patterns of Non-Compliance with the Convention.' Brazil is one of the five countries. Indeed, in each such report for the past five years Brazil has been declared to be ‘Not Compliant' or to demonstrate ‘Patterns of Non-Compliance.' Brazil is the only country with the dubious distinction of having been singled out in that way in each and every such annual report. It is my opinion that, when a court is asked to bar a child's overseas visitation, it should balance the extent of the risk that a particular parent will abduct the child with the extent of the risk that the foreign legal system will not promptly effectively return the child if the child is retained in that country. At one extreme is a child's potential visit to a non-Hague country that is a well-established safe haven for international child abduction such as India or that clearly does not adequately comply with the Convention such as Brazil. In my opinion, a court should require far fewer warning signs that indicate that the parent might keep the child in such a country in order to justify - and to necessitate - an injunction barring such travel, since the risk of a mistake is so extremely high. This office handles many international family law cases that have a Brazilian connection, working with counsel in Brazil as appropriate, including: -Prenuptial agreements with a Brazilian connection -Divorce cases with a Brazilian connection -International child abductions to and from Brazil -Child relocation and child custody cases with a Brazilian connection -Expert testimony as to Brazil and international child abduction See more at: http://www.international-divorce.com/brazil_child_abduction.htm Posted by Jeremy Morley at 1:06 PM Tweets by jeremydmorley Jeremy D. Morley was admitted to the New York Bar in 1975 and concentrates on international family law. His firm works with clients around the world from New York , with a global network of local counsel. Mr. Morley is the author of "International Family Law Practice," the leading treatise on international family law in the United States. He is also the author of “The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical issues and Procedures for Family Lawyers.” He is the former co-chair of the International Family Law Committee of the International Law Section of the ABA. He is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. He was born in Manchester, England and has taught in law schools in the United States, Canada and England. Mr. Morley frequently lectures on international family law topics to the judiciary, bar associations and others. Mr. Morley is frequently asked to appear as an expert witness on international child abduction prevention and recovery issues. Mr. Morley has been a frequent guest on television and radio shows on the topic of international child abduction and international divorce law and has been featured in the print media on numerous occasions. jmorley@international-divorce.com My Book: International Family Law Practice My Primary Site: International Family Law Office My International Prenuptial Agreements Website Japanese Family Law Hague Convention Abduction Cases: How to Win Divorced parents take to streets in fight for righ... Interstate or International Relocation of Pregnant... Wealthy Chinese businessmen learn the value of the... United States and Korea Become Hague Abduction Con... Ireland: Laws recognising prenups to be considered...

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Sean Mac Bride & Fr. Sean Mc Manus in New York in the spring of 1976, eight years before the announcement of the Mac Bride Principles. Francis hopes for reconciliation among Christians in Ireland Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 POPE Francis has expressed hope his visit to Ireland will help grow unity and reconciliation among Christians on the island. In a video message released ahead of his weekend arrival, the Pope said he was excited about his two-day trip to Dublin and the Knock holy shrine in Co Mayo. The video was released hours after it was confirmed that the Pope will meet victims of clerical sex abuse during his Irish visit. He is coming to attend the Catholic Church’s World Meeting of Families during a packed itinerary of engagements. The video message coincided with the opening of the major family-themed event in Dublin yesterday evening. Thousands descended on Dublin’s RDS to attend the opening ceremony. Prayers were said across all of Ireland’s 26 dioceses to mark the start of the event. Church bells were rung simultaneously across the dioceses to launch the five-day Catholic Congress. The Archbishop of Dublin welcomed the thousands of international visitors “to celebrate and foster family life.” During the homily at the opening ceremony, Diarmuid Martin said: “There are those who would look at the World Meeting as some sort of ideological gathering to celebrate a type of family which probably does not exist.” “Whatever of the past, here in Dublin the World Meeting is something much more profound. It is to reflect the opening words of our reading: ‘You are God’s chosen race; he loves you.’” “The family is not a remote ideological notion but the place where compassion, kindness, gentleness, patience, and forgiveness are learned, practiced and spread.”

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AIRPLANE VIDEOS PILOT TRAINING & DOCUMENTARY FILMS WW 1 WARBIRDS FORUM Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Videos and Pictures RQ-170 Sentinel Airplane Landing A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" Bell P-59 Airacomet Fictional Military Aircraft Spitfire Ace Great Planes: B-57 Canberra Dogfights: Desert Storm Advanced German Weapons Ballistic Missile WARBIRD DVDS AVIATION QUOTES The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions. � Gunther Rall Quote, Luftwaffe, 275 victories LivingWarbirds.com Suggestions/Comments Share Your Videos Help Veterans Honor Flight Network KID'S DVDS Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) More SpaceX Videos SpaceX Video - First launch - Falcon 1 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Information Industry: Aerospace Headquarters: Hawthorne, California Key people: Elon Musk: CEO and CTO Gwynne Shotwell: President Products: Orbital rocket launch Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Employees: Over 1250 Website: spacex.com Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American space transport company founded by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk. It has developed the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 rockets, both of which are built with a goal of being reusable launch vehicles. SpaceX is also developing the Dragon spacecraft to be carried to orbit by Falcon 9 launch vehicles. SpaceX designs, tests and fabricates the majority of their components in-house, including the Merlin, Kestrel, and Draco rocket engines. In December 2010, SpaceX became the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft (a Dragon). Originally based in El Segundo, SpaceX now operates out of Hawthorne, California, USA. Picture - Falcon 1 prototype. SpaceX was founded in June 2002 by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk who had invested US$100 million of his own money by March 2006. On August 4, 2008, SpaceX accepted a further US$20 million investment from the Founders Fund. SpaceX has nearly doubled in size every year since it was founded in 2002. It grew from 160 employees in November 2005 to more than 500 by July 2008, to over 1100 in 2010. Musk believes the high prices of other space-launch services are driven in part by unnecessary bureaucracy. He has stated that one of his goals is to improve the cost and reliability of access to space, ultimately by a factor of ten. In January 2005, SpaceX bought a 10% stake in Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Picture - The company's current headquarters, located in Hawthorne, California. On August 18, 2006, NASA announced that SpaceX had won a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract to demonstrate cargo delivery to the International Space Station with a possible option for crew transport. This contract, designed by NASA to provide "seed money" for development of new boosters, paid SpaceX $278 million to develop the Falcon-9 launch vehicle, with incentive payments paid at milestones culminating in three demonstration launches. On December 23, 2008, SpaceX announced that it had won a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, for at least 12 missions for US$1.6 billion to carry supplies and cargo to and from the International Space Station, after the Space Shuttle retires. In June 2010, SpaceX was awarded the largest ever commercial space launch contract (US$492 million) to launch Iridium satellites using Falcon 9 rockets. On December 8, 2010, SpaceX become the first private company to successfully launch and return a spacecraft from orbit after its Dragon capsule returned from a two-orbit trial run around the planet. Picture - The Dragon capsule at SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. SpaceX is manufacturing two main space launch vehicles: the Falcon 1, which made its first successful flight on September 28, 2008, and the large EELV class Falcon 9, which flew successfully to orbit on its first launch on June 4, 2010. A Falcon 5 launcher was also planned, but its development was stopped in favor of the Falcon 9. SpaceX has also developed the SpaceX Dragon, a human-rated orbital vehicle that is launched on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. On May 2, 2005, SpaceX announced that it had been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Responsive Small Spacelift (RSS) launch services by the United States Air Force, which could allow the Air Force to purchase up to $100,000,000 worth of launches from the company. On April 22, 2008, NASA announced that it had awarded an IDIQ Launch Services contract to SpaceX for Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launches. The contract will be worth up to $1 billion, depending on the number of missions awarded. The contract covers launch services ordered by June 30, 2010, for launches through December 2012. Elon Musk stated in the same April 22 announcement that SpaceX has sold 14 contracts for flights on the various Falcon vehicles. On June 16, 2009, SpaceX announced the opening of its Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance Department. It hired former NASA astronaut Ken Bowersox to oversee the department as a vice president of the company. Picture - The first Falcon 1 at Vandenberg AFB. This vehicle was removed from VAFB due to delays and eventually launched from Kwajalein. The Falcon 1 is a small, partially reusable rocket capable of placing several hundred kilograms into low earth orbit. It also functions as a testbed for developing concepts and components for the larger Falcon 9. Initial Falcon 1 flights were launched from the US government's Reagan Test Center on the island atoll of Kwajalein in the Pacific Ocean, and represented the first attempt to fly a ground-launched rocket to orbit from that site. Ultimately that maiden mission failed only seconds after leaving the pad due to a fuel line rupture. The next Falcon 1 mission failed due to the first stage ramming into the second stage engine bell at staging. The Falcon 1 succeeded in reaching orbit at its fourth attempt on September 28, 2008, becoming the first privately funded, liquid-fueled rocket to do so. The Falcon 1 carried its first successful commercial payload into orbit on July 13, 2009. This was the fifth launch of the Falcon 1. Picture - COTS Demo Flight 1 from Cape Canaveral. On September 8, 2005, SpaceX announced the development of the Falcon 9 rocket, which has nine Merlin engines in its first stage. The design is an EELV-class vehicle, intended to compete with the Delta IV and the Atlas V rockets. Both stages were designed for reuse. A similarly designed Falcon 5 rocket was also envisioned to fit between the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, but development was dropped to concentrate on the Falcon 9. The company purchased the McGregor, Texas, testing facilities of defunct Beal Aerospace, where it refit the largest test stand at the facilities for Falcon 9 testing. On November 22, 2008, the stand tested the nine Merlin 1C engines of the Falcon 9, which deliver 350 metric-tons-force (3.4-meganewtons) of thrust, well under the stand's capacity of 1,500 metric-tons-force (15 meganewtons). The first Falcon 9 vehicle was integrated at Cape Canaveral on December 30, 2008. NASA was planning for a flight to take place in January 2010; however the maiden flight was postponed several times and took place on June 4, 2010. At 2:50pm EST the Falcon 9 rocket successfully reached orbit. The second flight for the Falcon 9 vehicle was the COTS Demo Flight 1, the first launch under the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract designed to provide "seed money" for development of new boosters The original NASA contract called for the COTS Demo Flight 1 to occur the second quarter of 2008; this flight was delayed several times, occurring at 1543 GMT on 8 December 2010. The rocket successfully deployed an operational Dragon spacecraft at 1553 GMT. In the third flight the Falcon 9 will help the Dragon perform a flyby past the ISS. The fourth flight will include a complete docking with the ISS. SpaceX also plans to develop a Heavy configuration, to use a cluster of three Falcon 9 first stages. As with the Atlas V rocket's heavy configuration, the Falcon 9 Heavy remains unflown until a customer steps forward. Picture - Artist rendering of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft delivering cargo to the International Space Station. Credit NASA In 2005, SpaceX announced plans to pursue a manned commercial space program through the end of the decade. On August 18, 2006, NASA announced that the company was one of two selected to provide crew and cargo resupply demonstration contracts to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. SpaceX will demonstrate crew and cargo resupply using the SpaceX Dragon, a conventional blunt-cone ballistic capsule, which is capable of carrying 7 people or a mixture of personnel and cargo to and from low Earth orbit. It will be launched atop a Falcon 9 vehicle. The nose cone of the vehicle has a hinged cap, which opens to reveal a standard ISS Common Berthing Mechanism, which allows the Dragon to dock to the U.S. segment of the ISS. NASA's plan calls for SpaceX demonstration flights between 2008 and 2010. SpaceX may receive up to $278 million if it meets all NASA milestones. First flight of a structural test article of the Dragon took place June 4, 2010, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the maiden flight of the Falcon 9. Though the mock-up Dragon lacked avionics, heat shield, and other key elements, an operational Dragon spacecraft was launched on December 8, 2010 aboard the second flight of the Falcon 9, and returned to Earth after two orbits. In 2009 and 2010, Musk has suggested on several occasions that plans for a manned variant of Dragon were proceeding and had a 2- to 3-year time line to completion. Launcher versions 1 x Merlin 1C (2008 ff) Future plans and concept vehicles At various conferences, SpaceX has revealed plans for future engine, stage, and launch vehicle designs. Development of these designs would be predicated on demand for increased performance. Company plans in 2004 called for "development of a heavy lift product and even a super-heavy, if there is customer demand" with each size increase resulting in a significant decrease in cost per pound to orbit. Projected dollar cost per pound to orbit could drop from $4,000 to $1,300 ($8,800/kg to $2,900/kg) between Falcon 1 and the five-engine concept vehicle, Falcon 5. CEO Elon Musk said: "I believe $500 per pound ($1,100/kg) or less is very achievable." SpaceX revealed in a June 2009 AIAA presentation a plan for the Raptor project to create a higher performance LOX/liquid hydrogen second stage for Falcon 9. In a presentation to the Joint Propulsion Conference in July 2010, SpaceX revealed preliminary, but unfunded, plans for a larger Merlin 2 engine to replace the nine engine cluster used on the Falcon 9. The Merlin 2 would also be used on conceptual heavy-lift launch vehicles Falcon X, Falcon X Heavy, and Falcon XX. By mid-August, the SpaceX CEO Elon Musk clarified that while the Merlin 2 engine architecture was a key element of any effort SpaceX would make toward their objective of "super-heavy lift" launch vehicles-and that SpaceX indeed did want to "move toward super heavy lift"-the specific potential design configurations of the particular launch vehicles shown by Markusic at the propulsion conference were merely conceptual "brainstorming ideas", just a "bunch of ideas for discussion." Elon Musk has stated the personal goal of eventually enabling manned exploration and settlement of Mars. Falcon X Falcon X is a concept spaceflight launch system that would use rockets designed and manufactured by Space Exploration Technologies ("SpaceX") Corporation. Like the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 the first stage of this two-stage-to-orbit vehicle would use liquid oxygen (LOX) and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellants and is intended to be reusable. The second stage would use liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid Hydrogen (LH2) and be powered by the Raptor engine, which is still in development. Multiple variants of the concept have been discussed with payloads to low Earth orbit of up to 38,000 kilograms (84,000 lb) for the basic version and up to 125,000 kilograms (280,000 lb) for the 3 core heavy, placing the Falcon X design in the heavy-lift to super heavy-lift range of launch systems. The base concept Falcon X would be a two stage, LOX/RP-1, LOX/LH2, fueled launch vehicle. Its first stage would be powered by 3 SpaceX Merlin 2 rocket engines with 5.3 MN (1.2M lbf) sea-level thrust per engine for a total thrust on liftoff of approximately 16 MN (3.6 million lbf). The Falcon X first stage would likely use a pyrophoric mixture of triethylaluminum-triethylborane (TEA-TEB) as a first-stage ignitor, as does the Falcon 9. The conceptual Falcon X Heavy configuration shown at a propulsion conference in July 2010 consisted of a standard Falcon X with two additional Falcon X first stages acting as liquid strap-on boosters, which is conceptually similar to EELV launchers such as the Delta IV Heavy and the future Atlas V HLV, and also to the Russian Angara carrier rocket. The upper stage would be powered by a single Raptor engine which would use LOX/LH2, with an expansion ratio of 250:1 and throttle range of 50-100%. For added reliability of restart, the engine would have dual redundant pyrophoric igniters (TEA-TEB). SpaceX has expressed hopes that both stages eventually be reusable. The interstage, which would connect the upper and lower stage for Falcon X, would be a carbon fiber aluminum core composite structure, scaling up designs used for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The Falcon X tank walls and domes would be made from aluminum lithium alloy. SpaceX uses an all friction stir welded tank, the highest strength and most reliable welding technique available. The second stage tank of Falcon X would be simply a shorter version of the first stage tank and would use most of the same tooling, material and manufacturing techniques, however using a different engine. This would result in significant cost savings in vehicle production. As with the company's smaller Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, the Falcon X launch sequence would include a hold-down feature. An automatic safe shut-down and unloading of propellant occurs if any abnormal conditions are detected. Similar hold-down systems have been used on other launch vehicles such as the Saturn V and the Space Shuttle. Falcon XX The Falcon XX is a conceptual spaceflight launch system that would use a new conceptual Merlin 2 rocket engine designed and manufactured by SpaceX. As of August 2010, and like the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, the first stage of the two-stage-to-orbit vehicle would use liquid oxygen (LOX) and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellants and is intended to be reusable. SpaceX is considering the use of nuclear thermal rockets to power the second stage, possibly through a reinvigoration of the 1960s-era Project NERVA. Multiple variants have been conceived with payloads of up to 140,000 kg to low Earth orbit placing the Falcon XX design in the super heavy-lift range of launch systems. Future concept comparison Cancelled launcher designs Launch sites Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Launch Complex 40 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 4 All Falcon 1 launches have taken place at Omelek Island. Falcon 9 launches on the SpaceX manifest are planned for Cape Canaveral SLC-40 and Vandenberg AFB SLC-4E (Polar Launches); the successful Falcon 9 maiden flight on June 4, 2010, also took place at Cape Canaveral SLC-40. SpaceX Pictures Living Warbirds: The best warbirds DVD series. This site is the best for: everything about airplanes, warbirds aircraft, war bird, plane film, airplane film, war birds, airplanes videos, aeroplane videos, and aviation history. A list of all aircraft video. Copyright � A Wrench in the Works Entertainment Inc.. All rights reserved.

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ALSTON, EDITH EUGENIA, 1941- Editor, writer. Born– May 15, 1941, Anniston. Parents– James Robert Maxwell and Cornelia (Thompson) Alston. Education– St. Mary’s High School; junior college in Raleigh, N.C.; University of North Carolina, B.A. in English with honors in writing, 1963. Worked for the children’s book department at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964-1965; Harper & Row, 1965-1969; T.Y. Crowell, 1969-1970; Reader’s Digest Books, 1970-1973. Project editor for Oxmoor House in Birmingham for Southern Antiques and Folk Art, designated one of the 50 best art books in 1976 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Worked for the Anniston Star, 1977-1982. Edith Alston, Anniston, Ala. Come Visit a Prairie Dog Town. New York; Harcourt, 1984. Emergency Room. New York; Harcourt, 1984. Growing Up Chimpanzee. New York; T. Y. Crowell, 1975. Let’s Visit a Space Camp. Mahwah, N.Y.; Troll Associates, 1990. Me and the Reluctant Robin. London: Me-Too Books, 1974 ALYEA, PAUL EDGAR, 1899-1975 Economist. Born– September 8, 1899. Parents– Edgar H. And Emma Holmes Alyea. Married– Blanche Marie Rockhold. Children– two. Education– University of Illinois, B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. Taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Butler University, University of Illinois, and University of Alabama. Senior economist with the U.S. Office of Price Administration; director of a division of the Smaller War Plants Corporation, 1942-1945; served as director of research for the Alabama Legislative Revenue Survey Commission; served as president of the National Tax Association, 1960. Died January 8, 1975. American Journal of Economics and Sociology (January 1976; pp. 75-76). Alabama’s Balanced Budget. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1942. Assessment of Public Utilities in Alabama. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1952. The Effect of the Proposed Homestead Exemption on Assessed Value and Revenue Receipts of Various Units of the State of Alabama. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1930. Impact of Overlapping Sales Taxes on Small Business. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1960. Revenues of Small Alabama Cities; Fairhope and 26 Other Cities with 1950 Population of 2,000 to 5,000. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1951. The Role of the State of South Carolina in the Taxation of Property. Columbia, S.C.; Bureau of Business Research, University of South Carolina, 1965. Taxation of Life Insurance Companies in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Association of Alabama Life Insurance Companies, 1965. Theory of the Gold Standard. Urbana, Ill.; University of Illinois Press, 1934. Fairhope, 1894-1954; the Story of a Single Tax Colony. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1956. AMACHER, RICHARD EARL, 1917-2015 Literary scholar; University professor. Born– December 13, 1917, Ridgeway, Pa. Parents– Albert and Emma (Luchs) Amacher. Married– Cordelia Anne Ward, August 26, 1953. Children– One. Education– Ohio University, A.B., 1939; attended the University of Chicago, 1939-1942; University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D, 1947. Taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1944; Yale University, 1944-1945; Rutgers University, 1945-1947; Henderson State Teachers College, 1954-1957; Auburn University 1957-1984; Hargis Professor of American Literature, 1978-84. Fulbright Professor at the University of Wurtzburg, 1961-1962; University of Konstanz in Germany in 1969-1970. Member American Studies Association (president of Southeastern Division, 1977-79). Member Societie Historique d’Auteiul et de Passy. Member and chair, Auburn Chamber Music Society. Member of Montgomery Symphony for 25 years; member Auburn University Orchestra, Auburn Community Orchestra, and other local musical organizations. Received the Poor Richard Almanack Award for his contributions to the 250th anniversary observance of Benjamin Franklin’s birth. Awarded emeritus status at Auburn on retirement, 1984. Died February 1, 2015. Directory of American Scholars, 5th ed.; Who’s Who in America, 1982; obituary. American Political Writers, 1588-1800. Boston; Twayne, 1979. Benjamin Franklin. New York; Twayne, 1962. Edward Albee. New York; Twayne, 1969. Franklin’s Wit and Folly; the Bagatelles. New Brunswick, N.J.; Rutgers University Press, 1953. Edward Albee. Rev. Ed. Boston; Twayne Pub., 1982. Edward Albee at Home and Abroad; a Bibliography. New York; AMS Press, 1973. The Flush Times of California. Athens, Ga.; University of Georgia Press, 1966. New Perspectives in German Literary Criticism; a Collection of Essays. Princeton; Princeton University Press, 1979. AMERINE, WILLIAM HENRY, 1878-1964 Pharmacist, reporter. Born– June 17, 1878, Greenville. Parents– Miles Henry and Cynthia Selena (Lee) Amerine. Education– U.S. Military Academy. Served with the Alabama National Guard, erecting the first wireless telegraph station in Montgomery in 1915; served with the Red Cross in Europe during World War I; reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser. Died December 10, 1964. Owen’s History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3. Alabama’s Own in France. New York; Eaton & Gettinger, 1919. AMOS, HARRIET E. See DOSS, HARRIET E. AMOS

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Lakeview Waterfront, Mississauga The Lakeview Planning Area Inspiration Lakeview is a planning project initiated in 2010 by The City of Mississauga. Working with residents living in Lakeview, the process will attempt to reclaim a significant part of the Mississauga waterfront through a visionary concept plan. Lakeview: A Diverse & Eclectic History>/h1> From early native tribes to French and English settlements to Canada’s first airport and a weapons factory employing mostly women, the Lakeview area’s history is one to be reflected upon, cherished and revered. With each shift in its composition, the Lakeview area continued to develop and change to reflect the needs of its community. The evolution of Lakeview is rich in history, charm and issues. Lakeview: Can We Do This? The Lakeview planning district is our waterfront Yes. While much of the land in the Lakeview planning district is owned by the Province of Ontario, we have the right, and the responsibility, to say how we would like our waterfront to be developed. It just makes sense. Now that the coal-fired power plant is no longer there, we have the opportunity, the means and the duty to educate ourselves and our provincial leaders about the enormous opportunity the Lakeview lands provide us. The time is now. What's Lakeview all about? The Lakeview area is Mississauga’s waterfront treasure along the southern shores of our great city. For years, the Lakeview area waterfront has been off limits to the community due to the restrictions of the Ontario Power Generation's coal-fired generating station. With the demolition of the four stacks, known by many as the "Four Sisters," this part of the waterfront is ready for a new vision for a remarkable and sustainable, mixed-use development at the Lakeview waterfront. Waterfront Projects Lakeview Mississauga Lakeview Residents Mississauga Waterfront

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Room 4208 Tower 1, Lippo Centre, HK info@mcs.com.hk 24/7 Emergency Hotline 5308 8883 Morley Chow Seto (MCS) Solicitors Hong Kong Criminal Law Firm Christopher Morley Anita Chow Eric Seto Eric Tang Yvonne Ku Offences of Dishonesty Immigration Offences Cyber & Computer Crime Other Offences Airplanes and Airports: We have advised a number of people who have got into difficulties in airplanes or at the airport and are alleged to have breached the provisions of the Aviation Security Ordinance, Chapter 494. The allegations may be in relation to unruly behaviour on an aircraft, intoxication on an aircraft, or obstructing crew. If you are arrested as a result of something that happened on an aircraft coming to Hong Kong, or at Hong Kong International Airport itself, you will most likely be detained in the Airport Police Station pending the investigation. Our lawyers can attend quickly at the Airport Police Station to advise and assist you if you are detained there. If you are charged with an offence it is probable that you will be asked to appear at West Kowloon Magistrates Court. Our lawyers frequently represent defendants in this Court. Animals: In certain situations, Hong Kong law imposes criminal liabilities on the owners of cats and dogs. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the Hong Kong Police have powers under the Dogs and Cats Ordinance, Chapter 167 to seize and detain pets and to apply to a court to make an order that a dog be destroyed or kept under control. There are also potential penalties for pet owners under the Rabies Ordinance Chapter 421. We have advised pet owners and charities in these matters and have defended a number of individuals in prosecutions brought by the AFCD. Computer Crime: The law on crimes relating to computers is to be found in the Telecommunications Ordinance Cap 106, the Crimes Ordinance Cap 200 and the Theft Ordinance Cap 106. Perhaps the most oft used law is section 161 of the Crimes Ordinance Cap. 200 which governs dishonest access to a computer. Before studying law, our partner Eric Seto acquired a Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology and Accounting at the University of Western Australia. He also subsequently obtained a post-graduate degree in Information Management. We can provide experienced legal and technical understanding of this area of the law. See also Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) Copyright Offences: The Copyright Ordinance, Cap 528 addresses copyright protection in Hong Kong and creates civil and criminal liabilities and defences in respect of copyright infringement. Copyright only subsists in a literary, artistic, musical or dramatic work of art if it is original. The main offences are making for sale, importing, exporting, selling letting or hiring, exhibiting, distribution of, or possession with a view to sale of an infringing copyright article under section 118 of the Ordinance. There are also offences in relation to those who possess infringing copies of computer programs, movies, television dramas, musical sound recordings or music videos for the purpose of trade or business and for those who regularly make for distribution infringing copyrighted articles The Copyright Ordinance allows for fines and imprisonment at various levels depending on the type of offence committed as does the Prevention of Copyright Piracy Ordinance, Cap 544. Our lawyers represent clients in these courts on a daily basis. In the lower courts we often represent clients without Counsel. However we also regularly instruct barristers (Counsel) working as a team to defend our clients. Criminal Damage: The offence of criminal damage is found at section 60(1) of the Crimes Ordinance Cap 200. If charged under this section the case is most likely to be brought up in the Magistrates Courts. If the damage is minor and it is a first offence it may be possible to ask the Prosecution to consider a BIND OVER. The section can also be used in situations where a person is alleged to have altered or erased data on a computer. Criminal Intimidation: Under section 24 of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap 200, a person who threatens any other person or third party with injury to person, property or reputation with the intention to alarm that person or cause that person to do something he is legally entitled to do commits an offence. Customs and Excise Investigations and Prosecutions: The mission of the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department is to protect Hong Kong against smuggling; to protect and collect revenue on dutiable goods; to detect and deter trafficking in and use of dangerous drugs; to protect intellectual property rights; to protect consumer interests; to protect and facilitate legitimate trade and industry; and to uphold Hong Kong’s trading integrity. Thus, if you arrive at Hong Kong International Airport you will first pass an Immigration Department checkpoint. After collecting your baggage you then pass through a Customs and Excise control point. The Customs and Excise Department have the power to inspect baggage of people coming into Hong Kong. The Customs and Excise Department is the only department responsible for investigating Copyright Offences (see above) and Trademark Offences (see below). Anti-smuggling investigations (mainly directed at cigarettes and fuel) arise from the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance Cap 109. Firearms, Munitions and Offensive Weapons: We have advised on the following: (1) Possession of Firearms / Arms. Please see HKSAR v Sin Ka-leung DCCC 50/2015 (2) Possession of an Imitation Firearm contrary to section 20 of the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance, Cap 238 (3) Possession of Offensive Weapon in a public place contrary to section 33(1) of the Public Order Ordinance, Cap 245 OR section 17 of the Summary Offences Ordinance, Cap 228 OR prohibited weapons under section 4 of the Weapons Ordinance, Cap. 217 and (4) Possession of a Stun Gun contrary to section 13 of the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance Cap 238 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department: The FEHD is tasked with ensuring that food for sale in Hong Kong is fit and safe for consumption. So, the FEHD monitors restaurant licensing procedures and the granting of licenses for fresh provision shops, restaurants, bakeries and canteens. We represent those establishments in the application process and also where the FEHD raise requisitions in respect of the application. Sometimes after an inspection, the FEHD initiates a prosecution (in 2012 there were 4231 such prosecutions of licensed food premises). We represent restaurants in these matters and can advise in the application process and in any prosecution on information laid by the FEHD. See also Liquor Licensing Inland Revenue Offences: The Inland Revenue Ordinance Cap 112 creates a number of offences giving rise to prosecution. They include making incorrect returns without reasonable excuse; failing to submit a return in time; giving incorrect information to the IR; wilfully and with intent evading tax; and failure to keep proper accounting records. Some offences attract fines. Others can result in imprisonment. We have experience in dealing with Inland Revenue investigations and prosecutions. Labour Department Prosecutions: Construction companies are often faced with the threat of Prosecution following an inspection by the Labour Department. The main safety laws are found in the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, Cap 59 and the Construction Sites Safety Regulations, Cap 59I. Our lawyers have been advising and representing construction companies in these areas since 1995 and have defended construction companies in the Magistrates Courts, the usual venue for these matters.In addition, we have defended those prosecuted for failing to pay wages under sections 25, 63C, and 64B(1) the Employment Ordinance. Please see (1) THE QUEEN -v- THE BCJ JOINT VENTURE HCMA 47/1997 (2) HKSAR – v- LEADER CIVIL ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED HCMA 226/2010 and (3) HKSAR -v- CHEUNG CHUN YUEN BARRY (張震遠) HCMA 277/2015 Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance Offences: The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance, Chapter 485 provides for the establishment of non-governmental mandatory provident fund schemes for the purpose of funding benefits on retirement, to provide for contributions to such schemes, to provide for the registration of such schemes, to provide for a regulatory regime in respect thereof, to provide for the creation of a Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority to oversee the administration and management of registered schemes, to exempt certain classes of persons from contributing to registered schemes, to provide for the approval of persons (other than public officers or statutory corporations) as trustees of registered schemes, to provide for the control and regulation of approved trustees, to regulate sales and marketing activities, and the giving of advice, in relation to registered schemes. The Ordinance creates offences such as (1) Failure to enrol employees in an MPF scheme (2) Failure to pay mandatory contributions to trustee (3) Providing false or misleading information in monthly pay-records given to employees and (4) Providing false or misleading information to MPF trustees or MPFA. Our lawyers have acted for both employers and employees who are under investigation by the Authority. We also have experience in assisting those who are prosecuted by the Authority. Marine Department Prosecutions: Hong Kong is one of the busiest container ports in the world, serving as an entreport for China and as a hub port for the South Asian Pacific region. Along with cargo and passenger throughput, it is also one of the major ports of the world. The Marine Department is responsible for all navigational matters in Hong Kong and the safety standards of all classes and types of vessel. We have acted for international and local clients investigated and/or prosecuted under various Ordinances and regulations as follows: Dangerous Goods Ordinance, Cap 295 Freight Containers (Safety) Ordinance, Cap 506 Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Cap 281 Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance, Cap 369 Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Ordinance, Cap 413 Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance, Cap 548 Perverting the Course Of Public Justice: This is a common law offence committed where a person embarks on a course of conduct which has a tendency to and is intended to pervert the course of public justice. Recently in Hong Kong a number of legal practitioners have found themselves involved with investigations into or charged with this offence. The offence may arise from acts done with the intention of concealing the fact that a crime has been committed or the identity of the person who committed an offence (e.g. swapping seats with a driver) or interfering with witnesses, exhibits or jurors. We were recently involved with an important case defending a barrister of many years experience at the Court of Final Appeal resulting in his acquittal. Pyramid Selling: The Pyramid Schemes Prohibition Ordinance Cap 617 came into effect in 2012 and creates offences for both those who knowingly promote a pyramid scheme and those who participate in such a scheme. If a company is involved, this Ordinance can, where a director of that Company has been involved directly or has turned a blind eye, create criminal liabilities for that director. The maximum penalty is a fine of HK$1 million and imprisonment for 7 years. Trade Mark and Trade Description Offences: The Trade Descriptions Ordinance, Cap 362 is the principal piece of legislation dealing with offences concerning the misuse of another party’s trademark. The Ordinance addresses, amongst other things, the use, in the course of sale or trade, of forged or falsified trademarks and the false application of a similar trademark calculated to deceive. The Ordinance also makes provision for defences to those facing a charge under the Ordinance. The most frequently encountered offence under this Ordinance is: Possession for Sale, Trade or Manufacture any goods to which any forged trade mark is applied contrary to section 9 (2) of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, Cap 362 In addition, in July 2013 the Trade Descriptions Ordinance was amended to include new measures designed to enhance consumer protection. These new offences include false trade descriptions of services or goods; misleading omissions and aggressive commercial practices; bait advertising & bait and switch; and wrongly accepting payment. If the Customs and Excise Department is investigating you or your company in respect of these matters we have experience in advising on sections 13D to 13I of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance and on the guidelines, solutions and defences provided for in the Ordinance. Surrogacy: Under section 17 of the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance, Chapter 561, it is unlawful to enter into a ‘commercial` surrogacy arrangement in or outside of Hong Kong. The Ordinance, which became law in 2000, also regulates reproductive technology procedures and matters incidental to human reproductive technology including the licensing of embryo research and the storage of gametes and embryos. Our lawyers have advised both gay and straight couples on various aspects of this Ordinance sometimes in conjunction with immigration laws. Those seeking to obtain a dependency visa for their child may encounter problems as a result of the Ordinance. We are able to assist you in understanding your rights and obligations and how the Ordinance operates with particular reference to the Department of Immigration and the Police. Didn’t find the answer? Emergency Hotline 5308 8883 The above emergency hotline is intended for clients who are in need of urgent legal representation outwith office hours. During office hours, we encourage you to make an appointment for an initial consultation. You can either call one of our lawyers directly or e-mail us your contact details with a brief description of the nature of your enquiry. We will contact you shortly after receipt of your enquiry. 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Our Pastor and Staff Church Administrator Job Description Our History – Reaching out across 100 years Faith Development for Children Faith Development for Adults Nursery on Sunday morning UCC Camp Opportunities Safe Sanctuary Policy Allied Partners Back Bay Mission Bethlehem Partnership Personal Essentials Pantry Special Funds for Outreach Faith and Service Awards Pastoral Search Home / New Members We are always excited when new members become part of our community. They each add a new dimension to life at Memorial UCC. Here are the people who have joined us since 2009, with the most recent at the top. If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact Pastor Kris. New Members Since 2017 Cathy Halprin Cathy grew up and lives in Fitchburg and is retired, after working in office administration for State Agencies. Cathy was married to Bob before he passed away seven years ago. She enjoys reading, needlepoint, card making, helping friends, eating out, watching sports, and traveling. Recently she bought a tent so she could go camping. Cathy is already active at Memorial as secretary of the Council, helping in the church office, participating in Bible Study, and serving on the Personnel Committee. Barb, Joe, Alexander, and Galina Stransky The Stranskeys live in Stoughton. Barb is a CPA at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the UW; Joe is a home improvement contractor; Alexander is a recent high school graduate; and Galina is a freshman in high school. Barb enjoys walking, gardening, and crosscountry skiing. Joe collects postcards, and Alexander likes to fish. Ben Wealti Ben lives in Fitchburg and is a business graduate of Edgewood College. He is an avid biker and enjoys anything out of doors; he hopes to take up snowshoeing this winter. Ben has already gotten active at Memorial, participating and helping out Sunday mornings with just about anything. Melissa Gregory-Simon Melissa grew up in Chicago and has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Music Education. She has taught private viola lessons for 30 years. Of course, she has joined the Memorial Church choir! But she also enjoys cooking and has made take home meals for church members in need. Melissa is married to Mark and mother of two sons. Anna Bast Anna grew up in Platteville and married her high school sweetheart. Since college she and her husband have lived in Madison where she works for UW Health Family Medicine as a registered nurse. Anna enjoys reading, hiking, kayaking, gardening and spending time with family. Her parents still live in Platteville and her brother closer by in Madison. Anna has gotten involved in Memorial singing in the choir and serving on the Membership Committee where she recently agreed to be the chair! Kim Thoreson Kim grew up in Stevens Point and is a retired OBGyn doctor. She enjoys reading, walking and running. Kim has already gotten involved in several events at Memorial and looks forward to finding more ways to participate in the community. Nicole Metko Nicole grew up in Appleton and Phlox, Wisconsin and now lives in Oregon. She is currently a nursing student at the UW and is the mother of four children, 1 son and 3 daughters. When not studying, Anna enjoys reading, crafting and spending time with family. Maureen Wild Gordon Maureen grew up in Monroe, is married and now lives in Oregon. She was a registered nurse practitioner and now enjoys spending time with grandchildren, gardening, reading and exercising. Tom Hofmeister Tom grew up in Madison and has worked in property management for 30 years. He is the father of adopted twin daughters, Gwen and Clare. Gwen and Clare just celebrated their 8th birthday. Tom enjoys gardening, biking, working out and camping with the girls. He is involved in the Sunday School program and is connected with Memorial on our media outlets. Dick Runge Dick is a retired United Church of Christ pastor who served UCC churches in Wisconsin for 35 years — most recently in Manitowoc at First Reformed United Church of Christ. He grew up in the village of Black Creek, Wisconsin attending an Evangelical and Reform congregation that later became part of the UCC. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Dick is married to Mary who is a retired registered nurse (a graduate of UW-Madison and then UW-Milwaukee for her MBA. She spent almost 40 years working in various hospice organizations — most recently as the CEO of Horizon Hospice in Chicago. She is a member of Temple Beth El. They have three adult children — Andrea, Heather, and Amanda. Dick enjoys running (very slowly, he says), bicycling (“also very slowly”), swimming (“thus far, I’ve been able to keep from drowning”), playing the guitar (“rather poorly”), reading (“I’m also a rather slow reader”), and doing projects around the house (“I have found plenty of these since we moved here”). Solveig and Jonathan Schroerlucke Solveig and Jonathan came into our lives as extraordinary talented musicians – Jonathan as our music director since 2015, Solveig as a wonderful soprano. They met and were friends at Verona Area High School – sang in choir, vocal jazz and musical theater together – but they didn’t get together as a couple until 2012. Solveig earned her BA at Lawrence University, majoring in government & French. Jonathan earned his BA in music education at North Central College in Naperville, Ill. He performed in theater and opera companies in the Chicago area and then sang with the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee for five years. In addition to his job with us, he now works for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra. He’s a big fan of the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. His parents – Sandra and Keith – often worship here and Solveig’s parents – Ellen and Gary Smithback – are occasionally around here as well. Solveig and Jonathan have been living in Stoughton since July last year. Solveig’s main projects right now are raising little Eowyn (4 months old), taking care of their French Bulldog, Elphie & rescue dog, Hugo and Jonathan’s 10-year old goldfish named Seamus. Solveig says Jonathan always points out that she forgets about Seamus when talking about their pets. They are also working on Heather and John Dipko Heather and John are transplants to Wisconsin, both originally from Ohio. John grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland and Heather is from the Ohio Valley. They met their freshman year at Kent State University where John majored in journalism and sociology and Heather majored in accounting and business. After college, a job opportunity for John at the Green Bay Press-Gazette brought them to Wisconsin in 1997. Heather completed her MBA at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, focusing on human resources. They were married and moved to Madison in 2001, where John worked in the newspaper’s capital bureau. John has worked for the state since 2005, first as Public Information Director for the Department of Corrections and currently as Communications Director for the Department of Workforce Development. Heather has held positions in the financial and legal sectors, including working for the law firm that represents the Green Bay Packers. Locally, she has worked for Stoughton Trailers and WEA Trust. She now works as a realtor with First Weber. They reside in Fitchburg with their son, Jack, who will be 3 in January. In their free time, the family enjoys reading, outdoor activities, and traveling. They have a special present coming this holiday season. Madelyn (Maddy) Grace is due December 15th. Brian and Barrie Martin Brian was born and raised in Dixon, IL and graduated from the University of Illinois. After practicing law in Dixon for a few years, he moved to Madison to start an office for Edward Jones Investments. Despite living in Wisconsin for 20 years, he can’t escape his kids reminding him daily how great Bucky Badger is and how bad the Illini are. Outside of work and sports, Brian enjoys fishing, making home movies, and the occasional poker game with requisite cigar. Barrie grew up on the east side of Madison and attended UW-LaCrosse and University of Texas. After living in Texas for 8 years, she moved back to Madison. She taught as a classroom teacher and reading specialist for over 20 years and is now “retired.” She secretly (or not so secretly) encourages her children when they mock their father’s misplaced allegiance to Illinois sports teams. Barrie enjoys helping out at her boys’ schools, gardening, DIY projects, biking, and yoga. They have two children, Griffin (9) and Thatcher (6). Griffin is in 3rd grade in McFarland and loves all things sports, fishing, and Harry Potter. Thatcher is a first grader who’s also into sports, as well as animals – especially snow wolves. Barrie’s mom, Georgine Hinz, introduced them to the church and they immediately felt comfortable and welcomed. They look forward to getting to know fellow members, hearing God’s word and joining projects that benefit our community. Scot and Jen Williams Jen and Scot are people who like to be active. Scot was born and raised in the upper peninsula of Michigan. He owns and runs Oregon Bike and Skate store in Oregon, Wis. Not surprisingly, he enjoys mountain biking but also downhill skiing, hiking and reading. Jen was born and raised in Waukesha. She owns and runs Saddle Up Horse Training where she gives horseback riding lessons and trains horses. She, too, enjoys mountain biking, down hill skiing and hiking as well as canoeing, gardening, quilting and reading. They have two sons – Jack and Calvin. Brian and Wade James-Richardson Wade and Brian Brian James was born in Columbus, grew up in Reedsburg and got nursing degrees from Madison Area Technical College and Marian College in Fond du Lac. He has worked for the past 10 years in hospice care, including returning to Agrace Hospice for a second since he and Wade moved back to Wisconsin from Orlando, Florida a year ago this month. Wade Richardson was born in Indiana, but his family moved to Madison and he graduated from Madison West in 1980. He went into the Navy after high school and served as a cook – a skill that has shaped his work life ever since, He has been a cook for a number of local restaurants, including 13 years at the old CJ’s in the Westgate Mall. He managed a Krispy Kreme in Eden Prairie, Minn,, came back to Madison as head chef for the Conpass Group. Brian and Wade met in 2005, got their union blessed in a wedding ceremony at McFarland UCC in 2007 then got legally married in New York City in 2013. Along the way, they decided in 2009 to move to the warmer clines of Florida where Wade worked as a chef for Sea World and then for Disney World while Brian worked as a nurse. But family drew them back to Wisconsin last year and then they found Memorial a few months ago just down the road from their home in the Swan Creek area of Fitchburg. Wade is now the executive chef at Oakwood West. They like to bicycle and have been very involved with the AIDS ride over the years. Brian likes working in the yard, doing puzzles and making people smile. Wade is teaching him more about cooking, which Wade says takes a lot of time and patience. Wade likes softball, golfing and bowling. They both enjoy their three “children” – Chihuahuas named Bella, Stella and PeeWee. Danielle and Ryan Kools got married in the summer of 2014 and now have a wonderful baby girl named Aubree who we will be baptizing here in a couple of weeks. But today, we are welcoming Danielle and Ryan into membership at Memorial UCC. This is a familiar place to Danielle. She grew up just around the corner from church and her best friend is Katherine Huber Smith, who grew up in this congregation. Danielle went to high school in Verona and graduated from UW-Madison. She enjoys cooking, gardening reading and scrap booking and almost all things crafty. She says she loves to try new things. Ryan grew up in Appleton, He graduated from UW-Platteville and now works at Sub-Zero. He enjoys hunting and fishing. Together, they enjoy traveling, exploring new places and exploring the outdoors. They love their dogs and are excited to watch Aubree grow. Tiffani and Mike Roltgen are new to Fitchburg but not to Madison. Mike has been in the area since post-college, and Tiffani joined him when they were married in 2009. Both former teachers, the two met when Tiffani’s college friend connected the two of them. At the time, Tiffani was teaching family and consumer sciences at Park High School in Cottage Grove, MN, and Mike was teaching math at McFarland High School. Mike currently works in technical services at Epic, and Tiffani is an Assistant Children’s Librarian at Fitchburg Public Library. In their non-existent free time, Mike enjoys playing strategy games, calculating the number of years before he can retire, and playing soccer. Tiffani loves reading, volunteering, cooking, and running marathons; if you follow the Boston Marathon, you can check in on her this April when she completes that well-known 26.2-mile course. Tiffani and Mike have two daughters, Adelline and Stella, and one son, MacArthur. Addy is a kindergartener at Verona Area International School (VAIS). Stella is a preschooler at Christ Memorial Preschool. Baby MacArthur is the newest addition to the family. The Roltgens are excited about the children’s programming at Memorial UCC, and they look forward to being involved in the life of the church. C.Y. Allen and Janet Allen moved to Fitchburg from Stevens Point last November. He began teaching at UW-Stevens Point in 1969 and retired in 2008 as Professor Emeritus. His field was communications. C.Y. and Janet will have been married 54 years this coming May. They have three daughters – Jacy lives in Oregon, Kendra lives in Madison and Crescent in Chicago. C.Y. was very active on the Stevens Point campus and in the larger Stevens Point community. He was recognized for excellence in teaching at UW-Stevens Point and received recognition for early adoption and successful employment of computer technology for distance learning. Janet taught English in the public schools in Stevens Point. She describes their move to Fitchburg as her last great adventure and hopes to make it a great one. She loves reading and playing piano. Sadly, she will soon be adding walking if Jacy gets her way – and she usually does. Karen and Michael Bryant moved to Madison about 20 years ago so Karen could attend the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. It was not their intention to stay after graduation but they fell in love with Madison and like many UW grads stayed put. Michael works as Marketing Director for Sony in Middleton. Their division produces software for audio and video production. Michael has been involved with music most of his life. He has been a professional musician, composer and manager of several recording studios. Karen owns To Your Door Vet. It is a successful housecall veterinary practice that fills a need to see pets who are too stressed to go to a clinic (almost all cats in the universe!) and for people who find it hard to travel such as disabled or elderly folks. For fun, Karen loves to ski and is a member of the National Ski Patrol and volunteers as a patroller at Cascade Mountain. They both love to garden, travel and spend time with their 4 year old grandson, Forest, who lives in town. They are grateful to the members of UCC for making them feel welcomed and are delighted to find a congregation that vibrantly practices the gospel’s teachings. Jan and Terry Terry and Jan Hoffman Terry retired from human resources to write that great American novel. She loves traveling, cooking, painting and music. She volunteered at DAIS as a speaker/educator on domestic abuse for 13 years, speaking in the community and in high schools. She continues to speak about family violence at UW’s School of Social Work. She has published a book and maintains a blog for survivors. Jan is a retired school teacher – 32 years teaching science to 12 years-olds. Hobbies include gardening, golfing, travel, woodworking and many more. Jan and Terry have 4 children between them, 6 grandchildren, and Max–a rescued Westie. Lisa and Michelle Michelle Riesterer and Lisa Strub have been attending here over the past year and have taken the plunge to become formal members. Lisa has two adult children. She grew up in Iowa and moved to Madison 20 years ago. She works for the City of Madison as a child care specialist. She has been part of our worship committee here and helps out at Luke House. For fun, she enjoys watching sports, spending time with her family and with the two beautiful English yellow labs she and Michelle have. Michelle grew up in a small town in east central Wisconsin. She served in the Army and moved back to Madison 26 years ago. She has been with Madison Police Department for 25 years, the last 15 as a detective. Like Lisa, she sports and the dogs, known as “the yellows.” Lisa and Michelle have been in a relationship for about 17 years. Next month, one of the yellows will be the ring-bearer at their wedding. Riley, Sean, Emily and Cece Sean and Emily O’Brien moved into the Oak Meadow neighborhood in Fitchburg 3 summers ago. They both attended Verona High School and started dating while they were both attending the UW-Madison. They got hitched in the summer of 2009. Sean is the Director of Commercial Lending at WHEADA (Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority) and is proud to be in charge of a program that offers rehabilitation and low-income housing to families across Wisconsin. Emily is the Practice Manager at Odyssey Veterinary Care where she works with fellow Memorial UCC member Kaitlin Young. Sean and Emily have two daughters, Riley and Celeste and a very sweet dog named Sammy. Riley was baptized at Memorial UCC when she was 3 months old after having a pretty rocky start as a premature baby born 6 weeks early. Despite her early arrival and 3 week NICU stay, Riley is now a silly and sassy 2.5 year-old who is in the 98th percentile for height and weight. Their younger daughter Celeste, (or Cece as they call her) just turned 1 on July 31st and enjoys chasing around her big sister, playing with bubbles, and giving high fives. She was baptized here on May 17. In their free time Emily and Sean like to…oh wait, they have a 1 and a 2 year-old, there is no free time! Peggy McEvilly grew up in Toledo Ohio, earned her bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and then moved to San Francisco in 1973 with an amazing trip across the U.S. and Canada. She got married and she got divorced there. She was an Episcopalian until she moved to Madison in 2011. She came to this area because she has family here and in Glenview, Ill. She is quite open about saying that she is an alcoholic who has been sober since 1977. When she came to Madison, she went to AA meetings at Plymouth UCC on Atwood Avenue, tried going to church there and became a member there since she really liked it. When she moved into Avalon Assisted Living on Fish Hatchery Road in April, she started coming to Memorial. When she was physically able, she traveled a lot. She went to Turkey twice, to Egypt and Jordan, the Greek Islands, Peru, Russia, the Adriatic countries, the Galapagos. Now she has back issues that prevent her from travelling any more. Chris Rode was born and raised in Milwaukee. In 1979 she moved with her then-husband to Salt Lake City. While in the West, they enjoyed hiking, horse back riding and tent camping. They returned to Wisconsin in 1981. At that time she completed her undergraduate degree in social work and psychology followed by her master’s degree in social work. She worked as a social worker for 31 years, but then had to go on disability in August of 2014 because of health issues. She hopes to return to her profession in the next year. Chris was born and raised Lutheran. She now finds Memorial UCC to be very refreshing and a perfect fit for her spiritual growth and development. She says she has “never experienced such a loving and welcoming church community!” and wants to say a big thank you to everyone for all the support and prayers during her recent hospitalizations – as well as a big thank you to Bob and Jeff for their weekly assistance with her wheelchair and parking her car. Sarah and Ryan Estrella have been married for 10 years. They met at UW-Madison School of Social Work. They have lived in Fitchburg for 10 years and now they have three children. Ryan works for Dane County Human Services as a Joining Forces for Families social worker (has held this position for about 10 years). He enjoys watching NFL (although maybe not this week’s game), and loves cars he (sold cars for a stint in between college and grad school) Sarah works for the Madison Metropolitan School District as a school social worker (12+years), currently at Jefferson Middle School. She loves to read and the outdoors, and the kids also want me to say that she likes to sleep. (She won’t deny it!) Noah: 7, 1st grade at Leopold Elementary, loves the Packers, Legos, reading chapter books and playing soccer; Abby: 5, Kindergarten at Leopold Elementary, loves Frozen, Hello Kitty, sparkly things, coloring, swimming and dancing; Lucy: turns 2 on Feb. 4th, talks all the time, loves to color, Elmo, babies and basically loves to do anything Abby and Noah are doing. Rita and Roger Elver moved to Fitchburg from Platteville in July of 2014. They had lived in Platteville for about 40 years. They have two married children – a daughter in Louisville, KY and a son in Milwaukee. And there are three wonderful grandchildren in Milwaukee. Roger is a retired dentist. Rita retired as economic development director for the City of Platteville. While in Platteville, they were members of the United Methodist Church there. And their new next door neighbors are Ellen and Phil! Sue Williams came to Madison in the early 1980s from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been with the Madison Police Department since 1988 and earlier this month was promoted to Assistant Chief of Police. She is the first female to hold this rank in the Madison Police Department. Last summer, she celebrated her 20th anniversary with her life partner, Mary Celley. They live on a farm in Brooklyn and share their home with dogs, cats, horses and chickens. There are also a few bees out there – Mary has been selling honey at the Dane County Farmers’ Market at the Bee Charmer stand for a quarter of a century. Sue was raised a Methodist but since moving to Wisconsin, she had not found a church she found comfortable with until she found Memorial. Tylor and Danielle Wendt are both the oldest of large families. Tylor’s mother and four of his siblings live in Detroit and his father and two of his siblings live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Tylor is pursuing a career in culinary arts and is interested in video games. While Danielle grew up in St. Louis, her parents and three of her five brothers now live in Monroe. The other two live here… one with Tylor and Danielle. She has a bachelors in English Lit from UW-Madison and hopes to pursue a graduate degree. In the meantime, she is working in business development at Conney Safety. Arthur is 2 years old… he likes Star Wars, David Bowie, trains, dinosaurs, cheese, and swimming. While both Tylor and Danielle grew up in, to varying degrees, in religious households, they have struggled to find a sense of community in Madison and have felt blessed by the acceptance and love of folks at Memorial UCC. Tara and Doug Heimerl have been worshipping with us over the past year They live in Verona and have three kids – Henry, Sam and Sophia. Tara grew up at Lake Edge UCC. Doug and Tara were married there. And the kids were baptized there. The youngest – Sophia – was baptized by our own Lisa Schoenwetter when she was serving there as the interim pastor. They live in Verona. Doug is a police officer in Fitchburg. Tara works for Social Security disability. What with work and kids, there’s not a lot of free time for Tara and Doug, but they enjoy running and weight lifting. And of course they enjoy watching their trio grow and doing things with them. Henry and Sam like Minecraft, Legos and anything physical. Sophia enjoys dolls, princesses or anything sparkly. John and Cindy Rosch both enjoy cooking and reading and the outdoors. John loves his vegetable garden and Cindy loves her quilting. They have three sons who live in the Madison area. And they have 8 grandkids. Cindy is a long-time teacher in the DeForest Schools. John keeps the computers going so DOT keeps functioning. They happy to be joining a church community that is so focused on social justice and being servants to those in need. Nicholas and Elisabeth Dachniwskyj (Doc-new-ski ☺) have been looking to rejoin a spiritual community but really needed to find a church with beliefs that meshed with their own. They found kindness, openness, and warmth from everyone at Memorial and knew that it was the community that they had been searching for. Nicholas grew up in Pewaukee, WI and was raised and confirmed in the Catholic Church. Elisabeth grew up in the Madison area and was (off and on) part of the Church of Christ on the north side of Madison. They both attended UW-Platteville, which is where they met. They have been married for one year as of Monday (June 23) and currently live in Fitchburg. They have a dog, two guinea pigs and a fish. Nicholas works as a mechanical engineer at Terso Solutions in Fitchburg. Elisabeth currently works part-time at Target Optical on Madison’s west side, but is a full-time students at UW Platteville (again) pursuing her degree in Elementary Education. Jim and Jan Hornik say that while their quality of life in recent years has been “off the charts” and felt a need to get more engaged in service. And that led them to Memorial. They said, “After testing the waters, we are excited and honored to join this tradition and community and make a commitment to serve.” Jim was born and raised in urban Milwaukee and thought about going into ministry or medicine, but instead pursued conscientious objection to military combat, the cause of civil rights, and the War on Poverty. After graduating from UW-Milwaukee, he worked as a community organizer in Nashville and the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee. But four years later, he says “necessity and opportunity” led to 35 years in the design and construction industry, business consulting, and veterinary practice development. His first marriage produced what he describes as “a family rich in cultural, racial, and personal diversity.” And he continues: “By grace, I was given an incredible second chance with Jan to share love and an examined life, and not just with her, but with an accepting blended family and growing squad of grandchildren.” Jan, meanwhile, has lived in Wisconsin all her life – in Lancaster, Baraboo, Portage, and Madison – but says she was born with the travel gene in her DNA. She experienced that growing up with her family, did it with her children and now with Jim and his family. She taught English at Madison Area Technical College and echoes Jim when she says “one of the true blessings in my life has been meeting and marrying Jim.” Lisa and Justin Karnes visited Memorial several years ago for a Christmas service and received such a warm welcome even though we knew they were “those people” who just show up on holidays, Lisa says she has visited other churches, but looks forward to joining Memorial and becoming more involved. Justin and Lisa are both originally from Iowa – Justin from Des Moines, Lisa from Dubuque – and met while attending the University of Iowa in Iowa City. After spending a couple years in Florida, they moved to Madison in 2005. Justin recently started working at American Girl in Middleton as a finance director. Lisa works part-time at Wisconsin Public Television in Madison as a planned giving manager. Maya is 6 ½ and will start first grade in the fall. She loves gymnastics, singing, ice skating, and swimming. She is also a very proud big sister. Nolan turned two at the end of May and keeps everyone on their toes! He likes playing outside – especially in sandboxes – and chasing after the family cats, Emmy and Diva. Maya will be participating in Vacation Bible School in August and has enjoyed learning and making friends at Sunday school. When Nolan either gets older or finally adjusts to the nursery room, Lisa says we’ll see more of him and Justin on Sunday mornings. And they say: “We’re proud to be part of the Memorial UCC since everyone seems to be accepted there. We want to raise our children to be open-minded and we feel like Memorial is a place where differences are respected and celebrated.” Marcia Manson and Tammy Freeman live in Oregon and have been partners for 13 years, Tammy has been a mental health social worker for 25 years. She is originally from Chicago but grew up a good part of her life in Wisconsin Rapids. She has family in Wisconsin and in the Chicago area. Marcia has been a law enforcement dispatcher for 29 years at the University Police Department, She was born and raised in Edgerton and her brother Henry and his wife Sharon continue to live there. They have five cats and two dogs and are true animal lovers. They both enjoy outdoor activities like biking, hiking and taking their dogs to the various dog parks. When football season rolls around they both enjoy Badger and Packer football and sometimes attend a game. Carl Pfeiffer has transferred his membership to Memorial from Lake Edge UCC on the east side. For many years – from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s – Carl was a science teacher at Monona Grove High School. With his fellow teachers, he pioneered new ways of teaching science that integrated all the various scientific disciplines. He and his wife, now deceased, had four children. He now lives in Stoughton and enjoys spending his summers at the family cabin near Eagle River, just a stone’s throw from the UCC camp at Moon Beach. He has a particular passion for exploring the meaning of faith in his life and in our world. Heather and Jason Leiber have been married for almost 12 years. They grew up and met in Green Bay, and were married at the Presbyterian church there. Heather grew up Catholic, Jason grew up Protestant. Their two daughters are Amelia, who is 8 and in second grade, and Avery, who is 22 months old. Jason works part time at Stoughton hospital as a respiratory therapist. The rest of the time, he is – in Heather’s words – “a fantastic stay at home dad and cook.” Heather works full time (plus) as a physician assistant at the UW in vascular surgery. She is a 2004 grad of UW. And what about their spare time? What’s that, asks Heather. They enjoy movies and eating out, Jason makes really good beer and is active at the gym. Heather says she occasionally gets to sleep. They say they are excited to join a community to reaffirm their faith and introduce their children to this community. Jane Landretti grew up in Burlington, Iowa and went on to study at Cornell College, Drake law school and Uppsala University in Sweden. She first visited Wisconsin to race the Birkebeiner ski race from Cable to Hayward. Some guy named Jason from Madison struck up a conversation at the start line. Coincidentally, he appeared again in the chicken dumpling tent at the end of the race. After a series of trips from Iowa getting to know Jason and Wisconsin better, Jane decided she liked them both. Jane now works as an attorney for the Wisconsin DNR on water quality issues. She and Jason love hanging out with their little guy Gus and competing in triathlons, cross country ski and cycling races. She also finds it fun to try adventurous and healthful new recipes in the kitchen and to play her violin. Sue and Don Smith recently moved to Verona from Mondovi, which is near Eau Claire. Their three kids had demanded that it was time to downsize and to be near one of them. Sue is a retired dietitian (her husband is now sole client). She enjoys gardening, and was very active in a large Mondovi garden club. She also enjoys cooking, reading and photography, and has taken up bridge again. Don practiced farm animal vet medicine for 30 years, first in the Galena area, then in Mondovi, and he has the satisfaction of knowing that both practices are still alive and well. They also owned a livestock farm for a while. He is a history buff, and also dabbles in painting and print making. They have had many interesting travel adventures, often involving bicycles and canoes, but they say that “now Father Time has relegated us to the old rocking chair.” They have also embraced environmental and conservation causes, to which we devoted much time and effort.They come to us after being members of Eau Claire First Congregational UCC for 25 years, so they found Memorial to be a comfortable place for them with the warmth of this congregation. Johanna Draper Carlson and KC Carlson moved to Fitchburg just over a year ago from Richmond, Virginia. KC grew up in Janesville and lived in Madison for most of the 80s, and they’re glad to get back to the Midwest after living in the Northeast and the South. They appreciate Madison’s local food sources, outdoor activities, diverse culture, and plenty of things to do. Johanna is a Quality Assurance Manager with Sony Creative Software in Middleton, and KC is a freelance writer, including a regular column for local company Westfield Comics. They met at a comic book convention and worked together at DC Comics before escaping New York City. Now, they both write for and run ComicsWorthReading.com as well as sharing a home with too many collections, including CDs, DVDs, and of course, comics. They’re happy to find a welcoming church community that isn’t afraid of questions. Jen and Zac Ambord and baby Camden have recently been visiting with us and joined because they believe that with us they have found “a spiritual community and sense of belonging.” They wrote of their experience with Memorial UCC: “we’ve felt very welcomed from the moment we came through the doors on our fist ‘visit’ to the Memorial UCC and knew from that time that it would be a great place for us to grow spiritually along with Camden.” Jen is an accountant with the VA. Zac is nursing assistant at Meriter Hospital and a student in nursing program at UW-Madison with only one more year to go to graduation! They enjoy a variety of activities that get them outdoors like hiking, camping and walking as well as time with friends and attending local events. I think that we both personally felt that growing up we were going through the motions when it came time to go to Church, CCD, etc… but we have always felt a spiritual connection with God. It was hard to become involved in the Church growing up when so many of the things they did, did not fall in line with our own personal stances, beliefs, acceptances, and values. When growing up, and even up until recently, there wasn’t a time when we looked forward to going to Church, now we both do! Colette and Stan Corwin moved to Madison last September from Ashville, N.C. Just a couple of weeks ago, they moved into their new house near the Glenway Golf Course on Madison’s West Side. For Colette, moving back to Wisconsin fulfilled a long-held wish. She looks forward to a more balanced life, renewing family contacts, making new friends, doing more reading and finding meaningful ways to be involved in the community. Environmental concerns are a priority for her. She’s hoping to make good use of Madison’s bike and hiking paths and become familiar with the city’s bus service as a mode of transportation. Stan retired from General Electric Co. in 1996, ending a career in Patent Law. Now he is an avid gardener and – after heart surgery at the end of this month – he looks forward to biking, playing golf and continuing to teach T’ai Chi Chih, I see myself as an environmentalist and look forward to the possibility of forming an Earth Team here at Memorial. Chris Hollenback grew up in Green Bay, went to Vince Lombardi Middle School, and high school on Packerland Drive. After graduating from UW in 1998 where he majored in journalism and political science, his first job was working in PR for the Packers. So guess how he spends his Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings in the fall? In his younger days, he was also a member of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. Eighteen years ago this weekend, he met Jamie, now his wife. She joined Memorial last year. Their children, Belle and John, have been great participants in our programs here, including Belle’s debut in our musical last Sunday. Chris’ first thriller novel titled Sleep When You’re Dead is being published as we speak and will be out soon. He is an outreach specialist for the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention Unit. Chris credits Memorial with restoring his faith in God and the human spirit.” He also thanks us for letting the rif-raff like me in. He’s got lots of good company here. Jeanne Prueher lives in Stoughton with her husband, Dan, to whom she has been married for 40+ years. They have two kids – Nick is in NYC, where he has made a name for himself as a comic, including appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and upcoming with Jimmy Fallon. Daughter Jessica lives with her husband, Mike, in Sun Prairie. They are the parents of Jeanne and Dan’s two grand kids – Allie and Jacob. Spending time with those grandkids is one of Jeanne’s favorite pastimes. She also has a standing date for knitting almost every Monday, loves to read and belongs to a book club. She enjoys weekend getaways and belongs to the Stoughton Lioness Club. She says she was longing to start attending church after a five-year absence and found Memorial UCC in the internet. In her words, “This congregation welcomed me from the moment I stepped inside. I’m especially pleased about the possibilities for participating in a number of outreach programs.” Damon Smith is a native of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, which is worth noting since his birthday was yesterday. He was active in Boy Scouts achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. He also was active in the Honeoye United Church of Christ. He attended the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Geneseo where he received his bachelor’s degree in biological sciences. He then moved to North Carolina where he attended North Carolina State University, receiving his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Plant Pathology. That’s where he met his wife of the last six-and-a half years, Carrie. Carrie Smith was born and raised at the Jersey Shore. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Genetics from North Carolina State University. After graduation, Carrie and Damon moved to Oklahoma where they both worked for Oklahoma State University for five years. In September of 2012 Damon and Carrie moved to Madison and they have been attending Memorial for several months since then. Damon is currently an assistant professor of plant pathology at The University of Wisconsin. Damon has extension and research responsibilities for diseases of soybean, corn, wheat and alfalfa. Carrie works in the Environment, Health, and Safety Department at UW-Madison as a biosafety specialist, overseeing laboratory safety for work with infectious and recombinant materials. Damon likes to hike, run, and bike. Carrie enjoys cooking, reading, zumba and hiking. And they both like to spend time with each other … and their miniature dachshunds, Ruby and Ellie. Jaren Bailey grew up in Muscoda along the Wisconsin River a bit west of Spring Green. She has been an English teacher for 12 years. She started teaching in the Bronx, New York in September 2001, then she moved to Milwaukee and taught at a charter school for 4 years. Now she is teaching English at Verona Area High School. She has been married for almost six years, and has two stepdaughters and two daughters. We see Rhya and Jonna around here with her. I asked her about hobbies and she said, “I don’t think English teachers and parents of small children have time for any! I do enjoy reading, but lately don’t get to read much beyond Brown Bear, Brown Bear and student essays!” Roxane and Adam Dachman: Roxane went to church as a child with her grandmother, but never really became part of a faith community until she was older. She practiced Judaism for 13 years, but for the last dozen or so years, has been searching for a relationship with God. Memorial has become a place where she can feel both God and the community in her life. Professionally, she is a registered nurse. Her hobbies include exercise and crafts. She has become part of the team of folks helping to create a personal essentials pantry in the Leopold School area. And she is the mom of Abby, 23, and Zach, who is 20. Adam has been married to Roxane for 24 years and is the father of Abby and Zach, He grew up Jewish and has explored Christianity on and off throughout his adult life. He says he enjoys “the intimate and warm setting” of Memorial and likes the people here and enjoys participating in the music. He says he is looking forward to his first Christmas here. Adam is a general surgeon at the hospital in Dodgeville. We have also gotten to know him here as a talented composer and pianist. Jaimie Hollenback grew up in upstate NY. She transferred to UW-Madison in her junior year to be with her now husband, Chris. Both she and Chris spent part of their teen years in drum corps – Chris with the Madison Scouts, Jaimie with the Florida Wave for four years, then with the Colts of Dubuque, Iowa, for 8 years. Jaimie graduated from the UW School of Education and taught kindergarten for five years, first in Redwood City, CA, then in Stoughton, WI. Jaimie resigned from her teaching position before having her daughter, Isabella. Then 19 1/2 months later, her brother John joined our family. He’s the very blonde boy who provides entertainment during “time with children.” While pondering what she wants to be when she grows up, Jaimie runs 1/2 marathons with Team in Training (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) in memory of her brother Cory, who died earlier this year. She enjoys watching TV, being with friends and family and making new friends. She is grateful for the friends she’s already made here at Memorial. Barb Winger-Rourke was born in Wyoming, and her heart remains in the mountains, which she tries to get to as much as possible. That may be part of why she lives in Blue Mounds with all the hills out there. She spent part of her youth in Marinette in northeastern Wisconsin. Her dad was the pastor of the UCC congregation there. He has been retired for a long time, although he will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordination this year. And it was in Marinette, where her dad was part of an interfaith group reaching out to migrant workers, that Barb had her first contact with Hispanic culture. That experience had a big impact on her sense of working for justice. When she went on a backpacking trip to Machu Picchu in Peru, her interest in learning Spanish was kindled. She returned and went back to school for Spanish. She has taught Spanish -kindergarten through adult night classes – ever since. She has worked in Texas as a witness to deportation hearings as well as other volunteer activities. At Memorial, she hopes to contribute in some way to the connection with Latin American organizations to further our outreach. Barb’s husband, John, is an RN. They have two teenage children – Ellery who just got back from the confirmation trip to Atlanta, and Bryn who occasionally plays his French Horn for special music here. Barb paints and writes short fiction, bikes, skis and kayaks. Jorge Montes-Clausen is a UCC minister. He grew up in El Salvador during a particularly tumultuous time in that Central American nation. One of his heroes is Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered for his outspoken calls for social justice. Jorge attended McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. He and his wife, LeAnne Clausen de Montes, co-pastored a multi-ethnic UCC congregation in the Chicago area before she accepted a call to be the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Oregon. They live in Oregon and have two children – Sophie and Sam, who was born in April. He is a chaplain for Heartland Hospice, based in Madison. Mary and Gil Nankivil live near Memorial in The Crossing condo development down Lacy Road. They have been worshipping with us since last fall and say they have found Memorial to be a place that has welcomed them in a friendly manner and that both feeds and challenges them spiritually. Prior to their 15-year retirement hiatus in Arkansas, Gil, a mining engineer, was a business man in Madison, and Mary was a school counselor at Waunakee High School. They have adult children and grandchildren in the area. They are transferring their church membership from Asbury United Methodist church in Madison. Bette Rackow is no stranger to Memorial UCC. She was part of our congregation back in the days when we were located on Madison Street. Her husband, Bob, was the chief usher and trained Jeff Falkner, among others. Bette was the head of our Sunday school for many years. She got tapped for that job because she was a teacher in the Madison schools. Bette and Bob shifted to First Methodist Church downtown for many years, but last year, she began to reconnect with Memorial. Bob died in December. Today, Bette is formally renewing her membership here. She likes being outdoors in nice weather, gardening and walking. And she likes to help others, visiting with people, working at food pantries, simply being a friend. Welcome back, Bette. Jessica Vick grew up in Boscobel and was baptized at Marion UCC in Boscobel and graduated from the University of Iowa with a double major in liberal arts and English. She notes that she will proudly be wearing black and gold on game days when most folks here are showing up in red and white … but as we say, all are welcome here. Jessica and her husband, Colin, have a daughter, Eva, who is 5, and baby number two will be here any day now. Jessica works as a revenue management consultant for an independent hotel consulting firm. Colin is operations manager for Per Mar Security. Family is very important to Jessica and that is a big reason why they moved to the Madison area a few years ago from Iowa City – to be closer to family. They spend a lot of weekends visiting Jessica’s sister and brother in Dodgeville or in Boscobel playing at her dad’s farm, where Eva loves to play with the kittens and jump in mud puddles. Karen Wheelock grew up in Delavan where she was part of the UCC congregation there. She attended Beloit College with majors in Communications and Theatre. She has participated in a variety of theater and music experiences and sang at our Evening of Music this past March. She is the volunteer coordinator for Southern Care Hospice, which serves people in a 50-mile radius around Madison. She will be providing special music for us at our service on July 8. Jean and Walter Heinold moved to Fitchburg about three years ago from Kenosha because their daughter wanted them to be close by as their grandchildren were growing up. They live in The Crossing condo develop just a bit to the east of here off of Lacy Road. They lived most of their adult lives in the Chicago area. Walter was a mechanic at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago and Jean was an executive assistant there. They had four children, but their son Bobby was killed by a drunk driver at age 14. Their daughter Peg is the one who lives in Fitchburg with her family. They have a son in Chicago and a daughter in Evanston, Ill. They have been in Presbyterian congregations for most of their lives, but found Memorial and liked the community as well as the proximity to their home. They like to spend time with family – not surprising for a couple who made a big move to be with family. Jean is an avid reader and Walter swims for exercise. Jason and Lee Jankoski met at UW-Madison while Lee was an undergraduate and Jason was working and attending graduate school part-time. They have been married for 6 years and are parents to Jasmine, who was born November 11, 2010. They also have a dog named Fritz, who is a shi tzu / bichon frise mix. They now call him their second child. Jason graduated from UW-Eau Claire with a management degree and is the Assistant Dean for Human Resources at the UW-Madison School of Business. He enjoys golfing, skiing, and cheering on the Badgers! Lee graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in Political Science and Russian Language. She works as a patent assistant for the law firm Foley & Lardner. Her hobbies include interior decorating, working out and reading (particularly the Harry Potter series). They both enjoy traveling and movies of all genres. They say they “are looking forward to being part of this wonderful church community that will help surround our daughter with progressive and open-minded Christian values.” Mary and Glenn Heckard had lived in the Madison area for a while before they moved a few years ago to Galena, Illinois, but after a while, the lure of this area drew them back. So they settled into The Crossing condominium development down Lacy Road a bit and then discovered that Memorial was not that far away. They have been active members at First Lutheran Church in Stoughton for nearly 20 years except for that time in Galena. And in Galena, they were very active in the Methodist Church there, so we are thrilled that they are now settling into our community at Memorial. Mary is a massage therapist and part-time nanny. Glenn retired from IBM and started his own desktop publishing company in 1993. He like to golf and to work on photography and geneology. Mary likes spending time with family, taking fitness classes and reading. They have two grown daughters, Margie and Ruth, who are both in the Madison area. Lisa and Larry Fruit both grew up in Wisconsin – Lisa in Green Bay, Larry in Richland Center. Larry did his undergraduate work at Edgewood College, then earned his MBA from UW-Whitewater. Lisa did her undergrad work at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. They have been married for 27.5 years and have a son, Paul, a UW grad who is completing an Americorps project with the Red Cross in Oshkosh. They also have a golden retriever named Nelson. Since 2000, Lisa and Larry have been active in the area of alcohol and substance abuse treatment. They have been the owners of an outpatient agency since 2004. Most of their clients are from the criminal justice system or are referrals from social service agencies. Amy and Matt Kruse: Matt grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. Amy grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Both came to Wisconsin to attend Lawrence University, where Matt majored in Computer Science and History and Amy majored in English. After graduating, they both moved to Madison to take jobs at Epic, which makes software for the healthcare industry. Matt still works at Epic as a Technical Services Engineer and Technical Coordinator. Amy is now working in an administrative position at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundatino, or WARF, the organization that patents and licenses discoveries made at the university. They were married in 2007. Matt enjoys cooking, genealogy, fishing, and tabletop gaming. Amy likes baking, spending time on the bike trails, doing craft projects, and planning trips. They both enjoy gardening and camping. Mike and Jan Klawitter were set up on a blind date almost 13 years ago and will be married for 10 years this September. Both Mike and Jan work in communications — Mike at UW Health and Jan at the State Laboratory of Hygiene at UW-Madison. They like reading, movies and watching hockey. They have both gotten involved here in a variety of ways. Mike helps run sound for our services and is a liturgist. Jan is chairing the worship committee and helping with communications for the outreach committee. And they have pitched in on numerous other projects here. They started coming to Memorial in May of last year and are very happy to have found such a welcoming faith community that fits their belief system. Kate Protcor is an attorney in Madison. She sings in the choir and plays the bells. She also had the fascinating experience of review all the church Council minutes of the last 20 or so years to help us put together a current list of church policies. You might think she is already a long-time member, but she grew up in Pennsylvania and was off doing that college thing as her family settled into Memorial, so now she is formalizing her association with us. Anne and Brent Hoeft grew up in Port Washington. They moved back to Wisconsin and settled in Fitchburg in February 2009 after living in Cleveland, Ohio for 6 years while they both worked and attended graduate school. Their son, Evan, was born on Oct. 15. They also hold in their hearts their son, Collin, who was stillborn in September of 2009. Anne earned her bachelor’s degree from UW-La Crosse and then earned her master’s in nursing from the Cleveland Clinic School of Nurse Anesthesia and Case Western Reserve University. She is a nurse anesthetist at UW Hospital. Brent earned his bachelor’s degree from UW-Eau Claire. He graduated from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University and practiced business and real estate law in Cleveland for two-and-a-half years. He recently opened Hoeft Law, LLC, a virtual law office, providing business, real estate, and estate planning services to clients throughout Wisconsin. They enjoy photography, hiking, UW athletics, continuing to discover all that the Madison area has to offer, and the daily experience of being new parents. George Gillis and Joanna Beilman-Dulin were married here in July and are now making Memorial their official church home. Joanna was born and raised on the west coast, and came to Madison in 2000 to attend college. After majoring in political science and bassoon performance, Joanna worked in Wisconsin state politics for four years before starting law school at UW-Madison. She is now in her final year. George grew up in northeast Wisconsin and graduated from Lawrence University. Also a political staffer by trade, George has worked for several Wisconsin elected officials over the last seven years. He is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers. Their family recently expanded with the addition of an 8-month-old puppy named Rufus, so they can be found at the dog park on a regular basis. Jenny Fiore grew up in a copper-mining town and is a transplant from Arizona. She has a degree in English literature and has worked as an editor. She did work as an editor and then as publications director for the National Endowment for Democracy in D.C. Now she is a freelance writer and is co-authoring a book about the faith journey of a rocket scientist who bounced back from a catastrophic brain injury. She has been married to Blaine for 11 years and they have two children – two-year old Beckett and six-year old Elizabeth. Blaine served in the Army and now is in the National Guard. He works as a physicians assistant at the Madison VA Hospital. In addition to her family, Jenny loves backpacking, tent camping and reading. Lynn Kepper is originally from Neenah, but has lived in the Madison area ever since attending UW in the 60’s. She taught third, fourth and fifth grade in the Oregon School system for 32 years and has been retired from teaching for nine years, but she still volunteers with the Schools of Hope project at Chavez Elementary School. She and her husband, Heinz, had one son, Andrew, who lives in Minneapolis with his wife and one year-old daughter. Heinz passed away in 2009. She works with visual arts -photography, watercolor painting, and drawing. She also enjoys reading, knitting, gardening and Scrabble, along with biking, hiking, skiing and travel. Brett and Wendy MacArthur live in Oregon. They have been married for 5 years. They have a daughter, Alison, who is 3 and a half. Baby Kate is due on November 27. Brett is originally from Janesville, went to Arizona State University, spent some years in Georgia working as a chef and now works at Conney Safety in sales. Wendy is originally from Eau Claire, went to UW-Madison, and works part-time at Chico’s clothing store in Greenway Station. They both like reading, Brett likes biking, running and cooking. Wendy enjoys long walks and motherhood. Together, they love trying new restaurants or going back to old favorites on those rare date nights. They spend a week each summer at family cabin in Hayward. Adam Bessemer is freshman at Oregon High School. He is the son of Janine and Russ Bessemer. His passions include soccer and lots of other sports. He enjoys exploring science. Phillip Bessemer is a sophomore at Oregon High School. He is the son of Janine and Russ Bessemer. His passions include skateboarding and gaming. He has a deep concern about protecting the earthís environment. Elliot Schad is a freshman at Verona High School. He is the son of Celia Keila and Jay Schad. He loves golf, soccer and skiing. He has a lively interest in the law, in writing and in science. Kirsten Scheller-Suitor is a sophomore at Oregon High School. She is the daughter of Mary Kay Scheller-Suitor and Doug Scheller. One of her main activities is dance. She also likes both Spanish and English in school and enjoys traveling. Austin Young is a sophomore at West High in Madison. He is the son of Mary Young and Tony Young. He earned his Eagle Scout badge this year. He is a talented artist and musician as well as an athlete who competes in football and track. Sarah and Alexander Fritz moved to the Madison area from South Florida in 2005 because Alexander had a psychiatry residency here. He is now employed as an outpatient psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin and is a clinical assistant professor in the med school. Sarah is a psychotherapist with Stoughton Family Counseling Services. Sarah went to Illinois Wesleyan as an undergrad and Alex went to the University of Tennessee. It’s a good thing Wisconsin rarely plays Tennessee in football, otherwise Alexander would face major divided loyalties. They live in Fitchburg and last year they began joining us for worship. They have two sons – Brandon, who is almost 6, and Evan, who is 2. Their hobbies include “highpointing,” through which through which they hope to climb the highest point of every state. So far, they’ve done that in 38 of the 50 states. Bob and Mary Holtshopple are joining us from Swiss UCC in New Glarus – the church where Mary was confirmed as a youth. Along the way, they also belonged to St. John’s UCC in Monroe and to Covenant Presbyterian in Madison. They build their home on Lake Waubesa 25 years ago. Now, as they think they are getting older, they thought they’d find a place closer to home and we’re happy to have them here with us. Bob was born and raised in Monroe, served in the Korean conflict in the early 1950s and worked as a mechanical engineer for many years for Weiler, Strang, McMullin. He took early retirement in 1985 as head of the engineering department at what was then Madison General – now Meriter – and finally got around to his final retirement in 1992. He likes traveling, gardening, fishing and building projects. Mary grew up near New Glarus as a first generation Swiss and has maintained ties with many relatives living in Switzerland. She graduated from the Madison General School of Nursing in 1950, got her bachelors’ degree in nursing in 1980 and retired as a registered nurse in 1989 after 39 years of working in clinical and hospital settings. She enjoys reading, travel, gardening, painting “funky chairs” and being a standardized patient at the UW Medical School. Both Bob and Mary enjoyed mission trips to El Salvador and working for Habitat for Humanity in Florida and in Green County. They have a son and granddaughter who live in California and a grandson who is a student at UW-Madison. One son is deceased. They sponsor 3 school age children in El Salvador. One of them they first met when he was in grade school. He is now is student at the University in San Salvador. Leah Lonsbury hardly needs an introduction today. Since she joined us as one of our pastors at the beginning of January, she has quickly distinguished herself as a wonderful presence in our midst. You already know a lot of her biography – grew up in the Kansas City area, taught high school for a few years, went to seminary in Atlanta, served for three years at First Baptist Church in Madison. Justin Lonsbury may need a bit more of an introduction. For starters, he is Leah’s husband. Together, they are the parents of Aiden and Mara. He, too, grew up in the Kansas City area, went to the University of Kansas and remains a die-hard Jayhawk fan, and now is working on his doctorate in educational policy at UW-Madison. He is an avid reader, a great fan of music, pretty smart about computers and is becoming a brewmaster of homemade craft beers. Steve and Heather Sokasits transferred to Fitchburg two years ago from the Naperville, Ill. area for Steve’s job. They started attending Memorial UCC last summer and enjoyed the warm and welcoming reception they received here. Steve graduated from Illinois State. He has worked for Great Lakes Higher Educationas a senior programming analyst for ovr 10 years, mostly at their Oakbrook, Ill. office. He enjoys running 10Ks, bicycling, home improvement and Will Ferrell movies. He was raised Lutheran. Heather is completing her business management degree at Concordia University. She has worked in marketing and graphic design for over 10 years for a number of companies and most recently worked for Hyland Park Senior Living as an outreach specialist. She has attended Catholic, Lutheran and Unitarian churches in the past, but has never been baptized, so she and their new daughter Lea Claire were baptized on Jan. 11 and then Heather and Steve became members. Ellen Reuter grew up on a farm in Avoca, just off the Wisconsin River near Spring Green. In her professional life, she worked as a home trainer with very young handicapped children, then as a social work family therapist. More recently, she is a polymer clay artist, a liturgical artist and works as a spiritual director. She is a news junkie (she gets her fix from CNN and MSNBC); a lover of good books, especially mysteries and enjoys good cups of coffee with friends. She and Pastor Phil have two grown children and she is also grandma to four-year old Matt and two-year old Abby. Ellen grew up Catholic and joined Lake Edge UCC in 2000. She is transferring her membership to Memorial. Jan Dunaway grew up on a farm in Iowa, raised her two children in Illinois and for a dozen years, split her time between Illinois and Arizona. She moved to Fitchburg about a year and a half ago and found Memorial UCC at a time when she was looking for a new church home in her new community. Her daughter and her family live in northern Illinois. Her son and his family live just down the road in Oregon. Jan has seven grandchildren, raising in age from 4 to 12. She likes traveling, golfing, biking, walking and spending time with family and friends. She comes to us from the Methodist tradition. Lisa Schoenwetter did not grow up on a farm. She is a Madison kid, a child of this congregation who went on to ordained ministry, serving much of her career as a pastor in Massachusetts. She also works with liturgical art. The last year and a half have been a time of personal and professional transition for Lisa, so she has settled back in Madison and plans to be here for some time to come. While she has been a member of Memorial since her confirmation, she is reaffirming her membership today as she settles in for the next phase of her life. Jennifer Taylor works in the UW-Madison Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development and Engagement along with Joyce Crim. She grew up in Florida and has been a part of a number of different Christian churches as she has moved around the country. She likes keeping up with family and friends, traveling, reading and music. She has been worshipping with us for the last several months and has quickly gotten to know a number of people here. Mary Upshaw is no stranger to the people of this congregation. She led one of our book discussion groups last fall, she has helped provided wonderful desserts for our Evening of Music, she has provided some of the music as well. Mary grew up in California, the daughter of a Presbyterian pastor. She came to Wisconsin several years ago to take a job at Promega and bought a house that just happens to back up to our property. She has a daughter who is grown. Mary likes to travel, to read, she has a deep interest in things that will sustain our environment. Ethel Orrill grew up in the Baptist and Presbyterian traditions. She began coming to Memorial several years ago after she and her husband moved to Fitchburg. As his health declined, they moved to New Glarus, where he lived in the New Glarus Home. After his death, she moved back to Fitchburg and has come back to Memorial. She has five children. Her major interests beyond her family and friends are reading and good music. She has become a regular at our Wednesday morning Scripture and Scones sessions. Dianna and Jay Johnson are residents of Fitchburg who have been married for about a year and a half. They are expecting their first child – a boy – at the end of April. Dianna was baptized and confirmed at the Browntown Peace United Church of Christ, which is a little bit southwest of Monroe. Her aunt was Pastor Bonnie’s roommate in college at UW-Platteville. She works in customer service for Rayovac and her hobbies include music and stamping. Jay is from Oregon and grew up in St. John’s Lutheran Church there – our partner congregation for the Interfaith Hospitality Network. He is an engineer and machinist who likes camping, bike riding and home projects. He got the prize for coming the greatest distance to our Inquirer’s Class on Feb. 7 – he had just come back from two-and-a-half months in Antarctica, where is he a regular visitor as part of a UW project. They look to Memorial to provide a community for their family and a place for their son to grow spiritually. Mona Dudley bought her first place here in Fitchburg two years ago along with her first weed-eater ever… and was very happy to find Memorial right around the corner. She has been coming here when she can over the last two years and says she appreciate the warm welcome she and her daughter Angela have received here. Mona graduated from Oregon High School. She says it was “just last year”. She earned her BS from UW-Madison. Now she works in sales at Bruker AXS right here in Fitchburg. They make analytical x-ray systems for commercial use. Her daughter, Angela Nelson, is 12 and in sixth grace. She loves music and doing art. She was baptized on the same day her mom became a member. Pam and Tony Wood are residents of the Swan Creek area down Lacy Road to the east. Their son, Camden, was born last Nov. 25. Pam is a real estate agent for Stark Homes. She grew up in the Church of the Nazarene and more recently was part of the Methodist church. She likes running, yoga, gardening and reading. Tony had no formal faith background, although he does have a deep belief in the Green Bay Packers. He also has a lively interest in history. He works as a program manager for a firm that deals with drug insurance. Jenni and Paul Gordon moved to Oregon recently and began their search for a new church home. They had been part of Advent Lutheran Church, which is paired with Community of Hope UCC on the far west side of Madison. Jenni grew up Lutheran. She works as an associate web producer for a firm based in Belleville. Paul, who grew up in the UCC, does customer technical support for Johnson Health Tech North America, a firm that sells exercise equipment. They both like the Milwaukee Brewers and hunting. Doug Scheller and Mary Kay Scheller-Suitor also live in Oregon. Doug moved to Madison as a young boy and was part of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church as a youth. He is a detective with the University of Wisconsin Police, specializing in computer forensics. Mary Kay grew up Catholic. She is the education coordinator for MetaStar, a quality improvement organization that works with health care providers. They have been married for 17 years and are the parents of Kirsten and Cam. You might find Doug at a Mallards game or riding a bike during the summer. Mary Kay was part of the adult group on the trip to Back Bay Mission in Biloxi last month and has a particular weakness for Chick-fil-A restaurants. Dolores Van Kirk has been worshiping with us for the past few years and has decided now is a good time to become a member. She works as a sales person for Hancock Fabrics at the Westgate Mall. She likes sewing, knitting, cake decorating, and fishing. She has four grown daughters. And when Dolores was a teen herself, she had a memorable pastor by the name of Sam Robbins – Shirley’s husband – who many of you remember from his retirement years as a member here. Steve and Nancy Arnold are deeply involved in the life of Fitchburg and we are glad to welcome them into the life of this community at Memorial UCC. Steve works in information technology for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. You may know him better in his role as a member of the Fitchburg Common Council since 2005. Nancy is a nurse at HospiceCare. You may have had a chance to see some of the wonderful things they have done to their yard over on Targhee Street during Fitchburg’s Better Lawns and Gutters tour a few months ago. Steve and Nancy share a passion for politics, biking, kayaking and gardening, and Nancy adds knitting to her list of interests. They have been involved with the Interfaith Hospitality Network and many other community activities. They have two grown daughters – Kimberly and Amy – who both live in Wisconsin. They have a long history of active involvement in the church communities they have been part of in the past and we look forward to them now being part of our community. Contemplative Worship Sundays, 8:15 am Worship Service, Sundays at 10 am Child care available during 10 am service 9 am – noon memorialucc@gmail.com 5705 Lacy Rd. Fitchburg WI 53711 Copyright © 2020 Memorial United Church of Christ

