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You brought the number of API Leaders and leader applicants to 248 and local support groups to 80, with several new countries represented. You provided the support leaders needed, such as meeting guides, outreach materials, mentoring, monthly support calls, "Leader Talk" enewsletters, and "Connections" blog posts, as well as addressed<|fim_middle|> by the Urban Institute, that helps API meet its nonprofit reporting requirements.
You remembered Marshall Rosenberg, father of Nonviolent Communication and author of a key text of API Leaders worldwide, paying tribute to a tremendous influence on the daily work at API, family lives, and volunteer service to families.
As API goes forward into 2016, the plans sustaining and growing the message of healthy, secure attachment depend on you.
Continue to reinforce the new "care, kind, serve, and simple" systems put in place for a solid and seamless foundation that keeps the focus on API's mission.
Thank you for your support in 2015 and as API begins 2016. API and its impact throughout the last 21 years is just not possible without your generous support.
Please Donate to API and Thank You! | unique circumstances with one-on-one support from API staff. You developed a new Support Group Reporting form to help tell the API story more effectively. You celebrated API Leaders with 1, 5, 10, and even more than 15 years of dedicated volunteer service in their communities.
You certified 100 parent educators through the Attached at the Heart program, adding parents and professionals in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Atlanta. You provided dedicated staff that helped build the program and a team to move it forward.
You invited new members to API, with more than 600 new members joining in the last quarter. An estimated 12,000 are reached directly by API, and 10s of thousands indirectly through API's online presence, also serving as a resource for many other organizations and websites.
You published more than 275 original articles on API's AttachedFamily.com online magazine, Parent Compass enewsletter, the API website, and APtly Said blog, as well as provided syndicated material for Mothering, Moby Wrap, MomsCharlotte, Franklin Goose, Psych Central, and other news sites that reached and encouraged more families and normalized API's Eight Principles of Parenting.
You shared with families and professionals 300 articles and research, advancing attachment parenting through the API Links monthly enews, The Journal of Attachment Parenting, and social media communities.
You covered attachment through the topics of Earth Day, Spankout Day, Screen-Free Week, Military Child Month, Cesarean Awareness Month, Father's Day, Get Caught Reading Month, Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, International Peace Day, health and immunity from breastfeeding, postpartum depression, coparenting series, ACEs and trauma prevention, positive discipline strategies, an inspired Mother's Day series, and more.
You produced new Attached Family magazine issues on "Parenting Creatively," "Nurturing Peace," "Attached Siblings," and "Inspired Parents." You published the first API ebook, Choose Compassion, a primer on API's Eight Principles of Parenting.
You read together transformational books through the API Reads online group of nearly 700 (with a brand-new logo!), including Simplicity Parenting; Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles; Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids; Parenting From Your Heart; Love and Anger; and Siblings Without Rivalry.
You provided valuable breastfeeding information and support for API's World Breastfeeding Week APtly Said series.
You distributed more than 5,000 API infant sleep safety brochures to groups and individuals around the world. You engaged more than 800 respondents for an unprecedented survey on cosleeping practices.
You supported 1,000s of parents on topics like sleep, positive discipline, breastfeeding, separation, custody, birth, babywearing, development, and more through the API Forum, API Warmline, API social media messages, and comments on posts that were addressed by accredited API Leaders from around the world.
You networked and shared missions with other organizations to reach more families and professionals at the DONA virtual conference, the Lamaze conference, MommyCon conferences in Seattle and Atlanta, the Society for Research in Child Development conference, and La Leche League conferences, as well as a number of baby fairs and other events.
You recognized API as a Great Nonprofits 2015 Top Nonprofit, with five stars and 100 thoughtful reviews. You qualified API as a GivingMatters registered nonprofit and eligible for the Big Payback fundraising event.
You welcomed new API Board Member Camille North, as well as many wonderful new volunteers now numbering more than 90 who put in countless hours to carry out API's mission.
You spoke up on the importance of resilience and the direct impact you make as a supporter of API. You put a spotlight on the work of API Leaders and those who support them in their daily work.
More Care - Ability to enhance our contact and communications and provide event services to families through our new "Constant Contact Cares for Kids" account.
More Kind - A monumental move from our donation and support group resources to the new "Kindful" system that helps us make giving easier and more pleasant.
More Simple - A state charitable solicitation service, "Simple Charity Registration" | 885 |
The King's Academy's Homeschool Partnership program seeks to serve families who choose to homeschool their children and are looking to add<|fim_middle|> entrance testing, and a new student/family interview. | value to their overall experience. TKA provides homeschool students in grades 7-12 with enhanced curricular opportunities, socialization within a nurturing Christian environment, and access to activities and events that have helped TKA gain national recognition.
TKA is a distinctively Christian school and shares the core mission and values of many conservative homeschooling families. TKA's mission to "graduate Christian leaders who seek to impact their world for the King' of kings through academic excellence and spiritual vitality," is a theme that resonates within the homeschool community.
Homeschool Partnership students will be asked to follow the standard admissions process of a traditional student, including submitting the on-line application and supporting documentation, completing | 138 |
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SIKI IM and Tanya Taylor named International Woolmark Prize USA winners
The Woolmark Company on Tuesday night announced SIKI IM<|fim_middle|>aderen of Europe and others soon to be named. | and Tanya Taylor as the respective menswear and womenswear winners of the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize USA regional finals. The awards ceremony was held at Milk Studios on the evening of July 21.
Winners, Siki Im and Tanya Taylor with their models
The winners were chosen by a judging panel that consisted InStyle Editor-in-Chief, Ariel Foxman; Eric Jennings and Colleen Sherin of Saks Fifth Avenue; Francisco Costa, Women's Creative Director for Calvin Klein Collection; John Varvatos; Malcolm Carfrae, the Global Head of Communications, Public Relations and Media, Ralph Lauren; Michelle Lee, the Director of Americas for The Woolmark Company, Stefano Tonchi, the Editor-in-Chief, W Magazine and Steven Kolb the CEO of the CFDA.
Siki Im said after winning the prize, "Many thanks to The Woolmark Company for their support of emerging designers and for giving all of us a platform to reach an international audience."
Tanya Taylor added, "It was such an honor to be nominated by The Woolmark Company and to be chosen to represent the US for the women's designer challenge. To be announced as the winner by Francisco Costa is a dream. I'm thrilled and so looking forward to February and meeting the global finalists."
The two winners who were chosen amongst 10 finalists won AU$50,000, or US$37,110, and the opportunity to represent the US in competition for the international final. The winners will develop a capsule collection in merino wool to be presented with the other regional finalists. The mens collections will be presented in Florence in January 2016, the womens collections will unveil in New York City in February 2016.
The winners of the International Woolmark Prize will be awarded AU$100,000, or US$74,210, and the opportunity to be stocked in top world retailers, Harvey Nichols, 10 Corso Como, Matchesfashion.com, MyTheresa.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, Joyce, Isetan Mitsukoshi, Boutique 1 and David Jones.
Other USA finalists included menswear designers, Cadet, Lucio Castro, David Hart and Thaddeus O'Neil, and womenswear designers CG, KAELEN, Nellie Partow and Novis.
SIKI IM and Tanya Taylor will compete with Asia designer representatives, Munsoo Kwon and J Koo, Australia designers P. Johnson and Bianca Spender, Jonathan Christopher and Nanna Van Bla | 537 |
Since 1952, the Caico family has been proposing the exquisite flavours of Sicilian cooking and its Mediterranean soul in their family restaurant. Specialized in fresh, local fish, you can be sure to recognize Trattoria Caico's dishes by the quality of the ingredients. When in season, treat yourself to tagliolini with sea urchin or lobster and cherry tomatoes or try spaghetti with black squid sauce; then continue with bass in coarse salt, baked sea bream and potatoes,<|fim_middle|> dishes.
Trattoria Caico: for further information and booking please contact the numbers below. When you phone, remember to say you're calling from"you on tour" and get the benefits dedicated to you! | yellowtail, grilled squid or prawns. These are the genuine flavours of the sea and Sicilian tradition, accompanied by a vast variety of select wines and followed by delicious homemade sweets. Infinite quality and homely friendliness, a pleasant atmosphere and a charming garden in which to enjoy your meal in the summer, under the shade of a vine-covered pergola. Not to be missed: orata alla Lampedusana, caponata di tonno, spaghetti with scampi and cherry tomatoes.
Also meat, gluten-free and vegetarian | 108 |
Tri-Point Refrigeration Inc. offers the community of Round Rock and Pflugerville full-service commercial refrigeration and HVAC. We specialize in installation, service, and maintenance of walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-in coolers and freezers, ultra-low temperature equipment, and all brands of ice machines, HVAC, and energy management building control systems.
Tri-Point Refrigeration is now offering comprehensive environmental monitoring systems! These systems combine high specification WiFi data logging sensors with remote Cloud monitoring technology and are available in the greater Austin area including Hutto, Round Rock, Pflugerville, and surrounding areas. The wireless WiFi sensors perform environmental monitoring of both humidity and temperature with a variety of models, probes, and enhanced accuracy options. These sensors can connect directly into an existing WiFi network for wireless data logging and can be placed in a diverse range of locations.
<|fim_middle|> doing. When he told me parts were going to be required, I automatically assumed the cooler repair would not be able to be completed that day. I was pleasantly surprised when he told me he would obtain the needed parts and return that day. Having worked in the service industry for many years I know that's not the norm and I appreciate the effort. I also thought the charges were more than fair especially considering most of your techs day was consumed by our service call. Thanks again and I will call again when need service and will recommend y'all to all. | Tri-Point has the ability to graph sensor data online, help you alleviate payroll hours by remotely monitoring locations, and can also send you email alerts when alarms occur or if a device needs attention. Users can also access 'Event Logs' which will give a record of all triggered alarm events on all WiFi connected data loggers.
Call us today about leasing an ice machine for your business, restaurant or organization. You will never be out of ice even if the machine is out of order. Ask about our 100% Ice Guarantee!
Called Tri-Point for the first time to repair our restaurant's walk-in cooler after hours. Was the best experience we've had with any repair services of this type. Showed up quickly, got it fixed for a fair price. Brian, the technician, was super polite, friendly and knowledgeable. Will definitely continue to call on them whenever we have any issues or need any new equipment.
The people at Tri-Point Refrigeration are super! I love my new cooler. They took out my old cooler and installed my new one, then gave me instructions on how to set the temperature. They cleaned up all the packing and were so professional. A perfect 5-star experience.
Thank you also for the prompt and professional service y'all provided. Your tech was professional, polite and obviously knew what he was | 269 |
Dam It Getaway offers beautiful self-contained<|fim_middle|> the main bedroom. The second bathroom has a spa bath. There is an outdoor entertainment area with BBQ and outdoor setting.
The Cabin has two queen size bedrooms with a bathroom adjoining both bedrooms. The bathroom has a double shower.
The pool and spa are conveniently located in the middle of both accommodation places. Bring your dog away on holiday with you. Pets are welcome at Dam It Getaway. | accommodation on a rural property with swimming pool, spa & magnificent views over the valley.
Dam It Getaway offers beautiful self contained accommodation on a rural property of 78 acres situated 8km from Gloucester. The Bowman River runs through the property of Dam It Getaway, take a walk to the river where you can swim in summer, or go for a paddle in the canoe provided.
The property has an outdoor pool and spa with magnificent views over the valley. The perfect place to sit back, relax and have a drink!
The kids can play in the pool, ride their push bikes, run through the gardens and get a small taste of farm life.
The Homestead has three queen size bedrooms with an ensuite in | 145 |
Tenrox leverages the Upland Integration Platform to connect your best-of-breed PSA software to your enterprise ecosystem.
Powered by Dell Boomi, the Upland Integration Platform, enables efficient data exchange to and from 1000s of software applications, including Upland solutions or everyday business applications, giving organizations a holistic view of their professional services operations.
Bridge Tenrox with your CRM, financial, ERP, payroll or other systems, and derive greater value from your investment in Tenrox, and also from the solutions connected to Tenrox.
Connecting Salesforce with Tenrox streamlines information from the CRM system to Tenrox, to support project launch, people management with greater efficiency.
Connecting Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Tenrox gives users the flexibility to manage sales, marketing, and customer service operations through efficient communication between the two systems including information related to users, accounts, contacts, projects and KPIs.
Connectivity with ADP reduces the manual overhead involved in re-entering all the information in a different system by sending data, specifically related to payroll and payable batches, from Tenrox to AD<|fim_middle|> multi-client invoices to Sage Intacct.
Reduce the manual overhead involved in re-entering information in a different system by sending data, specifically invoices, payroll, payable and WIP Accrual batches, from Tenrox to Dynamics Great Plains.
Send data related to invoicing and payable batches into QuickBooks.
Exchange financial information related to payroll, payable and WIP accrual batches, invoices and multi-client invoices to Workday.
Exchange financial information related to payroll, payable and WIP accrual batches, invoices and multi-client invoices to Oracle E-Business Suite.
Connect HR data with the PSA resource pool, without having to perform double entry.
Exchange financial information related to payroll, payable and WIP accrual batches, invoices and multi-client invoices to SAP.
Clients who use Concur for travel and expense management can move data between box systems and enjoy the benefits of using Tenrox.
Connect Tenrox with customers' Agile projects, which cannot be directly managed within the PSA software.
Integration with Zendesk provides PSA users with a streamlined process to import and link tickets in Zendesk with time cards in their PSA software.
Integration with ServiceNow will provide the PSA user with a more reliable way of tracking incidents as they progress without double data entry. | P.
Reduce the manual overhead involved in re-entering all the information in a different system by sending data, specifically related to payroll and payable batches.
Connecting Sage ERP Accpac with Tenrox provides users the capability to effectively exchange financial information through efficient communication between the two systems. This integration allows for sending data within Tenrox related to payroll, payable and WIP accrual batches, invoices and multi-client invoices to Sage ERP Accpac.
Organizations can efficiently exchange financial information, including sending data related to payroll, payable and WIP accrual batches, invoices and | 112 |
It's no secret we're fans of Huerco S., so much so we asked him to mix Truancy Volume 56. With musical excursions on Wicked Bass, Opal Tapes, and Anthony Naples' fledgling imprint, Proib<|fim_middle|> danceable. What else could we ask for?
Huerco S.'s Apheleia's Theme is available now on Future Times. | ito we're not the only ones to take notice. In the last two years the Kansas City based producer has synthesized his scuzzy beats into a near perfect assemblage of fading melodies, thick kicks, and ghostly audio snippets. He has simultaneously brought together the, often alienating, experimental with the irrefutable grooves of house and techno. That said, who better to give him his US debut than the guys at Future Times?
"Apheleia's Theme" is as direct a track as we can expect from Huerco. At nine minutes, it's a sluggish stomper with a kick drum that sounds as though someone's beating on your door. The simplicity of the beat is entrancing and putters along bringing with it fresh elements. It's not easy to create a dance floor oriented track that holds a person's attention for its entirety, but he's done it with this one. There's something to be said for how stripped back each track is (and not in the mid noughties minimal sense.); there are no extraneous elements and everything has a purpose. Just a quickly as you fell into the groove it's over with almost no warning (it's a blast back into reality or the next track.) On the flip, "Ausschachtung" brings up memories of his tape for Opal Tapes. Its structure is vague and the backbone is built around the dull thud of the kick drum. Once again, he reverts to the sounds of intelligible voices and an eerie blitz of synths. The phrasing and beats are so off it'll take a pretty adventurous selector to pull for this one (and we mean that in the nicest way possible.) The closer, "Cercy", is where this record really shines – it's absolutely glorious. Jumping straight to the point he works no more than four basic elements for the first few minutes. With a clap it lurches into an utterly seductive bassline that brightens up the mood. In comparison to the swing of the beat the placement of the bassline is almost robotic, but has a stunning effect. Midway through, it breaks into synthetic drones and proggy stabs all of which add a sense of euphoria. It all boils down into a magnificent concoction of modern house, which completes one of the best records we've heard in ages.
There are few artists like Huerco S. out there and even less sound as authentic. There's no pretention or gimmick – this is the music he has always made, take it or leave it. "Apheleia's Theme" feels like he's finally hit a stride. He's exactly where he wants to be and making music that takes all of his sensibilities into account. To top it off it's completely | 569 |
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Organizations in this industry provide library or archive services, maintaining collections of print and electronic documents (such as books, journals, newspapers, and music) and facilitating their use for informational, research, educational, or recreational purposes. Major libraries and archives include the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the New York Public Library, all based in the US, as well as the British Library, Library Archives Canada, and the Russian State Library.
Demand is driven by population. The success of libraries and archives depends on efficient operations and consistent funding. Large organizations may benefit from economies of scale in purchasing and administration. Small organizations can succeed by specializing or by serving an engaged community.
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School libraries for K-12 grade levels account for about 80% of US libraries, according to the American Library Association (ALA). Public libraries, established under state laws to serve a community, district, or region, account for about 10%. Other libraries serve colleges and universities, units of the armed forces, businesses, law firms, religious institutions, medical organizations (hospitals, laboratories), and government agencies.
See where the Libraries & Archives industry is concentrated geographically and research companies by financials and key corporate data.
Libraries & Archives Companies in this Country/Region:
United States(25,844)
Canada(2,957)
Poland(2,496)
Belgium(1,881)
China(1,479)
Republic Of Korea(1,079)
Finland(894)
Argentina(856)
Sweden(804)
Russian Federation(776)
Kazakhstan(610)
Denmark(523)
Norway(477)
Spain(453)
Brazil(411<|fim_middle|>)
St Kitts-Nevis(1)
Lithuania(1)
Qatar(1)
Reunion(1)
Trinidad and Tobago(1)
Ukraine(1)
Uruguay(1)
Top Libraries & Archives Companies:
Iron Mountain (Schweiz) AG
4262.584M | Switzerland
STORAGE (URUGUAY) S.A.
2625.192282M | Uruguay
Wandsworth Borough Council
1036.5522M | United Kingdom
927.388M | United States
GETTY IMAGES NZ LIMITED
771.064648M | New Zealand
Leicester County Council Training Services
461.72648M | United Kingdom
Chegg, Inc.
NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL
359.120595M | United Kingdom
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NEW ZEALAND
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
305.032569M | United States
RESTORE PLC
AUT UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Virginia Public Building Authority
Heilongjiang University Library
250.4893M | China
NATIONAL DIET LIBRARY
215.304748M | Japan
The British Library Shop
BRACKNELL FOREST BOROUGH COUNCIL
Calderdale Borough Council
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL TENJI LIBRARY
Queens Borough Public Library
King County Library System
SHIOGAMA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Guizhou Xiangqianjin Tourism Culture (Group) Tv And Film Media Co., Ltd.
122.306661M | China
MIYAGI PREFECTURAL LIBRARY
SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE | )
Colombia(382)
Ireland(382)
India(380)
Romania(329)
Uzbekistan(311)
Taiwan(267)
Hungary(236)
Kyrgyzstan(224)
Mexico(223)
Czech Republic(185)
Switzerland(181)
Bulgaria(172)
Slovakia(142)
Peru(80)
Slovenia(80)
Austria(75)
Vietnam(69)
Portugal(54)
Chile(43)
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Israel(36)
Serbia(34)
Estonia(32)
Guatemala(17)
Philippines(17)
Latvia(15)
Morocco(13)
Montenegro(12)
Hong Kong(11)
Ecuador(10)
Bosnia-Herzegovina(8)
Moldova(5)
Tunisia(4)
Costa Rica(3)
Jamaica(3)
Nicaragua(3)
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Venezuela(3)
Barbados(2)
Benin(2)
Belize(2)
Honduras(2)
El Salvador(2)
Syria(2)
Turkey(2)
Zimbabwe(2)
Antigua and Barbuda(1)
Bahamas(1)
Botswana(1)
Congo(1)
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Christmas season is in full swing, people! Tis the season! Deck the halls! Eat the pretzels and drink the mulled wine! Unless you're in Australia, in which case eat the BBQ's prawns and drink the beer! And pine trees aren't really cool here – we're all about giant lego trees instead. But seriously, how amazing is this?!
Last year's Christmas saw us in a very different climate to the one we're used to at this time of year – icy cold Chicago. And I loved it! If I had it my way, I'd have frosty Christmases a lot more often, and I'm particularly keen for a Euro-Christmas soon (the first and last one I had was back in 2002… holy crap I'm so old!), which is actually on the cards… Anyway, reading Becky's post late last week on Berlin's Christmas markets reminded me of the Christmas market we got to experience in Chicago, which is a city with a surprisingly high European population. While we were researching things to do over Christmas in Chicago, we couldn't have been more excited to have found out they had their own little German-style Christkindl Christmas Market!
The market in Chicago first ran in 1996, and has become more and more popular every year since. The history of the Christkind originates in Germany, and she is a fairy-like creature, resplendent in gold robes, a sparkling crown perched on her equally golden hair. Think of her as the prettier version of Santa Claus, being the official gift bearer to German children.
We arrived into Chicago the night of December 23rd, and decided to spend the afternoon of Christmas Eve at the market, along with a few hundred others. It was appropriately cold and a little rainy, the smell of mulled wine and pretzels in the air, beautifully decorated stalls selling<|fim_middle|>! And, I really love Christmas markets, they are the best!!
I know, it's phenomenal! Someone had a lot of patience! | intricately handmade Christmas tree decorations, beautifully decorated Christmas cookies, warm hats, scarves and gloves, and quaint little wooden handicrafts. I picked up a gorgeous little glass Christmas ornament, and made it my mission to get it home in one piece. God only knows how, but I actually did!
It might not be something you'd automatically think of doing in Chicago, but if you're there in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it's the most fantastic way to get into the holiday spirit, and it's only made me even more determined to get to Germany to check out the markets that inspired this one!
They really are! I wish we had more in Melbourne like this!
That Christmas tree is incredible, the thought that went into building it must have been crazily time consuming | 158 |
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee changed things up quite a bit for being mainline Pokemon games. Yea, Let's Go might be a Pokemon GO-influenced remake of<|fim_middle|> next year? Let us know what you think about this in the comments below!
Speaking of Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee, you should all go and check out our expansive wiki guide for the twin Switch games right here; it has loads of information, tips, and tricks that will most definitely help you out on your journey to be the very best. You can also read our review on the game if you're on the fence about a purchase. | Pokemon Yellow, but according to series producer Junichi Masuda, these two games are not spin-offs and are core titles just like any other Pokemon game.
Some big changes that Let's Go brought to the series are the removal of random encounters, Pokemon battles with wild monsters, and the connectivity to the mobile game, Pokemon GO, letting players transfer their Pokemon over from their smartphone into their Switch.
Would you guys like to see Pokemon GO integration in the next mainline Pokemon game for Switch that's planned to release | 102 |
Chicago's '<|fim_middle|> more games and enshrined more Hall of Fame players than any other toe-to-leather organization. The sport will pay homage to the "Monsters of the Midway" Thursday through Saturday when it stages its' 80th "NFL Draft" in the Windy City – the first time in a half century the event's been outside the Big Apple.
There won't be a single pass thrown or tackle made, but there will be plenty of excitement, as collegiate starts-turned-NFL-signees, along with NFL legends, will stroll up a red carpet into historic Auditorium Theatre on Michigan Avenue for the first two draft rounds on Thursday and Friday night this week, with rounds four through seven at "Selection Square, across from the theater" at Congress Plaza, via remote from NFL cities around the country.
The NFL's marketing masters, along with Chi-Town's creative civic leaders, are turning Grant Park into "Draft Town," a free, three-day, outdoor, 900,000-square-foot interactive football festival.
Museums, high-tech games, youth football clinics taught by NFL legends, autographs, live music, food, obstacle courses, team-specific exhibits, memorabilia, shopping, and of course, beer tents will entertain locals and visitors who want to feel like part of the action.
While the world watches on ESPN and the NFL Network, Grant Park's famous Buckingham Fountain will change colors every 10 minutes - lit up to match the colors of the team about to make the next draft pick.
For more information and hours the exhibits are open, visit www.NFL.com/DraftTown or book a stay and play package at NFLonLocation.com.
The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, on North Columbus; and the Doubletree Hilton Magnificent Mile on East Ohio; are handy hotel choices, as is The Peninsula, on East Superior.
Dolphin fans can get a slice of South Florida at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab, on East Grand, based on the legendary Miami Beach restaurant. Bear fans won't miss chomping on "Da Pork Chop," the signature dish at Mike Ditka's Restaurant on East Chestnut. The Super Bowl-winning coach's eatery is in the shadow of the Hancock Tower.
Or save your appetite for one of Chicago's next big festivals: The Windy City Smokeout, featuring world class barbeque, country music, beer, "Man vs. Food's" Adam Richman, from the Travel Channel, all on Grand St. along the Chicago River July 10-12.
I bet every football player would love to be drafted by the Bears just to attend that. Visit www.WindyCitySmokeout.com for the schedule and package prices.
Michael Patrick Shiels may be contacted at InviteYourself@aol.com or via TravelTattler.com His talk show can be heard weekday mornings in Lansing on 92.1 FM and Fox 47 TV. | Draft Town' a huge NFL festival next week
Michael Patrick Shiels For the Lansing State Journal
The National Football League may be operated out of an office in a New York City skyscraper, and Gotham may boast two gridiron teams, but the heartbeat of professional football is in the heartland – Chicago.
"Da Bears," one of pro football's original teams, has won | 76 |
The DIY movement coincides with the open source movement at home
How one parent fosters open source at home through DIY projects
28 Jan 2013 Carolyn Fox Feed
This year I made a New Year resolution to foster a more open education at home by joining a growing subculture of society. To start, I began replacing some commercial household products, such as toothpaste, with 'open source' ones. After all, there is no patent on or trademark for baking soda (2/3 cup), salt (4 teaspoons), mint<|fim_middle|> your website and comprise 50% of your base users. I would really love to hear why you suspect or know the reasons these girls feel so comfortable. I really think it would be very important for many people to hear.
This week I went to see Dr. Howard Gardner (eminent Harvard University profession on education) give a presentation related to this topic. His views on the effectiveness of digital technology with learning are completely different to mine and I'm guessing DIY.org! I do wish I could have told him about it, though I'm not sure if would have changed his views and opinions. | oil (1 tablespoon), or melted coconut oil (2-3 tablespoons)—what you need to make homemade toothpaste. They are readily available and accessible, except for the mint oil perhaps (but you can substitute it with cinnamon or vanilla extract, or other possibilities if you just use your creative, open mind).
Once I had the necessary ingredients to make my own toothpaste, I spent less time to make it than I had previously spent in the supermarket checkout queue to buy it. It costs less money too. No fluoride, preservatives, or other chemical substances either.
Nearly everyone uses some kind of toothpaste on a daily basis, but how many of us question the futility of a commercial brand toothpaste for something that we can easily make ourselves and with an open source concept? How many of us would like our children to get excited about math, science, and history or live a simpler, greener, and healthier lifestyle by making their own toothpaste?
Plus, making your own toothpaste or shampoo, or even laundry detergent, doesn't require some special skill. It isn't laborious or time consuming or some mysterious process.
When I first started to find out about the growing do-it-yourself (DIY), or homemade, movement I was a bit intrigued and baffled—that is, until I made an analogy with open source. Then it dawned on me that this movement is an outgrowth or extension of the open source movement, and a way to overcome a crisis in education. And I am far from alone in my thoughts here. In September a technology reporter for the BBC News wrote about how Karl Marx predicted a revolution would come, but Marx probably didn't envision it being a bunch of do-it-yourselfers and members of a homemade movement brigade. Without digital technology, it's true that such efforts would be minimal, but with digital technology, it has taken root.
Time will tell how much this movement will affect the larger open source movement, generate a type of questioning that comes from realizing you can ditch a more expensive commercial product for one you've made yourself, and bubble down to future generations. Already, though, there are kid's sites such as DIY.org that are flourishing. They bargain that children are more involved in digital technology at a younger age than previous generations and bill themselves as a place where kids can build, make, hack, grow, and earn skills—an updated digital version of the Boy Scouts. And there are future plans for a membership subscription and options for children to sell their own inventions (another thing Marx might not have imagined, or Robert Baden-Powell who was founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement).
DIY.org is free and open to all children age 7 and older, though it seems to be primarily aimed at boys. Good thing then that making toothpaste (for one) is, by contrast, universal and gender neutral. Perhaps this is an alternative way to connect underrepresented girls with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and open source, since at the moment, digital technology and the type of creative tinkering that DIY tends to foster is still initially focused on boys.
Furthermore, I think girls may be more readily interested in creative tinkering if they were first involved in something like making their own toothpaste. It would foster a sense of empowerment, autonomy, and agency. (Read: Wendy Priesnitz's idea of economic success that questions a tradition of well-being based on economics alone.)
All in all, allowing children to make their own toothpaste not only becomes a principle of economics and self-reliance, but maybe a slightly subversive act too.
Carolyn Fox - Carolyn Fox is an educator, librarian, historian, and an un/homeschooling mother. She lives in Massachusetts with her UK husband and son.
Andrew Sliwinski on 12 Feb 2013 Permalink
Thanks so much for the mention of DIY.org Carolyn!
I just wanted to reach out and note that our user-base is more than 50% girls from our best estimates (we don't explicitly request gender information from our users). I would love to hear more about what elicited the impression of us being focused on boys though! It's our intention to be platform that is open and welcoming to all.
Jen Wike Huger on 13 Feb 2013 Permalink
Thanks for your comments Andrew! That is great to know that more than 50% of your user base is female! Rock on. This could be a great discussion about perceived notions about gender inequality around DIY and the maker movement. Would you be interested in telling your story?
Carolyn Fox on 02 Mar 2013 Permalink
Yes, many thanks Andrew for pointing to girls comprising 50% of your base users. The terms and images gave me the impression that it's aimed at boys. In fairness, as a librarian/historian I know that publishers deliberately create strong characters, who are often boys, because the theory is that girls can identify with either boys or girls, but that many boys cannot. Many boys will not read a book with a strong female character because they cannot identify with them.
