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__label__cc	0.607144	0.392856	SID Quotes Image Quotes about SID Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but we are the weirdest herd I have ever seen.'. More Ice Age Quotes I feel nothing but grief, sorrow and sadness for Sid (VIcious). l've lost my friend, I couldn't have changed it, I was young. God I wish I was smarter... He's dead for fuck's sake. Johnny Rotten British Musician More Johnny Rotten Quotes SID Factor Seven has a broad range of experience and a diverse team of designers. With their resources, they have their finger on the pulse of trends around the world. Kevin Joyce More Kevin Joyce Quotes Sid stood up and told the congregation about Bob and Jackie's visit to [him] and his wife, Alice, the night before they left and how excited and anxious they were to go and how tragic events were after they left. Margaret Brown More Margaret Brown Quotes Sid is someone I turn to in times of need. When things get bad, when times are rough, I say to myself: "What would Sid Vicious have done in this situation?", and then I choose from the lengthy list of possibilities (time-permitting): (1) Pass out, or (2) Break something. Sid Vicious British More Sid Vicious Quotes Sid was a great showman, ... I think he understood Judy better professionally than anyone else did. He knew how to produce her shows, which were lavish, full-blown productions. More Steven Sanders Quotes Sid was a great showman, he had great instincts and he knew how to package and put together a show, ... Certainly, I can say, knowing him, that Judy was the love of his life. He still loved her and always did. From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do. Billy Crystal American Comedian More Billy Crystal Quotes I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation. Avril Lavigne Canadian Musician More Avril Lavigne Quotes That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too. Don Van Vliet American Artist More Don Van Vliet Quotes It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins. Jackie Stewart Scottish Athlete More Jackie Stewart Quotes Tomas did a good job sticking up for Sid, and it's good to see the guys stick up like that. Andre Roy More Andre Roy Quotes Sid was a tremendous champion as always. He's such a classy kid, as good a kid as there is. Bob Callahan More Bob Callahan Quotes Sid has been in our organization for a long time. He's been at the A level and the rookie league and you want someone at that level who is a good teacher, who has patience -- the same things you want in a manager and the other coaches. You're looking for that particular individual that can relate, that is a worker and is willing to spend hours and hours with players, getting them to do it right. Bruce Manno More Bruce Manno Quotes If you play with Sid, he's going to create chances. Once you get that puck, get your feet moving and play a give-and-go type game because he's always flying and getting open ice. Colby Armstrong More Colby Armstrong Quotes Creating a SID is a long and complex process, and the most difficult step is getting super-majority approval from property owners to assess themselves for common services. It's essentially a self-tax. David Hull More David Hull Quotes Normally, it?s not healthy when a father tutors their own adult children. Sid?s sons all called me Uncle Dick. It?s easier to take something from an uncle than parents. On that basis, there was immediate trust because he knew there was no hidden agenda. He was a significant owner of the company and never felt threatened. Dick Heimann More Dick Heimann Quotes With the addition of the Sid Richardson business, we will now have more than 22,000 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Southwest, Midwest and Canada. George Lindemann More George Lindemann Quotes When I played in Detroit on a line with Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay, we got used to each other, but it took time. And the more we played together the better we knew where each of us was on the ice. Also, the players must have enough time to interact with each other. More Gordie Howe Quotes The addition of Sid Meier's strategy masterpiece to the N-Gage games catalogue creates a brand new way in which Civilization fans can enjoy this classic title. Gregg Sauter More Gregg Sauter Quotes [Alex Cox, director of] Sid and Nancy, ... the closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie. Hunter S. Thompson American Journalist More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge. Quotes 1 to 25 of 22	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line787
__label__cc	0.692823	0.307177	brands we’ve built clients we’ve served results we’ve acheived trademark & IP articles Developing a Special Logo for a Special Lady Roskelly Inc. was asked to develop a logo for the Evelyn M. Howe Memorial Fund. When developing a logo, our creative team will start by better understanding the subject, whether it be a person, company or product. In the case of a personal brand, the team will interview the person in question. In this case, our challenge was creating a design to captures the personality of a person we would never get to meet. Evelyn Howe lost her life on May 5, 2013 when she jumped into the icy waters off the coast of Massachusetts to save another from drowning. Adventurous and full of mischief, her friends talk about how much Evelyn loved life and lived it to the fullest. There are stories of her incredible generosity. Even on a vacation in Belize, Evelyn found a local animal shelter where she could volunteer her time. Devastated by her loss, Eve’s Bay State Jeep friends put together a foundation to honor her. Friends of the fund asked Roskelly to develop a logo to captured her incredible spirit. Creative Director Tom Roskelly chose to include flip flops in the design, Evelyn’s trademark. (She wore them all the time, even in winter!) “We wanted to include something that everyone would recognize as part of her personality,” said Tom. “We added the heart shapes to convey her love of life and love for others.” The fuchsia color is feminine without being overly delicate. It gives the sense that this was a woman ready for action while still maintaining those qualities that made her a lady. One of the Memorial Fund’s organizers, Kelly Stevenson, was speechless when she saw first saw the logo. “It’s her,” she finally said. “You managed to capture her perfectly.” The personal brand will be used for t-shirts, stickers, letterhead, online and other materials in connection with fundraising for the memorial fund. The money will be used to award scholarships to college bound students and aiding others in their charitable efforts. “We are very grateful to Roskelly for providing their time and creative efforts to our project,” said Stevenson. “We wanted the best for Eve.” For more information about the Evelyn M. Howe Memorial Fund, please contact EvesFund.Kelly@gmail.com Portsmouth Historical Society Adopts New Logo New Roskelly logo design for the Portsmouth Historical Society A new logo for the Portsmouth Historical Society, designed by Portsmouth resident and nationally-known branding expert Thomas Roskelly, ... Best Of Category Award American Graphic Design and Advertising 29: At Roskelly Inc. we create memorable brands, always striving to understand our clients’ business, the environment in which they operate, their challen ... SENEDIA Launches New Brand A New Branded Site Makes It Easier for SENEDIA Members to Access Up-To-Date Information The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance protects the interests of the defense and technology indu ... New Website for the Birches Academy When Birches Academy of Arts & Academics opened its doors in September 2012, the founders did an amazing job of pulling together a school out of thin air. Housed in the former Furniture World on R ... New Community Group Brand Concerned about the growing drug problem in town, a group of Pelham, NH residents recently formed the Pelham Community Coalition (PCC). Their mission is to inform, educate and empower members of the c ... Roskelly Inc. was asked to develop a logo for the Evelyn M. Howe Memorial Fund. When developing a logo, our creative team will start by better understanding the subject, whether it be a person, compan ... Pamela Riesenberg Builds on Personal Brand Sometimes the success of your company is not due to the company, but your own achievements. At that point, you are building your own personal brand, and it’s time to capitalize on it. Pamela Riesenber ... Salehi Law Group Launches with New Brand Patent attorney Dan Salehi knew he needed to make an impact as he launched his own intellectual property law firm. He was looking for a solid logo to make his new firm stand out from the many other of ... 20 Awards from American Graphic Design & Advertising Roskelly received awards for 20 exceptional logos from The American Graphic Design and Advertising #28 Thomas Roskelly, creative director and designer for Roskelly, Inc, received awards for 20 logos i ... Applying the Golden Ratio for USEF Undersea Science and Engineering Foundation, Inc. (USEF) approached Roskelly Inc. because they needed a simple, on-line presence in an effort to generate more funding and community interest in their p ... Roskelly Inc. © 2019 Roskelly Inc. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line803
__label__wiki	0.682385	0.682385	Buses and Trains to The Evergreen State College Or, see Leaving The Evergreen State College by Bus or Train Popular Departure Points to The Evergreen State College Moses Lake, WA Pullman, WA Aberdeen, WA - $39 Alice, TX - $629 Beeville, TX - $629 Brownsville, TX - $629 Centralia, WA - $39 City University of Seattle - $17 Coeur d'Alene, ID - $76 College of Southern Nevada - $266 Corpus Christi, TX - $629 Corvallis, OR - $65 Ellensburg, WA - $44 Eugene, OR - $33 Gonzaga University - $76 Kennewick, WA - $88 Kerrville, TX - $629 Kingsville, TX - $629 Laredo, TX - $629 Lewis & Clark College - $26 Lewis-Clark State College - $96 Lewiston, ID - $96 Lincoln University - $152 Longview, WA - $18 Marylhurst University - $28 Matamoros, MX - $629 McAllen, TX - $629 Moses Lake, WA - $? Mount Vernon, WA - $38 Northwest University - $17 Nuevo Laredo, MX - $629 Oakland, CA - $152 Oregon Health & Science University - $26 Oregon State University - $65 Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio - $629 Pahrump, NV - $266 Pioneer Pacific College - $28 Portland, OR - $26 Portland State University - $26 Pullman, WA - $87 Raymondville, TX - $629 Reed College - $26 Rio Grande City, TX - $629 Samuel Merritt University - $152 San Antonio, TX - $629 Seattle University - $17 Seattle, WA - $17 South Texas College - $629 Spokane, WA - $76 Texas A & M International University - $629 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi - $629 The Art Institute of Portland - $26 The Art Institute of Seattle - $17 The University of Texas at Brownsville - $629 The University of Texas at San Antonio - $629 The University of Texas-Pan American - $629 University of Oregon - $33 University of Phoenix-Oregon - $26 University of Portland - $26 University of Washington - $17 Wenatchee, WA - $44 Whitworth University - $76 Yakima, WA - $44	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line805
__label__wiki	0.661217	0.661217	Your session is about to expire in: . Go to cart. Your session has expired! Login. SANAD Archive ADFF Archive ABU DHABI FILM FUND SANAD Projects SANAD Projects 2015 festival guidedownload NHNew Horizons Original Title: Beasts of the Southern Wild Director: Benh Zeitlin 2011 \| 92min. \| Colour Subtitles: Arabic Format: DCP 15+One of the most fiercely original American films in years, Beasts of the Southern Wild is a strange and magical hybrid of indie coming-of-age story, folk mythmaking, fantasy and postmodern environmental cautionary tale. It tells the story of Hushpuppy, a courageous six-year-old girl who lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a bayou community perched seemingly at the edge of the world, where residents are cut off from civilisation by a sprawling levee. When temperatures rise, ice caps melt and a savage storm (a fictional analogue of the tragic Hurricane Katrina) lashes the Bathtub, an army of prehistoric monsters run rampant. Amidst the ensuing calamity and her father’s failing health, Hushpuppy goes in search of her long-lost mother, desperately trying to make sense of the apocalypse that seems to be mushrooming all around her. Benh Zeitlin (whose award-winning short Glory at Sea screened at ADFF in 2009) has seen his first feature take the film-festival circuit by storm, winning top prizes at Sundance and Cannes, and rapidly become a smash hit in theaters around the United States with early Oscar buzz. The brilliant cast is comprised of non-actors; the performance by six-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy will be long remembered as one of the most astonishing performances by a child ever put on screen. Her fierce determination and indomitable spirit become an impassioned rallying cry to stand tall against the forces of nature and ensure that her story is known to the world. – Jim Browne Director, Benh Zeitlin Benh Zeitlin was born in Queens, New York, and made his first film at age six. He majored in film at Wesleyan University and cofounded the Court 13 filmmaking collective in 2004. His short Glory at Sea (2008) won numerous awards. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) is his feature film debut. Benh Zeitlin Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin, Levy Easterly Journeyman Pictures, Court 13 Pictures, Cinereach Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin Crockett Doob, Affonso Gonçalves Dawn Masi Steve Boeddeker Alex DiGerlando twofour54 FZ-LLC is a subsidiary of the Media Zone Authority Abu Dhabi. 2019 Copyright twofour54. All Rights Reserved	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line807
__label__wiki	0.50573	0.50573	Global Supply Chain and Logistics Focus: Our Weekly Feature Article on Topics Related to the Global Supply Chain and Related Logistics News and Issues - June 1, 2010 - Global Supply Chain News: Is the Cheap Chinese Labor Party Quickly Coming to an End? Strike at Honda Plant in China – though Technically Illegal – Shows Changing Wage and Social Policy Dynamics; How Big will Wages have to Rise for Companies to Source Elsewhere? SCDigest Editorial Staff SCDigest Says: As wages rise, many manufacturers will look to Western China or other Asian country such as Vietnam or the Philippines for even lower wages, which could have an impact on China’s economic growth and employment. What Do You Say? Click Here to Send Us Your Comments Click Here to See Reader Feedback The rapid rise in manufacturing wages in China took a brief respite with the start of the global recession in 2008, but as China’s stimulus fed expansion quickly took hold, once again wages are on the rise – as well as labor activism. What does it all mean? That is difficult to say, but the seeming general acquiescence of the Chinese government to the moves suggest it’s long planned strategy for competing other than by low wages is advancing to its next phase. The symbol for this changing dynamic is clearly the current strike at Honda’s massive transmission plant in Foshan, China, in the Guangdong province, involving nearly 2000 mostly young workers who have been on strike since May 21. The strike has shut down auto production at Honda’s four Chinese assembly facilities for now. While word today is that a resolution to the labor conflict may be over, that is happened at all is telling. Strikes are now allowed in China, by custom, but it is not clear if there are any actual laws banning strike activities. The strike highlights in part the growing income disparity and inconsistency in China. Workers at the Honda factory make about $150.00 monthly in US terms, whereas in many other parts of China, similar manufacturing workers take home about twice that per months. At the Honda factory, that $150-200 per month currently requires 10-12 hour days, six days per week. According to reports today, almost all of the striking workers have agreed to an increase in the total starting wage by about 24 percent to now about $280 per month. However, there were also reports of minor fighting between local police guarding the plant and some of the workers on Monday. Workers also have complained about a lack of air conditioning in the plant, as well the fact that they are forced to rise at 5:30 a.m. at the worker dormitory for a shift that starts at 7:00 a.m. The workers additionally get free lodging and subsidized meals in the dormitory – but sleeping with 4-6 per room in bunk beds is not exactly easy living. As China’s middle class grows, that kind of lifestyle and low wages are meeting increasing resistance – which ultimately will drive costs back into products being manufactured there for export back to developed markets. What has been highly interesting to most observers there is that the strike is taking place with little interference from the Chinese government, which not only has made no moves to stop the strike effort, but is initially allowed state media to provide high levels of television and Internet coverage of the labor action. That is significant because it obviously sends a message about striking as a tactic to laborers all over the country. However, after allowing two days of such coverage, over the weekend the reporters and coverage suddenly were gone – with the government perhaps realizing this labor activism thing could quickly spin out of control elsewhere in the country Though some believe that the government is taken a low posture approach because Honda is a Japanese company, and there is bad will in China towards the Japanese dating back at least to World War II, the Chinese government has to know it is letting something of a cat out of the labor bag no matter what company is experiencing the strike. This new permissiveness, the New York Times reported this week, “coincides with growing sentiment among some officials and economists that Chinese workers deserve higher wages for their role in the country’s global export machine.” Role of Unions is Different in China There are many unions in China, but their role is generally one much different than that found in most developed economies. The unions are usually state-controlled, and play more of a management role in overseeing workers, not bargaining for higher wages or improved labor conditions. Labor organizing outside the government-controlled All China Federation of Trade Unions and company branches of the ruling Communist Party is illegal. CATEGORY SPONSOR: SOFTEON Learn More about Softeon's Innovative Supply Chain Solutions At the Honda plant, the union is said by the strikers not to be representing them, but rather playing something of an intermediary role between the factory and the employees. But clearly labor activism has increased in China since it passed the Labor Contract Law in 2008. That law in part set standards for labor contracts, use of temporary workers, layoffs and other areas of company-worker relations. It also had the effect of raising the awareness of workers as to their legal rights. According to the Associated Press, since the law’s passage, sit-ins and other protests are common in the In the Yangtze River Delta region, near Shanghai, though rarely reported in the state controlled media. That’s why the initial extensive coverage of the Honda strike is so interesting. Wages have been on the strong rise in China for quite some time, and those companies complying with the new labor law can see their costs rise by as much as one-third versus before. As the Chinese economic recovery proceeded ahead of the West, labor shortages, especially near Shanghai, have once again started to appear, pushing labor costs up and in some cases likely giving confidence to labor protestors or maybe now even strikers. More than 90 percent of companies based in China’s Pearl River Delta region, which includes Guangzhou, reported labor shortages, adding up to about 2 million workers, China’s Southern Metropolis Daily reported recently. However, prices, especially for real estate, are also spiraling in China, and most workers find even the increases they have been getting in recent years are not keeping pace. Some say the Chinese government recognizes this dilemma and hopes to build more organic strength in its currently export-driven economy, and is therefore being more open to labor action than it ever has until now to increase domestic spending power. But as wages rise, many manufacturers will look to Western China or other Asian country such as Vietnam or the Philippines for even lower wages, which could have an impact on China’s economic growth and employment. Still, China may be betting that the attractiveness of its rapidly growing domestic market for its 1.3 billion people and its ability to drive low costs in more value-added product categories will take up and slack from losing jobs making commodity products to even lower cost countries. What are you seeing in terms of Chinese labor costs? Do you make much of the Honda strike action? Do you think China can smartly navigate the transition to more higher value products and keep its export machine going even with rapidly rising labor costs? Let us know your thoughts at the Feedback button below. No Feedback on this article yet. Related Videos Related News & Videos	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line810
__label__cc	0.734205	0.265795	HomeComedyYou have to be joking? Aatif Nawaz You have to be joking? Aatif Nawaz July 13, 2017 Comedy, Comedy Features, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 The joke that you loved but no one else did? I’ve always wanted to do puns. I have so much respect for anyone who can stand on stage for 20 minutes and do back to back, wall to wall pun pun pun. So I wrote one last year. ‘I love SnapChat. I can talk about classic card games all day’. Yeh. Didn’t work mate…though it did make one of the best jokes lists. So. You know. Every cloud… The joke that worked but you are not so proud that it had? I’m not really a mean comic. But the heckle-put down with the drunk dude that went viral. That was a weird one. I enjoyed it in the moment. So did the crowd…but I felt bad. I wanna entertain everyone in the room. Even the douches… (See here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5HTMEslZM) The comedian that made you want to be one? That’s an easy one. Omid Djalili. 2006. Live At The Apollo. Watching the great man mesmerize an audience with his own unique brand of comedy. I knew right then and there this is what I’m gonna do with my life. The last thing that made you cry with laughter? Last night Paul Chowdhry tore up the Top Secret Comedy Club. Without giving away the full joke…it involved a fake rickshaw and a whole new genre of adult entertainment. Aatif Nawaz: The Last Laugh Newsroom, 5 – 11 Leith Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AT August 3 – 27 Entry: Free (Donations) Aatif Nawaz Aatif Nawaz Q&A – Edinburgh Fringe 2016	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line815
__label__wiki	0.528505	0.528505	Plate [ sort by artist ] Unknown (French, nineteenth century) Gilman, Benjamin Ferris Lambdin, George Cochran Johnson, Nicolay T. Ferguson, Henry A., A.N.A. McEntee, Jervis Parton, Ernest Wood, George Bacon, Jr. Costigan, John Edward Anshutz, Thomas Pollock Stademann, Adolf Smith, Xanthus Russell Rocky Coast, May 28th 1918 Delbos, Julius Lewis, Edmund Darch Unknown (late 19th�early 20th century) Grant, Clement Rollins In From the Garden Horacek, Ferdinand Norton, William Edward George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896) Pink Rose Vines Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 � 19 7/8 inches The oldest son of prominent portrait and landscape painter James R. Lambdin (1807�1889), George took an active role in Philadelphia and New York artistic activities. A member of both the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the National Academy of Design in New York, he forged a distinguished career as a painter of sentimental and anecdotal genre scenes, Civil War subjects, and portraiture. But it was for his paintings of roses��Lambdin�s roses,� as critics called them�that he became best known. In the 1870s and 1880s his floral still lifes were exhibited in Louisville, Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago, and even Paris, where he showed Roses on a Wall at the 1878 Exposition Universelle. And the renowned Boston chromolithographer Louis Prang (1824�1909) further popularized Lambdin�s roses by issuing at least six prints after the latter�s rose paintings. It is not surprising that Lambdin turned to floral still life in the 1870s, for at that time Germantown, his Philadelphia neighborhood, was a virtual �hotbed� of horticultural activity. Philadelphia had long been called �a city of flower gardens,� and Germantown was the garden center of the city. There prominent horticulturists and nurseries took the lead in cultivating rare, experimental, and exotic plants. After the introduction of hybrid tea roses in the late 1860s, botanists and amateurs alike focused on new varieties of roses. One Germantown nursery, Miller and Hayes, was the largest grower of new roses in the United States; it was so esteemed internationally that a prominent European rose grower, E. Verdier, even named a select seedling the �Miller and Hayes Rose.� Caught up in this craze, and surrounded by roses and rose talk, Lambdin avidly cultivated and painted roses and other flowers in his gardens and glass rose house. Lambdin�s floral still lifes are of several types. A few are traditional table top still lifes, such as his Vase of Flowers (1873; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), with various flowers in porcelain, glass, or bronze vases. Some, like Autumn Sunshine (1880; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.) are conservatory arrangements in which garden pots hold various blooming plants. But most of Lambdin�s still lifes depict flowers growing as if in nature and set against a rough plaster wall, sky, or background of solid color such as green, blue, or black to show the lush textures of petals and foliage to great advantage. Although his floral compositions are essentially realistic depictions, Lambdin took artistic license in arranging and emphasizing a graceful tangle of stems and branches. Copyright ©2006 The Schwarz Gallery The Schwarz gallery is not responsible for any errors or omissions contained in this web site. 1806 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Tel 215 563 4887 Fax 215 561 5621 mail@schwarzgallery.com www.schwarzgallery.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line819
__label__wiki	0.820548	0.820548	Services at Sculthorpe St Mary's and All Saints' Aerial Photos Find us and Contact us Directions and contact details. Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals How to arrange a special service. Sunday Worship and Events Services are arranged around liturgical solemnities and feasts and usually involve the Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy. See Calendar below for details. Sculthorpe Primary Academy Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy has close links with the church and the Rector is Chairman of Governors. Welcome to the Church of Saint Mary and All Saints Sculthorpe The Church of Saint Mary and All Saints is the village church of Sculthorpe. Click here for How to Find Us. Olivia Graham to be next Bishop of Reading Press release from Number 10 Queen has approved the nomination to the Suffragan See of Reading: 15 July 2019 Queen approves nomination of the Venerable Olivia Josephine Graham to the Suffragan See of Reading. Published 15 July 2019 From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street The Queen has approved the nomination of the Venerable Olivia Josephine […] Bishop of Truro’s report on FCO support for persecuted Christians The Bishop of Truro, Philip Mounstephen, prepared a report for the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, on the subject of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s support for persecuted Christians. This has now been published: Independent Review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO support for Persecuted Christians. There is an excellent summary of it at Law & Religion […] Bishop Linda Nicholls elected as new Canadian Primate The Anglican Journal has this story: Linda Nicholls elected primate. Full details of the election results. Information about Bishop Nicholls. Information about all the candidates. Here is the statement issued by the new primate after her election (which also deals with the earlier vote on the marriage canon). Benefice of North Creake, South Creake with Waterden, Syderstone with Barmer, and Sculthorpe Saint Mary and All Saints' Sculthorpe is part of the Creakes Benefice within the Diocese of Norwich. Our incumbent is Fr Clive Wylie SCP. You can find out more about the other three parishes in the benefice by visiting their websites. The Benefice Calendar provides an at a glance overview of everything going in all four parishes. Saint Mary's North Creake Our Lady Saint Mary South Creake Saint Mary's Syderstone What's On at Sculthorpe Nick Baine's Blog Musings of a restless bishop The will of the people? Last night I delivered the Harold Wilson Lecture at the University of Huddersfield. The theme was ‘The Will of the People?’ and was followed by some very good questions which both amplified and challenged my text. It was long, so the bets way to access it is to click on the link and then the […] This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on the Zoe Ball Show on BBC Radio 2: Well, Glastonbury seems to have gone well. I caught up with bits of it on the telly, but would love to have been there. Instead, I found myself a few days ago speaking at the launch […] Church of England News Olivia Graham named Bishop of Reading Church of England digital charter leading the way globally – minister General Synod backs expansion in new forms of church gatherings Church of Saint Mary and All Saints Creake Road, Sculthorpe NR21 9NJ 07970 875052 Sculthorpe Parochial Church Council's Data Privacy Policy can be downloaded here. Copyrights and feeds used on this website Church of England Diocese of Norfolk News, Church of England Press Releases, Church of England Daily Prayer, Daily Bible readings from Taize, Nick Baine's Blog, Daily Prayer and CofE Press Releases provided by the official Church of England web site, © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2004 Header photo © Jeremy Whigham Copyright © 2019 Sculthorpe PCC. Designed and hosted by VTSDesign Web Services	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line820
__label__cc	0.71097	0.28903	Projects/Munkák About/Rólunk Contact/Kapcsolat Publications/Publikációk Avenue Hostel Architects: PRTZN (Gergely Hory, Zoltán Major, Péter Müllner) Location: Oktogon square, Budapest, Hungary Area: 1140 sqm Photo: Danyi Balázs Project year: 2017 Program: extension of an existing hostel In 2017 it became necessary to expand Avenue Hostel located in a historic apartment building, with new community spaces due to the increased number of guests. In order to solve the problem, the management got into the possession of some neighboring real-estates with the aim to join them to the original three storey hostel. A reception area, a lounge, a community kitchen with canteen, a bar, and some new dormitories were planned to be placed into the newly occupied spaces. Challenge: how to utilize ‘spatial reserve’ of historic apartment buildings? During the design process the main challenge was the transformation of a historic apartment building with a layout structure fragmented during the XXth century into a place with generous, spatious areas that can serve the public functions of a community lodging with a guest capacity of more than 150. We were looking for means of how to utilize the “spatial reserve” of these real-estates originally built as apartments, in the formation of intensively used community spaces. Project: building spatious areas and flexible furniture to adapt to changing use Downtown apartment buildings erected during the turn of the XIXth into the XXth century provide many opportunities for various functions and uses to be established. A loadbeading wall in the middle divides the floorplan into two tracts: one facing Oktogon square and another facing the inner courtyard. In addition to this, it is only the uniform order of openings on the facades that influence the transformability of interior spaces. The inner height of 4m makes it possible to create long spaces without disturbingly compressed proportions. On the first floor we designed two representative spaces with the removal of several partition walls: a canteen with a bar and community kitchen were designated at the tract facing Oktogon square, while the reception and the lounge were placed into the other one. Openings in the loadbearing wall at the middle ensure connection between the two sides in order to make guests experience a space with a floor area of 150m2 when they enter into the hostel. We wanted to expand the dimensions of this area vertically as well, so we installed the lighting system onto a spanned steel wire mesh, above which mechanical cables remained visible. This intervention enables simple and unrestricted transformability of the electric system, while gives uniform character to the space. The floor is covered with grey linoleum that can withstand loads brought about by various types of uses. As a result functions can be rearranged without replacing the floor cover. So surfaces at the top and the ground are designed in a way to foster adaptation to physical and functional changes. Enabling simple transformability and free, diverse usability were the main principles during the design of the community furniture as well. Furniture placed into the lounge consists of modular elements without predefined function, so it constantly changes which parts operate as sitting-, lying- or storage areas: guests give content to the furniture temporarily during their momentary activities. We designed the dining tables to be lightweight in spite of their big size, so the space can be rearranged rapidly that makes it easy to organize versatile community events.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line827
__label__cc	0.536606	0.463394	The Texas Poker Store Completed Shooting of The Final Table Poker Showdown For Their Music Video “I May Be Bluffin’” and is now In Post-Production. The third and last segment of “I May Be Bluffin’” was shot at a local hot spot in College Station, Texas and the music video is now in post-production, with a release date scheduled for September. "I May Be Bluffin'" Final Table scene The video tells an authentic poker story about a poker tourney that starts at a man-cave in the middle of the woods and finishes with the Final Table at a local club... College Station, Texas (PRWEB) August 27, 2012 The Texas Poker Store’s production of the music video, “I May Be Bluffin”, with music and lyrics by Randy Pavlock and Chief Dealer, Jim Paris, and sung by Pavlock has now been completed. The video, produced and videographed by Kyle Netterville and directed by Netterville and Paris is now in post-production, with a release date set for September. "We had a great time during the three shoots, including two in an amazing barn/man-cave out in Hearne, Texas, and the last one at a local nightspot in College Station, Texas. It was amazing how many friends came out to support us and be part of the video. Everyone who came to see the final table sequence got to be a “fan” of the players for the night," said Paris. The final four players consisted of Paul “My House My Rules” Marvin, Troy “T-Licious” Davidson, Randy “The Real Deal” Pavlock and Jim “Chief Dealer” Paris with the dealer played by Gretchen Farrar. Whitney "Wildcat" Brandl, Hannah "Raisin Hell" Hasha, Camille "Cami" Butler, Allison "Alli" Glover, and Kelsey "Kel" Stanislaw were cast as the lovely young ladies who danced and rooted for their men. These beautiful models were provided by Hunter Artz of "Photos by Hunter Studios". “Of course, we now have hours of editing to get through all the footage we shot before we can release “I May Be Bluffin’” to the world,” Paris states. “The video tells an authentic poker story about a poker tourney that starts at a man-cave in the middle of the woods and finishes with the final poker table at a popular local club, so we know it will appeal to the millions of poker players out there. On the other hand, with Pavlock’s gritty country-rock sound on the title song, along with those gorgeous young women, I believe it will also have universal appeal. “ I’m not going to tell you how it went at the final table heads-up showdown,” Paris adds, “but I will say that the players splashed all their poker chips on the table . . . and someone walked away the big winner.” The Texas Poker Store was founded by Jim and Lynn Paris in 2011. Located in College Station - Bryan, Texas, the Texas Poker Store is a fully-stocked online poker store that offers 100 percent secured shopping. It features hundreds of poker supplies from poker cards, to the finest in luxury poker tables, folding poker tables and a variety of poker table tops. It carries poker chips and chip cases, poker novelties and collectibles, poker books and DVDs and the perfect gifts for any game room. You can find the Texas Poker Store's website at http://www.texaspokerstore.com, or visit their blog at http://www.texaspokerstoreblog.com Follow them on Twitter and keep up with them on FaceBook and you can even pin us on Pinterest. Jim Paris Chief Dealer Texas Poker Store Jim Paris - Chief Dealer Jim Paris Chief Dealer at Texas Poker Store I May Be Bluffin' Poker Chip	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line828
__label__wiki	0.555129	0.555129	INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE AREAS LAWYERS PRESS & PUBLICATIONS CAREER & CONTACT Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior Corporate Law / M&A, Restructuring and Insolvency, Agribusiness, Real Estate, Capital Markets, Wealth and Sucession Planning, Timberland gilberto.correa@soutocorrea.com Languages : Portuguese (native) and English \|VCARD Gilberto Deon Corrêa Junior is a founding partner and team coordinator who has been recommended for years in guidebooks such as Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500 as a prominent lawyer in the fields of Corporate Law, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, as well as Banking and Finance. He holds a Master’s degree and a LLM, and has authored various legal articles on business and insolvency law. He has taught business and insolvency law at Universities and post-graduation programs. He was a member of the committee of scholars that assisted the House of Representatives in the development of the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law (Law No. 11.101/2005), as well in the drafting of the bill for the New Commercial Code. Consultant for the World Bank for judicial trainings on insolvency and restructuring realized in Maputo, Mozambique. • Garantias Flutuantes (AJURIS, vol. 47, p. 246, 1989). • O Controlador como Fiduciário (capítulo do Livro de Estudos Jurídicos, Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Estudos Jurídicos, 1991, nº 3, p. 82). • A Extensão da Quebra (AJURIS, vol. 62, p. 11-73, 1994). • Successor Corporation Liability for Claims Arising out of Defective Products (Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, vol. 12, p. 127-147, 1996). • Consolidação Substantiva no Direito Norte-americano (AJURIS, vol. 73, p. 319, 1998). • Direito de Empresa e Contratos (Porto Alegre, Thomson/IOB, 2006, 2ª edição). • Reconfiguration of Labor Claims in New Brazilian Bankruptcy Law: a Constitucional Hurdle? (American Bankruptcy Institute, International Committee Newsletter, volume 6, number 2, March 2009). • Os Créditos Fiscais na Lei de Falências e Recuperação de Empresas (capítulo do livro: O Direito no Século XXI, Ed. Juruá Editora, 2008). • Desconsideração da Personalidade Jurídica no Ordenamento Jurídico Brasileiro (coautor com Gabriela Weirich Mottin. Revista do Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul, nº 62, p.113, 2009). • CADE, Título Executivo Extrajudicial e Direito de Ação – Três Tópicos para o Debate sobre o Art. 98 da Lei n. 12.529/2011 (coautor com Daniel Mitidiero e João Geraldo Piquet Carneiro. Revista dos Tribunais. SP: RT, 2012, pp. 343/365, vol. 916). • LL.B. Bachelor of Laws (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 1985) • Master’s in Law (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 1993) • LL.M. (New York University, 1995). • Former Co-Chair of the International Committee American Bankruptcy Institute • Former Newsletter Editor and Educational Director of the International Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute • International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL) • Former Director of the Federação das Associações Comerciais e de Serviços do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FEDERASUL) • Former Professor of Commercial Law at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos • Turnaround Management Association – TAM • Featured as an admired Brazilian lawyer in Latin Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners © Souto Correa Advogados 2019 \| All rights reserved	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line830
__label__wiki	0.519344	0.519344	Policemen, Among Ted’s Most Wanted this Saturday Posted on June 23, 2012 by cd // 0 Comments Ted Failon will probe on the growing number of complaints and cases filed against policemen in the country this Sunday (June 23) in ”Failon Ngayon.” From January 2010 to April 2012, the Philippine National Police (PNP) had recorded 137 cases involving officers ranging in rank from PO1 all the way to Police Superintendents or Lieutenant Colonels. Charges vary from rape, carnapping, theft, to kidnap for ransom and even attempted murder. One of which is the case filed against PO3 Morris Malindog and PO1 Robert Cruz who were accused of breaking in the residence of Bagui family in Sta. Ana, Manila who was robbed of P2 million worth of property. Even high-ranking officials got involved in such controversies. In 2009, a group of generals made an anomalous transaction when they purchased three second-hand choppers that cost up to P105 million. What happened to the case against these generals? As Ted probes deeper in the issue, he also discovers that there are PNP officials who have long been dismissed but remain in service until now. Who are these officials? On the other hand, who are the policemen who were convicted for the crime they did? Watch “Failon Ngayon” this Saturday (June 23), 4:45 PM on ABS-CBN. Visit its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/failon.ngayon and follow it on Twitter via @Failon_Ngayon ted failon Failon Ngayon Tackles ‘Kasambahay Bill’ this Saturday ‘Failon Ngayon’ Investigates Police Flaws on Hostage-Taking Situation ‘TV Patrol’ Premieres Powerhouse Team of Ted Failon, Korina Sanchez and Noli de Castro Korina Sanchez Named Most Trusted Personality for 2009 Ted Tracks Down ‘Epal Kings and Queens’ on ‘Failon Ngayon’	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line834
__label__wiki	0.79555	0.79555	Blog 472481643 Super Bowl LII: Dateline Minnesota Despite a nasty cold, Pink shows her prowess as singer, athlete at Armory By Jon Bream February 3, 2018 — 1:12pm Pink performs at the Armory in Minneapolis. Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP Pink should have shown up on Philadelphia's injury list. But she's a gamer, er, trouper, so a nasty cold isn't about to stop her from performing -- not on a Friday night for 8,000 at the newly remodeled Minneapolis Armory or Sunday evening at the Super Bowl in U.S. Bank Stadium for however-many million. Early during Friday's performance, the pop star, a mother of two, explained that she got a cold from her kindergartner. Throughout the concert, the singer guzzled water, chewed gum and carried on. OK, she let her two backup singers carry passages on a few songs. But still Pink managed to impress vocally. You could hear her ache in "What About Us," her recent single. She hit the big notes (and danced playfully) on a cover of 4Non Blondes giant singalong "What's Up." She slayed both the soft and loud parts of Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You." And she belted "Raise Your Glass" like a pop anthem should be. Despite her cold, the 38-year-old was in good spirits and chatty. At one point, she warned a fan not to worry because she wouldn't touch her and spread the cold. And the singer did acknowledge her background without fuss or partisanship: "I'm not going to deny it: I'm from Philadelphia." Pink left it at that. Except she demonstrated her incredible athletic prowess during the encore "So What" by tumbling in mid-air as she floated over the crowd while singing. Do I need to repeat that? It was jaw-droppingly exhilarating. Didn't matter if she was sick. Didn't matter if she performed only 80 minutes. Pink was a winner. Here's hoping the cold will be gone when Pink sings the National Anthem Sunday at the Super Bowl and that she'll be in perfect voice when she returns to the Twin Cities on March 12 at Xcel Energy Center as part of her regular concert tour. Adrian Peterson: 'At the end of the day, I'll always be purple.' Celebrity chefs boogie down for Andrew Zimmern's Uptown party The Star Tribune staff updates you on Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. More From Super Bowl LII: Dateline Minnesota Super Bowl LII Party over: Minnesota turns over the Super Bowl ball to Atlanta Super Bowl LII went into the books Monday with the morning handover of the ball to Atlanta at a Mall of America news conference. The southern capital is now on the clock for the game Feb. 3, 2019. Just can't get that Super Bowl feeling The Vikings' loss to the Eagles still hurts. An entertaining Jennifer Lopez doesn't generate electricity at the Armory She's a terrific dancer but the show was too Vegas-y on the night before the Super Bowl. Super Bowl visitors: Ditch extra winter gear here to help the homeless An Edina woman has launched a collection drive to gather extra winter gear Super Bowl visitors may be stocking up on for the frigid temperatures, donating it to the homeless. Flash mob brings Prince to St. Paul's Ice Palace The crowd parted as the group, clad in purple fur bomber hats, danced to "Let's Go Crazy." DJ Questlove spins Prince tunes for late-night party at Dakota Jazz Club	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line835
__label__wiki	0.845899	0.845899	East Metro 442280403 Judge rules state of Minnesota failed to protect White Bear Lake, aquifer Ruling seeks to protect aquifer; DNR disappointed, may appeal. By David Peterson Star Tribune The state of Minnesota should have done a better job of managing the use of area wells to halt the draining in the last few years of White Bear Lake and its aquifer, a district judge ruled Wednesday. In a ruling three months in the making that followed a trial held last spring, Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan said the state had violated the public trust as well as environmental laws in allowing excessive pumping of the Prairie du Chien aquifer, without really knowing what amount could be used without endangering its future availability. The judge ordered the DNR to stop issuing permits for any more wells within a five-mile radius of White Bear Lake until it is certain the drawdowns are sustainable. She also ordered the agency to make sure pumping now allowed is sustainable, and to do so within a year. Under her ruling, the state must ban residential irrigation when White Bear Lake falls below 923.5 feet above sea level and continue the ban until the lake rises to 924 feet. The lake during the area's recent drought fell far below that level, reaching 918.5 feet in 2013. Heavy rain since has pushed it higher. In a case that caps off a long career before she retires, Marrinan wrote that all existing permits must contain an enforceable plan to "phase down per capita residential water use to 75 gallons per day," and that all permits within five miles of the lake must be amended to include plans to move to "total or partial supply" from river sources. Marlin Levison, Star Tribune In this 2014 Star Tribune file photo, White Bear Lake plummeted to a record low water level due to a drought and large amount of groundwater pumping. The case has broad implications both for future suburban development and for the ability of property owners to irrigate lawns, once dry conditions return to what is now an amply rain-slogged metro area. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a brief statement saying that it was "surprised and deeply disappointed." An appeal was not ruled out. Greg McNeely, a spokesman for the lakeshore owners and area supporters who brought the suit against the state, called the case a "big deal" and added: "It's not about White Bear Lake, it's about how much water we use. It's not sustainable, and our lake is the canary in the coal mine. It was a five-year fight and some of it was not pleasant but we are so grateful to our attorneys, who worked without a fee because they believed in this cause." Making water a priority Wednesday's decision is a landmark moment in an increasingly fraught relationship between suburban growth and the natural resources required to support it. In some parts of the metro area, sprawl has heavily relied on underground sources rather than the Mississippi River, which is the main water source for Minneapolis, St. Paul and many inner-ring suburbs. The city of White Bear Lake and its neighbors have taken vigorous steps to reduce water use, and suburbs distant from the lake — but also relying on aquifers — have stepped up their efforts for years now, knowing this day could come. The Woodbury City Council only this week is discussing a strategic plan that makes water conservation its top priority. White Bear Lake City Attorney Roger Jensen said he expects no immediate impact on his city, but added that the same may not be true for all of its neighbors. "This remedy was anticipated," he said, "but I was a little surprised that the judge concluded that the Public Trust Doctrine was violated. There's no precedent in Minnesota for that." He said he suspected "there's potential for an appeal, particularly on that issue." The Public Trust Doctrine holds that natural resources like water are for public use and that the government must protect them as such. That's a fundamental responsibility of the DNR, and the finding will sting agency officials. The DNR's statement, issued late Wednesday afternoon, said it will take time to absorb the contents and implications of Marrinan's 140-page opinion and decide what to do next. An iconic lake The plaintiffs were supported by an A-list legal team, members of which said they took the case on a pro bono basis out of concern that political sensitivities were keeping the DNR from doing what it needed to do to make sure suburban growth is sustainable. The remedy of piping in water from the Mississippi River has been calculated to cost anywhere from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars. Advocates have sought unsuccessfully for state help to do that, and cities have warned that paying the freight for that solution would raise water costs alarmingly. The trial on those issues took place before the judge alone without a jury this past spring, and lasted several weeks. It allowed the legal team for the plaintiffs to inspect masses of internal DNR documents, including e-mails, some of which attorneys felt were damning. One oft-cited internal memo from a DNR expert stated in 2012 that "we are beginning to understand the unintended consequences of our past choices" in granting cities permits to extract ever more water. It continued: "Everyone is part of the problem and needs to become part of the solution." The state and cities argued that fluctuations in White Bear Lake were normal, but the judge found that the lake's ability to rebound had lately "differed dramatically from its previous history," a problem that "cannot be explained by climate alone." The case has wide implications beyond White Bear Lake. Other bodies of water are in similar circumstances. But Marrinan also stressed the White Bear's iconic nature. "It is a long-standing community resource enjoyed by inhabitants of the Twin Cities' northeast metro area, and the sole large, recreational lake serving this area," she wrote. "As such, it is the epicenter of the northeast metro for fishing, boating, sailing, swimming and general recreation." East Metro Attack on water waste in east metro yielding early results Local PolyMet: Your questions answered Business Dayton says PolyMet copper nickel mining should go ahead Minneapolis Minneapolis asks judge to quash writ demanding Hodges' budget Attack on water waste in east metro yielding early results PolyMet: Your questions answered Dayton says PolyMet copper nickel mining should go ahead Minneapolis asks judge to quash writ demanding Hodges' budget Two charged with maltreatment of horses Two people have been charged with abuse after horses were found eating trees and fence posts because they did not have food. Four of them… Police shoot man in Woodbury who was taunting 'come kill me' • East Metro Stillwater prison newspaper sheds light on life behind bars • East Metro Judge rules Muslim woman's lawsuit against Ramsey Co. jail over hijab may proceed • East Metro Stillwater school board to explore separation agreement with superintendent • East Metro Charges: Man killed in Red Wing in mistaken identity was wearing shirt brother had worn • East Metro	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line836
__label__wiki	0.72168	0.72168	How long would it take to sip that up through a straw? Such were my deep thoughts while watching the mens 200m freestyle race at last summer's Olympics. The camera zoomed far out to reveal a full view of the aquatic monstrosity that is an Olympic-sized pool. It got me wondering. Exactly how many gallons of water are in there and what profoundly useless figures could be extrapolated and humanized from this gargantua? And so I set out to find and crunch the numbers least likely to be useful, but most likely to entertain. According to the London Aquatics Centre website the pool is 164 feet long by 82 feet wide. What surprised, and may make the pool appear especially enormous, is that it’s 9.84 feet deep; the minimum depth required to qualify as “Olympic-sized” is 6.7. A quick calculation on the Pennsylvania Dept. of something or other’s wastewater calculator put it at 988,492 gallons, just a few pumps shy of a magic million. The volume of a standard olympic sized pool is 666,000, making London's 48.4% more voluminous. With this number in hand, I got to work. How many people could be crammed into the pool? I really wanted to avoid calculating this one. Too many nebulous variables. Fortunately, some professors have already worked out an immensely useful “mosh-pit density” of one standing person per 2.7 square feet. At 13,448 sq ft, the aquastrosity could fit 4,980 (extremely irritated) humans. How much does the water weigh? This was a quickie. At 8.33 lbs per, the 988,492 gallons weigh 8,234,138 lbs. Or 4,117 tons. Impressive number though it may be, it's a just little too abstract for my tastes. So let’s convert it to subway cars, shall we? At 70,000 lbs per empty one, it’s 117 cars of the type used on New York's 4/5/6 line. Hooked up, this would form a train more than a mile long. This sounds ludicrous and you refuse to believe it. I totally understand, but unless the numbers have been totally mangled, it's true. What if we wanted to fill it with Jell-O? No crap here, we’re going for the real deal..Jell-O brand gelatin. One 3 oz package of Jell-O requires 2 cups of water. There are 16 cups to the gallon, so each gallon of Jello™ would take 8 boxes. 988,492 gallons x 8 boxes per gallon= 7,907,936 boxes How much would that cost? More than $6 million at the retail price. Let’s call it $.79 per box multiplied by 7,907,936. Total: $6,247,26 How many toilet flushes would it take to drain the pool? A low-consumption toilet uses uses 1.6 gallons and a 1980's-era toilet uses 3.5. So figure 2.5. 988,492 gallons works out to 395,396 flushes. But let’s wade a bit deeper, because you'll certainly want to know how long that'd take. My toilet took ten seconds to drain without counting refill time. That works out to 1,098 hours of continuous flushing, or 45.7 days. How many Americans would it take to use up that water in a day? The national average indoor residential water use per day per person is 65 gallons. The London pool would provide for 15,207 Americans, not exactly the most water-sensitive people in the world. I’m guilty too; the sound of running water soothes my morning ritual. All very interesting, but now the most critical calculation... How long would it take to drain the pool by straw? This required real-world testing by the author. It took an average of 5 seconds to suck up four ounces of water through a standard size straw. The sipping was vigorous. This works out to .8 oz per second or 48 oz per minute. At 128 oz. per gallon, it's a rate of 2.66 minutes a gallon. 988,492 pool gallons x 2.666 minutes = 2,635,319 minutes Total time for the endeavor? 43,921 hours or 1,830 days. See you in 2018. Follow @stupidcalc Tags olympics, swimming, pool, measurement, trivia	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line840
__label__wiki	0.88098	0.88098	About TALKERS TALKERS magazine – “The bible of talk media.” "The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media" TALKERS TV Expert Guests Top Weekly Topics The Heavy Hundred Heavy Hundred of Sports Talk 2019 Heavy Hundred of Talk 2019 TalkersRadio Top Talk Audiences TALKERS 2019 Video You are here: Home » Front Page News » Tuesday, January 3, 2017 TALKERS \| January 3, 2017 WPRO-AM, Providence and Talk Host John DePetro Go Separate Ways. During the month of December, the late morning talk show hosted by longtime WPRO-AM personality John DePetro was handled by a rotating cast of fill-in hosts. DePetro had referenced a “health situation” on his website. Then, just before Christmas, DePetro notified listeners via his website of his departure from the station. He wrote, in part, “At this time, I have decided to conclude my entertaining weekday 9:00 am -12:00 noon radio show on WPRO. Thank you to all my listeners for making 2016 my best year ever in radio, with my coverage of the Trump campaign, my many exclusives, plus my national work on ‘The Savage Nation’ and CNN. I am very grateful for the many loyal listeners who have been entertained by my program on WPRO over the past 10 years.” So far, WPRO has not named a replacement host, nor has the Cumulus Media news/talk station officially addressed DePetro’s departure. Programming Moves at iHeartMedia Denver. This affects both news/talk KOA and sports talk KDSP. First, at KOA “NewsRadio 850 AM & 94.1 FM,” the new afternoon show is Lewis & Logan from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm featuring Rick Lewis and Dave Logan. The duo will be joined by Kathy Lee as co-host and Robbyn Hart as news anchor. In June of 2014, iHM tweaked afternoons by bringing Denver TV and radio pro Susie Wargin aboard to co-host with Logan for the 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm hours and the show moved away from being sports-centric. Wargin then co-hosted a newsy program with Mike Rice from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Wargin moves to the company’s classic rock KRFX. Also at KOA, Cory Lopez is the new host of “PrimeTime Sports,” airing weeknights from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. At sports talk KDSP, “Denver Sports 760,” Mike Rice hosts the 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm show. The new duo of Ed McCaffrey and Andy Lindahl will co-host the 10:00 am to 1:00 pm program. KCMO-AM, Kansas City Announces New Program Lineup. There are two talk personalities returning to Cumulus Media’s news/talk simulcast KCMO-AM/K279BI as the station announces its new, 2017 program lineup. Longtime Kansas City talk personality Greg Knapp is back on the station after a nine- month absence to host the morning drive program. Knapp hosted the afternoon show at KCMO until late April of 2016. Westwood One’s rollout of the national Chris Plante program brings him back to KCMO in the 11:00 am to 1:00 pm slot. Tom Becka remains in the 9:00 am to 11:00 am slot, while Mike Ferguson moves from middays to afternoon drive (4:00 pm to 6:00 pm) with co-host and producer Jared Carter. Nationally syndicated superstar Dave Ramsey also remains in his current 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm timeslot. Knapp takes over mornings for Rob Carson, who exited late last year. ‘PowerTalk’ in Fresno Launches New Early Evening Program. Fresno news/talk simulcast KALZ-FM/KRZR-AM “PowerTalk 96.7 and AM 1400” announces the debut of the Guillermo Moreno program, this evening from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The iHeartMedia station says Moreno “will take a conservative approach to local and national issues – including politics, business headlines and pop culture – from the perspective of a Latino millennial and for listeners of all ages.” Moreno comments, “I’m excited to continue breaking the political and radio establishment mold and thrilled to be among the first young Latino millennial hosts in the Central Valley. Fresno is the greatest city in America and I’m honored to continue my passion for politics with my generation here at home.” December PPMs: Some Notable Occurrences. TALKERS magazine managing editor Mike Kinosian presents a look at some significant happenings, from a ratings perspective, relative to Nielsen Audio’s December PPM survey. Among them are the return to earth for CBS RADIO’s sports talk WSCR, Chicago and iHeartMedia’s WTAM, Cleveland – both of which benefitted mightily from the performances of the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians leading up to and including the World Series. See more interesting highlights here. 2017 CES Preview. Media consultant Holland Cooke is in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show reporting for TALKERS magazine and he files the following: 165 THOUSAND of us – from 150 countries – are heading to the massive, mind-boggling Consumer Electronics Show. This year is the 50th annual CES. Back in 1967, there were ooohs and ahhhs for console color TVs. Are you old-enough to remember the handsome woodwork? Some had built-in stereo systems…but only for the vinyl you played on the turntable. Stereo TV sound? Someday. 50 years ago, only 14 companies were showing-off their stuff, in 100,000 square feet of exhibit space. Back-to-the-future: Today, when they cut the virtual ribbon, four THOUSAND companies will display in 2.4 MILLION square feet of Las Vegas Convention Center. Picture FIFTY football fields. And that’s just inside. Outdoors, there’ll be drones up above, and down-below we’ll be test-driving cars with no gas tank, and cars with no driver. Technology accounts for 15 million American jobs. Not everyone becomes a billionaire, by inventing, for instance, the smartphone. But someone became a millionaire by accessorizing it with the Selfie Stick. Much of what we’ll see here this week is here-today-gone-tomorrow. Many of these companies didn’t exist a couple years ago, and many won’t be around a couple years from now. Innovation is the-name-of-the-game, and that makes CES a welcome pump-up for radio broadcasters attending. Look for my reports here in TALKERS all this week, and listen for updates on “America in the Morning” and “The Jim Bohannon Show,” or at www.HollandCooke.com. Terry Foster Returns to WXYT-FM, Detroit’s Afternoon Drive Show. After missing a lot of time on the air during the latter part of 2016 due to a stroke caused by high blood pressure, Terry Foster is returning to the “Valenti and Foster” program with co-host Mike Valenti on sports talk “97.1 The Ticket.” Program director Jimmy Powers states, “We are excited that Terry is returning to the ‘Valenti and Foster’ show. His humor and insight have been missed not only by his co-workers, but by the listeners. I sincerely appreciate and would like to thank Jeff Riger for sitting in for Terry while he was out; the show didn’t miss a beat.” Foster comments, “I have been on the sidelines for too long. I missed a lot of good stories and a lot of good times. I’m glad to be back on the train again. I want to thank all of the listeners and my co-workers for their encouraging words, they got me through a tough time.” Dan Lovallo Joins AM Show on Connoisseur’s ‘Talk of CT.’ The news/talk multi-cast heard on Connoisseur Media’s “The Talk of CT” (WDRC-AM, Hartford; WMMW, Meriden; WWCO, Waterbury; and WSNG, Torrington) is adding well-known Connecticut radio personality Dan Lovallo to the Brad Davis morning show. Lovallo has been with the stations in various capacities over the years. In addition to news duties on the company’s sister classic rock WFOX, Southport (Bridgeport-Stamford market), Lovallo will also host his own Connecticut politics-focused show, “CT On The Hill,” on “The Talk of CT” every day at 9:00 am. This is one of a number of changes at the Connecticut operations of Connoisseur and OM Keith Dakin comments, “These changes, across our portfolio, indicate a strong commitment to localism. Radio will continue to be vibrant if it remains a true fabric of the community with more local morning shows, local news and people from Connecticut behind the microphones.” Free Talk Live Hosts Prevail at NH Supreme Court. This case goes back three years to a suit filed against “Free Talk Live” hosts Ian Freeman and James Cleaveland by the City of Keene, New Hampshire. The long-running courtroom saga of the “Robin Hood of Keene” all started when Freeman and Cleaveland began plugging the parking meters of citizens whose time was running out and were about to get parking tickets issued by the city’s parking enforcers. The city sued, alleging among other things that Freeman and Cleaveland were “threatening, intimidating, and harassing” the parking enforcers – something the court ruled the city was unable to prove. The pair won their case at the superior court level but the city took the case all the way to the state supreme court. Freeman informs TALKERS that “the supreme court agreed with the superior court that the city’s proposed injunction, which would keep us away from their enforcers, was unconstitutional. It’s a victory for freedom of speech in the public streets.” ‘Kilmeade & Friends’ Adds 24 New Affiliates. The nationally syndicated “Kilmeade & Friends” late morning show hosted by Fox News personality Brian Kilmeade and produced and distributed by Fox News Radio, adds 24 new radio affiliates. Some of the stations adding the 9:00 am to 12:00 noon ET program include: WHIO-AM/FM, Dayton; WOKV, Jacksonville; WRHI, Charlotte; WMMI, Flint, Michigan; KZRG, Joplin, Missouri; WFIN, Toledo; and WNIX-AM, Greenville, Mississippi. Odds & Sods. Nationally syndicated, San Antonio-based talk show host Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo is now heard on an number of new affiliate stations across the country, including: KZRG, Joplin, Missouri; KHVH, Honolulu; KMBZ, Kansas City; KSTE, Sacramento; WATX, Cookeville, Tennessee and more…..Syndicated morning show “Walton & Johnson” changes affiliates in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The program is moving from Entercom classic rocker WKBU to iHeartMedia’s news/talk WRNO in New Orleans and from Guaranty’s classic rock WDGL to iHM’s news/talk WJBO in Baton Rouge…..Westwood One is celebrating the 25th anniversary of “The Dave Ross Show” and announces it is extending its relationship with Ross (who also serves as morning news host at KIRO-FM, Seattle). The daily feature is heard on more than 200 stations nationwide including: WCBS-AM, New York; KNX, Los Angeles; WBBM-AM, Chicago; and WTOP-FM, Washington. Ross also guest hosts for Charles Osgood on “The Osgood File.”…..Robert K. Tanenbaum, trial attorney, author of 31 books, and former mayor of Beverly Hills, will be featured in a new segment titled, “Book Buzz,” on Patzi Gil’s “Joy on Paper” radio show, which airs twice weekly on Radio Works’ WTAN, Clearwater, Florida…..Executive vice president Paul Cramer exits Triton Digital after 16 years with the company and its predecessors. He’s excited about his next challenge in the digital solutions space and can be reached at PaulCramer@Outlook.com or 716-508-4104. Music Radio Trade Publication RadioInfo to Be Absorbed into TALKERS Magazine. Beginning today, January 3, 2017, the music radio industry trade publication RadioInfo is folded into an expanded incarnation of TALKERS magazine (www.Talkers.com and the daily TALKERS email newsletter) and ceases to be distributed as a stand-alone entity. According to TALKERS/RadioInfo VP/executive editor Kevin Casey, “This has been a transition in the works for a number of months now. Because, RadioInfo has shared main headquarters and staff with TALKERS for the past five years, there has been a significant degree of duplication between the publications, especially regarding general industry stories that cover all formats. It makes sense from a standpoint of economy, proficiency and expediency to combine these into one ‘super’ trade journal. We will continue to provide RadioInfo readers and newsletter subscribers with the latest news events and personnel changes in music radio within the pages of TALKERS. We also are expanding our coverage of the talented talk-oriented hosts heard across America on music station morning programs that we categorize as ‘pop culture talk.’” Subscribers to the daily RadioInfo email newsletter, not already signed up for TALKERS, will be added to the TALKERS list so they will continue to receive the service. RadioInfo was founded as a set of radio discussion boards and an accompanying general online industry news platform in 1999 by young radio enthusiast and entrepreneur Doug Fleming who tragically passed away in 2005 at the age of 25. The entity, known as Radio-Info.com, continued to be published by Doug’s parents Diana and Rick Fleming until 2012. At that time, the discussion boards were acquired by trade publication Radio Ink’s parent corporation Streamline Publishing and eventually discontinued. The trade publication side was acquired by TALKERS magazine’s parent company Talk Media, Inc. and transitioned into the music radio incarnation of RadioInfo. Talent Moves at KRFX, Denver. At iHeartMedia’s Denver classic rock KRFX “103.5 The Fox,” 25-year morning personalities Rick Lewis and Kathy Lee renew and extend their contracts with the station. At the same time, the station announces Denver radio and TV pro Susie Wargin is the new midday personality and market radio pro Uncle Nasty assumes the afternoon drive daypart. Talent Moves at Connoisseur Connecticut. At the Connecticut operations of Connoisseur Media, operations manager Keith Dakin announces changes to a number of the company’s stations designed to increase their commitment to focus on “being more local and involved in the community.” First, Ken Tuccio is named the new morning drive host at classic rock WFOX, Southport (Bridgeport-Stamford market). He’ll be joined by news broadcaster Dan Lovallo with Fairfield County-centric news updates every 30 minutes. The station will air local news throughout the day during the shifts of new midday host Pam Ciaburri and afternoon host Allan Lamberti. Additionally, Cari Edwards is the new evening personality. At rock WPLR, New Haven, Kevin Begley adds programming duties for the station to his current responsibilities serving as PD for hot AC WEZN “Star 99.9” and WFOX. Finally, at classic rock WDRC-FM, Hartford “102.9 The WHALE,” Allan Lamberti takes over the programming duties (in addition to hosting evenings). The jock lineup consists of: Michael Picozzi in morning, Suzi Klonk in middays, and Keith Dakin in afternoons. iHeartMedia Adds ‘Mojo in the Morning’ to CHR WSNX, Grand Rapids. The AM drive show “Mojo in the Morning” – featuring Mojo, Shannon, and Spike – based at iHeartMedia’s CHR WKQI, Detroit “Channel 95.5,” is the new morning show at the company’s West Michigan CHR WSNX, Grand Rapids, effective January 16. Mojo says, “We love Michigan and are so excited to have the show heard in West Michigan. As a big fan of SNX, we are honored to be on the two best CHR radio station brands in Michigan!” KKHH Hits ‘The Spot.’ Among stations making format modifications over the holidays was CBS RADIO Houston CHR KKHH “Hot 95-7,” which transitions to adult hits “95.7 The Spot.” Supplementing “The Spot” identity is the slogan “Your Place – Your Music – Your Way – A Radio Station Unlike Any Other in Town.” The format change means Cumulus Media’s KRBE will now have the market’s CHR lane to itself. CBS RADIO senior vice president and Houston market manager Sarah Frazier comments, “We worked exhaustively to understand what Houston listeners were missing from their local radio stations. They told us they wanted their own ‘spot’ to hear their favorite music hits, a ‘spot’ to relax and energize at work, and a ‘spot’ to feel comfy and complete.” Representative “Spot” artists include Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, and U2. Among persons 6+ in Nielsen Audio’s December 2016 PPM report, KKHH is flat at 2.7 (#18), while KRBE gains two-tenths to 3.5 (#14); iHeartMedia adult contemporary KODA “Sunny 99.1” is #1 (7.3, 6+). JVC Goes True Oldies in the Palm Beaches. This change is the result of a partnership with Scott Shannon’s True Oldies format. JVC Broadcasting announces that WBGF, Belle Glade, Florida flips from rock as “93.5 The Bar” to oldies as “True Oldies 93.5.” JVC Broadcasting of South Florida vice president and general manager Matt Goldapper says, “True Oldies is the perfect fit for the West Palm Beach market – lots of jingles, lots of voices and all the hits all the time. This music is just missing from the radio here in South Florida and with our sister stations ‘95.9 The Palm’ and ‘900 AM The Talk of the Palm Beaches,’ we are just super-serving this market. The best part of this radio mix is the partnership with radio legend Scott Shannon who is the genius behind this entertaining and upbeat radio format.” More Career Moves and Music Radio News. At the Kansas City cluster of Cumulus Media, the company announces that the Premiere Networks-syndicated Steve Harvey show is now airing in mornings at urban contemporary KMJK “Magic 107.3.” Meanwhile, at sister classic hits KCMO-FM, Kansas City radio pro Steve-O assumes the afternoon drive host duties, following Lance Tidwell, who takes over the middays program…..The syndicated “Ace & TJ Show” announces the official return of former cast member Guenn (Peterson) Schneider. She was previously part of the Ace & TJ team from 2007-2011. Following her departure from the show, Guenn worked with various media outlets in Charlotte…..Alpha Media launched a new contemporary rock outlet on translator W259CL, Orangeburg, South Carolina at 99.7 FM in the Columbia market on December 27. The station will feature such core artists as Green Day, Kings of Leon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182, and the Foo Fighters. Alpha Media EVP of programming Scott Mahalick comments, “Alpha continues to grow and invest in Columbia with our latest addition of a contemporary rock station. ‘Rock 99.7’ will be a great companion to our classic rock station ‘Fox 102.3’ WMFX.”…..Refuge Media closes on its purchase of classic rock KMFG, Nashwauk, Minnesota. Refuge bought the station from Midwest Communications, Inc. 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__label__cc	0.537878	0.462122	WhatsApp Payments UPI Based I Launch Date I Features February 9, 2018 - by Manish Singh - Leave a Comment Whatsapp Payments UPI Based The growth of WhatsApp day by day increase due to this great news come from the WhatsApp, they introduced new feature which is called WhatsApp Payments. WhatsApp Payments has reportedly started rolling out. The UPI-based feature was spotted by Beta testers of WhatsApp on Android and iOS. As per a tweet by WABetaInfo, the new payment option is showing up for beta testers on version 2.18.21 for iOS and 2.18.44 on Android. The feature is said to be rolling out only for Indian users and can be accessed via the app’s settings. Some users on Twitter also posted screenshots of the new WhatsApp payments feature. As per the images, the new ‘Payment’ option is listed in the app settings and tapping on it opens a new window where users need to accept terms and conditions, before enabling the feature. Then, similar to the other UPI based payments apps like Tez and PhonePe, users need to verify their mobile number and add their bank account details to use the payments system. Image Created to WABetaInfo Which Banks Allow and How Use! In the beta versions for both iOS and Android, WhatsApp currently shows the payment feature and the list of partner banks. Some of the listed banks include Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICIC Bank, and State Bank of India. Airtel’s Payments Bank is also included in the list. The report further states that as of now WhatsApp isn’t allowing users to link their accounts. If you have an account with any of the banks listed you can create a UPI login ID and start using the payment method. WhatsApp was reported to launch its peer-to-peer payment service latest by February. With the beta version already out for select users, it shouldn’t be long till the stable roll out happens. Although, a little late into the game, WhatsApp with over 200 million users in India itself will surely leverage from its upcoming payment method. Another advantage is of WhatsApp integrating the payment method into the app itself instead of launching it separately like WhatsApp Business. Which Apps Supported and Launch? WhatsApp had confirmed working on a payment feature last April. Gradually, there were reports of users ‘seeing’ the feature on the beta versions of WhatsApp. However, today’s sighting is the first proper evidence of the UPI-based payment service on WhatsApp. In India, there are many apps which have integrated UPI payments method. Some of the popular ones include Truecaller, Hike and Paytm. Google also launched its standalone payment app Tez in India last September. A previous report said that an icon with the Rupee symbol will be added to the attachments window, alongside the location and contact option using which one will be able to send or request money. However, it seems that this is not the case as the company has decided to place the new option in settings. NASA Launches World’s First Sun Mission \| Parker Solar Probe Stephen Hawking’s funeral will be in Cambridge today Stephen Hawking \| Dies Aged 76 \| Cause of Death	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line848
__label__cc	0.726207	0.273793	Home > Superstitions > Stealing Rocks from Hawaii Stealing Rocks from Hawaii By: Chris Welsh - Updated: 13 Nov 2018 \| *Discuss With little else to do during the dull hours of the shift the desk clerk at one of Hawaii’s most prestigious hotels decided to go through the day’s mail. Addressed to the hotel itself were plenty of letters and bills, but one item caught the clerk’s eye. A smallish package wrapped in plain brown paper, which provided tough to open, revealed in it a lump of volcanic rock and a note. Scrawled on the note in a shake hand were the words; “I am returning this rock to the Island. I’m sorry I took it. Please forgive me.” As unusual as such a situation is, to the desk clerk it can be added to the mountain of similar packages, each containing missives seeking an end to the bad luck that comes from stealing rocks from Hawaii. The Stealing Rocks from Hawaii Superstition Some people may not be aware of this superstition, but the managers and desk clerks in Hawaii can tell you how very real it is. The Hawaii Islands are truly a wonder to behold; the year round temperate climate, the crystal blue waters, and the lush rain forests provide fantastic backdrops to the visits to dreamy beaches and active volcanoes. Hawaii remains a top destination spot for vacationers year round, and these visitors want to bring a piece of paradise back home with them- sometimes literally. Taking a small volcanic rock home in jacket pocket may not seem like much of a big deal—until the curse settles in. Then people report all manner of bad luck striking them; the death of family pets, the loss of a job, a sudden illness- all of it and more are linked back to a belief that the act of taking a rock from Hawaii is bad mojo. The Origin of the Stealing Rocks from Hawaii Superstition The Hawaiian volcano god, Pele, is a jealous god, and is very protective of her children. Being a volcanic god, her kids are the rocks that come from molten magma cooling off, and she wants them to stick around. This is the legend behind the superstition, and the reason why people who believe it are willing to send rocks back to the Islands. They often include notes detailing their misery and asking for forgiveness from the island. It is thought that the superstition and legend originated with the Hawaii rangers, those stalwart protectors of nature, who were sick of seeing tourists making off with the landscape. Sure a small bottle of sand from a beach is no big deal…unless a million people walk off with the same. In one episode of the 70’s show The Brady Bunch the gang had visited a shrine to Pele and removed a rock- but in this case it was a min statue. Without even leaving the island they were plagued with bad luck, from a giant spider crawling in their suitcase to a near-death wipe out while surfing, the Brady Bunch had to return the idol in order to lift the curse and return home safely to the Mainland. Saluting Magpies Women on Board Ship - Bad Luck Walking Under a Ladder Spilling Salt The Myths And Truth About Mirrors It seems that most superstitions are supported by the correlation equals causation assumption.My grandfather, the son of superstitious mountain people, told me it was bad luck to be superstitious. ?????????? Haristotle - 13-Nov-18 @ 3:46 AM I've removed rocks from Maui without anything happening. Now that I live here however, I refuse to send any to anyone. I don't understand why I had this change of heart, but it's true. I did send one (and coincidence or not, the receiver did have bad luck!) so - no more. Why take chance, brah? Emery - 14-Oct-13 @ 8:08 AM Share Your Story, Join the Discussion or Seek Advice... 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__label__cc	0.573905	0.426095	Boardman Community Briefs Santa’s wintertime barn will be Dec. 1 Santa will be visiting the MetroParks Farm Dec. 1. There will be animals from around the world and an opportunity to pose for pictures in Santa’s sleigh. Children can make a craft to celebrate the holidays. Duffy wins NEXUS award Sarah Duffy Hentosh of Boardman, Ohio, wins NEXUS award from the College of Creative Arts and Communication at Younstown State University. NEXUS is a new grant program in YSU’s College of Creative Arts and Communication designed to encourage students to engage in creative projects. Hentosh, a freshman at YSU majoring in Communication received the grant for a project titled “Explore the Arts Program”. Gamblers Anonymous, a 12-Step fellowship of compulsive gamblers who want to recover from their gambling addictions, will meet twice a week in the Youngstown-Warren area. A GA meeting will be offered on Friday at Westminster Church, located at 119 Stadium Drive in Boardman, and another will be offered on Sunday at Christ Church Presbyterian, located at 3425 Hopkins Road in Youngstown (Cornersburg). Both meetings begin promtly at 7:30 p.m. and are closed meetings - only those suffering from gambling addictions are allowed to attend. Meetings usually last until 8:45-9:15 p.m. For more information, call 330-505-5060. Blue Christmas service will be Dec. 8 A Blue Christmas service will be offered Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at Lane Family Funeral Homes (Anstrom Chapel), located at 8387 Tod Ave. in Boardman. For more information or to RSVP, call Western Reserve United Methodist Church at 330-792-5805. This service will be for anyone who has experienced a loss. Combined Christmas party to be Dec. 10 Area chapters of the American Business Women’s Association announce their first combined Christmas party, beginning at 6 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the Holiday Inn, located at 7410 South Ave. in Boardman. The Mill Creek, Tri-Gold and Youngstown Charter chapters will host a full-course dinner and an optional $15 gift exchange. Entertainment will be provided by Canfield High School’s all-female chorus, “One Octave Higher,” led by choral director Kelly Scurich. All members and their guests are required to reserve their dinners by calling Shirley Pappagallo at 330-270-9779. The cost is $26 per person and reservations are due by Dec. 1 with checks payable to Network Council of ABWA. Olde Fashioned Christmas at the Mill Bring the whole family to Lanterman’s Mill Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 for this holiday tradition. There will be musicians and artisans demonstrating their crafts. Enjoy a taste of roasted chestnuts and a visit with Santa. The mill will be festively dressed in fresh greenery and ribbons. If you wish to share the holiday spirit with others, bring a hat, scarf or mittens to decorate a “Giving Tree” for children in need this winter. Call Ford Nature Center at 330-740-7107 for details. Winter nights in the gardens Fellows Riverside Gardens will have extended evening hours Dec, 15, 22 and 29 from 5-7 p.m. for the festivities of Winter Celebration. There will be cookies, hot cocoa and entertainment.Support the Second Harvest Food Bank with a donation of a non-perishable food item. Garden Cafe breakfast on Dec. 20 Start your morning with a walk in Fellows Riverside Gardens followed by breakfast and an opportunity to learn about trees Dec. 20 from 8:30-10 a.m. Registration is required. There is a $9 fee; FFRG members $7. Loose Knit Group to meet Dec. 6 and 20 Help create blankets for organizations that give to those in need Dec. 6 and 20 from 10 a.m. until noon in the Antonucci Library at Fellows Riverside Gardens. All are welcome, experienced or wanting to learn. Donations of yarn and needles are appreciated. Registration not required. Winter garden conservatory will be Dec. 7-Jan. 5 The D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens will be showcasing holiday color and festivities with floral displays and decorated trees in a special built conservatory starting Dec. 7 through Jan. 5 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Children can walk through the greenhouse and take a plant home. The Davis Center is closed on Mondays except Dec. 30 and Wednesdays, Dec. 25. and Jan. 1. Make a Christmas Hurricane Centerpiece Join florist Marie Borocz at Fellows Riverside Gardens Dec. 19 as she guides you through the process of creating a Christmas table centerpeice. The centerpieces will include fresh red carnations, white mums, boxwood, ornaments, red berries and a red candle. Registration is required with a $39 fee; FFRG members $30. Tea tasting will be Dec. 12 Come to Fellows Riverside Gardens Dec. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for a tea tasting led by Dr. YT Chiu. Tapas and a variety of four teas will be provided. Proceeds benefit the Family Garden. Registration is required. The cost is $24; FFRG members $20. Make a Wreath of Greens Create your own holiday wreath with instructor Pam Baytos at Fellows Riverside Gardens Dec. 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. or Dec 14 from 10 a.m. until noon. Registration is required. There is a $24 fee; FFRG member $20. Yoga basics classes Learn the basics of yoga taught by Karres Cvetkovich Dec. 1, 8 and 15 at Fellows Riverside Gardens from 9-10:30 a.m. Bring a mat and small blanket. Pre-registration is not required. There is a $10 fee per class. BHS 40th reunion to be Nov. 30 The 40th class reunion for Boardman High School class of 1973 will be Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at The Georgetown, located at 5945 South Ave. in Boardman. The cost is $35 per person for a buffet dinner, cake, DJ and dancing. There will be a cash bar. Make checks payable to BHS Class of 1973 and mail to: BHS Class of 1973, c/o Boardman News, 8302 Southern Blvd. Suite 2A, Boardman, OH 44512. Winter nights dinners The Garden Cafe will be offering its Prix Fixe Dinner again this year Dec. 15, 22 and 29 starting at 5:30 p.m. by registration only. A holiday dinner will be provided after viewing the garden lights. To make a reservation or for more information, call 330-740-7074. Pilates Basics classes Join instructor Angela Lubonovich Dec. 2, 9 and 16 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. to work on toning, shaping, core strength, alignment and breathing. Bring a mat and water. Pre-registration is not required. There is a $10 fee per class. T’ai Chi in the Gardens Join Marie Lew from noon until 1 p.m. Dec. 4, 11 and 18 in warm-ups, breathing exercises and selected movements from a classic Chen T’ai Chi form. Pre-registration is not required. There is a $10 fee per class. Pilates Sculpt will be Dec. 4, 11 and 18 Join Angela Lubonovic Dec. 4, 11 and 18 from 6:30-7:30 p.m to learn how to use hand weights to tone the body with an emphasis on core strength and control. Bring a mat, water and two pound weights if you have them. Pre-registration is not required. There is a $10 fee per class. Tales for Tots: Mice! Toddlers (2-3 years-old) will learn about mice through storytelling and a holiday craft Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. There is a $2 fee; $3 if not registered. Call Ford Nature Center to pre-register/pay. An adult must accompany each child. Only bring the participating children. Children’s nature hour: time to sleep Through a story, craft and activity, children ages 3-6 are invited Dec. 6 and 7 at 10 a.m. to learn about animals that go into a very deep sleep for the winter. There is a $2 fee; $3 if unregistered. Call Ford Nature Centure to pre-register/pay. An adult must accompany each child. Only bring the participating children. Sunny lesson Children ages 3-5 are invited to Fellows Riverside Gardens Dec. 19 from 1-2 p.m. or Dec. 21 from 11 a.m. until noon to learn about how the sun warms the earth and makes plants grow. A sunny snack, story and sunshine art will be provided. Registration is required. There is a $6 fee; FFRG member $4. An adult must accompany each child. Only bring the participating children. This exhibit in the Melnick museum, runs throughout December 2013 to celebrate the 25 anniversary of the Friends of Fellow Riverside Gardens. Learn about a mountain Join Ford Nature Center Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. for a reading followed by a discussion of author John D’Agata’s investigation into topics such as the Las Vegas water supply, suicide, politics and the controversial disposal of nuclear waster at Yucca Mountain. Nature’s holiday style Children ages 6-12 are invited to Birch Hill Cabin on Dec. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m to create gifts, decorations and wrappings using natural materials. Pre-register at Ford Nature Center by Dec. 16. There is a $7 fee; $10 if unregistered. An adult must accompany each child. Only bring the participating children. Natural holiday decorations Children ages 6-11 are invited to Fellows Riverside Gardens Dec. 21 from 10-11:30 a.m. to decorate a holiday Norfolk Island pine tree with pine cones and berries and make ornaments from natural materials. Registration is required. There is a $15 fee; FFRG members $12. An adult must accompany each child. Only bring the participating children. Glass by James Michael Join Ohio artist James Michael and his students Nov. 15 through Jan. 12 in Weller Gallery at Fellows Riverside Gardens as they assimilate a variety of metals and alloys into clear and colored glass to produce freeform sculptures. Entrapped air bubbles produce abstract forms within the glass. Hiking in evergreens This hike will meet at Ford Nature Center Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. to look at some of the evergreens. This hike is a moderate rating of three miles. It’s a winter! Celebrate the arrival of winter Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. with a hike through the rocks. Meet at Bears Den Cabin. Participants are invited to the Ford Nature Center after the hike for hot chocolate. Tricky footing on rocks. The hike has a moderate rating of three miles. Meet at Newport Wetlands Dec. 29 at 1:30 p,m, for the final hike of 2013. Burn up to 1,000 calories. The hike has a moderate-difficult rating of five miles. Christmas at the Mill hike Meet at Scholl Recreation area Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. to take a walk to visit Christmas at the Mill. The hike has a moderate rating of two miles. Health and wellness walks Meet at Ford Nature Center Dec. 4 at 9 a.m. for a moderate hike of 2-4 miles and at the overflow parking lot on West Golf Drive Dec. 18 at 9 a.m. for a hike with an easy rating of 1-2 miles. Winter solstice hike Meet at Fellows Riverside Gardens Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. for a moderate hike of 1-2 miles. Youngstown Christmas bird count Volunteers are invited Dec. 14 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. to help census birds seen within the count circle with a 15 mile diameter. The count is administered by the National Audubon society and organized locally through the Mahoning Valley chapter. All abilities are welcome and you can devote as much time as you want. You may even focus on your own yard. Contact Gary Meiter at 234-564-7900 or Wild Birds Unlimited at 330-629-2473 MetroMutts: jingle hike Bring your canine companion to the MetroParks bikeway trailhead at MetroParks Farm in Canfield Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. for this holiday hike on the MetroParks Bikeway. Dogs will receive a jingle bell collar. Humans will be given hot cider and treats in the barn after the hike. The hike is an easy rating of two miles, weather permitting. Where are all the wolves? Join Ford Nature Center Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. for a presentation to learn about wolves. Attendance will also count as a hike. Puzzle swap Join the Boardman library Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. to swap puzzles. Bring a puzzle and take home another. This event is sponsored by the Friends of PLYMC. Holiday concerts to be Dec. 12 and 13 The Boardman middle schools will present a fifth- and seventh-grade band holiday concert on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. and the sixth- and eighth-grade holiday concerts on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Boardman High School Performing Arts Center. Admission/donations are accepted at the door. The cost is $3 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens and children under 10 are free. What’s all the Hoopla? Would you like to learn how to download free movies, TV shows,music, complete issues of magazines and more to your computer and mobile devices? Register at the Boardman Librarian’s desk or call 330-744-8636 and ask for Boardman Library to make an appointment throughout December for an individual session. Adults and teens. What have they done to Hotmail? Confused about how to use the new Outlook version of Hotmail? Register at the Boardman Librarian’s desk or call 330-744-8636 throughout December and ask for Boardman Library to make an appointment for an individual session. Apps for eReaders Need help downloading library books to your eReader? Register at the Boardman Librarian’s desk throughout December or call 330-744-8636 and ask for Boardman Library to make an appointment for an individual session. Basic computer training Come to the Boardman library during library hours throughout December to learn basic computer skills.Register at the Boardman librarian’s desk or call 330-744-8636 and ask for Boardman Library to make an appointment for an individual session. Blood Drive to be Dec. 26 Proudly serving the needs of St. Elizabeth Hospital. Taking blood donations Dec. 26 from 1:30-6:30 p.m. to help the community. For appointments call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767). TAB meeting Join the Boardman library Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. for the monthly TAB (Teen Advisory Board) meeting to help plan and support teen activities at the library. Newcomers are always welcome. For teens in grades 7-12. Teen Thursday Come hang out with your friends at the Boardman library Dec. 12 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and play board and card games for an hour. For teens in grades 7-12. Show What You Know: Cross-stitch holiday ornaments Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Boardman library Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. to learn to make a counted cross-stitch ornament for the holidays. Materials will be provided. Adults can register by calling 330-744-8636. Sensory stories Join the Boardman library Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. for a family story time. This program is designed for children of all ages with different needs, including those with Autism, speech/language delays, cognitive impairments, ADHD and other special needs and challenges. There will be books, music and sensory stations with a schedule board and double visuals. Adults must register and accompany their children. Call 330-744-8636 and ask for Boardman Library. Puppets! Puppets! Puppets! Children of all ages are invited to join the Boardman library Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 11 at 10 a.m for a one hour holiday puppet show featuring the “12 Days of Christmas” and other skits. The program will close with a freeze pop treat in the “ice fishing activity.” Library hosts Fun for 4s and 5s Join the Boardman library for developmentally-appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 4-5) become a successful reader Dec. 3 and 17 at 10 a.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tales for toddlers set for Wednesdays Babies and books set at library Babies ages 6 to 23 months can join the Boardman library for developmentally-appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child become a successful reader Dec. 7, 13, 21 and 27 at 10 a.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Night with Boardman Basketball to be Nov. 23 The Boardman Basketball Sixth Man Club is proud to present “A Night with Boardman Basketball” on Nov. 23 at The Embassy from 7-10 p.m. Tickets will be available in advance by contacting club Vice President, Jerry Jones via phone 330-718-1120, via email at jjeajones@zoominternet.net or at the door for $20 per person. All Boardman basketball parents, alumni and patrons are welcome. Non-profit organizations can now sell admission buttons First Night Youngstown is the premier New Year’s Eve event in downtown Youngstown. To be admitted into First Night entertainment venues during this New Year’s Eve event, attendees must purchase an admission button. Area non-profit organizations may sell admission buttons and keep a portion of the proceeds. The more the organization sells, the more it earns. Organizations may begin selling now, and through Dec. 21. For more information, email infofirstnightyoungstown@netzero.net or call 330-744-9966. BSTN is now on Armstrong Channel 204 Armstrong Cable has moved the Boardman School Television Network station to Channel 204. BSTN TV provides informational programing about the Boardman community, concerts, organizational events, its government and special features to the Mahoning Valley. Armstrong Cable customers have been able to view this station on Armstrong Cable Channel 19, however, it has recently been moved to Channel 204. 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__label__cc	0.738187	0.261813	Difference between revisions of "Chlorine, atmospheric" (Created page with "Cl<sup>2</sup>, in the stratosphere, atomic (radical) chlorine is very destructive because it depletes the greatly needed ozone layer which protects the earth from ultraviolet...") Cl<sup>2</sup>, in the stratosphere, atomic (radical) chlorine is very destructive because it depletes the greatly needed ozone layer which protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. in the Antarctic stratosphere, molecular chlorine along with nitric acid are formed by the reaction of hydrogen chloride and chlorine nitrate--both stratospheric chlorine reservoir species. This process occurs on polar stratospheric clouds which serve as the reaction sites. Once formed, Cl<sup>2</sup> vaporizes into the surrounding air as nitric acid--also formed in that process--binds with the ice matrix. Cl<sup>2</sup> is then photodissociated in sunlight (lambda <= 450 nm) into chlorine radicals. These chlorine radicals then catalytic destroy ozone. Cl<sub>2</sub>, in the stratosphere, atomic (radical) chlorine is very destructive because it depletes the greatly needed ozone layer which protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. in the Antarctic stratosphere, molecular chlorine along with nitric acid are formed by the reaction of hydrogen chloride and chlorine nitrate--both stratospheric chlorine reservoir species. This process occurs on polar stratospheric clouds which serve as the reaction sites. Once formed, Cl<sub>2</sub> vaporizes into the surrounding air as nitric acid--also formed in that process--binds with the ice matrix. Cl<sub>2</sub> is then photodissociated in sunlight (lambda <= 450 nm) into chlorine radicals. These chlorine radicals then catalytic destroy ozone. [Graedel, T. E. and Crutzen, Paul J. Atmospheric Change, An Earth System Perspective. pgs 145-6. W. H. Freeman and Company, 1993.] Cl2, in the stratosphere, atomic (radical) chlorine is very destructive because it depletes the greatly needed ozone layer which protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. in the Antarctic stratosphere, molecular chlorine along with nitric acid are formed by the reaction of hydrogen chloride and chlorine nitrate--both stratospheric chlorine reservoir species. This process occurs on polar stratospheric clouds which serve as the reaction sites. Once formed, Cl2 vaporizes into the surrounding air as nitric acid--also formed in that process--binds with the ice matrix. Cl2 is then photodissociated in sunlight (lambda <= 450 nm) into chlorine radicals. These chlorine radicals then catalytic destroy ozone. Retrieved from "http://www.webref.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chlorine,_atmospheric&oldid=129151"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line888
__label__cc	0.735307	0.264693	cup of tea 2:18 Wed Feb 7 Murder of James Bulger - 25 Year 'Anniversary' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger A quarter of a century ago. I have lived through a lot of news stories being reported but whenever I hear about this case it still sends shivvers down my spine. The sheer brutality and evil of such young monsters is beyond comprehension. It is pretty evident that these monsters are beyond rehabilitation and even back then in 1993 you had some people saying it was wrong for them to be put on trial as an adult but yet the criminal age of responsibility was (and still is I think) 10. Since the crime these two evil bastards have had new identities and passports but yet still, even to this day, commit crimes so what was it that made the sentences so short? I think they originally got 8 years andwatching a programme the other night the then Home Secretary Howard upped this to 15. So how do you see what happened? Do you see it as two children from broken homes not knowing what they were doing or do you see it as they were born evil and premediated what they were going to do that day? I know 10 is young but surely even at 10 you would know that taking a small child away and doing what they did was brutally wrong. I don't think what they actually did in its full context was ever published in full as there were various reports of the severity of it but however it was committed the fact is they tortured an innocent child and killed him with no remorse whatsoever. As I say, to this day this case still makes me angry and upset more than any other case. What are your opinions on what happened and how Venables and Thompson were 'tried' convicted and sentenced? Northern Sold 2:21 Thu Feb 8 Re: Murder of James Bulger - 25 Year 'Anniversary' The programme on TV the other night showed the Norway case - they literally let the kids who committed the crime back in to society likenothing had happened - strange one that. Yeah I saw that.. the 2 6 year old boys that beat a 5 year old girl to death.. and 2 weeks later were in school.. pretty sure I heard the authorities went to all the parents in the school to tell them the situation of what happened as well... joyo 1:05 Thu Feb 8 whu there is information going around at moment on watsapp, but forwarding it could get you nicked and it might not be 100% accurate whu 6:16 Wed Feb 7 pigswill them info on them needs leaking .. Biggie Biggs 5:59 Wed Feb 7 Quotes from one of the detectives on the case �As far as I�m concerned that day � 20 years ago � I stared evil in the face. Pure evil, I will never change my mind about that. �I think Thompson was in charge, but they both attacked James. �They were a match made in hell. A freak of nature. They went out that day to kill � I truly believe that. And if they hadn�t been caught I fear they would have struck again. Gavros 5:36 Wed Feb 7 Judges summing up in latest Venebales case: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/what-judge-told-jon-venables-14258253 JonWHUFC 4:43 Wed Feb 7 For anyone interested in the case I read a book called The Jigsaw Man about Paul Britton who was instrumental in criminal profiling and psychology. He worked on this case and many others like the Rachel Nickell murder. He details in the book some details about the case and the two children showed behavior at home that was abnormal after the killing so they definitely knew they had done wrong. Very hard read some parts of that book and he must have had a very unique way of switching off to be able to sleep at night. I remember the horror of the case at the time and it never fails to amaze me the depths humans can go to in committing crimes like this. Shocking that it was kids but since then there have been much more shocking things like kids getting blown up at concerts for example. Big criminal underworld in Liverpool. I am sure there are plenty of people that know their whereabouts and who they are now. martyboy 4:25 Wed Feb 7 You would of thought what with all the moody fuckers from that area, with plenty of money one could of stumped up a big wedge to bring in some one to get them both and torcher them both to the slow painful death they both so deserve, and record it, so the family can see justice was finally done. Bromley Reject 4:21 Wed Feb 7 I remember a TV interview with the mother of Keith Bennett, the lad killed by The Moors Murderers when she found out Myra Hindley had died. "I didn't want her to die, I wanted her to go on suffering every day like I've had to" CrowleyHammer 4:17 Wed Feb 7 Eric Hitchmoe 3:28 Wed Feb 7 Surely even the most dyed-in-the-wool liberal cannot defend either Thompson or Venables. Don't ever underestimate what lefties will defend. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3528236/Male-Norwegian-politician-raped-asylum-seeker-says-feels-GUILTY-attacker-deported-man-suffer-Somalia.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3675154/Left-wing-German-politician-raped-migrants-admits-LIED-police-attackers-nationality-did-not-want-encourage-racism.html On and on it goes. Rehabilitation should work in some cases but not extreme ones like these whatever their ages. Rehabilitation for me is for stuff like drug abuse not premeditated rape or murder. At best they should both have been in a secure hospital if not a prison. Personally I think they should be doing life with no parole - end of story, especially as one of them has been in trouble since. As said though, the parents of James will never rest until they die Unless the two little fuckers are strung up, James Bulger's parents are never going to feel they've had justice done. So what do you do instead? Keep them locked up at the tax payers'expense forever or try and rehabilitate them ? Christ knows. You can bet your life there are people that say the sentence was wrong and they did not know what they were doing. Even in the programme I watched some were saying they should not have been tried as an adult and needed rehabilitation not put away. For the life of me I cannot understand this reasoning. At 10 years old I played up but I still knew right from wrong. Unless you are severely retarded you MUST know killing someone, as well as being premeditated is 100% wrong and evil Surely even the most dyed-in-the-wool liberal cannot defend either Thompson or Venables. Anyone who does look upon them favorably must, in my opinion, have such tendencies themselves. There is simply no logic in applying leniency to them (not that anyone on here is, but you just know some soppy twat will be banging on about human rights). Bulgers Mum must have had (and still have) 25 years of nightmares - poor cow, I just hope she eventually gets news they are both dead or inside for life BubblesCyprus 3:08 Wed Feb 7 FMOB 25 Years ago ?? This case and The McCanns selling maddie seem more recent. Probably the serious nature of these 2 cases keep them fresh in memory? zico 3:00 Wed Feb 7 Mace66 2:55 Wed Feb 7 Yeah I know but the boys in Norway are still in the same town I believe and at the time ended up being at school only two weeks after the murder. Just find it staggering really. zico 2.50 I think it would probably have gone the same way if they were a few months younger ie under 10. The kids in the Norway case were only about 5 or 6 years old Venables is clearly a massive wrong un and should be locked away for good. There has to be an extremely high probablity that he'll ruin more lives if he gets out. Thompson's brief at the time has since said he expects he'll just disappear into society and never be heard of again. I watched a documentary on this the other day and was absolutely staggered that there were people voicing sympathy with the killers and saying that they shouldn't have been tried as adults which is astonishing. Mind you if we think the sentences weren't enough over here a similar thing happened in Norway and it was just brushed under the carpet. Mind boggling. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/mar/20/norway-town-forgave-child-killers Private Dancer 2:49 Wed Feb 7 Bore the fuck off . 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__label__wiki	0.755666	0.755666	Home > Sports > Gardner’s two HR’s pace Eagles Gardner’s two HR’s pace Eagles By Warren Kozireski on May 6, 2019 Catcher Mickey Gardner blasted a pair of two-run home runs over the left field fence to twice bring Kendall back from deficits in a 7-7 tie with Attica in a baseball game suspended after five innings due to darkness. Gardner’s first round-tripper of the season came with two-outs and starting pitcher John Rath on base after being hit by a pitch to overcome Attica’s first inning run and give the Eagles a 2-1 lead. They extended it to 4-1 in the second inning as center fielder Alex Reed, designated hitter Emmett Blascahauer and Rath all walked to load the bases before left fielder Brian Shaw drove in a pair with a single to center field. Attica scored six runs in their half of the third inning to take a 7-4 lead on only three hits as the Eagles defense – changed due to an injury – imploded with two errors and fielders throwing to the wrong base, two wild pitches, a hit batter and a balk. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Rath began the Kendall rally by drawing another walk and stole second. He came across the plate on an RBI single to right by Shaw. One out later, Gardner tied the game 7-7 with his second two-run home run of the game. “The first one (home run) was on a curve ball and the second one was a fastball,” Gardner said. “I knew it was going to be a curve because he had it on his hip. The second one I didn’t think was out until I rounded first and saw the umpire.” Rath allowed seven hits and struck out seven batters while walking only one. The two teams will resume the suspended game at a future date.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line891
__label__wiki	0.939311	0.939311	The Bert Show DC DANIEL #1 Hit Music DC’S DEEP DIVE REALITY SHOW TALK WELCOME TO THE WIREGRASS WIREGRASS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REPORT EEO 2018 Rock Daypop Archives Nikki Sixx To Release 10th Anniversary Edition Of The Heroin Diaries October 17, 2017 Rock Daypop Nikki Sixx and SIXX:A.M. announced that the 10th Anniversary editions of ‘The Heroin Diaries’ Memoir and Soundtrack Album will be re-released. To commemorate more than a decade of sobriety, Sixx announced tenth-anniversary editions of the book and Robert Plant Rules Out Led Zeppelin Reunion Robert Plant has has once again shot down the possibility of a Led Zeppelin reunion, explaining that “you can’t ever really go back.” Led Zeppelin hasn’t performed together in almost a decade, having last played London’s O2 Bob Seger Reveals Details of New Album ‘I Knew You When’ Bob Seger’s new album I Knew You When is scheduled to arrive in stores next month. Now the veteran rocker has revealed some of the details surrounding the new LP, including a complete track listing for the Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Hospitalized After ‘Medical Emergency’ Former Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer was rushed to the hospital Saturday after apparently succumbing to heat exhaustion and severe dehydration prior to a solo show in western Pennsylvania. In a later statement it was revealed that Keifer is recovering and Linkin Park Share ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Episode Featuring Chester Bennington Linkin Park have shared their episode of the Carpool Karaoke series that was filmed just six days before Chester Bennington took his own life. Linkin Park’s Carpool Karaoke episode is part of the Apple Music series rather than Sebastian Bach Discusses Plans For A New Album Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach is talking about plans for a follow up album to his 2014 release, “Give ‘Em Hell.” Bach says his new album will be less guitar-driven and more vocal. Bach also added Foreigner Announces Plans to Debut A New Musical in 2018 The members of Foreigner plan to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary by premiering a new stage musical, set to debut sometime in 2018. The show, titled Juke Box Hero, was announced by Foreigner founder Mick Jones, and Status Quo Announce Hiatus From Touring in 2018 Status Quo announced that they’ll be cutting back their touring activities throughout 2018. They only plan to play a select few summer shows and festivals in 2018, with no traditional winter European tour or Christmas shows in Johnny Depp Joins Marilyn Manson In New Video Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp appear in the new not-safe-for-work video for “Say10.” The song appears on Manson’s new album, Heaven Upside Down. Manson’s Heaven Upside Down marks his first album since 2015’s The Pale Emperor. Manson was scheduled to Richie Sambora Won’t Rule Out A Reunion With Bon Jovi For Rock Hall Induction Show Richie Sambora definitely isn’t ruling out a reunion with Bon Jovi — if the New Jersey rockers finally win a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After the band earned their first nomination for kmx-vip Dothan, US 4 m/s, W 106.7 KMX Tweets by @1067KMX © 2019 WKMX Powered by One CMS™ \| Served by InterTech Media LLC ef76ec4af20206de2f3b58bc756dca1561d4c0d5	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line895
__label__cc	0.607236	0.392764	Worldwide Tapestries :: The Bayeux Tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry is a pictorial record of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and of the events which led up to the Norman Conquest of England. Tradition held that the tapestry was made by Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, and her ladies. Modern scholarship suggests it was commissioned by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, and made by Anglo-Saxon craftsmen. The full Bayeux Tapestry is 20 inches high and 230 feet long. It is an important historical record, both because of the events it portrays, and for the little pieces of propaganda that are included. For example, at his coronation, England’s King Harold is shown seated next to the corrupt Bishop Stigand, rather than Bishop Alfred, who actually crowned the King, attacking the legitimacy of Harold’s right to rule. The tapestry begins with the journey of King Harold to Normandy, leading to his capture, and all the intervening events, culminating in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The tapestry is displayed in a museum in Bayeux. Based on the original, these Bayeaux Tapestry series and scenes are striking pieces of medieval art. They are unique works that portray of life and times of this period in medieval history. Bayeux Banquet Bayeux Banquet Detail Bayeux Chevaliers Bayeux Edward Bayeux Mont St Michel Bayeux Mont St Michel II Bayeux Navigio Bayeux Navigio Mare Bayeux William Navigio Bayeux William Navigio II Guillaume Le Conquerant King Harold - no border The Armada William Embarks - no border William Embarks - with border	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line899
__label__wiki	0.814368	0.814368	PeerPlusTM LOGIN ABOUT LAUFER TRACKING & VISIBILITY CUSTOMS & COMPLIANCE Importer Security Filing (ISF) IMPORT/EXPORT/FREIGHT FORWARDING PURCHASE ORDER MANAGEMENT LAUFER NEWS Carriers use floating contracts to account for fuel prices Date: Thursday, May 2, 2019 Source: American Shipper The conversion to become IMO 2020 compliant is expected to happen in the fourth quarter. Stuart Sandlin, senior vice president of Hapag-Lloyd, said fuel variability has long been covered in contracts in every other mode of transportation. “I think this is going to be a really interesting year as this technology will affect us most as far as our expenses,” Bodnar said. “I’m not going to say the cost of fuel isn’t an issue, but if we have properly accounted for it within contracting it’s really about how you administer it for how it affects your bottom line.” The IMO 2020 mandate requires ships use fuel with a sulfur content of 0.5 percent or less, down from the fuel with a 3.5 percent sulfur content often used today, unless it is equipped with scrubbers to remove sulfur from the engine exhaust. The move to cleaner fuel is estimated to increase prices by $10 billion to $15 billion for the container shipping industry. Hyundai Merchant Marine in March signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a fund for scrubber installation and plans to complete the installation on 19 containerships currently in use by the first half of 2020. NYK also entered into a 9 billion yen syndicated loan agreement with the proceeds devoted to buying and installing emissions scrubbers. Half of the 10 15,000-TEU containerships CMA CGM ordered in March will be fitted with scrubbers, while the remaining five will be fueled by LNG. Hapag-Lloyd is installing scrubbers on 10 vessels and is converting one of the 17 ships it acquired from its 2017 purchase of United Arab Shipping Co. to run on LNG. Bodnar said ONE’s “intention is to burn the fuel” and it has not decided or committed to any scrubber technology. The key to factoring in fuel prices into contracts is transparency, said John Janson, logistics director of SanMar. “It’s a pass-through. I think that we have to define the tool we’re going to use to measure it and then you get into some of the complexity of how do I pay for a scrubber?” he said. “They’re still burning the cheaper old fuel. How am I going to pay for the scrubber after that’s advertised over several trips? What happens to that? Nobody’s had that answer yet that we’ve heard, at least that we want to completely believe.” The fuel conversion is expected to begin taking place in the fourth quarter, which Janson said would be a disruptor. “They’re going to be pulling vessels out of the string to put in all of these new scrubbers to scrub the fuel out,” he said. The panel also discussed the outlook on mergers and alliance changes, how carriers differentiate themselves in a consolidated environment and how the increase of vessel sizes calling the East Coast via the Panama Canal is factored into 2019-20 models. Large-scale mergers and acquisitions are done for right now due to regulatory authorities, Sandlin said, but he didn’t rule out alliance changes. “I think alliance makeup changes could happen sooner or you could of course see the continued acquisition of some of the very, very, very small niche players in certain markets where there is some competitive advantage to have ships.” Janson said there is a place for both mega alliances and niche players, but an issue BCOs face is not having all their contracts end up with one alliance. “From a differentiation standpoint it comes down to do you say what you’re going to do and keep us well informed,” Janson said. “The customer service aspect of it is a huge thing.” Bodnar, Sandlin and Brenters all said technology is a way for carriers to differentiate themselves from others. Sandlin also said the expanded Panama Canal has improved the size capacity of ships calling the East Coast, which has created a more competitive environment between the coasts. SanMar has eight distribution centers across the country, including centers in Seattle that handles Asian imports and Jacksonville, Fla., that handles imports from Africa and South America. The company could re-evaluate how much cargo flows through Seattle and Jacksonville in the near future, he said. “For the first time we’re starting to look at total cost. If the West Coast is going to have congestion problems like we’ve had the last couple of years, does it make sense to do all Asia into Jax, Savannah on the East Coast?” Janson asked. “Probably not this year, but in the next year we’re going to look seriously at saying we should rebalance everything and look at it again.” Read from the original source. E-MAIL TO COLLEAGUE NOTIFY ME WHEN NEW ARTICLES ARE POSTED SOUND FAMILIAR? HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ISSUE? 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__label__wiki	0.725275	0.725275	Young New Adult Series Authors Top Login Search books by title Destiny Rising: The Hunters Elena moved fast. She couldn't stop, couldn't think about what might be happening to Andres, or that they might be too late. She had to stay cool, stay focused. She pulled out her phone and called the others, filling them in on the situation and telling them to prepare for a fight and meet her in a clearing in the woods just on the edge of campus. "We're taking the battle to Klaus," she told Damon, shoving her phone briskly back into her bag. "This time, we're going to win." They stopped by Elena's room to drop off her schoolbag and, by the time they reached the clearing, the others had already gathered. Bonnie and Alaric were looking through a spell book together, while Stefan, Meredith, Zander, and Shay talked tactics on the other side of the clearing. Zander's eyes, Elena noticed, glanced in Bonnie's direction, but she was focused on her book. Everyone else was busily sharpening stakes or organizing weapons. Silence fell over the clearing when Elena entered with Damon. Meredith's hand tightened on her stave, and Matt drew Chloe a little closer to him, protectively. Elena was looking at Stefan, who stepped forward, his mouth grim. "Damon saved me from Klaus," she announced, loud enough so everyone could hear. "He's fighting for us now." Stefan and Damon stared at each other from opposite sides of the clearing. After a moment, Stefan nodded awkwardly. "Thank you," he said. Damon shrugged. "I tried to stay away," he said, "but I guess you can't manage without me." Stefan's mouth tugged up into a reluctant half smile, and then the brothers turned away from each other, Damon wandering over toward Bonnie and Alaric while Stefan came to Elena. "Are you sure you're all right?" he asked her, running his hands lightly over her shoulders as if to reassure himself that she wasn't obviously injured. "I'm fine," Elena answered, and kissed him. Stefan pulled her closer and she leaned into his embrace, taking comfort in the strength of his arms around her. "Andres held Klaus off, Stefan. He was so brave, and he told Damon to get me away. They saved me." She swallowed back a sob. "We can't let Klaus kill him." "We won't," Stefan promised, his mouth against her hair. "We'll get there in time." Elena sniffed back her tears. "You can't know that." "We'll do our best," Stefan told her. "It will have to be good enough." The sun was low in the sky, and afternoon sunlight spread across the grass between the trees. Elena spent the next few minutes sharpening stakes. They didn't have wood from the blessed tree, but ordinary white ash would at least hurt Klaus. And any wood would kill his vampire descendants. "All right," Stefan said at last, calling everyone together. "I think we're as ready as we're going to be." Elena looked around at the gathered group: Meredith and Alaric, hand in hand, looking strong and ready for anything. Bonnie, her cheeks flushed and her curls going in every direction, but sticking her chin out defiantly. Matt and Chloe, pale but determined. Zander, still human-form for now, shooting wistful, confused glances at Bonnie, flanked by Shay and the other werewolves, an empty space among them. Damon stood alone on the other side of the circle, watching Elena. When Stefan cleared his throat, preparing to speak, Damon shifted his eyes to watch his brother instead. He looked, Elena thought, resigned. Not happy, but not angry anymore. Stefan smiled softly at Elena beside him and looked around at rest of the group. "We'll find Andres," he said. "Today we're going to rescue him, and we're going to kill Klaus and his vampires. We're a team now, all of us. No one - none of us here, and no one else on this campus or in this town - will be safe as long as Klaus and his followers are alive. We've already seen what they are capable of. They killed James, who was kind and knowledgeable. They killed Chad, who was smart and loyal." The werewolves shifted angrily, and Stefan went on. "They've attacked innocent people across this campus and across this town in the last few weeks, and before that, the vampires in Klaus's army slaughtered the innocent all over the world. We have to do what we can. We're the only ones who can fend off the darkness, because we're the only ones here who know the truth." His eyes caught on Damon's and they held each other's gaze for a long moment until Damon finally glanced away, fiddling with the cuff of his jacket. "It's time for us to take a stand," Stefan said. There was a murmur of agreement, and everyone was turning to one another, picking up their weapons and gathering themselves, ready to fight. Elena grabbed Stefan in a tight, hard hug, her heart bursting with love. He tried so hard to take care of everyone. "Are you ready, Elena?" Stefan asked her, and she let him go and nodded, wiping a hand quickly across her eyes. Breathing deeply, she reached deep inside herself, thinking protection, thinking evil, trying to trigger her Power in the way Andres had taught her. When she opened her eyes, she felt a strong, almost undeniable pull, jerking her toward Damon. Unable to stop herself, she stepped forward before she felt Stefan's hand on her arm, restraining her. "No," he breathed. "You must find Klaus." Elena nodded, avoiding Damon's startled eyes. The pull to Damon was intense: she tried to ignore it, but she knew it was her Guardian task calling to her. Closing her eyes again, she breathed and concentrated on Klaus. Images flew in rapid succession across her mind: his cold, brutal kiss, his laughter as he kicked his feet at the top of the elevator, the way he had thrown Chad's poor wrecked body across the clearing. This time, when she opened her eyes, the dark tug inside her was leading out of the clearing, away from Damon, and she felt like she could almost taste the thick, black, noxious fog of Klaus's aura. Elena headed where her Power led her, and her friends followed, walking close together. As they went, Zander and Shay and the other werewolves who could change without the moon transformed, loping along beside the humans with their ears cocked for any sounds of attack, their mouths open to catch the scents the wind carried. They skirted around the edge of campus, sticking to the trees and trying to stay out of sight. Elena expected her Power to lead them farther into the woods, toward where they had fought Klaus before, but instead it tugged her back onto the campus. At the back of the campus lay the old stables. As they approached, the miasma of darkness seemed to be pulling her along toward the building, and an equal darkness was gathering overhead. Black clouds were hovering over the stables, low and threatening. Zander cocked his ears forward, his tail stiffening, and one of the human-form werewolves - Marcus, Elena thought - tilted his head as if he were listening. "Zander says that's not a natural storm brewing," Marcus said apprehensively. "No," Elena said. "Klaus can handle lightning." The werewolves stared at her in alarm for a moment, their shaggy heads going up, ears erect, then refocused their attention on the door to the stables, looking even warier than before. "He knows we're coming," Stefan said tensely. "That's what the storm clouds are showing. He's ready for us. Bonnie, Alaric, to the sides. Stay clear of the fighting, but keep casting as many spells as you can. Damon, Meredith, Chloe, I want you with me in the first wave. Zander, whatever you think best for the Pack. Matt and Elena, take weapons but hang back." Elena nodded. Part of her wanted to rebel against being kept in the rear while her friends were in battle, but it made sense. She and Matt were strong, but not as strong as vampires or werewolves, and not as well able to protect themselves and others as the magic-users. If she was supposed to kill Damon, she assumed some magic fighting Powers would show up eventually, but she didn't know how handy aura-reading and tracking would be now that they'd found Klaus. As they reached the door, there was a beat of hesitation. "For God's sake," Damon said scornfully. "They already know we're out here." Slamming one elegant Italian-made boot into the center of the stable doors, he kicked them wide open. It was only because of the speed of his vampiric reflexes that Damon survived at all. As soon as the doors opened, a heavy pointed beam that had been carefully rigged on top of them slammed down. Damon was able to twitch automatically aside just enough so that the blow caught him in the shoulder, propelling him backward and out the door, rather than through the chest. Clutching his shoulder, he folded over and fell into the dirt. Automatically, Elena ran forward, only half-aware of Matt keeping pace beside her. The others, the fighters, were streaming through the doors: Meredith with her stave swinging, Stefan's face twisted with fury, werewolves leaping into the fray. With Matt's help, Elena pulled Damon out of the way and felt at his chest, checking his injury. The beam had pierced his shoulder, leaving a gaping wound that both Elena's fists could have fit inside. The ground below him was already black and swampy with blood. "It looks pretty bad," Matt said. "Won't kill me," Damon gasped, clutching at the wound with one hand as if he could pull its edges back together. "Get back to the fight, you idiots." "It could kill you if anyone passes by with a stake," Elena snapped. "You can't defend yourself like this." The pull of her Power toward Damon was making her itch again. He's defenseless, something inside her said. Finish him. She felt a presence behind her and turned hurriedly as Stefan, back out of the fight, knelt in the bloody mud beside his brother, running his eyes over him clinically. They exchanged a long glance, and Elena knew they were communicating silently. "Here," Stefan said. He bit neatly at his own wrist and held it to his brother's mouth. Damon eyed him, then drank deeply, his throat working. "Thanks," he said at last. "Save me some vampires. I'll be there in a second." He lay back, breathing deeply. Elena could see that the wound was already knitting itself together, new flesh and muscle raw beneath the torn skin. Stefan whirled and ran back to the stable, Matt behind him. Elena bent over Damon in the mud and waited until he pushed himself wearily up on his elbows, then to his feet. "Ugh," he said. "I'm not at my best now, princess. But they've ruined my jacket, and that gives me a reason to fight." He shot her a pale echo of his usual brilliant smile. "Well, since you've come all this way," Elena answered, keeping her voice light with difficulty. She resisted the urge to support him toward the stables, and by the time they reached the doors, he was walking strongly. Inside, it looked like hell. Damon swore and slipped past her, throwing himself into the battle. Her friends were fighting hard; she could see that at a glance. Meredith was engaged in a near-dance of thrust and parry with an olive-skinned, quick-footed vampire who could only be her twin brother. Bonnie and Alaric stood at opposite corners of the stable, their arms raised above their heads, chanting loudly, raising some sort of protective spell over their allies. Andres was here, too, she saw, tied and slung carelessly beside one wall, but he was pressing his bound hands into the earth and raising a green swell of protective Power as well. Werewolves wove throughout the crowd, fighting together, human-form and wolf-form, as a Pack. Damon, Stefan, and even Chloe grappled with vampires, while Matt quickly staked Chloe's opponent from behind. Suddenly, Elena's mind cleared. She'd been hanging back as Stefan had ordered, used to being the fragile one, less of a fighter than the others. But she couldn't be killed by the supernatural now. Clutching her stake tightly, Elena threw herself into the battle, exhilarated. Her Power tugged at her, and she looked to see Damon wrestling with one of Klaus's vampires, his teeth bared and bloody. Her Power urged her to attack him, and she clamped down on her emotions. Not Damon, she told herself sternly. A dark-skinned vampire swung her around by the shoulder, his face gleeful, and tried to sink his fangs into her neck. With a stroke of luck and speed, Elena shoved the stake into his chest. At her first push, it didn't go deep enough to reach the vampire's heart. For a second, both Elena and the vampire stared down at the stake halfway into his chest, and then Elena gathered her strength and slammed it home. The vampire crumpled to the ground, looking pale and somehow smaller. Elena, savagely triumphant, looked around for her next opponent. But there were so many vampires. And, in the center of everything, his face alight with glee, was Klaus. A few feet away from him, Stefan staked his opponent and charged toward Klaus, fangs bared. Klaus raised his hands above his head to an opening in the ruined roof and, with a crash of thunder, lightning struck. Klaus laughed and aimed it toward Stefan, but Bonnie, fast as lightning herself, threw up her hands and shouted in Latin. The bolt changed direction in midair, hitting one of the old stalls and blowing its door off. The stall began to burn merrily. Klaus shouted, a high screech of rage, and shoved his hands up, blasting Stefan off his feet. Elena screamed and tried to run to Stefan, but there was too much in the way, too many struggling fighters. Why couldn't she release more of her Powers? She could feel them there, beneath those locked doors in her mind, and she knew she'd be stronger if she could just reach them. Her Power itched at her, and Elena involuntarily glanced away from where Stefan had fallen, to see Damon rip the throat out of his opponent. In a flash, Elena understood. "Damon!" she called, and he was instantly at her side, wiping blood from his mouth on the back of his sleeve. "Are you all right?" he asked. "Fight me," Elena said, and he stared at her, bewildered. "Fight me!" she said again. "That is how I unlock my Power." Damon frowned. Then he nodded, and hit her in the arm. It wasn't a hard hit, certainly not by Damon's standards, but it hurt and jolted her backward. Something inside Elena broke wide open, and Power rushed into her. Suddenly, she knew how to do this. She was full of Power now, ready to unleash, and it was all focused on Damon. Not him, she told her Power again. Not Damon. With what felt like a huge physical effort, she tore her attention away from him, back toward Klaus and Stefan. She waved a hand and one of the beams from the hayloft came free, and she slammed it toward Klaus, knocking him backward as Stefan scrambled up. There was a thin squeal, barely audible over the now louder crackle of the flames, and Elena wheeled to see Bonnie in the grasp of one of Klaus's vampires, kicking furiously at him as she struggled. His hand was clamped over her mouth to prevent her from casting any spells. With a pulse of fury, Elena shoved a jagged board through the vampire's chest and watched him fall lifeless to the ground. Klaus was on his feet again now. Stefan had been tackled by another of Klaus's descendants, and nearer to her, Damon struggled with a huge, red-haired, brutal-looking vampire. A Viking, thought Elena. Klaus was calling lightning all around him, and the air was thick with dark, choking smoke. No, Elena thought, and walked toward Klaus, pushing the fire ahead of her. She had to keep it away from her friends, keep it tight around Klaus himself. The flames were all around her now. Looking back, though, she could see the air was clearer where her friends fought, and it looked like they might be winning. As she watched, Meredith pressed her stave against her brother's heart, and he said something to her. They were too far away and the flames were too loud for Elena to hear his words, but Meredith's face twisted into the saddest smile as she rammed the stave through his heart. Elena coughed and coughed again. It was hard to catch her breath amid all this smoke, and her eyes were stinging. She used her mind to shove the flames closer to Klaus. It was so tiring, though, this new Power of hers, and she was so dizzy. She could feel the Power draining out of her now that it was no longer focused on Damon, and she tried to cling to it. Elena hacked and wheezed again. Klaus was glaring at her, reaching for her, and his filthy hands, splattered with ash and mud and blood, brushed her arm. She gathered the last of her energy and poured her strength into her new Power, forcing the flames higher between her friends and Klaus's vampires, forcing them apart, forcing her friends backward, away from the end of the stable where she faced Klaus. Around Klaus and Elena, the fire roared. "Elena! Elena!" She could hear their voices shouting, and she caught sight of Stefan's agonized face just before the walls collapsed on top of her and Klaus, bringing them down. 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__label__cc	0.633878	0.366122	Aap Gadhe Hain Biographies Of Famous People! Fines For Traffic Violations Aadhaar Card Centers Top Executives Ridham Desai Wiki, Salary, Net Worth, Age, Portfolio Ridham Desai is presently the Managing Director at Morgan Stanley India. We learn about his salary, net worth, age, portfolio and other details. Ridham was born in the year 1968. He is about 50 years old. However, he has a youthful and cheerful disposition which makes him look much younger than his years. He is one of the youngest persons to have been given such high responsibility at Morgan Stanley. Ridham obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from Mumbai University. Thereafter, he did his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Welingkar Institute of Management in Mumbai. He specialized in finance. The MBA course was completed in the years 1990 – 1992. He is also a rank holder Chartered Accountant (CA). He did his CA course study at JK Shah Classes. Ridham started his career as a Software Engineer. Later, he developed a deep interest in equities and joined UBS Investment Bank as an equity analyst. In 1997, Morgan Stanley, the global investment banker, offered him a job as an equity strategist. Desai has stayed with Morgan Stanley over several years. He has been promoted to very posts from Co-Head of equities to Equity Strategist for India to Head of India Research. He is serves as the Managing Director. He has spent more than 20 years with the investment banking house. Ridham Desai’s salary is around Rs. 8 crore per annum before taxes. This level of salary is normal for persons occupying high positions in global investment banks. Ridham Desai’s net worth can be estimated to be close to Rs. 50 crore given his high level of salary. He has also made very sensible investments in equity stocks. These have contributed to increasing wealth in his portfolio and have led to the increase in net worth. Desai has a deep interest in Formula 1 car racing. He is also known to be an avid listener of music of all genres such as Rock, Pop and classical. He is also very particular about fitness and does daily exercise and jogging to keep himself looking slim and trim. Ridham is a prolific writer. He writes on aspects relating to Indian stock markets. One of his popular articles is on How To Be An Ace Stock Picker published in Bloomberg. In this article, he has explained how to pick stocks that have the potential to give multibagger gains to investors. Another popular article relates to Timing The Market Versus Time In The Market in which he has explained why investors require to stay invested in stocks and are making a mistake by losing patience. Ridham Desai’s interviews are a pleasure to watch because he explains every point with utmost clarity and with reference to data. He comes periodically on all the major TV channels such as ET Now, CNBC TV18 and Bloomberg to provide insights as to the state of the market. One of his latest and popular interviews is the one where he appeared on CNBC TV18 with Madhusudan Kela in the context of the Reliance Mutual Fund function. Inspirational Speech by Ridham Desai JK Shah Classes had organised a Rankers’ Felicitation on 29th November 2015 in Mumbai. The function was attended by 212 All India Rankholders from JKSC across CPT, IPCC and Final CA. Desai was the Chief Guest of the function. He delivered an inspiration speech on matters relating to the CA profession, which was much appreciated by the distinguished audience. Ridham Desai prepares the model portfolio for Morgan Stanley clients. In the latest portfolio, he has suggested an investment in stocks like IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, Jubilant Foods, HCL Technologies, Bharat Financials, Glenmark Pharma, M&M, and Bajaj Auto. Some of the stocks are described as having ‘growth at a reasonable price’ which means that they are potential multibagger stocks. Morgan Stanley, networth, Portfolio, Ridham Desai, Salary ← Carolyn Rafaelian Net Worth, Age, Husband, Daughters, Wiki Shuva Mandal Tata Lawyer, Salary → 2 thoughts on “Ridham Desai Wiki, Salary, Net Worth, Age, Portfolio” Michael Gonsalves I like listening to Ridham Desai. He has a refreshing outlook on economic issues and the stock market. Ayesha Gill Ridham desai has clear views on the economic issues and situation of the Country. Very learned person. 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__label__wiki	0.670899	0.670899	Archive for the ‘lara croft’ Tag Filed under: Adam Gee, Bob Dylan, channel 4, Cinema, culture, drama, dylan thomas, films, inspiration, jim morrison, lara croft, lonelygirl15, lyrics, My Projects, Reflections, simple pleasures, songs, the beatles \| Tags: Aaron Johnson, abbey road, albert camus, albert goldman, Anne-Marie Duff, art deco, backbeat, Cinema, dylan thomas, film4, garage, glorious 39, india, jim morrison, john lennon, Julia Lennon, Kristin Scott-Thomas, lara croft, lonelygirl15, Matt Greenhalgh, Nowhere Boy, paul mccartney, Sam Taylor-Wood, shameless, the phoenix, the snowman, the white album, tijuana, yer blues If I wanted to boost the SEO for Simple Pleasures part 4 I’d be writing this evening about Jim Morrison, The Snowman, lonelygirl15, Dylan Thomas, Lara Croft and Albert Camus, but I’ve got other stuff in mind, first and foremost The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, London N2. I’m just back from there where we went for a family matinee outing to watch Glorious 39. Glorious 39 is considerably less glorious than Inglourious Basterds – basically it belongs on TV like many BBC Films ‘movies’ – but the Phoenix itself was its usual blaze of Art Deco glory, gilded but faded but ready to rise again in even greater splendor… …which is why two nights ago I arranged a preview screening of Nowhere Boy at the Phoenix. It was just the second public screening of Sam Taylor-Wood’s new film about the young John Lennon and it was raising money towards the Phoenix Restoration Fund. The Phoenix is the UK’s oldest purpose-built cinema and to celebrate the centenary of its 1910 opening the charity trust which runs it is striving to complete a major restoration by its 100th birthday next year. (If you feel like donating a couple of quid, you can do that here – we’ve got 90 grand left to raise to release the lottery grant needed to do the job.) Anne-Marie Duff – of Channel 4’s Shameless, Film4’s Garage and The Virgin Queen fame (especially Shameless! pretty much the best TV drama of the last decade) – kindly pitched up to do a Q&A after the screening and gave a great insight into her intelligent and feeling approach to acting. She plays Julia, John Lennon’s mother, who found herself giving him up as a child but later helping spark his musical genius. The scene of Julia teaching John to play the banjo and then his swift but hard-earned mastery of the instrument is thrilling. Film4’s Nowhere Boy was rousing. I didn’t like Matt Greenhalgh’s script for Control but this was a story well told and moving. Anne-Marie as Julia and Kristin Scott-Thomas as John’s aunt Mimi (who raised him) were both powerful and affecting, making sense of a tragic love tussle. But the big revelation was the charismatic Aaron Johnson as the young Lennon, old school charisma and strikingness on screen. Sam Taylor-Wood came in to visit us a couple of years ago at Channel 4 to talk about her work and inspirations, and showed us a short art video depicting the decomposition of a partridge and a peach – very impactful in a short, sharp way. A feature is a very different prospect and she pulled this one off with energy and aplomb. I suspect her interactions with the actors were lacking in experience but the thesps were all good enough to make up for any wooliness in that aspect of the direction. One of my first insights into Channel 4 was in 1988 when a programme called Lennon /Goldman: the making of a best-seller was being cut in Solus Productions where I was working, my first job. It was about the rather grubby biographer of Elvis and Lenny Bruce and his biog of Lennon which was due to come out shortly after. The director, Binia Tymieniecka, kindly gave me a copy of it, The Lives of John Lennon, which I dug out after the Phoenix show. I could see from a cinema ticket bookmark that the last time I had dug it out was in April 1994 when Stephen Woolley (who I believe used to work at the Phoenix) & Nik Powell’s Backbeat came out. The inscription reads: You’ve heard the gossip. You’ve seen the rough cut. Now read the book. The gossip and the aforementioned insight involved Goldman pulling all his contributions from the documenatry at the 11th hour (not sure what kind of C4 contract allowed for that kind of veto, but Channel 4 was still in its naively golden first decade then). This week (Tuesday) was the 29th anniversary of John’s death. I remember it clearly – I was in Tijuana in Mexico and saw the headlines in Spanish, struggling to translate them exactly. I associate that time with realising for the first time my eyesight was dodgy, taking off my specs and realising the degree of my myopia (your youropia, his hisopia), getting a bit upset about it as a person who’s always been visually driven, through still and moving pictures. There’s a lot of play in Nowhere Boy about John’s short-sightedness – Mimi’s always reminding him to put on his specs and he’s always taking them off again as soon as he gets out of range. He has to put them on when Paul (superbly played by the fresh-faced Thomas Sangster) is teaching him guitar. The chemistry between John and Paul is palpable. On Tuesday I was listening, trusty ol’ iPod on shuffle, on my walk home past the Phoenix to Yer Blues from the White Album and was greatly struck by the haunting words he wrote in India and recorded just a few miles from the Phoenix at Abbey Road: Yes I’m lonely wanna die If I ain’t dead already Ooh girl you know the reason why In the morning wanna die In the evening wanna die My mother was of the sky My father was of the earth But I am of the universe And you know what it’s worth I’m lonely wanna die The eagle picks my eye The worm he licks my bones I feel so suicidal Just like Dylan’s Mr. Jones Lonely wanna die Black cloud crossed my mind Blue mist round my soul Feel so suicidal Even hate my rock and roll Wanna die yeah wanna die Ooh girl you know the reason why. I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line924
__label__wiki	0.875292	0.875292	Army blimp breaks loose, triggers blackouts across Pennsylvania countryside A JLENS balloon is seen during a media preview, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Middle River, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) LANCASTER, Pa. -- NORAD says a runaway unmanned Defense Department balloon that was flying over the skies of Pennsylvania is now down on the ground. Sources tell Action News the balloon is in two pieces - the tail section and the a second larger section- in Montour County. NORAD says a portion of its tail fell off from the blimp and also landed in Columbia County, it has been secured by local law enforcement State police are in the area of Yeagle Road and Muncy Exchange Road in Anthony Township and have the area closed off awaiting defense department officials. NORAD said at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday the balloon known as a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), broke free from its mooring station in Aberdeen, Maryland. The balloon is described at 37 meters in diameter and apparently looks like a blimp. A large cord is hanging from the balloon. The balloon traveled through Lancaster and Lebanon counties and then into Columbia and Montour. Earlier, a Twitter user, who captured video of the balloon, had said it landed in Bloomsburg, Pa. @ABC @GMA Landed in bloomsburg right by my school. Knocked out the power at CMVT. pic.twitter.com/WLJydKVf2I — Fisher P Creasy (@FPCreasy) October 28, 2015 Two F-16 Fighter jets from Atlantic City Air National Guard Base were monitoring the balloon. PPL Electric Utilities reports the tether attached to the aircraft caused widespread power outages across Pennsylvania. PPL reports that the damage appears most extensive in Columbia and Schuylkill counties. There were approximately 30,000 residents without power at the peak of outages and approximately 15,000 remain without power. FAA officials were working with the military to ensure air traffic safety in the area, and has referred all questions to NORAD. NORAD released a statement on the incident, in which they explained the JLENS program. The statement reads in part: "JLENS is a supporting program of the Army and Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense, providing persistent, over-the-horizon radar surveillance and fire control quality data on Army and Joint Networks. It enables protection from a wide variety of threats to include manned and unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, and surface moving targets like swarming boats and tanks. A JLENS system consists of two aerostats: a fire control radar system and a wide-area surveillance radar system. Each radar system employs a separate 74-meter (243 feet long) tethered aerostat, a mobile mooring station, radar and communications payloads, a processing station, and associated ground support equipment. The JLENS aerostat will fly at an altitude of up to 10,000 feet above sea level." pennsylvaniafaamilitaryu.s. & world	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line925
__label__wiki	0.615425	0.615425	Certified by GetYourGuide Sydney Harbour Cruise, Taronga Zoo and Sky Safari Discover the home of over 2,900 animals at your own pace with an entrance ticket to Taronga Zoo. Reach the zoo in Sydney Harbour by rocket ferry and… Taronga Zoo: Tours & Tickets Taronga Zoo Sydney Tickets Enjoy Taronga Zoo with a full-day ticket. The zoo is an icon of Sydney nestled on the shores of the world's most beautiful harbors. See almost 4,000… Sydney Taronga Zoo Ticket and Wild Australia Experience Experience the best of Australia's wildlife up close and personal on this 2-hour Taronga Zoo tour experience. Meet the koala, the common wombat, the… Water Taxi Transfer with Taronga Zoo Entry Ticket Arrive and return from Taronga Zoo on a water taxi, seeing iconic Sydney landmarks along the way. Visit Taronga Zoo and experience the zoo with the… Exclusive 90-Minute VIP Tour of Taronga Zoo Get an exclusive 90-minute VIP tour of Taronga Zoo and see Australia's unique wildlife, including kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and more. Visit… Sydney: Manly Beach Tour, Harbour Cruise & Taronga Zoo Entry Experience the best of Sydney in one day. Drive across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and discover the famous Manly beach. Travel to Taronga Zoo by… Sydney Bonus Pass: 4 Attractions and Ultimate Harbour Cruise Access 4 of Sydney's popular attractions with a combined ticket to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo, Madame Tussauds and Sydney Tower… Sydney: Taronga Zoo and Whale Watching Cruise See Humpback & Southern Right whales during their winter migration on a 2.5-hour open water cruise through the entrance of Sydney Harbour, plus entry… Jet Boat Ride & Water Taxi to Taronga Zoo with Admission Enjoy the thrill of a ride on a jet boat. Catch an iconic Yellow Water Taxi to the Taronga Zoo, and see thousands of exotic and native species. See all tours & things to do in Taronga Zoo Top sights in Sydney Sydney Tower 8 tours & activities Sydney Aquarium What people are saying about Taronga Zoo Coverage of Australian wildlife was excellent. The guided tour of the Australian wildlife area was excellent, but a little rushed. Might improve it by adding on another 30 minutes in length. The highlight was getting to see and photograph a koala baby peeking out from its mother's pouch, which just happened to be noticed by one of our group. Tour leaders really should have been made aware of it being there. The rest of the zoo was pretty blah. The spider talk was pretty interesting, and the ferry was a good way to get back to the city. Exclusive 90-Minute VIP Tour of Taronga Zoo Reviewed by Anonymous, 12/03/2018 the ferry riding experience was fantastic! We boarded at Darling Harbour. Staff were very nice, explained the history and development of Darling Harbour in details. The ferry took around 20 minutes to reach the zoo. Good scenery along the way which provided fantastic photo opportunities with the opera house and the harbour bridge as the background. The only thing is that tickets sold in the ticket office at the harbour were actually cheaper by $8 per ticket ($55 vs $63 on this website) which is quite puzzling to me. Sydney Harbour Cruise, Taronga Zoo and Sky Safari Reviewed by Dawei, 12/18/2017 Great and expedient way to get to the Zoo, which was awesome! I really enjoyed this trip. The water taxi is very quick and organized. The gentleman driving was very jolly and got me there and back very timely. The zoo was also a great choice! The location was excellent, with views of the Sydney waterfront, and the variety of animals was really a joy to watch. The highlight were the Australian animals and the Sumatran tigers. I'm thankful this activity was available from GYG, as it made the trip very easy. Water Taxi Transfer with Taronga Zoo Entry Ticket Reviewed by Anonymous, 04/01/2019 This tour was the highlight of our visit to Australia. This was a great experience. Sam was an excellent guide, sharing general facts and inside information about the individual animals. Getting to be upclose to the koalas was especially exciting. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Sydney. Sydney Taronga Zoo Ticket and Wild Australia Experience Reviewed by Richard, 02/16/2019 It was awesome seeing koalas up close and petting the wallaby. Cheryl and Linda were great guides. They were very knowledgeable about the animals. They explained their habits and the environment they live in. Seeing the Australian animals up close and interacting with some is an experience that shouldn’t be missed. Exclusive 90-Minute VIP Tour of Taronga Zoo Reviewed by Heather, 02/09/2018 Things to do near Taronga Zoo Amsterdam City Cards Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau Florence Cathedral	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line930
__label__wiki	0.813845	0.813845	Tag Archives: U.S. Court of Appeals appeal of mobster Vincent Basciano’s murder conviction denied February 16, 2012 – 10:01 pm Posted in mafia news, new england mafia, New England Mob, New England news, The Cosa Nostra, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime Tagged 'Vinny Gorgeous, 2007 Frank Santoro murder, Basciano mob murder, Basciano murder conviction, Basciano surveillance photo, Basciano's lawyer, bonanno, Bonanno boss Vincent Basciano, crime family, Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis, former acting Bonanno boss Vincent Basciano, life in prison, marzulli on the mob, marzulli on the new york mafia, Michael Bachrach, mob associate Randolph, New York-Bonanno crime family, Randolph Pizzolo, the U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals, Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano, Vincent Basciano. Vincent Basciano, also known as “Vinny Gorgeous,” in an undated surveillance photo. By John Marzulli , New York Daily News It’s back to the drawing board for Vinny Gorgeous. For the second time, the U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected former Bonanno boss Vincent Basciano’s bid to overturn his murder conviction for killing a Bronx man. Lawyers for the flamboyant mobster had argued that federal prosecutors had withheld evidence suggesting others might have been involved in another mob murder linked to Basciano that he was not charged with but that the jury heard about. “There was a multitude of other evidence presented concerning the actual charges against Basciano that did not hinge on (the allegedly withheld evidence,” the appellate panel wrote in the decision released Thursday. Basciano was convicted in 2007 of fatally shooting Frank Santoro, who had allegedly threatened to kidnap the gangster’s son, on a Bronx street as the victim walked his dog. Basciano, who once owned a hair salon called Hello Gorgeous, was sentenced to life in prison. Last year, Basciano was convicted of ordering the murder of mob associate Randolph Pizzolo. The jury spared him the death penalty and sentenced him to a second life term without the possibility of parole. PFT Top 30 Storylines: Will Gronk return to New England Patriots? \| Pro Football Talk \| NBC Sports… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 hour ago Grady Jarrett Contract Extension \|@PFF youtube.com/watch?feature=… af11.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/gra… 1 hour ago Mic’d up: Grady Jarrett’s progression youtube.com/watch?feature=… af11.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/mic… 1 hour ago Dolphins Daily \| Quarterbacks preview ahead of training camp youtube.com/watch?feature=… af11.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/dol… 1 hour ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line941
__label__cc	0.616616	0.383384	Rocky Marciano (1999) (TV) Cast: Penelope Miller, Rhoda Gemignani, Rino Romano, Aron Tager, Noah Danby, Gil Filar, Jeff Clarke, Hadley Sandiford, Jerome Silvano, Ed Sahely, Peter Wylie, Richard Fitzpatrick, Gerry Mendicino, Conrad Bergschneider, Kenneth McGregor, Marvin Kaye, John Winston Carrol, David Roemmele, Charles Seixas, Shawn Lawrence, James O'Regan, Lauren Collins, Ray A. Marsh, Gordon Lusby, John Kalbhenn, Tony Lo Bianco, Duane Davis, George C. Scott, Judd Hirsch, Jon Favreau Director: Charles Winkler Running Time: 100 min. Synopsis: Working-class Massachusetts native Rocky Marciano (Jon Favreau) enters the boxing ring following World War II. Helped by his childhood friend and sparring partner, Allie Colombo (Rino Romano), and his manager, Al Weill (Judd Hirsch), he rises above the entrenched prejudice against Italian-Americans to become the undefeated world heavyweight champion. However, his admiration for one of his boxing heroes, Joe Louis (Duane Davis), is put to the test when he has to fight the man to retain his title. Fulvue Drive-in dvd review Susan Granger review[6/10]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line953
__label__wiki	0.822246	0.822246	Government forces control arch of Victory on Main road south of Hodeidah ALMASDARONLINE Government troops on Wednesday took control of the Kilo 10 area, on the southern main road of Hodeidah (west of the country), after fierce battles against militants of the al-Houthi group. According to the Al Masdar online reporter, the forces of the government Grants and the resistance loyal to them with the support of the fighters of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia took control of the arch of victory, up to the Kilo 10 area, while fighting rages between the two sides. He added that coalition fighters continue sweeping areas of the Houthis from the arch of victory to the Kilo 16 circle. He said that the fighters were conducting intensive aerial operations against the Houthis from Kilo 16 to the north, up to the 50th Street, and the fighter jets raided all the barricades and the containers along the road in the 50 to the round. On the other hand, the Houthis continue to bombard intensively with artillery in the direction of Kilo 10 and continue to mobilize their fighters. A military source said a number of Houthis were killed and wounded in the air raids, including the field commander Abu Tammam, the al-Houthi supervisor in Kilo 16. President of the Association of Mothers of Abductees: The role of the government and organizations towards the abductees in Houthi prisons is very negative and weak Speaker of the House of Representatives Sultan al-Burkani meets with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Joint Committee concludes its meetings by referring the redeployment, oversight and local security files to Griffiths for decision Sources talk about a cabinet changes expected within hours or days ‎Almasdar Online	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line955
__label__cc	0.647545	0.352455	Is the old Obama campaign slideshow "Life of Julia" anywhere to be found on the web? Back in May 2012, everyone was talking about that graphic depiction of the benefits of various government programs. Remember? Barack Obama has a new composite girlfriend, and her name is Julia. Her story is told in an interactive feature titled "The Life of Julia" on the Obama campaign website. Julia, who has no face, is depicted at various ages from 3 through 67, enjoying the benefits of various Obama-backed welfare-state programs. I have something I'd like to say about it, but I can't find it anywhere on the web. It's not at the link everyone linked to when everyone was talking about it, which was at the Obama campaign website. The campaign is over, so I guess there's no obligation to continue to host it, but this was an important historical document, and it shouldn't fall down the memory hole. "The Life of Julia" has come to be cited — somewhat humorously — for the proposition that the government has lured women away from men, into a dependent relationship with the government, and this has had various ill effects. But I want to take a new look at why the graphic used a female character. Using a female screened out the reality that males rely on government programs too. I'm annoyed not to be able to find the actual slideshow. (It's less annoying than the way the Obamacare website doesn't work. Is Obama ashamed of "The Life of Julia" or just unable to do internet?) Tags: feminism, gender difference, Life of Julia, Obama 2012, the web Funny, I'm in the middle of rereading a book called "Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage" (I'm working at summarizing it here as a form of note-taking), and the women profiled are, to a certain extent, all Julias. And their experience is significantly different than any potential Julians out there. There's an asymmetry with soap opera women that the thing plays to. It's for them. Get over your feminist moment. The destruction of the family is the liberal goal, the better to make government the end-all. Men resent being "taken care of", while women seem to like it, even when they are having feminist flashes every 10 minutes. The welfare state requires that women be dependent, and that men be broken. Hence the war on men and boys, and the glorification of anyone with boobs (which we are no longer allowed to notice). Julia was the one who designed the Obamacare website. Ken Mitchell said... Ann, you're missing the point. Yes, men _use_ some government programs, but to a much less extent than women do. But "Julia" doesn't _use_ government; she is DEPENDENT on government. And the Obama campaign (and left-wing politics in general) _ENCOURAGE_ women to become dependent on "government" rather than themselves. Men are dependent on government to a much smaller extent. And when they do become "dependent" on the government, it's often in partial repayment of a debt - like disabled soldiers. They may be "dependent" on government benefits, but they EARNED them. How many Julias can say as much? Carl Pham said... It used a female character because the purpose was to get votes, and for the most part it is women who are attracted to the idea of benefits from government enough to vote for the guy who promises them. Indeed, men use them, but that fact still tends to stick in their craw, despite the inroads made by metrosexualism and the hook-up culture. So when reminded of this, they don't think oh wow! Obama gave me unemployment benefits! He's my guy!. They resent being reminded of the dependency and it will not get you votes. This problem doesn't arise with women, in general. But using a woman the ad can still appeal to men, because while they don't like to be reminded of dependency for themselves, they've no problem appreciating it for others -- particularly other women. Hey, my girlfriend benefits from that Obama dole, and that's A-OK by me (particularly since I just leave the buying of food to her and her EBT card, and then I can use my earnings for booze and detailing the truck, while talking myself into believing I'm not relying on charity). It's a bit of a mystery why women don't recognize the incredibly corrosive effects of sustained charity that turns into an entitlement. It may be because it isn't that big a problem for them. Perhaps they just have a hard time seeing it in their men. There's a reason being a "momma's boy" is recognizable to everyone: it's not that uncommon a phenomenon, and the fact that it exists at all demonstrates that women have a blind spot that way. They often enough don't really understand how entitled dependency destroys men's souls. Yet another one of those Mars/Venus things I guess. Maybe we should have two completely different legal rgimes, one for men (and on which only men get to vote), and one for women (and on which only women get to vote). Ha ha ha. Mark Trade said... Well, talking about how individuals rely on government screens out discussion about how businesses of various sizes rely on government, or schools, or other groups, or even the family unit. Government wants everybody. Anyway I think you misinterpret the criticism about "Julia." It doesn't lure women away from men, but forces men to take care of women through government. That's Jules, not Julia. She underwent a sex change and is spending her days riding a chopper in leathers and beard. The Roller said... http://thelifeofjulia.com/ Michelle Dulak Thomson said... But Ann's right: You can find lots of parodies of "Life of Julia" online, but the original has gone AWOL. Interesting. Try using the "wayback machine" to find it: http://archive.org/web/ Jupiter said... Women feel OK about being dependent because in traditional society, a successful woman is one who has managed to convince a man to support her and her children, while a successful man is one who can afford to support one or more women and their children. Traditional charity, which placed heavy demands upon its recipients, only increased those social pressures. Tax-supported entitlement welfare, on the other hand, eliminates both the requirement that women try to find and satisfy a husband, and the requirement that men support their own children, as opposed to being forced to support other men's children. Thus, tax-supported welfare is a powerful weapon in the Left's attack on traditional society. And they are using it to good effect. The election, and worse, re-election, of BHO indicates that they may well be winning. Note that if women did not vote, Obama would have lost both elections by landslides. RecChief said... thinking that a lot of things connected to Obama, (laws, campaign promises, college transcripts, etc.) once it served its purpose, it is no longer needed, and it's not wanted in case it could somehow bite someone in the behind later on. Try this link on the wayback machine http://web.archive.org/web/20120509061658/http://www.barackobama.com/life-of-julia?source=MeetJulia-02-20120503-signup-HQB&icn=20120503-MeetJulia-02-signup-HQB It wasn't there for me. Oso Negro said... If the Obama people were proud of it, it wouldn't be so hard to find. Ann, it is working for me right now, try again. El Pollo Raylan said... The site works for me OK. MathMom said... Wayback machine link works for me. How to save it to my own machine? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? http://web.archive.org/web/20130116064050/http://www.barackobama.com/life-of-julia/ I can't compete with the government, but I do my best. CWJ said... It served its purpose. Obama was reelected. What purpose would it serve to still be out there? Bob Ellison said... Nice work, Dave! Obama wants to rub this out. Rub out Julia. Backfired anyway; not important now. And, oh, can I get an "Obama doesn't reach this low" from a lefty around here? Can I get a witness? I screen capped all the "slides" and put them into PowerPoint. I mailed this to you Ann. somefeller said... Yeah, it totally backfired. He lost the election because of it! Oh, wait... Thanks, Dave! Amazing that Barack Obama felt so embarrassed about "The Life of Julia" he deleted it from his web site. Seconding Ann's thanks, Dave. It merits revisiting. Especially the way there seem to be no men in Julia's life. I mean, is little Zach a product of parthenogenesis, or of a sperm bank, or of a one-night stand, or of a boyfriend, or is Julia actually [gasp] married? We never do find out. Bruce Hayden said... Ann - maybe you are correct - but this slide show seems designed to attract women. And, I think it alienates a lot of guys, esp when it is pointed out that to them to look at what the government is supplying her, and that these things were previously supplied by her husband/mate. And why indeed all the emphasis on free birth control and female health care? Guys are going to be the ones paying for such, without any of the benefits that go along with supporting women and their children. Indeed, ObamaCare is specifically designed to transfer wealth from males (who tend to use a fraction of the healthcare that females do throughout much of their lives, and esp in their 20s) with the elimination of rating and underwriting for sex. Thanks to the valiant efforts of those above, I was able to re-view the slide show, and it looks as sexist this time as it did before. Of course she isn't married. Or most likely not. She would lose many of these benefits if she were in a marriage with someone in a comparable career. I haven't really explained my point, since I didn't have the slides. Basically, I think they COULDN'T use men, because it would obviously strike people the wrong way. But it's acceptable to portray women this way, and it's disguising the terrible problem of far too many unproductive (if not destructive) men. No one wants to talk about them because it's in no one's interest politically, but they are being shunted aside. It may be humiliating for them, but no one wants to look at it. "Julia" helps us all accept the system that's being used to hide them. somefeller writes: It'a not a stretch to assert that it put him over the top...so let's examine the message critically. I think that's what Althouse plans to do, though I doubt she can find parity for males versus female regarding social benefits of government largesse. In short, he won by promising more to females. Many here will in fact applaud that, including yourself I presume. But it's acceptable to portray women this way, and it's disguising the terrible problem of far too many unproductive (if not destructive) men. No one wants to talk about them because it's in no one's interest politically, but they are being shunted aside. It may be humiliating for them, but no one wants to look at it. "Julia" helps us all accept the system that's being used to hide them. You're right, it's embarrassing to talk about men in prisons for example because there is an embarrassing racial angle to that. Better to talk instead about how the majority of them are harmless pot smokers and why not just release them? If you are asserting that men are more unproductive because--while supporting themselves-- are wearing shorts too late into life and not entering marriages--well that's a different kettle of fish. Basically, I think they COULDN'T use men, because it would obviously strike people the wrong way. Well, half the "people" are men. Less than half, actually, but not by much. It'a not a stretch to assert that it put him over the top But, but, Bob said it backfired. Don't make that assertion, it'll disillusion him. And that would be so cruel. With the EBT system outage on Saturday, it probably got hungry at Julia's house. pm317 said... "Julia" helps us all accept the system that's being used to hide them. May be "Julia" one day will marry one of these unproductive men through the kindness of her heart and be also the bread winner through the kindness of her government's heart. The roles are thus reversed (after all there are many unproductive women who depend on their husbands now) and the vision of true feminists is achieved. Patriarchy becomes matriarchy and women truly won't need a man productive or unproductive ever. Go Julia, go! ALH said... A nationwide "glitch" in the EBT system is an effective and timely way to remind millins of Julias (and Julios) that they depend on the government. That they need the government. The government provides for them. MikeDC said... The irony should be lost on no one that Julia got disappeared when she was no longer of use to the state. Yeah, MikeDC, she's probably in Room 101. @ALH Ordinarily I'd say that was getting deep into the conspiracy theory weeds, but given the current Machiavellian regime, I wouldn't put ANYTHING past them. A deliberate short-term EBT outage would show their "clients" which side their free bread is buttered on, and keep them on the reservation, to mix a bunch of metaphors. Illuninati said... The fact that the Julia add was effective is quite disturbing. This puts the men who are forced to support other men's children at an evolutionary disadvantage. Over time the population will be overrun by the children of freeloaders. Apparently many women think taking money from productive men to raise children without fathers sired by other unproductive men is just OK. Women appear to be so self centered that they don't question the damage they are doing to the rest of the society. The effectiveness of this add raises the question about whether a democracy can survive after women are given the vote. Theranter said... Julia got a raceover, paid with stimulus funds. Trying to find it, will post when I do. As for "... a deliberate short-term EBT outage would show their "clients" which side their free bread is buttered on, and keep them on the reservation..." You nailed that one. Just research how much recov funds the vendor receives. It goes along with the real reason such visible, benign, "fun" things such as National Parks are shut down is they want the ignorant commoners to believe that's pretty much the extent of the entire, benevolent, Fed Govt. panem et circenses (cue legally blondes "bend....and snap" scene) "works every time" -- on a populace devoid of the freedom chip in their grey matter. Beldar said... Just more Nacht und Nebel from Team Obama. somefeller, you and El Pollo Raylan may be right. Maybe it worked. I don't think that was the linchpin in the 2012 election, though, and I think and hope the "Julia" thing was a net negative for Obama, because it was so awful. But maybe I am too optimistic there. Down the memory hole. There was no "Julia". Think happy thoughts. Because building a website is far more complex than treating disease. Right? Right? "But it's acceptable to portray women this way, and it's disguising the terrible problem of far too many unproductive (if not destructive) men." If they showed a lazy, unproductive black man, that would be racist, right? But what is this terrible problem of unproductive men? You mean the men who don't get scholorships because they are (white) male? Or are first on the layoff or military RIF list because that way diversity numbers are improved? You know what else is annoying? The NYT gives de Blasio a big wet kiss and they don't allow subscribers to comment on it. I do think that the current welfare system is not good for the country, unless you define good for the country to mean good for Obama in particular, and Democrats in general. We are talking a 75% Black rate of babies born out of wedlock, with other groups moving very quickly in that direction, and some baby daddies having a dozen kids (that they don't support) by almost as many mothers, while so many Black men end up in prison or dead. Sure, there is always going to be some of this, but I expect much less, if the women know that if they don't secure the financial benefits of a husband before having kids first, their kids are likely to starve, and maybe the women too. Instead, the poor, including those who have and raise kids primarily on government handouts, live quite well in this country - decent housing, air conditioning, flat screen (often large) TVs with 100+ cable channels, enough food to often be clinically obese! free health care, etc. What is their incentive to put up with a man, if they get all this for them and their kids just by pulling the D lever in the voting booth every couple years? And, of course, the more women taking advantage of the government supporting them, the higher the crime rate in the community. Two things domesticate males into society. First is a strong male parental role model in the lives growing up. Second is marriage and supporting their wives and children. Both are lost to a great extent, in a nation of Julias. So, instead, we see juvenile packs of males terrorizing their local communities, gunning down their opponents with great abandon, with the women who enabled this, along with their children, as occasional collateral damage. Julia has been dispersed back to her component sources. In the city, rumours of the nose's activities have spread, and crowds gather in search of it. See, now I really have to finish reading "Promises I Can Keep" -- per Ann's comment that men aren't portrayed as Julians, the issues are very interrelated, but part of the reason for the Julias is that the men in poor (esp but not solely minority) communities are so clearly not marriage material. Men may also draw social service benefits, but the Government uses women (and their children) to sell it to the rest of us, because society in general is more naturally protective of and sympathetic to those two types. Apparently many women think taking money from productive men to raise children without fathers sired by other unproductive men is just OK. Women appear to be so self centered that they don't question the damage they are doing to the rest of the society. Most Progressive women certainly seem to think this way. Or maybe "emote this way" is more accurate. Their votes prove it. There are also benefits which are effectively restricted to single parents (=mothers); cash welfare, Medicaid (prior to and in non-Medicaid-expanding states), subsidized housing. Maybe this varies by state, but it's my understanding that "welfare kings" are generally men on Social Security disability, most often substance abusers. And the dividing line between "welfare" and "government benefit that just happens to be means-tested" is a changing one -- is a Pell Grant welfare? Food Stamps are moving to the other side of that line, as the mentality of "avoid unless you're truly needy" is changing to "if you qualify, take advantage!" Is SSI "welfare"? What about Social Security disability benefits? (That's a lousy system -- in most European countries they have a concept of "partial disability" to encourage people to continue to work.) Larry J said... My oldest brother is pretty severely handicapped. He was a mechanic who lost almost all use of his hands about 15 years ago due to an illness. That, plus severe curvature of his spine would've easily allowed him to qualify for SSI but he refused. The law says that to receive SSI, you must be incapable of performing any job. He was able to do limited work (primarily automotive diagnostics) so he never applied for SSI. When he turned 65 this year, he did apply for ordinary Social Security. When our mother died two months ago, my sister, other brother and I offered him Mom's house. We all have homes and he was never able to afford one of his own. He moved here a week ago and is settling in. He's still looking for a job. We're trying to get him evaluated by Social Services to see if there is any help. With very little use of his hands, he can't cook for himself so we're seeing if we can get him enrolled in Meals on Wheels or food stamps. So yes, some men do receive social services. Some even need the help for legitimate reasons. Larry J, I would be proud to have a brother who values self sufficiency and independence to that degree. (Not that mine don't or - I think - wouldn't; I am just moved by yours). Rockport Conservative said... I got it when I followed George's link. Maybe it came back between now and when you tried it. cubanbob said... If I have to support Julia and her brood I should get something in compensation like maid service. It's only fair. mgarbowski said... Recapping some of the last 2 days' events. A commenter named Mark (which is my name although not me and yet I identify with him) calls Althouse "Ann" while recounting a story of how a pretty girl confided in him about another pretty girl. Althouse front pages the comment to (1) note that she prefers to be called "Althouse" not "Ann," and (2) explain that the pretty girl was really setting up Mark (not me) by playing on his male pride and vanity, and goes on about his naivete, making a point about how women manipulate men. Earlier, Althouse posted about her inability to find the Life of Julia graphic and hinted at her desire to use it to to comment on men and women. In less than an hour multiple commenters, mostly apparently men by their screen names, vie with one another to solve her problem. One links to a site. Another suggests the wayback machine, the next gives a wayback link, prompting Althouse to respond that that link didn't work. Yet another says the link worked for him. Then finally "Dave" says that he screencapped the slides and mailed them to "Ann." Althouse responds with a thanks and signs that comment, "Ann," she wrote, sweetly, and without apparent sarcasm or any lack of candor. The Julia graphic was of course a successful attempt by a man to manipulate women to vote for him by portraying dependence as independence, although Althouse also sees it as a method to entice men towards a dependence that is hidden. "If only there were an Althouse to analyze the manipulation of men here by Althouse to do her research, while using whatever name fit the moment," I wrote, uncertainly. Ann, a few days ago I tried to have a few laughs with a Life of Julia Update at Napa Whine Country.com.. I guess great minds think alike! ...;) veng said... Of course, the money will run out and then the Julias will do what? As the Instapundit notes; something that can't continue forever won't. George Day said... Fifty years after JFK, and it's come to this: "Ask not what you can do for yourself, ask what your country can do to coddle you." fred obsidian said... Critical theory is the underlying concept advanced in appeals to women based on public subsidy relies on critical theory analysis. That neo-Marxist doctrine informs most socialist ideology of our time with the presumption that females and members of almost any demographic other than Anglo males have inherited historic repression that can only be corrected by public-sector intervention. The reason campaign platforms based on critical theory appeal to masses are well articulated in these comments and in other responses to the now sequestered Obama campaign cartoon about faceless Julia. Not so well articulated are the flaws in the critical theory doctrines that would have all women believe their lives are defined by being victims from birth onward of a historic, ongoing patriarchal conspiracy. When Oprah talks about waiting for those older people "marinated" in racism to die off, she doesn't refer to people who grew up in rude cultures where the N word was an acceptable descriptor or where segregation was preferred. She refers instead to those adults who haven't been indoctrinated to believe Americans of African descent are all victims owed systematic public sector compensation because they were born as victims of ongoing racism. That racism isn't segregation and the N word, but rather defines the notion that public subsidy is not a viable solution to mitigate ongoing oppression embedded in the structure of civil society. Problem identification by way of pointing out how ads appeal to women serves to reinforce loyalty among conservative voting blocks. But to gain support from freedom-loving intellectual liberals who embrace critical theory and vote for left-wing candidates requires a critical analysis of critical theory. Citing Stalin's death toll is not enough to draw libertarian young people away from the party that is more open to potheads in the rank and file. Analysis of the historic failures of critical theory means looking at how the Great Society and 20th Century public-sector driven industrial revolution pulled descendants of slaves into rust-belt and West Coast cities where the first generation enjoyed well-paying jobs but future generations were left to fend for themselves after the immediate benefit of those military-industrial complex jobs waned and factories were closed. That is the reason for the rise of gangs in LA - post WWII aircraft factories closed when the Cold War subsidies dried up. Families who had been farmers, lured from their farms by the appeal of building bombers for Uncle Sam were left with no farm and no more bombers to build. 