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'''VOR''', short for '''VHF Omni-directional Radio Range''', is a type of radio navigation system for [[aircraft]]. VORs broadcast a VHF radio composite signal including the station's<|fim_middle|> in areas of magnetic compass unreliability are oriented with respect to True North. This line of position is called the "radial" in VOR. The intersection of two radials from different VOR stations on a chart allows for a "fix" or approximate position of the aircraft.
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Text is available under the GNU GPL Version 2; additional terms may apply. Please view the media description page for details about the license of specific media files. See Terms of use for details. | morse code identifier (and sometimes a voice identifier), and data that allows the airborne receiving equipment to derive a magnetic bearing from the station to the aircraft (direction from the VOR station in relation to the Earth's magnetic North at the time of installation). VOR stations in areas of magnetic compass unreliability are oriented with respect to True North. This line of position is called the "radial" in VOR. The intersection of two radials from different VOR stations on a chart allows for a "fix" or approximate position of the aircraft.
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VOR, short for VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, is a type of radio navigation system for aircraft. VORs broadcast a VHF radio composite signal including the station's morse code identifier (and sometimes a voice identifier), and data that allows the airborne receiving equipment to derive a magnetic bearing from the station to the aircraft (direction from the VOR station in relation to the Earth's magnetic North at the time of installation). VOR stations | 256 |
1 LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
3 You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger.
4<|fim_middle|> too, as believers living in the New Testament era, also know from where our true peace comes. It comes from Jesus!
Today, as you face the week ahead, know that you too can have peace as a child of God, even in the tribulation or trial that may come your way. | Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
7 Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.
10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
"Show us your steadfast love,"
" 'Thy Mercy.' It is not merely of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, but all is mercy, from first to last, - mercy that met us by the way, - mercy that looked upon us in our misery, - mercy that washed us from our sins in his own blood, - mercy that covered our nakedness and clad us in his own robe of righteousness, - mercy that led and guided us by the way, - and mercy that will never leave nor forsake us till mercy has wrought its perfect work in the eternal salvation of our souls through Jesus Christ."
Verse 8 seems to suggest in its opening declaration, "Let me hear," that the writer – who is also the worship leader – stands before the congregation and announces, "It's time now for us to be silent before God, to block out all the noise of life, and to listen to the message He has for us as His people."
What's that your saying Lord?
The writer lets us know.
It's something we long for, and it doesn't matter our position in life...PEACE!
"For he will speak peace to his people, to his saints."
Peace. The world is clamoring for it. It even goes to war to try and bring peace; talk about an oxymoron! We all long for it in our lives, even the children of God.
As believers we are not immune to trials and tragedies. Jesus told us in John 16:33, "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. BUT take heart; I have overcome the world."
Just as the psalmist in our reading today knows where his peace comes from, we, | 506 |
Over the seven days leading up to the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who (November 23, 2013), I am a selected story from the revived series and reflecting on it.
Stories from the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons of<|fim_middle|> point, evolving from a quirky BBC revival of a classic, cheesy, low-budget science fiction series loved by Brit expats, their kids, and quiet, reserved watchers of PBS. It's no longer little-known, "alternative" TV viewing, but mainstream.
The music is pretty damn good too. The track, I Am The Doctor, composed by Murray Gold is rapidly, I think, becoming as iconic as the TARDIS sound and the Doctor Who theme music.
The final episode ties every weird and mysterious thing that happens this season together, and makes perfect sense as well, bringing a truly joyful season to a successful and satisfying close.
Oh, and Rory marries Amy; and no, that's not a spoiler. | the revived Doctor Who series are going to be a little bit more difficult to write about, because not only has a new actor (Matt Smith) taken on the role of The Doctor, but Steven Moffatt has expanded on the concept of the recurring theme which permeates each season. Now, it's a full storyline.
The Doctor: Yeah, we are.
By the end of the season, we've been hearing about "when the Pandorica opens" for quite a while, which, of course, leads us to wonder what, exactly, the Pandorica is. A previous episode gave us a clue in the form of a painting by Vincent van Gogh: the TARDIS exploding.
As storylines go, this is a darn good one too. By the end of the season, in The Pandorica Opens, we find ourselves at Stonehenge surrounded by Romans, and the Doctor must face virtually every enemy he has ever faced all at once.
Not only are both my wife and I totally satisfied with the storyline at the end of the fifth season, because we both agree the story encompassed all things – intrigue, comedy, suspense, and a blue box that's bigger on the inside. Doctor Who has really hit its stride at this | 253 |
This is my first CNC. Client has an estranged wife and 3 kids he supports. They file MFS and the kids are claimed on his wife's return even though he financially supports them. In Canopy I included the kids and wife in the interview but marked that the kids are not claimed on his return. The 433-F that is generated includes the kids for the living expenses calculations. Is this correct that he can include them in the 433-F even if he does not claim them on his return?
" Allowable expenses include those expenses that meet the necessary expense test. The necessary expense test is defined as expenses that are necessary to provide for a taxpayer's and his or her family's health and welfare and/or production of income ."
Obviously, I would provide proof that payments are being made. As a reminder, you want to maximize the allowable expenses in relation to his income.
Again, others may disagree with my interpretation (that's the beauty of the community concept), but I would consider all arguments for and against.
This is excellent information. Thank you!
I agree 100% Jeff but would like to add that I would provide clear and convincing documentation with my submission of the OIC supporting the assertion that he is providing for whoever he is including on 433 even though he is<|fim_middle|> am one who looks to the IRM for guidance on how to process when in doubt.
I will follow up with more information when I can!
This is excellent! Thanks so much! | not claiming as dependents.
I would not wait for the IRS to ask for it!!
Good thought. What type of information would you suggest?
I apologize for not getting back with you earlier!
It has been a little hectic to say the least.
I | 51 |
Beach Boulevard Combats Crime
February 24, 2016 by Colin O'Hara
Domain near the Gulfport Casino is one of many businesses involved in the new Beach Boulevard Business Watch.
The first Beach Boulevard Business Watch meeting was held on Tuesday evening at Boca Bay Grille where many of the businesses on Beach Boulevard came together to help reduce crime. Business Watch is a new crime prevention program that is a partnership between local business and the Gulfport Police Department.
Richard Grimberg, the volunteer coordinator for the Gulfport Police Department, and Lieutenant Josh Stone moderated the event.
"The purpose is to meet and help share information," Stone said. "We can address any concerns as well as distribute information to you."
This particular business crime watch is specifically geared toward the 30 businesses on Beach Boulevard. Grimberg states that he also has plans to create a 49th Street<|fim_middle|>. "You don't see that anymore, and I lived all around the country."
The Business Watch plans on meeting monthly, tentatively on Tuesdays. Contact Richard Grimberg at 727-893-1022.
by Colin O'Hara | Business Watch and a Gulfport Boulevard Business Watch.
"It's a fine-oiled machine," Linda Craig, owner of Perfect 10 Nail Salon said when speaking of about keeping the crime watch within Beach Boulevard. "It's containable."
Lieutenant Stone's main objective with the crime watch is for all businesses to get to know each other better as well as getting to know the police better.
"Getting to know each other is key," Stone said. "It's strength in numbers."
Grimberg spoke on other key points, including employee safety, workplace violence, reducing hazards, and shoplifting as important items the crime watch will address.
"We'll even train your employees at meetings," Grimberg said.
Business owners will have the opportunity to learn about crime prevention though environmental design, and Gulfport police will perform a security assessment to gauge the safety of a business.
Stone said actions such as trimming hedges, trimming trees or adding better light can make all the difference in safety and sightlines throughout a business.
"It's nice to know there's a police presence here," said John Shelvin, who was representing Domain Home Accessories.
Many of the dozen attendees at the meeting shared the same sentiment.
"I wave to the police every morning," James Clark, owner of T and Me, said | 258 |
For this particular scene, instead of<|fim_middle|>!!! I love it! Let me know where you've been when you have a free moment. | filming the actual house in St Jeannet, Hitchcock used a wide, long distance shot of the village of Gourdon to simulate the villa. One can only assume he felt the tiny hamlet added the proper dramatic effect which, of course it does.
The ensuing scenes on Robie's veranda with insurance agent H.H. Hughson (John Williams) were obviously shot in the studio, but the background is absolutely correct (showing the village of St Jeannet).
It's interesting to note that there's one line during the exchange between Hughson and Robie that was understandably changed for the German version of the film. In the original script, when telling Hughson about his housekeeper Germaine, Robie slyly remarks "she strangled a German general once, without a sound". The line was revised for the German release to "she once caught a lion escaped from the circus with her bare hands".
Next stop, The Carlton in Cannes….
The drive up to the village of Gourdon from Pre du Lac on D3 is spectacular! If you're in the area and looking for a dramatic diversion, this is about as good as it gets.
I've made that drive to Gourdon (once I got the car going forward), and it is indeed spectacular.
Gourdon is a beautiful village perched ever so precariously on the edge of a cliff. The Eagle's Nest (Le Nid D'Aigle) restaurant, dangling from the rocks, is aptly named. Visit for lunch after you've toured the chateau and gardens. You'll be rewarded for your effort with good food, a surprisingly good art collection in the chateau and breathtaking views.
I watched the film again today with your blog on my computer in front of me. I got to the end of this post and was lost when I couldn't find the next episode. I hope you are going to continue this.
I was sorry to read that the scene you describe when Hughson and Robey were having lunch on the veranda were filmed in a Hollywood studio. I loved that villa and couldn't get enough of it in the film.
I will admit to being very lazy recently about finishing the "To Catch A Thief" series on Le Stuff. Your comment provides some extra motivation for me to get back on it.
I had lunch recently with Brigitte Auber in the south of France and she was, as always, kind enough to respond to my many questions about the film. In fact, I'm going to have to amend a few posts based on her information. I also helped a German film crew with a travel show and it forced me to locate a couple of spots that I previously had not found (the picnic scene and the actual balcony used in the first scene), so there's still a lot to write about!
Many thanks and please check back soon!
Thank you very much Jerry. I really appreciate the nice comment. I promise, new episodes coming soon!
I'm here! …..again (Monaco for a few days) . And now I know EXACTLY where these scenes were filmed. Thanks for posting this. Tomorrow will be one fun end to a very long search.
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The Solano Avenue Stroll, also known as the Solano Stroll, is an annual street fair held on the second Sunday of September on the Solano Avenue shopping district of Albany and Berkeley, California. Stretching close to 2 miles long and bringing between 250,000 and 300,000 attendees in a single day, it has been called the oldest<|fim_middle|>, the event has recently been affected by the financial shake-ups of various Solano businesses, including long-time Stroll sponsor Andronico's, the upscale supermarket chain which filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Andronico's first location opened on Solano Avenue in 1929 as "Andronico's Park and Shop".
Before the 2011 festival, the East Bay Express reported that live musicians would either take a pay cut or have to play for free due to the recession and lack of revenue generated from The Solano Avenue Association. The article reported that only two bands withdrew from the 2011 Solano Stroll, which was held on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and ran on a theme of "unsung heroes".
See also
Notes
A Brief History of the Solano Avenue Stroll
External links
Solano Avenue Stroll website
Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area
Music festivals in California
History of the San Francisco Bay Area
Recurring events established in 1974
Culture of Berkeley, California
Albany, California
Street fairs
1974 establishments in California
Tourist attractions in Alameda County, California
Articles containing video clips | and largest street festival in the San Francisco Bay Area and the "world's biggest block party". In 2001, the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center in Washington, D.C. designated the festival as a "National Local Legacy".
History
The Solano Stroll began in 1974 by the Thousand Oaks Merchant Association, a small business guild started by Ira Klein and co-headed by Lisa Burnham. Klein owned and managed "The Iris", a Solano clothing and jewelry store formerly based on Shattuck Avenue that sold dress goods made primarily by local fashion designers, among the earliest including Laurel Burch. Lisa Burnham (née Liesel Hirsch), an Austrian national and Holocaust survivor, owned "Northumbrian Antiques", an interior design business on Solano from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Klein conceived the festival as both a "thank you party" to customers and to promote the avenue's family-owned business community. According to a Patch.com interview with son Gabe Klein, the elder Klein's three creative influences included his childhood in New York City, the culture of Telegraph Avenue while he attended UC Berkeley in the 1960s, and his maternal cousin, George Schindler, a noted magician and film actor. Klein had been involved with the fair's planning, promotion and organizing until closing his business in 1998. Event organizer Lisa Bullwinkel directed the event for 16 years, from 1989 to 2005. Burnham died in 2001 in Berkeley, and Klein in 2007 in Springfield, Oregon. Current Citizens for East Shore Parks president and former Albany mayor Robert Cheasty, a civil attorney who runs a law firm on the avenue, is a ranking organizer of the Solano Stroll, being involved with the festival since 1984 and having served as the Solano Avenue Association's (SAA) president from 1989 to 1991.
The first festival began on a Friday evening and included only the Thousand Oaks Berkeley portion of Solano Avenue before expanding to Albany a few years later and switching to Sunday. By this time, the "Thousand Oaks Merchant's Association" would become the "Solano Avenue Association". Initially an after-hours reception for local businesses, the fair would include attractions such as magician booths, live bands, street theatre, jugglers and fire eaters by the late 1970s. Although the event has always been funded by Solano businesses, larger sponsors have included Safeway, Andronico's, Mechanic's Bank, BART as well as the city governments of Albany and Berkeley.
What would've been the 47th in 2020 ended up going on hiatus until 2022.
The Solano Stroll
Parade and grand marshals
The Solano Stroll begins with an 8am breakfast served at Memorial Park, near Albany High School, before the fair's parade begins at the Eastern end of Solano Avenue in Berkeley at 10am. Since the 1980s, a grand marshal has been chosen to head the parades; previous leaders have included Buffalo Bob Smith (of 1950's NBC television show Howdy Doody) in 1996, 1972 Olympian and sports writer Craig Van Collie in 1998, sixties counterculture icon Wavy Gravy in 2000,
and former Noah's Bagels CEO/founder Noal Alper in 2010, whose namesake deli still has a location on Solano Avenue. In addition to city politicians and personnel, the parade also includes marching bands and cheerleaders from high schools across the Bay Area and various performance artists or dance troupes.
Festival
After the parade closes, the street opens to pedestrians and remains closed to traffic until 6pm. Various forms of entertainment include taiko, belly dancing, karate tournaments, vintage car shows, puppet shows, clowns, stilt walkers, improvisational theater, magicians, face painting, dunk tanks, fun houses and most recently amusement rides.
Music
Local music groups, in addition to school bands, perform songs during the festival. Styles have included jazz, folk rock, alternative rock, Klezmer, Scottish folk dance, bluegrass, hip hop, R&B, soul, zydeco, roots rock and tribute/cover.
Famous past acts at the Solano Stroll have included The Uptones, Operation Ivy, Rancid and Piranha (during the 1980s); and bands (or creative members of) Blue Öyster Cult, Blind Illusion, Heathen, Alphabet Soup, Primus, The Charlie Hunter Trio, Furthur, RatDog and Country Joe and the Fish during the 1990s and 2000s (decade). From the late 1980s onward, band selection has been conducted via a jury process and fee decided by SAA members.
In 2000, Country Joe McDonald said of the fair:
Cuisine
Over 50 food vendors have booths at the festival, most selling carnival-related American fare like corn dogs, pizza, deep fried pastries and cotton candy, but also more international choices like Thai, Cambodian, Caribbean barbecue, Latin American, Middle Eastern kebab and falafel pitas.
Chez Panisse owner Alice Waters, pioneer of the slow food movement, was recognized during the 2000 Solano Stroll's "Local Legacies on Parade."
Political and financial issues
Although the Solano Stroll continues the original objective of celebrating local entrepreneurship, the event has had a more political theme in the last decade, featuring social activism and get out the vote booths of a mostly liberal leaning. On election years, the festival falls two months before November polls.
During the 2004 festival, the Daily Cal reported that two anti-gay marriage protesters were yelled at and sprayed with silly string.
In 2007, an anti-abortion protester was cited by police after spilling a pile of fetus pictures from a wheelbarrow onto the street. The same year, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA-9) participated in the parade but left early due to excessive heckling by onlookers, apparently in relation to her sole "Nay" vote against AUMF following the attacks on September 11, 2001. In 2000, Lee was responsible for inducting the Solano Stroll into the Library of Congress' Local Legacies Project campaign.
In addition to the politically related controversies | 1,401 |
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This is a wonderful family owned diner that has been operating successfully for the past 10 years in central, New Jersey.
It is a mainstay of the community with a steady clientele of neighborhood customers, some who come to the diner to eat two or three times<|fim_middle|> apart from others is its long standing reputation for great homemade food and a wonderful dining experience.
A new owner can take advantage of this reputation and expand it to his own success.
I saw your business for sale on BuyBusiness.com. Please send me more information about listing #75156 (Wonderful Family Owned Diner, in Central New Jersey). | every day. The owner takes pride in his daily preparation of a wide variety of family style food.
The diner is located in a well located and traveled residential/commercial area in a shopping center next to a Stop and Shop supermarket. It is located near schools, the NJ Turnpike, a post office and municipal buildings with warehouses, offices and banks also nearby.
The menu is extensive including a complete selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner specials, appetizers, soups, pastas, chicken, veal and seafood. Catering is available and takeout is always welcome.
The diner is a warm and inviting place to dine. It has room for large parties with seating for 85. Many customers have identified their own favorite meals with comments like; "I feel as if I am dining at home" or "Let's go to this diner to make a friend".
What sets this business | 179 |
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Sustainability is becoming a central issue for many businesses. Companies with business models that make use of renewable resources are ahead of the curve on environmental regulations as the next generation of customers, clients, and talent will<|fim_middle|> Manager roles, we're starting to see job openings for Sustainability Product Manager; Responsible Sourcing Director; and Sustainability Communications amongst others.
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Companies are finding there is no swift or inexpensive way to achieve sustainable business operations. Major changes and investment are required to accomplish long-term sustainability.
Research shows that when a company has invested in sustainability there have been significant benefits when integrated into business operations. At least nine companies globally generate a billion dollars or more in revenue annually from sustainable products or services — those that focus on sustainable living and/or are produced sustainably, according to The Guardian. Those nine companies are Unilever, General Electric, Ikea, Tesla, Chipotle, Nike, Toyota, Natura and Whole Foods.
So, although there is a great deal more to achieve, the increased focus on sustainable business models and employing the talent required to implement and drive such models, is beginning to drive behaviour, decision making and business performance. There is more than enough incentive for companies to continue to invest in delivering sustainability.
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© 2023 Connect Search. All rights reserved. | increasingly demand sustainable business credentials. Companies across industries are addressing key areas of sustainability such as energy, waste, workplace environment, transport and purchasing. This is improving brand value and cutting costs for many.
Marketing sustainability credentials
Sustainability has become a necessity for companies, with 62% of executives considering it necessary to be competitive, and a further 22% believing it will be essential in future, as promoting sustainability appeals to more consumers. But are companies Greenwashing?
In June this year H&M were under investigation by Norway's Consumer Authority for their sustainability claims. There were concerns that H&M may be unable to back up their claims about the sustainability of their business and their 'Conscious Collection' range. A very brief explanation on their website about the range, failed to adequately explain why the products are sustainable, only stating that they use up to 50% recycled material or 20% for cotton products. They also failed to describe how they're produced or what the carbon footprint of the range is.
Alongside the statement on H&M's website they released marketing imagery, with models in the clothes surrounded by grass and foliage, implying the collection is environmentally friendly. Elisabeth Lier Haugseth from the Norwegian Consumer Authority told the publication Dezeen, "Based on the Norwegian website of H&M we found that the information given regarding sustainability was not sufficient, especially given that the Conscious Collection is advertised as a collection with environmental benefits." Speaking to business magazine FastCompany, Lier Haugseth said, "We would like to underscore that we consider H&M's claims to be misleading not false."
The cost of change?
The performance benefits of a positive sustainability image are obvious. However, 'Going green' often costs companies large sums of money to start out. From switching electrical facilities for offices to solar powered, to considering their production process and switching to green materials which can also lead to greater costs, this is usually then passed along to customers in terms of higher prices or comes as an expense to the company in smaller profit margins.
Sustainability targets – some working examples
In 2017 Carlsberg announced an ambitious new sustainability program they call 'Together Towards ZERO.' The four-part venture is focused on the key goals of a zero carbon footprint, water waste and irresponsible drinking. The plan includes several goals, such as a 50% reduction in carbon emissions and 15% reduction in carbon footprint at their breweries by 2022, with a target of a zero carbon footprint by 2030. This week, Carlsberg announced plans to develop a paper beer bottle made from sustainably sourced wood fibres. Vice President of Group Development, Myriam Shingleton said "We continue to innovate across all our packaging formats, and we are pleased with the progress we've made on the Green Fibre Bottle so far. While we are not completely there yet, the two prototypes are an important step towards realising our ultimate ambition of bringing this breakthrough to market. Innovation takes time and we will continue to collaborate with leading experts in order to overcome remaining technical challenges, just as we did with our plastic-reducing Snap Pack."
General Mills has committed to focus on climate change, water stewardship and preserving ecosystems, as well as sustainable sourcing, human rights and animal welfare goals. In 2016, they were able to sustainably source 100% of their palm oil, and their stated goal is to do the same with their remaining top nine priority ingredients by 2020.
Unilever launched their 'Sustainable Living Plan' in November 2010. This 10-year plan includes environmental targets and aims to halve the company's environmental impact and double sales by 2020. Other targets include the reduction of water use, greenhouse gas emissions and waste impacts in their factories, and beyond. This approach seems to be working well. So far, it has reduced carbon emissions from factories by 37% They have also reduced waste going to landfill by 85%.
In 2015 Adidas partnered with environmental organisation Parley to create items from recyclable plastic bottles collected from shorelines by Parley. By the end of 2019 Adidas estimates 1.1 million shoes will be made with at least 75% recycled plastic.
Some have successfully achieved sustainability across the supply chain
IKEA has invested throughout its entire business operation. This includes many aspects throughout the supply chain, only some of which are seen by customers. For example, they have sourced 50% of their wood from sustainable foresters and 100% of their cotton from sustainable farms (which includes reduced water use, energy, and chemical fertilisers).
What are governments doing to encourage sustainability?
As more investors pay attention to sustainability and encourage companies to reach greener goals, it is likely that reactions and consequences for false and misleading claims will become more extreme. In the US, companies are being advised to review their sustainability reporting and environmental claims to ensure they are neither misinformative nor deceptive, comply with the federal trade commission and meet advertising laws.
In the UK the government are encouraging businesses to operate more environmentally friendly by giving tax relief. For example, if companies are smaller, do not use much energy and buy energy efficient technology for their business.
Recruiting for sustainability
In the past few years the number of dedicated sustainability roles has increased in both importance and influence. For instance, in addition to Sustainability | 1,117 |
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Kjerulf Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
The Kjerulf Fjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord system. Administratively it lies in the area of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
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Fjords of Greenland | a place named Paradisdal. Excavations were conducted by James Wordie at the time of the 1929 Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland. There are also scattered remains of the now extinct East Greenland reindeer in the form of antlers and bones.
The fjord was first mapped by Julius Payer during the 1869–1870 Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey (1837–1908). It was named after Norwegian geologist Theodor Kjerulf (1825–88), founder of the Geological Survey of Norway in 1858. There were errors in Payer's map, which were later corrected by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (1850–1921). Josef Hammar was the first to reach the head of the fjord by canoe in 1899. Louise Boyd noted the large amount of massive stranded icebergs in the fjord during an exploration in 1931.
Geography
This fjord is the innermost tributary of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord. Its mouth opens to the north on the southern shore of the main fjord, only about east of the terminus of the Nordenskiöld Glacier (Akuliarutsip Sermerssua) at its head. The fjord runs in a roughly north/south direction for over . The fjord separates Goodenoughland in the west from Suess Land in the east.
Kjerulf Fjord is about wide in the mouth area, narrowing to an average of less than in the inner reaches. Ridderborgen (Knight Mountain), a high peak topped by a rock pinnacle resembling a ruined castle, rises on the west side of the mouth area of the fjord. The landscape of the inner fjord, with grass-covered slopes and valleys, such as Paradisdal, is more gentle than the shoreline of inner Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord with its forbidding dark cliffs. Kjerulf Fjord has been described as an "iceberg graveyard", for many glaciers originating in the Isfjord to the north, end up stranded here driven by the wind and currents.
The head is located in the isthmus area of Suess Land, only about north of the head of Dickson Fjord. There are mudflats at the head and a few minor glaciers such as the Passage Glacier flow into the fjord and the Hisinger Glacier flows to the south and SW of the mudflats.
See also
List of fjords of Greenland
References
External links
A Contribution to the Geology of the Country between Petermann Peak and Kjerulf Fjord, East Greenland
Greenland, view of Kjerulf Fjord
Late Quaternary sedimentation in Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord and the continental margin of East Greenland | 603 |
WANDERBITE
Frustrated chef, food manic, drinks enthusiast & taste-maker.
THE SYNOPSIS
Based in London but originally from Chile, I'm a food & drinks enthusiast who's still on a journey / mission to find the right places for the right occasions in the capital.
From pubs, to local shops and high-end eats, everything that you won't find on Timeout and other mainstream media.
Cooking is one of my passions, and most likely, you will find me hosting a dinner party every other weekend.
Follow me on this ongoing discovery journey across London and many other cities around the world.
THE LONG VERSION
I guess my<|fim_middle|> above.
"When it's time to sit down to eat, I don't care how people dress or talk, look, sound or even smell. All people are beautiful if they share one simple quality: respect for food, for the moment, and mutual respect, for those who cook, those who serve, and those who eat. Those people are always welcome at my table."
GIVE ME A SHOUT
Get in touch with tips, ideas or suggestions or even better, invitation for drinks or meals.
© Copyright 2023 - The Wanderbite. All Rights Reserved. | story isn't too different from many other sybarites out there but I'll share it anyway for you to understand more about me.
Born and bred in Chile, I moved to London more than 12 years ago and have the joy of being able to enjoy the culinary offering from such a cosmopolitan capital every week.
My passion for food and cooking resembles the famous flashback scene from Ratatouille "Anton Ego". That kid sitting on the chair was me but more involved, as I spent entire mornings and afternoons watching and helping my grandma cooking feasts for an entire family. She is an exceptional cook and had the joy and luck of having her as my food teacher, who showed me the basics around the kitchen; from harvesting to cutting, to bothering her while preparing the most delicious dishes.
I used to live in the capital city of Chile, Santiago, but spent most of my winters and summers in the southern part of the country, at my grandparents' farmhouse. It all began there, my understanding of food, and the sensory elements to it; from picking and smelling the food, to getting the eggs from the barn or bringing milk to the house - that's all that sparked my early interest in cooking. My grandmother of German heritage, my Hungarian grandad and my great grandmother who used to have a humble restaurant back in Hungary, brought a whole new dimension to the food we used to eat in Chile, mostly inspired by all the traditional Hungarian and German recipes.
I cannot imagine the privilege it was for my grandmother to have daily access to such a pantry, directly at her food steps (literally). That was the time when as a kid, we both used to pick all the ingredients one can think of to prepare family feasts. That also included meat, which mostly came from their cattle, as well as poultry, fresh unpasteurised milk and freshly laid eggs - the dream of today's London chefs.
That chapter of my childhood inspired me to keep on cultivating this passion for food until today, now only from an aficionado perspective because I did not have the guts to pursue a career in the kitchen. I had a more serious approach to food, back when in my early 20s I had a small sushi delivery venture, delivering rolls for parties, dinners and events. Eventually, I had to call it a day when I decided to move to London.
Once in London and like many others in their mid-twenties who were looking for overseas experience, I had to first find a way of making a living in the capital. I started as a waiter at a couple of restaurants and clubs but finally managed to stick to a Thai restaurant for almost a year, where I also had the chance to learn some basics in the kitchen. And the story somehow repeated itself, I did not have the guts to "switch or begin" a new career in the kitchen, so I decided to continue with the original plan to become a nobody in the Digital Marketing and Social Media world. Thanks to that decision and to my career as a Communicator and Marketeer, I'm an educated and professional nobody, who can enjoy weekly meals at restaurants as well as cooking for my wife and friends. That's what and where you'll find me most weekends; hosting dinner parties because there's nothing I enjoy more than having people who share the love of food, drinks and a good laugh around a table.
To me food goes beyond the act of feeding, it is a way to learn from a culture, the dedication, what happens around the act of cooking and eating, the sounds, smells, textures and mostly all the laughter - a sequence that can last hours.
The key to an enjoyable dinner party? A nice welcome cocktail, a selection of beers and wines, quality ingredients and a playlist to set the tone for either a quiet or late night of pure joy!
So when I'm not cooking, I'm either spending most of my nobody's income in a pub, or restaurant or doing all of the above in a different country. With this blog, I intend to share my years of in situ research of the best culinary options in the capital, from cheap eats to high-end restaurants, to shops and markets every foodie should visit!
And how not to close this section with one of my favourite quotes by the one and only Francis Mallman, who in one of his first books and cooking series (way before Netflix), gives a window to what I described | 899 |
Category: Open Your Eyes
Published: Sunday, 24<|fim_middle|>Website: www.damvanhuynh.com
Reviews of Collision at The Place Prize 2008:
"Dam Van Huynh won the audience prize on all ten nights – a record that can obviously never be broken – and £10,000 to go with it."
"It is certainly the best of the pure dance work we have seen to date and ought to be a shoe-in for the Final on that basis alone."
- Graham Watts
"Finally, the night ended with Dam Van Huynh's 'Collision' which really took the night to a whole new level. .... This professional piece was engaging and entertaining from start to end..."
- Emma Stevenson | May 2009 06:10
Written by Cloud Dance Festival
Van Huynh Company was founded in 2008 to further the exploration of the human body and its relationship through time and space. Inspired by everyday life and people, Dam's choreographies are grounded in reality and dig further to access a deeper layer of conscience. The Company selects movements and attitudes to process this information by expanding and exaggerating the observed gestures. The result is a physical dance creating a sense of surrealism, where the capacities of the human body are explored to its extremes and infinite details become prominent.
Dam Van Huynh won the audience prize on each of the ten nights of The Place Prize in 2008.
"Sudden Change of Event"
"Sudden Change of Event" is an exploration of the fragility of momentary events. Each moment of our existence can have infinite outcomes; sudden changes may occur any time and drive the individual to adapt.
The choreography draws its main focus on the different dancers and their behaviours, alternately interacting or simply coexisting without conflict.
The dancers and their individual languages, lives and choices are brought together into the same space. Sometimes, it appears that their paths have been united explicitly, when suddenly a change breaks the harmony of the moment and put an end to the encounter.
Choreography: Dam Van Huynh
Dancers: Tim Bartlett, Valentina Golfieri, Dom Czapki, Laura Fallon, Dam Van Huynh
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Some of you already realize this, but I<|fim_middle|> Soup?
You have certainly paid great attention to, and expounded on, a few words. It has been said that you really only understand something if you can teach it to others. My father was the first to tell me this but I don't think he was the first to say it. I think if you have to teach something, you pay a lot more attention to it and develop a much greater understanding of the subject. | love teaching the Bible. It's great to read it. But if you aren't teaching it to others, you're missing out on the best part.
I like to put together little, well, sermons for lack of a better word. Although they're not sermons. All too often, a sermon is merely the opinion of the one providing it.