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Opening reception: It may seem that the artist's hand has been digitized into invisibility. Curators Lauren Schell Dickens and Julie McKim have brought together in one space works by seven artists who reinsert the hand into their productions in an attempt to combat "the alienation inherent in contemporary life." "At Arm's Length" features works by Guy Ambrosino, Helen Dennis, David Faust, Christina Gundersen, Jessica Mein, Molly Springfield and Cody Trepte. Opening reception: 7 to 9 p.m. NURTUREart Gallery, 910 Grand St.
Dirk Quinn Band: The Philly-based jazz and funk guitarist draws inspiration from many musical genres to create a unique and progressive sound. 9 p.m. BAMcafé, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.
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For whatever reason, due to supply and demand and the result of speculators speculating wildly, fuel prices are at an all-time high. And since our country simply doesn't have a well-developed mass transportation system in place, save for some of the larger cities, owning and driving a car is a necessity for most Americans.
A little bit of money saved on fuel prices here, a little bit there, it adds up quickly.
First, and most obvious, drive a fuel-efficient car. Get yourself a sedan or maybe even a hybrid if you're willing to spend a little more up front.
You shouldn't drive like a maniac, even if your car gets 50 mpg on the highway. Don't peel away from the intersection when the stoplight turns green. The harder you press the gas pedal, the more gas is consumed. Get your foot off the pedal and let momentum propel your car forward. That's gas saved, and money earned back from fuel prices.
Don't buy premium gas unless you absolutely have to. Premium gas, unless<|fim_middle|> a waste, and that's something you don't want.
Try to minimize excess weight. Get rid of any junk you've got tied to your roof. Roof racks increase the drag on your car, thereby reducing fuel efficiency. Search the interior for unnecessary weight.
So those are just a few ways to keep your gas bill as low as possible. You can easily save a large amount of money on fuel prices each month by cutting your gas expenditures. More people are buying fuel efficient and hybrid cars, but for generations Americans have been accustomed to having bigger and more prestigious, vehicles to haul themselves around, and they now want to save money on fuel prices. | you're driving a high-end car, is a complete waste of money on fuel prices. If you're looking to shave a little bit off your weekly gas bill, odds are you aren't driving a car that benefits all that much from premium gas.
Drive the speed limit. Not only is it safer, you also burn less gas driving slowly than you do driving fast. This is pure physics. As you drive faster, there's more air your vehicle has to push out of the way, which leads to more resistance, increased drag and the force pulling your car backward and decreased fuel efficiency. It's | 120 |
HomeNewsCall for Automatic Braking on All Heavy Trucks Prompts Brake Review
Call for Automatic Braking on All Heavy Trucks Prompts Brake Review
looking at brake systems as auto safety takes another step<|fim_middle|> a phenomenon called brake fade," Dr. Ressler said. "This is the primary reason why disk brakes are inherently superior to drum brakes—because most of the disk is exposed to the air, and thus heat dissipates more readily."
Drum brakes, on the other hand, involve a steel drum fixed to the rotating axle and a pair of brake shoes inside the drum that are fixed to the suspension system. However, the heat builds up inside the brake drum and dissipates more slowly.
Other Brake Technologies
Beside automatic emergency braking systems, another important innovation in automotive safety is the antilock braking system (ABS).
"As the name suggests, ABS is intended to prevent your wheels from locking up during hard braking," Dr. Ressler said. "When a wheel is locked up and skidding, the tire is providing significantly less than its maximum possible frictional resistance. On snow or ice, the situation is much worse, because skidding generates heat at the interface between the contact patch and the road."
That heat melts the snow or ice, making the situation even worse. This makes the car's stopping distance increase drastically and it makes the car essentially uncontrollable. Dr. Ressler said it's because there's nothing to provide the additional lateral traction force that's needed to turn the vehicle.
"ABS addresses these issues by using electronic sensors to detect when a wheel is about to lock up—and then releasing and reapplying the brakes in short pulses, many times per second," he said. "This cyclic braking keeps the friction force primarily within [a reasonable] range, thus achieving significantly higher frictional resistance on each cycle, and restoring traction as soon as skidding begins.
"The result is a shorter stopping distance and better control, particularly on slick surfaces."
Antilock braking has been mandatory on all cars in the United States since 2011. Automatic emergency braking on heavy trucks seems to be the next auto safety feature to follow.
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Automotive braking systems are a wonder of everyday engineering. Massive amounts of friction cause our cars to slow down and stop every time the brake pedal is pressed. Auto regulators want automatic emergency brakes on new heavy trucks.
Technology for automatic emergency braking systems for heavy trucks is close to being perfected, moving it closer to being mandated as a requirement on new truck models. Photo By Virrage Images / Shutterstock
The Department of Transportation announced recently that it will seek a mandate that auto manufacturers install automatic emergency braking systems on newly made heavy trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to publish the rule in the Federal Register in April 2022.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute published figures that claim that in 2017, 2018, and 2019, more than 4,100 people per year died in the United States due to crashes involving large trucks. They also said that automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent over 40% of these deaths.
In his video series Everyday Engineering: Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life, Dr. Stephen Ressler, Professor Emeritus from the United States Military Academy at West Point, explained how braking systems work.
Them's the Brakes
According to Dr. Ressler, disk brakes and drum brakes are the two principal types of braking systems in vehicles. Disk brakes are generally considered superior and all modern cars use them in their front wheels.
"In a disk brake, a metal disk is rigidly fixed to the rotating axle," he said. "A caliper, which fits around the disk, contains two hydraulically activated brake pads—one on each side. When you press the brake pedal, pressurized hydraulic fluid forces the brake pads inward against the disk."
Next, the brake pads apply a pair of "compressive normal forces" to the disk, which generate friction that slows the rotation of the disk and the axle, slowing the vehicle down. However, very large friction forces are required, and all the kinetic energy is transformed into heat at the interface between the disk and the brake pads.
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The Man with Half a Million Followers (the life of W.J. Ennever): Welcome to the web site dedicated to recording the family history of the Ennevers and Enevers and our related families. You can search for individuals, display family trees, calculate relationships, read family histories and view family photographs and other historical documents. There are currently 12 family branches with more than 30,000 people and 4,000 unique surnames on the site, including over 2,000 Ennevers, Enevers, Enivers, Ennevors and other early variations.
This biography is dedicated to Kathleen Ennever, who fought to keep her family together. Without her notes and memoirs, much of her father's life would have been lost. Her children remember her fondly.
I am indebted to Ann, John, Mary and Tom Tribe for their extraordinary help in documenting their grandfather's life. Without their help this biography would certainly never have been possible.
W.J. Ennever will best be remembered with the same credit he always gave himself, as the man who founded the Pelman Institute. The Institute's flagship was Pelmanism, Ennever's own peculiar system of mind training and philosophy. He brought this new creation to the world and found that the world wanted it, if only for a little while. His life and profession, however, grew out of a strange turning point in human history.
Around the time of the Renaissance, early scientists began to uncover the way the world worked. History books document the discovery of a scientific principle, and then leave the topic. It is as if from that point on mankind knew and understood that idea. That is only half the story.
Between their discovery in the lofty upper plains of scientific knowledge and their common understanding amongst all people, these scientific concepts seemed like magical things to a public that did not fully understand them. There can be no better demonstration than the material set forth by tricksters and con-artists to part an awe-stricken public from their money. In her book English Eccentrics, Edith Sitwell documents some of these characters in the chapter "Quacks and Alchemists", people "who would cure the ills of the world"1. Sitwell notes the claims of Dr. Graham, who was indefatiguable in singing the praises of his "Electrical Aether, Nervous Aetherial Balsam, Imperial Pills, Liquid Amber, and his<|fim_middle|> recalled that she and a boy went to see Madame Butterfly, but she suddenly felt overcome and returned to her hotel room early. But "when we got there my father was busily entertaining a lady friend, so we were not very popular"31. In 1923, when Kathleen sailed to New York for a trip with her father, they were accompanied by a woman whom Kathleen assumed was her own companion, but whom she discovered was actually her father's32. In February 1930 Ennever sailed to the USA alone, but in April the same year we find him travelling with a June or Jane Ennever who is recorded as being his wife33.
Ann Tribe, one of Ennever's grandchildren, recalled receiving a book in 1940 as a gift from Vera Thomson, another of her grandfather's companions34. Thomson had been married to a man whose ancestor was James Thomson, the poet who had written the words to "Rule, Britannia". A newspaper snapped Ennever together with another partner, June Elvidge, who the journalist described as Ennever's wife35. Ennever's work with Pelmanism had made him rich, and the fact that Elvidge was a famous star of silent movies demonstrates the circles in which he moved.
Ennever family photo, 1898. Back row, second from left is W.J. Ennever with wife Margaret Lawson in front of him. Tentative identification of two girls at far left as sisters Catherine and Philomena; woman in centre as mother Teresa Ann Sherrott; and elderly woman on right as aunt Catherine. The remaining men are presumed to include brothers Joseph, George and John.
Many of Ennever's brothers and sisters lived only short lives, with very few surviving to old age. Teresa, the first child of the family, died when she was only nine36, while Mary died before she turned 15. John was a private in the First World War, and was taken ill whilst on parade in 1915. He was operated on for appendicitis but continued to get worse. When the doctor operated for a second time, he discovered two feet of gangrenous bowels37. John died a few hours later at age 38. George, a salesman, died one year after at 44. Joseph, an accountant and railway clerk, married late and died in 1934 at age 63. Augustus, a commercial clerk, got married and had three children, but his wife deserted him and took his three children to Canada38. One of Ennever's brothers also helped him in his business, acting as a salesman for Pelmanism in Africa. More than one brother was a salesman, however, and the details are not known.
Kathleen Ennever was not fond of her aunt Agnes, who she writes "used to pull my hair" and "used to hit my hands with the hair brush when I put them on my head when she pulled"39. Agnes never married. Catherine (Kitty) and Philomena (Mena), like Agnes, used to shout at Kathleen and tell her off, despite which Kitty and Mena were the only aunts she really loved. She writes that "Kitty I loved, Agnes I did not and Mena... is the only one who looked after me when I was four years old and whom I loved very much, maybe more than any one else in my childhood as she was the one who really seemed to care for me and share her home and children with me". Both Ennever's sisters Catherine and Teresa40 had a rare longevity, with Teresa dying at 83 and Catherine at 87. Neither had ever married. They had both assisted the nuns at the Faithful Companions of Jesus convent, and in their old age the sisters took care of them in return41. The nuns respected them was so much that Catherine and Teresa were buried in the same grave as one of the old heads of the order, Mother Pauline O'Brien42.
Meanwhile the Pelman Institute was the subject of many ups and downs in the business world. Ennever had disposed of his shares in his business shortly before it became Pelman Schools in 1905, but he must have returned to the company by 1915. In his brother John's death report from 1915, W.J. Ennever is listed as a company director43, presumably of Pelman Schools. He later wrote that "In 1916 I received an offer of £200,000 for my interests. The offer was made on behalf of a well-known man, but refused, as I considered it was my duty to stay by the students who had enrolled for the Course under my supervision"44. Since he had sold his shares earlier, this indicates a return to the company in the interval. When Pelman Schools was finally merged with the Pelman Institute in March 1920, Ennever was listed the chairman. At the end of 1920, however, B.J. Redman purchased £20,000 of the directors' shares. Ennever, along with two others, resigned45, with Ennever later stating that "on medical advice, I reluctantly retired from the direction of the Institute"46. Shortly after Redman's takeover, the Pelman Institute started to flounder, and in 1921 the company went into receivership. Ennever resumed control of the Institute late in 1921 because "he wished to safeguard the interests of tens of thousands of students of Pelmanism all over the world, who wished to complete their courses of study"47. March 1922 found the Institute in trouble again when it was to be liquidated under a "compulsory winding-up order"48. It is uncertain what happened, but the business survived in one form or another for several decades longer.
Ennever's continual returns to the company and personal responsibility for it show a far from superficial commitment to his course and the welfare of his students. In all his articles, Ennever always emphasised the importance of his students. He even went so far as to say that he was not the true author of Pelmanism, but that Pelmanism was the "tabloid form" of all the best psychology and the result of years of feedback and fine-tuning. He also remarks that he spared no personal expense to keep the correspondence course up to date: "I have never avoided changing the whole edition because of the thousands of pounds it would cost"49. And Ennever did not take on these responsibilities just once or twice, but continually returned to the Institute whenever he saw it in jeopardy. Here was a man who was wholly dedicated to the work he was doing and to the students who benefitted from it.
With all his travel and business Ennever rarely saw his daughter, despite which Kathleen Ennever was well looked-after. Kathleen would later say that she had been "born with a silver spoon in my mouth, which I quickly opened and dropped"50. She was "farmed out" to her aunt Lucy and then to her aunt Philomena, then was sent to boarding school. During the holidays she lived with her god-mother, but at school she invented a rich fantasy life involving the mother she never knew. Kathleen wrote that she would lie to the other children and tell tales of her wonderful mother and their adventures during the holidays51.
She was shunted around to more schools and carers, eventually coming to a governess in France. Here she learned French but soon fell ill and was subjected to the ministrations of a doctor who bled her with leeches. She wrote to her father to tell him she was so miserable and hungry that she had to sneak down to the beach and eat the raw limpets she found. W.J. Ennever did not believe her, but after he heard about the leeches he sent one of his brothers, probably Augustus, to check on her. He took one look at her and took her home with him that night. Ennever thought Kathleen was now ready for society, but after her failed attendance of Madame Butterfly he sent her to finishing school in Geneva.
W.J. Ennever indulging in yachting, one of his favourite pastimes.
In 1911 Ennever purchased his first car, an early model Rover, and took Kathleen for a drive. Kathleen recalled that her godmother said "Don't go fast and frighten the child", despite which Ennever reached about 25 mp/h and Kathleen started to scream. As well as a car, Ennever also owned a yacht named the Lady Belle with a crew of four. Ennever once told Kathleen to fetch the cabin boy for a drink, but, unable to find him, Kathleen surprised her father by dressing up as the cabin boy. Yachts were expensive enough, let alone cars during the early years of their development. The Ennevers' adventures with them are the antics of a high class family. Their standing was such that Kathleen once danced with the Prince of Wales52, although she didn't think much of his dancing. It is said that after Ennever sold the yacht, it was used to evacuate Allied soldiers from Dunkirk during the Second World War.
In 1923 when Kathleen finished school in Geneva, she sailed to New York to join her father and was taken on "the Grand Tour" trip around the world for two years53. Even without the world tour, Ennever's travels would have been remarkable. Even before Ennever fled his father's piano business, he had travelled to New York in 1884. Then came his three-year escape and, although we do not know where he went, three years would certainly have shown him the world. He then travelled to New York dozens of times from 1902 onward54, presumably using it as a launching-pad for Pelmanism in America. This marked the beginning of Ennever's travels to market Pelmanism around the world. In 1905 he returned to New York, this time in response to the death of his wife. He set sail with his second wife Elvira in 1907, taking in South Africa and Australia, among other countries. Among his many trips, the records show that Ennever returned to New York in 1919 with his then ex-wife Elvira. Why they travelled to New York together nearly ten years after their divorce remains a mystery. It is possible that they made a final attempt to reconcile, because they each listed their status as married despite neither being married at the time. Listing themselves as married would have kept up appearances if they were together again.
Ennever spent little time with his daughter while she grew up. As a father he seems distant and cold, and Kathleen estimated that she had only known him for six months in total until she was 18. This was what Kathleen called "a strange relationship"55. She writes that at Christmas in 1922 she was in San Francisco with her father when he went out and told her not to leave her hotel room. The hotel manager "told me he was sure my Father would want me to have a Christmas dinner", and so took her to the dining room. Her 21st birthday was a similarly "disappointing day". Kathleen writes that "I was with my Father and we were going to play golf and my father said I was not to tell any one it was my birthday, for he did not wish them to feel they had to give me a gift, so I just sat there all lunch feeling unhappy".
W.J. Ennever with a bridesmaid at a wedding.
As well as being a distant father, Ennever did not separate himself from his Pelmanist persona. Kathleen was never allowed to use a bookmark. Instead, her father insisted she memorise the page number. He was so methodical he even taught Kathleen that when she bought a new dress she should throw one away, a new pair of shoes, an old one away, etc. Kathleen later said that when she couldn't sleep, her father told her to start relaxing from the toes up. This exercise sounds remarkably similar to the muscle and breathing exercises propounded in the little grey books.
Although Ennever was a largely absent father, it could never be said that he did not care. On that same day he took Kathleen golfing on her 21st birthday, he gave her an emerald and diamond ring. He also took a great interest in Kathleen's activities to make sure she was safe. Kathleen was a keen dancer, and used to dance with her boyfriend every night at the Palais in London, an activity that "wasn't done in those days". She and her boyfriend made the semi-finals in a competition, but Kathleen was too afraid of being found out to enter it. When she returned home, Ennever asked about the finals and would only say that "there isn't much I don't know. I have you very carefully watched". Kathleen's boyfriend, however, was not the one for her, and she later married Arthur Tribe in 1928. After the wedding Ennever revealed that he knew a policeman whom he had asked to tail Kathleen in his off-duty hours. He could thus keep a watch over his daughter without interfering with her freedom56.
A kind of childlike enjoyment coexisted with W.J. Ennever's harshness. Kathleen told a story about when she was young. She kept her biggest Easter egg specially to show her father, but she went for her afternoon walk and when she came back her father had eaten the whole egg57. He also spent his money with an eye to pleasure. Apart from a yacht and an early car, he owned numerous properties which included a golf course. He was offered a knighthood, but refused it on the basis that "He felt he was the same Person without it, it would not make any difference to The Person he was"58.
Your Mind and How to Use It(1962).
The Ennevers had an idyllic and carefree existence until the Second World War. The Depression must have been eating into Ennever's savings, because by the late 1930s he had started to lose his fortune. His very last journey to New York, among the dozens of others he had made, came in late 1937. The cost of sea travel must have been formidable, and it is likely he could not afford to return. Kathleen Ennever writes that "by 1938 my father was no longer so rich and the allowance he had given me since I was 18 was reduced"59. In 1938 Ennever published his book, Your Mind and How to Use It. In it, he cites his desire to produce a more affordable and compact version of his correspondence course, but perhaps his dwindling cash was an ulterior motive.
1940 found Kathleen sailing for Singapore with her children, the youngest of whom was only two. Her husband Arthur was in the Royal Naval Reserve and had been called out to Singapore, where he invited Kathleen to join him. Kathleen intended to sail for Singapore via Canada where she had relatives, but Arthur was suddenly transferred back to England. Kathleen attempted to return to England from Canada, but by that time London was being evacuated and she and her children were not allowed to return60. Kathleen was now stuck and had to raise her children on her own.
Kathleen's father could no longer help her, as Ennever had lost his remaining money. It is possible he had his money invested and then lost it all with the onset of the War. In late 1940 Ennever went bankrupt, and in 1941 he filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of £16,092 and assets amounting to a mere £106. He attributed his insolvency to "the supplemental demands for income-tax and other causes"61.
Kathleen had always received an allowance from her father, but by 1942 the payments stopped coming62. Only now did Kathleen realise how well-off she had been before. Yet her father's generosity in the past saved her now. On her 21st birthday Kathleen had wanted a car, but her father instead gave her a ring, telling her that the car would keep costing money but the ring could be sold if she ever needed the money. Now the ring became a "god send", and Kathleen sold it to help her while stuck in Canada63.
The Pelman Institute continued to operate after Ennever's bankruptcy, but Ennever was no longer associated with it. Although there is no source that elaborates on Ennever's position, as a bankrupt he would no longer have been able to sit on the board, let alone direct the company itself. The Institute continued to operate throughout the 1940s and advertised regularly in Argosy, a short story magazine. The company demonstrated a great deal of business acumen not only by pitching advertisements to soldiers, but by selling Pelmanism to the public in the light of the war. For example, one ad offers this gem of wartime rhetoric: "Time and energy to spend in service that will add to Britain's striking power!"64. According to the campaign, Pelmanism would equip men and women on the "home front" with efficient and powerful minds, thus concentrating the mental energy to be used in His Majesty's service. For a company trying to sell a non-essential product in the midst of wartime rationing, it was a very clever angle to take.
The fact that none of these advertisements mention Ennever, the founder of the Institute, is a sure sign that he was no longer involved. Previous campaigns had always contained personal messages and endorsements from Ennever, but his name is notably lacking from the Institute's advertising from the 1940s onwards. The Pelman Institute continued to advertise in Argosy until 1961, but its fate after this time is not known. By the late 1950s the advertisements had become smaller and were located towards the back of the magazine rather than the inside front cover, indicating a decline in fortunes.
If the Institute had a sharp wartime sense of business, then it had been inherited from its founder. None made better use of his circumstances than W.J. Ennever himself. During the First World War Ennever created a Pelmanism correspondance course specially designed for soldiers65, and the newspaper articles on Pelmanism at the time strongly emphasised the need for Pelmanism to win the war: "The effective building up of our National fortifications will depend wholly upon the amount of efficient brain power which the nation can call into action. And mental efficiency like physical efficiency can only be obtained by a sane and scientific course of mental training. That is the royal road. There is no other way. That is why I look upon the brass plate at No. 4, Bloomsbury street [the Pelman Institute] as a brass plate on the open doorway of the Empire"66. With this kind of rhetoric in his favour, Ennever could hardly fail. He repeated his tactics when the next war rolled around. When the Second World War was at its height, Ennever was no longer involved with the Institute but nevertheless made the best of his situation. He produced a special abridged version of Your Mind and How to Use It, a special forces edition "for the benefit of the Forces and war workers at this critical time in our national affairs"67.
When he lost his money, Ennever owned a Rolls Royce of which he was very proud. This was one of his last possessions to be sold, and even then his chauffeur Payes and his wife stayed on to look after Ennever. Mr. Payes served as Ennever's butler and chauffeur, while Mrs. Payes was his cook and housekeeper. The Ennevers and the Payes were quite close, and Ann Tribe remembers having sat on the running board of the Rolls while Payes cleaned the car. She writes of the Payes, "They were very fond of him and I believe when things were bad, they still stayed on for very little money"68.
W.J. Ennever with granddaughter Mary, c.1939.
Ennever remained poor for the rest of his life, and his sudden lack of success and inability to support his family must have hit him hard. Ennever had written that "Too often age, bringing with it a few failures, induces pessimism. Fear grips the heart. The spirit of resignation to fate takes possession, and a dull and dreary outlook follows. This sort of thing must be stopped"69. It is unknown how much Ennever felt the bite of depression, but it does seem that he took his own advice. Only two years after he had gone bankrupt, Ennever began advertising for "Super-Pelmanism" in The Times, a postal course that "Assures full benefits in half the time, at a fraction of the former cost"70. Very tellingly, the ad was posted in the personal classifieds, as opposed to the grand half- or full-page commercial advertisements of the past. Mail was to be sent not to any institute or company, but direct to Ennever himself in London. It even appears that Ennever's fortunes had started to reverse. By 1945 he had published the "special forces edition" of his book and was marketing Your Mind and How to Use It in the papers. Instead of the Pelman Institute, Ennever had established the Ennever Foundation at Vernon House, Sicilian Avenue.
Even when times were down, Ennever's situation was still not entirely bad. Although hiding his reduced circumstances by having his mail delivered to the Devonshire Club, Ennever took the chance to get to know his only daughter and he corresponded with his family often. Age and circumstances, however, seemed to take some toll on him. In a letter to his 15-year-old granddaughter Ann in 1944, Ennever makes a bittersweet reference to his fall from grace: "I think we could have a jolly good time together even if we haven't much money, but some day we shall have some and we'll let the world know it, and probably have just a little of it, not too much"71. While the comment contains traces of Ennever's unhappiness, it is also tinged with an almost childlike optimism. Ennever had confidence in his ability to re-establish himself in the business world.
Ann Tribe advanced the idea that perhaps Ennever thought he could get back at Dale Carnegie, the popular American author of How to Win Friends and Influence People whom the family believed had stolen Ennever's ideas. It is unclear what Ennever himself thought, but Kathleen would later say that Carnegie had stolen her father's ideas and become successful using money and American know-how, leaving Ennever bankrupt72. John Tribe, on the other hand, expressed scepticism at the idea. What we can tell, however, is that Ennever's age must have caught up with him by the time he wrote his letter to Ann. Ennever had always clung to his youth by insisting his grandchildren call him "Uncle Billy", but when he concludes his letter he finally concedes the title "grandad".
Kathleen Ennever was still in Canada when she heard of her father's death. She had been cabled when her father died, but never received the message. Instead, she first heard the news by mail when a friend in England sent her the newspaper cutting. On the 16th of August 1947, W.J. Ennever died on his way to hospital. His death certificate lists as the cause of death a combination of broncho pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis and cancer of the colon73. Ennever was buried in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery in London74. He left behind in his will the sum of £139.1.9d75.
It is ironic that we have lost so much information about a man who dedicated his life to memory. Many of the dates and hard facts of Ennever's life have been discovered from disparate sources, but this leaves the more personal details of the man himself. Were it not for the help of his grandchildren, this information may well have been lost forever.
Ennever's life is not a cautionary tale, nor a didactic lesson in success and failure - he lived the same highs and lows that everybody does. Nor is it important to read about his life and apply it to the modern world. But nevertheless, in a world in which our knowledge of the past is unparalleled, it is strange that W.J. Ennever should have slipped under the radar and into obscurity. His life's work is the strangest quirk: a mind training system that drew on both the frauds of the past and the brightening world of empirical science, and that found success all over the world. In a historical backflip, the Internet has seen the resurgence of the frauds who use their Internet presence to sell all manners of magic and mysticism. They have discovered Pelmanism, and market it now as a lost miracle76.
It is hard to imagine Pelmanism making a serious return, especially in a world which is inundated with self-help books and tutorials "for dummies". These courses offer patronising instruction or empty confidence-building rhetoric, whereas Ennever's course requires honest reflection, practice and common-sense. A course like Ennever's could certainly not compete, and is likely to be forgotten in time.
While reading Your Mind and How to Use It, I was surprised to find that Ennever pin-pointed exactly how I came to research him: "...use your reading of books, your conversations, and your reflections, to discover a line of investigation that not only appeals to you but which may lead to original results"77. I would bet that Ennever never thought that line would come to apply to his own life. I hope that I have done something new with this biography, that I have put together information that might never have been connected, and that I have done something to make the memory of W.J. Ennever that little bit more permanent.
"Brain Magic - Pelmanism and the 'Little Grey Books'" in Bennett, Arnold, Hugo - A Fantasia on Modern Themes, Odhams Limited (London), 6.
Ennever, Barry, Ennever Family History & Ancestry, 9 March 2007, <http://www.ennever.com/index.php> (accessed 10 March 2007).
Ennever, W.J., Your Mind and How to Use It - Brain Building for Success, Thorsons Publishers (London, 1962).
Ennever, W.J., Your Mind and How to Use It - Special "Forces" Edition, Thorsons Publishers (London, 1945).
FreeBMD, 3 March 2007, <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/> (accessed 10 March 2007).
Hill, Patricia, The Ennever - Enever - Enefer Family History Site, 29 August 2006, <http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ennever/> (accessed 5 October 2006).
Hilliard, Christopher, To Exercise Our Talents - The Democratization of Writing in Britain, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006).
Lait, Jack, "Your Mind and How to Use It", Sunday Mirror (London, 6 August 1939).
The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press (Oxford, 1989).
Pelmanism, Lessons 1-12, The Pelman Institute for the Scientific Development of Mind and Memory (London).
"Pelmanism on the Home Front", Argosy of Complete Stories, vol.V no.6 (July 1944), inside front cover.
Sitwell, Edith, English Eccentrics, Penguin (Ringwood, 1972).
"Pelmanism in 1922" (2 January 1922), 6.
"Founder of Pelmanism" (24 April 1941), 6.
"The Pelman Institute" (12 May 1922), 4.
"The Pelman Institute - Control Resumed by Mr. W.J. Ennever" (29 December 1921), 4.
Sims, Geo. R., "The War of Peace" (1 November 1917), 4.
"Super-Pelmanism" (20 August 1943), 1.
"Your Mind and How to Use It" (21 February 1945), 1.
Who Was Who 1941-1950, 3rd ed., Adam & Charles Black (London, 1964).
Ennever, Barry, correspondence 27 February - 3 March 2007.
Ennever, Kathleen, recorded memoirs c. 1977.
Ennever, Kathleen, "An Early Life Story", c. 1987/8.
Ennever, Simon, correspondence 26 April - 18 May 2006.
Ennever, W.J., letter to Ann Tribe 24 November 1944.
Hill, Patricia, correspondence 25 October 2006 - 24 January 2007.
Tribe, Ann, correspondence 16 June 2006 - 9 April 2007.
Tribe, John, correspondence 19 May 2006 - 13 March 2007.
Tribe, Mary, interviews and correspondence 10 July 2006 - 15 March 2007.
1Edith Sitwell, English Eccentrics, Penguin (Ringwood, 1972), pp. 58-97.
2Birth certificate obtained from the General Register Office.
3Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story" (c. 1987/8). These short memoirs by Kathleen Ennever were written for and kindly supplied by her daughter Mary Tribe.
4See Appendix 2 for a family tree.
51891 census. This Teresa is the second of two Ennever siblings with the same name.
6Who Was Who 1941-1950, 3rd ed. (London, 1964), p.360. In the 1881 census, W.J. along with siblings Joseph, George and Mary, are listed as pupils at 1 Elm Villa, Stroud Green, North Side.
7Patricia Hill, letter 1 November 2006. The company W.J. Ennever & Son seems to have disappeared soon after 1906.
8Mary Tribe, interview 10 July 2006.
9Thomas Sharper Knowlson, foreword to W.J. Ennever, Your Mind and How to Use It - Brain Building for Success (London, 1962), p. 6.