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__label__cc	0.632638	0.367362	Register Log In AmbergrisCaye.com Home Forums Nation EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports #361843 EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports Yesterday the European Union reduced tariffs on banana imports from Latin America. That means that the price for bananas from countries like Guatemala could drop by as much as 12%. It is news to Belize – and make that bad news – because it is just one more signal of the end of preferential treatment – Belize’s banana exports will now have to compete for Europe’s banana dollar on what trade technicians call a level playing field. General Manager of the Banana Growers Association Sam Mathias told us this evening from the banana belt that it’s not positive news but it came as no surprise. He says the only surprise is that it was implemented as of yesterday when they had expected it on January 1st of 2010. Mathias expects it to affect Belize’s fledging banana industry but not much. Last year Belize exported 3.7 million tonnes of banana. This year that could increase to 4.35 million tonnes. Banana raked in roughly US$28 million last year. For context, the European Union was basically forced to reduce tariffs by the United States and other big banana producing countries in Central and South America after 16 years of protracted litigation initiated by multinationals like Dole Food Company. Re: EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports [Re: Short] #361847 I've never knowingly seen Belizean bananas in Britain. The country of origin has to be marked on all produce, and I%2 Re: EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports [Re: Peter Jones] #361929 SW, MA / SW, FL Peter, In the past, I believe, most of the bananas in Britain where from the Eastern Caribbean Islands. The tariffs protected these Islands which are very dependent on the banana for income. The Islands could not complete with African and Central American Bananas. Formerly from somewhere on a beach in Belize Re: EU Reduces Tariffs on Banana Imports [Re: ragman] #361930 Belizean bananas are set aside for the better sort of customers.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line957
__label__wiki	0.57412	0.57412	Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter XXXI. Nurse and Patient I had not been at home again many days when one evening I went upstairs into my own room to take a peep over Charley's shoulder and see how she was getting on with her copy-book. Writing was a trying business to Charley, who seemed to have no natural power over a pen, but in whose hand every pen appeared to become perversely animated, and to go wrong and crooked, and to stop, and splash, and sidle into corners like a saddle-donkey. It was very odd to see what old letters Charley's young hand had made, they so wrinkled, and shrivelled, and tottering, it so plump and round. Yet Charley was uncommonly expert at other things and had as nimble little fingers as I ever watched. "Well, Charley," said I, looking over a copy of the letter O in which it was represented as square, triangular, pear-shaped, and collapsed in all kinds of ways, "we are improving. If we only get to make it round, we shall be perfect, Charley." Then I made one, and Charley made one, and the pen wouldn't join Charley's neatly, but twisted it up into a knot. "Never mind, Charley. We shall do it in time." Charley laid down her pen, the copy being finished, opened and shut her cramped little hand, looked gravely at the page, half in pride and half in doubt, and got up, and dropped me a curtsy. "Thank you, miss. If you please, miss, did you know a poor person of the name of Jenny?" "A brickmaker's wife, Charley? Yes." "She came and spoke to me when I was out a little while ago, and said you knew her, miss. She asked me if I wasn't the young lady's little maid--meaning you for the young lady, miss--and I said yes, miss." "I thought she had left this neighbourhood altogether, Charley." "So she had, miss, but she's come back again to where she used to live--she and Liz. Did you know another poor person of the name of Liz, miss?" "I think I do, Charley, though not by name." "That's what she said!" returned Chariey. "They have both come back, miss, and have been tramping high and low." "Tramping high and low, have they, Charley?" "Yes, miss." If Charley could only have made the letters in her copy as round as the eyes with which she looked into my face, they would have been excellent. "And this poor person came about the house three or four days, hoping to get a glimpse of you, miss--all she wanted, she said--but you were away. That was when she saw me. She saw me a-going about, miss," said Charley with a short laugh of the greatest delight and pride, "and she thought I looked like your maid!" "Did she though, really, Charley?" "Yes, miss!" said Charley. "Really and truly." And Charley, with another short laugh of the purest glee, made her eyes very round again and looked as serious as became my maid. I was never tired of seeing Charley in the full enjoyment of that great dignity, standing before me with her youthful face and figure, and her steady manner, and her childish exultation breaking through it now and then in the pleasantest way. "And where did you see her, Charley?" said I. My little maid's countenance fell as she replied, "By the doctor's shop, miss." For Charley wore her black frock yet. I asked if the brickmaker's wife were ill, but Charley said no. It was some one else. Some one in her cottage who had tramped down to Saint Albans and was tramping he didn't know where. A poor boy, Charley said. No father, no mother, no any one. "Like as Tom might have been, miss, if Emma and me had died after father," said Charley, her round eyes filling with tears. "And she was getting medicine for him, Charley?" "She said, miss," returned Charley, "how that he had once done as much for her." My little maid's face was so eager and her quiet hands were folded so closely in one another as she stood looking at me that I had no great difficulty in reading her thoughts. "Well, Charley," said I, "it appears to me that you and I can do no better than go round to Jenny's and see what's the matter." The alacrity with which Charley brought my bonnet and veil, and having dressed me, quaintly pinned herself into her warm shawl and made herself look like a little old woman, sufficiently expressed her readiness. So Charley and I, without saying anything to any one, went out. It was a cold, wild night, and the trees shuddered in the wind. The rain had been thick and heavy all day, and with little intermission for many days. None was falling just then, however. The sky had partly cleared, but was very gloomy--even above us, where a few stars were shining. In the north and north-west, where the sun had set three hours before, there was a pale dead light both beautiful and awful; and into it long sullen lines of cloud waved up like a sea stricken immovable as it was heaving. Towards London a lurid glare overhung the whole dark waste, and the contrast between these two lights, and the fancy which the redder light engendered of an unearthly fire, gleaming on all the unseen buildings of the city and on all the faces of its many thousands of wondering inhabitants, was as solemn as might be. I had no thought that night--none, I am quite sure--of what was soon to happen to me. But I have always remembered since that when we had stopped at the garden-gate to look up at the sky, and when we went upon our way, I had for a moment an undefinable impression of myself as being something different from what I then was. I know it was then and there that I had it. I have ever since connected the feeling with that spot and time and with everything associated with that spot and time, to the distant voices in the town, the barking of a dog, and the sound of wheels coming down the miry hill. It was Saturday night, and most of the people belonging to the place where we were going were drinking elsewhere. We found it quieter than I had previously seen it, though quite as miserable. The kilns were burning, and a stifling vapour set towards us with a pale-blue glare. We came to the cottage, where there was a feeble candle in the patched window. We tapped at the door and went in. The mother of the little child who had died was sitting in a chair on one side of the poor fire by the bed; and opposite to her, a wretched boy, supported by the chimney-piece, was cowering on the floor. He held under his arm, like a little bundle, a fragment of a fur cap; and as he tried to warm himself, he shook until the crazy door and window shook. The place was closer than before and had an unhealthy and a very peculiar smell. I had not lifted by veil when I first spoke to the woman, which was at the moment of our going in. The boy staggered up instantly and stared at me with a remarkable expression of surprise and terror. His action was so quick and my being the cause of it was so evident that I stood still instead of advancing nearer. "I won't go no more to the berryin ground," muttered the boy; "I ain't a-going there, so I tell you!" I lifted my veil and spoke to the woman. She said to me in a low voice, "Don't mind him, ma'am. He'll soon come back to his head," and said to him, "Jo, Jo, what's the matter?" "I know wot she's come for!" cried the boy. "Who?" "The lady there. She's come to get me to go along with her to the berryin ground. I won't go to the berryin ground. I don't like the name on it. She might go a-berryin me." His shivering came on again, and as he leaned against the wall, he shook the hovel. "He has been talking off and on about such like all day, ma'am," said Jenny softly. "Why, how you stare! This is my lady, Jo." "Is it?" returned the boy doubtfully, and surveying me with his arm held out above his burning eyes. "She looks to me the t'other one. It ain't the bonnet, nor yet it ain't the gownd, but she looks to me the t'other one." My little Charley, with her premature experience of illness and trouble, had pulled off her bonnet and shawl and now went quietly up to him with a chair and sat him down in it like an old sick nurse. Except that no such attendant could have shown him Charley's youthful face, which seemed to engage his confidence. "I say!" said the boy. "You tell me. Ain't the lady the t'other lady?" Charley shook her head as she methodically drew his rags about him and made him as warm as she could. "Oh!" the boy muttered. "Then I s'pose she ain't." "I came to see if I could do you any good," said I. "What is the matter with you?" "I'm a-being froze," returned the boy hoarsely, with his haggard gaze wandering about me, "and then burnt up, and then froze, and then burnt up, ever so many times in a hour. And my head's all sleepy, and all a-going mad-like--and I'm so dry--and my bones isn't half so much bones as pain. "When did he come here?" I asked the woman. "This morning, ma'am, I found him at the corner of the town. I had known him up in London yonder. Hadn't I, Jo?" "Tom-all-Alone's," the boy replied. Whenever he fixed his attention or his eyes, it was only for a very little while. He soon began to droop his head again, and roll it heavily, and speak as if he were half awake. "When did he come from London?" I asked. "I come from London yes'day," said the boy himself, now flushed and hot. "I'm a-going somewheres." "Where is he going?" I asked. "Somewheres," repeated the boy in a louder tone. "I have been moved on, and moved on, more nor ever I was afore, since the t'other one give me the sov'ring. Mrs. Snagsby, she's always a- watching, and a-driving of me--what have I done to her?--and they're all a-watching and a-driving of me. Every one of 'em's doing of it, from the time when I don't get up, to the time when I don't go to bed. And I'm a-going somewheres. That's where I'm a- going. She told me, down in Tom-all-Alone's, as she came from Stolbuns, and so I took the Stolbuns Road. It's as good as another." He always concluded by addressing Charley. "What is to be done with him?" said I, taking the woman aside. "He could not travel in this state even if he had a purpose and knew where he was going!" "I know no more, ma'am, than the dead," she replied, glancing compassionately at him. "Perhaps the dead know better, if they could only tell us. I've kept him here all day for pity's sake, and I've given him broth and physic, and Liz has gone to try if any one will take him in (here's my pretty in the bed--her child, but I call it mine); but I can't keep him long, for if my husband was to come home and find him here, he'd be rough in putting him out and might do him a hurt. Hark! Here comes Liz back!" The other woman came hurriedly in as she spoke, and the boy got up with a half-obscured sense that he was expected to be going. When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. There she was, doing all this in a quiet motherly manner as if she were living in Mrs. Blinder's attic with Tom and Emma again. The friend had been here and there, and had been played about from hand to hand, and had come back as she went. At first it was too early for the boy to be received into the proper refuge, and at last it was too late. One official sent her to another, and the other sent her back again to the first, and so backward and forward, until it appeared to me as if both must have been appointed for their skill in evading their duties instead of performing them. And now, after all, she said, breathing quickly, for she had been running and was frightened too, "Jenny, your master's on the road home, and mine's not far behind, and the Lord help the boy, for we can do no more for him!" They put a few halfpence together and hurried them into his hand, and so, in an oblivious, half-thankful, half-insensible way, he shuffled out of the house. "Give me the child, my dear," said its mother to Charley, "and thank you kindly too! Jenny, woman dear, good night! Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning!" She hurried off, and presenfty we passed her hushing and singing to her child at her own door and looking anxiously along the road for her drunken husband. I was afraid of staying then to speak to either woman, lest I should bring her into trouble. But I said to Charley that we must not leave the boy to die. Charley, who knew what to do much better than I did, and whose quickness equalled her presence of mind, glided on before me, and presently we came up with Jo, just short of the brick-kiln. I think he must have begun his journey with some small bundle under his arm and must have had it stolen or lost it. For he still carried his wretched fragment of fur cap like a bundle, though he went bareheaded through the rain, which now fell fast. He stopped when we called to him and again showed a dread of me when I came up, standing with his lustrous eyes fixed upon me, and even arrested in his shivering fit. I asked him to come with us, and we would take care that he had some shelter for the night. "I don't want no shelter," he said; "I can lay amongst the warm bricks." "But don't you know that people die there?" replied Charley. "They dies everywheres," said the boy. "They dies in their lodgings--she knows where; I showed her--and they dies down in Tom- all-Alone's in heaps. They dies more than they lives, according to what I see." Then he hoarsely whispered Charley, "If she ain't the t'other one, she ain't the forrenner. Is there three of 'em then?" Charley looked at me a little frightened. I felt half frightened at myself when the boy glared on me so. But he turned and followed when I beckoned to him, and finding that he acknowledged that influence in me, I led the way straight home. It was not far, only at the summit of the hill. We passed but one man. I doubted if we should have got home without assistance, the boy's steps were so uncertain and tremulous. He made no complaint, however, and was strangely unconcerned about himself, if I may say so strange a thing. Leaving him in the hall for a moment, shrunk into the corner of the window-seat and staring with an indifference that scarcely could be called wonder at the comfort and brightness about him, I went into the drawing-room to speak to my guardian. There I found Mr. Skimpole, who had come down by the coach, as he frequently did without notice, and never bringing any clothes with him, but always borrowing everything he wanted. They came out with me directly to look at the boy. The servants had gathered in the hall too, and he shivered in the window-seat with Charley standing by him, like some wounded animal that had been found in a ditch. "This is a sorrowful case," said my guardian after asking him a question or two and touching him and examining his eyes. "What do you say, Harold?" "You had better turn him out," said Mr. Skimpole. "What do you mean?" inquired my guardian, almost sternly. "My dear Jarndyce," said Mr. Skimpole, "you know what I am: I am a child. Be cross to me if I deserve it. But I have a constitutional objection to this sort of thing. I always had, when I was a medical man. He's not safe, you know. There's a very bad sort of fever about him." Mr. Skimpole had retreated from the hall to the drawing-room again and said this in his airy way, seated on the music-stool as we stood by. "You'll say it's childish," observed Mr. Skimpole, looking gaily at us. "Well, I dare say it may be; but I am a child, and I never pretend to be anything else. If you put him out in the road, you only put him where he was before. He will be no worse off than he was, you know. Even make him better off, if you like. Give him sixpence, or five shillings, or five pound ten--you are arithmeticians, and I am not--and get rid of him!" "And what is he to do then?" asked my guardian. "Upon my life," said Mr. Skimpole, shrugging his shoulders with his engaging smile, "I have not the least idea what he is to do then. But I have no doubt he'll do it." "Now, is it not a horrible reflection," said my guardian, to whom I had hastily explained the unavailing efforts of the two women, "is it not a horrible reflection," walking up and down and rumpling his hair, "that if this wretched creature were a convicted prisoner, his hospital would be wide open to him, and he would be as well taken care of as any sick boy in the kingdom?" "My dear Jarndyce," returned Mr. Skimpole, "you'll pardon the simplicity of the question, coming as it does from a creature who is perfectly simple in worldly matters, but why isn't he a prisoner then?" My guardian stopped and looked at him with a whimsical mixture of amusement and indignation in his face. "Our young friend is not to be suspected of any delicacy, I should imagine," said Mr. Skimpole, unabashed and candid. "It seems to me that it would be wiser, as well as in a certain kind of way more respectable, if he showed some misdirected energy that got him into prison. There would be more of an adventurous spirit in it, and consequently more of a certain sort of poetry." "I believe," returned my guardian, resuming his uneasy walk, "that there is not such another child on earth as yourself." "Do you really?" said Mr. Skimpole. "I dare say! But I confess I don't see why our young friend, in his degree, should not seek to invest himself with such poetry as is open to him. He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. Very well. At our young friend's natural dinner hour, most likely about noon, our young friend says in effect to society, 'I am hungry; will you have the goodness to produce your spoon and feed me?' Society, which has taken upon itself the general arrangement of the whole system of spoons and professes to have a spoon for our young friend, does not produce that spoon; and our young friend, therefore, says 'You really must excuse me if I seize it.' Now, this appears to me a case of misdirected energy, which has a certain amount of reason in it and a certain amount of romance; and I don't know but what I should be more interested in our young friend, as an illustration of such a case, than merely as a poor vagabond--which any one can be." "In the meantime," I ventured to observe, "he is getting worse." "In the meantime," said Mr. Skimpole cheerfully, "as Miss Summerson, with her practical good sense, observes, he is getting worse. Therefore I recommend your turning him out before he gets still worse." The amiable face with which he said it, I think I shall never forget. "Of course, little woman," observed my guardian, tuming to me, "I can ensure his admission into the proper place by merely going there to enforce it, though it's a bad state of things when, in his condition, that is necessary. But it's growing late, and is a very bad night, and the boy is worn out already. There is a bed in the wholesome loft-room by the stable; we had better keep him there till morning, when he can be wrapped up and removed. We'll do that." "Oh!" said Mr. Skimpole, with his hands upon the keys of the piano as we moved away. "Are you going back to our young friend?" "Yes," said my guardian. "How I envy you your constitution, Jarndyce!" returned Mr. Skimpole with playful admiration. "You don't mind these things; neither does Miss Summerson. You are ready at all times to go anywhere, and do anything. Such is will! I have no will at all--and no won't--simply can't." "You can't recommend anything for the boy, I suppose?" said my guardian, looking back over his shoulder half angrily; only half angrily, for he never seemed to consider Mr. Skimpole an accountable being. "My dear Jarndyce, I observed a bottle of cooling medicine in his pocket, and it's impossible for him to do better than take it. You can tell them to sprinkle a little vinegar about the place where he sleeps and to keep it moderately cool and him moderately warm. But it is mere impertinence in me to offer any recommendation. Miss Summerson has such a knowledge of detail and such a capacity for the administration of detail that she knows all about it." We went back into the hall and explained to Jo what we proposed to do, which Charley explained to him again and which he received with the languid unconcern I had already noticed, wearily looking on at what was done as if it were for somebody else. The servants compassionating his miserable state and being very anxious to help, we soon got the loft-room ready; and some of the men about the house carried him across the wet yard, well wrapped up. It was pleasant to observe how kind they were to him and how there appeared to be a general impression among them that frequently calling him "Old Chap" was likely to revive his spirits. Charley directed the operations and went to and fro between the loft-room and the house with such little stimulants and comforts as we thought it safe to give him. My guardian himself saw him before he was left for the night and reported to me when he returned to the growlery to write a letter on the boy's behalf, which a messenger was charged to deliver at day-light in the morning, that he seemed easier and inclined to sleep. They had fastened his door on the outside, he said, in case of his being delirious, but had so arranged that he could not make any noise without being heard. Ada being in our room with a cold, Mr. Skimpole was left alone all this time and entertained himself by playing snatches of pathetic airs and sometimes singing to them (as we heard at a distance) with great expression and feeling. When we rejoined him in the drawing- room he said he would give us a little ballad which had come into his head "apropos of our young friend," and he sang one about a peasant boy, "Thrown on the wide world, doomed to wander and roam, Bereft of his parents, bereft of a home." quite exquisitely. It was a song that always made him cry, he told us. He was extremely gay all the rest of the evening, for he absolutely chirped--those were his delighted words--when he thought by what a happy talent for business he was surrounded. He gave us, in his glass of negus, "Better health to our young friend!" and supposed and gaily pursued the case of his being reserved like Whittington to become Lord Mayor of London. In that event, no doubt, he would establish the Jarndyce Institution and the Summerson Almshouses, and a little annual Corporation Pilgrimage to St. Albans. He had no doubt, he said, that our young friend was an excellent boy in his way, but his way was not the Harold Skimpole way; what Harold Skimpole was, Harold Skimpole had found himself, to his considerable surprise, when he first made his own acquaintance; he had accepted himself with all his failings and had thought it sound philosophy to make the best of the bargain; and he hoped we would do the same. Charley's last report was that the boy was quiet. I could see, from my window, the lantern they had left him burning quietly; and I went to bed very happy to think that he was sheltered. There was more movement and more talking than usual a little before daybreak, and it awoke me. As I was dressing, I looked out of my window and asked one of our men who had been among the active sympathizers last night whether there was anything wrong about the house. The lantern was still burning in the loft-window. "It's the boy, miss," said he. "Is he worse?" I inquired. "Gone, miss. "Dead!" "Dead, miss? No. Gone clean off." At what time of the night he had gone, or how, or why, it seemed hopeless ever to divine. The door remaining as it had been left, and the lantern standing in the window, it could only be supposed that he had got out by a trap in the floor which communicated with an empty cart-house below. But he had shut it down again, if that were so; and it looked as if it had not been raised. Nothing of any kind was missing. On this fact being clearly ascertained, we all yielded to the painful belief that delirium had come upon him in the night and that, allured by some imaginary object or pursued by some imaginary horror, he had strayed away in that worse than helpless state; all of us, that is to say, but Mr. Skimpole, who repeatedly suggested, in his usual easy light style, that it had occurred to our young friend that he was not a safe inmate, having a bad kind of fever upon him, and that he had with great natural politeness taken himself off. Every possible inquiry was made, and every place was searched. The brick-kilns were examined, the cottages were visited, the two women were particularly questioned, but they knew nothing of him, and nobody could doubt that their wonder was genuine. The weather had for some time been too wet and the night itself had been too wet to admit of any tracing by footsteps. Hedge and ditch, and wall, and rick and stack, were examined by our men for a long distance round, lest the boy should be lying in such a place insensible or dead; but nothing was seen to indicate that he had ever been near. From the time when he was left in the loft-room, he vanished. The search continued for five days. I do not mean that it ceased even then, but that my attention was then diverted into a current very memorable to me. As Charley was at her writing again in my room in the evening, and as I sat opposite to her at work, I felt the table tremble. Looking up, I saw my little maid shivering from head to foot. "Charley," said I, "are you so cold?" "I think I am, miss," she replied. "I don't know what it is. I can't hold myself still. I felt so yesterday at about this same time, miss. Don't be uneasy, I think I'm ill." I heard Ada's voice outside, and I hurried to the door of communication between my room and our pretty sitting-room, and locked it. Just in time, for she tapped at it while my hand was yet upon the key. Ada called to me to let her in, but I said, "Not now, my dearest. Go away. There's nothing the matter; I will come to you presently." Ah! It was a long, long time before my darling girl and I were companions again. Charley fell ill. In twelve hours she was very ill. I moved her to my room, and laid her in my bed, and sat down quietly to nurse her. I told my guardian all about it, and why I felt it was necessary that I should seclude myself, and my reason for not seeing my darling above all. At first she came very often to the door, and called to me, and even reproached me with sobs and tears; but I wrote her a long letter saying that she made me anxious and unhappy and imploring her, as she loved me and wished my mind to be at peace, to come no nearer than the garden. After that she came beneath the window even oftener than she had come to the door, and if I had learnt to love her dear sweet voice before when we were hardly ever apart, how did I learn to love it then, when I stood behind the window-curtain listening and replying, but not so much as looking out! How did I learn to love it afterwards, when the harder time came! They put a bed for me in our sitting-room; and by keeping the door wide open, I turned the two rooms into one, now that Ada had vacated that part of the house, and kept them always fresh and airy. There was not a servant in or about the house but was so good that they would all most gladly have come to me at any hour of the day or night without the least fear or unwillingness, but I thought it best to choose one worthy woman who was never to see Ada and whom I could trust to come and go with all precaution. Through her means I got out to take the air with my guardian when there was no fear of meeting Ada, and wanted for nothing in the way of attendance, any more than in any other respect. And thus poor Charley sickened and grew worse, and fell into heavy danger of death, and lay severely ill for many a long round of day and night. So patient she was, so uncomplaining, and inspired by such a gentle fortitude that very often as I sat by Charley holding her head in my arms--repose would come to her, so, when it would come to her in no other attitude--I silently prayed to our Father in heaven that I might not forget the lesson which this little sister taught me. I was very sorrowful to think that Charley's pretty looks would change and be disfigured, even if she recovered--she was such a child with her dimpled face--but that thought was, for the greater part, lost in her greater peril. When she was at the worst, and her mind rambled again to the cares of her father's sick bed and the little children, she still knew me so far as that she would be quiet in my arms when she could lie quiet nowhere else, and murmur out the wanderings of her mind less restlessly. At those times I used to think, how should I ever tell the two remaining babies that the baby who had learned of her faithful heart to be a mother to them in their need was dead! There were other times when Charley knew me well and talked to me, telling me that she sent her love to Tom and Emma and that she was sure Tom would grow up to be a good man. At those times Charley would speak to me of what she had read to her father as well as she could to comfort him, of that young man carried out to be buried who was the only son of his mother and she was a widow, of the ruler's daughter raised up by the gracious hand upon her bed of death. And Charley told me that when her father died she had kneeled down and prayed in her first sorrow that he likewise might be raised up and given back to his poor children, and that if she should never get better and should die too, she thought it likely that it might come into Tom's mind to offer the same prayer for her. Then would I show Tom how these people of old days had been brought back to life on earth, only that we might know our hope to be restored to heaven! But of all the various times there were in Charley's illness, there was not one when she lost the gentle qualities I have spoken of. And there were many, many when I thought in the night of the last high belief in the watching angel, and the last higher trust in God, on the part of her poor despised father. And Charley did not die. She flutteringiy and slowly turned the dangerous point, after long lingering there, and then began to mend. The hope that never had been given, from the first, of Charley being in outward appearance Charley any more soon began to be encouraged; and even that prospered, and I saw her growing into her old childish likeness again. It was a great morning when I could tell Ada all this as she stood out in the garden; and it was a great evening when Charley and I at last took tea together in the next room. But on that same evening, I felt that I was stricken cold. Happily for both of us, it was not until Charley was safe in bed again and placidly asleep that I began to think the contagion of her illness was upon me. I had been able easily to hide what I felt at tea-time, but I was past that already now, and I knew that I was rapidly following in Charley's steps. I was well enough, however, to be up early in the morning, and to return my darling's cheerful blessing from the garden, and to talk with her as long as usual. But I was not free from an impression that I had been walking about the two rooms in the night, a little beside myself, though knowing where I was; and I felt confused at times--with a curious sense of fullness, as if I were becoming too large altogether. In the evening I was so much worse that I resolved to prepare Charley, with which view I said, "You're getting quite strong, Charley, are you not?' "Oh, quite!" said Charley. "Strong enough to be told a secret, I think, Charley?" "Quite strong enough for that, miss!" cried Charley. But Charley's face fell in the height of her delight, for she saw the secret in my face; and she came out of the great chair, and fell upon my bosom, and said "Oh, miss, it's my doing! It's my doing!" and a great deal more out of the fullness of her grateful heart. "Now, Charley," said I after letting her go on for a little while, "if I am to be ill, my great trust, humanly speaking, is in you. And unless you are as quiet and composed for me as you always were for yourself, you can never fulfil it, Charley." "If you'll let me cry a little longer, miss," said Charley. "Oh, my dear, my dear! If you'll only let me cry a little longer. Oh, my dear!"--how affectionately and devotedly she poured this out as she clung to my neck, I never can remember without tears--"I'll be good." So I let Charley cry a little longer, and it did us both good. "Trust in me now, if you please, miss," said Charley quietly. "I am listening to everything you say." "It's very little at present, Charley. I shall tell your doctor to-night that I don't think I am well and that you are going to nurse me." For that the poor child thanked me with her whole heart. "And in the morning, when you hear Miss Ada in the garden, if I should not be quite able to go to the window-curtain as usual, do you go, Charley, and say I am asleep--that I have rather tired myself, and am asleep. At all times keep the room as I have kept it, Charley, and let no one come." Charley promised, and I lay down, for I was very heavy. I saw the doctor that night and asked the favour of him that I wished to ask relative to his saying nothing of my illness in the house as yet. I have a very indistinct remembrance of that night melting into day, and of day melting into night again; but I was just able on the first morning to get to the window and speak to my darling. On the second morning I heard her dear voice--Oh, how dear now!-- outside; and I asked Charley, with some difficulty (speech being painful to me), to go and say I was asleep. I heard her answer softly, "Don't disturb her, Charley, for the world!" "How does my own Pride look, Charley?" I inquired. "Disappointed, miss," said Charley, peeping through the curtain. "But I know she is very beautiful this morning." "She is indeed, miss," answered Charley, peeping. "Still looking up at the window." With her blue clear eyes, God bless them, always loveliest when raised like that! I called Charley to me and gave her her last charge. "Now, Charley, when she knows I am ill, she will try to make her way into the room. Keep her out, Charley, if you love me truly, to the last! Charley, if you let her in but once, only to look upon me for one moment as I lie here, I shall die." "I never will! I never will!" she promised me. "I believe it, my dear Charley. And now come and sit beside me for a little while, and touch me with your hand. For I cannot see you, Charley; I am blind." Return to the Bleak House Summary Return to the Charles Dickens Library	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line958
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__label__wiki	0.799688	0.799688	There are a million things that can be said about JP as a skier—how he pioneered and transcended genres, and the indelible mark he has made on the sport. But there is so much more: he was a genuinely good human; he was my favorite person to be around because he was hilarious and because he was kind. In the summer of 1997 I watched a VHS tape of JP Auclair and JF Cusson skiing the park at Mt. Hood. It was a time when snowboarding was peaking and, in many places, skiers weren’t even allowed in the park. Skiers certainly weren’t doing tricks that rivaled snowboarders—in difficulty or in style. To see JP and JF doing cork 720s blew my mind, and, as a snow sports photographer, I wanted to meet them. At the time, I was a senior photographer at Snowboarder Magazine and I had begun contributing with a start-up ski magazine called Freeze. The following spring the photo editor of Freeze blew out his knee and in his place, I was sent to the Nordic jib land, Riksgransen, Sweden to meet these guys. JP and I hit it off and that’s how it began – 16 years of traveling and shooting with him. Often, those travels were the kind which involved appearances, autograph sessions and less than ideal ski situations. He would put on a smile and give it 100 percent at an awkward press conference in China when we knew Interior BC was getting hammered. He would shred the icy slopes of Quebec when duty called, or log long hours in the Armada office to slam out a product video. JP was a champion no matter how adverse or inane. That was part of what made him so good. Ironically, JP and I had a shared sense that what we were doing, while fulfilling in context, at times seemed frivolous. We spent our lives traveling to the far ends of the earth, and we weren’t doing it to build bridges or irrigations systems or to help people have clean drinking water. Instead, we were doing it for skiing. We used to talk about how skiing and the snowsports industry didn’t really make a difference in the world. In his downtime, JP started Alpine Initiatives to help orphans of AIDS victims in Meru, Kenya. He went to Kenya for a couple of summers to actually build these structures with his bare hands and minimal tools. Real grunt labor, reinforcing what a better person he was than most, myself included. Alpine Initiatives continues today. Their mission has been refocused to support mountain communities here in North America and is one of the many legacies that JP has left us here on this world. It is not until now, that he is gone, that I realize that some of the fondest memories of my adult life are from crazy trips (with JP) to Turkey, China, Norway, British Columbia, Alaska, Japan, and New Zealand. But of course I loved him that much. We started a fucking company together. JP and I started Armada to save skiing. That he’s not here to see what happens with it, and with skiing and with his son and with everything is mind-numbing. JP Auclair. 1977-2014. #weloveyoujp It was refreshing to see a super brilliant skier continuously reinvent himself in a sport where most athletes come and go in four-year cycles. JP kept going as his peers dropped into obscurity. He was one of those people who did everything really, really well. Usually, one would harbor at least a touch of brotherly resentment for someone who was just so perfect, his looks mirroring his ageless skiing. Instead you loved him because he was so humble, because he was so nice, and he made you belly laugh every time you saw him. When it’s said that no one ever said a bad thing about JP, that’s not just cliché in his passing, it’s truth. As a ski designer, he helped develop the first ever halfpipe-specific ski. He helped design the first commercially available 5 dimension ski with rocker and camber. JP and Julien Regnier made skiing powder simple for the masses when they created the forever-copied JJ. He built a burly mountaineering ski called the Declivity. He helped design cutting edge skis, outerwear, gloves and goggles for numerous companies for the past 15 years. JP directed and edited the most unique and most watched ski movie segment in history, his street skiing segment in All I Can with the Sherpas. When the entire industry was primarily focused on the race scene and building carving skis, he helped start the first rider-owned, rider-driven brand that was a catalyst to propel what we know as skiing into its current state which many people refer to as freeskiing. JP wasn’t a fan of that verbiage, he thought it was all skiing. ‘They don’t call it ‘freesnowboarding.'” JP was one of those guys who, when he wanted to do something, he would just teach himself to do it. He wanted take pictures, so he bought my old camera and started taking photos and got really good. He wanted to edit movies, so he learned online (and from Johnny Descesare) how to use Final Cut Pro and eventually went on to direct a major ski film. He wanted to be a better ski mountaineer ,so he learned how to be a guide, how to rock climb and teamed up with Andreas Fransson. JP loved pizza and there was only one way to get it– diavola style. He was a connoisseur and he would text me pics of his pizzas from Italy, Montreal, Haines, wherever he was, as he knew I shared the love of ‘za. For him, the best pizza in the world was ironically not in Italy; it was Pizza Riva on Tal Street in Munich. It is pretty damn good. We shared meals there when we were in town for the ISPO trade show and laughed our asses off at things you could found funny if you worked in the ski industry for your entire adult life. JP’s innovation changed skiing’s look and feel forever – but his legacy is greater than even that. photo: Chris O’Connell It was over a diavola pie at Pizza Riva that he told me how lucky he was to be able to learn from Andreas Fransson who had become a new partner to JP. He had so much respect for him. JP developed the skill set to be able to ascend and descend with the world’s best in just a few years. Many didn’t know how good JP had become at ski mountaineering. It takes time to be known in that arena and braggers are shot down quickly by the core. After a month-long stint in Chamonix, JP commented, “It’s all calculated and you just ski one turn at a time. It’s a different kind of skiing, but it’s really fulfilling.” That kind of skiing is the pinnacle and only for a few. JP wanted to become a better ski mountaineer – so he became a guide and learned to rock climb. Who would have thought that a mogul kid from Quebec could have such an impact on the sport of skiing in so many different facets? JP was the only true renaissance man of skiing. There wasn’t another athlete that was able to ski at such a high level in so many different disciplines; nor will there ever now that every single genre is so specialized. Hell, nowadays there is barely a pipe competitor that can ski park on an elite level. From X Games to Ski Mountaineering and everything in between, JP created and defined skiing as we know it. He was the first and the last of two decades of skiers, never to be emulated. Not even close. To top it off, he worked more behind the scenes than most pros work on snow their entire careers. JP did it all. Whether it was in front or behind the camera, on a computer, in an editing bay, skiing a sketchy pipe or climbing an icy couloir, he did it with the skill and precision. Skiing as we know it doesn’t exist without the contributions of JP Auclair. His natural ability to do just about anything on skis, coupled with his understanding of the business granted him one of the longest athlete careers in the sport. There is no peace in the loss of JP, but there is solace in the circle of life. JP and I both recently had babies—sons. In the infancy of these lives, it’s harder to become jaded and easier to marvel at what’s ahead. If what they do here is even a bit as creative and brave as what JP has done, it will be exciting. Maybe they’ll build bridges and bring people clean water. Or maybe they’ll just go skiing and make pictures. –words by Chris O’Connell, Armada co-founder JP wanted to become a better ski mountaineer – so he became a guide and learned to rock climb.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line962
__label__wiki	0.933712	0.933712	Pierre Paintings Portrait (Assignment) the making of “Sabine” Pierre Prints History / Paintings of Saint John Cathedral CARNIVAL – OETELDONKS RICH HISTORY Fauvism & Expressionism Masterclass – Learning Working in the Open Air ( Plein-air ) Auguste Renoir “step by step” the gray “Paul Cézanne” Artist Masterclass Signing up BIO & FRIENDS Pierre / Biography MODERN FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM John van Nistelrooij / Sculpture & Bio My Teacher; Livinus van de Bundt – Pink Floyd Foto-Gallery; Beynac et Cazenac (24)Dordogne Fr. Beynac-et-Cazenac Art Works & History Foto Gallery; Atelier Address & Links Art Works Shipping Worldwide Cartier’s …. Cartier’s solide gouden Lunar-module replica voor veiling This 18-karat gold replica of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module was made by French jeweler Cartier under commission form Le Figaro newspaper in 1969. Three of the models were presented to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins during a visit to Paris in October 1969. Credit: RR Auction A rare gold model of the Lunar Module “Eagle” used by the Apollo 11 astronauts to land on the moon is expected to reach over $150,000 at auction this week. The 6.25-inch-tall replica, made with 18-karat gold by French jeweler Cartier, is one of only three in existence. The miniatures were first presented to the Apollo 11 astronauts — Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins — in October 1969, during a visit to Paris on an international goodwill tour. The item for sale had previously belonged to Aldrin, though he since sold the item and is not directly involved in the auction. Neil Armstrong, the mission’s commander, donated his to the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, though it was stolen in July of this year and remains lost. The final model, originally presented to Michael Collins, is now part of Cartier’s private collection, having been reacquired by the company for $55,000 at a 2003 auction. The Figaro newspaper asked for contributions from its readers to cover construction costs. The names of all donors are saved on a microfilm which is hidden in a secret compartment. Credit: RR Auction Funded by donations Cartier was commissioned to produce the models by French newspaper Le Figaro, which asked its readers for donations towards the production costs. The names of the donors are listed on microfilm rolls hidden inside each of the models. The success of this unusual campaign is testament to France’s enthusiasm for the moon landing, according to Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at Boston-based RR Auction, which is handling the sale. One of the two remaining models, the one donated to Collins, is part of Cartier’s collection as it was purchased back at auction in 2003. The one belonging to Armstrong was stolen from a museum in July 2017 and is still missing. Credit: RR Auctio The fact that subscribers of a newspaper sent in contributions to make these gorgeous Cartier models shows you how much the French people admired these men,” he said in an email interview. Weighing 846 grams (about 1.8 pounds), the model is a detailed scale replica, complete with detachable ascent and descent stages. A number of pieces are missing however, including support posts, brackets and antennas. The model’s finish is also slightly tarnished, but RR Auction still expects the item to fetch at least $155,000 before the auction closes Thursday. Cartier has said that restoring the piece at its Paris facility is possible, and can be provided at the buyer’s expense. The piece, which belonged to Aldrin, is now up for auction and expected to fetch at least $155,000. Credit: RR Auction Space mementos The gold model is up for sale alongside several other items from the Apollo 11 mission. Highlights include a page from the Lunar Module activation checklist, marked with annotations from Armstrong, and an American flag carried to the moon and signed by all three members of the crew. Among over 200 other lots is a letter written by Aldrin in 1964, five years before the moon landing. In it, he predicts: “Our space program will stimulate the inventiveness of our scientists and engineers, the creativity of our scholars, the emotions of our artisans, the economy of our industry and nation, the imagination of our youth and the wisdom of our leaders.” A handwritten letter by Michael Collins is also on sale. The future Apollo 11 pilot writes The ultimate value of our lunar landing program cannot be outlined in detail at this time, just as it was impossible to foresee all the uses to which the Wright brothers’ invention would be put.” Comment or Question, let me know; kind regards Pierre Reactie annuleren Climate change by humans Venice Biennale 2019 Martin Puryear Contemporary Sale in London French artists in Museum Gouda. PAN Amsterdam – Prints Follow me on; Bekijk het profiel van Artpierrevandijk op Facebook Bekijk het profiel van @GALLERY_PIERRE op Twitter Bekijk het profiel van pierre_impressionist op Instagram Bekijk het profiel van pierre-van-dijk-53228a39 op LinkedIn Bekijk het profiel van PIERRE van Dijk op Google+ www.artpierre.com Pierre v. Dijk/ 80x60cm/oil on canvas/sold L.A. Art-Show Subscribe to this blog by e-mail. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive email notifications of new posts. 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__label__wiki	0.785823	0.785823	home : titles : tags : Royal Australian Navy Titles tagged with ‘Royal Australian Navy’ 14 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year Australasian Gazette – HMAS Brisbane Launched at Cockatoo Island newsreel – 1915 In this 1915 newsreel, the wife of then prime minister Andrew Fisher launches the HMAS Brisbane naval ship from the dockyard of Cockatoo Island. Australian Navy: Destroyers documentary – c1930 The capacity of Royal Australian Navy destroyers to carry and launch torpedoes in the 1930s is demonstrated here. Cockatoo Island: HMAS Success Launching historical – 1984 The HMAS Success was ultimately the last ship to be built on Cockatoo Island before the dockyard closed in 1992. Cockatoo Island: Newsreel Film of Dockyard Activities historical – c1939 The largest island in Sydney Harbour became the major shipbuilding and dockyard facility for the Pacific during the Second World War, following the fall of Singapore. Cyclone Tracy television program – 1986 A fictional account of one of Australia’s worst natural disasters – a major turning point in the history of Darwin. The Exploits of the Emden feature film – 1928 A reconstruction of Ken G Hall’s composite film about the destruction of the German warship Emden in November 1914. For the Honour of Australia feature film – 1916 War melodrama about two brothers in 1915: one joins the navy, the other discovers a German spy ring in Australia and is saved after the Sydney batters the Emden. Ikara the Weapon Thrower sponsored film – 1963 This black-and-white film, classified 'confidential’ at the time, shows the lead up to the Ikara weapons trials and the trials that began in April 1963. National Treasures – HMAS Sydney’s Carley Float documentary – 2004 A tiny, war-ravaged liferaft’s link to the worst naval disaster in Australia’s history. No Survivors: The Mysterious Loss of the HMAS Sydney documentary – 1993 The loss of HMAS Sydney, the worst naval disaster in Australian history, sparked allegations of a cover-up. Patrol Boat – Never Under the White Ensign television program – 1979 Patrol Boat is a television drama about the crew of a navy patrol boat, whose job it is to guard Australia’s coastal waters. Sea Patrol – Cometh the Hour television program – 2007 Adventure-driven navy drama revolving around the crew of a patrol boat and set in the waters of northern Australia. South-west Pacific sponsored film – 1943 During the Second World War, Chips Rafferty appeared in two short documentaries made for the federal government to support the domestic war effort. Submariners documentary – 2005 Life on board the submarine HMAS Rankin. From a six-part series which followed the crew as they prepare for naval exercises with the US Navy.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line968
__label__cc	0.690052	0.309948	Home / Authors / Bill Mollison / Surviving the Crash with Bill Mollison Surviving the Crash with Bill Mollison Economic Strategies for Community Survival and Development (as the economy falls in a heap) Hear 30 hours of Bill Mollison, the co-founder of permaculture, talking about Earthbank – an integrated, ethical systems approach to securing community from a failing financial system using a myriad of legal and financial strategies. Available in a bundle with Bill’s other recordings at 50% off. Surviving the Crash with Bill Mollison quantity SKU: JNU03DV Categories: Audio & Video, Bill Mollison Tag: SARI 13 hours of previously unreleased material. Includes PDF files of course notes. The first two sections of this audio set were recorded at Murdoch University and Fremantle Community Education Centre, Western Australia in 1985. The third section includes was recorded in Stanley Tasmania. Recorded by permaculture pioneer, Jeff Nugent. This mp3 DVD can be played on most computers and most modern DVD players. Some cars are equipped with DVD players capable of playing it. The files can also be loaded to mp3 players for portable listening. The PDF format notes can be viewed on a computer or printed out for easy reference. Bill Mollison Bill Mollison has inspired countless people to take action. He is a recipient of the “Right Livelihood Award,” a prestigious honor that is often nicknamed the “Alternative Nobel Prize.” He was also named one of the “Senior Australians of 2010,” and has received honors and accolades from many places he has visited worldwide. Bill’s first two books, “Permaculture One” (co-authored with David Holmgren) and “Permaculture Two,” are considered by many to be among the most important writings in sustainable agriculture. His encyclopedic classic Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual is used as the foundation for the Permaculture Design Courses that he developed in the early 80’s that spread the permaculture philosophy and practice worldwide. 135 × 15 × 190 mm Be the first to review “Surviving the Crash with Bill Mollison” Cancel reply Aquaculture with Bill Mollison Permaculture Design Course with Bill Mollison From: AUD $60.00 Add to cart Radish Beets – Remixed and Revegetated AUD $6.00 – AUD $10.00 Select options EcoVillage Pioneers – documentary Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual You're viewing: Surviving the Crash with Bill Mollison AUD $40.00	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line973
__label__wiki	0.997735	0.997735	Plans to boost PGA airtime for Aus golfers Evin Priest Australian Associated Press 18 March 2019 Jason Day and Adam Scott are two of Australia's four golfers ranked inside the world's top 30 Frustrated Australian golf fans could soon be able to watch entire live rounds of homegrown stars such as Jason Day and Adam Scott with broadcasters revealing future plans to introduce individual player coverage. Last year, the US PGA Tour handed over international multi-platform rights in a $2 billion partnership to media giants Discovery - who then launched Golf TV as their video streaming service for markets outside the US. Golf TV executives believe the new platform is performing well in its eight markets but acknowledged the need to localise broadcasts. Australian fans are able to watch golf's major tours live on Fox Sports as well as on Golf TV through personal devices. But a major grievance for Australian fans waking up early to watch PGA Tour broadcasts has been a gross lack of airtime for Day, Scott, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith - even when they are within range of the lead. "I agree; it's a bummer for fans and it's something we can solve," president of Discovery Golf, Alex Kaplan, told AAP. Golf TV's future plans are to capture every shot at PGA Tour events and have a bunker-style facility package of live footage for individual countries. "The vision for us, which is a number of years away, is every shot, of every player, on every hole," Rick Anderson, the PGA Tour's chief media officer, said. But with PGA Tour fields ranging from 30 to 156 players, how Golf TV will capture every shot is yet to be determined. "I want to be clear here ... I can't put an exact timeline on it, but we have identified the need to localise the viewing experience," Kaplan said. "We're excited and Australia is a market we haven't even really touched yet." "We're not going to put people and cameras on every hole; it's not feasible," Anderson said. "But we've done some testing with robotic cameras that you can get in fixed locations and operate them from anywhere." In the meantime, Golf TV plans to regularly package highlights of entire rounds for players, including Australians, in a bite-sized format. "Right now, we can start to get speed rounds where you see the players that matter in Australia and watch it after the fact," Anderson said. Former world No.1 Scott said the concept was the only way to properly engage golf fans in Australia. "It's simple; watching every shot of every player absolutely has to be the future," he told AAP. "It would absolutely boost golf in Australia. "I say this respectfully but everyone back home says there is biased coverage of American players and that doesn't do wonders for golf globally. "It would be wonderful if you could press a button and stream your favourite player." 'Looked incredible': Golf star's girlfriend steals the show at ESPYs	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line974
__label__wiki	0.819503	0.819503	Wind tunnel test of the DB-1 revised airplane model (airplane section report) Morse, Alan L. (2016-06-08) Investigation of structural members under combined axial and transverse loads. Section I (airplane section report) Newell, J. S. (2016-07-18) Wind tunnel test of a CO-2A model airplane (airplane section report) Archer, C. E. (2016-05-25) Wind tunnel test of the Thomas-Morse MB-3 airplane (airplane section report) Wind tunnel test of the GA-2A ground attack airplane (airplane section report) Wind tunnel test of the Fokker PW-5 with the V-40 wing and the PW-5 wing (airplane section report) Wind tunnel test of the original DB-1 model (airplane section report) AuthorMorse, Alan L. (5)United States. Army. Air Service. Engineering Division. (2)Archer, C. E. (1)Newell, J. S. (1)SubjectAeronautics--Research (9) Aeronautics--Systems engineering (9) Airplanes--Design and construction (9) Airplanes, Military (6)Airplanes--Models--Aerodynamics (6)Airplanes--Testing (6)Wind tunnel testing (6)Airplanes--Equipment and supplies (2)Airships (2)Balloons (2)... View MoreDate Issued	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line975
__label__wiki	0.835907	0.835907	Calstart celebrates 20 years of clean transportation: Organization started in old Lockheed building Mark Vaughn Calstart Part of the fleet of BMW MiniEs, some of the alternative transportation encouraged by Calstart. Was anyone around 20 years ago in Southern California? Show of hands? Remember how different a time that was? The Cold War had just ended and all those aerospace engineers and rocket scientists were walking around unemployed. An awful lot of cars still had carburetors. There was no such thing as a Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle. And the California Air Resources Board was telling carmakers that if they wanted to sell cars in the state they had to do so with an increasingly larger and larger percentage of them making no emissions whatsoever. It was all a little bit crazy. Visionary Dr. Lon E. Bell was one of those engineers, a Caltech PhD. But instead of wailing and gnashing teeth as others were doing, Bell saw an opportunity. Why not take all those engineers and the companies they worked for and put them to work designing and building all these electric cars that the car companies were going to have to start selling? Along with then-SoCal Edison CEO Mike Peevey and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power chair Mike Gage, Bell founded Calstart and set about doing just that. “We knew that massive change needed to occur in our industry,” Bell said Monday at Calstart's 20th anniversary. “The technology was right here in the United States, not being utilized; was there a way to take that technology and use it for the benefit of society?” Bell started making calls and getting companies together in a spirit he dubbed “co-opetition.” The companies would still be competitors but together they could grow the industry in which they worked to the benefit of all. To show it could be done, Bell built an electric car using technologies from 20 different companies and started showing it off. He even took it to the Geneva auto show. It was all very promising. Then a few things came along that altered the course. Electric cars were no longer required by law, interest waned as gas prices either stayed relatively low or were within the budgets of most buyers. EV development faded away with the CARB zero-emission vehicle mandate. But Calstart kept at it, shifting its focus to larger vehicles such as trucks and buses, where the higher initial cost of environmentally friendly technology could more easily be absorbed over the longer lifetimes and longer hauls of those vehicles. Transportation infrastructure became another focus of Calstart. Lobbying governments became still another. Progress continued but in a new and different way, though no less environmentally changing. In its 20 years Calstart: —Garnered federal funding for programs that lead to the emergence of hybrid heavy duty trucks and buses. —Helped incentivize hybrid cars. —Organized coalitions that produced the National Fuel Cell Bus Program and the Zero Emission Bus Program that helped lower the cost of fuel cell buses by 70 percent. —Encouraged the use of biomethane as a viable low-carbon fuel. —Coordinated industry input that demonstrated the feasibility of 54.5 mpg CAFÉ. —Saw to it that clean fuel cars can use the HOV lanes even if those lanes turn into toll roads. —Instituted programs to encourage use of alternate transportation to reach light rail and bus lines (sometimes as simple as riding a bike to a train station). —Installed its own 84-kw solar power array at its headquarters in Pasadena, Calif. “I think we can take some credit for the changes that have taken place in the last 20 years,” Bell said. And for the next 20, there is an equally enthusiastic team at Calstart led by energetic president and CEO John Boesel, who has been with the organization since shortly after it was founded. “We really want to see significant penetration of clean vehicles into the traditional vehicle market,” Boesel said. “We want to go from 1 percent to 50 percent market share. I think this is what the environment needs, this is what the nation needs, and I think there's just a huge economic opportunity for California and the United States to make this happen.” You can see all of Calstart's programs at its website here. Source URL: https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/calstart-celebrates-20-years-clean-transportation-organization-started-old-lockheed	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line977
__label__cc	0.710387	0.289613	By Isabelle Kirkwood Canadian Startup News April 25, 2019 The report found that PayTech is, by far, the largest FinTech sector in Canada. The report, which was prepared for the Government of Canada, found the formation of new companies peaked in 2014, with 101 new FinTechs created in Canada that year. In 2018, however, the report captured only 28 new FinTechs created, a 72 percent decrease in just four years. FGC stated that given the timing of its report, its data for 2018 is likely inaccurate, but noted the overall decline as a trend is a reliable data point. “Some explanations for the decline could be issues with access to funding, ability to scale in Canada, access to a competitive market, adoption rates, maturing segments, or increased innovation by [financial institutions] as a deterrent,” the report stated. Christian Lassonde is the founder and managing partner of Impression Ventures. He said he saw roughly 200 Canadian FinTechs created last year and just under a quarter of that number created in 2019. He added that these figures fall in line with those from 2017, and had a more optimistic outlook on the trend of new FinTechs in Canada. “While it’s almost impossible to assign year of formation dates to these companies, taken in aggregate, this data is suggestive of a [healthy] stable-state of FinTech company creation in Canada,” Lassonde said in a statement to BetaKit. “Obviously, we would love to see these numbers [increase] versus staying flat – so let’s continue to get those creative forces going.” FGS’ report found Toronto accounted for 62 percent of the country’s FinTech ecosystem, while a similar report from Toronto Finance International in March, found that Toronto accounts for only 43 percent, a 19 percent discrepancy. While the percentages may differ, the reports agree that Toronto accounts for the majority of FinTechs in Canada. RELATED: Which Canadian city has the best FinTech ecosystem? The findings of Toronto Finance International’s report also suggested that the Toronto region has a smaller share of global FinTech investment, with regards to the number and size of deals compared to other major financial centres such as San Francisco, London, and New York. A KPMG ‘Pulse of FinTech’ report found that Canada’s overall FinTech sector saw a high volume of deals in the first half of 2018, but the value of those deals declined compared to the year before, suggesting access to funding could indeed be a significant reason for new company decline in recent years. FGS’ report found approximately 80 percent of all FinTech firms in Canada are valued at less than $50 million, with PayTech comprising the majority of the industry’s value. LendTech, cryptocurrency and blockchain, and capital markets and investment were the next most highly valued FinTech startups. In terms of adoption, another report from Ernst & Young found Canada has one of the lowest FinTech adoption rates around the world, with only 18 percent of survey respondents in Canada reporting they have used two or more FinTech services in the last six months, compared to 33 percent globally. Legacy financial institutions have also undoubtedly pushed innovation efforts recently. Just this year, Merdian, Ontario’s largest credit union, launched its very own digital service Motusbank. Scotiabank did something similar, launching a digital platform for mortgage applications, Scotiabank eHOME. Driving SME growth FGS’ report found in Canada, which has 31,300 startup employees total, 80 percent of all FinTech firms are valued at less than $50 million. It also noted that nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of Canadian FinTech firms have under 50 employees, suggesting FinTech could be a large driver of SME growth in the country. The report identified 831 FinTechs in Canada and 164 FinTech incumbents in operation. FinTech incumbents are defined as companies that occupy a large portion of the existing financial services market, mostly provide tech to banks, and do not offer alternative financial services. The report also found that PayTech is, by far, the largest FinTech sector in Canada by number of companies, accounting for one quarter (204) of the total number of FinTechs in Canada, with FI tech and software, LendTech, and capital markets and investment following behind respectively. The report noted all the movement in this sector as well as others suggest the stage is being set for more disruption in FinTech. Recently, Toronto-based Wave, a platform for small business owners, announced a new payments solution created in partnership with Visa, designed to change how small businesses manage cash flow. Also, Vancouver-based FinTech startup Mogo signed an agreement this month to merge with Difference Capital Financial to create Mogo Inc. The Ontario Securities Commission, a regulatory body, which enforces securities legislation, also created the FinTech Advisory Committee in 2017 to look at securities issues surrounding the growing industry. Some of its newest members include Andrew Graham of Borrowell, as well as members of Canada’s VC community, including Brian Mosoff from Ether Capital and Karim Gillani from Luge Capital. Image courtesy pxhere FinTechreport Echosec to receive $2 million secured loan from TIMIA Capital IBM collaborating with University of Waterloo for quantum computing research Taxi Battle Heats Up in Montreal as Hailo Makes Its Presence Known On the same week that Uber Montreal is offering three free taxi rides under $20 to anyone who downloads the app, its main competitor…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line983
__label__wiki	0.651916	0.651916	B, Reviews Review: The Childhood of a Leader Director: Brady Corbet Cast: Tom Sweet, Liam Cunningham, Bérénice Bejo Spoilers Within: No Brady Corbet’s first foray into directing opens with a booming overture, threatening and ominous to the point of oppression: a sinister bedrock that pervades the film from this introduction to its mystifyingly weird final shot. Scott Walker’s score is one of many components that gel deftly to create a fascinating if ultimately frustrating origin story for both Corbet’s new career path, and the young Prescott at the centre of this moody thriller. I’ve had a keen eye on Corbet since I caught his subtly damaged turn in the unforgettably bleak Mysterious Skin and have since sought out and relished each of his roles: a magnetic presence in even the smallest of appearances/cameos, he’s always been a much welcome face in any cast roster. Admittedly, expectations of his directing debut The Childhood of a Leader could have been a little high, and whilst these were mostly met, they were met in a way that was different to what was anticipated. The Childhood of a Leader feels incredibly authentic of its post-World War I context, both the small French village and the grand home of the family becoming secondary characters to the limited cast. Tom Sweet is a fantastic discovery, embodying the juvenile Prescott with authoritative command over the cast of adults, from Liam Cunningham’s aloof Father at the foundation of the signing of The Treaty of Versailles and Bérénice Bejo’s quietly gloomy Mother, but its scenes with Stacy Martin’s Teacher of whom Prescott gradually sexualises and realises his penchant for bilingual intellect and melancholic independence. These scenes are staged with an expert purpose: a blurrily static shot on the Teacher’s see-through blouse as Prescott’s interest in home education wanes, or the equally unfocused high landscape shot as the two walk through a cultivated field are two examples of the optical flourishes that are somehow more subtle than they sound (despite being disconnected from the rest of the film). Only once is Corbet’s choice of camera distracting and remote, and that comes in a final, unprovoked moment that could have been reigned in. Lol Crawley’s cinematography is subliminally beautiful: constantly drab and always chilly, coordinating perfectly with the glacial pacing and looming soundtrack, but it’s the messiness of the darkened interior that gives the house a pulse, with some of the finest use of natural lighting I’ve seen this year dusty corners and winding stairways illuminated whilst Prescott’s literally signposted tantrums boil within its walls. Influences from Corbet’s past collaborations with auteur directors of European cinema (specifically Haneke revision and Von Trier) echo throughout the film and he shows this appreciation for those respected directors with his own visual flairs and voice, articulating his vision in a way that if this literary approach to storytelling is to be his style, then he’s going to be as much a director to watch as he is an actor. Sometimes The Childhood of a Leader loses its grasp on its thesis: is Prescott supposed to be the avatar of fascism itself? or is he simply a universal idea of a leader? Its title suggests the former, yet its ending suggests the latter. This perplexing denouement is both effective and damaging in equal balance, the fantastically slow zoom out fills the screen with a greater reveal of information and context, finally revealing Robert Pattinson’s unnamed dictator. Up until that point, it can be assumed – maybe incorrectly – that this moment would be the unveiling of an adult Prescott as he fulfils his totalitarian destiny, but then it cuts away with a dizzying and ill-fitting shot that disorientates in a way that Corbet probably didn’t intend. As a first feature, it’s spellbinding, intriguing and rewarding for its entirety, but with a bit more discipline it could have been a masterpiece of period homage. Corbet – as always – is going to be one to watch, and though it hasn’t exactly set audiences abuzz, it’ll hopefully find its market with a home release. The potential makings of a true cinematic auteur is an exciting thing to witness, especially when the 28-year-old has already proved himself a versatile force in cinema. Previous Previous post: Review: Out of Print Next Next post: Review: The Conjuring 2	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line990
__label__cc	0.569536	0.430464	Are you absolutely sure? Why risk should be reported responsibly The way numbers are presented can be misleading, so watch out. In 1995, UK news outlets reported advice from the Committee on Safety of Medicines, which suggested that a new version of the contraceptive pill doubled a woman’s risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) – a condition in which blood clots form in the veins around the legs. In the wake of the news, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service estimated that the number of abortions in the UK rose by 13,000, reversing a previously downward trend, as a result of a falling trust in the Pill. The number of births to teenage mothers also increased. The actual ﬁndings relating to the Pill and VTE are as follows: for every 7,000 women that took the previous Pill, one would have VTE. For every 7,000 women that took the new Pill, two would have VTE. The claim of ‘a doubling’ of the risk of VTE was not wrong: the number of women aﬀected had doubled from 1 in 7,000 to 2 in 7,000. This is the relative risk. But was this the best number to publish? The diﬀerence in terms of women aﬀected is just 1 in 7,000 (the diﬀerence between 2 in 7,000 and 1 in 7,000 women), or 0.014 per cent. This is the absolute risk. Lead image: This resource was first published in ‘Number Crunching’ in June 2013. Statistics and maths, Health, infection and disease, Medicine Life-changing findings? We don’t all respond to risk the same way Lottery numbers Understanding the stats Calculate your odds Our gut reactions to probability aren’t always correct	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line991
__label__cc	0.720011	0.279989	Cycling Priorities Infrastructure Successes The Bike Blog HUB Cycling's recommendations to Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services The BC Government held a public consultation on the upcoming provincial budget. HUB Cycling submitted a letter of recommendations to the committee. On Nov 15, 2018, the Committee released its unanimous report on the Budget 2019 consultation including the following recommendations on Active Transportation (Walking and Cycling). Increased Investment in Cycling Infrastructure HUB Cycling and the British Columbia Cycling Coalition recommended increased investment in cycling infrastructure, including the creation of complete cycling networks in communities across the province. Both organizations explained that a lack of a connected network of safe cycling infrastructure presents a barrier to cycling and that cycling has been shown to increase significantly when investments are made. This barrier was also identified by cycling advocate Fiona Walsh who suggested creating cycling highways to reduce interactions with cars and speed up commutes for people who bike to work. She noted that expanding cycling infrastructure would have the added benefit of encouraging British Columbians to transition away from vehicles. Increased Funding and Improving Funding Processes The Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition described challenges with current grant funding processes and requested increased funding, as well as targeted mechanisms to ensure smaller municipalities have access to funds. HUB Cycling shared that cycling provides a return on investment by delivering savings in health care, pollution and congestion-related costs, insurance, and police and ambulance related services. The British Columbia Cycling Coalition also noted these benefits, and further emphasized that an expanded cycling network could provide tourism opportunities. Cycling as a Transportation Option The British Columbian Cycling Coalition further identified opportunities to extend cycling as a transportation option for more people with the use of electric, cargo, and adaptive bicycles. Electric bicycles can increase the number and length of cycling trips, and enable people with physical challenges to cycle for transportation. Transportation and Transit Cargo bicycles, on the other hand, help people to carry children or larger loads on their bicycles and can be used by businesses for deliveries. They recommended exempting these bicycles from the PST to encourage their adoption and use. Cycling Education The Committee also received requests for funding cycling education at all ages. The British Columbia Cycling Coalition recommended skills training, funding for bike-to-work weeks, and the integration of driver and cycling training. They explained that access to training will make cyclists more confident and enable them to interact safely with people in cars. HUB Cycling suggested targeting cycling education to elementary-aged children as part of a broader active transportation strategy to increase the number of British Columbians who grow up with strong cycling skills. The BC Alliance for Healthy Living Society also supported funding for an active transportation strategy. They drew a connection between built environments and healthy communities and explained how community planning and design can influence whether individuals are regularly active. The organization pointed to successes in Vancouver and Victoria where investments in active transportation infrastructure have led to a move toward active modes of travel. The Select Committee's complete report on the Budget 2019 consultation is available here. HUB Cycling's letter of recommendations is available here.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line992
__label__cc	0.749276	0.250724	Portland Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project TriMet projects on Orange Line path at SE 8th should improve cycling by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on January 13th, 2016 at 11:18 am Looking west from the path toward SE 8th. (Photo by Adam Herstein/Twitter) TriMet is making changes to the path that runs along the new Orange MAX line in inner southeast. Front Page \| 45 Comments One commuter’s take on the many turns and stops on Tilikum’s east side by Michael Andersen (Contributor) on October 27th, 2015 at 2:14 pm Issues identified in Justin C.’s letter below. (Map: Google. Annotations: BikePortland) How many inconveniences does it take to add up to a serious problem? “I feel like I’m using a system that was not designed for me… It seems to be designed to get me out of the way of transit vehicles, not to get me to work.” — Justin C. For about a year now, we’ve been watching the expanse of east-side paths to Tilikum Crossing with unease. We’ve heard from many readers, publicly and privately, about its many issues. But like most of us, we wanted to give TriMet and the Portland Bureau of Transportation a chance to get it built, celebrate the good parts and work the kinks out before talking about what can be done to fix the problems here. After more than a month of Tilikum crossings, it’s time to start talking about what’s still wrong and what can be done. And we couldn’t frame the situation better than one reader, Justin C., did in an email to BikePortland last week. Front Page, Infrastructure \| 145 Comments City advisory committees oppose TriMet’s plans for swing gates on Orange Line by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on July 27th, 2015 at 3:52 pm Swing gates. (Photo: TriMet) Official Bureau of Transportation committees that represent two of the groups TriMet is trying to keep safe from MAX trains on the new Orange Line — people who walk and bike — oppose the agency’s plan to use swing gates at the entry and exit of tracks at two intersections in inner southeast Portland. After hearing about plans for the path at SE 8th and 11th, the City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee and Pedestrian Advisory Committee have both issued formal letters of opposition to TriMet. The bicycle committee outlined several reasons for their disapproval. The main reason is, “the operating difficulties they will impose on members of the traveling public – principally those who are bicycling or walking.” Here’s more from their letter:[Read more…] Front Page, Infrastructure, TriMet \| 29 Comments Citing safety concerns, TriMet wants “swing gates” at inner southeast MAX crossings by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on July 16th, 2015 at 11:37 am TriMet says this still from a May 2015 on-board video which shows people on bikes near an oncoming MAX train, is evidence that safety gates are needed. Front Page, TriMet \| 179 Comments TriMet announces big changes to SW Moody cycletrack It won’t look like this much longer. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line993
__label__cc	0.647697	0.352303	Mud Coffee Back on Astor Place, Same Same But Different July 18, 2017 By Kasper van Laarhoven Astor Plate on Astor Place © Kasper van Laarhoven The Mudtruck is gone, but a kiosk that just opened on Astor Place is serving Mud coffee, smoothies, and $2.25 double egg sandwiches all day long. In 2014, when Astor Place’s renovation left no room for the truck, it was forced to leave its home of 14 years. The Village Alliance pressed the City to open up a little lunch spot on the newly reconstructed Alamo Plaza, but Mud was too busy with their kiosk on East 1st Street to oversee it. So they reached out to Perry Mallas and his son Billy, who also own the Flatiron Green Cafe. They jumped on the opportunity. “We found this kiosk niche and it does well for us,” said Perry Mallas. The prices at the Astor Place kiosk are slightly lower than they are at the one at 23rd and Broadway– “to make sure that the NYU students could afford it.” Mallas had Astor Plate Cafe designed to fit not only the environment, but also the Mud coffee they sell. “We wanted to bring that cool vibe of the Mudtruck back,” he said. The good ol’ Mud coffee is back on the menu © Kasper van Laarhoven Astor Plate is open daily from 8am till 7pm, and will serve salads, juices, Greek yogurt and a variety of sandwiches. The food will come in fresh from Benvenuto, the Mallas family’s brick-and-mortar café in Tribeca. « New Indian Spot Replaces Babu Ji in the East Village » East Village Lands Himalayan Salt Cave; Williamsburg’s Bacon Omakase	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1002
__label__cc	0.741048	0.258952	Interview with Amaury Diaz on April 15, 2016, Segment 1 CENTRO: 100 Puerto Ricans Oral History Project, 2013- Diaz discusses his early life starting with his birth in Puerto Rico, his moved to New York and attending elementary school in the Bronx where he was exposed to different art facets. He goes on to discuss joining the Army and seeing the segregation and discrimination that his fellow Puerto Ricans peers suffered. April 15, 2016, Recording date Amaury Diaz Mareitssa Griggs 12m 37.0s Location of interview ADia.2016.04.15.1 Art, Military service, Segregation Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, Jr., United States. Army Orlando, FL (interview location), Juncos, PR (is referenced), The Bronx (is referenced), Fort Dix (is referenced), Fort Knox (is referenced), Fort Rucker (is referenced) 1937, Date mentioned CENTRO: 100 Puerto Ricans Oral History Project, 2013-. Interview with Amaury Diaz on April 15, 2016, Segment 1: ADia.2016.04.15.1. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives, Hunter College, CUNY. Web. 15 Jul 2019. In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Library and Archives	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1018
__label__wiki	0.68622	0.68622	Basta! Explaining why Italy stood united against constitutional reform by Michael Severance • December 13, 2016 Just as Acton concluded its ‘Reclaiming the West: Freedom and Responsibility‘conference series in London on Dec. 1, Italy was getting ready to decide its own fate among troubled Western democracies. On Dec. 4, the storied homeland to some of the greatest intellectual, political, religious and artistic genius over the last 2,500 years voted to implement or reject deep political reform via the ruling Partito Democratico’s proposed constitutional referendum. No doubt it was a fundamental decision about freedom and responsibility. But apparently not a ‘do or die’ proposition, as billed from the left-wing party’s bully pulpit. On Dec. 5, a record poll turnout (70%) resulted in Italians putting their feet down, a clear and decisive stop to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s ‘December Revolution’. The ‘No’ vote won by a landslide margin: 20 percentage points (60% to 40%). It is as if Italy had tuned in to Acton’s conference ‘The Crisis of Liberty in the West’, where outspoken Europeans advocated for ordered liberty. They called for deeper reflection on core human values and steadfastness in upholding timeless truths, rather than seeking change for its own sake or for some momentary advantage, thereby creating bastions of relativism and utilitarianism among civic institutions. This is challenging advice for Italians, who historically have been seduced by the brilliant sophistry of their scheming political leaders. Last week, however, Italian voters stood united. They showed they were sick and tired of being hoodwinked during debates and ultimately at the polls. Enough was enough: Basta! No longer would their suffrage be cashed out for any party’s short-term political gain. In short, Italian voters smelled a rat – a ruse used for a political power play. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s left coalition had sought to reduce senatorial seats and parliamentary budgets, but not without also seeking these senior politician’s full immunity from criminal prosecution or eliminating their ‘golden pensions’, many fancy trappings, and other costly perks; they had sought their more direct regional representation, a variant of federalism, but without such leaders being chosen by popular election. To help lovers of Italy diagnose the referendum defeat, I have interviewed two of the most shrewd Italian pundits, both of whom were against the referendum for different reasons. One is Marco Respinti — a Russell Kirk devotee and journalist from Milan. The other is Pietro Paganini, who is a Rome-based professor of entrepreneurship, as well as an economic and political analyst on national television. A Q&A with Marco Respinti and Pietro Paganini. SEVERANCE: A record voter participation at Italian polls sent Prime Minister Matteo Renzi packing with his failed constitutional referendum ( 60% ‘No’) and promise to tender his resignation to President Mattarella. In your opinion was there ‘progress’ or ‘regress’ made in choosing the status quo? Please explain either way. RESPINTI: ‘Progress’, as in what is best for now. Constitutions are not pieces of ‘poetry’ to be re-interpreted by each new generation nor toys to play with. In just one vote, the referendum asked Italians to change more than 40 laws. This is not realistic. People want to change one point [of constitutional law] before changing another. But how could all this be decided on one single ballot? To change the Italian Constitution, we would need a Constitutional Assembly. Summoning a constitutional convention has proven hard, but this is no reason to change the law of the land light-heartedly. The referendum asked us to go down a dark alley of the unknown and unnecessary novelties. For sure we will have to amend our Constitution, but with due process –and for the best, not for the worst. PAGANINI: This isn’t [really] the question: the referendum was not aimed at measuring progress or regress with respect to the status quo…The vote was on a question that summarized constitutional changes. The 60% are No’s to those changes. It was not a question about change in general or any change to the constitution. Unfortunately, most of the international media, including some senior analysts, simplified this reform proposal in the [sense of] change vs conservation. This is wrong. SEVERANCE: The ‘No’ voters seemed to be disturbed by various factors, among which a lack of clarity and transparency on many of the core constitutional issues. In addition they complained about very little public debate and an overly-simplified campaign slogan (‘Just say Yes’). Is this true and why so? RESPINTI: Of course it is true. Many of the proposed changes are just technicalities that people are simply not familiar with. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tried to influence the vote with many ‘gifts’ and ‘promises’ on the side, but Italians read right through him. They are not fools. The referendum began as a question of some constitutional changes. As time went on, it became a referendum on Renzi’s government and their political platform. Renzi wanted the referendum in this spirit. And, in the end, he paid a hefty price. Renzi’s politics has meant playing games – for example, merely changing names of tax laws to lay claim he had canceled some while creating new taxes in their place! It has also meant hypocritical labor policies, mass immigration with no clear understanding of what is at stake and, above all, caretaker governments (Renzi’s third!) formed without national elections. PAGANINI: It was a very bad proposal to reform the constitution. Full stop. It was poorly written. It [only] worsened during the parliamentary debate and vote. SEVERANCE: The ‘No’ majority is said to have feared a concentration of power in the hands of the center left (from 300 to 100 senators) and all for short-term political gain. Is there any basis for this utilitarian political complaint? RESPINTI: Yes, of course. You see it properly when you consider the proposed changes in the Constitution in line with the proposed new electoral law, the so called ‘Italicum’, which based on the idea of giving a large premio di maggioranza (‘majority boost’) to the party who gains the relative majority of the popular vote. Given that the center-right coalition is so factious, this means that the Partito Democratico could win the next elections with, say, only 25% of the popular vote, but ‘magically’ gain 70% of seats in Parliament. They call this a device to assure governance, but it’s just a trick to overpower one party in spite of its real popular or political representation. PAGANINI: Certainly some voted against the Prime Minister, as well as some simply voted against [the referendum despite partisanship]. The risk of a concentration of power was there no matter what political force governs the country. The so-called ‘checks and balances’ of power would have been weakened. The proposal was designed to speed up the legislation process and, thereby, parliamentary and governmental decisions. Unfortunately, it ended up bearing the high risk of undermining people’s sovereignty. SEVERANCE: Also, the ‘No’ voters feared that the life-long ‘immunity’ clause given to senators elected by regional powers and mayors (not directly by the people), represented a double form of corruption and disincentive for performance. Is this true and why? RESPINTI: It’s true. The new Senate envisioned by Renzi’s reform would have been one not elected by the people. 95 regional senators (of the total 100 seats) would have been bureaucratically elected at different ‘political institutional’ levels; the remaining 5 senators would have been nominated by Italy’s president for reason of special merit. Hence, not one single Senator would be elected by popular vote. Bear in mind also that the proposed election reform would have had these politicians doubling as both national senators and local administrators. As regional politicians they would not enjoy immunity as such, but indeed so when acting as national senators. What a mess! PAGANINI: It’s only one of the many [confusing] issues associated with the reform proposal. SEVERANCE: What will Renzi do now that he has resigned? Will he stay involved in the ‘political process’? RESPINTI: He is tempted in two different ways. First would be to abandon politics –for a long while or even forever (he said that for him losing the referendum would have meant a ‘farewell’ to politics). The second option is just the opposite: a temporary step-down from the caretaker government, calling for national elections as soon as possible, so that he may be elected by popular vote. In fact, the silver-lining in the ‘yes’ loss is found in the losing percentage: 40%. Most of that number, say 80/90%, comes from people who would vote for him to become prime minister. So Renzi may be tempted now to run for office counting on that large a number supporting his views – not large enough to pass the referendum, yet more than enough for his Partito Democratico to win a majority in national elections. PAGANINI: Of course. He wants to run and win again. But, he cannot wait too long before new elections [are called], otherwise he will lose further appeal [as a leader]. Renzi’s main idea for now is, during a time of chaos, to pass the [political] football to the other side, so as to demonstrate that no one is capable [of leadership] among the opposition, that nobody dares [to take charge] or has a clue how to govern such a complicated country. Michael Severance Posted in Limited Government, Political Culture, PoliticsTagged constitution, corruption, italy, Matteo Renzi, Partito Democratico, Pietro Paganini, Prime Minister, Referendum, The Crisis of Liberty in the West A Constitutional Amendment Against Little Platoons United by Our Differences: Electoral Politics in an Age of Choice College Cramming: A Refresher Course on the Electoral College Coolidge and Reagan on the Constitution	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1027
__label__cc	0.651264	0.348736	Living with polymicrogyria: Angelina’s story May 30, 2019 CHOC Children's 2 Comments Johanna and her husband Graham were expecting a healthy baby. Already parents to one little girl, they were looking forward to expanding their family. At Johanna’s 33-week anatomy scan, she and Graham were thrilled to learn they were expecting a girl, but shocked to learn she might have club foot, a birth defect where the foot is twisted out of shape or position. They learned there was a chance it could be due to a neurological defect since everything else was showing up as normal. “We started mentally preparing ourselves for our baby to have a club foot,” Johanna said. “We had another anatomy scan, but they couldn’t say for certain what was going on.” On January 26, 2018 Johanna delivered a baby girl named Angelina via c-section. A neonatologist was in the delivery room in case Angelina needed immediate medical attention after birth. She was having trouble swallowing and was monitored in that hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Three days later, a CHOC neonatologist rounding at the delivery hospital recognized that Angelina needed a higher level of care and a bigger team of specialists. He suggested that she might need an MRI to give doctors a better look at her brain, and determine if her condition was neurological. “Even though I’d never been to there, I knew that when it was an option to go to CHOC, you go to CHOC,” Johanna said. Their older daughter Genevieve had been born at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, next door to CHOC Children’s Hospital. “I was so freaked out before I had my first child, because of all the things that can go wrong during childbirth. I delivered Genevieve at St. Joseph because I liked knowing that CHOC as right next door if we needed them” Johanna said. “When they gave us the option to send Angelina to CHOC, there was no question—we just immediately went.” Angelina during her stay in CHOC Children’s NICU. Angelina was admitted to CHOC’s NICU and evaluated by neonatologist Dr. John Tran, of CHOC’s neurocritical NICU. Special rooms of CHOC’s NICU are designated for the neurocritical NICU, where neonatologists and neurologists have the expertise and equipment to carefully treat babies with neurological issues. An MRI showed that Angelina had polymicrogyria, a condition characterized by abnormal brain development. Johanna and Graham had never heard of this condition and had a hard time processing the diagnosis. Then they met with Dr. Donald Phillips, a pediatric neurologist at CHOC. He explained to the family that typically, the surface of the brain has many ridges and folds, called gyri. In babies born with polymicrogyria, their brain surface has too many folds that are too small to process information received, which leads to problems with body functioning, similar to the effect a stroke can have on the brain. Dr. Tran explained the spectrum of care for polymicrogyria. Some patients are nonverbal, some go to school, and some even live with this condition and never know. It was too soon to tell where on that spectrum Angelina would fall. “Caring for babies with neurological conditions can be difficult. Not only are you medically treating a newborn baby, but you are also counseling a family and giving them an uncertain prognosis,” says Dr. Tran. “In the neurocritical NICU, our first goal it to treat the baby’s underlying condition. The second goal is to educate the most important members of our care team― the parents. We know that the NICU is not a part of the birth plan, but our job is to help alleviate some of the anxiety that comes with uncertainty. We strive to optimize the potential of our patients, whatever it might be, as they go home.” The diagnosis was a lot for her parents to take in. “We knew we were getting the best care for our daughter, but it was such heavy news,” Johanna said. “Even with a typical kid, we don’t really know what their life will be like. Every life is a gift. Once I started going towards that mentality, I realized that nothing is certain, even with typical kids.” At her delivery hospital, one of the red flags that Angelina needed a higher level of care was that she kept crashing when she was breastfeeding. “It made me freaked out to feed my daughter,” Johanna said. Soon after coming to CHOC, Angelina began swallowing therapy. When someone experiences swallowing difficulty, they are at risk for food or liquid entering their lungs, called aspiration, which may lead to pneumonia. Karin Mitchell, a speech and language pathologist who specializes in the NICU setting, worked with Angelina on swallowing safety. Karin guided baby Angelina through exercises for her mouth and tongue to learn how to properly swallow saliva. Then, they could work on breastfeeding support and syringe feeding. Angelina couldn’t move her legs when she was born, and her parents weren’t sure if she ever would. Thanks to physical therapy, today she can bend her legs more than 90 degrees. Throughout their stay in the NICU, Johanna and Graham were thankful to have the ability to sleep overnight in their daughter’s private room. Because Angelina was born during flu season, her 3-year-old sister couldn’t visit the NICU. Her parents would stay at CHOC all day, go home to do their older daughter’s bedtime routine, and then one parent return to CHOC to sleep alongside their new baby. “We had the privacy we needed, and I felt comfortable doing kangaroo (skin to skin) care,” Johanna said. “I hadn’t planned on my baby staying in the hospital, and at least having our own room, and even something as small as being able to watch TV gave me a small sense of normalcy.” Johanna and Graham also appreciated the sense of normalcy provided by a Super Bowl party thrown for parents on the unit. An infant CPR class offered on the unit helped them feel more prepared to eventually take their baby girl home. For big sister Genevieve, CHOC offers an innovative webcam system so family members can be together and bond with their newborns when they can’t be at the bedside. The system allows families to see real-time, live video of their infant remotely, from anywhere they can securely log onto the internet. “CHOC had a lot of things in place, like the secure camera in Angelina’s room, to make things easier on us as a family,” Johanna said. A month after she was born, Angelina got to go home for the first time. Angelina dressed as a pumpkin on her fist Halloween. “We were so ready to take her home, and finally be together as a family,” Johanna said. “But it was still a little nerve-wracking. We bought four different types of baby monitors; we were used to seeing her surrounded by machines.” A few weeks later, Angelina began swallowing therapy twice per week and physical therapy three times per week. Now 15 months old, the amount of progress she has made has made her parents proud. She couldn’t move her legs at birth, but a year later she is rolling and reaching. Her parents credit her CHOC physical therapist Lauren Bojorquez. “Lauren didn’t just think of what Angelina was doing now; she was always thinking ahead about what would benefit her in the future,” Johanna said. For example, Lauren and Angelina worked on rolling because it would eventually help her learn to sit. When babies roll, it helps develops muscles that will later help them sit. Angelina with her speech and language pathologist Annie. Meanwhile, Angelina was working with CHOC speech and language pathologist Annie Tsai to learn how to cough, swallow, and accept food by mouth. Swallowing therapy focused not on quantity of food consumed but on quality of how the child feeds or swallows safely. Angelina’s work with Annie focuses on movement, strength and coordination within the mouth to prepare for eventually swallowing food. Angelina still receives most of her nourishment through a feeding tube, also called a g-tube. The tube can stay in a patient’s stomach for months or years and allows the child to receive fluids, medicines and nutrition when they can’t take in enough nutrition by mouth. Every few months, Angelina sees gastroenterologist Dr. Jeffrey Ho for follow-up appointments for nutrition, feedings and g-tube care. Dr. Ho remains in close contact with Annie, her speech and language pathologist. “Being able to eat in a typical manner is always the goal,” says Dr. Ho. “Every baby and child are different. Right now, we are focusing on what we can do to better optimize her potential to orally feed.” Now, Angelina can sit in a highchair, bring her hands to her mouth, accept small tastes by mouth and better clear her congestion especially when she’s sick. “Something I hadn’t realized before Angelina was how big a part food plays in our culture. As people get older, going out to eat or meeting for coffee is a social activity. I was sad that she wouldn’t get to have those same experiences,” Johanna said. “When she started to accept tastes by mouth, it made me think of her in the future, and being able to go out with friends and at least taste something, and still participate socially.” To further practice feeding therapy at home, Angelina has a mesh pacifier typically used to soothe teething babies. Her parents often put the same foods in her pacifier as the rest of the family is eating. So far, there hasn’t been a food she’s tried that she hasn’t liked. Angelina’s paternal grandma was an adult speech and language pathologist by training. When Angelina started speech therapy, she updated her license and certification to help her granddaughter at home. She comes to some of her sessions at CHOC and learns from Angelina’s care team. Also participating in therapy is big sister Genevieve, who helps hold the pacifier and can even spoon-feed her baby sister, with a little bit of help. Angelina with her family at Disneyland. “I am super grateful for CHOC,” Johanna said. “That’s why our family started participating in CHOC Walk when Angelina was born.” These days, Angelina likes playing with toys, playing with her big sister, and listening to all types of music. “I had a lot of preconceptions about disabilities and special needs,” Johanna said. “Having a child with special needs is not what I thought it would be. It’s better than that.” Meet more CHOC patients: Living with juvenile arthritis: Mackenzie’s story The first 11 months of Mackenzie’s life were like most other children. But as she was on the cusp of learning to walk, her parents Danielle and Victor noticed that ... My journey with scoliosis: Casey’s story Casey was diagnosed with scoliosis at 10. At age 17, she had scoliosis surgery at CHOC Children’s Hospital. Today, she’s a thriving college student. Walking for a hero: CHOC Walk teams honor lost loved ones CHOC Walk in the Park now includes “Walking for a Hero,” a program to honor the children who have passed away. Families are given special hero capes to commemorate the ... donald-j-phillips-mdgastroenterologyjeffrey-ho-dojohn-tran-mdneurologyNICUpatient storiesphysical therapyrehabilitationspeech pathology Fighting through GERD: Bowie and Finley’s story May 9, 2019 CHOC Children's Leave a comment From the very beginning, Melissa and Kris knew their twins were fighters—they were also a surprise; the couple hadn’t been sure if they were going to be able to have more children. “We knew these twins had a purpose and a reason. From the very beginning of their lives, they were a miracle all around.” Melissa experienced hyperemesis gravidarum also known as HG, a rare condition characterized by extreme nausea and vomiting. Most pregnant women experience morning sickness, but less than 3% experience HG, which can lead to near-constant vomiting, dehydration, weight loss and malnutrition. “From the second I was pregnant, I was extremely ill. The three of us shouldn’t have lived through my pregnancy, but we did,” Melissa says. “The twins are little fighters. From the womb until now, they’re just little fighters.” Her body was so depleted that she was put on extended bedrest and hospitalized on and off throughout her pregnancy. She needed a PICC line, or peripherally inserted central catheter, for two-thirds of her pregnancy. PICC lines are sometimes needed when intravenous (IV) medications are required over a long period of time. “The babies were getting all their nutrients from me, and I was so sick. It was really scary,” she says. “One night while on hospitalized bedrest I needed four blood transfusions. My body was shutting down. The babies were ok through everything—the blood transfusions, me getting IVs, copious amounts of potassium, medications, everything. They just kept going.” Showing signs of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) A few days after they were born, Bowie and Finley started showing signs of gastroesophageal reflux (GER). This occurs when a small amount of acidic stomach fluid or food in the stomach goes back up into the esophagus or swallowing tube. Two-thirds of healthy infants experience gastroesophageal reflux. When the reflux causes intolerable discomfort or complications, children may be experiencing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Nurses at the delivery hospital told the parents the babies were spitting up and throwing up more than they should be. By the time they went home a couple days after they were born, they had lost a bit more of their birth weight than they were supposed to. Melissa and Kris’ older children Scotlynd and Kingston had GER when they were younger, so they thought they knew what to expect. Bowie and Finley Lyman’s first photo with their parents. Most cases of GER resolve without medication. In rare cases, treatment of GERD requires surgery. “The older kids just got through it and was never life-threatening,” Melissa said. “With the twins, it went from ‘all babies spit up, they will be ok like their siblings’ to failure to thrive and life-threatening episodes.” Each twin had life-threatening episodes of GERD. Melissa recalls an especially frightening night with Finley. “After one middle of the night feeding, Finley threw up and that time, I wasn’t sure if she was ok. I went back in her nursery to check on her and she wasn’t breathing. It was the most terrifying moment. She was limp. I screamed for my husband. We tried everything to wake her up.” Their pediatrician referred them to CHOC pediatric gastroenterologist Dr. Greg Wong. The two physicians worked together to improve GERD symptoms. Despite trying to change feeding times, amount and type of formula, and medication, the symptoms just weren’t going away. For Bowie and Finley, pictured here, GER runs in the family. Their older siblings had experienced GER but unlike the twins, they didn’t suffer from GERD or require surgery. “We wanted to stay within the CHOC network. That was important to me because our older son had been treated at CHOC, and we fell in love with the CHOC family,” Melissa says. “We know how not only wonderful and caring they are, but from a medical perspective too. We wanted the best for them and we felt CHOC was the best.” Bowie and Finley’s path to surgery The family hadn’t wanted to prematurely jump to surgery as an option, but in the end, it was the right decision. They were referred to Dr. Peter Yu, a pediatric general and thoracic surgeon at CHOC. “Dr. Yu made us feel so comfortable. He really knew what he was doing,” Melissa said. “The CHOC team felt that we had exhausted all other options, and that surgery was the best option for the twins.” Bowie and Finley underwent surgery when they were about 6 months old. Dr. Yu performed a minimally invasive procedure known as laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication to repair the twins’ GERD. At the same time, he repaired their hernias. are not identical babies, but they had identical surgeries,” Melissa says. was performed on one baby at a time. Afterwards, they were brought to recovery rooms right next to each other, so one parent could be with each twin, and they could be close by. “Before surgery, the babies were so sickly,” Melissa said. “After surgery, they are completely different babies.” The twins are now feeding, growing and thriving. One of many benefits of this surgery has been less laundry. Melissa and Kris used to have a full hamper of laundry every day because the twins went through clothes and sheets so often. Celebrating holidays in the hospital Melissa’s birthday was the day after surgery. was another birthday spent in the hospital, but it put things in perspective,” she said. “The best gift I could’ve gotten was for them to be healthy and thrive again. You think about the important things, and everything else fades away.” Helmet therapy and physical of the family’s efforts to control the twins’ side effects of GERD had been to keep them in one position to limit their acid reflux. Because of this, they weren’t able to do tummy time which helps prevent flat spots on the back of the head. surgery, Finley and Bowie wore helmets for three months that helped correct the growth and shape of their skull. Because of GERD, the twins’ backs were strong, but their cores and trunks were weak. They are in physical therapy to strengthen their bodies and help them roll and move around using the correct muscles. A message to other Melissa’s advice for other moms taking care of babies with GERD is to just keep asking questions and remember that every baby is unique. are a lot of levels of GERD, and I didn’t know how severe it could be until it happened to us,” she said. “I learned not to compare my babies to anyone else’s. Every kid is different.” She added that this experience taught her that trials are temporary, and things will get better. in the heart of it when you can’t get through another day, and you have to take it minute by minute,” she said. “I always say it’s only temporary. It might not get better right away, but it will. Last Mother’s Day, Melissa was on bedrest in the hospital, days away from giving birth to her twins. This year, she’s looking forward to celebrating her family being complete—and healthy. The Lyman family “You have to look back and see where you’ve come from to see how wonderful it is. Last year wasn’t this way. I spent last Mother’s Day with them in the hospital preparing to give birth,” she recalls. “It’s amazing to see how far we have come in a year. We are moving forward, and we can truly enjoy them and enjoy our time as a whole family.” The twins’ first birthday falls right after Mother’s Day. The family is planning a big celebration in their neighborhood. “We want to include everybody that was there for them from my pregnancy through the first year of life,” Melissa says. “We want to celebrate that they made it and thank everyone for their help. Everything has been so up and down and up and down, and now were in the clear.” Stella’s Journey with Bronchopulmonary Sequestration (BPS) Before she was born, Stella was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS). This means that abnormal tissue or a cyst formed outside her lung but wasn’t connected to her airway. At ... Meet Dr. Saeed Awan CHOC Children’s wants its patients and families to get to know its specialists. Today, meet Dr. Saeed Awan, a pediatric general and thoracic surgeon. The Appendix: 5 Common Questions Dr. Peter Yu, CHOC Children’s pediatric general and thoracic surgeon, explains everything you’ve ever wondered about the appendix, appendicitis and more. gastroenterologyGERDgregory-wong-mdNICUpatient storiespediatric surgerypeter-yu-md I’m a Pediatric Gastroenterologist. Here’s What I Want You to Know About a Gluten-Free Diet April 18, 2018 CHOC Children's Leave a comment By Dr. Bassam Younes, pediatric gastroenterologist at CHOC Children’s In recent years, gluten-free diets have risen in popularity and gluten-free products become more readily available—but not everyone who puts themselves or their children on a gluten-free diet has a medical reason for doing so. About 30 percent of the US population is on a gluten-free diet, but all patients requiring this diet (celiac, gluten-free sensitivity, etc.) combined are less than 30 percent of the US population. Dr. Bassam Younes, pediatric gastroenterologist at CHOC Children’s Shouldn’t everyone just go gluten free? Many people assume that since gluten can have such strong negative effects on some of us, that it would be safer if we all just avoided gluten. Wrong. Gluten-free foods may be safe to eat, but they’re not calorie-free. Many gluten-free foods and snacks are higher in fat and calories. Also, very few gluten-free products are enriched with essential vitamins and minerals that most gluten-containing products contain. This means if you’re on a gluten-free diet not managed by a registered dietitian, you could be missing out on essential nutrients your body needs. At CHOC, our team of pediatric gastroenterologists work in tandem with registered dietitians to care for children who require a gluten-free diet. What is gluten? Gluten is a general name for the proteins found in wheat, rye, and barley and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye). It can be found in many types of foods, but is primarily made up of two different types of proteins: Gliadin- gives bread the ability to rise Glutenin- responsible for dough’s elasticity, acting as a glue to hold the food together, affecting the chewiness and maintaining the shape of baked products Here’s a few cases where I would recommend a gluten-free diet to my patients: If you are diagnosed with celiac disease, it means you have an autoimmune reaction to gluten. Whenever you eat something containing gluten, your small intestine is hyper sensitive to that gluten, which leads to difficulty digesting food. Some common symptoms of celiac disease are diarrhea, decreased appetite, stomachache and bloating, poor growth, and weight loss. Many kids are diagnosed with celiac disease when they’re between 6 months and 2 years old, which is when most kids get their first taste of gluten in foods. Girls are twice as likely to have this disorder than boys. For some people, the problems start slowly and the symptoms may be terrible one week and not as bad the next. Because of this, some people aren’t diagnosed with celiac disease until they’re older. The problem is chronic, which means that although symptoms may come and go, people who have celiac disease will always have it. If celiac disease is not treated, patients will develop weight loss and malabsorption (a condition that prevents the absorption of nutrients through the small intestine). No one is sure why celiac disease happens, but it appears to run in families. You have a five percent to 10 percent chance of getting celiac disease if someone in your family has it. Others at higher risk for celiac disease include those with Type I diabetes, an autoimmune thyroid or liver disease, Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), Williams syndrome, Turner syndrome, IGA deficiency or juvenile chronic arthritis. If your child falls into this at-risk group, they should be tested for celiac disease even if they don’t currently show symptoms. Celiac disease can harm the digestive system if no obvious symptoms are present. Some children with celiac disease do not respond to the Hepatitis B vaccine. They will respond to the vaccine once they are on a gluten free diet. If your child was vaccinated for Hepatitis B prior to their celiac disease diagnosis and starting their gluten-free diet, they may need to be revaccinated for Hepatitis B. Consult your pediatrician about your child’s vaccination history. In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for celiac disease may include blood work or a biopsy. The only treatment for celiac disease is a lifelong adherence to a strict gluten-free diet. Wheat allergy You might be hypersensitive to wheat proteins without having celiac disease. People living with a wheat allergy have an immune reaction to the proteins found in wheat. A type of white blood cell attacks the wheat, alerting the body that there is a problem. Reactions can occur within a few minutes to a few hours, and can include nausea, abdominal pain, itching, swelling of the lips and tongue, trouble breathing or anaphylaxis. People with wheat allergies cannot ingest wheat, but they have no trouble ingesting gluten from non-wheat sources. Children with a wheat allergy may eventually outgrow it, but the only treatment is eating a wheat-free diet. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity Non-celiac gluten sensitivity is not well-defined, but it is not an autoimmune response (like Celiac disease) or immune response (like a wheat allergy). There are no tests to diagnose a gluten sensitivity, but your doctor can do a biopsy or allergy test to rule out Celiac disease and wheat allergy. If a child’s symptoms improve by following a gluten-free diet, then gluten sensitivity may be diagnosed. The only treatment for non-celiac gluten sensitivity is adhering to a gluten-free diet. Shortly after birth, Angelina was diagnosed with polymicrogyria. She remains under the care of many CHOC Children’s clinicians. Part of her treatment includes working with a speech and language pathologist, ... From the very beginning, Bowie and Finley’s parents knew their twins were fighters. Their mom shares their journey with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). bassam-younes-mdgastroenterology January 15, 2018 CHOC Children's 2 Comments More than 700 kids are treated for appendicitis at CHOC Children’s every year. The appendectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the world. But just what is the appendix, and why does it send so many people to the emergency room with stomach pain? Dr. Peter Yu, CHOC Children’s pediatric general and thoracic surgeon, explains everything you’ve ever wondered about the appendix, and more. Dr. Peter Yu, pediatric general and thoracic surgeon at CHOC Children’s What does the appendix do? The appendix is a small, finger-like projection that sticks out of the large intestine, located in the right side of the abdomen. It weighs about as much as an earthworm. In fact, its old-fashioned name is vermiform appendix, which means worm-like, Dr. Yu explains. Everyone’s appendix is different. Some are long, some are short and stubby. But one thing they all have in common is that they are not necessary for a happy, healthy life. “We are not sure if the appendix has a purpose. Some doctors don’t believe it does anything,” Dr. Yu says. “Some think it plays a role in the development of the immune system, and some believe it harbors ‘good bacteria’ that helps intestinal health. The bottom line, though, is that appendicitis is common, and patients do extremely well after removal of their appendix.” What causes appendicitis? Bacteria naturally live in the large intestine and flow in and out of the appendix. Sometimes, the opening to the appendix gets blocked. Either constipation, a hard piece of stool called a “fecalith,” or enlarged lymph nodes cause these blockages. The blockage traps the bacteria inside where it festers and multiplies. This leads to inflammation of the organ. If left untreated, the appendix can burst, releasing the infectious bacteria into the body. Symptoms of a Burst or Inflamed Appendix What are signs of appendicitis? sudden severe pain pain that starts near the belly button and moves to the lower abdomen on the right side fever, nausea or vomiting To diagnose appendicitis, the Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department at CHOC Children’s Hospital will check your child’s blood for signs of an infection and will do an ultrasound of the abdomen. While many hospitals use a CT scan to diagnose appendicitis, CHOC radiologists and sonographers have the training and experience to make a diagnosis using ultrasound, in order to minimize your child’s exposure to radiation. If the ultrasound is inconclusive, the radiologist may conduct a CT scan. How does the surgeon remove the appendix? The surgeon will perform a procedure called a laparoscopic appendectomy to remove the appendix. A pediatric anesthesiologist will put your child to sleep using general anesthesia. The procedure takes about 30 minutes, though CHOC’s pediatric general surgeons can remove the organ in less than 10 minutes if needed. During surgery, three tiny incisions are made on the abdomen. Carbon dioxide is blown into the belly to create a dome, giving the surgeon room to work. Small surgical tools are inserted in two of the incisions and a laparoscopic camera is inserted in the third. The appendix is identified, stapled or tied off, and removed. The surgeon closes the incisions with surgical glue and dissolvable strips. In most cases, children will stay in the hospital for one day before the doctor discharges them. They should have no heavy activity or sports for two weeks after surgery and can usually return to school quickly, often even the next day. What do you do with the appendix after you take it out? Pathologists then inspect the removed appendix in the pathology department under a microscope. This inspection is important because it will confirm the diagnosis of appendicitis and rule out other conditions such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and carcinoid. Your surgeon will update you with the results during your follow-up appointment. What if my appendix bursts? “Fortunately, perforated appendicitis is less common than non-perforated appendicitis, but it can happen,” Dr. Yu says. “For some, the appendix can burst quickly, and for others it does not burst at all. There are many factors that a surgeon will consider before deciding whether to operate immediately, or to wait.” If your surgeon decides to wait, then treatment can include antibiotics, placement of a drain in the abdomen, and nutrition through an IV if needed. Most patients improve in several days, after which the doctor discharges them. Your surgeon will then schedule your child for an interval appendectomy, which is removal of the appendix 8-12 weeks later. This gives the body time to recover from the infection and inflammation, making surgery safer and less complicated. The CHOC Emergency Department, equipped to treat appendicitis 24 hours a day, with pediatric surgeons ready for all situations is mainly for kids and teens. An Unexpected Case of Appendicitis: Jordan’s Story Jordan was enjoying a fun break with his family in Big Bear, Calif. when he started complaining of stomach pains. His family never imagined that he would need to undergo ... Stomach Flu or Appendicitis? What Parents Should Know Appendicitis, sometimes mistaken by parents as a bad stomachache, can be difficult to diagnose in younger children, who can’t adequately describe pain. appendicitisgastroenterologypediatric surgerypeter-yu-md Clinical Programs & Services, Parenting Tips Do’s and Don’ts for Parents of Picky Eaters November 10, 2017 CHOC Children's Leave a comment Why won’t you eat the apple? You love applesauce! Try the roasted chicken! It’s the same thing as the chicken nuggets you love. Taste the tomato! It’s what spaghetti sauce is made of and you like that. When it comes to children and picky eating, logic can go right down the garbage disposal. A quarter of all children experience minor feeding problems, and many parents fret about their kids’ eating habits. The good news is that most children outgrow fussy eating habits. In the meantime though, Dr. Mitchell Katz, a pediatric gastroenterologist and medical director of CHOC Children’s Multidisciplinary Feeding Program, has some Do’s and Don’ts for parents of picky eaters. Don’t try to trick children into putting food in their mouths. This tactic doesn’t help them learn about the new food. Exploring foods by touching, licking, smelling, poking and rolling are important ways that children can learn about food before they put it in their mouths and eat it. Do consider how food looks. Like on cooking shows, plating and presentation matter for picky eaters. Try making food look like fun shapes, play up colors, or create scenes to help capture kids’ interest in new or unappealing foods. Don’t worry about fluctuating eating habits. Just like adults eat more on some days than others, it’s normal for children to be inconsistent with how much and what foods they eat. Do focus more on variety than quantity. It’s more important for children to eat a small amount of food from a broader number of food groups than to eat a large quantity at one meal. While many children will outgrow the habit, some kids’ picky eating can be a sign of a more serious problem. Dr. Katz offers some warning signs that parents should look for when evaluating their children’s eating habits: A child is delayed in meeting feeding milestones but not in other milestones. Children’s eating skills should mirror their other physical and cognitive developmental skills, like sitting, walking, talking and paying attention. The child cannot transition or advance to the next level of eating. Are children progressing from bottle to sippy cup, from smooth purees to lumpy foods, or from familiar to new foods? The child eats only a certain brand or type of preparation for all or most of their food. The child has minimal intake or outright refuses to eat for several days, unrelated to an illness. Extreme measures are taken to nourish a child. Force feeding, feeding when children are asleep or distracted, or abiding by intense routines are cause for concern. Parents who recognize these signs in their children should seek medical attention, Dr. Katz says. A severe feeding issue – like what Dr. Katz and his team treat at CHOC – involves physical, psychological, behavioral, nutritional, and familial obstacles to eating. Addressing all a child’s medical problems is important to start to make positive associations with food and eating, which may require the help of multiple specialists. South Dakota Family Finds Success with CHOC’s Feeding Program At 15 months, Layla was below the 0 percent growth curve and needed a feeding tube. After graduating from CHOC’s feeding program, she’s thriving. In the News: CHOC’s Feeding Program Dr. Mitchell Katz, a CHOC Children’s pediatric gastroenterologist, recently appeared on the radio program “Good Food” on KCRW to offer insight into the challenges parents face when their child can’t or ... CHOC Patient is Succesfully Treated for Feeding Problem Before coming to CHOC Children’s, Pacer Lybbert had never eaten a Cheerio, a piece of toast or even a spoonful of yogurt. He was almost 4 and had never enjoyed ... feeding programgastroenterology	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1029
__label__wiki	0.586943	0.586943	Rainy River provost: No talk of closure so far Alex Friedrich April 6, 2011, 11:53 AM Apr 6, 2011 Large enough to survive the cuts? Listening to State Rep. Tom Rukavina (DFL-Virginia) over the past few higher-ed budget hearings, you might think Rainy River Community College in International Falls was on the brink of closure. He has said that proposed legislative cuts would slash more than $2,100 from the college, which has only about 342 students (full- and part-time). House higher-ed committee Chairman Bud Nornes (R-Fergus Falls) maintained he doesn’t expect — or support — any proposals to close campuses, but Rukavina has suggested that the college is just too small to withstand the GOP’s cuts. The day the House bill was passed, he said (and the quotes below are notes, not verbatim): “It’s 110 miles to the nearest (college) from International Falls, and you’re cutting that campus.” He told reporters: “If the goal is to close some of the smaller campuses … at least have the intestinal fortitude to come out and say it. Say International Falls shouldn’t have a community college.” And earlier during committee hearings, he let loose on Minnesota State College Student Association President Travis Johnson over the association’s insistence on a tuition cap lower than 5 percent — a level that Rukavina had said was necessary to give small colleges more funding: Then you tell your constituents at Rainy River Community College that if they take (the corresponding funding cut), there’s not going to be a college in two years! So what does Rainy River have to say about all of this? Is Rukavina being overly dramatic, or is he on to something? Provost Ken Simberg, who’s also provost for Hibbing Community College, told me he’s heard no talk of closure around the offices of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. They originally planned for a 10 percent cut and a 5 percent tuition hike, so things might change if the proposed 10.3-13.1 percent cut and tuition cap of 2-3 percent becomes reality. “Both of these are problematic,” he told me, but “I’m not aware of any talk in the office of the chancellor about closing campuses. … The Board (of Trustees) is committed” to keeping campuses open. He said he had no idea where Rukavina got the $2,100-per-student budget-cut number, but also couldn’t say how deep cuts would have to be for MnSCU officials to consider closure: “We haven’t sat down and said, ‘This is the ceiling, this is what we can absorb.” And have Rukavina’s warnings rippled throughout the campus? “I wouldn’t call it widespread, but some employees and those in the community are asking, ‘What’s going on?'” He’s apparently at MnSCU headquarters today, so we’ll see whether anything new comes out of it. budget cuts politics Rainy River Community College ‹ Older Ries named president of Concordia – St. Paul Newer › Inver Hills to MIT, Purdue: Bring it on Two views on Dayton’s role in MnSCU agreement Lawmakers press Kaler on tuition-freeze priority Steamy and stormy: Strong to severe storms likely Monday evening	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1033
__label__wiki	0.933308	0.933308	MPR News Where creativity makes news Final Give to the Max numbers not expected to change much Marianne Combs November 17, 2011, 2:38 PM Nov 17, 2011 I should know better than to make bets. In the wee hours of the morning I “bet” that Give to the Max Day would set a new financial record. The closing number was right around $13.5 million, the record was $14m, and in the first year of the drive award money was added after the close of the day, causing an approximate $1 million jump. But this year was different. I spoke to GiveMN’s Dana Nelson this afternoon, who’s hard at work with her colleagues doing some number crunching before issuing final numbers. But she says she doesn’t expect the $13.5m number to change signicantly, because award money (from “golden tickets” and the like) was added throughout the day. The $13.5 million figure also reflects approximately $2 million in matching funds secured by Minnesota nonprofits to encourage donations. These matching grants are not verified directly by GiveMN. “We don’t police that,” said Nelson, “It would be almost impossible to do so. But we coach nonprofits on how to get a match, and we encourage them to list the source of the match on their donation page.” Nelson explains that while she does “spot-check” certain matching grants, it would be a logistical nightmare to double-check the details of more than $6 million in matching grants when she’s working with close to 4,000 nonprofits. That brings us to another point of interest. While more than $6 million was offered in matching grants, only about a third of that money was taken advantage of on Give to the Max Day. Nelson says she hopes those nonprofits with remaining matching monies will use the momentum created by Give to the Max Day to continue to fundraise. ‹ Older Artist takes up residence at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Newer › Give to the Max Day final numbers, for the record Browse by category Art Hounds We Art Minnesota News and reviews Minnesota Mix The Cube Critics Jazz MN Poetry Marianne Combs mcombs@mpr.org • @stateofthearts Marianne Combs reports on the arts for MPR News. Minnesota Orchestra returns $100,000 in unused grant money This week: Five local arts stories you shouldn’t miss CVA supporters urge board for a second chance Severe thunderstorm watch north of Twin Cities until 10 p.m.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1034
__label__wiki	0.640839	0.640839	Home > News > 2019 > 07/08 > Vlad Jr. destroys some baseballs, comes second in Home Run Derby Vlad Jr. destroys some baseballs, comes second in Home Run Derby July 8, 2019, 11:38 PM \| Thomas Williams Vladimir Guerrero Jr. displayed his immense level of power tonight in Cleveland and shocked the whole baseball world while breaking some records on his way. The MLB installed that new format for the derby and it provided some sheer entertainment, a lot of it coming from Vlad Jr. In just his first round, the 1-8 matchup against Oakland’s Matt Chapman, Vlad Jr. broke the record for most home runs in a single round with 29. The previous record was Josh Hamilton with 28, so it fits perfectly that the Blue Jays destroy the Rangers yet again. Not only did Vlad break the record in the first round, but he matched his total with another 29 homers in the semi-final of the derby, facing off against Dodgers’ Joc Pederson. These weren’t simple flyers that just sneaked over the fence either, Vlad was bringing his typical explosive swing. VLAD JR. #HRDerby pic.twitter.com/q5uDsjaDU5 — MLB (@MLB) July 9, 2019 If there is any space left, this should be put up in the AGO and never taken down. In total, Vlad Jr. hit 91 home runs — more than four teams have in the first half of the 2019 season. That 91 carries throughout derby history as well, as Vlad is now second all-time in home runs in the all-star week event, tying Todd Frazier’s tally through his two appearances. Legends like David Ortiz and Ken Griffey Jr. needed five or more appearances in the derby to get in the top-10, while Vlad is the only batter with just one appearance in that ranking. For single-appearance home run totals, Vlad obviously sits at the top, but the gap in between batters is colossal. With the 20-year-old phenom’s 91 homers, the next-best total in one appearance was Giancarlo Stanton’s 61 back in 2016. A total of 30 more home runs were hit tonight by Vlad Jr., a Toronto Blue Jay. This is gorgeous pic.twitter.com/MMrbNU9x2S — Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) July 9, 2019 Even though he wasn’t able to play through the game and win it in the end, beating the record for most home runs in a single derby feels even more impressive. The winner this year, Pete Alonso, was still able to hit 57, but just the way he was able to win the rounds by a couple of dingers was fortunate for him to get to the final. For this one night, a member of the 2019 Blue Jays was at centre stage and took on the full spotlight with ease. He’s the talk around the league so far this weekend and after a not-so-impressive start to his major league career, he deserves every ounce of love pouring out from this substantial performance at the derby. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is a Toronto Blue Jay. Vlad finally homers and it’s beautiful Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to participate in Home Run Derby Six Blue Jays Headed For AFL By Thomas Williams @nosalaryretaind More Articles	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1037
__label__wiki	0.79556	0.79556	Home > 2019 > 07/10 > The Buffalo Bisons will Change your Swing July 10, 2019, 3:52 PM \| Paul Berthelot Much has been made of Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and his revelation since returning from Triple-A Buffalo. Tony Wolfe of Fangraphs noted Gurriel Jr.’s newfound ability to crush sliders, and Tim Jackson of Pitcher List, broke down the slight change in Gurriel Jr.’s swing and how he’s drastically improved his exit velocity. On top of the mechanical change Gurriel Jr. has also altered his batted ball profile. LD% GB% FB% Pull Centre Oppo Launch Angle Mar 28-April 14 14.3% 42.9% 42.9% 32.1% 28.6% 39.3% 15.3 May 24-Present 20.0% 36.5% 43.5% 41.7% 37.4% 20.9% 13.8 He has slightly lowered his launch angle but the big change is in where he is hitting the ball. He is pulling the ball significantly more and putting it on the ground less. These are both good things, especially in a hitter’s park like Rogers Centre. Seeing this it’s no surprise that he has hit 16 home runs since his recall, with 10 being hit out to left field. Gurriel Jr.’s change and success lead me to look at other players who have spent time in Buffalo this season. It hasn’t been to the same degree but Teoscar Hernández made a change to his batting stance while in Buffalo. Nice catch. His hands are lower, bat is more upright and his shoulder turn isn't as pronounced. He's also taking a shorter leg kick. (pics are from just before he was sent down) pic.twitter.com/9TqmNtQYA5 — name cannot be blank (@LoR1975) June 4, 2019 While he hasn’t had the same success as Gurriel Jr., Hernández has been better though still has been a below average hitter since returning (87 wRC+) which is a big improvement on what he was before he was sent down (48 wRC+). Looking at his batted ball profile he has made some slight alterations there as well. Mar 28-May 15 17.6% 40.0% 42.4% 47.7% 31.4% 20.9% 15.6 June 5-present 15.0% 43.3% 41.7% 43.3% 25.0% 31.7% 14.8 These aren’t as drastic as Gurriel Jr.’s but a change is there, more balls to the opposite the field. Typically when players change their swing/approach they are trying to add power and hit home runs. With Hernández he didn’t need to alter his approach at the plate to hit for more power. He already hits the ball incredibly hard and has great raw power, and with the juiced ball it makes sense for him to tap into some of that opposite field power. Hernández’s biggest problem was with strikeouts and overall lack of contact. By lowering his hands he is shortening the bat path to the ball which has helped him make more contact. K% BB% O-Contact% Z-Contact% Contact% SwingStr% Mar 28-May 15 29.8% 9.2% 50.4% 78.5% 66.7% 15.7% June 5-Present 30.5% 6.3% 58.8% 79.1% 70.8% 14.1% It hasn’t reflected in his strikeout rate but he is making more contact, particularly on pitches outside of the zone. He’s also reduced his swinging strike rate. Ideally you would have liked to have seen him maintain his walk rate but this is the trade off with his aggressive approach. Buffalo hasn’t just helped out young players. Eric Sogard started the season in Buffalo and while it was only a short stay, just 38 at bats, he too has changed his approach at the plate, leading to a career year at age 33. Here is a Sogard swing from last season. https://sporty-clips.mlb.com/4b79e09f-e689-45fd-af08-200a4ffec175.mp4 And one from this season https://sporty-clips.mlb.com/4149ddcc-12ed-4dc8-96b2-e3d17d5b46ec.mp4 The changes are subtle but they are there. He stands slightly more crouched and has reduced his leg kick. Sogard, like Gurriel Jr. and Hernández has seen a drastic change in his batted ball mix. 2018 27.0% 36.5% 36.5% 36.8% 38.2% 25.0% 15.8 Sogard has raised his launch angle which coincides with his increase in fly balls. He has always been a player that makes a lot of contact and that hasn’t changed. What he has done is put more balls into the air and with the combination of the juiced ball and Rogers Centre has led to a career high nine home runs. Prior to this season Sogard had a career total of 11 home runs. He only returned to the majors for a short time but Billy McKinney was one other player who made a swing change while down in Buffalo. It is a very tiny change but McKinney is keeping his hands closer to his chest. He was only back up with the Blue Jays for 11 plate appearances so there is nothing we can take away from his batted ball profile or plate discipline stats. When he is recalled again it will be something to monitor to see if he has made similar changes to the others. We can’t say for certain whether these changes are coming from the big club when a player is being sent down, or whether it’s from Buffalo when the players arrive there. Regardless the staff with the Bisons deserve praise for working with these players and executing these changes. Now not every player who is down in Buffalo automatically turns to gold, see Jonathan Davis and Richard Urena, but there is no denying they are doing something right down there. They have worked with four players to alter their swings and approaches at the plate and they have three successes with one still to be determined. For some struggling players on the Major League team like a Brandon Drury or a Rowdy Tellez, maybe a short trip to Buffalo wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. can lock-up left-field if he can show consistency at the MLB-level Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is playing out of his mind right now Sogard to be called up, Gurriel Jr. optioned to Buffalo Sorted by Trash Cincinnatus C. 4 days ago Interesting … but the Buffalo angle isn’t convincing without a control group of guys who’ve been on the major league team all year. Like the TV guys are always harping on about, big league hitters constantly have to be making adjustments over the course of a season. I have a feeling you’ll find some significant differences in Danny Jansen’s or Rowdy Tellez’s swings and batted ball profiles between early April and early July. Looking at Jansen, his GB% has gone down every month and–Buck and Tabby will not like this–his OPPO% is way down since he’s gotten hot. Chances are you’ll find changes in approach corresponding to these changes in results. Funny how the leg kick goes in and out of style, and when it’s in it’s obviously the solution and when it’s out it’s obviously the problem. Paul Berthelot 4 days ago Absolutely players makes changes throughout the season but we have seen are three players make real significant changes to their approach, which is not something your normally see. Jansen is one and his hot stretch has coincided with him removing the C-flap from his helmet. It looks like he is seeing the ball better getting out in front of it more, pulling it and getting the ball in the air. Looking at Tellez and Drury nothing really stands out in their swings or approach. Even vets like Grichuk and Galvis have stayed the same despite their poor results. By Paul Berthelot	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1038
__label__cc	0.590654	0.409346	digital blog Helping young people carve out careers at Boulevard Academy At Bluestorm, we like to share our skills and knowledge. That’s why, as part of National Careers Week (NCW), we’ve been giving our support to a local academy to help develop its careers advice programme. Bluestorm Editor Businesses play a pivotal role in giving young people opportunity to explore their career options. As part of our commitment to social value, we’ve become enterprise partners with the Boulevard Academy, under the national scheme run by the Careers and Enterprise Company – an organisation which inspires and prepares young people for the world of work by creating connections with employers. Our Senior Account Handler, Paul Ewen, has been appointed as the school’s Enterprise Advisor and will be working voluntarily with the Academy to support them in delivering careers days, work experience opportunities and additional business and industry contacts locally. Paul commented: “It’s a fairly new collaboration, so it’s been great timing to kick off our activity during National Careers Week. We’ve worked with staff from the academy to develop a range of careers activities to feature in their NCW programme for this week. We’ve attended assemblies for each year group of the school to introduce them to Bluestorm and give the students an idea of what we will be doing in the future. This will include work experience opportunities and help in setting up and running their summer careers fair.” Want to know more about the Careers & Enterprise Company? Visit https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/ back to our blog.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1039
__label__wiki	0.675881	0.675881	Blue Swan Daily > Europe/MEA > Analysis > Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the Continent Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the Continent Advantage Africa Is the African market finally ready to fulfil its full potential? Will a new more open approach to air connectivity finally open the door to better intra-African connectivity? These are massive questions for a market that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts will see the strongest growth over the next 20 years and will be home to some of the fastest growing individual country markets in terms of passenger demand. This new round-up will deliver some of the key aviation and travel news stories from across Africa. Chad signs up with Ethiopian Airlines to launch new national airline by Oct-2018 Benin and Democratic Republic of Congo sign air transport agreement Uganda may float shares of new airline in future as Minister raises possibility of airline alliances fastjet set to deploy extra three ATR 72s in Tanzania market in Aug-2018 Rwanda to exceed one million passenger milestone in 2018 National Airways Ethiopia acquires five ERJ 145s ROUTE UPDATE: latest route launches and announcements DATA SNAPSHOT: Intra-Africa system movements (as at w/c 13-Aug-2018) Chad’s Minister of Civil Aviation and National Meteorology Mahamat Tahir Rozi announced an agreement has been signed with Ethiopia to develop a new airline in Chad, under the brand Chadia or Chadian Airlines. The start up’s ownership will be split between the countries, with Chad to take a 51% stake and Ethiopian Airlines Group a share of 49%. Mr Rozi stated domestic operations are scheduled to launch on 01-Oct-2018 and “then we will link the capitals of Central Africa, then the Middle East and the rest of the world”. Mr Rozi added: ” We have in the past created several companies including Air Chad and Toumaï Air, but the management has been catastrophic, but I hope that Chadia we have just created will be an eternal company”. Benin ANAC has announced an air transportation agreement between Benin and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was signed on 27-Jul-2018 during the 62nd meeting of the committee of ministers of the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA). Services between the countries are already provided by Trans Air Congo but the signature will reinforce the legal framework needed for the operation of services between the countries. Uganda’s Minister of Transport Monica Azuba Ntege announced Uganda Airlines may “float shares” in the future, although the “first step is to get the airline up and moving”. In a Bloomberg article she is reported as saying that while the airline 100% owned by the government, the “plan is to work with other airlines”. She added that passengers have been charged “exorbitant prices for tickets” due to a lack of competition. Ms Ntege concluded: “We’re moving progressively, but we’re getting there. We had a national airline and it went down. We don’t want to make the same mistakes”. fastjet is poised to expand its operations in Tanzania using three ATR 72 turboprops. The airline’s public relations and marketing executive Lucy Mbogoro has reportedly told local media the airline plans to deploy three ATR 72 aircraft in Tanzania by the end of Aug-2018 to address demand. She noted: “There is strong market demand for passengers’ flights due to increased number of traffic that pushed the airline to capitalise on the opportunity by increasing the number of planes and routes”. The airline also plans to launch new routes over 2018, including to destinations in Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. Rwanda’s Ministry of Infrastructure Permanent Secretary Christian Rwakunda has projected passenger traffic in Rwanda will increase from 926,571 to more than 1.1 million passengers in 2018. Mr Rwakunda explained: “Air transport sector registered a substantial growth in terms of passenger numbers, routes expansion and airport expansion and construction”. National Airways Ethiopia has reportedly acquired five Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft, according to local media reports. Four of the 50 seat aircraft have already arrived in Addis Ababa and the fifth is expected in Aug-2018. The airline intends to use the aircraft to commence regular scheduled domestic and regional services, expanding on its existing charter operations. Destinations are expected to include Bahir Dar, Gondar, Mekelle, Bosaso, Hargeisa and Mogadishu. Route Updates Air Mauritius launched weekly Mauritius-Wuhan service on 11-Aug-2018, marking Wuhan Tianhe International Airport’s fifth new international service in 2018. RwandAir reportedly plans to increase Kigali-Brussels-London Gatwick frequency from three to four times weekly effective 14-Dec-2018 to 17-Jan-2019, a route flown using Airbus A330 equipment. Air Seychelles plans to increase Seychelles-Johannesburg frequency from six to eight times weekly, effective 10-Dec-2018 to 12-Jan-2019, to accommodate “growing demand over the busy end of year period”. The airline will also increase frequency from six times weekly to daily, effective 22-Mar-2019 to 26-Apr-2019. easyJet plans to launch twice weekly Bordeaux-Essaouira service, effective 31-Oct-2018. According to OAG, it will be the sole carrier on the route. Ethiopian Airlines reportedly plans to commence four times weekly Addis Ababa-Lisbon-Madrid service, effective 28-Oct-2018 using 270-seat Boeing 787 equipment. Air Italy will reduce Milan Malpensa-Lagos-Accra-Milan Malpensa frequencies from 28-Oct-2018 from four times weekly to twice weekly. The airline will continue to operate with Boeing 737-800 equipment, replacing initial plans to deploy 737 MAX 8 aircraft, according to AirlineRoute. Silverstone Air plans to commence daily Nairobi Wilson-Mombasa service, effective 31-Aug-2018 usingFokker 50 equipment. Ryanair plans to launch weekly Paris Vatry-Fes service, effective 03-Nov-2018. According to OAG, Ryanair will be the sole carrier on the route, while Royal Air Maroc and Transavia operate Paris Orly-Fes services. DATA SNAPSHOT: Intra-Africa system movements (as at w/c 13-Aug-2018) Source: CAPA – Centre for Aviation and OAG Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentMay 16, 2019 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentAugust 30, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentNovember 22, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentSeptember 20, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentMarch 7, 2019 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentNovember 1, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentDecember 13, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentAugust 2, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentFebruary 14, 2019 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentOctober 18, 2018 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentJune 13, 2019 Advantage Africa – an update on latest travel developments across the ContinentMay 9, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1040
__label__cc	0.664065	0.335935	← Two compelling arguments against a college football playoff Yesterday’s moment of recruiting intrigue → Could oversigning be college football’s next big war? It’s pretty easy to analyze most of the major issues driving college football in the context of the haves and the have-nots. But as last summer’s crazed chase over conference expansion showed, college football’s powers don’t always act monolithically. Stewart Mandel posted something in his Mailbag yesterday that makes me ponder whether we might be getting ready to see a few more cracks in that façade. Noting the apparent decline of the Big Ten in comparison to the SEC, Mandel writes … As Michael Rosenberg wrote Tuesday, the league is being dragged down right now because two of its marquee programs, Penn State and Michigan, aren’t what they once were. The Nittany Lions seem to be stuck in a perpetual state of good-but-not-great that likely won’t change until JoePa retires and the Wolverines have been a mess for several years. That’s the big difference between the SEC and Big Ten — the talent pool is deep enough in the South that an Auburn or Arkansas can rise up in a given year and compete nationally, but that’s rarely going to happen with Purdue or Illinois. That’s just the short-term analysis, though. In the long term, we have to concede — as Jim Delany himself has — that the effects of population shift on Northern and Midwest football are very real and very irreversible. (The SEC’s penchant for oversigning has its own effect, too, though that’s another column entirely.) And so I wonder: are we about to enter a phase where several of the power conferences decide it’s in their best interest to take on the (largely SEC) practice of oversigning? Don’t laugh. I can think of some compelling reasons they might. For one thing, it’s a great excuse to use to explain the SEC’s recent dominance in the BCS title game and the other power conferences’ shortcomings there. (See if the drumbeat grows louder in the event Auburn takes care of business next Monday night.) But the bigger concern might be demographics, as Mandel hints. You’ve already got a situation where the population shift from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt favors the SEC, the Pac-10 and at least the southern part of the Big XII at the expense of the Big Ten and the Big East (another reason TCU’s move to that conference looks shrewd). To the extent that it restricts the talent pool available to the latter two, oversigning by SEC programs exacerbates that problem. It’s hard to see how that changes. And if that’s the case, how long is it before Jim Delany decides he has no choice but to lead the charge to get the NCAA to tighten up the rules on class signing numbers? No doubt he’d couch it in terms of doing what’s best for the student athletes, but we’d all know what that’s really about. And it would be fascinating to see where the battle lines get drawn in that fight – the Big East and the mid-major conferences would seem to be natural allies for Delany, but would the Pac-10 and Big XII commissioners stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Mike Slive? Filed under College Football, Recruiting, SEC Football, The NCAA 68 responses to “Could oversigning be college football’s next big war?” Ole Miss just doesn’t seem to be benefiting from this. The 10 Worst College Football Teams for oversigning Recruits Per Bleacher Report May ’10 1. Alabama 2. Ole Miss 3. Auburn 4. Mississippi State 6. Kansas State 8. LSU 10. Iowa State FYI- http://oversigning.com/testing/index.php/2010/05/06/2006-2010-recruiting-numbers/ Note Georgia’s position there; only going as high as twenty-eight signees once since 2005, and that in 2006. We short sign regularly. Why is that? chibucks also because richt is probably one of the few coaches who sees the kids as student-athletes and wants to honor the scholarship for the length of the kids stay at school… not earned on a year-to-year athletic performance based criteria. Those scholarships are only issued yearly though. Nice guys finish last? I wonder how many couches Saban has sat on where he assured someone’s momma he was gonna see them thru college only to turn around and pick and choose which scholarships to renew. It doesn’t hurt Bama in the long run because all 18 year old kids think “That won’t happen to me, I’m (insert name here), a (enter # stars here) recruit on (insert recruiting service here).” Exploitation at its finest. Is that what we want to become? Call me old fashioned, or maybe ethically cognizant, but that just ain’t right in my book. Personally, that is not where I want our program to go, win lose or draw. I don’t want to be one here, but if you don’t think Saban’s rivals educate the parents of every recruit Alabama chases about his oversigning policy, you’re dreaming. Some of those kids may delude themselves, but it’s not like they and their mommas weren’t warned. Texas_Dawg Rival coaches: “Saban oversigns. Here are some examples…” Recruit: “Coach Saban, is what they say true?” Saban: “These are whiny losers. The players who were cut broke team rules or left of their own volition. You aren’t that kind of kid so you’ve got nothing to worry about. Come to Bama and be a star and win championships.” We’re talking about kids who are often working class or worse, minimally educated, who have rarely left their home counties, who do stuff like flipping coins to make major life decisions, etc… up against experienced professionals and extremely powerful people backed by state institutions and millions of fans. Wake up, Senator. Wake up. “minimally educated,” or educable….might it be all they got to hope for ? Take your best shot per a team that gives your the most air time? The point was that these kids don’t just “know what they are getting into.” As to their futures and education, the answer is work and study, not buying lottery tickets or betting everything on slim chances at being drafted. And a university that enrolls them should work with them to educate them as best as it can. Not just sit back and hope they fail out should they not pan out as football players. Of course other coaches “educate” Bama targets. Which is why I included my qualifier that kids don’t think it’ll happen to them. I think you are giving the naive 18 year old a little too much credit in the face of what a smooth operator like Saban is telling them. You can almost hear the converse of that statement, as well, though: “[Of course, if you (insert caveat here), that most likely] won’t happen to [you], [you’re] (insert name here), a (enter # stars here) recruit on (insert recruiting service here).” We short sign because Richt is always building for the future, the same as his practice of Redshirtng talent that can contribute so that JR/SR and walk-ons who have put thier time in canplay, which is going to cost him his job. In 2008-09, Ole Miss had their first back-to-back nine-win seasons since 1962-63. Oversigning definitely helped them. I don’t see why the lid isn’t put on this practice ASAP. It makes no sense to set a scholly number and then allow this abuse. I have no problem with controlling the “oversigning” by one or two to cover attrition, but it should be the same at all schools. Unfortunately, only the NCAA is in a position to set, and control the issue and they seem to be impotent at managing anything these days. retwely Didn’t the SEC (admittedly we do this the most) institute a 28 scholly maximum recently? Some schools, mostly Bama and Ole Miss were oversigning well over the 28 number in previous years. The rules are only for the favored of the NCAA. What rules. Aske Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama, and Ohio State. Here woudl be my two rules. When they are fairly and even-handed applied and enforced I’ll get on board, otherwise I’m I have my own programs agenda at heart. And secong, it is better to ask foregiveness rather than persmission. And a sidebar, I’ll decide what games I have to suspend a player and what season that maybe. I think that most conferences would get behind an effort to put teeth in the 85 scholarship limit. The Big XII would be the only conference that might join with the SEC, but it’s dominated by Texas and UT doesn’t oversign, so even that seems unlikely. Speaking of which, a hard 85 scholarship cap would help Georgia and Florida the most because they are the two SEC powers that don’t oversign. Big Ten fans can bitch all they want, but they aren’t in direct competition with Alabama, Auburn, LSU, and Arkansas on an annual basis. Retwely, the 28-signee limit doesn’t go far enough to restrict oversigning. If Alabama has 70 players returning and then signs a class of 25, then they have complied with the SEC limit, but they have still oversigned by ten. crapsandwich Senator, you premise is correct. This won’t come from the SEC, but from outside the SEC. With that said, it may be legal but does it not (in the SEC east at least, exception USCjr), make the playing field rather uneven? DavetheDawg Death of the ‘walk-on’, then? Based on last nights events, the Dawgs will surely keep their nose clean in this great debate. I may be wrong about this, but oversigning is basically up to the individual school as long as NCAA rules are followed. If the institution allows oversigning, again within the rules, can the NCAA actually do anything about it? I think we covered this already. Two interesting ways to curb this. 1. If you can’t prove you have an open scholarship, you can’t sign someone. 2. The student-athlete, not the school, can release the other from the scholarship. This prevents signing classes of 30 in February with only 21 spots available, running a semi-pro camp, and making the 9 extra athletes “go away”. The real problem is never in a single season, but over 4 years, this amounts to over a full recruiting class advantage for some schools, which may be legal, but also doesn’t pass the sniff test. One of the problems, especially with Alabama, is that they convert the scholarships from football to medical. Once a kid gets cut, he becomes “injured” such that he disappears from the ranks of the 85 limit. I like the proposal I’ve seen of reducing the per-year limit to 20-22 and eliminating the overall 85 limit entirely. Signing the max each year would result in a roster of around 85. If a school was exceptionally good with keeping kids in school and healthy, they could have more than 85. But a school would never face a limit on an individual class of 15-18 like the ethical schools sometimes do. Oversigning is simply wrong. If Slive won’t put an end to it in the SEC, the NCAA must clarify their rules to outlaw it. When Slime makes a gutsy decision, it will be his first as the SEC Commish. Presidents need to sit this under-performing employee down and reprimand him immediately. He has made the conference look like we have the scruples of an alley cat/Auburn. Bad M Not only is the sheer number of oversigns a competitive advantage, think about how the big-signees-who-wait-to-declare feel. One school says we want you, but you need to declare soon because the class is getting full. The other school says, screw the numbers, we want you and will take you no matter what (we’ll just secretly kick out another player). That’s a huge recruiting advantage for the oversigning school. Oversigning only creates a competitive advantage because not everybody does it. Some schools don’t because it’s “not right.” Really? The athletic scholarship is just like any other – you must earn it and work hard to keep it each year. If you fall behind your peers or drop below the standard, you run the risk losing your scholarship. Think of all the UGA students who came in with the Hope Scholarship but lost it by their sophomore year because they spent too much time fratting and their GPA dipped below a 2.0. The state is paying you to be a high-performing student. If you stop performing at a high level, the state stops paying your tuition. College football players in the SEC are expected to play at an extremely high level. If they can’t do it, they don’t deserve to go to school for free any more than the kid who lost his Hope Scholarship. Unfortunately, our Athletic Department doesn’t see it that way and they are suffering the consequences of it on the field and in the living rooms. It’s only unfortunate if you are a miserably unethical person who believes football victories should come at the expense of a state university’s reputation and integrity. Fortunately, our program isn’t run by such troglodytes. tywebb01 Football victories shouldn’t come at anyone’s expense – let’s have no losers and give participaton trophies to all. /notgoingtolistentoyousithereandbadmouththefreemarketandbyextensionAmerica The one and only Billy Shears Really? He defends the University for maintaining the integrity of its academic mission, and he’s being unpatriotic? Weak. Perhaps you should expand your Netflix queue to include some older classics…. Enjoy your self-righteous losses. We don’t even use all the scholarships we have. There is a sense of automatic entitlement in many of our players because the consequences of not giving it your all is nothing more than a few days off. Accountability is missing in Athens. Ask anyone in the SEC. This is a big reason why we saw too many of our players mail it in Memphis (those that didn’t get the day off). There is a difference between decency and self-righteousness. The standards of academic scholarships are not competitive. The school identifies highly capable students and then sets standards that those students should be well capable of meeting. Your vision of athletic scholarships are completely different. First, identifying football players that can make the transition from high school to college is exponentially more difficult than identifying students capable of handling college academics. Second, you’re also stating that these students must outperform other students who are in the same boat. Personally, I would rather have most of the risk in the transaction fall on the coach, athletic director, and the nutso fans who can’t function in a world where 18-22 year-olds are only under the pressure of performing in front of 100k fans and on national television. Trying to shift the risk onto the kids seems frankly cruel. If you would step out of this stupid “S-E-C!” idiocy for once, you would see that Georgia is being screwed far worse than any Big 10 school by oversigning. It is a disgusting practice that Georgia will never get into. Greg McGarity has personally assure me of that, and Mark Richt has long been on record about why he doesn’t do it. So we get insanity like Auburn signing 119 players from 2007-2010 while Georgia only signed 86. Every single SEC West school and South Carolina signed over 100 players in those classes. It is a disgusting practice that damages lives of young and often impoverished adults and makes a total fraud of universities that engage in it. Georgia is not only disadvantaged on the field by it, but, far more importantly, has its brand and reputation degraded for being associated with these repulsive and embarrassing impoverished state schools. Get off your anti-Big 10 meme, and wake up, dude. Maybe you should read my post more carefully. It’s not an attack on the Big Ten. I’m saying that Delany may soon feel that he has no choice but to take this to the NCAA and have the rules tightened. And for what it’s worth, it’s not oversigning per se that’s questionable to me. It’s what coaches like Saban do to clear the numbers to oversign and how coaches like Miles can’t be straightforward with their recruits about their signing policy that is. Oversigning per se is the problem. Oversigning per se requires lying, cutting players, pressuring transfers, refusing to caution against ill-advised transfers to inferior schools, removing players from their teams via medical hardship abuses, and so on. Wake up, Senator. Richt signed 31 players in ’02 and 28 players in ’06. If oversigning per se is the problem, as you assert, then Georgia’s hands are dirty, too. You really need to study up on this topic a little more before you go any further discussing it. You aren’t stupid… but you got yourself into an anti-Big 10 position on the topic (hey, it happens… I’m no B10 fan either) and dismissed it without really looking into what it involves. Oversigning is not seen in 1 year. If a team graduating 85 seniors this year were to sign 85 commits (rules permitting) and signed 0 more players until those players all left of their own volition or for other, legitimate reasons, then there would be nothing unethical to criticize. I have no reason to believe Mark Richt did anything unethical with the classes you note. Do you? If he did, I would want him called out on it and forced to explain his actions every bit as much as I want the oversigning coaches forced to explain their actions. Oversigning involves promising more scholarships than you have available. It requires pressuring students to leave school, arranging and encouraging transfers to inferior schools that are not in their best interest (or at the very least, failing to counsel against such moves), removing lesser performers – against their wishes, via medical hardship abuses – from their teammates and the honor of being a team member, forcing players to grayshirt unexpectedly after signing day, dismissing players and slandering them with “undisclosed violations” they didn’t commit or that go unpunished among the more valuable players, etc. You are wrong on this, Senator. The correct thing to do here is stop, admit an honest error, educate yourself on the topic, and proceed accordingly. Forget the serious social justice red flags of Southern state institutions screwing over often impoverished and socially marginalized young black men, if that’s not your thing. Georgia is getting royally, doubly screwed by this scam. The Big 10 schools at least don’t have their academic reputations and brands attached to this garbage. TD, you really aren’t getting this. I don’t think Mark Richt has done anything unethical. You’re the one who insists that oversigning per se is wrong. If that’s the case, he oversigned twice and is wrong for doing so. dawgfish What I believe that Texas is trying to say is that when oversigning the 25/year limit, you can still not cut anybody. For instance, Georgia in those years enrolled all of those overage kids early, so they counted as last year’s class, and thus no one was cut or had their scholarship rescinded. As Brian Cook always points out 85 is the relevant number, not 25. You can sign 30 or more, but if you already have concrete, available spots for them as Georgia did in those years, you are not doing anything unethical. You have 30 schollys available, so you sign 30, and fit them in. On the other hand if you only signed 20, but only have 15 available spots, you know you will have to make cuts and are being egregiously unethical even though technically you didn’t oversign. I gave him the chance to say just that. He didn’t. I understand that there are any number of ways slots open up – some of them purposefully, some of them not. That’s my point. Oversigning per se isn’t the problem. It’s what leads up to signing more than 25 kids that may be. Exactly. What this issue really boils down to is the simple question: Where is each individual scholarship going to come from for each person you sign? Oversigning the 25 number is not wrong per se because there may be an already unused scholarship available. However, oversigning the 85 number IS wrong per se, because by definition there are not enough scholarships to fulfill your promises and someone who thinks they will have scholly next year will in fact not. I am with the Big Ten on this one. Loose interpretation of the rules on scholarship limits have pushed us back to the Bear Bryant days where some schools could have over 100 players on “scholarship” and were allowed to dominate those that did not. The ACC and Big East schools are probably tired of it too. Der Schatten You are seriously overlooking a crucial variable here: 8 of these 10 teams (if you can even use BR as a source with a straight face) underwent coaching changes in the period at issue. When staffs turnover, so too do players; some guys transfer, some guys won’t cut it physically, mentally, disciplinary or otherwise; some are known academic casualties that will rehab for a year or so at Hargrave etc; some kids may be torn between a pro career at another sport; some are short-leashed head cases, and some kids just won’t fit with the new regime. All of those can attribute to “oversigning”. Add to that fact that schollies are a one-year deal only, and I’d say this is pretty short-sighted hand-wringing by the commentariat who aren’t focusing on the bigger picture…dare I say, the Process? Auburn – 119 Alabama -113 (no coaching change) USC went through a coaching change, has discipline cases, has academic cases, has injuries, has early NFL departures. Their total in the same period? 76. Ohio State? 78. Texas (several DC changes)? 86. Georgia (DC staff fired)? 