Thus some preach against alcoholic beverages, some against dancing, some against birth control, some against coffee... you get the picture.
It's not wrong to drink alcohol. It's wrong to be a drunk or a heavy drinker.
Most dancing is perfectly fine, especially if it involves one's mate, family, etc., and is not suggestive our lewd in nature.
Birth control that does not involve the death of a developing fetus is not scripturally wrong.
And coffee? That's a laugh. The ones who preach against that must have nothing better to do.
Anyway, I wrote this article on a single Bible verse, one which most of us can quote, but which few of us accurately understand, Genesis 1:1.
So please drop in and read, won't you? It's not too tough to read and understand, it's enlightening, and even if you profess being an agnostic or an atheist, it will do you no harm.
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Let's consider an equivocal, ambiguous person. It's possible to see this person from different points of view: different points of view which give rise to different descriptions, which give rise to different theories, which result in entirely different sets of action. When this person begins to speak, one may either study their verbal behaviour in terms of neural processes and the whole apparatus of vocalizing, or try to understand what this person is saying. We choose our point of view within the context of what we are "after" with this person.
In this particular situation, there is no doubt that this<|fim_middle|> the first solo presentation by the artist. | person is bringing, whether intentionally or unintentionally, their entire existence, their whole being-in-this-world. Every aspect of their being is related in some way to every other aspect within themself, and to the aspects of other beings around them. Considering that relatedness is present in everyone, do we try to re-orientate ourselves as a person in their personal scheme of things, or see this person as an object in our own system of reference, an object in one's own world?
Harkeerat Mangat (*1990, Vancouver Canada) is a musician and artist currently based in Düsseldorf, Germany. After receiving his BFA from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada, Mangat went on to further his studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Selected exhibitions include Here: Locating Contemporary Artists at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto and Von den Strömen der Stadt at the Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach. His films have been featured in the Images Festival Toronto, as well as the FilmLab Festival in Düsseldorf. Mangat is the recipient of several awards, the most recent being the Julia Stoschek Collection Studio scholarship. Behind Closed Doors is | 246 |
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Public Lecture: Poor Economics (Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo)
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Paul Collier, Edward Glaeser, Tony Venables, Priya Manwaring | Esther Duflo have worked with the poor in dozens of countries, trying to understand the specific problems that come with poverty and to find proven solutions. In this lecture, they argue that so much anti-poverty policy has failed over the years because of an inadequate understanding of poverty. The battle against poverty can be won, but it will take patience, careful thinking and a willingness to learn from evidence.
Abhijit Banerjee is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT. He is the recipient of many awards, including the inaugural Infosys Prize in 2009, and has been an honorary advisor to many organizations including the World Bank and the Government of India.
Esther Duflo is Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT. She has received numerous honours and prizes and was recognized as one of the best eight young economists by the Economist, as one of the 100 most influential thinkers by Foreign Policy, and as one of the "forty under forty" most influential business leaders by Fortune magazine in 2010. In 2003, Banerjee and Duflo co-founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), which they have been directing together ever since. J-PAL's mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is based on scientific evidence. J-PAL's work has won international recognition, including the inaugural BBVA "Frontier of Knowledge" award.
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How To Improve Your Luck, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
by Marisa Casciano
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Feeling not-so-lucky? It's the season of leprechauns, and you really don't want to wait until St. Patrick's Day weekend to cash in your pot of gold. Looking for rainbows is so much easier in the spring — with all of those April showers right around the corner and all. But, your life might be in some serious need of luck, and you're willing to try just about anything to get the good vibes. If you're wondering how to improve your luck, the universe (per usual) has all of the answers. Based on your zodiac sign, there's one thing you should be doing, if looking for clovers just isn't quite cutting it.
In an ideal situation, Lucky Charms cereal would only have marshmallows and we'd always have unlimited wishes. On St. Patrick's Day you'll be going green with your crew, and you can't help but think that if you get extra festive you'll surely find what you're looking for.
You're crossing all your fingers, and rubbing all of the magic lamps you can find. Suddenly, you're much more superstitious than you remember, and hoping the stars align soon. You have that big exam next week, or you're seriously crushing hard on someone and need the extra sparks. Whatever it may be, you may find yourself hoping the world has something good in store.
Truth is, though, you can totally take your luck and your fate in your own two hands. According to the stars, here's what you should be doing to attract a lucky kind of life.
Aries: Be Open-Minded
Oh, Aries. You always have your head in the game. But, sometimes this means that you're so focused and driven that you might forget about life outside of your goals. Maybe you leave people behind in the dust, or take on every challenge with an independent nature. Whatever it may be, you should consider being more open-minded.
Being lucky is all about changing your perspective, and the more opportunities your mind and soul let in, the better it will be. Try listening to other people's ideas the next time you get stuck on a group project, or letting someone else take the lead. It will be tricky, but so worth it.
Taurus: Compliment Someone Every Day
Taurus, you love to surround yourself with love and beauty. So, odds are this task won't be too tricky for you. The problem is, a lot of the love that's around you was also created with your two hands. Being able to see all of your hard work pay off has always been your favorite, but now it's time to recognize someone else's accomplishments, too.
When you're walking down the street, maybe get a little out of your comfort zone, and tell that person that you like their outfit. You could even just show your bestie a little extra appreciation and thank them for all that they do for you. People will always take a compliment with open arms, and your luck will surely improve because of all the good vibes you're sending out into the world.
Gemini: Make Decisions
Gemini, you need to get a little more decisive if you're looking to<|fim_middle|> With Positive People
Scorpio — you trust the people in your life who have been there for a long time the most, because you know their personalities and where they're coming from. But, in order to get luckier, you'll have the surround yourself with positive people who just don't attract any distrusting vibes.
These are the people who are going to lift you higher, instead of tearing you down. Sure, some criticism is always good, but secrets and such never make for the best of friends. And you'll want to cleanse your life of all of that energy before letting in all of the luck.
Sagittarius: Stick To Your Purpose
You're a carefree soul, Sagittarius. At any given moment, you're probably following your heart and your passport over the logic that sits on the left side of your mind. And so far, it's taken you on some pretty amazing adventures. But a lot of your wandering might be in hopes of finding your passion. The universe and I both believe that if you haven't already, you're getting really close — and that once you're sure of it, you can't ever let it go.
Truth is, you're not the most consistent person in your crew by any means. Sticking to something so clearly might be a little out of your comfort zone. (Shocking, right? There are few things you wouldn't do on this planet.) In the long run, channeling all of this energy with such drive and ambition will land you a lot of luck and make your life feel oh-so-fulfilled.
Capricorn: Establish A Lucky Routine
You're all about traditions, Capricorn. So, adding a good luck charm into the mix seems fairly simple. It's like all of those sports fans who religiously wear the same jersey for every game, or feast on spaghetti if their team is playing on the home field. From the outside, it can seem quite superstitious. But, from the universe's point-of-view, it's really not a bad idea.
Establishing your very own lucky routine will bring a lot of good fortune to your life. Maybe you'll get into the self-care Sunday ritual, or just always follow the same steps when you're getting ready to give a big presentation at work. They say your vibe attracts your tribe, and these little things will surely bring a squad of good luck to your life.
Aquarius: Ditch Any Drama
When has any drama ever done you good, Aquarius? In your friend group, you're always the one dissolving the problems of other people. Maybe it's because you just don't care enough about what other people think to let it stop you from being your best you. Truth is, the world will want to be quick to take hold of your one-of-a-kind energy.
To bring in all of the good luck, you'll want to leave any sticky situations behind. You've always been good at doing your own thing, and this time you'll want to once again take the road less traveled — the high road. Sort out the small things, but don't waste your time on the bigger problems that aren't yours to solve, especially if you're looking for luck.
Pisces: Work Hard At What You Do
Find your passion project, Pisces, and give it everything you've got. It's so easy for you to fall into the lazy lifestyle at times, and the world really can't blame you. Sometimes, days when you can take your mornings slow and sleep in until noon are so ideal. But, if you're looking to upgrade your luck, then you'll want to ditch some habits and get the worm before the early bird.
Instead of taking shortcuts in your life, put some extra effort into handling situations with purpose. It won't always be easy, but it's a lot better than spending your time looking for an escape route. When you work hard, you feel so much better about playing hard — and the luck will come so naturally.
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How Mercury Retrograde Winter 2023 Ending Will Affect Your Zodiac Sign | get lucky. I think indecisiveness is something we all face at one time or another. Whether it's picking out just the right outfit to impress your crush, or deciding if you're going to stay in on a Saturday night or go out with your girls — you're feeling stuck. You probably start polling the people around you, hoping that they'll have all the answers, and looking to the stars. The only thing the universe will tell you today, is that making decisions will seriously improve your luck.
Start with the small things, and take time to realize how much more confident and in control you feel when you're taking charge of your life and not leaving everything up to other people. You're amazing at adapting to others, but don't lose yourself in the process.
Cancer: Get Social
You tend to keep your personal life private, Cancer, and that's totally OK. But, sometimes sharing stories and experiences helps you make connections with others, and doesn't always land in criticism.
Truth is, nobody can go at this life alone and if you're looking to get luckier, you'll need some help from your favorite people. The odds are always better when you and your crew are covering more ground in the game. And I'm sure you could convince them to play. Push yourself into more social situations, and speak up when you have something amazing to share. It's so easy to stay in and snuggle up on the couch, especially when your favorite movies are on. But, getting social will get you lucky as well.
Leo: Accept Some Criticism
Leo, you know you're one of the best and brightest out there. But, the universe believes that in order to get some luck, you may need to back down and little bit. Kendrick Lamar said it best: "Be humble." Maybe let somebody else take center stage for once.
Accepting some criticism is never easy, especially when you're as creative and social as you are. Nobody likes to hear the bad, but it makes the good that much better. In all honesty, being aware of your strengths and weaknesses will help you become an even greater version of yourself.
Virgo: Don't Overthink Things Too Much
Overthinking is overrated, Virgo. On the one hand, it always means you've paid attention to the littlest of details. On the other, however, it tends to land you in some sticky situations — and you rarely find what you're looking for. The universe knows that thoughts really shouldn't linger for too long, and that you should let go of the ones that are attracting all the bad vibes if you're looking for some luck.
You're an Earth sign, so the best way to clear your head is honestly to get outside. There's nothing that a mountaintop can't put into perspective, and the fresh air will leave you with an even fresher mind — and, dare I say, some luck as well.
Libra: Embrace Karma
Honestly, Libra, out of all the signs in the zodiac you're probably one of the luckiest. Your naturally positive mind and social spirit means that you're always attracting the good vibes and sending them out into the world, too. However, sometimes this gets the best of you because karma has a purpose and a passion.
You've, on several occasions, probably put in more effort in your relationships than you got back, or didn't handle a problem just to avoid the downfall that you thought would follow. Embracing these difficult moments, as well, won't be easy — but will leave you feeling much more confident in yourself. Sometimes it's necessary to stand up for what you believe in and the thoughts going through your mind. Let karma handle the rest, and know that what goes around, deserves to come back around.
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If you want to see the picture of happiness you just have to look at Merlin's face.
This very lucky duck is sporting a brand new cart made just for him. You can see Merlin is loving being able to get around.
Merlin had trouble walking due to a leg deformity. After he was rescued he went to the Goats of Anarchy sanctuary in New Jersey.
Goats of Anarchy farm, credit: Walkin' Wheels wheelchairs. Who also donated a small blue Walkin' Wheels wheelchair to a baby goat named Lawson, who is currently suffering from heart failure. It was an incredible experience to see these little guys in action.
But back to the duck: Walkin' Pets, a company that's outfitted dozens of rescued animals with carts to help them walk, made their first ever wheels for a duck just for Merlin.
The company says this is only the beginning and they plan on making more duck carts in the future.
This video was shot moments after Rosa, a rescue dog, who was missing, scared and on the run for a week was found! She managed to escape from her new adopters in San Marcos, Texas.
Dozens of volunteers from Lucky Lab Rescue and Adoption worked to find her. They set up humane traps, field cameras and search parties. Just as they were getting discouraged and depressed— they found her at <|fim_middle|> to learn from a pro.
To watch a demonstration of pet CPR click here. | 2am inside one of the traps the day before Christmas Eve! They're calling this a holiday miracle.
Rosa is back in her foster home resting and doing just fine. Her foster mom, Marie Guadagno, searched for her each day and night, calling her name, hoping Rosa would recognize her voice.
Another volunteer, Amy Te Grotenhaus, who lives close to where Rosa ran off, checked the traps every couple of hours for the dog. She was stunned to finally find Rosa and took this video.
All the volunteers say this was truly a team effort.
It's a move that could save your pet's life if they inhale an object or even get food stuck in their throats.
You know some dogs just love to gobble things down as soon as they spot some random garbage lying on the ground. It happens in a split second and if they end up choking on it, you've got big problems.
This is a vet guided demonstration on how to perform the maneuver. If you're interested in learning how to do it search for pet CPR and Heimlich maneuver classes in your community.
Do you know how to do pet CPR? It could save your dog or cat's life.
This is a vet guided demonstration, but there are classes you can take in your local community to learn how to perform CPR.
Watchdog Mary tried it, and It's harder than it looks, so be sure | 286 |
Obituary for Martha D. Woodin | Williams-Pedersen Funeral Home, Inc.
Martha D. (Doucette) Woodin. 74, of Whitinsville and a former longtime Upton resident, passed away peacefully on Friday evening, July 20, 2018, in her home surrounded by generations of loving family after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of the late Robert L. Woodin who passed away in 1989.
Mrs. Woodin was born in Boston in 1943, a daughter of the late James and Eva (Karacozian) Doucette of Framingham. She was a graduate of Framingham High School, Class of 1961.
She was the co-owner of the former A&A Appliance Inc. in Milford for 22 years before becoming the director of the Millhaus Apartments in Upton. She then became the Executive Director of the Grafton Housing Authority prior to retirement.
Marty enjoyed late<|fim_middle|>-nephew Christian House.
Marty's abundance of friends filled her life with joy, and for this her family is beyond thankful.
Her funeral Mass will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, July 26, in St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, 151 Mendon Street, Upton. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery.
Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, July 25, from 5 to 8 PM, in the Williams-Pedersen Funeral Home, Inc., 45 Main Street, Upton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in memory of Martha D. Woodin, to support cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284 or via www.jimmyfund.org/gift. | nights at the casino and traveling with friends. Most of all, Marty enjoyed spending quality time with her friends and family.
Marty, affectionately known as "Mema" to many, is survived by her three children, Kristen Konieczny of Upton, and her husband Tom, Bobby Woodin of Whitinsville, and his girlfriend Patty Bahosh, and Judy Field McGloin of Marshfield, and her husband John and her three daughters; her beloved grandchildren, Jamie Drew and his wife Dani, of Sumas, WA, along with Kevin and Kelli Konieczny of Upton; her great-granddaughter, Makenzie Drew of Sumas, WA; her brother, James Doucette and his significant other Mary Ellen Lakin, of Newton; and her sister, Dianne Herndon and her husband Rob, of Clovis, CA. She also leaves behind her nieces, Danielle Casey and Amy MacGregor; her nephew, James Herndon; her great-nieces, Hannah Casey and Sophia MacGregor; and her great | 216 |
How Local Roots is Helping Solve the World's Food Waste Problem with Robots and Tech
How Local Roots is Helping Solve the World's Food Waste Problem with Robots and Tech | KCET
Clarissa Wei
Clarissa Wei is a freelance journalist who writes about food systems and minority cultures. She has researched extensively on the topics of Chinese food and sustainable agriculture and is a certified permaculture designer.
By 2050, the world needs to feed an expected 9 billion mouths, but agricultural inefficiencies, food waste and climate change are limiting our capacity the feed the world of tomorrow. One Los Angeles company is trying to make inroads in this complex problem.
Ellestad is the CEO of Local Roots, a vertical farming company that uses technology to grow the equivalent of five acres of food in a 40-foot shipping container. They're part of a growing wave of indoor farmers, who are using hydroponic technologies to raise food on a massive scale, at a fraction of the land required by conventional means.
Local Roots Butterhead lettuce growing inside of our TerraFarms™ | Courtesy of Local Roots
Los Angeles may seem like an uncanny place to start an indoor farming business, with its Mediterranean climate and year-round growing season. The city of Angels is surrounded by some of the most profitable agricultural lands in the continent. Over a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in the state.
"We're sandwiched between Salinas, the Imperial Valley, and Mexico," Eric Ellestad says, referring to places of rich agricultural productivity. "It doesn't get any more competitive than this." But, he is out to prove a point.
"The reason we chose Los Angeles is because it's really the market that you need to prove that you can compete and that you can scale anywhere," he says.
Based in Vernon just five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, Local Roots can grow 20 to 70 thousand pounds of food in just one shipping container. The operation can be powered entirely by solar energy and uses 99 percent less water than conventional farming techniques. All of the technology, from growing algorithms down to the PVC pipes are developed in-house, which makes them unique from their competitors. This move saves them money and makes their operation easily customizable to client needs.
Eric Ellestad with on of his TerraFarms | Clarissa Wei
"We realized that we were going to get trapped in a high price market if we just bought the available parts," Ellestad says. "So we developed all our own technology and standardized those designs."
Local Roots specializes in, though is not limited to, leafy greens like butter lettuce, arugula and all<|fim_middle|> States, with a debut at South by Southwest.
Our Mobile TerraFarm™ leaving Local Roots headquarters to conduct tours at South by Southwest 2017 in Austin, TX! | Courtesy of Local Roots
"We toured 8,000 people in four days," he notes.
The ultimate goal is to target large grocery chains, be able to put 20 to 50 units of shipping containers next to their distribution center, build up each of their crop models, and do soft launches out of client facilities.
Maybe someday, Ellestand says wistfully, even supply food for Mars.
"We want to bring the healthiest most nutritional products to make while not increasing the burden to the environment," he says. "So instead of importing food, why don't we ship in a farm?"
Top Image: Young Butterhead lettuce growing in one of our TerraFarms™ | Courtesy of Local Roots | different sorts of kale. Every variety is programmed to its own algorithm and the efficiency of that makes it so that they can harvest every 12 days (versus 36 for conventional farming methods). The entire operation is confined to a warehouse in the industrial neighborhood of Vernon and has all the hallmarks of a tech start-up.
Ellestad himself comes from a venture capitalist background and secured one million dollars in funding for the company from venture capitalists, which was launched in 2013. Today they're a team of 30 people, mostly young scientists and coders, who work in an adjacent air-conditioned office to the warehouse. The farmers, who harvest and propagate the plants, are dressed appropriately mostly in jeans and a T-shirt.
"We're synthesizing conventional growing practices with technology. This means higher wages for our staff and that we can move more plants in the system," he says.
See Local Roots in action on SoCal Connected.
Currently, they have three shipping containers that can hold up to 16,000 plants. Nearly four years in, their client roster includes Space X, Mendocino Farms and Tender Greens. But this is simply a start. The grand ambition is to achieve an international reach.
"Our mission is to improve global health by building a better food system," Ellestad says. "Simply being a produce company in Los Angeles doesn't meet that goal."
Farms emit about 13 percent of the world's greenhouse gases, he notes. That and a growing world population — a projected 9.7 billion people by 2050 — are his primary motivations.
"We'll need to grow 70 percent more food by 2050," he says.
By automating the growing process, Local Roots is able to harvest in a third of time that it takes for a conventional farm to grow food. And of course, the greens are grown sans pesticides because everything is contained in a controlled environment.
Our proprietary red and blue LED lights that help the Butterhead lettuce grow at maximum efficiency | Courtesy of Local Roots
"We develop a model for each crop, determine the set of conditions, and get the most efficient production while still optimizing what the customer wants," he says.
The technology does have its drawbacks, however. Vertical farming technology is mostly targeted toward leafy greens. Fruit and nut trees are not ideal in shipping containers, and major carbohydrates crops like rice and wheat cannot be supported in such an environment. Because the operation is held in a closed-loop system, vertical farming, unlike other alternative forms of agriculture like no-till farming, does not contribute to soil health and biodiversity.
Still, it's a step forward in alleviating the pressures of feeding a growing population.
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Growing food locally cuts out the monetary and environmental costs of transporting the food. The shipping container model condenses five acres in 40-foot refrigerator and solar panels make the operation completely energy independent. The company plans to take this model even further and is in the process of standardizing their shipping containers so that they can ship directly to their clients.
They're well on their way to making this a reality. In March, they strapped wheels on one of their indoor farms and started touring it around in the United | 700 |
Europcar hosts its 2018 Investor Day: "Accelerating towards Ambition 2020"
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Europcar Group (Paris:EUCAR) is hosting today in Paris its 2018 Investor Day during which it will update the financial community on its medium term growth strategy and financial ambition.
The Investor Day will be<|fim_middle|>@elanedelman.com | hosted by Europcar Group's CEO, Caroline Parot, her two deputy CEO's, Ken Mc Call and Fabrizio Ruggiero, and the whole Group Executive Committee.
The Investor Day will include presentations from several members of the Management team and will be focused on the following themes:
Low Cost strategy and Goldcar integration
Vans & Trucks strategy and Buchbinder integration
Fleet purchasing & financing update
Revenue & Capacity Management capabilities and tools
Digital & E-commerce strategy
New Mobility prospects and strategy
Group strategic update & financial prospects
Caroline Parot, Europcar Group's Chief Executive Officer, stated:
"Since the company's IPO in June 2015, the Europcar Group has relied on a significant and improving self help track record. Its ability to generate strong free cash flow streams puts the Group in a solid position in order to achieve its long term ambition.
"The year 2017 has been pivotal for us and our group has significantly scaled up thanks to our M&A acceleration. This investor day is a great opportunity for us to clarify how we intend to deliver the expected synergies from the recent acquisitions of Goldcar and Buchbinder. We will also shed more light on our seamless and innovative customer journey initiatives and our digital transformation program which will enable us to successfully position the Group in the Mobility ecosystem in order to capture double-digit growth prospects by 2025."
Strategic Update
Following transforming M&A activity last year, the Group has been able to boost its revenue and margin growth prospects, as well as improve its leadership in the traditional car rental market in Europe, particularly in its Low Cost and Vans & Trucks segments. Going forward, the Group intends to continue to expand in the traditional and growing car rental market but also to significantly expand its exposure to New Mobility segments such as car sharing, ride hailing, multi-modal platforms and car pooling.
In order to better address new customer needs in mobility, the Group will continue to leverage its key assets, namely its fleet management capabilities and its diversified customer reach. The company believes that leveraging its "Network as a service" to third parties is a relevant opportunity to reinforce its scale. In addition, the acceleration of its digital transformation through the modernization of its network will enable the Group to enhance its customers' journey and increasingly tap into the fastest growing segments of the Mobility ecosystem.
Synergies & financial ambition
After successfully closing both transactions last year, the Group confirms that it can deliver run-rate cost synergies of at least 30 million euros from Goldcar and at least 10 million euros from Buchbinder by end 2020, of which at least 75% are expected to be completed by end 2019 in both cases.
The Group also reiterates its ambition of reaching at least 3 billion euros of revenue and 14% Corporate EBITDA margin (excluding New Mobility) by end 2020. The Group's 2017 proforma revenue should stand at around 2.8 billion euros when taking into account Goldcar's and Buchbinder's contribution.
Cash allocation prospec
The Group's resilient business model and strong cash generation prospects will continue to finance
(1) further bolt-on M&A, particularly in the Vans & Trucks segment and Franchisees in the Cars segment,
(2) New Mobility investments
(3) Non-fleet capex and
(4) shareholder returns. Over 2018-2020, the Group intends to continue to target FCF conversion above 50% and Corporate leverage below 3x.
The Group is expected to spend
i) up to 150 million euros on further bolt-on acquisitions in 2018,
ii)150 to 250 million euros over 2018-2020 in New Mobility capex and M&A (including strategic partnerships) and
iii) non fleet capex of around 50 million euros per year over 2018-2020.
In terms of shareholder returns, the Group intends to maintain the current dividend policy with a payout above 30% and to proceed to tactical share buybacks funded by excess cash when deemed appropriate.
2017 guidance
The Group reiterates all four of its financial targets for the year 2017:
– Accelerating organic revenue growth vs. 2016, i.e. above 3%
– Increase in adjusted corporate EBITDA margin (excluding New Mobility) vs 2016, i.e. above 11.8%
– A corporate operating free cash flow conversion rate above 50%
– A dividend payout ratio above 30%
A webcast of the whole Investor Day (on a replay basis) as well as the presentation materials will be available on the Group's corporate finance website: https://investors.europcar-group.com/
About Europcar Group
Europcar Group is a major player in mobility markets and is listed on Euronext Paris. The Group's mission is to be an attractive alternative to car ownership by providing a wide range of mobility solutions: car rentals, Vans & Trucks, chauffeur service, car-sharing or peer-to-peer. Customer satisfaction is at the heart of the group's mission and all of its employees and this commitment fuels the continuous development of new services.
The group operates through multi brands meeting every customer specific needs: Europcar® – the European Leader in vehicle rental services, Goldcar® – Europe's largest low-cost car rental company, InterRent® – value for money brand targeting leisure customers and Ubeeqo® – a European company specializing in fleet and mobility solutions for both the business and the end-customers market.
The Group delivers its mobility solutions worldwide through an extensive network in 130 countries and territories (including 14 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Europe and 2 in Australia and New Zealand, franchisees and partners).
Further details on our website: europcar-group.com
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The innovative spirit and passion for the art of winemaking that we seek at Monte da Ravasqueira lead us to the constant search for creativity and quality.
And thus was born this fortified wine, an audacious act among wine tradition in the region, that reflects the commitment to our values and enhances the richness and excellence of Alentejo.
For the production of this wine, the strains were chosen one by one, in specific areas of our vineyard, with grape varieties Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz.
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Uruguay: an example for Thailand?
By Larry Banks on 2016-01-11 Featured News
As the Thai government pours money into alternative energy, an encouraging example is emerging from an unlikely place: South America.
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This Thai Food Stock Has Rallied 53% This Year | are not the cause [of climate change]. The cause is the model of civilization that we have set up. And what we have to change is our way of life". – José Mujica – the world's poorest president, President of Uruguay 2010-2015
Back in June 2015, Thailand's Ministry of Energy embarked on plans to greatly reduce the country's reliance on imported fuels. It implemented the Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP), with the aim of a 170% increase in alternative energy capacity by 2035.
A quick walk through the streets of Bangkok during rush hour makes that plan look ridiculously ambitious; yet there is an impressive example some 17,000 km away, in Montevideo.
Uruguayan turnaround
In 2000, oil was Uruguay's biggest import – representing 27% of the country's total. That number one rank now belongs to wind turbines. Ramón Méndez, Uruguay's head of climate change policy, claims that 94.5% of the country's electricity today comes from renewables.
According to Méndez, Uruguay's success has come through clear decision-making, a supportive regulatory environment and a strong partnership between the public and private sectors. In other words something that, with political will, practically any country can replicate.
"What we've learned is that renewables is just a financial business," Méndez says. "The construction and maintenance costs are low, so as long as you give investors a secure environment, it is very attractive."
This shift has kick-started major investment in renewable energy and liquid gas in Uruguay. Over the last five years such investment has risen sharply to USD 7 bn (THB 252 bn) which represents 15% of the country's annual GDP Consequently, this nation of just 3.4 million people is a pioneer amongst Latin American countries with five times the average investment rate in the region and three times the global share recommended by climate economist Nicholas Stern.
One of the reasons for such high levels of investment in renewables is that the state utility company guarantees a fixed price for wind energy for 20 years. Maintenance costs in wind farms are low and stable, meaning that a profit is guaranteed. Consequently, there's huge demand from foreign companies for windfarm contracts. This is pushing down bids and has cut electricity generation costs by over 30% since 2012.
Along with wind power, a developed hydropower industry, as well as an increased biomass and solar energy sectors, renewables today make up 55% of Uruguay's total energy mix. In fact mix is the critical word here: whilst other small countries such as Paraguay, Bhutan and Lesotho rely heavily on hydropower and Iceland is geared towards geothermal energy, Uruguay's renewable energy sources are more varied. This makes the country less vulnerable to changes in climate.
Is this achievable in Thailand?
That 55% figure includes transport fuel and compares incredibly well with the global average of 12%.[12] Thailand's latest energy consumption figures (2013) are below even that: renewables make up just 11.3% of the country's overall energy consumption. The AEDP targets renewables to make up 25% of the country's total consumption by 2021.
Whether this is achievable depends on how realistic the ministry's calculations are in the first place. If they are, the proposals need to be implemented consistently. If that happens, then why not? Uruguay's example shows that success is not reliant on great technological innovation – nuclear power isn't used in the South American country's energy mix and no new hydroelectric power has been added in over twenty years, for example.
One great asset which Thailand has, of course, is the sun. In 2014, 17% of the country's renewable energy came from solar power. The AEDP aims to raise this to 30%, as well as replicating Uruguay's guaranteed price example using a feed-in tariff programme, encouraging new companies as well as existing suppliers.
In August 2015 Bangkok-based Superblock opened a mega-solar power plant in Northern Thailand and oil retailer Bangchak Petroleum has also developed its solar power capabilities. Chinese and Japanese companies are also investing: Trina Solar is constructing a solar panel and cell production plant in Rayong and Yingli Green Energy Holdings has announced plans to do business in the whole range of solar power business. Meanwhile Japanese firm Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan has constructed a mega-solar plant in Ayutthaya.
This may be good news but it's also worrying that headlines regarding renewables in Thailand have been dominated by solar power alone. Uruguay's example shows a healthy mix and it was therefore encouraging to see that GE Renewable Energy announced in early December 2015 that it has signed a contract to supply wind turbines in northern Thailand. That alone will generate enough energy to power around 36,000 homes for a year.
Putting all this together, it looks like Thailand is making important steps towards following Uruguay's example. However, 20 years is a long road – a lot can happen in any country during that time and history has shown us that Thailand is certainly no exception.
The government would do well to consult with Montevideo to share experiences and move quickly to ensure a sustainable– in both senses of the word – future for renewable | 1,128 |
This is a master planned community near Seaside and Seagrove Beach along Northwest Florida's Gulf Coast region. Considered as one of the premier communities based on the<|fim_middle|> Rockwell, WaterColor Inn & Resort blends classic design with modern conveniences, featuring a cozy boutique inn and luxury cottages. Amenities include resort pools, access to the Tennis Center facility, spa, boathouse, restaurants, and direct private access to the beachfront. | principles New Urbanism, WaterColor's well-designed layout effectively promotes walkable neighborhoods and blends natural and manmade elements into one community that's perfect for a cozy, laidback and family-friendly lifestyle.
Radiating small-town charm and providing enough amenities through two shopping districts and numerous recreational activities for its residents, WaterColor is beach town living at its finest.
Gorgeous views of Western Lake are a main draw of homes near the waterfront areas, with a main boathouse and marina park where you can rent kayaks or paddle boards.
WaterColor Town Center– Its wide variety of shops sells clothing, outdoor gear, and fly fishing supplies, as well as handcrafted furniture and jewelry. There's also an art gallery featuring works by local and regional artists, and a wine bar with restaurant and family-friendly mini-market, where you can enjoy an occasional glass of wine and some tapas or grilled panini. Across the other side of the community is WaterColor Crossing, another shopping and retail center with several clothing stores, a Publix supermarket, and a pizzeria.