10Barry Ennever, Ennever Family History & Ancestry, <http://ennever.com/index.php>.
12Who Was Who, p. 360. Also see the 1891 census, where Ennever is listed as working as a journalist.
14Pelmanism - The First Principles of Pelmanism, The Pelman Institute for the Scientific Development of Mind and Memory (London), I, 7.
15Who Was Who, p. 360.
16The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press (Oxford, 1989), XI, 453.
17Mary Tribe, interview 10 July 2006.
18John Tribe, letter 31 May 2006.
19W.J. Ennever, Your Mind and How to Use It - Special "Forces" Edition (London, 1945), p. 162.
20"Founder of Pelmanism", The Times (London, 24 April 1941), p. 6.
21Christopher Hilliard, To Exercise Our Talents, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006), p. 23.
22"Brain Magic" in Arnold Bennett, Hugo - A Fantasia on Modern Themes, Odhams Limited (London), 6.
23"Pelmanism in 1922", The Times (London, 2 January 1922), p. 6.
24John Tribe, letter 31 May 2006; Mary Tribe, letter 28 June 2006; and Ann Tribe, letter 3 August 2006.
25Death certificate obtained from the General Register Office.
27Mary Tribe, letter 27 November 2006.
28Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
29Marriage certificate obtained from the General Register Office.
30National Archives cited in Hill, letter 1 November 2006. The decree nisi was not made absolute until 5 May 1914.
31Kathleen Ennever, recorded memoirs c. 1977.
32Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
33Barry Ennever, "Ennever Family History and Ancestry".
34Ann Tribe, letter 23 November 2006.
35Jack Lait, "Your Mind and How to Use It", Sunday Mirror (London, 6 August 1939).
36The following information about Ennever's family comes from census and death records unless otherwise stated.
37Hendon Coroner Court records, cited in Hill, letter 1 November 2006.
38Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
40Not to be confused with Teresa, the first daughter who died at nine. Both were called Teresa Mary Ennever, the second being named after the first.
41Mary Tribe, interview 10 July 2006.
42Ann Tribe, letter 28 February 2007.
43Hendon Coroner Court, cited in Hill, letter 1 November 2006.
44W.J. Ennever, Special "Forces" Edition, p. 163.
45"The Pelman Institute", The Times (London, 12 May 1922), p. 4.
47"The Pelman Institute - Control Resumed by Mr. W.J. Ennever", The Times (London, 29 December 1921), p. 4.
48"The Pelman Institute", Times, p. 4.
51Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
52who later became King Edward VIII and famously abdicated the throne in 1936.
53Kathleen Ennever, cited in John Tribe, letter 13 June 2006.
54All the following data for Ennever's travels comes from Hill, letters 28 November 2006 and 20 January 2007.
55Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
57Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
58Kathleen Ennever, cited in Mary Tribe, letter 3 March 2007.
59Kathleen Ennever, cited in John Tribe, letter 13 June 2006.
60Ann Tribe, letter 28 February 2007.
62Kathleen Ennever, cited in John Tribe, letter 13 June 2006.
63Kathleen Ennever, "An Early Life Story".
64"Pelmanism on the Home Front", Argosy of Complete Stories, vol.V no.6 (July 1944), inside front cover.
65W.J. Ennever, Brain Building for Success, p. 3.
66Geo. R. Sims, "The War of Peace", The Times (London, 1 November 1917), p. 4.
67W.J. Ennever, Special "Forces" Edition, p. 163.
68Ann Tribe, letter 3 August 2006.
69W.J. Ennever, Brain Building for Success, p. 53.
70"Super-Pelmanism", The Times (London, 20 August 1943), p. 1.
71W.J. Ennever, letter to Ann Tribe 24 November 1944.
72Ann Tribe, letter 26 October 2006.
73Death certificate obtained from the General Register Office.
74Ann Tribe, letter 7 November 2006.
75Calendar of Probate, cited in Barry Ennever, letter 28 February 2007.
76See The Lost Art of Pelmanism, <http://www.pelmanismonline.com/>, Pelmanism, the success secrets that almost got lost, <http://www.sector51.com/>, and Powers of the Mind Personal Development Self-Help Course, <http://www.powersofthemindcourse.com/>.
77Ennever, Brain Building for Success, p. 94.
© John Karp 2007, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. You may copy and distribute what you like so long as you acknowledge my authorship and do not alter it or use it for commercial purposes.
Also, it'd be nice if you could drop me a line!
For more information on the Ennever family, I can heartily recommend Barry Ennever's epic Ennever Family History & Ancestry, where he also hosts a mirror of this biography. There is also a great deal of information at Patricia Hill's Ennever - Enever - Enefer Family History Site.
End of John Karp's biography and notes.
Since John Karp wrote this biography William Joseph Ennever's family tree has been updated and the latest version, starting with William Joseph's grandfather, can be found here. Alternative views can then be selected by clicking "Standard" etc or by changing the number of generations shown.
If anyone has any further information on the life or career of William Joseph Ennever or of The Pelman Institute John and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you. | Restorative Balsam". Graham pitched his pseudo-science in the light of new discoveries in medicine, thus dazzling his audience and parting them from their money. This is by no means a phenomenon peculiar to the 18th century. Even in modern times after the discovery of radioactivity, advertising began to infiltrate a public that poorly understood it. Products came on the market like the "radium water" that was sold as a health tonic in the early 20th century despite the now-understood dangers of radioactivity.
The fact that the public bought into these scams reflects the great optimism of the age. Mankind could accomplish anything with the aid of science, and civilisation was tirelessly pushing forward to a better future. But paradoxically it was thanks to these tinkerers and con-men that science did move forward. It is because of their absurd claims that we discovered the harmful effects of radioactivity. By testing their claims, people discovered what worked and what didn't.
As scientific concepts became better understood, much of the colour fell from the advertising of the con-men. Modern miracles such as "unique water" supposedly contain minerals and salts - a poor match for the "Nervous Aetherial Balsam" of Dr. Graham or the wonders of a radioactive tonic. W.J. Ennever came at the crossing point between two eras, the lifetime during which the over-optimistic hope for nervous balsams faded and a more stone-cold empirical realism began to grow. But even then tinkerers could explore the boundaries between science and fantasy. The mind was only just becoming worthy of study, and even today it is poorly understood. This left a gap for those interested in the study and training of the mind, a gap that W.J. Ennever, among others, stepped in to fill.
It was the golden age of the correspondence course, when knowledge became available through the mail. Ennever invented a system of memory training called "Pelmanism" that was taught through one of the early correspondence courses. The mind was a new and exciting front and, as with Dr. Graham's balsams, the public were eager to take part. Although the advertising for Pelmanism inevitably grew from the advertising for false scientific wonders, Ennever's work was a more practical kind of approach. Instead of miracle pills, his course was founded on the well-known principles of practise and study.
Ennever's family was an old one that had lived in England for centuries. Their names are well-documented in historical records, but little has been written about the people themselves. Despite their large footprint in the media and in history, the Ennevers have been forgotten by a culture eager to move on. W.J. Ennever lived at the top of society; he spread his correspondence course all around the globe to thousands of pupils; he published a best-selling book; and he was even offered a knighthood. Yet we have left Ennever behind. It was a great surprise to learn that there are virtually no secondary sources concerning his life. The Pelman Institutes around the world have long ago abandoned the original Pelmanism course. Ennever's book is now a quaint 1940s relic available on eBay. Pelmanism has been inherited by the internet traders, modern-day Dr. Grahams who peddle Ennever's work as a long-forgotten secret. In this respect they are not entirely wrong.
Although little has been written about Ennever, there are a number of primary sources. There is his own book, Your Mind and How to Use It. This is slim on biographical detail, but it does provide more than enough of Ennever's own views of the world. The Ennever clan's large historical footprint has also helped preserve their story, leaving a trail of newspaper articles, census records, and records of births, deaths and marriages. Most of all, however, the author is indebted to the grandchildren of W.J. Ennever, who were generous enough to share their memories of him and to help fill in a few of the holes in our knowledge of Ennever's life.
William Joseph Ennever was born on 26 March 18692 to parents William Joseph Ennever and Teresa Ann Sherrott. Teresa was described as "dignified"3, but little else is known about Ennever's parents or extended family. William and Teresa did not stop at one or two children, eventually producing a family of eleven children4. The family had a strong Roman Catholic upbringing, which affected the daughters most of all, with Ennever's sisters Catherine, Agnes, Philomena and Teresa being educated in a Roman Catholic convent5. W.J. Ennever was not a practising Catholic later in life, and was himself educated in "private schools"6.
Ennever's family was based in London, and London would always be the home of Ennever himself no matter how much of a seasoned traveller he became. The family trade had been in pianos at least since Ennever's grandfather's time. The first mention of pianos in the family is Ennever's grandfather William Joseph Ennever in 1838, when he is listed as a pianoforte maker. There is then a mention of the piano makers Ennever & Steedman registered in London in 1850, and W.J. Ennever & Son appeared around the same time7. W.J. Ennever & Son was a major piano business, and their pianos can occasionally be found on the market today. Whenever she saw a piano, Ennever's daughter Kathleen would lift the lid to check whether it was a W.J. Ennever & Son8. The family trade was then passed on to sons William Joseph and George Vincent. Ennever's father had high hopes that he too would take on the family business, and there must have been enormous pressure to follow his father's and grandfather's career and to keep a W.J. Ennever in the company. It is a mark of Ennever's great will and independence that he refused: "Filled with a desire to see the world, he... ran away to sea instead of succeeding, as he might have done, to the centuries old manufacturing business of his father and grandfather"9.
The fact that Ennever ran away indicates a tendency of his. When the pressures became too much and his responsibilities weighed down on him, Ennever's reaction was to escape into travel. He would be faced with another such moment later in life. This time, however, Ennever spent the three years from 1887 to 189010 at sea, encountering "many countries... and all sorts and conditions of men"11. It is unknown exactly what Ennever found overseas, but it must have been a formative experience for the 18-year-old, and one in which he determined that he would become a writer.
W.J. Ennever as a youth.
Upon his return to England, he began working. He first worked as a secretary, and then as an editor12 under the famous magazine publisher Thomas Gibson Bowles, founder of Vanity Fair and The Lady. At the time, the world of correspondence courses was in its infancy, and taught a wide variety of subjects such as creative writing and memory training. Ennever's introduction to this world came from Professor Loisette, a well-known memory training specialist of the time. Loisette's book Assimilative Memory or How to Attend and Never Forget is still in print, and at one time he numbered Mark Twain among his pupils. Loisette summoned Ennever to manage a memory training course he had set up13.
His experience with Professor Loisette paved the way for Ennever to set up his own course, the event which would make his name and determine the rest of his life. The correspondence school he set up would be called the Pelman Institute, and would teach a system of memory training known as "Pelmanism". The course taught a curious mix of philosophy and memory exercises which would probably not meet success in the modern world. Today's "self-help" books peddle easy answers and over-optimistic praise of the reader's abilities. Pelmanism, on the other hand, while being optimistic and encouraging the readers to better themselves, does not indulge in pointless flattery. Instead it mixes empirical observation on the workings of the mind with Ennever's own philosophy of life to form the basis of a mind training system with an overall emphasis on practice. The course itself makes no mistake that it requires effort, and this is an important difference from modern steps-to-success programmes: "For success in our Course, there is one other qualification even more important than confidence, and that is WORK; work in the sense of effort. Continued effort is the price we have to pay for progress"14.
The most well-known feature of Pelmanism is the card game, which today is called "memory" or "patience". In this game, the player must match pairs of cards by turning them face-up two at a time. If he fails to find a match, the cards must be turned down again and their location remembered. With many such simple but effective exercises, Ennever brought the word "Pelmanism" into the English language and made his own name. A short biographical entry for him can be found in Who's Who, and there are entries for "Pelmanism" in dictionaries of a certain age.
Sources are vague on the foundation of the Institute. Sources date the foundation anywhere from 1896 to 1899. W.J. Ennever takes the credit for the foundation of the Pelman Institute in 189815, but there are contradictory sources that state that the Institute was founded by Christopher Louis Pelman, a British psychologist, in 189916. To confuse matters further Ennever himself was sometimes known as "Mr. Pelman" thanks to his involvement at the Institute17. John Tribe, one of Ennever's grandsons, mentions the real Pelman briefly as a partner in the early days of the course who died before it was completed18, and Ennever hints at this, although never mentioning Pelman by name: "I realised, however, that the training of the mind was a practical possibility; and, in conjunction with some of the ablest psychologists of the time, I brought out the first modest system of mind and memory training"19. It thus appears that over the years 1898-1899, Ennever worked with Pelman and others to realise Ennever's dream of a mind training system. Unfortunately there are no reliable sources on Christopher Louis Pelman himself, and his fate remains unknown.
Ennever's business was not known as the Pelman Institute from its inception, since it started as a much smaller venture. Success came slowly, but eventually the public began to flock to Ennever's correspondence course. In 1905 the business was taken over by a limited company called Pelman Schools and then was merged with the Pelman Institute in 192020. Ennever would stay in the correspondence course business, later taking over from journalist and politician T.P. O'Connor as the head of the London Correspondence College21.
Pelmanism began to enter the British consciousness, and the "little grey books" in which the course was taught soon became iconic. The advertising from this time clearly shows that Pelmanism was grounded in the quackery that had come before it. One advertisement bears the prominent title "Brain Magic", and touts the many benefits and customer endorsements for the Institute's little grey books: "'A single one of them would be cheap to me at a hundred pounds,' declares a solicitor. 'As a direct consequence of them I gained a step in promotion,' writes a Lieut.-Colonel"22. The correspondence course gained success all around the world, from Africa to the USA. Over the years its students numbered in the hundreds of thousands, with Ennever once being named "A man with half-a-million followers"23. Among these followers were T.P. O'Connor, a prominent figure in British journalism and politics; Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement; and countless British writers, politicians and military men of the time.
W.J. Ennever, Margaret Lawson and Unknown in Germany, 1900.
In 1895, Ennever married Mary Margaret Oldacres Lawson, and on 27 September 1904 Margaret gave birth to their daughter Kathleen. The news must have been at once joyous and depressing to Ennever. Although a child is a great source of pride, the huge responsibility and commitment would have made Ennever start to feel old beyond his years. He was a man who disliked the thought of growing old so much that he insisted his grandchildren call him "Uncle Billy"24, and the sudden arrival of a daughter would have made him feel the years encroaching. Only a few weeks after Kathleen's birth, on 8 November Margaret died of a pulmonary embolism25. This left Ennever with a child to raise, a business, and the grief of losing his wife of nearly ten years. Add to this the perceived approach of old age, and it is not hard to understand Ennever's feeling of claustrophobia and mild panic. In 1905 Ennever once again fled his responsibilities in England. Shortly before it became Pelman Schools, Ennever sold his business for £100,00026 and left Kathleen in the care of aunts and boarding schools. Just as when he was pressured to go into the family business, Ennever escaped into travel. This time he sailed for America to market Pelmanism across the Atlantic. Because of his travels on Pelman business, he did not get to know his daughter while she grew up, and it was only much later in life that the two would discover each other.
Margaret Lawson in Africa, 1903.
Ennever was a handsome man, and is described as such by even his daughter and grandchildren. In his photographs he is often seen with a stern expression on his face, although if his daughter's dry humour is any indication then he must also have had a keen sense of humour. He managed to keep his hair all his life, although it was already a striking white when Kathleen was a child. Kathleen said that when she was young and was asked what she wanted to do when she grew up, she answered "push daddy around in a wheel chair"27. Ennever was rarely seen without a monocle, and in photographs it can usually be seen dangling from Ennever's waistcoat.
"My Father was what they called a ladies man," writes Kathleen, "he liked them, and they liked him"28. While seeing the world on Pelman business, Ennever began to travel with lady companions. This may have been in response to the grief of losing of his wife and his desire to flee the responsibilities of age. When he returned to England, he married Emmy Elvira Christina Sjöberg in 190629. Sjöberg, like Ennever, had lost a previous partner and the marriage was the second for both of them. The marriage, however, was short-lived thanks to Ennever's fondness for companionship. The two divorced four years later in 1910 "on grounds of desertion and adultery"30.
W.J. Ennever with "wife" June Elvidge, 1939.
For the rest of his life, Ennever would go out with many women, few of whom seemed permanent. Kathleen Ennever | 3,237 |
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Left with not even one big blind, Spiro put the rest of his chips in on the next hand and rivered a flush to quadruple up. He then called all in on the next hand, and found two pair with his [Td][7s] against the [Ah][5c] of Mike Zagorites.
Phuong Nguyen had stayed quiet through all of this with his short stack, but he finally came alive when he pushed all in with [Ah][Qh] and was called by Mike, holding the [Kd][Jd]. Mike had Phuong on the ropes when the flop fell [2s][2c][Jh], but Phuong hit runner runner flush when the board ran out [9h][Kh].
The remaining four players are doing everything in their power to keep the tournament staff in place for at least the first bit of the Super Bowl.
Spiro Mitrokostas started the action by raising under the gun. Mike Zagorites folded, and Phuong Nguyen called from the small blind. Then Joseph Smith moved all in from the big blind. Spiro elected to call all in, and Phuong made an agonizing laydown, finally flashing pocket nines. Spiro was in bad shape holding the [Js][Jc] against the [Ks][Kc] of Joseph. The flop was no help for Spiro, falling [Qs][2h][Ts], but the turn brought Spiro the [Jh] he needed. He needed to dodge a outs to a straight or a bigger set for Joseph, and he did just that when the river fell [4d].
Jim Geoghegan opened the pot from the cutoff with an all in move and was called by Mike Zagorites. Jim had a good hand to move all in with, the [Ac][Ts], but Mike had him crushed with the [As][Qs]. The flop of [3c][5s][2d] hinted at a chop, but the turn [Ah] and river [9d] failed to improve Jim's hand. He will exit in 5th place, good for $9,850.
Raj Patel moved all in in early position for 305,000, and Mike Zagorites made the call. Everyone else folded, and Raj was slightly behind with his [Qd][Js], slightly trailing Mike's [Ad][8s]. When the board ran out [7s][Ah][Kd][2s][4h], Raj missed his straight and was eliminated in 6th place. He will collect $8,161, $1,000 more than the original 6th place payout before the deal.
Final 6 each are $1,000 richer!
Marinko Matura was all in preflop holding the [6h][6c] against his opponent's [Ks][Kh]. His opponent's pocket kings held up through a board of [8h][8c][9h][4s][Th], and Marino was eliminated in 7th place, good for a $5,953 payday.
Sam Granata was all in preflop holding the [7h][7d] but was dominated by Phuong Nguyen's [Qs][Qd]. The flop all but sealed Sam's fate when it fell [6s][3d][Qc], and the [9c] turn and [As] could not save him. Sam will exit this tournament in 8th place, good for a $4,828 payday.
The final 8 players of this $600 Mega Stack tournament are now on break. The tournament staff is now coloring up and racing off the 1,000 chips as they will no longer be needed. In the photo above, Mike Zagorites has stayed behind to watch the race. When the players return, they will be playing 15,000/30,000 blinds with a 5,000 ante.
Bryan Barrile was all in preflop holding the [Ts][Tc] and was up against the larger stack of Mike Zagorites, who held two overs with [Ac][Kc]. Unfortunately for Bryan, the board ran out [Ah][Jc][Qh][Ad][9c] and Mike's three aces won the pot. Bryan will collect $3,951 for his 9th place finish.
Rohan Long was all in preflop holding the [Ah][Qh] and was called by the [Kh][Td] of Mike Zagorites. When the flop fell [2c][Th][Kd], Rohan was looking for a jack to make a straight or runner runner. The [Qc] gave Rohan a few additional outs, but the [2s] on the river sealed his fate. Rohan will exit this tournament in 10th place, good for a $2,735 payday.
Spiro Mitrokostas was all in preflop with [Ks][Kd] against the [As][Kc] of Bryan Barrile. When the board ran out [8d][Jh][3s][2d][5c], Mitrokostas doubled his 749,000 chip stack and is now 2nd in chips.
With the elimination of Luis Vasquez in 11th place, we have reached our official final table in the $600 Mega Stack tournament. Below are the seating assignments and chip counts for our final table. Play will resume after a brief break with 12:47 on the clock at the 10,000/20,000 blind level.
There are 12 players remaining in the $600 Mega Stack tournament. The field has just returned from break, and they are now playing 10,000/20,000 blinds with a 3,000 ante. As soon as 2 more players bust, the remaining 10 will combine to form our official final table. Tune in to www.FoxwoodsLive.com to watch the live stream while waiting for the Big Game!
The clock has just struck high noon, and the remaining 17 players have taken their seats, and cards are in the air! Our chip leader is Bryan Barrile with 915,000, good for 76 big blinds, while our short stack is Rohan Long with | 1,372 |
We've Been Instructed On: Manchester Central
Continuing to build on our property portfolio we have been appointed on one of Manchester's most exciting new developments.
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Tile's most recent instruction has come from Ask Real Estate where acting as Creative Partner, Tile will deliver full brand strategy and visual campaign for Ask's development of the former Bauer Millett showrooms on Albion Street in Manchester city centre.
On the appointment of Tile Creative, Ask's Marketing Manager, Ann-Marie Duffy comments:
We were looking to work with a local creative agency<|fim_middle|> responsible for the naming, positioning and brand strategy for the scheme prior to rolling out the creative campaign over the coming months.
Lee Isherwood, Tile's Creative Director added: "It's really exciting for Tile Creative to be working with such a forward thinking and progressive developer such as Ask. We've been working closely with the senior team to understand their vision for this prominent site close to Great Bridgewater Street and how we can help bring it to the market. This is a huge development for Manchester City Centre and we 're delighted to be a part of it."
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We've been instructed on: 4 Hardman St
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We've been instructed on: One Spinningfields Sq
Rebranding and marketing this iconic Manchester building
We've been instructed on: Dominion
Rebranding, positioning and marketing of Dominion Warrington | , which not only understood the Manchester property market but could also help us to position this new development in our portfolio to a range of perspective occupiers including international audiences. As our creative partner, Tile will initially be | 42 |
Lorenzo Insigne is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Napoli and the Italy national team as a forward or attacking midfielder.
He began his career with Napoli in 2009, making his Serie A debut in 2010, but was later sent on consecutive season loan spells to Cavese, Foggia and Pescara, before returning to Napoli in 2012. His capabilities include playing on either flank, or through the centre, but he is usually deployed as left winger. He is known in particular for his creativity, speed and technical ability, as well as his accuracy from free-kicks.
The footballer was born on 4th June 1991 in Frattamaggiore, Italy to Carmine Insigne (father) and Patrizia Insigne (mother). He has three brothers, all of whom are footballers: his younger brother and Napoli teammate Roberto, as well as Marco and Antonio Insigne.
The player stands at a height of 1.63 m and has a weight of 59 kg.
On 31st December, Insigne married Genoveffa "Jenny" Darone with whom he has two children: Carmine, born on 4 April 2013, and Christian, born on 13 March 2015.
During an Italian Youth League match between Napoli and Lazio t the end of 2009, Cavese 1919 football executive Giuseppe Pavone discovered Insigne and decided to contact Napoli asking him for a loan until the end of season. Hence, in february 2010 Insigne played his first match in Italian Professional League Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with Cavese 1919.
In 2010, he was sold to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foggia in a co-ownership deal with Napoli during which time, he scored 19 goals under the tenure of Czech coach Zdeněk Zeman. On 8 July 2011, Insigne agreed to re-join Zeman, accepting a one-year loan to Serie B club Pescara. He scored 18 goals in the league himself as the club's second-highest goalscorer, also providing 14 assists that season, heavily contributing to the team's success. Due to its victory in Serie B, Pescara was promoted to Serie A with Zeman's ultra-attacking style of football.
Insigne's performances at Pescara enticed his parent club Napoli to bring him back to his hometown club for the 2012–13 season, where he was considered to be a long-term replacement for the recently departed Ezequiel Lavezzi. He scored his first Serie A goal with Napoli on 16 September 2012 in a 3–1 home win over Parma. Throughout the season, he made 43 appearances, scoring five goals and providing seven assists. The competition for places with players like Edinson Cavani, Goran Pandev, Eduardo Vargas and Omar El Kaddouri meant Insigne often started matches on the substitutes' bench.
The following season, Insigne made his UEFA Champions League debut in 2–1 home win over the previous season's finalists Borussia Dortmund, on 18 September 2013. Insigne marked his debut in the competition with a goal from a free-kick. In the final of the Coppa Italia on 3 May 2014, Insigne scored twice in the first half as his side won 3–1 against Fiorentina.
During the 2014-15 season, on 9 November 2014, the Napoli star picked an injury of the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee that saw him off the pitch till 4 April 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 away defeat to Roma. In his next league match, on 26 April, he scored a goal in a 4–2 home win over Sampdoria, also wearing the captain's armband during the match, in the absence of teammates Marek Hamšík, Christian Maggio and Gökhan Inler.
He began his 2015-16 Serie A season on 13 September by scoring in a 2–2 draw against Empoli. On 26 September, Insigne made his 100th Serie A appearance with Napoli and scored his third goal of the season in a 2–1 home win over defending Serie A champions Juventus, although he was also later forced off the pitch after sustaining an injury during the match. He continued his goalscoring run in the following match, scoring twice and setting up Allan's goal in a 4–0 away win over Milan, bringing his seasonal tally to five goals in seven games. Insigne's prolific performances even led to comparisons with former Napoli legend Diego Maradona, which Insigne played down.
In April 2017, Insigne scored his third brace in four appearances for Napoli to take his tally to 14 goals for the Serie A season, surpassing<|fim_middle|>.
These quotes could definitely come back to haunt Insigne.
"Welcome to him [Ronaldo], but I'm curious to see how he'll adapt to our league," said Insigne, as per Goal.
"Personally I prefer Messi for what he represents for football, but the talent of the Portuguese is not in question. If he's won five Ballon d'Or awards it means something.
"Italian defences are very strong though, even if he proved against Juventus that he's a phenomenon. In a longer tournament we'll see.
Perhaps Ronaldo didn't score – but Real Madrid did thrash Napoli 6-2 on aggregate.
Insigne has given the 33-year-old extra motivation to prove that he can still win games single-handedly. | his previous personal best for a single campaign. On 14 October 2017, Insigne scored his 100th career club goal in a 1–0 away win over rivals Roma in Serie A.
To get yourself Lorenzo Insigne football shirts, kits and jerseys, click here.
His overall rating in FIFA 18 is 87 with a potential of 88. Insigne has got a 4-star skillmoves rating. He prefers to shoot with his right foot. His workrates are High / Medium. Insigne's height is 163 cm and his weight is estimated at 59 kg according to FIFA's database. Currently, Lorenzo Insigne is playing with numbers 24 and 10. His best stats are: Agility: 96, Acceleration: 94, Balance: 93, Ball Control: 92, Dribbling: 90.
Cristiano Ronaldo was unveiled as a Juventus player on Monday afternoon.
The 33-year-old forward – who has won five Ballon d'Or awards – joined the Italian champions after nine incredible years at Real Madrid.
Splashing out €100m was a huge statement of intent from a club who haven't won the Champions League since 1996.
"I don't see the Champions League as an obsession," Ronaldo said at a news conference on Monday.
"As the president has told me, it's not an obsession but a dream. I'm here to help Juventus make it come true. It's possible.
Napoli challenged Juventus for the Scudetto last season and Lorenzo Insigne had a message for Juve's star signing.
The 27-year-old Napoli forward suggested that Ronaldo "won't be able to win games by himself" in Serie A | 378 |
When mel<|fim_middle|> as dessert. | ons are in season, it's hard to beat their juicy, subtly floral flavor in drinks. For this cocktail, muddle up a few melon cubes, amp up the juice with lime and sugar, and shake it all with rum and a few aromatic cilantro leaves for a play on the daiquiri that's really easy to love.
This one's got about as much chocolate as we can force into a cheesecake: ground in the crust, melted into the batter, and even shaved on top. We wouldn't want to shortchange any chocolate lovers!
Lidia Bastianich's polenta torta is delicious with Gorgonzola and cabbage, but you can vary the filling however you wish. The dish is ideal for a crowd. You can assemble the tart the day before and then bake it the day of your gathering, and it also reheats well.
This almond cake is delicious as is, but can also be served with a dusting of confectioners' sugar, whipped cream, or zabaglione. It's great for breakfast or brunch, as well | 219 |
G-20 Leaders Debate Austerity Vs. Spending President Obama came to the summit hoping to persuade other leaders to pour money into government stimulus programs. European leaders, meanwhile, want to attack what they see as a dangerous and growing pile of government debt.
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At the G-20 summit in Toronto on Sunday, leaders of some of the world's most important economies pledged to cut government deficits in half over the next three years. The pledge comes at a time when the world's economy is being imperiled by a massive debt crisis in Greece and other countries. But world leaders remain at odds over how big a concern the debt crisis should be.
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President Obama came to the summit hoping to persuade other leaders to pour money into government stimulus programs as a way of keeping the fragile recovery going. And though he had support from countries like Japan and Brazil, many others had different priorities.
Instead of spending money on stimulus programs, European leaders want to attack what they see as a dangerous and growing pile of government debt<|fim_middle|> below potential output. That's a big hit to these economies," he said.
But deficit hawks held sway. Obama administration officials said that they, too, wanted to cut the deficit -- it was just a question of how quickly it should be done. | .
On Sunday, the summit's host, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, read a statement that attempted to paper over the differences. Harper said countries should spend stimulus money they've already committed to.
"But at the same time, advanced countries must send a clear message that as our stimulus plans expire, we will focus on getting our fiscal house in order," the statement said.
The statement said wealthy countries should cut their budget deficits by 50 percent over the next three years, and try to stabilize the level of their debt relative to the size of their economies by 2016.
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says this is exactly the wrong thing to be doing right now. Baker says that with the world economy recovering from a terrible recession, countries should be spending money -- not cutting back.
