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The dataset generation failed
Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 50
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 50
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Tag Archives: Scott Craig
Corrupt Cabal of California Cops Indicted with Prison Time for Obstructing Jail Probe
By Rayn | September 26, 2014 - 6:31 pm | February 8, 2017 News Commentary
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
Sgt. Maricela Long, left, and Lt. Stephen Leavins, far right, leave the federal courthouse after sentencing Tuesday. Long got 24 months and Leavins 41 months
Six L.A. County Sheriff Workers Get Prison for Obstructing Jail Probe:
http://www.latimes.com/local/countygovernment/la-me-deputy-corruption-20140924-story.html
(Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times) A federal judge on Tuesday lambasted what he called a “corrupt culture” within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as he sentenced six current and former members of the department to prison for obstructing a federal investigation into abuse and corruption at the county jails.
U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson said evidence showed there were “significant problems” within the department, including an “us-versus-them mentality,” routine cover-up of inmate abuse, and an “unwritten code” taught to new jail deputies that any inmate who fought a guard should end up in the hospital.
(Read Entire Article Here…)
My Commentary: According to the article, “jurors convicted the sheriff’s officials this year of conspiring to impede a grand jury investigation by keeping an inmate informant hidden from his FBI handlers, dissuading witnesses from cooperating and trying to intimidate a federal agent.”
Even the mainstream media monopoly is starting to stray from the script. Ten years ago, the headline for this sort would have read something like this…
“Conspiracy Kooks Infiltrate Jury Pool in Cop Case and Toss Local Heroes into Jail, Prompting Public Outcry for State Reforms to Juror Laws”
Tagged cabal, California, cops, Corruption, Gerard Smith, Gregory Thompson, Los Angeles, Maricela Long, Mickey Manzo, officers, police, Scott Craig, Stephen Leavins
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State Lawmaker Proposes Relief For Rural Schools
Rural schools in California are facing cuts because a federal funding program has expired. And one lawmaker says it’s time for the state to step in.
Historically, schools in counties dominated by U.S. forest service lands have received a portion of timber sale revenues. When those declined, Congress authorized supplemental funding. But that has expired, and Congress is debating whether to re-authorize it. Mike Ricketts represents county superintendents in California. He says more than 200 school districts and county offices of education rely on that money:
“They’re sending out layoff notices to teachers for this coming year because that’s a state requirement that be done by March 15th, so districts right now are planning on not receiving these funds because the federal government hasn’t acted.”
Republican Senator Sam Aanestad is behind a bill to provide schools with state loans as a stop-gap. But some fear that would give the federal government less incentive to act. The bill is sponsored by the Schwarzenegger administration, and has cleared its first committee hurdle.
Counties that would be affected (some get much more assistance than others) include:
El Dorado, Del Norte Placer, Lassen, Humboldt, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity, San Diego, Riverside, Modoc, Del Norte, Amador, Fresno, Tehama, Sierra, Trinity, Tuolomne, Ventura, Yuba, San Bernadino.
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No Experiments on Kids- Just Say No to a Taxpayer-funded Tiny Homes Proposal
No Experiments on Kids- Just Say No to a Taxpayer-funded Tiny Homes Proposal, by Carol Denney
A friend of mine caught the mayor of Santa Rosa on the radio talking about the fire that ravaged through the area last fall "without respect for boundaries" of race, wealth or class. My friend then wrote a song quoting the mayor which then goes on to wonder who - which class, which race, which group - could possibly deserve the monstrous experience of burning to death or watching one's life or family go up in flames.
People probably knew what the mayor meant; fire is indiscriminate, wind-driven, unpredictable. The rich are just as likely, in an explosive 80 mile an hour wildfire, to suffer as the poor. But the housing policies which follow in the wake of such a disaster are unlikely to be so. They are much more likely to be riven with bizarre human prejudices.
Berkeley's tiny house obsession is a case in point. Although "tiny" houses are not cheaper, or greener, than renovated apartment buildings, and although they violate California habitability standards if they don't have heat, or windows, or a place to wash up, they remain the darling of a crew that often doesn't care that they're being used as a front group for developers hoping for a code-free world.
Forcing people to live in glorified lunchboxes is easy in a world where the only alternative offered is hanging out behind the dumpster. I spoke to a city council representative a couple of days ago who is getting roped in to the latest tiny house proposal, and she cited the city's housing emergency declaration and the age of the target group to be served as the special sauce greasing her wheels.
T'was ever thus. When local developer Patrick Kennedy wanted to snooker the city council for special breaks on his project requirements he rounded up local disability advocates and offered them housing - the hearings were full of talented, impassioned people with disabilities pounding podiums for his project to address an admittedly serious deficit in accessible units, people who were situated at the front of the line if the projects were approved.
But there are better ways to address the immediate needs of unhoused or marginally housed people of any age which don't require building a thing. The most environmentally sound, cost-effective approach to housing people doesn't involve absurd miniaturization at all - just the renovation or utilization of buildings sitting empty, or empty for most of the time.
Many libraries and schools have already repurposed themselves to provide showers, storage, and even shelter to people in need. The Homeless Commission is patiently waiting for the City of Berkeley to do the even more obvious thing - utilize empty storefronts and commercial spaces as shelters and day centers so people have someplace to sit other than the public sidewalk and a place to store belongings if they choose. These spaces have bathrooms, electricity, lights, etc., and often break rooms with small kitchens - no port-a-potties or wash stations necessary.
Many storefronts have sat empty for years, and are more of a burden to a commercial district than some old fart sitting in the sun, the Downtown Berkeley Association's (DBA) favorite claim. It makes more sense to create shelter spaces in manageable numbers throughout town than to build something artificially separate - the "homeless" camp - or artificially small - the "tiny house" village - for people whose needs are neither separate nor small. Marginalized groups tend to have a high ratio of specialized needs which are not best served by bizarre or miniaturized housing experiments. But they are no different than the rest of us, and don't deserve to be put in what amounts to a policy zoo. But that isn't the only option. Zillow, when I checked today, has 32 single family rental listings in Berkeley. Trulia has 36. If you take Zillow's list the average monthly cost of a bedroom is $2,226. If you share a bedroom, as most of us have learned along the way to do, the cost is reduced to $1,113. This is a room in a house with a kitchen, a bathroom (sometimes more than one), porches, backyards, front rooms, privacy, and this is market rate, no city-driven special bargain. Trulia's list is equally eye-opening; the simple math shows that the City of Berkeley could contract tonight for shelter for 180 people for $798 a month. That's $26 a day, no construction required. If the DBA kicked in some of its $1.3 million contract it could be even less, and less still if its well-heeled board of directors, who claim to want people off the street, considered it important.
So don't be fooled when the latest tiny house-promoter waves around a list of "religious leaders" who are on board an experimental "tiny house" proposal for more temporary placements kids will age out of and which will implicate the City of Berkeley in undermining hard-won tenant protections and habitability standards. They are understandably willing, in the light of a crisis, to try almost anything except the obvious; decriminalizing poverty and opening their own doors. Low-cost housing providers, on the other hand, can tell anyone who's listening that renovated boarding houses, single-room occupancy hotels, and shared apartment spaces are the most cost-efficient and environmentally sensible approach to housing.
Miniaturization inappropriate to human need has no particular benefit in and of itself - just ask any good cook trying to harbor all the elements of a Thanksgiving meal for family and guests around holiday time. If we care about the most efficient use of our tax dollars, we'll eschew the boutique experiments on kids and the cruelty of separate facilities and take the advice of those groups right here in the Bay Area who have spent decades actually providing real, full-size, cost-efficient housing to people of all ages and with the cross-section of needs that comes with any human population. Because people on the street didn't deserve the health crisis or job loss that put them there any more than anyone in Calistoga or Santa Rosa deserved to have their house burned to the ground. People without houses are exactly that: people.
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1. [Bookplate for C. J. S. Bacon] In black ink on white or cream paper, the bookplate consists of a decorative border surrounding black text.
2. [Bookplate for John Caton Thompson] In black ink on white paper, this bookplate consists of a shield parted per pale, baron and femme, three coats ; first, or, a bordure, argent, a lion rampant ; second, parted per fess, sable, on a chevron argent, between three swans' heads, two over one, erased at the neck, ducally gorged, three pellet one over two ; in base (same as second) sable, on a chevron argent, between three swans' heads, two over one, erased at the neck, ducally gorged, three pellet one over two. Above a straight wreath, the crest of a lion rampant, ducally gorged. Below the shield, laurel sprigs. At the bottom of the ex libris appears the name 'John Caton Thompson.'.
3. [Bookplate for St. Catherine Street Baptist Church] An ornate border surrounds the text, printed in black ink on pink paper.
4. [Bookplate for Ecole Modele Jacques-Cartier by John Henry Walker] Black ink on cream paper. An insignia tops the bookplate, featuring a radiant cross and open book above a beaver and surrounded by maple leaves. Included is a banner with a motto. Below, the name of the school and a pre-formatted prize text is printed in two fonts. The class, date, name of the recipient and signature of the principal are handwritten in black ink. An ornate scrolled border surrounds the text and insignia. The printer is listed at the bottom.
5. [Bookplate for Henry James Grasett] Black ink on cream paper. Crest features bow loaded with arrow aimed to the left. Feathers stretch outwards on either side of the base of the bow on a crest-wreath. Shield is argent and sable per saltire, divided with a sable cross. Top and bottom quarters are argent charged with a plant with round top and brush head. Feathery leaves appear at either side of the base. Top feature has two sable stylized decorations featuring roundels three over two atop three lines connected at the top that separate outwards at the bottom. Four of the same decorations are featured in the bottom quarter. Left and right quarters are sable charged with five point stars and a stylized design element similar to those in the top and bottom quarters, but thicker and in argent. The shield is surrounded by a stylized border decorated with various curls. Below the shield, the motto is written in capitalized block letters on ribbon with elaborately curled blackening ends.
6. [Bookplate for John George Mortlock by Charles William Sherborn] In black ink, this bookplate consists of a tilted escutcheon and crest framed by an elaborate circular bordure. The escutcheon is divided quarterly ; the first and fourth quadrants, argent (silver), are charged with a fret, azure (blue), and contain a chief, azure, charged with three fleur-de-lis, argent ; the second and third quadrants, sable (black), are charged with three annulets, argent, two over one, and contain a chevron, argent and engrailed. The escutcheon is crested by a closed dexter helmet resting upon the second quadrant, topped by a wreath and a lion sejant, with dexter paw elevated and resting upon a fleur-de-lis, argent. From either side of the helmet flows mantling and a banner which contains the Latin motto. The bordure also contains text.
7. [Bookplate by Herbert Raine] In black ink on paper with visible fibers and laid lines. Etched image includes recessed borders and boxes surrounding the stylized initials, H R, the name, 'HERBERT RAINE,' and two mirrored images of seahorses.
8. [Bookplate for Henry Augustus Sims] In red ink on white paper, a border that contains red and black text and black decorative designs. Within the border, in black ink, there is an angled Escutcheon parted per pale. The dexter side is gules (red), containing a chevronel or (gold) with two mullets of six points, pierced, in chief, and one battle axe in base. The sinister side is quartered per cross by a cross argent (silver), with the dexter chief and sinister base quarters in azure (blue) and the sinister chief and dexter base quarters in gules. In each quarter save the sinister base there is a pheon proper. Above the Esctucheon, the mantling is topped by a wreath, from which a lion emerges, holding a battle axe. Below the Escutcheon is a banner bearing the motto, 'Ferio Tego.'.
9. [Bookplate for Alex Watters] Printed in black ink on cream or tan paper the book plate features a bare-chested female figure in an art deco style holding a foil in her right hand and wiping the blade with a cloth in her left hand. Behind the figure's head is a sun burst design. The figure wears an elaborate headpiece as well as an involved crescent moon necklace and a flowered sarong. To the left of the figure, the words 'Tis / DEATH / To / KEEP' appear vertically. To the right of the figure appear the words 'EX / LIBRIS' horizontally and the words 'ALEX / WATTERS' vertically.
10. [Bookplate for Douglas Battersby] In black ink on yellow paper, the bookplate consists of an ornate decorative border surrounding the text. The text is a Gothic typeface, except for the city. There are significant stains around the edges of the bookplate.
11. [Bookplate for Dunbar Browne] A floral, somewhat art nouveau style border surrounding the text.
12. [Bookplate for James Croil] Printed in black ink on light green paper. It has a border of entwined lines.
13. [Bookplate for Gamble Geddes] Black ink on cream paper. Crest features half a fish hauriant showing a fin, gills, and a head with teeth atop a crest-wreath. Sable shield charged with three of the aforementioned fish heads two over one and an argent insecutcheon. There is a ribbon-like banner with the motto below the shield with curling ends. Each side of the ribbon is angled towards a downward point. On the left side is text in capitalized black serif-font. The right side of the ribbon overlaps the left and has text in the same font. Below the motto, the owner’s name is written in curling sentence-case font.
14. [Bookplate for Robert A. Harrison] Black ink on cream paper. Crest features a demi-lion rampant on the top part of a castle tower. The lion is wearing a crown and holding a floral wreath in its paws. There is a gentlemen and esquire’s helm surrounded by elaborately curling sable and argent mantling that extends out to each side and tapers down to the base of the bookplate. Shield is sable and charged with three demi-lions rampant, two over one. The lions are wearing crowns. The motto is below the shield printed in capitalized block white letters on a banner with curling ends. The bookplate owner’s name is printed in black, gothic sentence-case font at the bottom of the bookplate.
15. [Bookplate for Paul Hahn by J. M.] Black and blue ink on cream paper. The rectangular border consists of three black lines of decreasing thickness towards the center. In the top right corner is a small butterfly with outspread wings with some decoration. Below the butterfly is text in stylized, capitalized, black serif font. The bookplate owner’s name is printed below in slightly different stylized font in a larger size. Underneath the owner’s name is a larger butterfly with more elaborate outstretched wings. The text forms a single column in the left-hand side of the bookplate. To the right of the text is a bookshelf that appears to extend down to the bottom of the bookplate. Books are stacked in various ways on the shelf, spines facing out. In front of the bookshelf is a cello. The base of the cello sits in the bottom center of the bookplate and the neck extends up towards the top right-hand corner. At the top of the cello sits a butterfly, less elaborate than the others, that has been coloured in with blue ink. To the right of the cello is a tall object extending up along the bookshelf. A section of papers, potentially sheet music, in a folder in the bottom right corner. In the bottom left corner, the bookplate creator’s initials are printed in capitalized, black, serif font surrounded by a thin black border.
16. [Bookplate for E. J. Hodgson] Black ink on cream paper. The crest features a bird perched on a crest-wreath. The bird has elaborate head and tail feathers and is holding a leafy branch in its beak. Curling, leafy mantling surrounds the shield, which is divided per chevron engrailed. The top portion of the shield is argent with sable dots and charged with two trussed sable striped birds. The bottom portion of the shield is sable striped and is charged with a trussed argent bird with sable dots. Below the shield, the motto is printed on a ribbon with curling ends. The mottos is written in black, capitalized, sans serif font. The last s in “SPES” has been thickened by hand. Below the motto, the bookplate owner’s name is printed in black, sentence case, stylized gothic font with curling spirals.
17. [Bookplate for John Jenkins D.D.] Black ink on white paper. The crest features a white lion passant reguardant with black spots standing on the top portion of a stone castle tower. The tower sits on a crest-wreath. The shield is divided per cross. Around the shield is a curling border with leafy adornments and spirals on the sides. The border is thicker on the left, right, and bottom portion. The border does not cover the entire shield ; there are gaps at the top left and right corners and at the center of the base. The top left and bottom right sections of the shield are identical. They have a black and white striped background and are charged with a white chevron decorated with black dots. They are also charged with three white fleur-de-lis, two over one around the chevron. The top right and bottom left sections of the shield are also identical. They have a white background with black dots and are charged with a black lion rampant reguardant. Below the shield, the motto is printed on a ribbon with leafy ends that match the shield’s decorative border. The motto is printed in capitalized, black, serif font. The bookplate owner’s name is printed underneath the motto in thin, sentence-case, black, cursive font.