WaterColor Inn & Resort– The four Diamond AAA-rated resort comprising 499 acres is located between the rare coastal dune lake called Western Lake and the Gulf of Mexico. Designed by noted architect David | 256 |
A snowy owl at Hampton Beach, after the crowds have left.
Today we're heading to one of the most ubiquitous ecological landscapes in the world. The Coastal Sand<|fim_middle|>, both wild and developed, further inland. These remarkable dunes are more than just a bunch of sand.
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This summer, beach-friendly wheelchairs will be available for free at several New Hampshire beaches. | Dune is found in nearly all latitudes from just outside the polar regions to the equator. But there are only a few places in the granite state that you'll find them, and as you might expect they're all on the seacoast.
Chris and Dave take us on a walk around the block of another of NH's Wild Neighborhoods.
And there is a particular set of circumstances that are required for Sand Dunes to form. Sand and silt made from eroded rocks further inland washes down mountain streams that feed into ever larger waterways until they reach the mighty Piscataqua and Merrimack rivers. Where the rivers meet the ocean, the water suddenly slows, allowing that silt and sand to precipitate out to the sea bed. From there tides and winds wash and blow all those individual grains of sand ashore. Gradually those grains accumulate around debris on the shore, like some drift wood, or a plant, and over time they form sand dunes.
The foredune is characterized by the beach grass that populates it.
Credit Photo by Ken Kimball.
Because of the wind and waves, sand dunes are constantly shifting in shape and size. And vegetation that survives on these dunes has adapted to constant change. Many of them rely on rhizomes. This underground element of the plant is a bit like a root in that it is below the surface, but rhizomes are actually more a part of the stem of the plant. And in the case of some of our dune vegetation, like beach grass, rhizomes grow horizontally sending sprouts of grass up through the sand to capture sunlight; and sending roots down to collect water and nutrients. Rhizomes also allow plants to move water and nutrients from one part of the plant to another that may need more of those resources.
Not every plant you find by the beach uses that strategy, but many do and beach grass survives on the foredune, where few other species do, largely because of this strategy. Fordune is one of the three elements of your typical sand dune, and is the part closest to the ocean. It is most exposed to tides and often punishing winds, and as a result not many species set up shop there. But when you move into the interdune, and the backdune – into positions better protected from the incessant tides and the dehydrating effects of the wind – you find more diversity of species.
You'll find hairy hudsonia in the interdune, a low growing shrub with yellow flowers that also takes advantage of that rhizome strategy. And the backdune is home to woody vegetation like beach plum with those nice pink flowers.
Credit Courtesy J. Maughn via Flickr/Creative Commons.
The animals that call this place home are mostly fair-weather feathered friends. Species like the least sandpiper use the dunes as a stopover during migration, feeding on ant-beetles and other insects in the dunes. But you'll also see the tiny and federally threatened piping plover which lays its eggs in the foredune – the most exposed part of the dunes!
Though the plovers don't stick around in the winter, there are some that you'll only find there in the winter. Like the snowy owl. They spend their summers breeding in the artic, but when winter pushes some of them south they seek out habitat that most closely resembles the frozen tundra, feeding on mice and voles. You can also find small flocks of horned larks and snow bunting feeding on whatever seeds they can find until they can return to their arctic breeding grounds.
Coastal sand dune is a vibrant wild neighborhood, and if that weren't enough it's also a part the first line of defense against increasingly severe storm surges. Coastal dunes and wetlands absorb the brunt, when storms make landfall, reducing the impact on neighborhoods | 803 |
The Rundown: Takeaways From the USMNT's 3-1 Gold Cup Semifinal Win vs. Jamaica
With a 3-1 victory against Jamaica on Wednesday night at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, the U.S. Men's National Team booked its place in a tournament-record 11th Concacaf Gold Cup Final.
Here are some key takeaways from the win.
Another Goal for McKennie
Weston McKennie memorably burst on the USMNT scene by scoring in his debut match, a 1-1 draw with European Champions Portugal on Nov. 14, 2017. He returned to the scoresheet when he found the game's only goal in the 1-0 quarterfinal win against Curaçao on Sunday.
Just three days later, McKennie again contributed the USA's opening goal, making a late run into the box to convert in the ninth minute. The goal was the earliest the United States has scored in this edition of the tournament and settled a few nerves after a few previous chances went begging.
The team looked charged for another one until…
The Inclement Weather Delay
Looking for that second goal, the USA was forced to put things on hold when severe weather rolled into the Nashville area, initiating a delay in the game in the 16th minute that lasted for nearly an hour-and-a-half. The teams got back underway at 10:20 p.m. local time, and Jamaica picked up the pace until halftime.
Having regrouped after the break, the USA produced an important second goal when Pulisic cleaned up a rebound on Jordan Morris' shot in the 52nd minute.
Shutout Streak Comes to An End
Aside from a lengthy 87-minute weather delay, the only blemish of the night was that the USA's shutout streak ended at 483 minutes when Shamar Nicholson headed home Jamaica's goal in the 69th minute.
The goal breathed some life back into Jamaica, but the USA dug deep and saw that an equalizer didn't come. With Jamaica pushing forward, the team caught the Reggae Boyz out in transition, leading to Pulisic's second strike that put the game on ice in the 87th minute.
Pulisic Man of the Match
For the second time in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, Christian Pulisic earned ussoccer.com Man of the Match honors, with his two goals serving as the difference in the win. Both goals came off rebounds, a variety of which USMNT fans aren't necessarily used to seeing from the 20-year-old. It's a part of his game that has been developed since early on.
"As a young kid, I always learned to follow up shots," Pulisic said after the match. "There's going to be rebounds for you and all goals count the same. I was in the right place at the right time twice and I was able to finish them."
The brace was the third of Pulisic's international career and moved him into a tie with Gyasi Zardes for the team's joint scoring lead at the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup with three goals. Having been part of 22 goals in his international career (13 scored, nine assists), Pulisic has a current pace of 1.01 goals/assists per 90 minutes (1961 minutes played<|fim_middle|> the sixth time the two Concacaf giants will meet in the tournament final, and while Mexico holds a 4-1-0 edge in those matches, the USA's one championship win vs. El Trí came in 2007 at the same location that Sunday's match will be held.
"The sport continues to grow in such a big way in our country, and I think we're all so proud of that," veteran midfielder Michael Bradley said post-game. "Tomorrow is July 4th, a few days later the Women's Team will have a chance to win a World Cup. Everybody will be rooting for them, and we'll be behind them every step of the way. When that game ends, everybody will have a few hours to regroup and get ready for another edition of USA-Mexico. It should be a great day."
2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Bracket
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
USMNT vs. Jamaica - 7/3/2019 | ).
Sunday: A Relatively Big Day
Wednesday night's result also sets up what could be a huge day for U.S. Soccer. Fresh off Tuesday's 2-1 victory against England, the U.S. Women's National Team will go for a record-setting fourth Women's World Cup title when they face the Netherlands in Lyon, France on Sunday (10 a.m. ET; FOX, Telemundo).
Eleven hours later and seven time zones away, the region's biggest rivalry will be on display when the USMNT takes on Mexico in search of its record-tying seventh Concacaf Gold Cup title just steps away from Soccer House at sold-out Soldier Field in Chicago (9 p.m. ET; FS1, Univision, UDN). The encounter will mark | 160 |
David Marshall, a fitness guru known as the Bodydoctor, has created a system for schools that has children exercising with a smile. One London school swears by it; the only problem is getting the politicians to listen. By Valerie James.
Year Six are wagging their tails. I know all about 'wag your tail': roll on to your back like a puppy, feet in the air, knees bent, put your hands behind your head, lift your shoulders, engage core muscles and wag your hips/tail as hard as you can. This and other exercises from the Bodydoctor, alias David Marshall, cured my long-standing lower-back problem, so I know how to do it and I know how tough it is, but to Year Six at Barrow Hill Junior School in St John's Wood, London, it appears to be a breeze.
The moves also appear to be great fun: jogging, then freezing into balances as in the game of statues, animal walks such as crab, duck and frog, all as a warm-up to the circuit training of wag your tail, hippy-hippy shake, skipping, lunges, star jumps, dry-land swimming, and the almost certainly politically suspect 'pass the bomb' (Marshall: 'It's not a parcel it's a bomb! Pass it quickly, arms straight, you want it as far away from you as possible!') and the toughest of the lot, the baby crawl. These are then followed by stretches, some recognisably yoga-based.
Making exercise fun is what David Marshall does. Moving from a career in brokerage, he turned what had been a hobby since he was 17 into a business, and in 1994 became a trainer. He operated solely as a private trainer, and when he opened his gym in Primrose Hill he offered one-on-one sessions.
Get Marshall on to his subject and you realise that this really is his passion.<|fim_middle|> testosterone cowboy. I'm 49. I've been the fat kid, the odd one out, and I've been fit, fat, slim, and a slob. I've been there, I know the feeling.' He starts to get agitated as he says, 'What I think is disgraceful is this talk of stapling children's stomachs, when I have been knocking on doors for more than a year. I can't do the Government's work for them, but I have a system here that works. I am so angry about this. They promised not to sell off any more playing fields, and then just carried on.
It was pure luck that the school he started with, which is his old school, Barrow Hill Junior ('where I had the best time of my life'), turned out to be the perfect choice. The current headteacher, Michael Matthews, is one of those enlightened heads to whom all things seem possible if he can see the benefit to the children. For example, he suspended the National Curriculum for a week for a whole-school art project; he initiated an involvement with the Wigmore Hall (the school choir performed there in December in The Magic Flute); he brought in the Soil Association to speak to the children about healthy eating, monitoring packed lunches, and working with the chef/manager to introduce healthier dishes on the school dinner menu.
These latter moves were not universally popular at first ('Michael, is this healthy-eating week coming to an end some time?' one pupil asked), but now the percentage taking school dinners has almost doubled. And this is a first-name school. Even Matthews wasn't sure about that when he came for his interview five years ago, but he was won over, and such is the atmosphere at Barrow Hill that it seems entirely natural and right.
St John's Wood is a very prosperous area, but Barrow Hill is a school in the London borough of Westminster, where two thirds of the schools are faith schools, which excludes many pupils. Barrow Hill's intake includes children from those socialist/egalitarian parents who own the multi-million-pound properties of St John's Wood and Primrose Hill but prefer not to send their children to private school, and others from some of the worst of Westminster's council housing.
Barrow Hill has a large waiting-list and is the definitive mixed school: its intake contains not only children with differing levels of affluence, but children from 42 different countries, speaking 35 different languages, and with 64 per cent of pupils having English as an additional language.
The government target is two hours of PE activity a week, divided into the five strands of gymastics, swimming, games, dance and outdoor activities. So Marshall and Perryman, two men with totally opposing styles and approaches – the first, exuberant and over the top, the second an Australian with an easygoing manner that belies his control in the classroom – worked together adapting and fitting the routines to a PE class, slotting them into a gymastics session.
Encouragement from Marshall and Perryman is constant; during lunges fingers are told to 'tickle the ceiling' but there is also 'do it nice, or do it twice' and soon faces are pink with exertion, and there is much giggling, but they are only in competition with themselves.
That is what Perryman says is different about the Bodydoctor system, for 'any exercise will pretty much do the job of getting you moving and getting fitter, but with this the kids don't realise that they are working at their own level, or that they are working quite hard. There's probably not much change in the sporty kids, but lower down the scale there are a lot of reluctant girls, and those girls – because it's indoors and non-threatening – like it and get more confidence.
After one round of the circuit it is time for 'Be the Expert'. In teams of three, two children do the exercise while the other supervises and corrects the technique. Finally the children are asked to mark themselves out of 10 for their success in performing the exercises, and how they could improve. Most give themselves a low mark, but one, Abraham, his face alight with mischief, says, 'Nine and three quarters, plus one eighth.' Perryman doesn't miss a beat. 'Interesting marking. Give me that as a decimal, will you?' It comes slowly. 'Nine point… eight… seven five.' No drop in standards at Barrow Hill, then.
Marshall explains that he sold the children the system by telling them it would help them feel better in all sorts of ways. 'You will sleep better, work and concentrate better, have more of an appetite, be more patient and less irritable, and if you want to take part in a sport, or another activity, this will give you the tools to do it as well as possible.' There was never any mention of weight or size. Oh, and they would have to do homework, too.
Free, the magic word again. Because Marshall is still giving the system and his time for free, and because he has been told there is 'no budget for this kind of thing', he is now spending even more time negotiating with sponsors. He is in early discussions with BUPA, and in the meantime the system will gradually be introduced, through the training of teachers, into Westminster schools, and one in Hackney – and with luck, parental and headteacher pressure, and sponsorship, it could be coming soon to a school near you. | 'I'm a trainer, but I am not a 25-year-old | 16 |
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Humpback whales are one of the most-watched and well-studied species of whale. Found in every ocean and many nearshore areas associated with coastal and marine tourism, they are the focus of whale watching operations in over many countries around the world. The species is known for its spectacular "surface active behaviour", which can include breaching (leaping clear of the water) and flipper and tail slapping, its occasional curiosity around tour boats, and its complex 'song', which is heard on the breeding grounds in the tropics. A humpback whale's blow or the splash of a breach can be seen from a distance of several kilometres, making the humpback one of the more conspicuous targets of whale watching around the world. At close range, the species is unlikely to be confused with any other, due to the distinctive characteristics detailed below:
Humpback whale blow and surfacing pattern
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Humpback whale global distribution. Adapted by Nina Lisowski from Jefferson, T.A., Webber, M.A. and Pitman, R.L. (2015). "Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification," 2nd ed. Elsevier, San Diego, CA. Copyright Elsevier: http://www.elsevier.com
Humpback whale breaching off the coast of australia. Photo courtesy of chris johnson.
Humpback whales in their breeding area in the albrolhos national marine park, brazil. Photos courtesy chico mendes institute for biodiversity conservation
Humpback whales occur worldwide in all major oceans. While they generally demonstrate a preference for continental shelf areas, they are also known to cross deep offshore waters, and spend time over and around seamounts in the open ocean1-3.
Native to the following countries**: Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Benin; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Saba, Sint Eustatius); Brazil; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Chile; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Curaçao; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); Faroe Islands; Fiji; France; French Polynesia; French Southern Territories; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Greenland; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Jamaica; Japan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Martinique; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Pitcairn; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Réunion; Russian Federation; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha); Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Spain; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Timor-Leste; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turks and Caicos Islands; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Vanuatu; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Vietnam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen
** Note: as many populations of humpback whales increase in number following the moratorium on whaling, the species appears to be expanding its range, and is observed more frequently in areas where it was previously thought to be only vagrant, including off the coast of the Netherlands4, in various parts of the Red Sea5, and the Mediterranean6.
Every known population of humpback whales, with the exception of the Endangered Arabian Sea population7, performs long seasonal migrations; spending summers feeding in cold productive waters at high latitudes and winters on tropical breeding grounds where they mate, calve, and nurse their young. Some individuals travel as far as 8,000km between their breeding and feeding grounds8. Southern Hemisphere populations generally feed around the Antarctic between November and March, and migrate toward breeding grounds near the equator where they mate and give birth between July and October1. Northern Hemisphere populations do the opposite, feeding at high latitudes off the continents of North America and Europe between June and October, and mating and calving at low latitudes in the Caribbean, West Pacific and West Atlantic between December and March or April (see map below)1,9.
Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere feed primarily on krill, small shrimp-like crustaceans that are highly abundant in the waters around Antarctica10. Populations in the Northern Hemisphere feed on a variety of prey, including many different species of small shoaling fishes, such as anchovies, herring, sand lance, and sardines1,11. Humpback whales use a range of feeding strategies, including lunge feeding and bubble netting, a process in which whales either singly or cooperatively blow a circle of bubbles from under water in order to create a wall or curtain of bubbles that traps small schooling fish and makes them easier to capture in a single lunging gulp through the centre of the bubble curtain12,13. Humpback whales need to feed intensively throughout the summer and autumn, as they generally fast during migration and on the breeding grounds and rely on fat reserves for energy during those months. However, there is mounting evidence that at least some individuals engage in opportunistic feeding during migration or at lower latitudes associated with breeding habitat.14-16 There is also evidence that at least some individuals from some populations forego migration altogether in some years and remain on feeding grounds throughout the winter months. Shifts in ocean productivity, probably a result of climate change, have almost certainly played a role in some of the recently observed changes or anomalies in migration patterns and feeding grounds14,17. The non-migratory population of humpback whales in the Arabian Sea, probably split from other humpback whale populations in the Indian Ocean roughly 70,000 years ago18 , process most likely facilitated by the seasonal upwelling of cold, nutrient rich waters, creating feeding opportunities in the same areas that are suitable for mating, calving, and nursing.
Humpback whales mate primarily on their breeding grounds in the tropics in the "wi nter months" (July-October in the Southern Hemisphere and December-March in the Northern Hemisphere). A pregnant female swims thousands of kilometers to nutrient-rich temperate or polar feeding grounds to gain sufficient strength and body mass for successful birth and lactation by feeding intensively for several months. Pregnant females usually arrive earlier than males, non-pregnant females and juveniles. Then she returns to the breeding ground to give birth after a gestation period of approximately 11.5 months3. Mothers and calves generally remain in shallow, sheltered waters19 where the calf nurses and gains the weight and strength required to migrate back to the feeding grounds. Males on the breeding ground engage in aggressive competitive behaviours to gain access to females20, and also produce long complex songs, with all males in the population singing roughly the same song, but slowly changing it over the course of a breeding season21.
Research, threats and conservation
Much of what we know about humpback whales today has been learned through photo-identification studies, in which individual whales are photographed and recognized over time by the unique serrations and patterns on the trailing edges and undersides of their tail flukes. In well-studied populations, such as the feeding grounds in Alaska and the Gulf of Maine, some individual whales have been monitored for over 40 years22. Technologies like genetic sampling and satellite telemetry (the attachment of small devices that send the whales' GPS position to satellite receivers) allow researchers to track whales' movements and gain more insight into their (seasonal) migrations and fine-scale use of habitat on the breeding grounds and feeding grounds23. More information about research techniques used to study whales and dolphins can be found here.
Natural Predators: Humpback whales often bear rake-like scars on their bodies indicating that they survived an attack by killer whales. Some researchers have proposed that the threat of killer whale attacks, particularly on vulnerable calves, has an important influence on humpback whale behaviour and migration24-26. Large sharks are also potential predators of this species, especially of very young calves27.
Human-induced threats: Humpback whales may be at risk from a number of threats, including entanglement in fishing gear, ship strikes, habitat degradation, oil and gas development and climate change17. The significance of the impacts of these threats vary across populations. Those populations that are small or that have a restricted range, such as the endangered Arabian Sea population,7 are of particular concern.
Many populations of humpback whales were heavily hunted through the 1960's, when Soviet whaling operations were still catching humpback whales in the Southern Oceans, the Pacific and the Arabian Sea despite an IWC agreement to stop hunting this species from 1963 onward28-30. The majority of humpback whale populations are recovering well – for example, the recent IWC assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales estimated that overall numbers were at around 70% of the number of whales thought to be in the Southern Hemisphere before hunting began. Globally the species was moved from a status of Vulnerable to Least Concern by the IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species31. However, it is under Appendix 1 of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), and certain (sub)populations, such as that in the Arabian Sea, are considered endangered by, IUCN7, the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA)32, and the IWC33.
Humpback whales are still hunted in very small numbers under aboriginal subsistence whaling permits and conservative and sustainable quotas are set by the IWC in Greenland and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. There may also be some small-scale hunting of humpback whales around the island of Pagalu in the Gulf of Guinea, but no recent information is available.
Humpback whales and whale watching
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Speaking of non-negotiables, keep in mind what makes a house a home for you. Sometimes, the smallest things make the biggest difference between a house in which to simply live and a home in which to grow and flourish. Consider things like the noise of traffic, the view, etc. This is one of the things you must tell your real estate agent upfront.
In populous places like Metro Manila, neighbors are a fact of life. When deciding whether to get a lovely house in a neighborhood that doesn't sit well with you, or a passable home in a great community, it's better to go for the latter. The right neighborhood can mean good socializing opportunities—as well as feeling comfortable, even safe, to come home.
Time was when a bigger house meant better living, but with the rise of condominiums came the shift in priorities. Homes now are less about the square feet and more about the lifestyle. How well do they cater to your needs and wants? Go beyond a house's square footage, and check what else it offers—proximity to urban centers, conveniences and amenities, upkeep and potentials, etc.
Home-hunting is about living in the present while making allowances for the future. For instance, your future home can be a peaceful oasis for your little ones, well away from the city bustle, but will still have easy access to the urban centers for when they eventually venture into the world.
The ultimate question that you, the home-hunter, must answer is: when all is said and done, do you actually want to be in your house of choice? American realtor | 516 |
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Unanswered Prayers – Justin Dillehay
Need encouragement to pray? John Calvin once said that "Nothing is better adapted to excite us to prayer than a full conviction that we shall be heard." That's why Jesus said things like:
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened (Matt. 7:7–8).
These unblushing promises are meant to encourage us to pray.
But they also raise an obvious question. How do we explain it when we've asked, but it sure doesn't seem like we've received? We've sought, but we haven't yet found. We've knocked, and the door is still shut. How do we explain unanswered prayers given Jesus's claim that "everyone who asks receives"?
We talk about it with Pastor Justin Dillehay.
Kurt Goff
Kurt Goff, co-host of Kurt and Kate Mornings, is a broadcasting veteran with a pastor's heart. He is a graduate of Texas Christian University and has more than 30 years of experience anchoring television news and hosting a variety of radio programs around the country. Upbeat and encouraging, Kurt has a passion for connecting people to God. He and his wife, Liz, have two sons.
Kate Bruington
Kate Bruington is the co-host of Kurt and Kate Mornings, Midday host, and can also be heard on Music for Sunday. Originally from East Hartford, Conn., Kate brings years of TV and radio experience to Moody Radio in Florida. She attended Boston Conservatory<|fim_middle|> opportunity to join the conversation weekday mornings from 6 to 9 on Moody Radio Florida.
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Praying For Your Children | of Music and traveled the country singing before entering the broadcasting field. Kate's pastimes are reading and writing, and she currently spends much of her free time writing a novel. She has two daughters and two grandchildren.
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Join Kurt Goff and Kate Bruington for encouraging conversation, the latest news, weather and traffic updates, and the | 73 |
Prior to 2014, Ynys Mon Gymnastics Club was run out of a local sports centre. We interview Head Coach and Director Cathi Owens to put the spotlight on the key milestones that led to their Insport Gold Accreditation journey.
What was it that instigated you to embark on the inclusive gymnastics journey?
"Welsh Gymnastics host an annual rotatory competition across Wales for all abilities and had noted there were no entries from the area. I had a phone call from Carys at Welsh Gymnastics, and she asked if I would be interested in entering a team - and I jumped at the chance", explained Cathi.
Ysgol Y Bont is the sole special school on the island, and Cathi approached them to ask if they would be willing to collaborate? They said 'yes', and as a result, Ynys Mon's club coaches began going into to work with the teachers in preparation for the competition.
What does your current set-up look like?
"Moving into a new, dedicated facility in 2014, opened up a wealth of opportunity to the club – in that it had inadvertently opened the doors to inclusive gymnastics on a spectacular scale", notes Cathi.
"We wanted to be able to host inclusive sessions in-house, but we needed a sensible way of adapting the Club", she adds. "We immediately put our coaches on disability courses, as we had already worked closely with the school and had seen just how many children live on the island, both in Ysgol Yn Bont and mainstream school with additional needs, who wanted gymnastics to be part of their lives.
What have been the main hurdles you've faced on your journey?
"The adaptions to the facility to allow for wheelchair access were the biggest outlay. We fundraised for the specialist equipment, as we had committed our services to the school.
We needed to work around blocking off doors, yet still having a fire escape. It wasn't too expensive to make areas safe, and we needed a few additional pieces of equipment such as wedges for rolls, etc. These adaptions evolved too, as children of differing abilities began to use the equipment. We'd discuss each child's needs on a one-to-one basis with teachers.
To get the word out about our sessions, we enlisted the help of Facebook and parents of children who were already benefitting from them. We decided to offer a free taster session for all, which was hugely attended and a great success.
There were kids we knew, and many we didn't at the taster session – and it gave us an opportunity to talk to parents and let them know about the weekly sessions.
We had a young girl with cerebral palsy in mainstream school who joined the sessions off the back of the tester<|fim_middle|> recently to provide a safe and relaxing environment for the children and include it within our area for all. It provides a safe area where gymnasts can go in and out of freely, where parents can see them. With teddy bears and music, it has made a big difference", says Cathi.
How long did it take you to be awarded the Insport Gold accreditation?
"We began our Insport accreditation journey in 2014 and we were awarded our Gold accreditation in November 2017", recalls Cathi.
"We'd like to help many more children enjoy gymnastics and continue to provide them with the equipment and environment that they need to thrive. We hope that we will be able to deliver on this, no matter who comes to us", explains Cathi.
"The competitions always create a buzz and energise our gymnasts, so these are something we are always on the lookout for", she adds.
What advice would you give to a club thinking about offering inclusive gymnastics?
"Go for it! All-inclusive classes are the most rewarding classes you can offer. If I look back and see all that the gymnasts have achieved in the last three years, going to Cardiff for the competition finals and seeing just how many volunteers who turn up to help week on week.
Last year Lily walked up on the stage to collect her Award and I don't think there was a dry eye in the house! | session, and she has got so much out of rhythmic gymnastics since.
We decide to open a specific area for our disabled gymnasts and purchased specialist equipment for it that we saved and fundraised for. The 'pod' is there for some quiet time and helps many of our autistic children throughout their sessions. We have done lots of work to this area | 72 |
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John Sneider - The Scrapper
One of New York's best kept secrets, trumpeter John Sneider re-unites with his band for the first time in over 20 years!
The Scrapper, John Sneider's first album released under his own name in 20 years, finds him re-united with his original band. He's among friends, doing what he loves: swinging. A lot can change in 20 years, but some things remain constant. For John Sneider, that includes the rhythm section of Larry Gold<|fim_middle|> the park. Well done.
—Chris Spector, Midwest Record review 2/8/2020
''...The Scrapper is an excellent release that pays homage to the tradition while still sounding current in 2020.''
—Sam Dickinson , thewholenote.com | ings on organ, Andy Watson on drums and John Hart on guitar, all of whom appeared on his first record.
A long time leader of his own groups, Sneider has performed with Max Roach, Curtis Fuller, The Mingus Big Band, The Frank Foster All-Star Big Band, Clark Terry, Cab Calloway, Andy Bey, Brad Mehldau, and Larry Goldings. Sneider also composes and arranges music for television and radio commercials.
The Scrapper
Critterbug
When Light Breaks
Mindfield
Unpresidented
On A Turquoise Cloud
First album from trumpeter John Sneider in 20 years!
All-star band featuring Joel Frahm on tenor saxophone, Larry Goldings on organ, John Hart on guitar and Andy Watson on drums
Features guest appearance by vocalist Andy Bey
It might be the trumpeters first record in 20 years but the personnel is the same as it was on his first record, and there's no dust on anyone. A hip player that's opted for the studio tan over the years shows that he's one of the few that doesn't need the feedback of a live audience to keep his chops sharp. A tasty mainstream date with an edge. Playing with a sure hand and a talented lips, if you haven't met the Scrapper yet, it's time to get hip to what all the hipper New Yorkers already know---he's got it on the ball and hits it out of | 301 |
Today is the birthday of "Dr. Seuss." We will celebrate the extraordinary life and achievements of Theodor Seuss Geisel by doing some special reading today in my classroom, and in classrooms across the nation, as part of the NEA's annual Read Across America program. Enjoy your reading today, dear friends, in memory of a wonderful writer (and human being!).
This entry was posted in Favorite authors, Teaching on March 2, 2010 by Robin.
Robin, love your new flowers! I love Dr. Seuss. My daughter's favorite was Green Eggs and Ham and we called her "Sam I am" for quite a while. Happy Birth to Dr. Seuss!
I think it's so strange that I don't like Dr. Suess as much as most of the education world. My kids love him, and I can smile at The Cat in The Hat, but the rest of his stuff rather drives me crazy. Too cutsey, I think, even though he's a magician with words.
Hello! Thank you for remembering Dr. Seuss on his birthday. I love all his books. His wonderful gentleness and concern for the environment are sorely needed at this time<|fim_middle|> we read a word wrong in his favorite book(s). | . His playful wordplay is marvelous!
Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss! I saw a biography about him in my library.
Thanks, Kay! Green Eggs and Ham was a family favorite here, too. We love his stuff.
Bellezza, I can understand your feeling, and if it had been anyone other than my sweet Grandboy asking me to read the Cat in the Hat over and over again…it would have driven me crazy! But he loved it so much, and I totally got into it through his 2-year old fascination with it.
Hi Kay Guest. The three things you mention about him (his gentleness, his concern for the environment, and his marvelous wordplay) are exactly why I celebrate his life today. He does something magic for children.
Bybee, I'd be interested in reading a biography about him. I'll have to look for it at my library. I know very little about him, really.
Oh yes…our kids had it memorized, too, and loved to "read" it. The Grandboy will correct us now, if | 219 |
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Composer, conductor, and creative thinker — John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes.
Among Mr. Adams's works are several of the most performed contemporary classical pieces today: Harmonielehre, Shaker Loops, Chamber Symphony, Doctor Atomic Symphony, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, and his Violin Concerto. His stage works, in collaboration with director Peter Sellars, include Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, El Niño, Doctor Atomic, A Flowering Tree, and the Passion oratorio The Gospel According to the Other Mary.
Mr. Adams's most recent opera, Girls of the Golden West, set during the 1850s California Gold Rush, was premiered by the San Francisco Opera in 2017. His new piano concerto, Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, is being premiered in March 2019 with Yuja Wang as soloist.
Winner of the 1993 Grawemeyer Award for his Violin Concerto and the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for On the Transmigration of Souls, co-commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Adams has received honorary doctorates from Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, and Cambridge universities and The Juilliard School. Since 20<|fim_middle|> Symphony, and elsewhere; has performed solo recitals for Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, and San Francisco Performances; and has collaborated with Philip Glass, Gabriel Kahane, Nadia Sirota, the Kronos Quartet, Ashley Bathgate, Metropolis Ensemble, John Adams, and many others.
Upcoming projects include collaborations with Sufjan Stevens and New York City Ballet; the Calder Quartet and the LA Phil; and a major work for the Orchester Staatstheater Cottbus.
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Now in its 16th season, the Attacca Quartet celebrates the timeless beauty of the string quartet for a broad audience, from sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall to NPR's far-reaching Tiny Desk concerts.
First Prize winner of the Seventh Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, top prize and Listeners' Choice award recipient of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and Grand Prize winner of the 60th annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition, the Attacca Quartet has received international acclaim and become one of America's premier young performing ensembles. It has served as The Juilliard School's graduate resident string quartet and quartet-in-residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Texas State University.
The quartet recently completed The 68, a six-year performance project in New York City featuring Haydn's complete string quartets. It is currently presenting two new series in the New York area: Recently Added, featuring string quartets by living composers, and Based on Beethoven, a project juxtaposing the complete Beethoven string quartets with new works from Recently Added. In the 2018–19 season it begins a series of Beethoven quartet cycles, including the historic Slee Beethoven Quartet Cycle series in Buffalo, New York, previously performed by the Budapest and Guarneri Quartets.