"But in any case, these are large reductions in deficits during a period when everyone expects we'll still be way | 191 |
Fallen Meade County sheriff's deputy returns home
Updated: 4:58 PM EDT Sep 23, 2019
THOSE THAT KNEW HIM SAY HE WAS A MAN WITH A BIG HEART WHO MADE A BIG IMPACT. ON MONDAY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES BROUGHT DEPUTY CHRIS HULSEY HOME TO MEADE COUNTY. ON SATURDAY, HE WAS RUSHED TO A HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. IT HAPPENED IN THE MOMENTS FOLLOWING A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH A SUSPECT. >> EVEN THOUGH THIS HAPPENED AS A POLICE OFFICER HE'S STILL A PARAMEDIC AND A FIREMAN. LAUREN: BUT SETTING UP THIS HONOR FOR THE MAN WHO DEDICATED DECADES TO FIRE, EMS, AND MOST RECENTLY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PROVED DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO NOT ONLY KNEW HIM BUT WORKED WITH HIM. INCLUDING A YOUNG FIREFIGHTER WHO CREDITS HULSEY WITH HIS CAREER. >> HE WAS A BIG MENTOR FOR ME COMING INTO THE FIRE SERVICE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, 14 YEARS OLD. TO APPRECIATE HIM IN HIS LIFE AND APPRECIATE HIM IN HIS PASSING IS A HUGE HONOR FOR ME. LAUREN: HULSEY'S PROCESSION INCLUDED MORE THAN 20 CARS AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES. THEY FOLLOWED AS THE AMBULANCE CARRIED HIS BODY TO THE FUNERAL HOME. THAT'S WHERE WE NOTICED A LITTLE GIRL WITH A FLAG. SUSAN AMMONS SAID HER EMT HUSBAND WORKED WITH HULSEY DURING HIS TIME AT EMS >> WE SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO TELL CHRIS BYE AND WELCOME HIM BACK AND TELL HIM BYE, AND SHE SAID, OKAY. LAUREN: IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL SCENE AS HULSEY'S FAMILY FOLLOWED BEHIND HIS FLAG DRAPED COFFIN, AND AS HIS BROTHERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFERED A SALUTE. THE TRIBUTES, AND HONORS, ACCORDING TO MEADE COUNTY'S ASSISTANT EMS DIRECTOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AS HIS COMMUNITY SAYS GOOD BYE AND THANK YOU. >> I HOPE THIS IS A COMFORT TO HIM. KNOWING EVERYBODY HERE APPRECIATED HIM, LOVED HIM AND WHAT A GOOD JOB HE DONE. LAUREN: IN BRANDENBURG, LAUREN ADAMS, WLKY
Funeral arrangements are set for a Meade County sheriff's deputy who died following an altercation with a suspect Saturday.An ambulance carrying Chris Hulsey's body traveled from Harrison County Hospital in Corydon to the Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg on Monday. Approximately two dozen vehicles, including sheriff and fire vehicles, escorted the ambulance to the funeral home.Above the highway, an<|fim_middle|> served with the county's EMS and fire departments, many of those lining the road personally knew him.Lt. Branden Martin said Hulsey mentored him and others during his time with Meade County Fire and said setting up the fire trucks earlier in the day had been an honor."This is just a small way to show how much we appreciate him, the sacrifice to the community and his 30 plus years to the community in all branches," Martin said.Jerome Morgan, Meade County's Assistant EMS Director, was also there to pay his respects as Hulsey was brought home."We want to honor him this way because of the service he committed himself to. I hope this is a comfort to him, knowing everybody here appreciated him, loved him, and what a good job he done," Morgan said.Police said Hulsey and other officers were searching a home on Greer Road in Payneville Saturday night when a fight broke out between the deputy and Terry Gonterman, 50.Gonterman is facing manslaughter, assault on a police officer and drug charges.Police said shortly after the fight with Gonterman, Hulsey suffered an apparent heart attack.Two detectives performed CPR until emergency crews arrived. Hulsey later died at a nearby hospital.The community is invited to a candlelight vigil to remember Hulsey.That vigil will be held on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Meade County Courthouse.Visitation for Hulsey is Friday from noon until 8 p.m. at Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg.The funeral service is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at Meade County High School.Hulsey is survived by his parents and two sons.
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Funeral arrangements are set for a Meade County sheriff's deputy who died following an altercation with a suspect Saturday.
An ambulance carrying Chris Hulsey's body traveled from Harrison County Hospital in Corydon to the Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg on Monday.
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Approximately two dozen vehicles, including sheriff and fire vehicles, escorted the ambulance to the funeral home.
Above the highway, an American flag was on display draped between two fire trucks. Because Hulsey previously served with the county's EMS and fire departments, many of those lining the road personally knew him.
Lt. Branden Martin said Hulsey mentored him and others during his time with Meade County Fire and said setting up the fire trucks earlier in the day had been an honor.
"This is just a small way to show how much we appreciate him, the sacrifice to the community and his 30 plus years to the community in all branches," Martin said.
Jerome Morgan, Meade County's Assistant EMS Director, was also there to pay his respects as Hulsey was brought home.
"We want to honor him this way because of the service he committed himself to. I hope this is a comfort to him, knowing everybody here appreciated him, loved him, and what a good job he done," Morgan said.
Police said Hulsey and other officers were searching a home on Greer Road in Payneville Saturday night when a fight broke out between the deputy and Terry Gonterman, 50.
Gonterman is facing manslaughter, assault on a police officer and drug charges.
Police said shortly after the fight with Gonterman, Hulsey suffered an apparent heart attack.
Two detectives performed CPR until emergency crews arrived. Hulsey later died at a nearby hospital.
Procession leading the body of fallen Meade Co Deputy Chris Hulsey to funeral home is underway. pic.twitter.com/zhDmXPYOtP
— Lauren Adams (@WLKYLaurenAdams) September 23, 2019
The community is invited to a candlelight vigil to remember Hulsey.
That vigil will be held on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Meade County Courthouse.
Visitation for Hulsey is Friday from noon until 8 p.m. at Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg.
The funeral service is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at Meade County High School.
Hulsey is survived by his parents and two sons. | American flag was on display draped between two fire trucks. Because Hulsey previously | 16 |
Then Again: Vermont's stone walls were never meant as fences
Vermont's stone walls were originally used as "linear dumps" rather than as a means of enclosing fields, says a University of Connecticut professor. Photo by Craig Michaud
Editor's Note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of "Hidden History of Vermont" and "It Happened in Vermont".
N.New England wouldn't be New England without its stone walls. Walk through the forests and fields of the area and soon you will likely come across one.
How many are out there? By one estimate, New England has about 240,000 miles of stone walls. To put that in perspective, that's longer than the coast of the United States. In other words, if you could somehow stack these stones in a tower, the moon would collide with it the next time it approached Earth.
These amazing facts come from Stone by Stone, a book by the University of Connecticut geology professor Robert Thorson. And that's just the introduction.
Maybe you can't get blood out of a stone, but Thorson gets a good story from one. Although he has written half a dozen other books since Stone by Stone was published in 2002, Thorson says he knows who he is referring to when someone asks him to talk about "your book."
Thorson was surprised by the stone walls he saw as he moved east. After growing up in North Dakota and working in Alaska, he was used to open spaces. In New England he encountered much smaller rooms, wall by wall. "What impressed me was how massive they were," he says, not individually, but<|fim_middle|> image of stone walls."
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Are Malvern Stone walls in danger of collapsing in the heat? | together. So he set out to find out how it came about. Thorson made himself an expert on the walls – he studied how and why they were built – and came to appreciate them in ways that he learned their creators didn't.
The walls are as part of nature as anthills, says Thorson. "The ant doesn't build these beautiful hills on purpose. The ant doesn't even care about the hills, "he says. "We fixate on the anthill because we see it. The ant doesn't. In addition, they are just disposal heaps. "
That was exactly what stone walls were. In the days before stone wall construction became an art form, the walls were "linear dumps" as Thorson put it. Landscape historian John Stilgoe explains, "The stone walls of New England … were built by men who were far more interested in clearing than in fencing."
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Thorson discovered that the practical effects of physics determined the structure of stone walls: since the human ability to lift objects is at its maximum at about thigh height, stone walls were built that high.
He also learned why most stone walls enclose small fields. Doing some math, Thorson found that clearing one 8 acre field would require 58 miles on foot while eight 1 acre fields would require less than 20 miles. Incidentally, most of the walls in New England fall in the two to four acre range.
Those walls weren't built all at once, Thorson says. "I don't think the people out there were bragging about and just lifting the stones aside (and building the wall)," he says.
An old stone wall in the Stranahan Town Forest in Marshfield. Photo by Cate Chant / VTDigger
Initially, pioneers found only a few stones in their fields. They mostly dealt with so-called erratics, surface rock left behind by the retreating glaciers. Pioneers simply threw the stones they found into a heap. Only later did the farmers stack them along the disused strips at the field edges. The ground under the stones was rich and quite deep.
Then, when settlers needed more land, they started clearing the forests. Cutting and "improving" the land continued to the point where Vermont was about 70 percent open by 1870. Today, with the decline in agriculture, the state is 70 forested.
After the trees disappeared, the ground tended to freeze deeper. The resulting bursts of frost moved stones to the surface. As the spring rains melted the snow, the land was more prone to runoff, which eroded the ground and exposed even more stones. Eventually, as the fields were planted and harvested, more soil was lost and more stones rose to the surface.
At the beginning of the 19th century, some of the children were the state's main export item. They went to try their luck in factories in the south or in the opening areas in the west. However, they didn't leave because the land was too rocky, Thorson says.
In 1864, Louis Agassiz, one of America's foremost scientists, said of New England: "… the ground has already been largely cleared of its rocky fragments. … In time they will undoubtedly disappear from the surface of this country, as they did from that of Europe. "
By the time the Vermonters and other New Englanders left in droves, Thorson estimates that two-thirds of the rocks in the ground had already worked their way to the surface. Farmers would have noticed that the situation had worsened over time, but he says, "You were past the peak of the rush and it was like painting, a little touch-up." Farmers may have stone on theirs from time to time Walls hung, but that's about it.
Don't be fooled by how rocky many fields in Vermont look today, warns Thorson, that is not a fair representation of what the farmers have left behind. "People with no memory and no geological background look at these fields and say," What a nightmare, "he says. What they are actually looking at is a field that could easily be cleared if a farmer had been there to look after it to stay.
Thorson has a theory as to why people subscribed to the legend that early New England farmers fought horrific rocky fields to make a living. He calls it "the myth of the eastern cowboy". And it's just as misleading as the Western cowboy myths – Thorson points out that Western cowboys were only common for a couple of decades and had virtually no economic impact. These cowboy stories had three elements, he says: a person, an animal, and an enemy. In this case the cowboy, his horse and the Indians. In the east, the early farmer (think of the man on those minutemen statues, the musket ready, says Thorson) and his ox play the first two roles. "And what is the enemy?" he asks. "It doesn't work without an enemy. It's an imaginary enemy "- the rocky ground.
Despite our images of the past, wooden fences were always more common in New England than stone walls. We have little evidence for these fences, says Thorson, because wood decomposes on a biological schedule, not a geological one.
Some parts of Vermont had almost no stone walls at all. In the "marble belt" and slate areas in the state's southwest quadrant, the glaciers shattered the relatively soft rock, so little was required to build these linear landfills.
In examining stone walls, Thorson found that the thickest concentration of them was along the Connecticut coast to about Portland, Maine and about 100 miles inland.
"Vermont is not the epicenter," he says, "but it is the epicenter of the | 1,184 |
The eighth Active Living Research Annual Conference was held February 22-24, 2011 at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego in downtown San Diego, CA.
The theme for the 2011 conference was Partnerships for Progress in Active Living: From Research to Action, which recognized the importance of engaging experts from multiple disciplines to address critical<|fim_middle|>.
A select number of papers presented at the 2011 conference are available for free in the January 2012 special issue of Health & Place.
You can view the 2011 conference presentations by clicking on each day's agenda.
The fourth annual Translating Research to Policy Award recognized an innovative team representing research, policy and/or advocacy who have had success in catalyzing policy or environmental change of relevance to youth physical activity, sedentary behavior and obesity prevention. For more information on the recipients, please visit the 2011 Translation Award page. | public health issues, especially active living and obesity.
Strong partnerships among researchers, policy-makers and community stakeholders are essential for identifying and implementing promising, sustainable solutions that are relevant to the people who are most affected. The 2011 conference highlighted successful partnerships that have evaluated or implemented policy or environmental approaches for increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary behavior or preventing obesity, particularly among children and families. Research on the development of partnerships themselves that helps to identify performance metrics and "best practices" was also highlighted | 101 |
Elliot Bowen scored 20 points, while Griffin Chudy added 17 to lead the Ellicottville boys basketball team (12-1) to a nonleague road win at Randolph Monday.
Eleven of Chudy's 17 came in the fourth quarter as the Eagles won, 55-44.
Tyler Hind had a 26-point night, including 19 in the third quarter, for Randolph (7-6).
Ellicottville outscored Randolph 18-6 in the fourth quarter.
CATTARAUGUS — Megan Chapman recorded 16 points, eight rebounds and two blocks to<|fim_middle|>1. | pace Ellicottville (5-6, 2-2) in a CCAA East II win over Cattaraugus-Little Valley Monday.
Makenna Smith added 10 points, while Linnea Jimerson collected 10 rebounds.
Bailey Gostomski led Catt-Little Valley (4-9, 1-3) with 15 points.
Ellicottville outscored Cattaraugus-Little Valley 12-2 in the first quarter.
Ellicottville (4-6) put four players in double figures led by Linnea Jimerson's 25 (plus 12 rebounds and 3 steals) while Evelyn Cortez added 12 and Camryn Early and Makenna Smith (6 sterals) had 10 each Thursday, Jan. 18.
For North Collins (3-6) Bailee Romano scored 17 and Michaela Rich added 1 | 200 |
It seems like there is an endless, ongoing debate about whether professional athletes should be considered role models. As a<|fim_middle|> lightly. | father, I err on the side of caution when encouraging my children to look up to celebrities, athletes or otherwise. But I am often struck by how strong that influence is on them, regardless of my objections.
My son plays baseball for a travel team full of 8-year-olds. When we have a break between games during our tournaments, we often go and watch some of his older friends play. I am always amazed and the way he looks at and talks about the 10 and 11 year old players.
These are not major leaguers. These are not even college or high school players. My son is a fan of older players that he sees in the hallways of his school. He loves to watch them play, and he wants to be just like them. They are his role models.
That is such a bold statement. We have professional athletes every day rejecting the fact that others look up to them, even some that claim to be Christians. Yet Paul is so aware of his role that he encourages people to try and be like him. He makes it clear that he is not perfect, but he does try his best to imitate Christ and he encourages others to follow his lead.
Whether you are an aspiring athlete, a church league softball star, a little league coach, or a backup middle school point guard, I guarantee that somebody is looking to you for an example of how to conduct themselves on and off of the playing field. That is a huge responsibility that should not be taken | 303 |
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Will Impeachment Reshape the 2020 Race?
@amyewalter
There are very few constants in life, but one thing we can count on these days is the consistency of Trump's approval ratings; they are the most stable in modern history. At his lowest point, the president has never dipped below 35 percent, but even on his best days, his approval ratings haven't broken 46 percent. From fights about inauguration size to stories of a soaring stock market to the outrage over Charlottesville and the release of the Mueller report, Trump's approval ratings have remained incredibly stable. So, why should we think that an impeachment inquiry — and possible impeachment — will upset this balance?
I chatted with a number of Democratic strategists and Hill folk this week. While they were wary of the political repercussions of impeachment, they do think it is very different from where things stood during Mueller. The Russia/Mueller saga was too complicated, they argue, and had too many players and angles to follow. The Ukraine situation, they think, is much more straightforward: the president abused the office to pursue his own personal political agenda. The Russia/Mueller probe looked backward, while the Ukraine situation is happening in real-time. The Mueller report would punish the president for things he did in the past. This will stop the president from continuing this bad behavior.
Moreover, one Democratic strategist noted that many of the Democrats who won in GOP-held seats in 2018 and who, until now, had held out against impeachment, ran implicitly on a message of putting a check on the president. Re-litigating 2016 was not a 'check' on the president. They ran as outsiders and corruption fighters who refused campaign donations from corporations and accused their GOP opponents of being underwritten by special interests.
In that vein, Democratic strategist Rich Davis says:
Democrats must frame this at all times as "fighting corruption," not "impeaching the president." Corruption is the crime; impeachment is merely the sad punishment. When cops respond to a bank robbery, dust for prints, collect DNA evidence, interview witnesses, then go outside to answer reporters' questions — they do not<|fim_middle|> process to have any real idea of where it's landing with voters. I wouldn't put a lot of faith in any polling on impeachment that comes out this week. I understand the appetite to have data to prove/disprove one's theory that this week has "CHANGED EVERYTHING." But, what polls ask voters about today could be very different from what we are talking about in a week or two.
It's also unsatisfying to look to history as a guide. The mythology surrounding the 1998 impeachment still drives a lot of the conventional wisdom today. That thinking goes like this: Republicans pushed an unpopular impeachment and paid for it at the polls. But, it's not 1998 anymore. We are a much more polarized country than we were back then. Partisans are less willing to give the opposite party credit for things going well, and more willing to support their own party when things turn sour. We also know that this president is more unpopular than President Clinton was at any point during his impeachment.
We are a deeply divided, deeply polarized country. Almost everything we do — from choosing where to eat lunch (Chick-fil-A vs. Whole Foods), to the way we view those who live in a area of the country that's different from ours is filtered through the lens of how we identify politically. As such, we shouldn't expect views of impeachment to be any different. Opinions won't swing wildly from day to day or week to week. We also shouldn't expect to see Americans overwhelming support or overwhelmingly oppose impeachment. Like everything in this era, the final verdict on impeachment is likely to be decided on the margins by voters who are holding conflicting views on the president and the process of impeachment. It will be decided by those who may dislike Trump, but are also frustrated by the paralysis in Washington, or those who may like the agenda of the president, but are troubled by his behavior.
Image: White House protests Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 Credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster | say, "We're investigating a prosecution. We're investigating sentencing." No. They say, "We're investigating a robbery. We're investigating a crime." It makes no sense for Democrats or the media to continue framing this as "an impeachment investigation." The media likely won't stop, but Democrats should stop accepting and repeating that frame. Democrats must be the anti-corruption party, not the pro-impeachment one. Few Americans love impeachment; most Americans hate corruption.
But, keeping on-message is really tough in a fast-moving environment like we are in now. It's made even tougher when up against President Trump, who has an uncanny ability to throw even the most disciplined candidates off balance.
There are other Democrats, however, who fear that this is making things harder for their party in 2020. I bumped into a Democratic pollster the other day who lamented the decision by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move forward with an inquiry. Why put the focus on the dysfunction that is Washington, this person said, instead of keeping it solely on Trump? Or as one GOP consultant — one who has been consistently pessimistic about Trump's chances in 2020 — told me: "If they [Democrats] would just shut the f-up, they'd win everything" in 2020. What people dislike about Trump, said this GOPer, is the tweeting and the chaos. But, voters also hate watching Washington get paralyzed by partisan warfare.
Then there's the question of what it does to the fight for the Democratic nomination. Vice President Biden's strongest asset is his perceived ability to beat Trump. Although his lead in the national polls has been shrinking, Biden is still seen as the most 'electable' of Democratic candidates. For example, Biden's overall lead has shrunk from almost 30 points when he jumped into the race this spring, to just seven points now. Even so, the most recent surveys from Quinnipiac, Fox News, and ABC/Washington Post, show him with a substantial 25 to 37 point lead on the question of who has the best chance to beat Trump. The question now is, does the fact that Biden (and his son, Hunter), play such a prominent role in this saga take the shine off his 'electability' argument?
The Biden camp argues that Trump's single-minded focus on digging up dirt on the former VP is a sign that the president sees Biden as his most formidable foe. I'm not convinced that is how Democrats will see this. Yes, having the president pick on you is a good way to rally the Democratic base behind you. But, it also has the possibility of triggering a sort-of political PTSD for Democratic primary voters — call it "but, her emails" 2.0. During Biden's tenure as vice president, even members of the Obama administration were "worried that his son's work for the energy company, Burisma Holdings, could create at least the perception of a conflict of interest." And, for a candidate who has a very long history in Washington, it also reminds voters of the many skeletons that have yet to be uncovered.
But, the focus on impeachment isn't all that great for Warren, either. For the last couple of weeks, she has been the center of the political universe. The media has been almost singularly focused on her; her big crowds, her lead in new polls out of Iowa and New Hampshire. For now, she is stuck in the impeachment's shadow.
We are too early into the impeachment | 718 |
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Increase in maintenance savings as spare parts consumption is reduced.
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The infrared camera evaluates and converts heat energy into meaningful temperatures. Components in various states of failure will emit more heat as a direct result of more energy dissipated into the component.
This extra energy is caused by increased friction in mechanical devices, and higher resistance in electrical devices | 126 |
One of my good friends Shira is involved with the documentary film "UNORTHODOX" that some of you might have already heard about. The film is already seven years in the making and they're now working on raising their final funds on Kickstarter. It follows three kids as they spend the year studying in Israel after high school. It's framed by the story of one of the directors (Anna), who grew up in the Orthodox community but ultimately left it.
I met Shira several years ago here in Israel through some mutual friends and we've worked together on a few projects. She's an incredible actress, ridiculously funny, and I'm often blown away by some of the things that come out of her mouth. She grew up in a pretty religious family, and you wouldn't know it by looking at or even talking to her unless it's about the laws of (insert Ashkenazi accent dialect here) Shabbos or lashon har<|fim_middle|> before or after in-bed Facebook-stalking?
Anyway, I recently had a conversation with her about what it was (and continues to be) like having grown up in such a "strict" family and community and to be living such a different lifestyle now as an adult. I can't tell her story, but what I can say is that there's probably no comparison to the relatively small degree of tension I experienced just considering asking a non-Jewish girl to a high school dance. I thought the trailer was pretty interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing the film. Whether or not you can relate to the stories on a personal level, the movie looks pretty intriguing.
Since making aliyah in 2006, Benji Lovitt has spent roughly every waking moment doing one of the following:trying to make people laugh, eating chumus, or writing about chumus to make people laugh.In addition to working with tons of Jewy organizations to promote Israel, Benji has performed stand-up comedy about Israel for groups including Hillels, Birthright Israel, Jewish Federations, and of course, at Jewlicious Festival.His perspectives on aliyah and life in Israel have been featured on Israeli television and radio and in publications such as the Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, and the Jewish Daily Forward.It is said that every time he calls CK "Mr. Jewlicious", a tree is planted in the Jewish National Fund forest.For a hilarious comedy show, contact him at benji@benjilovitt.com.
Next Story → In Kiev next Sunday? | ah, or something called "kriyas shemah al hamitah". I'm impressed with the commitment to pray immediately before falling asleep. Wait, so does that come | 40 |
It's going to be a coooold weekend, but don't let that keep you home. We've made you a list of things to do that will be indoors and warm. Some of them may even help you keep those New Year's Resolutions.
The Winter Farmers Market returns this weekend in the St. Mary's School Gym. Free entry, and lots of family fun! LOCAL VENDORS & PRODUCTS - This week at the market they have 100s of local farm products and handmade artisan crafts. All the vendors must make, bake, or grow what they sell, within a 150 mile radius of Oak Ridge. They have meat, eggs, honey, breads, artisan crafts and more! Even a free kids club!
Would you like to spend less time worrying about what your family will eat for dinner, and spend more time enjoying dinner together? Their first workshop of 2018, "Soups & Stews- Freezer Meals" will be hosted Saturday. Guests will pre-order a package of seasonings, and purchase a list of grocery items before the workshop. They will then go home with a week's worth of delicious meals, prepared<|fim_middle|>), bedroom, full bath and access to 2 more decks on the lower level. Many closets for great storage, ample parking.
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Live Music and Storytelling with Georgi Schmitt! Made possible by the Knox County Public Library Foundation's Margaret Dickson Fund. For infants and up. | in a FUN, social atmosphere. They can help you save time, money, and your sanity! RSVP TODAY!! Space is limited!!
Come put your New Years Resolutions, goals, hopes, and dreams into visual representation that you can check in with every day! Feel free to bring refreshments! $25 per person.
Outdoor entertainment delight!! Waiting for someone with a green thumb to add to the already lovely back yard oasis which includes a couple of decks with ridge views, banana, pear and fig trees and a large gazebo to sit and admire the private back yard. Main level is living room, 2 full baths, 3 bedrooms, and kitchen with door to covered deck. Rec room, sun room with hot tub and pool table (included | 152 |
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Located in the western section of the northern Nunavut Province, Tree River has been dubbed the best arctic char fishery in the world. The arctic char is a specific type of salmon that has a world-record catch of thirty-two pounds. If you've never seen one before, arctic char is extremely easy to identify with a mix of dark green and deep red and orange and blue spots. Fishing for this elusive salmon is an adventure sure to fascinate.
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25-Aug-04 Ann Arbor, Michigan
Retro Post—24-Aug-03 #3
[It's aSquared's First Birthday … we're celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you're not into sentimentality.]
Oh, those heady first days … and now it seems like<|fim_middle|> old woman sitting on her stoop every morning and squeaking an emphysematic "Morning" to the changing cast of harried and exhausted and studiously indifferent passersby, and the painfully buzzingly hectic pace of life in the Bay Area, and the rush of the packing and the semi-goodbyes and the cross-country voyage, and the urban sounds of sirens and car horns and yells and squawks, have yet to leave me. It's all just very strange.
There are tons and tons of boisterous, chattering, fearless squirrels everywhere here, another reminder of Palo Alto, except the ones in California are brown and these are squirrels with patches of fiery orange and yellow on their breasts and legs. There are also insects that make strange rising and falling whirring sounds all day long in the bushes, like a cross between the hiss of an angry cat and the sound of a rattlesnake rattling. Steve tells me these are cicadas. The squirrels and cicadas own Ann Arbor, no matter what the people who allegedly live here think.
—Posted by Frank at 23:59:00 | 24-Aug-03 | we've been here forever instead of just a year.
Ann Arbor: Day Three
It's a puzzling place.
The lush greenery is almost headache-inducing in its vastness and omnipresence. The traffic, alas, is not much better than the traffic in the Bay Area was. You see lots of cars with militaristic stickers like "AIR ASSAULT" nestled next to University of Michigan logos. Everyone seems to be in sort of a hurry, though it is unclear why.
The home improvement stores are a smash hit, with lots of big-muscled, tightly-wound Michigan dads and husbands taking self-important walks into the hugeness of the outlets with their wives and kids, almost as though to demonstrate how all-American they are.
The churches are not prominent and those who frequent them seem to be enraged that this is the case, judging from the perversity and intensity with which one of the patrons of one of the said churches tailgated us on our way home from Lowe's today.
The Borders bookstore I went into while Steve bought beagle food at Petco was a strange and conflicting melange of not-quite-identifiable styles and feels, with the store music system playing Warren Zevon's "Sacrificial Lambs" ("Krishnamurti said,/'I'll set you free/Write a check/and make it out to me'") while a line of customers waited patiently to make their buys.
Everything seems a little too well-appointed, a little too eager to please, a little too perfect. It reminds me some of Palo Alto, though shorn of that town's always-aggressive yuppie ethos.
Every four blocks in Ann Arbor has a neighborhood name, which, even by the standards of name-crazy San Freancisco, is a bit on the obnoxious side. Our little housing subdivision, in a neighborhood helpfully called Bryant/Pattengill (most of the neighborhoods are named after the K-12 schools in their midst), seems very quiet, almost oddly so, and yet also very much each one to his own, with not much in the way of demonstrable neighborliness either from the current residents to newcomers or between the denizens already ensconced.
I saw and apologized to our next-door neighbor today for our trailer being parked in front of her door while we unloaded and she nodded and grimaced a tight, grimacing smile at me, as though I had just boasted to her that Bayley had taken a dump in her yard.
There is a real and pleasurable beauty about the surroundings, a large-ish park next door, a gym with a bunch of new equipment, a modest showiness about the houses and apartments, yet something does not quite fall together.
I think that the reality is that I still feel unsettled, and not just because things have not quite fallen together yet for me and for us, and the clash between this still, tranquil place and the memory I have of commuting every day to work and strolling through the urine-soaked passageways of MUNI up to the homeless-draped sidewalks of Van Ness and Market, with the same pathetic | 639 |
French consul general honors 2 Pensacola veterans of World War II
Other Americans honored with the distinction through history include Thomas Edison, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
French consul general honors 2 Pensacola veterans of World War II Other Americans honored with the distinction through history include Thomas Edison, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Check out this story on pnj.com: https://www.pnj.com/story/news/military/2018/06/13/france-honors-two-pensacola-world-war-ii-veterans/695905002/
World War II veteran Edwin Stewart, 93, of the United States Army Air Forces, left, is awarded the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Stewart received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
Photos: France honors two Pensacola World War II veterans
World War II veteran Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, left, stands next to Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, after being awarded the French Legion of Honor at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Kaminski received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
Air Force Col. Charles McElvaine, commander of the 479th Flying Training Group at NAS Pensacola, left, stands next to World War II veteran Edwin Stewart, 93, of the United States Army Air Forces, after Stewart received the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Stewart received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
Navy AS1 Angela Adair performs the national anthems of France and the United States before the French Legion of Honor award ceremony for World War II veterans Edwin Stewart, 93, and Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and each veteran received the award in the rank of Knight for their roles in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
Air Force Col. Charles McElvaine, commander of the 479th Flying Training<|fim_middle|> left, is awarded the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Kaminski received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
World War II veteran Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, is awarded the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Kaminski received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
World War II veteran Edwin Stewart, 93, of the United States Army Air Forces, left, is awarded the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Stewart received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe.