18. [Bookplate for G. P. Girdwood] Oval-shaped circular border with legend containing a motto printed in capital block letters across the top half. Bottom half of the border has shading, decorate circles, and a decorative end. Border made to look like a ribbon, one end of which loops over the bottom of the oval. End of the ribbon has thin borders, circular decorations, and almost tapers to a point with decorative curls at the end. In the center of the oval is a demi-lion rampant guardant. In its right paw, the lion holds a tree with round foliage at the top and sprawling roots at its base. Below the image is text written in stylized sentence-case serif font.
19. [Bookplate for J. W. Longley by Francis Adams Sc.] Black ink on white paper. The crest features an arm grasping a dagger. The blade of the dagger has pierced the head of a bearded man that resembles a lion head. The arm is atop a crest-wreath. The wreath sits on a flower with a round center and 5 petals. To strips extend out of the flower across the front and back of a ribbon, connecting to the top of the shield. The ribbon extends straight out with curling ends. The motto is printed on the ribbon in black, capitalized, serif font. Shield is ermine with a black bend. Bend charged with three cheetah heads. The shield features a sinister canton paly. Underneath the shield, the bookplate owner’s name is printed in large, black, sentence case, gothic font. More text is printed below the name in smaller, black, capitalized, serif font.
20. [Bookplate for Catholic Commercial Academy of Montreal, Wm Price, and U. E. Archambault by Geo. E. Desbarats] Black ink on white paper. The border of the bookplate comprises three layers: the outermost is an abstract floral motif on the four corners ; secondly is a geometric pattern of triangles ; the innermost layer is a plain line. Curlicues surround the words “Catholic” and “of Montreal.” The bookplate is a pre-printed form with space for the prize name, winner, year and date to be filled out.
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Ensuite 1
Lakefield, Qué, August 24, 2020
With malice toward none 2
Continuing, it just dawned on me that when we begin to talk, the mind had already decided, some 600 milliseconds earlier, what we are about to hear. Too late then, we are left bothered and think of what we should have said instead. The experimental evidence for our mind having been made up before we are aware of it made people wonder whether we truly have a free will. 3
From thought to speech occurs in distinct steps. I read about an experiment in which subjects were shown some words; they were recognized 200 milliseconds later, then it appeared that at 320 milliseconds grammatical processing occurred, and at 450 milliseconds it appeared that the brain was getting ready to talk. It took 500 milliseconds in all, from start to finish, with all three steps occurring in a small region of the brain's Broca's area.* 4
Compare a 600-millisecond period to the times it takes for people to take their turn in a conversation. Measurements showed a typical gap of 200 milliseconds, but also that it depends on the language used, rising to 470 for Danish and falling to only 7 for Japanese. In other words, participants in a conversation are already preparing their responses to one who is still talking.* This finding, it seems to me, affects the conduct of social intercourse, including education, business affairs and politics. 5
Awakening 6
I am guessing that most grown ups feel they have a good idea of how children learn. I also have come to believe that parents in their, probably unwitting, role as educators, however well-meaning, ought to have a better grasp of how their children learn than some inflexible notion. 7
Over the last two decades, an understanding has gelled among evolutionary psychologists that children learn about the world in much the same way scientists do: by conducting experiments, analyzing statistics, and forming intuitive theories in the realms of physics, biology and psychology. "Obviously children are not doing experiments or analyzing statistics in the selfconscious way that adult scientists do." I am quoting Alison Gupnik, who specializes in cognitive development.*
"The children’s brains, however, must be unconsciously processing information in a way that parallels the methods of scientific discovery. The central idea of cognitive science is that the brain is a kind of computer designed by evolution and programmed by experience."
"One of the greatest mysteries of psychology and philosophy is how human beings learn about the world from a confusing mess of sensory data." 8
Quoting Pascal Boyer, who we met in my previous essay,*:
"From birth (and indeed some time before that) infants spontaneously pay special attention to speech, as opposed to other sounds, and can recognize the typical rhythm and prosody of their mother's language, perceived in a rather muffled form during the last months of gestation. In the first months of life, this leads them to pay attention only to recurrent sounds that are pertinent in their language and to ignore everything else as noise. That selective attention is reflected in babbling, which starts as a wonderfully catholic mixture of all possible sounds one can make with vocal cords, a mouth, and a tongue, and gradually restricts itself to the sounds of the local language. Paying attention only to specific sounds in turn allows infants to identify the boundaries between words, a pretty difficult thing to do, as the stream of speech is generally continuous. So learning takes place in steps, ... Each step, obviously, requires some previous expectations.... At each point these expectations allow the organism to orient to a special aspect of the sonic environment, and at each step these expectations are in turn modified by the kind of information that was picked up. These expectations make children orient to some properties of speech as carrying meaning but not others—they expect that the recurrent difference between ship and sheep, or between chip and cheap, may carry some diference in meaning, but they ignore the difference in te word 'ship' pronounced by a man and a woman—even though the accoustic contrast is just as great. Children can acquire their native language, from interaction with other speakers, because some very specific mental systems are prepared to attend to specific properties of sound." 9
These steps are made by a range of mental mechanisms referred to as "intuitive inference systems" or "modules" or "domain-specific systems." They are perceived as properties evolved from our genetic makeup. 10
Returning to Prof. Gupnik,
"Baby brains are more flexible than adult brains. They have far more connections between neurons, none of them particularly efficient, but over time they prune out unused connections and strengthen useful ones.
"The adult capacities for focus, planning and efficient action that are governed by this brain area depend on the long learning that occurs in childhood. This area’s wiring may not be complete until the mid-20s.
"Babies and young children are exquisitely designed by evolution to change and create, to learn and explore. Those capacities, so intrinsic to what it means to be human, appear in their purest forms in the earliest years of our lives. Our most valuable human accomplishments are possible because we were once helpless dependent children and not in spite of it." 11
Genes, we learn, are the wellspring of brains and of mind, both. And mind itself, we saw before, is part of the environment from which it draws information.* It seems to me therefore that we have here a feedback mechanism reminiscent of the Fisher paradigm: "What we think, we do. What we do, we become."* 12
Via dolorosa 13
I recently came across a news item that within the next five years a part of the Earth's magnetic field is expected to be penetrated by cosmic rays. The phenomenon is referred to as the Southern Atlantic Anomaly. It affects electronic communications to the point of rendering them impossible. The International Space Station is already feeling the effect and communication satellites will be affected next as the cosmic rays penetrate deeper toward the Earth's surface and on. This news item reminded me of a warning that an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack by some nuclear power on the U.S. would ultimately wipe out 90% of the population. It is found in Forbes of October 2017. 14
It is obvious that a possible destruction of electronic communications calls for preparing a worldwide economy without it, especially where food supplies are affected. 15
Our Canadian Senate's primary role is legislative. Next is its investigative role. Years ago, I recommended that this role be expanded to an investigative, anticipating, and critical problem-solving role. With major global events threatening us, I was invited to submit a Brief to a Special Committee for Senate Modernization, which I since followed up with a second Brief.* Neither one received a response. Which left me wondering why not? 16
L'on y danse tous en rond 17
Shedding an evolutionary dependence on parents allows other properties of mind to come to the fore. Prof. Boyer devoted a chapter of "Minds Make Societies" to the root of conflicts between groups which comes along with cooperation within groups, for example in racial and ethnic groups. Visible similarities within racial groups have an impact on out-groups. Ethnicity often entails shared ancestry, language, and cultural traditions. 18
Boyer:
"Evolutionary psychologists seek answers to such questions as , 'Why are individuals committed to their groups? Why do they persist in that commitment when it might be to their advantage to defect from their group? How can groups survive at all as cohesive units in the face of individual, divergent interests? Why are groups often locked in intractable conflicts even when all partners realize there is litte benefit to be expected from prolonged rivalry? Why do group conflicts, especially ethnic ones, flare up in outbursts of extraordinary violence? How can that occur between groups that had coexisted in peace for decades or centuries?
"From an evolutionary perspective, having very high group solidarity and intergroup conflicts is just like having claws on your feet or antlers on top of your head—something that requires explanation in terms what it did for organisms over evolutionary time'." 19
Reading the book makes me drowsy. I am an old fogey (93 in a few weeks) with a poor short-term memory and I keep on losing the thread of page after page after page of details. I take notes to help me along, but even so .... No point complaining. All I can do is my best to focus on what makes us better understand what is under the hood of our mind. For example, whereas our conscious harbors words such as "nationalism" and "tribalism" and "culture," when it comes to evolutionary psychology those words don't explain a thing. 20
"The idea of a nation implies that each state corresponds to a community of people united by traditions, cultural values, language, and the idea of a common past."
But nations are fairly modern concoctions on an evolutionary scale. How far back in history are their citizens united by traditions, by cultural values, by language, by a common past? Consider that the number of independent states has about tripled since World War II. Consider that Canadians are very diverse on all those four scores, that, in fact, many Canadians hardly consider themselves Canadian. And yet! We are a group, a group "under" one Head of State. We have a national currency, we pay taxes to the same federal government, we rely on our Canadian Armed Forces, we expect to, if we do not so already, enjoy our Canadian Pension Plan. 21
Members of a group contribute to the group (for one, pay taxes in this case) and expect benefits in return (here; protection and pension). This is not a straight-forward exchange interaction, such as between seller and buyer, because it does not follow that contributing more to the group bring greater benefits. We should also bear in mind that citizens belong to other groups as well, contributing to those and expecting benefits. And so, with groups overlapping, allegiance to the state is diluted. Quoting Boyer:
"So groupishness is not a blunt instinct to follow the herd, so to speak. People behave in ways that seem to favor in-groups [In-goups: any of the social circles they belong to. HvE] because they explicitly use a ... set of assumptions about how the social interaction is presented to them (evaluating different individuals or allocating resources between them) is a form of reciprocal cooperation [Which we know is not actually reciprocal, only seems so. HvE]. Obviously, they need not to do that consciously. All they experience is the value they attribute to particular individuals. But the computations are taking place away from conscious access. Which is why it makes sense to explore in more detail this hidden world of mental computation that makes groups possible." 22
Experimental evidence suggest these computations are done easily and unconsciously. It seems that the psychology underlying coalitions includes an inborn alliance-detection system. People also unconsciously monitor fellow members' commitment and potential defection to avoid a wasting of their own commitment. Defection is consciously perceived as morally reprehensible, even by members of the group one defects to. 23
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These unconscious computations, according to coalitional psychology, go hand-in-glove with many of our genetic bases. 24
In the Red Chamber 25
For years I have been curious about what it is that prevents our Senate to better meet the needs of Canadians, to say nothing of human beings worldwide. What group loyalties, I wonder, override loyalty to our country as a whole? Which, for our any senator, comes first, Canada, his province, native language, race, membership in the Senate, political party, social class, esteem, family, offspring? Whatever. And if we can find the answer or answers, will we be able to improve our Senate to better serve our country? Well, let's put that last question on the back-burner for now. 26
It seems well to bear in mind that at the very instant a senator is sworn in, a major part of their expectations evaporate—all consciously overt good intentions notwithstanding—for then job and pension have become already assured. At the same time, they gain enhanced esteem in their other social circles. This, I am inclined to think brings about a shift in the strenghts of their allegiances. Consider further that the main groups in the Senate are now the Independents and the Conservatives and that the Independents' lack of political party allegiance allows Conservatives to play a relatively stronger stance in the Senate and gaining greater effect on Senate decisions. 27
My senate essay envisions a functional distinction among our senators:
• Those with a thorough knowledge of our regions and cultural/religious communities.
• Those with professional expertise and well-connected in a wide array of fields.* 28
I provisionally labelled them "citizen contacts" and "complex problem solvers." But now it seems that my suggestion of senators mingling with lower-class folk is naive. After all, what have ordinary Canadians to offer them? As for complex problem solvers, this calls for Senate diversity to include a large fraction of senators with a strong mathematical and scientific bent, something that diminishes the esteem of the others, especially so because scientists so noticeably need to "dumb-down" their opinions. I already sensed that from closely following the Modernization Committee's televised debates. 29
I feel that working on this piece has given me a good chunk of the answer to why it is that my Briefs to the Modernization Committee were left unanswered. It is mainly found in predominantly subconscious computations of expected, yet uncommitted returns for efforts invested in competing groups. 30
On a concluding note, I began writing this piece with Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 in mind. However, I believe that continuing the kind of explicit music-related experiment of my previous two rhapsodies bewilders readers. This subject is too important for that. I am pretty well convinced that a comprehension of evolutionary psychology is essential for improving how we are governed. But then, this old fogey still has a lot to learn. 31
Ars longa, vita brevis. 32
Reference (October 2009). * fn1
An overview (January 2016). * fn2
Alison Gupnik, "How Babies Think" (July 2010). * fn3
Pascal Boyer, "Minds Make Societies" (2018). * fn4
Environment * fn5
Fisher paradigm * fn6
"Toward a Guardian Senate" and "On guard in a global environment" * fn7
Functional distinction among senators * fn8
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As 2020 draws to a close, Churchill Hui Project Managers Rob, Sonia and Barney celebrate professional qualifications success.
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Churchill Hui secures framework appointment with The Connected Partnership, a leading London-based consortium of RPs
Churchill Hui is delighted to be appointed onto a new framework for The Connected Partnership, providing Employer’s Agent (EA) services. With a focus on delivering housing projects in the south-east for local authorities and housing associations, Churchill Hui is well positioned to join The Connected Partnership framework. Neil Manley, Managing Director at Churchill Hui, said: “We are looking forward to bringing our experience and knowledge gained from over 45 years of creating quality housing to The Connected Partnership. Together we can provide sustainable, affordable housing in Greater London that residents are proud to call home.”
The Connected Partnership is a leading consortium of Registered Providers including Octavia Housing, Origin Housing and Shepherds Bush Housing Group. It is a housing ‹strategic partner› with the Greater London Authority and delivers an affordable housing programme in north and west London.
Churchill Hui directors take part in one of the first prison parkruns
The global phenomenon parkrun organises free, weekly, 5km timed runs in open spaces around the world. They are free, safe and accessible for anyone who wants to walk, jog, run or volunteer.
One of the aims of parkrun is to have an event in every community that wants one, and with this in mind, parkruns have been gradually launching in UK prisons. The thinking behind this is that the power of sport has been used, with fantastic results, to reduce reoffending.
By linking prisoners with a weekly event that also takes place on the outside world at the same time (Saturdays, 9am) upon release they hopefully find the impetus to participate in a local parkrun, integrate into the community (parkrun community and beyond) and avoid reoffending.
Our Movember Motivation – Part 3: Geoff
Movember is a powerful charity event for so many reasons. It means even more to us at Churchill Hui as we have team members whose lives have been affected by the challenges Movember aims to tackle – that’s prostate cancer, testicular cancer, suicide and mental health.
For our “Movember Motivation” series, retired Architect Geoff Mules has courageously shared his personal reasons for participation. Although recently retired from Churchill Hui, Geoff was integral to the growth and direction of the firm for over 30 years and still provides consultancy and advice.
Our Movember Motivation – Part 2: Claire
For our “Movember Motivation” series, Director Claire Crook has kindly shared her reasons for participation.
Our Movember Motivation – Part 1: Stuart
Our Clerk of Works and Site Inspector Stuart Miles has kindly shared his story for our “Movember Motivation” series.
“10 things I look for when recruiting” – Kevin Crook
Encountering numerous CVs and interviewees, Director Kevin Crook shares 10 things he looks for when hiring candidates for technical as well as administrative roles .
Open the door to good mental health in the workplace
Are anxiety and depression taboo or is it best to talk? In light of Mental Health Awareness Week we share our recent experience of supporting employees’ mental health at Churchill Hui.
Why refurbishment matters
Ian Manley is one of Churchill Hui’s most experienced Building Surveyors and Contract Administrators specialising in the refurbishment and major repairs of older housing stock and listed buildings. In this opinion piece, Ian outlines why he considers refurbishment of older properties to be an important and relevant consideration for housing providers today.
“10 things I’ve learned” – Claire Crook
Director Claire Crook recently contributed to our regular “10 things” column. As more and more females are succeeding in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professions, Claire chose to share 10 things she’s learned about being a woman in the construction industry today.