The quartet has released three critically acclaimed albums with Azica Records: Fellow Traveler: String Quartets of John Adams, Franz Joseph Haydn's Seven Last Words (arranged by Andrew Yee), and Songlines: String Quartets of Michael Ippolito.
Upcoming engagements include a recital at London's Wigmore Hall, the Slee Beethoven Cycle, Lincoln Center's White Light Festival, John Adams's Absolute Jest with the Nagoya Philharmonic, and a recital at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, as well as concerts throughout Japan, Europe, and North and South Americas.
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As a conductor of his own works and a wide variety of repertoire, Mr. Adams has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the London, Vienna, Seattle, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Toronto symphony orchestras.
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Nadia Sirota
Violist Nadia Sirota's varied career spans solo performances, chamber music, curation, and broadcasting. In all branches of her artistic life she aims to open classical music up to a broader audience. Ms. Sirota's singular sound and expressive execution have served as muse to dozens of composers, including Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, Missy Mazzoli, Daníel Bjarnason, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and David Lang.
Since 2018, Ms. Sirota has been the New York Philharmonic's Marie-Josée Kravis Creative Partner, a position created for her. In this role, she helped develop and hosts two series: Kravis Nightcap and GRoW @ Annenberg Sound ON, the latter of which she also curates. In addition, she works with the Philharmonic on contemporary-music initiatives across the organization.
This season, she launches Living Music with Nadia Sirota — a new podcast and concert series that demystifies classical music — with a live concert event at Los Angeles's Theater at Ace Hotel. She also embarks on a European tour with violinist Pekka Kuusisto and cellist Markus Hohti.
As a soloist, Ms. Sirota has appeared with acclaimed orchestras around the world, including the Detroit Symphony, Colorado Symphony, National Arts Centre, and Spanish National orchestras, and the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France. She has released four solo albums of commissioned music: first things first (2009), Baroque (2013), Keep In Touch (2016), and Tessellatum (2017). She is a member of Bedroom Community, a collective of musically diverse artists who work and collaborate at Reykjavik's Greenhouse Studios. She has also lent her sound to recording and concert projects by such artists as The National, David Bowie, and Björk.
Nadia Sirota is a member of the acclaimed chamber sextet yMusic, whose virtuosic execution and unique configuration have attracted high profile collaborators including Paul Simon, Ben Folds, and Anohni, and have inspired an expanding repertoire of original works by prominent composers including Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Chris Thile.
Ms. Sirota won a 2015 Peabody Award, broadcasting's highest honor, for her podcast Meet the Composer, which deftly profiled some of the most interesting musical thinkers living today. Ms. Sirota also received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, for her work in radio, and Southern Methodist University's Meadows Prize, awarded to pioneering artists and scholars with an emerging international profile. She sits on the board of directors of Chamber Music America, the national service organization for ensemble music professionals. Ms. Sirota received her undergraduate and master's degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, and Hsin-Yun Huang.
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Timo Andres
Timo Andres is a composer and pianist who grew up in Connecticut, studied at the Yale School of Music, and lives in Brooklyn. A Nonesuch artist, his albums include Home Stretch and his debut disc, Shy and Mighty.
Notable commissions include the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Takács Quartet through Carnegie Hall and the Shriver Hall Concert Series, a two-piano concerto commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia and premiered at the Barbican (by Andres and David Kaplan), and The Blind Banister, a piano concerto (and Pulitzer Prize Finalist) for Jonathan Biss.
As a pianist, Timo Andres has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, Albany Symphony, New World | 915 |
<|fim_middle|>. | Looking for a summer activity full of water fun and adrenaline experiences? The Džbán water reservoir is a favourite place where the locals come to enjoy swimming, Cable Wakeboarding and of course Cable Water skiing. Join them for a pleasant day by the water.
What is the water ski experience all about? You will get you a pair of skis, a safety vest, and a helmet. If the water temperature isn´t ideal for you, a wetsuit is also available. The instructor will give you several tips on how to stay on your feet and prepare you for your first ride. The pulling speed is adjustable so both beginners and skilled water skiers will be satisfied.
The standard water ski experience lasts 1 hour and children are welcome as well. Džbán is located just several stops by tram from the metro station Dejvická or Nádraží Veleslavín, right next to the beautiful natural reserve of Divoká Šárka.
Some basic information about Cable Water skiing will be given at the beginning, so you can enjoy the ride as much as possible. Then you can start water skiing. The cable system is rented for one hour and you will share it with 3 other people at the time. Two ski sests are available, but only one person can water ski at the time. The ski set and vest rent is included in the price.
This activity can be performed by any person over the age of 7. The pulling speed can be set according to your skills.
Please, note: this activity takes place in the areal of natural water reservoir Džbán. Instead of paying the entrance fee, show your voucher.
You can practice water skiing in almost all weather conditions except storms and strong wind.
This activity is designed for one person. 3 other participants can take turns with you. Visitors are welcome to encourage you and take photos. They can do some other activities on site while you are water skiing, e.g. pedal boarding, swimming, aqua zorbing, aqua rolling, etc.
You only need a swimsuit, the rest of the equipment will be prepared on site. You can also rent a wetsuit if it is cold.
Place of activity is easily accessible by car or taxi. See details on Google maps.
CAR: Distance from Prague centre: 11km, travel time: around 30 minutes.
This activity takes place on the outskirt of Prague but you can get there by metro and bus easily. See details on Google maps | 515 |
Not in an "I see dead people" kind of way, or in an I-have-the-skills-of-a-hound kind of way either. I<|fim_middle|> concept of your blog....and I love that I'm not the only one who likes to smell books! LOL! | 'm just curious about and like to enjoy how things smell. Not everything. Just things like clean clothes, crayons, pencils, and leaves, and more obvious things like fancy soap and a good bisque.
Anyway, I was thinking of this because one of my birthday presents from my thoughtful parents-in-law was the latest cookbook by the ever-reliable Ina Garten. Before setting it on my display shelf of favorites I had to stop and breathe in its untouched pages. New or old, I love the smell of books.
In this instance, I also love the look. I mean, look at those crostinis!
Her dedication goes to her husband. "For Jeffrey, he's foolproof." Too cute.
I plan to put her to the test, and to enjoy every bite (and whiff) of it.
I love the | 169 |
In order to help policymakers come up with an energy framework that would better reflect the solar power generation potential across Europe, the European Commission's science and knowledge service Joint Research Center (JRC) has produced a dataset of solar energy production at national, regional and local level, by the hour for the last 30 years, based on the existing PV fleet at the end of 2015.
The new JRC dataset is open-access to be used for analysis of current and future power systems studies.
Assessing the impact of climate variability on the generation of solar power, the Knowledge Management Unit at<|fim_middle|> variability of wind energy.
The new JRC dataset is open-access to be used for analysis of current and future power systems studies. Although it does not account for effects of curtailment, outages such as maintenances and grid losses or network incidences, EMHIIRES is developed to increase the accuracy of generation adequacy assessments, renewable energy integration studies and market studies for flexibility technologies such as storage. | the directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate, DG-Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed the EMHIRES dataset (European Meteorological High resolution RES time series) looking into the solar power time series at both national and regional levels covering the whole of Europe.
Namely, the solar power time series are produced at hourly granularity and at different aggregation levels: by country, power market bidding zone, and by the European Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) defined by EUROSTAT; in particular, by NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 level. The time series provided by bidding zones include special aggregations to reflect the power market reality where this deviates from political or territorial boundaries.
The dataset was created using the in-house PVGIS model developed to provide values of solar irradiance and the potential power production from PV modules for different choices of technologies, panel orientations and other parameters. In this report, the model was used to perform simulations for PV arrays mounted on an open-rack mounting at 30°inclination south-facing, and calculate the electricity generation in hourly intervals over 30 years for Europe.
Furthermore, the hourly solar power generation time series are released for meteorological conditions of the years 1986-2015 (30 years), specifically the irradiance extracted from the Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility, without considering any changes in the solar installed capacity. Thus, the installed capacity considered is fixed as the one installed at the end of 2015.
The assumptions on the distribution of solar farms include the orientation and the inclination and the technology of the PV modules, the distribution of the PV fleet, whether it is homogeneously or heterogeneously distributed over the area, and the locations of the installed PV fleet.
As an adequate modeling of any decarbonization scenarios would crucially depend on the accurate representation of the spatial and temporal characterization of the wind and solar sources, thereby minimizing the risk to possibly overstate or downplay the role of solar or wind in the future energy mix, the new dataset on solar power generation comes following the EMHIRES dataset Part I, which reflected the local geographical information in the | 444 |
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By Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted - Dec 6th, 2018 @ 10:14am
PROVO — BYU's postseason trip to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will be about more than a bowl game.
It won't even just be about a trip to Boise, or a chance to win their first-ever game on the blue turf of Albertsons Stadium.
BYU's bowl game Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. MST (ESPN, KSL Newsradio) will help turn the pages on head coach Kalani Sitake's third season, when the Cougars improved mildly to a 6-6 record while playing a large handful of young players.
In essence, BYU's bowl game will be another spring camp.
"I'm looking forward to the time we get to practice, and the time we get to spend with the team," Sitake said. "After not being in a bowl game, we're excited for this one."
And there's a little matter of the venue: BYU is 2-6 all-time against Boise State, including a 21-16 loss earlier this season, and has never won when traveling north of Provo.
"Now we've got to find a way to get a win on that blue turf," Sitake said.
The Cougars have 54 freshmen on the roster, including quarterback Zach Wilson, offensive linemen James Empey and Brady Christensen, and skill position standouts Lopini Katoa, Gunner Romney and Dallin Holker, who are unconfirmed to play in the bowl game.
"It'll be cool to go back out on that field," said Wilson, a former Boise State commit, "but being able to play another game is the biggest thing."
Each underclassman has a varying degree of experience on the field — Wilson has started since the Cougars' seventh game of the season, for example, and Empey and Christiansen were vital to a young offensive line that started as many as four starters. But with the NCAA's rule allowing players to play in up to four games and still preserve a redshirt season, it's safe to assume that any of the 54 freshmen will see playing time in a mid-December Friday night in Idaho.
BYU wide receiver Neil Pau'u (84) makes a reception against Boise State during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Boise, Idaho. (Photo: Steve Conner, AP)
"There are still a lot of players at the three games (of four-game limit), so this is a great opportunity for them to see the speed of college football," said sophomore tight end Matt Bushman, who is headed to his first bowl game.
"It's similar to another spring ball. This is my first go at it, but I think it's good for a lot of players to develop and learn their technique. I'm excited to see some of these younger players develop. Hopefully, they can make some plays if their name is called for the bowl game."
In the first season under new offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes, the Cougars improved on last year's 4-9 disaster and will make it back to the postseason for the 36th time in program history, dating back to the 1971 Fiesta Bowl, after having last season's run of 12-straight bowl games finally snapped.
But the Cougars' offense still has work to do, Wilson said, as evidenced by Grimes installing a mildly different scheme from the time the freshman from Corner Canyon took over for senior incumbent Tanner Mangum.
That makes the bowl game a little more necessary.
"I think we have a lot of growing to do, and the offseason will help tremendously with that," Wilson said.
BYU will use all 15 of its NCAA-allowed bowl practices, including six this week. It'll report to Boise prior to the NCAA early signing day Dec. 19, and be ready with a pair of practices in Idaho before kickoff on Friday.
That game will be less about the feasts of potatoes at the longest-running cold-weather bowl in NCAA history, or maybe even less about BYU's opponent, Western Michigan, a high-scoring MAC squad that finished 7-5 this year.
BYU defensive back Dayan Lake (5) runs with the ball after intercepting a pass for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA football game between Boise State and Brigham Young in Boise on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo: Nick Wagner, Deseret News)
The Cougars (6-6) want to focus on themselves, Wilson said.
"We won't really worry about what they are doing," he said. "We'll just take one drive at a time, execute each play, and everything else will take care of itself."
Safety Dayan Ghanwoloku wasn't exactly amped for a trip to Boise; few observers around college football blame him, with a payout of $325,000, among the lowest in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
But the junior safety who starred at Northridge will look forward to another month of football.
"It's going to help both offense and defense to get polished a little more, and the future for all the young guys we have on defense," Ghanwoloku said. "It's another game for us to get better, and it will improve us for the next game — when we play Utah in the first game."
The game is projected to be played in 36-degree weather, with ice, rain and a chance of snow in the early forecast.
But that's nothing new for the Cougars, either.
"We're going to Boise. We've played in cold weather, so it's not like it is completely new," Bushman said. "Look at our (practice field); snow just dumped on us.
"We'll be ready for it. If people are upset, I don't really care; it's another game, and it's a cool opportunity to be playing in a bowl game."
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Jake Dubin
Jake has had a long journey with technology starting as a child. He got his first computer in 1988, and instantly started pushing boundaries with it, seeing it as a gateway to a whole new world of opportunities. He started writing software almost immediately, and started his own computer repair and networking service, Compu-Doc in the late 1990s.
At the end of the 1990s, Jake started honing in on a career in software development joining Ticket Solutions as a Software Engineer, and graduating from DeVry Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Information Systems. Over the years with Ticket Solutions, Jake was integral in pushing ticketing technology initiatives forward and changing the industry for the better, receiving multiple patents on technological advances for the ticketing industry. Jake was a key leader for Ticket Technology, a software company spin-off from Ticket Solutions, in which they produced software, websites, integrations, and ran the ticketing industry's first real-time ticket exchange.
In 2007, Jake stepped aside from leadership with Ticket Technology and took the title of CTO for both Ticket Solutions and several other startup ventures that were owned by Ticket Solutions. In his role as CTO, Jake helped push Ticket Solutions to one of the highest frequented secondary ticket market ecommerce sites and also assisted with Ticket Solutions selling Ticket Technology to StubHub in 2008.
During the recession of 2008, Jake began to invest much of his efforts into one of the startup companies owned by Ticket Solutions called VeriShip. VeriShip provided a value proposition to shippers to help put money back in their pockets, and along with ownership, he saw this as<|fim_middle|>, and is an avid Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals fan. Jake is a musician, his first love being the guitar, and loves being from Kansas City, enjoys the change of seasons, and spending time with friends and family. Jake loves to work hard and relishes in a job well done.
Contact Jake directly at jacob.dubin@transcendentsoftware.com.
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What Yoda taught me… on Teach A Man To Fish | a key time to scale this business. Over the next five years, VeriShip became the leading company in the parcel intelligence, contract and auditing space. Jake was key in building all of the technology, terminology, and teams that exist at that business even today. Jake even spent time as part of the data science team at VeriShip, as they embarked on some of the first efforts in data science in that industry.
In 2009, Jake started Transcendent Software as a way to help other companies not under the Ticket Solutions umbrella. Jake started building a small client list, and started to fulfill his dream helping others through technology.
In 2014 and 2015, the Kansas City Royals made it to the World Series in back to back years, winning in 2015. At this time, Jake hired his own replacement as CTO of VeriShip, took the title of Chief Innovation Officer for VeriShip, and saw a need at Ticket Solutions to make the company more efficient as it was seeing a period of growth it hadn't seen since before the economic recession of 2008. Jake, once again, as CTO of Ticket Solutions helped drive the company's technology forward, pushing for more process automation, better data integrations, and adopting some of the team strategies he had set as part of the VeriShip culture.
All throughout Jake's career in information technology, he has served in many capacities, but his passion for technology and vision for better technology within companies has been a constant. Jake has implemented software development patterns and practices, built key integrations, and worked with cloud technologies towards process automation and data science. Jake has been a proponent of the DevOps movement, and Agile-Scrum methodologies for team management. Jake has worked with machine learning technologies and has been a key part of team building, training, mentorship and growth.
In Jake's private life, he enjoys live music, nature, BBQ, golf | 404 |
A couple years ago we sponsored a research report by the Aberdeen Group on best practices in Six Sigma deployments. You can download a copy of the report, and a companion white paper that I wrote for the report called "Leveraging Technology to Transform Culture." For me the most astonishing thing about that 2006 report was the disconnect between the challenges people say they face in their Six Sigma deployments and their responses to those challenges.
Most people respond to those challenges directly by doing a checklist of initiatives: train employees, introduce change gradually, assign senior management as champions, engage outside consultants, steal talent from the competition, and so forth.
This frontal assault has been going on for years and it isn't working. That's the forehead smacking<|fim_middle|> Wayne, put it most succinctly when he said to me years ago "Real-time access to accurate, actionable data is the number one tool that has enabled us to move to a data driven culture." This was way back in 2000 when his plant won the Industry Week's 10 Best Plants award, and a few years before they would win the Shingo Prize.
This came up again for me this week when I attended a webinar hosted by the Aberdeen Group. They're doing follow up research to see what has changed in the last 2 1/2 years, and they wanted to share their preliminary findings on best practices in Lean Six Sigma deployments.
What struck me as I heard this briefing is how little has changed. Cultural challenges are still at the top of the list, followed closely by IT and technology challenges. People still don't seem to be connecting the dots.
in spite of all the data and IT related challenges from the previous slide (about the challenges people face in Lean Six Sigma deployments), there was not an appropriate response to those challenges. I agree that visibility is key. And our results support that. In general we found those with True Six Sigma have 110% better visibility than Industry Average and 580% better visibility than Laggards. Not surprisingly, they deploy far more IT tools than those not performing as well.
How about you? Are you using real-time access to accurate, actionable data to transform your culture? You can leave a comment, tweet me, schedule a conversation, or call 800-958-2709. | part of this.
Years ago I realized that making data more visible and accessible changed the way people look at themselves, the people around them, and the problems they face. Somehow just making the data visible takes away the personality and political dimensions – the cultural barriers – and helps people focus on solving problems.
Making the data very accessible – visually on the screen in a control chart or a dashboard – and making it available in real-time is a huge benefit. It breaks down all kinds of barriers.
My customer, Royce Binion, then Director of Operations at BAE Systems Controls in Fort | 117 |
Not often we speak about Europe, as a place to have great diving time. Most scuba divers, especially the beginners, prefer diving in the tropical waters of Africa, Australia and America.
Now I am here to introduce Europe's top scuba diving destinations to you.
Let us start from the Zenobia, Cyprus. It is an ancient wreck of a huge ferry. The ferry was built to operate in the eastern Mediterranean. It sank while sailing from Sweden to Syria. The Zenobia sank within two days taking the 104 lorries it had on its board. The wreck starts at about 15 meters and descends to 42 meters. The Zenobia dive can be considered the best shipwreck dive in the world, thanks to its depths. The visibility there is good all year round, almost 20 meters in spring and summer seasons. However, in order to examine the shipwreck thoroughly, you need several dives. It is practically impossible to admire the whole ferry in course of one dive. The ferry weights 10 000 tones with a length of 178 meters.
Now let us move to Malta to dive at Cirkewwa. Cirkewwa is a wonderful place to go diving. The area is filled with colors and adventure. During your dive you'll admire the variety of Malta's underwater flora and fauna. Cirkewwa is an excellent diving site, that habitats jellyfish and cuttlefish, dolphins and sharks, barracuda and morays. When in Cirkewwa, it is a must to dive the Cirkewwa Arch that stands in the depth of 18 meters. It has actually been a cave. Throughout the time the cave has collapsed and, thus, an arch was created. Now this arch is famous among the divers as the Cirkewwa Arch. Summer is the best season for diving the arch, as the visibility reaches to 35 meters at that time.
The next scuba diving destination in Europe I want to speak about is the Chios Islands in Greece. The underwater world of Chios Islands is like a fairy tale: small undersea caves, rocks, with neat paths between them, vertical walls, colorful reefs and small shipwrecks. During your dive in the Chios Islands you'll witness colorful funny wrasses, shoals of salpae, tunnies, and of course, perches and combers, that greet the divers with great happiness. I'd advise you to dive in the Chios Islands from April to June and from September to October. The visibility is perfect there in these months. Besides, there are numerous diving trips the nearby diving centers organize in these seasons.
When speaking about Europe's best diving sites, one can't ignore the Isle of Man: The Booroo. The marine life is so rich here, that you may easily get lost between the colorful reefs and walls. We do not promise historical shipwrecks or other interesting sunk objects here. We promise a colorful and amazing dive. During your dive you'll see brightly colored fish and sea-plants. However, one should be<|fim_middle|> meters in height. Hundreds of animal and fish species can be found on the Eddystone Reef, let alone the incredible colorful plants. You may also examine some shipwrecks in these waters. The visibility here reaches its height in summer seasons.
Here are the diving sites in Europe I wanted to tell you about. All the above mentioned diving destinations have their peculiarities and are worth visiting. Your dive in the underwater world of Europe may become the best diving adventure you'd ever have.
Great post. I'm glad you appreciate some of the Malta diving sites. | an experienced and flexible diver not to harm the rich reefs and walls. Because of such abundant nature, it is nearly impossible to find the bottom.
Secca della Colombara, Italy is the next destination I am going to tell you about. Secca della Colombara is one of the best diving spots in the Mediterranean. It is a habitat for numerous species of fish, colorful sea-plants, richly inhabited walls and coral reefs and a shipwreck. The 75m ship has sunk recently, in 2005, while carrying slabs of marble. Within one dive you may admire white breams and crayfish, barracudas and dentex. The visibility in Secca della Colombara is rather changeable. July and August are the best diving seasons. The water is heavenly blue in these months. Most divers claim that they like Secca della Colombara because of the color of its waters.
If you'd like to admire hundreds of fish species, we advise you to consider Fanore, Ireland. Fanore is a quite calm diving destination. Fanore doesn't stand out for its world-famous wrecks or huge walls and reefs. It's a quiet and silent diving destination, which is rich in underwater flora and fauna. We do not promise you dives, full of adventures and extreme. Instead, we promise crystal clear Atlantic water with tiny reefs, splendid caverns and unique fish species. The best diving season here is from March till October and you can find last minute deals to dive in Ireland as soon as possible.
After enjoying yourself fully in Ireland's waters, you can continue your diving vacation at Eddystone Reef, England. The reef reaches to 60 | 347 |
If you've been following my blog, you will have heard me mention my Core Wardrobe efforts. My approach has been to add pieces here and there to build up a Core of basics that can work with most everything else. I'd say the results are O.K.
It's true that I do have a pretty good selection of basics, but I still look at my closet and feel like I have nothing to wear. Me Made May was useful for getting a little practice in making outfits and gleaning some helpful conclusions, but another project that I<|fim_middle|> personal style, so hopefully the next mini wardrobes I put together will have a cohesive connection to each other.
How do you find success making your wardrobe?
I frequently plan to make a coordinated wardrobe but still find myself making orphans. Well done with yours. | 've been working on the last few months really has been the best for getting me to the next step of making a cohesive wardrobe.
My theme: Sew a lot of things and hope they match!
I think I got close to making a mini wardrobe of items that go together; and for the first time trying the idea, I'm satisfied with my results.
My mini wardrobe: Marigold Blouse, Georgia Top, Zamora Blouse, Marigold Dress, Jade skirt, S1430 blouse, Ally Skirt, Union St Tee, and Goldenrod Skirt.
I really like the approach of making a set of pieces that are made to go together and definitely want to do it again. I'm getting a better handle on the colors I want to wear and nailing down my | 161 |
Explain the correlation of spirituality with an adolescent's sense of well-being, life attitudes, altruism, school success, and identity development.
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Spirituality and religion can be important to adolescent development. At this stage, adolescents on the cusp of adulthood may struggle with faith and whether to believe in organized religion or a higher spiritual power. Specifically, as individuals begin to engage in critical thought, questions may arise around the ideas of, "Who is God?", "Does God exist?", "What is life?", "Why are we here?", "Why am I here?", and "What happens when we die?" As part of identity development, adolescents become capable of critical thought, including the asking of the question, "What do I believe?" Answers to these questions can be a journey involving cognitive processing and intense emotional sensitivity. These answers may further be impacted by the influences encountered within the individual's lives. For this reason, it is important to explore the challenges in adolescent spiritual development as well as to highlight the major theoretical frameworks that inform and shape this understanding.
In this Assignment, you analyze theoretical perspectives related to spiritual or religious development in adolescents.
Submit a 3-page paper in which you:
Identify and analyze a theoretical perspective on spiritual and religious development during adolescence (e.g., Fowler's stages of faith development).
Identify one to two psychological and social challenges in adolescent spiritual development.
Explain how exposure to beliefs or ideologies counter to an adolescent's own family values may impact his or her moral development.
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Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post Colonial World
Author: John J. MacaloonPublish On: 2013-09-13
SPORT IN THE GLOBAL SOCIETY was launched in the late nineties. It now has over one hundred volumes. Until recently an odd myopia characterised academia with regard to sport. The global groves of academe remained essentially Cartesian in ...
Author: John J. Macaloon
This Volume explores the enormous impact the ethos of Muscular Christianity has had an on modern civil society in English-speaking nations and among the peoples they colonized. First codified by British Christian Socialists in the mid-nineteenth century, explicitly religious forms of the ideology have persistently re-emerged over ensuing decades: secularized, essentialized, and normalized versions of the ethos - the public school spirit, the games ethic, moral masculinity, the strenuous life - came to dominate and to spread rapidly across class, status, and gender lines. These developments have been appropriated by the<|fim_middle|> of sport.
A Social History of Swimming in England 1800 1918
Author: Christopher LovePublish On: 2013-10-18
This unique series combines aspects of the expanding study of Sport in the Global Society, ... British Football & Social Exclusion Stephen Wagg Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World Edited by John J. MacAloon ...
Author: Christopher Love
Covering a time of great social and technological change, this history traces the development of the four classic aquatic disciplines of competitive swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo, with its main focus on racing. Working from the beginnings of municipal recreational swimming, the book fully explores the links between swimming and other aspects of English life society including class, education, gender, municipal governance, sexuality and the Victorian invention of the sports amateur-professional divide. Uniquely focused on swimming -often neglected in analytic sports histories- this is the first study of its kind and will be an important landmark in the establishment of swimming history as a topic of scholarly investigation. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Sport and Nationalism in Asia
Author: Fan HongPublish On: 2016-04-14
... The Global Obsession Essays in Honour of J.A. Mangan Edited by Boria Majumdar and Fan Hong Japan, Sport and Society ... Nakayama Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World Edited by John J. MacAloon Law and Sport ...
Author: Fan Hong
Written by a team of international scholars, Sport and Nationalism in Asia - Power, Politics, and Identity is a collection of original research which addresses a number of issues central to notions of nationalism and identity in sport including: how the Olympics and other international and regional sports events have fostered an active interweaving of sport, politics and nationalism; the role of traditional sport in the building of national consciousness and national identity; the way modern sport creates and reflects nationalism, thereby giving it a voice and a focus. The book covers eight case studies on countries/regions across West Asia, Central Asia and East Asia. It is one of the few works that examines the relationships between sport, politics and nationalism from Asian perspective. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
The Four Minute Mile
Author: John BalePublish On: 2020-11-25
Sport in the global society General Editors : J.A. Mangan and Boria Majumdar The interest in sports studies around ... Collins Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post - Colonial World Edited by John J MacAloon Modern Sport : The ...
Author: John Bale
Breaking records and challenging the limits of human ability are central to much of our understanding of athletic track and field sports, with a world record title arguably as valued as an Olympic gold medal. Some particular limits and records take on greater significance, however, as in the case of the Four-Minute Mile which was roundly believed to be impossible until Roger Bannister shattered the illusion with half a second to spare in May 1954. These essays look at the background of Bannister's achievement and the meaning that was ascribed to it by the media and the public at large, drawing on an array of interdisciplinary and international influences to unpick the legend surrounding an historic moment in our social and sporting past.
The Politics of the Male Body in Global Sport
Author: Hans BondePublish On: 2013-10-18
... and the Female Body Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers Gigliola Gori Japan, Sport and Society Tradition and ... J.A.Mangan Edited by Boria Majumdar and Fan Hong Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World ...
Author: Hans Bonde
Danish sport has been associated with Europe and the World; not least through I.P. Muller and Niels Bukh and the Danish Gymnastics revolution with its emphasis on male aesthetics and hygiene in the first half of the twentieth century. At the same time, Denmark has stood apart from Europe in the early moments of its history of sport with the rural revolution of the farming communities as a statement of political independence and assertion. However, during the German occupation of Denmark, Danish sport was part of a European collaboration which characterized a number of the occupied countries not least in the Nordic area. After the Second World War, Denmark embraced international body cultures with other European nations in particular Eastern martial arts. Denmark too, as part of trends in the European region and the world, became caught up in sport as a powerful contemporary political statement. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Women Sport Society
Author: Roberta J ParkPublish On: 2013-09-13
Author: Roberta J Park
During the last four decades women's and gender history have become vibrant fields including studies of attitudes regarding the limited physical and other abilities of females as well as studies of the accomplishments of notable female athletes. We have become increasingly aware that women have made contributions to physical education, dance and sport that go far beyond being teachers, athletes and coaches. They have created and implemented an astonishing variety of programs intended to serve the needs of large numbers of children and youth sometimes organizing student health services, as well as chairing departments of physical education. They have worked as directors of sport, physical education and dance, running playgrounds and recreational facilities and have created and/or served as important officers of a variety of sporting organizations. This book explores the contributions and achievements of women in a variety of historical and geographical contexts which, not surprisingly opens opportunities for additions, revisions and counter-narratives to accepted histories of physical education and sport science. It seeks to broaden our understandings about the backgrounds, motivations and achievements of dedicated women working to improve health and bodily practices in a variety of different arenas and for often different purposes. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Sport Literature Society
Author: Alexis TadiéPublish On: 2016-04-08
Author: Alexis Tadié
Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been little explored. Sport, Literature, Society looks at a wide variety of case studies ranging from Japan to England, from India to Australia and covers sports as diverse as cycling, football, wrestling and boxing. It concentrates on historical perspectives. The contributors are all academics of international reputation and include historians of sport and literary scholars. Literature may shape our perceptions and reactions to sport as much as sport may inform our reading. As mimetic practice, as aesthetic object, as imaginative release, sport is analogous to literature and the other arts; at the same time, it can become the subject of literary, visual or musical elaborations. Literature often conceptualises the place and role of sport in culture and society. Indeed, sport inhabits literature in ways that have not been adequately studied. Sport studies have investigated the relationships between sport and society, education, gender, nation, and class. To look again at these relationships through the prism of literature enables us to change our focus and to assess the centrality of sport in culture. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
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Language Leader Advanced Coursebook and CD Rom Pack | state to support imperial military and colonial projects. Late nineteenth and early twentieth century apologists and critics alike widely understood Muscular Christianity to be a key engine of British colonialism. This text demonstrates the need to re-evaluate the entire history of Muscular Christianity comes chiefly from contemporary post-colonial studies. The papers explore fascinating case materials from Canada, the U.S., India, Japan, Papua, New Guinea, the Spanish Caribbean, and in Britain in a joint effort to outline a truly international, post-colonial sport history. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
This book explores the impact Muscular Christianity's ethos has had an on English-speaking modern civil society.
This Volume explores the enormous impact the ethos of Muscular Christianity has had an on modern civil society in English-speaking nations and among the peoples they colonized. First codified by British Christian Socialists in the mid-nineteenth century, explicitly religious forms of the ideology have persistently re-emerged over ensuing decades: secularized, essentialized, and normalized versions of the ethos - the public school spirit, the games ethic, moral masculinity, the strenuous life - came to dominate and to spread rapidly across class, status, and gender lines. These developments have been appropriated by the state to support imperial military and colonial projects. Late nineteenth and early twentieth century apologists and critics alike widely understood Muscular Christianity to be a key engine of British colonialism. This text demonstrates the need to re-evaluate the entire history of Muscular Christianity comes chiefly from contemporary post-colonial studies. The papers explore fascinating case materials from Canada, the U.S., India, Japan, Papua, New Guinea, the Spanish Caribbean, and in Britain in a joint effort to outline a truly international, post-colonial sport history.