Pensacola News Journal Published 6:26 p.m. CT June 13, 2018 | Updated 6:42 p.m. CT June 13, 2018
World War II veteran Edwin Stewart, 93, of the United States Army Air Forces, left, is awarded the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Stewart received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe.(Photo: Jody Link/online@pnj.com)
Two Pensacola men who helped liberate France in World War II have been given the highest French distinction by the French government.
Clement Leclerc, the French consul general, presented Edwin Stewart and Edward Kaminski with the Legion of Honor. They were presented with the insignia of the Knight in the Legion of Honor in a special ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the National Naval Aviation Museum. The honor, in French written as Legion d'Honneur, is the highest distinction that can be conferred in France on a French citizen or foreigner, and was created to reward eminent military and civil merits in the service of France. The honor was founded in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Other Americans honored with the distinction throughout history include Thomas Edison, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
World War II veterans Edwin Stewart, 93, left, and Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, listen as their stories are told before being awarded the French Legion of Honor at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and each veteran received the award in the rank of Knight for their roles in liberating France and Europe. (Photo: Jody Link/online@pnj.com)
Stewart participated in three major French campaigns including the Liberation of Normandy, the Liberation of Northern France and the Battle of the Rhineland. Stewart flew "no less than 36 combat missions," according to French officials. Stewart served in the U.S. Army, from which he was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant.
Kaminski began combat missions in France three months prior to D-Day. On D-Day, as Operation Overlord was in full gear, Kaminski bombed the north coast of France and participated in the ferocious Battle of Caen in Normandy. He participated in 30 combat missions from March to September 1944. He served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1953 as a captain.
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Joe's Caribe moves from west Pensacola to North Ninth | Group at NAS Pensacola, speaks during the French Legion of Honor award ceremony for World War II veterans Edwin Stewart, 93, and Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and each veteran received the award in the rank of Knight for their roles in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
World War II veterans Edwin Stewart, 93, left, and Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, listen as their stories are told before being awarded the French Legion of Honor at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and each veteran received the award in the rank of Knight for their roles in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
The French Legion of Honor, France's highest award for military and civil merits, was awarded to World War II veterans Edwin Stewart, 93, and Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. They were awarded the medal in the rank of Knight for their roles in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, speaks during the French Legion of Honor award ceremony for World War II veterans Edwin Stewart, 93, and Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and each veteran received the award in the rank of Knight for their roles in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
World War II veteran Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, center, is awarded the French Legion of Honor by Clément Leclerc, Consul General of France in Miami, right, at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Legion of Honor is France's highest award for military and civil merits and Kaminski received the award in the rank of Knight for his role in liberating France and Europe. Jody Link/online@pnj.com
World War II veteran Edward Kaminski, 96, of the United States Army Air Forces, | 564 |
Brand New for 2016 the Tempur Hybrid range - Choose from 3 different depths of mattresses to suit your personal preference. The Hybrid range from Tempur is made up of 3 models. Using the latest technology in springs and Tempur material, the springs inside the mattress are patented Micro coils that work in perfect harmony with the layers of Tempur material to give an improved response and reduced motion transfer as each user is independently supported. Using proven sleep technology combined with tried and tested micro coils originally developed for the US market your new Tempur Hybrid mattress includes a full 10 year manufacturer's guarantee for the ultimate peace of mind.
The entry level Hybrid Supreme model offers<|fim_middle|>. | the firmest overall feel, featuring a total depth of 21cm the mattress features a 3cm layer of Tempur comfort material, this layer gives a soft touch to the mattress with a 5cm layer of HM support material - technology developed originally for the Sensation range the HM layer allows for improved mobility followed by a layer of Tempur precision micro coils - developed especially for the Hybrid range these encapsulated springs work in perfect harmony with the Tempur material to give a supportive feel with a more responsive feel.
The middle of the hybrid range is the Tempur Hybrid Elite, with a total depth of 25cm this mattress boasts of a thicker comfort layer to give a softer, comforting feel with an increased HM support player to allow for superior movement whilst providing additional support. Combined with the 10cm layer of Tempur micro coil springs the Elite mattress will provide superior comfort when compared to the supreme.
The top of the range Tempur Hybrid Luxe offers superior comfort and support, featuring 2 layers of precision micro coils this Tempur spring mattress features a generous 4cm tempur comfort layer to provide a luxurious sleeping surface, the 2 layers of micro coil springs provide the perfect balance of support and comfort to keep you in the best sleeping position throughout the night. With a total depth of 30cm the hybrid luxe will provide pressure point relief and a luxurious night's sleep | 282 |
TREPID adventurers were able to discover a land that time forgot – right on their doorstep.
Lucky guests managed to try out Paultons Park's brand new Lost Kingdom attraction ahead of its grand opening to the public. The popular Hampshire theme park<|fim_middle|>The new attraction will also see a first for the theme park as it unveils a suspended coaster where families can ride with their feet off the ground as they soar through the skies on the Flight of the Pterosaur.
It is also the first of its kind to be launched in the UK.
The thrill seeking experience continues as along with two new rollercoasters which also includes a 'boomerang' style ride called Velociraptor, guests can also enjoy themed family rides from the Triassic to the Cretaceous periods, a prehistoric dinosaur adventure play park and an opportunity to come face to face with walking animatronic dinosaurs.
The finishing touches are being made to the prehistoric landscape before its opening on May 17. | is preparing for the opening of the much-anticipated £9m addition which boasts a host of new rides, rollercoasters and expeditions through the Jurassic landscape.
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Discover the advantages of transferring your unused accumulated leave and other cashable leave credits into your Savings Plus account(s). This workshop explains how to maximize the benefits of Lump Sum Separation Pay and 457 Traditional Catch-Up.
In this class you'll learn what you need to know about the state employee 401(k) and 457 plans, and be given a chance<|fim_middle|> | to enroll on the spot.
In this workshop you will learn the different investment options available to you through Savings Plus.
Now that retirement is right over the horizon, you will want to know all the benefits of Savings Plus that apply to you. We will discuss maximizing your Savings Plus deferrals in your last few years of employment, withdrawing your funds after retirement, and why you should keep your funds with Savings Plus after you retire.
Discover the advantages of transferring your unused accumulated leave and other cashable leave credits into your Savings Plus account(s). This webinar explains how to maximize the benefits of Lump Sum Separation Pay and 457 Traditional Catch-Up.
Your choice on when to file for Social Security could increase your annual benefit by as much as 76%. That is why it is the choice of a lifetime. Learn key filing rules and strategies so you can make the choice that fits with your overall retirement income plan.
In this class you'll learn what you need to know about the state employee's 401(k) and 457 plans.
Now that retirement is right over the horizon, you'll want to know all the benefits of Savings Plus that apply to you. We'll discuss maximizing your Savings Plus deferrals in your last few years of employment, withdrawing your funds after retirement, and why you should keep your funds with Savings Plus after you retire. | 275 |
Nowdays most of the internet marketing talk is about Social Media Marketing.
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According to Forbes, a recent study found that customer acquisition via email has quadrupled in the last four years and now accounts for almost 7 percent of customer acquisitions.
Organic search is the most powerful acquisition channel, accounting for 16 percent of customers acquired, while Facebook and Twitter lag far behind.
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Contact us to get a quote! | email content deepens your relationship with your audience through effective subject line writing (getting your messages opened), your distinctive voice (getting those messages read), and delivering quality, niche specific content your prospect needs and shares with others (inspiring referrals and word-of-mouth).
We do love eMail Marketing and really enjoy building lists and relationship for our clients. We do partner with the | 74 |
Richard Laing is Music Director of Nottingham Harmonic Choir, Somerset Chamber Choir, Leicester Bach Choir, Cambridgeshire Choral Society, Bach Camerata and Leamington Chamber Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra and Hallam Sinfonia, and Associate Conductor of Chandos Symphony Orchestra. Richard was the first Conducting Scholar at Birmingham Conservatoire, where after nine months of study he was awarded his Masters Degree, a Postgraduate Diploma, and the Postgraduate Prize for the most outstanding contribution to the musical life of the college. Immediately thereafter he was supported by the Foyle Foundation to work intensively on operatic conducting at Dartington with Diego Masson, and appointed to the post of Associate Conductor with the virtuoso young ensemble Sinfonia Cymru.
As a Chorus Master Richard regularly prepares choirs for Britain's top orchestras and for conductors such as Sir Mark Elder and Cristian Mandeal. For the Hallé he has prepared Alexander Nevsky, The Music Makers, The Planets and Belshazzar's Feast, and for the BBC Symphony Orchestra has has prepared Carmina Burana. The 2017-18 season includes a pre-concert talk and choral preparation of the Poulenc Gloria for the Hallé.
Richard's operatic work has included The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, and Malcolm Williamson's English Eccentrics (Birmingham Conservatoire), La Traviata and La Boh<|fim_middle|> Among his proudest achievements are being appointed Vice President of the University of Illinois Triathlon Club and having articles published in both Wagner News and the iconic games magazine White Dwarf. Richard is married to the singer and psychologist Karen Wise, Research Fellow at Guildhall School of Music and Drama; they live in Huntingdon with their eight year-old daughter Elsa. | ème (Dartington Festival Opera), Albert Herring, Hansel and Gretel and Noye's Fludde (Operamus), Adrian Cruft's Dr Syn (Kent Opera) and Handel's Orlando (Pigotts). He has collaborated with some of the world's finest instrumentalists and singers, including principal players from the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Dresden Staatskapelle, Amsterdam Baroque, Munich Philharmonic, CBSO and RLPO, as well as Brigitte Engerer, Emily Pailthorpe, Robert Plane, Anthony Halstead, Robert Hayward, Neil Jenkins, Peter Wedd, John Turner, Alan Hacker, Peter Auty, Joanne Lunn, Adrian Bradbury, Richard Jenkinson and Catherine Wyn-Rogers. He has a close working relationship with some of the brightest young stars of the classical music world, including Oliver Coates, Callum Smart, Alec Frank-Gemmill, Leonard Schreiber, Matthew Jones, Mikhel Poll, April Fredrick, Marcus Farnsworth and Di Xiao, and has collaborated with a diverse range of cross-over artists, including Alfie Boe, Tim Minchin and Radio 1 DJ Bobby Friction. Richard has premiered dozens of new works including works by Paul Patterson and Bernd Redmann, and is in great demand as an adjudicator and coach, and as a leader of orchestral and choral workshops around the UK.
Prior to taking up the baton Richard studied violin and chamber music at the University of Illinois with Peter Schaffer and Michael McClelland, and violin at the Royal Northern College of Music with Richard Ireland. Among the orchestras with whom he has appeared as guest leader are Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia of Birmingham, Queen's Park Sinfonia, Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra, Chandos Symphony Orchestra and the Forest Philharmonic. Richard is a core player of the Orchestra of the Swan, and freelances with English Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Covent Garden Sinfonia, Southern Sinfonia, Welsh Chamber Orchestra, Longborough Opera and Orchestra da Camera. A keen and active chamber musician, Richard's chamber music partners include David Le Page, Cordula Kempe and Eduardo Vassallo.
In his limited spare time Richard pursues a wide range of academic interests. His undergraduate work in Manchester on John F. Kennedy's policy in Vietnam won him the Kaiser Award for American History. He he has presented papers on subjects as diverse as apocalyptic cinema, M.C. Escher and reality TV at the International Conferences on Film and Literature at Florida State University, and on Wagner's Ring cycle at the International Wagner Symposium at the University of Adelaide. Richard's hobbies include collecting first editions of the novels of Daphne du Maurier, writing fiction inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, M.R. James and the Cornish coast, and running the occasional half marathon in aid of the wonderful fundraising group Team Bex. | 618 |
Adapted from Bill Martin Jr.'s book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Do you know these letters sounds, do you know these letter sounds?
They will help you learn to read, they will help you learn to read.
Activities: Sign letters and words for each verse, have child go through and name each letter on each page. Create a book with pictures of familiar objects the child (e.g. Mommy, Mommy m m M, Jayden, Jay<|fim_middle|> by a genetic abnormality ("children with autism had abnormalities in the genes controlling the number of cells in the prefrontal cortex"). A good read (or listen) if you have the chance.
A parent referred this article to us. It's something their child has been diagnosed with and from what we've seen, there has been positive progress because of the treatment recommended by their doctor. | den j j J).
I heard this on my way to work the other morning and found it very interesting. NPR is a very reliable source and so it was great to hear current, valid research. One thing discussed is that research on brain tissue has shown an overgrowth of cells in a specific part of the brain ("67 percent more brain cells in that frontal region of the brain") that is caused | 81 |
Trereife House is looking forward to hosting its 5th Easter Bank Holiday Food and Craft Fair from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th April 2015.
The weekend kicks off at this historic Queen Anne manor house and its spectacular grounds with a series of cookery demonstrations, craft demonstrations and a programme of entertainment.
Over the past years Trereife has developed a reputation for attracting some of the finest local food producers which is set to continue this Easter with larger marquees to house a wide range of producers from Worthy Farm Cheeses and Fish sales from 'Cadgwith Smokies', to locally produced beer, cider and wine, as well as<|fim_middle|>y Food Workshop orbe totally amazed by story tellers and Trereife's popular craft workshops.
On top of this there will be a programme of live music and a series of craft demonstrations.
You will discover this enticing range of local treasures hidden amongst the woodland, just off the A30 to Lands End, 1mile west of Penzance. The event will be open from 10am-5pm. Admission for adults is £3.50, children £2 and under 5s free of charge. Family tickets are £11 (two adults and three children). | this there will be a selection of high quality art and craft from Cornish designer-makers such as Familly Silver jewellery and contemporary screenprint design by Esther Connon .
One of the main attractions of the weekend is set be the highly entertaining food demonstrations by well known local chefs and local food industry producers. The ingredients used will all be locally sourced and will also be on sale at the event.
Away from the food demonstrations and at the top of every younger visitor's list of things to do has to be the taking part in Trereife's Grand Easter Egg Hunt. Set within the woods and around the walled garden, the Egg Hunt has becomeverypopular with hundreds of happy children expected to be eagerly following the clues this year.
As well as the egg hunt, youngsters can have a go in the Funk | 163 |
Blackhawks vs. Red Wings final score 2016: Chicago rolls on the road, 5-2
An impressive win for the Hawks at the Joe.
By Satchel Price Mar 2, 2016, 9:57pm CST
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Winning in the Motor City will never stop being sweet. Artemi Panarin scored two goals, Brent Seabrook had three points and the<|fim_middle|> Stars in the same number of games. The Red Wings fall to 32-21-11. They're currently the No. 7 seed in the East and six points clear of the Flyers for the final playoff spot.
Humoresque: Blackhawks 8, Red Wings 5 The Blackhawks ended their losing streak with an offensive outpouring. | Chicago Blackhawks topped the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2, on Wednesday night. It's the second straight impressive performance for Chicago after beating the league-best Washington Capitals over the weekend.
The Hawks came out with pace again at Joe Louis Arena and kept it up for the full 60 minutes. Maybe it's the impact of having some new players like Andrew Ladd and Tomas Fleischmann in the mix, but Chicago has looked noticeably more active in all three zones over the past couple games.
Seabrook opened the scoring in the first period with a nice shot to beat Petr Mrazek for his career-high 13th goal of the season. The defenseman is having a career-year offensively and that continued Wednesday with another two assists in addition to the goal. Seabrook now has 13 goals and 28 assists this season, which puts him just seven points short of the career-high 48 he produced in 2010-11.
The game turned in the second period thanks to a pair of penalties by Detroit. Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall both went off within less than a minute of each other, setting up Chicago with a 5-on-3 power play. The Hawks converted with a gorgeous passing set that culminated with Panarin firing one into an open net.
Tic tac goal. #CHIvsDET pic.twitter.com/6rELTbISGB
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) March 3, 2016
Soon after that, some sloppy play by the Red Wings in the neutral zone opened up a chance for Patrick Kane, who extended the Hawks' lead to 3-0.
Brad Richards would cut the lead to 3-1 early in the third period, but Ladd responded minutes later with a tough play near the net to score his first goal in a Hawks uniform since the trade with Winnipeg. Panarin finished up after that with his second goal to complete the scoring for Chicago and put away the game. Detroit got a garbage time goal from Gustav Nyquist, but Corey Crawford still finished the night 31-of-33 in goal.
In a game where shots were even, 33-33, the Hawks showed their ability to pounce on opportunities and take advantage of Crawford's strong goaltending. This is a good Red Wings team and they found themselves playing off their heels following those second-period penalties. It's a credit to Chicago that the team was able to push and break down Detroit's defense consistently.
The Hawks improve to 40-20-5 this season, which puts them two points ahead of the | 544 |
Child Village: Uganda
Child ID: CB103
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.<|fim_middle|> mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother after the death of her parents.
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased. | Mercy and her younger twin brothers, Gideon and Joshua, survived. After an investigation by a social welfare officer, the children were moved to the Rafiki Village Uganda. The siblings arrived at the Village in 2010. Mercy's favorite subjects are math and science. She speaks fluent Luganda, a vernacular that has come in handy when she visits her extended relatives on school breaks. She enjoys conversing with them. Mercy says she trusts Jesus because he came to take her place for her sins on the cross. She is committed to loving others well and seeking godly wisdom throughout her life.
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Morris' was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
After Elizabeth's mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother's assistant at the Rafiki...
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
After Judith's mother passed away in 2006, she was placed in the care of her grandmother, who could not provide for her basic needs.
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Bethuel
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Rena's mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Erick's mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Jamila's | 504 |
Hayward and the North Woods, Wisconsin
After Disappearing Nearly 250 Years, Wisconsin's Wild Elk Are Thriving
The state's just a little bit wilder than it used to be.
By Jacqueline Kehoe August 1<|fim_middle|> were plucking 'em off Kentucky coal-mine tops!" he laughs. Now, over 400 elk munch their way across Wisconsin's Black River State Forest, Flambeau River State Forest and Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, our hardwood labyrinth. All I need to see is one.
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But I never get the antlered proof I came for. Ten inches of snow coats the forest in a thick, puffy layer of marshmallow, obscuring any significant view into the trees. Once my disappointment subsides, though, I realize that having to trust the elk are there is fitting—Dr. Anderson didn't see his legacy roaming through the forest or napping by backyard work sheds, either. But his children will, and his children's children. And though I'm heading home empty-handed this time, I still felt it, navigating those frozen backroads, climbing under thick canopies of aspen and spruce, watching that antenna spin and halt. I felt it: Wisconsin's just a little bit wilder than it used to be.
Although I visited in mid-winter, the best times to spot elk in Wisconsin's Northwoods are fall, spring and early winter. (Fall is mating season for elk—listen for the distinct bugling sound the males make.)Start in Clam Lake, where you can get the morning elk report at Clam Lake Junction to follow recent sightings.
You'll likely be sent down WI-77, the Great Divide National Scenic Highway. Also look out for black bears, wolves, white-tailed deer and bald eagles. Clam Lake isn't far from the Cable area, which has miles of trails, plus cute restaurants and cafes. Book a cabin to extend your time there—you can often find cozy digs for around $200 per night.
Related: 12 of the Best Zoos, Nature Preserves and Wildlife Refuges Across the Midwest
By Jacqueline Kehoe | 5, 2022
I pull up to Clam Lake's combination gas station-hotel and see a sign advertising dry camp wood—covered in snow—for $5.50. Soon, a Chevy Silverado filled with hay joins me, an antenna rigged up with a two-by-six spinning on its roof. That "MacGyvered" tracking system will lead us along northwest Wisconsin's backroads, searching one radio collar at a time for the state's biggest, fattest, reintroduced ungulate: the elk.
wild elk wisconsin
Credit: Tim Young
Elk haven't roamed Wisconsin since the 1880s, and I want to see one, desperately. I want proof that my home is antlered, forested, wild. It's why I'm here in the dead of winter in the first place, tailing that antenna like a police chase, holding my breath whenever it dials in on a four-legged signal.
"At first, the state's DNR was not interested in an elk reintroduction," says Josh Spiegel, wildlife biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and owner of the truck leading me through the snow. His story buzzes through my two-way radio: Led by the late Dr. Ray Anderson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a team from the college and public took that first critical step, introducing 25 in 1995. Once successful, the Wisconsin DNR translocated another 150 from Kentucky to Wisconsin's growing herd from 2014 to 2019. "We | 333 |
Jesus spoke these words to Martha at the entrance to Lazarus' tomb, just prior to raising him from the dead. Martha was more concerned with what the tomb might smell like than what the Savior was about to do. She was temporarily trapped in trusting the perceived truth that she could see, rather than the reality held in the power of her precious Savior.
It did not take long for her heart to be set right and her world to be flipped upside down. With but three words spoken, "Lazarus, come out!" Martha's brother was returned to her as Jesus raised him from the dead, restoring him to life once again.
Though we seldom see Jesus work in the same way as He did in Lazarus, His awesome power is at work all around us. He restores the broken-hearted, heals the sick, provides for those in need, and places the lonely in families. The power<|fim_middle|>, Protection, Purpose, Strength, Surrender, Trust, Voice, Worship and tagged beyond, boldness, bow down, close, declare, exalt, faithfulness, forever, found, freedom, fulfilled, God, grace, great love, heard, help, hidden, honor, hope undeterred, humble, Lord, perception, praise, promises, save, see, shine, trust, wait, worthy. Bookmark the permalink. | of God is not limited to our perception of God. He can do exceedingly more than we could ever hope or imagine. We only get to see God's glory when we choose to believe that He is who He says He is. May we lay hold of the faith that He imparts unto us, and believe big for the things that He has placed in our hearts. Let His glory be seen to the ends of the earth as we listen, love and get out of the way.
As we are set free.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that when we believe and trust in You, we have the privilege of seeing how You move mightily on our behalf. Thank You that You give us glimpses of Your glory in our everyday walks of faith. Forgive us for our lack of faith or our fearfulness when all around us seems to be falling apart. Teach us to trust You in all things and at all times, despite how things appear, as You so often move the most miraculously when things seem to be at their worst. Show us how to love others well, and how to model a belief that points people unto You. May many come into a lasting relationship with You. Be glorified O God, as we believe in who You are and how You love. Amen.
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hide us in Thy shroud.
in Your arms, I see.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that You alone are worthy of all our praise. Thank You that You are faithful and Your word is true. Forgive us for allowing fear or discouragement to cloud our perception of Your perfection, and help us to humbly come before You and trust in Your unfailing love. May our mouths be full of praise, and our hearts hold fast to Your glorious ways. Help both our word and deed honor You, and may Your perfect love be that which shines through us. May every troubled heart both hear and hold fast to the hope that is found in You. Lead us Lord, so that we may love like You. Let our every hope be held in You. Amen.
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There's been a lot of talk recently from the government about measuring happiness to use it as a metric of success. Now perhaps the ultimate aim of all governments ought to be to increase happiness, but given that it's such a hard thing to measure objectively, most settle for some economic measure (GDP or GDP per capita<|fim_middle|> is also reinforced by the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) which conducts an annual survey on the destination of graduates 6 months after graduation.
Now this certainly isn't a bad statistic to measure, and combined with the salary distribution information most careers departments also publish, it should give any potential students a fair idea of what to expect from a given university. What these statistics completely fail to measure is whether these students have ended up in jobs they are happy with. You could argue that in the current economic climate, students might well be happy to have any job, but in the longer term its probably better for both employers and employees if they're not tied together solely by economic necessity.
So this takes us right back to the problem of measuring happiness. Except that in the case of jobs there's a very simple proxy for happiness. Namely, the length of time a person stays with their employer. Or to make it a bit easier to digest, the percentage of people that remain in their job 2 years after graduation (or whatever time interval you choose). There's an assumption here that the majority of people who leave their jobs do so because they're unhappy (for whatever reason), which seems reasonable. Maybe they're unhappy with pay, progression, location, flexibility, hours etc - but clearly something makes them move on. It's possible that they might not have left of their own volition, but again it seems reasonable to assume that redundant or fired employees aren't filled with joy at their situation. The time interval needs to be reasonably short since we're effectively also assuming that happiness when they leave is representative of the whole period of employment, which won't be true for longer periods (e.g. somebody who leaves after 5 years may well have been very happy for 3 years).
There's obviously a cost associated with universities tracking this kind of data as it would require them to contact all their alumni two years after graduation (though doing this online would reduce costs). However, given the increasing squeeze on funds at universities, might it not be prudent to stay in regular touch with alumni as possible future benefactors? Using a hapiness metric would incentivise career services to place students in jobs that they're likely to be happy in, and it wouldn't surprise me if they find happy alumni are more inclined to reach for their chequebooks when the alma mater comes a-calling. | ) as a proxy.
This raises many questions about whether GDP is a good proxy for happiness (for one it ignores income disparity), and whether some alternative measure would be better suited, say by conducting some kind of happiness survey. Rather than answering this thorny question, I want to take a look at a somewhat simpler problem - measuring career satisfaction for new graduates.
Earlier this year whilst doing some research for a potential new startup, I spent some time looking at university careers services. These are the departments within universities that are responsible for helping students find jobs once they graduate. These departments all seem to be driven by one key statistic - the number of graduates in employment 6 months after graduation (of those looking for employment, so excluding those pursuing postgraduate study etc). This is often published in prospectuses and university websites as a means of attracting students, and presumably is also used internally to measure the success of the careers departments. The use of this statistic | 189 |
How to Support Your Team: Three Lessons from the Past Month
#support #racialjustice #racialequity #genderequity #diversity
Supporting Your Team Through 2020 and Beyond
How can I support my team through all that's happened recently (COVID-19, Black Lives Matter) without coming across as patronizing, evanescent, or hypocritical?
There's a lot you could do to support your team. It's a matter of the type of impact you want to have. And on a more aspirational level, it's a matter of the type of legacy you want to leave.
For the purposes of this question, let's organize the many different ways you can support your team into three categories:
(Structural) Changes
In the immediate wake of George Floyd's death, companies flooded social media with pro-racial justice statements and black squares. In fact, it took less than two weeks for organizers to record a spreadsheet of 212 public statements from corporations expressing their commitment to Black Lives Matter and racial justice.
These public statements (and the leadership teams behind them) received slack for talking the talk but not walking the walk. People questioned how large companies could<|fim_middle|> June 11th, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a $100 million commitment to their Racial Equity and Justice Initiative.
Donations such as these are mission-critical for many non-profits doing the hard work of closing racial equity gaps in this country. These donations also signal to employees that your organization values racial justice.
Lesson learned: Donations, like words, are not a substitute for action. You cannot donate your way to racial justice. If you choose to financially support racial justice causes outside your organization, make sure to match your donations with equitable changes inside your organization, too.
Making structural changes is the most difficult way to support your team right now. And it's the most important. By and large, our systems are not designed to value Black employees equitably. Words and donations won't change that. You can.
Use data to find and fix cracks in your talent pipeline.
Do you have equitable rates of promotion?
Do you have equitable racial representation on every step of the corporate ladder?
Do you pay Black employees equitably?
Does unconscious bias creep into talent decisions?
Do Black employees have the same access to resources to advance their careers?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, what's your plan to change that?
Lesson learned: It's (relatively) easy to allocate more funds for employee resource groups or non-profits. It's not easy to look inward and accept responsibility for inequity—nor is it easy to change "the way things have always been."
Between words, donations, and making structural changes to your organization, you have options on how to support your team through this moment in time. Ultimately, the choice is yours. How will your actions change history for the better?
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What Happens If Women Don't Return To Work? | stand for racial justice when less than 3% of tech workers at companies such as Facebook, Uber, and Google identify as Black.
Lesson learned: Words matter. Use your words to support your team, and use them wisely. If you say you care about Black lives on social media, you need to show it with your actions.
Money, and where we choose to spend it, is an external representation of our internal values. To that extent, we've recently seen leaders pledging large sums of money to organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Equal Justice Initiative.
The Fortune 100 alone has committed $1.63 billion to organizations fighting for racial equality. And on | 140 |
Jamaica Plain News (https<|fim_middle|> outdoor seating. The ramp initiative is being funded by a $200,000 grant given to the city. Ramps will be given on a rolling basis with an accessibility toolkit that contains information on setting up the ramp, as well best practices on providing service to customers with disabilities. Ramps will be returned to the city at the end of the season and used in other initiatives.
Brown said that JP Local First and JP Centre/South Main Streets have also partnered to contract designers to create seating plans that can be installed at a variety of price points for restaurants. Those designs are now available to businesses to use at their discretion and customize to their location.
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Restaurants are now allowed to have customers inside at a reduced capacity, and to help offset the loss of customers, outdoor seating has been expanded for many eateries.
To help cover some of the costs for businesses due to the pandemic, JP Centre/South Main Streets is holding a fundraising campaign to pay for things such as outdoor seating. The campaign runs through July 22 and has a target goal of $40,000, and as of July 8 had raised $3,545. JP Centre/South Main Streets is also letting customers know that businesses are open by asking them to put an orange balloon outside of their location.
Business owners David Doyle of a trio of restaurants Tres Gatos, Little Dipper, and Casa Verde, and David Warner of City Feed & Supply, recently partnered to purchase the required jersey barriers (water-filled) for outdoor seating areas.
Orange means open on Centre Street (JP Centre/South Main Streets)
"For two spaces, each requiring three barriers each, for a total of six barriers, the total cost was over $3,300 to these business owners," said Ginger Brown, Executive Director of JP Centre/South Main Streets. "The shipping alone was over $700. This leaves little money left to get the actual chairs and tables. We are hoping that our campaign can help alleviate these costs for businesses who made it through the shutdown without any income."
The city recently announced retailers can temporarily extend outside of their stores for sidewalk sales. But that also brings risks such as security and weather said Brown. The campaign would help address those concerns.
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Trip to Extravagant DUBAI - Ghumakkar - Inspiring travel experiences.