Deptford Foundry: Looking back to move forward
Churchill Hui is the Employer’s Agent for Moat on an exciting London housing scheme, inspired by the heritage of its site.
Deptford Foundry in south east London is a 276-home development on the grounds of a former early 19th century metal foundry, which historically produced everything from propellers to manhole covers. The project is a celebration of creativity led by developer Anthology, and part of the wider regeneration of the area including commercial space that will be available specifically to local artists and artisans through Second Floor Studios and Arts.
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Churchill Hui hosts property developers from Beijing
Chinese property developers from Beijing Capital Land recently flew into London for a practical briefing on British standard construction and onsite management. Based in five major Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing and Chengdu), Beijing Capital Land is looking to expand overseas, including in the UK.
Churchill Hui architects and project managers Geoff Mules, Alexandra Revell, Paul Tutton and Helen Yuan accompanied the Chinese developers, including women, to show them two London sites that we are currently project managing in Deptford and Bermondsey. Helen Yuan translated conversations between the teams around site management, safety, scope of work for different parties and how budgeting works.
At Deptford Foundry, they explored a regeneration development incorporating 40 affordable housing units for Anthology. The scheme in Bermondsey, Pages Walk, showcased 19 flats – a mix of intermediate rent and affordable rent for client Moat.
Distinction for project manager Alexandra Revell
Churchill Hui is delighted to share the news that project manager Alexandra Revell (Allie) is now a qualified quantity surveyor, achieving an MSc from the University College of Estate Management with distinction. Studying part-time alongside her full-time role has been challenging but she worked diligently throughout the two-year course that was sponsored by Churchill Hui.
For her 10,000-word dissertation Allie chose to look at the future of historical places of worship by reviewing options for their restoration or conversion. With the UK finding itself suffering from a major housing crisis, churches could be a small step towards providing more homes either through conversion or demolition. Following her research, Allie has plans to volunteer with Historic England to expand their Heritage at Risk Programme which aims to record all the Grade II listed (or higher) buildings across the country.
Allie says “Churchill Hui has given me study leave throughout the last two years when I needed to revise or finish an essay, which has been useful and allowed me to keep on top of my studies without losing all of my free-time. The whole team has been very supportive and everyone has chipped in with essay ideas and moral support. Students on long-distances course can feel isolated so having supportive colleagues has been a great help.”
The Masters in Quantity Surveying will allow Allie to achieve RICS accreditation through the APC next spring, and continue to provide quality work for clients.
Congratulations Allie – we’re all very proud of you!
Look out for the Churchill Hui autumn newsletter with more on Allie’s dissertation findings.
Team Churchill Hui to join Anderson Group for annual charity cycle ride
Construction company Anderson Group are organising their fourth 55 mile cycle on Sunday 10th June, in aid of the National Autistic Society. Churchill Hui are funding a dedicated team of four – Andrew Belsey, Kevin Crook, Andrew Moss and Geoff Mules – to join Anderson’s cyclists in completing the challenge. With just a few weeks to go, training is underway!
The route starts and finishes in Chelmsford and even includes a quiz along the way, culminating in a family-friendly party for cyclists and supporters. The combined team is called ‘Spoke & Mirrors’ and captain Andrew Nowosad, Anderson Group, says they hope to exceed the £45,000 raised last year by 170 cyclists.
This is the first year Churchill Hui have joined Anderson’s cycle challenge and are proud to don their padded shorts for the National Autistic Society. Colleague Rita Williams-Hall recently completed the Virgin Money London Marathon for the same charity, and made national headlines when she received an anonymous donation of £800.
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Churchill Hui announce management buyout and Geoff Mules’ retirement
From 1 April, a restructure at Churchill Hui will see the existing senior management team becoming Directors whilst Geoff Mules retires after 30 years’ service. Director Neil Manley will become the MD. Claire Crook, Andrew Belsey, Ian Manley and Kevin Crook will acquire Geoff’s share of the business.
The team of Directors will continue to work from their London and Kent offices managing key business areas of architecture, project management and building surveying.
All enquiries should be directed to Claire Crook claire.crook@churchill-hui.com
Geoff Mules BSc (Hons) BArch (Dist) MSc RIBA MCMI MAPM
Throughout his successful architectural career, Geoff Mules built up over 40 years’ experience in the development and construction industry. He cut his architectural teeth as a graduate in 1973 with Holder and Matheus, leaving his hometown in Wales for the bright city lights of London. He worked in the UK and overseas for Asda, the Co-op, health authorities and managed hundreds of private and affordable housing projects.
He was elected as a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and became a Registered Architect in 1977. He was an early member of the Association for Project Management and was responsible in part for setting the entry qualifications. During his career he also undertook the role of external student visitor for the Welsh School of Architecture and was elected as a Member of the French Order of Architects.
In the 1980s Geoff travelled to Nigeria under Godwin and Hopwood who established the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He designed university buildings in Maiduguri and Kaduna before moving to the Middle East to create hospitals and housing in Saudi Arabia.
Geoff returned to London in the late 1980s to start a family with wife Alison where he became a senior lecturer and course director for London Southbank University’s MSc degree in Property Development (Project Management).
Upon joining Churchill Hui he opened an office in France, managing a waste transfer and housing projects for several years. He initiated one of the first ‘design and build’ services and remained at the firm until 2017. As a Partner, he took responsibility for strategic management, new business development, employee training, mentoring and external training seminars.
Although retiring from his full time position at Churchill Hui, Geoff plans to continue working as a consultant architect, mentor and tutor – perhaps focussing on his keen interest in historic buildings and churches. He’ll be dedicating more time to extra-curricular interests including rugby, travelling, fine wine and cycling, plus a family trip down under in Sydney.
Geoff says he feels now is the right time for a new generation of architects, project managers and surveyors to take Churchill Hui onwards and upwards. His colleagues wish him well and thank him for his outstanding service to the company.
26.2 miles for The National Autistic Society
Churchill Hui’s Rita Williams-Hall is running the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon this April for charity. With around a month to go, her training is in full swing, donations are building and she already has three half-marathons under her running belt. Rita deferred her marathon place for 2016 due to injury but is back on track to arrive at the start line (and the finish line!) this year on Sunday 23rd April. Her chosen charity is the National Autistic Society, a cause close to her heart. Donations will help raise awareness and fund research to enable people with autism to thrive in a world that seems strange.
If you’d like to sponsor Rita to run 26.2 miles around the capital – “one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever undertaken, physically and mentally!” – please follow the link below to her secure fundraising page.
We wish Rita all the best and will be looking out for her on the big day!
The Virgin Money London Marathon is the largest annual fundraising event on the planet. Runners have raised over £770 million for good causes since the race began in 1981.
Churchill Hui use pedal power to ‘chainge’ the lives of disadvantaged girls in South Asia
On a chilly November day, Churchill Hui and colleagues donned their cycling shorts to tackle eight hours’ peddling for charity at the Olympic Park Velodrome for the inaugural Chainge16 event.
The target, besides claiming the Yellow Jersey, was to raise £3,000 for the British Asian Trust’s appeal ‘Give a Girl a Future’, transforming the lives of 100 disadvantaged young women in South Asia by improving access to education, jobs and equal rights to turn their lives around – for good.
During the challenge on static bikes, the teams endured hill climbs, sprints, long distance and slick rider changeovers. They also enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime freewheel on the Velodrome itself, following in the tracks of Olympic legends Sir Bradley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton. With participants from age 10–60+, they used pedal power to whiz up refreshing smoothies and race Scalextric!
After eight hours in the saddle, the two teams from Churchill Hui (or should that be Hoy?), Anderson Construction, Viridian, Clarion, Bugler, Countryside, Jenner Contractors and AHM collectively generated an amazing £4,170 for the British Asian Trust – with not a puncture in sight.
HRH The Prince of Wales founded The British Asian Trust in 2007 to tackle the widespread poverty and hardship that he saw in South Asia. The charity is committed to bringing long-term, sustainable change to millions of people by working with local partners across the region.
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Station Road development provides affordable homes in Godalming
Churchill Hui’s award-winning scheme of 14 high quality flats, maisonettes and houses with private and communal gardens has been well received by all stakeholders.
Previously a council-owned car park, the site sits deep in the heart of Godalming’s historic town centre conservation area, adjacent to the station and against a landmark church spire backdrop. The finished scheme compliments the town’s character and provides affordable housing close to transports link and amenities.
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Affordable Surrey housing development designed and project managed by Churchill Hui wins Civic Design Award
The scheme, built by W. Stirland Ltd., offers 14 attractive homes in the heart of Godalming’s historic town centre and impressed The Godalming Trust with its mix of attractive styles that complement the local area.
Churchill Hui were appointed as Architects after a winning pitch to Waverley Borough Council and Thames Valley Housing Association. The flats are designed to resemble a mill and classical grand house, giving a nod to existing local style, and the roof profiles make it possible to maintain views of the landmark church spire. A successful public consultation preceded a smooth planning approval.
The homes appeal to a range of incomes including local singles, couples and families who can benefit from affordable housing close to transports link and town amenities.
One of the new tenants is Dan Eley who carried the Olympic Torch for Waverley and set up the Dan Eley Foundation in 2012. Dan has been paralysed from the waist down since a life-changing accident so Churchill Hui specially developed a ground floor flat with step-free access, a wet room and wider doorways.
Gareth Munro, member of The Godalming Trust executive committee and chairman of the Civic Design Awards sub-committee, said: “We think the Station Road development is a flagship of how a central historic site in a town should be dealt with. It has been so well designed, incorporating a variety of styles. We spent months looking at these new developments and it was Station Road that was the stand-out winner.”
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Waldegrave Road development successfully handed over
Churchill Hui have successfully handed over a development of 10 affordable rent flats in a desirable location near Teddington, Greater London.
The primary objective was the reintegration of a previously industrial site into a predominantly residential area. As Employer’s Agent, Churchill Hui carried out weekly site investigations to ensure that the construction of the units was executed to a high standard, led the snagging/de-snagging and liaised with all parties to ensure an optimum investment for their client, Paragon Community Housing Ltd.
The residents benefit from landscaped communal green spaces, attention to privacy and an underground car park.
Churchill Hui get in gear for the Stroke Association London Bridges Bike Ride
For the third year running (er…make that pedalling), a team of Churchill Hui stalwarts took to the saddle and entered the Stroke Association London Bridges Bike Ride.
Now in its 21st year, this annual event raises much needed funds to support stroke survivors. Starting in Southwark Park and finishing in Hurst Park, the route takes in 16 bridges over the Thames and covers 33 miles. That’s from Tower Bridge to Hampton Court Bridge.
Needless to say, the team was fresh, energetic and enthusiastic at the start. But having battled the mileage and the elements, this was not quite the case at the finish! Fortunately, that photograph seems to have gone missing!
But finish they did, raising a substantial amount of money to help support the Stroke Association, which is the leading UK charity dealing with both prevention and the aftermath of stroke.
If you would like to add to our contribution you still can, without even putting on your Lycra. Just send us your donation and we will happily pass it on to the Stroke Association.
Merry Christmas from Churchill Hui
Churchill Hui wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Penns Yard, Pembury
Affordable Housing scheme in Greenbelt Planning appeal win
Churchill Hui have secured a Planning appeal win for a scheme of 27 affordable rent units in the Kent countryside. The brief has always been to address a local housing need, on land identified by the Local Authority as being appropriate for development, for the provision of affordable housing.
The scheme took a long three years of design development prior to being submitted for Planning submission, and another year to finally secure a Planning approval via the Appeal route. The design adopts the typical Kent vernacular, and is connected to the town off the existing Penns Yard development.
The provision of affordable housing was never an issue, but recent changes in National Policy, to allow all people the right to home ownership, meant that these houses which would normally be classed as ‘rural exception housing’could not meet the Local Policy of maintaining these homes in perpetuity for local people requiring affordable housing.
The site’s location in affluent Kent meant that the Inspector recognised that although there was a conflict in policies, the likelihood of the houses being sold off was minimal, as also demonstrated by the Viability statement submitted as part of the application.
Although the development site is in the Greenbelt, all of the potentially available sites identified by the Local Authority, within their Strategic housing land availability assessment (SHLAA) in, and surrounding Pembury are. This particular site was the smallest of those identified by the Local Authority, therefore it would cause the least harm to the greenbelt. As the site has a direct link to the High Street, and its local services, this further reinforces the site’s suitability for development.
Churchill Hui have assisted our client, Town and Country Housing to fulfil their commitment to delivering high quality, affordable housing within Kent.
Top Accolade for Churchill Hui staff member
Churchill Hui’s commitment to encouraging their staff to fulfil their Continued Professional Development is taken seriously.
So seriously in fact, that our Practice Manager Claire Crook rose to the challenge, and enrolled herself in the MSc Corporate Governance course at LSBU last year. Part of the course criteria involved a rather lengthy dissertation. Claire chose to explore ‘Gender Diversity in Housing Association Boards: Does the glass ceiling exist and if so have women broken through it?’. This is a relevant topic not only in the corporate world, but also in the realm of many of our clients, namely Registered Providers (Housing Associations).
Claire’s dedication, and sacrifices over the last year paid off, as not only did she graduate with a distinction but was also awarded the ICSA Best Student 2012/2013 award.
It will be a hard act to follow for other members of Churchill Hui – well done Claire for setting such an outstanding example!
Read more academic papers by members of our team here →
Churchill Hui work to fund Marie Curie Nursing time
Churchill Hui have contributed approximately £7,500 to Marie Curie over the last couple of years enabling their nurses to give free hands on care to people with all terminal illnesses in their own homes. The sad fact is that for every one person they can help, there are four who aren’t getting the care they desperately need.
Churchill Hui’s support has meant that they have covered a nurse’s nine hour shift, everyday, for a total of almost six weeks. Something to be very proud of.
Churchill Hui look forward to continuing to support Marie Curie Cancer Care in 2014.
mariecurie.org.uk →
Framework success
Churchill Hui are proud to announce several Framework successes during 2013, Orbit South (EA), Viridian (EA and Architect, Chelmer Housing Partnerships (EA) and most recently Moat Homes Ltd (EA). We look forward to working with all our clients during and beyond the framework duration.
Six cycle to Spain (with a bit of luck)
If you wonder why life at 5 Old Lodge Place is a bit quieter than normal – then it’s because Geoff Mules has taken to the highways and byways – to cycle from West London to Spain for the next four weeks. From far and wide (including New Zealand) the group of six friends hatched the plot back earlier in the year. ‘I decided to do it whilst I still can’ declared Geoff.
Known as the ‘Great Grape Ride’, they plan to take plenty of stops – for refreshment – and what looks like much-needed rest (see photos!)
The middle aged (plus!) group hope also to raise money for Prostate Cancer (with one member of the group having a vested interest) to make their trip extra worthwhile. So if you would like to donate just follow the link below:
everydayhero.co.nz/great_grape_ride →
Follow the team’s progress on their blog →
Dalby Square receives Top 50 Affordable Housing Development Award
Churchill Hui are pleased to announce the latest award for this 20 unit scheme in Margate.
Owned by Town and Country Housing Group and constructed by Croudace Partnerships Ltd., Churchill Hui were appointed as Architects from feasibility to completion and also acted as Employer’s Agent from our Canterbury office for TCHG.
The scheme has been featured on the BBC ‘Empty Homes’ series and as a case study on the No Use Empty website. It has also won Margate Civic Society’s Pride of Margate Award as well as being one of Inside Housing magazine’s Top 50 UK Affordable Housing Developments of 2013.
We are proud to have been part of the team in bringing this neglected previous hotel back to life and providing accommodation for 20 new Margate residents.
Inside Housing Top 50 UK Affordable Housing Developments of 2013 →
Town and Country Housing Group →
Croudace Partnerships Ltd. →
On Yer Bike!
Shares in Lycra and gel saddles would seem to be a good buy at the moment judging by the activity at Churchill Hui at the moment.