Routledge Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace
Author: Holly CollisonPublish On: 2018-10-09
Sport, colonialism, and United States imperialism. ... World cricket as a postcolonial international society: IR meets the history of sport. ... Muscular Christianity and value-centred sport: the legacy of Tom Brown in Canada.
Author: Holly Collison
Sport and physical activity are now regularly used to promote social and economic development, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, on an international scale. The emergence of the 'Sport for Development and Peace' (SDP) sector, comprised of governments, NGOs, sport organizations and others, reveals a high level of institutionalization of this activity, while SDP now constitutes an important element of the scholarly analysis of sport. This volume analyses and critically discusses the central elements of, and research issues within, the field of SDP and also provides a series of case studies (substantive and geographic) of key research. It is the most holistic and far-reaching text published on this topic to date. Featuring multidisciplinary perspectives from world-leading researchers and practitioners from around the world, the book covers a wide range of topics, including SDP structures, policies and funding streams, how SDP relates to human rights, social exclusion and corporate social responsibility, SDP and gender, SDP and disability, SDP and health, SDP and homelessness, and SDP and the environment. The Handbook of Sport for Development and Peace is a vital resource for researchers, students and educators in the fields of sports studies, physical education, sport for development and peace, sport-based youth development, sport and politics, sociology of sport, and sport policy.
Native Americans and Sport in North America
Author: C. KingPublish On: 2007-11-07
Sport in the Global Society General Editors: J.A. Mangan and Boria Majumdar The interest in sports studies around the ... Trevor Slack Muscular Christianity and the Colonial and Post-Colonial World Edited by John J. MacAloon The Global ...
Author: C. King
Taking examples from the United States and Canada, this comprehensive text offers compassionate and critical accounts of the Native American sporting experience. It challenges popular images of indigenous athletes and athletics; it explores Native American participation in and appropriation of EuroAmerican sports; and it unpacks social categories, particularly gender, race and heritage and their implications for understanding Native Americans and sport in North America. Contributors discuss the interplay of power and possibility, difference and identity, representation and remembrance that have shaped the means and meanings of American Indians playing sport. Included in this book are discussions on: continuity and change, the place of sport in the survival and adaptation of indigenous beliefs and behaviours the play of power and the power of play within indigenous communities, intercultural spaces, and American popular culture the contradictions and conditions of possibilities sport has offered American Indians the politics and poetics of identity the axes of difference structuring the indigenous sporting experience, particularly, gender, race, and nationalism representations and stagings of Indianness in the context | 1,002 |
Rory McIlroy in danger of missing the cut at Wentworth
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy during day two of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth
Rory McIlroy tees off on the 1st hole during day two of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth
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Rory McIlroy found himself battling to avoid a third consecutive missed cut rather than chasing the leaders in the BMW PGA Championship on Friday.
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McIlroy announced on Wednesday that he had called off his planned November wedding to former world number one tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, even though the invitations had just been sent out.
The 25-year-old admitted he would therefore find it very difficult to concentrate on his golf in the European Tour's flagship<|fim_middle|>Just after 10.25am on Thursday morning - and one hole in - Rory... The British Open | event, but did a commendable job with a first round of 68.
However, with a swirling wind making conditions difficult for the early starters, McIlroy was soon falling down the leaderboard instead of getting closer to overnight leader Thomas Bjorn.
After missing from 15 feet for birdie on the first, McIlroy bogeyed the second after mis-hitting his tee shot and failing to get up and down from a greenside bunker.
Another bogey followed on the third before McIlroy repaired some of the damage with a birdie on the fourth, the downhill 552-yard par five playing the easiest hole on the course.
The two-time major winner had enjoyed some good fortune on the seventh hole on Thursday, spinning a wedge shot some 30 feet back into the hole for an eagle, but it was a completely different story today.
The world number 10 thinned a bunker shot across the green and his pitch back onto the putting surface caught a slope to finish 25 feet away, from where he two-putted for a double-bogey six.
At one under par he now had to be more concerned with making the cut than catching Bjorn, with the cut currently predicted to fall at level par.
Bjorn was not due out until shortly before 1pm but remained top of the leaderboard on 10 under par, Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello getting within a shot with an eagle on the fourth but then dropping shots on the sixth and eighth.
McIlroy eased his worries with an eagle on the par-five 12th for the second day running, this time holing from 10 feet to move back to three under par.
That was one shot behind Ryder Cup team-mate Ian Poulter, who had been a doubt before the first round with a back injury but had carded an opening 70 and picked up two shots on Friday.
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Ian Wright Reveals What Arsenal Players are Privately Saying About Arteta
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Ian Wright claims Arsenal's young players are privately praising Mikel Arteta despite the club's poor run of form.
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'Remember, yes, you're meant to be playing to a structured format with how he wants you to play but you've still got to express yourself and have a little bit of pride in your performance.
'Play well in the system that's the first thing, express yourself and enjoy the game. That's still got to happen.
'When you look at Mikel, at no stage was he getting carried away with what's going on. I saw him in an interview the other day being asked these banal questions, and you could see they were annoying him, people were saying, 'oh, he's flustered'. No, he's not flustered, he's always like this, he's very serious.
'Just like Pep, Pep doesn't like stupid questions. I'm finding the questions they are asking him after games sometimes are simply for clicks.' | The Gunners are without a win in five Premier League games and have lost all of their last four matches at home.
Ahead of Arsenal's clash with Southampton on Wednesday, Arteta said he is ready to 'take the bullets' from those criticising the team's performances.
And Wright has now urged Arsenal's players to back their manager and has revealed that the younger members of the squad have been happy with the Spaniard's leadership.
'He's put that out there for the players to see. They have to react,' Wright said on Ringer FC's 'Wrighty's House' podcast.
'You know what that manager's doing… he's taking the bullets. It doesn't come any clearer for me to see that.
'That's the kind of thing of thing where players who want to bail out, they want to hear what Mourinho says, 'rats [in the dressing room]' so they can say, 'f*** him, man'.
'But when you come out and do what Mikel does, when I speak to the young guys I always ask them, 'how's Mikel with you?' and they always say, 'he's brilliant, he's always good, he's brilliant'.
'So what you're hoping is that them seeing that move, it's a seismic psychological move, he's looking for a reaction from that dressing room and I'm delighted to see that.
'If I was in that dressing room, what he's saying now, I'd like to think I wouldn't be one of those players who's put him in that position to make him feel he needs to say that.
'And I think Gabriel and [Kieran] Tierney are not that guy. 'As a forward I feel for [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang because even the chances he's had they've been headers. It's not his forte, he needs chances that are laid into him.'
Wright also pointed out that Arteta refused to get carried away with Arsenal's progress after they won the FA Cup in August.
'The thing with Mikel is he's a very serious man,' said Wright. 'You can see that because when you look at him, even when we're winning when we won the FA Cup and when we were winning games, this is what people have to understand, he was still saying you have to trust the process.
'At the moment it's worked but people will work us out and then it's up to us to see how we recover from that and how we can then go | 514 |
ambivalence: simultaneously experiencing competing motivations both to and not to make behavioral changes; a normative aspect of the change process that interferes with a person's ability to achieve their change goals.
behavioral health: promoting mental health by preventing or intervening in behaviors and processes that interfere or contribute to mental disorders; this includes substance use and misuse processes and addiction as a mental disorder, but also how they factor into other mental disorders.
continuum of care: a system of intervention approaches that comprehensively covers the entire range of need from prevention through recovery, health maintenance, rehabilitation, and relapse prevention.
developmental framework: a perspective about prevention and intervention guided by an understanding of and evidence related to human developmental periods and processes; in its broadest sense, this framework covers preconception through end of life (lifespan).
indicated prevention: prevention efforts delivered to individuals identified as having early signs or symptoms of the target problem though have not yet met the clinical criteria for that problem.
motivational interviewing (MI): a collaborative, client-centered approach directed around helping individuals identify and resolve ambivalence about making a behavioral change; MI is based on principles of expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, supporting self-efficacy, and rolling with resistance.
prevention: how we planfully intercede to<|fim_middle|> of individuals. | keep something from happening, hindering its emergence.
relapse prevention: process by which individuals learn to identify and interrupt their own specific triggers, old ways of thinking and behaving, and other factors that might induce cravings and urges to again use alcohol or other substances they have been working to quit using.
resilience factors: intrinsic factors within individuals (biological, psychological, and experience) that decrease the probability of individuals developing a specific problem, disorder, or disease; note that this term is often incorporated into the concept of protective factors (as in your reading, but not in your lecture).
resistance: a person's opposition or refusal to participate in treatment/treatment activities, often includes a strong element of ambivalence.
risk factors: extrinsic factors in the environment that increase the probability of individuals developing a specific problem, disorder, or disease; note that this term is often used to also include intrinsic vulnerability factors (as in your reading, but not in your lecture).
selective prevention: prevention efforts delivered to a targeted subgroup of a population, that subgroup being identified as having a higher risk or vulnerability than the remainder of the population.
stages of change: an element of the transtheoretical model of behavior change providing a theoretical framework for understanding the nonlinear (cycling) processes involved in behavioral change, particularly the stage-progression aspect of precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance; may include relapse and relapse prevention.
transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavior change: an integrative biopsychosocial model of intentional behavior change that transcends theories underlying various therapies; combines the stages of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy components to understand how people change.
universal prevention: prevention efforts delivered to an entire population regardless of differences in risk or vulnerability, for example to everyone in an entire community | 375 |
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The Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (CA<|fim_middle|>ed if you rebroadcast the program, or a substantial part of the program. Otherwise broadcast makers would get much more protection than other copyright owners.
In dissent, Kirby J and Callinan J held in separate judgments that any short series of images will be a broadcast, so any re-broadcasting of any images must be re-broadcasting of a broadcast, regardless of length.
Section 92 of the Copyright Act provides that "copyright subsists in a published edition of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or, of 2 or more literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works".
The published edition copyright protects the layout and formatting of printed pages. For example, the precise layout and formatting of newspaper pages will attract separate copyright protection than the underlying literary and artistic works forming the actual newspaper articles.
This type of protection was only introduced with the Copyright Act 1968, as such, there is no copyright protection afforded to published editions of books published before 1968. 10
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The content protected by Part IV is known as "subject matter other than works" or, more succinctly, "other subject matter" This subject matter includes:
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Published editions of works. 4
For these subject matter, there is no requirement of originality. Rights are granted to the "makers" of these subject matter. The terminology for the creator is different in Part III and IV - the creators of Part III works are called "authors" and the creators of Part IV subject matter are called "makers".
Copyright in Part IV subject matter is "in addition to, and independent of" any copyright subsisting in the work under Part III. [^AUTOREPLACEDCAs1131ENDREPLACE] Thus, a single item may have many layers of copyright. For example, a recording of a song will have copyright protection in the underlying musical work (the musical notation), literary work (the lyrics), as well as copyright in the actual sound recording. [^AUTOREPLACEDCAs1131ENDREPLACE]: CA s 113(1)
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Copyright in sound recordings subsists by virtue of s 89 of the Copyright Act. "Sound recording" is defined in s 10 as "the aggregate of the sounds embodied in a record". 5 "Record", in turn, is defined to mean "a disc, tape, paper or other device in which sounds are embodied". 5 This definition is designed to be technology neutral and covers CDs, DVDs, electronic files etc.
Section 90 of the Act provides for the subsistence of copyright in cinematograph films.
"Cinematograph films" is defined in s 10 to mean:
"the aggregate of the visual images embodied in an article or thing so as to be capable by the use of that article or thing:
(a) of being shown as a moving picture; or
(b) of being embodied in another article or thing by the use of which it can be so shown;
This includes the aggregate of the sounds embodied in a sound track associated with such visual images". 6
The means by which a "moving picture" is produced is not relevant in determining whether the end result is a "film".
In the cases Sega Enterprises Ltd v Galaxy Electronics Pty Ltd7 and Galaxy Electronics Pty Ltd v Sega Enterprises Ltd8 Sega wanted to stop parallel imports of its video games. As there is no restriction on importing non-infringing computer programs, Sega argued that the games were "films".
It was held that the moving images in a computer-generated video game was a film. The definition should not be interpreted narrowly, but is intended to cover new technologies, the emphasis being on the end product rather than the means adopted to create those pictures.
Virtual Cop was in reality very similar to a traditional movie; two protagonist police officers struggle to investigate criminal activities at various locations, complete with an introduction and triumphant finale.
it is not the means by which the video is shown on the screen, but the end result that is important.
The important distinction is that the video game is capable of producing the video imagery and the soundtrack, and hence that video and soundtrack was 'embodied' in the game.
Video overview by Caitlin Low on Cinematography films.
Section 91 of the Act provides that copyright subsists in television and sound broadcasts. This copyright can subsist even if there is no copyright in the underlying material being broadcast. For example, there is no copyright in a sporting match or spectacle, but the maker of the broadcast of that match or spectacle will have copyright in the broadcast.
Specifically, section 91 provides:
"Subject to this Act, copyright subsists in a television broadcast or sound broadcast made from a place in Australia: (a) under the authority of a licence or a class licence under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992; or (b) by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation or the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation".
There are three relevant definitions in s 10 of the Act:
"Broadcast" is defined as "a communication to the public delivered by a broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth)."
"Television broadcast" means "visual images broadcast by way of television, together with any sounds broadcast for reception along with those images".
"Sound broadcast" means "a broadcast otherwise than as part of a television broadcast".
A key aspect of the concept of broadcasting, which is apparent in the definition of "broadcast", is that it is "to the public".
In the case ofTelstra Corp Ltd v Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd[^AUTOREPLACED1997191CLR140ENDREPLACE] APRA argued that when Telstra played music on hold to subscribers, it was broadcasting that music to the public. [^AUTOREPLACED1997191CLR140ENDREPLACE]: (1997) 191 CLR 140
It was held that music on hold played to individual callers was considered to be played "to the public".
"The use of the words "to the public" conveys a broader concept than the use of the words "in public" since it makes clear that the place where the relevant communication occurs is irrelevant. That is to say, there can be a communication to individual members of the public in a private or domestic setting which is nevertheless a communication to the public."
Video overview by Thomas Gardner on Telstra Corp Ltd v Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd.
In the High Court of Australia case of Network Ten Pty Ltd v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd9 Network Ten had a variety show called The Panel, which broadcast clips taken from other networks. A panel of commentators then provided (often humorous) commentary on the clips. The Panel used several short clips taken from Channel Nine. Nine sued under right to rebroadcast.
The Full Federal Court held that any unauthorised rebroadcasting of a broadcast would be an infringement of copyright (subject to any defence of fair dealing that Ten might have had).
Broadcast "means visual images broadcast", not the "aggregate of visual images" like films. Therefore, the rebroadcast of very short clips from a program could still constitute an infringement.
Ten appealed to the High Court. The High Court, by a three to two majority, overturned the Full Federal Court's decision. The High Court held that a single image appearing on a television screen with accompanying audio does not constitute a television broadcast.
The majority held at [74]:
"There can be no absolute precision as to what in any of an infinite possibility of circumstances will constitute 'a television broadcast'. However, the [twenty] programmes which Nine identified in … its pleading … answer that description. These broadcasts were put out to the public, the object of the activity of broadcasting, as discrete periods of broadcasting identified and promoted by a title, such as The Today Show, Nightline, Wide World of Sports, and the like, which would attract the attention of the public".
The majority also noted at [77]:
"… the circumstance that a prime time news broadcast includes various segments, items or 'stories' does not necessarily render each of these 'a television broadcast' in which copyright subsists …"
Copyright is only infring | 1,561 |
Tying in<|fim_middle|>15. | with the upcoming celebrations for St. Patrick's Day and The Gathering, Below the Surface presents its fifth talk in the maritime series on board the Jeanie Johnston tall ship. This replica famine ship is currently docked on the Dublin quays and the creaking sounds of its wooden hull will undoubtedly create a very atmospheric location for the lecture series.
Presented by Dr. James Lyttleton, Department of Archaeology, UCC, on Wednesday March 6th 2013, the talk delves into the colonial worlds of 17th century Ireland, North America and Canada. It reveals the stories of the original Irish diaspora and the adventurers, merchants and soldiers involved in establishing these new settlements. Dr. Lyttleton discusses how Ireland was used as a 'colonial laboratory' in which the ideologies and techniques of English colonization were tried out before their subsequent application to the new world. This talk will illustrate the activities of these colonial adventurers with a particular focus on Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Baltimore, men whose ambitions spanned the breadth of an ocean.
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The fund is pursuing both high current income and capital appreciation. The fund primarily invests in shorter-term high-yield corporate bonds, bank debt, convertibles and U.S. government securities. They have the option of buying a wider array of income-producing securities, including investment-grade debt, dividend-paying common or preferred stock. It shifts between security<|fim_middle|>7 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011
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Intrepid Capital Management of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Intrepid, founded in 1994, primarily serves high net worth individuals. As of December 30, 2013, it had $1.4 billion in assets under management. Intrepid advises the four Intrepid funds (Capital, Small Cap, Disciplined Value and Income).
Jason Lazarus, with the help of Ben Franklin, and Mark Travis. Messrs. Franklin and Lazarus joined Intrepid in 2008 after having completed master's degrees at the University of North Florida and Florida, respectively. Mr. Travis is a founding partner and has been at Intrepid Capital since 1994. Before that, he was Vice President of the Consulting Group of Smith Barney and its predecessor firms for ten years.
Strategy capacity and closure
The managers estimate they might be able to handle up to $1 billion in this strategy. Currently the strategy manifests itself here, in balanced separate accounts and in the fixed-income portion of Intrepid Capital Fund (ICMBX/ICMVX). In total, they're currently managing about $300 million.
Management's stake in the fund
All of the managers have investments in the fund. Mr. Lazarus has invested between $50,000 – 100,000; Mr. Franklin has invested between $10,000 – 50,000 and Mr. Travis has between $100,000 – 500,000. That strikes me as entirely reasonable for relatively young investors committing to a relatively conservative fund.
You get your pick! The High-Yield Fixed Income strategy, originally open only to private clients, was launched on April 30, 1999. The fund's Investor class was launched on July 2, 2007 and the original Institutional class on August 16, 2010.
$2,500. On January 30, 2014, the Investor and Institutional share classes of the fund were merged. Technically the surviving fund is institutional, but it now carries the low minimum formerly associated with the Investor class.
0.90% on assets of $106 million. With the January 2014 merger, retail investors saw a 25 bps reduction in their fees, which we celebrate.
There are some very honorable ways to end up with a one-star rating from Morningstar. Being stubbornly out-of-step with the herd is one path, being assigned to an inappropriate peer group is another.
There are a number of very good conservative managers running short-term high yield bond funds who've ended up with one star because their risk-return profiles are so dissimilar from their high-yield bond peer group. Few approach the distinction with as much panache as Intrepid Income:
Why the apparent lack of concern for a stinging and costly badge? Two reasons, really. First, Intrepid was founded on the value of independence from the investment herd. Mr. Lazarus reports that "the firm is set up to avoid career risk which frequently leads to closet-indexing. Mark and his dad [Forrest] started it, Mark believes in the long-term so managers are evaluated on process rather than on short-term outcomes. If the process is right but the returns don't match the herd in the short term, he doesn't care." Their goal, and expectation, is to outperform in the long-term. And so, doing the right thing seems to be a more important value than getting recognized.
In support of that observation, we'll note that Intrepid once employed the famously independent Eric Cinnamond, now of Aston/River Road Independent Value (ARIVX), as a manager – including on this fund.
Second, they recognize that their Morningstar rating does not reflect the success of their strategy. Their intention was to provide reasonable return without taking unnecessary risks. In an environment where investment-grade bonds look to return next-to-nothing (by GMO's most recent calculations, the aggregate US bond market is priced to provide a real – after inflation – yield of 0.4% annually for the remainder of the decade), generating a positive real return requires looking at non-investment-grade bonds (or, in some instances, dividend-paying equities).
They control risk – which they define as "losing money" or "permanent loss of capital," as opposed to short-term volatility – in a couple ways.
First, they need to adopt an absolute value discipline – that is, a willingness both to look hard for mispriced securities and to hold cash when there are no compelling options in the securities market – in order to avoid the risk of permanent impairment of capital. That generally leads them to issuers in healthy industries, with predictable free cash flow and tangible assets. It also leads to higher-quality bonds which yield a bit less but are much more reliable.
Second, they tend to invest in shorter-term bonds in order to minimize interest rate risk.
If you put those pieces together well, you end up with a low volatility fund that might earn 3.5 to 4.5% in pricey markets and a multiple of that in attractively valued ones. Because they've never had a bond default and they rarely sell their bonds before they're redeemed (Mr. Lazarus recalls that "I can count on two hands the number of core bond positions we've sold in the past five years," though he also allows that they've sold some small "opportunistic" positions in things like convertibles), they can afford to ignore the day-to-day noise in the market.
In short, you end up with Intrepid Income, a fund which might comfortably serve as "a big part of your mother's retirement account" and which "lots of private clients use as their core fixed-income fund."
In both the short- and long-term, their record is excellent. The longest-term picture comes from looking at the nearly 15 year record of the High-Yield Fixed Income strategy which is manifested both in separate accounts and, for the past seven years, in this fund.
Since inception, the strategy has earned 7.25% annually, trailing the Merrill Lynch high-yield index by just 38 basis points. That's about 94% of the index's total return with about 60% of its volatility. Over most shorter periods (in the three to ten year range), annual returns have been closer to 5-6%.
In the shorter term, we can look at the risks and returns of the fund itself. Here's Intrepid Income charted against its high-yield peer group.
By every measure, that's a picture of very responsible stewardship of their shareholders' money. The fund's beta is around 0.25, meaning that it is about one-fourth as volatile as its peers. Its standard deviation from inception to January 2014 is just 5.52 while its peers are around nine. Its maximum drawdown – 14.6% – occurred over a period of just three months (September – November 2008) before the fund began rebounding.
The fund's careful, absolute value focus – shorter term, higher quality high-yield bonds and the willingness to hold cash when no compelling values present themselves – means that it will rarely keep up with its longer-term, lower quality, fully invested peer group.
And that's good. By the Observer's calculation, Intrepid Income qualifies as a "Great Owl" fund. That's determined by looking at the fund's risk-adjusted returns (measured by the fund's Martin Ratio) for every period longer than one year and then recognizing only funds which are in the top 20% for every period. Intrepid is one of the few high-yield funds that have earned that distinction. While this is not a cash management account, it seems entirely appropriate for conservative investors who are looking for real absolute returns and have a time horizon of at least three to five years. You owe it to yourself to look beyond the star rating to the considerable virtues the fund holds.
Fund website
We think it's entirely worth looking at both the Intrepid Income Fund homepage and the homepage for the underlying High-Yield Fixed Income strategy. Because the strategy has a longer public record and a more sophisticated client base, the information presented there is a nice complement to the fund's documentation.
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David Snowball, PhD (Massachusetts). Cofounder, lead writer. David is a Professor of Communication Studies at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, a nationally-recognized college of the liberal arts and sciences, founded in 1860. For a quarter century, David competed in academic debate and coached college debate teams to over 1500 individual victories and 50 tournament championships. When he retired from that research-intensive endeavor, his interest turned to researching fund investing and fund communication strategies. He served as the closing moderator of Brill's Mutual Funds Interactive (a Forbes "Best of the Web" site), was the Senior Fund Analyst at FundAlarm and author of over 120 fund profiles. David lives in Davenport, Iowa, and spends an amazing amount of time ferrying his son, Will, to baseball tryouts, baseball lessons, baseball practices, baseball games … and social gatherings with young ladies who seem unnervingly interested in him.
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Eveline de Klerk Swakopmund African airlines carry less than a paltry three percent of global air traffic and have been advised to develop progressive policies and regulatory reforms that will stimulate growth on the continent's aviation industry. This is according to Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, chief executive officer of Nepad Agency, who was speaking at the official opening of the third edition of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) currently underway in Swakopmund. PIDA was adopted in 2012 by African presidents as the continental strategic infrastructure framework for the African Union's stakeholders and partners to address the infrastructure deficit, boost intra-regional and international trade, increase growth and create jobs on the continent. Addressing the delegates during the opening ceremony, Mayaki said <|fim_middle|> the next phase of the PIDA priority Action plan," he said. He added that Africa needs to increase participation in the global market by designing national and regional aviation master plans, to address existing disparities within the aviation sector. According to Mayaki, most African countries have developed sectoral master plans in key areas such as agriculture, transport, education and water, but paid less attention to the aviation sector. "The time has come for us to ease the free air movement of people and stimulate affordable air transportation prices. We need to take the necessary regional and continental regulatory and policy reforms toward the single African air transport market. "However, the realisation of the single African air transport market will be dependent on progressive policy and regulatory reforms that will stimulate growth in Africa's aviation industry.," Mayaki explained. He said a single African air transport market would enhance intra-regional air connectivity and address the current constraints of regional air transport access, while creating more air transport markets that will increase flight routes and create more opportunities for cross-border investment in the production and service industries, including tourism and intra-Africa trade. "Therefore, the PIDA Week is an opportunity for us to reflect on these issues and together strategise on how best we can maximise the opportunities before us," he said. ======== Photo caption: Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
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Meet me at the ballots if I failed you – Geingob | 80 percent of air traffic in Africa on African airlines currently only carries a fraction - less than 3 percent of the global air traffic carried by non-African airlines, despite the fact that the continent constitutes over 17 percent of the world's population. "This is indeed a clear indication that we in Africa need to prioritise and pay more attention to aviation and air transportation in Africa during | 79 |
Orthodontic treatment is highly predictable and immensely successful. Depending on the severity of the malocclusion (bad bite) or irregularity, orthodontic treatments may occur in either two or three distinct phases.
Overbite – The upper teeth protrude further than or completely cover the lower teeth.
Underbite – The lower teeth protrude further than the upper teeth causing the chin to look prominent.
Crossbite – Some of the upper teeth may close inside the lower teeth rather than on the outside.
Overcrowding – Insufficient room on the arch causes some adult teeth to erupt incorrectly and become rotated.
Generally, orthodontic treatment takes between six and thirty months to complete. The treatment time will largely depend on the classification of the malocclusion, the type of dental devices used to correct it and the perseverance of the patient.
Medical and dental evaluations – Dental and physical problems tend to go hand in hand. Problems in the oral cavity can lead to (or be caused by) medical problems. The goal of this evaluation is to ensure that prior medical and dental issues are completely under control before treatment begins.
Study model (castings/bite impressions) – The patient is asked to bite down into a dental tray filled with a gel substance that hardens around the teeth. The trays are removed from the teeth and filled with plaster to create models of the patient's teeth. Study models enable the orth<|fim_middle|> if part of the device breaks or becomes damaged.
When the teeth have been correctly aligned, fixed braces and removable devices will be removed and discontinued. The most cumbersome part of the orthodontic treatment is now over. The orthodontist will next create a custom retainer. The goal of the retainer is to ensure that the teeth do not begin to shift back to their original positions. Retainers need to be worn for a specified amount of time per day for a specified time period. During the retention phase, the jawbone will reform around the realigned teeth to fully stabilize them in the correct alignment.
If you have any questions about orthodontic treatments, please contact our office. | odontist to scrutinize the position of each tooth, and how it relates to the other teeth.
Panoramic X-rays – X-rays are fantastic tools for viewing potential complications or pre-existing damage to the jaw joint. X-rays also allow the orthodontist to see the exact position of each tooth and its corresponding root(s).
Computer generated images – Such images allow the orthodontist to treatment plan and examine how specific treatments may affect the shape of the face and symmetry of the jaw.
Photographs – Many orthodontists like to take "before, during and after" photographs of the face and teeth to assess how treatment is progressing, and the impact the treatment is having on the patient's face shape.
All of the above diagnostic tools will be used to diagnosis and develop a customized treatment plan for the patient. Next, the orthodontist will recommend custom orthodontic device(s) to gently move the teeth into proper alignment. This orthodontic appliance may be fixed or removable. Most commonly, traditional fixed braces are affixed, which utilizes individual dental brackets connected by an archwire. Lingual braces are also fixed, but fit on the inside (tongue side) of the teeth to make them less visible.
Removable devices are an alternative to fixed braces. Examples of removable devices include the Invisalign system, headgear and facemask. These devices are designed to be worn for a specified amount of hours each day to expedite treatment.
Whatever the orthodontic device, the orthodontist will regularly adjust it to ensure adequate and continual pressure is being applied to the teeth. It is essential to visit the orthodontist at the designated intervals and to call | 349 |
Inspired by its natural surroundings and Park City's mountain heritage, Sunrise Lodge, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club, blends rustic architecture with modern elegance to create a vacation setting that redefines what it means to "get away." This ski-in mountain lodge located at the base of the Sunrise lift at Canyons Resort, puts you in the heart of Park<|fim_middle|> suites offer kitchenettes/kitchens, flat-screen TVs and free WiFi. Some feature gas fireplaces and balconies with mountain views, and suites (with up to 4 bedrooms) add separate living and dining areas.
Amenities include business and fitness centers, an outdoor pool and a hot tub. There's also a free shuttle service around the Park City area. | City's signature treasures, with historic Park Avenue and the Utah Olympic Park just minutes away, and expansive outdoor adventures in every direction. Park City is home to the United States Ski Team as well as the Sundance Film Festival — the largest independent film festival in the United States. Unwind after a day on the slopes in the warm and inviting accommodations at our Park City resort. Choose a cozy studio with a sleeper sofa, kitchenette, flat-screen TV and open balcony. Enjoy room for all the family in a spacious suite with up to four bedrooms and fabulous mountain views.
Set in the mountainside Canyons Resort, this alpine lodge-style hotel is next to the Sunrise lift and 4.8 miles from downtown Park City.
All the contemporary studio rooms and | 153 |
Watch Live: NASA and DARPA Discuss New Advanced Propulsion Tech
The coordinated effort is seeking to create alternative space propulsion technologies for both the civilian and defense sectors.
George Dvorsky
PublishedTuesday 7:00AM
Artist's conception of a spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion.
Illustration: NASA
Two of the most forward-thinking agencies in the United States are joining forces to foster the development of advanced space propulsion. A fireside chat on the new collaboration is scheduled for Tuesday morning, and you can watch it live right here.
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The 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SciTech Forum is officially underway in National Harbor, Maryland. The theme for this year's confab is to "explore the frontiers of aerospace," and it will run from today through to Friday at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Forum speakers will touch upon the future of space and planetary exploration, aeronautics, climate research, and Earth sciences, among other topics.
Of note is a panel discussion to be held on Tuesday, January 24 at 10:00 a.m. ET, during which officials from NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA—the Pentagon's secretive research wing—will "discuss a collaboration between the agencies to advance space propulsion technologies for both civilian and defense efforts," as the AIAA describes the fireside chat.
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The session will be made available on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency's website. You'll also be able to watch it at the live feed above.
NASA administrator Bill Nelson will deliver a keynote address, after which Steven Howe, the former director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research (CSNR), will moderate a two-person panel consisting of NASA deputy administrator Pam Melroy and DARPA director Stefanie Tompkins<|fim_middle|> I'm looking forward to learning about the collaboration and how the two agencies plan to work together.