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Immigrants share stories of resilience at Bronx Documentary Center Arts & Culture Culture Home Immigration Spotlight About 40 people gathered at the Bronx Documentary Center on Nov. 21st to hear immigrants from Mexico to Mali share their experiences. If there was one common thread woven through each story, it was the desire to have a better life built on personal achievement. By / November 25, 2015 Visitors take in an exhibit and hear Immigrants tell their stories at the Bronx Documentary Center on Nov. 21. Miriam Kone migrated from Mali in 1994 when she was 16 years old. As a young girl in Mali she was expected to marry at age 13, but she had other plans. She convinced her mother, who had left Miriam to her grandmother’s care, to help her go to America. “You have to be a fighter,” she told the audience. “You can’t give up.” About 40 people gathered at the Bronx Documentary Center on Nov. 21 to hear immigrants share their experiences. Stories from Mexico to Mali, both deeply personal and of universal resilience, had their moment in the limelight. If there was one common thread woven through each story, it was the deep desire to have a better life built on personal achievement. Kone is no exception. When she was a little girl, she shared a single pot of food with her siblings, but if she were too slow or timid, would miss out on lunch. Now, in the Bronx, she often reminds her three children how easy it is to get food with a fridge at home. Or how much easier it is to get an education. “I tell my children they are going to college for me,” Kone said. According to census data over the past decade, the Bronx has seen a 22 percent growth in immigrant population. The large majority of immigrants in the Bronx are from Latin America and Africa. Latin Americans accounted for more than half of the borough’s immigrants, while Africans made up a tenth of the foreign-born population. The demographics of the Bronx were notable at the Bronx Documentary Center. Hildeberto R. from Guerrero, Mexico, shared the story of his journey to America through a translator. His family decided to leave when Hildeberto’s brother was “murdered in cold blood by the local police,” he said. He took buses, taxis and a plane to reach the border in Sonora, after which he walked for two days straight through the desert. “On our walk, we saw clothes scattered on the floor,” he said. “We knew people had died there.” Hildeberto witnessed tragedy directly when a 15-year-old girl he was crossing the border with got sick and died along the way. “We couldn’t help her,” he said. “We had to leave her behind.” Hildeberto is now getting his high school diploma while working 50 hours a week to help his family pay bills. “I want to be a good example for my siblings and my community,” he said. Getting papers to work and study was a recurring struggle for all speakers. Berthland Tekyi-Berto, a part-Nigerian, part-Ghanaian immigrant, was a strong reminder of how different experiences can be. Tekyi-Berto went to Morris High School in Morrisania where he was crowned prom king and dreamed of joining the army. “My legal status didn’t affect me,” he said. “I had a normal childhood.” But then Tekyi-Berto turned 18 and, because he was undocumented, everything changed. He couldn’t find a job or apply to the army without a social security number. “After high school, everyone gets excited about college,” he said. “That’s when I started to realize that things were different for me.” According to Advocates for Children of New York, all students have the right to attend school regardless of their immigration status or the immigration status of their family members. But when it comes to college, the military or getting a job, matters can get complicated and costly. “Trying to legalize my status hasn’t been cheap,” Tekyi-Berto said. A Bangladeshi lawyer shared his story, as did a Mexican migrant who was fighting to keep his indigenous language alive. Like the rest, they had to fight hard to get where they are, and for many the journey ahead was still complicated. The event was organized by Masa, an organization dedicated to transforming communities through education, and Mano a Mano, a group that promotes Mexican culture, along with the Bronx Documentary Center. Aracelis Lucero, MASA’s executive director, closed the event, but not before she reminded the crowd of the difference papers can make. “All of us have dreams and goals,” she said. “But lives can be very different based on status.” Tags: Bronx Documentary Center, Mano a Mano, Mexican American Students Association (MASA) Longwood Art Gallery pays homage to late artist Brook Park reaps year-end harvest

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Sponsored By: Clayton's Travel Divisions (Ages 8-19) The Travel program is intended for players who wish to continue playing in soccer. Travel soccer offers several different competition levels. Playing Travel soccer typically means a commitment (for some teams year round) from all members of the family. Selection to a Travel team is determined by a tryout that is conducted and coordinated by the SCNM Board and a professional trainer staff and held typically in early June for fall teams. Vacancies in the roster for the Spring season are only filled as needed. Invitations to tryout for open spots on a team roster will be advertised on the club website. The club will form as many teams as there are players registered to play and makes no guarantee that there will be a team in every age group or at every competition level (A, B, C). If there is only one team in an age bracket it will be placed in the competition level appropriate for the successful development of the majority of the players on the team. Travel teams hold a minimum of two practice sessions each week, sometimes three, and they play their league games on Saturday and Sundays. Fifty percent of the games will be played in New Milford and the rest will be played in surrounding towns in the Northwest portion of the state. Travel teams will participate in at least one tournament per season but some compete in two to four tournaments annually throughout the region or even out of state. In addition, Travel teams in the U11 and up age groups are expected to participate in the single elimination Connecticut Cup Competition on Saturdays, which requires travel throughout the state. The club covers the cost for registering teams participating in Connecticut Cup Competition. Parents should also be aware that Travel team coaches are appointed by the club and some are paid professional coaches under the direction of the SCNM Director of Coaching. The players’ families pay an additional fee to cover the costs of the team coach, travel registration and all tournaments other than the Connecticut Cup. A note on playing time: While the Travel program is selective and requires a higher intensity level of the players and coaches, the focus should be on the development of all the players involved. U9/U10 – Girls and Boys play in separate leagues. Players are required to play 50%* of the game. Games are 8v8 (8 players vs 8 players). The focus at this age is the development of the competitive player. SCNM will field multiple teams for all players interested in competing at this level. Teams will be placed in A, B and C brackets as appropriate to match the skill level of the team. U11 – Girls and Boys play in separate leagues. Players are required to play 25%* of the game. Games are 8v8 (8 players vs 8 players). The focus at this age is the development of the competitive player. SCNM will field multiple teams for all players interested in competing at this level. Teams will be placed in A, B and C brackets as appropriate to match the skill level of the team. U12/U13/U14 – Girls and Boys play in separate leagues. Players are to receive a minimum of 25%* playing time during games. Games are 11v11 and on the full size field. SCNM will determine the number of teams that will be formed at each age bracket. U16/U19 – Girls and Boys play in separate leagues. Players are to receive a minimum of 25%* playing time during games. Games are 11v11. SCNM will determine the number of teams that will be formed at each age bracket. Premier – From time to time the club will field teams that play in premier leagues. Girls and Boys play in separate leagues. The is no minimum playing time during games. * - These are SCNM Minimum playing times, our teams play in various leagues and districts, if those leagues or districts have playing times requirements that are higher than the SCNM minimum our coaches will abide by the league or district rules but if the league or district has a lower or no requirement our coach will be expected to use these standards. The one exception to playing time rules will be CT Cup or State Cup games which will have no SCNM minimum playing time requirement.

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District of Columbia Retrocession Get District of Columbia Retrocession essential facts below. View Videos or join the District of Columbia Retrocession discussion. Add District of Columbia Retrocession to your PopFlock.com topic list for future reference or share this resource on social media. Return of some land of the District of Columbia to Virginia Territorial progression of District of Columbia The District of Columbia retrocession was the process of returning to the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia a part of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district for the new national capital of the United States, the City of Washington. The land was taken in 1790. It was returned, after many stages of federal and state approval, in March 1847. Exactly 100 square miles (259 km2) straddling the Potomac was designated by the 1790 Residence Act as the District of Columbia,[1] ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia. The portion west of the Potomac, ceded by Virginia, consisted of 31 square miles (80 km2) in two parts: the city of Alexandria, Virginia, at the extreme southern shore, and its rural hinterland, short-lived Alexandria County, D.C. After decades of debate about the disenfranchisement that came with District citizenship, and tensions related to Alexandria's lucrative slave trade, this portion of the District was returned to Virginia in 1846-47.[2] The remaining District assumed its current boundaries and area of 68.34 square miles (177 km2) east of the Potomac[3] and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km²) of land on the west side of the Potomac River on what is now Lady Bird Johnson Park and what was formerly known as Columbia Island.[] Twenty-first-century proposals to return the remaining portion of the District of Columbia to the state of Maryland are cited as one way to provide full voting representation in Congress and return local control of the District to its residents.[4] Map of the District of Columbia in 1835, prior to the retrocession The Organic Act of 1801 organized the District of Columbia and placed the federal territory under the exclusive control of Congress. The District was organized into two counties, Washington on the east side of the Potomac River, and Alexandria on the west side.[5][6] Following this Act, citizens located in the District were no longer considered residents of Maryland or Virginia, thus ending their representation in Congress.[7] Almost immediately after the Organic Act of 1801, Congress took up proposals for the return of the territory to the states, all of which failed. Members of Congress proposed retrocession because they found disenfranchisement of the District's residents to be unacceptable. Other Congressmen were of the opinion that the District could not be immediately returned without the consent of the residents and the legislatures of Maryland and Virginia. Some representatives rejected the idea of retrocession entirely and concluded that the Congress lacked the constitutional authority to return the territory.[4] Virginia retrocession In the 1830s, efforts grew to reunite the southern portion of the District with Virginia. Besides the fact that District residents had lost representation in Congress, a number of additional factors aided the movement to return the area to Virginia: Alexandria had gone into economic decline because of neglect of the area by Congress. Alexandria needed infrastructure improvements in order to compete with other ports in the area such as Georgetown, which was further inland and on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.[3] Members of Congress from other areas of Virginia used their power to prohibit funding for projects, such as the Alexandria Canal, which would have increased competition with their home districts. Returning Alexandria to Virginia allowed residents to seek financing for projects without interference from Congress.[4] A 1791 amendment to the Residence Act specifically prohibited the "erection of the public buildings otherwise than on the Maryland side of the river Potomac."[8] The institutions of the federal government, including the White House and the United States Capitol were therefore located in Washington on the east side of the Potomac River. This made Alexandria less important to the functioning of the national government.[4] At the time, Alexandria was a major market in the slave trade, but rumors circulated that abolitionists in Congress were attempting to end slavery in the nation's capital, which would have also seriously harmed the area's economy.[3][9] There was also an active abolitionist movement in Virginia. If Alexandria were returned to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the move would have added two additional pro-slavery representatives to the Virginia General Assembly.[3] One argument against retrocession was that the federal government did in fact use Alexandria: as a military outpost, signal corps site, and cemetery.[10] From 1840 to 1846, Alexandrians petitioned Congress and the Virginian legislature to approve retrocession. On February 2, 1846, the Virginia General Assembly agreed to accept the retrocession of Alexandria if Congress approved.[11] Following additional lobbying by Alexandrians, the 29th Congress passed legislation on July 9, 1846, to return all the District's territory south of the Potomac River to the Commonwealth of Virginia, pursuant to a referendum; President James K. Polk signed the legislation the next day. A referendum on retrocession was held on September 1–2, 1846. The residents of the city of Alexandria voted in favor of the retrocession, 763 to 222;[12] however, the residents of Alexandria County voted against retrocession 106 to 29. Despite the objections of those living in Alexandria County, President Polk certified the referendum and issued a proclamation of transfer on September 7, 1846.[13] The Virginia legislature, however, did not immediately accept the retrocession offer. Virginia legislators were concerned that the people of Alexandria County had not been properly included in the retrocession proceedings. After months of debate, the Virginia General Assembly voted to formally accept the retrocession legislation on March 13, 1847.[4] Confirming the fears of pro-slavery Alexandrians, the Compromise of 1850 outlawed the slave trade in the District, although not slavery itself.[14] At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln attempted to have the Virginia portion re-annexed over security concerns, but this idea was rejected by the Senate.[15] Constitutionality The constitutionality of the retrocession has been called into question. The contract clause found in Article One of the United States Constitution prohibits states from breaching contracts to which they are themselves a party. By annexing Alexandria in 1847, Virginia may have breached its contractual obligation to "forever cede and relinquish" the territory for use as the permanent seat of the United States government.[15] President William Howard Taft also believed the retrocession to be unconstitutional and tried to have the land given back to the District.[12] The Supreme Court of the United States has never issued a firm opinion on whether the retrocession of the Virginia portion of the District of Columbia was constitutional. In the 1875 case of Phillips v. Payne the Supreme Court held that Virginia had de facto jurisdiction over the area returned by Congress in 1847, and dismissed the tax case brought by the plaintiff. The court, however, did not rule on the core constitutional matter of the retrocession. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Noah Haynes Swayne stated only that: The plaintiff in error is estopped from raising the point which he seeks to have decided. He cannot, under the circumstances, vicariously raise a question, nor force upon the parties to the compact an issue which neither of them desires to make.[16] Proposed Maryland retrocession Satellite view of the current boundaries of the District of Columbia in relation to the states of Maryland (green) and Virginia (pink) In order to grant the residents of the District of Columbia voting representation and control over their local affairs, some members of Congress, such as Rep. Dan Lungren,[17] have proposed returning most parts of the city to Maryland. These proposals go back at least as far as 1839, when some members of Congress proposed retrocession of the portion of the District west of Rock Creek to Maryland.[18] In recent years since at least 2001, several failed attempts, mostly supported by Republicans, have been made to return most of the District to Maryland and give them full voting rights: H.R. 810 & H.R. 381, both sponsored by Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH); and H.R. 1858, H.R. 1015, H.R. 3732 and H.R. 2681, all sponsored by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX). The proposals received little support from congressional Democrats. If both the Congress and the Maryland state legislature agreed, jurisdiction over the District of Columbia could be returned to Maryland, excluding a small tract of land immediately surrounding the United States Capitol, the White House and the Supreme Court building which would become known as the "National Capital Service Area".[19] The idea to retrocede all but the federal lands to Maryland dates back to at least 1848.[20] One problem with retrocession is that the state of Maryland may not want to take the District back.[21][22] In the opinion of former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, discussing the matter in 1998, retroceding the District to Maryland without that state's consent may require a constitutional amendment.[21] A second problem is that the Twenty-third Amendment, ratified in 1961, grants "[t]he District constituting the seat of Government of the United States" the right to appoint electors to vote for president. At least one bill proposed in Congress specifically tied retrocession to the Twenty-third Amendment's repeal.[23] If the Twenty-third Amendment were not repealed, it is possible that the remaining portion of the District (the National Capital Service Area) would still be entitled to select three presidential electors. Alternative proposal An alternative proposal to retrocession was the District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2004 (H.R. 3709), which would have treated the residents of the District as residents of Maryland for the purposes of Congressional representation. Maryland's congressional delegation would then have been apportioned accordingly to include the population of the District.[24] Those in favor of such a plan argued that the Congress already has the necessary authority to pass such legislation without the constitutional concerns of other proposed remedies. From the foundation of the District in 1790 until the passage of the Organic Act of 1801, citizens living in D.C. continued to vote for members of Congress in Maryland or Virginia; legal scholars therefore propose that the Congress has the power to restore those voting rights while maintaining the integrity of the federal district.[25] The proposed legislation, however, never made it out of committee.[24] The examples and perspective in this section may not include all significant viewpoints. Please improve the article or discuss the issue. (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Most residents of Maryland and District of Columbia do not support retrocession. A 1994 study showed that only 25% of suburban residents polled endorsed retrocession to Maryland, and that number dropped to 19% among District residents. District residents' dislike was confirmed in a 2000 George Washington University study when only 21% of those polled supported the option of retrocession.[26] A 2016 poll of Maryland residents showed that only 28% supported annexing District of Columbia while 44% were opposed.[27] Maryland's senators, both Democrats, co-sponsored a September 2014 D.C. statehood bill.[28][29] Republicans are thought to oppose statehood over retrocession, as it would most likely add two safe Democratic seats to the United States Senate.[29] Historically, District voters have been overwhelmingly voting for Democratic candidate with over 80% of the votes going to the Democratic Party in every presidential election since 1984.[30] Neither statehood nor retrocession is generally seen as a legislative priority by either party.[28][29] History of the District of Columbia District of Columbia (until 1871) District of Columbia voting rights District of Columbia home rule District of Columbia statehood movement Outline of Washington, D.C. Timeline of Washington, D.C. ^ "Primary Documents in American History". Web Guides. Library of Congress. January 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015. ^ "Washington, D.C. History F.A.Q." Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2015. ^ a b c d "Frequently Asked Questions About Washington, D.C". Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010. ^ a b c d e Richards, Mark David (Spring-Summer 2004). "The Debates over the Retrocession of the District of Columbia, 1801-2004" (PDF). Washington History. www.dcvote.org: 54-82. Retrieved 2009. ^ Crew, Harvey W.; William Bensing Webb; John Wooldridge (1892). Centennial History of the City of Washington, D.C. Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House. p. 103. ISBN 0-217-96242-4. ^ "Statutes at Large, 6th Congress, 2nd Session". A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2008. ^ "Statement on the subject of The District of Columbia Fair and Equal Voting Rights Act" (PDF). American Bar Association. September 14, 2006. Retrieved 2008. ^ A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875. Library of Congress. pp. 214-5. ^ Greeley, Horace (1864). The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States. Chicago: G. & C.W. Sherwood. pp. 142-144. ISBN 0-8371-1439-X. ^ Casselman, Amos B. (1909). "The Virginia Portion of the District of Columbia". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Vol. 12 (1909), pp. 115-141. ^ "Re-annexation of Alexandria to Virginia". The Baltimore Sun. February 6, 1846. p. 2. ProQuest 533094185. ^ a b "Recession Illegal: Lawyers Agree With Taft on Return of Alexandria". The Washington Post. July 25, 1909. p. 1. ProQuest 144886582. ^ "Retrocession of Alexandria". The Baltimore Sun. September 10, 1846. p. 4. ProQuest 533108245. ^ "Compromise of 1850". Library of Congress. September 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008. ^ a b Zoldan, Evan (2011). "The Permanent Seat of Government: An Unintended Consequence of Heightened Scrutiny Under the Contract Clause". N.Y.U. J. Leg. & Pub. Pol'y. 14: 163. SSRN 1657125. ^ "Phillips v. Payne, 92 U.S. 130". FindLaw. 1875. Retrieved 2008. [permanent dead link] ^ Pershing, Ben (July 15, 2010). "House panel backs bill that would place statues of Douglass, L'Enfant in Capitol". The Washington Post. ^ "Retrocession". The Baltimore Sun. January 28, 1839. p. 2. ProQuest 532845825. ^ "District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act (110th Congress, H.R. 1858)". GovTrack. 2007. Retrieved 2008. ^ "The Slavery Question---Resistance contemplated by the South---Proposed Retrocession of the District of Columbia, &c". The Baltimore Sun. December 27, 1848. p. 4. ProQuest 533230149. ^ a b "Q&A with Rep. Tom Davis". The Washington Post. March 3, 1998. Archived from the original on February 24, 1999. Retrieved 2008. ^ Meyers, Edward M. (1996). Public opinion and the political future of the Nation's Capital. Georgetown University Press. pp. 86-7. ISBN 978-0-87840-623-4. ^ "District of Columbia Retrocession Act". Retrieved 2009. ^ a b "District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2004 (108th Congress, H.R. 3709)". GovTrack. 2004. Retrieved 2008. ^ Rohrabacher, Dana (June 23, 2004). "Testimony before the Committee on Government Reform" (PDF). DC Vote. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008. ^ "Left with Few Rights: Unequal Democracy and the District of Columbia" (PDF). Retrieved 2016. ^ Giambrone, Andrew (April 25, 2016). "Poll: Marylanders Don't Want To Annex D.C." Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2016. ^ a b Davis, Aaron. "Congress takes up bill to make D.C. the 51st state". The Washington Post. ^ a b c McCartney, Robert. 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Federation of American Scientists Get Federation of American Scientists essential facts below. View Videos or join the Federation of American Scientists discussion. Add Federation of American Scientists to your PopFlock.com topic list for future reference or share this resource on social media. Federation of Atomic Scientists January 6, 1946; 74 years ago (1946-01-06)[1] 501(c)(3) organization[1] Tax ID no. 23-7185827[2] Ali Nouri[1] Gilman Louie[3] Rosina M. Bierbaum[3] Nishal Mohan[3] Jan Lodal[3] Catherine Lotrionte[3] Don Lebell[3] Daniel M. Gerstein[3] Robert M. Solow[3] - Ex Officio Frank N. von Hippel[3] - Ex Officio Revenue (2017) $1,486,251 USD[2] Expenses (2017) Endowment (2017) $629,988 USD[2] fas.org The Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a policy research and advocacy organization, seeks to promote national and global security by advancing solutions to important science and technology security problems.[2] The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is an American nonprofit global policy think tank with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. The Federation of American Scientists also aims to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons that are in use, and prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism. They hope to present high standards for nuclear energy's safety and security, illuminate government secrecy practices, as well as track and eliminate the global illicit trade of conventional, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.[4] With 100 sponsors, the Federation of American Scientists claims that it promotes a safer and more secure world by developing and advancing solutions to important science and technology security policy problems by educating the public and policy makers, and promoting transparency through research and analysis to maximize impact on policy. FAS projects are organized in three main programs: nuclear security, government secrecy, and biosecurity. FAS played a role in the control of atomic energy and weapons, as well as better international monitoring of atomic activities.[5] FAS was founded as the Federation of Atomic Scientists on November 30, 1945, by a group of scientists and engineers within the Associations of Manhattan Project scientists, Oak Ridge scientists, and Los Alamos scientists. Its early mission was to support the McMahon Act of 1946, educate the public, press, politicians, and policy-makers, and promote international transparency and nuclear disarmament. The group was frustrated with the control of the nation's nuclear arsenal and advocated for public control of the nuclear arsenal.[6] A group of the early members of the Federation of American Scientists went to Washington, D.C.. and set up there sending letters to representatives in the House of Representatives and in the Senate to request support for their original goal to not support the May-Johnson Bill.[6] The group of scientists were opposed to the fact that, under the proposed May-Johnson Bill, the United States military would have the majority of control over the development and control of atomic weapons.[7] Working with congressmen, they worked to create the bill that brought forth the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).[6] The Atomic Energy Commission oversaw the research into atomic energy and atomic weapons.[6] On January 6, 1946, FAS changed its name to the Federation of American Scientists, but its purpose remained the same--to agitate for the international control of atomic energy and its devotion to peaceful uses, public promotion of science and the freedom and integrity of scientists and scientific research. For this purpose, permanent headquarters were set up in Washington, D.C., and contacts were established with the several branches of government, the United Nations, professional and private organizations, and influential persons.[] The explosion of postwar political activism demonstrated by the group became known as the "scientists' movement" with the basis of being unhappy with the United States' monopoly on nuclear weapons. During this movement, the idea was also established that no defense against an atomic bomb was feasible in the near future. Using these two ideas, the FAS proposed the United States and other technologically advanced nations had to work in unison to create a solution that would not end in complete destruction.[8] In 1946, the FAS worked with the Ad Council to broadcast a list of facts regarding the state of the United Nations atomic energy negotiations as well as the American proposal for atomic development. In a rare example of an effort to simply give listeners facts with little to no political or personal bias, the scientists at FAS were able to broadcast this information to the public in hopes of informing the public to be "armed with the facts -- instead of swayed by emotions or prejudices." Throughout the course of trying to give the public information, the FAS attempted to coordinate with PR agencies to better connect with the audience. Most of these plans fell through as the agencies typically did not see eye-to-eye with members of the FAS. Scientists realized the importance of getting their point across, but conveying that to someone who had little to no background knowledge on the subject of atomic energy proved to be a challenge, a challenge that would stick with the FAS for many years. Many scientists from more localized organizations had comments like "We have failed. The people have not understood us or our foreign policy would have changed."[8] By 1948, the Federation had grown to twenty local associations, with 2,500 members, and had been instrumental in the passage of the McMahon Act and the National Science Foundation, and had influenced the American position in the United Nations with regard to international control of atomic energy and disarmament.[] In addition to influencing government policy, it undertook a program of public education on the nature and control of atomic energy through lectures, films, exhibits, and the distribution of literature, coordinating its own activities with that of member organizations through the issue of memorandum, policy statements, information sheets, and newsletters. Nearly ninety percent of Manhattan Project personnel were in approval of the FAS. With few comparing the group to a "scientists' lobby." [9] The mission of FAS is to promote a safer and more secure world by developing and advancing solutions to important science and technology security policy problems by educating the public and policy makers, and promoting transparency through research and analysis to maximize impact on policy. This mission was established early on and was deemed necessary for the federation, as decisions made by the United States during the conception of the FAS were critical in terms of shaping international relations.[10] The FAS wanted the public to become more critical and aware of the government, in order to monitor the decisions that were made to ensure that they matched what the public actually wanted. The FAS would act to inform the public about how destructive the improper use of atomic energy could be and emphasize the need to enforce international control of atomic weapons and energy.[8] In 1969 the FAS had a rough annual budget of $7,000 and relied on mostly volunteer staff. In 1970 Jeremy J. Stone was selected as president of the organization and was the only staff member for the next 5 years. Due to Stone being the president and only member of the organization he influenced the future and direction of the organization heavily. With an increased budget in the 1990s FAS was able to employ a staff of about a dozen people and expand membership of the organization.[9] In the mid 1980s the FAS began relying more heavily on professional staff and analysts, and journalists rather than famous scientists as it did previously in its history. The organization shifted toward public information and transparency in the government and away from secrecy in covert projects and finances. In 2000 Henry C. Kelly, a former senior scientist in the Office of Technology Assessment and science policy adviser in the Clinton administration, became the new president. He further pursued the goals of the program of bolstering science in policy and focusing on using that science to further benefit the public. During his eight-year tenure as president, FAS received significant funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, including a $2.5 million grant for Creative and Effective Institutions.[9] In a 2002 survey conducted within the FAS found that nearly thirty percent of members were physicists. While the next largest fields represented were medicine, biology, engineering, and chemistry. With the latter four fields making up another sixty one percent of the total member population. Members also received complementary copies of "Secrecy News," an electronic newsletter regarding government secrecy and intelligence.[9] Funding from the MacArthur Foundation Federation of American Scientists was awarded $10,586,000 between 1984 and 2017, including 25 grants in International Peace & Security, MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions, and Nuclear Challenges.[11] In 2004 the Federation of American Scientists received their largest grant from the MacArthur Foundation of $2,400,000 in support of everything that they do.[11] As of 14 April 2019,[update] FAS has received the following grants from the MacArthur Foundation. 2018 - Received a grant for $210,000 through the International Peace and Security program. The project title was, "For modifying liability structures and market incentives to give insurance and financial institutions leverage tools to enhance nuclear security." Through this project, the (FAS) will convene a small task force of experts from legal, nuclear, and financial domains to generate and review options for improving nuclear-security-related incentives that apply to insurance companies, banks, and corporations. The task force will seek areas where the law is unsettled or inadequately focused on security risks, and will identify and promote practical steps to address these gaps. This grant is still in use until June 2019.[12] 2017 - Received two grants, one for $1,870,000 and a second grant for $50,000 to continue their efforts to promote stability in the world. The MacArthur Foundation found that their work with Nuclear Arms and the Nuclear Information Project (see below), and their effort to help with the disposal of nuclear material after using it for nuclear energy was helping the stability and safety of the world.[11] 2015 - Received two grants, one for $684,000 and a second grant for $200,000. The MacArthur foundation awarded them these grants because of the Federation of American Scientist's work in regards to Naval use of nuclear energy, specifically in the nuclear reactors found on aircraft carriers and submarines. In addition to the naval nuclear energy, the MacArthur foundation awarded the second grant of $200,000 so that the Federation of American Scientists could independently verify information about the Iran Nuclear Deal.[11] 2014 - Received a $140,000 grant.[11] 2013 - Received a $145,000 grant for their work on the naval propulsion reactors that work with uranium.[11] 2012 - Received a grant for $50,000 through the International Peace and Security program. This grant was to help assist in strategic planning. It lasted for 12 months. [12] 2009 - Received a grant for $25,000.[11] 2009 - Received a grant for $250,000 through the International Peace and Security program. This grant was in use for 33 months and was used to assist in finding new approaches to nuclear transparency.[12] 2008 - Received a grant for $300,000 to make information about nuclear weapons available to the public.[11] 2007 - Received a grant for $612,318 through the International Peace and Security program. This grant was in use for 48 months, or four years, and was a final grant used toward a project to strengthen the link between the biological research and security policy communities.[12] 2006 - Received a grant for $590,000 by the Peace and Security Program.[11] 2006 - Received a grant for $500,000 through the International Peace and Security program. This grant was in use for 24 months, and was used toward a project to strengthen the link between the biological research and security policy communities.[12] 2004 - Received grant for $2,500,000 for Creative and Effective Institutions.[11] Nuclear Information Project The Nuclear Information Project is run by Hans M. Kristensen.[13] The Government Secrecy Project works to promote public access to government information and to illuminate the apparatus of government secrecy, including national security classification and declassification policies. The project also publishes previously undisclosed or hard-to-find government documents of public policy interest, as well as resources on intelligence policy. Legacy programs and projects Biosecurity Program The Biosecurity Program concentrates on researching and advocating policies that balance science and security without compromising national security or scientific progress. This includes preventing the misuse of research and promoting the public understanding of the real threats from biological and chemical weapons. The Federation of American Scientists also concentrates on researching and keeping the public informed on genetic engineering and genetic modification as a subset of their biosecurity program.[14] One of their major concerns is resistance that species can develop to certain modifications from genetic resistance or from the use of antibiotics.[14] The big concerns with biosecurity are accidental biological threats, intentional malicious biological threats, and natural biological threat occurrences.[15] Because of these threats the Virtual Biosecurity Center (VBC) was set up. The Virtual Biosecurity Center provides and promotes biosecurity information, education, best practices and collaboration. Additionally, VBC offers significant news and events regarding biosecurity, a regularly updated education center and library, a global forum on Bio risks, an online informative policy tool, empowering partnerships among other professional biosecurity communities around the world, scheduled global conferences to raise awareness and develop plans for current and future biosecurity issues, as well as partnerships to tighten the gap between the scientific, public health, intelligence and law enforcement communities.[16] Learning Technologies Program The Learning Technologies Program (LTP) focused on ways to use innovative technologies to improve how people teach and learn. The LTP created prototype games and learning tools and assembled collaborative projects consisting of non-governmental organization, design professionals, and community leaders to undertake innovative education initiatives at both the national and local level. The Project worked to help create learning tools to bring about major gains in learning and training. The major project of the Program is Immune Attack, a fully 3-D game in which high school students discover the inner workings of the body's circulatory and immune systems, as they pilot a tiny drone through the bloodstream to fight microscopic invaders. British American Security Information Council ^ a b c d "Federation of American Scientists - About FAS". fas.org. Federation of American Scientists. 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ a b c d e "FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS - Form 990 for period ending June 2017" (PDF). propublica.org. ProPublica. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Federation of American Scientists - Board of Trustees". fas.org. Federation of American Scientists. 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ "LinkedIn: Federation of American Scientists". linkedin.com. LinkedIn. Retrieved 2019. ^ Hewlett, Richard G.; Anderson, Oscar E. (18 December 1990) [1962]. The New World 1939/1946. Volume I of a History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission VOLUME I. California Studies in the History of Science (Reissue of 1962 book ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520071865. OCLC 499168319. OL 7709531M. ^ a b c d "Narrative - 6. Federation of American Scientists". oregonstate.edu. Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2019 – via Oregon State University. ^ "Narrative - 5. May-Johnson". oregonstate.edu. Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2019 – via Oregon State University. While the bill, introduced to Congress under the names of its sponsors as the May-Johnson Bill, seemed reasonable enough, the atomic scientist's discussion groups quickly became convinced that it would make it easy for the military to effectively control the outcome of the panel's deliberations, putting the A-Bomb under de facto military control. The discussion groups began to communicate with each other, sharing information, and mobilizing in favor of civilian control and in opposition to May-Johnson. ^ a b c Sethi, Megan Barnhart (1 February 2012). "Information, Education, and Indoctrination: The Federation of American Scientists and Public Communication Strategies in the Atomic Age". Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. University of California Press. 42 (1): 1-29. doi:10.1525/hsns.2012.42.1.1. eISSN 1939-182X. ISSN 1939-1811. OCLC 1026973738. PMID 27652414. ^ a b c d "Federation of American Scientists". Encyclopedia.com. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Gale. 4 November 2019. OCLC 405663034. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ Smith, Alice Kimball (15 February 1971) [1965]. A Peril and a Hope : The Scientists' Movement in America, 1945-47 (Revised ed.). The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262690263. LCCN 71130277. OCLC 800640842. OL 5757517M. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Federation of American Scientists - MacArthur Foundation". macfound.org. MacArthur Foundation. 2017. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ a b c d e "Federation of American Scientists : Grants Database | Carnegie Corporation of New York". carnegie.org. Carnegie Corporation of New York. 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ Kristensen, Hans (7 May 2019). "Hans Kristensen, Contributor". Aerospace & Defense. Forbes. Forbes. ISSN 0015-6914. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ a b Michael, Stebbins (28 February 2008). FAS Biosecurity Project (PDF). NSABB Meeting. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 2019 – via National Institutes of Health. ^ "Virtual Biosecurity Center". dni.gov. Director of National Intelligence. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2019. ^ "About Us | Virtual Biosecurity Center". virtualbiosecuritycenter.org. Federation of American Scientists. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 2019. FAS's channel on YouTube Nuclear Power Threats: Trump Has Scientists Scratching Their Head North Korea To Celebrate Turning 70 Germany Considers Nuclear Pentagon Has Been Using Spy Drones In U.S. Googles Latest Street View Project Uses Ziplines to Showcase Brazilian Rainforests Attack of Mars U.S. warns Syria not to use chemical weapons Trump Should Be Kept As Far Away From Nuclear Weapons As Possible India Joins 'Super-Exclusive Club' By Test-Firing Nuclear-Capable ICBM Nbbd_hi Nuclear arsenals are useless now Which Countries Have The Most Nuclear Weapons? Fear Over US Nuclear Stockpile In Turkey After Coup Attempt Gazans angered by US plan to send smart bombs to Israel The World This Week - 04/12/2015 a2ga_web Does The Magic Bullet Prove A JFK Conspiracy? Federation_of_American_Scientists