Paul, Kevin, Jon and Niall undertake the London Bridges Bike Ride on Sunday 12th May in aid of the Stroke Association, whilst Niall and Kevin are veterans of this particular ride they are hoping that the experience cyclist Paul, who is treating this as a training ride for London to Brighton, will let them slip stream behind him. So if you are in and around the Thames on Sunday look out for the Churchill Hui branded shirts as they whizz (hopefully) past you.
Not content with this another team consisting of Ian, Andrew, Geoff, Sheryll from Raven Housing Trust and Amarbir from Collier Contracts will be cycling the London to Brighton on 16th June 2013 in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
Not content with this Geoff starts an epic 4 week ride from London to Valencia in August – we are reliably told he will be making updates on his blog and a link will be available on our website to follow his progress.
Rumours abound about other staff members taking on 10k runs, triathlons and Tough Mudder courses. Watch this space…
Marie Curie Cancer Care six-a-side touch rugby
Have you heard the one about the Welshman, the Irishman and the Englishman – not to mention the South African? It’s no joke – from across the land and the Commonwealth – the Churchillians bring a truly diverse team with ladies (we’ve promised the bride-to-be that her bruises will have faded by the wedding) and an over 50 – but ex army and Welsh – squaddie.
Being Twickenham based, we’re looking forward to playing rather than just providing the parking. We are proud to be raising funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Our name shall therefore be our banner – and in true Churchill (no relation) tradition – we shall not flag or fail, we shall go onto the end. This then will be our finest hour.
Movember 2012
Throughout Movember, the Churchill Hui ‘Fancy Ticklers’ will be growing moustaches to raise funds and awareness for men’s health charities.
Three new housing sites for Wealden District Council
We are pleased to announce the planning approval for three housing sites for our client, Wealden District Council. This will be the first affordable housing provided directly by the council for over 25 years and forms the first part of their New House Building Programme.
This success follows the original winning design competition by Churchill Hui back in November 2011 and is the first stage of a growing partnership for future development. Collectively these housing schemes generate 64 No new dwellings on key sites in Willingdon, Crowborough and Forest Row.
This comprises 16 No dwellings of maisonettes, 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom houses, designed to fit the local context and character of the area.
A scheme of 20 No dwellings, again of maisonettes and houses, that completes an existing cul-da-sac but with the addition of parking courts, landscaping and a small native meadow.
An attractive courtyard layout of 28 No dwellings, inclusive of 1 and 2 bedroom flats, 2 and 3 bedroom houses and a bungalow, based upon a modern interpretation of the local architectural distinctiveness of this beautiful town.
Below is a recent statement by the client:
‘It’s been a real pleasure working with you guys, it is rare to find people producing absolute spot on quality from day one, and we are very grateful for everything you (the team) have put have into the schemes.’
Team Churchill Hui salute Team GB
So the summer of 2012 was one of glorious British sporting achievement (if not glorious weather!). We all marvelled as our magnificent Olympians and Para-Olympians reached ever-greater heights, taking Team GB ever-higher up the medals table. It was an outstanding achievement that made us all feel better about ourselves and proud to be British. Which is all very un-British, don’t you know.
But what about the legacy? I hear you say. It was time for Team Churchill Hui to get involved!
Our one event would be the London 2012 victory parade. The logistics would be challenging. Could we all get out of bed in time? Could we all assemble in the right place to catch the train to London? Would we have the necessary endurance fitness to stand for hours on the pavement waving our flags? And in the face of such pressure, just how long could we hold those happy smiles? Of course we could and we would!
But not for us the lure of lucrative sponsorship deals from fizzy drink and hamburger brands, not to mention those pesky bankers (so we won’t). No, this was going to be a strictly self-sponsored event. Except perhaps for our Oyster cards.
And did we have a good time? Of course we did. And how do we know? Because a member of the City of London constabulary kindly captured the occasion for us on film. Well pixels actually. Aren’t our police-persons wonderful!
And are we glad the Olympics only come around every four years? Of course we are.
Churchill Hui shortlisted for the 2012 Housing Design Awards
Churchill Hui are delighted to have been shortlisted for the 2012 Housing Design Awards. Our scheme at Station Road, Godalming, on behalf of Waverley Borough Council, was nominated under the Project Category.
We look forward to the announcement of the prize winners on 20th June.
Housing Design Awards → (external link)
Churchill Hui architect features on BBC Britain’s Empty Homes programme
Tanja Napoli, the lead designer for Dalby Square, Margate was interviewed on site with regard to her design for an ongoing scheme for TCHG and Thanet District Council as part of the BBC Britain’s Empty Homes programme and the work that Thanet District Council’s Empty Homes Officer, Mike Thompson, carries out.
Tanja’s design incorporates the existing façade of the previous hotel on site. The project will see the completion of 8 flats and 12 town houses circa October 2012.
Churchill Hui and Radian work with community
to complete Old Windsor scheme
Radian has worked together with the local community to overcome initial reluctance in replacing a sheltered housing scheme in Old Windsor, with a mixed tenure of apartments and town houses, some of which will only be made available to the over 55s.
The community’s initial reservation was mainly due to the severely restricted parking which was already causing problems in Lyndwood Drive, even before any work had occurred.
However, it became apparent during a long public consultation process with residents, and parish and borough councillors, that some of the unwillingness to embrace the development was due to the level of local history surrounding this site.
Lyndwood Drive is a cul-de-sac that, many years ago, used to lead to Lyndwood House. The grand house, which sat on a substantial plot of land either side of the drive, was home to the Randall fami ly who lived there for numerous generations and employed many of the local community. One current Lyndwood Drive resident, Dave Knight’s grandfather was the Randall family chauffeur and his grandmother also worked for them at Lyndwood House decades ago.
Aware of this local connection, Radian worked in partnership with the residents and suppliers to overcome a challenging period and generate a positive outcome for to the local area.
To alleviate residents’ concerns, Radian worked with the local planning authority to widen the width of the Lyndwood Drive and was also happy to make a financial contribution towards the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s consultation with the local residents regarding a parking permit scheme.
Radian organised an Open Day at the earliest opportunity to allow the local residents, who had tolerated the building site on their small cul-de-sac for a number of months, to view the finished houses and apartments befor e new residents move in.
Peter Coleman, Radian combined board member, said: "From the outset everyone at Radian were committed to working with the Old Windsor community. It has taken a long time to deliver, needed many hours of discussion and some compromises on both sides but that has ensured the scheme is one that both Radian, and the community can be proud of."
The architects, Churchill Hui, have designed a development boasting both one and two bed apartments, as well as three bed town houses. The apartments will provide comfortable homes for over 55 year olds, whilst the town houses offer much needed family homes.
It is anticipated that some of the flats will be occupied by older people who are currently under-occupying larges houses in the area, therefore freeing up more homes for local families.
In order to minimise the effect on local parking and maximise outdoor space, each of the houses has two parking spaces (two of which are i ntegral garages) and all benefit from private back gardens.
The ground floor apartments have a patio area and a further four have balconies.
John Lee, assistant clerk at Old Windsor Parish Council, said: "This development had all the potential to be a complete nightmare for the existing residents.
"The combination of a very good builder, great communication with the housing authority and the goodwill of existing residents meant that this was completed without any tears.
"Radian kept everyone up to date on developments and invited the existing residents input on things so we always felt part of the team."
Thames Bridges Bike Ride
33 miles, 14 bridges and one big challenge
An intrepid team from Churchill Hui (Neil, Claire, Lee, Niall, Kevin, Geoff, Ian, Andrew M and Sam plus a couple of friends) have chosen to cycle the London Bridges Bike Ride on 22nd May 2011, from Southwark Park to Molesey Park near Hampton Court in aid of The Stroke Association.
Training is going well (one individual who shall remain nameless has spent vast quantities in Halfords hoping to improve the comfort of the ride), although there has been a distinct lack of pedalling coming from any of the team members to date – apparently Twickenham to Kent is not doable (some of us think that Southwark to Molesey is probably a struggle).
Why are we letting you know? Well in spite of the entertainment value for anyone who wishes to line the route (I promise you, some of these legs have not seen any pedalling action for a long time and some riders just have a habit of falling off on a regular basis – the excuse was the wrong type of tyres) we are attempting to raise money for a very worthwhile cause.
We would be very grateful if you would consider sponsoring us at the below link. We appreciate that in the current economic climate there are many demands on your hard earned money, however if you are able to donate anything, however small, it would be gratefully received by the team on behalf of The Stroke Association and will improve their motivation to actually complete the ride.
Please sponsor us at Just Giving → (external link)
St Mungo’s, 115 Pound Lane, Willesden
A centre for hope and transition
Churchill Hui’s longstanding relationship with St Mungo’s continues with the opening of this new centre for the homeless in Brent.
As concept and planning architects our vision was to create a place of hope and transition, without the institutional and isolating feel of some hostels. Led by Architect Alex Murray, we wanted to create a relaxed, contemporary and welcoming atmosphere, with ‘a heart’ at its centre.
The design concept reflects a new approach to hostel design and has an emphasis on natural materials. These are complemented by features such as a fig tree at the centre of the main building, sedum grass sown on several roofs, and ‘living walls’ of climbing plants.
View article at Building Design Online → (external link)
Ellington School, Ramsgate, Kent
Redevelopment, regeneration, affordable flats and houses.
Orbit Homes is redeveloping this disused school building and site to generate much needed affordable housing. On completion the development will comprise 28 new homes, made up of 16 one- and two-bedroom flats and 12 four-bedroom houses. It will also house a GP surgery onsite.
This is very much a regeneration scheme in that it has been carefully planned and designed to transform the site, while also integrating with the existing facilities and infrastructure. The emphasis will be on harmonising with the local environment, including the adjacent Grade II listed building. Features of the original Victorian structure will be retained and existing TPO trees will be protected.
Churchill Hui has been commissioned to provide various roles. These include architect, project management and CDM coordinator. This £4.1m Code 4 project is scheduled for completion by February 2011.
Rolex Fastnet 2009
Neil Manley recently joined the crew of the Hydrocarbon to complete the Rolex Fastnet 2009. Read on to see how they fared.
Consultant Frameworks success
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in our tenders for both the Moat Housing Association Ltd. and Asra Greater London Housing Association Ltd. Consultant Frameworks for Employer’s Agent Services.
We look forward to a long and successful relationship with both.
A new identity keeps Churchill Hui at the forefront of the social housing sector
Churchill Hui is celebrating 35 years of leadership in the social and affordable housing sector. Over the years our business has grown and diversified into the full design and management consultancy service we offer today.
To better reflect the size, scope and resources of our practice and its position in the marketplace, we have introduced a new look and identity. This was unveiled at a special launch party at the London Transport Museum in central London.
The London-based consultancy A2 Design was commissioned to develop the new identity following a review of various design specialists. They were selected for their strategic approach, creativity and understanding of our business and needs.
The new identity features a more contemporary and distinctive logo. The identity and illustrations represent our belief in working together in partnership with our clients and contractors.
These elements combine to differentiate Churchill Hui from our competitors in terms of look and approach, while also reinforcing the specialist knowledge and expertise that is the hallmark of our business. The new look is being introduced across all areas of the practice.
High Road Tottenham completed
The development comprised the design and construction of 40 flats, 4 houses and 7 commercial units. 20 flats were for shared ownership and the remaining dwellings for affordable rent.
Churchill Hui moves into the top 100
Churchill Hui is delighted to announce its arrival in Building Magazine’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the UK, as featured in their 2008 survey. We are proud of this recognition and of our continuing growth and success as design and management consultants to the social housing sector.
This is fitting testimony to the professionalism, dedication and hard work of each and every one of our employees. But we would like to thank all of our clients too, both past and present, for their considerable contribution to our success. We look forward to building on our existing relationships and forging new ones as we continue to grow.
View full results from Building Magazine’s 2008 survey → (external link)
Fenland District Council Building Design Awards
The Norwood Road scheme in March, dubbed ‘Smartlife’, was recognised and awarded in two categories at the recent Fenland District Council Building Design Awards. The categories were:
1. The Sustainability Award - Scheme demonstrating a high standard of energy conservation or sustainable construction.
2. Home Award - New build, 15 dwellings and over.
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In Pakistan at least, the species is threatened by trapping for Saker Falcons Falco cherrug - Laggar Falcons themselves are apparently not prized for falconry (Ali and Ripley 1987). Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2020) IUCN Red List for birds. Laggar falcons are native to India and are similar to the more familiar peregrine falcon (F. peregrinus) in size and proportions. The second group contains slightly larger (on average) and more elegant species, the hobbies and relatives. Justification of Red List CategoryTrends in this species's population are poorly documented; however, it probably has a moderately small population that is suspected to be undergoing a moderately rapid population reduction, both owing to pesticide use and incidental capture by trappers targeting Saker Falcon Falco cherrug. A juvenile Laggar Falcon. dark underside, and first-year subadult birds still retain much dark The back is rufous, with barring on the lower half. Foreign names . 4. Copyright: Wikipedia. ... More, The Laggar Falcon is an ashy brown falcon with brown-streaked white On one fine morning, this juvenile Laggar Falcon (a female) was seen chasing around a (probable) juvenile male (around 60% the size of the female). Resident falcon in India. An Eagle is known for its great eyesight, while a Falcon is considered the fastest animal in the world. Trend justificationA moderately rapid and on-going population decline is suspected on the basis of rates of habitat degradation, pesticide use and capture. The Laggar Falcon has an Indo-Malayan distribution from southeastern Iran and Afghanistan in the west, across the Indian subcontinent to Myanmar in the east (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2005, Naoroji 2006). The Merlin and the American Kestrel are also members of the falcon family and are the smallest members. Download : Download full-size image; Fig. View all pictures of Laggar Falcon View all pictures of Laggar Falcon Water Color on Old Urdu Paper with Manual Calligraphy on both sides Falconiformes ⢠Familia: Falconidae ⢠Genus: Falco ⢠Species: Falco In the 1970s, a total population of 10,000-25,000 pairs was suggested (Cade 1982). Seen feeding on a Spiny-tailed Lizard The minimum value osf CD pr at each CL bound the polar area and define a polar curve that is suitable for evaluating the model. 2008); there are no breeding records, and it may only be a vagrant (P. Thompson in litt. Send as e-card Click for Printer Friendly VersionPrinter http://www.birdlife.org on 03/12/2020. More, © 2019 Thewebsiteofeverything.comPictures and facts of theLaggar Falcon (Falco jugger), Picture of the Laggar Falcon has been licensed under a, Picture of Falco jugger above has been licensed under a Creative Commons. During our recent tour of Tal Chapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, we came across many juvenile Laggar Falcons (Falco jugger). Peregrine Falcon is the fastest flying bird, exceeding the speed of 300km/h. Declines have been noted in Pakistan and north-west India, perhaps from spreading cultivation and pesticides, and the species is scarce in Nepal and Bangladesh. 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Gujarat, India but numbers have declined markedly in recent times and today it is copyright Hannu Hautala This article is licensed under the GNU Free Arabian Peninsula which during that time had a more humid climate than The shape and size of the bird seemed to match that of a falcon…and surely it was. adult. Therefore, the distribution of the Laggar Falcon straddles the Tropic of Capricorn and extends into the Tropical zone across lower elevations. It is mostly found from sea-level to 1,000 m in dry open woodland and open country with scattered trees (Ferguson-Lees et al. 3.0" X 6.2" 2001). Click to send this page through emailShare this Page with a friend hide section Most recent photos of Laggar Falcon (1) Now, the total population may still number more than 10,000 birds, although is perhaps not much more (Ferguson-Lees et al. The main threat, given the presumed susceptibility of the species to pesticides, is the intensification of pesticide use in the region, e.g. Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India E ven while the pandemic has ravaged the world, avian migration will flourish this year. Subspecific information monotypic species. The laggar falcon was a common species found mostly in the great thar desert of Rajasthan but due to use of pesticide in the region the numbers have declined. More, Laggar Falcon (Falco jugger) is a scarce but widespread resident in Britain or Ireland The gyrfalcon is a very large falcon, being about the same size as the largest buteos (buzzards) but probably slightly heavier. Another vagrant is the Red-footed Falcon whose native countries are Europe and Asia. BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Falco jugger. This equates to 15,000-29,999 individuals in total, rounded here to 15,000-30,000 individuals. The total population may still number more than 10,000 birds, although there are perhaps not many more), thus it is placed in the band 10,000-19,999 mature individuals. We also supply literature to researchers from our avian research library, which helps scientists around the world gather and share important information on raptor conservation. As in all falcons, females are noticeably bigger than males. The Laggar falcon is a mid-sized bird of prey which occurs in the India and neighbor countries. Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India01/02/2010 Little Rann of Kutch, We currently have no More, Laggar Falcons used to be the most common falcons in the region, The main threat, given the presumed susceptibility of the species to pesticides, is the intensification of pesticide use in the region (e.g. A successful Lanner Falcon Hunt! Below is shown a list of falcon species. With short flights or charging on the ground, she would … Although falcons are usually thought of as active fliers, they also glide and soar (Beebe & Webster, 1964). Narrow brown moustachial stripes run down from in front and below the eyes. The first contains the kestrels. A beautiful Female Juvenile Laggar Falcon. Samples were collected by the Falcon Foundation International Pakistan (FFIP), which is conducting an ongoing dialogue with trappers aimed at reducing the impact of trapping on laggar populations in Pakistan. The size of sock ball is about 7-8cm in diameter having noose traps . The falcons are the swiftest birds on the continent with records stating … The English and scientific species names mean "wandering falcon," and refer to the fact that some populations are migratory. As in most birds, the sizes of falcon genomes are relatively small (Kapusta, Suh, & Feschotte, 2017; Zhang et al., 2014), and the assemblies of the genomes of the five falcon species sequenced to date are consistent with genome size of ~1.2 Gb. Hybrids are a … Laggar falcon (F. jugger) and white eyed buzzard (B. teesa) also used as technique to capture superior (migratory) falcons. Regarding their size and weight, the raptors range from as small as the tiny Falconet of south-east Asia to as large as the mighty Martial Eagle of the African continent. Conservation Actions UnderwayIt breeds in Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India. Kestrels feed chiefly on terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates of appropriate size, such as rodents, reptiles, or insects. 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Weights and Measures: The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), sometimes formerly known in North America as Duck Hawk, is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a large crow: 38-53 cm (15 to 21 inches) long. More, measured in feathers of laggar falcons, Falco biarmicus jugger, in Plumage has more variation between the sexes than size. Gray, 1834 Cape Verde Peregrine Falcon Though The Peregrine Fund doesn't work directly with Lanner Falcons, our efforts in scientific research, habitat conservation, education, and community development help conserve raptors on a global scale. of 7-8cm in size used to install on the surface. 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Friendly Version show section External Links (0) Members of the falcon familiy are roughly divisible into three or four groups. Falcons vary in size from 25cm tall to more than 60cm tall, but the height of the falcon depends on the species. In Pakistan at least, the species is threatened by trapping for Saker Falcons Falco cherrug (Laggar Falcons themselves are apparently not prized for falconry). the Indian Subcontinent where it is a rare and declining species. 2001). Breast feathers from 57 live, recently trapped, adult and juvenile Fledglings have an almost entirely The birds appearing on this list are the ones most commonly used. Faucon laggar, Halcón Yággar, Falcão-lágar, Laggarfalke, indiai sólyom, Laggarvalk, Text account compilersBenstead, P., Mahood, S., Taylor, J., Westrip, J. ContributorsThompson, P., Sharma, S., Naoroji, R., Harris, C., Susanth, C., Prasad, A. In size, an Eagles wing is bigger than that of a Falcon with the wingspan of to 2 meters or more, while a Falcon is 20-30cm. 2016). The belly and flanks are white with black spotting. numbers have declined markedly in recent times and today it is In Pakistan at least, the species is threatened by trapping for Saker Falcons Falco cherrug - Laggar Falcons themselves are apparently not prized for falconry (Ali and Ripley 1987). Price: $55. The black falcon belongs to the family Falconidae, as do the other three falcon species which are found in Australia, the brown falcon, grey falcon (Falco hypoleucos) and peregrine falcon (F. peregrinus).. Genetic analysis has revealed that the black falcon may be an early offshoot of the Old World hierofalcons - such as the saker falcon (F. cherrug) and laggar falcon (F. jugger).
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Oak Hill/Herndon Wellbeing
Herndon: SPIRIT Equestrian Program Gets a Christmas Miracle
“We received the notice to vacate the property exactly one week before Thanksgiving and they wanted us moved out by Dec. 31,” Dada said. “We really need a Christmas miracle to go through this transition and survive it.”
By Fallon Forbush
Herndon: Santa Visits Herndon Library
Despite their no doubt very hectic schedule at this time of the year, Santa, Mrs. Claus, and two of his favorite elves managed to fit in a visit to the Winter Open House at the Herndon Fortnightly Library on Saturday.
By Andrea Worker
Updated List of Shelters for the Homeless
Shelter Information
NVRC has updated the list of shelters for the homeless, drop in centers and winter shelters in the region: Visit http://www.novaregion.org/index.aspx?NID=174
Herndon Turkey Trot Race a Success
Some 858 runners participate in pre-Thanksgiving tradition at Herndon Community Center.
The first-place male winner was James Luehrs, 23, of Reston, who finished with a time of 16:16. He is Herndon High School's cross country and distance track coach. Some 858 runners participated in The Turkey Trot 5K Race sponsored by the Herndon Parks and Recreation Department on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Herndon Community Center. The race wound around the Herndon Centennial Golf Course.
By Steve Hibbard
Herndon: Citizen Committee Rejects Cellphone Tower Next to Crossfield Elementary
Committee Denies Cell Tower Application
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Hunter Mill District Land Use Committee voted 3-2 to deny an application to build a cellphone tower on Crossfield Elementary School property on Fox Mill Road in Herndon. "This is about money, not anything else,” says Griffin, who is a father of a fourth grader who attends the elementary school.Milestone Communications towers on county school properties has generated more than $13 million of income over the last 20 years for the school system, says Forkas. The proposed tower would generate approximately $40,000 of revenue a year for the school system once at least three carriers agree to use the tower, he says.
Herndon: LINK Accepts Donations to Annual Coat Drive
New and gently used winter coats will be distributed to those in need on Nov. 19.
Those wishing to donate can deliver coats to the Sterling United Methodist Church at 304 E. Church Road from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. until Friday, Nov. 18. “When my kids started elementary school, I started noticing,” Thomas says. “It broke my heart to see kids who couldn’t help themselves, and had no winter clothing.”
Volunteer Events & Opportunities
30th Annual Northern Virginia Dementia Care Consortium Caregivers Conference, Friday, Nov. 11, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The conference "Gems: A Treasure Chest of Ideas" will have speakers and resources on topics important to caregivers. The $30 fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, materials, and certificate of attendance.
Herndon Village Network Celebrates Volunteers
Volunteers make a difference by providing the elderly much-needed transportation
Herndon Village Network (HVN), a not-for-profit organization serving Herndon senior citizens, celebrated its dedicated volunteers with a tea held on Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Four Seasons clubhouse. These volunteers make a difference by providing the elderly much-needed transportation for appointments, errands, and social gatherings.
Medicare Open Enrollment Nears
Tips to help Medicare beneficiaries get ready.
Medicare beneficiaries preparing for open enrollment this month may want to consider their current health needs and the many preventive services covered by Medicare.
Walk to Prevent Suicide
Walk supports survivors of suicide loss and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The Out of the Darkness Walks are American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s largest fundraiser, producing millions for suicide prevention programs, and works to unite those who have been affected by suicide, and create communities that are “smart about mental health.”
Minds Matter to Local Mental Health Service
PRS Inc. of McLean prepares for National Suicide Prevention Week.
Although National Suicide Prevention Week occurs next month, a local mental health service got a head start last week and launched its public awareness campaign on social media.
By Marti Moore
Fairfax County: Kaine Requests Funding for School Drinking Water Testing
FCPS developing testing plan; last test was 2004.
In response to the lead contamination of drinking water of Flint, Michigan, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine joined 24 other senators asking Congress for funding to have school drinking water tested for lead and other toxins.
By Tim Peterson
Herndon: Stage Magic Comes to NextStop Theatre
Musical ’City of Angels’ at Herndon stage.
Hollywood’s 1940s golden age of fearless private eyes and wise-cracking femme-fatales working as partners to solve crimes while testing the boundaries of love is next for Herndon’s NextStop Theatre. It is “City of Angels,” a multi-Tony Award winning musical.
By David Siegel
Farmers Markets in Fairfax County
Fairfax County’s Farmers Markets opened in May. There are 11 locations of the county’s Park Authority’s Farmers Markets.
Burke, Centreville, Chantilly, Springfield: Brain Injury Services honors volunteers and community partners
Maya Simbulan of Fairfax is thankful for being normal. The Lake Braddock Secondary School freshman would like to pursue work with computer graphics and plays electric wheelchair soccer.
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"Violent summer" projected for the US
(Here all this time I just thought it was a cruel summer [apologies to Bananarama] --SD)
From: https://tinyurl.com/j2km2xhc (zerohedge.com)
Police Across America Brace For Another Violent Summer
BY TYLER DURDEN
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021 - 08:30 PM
Donald Trump may not be president anymore, but that won't stop Anitfa and
BLM from getting their riot willies out this summer in response to any
number of social justice triggers.
To that end, the Wall Street Journal reports that police departments across
the country are "bulking up patrols and implementing new tactics to prepare
for what they say could be a violent summer" as states lift COVID-19 restrictions - as if they had any impact on last year's summer of leftist violence. Also cited is a spike in firearm purchases during the pandemic as gun crimes spiral out of control in major cities.
Shootings and homicides in big U.S. cities are up this year again after
rising last year. In the last three months of 2020, homicides rose 32.2% in cities with a population of at least one million, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Quarterly Uniform Crime Report.
In New York City, the number of homicides has reached 146 for the year so
far, an increase of 27% from 115 during the same period in 2020. In Dallas, police have counted 75 homicides this year, up from 58 during the same
period last year. Chicago police have recorded 195 homicides, up from 160
in the year-ago period. -WSJ
And while y/y crime stats spiking 12 months after the country was locked
down is may seem like more of a 'no shit' than anything else, keep in mind
that New York saw its most violent summer last year since 1996. Meanwhile,
the country currently finds itself extremely polarized over more than just police reform, as ongoing tensions in the Middle East have spilled over into
US streets, and anti-lockdown activists around the world have been fiercely protesting economy-killing pandemic measures - which we imagine our 'wise
and benevolent' leaders like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) won't hesitate
to re-implement if COVID-19 even thinks about surging again.
"We're coming out of the pandemic, life is starting again and more people
are going to be out on the street," said James Shea, Jersey City NJ director
of public safety, adding that the city decided to increase the deployment of officers on foot patrol in high-crime areas, as well as expanded the department's closed-circuit video system.
In Dallas, more officers will be deployed this summer to hot-spots of
criminal activity as part of the city's Violent Crime Reduction Plan,
according to Police Chief Eddie Garcia.
In New York, the NYPD will dispatch 200 additional officers and add patrols
to 100 blocks in the city with the most gun violence, according to the
report, after last year's chaos. Additional officers have also been
deployed to Manhattan business districts in recent weeks, including Times Square, where a recent shooting left three bystanders - including a
4-year-old girl - were injured.
"The warmer months always usually give us more problems when it comes to violence," said NYPD Chief of Department, Rodney Harrison, who added that
gang activity accounts for around half of the shootings in the city - while officers struggled to solve cases during the pandemic due to the NYPD's strained relationship with residents amid demonstrations against police brutality.
Year-to-date, shootings in New York City are up 86% over 2020, from 242 to
From Arelor@618:250/24 to Sean Dennis on Tue May 18 03:21:32 2021
Re: "Violent summer" projected for the US
By: Sean Dennis to All on Tue May 18 2021 03:28 am
Donald Trump may not be president anymore, but that won't stop Anitfa and BLM from getting their riot willies out this summer in response to any number of social justice triggers.
I bet Antifas and BLMs will be squashed mercilessly if they try to break havok now, since they are
no longer needed.
From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to ARELOR on Tue May 18 15:46:00 2021
I bet Antifas and BLMs will be squashed mercilessly if they try to break havok
ow, since they are
Although the Mayor of Portland has since turned his back on Antifa (not admitting they existed until Trump was gone, and now calling them a
problem), they still seem to cause trouble in that town pretty regular.
Immediately after the election and switch in power, there did seem to be
some crack downs but they are still around.
* SLMR 2.1a * Windows isn't crippleware: it's "Functionally Challenged"
18 May 21 15:46, you wrote to ARELOR:
Although the Mayor of Portland has since turned his back on Antifa
(not admitting they existed until Trump was gone, and now calling them
a problem), they still seem to cause trouble in that town pretty
regular.
Portland has always been a shithole. It was back in the late 80s to mid 90s when I lived in the area but not quite as in-your-face socialist as it is now.
The show "Portlandia" kinda tore the lid off of Portland's liberalism so they have nothing to hide anymore.
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An Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos: Compendiously Teaching the Science of Nombers ... as ... Requisite for the Profession of a Soldiour
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by Leonard Digges
Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos
Title not held by The Wolf Law Library
at the College of William & Mary.
Author Leonard Digges
Published London: Imprinted by Richard Field
Volumes volume set
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Digges’s Stratioticos. 8vo." This was one of the titles kept by Thomas Jefferson and later sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Both George Wythe's Library[1] on LibraryThing and the Brown Bibliography[2] list the 1590 edition published in London. This is also the edition Millicent Sowerby's included in Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,[3] but, Jefferson's copy no longer exists. As yet, the Wolf Lab Library has been unable to obtain a copy of Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos.
↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on February 2, 2015.
↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 1:518 [no.1145].
Retrieved from "http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Arithmetical_Warlike_Treatise_Named_Stratioticos&oldid=42810"
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Upcoming tour dates: Germany, Cyprus, Italy, Sicily, New York and more
Filed under: News,Tour — Tags: 2011 Shaggy concerts tour, Beatstock 2011, Big Time Rush, Brooklyn, Chris Willis, concert, concerto, Cover Girls, Crystal Waters, Cyprus, Deutschland, Farmingville, Germany, Italia, Italy, Jason Derulo, Kat Deluna, Kelly Rowland, Kim Sozzi, konzert, Lecce, Long Island, Lucas Prata, Martin Luther King Jr concert series, Martin Luther King Jr. concert, Mighty Sparrow, Munchen, Munich, N.Y.C., New York, North Cyprus, Qwote, Robin S, Rockell, Sahara, Serani, Sicily, Sicily Music Village, Six Flags New England, tickets, Wingate Field, Wynter Gordan, Wynter Gordon — reggaevibesgirl @ 4:29 pm
Upcoming tour dates (newest additions)
Shaggy fans from Germany, Cyprus, Italy, Sicily, New England and New York, check this! Here are several more of Shaggy’s upcoming tour dates!
WWK Assurance Party, Munich, Germany (today)
According to several German Shaggy fans, Shaggy will perform at the WWK Assurance Party in München, Germany, tonight! It’s probably a private party.
Club Mansion, Kyrenia, Cyprus (August 7)
Shaggy will perform at Club Mansion in Kyrenia, Cyprus on August 7!
Gusto Al Dope Festival, Stadio Comunale, Vernole, Lecce, Italy (August 12)
Shaggy is going to give a concert at the Gusto Al Dope Festival at the Stadio Comunale, Vernole, Lecce in Italy on August 12! For ticket and camping information, check the Gusto Al Dope Facebook.
Sicily Music Village, Valle Ventura Park, Ragusa, Sicily (August 15)
Shaggy is going to rock the main stage of the Sicily Music Village at Valle Ventura Park in Ragusa, Sicily with a concert at 1 AM on August 15! Visit the Sicily Music Village site for more info and tickets.
Beatstock 2011, Brookhaven Amphitheater, Farmingville, Long Island, New York (August 20)
Shaggy, Kelly Rowland, Kat Deluna, Wynter Gordan, Serani, Sahara, Qwote, Robin S, Big Time Rush and more are going to perform at the Beatstock 2011 dance concert on August 20! The Beatstock 2011 is taking place at the Brookhaven Amphitheater in Farmingville, Long Island, New York. For tix and concert info see the Beatstock 2011 site.