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ScienceSpaceflight | . Melroy has a connection with DARPA, as she served as the agency's deputy director of its tactical technology office from 2013 to 2017.
The extent to which the panelists will delve into the details is not clear, but it'd been great to get some concrete information about the types of advanced space propulsion technologies that NASA and DARPA will seek to develop, along with descriptions of possible future applications. Updates about ongoing projects, such as spacecraft powered by nuclear thermal propulsion, would likewise be welcomed. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program recently granted Phase I status and $175,000 in funding to a University of Florida team working on a nuclear engine concept that could take a spacecraft to Mars in just 45 days.
This should make for a fascinating conversation, and | 169 |
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Guidelines on Fictionalizing Facts into a Novel: Part Four
More thoughts on the reconciliation theme as it relates to real life transforming into fiction.
In my previous piece, I drew a comparison/contrast between the characters of Dr. Joseph Rose and Ken Lockheart, the two embodiments of The American Dream in Water Signs. Though generations apart, both Joseph and Ken overcome similar obstacles in their quest for a better life that expands far-beyond their respective, humble beginnings. It should also be clear from that post, but bears repeating here, that although they rise above challenging material circumstances, both men retain the traditional values with which they were raised.
These values — love of God, family, and country, and commitment to a strong work ethic — transcend the financial, and thus are not dependent upon how much money a family possesses, although consistent adherence to them serves each of these characters well.
Dr. Rose moves from the poor son of a tailor to respected Philadelphia neurosurgeon, while Ken transforms from son of a blue-collar union worker (who takes great offense at his youngest child's ambitions) to successful corporate businessman.<|fim_middle|> the extra burden of paternal disapproval, a reality explored throughout the book with the ultimate result being the renewal of the father-son relationship. But that's not the only parent-child connection intertwined in the reconciliation theme. And there's also a thread of forgiveness surrounding other influential figures such as school teachers.
Like her suitor Ken, Madeline is the youngest child in her family, another sensitive Pisces creation who came into the world on the exact same day and year. She's also been raised in the Catholic faith and school system, which has had its blessings and disadvantages. In one scene, she confides in her new beau that as a first-grader, her teacher-nun made her life miserable from the moment she discovered Madeline to be the daughter of a doctor, branding her "a spoiled rich girl" . Whenever the six year-old would show up at school in a perfectly beautiful hand-me-down jacket from her older sister, the nun would inevitably sneer, "Oh, I see Daddy bought you a new jacket!", as if having a family that cared for their children's material needs was a bad thing.
These insults were usually accompanied by lectures about the poor children in West Philly, which apparently the nun believed to be the fault of a first-grader who didn't share the same hardships. And although this is not in the book, I remember that the First Grade Sister's favorite Bible quote was Jesus' admonition that is was easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than it was for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
In real life, I have vague memories of asking my father about that oft-quoted Bible passage, horrified by the prospect that a good man like him might not go to heaven because he had money (I should also point out that while my dad made a nice living, we were a middle-class family, nowhere close to millionaire status). He did his best to assure me that Jesus was not condemning anyone for using their God-given talents to bless the world and, in his case, help people heal.
Another memory that is mentioned in the book involves riding home from school in the car with my mother, after another day of lecturing about the poor, disadvantaged kids in Philly. As we passed the familiar waste management company on the right side of the road, I remarked, "Mommy, I wish Daddy was a trash collector instead of a doctor!"
My horrified mother looked at me briefly before reverting her eyes back to the road and asked, "Why on earth would you say something like that?"
My response: "Because maybe if he was, Sr. Timothy Ann would like me!"
She then instructed me that I should be very proud of my father, as he was not robbing banks, but helping people get well. He hadn't been handed everything on a silver platter; he'd worked hard for everything he had and shared with us. Being the protective (thank God!) "Mama Bear" she was, this little exchange resulted in a one-on-one visit with both the principal and the nun in question. To the best of my recollection, things did improve after that, but the damage had already been done.
As in my own life, the mixed messages Maddy receives about earning money contribute to her difficulties in achieving her own financial success as an adult. When she dates Jake Winston, her first long-term boyfriend, he reinforces the themes of the frustratingly misquoted "money is the root of all evil" (instead of "love of money is the root of all evil"). Years later, Madeline, through her own spiritual development, is able to forgive both the nun and the boyfriend by recognizing their own unique internal struggles that led them to inflict their pain and warped monetary outlook onto her.
In Jake's case, his resentment over his family's financial crisis — a difficulty not shared by his then-girlfriend Madeline — compels him to do and say hurtful things that ultimately doom their relationship. Regarding Sr. Timothy Ann, while there's no concrete information as to the circumstances of her upbringing, it is safe to assume that a misinterpretation of her voluntary vows most likely contributed to her nastiness toward an innocent little girl. In fairness, there were plenty of nice sisters who never resorted to these tactics, sticking instead to the fundamentals of teaching the Catholic faith along with English, Math, Science, Social Studies and all of the other critical school subjects.
Interestingly enough, I am currently towards the end of an eight-week course offered by Unity Church of Delray Beach called, Five Gifts for An Abundant Life. My last two classes have focused on forgiveness of others and forgiveness of self. Years prior to taking this course and writing Water Signs, I'd participated in a 12-week course which was also sponsored by Unity — Stretton Smiths 4T Prosperity Program. I credit the principles I've learned there — particularly in the area of forgiveness — with helping me to recognize and release the negative programming I've received, along with cultivating a compassionate understanding for the people who perpetuated it.
It's been a long, but fulfilling journey, and I hope by presenting these themes within the confines of an entertaining love story, others may find the same benefit.
More on reconciliation in my next post.
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A Lesson from the Five Gifts for an Abundant Life Class: The African Queen
I will get back to my regular posting about the characters, plots and themes of Water Signs, but wanted to take a moment to share some of the lessons I am learning in the Five Gifts course written by Diane Harmony and offered by Unity Church of Delray Beach. The following excerpt is from author Alan Cohen, pertaining to the principle of surrender:
In "The African Queen", Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are exhausted after a long and grueling adventure down a troublesome river. After overcoming terrible obstacles, their boat is stranded on a dry river bed, inestimably far from the ocean they have fought so hard to reach. Spent, and knowing they can do no more on their own behalf, the couple falls into a deep sleep, prepared to surrender to death. As their eyes close, the camera slowly pulls to an aerial view that reveals the ocean they have sought lies just beyond the next bend, but a few hundred yards away.
Then a miracle happens.
While the couple sleeps, rain comes and in a short time the river begins to flow again. By the time they awaken, the boat has floated to the ocean they believed was many miles away. They were closer than they thought.
You, too, may be just inches from your goal — not the miles you believe. If you have done everything that you can possibly do, it may be time for you to surrender and accept help from above. Self-made millionaire and insurance mogul A.L. Williams called his book All You Can Do Is All You Can Do But All You Can Do Is Enough. We are asked to do only what we can; beyond that, the universe is in charge.
Consider any projects or goals you have been struggling over, or about which you feel are fruitless. Write them down on a piece of paper, and place it on an altar. Make a statement of surrender in which you let go of your efforts to make something happen, and entrust the entire process to the hands of a loving God. Like the "African Queen" travelers who made their best efforts and then surrendered, you may find that the ocean is just around the next bend.
Affirmations:
"I have done all I can. Help me to find the peace I seek."
"I turn my intention over to God, trusting that love will care for me."
Tagged as A.L. Williams, Alan Cohen, All You Can Do Is All You Can Do But All You Can Do Is Enough, daria digiovanni, Dariaanne, Diane Harmony, The African Queen, Unity Church of Delray Beach, Water Signs: A Story of Love and Renewal | Yet neither loses their sense of gratitude for the United States of America and the opportunities it affords them, nor their ingrained belief in right and wrong.
Ken differs from Joseph in having | 37 |
Black South African youth are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic, and risky sexual behaviors increase youths' vulnerability to HIV infection. U.S.-based research has highlighted several contextual factors that impact sexual risk, but these processes have not been examined in a<|fim_middle|> State University, 2014. | South African context. In a sample of Black South African parent-youth dyads, this study examined relations among parenting, neighborhood quality, maternal social support, coparenting, and youth sexual risk. Hypotheses were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Results revealed that better neighborhood quality predicted less youth sexual risk via higher levels of positive parenting. Social support was positively related to parenting quality but did not interact with neighborhood quality to impact parenting. Coparenting did not moderate the relation between parenting and sexual risk. Results highlight the importance of family- and community-level processes for youth sexual risk in an understudied and high-risk sample. HIV prevention-interventions should be informed by these contextual factors.
Goodrum, Nada M., "Parenting and Youth Sexual Risk in South Africa: The Role of Contextual Factors." Thesis, Georgia | 167 |
How do I edit a Constant within a Particle Parameter from Blueprint?
I'm trying to link the radius of the sphere of one of the particle emitters with how much the trigger<|fim_middle|>.15. If I set the parameter with Event Begin Play, it works, but after that, updating the value doesn't seem to do anything.
How to make bot fly? | of a controller is pushed in. The more pushed in, the bigger the sphere. As far as I know, this has to be done by changing the constant in the Particle Parameter, but how do I link this constant to a value I can edit in Blueprint?
For that particular constant, you need to use a "Set Float Parameter" node in your blueprint. I am attaching a project that will help explain what I mean, but I'll also break it down for you here in case the link becomes broken in the future.
In the example project, I've linked Numpad 8 and Numpad 2 up to manipulate the Parameter.
So what I did was make a fresh particle system and simply add a Sphere (Seed) module to the Emitter(and enabled surface only). Then I changed the Start Radius distribution type to DistributionFloatParticleParameter. Make the Parameter Name something unique ("TestParticleParameter" for me). Make the Param Mode "DPM Direct". As you know, the Constant is what we will be manipulating here, so I set mine to 50 by default.
So, I created two inputs in my project settigns called "Increase"(Numpad 8) and "Decrease"(Numpad 2).
In the following screenshot, the important node is Set Float Parameter. You must use the exact parameter name that you set in Cascade. Then hook in your particle system component.
The rest of the node network is used to increase and decrease the size as well as cap it between 0 and 250 units.
Working great on my end, thanks Matt!
This doesn't seem to work on 4 | 335 |
When Marilyn, my editor at Shelf Awareness, recommends a book, I pay attention. As you might guess, the woman has impeccable taste, especially after all those years of reviewing. She has referred to the Chet and Bernie series by Spencer Quinn in several emails, so I decided to sniff them out recently. As a dog person, a mystery lover and a reader who appreciates fresh, funny, smart narrative voices, I'm in love.
Chet and Bernie are a canine-human PI pairing, who together make up the Little Detective<|fim_middle|>, "has got more going for it than fifty of those cat cozies." Whatever you think about King, the man knows how to write a compelling story, and so does Spencer Quinn. If you love dogs, mysteries and unusual narrators, sniff out Chet and Bernie. The whole series is a real treat.
Ha, funny. I got offered the newest one for review, and turned it down because "A dog mystery?? No way." Maybe I should've given it more of a chance!
I wouldn't have ever heard about Chet and Bernie if it wasn't for reading about them on your blog, Katie. As a dog lover, I was immediately intrigued, and I've just ordered "Dog On It". Can't wait to start reading – it sounds like great fun. | Agency. (Bernie's last name is Little; as Chet often reminds us, he's "Chet, pure and simple.") They found each other after Chet failed out of K-9 school on his last day (something to do with the leaping test; the details are hazy, but a cat was involved). They live in the Valley, out in California, and spend their time tracking down missing persons, rounding up perps (Chet closes a case by grabbing the perp's pant leg), and hanging out with Bernie's son, Charlie, and reporter girlfriend, Suzie.
Chet narrates the series, and his voice is my favorite thing about these books: smart, occasionally wisecracking and wonderfully canine. He's a great tracker, but he can't talk to Bernie; he has to communicate via growling, wagging, barking and other forms of communication available to dogs. Chet usually understands the concrete of each case but gets fuzzy on the abstract concepts; he's also easily distracted by squirrels, cats and treats, particularly Slim Jims. I loved walking through each case with Chet, sometimes putting together the pieces from what he hears and observes (but doesn't always understand), sometimes waiting for Bernie to come along and share the final bits of information.
I love mystery series that are also about their protagonists' lives (see also: Tommy & Tuppence; the Spellman series; Maisie Dobbs). While Chet and Bernie have a long-established relationship that remains rock solid through the series, I've enjoyed following Bernie's relationship with his girlfriend, Suzie, and I like the reappearance of minor characters such as Bernie's son, his ex-wife and a couple of local police officers.
This series, to quote Stephen King | 363 |
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We, the trustees of the Assisi Development Foundation, Inc., are moved by a deep sense of gratefulness as we reflect on what our organization has achieved in the past 40 years and the challenges ahead as it continues its work of service for 40 and more years to come. We are grateful for both our past achievements and future challenges. Gratefulness is the experience<|fim_middle|> but the direction remains the same, thanks to the powerful vision that Fr. Araneta has passed on to us.
We are also grateful to our local and international partners who have accompanied us in many different ways through the years as we responded to the challenges of development. Truly, they are our companions in the mission that we have set for ourselves. We indeed form a real family in the sense of being unified by something bigger than ourselves. The work we have done together is proof that all things are possible for those who are united in mind, heart, and spirit. Thank you for trusting us. Thank you for walking beside us.
We are grateful to the members of the Dee family who have generously shared their lives in responding to the call of the times across four decades. In their humble and sincere ways, they have made themselves the very wind that lifts and propels Assisi forward. In their way of life, we constantly find the very representation of the Assisi vision of tireless and passionate service to the poor, of a faith that works for justice. Their impact on the lives of the many people we have helped and on those of us who work with them in Assisi can never be measured. They are our models and mentors, friends and family. Our gratitude to all of them goes beyond words.
As one united board, we reinforce our commitment to the continuous growth of Assisi so that it may do the work of development with even greater fervor and effectiveness in the decades ahead. We are grateful even for this, and our gratefulness moves itself forward into the future of Assisi as we widen and deepen the impact of our work in the lives of the people we serve. It is with deep gratefulness, therefore, that we welcome the many years ahead, and say "Yes!" to things yet to come. | and value that links us both to the past and the present of Assisi.
We are grateful for being a part of the lives of different sectors in Philippine society in these past 40 years. Through the work we have accomplished and the programs we have established, we were given the blessed opportunity to share in the lives of tens of thousands of Filipinos. These were men, women, and children who needed love and compassion, poor and marginalized families that needed understanding and support, entire communities that needed inspiration as they strove to improve their lives. We are grateful for having journeyed with all of them, and we are grateful for the many more opportunities in the years ahead for us to be their companions towards peace and development. In a profound sense, they are our reason for being what we are today. They are the impetus for the very existence of our foundation. And so our deepest gratitude goes to them. Thank you for accepting us as your own; thank you for allowing us to serve.
We are grateful to Fr. Francisco Araneta, SJ, whose faith in the possibility and realization of a just society has inspired the board in its early years and continues to do so to this day. The foundational principles of Assisi that he drafted in our early years continue to guide us in our decisions and actions. The spirit of Fr. Araneta, along with the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, has been our bedrock throughout these years. Our programs may have evolved in different ways as they responded to the current needs of the people and the sectors we help, | 319 |
Walking in "The Accursed Mountains" in Northern Albania combines a front row view of nature with cultural discovery so you can experience the best of both worlds. You can walk through the heart of the Albanian Alps, the National Parks of Valbona and Theth. Along the way, you will be immersed in the local traditions of Albanian Highlands. The walks are of moderate difficulty and so is perfect for a wide range of travelers. If you book one of Sondor's tours through the Alps, you may additionally visit other cities in Albania and Kosovo. In Gjakovo you can walk through the ott<|fim_middle|> which has around 500 stores, one of the longest in the Balkans. You can optionally also visit the Orthodox Monastery near Deçan about 15 kilometers from Gjakovo. In Prizren you can visit Sinan Pasha's mosque, the Orthodox Church and the town's center.
Walk one of the most picturesque trails of Theth and Valbona Valley. Soak up breathtaking views of the Albanian Alps from Valbona Pass. Enjoy the North Albanian Traditional Dance. | oman Bazaar | 3 |
Sanibel Surfside is a gulf front condominium complex located at<|fim_middle|> There is under building parking for most condominiums. The front building has cabanas on the first floor which may only be owned by Sanibel Surfside condominium owners. We are also displaying Shorewood condos which you see to the east of Sanibel Surfside on the above picture. Pelicans Roost is to the west, across the street. | the southernmost end of Donax Street, off Middle Gulf Drive. There are 38 two bedroom, two bath units with lanais, ranging from 1,200 - 1,400 sq. ft. in two buildings. The Gulf Front building has 21 units, 7 units per floor, and the side building with a partial gulf view has 17 units, 6 per floor. There is one additional condo in the side building which was combined from two single condos. The side building is staggered in such a way that these condominiums have a very nice partial view. Amenities include a heated pool, elevators, clubhouse, 2 tennis courts, shuffleboard and gas grills. The minimum rental period is seven days and owners are allowed pets. | 164 |
New Zealand Travel Guide & Vacation Tips | Travel. Made Simple.
Known as the adventure capital of the world, New Zealand is the perfect place for the outdoorsy and adventurous. A popular destination for backpackers, traveling through New Zealand can be surprisingly cheap while you enjoying<|fim_middle|> and enjoy free room and board. | hiking, camping, skydiving, skiing, bungie jumping, speed boating, and just exploring the beautiful countryside. You will hardly find a place with as friendly of people and such endless beautiful as New Zealand.
Accommodation: Hostels for 25 NZD (shared dorm) or 75 NZD (private). Hotels for around 80-100 NZD. Free camping is available across the country, with some sites even having drop toilets available. Paid camping will be 10-15 NZD.
Food: Lunch for 10-15 NZD, dinner for 20-30 NZD. Beer for 6-8 NZD, Petrol for 2 NZD/litre, coffee for 4 NZD.
Transportation: Rental cars (Ace, Apex, Jucy) and Campervans (Jucy from 90 NZD/night or Britz) are quite popular in the country, and transfercar let's you get free rentals between two locations (essentially you're relocating the cars for the company and only have to pay for insurance). Bus ("Coach") companies like InterCity, Naked Bus, or Atomic Shuttles can get you most places in the country. Domestic flights are relatively cheap via Air New Zealand or Jetstar. Rail is expensive, but can get you around the Island safely (Rail New Zealand).
What to do: Do one of the hiking treks ("Great Walks"), explore Abel Tasman, visit the set of the Lord of the Rings, climb a volcano, bungee jump outside of Queenstown, charter a boat to explore Milford Track, hike in Franz Josef Glacier and Arthur's Pass, walk Motukiekie Beach, star gaze at the Mt. John Observatory or Church of the Good Shepherd.
Get a free car: Utilize transfercar to get what is essentially a free rental car. Simply visit their site, choose your location and planned destination and see what cars are available and for how long. The company simply needs the car transferred to a different location, so you can potentially book a car for 5-days and only pay a few bucks for insurance.
Camp for free: New Zealand has plenty of free camping sites all across the country to take advantage of, some of which are extremely scenic and have their own drop toilet.
WWOOF: Volunteer to work on a farm | 494 |
I'm 35, and my mother and grandmother both had osteoporosis. What should I start doing now to help prevent the disease?
I'm glad you're thinking about your bones now. You'll have a much better chance of keeping them strong if you start good habits young. Eating well, doing weight-bearing activities regularly (like walking or weight training), and taking certain supplements can help you avoid the disease.
Calcium is important: In addition to what women get from their diet, they should take 1,200 to 1,500 mg a day; men should get no more than 1,000 to 1,200 a day from all sources. Vitamin D is key too. Your body makes it when it's exposed to sunlight, but seniors and dark-skinned people should consider taking supplements-1,000 IU daily-because their bodies may not make as much.
Here are some other vital bone nutrients.
Vitamin C is a building block of collagen-one of the first elements in bone formation. Some research shows that women who take vitamin C supplements have stronger bones. Find it in citrus fruits, tomatoes, strawberries, cantaloupe, peppers, broccoli, and potatoes. I advise everyone to take 200 mg of vitamin C daily, in addition to eating plenty of vitamin C-rich foods.
Magnesium is another mineral that aids bone formation; bone density is higher in people who get plenty in their diets, studies have shown. It's found in leafy greens, whole grains<|fim_middle|> tells you to. K slows bone loss and speeds fracture healing; food sources are leafy greens and healthy oils like olive and canola. Potassium can be found in fruits and veggies-bananas and potatoes, for example. People who eat potassium-rich diets tend to have denser bones.
Some studies have found soy foods helpful, possibly because of their phytoestrogen content. Try two daily servings of whole soy, such as tempeh, edamame, or calcium-fortified soy milk or tofu. Skip supplements such as ipriflavone, which may reduce immunity in some.
Sodium can increase the amount of calcium you lose in urine. Cut back by limiting processed and fast foods and by not adding salt at the table.
Too much protein has been shown in some studies to increase urinary calcium loss.
Heavy drinking may reduce your body's ability to absorb calcium-and it can lead to falls. But having one drink a day for women, or two for men, may help build bones. | , dairy products, nuts, seeds, legumes, and potatoes. I recommend a supplement; take half as much magnesium as you do calcium. But read labels: Your calcium pills may already contain the mineral (many do). Don't take magnesium if you have impaired kidney function.
You don't need to take supplements for these unless your doctor | 68 |
Bent lower control arm and tie rod front passenger side? I need to remove the damaged ones and replace them.
Not that difficult if you are mechanically inclined. You WILL need a front end alignment as soon as you replace them. Use jack stands!!
I have a 2010 Ranger 4x4 one front wheel campher and toe in are considerable off. What do I adjust to correct?
Upper and lower ball joints. Control arm bushings bad. or both.
What noise? And year and make of car?
A clicking noise on turns is a worn CV joint on the axle shafts. A grinding noise at one of the wheels could be a wheel bearing. Worn brake pads may cause squealing, screeching other high pitched noise.
To remove the lower control arm raise and support your car with jack stands.Next you want to remove the wheel that you are replacing the control arm on.Remove the ball joint nut and tie rod nut.Tap the steering knuckle to break the tie rod end loose from the knuckle DO NOT HIT THE TIE ROD SO HARD YOU DAMAGE THE THREADS.If you do you will also be changing a tie rod end.Tap on the steering knuckle until your ball joint stud comes loose.Remove the 2 bolts that mount the control arm to the frame.To install the new one just go in reverse.
Most front ends are set up basically the same way.First raise and support your front end and remove the tire.Both the upper and lower should look about the same.If you look at the control arm you will have an upper and lower ball joint and a tie rod end bolted to the steering knuckle.Remove the bolt on the<|fim_middle|> reverse order.
Your description leads me to believe that the spindle is bent. This is the piece that the tie rod attaches to near the wheel. Sometimes the tie rod is attached to a piece that attaches to the spindle which is rather intuitive. Just remove the tie rod end, unbolt the arm that attaches to the spindle and replace the arm. In this case the only special tool you'll need is a tie rod seperator.
This can also be purchased at your local auto parts store.
between the tie rod and spindle using a large hammer.
It'll eventually break free from the spindle.
This can be purchased at your local auto parts store.
Compress spring before removing lower bolts (2 of them).
grease if theyr'e not the sealed type.
NOTE: The tie rod end may need to be replaced also. The vehicle will need a front end allignment. Be sure to torque the hub nut to the manufacturers specifications - at least 75ft-lbs. You should probably replace the wheel bearings.
How do you take the power level gauge out in an EZ Go Golf Cart?
WHERE IS THE CIRCUIT BREAKER?
Have a manual for 1995 Volkswagen Golf? | tie rod end and use a ball joint separate to remove the tie rod end.Then remove the ball joint from the steering knuckle with your separator.Depending on which control arm it is if its the upper you will also have to remove the brake hose out of the way to remove the upper control arm.Once that's done you will see 2 bolts that hold the control arms to the frame remove these bolts and your control arm will come off,You might have to pry them a little bit to get them out.You also want to have something handy to block up your steering knuckle until your ready to put it back together.It wouldn't hurt to have a piece of wire just in case you need to tie something in place.And be sure you grease everything with a high pressure grease.
Lift the passenger side of vehicle. Remove tire/wheel assembly. Remove the axle nut. Remove the tie rod end nut. Smack the side of the housing the tie rod end goes into to pop the tie rod end loose and out. Remove the sway bar link. Remove the lower ball joint nut. Smack the housing the lower ball joint goes into to pop the ball joint loose. Pry the lower control arm down to pop the ball joint out. swivel the rotor and strut assembly to the side. Pop the axle out. Reassemble in the | 267 |
<|fim_middle|>019. | Overall Responsibility: Reporting to the Laboratory Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting technical and administrative processes in the laboratory to ensure smooth flow of services.
· Effectively manage laboratory supplies to ensure availability, efficient use and minimal stock variances.
· Dispatch samples for outsourced testing in a timely manner and maintain related records.
· Maintain laboratory archives and relevant records.
· Assist in microbiology media preparation and sterilization of laboratory apparatus and waste.
· Perform general front office and messenger duties.
· Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences from a recognized institution in Kenya.
· At least one year working experience in a similar position.
Interested candidates are requested to email their applications with detailed curriculum vitae, names and contacts of three referees, current and expected salary to ksm.recruitment@akhskenya.org on or before 5th February 2 | 167 |
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Date of birth June 8th, 1905
Place of birth Chicoutimi, QC, CAN
Deceased on March 22nd, 1984
Seasons - MTL 10
Other numbers 5,6,11,18
1930-1931 41 18 7 25 0 43
1935-1936 48 7 9 16 <|fim_middle|>.
Traded to Boston following the 1933-34 season, Gagnon's stay in Beantown was not a long one. He was reacquired by Montreal halfway through the next season and resumed his slot on the Habs' first line. Morenz, who had been traded away the same summer as Gagnon, returned to the fold three years later and was reunited with his old linemates.
A rejuvenated Gagnon scored 20 goals, a career high, as he stepped up when Morenz suffered his career-ending broken leg. Traded a second time in 1939-40, this time to the New York Americans, he ended his NHL career at the end of the season.
After post-NHL stops in Shawinigan and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Gagnon ended his playing days with three years in Providence, the site of many of his early successes. He spent 17 years as a scout in the Reds organization before shifting his allegiance to the New York Rangers organization, where he spent another 17 years in the same function.
Johnny Gagnon passed away in 1984 at the age of 78.
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SMART, FAST AND UNPREDICTABLE, JOHNNY GAGNON DIDN'T EARN THE NICKNAME "BLACK CAT" FOR NOTHING.
Johnny Gagnon was the fastest thing on skates in his hometown of Chicoutimi, Quebec. His dazzling performances as an amateur thrilled local crowds and news of his exciting play reached Montreal General Manager Leo Dandurand, who first laid eyes on Gagnon when he attended Georges Vézina's funeral in the spring of 1926.
Rebuffed by the visiting executive, who said the 5-foot-5 right winger was far too light and small to make it in the brutal world of pro hockey, Gagnon swore he was heavier than he appeared to be and asked the visiting executive to weigh him the next day to prove his claim.
Tipping the scales at 150 pounds, the youngster left with the promise of a tryout the next fall, stopping along the way to remove the ten pounds of rocks he had placed in his pockets before making the weight.
Gagnon led the Quebec Beavers and the Canadian-American Hockey League in scoring in his rookie pro campaign. He then spent three seasons with the Providence Reds before cracking the line-up of the defending Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens to start the 1930-31 season.
Assigned veterans Aurèle Joliat and Howie Morenz as linemates, Gagnon found himself on the NHL's top line and hit the ground running, scoring 18 goals in his rookie year. When the playoffs came, he lifted his game to another level. Leading all NHLers with six postseason markers, Gagnon capped his year by scoring both goals in the 2-0 final game against Chicago, making the 1930-31 Canadiens the first Habs squad to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions.
Smart, fast and shifty, Gagnon became known as "Black Cat" for his lightning-fast reflexes, as he thrilled Montreal fans for the first years of his career. His speed and playmaking kept his linemates on the score sheet as he piled up the assists. Playing at a time when assists were even harder to come by than goals, Gagnon piled up 63 helpers in his first four years to go along with his 58 goals | 591 |
Nearly 35,000 PayPal accounts were breached using known credentials
Another friendly PSA to update those passwords, especially if you use the same one for multiple accounts. Another breach has occurred and it appears that attackers are using known credentials used across multiple websites to get their hands on your details. This means that an innocent little login to a long-forgotten website can give bad actors access to more important things like your PayPal account.
According to Beeping computer (opens in new tab), 34,942 PayPal users have been affected by this latest credential stuffing attack on its systems. Credential stuffing is an automated approach that involves stuffing as many known logins into a website as possible, which is why password recycling is a problem.
Many websites don't have the kind of security that, say, your bank or PayPal will use to protect your personal information. It makes sense: most people wouldn't keep their valuables in a plastic safe, but you wouldn't put your real safe's PIN in there, either. Using the same password, especially in combination with the same login on multiple sites, just makes things easier for the bad guys.
PayPal found (opens in new tab) this attack took place in early December 2022 and after investigation was able to confirm the likelihood of using credential stuffing.
During the two days that the<|fim_middle|> card and bank information.
But the weird thing is that they didn't do anything with this information. At least not yet. PayPal found no evidence that the attackers were attempting to transact, or anything other than the sounds of things. It's uncertain if these were the efforts of someone just trying if they could, like the recent ones deferral from the TSA no-fly list (opens in new tab)or if we expected more nefarious actions to follow.
PayPal has changed passwords and notified affected users, along with two years of pro bono Equifax identity checks to keep an eye on things. The company recommends that everyone turn on two-factor authentication to help protect against these attacks in the future, and of course change and stop recycling your passwords (opens in new tab). Especially in places where you want to keep important things like your identity.
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This dreamy indie RPG is a dense, perfectly refined bite of Elder Scrolls | attack was going on, hackers had access to a variety of personal information, including full names, dates of birth, address, social security numbers and tax ID. They could also see PayPal transaction details, including credit | 42 |
Q: Viewing Long Documents on Projector Vertically Is there any such thing as being able to use a projector vertically so that you can view entire documents that are usually narrow in width and longer in length without having to scroll?
In our testing we were able to accomplish this by positioning the projector 90 degrees (vertically), probably a very bad idea as I'm sure they aren't designed for that. And then we had to turn the images sideways so that they would appear correctly on the projection. Of course, Windows still appeared sideways but the images at least looked correct. A better idea, if possible, would be to have the video output from the computer rotated but I'm not sure if that's possible.
I know that some Dell monitors allow you to rotate<|fim_middle|> use a large, widescreen TV but then we would need one that allows you to rotate it and display vertically. And I'm not sure if many of them have this capability. Maybe this has more to do with your graphics card than it does with the capabilities of the monitor.
| them for working on long documents. This is what we'd like to achieve only we need to be able to do it on a projector. I suppose we could | 32 |
A few years back, when Giulia Enders was seventeen, she developed a sore on<|fim_middle|> them heal.
So she did some research.
She read about other similar cases that had followed courses of antibiotics.
She began to make a link between her skin's condition and the health of her intestines.
Her fascination with the gut and how its function affects all kinds of aspects of our health continued, so she started studying medicine and continued researching.
The result is an international best-seller called Gut: the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ just published in Australia.