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IFLA World Library and Information Congress is coming to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020! It was announced in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, that LIANZA and Te Rōpū Whakahau have won the bid to host the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Auckland July 28 - August 5, 2020. The world knows New Zealand as home to the All Blacks, The Lord of the Rings, and Lorde – now our global colleagues have the chance to experience our open, trusted and united library communities. Our bicultural partnership approach and commitment to indigenous knowledge will take centre-stage as we showcase Aotearoa’s innovative services and best practice to the international library and information community. The IFLA World Library and Information Congress has the potential to bring thousands of library and information sector managers and professionals from over 100 countries to our very door-step. It will be the first time the flagship annual congress of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) will be held in the Pacific region in nearly 40 years. The congress will offer an extraordinary opportunity for professional development in every sector and field of library work, and the chance to network with library and information professionals from all over the world. “I was so excited to hear we were making the bid and to hear that we have been successful is just fantastic … I know that IFLA is driving towards the Sustainable Development Goals in the same way that we as a country are. Libraries, access to information, to education, to creative spaces for adults and children is at the core of who we see ourselves as a country.” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Winning the chance to host the conference in Auckland is a significant achievement for LIANZA and Te Rōpū Whakahau, and we acknowledge the support of the Tourism New Zealand Conference Assistance Programme (CAP), Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Conference Innovators and National Library Te Puna Foundation in securing the congress for 2020. See Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's video message to the IFLA Conference happening in Kuala Lumpur. Erana James Miranda Harcourt Latest News Margaret Mahy New Zealand Film Stuart McKenzie The Changeover

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CrowdFundBuzz.Com Tier3 Media Starts Indiegogo Campaign for the Making of My Miracle, an Amazing Story of Beating the Odds Based on a true story, My Miracle will be a film about an amazing recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Tier3 Media is looking to raise $300,000 via Indiegogo to successfully complete this project. Old Bridge, NJ -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/15/2015 --The story of My Miracle is about the life and struggle of Rodney Barnes. At the age of twenty-one, Rodney suffered a head injury that appeared to be innocuous at the initial stages. However, very shortly, this apparently harmless injury resulted in Rodney falling into a coma for over two weeks. After returning from the coma, Rodney had to learn everything all over again, from talking to walking, eating to reading. In 2009, Rodney wrote a book documenting his return to life after coma. Now, Tier3 Media wants to bring this inspirational life-changing book to the big screen. Though My Miracle will be their first feature, the team is confident about bringing this story to life and accurately showcasing the real dangers of TBI's (Traumatic Brain Injury). Talking about the importance of this film, Fred Lescano from Tier3 Media said, "Rodney has lived a rough life even after the accident, and this film means the world to him and his daughter Lakoda. We hope to provide an accurate account of his life and let the world know that with hard work, the right attitude, faith, and hope, you can recover from any situation as Rodney recovered from this life-changing injury." Tier3 Media will need $300,000 USD to tell Rodney's story in the best possible way through their film My Miracle. These funds will cover all probable expenses for on-location shoots in Florida & Montana consisting of travel, lodging, equipment, personnel, acting talent, licenses, permits, and lunch for the cast and crew. An Indiegogo campaign has been launched to raise this amount. To make a contribution to this project, please visit http://bit.ly/1MJkrs3 The official website of My Miracle The Movie is http://www.mymiraclethemovie.com About My Miracle The story of My Miracle is about the life and struggle of Rodney Barnes. At the age of twenty-one, Rodney suffered a head injury that appeared to be innocuous at the initial stages. However, very shortly, this apparently harmless injury resulted in Rodney falling into a coma for over two weeks. My Miracle will be a film about Rodney's return to life after spending over two weeks in a coma Follow CrowdFundBuzz.Com CrowdFundBuzz.Com - Logo Source: CrowdFundBuzz.Com Posted Monday, June 15, 2015 at 9:45 AM CDT - Permalink

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Home » History Richard H. Collins is a Dallas native and sixth generation member of the Collins family, renowned for its many contributions to the state’s economic, political and civic growth throughout the decades. Richard H. Collins is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Istation, Chairman of the Today Foundation, and President of The Calvert K. Collins Family Foundation View Bio > His grandfather, Carr Pritchett Collins, organized the Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company in 1927 and served as its chairman of the board and president. A leader in the insurance industry and winner of the Horatio Alger Award, Carr P. Collins was a highly successful investor. In 1925, he bought the burned out Crazy Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas and rebuilt it. As the great depression began and hotel vacancies soared Carr P. Collins purchased time for a Texas radio show in February of 1930 to preach about the benefits of Crazy Water Crystals, a dehydrated mineral from area waters with medicinal benefits. With hillbilly music and his brother and partner Hal preaching more than selling, sales took off and Collins made his fortune during the economic collapse. Carr P. Collins was one of the founders of the Baptist Foundation of Texas and a long-time trustee of Baylor University. He was a generous supporter of Baptist universities and charities. In addition, Carr P. Collins created the Carr P. Collins Award, given each year by the Texas Institute of Letters for the best book written by a Texas author. In 1962 he founded the Carr P. Collins Foundation which is now the Calvert K. Collins Foundation. His father, Carr P. Collins, Jr., graduated from Southern Methodist University and attended the Harvard School of Business. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater as a Major and executive officer of an air rescue squadron. He was a vice president of Fidelity Union Life and served as president of the Southwest Bank and Trust Company, Investment Trust Company, and Brinson-Collins Oil Company. His uncle, James Mitchell Collins, graduated from SMU and received MBAs from both Harvard and Northwestern University. He served as president of Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company from 1947 until 1961. A successful entrepreneur in electronics and real estate, Jim was a member of U.S. Congress from 1968 to 1983. His mother, Calvert Keoun Collins, was the first woman elected to the Dallas City Council in 1957. She has always participated in the activities of her children, serving as president of the PTA, and a life member of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers. She was also a director of the Dallas Legal Aid Society and the Junior League of Dallas. An avid investor, she managed her own financial affairs and served as trustee for several family trusts. Her investments through the years have spanned the areas of stocks and bonds, real estate, farming and ranching. Calvert K. Collins was a director of Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company and Union Bank and Trust, both of Dallas. Richard H. Collins has two daughters, Calvert S. Collins and Genevieve D. Collins. Calvert is a Manager of Public Affairs of the Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas. Calvert was a graduate of the University of Missouri and has been nominated for several Emmy Awards and won a George Foster Peabody Award. Genevieve is SVP of National Sales Co-manager for Istation in Dallas. She led her Tennessee boat to a 5th place finish in the NCAA Rowing Championships in 2008. From 1981-89, Richard H. Collins was a member of the Texas Historical Commission. From 1990-91, he was a member of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, the entity which oversees the prison and parole systems in Texas. He serves on the board of numerous charitable organizations. A Methodist, Richard H. Collins lives in Dallas, Texas.

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With a stroke of red pen, Myanmar's Rohingya fear losing right to return Rohingya refugee women walk at Kutupalang unregistered Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 2, 2017. Picture taken March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Claudia Jardim By Simon Lewis and Wa Lone SITTWE, MYANMAR -- Since security forces swept into their villages in northwestern Myanmar late last year, around 75,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled across the nearby border to Bangladesh. Many now fear that the authorities in Myanmar could make their displacement permanent. At least once a year, local administrators go house-to-house in the Rohingya villages of northern Rakhine State, lining up families to check their names against official lists. The names of those Muslims found missing are crossed through with a red pen, residents say. The government says it is not using the household count to try to force the Rohingya out of the country and is holding off from finalising the latest list. But officials confirmed that people eventually struck from the list face legal action under immigration laws if they try to return. Muhammad Ismail, 30, escaped the recent violence and is now living in a makeshift settlement in Bangladesh. His father told him by phone that officials had visited his home village of Dar Gyi Zarin January, checking who was still there. "I'm scared that if I go back, I'll be jailed," he told Reuters. "This is the law. This is how we understand the rules." The household survey, which is not conducted elsewhere in Myanmar, is one of a series of measures that rights activists say amount to a system of apartheid against the 1.1 million Rohingya living in northern Rakhine. "We have to stand for a group photo as a family," said a Rohingya community leader, who did not want to be named. "They ask us if all the family is there and if anyone is missing." The authorities have also surveyed and marked for demolition allegedly unauthorised buildings in Muslim villages, residents and officials say. And Rohingyas say their movements are being restricted if they do not accept new temporary identity cards. The democratically elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi says the identity card scheme will give the stateless Muslim minority more rights, but many Rohingya say they fear it is a ruse to deny them citizenship. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been criticised abroad for failing to confront her country's persecution of the Rohingya, who many in the Buddhist majority view as unwanted illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. A RED LINE Myanmar's armed forces launched a crackdown in northern Rakhine after Rohingya insurgents attacked border guard posts on Oct. 9. Tens of thousands of people fled across the border during the subsequent violence, amid multiple allegations of mass killings and gang rapes by troops. Accounts gathered by Reuters from 10 residents and refugees, and confirmed by two Myanmar government officials, show an administrative push to record those who had left began soon after the military campaign started. The household survey is usually carried out in January and February. A senior immigration official in northern Rakhine, who declined to be identified, said the count was complete this year aside from those villages worst hit by the conflict. But he said officials had only marked those missing in pencil - not the feared red pen - and were awaiting orders to finalise the survey. "This year, because it might create conflict, we've delayed the list," said Kyaw Swar Tun, General Administration Department (GAD) director based in the state capital, Sittwe. "We're waiting for them to come back." The GAD oversees Myanmar's sprawling local bureaucracy and is controlled by the military. He declined to show the list to Reuters, citing confidentiality for official documents, or to say when it would be finalised. But, he added, "Once they're on the list, they can't come back." On Monday the United Nation's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, warned pressing ahead with the exercise while so many people were displaced could be seen as an attempt to depopulate Rohingya districts. "Conducting a household survey - where those absent may be struck off the list that could be the only legal proof of their status in Myanmar - indicates the government may be trying to expel the Rohingya population from the country altogether," she told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. "I sincerely hope that that is not the case." Police Major Kyaw Mya Win at Maungdaw police station, in northern Rakhine, said authorities in the area have in the past filed charges against those who had been marked off the list. "People who fled to Bangladesh have been charged with illegal immigration acts when they returned to the country," he said, declining to outline the specific charges. "WE ARE NOT FOREIGNERS" Administration along Myanmar's rugged frontier with Bangladesh is largely in the hands of the paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP). Residents say that, soon after the conflict erupted, the BGP also began identifying structures in Rohingya villages that had been built without formal permits - including homes, mosques and Arabic schools. The GAD's Kyaw Swar Tun said more than 3,300 buildings had been listed for demolition, but said none had so far been pulled down. Min Aung, a minister and spokesman for the Rakhine state government, said officials had ordered a halt to the checks, recognising that they could cause tensions. However, since the buildings were illegal they would have to be demolished eventually, said Min Aung, a member of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, insisting that the same action would be taken anywhere in the country. "The government just removed illegal buildings like stores, houses, religious building, but they are merely huts, not really big buildings," he said. Although many Rohingya trace their roots in Myanmar back generations, years of discriminatory policies have left most without valid identification. Temporary cards issued in the 1990s, which gave them voting rights, were invalidated in 2015. Muslims in northern Rakhine say they are under pressure to accept a National Verification Card (NVC). "If we don't take it we can't travel from place to place," said the community leader. Suu Kyi's civilian government - which is not in charge of security and does not oversee the BGP, but has been pushing the ID card scheme - says that holders will be able to apply for citizenship. But Kyaw Hla Aung, a Rohingya lawyer in Sittwe, said the scheme fell short of the group's demand to officially identify themselves as Rohingya - a term Myanmar does not recognise. "NVC is not related to us - it's for foreigners," he said. Officials denied the government was coercing people to accept the document. "The roadblocks are not stopping people from moving – but they are checking NVCs," said state minister Min Aung. "We can't allow people to travel without documents." (Additional reporting by Antoni Slodkowski and Krishna N. Das in LEDA, BANGLADESH.; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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The Intercept: Donald Trump Murdered Qassim Suleimani Thread: The Intercept: Donald Trump Murdered Qassim Suleimani https://theintercept.com/2020/01/09/...eimani-murder/ DONALD TRUMP HAS DRAGGED America into a moral abyss. And yet Congress, the press, and the public are unwilling to admit that we are now standing in blood. The nation is enabling a murderous demagogue, and we are all complicit. The president of the United States has murdered a high-ranking official of a foreign government. The assassination last week of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a state-sponsored murder. But no one in the Washington establishment seems prepared to come out and say the hard truth: Donald Trump is a murderer. This criminal moment has been a long time coming. The United States has an assassination ban. The ban was put in place following disclosures by the Church Committee in the 1970s, which revealed that the CIA had secretly attempted to kill a series of foreign leaders, most notably Cuba’s Fidel Castro. At the time of the Senate committee’s investigation, no one in the American government or media publicly defended assassination as a tool of a modern nation-state. It was simply not the accepted practice of a democracy that wanted to serve as a role model for the world. But the reform-minded 1970s now seem quaint in a nation whose greatest military innovation in the 21st century has been the targeted killing of individuals by remote control. US President Donald Trump leaves after making a statement on Iran at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Florida, on January 3, 2020. - President Donald Trump said on January 3, 2020 that America does not seek war or regime change with Iran, less than a day after the US launched an airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran's top general, Qasem Soleimani. For the last two decades, both Republican and Democratic presidents have worked quietly to skirt the assassination ban in order to take advantage of new aviation, missile guidance, and surveillance technologies to find and kill individuals all over the world. To launch targeted killings without violating the assassination ban, presidents have counted on compliant government lawyers to issue secret legal opinions that rubber-stamped their actions. The Clinton administration started this process in 1998, in the wake of the bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa by Al Qaeda. In response, the White House decided to launch cruise missile strikes against what they claimed were terrorist training camps near Khost, Afghanistan. The primary target was Osama bin Laden. At the time, I was covering national security and intelligence for the New York Times. I asked White House officials whether the action had violated the assassination ban. They responded that it had not because the target was the “command and control infrastructure” of Al Qaeda. When I asked them what they meant by “command and control infrastructure,” they reluctantly admitted that the “command and control infrastructure” of Al Qaeda was its leadership, meaning bin Laden. I realized that the Clinton administration’s lawyers had prepared a euphemism-laden opinion to provide legal cover for Bill Clinton and his advisers. That was the beginning of what has become a very long pattern. After 9/11, political concerns about the assassination ban went by the boards because there was such overwhelming public support for the new, so-called global war on terror. But the government’s lawyers still worried about the assassination ban and other rules and regulations governing the use of state-sponsored violence. That’s why the congressional legislation known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force has been so important to government lawyers. The AUMF, passed by Congress just days after 9/11, has provided the basic legal authorization for counterterrorism strikes ever since. Armed with the AUMF and other legal backstops, the Bush and Obama administrations began to kill at will. The killing has never stopped. It has been a vicious campaign that has claimed countless innocent lives, destabilized nations, and been almost entirely counterproductive. It has made Americans numb to endless war. But the United States gained public and legal support for targeted killings only for what it described as the asymmetric fight against terrorism. It targeted suspected terrorists: “non-state actors.” That is where Trump has now crossed a clear line. He conducted a drone strike to murder the official who served as Iran’s viceroy in Iraq. Qassim Suleimani was most definitely not a “non-state actor.” Suleimani was the head of the Quds Force, the elite external operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which operated with impunity throughout Iraq under his leadership. He ran Iran’s ground campaign against ISIS in Iraq, in parallel to the American air campaign, and employed Shia militias and their ruthless tactics to defeat the cult-like group. The United States has been happy to take credit for the victory over ISIS in Iraq, without admitting that it relied heavily upon Suleimani’s horrific paramilitary actions and his strategic acumen. But he was much more than a special forces commander or spymaster; he was Iran’s most important envoy, and he served as Tehran’s intimidating political fixer throughout the Middle East. He dominated the political landscape in Baghdad. In November, The Intercept and the New York Times reported on leaked Iranian intelligence cables that publicly documented Iran’s deep influence in Iraq from Iran’s perspective for the first time. What jumped off the pages in the leaked cables was Suleimani’s personal political power in Iraq and his hold on many of Iraq’s top political, military, and security officials. Last October, Suleimani intervened at the highest levels of Iraqi politics to keep Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in office amid massive protests and calls for his resignation. American officials serving in Iraq always thought they heard Suleimani’s footsteps. In April 2019, the Trump administration designated the Revolutionary Guards, and Suleimani’s Quds Force, terrorist organizations. It was the first time the United States had ever designated a unit of another government a terrorist group. At the time, the long-debated action was broadly portrayed as just another step in Trump’s reckless campaign to ratchet up economic sanctions on Iran and Iranian leaders. But I believe that the terrorist designation was Suleimani’s death warrant. I would not be surprised if the drone strike against Suleimani was supported by a secret legal opinion claiming that since he was the leader of a designated terrorist organization, he was a legitimate target in the war on terror under the AUMF and other counterterrorism legal guidelines. I’m sure that the lawyers at the National Security Council, the White House, and the Justice Department are sleeping well, knowing that they found a quick legal fix to allow Donald Trump to murder a foreign government official. If we had a real Congress, there would be a congressional investigation into whatever lame, paper-thin legal rationalizations have been written by government lawyers to back up this murder. Instead, we are left with the nagging realization that Trump has just found a new loophole to circumvent the assassination ban. But such actions prompt responses. Iran’s parliament has passed a bill designating all U.S. military forces terrorists. The threat of retaliation has always been one of the most potent arguments against the use of assassination as a national security tool: It can prompt other countries to target Americans for assassination. And if international strictures against assassination are eliminated, we will be one step closer to the abandonment of the laws of war. Operation Vengeance was the American military operation to kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy on April 18, 1943, during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was killed on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft operating from Kukum Field on Guadalcanal. The mission of the U.S. aircraft was specifically to kill Yamamoto and was based on United States Navy intelligence on Yamamoto's itinerary in the Solomon Islands area. The death of Yamamoto reportedly damaged the morale of Japanese naval personnel, raised the morale of the Allied forces, and was intended as revenge by U.S. leaders who blamed Yamamoto for the attack on Pearl Harbor that initiated the formal state of war between Imperial Japan and the United States. The U.S. pilots claimed to have shot down three twin-engined bombers and two fighters during the mission, but Japanese sources show only two bombers were shot down. There is a controversy over which pilot shot down Yamamoto's plane, but most modern historians credit Lieutenant Rex T. Barber. Openly Straight Man, Danke, Awarded Top Rated Influencer Ⅎ˥ƎSWIH ˥˥I⋊ ⊥,NᗡIᗡ NƎI⊥SԀƎ Quiz: Test Your "Income" Tax IQ! Short Income Tax Video The Income Tax Is An Excise, And Excise Taxes Are Privilege Taxes The Federalist Papers, No. 15: Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America. Originally Posted by Danke It seems that Jefferson "murdered" the Barbary Pirates and that the US Navy "murdered" the operators of the Japanese minisub that tried to enter Pearl Harbor hours before the attack. The United States has been happy to take credit for the victory over ISIS in Iraq, without admitting that it relied heavily upon Suleimani’s horrific paramilitary actions and his strategic acumen. Trump and this joke of NeoCon admin is taking credit for the deafet of ISIS in Syria as well while they didnt do anything those that stopped ISIS was Syria's allies. Not the Kurds. Given the chance i would glady side over with Turkey when it comes to the issues that Turkey has with Kurds. I am not sympathetic to not putting military generals or politicians on alert that there is consequences for their actions. Hell, I'd target bankers too. Those are artificial boundaries drawn up be the British. Why do you want to limit Kurds from a sovereign Kudistan? In history books there was no chance thing as a Kudistan of course the Saudis would love it for it to happen though. It helps fuel their agenda, but knowing my knowledge America wouldn't sell out Turkey in fears that Turkey might punish Europe more knowing they have more migrants waiting to be send then Libya currently. As for claiming that those are artificial boundaries drawn up be the British well i could say the same thing about Kuwait and maybe that's why Americans and British are using their own puppet gov there so they can always justify to use Kuwait as a launching pad to attack either Iran or Iraq. Kuwait used to be part of the Basra Province till the fall of the Ottoman empire, i guess they dont teach you this kind of stuff in schools eh? Last edited by AngryCanadian; 01-10-2020 at 03:53 PM. Having just murdered someone, it would seem that the ordinary person would have a fit of conscience. Nope, not the war criminal in chief, he just calmly went down to dinner after the assassination. True indications of a psychopath. Neocons on the march. ClydeCoulter on the Liberty Movement: Yeah, they'll argue over roads and religion, but there are certain themes that bind, among those are freedom and the search for truth and justice. Loyalists gonna loyal. Originally Posted by Cap Neocons are on the march and their brainless followers follow them like a sheep to the meat grinder. Why are we getting all these comparisons to the Japanese on this? First SS with the mini-sub and now this with Yamamoto. Are we officially at war with Iran? FFS, did they attack one of our naval bases and I missed it? The leap from one to the other is ridiculous. It is the US who is threatening Iran on it's home turf not the other way around. Originally Posted by Origanalist We were not yet at war with Japan when the minisub tried to enter Pearl Harbor and Iran has been killing Americans for years and bragging about being at war with us which is more than Japan had done. The propaganda-ists are chanting, 'but he killed 'Mercuns!!!" even though the sources the true anti-war people here trust say that's just a lie. And we have been killing them for years, not to mention interfering in a huge and malevolent manner in their politics. But Suleimani wasn't piloting a mini-sub and we aren't at war with Iran, yet. In fact, I would wager that if we quit trying to militarily control the region and stuck with engaging in commerce instead the Iranians would have zero problems with us. Remind me again why we had a base in the Asia Pacific? Well, it surely couldn't have been because we were planning, indeed provoking conflict there. I want us to leave too, but until we do we must protect our people. That's close enough to being in a minisub trying to enter the harbor. Blarg, blarg, blarg. The fact is we created the situation. If we weren't there creating conflict there wouldn't be any, that is the bottom line, period. I never disagreed. But that's not a reason to not protect our people until we can leave. I understand "our people" aren't the ones making the decisions. But what would your reaction be if Iran assassinated our top General there? Top U.S. General: It’s ‘Very Possible’ Iran Will Attack Again ANAMA, Bahrain—Since May, the Pentagon has dispatched 14,000 additional U.S. troops, an aircraft carrier, and tens of thousands of pounds of military equipment to the Middle East to respond to what it says are alarming new threats from Iran. But despite the stepped-up U.S. military posture, the top U.S. general in the region believes the Iranian threat continues to rise—and Tehran is likely to continue lashing out. “I think the strike on Saudi Aramco in September is pretty indicative of a nation that is behaving irresponsibly,” said Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, in a Friday interview, referring to the Sept. 14 Iran-sponsored attack on Saudi facilities that took half of Riyadh’s oil production offline. “My judgment is that it is very possible they will attack again.” McKenzie, who stepped into his new job in March, assumed command of the world’s most volatile theater at a particularly turbulent time. Over the past eight months, the Taliban has intensified attacks in Afghanistan, Turkey invaded northeast Syria, the Islamic State has threatened to resurge, and Yemen continues to be the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. But Iran is the one common thread undermining regional stability through direct attacks on its neighbors, supporting disruptive proxies such as the Taliban in Afghanistan and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and increasingly penetrating Iraq and Syria. While Iran’s primary goal is to preserve its clerical regime, Tehran has long had hegemonic ambitions, McKenzie said. Over the last 10 years, Iran has invested heavily in ballistic missiles and other capabilities in order to threaten its neighbors. Indeed, according to a new report on Iran’s military power from the Defense Intelligence Agency—the first of its kind—Tehran significantly increased its defense spending from its recent low in 2014 to $27.3 billion, or 6 percent of GDP, in 2018. In recent months, the regime has lashed out against a new threat: a U.S. maximum pressure campaign that has imposed heavy economic costs, including forcing Iran to slash its defense budget to $20.7 billion, or 3.8 percent of GDP, in 2019. In addition to Iran’s alleged attacks on commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf and the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi oil, U.S. defense officials have been warning for months about “credible” threats to U.S. forces, but they have declined to say what exactly that threat looks like. McKenzie shed new light on the threat, saying he is particularly concerned about the possibility of a strike involving large numbers of drones and missiles—much like the Aramco attack, which used dozens of Iran-manufactured cruise missiles and drones to devastate Saudi oil infrastructure. U.S. officials are particularly concerned about the threat to critical desalination plants in the Gulf, said a senior U.S. military official in the region. An attack on these facilities, which could threaten the region’s primary source of drinking water and potentially cause a humanitarian crisis, would be a “gamechanger,” the official said. McKenzie cautioned that Tehran’s actions are unpredictable. “I wouldn’t discount anything from Iran,” McKenzie said. “When a nation behaves that irresponsibly, you have to be very cautious when you evaluate what they might do in the future.” https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/23...-general-says/ Meanwhile, we're totes besties with Saudi Arabia! That we should come home. And that we should have protected him. It's all good, the Saudis are into freedom and $#@!. Since Sword is always posting stats about how many crimes Mexican illlegals commit here, how long before we shoot a Mexican general in the face I wonder? Not in person, of course. That would be manly. If the Mexican army starts killing our people then we should kill any of them that try and declare war on Mexico. Then we can take about 100 yards of Mexican territory and create a kill zone to keep all the invaders out. Let's not forget that Gina Haskell, the head of the CIA and the alleged source of the "intelligence" is a neocon's neocon. Personally oversaw the torture program in Iraq, personally destroyed video records of that program, and should never have been allowed to work in government ever again. I am far more frightened of this bitch than any Iranian anywhere on the planet Yet I am not allowed to shoot her in the face? So because we didn't do either it's pretty much our fault he was killed? Let's not forget that Gina Haskell, the head of the CIA and the alleged source of the "intelligence" is a neocon's neocon. Personally oversaw the torture program in Iraq, and should never have been allowed to work in government ever again. What, are you on the side of the terrorists now? So far Sword's accused me of siding with terrorists, Russians, and the Chinese, so it's only a matter of time that he'll get around to angrily spitting something about Iran in my general direction I guess I feel an attack is imminent. It would also be the fault of whoever killed him. Whether they were justified would be a different question, but it would also be an irrelevant question to us, we have a duty to protect our people whether we should be in Iraq or not. Slave Mentality Sign the $#@! up, or shut the $#@! up tough guy. Really. Think about it the next time “we try and declare war on______” wants to come out of you. Human beings die in wars and it isn’t your imaginary monsters getting killed. Pentagon Chief Kept Tight Circle on Suleimani Strike By AngryCanadian in forum U.S. Political News U.S. Will Come To Regret Its Assassination of Qassim Soleimani By Warlord in forum U.S. Political News Ivanka Trump is reportedly pushing Trump toward gun control. 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Valley of the Spirits: A Journey Into the Lost Realm of the... Ancient Tiwanaku Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca Tiwanaku: Papers from the 2005 Mayer Center Symposium at the... Tiwanaku: Portrait of an Andean Civilization Tiwanaku, Bolivia Located near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the city of Tiwanaku (also spelled Tiahuanaco) was the capital of a powerful pre-Inca civilization that dominated the Andean region between 500 and 900 AD. The monumental remains of this great culture include several temples, a pyramid, symbolic gates, monoliths and mysterious carvings of alien-like faces. Arriving later, the Incas regarded Tiahuanaco as the site of creation by their god Viracoca, who rose from the depths of Lake Titicaca. History of Tiwanaku The civilization that eventually became the Tiahuanaco people is believed to have dawned around 600 BC. Construction on their great city and ceremonial site began around 700 AD and flourished for several centuries. At its height, the city was home to 20,000 inhabitants and covered 2.6 sq km of land. By 1200 AD, the Tiwanaku people had faded into obscurity, but the culture lived on through its strong religious influence on the Incas. Archaeologists have divided the history of Tiwanaku into five periods, as follows: The Incas, who later moved to the region, believed the city was built not by an earlier civilization, but by the god Viracocha himself. For the Incas, Tiahuanaco was the place where the first humans were created and the capital from which Viracocha reigned over the civilization. Since the arrival of the Spanish, the treasures of Tiahuanaco have been scattered all over the world. Its gold was looted by the Spanish, of course, and some artifacts were destroyed by Catholic zealots who considered them pagan idols. Other statues were kept by the church or sold by the church as curiosities. Larger stones were used for Spanish colonial construction projects, including the bed of the railway that passes near the site. Fortunately, some of the artwork made its way to museums and a portion still remains in Bolivia. The largest stone statues have been left on site, while other artifacts can be seen at the on-site Museo Litico Monumental and the Museo National de Arqueologia in La Paz. What to See at Tiwanaku As with many ancient megalithic sites around the world, the builders of Tiwanaku went to great lengths to construct their monumental temples. The basalt and sandstone slabs that lay around the site weigh as much as 25 tons each. And the nearest quarries that could have produced the basalt stones are on the Copacabana peninsula, 40km away. The sandstone blocks came from more than 5km away. Perhaps the most outstanding structure at Tiwanaku is the Akapana pyramid, built over an existing geological formation. Roughly square in shape, it covers 16 sq m at its base. In the center of the flat summit is a sunken oval area, generally attributed to the digging of early Spanish looters. Some archaeologists believe instead that it was used for water storage. A great deal of the pyramid's stones were looted for use in local homes and churches, so overall the pyramid is no longer very impressive. North of the pyramid the Kalasasaya Temple, a ritual platform 130m by 120m in size. The walls are made of huge blocks of red sandstone and andesite. The blocks are precisely fitted to form a platform base 3m high. The massive entrance steps are flanked by two monolithic uprights. The restored portico leads to an interior courtyard and the ruins of priests' quarters. Secondary platforms within Kalasasaya contain other monoliths, including El Fraile (the Priest). At the far northwest corner of the temple is the Puerta del Sol (Gateway of the Sun). Constructed of a single block of andesite, it is estimated to weight at least 44 tons. Archaeologists believe it was associated in some way with the sun god, and was perhaps used as a calendar. The surface is decorated with bas-relief designs and a sculpture of a deity on one side and a row of four deep niches, perhaps to hold offerings, on the other. Near the western end of Kalasasaya is a similar but smaller gateway carved with animal designs, which has been dubbed the Puerta de la Luna (Gateway of the Moon). East of the main entrance to Kalasasaya is the Templete Semisubterraneo, or the Semi-subterranean Temple. Some think this temple represents the Underworld, while Kalasasaya symbolizes the Earth. Made of red sandstone, the Subterranean Temple measures 26m by 28m in area and includes a rectangular sunken courtyard. Its walls are decorated with 175 intriguing sculptures of human faces. Some of the faces strongly resemble modern depictions of aliens, which naturally has led to some interesting speculations. West of Kalasasaya Temple is a large rectangular area known as Putuni or Palacio de los Sarcofagos, which is still being excavated. At the eastern end of the site is a heap of rubble known as Kantatayita. Archaeologists have not yet been able to piece together what sort of structure was made from the pieces, but they are intriguingly carved with geometrical designs. Across the railroad tracks south of the main site is the archaeological site of Puma Punku (Gateway of the Puma). This temple complex contains megaliths weighing more than 440 tons. On June 21, the winter soltice for the southern hemisphere, the great festival of Aymara New Year (Machaj Mara) is celebrated at Tiwanaku. The festival draws as many as 5,000 people, including many followers of New Age religion, from around the world. The main event is sunrise, when the rays of the rising sun shine through the temple entrance on the eastern side of the complex. Locals wear colorful ceremonial clothing for the event, and visitors are welcomed to join the party, which includes drinking singani, chewing coca, sacrificing llamas, and dancing until dawn. Local artisans hold a fair to coincide with the celebration. Special buses leave La Paz around 4am to arrive in time for sunrise. More committed participants arrive to camp outside the ruins a few days before the event. Smaller and less touristy celebrations are held for the other solstice and equinoxes. Quick Facts on Tiwanaku Tiahuanaco · Tiwanaku archaeological sites; city ruins; astronomical alignments; World Heritage Sites; megalithic monuments 16.555592° S, 68.673306° W Daily 9am-4:30pm View hotels near Tiwanaku Lonely Planet Bolivia, 82-84. Tiwanaku - Minnesota State University Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture - UNESCO World Heritage List Tiwanaku - Encyclopaedia Britannica Online La Paz: Side Trips: Tiwanaku - Frommer's South America Reviews of Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) - TripAdvisor Revealing Ancient Bolivia: Interactive Dig at Tiwanaku - Archaeology.org Photos of Tiwanaku - here on Sacred Destinations © zrim © George Lessard © The Mediamentro © Christopher Walker © Victor Sounds © Theow © Sergio Serrano © peregrinari © Marc Davis © trulopez © ThomasThomas Map of Tiwanaku, Bolivia Below is a location map and aerial view of Tiwanaku. Using the buttons on the left (or the wheel on your mouse), you can zoom in for a closer look, or zoom out to get your bearings. To move around, click and drag the map with your mouse.

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Casting complete for Long Day’s Journey Into Night West End transfer Anne Cox | November 14, 2017 | News | No Comments Matthew Beard and Rory Keenan have been named to join Jeremy Irons, Lesley Manville and Jessica Regan in the West End transfer and US tour of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Jessica Regan returns to the role of Cathleen, having played her in the 2016 Bristol Old Vic production. Matthew Beard and Rory Keenan will join the company as Edmund Tyrone and James Tyrone Jr alongside Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville, who will play James and Mary Tyrone in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed production. Considered one of the most powerful American plays of the 20th century, the production will play 10 weeks at the Wyndham’s Theatre in January before heading to America. Matthew Beard Rory Keenan The drama is set at the Tyrones’ summer home, August 1912. Haunted by the past but unable to face the truth of the present, the Tyrones and their two sons are a family caught in a vicious cycle of love and resentment. As day turns to night and the family indulge in their vices, the truth unravels leaving behind a quartet of ruined lives. Matthew Beard’s credits, across stage and screen, include the roles of Guy Bellingfield in The Riot Club, Peter Hilton in The Imitation Game, Howard Raymond in The Look of Love and a young Blake Morrison in And When Did You Last See Your Father? Jeremy Irons plays James Tyrone. A Bristol Old Vic Theatre School graduate, he began his professional career on the Bristol Old Vic stage in 1969 and is one of only a handful of actors to have won an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy for his body of work. Rory Keenan has a rich list of television credits. He is best known for the role of Bilibin in the latest BBC adaption of War and Peace, Simon in Stan Lee’s Lucky Man and Donal in Peaky Blinders. Other screen credits include Primeval, Birdsong, The Clinic, Aristocrats, Dear Dilemma, a leading role in two series of On Home Ground, Intermission, Ella Enchanted, Reign Of Fire, Close, Gun and Benedict Arnold. Jessica Regan Until recently, Jessica Regan played regular Niamh Donoghue in Doctors for the BBC, for which she has won Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards. Other theatre credits include Henry V (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Liola for the National Theatre (directed by Richard Eyre), Stars In The Morning Sky for Belgrade Coventry; The Kitchen, The Cherry Orchard and Blood And Gifts, all at the National Theatre, and The Flags at the Royal Court Liverpool. Lesley Manville is an award-winning actress and frequent collaborator with director Mike Leigh. Manville’s extensive stage career includes roles in Top Girls (Royal Court 1990), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC 1986), His Dark Materials (National Theatre 2005), Pillars of the Community (National Theatre 2005) and Six Degrees of Separation (Old Vic 2010). Long Day’s Journey Into Night plays at Wyndham’s Theatre from January 27 – April 7. Something wicked heads to Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch this autumn Militant Medhavi Patel gets Best Theatre Actress nod at Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards Returning to the Front. Billy Bishop Goes to War at Jermyn St Theatre Kindertransport revival for anniversary tour opens at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch

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Brennan on Closing Guantanamo and the Fate of the Remainder of Yemeni Detainees By Jeralyn, Section Terror Detainees Posted on Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 02:31:22 PM EST Tags: Guantanamo, Yemeni Detainees (all tags) Below is the CNN transcript (received from CNN by e-mail, no link yet) of National Security Adviser John Brennan on its program State of the Union as to whether the Administration will continue to send Guantanamo detainees back to Yemen. It seems to me he's confirming we're going to be holding some in indefinite custody without charges, probably at Illinois if that goes through. More will be slated for military trials. As to those it decides on a case-by-case basis to send back to Yemen, "at the right time and the right pace and in the right way," I'm wondering whether he's signaling that the only ones who will be sent back are those the Yemenis agree to put in custody through their repatriation program. (See this Human Rights Watch report, No Direction Home, on how that's worked so far.) The complete transcript is below: [More...] BORGER: And let's talk about Guantanamo then for a moment, too, because there are reports that at least one prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2006, Ibrahim Suleiman al-Rubaysh, is now called the "theological guide," if you will, to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He was involved in the Christmas Day plot. Does it make you rethink your decision to release six prisoners back into Yemen last month from Guantanamo? BRENNAN: No, it doesn't, because that was the result of a very meticulous and rigorous process that we've had in place since the beginning of this administration. Now let me put some facts out here. The last administration released 532 detainees from Guantanamo. During this administration, we have transferred in fact 42 of these individuals overseas. I have been in constant dialogue with the Yemenis about the arrangements that are in place. Several of those individuals were put into custody as soon as they returned to Yemen. So we are making sure that we don't do anything that is going to put American citizens, whether they be in Yemen or here in the States, at risk by our decisions about releasing -- transferring these detainees. BORGER: So you have 90 prisoners remaining in Guantanamo that are from Yemen. Half of them were slated to be sent back home. There is word now that they're not going to be sent back home to Yemen. What are you going to do with them? Are you going to send them to Illinois? BRENNAN: We haven't, you know, stopped the process as far as dealing with them. Many of them are going to be prosecuted, some under the Article III courts, and some under -- in military courts. Some of these individuals are going to be transferred back to Yemen at the right time and the right pace and in the right way. And under that arrangement... BORGER: So they still will go back to Yemen. And what do you mean at the right time and place? BRENNAN: Well, we made a decision that we would send back six because we were very pleased with the way of Yemeni government handled the one individual we sent back about eight weeks ago. And so we're making sure that the situation on the ground is taken into account. That we continue to work with the Yemeni government, and we do this in a very common-sense fashion because we want to make sure that we are able to close Guantanamo. Guantanamo has been used as a propaganda tool by al Qaeda and others. We need to close that facility. And we're determined to do that. BORGER: So -- so you're... BRENNAN: The inmates that are there are going to be transferred back. Those that appropriate to go back, but also those that need to maintain -- stay in detention, we are going to do that. BORGER: So these 40 or so that are slated -- let me just make this clear. That this 40 or so that are slated to be sent back to Yemen, they still will be sent back to Yemen? BRENNAN: We make a decision about when they are going to be sent back and how they're going to be sent back and under what conditions. And when... BORGER: Has this slowed it down, is what I'm asking. BRENNAN: The attempted attack by Mr. Abdulmutallab on Christmas Day was a unique incident. We have been monitoring and watching the situation in Yemen develop over time. That one incident on the 25th of December doesn't change the situation on the ground in Yemen one bit. We know that al Qaeda is out there. We know we have to be mindful of that. And we know that we have to take our steps with those detainees in a manner that is not going to put our citizens at risk. And we're not going to do that. BORGER: So they will be sent back eventually? BRENNAN: We're going to do it the right way at the right time. < Sunday Open Thread | New TSA Screening Rules For Certain Countries > Brennan on Closing Guantanamo and the Fate of the Remainder of Yemeni Detainees | 3 comments (3 topical) Hell's Branch (none / 0) (#1) by Ben Masel on Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 04:03:41 PM EST also known as Hell's branch creek drains the prison in Thompson, Illinois, flowing southwest to the Mississippi. common sense says... (none / 0) (#2) by diogenes on Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 04:17:07 PM EST Common sense says that you don't send anyone to the custody of a failed, chaotic state (i.e. Yemen) unless you really think that that person would be no threat if he were escaped and free. If we have no evidence against persons (none / 0) (#3) by oculus on Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 04:19:27 PM EST at Gitmo from Yemen, we must free them. Doesn't mean we can't also put them on the no fly list and flag them and follow their movements.

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Tee-II Bizarre & Lifestyle Federal Govt probing 3 banks for mis-management of N50billion in escrow accounts The Presidency is probing three banks for short-changing the Federal Government in the management of the N50 billion escrow accounts interest yield for seven Electric Power Generation Companies (EPGC). The row over the escrow accounts was referred to President Muhammadu Buhari following the loss of over N10 billion interest yielded in the last two years. The companies are: Afam Power Plc; Egbin Power Plc; Geregu Power Plc; Kainji Hydro-Electric Plc; Sapele Power Plc; Shiroro Hydro-Electric Plc; and Ughelli Power Plc. Each of the generation companies (sellers), pursuant to the provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act No. 6 of 2005, were mandated to take over generation and related businesses of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). Safety escrow accounts were established to protect the stake of private investors in the seven generation firms. The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) in 2013 entered into an agreement with three banks to manage the N50 billion. The said N50 billion was sourced from the proceeds of the privatisation of Egbin Power Plc. But, contrary to the guidelines of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the banks have not been paying “the required interest on the escrow accounts”. It was gathered that instead of paying 10 per cent interest on the N50billion as applicable to other funds being managed by NBET, the banks had been remitting only 0.02 per cent interest per annum. It was also gathered that Clause 7.1 (Compensation) of the agreement that the interest on the escrow accounts be compounded monthly together with the balances in the Escrow Accounts” The agreement reads in part: “The Escrowed Funds in the escrow accounts shall bear interest at such rate as shall be agreed between BPE and the Escrow Agents from time to time (“the Interest’’). The Interest shall, subject to Clause 7.1 (Compensation), be compounded monthly together with the balances in the escrow accounts pending distribution in accordance with Clause 5 (Distribution of Escrowed Funds) of this Agreement.” Sequel to the earlier petition, it was learnt NBET’s efforts to persuade the banks to adopt CBN’s guidelines on the escrow accounts have failed in the past one month. In a letter to the banks, NBET said the interest rate was no longer acceptable. The letter said: “Pursuant to the commencement of TEM, NBET is now poised for an active management of the escrows. “A myriad of events have altered the fundamentals of the macro economy. The surge in inflation coupled with decisions made by the Monetary Policy Committee of the apex bank(CBN) that included a review of the CRR have necessitated NBET to call for a meeting with the lead escrow bank. “The meeting will serve as an avenue to review the management of the Escrow and consider strategies to maximise returns on the funds more efficiently.” “Further to the meeting held between ourselves and all three escrow banks, while working on amending the Egbin escrow agreement, we wish to request for an increase in interest rate earned on our credit balances “As discussed, this is in line with market realities, especially with the recent increase in CRR and with a bid to maximise returns on the funds more efficiently.” Credit: Yusuf Alli/The Nation Be sociable, share your opinion! Post a Comment :) VIDEO: Voting & counting at controversial Nigeria Governors’ Forum election An amateur footage of the May 24 Nigeria Governors’ Forum election during which Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was reelected chairman after he defeated his only challenger, Jonah Jang of Plateau State 19 votes to 16 has emerged. With his mobile phone, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun captured most of the proceedings of an election that featured intense maneuvering from governors on a clear divide, either in support or against Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state. VIDEO AFTER THE BREAK Jessica Alba Showcases Her Post-Pregnancy Figure In A Bright Bikini Cash Warren couldn't keep his eyes off his wife of three-and-a-half years as they frolicked on the beach - and it's easy to see why. Jessica Alba wowed on in Cabo San Lucas, wearing a bright pink bikini as she enjoys a Mexican break with her family and friends. The actress only gave birth to her second daughter Haven four months ago but showed off her extremely toned stomach as she paddled in the warm water yesterday. more pictures as you read on Cryptocurrency fund boss dies with passwords to unlock clients' $190 million by: Armina Ligaya Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga is due in court Tuesday as it seeks creditor protection in the wake of the sudden death of its founder and chief executive in December and missing cryptocurrency worth roughly $190-million. The Vancouver-based exchange filed an application for creditor protection on Jan. 31 and the Nova Scotia Supreme Court will be asked on Feb. 5 to appoint a monitor to oversee the proceedings, according to a post on its website, which has been otherwise shut down. Quadriga owes $70 million in currency and an additional amount of cryptocurrency valued at approximately $180 million, based on market prices in December, to roughly 115,000 users, it said in its application. Some have very large balances, with the largest affected user claim reportedly valued at approximately $70 million, court filings show. Users have very little recourse to recover those funds, said Christine Duhaime, a lawyer and founder of the Digital Finance Institute…

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Home / Ali Goldman / featured / Opinion / Politics / Russia, Iran, and Turkey: The new power troika Russia, Iran, and Turkey: The new power troika Ali Goldman, featured, Opinion, Politics By: Ali Goldman, writer and journalist | @AJGoldman21 Iran, Turkey and Russia. Three regional superpowers, three conflicting plans for settling the six-year Syrian Civil War. Yet, on December 20, a trilateral agreement was reached; plans for ceasefires were put into action as the total number of settlements joining the cessation of hostilities rose to 1073 within 24 hours. Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, invited his Iranian and Turkish counterparts, Javad Zarif and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, to a meeting in Moscow. The new deal has sparked a political breakthrough as the nations have been able to reach a compromise on the future of Syria. Yet one question remains unanswered: why are countries with polar opposite ideologies working together? Iran has been working to expand its influence throughout the Middle East, from Tehran to Beirut. However, with Syria being a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, any sort of political solution involving the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad would officially end the rule of the dominant minority of Shia Islam, and therefore thwart the influence of Shia-dominated Iran. On the other hand, Russia’s focus goes far beyond al-Assad. President Vladimir Putin is aspiring to incapacitate and exhaust the West; he wants to repel the European Union and NATO forces away from nations he believes should be under Russian control. The EU is straining under the pressure to aid refugees, a feat which Putin seems to be proud of. Turkey has also been dragged into the conflict. This is mainly due to Russia’s support of Rojava, also known as Syrian Kurdistan, who are making advancements against the Islamic State and claiming territory on the Syrian-Turkish border. Despite the UN, US and EU all giving calls for restraint, Turkey has continued to battle the People's Protection Units (YPG) (the armed forces of Rojava), seeing them as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been internationally classified as a terror organisation. A day before the meeting between Iran, Turkey and Russia, the Russian ambassador to Turkey was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer. If this event had occurred a year ago then political tensions between the two countries would have escalated to a point that followed the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown in November 2015. This time it was different. Putin called the assassination a “provocation aimed at disrupting the normalisation of Russian-Turkish relations and disrupting the peace process in Syria that is being actively advanced by Russia, Turkey and Iran.” In fact, the event has drawn the two countries closer together and Russia has pulled Turkey away from the West after they both began to blame third parties such as NATO, the CIA and even Fetullah Gülen, a Turkish cleric living in American exile. Conveniently, the reason for Putin’s self-control is quite simple: he does not want to become distracted from his main agenda. Russia is in a dispute with Iran for influence over Aleppo; Iran is looking to complete its land corridor to the Mediterranean by adding Syria’s strategic heart to its collection. This corridor will give Iran easy access to the Mediterranean Sea and the European market. This will play to their advantage if they wish to close the Strait of Hormuz to economically torture their opponents. Alternatively, Russia is working with Turkey to evacuate civilians from the city in a plan to seize it before the al-Assad government have a chance to regain control. This will benefit Russia both strategically and diplomatically as Moscow will be the main negotiator in brokering a deal for the future of Syria. With a power-hungry Iran wanting to expand its political influence, and Russia creating a façade of peacekeeping, where does Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fit in this equation? After the unrest of the 2011 Arab Spring, Erdoğan became very critical of the al-Assad regime, publicly advocating its deposal, contending Turkey intervened in Syria "to end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad who terrorizes with state terror. [We didn’t enter] for any other reason”. The reasons behind a new alliance has become increasingly visible. Russia, Iran and Turkey all share a common interest in limited the political influence of the US in the Middle East and the rest of Asia. A new dynamic between Ankara, Tehran and Moscow would reshape the entire Middle East in decades to come. Whilst it is too early to predict a fully-fledged coalition, the idea of three powers investing in military relationships will have vast consequences beyond the Punch and Judy in Syria; the foundation of European security will be tested just as it was during the two World Wars. There is little use in Europe using its shrinking power to attempt to prevent the inevitable Russo-Iranian-Turkish partnership. Instead, all European countries must become more dominant foreign policy creators. New methods to engage with Moscow, Tehran and Ankara must be constructive and productive if we want to see a peaceful future for Syria. Russia, Iran, and Turkey: The new power troika Reviewed by Student Voices on 23:22 Rating: 5 Share your views here! But read our Comment Policy first, found on the about page. As of 01/01/2019, Student Voices is no longer active. 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Why is big pharma being investigated for its role in the swine flu vaccine scandal? In this season’s pandemic scare, Congress has responded to Bush’s call by passing a bill that allows the government to confer blanket immunity from liability on makers of vaccines. As the wages of fear accrue to pharmaceutical companies, Americans are made into a captive market for vaccines of questionable worth. Why Did Baxter Patent Hybrid Flu Vaccine a Year Ahead of Outbreak? Interestingly, despite the fact that health authorities around the world were “shocked” at the emergence of this never-before-seen hybrid flu strain, Baxter had patented a flu vaccine covering these now infamous strains on August 28, 2008. Baxter’s patent # US2009 0060950 A1 includes “more than one antigen… such as influenza A and influenza B in particular selected from of one or more of the human H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, H5N1, H7N7, H1N2, H9N2, H7N2, H7N3, H10N7 subtypes, of the pig flu H1N1, H1N2, H3N1 and H3N2 subtypes, of the dog or horse flu H7N7, H3N8 subtypes, or of the avian H5N1, H7N2, H1N7, H7N3, H13N6, H5N9, H11N6, H3N8, H9N2, H5N2, H4N8, H10N7, H2N2, H8N4, H14N5, H6N5, H12N5 subtypes.” First swine flu case in Mexico didn’t emerge until mid-March, 2009, and the mixture of human-avian-swine viruses was considered to be quite an anomaly and not likely to occur through natural mutation… Three months later, Austrian investigative journalist Jane Burgermeister filed criminal charges against Baxter AG and Avir Green Hills Biotechnology of Austria, for producing and releasing live H5N1 bird flu virus in Feb 2009 in a vaccine alleging it was a deliberate act to cause and profit from a pandemic. Baxter insists it was an accident, most scientists think that such an accident impossible. If it was an accident why the media quiet, why no regulatory investigation or even criminal proceedings given the potential damage from such negligence. Swine flu pandemic…what actually happened The WHO changed the criteria for pandemic status and contracts were awarded to pharmaceutical companies with the patents to provide these vaccines with no damage liability. Governments spent billions of dollars stock piling vaccines and antivirals for a disease that did in fact turn out to be unusually mild, millions of doses of vaccines were unused and many governments were unable to halt pre-ordered vaccines that were not needed. But now the European Council is holding an investigation into the role of the WHO and the pharmaceutical industry in promoting undue fear in what was effectively the sales and marketing of patented pharmaceutical products. Dr Wolfgang Wodard, Chair of the Health Committee in The European Council: We have had a mild flu – and a false pandemic…one of the greatest medical scandals of the century…In January, we will arrange an emergency debate about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the WHO, and 47 parliaments all over Europe are going to be informed. Following this, we will initiate an investigation and hearings involving those responsible for the pandemic emergency. Paul Flynn Vice chair Council of Europe health comittee: The world has been subjected to a stunt, for the own greedy interests of the pharmaceutical companies. European Council investigates swine flu pandemic hoax And the result of The Council of Europe Investigation, presented to The UK House of Commons by Paul Flynn on 5th April 2011? The swine flu pandemic that never was is an extraordinary story of bad science, fortunes made, public money wasted and fear-mongering on a mass scale.

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The WIX Hangar Military Movie Guide Page 3 of 3 1, 2, 3 MMG - Rate This Movie... Kelly's Heroes Switch to full style Rate this Movie... Kelly's Heroes Haven't seen it Location: Northwest Ohio Re: MMG - Rate This Movie... Kelly's Heroes I enjoyed it, thought was comical. Pretty much watch it whenever it's on. Far better than any crap thats on now-a-days wendovertom Its entertainment and I love it - always recommend it for someone who is looking for a laugh. I would think this one falls into the same catagory as "1941" - a comedy set in a time period - not a historical piece but the history is the back drop. Buzzie Odd and anti hero. These soldiers were in it for the gold. That is why I gave it only two stars. Grikka enjoy the film for what it is...a good old fashioned bank heist and comedy but with tanks, great soundtrack and an ode to the 60s with hippies (sutherland) and company welding the longer tubes on the barrels of the shermans to scare the germans, firing paint at them, loud music and dont give me them negative waves moriarty...all mixed together, thrown up in the air and what landed was an enjoyable, fun and quite bonkers movie thats worth a watch anytime in the evening when you need to chill out with a cold beer and be entertained without moaning about lack of historical accuracy! oh and must remember to let the older kids watch it when it reruns this xmas! Ernie_D Movie Review: Kelly's Heroes I first saw this movie as a kid in a theater when it first came out. Two things make this movie, well, different from a lot of WW2 flicks. The first is the use of so much authentic WW2 tanks, trucks, and other materials. The second is that the movie script is heavily salted by 1960's lingo and thoughts on war-as pointed out here earlier on this board. This movie is loosely based on a true story. Late in the ETO of WW2, a group of American soldiers did find a cache of gold. Figuring no one would be the wiser, they loaeded up a truck and headed for the Swiss border. A checkpoint of MP's stopped them short of the border. They were later executed for looting. In any case, this movie had a large cast of stars, poorly used IMHO. The movie is also two and a half hours long. Cut half an hour from the movie and you wouldn't really lose anything. For instance, cut the minefield sequence-which is painfully long. I give this movie three out of five stars. emarkay Just watched it again this weekend; have the Blu-ray. Is as much fun as one could have in a 1960's "one-not-protesting-the-Vietnam War-type" WWII film.. Woof! Woof! KH is one of my Top 10 favorite movies of all time. Realistic? No, but who cares. IMHO it had the most authentic "flavor" of any WWII movie until Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. I first discovered it on late-night TV in the mid or late '70s and have been a fan ever since. I consider it one of the three most quotable movies of all time (with Animal House and The Outlaw Josey Wales). What I love about it is that it has an all-star cast, but they weren't stars when it was made. At the time, even Eastwood himself wasn't yet a superstar. Some fun KH trivia: *Quentin Tarantino picked up part of the Lalo Schifrin soundtrack for Inglorious Basterds. True KH fans spotted the music immediately. *The theme song, "Burning Bridges," was performed by The Mike Curb Congregation. Mike Curb later became the Lt. Governor of California, and was the occasional butt of Johnny Carson jokes for some reason. *You might have heard that there's an anachronistic M14 rifle in the movie. I thought so myself for a long time. But on close examination, the gun in question is a common M1 Carbine with a rare grenade-launching muzzle attachment. phpBB Mobile / SEO by Artodia.