Ticket to Ride Concert, Six Flags New England (August 21)
Shaggy, Jason DeRulo and more are going to perform at the Ticket to Ride concert at Six Flags New England on August 21! The concert is free with a season pass and park admission! Source: Shaggy’s Facebook.
Martin Luther King Jr Free Concert Series, Wingate Fields, Brooklyn, New York (August 22)
Shaggy, the Mighty Sparrow and a yet to be announced mystery guest will perform a FREE concert at the 29th Martin Luther King Jr. concert series at Wingate Field in Brooklyn, New York on August 22! More info.
All of Shaggy’s upcoming concerts as known so far
New upcoming tour date
Filed under: News — Tags: 2010 Shaggy concerts tour, 2Face, Admiral Bailey, African Caribbean International Festival of Life, Alison Hinds, Calypso Rose, Canada, Chicago, Festivent, Gramps Morgan, IFOL, Illinois, International Festival of Life, Mighty Sparrow, Quebec — reggaevibesgirl @ 9:20 am
Shaggy to International Festival of Life, Chicago, Illinois
Shaggy’s official MySpace confirms that Shaggy will headline the 18th African Caribbean International Festival of Life (IFOL) in Chicago, Illinois. Shaggy will perform on July 3!
The African Caribbean International Festival of Life will take place July 2-5 in Chicago, Illinois! Artists to perform are Shaggy, Alison Hinds, Gramps Morgan, 2Face, Calypso Rose, Mighty Sparrow and Admiral Bailey. Info about tickets and more: (at Martin’s Interculture) IFOL festival site.
More Canada concert info
The official Festivent site writes that Shaggy will headline the Festivent festival in Lévis, quartier St-Jean-Chrysostome, Canada on August 7! Shaggy will perform at the Loto-Québec stage. Source and more info: Festivent.
Shaggy’s full tour schedule
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Last week Dr. Daniel Pauly was invited to the White House to participate in a forum on citizen science and crowdsourcing.
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Home News Sunday Dare Sends Financial Support To Henry Nwosu
Sunday Dare Sends Financial Support To Henry Nwosu
Posted By: Grace Johnon: November 01, 2022 In: NewsNo Comments
In line with his commitment to ensuring that the welfare of former Nigeria internationals in dire need are given assistance, Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare on Tuesday 1st November gave financial lifeline to ailing former Super Eagles star Henry Nwosu.
A gifted midfielder, Nwosu was the youngest member of Nigeria’s victorious 1980 African Nations Cup squad, and scored the only goal for Nigeria at the 1980 Olympics. He also played in the 1982, 1984 and 1988 tournaments, finishing runners up in the latter two, with his last game for Nigeria coming in 1991.
Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank (NNB) of Benin City and African Continental Bank (ACB) of Lagos. He also played for ASEC Mimosas FC of Ivory Coast and Racing FC Bafoussam of Cameroon.
Following reports that the talented Nwosu was was sick and needed support, the Minister directed Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Club Owners Chairperson Henrietta Ehiabor to visit and hand over cash gift to assist the ex footballer.
Ehiabor visited the ex player in Asaba and handed him the cash gift from the Sports Minister.
According to the well respected Ehiabor, the gesture would not end with just the cash gift, but the ex international would be given needed medical assistance. The state of his ailment would be assessed by medics with the aim of giving him proper treatment to be paid for by the Minister.
Sports Minister, Dare, had extended similar assistance to several former Nigerian footballers in the past.
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Home / Christian Economics / Christian Economics in One Lesson, Chapter 22
The Mirage of Inflation
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water (Isaiah 1:22).
The prophet Isaiah was publicly criticizing the nation as a whole. He also spelled out the crimes of political rulers. They were bribe-takers. They were companions of thieves (v. 23). They rendered false judgment, cheating widows and orphans (v. 24). But before these crimes, he mentioned monetary debasement: cheap metals mixed in with silver. The word “debase” comes from “base” metals — cheap metals. This was monetary inflation.
Isaiah was making a point. The sins of the nation had debased the nation. The corrupt practice of silver smelters was to mix low-cost metals into the molten silver. This produced bars that looked like pure silver, but were not. This was counterfeit metal. It was deceptive. People in Israel initially thought that the silver bars had high value because of silver’s scarcity, so the smelters continued to deceive the public. More counterfeit silver bars had come into circulation than there would otherwise have been, had smelters not debased the bars.
Isaiah did not say that prices had risen. But his listeners knew. And it was not just the smelters who were doing this. The wine makers were, too. There was larceny in their hearts.
He warned of a coming judgment by God. He used the language of smelting.
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city (vv. 24-26).
The society was ethically corrupt. The society was ethically counterfeit. But the purging would be real.
The debasement of Isaiah’s day was kids’ stuff compared to today. That was because of the limits of deception. Pour too much dross into the molten metal, and it will no longer look like silver. The modern world has debased its coinage. No nation’s mint issues silver coins as common coinage — only as collectibles. By the mid-1960’s, silver coins were replaced by counterfeits.
In 1965, most money was not coinage, as is true today. Most money was a combination of paper currency and bank checks. Printed currency of any denomination all looked alike. The “dross” was paper and ink, worth a few cents. The “silver” was the face value of the bill. The central bank’s profit — mark-up — on printing these bills was enormous. The governments had laws against printing counterfeit bills, but their central banks printed nothing but counterfeits bills. What held this process in check was the threat that people could bring in their paper money or write checks and get gold coins. That ended in Europe in late 1914: World War I. It ended in the United States in 1933. It ended for silver coins in the United States in 1964. (Note: in the summer of 1963, I converted almost all of my money into silver coins, which I got at a bank at face value. By the end of the summer, these coins started going out of circulation as a result of Gresham’s famous law: “Bad money drives good money out of circulation.”)
Today, most money is digital. All digital money is counterfeit money. We do not even see the money any longer. We use pieces of plastic. Computers communicate with each other.
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James McAfee
Wedges key to improved scores
When it’s OK to touch sand in a bunker
There is a time when you can actually touch the sand in a bunker, even with your hand or a club, without being penalized. It happens when you are searching for your golf ball that might be buried in the sand.
This is exactly what happened to me recently in the Hyundai World Challenge at the TPC Craig Ranch in Frisco, TX. After hitting a 5-iron fat and seeing the ball land in the water on the 181-yard No. 15, I went back and used a 4-iron for my next shot. We could see that it landed in the lip of a greenside bunker. On arriving at the bunker, another ball was in the bunker, but mine was not viable.
I remembered Rule 12-1 Searching for Ball; Seeing Ball: “In a hazard, if a ball is believed to be covered by loose impediments or sand, the player may remove by probing or raking with a club or otherwise, as many loose impediments or as much sand as will enable him to see a part of the ball. If excess is removed, there is no penalty and the ball must be recovered so that only a part of the ball is visible. If the ball is moved during the removal, there is no penalty; the ball must be replaced and, if necessary, re-covered.”
My additional problem was that the ball was within inches of the lip of the bunker and there was no way that I felt I could advance the ball even if allowed to replace it. So I had to take an unplayable lie, deciding to drop the ball within two club lengths and staying in the bunker.
In the process of searching for the ball I left a lot of footprints. Was I entitled to rake the bunker? Again, I remembered Rule 13-4 and did nothing except to try and drop the ball so that it would not get into one of the footprints. I was successful, but the ball partially plugged, making by explosion shot more difficult. Two putts from 30 feet, including a come backer from five feet left me writing down a 7 on the scorecard.
Looking in the “Decisions on the Rules of Golf” to make sure I had preceded correctly, I found that a player could also probe with a club if his ball was covered by leaves (classified as loose impediments) in a bunker and was not visible from any angle.
However, if the player touches a leaf on his backswing, he would be in breach of 13-4 and subject to a two-stroke penalty.
If fallen leaves in a bunker seasonally create an abnormal problem, a local rule may be used to declare accumulations of the leaves to be ground under repair.
Another decision noted that a player, who was probing for his ball in a hazard with a club who accidentally kicked his ball with his foot, would be penalized one stroke for moving the ball since the act was not directly attributable to the specific act of probing for the ball.
TOPICS: AZGA, Conn. Golf Assoc., Golf, Indiana Golf Assoc., Long Island Golf Assoc., Oregon Golf Assoc, Rules, So. Cal. Golf Assoc. Tags: Decisions on The Rules of Golf
ABOUT: James McAfee
James McAfee is a freelance writer now living in Plano, TX after recently retiring as the editor of the Knox County News-Courier for eight years, He is currently writing for www.gettingontravel.com, Divot Magazine in Colorado, Hometown Living as well as this site. He had worked previously for newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma for 30 years as sports writer and sports editor. He was an editor of Golf Shop Operations and Golf Digest in the 1970s. He then served as the executive director of the Northern Texas PGA and the Dallas District Golf Association for 24 years, In addition, he spent three years in Costa Rica as director of golf and marketing at Playa Conchal.
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Select other Hawks Bogdanovic, Bogdan Capela, Clint Collins, John Favors, Derrick Forrest, Trent Griffin, AJ Holiday, Aaron Holiday, Justin Hunter, De'Andre Johnson, Jalen Kaminsky, Frank Krejci, Vit Martin, Tyrese Murray, Dejounte Okongwu, Onyeka Williams, Donovan Young, Trae Hawks Roster
Dejounte Murray
Team: Atlanta Height: 6-4 Born: 9/19/1996
Position: G Weight: 170 Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
College: Washington Draft: 1st Round 29th pick by Spurs (2016)
Jan. 28 7:01 PM PT8:01 PM MT9:01 PM CT10:01 PM ET3:01 GMT11:01 8:01 PM MST9:01 PM CST10:01 PM EST7:01 UAE (+1)04:0122:01 ET9:01 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 15 points Saturday, going 7 of 17 from the field, as the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Los Angeles Clippers 120-113. Murray grabbed six rebounds and had eight assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -11 in his 38:45 of playing time. He added one block and two steals. Murray went 1 of 5 from behind the arc.
Jan. 25 7:32 PM PT8:32 PM MT9:32 PM CT10:32 PM ET3:32 GMT11:32 8:32 PM MST9:32 PM CST10:32 PM EST7:32 UAE (+1)04:3222:32 ET9:32 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 21 points Wednesday on 9-of-19 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 137-132. Murray pulled down two rebounds and had three assists, tallying a plus-minus of -1 in his 38:26 on the floor. He added one block. Murray went 1 of 8 from 3-point range.
Jan. 23 6:45 PM PT7:45 PM MT8:45 PM CT9:45 PM ET2:45 GMT10:45 7:45 PM MST8:45 PM CST9:45 PM EST6:45 UAE (+1)03:4521:45 ET8:45 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 20 points Monday, going 9 of 19 from the field, as the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Chicago Bulls 111-100. Murray pulled down seven rebounds and dished out four assists, tallying a plus-minus of -21 in his 36:29 on the floor. Murray went 2 of 7 from 3-point range.
Jan. 21 6:18 PM PT7:18 PM MT8:18 PM CT9:18 PM ET2:18 GMT10:18 7:18 PM MST8:18 PM CST9:18 PM EST6:18 UAE (+1)03:1821:18 ET8:18 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 26 points Saturday on 11-of-20 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Charlotte Hornets 122-118. Murray pulled down three rebounds and had three assists, tallying a plus-minus of -10 in his 37:24 of playing time. He added one steal. Murray went 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
Jan. 20 6:00 PM PT7:00 PM MT8:00 PM CT9:00 PM ET2:00 GMT10:00 7:00 PM MST8:00 PM CST9:00 PM EST6:00 UAE (+1)03:0021:00 ET8:00 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 29 points Friday on 14-of-25 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks topped the New York Knicks 139-124. Murray pulled down six rebounds and had 12 assists, tallying a plus-minus of +9 in his 36:28 on the floor. He tacked on three steals. Murray went 1 of 4 from 3-point range.
Jan. 18 6:35 PM PT7:35 PM MT8:35 PM CT9:35 PM ET2:35 GMT10:35 7:35 PM MST8:35 PM CST9:35 PM EST6:35 UAE (+1)03:3521:35 ET8:35 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 30 points Wednesday, going 12 of 18 from the field, as the Atlanta Hawks topped the Dallas Mavericks 130-122. Murray grabbed seven rebounds and had four assists, tallying a plus-minus of +7 in his 37:37 of playing time. He added one steal. Murray went 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
Jan. 16 2:28 PM PT3:28 PM MT4:28 PM CT5:28 PM ET22:28 GMT6:28 3:28 PM MST4:28 PM CST5:28 PM EST2:28 UAE (+1)23:2817:28 ET4:28 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 28 points Monday on 11-of-17 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Miami Heat 121-113. Murray pulled down four rebounds and had seven assists, tallying a plus-minus of +4 in his 35:11 of playing time. He added one block and two steals. Murray went 5 of 8 from 3-point range.
Jan. 14 6:05 PM PT7:05 PM MT8:05 PM CT9:05 PM ET2:05 GMT10:05 7:05 PM MST8:05 PM CST9:05 PM EST6:05 UAE (+1)03:0521:05 ET8:05 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 27 points Saturday, going 10 of 17 from the field, as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Toronto Raptors 114-103. Murray grabbed eight rebounds and had six assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +13 in his 38:35 of playing time. He tacked on two steals. Murray went 2 of 5 from behind the arc.
Jan. 13 5:57 PM PT6:57 PM MT7:57 PM CT8:57 PM ET1:57 GMT9:57 6:57 PM MST7:57 PM CST8:57 PM EST5:57 UAE (+1)02:5720:57 ET7:57 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 18 points Friday on 7-of-18 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks topped the Indiana Pacers 113-111. Murray pulled down eight rebounds and dished out six assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +7 in his 36:02 of playing time. He tacked on one steal. Murray went 2 of 4 from behind the arc.
Jan. 11 6:20 PM PT7:20 PM MT8:20 PM CT9:20 PM ET2:20 GMT10:20 7:20 PM MST8:20 PM CST9:20 PM EST6:20 UAE (+1)03:2021:20 ET8:20 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored nine points Wednesday on 4-of-16 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks fell to the Milwaukee Bucks 114-105. Murray pulled down four rebounds and dished out five assists, tallying a plus-minus of -14 in his 37:53 of playing time. He tacked on two steals. Murray went 1 of 5 from 3-point range.
Jan. 8 7:41 PM PT8:41 PM MT9:41 PM CT10:41 PM ET3:41 GMT11:41 8:41 PM MST9:41 PM CST10:41 PM EST7:41 UAE (+1)04:4122:41 ET9:41 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 16 points Sunday on 8-of-18 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 112-108. Murray pulled down five rebounds and had four assists, tallying a plus-minus of 0 in his 37:23 of playing time. He added one steal.
Jan. 7 9:05 PM PT10:05 PM MT11:05 PM CT12:05 AM ET5:05 GMT13:05 10:05 PM MST11:05 PM CST12:05 AM EST9:05 UAE06:050:05 ET11:05 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 16 points Friday on 7-of-18 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 130-114. Murray pulled down one rebound and had six assists, tallying a plus-minus of -11 in his 35:02 on the floor. He added one steal. Murray went 2 of 4 from 3-point range.
Jan. 4 8:46 PM PT9:46 PM MT10:46 PM CT11:46 PM ET4:46 GMT12:46 9:46 PM MST10:46 PM CST11:46 PM EST8:46 UAE05:4623:46 ET10:46 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 21 points Wednesday, going 8 of 17 from the field, as the Atlanta Hawks topped the Sacramento Kings 120-117. Murray pulled down six rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of 0 in his 34:46 on the floor. He added three steals. Murray went 1 of 4 from behind the arc.
Jan. 3 9:40 PM PT10:40 PM MT11:40 PM CT12:40 AM ET5:40 GMT13:40 10:40 PM MST11:40 PM CST12:40 AM EST9:40 UAE06:400:40 ET11:40 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 25 points Monday on 10-of-20 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks fell to the Golden State Warriors 143-141 in double overtime. Murray pulled down 10 rebounds and had seven assists, tallying a plus-minus of 0 in his 50:42 of playing time. He added one block and two steals. Murray went 1 of 4 from behind the arc.