Read an extract from Giulia Ender's newly published book, Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Under-rated Organ, examining the surprisingly complex end point of digestion.
Why aren't apprentices staying the course? | her leg that stubbornly refused to disappear.
Soon other sores appeared on her body and despite the efforts of a range of doctors and medications, nothing seemed to help | 33 |
27 km to the south from Tampere, lake Pyhäjärvi 40 m, hard and gently deepening sand bottom. There is a pier located on the lakeside. Access to swimming via swimming ladder. The bottom of the lake is hard and sandy. The<|fim_middle|>27 km, Eden spa 23 km, Ideapark 18 km. | length of the shoreline is 130 m.
Rowing boat. There are life jackets in the cabin.
Authentic cabin-like atmosphere in a cabin which is built in 1960.
Living room/kitchen with double bed and convertible sofa for two.
Wood-heated sauna is in the same building. There is a room for four people in the sauna. The water is heated in a tank, which is connected with sauna stove. There is a dressing room and a dry toilet, which burns your droppings (brand name Cinderella) in next to the sauna.
Covered terrace in front of the cabin. Gas grill and grill pan are located between the cabin and beach.
Note! Unlike the pictures, there is no TV in the cabin at the moment.
The cabin is close to the nature in a calm location, right at the lakeside on Pyhäjärvi.
There is a gentle slope between the cabin and beach. The plot is grassed and forested.
At this destination, you can enjoy the quietness of the nature. No visual contact with the neighbors.
The bottom of the lake is hard and sandy as well as shallow for pretty far.
The public beach is about 500 m away with a children's playground and a grill hut.
There are many interesting places quite close to the cabin.
Lempäälä 14 km, Tampere 25 km, Särkänniemi amusement park | 298 |
Having a few issus with my CD-ROM drives. Ideas?
Anyone ever had a DVD-ROM refuse to recognize or play an DVD? My DVD-ROM is old and probably the lens is dirty but it will recognize any other data or CD audio disk but not an DVD movie disc - and this is on a fresh install of XP with every update except SP2 and I am using cyberlink PowerDVD 6... and the movie is brand new.
Also something is wrong with my CDRW drive as well - it seems it dosen't like to write to CDs correctly. Out of 20 I got 6 to write good. HMM. I'm using Nero 5.5 and writeing at 4x.
I'm using a rounded IDE cable. My motherboard is a Shuttle mobo using the Nvidia Nforce2 chipset. Ecvery driver is up to date. I am using the Nvidia IDE driver instead of the default MS IDE driver. Could that cause problems?
The cable is setup that the DVD-ROM is master, CDRW drive is slave.
Had a similiar problem with one of the HPs at the office. It seems there are format changes that have occured that rendered it useless. It's not only a read problem but also the chamge to the blank disk formats. You may be able to "flash" you drive with an updated bios that will solve the problem. (I tried this but it didn't help with DVDs only CDs) For me it was easier to buy a External for that particular system.
I am using the Nvidia IDE driver instead of the default MS IDE driver. Could that cause problems?
Yrag - I suspected as much. Could you enlighten me to the problems you have seen surrounding the use of the Nvidia driver as opposed to the MS driver?
Sure...the problems are exactly what you described. Load the MS drivers, re-boot and...voila!!
So I went into "device manager" and clicked rollback and rollbacked the IDE drivers to the MS drivers. I then rebooted. I inserted my movie and still the drive will NOT recognize it. I tried different movies. No go. So then I opened up PowerDVD and then inserted the movie. Still no go. What gives?
Device Manager/IDE Controllers/Secondary Channel/Advanced Settings...are both listed as DMA enabled?
The DVD-ROM is listed as "Multi-word DMA Mode 2" with "DMA if available" selected above that.
The CDRW drive is listed as "Ultra DMA Mode 2" with "DMA if available" selected above that.
Then my guess is that it's 'Nero' ...run the Nero Info Tool and see what it says your Rom<|fim_middle|> the drivers and re-boot, cancel any 'Hardware Found' prompts. Download and install Driver Cleaner http://www.drivercleaner.net/dc.htm . Run it and have it clean all your NVidia files out. Now install the NVidia system drivers (exclude the IDE drivers) and reboot and install the Display drivers. | 's are capable of..
You can also run a Nero speed test on them ...see if it gives you an error.
Wait a minute...those drives are backwards...the Master Drive must be the UDMA...!!!
Or is it a simple matter of changing the pins on the back of the drives?
They can still both be tied into the some IDE cable right?
I'll tear the PC apart here soon. I need to replace a 80mm fan anyhow.
It could still be the drivers, if you're convinced it's not the hardware (you cannot have a faster drive set as a slave to a slower drive even if it's a driver/software issue..in your case UDMA versus DMA, not disk RPMS )...sometimes, when you install the NVidia system drivers it smacks the IDE rails, even if you back peddle. The only way to remedy it is to un-install the drivers using 'Add and Remove'. Remove the Display drivers at the same time because they need to be loaded after the System drivers. After you un-install | 213 |
BRAND NEW PROPERTY with outstanding coastal views! This 4 bedroom property is soon to be completed and would be the perfect family home or potential holiday base. Positioned in a quiet location surrounded by beautiful walks the property is ideally situated only 0.8 miles from the amenities of Freshwater town centre<|fim_middle|>.
The property will have driveway parking for 2 vehicles to the front.
Please contact The Isle of Wight Council on 01983 823901. | and roughly under half a mile either way to the stunning beaches of Colwell & Totland Bay. The property will benefit from having a garden and parking for two cars with mains gas, electric and drainage. The property specifications are still to be confirmed. Contact Freshwater on 01983 754455 to discuss. The main shopping area of Freshwater village is approx half a mile level walk away, and from there you will find a number of facilities including a Sainsbury's local, Co-Op stores, library, bank, hairdressers, doctors and health centre, pharmacy, dentists, West Wight Leisure Centre and a number of regular bus routes serving Newport centre and Yarmouth. There are also some lovely cafes and eateries all within the village. Freshwater Bay is only an approximate 2 mile drive and the popular Colwell Bay with its sandy beach and restaurants is only a miles drive away.
A wonderful room with sea views over towards the Needles and the mainland beyond, bi-fold doors, walk in wardrobe with velux window.
The rear garden will be enclosed and will have a patio area. Final finish of the garden TBC | 240 |
Introducing Eminence Grise
"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art." – Stan<|fim_middle|>vetkovic
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In some respects I might be clinging on to my early twenties by a thread, but even so, there's no denying that I've always had rather a soft spot for old things; for the finest tailoring houses on the planet, the most old-fashioned factories, long-time aged Scotch and vintage automobiles. My logic behind this is that generally, if something has withstood the test of time and has proved itself to be continually relevant over the course of a good few decades, then it's got to be worth engaging with.
When I joined The Rake two years ago, I did so primarily because I was inspired by the magazine's extraordinary passion for those self-same things. I might be biased, but there are precious few publications out there that have made a point of championing those things that are made with discretion, that take time to produce and which in large part are created by influential craftsmen with decades, if not generations of experience behind them. Our Founder, the inimitable Mr Wei Koh, has always said that he wanted to create a magazine that felt relevant for successful men in the prime of life, rather than their first youth and this month our online theme of 'eminence grise' is a celebration of that.
Treat the phrase how you will; as a reference to 'the power behind the throne' or as an acknowledgement of the influence of society's elder statesmen, in rakish terms 'grey eminence' involves an examination of everything with a sense of maturity and integrity behind it. From the longest continually running artisanal workshops in men's luxury, to a sneak peek inside some of the finest luxury hotels and institutions on the globe, or even a discussion on why it's most definitely a good thing that Hollywood action heroes seem to be getting older, this month we champion longevity.
"Our Founder has always said that he wanted to create a magazine that felt relevant for successful men in the prime of life. This theme is here to celebrate that."
For starters, we'll be looking at a number of rather unknown yet thoroughly rakish heritage brands, including an age-old Florentine perfumer, and a French glovemaker with almost 500 years of history behind it. We'll also be celebrating those individuals that seem impervious to the march of time, and who have fulfilled their potential later in life, proving that good things come to those who wait. Our Editor-at-Large Nick Scott will be penning you some thoughts on why aged rock stars are cooler than ever, and Asia Editor-at-large Christian Barker brings you some philosophical thoughts on the rise of the milf as a cultural phenomenon.
Josh Sims will bring us an exposé into the world of human growth hormone, critiquing how certain elements of the Hollywood elite may or may not be using it to stave off the inevitable, and I'll be holding up the sartorial side of things; introducing readers to 'the new monochrome', the latest menswear aesthetic that The Rake feels is relevant to modern tailoring and men's style. Christopher Modoo will be exploring the nuances of the grey suit, and we'll even be exploring how to go bald rakishly, a topic increasingly relevant to my thinning pate.
All that and more is to come over the next four weeks, but as always, we hope that you'll feel that this makes for an engaging, elevated online experience. We tend not to do things online in a way that is typical and endeavour to create quality over quantity. If we're piquing your interest and posing engaging questions, then we hope that for this month at least, you'll feel like we're here for you.
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If you're interested in building an application or a new service these days, chances are that you're going to integrate the two largest social networks out there: Twitter and Facebook. For developers, the clearest (and possibly the easiest) way to make sure data is easily interchanged would be to use an API feed.
Over the past couple of years, both services have announced some major changes to their API and this has definitely affected the way people are developing apps. But do these development changes actually affect the social sentiment of the community? Altimeter Group principal analyst Brian Solis, along with Netbase and the Pivot conference, took a look and found that as each API change happens, discontent is decreasing.
Just looking at the past year, as Solis examined the talk surrounding each of the major social API changes (including feeds from Tumblr and<|fim_middle|> pleased with the API, as you can see in the image below. But the volume of conversation across the board wasn't equal — in fact, conversations about Facebook's Open Graph and Twitter's API (two of the biggest networks) surpassed all the others with 28,717 mentions about Twitter and 916,101 about Facebook. Tumblr and Foursquare didn't even break 2,000 mentions.
So what exactly do developers have to complain about when it comes to the Twitter and Facebook APIs? Solis explains that for Twitter, 30% of people are upset over general issues to the API and 22% of those surveyed don't like the changes to the API. Compare that to Facebook and you see 33% upset over their app being unable to post to the social network and 14% saying it lacks perks or it's too time-consuming. Shockingly, only 7% are upset that the Open Graph changes too frequently.
What makes people happy about the APIs? Twitter receives high praise for having a great developer reference and for the ease at which it can be integrated. Facebook excels at being a great substitute for commenting and even an overall good idea. It seems that when you look at all the positive reaction developers have for the API, they are way better than the negatives.
Any major changes in Twitter and Facebook can cause massive uproar around the community. And when the first API change happened in October 2011, there were lots of negative comments surrounding it — people just weren't happy and were concerned about what will happen to their livelihood. Take that a few months later and in August 2012, there's been a complete 180 as the discussion around the latest changes were met with equal praise and dissent. It seems that people have started to accept the change and make the necessary tweaks to their apps.
You can read more about this report from Brian Solis here. | Foursquare), the overwhelming result was positive with more than 70% across the board | 19 |
Great stories keep coming in about our 30<|fim_middle|> to make it happen. | day challenge.
Have you heard about the "Library Lollipops"? For the past three years, librarians have randomly handed out Library Lollipops to students who attend research sessions scheduled by faculty. One ENGLISH 1010 student said the paper on his lollipop (Tootsie Pop) included the symbol of the Indian and the star. That meant if he took the wrapper to the local store where he bought the lollipop, they would give him another one free. The librarian said she would honor the tradition. Sure enough, a student showed up at the library reference desk this spring with his wrapper — a year after receiving it. He didn't think the librarian would remember the promise, but she did. The student brought a friend (who was a new student) along to meet the librarians when he presented his wrapper. The friend got a lollipop too.
One staffer told me she encountered a young man in the hall one day who had bright lime on his shirt and his shoes. When she complimented him on his coordinating colors, he was obviously pleased and launched into his personal philosophy about building one's wardrobe (apparently, the crux is to stick with neutral blacks and grays but always add spots of bright colors). It was an animated and unexpected response, but it seemed to really charge up the student.
Even though the 30-day challenge is officially over, it sounds like everyone is still making connections with students. That is really what it is all about isn't it? I know you are making a difference in their lives and I appreciate all of your hard work every day | 327 |
The Rise of the Regulatory Sandbox
Ryoji Kashiwagi, Senior<|fim_middle|> concerns are sometimes fully resolved at this stage). If the application is approved, the applicant and FCA jointly decide how to conduct the trial and agree on the scope of the regulatory forbearance, the customer segment(s) to be served during the trial, the trial's duration and at least one key performance indicator (KPI) for measuring the new product/service's benefits. The FCA requires a quantitative target to be set for each KPI. The KPI for the new service to, for example, facilitate savings might be the extent to which low-income consumers saving rate increased during the trial. A blockchain settlement system's benefits might be measured through daily monitoring of the percentage of the transactions settled correctly and on time.
Once the trial begins the KPI is periodically measured and evaluated. After the trial has reached its agreed-upon completion date, FCA staff assess whether the product/service yielded as much improvement as initially envisioned. If it did, the FCA starts working on deregulation to specifically accommodate the applicant. Meanwhile, the applicant decides whether to officially launch the trialed product/service.
If the product/service fails the FCA's assessment, the trial is terminated at that point. To avoid inconveniencing trial participants who have been actually using the trialed products/ services in the event the trial ends in failure.
The FCA recently announced its regulatory sandbox's first cohort of trials. The first cohort comprises 21 business ideas being tested in the sandbox. They include blockchain – enabled financial services and a new prepaid-card payment network.
Interest in regulatory sandboxes spreading globally, even to Japan
Many countries are joining the regulatory sandbox bandwagon. Those that have announced their own regulatory sandbox initiatives include Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, and Taiwan. In Europe, the European Banking Federation has notable called for legislation that would permit any EU-member country to adopt the regulatory sandbox framework. The Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi UFJ and Hitachi have announced that they are testing a blockchain-based check digitalization platform through the Monetary Authority of Singapore's regulatory sandbox program.
Even in Japan, government ministries and agencies have been talking about launching a regulatory sandbox program as they work on crafting policy responses to Fintech. In response to these discussions, the Industrial Structure Council in November 2016 published a detailed roadmap toward adoption of a regulatory sandbox. In 2017, the government reportedly plans to incorporate the regulatory sandbox concept into its national growth strategy for multiple applications, including financial services, artificial intelligence and community development.
Historically, financial regulation in Japan has been predicated on the status-quo financial system and has placed priority on objectives such as consumer protection, prevention of wrongdoing and operational stability. While Japanese regulators have inarguably been highly successful at achieving these objectives, the regulatory environment was not conducive to innovation driven by new entrants seeking to better serve consumers. In recent years, however, the financial services agency has shifted to a more consumer-oriented policy stance. For instance, its policy objectives now include making the financial system more user-friendly for consumers. While still not implemented there is hope that Japan will also embrace the regulatory sandbox model as a means of effectively promoting financial innovation.
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Regulatory sandboxes are gaining popularity as a framework for promoting financial innovation by creating a "safe space" for testing new business ideas within an existing regulatory regime. New entrants to heavily regulated industries typically lack certainty about whether their new ideas or business models fully comply with existing regulations. New entrants consequently tend to incur more costs and take longer to succeed in tightly regulated industries than in lightly regulated ones.
The financial realm is indisputably one of the most heavily regulated sectors. In recent years, however, regulatory authorities seeking to strengthen their financial sectors' competitiveness in response to the FinTech boom have started to create a sort of "test drive" business environment (a.k.a sandbox) to reduce regulatory uncertainties and, in turn, facilitate new entrants' market access. Against such a backdrop, the regulatory sandbox has emerged as a feasibility testing ground for new ideas and business models.
The history of the regulatory sandbox
The regulatory sandbox concept originated in the UK as one element of Project Innovate, a program of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Launched in October 2014 to promote competition in the interests of consumers, Project Innovate was reportedly modeled after the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Project Catalyst, which dates back to 2012.
Project Catalyst is tasked with addressing concrete issues facing consumers, including improving unbanked consumers' financial access (financial inclusion) and making payment services more consumer-friendly. The means by which it does so include data-based decision making, and a flexible pilot testing process. These two features are shared by the UK's Project Innovate also. Project Innovate further refined the pilot testing process in the form of the FCA's regulatory sandbox. The regulatory sandbox process comprises the following steps.
First, a company files an application that presents a new business idea, discloses any concerns vis-a-vis the idea's regulatory compliance, and details anticipated improvements to the status quo. Upon receipt of the application, the FCA reviews its content and assesses whether it meets the regulatory sandbox's eligibility criteria (regulatory | 424 |
Back by popular demand, we are thrilled to announce<|fim_middle|> page. | our new and improved 3 Port USB 3.0 Hub with Gigabit Ethernet compatible with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers! Instantly add a wired Ethernet connection and 3 more USB 3.0 ports for accessories like flash drives or a mouse and keyboard to expand connectivity with many computers lacking multiple USB ports and Ethernet connectivity. Includes both USB-C and USB 3.0 ("USB-A") cables to connect to virtually any Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chrome OS system.
Perfect for travelers that need to access a wired network for security, businesses that have a mix of USB 3.0 and USB-C systems, and for anyone that needs the perfect companion to increase their connectivity.
Nobody likes a flaky WiFi connection with videos constantly buffering, or laggy connections to multiplayer game servers. Using a wired network connection can help the flow of data remain constant, reduce latency, and improve transfer rates. Network connections using the Ethernet port in the USB3-HUB3ME will improve network performance compared to most wireless networks.
The USB3-HUB3ME features a sleek, sturdy, and compact black aluminum finish and portable, modular design perfect for both travel and small work spaces. The hub's LEDs indicate Ethernet diagnostics and USB connectivity. It also features intelligently placed USB ports that ensure all of your devices plug in without interfering with each other.
The USB3-HUB3ME is a great partner for your MacBook, Macbook Pro, Microsoft Surface, Dell XPS, Chromebooks, and many other PCs with limited USB connectivity and no Ethernet port. Drivers for the USB hub and Ethernet connection are included with modern Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS operating systems. Ethernet drivers also available for legacy Windows systems via Windows Update (with an existing internet connection) or direct download from our drivers page.
The USB3-HUB3ME 3 Port USB 3.0 Hub with Gigabit Ethernet is available immediately on Amazon.com and will be available soon in Canada, Europe, and Japan. For more information about this device, check out our Plugable USB3-HUB3ME product | 425 |
There's another big night for BAMMA on Irish soil before Christmas.
BAMMA 35: Lohore v Pascu took place at Dublin's 3 Arena on 12 May this year.<|fim_middle|>.
Promising to deliver another outstanding fight card featuring some of Europe's finest talent alongside the best Irish fighters in the land, further information will be released over the coming weeks, so stay tuned to BAMMA.com to ensure you don't miss a single announcement. | The promotion have already indicated they're coming back for 2019 show in February, but they'll be mixing it up before Christmas too.
Announced today, BAMMA will return to the 3 Arena once more, this time on Sunday 9 December.
"We are delighted to announce our return to Ireland in December. It doesn't get any bigger than Christmas in Dublin and we plan on bringing the party with one of the biggest events of the year" said BAMMA MD Ashley Bothwell on Tuesday.
One of the biggest fights of the night at BAMMA 35 was the meeting of Kiefer Crosbie and Josh Plant. Could Crosbie face Terry Brazier for the Welterweight title in time for Christmas?
Details on bouts and ticket information will be released in the coming weeks but for now you can pop 9 December in your diary | 173 |
A second body was found Saturday morning following a fiery hot air balloon accident in eastern Virginia that left two people dead and crews searching for a third victim, officials said.
The body was located around 11 a.m. in a wooded area of Caroline County, Virginia, State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said during a news conference.
The balloon, carrying three people, ascended 8 p.m. Friday as part of a precursor to the Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Meadow Event Park. But officials say it hit a utility line, which caused it to erupt into flames, shoot into the sky and then explode.
The two bodies were discovered about 1,500 yards apart, Geller said. Identities have not yet been released.
The search area is densely wooded, posing a challenge to the 100 personnel conducting the ground search for the third body and remnants of the balloon, Geller said.
The process is also moving slowly because crews are being "meticulous — so nothing gets overlooked," Geller said.
The search teams were also dedicated to finding the basket of the vehicle and the balloon, but "we're not sure what's left of it," Geller said, pointing out that the remnants could have been incinerated.
But Sam Parks, President of the Balloon Federation of America said he's confident the balloon will be found. "To have such a large piece of material disappear would be highly unlikely," Parks said, pointing out that balloons stand seven stories high when inflated.
Still, "there's a lot of trees and large vegetation," Parks said from the scene, and Geller said the balloon "flew away very quickly and went very high" before it erupted mid-air.
"The fire increases the heat and that makes<|fim_middle|> was a factor. The Virginia State Police, Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are each conducting investigations into the cause of the crash.
The Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival was cancelled, organizers said in a statement. "The Meadow Event Park staff is devastated. It's a shocking situation for everyone." | the balloon rise rather rapidly," Geller said.
The skies were overcast Friday night, and officials don't believe weather | 24 |
MAIDEN HISTORY: Birth of the Iron Maiden Sound, 1980-81
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With this first chapter in our study of Iron Maiden History, we take a closer look at how the Maiden sound came into being with the release of Iron Maiden and Killers. Two producers worked on these albums, but only one of them really mattered in the end.
The Iron Maiden catalog was remastered for CD reissues in 1998, and fans have been in an uproar ever since. Showing their fierce dedication to the Maiden sound, devotees have claimed that the remastered (implicitly "improved") versions did not stand up to scrutiny, that they sacrificed the quality of the original recordings on the altar of the loudness wars. Similar accusations have been made about the 2015 digital remasters, which have since been turned into new CD editions as well.
With the latest black vinyl reissues, we were luckily given the original analogue masters reproduced, not another remaster. And in reappraising the first two albums, one of the most striking things is how quickly Maiden found the sound that their fans love. How did that happen?
In late 1978 Iron Maiden recorded one of those demos that become rock legend. In one day the band put down four tracks, three of which would become The Soundhouse Tapes, their first (and strictly limited) vinyl release. No producer, just the band and an engineer rushing against the clock.
The decidedly unproduced The Soundhouse Tapes was the result of Maiden's first experience in a recording studio, and was released to fans through mail order in late 1979.
Maiden's live gigs, the demo, and The Soundhouse Tapes, made enough noise for EMI to sign the band. The label and the fans demanded a debut album, and for that effort Maiden would need a producer.
"We were all young and naïve and we didn't know about producers and what they do—or don't do, really."
Early sessions had been done while drummer Doug Sampson was still in the band, with producer Guy Edwards. The first Maiden producer can still lay claim to one piece, Burning Ambition, which later showed up on the B-side of the Running Free<|fim_middle|>980.
(*It seems odd that Birch hadn't met the band before then, as the album would be recorded from late 1980 and into January 1981 for a February 2 release. It is more likely that the meeting took place at Maiden's earlier Rainbow gig in June of 1980.)
To get the best performances out of the young group, Birch set them up in the middle of the studio and had them perform live. Overdubs and retakes would be worked out later, and Birch told them to "just play the songs as you would live, and we'll work from there." It's interesting to note that this method of putting down album tracks is the very same that Maiden utilize these days with current producer Kevin Shirley.
The Maiden line-up that recorded Killers, their first album with producer Martin Birch: Murray, Di'Anno, Smith, Burr, Harris.
Another major change for the band at the time of recording Killers was obviously the replacement of guitarist Dennis Stratton. After having been in the band less than a year, he ran afoul of Harris and manager Smallwood. He was swiftly replaced with Adrian Smith, a childhood friend of Murray and former chief of Maiden's London rivals Urchin. With Smith and Birch on board, Maiden were finally able to define their sound on record.
Click here to read about Stratton's departure from Maiden!
It could be argued that the song selection is more impressive on the debut album, but there is no denying that the quintessential Iron Maiden sound came into being with Killers. The fat low-end, the hard-hitting drums, the powerful guitars, and the deliciously judged vocal performances. All of this would become hallmarks of 1980s Iron Maiden records, and it's very much down to Martin Birch's skills as producer and engineer. Just compare Killers to Sabbath's Heaven And Hell, and it's obvious who is in charge. They both sound like Martin Birch records.
"I'd never worked with a producer who was so totally involved in the whole process. He was a good laugh, but when we were working, he cracked the whip."
Indeed, Birch's studio discipline soon saw him christened "the headmaster", and credited as "produced, engineered and bullied by…". The already tight band were forced to knuckle down and become "even tighter", according to Smith.
But Birch found working with Maiden both enjoyable and easy, saying, "It was pretty obvious from the off that Steve was in charge. […] Which was good, from my point of view, because me and Steve would agree 99 per cent of the time." Working with a younger and less blasé band made for a refreshing change for Birch: "I thought, 'I like this band. I hope we work together again.'"
As it turns out, Birch would soon have Maiden as a full-time job. His choice is easy to understand, as he was doing massive amounts of work in 1980-84 for crazy rockers like Sabbath and Whitesnake. He must have thought that he'd rather stick to the more agreeable and manageable Maiden than be a journeyman in drug-fueled mayhem.
"I was lucky enough to be in the position where I could make that decision."
Martin Birch standing in the middle of the men most responsible for creating the sound of The Number Of The Beast, a year after Killers. Note engineer Nigel Green, second from left.
Martin Birch helped give birth to the classic Maiden sound with his work on Killers, and the course for the band's incredible 1980s era was suddenly clearer. Ironically, the sonic triumph of Killers was also met with their first critical backlash.
A combination of forces were pitted against Maiden at this point:
1) The inevitable envy in many corners of the music scene, with Maiden's surprise-hit debut album and high profile tours with Judas Priest and KISS.
2) The fading magic of the once-irresistible NWOBHM scene, fabricated though the slogan was, and the ensuing ego battles between people invested in it.
3) The possibly unavoidable comparisons to the punkish energy of the debut album, which was now being replaced with something more powerful, sophisticated, and ambitious.
As a result Killers got a mauling, particularly in their home country. Only Malcolm Dome would give it a positive review in the UK, in Record Mirror, and says "it was almost inevitable that Maiden would start picking up bad reviews. […] And it's a shame, because Killers was a great album."
His sentiment is backed up by the live power of the Killers era Iron Maiden, in this late 1980 London show which is available on the Early Days DVD set:
Click here for a guide to Maiden concert videos!
But whatever the critical backlash, the band wouldn't care much. Killers sold better than the debut, and band chief Harris actually states that he prefers it to The Number Of The Beast (1982): "I loved The Number Of The Beast, but I didn't think it was our best album at the time, and I still don't."
Given that he says he likes Killers better than the debut, the implication is clear, however surprising. Harris thought Killers was the best Iron Maiden album until Piece Of Mind (1983).
Fans also seemed to love Killers, and the band was building their reputation quickly. At this time they also caught the eyes and ears of Samson's Dickinson, who thought that Killers was much more interesting than the debut album: "When I heard Killers, I was like, 'This is more like it. This is really gonna do it for them.'"
The recording of Killers at Battery Studios coincided with Samson's recording of Shock Tactics in the same studio. Dickinson, being a mate of Clive Burr, remembers being invited around for a listen. An inebriated Birch had just finished the mix and played the new Maiden album for Dickinson so loud his ears nearly bled.
The Maiden sound had arrived.
Click here for our review of the Killers album!
THE BIRTH OF LEGENDS
Martin Birch turned into a proper legend when he took the Maiden job. His work before Maiden was impressive, no doubt, but with Maiden he started building a metal icon from the ground up.
Over the next decade, he would produce every single Maiden album, from The Number Of The Beast to Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988), finally ending his work with them in 1992 with the Fear Of The Dark album. Suitors would inevitably come forward, and Birch even turned down an offer from Metallica.
"They where another band that had been incredibly influenced by both Maiden and Purple, I think, but I was putting so much energy into the Maiden albums, I thought, 'If I start trying to build up another band in the same way, I won't be able to give either of them 100 per cent,' so I said no."
These are the hands that built the Maiden sound.
In other words, Maiden found a producer as early as their second album who was able and willing to guide them through the process of capturing their essence on vinyl, and who was also willing to make them his sole priority. Birch would continue to provide essential audio and performance expertise as the band grew out of their formative years and into their classic era, which you can read all about here:
Dawn of the Classic Era, 1982-83.
Like other crucial pieces, Rod Smallwood just before and Bruce Dickinson right after, Birch's arrival made a world of difference, and it's hard to see how Maiden would have become as successful without him.
Visit our Feature Friday and Best & Worst sections for more in-depth discussions of all things Iron Maiden!
Sources: Run To The Hills – The Authorised Biography (Mick Wall, 2001), The History of Iron Maiden, Part 1: The Early Days (DVD, 2004), Guitar World: "Maiden Voyage" (Richard Bienstock, 2011), What Does This Button Do? (Bruce Dickinson, 2017).
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A footnote to this story is the fact that Maiden recorded two tracks for the Metal For Muthas compilation album in late 1979, before starting their debut record. The band put down Sanctuary and Wrathchild with the help of EMI's in-house producer Neal Harrison, but it is probably unlikely that band-leading bassist Steve Harris and hard-bargaining manager Rod Smallwood would have considered using a producer with such close ties to the record company for their own album.
Iron Maiden on the Metal For Muthas tour in early 1980.
Who to get? An attempt at working with The Sweet guitarist Andy Scott was aborted when the would-be-Maiden-producer suggested that Harris use a guitar pick and not his fingers. The search continued…
Even the EMI leadership at the time can't necessarily remember why Iron Maiden were put to work with producer Will Malone. In late 1979, Maiden had signed their first record contract, a contract that manager Smallwood made sure was for the long-term, with no option for EMI to chicken out until at least three albums had been recorded and released. You'd think the record company would be very particular about getting the right producer for such a commitment.
But the band entered Kingsway Studios with Malone in January 1980, just as soon as they had gotten guitarist Dennis Stratton and drummer Clive Burr in to complement the line-up that already comprised Harris, guitarist Dave Murray and singer Paul Di'Anno.
This line-up of Maiden would only record one album and tour for about nine months: Harris, Murray, Di'Anno, Burr, Stratton.
The band was initially impressed with the arrangement, since Malone had artists like Black Sabbath and Meat Loaf on his CV, although it was unclear to them what kind of services he had rendered to such clients.
It doesn't seem that Malone was much of a record producer at that point, and maybe Maiden and Rod should have known? In any case, Maiden were very quickly unimpressed by their producer's work ethic.
"We'd go in there, we'd do a take, then go in and say to him, 'What do you think, Will?' And he'd have his fucking feet up on the mixing desk, reading Country Life or whatever, completely mongled out of his head, and he'd look over the top of it and go, 'Oh, I think you can do better.'"
One can reasonably argue that the sound Maiden presented on their debut album was the-band-doing-what-the-band-did. They had performed the songs on tour for years anyway. But this leaves out an obvious issue: Stratton and Burr had barely joined the band, and had certainly not toured around the country with them!
It seems that Stratton and Burr took to Maiden like ducks to water, and that the nucleus of Harris/Murray/Di'Anno had such a strong identity about them that no disinterested producer could fuck it up.
Will Malone wasn't cut out to produce Iron Maiden.
Murray gives much credit to his partnership with Stratton, both in terms of sound and performance. Murray played his cherished 1957 Fender Stratocaster while Stratton prefered a Gibson Les Paul, which created a balance of tone that would be important in Maiden's future music. The guitarists also had a good rapport between them.