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Part of the large and fertile Congo Basis and the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to many fantastic species of mammal, birds and plants that are scarce or non-existent elsewhere in Africa. It is considered to house the most ecologically diverse region on the planet, and is known world-wide for its links to the great apes and other important primates, as well as the classically "deep and dark" African jungles of legend and myth. Beautiful and protective of her secrets, the DRC still guards many mysteries by a mixture of physically challenging access and a discouraging political situation - it is thought that many, many species of flora and fauna are yet to be discovered in her borders. Location of Democratic Republic of Congo: The third largest country in Africa by area, the DRC has a large amount of neighbouring countries; the Central African Republic, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of Congo and Tanzania, across the shores of Lake Tanganyika. It has a short 40 kilometre stretch of Southern Atlantic Ocean coast to the west of the country, and the capital, Kinshasha, is on the western banks of the Congo River. As a result of its position on the equator, the DRC experiences high rainfall and has the highest frequency of thunderstorms on earth! The rainforests are second in size only to the Amazon, as is the Congo River. The forests cover most of the low lying central basin of the river. Plateaus merge into savannah in the south and southwest, mountainous terrain in the west and dense grasslands in the north. Just in case this isn't enough variety, high glaciated mountains line the extreme eastern region. Safaris in the Democratic Republic of Congo: With some incredibly rare species, as well as plenty of endemic ones, the Democratic Republic of Congo is the naturalist's dream. Both species of chimpanzee can be found here, as well as mountain gorillas, okapi and rhino. This is the only place in the world that the bonobo chimpanzee can be seen in the wild (they're also sometimes called Pygmy Chimpanzees). The okapi is an animal endemic to this region of Africa, and it looks like a zebra, although it is most closely related to the giraffe. Other animals that are also native to this region include the buffalo, forest elephant, manatee, amongst many others. These can all be found in the forests. There are a lot of birds in the area and bird enthusiasts will know of the DRC's great reputation. Birds include the black-collared lovebird, blue-headed dove and handsome francolin. Due to Congo's problems, many people are put off visiting the country and we perfectly understand this; safety is paramount. Conflicts are often based on the enormous mineral reserves exposed by the Rift Valley, and are at least partly responsible for years and years of squabbling over the rights to the wealth. Colonial powers, internal factions and even other African governments have all been involved in exporting its natural resources with little regard to conservation - unfortunately the biggest downside to the amazing country that is the DRC. When to go on safari in Democratic Republic of Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo can be visited at any time of the year as it enjoys a constant equatorial climate. The average day temperature is 24°C and the night is around 16-21°C. The dry season is between June and August, and the maximum rain falls between March-May and September-November. Safari attractions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: This is the only place in the world to see the rare bonobo chimpanzee. 86% of the worlds remaining eastern lowland gorillas are found in the Kahusi-Biega National Park and a high percentage of the the world's remaining mountain gorilla are found in three of the national parks, including Virunga National Park on the eastern border with Uganda. Numbers of remaining gorillas cannot be totally confirmed at present although there are some very brave conservationists attempting to protect the remaining few. How to get to the Democratic Republic of Congo: There are daily flights from Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines, and thrice weekly flights with South African Airways and Kenyan Airways. Air France and Air Brussels have regular flights. It is possible to get a ferry from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo and a bus from Uganda. Kahuzi-Biega Designated as a National Park in 1970 with an area of 750 square kilometres, Kahuzi-Biega is essentially two impressive extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi (9,153ft) and Biega (1,085ft). The park has diverse and abundant fauna but was created primarily to preserve the habitat of the gorillas. The pair of volcanoes are the two highest peaks in the Mitumba Range along the western shore of Lake Kivu in the Great Rift Valley. Dian Fossey, the American zoologist started her work in this park with these animals. In 1975 the park was increased to 6,000 square kilometres to include the watershed and tributaries of the Luka and Lugulu Riers, and the connecting belt of mountain valleys.

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(→Questions and Answers) as Motty Mastermind: BBC Studios for BBC Two, 19 May 2018 There's even been a regular kids' series, a Welsh-language version for S4C, and (almost inevitably) a children's series in Welsh. In 2008, Des Lynam returned with a sport-themed version. It wasn't his first time in the question master's chair, as he used to host special editions of the quiz on FA Cup Final mornings, though he does seem uncharacteristically wooden in the role of questionmaster. It does, however, show what a good, no, let's make that great, format Mastermind is. As long as the basic structure is in place, it's almost impossible to mess it up, wooden host or not. The rules were changed in 1995 to allow previous contenders, except finalists, to return. This has since been changed again to allow defeated finalists another go as well. Isabelle Heward may be the most prolific contender: she has appeared in five series (1983, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2016), reaching the semi-finals on each of her last four entries and winning the series at her fifth attempt, having advanced to the final via what is believed to be the first ever three-way tiebreak. (Delighted though Heward was to receive the trophy, she did express mild disappointment that she couldn't go through the whole process again, seemingly only half-joking). Geoff Thomas won the title at his fourth attempt: he was a semi-finalist in 1994 and again in 2001's one-off Discovery Mastermind series, runner-up in 2003 and finally champion in 2006. Brian Chesney won the series on his second attempt in 2018, having lost the 2014 final only on passes. Mark Grant has been a finalist twice, in 2005 and 2010, and he has appeared in at least 2 more series since, in which he has been a semi-finalist. Another contender who was in 2 grand finals is Richard Heller, having made it that far in 1996 and 2009. Sheila Altree also appeared in four series (1980, 1985, 1997, 2007), the first time under her first married name, Sheila Denyer. She won her heat in 1985 before someone tipped off the producers that Altree and Denyer were the same person and they disqualified her. The 2010-11 series changed the format a little, with the heats and final having the general knowledge round extended to two and a half minutes, meaning scores are not directly comparable to those in earlier series. The highest score to date in the extended format is Ian Bayley's 37 points in the 2011 Grand Final. Brian Pendreigh had previously came close in the heats by scoring 35 points, his chosen subject having been The Beatles. In the same series, two other contenders, Keith Nickless and Nick Mills, tied on 34 points, with Nickless winning the game on passes. Mills, it should also be noted, was an impressive former University Challenge contestant, having the been the captain (and star player) of a Manchester University team that made it as far as the semi-finals in the 2004/5 series. (See also 'Trivia - Contenders' below). Strangely enough, Mills and Nickless went on to appear in the same semi-final, in which they did not score quite so highly (due in part to there being less time available to each contender - 3½ minutes rather than the 4½ minutes in the heats) and this time Mills outscored Nickless, but was himself beaten by another contender, Peter Riley, who went on to finish in second place in the Grand Final. More recently, scores of 30 or more have been very few and far between, but two of them were achieved in 2017, the first being 31 points by Alfred Williams and the second 30 points by Brian Chesney the following week. It was therefore hardly surprising that the pair went on to compete against each other in the Grand Final: Chesney won it with 32 points, Williams came second on 29, and another contender, Michael Taylor, finished in third place with an also-impressive score of 27.

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Pete Doherty Acts Alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg Dec 16, 2010 By Laura Studarus Opposes attract. Or at least that seems to be the theory behind the casting of upcoming Charlotte Gainsbourg film, Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle—a French film about poet Alfred de Musset. Joining the aristocratic singer/actress will be none other than Babyshambles bad-boy, Pete Doherty. Already having been put through the equivalent of charm school for the role, Doherty wrote on his blog, “My character must display natural grace and poise – as was expected of a young aristocrat and dandy of 1830s French society," he wrote. "I was going to film the lesson, but it didn't seem appropriate. The teacher was just as I had imagined – straight-backed, horsewhip in hand, and a brutal perfectionist. What a day!" Filming begins December 27. No word yet on release dates or additional cast information. (Via: NME) (www.charlottegainsbourg.com) (www.albionrooms.com)

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Mary Summerfield Place: 372 Wilnecote Lane, Warwickshire Source: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Mary Summerfield was found dead in her kitchen. She had a cut on her brow and on the side of her nose. Her inquest was adjourned so that a post-mortem could be carried out along with an analysis of her stomach. No vegetable or mineral poison was found and it was stated that her death was probably caused by syncope from acute vomiting. At her inquest the Coroner said that Mary Summerfield's husband had not told them all that he could. He said that the husband had told the inquest that he had heard his wife in the kitchen but had not gone to saying 'I was like as if I was glued to the bricks'. He added that he could not help thinking that the cuts on her face had something to do with her death. The Foreman of the jury also said that the jury did not believe the husbands account that Mary Summerfield's brothers were addicted to drink and caused bother.

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USMCA Is a Trojan Horse for World Government The USMCA, or U.S.-Mexico-CanadaTrade Agreement, is a big capitulation to BIG LABOR, the base of the Democratic Party, and is based on a report calling for a global Parliamentary Group to supervise the global economy. The description of a key section is titled, "Key Achievement: Labor Rights Recognized by the International Labor Organization," which means hat it effectively gives Big Labor and their global allies the power to demand compliance with United Nations labor standards. It says: The Labor chapter requires the Parties to adopt and maintain in law and practice labor rights as recognized by the International Labor Organization, to effectively enforce their labor laws, and not to waive or derogate from their labor laws. Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says, under negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Big Labor, the USMCA "clearly moved way to the left..." ​The International Labor Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency. The agreement states: "The Parties affirm their obligations as members of the ILO, including those stated in the ILO Declaration on Rights at Work and the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008)." The latter is described as "a powerful reaffirmation of ILO values. It is the outcome of tripartite consultations that started in the wake of the [2004] Report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization." The synopsis of this report states: "Sustainable development. The quest for a fair globalization must be underpinned by the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of economic development, social development and environmental protection at the local, national, regional and global levels." Sustainable development is government control of the economy -- socialism. It adds: "An effective United Nations. A stronger and more efficient multilateral system is the key instrument to create a democratic, legitimate and coherent framework for globalization." The report goes on: "The implementation of reforms in international economic and social policy will require worldwide political support, the commitment of key global actors, and the strengthening of global institutions. The UN multilateral system constitutes the core of global governance and is uniquely equipped to spearhead the process of reform." Another section declares: "Parliamentary oversight of the multilateral system at the global level should be progressively expanded. We propose the creation of a Parliamentary Group concerned with the coherence and consistency between global economic, social and environmental policies, which should develop an integrated oversight of major international organizations." ​This is nothing less than a World Government. You're a fat nerd

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office@theabcis.com History of The ABCIS Vision, Mission and Aims About the Key Stages Areas of our School Foundation Stage & Early Primary Charities & Community Parents’ Advisory Group Uniform Fees Key Stage Five English Immersion Programme ECA Details What to bring to school Britannica School Resources Head of Primary Qualification: BSc Management & Information Systems, Queens University Belfast (2004), PGCE Primary Education, Liverpool Hope University (2007) Previous Teaching Experience: Chris has 13 years teaching experience, beginning in the UK and then at the British International School of Moscow, before joining The ABC International School in 2009. He has taught across both Primary Key Stages, and was previously the Head of Year 4, Head of Upper Primary and Head of Campus 1 (Key Stage 1 and 2) before taking up his current position. Present Responsibilities: In addition to his role as Head of Primary (Key Stage 1 and 2), Chris is the Senior Management Team member of the Google Aspects Group. Kevin Reay Deputy Head of Primary Qualifications: BA Hons PGCE, Early Years, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England (2005) Previous Teaching Experience: Kevin has 13 years teaching experience. He began his career as a primary teacher in Gateshead (UK) where he taught Reception for two years and Year 1 for one year before teaching in Shanghai, China for two years. In Shanghai he worked as a Year 1 and Year 3 class teacher. He then moved back to the UK and taught Years 2 and 5. Kevin taught Year 2 at the ABC International School for two years before he joined the Senior Management Team. He has also coordinated a range of subjects including ICT, PE and Humanities. Present Responsibilities: Apart from his role as Head of Campus 2, Kevin is also the Senior Management Team member of the Communication Aspects Group. Melanie McLardie Head of EAL and EIP Qualifications: B.Ed (Hons) Liverpool University (1998) Previous Teaching Experience: Melanie joined The ABCIS in 2008 after working in North-Western England and Moscow, Russia. Her over 20 years‟ teaching experience have seen her work throughout the Early Years and Primary, both as a teacher and leader. These roles have included leading the teaching of English across the Primary School and the role of Special Educational Needs leader. Present Responsibilities: Mel is the Head of Primary Curriculum including EAL and a member of the Vision and Ethos Aspects group. She also teaches Year 1 and 2 EAL. Chelsea Batchelor Qualifications: BA Hons PGCE, SNITT- Suffolk and Norfolk Initial Teacher Training 2014. Previous Teaching Experience: After completing her PGCE, Chelsea began working in a comprehensive school in Ipswich (UK). She has worked there for four years; two years teaching Year 4 and two years teaching Year 1. Whilst there, she coordinated a range of subjects including MFL, EAL and Science as well as training a student teacher. Present Responsibilities: This year Chelsea is running a Construction ECA and is also a member of the Yearbook Aspect Group. Hannah Beatwell-Moore Head of Year 2 Qualifications: BA (Hons) Primary Education with Art, University of Reading, England (2011). Previous Teaching Experience: Hannah began her career as a primary teacher in Reading (UK) where she taught Year 3 for 3 years as well as taking on the role of Arts Coordinator. She then moved to Vietnam to work at the ABC International School, teaching first in Year 3 then afterwards in Year 2, where she was appointed Head of Year. This will be her 5th year teaching at The ABC International School. Present Responsibilities: This year, Hannah is head of Year 2 and part of the Student Welfare Aspects Group. Caitlin Brookes EIP Teacher Nationality: : British Qualifications: BA (Hons) Combined Studies (Literary Studies and Classics), University of Manchester; PGCE in Primary Education (Manchester Metropolitan University). Previous teaching experience: Caitlin has been a primary school teacher for 19 years. After qualifying, she worked at a primary school in Manchester for 7 years, teaching across Key Stage 2 where she was coordinator of Geography. Prior to moving to Vietnam, Caitlin spent 10 years at a European School in Southern Germany, where she was seconded by the UK Department for Education to work as a Primary School Teacher. Her responsibilities included being coordinator of the Anglophone Section. Present Responsibilities: Caitlin is now in her third year at ABCIS and she teaches the Year 3 and 4 EIP class and the Year 5 EIP class. She is a member of the Google Aspects Group and runs a Key Stage 2 Homework Club. Alex Condon Year 6 Teacher /Primary ECA Coordinator Qualifications: BSc (Hons.) Psychology, The Open University (UK); QTS (Primary) Institute of Education (at UCL), London. Previous teaching experience: Alex is entering his third year teaching Year 6 at the ABCIS. Prior to this, he taught for 2 years in South London, England, working in Upper Key Stage 2. Outside of his classroom duties he took an active role in coordinating the PE program. Before gaining qualified teacher status, Alex spent 10 years as a tennis teaching professional, teaching players of all ages and backgrounds, with his career spanning the UK, USA, Australia and China. Present Responsibilities: Alex is a Year 6 teacher and is also the Primary Extra Curricular Activities Coordinator. He is part of the Communication Aspects group. Jo Connolly Qualifications: BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS, Middlesex University, 2007 Previous teaching experience: Jo has 12 year teaching experience and began her teaching career in London, England where she taught Year 4 for 2 years. She then taught for 2 years in an international school in Cambodia, working with Year 3 before moving to the ABCIS where she taught in both Years 4 and 1 as well as being primary Science Coordinator. She then returned to the UK for 3 years to teach Year 1 and then Reception and has also been a PE Coordinator. Present Responsibilities: Jo is Head of Year 3 and is part of the Student Welfare and Leadership Aspects group. Philippa Dakin Qualifications: BMus (Hons) Music, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2002), PGCE Music with QTS, University of Sussex (2004). Previous Teaching Experience: Philippa has 14 years teaching experience. She began her teaching career in a boys school in Worthing, West Sussex (UK) as Head of Music. After seven years she was looking for a new challenge and decided to teach internationally. She worked at Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok where she taught music from KS2 to KS5. Swapping the heat for the snow, Philippa then joined the British School of Moscow, where she enjoyed teaching music to both Senior and Junior classes for two years. It was whilst in Moscow that she realised her main passion lay in Primary teaching, which prompted her to move back to SE Asia to join the staff at the ABCIS. Present Responsibilities: As well as teaching music from Pre-Nursery to Year 6, Philippa also leads a Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Choir. She also enjoys being a part of the Google Aspects group. Qualifications: B. A. (Hons) Liverpool John Moore's University, UK. PGCE Primary Teaching (ages 5-11), Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Previous Teaching Experience: Iwan has 13 years teaching experience; he started his teaching career in the UK before taking up a post at the ABCIS, where he taught for 5 years. He left Vietnam to work in the Sultan‟s School, Oman and then at Dulwich College, Seoul, before returning to ABCIS. A keen participant of many sports he also has experience in coaching football, rugby, athletics and tennis. Present Responsibilities: Iwan is a Year 5 class teacher and Primary, Engage" (management information system) Coordinator. He will also be involved in running a Table Tennis ECA. Sinead Dunleavy Qualifications: Bachelor of Education, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland (2012). Previous teaching experience: Sinead has 7 years teaching experience. After completing her degree in Primary Education, she worked in Ireland for 3 years teaching in the Primary area. Following that, Sinead moved to Dubai (UAE) where she taught for 3 years. Her priority is to build positive relationships with all the children, getting to know each of them so they can make great progress and achieve their full potential through engaging, fun and active lessons. Present Responsibilities: This year, Sinead is running Bug Club ECA for KS1 children and is also a member of the Service and Charity aspects group. Susan Frolish Year 6 Teacher / Head of Year 6 Qualifications: Certificate of Education, Stockwell College of Education. Diploma in Multicultural Education, Goldsmith’s College, London University. Previous Teaching Experience: Sue has more than 30 years teaching experience in Primary in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. She worked in schools in London for most of her career before coming to Vietnam. In her previous schools, she held a variety of Coordinator positions across the curriculum. Present Responsibilities: Sue is the Head of Year 6, teaching alongside two other teachers. She is a member of the Parent Advisory Group. She currently runs a Sewing ECA. Hong Gao Primary Mandarin Nationality: Chinese Qualification: Master Degree of Education (The College of New Jersey, USA). Montessori Teaching Certificate (China). National Mandarin Proficiency certificate: A level (State Language Commission, China) Previous Teaching Experience: Hong has 9 years of teaching experience in international schools. This is her 7th year in The ABC international school. She worked for a Montessori international school in China for 1 year, after that, she moved to Vietnam to work for Saigon Pearl international school for 2 years. Hong joined The ABC international school in 2013 and she really likes the teaching and learning atmosphere in the school. Present Responsibilities: Hong Gao is teaching Mandarin from Year 1 to Year 6. Additionally, She is a member of the Staff Social and Well-being Aspects Group and runs the Chess ECA in KS2. James Glisson Qualifications: BA (Hons) History, The University of York, England (2004), PGCE Primary Bath Spa University, Bath (2005). Previous Teaching Experience: James has 14 years teaching experience. He began his career as a Year 6 teacher in Barnsley, UK. 5 years later, he was appointed as an Assistant Head teacher in a large Primary School in Sheffield, UK where he led Key Stage 2 and the introduction of the 2014 National Curriculum. He was also appointed Head of Escafeld Initial Teacher Training Programme working closely with Sheffield Hallam University. Eager to return to a greater teaching responsibility, he accepted a position as a teaching deputy in a primary school in Newark, UK. He taught in Years 4 and 6, led Key Stage 2 and was Head of English. Present Responsibilities: Year 3 Teacher and a member of the Sharing Good Practice aspects group. Heather Holdway Year 3 Teacher / Primary English Coordinator Qualifications: BA Hons Classical and Archaeological Studies and Comparative Literature (University of Kent), PGCE (Canterbury Christchurch University). Previous teaching experience: Heather has 9 years‟ teaching experience in both Key Stage 1 and 2. She has taught Year 3 for 3 years at The ABC International School. Prior to this, she taught for 6 years at a school just outside of Canterbury in England. During this time, she taught Year 2 and Year 3. She led History and Reading across the school and launched the school library with a focus on promoting reading for enjoyment. Present Responsibilities: Heather is the Primary English Coordinator. She is also a member of the Sharing Good Practice Aspects Group and currently runs the Card Games and Board Games ECA. Head of Primary Physical Education Qualifications: BA (Hons.) Physical Education with QTS, University of Brighton (2013). Previous Teaching Experience: Emily has 6 years teaching experience. She began her career teaching PE in two different secondary schools in Buckinghamshire, before moving to London. She then spent 4 years teaching PE at James Allen‟s Preparatory School in South London. Emily loves teaching and taking part in sport and has a passion for instilling the importance of a healthy active lifestyle. Present responsibilities: This year Emily will be leading U11 Athletics and U11 Girls Basketball ECAs, as well as assisting with the U11 Girls Football ECA. She is also involved in the Charities and Fundraising Aspect Group. Kristen Hughes Nationality: : British / Australian Qualification: BA (English), Curtin University, Perth; PGCE (Primary) University of Northumbria; MA (English) University of Northumbria. Previous teaching Experience: Kristen has been teaching for 20 years and has taught in both Key Stage 1 and 2. She taught in the North-East of England for 14 years, starting her career in Year 4. She then worked in Year 6 for a number of years before starting her Key Stage 1 teaching experience. In 2014 she relocated to Brunei where she worked as a Primary English teacher in Reception and Year 1. Kristen has coordinated many subject areas in her career but is particularly passionate about English and the Arts. This is her third year as a Year 1 teacher at the ABCIS. Present Responsibilities: Kristen is Head of Year 1. She is a member of the Reporting Aspects Group. Sophie Lamb Qualifications: BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS, York St John University, 2015. Previous Teaching Experience: Sophie has 3 years teaching experience. She graduated with a Maths specialism and an enthusiasm for teaching. She discovered her passion for teaching whilst working at The British International School Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a Teaching Assistant for a year. After returning to England, she worked as a class teacher in both Years 3 and Year 5. Present Responsibilities: Sophie is a Year 3 Primary Teacher, part of the Student Welfare Aspects group and helps to run KS2 School Council. Josephine Lynch Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Psychology and Education, University of Bolton, UK, PGCE Primary Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Previous Teaching Experience: Josephine has 7 years‟ teaching experience. After completing her PGCE, Josephine worked at a community primary school in Manchester. She supported the school in transitioning from a small one-form entry to a two-form entry during her time there and played a key role in developing the curriculum; focusing primarily on mathematics and cooperative learning. Josephine is passionate about cooperative learning in the classroom and after winning a scholarship to train in America was then able to bring subject expertise back into school and provide professional development for her colleagues. She loves to learn and to see others succeed and brings this ethos into the classroom to inspire the children that she works with. Her interests outside teaching include yoga, reading and walking. Present Responsibilities: Josie is a Year 2 Teacher and is also part of the Communications Aspect Group. Clodagh McHenry Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Early Childhood Studies, Liverpool John Moores University; PGCE Primary QTS, Liverpool Hope University. Previous Teaching Experience: Clodagh has 4 years‟ teaching experience. After moving from Ireland to England to complete her Undergraduate degree and PGCE, Clodagh moved to Abu Dhabi where she taught in British International schools for four years as a Year 2 and Year 5 teacher; she was also a Head of Year. Clodagh is an outgoing, creative and imaginative teacher who strives to instill a passion for learning in children, whilst guiding and supporting them through their journey. Present Responsibilities: Clodagh runs the Drama Games ECA. Abimbola (Bim) Oyetade Year 6 EIP Teacher Qualifications: BA (Hons.) Primary Education, Roehampton University; MA Language, Ethnicity and Education, King’s College, London. Previous teaching experience: Bim has been teaching for 9 years. She has 5 years teaching experience in London and she taught for 2 years internationally in Egypt prior to coming to Vietnam. Bim has worked primarily in Key Stage 2 and had taught in Years 4, 5 and 6. Her additional responsibilities have included the role of Key Stage 2 Literacy Coordinator and Religious Education Coordinator. After returning from Egypt, Bim taught Year 6 in an Independent School in London. She also carried out Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 group interventions with EAL students during this time. Present Responsibilities: Bim is currently the EIP teacher for Year 6 and teaches Year 3, 4 and 5 EAL groups. She is a member and chair of the Primary Google Aspects group, leads Key Stage 2 Student Council and is running the Quiz Club ECA this session. Martyn Pilkington Primary PE Teacher Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Sports Science, Liverpool John Moores University; PGCE Physical Education, Bangor University (UK). Previous Teaching Experience: Martyn has been teaching for 5 years. He began his career in the Czech Republic where he taught whole school PE for three years. Martyn then moved to Kuala Lumpur where he has spent two years teaching PE in the Primary School. His interests outside teaching include playing ice hockey and football, hiking/running and obstacle course racing. Present Responsibilities: Physical Education teacher and part of the Student Welfare aspects groups. Philip John Randall Nationality: : British /Australian (Dual National) Qualifications: BA (Hons.) Economics and Economic and Social History, University of Kent. PGCE Primary, Christ Church College, University of Kent Previous teaching experience: Philip has been teaching for over 30 years and is currently Head of Year 5 at the ABC International School. He started his teaching career in the UK where he taught Years 3, 5 and 6 at Kennington Cof E Primary School in Ashford, Kent. During his 4 years at Kennington, he had responsibility as PE Coordinator and then Mathematics Coordinator. In 1991 he moved his family to Singapore to take up a position as Year 6 Class Teacher at Tanglin Trust School. Philip taught at Tanglin Trust School for 10 years and during this time held a number of responsibility posts including Year 6 Library Coordinator, Junior School Head of Mathematics and finally, Head of Year 4. In 2001, Philip returned to Australia to live in Perth, where he worked at a large independent co-educational college, All Saints‟ College. He taught at All Saints‟ for 13 years as a Year 6 class teacher and then as part of the Learning Support Team, teaching Mathematics and English to students in Years 3 to 6. For eleven years at All Saints‟ he was also the Junior School Curriculum Coordinator. In 2014 he was drawn back to Asia again to teach at Dulwich College Suzhou in China. In 2017, he moved to Vietnam to teach at the ABC International School. Present Responsibilities: Philip is currently a member of the school's Social and Welfare Aspects Group and runs an after school Maths games club. Daniel Richards Year 4 Teacher /Head of Year 4 Qualifications: B.A (Hons.) Primary Education with QTS, Glyndwr University, Wales, UK. Previous Teaching Experience: Daniel has 13 years teaching experience in the UK. Alongside his role as a Year 4 Class teacher, he also has additional responsibility as Head of Year 4. Additionally, Daniel has experience as a Science and P.E. Coordinator at his previous school. Present Responsibilities: Daniel is a member of the Student Welfare Aspects Group and will also be involved in running a Mini Movie Maker ECA. Dan Schoner Year 6 Teacher and Primary Computing Coordinator Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Human Genetics, The University of Nottingham. Teach First – Primary PGCE, NQT at Bath Spa University. Previous teaching experience: Dan has been teaching for 5 years. He began his career in Bristol (UK) where he taught Year 5 for two years and Year 6 for two years before starting at The ABC International School where he continues as a Year 6 teacher. During his time as a teacher in the UK, Dan was the Upper Key Stage 2 leader, Leader of Computing and delivered sessions for the TeachFirst initial teacher training programme. He is passionate about teaching and learning and instilling a love of learning in all his students. Present Responsibilities: Alongside teaching Year 6, Dan is leading Computing and e-Safety across the primary school and is a member of the Sharing Good Practice aspects group. This year, he is running a Coding ECA. Keeley Smith Qualifications: BA QTS Geography (Hons) Southampton, UK. Previous Teaching Experience: Keeley has 18 years teaching experience in the UK. She has held responsibilities of leading mixed age range year groups and coordinating assessment. She has managed Science, PE and organised whole school outdoor learning activities, including residential trips. Present Responsibilities: Keeley is now teaching her sixth year at The ABC International School. Alongside teaching in Year 2, Keeley is the Science coordinator for Key Stages 1 and 2. Additionally, she runs an exciting Science Film Club as part of the ECA programme, which is designed to promote scientific understanding. Keeley is also a member of the Aspects and Vision Aspects Group. David Waite Qualifications: BA Social Ethics and Drama, Lancaster University, UK; Graduate Teacher Programme, NPQML Previous Teaching Experience: David has 15 years experience working in UK schools. He entered the teaching profession through the Graduate Teaching Programme and has been working with Primary aged students ever since. In his previous school in Cambridge, David held the position of Year 2 Teacher, Member of the Senior Leadership Team and was also the Deputy Child Protection Lead. David is a keen sportsman and has been involved in setting up a wide variety of after school sports clubs for students. Present Responsibilities: David is primarily a Primary Teacher though he also enjoys being a part of the reporting aspects group. Claire Webb Year 5 Teacher / Primary Maths Coordinator Qualifications: BSc. Econ European Union Studies with French and Spanish, Cardiff University, PGCE Primary Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Previous Teaching Experience: Claire has 14 years of teaching experience. She completed her PGCE in Cardiff before gaining NQT status in a school in London. Before moving to Vietnam, Claire spent 6 years working in a British School in Gran Canaria (Spain), teaching in both Year 2 and Year 6. During this time, she also had the additional responsibility of Head of Key Stage. Since working at The ABC International School, she has worked in Year 6 and Year 4. Present Responsibilities: Claire is currently a Year 5 class teacher and this is her seventh year as Mathematics Coordinator for the Primary Department. She is a member of the Google Aspects Group. Robert West PE Teacher / Primary House Coordinator Qualifications: B.A. (Hons) Sports Development and Coaching, Northumbria University, UK. PGCE Primary Teaching, Institute of Education, London, UK. Previous Teaching Experience: Robert has several years of teaching experience. He was the Head of PE at Livingston American School, Shanghai. He developed the whole school PE curriculum and was responsible for all Primary and Middle School Athletics, as well as creating and implementing the House System. Robert has coached a number of different sports including football, volleyball, basketball and athletics, and has previously worked as Aquatic Director at Shanghai Rego International School. He is a keen triathlete and football player, and is passionate about promoting sports and healthy lifestyles. Present Responsibilities: This year Robert will be teaching Swimming from Year 2 to Year 4. He is responsible for developing the whole school swimming scheme. He is also the coach of the Primary and Secondary School Swimming Teams. Antony Wilson Qualifications: BEd (Hons) Primary Education, University of Leeds, UK; Foundation Course in Art and Design, NOTC, Oxfordshire, UK Previous teaching experience: Tony has been teaching for over 27 years, both in the UK and abroad. He started his teaching career in the North of England where he worked as a class teacher in Years 3, 4 and 5 as well as Art Coordinator. In 1996, Tony moved to Egypt where, in addition to teaching a Year 6 class, he held the posts of Deputy Head Teacher, Curriculum Coordinator and Literacy Coordinator in one of Cairo‟s largest international schools. Since then, he has worked in one of London‟s top schools for 6 years as Head of Upper Key Stage 2 and both Assessment and PE Coordinator; the British International School of Moscow as an Assistant Head Teacher and Assessment Coordinator; in the British School of Costa Rica as a member of the Primary Management Team, IPC Coordinator and Year 6 teacher and most recently at the British International School Bratislava in Slovakia where he worked as a member of the Primary Leadership Team as well as coordinating the IPC, Literacy and Art over a period of 6 years. Present Responsibilities: Tony is a member of the Sharing Good Practice Aspects Group and runs the KS2 Reading Club. Meagan Wilson Nationality: : Canadian Qualifications: BA (Hons) History and Political Science, Saint Francis Xavier University, Canada; PGCE Primary with Humanities Specialism, University of Exeter, England. Previous teaching experience: Meagan has been a Primary teacher for over 15 years and, in her previous post, taught Year 2 as well as Year 3 in Bratislava, Slovakia before beginning maternity leave with her son, Samuel. She has had extensive experience teaching both Key Stages 1 and 2 in British International Schools in Bangkok, Moscow and San Jose (Costa Rica) and has led a range of subject areas including Literacy, Mathematics, Humanities and Student Voice. Meagan also spent 2 years in the UK and taught Year 5 before moving to Russia where she met her husband, Tony, who is also a member of the ABCIS teaching team. Present Responsibilities: Meagan leads KS1 Student Council, KS1 Coding Club and is the Chair of the Sharing Good Practice Aspects Group. Jenny White Qualifications: Certified Swim Coach with The American Association of Swim Coaches, previously Philippine Swimming League Director for Foreign Affairs for Uganda, Qualified Muay Thai Instructor. Background: Prior to joining ABCIS, Jenny was a volunteer swimming and athletics coach at the Kampala International School in Uganda. Her Swimmers have competed in competitions in Dubai, Kenya, Rwanda, Thailand, Singapore, The Philippines and Qatar. She loves teaching all levels of swimmers and developing their skills, techniques and mindsets, ready for competition. Present Responsibilities: Jenny is responsible for teaching KS2 and KS3 students. She also runs an Elite swim club before and after school. Accreditation Links Areas of the School About The ABCIS Early Primary Campus Email: ss2office@theabcis.com Tel: 84-28-5431 1833 Fax: 84-28-5431 8051 Primary and Secondary Campus Email: office@theabcis.com © Copyright 2015/2018 - The ABCIS International School. All rights reserved.

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The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern Buy The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com Category: Women's Fiction Reviewer: Sue Fairhead Summary: Lost jobs, forays into the past, resolved misunderstandings... the only memorable feature of this book is a likeable sister with Down's Syndrome. Plenty of themes but not much plot. Nevetherless it's well-written and makes good bedtime reading. Buy? Maybe Borrow? Maybe Pages: 323 Date: October 2014 Publisher: Harper Collins Jasmine is the main protagonist of this book, and also the narrator. She’s single and has just lost her job, much to her dismay. She’s the kind of person who likes to be busy and to have a purpose in life, but the conditions of her former employment mean that she’s on a year’s ‘gardening leave’: she receives a full salary but is not allowed to start another job for a full year. Being around in the street where she lives means that she gets to know her neighbours; in particular Matt, a controversial radio presenter who lives opposite. He regularly arrives home drunk and makes a great deal of noise. His wife is getting fed up of this and decides to move out for a while, around the same time as he, too, loses his job. Gradually Jasmine and Matt get to know each other, though not in a romantic way. And that, basically, is the entire plot. There are other people, of course. I particularly liked Jasmine’s older sister Heather who has Down's Syndrome and is trying to be more independent. But I’m struggling to remember any of the others. I recall a few names and incidents, but nothing made any of them stand out. There’s Monday, a headhunter, who becomes a romantic interest - but I only remember him due to his name. There’s a cousin, too, mentioned in quite dramatic terms in the first chapter. But although he pops in again from time to time, he’s almost irrelevant to the story line. There are some themes to the book: it’s divided into four sections, each featuring a season of the year, and also a season of Jasmine’s unemployment. She decides to rebuild her garden and gets quite energised by doing so; she learns something about her past and how it affects her current relationships. We learn in the first chapter that she had to grow up quite fast at a young age, but I’d quite forgotten about this by the end; it’s something else that didn’t seem terribly relevant, although there’s a sense in which this is a ‘coming of age’ story. Cecelia Ahern’s books are all different. Some are quirky, some emotional, and some are decidedly strange. This one has the unusual quirk of being written in the second person, at least some of the time. Jasmine addresses the book to Matt - the ‘you’ of the title - which works, on the whole, and is perhaps the most memorable feature of the book. There isn’t much emotion, the characters are rather flat, and the only strange thing is that it’s almost entirely predictable throughout. Jasmine is frustrated to be out of work but soon finds other things to occupy her time. Matt is annoying but reforms rather too easily. There’s minor conflict but it’s all happily resolved; even the mildly creepy people turn out to be reasonable enough underneath. I’m making it sound dreary, but somehow it isn’t. The author has a good writing style, with realistic dialogue; there are, despite the lack of plot, some interesting scenes. It was a pleasant way of seeing into the lives of some everyday people who were learning about themselves. It made ideal bedtime reading, one or two chapters at a time. There were no cliffhangers, no real tensions. It was easy to put down, easy to pick up again the following evening. Read it by all means if you like this author, or if you want something easy to read to take on holiday. But don’t expect too much. Then again, the blurb on the back calls this a ‘dazzling gem’, ‘heartbreaking and uplifting’ - so perhaps I’m missing the point. Thanks to the publishers for sending this to TheBookbag. If you like this, you might also want to read One Hundred Names, which I enjoyed rather more. If you are keen on books with a gardening them but not much plot, perhaps Gardens of Delight by Erica James would appeal more than it did to me. You can read more book reviews or buy The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern at Amazon.co.uk You can read more book reviews or buy The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern at Amazon.com. Retrieved from "http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=The_Year_I_Met_You_by_Cecelia_Ahern&oldid=139367" Reviewed by Sue Fairhead

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The End of Flu Season? Neil Wagner Researchers are zeroing in on a flu vaccine that would cover all influenza viruses and last longer, too. It’s flu season again. Time to head to the drug store for your yearly flu shot. In as few as five years, however, a long-lasting, universal flu vaccine could be on the market. The vaccine, currently in clinical trials, was created by a team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. The reason the flu vaccine changes every year is that the virus itself changes. Close up, the flu virus looks like a ball with mushrooms sprouting from it. These mushrooms are proteins and key among them is a protein called hemagglutinin, the H in the H1N1 and other strains. Hemagglutinin is necessary for the virus to attach to the cell that it is invading, which is the first step in infection. No attachment, no infection. Not only could a universal flu vaccine reduce the huge costs associated with responding to and treating influenza, it could save millions of lives. Hemagglutinin differs in various strains of the flu virus, but only in the head portion. The stalk remains essentially the same. Unfortunately, people preferentially mount their immune response against the head, so the antibodies produced in response to a typical flu shot are only effective against a limited number of flu virus strains. And since the most common strains change from year to year, you need to get a new flu shot every year. Team member Adolfo Garcia-Sastre and his colleagues created a vaccine based on the hemagglutinin stalk and only the stalk. To do this, they actually had to build their own virus, a virus not found in nature. Since the stalk does not change from flu strain to flu strain, their vaccine could work like a measles or mumps vaccine does, providing long-lasting protection to all flu viruses, with the key word being could. The team is actually conducting trials of two different preparations, a conventional type of flu shot and a nasal spray that uses weakened but live virus. For the vaccine to become commercially available, “The first thing we need to demonstrate is that there are no adverse effects,” García-Sastre explains. “The second thing we need to prove is…that the vaccine is effective not only against the current strains, but others, including future strains.” “Our initial findings are promising, but we still need to conduct phase II and phase III trials,” says García-Sastre, a Professor of Microbiology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. “Hopefully, the vaccine could be ready in five years.” The impact of a universal influenza virus vaccine will be enormous, Garcia-Sastre believes. ”Influenza is one of the biggest killers in the world, taking between 291,000 and 646,000 lives a year, and during pandemic years, it is even worse. A universal flu vaccine could reduce the huge costs associated with responding to and treating influenza; and most importantly, it could save millions of lives.” There are other universal flu vaccines in various stages of testing, if this one doesn’t work out. An article about the Mount Sinai vaccine is published in Scientific American Chicken Pox Parties?? Your Viral History In A Drop of Blood Influenza And Pandemic Influenza: A Primer

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How AI Could Eliminate Some of Wall Street's Highest Paying Jobs Not because people will be replaced by robots, but because they do not know how to work with algorithms. JL Lananh Nguyen reports in Bloomberg: “Financial machine learning creates a number of challenges for the 6.14 million people employed in the finance and insurance industry, many of whom will lose their jobs -- not necessarily because they are replaced by machines, but because they are not trained to work alongside algorithms.” 43% of Chartered Financial Analysts expect their roles to change significantly in the next five to 10 years. The three roles most likely to disappear are sales agents, traders and performance analysts. Robots have replaced thousands of routine jobs on Wall Street. Now, they’re coming for higher-ups. That’s the contention of Marcos Lopez de Prado, a Cornell University professor and the former head of machine learning at AQR Capital Management LLC, who testified in Washington about the impact of artificial intelligence on capital markets and jobs. The use of algorithms in electronic markets has automated the jobs of tens of thousands of execution traders worldwide, and it’s also displaced people who model prices and risk or build investment portfolios, he said. “Financial machine learning creates a number of challenges for the 6.14 million people employed in the finance and insurance industry, many of whom will lose their jobs -- not necessarily because they are replaced by machines, but because they are not trained to work alongside algorithms,” Lopez de Prado told the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. During the almost two-hour hearing, lawmakers asked experts about racial and gender bias in AI, competition for highly skilled technology workers, and the challenges of regulating increasingly complex, data-driven financial markets. Other comments from the hearing: Kirsten Wegner, chief executive officer, Modern Markets Initiative: “As bad actors become more sophisticated, it is vital that financial regulators have the funding resources, technological capacity and access to AI and automated technologies to be a strong and effective cop on the beat.” Martina Rejsjö, head of Nasdaq Surveillance North America Equities, Nasdaq Inc.: Nasdaq runs more than 40 different algorithms, using about 35,000 parameters, to look for market abuse and manipulation in real time. “The massive and, in many cases, exponential growth in market data is a significant challenge for surveillance professionals,” she said. “Market abuse attempts have become more sophisticated, putting more pressure on surveillance teams to find the proverbial needle in the data haystack.” Rebecca Fender, senior director, CFA Institute: Forty-three percent of CFA members and candidates expect their roles to change significantly in the next five to 10 years, according to a survey of more than 3,800 respondents. The three roles most likely to disappear are sales agents, traders and performance analysts. Charlton McIlwain, professor of media, culture and communication at New York University: “Racial groups that are already extremely underrepresented in the financial services industry will be most at risk in terms of automation and the escalation of fintech development. This is especially true given the vast underrepresentation of African-Americans and Latinx in the adjacent technology sector workforce.”

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HomeAbout UsAdsVideosBUDGET Stitt Hires Sean Kouplen, Brent Kisling To Lead Commerce And Workforce Development The Okie on January, 8th 2019 in Budget Economy Governor GOVERNOR-ELECT KEVIN STITT ANNOUNCES SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, NAMES COMMERCE DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Oklahoma City, Okla. (Jan. 3, 2019) – Governor-elect Kevin Stitt announced today the appointment of Sean Kouplen as the next Secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development, a cabinet position that will require Senate confirmation, and the hiring of Brent Kisling as the next executive director of the Department of Commerce. “Sean Kouplen is a proven business leader and entrepreneur, full of vision, energy and passion for seeing our state thrive and achieve Top Ten status. His reputation and network, both in the state and nationwide, will help propel Oklahoma forward to achieve a robust recruitment agenda,” said Stitt. “Brent Kisling will provide a dynamic partnership with Kouplen, bringing a successful record of developing rural economies, crafting and executing major infrastructure projects and recruiting new job creators to our state. With their leadership, the Department of Commerce will play an integral role in Oklahoma’s Turnaround as the agency’s mission will focus on growing our state and diversify Oklahoma’s economy.” Upon confirmation, Sean Kouplen will serve on the governor’s cabinet in an unpaid capacity, casting vision for the Commerce Department and playing a strategic leadership role in recruiting business growth and in the developmentof Oklahoma’s workforce. Kouplen will also continue his role as Chairman and CEO of Regent Bank in Tulsa. Under Kouplen’s leadership, the bank has grown in size from $72 million to almost $600 million in assets since 2008. Kouplen has been named Central U.S. Community Banker of the Year, Oklahoma Small Business Financial Champion, one of Journal Record’s Most Admired CEO’s, Citizen of the Year in Bixby, Top National Young Alumni by his fraternity, and Top 100 MBA of the Century by Oklahoma State University (OSU). Kouplen has held numerous local and statewide leadership positions and currently serves on the Board of Directors for MetaFund, Hillcrest South Hospital, OSU Foundation, SouthPoint Church and is a member of Young President’s Organization and Oklahoma Bankers Association. Kouplen holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from OSU. “I am excited to work with the outstanding professionals in the Department of Commerce to grow Oklahoma’s economy. Our goals are to aggressively target businesses to expand in Oklahoma and educate all Oklahoma business and community leaders about our excellent economic and community development programs,” said Kouplen. “As a business owner and CEO, I bring a very pragmatic, strategic approach to the position. We will target those businesses, inside and outside the state of Oklahoma, who are most likely to expand here. We will also work hard to tell our story to fellow Oklahomans. Our state has many remarkable business success stories and we want to highlight those and inspire the next generation of Oklahomans to stay right here and do great things.” As Executive Director, Brent Kisling will oversee the operations of the Department of Commerce and will report to the secretary of commerce. Kisling is currently the executive director of Enid Regional Development Alliance where he is has worked since March 2009. Previously, Kisling served 8 years as the State Director for the USDA Rural Development in Oklahoma, an appointed position under the George W. Bush Administration. From 2001 to 2009, he oversaw the rural housing, utilities, and business programs statewide. Kisling has also served as the Chair of Leadership Oklahoma, the Governor’s Economic Development Marketing Team, the Oklahoma Economic Development Council, the Career Tech Foundation Board, and the OSU Ag Alumni Board. In 2008, he was named one of the Top 40 Achievers Under 40 in Oklahoma by The Journal Record. Kisling is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and a resident of Enid where he is raising his two children with his wife, Jennifer. “Brent will do an amazing job as Executive Director,” said Kouplen. “He is a very well-respected leader and economic development professional in our state. Brent will direct the Department of Commerce on a day-to-day basis while I will provide strategic support and focus my time on telling Oklahoma’s story and actively recruiting new business. We will function together much like a Chairman and CEO in a business setting.” “Sean and I have been friends for many years and I am thrilled to be working with him to help create an environment for businesses to grow in our state,” said Kisling. “Our vision for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is to aggressively work with our state’s legacy companies to add jobs and investment and to actively pursue new industries to locate here. We will work closely with local communities by providing creativity, support, and incentives to help them prosper. Our job is to tell the world about Oklahoma’s many competitive advantages including our strong quality of life, low cost of doing business, low tax burden and excellent workforce.” The following are quotes of support for the appointment of Sean Kouplen: “Governor-elect Stitt has made an excellent choice in selecting Sean Kouplen as his Secretary of Commerce. Sean is a creative and innovative leader. Not only has he led his bank to dramatic growth, but he is also a devoted family man and serves his community in many capacities. Sean will lead the way in developing new economic opportunities for Oklahoma and will provide wise counsel on the Governor’s cabinet.” – President Burns Hargis, president of Oklahoma State University “Sean Kouplen has been a close friend for many years and he is a person with tremendous integrity, energy and business acumen. He is a selfless community leader who has built one of the country’s top community banking organizations. His creativity and drive will undoubtedly propel Oklahoma into a top economic growth state.” – Jim Bridenstine, administrator of NASA and former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma “Gov.-elect Stitt’s cabinet selection of Sean Kouplen as Oklahoma’s Secretary of Commerce shows he is working diligently to select proven leaders in business. In addition to being a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Sean is passionate about Native American issues and I know he will strengthen our Nation’s partnership with the State of Oklahoma. We look forward to working with him in his new role and with Gov.-elect Stitt to grow our economy together.” – Principal Chief James Floyd of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation “I have worked with Sean Kouplen for several years and know him to be a tremendous supporter of this Hispanic business community. His company actually won a top award this year for their tremendous support of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and our partner businesses. We are looking forward to working closely with Kouplen in his new role as Secretary of Commerce to expand existing Hispanic-owned businesses and attract new ones to our state.” – James E. Sanchez, chairman of Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce “Sean Kouplen is an outstanding business and community leader who cares deeply about our state. Over the last ten years, he has built a tremendous company known for its nation-leading growth and amazing corporate culture. Faith is a very important part of Sean’s life and he treats everyone he encounters with respect. He will undoubtedly do an excellent job as Secretary of Commerce and I can’t think of anyone better to lead us toward top 10 economic growth.” — Piyush Patel, author of Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work and Angel Investor, founder of Digital-Tutors “I have had the pleasure of knowing Sean Kouplen for over ten years, and in that time have watched him be a man of integrity in business, a wonderful father, and a strong leader in his church. As Secretary of Commerce, he will bring not only his knowledge of business, but also the knowledge that it is people and relationships that are the true key to success in any endeavor. The tools he will bring with him to this role will position the Department of Commerce and our state to be the best possible in the country. Our businesses will thrive and those looking to start a business or relocate will notice and want to tap into what we have.” – Krystal Crockett, president/CEO of Bixby Metro Chamber of Commerce “Much of Oklahoma’s economy originates in rural communities across the state. It is heartening to have a person like Sean Kouplen named to lead economic development efforts, knowing that he brings great insights from his work in serving rural residents, businesses, farms, ranches and community organizations. With his background in agricultural economics and his demonstrated acumen in leadership, Sean is well suited to ensure that all of Oklahoma’s economy grows and thrives.” – Thomas Coon, vice president of agricultural programs at Oklahoma State University Post Tags: Brent KislingCommerceEconomySean KouplenSenateStittWorkforce The Okie Google+, Twitter Facebook. Exclusive: Stitt Seeing ‘Remarkable’ Support For Savings Account, Agency Reforms Stitt Presents 2019 State of the State Address Stitt Hires Sonic Exec As State’s First Chief Operating Officer @okiepolitics Tweets by okiepolitics twitter.com/LtGovPinnell/statu… Copyright © 2019• The Okie PO BOX 52811 Tulsa, OK 74152 info [@] theokie [.] com LIGHTBLOG by UXDE dot Net Okie’pinions

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U.S. VP Biden Announces Cancer Moonshot Initiative at ASCO Annual Meeting Posted Jul 06,2016 10:04AM in News by Joseph Bryant 0 Comments During his “Cancer Moonshot Initiative” speech at the 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago just a few weeks ago, Vice President Joe Biden announced the National Cancer Institute (NCI) database called the Genomic Data Commons (GDC) as the premier oncology resource platform deemed capable of supporting his vision of making data-sharing a reality by stressing the importance of developing a new mindset. “Imagine if you all worked together,” said the vice president, adding, “I’m not joking.” Biden repeatedly stressed the importance of breaking down the regulatory and structural barriers to both; genomic cancer sequencing data and pooling data from clinical trials. He argued that an industry-wide collaborative effort would hasten more targeted, personalized, and effective cancer treatments at a time when considering innovative new trending treatments such as immunotherapy, also known as biologic therapy or biotherapy. “All information from trials funded by NCI from this point on will have to be submitted to the database,” Biden said. The idea behind the database is to create a single repository for both patients’ clinical trial data and the genetic specifics of their cancers, including history of therapies they’ve received and how effective they were. While initially it will combine existing NCI datasets, the GDC is projected to grow by as much as several petabytes of information annually as more scientists contribute to it. “[T]he GDC will accept submissions of cancer genomic and clinical data from researchers around the world who wish to share their data broadly,” the NIH explained on its website. “In so doing, researchers will be able to use the state-of-the-art analytic methods of the GDC, allowing them to compare their findings with other data in the GDC.” While the GDC is an ambitious and daunting task to bear, it’s clear that the government also recognizes that eliminating data silos will be critical for battling cancer—and on a bipartisan basis at that, according to the vice president. “This is the only bipartisan thing in America right now,” said Biden. Cancer trial data-sharing has now become the top priority for many business leaders pursuing cures. Cancer Research Innovation

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The Royal Forums > Search Forums Search took 0.01 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: norwegianne Forum: Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary and Family 01-21-2006, 06:40 AM Poll: Gender, Name and Godparent Speculation for Mary's First Pregnancy Posted By norwegianne And Christian is indeed the first name. ... And Christian is indeed the first name. The whole name: Christian Valdemar Henri John With the French spelling of Henrik instead of the Danish. Sponsors: HRH Crown Princess Victoria of... HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit, HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway HRH Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece HRH Prince Joachim Jane Stephens Hamish... It has been said (by Billedbladet, I believe)... It has been said (by Billedbladet, I believe) that he might get both Christian and Frederik, in case something happens to Frederik before something happens to Margrethe. Frederik has both Christian... Forum: Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary and Family 01-19-2006, 04:33 PM Billedbladet contradicted themselves in today's... Billedbladet contradicted themselves in today's number, by first saying that they thought Mette-Marit was likely to be a godmother, and then afterwards naming Haakon as a godfather... ??? ;) It seems to be from an article in Billedbladet:... It seems to be from an article in Billedbladet: http://www.billedbladet.dk/default.asp?Action=Details&Item=3693 (Victoria is to be Godmother). The thing is that the Swedish court refused to either... Queen Anne-Marie of Greece née Princess of... Queen Anne-Marie of Greece née Princess of Denmark, Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg née Princess of Belgium, Prince George of Denmark, Etienne de Laborde de Monpézat, Birgitta Juel... Always best to go straight to the source:... Always best to go straight to the source: http://kongehuset.dk/monarkiet/stamtraeer/gluckburgske/ That's because she isn't a descendant of Frederik... That's because she isn't a descendant of Frederik IX (with the long and pretty name: Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg, since we're on that topic) Princess Elisabeth is the... It's only in the last two/three generations that... It's only in the last two/three generations that the Danish royals have stuck to 4 names for their children. So, that's not set in stone. But more than 4 names might be a bit impractical. Even when he gets named, he's probably going to... Even when he gets named, he's probably going to be known as Lilleprinsen for a while in the media - and if they catches any nicknames that Frederik and Mary or the rest of the family uses, they're... But how up to date of the Royal family to bring... But how up to date of the Royal family to bring Harry Potter into it? :D Does anyone have a link to any online sides of... Does anyone have a link to any online sides of the royal protocol/edict that is referred to in the beginning of this thread? I haven't seen it, and I'm getting curious. The author of the recent book about Margrethe... The author of the recent book about Margrethe guessed that the boy would be named the names Christian Frederik John & Henrik. She made no guess to what the order of the names would be... A boy - then I guess Christian is definitely... A boy - then I guess Christian is definitely going to be one of the names. I don't see them breaking up a long tradition like that. It's a nice name - and, quite fortunate with English-speaking... If it is a girl I'd really like Thyra as one of... If it is a girl I'd really like Thyra as one of the names- it's been used in the Royal family for ages, and extremely historical - Queen Thyra was married to King Gorm the Old, son of HardiCanute,... if it's a girl - she'll be the first female to be... if it's a girl - she'll be the first female to be born with a right to the Danish throne, and the title Prinsesse til Danmark (Princess to Denmark) as opposed to Queen Margrethe and her sisters and... I think it would be great if they picked out some... I think it would be great if they picked out some names from the royal family that hasn't really been used for some generations. Such as Harald, as hilal suggested above. I don't think, though,... Prince Henrik's father was called André, which is... Prince Henrik's father was called André, which is also among Henrik and Frederik's names. Godparents of Mary and Frederik's baby? Poll created at the suggestion of Wymanda. Who do you think is going to be asked to be a Godparent of Mary and Frederik's baby? CP Victoria CP Haakon As far as I recall, certain parties begun... As far as I recall, certain parties begun discussion about changing it for quite some time ago, way before Frederik even met Mary, for a hypothetical child. And now, with the first baby on the way,... Out of 126 votes - 69 is for girl and 57 is for... Out of 126 votes - 69 is for girl and 57 is for boy. Anybody else care to cast their votes before the baby arrives? Does anybody have some final guesses as to name... Does anybody have some final guesses as to name and sex as we move into the last leg of the pregnancy? Not only Haakon and Mette-Marit, but also... Not only Haakon and Mette-Marit, but also Alexandra of Berleburg, Frederik's cousin used the name Ingrid for her daughter. For future reference: If you think there is a... For future reference: If you think there is a need for a poll, please PM one of the moderators in charge of the relevant forum, with the relevant questions and/or pictures. Norwegianne TRF... Well, it's fairly likely that he will be Frederik... Well, it's fairly likely that he will be Frederik X, so that the line of Frederiks and Christians get "even." That's why it is likely that the next child, if it is a boy, will get the name Christian....