Dec. 30 6:07 PM PT7:07 PM MT8:07 PM CT9:07 PM ET2:07 GMT10:07 7:07 PM MST8:07 PM CST9:07 PM EST6:07 UAE (+1)03:0721:07 ET8:07 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 20 points Friday on 8-of-17 shooting as the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 130-121. Murray grabbed seven rebounds and had nine assists, tallying a plus-minus of -8 in his 39:08 of playing time. He added one steal. Murray went 3 of 7 from behind the arc.
Dec. 28 6:02 PM PT7:02 PM MT8:02 PM CT9:02 PM ET2:02 GMT10:02 7:02 PM MST8:02 PM CST9:02 PM EST6:02 UAE (+1)03:0221:02 ET8:02 PM CTNaN:� - Dejounte Murray scored 24 points Wednesday, going 10 of 26 from the field, as the Atlanta Hawks lost to the Brooklyn Nets 108-107. Murray grabbed nine rebounds and had eight assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -1 in his 39:50 of playing time. He tacked on one steal. Murray went 1 of 4 from 3-point range.
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LEAP UK LAUNCH
Posted by Users Voice on March 16th, 2016
LEAP UK LAUNCH – When the Cops said we refuse to arrest drug users any more
Under the slogan “Legalise all drugs/Ask us why” Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an organization of former & current police-officers that was founded originally in the United States in 2002, came together in Committee Room 10 of the House of Commons on February 29th 2016.Their Mission was to tell Parliament criminalising drugs users has been an expensive waste of time in every imaginable way..
Neil Woods, a former undercover drugs detective and chairman of LEAP UK, chaired the meeting. The LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) Launch UK meeting came immediately after a similar gathering organised by Andria Efthimiou of the John Mordaunt Trust & Frances Sealey of the Globalnet21. Neil Woods mentioned his own drug use, particularly referring to how hard it was to disregard your duty to help as a police officer, because you are carrying out an undercover op. This meant you had to ignore people who were actually in dire need of medical and/or psychological help..
Norman Lamb (LD) MP leant his weight to the Launch and was the only MP who spoke though happily, there were several MPs and a Lord present, including Paul Flynn (L), Keith Vaz (L), Ronnie Cowan (SNP) Dr Paul Monaghan (SNP) & Benjamin Mancroft Conservative Peer, so it was non-partisan as the international drug policy reform movement is around the world. Norman Lamb said “We have managed to criminalise very many of our young people blighting their career prospects for doing something that only affects themselves. We choose to criminalise them whilst at the same time probably 50% of our current government have taken in their time but happened to get away with it, so haven’t had their lives blighted. Yet they maintain the argument that we continue to prosecute people. It is the height of hypocrisy.” This should be addressed as a health issue.
As a foreigner (Colombia) and from the formal meetings and informal interviews organized by Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt, I got the general impression that drug-policy stagnation and even backwards trends in the UK are still taking reformists by surprise, particularly as the UK spearheaded Harm Reduction philosophy and practices years ago. It also became very obvious that that this backward sliding situation is closely tied to how the whole welfare system is being dismantled and de-constructed. Whatever the case might be, our UK colleagues are in there fighting and making a difference.
Among others, they are doing this by strengthening their alliances with MPs and allies in the House of Lords to bring about legislative reform in all of the areas (poverty, housing …. ) which are clearly connected to drug policy reform, impoverished people are often the ones behind bars for drug selling, and the selling of sex by students who cannot afford to pay tuition fees since the Coalition raised them, are but two examples.
The LEAP Launch meeting brought together drug policy advocates from all walks of life but mainly former and active police officers who, because of their attempts at enforcing Prohibition often have been the failures, not to mention the devastation caused.
Rosemary Humphreys, from Anyone’s Child, also gave a very touching testimony which told of how the death of her two children, one 23 years old and the other 39-year-old, could have been avoided if drugs were controlled and not in the hands of criminals who largely couldn’t care less about users. Their friends delayed calling for help incase they were blamed for the drugs use, so that by the time help arrived it was too late.
Annie Machon, a former MI5 operative, mentioned how, ever since the 1990s, we have observed an overlapping between drug money and terrorist organizations and how drug prohibition is pushing more and more people underground. Annie also pointed to the fact that what we saw in 2009 was how it was actually drug money that bailed out the crashing banking system. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12SpCIHymohQFg9LPB75DVp1SPn-A1GiJ4WV4uZjcNos/viewform?edit2=2_ABaOnueHpUv6c9Qk7mcT9VN_L2oMTvdNSAtI_FYQXRyTYCUD9e6YxqvYbU366lw
Prohibition failure is due, firstly, to the fact that you can fight criminals and criminal organizations but it is next to impossible to wage war on a thing. A second consideration is that enforcing prohibition currently implies prosecuting the most vulnerable populations and non-violent offences. Third, it seems pointless and cruel to persecute people who end up using drugs because of their mental health.
Patrick Hennessey, former British Officer Grenadier Guards, Barrister, referred to the war in Afghanistan when he served, and the way this war is tied to poppy production and the enormous amount of soldiers convicted for drug use in service…
James Duffy, former UK Police Inspector explained how the issue is that drug dealers do not ask their buyers for ID so, with drugs the way things are, anything goes. So what we have are unknown chemicals being sold by unknown salesmen to unknown buyers.
A retired Chief Constable pointed to why there is increasing violence in the UK. An example he gave was the theft of a crate of Falstaff, which can be solved by going to the police but when a kilo of cocaine is stolen, traffickers have to solve this among themselves, almost always resorting to violence.
According to Paul Whitehouse, a retired Police Constable of Sussex, what the police are proposing in practice is taking a social and holistic approach: looking into the reasons behind the user’s consumption, their living circumstances, family issues and to try to help them solve his pressing issues. Then money, which had previously been used to enforce the MDA, could, for example, be allocated to helping drug users find gainful employment. This is a more positive approach as opposed to prosecuting people who are already hard up financially.
From the director of LEAP Germany, Hubert Wimber we learnt that there is ongoing and comprehensive access to Needle Exchange services, aside from in Bavaria. What is commonplace is that 75% of drug arrests are for possession for personal use, which means that people who are not doing any harm except maybe to themselves, are being detained.
The fact is that an enormous amount of money is invested in drug prohibition approximately 11 billion pounds a year with 33% of this going to prosecuting fraud tied to crack, cocaine and opiate deals. Meanwhile, one of the worst “unintended” consequences of the drugwar prevails, that is the disenfranchisement of mostly poor communities (though not exclusively), due to drug policy. Officers who are routinely and frequently on the front-line, could make a real difference that does not infer punishment unless there behaviour affects others in a serious way.
We’ll give the last word to a woman X Undercover cop, who sounded repentant:
Suzanne Sharkey (pictured above): Former Constable and Undercover Officer at Northumbria Constabulary
“When I look back at my time in the police I feel ashamed, I feel a sense of failure. I feel ashamed that I wasn’t arresting career criminals. I was arresting people from poor socially deprived areas with little or no hope whose crime was non-violent drug possession, a complete failure of the war on drugs. I believe that one of the biggest barriers for people with problematic substance misuse to seeking help and treatment is the current drug policy. It does nothing, it achieves nothing except creating more harm for individuals, families and society as a whole. All of us know the problems and what we need to do but rather than be united by the problems let’s be united by the solutions. Solutions based in health, education and compassion rather than criminalisation.”
Pic by Katherine Rohan of the GlobalNet21
Maria Mercedes Moreno (left) @ the “Need for Drug Law Reform UK” – Mar 25th with Leigh
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WFTU stands in solidarity with the fair struggle of the London Underground Workers
Published Date: February 6, 2014
Athens, Greece – February 5th, 2014
The World Federation of Trade Unions representing 86 million workers in 126 countries around the world salutes the struggle of the London Underground workers in Britain who have joined forces in industrial action to stop cuts in jobs, services and security.
The 48-hours strike action that began last night has been rock solid and this has meant the London Underground network has effectively been closed down.
In a united voice transport workers say no to casualization, zero-hour contracts, poverty pay and bogus self-employment!
The WFTU greets the RMT and TSSA British unions for calling their members into a struggle to protect not only their fair labour rights but also the safety of the underground means of transport for all the passengers.
On the contrary, the authorities and the mass media have been engaged on a slandering campaign against the workers struggle aiming to tear the public apart from supporting their cause and enhance its dynamic.
These machinations, used in similar ways against workers struggles around the world, only prove the shallowness of their arguments in favor of the policy of privatization implemented in the transport sector as a strategy of the European Union in all European countries. The objective is none other than squeezing the workers and the passengers to produce as much profit as possible in burden of workers’ rights and safety.
We join our voices in solidarity with the transport workers’ struggle to demand safe, efficient and affordable public transport with the respect of workers’ rights
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Filmmaker: Helen Biggar
Helen Biggar
Glasgow School of Art Kinecraft Society
Scottish Amateur Film Festival, 1937 - First Prize, Class C
International Amateur Movie Show, 1938
Hell Unltd. (1936)
Video: Part 1/2, via YouTube
Biggar was a Scottish sculptor who attended the Glasgow School of Art in the 1920s and 1930s. She collaborated with Norman McLaren on the film Hell Unltd in 1936.
Biography of 'Glasgow School of Art Kinecraft Society (GSAKS)' via the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.
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Guitar Hero III vs Rock Band: I am Undone…
My friends, when Rock Band hits Canadian shelves all thought of being a hero of the guitar will fade away to nothingness. All previous joy derived from such a glittery and oh so jittery game will feel empty, will feel hollow, will feel…broken.
Rock Band takes the concept begun with GH 1&2 and propels it into the very now of play.
When my new Fender rests firmly in my hands once again and my own sweet copy of bliss spins indefinitely in my 360 I will tell you more. Though I won’t have to. You will no doubt experience this ushering into godhood yourself.
There are so many things…so many things…
And soon I will tell you of them all.
Until then, think on this quaint and inefficient comparison for it is all my joy drunk mind can think of:
Guitar Hero III is 1970’s Battlestar Galactica on a snowy tube tv running off a dusty VCR while you sit alone in a dark and sparse room.
Rock Band is the new Battlestar Galactica in HD on a 52 inch flat screen hanging above your bed while every inch of your body is being bombarded with Starbuck, Caprica Six, and Lt. Shaw’s sweet caresses.
And every one is naked.
And there’s cake too.
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9 comments on "Guitar Hero III vs Rock Band: I am Undone…"
Hey, have you played Jam Sessions recently?
It’s an interesting issue, all these music games. I’m sure you’ve been reading Tycho’s thoughts about it of late, the idea that future versions of the game could be used to create new music. There was also some discussion of it on MTV Multiplayer where one of them thought out loud, based on the opinions of a Harmonix guy, that a rap music game couldn’t be made and I was like “dood Harmonix had a remix mode in Frequency”.
I still do believe that GarageBand is the best music game, and that guitar hero is still not nailing it. (I haven’t tried Rock Band, obviously.) As someone who actually plays music, I can’t help but feel that there is a middle ground between a not-really-that-musical game like guitar hero and actual full-fledged music performance and production that hasn’t quite been found yet. Garageband is on this axis, obviously closer to the pro end. Maybe jam sessions is somewhere in there, I should play around with it a little more.
It’s just that they call it playing music for a reason.
Oh yeah – Starbuck for sure.
Toku says:
And I was told the cake was a lie
You just have to play Rock Band with me this holiday season to understand what I’m talking about. Rock Band does so many things, and I think it’ll finally start to turn you from from the darkside. I just know you have to play this game to understand.
The “performance” aspect is captured so beautifully in Rock Band, you’ll have to play it to understand but when your band finishes a song as a non-musician you can finally understand what the “playing“ fuss is all about.
Likewise, you just have to play music to understand what I’m talking about.
smbm says:
as a musician and someone who has also played git hero:
– git hero really doesn’t capture a true “playing music” mode simply because the utter complexity of the musical scale lends the five buttons you hit (plus pick button) as not being very musical at all…it’s like a scale from c to g with no flats and no sharps.
– that being said, as a video game meant to capture a fragment of what its like to play a guitar in front of a live studio audience, and do some crazy button combos in a row, all the while making you laugh at yourself and get into the music…it’s pretty cool.
I love playing music, and like playing guitar hero.
now, as D mentioned, putting some jam elements into the game and allowing you to manipulate the notes while say, picking your drumbeat and back up elements would be very cool. oh…and then taking the musical piece you’ve created back to a “studio” part of the game and editing it and adding some features would stellar to those of us that love doing that sort of thing (me). all to go along with the rocking out, following a song pattern part too
longest post ever
I feel like we’ve gone over this one many times before… but the problem I have with these games is that the buttons you’re supposed to hit don’t correspond to the sounds you hear. Sometimes you might hear a I chord and hit ‘a’ or whatever, but the next time you hear a I chord it doesn’t want you to hit ‘a’. So those who have some musical background have a harder time playing the game than those that don’t, at least until you learn to ignore what you’re hearing and concentrate exclusively on what’s happening on the screen.
So then you have a music game that teaches you NOT to listen to music.
I hear that problem goes away a little once you start playing on the harder difficulty levels. And also, I haven’t spent more than a couple hours with Guitar Hero… I was waiting for Rock Band actually, as I want to try those drums.
I’m by no means a hater here, just a musician whose initial impressions were less than favourable, from a music point of view anyways. It was indeed fun, a good party game no question.
I verily agree with this post.
beaver says:
starbuck AND six
c’mon, like there is a choice between the two…
a choice between who first, maybe…
but only maybe
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VAUGHN VEILLON
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Waimano to Koolau Summit to Waiau, and Trail Clearing with the HTMC
One of the closest trails to where I grew up, Waiau Ridge trail, is a 6 mile grinder of elevation changes… as opposed to the nearby Waimano Trail (~7 miles), which steadily contours it’s way up to the Koolau Summit Trail (KST). A few months in advance, Josh asked me if I’d help clear the trail with the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club (HTMC), knowing that it was in my hometown. “Of course” I said, thinking that would also be another chance to see Waihee Valley from the KST, as well as help maintain a nearby Oahu Trail. Unfortunately, this view was not to granted to us, as we were forecasted with heavy rain for the entire day. Knowing that the HTMC needed help (especially on such a stormy Sunday like this) and was expecting us to clear Waiau from the top down, we were surely not going to bail out on them. Starting from Waimano trailhead, we made the 15 mile journey in the pouring rain, trail clearing on Waimano where we could and getting buckwild on Uluhe fern and Clidemia as we descended from Waiau Summit.
The day started at 730am at the Waimano Trail trailhead for most of us (*cough* Josh), though we (Scott, Nate, John, Katie and I) had staged several cars at the Waiau trailhead earlier that morning.
Descending into the valley via the contouring trail was pretty monotonous, especially since a lot of the view was masked by heavy rain and low clouds.
However, there were a few breaks in the formidable weather where I could take out my camera to snap a photo.
Before reaching the valley floor, we were drenched from head to toe… at least everyone still had smiles on their faces!! 🙂 Josh voices out that he could here the stream pretty loudly at this point, and was concerned if the height was make it difficult to cross.
When we got down to the valley bottom, we were lucky that it wasn’t very high… but somewhat higher than usual.
After a second stream crossing (much smaller than the first), we slowly started to ascend up the trail toward the Koolau Summit.
The ascent was actually more of a stream hike, as several inches of water rushed down the slightly incised, contour trail. Some steeper scrambles even felt like small waterfall climbs, haha. Wish I could have documented the “inclement topography” better, but it was raining too hard to take photos very well.
Before long we were at the Waimano terminus with the Koolau Summit Trail, where we would take a well deserved break from the stream hiking. Although there was no view of Waihee Valley at the top, it was still surreal to sit in the clouds on the edge of a steep pali (cliff).
Since we had only done mild landscaping on the Waimano Trail, we were eager to make the cross over to the Waiau terminus to get started on some intense trail clearing.
The elevation changes on the crossover weren’t too bad, except for this “lung-buster” near the summit of Waiau.