86. Alabama and Auburn’s numbers are what they are not because of any coaching changes but because they cut players, pressure players to transfer, abuse medical hardship scholarships, lie to recruits, etc. Ethical, reputable schools don’t oversign. SEC West schools do. “ethical reputable” schools also graduate their kids and don’t have a two deep littered with apparent drunks. See how easy and lazy that was? And absolutely one-sided with no understanding (or with willful ignorance) of the larger issue here (which, to my mind, seems to be damned selective and bullying Athens cops). But it’s easier to just take a cheap, easy way out rather than f’n think about it. And, you don’t substantively address the issues related to “oversigning” raised above. And, if it’s your ad hominem about SEC west only, explain SC or K State or Iowa State or West Virginia (where, I add, 3/4ths had new coaching hires). Also, you really might want to look at the “data” provided by BR/Oversigning.com. Pretty damned credulous aren’t you? BR got their numbers from oversigning.com…. and with a straight face. What is your issue with Oversigning.com? You realize they are one of the few sites to have praised Georgia and Mark Richt in discussing SEC oversigning, right? Which do you care about more: the SEC or the University of Georgia? It’s a B10 hit piece, that’s why. Failing to take care of business on the field, it’s but the latest whine, right up there with bowls being played in idyllic weather, decrying the relative brain power of SEC students, and now this. OSU, for instance, undersigns, as does UGA; so, of course, they’d praise the Dawgs to high heaven. Apparently getting quality depth is of little concern to the oversigning.com guys, and they’re hell-bent on ensuring the same. Here’s a plan to quickly improve UGA football for you, Senator. Georgia should sign 32 players this class (as Auburn did in 2010). Let’s force these players to leave the team and their teammates and give them medical hardship scholarships: Arthur Lynch Logan Gray Malcome, Thomas, King, or Ealey (whichever doesn’t make the cut out of spring practice) And we can pressure these players to transfer, dismissing them in late July or early August for “undisclosed violations” (always a team meeting or class they missed somewhere along the way, right?): Derek Owens Alex Ogletree Michael Bennett How ’bout it? Do you want to win or not? These are 1-year agreements. These kids knew what they were getting into. Let’s do it. Reload the farm system now. What I like best is when Nick explains that it’s the doctor’s decision and he has nothing to do with it. Yep. Poor little old Nick Saban, just being jerked around by those little trainers and team docs. He so badly wanted those kids finishing up as full members of the team, you know. Never forget: “It’s none of your business. Aiight? And don’t give me this stuff about the fans’ need to know, because they don’t need to know. Don’t even ask. Aiight?” — Nick Saban, April 2008 I don’t have time for this shit. Aiight…now watch this shot… http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/sep/22/saban-sidelines-fairways/ I understand why they oversign and so does the NCAA. Do not think this change much. You never know how many kids will leave their junior years. As for Dawgs underclassmen only Green maybe there, but he needs to look at Luck, the Manning brothers, and the OU Qb now with the Rams. The latter three could have left early, but they did not. They came back because that senior year of playing is huge for pro development. Think CMR is wrong when he said it would not improve Green’s draft status. For me the status is a factor but not controlling. If you have the talent, you want to make sure you have the staying power, that comes from a senior year. And Bradford laid to rest that issue about the injury. But look at Stafford. Think he made a huge mistake leaving early. Two years he is on injured reserve. Pro teams take note of that stuff. That is why there will be lock out this year. Simply can not keep the comp level. Green has not played a full D1 season for 2 years. Can he play a longer more physical game if he leave early. I think that would be difficult. Stay, ramp up your numbers, and sign a solid contract when you know you have staying power. I can’t believe I’m actually responding to this, but dude, in what universe did he make a bad decision. Stafford got $40 million guaranteed. $40 million. Please make me a list of the pros and cons of having $40 million in your checking account and get back to me. Irrational UGA fan Hey, what’s $40 million compared to another season of reading about yourself on Georgia message boards? I still say Stafford had no leadership skills! winstongator Scout.com has a neat eligibility tracker. Look at Alabama: http://www.scout.com/a.z?s=143&p=9&c=16&nid=745&yr=2010 Roster size is pretty much the same thing as oversigning. If you’re recruiting a RB and they’re considering Bama, you just point to Ingram, Richardson & co and tell him he’s just not going to get carries. Guys who went to USC had this problem. For QBs it’s also a big issue. Where guys will pay less attention is on the lines and on D where depth is most helpful – that’s also where oversigning give the biggest bang for the buck. I think Alabama and Iowa tell you that RB is exactly where you want and need depth. Iowa goes through about 7 a year. And, with TR and MI both post-surgical/lagging, we needed the 3 and 4 guys to pick up the slack. If your system doesn’t have the one “guy”, you can still sign running backs and they will get carries. For instance, when TR is the starter next year, and Crowell and Hart are rotating, do you think they’ll mind not getting the 25+ carries if they’re still part of the spotlight, and have a chance to compete for titles? Easy solution — expand the number of scholarships to match the number allowed each year for 5 years. Why shouldn’t schools be able to educate more people? It makes no sense to allow 25 scholarships per year but limit overall scholarships to 85. By doing that the NCAA is essentially forcing schools to cut people. Allow 125 total scholarships and the issue goes away completely. No more greyshirts. No more medical scholarships. Easy and it benefits the kids. Why shouldn’t schools be able to educate more people? Schools are able to give away as many scholarships as they please. But allowing virtually unlimited football scholarships gives larger, wealthier programs one more major advantage over smaller schools. This solution wouldn’t change anything anyway. The same advantages from oversigning would exist even with the higher limit. That’s the most rational and simplest argument I’ve ever read on this topic. If total scholarship money were a serious problem, and if they needed to maintain the 85 max so the playing field is leveled for the smaller schools, then even say max 17 scholarships per year, to reach the overall max of 85. Senator, I must defend 100% Texas Dawgs reasoning, even if he may have misplaced your reasoning. With that said, TDawg knows this issue better than any other dawg I know of. Personally, I think we all need to write letters, make phone calls, etc. Whatever we have to do to stop this practice. Yes Richt did do it, but if I recall there was a only 2 players grayshirted, no one was FORCED to transfer, take medical hardships, and skank the rules like Saban, Miles, Nutt, Petrino, Tuberville (sorry left Gene C off), and my personal favorite Spurrier. These sick bunch of thiefs, and the selfishness of coach and player alike had led to this problem. A hear, speak or see no evil SEC, is a joke. This is one case I will agree with the Big-10 on. Senator, please don’t ever defend the practice of oversigning. Texas Dawg and Senator seem to agree on the main point and the argument is simply over the definition of “oversigning.” Senator seems to define “oversigning” as simply signing more than 25, and criticizes the use of unethical tactics to enable the Alabamas to oversign. Texas seems to include the element of unethical behavior as a necessary part of the definition of “oversigning.” Both are cyberyelling at each other over definition but both agree on the issue of unethical tactics to fit recruits in despite the numbers.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1041
__label__wiki	0.698089	0.698089	Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam – Day 2 Ross Williams (Tabou/Gaastra) and Kevin Pritchard (Starboard/Gaastra/Dakine ) have shared glory alongside Antoine Albeau (JP/NeilPryde) as the winners of today’s three rounds. In an outstanding day of competition, the first discard of the event has put pressure on Finian Maynard (RRD/NeilPryde) who clings on to second place. A battering 40-knot wind churned the water white this morning, as the sailors prepared to push their limits over a dramatic new course. Speed was the focus of the day, with the fastest racers enjoying the opportunity to prove their talents. The ‘speed-leg’ that was introduced in the second round bought the action meters away from the amazed spectators, as the world’s elite went head to heat in a remarkable day of action. A familiar scene welcomed the crowd, as Antoine Albeau (JP/NeilPryde) opened the day’s contest with a convincing victory. However, Albeau’s skill was tested, after two gybe mark collisions cost him a spot in the second round final, and a bad start pushed him to a low position in the third round. With Albeau out of the second round’s final, Ross Williams (Tabou/Gaastra) took his chance for victory, and sailed excellently to claim his first win here in Fuerteventura. When Williams is on form, there are few competitors who can match his blistering pace and great technique, and so we hope he continues to challenge throughout the week. Gaastra teammate Kevin Pritchard (Starboard/Gaastra/Dakine) once again proved that he is one of the most serious contenders for this event, as well as the World Title. The ex-World Champion was outstanding in the ultimate heat of the day, holding off challenges from the best sailors in the world with apparent ease. Pritchard now sits at third overall in this event, and after such a great performance takes our coveted ‘Sailor of the Day’ award. Finian Maynard (RRD/NeilPryde) clearly demonstrated his ability to dominate in high-wind racing, making the most of the new course layout. Qualifying to all three finals today, he ends up this afternoon in second overall, but he will be aware that the top five are closing in quickly. There were some classic battles for the finish today, and more often that not, they included the determined Micah Buzianis (JP/NeilPryde), Patrick Diethelm (F2/North Sails), Sylvain Moussilmani (Starboard/Simmer Style) and Benoit Moussilmani (Starboard/Simmer Style). All four of these athletes were excellent today, continually fighting through the ranks. Benoit Moussilmani, in particular, impressed with his outstanding final results. Arnon Dagan (Tabou/Gaastra) has also maintained his good form, although he was unlucky to destroy his equipment in a catapult during the final heat of the day. An afternoon highlight for the crowd came in the form of a spectacular crash by Robby Swift (JP/NeilPryde), who gave everything in a battle with Jesper Orth (Starboard/Severne) in the second semi final of round 5. Swift and Orth were neck and neck, when a chop pushed Swift’s board out of the water, causing him to crash at full speed, his body flung high into the air and hard into his equipment. Such was the force in the crash that Albeau and Buzianis sailed to him immediately to check on their teammate. Yesterday’s sailor of the day, Tine Slabe (RRD), made history this afternoon, when he became the first Slovenian in Windsurfing’s history to make it through to a slalom winners’ final. Cedric Bordes (Tabou/Gaastra) Gabriel Browne (Starboard/MauiSails) and Daniel Aeberli (F2/Severne) had an impressive day on the water that will see them set their sights high for the remainder of the event. The wind is due to drop off by a couple of knots tomorrow, and after today’s results we now have a super tight competition on our hands. Whilst Albeau still holds a considerable lead, tomorrow’s racing will bring a second discard in to play, which could have a dramatic effect on the overall results. Make sure you tune in to www.pwaworldtour.com <http://www.pwaworldtour.com/> tomorrow for more live action, incredible photos and action-packed video footage from one of the most spectacular events on the planet. North Sails 2010 To download your copy of the latest North Sails brochure head to: http://www.north-windsurf.com/en/support/Download-Archive You’ll find all of the latest 2010 gear, rigging manuals, and much more! El Tornament The team at Oceansource El Tur put on a great event for windsurfers of all abilities over the 6-7 August. Check out the action from... 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__label__wiki	0.784882	0.784882	Tag Archives: Same-sex harassment Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Same-sex Harassment, Severe and Pervasive On Wednesday, the First District held that conduct including numerous gifts, frequent lunch purchases, along with some sexual jokes and displays of pornographic computer images, over a period of several months, was sufficient for a reasonable jury to conclude a supervisor engaged in a pervasive pattern of harassing conduct. Lewis v. City of Benicia, No. A134078, __ Cal. App. 4th __ (1st Dist. Mar. 26, 2014). Plaintiff, a heterosexual man, sued his former employer, the City of Benicia, and two former male supervisors, bringing claims for sexual harassment and retaliation. Id. at 1. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the individual defendants and judgment on the pleadings for the City as to the sexual harassment claims. The City prevailed at trial on the retaliation claim. The First District reversed summary judgment as to one individual defendant and reversed the judgment on the pleadings for the City. The court held that the evidence allowed an inference that Hickman was motivated by sexual interest. Id. at 7. Some of Hickman’s alleged acts had sexual connotations. Lewis testified Hickman showed Lewis images on Hickman’s office computer that included a video of a penis in a rat trap and an image of a woman with lopsided breasts. Hickman told Lewis “risqué” jokes, including: “ ‘How do you make your wife moan then scream? You fuck her in the ass and then you wipe it on your drapes.’ ” Moreover, Hickman’s alleged course of conduct allows an inference he was pursuing a romantic or sexual relationship with Lewis. Lewis testified Hickman gave him about 30 different items as gifts during the time he worked at the water treatment plant. The gifts included “tuxedo underwear,” with ruffles and a bow tie. Hickman also gave Lewis hats, T-shirts, wine, shot glasses and backpacks. Hickman frequently bought lunch for Lewis. On one occasion during a break, when Lewis picked up Hickman’s cigarette, Hickman said: “[W]hy don’t you just kiss me[?]” Hickman once said Lewis should visit his home. Id. at 8. The Court concluded that Hickman alleged course of conduct was one from which a reasonable jury could infer he was pursuing a relationship with Lewis and was acting from genuine sexual interest. Id. at 9. The Court further concluded that the alleged conduct was sufficient for a reasonable jury to conclude that Hickman engaged in a pervasive pattern of harassing conduct. “Based on the course of alleged conduct summarized above, which included numerous gifts and frequent lunch purchases, along with some sexual jokes and displays of pornographic computer images, over a period of several months, a reasonable jury could conclude Hickman engaged in a pervasive pattern of harassing conduct.” Id. at 10. The Court noted that “whether Hickman’s alleged conduct unreasonably interfered with Lewis’s work performance is a relevant factor in determining whether a hostile work environment existed, but no single factor is required.” Id. at *11. Judges & Attorneys Acting Presiding Justice Robert L. Dondero delivered the opinion, with Justice Kathleen M. Banke and Judge Diana Becton (sitting by assignment) concurring. The trial judge was Hon. Robert S. Bowers. Counsel for Plaintiff and Appellants: Bruce A. McIntosh of Bergquist Wood McIntosh Seto LLP; Rhonda D. Shelton-Kraeber of Kraeber Law Office. Counsel for Defendants and Respondents: Stubbs & Leone: Louis A. Leone and Kathleen L. Darmagnac; Mark E. Davis and Eric J. Bengston of Davis & Young. Tagged Benicia, Diana Becton, Kathleen M. Banke, Robert L. Dondero, Same-sex harassment, Sexual Interest	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1044
__label__wiki	0.520472	0.520472	Early release from CA prisons now a flood 20 Aug, 2014 by James Poulos Spurred by a series of court decisions ruling the state’s prison crowding unconstitutional, Gov. Jerry Brown’s ongoing “realignment” effort sought to make adequate room for the state’s worst convicts by diverting lesser criminals to county jails. There, however, the changes have caused a snowball effect. A recent Los Angeles Times investigation has shown that newly encumbered counties turned to early release to lighten their own load — sending serious offenders back out on the streets with only a fraction of time served. Analyzing jail data, the Times discovered that “incarceration in some counties has been curtailed or virtually eliminated for a variety of misdemeanors, including parole violations, domestic violence, child abuse, drug use and driving under the influence.” In Los Angeles County, where one in four jailed Californians are found, 10 percent of time served was “often” enough to release male inmates back into society, compared to just 5 percent for female inmates. With a prison system as complex and bureaucratic as California’s, the perils of early release have proven to be just the tip of the iceberg of unintended consequences. In recent months, for instance, even parole violators have wound up in county, not state, jails. Los Angeles County has had to add 500 staffers to cope with the new flood of probationers, while Riverside County alone has added over 140. The cumulative effect has been a so-called “revolving door” in the jail system, with the line blurring between the incarcerated and the law-abiding public. Dangerous inmates have left jail prematurely, only to return on fresh charges; even parolees who didn’t revisit jail on parole violations have remained part of the administrative system, which has incorporated automated kiosks to help supervise released cons. According to the Times investigation, the sheer numbers of Californians involved have raised profound doubts about how long the current improvised system can go on. In 2011, California averaged 9,700 released inmates per month. Now, that number has reached 13,500 a month, with more than 17,400 hitting the streets in October alone. Realigning cash State and county officials said it’s an open secret that legislators knew about realignment’s consequences. That made it easy for localities to hit up Sacramento for a quick infusion of substantial funds — $850 million last fiscal year and over $1 billion this time around, according to state corrections department spokesman Luis Patino. The flood of money following the flood of inmates has created incentives for an even larger state-funded prison system. Although realignment has reduced the state prison population, it has kickstarted a process where California pays for a county-level system that grows to compensate. Some $80 million in state dollars were recently awarded to Stanislaus County for a big new jail expansion — the first project drawing from Phase II of the $1.2 billion allocated by Assembly Bill 900, the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007. Although an additional $44 million has flowed to a “re-entry facility” meant to help inmates with less than a year left in their sentence return to society, even left-leaning criminal justice critics have objected to the heavy costs associated with realignment. Vonya Quarles, an organizer with the All of Us or None organization, told the Modesto Bee that the Stanislaus project “is good for jobs and the builders, but the outcome of jail expansion has been nothing but failure,” underscoring the over $50,000 cost to keep an inmate in county jail for a year. Measuring impact In an effort to quantify the impact on crime caused by realignment, the Sentencing Project recently released the results of an investigation covering the 2006-2012 period. The study claimed that violent crime decreased by 21 percent, even while the prison population fell by 23 percent. While proponents of realignment may be relieved to see such statistics, critics would likely point out that the six-year span of the study does not include the current spike in violent offenders released early. Donkey 21 August, 2014, 05:43 A corrupt “justice” system created the over crowding in our prisons, releasing those that are not murders is a good thing to do!! 🙂 eck 9 February, 2015, 21:12 One can only hope one of these guys molests your wife or daughter or boosts your car. Maybe then you’ll have a different opinion. Donde 23 August, 2014, 09:37 Yeah. Rapists, child molesters, drug dealers and thieves never killed anybody so it’s a good thing to let them go too. We can tolerate crime but murderers need to be punished. Two years in prison should teach them a lesson. Robert 27 August, 2014, 10:26 Donkey’s statement is childishly simplistic. He basically says a victim’s only recourse for justice is posthumous. KatS 27 October, 2014, 16:17 The saddest part is that they have taken away a law abiding citizen’s ability to deter criminals and to protect our property and ourselves. Brandish a weapon as a warning to a suspicious subject/would be burglar, rapist, murderer, etc… and guess what you become… a criminal yourself! They even take the power out of your dog for protection. Somebody trespasses on your property or breaks into your house… your dog can’t legally defend you anymore. If it bites, no matter how small the dog or minor the injury… your dog could be taken from you, wind up euthanized, or at least you will be fined by Animal Control… and then sued by the criminal! Booby traps are illegal, throwing rocks or sticks, shooting anything even a slingshot, etc… you’ve broken the law and become a criminal! Especially in a city environment. Now we get to worry about home invasions because our neighbors have a “garden” y drug house next door… and yeah, “oh, sorry… we got the wrong address” won’t cut it when the bangs come down! Hmmm? …law abiding citizen… or a victim… Gee, let me think about that a minute…oops!… too late! Amen. It’s getting harder and harder to remain a tax-paying Californian every day. This state has become an insane asylum. jailsJerry BrownprisonsrealignmentJames Poulos Rep. Darrell Issa leads bipartisan push for visa reform With contending pieces of legislation now up for consideration in Congress, California has returned to the national spotlight on one Mortgage lawsuit against Gov. Brown reopens old wounds It’s a hallmark of modern-day government: Allocate money for one purpose, spend it for another. Congress isn’t the only culprit. 4 Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 5 years ago Maryland’s poor hammered by energy price spike — CA’s next A point that can never be made enough about the policies of California Democrats is how much they actually hurt	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1050
__label__cc	0.737831	0.262169	Borrowing from Mythology: A Great Foundation for Your Fantasy Series Posted by Our Special Guest \| Sep 14, 2018 \| SciFi/Fantasy by J.T. Evans Many of today’s successful fantasy series, including Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid series, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books and Magnus Chase books, and my own Griffin’s Feather (to name but a few) have their roots in mythology. The world’s various mythologies offer great inspiration for creatures, magic systems, and deities for your novels. My passion for mythology started at age ten when I delved into the world of role-playing games through the Dungeons & Dragons red box set. Fast forward a few decades, and I had an inspiration for an urban fantasy series about an immortal Roman centurion who works as a bounty hunter for the deities of the ancient world while living in modern-day San Antonio. I carefully chose these concepts and married them together in my debut novel, Griffin’s Feather. I offer a few tips for those who want to mine the rich world of mythology for their fantasy series. Honor the belief systems the myths arise from These are (probably) not your deities, creatures, myths, and legends to appropriate and run amok with. What we call mythology was (or could still be) a set of religious practices diligently followed by a set of people. When appropriating a mythology, please keep this in mind and be respectful. Research is key Once you’ve decided to retell a story, use a deity, borrow a creature, or incorporate some ideal from a past mythos, there are several reputable resources available. I mainly use my collection of books, but there are websites that can guide and educate you. For example, Encyclopedia Mythica is a great resource for mythologies outside Greek, Roman, and Norse. And Wikipedia, a go-to site, has good overviews, but scroll to the bottom to get to the sources cited in the articles. These 5 are my core books. (If I gave you a list of every book I have, you’d be reading just the list for hours.) Bulfinch’s Mythology Mythology by Edith Hamilton Mythology Visual Reference Guides by Dorling Kindersly World Mythology a Henry Holt Reference Book Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend by Maira Leach Use more than one source of information This will give you a more complete story. You may find that different sources disagree with one another. That’s because many of these tales come from pre-literate cultures. The stories were handed down orally over centuries. For good or ill, many of these mythological tales were originally transcribed and/or translated into the written form by traveling Europeans. They put their own spin or take on things as they wrote them down. I’m mainly thinking of the cultures of the Pacific Rim, Caribbean, Central/South America, and Africa when I make this statement. Since the conquerors write the history books, they’ve also codified these mythologies. This is where discrepancies can be found. Resolve source discrepancies Rectify differences in a way that works for your book and plot. Where you find two sources disagreeing on a detail in mythology, seek a third (or fourth or fifth) resource and then make choices about which version to incorporate based on the needs of your story. In Griffin’s Feather, I used a Maori deity named Tawhaki. He’s a deity of lightning and thunder; however, some sources say he also caused a devastating flood. In one resource I found, he supposedly saved a village from a flood. When my protagonist learns of Tawhaki’s involvement in the plot, he doesn’t fully trust Tawhaki because he’s unsure about whether the god “caused” or “prevented” flooding. And speaking of Maori deities . . . Spurn the familiar Don’t limit yourself to the familiar Greek & Roman mythologies. Cultures around the world, from South America to Asia, from Africa to the Antipodes, have wondrous, sometimes overlapping mythologies. It is fascinating to explore the full range of world legends, and “mix and match” when building a mythology for your fantasy series. Kevin Hearne does this to great effect. Choose to be of a time … or not Decide whether or not your mythological entities will be anachronistic in relation to the modern world, and be consistent. If Nemesis (Greek goddess of retribution) were to drop into your hotel room today, would she wonder what a television is? Would she care? Or would she plop down on the bed to watch an episode of your favorite TV show with you? Both choices offer interesting story possibilities. Choose one and stick with it. Abandon constraints Don’t feel constrained by the myths you adapt. You can change or fictionalize the myths you borrow; in fact, it’s good to put your own spin on them. Jim Butcher has done this well by shifting the mythos of the Wild Hunt from various European histories, and incorporating Saint Klaus (Santa Claus) into the Wild Hunt in his Dresden Files novels. He’s put his own spin on an ancient tale, but he did so with reverence and respect for the original materials. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel when creating a mythology for your fantasy series. Investigate the world’s myth systems–you’ll find a treasure trove of stories to jumpstart your worldbuilding. J.T. Evans writes fantasy novels. He also dabbles with science fiction and horror short stories. He is the former president of Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group and Pikes Peak Writers. When not writing, he develops interactive voice recognition systems at the Day Job, home brews great beers, spends time with his family, and plays way too many tabletop games. His debut urban fantasy novel, GRIFFIN’S FEATHER, was released in October of 2017. PreviousSeries or Standalone? 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__label__cc	0.670915	0.329085	Campaign Email Security "as Bad as 2016" The founder of Tech Solidarity, a not-for-profit interested in helping the campaigns of progressive Democrats, has been talking to those campaigns about their email security. He's found things about where they were in 2016, when loose practices enabled the Russian government to romp freely through the emails of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign. The problems are familiar: using the same password on all accounts, using accounts known to have been compromised, and practices that continue to render organizations vulnerable to phishing. Campaigns are rushed, depend upon a wide variety of user-supplied devices, and, above all, have no one in charge of security. Lots of help is on offer, but it's either piecemeal or concentrates on higher end problems like protecting financial data and opposition research. What's missing, Tech Solidarity founder Maciej Ceglowski writes, is what they most need: " specific and positive advice about locking down personal accounts, the digital security equivalent of 'wash your hands, boil your water.'" He's describing in effect a culture of security. That culture can't be improvised in a week, but any organization can do things to build it, effectively and affordably. It's not a partisan or even a political issue, really. It's a matter of building employee awareness of the threat, and of making good use of interactive, new-school security awareness training to help them resist the social engineering they'll surely encounter. News stories of disasters alone won't motivate people to adopt better security practices, but interactive practice will. The Washington Post has the story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/04/im-teaching-email-security-democratic-campaigns-its-bad/ The world's largest library of security awareness training content is now just a click away! In your fight against phishing and ransomware you can now deploy the best-in-class phishing platform combined with the world's largest library of security awareness training content; including 300+ interactive modules, videos, games, posters and newsletters. Want to see all our great security awareness training content? It’s easy! You can now get access to our new ModStore Preview Portal to see our full library of security awareness content; you can browse, search by title, category, language or content topics. The ModStore Preview Includes: 40 e-learning modules 25 micro-modules 16 compliance modules 83 3-5 min videos 26 interactive security-trivia games 265 pieces of artwork & newsletters Preview the ModStore Now! (you'll be pleasantly surprised) Topics: Security Awareness Training	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1062
__label__wiki	0.661521	0.661521	Solar San Antonio Lanny Sinkin presenting at Solar Power International By Christine Chapa on October 12, 2011 at 4:15 PM Next week Solar San Antonio staff is heading to Solar Power International (SPI 2011) in Dallas, TX to gain insight on the latest solar technologies and meet with solar companies from around the globe. With an estimated attendance of over 24,000 industry professionals from nearly 130 countries, the conference will be one of the most successful solar networking events to date. Panelists slated to present at SPI include CPS Energy President and CEO, Doyle Beneby, Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) President and CEO, Julia Hamm, NBA legend and entrepreneur “Magic” Johnson, and other inspirational solar visionaries. During SPI 2011 Solar San Antonio’s executive director, Lanny Sinkin, will participate on a panel to discuss the current status of community renewables programs across the country and present success stories from our own local Bring Solar Home Campaign (BSH). Since it’s launch in 2010, BSH has added over 100 new solar systems to the CPS Energy Service area (which only had 38 in 2010) and the applications keep coming in. Mr. Sinkin will share with the SPI audience how Solar San Antonio worked with CPS Energy, solar installers, and financial institutions to simplify the process of “going solar” and provide advice on how other communities can have the same success. Other presenters joining Mr. Sinkin’s panel on Community Solar include Jennifer DeCesaro, U.S. Department of Energy; Joseph Wiedman, Interstate Renewable Energy Council; David Wiedinmyer, Clean Energy Collective; and Peter Olmstead, The Vote Solar Initiative. Mr. Sinkin’s presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 10:30 – 12:00. A live broadcast of SPI 2011 may be accessed at: http://goo.gl/DBIao For SPI photos and updates from our staff, please join us on Twitter: Solar San Antonio: @SolarSanAntonio Lanny Sinkin: @LannySolarSA Andrew Wood: @AndrewSolarSA Christine Chapa: @CChapaSolarSA Christine Chapa	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1064
__label__cc	0.724241	0.275759	« Boston, Boston, Boston LSU Tigers, National Champions BCS Commemorative Poster » “It really ties the room together.” – The Richard Nixon Bowling Poster Surprising things can happen when you run a business, and we are no exception to this rule here at Sports Poster Warehouse. When we purchased a small run of this bowling poster some five years ago, we kind of underestimated its potential. Why? Because this particular poster features Richard Nixon bowling. Sure, you could argue that we’re stretching the idea of “Sports Posters” with this one, but to quote Homer Simpson “If Horse Racing is the sport of kings, then surely Bowling is a… very good sport also”. Plus, rumor has it that Richard Nixon once claimed to have bowled a perfect game, and honestly, if you can’t trust Richard Nixon, who can you trust? This striking image of Nixons bowling form was popularized in the cult Coen brothers classic, The Big Lebowski. Sitting above El Duderinos (I’m not into the brevity thing) bar, Richard Nixon bowling was the perfect compliment to the perfect rug. Nixon was quite an avid bowler, and the lanes that Dick used to frequent were found within the White House itself. The White House museum believes that this image was taken in 1970 in the two-lanes that were later moved to the Old Executive Office Building. Bowling lanes within walking distance of the Oval Office date back to ’54, when President Truman was presented with one as a gift. As the story goes, Truman didn’t really care for bowling, but allowed his staff to start a league. Nixon decided to build his own lanes in the 70s, and at a cost of $41,000 lanes were built in an underground workspace. This was kept quiet and it is claimed that friends of the Nixon family footed the bill. The good people that manufacture Richard Nixon Bowling have recently shipped us an updated version of this popular poster – Dick remains the same however he is now printed on a heavier stock paper, giving the image a much finer finish. Still our highest selling item by far, Richard Nixon Bowling is the perfect gift for anyone who is into bowling, driving around and the occasional acid flashback – purchase yours today! Explore posts in the same categories: Bizarre Best-Sellers, Uncategorized This entry was posted on January 7, 2008 at 7:21 am and is filed under Bizarre Best-Sellers, Uncategorized. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. Tags: Bowling, Nixon Poster, Richard Nixon, Sport Posters, The Big Lebowski, The Dude, White House	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1067
__label__wiki	0.536764	0.536764	( This blog post is a copy of the shareholder newsletter published by Martell Broadcasting Systems, Inc. on 6/22/2018 and is available to read publicly at our Start Engine listing page at https://www.startengine.com/martell-broadcasting-systems ) As this is our shareholder newsletter it is my job to keep everyone informed about matters of relevance to equity stakeholders. As we had two important events occur this month, I’m writing this newsletter a little early in order to honor my fiduciary duty as President of Martell Broadcasting Systems, Inc. 1. Zenither Pre-Launch Party. Last Friday on June 15th, 2018 Martell Broadcasting Systems, Inc. held a party at the Custom Hotel Lincoln Speakeasy for 230 attendees. We showed a demonstration of the Zenither TV Anywhere video streaming application to new media influencers, YouTube stars, talent, brand representatives, and film and TV distributors. Here’s a video showcasing the highlights of the event. We received very positive feedback from the attendees and have already secured several new deals from content providers who attended the event and loved what they had to see. For those who were unable to attend the party you can see a highlights reel of the event in the attached video. 2. Content deals. We’ve recently updated our website at http://www.zenither.com/ to reflect the number of content providers we’ve entered into distribution agreements with to carry their programming in Zenither at launch. At this present date we have agreements with 20 free to watch channels and 22 premium subscription only channels. Our content acquisition team is in talks with several additional content owners and we expect to secure even more stations before the official launch of Zenither next month. My personal hope is for us to have around 70 total channels available for watch at our launch and to rapidly add new channels every month until Zenither has tens of thousands of channels available for watch. This an exciting time. 3. Thunder Studios lawsuit update. In our Title III Offering Document on page 4 under the section marked ‘Liabilities’ ,we mentioned MBS, Inc. has an active lawsuit against Thunder Studios, Inc. for asserted breaches of an asset purchase agreement where MBS, Inc. as plaintiff asserts Thunder Studios, Inc. has failed to pay for the assets it purchased from MBS, Inc. on January 1st 2015. This asset was the Power Up TV multi-channel network IP which MBS previously operated. While the case went to trial in December 2017, however the case is still pending, and a second phase of a jury trial is scheduled for November 26. In the first phase of the trial in December 2017, a jury heard and considered all the evidence and testimony related to the parties’ claims and defenses and made the following six findings: (1) Thunder Studios entered into three separate agreements with Plaintiffs. First, an agreement to purchase certain business assets from Martell Broadcasting for $100,000, second, to an agreement to employ Mr. Martell as Vice President of Thunder TV, and third, an agreement to invest in Martell Broadcasting. The prior jury found Thunder had breached its agreements, and awarded a total of $236,377 in damages to Plaintiffs; (2) Thunder Studios and/or Mr. Rodric David made a false representation of fact or a false promise to Plaintiffs, and that while Defendants intended to perform the promise when it was made, they acted with malice, fraud, or oppression. Plaintiffs’ total non-contract damages for this claim was $154,000 in lost earnings and $1,279,000 in lost profits, plus $750 for Mr. Martell’s non-economic losses, including physical pain and mental suffering; (3) Defendants interfered with Martell Broadcasting Systems’ property interests in its assets, but Martell Broadcasting suffered no damages from the interference; (4) Mr. Martell did not suffer harassment during his employment as a result of his disability, Mr. Martell’s disability was not a substantial factor in his termination, Thunder Studios took reasonable steps to prevent harassment and to make reasonable accommodations for Mr. Martell’s disability, and Mr. Martell was not wrongfully terminated or constructively discharged; (5) Defendants did not intentionally inflict emotional distress on Mr. Martell because their actions were done in the exercise of their legal rights or protecting their economic interests, in a manner lawful and consistent with community standards, and with a good faith belief that they had a legal right to so act; and (6) Thunder Studios failed to reimburse Carey Martell for $300 in expenses. MBS expects the case to conclude in November and a final judgement rendered after a second jury determines whether any punitive damages should be awarded MBS for the malice, fraud, or oppression which the Defendants Thunder Studios and/or Mr. Rodric David were found by the first jury to have engaged in. Thanks so much for your support and I look forward to sharing more exciting news with you all during our next newsletter. President, Martell Broadcasting Systems, Inc.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1072
__label__wiki	0.843982	0.843982	Zelenskiy’s Landslide in Ukraine: What Does It Mean? Olga Burlyuk, Balázs Jarábik, Denys Kiryukhin, Konstantin Skorkin Summary: On April 21, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, best known starring in a political television drama, scored a dramatic victory over incumbent Petro Poroshenko to become president of Ukraine. Four experts on Ukraine give their verdict. Olga Burlyuk, Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University We could call the past few months in Ukraine’s political life a case of reality turning into farce, or of farce becoming reality. While foreign observers are caught between amusement and amazement, Ukrainians are divided between those who consider Zelenskiy to be a savior and those who dismiss him as a phony. Ukraine has seen a new kind of political game in this election. There was all-out disinformation from both camps, and presidential debates became a carnival in Kyiv’s Olympic stadium. The lead candidate hid from the press and rationed information on his policy positions and team picks. Even the best-informed experts are unsure of Zelenskiy’s position on four fundamental issues: Ukraine’s state sovereignty, national identity, economic viability, and social cohesion. The next few days and weeks will be telling. It will be up to Ukraine’s civil society to stick together and work tirelessly for incremental change, not thanks to, but despite those in power, as a Ukrainian saying goes. Balazs Jarabik, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Volodymyr Zelenskiy`s overwhelming victory is a counterrevolution against the capture, abuse and betrayal of the ideals of the Maidan movement of 2013-14 by Petro Poroshenko, a quintessential representative of the old oligarchical system. According to public opinion polls, the vast majority of Ukrainians wants radical change and peace in Donbas. This is why they voted against the current government and for Zelenskiy. Balázs Jarábik Jarábik is a nonresident scholar focusing on Eastern and Central Europe with particular focus on Ukraine. @BalazsJarabik Zelenskiy has proven himself to be a master of disruption. Having won fame as the creator of a television reality show, he has now managed to build a national virtual reality show in which every Ukrainian plays a role. The election results give him a strong mandate to change Ukraine’s policy direction. He will try to freeze the war in Donbas, ease Russian language restrictions (but continue to promote the Ukrainian language), stand behind Western integration and try to build a state less preoccupied by ideology and more focused on offering people efficient services. But Zelenskiy`s window of opportunity is small. His first test will be to address his ties to the notorious oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskiy, whose PrivatBank was nationalized after the oligarch allegedly emptied it. He will also need a functioning ruling coalition in the parliament to make policy. This means his primary focus will be the parliamentary elections, currently scheduled for October. The battle for the future of Ukraine will resume on the first the day after the election. Denys Kiryukhin, research scholar at the Skovoroda’s Institute of Philosophy, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s victory shows the high level of anti-elite attitudes in Ukrainian society. A sharp drop in living standards, combined with disappointment that the second Maidan revolution of 2014 caused no fundamental changes in the system of government, contributed to the result. Voters were offered two options. They could choose Poroshenko, a representative of the elite, or vote for Zelenskiy. Voting for Zelenskiy was, in a way, an attempt to scrub the entire current political elite from Ukrainian politics. His victory is largely the continuation of the mood of protest that brought people out on to the streets in 2004 and 2013-2014. The election of a presidential candidate with no political experience, no intelligible program of action, and no well-coordinated team, brings risks and opportunities. The risk is that, as has repeatedly happened in recent Ukrainian history, a change of power will just turn out to be a castling move inside the elite. One more thought: the interest being shown to Zelenskiy in countries such as Russia or Belarus suggests that his victory might be a potential trigger for political change elsewhere. Konstantin Skorkin, independent analyst Zelenskiy’s victory is a sign of a breakdown of Ukrainians’ trust in the elite. They heard pro-European rhetoric that contrasted with their everyday experience of corruption. Zelenskiy received votes from all across Ukraine. This mandate gives him carte blanche to carry out reforms and purge the state apparatus. A great deal will now depend on what team he forms. If he manages to bring professionals on board that will compensate for his lack of personal experience. In any case, President Zelenskiy has a difficult year ahead of him. The public will expect quick results, and he faces parliamentary elections in October, in which his opponents will try to take revenge. The West is skeptical towards him thus far, while Moscow is sizing him up and working out how it can outmaneuver a political novice. His supporters are a varied bunch. Some of his electors believe that Ukraine needs to make peace with Russia, while others want to continue to pursue Euro-integration. He will have to reconcile these two different vectors. Zelenskiy will also have to stand up to pressure from oligarchs, Ihor Kolomoyskiy first of all, who will see Poroshenko’s departure as a signal for them to restore their power in the country. The accusations that dogged Zelenskiy during the election – that he was dependent upon oligarchs – will damage him if he shows the slightest inconsistency. He will also have to withstand an onslaught from the corrupt state apparatus, who will try to discredit him and remove him from office if he actually begins radical reforms. What Are Russians Protesting About? Andrei Kolesnikov As the U.S. and Tunisian Delegations Meet, Anti-Americanism is on the Rise Sarah Yerkes Three Ways to Break the Stalemate With North Korea Ariel (Eli) Levite George Perkovich Is Ecuador a Model for Post-Populist Democratic Recovery? Oliver Stuenkel Carnegie.ru All Talk, No Action on Russia-Belarus Integration Artyom Shraibman Why Government Economists Are Getting Nervous in Russia New Model North Caucasus: Kremlin Tries New Approach in Ingushetia Konstantin Kazenin More from Carnegie.ru >	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1074
__label__cc	0.680853	0.319147	Browse: Home / Cars / Subaru reviews / 2016 Subaru Levorg 1.6i GT DIT Sport Tourer Lineartronic long-term review – Update 2 (final) By Chris Davies on May 31, 2017 Update 2: 24th November 2016 – 17th January 2017 Final milage: 22,040 \| Miles covered this update: 1,363 \| Average (UK) mpg: Town: 24 – 26 mpg \| Motorway: 40 – 44.7 mpg \| Mixed routes: 33 – 37 mpg In my first update of the long-term test Subaru Levorg GT, I’d covered the car generally. Three months on and the Subaru has gone back. So, what was it like to use a Levorg on a daily basis? Let’s start back with the drive. I had the Scooby estate over a long, boring winter that seemed to drag on forever with its dreary, short days mainly consisting of heavily overcast skies, damp, chilly conditions and the occasional downpour to make things just that bit more depressing. Oh, and to top it off we saw precisely zero snowfall in our area, much to my dismay as I’d really have loved to have put the Levorg’s Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive system to the test properly. While this was this case, the local councils still dutifully gritted the roads, leaving them super-slippery after heavy rain fell rather than snow or frost – a regular occurrence. Throughout the entirety of the three month test though, every single trip out in the Levorg proved to me time and again that its exceptionally high level of road-holding capability only ever provides supreme driving confidence, no matter the conditions. Some of that can be down to the tyres fitted (in this case, a set of grippy 225/45/R18 SP Dunlop Sport Maxx’), but add to that Subaru’s brilliant AWD, plus the 4-channel ABS with electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist, and negotiating even something like a country road covered with a slimy combo of mud from farm vehicles, standing water, fallen leaves and the occasional patch of frost, is something the Levorg brushes off, and makes it feel as simple as driving on dry tarmac. Yes, it really is that good. Subaru tout the Levorg as a sport-tourer, and indeed it is. No, the (not-really-important) 0 – 62 miles-per-hour run isn’t exactly fast at just under 9 seconds, and the power or torque figures are aren’t anything to brag about either at 168hp and 184 lb ft (250Nm). However though, somehow the Scooby’s rolling acceleration from 40mph to motorway speeds feels absolutely adequate. Do I like cars with lots of power? Yes. Would the Levorg benefit from more power/torque? I don’t think it would. There’s no need for it. Actually, on that front it kinda reminds me of the BRZ coupe in some ways. No huge power under the bonnet, but that means you can give it a good thrashing without fearing either ending up in a hedge, or at the end of the long arm of the law. Like the BRZ, it’s great fun to push the Levorg GT hard on a winding road, so you’re guaranteed a good grin-factor in this car. Helping it along is its fairly light kerb weight of just 1,554 kilos (3,426 lbs), the fact you’re sat lower to the ground than the traditional Subaru ride height, and the tight suspension set-up to keep you planted in the corners. While the enjoyable handling is a positive, something that I simply could not get used to was the Levorg’s firm ride. I mentioned exactly this in the first update, and two months later I still feel the same way about it. While the ride isn’t stiff to the point of hurting, the fact remains that it can be jarring over speed bumps, potholes and poorly maintained road surfaces. Update; For the 2017 Levorg, the suspension has been tweaked and is reportedly now less firm, more forgiving, and it also handles even better. While I’ve not tested this newer model yet, several journos are reporting this so for now I’ll go off that. This means that bumping along on lower-speed city roads – and let’s face it, the UK councils don’t exactly provide us with beautifully smooth tarmac – the harshness can become irritating. I believe this to be down to both the suspension set-up, and the low-profile tyres, which look great but aren’t practical when it comes to comfort. Yes, the Levorg is a ‘sport-tourer’, but does it really need to be this stiff-a-ride? I don’t believe so. Subaru could compensate it with a more forgiving set-up and fatter sidewall rubber, and the car would still be fun to drive. Thankfully, the comfortable seating (which I talk about further down the page) does go some way to alleviating the firm ride. While I’m on this, I do need to point out that after these three months with the Subaru, I still consider there to be a little too much road noise coming into the cabin, as it’s obvious even from as low as 40 miles-per-hour. This is yet again largely due to those low-profile 225/45/R18 tyres, but Subaru should certainly strive to improve sound-deadening on either the next Levorg, or preferably when a ‘facelifted’ model is planned. The good news though? These are about the only negatives that I found with the Subaru Levorg after 12 weeks testing it. Something that really stood out to both myself and the other tester is that it is absolutely clear that Subaru’s interior designers have made sure to look at the kind of buyers they attract, and fully cater to them. The place this was most apparent? The boot. Subaru are experts in making estate cars, and they have decades of experience pleasing customers. Buyers purchasing them want the safety and year-round performance of all-wheel-drive, combined with renowned reliability and – perhaps equally as important – the boot space to pack in a whole load of gear plus a hound or two. If you want this, the Levorg delivers. For starters, the boot is large, holding a total of 1,446 litres. The rear seats fold down to make for a completely flat floor, and the inner wheel wells don’t intrude too much, which is great if you want to transport larger items. To make it easier to access all that space, there is a button each side of the boot, which you press to make the rear seats fold down either altogether or in a 60/40 split. Very useful. With 522 litres of space available with the rear seats in place, there’s still a vast amount of room for your stuff. If you have a dog and are wondering if it’ll fit okay, I’ve a large cross-breed (Alsatian X Labrador) and he had loads of room in there, both sitting up and laying down. Now for the thought that’s gone into that boot space. My favourite feature is the ‘hidden’ underfloor storage. Lift the lid of the one nearest to the boot lid, and you’ll find a wide, deep box (approx. 40 litres) made of heavy-duty polystyrene. Subaru have cleverly included three slots across it, and a plastic divider which allows you to split the compartment in either an 80/20 or 50/50 divide. This is incredibly useful for stowing anything that’ll either slide or roll around, or something fragile you don’t want to break. I used this space all the time for storing my camera equipment, laptop, dirty work boots (bagged, of course), shopping items, and one time a whole load of oils etc to do a full service on my own car. A brilliant feature, and I applaud Subaru for coming up with something so simple, yet effective. There’s also another underfloor section with its own lid, which houses the small bag of inflation equipment in place of a spare. While not as much room as the other box, it is again, useful. More functionality includes two sturdy, pop-out shopping bag hangers, a recess each side which have thick nets to keep things from sliding out (they’ll fit a shopping bag in), and the nets can be removed should you want to fit something wide across the boot. Finally, there are also four sturdy tie-down points. There are three points I’d like to see in the next Levorg boot; one is including a 12-volt socket somewhere in the back, as these are always useful for things like a mini-fridge, charging larger electronics such as a laptop or one of those large camping lanterns. The next is to have harder, more scratch-resistant plastics as the side panels scuffed easily, and finally the boot light should have a bright LED bulb, as the yellowy standard bulb only puts out low light, which is no good when you’re searching through your gear in the dark. Having a look at the accessories for the Levorg though, there are some good ones that’ll suit buyers, such as the Tailgate Illumination Kit, roof-mounted Barracuda bicycle holder and ski attachment. Into the main cabin area, and even more practicality awaits. There are no less than six USB slots; two in the storage area in front of the gear selector, two DC5 power outlet versions under the front armrest, and two more in the back for those needing to charge their tablets/phones etc. I think that’s the most I’ve seen on any car yet. Alongside these are two 12V/120W power outlets, plus an auxiliary port. Talk about keeping everyone happy! I loved that the space underneath the armrest is large too, and padded at its base to keep things like keys from sliding and jangling annoyingly. It was even spacious enough to stow the larger professional camera I use, which is handy when I was jumping in and out to take shots, but didn’t want it flying about between those moments. After testing the Levorg for twelve weeks and almost 2,400 miles, the Levorg’s seats still impress with their level of comfort, both in the front and rear. I really like the cool, contemporary design of front seats, which are sporty enough that each time you get behind the wheel it gives you a little buzz of excitement, with sufficiently deep bolsters to keep the thighs, back and shoulders in place should you want to throw the car into the bends, while also allowing for a good level of comfort on longer journeys. The rear seating is surprisingly good too, thanks mainly to the longer seat base which goes right to the back of the knees, and each side are not only wide but also have small bolsters of their own. To top that off, they also recline to a decent degree – one of my favourite rear-seat features. Something else that not many think of but is fairly important are the door armrests, which are thankfully wide and long enough so that your arm rests in a naturally comfortable way. There’s also a broad central armrest with large cupholders in, and the piano black and satin silver surrounds prove that Subaru’s interior guys really are showing much more attention to detail than they would have in the past. As is pretty much the norm with the majority of cars, the centre section of the rear seating isn’t as pleasant as the sides, as it’s not only narrower but also slightly more upright due to the armrest. However, Subaru have made the armrest flush with the back section of the seat, as opposed to other manufacturers who leave it sticking out slightly for whatever reason. This makes the central seat more useable, which was a good call on Subaru’s part. Now the car has gone back, I really miss the all-round practicality and comfort it offered, and if you’re looking for a sporty-but-highly-functional estate, the Levorg has to be on your list of test-drives as they delivered yet another superb car on those fronts. Into the driver’s seat and without fail, every single time sat behind the ‘wheel and fired that Boxer-four into life it gave me a degree of satisfaction. The steering wheel looks and feels sporty, with a flat bottom section, inner contrast stitching and cutouts for better grip, and the physical grip section is quite fat for comfort and again, grip. The moment you press the starter button, the bright white needles flick across the easily-read dials. No digital screens here, it’s all old-school-cool, and it suits the Levorg perfectly. Part of the satisfaction is hearing the aforementioned four-cylinder Boxer engine. As a 1.6 petrol turbo, it may be a smaller cc to the WRX STi, but it sounds every bit as good. That cylinder configuration and unique sound alone makes Subaru truly stand out from the crowd. Over the long-term test period of the Levorg, I also had a Kia Sportage on test as well as having my own car to use occasionally. Obviously the Kia is a completely different vehicle to the Subaru and a great SUV in its own right, but whenever I got back in the Levorg after a week or two of driving different cars, the Subaru’s distinct character provided a warm, familiar feeling from the moment I set off down the road. In fact, the other driver I use for testing liked it so much he would try and pinch the keys to the sporty Scooby estate. I wasn’t having any of that! As I said earlier, the 2016/17 winter months seemingly dragged on forever, with harsh, grey skies, bitterly cold wind and rain, but the Levorg shone a ray of happy warmth in that cabin. It’s a fun car to drive, sure, but when it’s miserable weather outside and all you’ve got ahead is a dull commute or an errand to run, all it takes is to shut the door of the Subaru and you’re embraced with the joy of heated seats, an engine that runs so efficiently it’ll start pushing hot air through the vents within literally a couple of minutes, and a drive that feels as planted and secure as they come, whatever the weather tries to (unsuccessfully) throw at you. As part of the tests I do with any car is to see how much attention it gets when parked, so I’ll park outside a coffee shop with a large window, grab a bite to eat and an Americano, and watch what happens. Interestingly, in this case the Subaru gets attention, but in a completely different way to something like say, the Jaguar F-Type. While the F-Type will have heads turning off the majority of passers-by, who will – for the most part – then carry on walking and looking, the Levorg seems to attract scrutiny from those who know the brand, but haven’t seen this model. Those types will walk up to the car, sometimes point at the badge and bonnet scoop if they’re with someone, have a wander around the bodywork and take a long look inside. And it attracted all ages too; the young, mid-aged and the older generation (usually men). This is becuase you’ll see way more F-Types on the road than Subaru’s new estate model, but it’s those ‘in the know’ who’ll want to have a closer look at this fairly rare specimen. I like that. Should you want to make it stand out even more, Subaru offer accessories such as a set of ultra-cool 18″ black multi-spoke STI alloys, STI side spoilers and an STI rear under-spoiler which looks utterly brilliant! My other test driver commuted to work twice a week on an approximately 80-miles round-trip, down roads that were mainly motorways. We’d often swap cars so he could use the Scooby on those days and rack up some miles doing higher speeds rather than city commutes and country lanes. If your work requires a motorway a commute, you’ll be glad to know the Levorg does a more than satisfactory job of munching up the miles in a few ways. See the video drive review below; Firstly, you’ll be comfortable over longer distances thanks to the well-designed driver’s seat, and the higher speeds and better road surfaces make you forget that hard low-speed ride. I was quite surprised by the 40 to 45 miles-per-gallon fuel economy too, as that’s one issue petrol Subarus of past had. Secondly, don’t think that just becuase the Levorg ‘only’ has a 1.6 petrol turbo engine pulling a large-ish state around, that it’s going to struggle over longer distances, or be straining at the higher speeds. Quite the opposite. That Boxer engine is a thing of beauty, and Subaru’s engineers have sure that in top gear it’s not revving highly (around 2,500 – 3,000 rpm at 70 mph or 112 km/h), and there’s still a nice band of power to go at for overtaking or accelerating at those kind of speeds. Thirdly, with only one spec of Levorg available it includes built-in satellite navigation, which I used a load of times. There’s no point in going into this in-depth, but suffice to say it’s a really good nav system with easy-to-use menus, neat, clear-cut contemporary graphics and clearly-marked roads, turn-offs, roundabouts etc. Importantly, the stereo system is a decent one, and alongside that you have all you need in the way of radio stations and tunes with the DAB system and Bluetooth for those boring commutes. As this update ran late due to illness, it’s useful to note that should you buy a Levorg that was new into the U.K from October/November 2016 onward, it now also comes with something called EyeSight. EyeSight features six technologies to maximise safety: Pre-Collision Braking, Pre-Collision Throttle Management, Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure & Sway Warning, Pre-Collision Steering Assist, and Lead Vehicle Start Alert. While systems from other manufacturers use various sensor technologies such as camera and radar or microwaves, EyeSight functions purely optically. The Subaru technicians have placed two camera lenses to the left and right of the rear-view mirror that together create a stereoscopic image. Pre-Collision braking can also reliably capture pedestrians in dark clothing in un-lit areas, as commonly found throughout rural areas of the UK, and when needed initiate emergency braking. Up to a speed of 28mph accidents can be completely avoided and the severity significantly reduced at higher speeds. All said and done, after three months and 2,400 miles of use, was this ‘ownership’ of the Subaru Levorg a good experience? Mainly very much so, yes, but with a hint of ‘needs improvement’ in mind. The improvement is that I found as both a driver and passenger the ride is slightly too firm, and there’s certainly more road noise than I expect in a modern car. The low-profile tyres will almost certainly play a main part in this, but I feel these areas do need addressing by Subaru. However, the Levorg provides a fantastic drive, and it is genuinely sporting in its handling and in these ways does stand out in the range against the rest of the lineup. Its Lineartronic CVT gearbox is much more engaging than other manufacturers’ CVT versions, making it more fun whilst also being incredibly smooth too. With surprisingly decent fuel economy from the beautifully throaty turbocharged petrol Boxer-four engine, responsive acceleration that doesn’t seem to add up ‘on paper’ when you look at the power and torque stats, and almost guaranteed famous Subaru reliability, it’s certainly a great choice for people who are already fans or loyal customers of the brand. While all that already adds up to a good car, the areas of the Levorg that really stood out to me are the interior design and build quality, and also the brilliant practicality, where it’s clear to see that Subaru’s guys must have listened to – and applied – customer feedback to get it spot on. Who would the Levorg suit? My thinking is someone who does a fair amount of outdoor stuff for recreation – hiking, snowboarding, camping, cycling, dog walking etc – so needs to practicality of an estate, the ability to get to where they need to be in bad weather and therefore a good AWD system is essential, while also having something that’ll be fun to drive and looks more stylish, cooler and ‘younger’ than the rest of the Subaru lineup. In summary, if you’re one of those people, then the Levorg has absolutely got to be part of your ‘must test-drive’ list of cars. Thinking of buying a Subaru Levorg, have questions about it or simply want to share thoughts on your own? Leave a comment using the form below! Model (as tested) 2016 Subaru Levorg 1.6i GT DIT Sport Tourer Lineartronic Standard spec includes 18″ alloy wheels with 225/45R18 tyres, leather seats and upholstery, automatic LED headamps with auto-levelling, reverse camera, 8-way power driver seat, 2-stage heated front seats, heated and folding side mirrors, power windows, dual climate control & automatic air conditioning, rain sensing wipers, leather covered steering wheel, keyless entry and start, 7-inch touchscreen system with satellite navigation, Bluetooth, Subaru Starlink, Gracenote, DAB digital radio, AUX and USB ports, engine auto stop-start. See full spec here Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive, Subaru Rear Vehicle Detection (SRVD). Airbags: front, front side, front & rear curtain, driver knee. 4-channel ABS with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist, Auto vehicle hold, Euro NCAP safety rating of 5/5 stars. Options fitted Off-road information Ground clearance: 135 mm (5.4″) Price (inc. options) (correct Nov. 2016) £27,595. Note: Price rose to £29,995 after an update in Oct/Nov 2016. Petrol, 1.6 litre, 4-cylinders (Boxer configuration), 16-valves, Direct Injection Turbo, Euro 6b compliant Power, Torque Power: 168 bhp (170PS) @ 4,800 – 5,600 \| 184 lb ft (250Nm) of torque @ 1,800 – 4,800 rpm. Drive, Gears (as tested) Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive\| 6-speed Lineartronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) Towing capacity, boot space Towing: Unbraked: 750 kg (1,653 lbs), Braked: 1,500 kg (3,307 lbs) \| Boot capacity (litres): behind rear seats: 522, underfoor storage: 40, Rear seats folded: 1,446. Top Speed, 0 – 60 mph, Euro NCAP Max speed: 120 mph \| 0 – 62 mph: 8.9 seconds Fuel economy (UK mpg), CO2 Urban: 33.2, Extra urban: 44.8, Combined: 39.8 \| CO2 (max): 197 g/km Weight (kerb) 1,554 kgs (3,426 lbs) Subaru UK, Subaru USA, Subaru global Words: Chris Davies \| Photography/film: Chris Davies, Patrick Davies Other people also read Posted in 2016 Subaru Levorg 1.6i GT DIT Sport Tourer Lineartronic long-term review - Update 2, Subaru reviews \| Leave a response	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1075
__label__cc	0.714716	0.285284	Home ❭ Public Notices ❭ Legal - Service by Pub ❭ Ad #503638 WARNING: This ad has expired and is no longer valid as of February 28, 2019 Legal Notice Defendant, Dwight Gist, Deceased, Whose Present Legal Notice Defendant, Dwight Gist, deceased, whose present or last known address is 679 La Salle Drive Dayton, OH 45417, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, assignees, executors, administrators and representatives of Dwight Gist, deceased, and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Dwight Gist, deceased; Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Dwight Gist, deceased, whose present or last known address is Unknown, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, assignees, executors, administrators and representatives of Unknown Spouse of Dwight Gist, deceased, and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Unknown Spouse of Dwight Gist, deceased; Defendant, Marjorie Gist, whose present or last known address is 679 La Salle Drive Dayton, OH 45417 and 1339 Relka Avenue Dayton, OH 45403, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, assignees, executors, administrators and representatives of Marjorie Gist, and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Marjorie Gist; Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Marjorie Gist, whose present or last known address is Unknown, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, assignees, executors, administrators and representatives of Unknown Spouse of Marjorie Gist, and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Unknown Spouse of Marjorie Gist; Defendant, Stephanie Woods, whose present or last known address is 7111 Lempco Lane Dayton, OH 45415 and PO Box 26246 Dayton, OH 45426, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, assignees, executors, administrators and representatives of Stephanie Woods, and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Stephanie Woods; Defendant, Unknown Spouse of Stephanie Woods, whose present or last known address is Unknown, and the unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, legatees, assignees, executors, administrators and representatives of Unknown Spouse of Stephanie Woods, and the unknown guardians of minor and/or incompetent heirs of Unknown Spouse of Stephanie Woods; Defendant, HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc., whose present or last known address is 1421 W Shure Drive, Suite 100 Arlington Heights, IL 60004 and c/o CT Corporation System 208 SO La Salle Street, Suite 814 Chicago, IL 60604, and the unknown administrators and representatives of HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.; Above-listed Defendants shall take notice: that on December 21, 2018, the Prosecuting Attorney of Montgomery County, Ohio, in the name of Plaintiff Carolyn Rice as Treasurer of Montgomery County, Ohio, filed a real estate tax foreclosure Complaint, Case No. 2017 BR 428, in the Board of Revision of Montgomery County, Ohio, 451 West Third Street, Third Floor, Dayton, Ohio 45402, (937) 496-3389. The Complaint alleges that delinquent real estate taxes stand charged against certain real estate, Permanent Parcel(s) numbered R72 13216 0044; that the parcel(s) constitute abandoned lands pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Â§323.65 - Â§323.79; that the parcel(s) will be sold at a public auction or otherwise transferred or conveyed to a political subdivision, land reutilization corporation, school district or eligible community development organization if not redeemed by the owner or other above-listed Defendants; that the sale, transfer or conveyance will occur per Ohio Revised Code Â§323.65 - Â§323.79, and that the owner or other above-listed Defendants may redeem the listed real estate parcel(s) by paying the Impositions against the land at any time before confirmation of sale, or before transfer or conveyance of the parcel, per Ohio Revised Code Â§323.65 - Â§323.79 et seq., or at any time before expiration of the alternative redemption period per Ohio Revised Code Â§Â§323.65(J) and 323.78(A)-(C). The Office of the Montgomery County, Ohio Clerk of Courts will maintain the official case file and case docket for this real estate tax foreclosure. All pleadings, petitions, documents and papers associated with this foreclosure and filed by an interested party shall be filed with the Clerk of Courts, and will become part of the Board of Revision case file for this case. Any owner of record may, at any time on or before the fourteenth day after service of process is perfected, file a pleading with the Clerk of Courts requesting that the Board of Revision transfer this case to a court of competent jurisdiction, so that the case can be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. In that event, the foreclosure may commence judicially pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Â§323.25 - Â§323.28 or under Chapters 5721, 5722, and 5723. CAROLYN RICE, TREASURER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO MATHIAS H. HECK, JR. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO MARGARET M. CARPER ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF NOTICE OF HEARING CASE NO. 2018 BR 428 To: ALL DEFENDANTS NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT From: Montgomery County Board of Revision Address: 451 West Third Street, Third Floor City/Zip: Dayton, Ohio 45402 Phone: (937) 496-3389 This is a real estate tax foreclosure lawsuit for unpaid real estate taxes regarding Permanent Parcel(s) numbered R72 13216 0044. You are hereby notified that a final foreclosure hearing is now scheduled regarding this tax foreclosure lawsuit against said real estate parcel(s), per Ohio Revised Code Â§323.65 - Â§323.79. The hearing will be held on Friday, March 29, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. in the County Administration Building, 451 West Third Street, Third Floor, Dayton, Ohio 45402. Montgomery County records list you as an owner or an interested party in said real estate parcel(s). 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__label__cc	0.720375	0.279625	2013 EP 47: NEW TITLE: Bad Decisions and Dangerous Mistakes by NoahDaBoa Entry & Exit Point: Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47) Four 23 yr olds on a newbie trip. I'm finally posting this 3 years later. The trip included 2 water damaged electronics, a death, barefoot portaging and excessive weight. Lots of dumb mistakes, and we didn't finish our loops. Discuss Trip: View Discussion Thread (40 messages) Many of the people who have read this report thought it was so offensive that it had to be fictional. It's not a joke or made up - I'm not pulling anybody's leg. I wrote the report three years ago and finally posted it, and this group, "The Guys," my best friends, has since gotten in trouble at a few state parks for being too roudy. So we're still learning. In the report, I describe bad decisions like stealing from local businesses (who make tiny profits and work hard to stay afloat) which is immoral, and I want to pay them back the next time I go up there. The report also describes dangerous mistakes that we made. My friends brought terrible footwear and ended up having only flip flops. They even portaged barefoot a couple times, which could have resulted in an emergency that could have required a rescue: a waste of tax dollars. Also, most regrettably, we got way too drunk. I water-damaged my phone and my camera, and, being the group leader, I failed to "close down" camp properly. Being so drunk, we could have easily hurt ourselves, which could have turned sour quickly since it is, afterall, a remote wilderness. Some people who read the report were offended at how I handled trash that I found, and this ism y defense: I packed out all the trash we made, including all the cigarette butts we produced, and even the tiniest wrappers. Yeah, I didn't dive down and grab the 4-5 plates at the bottom of Winchell, but maybe I will next time. As for the trash I found along the portage from Horseshoe to Gaskin, it was scattered around about 10-15 feet from the portage. I gathered it and put it in a bag, and I left the bag next to the canoe landing. I decided that if nobody had taken it by the time my group was leaving, I would have taken it. When we were leaving, it was gone. I didn't want to carry it in because we were so over-packed. Maybe if you're under 25 or 30 you should have to get a "special permit" that requires extra education...? Maybe extra punishments for group leaders whose groups mess up? Maybe a mentor program? I'm not sure. Anyway, I apologize in advance. In my next trip report you'll find that our morals, behavior and planning have improved! We were four inexperienced 23 year olds entering through Poplar and planning to base camp on Winchell or Omega and then finishing the loop. I misjudged the distance and we went back the way we came in after one party member got sick. It was my twin brother Alex and our friends-for-eleven-years Corey and Mike. We have been going on annual trips for three years now. First was New York for a week, then San Francisco (which my brother paid for by selling his magic mushrooms), and now, after much begging and convincing, it was time for our Boundary Waters trip. My brother and I had been up once before to Snowbank Lake while the other two had never been. I wanted a loop with cliffs and planned on base camping for three nights. I planned the trip so that it would end right as the Perseids Meteor Shower (the best of the year) was peaking. Read on if you’d like to read about a first-time BW experience that includes bushwhacking, cliff climbing, barefoot portaging, shooting stars, drunken fails, “WALLEYE BALLS” and more! slaps butt “That wasn’t gay, there was a misquito on your ass.” “Let’s do.” “He fucked up,” or, “Damn, you fucked up!” “WALLEYE BALLS!” Don’t get too drunk – it causes accidents and is a waste of time. Don’t bring electronics. If you do, bag them. If you don’t bag them, stay away from the water and don’t drink. DAY 1 – Traveling and Camping at the Nor’Wester Outfitter Corey ended up driving. He showed up late to my mom’s house in Southwest Minneapolis because Mike forgot the permit stuff that I had requested he print out, since my printer didn’t have any ink. We hurried to unpack, reorganize and bag or waterproof everything. Michael suggested that we check the tent bag, to make sure the tent was inside. I decided we should just start moving since it was already 11am. This was Mistake #1. When we got going, Alex realized Mistake #2: he forgot his phone. Now, after the trip, it seems he made a lucky mistake because three pieces of electronics were damaged by water. (LESSON LEARNED: Either don’t bring electronics, or keep them away from the water and in baggies. Also, don’t get so drunk!) When we got on 35 heading to Duluth, even before we passed downtown, Corey thought he was being pulled over and almost hit the cop who was trying to pass him. This was the only “bump in the road” for the entire drive. We stopped at Palisade Head only because I begged. We were rushed and I was somewhat disappointed that we couldn’t go to the Museum of Sandpaper (Two Harbors?), the Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station (Duluth) or the Oberg Mountain Trail loop (North Shore somewhere). At Grand Marais we ate at a cute diner. I ran to a nearby store to steal a disposable camera and afterwards, we got gas and corrected Mistake #3 by getting a compass, which I had forgotten. Michael was worried about the compass, but I reassured him that we’d be able to read the geographical cues. (Later, while setting up camp at the outfitter, we found where we were on the lake, and decided how we’d get to the first portage. When the skies cleared at night I was even able to show them how to find the North Star.) When we got to the outfitter we looked around and admired the rustic antiquey décor. The owner’s wife was distraught. She helped us with our permit and campsite even though her husband’s brother had been missing for seven days. He was picking blueberries near Seagull Lake, where he had been picking them since he was a young boy. He was 82, had 2 knee replacements, and so far the official search (now officially finished) had only recovered his truck. Our “group movie” was Stand By Me, a classic Rob Ryner story about 4 boys camping, following railroad tracks to where they knew a man’s undiscovered body might be found for a reward. We had this romantic image of four boys trekking through the wilderness, and the search for the owner’s brother’s body helped to set the tone of our trip. Indeed, the man in the movie also died while picking berries. We unpacked and quickly discovered that the tent bag had poles and a rain fly, but no tent. I should have listened to Mike that morning and checked the tent bag to see if there was a tent inside. We asked the owner (whose brother was missing) if we could use one of their tents. He offered a 3-person and a 4-person, and I (not hearing him well) took the 3-person. The next day, when I asked for the 4-person I said, “I think we’ll need the 4-person, even though you offered it to us yesterday night!” and he chuckled. His wife later said that it was the first time he laughed in a week. My brother Alex set up the tents while we all helped out and drank. I tried calling my girlfriend from the payphone after realizing I wasn’t going to get cellular service way up north, something I regretted since it was the first week of our long- distance relationship. She didn’t answer, and I wasn’t able to talk to her until I got home five days later. It was a terrible way to start our long- distance relationship after a summer of constant contact, after hanging out nearly every day for months – it was a test. My friends and I smoked while we looked up at the stars out on the dock, and I became excited to capture the meteor shower with my camera. Years ago I had gotten a Canon S90, a full-manual compact digital with good low-light capabilities, a real gem. On the dock, we talked with a volunteer who came up to search for the missing man. We’d end up talking to many volunteers. Palisade Head cliffs DAY 2 Portaging to Winchell – BAREFOOT with Portage Descriptions POPLAR We broke down camp, skipped breakfast (perhaps a mistake) and hustled to get our canoes on the water. POPLAR is pretty, big, and complex with many islands and points, however it has development on its northern side, which made us feel a little too… societal. We headed for the first PORTAGE FROM POPLAR TO LIZZ. The landing was perhaps the prettiest of them all, and rocky but easy. Its difficulty was easy – a 4/10 perhaps. There were lots of big canoe-scraping boulders on the trail, and a bit steep, but short. It being the shortest portage on the lake, it was well maintained and wide, with no mud or overgrowth – perhaps a 5/5 because the Lizz landing even had logs to stand on while putting the canoes in. We saw a large group coming from Winchell and Omega. They were friendly, told us we were only the second group they had seen coming in, and said the fishing was great only on Sunday. After the portage we decided that yes, we had over-packed and would have to double-portage. Lizz side of Poplar-Lizz portage I think this was the Lizz side of the Lizz-Caribou portage LIZZ was our favorite lake, we later decided. It was very minimal – a straight shot with no points, and only a cute little island, and it has a sign that says “Welcome to the Boundary Waters.” LIZZCARABOU PORTAGE When we got across Lizz we got to a nasty, mucky portage. There was a wooden pole in the shallow muck to help us unload. We went into the woods and grabbed a few more poles to aid ourselves (and others). While doing our second round of portaging, Alex broke his flip flop, threw it in the trash bag, and said he’d do it barefoot since the trail was so muddy. Corey did the same. It felt good because they were stepping in sun-cooked, warm mud. The portage was easy – another 4/10 because it was straight with little elevation change. It was wide and heavily trafficked, but was extremely muddy with a terrible landing and no space on the Lizz side. Overall, it was a 2-3/5 maintenance rating. The Caribou side landing was very easy, rocky, and had a drop-off, but the campsite that is right across from it ruins the natural feeling. We saw another group right as we were leaving. Portage from Caribou to Horseshoe CARABOU Caribou was pretty – a medium size lake that is geographically un- notable, except for its islands and bays. The landing to the CARABOU- HORSESHOE PORTAGE was rocky and had some canoe-ruiners, but the portage was short and had a small creek with falls running next to it. There is a hard- to-see trail that goes to a small ledge by the tiny falls. Difficulty: 2/10, maintenance: 5/5. The Horseshoe landing was super easy, and has a wood barricade right at the shore to help with the landing. We saw another group. By this point I became disappointed that we were seeing so many people, even though we were getting further from the entry point. Mike, a first timer, made note that it is probably safer with all the extra people. Besides, they were a couple in their 40s or 50s who seemed like pros. They were friendly and gave advice, like, “Yup, all ya need ta do is lighten up a bit.” He told us of a time, laughing, when he casted out his lure and before it hit the surface, a northern had jumped up and grabbed it. He was doing it right. Packing light: His partner a woman who he’d make love with later that night. Maybe someday! The Gaskin side of the Horseshoe-Gaskin portage. We were so freakin wiped because we didn't eat breakfast, so we finally ate our lunch here HORSESHOE Horseshoe is a beautiful and complex lake because it has long fingers that make it feel like a watery freeway. We encountered strong winds while West on the Southern finger, and it felt like we were on a treadmill for canoes. Exhausted, we decided that we would take our first break at the end of the next portage. When we got to the HORSESHOE-GASKIN PORTAGE, we encountered a group who was just getting onto Horseshoe. I yelled, asking if the portage was OK. They said, “Oh a little up and down but nothing too bad!” This guy must have been a champion. He’s used to the 300 rod portages. This was a 180 rod portage that whooped our asses. The guys, still barefoot, lugged their gear over a massive, rockier-than-usual hump of earth. Lots of elevation gain, and it wasn’t a straight path. Parts were narrow and overgrown, however it was dry: I’d rate its level of maintenance as a 3/5, and its difficulty a 7/10, simply because we were newbies and we were tired, with no food in our bellies. The Horseshoe landing is a little constricted and rocky. In the woods, I found some baggies of trash about fifteen feet in. How could somebody be so ignorant? 