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Wellington Bridge Club wellingtonbridge@gmail.com (04) 972 4311​ Office is attended Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 3:00​ Club Minutes and Club Rules Club Facilities For Hire > Hire a Room Lease a Car Park Results > Pairs Results Teams and Swiss Pairs Results Viewing Instructions > Viewing Pairs Results - "How To" video Bridge Calendar Beginners Learning > Sky Bridge Online NZ Bridge Lessons Partner Request Order Bar Vouchers Directing Roster 2017 Bridge Laws A Short History of Wellington Bridge Club In 1934, an American bridge player visiting this country found that he was missing his competitive bridge and decided to do something about it. Mr Otto Glen-Doepel placed an advertisement in the “Evening Post” with a plea for anyone interested to contact him. A meeting was called, attended by 80 people, and The New Zealand Contract Bridge Association (Wellington Division) was duly formed and registered some 13 months later as an incorporated society. In December 1937 the local club changed its name to The Wellington Bridge Club (Incorporated). By March 1935 membership numbered 250 names and the Elm Tree Rooms, above McKenzie’s department store in Willis Street, was the Club’s first home. The first year’s membership stabilised at 120 players and apart from the years of World War II this figure remained constant until the world-wide bridge boom of the mid 1960’s. In 1936 the Club entered into a tenancy agreement with the National Club for the use of its rooms then situated above Johnston’s Wines & Spirits at the corner of Panama Street and Featherston Street, and thus began an association which was to continue until late 1949. Short-lived tenancies included the Boronia Tea Rooms in Lambton Quay (opposite Kirkcaldies), in Wakefield House on the Terrace, the Catholic Women’s League rooms in Lower Cuba Street, a brief return to Wakefield House, and in early 1955 the Club bought its own premises in Pipitea Street. In the decade following the purchase of this building, membership increased from 120 to 180 and in the following 5 years was to more than double - from 180 to 375. By late 1965 the hunt was on again for new premises and the Club purchased a property from NZ Breweries Limited at 8 Moturoa Street. In August 1966, after considerable renovation, these premises were used for the first time and could boast of a playing room to accommodate 25 plus tables. The move to Moturoa Street enabled the Club to settle into a regular routine - A grade on Wednesdays, B on Thursdays and all-comers on Mondays - to cope with its rapidly growing membership. July 1958 saw the creation of a new grade to play on the vacant evening each week and so it was found expedient to transfer the B playing night to Tuesday and the new “A Reserve” grade to use Thursdays, and so it has continued. Bridge players are a competitive lot and it is interesting to note the first regular inter club competition made its appearance between the Wellington Club and Crockford’s Bridge Club in Christchurch (a comparatively cheap overnight ferry trip away), played annually on a home and away basis until it ended in 1954. In 1989, with membership hovering around the 500 mark, the Wellington Bridge Club purchased its existing clubrooms at 17 Tinakori Road, Thorndon. To quote the late, great Les Schneideman, for many years “Mr Bridge New Zealand”, replying to a remark that Wellington would be one of the best bridge clubs in New Zealand. Les bridled and practically trumpeted “IT IS THE BEST BRIDGE CLUB IN NEW ZEALAND.” Long may it remain so. [extracts from “Bridging Fifty Years: A history of the Wellington Bridge Club 1934-1984” by J.G. (Woe) Wilson, compiled by Jenny Delaney] Click here to notify us of issues with the Website

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Hundreds of Irish gathered to give thanks to the Native Americans that saved them Hundreds of people at Bailick Park in Midleton to attend the dedication of the monument to the Choctaw Nation. The Irish people and the Native American Choctaw nation are bonded by the difficulties they have endured in their respective cultures and the resilience they have shown to overcome hardships, the Chief of the Choctaw Nation told a gathering in Co Cork yesterday. Chief Gary Batton told of the similarities between the two people as a special feather sculpture was unveiled in Bailick Park, Midleton, Co Cork. The ‘Kindred Spirits’ sculpture commemorates a donation made by the Choctaw people to Ireland during the great famine. Chief Gary Batton said he became emotional when he saw the sculpture. “The people in Ireland know how to get a gathering together. It is hard for me to express what a great honour this is this tribute to our Choctaw ancestors. I can’t tell you the feelings it gives to me to see it in person. “We know the story of the tragedy of all our people that we endured and over came. But we knew once we heard of the story of hardship of the Irish people we knew it was our time to step up and help out. We have endured — the Choctaw people and the people of Ireland.” Meanwhile, the Mayor of Co Cork, Cllr Seamus McGrath said the Irish people were very grateful for the “kindness of strangers” during the great famine. “To think they heard about the hardship that the Irish people were enduring during the great famine and they made whatever effort they could to help out. It is an extraordinary story. It is only right that we in Cork would mark that and that there would be a tribute to that act of generosity.” Close to 20 representatives from the Choctaw Nation from Oklahoma attended the public ceremony. It included traditional Choctaw and Irish music and dancing, as well as activities around the sculpture and the story. ‘Kindred Spirits’, by Cork based sculptor Alex Pentek, was commissioned in 2013 by the former Midleton Town Council to commemorate the time in 1847, when the kind people of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma heard of the suffering of the starving Irish. They responded, with greatness of spirit and generosity, by contributing a sum of $170 dollars (about $4,400 today), to send food aid to Ireland. This show of solidarity came despite the great hardships being faced by the Choctaw people themselves who were also living in conditions of starvation and poverty, and who had just a few years previous endured the Trail of Tears. The sculpture comprising of nine, majestic 20 foot eagle feathers reaching towards the sky in the East Cork town, arranged in a circular shape, represents a bowl filled with food, presented to those suffering hunger, metaphorically speaking. This is not the first time the Choctaw Nation has been honoured in Ireland. In 1990, Choctaw leaders travelled to Mayo to take part in a re-enactment of an 1848 protest. The gesture was returned in 1992, when Irish leaders took part in a trek. Former President Mary Robinson also has been named an honorary Choctaw chief. Ireland, Native Americans Responses to "Hundreds of Irish gathered to give thanks to the Native Americans that saved them" I never knew about the Choctaw Nation aiding the Irish during this time of starvation at the hands of the English. I'm so overwhelmed to learn this, and so thankful for the help. I am part Irish, Mississippi Choctaw, Kentucky Cherokee and Apache. We have known this story all of our lives. My hope is to see this sculpture in person one day. Aho! Wado! I am Dine from Arizona. I heard of this story years ago and would love to visit this sculpture in person one day. Proud of my Choctaw brothers' and sisters' act of kindness. Nizhoni Chahta sia hoke/I am Choctaw! I am proud of my people. And I am grateful for our Irish brothers and sisters. A beautiful story. I have heard it often told. Love and respect to the Choctaw nation. Dublin Ireland. SNOWFOXWALKINGSHAW727@GMAIL.COM says: HOW WONDERFUL IT IS THAT OUR CREATOR IS BRINGING FORTH UNITY WITH OTHER TRIBE'S AND CULTURES THAT ARE HAVE BEEN SUFFING FOR SO LONG THIS IS WHAT I TEACH AND SAY ON MY FACE BOOK PAGE REACH OUT TO ONE ANOTHER STOP THE HATE CONCERNING HISTORY AND WHAT TOOK PLACE TEACH YOUR CHILD TO RESPECT OTHER'S IN THIS NOW PRESENT WORLD NOT GOING TO GET EASY IT WILL GET BAD BUT TEACH THEM TO LOVE AND OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF CREATOR(GOD) PLANT GIVE REACH OUT WORSHIP JESUS TOGETHER .AHO In 2015, when I first learned about this statue, I tracked down the artist to thank him. He was super nice in his response, which included this statement: "It has been both an honor and a challenge to represent this history that one one hand tells a story of unimaginable suffering of both our nations, and also of the the tenderness and kindness of the Choctaw nation. Middleton town clerk Joe McCarthy said to me that this act of charity was of national and international importance, where politics were brushed aside for a humanitarian cause by the Choctaw, and that this was the beginning of a new era of higher international human consciousness..."

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World Championship Checkers Get To Know A Few Checker Champions April 21, 2018 Sharlene Morris Checkers, also known worldwide as Draughts, is a simple game to learn but a difficult one to master. In 2017 79 players qualified to play in the World Draughts Championships through competing and winning in several championships held in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Several people have mastered the game at a world level here are just a few of their stories. Amangul Berdieva (born Amangul Durdyeva) She is the first female Go As You Please (GAYP) World Checkers Championship winner. She won this honor in Prague in 2005 against Jan Mortimer. She retained her title through 2012. She did not play in 2013. She played 3-move Checkers against Nadiya Chyzhevska of Ukraine and captured the title in 2016 and holds it still for 2017. For years 2015-2017 she also held the GAYP championship titles. All five of her siblings and her father play checkers at the professional level. In 2009 she was ranked 19 worldwide and first for female Checker players. Her coach is her brother Maksat Durdyev, 2010 world champion of three moves English Draughts. Marion Tinsley He was the World Champion from 1955-1958 and again from 1975-1991. He only lost 7 matches in his career. None of them were World Championship matches and two of them were to Chinook, a computer program. It was said that Tinsley could see 64 moves ahead into the future. Chinook is a computer program that plays Checkers, developed at the University of Alberta. In 1990 it won the right to compete in the World Championship of checkers as it came in second to Marion Tinsley in the US Nationals. The computer program was first denied entry to the contests and “Man vs. Machine Championship” was born. After competing for several years, Johnathan Schaeffer, team leader, decided to close the door to competing and have Chinook solve checkers. A solution to checkers was found and published in 2007. Sergio Scarpetta Sergio Scarpetta from Italy won the 2017 3-move title as well as 2014-2016 GAYP title. He began playing in international tournaments in 2011. In 2012 he won the silver medal in France at the 2012 World Mind Sports Games in checkers. This event was also the qualifying event for 3-move World Championship for 2013. In December of 2014 he won the silver medal at SportAccord World Mind Games in checkers in Beijing and in 2015 he won the European Cup. Michele Borghetti Michele Borghetti from Italy won the 2016 and 2017 GAYP title. Prior to that, he was the Winner of the 3-move World Championship for 2013-2017. In 2017 he won his championship against Scarpetta. In Rome. In 2017 he won a 3-move European Championship. Alexander Schwarzman Schwarzman, from Russia, is an international grandmaster in three different types of checkers: Brazillian, Russian, and International. He is the international draughts world champion for 2017. He I knew for his games that involve encirclements and his creative playing style that involves sacrifices. This is just a short list of those who are notable in the game of checkers or in its history. Modern checkers has a history of over 100 years, but there are mentions of some form of the game as far back as 3000 BCE to the ancient Egyptians. ← The History of The Game Checkers Is Checkers Really A Sport? → The Best Day I Ever Had Playing Checkers What Is The Best Strategy For Checkers? How To Master Checkers Checkers Game Rules And History Do You Need To Be A Math Wiz To Play Checkers? Lawn Care Service Copyright © 2020 World Championship Checkers — Activation WordPress theme by GoDaddy

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if you read one... << Mar 26, 2006 @ 21:56 >> ...political post, read this one. Video of Senator Roberts on CNN talking about the NSA spying program being executed without court granted warrants. Some interesting quotes: "This is the highest classified program we have." "We have a capability. It is a unique capability. It is very difficult to fit this capability into the FISA court system. It almost can't be done." Does anybody still doubt that this program operates automatically with a wide scope? He's spelled it out right there. I want you to think about this: Their claim is that they only spy on Americans talking to al Qaeda outside of the country. If they know who was going to be on the phone with al Qaeda so that they can listen in, then don't they have plenty of information to get a warrant? And plenty of time? Of course they do. Why are they in this muddy legal mess then? Why aren't they getting the warrants? Because they DO NOT KNOW who is going to be on the phone with al Qaeda. No. They are automatically tapping all emails, mobile phones, and international land lines (hell, maybe domestic land lines) and scanning for key words or for anything spoken in suspicious foreign languages (Arabic), then they automatically record it if it is flagged, and intelligence analyzes it later. And no court would ever issue a warrant so broad as to allow that: "very difficult to fit into the FISA court system" indeed. A "unique capability" indeed. More of what Roberts said: "It is within the Constitutional authority of the President of the United States to protect us from possible terrorist attacks." "This isn't a Bush issue. This is an issue for the next [President] ... to have the authority to protect the country." There's your legal defense argument for the program AND your fallacy right there. "The program is legal because the President has the absolute authority to do anything he needs to, regardless of statutes, to protect the country." And then, "Without this absolute authority, the President could not protect the country." That is bat shit fucking crazy, while also being, I might add, totally and completely wrong. Doesn't anybody remember Civics class? School House Rocks? Read the fucking wikipedia article on the Constitution. Congress writes the laws. That's how it works. That's how our Republic works. That's our system of checks and balances. Everybody has to follow the laws that Congress passes. Congress makes the law. The President is saying he doesn't have to do what the law says. The President is saying, has said, that Congress cannot pass any law to check his power in regards to protecting the country. Does Congress not understand this? That they've lost all power? Their sole purpose, to pass laws, is rendered unneeded, ineffective, powerless, meaningless. They can't pass any new law to check the President's powers or bring oversight: he's not breaking the law because his absolute power trumps FISA, and his absolute power will trump any new statute for the same reason. The President doesn't need absolute power in order to protect the country. Congress will pass into law what the President needs, and the President must operate inside the law OR WE NO LONGER LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. There is not a single Congress member who doesn't want to protect this country. Every last one of them would pass into law even unconstitutional programs (*cough*patriotact*cough*) for the sake of safety. None of them are on the side of the terrorists. No Western Secular Liberal wants to live in a Shia Dictatorship. Calling Democrats treasonous is fucking outrageous. If the President has absolute power to protect the country, giving him the power to ignore laws passed by Congress, then he isn't President, HE IS DICTATOR. He can decide to lock anybody up, spy on anybody, torture anybody, kill anybody, suspend any election, fire any official, ban any journalistic topic... anything he wants in the name of national security. It's not right. The founding fathers did not create this authority for the President. You're going to try to tell me that my worst case scenario of abuse of power isn't going to happen. However, frankly it does not matter if our President's intentions are good. It does not matter if he's only authorized spying and torture on "terrorists," because we've all seen what happens when these messages trickle down through the chain of command. By the time they get down to the mindless, unquestioning operatives, the message is poisoned and exaggerated and made extreme. Just look what happened at Abu Ghraib. Soldiers were provided an environment where systemic torture was okay. AMERICA TORTURED AND KILLED... regardless of what the President's actual orders were, look at what happened. You don't think the same thing is happening with this spying? Even if the President is saying, "Hey, only spy on the terrorists," we don't know whose definition of terrorist is going to be used by the time the commands get down to the lone NSA operative. There's hard evidence of the FBI spying on peaceful protest organizations. Quakers. Grandmas. If you don't have anything to hide, no harm, right? Wrong. You see, unchecked spying and unchecked detentions are inseparable. The government abuses its spy program, and innocent people end up in jail. They end up in jail where there are unchecked interrogation programs. Where people disappear. They never have a court appearance. Since there is no due process of law, there was no warrant, no evidence, no judges ruling on the spying... you have people in jail without protection of law. They are in jail where there are unchecked interrogation programs. Where there are people operating again under these distorted orders. Where there is torture. If just one innocent person is killed or tortured by the government, because they were arrested and held without due process of law... THEN WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN NAZI GERMANY, SOVIET RUSSIA, OR SADDAM HUSSEIN, especially if we don't stand up and say it is wrong. I don't know how what is happening doesn't violate the 4th Amendment. EVEN IF the Constitutional Executive Powers trump the FISA statute (which it most certainly does not), Executive Powers do NOT trump the 4th Amendment. And we don't even need to bring the 4th into this. How about the 14th? This Administration has definitely thrown due process and equal protection to the wind. Here's a final quote by Senator Roberts: "I think the program is lawful. ... If we don't get this off the headlines, and quit talking about it, we will lose the capability and America will be less safe." If it's lawful, then why would talking about it bring an end to it? It makes me sick to my stomach to hear a Senator tell the America people and the free press to suspend their 1st Amendment Rights and stop talking about something. I WILL NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. NEVER. EVEN IF YOU MAKE IT ILLEGAL, I WILL NOT STOP. If you don't see from this that there's been a coup, a usurpation of powers, then I suggest you read about the Department of Justice telling Congress that they cannot legislate the power of the Executive. Or read about how Bush doesn't think he needs to tell Congress about what the FBI is doing under the Patriot Act, despite that law saying he has to. This isn't what the America that raised me had in store for us. add a comment... | link Reader Comments... March 27, 2006 @ 02:13:01 Christy (monster) This is good stuff, Zach. Well done. not TKwong (guest) I think that the other critical part of the whole discussion is, "where the fuck are the Democrats?" This is straight bullshit and the Dems are off sucking dick or something. xopl (#001) You ain't never lied. jmullan (#1015) How do I get myself some of that hot Democratic sucky sucky? If any of you watched to the end of the video, you will hear Senator Roberts utter the cowardly words "You don't have any civil liberties if you are dead." I have only one thing to say to that: GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH. April 9, 2006 @ 13:07:27 http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Retired_Supreme_Court_Justice_hits_attacks_0310.html and: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5137581991288263801&q=loose+change+2nd+edition&pl=true I got these from my long-time Republican friend, Ethan, who also said, "i just don't think real freedom does exist anymore in the way i thought it did or should." user: (Need an account?) pas :

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Tag Archives: Gerrit Cole The 115th Edition of the Fall Classic Posted on October 22, 2019 by Holly McCarthy The 115th edition of the Fall Classic is finally set to go. For the National League, the Washington Nationals will be in their first fall classic, while the American League Champions the Houston Astros will be looking for their second championship in three years. The first game is set to take place on Tuesday night in Houston. This series will be one nobody should miss. From dominate pitchers to the offensive abilities of both teams, this will be one to remember. While the Nationals have had about a week off before starting the fall classic, Jose Altuve walked it off against the Yankees on Saturday night. Let’s take a look at both teams before the first pitch is thrown, shall we? Looking At The Fall Classic The first game of the 2019 World Series is set for Tuesday night at 8:08pm at Minute Maid Park. The Nationals will have Max Scherzer going in the first game, followed by Stephen Strasburg, and Patrick Corbin. For Houston, It’ll be Gerrit Cole for game one, followed by Justin Verlander, and Zack Greinke. For the Astros, this will be their third trip to the World Series. As a member of the National League, they lost in 2005 to the Chicago White Sox. They went back in 2017 as a member of the American League, and beat the LA Dodgers in seven games. Now, here they are once again looking for the teams next title. As for the Nationals, this is the team’s first run at the World Series since moving from Montreal. The last Washington team to win the World Series was the Washington Senators in 1924. The team was relocated to Minnesota in 1961 and became the Minnesota Twins. The Washington Nationals Look For First Title After sweeping the Cardinals at Nationals Park, the Washington Nationals sent DC into a playoff frenzy. Not too long ago, both the Washington Capitals and the Washington Mystics celebrated Championships. Now, the Nationals are four wins away from having another parade in the Nation’s Capitol. Between their offense, and their talented rotation of Scherzer, Strasberg and Corbin, they will be the team to beat. They’ve overcome a lot in the postseason so far, and look to continue DC’s success at bringing home championships. The team’s first home game is on Friday, and Nationals Park will surely be packed with Nationals fans ready to sing the ever popular song, Baby Shark. Houston’s Looking For Their Second Championship It took all of six games to defeat the Yankees, and the Astros are four wins away from winning their second Championship in team history. After winning in 2017, they came close last year, but were defeated by the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. Now, they look to reclaim the trophy. First, they need to beat the Nationals, who have a lot to prove. In the offseason, they acquired Gerrit Cole, and then acquired Zack Greinke at the trade deadline. With these two acquisitions in their rotation, they have been a dominate force in the American League. After winning the World Series in 2017, they kept most of their team, and they have been producing ever since. World Series Prediction I have the Nationals winning in seven games. Yes, the Astros have a great core group that was there when they won in 2017. However, the stats seem to side more with DC. The Nationals weren’t supposed to make it this far. Now, after beating the Dodgers and Cardinals, here they are. It’ll be a fun and historic series, there’s no doubt about it. Still, I see a parade in DC. Sorry Houston, you may have a problem in this series. Posted in MLB | Tagged american league, astros, cardinals, Dodgers, Gerrit Cole, justin verlander, Max Scherzer, national league, nationals, Patrick Corbin, Red Sox, Stephen Strasberg, Twins, white sox, world series, Yankees, Zack Greinke | Leave a reply The Red Sox, MLB, and the Postseason Despite the fact that the Red Sox are not in the postseason, it’s hard not to watch this year’s postseason games. Right now, three series are heading into Game five of the Division Series. As for one team, they’re already in the Championship Series after sweeping the Minnesota Twins. For the National League side, Game five is today, while the Astros take on the Rays tomorrow night. Over the course of the past week, the Red Sox and MLB have been making a few moves. Teams such as the Mets and Pirates have let go of their managers. For the Red Sox, coaches like Dana LeVangie have either been reassigned, or are no longer with the organization. 2020 is already shaping up to be an interesting season, and the offseason hasn’t even started yet. The Postseason and the National League Division Series The National League Division series wraps up tonight. The postseason for the National League has been quite interesting. The Washington Nationals took the Wild Card game from the popular Milwaukee Brewers to go on and face the Dodgers. Now, both the Nationals and Dodgers are in LA to find out who moves onto the Championship Series. Longtime National, Stephen Strasburg will go up against Walker Buehler in the winner takes all game. If I were to take a guess as to who moves on, I’d say the Nationals. While both teams are hungry to win, the Nationals have more to prove. The next game features the Atlanta Braves and the St Louis Cardinals. Game four looked to be a winner for the Braves, but Yadier Molina and the Cards had other plans. Game four went into extra innings at Busch Stadium, and was won on a walk off by Molina. Jack Flaherty will be pitching for the Cardinals in Atlanta versus Mike Foltynewicz. For this game, I see the Braves winning and moving on. Houston May Have a Problem Last night, the Astros sent their ace to the mound on short rest. However, Justin Verlander, who is usually dominate in the postseason, only lasted 3.2 innings, allowing four runs off of seven hits. The Rays went onto take game four with a 4-1 victory in Tampa Bay. Home runs from Tommy Pham and Willy Adames pushed the Rays to victory. Ryan Yarbrough earned the win in the game, pitching two innings, and allowed only two hits. Game five is tomorrow night at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Rays will have Tyler Glasnow going up against Gerrit Cole. Whoever wins this game moves onto play the Yankees in the Championship Series on Saturday night. History would have the Astros winning and moving on, and I have to agree with that. The Rays had a great season this year, but their postseason may be over tomorrow night. What’s Happening Around the MLB While some teams are enjoying their postseason run, others are making changes to their organization. At the end of the 2019 season, Joe Maddon was let go by the Chicago Cubs. Reports that former Red Sox and Cubs catcher, David Ross is interviewing for the position, as is former Yankee manager, Joe Girardi. The New York Mets have parted ways with their manager, Mickey Callaway on October 3rd. Callaway, who was a pitching coach with the Indians, became the manager of the Mets on October 23rd 2017. In 324 games with the Mets, he was 163-161. Another manager that was let go is Clint Hurdle of the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1,456 games in Pittsburgh, Hurdle was 735-720 in the regular season. The 2013 NL Manager of the Year led the Pirates to the postseason in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Red Sox Update The Red Sox have made some moves during the postseason. The first was announcing the departure of Assistant Hitting Coach, Andy Barkett. Another announcement was that Dana LeVangie will not be the pitching coach in 2020, but has been moved to the scouting department as a pro scout. Assistant Pitching Coach, Brian Bannister has also been named the Vice President of Pitching Development. Other changes can, and will most likely be made within the next few weeks. The Red Sox still need to find a replacement for Dave Dombrowski as well. Once the postseason ends, the Red Sox will have another obstacle to face. The question as to who will continue their careers in Boston needs to be addressed. Also, will JD Martinez opt out of his contract? Only time can answer that question. This is going to be a long offseason in Red Sox Nation. Posted in Yawkey Way Report | Tagged Andy Barkett, astros, Braves, Brian Bannister, cardinals, Clint Hurdle, Dana LeVangie, Dave Dombrowski, David Ross, Dodgers, Gerrit Cole, JD Martinez, Joe Girardi, Joe Maddon, justin verlander, Mets, Mickey Callaway, nationals, Pirates, Rays, Red Sox, Twins, Tyler Glasnow, Yankees | Leave a reply

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Fast out of the gate KU’s Kratovil in second place after decathlon’s first day By Dugan Arnett Photo by Nick Krug Kansas decathlete Corbin Kratovil, in blue, sprints with the pack in the 100-meter dash of the decathlon. Kratovil placed fifth in the event on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium. He stands in second place overall in the decathlon with 3,512 points after the first day. Decathlon, heptathlon underway at Memorial Stadium The 2009 Kansas Relays are underway. The men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon fired off the gun this morning at Memorial Stadium. Kansas decathlete Corbin Kratovil takes off past meet officials Gilbert Castillo, left, Edward McKernan and Steve Saia as he plunges to the pit on his final jump in the Men's Long Jump event of the decathlon Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Kansas decathlete Jacob Breth prepares to release as he competes in the Shot Put event of the decathlon Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Have you ever attended the Kansas Relays? There was no snow, and winds were not unbearably heavy, so in that regard, Wednesday was a good day to be a competitor in the Kansas Relays in the eyes of KU decathlete Corbin Kratovil. “I’m from South Dakota, so during this time of the year our tracks are covered with snow and the winds are 50 mph,” said Kratovil, a freshman. “So it’s pretty cool being in this stadium and this atmosphere.” In the first half of the men’s decathlon — during the opening day of the Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium — Kratovil surged to a second-place finish through the first half of the decathlon’s 10 events, which resumes today with the 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500-meter run. Kratovil won the men’s shot put with a throw of 12.65 meters, finished third in the long jump, tied for third in the high jump and fifth in both the 100-meter dash and 400-meter run to total 3,512 points. Minnesota’s Joey Schwecke leads the event with 3,728 points. KU’s Jacob Breth is in fifth place after Day One, totaling 3,380 points after concluding Wednesday’s action with a victory in the 400. “If both of them can continue the pace they’re going on now (and) finish the same way they finished up today, I think it would be excellent,” KU track coach Stanley Redwine said of Kratovil and Breth. Asked whether he thought one of his athletes had an edge over the other heading into the event’s final day, Redwine smiled. “I won’t say a word about that,” he said. Arkansas State’s Amy Bowman leads the heptathlon with 3,102 points through four events. Kansas’ Tarasova fourth in hammer KU dominates distance events Kirk confident following first five

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by Caroline Fuchs | March 26, 2008 · 12:38 pm Item of the Day: An Appeal to the Public, on the Subject of the National Debt (1774) Full Title: An Appeal to the Public, on the Subject of the National Debt. A New Edition. With An Appendix, containing Explanatory Observations and Tables; and an Account of the present State of the Population in Norfolk. Also an Additional Preface. By Richard Price. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774] SECOND EDITION. IN perusing this Appeal to the Public, it will be found, that one of my chief purposes in it has been to prove the following proposition: “That to alienate a fund, appropriated to the payment of public debts, while it can be avoided, by borrowing money at simple interest on new taxes or savings, is a most pernicious measure.” And it may be depended upon, that, if there is any certainty in numbers, this has been proved beyond the possibility of reasonable doubt. Dr. Davenant, in the reign of King William, warned the kingdom of the danger which would attend breaking into appropriated funds. He was disregarded; and the public debts increased so much as to be generally thought, in the year 1716, insupportable. This gave occasion to the establishment, in that year, of a general saving under the name of the SINKING FUND; which repeated laws declared should be applied to the payment of the public debts, and to no other purpose whatever. This fund soon became the only hope of the kingdom; and, could it have been defended against alienation, it would, in a few years, have accomplishd all that was expected from it. Notice was given of this, in the year 1726, by a writer of great abilities (a); and the public was a second time warned of the fatal consequences which would follow alientations. But this warning was also neglected; and, in consequence of this, our debts, instead of being annihilated, as they might have been, have increased from 17 millions, their amount in 1699, and from 52 milions, their amount in 1726, to 140 millions, their amount nearly in the present year. —There is now one farther attempt made to bring back the State fo the path of rectitude and safety by a writer indeed of much less weight, but possessed of the same good intentions. he knows that he cannot expect to be regarded. The same measures will be pursued; and it is easy to foresee in what they will terminate. “In FRANCE the custom of borrowing on Funds, instead of levying money for the necessary supplies within the year, was begun in 1678. M. COLBERT perceived the tendency of it; and after remonstrating against it in vain, he told the ministers who advised it, that they should answer to God for the mischief they would do to the king and the state, by introducing so pernicious a practice (a).” —The managers of our affairs will have more to answer for. They have not only introduced this pernicious practice; but they have defeated the effect of an establishment, which would have preserved us from all the dangers attending it. —The greatest sufferers by this practice will in the end be the moneyed people themselves; or those creditors of the public, who are now maintained by the contributions of the poor, and the labour of the industrious. —It is impossible that debts always increasing, should not in time sink the kingdom. They have already done us unspeakable mischief. A considerable part of our people is lost. By extending the influence of the crown, they have undermined the foundation of our liberties. It is doubtful also, whether they have not turned the balance of trade against us, by raising the price of our manufactures, and carrying out of the kingdom about a million and a half every year, in payments of dividends to foreigners. The late augmentation of the navy, though probably a right measure, has, by taking a large annual sum from the SINKING FUND, removed us to agreater distance than ever from the possibility of discharging them. An unfavourable turn of events in the East-Indies, or any considerable deficiencies in the revenue, might destroy our ability of paying even the interest of them. At least, it is to be feared, that another war would exhaust our resources, and bring our affairs to a crisis. In these circumstances; some vigorous measures for our own preservation, ought to be entered into immediately More especially, it seems to be time for the public creditors to think of securing their capital. The law once gave them the Sinking Fund as a sacred and unalienable security. Would it be wrong to require a restitution of it; and to make this a condition of future loans? Upon the whole. It is my sincere conviction, that a policy, too narrow and selfish, has brought us into threatning circumstances. I have written under this conviction; and, if my feelings have drawn from me any language improperly severe, I hope I shall be excused. I will only add, that I think myself much obliged to the civility of some who have addressed remarks to me. But their objections have not yet led me to any change of sentiments. — Whenever I am made sensible of having fallen into any material mistakes, I shall think myself bound to acknowledge and retract them. In the mean time, I must beg leave to avoid disputes; and to refer in silence all I have written to the decision of the public. (a) I have related this fact from the most respectable authority. Filed under 1770's, Eighteenth century, Great Britain, Posted by Caroline Fuchs, Public Debt

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Daniel Rotsztain Daniel Rotsztain is The Urban Geographer, an artist, writer and cartographer whose work explores our relationship to the places we inhabit. The author and illustrator of All the Libraries Toronto, Daniel’s work has also appeared in Spacing Magazine and the Globe and Mail. A Colourful History Toronto by Daniel Rotsztain tagged : post-confederation (1867-), landmarks & monuments, coloring books Fort York (first established 1793) How could a fort located at the centre of a city possibly defend it? Enveloped as it is today by the modern metropolis, it’s difficult to imagine that Fort York was once strategically located at the entrance to Toronto’s protected bay on a rise of land that afforded sweeping views of the fledgling town and the great lake beyond. The War of 1812’s Battle of York saw British, Upper Canadian, and First Nations combatants engaging American troops who ransacked York — then the capital of Upper Canada — before eventually being defeated. Since that important 1813 battle, Fort York has spent most of its life as a peacetime garrison. The only real threat to its walls has been urban development! The arrival of railways isolated the fort from the city, and track-widening destroyed its northern bastions. A proposal for a streetcar line to be run directly through the garrison was rejected, and the line was rerouted to spare the fort’s remaining structures. After the army moved out in 1933, Fort York was opened to the public as a historic site, but heritage status didn’t protect it completely. In 1958, Frederick Gardiner proposed dismantling Fort York and moving it south to make way for his elevated expressway. Taking a cue from soldiers defending the fort in the past, historical societies petitioned the city to change the plan. They were successful, and today the Gardiner Expressway narrowly misses the fort, rising extra high at that point to maintain access for visitors. Though shoreline extensions have marooned Fort York inland, views of Lake Ontario can still be had through gaps between the high-rises that have sprung up in recent years around the garrison. Beyond welcoming visitors, school groups, and summer camps, Fort York is now the site for several large public events, including the Nuit Blanche arts festival, concerts, and the annual Na-Me-Res traditional outdoor powwow that celebrates Native history with traditional dancing, arts, drumming, and feasts. All the Libraries Toronto tagged : color, public, commercial & industrial, coloring books back to all giveaways On a book page, this tab will allow you to add a book to one of your lists. email a friend post on facebook post on twitter Off the Page RSS feed

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Aisle Say – Twin Cities The best of Twin Cities theatre. Aisle Say Magazine Author Archives: Jacob Froelich BY JACOB FROELICH Widely considered a great American classic The Glass Menagerie, onstage now at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, comes to life in a simple yet intensely captivating production. The entire cast consists of just four actors, yet the moments and feelings they create and portray are deeply felt by the audience. The Glass… September 30, 2019 in drama, Play, Post-Run Reflections, Reviews. RENT – 20th Anniversary Tour By: JACOB FROELICH RENT now on its 20th Anniversary Tour needs no introduction as a Tony Award winning best musical for its debut year in 1996. At the time it changed the game for what a musical could be by drawing attention to the US HIV/AIDS epidemic. While HIV is a manageable condition today, there… August 15, 2019 in Musical, Reviews. by JACOB FROELICH I was somewhat unsure of what to expect when setting out to see Metamorphoses, I myself am no master of mythological characters, gods or parables. I couldn’t honestly differentiate between an ancient Roman or Greek myth, and yet this production speaks deep to the human condition. No pre-requisites needed, no crash course in… April 22, 2019 in drama, Play, Reviews, Uncategorized. By: JACOB FROELICH It seems to me there has been a theme on Broadway as of late. Showstopper blockbusters in lieu of substance. One jukebox musical after another jukebox musical reliving the life and times of chart-topping celebrities. There have been a number of musical remakes after popular movies including Step Up, Legally Blonde, Mean… December 20, 2018 in drama, Musical. BY: JACOB FROELICH If a bit of British humor, some magic and a good belly laugh tickle your fancy then Blithe Spirit may be just the show for you. The farce is now playing at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. A cast of unlikely characters combine to create a tale of misfortune that had the… December 11, 2017 in Farce, Play, Reviews, Uncategorized. BY: JACOB FROELICH & ERIKA SASSEVILLE The Guthrie is at it again with their 43rd annual production of A Christmas Carol. Directed by Lauren Keating, this year’s Carol is exactly what we expected and just what we needed all at the same time.The classic tale featuring Ebenezer Scrooge (Nathaniel Fuller), Bob Cratchit (Kris L. Nelson) and… December 6, 2017 in Holiday, Play, Uncategorized. By JACOB FROELICH Nothing stops a show quite like magic. That is, besides spectacle beyond compare and a dazzling tap dance number. You can find all of the aforementioned delights in Disney’s Aladdin, playing now through October 8 at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. Relive the classic rags to riches tale in all its… Follow Aisle Say Twin Cities via Email The Band’s Visit aislesaytwincities.com/2019/12/11/the… https://t.co/xa6Ec6p55G 1 month ago It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a "Christmas at Pemberley" play performed at the Jungle Theater, must… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 month ago The Phantom of the Opera aislesaytwincities.com/2019/11/23/the… https://t.co/HVztI5TX7g 1 month ago

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LEZHA CASTLE Lezhë Castle (Albanian:Kalaja e Lezhës) is a castle dominating the city of Lezhë, northern Albania. Its highest point is 186 metres high. Lezhë Castle is situated at an height of 322 m The castle originates from Illyrian times. In 1440 it was reconstructed by the Venetians, and in 1522, after the Ottoman conquest, it was also rebuilt by the latter. The castle bears traces of Illyrian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman architecture. Interesting places to visit are the ruins of the Ottoman buildings inside the castle, the mosque, the tower of the south-eastern wall with a Roman arch, and the Illyrian tower on the southern wall. The Lezha castle is a cultural monument. The castle offers a beautiful view of the Lezha fields and the Adriatic Sea. ROZAFA CASTLE Rozafa castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Rozafës) is a castle near the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It rises imposingly on a rocky hill, 130 metres above sea level, surrounded by the Bojana and Drin rivers. Shkodër is the capital of the Shkodër County, and is one of Albania’s oldest and most historic towns, as well as an important cultural and economic centre. SKANDERBEG’S MEMORIAL The Memorial of Skanderbeg was inaugurated in 1981 CE in honor of Albania’s national hero, Gjergj Kastrioti. It was built at his burial place, over the ruins of the Church of San Nikolas in the town of Lezha. After the Ottomans invaded Lezha, they destroyed the church and the tomb of Skanderbeg. The church was later reconstructed in the beginning of the 20th century. Inside the memorial, there are displayed a copy of Skanderbeg’s sword and helmet, along with emblems of the Albanian feudal families during the period.

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Patriots QB Tom Brady Reflects On Early Days, Mo Lewis Hit On Drew Bledsoe Tom Brady. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) ATLANTA (WBZ NewsRadio) — Tom Brady's preparing to play in his record ninth Super Bowl Sunday against the Rams. "No one ever imagines these things," he told reporters in Atlanta this week. "When I was a kid, I hoped I was gonna be a professional athlete. I've been a professional athlete for a long time, so I couldn't've asked for anything better or different." Brady won his first title against the Rams in the 2001 season, but what opened the door was the Jets' Mo Lewis sidelining then Pats starter Drew Bledsoe in the second game of the year. "That was a tough situation, I mean, Drew was seriously hurt," Brady said. "That was a major, major injury. Thankfully Drew came back and he was able to regain everything, but I would say, you have an injury like that, you don't know if you're ever gonna play again. But Drew went back in the game after that hit. He was so tough. I learned a lot from him about toughness. He was a great role model for me to look up to when I first got in the NFL." Adam Vinatieri On Tom Brady's Future, Super Bowl Prediction Hear what former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri has to say about Tom Brady's future—and his prediction for the Super Bowl. Seventeen years later, Brady's eyeing his sixth championship. WBZ NewsRadio's Adam Kaufman ( @AdamMKaufman ) reports

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Nintendo Switch Lite officially unveiled: $200 price tag, built-in Joy-Con - Jul. 10th 2019 8:23 am ET Best of 9to5Toys Feature New Toy of the Day After rumors have been circulating around for nearly a year now, we’re finally getting an official unveil of the new Nintendo Switch Lite. Priced at $200, which is $100 less than its larger sibling, the latest iteration of Nintendo’s handheld console offers a smaller footprint with a few key differences. Nintendo Switch lite arrives as a pared down version of the beloved Switch with a few changes that may irk some gamers. Most notably is the end of removable Joy-Con controllers in lieu of built-in gamepads, one feature that was a major selling point of the original and larger model. Designed with ultra-portability in-mind, there is a lot to consider with Nintendo’s latest handheld. More details below. Nintendo Switch Lite officially unveiled Nintendo Switch Lite takes the best of the original Nintendo Switch and pairs it down into an even more portable version. All of the games you’ve come to love on the Nintendo platform will be compatible with the latest from Nintendo. It will also ship in your choice of three different colors, including yellow, gray, and turquoise. A smaller 5.5-inch touchscreen display offers the biggest departure from the previously-released Switch. Dropping from 6.2-inches should deliver a more comfortable in-the-hand design. Early reports and hands-on detail a noticeable weight difference thanks to the smaller footprint and built-in Joy-Con controllers. That same change with the gamepads appears to deliver an overall sturdier device, which is sure to be a hit with parents trying to choose between the two devices for their kids. Much of the same in a smaller package Despite a few changes, the new Nintendo Switch Lite maintains that familiar recipe of a Joy-Con on each side, which is largely identical to the original. One big shift is a built-in D-Pad, which is a welcome move from the not-so-accurate directional buttons found on the original Switch. Nintendo is promising a slight bump in battery life thanks to more power-efficient chips which have come along in recent years. Nintendo Switch Lite also ditches the controversial kickstand that has been both beloved and hated by gamers all around. One key change is that Nintendo Switch Lite is not able to connect to a TV, this is purely a handheld device only. Part of the lust for the original Switch was its ability to easily go from console to handheld, you won’t find that here. Additionally, any hopes of using motion controls are also out the door unless you’re willing to buy a new pair of Joy-Con. Nintendo Switch Lite will launch on September 20th, the same day as Link’s Awakening, for $199.99 in the United States. A Pokémon version is set to ship on November 8th with the same $200 price tag. Source: Verge Best Games/Apps Deals The best games and apps deals across all platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, 3DS 9to5Toys: New tech/lifestyle product news. Up to the minute reporting on the latest technology and lifestyle product introductions, in-depth reviews and notable consumer price fluctuations and tracking across the US retail market on major products. We cover Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung and other major products and ecosystems.

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Buzz Aldrin, second man on moon, evacuated from South Pole for medical emergency Buzz Aldrin, former NASA Astronaut and Apollo 11 Pilot, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Officials say former American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon, has been evacuated by plane from the South Pole for medical reasons. An association of Antarctica tour operators said Thursday that 86-year-old Aldrin was visiting the South Pole as part of a private tourist group when his health deteriorated. It said he was taken on the first available flight to McMurdo Station, a U.S. research center on the Antarctic coast. It described his condition as stable. The National Science Foundation, which manages the U.S. Antarctic program, said Aldrin would be flown from McMurdo to New Zealand. Aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon in 1969 as part of the U.S. Apollo 11 mission. medical emergencyastronautu.s. & world

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Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults Muhammad Imran Omar, Cameron Edwin Alexander Academic Urology Unit BACKGROUND: Faecal incontinence (leakage of bowel motions or stool) is a common symptom which causes significant distress and reduces quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of drug therapy for the treatment of faecal incontinence. In particular, to assess the effects of individual drugs relative to placebo or other drugs, and to compare drug therapy with other treatment modalities. SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Incontinence Group Specialised Register of Trials, which contains trials identified from the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE and MEDLINE in process, and handsearching of journals and conference proceedings (searched 21 June 2012) and the reference lists of relevant articles. SELECTION CRITERIA: All randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials were included in this systematic review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors independently screened abstracts, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of the included trials. MAIN RESULTS: Sixteen trials were identified, including 558 participants. Eleven trials were of cross-over design. Eleven trials included only people with faecal incontinence related to liquid stool (either chronic diarrhoea, following ileoanal pouch or rectal surgery, or due to use of a weight-reducing drug). Two trials were amongst people with weak anal sphincters, one in participants with faecal impaction and bypass leakage, and one in geriatric patients. In one trial there was no specific cause for faecal incontinence.Seven trials tested anti-diarrhoeal drugs to reduce faecal incontinence and other bowel symptoms (loperamide, diphenoxylate plus atropine, and codeine). Six trials tested drugs that enhance anal sphincter function (phenylepinephrine gel and sodium valproate). Two trials evaluated osmotic laxatives (lactulose) for the treatment of faecal incontinence associated with constipation in geriatric patients. One trial assessed the use of zinc-aluminium ointment for faecal incontinence. No studies comparing drugs with other treatment modalities were identified.There was limited evidence that antidiarrhoeal drugs and drugs that enhance anal sphincter tone may reduce faecal incontinence in patients with liquid stools. Loperamide was associated with more adverse effects (such as constipation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, headache and nausea) than placebo. However, the dose may be titrated to the patient's symptoms to minimise side effects while achieving continence. The drugs acting on the sphincter sometimes resulted in local dermatitis, abdominal pain or nausea. Laxative use in geriatric patients reduced faecal soiling and the need for help from nurses.Zinc-aluminium ointment was associated with improved quality of life, with no reported adverse effects. However, the observed improvement in quality of life was seen in the placebo group as well as the treatment group.It should be noted that all the included trials in this review had small sample sizes and short duration of follow-up. 'Risk of bias' assessment was unclear for most of the domains as there was insufficient information. There were no data suitable for meta-analysis. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The small number of trials identified for this review assessed several different drugs in a variety of patient populations. The focus of most of the included trials was on the treatment of diarrhoea, rather than faecal incontinence. There is little evidence to guide clinicians in the selection of drug therapies for faecal incontinence. Larger, well-designed controlled trials, which use the recommendations and principles set out in the CONSORT statement, and include clinically important outcome measures, are required. CD002116 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002116.pub2 Anal Canal Diphenoxylate Fecal Impaction Omar, M. I., & Alexander, C. E. (2013). Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (6), [CD002116]. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002116.pub2 Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults. / Omar, Muhammad Imran; Alexander, Cameron Edwin. In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, No. 6, CD002116, 2013. Omar, MI & Alexander, CE 2013, 'Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 6, CD002116. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002116.pub2 Omar MI, Alexander CE. Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013;(6). CD002116. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002116.pub2 Omar, Muhammad Imran ; Alexander, Cameron Edwin. / Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults. In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013 ; No. 6. @article{c6d5b7c2f1094c7391defd792ca6032f, title = "Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults", abstract = "BACKGROUND: Faecal incontinence (leakage of bowel motions or stool) is a common symptom which causes significant distress and reduces quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of drug therapy for the treatment of faecal incontinence. In particular, to assess the effects of individual drugs relative to placebo or other drugs, and to compare drug therapy with other treatment modalities. SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Incontinence Group Specialised Register of Trials, which contains trials identified from the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE and MEDLINE in process, and handsearching of journals and conference proceedings (searched 21 June 2012) and the reference lists of relevant articles. SELECTION CRITERIA: All randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials were included in this systematic review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors independently screened abstracts, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of the included trials. MAIN RESULTS: Sixteen trials were identified, including 558 participants. Eleven trials were of cross-over design. Eleven trials included only people with faecal incontinence related to liquid stool (either chronic diarrhoea, following ileoanal pouch or rectal surgery, or due to use of a weight-reducing drug). 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AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The small number of trials identified for this review assessed several different drugs in a variety of patient populations. The focus of most of the included trials was on the treatment of diarrhoea, rather than faecal incontinence. There is little evidence to guide clinicians in the selection of drug therapies for faecal incontinence. Larger, well-designed controlled trials, which use the recommendations and principles set out in the CONSORT statement, and include clinically important outcome measures, are required.", author = "Omar, {Muhammad Imran} and Alexander, {Cameron Edwin}", doi = "10.1002/14651858.CD002116.pub2", journal = "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews", publisher = "Wiley", T1 - Drug treatment for faecal incontinence in adults AU - Omar, Muhammad Imran AU - Alexander, Cameron Edwin N2 - BACKGROUND: Faecal incontinence (leakage of bowel motions or stool) is a common symptom which causes significant distress and reduces quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of drug therapy for the treatment of faecal incontinence. In particular, to assess the effects of individual drugs relative to placebo or other drugs, and to compare drug therapy with other treatment modalities. SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Incontinence Group Specialised Register of Trials, which contains trials identified from the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE and MEDLINE in process, and handsearching of journals and conference proceedings (searched 21 June 2012) and the reference lists of relevant articles. SELECTION CRITERIA: All randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials were included in this systematic review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors independently screened abstracts, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of the included trials. MAIN RESULTS: Sixteen trials were identified, including 558 participants. Eleven trials were of cross-over design. Eleven trials included only people with faecal incontinence related to liquid stool (either chronic diarrhoea, following ileoanal pouch or rectal surgery, or due to use of a weight-reducing drug). Two trials were amongst people with weak anal sphincters, one in participants with faecal impaction and bypass leakage, and one in geriatric patients. In one trial there was no specific cause for faecal incontinence.Seven trials tested anti-diarrhoeal drugs to reduce faecal incontinence and other bowel symptoms (loperamide, diphenoxylate plus atropine, and codeine). Six trials tested drugs that enhance anal sphincter function (phenylepinephrine gel and sodium valproate). Two trials evaluated osmotic laxatives (lactulose) for the treatment of faecal incontinence associated with constipation in geriatric patients. One trial assessed the use of zinc-aluminium ointment for faecal incontinence. No studies comparing drugs with other treatment modalities were identified.There was limited evidence that antidiarrhoeal drugs and drugs that enhance anal sphincter tone may reduce faecal incontinence in patients with liquid stools. Loperamide was associated with more adverse effects (such as constipation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, headache and nausea) than placebo. However, the dose may be titrated to the patient's symptoms to minimise side effects while achieving continence. The drugs acting on the sphincter sometimes resulted in local dermatitis, abdominal pain or nausea. Laxative use in geriatric patients reduced faecal soiling and the need for help from nurses.Zinc-aluminium ointment was associated with improved quality of life, with no reported adverse effects. However, the observed improvement in quality of life was seen in the placebo group as well as the treatment group.It should be noted that all the included trials in this review had small sample sizes and short duration of follow-up. 'Risk of bias' assessment was unclear for most of the domains as there was insufficient information. There were no data suitable for meta-analysis. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The small number of trials identified for this review assessed several different drugs in a variety of patient populations. The focus of most of the included trials was on the treatment of diarrhoea, rather than faecal incontinence. There is little evidence to guide clinicians in the selection of drug therapies for faecal incontinence. Larger, well-designed controlled trials, which use the recommendations and principles set out in the CONSORT statement, and include clinically important outcome measures, are required. 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DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two review authors independently screened abstracts, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of the included trials. MAIN RESULTS: Sixteen trials were identified, including 558 participants. Eleven trials were of cross-over design. Eleven trials included only people with faecal incontinence related to liquid stool (either chronic diarrhoea, following ileoanal pouch or rectal surgery, or due to use of a weight-reducing drug). Two trials were amongst people with weak anal sphincters, one in participants with faecal impaction and bypass leakage, and one in geriatric patients. In one trial there was no specific cause for faecal incontinence.Seven trials tested anti-diarrhoeal drugs to reduce faecal incontinence and other bowel symptoms (loperamide, diphenoxylate plus atropine, and codeine). Six trials tested drugs that enhance anal sphincter function (phenylepinephrine gel and sodium valproate). Two trials evaluated osmotic laxatives (lactulose) for the treatment of faecal incontinence associated with constipation in geriatric patients. One trial assessed the use of zinc-aluminium ointment for faecal incontinence. No studies comparing drugs with other treatment modalities were identified.There was limited evidence that antidiarrhoeal drugs and drugs that enhance anal sphincter tone may reduce faecal incontinence in patients with liquid stools. Loperamide was associated with more adverse effects (such as constipation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, headache and nausea) than placebo. However, the dose may be titrated to the patient's symptoms to minimise side effects while achieving continence. The drugs acting on the sphincter sometimes resulted in local dermatitis, abdominal pain or nausea. Laxative use in geriatric patients reduced faecal soiling and the need for help from nurses.Zinc-aluminium ointment was associated with improved quality of life, with no reported adverse effects. However, the observed improvement in quality of life was seen in the placebo group as well as the treatment group.It should be noted that all the included trials in this review had small sample sizes and short duration of follow-up. 'Risk of bias' assessment was unclear for most of the domains as there was insufficient information. There were no data suitable for meta-analysis. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: The small number of trials identified for this review assessed several different drugs in a variety of patient populations. The focus of most of the included trials was on the treatment of diarrhoea, rather than faecal incontinence. There is little evidence to guide clinicians in the selection of drug therapies for faecal incontinence. 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Hermitage Museum St Petersburg Private Tour Explore one of the greatest museums in the world on a 3-hour tour of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg’s Winter Palace. A private guide will introduce you to masterpieces by Titian, Rembrandt, Da Vinci, and more. English, French, Italian Explore one of the world's greatest art collections on a guided tour of St. Petersburg's Hermitage See art treasures by Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Van Dyke, Rubens and more Wander through some of the most elaborate state rooms of the Winter Palace Get access to the Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and Small Hermitage Stay on and explore on your own with complimentary museum entrance Explore one of the largest museums in the world on a 3-hour private guided tour of the Hermitage Museum in central St. Petersburg. Wander through the magnificent staterooms of the Winter Palace, and see famous paintings by Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt and more. The museum consists of 5 historic buildings, including the former residence of Russian Tsars at the Winter Palace. You will visit 4 of these buildings during your visit, including the Winter Palace and Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage and New Hermitage. To view the collection in its entirety, assuming you spent 8 hours a day and just 1 minute to examine each exhibit, would take almost 15 years. But your private guide will take you direct to some of the highlights, providing a fascinating commentary as they lead you through some of the most impressive staterooms. With more than 3 million pieces, ranging from antiquity to the present day, there’s plenty to suit all tastes, and at the end of your guided tour, you are free to continue exploring on your own. Museum entrance fee (which allows you to stay at the Hermitage Museum after the guided tour) Meet in Palace Square by the Alexander Column. Your guide will be holding a sign with your name on it. St. Petersburg: Hermitage Highlights Tour St. Petersburg: Skip-the-Line Hermitage Tour From US$ 40 US$ 50 Skip the Line: Hermitage Museum Private Walking Tour St. Petersburg 3-Hour Private Hermitage Museum Tour Express to Russia Dubai Cruises & Boat Tours Milan Day Trips Florence Wine Tasting & Winery Tours Krakow Day Trips

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KCS Board of Education Announces 2016-2017 Meeting Dates The Board will hold regular monthly meetings on the first Tuesday at 6 p.m. and regular monthly work sessions on the third Tuesday at 6 p.m. Published on July 8, 2016 at 2:42 p.m. KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Kingsport City Schools Board of Education has announced its slate of meeting dates for the 2016-2017 school year located at the KCS Administrative Support Center, 400 Clinchfield Street, third floor – Tennessee Room, downtown Kingsport. With few exceptions, the Board will hold regular monthly board meetings on the first Tuesday at 6 p.m. and regular monthly work sessions on the third Tuesday at 6 p.m. The meetings include a public comment period on agenda items. All meetings are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. BOE Regular Monthly Meetings (6 p.m.) BOE Regular Monthly Work Sessions (6 p.m.) The Kingsport Board of Education is made up of five elected at-large, non-partisan members. Each member serves a four-year staggered term. Elections are held in May during odd numbered years. New Board of Education members are seated on July 1 of each election year. For more information on the Kingsport Board of Education and a complete list of members, please visit k12k.com, Board Members. Kingsport City Schools (KCS) is a public school district located in Kingsport, Tenn., serving students in Sullivan and Hawkins county. The district is comprised of 13 schools, including a Pre-K, eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school and a non-traditional school; with total enrollment over 7,100 students. The vision of Kingsport City Schools is to be, Student Focused … World Class. KCS has been named the top school district in Tennessee as winner of the 2014 SCORE Prize District Award by the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) and has earned the 2014 Achievement Award in the annual Excellence in Tennessee Recognition Program by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNPCE). For more information on KCS, visit k12k.com, listen live on WCSK 90.3 FM, The Voice of KCS, read our blog, We Are KCS, or call (423) 378.2100. We’re social too; follow us on Facebook (Kingsport City Schools), Twitter (@KCS_District) and check out our YouTube Channel (KPTSchools).

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2009-10Last 16Round 3 Panellinios Opap 88 Benetton Basket 79 February 09, 2010 CET: 20:00 Local time: 21:00 INDOOR HALL PERISTERIOU "ANDREAS PAPANDREOU" Panellinios BC took over sole possession of second place in Group K on Tuesday by holding off Benetton Gioco Digitale with an 88-79 victory at home in Athens, Greece. The victory lifted Panellinios to 2-1 in the group, a victory behind undefeated Bilbao and one ahead of Brose Baskets halfway through the round. Benetton dropped to 0-3 and faces a difficult road to survival now. The Panellinios defense made the difference after Benetton suddenly rallied to within 77-75 with 3 minutes left on a burst of scoring by Davor Kus. Benetton's scoring basically stopped there as Panellinios pulled away at the free throw line late. Veteran guards Kostas Charalampidis and Manolis Papamakarios paced the winners with 19 points each, the latter downing 5 of 8 three-point tries. Ian Vougioukas followed with 18 points, while Joshua Davis had 15. Solid 30-for-36 free throw shooting made was key for the hosts. Benetton got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists from Gary Neal, while Kus scored 13 and C.J. Wallace and Kelvin Rivers 12 each, and Donatas Motiejunas 11. Panellinios went inside to Vougioukas and Davis for a quick 4-0 lead. Benetton cut into with a triple by Neal and eventually tied 8-8 on another by Rivers. Panellinios surge ahead again, however, as three-pointers by Roderick Blakney, Davis and Papamakarios made it 19-12. Benetton wouldn't be denied, however, and followed Wallace on a 2-10 run to take a 21-22 lead on free throws by Daniel Hackett. Charalampidis added his own foul shots before the first quarter ended with all the promise of a long, hard battle as Panellinios led 23-22. Vougioukas sparked the hosts again with a triple to open the second quarter, but Jasmin Hukic - just back from injury - matched it for Benetton and Motiejunas put the visitors ahead again. The veterans Charalampidis and Papamakarios took the lead back for Panellinios at 36-32 and were joined by another, Djuro Ostojic, maintaining it at 40-34. Wallace tried to rally Benetton with 4 points in a row, but Vougioukas reappeared to stretch the difference to 47-40 for Panellinios at halftime. Benetton's teenage talents, Motiejunas and Alessandro Gentile started their team's response after the break, but Vougioukas answered before Papamakarios and Blakney stretched the lead to 57-49 from long range. The Benetton defense locked in just then, however, while Neal, Gentile and especially Hukic, with 5 points himself, climbed back to a 57-57 tie. Although Charalampidis again buoyed Panellinios with a quarter-ending basket-plus-free throw, it was anybody's game at 60-57 heading into the final quarter. Dueling triples by Charalampidis and Rivers kept the tension high as the fourth quarter started. Davis reappeared for the hosts for a layup-plus-free throw then stepped out and buried what was a back-breaking three-point shot at 69-60. After Wallace hit free throws for Benetton, Papamakarios launched from deep and raised the lead to double-digits, 72-62. Kus answered from the same distance for the visitors, then proceeded to go wild, with free throws preceding 2 more bombs from downtown to suddenly put Benetton back in the game, 75-73 with 4 minutes left. Papamakarios and Rivers traded baskets before a tense couple minutes of defense yielded two 1-for-2 trips to the free-throw line by Vougioukas. By the time Charalampidis went back to the line and hit a pair, Panellinios could breathe easy at 81-75 already in the final minute. Neal lengthened the suspense with a three-point play, but free throws down the stretch preserved the victory for the hosts. Referees: MITJANA, JUAN CARLOS; NESKOVIC, DRAGAN; ZURAPOVIC, ADEMIR Panellinios Opap 23 24 13 28 Benetton Basket 22 18 17 22 Panellinios Opap 4 XANTHOPOULOS, VASSILIS 18:46 2 1/1 0/1 5 2 2 2 1 5 5 PAPAMAKARIOS, MANOLIS 28:42 19 2/4 5/8 1 2 3 3 3 17 6 CHARALAMPIDIS, KOSTAS 28:57 19 2/2 1/4 12/14 4 4 3 1 1 9 28 7 KALAITZIS, GEORGIOS 9:44 0/1 -1 8 JOHNSEN, BRITTON 10:14 5 1/3 3/3 4 4 1 3 2 7 10 PETROULAS, ALEKOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 GEORGALLIS, IOANNIS 9:17 0/1 1 3 -3 12 BLAKNEY, RODERICK 25:30 6 0/1 2/3 1 1 2 4 2 4 4 14 DAVIS, JOSHUA 30:20 15 2/3 2/3 5/5 5 5 1 4 1 1 5 20 15 VOUGIOUKAS, IAN 27:44 18 5/7 8/12 3 3 1 5 2 3 10 20 16 OSTOJIC, DJURO 10:46 4 1/1 2/2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 5 17 KOLOKAS, MARKOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 200:00 88 14/22 10/21 30/36 4 21 25 16 6 16 3 0 23 30 104 Head coach: ZOUROS, ILIAS Benetton Basket 4 DE NICOLAO, ANDREA 4:45 0/2 1 1 -2 5 KUS, DAVOR 35:17 13 1/3 3/7 2/2 1 1 2 1 2 11 6 FABI, AGUSTIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 HUKIC, JASMIN 22:07 8 1/3 2/3 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 9 RIVERS, KC 23:37 12 3/5 2/2 3 2 5 2 1 1 5 2 12 10 NICEVIC, SANDRO 10:53 2 1/1 1 1 1 4 1 -1 11 MOTIEJUNAS, DONATAS 17:28 11 5/6 1/2 5 4 9 2 3 3 16 13 HACKETT, DANIEL 13:55 2 2/2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 14 NEAL, GARY 29:49 15 3/10 1/6 6/7 4 4 3 1 5 2 6 9 15 GENTILE, ALESSANDRO 11:38 4 0/1 1/2 1/2 1 4 1 -1 18 WALLACE, C.J. 30:31 12 4/5 0/5 4/4 1 3 4 1 4 4 5 8 Totals 200:00 79 18/34 9/27 16/19 12 18 30 10 4 15 0 3 30 23 61 ZOUROS, ILIAS "First of all, I want to congratulate the players and my staff. The team played very well on defense. We achieved our second victory in the Last 16 against a very big team, and this is very important." REPESA, JASMIN "I want to congratulate Panellinios B.C. for the victory. Panellinios B.C. was better over the 40 minutes of the game. We got close in the end on the scoreboard, but then we made key turnovers." PAPAMAKARIOS, MANOLIS "We played very good defense and took a very big victory. If we manage to take another victory in the next three games, we will be able to qualify." RIVERS, KC "We did not play well on defense and in the end we lost the chance to take the victory. Panellinios B.C has a very good team." 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Home » Survive Your Long-Distance Relationship By Zina Kumok ☆ Published: March 11, 2016, 2:02 am (updated 3 years ago) 302 LovingRelationships Survive Your Long-Distance Relationship Can you survive a long-distance relationship? It can be difficult but rewarding, especially if you follow these tips to strengthen it. Zina Kumok Even though it’s been years since my husband and I lived in separate cities, I can still feel the aching feeling I had every time we said goodbye. The reunions were so sweet, but the departures felt as if we were breaking up. Surviving a long-distance relationship can be an indicator of a good relationship, but it can also teach you things you didn’t know about yourself. It’s a learning process for your partnership. Want to know how to make it through together? Give each other space. This probably seems crazy. “Give each other space?” you’re probably thinking. “But we’re already apart.” When you’re in a long-distance relationship, the impulse to stay constantly connected is strong. But that can make you crazy and drive your partner away. This is the best time to learn how to respect each other’s boundaries before you’re sharing a space. Don’t text, email, or call constantly. Set a schedule so that the other person can still have a normal life without worrying that they’re not getting back to you. “Leaning on your partner too much is bad to begin with, but is multiplied when you have limited contact with each other,” my sister-in-law Kim L. said. Kim spent a year apart from her boyfriend after college. Find shared interests. While you’re apart, it can be hard to find things to talk about. The usual “how’s your day” conversations grow stale in the face of distance. “After two weeks of being apart, it can be hard to find things to talk about on the phone — we just want to see each other again,” said my friend Brad Z., who spent months studying abroad in South Africa while his girlfriend was in the States. That’s why it helps to do things together. That can be going to see the same movie when it opens, even if you’re in different cities. It can be sending articles the other person might like or listening to a new album and discussing it. Constantly reminding the other person that you miss them makes for a boring conversation after a few weeks. Make a life for yourself. Instead of being sad that you’re apart from your partner, focus on what you can do by yourself. A friend of mine joked that she always got more studying done when her boyfriend was away. I used my time to watch “The Golden Girls” non-stop and spend as much as I wanted in antique bookstores and beauty stores. “I wish I could go back and tell myself that it would be over soon and to enjoy Arizona rather than come home every night and remind myself how many days were left until it was over,” said my friend Audrie O., who spent a summer apart from her now-husband on an internship. Finding your own network is also crucial if you’re an extrovert. Relying on one person for companionship is always bad, but it’s even worse if that person doesn’t live near you. If you’re an introvert, use this time to recharge and focus on cultivating your hobbies and passions. The good news is research shows that couples in long-distance relationships learn to communicate better than couples who aren’t. They also foster more trust, better discussions and greater intimacy. “The distance forces you to focus on your friendship and your communication with the other person,” said my friend Joe R., who spent years in a long-distance relationship. “I think that these things lead to long-term success, because they kick in when the excitement and the newness of the relationship starts to fade.” Survive Your Long-Distance Relationship was last modified: January 13th, 2017 by Zina Kumok Author: Zina Kumok Zina Kumok is a personal finance writer. Her work has been featured in DailyWorth, GoBankingRates and Mint. She writes about paying off her student loans at Debt Free After Three. View all articles by Zina Kumok.