"Dennis was quite good. I used to go see him play in bands back in East London and I thought he was stand-out. So it was nice that we got to play together for a bit. And I think there are some great moments on the album."
Dave Murray
Stratton was the most experienced studio musician in Maiden, and he also found the producer a little too lofty. However, the new Maiden guitarist saw the bright side of the situation: "Will might not have been the greatest producer in the world, but it meant that we could get on with it with the engineers."
And the engineer on the first Maiden album was one Martin Levan, who went on to have a distinguished career as producer and engineer. "And he was good, thank God," said Harris. "We actually got some good sounds down." Levan's engineering skills facilitated the young and inexperienced Maiden and made the debut album what it is.
Much respected engineer Martin Levan helped Maiden overcome the obstacle of a lofty producer.
Harris was never pleased with the production, but he still likes the material today and has a special place in his heart for Phantom Of The Opera, which he says was "indicative of where I wanted to take things with the band. And looking back on it now, I can see it was really a pivotal point in the direction of our music."
Maiden had arrived. And certain journalists saw it right there and then. Malcolm Dome, who wrote many articles on the emerging New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement at the time, strove to become the one nobody could ignore. When commenting on Maiden's first Marquee appearance in 1979, he wrote: "Maiden received the sort of reception that must send cold shivers down Jimmy Page's fretboard."
Live on stage in 1980, sending shivers up spines and down fretboards.
And Dome was just as sure of the merits of Maiden's first album years later, stating: "I'd say that and the album that followed, Killers, are still my favourite Maiden albums of all time."
Click here for our review of Iron Maiden!
Maiden had something going for them that might push them way ahead of the pack. This would not necessarily mean that their early albums would be inarguable classics, but the live power of the band is obvious in this 1980 video from the Ruskin Arms, available on the Early Days DVD from 2004:
THE RIGHT GUY FOR THE JOB
But even with the positive reception of the debut album, Maiden had yet to find a solid producer. Another false start was made when Maiden's publishing company Zomba put them together with producer Tony Platt, known at the time for his work with AC/DC and Foreigner. As it turns out, Platt had been directed by Zomba to get Maiden a hit with the ill-conceived recording of the Skyhooks song Women In Uniform. He thus managed to piss off Harris with his production choices, even if the track sounded stronger and better than the first Maiden album in terms of sonics.
Still, Platt had a long-term influence on the Maiden sound through the early trials and tribulations of Bruce Dickinson. The future Maiden singer credits Platt with reshaping his voice and making it "the voice that people recognise today." Dickinson's band Samson recorded their third album Shock Tactics (1981) with Tony Platt as producer.
Bruce Dickinson (left) with Samson, whose third album was produced by Tony Platt and took the singer to a vocal breakthrough.
Dickinson states that Platt drove him to pitch his voice higher and higher, until his "falsetto screech became almost an irrelevance as my natural voice extended into the back of my eyes." Platt helped Dickinson find his true voice, but he was not going to be in charge of a Maiden production.
Edwards, Harrison, Scott, Malone, Platt. Five attempts at finding the right man for the job, none of them successful, and Maiden had not even started their second album yet. But unbeknownst to them, on Long Island outside New York City, fate and circumstance was about to bring an end to Maiden's perpetual producer frustrations:
Record producer Martin Birch was visiting Ritchie Blackmore. It was the early summer of 1980 and Birch had recently produced the seminal Black Sabbath album Heaven And Hell and Blue Öyster Cult's Cultosauros Erectus. He was already well known as an engineer and producer of Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake.
Blackmore put a record on the turntable, the debut Iron Maiden album, and asked his producer friend "Why don't you do them?"
Steve Harris with producer Martin Birch, making an album somewhere in the Bahamas in the 1980s.
Birch was disappointed that no one had asked him to do the first album, because, as he says, it was "exactly the sort of thing I enjoyed, and I could tell that the production didn't do enough for them on that first album." But Maiden thought that a producer of Birch's status wouldn't even consider coming near young upstarts like them. Steve Harris says, "We all talked about him, but we thought, like, 'We're not worthy.'"
Finally meeting up, reportedly as late as Maiden's Rainbow Theatre gig in London just before Christmas*, Birch came clean and told Harris that he would have loved to do the first album. The question of who would produce the second Maiden album was now put to rest. They would be produced, engineered and mixed by Martin Birch, and band and producer entered London's Battery Studios in late 1 | 1,866 |
The German-Jewish Cookbook
By Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman
Brandeis University Press
Food Tradition is very important to us; Recipes offer a glimpse into the cultural history of people, and their foodways. Through vintage recipes we learn what people ate and how they lived. The German Jewish cookbook accomplishes this. The reader is transported into pre-WWII Germany, and the recipes which traveled with families escaping the war and turbulence in Europe. This cookbook features recipes with a focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients, including soups, challah, vegetable dishes; meats, poultry, fish and desserts, ranging from cold weather comfort food to light summer fare. The authors, the Gropmans - a mother-daughter pair, have celebrated original recipes that Gabrielle remembered from her youth. She arrived in the U.S in 1939.
From the authors: "Some of these recipes come from friends and family; others have been culled from interviews conducted by the authors, prewar German-Jewish cookbooks, nineteenth-century American cookbooks, community cookbooks, memoirs, or historical and archival material. The introduction explains the basics of Jewish diet (kosher law). The historical chapter that follows sets the stage by describing Jewish social customs in<|fim_middle|> if it deems that circumstances arise outside of its control.
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Until the end of the month, Survivors - Series 5 remains at the frozen pre-release prices of £20 on Download and £25 on CD (in each case going up by £5 from January). Check out the range here, including the four previous series, Carolyn Seymour's haunting reading of Survivors by Terry Nation, pre-order prices on next year's Series 6 and 7, and even a free episode: Survivors - Revelation. | "As it explores the highest stakes possible, this develops into the most thrilling and compelling set of stories in Big Finish's Survivors series to date: which, considering the exceptional quality of the drama in the preceding four instalments, is quite some achievement. This is extraordinary, exemplary human drama; by any standard."
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Comebacks, OT & Sailor Bear magic: Baylor football's most unbelievably believable finishes
November 7, 2019 // Posted In Athletics, History, Videos
Five years ago last month, Baylor and TCU squared off in what was recently recognized by ESPN as one of the 150 greatest games in college football history.<|fim_middle|>, 2011
In a season filled with superlatives, this was Robert Griffin III's Heisman moment. The Bears had never defeated Oklahoma, who came into the game ranked fifth in the nation. But Baylor established itself with a strong first quarter, and tied the game in the third on a stupendous caromed pass that turned into an 87-yard Kendall Wright touchdown. After OU tied the game with less than a minute remaining, the Bears mounted a drive that led to an electrifying game-winning RG3 touchdown pass to Terrance Williams with seven seconds remaining. Less than a month later, RG3 earned the program's first Heisman Trophy.
Baylor 61, TCU 58 — Oct. 11, 2014
61-58 is a part of Baylor lore, and it's a substantially better number than 58-37, the score by which the No. 5-ranked Bears trailed No. 9 TCU with less than 12 minutes remaining. Three straight touchdown drives tied the game up in less than eight minutes of play, and a huge defensive stop by cornerback Ryan Reid gave the Bears the ball back for a final march downfield. Freshman kicker Chris Callahan hit a 28-yard field goal with no time left to give McLane Stadium its first signature moment.
Baylor 35, Oklahoma State 31 — Nov. 3, 2018
Celebrating Homecoming 2018 with Sailor Bear's first-ever appearance on their helmet, the Bears made sure they came through for him. But it wasn't easy; Baylor trailed by 10 with just under nine minutes to go. Needing a touchdown and a defensive stop to have a chance, the Bears got both, setting up quarterback Charlie Brewer and the offense for one final drive with 90 seconds left. Quickly driving into range for a potential game-tying field goal, Brewer had time for one more shot to the end zone, hitting Denzel Mims from six yards out for a pivotal Homecoming victory as "Sailor Bear magic" was born.
Baylor 33, Texas Tech 30 (2OT) — Oct. 12, 2019
Maybe there's something about Homecoming of recent vintage. After nearly erasing a 25-point deficit in Coach Rhule's first year against West Virginia, the Bears followed up 2018's thriller with a double-overtime Homecoming victory over Texas Tech. This time around, Texas Tech claimed the lead with just over 90 seconds remaining, but the Bears reeled off 11 plays to march to the 2-yard line, tying the game on regulation's final play with a John Mayers field goal. After trading touchdowns in the first overtime ever played at McLane Stadium, the Bears held Tech to a field goal in the second OT period. Moments later, they scored on a JaMycal Hasty touchdown run to win the game and remain undefeated.
In a competitive Big 12 and with a team that's built a reputation as a tough out in the fourth quarter, we wouldn't be surprised to have even more amazing Baylor wins to talk about before too long.
Sic 'em, Bears! | Today, it's known simply by the final score: 61-58.
But that's not the only crazy finish in recent Baylor football history; in honor of Baylor football's recent fourth-quarter dominance under head coach Matt Rhule, here are our top 5 best Baylor finishes of the last 15 years:
Baylor 35, Texas A&M 34 (OT) — October 30, 2004
Ten years before 61-58, Baylor squared off against another in-state rival — the Texas A&M Aggies, who hadn't lost to the Bears in almost 20 years. Hosting the 16th-ranked Aggies, Baylor trailed 13-3 at halftime. But a spirited second half led by quarterback Shawn Bell sent the game to overtime. After A&M scored on its first possession of overtime, Bell hit Dominique Zeigler to pull within one. Eschewing a game-tying extra point, head coach Guy Morriss called for a gutsy two-point conversion. Bell found Zeigler again to win the game, the goalposts came down, and the Bears picked up perhaps their most memorable win of the millennium's first decade. (The video highlights are below, but the Texas A&M radio call is also a classic.)
Baylor 45, Oklahoma 38 — Nov. 19 | 286 |
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Melton Hill Lake has drawn big rowing events and served as a training site for several Olympic teams.
Jack Hay says he's still astounded that more people don't know about rowing on Melton Hill Lake.
While the other two top venues — Sarasota, Fla., and Oklahoma City — spent millions to build courses, the biggest asset at the rowing venue here is the water itself, which has drawn big rowing events and served as a training site for several Olympic teams.
The rowing venue is situated just a few miles from downtown Oak Ridge. The lake has a wilderness feel, with blue herons hunting fish in the shallows and occasionally osprey flying overhead. Often the only sound breaking the stillness is that of oars striking water.
"We don't have a lot of wind like the other top courses. TVA manages the flow (on the Clinch River, which feeds Melton Hill) and, when they stop moving water, it is very still here," Hay says.
The result is ideal rowing conditions that bring five or six<|fim_middle|> mountain bikers. | regattas to the 2,000-meter course each spring and a number of three-mile "head" races in the fall. The ORRA hosted its first regatta in 1978. The biggest event is the Southeastern Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships, which include 500 boats each April. The SIRA event alone provides $500,000 in hotel revenue to the area.
The United States and Switzerland have used the lake as training sites. In addition, season-long programs for masters and juniors rowers of all levels are available.
The big news at Melton Hill is the planned addition of an eighth rowing lane to the course, which will require shaving off a point of land to make room. Eight-lane courses are required for international and NCAA events. And the new lane will make Melton Hill eligible to bid on those competitions.
This waterfront recreational area also has Melton Hill Greenway, a six-mile paved path for bikers and walkers, and Haw Ridge Park, a haven for | 216 |
Welcome to our September 2014 Newsletter!
Where has the time gone? Hard to believe summer is over!
This unique lava rock fountain, seen here in a photo taken by Peter Risley in 1968, was the centerpiece of Mary Black Burdell's formal gardens at Olompali and can still be found there to this day.
Filmmakers Update
We're on hiatus from the editing room but are making progress on a number of other fronts.
New radio interview unearthed! Thanks to our new friend, author and journalist Mary Papenfuss, we recently discovered an hour-plus radio interview with Don McCoy which was recorded in the early 1<|fim_middle|> Ashbury Street. We're thankful to him for his interest in our film and for sharing these photos with us!
Copyright © 2014 Surrey Lane Productions, All rights reserved. | 970s by DJ Bob Simmons at alternative FM station KSAN. We're thrilled to have this new material in our archives and look forward to incorporating it into the film.
Olompali in the news! We're excited to report that the Chosen Family's time at Olompali is the subject of an in-depth article in the latest issue of Pacific Standard magazine. Based on our friend California State Park Archaeologist Breck Parkman's discovery and excavation of artifacts left behind by the commune members in the burned ruins of the Burdell mansion, the article reflects on how Breck's findings have led him to challenge the commonly-held stereotypes of '60s hippies. You can find the article online here or buy a copy of the magazine at Barnes & Noble.
Gone Again. One of the other projects keeping us busy lately has been a short film called "Gone Again" that we produced in collaboration with Juxtapoz magazine. We're happy to announce that it will premiere at the 31st Olympia Film Festival on November 9 at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, Washington. Pick up a copy of the November issue of Juxtapoz when it comes out for more info and to read an interview Gregg did with our film's subject, art collector extraordinaire Long Gone John.
Olompali Person of the Month
This month we'd like to congratulate our narrator-to-be, Peter Coyote, for his powerful performance in the recent 7-part PBS series, The Rockefellers: An Intimate History.
A respected actor and sought-after narrator, Peter is known for his roles in ET: The Extra Terrestrial and A Man in Love, and more recently Erin Brockovich and the TV series Brothers and Sisters. He has narrated such acclaimed documentaries as Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and PBS series Prohibition and The Dust Bowl.
Originally from New York, Peter moved to San Francisco in 1964, where his interest in writing and acting led him to join the S.F. Mime Troupe. He became a prominent member of the San Francisco counterculture community and a co-founder of the Diggers, an anarchist group known for operating anonymously and for feeding many of the homeless and hungry who were flooding the Haight in the late '60s.
The Diggers evolved into a group known as the Free Family, which established chains of communes around the Pacific Northwest and Southwest. In 1998, Peter published a fascinating and beautifully-written book about his experiences called "Sleeping Where I Fall."
Peter visited Olompali several times in the summer of 1968, and even helped finish the concrete platform constructed to support the large bakery oven that had been donated to the Chosen Family on behalf of the Diggers. He was a good friend of Paula McCoy and took this rare photo of her (with her signature mink coat) at her house on | 594 |
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Photos credited to the Advocates of the Forest of Nisene Marks. | Whether you travel by foot, bike, or car, a road trip through the redwood Forest of Nisene Marks should be on your bucket list.
Located just off the Pacific Ocean coast and a short cruise through Aptos, California, this magnificent old-growth redwood forest spreads from the sea level town inland and up steep mountains elevating several thousand feet high. The wild landscape of Nisene Marks State Park features the unparalleled beauty of northern California nature – 10,000 acres of ancient redwood groves, weathered canyons, waterfalls and fern-laced creeks make this environment appear prehistoric and perfect for exploring.
Nisene Marks is home to hundreds of diverse plant and animal species, and hosts countless amounts of awestruck visitors every day for hiking, biking, picnicking, and camping. Since 1992, the task of preserving the ever-evolving habitat and protecting the people who traverse its 30 miles of trails has been in the hands of a local, all-volunteer organization – the Advocates for the Forest of Nisene Marks.
The Advocates educate the public about the forest's unique history and ecology, and engage volunteers in projects that keep the park trails and roads maintained and safe to navigate. Through collaborations, projects, and the Nisene Marks Volunteer Trail Crew, the organization helps make it possible for the forest to continue to thrive and improve. In 2017, the non-profit was awarded "Organization of the Year" by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce, in honor of the dedicated Advocate members who keep Nisene Marks protected and road-trip worthy every year, rain or shine.
Hats off to the organization, now celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and represented in the following interview by Advocates Ambassador John Fuchs, President Allison Livingston, and Director Melanie Dominguez.
What are some of the projects the Advocates have been a part of over the years?
For the past 25 years, we have helped maintain and repair the Park's trails, bridges and even the 'out-buildings'. We do this through our hard-working volunteers. Once a month, we head out onto the trails to brush-back, remove obstructions, maintain drainage, and grade the trail surfaces as necessary. We also install and remove the seasonal bridges over Aptos Creek, each Spring and Fall.
Additionally, we act as a 'liaison' to State Parks advocating for the wants and needs of the Park users. In that role, we have been supportive in the development of the General Plan, installation of Margaret's bridge, the creation of the ADA trail to the Wagoneer Overlook, benches at Santa Rosalia, Interpretive Panels and Dust Abatement on the Fire Road – to name just a few.
Through the generosity of the community, we raise money to fund these projects and many others. And those green maps that you pick up at the Kiosk – that's us. We also work collaboratively with Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks and serve on their Nisene Committee to pursue even larger projects.
By the end of this year alone, all 3 bridges will have been replaced on the Bridge Creek trail along with the bridge at the bottom of the West Ridge trail. That's two great organizations taking care of this big, beautiful redwood forest.
Aside from taking care of the park with the Advocates, what are some of the ways you enjoy Nisene Marks?
John Fuchs: Personally, I enjoy hiking and mountain biking in the Park, and learning about it's history. I enjoy taking out-of-town friends and family into the Park. I'm also a member of an organization called Trips for Kids Santa Cruz. We take underprivileged kids mountain biking, and this is one of our favorite destinations. The kids love the redwoods and the creeks.
Please share why this organization is vital to preserving this area's unique environment?
John Fuchs: The budget for California's beautiful network of State Parks is insufficient to maintain the Parks in their current condition, much less make needed improvements or expand the Parks. State Parks increasingly rely on private organizations like ours and others to help.
What are a few of the lesser known facts about Nisene Marks that visitors might like to be aware of?
John Fuchs: The epicenter of the 1989 quake is on the Aptos Creek Trail…and further up that trail if the bridge is up is a hidden lagoon. There's also White's Lagoon on the Big Slide Trail. I also love the Big Stump area (sadly it was formerly the Big Trees area). All the trails in the lower section of the park are fun to walk in early winter as they travel close to Aptos creek. The Old Growth Loop Trail is especially fun in the summer months and is easily accessible from the entrance station. Summer months are also a good time to explore the park's upper trail past the Porter Picnic Area.
Melanie Dominguez: Bikers can enjoy the Fire Road all year round unless there's significant rain. The Lower Split Stuff Trails are fun on a cross bike or mountain bike, otherwise riding up and over to Soquel Demonstration Forest is great for the expert/experienced rider. No trails should ever be ridden in the rain though, as it ruins the trail and increases errosion.
How can the community contribute or participate in activities to protect and maintain Nisene Marks State Park?
John Fuchs: We need trail work volunteers for our monthly trailwork days. We need volunteers to serve on our Board of Directors, especially an IT and/or marketing person. We rely on donations to fund our efforts in the park. The community | 1,157 |
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Breton at the Taylorian
Following on from her popular lecture in the 'Introducing Endangered Languages' seminar organised by the Taylor Institution Library in Michaelmas 2015, Dr Holly Kennard gives an overview of the library's Breton collection from the perspective of a linguistics researcher.
Breton is a Celtic language, part of the Brythonic branch of languages, closely related to Welsh and Cornish. It is spoken by about 200 000 people in western Brittany, in northwest France. It has a long history of folktales and traditional music, much of which has been passed down orally through the generations.
Fañch Broudic, Histoire de la langue bretonne (Rennes: Editions Ouest-France, 1999), pp.56-57
There are no longer any monolingual speakers, and Breton is considered to be an endangered language, with most of its speakers now quite elderly. However, language activists have been campaigning for the future of Breton, and this has seen a resurgence of interest in the language, with the establishment of Breton-medium education, broadcasting, as well as an increase in material published in Breton.
Dictionnaire du patrimoine Breton (PUR, 2013)
Breton linguistics
I have had an interest in Breton for a number of years, beginning first as an undergraduate studying French and Linguistics, and continuing through to my DPhil, where I focused on Breton morphosyntax in contrasting groups of older and younger speakers. Breton presents an opportunity to study an endangered minority language as well as language revival, which I find fascinating, but I am also interested in aspects of its grammar – for my thesis I examined word order patterns and initial consonant mutation, and I am about to embark upon a project looking at grammatical gender and metrical stress.
The particular strengths of the collection at the Taylor are its breadth – it has a wide range of both books and periodicals – and its combination of classic texts (like early descriptions and dictionaries) and very up-to-date publications. I often use the 'classic' linguistics texts such as Kenneth Jackson's Historical Phonology of Breton and Roparz Hémon's Historical Morphology and Syntax of Breton.
Although written from a historical standpoint, these seminal works provide detailed and valuable descriptions of Breton, as well as explaining a range of regional variation. The collection houses a number of dictionaries from different periods, and with different foci: early dictionaries such as Grand dictionnaire franҫais-breton, as well as more modern editions such as the Elementary Breton-English & English-Breton dictionary, which is likely to be more accessible to a beginner. There is a large monolingual Breton dictionary, Geriadur brezhoneg gant skouerioù ha troiennoù, and then there are the more specialist works such as Per Denez's dictionary of the Breton of Douarnenez, a dictionary of Old Breton, and even a dictionary of Breton place-names, Albert Deshayes, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux bretons and family names, Albert Deshayes, Dictionnaire des noms de famille bretons.
Geriadur brezhoneg gant skouerioù ha troiennoù (An Here, 1995)
I find the selection of Breton grammars particularly useful. The classic is Kervella's Yezhadur bras ar brezhoneg, but as it is written in Breton, it is perhaps less accessible to a general audience. My default choice for a reference grammar is Favereau's Grammaire du breton contemporain, as well as Press's book, A grammar of modern Breton, which is written in English.
Ian Press, A grammar of modern Breton (Walter de Gruyter, 1986), pp.86-7
F. Favereau, Grammaire du breton contemporain (Skol Vreizh,1997), pp. 207-7
Of course, the collection goes far beyond reference works such as the above. From my perspective as a linguistics researcher, the descriptions of dialects are very valuable – often, researchers have published detailed doctoral research into an individual dialect, which is really interesting. Le breton de Léchiagat, by André Sinou is one such example. Of course there are also the Linguistic atlases, which deal specifically with regional variation – compiled over the twentieth century, they also allow a glimpse of language change in progress, and are a valuable reference point for linguistics researchers. This is particularly important for an endangered language like Breton, since documentation of regional forms while they are still being spoken is vital.
The collection also contains Middle and Early Modern Breton texts, as well as dictionaries of Old and Middle Breton, and etymological works, allowing researchers to document longer-term language change, and study how Breton differs from its closest neighbours, Cornish and Welsh.
Léon Fleuriot, A Dictionary of old Breton : historical and comparative = Dictionnaire du vieux Breton (Toronto, 1985), pp. 242-43
The Catholicon is a particularly famous work – first published in 1464, it was not only the first Breton dictionary, but also the first French dictionary, and gives words in Breton, French and Latin.
Le Catholicon de Jehan Lagadeuc : dictionnaire breton, français et latin (Lorient : E. Corfmat, [1868?])
In my own work, I am obviously interested in the above, along with other linguistics works. I also frequently refer to the Breton journals that the library holds; in addition to the Journal of Celtic Linguistics, which is a more general journal, I use La Bretagne linguistique and Klask, which is the Celtic journal produced in Rennes. However, there is also a wide range of Breton-language literature available in the Taylor. In addition to books written entirely in Breton, there are also bilingual (French-Breton) texts, and a range of translations, which are helpful for language learners.
Danevelloù divyezhek, (An Here-Al Liamm, 2002)
Not only is this interesting as a mark of how much publishing in Breton (at one time very rare!) has increased, it also constitutes in itself a valuable corpus. I hope to draw on this as I begin my next project, when I will be looking at the Breton of younger speakers/writers.
Dr Holly Kennard, Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford
Breton – Book Display for Endangered Languages Seminar 4th November 2015
All shelfmarks relate to the Taylor Institution Library
Language history and bilingualism
Abalain, Hervé. 1995. Histoire de la langue bretonne (Paris: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot) C.6501.112
Broudic, Fañch. 1995. La Pratique du Breton de l'Ancien Régime à nos jours (Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes) C.9400.91
Gwennig, Youenn et al. 2002. Danevelloù Divyezhek / Nouvelles Bilingues (An Here – Al Liamm) C.6640.63
Linguistic Atlases
Le Dû, Jean. 2001. Nouvel atlas linguistique de la Basse-Bretagne (Brest: CRBC, Université de Bretagne Occidentale) X.OUT.C.27
Le Roux, Pierre. 1924-1963. Atlas linguistique de la Basse-Bretagne (Paris: Champion) L.ATL.A.FR.7
Dictionaries and Grammars
Croix, Alain and Jean-Yves Veillard. 2013. Dictionnaire du patrimoine breton 3rd edition. (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes) DC611B847 DIC 2013
Favereau, Frañses. 1993. Dictionnaire du breton contemporain (Morlaix: Skol Vreizh) REF.M.21.BRE.2 (BT)
Favereau, Francis. 1997. Grammaire du breton contemporain (Morlaix: Skol Vreizh) C.6501.111
Press, J. Ian. 1986. A Grammar of Modern Breton (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter) C.6501.90
Hemon, Roparz. 1975. A historical morphology and syntax of Breton (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) C.6501.41
Humphrey Lloyd Humphreys. 1995. Phonologie et morphosyntaxe du parler breton<|fim_middle|>ton oral literature at the Taylorian →
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Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone. 1967. A historical phonology of Breton (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) C.6501.24
Favereau, Frañses and Hervé Le Bihan. 2006. Littératures de Bretagne: mélanges offerts à Yann-Ber Piriou (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes) PB2858.L48 LIT 2006
La Villemarqué, Théodore Hersart, Vicomte de and Kemener, Yann-Fañch. 1999. Barzaz Breiz: Chants populaires de la Bretagne (Paris: Editions du Layeur) C.9400.107
Madeg, Mikael. 2011. Nan heb e dad (Brest: Emgleo Breizh) PB2905.M28 N36 MAD 2011
Gibson, Jacqueline and Gwyn Griffiths. 2006. The turn of the ermine: an anthology of Breton literature (London: Francis Boutle) PB2873 TUR 2006
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The Milky Way rises from the horizon near the glow<|fim_middle|> its past, follow him on Instagram at @david_wilson_mfx or his website mindscapefx.com, where you can also contact him, but which Wilson says he updates less frequently. | of the setting crescent moon outside of this hidden Houda Beach cave. Camel Rock's silhouette is large on the horizon beside the glow of the setting crescent moon. Humboldt County, California. September 13, 2018.
It was a low tide, a low moon, the cave and the Milky Way — long had I waited for this combination to come together. And when it did, somehow, I was there. All summer I'd watched the tides, waiting for a tide low enough for me to get to the cave safely sometime before midnight (hey, I get tired). But the idea had slipped from the forefront for a time and I hadn't been watching the tides when the bug to go out hit me and I called my brother Seth for company on a photographic outing.
Near the cave's entrance, Mars peeks over the edge as two rocks frame the Milky Way.
Checking the tide, I saw that it would be fairly low right after the crescent moon set. I decided on Houda Beach, anticipating that some interesting rocks would be exposed. I hadn't realized that the tide would be low enough to reach the cave until we arrived, but it was. Not only that, the Milky Way was lined up outside of it, framed in the entrance, along with the silhouette of Camel Rock near the setting moon. I'd wanted this photo for months but only when I forgot to plan it did it come about. It's interesting how that works. And I realized then that even if low tides had allowed me nighttime access to the cave during the summer months, the Milky Way would have been out of view to the left. It had to be this night. And I was there. I'm grateful for these opportunities.
My brother and I watched the crescent moon set before taking the Milky Way photos. In gathering enough light to illuminate the interior and see the stars this well, the moon's crescent shape became blown out in the highlights.
Leaving the cave, we were alerted by sirens behind us and turning found a large fire burning farther north up Scenic Drive, illuminating the entire area and throwing a great smoke plume across the waters. According to reports I read later, it was a vegetation fire. We watched the lights of first responders approaching it and it seemed to us by the diminished glow that they quickly had it under control.
At one point while photographing, my brother and I played with our light beams beneath the cosmos, careful not to cross the streams. We tried one take on this, and by luck our beams formed a little house over the setting moon and Camel Rock.
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There are many reasons to build a pond and here are my top 3.
Children love ponds. Three reasons to get a pond.
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As I think of the gifts of 2016, I can't help but think of the amazing energy that our community offers for each and every one of us to grow as Yogi's. I like to invite this practice off of my mat and into my life. By inviting the energy of Yoga into our daily lives, we are able to live in such an aware and awake way.
Wishing you all a very blessed close of 2016 and much excitement for 2017! May we continue to grow, support and nurture one another in this life changing practice! | in review. "How will we take what we have learned and apply it | 15 |
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The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), Bermuda's financial services regulator, will approach the market for feedback on proposals to amend the Insurance Code of Conduct.
At the Bermuda Captive Conference held this week (Monday June 8 to Wednesday June 10), Shauna MacKenzie, director, legal policy and enforcement at the BMA revealed that the regulator will approach the market within the next few months.
The code, first developed in 2010 and revised in 2014, contains the duties, requirements and compliance standards to be adhered to by all insurers. It stipulates that in order to achieve compliance, insurers are to develop and apply policies and procedures capable of assessment by the BMA.
One of the additions to the code being considered is a stipulation that a board must have sufficient oversight. It will require boards to understand any risks that could obstruct them fulfilling their duties in a correct and compliant manner.
"This has been used as a guideline but we are now taking the next step to make it a regulatory tool," MacKenzie said. "We use it as a measure to judge how an entity is complying with corporate governance standards and if we see problems we can use the code as measure of what actions to take.
"It has been used as an instrument for five years now but we are very clear that the responsibility for corporate governance is on the board. That concept is embedded as part of our licensing criteria. We are looking to potentially amend the code and we will be putting a proposal out for the industry to discuss."
She also stressed the importance of the concept of proportionality to the way in which the BMA regulates. This has always been central to the way Bermuda has done things and it will remain that way, she said.
"The authority will not prescribe how an insurer complies, the onus is on the insurer to demonstrate compliance based on its nature, scale and complexity. We take a proportional approach," she said. "We do not have or want a one size fits all approach. Flexibility is very important and the approach is appropriate to the nature of their business."
MacKenzie admitted that Bermuda has sometimes experienced push back on this principle from international regulators but it is becoming increasingly widely accepted.
David Doyle, director of Conyers Dill & Pearman, agreed that the concept of proportionality is very important to the way Bermuda regulates.
"There is a huge difference between a Class 1 insurer dealing only with the risk of its parent and a Class 3 insurer which might be huge in terms of GWP and may be dealing with multiple risks and stakeholders," he said.
This story was originally published on sister site Bermuda:Re+ILS.
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Armenia's National Security Council Secretary meets with CSTO Secretary General
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Ending its visit to the Belarusian capital Minsk, the Armenian delegation, led by National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, arrived in Moscow.
Ending its visit to the Belarusian capital Minsk, the Armenian delegation, led by National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, arrived in Moscow, News.am reported.
And at Armenia's Embassy in the Russian capital, Baghdasaryan met Friday with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha.
The interlocutors discussed Armenia-CSTO cooperation and reflected on the cooperation plan, within the CSTO framework, which was signed in the Armenian capital Yerevan. They also examined matters concerning the holding of CSTO military exercises in Armenia | 179 |
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