Dubai is synonymous to "Opulence", very place is grand be it malls, beaches, roads, deserts, buildings or architecture. Our trip to this exotic location was planned for the last week of February The weather during this time around is pleasant with occasional showers. We travelled by Indigo Airlines which gives an option of getting the visa issued incase round journey is booked by them. All said and done we boarded our flight to reach Dubai airport which takes about 3.5-4 hours. The city looks beautiful in dark illuminated elegantly all the way through Sheikh Zabeel highway.
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I visited Dubai twice, first time in 2007 and then again in 2015. Having friends living there helped a lot. I do not recall seeing 'Dubai Frame', looks majestic.
I still wonder that Dubai with very little of oil could do so well in ensuring such a great infrastructure of roads, airports etc while we still take so much time.
Thank you Mala. Looking for part 2.
Wow…Dubai is really very beautiful…thoroughly enjoyed this Dubai Diary with Mala Raman Ji. | Dubai Frame. It can be seen exquisitely overlooking the entire city comprising of a 150 meters high and 93 meters wide structure standing tall in the Zabeel Park. The interesting thing about the frame is that it gives a holistic view of Dubai. Visitors can see the modernistic new gen Dubai on one side while the ancient old Dubai on the other.
Our day came to end an with the spectacular light and water show popularly known as the Dubai Fountain at the Dubai Mall with the iconic "Burj Khalifa" in the backdrop. The show starts at about 6:30 pm every evening and continues till about 11 pm. The spectacular display attracts tourists in scores every day.
The next day we visited the Burj Khalifa this time around it was a trip to the 125th floor of the grand technological marvel. the "At the Top Observation Deck" which is open for visitors, the world looks miniscule however one can witness the well laid roads and water bodies of Dubai. The beauty of the place is mesmerizing and one can opt for photographs which are later photoshopped to add to the excitement of visiting the Burj Khalifa.
Burj khalifa is flanked by another equally illustrious marvel "The Dubai Mall". The Mall houses almost all the major exquisite brands and is huge in its expanse covering around 13 million square feet and close to 1200 shops. It is visited by millions of visitors from across the globe every year. The mall houses about 125 restaurants, underwater zoo and aquarium, multiple consumer brands, luxury hotels, skating area, and host of other attractions.
Our next stop was at the Underwater Aquarium and Zoo after a sumptuous lunch at one of the Indian joints. The aquarium can be seen from outside while walking through the mall; yet it is an enthralling site to be surrounded by numerous species of fishes from the smallest to some of the biggest sharks and sting rays. Image: Underwater Aquarium Besides the fishes, other equally captivating exhibits include white owls, octopuses, spiders, scorpions, beavers, penguins and exotic birds to name a few.
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In early mathematics, students come<|fim_middle|> must determine which percentage of their gross income they want to divest to these different investments. | to understand percents as an amount of the base sum of an item, but the term "per cent" simply means "per hundred," so it can be interpreted as a portion out of 100, including fractions and sometimes numbers higher than 100.
In percent problems in mathematics assignments and examples, students are often asked to identify the three core parts of the problem—the amount, the percent, and the base—wherein the amount is the number taken out of the base by being reduced by a certain percentage.
The percent symbol is read "twenty-five percent" and simply means 25 out of 100. It is useful to be able to understand that a percent can be converted to a fraction and a decimal, meaning that 25 percent can also mean 25 over 100 which can be reduced to 1 over 4 and 0.25 when written as a decimal.
Percentages may be the most useful tool of early mathematics education for adult life, especially when you consider that every mall has "15 percent off" and "half off" sales to entice shoppers to purchase their wares. As a result, it's critical for young students to grasp the concepts of calculating the amount reduced if they take a percentage away from of a base.
Imagine you're planning a trip to Hawaii with you and a loved one, and have a coupon that's only valid for the off-season of travel but guarantees 50 percent off the ticket price. On the other hand, you and your loved one can travel during the busy season and really experience the island life, but you can only find 30 percent discounts on those tickets.
If the off-season tickets cost $1295 and the on-season tickets cost $695 before applying the coupons, which would be the better deal? Based on the on-season tickets being reduced by 30 percent (208), the final total cost would be 487 (rounded up) while the cost for the off-season, being reduced by 50 percent (647), would cost 648 (rounded up).
In this case, the marketing team probably expected people would jump at the half-off deal and not research deals for a time when people want to travel out to Hawaii the most. As a result, some people wind up paying more for a worse time to fly!
Percents occur almost as frequently as simple addition and subtraction in everyday life, from calculating the appropriate tip to leave at a restaurant to calculating gains and losses in recent months.
People who work on commission often get around 10 to 15 percent of the value of the sale they made for a company, so a car's salesman who sells a one hundred thousand dollar car would get between ten and fifteen thousand dollars in commission from his sale.
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Beech V35B Bonanza, N111PF: Incident occurred October 30, 2015 near Galesburg, Persifer Township, Knox County, Illinois
Date: 30-OCT-15
Time: 23:19:00Z
Regis#: N111PF
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AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR GALESBURG, IL
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GALESBURG — A Beech V35B Bonanza forced landed in a cornfield off 1750 Knox Road Friday night after the engine seized.
Sgt. Brian Brady of the Knox County Sheriff's Department said a Beech V35B Bonanza carrying two Hannibal, Missouri men landed in the cornfield on the 1400 block of 1750 Knox Road North, and both men walked away uninjured.
"They really couldn't have picked a better place or time to have a problem," Brady said. "There was a lot of rain so it made the field softer."
Brady said the engine seized while Curtis Burton and Quinten Bieneik, and after the emergency landing a small hole was found in the engine. Brady said he believed the men were heading back to Hannibal.
Aside from the engine, there was damage to the plane's propeller but the cornfield had already been plowed and no other damage was reported.
Brady said the Knoxville Fire Department and Galesburg Hospitals Ambulance Service responded to the scene Friday night. Also, the Federal Aviation Administration investigated the incident Saturday.
The Knox County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene of a downed plane yesterday evening near Knox roads 1750 North and 1350 East.
Sergeant Brian Brady says the aircraft pilot and passenger – the sole occupants on board – were unharmed.
Officers responded after 6:30 p.m. yesterday.
Traffic to Knox Road 1750 North was blocked briefly.
Brady says the Beech V35B Bonanza appeared to experience catastrophic engine failure leading to the emergency landing in a harvested cornfield just east of the Maxey Chapel outside of Oak Run.
The plane was over the chapel when trouble began.
Unable to clear the 30 miles between Maxey Chapel and the Galesburg Municipal Airport, the pilot brought the plane to a safe landing in the nearest clearing.
The pilot and passenger, who did not wish to be identified, said they had come from Hannibal, Missouri and were returning there at the time of the crash.
No significant damage was observed to the aircraft.
- Source: http://wgil.com
Timestamp 10/31/2015 02:51:00 PM | Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 35
Damage: Minor
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
FAA FSDO: FAA Springfield FSDO-19
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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a Canadian company based in Montreal that provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to various industries, including mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, environment and water, infrastructure, and clean energy. SNC-Lavalin is the largest construction company, by revenue, in Canada, as of 2018.
The firm has over 50,000 employees worldwide, with offices in over 50 countries and operations in over 160 countries.
Key sectors
SNC Lavalin has over 50,000 employees worldwide, with offices in over 50 countries and operations in over 160 countries. According to its 2017 annual report, its four key service sectors are infrastructure, mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, and power; each sector offers services that includes design, studies, consultancy, financing, asset management, engineering, construction, procurement and operations and maintenance. Its infrastructure sector provides services from financing, building and maintenance. Its oil and gas sector includes upstream, midstream, and downstream projects across the lifecycle. Operations include mass transit and heavy rail systems, highways, bridges, airports and marine facilities, as well as industrial, commercial, cultural and healthcare buildings. Mining and metallurgy sector offers services to green fields and brown fields projects of any sizes or complexity including "mining commodities, fertilizers, and sulphuric acid facilities". Its power sector provides services in environment and water, the transmission and distribution of energy, hydro power, nuclear power, renewables and thermal power generation, energy from waste, electrical power delivery systems", and "clean and sustainable power technologies".
History
SNC (1911–1991)
In 1911 Swiss-born Arthur established a consulting engineering office, Arthur & Cie., in Montréal after completing studies in Belgium and at the Polytechnique Montréal and working for several years with public works. Against the backdrop of the transformative advances in electrification. Surveyer worked on hydropower projects with his partner, Augustin Frigon (1888–1952), an engineer, professor, and Director at the Polytechnique Montréal where Surveyer had earned his degree. In 1912, they worked on a power distribution network for the city of Grand-Mère on Saint-Maurice River. The project that increased the company's profile was the Saint-Maurice River hydroelectric power station, which they designed and supervised. The company specialized in hydraulics, managing hydropower projects and flood control, and soon branched out into the industrial sector, particularly in pulp and paper, and mining and metallurgy.
formed a first 10-year partnership with Emil Nenniger and Georges Chênevert in 1937. A second partnership agreement was signed in 1946, and the firm's name was changed to , Nenniger and Chênevert. The name would eventually be abbreviated to SNC.
In 1967 Camille A. Dagenais , became president and CEO of SNC Group, a position he held until 1975. When Dagenais was inducted into the Order of Canada, he was honoured for his accomplishments at SNC—specifically for large-scale hydro development projects in Canada and internationally, for example, in India and Greece. One of the most important projects was the work he oversaw on the recently nationalized Hydro-Québec's Manic-5 project (1959–1970) on the Manicouagan River, north of Baie-Comeau. It was built for hydroelectric power production and supplies water to the Manic-5s power houses. The firm's first international contract was awarded in 1963, to design and build the 780 MW Idukki power station in Kerala State, India.
Lavalin (1936–1991)
SNC's main rival in Canada was Lalonde, Valois International Limited, a company that was established in 1936 by engineers Jean-Paul Lalonde and Romeo Valois. Bernard Lamarre, who would later become director and CEO in 1962 and lead Lavalin for 29 years, had married Louise Lalonde, Jean-Paul Lalonde's daughter in 1952, and began working at Lalonde, Valois International Limited. In 1972, the company changed its name to Lavalin—combining syllables from the original company name. In the 1970s, Lavalin designed and built the fabric roof for Montreal's Olympic Stadium and built the James Bay Project, in a partnership with the United-States-based Bechtel.
According to a 1986 Maclean's article by Anthony Wilson-Smith, Lavalin was Canada's "largest engineering firm, with $625 million in operating revenues in 1985 and 5,700 employees. SNC was the second largest". Wilson-Smith also said that they were "among the largest engineering firms in the world". Lavalin branched out in other industries, such as cable television—Canada's The Weather Network and MétéoMédia were founded by Lavalin in 1988. Lavalin's shares were sold to Pelmorex in 1993. By 1990 Lavalin Inc included over 70 companies worth CA$1.2 billion. It was forced to sell to its rival SNC in 1991.
Bernard Lamarre remained with the newly formed company, SNC-Lavalin until 1999. He oversaw major projects including the TransCanada highway in Montreal, the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel, the Olympic Stadium in Montréal, and Alcan in the Ville de La Baie. He also oversaw projects in Benin and in Algeria.
Bernard Lamarre's younger brother, Jacques Lamarre, a civil engineer, became SNC-Lavalin's CEO in 1996 and left his post in 2009.
Acquisitions and partnerships
According to Ingram, SNC-Lavalin partnered with Bombardier in the 1990s to build transportation projects in Malaysia and Turkey. SNC-Lavalin acquired a 27% share in Ontario's Highway 407 toll road for $175 million. In 2011, SNC-Lavalin sold part of its share of Highway 407, at a significant profit.
In June 2011, SNC-Lavalin purchased the commercial reactor division of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) from the Government of Canada for CA$15 million. SNC-Lavalin established a subsidiary company named Candu Energy to market the design and supply of CANDU reactors.
On June 23, 2014, SNC-Lavalin acquired Irish engineering and construction business Kentz for approximately CA$2.1 billion (US$1.95 billion).
In 2017, SNC-Lavalin acquired its UK rival WS Atkins—a British design, engineering and project management consulting firm, with $1.9-billion investment from the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
In late 2018, SNC-Lavalin agreed to form a joint venture with the Swedish-Swiss industrial giant ABB for the delivery of turnkey electrical substation projects. This new company, named Linxon, undertakes project design, engineering, procurement, and construction activities for a range of clients in the transport, utilities, and renewable electricity generation and transmission sectors.
Major domestic projects
In 1999, the Ontario government signed a $3.1 billion 99-year lease for Ontario Highway 407 with 407 International Inc., a conglomerate of three private companies, including SNC-Lavalin. It was renamed 407 ETR. In the early 2000s, SNC-Lavalin won the contract to repair Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge.
In 2002–2003 the firm completed a feasibility study of the Lac Doré Vanadium Deposit, in which they established the deposit as the largest vanadium deposit in North America.
In 2005 SNC-Lavalin in partnership with Brun-Way Group, won the $543.8-million contract to build the Brun-way project to twin Route 2, the New Brunswick portion of the Trans-Canada Highway from Woodstock, New Brunswick to Fredericton. The contract with the New Brunswick government was completed in 2007. . In June 2005, the BC Department of Transport selected SNC-Lavalin for a 30-year contract valued at $179 million to "design, build, finance and operate" the William R. Bennett Bridge in Kelowna, British Columbia. Construction which was completed in 2008.
In 2004, the firm was awarded the contract for Canada Line, an extension of the SkyTrain rapid-transit system in Vancouver; the project was completed in 2009, ahead of schedule.
The Goreway Power Station, a 869.8 megawatt gas-fiired power generation facility in Brampton, Ontario, near Pearson Airport, constructed by way of an EPC agreement with SNC-Lavalin, began commercial operation in 2009, for Toyota Tsusho and Chubu Electric Power. The firm completed the construction of Ermine Power Station for SaskPower in Saskatchewan in 2009.
In 2010 the firm completed the construction of a $1.3 billion hospital at the McGill University Health Centre. (See discussion regarding controversy, below.)
The firm was awarded the 2015 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards for its work in structural and civil engineering for the Halifax Central Library project in which they created a "civic landmark and centrepiece for the Capital District".
In 2015, the Eglinton Crosstown (LRT) and Blue22 (airport rail link) projects in Toronto were awarded to SNC-Lavalin, who was one of only two bidders for the Crosstown line. Both lines have since been transferred to Metrolinx ownership. The Crosstown line is due to be completed in 2020, while Blue22 opened as Union Pearson Express in 2015. SNC-Lavalin is one of three main partners of the Rideau Transit Group, along with ACS Group and EllisDon Confederation Line, on a 12.5 kilometre rapid-transit line project in Ottawa with a 2.5 kilometre downtown subway tunnel as the centrepiece. The project, originally scheduled to be completed in 2018, is expected to be completed in Spring 2019.
International projects
In 1995, SNC-Lavalin won a large infrastructure contract to renovate and modernize hydro electric power stations with the Indian government.
In 2007, the firm won the $4.6-billion Ambatovy mine engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) management contract, the largest capital project in Madagascar's history. It was completed in 2010. The nickel and cobalt mining and preparation plant was completed in 2010. SNC-Lavalin sold its share for $600 million. There has been controversy about the mine's environmental and health impacts.
In December 2016, the firm won a BOO (build–own–operate) (BOO) contract from Crestwood Equity Partners valued at $100 million for multiple gas facilities in the Permian shale basin in the United States. In March 2016, it was awarded a $800M EPC management contract for a Middle East gas processing project.
Major investors
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is SNC-Lavalin's "long-term partner". According to an article by Pierre Fortin in L'actualité, Quebec Deposit and Investment Fund (the Caisse), which manages the Quebec Pension Plan and is the second largest pension fund in Canada, after the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), has increased its financing of Quebec enterprises from 2003 through 2013.
Legal issues
SNC-Lavalin's management teams have been investigated in a number of allegations under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act regarding contracts beginning with the SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric dam scandal (1995–2008) through to the allegations involving the bribing of Libyan officials between 2001 and 2011.
SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric dam scandal (1995–2008)
SNC-Lavalin won a large infrastructure contract to renovate and modernize hydroelectric power stations with the Indian government in 1995 which resulted in an alleged net loss to the Indian exchequer of 3745.0 million rupees, but led to no charges against the firm. SNC was subsequently accused of bribery and financial fraud related to the contract in 2008. A government investigation resulted in the expulsion of several Indian government officials.
Montreal's Jacques-Cartier bridge (early 2000s)
According to a February 1, 2019, article in La Presse, Quebec prosecutors are cooperating with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in an investigation called Agrafe 2 on potential criminal charges against SNC-Lavalin, concerning a contract in the early 2000s to repair Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge.
Illegal reimbursement of political donations (2004–2011)
In 2016, commissioner of Canada elections was probing political party donations made by SNC-Lavalin employees. According to the source that provided information to CBC News, the investigation found that SNC-Lavalin reimbursed all of those individual donations—a practice forbidden under the Canada Elections Act—but Elections Canada reached an agreement with the company to avoid prosecution.
In May 2018, former SNC-Lavalin executive vice president Normand Morin was charged with making illegal donations to Canadian federal political parties, on recommendation from the director of public prosecutions, in the Court of Quebec. The charges allege that from 2004 to 2011, Morin orchestrated and solicited political donations from employees or their spouses to Canadian federal political parties anonymously on behalf of SNC-Lavalin, to be reimbursed afterwards. The amounts paid included about CA$110,000 to the Liberal Party and CA$8,000 to other Canadian political parties. In November 2018, Morin pleaded guilty to two of the five charges, and was fined $2,000. The remaining three charges were dropped by the prosecution.
Libya (2011)
A 2012 CBC News report, said that the first reports of murky affairs surfaced against the company in 2010 in relation to contracts in Libya. According to a CBC News article, a Libyan bribery and fraud scandal involving crimes that took place from 2001-2011 led to charges in "connection with payments of nearly $48 million" to Libyan public officials. In the same article, it was reported that the company was also accused of "defrauding Libyan organizations of an estimated $130 million".
In 2015, SNC-Lavalin was charged with bribing Libyan officials in exchange for construction contracts between 2001 and 2011. In 2011, the RCMP began an investigation called Project Assistance which was triggered by a tip from Swiss authorities. According to an August 8, 2013 Financial Post article, Michael Novak who, had been the head of SNC International, had signed "several of the contracts between SNC and "unknown commercial consultants to help win contracts" for "work in Africa". This included a contract with former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's controversial government. By the summer of 2013, police alleged that the "unknown commercial consultants" had never existed and that Ben Aissa had "set up shell companies so he could pocket the [$56 million] himself". By July 2014, Aissa was jailed in Switzerland for "suspicion of corruption, fraud and money-laundering in North Africa". When SNC-Lavalin pulled out of Libya in 2011, it left behind $22.9 million in Libyan banks. In 2013, Roy filed a countersuit for wrongful dismissal, claiming lost wages and damages to his reputation, alleging that he had been framed and scapegoated by higher-level executives whose directives he was obliged to follow.
By February 2012, SNC investors had found out that audited financial statements had been delayed to accommodate an internal review relating to SNC's operations. The internal review probed $35 million of unexplained payments in Libya. Prior to the launch of the investigation, there had been months-long media speculation about the company's work in Libya and its ties to the Muammar Gaddafi family. In 2012, the RCMP investigated the company on these charges in the Project Assistance investigation and, in 2015, they charged SNC-Lavalin with "fraud and corruption", which the company indicated they would contest in court.
On December 18, 2019, SNC-Lavalin Construction Inc. pleaded guilty to fraud contrary to section 380(1) a) of the Canadian Criminal Code. The company stated that, between 2001 and 2011, over $47.5 million had been paid to Al-Saadi Gaddafi. The money was directed through two representative companies, both listing Riadh Ben Aissa as the sole beneficial owner. In return for the bribes, Al-Saadi Gaddafi applied his influence to the construction contract bidding process, ensuring contracts were awarded to SNC-Lavalin Construction. Payments of personal benefits totalling over $73.5 million were also made through the representative companies to Ben Aissa and Sami Bebawi, a former vice-president of SLCI. As part of its plea agreement with the Public Prosecution Service, SLCI was fined $280 million and given a three-year probation order. In exchange, the remaining corruption and fraud charges against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., SNC-Lavalin Construction Inc. and SNC-Lavalin International Inc. were stayed.
McGill University; the Arthur Porter kick-back scandal (2011–2014)
Charges were laid against senior executives from 2014 through 2019 in the bribery cases involving Arthur Porter at the McGill University Health Centre. According to a 2012 article in The Globe and Mail, these reports prompted calls for Canada to tighten bribery laws.
According to the National Post, SNC-Lavalin employees allegedly were involved in fraud and forgery in relation to a $22.5 million kick-back described as "consulting fees" to Arthur Porter on the contract to build the new $1.3 billion hospital at the McGill University Health Centre's CEO in violation of the Quebec Health Act. SNC-Lavalin were awarded the contract even though they were outbid by $60 million. The case led to an investigation by the Charbonneau Commission. Porter resigned from the post on December 5, 2011 in light of substantial public pressure. Porter was arrested in Panama on fraud charges on May 27, 2013, which alleged that he took part in the kick-back scheme. The CBC called it the biggest fraud investigation in Canadian history. SNC CEO, Pierre Duhaime in March 2012, Duhaime was arrested on fraud charges by Quebec authorities on November 28, 2012.
SNC-Lavalin sued Duhaime for millions of dollars in damages, claiming that he stained its goodwill by means of the McGill University Health Centre superhospital scandal. The company claims that Duhaime "facilitated the execution of the embezzlement" of $22.5 million of company funds. Duhaime was charged with several counts related to the bribe. In February 2019 he pleaded guilty to one count of breach of trust. The prosecution vacated some 15 further charges.
Padma Bridge (since 2011)
An investigation into an alleged graft related to 2011 bids for the construction of the 6.51 kilometre (four-mile) USD$3 billion road—rail bridge crossing the Padma River in Bangladesh, resulted in the former SNC-Lavalin employees being cleared of all charges by a Canadian court. In May 2011, two former SNC-Lavalin International Inc. (SLII) employees Ramesh Shah and Mohammad Ismail met government officials in Bangladesh to discuss a bid for the $50-million supervision contract to build the Padma Bridge, a project estimated to be worth US$3 billion. Part of the allegations were related to SLII common practice of list project consultancy costs (PCC), also known as project commercial cost, as a line item in internal budgets documents related to the bidding process. As a result of the original investigation by World Bank investigators who worked with RCMP officers, in September 2013, the World Bank blacklisted SNC-Lavalin and its affiliates from bidding on the World Bank's global projects. The World Bank had originally offered to fund $1.5 billion of the $3 billion but pulled back following the allegations. However, on February 11, 2017, the Ontario Superior Court found no proof of the Padma bridge bribery conspiracy, dismissed the case, and acquitted the ex-SNC-Lavalin executives. According to the Dhaka Tribune, Justice Ian Nordheimer rebuked the Canadian police, saying: "Reduced to its essentials, the information provided in the [wiretap applications] was nothing more than speculation, gossip, and rumor."
SaskPower serious design flaws (2015)
In 2015, internal documents from SaskPower (the crown corporation that is the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan, Canada), revealed that there were "serious design issues" in the carbon capture and storage system at its coal-fired Boundary Dam Power Station, resulting in regular breakdowns and maintenance problems that caused the unit to be operational only 40% of the time. SNC-Lavalin had been contracted to engineer, procure, and build the facility, and the documents asserted that it "has neither the will or the ability to fix some of these fundamental flaws". The low productivity of the plant had in turn meant that SaskPower was only able to sell half of the 800,000 tonnes of captured carbon dioxide that it had contracted to sell to Cenovus Energy for use in enhanced oil recovery at a cost of $25 per tonne. In addition to the lost sales, this meant that SaskPower had been forced to pay Cenovus $12 million<|fim_middle|> of public prosecution's decision not to negotiate a deal with SNC-Lavalin that would see the company avoid criminal prosecution over charges of corruption and fraud stemming from an RCMP investigation. The report analyses SNC-Lavalin's interests and finds that the lobbying effort advanced private interests of the company, rather than public interests. The report's analysis section discusses the topics of prosecutorial independence and Shawcross doctrine (dual role of Attorney General) to draw the conclusion that the influence was improper and a violation of Conflict of Interest Act.
Company responses
SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime resigned in March 2012 and was arrested by Quebec's anti-corruption squad on charges including fraud on November 28, 2012. He was replaced by Ian A. Bourne, who was also the chairman of Ballard Power Systems and a member of the CPP Investment Board. Bourne sat on SNC-Lavalin's board of directors beginning in 2009, before the "allegations of fraud and corruption in Libya" were made. As interim CEO from May 2012 to October 2012, Bourne oversaw a "major overhaul" of SNC-Lavalin's culture. Bourne resigned as chairman and as a director in March 2015 and was replaced by Lawrence N. Stevenson, who sat on SNC's board from 1999 until 2018.
Just before retiring from SNC-Lavalin in May 2012, Gwyn Morgan—who had been chair since 2006—hired American civil and environmental engineer Robert Card as CEO. Card was instructed to revamp the company's "ethics and compliance standards" and oversee the departure of existing management that had been involved in the scandals. During this period, over 10,000 Canadian employees left the company, many of them voluntarily. By 2013, when Card had completed his "strategic offensive" against previous SNC-Lavalin management, Neil Bruce, a native of Scotland, replaced Card. By August, four senior executives had departed, including Gilles Laramée, former CFO, Ric Sorbo, former head of SNC's oil and gas business, Patrick Lamarre, head of the power unit, and Michael Novak. SNC also dismissed financial controller Stéphane Roy.
Bruce undertook a campaign to improve ethics and compliance at all levels of the company management. This included using Transparency International's corruption rankings as a guideline in deciding which countries with which SNC-Lavalin would do business. In June 2019 Bruce retired from the company.
In 2019, the investigations continued to affect the company and its CEO Bruce. SNC-Lavalin continued to face criminal charges in 2019 in regards to alleged bribes contracts between 2001 and 2011. The company failed to receive a remediation agreement that would have provided a reprieve from criminal charges and now faces a potential conviction. A new investigation involving potential bribery in relation to a repair contract in the early 2000s, has been reported by La Presse.
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International engineering consulting firms | in penalties. In 2017, Cenovus sold its Saskatchewan operations to Whitecap Resources. By September 2018, "SaskPower and SNC-Lavalin had completed mediation and were headed to binding arbitration". In July 2018, SaskPower announced, in its annual report, that that would not be proceeding with retrofitting the two aging facilities near Estevan—Boundary Dams 4 and 5 (BD4 and BD5) with carbon capture and storage (CCS). According to a February 11, 2019 CBC News article, SNC-Lavalin has "received about $765,800,000 in [Saskatchewan provincial] government contracts from 2009 to 2018".
SNC-Lavalin affair (2019)
Following a 2017 public consultation process, the Government of Canada moved forward with the establishment of a "made-in-Canada version of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) regime", called the "Remediation Agreement Regime", which was introduced in the March budget and came into effect in June 2018. By 2019, SNC-Lavalin, still facing criminal charges in regard to several contracts, began investigating the possibility of a DPA under the newly introduced Remediation Agreement Regime, as early as April 2018. On February 10, 2019, the Toronto Star reported that Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer met with SNC-Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce on May 29, 2018 to discuss the remediation agreement. The director of public prosecutions informed SNC-Lavalin on October 9, that its DPA option was rejected because "is not appropriate in this case". According to the National Post, "If the company is convicted it would be barred from bidding on federal contracts for 10 years, potentially costing it billions in forgone revenue." In response, the company's share prices dropped, leaving it vulnerable to a hostile takeover. According to the Montreal Gazette, Quebec Premier François Legault said that SNC-Lavalin was one of ten publicly-traded companies headquartered in Quebec that the province considers to be "strategic" and therefore in need of protection from a takeover that would force the company to leave the province.
On February 8, 2019, The Globe and Mail reported that sources close to the government said that the Prime Minister's Office allegedly had attempted to influence Jody Wilson-Raybould's decision concerning SNC-Lavalin's request for a DPA, while she was Minister of Justice and Attorney General. When asked about the allegations, Justin Trudeau said that the story in the Globe was false and that he had never "directed" Wilson-Raybould concerning the case. Wilson-Raybould refused to comment on the matter citing solicitor-client privilege. Under pressure from the Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party (NDP), on February 11, 2019, the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner launched an inquiry into allegations of political interference and a possible violation of the Conflict of Interest Act in the SNC-Lavalin case.
On February 18, 2019, Gerald Butts, Trudeau's principal secretary, resigned and denied that he or anyone else in the Prime Minister's Office attempted to influence Wilson-Raybould.
On February 27, 2019, Wilson-Raybould spoke about the SNC-Lavalin controversy at a hearing of the House of Commons justice committee. In her first substantial public statement on the matter, she testified that she was inappropriately pressured to prevent the Montreal-based company from being prosecuted in a bribery case.
On 14 August 2019, Mario Dion, conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, released a report that said Trudeau contravened section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring Wilson-Raybould. The report details lobbying efforts by SNC-Lavalin to influence prosecution since at least February 2016, including the lobbying efforts to enact DPA legislation. The commissioner has also found that Trudeau acted improperly when using his position of authority over Wilson-Raybould in an effort to have her overrule the director | 897 |
As has become a tradition of sorts, we<|fim_middle|> religion, and culture.
Head for the Cure
"The mission of Head for the Cure is to raise awareness and funding to inspire hope for the community of brain cancer patients, their families, friends, caregivers and other supporters, while celebrating their courage, spirit and energy."
National Federation of the Blind of Kansas
"If a blind person has proper training and opportunity, blindness is only a physical nuisance. Our purpose is to integrate the blind of Kansas and our nation into society on a basis of equality with our sighted neighbors. We're accomplishing this through innovative and exciting initiatives. Most important of all we are the blind speaking for ourselves."
With so many nonprofits working around the country to provide much-needed assistance, we're excited for what volunteering opportunities the next year will bring. We hope you'll consider reaching out to organizations like these, especially as a company!
Happy Holidays from all of us at Litigation Insights!