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Return to NFL Tamarick Vanover chronicles classic story of disposable NFL players Vanover’s opponents on kickoff and punt coverage teams used to grasp at him in futility as he raced toward the end zone. Now nearly two decades later, Vanover feels that same futility in having anything to show for the days given to the NFL (Photo by Damian Strohmeyer/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (SetNumber: X51929) Derek Helling The tales of former NFL players who gained a place in the spotlight with their athletic ability but were just as quickly forgotten when off-the-field or injury issues sidelined them are plentiful. In some cases, however, that vanishing is about more than unfortunate circumstances. Sometimes, that’s the result of deliberate action. Former NFL player Tamarick Vanover feels his narrative fits that description. In the mid-1990s, NFL fans would have been hard-pressed to find a more electric player than Tamarick Vanover. After finishing a successful collegiate stint playing wide receiver for Florida State University, Vanover was drafted 81st overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1995. Vanover then went on to be named to the the All-Rookie Team in 1995 after leading the league in yards per touch (17.1) and non-offensive touchdowns (three). His play as a return man on the Chiefs’ kickoff and punt return units earned him first-team All-Pro status in both 1996 and 1997. Vanover still ranks in the top five in NFL history in career kickoff and punt return touchdowns. After the 1999 season, Vanover, his agent and the Chiefs negotiated a new contract. He would never see most of that money, however. In April of 2000, the Chiefs released Vanover after he pleaded guilty to assisting in the sale of a stolen vehicle in February of the same year. Not only did the Chiefs release him, but they filed a grievance against Vanover to recoup the part of Vanover’s signing bonus already paid to him. The arbitrator ruled in the Chiefs’ favor, making Vanover the first NFL player to ever repay his signing bonus to a team. That’s when Vanover says things really took a turn for the worse. “I talked back and forth to one of the NFLPA’s top lawyers and he said basically that there is nothing I could do about it,” Vanover said. “I kind of left it alone for a couple of years even though I was still upset about the fact that they were allowed to get away with that. It really didn’t come to light until the same thing came about with Michael Vick with the dog fighting. They tried to pull the same thing on him but he had an outside attorney.” “I felt like because I wasn’t a high profile player in his eyes, he just kind of shoved it under the rug, because even he said in his brief that this had never been done in NFL history, it’s like the arbitrator made up his own [rules]. Basically he told me that since it went through arbitration, arbitration is final.” The number of labor disputes involving NFL players and the league and/or one of its franchises that have been taken to civil courts by the NFLPA since Vanover’s arbitration hearing continues to grow. Vanover says that his own attempts to do so have fallen short due to difficulty in finding qualified counsel willing to take on the case. “I think it all depends on who the player is,” Vanover stated. “I think that if you are a lower level guy, special teams, who doesn’t have as much relevance in the league, I think they [the NFLPA] don’t push that as hard as if you’re a front line guy or quarterback. They kind of pick and choose who they are going to stick their neck out for. I’ve talked to several lawyers, some of them being big time lawyers, and they all said it’s a very interesting situation but none of them have wanted to take it on because I’ve said before it isn’t a high profile case. They did say they had concerns about statute of limitations but from what I’ve heard whenever you find out harm was done and I didn’t find that out until 2007. They [the Atlanta Falcons] tried to use the same thing on him [Michael Vick] that they did on me but it didn’t work. A lot of the stuff going on in the NFL right now, it would be easy for me to say that they took advantage of me because I didn’t know what was going on. I’m not a lawyer but they told me which way to go.” The basis for Vanover’s complaints against the Chiefs and the NFLPA center around the allegations that the Chiefs made in their grievance. The Chiefs alleged that Vanover withheld information from them which would have altered the decision to offer him a new contract. That is an allegation that Vanover disputes to this day. “I was the one who told my agent to call the meeting [to tell the Chiefs about the charges against him],” Vanover explained. “I felt like I was more than forthcoming with everything that was in the court documents. We kind of made a promise that some of the stuff wouldn’t come out because it had been sealed but unfortunately it did come out. I remember on that day, I called Carl Peterson on the phone and told him I said, there’s another bombshell about to drop and he said what is it and I told him what it is and he said let me call you back and the next time he called me back was to say that you’ve been released. That’s what hurt the most because I gave a lot to that organization. Nobody called me except for saying that you’ve been released. I apologize for the things I had done. I was young, dumb and I did some things that I shouldn’t have.” If that was the extent of the ways in which Vanover had been discarded by the NFL, that would have been harrowing enough. Vanover is also one of hundreds of former players who suffer from symptoms related to brain trauma. Like many others who are part of the settlement class, he is finding that he has been abandoned a second time in the claims process. “[The] process is very, very slow,” Vanover commented. “I think a lot of players are very upset about the fact that when we signed the deal, supposedly you were supposed to have XYZ together for it to go through. Now it’s coming to the point where you have to have ABC before you get XYZ. That’s frustrating a lot of players because we didn’t agree to that. I’m one of the fortunate ones as far as disability goes, but I hear a lot of stories about guys that are ridiculous.” Vanover’s story in terms of the NFL is sadly all too typical, and even he realizes that his experience is more of the norm than a deviation. “Some guys come up and they might have already had some financial backing but you have to realize that the money isn’t going to last forever,” Vanover elaborated. “I feel like a lot of guys need to know the truth about the NFL. As long as you are doing things for them, they love you, but when it’s all said and done, you are just another number.” Vanover’s opponents on kickoff and punt coverage teams used to grasp at him in futility as he raced toward the end zone. Now nearly two decades later, Vanover feels that same futility in having anything to show for the days given to the NFL that he will never recoup. Vanover isn’t shy about looking in the mirror as far as the part his crimes played in ending his career. He just expects the NFL to do the same for its part. Derek Helling is a journalist out of Kansas City, Mo., who covers the intersections of entertainment and sports with business, law, media and technology. Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/feature-stories/nfl/tamarick-vanover-chronicles-classic-story-of-disposable-nfl-players/ NFL The Conversation Robert Kraft Should Be Having With Gronk What’s Next in the Face-Off Between Kaepernick and the NFL? When the Victim Becomes the Accused: The Kamrin Moore Story Kelechi Osemele’s Saga Reminds Us of NFL’s Toxic Culture Perspective: The NFL Doesn’t Need Headhunters CTE Risk More Than Doubles after Just Three Years of Playing Football When CTE Steals Your Dad: Garrett Remembers Mike Webster Two Stanford Alumni. Two Very Different NFLs for Andrew Luck and Amon Gordon Andrew Luck’s retirement, and pain he endured, hit close to home for former Charger Brain Injury Casts a Dark Cloud Over NFL’s 100th Season New Report Projects Minimum 10% of NFL Players will Develop CTE AAF Brings Back Fond Memories of USFL Tamarick Vanover chronicles classic story of disposable NFL players Transitioning From Sideline to Boardroom The story of Bill Cesare demonstrates how little the NFL and NFLPA do to take care of former players The Birth of an NFL Career The Story of an NFL Wife – a Conversation with Cyndy Feasel Why does the NFLPA Want to Stop Leaping Field Goal Blocks? Half-Time in the CBA – A conversation with Ben Leber Report Released By Cyrus Mehri Details Anti-Labor Stance Within NFLPA In Search of Mike Neal Cyrus Mehri’s Candidacy Reveals New NFLPA Constitution and Fresh Vision for Players’ Union How the NFLPA may have fumbled player safety

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The Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England Closes on Environmentally Sensitive, Modern Headquarters Innovative New Location to House Three Practices: Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England, Advanced Vein Center and Age Management Center Portland, ME, May 8, 2017 – The Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England (CEC), the leading provider of medical aesthetic and laser services to Maine residents and the greater New England region, today announced it has closed on a new, innovative building that will house its cosmetic services branch, as well as the Advanced Vein Center, and Age Management Center. Construction is slated to begin this summer, and the center is scheduled to open its doors to the public in spring 2018. The headquarters, located at 1945 Congress Street in Portland, Maine, will offer 15,000 square feet of medical office spaces, complete with ample parking, private check-out and much more. Patients can expect the same great individualized care in a more accessible, contemporary location. Construction on the project will be led by Wright-Ryan Construction, with support from Northland Development and Archetype Architects. Built to CEC’s custom specifications, the headquarters will provide modern work spaces that are both comfortable for patients and staff, as well as energy efficient. The owners of the building are Michael Bedecs, D.O., Maria Atkins, D.O., Robert Abrahamsen, M.D. and David Branch, M.D. “After years of planning, we are incredibly excited to bring to fruition our dream of an advanced, innovative workspace that houses our entire practice suite under one roof,” said Maria Atkins, D.O., co-owner and Medical Director of the Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England. “This is more than just a building to our team; it is a major accomplishment in CEC’s history and a reaffirmation of our commitment to the New England community to provide one-of-a-kind care and treatment options to our patients.” In addition to housing the CEC, Advanced Vein Center, and Age Management Center, the office will have additional medical suites available to lease. The building will also include a cosmetic store, which will sell a number of the practices’ leading skin care and cosmetic products. About the Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England The Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England (CEC), founded in 1988, started as a Medical Laser practice that offered treatments for Port Wine Stains and Tattoo removal and has since grown into Maine’s largest and most highly respected medical aesthetic laser and treatment facility. Under the direction of Maria Atkins, D.O. since 1996, CEC continues to be the first to introduce the latest technologies and treatment options to Maine. By incorporating multi-wavelength laser technologies, a comprehensive range of non-invasive state of the art techniques, modalities and procedures, as well as highly trained providers, Dr. Atkins has made CEC the most successful and reputable medical aesthetic and laser practice in New England today. About the Advanced Vein Center The Advanced Vein Center, serving patients in the state of Maine, offers state-of-the-art outpatient therapies, including endovenous laser treatment and sclerotherapy, to eliminate unsightly, uncomfortable varicose and spider veins for cosmetic and medical reasons. In addition to these services, the Advanced Vein Center specializes in the treatment of acute and “chronic” or non-healing wounds and ulcers. Led by Medical Director Dr. Robert B. Abrahamsen, MD, ACEP, UHMS, RPVI, ABPh Diplomate, the center has received a highly-esteemed accreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). About the Age Management Center The Age Management Center, located in Portland, Maine, provides consultation and treatment within the medical specialty of regenerative and anti-aging medicine. As a triple board certified physician, Dr. Michael Bedecs, owner and Medical Director, works with men and women seeking anti-aging therapy and natural hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Bedecs integrates anti-aging concepts of illness prevention and wellness maintenance into personalized programs designed to achieve optimal health and performance. Brittney Darner Cosmetic Enhancement Center of New England darnerb@cecofne.com Filed Under: Press Releases

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Work, Pages with broken file links, Musicians, File:Opeth-live-small.jpg Opeth is a heavy metal band formed in Stockholm Sweden by David Isberg and Mikael Åkerfeldt. After the band was formed, David later quit, and left the band with Mikael, who became the main vocalist and guitarist. In 1995, Opeth released their debut album Orchid, which was critically praised for its unique style of death metal, having twin guitar harmonies, also adding acoustic guitar, piano, and clean vocals, something rather unusual for the Scandinavian death metal scene. A couple of years later, they released Morningrise, which continued to explore the techniques used in Orchid. While it was quite popular, Opeth noticed that other metal bands began to copy them and Mikael urged the band to change their signature style. This lead to the release of the dark Concept Album My Arms, Your Hearse. A couple of years later, they released the fan favorite Still Life, in which they began to deconstruct their sound. However, they never went on tour because their music which, while well liked, was not mainstream. This all changed with the release of Blackwater Park, which many fans and critics considered then to be Opeth's magnum opus. After the massive success of Blackwater Park, they began their first world-wide tour. Within a six month period of time, they released two albums: Deliverance and Damnation. The former is considered to be the band's heaviest work while the latter is a more elegant acoustic based album. While Deliverance was well-received, Damnation instantly became a fan favorite, most notably the song Windowpane. After extensive touring, they released 2005's dark and majestic Ghost Reveries, which (just like other previous albums) became an instant hit. After the release of Ghost Reveries however, Peter Lindgren and Martin Lopez (guitarist and drummer, respectively) left the band, leaving Opeth's future in doubt. Nevertheless, in 2008, Opeth released Watershed, which has been praised as their deepest and most mature work to date. Opeth are generally accepted to be one of the poster children for Progressive Death Metal. While they are firmly rooted in Scandinavian death metal, they have shown many elements of Progressive Rock throughout their albums. They are known to combine elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, Scandinavian folk music, blues, jazz, and acoustics into their songs. While Mikael has stated that groups that inspired Opeth were ones like Slayer, Black Sabbath, Death, and Celtic Frost, he fully admits that other bands like Yes and other progressive bands inspired the progressive rock side of them. They are well know to try something new even after an extremely successful album (ala Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries). They remain one of the world's most popular Death Metal acts, and are considered to be engaged in the work of opening up that scene to a wider audience, as their acoustic, jazzy, and folkish elements can easily draw fans of those styles into a position to appreciate the legitimate musicality of the abrasive, sonically violent, and dissonantly deconstructve nature of the death metal soundscape. Opeth is not a band for everyone however. Their songs are extremely long (the average clocking in between eight and ten minutes) and musically complex. This makes their music very difficult to listen to without some dedication. A large majority of their songs demand repeated listening for full appreciation. This can make listening tedious to those who find the music alienating either for its lack of simple accessibility or death metal sensibilities. One critic put it this way: "It is very hard to be a casual Opeth fan, due to the length and complexity of their songs." Not to be confused with Otep, as they often are. Opeth's discography: Orchid (1995) Morningrise (1996) My Arms Your Hearse (1998) Still Life (1999) Blackwater Park (2001) Ghost Reveries (2005) Watershed (2008) Heritage (2011) Current Band members: Mikael Akerfeldt: vocals, guitar, bass on My Arms Your Hearse Fredrik Akesson: guitar Martin Mendez: bass Martin "Axe" Axenrot: drums Joakim Svalberg: keyboards Past Band members: David Isberg: Original guitarist and vocalist Johan Defarfalla: bass (1991-1996) Anders Nordin: drums and piano in Silhouette (1991-1996) Peter Lindgren: guitar (1991-2007) Martin Lopez: drums (1996-2007) Per Wiberg: keyboards (2005-2011) Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree has provided backing vocals on Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation, and was producer for those albums. Renowned Swedish flautist Björn J:son Lindh played flute on the song "Famine" from Heritage. Peruvian percussionist Alex Acuña (who has performed with many other notable musicians, including Elvis Presley) also played on "Famine". Opeth shows example of: And Now for Something Completely Different: Played with most of the time, though their latest release, Heritage, probably beats the rest of their catalogue in this department. Black Sheep Hit: The band expected "To Bid You Farewell", off of Morningrise, to be hated, because of how mellow it was (they have stated that they put it on there because they liked it). It actually became the most beloved song on the album, if not of their entire early material. Breather Episode: While songs like "Hours of Wealth" and "Patterns in the Ivy" count, the best example is Damnation, which is wedged between the heavy Deliverance and the extremely dark Ghost Reveries. And just to remember some other breather songs, there's "Silhouette", "Requiem", "Madrigal" and "For Absent Friends". And subverted as well, as the heaviest song on "Ghost Reveries", "The Grand Conjuration", is stuck between the two lightest and shortest songs on the album, "Hours of Wealth" and "Isolation Years" "Burden" is a very peaceful, if mournful, prog-rock ballad, which follows the extremely heavy "Heir Apparent," and very heavy and experimental "The Lotus Eater." "Benighted" from Still Life is a very mellow, acoustic song between "Godhead's Lament" and "Moonlapse Vertigo." It is also much shorter than both songs. Careful with That Axe: Plently examples. Song "Advent" features quite many sudden screams between the constant growls. "The Leper Affinity" has a solid one near the climax ('defeaning shrieks pierced the NIIIIIIIGHT!!'). Also the start of "Ghost of Perdition", halfway through "The Grand Conjuration", etc. Concept Album: Quite a few... My Arms Your Hearse is a story about the ghost of a man who follows his wife in suspicion that she wasn't truly sad after his death. Still Life is about a medieval atheist who returns to face the Christian government and regain his love, Melinda (WARNING: Major Downer Ending) Ghost Reveries was going to be an example of this trope. Mikael had intended for it to be about a man who thinks he's undergoing Demonic Possession and how everyone and everything seems to be turning against him, but then he wrote the lyrics for "Isolation Years", which had nothing to do with the concept, but he liked the song so much that he scrapped the idea of the concept album, and the album's final track order ended up disrupting the intended "flow" of the story anyway. The songs on the album Watershed are connected by the theme of parting with the loved one and subsequent alienation from society. Cover Version: The band has covered Celtic Frost, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Robin Trower, Marie Fredriksson, Alice in Chains, and (at a recent live show) Bon Jovi. Deadpan Snarker: Mikael is pretty renowned for this. See his speech under Funny Moments. Did Not Do the Research: "Harlequin Forest", from Ghost Reveries, is often incorrectly referred to as "Reverie-Harlequin Forest" by fans. "Reverie" is the name of the so-called pre-gap on the album CD before "Harlequin Forest"; when ripped, it usually appears at the end of the previous track, "Atonement". Epic Rocking: Their longest song, "Black Rose Immortal", lasts 20:14 and many of their songs exceed 10 minutes in length. Eight minutes is probably about Opeth's average song length. The average is currently 7:31.5 (not counting live and re-release tracks). Executive Meddling: Sort of. For the Lamentations concert, the band wanted to play the song "Demon of the Fall" from My Arms, Your Hearse as an encore, but licensing issues with Candlelight Records prevented them from including it on the DVD, so the band waited until the cameras stopped rolling, then came back out and played it. I Love the Dead: The subject of "The Leper Affinity". Last-Note Nightmare: "Burden" - nothing said. Also "A Fair Judgement". "Nectar" manages to get two in the space of about a minute. Miniscule Rocking: Much of the instrumentals such as "Requiem", "Madrigal", and "Patterns in the Ivy". Moh's Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness: Generally around 9, but they go all over the place. Damnation in particular is pure 3/4. Interestingly, many individual songs vary wildly between rankings, such as "Dirge for November," which starts about a 2/3 for the first couple minutes, then rockets straight to a 9 pretty much without warning. Almost every song on Watershed has these extreme variations as well. It's actually sort of pointless to rank Opeth songs using this scale, since their songs, and indeed, even different parts of the same song have so much variation in them, it becomes less necessary to rank the songs individually, so much as to rank them minute by minute. A tedious chore, since many of their songs are well over ten minutes long. Their last album, Heritage, would be in the 3-7 range for the most part. It's quite a bit more straightforward and less scattered than other Opeth records (except, of course, for Damnation), so it's much easier to rank on this scale. Murder Ballad: Still Life, Ghost Reveries. One Steve Limit: Averted twice, When Martin Lopez was replaced by Martin Axenrot. Progressive Death Metal. Red Oni, Blue Oni: Two examples: Mikael and Martin Mendez, the former being a very energetic and brash man and the latter being a quite one who rarely speaks. Deliverance and Damnation, the former being the band's heaviest work while the latter is the band's softest work. Self-Deprecation: Much of Mikael's snark during their live shows usually revolves around calling the next song "The most boring song on the album" and mocking the pretentiousness of their music. Or maybe mocking their fans. Sincerest Form of Flattery: Mikael has stated that the song "Ending Credits" off Damnation is "totally a Camel ripoff". Given how he's also said how much of an influence they are to him, the song becomes more of a tribute than a Follow the Leader kind of thing. Soprano and Gravel: Mikael is a shining example of the one-man version. The Stoic: Martin Mendez, and the fans love him for it. Surprisingly Gentle Song: "To Bid You Farewell", "Credence", "Epilogue", "Benighted", "Face of Melinda", "Harvest", "For Absent Friends", several others, plus the entirety of Damnation and Heritage, both of which qualify as Surprisingly Gentle Albums. This Is Sparta: THE! GRAND! CON! JUR! AAAA! SHUUUUNNNN! Also, pretty much the entire lyrics of "Blackwater Park" (song). "THE SUUUUUN SEETS, FOREEEVEEERRR, OVER, BLACKWATER, PAAAAARRRRKKKK!!!" Together in Death: "White Cluster", the ending track for Still Life. Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Opeth?oldid=29043"

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Prev Three Tips You Need to Know About Car Seat Safety Holding-off Talking to Your Child About Sex? Talk Sooner, Not Later. By Kristin V. Shaw I glanced in my rearview mirror, and I could see that one of my friends was clearly distressed. “I haven’t talked about it with him yet,” she said, and paused. “I think my husband should do it.” Other friends in the SUV – all mothers of 9- and 10-year old boys – chimed in. They didn’t know how to talk about sex with their kids and they were concerned about it. Some didn’t know how to word it. Some were embarrassed. Some were, perhaps, just procrastinating. When I was about my son’s age, my mother enlisted my father to read the illustrated book Where Did I Come From? to me and my little sister. We giggled, my mother giggled, and my father probably turned a lovely shade of crimson. The book lays out proper names for body parts and the process of fertilization with 1970s-era cartoon characters engaging in the beginnings of sex. To be clear, they never used the word “sex” in the book, nor intercourse. This was designed to be what they thought was a kid-friendly, family-friendly way to explain the birds and the bees and the closest thing they showed to the deed is of a cartoon Reubenesque man and woman in a sans-clothing embrace in bed. (The book looks to have been updated and I don’t know if my analysis of the book’s current version stands.) I discovered later that my parents were not typical, in that many of my friends never had a talk about sex education with their parents, or it consisted of everything from “nice girls don’t have sex until they get married” to a throwaway “Dear God please use a condom if you’re having sex”. “One of the issues for most parents in this country is we tend to think – or project from our own anxieties – that we shouldn’t approach sex education with young children. We’re stuck there,” says Debbie Roffman, a consultant for educators and sex education teacher at a school in Baltimore. “When they are little, these questions are not about sex. They are scientific questions about normal cognitive development. Adults get caught up in their own emotional connections to sex and that frightens them and they back off.” Exactly, you might be thinking. I can’t talk to my young child about adult sex. But that’s not what it’s about, Roffman says. “We have a cultural heritage that has led us to believe that talking about sex and related topics could be potentially harmful, but the data shows the opposite of that,” says Roffman. “Children who are raised in a family in which this is part of normal discussion delay sexual engagement for longer than kids who didn’t have this support.” The nonprofit organization AMAZE, which champions honest, age-appropriate sex education, creates short videos like “How Do You Talk to Young Kids about Sex?” The video backs Roffman’s statement up with a chart that shows that better-educated kids on these topics make better decisions. I’m seeing this already, both with my son and with other families who have already covered what might be uncomfortable subjects for some parents. Imagine, for instance, the shock and fear a girl would experience with no preparation for what happens to her body when menstruation begins. Knowing what is going to happen and what to do mitigates fear and also prevents kids from assuming that incorrect information is the truth. Further, repeating that message more than once in various ways is what it takes for children to learn it and understand it. What happens with many parents, Roffman says, is that they freeze up when their children start asking questions related to sex. What escapes the parents is that at developmental ages, kids aren’t asking about sex the way adults understand it, complete with their own experiences and emotional connections. They want to know how things work. They’re asking how something gets from point A to point B: What is the cause and effect that results in a baby? If you break it down into segments that kids understand, what they’re asking are questions about transportation, causation, and geography. Kids start learning about the concept of time in preschool and they realize, “Hey, I wasn’t always here. There are photos of my family without me in it – why is that?” They’re naturally curious. The answer, Roffman says, is the truth: babies come from a uterus. It’s the same thing as asking, “Where is the car?” and the answer is “It’s in the garage.” Straightforward. Logical. The key, experts say, is to build a “scaffolding of knowledge” upon which your kids can build comfort. For you and for them, in fact. Conversations can start with the labeling of body parts, which is something many parents shy away from due to embarrassment or lack of experience in talking about it. “Even if they don’t realize it, parents have most likely talked to their kids about sex. The first time they said, ‘I’m going to change in the other room, or ‘Please close the door when you’re going to the bathroom’ or ‘Don’t pull on your brother’s penis’ that’s on the spectrum. That’s about sex,” says Dr. Deborah Gilboa, a family physician and child development expert. For many parents, however, it may feel like a leap the size of the Grand Canyon to talk about the act of sex. It’s science, or mechanics, at its basest explanation: this part must be inserted into this part, and a biological reaction is a result. Even Roffman, now a certified sex educator, needed practice. “I didn’t grow up this way,” she says. “I was a sexual illiterate; I didn’t know much about it or how to think about it. What I learned when I fell into this job by accident is that practicing saying these words in the mirror and separating them from my discomfort, I found they were just words. Practice saying these words in front of an infant out loud so they become natural before they understand what you’re saying.” If we’re afraid that our children will bust out the word “penis” in public, whose needs are we really focused on? Ours, or theirs? Now that my son is 10, we have had conversations about love, and sex, body parts, and erections. Sometimes I still trip over the words, but I coax them out for the sake of his education, and he, so far, does not flinch. He knows he can ask me questions, like the time we were watching a movie and the female character was unmarried and pregnant. Or one night before bed he stuck his tongue out and started wiggling it and asked me that’s what a French kiss looked like. I can’t police all of the information that reaches his ears at school, during basketball practice, or with friends. But what I can do is model is that I’m his go-to source for anything he wants or needs to know. And if I’m doing my job right, not only will he be well-informed, he’ll have enough situational knowledge to make good decisions as he grows up. I found some basic tips on the AMAZE site to help parents who may be nervous or unsure of how to begin: 1. It is never too early to start having conversations, and it’s on you to start them. Remember, brief, more frequent talks are more effective than one big talk. 2. Kids just want the basics. Find out what they know and go from there. You can’t share too much. What they don’t understand goes over their heads. 3. You don’t need to know all the answers. Be honest and tell them you don’t know but you can research it and get back to them. Then follow-up. 4. There are no gender-based rules when it comes to conversations. Talk to your young kids about consent early on. It’s about body autonomy, not sex. “Of my four kids, each wanted to know things at different ages,” says Dr. Gilboa. “As parents, I’d say the same things as I’d say about drugs, alcohol, and so on: you want to be your child’s first best expert. You want to be their go-to person – if you defer being your kids’ go-to person, they’ll ask someone else. They’ll think, ‘Oh, I guess I can’t ask my parents about that.’” Don’t leave your kids’ sex education to chance, says Roffman. “It’s just like math – you can’t teach your kids all the math in the world at one time. Instead, think of it as building blocks,” she says. “Tell them, ‘Let’s start here and then I want you to think about it and we can talk more about it.’” The same math lesson isn’t taught to a kindergartener at five as it is to a 14-year-old teenager; you’ll teach it differently. The most important thing, Roffman told me, is to be truthful. Lying or making up fairy tales will hurt your credibility, in the long run. That’s not to say that you have to be 100% transparent from day one, she says. You know your kids. You’ll be able to tell what they’re ready to hear. Keep the door open for discussion, and when it comes time for your child to ask you the questions that matter, they’ll know that you’re willing to tackle it with them. More about Sex Education from Alpha Mom: 1. How to Have the Puberty Talk 2. Talking To Young Children About S-E-X 3. How to Talk About Sexual Consent with Your Kids Photo sources: Depositphotos/emevil (top photo) /andrewgenn (cartoon) Kristin V. Shaw Thrills and Wheels Writer, car fanatic, and mom, Kristin Shaw is the co-owner of Thrills and Wheels; Director of Social Media for Airport Improvement magazine; and owner of her own company, Firewheel Communications, ... Writer, car fanatic, and mom, Kristin Shaw is the co-owner of Thrills and Wheels; Director of Social Media for Airport Improvement magazine; and owner of her own company, Firewheel Communications, in Austin, Texas. Find her at KristinVShaw.com and ThrillsandWheels.com.

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Home Headline CitCo fires 36 security workers! CitCo fires 36 security workers! Friday, January 31st, 2014 Security services “outsourced” to CitCo employee Last Friday, January 24, a total of 36 security officers were terminated by the Belize City Council (BCC) because Belize City Mayor, Darrell Bradley, is supposedly privatizing the Council’s security needs. The contract to provide security services has now been awarded to the Council’s Security Manager, Hiram Longsworth, and a verbal promise was made, at the time the termination notices were issued, for all the terminated employees to be re-hired by Longsworth. In an interview with LOVE FM this past Tuesday, Bradley declared that discussions to privatize the security services began late last year when it was decided that the service could be outsourced. It was not said how the security services came to be “outsourced” to an employee of the same City Council. The former CitCo employees claim that they were not properly informed about the resolution, and therefore they must now find other ways to “put bread on the table,” since they have been abruptly terminated. Since then, the Christian Workers’ Union (CWU) and its firebrand president, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd, have sought to intercede on behalf of the security officers who, the CWU contends, have been wrongfully terminated. Yesterday, the CWU issued a public call to Labor Commissioner Ivan Williams for him to intervene to protect the labor rights of the security officers. Today, the president of the Christian Workers’ Union and a few of the terminated security officers held a press conference at the CWU headquarters in Belize City to publicize the matter, which Matura-Shepherd described as uncalled for, due to the circumstances surrounding their termination. Matura-Shepherd mentioned that the City Council did not properly notify the security officers, nor did they follow the appropriate, lawful protocol in the manner in which they went about communicating and executing their intentions to alter the Council’s source of security services. According to the CWU, the 36 security officers were issued with their termination letters last Wednesday, January 22, which would be one day before they were officially told – for the first time – that City Hall’s Security Department is being privatized. In a press release that was issued yesterday, the CWU stated that the termination letters were dated January 16, 2014, which, according to the union, constitutes a misrepresentation of when the security officers actually found out about their termination. The union also notified that they have sent two letters to Mayor Darrell Bradley, because they believe that the Belize City Council is in direct violation of the Labor Laws of Belize. The redundancies will take effect tomorrow, Friday, January 31, 2014, and to date, the employees maintain that nothing has been given in writing to them or the CWU, indicating which workers – if any – will be re-employed, and what terms – if any – have been negotiated by the Mayor. The CWU, in their release yesterday, said “This is a most critical point, seeing that it is impossible for any privatized firm to take on all these workers at their current measly pay and still reduce expense by approximately 50 percent.” The Mayor – who is presently out of the country – has not yet officially responded to the CWU regarding the discrepancies in the termination letters. According to the CWU president, the union stands ready to dialogue with Mayor Bradley, since they need to find a quick solution which will be in the best interest of the terminated employees; however, she claims, the Mayor has been “dismissive” of the union’s concerns, and therefore, no progress has yet been made with regards to this issue. Amandala has since made attempts to contact the City Council’s Public Relations Officer, Kenny Morgan, or its Security Manager, Hiram Longsworth, in order to get their comments, but we were told that neither of them was available at the time. Previous articleImportation/exportation of goods between Belize and Mexico suspended Next articleRight to the Point: It is wrong, it is distasteful… and it is CORRUPTION!

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Home Publisher From the Publisher Each week I do a lot of reading. I will process material from local and foreign newspapers, magazines, Internet websites, and also full length books. In so doing, I run into material that I think is important for you readers to consider and assess. Most times, such important material is included in this newspaper, with a simple heading. My sense is, however, that only serious readers take on such articles. It makes me sad to realize that not all the readers who would benefit from such material, are willing to do the work involved with serious articles. I understand. Most readers of this newspaper have grown to enjoy this column, and they are willing to fight their way through it even if I tackle heavy, complicated matters. I try to package my column in such a way that you are entertained while I am making my points. Food should have flavoring, we all agree. After all the years, I still have stories to tell, but some of these stories would be best told in a fictional framework. There were so many times when I was running the streets that I had experiences which I’ve never shared with you. I still dream of doing creative work, but time is no longer on my side. In any case, in this particular column I will, in a sense, try to force you to read some serious material, analyze it, and place it in a Belizean context. There are people who come to this country which you and I call our own, our Jewel, and these newcomers do not participate in the life of our roots people. Some of the people who come here are rich and powerful people. They dominate our economy, and therefore influence our politics. Other people who come here are poor people seeking to improve their standard of living. Along the way, things have happened to Belize which we can only begin to understand if we know of what is happening in the region and in the world. A few weeks ago a friend sent me a book by one Howard W. French, entitled CHINA’S SECOND CONTINENT: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2014. Early on in the book, I began saying to myself, how I wish our readers could check out some of this material. Now that you are deep into today’s column, perhaps you will go on and read the following excerpt from pages 45 to 48 of Mr. French’s book. I have to do it this way to “force” you to read something that you need to know. That Zambia had become the leading edge of China’s push into the continent was the result of a political coincidence. China’s official embrace of Africa had roughly coincided with a radical transformation of this country’s political economy. In the early 1990s, Zambia had gone in a blink from being a socialist-minded, effective one-party state to a multiparty democracy that embraced the standard economic prescriptions emanating from the West, and Washington in particular. Practically speaking, the country’s change of economic direction required wholesale divestment by the government of its monopoly control of major industries. As elsewhere in Africa, as countries applied the prescriptions of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, this meant the selling off of national telecommunications and power companies, and the opening up of commerce and agriculture to foreign investment. But in Zambia, where copper had always been king, it meant above all privatizing the country’s mines. This began occurring at the precise moment when the new Chinese “go out” policy was gathering momentum. This was the blunt watchword that Beijing gave to Chinese state-owned corporations, and the provincial governments that often controlled them, to begin scouring the globe in search of business opportunities. And because Zambia was largely ignored by the West, the pickings were plentiful and often seemed easy. Against such a backdrop, it would not take long for an initial trickle of individual Chinese prospecting for business to become a vigorous stream. Word of mouth quickly spread in China that Zambia was open for business, that it was stable, that its people were “gentle,” and that its government was friendly toward Chinese. This last element was due at least in part to the lingering gratitude in Zambia for the immense gesture of solidarity extended by China with its construction of the TAZARA Railway in the 1970s. The railroad gave the country an outlet to the sea via Tanzania and reduced its dependency on a hostile South Africa that was still governed under apartheid. The Chinese-built line’s tracks stopped a few miles short of another railroad that also passed through the town of Kapiri Mposhi. This one had been built seventy years earlier by the British, at the height of their power, and was part of Cecil Rhodes’s grand imperial dream to lay railroad tracks from Cape Town to Cairo. If the British never managed to quite pull off that feat, they satisfied an important interim strategic goal nonetheless: bringing rail to the cusp of the world’s most extensive copper reserves. Kapiri Mposhi was the gateway of the Copper Belt, where in 1895 an American explorer named Frederick Russell Burnham, at least an indirect source of inspiration for the Hollywood film character Indiana Jones, had discovered geological formations similar to copper deposits he had seen back home. In his prescient report to the British South Africa Company, he called the deposits “probably one of the greatest copper fields on the continent,” and went on to note that “The natives have worked this ore for ages, as can be seen by their old dumps, and they work it today … The natives inhabiting this part of the country are skilled workmen, and have traded their handiwork with all comers, even as far afield as the Portuguese of the West Coast and the Arabs of the East. These natives, being miners and workers of copper and iron, and being permanently located on the ground, would give the very element needed in developing these fields.” Before that could happen, though, Britain and Belgium’s King Leopold II, whose Congo Free State lay to the immediate north of the British South Africa Company’s holdings, needed to agree on where to place the dividing line between their territories. Unable to resolve their dispute, they submitted it to the king of Italy, whose country was not a player in the region at all, with the result that Leopold was awarded a “pedicle” of land the size of New Jersey that juts southeastward into present-day Zambia like some drunken mapmaker’s baroque flourish. The Italian king based his decision about where to draw the border on the watershed of the region’s three great rivers, the Zambesi, the Congo, and the Luapula, and on the fact that after murdering the ruler of a large and powerful regional kingdom named Msiri, Belgium had moved faster to consolidate its claims to land in the area than had Britain. This frenzied imperial jousting during the Scramble for Africa left what would eventually become the independent nation of Zambia with its odd, bent dumbbell shape – like two countries fused together with a tiny waist to join them. But the significance of this perverse mapmaking goes far beyond any such curiosities. Only later would it be discovered that the Italian king’s border ran through the heart of one of the world’s richest copper deposits, dividing the mother lode into two unequal parts, with the far bigger share going to Congo. During my visit, with elections near, Michael Sata, the longtime opposition leader and presidential candidate, was making loud and frequent claims that Zambia was being cheated by the big foreign companies that controlled its mines. Given that Sata had denounced Chinese exploitation of Zambians in a previous, failed campaign for the presidency, most guessed that even though he had toned things down this time around, it was the Chinese he had in mind. The Amandala is published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AmandalaPress Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AmandalaNews Contact us HERE! 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Loyce Adams Carl de Boor Affiliate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison James V. Burke Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics Bernard Deconinck Chair of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics Archis Ghate Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Randy LeVeque Professor Emeritus, Former Boeing Professor of Applied Mathematics, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Adjunct Professor of Earth & Space Sciences Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Mechanical Engineering D. Rim, S. Moe, and R. J. LeVeque, Transport Reversal for Model Reduction of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification 6(2018), pp. 118-150. doi:10.1137/17M1113679 Learn more Anne Greenbaum and Timothy P. Chartier. (2012) Numerical Methods: Design, Analysis, and Computer Implementation of Algorithms. Princeton University Press. Learn more

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Home / World / John Kerry to hear Russia's plans for extracting chemical weapons John Kerry to hear Russia's plans for extracting chemical weapons - by Barbados Today September 12, 2013 GENEVA/BEIRUT — US Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva today to hear Russia’s plans to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons and avert US-led military strikes, an initiative that has transformed diplomacy in the two-and-a-half-year-old civil war. Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Geneva today. Kerry would insist any deal must force Syria to take rapid steps to show it is serious about abandoning its chemical arsenal, senior US officials said ahead of Kerry’s talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Among the first steps Washington wants, one US official said, is for Bashar al-Assad’s government to make a quick, complete, public declaration of its chemical weapons stockpiles as a prelude to allowing them to be inspected and neutralized. This week’s eleventh-hour Russian initiative interrupted a Western march to war, persuading President Barack Obama to put on hold a plan for military strikes to punish Assad for a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians on August 21. Syria, which denies it was behind that attack, has agreed to Moscow’s proposal that it give up its chemical weapons stocks, averting what would have been the first direct Western intervention in a war that has killed more than 100,000 people. Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted Assad as saying he had agreed because of Moscow’s diplomacy, not Washington’s threats. “Syria is placing its chemical weapons under international control because of Russia. The US threats did not influence the decision,” Interfax quoted him as telling Russia’s state-run Rossiya-24 television channel. A version of the Russian plan that leaked to the newspaper Kommersant described four stages: Syria would join the world body that enforces a chemical weapons ban, declare production and storage sites, invite inspectors, and then decide with the inspectors how and by whom stockpiles would be destroyed. In the past Syria had not confirmed it held chemical weapons. It was not a party to treaties that banned their possession and required disclosure, though it is bound by the Geneva Conventions that prohibit their use in warfare. While the diplomats gathered in Switzerland, the war ground on relentlessly in Syria. Activists said warplanes bombed one of the main hospitals serving rebel-held territory in the north of the country, killing at least 11 civilians including two doctors. (Reuters) Harry and Meghan will not use HRH titles – palace Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham... Vote for Barbados in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers Choice Awards Iran admits ‘unintentionally’ shooting down plane Iran has admitted “unintentionally” shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. An... Rihanna, Mark Wahlberg And 18 Other Celebs Who Love To Vacation In Barbados (SOURCE: The Travel) -Rihanna definitely doesn’t have to go back to her home country of Barbados. In fact,... Pope Francis apologizes for slapping woman Some worshippers wait for hours outside the Vatican in hopes of meeting the Pope face to face. But a woman who grabbed Pope... Prince William announces most prestigious environmental prize in history Prince William is kick-starting 2020 with a new drive to dispel the current pessimism around the environment, and replace it... Barbados Named Top Place To Travel In 2020 Travel + Leisure magazine has released its list of 50 Best Places to Travel in 2020, and Barbados has made the cut.... Prince Harry, Meghan and Archie in Canada for the holidays If you’re out and about in Canada this holiday season and happen to spot a couple with a young boy that look remarkably... WORLD- Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA, Miss Universe and now Miss World are all black women (Source: CNN) — For the first time, top beauty pageants — Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss...

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National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2020 inductees January 7, 2020 —Twenty-two innovation pioneers were announcedas the National Inventors Hall of Fame(NIHF) 2020 class of Inductees on stage at CES. These innovators, whose landmark inventions range from the hard hat to the sports bra, will be celebrated as the newest class of Inductees during the NIHF Induction Ceremony. In partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), NIHF will honor these Inductees in Washington, D.C. on May 6-7 at one of the innovation industry’s most highly anticipated events — “The Greatest Celebration of American Innovation.” R. Rox Anderson: Laser Dermatology Anderson has improved lives across the world with his invention of laser dermatology treatments and procedures that are now commonly used to remove birthmarks, scars and other skin lesions. Sylvia Blankenship and Edward Sisler (Posthumous): 1-MCP for Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Freshness Blankenship and Sisler invented 1-MCP, a compound that has become essential in preventing food waste, and increasing accessibility to fresh fruits, vegetables and cut flowers. Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon: Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber Bookbinder, Li and Tandon invented the bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical fiber. Because it can bend without significant signal loss, ClearCurve optical fiber has reached locations previously inaccessible to optical fiber and advanced data transmission across an array of industries. Lisa Lindahl, Hinda Miller and Polly Smith: Sports Bra Lindahl, Miller and Smith invented the sports bra, a revolutionary garment that has enabled women’s participation in athletic activities and advanced women’s health and well-being. James McEwen: Automatic Surgical Tourniquet McEwen invented the first microprocessor-controlled automatic surgical tourniquet system, and his innovations ensure safer outcomes in nearly 20,000 surgeries across the world each day. Mick Mountz, Peter Wurman and Raffaello D’Andrea: Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment Mountz, Wurman and D’Andrea invented the Kiva system, a revolutionary warehouse order fulfillment system that uses mobile robots and control software to bring inventory shelves to workers, dramatically improving all aspects of fulfillment operations. Margaret Wu: Synthetic Lubricants Wu advanced the field of synthetic lubricants, and she has revolutionized the way both automotive and industrial lubricants are designed and synthesized. James Abercrombie and Harry Cameron: Blowout Preventer (BOP); (Posthumous) Abercrombie and Cameron invented the world’s first reliable blowout preventer (BOP) to successfully contain catastrophic blowouts from oil and natural gas wells. This mechanism allowed operators to close wells, control pressure during drilling operations, protect the environment and save lives. Stewart Adams and John Nicholson: Ibuprofen (Posthumous) Adams and Nicholson co-developed ibuprofen, which is used worldwide to safely and effectively treat pain, fever and inflammation related to conditions from headaches to arthritis. ​​​​​​​ Evelyn Berezin: Computer Systems for Business Use (Posthumous) An expert in logic design and data transmission, Berezin invented a computer reservations system for airlines and founded a company that developed the first computerized standalone word processor for business use. Edward W. Bullard: Hard Hat (Posthumous) Bullard invented the hard hat, the first commercially available industrial head protection device. Originally designed for miners, hard hats are now used by millions of people in an array of industries.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Floyd Smith: Modern Parachute (Posthumous) Smith invented the modern parachute. A trapeze artist turned aviator, Smith’s invention led to the creation of the parachute industry and provided safe landings across the world, saving countless lives. Frank Zybach: Center-Pivot Irrigation (Posthumous) Zybach invented the center-pivot irrigation technology that has revolutionized agricultural production not only in America’s heartland but throughout the world. ​​​​​​​​​​For full biographies of each Inductee, visit https://www.invent.org/inductees/new-inductees. “Innovation is the foundation for everything we do at the National Inventors Hall of Fame,” said NIHF CEO Michael Oister. “Our class of 2020 — and their world-changing inventions as diverse as ibuprofen, optical fiber, the word processor and the parachute — will be incorporated into our Innovation Ecosystem and our leading children’s STEM programs such as Camp Invention.” The 2020 National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is sponsored by the USPTO, Qualcomm, AgroFresh, Corning, North Carolina State University and Red Point Digital. Tags: announcesFamehallinducteesInventorsnational

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Pages with script errors, Use mdy dates from January 2019, NFL player with coaching information, Buffalo Bills players Cleveland Browns players Drake Bulldogs football coaches Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players Illinois Fighting Illini football players Sportspeople from Chicago American Football League players American football quarterback stubs College football coaches first appointed in the 1950s stubs Tommy O'Connell For the Irish hurler, see Tommy O'Connell (hurler). For the Australian cricketer, see Tom O'Connell (cricketer). O'Connell on a 1953 Bowman football card (1930-09-26)September 26, 1930 March 20, 2014(2014-03-20) (aged 83) near Delray Beach, Florida 1952 / Round: 18 / Pick: 212 As player: * Chicago Bears (1953) Cleveland Browns (1956–1957) Buffalo Bills (1960–1961) As coach: * Drake (1959) Thomas B. O'Connell (September 26, 1930 – March 20, 2014) was an American collegiate and professional football quarterback who played in three NFL seasons, in 1953 for the Chicago Bears and in 1956 and 1957 for the Cleveland Browns and in two American Football League seasons, 1960 and 1961, for the Buffalo Bills. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Class of 1953, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He started for the Cleveland Browns in the 1957 NFL Championship Game while coming off a severely sprained ankle and a hairline fracture of the fibula.[1] He retired from football after the 1957 season to go into coaching, but was lured back to the playing field when the American Football League started play in 1960. He is the father of former professional ice hockey player and general manager Mike O'Connell. He died March 20, 2014, aged 83.[2] Tommy O’Connell emerged as the Browns quarterback in 1956 following the retirement of Hall of Fame QB Otto Graham. In 1957, he was selected to the Pro Bowl and won seven of the eight games he started, leading the Browns to the Eastern Conference title. His performance that year was stellar. When compared to all other passers that have attempted 100 passes in a single season, O'Connell has the highest Passing Yards per Attempt average ever, a staggering 11.17. This is a great achievement when considering that in the 90+ years of NFL football, only four other quarterbacks have managed to attain a Passing Yards per Attempt average of over 10.0 for a season. His passer rating that year was 93.3, the fourth best in the decade of the 1950s. O'Connell was the 18th head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and he held that position for the 1959 season.[3] His coaching record at Drake was 2–7.[4] O'Connell died in 2014.[5] Drake Bulldogs (NCAA College Division independent) (1959) 1959 Drake 2–7 Drake: 2–7 †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. List of American Football League players ↑ Chuck Heaton, Lions Crush Browns, 59-14, Cleveland Plain Dealer December 29, 1957, Plain Dealer Browns' History Database Accessed November 29, 2007, http://www.cleveland.com/brownshistory/plaindealer/index.ssf?/browns/more/history/19571229BROWNS.html Script error ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-b-oconnell&pid=170301913 ↑ O'Connell Quits at Drake ↑ Drake Coaching Records Script error ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?pid=170523723 Tommy O'Connell at the Internet Movie Database Template:Illinois Fighting Illini quarterback navbox v · d · eList of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks Otto Graham (1946–1955) • Cliff Lewis (1946–1949) • George Ratterman (1953–1956) • Babe Parilli (1956) • Tommy O'Connell (1956–1957) • Milt Plum (1957–1961) • Len Dawson (1961) • Jim Ninowski (1962–1965) • Frank Ryan (1962–1968) • Gary Lane (1967) • Bill Nelsen (1968–1972) • Mike Phipps (1970–1976) • Don Gault (1970) • Brian Sipe (1974–1983) • Will Cureton (1975) • Dave Mays (1977) • Terry Luck (1977) • Paul McDonald (1982–1984) • Gary Danielson (1985–1988) • Bernie Kosar (1985–1993) • Jeff Christensen (1987) • Mike Pagel (1988–1990) • Don Strock (1988) • Mike Tomczak (1992) • Todd Philcox (1992–1993) • Vinny Testaverde (1993–1995) • Mark Rypien (1994) • Eric Zeier (1995) • Tim Couch (1999–2003) • Ty Detmer (1999) • Doug Pederson (2000) • Spergon Wynn (2000) • Kelly Holcomb (2002–2004) • Jeff Garcia (2004) • Luke McCown (2004) • Trent Dilfer (2005) • Charlie Frye (2005–2007) • Derek Anderson (2006–2009) • Brady Quinn (2008–2009) • Ken Dorsey (2008) • Bruce Gradkowski (2008) • Jake Delhomme (2010) • Seneca Wallace (2010–present) • Colt McCoy (2010–2011) v · d · eBuffalo Bills starting quarterbacks Johnny Green (1960–1961) Tommy O'Connell (1960–1961) Richie Lucas (1960) Bob Brodhead (1960) Warren Rabb (1961–1962) Mack Reynolds (1961) Al Dorow (1962) Jack Kemp (1962–1969) Daryle Lamonica (1963–1965) Tom Flores (1967–1968) Dan Darragh (1968–1970) Ed Rutkowski (1968) Kay Stephenson (1968) James Harris (1969–1971) Dennis Shaw (1970–1972) Leo Hart (1972) Joe Ferguson (1973–1984) Gary Marangi (1976) Joe Dufek (1984) Vince Ferragamo (1985) Bruce Mathison (1985) Jim Kelly (1986–1996) Brian McClure (1987) Willie Totten (1987) Dan Manucci (1987) Frank Reich (1989–1994) Todd Collins (1995–1997) Alex Van Pelt (1997–2001) Doug Flutie (1998–2000) Rob Johnson (1998–2001) Drew Bledsoe (2002–2004) J. P. Losman (2005–2008) Kelly Holcomb (2005) Trent Edwards (2007–2010) Ryan Fitzpatrick (2009–present) Brian Brohm (2009–2010) v · d · eDrake Bulldogs head football coaches W. W. Wharton (1894) Hermon Williams (1895) Fred Rogers (1896) A. B. Potter (1897–1899) Charles Best (1900–1901) G. O. Dietz (1902) W. J. Monilaw (1903–1904) Willie Heston (1905) Charles Pell (1906–1907) John L. Griffith (1908–1915) Ralph Glaze (1916–1917) M. B. Banks (1918–1920) Ossie Solem (1921–1931) Evan O. 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THE NEST I/O: Creating change-makers by tapping into the potential of Pakistani female entrepreneurs Representing Pakistan in Singapore, Safe Nest Wins Startup Weekend Karachi Women, organized by The Nest I/O. Image Credit: The Nest I/O by ANANKE September 18, 2019 The third edition of Startup Weekend Karachi Women Edition came to a successful close, experiencing record-breaking registrations from more than 200 aspiring women entrepreneurs belonging to diverse professional backgrounds including developers, designers, marketeers and startup enthusiasts. The event was organized by Pakistan’s leading tech incubator The Nest I/O from September 13th– 15th, 2019. Startup Weekend is an immersive event enabling entrepreneurs, aspiring and otherwise, to understand what it means to be a part of a startup eco-system as well as help them walk through the different phases of launching their ventures. Through Startup Weekend Women Edition, the organizers strive to enable and empower female entrepreneurs, technologists, other professionals interested in venturing into startup life by offering them a platform to share their ideas, form diverse teams and launch their startups over the course of a weekend. The Nest I/O is a technology incubator in Pakistan, a community hub launched by P@SHAwith global partners Google for Entrepreneurs and Samsung, and through a supporting grant from the US State Department. P@SHA, Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES (P@SHA) is an organization initiated by a number of software houses in an attempt to create a functional trade association for the IT industry in Pakistan. Focusing on creating change-makers by tapping into the potential of the Pakistani female workforce, The Nest I/O’s goal was not only to offer a platform where women could network, get the much-needed mentoring; but also showcase the country’s immense female skills and talent in the global arena. The 54-hour long event witnessed 36 ideas pitched to a carefully curated panel of judges including Naz Khan, Managing Director at X-Petroleum Limited, Misbah Naqvi, Managing Partner at i2i Ventures, Samra Muslim, Founder at Walnut Communications, and Jehan Ara, President P@SHA and Founder of The Nest I/O. A total of 12 ideas were selected and 70 women shortlisted. Talking about her role as a first time judge at Women’s Edition, Naz Khan commented: “I really enjoyed the experience and feel that it’s very important for women to have these safe spaces where they can take their ideas forward without the fear of being judged, or not having confidence. It’s very inspiring to see all these women who spent the entire weekend collaborating, putting their ideas together […] and the fact that they were able to unlock their minds and were able to network and know that there are so many like-minded people out there, is just amazing.” One of the main proponents of Pakistan’s entrepreneurship and tech sectors, President P@SHA and Founder The Nest I/O, Jehan Ara, shared: “The main focus of Startup Weekend Women is to change the ratio of gender attendance during tech events. We have been hosting Startup Weekend since 2017 and always ensure that we have a gender balance in all our events. Having said that, we still find that hosting Startup Weekend Women is very helpful for women because it gives them that comfort to show up and engage in a more meaningful way, to build and develop ideas with actual output.” Jehan Ara second from right. Top prize went to Safe Nest, pitching the idea of safe housing community for women who live alone in the city.“Safe Nest is the winner of this event and will be representing Pakistan at the Global Startup Weekend Women next year. I’m already so proud of them for coming up with an idea that does not only have the potential to grow into a good business but also empowers women at the same time,” Jehan Ara added. Second place went to CalmWalay presenting a reliable, tech-enabled platform that assisted users in hiring household help as well as offering vocational trainings and workshops to such staff members for growth. Carpoolers came third. The team pitched the idea of creating an app to reduce travel costs of university students. Special mentions were also given to Little Rebels, an idea to design fun and cute gender neutral clothes for children under 10, and Decentra Cars, a safe and secure car buying and selling platform using blockchain technology. “The experience here was amazing! We met some really good mentors from different backgrounds. They taught us how to come up with a practical strategy and an overall sense of how to turn it into a business, how to market it, how to go about the financials, making it a very holistic and comprehensive experience. My team alone had members from various backgrounds including a pharmacist, a chef, a business manager, and they all brought a lot to the table. Everyone should try to be a part of this event because this is one experience you don’t want to miss,” commented Adeena Ismail, member of the team CalmWalay. Over a period of two and a half days, the SWW participants had an opportunity to network with different people, learn about business model canvas and pitching during workshops, get inspired by speaker sessions, and receive one-on-one coaching from successful entrepreneurs from various fields including Nadia Patel Gangjee, Founder Sheops and Femprow, Sahar Habib Ghazi, Senior Newsroom Leader & Multimedia Journalist, Nida Farid, an aerospace engineer and energy efficiency consultant, Madiha Latif Program Coordinator at Shirkat Gah – Women’s Resource Centre, amongst many others. Popular bloggers like Amtul Baweja of Patangeer and Anika Moiz of Boss Women Pakistan also supported the event. The speakers who were invited to share their stories included Faiza Yousuf, a technologist and a serial entrepreneur with almost nine years of experience in building products and teams, Nusrat Hidayatullah, Founder of The Forty Two Day Challenge, Jahan Ara Saleem, project lead for Women Dump Truck Driving Program (WDDP), an initiative of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company to create employment opportunities for the local women of Tharparkar, and Ghazal Pirzada, Founder Ghazal Pirzada Studios. The Global Startup Weekend Women by Techstars will take place in Singapore in March 2020 where winners of Startup Weekend Women held all across the world will represent their respective country. For a complete list of The Nest i/o startups and what they do, click here. Images Credit: The Nest I/O entrepreneurshipIn the Newsnews EntrepreneurshipNews LEGO®promotes Gender Equality Through #SheBuiltIt Campaign by ANANKE - Sep 17, 2019 The Rise of Female Workspaces A new white paper surveying 5,000 people, including youth and chief executive officers, has identified the five elements at the heart of responsible leadership January 20th, 2020, Davos... This year’s theme is, Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World Visit WEF's sustainability micro-site and join the conversation using the hashtag #wef20 January 20th, 2020, Davos-Klosters (Switzerland): This year’s... Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)’s award-winning Women’s Livelihood BondTM Series (WLB Series) – Asia-Pacific’s first-ever multi-country gender bond series to be listed on a stock exchange – has gained new support... 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Andrea Downing has spent most of her life in the UK where she received an M.A. from the University of Keele in Staffordshire. She married and raised a beautiful daughter and stayed on to teach and write, living in the Derbyshire Peak District, the English Lake District and the Chiltern Hills before finally moving into London. During this time, family vacations were often on guest ranches in the American West, where she and her daughter have clocked up some 25 ranches to date. In addition, she has traveled widely throughout Europe, South America, and Africa, living briefly in Nigeria. In 2008 she returned to the city of her birth, NYC, but frequently exchanges the canyons of city streets for the wide open spaces of the West. Her love of horses, ranches, rodeo and just about anything else western is reflected in her writing. Loveland, a western historical romance published by The Wild Rose Press, was her first book and was a finalist for the 2013 RONE Awards. Her story, Lawless Love, is part of The Wild Rose Press ‘Lawmen and Outlaws” series, and was also a finalist fora RONE. Dearest Darling, a novella, part of The Wild Rose Press Love Letters series, won Favorite Hero as well as several honorable mentions in the Maple Leaf Awards. It has also won the Golden Quill Award for Best Novella, and been runner-up in the Chanticleer Awards. Dances of the Heart, her first contemporary novel, came out Feb. 2015. She has had works in several anthologies including Come Love a Cowboy, A Cowboy to Keep, and The Good, The Bad and The Ghostly. Her story, Bad Boy, Big Heart from the first anthology is currently available as a single. You can find Andrea at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writerAndreaDowning Twitter: @andidowning https://twitter.com/AndiDowning Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6446229.Andrea_Downing http://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Downing/e/B008MQ0NXS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 She is a member of Romance Writers of America and Women Writing the West. Please follow Andrea on twitter @andidowning or visit her Facebook page. 2 responses to “About the Author” Pingback: Fool for Romance 2014 | Pingback: They Don’t Drive Pickups in New York | Andrea Downing RT @AndiDowning: Finding The Write Words: Book Review - Always On My Mind findingthewritewords.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-r… If you haven't visited @DarleneLF 's webs…<a href="http://twitter.com/andidowning"><img src="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/images/twitter-10d.png" title="By TwitterButtons.org" width="199" height="42" border="0" /></a><br>Get <a href="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/follow-me-on-twitter.html">Follow Me Buttons</a> 2 hours ago RT @AndiDowning: Still Moments Magazine: Between The Pages - Always On My Mind stillmomentsezine.blogspot.com/2020/01/betwee… Thanks to Darlene Fredette and Still…<a href="http://twitter.com/andidowning"><img src="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/images/twitter-10d.png" title="By TwitterButtons.org" width="199" height="42" border="0" /></a><br>Get <a href="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/follow-me-on-twitter.html">Follow Me Buttons</a> 2 hours ago Finding The Write Words: Book Review - Always On My Mind findingthewritewords.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-r… If you haven't visited @DarleneLF… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…<a href="http://twitter.com/andidowning"><img src="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/images/twitter-10d.png" title="By TwitterButtons.org" width="199" height="42" border="0" /></a><br>Get <a href="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/follow-me-on-twitter.html">Follow Me Buttons</a> 2 hours ago Still Moments Magazine: Between The Pages - Always On My Mind stillmomentsezine.blogspot.com/2020/01/betwee… Thanks to Darlene Fredette an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…<a href="http://twitter.com/andidowning"><img src="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/images/twitter-10d.png" title="By TwitterButtons.org" width="199" height="42" border="0" /></a><br>Get <a href="http://www.twitterbuttons.org/follow-me-on-twitter.html">Follow Me Buttons</a> 2 hours ago

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Home » Immigration » How Immigration Changes Britain How Immigration Changes Britain Nov 12, 2018 by Jill by Douglas Murray, National Review: …if it is true that the British government has declined to offer Asia Bibi asylum for this reason, then it should lead to a huge national and international outcry. Among other things, it suggests that the British government has got its priorities exactly the wrong way around. For it is not Asia Bibi who should not be in Britain. It is anyone from the “communities” who would not accept Asia Bibi being in Britain who should not be in the country. Almost nothing is discussed as badly in America or Europe as the subject of immigration. And one reason is that it remains almost impossible to have any sensible or rational public discussion of its consequences. Or rather it is eminently possible to have a discussion about the upsides (“diversity,” talent, etc.) but almost impossible to have any rational discussion about its downsides. When I wrote The Strange Death of Europe, I wanted to highlight the sheer scale of change that immigration brings. Some people might be happy with it, others unhappy: but to pretend that the change doesn’t occur, or won’t occur, or isn’t very interesting so please move along has always seemed an error to me. For instance, as I noted then, an internal document from the Ministry of Defence that leaked a few years back said that Britain would no longer be able to engage militarily in a range of foreign countries because of “domestic” factors. It takes a moment to absorb this. We’re used to wondering about how immigration changes domestic politics. But foreign policy as well? All of this is to say that the latest news from the U.K. is both thoroughly predictable and deeply disturbing. Readers of National Review will be familiar with the case of Asia Bibi. She is the Christian woman from Pakistan who has been in prison on death row for the last eight years. Her “crime” is that a neighbor accused her of “blasphemy.” As Mairead McArdle wrote: Read also: Asia Bibi ‘not offered UK asylum amid concerns of unrest and attacks’ by Ben Farmer and Patrick Sawer, Telegraph

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Red Bull F1 Pit Crew Performs World's First-Ever Zero Gravity Pit Stop Having set the fastest record of 1.82s last week, the Red Bull Racing pit crew scaled new heights with the first-ever zero gravity pit stop at 33,000 ft. By Sameer Contractor | Published: 22-Nov-19 04:09 PM The sequence was shot with a 16 member pit crew and filmed over a course of a week Team Aston Martin Red Bull Racing had an incredible year in Formula 1 this season and the team did go on to secure several wins and podiums across the season including the manic Brazilian GP last weekend. However, that wasn't the only highlight for the team on Sunday, the Red Bull's crew serviced Max Verstappen's car in a new world record time of 1.82s. That is 0.06s faster than the previous record of 1.88s, also set by Red Bull. Now taking its skills out of the world quite literally, the team has completed the world's first zero-gravity pit stop. The stunt was performed onboard an Ilyushin Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane with the help of the Russian Space Agency In a newly released video, a posse of Red Bull mechanics can be seen making the pit stop in zero gravity onboard an Ilyushin Il-76 MDK cosmonaut training plane at a height of 33,000 ft. The team managed to achieve the feat with the help of the Russian space agency Roscomos. The team used its first-ever F1 car, the 2005-spec Red Bull RB1, which is also narrower than the current machine. Each take was restricted to 15 seconds during the weightless period with the 2005 Red Bull RB1 strapped in at all times Speaking on the experience, Red Bull mechanic Paul Knight said, "The first parabola we did was really quite strange. There isn't a sensation of going up or down. Climbing at 2G, with twice your normal body weight, feels like being planted into the ground and you struggle to move. Then that sensation reverses when you go over the top and into freefall. We were all a bit like Bambi-on-ice at first - legs everywhere. But we figured out how to hold ourselves and the best way to deal with the sensations. It's an amazing experience, like nothing you'd ever imagine." Support team chief mechanic Joe Robinson said, "It pushed us harder than I thought it would. You realise how much you rely on gravity when you don't have any! Something as straightforward as tightening a wheel nut becomes very difficult when the car is floating, and the only control you have is through the stiffness of your ankles, tucked into floor straps. It challenges you to think and operate in a different way - and that was brilliant. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and honestly, I could have stayed and done it all month. It was amazing. I think it's the coolest, most fun thing the live demo team has ever done with a show car." The Red Bull Racing pit crew broke its own record by 0.06s at Interlagos last weekend The pit crew took multiple flights to complete the stunt at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. The pit change was shot in the plane's fuselage after training across a week with filming reduced to 15 seconds per take. The team filmed "the edit over the course of a week, enduring seven flights and around 80 'parabolas' - or period where the plane climbs at 45 degrees before falling again in a 'ballistic arc' at 45 degrees, which creates a period of weightlessness," according to Red Bull. The 400 kg F1 car was carefully secured before and after every weightless period, ensuring the safety of the 16 pit crew members and the 10-strong film crew. It was also the highest an F1 car has been from the seat level so far, having scaled up the Himalayas in the past. For the latest auto news and reviews, follow CarandBike on Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. ₹ 4.99 Crore * Over 1.5+ Lakhs subscribers Thank you for Subscribing to Us BS6 TVS Apache RR 310 Launch Date Revealed Cricketer Virat Kohli Buys The New Audi Q8 Luxury Crossover BS6 Royal Enfield Himalayan Launched In India; Prices Start At Rs. 1.87 Lakh Yamaha R15 V3.0 is gaining popularity. Find all the details here.