30 years ago, this may have been the norm, but this junk appeared to have been discarded within the past couple years. We decided to leave it weighted down under a rock, hoping the next group packed lighter and could more easily carry it out. On the Gaskin side, which was more spacious but equally rocky, we had our first break. Halfway through the double-portage, the guys put their shoes back on – a relief to them, a morale-booster. We sat down, listened to music, and ate. It’s amazing how much food can improve the mood. In planning, I misjudged how many lakes and portages we’d be able to do before tiring. Sore, we felt jubilant, rejuvenated. We had come so far and we only had one more portage to get to Winchell. We smoked and got on the lake. GASKIN Gaskin was beautiful. Our break made Gaskin beautiful. It was dreamy, but short-lived. Hit by the wind, we were on the treadmill again, moving in slow motion past cliffy islands. Two of us were inexperienced, so the wind made me panicky. I yelled, “Keep an eye out for the fourth bay on the left!” We found it, and the trees on its side blocked it from the wind. We were relieved. Only one more portage. The GASKIN TO WINCHELL PORTAGE was rough. The Gaskin side landing was mucky. The first group we had encountered had told us that although this portage was short, it was difficult because it was straight up and straight down. I’d rate it a 4-5/10. It really wasn’t terrible. As far as maintenance goes, it was probably a 4/5, simply because the Gaskin landing was mucky and had little room. When we got to the Winchell landing I was stunned. The Southern Shore was a wall of trees that went up 200 feet or more. Further down was a burn area which I had read about. I imagined it to be a baby burn from too many years ago to tell the difference. Instead, it was magnificent: a wall of dark green which abruptly became a wall of bight fluorescent green, with white aspen and pine trunks, dead, poking over the horizon. I took pictures and the guys cracked jokes. Thanks to another wooden barricade, entering the lake was a breeze. First view of Winchell from the Gaskin portage WINCHELL Winchell’s wind was worse than Horseshoe and Gaskin’s – and the waves had five miles to build to their current size. On my map, I had written down the average rating of each campsite. My intention was to get the 5-star site on the point, just before the portage to Omega. I dreamt of getting this site, but the wind was terrible. We stuck close to shore, a technique we happened to learn on Gaskin. The first site (a 2/5) was unoccupied and it sucked: Roots were everywhere. The second site (not yet rated on the website) was also unoccupied and rooty, but was burnt and un- shaded. Finally we got to a 4-star site. It had great landings, open tent- pads, trees to hang a tarp, a fire-grate with benches, and as a centerpiece – a majestic and humongous pine tree. The view, looking down the barrel of Winchell, provided different shades of green as each point was more distant than the other. We could see where the cliffs were, and all the way down to the end of the lake. Camp 767 on Winchell. It was an extremely beautiful site. The sites to the East of it are pretty bad... small and rooty with rocks. Sunset on Winchell. I bet kanoes will be disgusted at the picture's oversaturation Sunset on Winchell From the giant pine at site 767 We were all wiped, and at first we moved slowly. Alex and I came up with a method of setting up the tarp, and we consulted my newly bought book on how to tie knots. Corey helped and again, Alex set up the tents. Mike didn’t do much because he was more exhausted and reported that he wasn’t feeling well. In an hour, camp looked beautiful. We started drinking the whiskey we had put into a 3-liter plastic water container. As night fell we began cooking our noodles and while the guys ate, I kept drinking. Eventually I ate, but I was already too drunk. One of our plates fell in the water and I went after it, lost my balance, and fell in. I instantly sobered up, but I was wet. My cigarettes and phone were ruined, put in a bag of rice to dry out. The guys put me to sleep – something I don’t remember doing. I didn’t get to oversee the process of hiding our food pack in the woods, or rigging it with a pot- and-pan alarm system. I wasted a whole night in the Boundary Waters – a night which I had been looking forward to for over a year. Once again I blacked out – a bad habit which has almost killed me, which I hoped to have out behind me, but hadn’t. The majestic woods by the tiny rapids in the bay just to the west of 767 on Winchell. There's a little stream that runs From Winchell to Gaskin. Kind of a crummy photo from the top of the Winchell cliffs Lookin snazzy on top of the Winchell cliffs DAY 3 – Diarrhea, the Winchell cliffs, Disappointment, and My Second Accident I woke up, hung over, to go pee in the lake. The tarp was flapping wildly in the wind and it was drizzling rain. It was all different shades of blue- grey, and dark - probably 5:30 in the morning. It was one of those surreal, desolate, hopeless moments. I woke up a while later. Michael had been coming and going, and Corey was nowhere to be found (because he had slept in the storage tent). After checking to see if my phone worked, we congregated, and Mike admitted he was having diarrhea, which was not good. Snacking silently, Michael said he didn’t mean to ruin the trip, but that we had to go back to Poplar. This caused some tension: I was already upset that we weren’t camping on, or closer to, Omega. Eventually we decided that if it got worse, we’d head back the way we came and camp at the outfitter, or near it. Corey, Alex and I decided we’d brave the on-and-off rain and go fish in the bay next to us. It took us a while to get out the embarrassing disposable ponchos and onto the lake. A small waterfall’s sound gave away its location, and we paddled over to it to cast. It was part of a stream that emptied at the Gaskin portage where we had been the day before, and it ended up being beautiful. The forest was mature, open, and piney, with few branches. Orange-brown needles covered the floor, punctured here-and-there by the babbling stream. It was serene, and led to a small lake. We hung out and fished, and then went back to camp. As we landed our canoe we noticed plates in the water. They were left there by past residents, only 10 feet under the surface. A careless group left it for somebody else, like the people whose trash we had found in the woods at the portage just yesterday. This was disappointing, and I feel bad that we left it for the next group. I wanted to go to the Winchell cliffs, the Winchell waterfall, and Omega to see its cliffs. Many say that Omega is the most beautiful lake in the boundary waters, so I was disappointed when I found out we probably didn’t have time. It took us a long time to decide whether Mike would come with us or not. He wanted to come with, but he was too sick. I didn’t like leaving him, but I had to at least see the cliffs and waterfall. We promised to be back in 4-5 hours and headed out, into the wind. The waterfall on Winchell Corey, Alex and I took turns paddling to the waterfall, and we were grateful that the sky was clearing up. A party of guys like us asked if we were going to the waterfall, so we decided to do the cliffs first. They towered above us as we rounded the point, looking for the best canoe landing. When we found the best landing, we hiked up the path of least resistance to a wall of granite, where there seemed to be a faded trail. Wherever the path of least resistance is, there is a trail. We scrambled up to a giant boulder which we sat on top of, ate and took pictures, but I wanted a better view of the lake. I knew from pictures that there was a better view. We hiked onward and I found the view I had seen in pictures, but Alex had an unquenchable desire to see the entire lake all at once. After a few rounds of, “Just fifty more feet,” we gave up and went back to the spot I had seen, which gave the best possible view. We hung out there for a good while, about 200 ft above the lake. At one point we saw 9 canoes on the lake. We then scrambled down a shortcut and I felt like marking it for future adventurers. We hiked along the wall of rock back to our canoe, and rode it to the waterfall. It was stepped, and bigger than I thought. We hung out and took pictures. Our hopes of having the wind push us back to camp were ruined: there was none. Atop the cliff across from site 767. My brother and I bushwhacked up there right before sunset... lots of cuts n scrapes. There were dozens of piles of moose droppings on the way up. The fire grate at 767 On Winchell... aint nothing like the old school quality of disposable cameras When we got back, we failed at sneaking up on, and scaring Michael. He said he saw at least a dozen canoes, some which intruded on his privacy. He had read books, done some organizing, and seemed to be doing better. It was funny when he smacked Corey’s butt and said, redeeming himself, “That wasn’t gay. There was a mosquito on your ass.” Seeing that we only had a couple hours of sunlight, Alex and I decided to quickly canoe across the lake and climb up a steep wooded hill and then to the top of a cliff of exposed rock that we had been eyeing. It was in the burn area and we knew it would have an unobstructed view. We hurried across the lake and pulled our canoe up. It must have been a half-mile of steep, dense woods which must have been prime moose territory, because we saw at least twenty piles of moose scat. We came to a brushy plateau and were disappointed when we saw that the cliff was still far away – maybe 1000 feet. We walked like it was Central Park in New York, instead of thick forest in the Boundary Waters. We came on a section of baby trees and brush that was so thick we could only see ten feet ahead. Legs scraped, we pushed through until we saw the cliff of red rock. Although the climb didn’t require ropes, a fall would have meant certain injury, as it was almost straight up, and located far from any hospital and was barely within a distance where we could yell to canoers on the lake below. Finding the canoe after dark would be nearly impossible, and the sun was going down fast. Nevertheless, we were excited to be out of the treacherous woods. Aiding each other, we smoked a cigarette and enjoyed the amazing view from the top. I could see tall hills some 20-30 miles away, perhaps the ones on the border (like Rat Bluff on Rose Lake). We Central Parked the whole way down and ended up only 50 feet away from where we had left the canoe. When we got back we bathed and cooked and got drunk. I promised to not get drunk, but did anyway. We listened to music and had fun as the sky got dark. At about midnight we saw a group that was still out looking for a campsite. We yelled and offered to share our space, but they declined. In the morning we saw them camping on a big rock by shore. They ended up camping on a huge flat rock by shore, and it made us grateful to have a cozy campsite. As the lake’s ripples faded into glass, it struck me that this enormous lake was completely still. Attempting to take a picture of the stars, I dropped my camera and tripod into the water. I went to sleep, once again missing the nighttime rituals I had missed the night before. Campfire on Winchell Canoeing back to Poplar on Lizz, a very beautiful little lake DAY 4 – Heading to Our Final Campsite Corey was awake and up when I stepped out of the tent, hung-over again. While the guys snacked I went to go wash my hands in the lake and found myself alone, and an extreme sadness hit me. I tried to hold back my tears and looked forward to being alone, when I could really let it all out. I missed my girlfriend more than ever. I realized that I had ruined both my phone and my camera, and had missed another good night in the Boundary Waters. My habit continued: The second night in a row. We calmly and quietly packed everything up, taking our time. I tried to convince the guys to finish the loop by going through Omega, but it would have been too much. We went back the way we came and saw the same sights. At least, I thought, I could make a more detailed report of the portages. We were being followed by a large group who was hoping to get a site on Horseshoe. We were hoping for a site even closer, on Caribou. Horseshoe was full, and so was Carabou. We decided to cut our journey short by camping at Poplar. On Liz, our favorite lake, we stopped on the island. We ate, fished, and I went skinny dipping. When we realized that it was officially outside of the Boundary Waters, we were tempted to camp on it, but with only one more portage to go, we decided to get back to the outfitter. We portaged to Poplar and canoed to the outfitter. It was strange seeing Hispanic children running around and smelling the fish fry at the outfitter. It felt like we were back in it, back to society. We threw all of our packs into the truck and sat outside the outfitter, waiting for somebody to help us. A gruff looking fat man with an eye-patch silently passed us and entered the outfitter. We all looked at each other, quietly agreeing that we just had an awkward moment: That we had just seen one of the wildest men in the north. We finally contacted the outfitter and got everything squared away. Deciding to sleep in the truck’s cab and on its bed, we returned the tent we had rented, and when we passed the outfitter there was that man with the eye patch, cooking fish in the fry pan outside. He yelled at us, “COME OVER HERE! Eat what’s left, FUCK THE REST, they already ate! Here, DIG IN!” We laughed, happy that he was sharing. He didn’t seem to care what we thought of him, no matter how embarrassing we thought he was. He explained, shouting, “It’s walleye wrapped in bacon! Best shit ever. FUCK everybody inside.” He then paused and became silent while we chewed, uttering small thanks through mouthfuls of the stuff. He then yelled – screamed – “WALLEYE BALLS!” It was hysterical. We all chuckled. We decided it would be nice to get some real food and to drink, so we asked where a nice bar was. Luckily we were pointed in the direction of Windigo, a campy little bar which made no attempt at being north-woodsy, and whose interior looked no different from any cheap bar in a suburb of the cities. Techno played, while manly men cursed and barked orders at the waitress, a bashful and accented Eastern European with bushy black eyebrows. We all got drinks and a meal, and talked with a volunteer out on the deck as the sun went down. When we talked about the missing man, he agreed that at least he died while doing something he loved – picking blueberries. He was drunker than we were, had been in the Forest Service and claimed to have surveyed the land for half of the roads going out of the Gunflint Trail. He griped about his old job, wished he had a high paying city job that would allow himself to “just visit” the north woods every once in a while. He excitedly told us stories of close calls with moose and bear until his drunken friends dragged him away. We bought a 12-pack of beer and I stole a small bottle of whiskey. We drank and I called my girlfriend who didn’t answer. We listened to music in the car, got tired and got bad sleep. Corey had to drive when we woke up at six thirty, and he had only gotten 2 hours of sleep. DAY 5 – The Ride Home That morning was the only time the bugs were bad for the whole trip. We hadn’t once used the compass. We ate “The World’s Best Donuts” in Grand Marais and looked out at the flat horizon. Seagulls sounded strange, and the lake appeared to be endless and it swelled up and down like the ocean. Greys and pinks lit up the sky. The drive home was nice. We kept Corey’s mind busy by talking. We stopped at Gooseberry Falls and climbed around, and then rode all the way to Minneapolis. It was a nice trip, and my friends said they would certainly return. A couple days later I learned that the missing man was found on the day that we had left, only a mile from where he parked his truck, and I’m happy the family can now rest. Cliff Wold's Outfitting Co.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1088
__label__wiki	0.710939	0.710939	Displaying items by tag: Syrian rebels Ingush Police to support Chechen Units in Syria By Huseyn Aliyev April 26, 2017, the CACI Analyst A 300-strong battalion of Ingush military police, assembled from among Ingush Special Forces, was dispatched to Syria in February as announced by the head of the Ingush Republic Yunus-bek Yevkurov. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, Ingush soldiers will replace Chechen military police sent to support pro-Assad forces in and around Aleppo in December 2016. However, in a recent statement, Chechen security officials confirmed that the Chechen units would most likely remain in Aleppo until August 2017. As ceasefire violations between pro-Assad forces and the Syrian opposition become more frequent, reinforcements from Ingushetia may indicate Russia’s intentions to increase its ground troops in Syria. Published in Analytical Articles	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1093
__label__cc	0.536186	0.463814	Southland lignite proposals “100% stupidity” Aussie farmer tells meeting Posted by Cana Admin \| 20 Jan 2013 \| briquetting plant, climate change, Coal Action Murihiku, fossil fuels, lignite, press releases, Solid Energy, Summer Festival, uncategorized \| 0 \| Rob McCreath from Friends of Felton at the Coal Action Summerfest gathering on Saturday. The idea of digging up fertile farmland for lignite coal was “100% stupidity,” an Australian farmer told a Southland meeting today. Rob McCreath was addressing the “Keep the Coal in the Hole” summer festival in Gore. The Queenslander told the 150-strong gathering how his community group, Friends of Felton, stopped a large coalmine and petrochemical plant from going ahead on prime agricultural farmland on the Darling Downs. He has been in Dunedin and Southland for the last few days and was struck by the beauty of the farmland in the area. “It’s hard to imagine a more productive farming area as I’ve seen in Southland. In Australia we are peppered with New Zealand’s 100% Pure adverts. It’s disgraceful that you have a government-owned company and they’re allowing it to dig up this beautiful farmland. That’s 100% stupidity,” said McCreath. Five years ago, coal company Ambre Energy was set on digging a 2000ha opencast mine that would produce 8 million tonnes of coal a year from the Felton Valley and building a petrochemical (coal to liquids) plant there. Friends of Felton occupied the state premier’s office, marched to parliament, erected giant billboards along roadsides, and established a local food festival as part of their successful five-year battle against the coal miners. Just last week Ambre Energy admitted it would no longer be pursuing its mining plans in the Felton valley. This year’s Keep the Coal in the Hole festival was organised by the Southland Coal Action Murihiku group, and had a more local focus, with many people from the local area coming to the three-day gathering. “We face the very same threat here with the Southland lignite proposals still in Solid Energy’s sights,” said Tim Jones of Coal Action Network Aotearoa. “We can learn from our Aussie neighbours how to work together to safeguard our food producing farmland.” The meeting also heard the latest on climate change from science writer Gareth Renowden, who told the members of the audience that anybody under 36 years old had not experienced a year below global average temperatures. The real impacts of climate change were yet to come. “We’re hitting the climate bell with a very big hammer and it hasn’t really begun to ring yet.” He warned that, in a climate-changed future, coal could be deemed a liability in the future, rather than the “asset” it is seen as today. This year’s festival has been celebrating the success of the coal action movement over the last year, where a number of new groups have sprung up around the country, with a big boost in membership. PreviousOne year on: Solid’s coal remains mostly in the hole NextKeep Southland’s coal in the hole, Coal Action Network urges Solid Cana Admin Wellington Public Meeting 17/10/11 Presentations from the Summer Festival Community Day Lignite Costs The Earth Labour lignite policy a big step in the right direction 10 − eight =	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1095
__label__cc	0.706782	0.293218	Chel-Yeah Meeting by Record Staff • October 28, 2016 • 0 Comments CHEL-YEA CHEERS! Molly Foley and Taylor Goodyear of Downeast Cider of Eastie made a special visit to Mystic Brewery for the Chel-Yea meet up group on Thursday, Oct. 20. Both said they love to visit the event and love to… Heart and Soul:Building up St Rose Church One Brick at a Time By Seth Daniel After thousands of volunteer hours and lots of hard work, usually coming after a hard day of work, a dedicated group of Vietnamese parishioners at St. Rose Church have created a beautiful new paved plaza on the… Former Chelsea Hockey Star Sean O’Driscoll Inducted in to Suffolk University Hall of Fame Sean O’Driscoll began his ice hockey career in the Chelsea Youth Hockey program at the Cronin Rink in Revere. He became a standout high school player and a star at Suffolk University, where he finished his career with 73 goals… Chelsea Jewish Foundation to Honor Doug Fiebelkor The Chelsea Jewish Foundation is pleased to present Doug Fiebelkorn, Managing Principal of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP New England, with the 2016 “Mensch of the Year” award on Thursday, November 3. The Foundation presents this distinguished award to a leader who exemplifies… Making Progress:FBI Building Gets Rave, Though Vague, Reviews from City Officials by Record Staff • October 28, 2016 • 1 Comment By Seth Daniel City officials are raving over the new FBI building, just in very uncertain terms. As the new FBI building prepares to change hands from the developer to the federal government in the near future, City officials late… Small Hilton Hotel Looking to Locate on Second Street By Seth Daniel Baywood Hotels and Scott Solombrino have petitioned the Chelsea Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) for a special permit to allow a 139-room hotel at 200 Second St., the former site of Solombrino’s successful Dav El and Boston… TRIAL CONTINUES IN 2013 MURDER Opening statements have concluded this week in the double-murder trial of Maurice Morrison, 31, of Chelsea. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the May 13, 2013, homicides of Zouaoui Dani-Elkebir, 52,… Have A Safe and Happy Halloween Halloween will be observed this Monday, and that means that scores of children and others will be roaming our streets during the early-evening hours as they go about their ritual of trick-or-treating in our neighborhoods. It is up to each… Sports 10-27-2016 Bruins Beat by Bob Morello Bruins on rocky road The Bruins have fallen into a pattern that has a more scary effect than the Halloween night clowns we will likely be seeing in a few days. Battling the injury bug… Lillian Darcy Of Revere, formerly of Winthrop and East Boston Lillian (Bomarsi) Darcy of Revere, formerly of Winthrop and East Boston, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on October 24. A past member of the East Boston Sempre Avanti…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1105
__label__cc	0.699988	0.300012	3 Unusual Steps to Mapping Your Way Through Life “Sci-fi has never really been my bag. But I do believe in a lot of weird things these days, such as synchronicity. Quantum physics suggests it’s possible, so why not?” — John Cleese We all hit junctions — those dreaded forks in the road — at certain epochs of our lives. The thing that frightens us the most is ‘are we making the right choice?’ when we embark on any new venture or life altering choice. I’m going to discuss how to navigate confidently and without doubt (and without a map — just using your internal GPS) those important life decisions in 3 easy steps. But first let’s look at why we don’t need maps, books, guru’s or anything else outside ourselves to soldier on in this blossoming age of Aquarius. What is Heart-Centered Living Really About? The pivotal ethos to living in this new era or paradigm is to be focused on heart-guidance. What is heart-guidance? It’s not some wishy-washy glitter banter that requires you to don a floral bandana, fish out the bell bottoms and dance around a campfire singing ‘Kumbaya’ — it’s a serious new way of approaching our inner strength, power and ability to tap into the essence of all that is. In a nutshell, it’s the vital self empowerment tool. Think of heart-centered living as trusting your intuition — the superconscious universal mind. It’s the Divine Soup that makes up existence and simmers with creative potential. External Crutches Be Gone! When we follow our thinking alone, we tend to seek external help. We labour under the delusion that we are not good enough and that there must be someone out there who knows more than we do, so we seek the knowledge for progress outside of ourselves. Fat lot of good that’s done us so far, right? It’s not that some people or information can’t help us, it’s the principle that any external help is merely an aid not a solution. Going inside is inevitably the only way. We are creatures of ingrained habit and following a path that we can only see a foot ahead is no easy feat — that is one of the reasons why we slip back into old ways of doing things that feel safe. However, there is no real safety in repetitive behavior that doesn’t lead to necessary growth. When we trust our instincts, no matter how ‘unplannned’ (meaning that we have no step-by-step plan on how to get there), we embark on a journey that is intuitive and that is why your synchronicity feelers need to be out there tracking the waves of the universe (I’ll discuss more about synchronicity below). When you first approach the heart (what you feel is right) and marry that with the head (the course of action to take) you are using heart-centered guidance. So, it’s not so hippy after all, eh? It’s about bringing the two into balance. You’re going to be out of whack if you use only your head or only your heart. It’s the old Yin and Yang aspect of self again. You can’t lean too heavy on either side — you need to find that Goldilocks zone to get the balance right. Let’s get to the 3 steps of using that inner GPS system: Intuition — This is going with your gut instinct or listening to your heart. You know what makes you happy and what doesn’t. Most of us run on auto-pilot and let the subconscious mind take over which usually leads us to repetitive behavior and not expansive creation. Using the intuition or heart center will help you to tap into the superconscious mind (read more about the superconscious and subconscious mind HERE). Synchronicity — Trust in those meaningful encounters and situations, they are not mere ‘coincidences’ , they are actually pointers from spirit that guide us to the right path. If you have no idea what synchronicity is, then I strongly urge you to read more about it HERE — it could change your life and way of thinking. We are made of energy and exude a certain frequency or vibration with our emotions — especially the highly charged variety. When we send out a vibration into the universe it is matched and then certain markers are sent back to us as precursors to the frequency we are trying to manifest. If we ignore those markers, we could end up ignoring the trail that is lighting up for us to follow. This is why synchronicity is vital to take note of. Flow — We’ve got to keep making sure that we are surrendering to the universal flow. If we struggle against what is and try to paddle furiously against the stream of the present moment, life becomes a floundering fight. If we give in and stop resisting, we let the current take us with grace and ease to our destination. How do you slip into this flow? Be at peace with yourself and your NOW moment. Trust that you are heading in the direction of your greater good and keep aligning your self to joy and being in touch with spirit. Get plenty of rest, meditate and try to feel that everything is in Divine Order. What you inject (through feeling and intent) into the present is what you will reap in your future NOW moment. Happy Trail Blazing! Original article written by Cherie Roe Dirksen for Conscious Life News — click HERE to see why nearly 400 000 readers follow them daily Why Problems are Really Potentials 16 Imperative Choices For Healthy Living — How Many Are You Already Doing? 10 Easy Steps to a New You! Why (Hu)gh Jackman Has Got Nothing to Do With This The Road to Self-Empowerment CLN, Conscious Life News blogs, how do I use my heart to make decisions?, how to be in the flow, how to use synchronicity, how to use your inner GPS system, how to use your intuition, trust your instincts, what is heart centered living?, what is synchronicity Do You Know the Difference Between Your Superconscious and Subconscious Mind? 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__label__cc	0.653059	0.346941	Who Really Proposed the Obamacare Bailout in the Trump Budget? Maybe it was Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the revolver. Or Professor Plum in the library with the candlestick. The story behind the Obamacare bailout proposed in last week’s budget has taken on a mysterious tone, akin to a game of Clue. My Thursday story focusing on the role played by White House Domestic Policy Council Chair Andrew Bremberg prompted pushback from some quarters about the actual perpetrator of the proposal. As a result, I spent a good chunk of Friday afternoon trying to gather more facts—and found definitive ones hard to come by. On Friday, some sources told me they were “99.9 percent certain” Bremberg had nothing to do with the proposal, and only learned about it after the administration released the budget publicly last Monday. I also heard comments suggesting Bremberg had proposed settling insurers’ lawsuits for some time, as one way to signal to insurers that the administration would offer them a “stable” environment in the Obamacare exchanges, consistent with my prior story. As to the accuracy of my initial theory, people I trust and respect arrived at strikingly different views. However, I found surprising unanimity on one count: No one—but no one—wants to take credit for inserting the proposal to pay $11.5 billion in risk corridor claims. As someone told me: “You raise a valid question. If Andrew Bremberg didn’t insert the proposal into the budget”—and this person didn’t think he did—“then how did it get in there?” Therein lies a huge problem. To call the inclusion of a $11.5 billion proposal in the president’s budget that no one in the administration seemed to know about, or wants to take credit for, a prime example of managerial incompetence would put it mildly. Either career staff inserted it in the budget, and the political staff did not have the antennae or bandwidth to understand its consequences and take it out, or a few political appointees and career staff hijacked the budget process, with most other individuals unaware of the situation until the budget’s public release. To borrow a politically loaded phrase, someone—or a group of someones—colluded to get this language included in the budget. Its inclusion could cost federal taxpayers literally billions of dollars. Last month, a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in insurers’ cases against the federal government for unpaid risk corridor claims. (For more background on the issues in the risk corridor lawsuits, see my March 2017 testimony before a House Judiciary subcommittee.) The Justice Department argued on behalf of the federal government that, in enacting appropriations language prohibiting taxpayer dollars being used for risk corridor claims, Congress had abrogated any obligation to pay insurers’ remaining claims under the risk corridor program. By submitting a budget proposal to “request mandatory appropriations for the risk corridors program,” the White House completely undermined and undercut the arguments its own Justice Department had made in court a few short weeks ago, that the federal government owes insurers nothing. In other words, whomever inserted this policy U-turn into the budget, just as the judges ponder a ruling in the insurer lawsuits, may have effectively “tanked” the government’s case. Either by leading to an adverse ruling, or by prompting the Justice Department to settle the case at a much higher cost, this move could cost taxpayers billions. A Pro-Life Administration, Or Not? Unfortunately, it gets worse. While the budget did include new funds for insurers, including the controversial risk corridors bailout described above, it did not include a single word proposing that such funds prevent taxpayer dollars from going to plans that cover abortion. In the debate on bailing out Obamacare, not a single Republican leader—from House Speaker Paul Ryan to the administration—has called the inclusion of robust pro-life protections a must for any legislation giving taxpayer funds to insurers. Take, for instance, Sen. Lamar Alexander, who after admitting in October he hadn’t even considered the issue, said an executive order could add pro-life protections—even though Republicans criticized an executive order as insufficient when President Obama used one to appease pro-life Democrats at the time of Obamacare’s passage. There’s a reason for the deafening silence: Republicans know that any legislation that funds insurers and provides robust pro-life protections will not pass. Democrats will object to its inclusion. Given the choice between passing up on an Obamacare bailout or abandoning their pro-life principles, Republicans have given every expectation that they will choose the latter course. (They shouldn’t bail out Obamacare regardless, but that’s a separate story.) Regardless of who proposed these, it doesn’t take a detective to understand how a policy reversal that could cost taxpayers billions and a pending U-turn by Republicans to fund abortion coverage represent a major one-two punch against conservatives. But the mysterious origins and mangled management of the risk corridor proposal adds a further layer of insult to injury, a triple whammy of a tough week for the administration. 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__label__cc	0.657451	0.342549	Glorious British Transport Films 10 May 2018 Posted by cooperatoby in transport. Tags: film, rail, transport, UK, work Unloading cement, from ‘They Take the High Road’ What better way to spend Ascension Day than watch some British Transport Films. They bring back the England of my childhood and evoke the sterling virtues of skilled labour and teamwork in an optimistic mood of societal reconstruction. They take for granted that work is a positive, dignified and collective thing, and are marvellous travelogues to boot. Lorries: • In Dodging the Column (1952) EW Rudd hauls a 132ft-long distillation column from Greenwich to Grangemouth up the A6 using two Scamell tractors. Occasionally they have to unhitch the rear bogie and turn it by hand, and put plates over the manhole covers. At Stoke they have to dig up a gatepost and winch a tree out of the way. It’s amazing how narrow the roads were then. At Shap, the A6 climbs 2,000’ in 3 miles. The cockney humour is fun and in keeping with its spirit – and there are London trams skittling past. • They Take the High Road is volume 5 of the BTF’s Off the Beaten Track series. It’s a funny little film about a team of 4 lorry drivers who live in a carriage in a siding at Killín station, and make two daily tips 22 miles up Glen Lyon to deliver 7.5 tons of cement to build Giorra dam on Loch an Daimh, just NE of Loch Lyon in Perthshire. The context is an integrated multimodal transport system and the moral is the importance of good maintenance. It’s lovely watching the drivers in the potty little white-painted wooden cabs of their cherry-red ERF and AEC flatbeds. • Giant Load shows Pickfords taking a 168-ton transformer from Hayes to Iver on a 12-axle demountable swan neck trailer, with 3 tractors. Buses: • Aldenham Works Routemaster London Transport, which seems to have been unofficially put together, albeit from official footage. Aldenham was originally built as a tube depot for the never-built extension to the Northern Line, and during WWII was used to make planes. From 1956-1985 it overhauled RTs and Routemasters every 4 years. The bodies were taken off the chassis but took longer to overhaul, so were remounted on a different chassis afterwards. The site is now a business park. • A Journey by a London Bus (8 mins, 1950) by the Colonial Film Unit (sic) shows two ‘African students’ catching the bus back from a walk ‘in the fields’, on the days when London was the largest city in the world. They know it runs on a route, will be punctual, and that enjoying the journey is a matter of ‘friendly co-operation’ – no need to push or jostle. Schoolchildren sense that Africans like them, and friendly hands help a disabled person aboard. Children cross the road at a crossing – with Belisha beacons but without zebra stripes – and the driver gives the slowing down sign to stop for them. ‘Four long miles for fivepence.’ False-sounding but priceless. Trains: • Wash and Brush Up (25 mins, 1953) every couple of weeks steam engines get their boilers cleaned out, which takes about 17 hours. There’s a whole succession of different quaintly (I should say exactly) named men who follow on in succession: a fire-dropper, the boilersmith and his mate, a cooler-down, some washers-out and a fire-raiser. They riddle out the grate just like in a household fire. One man has to wriggle inside the fire¬box to scrub it out. The message, delivered in appropriately stirring tones, is teamwork. Marvellously appropriate terms: the inspector taps things with his hammer to see if they “ring true”. • Work in Progress: a trip round the country looking at various rebuilding jobs: digging the new Woodhead tunnel, hump shunting at Whitemoor, Cambridge with walkie-talkie control of the shunter – which looked pretty dangerous, involving a man running along-side the trucks rolling at 15 mph to brake them. Scheduled lorry services in the Mull of Kintyre. Buses in Bristol and the channel ferry. Again the message is an integrated transport system serving the country’s economy. The whole is graphically shown by a 3D relief model of Great Britain about 15’ long, with the mountains towering up and making connecting it up look like a pretty difficult job. “No part of Britain is self-sufficient…” it starts. • Old Sam the Signalman is a homily about level crossing safety, acted unconvincingly by the judge from Porridge. • Spotlight on the Night Mail (1948) is a pale reflection of the 1936 original, with an annoying American twang to the voiceover, reversed shots, repeated sequences and no continu¬ity. But it does show the mailbags bouncing into the ‘apparatus coaches’ nicely – that’s what it seems to be called – just the ‘apparatus’ – and at the end some Aberdeen trams. • The Way to the Sea, another 1936 Britten-Auden collaboration celebrating the 1935 electrification of the Waterloo–Portsmouth line. There’s some poetic scriptwriting: following a sequence on power transmission we set off: “A signal box; a power station. We pass the areas of greatest congestion, the homes of those who have least power of choice.” And the amazing list of reasons people went on holiday on the Isle of Wight: “to eat out of doors, to exchange confidences with strangers, the opportunity to be admired.” These last to are both now seemingly offline. Phone Co-op bows out, not with a bang but a whimper 1 May 2018 Posted by cooperatoby in cooperative, Social enterprise. Tags: co-op, Phone Co-op, UK “And so we had to destroy the co-op in order to save it” was what came to mind after the special general meeting of the Phone Co-op in Sheffield last Saturday. Ben Reid, Midcounties CEO, addresses the Phone Co-op SGM It was a remarkably unanimous act of collective suicide, with no fewer than 202 of the 223 votes cast in favour of the merger with Midcounties. It was a good result, but a sad one. The Phone Co-op has grown and excelled for 20 years, but now finds itself out of its depth. The debate did not start well, with the first intervention being an all-too-minutely detailed account of billing problems at Co-operative Energy 3 years ago – until the speaker was shouted down by members impatient to get to the nitty gritty. But the nitty gritty never really came. I had been secretly spoiling for a showdown, a revelation of the folly of the outgoing board and interim CEO. But the crunch never really came, thanks to the sure-footed leadership of the new chair, Jane Watts (the old chair was detained for family reasons). The meeting quite rightly asked for the results of the vote on the merger motion to be announced before the second vote was taken, and the 92% majority surprised me (and cost me a pint in a side-bet). I began to feel a little out of control, as if forces beyond my ken had been orchestrating this all along. We had not really got to the bottom of why and how our strategy had gone wrong, or even if it had. Maybe it was meant to be this way. I regretted the absence of constitutional stickler Richard Bickle – but his expertise was not needed, since the meeting was a procedural marvel, with neatly numbered and perforated voting slips (and even a spare in case of an unexpected ballot) all superintended by Emma Laycock of Co-ops UK, who is standing in as interim society secretary. A bit more clarity on the growth strategy The second vote, to approve the growth strategy, was paradoxical. New CEO Nick Thompson said that the board had presented it again because it was “judicious and considered” and hadn’t been properly explained at the AGM in February. But what we got was the same strategy we had criticised first time round – and with very little elaboration. We had none of the risk analysis that Simon Blackley’s motion had called for, and if anything fewer figures. According to Nick Thompson, the investment, which will lead to a £700,000 loss this year, is covered by guaranteed contractual revenues, and to succeed we only have to reach 486 of the 53,000 target business customers. The ‘green shoots’ are already showing. As for risks related to the merger, it seems probable that those brought out in debate – drop in member involvement, less personal service, staff terms and conditions – have been addressed in the heads of agreement between the two co-operatives. The good point about discussing the strategy again is that it is forward-looking. It balanced the agenda and put the merger into context. Otherwise we might have felt we were at a burial service. It can be argued that Midcounties will find it a helpful starting point, but it can also be said that it was precisely this strategy that precipitated the co-op into the loss of its independence. Ultimately the debate was futile since the board of Midcounties will have to take its own view on what path to take. Hobson’s choice – but a good choice The merger is something of a Hobson’s choice. If we did not merge, what would have happened? Probably we would have struggled on for a few more years before running out of cash and merging anyway – if Midcounties wanted us by that stage. So we voted it through, albeit with a significant dissenting minority – the tally was 136 in favour but with 50 against (73%). Anyway the members followed the board’s advice, as helpfully set out in a letter mailed out just beforehand. The growth strategy has a much higher chance of success given the potential to cross-sell telecoms services to energy customers and vice versa. As for governance, Midcounties plans to enlarge its current Energy Panel into a Utilities Panel, on which two ex-Phone Co-op board members will sit – presumably two of the more recently elected ones. And of course by a supreme irony Vivian Woodell, the Phone Co-op’s founder, is a vice-president of Midcounties. All that remains is a confirmatory vote, on a simple majority, to take place after the Midcounties AGM in Droitwich on 12th May. And that will presumably be a shoo-in. The result is a good one for staff, for customers, and for the co-operative movement as a whole. Ultimately, we did what we had to do efficiently and with little drama – and it was precisely this lack of drama that left me with a sense of anticlimax. For a more balanced report of the SGM see Miles Hadfield’s article in Co-op News. Phone Co-op members demand clear limits to risk 6 February 2018 Tags: co-op, finance, Phone Co-op, social enterprise, UK I am now eagerly awaiting the decision of the Phone Co-op board following the decisions of the AGM last Saturday in Sheffield. The meeting, which was attended by 153 people – about 15 of whom were not members – voted overwhelmingly to support two motions critical of the co-op’s new growth strategy and asking for greater transparency and care with the members’ investment. Overall the experience of the AGM was very pleasant: a convenient venue right opposite Sheffield station, a copious lunch served in an airy atrium, and a lecture theatre fitted with electronic voting equipment. Even better were the two guest presentations: the first from Jean-Paul Flintoff introducing the 1 Million Conversations campaign. “A transformative conversation may only take five minutes,” he said, brandishing a mug designed to stimulate exactly such talk. I was disappointed not to pick up one of those mugs myself – I’m sure they’ll become collectors’ items. The second presentation was by Vivian Woodell (ex-CEO) and Dame Glenys Thornton on the plans of the newly-established Phone Co-op Foundation. The meat of the meeting was however more serious, and concerned the whole culture and strategy of the co-operative. Part of the solution to inequality? I moved the first motion, which noted the apparent doubling of pay differentials to a ratio of 10 to 1. I alluded to my previous jobs where pay was much more equal – above all at Suma, which now has 162 workers and has practised equal pay for upwards of 40 years. I mentioned Wilkinson and Pickett’s 2009 book The Spirit Level, which correlates income inequality with a host of social ills from obesity to imprisonment. I said how much I admired the Phone Co-op’s balanced model of development, the way it cares for members, employees and the environment, and the impressive contribution it makes to the co-operative movement. “It is indeed the inspiring ‘better model for business and the economy’ that it claims to be,” I said. I called on the board to continue their commitment to honest and open communication about recruitment – and only 2 members disagreed with that, while 89 supported the motion. The second motion was moved by Simon Blackley, who chaired the co-op for the first nine years of its life. The motion queried the ‘dash for growth’ strategy that had been briefly set out in the annual report. While welcoming growth, he felt that the upside of the plan was unrealistically ambitious, while the downside was downplayed. That downside has already absorbed a quarter of the co-op’s reserves of ₤1m, and risks eating into the member’s share capital of ₤7m. Seeing as this capital is withdrawable, retaining the members’ trust in the liquidity of the co-op is paramount. A credible plan? Interim CEO Peter Murley had already given much greater detail on the new growth strategy he has masterminded since his appointment in the middle of last year. His starting point is that the co-op is “A telecoms business with a co-operative USP, not a co-operative with a telecoms USP”. He believes that the co-op has underinvested in systems as well as in people, and that it must achieve critical mass or wither on the vine. This means achieving a sixfold increase in customers and targeting the business market, which is growing four times faster than sales to individuals. This turnround requires the co-op to sustain losses of ₤2.3m before reaping the reward of much higher profits. All business plans follow this curve, so the question is whether it is a credible projection – and whether it is fair to risk the members’ investments without a more inclusive debate. In the 3 hours at our disposal, and even by overrunning for ¾ of an hour, debate had to be curtailed. But at the vote, 79 members supported the motion, with 12 against. Some members had had to leave by then, and at least one, attending by internet, reports that he could not vote. These two reverses leave the board, and the new permanent CEO Nick Thompson, who takes up his post on 19th February, with a tough nut to crack. One solution proposed was that the coop could issue a separate class of shares to fund this investment. Then members would be clear about the risk they are sharing. I for one would buy some. Video of the AGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOw0qFOk3d0 (I am on at 2:44:40) Bremain 18 June 2016 Posted by cooperatoby in EU, Uncategorized. Tags: EU, UK Of course I’ve become infuriated and dismayed by the referendum campaign, and doubt that even Jo Cox’s incomprehensible murder will bring campaigners to their senses. Of course also I’m something of a Brussels insider – but this is a rational choice, by a political refugee from Thatcher, you might say. I’ve been dismayed by one of my oldest friends teetering on the brink of voting ‘out’ because he sees the EU as undemocratic (people who live in glass houses…) or – an argument even harder to counter – not up to the job of world unification (but it’s the best approach we have). I’ve been annoyed by facetious French calls that Britain should just go away and leave Europe alone (playing with fire). And I’m intrigued to wonder how much the referendum result will matter: whichever way it goes the Tory party will be riven down the middle so the sniping will go on. I’ve been given pause for thought by being called a ‘transnationalist’ in the ESF community, as if transnationality was something odd, rather than being the raison d’être of it all. Multi-level governance and subsidiarity are complex arguments to make. It seems to me that the popular sentiment against ‘Europe’ is a matter of displacement, a sleight of hand by the UK’s own politicians. The government has hollowed out democratic accountability, stripped local government of its relevance though centralisation and privatisation, so that people have lost their sense of agency. The country they “want back” has been stolen from them not by Brussels but by Westminster. Mission-led business – building another half-way house 13 June 2016 Posted by cooperatoby in Social enterprise. Tags: social enterprise, UK The British government is trying to consolidate a newly-defined sector of what it defines rather broadly as the ‘social economy’. It has coined the term ‘mission-led business’ (MLBs) to fit between social enterprise and corporate social responsibility. The definition is stronger than the latter in that it ‘identifies an intention to have a positive social impact as a central purpose of its business; makes a long-term or binding commitment to deliver on that intention through its business and operations; and reports on its social impact to its stakeholders’ – but weaker than the former because it ‘can fully distribute its profits’. Rob Wilson, the UK’s Minister for Civil Society, has published a call for evidence on MLBs, saying: “I want every UK entrepreneur to be able to easily establish a business that makes a good profit while at the same time making a commitment to social impact. And I want everyone – consumers, governments and companies – to integrate mission-led businesses into their buying and investing habits.” This initiative thus seeks to give an identity to businesses which want to a have a positive social impact – and who doesn’t? – but whose investors are unwilling to share any profit or power with other stakeholders. The definition is silent not only about ownership and participation, but also about the distribution of profits or assets. It relies solely on good intentions and social reporting. The evidence will be considered by an advisory panel led by Nigel Wilson, CEO of Legal & General, but which has no representation from co-operatives, social enterprises or charities. To comment, before 8 July 2016, go to: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/mission-led-business-review-call-for-evidence See the Pioneer Post report at: https://www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/20160512/global-social-innovation-round-34 See Senscot post – thanks Alison Lamond in Facebook Worker co-operatives group.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1111
__label__wiki	0.943409	0.943409	The rise of beauty startup Glossier over the past three years has extended far beyond the narrow confines of the beauty industry to become the talk of retail, fashion and even media circles. The reason? Founder Emily Weiss, a former fashion assistant at Vogue in New York, has produced a radical business model that many believe to be at the cutting edge of retail – the triangulation of content, community and commerce. Weiss has attracted more than £31m in investment, including a £19m Series B round secured in November. Most of that money came from San Francisco and Silicon Valley VCs who don’t tend to favour single-sector physical products. (Or women, for that matter – Bloomberg reported that only 7% of Silicon Valley founders receiving VC funding between 2009-2015 were female.) Weiss was even a headline speaker at Tech Crunch Disrupt in May. Demand isn’t a problem. The brand’s mascara, blusher and lipsticks keep selling out. The latest round of funding will help Glossier build on its community/content formula and see it launch in more countries, including the UK. Glossier can rely on the kind of latent demand expanding companies normally only dream of. Stories and posts on Instagram are littered with comments along the lines of, ‘Oh man, when are we going to get these in the UK??!!!’. The expansion is, nonetheless, a test for what is still a fledgling business. Critics say its popularity within a single region doesn’t necessarily mean it will translate overseas. There is enormous hype around Glossier, and Weiss in particular. But in the fashion world (in which this new cosmetics business lives) there is a tendency to dish out dramatic lessons on how quickly a star can come crashing down. Big cosmetic groups are known to be plotting radical new strategies to take on social media-driven brands. Which means Weiss is set to encounter a fresh and demanding set of challenges. Despite those concerns, Weiss has shown remarkable savvy in harnessing a community and then creating a range of products that the community proselytises for. Not another beauty blogger It was while at Vogue in 2010 that Weiss decided to launch a website that offered women more accessible beauty content than the glossy magazines she’d worked on. A Vogue fashion assistant launching a beauty blog in her spare time may not sound particularly innovative. Except Into The Gloss was. Its flagship feature, The Top Shelf, profiled the models and editors Weiss met on Vogue shoots, revealing their beauty routines, which proved a huge hit with readers. Within the first six months, she’d featured supermodel Karlie Kloss, actress Léa Seydoux and the CEO of fashion house Proenza Schouler. ‘I remember hoping she would ask me,’ says Jane Larkworthy, the long-serving former beauty editor of W magazine, who featured on The Top Shelf in 2011. ‘She tapped into a new market by removing the untouchable veneer and asking the questions that we all wanted to know but maybe didn’t think were appropriate to ask. The whole thing was very approachable.’ Kirsten Green, founder and managing director at Forerunner Ventures – and also now a Glossier board member – was impressed enough with the way Weiss had brought her vision to life with Into The Gloss that she raised the seed funding for Weiss’s nascent cosmetics business. ‘Although we didn’t have a brand name or a business plan, I was really compelled by Emily,’ says Green. ‘It was about believing that Emily was that special kind of entrepreneur.’ Customers first, product second Although investing in a cosmetics brand that doesn’t exist might sound like a massive gamble, the groundwork that Weiss had laid with Into The Gloss had de-risked the opportunity. ‘She wasn’t somebody who walked out of nowhere and started her own line of skincare products; she already had this following and could just build on that,’ says Naira Aslanian, an analyst in the beauty industry. When Glossier’s first products launched in October 2014, Into The Gloss was getting 8.5 million monthly page views and had 188,000 followers on Instagram. Weiss’s fans were buying into this new brand before they even knew what it was; the new @glossier account had 18,000 followers before the products had been announced. It’s hard to overstate the role of Into The Gloss’s readers in the success of Glossier. Eric Liaw, general partner at IVP, the venture capital firm that led Glossier’s latest raise, described the site as ‘a market research goldmine’. ‘You could argue that she was gathering data for four years,’ says consumer retail expert Richie Siegel. Putting customer’s voices at the centre of the business was a smart move, Siegel says: not only was Weiss getting valuable insight into what her market wanted, it made the bond with her customers stronger. In January 2015, for example, Weiss asked her community what they wanted in a face wash, and used the feedback to create the Milky Jelly Cleanser. She did the same thing a year later for a face moisturiser, receiving more than 1,000 comments on the website’s post. ‘It gets you closer to your audience; you’re allowing them to be part of this process of creating your brand. And who doesn’t like to feel special?’ says Aslanian. Weiss’s skill has been in forming a coherent lifestyle around her empire. Glossier’s customers don’t just buy the products – they buy into the whole brand. Along with skincare and makeup, the website sells sweatshirts with the brand’s logo on it, like the one Karlie Kloss wore in her Instagram selfie back in 2014; at £47, it’s the most expensive single item on the website. The pink packaging pouches that products were shipped in were so popular they’re now sold separately to customers, at three for £9. Influencer-turned-founder Weiss isn’t the only person to have leveraged a sizeable social media following into a product customer base. Influencer makeup brands like Kylie Cosmetics also generate huge revenues. But for all the evangelical fangirling beneath Into The Gloss’s posts, the Glossier girls are a world away from the blindly adoring teens that buy products from social media starlets like Kylie Jenner and Zoella. They’re career women, who wouldn’t ever sign up to a Kardashian-inspired face of makeup and are otherwise wary of being served up marketing stunts. Weiss is candid when it comes to describing how she’s built the company, further breaking down barriers between her audience, which has seen her become a positive role model. After closing her Series B round in November, she posted on Into The Gloss to break the news, explaining to her readers where all the funding for Glossier to date had come from. ‘THANK YOU for sharing this process with all of us, this kind of transparency seems so rare but wow, how cool to feel so in-the-know,’ said one commenter. ‘It’s awesome to see a woman-led, woman-oriented business thrive and be acknowledged by the startup and business communities,’ said another. That Weiss’s first investor was a female VC – a sector dominated by men – adds nicely to this narrative of empowerment. Another thing that sets Glossier apart from other influencer-led beauty brands is that it’s still desirable among those who traditionally hold the influence over what’s hot and what’s not: the editors, stylists, makeup artists who work in high fashion, and the magazines that cover it. ‘I’m currently consulting at a fashion house and all the women ask: “What do you think of this Glossier? Have you tried this Glossier?” It’s all they’re asking me about,’ says Larkworthy. Blemish-prone The brand’s phenomenal success hasn’t been without its teething problems. More than half of its products sold out last year, with customers waiting months for them to be restocked. Cynics have suggested this was a marketing ploy to boost hype around the brand. ‘I like to believe that they’re just growing faster than they ever could have guessed,’ says Siegel. ‘If you’ve got venture investors, they’re expecting this to be a company worth hundreds of millions, if not a billion dollars. I would much rather bet that it’s growing pains because they just wouldn’t be able to grow if that continues to be the strategy.’ Overseeing such rapid growth since 2014 has also meant Weiss has had to adapt her strategic approach. She’s admitted that she has had to resist reacting to lightbulb moments given her expanding staff count and list of stakeholders, and instead considered all the consequences of her decisions. But that’s not to say she’s stepped back her involvement at the micro-level in the company. Weiss claimed earlier this year that she still reads every customer comment and tests all the samples, helping ensure that even as Glossier grows further, the company’s output will continue to be built on solid foundations. First appeared in Courier issue 18 Aug/Sept	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1112
__label__wiki	0.852392	0.852392	List of Publication » The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michèle Roberts and Angela Carter The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michèle Roberts and Angela Carter Authored book (Monography) Author(s): Gruß S Publisher: Rodopi Publishing place: Amsterdam, New York Title of series: GENUS: Gender in Modern Culture Pages range: XI, 345 "I would regard myself as a feminist writer, because I'm a feminist in everything else and one can't compartmentalise these things in one's life." (Angela Carter) "When I became a feminist in 1968, I felt that I'd come home: the first home I ever had that was feminine. And it was very wild and theatrical and erotic, the early feminism." (Michèle Roberts) Angela Carter and Michèle Roberts share a keen interest in gender and sexual identity, but many of their topics seem to mark them as opposites: Roberts's fascination with the impact of religion, motherhood and autobiography on female identity covers areas that Carter shuns in her writings. In reading these two authors parallel and in contrast to each other, this monograph follows a triple objective: it provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the works of Roberts, explores aspects of Carter's work that have not yet been analyzed sufficiently (religion, motherhood, and masculinity), and uses both authors to explore motifs and strategies of feminist writing. The analyses of both authors' works are supplemented by close readings of a wide range of theoretical perspectives (especially French feminism and psychoanalysis) and concise theoretical outlines of the topics covered (radical feminism, religion, motherhood and fatherhood, masculinity, fairy tales, romances and chick lit, and history and auto/biography). Gruß, Susanne Dr. Lehrstuhl für Anglistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft → Contemporary Literature and Culture Gruß, S. (2009). The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michèle Roberts and Angela Carter. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi. Gruß, Susanne. The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michèle Roberts and Angela Carter. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2009.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1117
__label__wiki	0.703734	0.703734	Authorities: Saddle Brook Woman Pressured Sex Assault Victims To Protect BF 01/12/2018 3:30 p.m. Kristen Aquino Photo Credit: MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Saddle Brook woman trying to protect her boyfriend pressured two sexual assault victims to deny their accusations against him, said authorities who charged her with witness tampering. Kristen Aquino, 40, was released pending a Jan. 31 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Grewal said members of his Special Victims Unit and Saddle Brook police interviewed several people before arresting and processing Aquino.Records show that Aquino's live-in boyfriend, 31-year-old Norberto Marin, was arrested last Dec. 12 on charges that included two counts of aggravated sexual assault. He remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending further court action.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1118
__label__wiki	0.868643	0.868643	Tag: Atlanta My Favorite Emmy Wins 2018 September 18, 2018 daniigold So the Emmy’s came on last and I’m so happy about these wins: Samira Wiley for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Handmaid’s Tale. You may know her as Poussey in Orange Is The New Black, but she was killed off. credit: osservatoreseriale.it credit: konbini.com Katt Williams for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Atlanta. GON HEAD KATT!! credit: goldderby.com Dave Chapelle for Outstanding Variety Special for his Netflix Stand-up. credit: blacknerdproblems.com John Legend for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) f0r his role as producer (and actor) in “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” special. SPECIAL SHOUTOUT to John for being the first BLACK to obtain a Emmy, Grammy Oscar, and Tony award. This was his first Emmy; he’s won TEN Grammys; he won an Oscar for Best Original Song, “Glory”, for the film Selma AND he got a Tony Award for co-producing a play titles Jitney, Gon Head John!! credit: marieclaire.com Thandie Newton for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Westworld credit: people.com Regina for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series for her work in SevenSeconds on Netflix. I was so happy for her because she was so shocked and really didn’t know what to say. This was the sunshine after the rain but the series was cancelled earlier this year after only airing one season. credit: newsweek.com Tiffany Haddish for Guest Actress in a Comedy for her hosting Saturday Night Live. GO TIFF!! SHE READYYYYYYYYYYYYY! credit: hollywoodlife.com Who were your favorite wins from the Emmys? featured image: goldderby.com Entertainment Atlanta, Dave Chappelle, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, John Legend, Katt Williams, OITNB, Poussey, Regina King, Samira Wiley, Saturday Night Live, Seven Seconds, television, Thandie Newton, Tiffany Haddish, Westworld Leave a comment	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1122
__label__cc	0.735396	0.264604	Andrew Davis Photography The immensely talented Andrew Davis has been a professional photographer for over a decade, so comes with a wealth of valuable experience. His images have been described as natural and breathtaking. Back-Up Equipment Bridal Prep Shots Flexible Hours on the Day Images on USB Large Group Shots Personal Online Gallery Physical Shop / Studio Pre-Wedding Venue Visit Second Shooter Available Stay Through Speeches Thank You Cards / Photo Stationery Photography Style First Look Photographer Reportage / Documentary Traditional / Classic My business today has come about through a mixture of circumstances. From an early age I have always had an interest in photography, getting my first camera at the age of 13. To me it was amazing and I shot rolls and rolls of film on it. Although, at the time it was a great camera, it couldn’t satisfy my desire to shoot to my limits. A few years later, I managed to succeed in begging my father for an SLR. Now this was a camera that I could expand my creativity with and as it was a fully manual camera it taught me how to shoot without relying on auto this and auto that. I had the camera for less than a year only for it to be stolen in a house burglary Thank God for insurance and it was replaced straight away! Not long after this I had the ‘tech bug’ and thus I wanted to upgrade to an all singing and all dancing new Canon SLR, but I only had a part-time job and this was beyond my means. The Bank of Mum & Dad would need to lend me the money (and for a change I did pay it back). After college, like all in their late teens, I was more interested in other things than work. Eventually I did get my first full-time job working in the print lab of Jessops in Leicester, which was a bit of an upheaval as it meant moving out of home. I probably learned more from my few years there than I ever did during my college course, but as much as it was an interesting job with good colleagues I wasn't destined to stay and I chose to return to education. A short foundation course was followed by enrolling on the Photographic Art degree course at Newport university. I worked from home for a few years after this, which was great as my kids were still very young and it allowed me to spend time with them, however, it wasn't long before I had itchy feet and opened a new studio in Pencoed. That was almost five years ago and everything is still looking good. Having my own studio allows me to photograph a wide array of genres from portraits, weddings to more intimate and private work. Name of Wedding Contact: Andrew Hi. Thank you for taking the time to look at my page. Hope you like what you see. Andrew 5 b Penybont Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5PY, Wales M4 Jct 35 LSWPP What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding? Umbrella and get on with it! Describe how you got into photography. Can't remember. It was close to 30 years ago that I nagged my parents for my first camera. Bridebook Special OfferFramed print	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1128
__label__wiki	0.535035	0.535035	Whole site West Virginia only B&O - Harper Ferry Bridge Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland Historic Photograph of the B&O Railroad Ruins at Harpers Ferry Just about a quarter of a century into its existence and two months after the Civil War started the B&O Railroad bridge into Harpers Ferry was burned down with only the stone piers remaining. The B&O replaced the wooden structure with "Bollman" iron spans which later were destroyed. Harpers Ferry National Park Service View this photo at nps.gov View #1 FROM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE The Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) railroad bridge was once a majestic wood covered bridge that spanned the Potomac River and carried train traffic on the B & O Railroad for 23 years prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1859, John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, launched a raid across this bridge to capture the United States Armory and start a war to end slavery. Brown failed at his attempt but made a major impact on the Harpers Ferry area. With the secession of Virginia in April, 1861, the bridge became a tenuous connector between the Confederacy and the Union. The bridge was over an important border, the Potomac River, and constantly had to worry about attacks from both sides of the war. During four years of Civil War, the bridge would be built and destroyed nine times - four times by war, five times by floods. FROM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - NOMINATION FORM: After 1839 this bridge incorporated its unique "Y" spans to accommodate the Valley Branch of the railroad as it left the main line. Lost Through truss bridge over Potomac River on Former B&O Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland Destroyed by disaster Built in 1836, burned 2 months after the start of the Civil War - Benjamin Henry Latrobe II of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Designer) - Louis Wernwag of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Wood covered wood truss bridge with six river spans and a span over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Total length: 830.0 ft. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1978 WGCB 48-19-01x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number) Benjamin Henry Latrobe II (3) Built 1836 (12) Built during 1830s (175) Covered (1,520) Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (11) Have street view (25,042) Jefferson County, West Virginia (20) Lost 1861 (5) Lost during 1860s (44) Louis Wernwag (6) Potomac River (41) State line crossing (777) Through truss (13,848) Total length 500-1000 feet (2,634) Truss (30,947) Washington County, Maryland (92) Wernwag truss (3) West Virginia (1,378) January 27, 2019: New photos from Josh Schmid December 29, 2016: New photos from Mike Piontka August 28, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro January 15, 2015: New Street View added by Luke April 20, 2014: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added category "Potomac River" Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com Mike Piontka Josh Schmid This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wv/jefferson/bh60731/	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1129
__label__wiki	0.516459	0.516459	42% of finance brokers have no plans in place for Brexit Martin Greenland \| 11:30 Friday 30th November 2018 \| 6 Some 42% of property and asset finance brokers have no plans in place for Brexit, according to new research. United Trust Bank’s (UTB) latest broker sentiment survey found that some were leaving it until it becomes clearer what Brexit will actually look like. Just over one in five brokers (21%) said they had made plans believing that Brexit would bring positive opportunities for their business, while 5% were planning for potentially damaging implications. More than a quarter of brokers (26%) claimed that Brexit would not impact their business. Are you or your business drawing up a Brexit plan? The survey also asked brokers whether Brexit had influenced any significant business decisions. Some 44% of brokers said that they intended to increase their spend on marketing and promotion, while 20% had put a freeze on recruitment. UTB completes £620,000 bridging loan for SME developer UTB hires 200th member of staff 51% of brokers don't want a second Brexit referendum “Within the next couple of weeks, we’ll know whether the Brexit deal negotiated by the government will proceed or whether it will be back to the drawing board for Mrs May and possibly months or even years of further uncertainty,” said Harley Kagan, group managing director at United Trust Bank (pictured above). “It’s clear from our research that although the countdown clock is ticking, many brokers feel there are at present still too many variables to even begin planning beyond March 2019. “What is encouraging is that around one in five brokers see Brexit as an opportunity not a threat and a slightly higher number expect the outcome of Brexit to be benign from a business perspective. “UTB’s view has always been that while it’s prudent to keep a close eye on the implications there are developers, SMEs and entrepreneurs finding and unlocking opportunities across many sectors of UK industry and we remain committed to supporting them.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1130
__label__wiki	0.891747	0.891747	News Coney Island Protesters demand city preserve Coney Island’s boardwalk City replacing wooden sections with concrete January 21, 2015 By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle Councilmember Mark Treyger (left) and local residents protested work being done by the city to replace wooden sections of the boardwalk with concrete. Photo courtesy Treyger’s office Residents from Coney Island and Brighton Beach turned out in force for a Jan. 18 rally to demand that the New York City Parks Department halt a project currently underway to renovate the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk because the work entails pulling up wooden parts of the boardwalk and replacing the sections with concrete. More than 100 residents braved a driving rain to take part in the rally organized by council members Mark Treyger (D-Coney Island-Gravesend-parts of Bensonhurst) and Chaim Deutsch (D-Brighton Beach-Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach). The protesters demanded that the city immediately halt ongoing work on the boardwalk, charging that the work will irrevocably alter the character of the boardwalk. Residents also said a concrete boardwalk would result in environmental concerns for nearby homes and businesses. Treyger and Deutsch also repeated a request they made in late 2014 for the boardwalk, a world-famous tourist attraction that sees millions of visitors a year, to be declared a city landmark. “In spite of the weather, the rally to save the Coney Island Boardwalk from being destroyed by the Parks Department’s misguided plan had a huge turnout of concerned citizens along with a slew of supportive public officials, all of whom braved the elements to speak with one voice and demand that the city stop going forward with a plan that will destroy our historic boardwalk, diminish people’s enjoyment and use of it, and will subject residents to increased dangers in the event of future storms,” said Rob Burstein, a leader of Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance. Elected officials in attendance at the rally included Public Advocate Letitia James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Borough President Eric Adams. “It was wonderful to see Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James and Borough President Adams at the rally. We hope that they will use their considerable clout to get the Parks Department to respond to our concerns,” said Ida Sanoff, a member of Natural Resources Protection Association. “When New Yorkers come to the beach, they don’t want to be greeted by more concrete, more asphalt,” James said. “The Landmarks Preservation Commission must find an option that respects both the history of the boardwalk and our city’s sustainability goals,” Stringer said. Treyger charged that the boardwalk has been neglected for years and in need of upgrading but that the city is going about the renovation all wrong. “The way the city has conducted this process has been completely unacceptable, and we will not stand for it,” he said. Deutsch maintained that a wooden boardwalk would be better for safety reasons. “After Sandy, there was a plethora of anecdotal evidence that established that the sections of the boardwalk that were wooden had actually stemmed the flood waters, and the damage was more severe at the concrete portions,” he said. Deutsch called for an Environmental Impact Study to determine the resiliency of the current renovation project and determine the effects the work will have on homes adjacent to the boardwalk. Adams sounded an optimistic note. “I believe the tide is turning on the shores of Brighton Beach and Coney Island, with local residents and citywide leaders uniting to say that ‘wood is good’ for the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk,” he said. The New York Observer reported on Jan. 19 that the Parks Department is basing its argument on economics and the environment. Agency officials told the Observer that replacing wooden sections of the boardwalk will save the city money and that using concrete instead of wood will help the environment by saving trees. In addition, the renovation of the boardwalk includes plans for a 10-foot-wide lane for emergency vehicles, the Observer reported. Councilmembers want city to landmark Coney Island Boardwalk January 21 \| By Paula Katinas Oakland Raiders give tickets, signed football to family of Flatbush dad murdered over stolen hat Jeffries tells city to flush plans for boardwalk bathroom The 18th Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K will be held in Brooklyn Bridge Park Beauty on the Boardwalk July 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019 \| Clouds, 85° F In just a little over an hour, you can be transported from the glitz and glamor of Manhattan to the old-school amusement of Brooklyn's storied Coney Island. The destination offers thrills, sun, surf and a unique brand of entertainment that will feel worlds away from the rest of the City.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1132
__label__cc	0.612624	0.387376	Topic Area Communication and Leadership Conservation Engineering CRP Readiness Initiative Software Apps and Online Tools Wetland and Prairie Management Relevent To Dist of Columbia Year/Month Core Conservation CNMP (Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning) - Agronomic Course Track Available States 7/18/19 10:00am CDT Advanced Nutrient Management Technology and Application Field Day In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 139 2019-7 1563462000 7/17/19 9:30am CDT Soil Health Field Day In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 133 2019-7 1563373800 8/6/19 8:00am CDT Basic Ag for Conservationist In-person 50.00 119 2019-8 1565096400 2/5/19 11:00am CST 2019 Annual CAFO Update - Fond du Lac In-person 35.00 Wisconsin 139 2019-2 1549386000 2/4/19 11:00am CST 2019 Annual CAFO Update - New London In-person 35.00 Wisconsin 139 2019-2 1549299600 2/5/19 8:00am CST 2019 Annual CAFO Update - Manitowoc In-person 35.00 Wisconsin 139 2019-2 1549375200 2/4/19 8:00am CST 2019 Annual CAFO Update - Green Bay In-person 35.00 Wisconsin 139 2019-2 1549288800 2/13/19 11:00am CST 2019 Annual CAFO Update - 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DATCP SPRING 2016 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 148 3/2/16 1:30pm CST Cover Crops Workshop In-person Iowa 119 3/2/16 9:00am CST Wisconsin Land+Water Annual Conference In-person Wisconsin 128 3/22/16 9:45am CDT Tile Drainage on Agricultural Lands In-person 30.00 Wisconsin 122 2/1/16 12:45pm CST Training for Nutrient Management Planners-Online Video Series Webinar Wisconsin 139 2016-2 1454352300 3/16/16 9:00am CDT PDPW Conference In-person 138 2/3/16 2:45pm CST SNAP Plus Training: Beyond the Basics & Plan Review In-person 122 2016-2 1454532300 2/16/16 9:30am CST Embankment Design Course In-person Wisconsin 143 2016-2 1455636600 2/11/16 11:30am CST 2016 CAFO Workshop - Fond du Lac & Green Bay, WI In-person 45.00 Wisconsin 122 2016-2 116 1455211800 2/16/16 9:00am CST Agricultural Community Engagement: Join community leaders & dairy producers for a day of learning & important dialogue In-person Wisconsin 128 2/12/16 10:45am CST Wetlands and Waterways Permitting Winter Workshop In-person Wisconsin 143 1/19/16 9:30am CST Silage Leachate Runoff Training Course In-person Wisconsin 150 2016-1 1453217400 2/4/16 9:00am CST CAFO Workshop, Rice Lake, Wisconsin In-person 138 1/11/16 3:15pm CST NEPA/Completing the Environmental Evaluation - CPA 52 - Madison, Wisconsin, 2016 Blended 0.00 Wisconsin 122 1/11/16 2:45pm CST Conservation Planning Web Tools, Online, 2016 Online 50.00 122 1/11/16 2:30pm CST Getting Started with RUSLE 2 - Online, 2016 Online 125.00 Wisconsin 122 1/11/16 2:30pm CST CRP Core Curriculum Online 200.00 140 2016-1 1452544200 1/11/16 2:15pm CST CRP and Forestry, Online, 2016 Online 150.00 Wisconsin 122 1/8/16 4:00pm CST Soil Health - Cover Crops for Healthy Soils, Online plus 2016 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 1/8/16 3:45pm CST Soil Health - Intro to Soil Health, Online plus 2016 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 1/6/16 4:00pm CST Soil Health Management Systems, Online plus 2016 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 1/6/16 3:45pm CST Soil-Water Management Online Plus 2016 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 133 12/11/15 10:30am CST VM Test Pump School 2016 In-person 0.01 128 2015-12 1449851400 2/10/16 10:00am CST CAFO Engineering Webinar Webinar Wisconsin 138 2016-2 116 1455120000 3/4/16 8:30am CST 6th Annual Wisconsin Ag Women's Summit In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 2016-3 1457101800 11/20/15 1:30pm CST Pathways for Effective Information Transfer Between Manure Management Professionals Webinar 138 11/17/15 1:00pm CST Grazing System Designs for Non-traditional Livestock Webinar 138 2015-11 1447786800 12/15/15 9:00am CST Discovery Farms 2015 Conference In-person Wisconsin 143 2015-12 1450191600 11/19/15 10:00am CST Planning for Agriculture Webinar 122 2015-11 1447948800 11/5/15 8:30am CST Overview of Army Corps Regulatory Program in Wisconsin Webinar 150 2015-11 1446733800 2/10/15 10:30am CST Chapter NR 243 Engineering Plans Training Webinar 150 2015-2 1423585800 10/30/15 9:00am CDT SnapPlus15 Training-Green Bay In-person Wisconsin 132 10/29/15 9:00am CDT SnapPlus15 Training-Madison In-person Wisconsin 132 10/22/15 9:00am CDT SnapPlus15 Training-Eau Claire In-person Wisconsin 122 2015-10 1445522400 10/14/15 6:00pm CDT Watershed Seminar In-person 5.00 Wisconsin 143 2015-10 1444863600 10/9/15 9:45am CDT Manure Gas Detection & Bauer Bedding Recovery Unit Field In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 150 2015-10 1444401900 9/18/15 1:30pm CDT Thermal Manure-to-Energy Systems for Farms: Technical and Environmental Feasibility Webinar 138 2015-9 1442601000 10/6/15 8:45am CDT Organic Farm Management Training: Professional Development Workshop for LCD and Partner Agency Staff In-person Wisconsin 131 2015-10 1444139100 10/9/15 1:00pm CDT Teaching Resources Roundtable: Grazing Educator Webinar Series Webinar 122 2015-10 1444413600 9/22/15 1:00pm CDT Land Application Methods of Animal Manures and Potential Environmental Impacts Webinar 123 2015-9 1442944800 9/9/15 1:00pm CDT Use of NRCS Conservation Practice Standards and Specifications Webinar Webinar 122 2015-9 1441821600 8/25/15 1:15pm CDT Healthy Soils for Healthy Waters Symposium In-person Tennessee 133 2015-8 1440526500 9/3/15 3:00pm CDT Announcing EPA’s Fifth Water Quality Modeling Webinar: “Modeling Nutrients: Nutrient Cycles, Potential Impacts on Water Quality, and Developing Nutrient Endpoints” Webinar 143 9/1/15 8:00am CDT Reading the Wetland Landscape Workshop: Merrill In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 141 2015-9 1441112400 6/30/15 9:30am CDT Reading the Wetland Landscape Workshop: Green Bay In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 133 5/21/15 10:15am CDT Conservation in Karst Landscapes/Highly Permeable Soils - Dodgeville 2015 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 150 6/11/15 10:00am CDT Farmland Preservation Zoning Overlay & Base Farm Tract Alternatives Webinar Webinar 0.00 Wisconsin 122 10/6/15 8:30am CDT Conservation in Karst Landscapes/Highly Permeable Soils-Green, Bay 10/6/15 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 150 9/15/15 8:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements - Lancaster, Wisconsin In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 6/29/15 8:00am CDT Grazing - Introduction to Managed Grazing - Antigo (Langlade UWEX office), 6/29/15-6/30/15 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 119 7/22/15 8:00am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Wausau, Wisconsin 7/22/15-7/23/15 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 119 7/26/15 11:00am CDT 2015 Annual Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference In-person North carolina 133 10/16/14 4:00pm CDT Soil-Water Management - Online Plus Field Day on 10/16/2014 Dodgeville (Linden) WI In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 133 1621 2014-10 1413493200 4/1/15 9:30am CDT Heart of the Farm – Women in Agriculture Conference In-person 20.00 Wisconsin 126 6/17/15 8:00am CDT Midwest Farm Energy Conference In-person Minnesota 125 2015-6 1434546000 4/14/15 10:30am CDT Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit In-person 139 1/1/15 1:45pm CST CRP Online Core Curriculum 5/31/2015 Online 200.00 140 1442 2015-1 1420141500 2/25/15 10:00am CST Learn from the Best – Join us for a workshop on Soil Health, Quality No-Till and Cover Crops In-person Wisconsin 122 1/1/15 12:00am CST CRP Online Core Curriculum, 01/01/2015 Online 200.00 140 1442 2015-1 67 1/13/15 1:00pm CST Wisconsin Crop Management Conference and Agri-Industry Showcase In-person Wisconsin 119 2015-1 1421175600 11/15/14 12:00pm CST Soil-Water Management, Online plus 2015 Field Day Blended 150.00 122 143 1621 2014-11 1416074400 11/15/14 12:00pm CST Soil Health Management Systems, Online plus 2015 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 11/15/14 12:00pm CST Soil Health - Cover Crops for Healthy Soils, Online plus 2015 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 11/15/14 12:00pm CST Soil Health - Intro to Soil Health, Online plus 2015 Field Day Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 2/1/15 12:00pm CST Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS), Online, 02/01/2015 Online 150.00 122 1/20/15 1:00pm CST Free Webinar: Useful to Usable: Lessons Learned about Selling Conservation Webinar 128 1/13/15 1:00pm CST NRCS Webinar: The Science Behind Healthy Soil: NRCS' Soil Health Literature Review Project Webinar 133 2015-1 1421175600 11/15/14 12:00am CST Forestry and CRP, Online, 11/15/2014 Online 150.00 122 11/15/14 12:00am CST Conservation Planning Web Tools, Online, 11/15/2014 Online 50.00 122 12/16/14 1:00pm CST Webinar: Agricultural Working Lands: Meeting the Needs of Spring-migrating Waterfowl Webinar 141 2014-12 1418756400 12/2/14 2:00pm CST Webinar Today: Nutrient Budgeting Webinar 139 2014-12 1417550400 12/10/14 1:00pm CST Advanced Grazing Economics workshop, Green Bay In-person 15.00 Wisconsin 128 11/15/14 12:00am CST Getting Started with RUSLE 2 - Online, 11/15/14 Online 125.00 122 11/13/14 1:00pm CST 2014 Farm Bill - Conservation Compliance Webinar Webinar 122 2014-11 1415905200 12/10/14 1:00pm CST Environmental Evaluation Series No. 10: Planning for Cultural Resources Special Environmental Concerns and Making the NEPA Finding Webinar 122 2014-12 1418238000 11/12/14 9:00am CST New County Conservation Training, Madison, WI 11/12/2014 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 122 2014-11 116 1415804400 12/31/15 3:45am CST VMTest Course for Manure Pump School In-person 1.00 120 2015-12 1451555100 10/31/14 10:00am CDT Grazing Network Hosts WI Soils Summit In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 138 12/10/14 1:00pm CST Grazing Specialty Topic - Economics of Grazing Heifers, Brown Co. UW Extension, Green Bay, Wi, 12/10/14 In-person 15.00 Wisconsin 128 10/3/14 3:00pm CDT Can we use prairie to improve Midwestern agricultural landscapes? In-person Wisconsin 124 2014-10 116 1412366400 11/3/14 12:15pm CST Conservation Planning Web Tools, Online, 11/03/2014 Online 50.00 122 10/28/14 12:30pm CDT Cultural Resources Modules 7&8 - Lake Mills/Jefferson, Wi, 10/28/14-10/29/14 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 10/21/14 10:00am CDT Ag Innovation Days - Oct. 21 (Waunakee, WI) and Oct. 23 (DeForest, WI) In-person Wisconsin 122 5/30/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Logan, UT, 05/30/12 In-person 0.00 Utah 122 141 1442 2012-5 72 10/7/08 9:15am CDT Manure Spill Response Training, WI, 10/07/08 * In-person Wisconsin 138 3/8/11 9:00am CST Tech Training for Instructors, WI, 03/08/11 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 132 2011-3 116 1299596400 7/19/06 9:00am CDT IPM FIeld Experience, Arlington Research Center, WI, 07/19/06 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 119 9/29/11 12:00am CDT Leadership Academy Reunion, WIsconsin Dells, WI 09/29/11 In-person 45.00 Wisconsin 128 2011-9 116 1317272400 2/26/08 9:00am CST Local Government Institute of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, 02/26/08 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 138 2008-2 116 1204038000 12/17/09 9:00am CST Local Government Institute of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wi, 12/17/09 In-person 30.00 Wisconsin 138 2009-12 116 1261062000 6/17/10 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations Madison, WI 6/17/10 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 143 1472 2010-6 116 1276783200 9/9/14 12:00pm CDT Conservation Planning - COMET-FARM™ pre-recorded Webinar Webinar 25.00 120 132 1569 2014-9 1410282000 10/9/14 9:00am CDT Karst Areas & Stormwater Management Workshop - Kimberly, Wi - 10/9/14 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 8/26/14 8:45am CDT Lakeshore Habitat Restoration Workshop - Green Lake, Wisconsin, 9/25/14 In-person 149.00 Wisconsin 143 2014-8 80 9/22/14 9:00am CDT Techniques to Reach a New Audience, non-operator women farm landowners - Madison, Wisconsin, 9/22/14 In-person Wisconsin 128 2014-9 67 10/7/14 9:30am CDT Soil-Water Management - Online plus 10/7/2014 Field Day in Lena, WI * Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 143 1621 2014-10 116 1412692200 10/16/14 9:30am CDT Soil Health Management Practices Online plus Dodgeville (Linden) WI Field Day on Oct. 16, 2014 Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 10/16/14 9:30am CDT Soil Health - Cover Crops for Healthy Soils - Online Dodgeville (Linden) WI field day on 10/16/2014 Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 133 1621 2014-10 80 10/16/14 9:30am CDT Soil Health - Intro to Soil Health, Online plus 10/16/14 field day Dodgeville (Linden) WI Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 10/7/14 9:30am CDT Soil Health Management Practices Online plus Lena, WI Field Day on Oct. 7, 2014 Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 10/7/14 9:30am CDT Soil Health - Cover Crops for Healthy Soils Online plus Lena, WI field day on 10/07/2014 * Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 10/7/14 9:30am CDT Soil Health - Intro to Soil Health, Online plus 10/7/14 Field day in Lena, WI * Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 122 5/31/14 12:00am CDT RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - Online, 05/31/14 Online 0.00 122 5/31/14 12:00am CDT RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - Online 05/31/14 Online 125.00 122 5/31/14 2:00am CDT Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPs), Online 05/31/2014 Online 0.00 122 5/31/14 2:00am CDT Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPs), 05/31/2014 * Online 150.00 122 11/13/07 9:00am CST Drainage - Introduction to Ag Drainage - Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, 11/13/07 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 12/5/13 9:30am CST Grazing Specialty Topic - Economics of Grazing Heifers - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 12/05/13 In-person 15.00 Wisconsin 128 7/19/05 2:00am CDT CNMP References - Wausau, WI 7/19/05 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 2/5/08 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 3 - Madison, WI, 2/04/09 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 133 76 2008-2 1202223600 7/23/08 9:00am CDT Conservation and the 2008 Floods - Baraboo, WI, 7/23/08 In-person 35.00 Wisconsin 143 2008-7 116 1216821600 10/31/08 10:00am CDT Nutrient Management: Developing Winter Manure Spreading Plan - Altoona, Wisconsin, 10/31/08 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 1/9/08 9:00am CST Drainage - Introduction to Ag Drainage - Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 1/9/08 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 5/31/14 12:00am CDT CRP Online Core Curriculum, 05/31/2014 Online 0.00 122 5/31/14 12:00pm CDT Conservation Planning Web Tools, Online, 5/31/14 * Online 50.00 Wisconsin 122 5/14/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Salisbury, North Carolina, 5/14/14 In-person 0.00 North carolina 122 5/14/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Salisbury, North Carolina, 5/14/14 In-person 250.00 North carolina 122 5/13/14 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Salisbury, North Carolina, 5/13/14 In-person 0.00 North carolina 122 5/13/14 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Salisbury, North Carolina. 