Categories: LI News | Tags: company, news, nonprofit, Thanksgiving, and volunteering | wanted to take this Thanksgiving opportunity to shine a light on the wonderful nonprofit organizations Litigation Insights has worked with throughout 2019 (or will work with by year's end). We've had such heartwarming experiences this year, and we are constantly humbled by the talented, enthusiastic staff that make these nonprofits function every day.
Giving the Basics
"With your help, Giving the Basics provides the necessities of life, not covered by government assistance programs, that most people take for granted such as laundry soap, shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper and other personal care hygiene products.
Our products immediately impact low-income families with small children, students, battered women, veterans, seniors, former prisoners and the mentally ill. Our products help children attend school feeling fresh so they feel comfortable in the learning environment and they assure adults have the dignity they need so they can gain employment."
In March, our team joined the Kansas City-based organization, Giving the Basics, to sort, count, and package hygiene items and household products for those in need. We're proud to say we packaged 48,756 items during our time there!
Happy Bottoms Diaper Bank
"Safety-net programs such as SNAP (food stamps) and WIC (women infants children) do not cover diapers. This is a huge expense for low-income families costing an estimated $80-100 per month. 1 in 3 American families struggle to provide enough diapers to keep their babies happy, healthy and dry.
Our mission is to collaborate with community partners to empower, connect and impact low income families by alleviating diaper need in the Kansas City community. Our vision is to positively impact the mental, physical and financial stability of a family in crisis and need through diaper assistance, education and connection to services."
Happy Bottoms is an amazing Kansas City diaper bank, and we were pleased to join them in May to help wrap 218 total packages (5,450 diapers!) that went out to local children.
Spay and Neuter Kansas City
"We are Kansas City's only community outreach program whose mission is to end pet homelessness through preventative services. Our goal is to keep pets out of the shelters, off the streets, and in their homes. We focus on positive outcomes for all pets and the people who love them."
Spay and Neuter Kansas City assists pet owners in Kansas and Missouri with spaying and neutering, pet vaccinations and more, regardless of financial means. In September, we teamed with them for the day to assist with prep and cleaning of surgery supplies.
Operation Breakthrough
(Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program)
"For more than two decades, the staff at Operation Breakthrough, with much support from the community, has provided Christmas gifts and holiday meals to families in need in the central city.
In 2018, the Center helped around 820 families through the Adopt-A-Family program and with the help of generous adopters as well as those who provided extra toys for the Holiday Store, we were able to help over 3,200 children."
Operation Breakthrough provides numerous educational programs, healthcare, parent programs, and emergency services to children and families in the Kansas City area. This December, Litigation Insights will be "adopting" a number of families through Operation Breakthrough's Christmas Program.
Lastly, an additional shout-out to some of our other favorite nonprofits of 2019:
Faith Always Wins
Founded in response to a tragic hate-crime in Kansas City, Faith Always Wins is on a mission "to promote dialogue for the betterment of our world through kindness, faith & healing." Its events and workshops, such as Seven Days, encourage people to embrace diversity across race, | 761 |
December 2007 pt.1
V.A. - Autumn Records_Someone To Love
V.A. - Nuggets from the Golden State_Someone To Love
[The Birth of the San Francisco Sound]
Tracks :
1 The Mojo Men - She's My Baby (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
2 The Mojo Men - Fire In My Heart (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
3 The Mojo Men - Why Can't You Stay (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
4 The Mojo Men - Girl Won't You Go (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
5 The Great Society - Girl (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
6 The Great Society - Father Bruce (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
7 The Great Society - You Can't Cry (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
8 The Great Society - Born To Be Burned (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
9 The Great Society - Daydream Nightmare Love (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
10 The Great Society - Heads Up (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
11 The Great Society - Double Triptamine Superautomatic Everlove' Man (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
12 Charity Shayne - Ain't It Babe (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
13 The Vejtables - The Last Thing On My Mind (San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.)
14 The Vejtables - Mansion Of Tears (San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.)
15 Dino Valenti - Let's Get Together (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
16 The Great Society - That's How It Is (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) */**
17 The Great Society - Right To Me (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) */**
18 The Great Society - Where (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) */**
19 Jan Ashton - Cold Dreary Morning (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
20 Butch Engle & The Styx - I'm A Fool (Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.) *
21 Butch Engle & The Styx - Smile Smile Smile (Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.) *
22 The Great Society - Somebody To Love (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
23 The Great Society - Free Advice (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
24 The Tikis - Bye Bye Bye (Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.)
25 The Tikis - Lost My Love Today (Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.)
26 The Tikis - More & More & More (Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.) *
27 The Tikis - True Love Is Hard To Find (Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.) *
28 The Tikis - Happy With You (Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.) *
29 The Tikis - Mad (Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.) *
30 Jan Ashton - About My Tears (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.) *
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Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour [1968, Vinyl]
Led by singer Fred Cole, who had formerly been in the Northwest punk band the Weeds, the Lollipop Shoppe's sole album (from 1968) ranks as one of the better psych-punk LPs, and also as one of the better one-shot rock records of the late '60s. Featuring Cole's choked, bitter phrasing, the group staked out the middle ground between the Seeds (who shared the same manager) and Love, with a bit of fellow L.A. psych-punkers the Music Machine thrown in. If comparisons must be made, they were definitely closer in tone to Love than the Seeds, with a mixture of raunch and reflection in the spirit of Arthur Lee. Cole was one of the few psychedelic performers to make a contribution during the punk era, surfacing in the Portland punk band the Rats in the late '70s. [Allmusic.com]
The Lollipop Shoppe were a 1960s psychedelic garage rock band.
They were originally known as The Weeds and featured Fred Cole, now of Dead Moon. After The Weeds signed to UNI Records (a now-defunct subsidiary of MCA), their new manager, "Lord" Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bubblegum music. The band's actual recordings, including the 1968 LP Just Colour, are hardly bubblegum, but instead a mix of garage rock and psychedelia. The album and its single, "You Must Be a Witch," are regarded as period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. The album has been bootlegged; the Music Maniac label has announced a reissue but it has not appeared. The Lollipop Shoppe released one more single, "Someone I Knew" b/w "Through My Window", before breaking up in 1969. They reunited as The Weeds for a 1971 single [Wikipedia]
Track list;
01 - You Must Be A Witch
02 - Underground Railroad
03 - Baby Don't Go
04 - Who'll Read The Will
05 - It's Only A Reflection
06 - Don't Look Back
07 - Don't Close The Door On Me
08 - It Ain't How Long
09 - It's Makin' It
10 - I'm Gonna Be There
11 - You Don't Give Me No More
12 - Sin
[192K]
Style; Psychedelic, Garage Punk
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Dennis the Fox - 1975 - Mother Trucker
"DENNIS THE FOX Mother Trucker (MusArt US '7?)
Only a handful of heads have encountered this mad beast of an LP, and it's top 40 at least of all US LP's for me: utterly dark and sleazy lowlife nirvana! Like seeing God in a burst condom stuck to the tailpipe of a rusty pimpmobile, finding out Jesus stole your mama, looking for the meaning of life in a puke pile by a truckstop motel .... kinda scary how real this dude is! The cover is awesome and the music ranges from seedy bluesy loser zones into fucker up dive bar epiphanies. I can't think of any other record more at the end of the road seeking salvation in the tawdry. Wicked sense of humor. Twilight Zone. One of those smart literate guys attracted to funky situations. Like so many obscure LP's, the names of people on it seem too weird to be real .... Alfie Van, Audie Bridges ... backup vocals by Mary Bliss & the Bixens. Blows Damon & Fraction out of the water as far as my own need for kicks goes. "
all i can say is YES and YES
and how about some lyrics:
well you talk about your whiskey
and you talk about your wine
so i'm here to tell ya people
that that kind of thing is fine
you go chasin' after women
but you sure ain't got one yet
that knows somethin' about somethin'
and that's one thing i can bet
when it comes to really livin'
or just somewhere in between
there's a high steppin' side steppin'
life outside you ain't never seen
she's the lady
they refer to when they cut the ace of spades
that they think of when the night pulls down its shades
with the action if you think you've got the nerve
to put your money where your mouth is
and find out what she can serve
she's a lady
with the answers that can teach you about the world
she's a truck drivin' piledrivin' mean mothertrucker of a girl
don't you worry she treats every man the same
don't you worry that's the way she plays the game
don't you worry cause when everything goes wrong
just call her name
call her name
and she'll come lookin'
[repeat above]
she'll come bookin'
she'll come cookin'
(review by Joaquim_Peso @ rateyourmusic.com)
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Aorta - 1969 - Aorta (LP)
Here is an essential addition to Lost-in-Tyme.
Some straight from the LP 320 kbs hi quality MP3s for your enjoyment of discovering or rediscovering a great album!
Aorta is the name... For the album and for the band.
1969 was the year...
1 Main Vein I
2 Heart Attack
3 What's In My Mind's Eye
4 Magic Bed
5 Main Vein II
6 Sleep Tight
7 Catalyptic
8 Main Vein III
9 Sprinkle Road To Cork Street
10 Ode To Missy Mxyzosptlk
11 Strange
12 A Thousand Thoughts
13 Thoughts and Feelings
14 Main Vein IV
May you find your main vein (or at least one of the four suggested on that LP) and have a nice trip. Some of you may reply that the aorta is not a vein but an artery... Who cares? the effects you get are the same... A complex cocktail indeed. Some passages may suffer the test of time (but not the one of Tyme) The whole remains a flowing suite of very satisfying tracks both for the ear and the mind :) Enjoy!
Here is what Bryan Thomas from Allmusic have to say about this one :
"During the mid-'60s, the members of Aorta -- originally hailing from Rockford, IL -- had previously been in a group called the Exceptions. Early members of this group included Kal David (later of Illinois Speed Press and H.P. Lovecraft), Marty Grebb (the Buckinghams), and Peter Cetera (Chicago). The Exceptions were a soulful, if unremarkable, Top 40s cover group who were nevertheless acclaimed for their "exceptional" musicianship. They were one of the more popular acts on the greater Chicago local scene, and released a handful of singles on numerous Midwest labels -- Tollie, Cameo, Quill -- and for L.A.-based Capitol. For the last of these releases, the band dropped the "s" from their name and began calling themselves the Exception (a compilation for the Collectables label, The Quill Records Story, collects two of their singles). They also recorded an EP called "A Rock & Roll Mass for the Flair label; it featured six different rock songs with words taken from various religious prayers. As each member of the group -- with the exception of bassist Peter Cetera -- already had an eye toward expanding their original material to include a more "psychedelic" sound, they soon reconfigured themselves as Aorta, and, in late 1968, recorded a single for Atlantic. Eventually, producer Bill Traut (American Breed) approached them on behalf of Dunwich Productions, Inc., and -- with Bobby Jones taking over on bass after Cetera's departure -- they accepted his offer to record their debut album for Columbia in 1969. They recorded two albums under the name Aorta. The first of these, the self-titled Aorta, is today highly acclaimed as a lite-psych album of some minor renown, and though it managed to chart on Billboard's album charts, it failed to do what was expected. A revised version of the group -- still led by Jim Donlinger and now featuring Michael Been on bass/guitar/vocals -- recorded the drastically different second album, Aorta 2, for the Happy Tiger label. Jim Donlinger -- who along with his brother and Jim Nyeholt (during a brief period between the two albums), had all played in the Rotary Connection -- later left Aorta to join Lovecraft (formerly H.P. Lovecraft, who were signed to Reprise at the time), while Billy Herman would eventually move on to join New Colony Six. Michael Been later played with Moby Grape members Jerry Millerand Bob Mosley in Fine Wine, and ultimately achieved his biggest success with the Call. Been is also the father of Robert Turner of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The original Aorta later re-formed (joining another great Chicago-area group, the Cryan' Shames) to do promo spots for the U.S. Armed Forces on a very rare promotional LP. They've appeared on numerous compilations over the years. Aorta was re-issued on CD in 1996."
Sounds good to me... Thanks Bryan ;)
I've never heard that CD reissue but some reviewers say that the sound is so so... Here is the occasion to hear it in all its glorious LP version!
May Lost-in-Tyme never find the way home! (Another way of saying Keep on Rockin'!)
By the way, thanks to Pat Lego for that awesome LP!
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Love - 1974 - Reel to Real
Time Is Like A River (Arthur Lee)
Stop the Music (Arthur Lee)
Who Are You (Arthur Lee)
Good Old Fashion Dream (Arthur Lee)
Which Witch is Which? (Arthur Lee)
With A Little Energy (Arthur Lee)
Singing Cowboy (Arthur Lee-Jay Donnellan)
Be Thankful For What You Got (William DeVaughn)
You Said You Would (Arthur Lee)
Busted Feet (Arthur Lee-Charles Karp)
Everybody's Gotta Live (Arthur Lee)
Arthur Lee: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal
Melvin Whittington: guitar
John Sterling: guitar
Sherwood Akuna: bass
Joe Blocker: drums
Bobby Lyle: keyboards
Gary Bell: synthesizer
Wilber Brown, Fred Carter, John Clauder, Alan DeVille, Clifford Solomon and Billy Sprague: horns
Vanetta Fields, Jessica Smith and Carlena Williams: vocal
Robert Rozelle: bass (6, 7, 10)
Buzzy Feiton: lead guitar (3)
Art Fox: acoustic guitar (5)
Harvey "The Snake" Mandel: electric guitars (5)
Joe Deaguro: vocal, vibes (8)
Reel To Real turned out to be Arthur hitting it right on the nail again. For on it, he is returning to the Rhythm and Blues music he did before he heard the Byrds. On this album he had an entirely new band, with two exceptional guitarists. Melvan Whittington on lead and John Sterling on slide. (The latter had previously played with Eric Burdon.) On bass, Sherwood Akuna (a meaty Fatback bassist) and Joey Blocker on drums, providing an able pounding punchy backbeat. Among the guest musicians, Arthur had Buzzy Feiten on guitar and Bobby Lyle on keyboards (well known session men), and among the people he thanked for helping him with the album was Keith Moon of the Who. Arthur Lee was always able to find great new musicians to play with. And maybe this is his secret. Why he has been able to survive so long. Because like Miles Davis, he is always changing. Lee, who at this time had the clean shaven headed Isaac Hayes look and a Fu Manchu mustache (which looked surprisingly good on him), seems to have developed an interest in Eastern Religion and Vegetarianism; as evidenced by the photographs on the album jacket and inside record sleeve.
With the opening number, 'Time Is Like A River', Arthur hits us with something entirely outrageously new. A perfectly blended, smoky Rhythm and Blues sound. Horns, background chorus (with a molten groove) added to the band (a deep New Orleans Funk if you will, just hinted at contextually in Rock form in 'Feel Daddy Feel Good' on False Start.) And with each succeeding song, 'Stop The Music' (where Lee plays burning Harmonica and Melvan Whittington a stuttering guitar solo while John Sterling plays a lean threatening slide) the stop/start arrangement hanging you on the edge, 'Who Are You' (a really silky devil of a vocal) with guest guitarist Buzzy Feiten smoking furiously on guitar, 'Good Old Fashion Dream' (Arthur cooking and boiling with the background chorus); this is a startlingly different Arthur Lee. 'Which Witch is Which', a merging of acoustic and electric Blues, with Lee adding just a touch of Harmonica to a mix of backwards guitar (that Beatles/Hendrix influence) and John Sterling's slide solo. 'With A Little Energy', another smoking R&B number with the added twist of a solo on Moog Synthesizer by second guest keyboardist, Gary Bell.
On side two Arthur revisits 'Singing Cowboy' from Four Sail. A more restrained and relaxed smooth vocal this time, with Melvan Whittington and John Sterling cutting two musical swathes across on guitars, behind his vocal. A very different take on the song, with Arthur having developed a completely new singing style (which he first attempted on Vindicator and perfected on the title song for the film 'Tomasine and Bushrod'). Next is William Devaughn's popular 'Be Thankful For What You Got'. And Lee does one hell of a reading; as good as the original. This is Arthur Lee, very Black and very Funky. Besides using his own regular vocals and voicings on the album, he also uses occasional inflections of Sly Stone and Al Green; which are very good. The following song, 'You Said You Would', is a humorous Country Rock affair with Arthur singing the tale of the 'woman who done him wrong'. Whittington and Sterling trading licks, and the song ending with an explosion worthy of 'Seven and Seven Is'. Next, a remake of 'Busted Feet' from the Vindicator album, that is much better than the original. Whereas on Vindicator it was just an average Rock song, here, the song is shorter and the arrangement is much tighter and threatening. Gary Bell provides a great atmospheric background with Moog Synthesizer, as Melvan Whittington really cuts loose on guitar and Arthur abruptly cuts off the song; as he sings about not quite being able to let go of the past. The final song, 'Everybody's Gotta Live' (also from Vindicator) is an acoustic reworking and a very poignant statement; as Lee leads the group of backup singers into the chorus, singing smoothly and finally doing justice to a very good song. An album worth having and cherishing.
At last a positive review from a Real Arthur Lee Fan
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Posted by Lost In Tyme at 12/11/2007 08:00:00 PM 13 comments Links to this post
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V.A. - WorldBeaters Vols 1-8
Can things get any crazier? As we scour the planet looking for the wildest and most obscure 60's punk on the planet we become more and more amazed at what we are uncovering.
From Italy, to Chile, Poland to Singapore the kids were going crazy over fuzzed out guitars, primitive drum beats and wild tambourines. It is with great pleasure that we give you the instalments of theworld beaters series.
As far as international 60s garage compilations go,
WORLDBEATERS IS TOPS!!!
Get it before it's gone, these bands ALL rock like crazy - and there's even some groups here from PAPUA NEW GUNIEA - i don't get no more obscuro than that, freak fanz!!!
Submitted by elroy (Wallingford, CT, USA)
We are dealing with a very good collection of later 60's beat, freakbeat, punk and 60's psych from various places from all over theworld (Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, the East). The compilation is well done also because the styles and songs fit well together.
An excellent approach to beat music from outside the Anglofile countries,is what this compilation is all about !
Track Lists & Links Here
Posted by innocent76 at 12/08/2007 08:00:00 PM 22 comments Links to this post
Labels: innocent76, Opa-Loka, Various Artists
Neighb'rhood Childr'n - Long Years In Space 1967-1968
Neighb'rhood Childr'n
RICK BOLZ 12 string gtr, tamb, hrmnca, vcls A B
GARY CAMPBELL ld gtr A
GEORGE GLEIM bs A
DYAN HOFFMANN vcls, organ, tamb A B
TOM RYAN drms A
W. A. FARRENS drms, hrmnca, tamb, vcls B
RON RASCHDORF gtr, tamb, vcls, hrmnca B
1( ) THE NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N (Golden State Recorders acetate) 1967 R5
2( ) THE BOOK OF CHANGES (Golden State Recorders acetate) 1968 R5
3(B) NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N (Acta A-38005) 1968
4(-) LONG YEARS IN SPACE (dbl) (Sundazed 5023) 1997
(1) is a 12" metal acetate album. Some tracks appear on the Acta album, most don't.
(2) is a one-sided 12" metal album acetate of Acta album tracks with different mixes. Chocolate Angel has a longer intro.
(3) pirated in 1989 and also on CD.
(4) is an essential retrospective collection, also issued on CD (SC 11041).
1 THE NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N (Vegas Productions 863) 1967
(1) issued with press kit by the group's booking agency. This promo-only 7" EP was not issued in a sleeve. It contained non-album cuts/versions of Up, Down, Turned Around World, Maggie's Farm, That's What's Happening and Please, Please Leave Me Alone.
45s:
1 Little Black Egg/Louie Louie (Golden State Recorders) 1967
2 Maintain/Just No Way (as 'The Neighborhood') (Acta 813) 1967
3 Please Leave Me Alone/Happy Child (Acta 823) 1968
4 Behold The Lilies/I Want Action (Acta 828) 1968
5 Woman Think/On Our Way (Dot 17238) 1969
(1) is a One-sided 8" metal acetate. Only
(3) is from the Acta album.
One of the many forgotten bands gigging in the 'Frisco area, Neighb'rhood Childr'n's sole album on Acta is a psychedelic 'gem'. But, alas, after its release they simply vanished from the scene. Back in '68 with comparatively crude instrumentation available they created some very spacey sounds on tracks like Long Years In Space, while Chocolate Angel is something of a psychedelic jam. Feeling Zero appears to have been specially written to bring you down after another trip, while tracks like Happy Child and Patterns feature Dyan Hoffmann's crystal clear vocals. lndeed on Long Years In Space she complements the other vocalists to give the band a Jefferson Airplane-type sound. They even perform a re-creation of Over The Rainbow from Wizard of Oz.
Neighb'rhood Childr'n also recorded a couple of acetate albums in addition to the album on Acta. Much of this material has been compiled on the excellent Long Years In Space retrospective on Sundazed, and this together with the 'Acta' album is strongly recommended to connoisseurs of psychedelia.
The band evolved out of Oregon's Navarros, when their original drummer John Morrison was drafted. After about a year Campbell, Gleim and Ryan quit too and Bolz and Hoffman were then joined by central California musicians W.A. Farrens on drums and Ron Raschdorf on lead guitar.
Collectors should note that a DJ 45, with Dancing In The Street on both sides (N.A.M.l. 2014) 1974, is actually by a different Neighborhood Children, and sounds similar to early Jackson brothers.
Compilation appearances include:
Changes Brought To Me on Turds On A Bum Ride Vol. 1 & 2 (Dble CD)
and Turds On A Bum Ride, Vol. 2 (Dble LP).
(Vernon Joynson / Clark Faville / Darryl F. Riffero / Stephane Rebeschini)
Disfruten el estofado!
Posted by Arcadium at 12/08/2007 03:58:00 AM 8 comments Links to this post
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"The Holy Modal Rounders... Bound to Lose"
Anthology Film Archives, Friday December 7th - Thursday December 13th.
The Theatrical and DVD release of the
documentary film "The Holy Modal Rounders...Bound To Lose". The film chronicles the bizarre forty year history of The Holy Modal Rounders, a 1960's Greenwich Village psychedelic folk duo (sort of like "A Mighty Wind on Amphetamines"). Featured in the film are Dennis Hopper, former band member Sam Shepard, Peter Tork of The Monkees, Wavy Gravy, Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, Dave Van Ronk, The Fugs, Loudon Wainwright III, among many others. Read More...
Roky Erickson- I Have Always Been Here Before
Roky Erickson; Tommy Hall, Clementine Hall (vocals); Stacy Sutherland (guitar); John Shropshire (bass guitar, background vocals); Bennie Thurman, Ronnie Leatherman (bass guitar); Danny Thomas, John Kearney (drums).
Given the influence Roky Erickson has had throughout a career dating back to his work with the psychedelic garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, it is amazing that it took until 2005 for an anthology as comprehensive as I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE BEFORE to appear. Kicking off with "We Sell Soul," a 1965 lo-fi nugget Erickson cut with his pre-Elevators band The Spades, this wild ride spans over three decades. In addition to the seminal Elevators classic "You're Gonna Miss Me" (with its gravelly vocals and rubbery twang), there's his mid-'70s solo comeback featuring the Doug Sahm-produced, wah-wah-drenched dirge "Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)" and its hook-filled sibling "Starry Eyes."
Marred by frequent bouts with mental illness throughout his career, it is frightening to hear the enormous talent that Erickson displayed during moments of clarity. His raw, mercurial skills shine throughout, whether on the late '70s sessions with the Aliens (including the faux skinny-tie twang of "I Think Up Demons" and "Don't Shake Me Lucifer") or the forlorn, autobiographical chamber pop of "Please Judge" from 1995's ALL THAT MAY DO MY RHYME.
BUY IT HERE : http://www.cduniverse.com
After the suggestion of a friend...
and some more mature thinking about this release...
we decided to remove the links...
Posted by innocent76 at 12/07/2007 06:12:00 AM 9 comments Links to this post
Labels: E, innocent76, R
Johnny Lunchbreak - Acetate (1974 / 1975)
"Found circa 2004 while digging through Connecticut, a mysterious nine-track 12-inch acetate housed in a stickered jacket. No real info, other than the aforementioned sticker giving the band a name, a photo giving the band a face and a psychedelic style drawing pulled from a notebook tucked inside. The label on the record gave a general idea of location...the Gallery Recording Studios in CT. The 'detective work' was started by calling the recording studio. They didn't remember anything. With no names, I posted a pic of the acetate and two MP3s up on the Yahoo psychedelic web board to see if anybody knew anything. Some unknown Swede noticed the drawing was signed by a chick and managed to track her down right away. She, in turn, got a hold of an original member who in turn got a hold of me. All within a day or two of my original post. Amazing how that works out sometimes! The acetate was impressive...all originals showing healthy influences of their heroes the Kinks, Bee Gees (Odessa era) and the Stones. Yet the band retained an identity much of their own. Since the acetate went unreleased, I thought it fit to press up 300 copies to share with the world. Had these sessions been pressed up on a private label back in the day, the resulting album would surely be on many a want list now. This reissue is a real gem for fans of early/mid-'70s underground rock. Strict pressing of 300 numbered copies with minimalist hand assembled packaging. Also includes liner notes (um...kinda) by an original member. The reissue is mastered from the original found acetate (and is by no means of 'audiophile' quality)."
1) Tinsel Days
2) The Same Could Happen To You
3) Take Me Baby
4) The Best That I Had
5) Never Found
6) It's Got a Hold On You
7) A Very Papal State
8) Amazing Pain
9) Not a Dry Eye in America
Posted by Crotchbat at 12/05/2007 07:40:00 PM 3 comments Links to this post
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The Voyage Limpid Sound - 2000 - Electronically Enhanced Dream
Soundflat writes :
Behind the Voyage Limpid Sound stands a 19 year old Greek -an original
psychedelic talent- who writes, plays and records his songs in his father's studio. Musically he is close to the British psychedelic groups of the 60's and mostly to the first records of Pink Floyd, while the accords of his vocals are influenced by the psych/pop era of the Beach Boys. I know the artist personally but I'm not lying when I say that this album is disturbingly good! As other reviewers have said, Pink Floyd and the Beach Boys can be heard in his music, but I'd like to add David Bowie to that list!
Here's a young man who's doing with ease all the things that others try to do for years:sophisticated arrangements,strong melodies and songs,stunning voice and original 60's sound as none 80's psychedelic outfit ever did!Find this album-then you'll know why!The song "Shades of the sky" is a fave!! Benjamin Roses
source : http://psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=346
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Posted by innocent76 at 12/05/2007 06:40:00 PM 2 comments Links to this post
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Collective Tools - St
"Collective Tools" 197 (Silver Crest Custom nt-5272) [insert<|fim_middle|>2.tripod.com/AcidArchives/
My opinion --- i did like it a lot. Not best played but sounds true and worm to me. Original
Posted by JANISFARM at 12/03/2007 06:59:00 PM 2 comments Links to this post
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The Tea Company - 1968 - Come And Have Some Tea With The Tea Company
The Tea Company from New York City was one of the early birds from the US psychedelic underground scene with an LP on the market by 1968 originally released on Smash Records. This album marks the evolution of the 45 rpm teen-psych-garage band market to the upcoming LP-generation with extended improvisational parts. "The Naturals" formed in 1963 with Joe Meek influence and evolved into the Tea Company which showcased a more psychedelic sound. Opening up big ballrooms for such acts as; The Mamas and the Papas, The Lovin' Spoonful, Bob Dylan, Ritchie Havens, and many others, the Tea Company became popular in the US underground, also in San Francisco for spectacular live shows and lyrical hippie statements.
Influenced by and using the same equipment as the Beatles, the controversial and intense "East-Indo Sound" reflects "an assemblage of possessed rock performers; retinue preparing the unusual; alternating with the roots of soul…whose purpose is to cause sensation, due to stimulation of the auditory centers of the brain!" Played with lots of freaked-out-echo-organ/-guitar noises on a 12-string Rickenbacker and various-stereo madness, reminds strongly of Syd Barrett´s spirit but more driven by hard hittin´ drums. You will find an outrageous 9 min. cover version of Vanilla Fudge "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which is celebrated among 60s collectors as a true milestone. The album is a mindblowing and freaky production (LP includes 3 bonus tracks by the NATURALS). This LP-release (remastered) captures the end 60s stereo sound-experiments in a fresh and intense way! The insert contains a nice bio and photos. A must for those who wanna feed their minds with unusual heavy-psychedelic Rock-ROOTS!
source : http://anazitisirecords.com
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Jim & Jean - 1966 - Changes
Some time without sharing anything, so I thought, hey, before the year ends, let's post at least another album. I recently upped this for a friend, so you can have it too :-)
I'll borrow some comments found on the net (from Madhaiku , credit to him! ) for it, so no need to give my poor opinion about it. My opinion is: I love it! Specially their cover of Cruxifixion... such beautiful voices!
I'm guessing that you've never heard of Jim & Jean who had the misfortune of releasing their first album just as the folk revival was being crushed by the weight of the British Invasion and its own pretentiousness. (And the dopes at the Newport Folk Festival booed Dylan when he plugged in and went a electrified. Sheesh.)
Anyway, Jim Glover and Jean Ray recorded a couple of albums on the Verve Folkways label in the mid-1960s, then seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. Their first album, Changes, was released in 1966 and covered songs by Phil Ochs, David Blue, Eric Anderson and Dylan. The rest were penned by Glover himself who is said to have introduced Ochs to the music of Woody Guthrie and taught Ochs guitar when they were roommates at Ohio State. It was Ochs who wrote the liner notes on the Changes album.
"The folk boom has come and gone like a plague," Ochs wrote ruefully. "As the scene came to its inevitable shift, some resigned and officially became salesmen, others became ethnic defenders of Mother Earth tradition even though there were no attackers.
"Many grew their hair down to their wallets and jumped on the Beatle bandwagon in true hands-across-the-sea spirit. Palms upward as usual.