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Stories about sports Fazeela Saba Pakistan Cricket Board It took 14 years, and a tweet, to finally recognise Pakistan’s first female umpire It’s strange that when we talk about a certain sport, the first entity we think about is the player, not acknowledging the set-up that gives that person the status of a player. This set-up includes the management, ground staff, the scorer and even people who serve drinks, each role an important part of a player’s career. It’s never the effort of one individual, it’s always team work. While watching matches, how many of us take the time to feel the pain of team members who get overshadowed by the players and the game itself. Despite being a fan of sports and ... Maheen Humayun Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Every time a woman does something that society has predetermined for men, she is deemed crazy. Crazy for thinking she’s good enough. Crazy for thinking she can. Crazy for thinking she has a purpose. This Sunday, Nike released an ad titled Dream Crazier. Serena Williams narrates the ad, depicting a spectrum of bosses. And no, I will not call them boss ladies, because that term discounts the female gender. These bosses stroke through the screen, charge through fields, smash their rackets on the ground, rhythmically move through rings, scream, run, jump, cry, laugh – these are real women. ... Usman Ali Virk From ‘unity, faith, discipline’ to ‘faith, faith, faith’ “O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, whilst bloody treason flourished over us…” These enduring words of Shakespeare describe best the cruel hand dealt to Pakistan, by internal and external forces alike. One is filled with an innate feeling of dejection when one observes how with the passage of time, our societal ethics and standards tumbled in almost all walks of life. Pakistan is amongst the few unfortunate countries that have regressed, not progressed, with time. Let us start with governance. We all have read the bleak history of the ... Hammad Ul Haq If things don’t improve, our performance at Asian Games 2018 will serve as a preview for Olympics 2020 Thirty-five sports disciplines, around 250 athletes, and only four bronze medals, this is the dismal summary of Pakistani athletes‘ performance at the Asian Games in Jakarta. This is our worst ever performance in the tournament, lowest total medal count (same as the Asian Games in 2006) and the first time that Pakistan failed to win a gold or silver medal. The bronze medals came from four different categories: athletics, kabaddi, karate and squash, while the men’s field hockey team missed out on a medal only for the second time in the history of the Asian Games. Two of the four bronze ... 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Even after keeping a fast of 16 hours, suddenly, I didn’t feel like eating anything at all. Shock, anguish or grief, I don’t remember. A wave of mixed emotions had swept across my body. I don’t remember crying but I do remember my mom asking, “What happened to her?” And the usual reply by my sister, “Oh, probably something related to football.” I don’t remember isolating ... Osama Bin Haroon French Open 2018: Can anyone dethrone the mighty Spaniard Rafael Nadal on his own turf? Mankind has seen numerous instances of sportsmen and their love affair for specifics – whether it be Jansher Khan and his riveting eight World Open titles, or be it Ayrton Senna’s record-shattering six Formula One wins in the Principality of Monaco. However, the one highlight that stands out from these lists is the love affair of Rafael Nadal with Roland Garros. 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I wanted a son but we had a daughter Growing up as a person of Indian descent, it is ingrained in you that when it comes to having a child – a boy is better than having a girl. Deeply rooted in cultural beliefs, the context for this line of reasoning is purely archaic and comes from long-established religious and cultural practices in India. Where having a daughter is considered to be a burden in low-income segments of the population, specifically when young girls come of age and are to marry. Parents of daughters are then confronted with a slew of financial implications like paying for a wedding and ... Aimun Faisal Misbahul Haq 5 moments of pure magic that prove the Pakistan cricket team is a force to be reckoned with I mean, let’s be real. The Pakistan cricket team has never been the team that played normally, so just limiting Pakistan’s miraculous wins to five times is a bit difficult. These impossible wins are nothing less than a magic trick, where the magician’s assistant is in the box and cut in half but still manages to escape alive. Defeating England at the Oval? The magician’s assistant in the box. That Sharjah Six? We just cut the box in half. The World Cup of 1992? Quarters now! That T20 World Cup of 2009? Seriously, please stop! That Whitewash of Australia? Assistant is still alive!! But these are moments everyone remembers, the ... Older »1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 .... cancer cigarettes doctors economy express news med school news channels pakistan smoking tobacco

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<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none;" alt="" src="https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=98653&amp;fmt=gif"> Go to dennemeyer.com Dennemeyer IP Blog menu Patents Trademarks Industry news About & Contact Press Article IP software IP outsourcing Supplementary Protection Certificates - Article 3(a) and the invention Dr. Christopher Brückner / October 24, 2019 The Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) Regulation was initiated to compensate companies that were developing new pharmaceutical compounds by giving them a chance to amortize the investments spent on these developments. Since the procedures for obtaining a marketing authorization (MA) often take several years, in many cases the duration of the patent is not sufficient to amortize these investments. SPCs can extend the duration of such patents. Article 3(a) – Product protected by the basic patent As one of the preconditions for granting an SPC, Article 3(a) of the regulation (ArtM 3( a)) defines that an SPC can only be granted if the product is protected by a basic patent in force. Several subsequent decisions tried to capture the term "protected by a basic patent" in more detail. What are the criteria for the definition of the product in the basic patent? Is it necessary for the product to be mentioned literally? Is, for example, the use of a general Markush-formula admissible? Medeva (C-322/10) – Requirements for combination products In the present case, a first group of compounds was mentioned literally, whereas a further compound was only mentioned in the MA. The SPC was applied for not only the combination of the group of compounds but also to the further compound mentioned in the MA. The SPCs were not granted because not all compounds were mentioned in the claims of the basic patent. Regarding this situation, in its Medeva (C-322/10) and Daiichi Sankyo (C-6/11) rulings, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) stated that the product must be identified or specified in the claims. However, what do the terms "specified" or "identified" mean in practice? Eli Lilly (C-493/12) – Reach-through-claims admissible? In its Eli Lilly (C-493/12) decision, the ECJ had to resolve a case in which the applicant of the basic patent claimed the subject matter of the patent by way of reach-through claims, claiming an antibody characterized by its binding to a full-length Neutrokine-α polypeptide. A competitor developed an antibody, realizing the definition of the claims, and gained an MA for this antibody. Then, the patentee obtained an SPC based on their patent and the MA of the competitor. The ECJ took the view that the requirements of ArtM 3(a) are fulfilled if the claims relate, "implicitly but necessarily and specifically, to the active ingredient in question, which is a matter to be determined by the referring court." Given this ambiguity, it is not surprising that several courts have subsequently asked what is actually necessary for a product to be protected by the basic patent in view of ArtM 3(a). Actavis (C-443/12) – Second compound not mentioned literally In its Actavis (C-443/12) decision, the ECJ had to decide a case in which the basic patent claimed the compound irbesartan, a generic drug used to treat high blood pressure, and, in another claim, a pharmaceutical product which included the combination of irbesartan and a diuretic medication. A first SPC was granted, based on this patent and an MA for irbesartan, whereas a second SPC was granted, based on the same patent but another MA for irbesartan in combination with hydrochlorothiazide. The person skilled in the art must be able to identify that product specifically in light of all the information disclosed by that patent, on the basis of the prior art at the filing date or priority date of the patent concerned. The ECJ took the view that, in such a case, the second SPC could not be granted. It argued that the combination of irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide was not a separate invention, but rather gained its inventive advantage only by the new and innovative compound irbesartan. Thus, solely irbesartan represented the core inventive advance of the patent. Only if the combination also represented a separate invention, protected by a different patent, the grant of the second SPC would have been admissible. Teva (C-121/17) – Second compound not mentioned literally In the following Teva (C-121/17) decision, the ECJ had to decide a case in which the basic patent claimed "a pharmaceutical composition comprising tenofovir disoproxil together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and optionally other therapeutic ingredients." The applicant obtained an SPC for the combination of tenofovir disoproxil and emtricitabine. Emtricitabine was not mentioned in the patent. The ECJ decided that a product composed of several active ingredients, with a combined effect, is "protected by a basic patent in force" within the meaning of that provision, even if the combination of active ingredients is not expressly mentioned in the claims of the basic patent, as long as these claims relate necessarily and specifically to that combination. To fulfill the requirements of the regulation, the combination of those active ingredients must necessarily, in the light of the description and drawings of that patent, fall under the invention covered by that patent. Moreover, each of those active ingredients must be specifically identifiable, in the light of all the information disclosed by the patent. Finally, the person skilled in the art must be able to identify that product specifically in light of all the information disclosed by that patent, on the basis of the prior art at the filing date or priority date of the patent concerned. QH (C-650/17) - pending This referral of the Federal Patent Court deals in particular with the question of whether a substance meets the requirements of ArtM 3(a) even if it falls under the teaching of the claims but was developed after the filing date. Sandoz (C-114/18) - pending This referral of the UK High Court concerns, in particular, the question whether it is already sufficient to fulfill the requirements of ArtM 3(a) if a compound falls under the teaching of a Markush formula, or whether the skilled person must be able to deduce the means for producing this compound from the reading of the claims on the filing date. Outlook and perspectives for the future On the one hand, many experts waiting for a definitive instruction on how to assess the wording of the basic patent claim that they were left disappointed. The ambiguous and open definitions of the ECJ left a lot of space for interpretations. On the other hand, by using such vague language like "implicitly but necessarily and specifically," the ECJ provides the national courts more liberties to consider national features of the respective judicial practice. In any case, the arena of SPCs remains one of the most sophisticated and fascinating issues in the field of Intellectual Property, with one of the highest financial values. The article was first published in the brochure for the 4th international conference “Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” organized by Business Way Forum between October 17 and 18, 2019, in Moscow. Posted by Dr. Christopher Brückner Many IP-experts in the pharmaceutical industry know Dr. Brückner as the author of the German-English commentary on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). His combined qualifications as a patent attorney and pharmacist, in combination with his corporate in-house experience, make him a sought-after contact for legal and entrepreneurial issues. His articles are published in law journals, and he is frequently invited to speak on this topic. He is also a co-author of the Singer / Stauder commentary on the European Patent Convention. 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Why America’s ‘nones’ left religion behind Perhaps the most striking trend in American religion in recent years has been the growing percentage of adults who do not identify with a religious group. And the vast majority of these religious “nones” (78%) say they were raised as a member of a particular religion before shedding their religious identity in adulthood. As part of a new survey connected to our broader Religious Landscape Study, we asked these people to explain, in their own words,why they no longer identify with a religious group. This resulted in hundreds of different responses (after all, everyone’s religious experience is a bit different), but many of them shared one of a few common themes. About half of current religious “nones” who were raised in a religion (49%) indicate that a lack of belief led them to move away from religion. This includes many respondents who mention “science” as the reason they do not believe in religious teachings, including one who said “I’m a scientist now, and I don’t believe in miracles.” Others reference “common sense,” “logic” or a “lack of evidence” – or simply say they do not believe in God. But there are other reasons people give for leaving behind their childhood religion. One-in-five express an opposition to organized religion in general. This share includes some who do not like the hierarchical nature of religious groups, several people who think religion is too much like a business and others who mention clergy sexual abuse scandals as reasons for their stance. A similar share (18%) say they are religiously unsure. This includes people who say they are religious in some way despite being unaffiliated (e.g., “I believe in God, but in my own way”), others who describe themselves as “seeking enlightenment” or “open-minded,” and several who say they are “spiritual” if not religious. One-in-ten religious “nones” who say they were raised with a religious affiliation are now classified as “inactive” religiously. These people may hold certain religious beliefs, but they are not currently taking part in religious practices. And most of them simply say they don’t go to church or engage in other religious rituals, while others say they are too busy for religion. Religious “nones” are by no means monolithic. They can be broken down into three broad subgroups: self-identified atheists, those who call themselves agnostic and people who describe their religion as “nothing in particular.” Given these different outlooks, it is not surprising that there are major gaps among these three groups when it comes to why they left their childhood religion behind. An overwhelming majority of atheists who were raised in a religion (82%) say they simply do not believe, but this is true of a smaller share of agnostics (63%) and only 37% of those in the “nothing in particular” category. In fact, while this latter group certainly includes many nonbelievers, it also has substantial shares of people who, alternatively, are opposed to organized religion (22%) or who could be described as religiously unsure or undecided (22%). And more than one-in-ten people with the “nothing in particular” label (14%) say they are either non-practicing or too busy to engage in religious practices, compared with zero atheists in the survey and only 3% of agnostics. americansreligion Posted on August 25, 2016 by Gospel Order in Apostasy 0 Previous postVIDEO: Muslims go to Catholic Mass across France to show solidarity Next postComing soon: a meeting between Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury

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Lost Art Press Crucible Tool Apparel & Etc. Storefront Classes ← Why the %$#@ is Your Shop so Clean? The Lost Art Press Chore Coat → The Four Types of Differences which Concern the Tints of the Wood Posted on February 15, 2018 by meghanlostartpress Plate 277. Different Sorts of Woods and Their Positioning according to Their Hue This is an excerpt from “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry” by André-Jacob Roubo; translation by Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue. If a perfect knowledge of the different colors of wood is essential to a cabinetmaker, he must also distinguish these same woods by means of their nuances, or better said, by the different shapes that the tints of the fibers represent, in order not to use them without choice nor knowledge of their character. Woods, with regards to the conformation of tints of their fibers, can be considered as making four distinct species, one from the other. They are: those of which the concentric layers are alternately tinted in diverse colors but of a large and irregular manner, as you can see in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The first one represents a piece of wood of which the concentric layers are tinted at unequal distances, which produces similar stripes on the grain line, Fig. 2, split according to the direction of the stripes of the tree. If on the contrary, one splits them parallel to the concentric layers, like in Fig. 3, this wood is only a single color more or less dark, according to which the split is made in a vein more or less light, which makes these sorts of wood not normally used except on the quarter-round cut, as in Fig. 2, or cut diagonally, as indicated with line A–B, same figure. The second type of wood, with regard to their grain patterns, are those of which the concentric layers, although distinguished by color at the end grain, like in Fig. 4, produce no stripes along the grain, but simply singed veins or spots, like those in Figs. 5 and 6. These sorts of woods are very nice when they are well chosen and used with discernment, by reason of the size they will occupy and a comparison being made with that of their nuances or their spots, which are always more abundant on the radial cut than on the concentric layer. The third type of wood is those of which the end is veined irregularly in all ways, like Fig. 7. These species of woods are most likely being used on end grain or diagonally, as I observed in Figs. 8 and 9. As to the grain line, it is hardly an effect except on the quartersawn, where the colors must be vivid, which is quite rare in these sorts of wood. The fourth type of wood is that where the concentric layers are regular and alternating in various colors, like that of Fig. 10. These sorts of wood are those where one uses with the best advantage, because not only are they beautiful on end grain, but also along the grain line, whether they are split parallel to the concentric layers, as in Fig. 11, or according to the direction of the rays, like in Fig. 12. In the first case, they present a wavy surface, where the spots or singes [area of lightness or of disorder, representing a flame] are more or less large according to the split being made closer to the circumference of the tree. In the second case, that is to say, when the split is made on grain, as in Fig. 12, the wood presents stripes almost regular, which are more or less perfect according to the split being directly made when in the center of the tree. These four types of differences, which concern the tints of the wood, are those that are the most striking, because there is an infinite number that are but variations between those which they resemble in some areas. — Meghan Bates This entry was posted in Roubo Translation. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Response to The Four Types of Differences which Concern the Tints of the Wood daniellegornick says: I didn’t realize this about choosing the right type of wood. Thanks for sharing and enlightening! Click here to see the current classes we offer. Enter your e-mail address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by e-mail. My Personal Site & Gallery Christopher M. 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It makes no difference whether the dovetails or the pins are cut first; it is mostly a matter of personal preference, though choice may be determined by other considerations. For instance, the top and bottom may have to be glued up to make the width, and it would then likely be convenient to cut the pins in the ends whilst the joints are setting. Marking out. Trimming the wood to size is the first procedure. The ends in which the pins are cut are obvious; they are the finished size of the carcase as shown in Fig. 1. It is clear that the top and bottom must be short of the overall width by the combined thickness of the two laps in the ends. This lap size has therefore to be decided straightway. In Fig. 1 the required over-all width is 18 ins. Assuming that the lap is to be 1/8 in. it is clear that the top and bottom will have to finish 17-3/4 ins. long. Use the cutting gauge to mark the extent of the joint as shown in Fig. 2. 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Singulart | Magazine > Art History > Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I: An Odyssey Through Nazi Germany Art History • Artworks under the lens Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I: An Odyssey Through Nazi Germany Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I fame comes not only from its position as the epitome of his Gold Period but from it’s complicated history spanning almost the entirety of the twentieth century. In this article, Singulart discusses Klimt’s masterpiece and its history. Who was Gustav Klimt? Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian artist and the leader of the Vienna Secession movement, whose work would come to define the Art Nouveau movement. Born in 1862 in Baumgarten, Austria, Klimt was the son of a gold and silver engraver. Following his father’s artistic influence, he began studying at Vienna’s School of Applied Arts at the age of 14 where he took a range of subjects including fresco painting and mosaics. During his studies he spent a lot of time copying the works of Old Masters in Vienna’s museums. He also sold portraits with his brother and worked for an ear specialist making technical drawings, all of which helped Klimt develop a mastery for depicting the human form. After completing his studies he opened his own studio in 1883, specializing in mural paintings. His early work was classical, in keeping with 19th century academic painting, as is exemplified by his murals for the Vienna Burgtheater (1888), for which he was awarded the Golden Order of Merit by the Emperor Franz Josef. In the early 1900’s he took his interest in the human form, more specifically the female form, further in a series of erotic drawings of women. From here, Klimt shed the classical pretenses for depicting the human form with propriety and began to explore themes of human desire, dreams and mortality through richly symbolic compositions which would come to define his style. Despite the enduring influence of the city’s traditional government and artistic establishment, Vienna at this time was a hub of bohemian artistic activity, and Klimt’s works fit in perfectly with the experiments other avant-garde cultural figures such as Otto Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud. He continued his rebellious experimentation with his commissioned mural for the Kunsthistorisches Museum, where he represented the history of art from Egypt to the Renaissance through human female figures, rejecting any historical or allegorical pretext that would have deemed such portrayals acceptable by the establishment. This mural also marked the beginning of Klimt’s “femme fatales”, depictions of expressive, seductive women. In 1897, along with other members of Vienna’s Avant-Garde, Klimt founded and became the leader of a radical group called The Vienna Secession. His work became increasingly concerned with psychology and sexuality and women appear as his repeated favourite subject matter. A trip to Ravenna in Italy, where he encountered Byzantine art, led to his famous Gold Period. Klimt died at the age of 55 and despite having mentored artists such as Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka his legacy was somewhat overlooked until much later in the twentieth century. The story behind Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925) came from a wealthy Viennese Jewish family, her father was the director of the largest bank in Austria-Hungary as well as the general director of Oriental Railroads. In 1899 her parents arranged her marriage to Ferdinand Bloch, a banker and sugar manufacturer. At the time she was 18 and he was 35 and they both changed their names to Bloch-Bauer and never had children. Adele was renowned for her salons, where she invited intellectuals and creatives into their home and it was in the late 1890’s that she met Gustav Klimt. Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1903-1907 Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned Klimt to paint his wife’s portrait in 1903 with the intention of gifting it to her parents as an anniversary present. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I became one of Klimt’s most elaborately prepared paintings. He made over a hundred sketches and in 1903 he studied the Byzantine gold mosaics in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna which had a huge influence on his gold period and on the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which is considered to be the epitome of this period. Klimt developed an elaborate technique in the making of the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, with only her face and hands painted in oil, the rest of the 138 x 138 cm canvas is covered in gold and silver leaf onto which Klimt used gesso to apply decorative motifs in bas-relief. The final work, completed in 1907, depicts Adele Bloch-Bauer on a golden chair in front of a detailed, patterned gold background. She is dressed in a fitted gold dress, decorated in delicate geometric forms in blue, black and silver to contrast against the predominant gold. The dress merges into the background in places, so that Adele’s face and hands stand out in stark contrast against the flow of gold. The overall effect of this portrait has been described as sensual and an embodiment of femininity. Within the details of the composition and the multitude of patterns and forms can be identified many symbols and influences ranging from the Byzantine to Greece. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I has also been described as presenting Adele more in the style of a religious icon than a secular portrait. From Austria to America In addition to exemplifying Klimt’s Gold Period, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is also renowned for its tumultuous history. In her will, Adele stated her desire for Ferdinand to leave all the artworks by Klimt in their collection to the Austrian State Gallery in Vienna after his death. After the painting’s completion in 1907 it hung in the Bloch-Bauer’s home and after Adele’s death, Ferdinand hung the painting in Adele’s bedroom in homage to her. Over the next few years, the painting was lent for exhibition across Europe and in 1937 it was displayed at the Paris Exhibition. In 1938, Ferdinand fled from Austria to his Czechoslovakian castle after the invasion of the Nazi’s and from here he fled to Paris before settling in Switzerland, having left the vast majority of his fortune behind in Austria. The Nazi Regime falsely accused him of tax evasion as an excuse to seize as much of his property as they desired. The Nazis divided and sold off much of the Bloch-Bauer art collection and the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I ended up in the Galerie Belvedere. In 1945, the year of his death, Ferdinand rewrote his will in which he left his entire estate to his nieces and nephews, although he made no reference to the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which he assumed was lost forever. In 1946, despite the Annulment Act which voided Nazi transactions, and the efforts of the lawyer hired by the family, Dr. Gustav Vinesh, the Bloch-Bauer’s were forced to relinquish most of their art collection, including Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, to the Austrain State, supposedly on the basis of Adele’s will. In 1998, after the Austrian government introduced the Art Restitution Act which aimed to re-examine the art stolen by the Nazis, the investigative journalist, Hubertus Czernin, published a report claiming a ‘double crime’ had been committed with regards to the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I: firstly the theft by the Nazi’s and secondly the Austrian Government’s refusal to return the painting to the family. This led to Adele and Ferdinand’s niece and heir, Maria Altman filing a claim with the restitution committee to recover six paintings, including Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which was refused again on the grounds of Adele’s will. Consequently, Altmann sued the Austrian Government and the Belvedere Gallery in the US Court and eventually won, with the Supreme Court ruling that the paintings had been stolen, in 2004. In 2006, Altmann sold the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I to Ronald Lauder for $135 million, at the time the highest price paid for a painting, and it remains on display in his gallery, the Neue Gallery in New York. See similar artworks in Singulart’s Inspired by Gustav Klimt collection. Bauerngarten Adaption Klimt, 2018 Großformatiger Akt, 2016 LAD 160823 (after Gustav Klimt), 2016 avant-gardeGermanyNazi-era artpigment By Margaux Stockwell 5 Contemporary Swedish Artists on Singulart Seascape Cloudy and the boundary between Painting and Photography The Myth Behind Raphael’s Triumph of Galatea Girls at the Piano: Domestic Dreams of the Post-Industrial Bourgeois The Persistence of Memory and Salvador Dalí’s Contribution to Surrealism Sky Above Clouds IV, The Landscape, and O'Keeffe's... posted on August 2, 2019

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Nasdaq-Listed “Blockchain” Companies Hit With New Legal Troubles February 25, 2018 - by Bitcoin FYI Adding “Blockchain” to the name of their firms have proved to be very beneficial to the top management of publicly listed companies over the past year. However, this tactic also attracted negative attention from regulators, and now two Nasdaq firms are facing additional troubles. Also Read: Robinhood Starts Rolling Out Cryptocurrency Trading Today Class Action Lawsuit Against Riot Blockchain Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) has been hit with a class action lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida. The complaint charges the company, its officers and one of its major shareholders with violations of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Before October 2017, Riot was a biotechnology company known as Bioptix, Inc. that specialized in the development of veterinary diagnostic tools. On October 4, Bioptix announced it was changing its name to Riot Blockchain and shifting its business focus to investing in blockchain technologies. It is accused that as a result of defendants’ false statements and omissions, the prices of Riot’s securities were artificially inflated. The complaint alleges that defendants made false and misleading statements or failed to disclose adverse material information regarding Riot’s business and operations. Specifically, the complaint alleges defendants failed to disclose that it had changed its name to Riot Blockchain in order to generate investor enthusiasm and tie the company to the recent rise in the price of cryptocurrencies, despite its lack of a significant blockchain business in order to further an insider scheme that would allow Riot’s controlling shareholder Barry Honig and his associates to sell their Riot securities at artificially inflated prices. In addition, according to the complaint, Honig and other investors were effectively controlling Riot and its operations and exerting undisclosed influence over the company and its CEO. Long Blockchain to be Kicked Out of Nasdaq? Long Blockchain Corp. (NASDAQ:LBCC) has received a notice from Nasdaq stating that it had determined to delist the company’s securities. SEC documents also show that Nasdaq was revoking its prior notification to Long Blockchain. Prior to June 2017 the company was called Long Island Iced Tea, and gained notoriety when its stock price increased by 432% in a single day after rebranding. The company has the right to appeal Nasdaq’s determination but even if its appeal is approved, Long Blockchain will still need to regain compliance by April 9, 2018. In order to do this, the market value of the company’s listed securities must remain at $35 million or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days. If Long Blockchain does not regain compliance by such date, the company’s securities would again be subject to potential delisting. Was a backlash against blockchain hype on the stock markets inevitable? Tell us what you think in the comments section below. Do you like to research and read about Bitcoin technology? Check out Bitcoin.com’s Wiki page for an in-depth look at Bitcoin’s innovative technology and interesting history.