5/13/14 In-person 250.00 North carolina 122 5/31/14 12:00am CDT Forestry and CRP, Online, 5/31/14 Online 0.00 122 5/31/14 12:00am CDT Forestry and CRP, Online, 5/31/14 Online 125.00 122 3/13/14 10:00am CDT Grazing Specialty Topic - Economics of Grazing Heifers - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 3/13/14 In-person 15.00 Wisconsin 128 2/27/14 9:00am CST New County Conservation Employee Training - Madison, Wisconsin, 02/27/14 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 118 2014-2 1393513200 2/25/14 2:00am CST CRP Online Core Curriculum, Western Section, 02/25/2014 In-person 0.00 122 5/31/14 12:00pm CDT Conservation Planning Web Tools, Online, 5/31/14 Online 50.00 122 5/20/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Queenstown, Maryland, 5/20/14 In-person 250.00 Maryland 122 141 1442 2014-5 87 1400590800 11/28/07 9:00am CST Drainage - Introduction to Ag Drainage - Neillsville, Wisconsin, 11/18/07 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 11/20/08 9:00am CST Conservation Planning: Engineering for Agronomists - Fond du Lac, WI, 11/20/08 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 6/22/06 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations - Madison, WI, 6/22/06 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 7/18/07 9:00am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Verona, Wisconsin, 7/18/07 * In-person 100.00 119 10/11/07 9:00am CDT Grazing - Pasture Evaluation Advanced - Baraboo, Wisconsin, 10/11/07 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 119 3/8/07 9:00am CST RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - In-Person - Hudson, Wisconsin, 03/08/07 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 122 8/3/05 9:00am CDT Ag Drain Preferential Flow/Tile Smoking Demonstration - Manitowoc, WI 8/03/05 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 138 8/2/05 9:00am CDT Ag Drain Preferential Flow/Tile Smoking Demonstration - Fond du Lac, WI 8/02/05 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 138 3/10/08 9:00am CDT Conservation Planning Introduction for TSPs and CCAs, Platteville, WI, 3/10/08 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 148 2/25/05 9:00am CST RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - In-Person - Appleton, Wisconsin, 02/25/05 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 122 7/1/04 9:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements, River Falls, Wisconsin, 7/01/04 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 11/8/05 9:00am CST Conservation Planning: Engineering for Agronomists - Marshfield, WI, 11/08/05 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 10/5/05 9:00am CDT CAFO and AFO Inspections, WI, 10/5/06 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 10/30/08 9:00am CDT Nutrient Management: Developing Winter Manure Spreading Plan - Verona, Wisconsin, 10/30/08 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 120 11/13/08 2:00am CST Nutrient Management: Developing Winter Manure Spreading Plan - Shawano, Wisconsin, 11/13/08 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 11/29/05 9:00am CST Karst Research Update - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 11/29/05 In-person 25.00 122 8/18/05 9:00am CDT Nutrient Management: Feed Management - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 08/18/05 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 120 3/9/06 9:00am CST Nutrient Management: Feed Management - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 03/09/06 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 120 2/28/06 9:00am CST Nutrient Management: Feed Management - Lancaster, Wisconsin, 02/28/06 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 120 2006-2 1141138800 2/23/06 9:00am CST CNMP Walkover - Advanced 2/23/06 - Mauston, Wi In-person 170.00 Wisconsin 150 1/12/06 9:00am CST Nutrient Management (590) Quality Assurance - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 01/12/06 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 1/11/06 9:00am CST Nutrient Management (590) Quality Assurance - Fond du Lac - Fond du Lac, 01/11/06 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 1/10/06 9:00am CST Nutrient Management (590) Quality Assurance - Richland Center, Wisconsin, 01/10/06 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 3/16/07 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Green Bay, WI - 3/16/07 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 5/20/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Queenstown, Maryland, 5/20/14 In-person 0.00 Maryland 122 1/30/12 8:00am CST Conservation Planning Mentoring - Module 9, WI, 1/30/12 Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 150 6/12/14 9:00am CDT TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Altoona, Wisconsin, 06/12/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 6/12/14 9:30am CDT TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 06/12/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 7/18/14 9:30am CDT Conservation Planning - CAP Resource Assessmant - Seymour, WI, 7/18/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 6/4/14 9:00am CDT Grazing - Introduction to Managed Grazing - Antigo, Wisconsin, 6/04/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 119 6/30/14 2:00am CDT CRP Online Core Curriculum, Indiana, 06/30/2014 In-person 0.00 122 6/19/14 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning - In-Field Technology Webinar, WI, 6/19/14 CRPRI Webinar 122 6/19/14 2:00am CDT Conservation Planning - In-Field Technology Webinar, 6/19/14 $25 Online 25.00 Wisconsin 122 10/2/14 9:30am CDT Conservation in Karst Landscapes/Highly Permeable Soils - Chilton, WI, 10/2/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 150 7/22/14 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Portage, WI, 7/22/14 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 150 6/12/14 9:00am CDT TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Madison, Wisconsin, 06/12/2014 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 6/30/14 12:00am CDT RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - Online course for Indiana, 06/30/14 In-person 125.00 122 8/13/14 2:00am CDT Conservation Planning - COMET-FARM™ , Webinar, 8/13/14, CRPRI * Webinar 0.00 120 8/13/14 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning - COMET-FARM™ , Webinar, 8/13/14, $25 Webinar 25.00 120 7/16/14 9:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Lafayette, Indiana, 7/16/14 In-person 0.00 Indiana 122 7/16/14 9:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Lafayette, Indiana, 7/16/14 In-person 250.00 Indiana 122 7/15/14 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Lafayette, Indiana, 7/15/14 In-person 0.00 Indiana 140 6/26/14 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish, Webinar, 6/26/14 In-person 0.00 122 6/26/14 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish, Webinar, 6/26/14 * In-person 122 6/30/14 12:00am CDT Forestry and CRP, Online for Indiana, 6/30/14 Online 0.00 Indiana 122 6/30/14 12:00am CDT Online Course for Indiana, 06/30/2014 Online 0.00 122 6/30/14 12:00pm CDT Conservation Planning Web Tools, Online, 6/30/14 Online 0.00 122 8/20/14 10:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover - Aug. 20-21, 2014 - Appleton, WI - Appleton, Wisconsin In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 8/11/14 9:00am CDT Precision Farming - Intro - Appleton, Wisconsin, 08/11/14 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 122 7/1/14 9:30am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Wausau, Wisconsin, 7/01/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 119 7/15/14 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 6/24/14 * In-person 122 7/9/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Indiana, Pennsylvania, 7/9/14 In-person 0.00 122 7/9/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Indiana, Pennsylvania, 7/9/14 In-person 250.00 122 6/24/14 9:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Leesport, Pennsylvania, 6/24/14 In-person 0.00 122 6/24/14 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Leesport, Pennsylvania, 6/24/14 * In-person 122 5/21/14 9:00am CDT NEPA/Completing the Environmental Evaluation - CPA 52 - West Monroe, Louisiana 5/21/14 Blended 0.00 Louisiana 122 5/21/14 9:00am CDT NEPA/Completing the Environmental Evaluation - CPA 52 - West Monroe, Louisiana, 05/21/14 In-person 250.00 Louisiana 122 5/20/14 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - West Monroe, Louisiana, 5/20/14 In-person 0.00 Louisiana 122 5/20/14 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - West Monroe, Louisiana, 5/20/14 * In-person 250.00 Louisiana 122 5/28/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Keedysville, Maryland 5/28/14 In-person 0.00 Maryland 122 7/15/14 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 7/15/14 In-person 0.00 122 6/25/14 2:00am CDT Developing Wildlife Habitat - Leesport, Pennsylvania, 06/25/14 * In-person 122 6/6/14 2:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements - Antigo, Wisconsin, 6/06/14 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 5/29/14 2:00am CDT NEPA/Completing the Environmental Evaluation - CPA 52 - Lubbock, Texas, 5/29/14 * In-person 0.00 Texas 122 5/29/14 2:00am CDT NEPA/Completing the Environmental Evaluation - CPA 52 - Lubbock, Texas, 5/28/14 * In-person Texas 122 5/28/14 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Lubbock, Texas, 5/28/14 * In-person 0.00 Texas 122 5/28/14 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Lubbock, Texas, 5/28/14, * In-person Texas 122 7/16/14 8:00am CDT Developing Wildlife Habitat - Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 07/16/14 In-person 0.00 122 7/16/14 8:00am CDT Developing Wildlife Habitat - Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 07/16/14 In-person 250.00 122 7/10/14 8:00am CDT Developing Wildlife Habitat - Indiana, Pennsylvania, 07/10/14 In-person 0.00 122 7/10/14 8:00am CDT Developing Wildlife Habitat - Indiana, PA 07/10/14 In-person 250.00 122 6/25/14 8:00am CDT Developing Wildlife Habitat - Leesport, Pennsylvania, 06/25/14 In-person 0.00 122 5/28/14 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Keedysville, Maryland, 5/28/14 * In-person Maryland 122 1/4/12 9:30am CST TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Wausau, Wisconsin, 01/04/2012 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 4/18/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - LaJunta, Colorado, 4/18/12 In-person 0.00 Colorado 122 4/24/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Memphis, Tennessee, 4/24/12 In-person 0.00 Tennessee 122 5/1/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Auburn, New York, 05/01/12 In-person 0.00 New york 122 5/1/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 5/01/12 In-person 0.00 South dakota 122 5/2/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Pullman, Washington, 5/02/12 In-person 0.00 Washington 122 5/16/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Dickinson, North Dakota, 5/16/12 In-person 0.00 North dakota 122 5/30/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Logan, Utah, 5/30/13 In-person 0.00 Utah 122 3/20/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, 3/20/12 In-person 0.00 Maryland 122 4/3/12 9:30am CDT Conservation Planning - CAP Resource Assessment - Custer, WI 4/3/12 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 11/1/12 9:15am CDT CORE Conservation Level 3 - Verona, WI, 11/01/12 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 133 76 2012-11 1351779300 5/7/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Charlottesville, Virginia, 5/07/12 In-person 0.00 Virginia 122 4/10/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Denison, Iowa. 04/10/12 In-person 0.00 Iowa 122 6/12/12 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations - Verona, WI, 6/12/12 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 7/10/12 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Stevens Point, WI, 07/10/12 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 8/27/12 9:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover - Oshkosh, WI, 8/27/12 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 6/21/12 9:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements - Sparta, Wisconsin, 6/21/12 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 5/16/12 11:00am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Altoona, Wisconsin, 5/16/12 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 119 4/17/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Quincy, Illinois, 4/17/12 In-person 0.00 Illinois 122 4/17/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Raymond, Mississippi, 4/17/12 In-person 0.00 Mississippi 122 1/4/12 9:30am CST TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 01/04/12 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 1/4/12 9:30am CST TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Madison, Wisconsin, 01/04/12 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 4/27/12 9:00am CDT CORE Conservation Level 1 , WI, 04/27/12 Blended 150.00 128 4/17/12 9:00am CDT CORE Conservation Level 1 - Arlington, WI, 4/17/12 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 128 3/22/12 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - OshKosh, WI, 3/22/12 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 3/22/12 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update, Wisconsin. 3/22/12 Online 25.00 Wisconsin 150 3/7/12 8:00am CST CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 3/07/12 In-person 122 3/20/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Orangeburg, South Carolina, 3/20/12 In-person 0.00 South carolina 122 3/27/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Marysville, Ohio, 3/27/12 In-person 0.00 Ohio 122 4/9/12 8:00am CDT Conservation Planning Modules 6-8 (NRCS Part II) - Lincoln, NE 4/9/12 In-person 600.00 Nebraska 150 4/16/12 8:00am CDT Conservation Planning Mentoring - Module 9, WI, 4/16/12 Blended 150.00 Wisconsin 150 4/3/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 4/3/12 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 122 4/4/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Tifton, Georgia, 04/04/12 In-person 0.00 Georgia 122 4/4/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Great Falls, Montana, 4/04/12 In-person 0.00 Montana 122 4/10/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Montgomery, Alabama, 4/10/12 In-person 0.00 Alabama 122 4/10/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Lincoln, Nebraska, 4/10/12 In-person 0.00 Nebraska 122 4/10/12 8:00am CDT CRP Planning - Intro (CORE) - Cambridge, Maryland, 04/10/12 In-person 0.00 Maryland 122 7/10/12 11:00am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Wausau, Wisconsin, 7/10/12 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 119 6/12/12 11:00am CDT Grazing - Introduction to Managed Grazing, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 6/12/12 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 119 6/25/13 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish, New York, 6/25/13 * In-person 122 6/20/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Great Falls, Montana, 6/20/13 In-person 0.00 Montana 122 6/12/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish, Marysville, Ohio, 6/12/13 In-person 0.00 Ohio 122 7/23/13 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Cleveland, Ohio, 7/23/13 * In-person 0.00 122 10/23/12 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Tifton, Georgia, 10/23/12 In-person 0.00 Georgia 122 7/9/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Blackville, South Carolina, 7/9/13 In-person 0.00 South carolina 122 5/29/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Raphine, Virginia, 5/29/13 In-person 0.00 Virginia 122 5/16/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Queenstown, Maryland, 5/16/14 In-person 0.00 Maryland 122 6/20/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Dauphin, Pennsylvania, 6/20/13 In-person 0.00 122 6/25/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish, Geneva, New York, 6/25/13 In-person 0.00 New york 122 8/1/12 2:00am CDT CRP - MId-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat, Washington, 6/1/12 * In-person 122 5/29/13 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Logan, Utah, 5/29/13 * In-person 0.00 Utah 122 5/22/13 8:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Colorado Springs, Colorado, 5/22/13 In-person 0.00 Colorado 122 4/1/13 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Brookings, South Dakota, 4/1/13 * In-person 122 6/25/13 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Madison, Wisconsin, 6/25/13 * In-person 122 8/28/13 9:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat - Springfield, Illinois, 8/28/13 In-person 250.00 Illinois 122 6/13/13 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat, Ohio, 6/13/13 * In-person 122 6/20/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Dauphin, Pennsylvania, 6/20/13 In-person 250.00 122 5/16/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Queenstown, Maryland, 05/16/13 In-person 250.00 Maryland 122 8/31/12 2:00am CDT CORE Conservation Level 2, 08/31/12 Blended 125.00 128 5/30/13 2:00am CDT Plant Identification - Raphine, Virginia, 5/30/13 * In-person 140 8/1/12 2:00am CDT Plant Identification, Washington, 8/01/12 * In-person 140 6/21/13 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Dauphin, Pennsylvania, 6/21/13 In-person 250.00 140 6/19/13 2:00am CDT Plant Identification - Great Falls, Montana, 6/19/13 * In-person 140 5/28/13 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Logan, Utah, 5/28/13 In-person 250.00 Utah 140 5/30/13 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Raphine, Virginia, 5/30/13 In-person 0.00 Virginia 140 8/1/12 2:00am CDT Plant Identification, Washington, 8/01/12 * In-person 0.00 140 6/21/13 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Dauphin, Pennsylvania, 6/21/13 In-person 0.00 140 6/19/13 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Great Falls, Montana, 6/19/13 In-person 0.00 Montana 140 5/28/13 9:00am CDT Plant Identification - Logan, Utah, 5/28/13 In-person 0.00 Utah 140 6/20/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Great Falls, Montana, 6/20/13 In-person 250.00 Montana 122 6/12/13 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish, Marysville, Ohio, 6/12/13 In-person 250.00 Ohio 122 7/23/13 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Cleveland, Ohio, 7/23/13, * In-person 122 10/23/12 9:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Tifton, Georgia, 10/23/12 In-person 250.00 Georgia 122 7/9/13 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Blackville, South Carolina, 07/09/13, * In-person 122 5/29/13 2:00am CDT CRP Plan - Start to Finish - Raphine, Virginia, 5/29/13 * In-person 122 8/1/12 2:00am CDT CRP - Mid-Contract Management: Creating and Maintaining Exceptional Habitat, Washington, 8/1/12 * In-person 0.00 122 1/4/12 9:30am CST TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Appleton, Wisconsin, 01/04/12 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 3/13/08 1:00pm CDT Regional Conservation Professional Training Development Team Round Table - Zion, Illinois, 03/13/08 In-person 0.00 Illinois 128 2008-3 1205431200 3/8/10 9:00am CST CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update, WI, 3/08/10 Online 25.00 Wisconsin 150 3/8/10 9:00am CST CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Madison, WI 3/08/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 3/8/10 2:00am CST TSP Web Update, Webinar, 03/08/2010 Online 0.00 122 3/8/10 2:00am CST TSP Web Update - Madison, Wisconsin, 03/08/2010 Webinar 0.00 Wisconsin 122 3/8/10 2:00am CST TSP Web Update - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 03/08/2010 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 122 4/14/10 9:30am CDT RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - In-Person - Madison, Wisconsin. 04/14/10 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 122 7/13/10 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Hancock, WI, 7/13/10 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 8/17/10 10:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover - Juneau, WI, 8/17/10 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 5/3/10 2:30pm CDT Hoop House Production Systems - Intro. - Altoona, Wisconsin, 05/03/10 In-person 40.00 Wisconsin 119 5/3/10 2:30pm CDT Hoop House Production Systems - Intro., Webinar, 05/03/10 Webinar 40.00 Wisconsin 119 5/27/10 10:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements, River Falls, Wisconsin, 5/27/10 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 7/14/10 9:30am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Wausau, Wisconsin, 7/14/10 In-person 170.00 Wisconsin 119 5/25/10 8:00am CDT Grazing - Introduction to Managed Grazing, River Falls, Wisconsin, 5/25/10 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 119 6/10/10 9:00am CDT Forestry - Agroforestry - Viroqua, Wisconsin, 6/10/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 10/13/10 8:00am CDT Forestry: Conservation Planning Resource Assessment - Woodruff, Wisconsin, 10/13/10 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 122 8/3/10 9:30am CDT Conservation of Native Pollinators - Madison, WI, 8/3/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 10/13/09 9:00am CDT Organic Transistion Plan Training - Custer, Wisconsin, 10/13/09 In-person 75.00 122 8/11/09 10:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover - Athens, WI, 8/11/09 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 5/21/09 9:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements - River Falls, Wisconsin, 5/21/09 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 10/15/08 2:00am CDT Grazing - Pasture Evaluation Advanced - Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 10/15/08 * In-person 119 10/22/08 9:00am CDT Invasive Plant Management - Intro - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 10/22/08 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 122 10/10/08 2:00am CDT Manure Spill Response Training - Luxemburg, Wisconsin, 10/10/08 * In-person Wisconsin 123 12/31/08 9:00am CST Invasive Plant Mangement - Intro - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 12/31/08 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 122 3/10/09 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Arlington, WI, 3/10/09 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 3/11/09 2:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Green Bay, WI, 3/11/09 * In-person 150 4/14/09 9:00am CDT Conservation of Native Pollinators - East Troy, Wi, 4/14/09 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 5/19/09 9:00am CDT Grazing - Introduction to Managed Grazing - River Falls, Wisconsin, 5/19/09 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 119 5/15/09 9:30am CDT Native Pollinators: Mason and Leafcutter Bees - Madison, Wisconsin, 05/15/09 In-person 35.00 Wisconsin 122 6/17/09 2:00am CDT TSP Orientation - Platteville, Wisconsin, 06/17/2009 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 148 8/6/09 9:00am CDT TSP Orientation - Rothschild, Wisconsin, 08/06/09 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 148 6/30/09 9:00am CDT Organic Systems - Introduction for Ag Professionals, SW Wisconsin, 06/30/09 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 7/15/09 9:00am CDT Organic Systems - Introduction for Ag Professionals, Wisconsin, 07/15/09 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 7/13/09 9:00am CDT TSP Orientation - Cuba City, Wisconsin, 07/13/09 * In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 148 6/16/09 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations - Arlington, WI, 6/16/09 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 8/5/10 9:30am CDT Conservation of Native Pollinators - Chippewa Falls, WI, 08/05/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 8/12/10 9:30am CDT Conservation of Native Pollinators - Ashland, WI, 8/12/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 6/16/11 2:00am CDT Forestry - Agroforestry - LaFarge, Wisconsin, 6/16/11 In-person 20.00 Wisconsin 122 8/25/11 9:00am CDT Forestry: Conservation Planning Resource Assessment - Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, 8/25/11 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 6/30/11 9:30am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 06/30/11 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 8/18/11 7:30am CDT Wetland Plant Identification - Intro - Belgium, Wisconsin, 08/18/2011 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 150 10/4/11 9:00am CDT Animal Waste Systems - Advanced, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin 10/4/11 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 122 8/26/11 12:00am CDT Forestry - Sustainable Forestry - Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, 8/25/12 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 8/25/11 9:00am CDT Forestry: Conservation Planning Resource Assessment - Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, 8/25/11 In-person 20.00 Wisconsin 122 11/4/10 11:00am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Jefferson, Wisconsin, 11/04/10 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 119 10/13/11 9:30am CDT Animal Waste Systems - Advanced - Pulaski, WI 10/13/11 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 122 9/19/11 9:00am CDT Forestry: Windbreaks and Buffers - Hancock, Wisconsin, 9/19/11 In-person 100.00 120 9/14/11 1:00pm CDT Manure Spill Response Training - 09/14/2011 - DePere, Wi - De Pere In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 123 10/11/11 9:30am CDT Grazing Educator/Planner Professional Development - Lodi, Wisconsin, 10/11/11 In-person 15.00 Wisconsin 119 9/21/11 9:30am CDT TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Barron, Wisconsin, 09/21/11 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 9/21/11 9:30am CDT TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP , Green Bay, Wisconsin, 09/21/2011 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 9/21/11 9:30am CDT TSP Orientation and Cons Planning 1-5 for Conservation Activity Plans and EQIP - Verona, Wisconsin, 09/21/11 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 148 10/6/11 1:00pm CDT Manure Spill Response Training - Coleman, Wisconsin, 10/06/11 In-person 123 10/5/11 1:00pm CDT Manure Spill Response Training - Clear Creek Township, Wisconsin, 10/05/11 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 123 6/28/11 9:00am CDT Grazing - Introduction to Managed Grazing - Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 6/28/11 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 119 8/19/10 9:30am CDT Conservation of Native Pollinators - Sturgeon Bay, WI, 8/19/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 8/18/10 9:30am CDT Conservation of Native Pollinators - Milwaukee, Wi, 8/18/10 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 122 11/2/10 9:00am CDT Precision Farming - Intro - Verona, Wisconsin, 11/02/10 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 122 11/9/10 9:00am CST Precision Farming - Intro - Neillsville, Wisconsin, 11/09/10 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 122 11/4/10 9:00am CDT Tech Training for Instructors - Madison, Wisconsin, 11/04/2010 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 132 2010-11 1288879200 12/2/10 2:00am CST Organic Systems - Introduction for Ag Professionals - Altoona, Wisconsin, 12/02/10 * In-person 0.00 122 10/29/10 2:00am CDT Manure Spill Response Training - Mondovi, Wisconsin, 10/29/10 * In-person 123 12/8/10 9:00am CST TSP Orientation - Madison, Wisconsin, 12/08/10 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 148 12/15/10 9:00am CST TSP Orientation - Wausau, Wisconsin, 12/15/10 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 148 1/18/11 9:00am CST TSP Orientation - Hancock, Wisconsin, 01/18/11 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 148 1/4/11 10:00am CST SNAP Plus - Darlington, Wisconsin, 01/04/11 * In-person Wisconsin 126 1/4/11 10:00am CST SNAP Plus - Madison, Wisconsin, 01/04/11 * In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 126 3/1/11 10:00am CST SNAP Plus - Lancaster, Wisconsin, 03/01/11 * In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 126 3/9/11 10:00am CST SNAP Plus - Jefferson, Wisconsin, 03/09/11 * In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 126 7/12/11 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Hancock, WI, 7/12/11 In-person 100.00 150 8/16/11 9:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover - Prairie du Sac , WI, 8/16/11 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 10/17/11 9:00am CDT Conservation Planning - CAP Resource Assessmant - Custer, WI, 10/17/11 In-person 50.00 Wisconsin 122 10/12/05 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning 4 - Hancock, WI, 10/12/05 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 10/27/05 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations - Madison, WI, 10/27/05 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 10/26/05 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Madison, Wi, 10/26/05 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 2/9/06 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 3 - Madison, WI, 02/09/06 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 9/12/05 9:00am CDT Integrated Pest Management - IPM Plan Development (Tools for Pest Management Planning) - Lancaster, Wisconsin, 9/12/05 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 7/18/06 9:00am CDT Integrated Pest Management - Intro. - Madison, Wisconsin, 07/18/06 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 129 2006-7 1153231200 8/2/06 9:00am CDT Manure Spill Response Training - Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 08/02/06 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 123 12/1/06 9:00am CST Manure Spill Response Training - 12/01/2006 Appleton, WI - Appleton In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 123 8/17/05 9:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover, Wi, 6/17/05 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 11/17/05 9:00am CST CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover, WI, 11/17/05 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 12/16/05 9:00am CST CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Stevens Point, WI 12/16/05 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 12/7/04 9:00am CST CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Stevens Point, WI 12/07/04 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 7/18/06 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Wausau, WI, 7/18/06 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 2/6/08 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 3 - Verona, Wisconsin, 02/06/08 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 6/19/07 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations - Madison, WI, 6/19/07 In-person Wisconsin 150 12/15/05 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 2 - Chippewa Falls, WI, 12/15/05 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 128 11/3/05 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 1 - Arlington, WI, 11/03/05 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 10/4/06 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning 4 - Hancock, WI, 10/04/06 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 3/16/06 10:00am CST Conservation Planning introduction for TSPs and CCAs, Platteville, WI, 3/16/06 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 148 6/28/06 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning 2 - Antigo, WI, 6/28/06 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 8/2/06 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning 3 - Chilton, WI, 8/02/08 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 3/12/08 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning 1, Platteville, WI 3/12/08 In-person 175.00 Wisconsin 150 6/25/08 9:00am CDT Conservation Planning 2 - Antigo, WI, 6/25/08 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 8/6/08 10:00am CDT Conservation Planning 3 - Green Bay, WI, 8/06/08 In-person 200.00 Wisconsin 150 10/2/13 12:45pm CDT Introduction to Soil Health - Classroom, Online, 10/02/13 Online 210.00 122 8/4/04 9:00am CDT Integrated Pest Management - Intro. - Lancaster, Wisconsin, 06/04/04 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 129 2004-8 1091628000 9/10/04 9:00am CDT Integrated Pest Management - IPM Plan Development (Tools for Pest Management Planning) - Lake Delton, Wisconsin, 09/10/04 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 11/5/04 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 1 - Madison, WI, 11/05/04 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 10/21/04 9:00am CDT CNMP References - Madison, WI, 10/21/04 In-person 100.00 150 6/23/04 9:00am CDT CNMP Regulations - Madison, Wisconsin, 06/23/2004 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 150 12/12/07 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 2 - Rothschild, WI, 12/12/07 In-person 125.00 Wisconsin 128 7/18/07 9:00am CDT Grazing - Designing Pasture Facilities and Structures - Verona, Wisconsin, 7/18/07 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 119 7/15/09 9:00am CDT Organic Transistion Plan Training - Green Bay, Wisconsin, 07/15/09 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 3/10/09 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Lancaster, WI 3/10/09 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 3/12/09 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Eau Claire, WI, 3/12/09 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 4/22/08 9:00am CDT Cultural Resources Module 8 - Hixton, WI, 4/22/08 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 150 7/20/06 9:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements - Wausau, Wisconsin, 07/20/06 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 12/19/06 9:00am CST CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Madison, WI 12/19/06 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 12/18/06 9:00am CST CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Wausau, WI, 12/18/06 In-person 25.00 Wisconsin 150 1/19/06 9:00am CST RUSLE 2 Soil Loss Module - In-Person - Madison, Wisconsin, 01/19/06 In-person 85.00 Wisconsin 122 4/20/06 9:00am CDT Cultural Resources Module 8 - Hixton, Wisconsin, 4/20/06 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 150 9/12/06 9:00am CDT Integrated Pest Management - IPM Plan Development (Tools for Pest Management Planning) - Lancaster, Wisconsin, 09/12/06 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 10/7/05 9:00am CDT Grazing - Pasture Evaluation Advanced - Baraboo, Wisconsin, 10/07/05 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 119 6/23/05 9:00am CDT Grazing Plan Technical Requirements, River Falls, Wisconsin, 6/23/05 In-person 100.00 Wisconsin 122 5/5/05 9:00am CDT Cultural Resources Module 8 - Hixton, Wisconsin, 5/5/05 In-person 0.00 Wisconsin 150 2/10/05 9:00am CST CORE Conservation Level 3 - Verona, Wi, 2/10/05 In-person 150.00 Wisconsin 128 3/14/07 9:00am CDT CNMP Quality Assurance-Annual Update - Lancaster, WI 3/14/07 In-person Wisconsin 150 10/13/09 9:00am CDT Organic Transistion Plan Training - Custer, Wisconsin, 10/13/09 In-person 75.00 Wisconsin 122 8/12/09 8:00am CDT CNMP Site Assessment/Walkover - 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__label__wiki	0.714058	0.714058	George Gently Actor Martin Shaw stars as the principled detective George Gently in these four feature-length mysteries. These dramas unfold against the beautiful backdrop of rural Britain during the tumultuous 1960s. Based on the long-running series of books by Alan Hunter Published: [United States] : Acorn Media, [2013] Branch Call Number: DVD F GEO SERIES 5 Characteristics: 4 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in. Additional Contributors: Shaw, Martin 1945- Ingleby, Lee Renton, Nicholas MacKinnon, Gillies Flannery, Peter Hunter, Alan 1922-2005. Kane, David Dorn, Faye Acorn Media (Firm) Company Pictures (Firm) British Broadcasting Corporation Alternative Title: Inspector George Gently (Television program). Season 5. Read more reviews of George Gently at iDreamBooks.com zipread Jan 12, 2017 Thoughtful and thought provoking. The ninety minute episodes are long enough to explore the chief protagonists' character. Not to be missed. ba_library Dec 06, 2016 Series 5 is excellent (Series 4 I didn't like too much - it seemed to be all about killing / hurting children). The first episode in Series 5 - Northern Soul is about race relations in 1968. A young Black woman is found dead and Bacchus goes undercover in a club that plays soul music. Bacchus is practicing his dance moves at the office while the uniformed copper (Taylor) and Gently watch him and have a good laugh! Episode 2 - Gently with Class deals with British upper class, a young woman dies and the suspects are young men with political ambitions and a domineering mother. Gently asks Bacchus what sort of people should be English politician and Bacchus says "people like me." Episode 3 - The Lost Child, I call the family affair. An infant goes missing, George is still struggling with the loss of his wife 4 years earlier (she haunts his dreams). Bacchus is waking up with unknown women in his bed. He is divorced now and is a weekend father. He having problems with his own father who tells Bacchus that he is a terrible father and a bad son. Episode 4 - Gently in the Cathedral finds people from George's London police career out to finish him off (bad, corrupt, "bent" cops from the London Metropolitan). They falsely charge Gently and lure Bacchus into their ranks. At the end, both Gently and Bacchus are shot. We know there is a season 6, so where will we find them? The earlier Seasons only had 2 disc, now there are 4. Not sure if the show was at the height of it's popularity, there are only 7 Series (7 years ) or if they just wanted to start resolving issues with the characters. Series 5 is very good. ProfessionalPilgrim Oct 27, 2016 One of the best detective series I have ever watched. Perfectly recreates the atmosphere of England in the 1960s, with all the prejudices and fervently held values of the time. Elaine212 Jan 06, 2016 Series 5 is poignant, but series 6 demonstrates the emotional strength and courage Bacus and Gently possess when confronting the insurmountable. rationallady Sep 08, 2014 I just love this series. I've seen them from 1-5 in order and am looking forward to Series 6. I thought Series 5 was the best-yes, it just keeps getting better and better! mahallett May 16, 2014 john baccus gets more annoying every episode. tenet Mar 26, 2014 Rated 8/10. docjnsuss Jan 06, 2014 There are four excellent episodes in George Gently, Series 5. In the first episode a young black woman is killed under mysterious circumstances. The murder takes place during a time of racial hatred and fear of immigrants. In the second episode a wealthy aristocratic family comes under scrutiny when a young girl is found drowned. The third episode involves the kidnapping of a recently adopted baby girl. Both of the adoptive parents have secrets that make them suspects in the crime. In the final episode Detective Chief Inspector George Gently is framed for being a bent cop. Detective Sergeant John Baccus tries to help Gently clear his name. There is a series cliffhanger with both Gently and Baccus seriously wounded. Series 5 of George Gently delivers exciting and engrossing storylines with unpredictable outcomes. AuntJane Dec 29, 2013 started watching this series on PBS and got addicted quickly. Great series, both main characters grow on you the more you get to know them. Can't wait for the next series! rosekoyama Nov 27, 2013 please order series 6 Gently, George, — Inspector (Fictitious Character) — Drama — Video Recordings. Police — England, North East — Drama — Video Recordings. Murder — Investigation — Drama — Video Recordings. Television Programs. Television Cop Shows. Television Adaptations.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1141
__label__cc	0.685846	0.314154	Humboldt Conservatives: Tax The Little Gal June 29, 2016 June 29, 2016 Jon YalcinkayaLand Values, Supervisor Bass, Supervisor Bohn, Supervisor Fennell, Supervisor Sundberg, Weed Inc.3 Comments Even if their loudest constituents have been participating in a crime, Humboldt’s conservative representatives will do what they can to minimize their taxes moving forward. Never-mind revenue needs to be devised to balance private sector production and the costs of government we all want and need. You know things like public safety or even roads. But no, let’s minimize the revenue from those free loaders and law-breakers who we all have to now admit have helped us get into this disastrous state. We don’t have enough money (there have been no previous per-acre taxes collected from weed that would go directly to County government), we have increasing problems with violent and property crime and houselessness, and there are surely growing problems convincing children and students that they should wait to make a decision about smoking or ingesting weed until after they become adults. Don’t forget the conservation of our landscapes and culture. These are principles that a concerned conservative (and liberal) should be championing, no? And what about our law-and-order conservatives that we hear so much about endlessly on KINS. Can we not see that we are favoring those who have been breaking the law for all these years? And now we want to legalize this trade while laying out a red carpet and having the rest of us suckers good people pay the tab of incentivizing more criminals out of the shadows so they may pay a gentle tax. But this is where our conservative leadership is leading us. This obviously isn’t about conservatism at all, but about money. Whether it is the value of the land that many will benefit from with the laissez-faire attitude toward weed, or proof of the disastrous and nonsensical tax policy which would be a Grover Norquist’s dream. A flat tax that is so low that it is designed to bring more people and businesses into the tax stream instead of building a revenue stream which will help pay for known costs of this business. Twenty-five percent tax reduction when a twenty-five cent reduction was proposed(1)? Really? Is this how little our representatives value math? Now Supervisor Sundberg’s even lower flat tax? All this when we know this regressive sales tax to maintain roads is in the offing from Humboldt County Association Of Government? Can we the people begin to see the collusion that is going on? This is government and policy not for the people (or for that matter rationality) but for land owners and it’s being sold to us as if the little gal will ultimately profit. This has nothing to do with conservatism as we might have defined it under Eisenhower or arguably even Reagan. This is about Tea Party populist conservatism. It’s about doing one thing with clear results, and rationalizing it as another. The only way this has been possible is with a media with a crumbling business model and, sadly, many of those in both the environmental movement and the Democratic Party that are doing what they can to get along and go along. OK, let us add one more reason to the list: we are economically desperate. There are many people in dire financial need and many others living paycheck to paycheck. People under those circumstances are probably not inclined to pay attention to the nuance of governing. They will be listening to representatives who are telling them what they want to hear, even if in the mean time they are actually working against their interests. (1) From LoCO: “Fennell floated a suggestion of dropping the fees by 25 cents across the board, at each level of the progressive tax. After some discussion with fellow supervisors, Bohn said that if it’s gonna be lower he’d prefer it to be a 25 percent cut across the board, rather than 25 cents. Sundberg agreed, and that’s how the item ultimately passed.“ A Brexit Map of Hope for the EU (Update 6/25) June 25, 2016 June 26, 2016 Jon YalcinkayaBrexit, Northern Ireland, NYT Map, Scotland6 Comments As the Bexit votes came in Thursday night, there was one clear pattern of hope for those of us not inclined to reactionary politics which you can see in this map of Thursday’s Brexit votes from the NYT. Scotland was definitively for remaining in the European Union and their leadership is immediately looking into a another vote to leave Britain. Presumably once severed from Britain they would want into the EU. Ireland is in the EU, Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom is not. Brexit may be the catalyst towards a united Irish island which then would also presumably remain in the EU. All in all as a anglophile and an EU-phile I’m hopeful. I believe that finally having this reactionary vote unites the far right fringe across the European continent in an odd way serves as a milestone to Europeans to affirm why they decided to create a bureaucracy which would economically and politically unite historically disparate peoples. So maybe Brexit will be proven to be a misnomer. Britain (and Northern Ireland) didn’t vote to exit the European Union, it was largely England and Wales. Maybe, by doing so, they really forced the hands of Scotland and Northern Ireland to exit the United Kingdom so they can now rejoin the EU. (UKxit?, Un-united Kingoom?, Kingdom?) This is all really complicated, especially if, like me, it isn’t really clear without a little bit of inter-tubes-reminders of the differences between the UK and Great Britain. (Hint: it’s Northern Ireland) Update: Good review of the potential break up ok the UK in the wake of Brexit in the NYT Sunday morning… After ‘Brexit,’ 3 Centuries of Unity in Britain Are in Danger Here are a couple of quick fun and informative videos by one of my favorite YouTubers, CBG Grey. And a little on how and why Scotland joined Great Britain. Good On Congressional Democrats June 23, 2016 June 23, 2016 Jon YalcinkayaGuns, John Lewis, Kudos, Nancy Pelosi6 Comments From the NYT: House Democrats’ Gun-Control Sit-In Turns Into Chaotic Showdown With Republicans A little bit of publicity for what was less than a publicity stunt and more of a necessary human reaction to obstruction of gun control. Any gun control. This is where we are on gun control in this country. The Republican Party will even act against epidemiological research on gun violence. Polls on the other hand show huge majorities in support of (at the very least) limited gun control. So what is a minority political party to do when yet another mass murder occurs and the reaction from the majority is always – we need to continue to alienate and kill those that don’t share a religion or a skin color or a level of prosperity with which we are familiar, but no, we will not take any positive action against a single weapon sale. It is absolutely ridiculous for those of us that see what is going on. We can see how an incredible marketing ploy has joined in a symbiotic relationship with a major political party to act as a critical wedge issue that helps win elections. But in the mean time people are dying in droves and we are being prevented from appropriate and very conservative reactions to an ongoing gun violence epidemic. So kudos to Representative Lewis and fellow House Democrats and those Senators that joined in solidarity. Sometimes it is appropriate to break rules and decorum, and this was one of those instances. Thank you. We all need to start standing up (or is it sitting down) to change the incredibly durable and vital frame the NRA has set up. This will happen, it’s just taking to long and too many are dying who should not have in the mean time. Continue reading “Good On Congressional Democrats” → The Voters Spoke. We Chose Hillary. This Is a Good Thing.. June 8, 2016 Jon YalcinkayaBernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton4 Comments That’s Democracy. It’s one of the world’s best. It is the world’s most important. The process wasn’t pretty, but it wasn’t categorically unfair. This time California counted – at least if it was an overwhelming victory for Senator Sanders, but it wasn’t. With a great deal of new Democratic registrants, Secretary Clinton won handily. And for those of you wondering how, here is one example. I had a conversation with a well known graffiti-removing Humboldt County Democrat yesterday and asked him for whom he would be voting for president. He said Hillary and this surprised me because we are often on the same page politically. When I asked him why he gave reasons with which I couldn’t disagree. $15 minimum wage nation wide was probably unworkable, he didn’t believe that free college for all is necessaryily a good thing because vocational school might suit some just as well. These are practical realities that I can understand and if those are your policy reasons for voting affirmatively for Hillary for President, I get it. He also mentioned that he thought Hillary was our best chance to beat Trump. When I mentioned the polls that say otherwise, he said he didn’t believe them, in part because Bernie would be vulnerable to conservative attacks. So as the short serendipitous meeting was ending and we were walking toward our lunch-time destinations I asked him if he had heard of Thomas Frank. He hadn’t. I recommended Thomas’ book Listen Liberal and told him it interested me because it was how the Democrats had become the party of the 10%. He said he was part of the 10%. I told him that makes sense. I like and respect that person and his politics. There were a lot of Democrats like him and many very different who wanted and voted for a different candidate than I did. I respect that and now will work to make Hillary the best Democrat she can be. If there is one thing I hope we all can remember about the 2016 Democratic Primary it is the map below (source NYT) where dark green means overwhelming Sanders victories, dark blue overwhelming Clinton victories, and shades of green and blue mean less convincing wins for each. A couple of things about this map. First, these votes are from Democrats and/or people that should be within the Democratic tent. Remember that during this primary there was a fight for the heart and soul of the GOP going on to, so the people voting in the Democratic primary are almost exclusively left-of-center. This map represents people whose statements would not make you involuntarily cough up your drink out of shocking statement during a meal (with the possible exception of Democratic friends and family from West Virginia?). From the NYT. Secondly, this map does not represent voting totals well. The largest population centers and their political power are barely visible. Keeping those two things in mind, what this map shows us is a geographic and likely rural/urban divide within the Democratic Party. This is something that may be just a coincidence of geography since Bernie did make his home in Vermont and Hillary joined a political force that was from Arkansas. But I think there is more there for which liberals must pay attention. Liberals like Elizabeth Warren have a message that will have to resonate with Democrats all over this country. I still believe the divide between Hillary and Bernie voters is less about race and ethnicity than the media would have us believe, but Bernie’s liberal message clearly didn’t have the resonance in the Southern half of our Nation that it did in the Northern half. At least in rural America. I believe this is the residue of right-wing media and culture permeating into liberal and Democratic values and dreams. That’s my hypothesis, we’ll see what the future brings. Whatever it is, I hope those of us who believe in things like equal justice for all, universal health care, living wages, stronger Social Security, poverty which does not devastate children or adults, are paying attention to this map. Continue reading “The Voters Spoke. We Chose Hillary. This Is a Good Thing..” → Election Day 2016 (Part I of II) June 7, 2016 Jon YalcinkayaElection DayLeave a comment (Part II is 153 days away.) That media which the right-wing likes to slime as “liberal” has been tough on ole’ Bernie, and today is a perfect example. Here is what you will find if you click over to the NYT. Hillary has wrapped it up, why should we bother to vote? June 7th NYT.com Why does this headline appear the morning of the most consequential of all states? Could this news wait until perhaps after voting? This, again is a great political strategy and the NYT and A.P are enabling it. Enough Super delegates announced who they will vote for giving the A.P. and now the NYT the chance to emblazon the headline “Clinton Clinches Delegates for Nomination” as California voters make their way to the polls. O.K., this is why this is an uphill battle for those tens of millions of Bernie supporters (and even Hillary supporters) who understand that the Democratic Party once again has to become the party that will support democracy generally and the working class of this country specifically. While that headline itself will likely hurt voter turn-out for Bernie, here is some news you haven’t heard about that should buoy your spirits. Remember this too, Hillary in all probability will be the Democratic nominee. But if Bernie can win in California, even after Clinton has been designated as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the victory would serve as another unmistakable clarion call from a large segment of the American population to please pay attention and build policy that is directed toward the people of this country rather than the lobbyists. Item One: Final RealClearPolitics.com California Democratic Presidential Primary Poll Summary. Item Two: Democrat Registration Surge in 2016. From the L.A. Times: California’s registered voters hit record high ahead of Tuesday presidential primary “Of the 646,220 people who registered in the final rush —between April 8 and May 23 — 76% became Democrats. California’s total voter registration now stands at 17,915,053. That’s the largest number ever registered heading into a primary election.* And the rush all happened at the end. In fact, 98% of all the growth in California’s voter ranks in 2016 happened in just the last 45 days of the registration season.” * (Not by percentage, but by absolute numbers) The registration totals can be found here, but were also tweeting out by the author of this LA Times article. Republicans and minor parties in CA lost market share, so to speak, in final surge of voters. Dems now +17 over GOP pic.twitter.com/1ZYwoysoNT — John Myers (@johnmyers) June 3, 2016 This is very important not only for it’s implications for today’s votes (first time voters might favor the insurgent Bernie) but it alone should be a reminder to Democratic leaders that we build our party not by moving policy closer to the Republicans, but by sticking to our policies that support basic Democratic principles: one person one vote (not one dollar one unit of influence), equal justice under the law, economic and environmental sustainability, expansion toward universal healthcare and education, and belief in and support of our public institutions which include government and public and even private sector unions. These are some of the principles behind Bernie’s surge in the Democratic Primary. I hope the eventual Democratic nominee and it’s party begins to hear this message. It is a message that is not compatible with high-dollar speeches to Wall Street firms. Candidate Clinton understood this during this election season which is why she didn’t release them. Will she understand where her mandate will have come from if she is to be elected as President as the Democratic nominee? See you at the polls. (go Bernie) Continue reading “Election Day 2016 (Part I of II)” → Turns Out This Isn’t Santa Rosa June 2, 2016 June 2, 2016 Jon YalcinkayaEstelle Fennell, Kym Kemp, Land Values, Rex Bohn2 Comments But this is the gentrification of Southern Humboldt. (Credit to commenter Sell! Sell! Sell! on Kym Kemp’s site) It’s what happens when our public representatives honor land owners. And let’s face it, we aren’t honoring land owners who come and go, but land values, and when we do this, we should not be surprised at these result. Kym Kemp, who tells the stories of the people and culture she loves, addressed this important article from the Chronicle about the skyrocketing interest in rural Humboldt land. If you haven’t read Kym’s take already, please check it out, including the copious comments. You can find it here: http://kymkemp.com/2016/06/01/pot-on-crack-how-possible-marijuana-legalization-is-fueling-a-land-grab/ It’s bleak out there for those this political movement was supposed to help. Supervisors Estelle Fennell and Rex Bohn sold themselves in 2012 as representatives of the people. They would help empower people economically and change the government to relax the onerous regulations. They and their supporters took advantage of high profile and overly weaponized enforcement to sell their faux populism. In the end though, the people they listened to where the people they knew and the people who contributed to their campaigns. It was and is clear but they both made their allegiances sound like it was something worth supporting. They both are doing it to this day which is why one has been endorsed by both Assembly-member Woods and State Senator McGuire and the other endorsed additionally by our local Democrats. But both of these candidates could not be worst for democratic causes. Their priorities could not have been more clear than when they both worked outside of the public process they promoted to Principle #7 of the guiding principles from protecting natural resources to “honor landowners’ rights to live in urban, suburban, rural or remote areas of the county while using a balanced approach to protect natural resources“. Yes, they really, really wrote that! I understand I am beating a dead horse, but that legal language makes what they are doing so clear. And now we are living through what we should have known, but were either not interested or perhaps too interested in what they were selling. So as Rex and others have famously proclaimed when dismissing enviro concerns, no Humboldt will not become Santa Rosa. But that was not ever the real danger. The danger from my perspective was the pattern of growth, not the growth itself. It turns out the other crucial problem to all but those few who are profiting from the increased property values is that economic survival for those without land just became even more difficult not better as the former leader of a local property rights organization told her constituents. But that is the inevitable result when our public infrastructure is not there to protect not only the environment from degradation, but protecting us from ourselves. It’s really very simple, if frustratingly anti-intuitive: our economic system is set up to consume itself if not carefully regulated. We continue to buy into the rhetoric that tells us otherwise and Humboldt is now living through the results. Please vote for Bud Rogers this Tuesday those of you living in the 2nd District. He may be a neophyte to politics. He may have his own theories that aren’t always, well, completely thought out, but he is not part of a disingenuous political movement that has rushed Humboldt to another economic and environmental precipice. And for more reading on the 2nd District race, here is the entertaining, awesome and often spot on John Hardin. My Impressions of 2nd District Candidates Debate in Garberville Vote this Tuesday 2nd District. Sincerest apologies to the 1st. Your Democratic political infrastructure failed you. We are going to need YOUR help to change this in 2020.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1142
__label__wiki	0.590612	0.590612	Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture Presents: Film/Director Q&A:Etched in Glass: Legacy of Steve Ross May 10, 2016 Boston Free Edit 0 0 Vilna Shul is honored to host the premier and raw cut of Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross, followed by a Q&A with Director Roger Lyons. Etched In Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross is a uniquely American story about a Jewish child who survived the horrors of the Holocaust and grew to become a man who left an enduring imprint on the city of Boston…and America. It’s the story of Steve Ross, who spent five horrific years of his childhood in ten concentration camps. He arose from the horror of those years and dedicated his new life to serving his adopted country—and searching for the American soldier who helped free him from “the gates of hell”. Etched In Glass explores Steve Ross’s miraculous survival and his emigration to the United States where he settled in the Boston area. He worked his way through college to earn three degrees, and became an effective advocate for at-risk kids. The film follows his transformation from a timid orphan to a gutsy street worker to a licensed psychologist—who repeatedly saved lives by getting kids off the streets, away from crime and into the classroom. Steve Ross did this by telling his own story in vivid detail. Ross tells his story to inner-city children while wearing the uniform of an imprisoned Jew. He holds a small American flag given to him by the American soldier who helped rescue him from the death camps at the end of World War II. Advanced registration appreciated here. The Vilna Shul is the last immigrant era synagogue building that exists in downtown Boston. Located in historic Beacon Hill, the Vilna currently operates as a cultural center celebrating Jewish culture and its intersection with other cultures. The closest T subway stop is Charles/MGH. Validated parking for $5 per car is available nearby and ONLY for the underground parking at the Charles River Plaza/Cambridge Street Garage at 165 Cambridge Street nearby. Please be advised that drivers must validate their GREEN parking ticket at the Vilna Shul for validated parking. This is not the above-ground Whole Foods lot. For detailed directions to the Vilna, please click the following link to our Hours, Directions, and Parking page of our website. If you have any questions, email events@vilnashul.org or call (617) 523-2324. Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm * Registration closes on May 10th at 10:00 am Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture Save 2016-05-10 19:00:00 2016-05-10 21:00:00 America/New_York Film/Director Q&A:Etched in Glass: Legacy of Steve Ross Saved from https://dev.jewishboston.com/events/filmdirector-qaetched-in-glass-legacy-of-steve-ross/ The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, 18 Phillips St, Boston, MA 02114 Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture History & Holocaust Explore Lithuanian Jewry with the Consul General of Lithuania The Biblical Foundations of Contemporary Jewish Issues: Who Wrote the Hebrew Bible? Lifesavers Speakers Series: Aid Angel – Fighting Opioid Addiction December Kabbalat Shabbat Vilna Downtown Young Families Kabbalat Shabbat November Kabbalat Shabbat: A Modern-Day Dreyfus Affair Seniors Connect: Beacon Hill – Now and Then Intro to Hebrew Taught by Rabbi Sam Seicol Gary Lucas’ Fleischerei: Max Fleischer Musical Tribute Book Premiere: Author Alice Hoffman Lifesavers Speakers Series: Unseen Enemy Shabbat in the Sukkah with InterfaithFamily Vilna Shul Scotch and Schmooze Seniors Connect: Anti-Semitism and What We Can Do Today Vilna Shul Yom Kippur & Community Break Fast 2016/5777 sponsored by Havurah on the Hill Vilna Shul Family High Holiday Programming – Yom Kippur Vilna High Holidays sponsored by Havurah on the Hill: Rosh Hashanah 2016/5777 Vilna Shul Family High Holidays – Rosh Hashanah 2016/5777	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1143
__label__cc	0.512645	0.487355	Author: cunystruggle The Graduate Center Doctoral Students’ Council endorses a strike On March 18, 2016, the DSC passed the following resolution endorsing a strike. Resolution Endorsing a Strike to Ensure a Fair PSC Contract With CUNY WHEREAS the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) is the faculty and staff union representing 25,000 CUNY workers, including Graduate Center students working as graduate assistants and as adjuncts; WHEREAS six years have passed since the PSC’s last contract expired; WHEREAS the PSC has been steadily bargaining for a new contract with CUNY management since June 2014; WHEREAS the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) passed a resolution in December 2014 calling for a $7,000 minimum starting salary per three-credit course for CUNY adjuncts; WHEREAS the CUNY University Student Senate, comprising delegates from all CUNY campuses, passed a resolution in September 2015 supporting “all adjuncts, especially those who are also doctoral students within CUNY, in their demands for better wages and working conditions”; WHEREAS the DSC passed a resolution in October 2015 against five more years of tuition increases and in support of a tuition freeze and state funding of CUNY’s mandatory costs; WHEREAS the DSC understands that wages for faculty and staff, state funding, and tuition are related; WHEREAS CUNY management has made only a single economic offer to date, one that would have essentially amounted to a pay cut for faculty and staff, and which the PSC rejected; WHEREAS the PSC and its members have been mobilizing for a strike-authorization vote since October 2015, which, if the vote is held and is successful, would allow the PSC to call a strike; WHEREAS New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed, in January 2016, a $485-million cut in state funding to CUNY; WHEREAS, also in January 2016, CUNY management declared an impasse in bargaining, noting a number of unresolved PSC demands, including salary increases for adjuncts, multiyear adjunct appointments, increased access to tuition waivers for adjuncts, and penalties for non-payment of adjuncts and graduate assistants; WHEREAS the PSC continues to organize around a strike-authorization vote as the necessary next step in the fight for a fair contract with CUNY management, and is actively seeking public pledges of support for a “yes” vote; WHEREAS the Adjunct Project (AP), an affiliate of the DSC, endorsed a strike as the only means to ensure a fair contract with CUNY management; and WHEREAS the AP also endorsed organizing by other groups and coalitions across the Graduate Center and CUNY in support of a fair contract, a strike, or both, including the Alternative StrikePledge for Adjuncts and Allies, which specifically centers adjunct and student concerns; the Adjunct Message Center, which supports the demands of long-time adjuncts and conveys them to the PSC leadership; and a planned series of popular assemblies to discuss and unite demands for a transformed CUNY; Be it RESOLVED that the DSC endorses the PSC’s strike-authorization vote; Be it further RESOLVED that the DSC endorses the Alternative Strike Pledge for Adjuncts and Allies, the Adjunct Message Center, and the planned series of popular assemblies; Be it further RESOLVED that the DSC endorses a strike as the only means to ensure a fair contract with CUNY management; And be it finally RESOLVED that the DSC calls upon the PSC to establish a strike-relief fund to defray or minimize financial penalties any striking workers receive due to New York State’s Taylor Law. Author cunystrugglePosted on March 29, 2016 Categories Blog PostLeave a comment on The Graduate Center Doctoral Students’ Council endorses a strike Visit HR for Fun and Profit In the coming weeks and months we’ll be hearing from the people of CUNY in their own words. Had a run-in with management? Feeling mad about the injustices of the two tier system? Are you a student struggling to balance life, work and school? We want to hear from you. Email submissions to cunystruggleinfo@gmail.com This first post in our series of worker and student stories is written by a graduate student worker and adjunct at one of the CUNY campuses. I had some spare time between classes yesterday and decided to visit my local HR department. Because of the on-again, off-again nature of adjunct work and possibly due to factors related to my own lifestyle, I can’t quite remember if I have been employed as an adjunct for six straight semesters and am therefore entitled to a step increase that has not shown up on my latest appointment letter. So I went to my HR office to ask them for a copy of my employment history with the school. I delivered my request to the receptionist, who looked at me like I had just landed from Mars and insisted to know why I would want such a thing. I told her I wanted it “just to have it” and eventually just “can I please have it”—it’s in the contract, after all. This was not the right answer. She said make sure you sign the register with your exact name and department and I was told to wait while she gathered reinforcements. Continue reading “Visit HR for Fun and Profit” Author cunystrugglePosted on March 27, 2016 March 29, 2016 Categories Blog PostLeave a comment on Visit HR for Fun and Profit Reflections on the first CUNY-Wide Popular Assembly Last Saturday, over 100 people turned out for the first of what we hope are many CUNY-Wide Popular Assemblies. At this day-long event people from across CUNY, including students, faculty, staff and community members, came together to discuss our common problems and imagine a way out. Continue reading “Reflections on the first CUNY-Wide Popular Assembly” Author cunystrugglePosted on March 18, 2016 March 28, 2016 Categories Blog PostLeave a comment on Reflections on the first CUNY-Wide Popular Assembly CUNY Adjunct Project Endorses Strike We re-post below an announcement from the CUNY Adjunct Project, an organization that since 1993 has operated under the auspices of the Doctoral Students’ Council at the CUNY Graduate Center. The goals of the Adjunct Project are to “raise consciousness about academic labor issues inside and outside CUNY, educate GC adjuncts about ways to address these issues, and activate GC student workers to improve their collective position as workers at CUNY.” Last week the three members of the Adjunct Project collectively endorsed a potential strike by members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the union that represents around 25,000 CUNY faculty and staff who have worked without a contract for the last six years. Any strike by CUNY faculty and staff would violate the New York State Public Employees Fair Employment Act, popularly known as the Taylor Law, which prohibits public employees from striking or even to “cause, instigate, encourage, or condone a strike.” The Adjunct Project has recently posted video of a 2011 event called “‘What Do You Mean I Can’t Strike?’: Confronting the Taylor Law” and has announced a new event called “The Will to Strike (Against the Taylor Law),” scheduled for April 6. What follows below is the text of the recent Adjunct Project announcement endorsing a strike. Continue reading “CUNY Adjunct Project Endorses Strike” Author cunystrugglePosted on March 8, 2016 Categories Blog PostLeave a comment on CUNY Adjunct Project Endorses Strike Notes on the Impasse and PSC Bargaining Agenda The notice of impasse issued late last month amidst the PSC’s ongoing contract negotiations gives the public a rare peek into a process that has been opaque to a vast majority of PSC members. The notice, issued by CUNY management, asserts that bargaining has broken down and requires a third party mediator in order to move forward. President Bowen’s November announcement of a strike authorization vote features prominently in CUNY’s argument as evidence that good faith is no longer present in the proceedings. We now hear that mediation sessions are moving forward, though the timeline for actionable decisions remains open ended. Continue reading “Notes on the Impasse and PSC Bargaining Agenda” Author cunystrugglePosted on March 6, 2016 March 8, 2016 Categories Blog PostLeave a comment on Notes on the Impasse and PSC Bargaining Agenda The Contract Struggle at CUNY: A View from Below Last Fall some folks affiliated with CUNY Struggle penned a response to The Nation‘s uncritical coverage of the ongoing PSC contract dispute. As the ruling class offensive on US trade unionism ever intensifies, far too many comrades in leftist media confuse unquestioning support for existing union structures and leaderships with support for the working class against capital, and we find this to be a major miscalculation. The Nation declined to print our response, and though the situation has changed since December, we are sharing our opinion below as an invitation to dialogue and critique. Continue reading “The Contract Struggle at CUNY: A View from Below” Author cunystrugglePosted on February 25, 2016 March 8, 2016 Categories Blog PostLeave a comment on The Contract Struggle at CUNY: A View from Below March 12th Popular Assembly Author cunystrugglePosted on February 22, 2016 February 25, 2016 Format ImageCategories Blog Post	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1151
__label__wiki	0.708779	0.708779	Home / News / D23 Exclusive / Hollywood Transformed into the Pride Lands for the ... Hollywood Transformed into the Pride Lands for the Star-Studded World Premiere of The Lion King By Jocelyn Buhlman On Tuesday, July 9, we were working on our roars over in Hollywood to celebrate a gathering like no other: the world premiere of Disney’s The Lion King! Our favorite Disney stars and talent from the film pounced onto the red carpet to celebrate the live-action reimagining of the 1994 animated classic. The dress code was “safari chic,” and the stars delivered, arriving in fashion sure to make Simba and Nala proud. The fans herded onto the carpet, bringing their own wild fashion and flair as they took photos with their favorite stars. After the regal display on the red carpet, fans and stars alike gathered in the Dolby Theatre, where director (and Disney Legend honoree) Jon Favreau spoke about the film, letting in fans on a secret: Only one shot in the entire movie was not rendered in CGI! Can you spot the real-world moment in the film? Favreau didn’t reveal the location of the shot, but he did call the cast and creative team on stage to a rousing round of applause before the audience settled in to watch the film for the first time ever. Just can’t wait to see The Lion King? Be sure to check out our D23 exclusive screenings in New Jersey and Illinois to see the film on opening day—and don’t forget to head to theaters starting July 19 to experience the legendary story for yourself. red carpet, The Lion King	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1154
__label__wiki	0.693328	0.693328	By Mike West Mike is a contributor to WebFundamentals By Joseph Medley The web's security model is rooted in the same-origin policy. Code from https://mybank.com should only have access to https://mybank.com's data, and https://evil.example.com should certainly never be allowed access. Each origin is kept isolated from the rest of the web, giving developers a safe sandbox in which to build and play. In theory, this is perfectly brilliant. In practice, attackers have found clever ways to subvert the system. Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, for example, bypass the same origin policy by tricking a site into delivering malicious code along with the intended content. This is a huge problem, as browsers trust all of the code that shows up on a page as being legitimately part of that page's security origin. The XSS Cheat Sheet is an old but representative cross-section of the methods an attacker might use to violate this trust by injecting malicious code. If an attacker successfully injects any code at all, it's pretty much game over: user session data is compromised and information that should be kept secret is exfiltrated to The Bad Guys. We'd obviously like to prevent that if possible. This overview highlights a defense that can significantly reduce the risk and impact of XSS attacks in modern browsers: Content Security Policy (CSP). Use whitelists to tell the client what's allowed and what isn't. Learn what directives are available. Learn the keywords they take. Inline code and eval() are considered harmful. Report policy violations to your server before enforcing them. Source whitelists The issue exploited by XSS attacks is the browser's inability to distinguish between script that's part of your application and script that's been maliciously injected by a third-party. For example, the Google +1 button at the bottom of this page loads and executes code from https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js in the context of this page's origin. We trust that code, but we can't expect the browser to figure out on its own that code from apis.google.com is awesome, while code from apis.evil.example.com probably isn't. The browser happily downloads and executes any code a page requests, regardless of source. Instead of blindly trusting everything that a server delivers, CSP defines the Content-Security-Policy HTTP header, which allows you to create a whitelist of sources of trusted content, and instructs the browser to only execute or render resources from those sources. Even if an attacker can find a hole through which to inject script, the script won't match the whitelist, and therefore won't be executed. Since we trust apis.google.com to deliver valid code, and we trust ourselves to do the same, let's define a policy that only allows script to execute when it comes from one of those two sources: Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self' https://apis.google.com Simple, right? As you probably guessed, script-src is a directive that controls a set of script-related privileges for a specific page. We've specified 'self' as one valid source of script, and https://apis.google.com as another. The browser dutifully downloads and executes JavaScript from apis.google.com over HTTPS, as well as from the current page's origin. With this policy defined, the browser simply throws an error instead of loading script from any other source. When a clever attacker manages to inject code into your site, they'll run headlong into an error message rather than the success they were expecting. Policy applies to a wide variety of resources While script resources are the most obvious security risks, CSP provides a rich set of policy directives that enable fairly granular control over the resources that a page is allowed to load. You've already seen script-src, so the concept should be clear. Let's quickly walk through the rest of the resource directives. The list below represents the state of the directives as of level 2. A level 3 spec has been published, but is largely unimplemented in the major browsers. base-uri restricts the URLs that can appear in a page's <base> element. child-src lists the URLs for workers and embedded frame contents. For example: child-src https://youtube.com would enable embedding videos from YouTube but not from other origins. connect-src limits the origins that you can connect to (via XHR, WebSockets, and EventSource). font-src specifies the origins that can serve web fonts. Google's web fonts could be enabled via font-src https://themes.googleusercontent.com. form-action lists valid endpoints for submission from <form> tags. frame-ancestors specifies the sources that can embed the current page. This directive applies to <frame>, <iframe>, <embed>, and <applet> tags. This directive can't be used in <meta> tags and applies only to non-HTML resources. frame-src was deprecated in level 2, but is restored in level 3. If not present it still falls back to child-src as before. img-src defines the origins from which images can be loaded. media-src restricts the origins allowed to deliver video and audio. object-src allows control over Flash and other plugins. plugin-types limits the kinds of plugins a page may invoke. report-uri specifies a URL where a browser will send reports when a content security policy is violated. This directive can't be used in <meta> tags. style-src is script-src's counterpart for stylesheets. upgrade-insecure-requests instructs user agents to rewrite URL schemes, changing HTTP to HTTPS. This directive is for websites with large numbers of old URL's that need to be rewritten. worker-src is a CSP Level 3 directive that restricts the URLs that may be loaded as a worker, shared worker, or service worker. As of July 2017, this directive has limited implementations. By default, directives are wide open. If you don't set a specific policy for a directive, let's say font-src, then that directive behaves by default as though you'd specified * as the valid source (for example, you could load fonts from anywhere, without restriction). You can override this default behavior by specifying a default-src directive. This directive defines the defaults for most directives that you leave unspecified. Generally, this applies to any directive that ends with -src. If default-src is set to https://example.com, and you fail to specify a font-src directive, then you can load fonts from https://example.com, and nowhere else. We specified only script-src in our earlier examples, which means that images, fonts, and so on can be loaded from any origin. The following directives don't use default-src as a fallback. Remember that failing to set them is the same as allowing anything. base-uri form-action frame-ancestors plugin-types report-uri You can use as many or as few of these directives as makes sense for your specific application, simply listing each in the HTTP header, separating directives with semicolons. Make sure that you list all required resources of a specific type in a single directive. If you wrote something like script-src https://host1.com; script-src https://host2.com the second directive would simply be ignored. Something like the following would correctly specify both origins as valid: script-src https://host1.com https://host2.com If, for example, you have an application that loads all of its resources from a content delivery network (say, https://cdn.example.net), and know that you don't need any framed content or plugins, then your policy might look something like the following: Content-Security-Policy: default-src https://cdn.example.net; child-src 'none'; object-src 'none' Implementation details You will see X-WebKit-CSP and X-Content-Security-Policy headers in various tutorials on the web. Going forward, you should ignore these prefixed headers. Modern browsers (with the exception of IE) support the unprefixed Content-Security-Policy header. That's the header you should use. Regardless of the header you use, policy is defined on a page-by-page basis: you'll need to send the HTTP header along with every response that you'd like to ensure is protected. This provides a lot of flexibility, as you can fine-tune the policy for specific pages based on their specific needs. Perhaps one set of pages in your site has a +1 button, while others don't: you could allow the button code to be loaded only when necessary. The source list in each directive is flexible. You can specify sources by scheme (data:, https:), or ranging in specificity from hostname-only (example.com, which matches any origin on that host: any scheme, any port) to a fully qualified URI (https://example.com:443, which matches only HTTPS, only example.com, and only port 443). Wildcards are accepted, but only as a scheme, a port, or in the leftmost position of the hostname: ://.example.com:* would match all subdomains of example.com (but not example.com itself), using any scheme, on any port. The source list also accepts four keywords: 'none', as you might expect, matches nothing. 'self' matches the current origin, but not its subdomains. 'unsafe-inline' allows inline JavaScript and CSS. (We'll touch on this in more detail in a bit.) 'unsafe-eval' allows text-to-JavaScript mechanisms like eval. (We'll get to this too.) These keywords require single-quotes. For example, script-src 'self' (with quotes) authorizes the execution of JavaScript from the current host; script-src self (no quotes) allows JavaScript from a server named "self" (and not from the current host), which probably isn't what you meant. Sandboxing There's one more directive worth talking about: sandbox. It's a bit different from the others we've looked at, as it places restrictions on actions that the page can take rather than on resources that the page can load. If the sandbox directive is present, the page is treated as though it was loaded inside of an <iframe> with a sandbox attribute. This can have a wide range of effects on the page: forcing the page into a unique origin, and preventing form submission, among others. It's a bit beyond the scope of this article, but you can find full details on valid sandboxing attributes in the "Sandboxing" section of the HTML5 spec.. The meta tag CSPs preferred delivery mechanism is an HTTP header. It can be useful, however, to set a policy on a page directly in the markup. Do that using a <meta> tag with an http-equiv attribute: <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src https://cdn.example.net; child-src 'none'; object-src 'none'"> This can't be used for frame-ancestors, report-uri, or sandbox. Inline code is considered harmful It should be clear that CSP is based on whitelisting origins, as that's an unambiguous way of instructing the browser to treat specific sets of resources as acceptable and to reject the rest. Origin-based whitelisting doesn't, however, solve the biggest threat posed by XSS attacks: inline script injection. If an attacker can inject a script tag that directly contains some malicious payload (<script>sendMyDataToEvilDotCom();</script>), the browser has no mechanism by which to distinguish it from a legitimate inline script tag. CSP solves this problem by banning inline script entirely: it's the only way to be sure. This ban includes not only scripts embedded directly in script tags, but also inline event handlers and javascript: URLs. You'll need to move the content of script tags into an external file, and replace javascript: URLs and <a ... onclick="[JAVASCRIPT]"> with appropriate addEventListener() calls. For example, you might rewrite the following from: function doAmazingThings() { alert('YOU AM AMAZING!'); <button onclick='doAmazingThings();'>Am I amazing?</button> to something more like: <!-- amazing.html --> <script src='amazing.js'></script> <button id='amazing'>Am I amazing?</button> // amazing.js document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { document.getElementById('amazing') .addEventListener('click', doAmazingThings); The rewritten code has a number of advantages above and beyond working well with CSP; it's already best practice, regardless of your use of CSP. Inline JavaScript mixes structure and behavior in exactly the way you shouldn't. External resources are easier for browsers to cache, more understandable for developers, and conducive to compilation and minification. You'll write better code if you do the work to move code into external resources. Inline style is treated in the same way: both the style attribute and style tags should be consolidated into external stylesheets to protect against a variety of surprisingly clever data exfiltration methods that CSS enables. If you must have inline script and style, you can enable it by adding 'unsafe-inline' as an allowed source in a script-src or style- src directive. You can also use a nonce or a hash (see below), but you really shouldn't. Banning inline script is the biggest security win CSP provides, and banning inline style likewise hardens your application. It's a little bit of effort up front to ensure that things work correctly after moving all the code out-of-line, but that's a tradeoff that's well worth making. If you absolutely must use it ... CSP Level 2 offers backward compatibility for inline scripts by allowing you to whitelist specific inline scripts using either a cryptographic nonce (number used once) or a hash. Although this may be cumbersome, it is useful in a pinch. To use a nonce, give your script tag a nonce attribute. Its value must match one in the list of trusted sources. For example: <script nonce=EDNnf03nceIOfn39fn3e9h3sdfa> //Some inline code I cant remove yet, but need to asap. Now, add the nonce to your script-src directive appended to the nonce- keyword. Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'nonce-EDNnf03nceIOfn39fn3e9h3sdfa' Remember that nonces must be regenerated for every page request and they must be unguessable. Hashes work in much the same way. Instead of adding code to the script tag, create a SHA hash of the script itself and add it to the script-src directive. For example, let's say your page contained this: <script>alert('Hello, world.');</script> Your policy would contain this: Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'sha256-qznLcsROx4GACP2dm0UCKCzCG-HiZ1guq6ZZDob_Tng=' There are a few things to note here. The sha*- prefix specifies the algorithm that generates the hash. In the example above, sha256- is used. CSP also supports sha384- and sha512-. When generating the hash do not include the <script> tags. Also capitalization and whitespace matter, including leading or trailing whitespace. A Google search on generating SHA hashes will lead you to solutions in any number of languages. Using Chrome 40 or later, you can open DevTools and then reload your page. The Console tab will contain error messages with the correct sha256 hash for each of your inline scripts. Eval too Even when an attacker can't inject script directly, they might be able to trick your application into converting otherwise inert text into executable JavaScript and executing it on their behalf. eval(), new Function(), setTimeout([string], ...), and setInterval([string], ...) are all vectors through which injected text might end up executing something unexpectedly malicious. CSP's default response to this risk is to completely block all of these vectors. This has more than a few impacts on the way you build applications: You must parse JSON via the built-in JSON.parse, rather than relying on eval. Native JSON operations are available in every browser since IE8, and they're completely safe. Rewrite any setTimeout or setInterval calls you're currently making with inline functions rather than strings. For example: setTimeout("document.querySelector('a').style.display = 'none';", 10); would be better written as: document.querySelector('a').style.display = 'none'; }, 10); Avoid inline templating at runtime: Many templating libraries use new Function() liberally to speed up template generation at runtime. It's a nifty application of dynamic programming, but comes at the risk of evaluating malicious text. Some frameworks support CSP out of the box, falling back to a robust parser in the absence of eval. AngularJS's ng-csp directive is a good example of this. However, a better choice would be a templating language that offers precompilation (Handlebars does, for instance). Precompiling your templates can make the user experience even faster than the fastest runtime implementation, and it's safer too. If eval and its text-to-JavaScript brethren are essential to your application, you can enable them by adding 'unsafe-eval' as an allowed source in a script-src directive, but we strongly discourage this. Banning the ability to execute strings makes it much more difficult for an attacker to execute unauthorized code on your site. CSP's ability to block untrusted resources client-side is a huge win for your users, but it would be quite helpful to have some sort of notification sent back to the server so that you can identify and squash any bugs that allow malicious injection in the first place. To this end, you can instruct the browser to POST JSON-formatted violation reports to a location specified in a report-uri directive. Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; ...; report-uri /my_amazing_csp_report_parser; Those reports will look something like the following: "csp-report": { "document-uri": "http://example.org/page.html", "referrer": "http://evil.example.com/", "blocked-uri": "http://evil.example.com/evil.js", "violated-directive": "script-src 'self' https://apis.google.com", "original-policy": "script-src 'self' https://apis.google.com; report-uri http://example.org/my_amazing_csp_report_parser" This contains a good chunk of information that will help you track down the specific cause of the violation, including the page on which the violation occurred (document-uri), that page's referrer (note that unlike the HTTP header field, the key is not misspelled), the resource that violated the page's policy (blocked-uri), the specific directive it violated (violated-directive), and the page's complete policy (original-policy). Report-Only If you're just starting out with CSP, it makes sense to evaluate the current state of your application before rolling out a draconian policy to your users. As a stepping stone to a complete deployment, you can ask the browser to monitor a policy, reporting violations but not enforcing the restrictions. Instead of sending a Content-Security-Policy header, send a Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header. Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only: default-src 'self'; ...; report-uri /my_amazing_csp_report_parser; The policy specified in report-only mode won't block restricted resources, but it will send violation reports to the location you specify. You can even send both headers, enforcing one policy while monitoring another. This is a great way to evaluate the effect of changes to your application's CSP: turn on reporting for a new policy, monitor the violation reports and fix any bugs that turn up; when you're satisfied with its effect, start enforcing the new policy. Real World Usage CSP 1 is quite usable in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, but has very limited support in IE 10. You can view specifics at caniuse.com. CSP Level 2 has been available in Chrome since version 40. Massive sites like Twitter and Facebook have deployed the header (Twitter's case study is worth a read), and the standard is very much ready for you to start deploying on your own sites. The first step towards crafting a policy for your application is to evaluate the resources you're actually loading. Once you think you have a handle on how things are put together in your app, set up a policy based on those requirements. Let's walk through a few common use cases and determine how we'd best be able to support them within the protective confines of CSP. Use case #1: social media widgets Google's +1 button includes a script from https://apis.google.com, and embeds an <iframe> from https://plusone.google.com. You need a policy that includes both these origins in order to embed the button. A minimal policy would be script-src https://apis.google.com; child-src https://plusone.google.com. You also need to ensure that the snippet of JavaScript that Google provides is pulled out into an external JavaScript file. If you had a Level 1-based policy using frame-src Level 2 required you to change it to child-src. This is no longer necessary in CSP Level 3. Facebook's Like button has a number of implementation options. We recommend sticking with the <iframe> version as it's safely sandboxed from the rest of your site. It requires a child-src https://facebook.com directive to function properly. Note that, by default, the <iframe> code that Facebook provides loads a relative URL, //facebook.com. Change that to explicitly specify HTTPS: https://facebook.com. There's no reason to use HTTP if you don't have to. Twitter's Tweet button relies on access to a script and a frame, both hosted at https://platform.twitter.com. (Twitter likewise provides a relative URL by default; edit the code to specify HTTPS when copy/pasting it locally.) You'll be all set with script-src https://platform.twitter.com; child-src https://platform.twitter.com, as long as you move the JavaScript snippet that Twitter provides out into an external JavaScript file. Other platforms have similar requirements, and can be addressed similarly. We suggest just setting a default-src of 'none', and watching your console to determine which resources you'll need to enable to make the widgets work. Including multiple widgets is straightforward: simply combine the policy directives, remembering to merge all resources of a single type into a single directive. If you wanted all three social media widgets, the policy would look like this: script-src https://apis.google.com https://platform.twitter.com; child-src https://plusone.google.com https://facebook.com https://platform.twitter.com Use case #2: lockdown Assume for a moment that you run a banking site and want to make sure that only those resources you've written yourself can be loaded. In this scenario, start with a default policy that blocks absolutely everything (default-src 'none'), and build up from there. Let's say the bank loads all images, style, and script from a CDN at https://cdn.mybank.net, and connects via XHR to https://api.mybank.com/ to pull various bits of data down. Frames are used, but only for pages local to the site (no third-party origins). There's no Flash on the site, no fonts, no extras. The most restrictive CSP header that we could send is this: Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'; script-src https://cdn.mybank.net; style-src https://cdn.mybank.net; img-src https://cdn.mybank.net; connect-src https://api.mybank.com; child-src 'self' Use case #3: SSL only A wedding-ring discussion forum admin wants to ensure that all resources are only loaded via secure channels, but doesn't really write much code; rewriting large chunks of the third-party forum software that's filled to the brim with inline script and style is beyond his abilities. The following policy would be effective: Content-Security-Policy: default-src https:; script-src https: 'unsafe-inline'; style-src https: 'unsafe-inline' Even though https: is specified in default-src, the script and style directives don't automatically inherit that source. Each directive completely overwrites the default for that specific type of resource. Content Security Policy Level 2 is a Candidate Recommendation. 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__label__cc	0.740639	0.259361	Sexual matters dominate reported child abuse cases Dominica News Online - Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 at 9:00 AM There was a staggering 135 reported cases of child sexual abuse in Dominica in 2014, Coordinator of the Child Abuse Prevention Unit, Jemma Azille Lewis has revealed. In total there were 175 reported cases of child abuse on the island, with girls shouldering the lion’s share of abuse cases. Statistics reveal that a total of 155 girls were abused in Dominica last year. Of the sexual cases, five were boys and 130 were girls. “I broke down the sexual abuse seeing that it is the main form of abuse being reported: boys 5, girls 130 in terms of sexual abuse,” Azille-Lewis said. “Incest 20, that is sexual abuse within the family and teen pregnancy we had only nine reported cases.” The other forms of abuse were physical, 24, neglect, 7, neglect combined with physical, 4. “So keep in mind we had a 170 cases child abuse incidents reported for 2014. In terms of children from 0-5 years being abused 24, 6-10 years of age 38, 11-15 years 101 and 16-17 years of age 7 cases,” she stated. “We look at child abuse by gender boys (male) 15 cases, female 155 cases.” In the face of such numbers the Child Abuse Prevention Unit is facing many challenges. “We do have a few challenges, such as the lack of resources, both human and technical, inadequate legislation,” Azille-Lewis noted. “We have the Sexual Offenses Act which is of 1998 and there needs to be a review of it to ensure that we are up to date.” Additionally weak enforcement of existing legislation is posing a serious problem. “For example, if you have somebody that is found guilty of a sexual offense and you can take up to 25 years or 14 years (in prison), why is that you only pay a fine of $3,000?” she asked. “Why is it that you only take maybe a prison confinement of three months of six months and do community service for the rest?” The absence of a family court, parents refusing to testify in court or taking bribes also pose major problems.. “We have incest cases that have just gone down the drain. We have all different forms of cases, pregnancy issues, where teenagers become pregnant and the cases die,” Azille-Lewis lamented. Meanwhile she noted that the Social Welfare Division has moved up a step but there is still room for improvement. “I remember just coming in into the Social Welfare Division, some agencies were not really interested in reporting anything,” Azille-Lewis stated. “We have had better collaboration with some childcare agencies, of course, there is need for improvement but we have moved up a step from where we were.” She added, “We have definitely increase support from the CID (Criminal Investigation Department), greater public awareness on child abuse matters. A lot more people are reporting and coming to us about the issue. There is increase support by the general public in dealing with child abuse matters.” She mentioned further that the Welfare Division have been successful in finding homes for abused children “Also another success is that we have the home for children at risk, which is CHANCES, so in case that we don’t get foster placement immediately, we can place them in the institution in Jimmit … in the meantime we look for a foster care placement,” Azille-Lewis noted. However challenges remain. “When the children are abused and they are teenagers then nobody wants to foster a teenage child, so we still have this challenge there,” she noted. Child sexual abuse rampant in Dominica – officials Abuse against boys goes unreported; social workers concerned 128 children sexually abused in Dominica in 2015 Child abuse rising in Dominica – Welfare Division Child sexual abuse high in Dominica – social worker Wispering Death castrated for the very first charge. Usually when we hear of sexual abuse we think of some strange man grabbing a child and raping/molesting them. We need to look closer. Most times these children are abused by people that are close to them or the family. Many times the culprits are family members and babysitters. Do not look past fathers, uncles, boyfriends, neighbors, step fathers, cousins, family friends. I have a friend who told me that his mother use to let a young lady babysit him when he was younger and she’s the one who showed him how to have sex at a very young age. That goes to say, don’t look past women either, because they, although less often, can rape too. Parents, know your children and try to be your own watchdog. Introducing new laws is not going to help if we do not enforce the ones curently on the books. You guys have been doing a good job the fact that more people are reporting and speaking out. I have kids of my own and God knows i will take law in my hands if anyone mess with them. This madness has to stop. Where are the voices of our leaders who think crime is only drug dealing. We are a broken society and the sooner we accept that fact the sooner we will start solving those social ills. Rev. Donald Hill As a father and a grandfather I get quite angry when I hear of sexual child abuse. I don’t want to see people taking the law into their own hands. At the same time I can see where some of the cases I read about would make it very tempting. It would help if: (1) Governments would make it legally mandatory to report to the police every case of known child abuse. (2) There was a severe penalty for NOT reporting a case of child abuse. (3) The police would investigate EVERY case that is reported and lay a charge when there is sufficient evidence. (4) The media would cover EVERY trial and report on the trial when there is a CONVICTION. The name of the victim should NOT be made known. (5) When a guilty verdict is handed down the public should know the sentence and be allowed to decide if it fits the crime. Sad to say there have been some rather whimpy judges. In New York there were two fellows referred to as ”Cut ’em loose Bruce” and ”Let ’em go Joe.” Efficatious The penalty does not have to be too hash only 9 months will do. If you notice when they come out of prison they all wear dark glasses. They receive the same abuse from inmates like they do to the women,so its down to the ladies when they come out of prison, they are half a man I want to know what happens when a minor is pregnant and her parents do not want to press charges. Can’t the state act on behalf of the minor? G.B The prison sentence is a slap on the wrist/hands…that law is “bull ” throw it down the drain,i am sure that if the prime minister’s child or any other minister’s child is sexually abused the offenders will receive a hasher sentence….as a matter of fact any body who have done such a crime ,no matter how long should be severely punished with a very long term imprisonment if possible make it life because a child sex offender will die as a rapist …zandoly knows on which gate to lay down …because in no way someone can rape my child and remain alive…my child will feel the pain for life ,so my revenge on that criminal will fit for life…the gov’t should open an institution to welcome these kids in care …this is a matter that should be taken very seriously.. I find Dominica has so many lawyers and up to now we can’t get this right? Protect the children. All of us must play a part. Its my damn business DNO what about the case between Opposition Leader Lennox Linton against the 17 government ministers? Do you know the date? I just cannot wait for that much anticipated case so we could set an example to others, one way or the other. We won’t get much comments on this subject,rest day for culprits,we got our eyes on” you” A much brutal penalty should be imposed on these culprits. Also they should be registered as child abuse molestors so that the general public are aware/known of them. Way 2go Like facing a firing squard would be fine by me, How about you reader? So all infantile Panty men be ware! Like 72000 dislike 135 lol the latter is equal to the # of abuse cases. Lol if you get my drift That is why after a prison confinement of three months with community service men still continue to practice their nasty habits. There needs to be enforcement of the full penalty. Post a Reply to TRUTH Cancel Reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1171
__label__cc	0.714648	0.285352	Markwells Wood site before the start of decommissioning. Photo: Ann Stewart The site at Markwells Wood is in an area of the South Downs National Park that feeds springs which supply drinking water to Portsmouth. Local people have discovered that drilling fluid was lost during well construction in 2010. They also commissioned a report which showed that pollutants could travel rapidly underground through chalk channels to the springs. But Markwells Wood was drilled before onshore oil and gas wells required an environmental permit. This means the Environment Agency (EA) has had no responsibility for on-site monitoring and regulation of operations. The site is now being decommissioned and the lack of a permit means the EA has no role in that process either. Responsibility has passed instead to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) but this will last only until the site stops being a workplace. Then no regulator will, apparently, check what happens. The community group, Markwells Wood Watch, told DrillOrDrop: “We are astounded that this major operation of decommissioning in such an environmentally-sensitive location can take place with so little scrutiny. An independent well integrity test, prior to plugging, is the minimum that the community would expect to have been carried out.” Group member, Michael Harbour, who has investigated the role of the regulators at Markwells Wood, said: “It seems extraordinary that, despite the significant loss of drilling fluids and an independent hydrogeological report that pointed to the vulnerability of the aquifer beneath Markwells Wood, the EA and the HSE adopted a ‘hands off’ approach. No on-site monitoring, no analysis of well stimulation methods and no proper risk assessment of the vulnerability of the hydrogeological zone were carried out by either the EA or the HSE. “The criteria for plugging and abandoning wells may be of the highest standard, but without on-site supervision there is no guarantee that the work will be completed satisfactorily. Should it be done badly, and pollutants enter the water supply, the damage could be irreversible.” Markwells Wood Watch has called for permit regulations introduced in 2013, which post-date drilling the Markwells Wood well, to be applied immediately to all older onshore oil and gas sites. It also said site inspections should be conducted during all phases of operations. The group said there should be “meaningful collaboration” between the regulators. Local planning authorities should also require financial security for decommissioning and aftercare of wells to avoid taxpayers having to fund clean-ups if an operator went out of business. Investigations reveal regulatory loopholes Through a series of questions to the EA and HSE, Markwells Wood Watch uncovered legal loopholes that have left the well largely unregulated. No permit The EA told Markwells Wood Watch: “The EA were never in receipt of an application for a Permit for this site.” No site visits Asked whether the EA had visited Markwells Wood, the agency said: “As this well was drilled prior to 2013, this information was not a requirement and as a result we do not hold any information on this.” No monitoring Asked about whether there would be monitoring of the site after abandonment, the EA told Markwells Wood Watch: “As an application was never made, we did not issue a Permit. As no Permit is in place for this site, we have no monitoring requirements or parameters to monitor against. The only potential permitting implications would be if the Operator were carrying out a groundwater activity during this process. We have requested and received information and have assessed it accordingly and have deemed that no groundwater activities are taking place and a Groundwater Permit will not be required.” Michael Harbour said: “It is unacceptable that the EA has relied on the operator to confirm that there was no groundwater activity in the decommissioning of the well. There could have been contaminants on or around the membrane that covered the surface of the site, as a result of the drilling works or from the storage and transport of hazardous wastewater, which could have leached into the soil.” No EA role in decommissioning Usually, operators have to demonstrate to the EA that a site has been decommissioned safely and returned to its original condition. The EA will not allow an operator to surrender its environmental permit until it is satisfied that the well has been decommissioned according to requirements and that no pollution has occurred. On decommissioning at Markwells Wood, the EA said: “A permit was never issued by the EA for the Markwells Wood site and therefore we do not have any regulatory remit for it. “As a result, the plugging and abandonment of this site will fall under the regulatory remit of the Health and Safety Executive.” The EA added: “We have not received any formal notification from UKOG as to the activities at the site. “The decommissioning and plugging and abandonment activities of the well will fall under the remit of the HSE who will assess any programme of works proposals and assessments of the integrity of the well. Any Planning requirements/conditions will fall to the Local Planning Authority to control. This may include the reinstatement of the site. “As the site was never granted a Permit, the EA have no provisions to inspect the decommissioning/monitoring of any plugging and abandonment activities.” Markwells Wood Watch criticised the regulators for “a rigid bureaucratic approach to their roles” and questioned why the EA had not been prepared to consider extraordinary permitting. The EA said it had issued a Regulatory Permission Statement for decommissioning oil and gas wells drilled onshore before 2013. This required operators to, among other things, “make sure there’s no evidence of pollution”. Operators must also not carry out a groundwater activity, cause risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals, cause a nuisance from noise or smells, or “adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest”. Markwells Wood Watch said the permission statement offered “no assurance that proper standards were being met” because the EA relied on operators to confirm that they had complied. Markwells Wood before abandonment. Photo: Ann Stewart Questions to the HSE Markwells Wood Watch also put a series of questions to the HSE about its responsibilities for the oil site. The HSE and EA produced a Memorandum of Understanding in 2000 to ensure regulation of sites and processes were coordinated. In 2012, they produced a joined policy statement called Working together to regulate unconventional oil and gas developments. Markwells Wood Watch said the responses to its questions suggested that the two regulators had not worked closely at Markwells Wood. Work place only The HSE confirmed in response to a Freedom of Information request the limits of its responsibility: “Once the abandonment process is complete and the site ceases to be a workplace HSE has no further jurisdiction (or vires) to regulate.” source No remit In response to questions on post-abandon monitoring, legacy plans, risks to the chalk aquifer and contingency if UKOG went out of business, the HSE said “This is not within HSE’s remit” source No inspections The HSE confirmed “HSE has no records of any site monitoring or inspections of the Markwells Wood-1 and Horndean well sites [a neighbouring oil site] carried out by us” source No risk assessments Asked about risk assessments, the HSE said: HSE had “not conducted any risk assessments regarding well integrity at any of the wells at the Horndean, Singleton and Markwells Wood. HSE does not carry out risk assessments on behalf of operators, but may inspect assessments carried out by them” source No details The HSE also told Markwells Wood Watch it could not provide information on well stimulation, the process to improve the flow of a well, or the independent well examiner for the site: “HSE does not hold any data or details of the well stimulation methods used at Markwells Wood or Horndean with regard to well operations.” Source “Under regulation 18 of DCR it is the well operator’s duty to make arrangements for the examination of the well by an independent and competent person. There is no duty placed on the well operator to provide HSE with the name of that person and this information is not held by HSE.” Source Markwells Wood in West Sussex before abandonment. Photo: DrillOrDrop Markwells Wood in West Sussex currently being restored. “Risk of severe consequences” Markwells Wood was drilled and operated by Northern Petroleum until 2014. The current operator, UK Oil & Gas, has provided notifications to the HSE of its intention to decommission the site. But Markwells Wood Watch said the company had not informed the EA, South Downs National Park Authority (the local minerals authority) or local people – nor was it required to do so. The National Park Authority has required no financial security for restoration and aftercare of Markwells Wood in case the operator becomes unable to restore the site. “In the long term there is an issue about who will monitor the integrity of orphaned wells in the UK. Under current legislation there are many such sites that fall outside the remit of the EA and that pose potential risks to the environment. “All organisations develop their own cultures – ‘how we do things here’ – some good and some bad. Without independent challenge and scrutiny bad practice can become the norm. “Our investigations at Markwells Wood revealed that the regulators (EA and the HSE) relied on the operators to self- monitor and to report that they had complied with all regulations concerning well design, operation and decommissioning. “We find this to be unsatisfactory. Such a system would not be tolerated in the inspection of schools or hospitals and should not be accepted in the minerals industry where poor workmanship could result in severe consequences for public health and for the environment.” Categories: Regulation Tagged as: abandon, decommissioning, drill, EA, Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive, HSE, inspection, loophole, Markwells Wood, Markwells Wood Watch, Michael Harbour, monitoring, oil, operations, permit, regulation, remit, responsibility, risk, scrutiny, visit No guarantor for Third Energy’s fracking and drilling plans Anti-fracking protest blocks Manchester supply company Jono says: Shambles ” Without independent challenge and scrutiny bad practice can become the norm” These companies are running on fumes , if they had to do things properly it wouldn’t be profitable. Martin Collyer says: No indication that they are not doing things properly. Plenty of wells drilled and then land re-instated in the UK before 2013 without any issues. All based upon speculation. Surely there is something a little stronger to keep excitement going over the weekend? Why not actually look at the recent RNS from UKOG? Oh, sorry-it actually showed something the antis had previously speculated wouldn’t happen. Can’t have that identified. Reality V speculation. Interesting which takes precedence. Jon and Val Mager says: You obviously do not live within a few hundred metres of the South Downs National Park like we do and you clearly have no regard for the water quality of the millions who live within the South Downs catchment area. Banging on about Venezuela when the truth about “gold standard regulation in the UK for over a century” is laid bare. You really don’t like people in this country do you? Don’t I? You really don’t know what you are commenting about, do you? But, maintaining some reality-please inform me of any water quality issues from any of the oil wells around the South Downs. For example-a real one, not some sort of fabrication-last time I looked the trout and salmon were still enjoying one of the world’s most pristine and “gold standard” rivers at Stockbridge. Oh, and down the other end of the river, Fawley Oil Refinery helps to clean the water in the Solent assisting the salmon on their way to spawn. Wytch Farm, Europes largest on shore oil field, has had no issues and has been largely admired and appreciated by its neighbours over many years and is used as an example of how industry and the environment can co-exist synergistically by certain Universities. You will find many water quality issues recorded due to agricultural around the South Downs, but you will struggle to find any to do with oil exploration. If you want to see a real water quality issue reference oil, try Giggling Torrey Canyon. Your comments would indicate you are willing to see more of that to “protect” your own back yard. But, I shouldn’t bang on about importing/transporting oil because that has to be removed from sight as it is inconvenient to the antis. (Fortunately Venezuela is not on the UK shopping list as we can get plenty of oil from US fracking-currently 372k barrels per day! Netherlands 425k per day! A lot of potential there for Torrey Canyon repeats, and a nice bit of tax income for Donald. Good job some of the other financial benefits in US are being invested in HUNDREDS of new chemical plants being built to replace older, more polluting ones.) I like many of the people in this country, but those who speculate and fabricate to further their own agendas I am not so keen on, whether in this country or elsewhere. Fortunately, that means I have the majority to befriend! John Harrison says: Give them chance Martin, they have only recently moved to the area. Good for them, John. Hope that if within the SCC catchment area they do not find their council tax rises dramatically to compensate for revenue from local business being constrained. A bit more connected than living in France and writing about there being no oil able to be extracted from the Weald! But, to make them feel welcome and safe, I can let them know I have spread loads of muck (literally) on the South Downs and no water polluted, and without supervision from the EA. However, like many in that area they may find their water is not of a quality that does not require treatment-more water softening treatment installations than most other parts of the country. Meanwhile, Chevron to invest $50 BILLION to get further exposure in the Permian in USA. “Rising oil prices and the prospect of a SECOND boom in US shale oil has raised expectations for big merger and acquisition deals”. So, UK imports of oil and NGL products from US likely to increase further. DestroyPowerNotPeople says: What MCfly fails to see, or deliberately deflects from, the woeful lack of responsibility and accountability with very real risk to public drinking water here. As if the oil and gas industry has never been responsible for onshore pollution anywhere in the world. Try and tell that to the Ogoni people in Nigeria, one of many horrendous examples suffered by indigenous people. Of course the industry can’t be as blatant in this country, but they’re certainly pushing the boundaries of bad practice: What real risk, Destroy? Is that the same sort of risk as run off from UK motorways polluting water sources, where they are constructed to mitigate that risk? Strange. Yet the southern motorways seem to be valued by the antis to shop for cakes in the middle of the night! I suggested someone should identify some instances in UK of water being polluted from UK oil exploration. So you come up with-NIGERIA! Yep, it happens, as it does in Venezuela. But, still no reference for UK. But, then, as many antis would prefer for UK to import oil from such foreign sources, I think “shooting yourself in the foot” is rather appropriate. If any contamination did occur in this country we have the resource to identify and sort it quickly and efficiently. In some other countries this simply results in severe health problems and mortality. Not a lot of compassion for others within the anti camp. Seems collateral damage is just a necessary extra on the not so moral high ground. Again you fail to see the more direct risk to public drinking water at this site. Are you saying Portsmouth Water opposed the oil and gas industry for the sake of it? They saw very real risks in this environmentally sensitive area. The last thing it needs is the oil and gas industry. The fact the regulatory authorities allowed there to be self-policing at this sensitive site is completely unacceptable. The industry has already been slow to restore the site as directed. The distrust and worry is perfectly understandable. The fact there may not have been contamination onshore in the UK yet, is a red herring. It is still a possibility with increasing risks and especially at this site. Once a groundwater aquifer is contaminated the damage is irreversible. [Edited by moderator] Your blind trust in the authorities is very foolish MCfly. Although the SDNP did highlight this: https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/markwells-wood-new-breach-condition-notice-issued/ The oil and gas industry really fills people with trust doesn’t it? As for oil and gas from abroad, the majority of sensible people want to see the end of that as well, it’s not mutually exclusive to the local problems. Avoid Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, etc whenever you can. That’s why activists want an end to oil and gas completely and electrified transport from renewable energy, heat pumps to replace oil and gas in homes, etc and is possible now. No inconsistency here at all and in full solidarity with communities across the world blighted by the oil and gas industry. Oh but the UK is supposedly superior to everywhere else and it could never happen here….fossil fools. hewes62 says: DestroyTPNP I do not think that your assertion is always correct that once a groundwater aquifer is contaminated, that it is irreversible. It depends what is the contaminant, how much there is and the type of aquifer. The South Downs aquifer is already contamination with nitrates ( as an example ) and indeed anything else that is deposited on the chalk and is washed into it. This contamination is known and strategies already developed and enacted to improve the situation. https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/South-Downs-News-September-2017.pdf The key issue for that aquifer, if the chalk is managed, is extracting too much and allowing saline ingress at the margin, which would irreversible contaminate that part of the aquifer affected. http://ea-lit.freshwaterlife.org/fedora/repository/ealit:3208/OBJ/20001372.pdf [Post edited at commenter’s request] Oops. I do not think that the assertion is always correct. [Comment above corrected] Ok H62, so what are the irreversible contaminants – benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes….? So, the typical chemicals used, and produced fluids, etc, from the oil and gas industry? What concentrations, would you suggest, are safe for aquifers supplying drinking water for human ingestion in this case? Judith Green says: DPNP – fracking for shale gas is very safe – it is not going to poison drinking water – that might happen in your imagination but not in reality. Maybe you should try and be a bit broader in your google searches and then you’ll realise is that most of what you write has no factual basis. JG, not just in my imagination, according to the following scientific studies it is very real, as well as for the people who’ve been harmed since the fracking companies turned up on their doorstep. Why would they provide people with water buffaloes if they weren’t responsible for contaminating their water and silencing them with legal gagging orders, if they had nothing to hide? – https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fracking-can-contaminate-drinking- – water/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806093929.htm – https://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking – https://news.stanford.edu/2016/03/29/pavillion-fracking-water-032916/ – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100993/ The EPA also finally confirmed it happens: https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-fracking-water-contamination-2144968213.html It also concludes it’s a threat to water supplies unfortunately: https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-concludes-fracking-a-threat-to-u.s.-water-supplies DestroyPNP You have made an unsupported statement and now ask me to disprove it by giving concentrations of chemicals which may, or may not constitute horndean oil or whatever is left onsite at Markwells Woods, the discharge of which into a chalk reservoir would not be diluted sufficiently at a point of extraction to make the water not potable. Quite a task. However, acceptable levels of a number of contaminants you mention can be found in page 3 of the link below which may answer your query. http://planning.allerdale.gov.uk/portal/servlets/AttachmentShowServlet?ImageName=130521 Carrying on …. You say that once a groundwater aquifer is contaminated, it is irreversible, which is not true it seems. I am guessing that your reply that you consider that contamination by Markwells oil well or site could contaminate the chalk aquifer to the extent that it would be irreversibly contaminated? But the point is not about how much oil from the horndean reservoir ( or any contaminants remaining on the well site ) would be required to make the water not potable at the point of extraction, rather, once contaminated is the effect irreversible? Meanwhile, the aquifer has demonstrated some resilience as noted in the DOD report above. It says drill fluids were lost to the formation and that they were noted by Mr Harbour as ‘a significant amount’. This significant amount of drill fluid has not contaminated the aquifer it would seem, despite being in it. I have no argument with the decision to reject the UKOG application for drilling at the site given the concerns raised by the water authority. Except, Destroy, fracking has never been the intention at this site! Oops-set the trap and see who falls in! But, if you think oil within a naturally fractured strata, in an area subject to seismic events, could be an issue regarding drinking water then the quicker the oil is removed the better! The good old precautionary principle so loved by the antis, should mean that UKOG get a Gold Award! H62 I am not asking you to disprove anything with an unsupported statement, I was merely asking what could POTENTIALLY be irreversible contamination, eg. the typical chemicals you would find around the oil extraction process (I wasn’t talking about fracking btw MCFly, I was responding to your beloved JG, who brought up fracking herself when she butted in, as she does, on my question with H62 – you should really learn to stop being so reactionary! You make too many schoolboy errors when you are). Anyway H62, thank you for providing the link to some evidence base and attempting to answer my questions. DPNTP Thanks. Yes, aquifers can be irretrievably contaminated ( in our human timescale ) so we need to look after them. My own particular interest is in the Bunter Sandstone aquifer under my feet, well raddled with oil boreholes as well as mine shafts ( many sunk by pumping as fast as you can while installing cast iron tubbing, grouting behind after ). Also the consequence of mine water control as pumping stops in the Notts Coalfield. Plus the potential damage from past industrial activity, such as old coal gas ( gasometer sites ) sites on the Sandstone. The link below gives a useful oversight to various issues for our aquifers. http://www.groundwateruk.org/downloads/industrial_and_urban_pollution_of_groundwater.pdf However, in my opinion, one well through the chalk is not major concern, nor is the drill site due to its function ( one exploratory well with minimum production ) well rained on as it has been over the years. The EA and water authorities may have bigger fish ( legacy issues ) to fry. Portsmouth Water cope with oil extraction within their area already, Destroy. Not an issue. The two can live side by side without an issue. Even geothermal not an issue. But nobody has noticed the antis are not able to actually identify water contamination in the UK from oil and gas exploration. Oh yes they have. Nice of you to admit there has been no problem, though. But there is a risk! Well, I shall avoid getting up in the morning, crossing the road or anything where there have been recorded problems, as that is obviously even more dangerous!. By the way, I often speak to those in the Portsmouth Water area and I have yet to find any who have any concern about using oil and gas or with it being produced locally. Many of them have friends or relations working at places like Fawley Oil Refinery and appreciate the reality rather than the fiction. Others have visited existing oil sites and are very supportive. Scaremongering from the antis based upon the square root of absolutely nothing. “Activists want an end to oil and gas completely” as you type that out on your plastic keyboard!! Oops. “Communities across the world blighted by the oil and gas industry”. Tell that to the Norwegians. Oops. Careful, you are almost out of toes now. Yet you still avoid the fact that Portsmouth Water was opposed to fossil fuel extraction at this site, because of the serious risks to drinking water, DUH! They say it themselves here: https://investigatingbalcombeandcuadrilla.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/portsmouth-water-comment-on-markwells-wood-application.pdf Quoting their response to this consultation: “Based on the groundwater sensitivity and the nature of the proposed works, Portsmouth Water would object to this application until the Groundwater Risk Assessment and Environmental Statement (Section 9.0 – Ground Condition & Groundwater) ……..Portsmouth Water is concerned that the application in its current format does not identify all potentially significant effects that the proposed works may have on groundwater or, how adverse effects will be mitigated. No site specific data is incorporated in the risk assessment and there have been limited attempts to present the catchment dynamics within the Source Protection Zone 2 of the Havant and Bedhampton Springs. If the Havant and Bedhampton Springs public water supply source is impacted as a result of this application there would be significant effects on the population of the City of Portsmouth and surrounding area.” Are you completely deluded? You condemn yourself with your own words MCfly, I quote you above: “…many antis would prefer for UK to import oil from such foreign sources, I think “shooting yourself in the foot” is rather appropriate. If any contamination did occur in this country we have the resource to identify and sort it quickly and efficiently. In some other countries this simply results in severe health problems and mortality. Not a lot of compassion for others within the anti camp. Seems collateral damage is just a necessary extra on the not so moral high ground.” So it seems you, yourself, have little compassion for those suffering from the oil and gas industry abroad. I can’t imagine you are not using your imported gas to heat your home, nor committed to avoiding filling up any vehicles you drive, with fuel supplied by Shell, BP, etc, all those lovely companies responsible for toxic oil spills around the world. As well as using fossil fuels from this “collateral damage”, you have the audacity to support bringing some of this collateral damage to your own country, as well as supporting child labour and environmental pollution abroad! At least the activists/protectors are campaigning to completely cut it out locally and globally and support alternatives like AD renewable gas from inedible food and organic agricultural waste, waste collection of used cooking oil from town and city centre restaurants for re-use as a bio-fuel for transport (no extra land required), solar panels used to charge up electric buses, stored for later use, etc, etc….ad infinitum. Talk about “shooting yourself in the foot”, you’ve just shot it off! CJR says: This government wants to remove requirement to apply for planning permission!!!!! Sue government are complicit in a race to the bottom of regulations. Or, CPR, you could just continue to import oil from far and wide! Wonder if Venezuela has even heard about planning permission and reinstatement? Environment controls seem collateral damage to some-if they are over the horizon. Shame that is the way most of the plastic gets into the oceans as well. Oil and plastic-two good examples of how UK production and management is so much better than relying upon areas overseas we have no control upon. In UK we can enjoy youngsters campaigning. Overseas they are often dying through toxicity of their local production or employed as child labour to rake though heaps of our rubbish. But, the UK Nimbys are content. How much mud and what type of mud was lost? My guess is that the losses are the same as noted in both UKOG data and the report sponsored by Markwells Wood Watch, being losses in either or both aquifers drilled through. A point of interest would be that these losses have not contaminated the aquifer ( as the reports note that such an event would lead to contaminants turning up in short order at the spring line ), or if they have, no one noticed, as the company drilling used appropriate drilling fluids to drill through both aquifers ( as UKOG said they would if they were given permission to drill ). http://www.markwellswoodwatch.org/uploads/8/4/1/6/84169426/hydrogeological_report_warren.pdf So, the loss of drill fluids is a red herring it seems in this case. The third paragraph in the report seems to link two issues The first issue is loss of drill fluid ( which would be whatever fluid the drilling company were using ) as noted in the report ( total loss ). Is this loss in addition to the losses in the chalk noted in UKOG information and the Fowler report, or the same one? ( post casing the well and drilling 542 to 1081ft incurring losses ). The second is a report which notes that surface spills could enter the chalk and get to the springs in short order ( the Fowler Report ). How do these two issues link? Brockham Oil Watch says: Thanks to Markwells Wood and Drill Or Drop for once again highlighting the shocking lack of regulation of the onshore oil and gas industry. We have seen this so many times – how can anyone still refer to ‘gold standards’? john Powney says: Maybe time to get a prohibitory injunction against these companies being able to say they are operating to gold standards. chrisjohnt says: It remains to be seen what UKOG actually do to ensure that this site is restored properly. If, as is likely, they choose to ‘half-arse’ it then they can be held accountable during consideration for other sites that they they think they are going to be operating within and the lack of a professional restoration here will go against them elsewhere – Isle of Wight where they are hoping to drill, for example. UKOG – the watchword for tat! Chrisjohnt We will be able to compare the restoration with the Tinkers Lane site I guess. That site is to be returned to farmland. I am not sure what Markwells Wood is supposed to look like post restoration, an area of newly planted trees? Phil C says: This is David Kesteven of The Fracking Farmhouse and details the move by Concerned Health Professionals of the United Kingdom (CJPUK) to organise and tell the truth about the dangers of fracking and its related avoidances of the word in the UK and across the world. CJPUK website: http://chpuk.co.uk Newer Comments ›	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1175
__label__wiki	0.737001	0.737001	With Malice Toward None “”by Stephen B.Oates Published by Mentor Books Stephen B. Oates is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the author of eight other books, including The Fires of Jubilee and To Purge This Land with Blood. His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this biography was to bring the past into the present for us and his students. The Life of Abraham Lincoln Although other states such as Indiana lay claim to his birth, most sources agree that Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a backwoods cabin in Hodgeville, Kentucky. In an interview during his campaign for the presidency in 1860 Lincoln described his adolescence as “the short and simple annals of the poor.” (p 30). His father Thomas was a farmer who married Nancy Hanks, his mother, in 1806. Lincoln had one sister, Sarah, who was born in 1807. The Lincoln family was more financially comfortable than most despite the common historical picture of complete poverty. They moved to Indiana because of the shaky system of land titles in Kentucky. Because the Lincoln’s arrived in Spencer County at the same time as winter, Thomas only had time to construct a “half-faced camp.” Made of logs and boughs, it was enclosed on only three sides with a roaring fire for the fourth. The nearest water supply was a mile away, and the family had to survive on the abundance of wild game in the area. Less than two years after the move to Indiana, Mrs. Lincoln caught a horrible frontier disease known as “milk sick.”. Thomas Lincoln returned to Kentucky to find a new wife. On December 2 he married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow with three children, and took them all back to Indiana. Although there were now eight people living in the small shelter, the Lincoln children, especially Abe, adored their new stepmother who played a key role in making sure that Abe at least had some formal education, amounting to a little less than a year in all. To support his family it was necessary that Abe worked for a wage on nearby farms. “He was strong and a great athlete, but Abe preferred to read instead. Although few books were available to a backwoods boy such as himself, anything that he could obtain he would read tenaciously” (p 56). Although his formal education had come to an end, his self-education was just beginning. After a three month flatboat journey along the Ohio and Mississippi, the 19 year old Lincoln returned to Indiana with an enthusiasm for the lifestyles that he had just encountered. Unfortunately, his new-found joy did not last long as his sister Sarah died in childbirth on January In 1830 the Lincoln family decided to leave Indiana in hopes of a better future in Illinois. It was soon thereafter that Abraham became a leader in the town of New Salem while operating a store and managing a mill. The next step for such an ambitious man was obvious–he entered politics, finishing eighth out of thirteen in a race for the Illinois House of Representatives in August of 1832. Abraham Lincoln was a strong supporter of Whig founder Henry Clay and his “American System.” This system that arose from the National Republicans of 1824 was in opposition to the powerful Democratic party of President Andrew Jackson. Lincoln agreed with Clay that the government should be a positive force with the purpose of serving the people. Internal improvements were high on both mens’ lists, and this stand made the relatively unknown Lincoln popular in rural Illinois from the start. As the Whigs rose in stature throughout the 1830’s, so did Lincoln, but not without paying his dues along the way. For eighty days in the spring and early summer of 1832 Lincoln served in the military. On a constant search for Black Hawk, war leader of the Sauk and Fox Indians, he never saw any fighting but he did prove to be a superior leader of men in some of the most trying situations, including threats of desertion. “In return for his eleven and a half weeks of service Lincoln earned a mere $125, but the connections that he made with future leaders of Illinois and the experiencing of life from a soldier’s viewpoint proved to be priceless in his future political career” (p 80). During this time Lincoln ran for and won a seat in the Illinois Legislature with bipartisan support. In 1846 Lincoln took his biggest step in politics to that point. He won election to Congress as the only Whig from Illinois. His single term was only memorable in that he took an unpopular stand against President James K. Polk and his Mexican War, which Lincoln saw as unjust. Lincoln made unsuccessful bids for an Illinois Senate seat in 1855, running as a Whig, and the Vice Presidency in 1856, running as a Republican. In his early days as a lawyer and an Illinois Legislator, Lincoln was a frequent guest of the Edward’s family and Mrs. Edward’s younger sister, Mary Todd, immediately caught Abe’s eye. She was like no woman he had ever known before. Her beauty, intelligence, charm, and ability to lead a conversation was enough to cause the usually unemotional Abraham to propose. Yet he felt he did not love here and they broke up the engagement. Almost immediately thereafter, Lincoln began to feel terrible guilt and unhappiness over what he had done and what he then realized he had lost. He became so depressed that for a short time many of those around him feared that he was going to commit suicide. Until he longed for her so much that a spark was reignited between the old lovers and they remarried. After receiving the Republican Party nomination for the 1858 Illinois senatorial race, Lincoln gave his historically famous, yet questionably radical “House Divided” speech Lincoln had lost this election against Douglas but he had strengthened the Republican Party and won national recognition in the process. As a result of holding his own with the “Little Giant” (referring to Douglas’s physical stature and political power), the entire nation was able to see just how great and powerful of a leader Abraham Lincoln could become. Lincoln put the Senatorial defeat in its proper perspective six years later when he said, “It’s a slip, and not a fall.” (p 143) After Illinois chose Lincoln over the more radical William Seward and Edward Bates, he almost reluctantly turned his attention to the national scene. Lincoln’s true desire was to be a Senator, where Abe believed that he could concentrate on the most important issues more closely. Since he honestly did not believe that he had a chance of actually winning the presidency, one of the main reasons that he was running was to gain more notoriety for the 1864 senatorial. Nevertheless, Lincoln had thrown his hat in the ring and he ran on the Republican platform of: 1) opposition to the extension of slavery 2) opposition to “nativist” demands that naturalization laws be changed to limit the rights of immigrants 3) support of federally sponsored internal improvements, a protective tariff, a railroad to the Far West, and free land for Western settlers. This stand was obviously very attractive to Northern and Western voters. When election day finally came, Lincoln simply waited, first in his office at the statehouse and later in the telegraph office. When the final results came in at about two o’clock in the morning, Abraham Lincoln had become the sixteenth President of the United States with 1,866,452 popular votes. However he, did not receive a single vote in ten Southern states, and largely because of his victory, frustrated, humiliated, and defeated Southerners began the process of secession, beginning with South Carolina in 1860. Abraham Lincoln was chosen by destiny as the man to lead the Nation through its most trying hour, and it is quite probable that he understood just how trying it would be. Upon recalling how he felt immediately after learning of his victory, Lincoln replied, “I went home, but not to get much sleep, for I then felt as I never had before, the responsibility that was upon me.” (p 231) By Lincoln’s inauguration day in March of 1861, seven states had already seceded from the Union, electing Jefferson Davis as President of their Confederacy. In his inaugural address Lincoln attempted to avoid aggravating the slave states that had not yet seceded. He asked the South to reconsider its actions, but also reinforced his belief that the Union was perpetual, and that states could not secede, saying, “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.” (p 288) Lincoln also announced that because secession was unlawful he would hold the federal forts and installations in the South. All sided with the Union basically because they were assured by Lincoln that the war was being fought to preserve the Union, and not to destroy slavery. In a letter to Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, on August 22, 1862, Lincoln confirmed this position saying: “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” (p 290) Just as he had previously said that he would, on January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared that all slaves residing in states and districts still in rebellion against the United States were to be free. Although this was a bold move meant to upset the Southern war effort, the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation had no immediate affect because it applied only to the Confederate states over which the federal government had no control. The proclamation did not apply to the slave states under Union control because there was no legal justification for Lincoln to apply it in those places. It had to be classified as a “military measure,” such as depriving the South of the services of her slaves. Lincoln realized that in order to peacefully integrate the former slaves into American society he decided to train them as regular soldiers, and they fought gallantly. Some 186,000 colored troops had been enrolled in the Union army by the end of the war. The famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow remarked, “At last the North consents to let the Negro fight for freedom.” (p 340) Jefferson Davis, and his war-torn South, had one final hope — the defeat of Lincoln in the election of 1864. Davis knew that as long as Lincoln was in the Office, the industrial superior North would continue to fight, and the South could not withstand the war much longer. If a new “peace” candidate were to be elected, then the Confederacy might survive. “Luckily for Lincoln the tide of the war turned dramatically in September of 1864 when General Sherman took Atlanta, an extremely important Southern rail and manufacturing center. Morale was boosted greatly in the North, and the victories continued to mount under Lincoln’s new-found leaders in Ulysses S. Grant and General Sherman. By the time of the election in November, Lincoln won overwhelmingly with 212 of the 233 possible electoral.” (p 402) The very weary President addressed the Nation the next day with less than victorious words. He stressed that the South should be dealt with mildly in order to bring the entire Nation back together as soon as possible. “Let us all join in doing the acts necessary to restoring the proper practical relations between these states and the Union.” (p 409) What should have been Lincoln’s finest hour was probably one of his most stressing, because it was now up to him as to where the Nation was to go It was Good Friday, April 14, 1865, only five days after the end of the war. Despite numerous warnings from some of his closest advisors, President Lincoln insisted on attending an evening performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater. Since General Grant was expected to attend the play with President Lincoln, the President’s attendance was highly publicized. John Wilkes Booth, a staunch Southern supporter, was a well known and popular actor who felt it necessary to redeem the lost cause of the Confederacy. He had previously planned to kidnap President Lincoln, but when that plan did not work he decided to assassinate him instead. He had the help of three others in his plot, with the intention of also assassinating Vice President Johnson, Secretary Seward, and General Grant. The wounded Lincoln was rushed across the street to the Petersen house where he was attended to for nine hours. After fighting for life like only he could, President Abraham Lincoln passed away at 7:22 a.m. on the morning of April 15, 1865. “Even he who now sleeps, has, by this event, been clothed with a new influence…Now his simple and weighty words will be gathered like those of Washington, and your children, and your children’s children, shall be taught to ponder the simplicity and deep wisdom of utterances which, in their time, passed, in party heat, as idle words.” –Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, 1865 “A greater work is seldom performed by a single man. Generations yet unborn will rise up and call him blessed.” –Reverend James Reed, 1865 “…In all America, there was, perhaps, not one man who less deserved to be the victim of this revolution, than he who has just fallen.” –The London Times, 1865 “Abraham Lincoln…was at home and welcome with the humblest, and had a spirit and a practical vein in the times of terror that commanded the admiration of the wisest. His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1876 “If one would know the greatness of Lincoln one should listen to the stories which are told about him in other parts of the world. I have been in wild places where one hears the name of America uttered with such mystery as if it were some heaven or hell…but I heard this only in connection with the name Lincoln.” “In the days before antiseptic surgery, Lincoln had foreshadowed his own demise; his efforts to preserve the life of the nation had been successful at the cost of its strongest limb.” (p 446) My View on the Book I found this book interesting and was surprised it was not another documentary style written biography. It was actually interesting to read due to Oates creative writing style. And being a factual historical story I learned a little about the life style of the post-colonial period and of course, the life of Lincoln, that I now know so much more about. History of the original lincol Civil war: northern attitudes Lincoln and his generals A Comparison of Heroes in Beowulf and A Lesson Bef	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0002.json.gz/line1186
__label__wiki	0.628213	0.628213	A comparison of traditional plant knowledge between students and herders in northern Kenya Brett L. Bruyere1Email author, Jonathan Trimarco1 and Saruni Lemungesi1 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine201612:48 Accepted: 8 October 2016 The Samburu region of northern Kenya is undergoing significant change, driven by factors including greater value on formal education, improvements in infrastructure and development, a shift from community to private ownership of land, increased sedentary lifestyles and global climate change. One outcome of these changes are an increasingly greater likelihood for adolescent boys to be enrolled in school rather than herding livestock on behalf of the family in a landscape shared with numerous native vegetation and wildlife species. This study compared identification and knowledge of native plant species between boys enrolled in school with boys of similar age but primary responsibility as herders, called moran. Study participants walked an approximately 100 m path with 10 flagged points in which they were asked to identify any plant species at that point and associated facts of each species, within a 1 m radius. On average, moran identified 38 species compared to 20 for students, including nearly 13 (of a possible 15) species considered to have high cultural significance. Students identified an average of 8.6 culturally-significant plants. Further, moran shared nearly 18 correct facts about the plants, compared with ten for students. In addition, herding frequency was the only significant predictor of plant identification in a linear regression. The results demonstrate that while formal education undoubtedly provides benefits to students, attendance in school in lieu of the traditional role of herders has consequences on young men in Samburu related to ability to identify native and culturally-significant plants. This further shows the importance for communities like those in Samburu undergoing change need to develop alternative options to transmit local traditional knowledge to its younger generations. Traditional ecological knowledge Pastoralism There is widespread recognition in the field of natural resource management that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of indigenous communities can positively influence sustainable land use practices [1–4]. In addition, TEK can broaden the way environmental problems are conceptualized and solved, and can add diversity to land managers’ understandings, ultimately bolstering a socio-ecological system’s resilience [5]. In sub-Saharan Africa, the loss of TEK among indigenous communities has been described as one of the greatest challenges to the continent for retaining cultural continuity and achieving sustainable resource management [6]. The loss and lack of recognition of TEK were also cited as two of six of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation in Africa by the United Nations Development Program Convention on Biological Diversity in 2006. The importance of these issues is paramount, as numerous studies highlight the valuable contributions of TEK in the provision of sustainable East African pastoral socio-ecological systems [7–9]. Several studies also call attention to the problem of TEK erosion [10, 11], but there is need for more research to understand this trend [9, 12–15]. At the broadest of levels, widespread changes in pastoralism cultures and systems are known to be occurring around the globe, driven by climate change, population growth, economic development, land tenure changes and other factors. Dong et al.’s study of 10 pastoral case studies around the world confirmed such widespread change and the increased vulnerability of pastoral systems across the globe as a result, from the Sahel in Africa to the high plateaus of central China to the Andes of South America [16]. Additional drivers of change in pastoral systems include migration, as Rasmussen et al.’s model revealed in their study of the Sahel [17]. Many of these changes and vulnerabilities are true in the Samburu region of northern Kenya as well. As a result, in Samburu, Kenya there is increasing concern that TEK is eroding as successive generations seek less traditional ways of life which tend to favor more modernized ways of living and western knowledge systems [note: Samburu (un-italicized) refers to the place (i.e., Samburu County) whereas Samburu (italicized) will refer to the tribe/cultural group. Other tribes/cultural groups will be italicized accordingly]. Specifically, there is concern that as more youth in Samburu pursue formal education, there will be a shift away from pastoralism, and less interest and competence in traditional knowledge as a result. More specifically, in traditional Samburu culture, boys typically carry primary responsibility for tending to family livestock. Today, with greater emphasis and value placed on education, these boys are increasingly more likely to be enrolled in school, and many may therefore lack the direct experiences in the landscape as herders that can help facilitate TEK transmission. The purpose of this research is to assess if attending school in lieu of practicing pastoralism for boys contributes to a difference in knowledge about the traditional names and uses of local plants. We hypothesize that adolescent males who engage in traditional herding activities in lieu of school will identify more local plant species and be more traditional knowledgeable about local plant uses than their school-going peers. TEK has been the focus of many researchers and therefore comes with many definitions. Raymond et al. defined TEK as “a subset of indigenous knowledge that includes knowledge and beliefs handed down through generations by cultural transmission and which is related to human-environment interactions” (p. 1768, [18]). Fernandez-Gimenez et al. describe TEK as “a system of experiential knowledge gained by continual observation, and transmitted among members of a community,” (p. 306, [19]). In this study, we used a definition from Berkes, Colding and Folke [3]: “a cumulative body of knowledge, practice, and belief, evolving by adaptive processes and handed down through generations by cultural transmission, about the relationship of living beings (including humans) with one another and with their environment” (p. 1252). We selected this definition because it includes an adaptive focus and the rationale for our study in its specific location in Kenya was due to considerable social and environmental change, which will require its people to adapt accordingly. Traditional ecological knowledge and sustainable resource management TEK is an important component of a number of concepts within community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and related concepts, including resilience, community participation and stakeholder collaboration [3, 20, 21]. The push over the past 2 decades for natural resource management that honors and integrates indigenous knowledge and traditions is seen as an important step towards sustainable socio-ecological systems [2, 3, 9, 22]. Sustainable land management often requires sufficient collection, retention and transmission of knowledge gained through years of interacting with a landscape [23]. For example, in her study on Maasai vegetative knowledge (a tribe closely related to the Samburu), Kiptot found that the tribe possessed complex knowledge about grazing which has supported sustainable landscape management over many generations [9]. Similar knowledge systems have evolved within nomadic pastoral communities throughout the world, where herders base decisions on intimate and culturally-embedded knowledge of their environments passed on between generations [8, 19, 24]. If intergenerational transmission of this knowledge is weakened, resilience may be lost and successive generations may be less equipped to contend with new environmental challenges as they arise [5]. Transmission of TEK TEK transmission is the transfer of traditional knowledge between individuals of a particular indigenous group. The primary modes of transmission are dynamic, varying with place and across time, though it commonly occurs through direct interaction with one’s environment [12, 25]. Many individuals within a culture learn through direct experiences as exemplified in a study of Luo children in western Kenya who learned ethno-medicinal practice through the process of contending with their own illnesses, with guidance from peers and adults [13]. TEK is also often conferred during normal social interaction, and by oral transmission through story-telling [3, 12]. While TEK transmission most often occurs between older and younger generations, or vertical instruction, it can also occur through more horizontal interactions between peers, and oblique transmission from non-familial mentors [26–29]. Communities have shifted to alternative modes of TEK transmission when traditional vertical and horizontal avenues are weakened, or as more viable alternatives develop. These new and non-familial avenues for TEK transmission have often emerged when communities undergo social and economic changes. In their study on ethnobotanical knowledge transmission in a rural Patagonian community, for example, while knowledge specialists (shamans) played a significant role in TEK transmission in the past, familial transmission had emerged as a more contemporary option as shamans became a less common role in the community [30]. Similarly, Tyrolean (Austrian) chefs have become a source for traditional food knowledge transmission to employees in restaurants who would have acquired similar knowledge in the past from family members [27]. As some Tanzanian communities change to market-based economies, community produce markets can facilitate knowledge transmission about local vegetation and foods, where merchants exchange plant knowledge with one another through the course of selling their respective goods [14]. Factors affecting TEK transmission Loss of TEK has been attributed in part to Western influences including prevailing models of formal education, medicine, political systems, religion and technology [22, 27, 31, 32]. These factors were corroborated by a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2006 which presented a list of 23 barriers to traditional knowledge transmission in Africa, including loss of or dramatic change to ecosystems, poverty, climate change, immigration and emigration, schools, urbanization, and others [12]. Such factors can contribute to TEK loss through a number of ways: by catalyzing a shift in cultural norms, increasing the availability of western medicine, emphasizing western knowledge over other ways of knowing, reducing the amount of time young people spend in the natural environment, and biodiversity loss from development or land conversion [14, 32, 33]. For example the erosion of ethno-medicinal knowledge among young Tsimane’ men in Bolivia was attributed to the partial adoption of western medicine and stigmatization of traditional diets [32]. For reference, Zent provides an extensive overview of research pertaining to these sources of TEK erosion [34]. These factors can influence TEK transmission differently between communities, so the extent of these effects must be studied on a community-by-community basis in order to determine the best strategies for mitigating TEK loss and/or devaluation in a specific area [28]. For example, while formal Westernized education systems can be a contributor to TEK erosion, its value to facilitate TEK transmission can also be positive, depending on the community [28]. Formal education & TEK While formal education can have a negative impact on TEK, research has shown that the nature of this relationship varies considerably, including results that support the argument that western approaches to education can actually help pastoralism successfully adapt to widespread change [35]. Overall, the research on TEK and formal education remains mixed. For example, a study among Taiwanese youths found that TEK knowledge was negatively correlated with the number of years a person had been in school [36]. Another study in Columbia and Guatemala concluded that formal education was a major factor contributing to the degradation of intergenerational TEK transmission [12]. Others have found similar evidence of this negative relationship between TEK and formal education [33, 36, 37]. Explanations for the negative effect of formal education on TEK include the constraints that formal education places on a student’s time and a dismissiveness of traditional knowledge [25, 28]. Conversely, in other research the relationship between formal education and TEK erosion is more ambiguous. Among rural communities in Tanzania, a weak correlation between the number of years a person spent in school and their knowledge of medicinal plants was found [14]. Among the Piaroa people of Venezuela, on the other hand, researchers found a strong positive correlation between age and plant knowledge (explained by the natural acquisition of knowledge over time), and only a weak negative correlation with the number of years a person spent in school, concluding that formal education does seem to explain a certain degree of TEK erosion [38]. Similarly incongruent findings are reported elsewhere [28, 39]. Some studies have shown that education is not a strong explanatory variable for TEK erosion at all [40, 41]. By comparing plant knowledge of children of different generations (i.e., 40 years apart), research showed that plant knowledge has persisted in spite of several decades of modernization and increased formal education, and that formal education can even help in supporting pastoralism systems [42]. A mixed methods study in Western Nigeria found minimal support for a negative correlation between formal education and TEK knowledge, and the authors’ qualitative work noted that formal education was essential for retaining some aspects of TEK [26]. Further, a study in the high Andes found that a participant’s level of formal education had no effect on plant knowledge, and concluded that individual motivation was a more influential factor in retention or loss of TEK [41]. Given the place-based circumstances that influence TEK retention and loss, it is incumbent to examine TEK issues on a community-by-community basis [25]. Study site This study focused on communities within Archer’s Post in Samburu County, situated along the Ewaso Nyiro River in northern Kenya (see Fig. 1). Archer’s Post is the largest settlement within the federally-designated Waso Ward [formerly of the Samburu East District, population 59,000. It is characterized by the relatively flat expanses of Acacia-Commiphora bushland north of the Ewaso Nyiro River and south-east of the nearby highlands. Archer’s Post, Samburu County, Kenya Archer’s Post is a market town that serves as a center of commerce for its permanent residents as well as the nomadic and semi-nomadic pastoralists of the surrounding areas. The arid acacia bush-land and lack of infrastructure and amenities surrounding the town historically limited the primary economic activity to nomadic pastoralism. Increasingly, in the wake of ongoing development and improvements, the town now provides alternative livelihood opportunities, mostly in the forms of trade, day labor, and services for tourists. Many families have moved to Archer’s Post specifically to send children to school, according to local informants. It has the largest concentration of primary schools in the area, and the only secondary school in the Waso Ward. Kenya’s school system is modeled after that in the United Kingdom. Students attend (free) primary school for 8 years (standards 1–8), and can continue to 4 years of secondary school and 4 years of college at their own expense. Admittance into secondary school (and college) is contingent upon national standardized exam scores, so much of the instruction is designed around a nationalized curriculum and exam. The population of Samburu consists largely of Samburu and Turkana ethnic groups, with some migrant Somali and Borana families. Traditionally, Samburu males in their early-to-mid-teenage years assume the roles of moran. At this stage in life, the moran function primarily as warrior guardians of their community and its livestock. As traditional nomadic pastoralists, they frequently embark on long cattle herding journeys that can last for months. During this time they gain knowledge about the natural environment, including its vegetation, topography, and wildlife as well as the ecological effects of their interaction with it. This is known to contribute to the adaptability and resiliency of these and similar pastoral populations [7, 24]. Ethnobotanical knowledge remains important to daily life both in, and outside of the context of pastoralism in Samburu. Even in permanent settlements in Samburu, traditional remedies are still used for cases such as skin infections and post-natal care [43, 44]. Local plant resources also remain commonly used in construction, tool-making, nutritional supplementation and for cultural adornment [43, 44]. Comprehensive research of the ethnobotanical importance of plants for Samburu revealed findings that are relevant to the context of our study [43]. This study identified 449 plant species, and in interviews with Samburu in the Mount Nyiru region, noted that 249 of the species had specific utility value to Samburu, mostly as fodder for livestock or for medicine. However, the study also noted that changes leading to a less nomadic lifestyle were less in his study site than other regions of Samburu, such as the site for our study. A second highly relevant study involved 100 individuals in Samburu from a wide range of ages and livelihoods who participated in interviews and plant walks for the researchers to assess and compare traditional plant use and knowledge [44]. Their study revealed that older participants could identify and share more knowledge about local plants than younger participants, and that anthropogenic factors (including transition from nomadic to settled lifestyles) were contributing to declining plant knowledge. This study was guided by a number of principles of participatory and community-based research. The community’s concerns about TEK erosion were originally expressed in a previous 2006 project [45]. Stakeholders in the current study were consulted at the inception (e.g., identification of the problem and research question) and throughout the research, following advice from the continuous engagement model [46]. Local Samburu community members participated as researcher assistants and were empowered to influence data collection design and analysis based on cultural appropriateness and local need. Fieldwork began by identifying plants, in partnership with local elders (i.e., wazee), that were considered most important to the Samburu and Turkana people in the Waso Ward. This was conducted via small group meetings. Many of these species were also identified as locally significant for their ethnobotanical value based on prior research and interviews with local wazee [42, 44]. These plants were located, photographed and identified by their scientific names with the help of local plant experts and a botanical expert from the University of Nairobi. This information was then used to select a site for a 30 m plant trail which served as part of our research strategy (see below). In addition, several meetings were held with wazee to elicit their thoughts about TEK and barriers to its transmission. This study compared young men who identified as traditional moran with peers enrolled in school. Traditional moran spend significant time in the natural environment tending to livestock, often covering long distances in a landscape shared with an abundant population of wildlife species. We aimed to sample 30 students from each of the two groups, based on available resources. Male students were sampled from standards 7 and 8 from the three largest public primary schools in Archer’s Post. The students were assigned a number, and 33 were randomly selected. Moran were not able to be randomly selected, due to their nomadic and semi-nomadic nature, and instead were selected via convenience sampling from the livestock market area of Archer’s Post, based on their willingness to participate. All moran reported being from within 25 km of Archers Post. A total of 33 were selected, and 26 completed their participation in the study. Plant identification and associated plant facts were used as proxies to measure TEK from the two groups, a practice common within TEK research [12, 22, 28, 36]. A site was identified along a vegetated riparian area of the Ewaso Nyiro River and 10 points along a designated 100 m path were flagged, in which all 15 of the plant species determined to be of cultural value by wazee were present. Participants were accompanied by at least one researcher or research assistant who asked them to stand at each point and name all of the plants they could identify within a one meter radius. When participants identified one of the 15 target plants, they were asked to provide any facts about its local uses. The time to complete the activity varied between 30 and 120 min for each participant. This approach is similar to the methods employed in other studies [37, 42] In addition, participants provided basic demographic information such as their age, tribal affiliation, primary area of residence, years spent in school, and frequency of herding on a scale of one (1; never) to five (5; daily). Data was analyzed along three major parameters: number of total species correctly identified, number of important species (out of 15, as noted by wazee) identified, and number of total correct facts the students reported about the 15 important species. Facts were determined as correct in partnership with the wazee, who shared abundance of information about each of the 15 species and which was used to rate responses. Facts included information about how plants were used locally such as for medicine, grazing, household use (e.g., charcoal, construction), food and similar uses. Responses were entered into a statistical software package (i.e., SPSS v. 21), and descriptive statistics and comparisons between students and moran (via independent sample t-tests) were conducted. In addition to student/moran group comparisons, we examined which independent variables were most likely to predict plant identification and knowledge, via a multiple regression. A total of 33 students and 26 moran participated. Moran identified more overall plant species than students with mean counts of 38 and 20 plants, respectively (p < .01; see Table 1). Average number of total plants identified for students and moran Students/Moran t-value Plants identified x̅ <.01 Of the 15 specific species identified by wazee as being culturally important, moran were able to identify an average of 13 and students identified an average of nine (p < .01; see Table 2). Difference between number of culturally significant plants identified by students and moran Total # culturally important species identifieda aOut of a maximum of 15 Significant differences in the ability of moran and students to specifically identify each of the 15 culturally important species were found among 11 of the 15 species. No differences were found with identifying Ltepes (Acacia tortilis; p < .38), Lordanyai (Loranthus sp., p < .08), Lparuai (Hyphaene thebaica, p < .07) and Sukuroi (Aloe secundiflora; p < .07). For other species, differences in ability to identify was significant. Moran were more likely to identify nine of the 15 species (p < .01). None of the plant species were identified more often than students (see Table 3). Differences in percentage of students and moran that correctly identified culturally important plants by species Samburu (Turkana) name Correctly identifieda Chi-square Lawai (Ekurchanalt) Delonix elata Ldupai (Emojo) Sanserveria intermedia Lgiriai (Ethajait) Lawsonia inermis Lpupoi (Engumo) Grewia villosa Lominira (Ekaretrete) Lordanyai (Lorkirdanyai) Loranthus sp. >.08 Lparuai (Engwael) Hyphaene thebaica Ltepes (Etiir & Ewoi) Acacia tortilis Ngirman (Egong) Hildebrandtia sepalosa Sakurdumi (Emoni) Kedrostis gijef Sakurtuti (Lobara) Cissus quadrangularis Salapani (Etuntun) Cordia sinensis Serichoi (Edung) Boscia coriacea Sukuroi (Echuchuka) Aloe secundiflora Sumanderi (Ethimanderi) Commiphora schimperi aPercentage of participants in social group (student of w) that correctly identified species Plant knowledge When a participant identified one of the 15 culturally-significant plant species, they were asked to share any information about the species. Moran recalled a statistically significant higher average number of overall facts (x̅= 17.87) than students (x̅= 10.28; p < .01; see Table 4). Average number of facts recalled about culturally important plants by students and moran Total # factsa aTotal number of correctly recalled facts about plants across all 15 species A backward regression analysis resulted in one significant independent variable, herding frequency, that explained 30 % of the variability in total plant identification (adjusted R-squared; p < .01; see Table 5). Assessment of herding frequency as a predictor of plants identification Standardized regression coefficient (β) Adjusted R 2 Herding Frequency The results of this study are consistent with previous research: herding can help facilitate TEK transmission. Regression results indicated that herding frequency predicted an individual’s ability to identify plant species more than any other factor. This is corroborated by many results showing that moran could identify more of the plants in this study, and knew more about plants they identified. In informal follow-up conversations with moran and wazee following analysis to elicit explanations for the results, moran described herding with peers (i.e., horizontal transmission) and elders (i.e., vertical transmission) when asked to think about how they gained this knowledge. In many instances during these discussions, moran described practical, experiential herding moments situated in the landscape when a plant’s name and/or knowledge was shared by a peer (i.e., other moran) or mentor (i.e., father). The combination of the study results and these informal discussions supports an assumption that herding provides a common mechanisms by which young males gain ethnobotanical knowledge in this region. If herding serves as a conduit for TEK acquisition and students herd much less frequently than moran, then it is reasonable to conclude that school attendance, compared to herding, may inhibit TEK transmission unless a viable substitute (to herding) is identified. This notion is further supported by the results that moran identified more than twice as many plants as students, and on average shared 70 % more facts about traditional uses of key plant species. Our findings also suggest that TEK erosion is likely occurring among boys who regularly attend school in our study (in lieu of herding). In this community, education is increasingly desired by families for their children; enrollment in the three long-existing local primary schools was among its highest-ever levels according to school leaders. Two additional primary schools were recently added in the community, and numerous key informants spoke of the changing value on education within the community during the past generation. During our conversations, wazee expressed concern that students lacking TEK was indicative of a broader loss in appreciation for local customs and culture more broadly. This led to recognition that they may have a new role in their community, as active educators and advocates about local culture, including ethnobotanical knowledge, traditional grazing practices and similar concepts. Taking on such new roles in the community to encompass TEK transmission through non-traditional means (e.g., activities with school environment clubs) shows a willingness by wazee to be adaptive, and how such willingness has perhaps led to the resilience that has persisted in this culture and landscape for generations. The wazees’ concern with TEK erosion also signifies a potential shift in community power dynamics. Elders are the current bearers of traditional knowledge, but whether such knowledge will be valued by a growing non-herding class of males is uncertain. This could be alleviated if the importance of TEK is conveyed to school-going young people. Moreover, TEK and herding have long been at the core of what it means to be Samburu or Turkana, so maintaining TEK is potentially a matter of retaining an important aspect of cultural pride. Based on our observations, schools in this region and throughout Kenya almost exclusively teach based on western knowledge systems, and the teaching profession in Kenya generally does not promote approaches such as place-based education (where TEK might be integrated) [47]. Additionally, teaching positions are governed by the national Ministry of Education, meaning schools in a place such as Samburu can be assigned teachers from vastly different parts of the country and with minimal knowledge about the local environment. Given that students enrolled in school possess less ethnobotanical knowledge than their herding peers, and that such knowledge is regarded by the wazee as essential to Samburu and Turkana cultures, there is a need to develop alternative modes of transmission for students. Most of the educators we spoke with, including administrators and district education personnel, were not aware that their students had low levels of TEK compared to moran, or that TEK loss by students was a concern of elders in their community. Although formal education has been implicated as a barrier to TEK transmission in other indigenous communities it has also been suggested in the literature that western and traditional pedagogies are not inevitable competitors [25, 28, 47, 48]. In fact, researchers contend that with leadership and willingness to adapt, formal education can be leveraged to facilitate TEK transmission [47, 48]. One argument for a simple strategy to ensure that younger generations are exposed to traditional knowledge would be to bring that knowledge into formal education. By providing opportunities in the curriculum or during school-sanctioned extracurricular lessons, TEK experts (e.g., moran and wazee) and educators can help integrate TEK as a traditional way of knowing, and present ethnobotanical knowledge along with more conventional scientific knowledge in schools. In conjunction with this study, the research team and local collaborators convened wazee, educators and conservation professionals to develop pilot programs that targeted Samburu students. Among the projects was a plant identification guide featuring Samburu and Turkana ethnobotanical knowledge that was distributed in schools. Selected students were taken on a three day field trip into nearby protected areas where they were given hands-on, place-based TEK instruction from local wazee and supported by educators and conservation staff from non-governmental organizations. The participating students later assisted the elders in a series of after-school programs with their peers, where they brought plant samples to the classroom, and co-delivered ethnobotanical lessons with wazee. The success of these efforts were not measured as part of this study, but participating elders expressed satisfaction that they were provided an opportunity to convey information about local plants to non-herding youth in their community. As described earlier, the effect of formal education on TEK is mixed with some studies indicating education is a barrier to TEK while other studies showed no adverse effect. This study supports the notion that formal education diverts students from herding where they traditionally acquire ethnobotanical knowledge. This was an unintended outcome of greater access to and value on education, and points to the need to look at TEK through a system lens. As an integral part of the community’s semi-nomadic traditions, and a marker of cultural pride, TEK is an important part of maintaining cultural cohesiveness and sustainable natural resource management in Samburu. The erosion of TEK among students is suggestive of a pervasive social rift that may impact community dynamics and negatively influence people’s valuation of, and ability to implement Samburu’s traditional, resource utilization practices. It also stands to reason that the sustainable management of local plants, and ultimately plant biodiversity in the area, may suffer if medicinal plant species are no longer perceived to be of significant value by the broader community [6]. One potential strategy for addressing the decline in TEK among students in Samburu (and perhaps other regions of Kenya) may be to leverage the formal education system to advance the legitimacy of TEK (and traditional management strategies). Formal education is, in essence, systemized knowledge transfer, so it seems like an obvious and readily available channel for renewed TEK transmission. Schools in Waso East could continue to collaborate with local TEK experts and elders to incorporate TEK lessons into extracurricular activities. There are also opportunities to work with the various conservation entities in the area to develop TEK related place-based education programs [25, 46]. Moran were recruited for this study from one relatively small community situated in a geographically large area. This created an opportunity for sampling bias, as moran in a given area are typically a tightly-woven social group, and information is often shared within that group. Moran from other areas may have a different level of knowledge or different information about plants. Suggestions for future research This was not a longitudinal study so it remains uncertain whether knowledge has actually been lost over time. A follow up study, using the data from this study as a baseline could help reveal if such trends exist, especially regarding TEK erosion among the moran. This study was designed to look at herding, a predominantly male activity, as an important factor that is limited by the formal education system. Similar research could also assess whether similar trends exist among females in Samburu. Additional analysis of our data hints at the possibility that students may acquire enough TEK after completing primary school to catch up with their moran peers; an idea that also merits further research. TEK: UNEP: Thank you to the Colorado State University Center for Collaborative Conservation for financial support of this project. 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