Soon reaching the Waiau Trail, we adjusted our gear and began to bring out our trail clearing tools of choice… which consisted of sickles, machetes and loppers.
On our radar were the non-native / invasive Clidemia hirta (left), and aggressive growing native fern, Uluhe [Dicranopteris linearis] (right).
What we were to avoid cutting were native plants like Ohia (Metrosideros spp.),
Pukiawe (Styphelia tameiameiae) and Koa (Acacia koa)… and many others that I would have difficulty naming.
Using a machete, Josh clears back the Uluhe that started to cover the trail… Katie looks for Clidemia sprouts to cut with her sickle.
Realizing the difficulty of cutting some of the larger Clidemia stems with a sickle, she ends up switching over to Uluhe clearing.
Loppers were much more appropriate to cut the Clidemia, especially at the base where the stems are thick.
We cleared for several exhausting hours as we descended the upper reaches of the ridge trail.
A short while later, we ran into Nate Yuen, who was the hike leader for the HTMC trail clearing event that day. His presence was most welcomed, as that meant much of the trail below us had been cleared up until where we were.
Hiking down the trail, I was amazed to see how much work the HTMC had done… especially compared to our work up higher.
I believe that most of the obvious work was done by using gas-powered “weed-whackers,” though not to discredit anyone who only wielded hand-tools.
Like we had been instructed, the HTMC only clears vegetation as ~wide as the trail (left)… despite the presence of invasive plants just off the trail which they could not get to (right). It was also emphasized that we not clear the trail too wide, as vegetation (even non-natives) decreases runoff and erosion… although natives are thought to fit this role better.
I and several of the others were glad that the HTMC got as far up as they did, as we were pretty gassed from clearing under such stormy, muddy conditions at this point.
So happy to have helped out such a great club, with so many dedicated members. Mahalo nui loa for all that you folks do for the hiking community in Hawaii. Though I didn’t get to see / meet all of you on the trail, I hope to hike and clear trails with you all again soon…
But before that, well-deserved grindz at Aiea Bowl to replenish the deficit calories.
Much mahalos for the invite Josh! Grinding, but was super fun!
Questions??? Just Ask!!!
To check out the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club website and their upcoming events, CLICK HERE.
NOTE: Hiking to such remote areas of Hawaii can be amazingly gratifying, especially when encountering high densities of native plants. Please do your best to be able to identify them and not trample them while on the trails. Also please be responsible and inspect your gear / clothing for seed stowaways before entering upper reaches of watersheds, let alone before putting on your shoes at the trailhead. It is ironic that we often see the highest densities of non-native / invasive plant species within a few feet of hiking trails. Let’s make it easier for those people who help maintain Hawaii’s trails and do our best to minimally impact the environment while enjoying the outdoors. Stay safe and happy hiking!!!
2 Comments for Waimano to Koolau Summit to Waiau, and Trail Clearing with the HTMC
Nate Luzod
Nice meeting you, dude! Thanks again for lending me the desiccant. My iPhone light STILL wont’ turn off, but it is otherwise functional.
Aloha Nate!
Nice meeting you too! Sorry about your phone man… been there before, haha. You should still try to dry it out more. I’m thinking there’s still moisture inside, based on how much was behind your lens… but if it still works, that’s awesome! I should have sent you home with the desiccant packets; they work wonders! My phone got waterlogged once, and the packets completely dried it out. Although it didn’t work afterwards, the apple store couldn’t even tell that it got wet! The moisture sensor turned back color and there wasn’t any corrosion. Gave me a new phone for free… lol. Great job on the trail and catch you on another one sometime!
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Korean Drama Love Rain Information
Drama Title: Love Rain
Alternative Title: 사랑비 / Sa-rang-bi
Published Date: March, 2012
Casts: Hwang Bo Ra, Im Yoon Ah, Jang Geun Suk, Kim Si Hoo, Son Eun Seo
"Love Rain" depicts a 1970's pure love and a love from the present day at the same time. It shows how the offsprings of a previous ill-fated couple, who met in the 1970s, managed to meet and fall in love. Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee, a art student and a shy beauty, met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was fated to never be. Now in the present 21st century Korea, Seo In Ha's son, Seo Joon (a liberal photographer) meets and falls in with the daughter of Kim Yoon Hee, Kim Ha Na, a cheerful and energetic girl who's personality is different from her mother's. Will their love for each other keep them together or will they have to face the same fate as their parents?
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My Mister
This drama tells the story of three middle-aged brothers, who are enduring the weight of their lives, and a strong, cold woman, who has been living a hard life of her own, as they come together in healing each other’s past scars.......
Running Shirt
This heartwarming youth drama tells the story of Dae Gu, who had to give up sports because of a painful past, but discovers a passion for running and begins competing in marathons.......
This drama is about a man who is in shock of losing his daughter and a woman who lives in the past, struggling to save the ones they love.
Kim Seo Jin (Shin Sung Rok) is a very successful man with a great job and great family with his wife, violinist Kang Hyun Chae (Nam Gyu Ri) and daughter. But one day his daughter is kidnapped. To change the fate of his daughter he contacts Han Ae Ri (Lee Se Young) one ......
In an alternate-reality South Korea, where a constitutional monarchical system prevails, Oh Sunny (Jang Na Ra), a musical actress, becomes the empress of the country. Thus begins a dispute for power in the royal palace. Nothing is what it seems, and Oh Sunny is ready to fight until the end to uncover a mysterious homicide within the royal palace, fighting to protect those she loves the most and obtain happiness.......
Rich Family’s Son
Lee Kwang Jae (Kim Ji Hoon) is the son of a rich family and he is immature. His father dies and leaves behind large debts. For his father’s honor, he struggles to pay off his debt. Meanwhile, Kim Young Ha (Kim Joo Hyun) is a young lady with her bright and positive personality who supports Lee Kwang Jae.......
This drama follows Jung Ba Reum (Lee Seung Gi), a steadfast police officer, whose life changes when he encounters a psychopathic serial killer. This drives him and his partner Go Moo Chi (Lee Hee Joon) to unearth the truth behind psychopathic behaviours. This also raises the questions, whether it is possible to scan a psychopath in the mother’s womb using fetal genetic testing? And if the child in the womb is a psycho......
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16th Annual Silk Road Conference 2021
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APRIL 15-20, 2018 SILK ROAD WEEK
14th Annual SILK ROAD CONFERENCE
Friday April 20 2018 8am to 5pm
Illinois Institute of Technology Kent College of Law
The Networking breakfast in the exhibit center served as an Information center and brought together attendees to discuss business, trade, and investments.
Professor Harry Lepinske, CAPRC chairman, offering opening remarks
Professor Paul Prabhaker, Associate Vice President Global Programs, College of Business, NIU
Thomas Choi, public engagement manager Office of the Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, is see extending an official welcome ion behalf of the State of Illinois
Professor Harold Krent, dean of the Kent College of Law, is seen extending an official welcome to the college campus.
Charles Farra, executive director, International Market Director, CME group is seen speaking about “A Timely View of the Global Economy.”
Commenting about “Azerbaijan’s Contribution to Enhancing Regional Connectivity” is Azad Aslanov, political officer, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Washington, D.C. Focusing on the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor” is Hon. Rabia Shafiq, deputy consul general, consulate general of Pakistan, Chicago.
One of the most frequent speakers at CAPRC events is Mustafa Ilbeyli, US advisor, Republic of Turkey Prime Minister, Investment Support and Promotion, Agency of Turkey, New York, NY, who discussed the “Investment Climate and Opportunities in Turkey”.
CHINA’S ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE
The afternoon sessions continued to focus on China’s s US$41 billon initiative–OBOR , which will affect some 64 countries.
Focusing on the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, was the Hon. Rabia Shafiq, deputy consul general, Consulate of Pakistan, in Chicago.
Hon Hong Lei, consul general of China, discussed an overview of “China’s One Belt One Road”.
Taking a different direction, was Winchell Cheung, director-Midwest, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Chicago, who focused on “Hong Kong: Your Gateway to China Business”.
Professor Chen Shenchang, vice president of the World Academy of Productivity Science and vice president cum secretary general for the Chinese Association of Productivity Science, Beijing, China, is seen discussing “The Belt and Road Is a Collective Effort To Promote New Development in World Productivity”
Discussing how chambers of commerce and trade groups can help develop new business are(left to right): Professor Colleen Hickman, president of the Northwest Indiana World Trade Alliance and secretary for the CAPC; Demitrus Evans, attorney and CAPRC associate board member, who served as moderator; and Sarah Frese, executive director for the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association. This panel discussion is usually is one of the most popular sessions.
Continuing the chamber discussion was Laura Ortega-Lamella, executive director, International Business Council, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Brightening the afternoon was Hon. Chalid Rosmalawati, consul general, Republic of Indonesia, Chicago. Because of the Belt and Road expanding into Indonesia, this session was added, thus opening the door to more cooperation with Southeast Asia.
FOR INFORMATION:
If you did not attend he 2018 Silk Road Conference and are interested in contacting any of the speakers or you are interested in future CAPRC events, simply send an e-mail with your business card to:
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Concert Preview
Interview with Chan Yoong-Han 2014
by Derek Lim · August 8, 2014
Joshua Tan Kang Ming, conductor, Chan Yoong-Han, violin. photo: Gerard Chia
Violinist Chan Yoong-Han plays the Sibelius concerto with the Orchestra of the Music-Makers on 13 August 2014 at the Esplanade, 7:30pm. TFI caught up with him to learn more.
by Chay Choong and Derek Lim
He’s only 39, but violinist Chan Yoong-Han’s musical footprints have long made their mark over Singapore. 2000 Shell-NAC Arts Scholar and the winner of the 2004 NAC Young Artist Award in Singapore, Chan is First Violin FIxed Chair at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, but his musical exploits include solo work, chamber music and more. if you’ve watched the Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Music Makers or the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra lately, you’re likely to have seen and heard him. We spoke to him about his upcoming concert with the OMM, where he plays the Sibelius concerto, one of the great 20th century concertos.
‘Sibelius’ music is very nationalistic,’ says Chan, ‘And it portrays the Finnish landscape and culture vividly through music. In fact, many would argue that the nationalistic fervour in Finland is, until today, still very much inspired by his music.’
Although he wrote seven symphonies, which he is best known for, Sibelius only wrote one concerto, and as Chan explains, the concerto is very much symphonic in nature and the solo violin is merely a texture/voice in the overall picture/story. ‘The most convincing live performance I have heard if this work was by the Helsinki Philharmonic conducted by Leif Segerstam in 2002 at the Victoria Concert Hall,’ says Chan, ‘Interestingly, the performance was so memorable that I had forgotten who the violin soloist was! (Ed: It was Réka Szilvay). For once, I was drawn into every musical element presented so vividly in the performance that my focus was no longer on the soloist only.’
Born into a musical family where his violinist father (also his teacher) ‘banned’ his children from listening to pop music, Chan first heard the Sibelius concerto at age ten and started learning to play it at 16, the same year he gave his first recital at the Victoria Concert Hall, but his first performance of it was only in 2009, where he played with the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra.
Sibelius (right) with Thomas Beecham (left)
Despite the Straits Times’ description of his performance then as being technically masterful and magisterial, Chan has his reservations with the work. ‘I have always felt my interpretation of this concerto is somewhat inadequate as I have never visited any Nordic countries’ he reveals, ‘However in the past few years, I have been fortunate to have played frequently under many renowned Finnish conductors such as Osmo Vänskä, Okko Kamu and Petri Sakari. Their faithful interpretive approach to Sibelius has been quite enlightening and has given me a clearer perspective in my exploration of this concerto.’
He adds that most violinists, in the process of muscling through its technically demanding passages, succumb to aimless virtuosity or over-indulgence in the music.
This will be his first solo performance with the OMM, which he has worked with since its inception six years ago. ‘I have been OMM’s leader-mentor since its inaugural concert in 2008,’ says Chan, ‘OMM has developed and grown into an integral part of our local musical scene. I feel proud and privileged to be able to make music and connect with this group of highly charged young music enthusiasts. I certainly look forward to performing this concerto with OMM, not forgetting this concert’s guest conductor, Joshua Tan Kangming, who has been my friend and match-maker since army days. I was introduced to my wife, Cindy, through Joshua!’
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Life Sucks is Definitely the Best Interpretation/Work Around/Mash-Up of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya
This Re-Work by Aaron Posner and Directed by Rob Lutfy will Guarantee a Fun Experience with Laughter, Tears, Interaction, and Food for Thought.
Currently Running at Cygnet Theatre until February 27
A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti or my box office name at Cygnet "Alexandro Enisco"
Emily Chackelford, Beatrice Basso. Photo Credit: Karli Cadel
You know how they say that "first impressions are lasting impressions"? or "first impressions are almost impossible to change"? Well, that was my experience with Uncle Vanya. The expectations I had for the production that I saw at the time, were definitely not met. Later I saw a little snippet of Cate Blanchet at the Lincoln Center in New York and my curiosity peeked again but, the damage had already been done...
So, as excited as I was reading the title Life Sucks because I highly agree, especially going into the third year of this crazy vortex, then I read what it was about and hesitated...thankfully, the production proved me wrong and I just love when that happens. There was a rough start during opening night because their light switcher was misbehaving yet, that gave it an added flare. Immediately when you come into the theatre, Yi-Chien Lee's gorgeous set design comes through. It follows the patterns you could say of Vanya, but it also adds a woodsy look with a ginormous quilt hanging from the ceiling and lamps around the stage corners with chairs. Very cool.
The cast from the beginning starts interacting with the audience while ping-ponging and complementing each other when speaking. At the beginning of the first act, I felt it to be a bit slow, but then by the half-hour, it picked up quickly, and the rhythm became dynamic. Audiences do not have to be familiar with Uncle Vanya to enjoy this piece but, if they are, there will be an added value for sure. Aaron Posner cleverly plays with the writing of Vanya including some of the usual suspects like Vanya (MJ Sieber) and Sonya (Sonia in this production-Savanna Padilla), as "O.G's" let's say, and then does a remix with the rest like Dr. Aster (Jorge Rodriguez), The Professor (Frank DiPalermo), his wife Ella (Emily Shackelford), Babs (Patty Gallagher) and Pickles (Beatrice Basso). There is a male character named Waffles in Chekhov's, so to have one named Pickles that is female, I thought was awesome.
Cast of Life Sucks. Credit Karli Cadel
The play within a play morphs into a forum of introspection and analysis. It goes back and forth between scenes from Uncle Vanya and solid, serious moments along with fun, funny ones. Ella for example is this gorgeous woman that is also way younger than her husband. She could be perceived as a gold digger and is probably being unfaithful. Posner flips that card and gives the character so much more in a plot where half the cast is either in love with her or wants to get into her pants. Ella confronts the situation and asks what is it that makes her be attractive to practically everybody and then questions the audience's fidelity amongst other things. Sonia is frustrated while being stuck in her dad's house holding down the fort with a depressed and maniac Vanya as well as being in this unrequited love with the hot Dr. Aster. who wants to get into Ella's pants and is struggling with alcohol.The makeover with Sonia is empowerment and voicing all the expectations there are for women as well as lifting each other instead of shaming. Same with Pickles and Babs where they share from their perspective, not being taken seriously, not reaching certain goals, and being corresponded. The Professor between his persona of a difficult theatre director and the older husband with a gorgeous wife also tackles ageism and the fear of growing and being old.
The cast is a great ensemble. They work well together and they look great together too thanks to Shirley Pierson's gorgeous costume designs. Each character definitely has its personality printed on the wardrobe. When you have a great cast like this, you have great direction like Rob Lutfy's, where they gave us bold, tender, and funny; they also serve as a guide through complex questions that are resolved in the house making the audience a part of the ensemble as well. Yes, life definitely sucks but pieces like this make it definitely more fun adding the wonderful advice that when life does give you lemons, you add vodka. Priceless.
Life Sucks is currently playing until February 27. For ticket info and surrounding activities, please click HERE.
en Friday, February 11, 2022
Etiquetas: blog view, Cygnet Theatre, english, San Diego, Theatre
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