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Bible > Commentary > Lange > 2 Samuel ◄ 2 Samuel 24 ► Lange Commentary on the Holy Scriptures SIXTH SECTION The Numbering of the People and the Plague 2 SAMUEL 24:1–25 1And again the anger of the Lord [Jehovah] was kindled against Israel, and he moved [incited] David against them to say [saying], Go, number Israel and Judah. 2For [And] the king said to Joab the captain [Joab and the captains1] of the host which was [were] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even [om. even] to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. 3And Joab said unto the king, Now [om. Now2] the Lord [Jehovah] thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it; but why doth my lord the 4king delight in this thing? Notwithstanding [And] the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer on the right side of the city. [better, and began from Aroer and from the city3] that lieth in the midst of the river 6[valley] of Gad [toward Gad] and toward Jazer. Then [And] they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi [perhaps land of the Hittites to Kadesh], and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 7And came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, even [om. even] to Beersheba. 8So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9And Joab gave up the sum of the number [the number of the census] of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men [warriors] that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10And David’s heart smote him after that4 he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord [Jehovah], I have sinned greatly in that I have done. And now, I beseech thee, O Lord [Jehovah], take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly. 11For when David was up [And David arose] in the morning—[ins. and] the word of the Lord [Jehovah] came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, 12Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord [Jehovah], 13I offer5 thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. So [And] Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven [better three6] years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the Lord [Jehovah], for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15So [And] the Lord [Jehovah] sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even [om. even] to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even [om. even] to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 16And when the angel [And the angel] stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord [and Jehovah] repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord [Jehovah] was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17And David spake unto the Lord [Jehovah] when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house. 18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto 19the Lord [Jehovah] in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord [Jehovah] commanded. 20And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord 22[Jehovah], that the plague may be stayed from the people. And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him; behold, here be [are] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and [ins. the] threshing-instruments 23and other [the] instruments of the oxen for wood. All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king [All gives Araunah, O king, to the king; or, the whole gives the servant of my lord the king to the king7]. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord [Jehovah] thy God accept thee. 24And the king said unto Araunah, Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a price, neither will I [and I will not] offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord [Jehovah] my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So [And] David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of sil2 Samuel 24:25And David built there an altar unto the Lord [Jehovah], and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So [And] the Lord [Jehovah] was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. I. 2 Samuel 24:1–8. David’s sin in numbering the people. 2 Samuel 24:1. And again the anger of the Lord was kindled. The “again” evidently refers to the famine in 21:1–14; comp. especially 2 Samuel 24:1 and the identical endings of the two accounts (2 Samuel 24:25 here and 2 Samuel 24:14 there): “Jehovah (God) was entreated for the land.” From this both sections may be inferred to be from the same source. [Hence some regard 21:15–23. as inserted in the midst of this history, and the two poems 22, 23:1–7 as an insertion in the narrative 21:15–22, 23:8–39. Erdmann regards these various sections as separately selected, and put together according to a definite plan.—TR.]—The additions in the parallel section 1 Chron. 21:1–22, are to be referred to another fuller authority that the Chronicler had before him (Mov., Ew.), but not also in part to “pure remodeling by the Chronicler himself.” (Ew.).—The time of this census is certainly to be put in the later years of David’s reign, “partly because the pestilence here described is expressly said to be the second of the two great plagues under David, partly because such a measure as the census, which occupied Joab 9 months and 20 days, could have been begun only in a perfectly quiet year” (Ew.). It cannot belong to the time before the insurrections of Absalom and Sheba (Seb. Schmid), because it presupposes a permanent condition of peace without and within. The late date is also favored by the fact that the Chronicler attaches immediately to this history (in accordance with its conclusion, the purchase of Araunah’s threshing-floor as the site of the future temple) the description of the preparations for the building of the temple and David’s arrangements for divine service, which Chron, puts in this peaceful last period of his reign. “One would not, indeed, think of David’s very last days, when death was daily before him; such great matters are not undertaken at such a time” (Hengst.).—The kindling of God’s anger presupposes a grave offence against God; and this not merely by David (whose guilt is expressly affirmed in 2 Samuel 24:3, 10, 12 sqq.), but also by the whole people, since “Israel” is designated as the object of the divine anger (2 Samuel 24:1), and the punitive plague was intended to include the whole nation (2 Samuel 24:13 sq.). This offence of the people consists, however, not in any “hidden sins” (D. Kimchi), nor in the insurrections under Absalom and Sheba (Keil), but (since God’s anger is obviously causally connected with David’s deed) in their participation in David’s sin.—And He incited David against them, that is, against Israel, and the subject of the Verb is Jehovah, not Satan (so several older expositors [and Ewald] after Chron.), nor David’s thought of numbering the people (Theod.) The outburst of God’s wrath against Israel is produced by a sin of David’s, to which the “incitement came from the Lord;” the statement in Chron: “Satan8 stood up against Israel and incited David” is not in contradiction with this, since Satan is not an independent agent alongside of God, but appears always as subject to and dependent on Him. Job 1; Zech. 3. Buddæus’ explanation: “God and the devil may concur in one and the same evil deed, though in different ways, the latter by impelling, the former by permitting” must be corrected in accordance with this statement.—“The Lord incited David” means, not that He destroyed his free will and forced him, but that He permitted the temptations, resident in the circumstances ordained by Him, to approach David, and so developed the germinal ungodly desire in David’s heart into a determination of the will, and thence into the deed. See on 1 Sam. 26:19, and “Historical and Theological” to that chapter [see James 1:13, 14; there is here involved the whole subject of the co-relation of divine and human action, about which we can only insist on the two unharmonizable facts of the absolute efficient control of God, and the complete independence of man.—TR.]—Saying, go, number Israel and Judah! David’s aim in this census could not have been pleasure at the great number that it would show, and at the growth and well-being of his subjects thus brought out (S. Schmid and other older expositors); that would have been a childish undertaking, considering the great expenditure of time and strength made. Ewald (Hist. III. 218, bibl. Jahrb. 10, 34 sq.) holds that his purpose was to perfect the royal power internally, and establish a strict rule that should embrace the whole life of the nation; the census, he thinks, was intended “to drag the people as far as possible” into all sorts of taxes, such as existed in Egypt and Phenicia, and on this supposition he bases the opinion that the people, apprehensive of the subversion of their liberty by the royal power, withstood this innovation, and David had consequently to recede from the complete execution of his measure. But there is not a sign in the narrative of such a purpose on David’s part; and against it is the military character and aim of the measure. Apart from 1 Chron. 27:23 sq. (according to which it was connected with the military organization of the people, and probably intended to complete it), it is here discussed in the council of military officers, and executed by Joab the commander-in-chief himself in conjunction with them; and the census took account not of all classes of the people, or of all independent men, but only of “valiant men that drew the sword.” As is stated at the outset, military camps were formed for the numbering (mustering). “The military character of the procedure is clear also from the fact that Joab delayed as long as possible carrying it into Benjamin, in order not to arouse the insurrectionary spirit of this tribe, which could not forget the leadership it had possessed under Saul” (Hengst., ubi sup. p. 128). 2 Samuel 24:2. The king said to Joab: Go now through all the tribes of Israel, … and muster ye the people, that I may know the number of the people—a general mustering for a military-statistical purpose. That is, after having subjected foreign nations and established internal order and quiet, David wished to know the military force of the whole people. [Render: “the king said to Joab and to the captains (or princes) of the host that were with him.”—TR.]—In itself this census by David was no more sinful than that of Moses, Ex. 30:12 sq. Wherein David’s sin consisted is indicated in Joab’s words in 2 Samuel 24:3: May now the Lord thy God add to the people, as it is, a hundred-fold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it! but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? The speech has the form of a conclusion9 from what precedes, and indicates that Joab perceives David’s purpose to be to please himself with the exhibition of the imposing military strength of his people; and the question at the end conveys a moral reproof. The ungodly feature in this undertaking, therefore, was its motive, David’s haughty overestimation of himself and his people. His sin was one both of the lust of the eyes and of pride. So much is true in Josephus’ explanation (followed by Bertheau), which is otherwise incorrect, namely, that David’s sin consisted in his not demanding the expiation-money that, according to Ex. 30:12 sqq., had to be paid by every man mustered; for this requirement of the law (the aim of which was: “that there be no plague among them”) had reference to the danger in such a census of falling into haughtiness and presumptuousness. “David wished to glory in the multitude of the people” (S. Schm.). And the punishment that followed the attempt—so that the number of warriors was diminished, and the result of the census was not noted in the State-annals (1 Chron. 27:24)—shows that it was made in proud self-feeling without the will of the Lord, Israel’s true king, and for a self-chosen end that did not accord with the aims and purposes of the Lord. It is going too far to regard it as David’s purpose here to summon the whole nation to war for new conquests (J. D. Mich.), or to transform the theocratic State (Kurz in Herz. III. 306). Such a complete recession from the dependence of his kingdom on the Lord, such thought of a political world-dominion of Israel, such a complete abandonment of Israel’s national-theocratic calling, presupposes a complete defection on David’s part from the living God. But doubtless he who had led Israel to so lofty a height, forgetting himself before the Lord, had a proud desire to exhibit the splendid array of his people’s military strength, as pledge of the further advance of his house and people, and of the future development of the promise: “thine enemies shall cringe before thee, and thou shalt tread on their high-places” (Deut. 33:29). “To this height David now thought he could advance without God; the annals should show for all time that he had laid the foundations of this mighty work of the future” (Hengst.). The people also, filled with proud national conceit of their strength, shared David’s sin. Though the chief fault was not with the people (Hengst.), yet the solidarity [unity] of David’s sin and his people’s in this haughty anti-theocratic movement, is beyond doubt. 2 Samuel 24:4. David submits, indeed, to Joab’s opposition now also (comp. 3:27; 19:1–7); but he did not follow the voice of good conscience that he heard from his mouth. The word of the king prevailed against Joab, comp. 2 Chron. 28:3; 27:5; not: “stood fast” (De W.).10 “It is noteworthy that such a man as Joab, without living fear of God, but with natural directness and sound practical sense, sees sooner than David, how such a sinful exaltation does not become a king of Israel” (O. v. Gerl.). “Nothing more was said in opposition” (Grotius). In silence Joab and the officers obey their lord’s command; they went out “before the eyes”11 of the king. 2 Samuel 24:5. Exact geographical statement of the beginning of the census. It began beyond the Jordan in Gad, “because military affairs were in an especially flourishing condition there,12 comp. 1 Chron. 12:8 sqq., 37” (Then.) Comp. Thenius’ remarks on 2 Kings 15:25. And encamped at Aroer on the right of the city; they encamped in the plain instead of going into the city, because of the large number of men engaged in taking the census, and so they doubtless did hereafter. [Another reading, in some respects better, is: “they began from Aroer and from the city.” See “Text, and Gram.”—TR.] In the midst of the brook-valley of Gad, that is, not in the vale of the Jabbok, as the greatest river in Gad (Winer, s. v. Thäler and Aroer, Then., Rüetschi in Herz. s. v. Gad); for it is identical with the Aroer of Josh. 12:25, which was before Rabbah (= Rabbah of the Ammonites), that is, between it and the Jordan; for this reason and from the statement in Judg. 11:33 (Jephthah smote the Ammonites from Aroer to Abel Kernaim) it cannot have lain so far north as the Jabbok, but is probably to be sought in the valley noted on the map south of the Jabbok in the middle of the territory of God. According to Von Raumer (p. 259) it is probably the present Ayra southwest from es-Salt, with which Burckhardt also probably identified it (Reisen in Syrien, etc., p. 609). This Aroer in Gad is to be distinguished from 1) Aroer in Judah, southeast of Beersheba, whither David sent a part of the booty of Ziklag, 1 Sam. 30:28, and 2) Aroer on the right (northern) bank of the Arnon in Reuben (Josh. 12:2; Numb. 32:34. [Bib.-Com. holds that Aroer on the Arnon is here meant, on the ground that the description here agrees perfectly with that in Deut. 2:36 (comp. Josh. 13:16), and that if Aroer before Rabbah is meant, the whole tribe of Reuben would be omitted from the census, which is impossible; and this view is the most natural. For a possible city on the Arnon see Art. Arnon in Smith’s Bible-Dict.—Instead of “in the valley of Gad,” render “towards Gad;” they advanced from the southern limit to Gad and Jazer.—TR.]—They encamped13 as far as towards Jazer, the plain in which this gathering was held extended from Aroer to Jazer; Jazer cannot, therefore, have been far from Aroer. Jazer, formerly belonged to the Ammonites, conquered from them (Numb. 21:32), pertained to Gad (Numb. 32:35, Josh. 13:25), a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39, 1 Chron. 6:81); afterwards Moabitic (Isa. 18:8); after the exile Ammonitish (Jer. 48:32), conquered by Judas Maccabæus (Macc. 5:8). Burckhardt (p. 609) conjectures that the name of the old Jazer is found in the fine spring Ain Hazir, which he found near the ruins of a very considerable city in the valley south of es-Salt, whose water flows into the Wady Shoeb, which empties into the Jordan. But Gesenius, who agrees with this conjecture (on Burckh. p. 1062), thinks it possible that Jazer is the present Sir, a ruin at the source of the Wady Sir, which flows into the Jordan, and this view is adopted by Seetzen, who found several pools at Sir (comp. Jer. 48:32: “sea of Jazer”), Van de Velde and Keil (on Numb. 21:32). According to Eusebius (Onom.), “the city of Jazer extended in Gad as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah.” In accordance with this Von Raumer, who regards Aroer as the present Ayra, to which the valley of Ain Hazir descends, adopts the view that this Ain Hazir is the ancient Jazer, as it is not five English miles from Ayra (p. 263). 2 Samuel 24:6. Then they came to Gilead, the mountain-land on both sides the Jabbok, and thence into the land of Tahtim hodshi. This local expression (regarded as a proper name by Cler. and De Wette, but as such yielding no sense) is variously given by the ancient Versions: Sept.: “land of the Hittites, which is Adasai” [Stier and Theile’s text], or “land of Thabason” [Vat., Tisch.], or, “land of Ethaon Adasai [Alex.]; Symm.: “to the lower way;” Vulg.: “to the lower land of Hodsi.” No tolerable sense can be gotten from the words except on the supposition that the text is corrupt. The first part of Böttcher’s conjectural emendation “under the sea”14 is a fortunate suggestion, since it requires no change in the letters, and this designation of the Lake of Gennesareth as a “sea” accords with the usage of the language [it is the “sea of Kinnereth”] and with the local statements of the narrative. But the second part of his conjecture, that hodshi = “like the new moon,” in reference to the shape of the lake, is too far-fetched. So also Gesenius’ view, that hodshi is a matronymic from the woman called Hodesh in 1 Chron. 8:9 [= Hodshites]. Ewald’s conjecture, to read Hermon for Hodshi, and render: “the lower regions of Hermon” is without support (Thenius). Thenius conjectures that hodshi is for Kedshi,15 Denominative from Kedesh, understanding thereby the town in Naphtali near lake Merom, so that it would read: “they came into the land under the lake [sea] of Kedesh [Kadesh].” But this designation of lake Merom is strange, and does not elsewhere occur; nor does the term “under or, below]” suit, we should rather expect “over [above].” Retaining the “Kedesh,” it is more probable that the reference is to the Levitical city of that name in Issachar, southwest of the lake of Gennesareth (1 Chron. 7:72 (6:57); in Josh. 19:20; 21:28 = Kishion). Comp. Raumer (p. 132, Rem. 36 b) and the country below the lake of Gennesareth southwest in Raumer’s map. This lake is often called a “sea” (Numb, 34:11; Josh. 12:3; 13:27; Isa. 8:23), called so in the last passage without further description (comp. “Galilean sea.” Matt. 4:18; 15:29; Mk. 1:16; 7:31). Instead of Thenius’ adjective form Kadshi [“sea of Kedesh”], it is better to read: “towards Kedesh” (קֵדְשָׁה, comp. Ges. § 90. 2 a. b), understanding the town in Issachar, and rendering: “they came into the land below the sea towards [or, to] Kadesh.” Hither they came from Gilead, passing through the Jordan-plain below the Galilean sea.—[For other conjectures about this expression see Smith’s Bib.-Dict. s. v., Bib.-com. and Philippson: this whole geographical account is omitted in 1 Chron. 21.—TR.]—And they came to Dan Jaan; according to Schultz and Van d. Velde (Mem. p. 306, in Von Raumer p. 125) the present ruin Danian between Tyre and Aire near Ras en Nakura. But this does not agree with the statement that Joab went from this region below the sea to Dan Jaan, thence to Zidon, and then first to Tyre, whereas according to that view he would have gone from Dan Jaan by the sea to Zidon. This route would naturally lead us to think of the Dan that formed the extreme northern boundary of Israel (comp. 2 Samuel 24:2, 15), the old Laish (Josh. 19:47; Judg. 18:29); but the objection to this is that the name Jaan is not appended to this Dan in 2 Samuel 24:2, 15, and we must therefore seek another Dan between Gilead and Zidon. So Hengst., Pent. II. 194. Keil looks for it in northern Perea, southwest of Damascus, taking it to be the same that is mentioned in Gen. 14:14, which according to Deut. 34:1 belonged to Gilead; but that is none other than the well-known Dan-Laish. And since no other place suiting the geographical relations can be found, we hold to this (Dan-Laish), which by its position was particularly suited for a mustering [so Wordsworth and Bib.-Com.—TR.]. But what does the Jaan mean? Bunsen remarks on this passage: “Dan-Jaan, as the name Baal-Jaan on coins shows, is a Phœnician god (literally: Judge, i.e. ruler, the singer,16 i.e. player), answering to the Greek Pan, who gave the city its name.” But this surname is never elsewhere found with Dan. The Vulg. has: in Dan silvestria, “in Dan of the wood” (יַעַר), which reading Winer, Lengerke, Ewald adopt, and render: “Dan in the (Lebanon) forest.” Thenius regards Laish as the original reading.—And about towards Zidon; the “about” [= roundabout] means not the environs of Zidon, but in the direction of Dan; from the northern border they turned around towards the north-western border of the kingdom.17 2 Samuel 24:7. From Zidon they went southward, and came to the fortified city Zor (= “rock”), comp. Josh. 19:29, the fortress Tyre built on a rock on the mainland (now Sur), in distinction from the insular Tyre. They came, therefore, into the territory of Asher, which bordered on that of Zidon and Tyre.—And into all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites, that is, in Naphtali, Zebulon and Issachar, the region afterwards called Galilee, “in which the Canaanites were not exterminated by the Israelites, but only made tributary” (Keil). [It hence appears that even as late as this these native tribes had cities of their own. The division into Hivites and Canaanites is remarkable; perhaps these were the most prominent of the surviving native races. The Hivite territory extended down near Jerusalem (Gibeon), see Judg. 3:3; Josh. 11:3; what the “Canaanite” district was is not clear.—TR.]—And went out to the south of Judah to Beersheba, passed along the western border throughout the length of the land from Dan to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 24:8. The return, after nine months and twenty days. According to 1 Chron. 21:6 the census was not extended into Benjamin and Levi, “because the king’s word was an abomination to Joab,” and according to 1 Chron. 27:24 Joab did not finish the numbering “because wrath therefor came upon Israel.” Joab, who had entered unwillingly (2 Samuel 24:3) on the execution of the king’s command, had not made haste; then David saw his wrong, the plague broke out before the census was finished; the numbering had not yet begun in Benjamin, nor in Levi (which, however, was excepted therefrom by Num. 1:47–49). 2 Samuel 24:9. Statement of the total number of the people mustered: Israel had eight hundred thousand arms-bearing men, Judah five hundred thousand. Chron. gives a higher number for Israel, eleven hundred thousand; a lower for Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand. To explain or reconcile this difference in respect to Israel it has been supposed that there were two countings, one according to the private lists in cities and villages (Chron.), the other according to the digests made therefrom for the public registers (2 Sam.) (so Cornelius a Lapide)—or that Joab was less accurate in his numbering than the officers with him (Sanktius)—or that Chron. includes the non-Israelites in the Ten Tribes and the neighboring regions, about three hundred thousand (S. Schmid). Against this last is that only Israelites proper are spoken of in 2 Samuel 24:1, 2; the other suppositions are mere conjectures. Osiander’s opinion that Chron. includes the older men is opposed to 2 Samuel 24:5, and D. Kimchi’s, that Chron. includes also Benjamin and Levi, to 1 Chron. 21:6. [Others suppose that the regular army of two hundred and eighty-eight thousand men (1 Chron. 27:1–15) is included in Israel in Chron., and excluded in Sam., and that a corps of thirty thousand men (commanded by the thirty, 1 Chron. 11:25) is included in Judah in Samuel, and excluded in Chronicles. See Bib.-Com. on 1 Chron. 21:5. These conjectures are without foundation, and errors of text or errors of oral tradition must be supposed.—See notes of Wordsw. and Bib.-Com., on our verse.—TR.]. Apart from the fact that we have round numbers here, the differences explain themselves if we remember that the result of the census was not recorded in the State-annals (1 Chron. 27:24), and the statements here must rest on oral tradition. The numbers are not to be taken as perfectly accurate, but there is no good reason to reject them as unhistorically large, since this fertile country was very thickly peopled. “We see this from the various places, whose ruins stand as near to one another, as villages in our most densely populated regions” (Arnold in Herz. XI. 23 sq.). Taking the military population as about one-fourth of the whole, Palestine [Israel] would have contained, according to this census, a population of from five to six million souls, which is not too large a number. Ewald (Hist. III. 196, Rem. 3) refers to other numerical statements about Israel, that seem to us too large, and yet must be accepted as historical, and remarks: “Though the numbers may be in part round, and sometimes exaggerated, yet in general there is no reason for doubting their historical value. If, for example, the present population of Algeria be estimated at three million, and therein from 300,000 to 400,000 arms-bearing men (see Dawson Borrer, Campaign in the Kabylie) Israel in such happy times as David’s with its wide limits might certainly sustain a larger number.” Rüetschi (Herz. VIII. 89): “Considering the general extent of the levies and the almost incredibly dense population of Palestine, the enormous numerical strength of the Israelitish army (1 Sam. 11:8; 15:4; 2 Sam. 17:11; 1 Chron. 27:1 sqq.) cannot occasion much surprise.” II. 2 Samuel 24:10–17. The judgment of the pestilence. 2 Samuel 24:10. David confesses his sin before the Lord, and asks forgiveness. David’s heart smote him, that is, his conscience, just as in 1 Sam. 24:6. Comp. 1 Kings 2:44; Job 27:6; Eccl. 7:22. With anguish of conscience David sees that his sin is an offence against the Lord. As to wherein it consisted see above on 2 Samuel 24:1–3. 2 Samuel 24:11. “In the morning” = the next morning.—David had made his short penitent prayer either as he was going to sleep, or, more probably, after a sleepless night.—The word of Jehovah comes to Gad, see 1 Sam. 22:5. He is called David’s seer as being his confidential counsellor, aiding him constantly with direction from the source of divine revelation.—And the word of the Lord … this revelation had come to Gad independently of human means or occasion. 2 Samuel 24:12. Choice between three judgments set before David. Three things I hold over thee (נטל), not: I lay on thee, but: I hold high over thee, namely, as a load of punishment, which is to be laid on thee according as thou choosest; the sense in Chron. (נטה) is the same: “I turn [stretch] over thee” [so Eng. A. V. here: offer thee]. 2 Samuel 24:13. Then came Gad to David.—This is the apodosis to the protasis in verse 11: and when David rose in the morning … then came Gad; what intervenes is a circumstantial sentence.18 Instead of seven years of famine Chron. (so Sept.) has three, agreeing with the figures in the other plagues. For this reason the reading of Chron. is to be preferred; there correspond, therefore, three years of famine, three months of flight before enemies, three days of pestilence.19 [The seven20 in Sam. may be accounted for by the frequent occurrence of that number, possibly from the seven years’ famine in the history of Joseph.—TR.]. 2 Samuel 24:14. “I am in a great strait”—the exclamation of a tortured conscience,, whose anguish is heightened by the necessity of choosing between the three punishments. David looks on the pestilence as an immediate stroke of God’s hand, while the other plagues make him and his people dependent on man; at the same time he looks to God’s mercy, whence, if he fall only into God’s hands, he may the sooner hope to draw comfort and help. In view of God’s punitive righteousness his faith holds fast to God’s mercy, and verifies itself therein.—At the close of this verse the Sept. has: “And David chose the pestilence [θάνατον], and it was the days of the wheat-harvest.” But this is nothing but an explanatory remark taken from 1 Chron. 21:20, designed partly to make a direct statement of David’s choice (which is only indirectly stated in the text), partly to account for Araunah’s work at the threshing-floor (2 Samuel 24:18 sq.). 2 Samuel 24:15. Beginning, duration and extent of the pestilence.—And the Lord gave a pestilence, it was a divine punishment. From the morning—the morning when Gad came to David (2 Samuel 24:11, 13). The next words,21 giving the terminus ad quem [Eng. A. V.: “to the time appointed;” Erdmann: “to an appointed time”], offer great difficulties.—The Sept. renders: “till the hour of breakfast,” that is, the sixth hour, to which it adds: “and the plague began among the people,” which Böttcher and Thenius would receive into the text. But this addition of the Sept. had its origin no doubt in the reflection that the time from morning to breakfast was too short for the effects of the plague (70,000 died) therefore the words “from the morning to, etc.,” were regarded as defining the verb gave [Eng. A. V.: sent], that is, the divine arrangement in inflicting the plague, and then the plague itself was made to begin after the sixth hour. But the word “gave” itself includes the destructive effect of the pestilence, and the result is indicated immediately by the word “died.”—We have then here the limit of time of the raging of the pestilence. But what is meant? up to what point? The most natural explanation: “to the appointed time” (Cler., De W., Ew.), that is, to the end of the three days (2 Samuel 24:13) contradicts 2 Samuel 24:16, according to which the pestilence ceased through God’s mercy before this time; besides the Def. Art. is wanting, while elsewhere the word in the sense of a time designated has the Art. The Art. may indeed be omitted when the word (מוֹעֵד) signifies an assembly for divine service and festival. Hos. 9:5; Lam. 2:7, 22. Thus Bochart (Hieroz. I. 2, 38, ed. Ros. I. 396 sq.) renders (after the Chald.), having Acts 3:1 in mind: “the time when the people used to meet for evening prayers, about the ninth hour of the day, that is, the third hour after noon.” Keil adopts this view, and thinks it favors the basis of the rendering of the Vulg.: “to the time appointed” according to Jerome’s explanation (tradit. Hebr. in 2 libr. Reg.): “he calls that the time appointed, in which the evening sacrifice was offered.” Against this Thenius rightly remarks22 that the general expression “time of assembly” could not be used for the afternoon or evening-assembly. Thenius’ conjecture (suggested by the Chald.): “to the time of lighting” (the lamps in the sanctuary or in dwellings) is declared by Böttcher to be contrary to Heb. usage; and Böttcher’s reading: “up to the time of food” is unsupported. The same thing is to be said of Hitzig’s suggestion: “up to the time of dinner.” Instead of adding another to these doubtful, in fact unsuccessful attempts to gain a new text, it seems requisite to return to our masoretic text, which, since the Art is wanting, is to be rendered: “up to an appointed time.” Why should this phrase not give a suitable sense? In view of the fact that the Lord had in mercy determined on a point of time before the expiration of the three days (2 Samuel 24:16), it is here intimated that the pestilence lasted a shorter time fixed by His gracious will. It must be left undetermined whether this “appointed time” falls in the first day of the plague (which seems to be indicated by the “from the morning,” and “that day,” 2 Samuel 24:18, though not necessarily, since the “morning” is the same as in 2 Samuel 24:11, and may point out merely the beginning of the pestilence without reference to the same day), or in the second day. In any case, however, the narrator, combining and, in Heb. fashion, anticipating what follows, means by this expression to say that God in His mercy permitted the pestilence to go on only to a determined point of time within the “three days.”—Seventy thousand men.=Grotius cites the fact (Diod. Sic. l. 14) that in the siege of Syracuse 100,000 men of the Carthaginian army died within a short time.—[Dr. Erdmann’s explanation of the “appointed time” is not a little strained; the fact that he refers to (the shortening of the duration of the pestilence) would hardly have been expressed in this way. The word seems obviously to mean: “time of assembly” (so Wellh., Bib.-Com., and others), and points to some well-known gathering of the people. The most natural suggestion is that the time of evening-prayer is meant, to which some regard it as a fatal objection that the assembly for evening-prayer could not have existed in the time of David, or of the author of the Book of Samuel. But it may be replied that we do not know when the custom of thus gathering began; or, it may be that there was some other regular gathering otherwise unknown to us. It is at any rate better so to render the word, whether it can be satisfactorily explained or not.—TR.] 2 Samuel 24:16. And the angel, namely the angel of the Lord afterwards more exactly described (“that destroyed the people”), the embodiment of His punitive righteousness, the exactor of the judgment, the destroying angel (comp Exod. 12:23)—stretched out his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it; thereupon the Lord repented him of the evil.—Chron.: “And God sent His angel to Jerusalem to destroy it.” According to both accounts the pestilence ceased at the moment when it had reached Jerusalem through the will of the merciful God. This is the moment meant by the “appointed time” of 2 Samuel 24:15. On God’s repentance see on 1 Sam. 13:35, “Historical and Theological,” No. 1 (to 1 Sam. 13.).—The Lord’s command to His angel:—Enough! now stay thy hand! the “thy hand” refers to the “His hand” above. As yet the pestilence had not attacked Jerusalem itself; for “the angel of the Lord was at the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” Threshing-floors were usually in the open air, on heights where it was possible, on account of the chaff and the dust, and for the sake of the wind, which was necessary for the purifying of the grain; comp. Judg. 6:37; Ruth 3:2, 15. So this threshing-floor was without Jerusalem, northeast of Zion, on the hill Moriah; see on 2 Samuel 24:25. The pestilence had reached the houses lying near this threshing-floor. Instead of the form Awarnah (2 Samuel 24:16) or Aranyah (2 Samuel 24:18), the name of the owner of the floor is to be read with the Masorites Araunah (2 Samuel 24:20, 22, 23, 24). Chron. has Ornan (2 Samuel 24:15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23); Sept. Orna. Ewald: “This form of the name is un-Hebrew, but perhaps all the more Jebusite.” Bertheau: “The form Araunah does not look like Heb., while Orna and Ornan are Heb.; for this very reason the form Araunah seems to rest on an old tradition.” Jebusites still dwelt in the land (Josh. 15:63), and were tributary (1 Kin. 9:20 sq.). See on 2 Sam. 5:6 sq.; Araunah is here represented as a man of property, see on 2 Samuel 24:22, 23. 2 Samuel 24:17. David saw the angel; according to Chron. (whose account is fuller) he saw him standing by the threshing-floor between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand, which was stretched out over Jerusalem. The drawn sword is the symbol of the execution23 of the divine judgment, comp. Gen. 3:24; Numb. 22:23; Josh. 5:13.—David said to the Lord: I, etc. By the “I”24 he presents himself as the really guilty person before God, in contrast with the people, whom he declares to be innocent. According to Chron. (2 Samuel 24:16) the elders, clothed in sackcloth and praying, shared with David the vision of the angel; the representatives of the people, therefore, confess that it has part in David’s sin; see on 2 Samuel 24:1. “The punishment was sent for the people’s own sin (2 Samuel 24:1), though David’s offence was the immediate occasion of its execution” (O. v. Gerl.). David is so penetrated with a sense of his guilt, and with sympathy with the suffering of his people, that he now prays God to visit judgment on “him and his house” alone, and spare the people as “His flock” [comp. 1 Chron. 21:17]. III. 2 Samuel 24:18–25. Appeasement of God’s wrath by the purchase of Araunah’s, threshing-floor, and the erection of an altar thereon. 2 Samuel 24:18. God’s announcement of grace (contrasted with His announcement of judgment, 2 Samuel 24:13) is the consequence of “the repentance of the Lord” (2 Samuel 24:16) and the synchronous repentance of David (2 Samuel 24:17), though this did not cause God’s repentance; it occurs at the same time (“that day”) that God stops the plague, at the “appointed time” (2 Samuel 24:15) before the expiration of the three days.—Besides his prayer David has now to make public affirmation of his guilt, and of his willingness henceforth with the people to devote himself as an offering to the Lord, by building an altar. [According to Chron. the angel commanded Gad to go to David; the two accounts do not exclude each other. The relation of time between 2 Samuel 24:16 and 18 is not clear; but God’s repentance is represented as independent of David’s action.—TR.] 2 Samuel 24:19. And David went up; he shows unconditional obedience to the divine command; whereby the altar was already in spirit built, and the offering of an obedient heart well-pleasing to the Lord, was made in truth. Comp. 1 Sam. 15:22. 2 Samuel 24:20. And Araunah looked forth; the verb (שׁקף) means “to lie out over, bend forward, see, look at, look out”—here, to look into the distance, since Araunah was working in the threshing-floor, and saw David coming from the city. Chron. more fully: “And as Ornan was threshing wheat.” [2 Samuel 24:21. David announces his purpose to Araunah to buy his threshing-floor.] 2 Samuel 24:22 sqq. Araunah’s unselfish readiness is shown in the fact that he takes for granted the threshing-floor is to be made over to David, does not even mention it, but offers everything on the place to be used in averting the plague: the oxen that drew the threshing-wagon, the threshing-sledges (the Plural is used because a sledge consisted of several connected iron-pointed rollers), and the instruments of the oxen, the wooden yokes; the “wood” (yokes and sledges) was for the fire, as the oxen for the burnt-offering. 2 Samuel 24:23. Render: “All this gives Araunah, O king, to the king;” the words are a continuation of Araunah’s speech in 2 Samuel 24:22. In the ancient versions (Sept., Vulg., Syr., Ar., Chald.) the first “the king” is omitted, because, taking it as Nominative, they rightly thought it impossible that Araunah should be a king. If the words be taken as the statement of the narrator, and the “king” as Nominative, then [since it says: Araunah gave all this] there is a contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:24, where David buys the threshing-floor, and moreover a historically incorrect statement, namely, that Araunah was king of Jebus before its conquest by David; this view Ewald in fact adopts, against which Thenius rightly says: “this important fact would not have been stated in a single word, and it is in itself, but especially from 5:8., incredible that David should have suffered the Jebusite king to remain at his side.” [For another reading: “all this gives Araunah, the servant of my lord the king, to the king” (which is also a continuation of Araunah’s discourse.), see “Text. and Gram.”—TR.].—And Araunah said to the king; before this we must suppose a pause, or the repetition of the announcing formula [“Araunah said”], without intervening discourse, is to be explained by the fact that the following wish is sharply marked off from what precedes as a word of special significance and wholly new content. “The phrase ‘and he said’ is frequently repeated, where the same person continues to speak, see 15:4, 25, 27” (Keil). The Lord thy God accept thee; the verb is used of the acceptance of persons by God in connection with prayer and offering, Job 33:26; Ezek. 20:40, 41; 43:27; Jer. 14:12; so also here in reference to the offering that David proposes making. Sept., Syr., Arab. have “The Lord bless thee;” Böttcher proposes to combine these texts and read: “the Lord thy God accept and bless thee,” after Gen. 49:25; Numb. 6:24 sqq.; Ps. 67:2 [1]. 2 Samuel 24:24. David does not accept Araunah’s offered gift (which exhibits him as a propertied man), because the offering would seem incomplete in his eyes if it were not his own property that he offered.—For fifty shekels of silver; Chron.: “shekels of gold in weight six hundred.” There would be room for the supposition of an intentional exaggeration in Chronicles (Thenius), only “if it were certain that the Chronicler had before him our present text of Samuel”(Bertheau). Bochart [approved by Bib.-Com.], holds that the word (כֶּסֶף) means here not “silver,” but in general “money,” that David paid money, fifty shekels in gold-pieces, and, as gold was worth twelve times as much as silver, this was = 600 shekels in silver [according to Bochart, Chron. (2 Samuel 24:25) reads: “shekels of gold of the weight (value) of 600 (silvershekels).”—TR.]; but this contradicts the texts of both Sam. and Chron. We have to suppose a corruption of text here. Keil properly points out that, comparing the price (400 silver shekels) that Abraham gave for a burial-place (Gen. 23:15), and especially the smaller value of land in his day, the price here stated, 50 shekels of silver (about 30 American dollars) seems too small. [However, Abraham’s purchase was much greater in extent than this (Bib.-Com.), and peculiar circumstances may here have affected the price. The sum mentioned in Chron. seems too large, but of this we cannot very well judge. Some suppose that the 50 shekels were paid for the materials of the offering, and 600 for the ground (see note in Bib. Com. on 1 Chron. 21:25); but of this there is no hint in the narrative. We cannot with certainty recover the true numbers.—TR.] 2 Samuel 24:25. The building of the altar and the presentation of the offering is the work of humble and obedient faith, whereby David testifies anew his complete devotion of heart and life to the Lord. The burnt-offering precedes, because by it expiation is made, and God’s favor, as Araunah wished for David, restored; comp. Lev. 1:3, 4 “for his acceptance before Jehovah” (comp. 2 Samuel 24:23). Thereon follows the peace and thank-offering (Shelamim). It assumes God’s favor and the peaceful relation between Him and man, and on the ground of this relation, expresses thanks for divine kindnesses already received or hereafter to be received (comp. Oehler in Herz. X. 637).—After “peace-offerings” the Sept. adds: “And Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first.” It must be left undetermined whether the Alexandrian translators found these words in their text, they being an addition by an editor or scribe (Then.), or added them by way of explanation. Certainly the place on Araunah’s threshing-floor, where David built the altar and continued to offer, is the consecrated spot that he chose for the Temple, and on which Solomon built it (1 Chron. 21:27–22:1); and this addition of the Sept. agrees with the statement of Josephus, that Araunah’s threshing-floor was on the hill afterwards occupied by the Temple (so Grotius).—Chr. Rosen has attempted to prove the identity of this threshing-floor on Moriah (comp. Arnold in Herz. XVIII. 625) with the sacred rock in the present Mosque es-Sakra, which stands on the site of the ancient Temple (Wochenblatt der Johanniter-Ordens-Balley Brand. Jahrg. 1860 in the Beilage to No. 12). HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL 1. The grave sin of proud self-exaltation, which David and the people of Israel here had in common, presupposed the elevation to victory and power that God had bestowed by His gracious might, and its consequence was the judgment that revealed God’s anger against the perversion of His favors into plans of self-aggrandizement. God’s honor does not permit a king and people to seek their own honor in the power conferred by Him. The aims of God’s kingdom cannot, according to God’s laws of moral order, be abridged or obscured with impunity by the aims and purposes of human pride. God’s judgments fail not against false national honor and ambitious, self-seeking pride of rulers, as is shown by the history not only of Israel, but of all nations to the present time. 2. That God, angry with Israel, incites to the sin of numbering the people, and then punishes it, is no contradiction according to the theology of the Old Testament (J. Müller, Lehre von der Sünde I. 322), since inciting to sin does not set aside the holding one responsible for it. Man’s free will is not destroyed by the divine will, and the punishment of the righteous God presupposes man’s guilt. Immersed in the thought of God’s all-fulfilling efficiency, the human mind does not indeed refer to it “evil as well as good” (Müller, ubi supra), for Old Testament theology is far from presenting the divine causality in this like attitude to good and evil; but the divine activity (in its punitive manifestations) is referred to the external production of evil (already present as an inward fact of man’s free will, opposed to God’s will), in so far as the circumstances that produce and incite to sin exist under God’s government, and are used by Him as means to develop man’s sin for the ends of His punitive righteousness. But also, apart from the external realization of sin, God gives man, who freely hardens himself in sin, over to the judgment of the consequence of his sin; Rom. 1:28.—“There is here not mere permission, but real action on God’s part, and such as every one may see in his own experiences. He that allows the sinful disposition to rise within him is, however much he may strive against it, inevitably involved in the sinful deed, which draws down the requiting judgment” (Hengst., Hist. II. 130). 3. The root of the sin in this census is already laid bare in the word of the law relating to the numbering of the people. Hengstenberg excellently remarks (ubi sup. 129): “If David’s eye had been clear, he would have seen in God’s law the special reference to the danger attending the numbering of the people. In Ex. 30:11 sq. it is enjoined that in the census every Israelite shall pay expiatory money, ‘that there be no plague among them when they are numbered;’ by this money they are, as it were, ransomed from the death that they incurred by proud conceit. It recalls the danger of forgetting human weakness, that so easily arises when the individual feels himself a member of a powerful whole. Even the slightest movement of national pride (it is an important lesson for all times) is sin against God, which, if not vigorously repelled, involves the nation in the judgment of God. Indeed the Romans with a similar feeling made an expiatory offering when they took the census.”—The greatness of David’s guilt increases with the maintained opposition of his will to the voice of God, which he hears in Joab’s word, whereby his conscience ought to have been awakened. The degree, of man’s guilt against God rises with the maintained determination of the will against conscience in the inner life, with the outward resolution to act, with the rejection of counsel and instruction, whereby the attainment of better knowledge is frustrated, and with the final performance of the evil determination in spite of protest and opposition from within and from without. 4. The various steps whereon God leads men that yield their conscience to His Spirit to ever deeper humility in sincere penitence are mirrored in this history of David’s repentance. First God rouses David from his sleep of conscience and security by the result of his boastful antigodly undertaking, so that “his heart smote him” (comp. for this expression, 1 Sam. 24:6), that is, his conscience chastised him. So he comes to know that he has sinned and how sorely, and to acknowledge the foolishness of his sin, and to pray for forgiveness (2 Samuel 24:10). But to the inward voice of his smiting conscience is added the voice of the word of God, which comes to him from without through the prophet Gad with the announcement of punitive righteousness. The penitence of the heart proves itself in humble submission to God’s punishing hand, whence David instead of the asked-for pardon takes without murmuring the announcement of punishment, and in the unconditional trustful self-abandonment to God’s mercy (2 Samuel 24:14). Under the sorrowful experience of punishment the feeling of personal guilt is deepened, wherefore he acknowledges himself and his house alone to be the proper object of the divine punitive justice (2 Samuel 24:17). Having suffered himself to be led thus far on the path of penitence by God’s hand, he encounters the prophetically announced divine mercy, which stops the punishment (2 Samuel 24:18), and gives proof of the renewed obedience rising from the depths of true penitence, in the deed (commanded by the Lord) of faith and devotion of his whole life to him (2 Samuel 24:19 sq.). David’s repentance is finished and confirmed by the building of the altar, and his offering on the threshing-floor of Araunah. On the same spot where once Abraham, the possessor of the primeval promises of salvation, presented the sacrifice of his faith and obedience to the Lord, the royal bearer of the Messianic promises presents his burnt-offering and thank-offering, and therewith consecrates the spot, on which his son was to build a house as the Lord’s dwelling amid His people, and this on the ground of his experience of sin-forgiving grace and divine mercy that puts an end to punitive justice.—Hengstenberg: “It is very remarkable that before the outward foundations of the Temple were laid, God’s forgiving mercy was by God factually declared to be its spiritual foundation.” The glory of God shows itself in the life of His people, not only through His abounding grace but also through His holy wrath, whose fire is kindled by the sins into which they fall through the temptations of their own flesh or of the world without.—No height of the life of faith in the pious secures from a deep fall; the richer the possession of salvation which they have received through divine grace, the greater the loss if they do not preserve it or wish in self-exaltation to boast of it as their own acquirement.—The perverse self-will of man is the fountain of all sin; its guilt is not removed when through God’s action, the evil breaks forth from this fountain, and becomes a deed of disobedience to His holy will; God’s manifestations of grace often become, to man fallen into carnal security, the occasion of grievous acts of sin.—God would annihilate the free will of man if he did not allow the sin, which through that free will has already become an inner deed of the heart, to work itself out in its consequences; but He does not allow this to happen without first sending forth to men the voice of warning, and the call to turn from the way on which with the sinful resolve they have entered.—If God’s exhortation and warning has been uttered in vain through man’s word, His voice afterwards makes itself heard so much the more loudly through the accusation of what is called an evil conscience, but should properly be called a good conscience. The smitings with which God visits His people, when they have strayed into the ways of sin, are 1) those of conscience, in view of the goodness of God which became the occasion or subject of self-exaltation; 2) Those of the word of God, in view of the holiness of His will against which they have sinned; and 3) Those of outward chastisement, through sufferings in which punitive justice exerts itself.—Whom does the heart smite for his sins? Him who 1) Lets his heart be smitten by God’s earnestness and goodness, and takes to heart the greatness of his sin in contrast to God’s loving-kindness; 2) Recognizes his sin, in the light of God’s word, as a transgression of His holy will; and 3) Maintains in his sinning and in spite of it the fundamental direction of his heart towards the living God, and has been preserved from falling away into complete unbelief.—True and hearty repentance is preserved in the life of God’s children, 1) In the penitent confession of their sin and guilt, before the judgment-seat of God, 2) In fleeing for refuge to the forgiving grace of God, 3) In humbly bowing under the punitive justice of God, and 4) In a confidence, which even amid divine judgments does not waver, in the delivering mercy of God.—The gradual succession in the inner life of a penitent sinner under the chasten-ings of God’s love: 1) Reproving conscience, 2) Penitent confession, 3) Hearty prayer for forgiveness, 4) Humble bowing beneath the punishment imposed, 5) Unreserved submission to the divine mercy.—Conduct of an honestly penitent man beneath the blows of God’s chastening hand: 1) He bows his head under the divine judgment, yet does not lose his head; 2) He is silent before the word of God which judges him, that the Lord alone may be justified, yet his mouth does not remain closed, but opens itself for the one word he has to utter, “Take away the iniquity of thy servant;” 3) He is grieved in heart in view of the punishment he has deserved from the divine justice, yet he does not cast away his confidence,’ but places himself in the hands of the divine mercy.—“Mercy rejoices over judgment:” 1) The penitent man casts himself into the arms of God’s mercy; 2) Mercy falls into the arms of justice, in order to stay its blows; punitive justice must yield to mercy at the command of the Lord, “It is enough: stay now thy hand.”—Rear an altar unto the Lord! 1) In obedience to the Lord’s command (2 Samuel 24:18, 19); 2) With dedication of thyself, and what is thine to the Lord’s honor (2 Samuel 24:21–24); 3) For the continual presentation of spiritual offerings, which are acceptable to the Lord (2 Samuel 24:23, 24); and 4) For the reception of the highest gift of grace, peace with the propitiated God. OSIANDER: Even the holiest people may sometimes be overtaken by their corrupt flesh (Rom. 7:18).—SCHLIER: After David had given up his heart to evil thoughts, the Lord gave occasion and opportunity for these evil thoughts to break forth unto the punishment of the king as well as of his whole people. Much depends, for the understanding of the following history, upon our not forgetting this concealed background, upon our keeping well in view, on the one hand the Lord’s wrath against Israel, and on the other hand the king’s evil thoughts.—[HALL: O the wondrous, and yet just ways of the Almighty! Because Israel hath sinned, therefore David shall sin, that Israel may be punished; because God is angry with Israel, therefore David shall anger Him more, and strike Himself in Israel, and Israel through Himself—TR.]—F. W. KRUMMACHER: Despite all the purifying processes through which we have passed, there is scarcely anything sinful to be named that cannot, even though conquered, come up in us afresh in the way of temptation. The most assured Christian, if his eyes are not blinded, never attains the consciousness that now he can stand justified before God in his own virtue.—[HALL: The Spirit of God elsewhere ascribes this motion to Satan, which here it attributes to God; both had their hand in the work; God by permission, Satan by suggestion; God as a Judge, Satan as an enemy; God as in a just punishment for sin, Satan as in an act of sin; God in a wise ordination of it to good; Satan in a malicious intent of confusion.—TR.] 2 Samuel 24:2–4. DISSELHOFF: Even on the heights of life in God, the favored one remains the child of Adam. The jubilant cry, “according to my righteousness,” may easily become the boast, “on account of my righteousness.”—STARKE: When kings and princes fall into sin, that means much; let us then not forget to pray for them, that God may preserve them (1 Tim. 2:2).—SCHLIER: Pride sticks in the flesh and blood of us all; and the difference is only whether pride has power over us, or whether we rein in and subjugate pride. Either thou slayest pride, or pride slays thee.—[HALL: Those actions which are in themselves indifferent, receive either their life, or their bane, from the intentions of the agent. Moses numbereth the people with thanks, David with displeasure.—TR.]—DISSELHOFF: Humility wishes not to know what it is and possesses, and has done. As soon as the human heart wishes to count the fruits it has brought, its trophies and its booty, piles up before itself the proofs of its faith and zeal, and contemplates them with pleasure, humility is flown, pride has returned. From pride there immediately arises self-satisfied boasting..…Then the second step also is soon taken that the man no longer trusts in the invisible gracious God, but holds flesh for his arm, and in his heart turns away from the Lord,—that he wishes to see and calculate, and no longer to live by faith. 2 Samuel 24:10. J. LANGE: God, the great and universal judge of the world, still holds as it were His secret inferior court in the conscience of the man, and summons him continually before his superior court (Rom. 2:15, 16).—F. W. KRUMMACHER. As the sun always again breaks through the clouds that veiled it, so the conscience once awakened and enlightened by the Spirit of God, however darkened and ensnared it may be, ever victoriously comes forth again, and anew makes efficient its judicial office.—DISSELHOFF: Before God came with the punishment, before He showed him his sin from without, David’s own conscience rose up strong and living, and left him no peace till he had poured out his guilt-laden heart in sincere and earnest confession, and had supplicated forgiveness of his misdeed.—FR. ARNDT: How a man behaves after his fault, whether he persists in it, stands to his purpose, seeks to carry through his self-will and follows it out consistently to the utmost, or whether he enters into himself, humbles himself, repents, takes back, and supplicates forgiveness—that is the proof and the touch-stone for the true state of the heart. The former course is indeed apparent progress, but a progress that leads to hell; the latter is apparently going backward, but going back to heaven and blessedness. 2 Samuel 24:11–13. STARKE: God is not swift to punish, but corrects in measure, only that we may not reckon ourselves innocent (Jer. 30:11).—God is also Lord over the kingdom of nature, and has everything therein under His government (Matt. 10:29).—FR. ARNDT: With His children the Lord is very exact. He is milder towards them, but also stricter than towards others. To whom much is given, of Him much also is required.—F. W. KRUMMACHER: The power to endure ills in proportion as they seem divine manifestation of grace should not serve to obscure the divine justice.—DISSELHOFF: Here lies the sinner a night in confession and supplication, and in the morning God sends him—punishment, and therewith no syllable of grace and forgiveness! We observe it with trembling. To the deeply ruined, and long-lost child the father runs with open arms to meet him, and presses him to his heart. Yet when the favored one, who has tasted the power of atonement, loses himself, when he makes the goodness of God a subject of arrogance and presumptuousness, then the Lord comes upon the penitent with the sharp edge of His sword.—He must punish, the eternal God, when He seees that the old nature is too tough in the new man, too deep-rooted and grown with His growth … but above all must He then come with the sword, when His grace and His gifts have been made the cause of the self-exaltation. 2 Samuel 24:14 sqq. CRAMER: Nowhere have we a better refuge in extremities than in the gracious hands of the Lord (Ps. 90:1; 91:1 sqq.).—S. SCHMID: The mercy of man is nothing in comparison with the divine mercy.—F. W. KRUMMACHER: David is conscious that the Lord “corrects His people in measure,” and the cup of His holy wrath, where He neither can nor should spare them, He never extends to them without adding hidden manifestations of grace, while men, even where they are the executioners of God’s judgments, too easily mistake their position as instruments, and pass beyond the limits of merciful moderation that were assigned them, and give free course in their bosom to the spirits of rage and vengeance.—[HALL: The Almighty, that had fore-determined his judgment, refers it to David’s will as fully as if it were utterly undetermined. God had resolved, yet David may choose: that infinite wisdom hath foreseen the very will of His creature; which, while it freely inclines itself to what it had rather, unwittingly wills that which was fore-appointed in heaven.—TR.] 2 Samuel 24:16. SCHLIER: The Lord our God is a consuming fire to the sinner, and punishes, when it must be, with frightful earnestness, so that it goes through marrow and bone; but in the midst of the most awful judgments the Lord thinks of mercy. He pities us—that is the only reason why He thinks of mercy.—FR. ARNDT: O miracle of mercy! Thus does the Lord in compassion cut short the punishment, when we bow! Thus says He, It is enough, when the evil has first begun to unfold its devastating effects! Thus before the eyes of His omniscience and His compassion do need and help, beginning and end, wonderfully come together! 2 Samuel 24:17. F. W. KRUMMACHER: Not from the virtues of God’s children, but from their tears for their faults, shines upon us the noblest silver light of their new life.—SCHLIER: We are willing to confess our sin, to acknowledge ourselves guilty, to be nothing, just nothing in our own eyes, and we may certainly yet experience in ourselves also that to the humble the Lord always gives grace.—[On this verse JOHN WESLEY has a sermon.—HALL: These thousands of Israel were not so innocent, that they should only perish for David’s sin: their sins were the motives both of this sin and punishment; besides the respect of David’s offence, they die for themselves.—HENRY: Most people, when God’s judgments are abroad, charge others with being the cause of them, and care not who falls by them, so they can escape; but David’s penitent and public spirit was otherwise affected. As became a penitent, he is severe upon his own faults, while he extenuates those of the people.—TR.] 2 Samuel 24:18 sqq. STARKE: Teachers must not go before God sends them (Jer. 23:21).—CRAMER: As God is beginning to punish, He also thinks how He wishes to end.—SCHLIER: The repentance that comes from the bottom of the heart works great miracles; repentance draws down God’s grace, repentance finds nothing but peace and blessing. The more repentance, so much the more blessing—that holds true for heart and house, and also for land and people.—DISSELHOFF: Where the Lord punishes His people, He blesses. Where He chastens is the door of heaven, there is His countenance, there He beholds, there He builds His tabernacle of peace. 2 Samuel 24:19 sqq. S. SCHMID: One prophet must hearken to another (1 Cor. 14:22). 2 Samuel 24:22–24. [HALL: Two frank hearts are well met; David would buy; Araunah would give. … There can be no devotion in a niggardly heart; as unto dainty palates, so to the godly soul, that tastes sweetest that costs most: nothing is dear enough for the Creator of all things. It is an heartless piety of those base-minded Christians that care only to serve God good-cheap.—TR.]—WUERT. B.: Penitent and believing prayer, and obedience to God’s command, can accomplish much (Ps. 145:18; James 5:16). F. W. KRUMMACHER: Were God’s faithfulness no more unchanging towards us than ours towards Him, what would become of us all? With this humble confession we draw near to contemplate this new judicial proceeding between Jehovah and the king of Israel, and inquire into its subject, its course, and its issue. On the whole chapter, J. DISSELHOFF: How God meets the presumptuousness of His favored ones: 1) He comes upon them with the edge of the sword; 2) His sword is not to kill, but to loose the chains of pride; 3) Where the sword of the Lord has done its work, there He builds His temple of peace. [2 Samuel 24:1. Vengeance against a nation often comes through the infatuation of its rulers.—The sin of national pride and vain-glory. “Fourth of July oratory” may be something worse than bad rhetoric. 2 Samuel 24:3. Good advice from a bad man. Fas est et ab hoste doceri. Luke 16:8. Much of life’s best wisdom lies in knowing how to take advice. 2 Samuel 24:10. Delusion lasting throughout the process of performing the wrong deed, and ceasing the moment the deed is done.—Often, alas! is there occasion to say, in bitterness and shame, What a fool I have been! 2 Samuel 24:10, compared with 22:20 sqq. There, rewarded because righteous and wise; here, seeks to be forgiven because sinful and foolish.—TR.] [2 Samuel 24:12, 13. How sad a consequence of sin and folly, when there is left to us only a “choice of evils,” yea, a choice amid terrible calamities.—Which do we find harder to bear, which bringing more wholesome discipline, our less violent but long-continued distresses, or those which are briefer and more intense? 2 Samuel 24:14. It is always easier to endure ills in proportion as they seem more directly and exclusively providential, with the least possible intervention of human agency. 2 Samuel 24:17. It is a very bitter reflection to a good man, that his folly and sin should have brought evil upon others. And what sin or folly ever fails to have such a result, directly or indirectly? 2 Samuel 24:24. People often say, “You can give that and never feel it.” If this be true, then a devout man ought to give more, till he does feel it. Here, only what costs will pay. The widow’s mite was felt deeply, for it was all she had.—Chap. 24. 1) David’s sin. 2) His self-reproach and confession. 3) His punishment. 4) His supplication and expiatory offering. 5) His forgiveness.—TR.] [Upon the Life of David, the following groups of topics may aid, by way of suggestion, in devising some series of sermons.—David as shepherd, warrior, father, king, psalmist.—David’s conflicts: with the enemies of his flock, Goliath, Saul, the Philistines in general, Absalom, himself.—David’s friends: Samuel, Jonathan, Ahimelech, Achish, Joab, Nathan, Ittai, Hushai, Barzillai, his own sons, and best friend of all, the Lord God.—David’s early piety, series of great sins, bitter repentance, subsequent chastenings, hope in death.—David’s impulsiveness, generosity, penitence, trust in God, gratitude, delight in worship.—TR.] 1[2 Samuel 24:2. So in 1 Chron. 21:2, and required by the phrase “with him,” and by the plural verb “number ye.”—TR.] 2[2 Samuel 24:8. Böttcher shows (against Thenius) that the וְ here must be given up (it is wanting in Chron.). Erdmann retains it.—TR.] 3[2 Samuel 24:5. Syr., Vulg.: “came to Aroer (Syr.: Sarub) on the right of the city.” But the reading (given above in brackets) of the Holmes MSS. 19, 82, 93, 108, as cited by Wellh., commends itself as more natural. We should not here expect the statement that they encamped, but it is natural that the point where they began should be mentioned; moreover the phrase: “on the right of the city” is a strange one. The amended text would read: וַיָּחֵלוּ מֵעֲרוֹעֵר וּמִן הָעִיר.—TR.] 4[2 Samuel 24:10. The אַחֲרֵי־כֵן (which is an Adverb) here followed by the finite verb סָפַר is contrary to usage. Either, one of the two (the “afterwards” or “he numbered the people”) must be omitted (Wellh.), or עַל אֲשֶׁר must be inserted: “after this, because he had numbered” (Bib.-Com.), or אֲשֶׁר must be written instead of כּן, and the Conjunction retained (as in the Vulg. and Eng. A. V.).—What the Pisqas in 2 Samuel 24:10, 12 signify, is uncertain.—TR.] 5[2 Samuel 24:12. נָטַל “lay upon;” Eng. A. V. rather translates the verb in Chronicles (2 Samuel 24:10) נָטָה “stretch out.” Erdmann: “I hold over thee;” Philippson: “I lay before thee.”—TR.] 6[2 Samuel 24:13. So Chron. (2 Samuel 24:12), and so the symmetry of the statement requires.—TR.] 7[2 Samuel 24:23. So Böttcher, writing אֲדנִי for ארונה and inserting עֶבֶד. The words must be regarded as part of Araunah’s speech, since it is not true that he gave the things to the king; he offered them, but they were not accepted (Wellh.).—TR.] 8[Bib.-Com. (on 2 Sam. 24:1) renders this “an adversary” (otherwise unknown), on the ground that the Art. (found in Job and Zech.) is wanting, and similarly translates here “one (an unknown enemy) moved David.” But the absence of the Art. in the late-composed Chron. is explained by the fact that Satan had then become a proper name, and here the natural connection points to Jehovah as subject; if another person had been concerned, distincter mention would have been made of him.—TR.] 9Indicated by the וְ before יוֹסֵף, as in 2 Kings 4:41; Ps. 4:4 [3], comp. Ges. § 155, 1 d. [Against this see “Text, and Gram.”—TR.] 10Vulg.: obtinuit sermo regis verba Joab.—Instead of אֶל־יוֹאָנ should perhaps be written עַר־י׳ (Chron.). 11It is unnecessary to write מִפְּנֵי (Vulg., Syr., Ar.) for לפנְיֵ, for the latter means simply “before the king” without a necessary intimation that the king went along with them. 12[Or, because this point was exactly at the opposite end of the land (going in a circuit) from Judah.—TR.] 13The “and to Jazer” defines not the verb “came” (Keil), but the “encamped.” 14 תחת ים = תחתים. 15 מדשׁי. 16[From עָנָה.—TR.] 17[Instead of יַעַן וְסָבִיב Wellh. proposes to read וּמִדָּן סָבְבוּ, and render: “and they came to Dan, and from Dan turned about to Zidon” (comp. the repetition of Dan in the Sept.), which gets rid of the Jaan.—TR.] 18[On the criticism of the text here see “Text. and Gram.”—TR.] 19 תָבוֹא, Fem. with an abstract Plu., Ew. § 317 a.—נֻסְךָ (Inf.) “thy fleeing” = “that thou fleest.” The Sing. וְהוּא collects the צָרִים into one conception: “enemy.” 20“The numeral letter ג was changed into ז” (Thenius). 21 וְעד־עֵת מוֹעֵד. Sept.: ἕως ὤρας ἀρίστου, to which it adds: και ἤρξατο ἡ θραῦσις ἐν τῲ λαῷ, after which Thenius and Böttcher write: וַתָּחֶל הַמַּגֵּפָּה בָּעָם. 22Thenius: עֵת־מִבְעָר, out of which מוֹעֵד by change of ב into ו and of ר into ד. Against this Böttcher shows that מִבְעָר is not a Heb. word, and (according to the use of בער) would mean burning, comp. Judg. 15:14;.2 Sam. 22:9; he (Böttch.), after the Sept., reads סוֹעֵד “strengthener” = “repast,” from סָעַד “to support, strengthen” by food, comp. Gen. 43:5; Judg. 19:5, 8; 1 Kings 13:7; as, then, in Chald. סְעוּדָה means “heartstrengthening” = “food, dinner,” so in Heb. סוֹעֵד “strengthener” may have meant the first meal of the day (about 11 or 12 o’clock). But against this Böttcher himself says that the form קוֹטֵל is elsewhere used only of acting persons; further, such a designation of breakfast occurs nowhere else; since in the passages cited סָעַד obtains the signification “strengthen” only from the connection (especially by the addition of “heart” and “food”), so much the more ought the connection to show when it is intended to mean breakfast, since it usually means only in general “to strengthen by food.”—If breakfast-time is here spoken of, Thenius (following the Sept.) would take the form מִסְעָד; but Böttcher says rightly that “the language would not have used the same word for ‘breakfast’ and ‘furniture’ (1 Kings 10:12).” Hitzig (according to Then., p. 290 sqq.), thinks that if the ἀρίστου of the Sept. is not based on a סְעוּדָה, then to מִסְעָד (Then.) is to be preferred מָעוֹג (kitchen-cakes), which he tries to show means prandium. 23On בְּ with הְכָּה see Ew. § 217, 2. 24[The Pronoun is emphatic in the original.—TR.] And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 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The visitor must visit to see a glimpse of this beautiful architecture. Red Fort - It was built by Mughal emperor shah jahan in 1639. It was named because of its massive constructed enclosing wall made up of red stone. It is the most important part of India from the heritage point of view. Every year during Independence Day and Republic Day the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation from Red Fort. India Gate - India Gate is originally known as the All India war memorial. It was built in the memory of the British-Indian soldiers who died during the Second World War. India gate is thearchitecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens. He was also amongst the leading war memorial architecture in the world. This masterpiece is a sheer piece of a great art. RashtrapathiBhavan - It was formerly known as the Viceroy Palace during British time. After independence, it was known by the RashtrapatiBhavan or the President's house in English. It is the official house of the Indian President. It includes 340 rooms spread over 320 acres also having the famous Mughal garden. It is impossible to experience the whole of Delhi in one day. Other must visit places are: • The Parliament House • Birla Mandir (Laxmi Narayan mandir): • Lotus Temple (Bahai Temple): • Gurudwara Bangla sahib • JantharManthar • ZOO • National Museum • Humayun Tomb • PuranaQila • Nehru Planetarium • Jama Masjid • ChandiniChowk (Shopping Market) • Connaught Place (Shopping Place) • Delhi Haat (Shopping Market) • SafdarjungTumb Question: JFK to Delhi Non-stop Flight? Yes, Airlines like Air India, Etihad Airways and etc. run from JFK to Delhi Non-stop flight. Question: What is the cheapest flight available from New York to Delhi? It may depend upon the season. Best way to book a ticket by tracking it from google flight which will alert you about the cheapest flight available. The Price range may be from $5000 to $6000. As per the user reviews, China Eastern Airlines is found to be the cheapest up to $399. Question: Distance from JFK to New Delhi by Plane? Ans: If we take Air India flight the distance will be around 7315 miles. Question: What is the cheapest flight available from Delhi to New York? Ans: It may depend upon the time frequent bookings may cost you more. It is better to book tickets two-three months before. It may range from $399 to $5500 Question: What is the ideal and cheapest day to take a flight from JFK to New Delhi? Ans: Most of the time Wednesday will be the preferred day to fly. The reason may be off because it falls in the mid of the week. Question: Can the date to flight be changed? Ans: Yes, anyone can change. But if anyone is travelling in November, Wednesday will be the ideal day. As once the ticket is booked you have to check the refunds and cancellation policy of the flight company. Question: Time duration from JFK to New Delhi? Ans: If you take a direct flight of Air India it will take around 14 hours to reach as the time difference between America and India is of 10hr 30 minutes. But if you take the inter-connected flight it will take around 24 hrs. to reach. Question: What is the best price for the round trip of JFk to Delhi? Ans: The best price is $399 as the price may differ according to the taxes and others. Question: How many flights in a week from JFK to New Delhi? Ans: There are seven flights per week. Question: How many average passenger fly from NYC to Delhi in a year? Ans: Around 60,000 as per the record in the year 2009 Question: Which is the longest serving flight from NYC to New Delhi? Ans: It was Air India’s Boeing B777-2 Question: How many flights fly daily from New York to New Delhi? Ans: Around 159 flight fly on daily basis directly or indirectly. Question: Is Passport required while travelling from JFK to New Delhi? Ans: Off course, yes.

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Amid US-China truce, the Philippines and Taiwan are forging a progressive partnership Philstar Global - 17 October 2019 he Indo-Pacific region is entering an unprecedented stage of uncertainty as the U.S.-China trade war began to morph into a race for technological supremacy. In a development following the two powers’ tit-for-tat tariff impositions on goods, the Trump administration has upped the ante by blacklisting 28 Chinese technology companies, adding to its previous efforts of preventing China’s access to American technologies. China, meanwhile, has also expressed its intention to release a national security management list to protect its own technology, while fast-tracking the development of its indigenous technological industries. At the center of the intensifying rivalry are the Philippines and Taiwan, and the rest of other states in Southeast Asia, that will eventually face the tough choice between the U.S. and China. However, instead of waiting for the tensions to cool down, Taiwan and the Philippines can adopt proactive countermeasures to exert influence in the regional landscape. In fact, they have been taking advantage of the opportunities and risks of the escalating technological and trade war as recent trends in their bilateral relations evinced. At the inaugural Yushan Forum 2019 held last week in Taipei, President Tsai-Ing wen called on Taiwan’s partners and neighboring states in Southeast Asia to cultivate far more progressive partnerships as the region undergoes a challenging transition. In the midst of trade conflicts in the international economy, Tsai called on Taiwan’s like-minded partners to work closely in developing supply chains and production bases that will facilitate closer links to the global markets through the New Southbound Policy or NSP. As one of the first partners of Taiwan’s NSP—exemplified by the bilateral investment agreement signed in 2017—the Philippines continues to reap the benefits of closer economic ties. This upward trajectory sets the positive momentum to expand existing collaboration from the computer and electronics sector to transformative technologies centered on complementarity and people-to-people connection. Last September, Cal-Comp Technology, the Philippine affiliate of Taiwan’s Kinpo Electronics Inc., has renewed its interest to raise an initial public offering amid the U.S.-China trade war. The estimated gross proceeds of $203.62 million are expected to expand Cal-Comp’s business operations in the computer and electronics sector in the country. As a leading exporter of semiconductors and electronics, this development will contribute to the Philippines’ export revenues up to 3% amounting to $38.7 billion for 2019 from $37.6 billion in 2018. Taiwanese motorcycle company Kwang-Yang Motor Co. Ltd (KYMCO Philippines) is also expected to invest $19.3 million in the Philippines to build a new motorcycle plant expected to be completed in 2023. This investment will bolster KYMCO’s production capacity to produce 6,000 motorbikes per month. It will also start to introduce a line of electric scooters with smart dashboards and digital navigation. Similarly, the Philippines is positioning itself as a formidable partner of supplying electronic solutions and materials to Taiwanese companies. During the semiconductor trade show last September in Taiwan, 44 Filipino companies showcased the Philippines’ competitive advantage in terms of market size, raw materials, young workforce and skills in the global supply chain of electronics and semiconductors to advance industrial collaboration. The Philippines and Taiwan have also started to explore cooperation in the area of transformative technologies. During the InnoVEX 2019 held in Taipei, 11 Filipino start-ups and two incubators showcased their tech on machine learning, geospatial mapping, e-commerce and cybersecurity, further setting the tempo for increased cooperation between the Taiwan-Philippines’ startup ecosystem. All this adds to the ongoing collaboration of the two countries toward innovative technologies, galvanized in the establishment of the Taiwan-Philippines Digital Corridor in March 2019. The joint effort aims to leverage the power of blockchain technology for economic development in various industries such as agriculture, fisheries and financial technology. The Digital Corridor will also foster city to city cooperation between Taipei, Kaohsiung, Cagayan and Metro Manila. As one of the countries with the highest internet usage and penetration, the Philippines is a strong contender in the global value chain of machine learning, a subfield of AI. The Philippines has the potential to become a leader in developing AI capabilities with its access to a tremendous reservoir of raw data. To capitalize on this opportunity, the Philippines has released its AI roadmap to focus on research and development, especially in developing the next generation of capable workforce that can navigate what has been called the “third wave” of the digital era. Under the NSP, Taiwan has established a strong collaboration with India with almost 86 research programs and 180 research papers in the area of science and technology. Recently, they inaugurated a joint research center on AI that will further cooperation in AI, the Internet of Things, and information security between Taiwanese and Indian research institutions and universities. This type of technological partnership can also be replicated in the Philippines, encouraging mobility among Filipinos working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to conduct research or study in Taiwan and vice-versa as a preliminary step. These current collaborations set the stage for more collaborative opportunities in the growing and multi-faceted relations of Taiwan and the Philippines. The signing of the bilateral investment agreement in 2017 seems to have foreshadowed the instability which currently looms in the region. With the recent technological and trade truce unfolding in the backdrop of the Indo-Pacific, it is by no doubt, in the best interest of the two countries to forge a far more progressive relationship to prosecute their interests based on transparency and complementarity. source: Philstar Globall China Philippines Taiwan US

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Contributing to a strong, educated and just society. Wm. Polk Carey Logan Nonfiction Program Meg Kissinger Meg Kissinger (2018) is an investigative health reporter. She worked at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 35 years. Kissinger is well-known for her intrepid mental health reporting throughout the country. Her work has won two George Polk Awards, a Robert F. Kennedy National Journalism Award, two Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards and many more. Meg was also a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. She teaches at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. As a Logan Nonfiction fellow, Meg will work on a reported memoir about her family’s struggles with mental illness and her reporter’s quest to learn all she could about what eventually killed two of them. The book will take readers into psychiatric wards, emergency rooms and funeral homes. Meg examines the deadly consequences of shame, deinstitutionalization, overmedication, prejudice against people with mental illness, the appalling lack of decent housing and the shortage of places for people in crisis. Contact Us | Staff | Financials | Directions & Campus Map | Donate | Meetings & Conferences | Weddings | Search ©2018 Carey Institute for Global Good, Inc. - Rensselaerville, NY 12147 - 518.797.5100

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How the locals fared: Week Three By Jay Skurski Published Tue, Sep 24, 2013 Our weekly rundown on the Press Coverage blog of the players from Western New York (along with the University at Buffalo) currently in the NFL: Steven Means: The Buffalo native and Grover Cleveland and University at Buffalo product -- a rookie defensive end with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- was inactive in Week Three, the second week in a row he was a healthy scratch. Means made his NFL debut in Week One, playing five snaps on special teams in an 18-17 loss at the New York Jets. He did not register any statistics. Mike Williams: The Tampa Bay receiver -- a Buffalo native and Riverside product -- was targeted a team-high nine times by quarterback Josh Freeman, making five catches for 65 yards in a 23-3 loss at the New England Patriots. James Starks: The Green Bay Packers running back, a Niagara Falls and University at Buffalo product, carried 14 times for 55 yards against the Cincinnati Bengals in a 34-30 loss. All of those carries came in the first two quarters, however, as Starks suffered a knee injury shortly before halftime and did not return. The injury comes at a tough time for Starks, who became his team's first 100-yard rusher in the regular season since 2010 when he gained 132 yards on 20 carries during a 38-20 victory over Washington in Week Two. Starks and the Packers have a bye week coming up, so he has a chance to get healthy. Jay Skurski– Jay Skurski was named one of the 10 best beat writers in the country in 2017 by the Associated Press Sports Editors for his coverage of the Bills. A Lewiston native and St. Francis High School graduate, he's got a passion for golf and strives to be a single-digit handicap.

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Roswell Park-led national study details tobacco use A new study led by Roswell Park Cancer Institute notes that 40 percent of people use at least two tobacco products. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News file photo) By Henry L. Davis Published Wed, Jan 25, 2017 |Updated Thu, Jan 26, 2017 Despite a decline in cigarette smoking over the years, tobacco remains a health risk for many people, with nearly 28 percent of adults regularly using one or more of an assortment of products, according to results of a major national study led by Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is collecting information from 46,000 tobacco and non-tobacco users in 150 randomly selected counties in the United States to better understand how they are using the products. The statistical analysis provides a baseline for examining trends as individuals are followed over time. And, one finding so far sticks out as surprising: that so many people -- 40 percent overall in the study -- use at least two tobacco products. The most common combinations included cigarettes with e-cigarettes, cigarillos or a hookah. For cigarettes and e-cigarettes, especially, it's not clear whether the data is offering good or bad news. "Maybe e-cigarettes serve as a stepping stone to get off cigarettes, or maybe it's the other way around. It's not clear. We hope to see these sorts of trends to inform regulatory decisions about tobacco products," said Andrew Hyland, chairman of the Roswell Park Department of Health Behavior and principal investigator. The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study arose out of 2009 legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration new authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco. It started collecting data in 2013 from 32,320 adults and 13,651 youths ages 12 to 17, who were asked about their use of 12 tobacco products, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah, smokeless tobacco and snus, a smokeless tobacco pouch placed under your top lip. "Twenty-five years ago tobacco use was largely about cigarettes -- brands like Marlboros and Camels. Today's market is far more diverse," said Hyland. Public health officials study tobacco use in other ways, such as surveys, and other results on prevalence of cigarette smoking are fairly similar to those in this study. But this $17.7 million initiative is different because it will track tobacco use and changes in a broad range of individuals for years -- similar to past long-term studies on heart disease and women's health issues that report interesting findings as they go on. Among some of the findings so far: about 9 percent of youths ages 12 to 17 reported using a tobacco product in the 30 days before being asked; and tobacco use is generally higher in younger adults, men, racial minorities and those with lower education levels and income. Tobacco use remains a significant health concern, and is considered the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the country. Cigarette smoking alone results in more than 480,000 premature deaths in the United States each year -- about 1 in every 5 deaths -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The study documents that tobacco use is about much more than just cigarettes. Both youth and adults use a remarkably broad variety of tobacco products," said study co-author Dr. Wilson M. Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in a statement. The study is funded by the FDA and National Institutes of Health. The objective is to provide information to support tobacco regulations, including why people start using products, how they quit and relapse, and what differences exist among racial, ethnic, gender and age groups. Henry L. Davis– Henry Davis is the health care reporter for The Buffalo News.

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posted on 10 months ago — updated on 4 months ago These ladies didn’t only make waves on stage - their private lives were scrutinized by the public and for good reason. Affairs with royals, rags to riches upbringings, and political oppression shaped their lives. One thing remained constant though, and that was their will to dance. 1. Avdotia Istomina (1799-1848) Portrait of Avdotia Istomina by Henri-François Riesener Internet forums and publications dedicated solely to ballet didn’t exist during Istomina’s time, but her name traveled far and wide in Russia – everyone knew who she was. The dancer was the Russian Terpsichore whom Alexander Pushkin immortalized in lines from Eugene Onegin. She wasn’t a beauty in the literal sense of the word, but her grace, mysterious eyes, and poise fascinated both the public and her lofty social circles. After enrolling in St. Petersburg’s Theater School, it didn’t take long for her to take center stage, graduating at the tender age of 17 as a leading soloist. She was taught by the great Frenchman Charles Dildot (dancer, choreographer, and creator of the ballet shoe), which further propelled her career. Istomina’s skill was legendary and she was considered one of the first dancers to master the pointe technique: Balancing on the tips of her toes. The dancer didn’t have the easiest start in life. She was the daughter of a drunken policeman and orphaned at the age of six, but she still managed to mix with the well-heeled later in life. At the age of 18 she became embroiled in a scandalous "double duel" – her lover Count Vasily Sheremetev was killed. Istomina didn’t let this get in the way of her theatrical life though and she danced brilliantly for a long time. However, when age weakened her once strong legs, she asked for a vacation to let her body recover from the rigors of ballet. Emperor Nicholas I personally wrote the petition: "To discharge Istomina from office from now on." 2. Praskovya Lebedeva (1839-1917) Praskovya Lebedeva Moscow State Academy of Choreography This dancer didn’t wait long before announcing herself on the stage. When Lebedeva was just eight she started studying at the Moscow Theater School, and two years later she was already performing at the Bolshoi. At 16 she was the main act. Critics said she only had one rival when it came to technique – a dancer from St. Petersburg named Marfa Muravyova - but her dramatic expression was unparalleled. Moscow wasn’t exactly brimming with dancing talent in those days, so she easily worked her way to the top of the pile. She was often invited to St.Petersburg to strut her stuff and even debuted in the Paris Opera. Lebedeva was the first Russian ballerina to present her own suggestions about choreography to theater managers – and they were accepted. Sadly, the performance in which she was due to perform her own moves was canceled because of technical reasons. Lebedeva stirred souls with her portrayals of the tragic Giselle, Esmeralda, and Margarita in Faust. After Marfa Muravyova had left the scene, Lebedeva transferred from Moscow to St. Petersburg and her admirers grew. New parts followed – one after another. It wasn’t only her parts that were tragic – misfortune found its way into her real life after she was partially blinded during a performance at the age of 28 when her eyes were burnt. Despite this, she still managed to enjoy her private life and married into an old Russian family called the Shilovskys. 3. Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971) Photographic postcard of Mathilde Kschessinska costumed as the Princess Aspicia in the Grand pas des chasseresses from 'The Pharaoh's Daughter' ballet, 1898-1899 Nobody will ever know for sure what Alexander III said to Kschessinska – who was one of the stars of St. Petersburg’s ballet school, but according to the dancer herself he told her to "be the pride of Russian ballet." The very same day, which was to drastically shape her life, she also met the heir to the throne, Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov. They began a love affair that quickly took St. Petersburg by storm – people couldn’t stop talking about it. The perfection of her dance routines captivated viewers in every section of the audience at the Mariinsky Theater, and also those in the royal box. Famous choreographer Marius Petipa was very fond of the ballerina but her eccentricity infuriated him. Her performances in The Pharaoh’s Daughter, La Fille mal gardée, and Esmeralda won her many plaudits. In 1917 she was forced to flee Russia with her 15-year-old son. After leaving the country she opened a ballet studio and taught the future stars of English ballet, like Margot Fonteyn and Yvette Chauviré. 4. Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Anna Pavlova Library of Congress Anna Pavlova traversed the globe more than once while performing - and this was before air travel! She lit up stages in the U.S., India, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba...the list goes on. The beginning of her life is cloaked in mystery: It’s believed her parents were a laundress from St. Petersburg and retired soldier but some claimed she was the lovechild of a banker. Her early childhood was spent in extreme poverty but following a visit to Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theater she became so engrossed in ballet that it turned into the main focus of her life. Never before had she witnessed such beauty and elegance. From this point on she devoted every living moment to fulfilling her dream. She graduated from St.Petersburg Theater School, starring in La Bayadere and Giselle along the way before performing in the Mariinsky Theater. Thanks to Valentin Serov’s poster she became a symbol of the first Ballets Russes by impresario Sergei Diaghilev in Paris. Her image was set in stone by choreographer Mikhail Fokin in the miniature Swan set created especially for her, as well as The Seventh Waltz in Les Sylphides. 5. Olga Spessivtseva (1895 – 1991) Spessivtzeva was billed as Spessiva for "phonic simplicity" in Australia, despite being the greatest ballerina of her time State Library of New South Wales collection The left took notice of Spessivtseva, especially Red Commissar Boris Kaplun. Thanks to this she was able to emigrate to France in 1924 where she danced in the Paris Opera and in Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. She also toured the likes of Italy, Argentina, and Australia. At the peak of Spessivtseva’s success she had a breakdown and Leo Tolstoy’s daughter offered her refuge on her American farm. The dancer lived for the best part of 100 years and became the subject of many books, films, and ballets. By https://www.rbth.com/arts/326208-5-great-russian-ballerinas Avdotia Istomina ballerina russian ballet top 10

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Home » World » Pro-life bill would eliminate vast majority of legal abortions in Poland Pro-life bill would eliminate vast majority of legal abortions in Poland Warsaw, Poland, Jan 15, 2018 / 12:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Lawmakers in Poland proposed pro-life legislation last week that would outlaw abortions performed because of a congenital disorder or deformity in the unborn child. Members of parliament shot down a “Save Women” bill Jan. 10 that would have liberalized abortion access, allowing abortion through the first trimester of pregnancy and opening access to emergency contraception. Instead, the country’s lawmakers promoted the “Stop Abortion” bill that would ban abortion for pregnancies in which the baby had received a congenital disorder diagnosis or deformity. The new proposal, if passed, could eliminate the majority of abortions legally performed in Poland. According to Deutsche Welle, around 1,100 legal abortions took place in 2016. Of these abortions, 1,042 took place because the child was deformed. “We have come to parliament today because we don’t want hospitals turning into abattoirs,” said Kaja Godek of the Life and Family Foundation, who introduced the bill to parliament, according to The Guardian. Abortion in Poland is legal in Poland only in cases of rape or incest, if the mother’s health is threatened, or if the baby has received a fatal diagnosis or deformity. The “Stop Abortion” bill began taking shape late in 2017; it was originally met with threats from the European Parliament, which said it would take legal action if legislators promoted the new restrictions. However, Poland’s bishops’ conference dismissed the pressure of EU sanctions, and gave their full support for the abortion restriction bill. “The Polish bishops’ conference underlines that the right to life is fundamental to every human being, so we should all protect this right for defenseless children,” said Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, a spokesman for the bishops’ conference, according to the Catholic Herald. “Nobody can take this right away, nor can external or internal pressure change the scientifically proven fact that human life begins at the moment of conception,” he continued. A crowd of approximately 2,000 met on the steps of the Polish parliament in Warsaw on Saturday to protest the abortion restriction bill. Many of the protestors held signs saying, “My mind, my body, my choice,” and “Women will die without abortions.” “The women whose rights and freedoms are being violated today have been left to face this problem alone,” stated Anna Karaszewska of the Let’s Save Women 2017 group, according to Deutsche Welle. The Law and Justice party (PiS), which has been in power since 2015, has introduced multiple pro-life bills over the past few years. The PiS has also effectively cut off public funding for in-vitro fertilization and required a prescription for the morning-after pill. PiS party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski supported the “Stop Abortion” bill, saying that all babies – deformed or not – have the right to life. “We will strive to ensure that even in pregnancies which are very difficult, when a child is sure to die, strongly deformed, women end up giving birth so that the child can be baptized, buried, and have a name,” Kaczynski said, according to The Guardian. The BBC reported in 2016 that it is estimated there may be 10,000 abortions performed illegally in Poland every year. A 2016 bill to ban all abortions in Poland was defeated. « A look at world’s 50 most anti-Christian countries What Eminem has to say about post-abortion regret »

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Chef Eric Cook, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a combat veteran who served six years in the United States Marine Corps. With training from the John Folse Culinary Institute, he began his culinary career at Brennan’s in the French Quarter where he studied under Chef Mike Roussel. Soon after, Cook joined the team at Commander’s Palace as Sous Chef and Chef de Partie. Cook has also worked as a private chef, executive banquet chef, and research and development consultant for several national restaurants. His career has taken him through some of the finest restaurants in New Orleans and he has served as Executive Chef for National WWII Museum’s American Sector, Dickie Brennan’s Bourbon House, Tommy’s Cuisine, and N.O.S.H. Cook has appeared on television shows such as Top Chef New Orleans, Off the Menu, After Hours with Daniel Boulud and News with a Twist. He has been featured in magazines such as Saveur, Cooking Light, NOLA Family, and Louisiana Cookin’. He represented New Orleans at the James Beard House “Wild About Wild American Shrimp” event in 2007, and at the grand opening of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB). Cook also participates in the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience and Tales of the Cocktail. He has been honored to cook for the NFL Hall of Fame, the U.S. Marine Corps Ball and U.S. Navy Ball, private dinners the Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps and Vice Admiral of the Navy Reserve, and well as a special dinner for President George W. Bush, the President of Mexico, and the Prime Minister of Canada. In 2016 Cook won the National Chef’s Taste Challenge, 1st place in the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Seafood Competition, and received the Award for Culinary Excellence from Centerplate. His barbecue team won “Whole Hog Champion” of Hogs for the Cause in 2016, and had top 10 rankings in 2 categories in 2018. He has also participated in Great American Seafood Cookoff, the Louisiana Seafood Cookoff, and most recently, the ACF Best Chefs of Louisiana. An advocate for the United States military and his hometown, Cook stayed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to helped feed troops and first responders. He has been an active volunteer for organizations such as Wounded Warriors, The Legacy Foundation, Disposable Heroes Project, We Heart Veterans, The American Red Cross, is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and is a founder and President of the First to Fight Foundation. Cook has volunteered for many charitable events such as the Steel Beach Picnic, Café Hope Mentor Program, Edible School Yard New Orleans, St. Michael’s Chef’s Charity, the United Way of Greater New Orleans, Better Than Ezra Foundation, and several schools in the New Orleans area. In 2018, Cook opened Gris-Gris in the Lower Garden District in New Orleans where he serves classic Southern dishes and New Orleans favorites such as shrimp and grits, chicken and dumplings, and redfish court-bouillon. Gris-Gris has an open kitchen where you can sit at the counter, chat with the chef, and see everything being prepared, as well as a beautiful upstairs bar, wrap around balcony overlooking Magazine Street, and a private dining room with a roof-top terrace. Gris-Gris has already won awards for best chef, best gumbo, and named “Best New Restaurant of 2018” by New Orleans City Business, “Readers Choice: Best Restaurant of the Year” by Eater New Orleans, and “Best Bar for People Watching” by New Orleans Magazine.

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