"Myself, I also planned to form a new group of former folkies. We would expand our hair, be backed by an electronic symphony orchestra, we would play sitars and various other eastern instruments we learned of by reading record jackets, and we would talk about the free-form ultra-Zen music on television. The group would be called the Pretensions."
Of Jim & Jean, Ochs said, "Into this melange of ultra hip and ultra hyped scenes leap Jim & Jean, a true blend of Americana, the kind of couple who might well persuade people from Iowa to buy U.S. Savings Bonds.
"Can they sing? Are they worth listening to? I think so, because unlike many of the people you have come to know and love in the folk and folk-rock scenes, they actually have voices with timbre and tone, control and intelligence."
OK, Ochs was a bit overwrought, but it was the 60s, and he would later kill himself (hanged himself in 1976), and there would be big tributes to him (I remember reading how Allan Ginsberg wore Ochs' gold lamè jumpsuit on stage at one event). But he had a point when he wrote, "There has been a vacuum of decent interpreters of the new wealth of songs pouring out of the New York decadence. These lyrics demand sensitive treatments, and don't necessarily need the overwhelming blare of drugged speakers. They demand phrasing, harmonies, counterpoint and higher wages."
I first bought this album right after it came out; found it in a store downtown. Or rather it found me. It's not the greatest album in the world. I didn't think so then and I don't think so now. On some harmonies Jean's full, high-pitch warble can get downright irritating. But Jim & Jean do a killer version of Ochs' song Crucifixion, which is like a postmodern, pre-psychedelic interpretation of the New Testament. And the title track, Changes, which Ochs also wrote, has that snap and pop of quintessential hippie dippy Sixties. He wrote some damn good songs, Ochs did, and Jim & Jean did them justice after all.
GET IT HERE : rapidshare.com/files/Jim___Jean_-_Changes__1966_.zip
Hope you like it folks ;-)
Posted by kaleido at 12/02/2007 04:33:00 AM 7 comments Links to this post
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Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son [1967]
Cat Stevens' Matthew & Son was among the handful of releases that introduced Decca Records' "offbeat"-oriented (but ultimately largely psychedelic/progressive) Deram label in England. Actually, Stevens' "I Love My Dog" launched the label in fine style by climbing to Number 27 on the U.K. charts, and its follow-up, "Matthew & Son," hit Number Two, resulting in the release of the original album of the same name. The latter was not only a fine account of Stevens' early folk-influenced pop/rock sound, but was also a beautiful, candid audio "snapshot" of one side of Swinging London's musical ambience in late 1966 and early 1967. It melds tinkling harpsichords ("Matthew & Son") and moderately ambitious orchestrations (mostly horns and strings) on some songs ("I Love My Dog") with folky acoustic guitar on others ("Portabello Road"), a lot of it carrying highly expressive, weirdly personal lyrics. Though it was like pulling teeth to get some of those early records out from Decca, this album sounds today like the record that should have accompanied the American version of the Beatles' Rubber Soul onto millions of turntables. It's very distant from the sound that Stevens was ultimately known for, and in many ways, it's more dated than what he did for Island/A&M, but it's much more self-consciously accessible, arranged in different styles, ranging from vaudeville-style band accompaniment ("I See a Road") to trippy Donovan-esque ballads ("Baby Get Your Head Screwed On," "When I Speak to the Flowers," "Hummingbird"). Some of it, such as the sax-driven "Come on and Dance," is a little awkward as efforts at a soul sound, but all of it is fun, even the slightly too Engelbert Humperdinck-esque "Lady." [Allmusic.com]
01 - Matthew And Son
02 - I Love My Dog
03 - Here Comes My Baby
04 - Bring Another Bottle Baby
05 - Portobello Road
06 - I Ve Found A Love
07 - I See A Road
08 - Baby Get Your Head Screwed On
09 - Granny
10 - When I Speak To The Flower
11 - The Tramp
12 - Come On And Dance
13 - Hummingbird
14 - Lady
15 - School Is Out
16 - I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun
[VBR2]
Style; Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Pop-Rock
Labels: C, Frisian, S
V.A. - Nightmares From The Underworld_Canadian Punk Vols 1 & 2
Nightmares From The Underworld #1 - LP
1 The Power Of Beckett - Lost Soul In Disillusion (Montreal, Canada)
2 M.G. & The Escorts - A Someday Fool (Montreal, Canada)
3 Les Bohemians - I Need You Baby (Montreal, Canada)
4 Mike Jones Group - Funny Feeling (Montreal, Canada)
5 The Midnight Angels - I'm Sufferin' (Le Pas, Canada)
6 Underworld - Go Away (Toronto, Canada)
7 Witness Inc. - Not You Girl (Saskatoon, Canada)
8 Mainline - Don't Wait Around (Winnipeg, Canada)
9 The Munks - Long Time Waiting (Montreal, Canada)
10 The King-Beezz - Gloria (Edmonton, Canada)
1 Great Scots - Give Me Lovin' (Halifax, Canada)
2 The Heart - Treat Me Bad (Almonte, Canada)
3 The Checkerlads - You Just Can't Hide (Regina, Canada)
4 Dee & The Yeomen - Baby It's All Worthwhile (Toronto, Canada)
5 Simple Simon & The Piemen - People Of Tyme (Montreal, Canada)
6 Great Scots - That's My Girl (Halifax, Canada)
7 Our Generation - Cool Summer (Montreal, Canada)
8 The Jury - Who Dat? (Winnipeg, Canada)
9 The Esquires - It's A Dirty Shame (Ottawa, Canada)
10 Skaliwags - Turn Him Down (Ottawa, Canada)
~@~@~
1 The Quiet Jungle - Everything (Toronto, Canada)
2 Eight Point Five - Casey's Mail Order Bride (Bathurst, Canada)
3 The Purple Haze - Love Is Fine (Montreal, Canada)
4 Berries - Night Winds (Toronto, Canada)
5 Naughty Boys - Baby (Ottawa, Canada)
6 Please Feed The Animals - I'm Crying (Toronto, Canada)
7 The Power Of Beckett - Shake Me, Wake Me (Montreal, Canada)
8 Underworld - Bound (Toronto, Canada)
9 Skaliwags - 365 Days (Ottawa, Canada)
10 Expedition To Earth - Time Time Time (Winnipeg, Canada)
1 Don Norman & The Other 4 - Low Man (Ottawa, Canada)
2 The Quid - Crazy Things (Winnipeg, Canada)
3 Satan & The D-Men - She'll Lie (Kenora, Canada)
4 Naughty Boys - Heart (Ottawa, Canada)
5 Les 409 - They Say (Montreal, Canada)
6 The Northwest Company - She's A Woman (Vancouver, Canada)
7 Expedition To Earth - Expedition To Earth (Winnipeg, Canada)
8 Just Us - I Don't Love You (Toronto, Canada)
9 Sound Box - Warm Your Mind And Soul (Montreal, Canada)
10 Royal Family - Solitude (Edmonton, Canada)
In the overcrowded field of '60s garage reissues, a compilation exclusively devoted to Canadian bands sticks out as something of a novelty. But the Canadian garage sound was virtually identical to the U.S. one; it just emanated from a more northerly direction. So this 20-track anthology sounds like just another American garage comp, albeit a rather below average one. The Quid's "Crazy Things" is a good take on the Pretty Things' approach, and the Berries' "Night Winds" distinguishes itself with some flute trills (quite uncommon to find in garage records). Otherwise there's little to detain you, unless you're one of the thousand or so collectors who's determined to own every damned last garage compilation that's ever come out.
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
These are both 20-track LP compilations [which have been reissued as a 2-CD set] of Canadian rock ("punk" or "garage") from 1965 to 1969, featuring 34 groups from Vancouver to Bathurst, New Brunswick. Actual cities represented are (from west to east): Vancouver (The Northwest Company); Edmonton (Royal Family, King Beezz); Regina (Checkerlads); Saskatoon (Witness Inc.); Le Pas, Manitoba (Midnight Angels); Winnipeg (Expedition To Earth, Quid, Satan & the D Men, Mainline, Jury); Ottawa (Naughty Boys, Skaliwags, Don Norman & the Other Four, Heart, Esquires); Toronto (Quiet Jungle, Berries, Please Feed the Animals, Underworld, Just Us, Dee & the Yeomen); Montreal (Purple Haze, Power of Beckett, 409, Sound Box, M.G. & the Escorts, Bohemians, Mike Jones Group, Munks, Simple Simon & the Pieman, Our Generation); Halifax (Great Scots); and Bathurst, New Brunswick (Eight Point Five).
The majority of these groups produced only one 45; of the others, only two groups produced more than one more single: The Northwest Company (four more) and Don Norman & the Other 4 (six more). None made albums except the Esquires in 1964, and Please Feed the Animals, who made just one album but no single releases. That album contained only cover songs, seven of them by the Animals (hence the group's name), one by the Yardbirds, one by Cream, and one by the Small Faces.
So you can be sure that these are rare, with the book value from $25 to $85+. Rarity often also means low budget production and that usually equals low fidelity, and here, with the sources (as usual with rare stuff) being the 45s and not the master tapes, the sound is compressed, but so what? We're lucky that it's been made available. But is the music any good? Well yes it is, although much of it is derivative with influences by the Animals, Beatles, and various '60s-isms like snarling vocals, tambourines, organ, lots of background singing in harmony, and fuzz guitar. All but four are originals, as far as I know, except the covers of Beatles ("She's A Woman"), Them ("Gloria"), Blues Project ("Wake Me, Shake Me"), Animals ("I'm Crying"). Rating: 8/10
Nightmares From The Underworld Vol 1 AGNC 100 Can 1983
One of the most sought-after comps and proof positive that Canada had the best 60's scene outside the US. Several awesome classics here though the number of tracks and crappy vinyl make the sound quality less than satisfactory. Compiled by Andre G of Canadian discography fame, released back in '83 in a ltd ed of 300. Haven't seen this offered for years.
Nightmares From The Underworld Vol 2 Underworld Rec 1205 Can 1985
Perhaps fewer classics here but a great consistency makes it just as enjoyable. Slightly psychier and with some unusually
well-chosen covers. Not as rare as vol 1 and with better sound quality.
~from : http://lysergia_2.tripod.com/LamaWorkshop/ageOfCompDescr.htm
Some more info can be found here :
Nightmares From The Underworld_Canadian 60's Punk
from Canadian Records Obscurities & Rarities by Andre Gibeault
Link : http://www.kiwi-us.com/~hitomi/nightmare.htm
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Dialater blues
40 & 20 years [actually 4 & 20 years]
Long tall Sally
S ail to Maine
Someone's here
Clear silver
Run past my window
If I were carpenter
Just the same
Circa 1970 upstate New York collaboration on a NYC label. Features the groups Eon, Silverwood, and other musicians from a drug rehabilitation clinic. Moody basement folkrock and fuzz sounds. On the surface this is a terrible record, but amateur fans will go nuts over the loose playing, warbling female vocals, no-fi production, and downer vibe throughout. Similar to "Tool Shed" and the Earlham College comps but murkier. Highlights: the murky take on "40 & 20 Years" (sic), the thud fuzz instro "Clear Silver", and the mournful "Sail to Maine" which is about scoring cocaine. Real people with real damage. [RM]~~~
This mix of rock, folk and jazz is a lot more interesting when you discover the background behind it. Knowing that it was made by people in a drug rehabilitation clinic/mental hospital, it just plain creeps me out, starting with the mournful trumpet and out of tune harmonica on the opening instrumental, moving through the chilling "Sail To Maine" (in which the singer seems to have the attitude that she can't beat drugs so she'll just snort cocaine until she dies) and some really stark loner folk. About half of the songs are covers. "Two of Us" is especially chilling, with the heavily echoed vocals and abrupt ending making my own mind turn this hopeful song into something completely different, where the "home" they seek is the clinic... or death. I'm probably reading too much into it, but given the feel of the rest of this album I might be on the right track. Despite the basement production and a certain kind of sloppiness, most of this is reasonably well played and sung. The ones that aren't (i.e: "Get Together") have a weird urgency that's compelling. Every song here sounds like a last gasp. Very interesting stuff. [AM]
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Genre:Drama, Romance
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Though the Portland Press Herald is gone and the building has turned over a new page as the Press Hotel, its past is still imprinted in this award-winning hotel's design details.
The giant typewriter-style keys spelling out the name on it's façade provide the first clue about the Press Hotel's former incarnation as a newspaper building. Inside, knowing references abound, from sculptures inspired by letterpress woodblocks to<|fim_middle|> the popular Inkwell Bar, where barkeeps mix classic cocktails such as the Machias Pimm's and Old Fashioneds, while executive chef Josh Berry is making a splash cooking up New England farm-to-table cuisine at the UNION restaurant.
Trendland's editor-in-chief, Ani Tzenkova, brings you the story of The Press Hotel, the rebirth of Portland, Maine and among other things, lobster. | the collection of vintage typewriters dancing across the lobby wall. The 110 guest rooms are styled with a 1920s newshound in mind, furnished with oversized writer's desks and slick black reporter's notebooks to jot down inspirations. The Herald's city room has been transformed into | 63 |
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This article reports on a sample of 147 women under age 35 living in rural areas in China who had attempted suicide and were treated in the emergency room of hospitals in<|fim_middle|>whelmingly, the method used by the attempters was poisoning with highly lethal pesticides and organic fertilizers. The women's suicidal behavior was characterized by high levels of impulsivity; little effort to seclude themselves before and after ingesting poison; and low rates of mental illness, including depression. Detailed suggestions are made about ways to implement suicide prevention strategies within the particular social and economic context of China. | four different locations. The interview instrument took 2 to 3 hours to complete and included audiotaped in-depth interviews with the patient and family members (separately); detailed evaluation of the circumstances surrounding the attempt, life events, and the family environment; and a formal psychiatric evaluation by an attending-level psychiatrist. Over | 64 |
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When my Aunt Carolyn was in town earlier this month, my Mom took us both to the Jacksonville Zoo . Mom got us the deluxe tickets so<|fim_middle|> momma cracks me up. lol. | we could see the new exhibits — Stingray Bay, the butterfly enclosure, and the dinosaurs. Here are the best pictures from our adventure.
The butterfly enclosure was teeming with tiny beauty.
This Monarch will be the model for my next Zen-tangle.
Yikes! A T-Rex! These dinosaurs sense your movement, then start growling at you.
Here's a descendant of the dinosaur. The bird, not my Aunt Carolyn!
And some more updated dinosaurs. These turtles were enjoying the warm sunshine.
What are those things Aunt Carolyn is touching in the water?
Look out — big sisters can be mean!
Now does this look familiar?
A Zen moment. This was taken through a hedge wall looking into the Asia exhibit.
Your | 148 |
KONE Americas has chosen AT&T as an Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and service management provider for KONE 24/7 Connected Services, which enables monitoring and analysis of real-time data from elevators and escal<|fim_middle|>. KONE technicians automatically receive alerts when equipment has an issue or is not performing to standards, so they can perform proactive, even predictive, maintenance.
"Escalators and elevators are often something that we take for granted – until they aren't working. As they transport millions of passengers each day, just one broken-down elevator can cause bottlenecks in buildings, which can be frustrating and inconvenient," said Chris Penrose, president of IoT Solutions at AT&T. "KONE is showing how a manufacturing and services company can use IoT solutions to help put customers first and improve insights into the condition of elevators and escalators."
AT&T shares a long-standing business relationship with KONE. AT&T provides several global edge-to-edge solutions to KONE, including mobile, wireline, managed network services, AT&T NetBond [®] for Cloud, and traditional voice and data services. | ators.
The companies are making thousands of elevators and escalators smarter across the U.S., Canada and Mexico using Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity that will help improve the safety, equipment uptime and predictability for maintenance services.
"Reliable connectivity is an essential element for powering KONE 24/7 Connected Services and for driving our smart buildings strategy. Our solution enables real-time data to predict, maintain and act before a breakdown occurs, creating a better customer experience. With AT&T, we can easily implement and scale KONE 24/7 Connected Services for our elevators and escalators and those we service across North America," said Larry Wash, executive vice president, KONE Americas.
KONE 24/7 Connected Services brings intelligent maintenance services to elevators and escalators. KONE monitors parameters such as speed, weight, vibration, temperature, frequency of use and much more. The solution uses AT&T IoT connectivity and service management to transmit real-time data about the condition of elevators and escalators to IBM Cloud. Using IBM Watson® IoT Platform means the data can be analyzed using cognitive learning to help identify and predict faults before they happen. All of this is facilitated to keep equipment up and running, and to improve people flow.
Building owners and facilities managers use an online dashboard to track the operation of their equipment | 271 |
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It doesn't seem like my children have changed that much until I run across pictures from just two years ago and see just how much they have changed in size, looks and abilities. These photos are from Thanksgiving 2012. We hadn't redone our kitchen yet (I enjoy cooking even more now!) and the baby still needed a booster! (That baby is 4 1/2 now. Sigh).
My favorite…5 sets of little praying hands gathered around a table… I can't believe how little our now 4<|fim_middle|> in a brand new coop, and I no longer eat meat! Also, Darcy is now clean shaven and about 20 pounds lighter (a perk to being married to someone (me) who in the time between this picture being take and now became a registered yoga teacher.
What Thanksgiving traditions do you celebrate? | year old looks in this photo!
We had my husband, Darcy, to thank for the turkey. He raised it and killed/prepped it himself that year…This picture proves many things can change in 2 years…we no longer keep turkeys or ducks, the chickens live in a different part of the property now | 65 |
Институ́т Ми́ттаг-Ле́ффлера () — международный математический научно-исследовательский институт, расположенный в Юрсхолме (Djursholm), пригороде Стокгольма (Швеция). Это старейший исследовательский математический институт в мире, он основан в 1916 году. Институт находится в ведении Шведской королевской академии наук, выступающей от имени научно-исследовательских обществ всех скандинавских стран, но деятельность Института в значительной степени автономна.
Главное здание Института («вилла Миттаг-Леффлера») первоначально принадлежало шведскому математику Магнусу Гёсте Миттаг-Леффлеру, который передал его Институту вместе со своей обширной научной библиотекой, парком и подсобными помещениями. После его смерти (1927) в условиях общего мирового экономического кризиса фонд проекта оказался недостаточен для создания активного научно-исследовательского института, фактически действовала лишь библиотека. Реально Институт начал свою работу только в 1969 году, после назначения руковод<|fim_middle|>ённых сотрудников:
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Джордж Люстиг
Бенуа Мандельброт
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С начала XX века на вилле Миттаг-Леффлера ежегодно организуется праздничный обед для лауреатов Нобелевской премии.
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Научные институты Швеции | ителем Леннарта Карлесона, который добился финансовой поддержки от фонда Валленберга и страховых компаний.
Перед зданием Института установлен бронзовый бюст Софьи Ковалевской, которую Миттаг-Леффлер некогда пригласил в Стокгольм. В настоящее время (с 2011 года) директор Института и главный редактор журнала Acta Mathematica — Арий Лаптев.
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Уставная цель Института — поддержка международных исследований на высшем уровне по математике. Особое внимание уделяется математическим исследованиям в странах Северной Европы. Институт также осуществляет связь между математиками скандинавских стран и с международным исследовательским сообществом. Основные мероприятия Института включают исследовательские программы, конференции, семинары и летние школы.
Материалы проводимых в Институте исследований публикуются в журналах:
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Институт регулярно приглашает видных математиков разных стран (преимущественно скандинавских) принять участие в специализированных математических исследованиях продолжительностью год или полгода. Среди наиболее известных приглаш | 353 |
Back in October I had a chance to speak with Mr. David and Kyle Kemper, the Director of Marketing and Business Development at CAVIRTEX, during the World Money Show in Toronto. Currently the two estimate that only 1% of the Canada's population engages in the use of "cryptocurrencies" such as Bitcoin. Yet they are confident that as new technologies facilitating the use of Bitcoin emerge, that figure will balloon in the coming years.
I start by asking David and Kemper to bring me up to speed on the basics.<|fim_middle|> can be won through the clear advantages it poses to consumers.
Bitcoin is capable of bypassing the lattice of infrastructure currently in place between banks, credit companies, and numerous other financial institutions. Bitcoin transfers are encrypted, irreversible, and transaction fee-free. The movement of coins, which can take as little as three seconds to complete, are sent directly from user to user. There is no minimum transaction amount, meaning online micro-purchases are possible.
The perks here are clear to consumers and retailers looking to avoid transaction fees and risky transfers. As such David foresees a system in which the advantages of Bitcoin will cause many retailers to incentivize Bitcoin payments through discounts, as they come to accept it as a more efficient and preferable form of trade.
As a virtual exchange, CAVIRTEX allows individuals to buy and sell Bitcoin for Canadian dollars with other customers. The company currently only provides accounts to Canadian citizens and residents holding Canadian bank accounts. They accept Interact transfer, wire transfer, and electronic fund transfers (EFT) from those for those looking to purchase Bitcoin. Users are also able to sell Bitcoin, either at market value or a price of their choice.
CAVIRTEX has even recently released debit cards that work on 750,00 point of sale terminals and 68,000 ATM terminals in Canada, allowing customers to access Canadian Cash earned from Bitcoins they have sold. Though the transfer of this cash to the card currently takes a few hours to complete, CAVIRTEX is targeting instant loading in the coming months, for those looking to insulate their consumer spending from the banking system. | "Bitcoin is both a protocol and a unit of measurement." Joseph explains. While the unit of measurement simply refers to the coins themselves, the underlying protocol is the source code comprising the 'laws' of the currency; it is the network that validates every Bitcoin transaction. This protocol is reinforced across the Internet through a network of nodes that maintain the currency's global infrastructure, making BitCoin a truly decentralized currency.
Contained in the code is the protocol for Bitcoin creation. Through a process called 'mining', individuals or organizations use considerable processing power and access the Bitcoin 'blockchain', a running public record of all the currency's transactions. Through a process of complicated programmatically problem solving, the mining operations race to search for 'blocks' of transactions that when discovered, award Bitcoins to the successful party. As more people devote computing power to such endeavours, the computation power of the system overall increases.
This complex process carried out by the protocol follows a roughly pre-determined pattern of supply. Bitcoin supply is set to cease once 21 million bitcoins have been created. While this amount is only set to be attained in 2140, Kemper notes that 99.9% of this amount will have been created by 2045.
The imposition of this limitation in the source code is one of the more interesting aspects of Bitcoin's design; it is essentially a digital mimicry of the gold standard. "We know with rough certainty how many bitcoins there will be in 2025. Do we know how many US dollars will be in circulation by then?" Kemper say, shrugging rhetorically.
Kemper knows the economic ideology behind Bitcoin, though attractive to some, is not going to be what sways the average consumer. "Everyone wants to know how Bitcoin works," says Kemper, "but most people don't know how the money they use works". What truly dictates the success of a currency is a societies confidence and faith in adopting it. Kemper believes that in the case of Bitcoin, this confidence | 414 |
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There is a general belief among Alaska economists that the longest recession in the state's history will come to an end later this year, but the economy isn't likely to look much different then than it does now.
Longtime Alaska Labor Department Economist Neal Fried expects employers will add roughly 1,400 jobs in 2019, which, while a definite positive, would only be about 0.4 percent growth in the job market.
Overall, the state has lost about 12,000 jobs since late 2015, when depressed oil prices and ballooning state budget deficits led to contraction in some of the state's largest industries — oil, construction and government.
While the final numbers for 2018 are still being tallied, Fried and University of Alaska Anchorage economic professor emeritus Scott Goldsmith believe final numbers will show the state lost about 2,300 jobs last year, a 0.7 percent contraction of the workforce after consecutive years of losses in excess of 4,600 jobs in 2016 and 2017.
Statewide employment was down 0.3 percent in December, according to a Jan. 18 Labor Department release.
Goldsmith said the state is headed towards what he described as a "post-recession" period and not a true recovery, which would technically mean a return to pre-recession job levels.
Current employment levels mirror 2011, according to Fried.
Relatively stabilized oil prices in the $60 to $70 per barrel range, a suite of new North Slope oil<|fim_middle|> Fried.
UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research professor Mouhcine Guettabi noted that the improved economic outlook is predicated on the Legislature and Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy not resolving the state's current $1.6 billion budget deficit with spending cuts alone.
"If that ($1.6 billion) were to get removed from the economy, obviously all of this gets tossed aside," he said.
ISER has concluded that state government spending cuts are the most economically damaging way lawmakers can close the state's budget gap. That's because Alaska uniquely relies on oil tax and royalty revenue and as of this year investment earnings from the Permanent Fund to pay for government services — money that is additive to the overall state economy — instead of recycled broad-based tax revenue.
ISER estimates $100 million in state operating budget cuts roughly equates to 1,000 or more full-time jobs lost depending on how the cuts are implemented. | prospects and — tentatively — stabilized state government spending are what Fried and Goldsmith are basing their 2019 projections on.
"The declines are declining," Goldsmith said at a Jan. 16 luncheon, noting that Alaska was adding jobs at a rate of just about 0.4 percent per year in the three-year period leading up to the recession.
"If you recall those were years when oil prices were over $100 per barrel so one would've expected that the economy would've been chugging along at a pretty brisk rate, but it really wasn't so I think that's worth thinking about as we move forward," he added.
They're forecasting the oil and gas industry, which has shed about 5,000 jobs — more than one-third of its total Alaska workforce — since 2015, will add about 300 jobs this year.
Oil and gas companies added 100 jobs in December year-over-year, according to the Labor Department. The closely linked construction industry added another 200 jobs in December and Fried is predicting Alaska builders will hire 900 more employees over the coming year.
"A recession usually ends with a whimper. What generally happens is the positives get big enough to overwhelm the negatives," he said, which is what he is predicting for 2019.
Additional employment gains of about 500 jobs are expected in the health care and hospitality industries, sectors that mostly continued to grow during the recession. Those additions will offset small losses in government and retail, according to | 320 |
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People Spotlight: Hongshan Guo and Evan Zhao, Maeder Grad Fellows study sustainable built environments, metabolic engineering at the Andlinger Center
By Greta Shum
Graduate students Hongshan Guo and Evan Zhao have been named the recipients of Princeton University's Maeder Fellowship in Energy and the Environment for the 2018-2019 academic year. Guo is a doctoral student in the School of Architecture. Zhao is a doctoral student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Each year, Princeton faculty members nominate candidates for this honor by drawing upon top graduate students performing research related to energy and the environment. Selection for the fellowship, which is supported by the Paul A. Maeder '75 Fund for Innovation in Energy and the Environment, is based on the promising potential of the researcher and his or her accomplishments.
For this edition of "People Spotlight" at the Andlinger Center, we feature our two 2018 – 2019 Maeder graduate fellows.
Hongshan Guo
Hongshan Guo has a background in mechanical engineering, energy systems and building simulation. She is currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student at Princeton, where she has been studying the relationship between the built environment and the thermal comfort of the occupants inside it. She is pursuing the architecture school's technology and computational design track and is advised by Forrest Meggers, assistant professor of architecture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
She is involved in several research projects that investigate urban water issues and geothermal energy delivery. So far, her work has taken a close look at the way energy is transferred to the built environment. Her research interests also extend from building components, such as the electrical, mechanical or plumbing structure, to the indoor environment and beyond to ways of measuring comfort in outdoor locations.
"I'm very excited to receive the Maeder Fellowship," Guo said. "It was already a huge privilege for me to be working in the Andlinger Center with so many different researchers from drastically different disciplines. The fellowship encourages me to push those collaborations further and hopefully I will keep up the momentum for the rest of my career."
Next year, with the support of the Maeder Fellowship, Guo will be investigating the disconnect between the energy that is supplied to buildings to manage the room temperature and the energy necessary to provide comfort to the occupants.
Evan Zhao
Evan Zhao is a third-year Ph.D. student working with José Avalos, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. His research investigates ways to improve metabolic engineering by using light to control the rate at which these chemical reactions take place. In metabolic engineering, one goal is to reprogram the genetics of microbes to produce biofuels, non-fossil fuel-derived chemicals, or pharmaceuticals. Since microbes have not naturally evolved to make such chemicals, the microbe's metabolic goals are often in direct conflict with the production of a chemical of interest.
The method Zhao uses in the lab involves introducing light-activated proteins to control these cellular processes, a process known as "optogenetics." In recent research Zhao published with his collaborators in Nature, he showed that light-based modules permit instant and reversible control over cellular metabolism. Next year, with the support of the Maeder Fellowship, he will focus on fine-tuning the broad toolkit that he created for specific chemical products to address current process inefficiencies, which will also demonstrate its utility in challenging metabolic engineering applications.
"I'm thankful to be given the opportunity to continue working with my colleagues on a technology we hope can someday provide the world with a sustainable chemical production economy," said Zhao.
The ultimate goal is to develop a technology that would enable a sustainable and environmentally-friendly chemical production economy. Specifically, this research has applications for producing advanced biofuels, fragrances, plastics and pharmaceutical ingredients.
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When it comes to skin care, there are just some ingredients you know will always work. Everyone seems to have their tried and true formulas, but every now and then, you've got to shake that up with some weird but genius skincare products that happen to have amazing reviews. You may swear by shea butter for moisturized skin, if you haven't tried snail cream — yes, cream made with the slime of snails — you could be missing out. According to the reviews, it's a literal skin saver.
For about a year I've been using this honey serum as a moisturizer and primer, and guess what the active ingredient is: basically, bee spit. But, you know what, if bee spit is going to get my skin baby soft and help my makeup stay on all day, well, I'm just going to keep slathering it on my face. Do you know why? Because results are worth more to me than any amount of judgmental raised eyebrows.
If the absurdity of using weird beauty products like serums with snake venom or a mucus-y lip mask on your face is just too much, take a second to read the reviews. I assure you there are many naysayers turned converts who may be able to persuade you differently.
This serum is my personal morning moisturizer. It has honey, propolis (essentially, bee spit), and sea-buckthorn oil to create a barrier to protect skin from moisture loss. Plus, its light formula does double duty as a primer. One reviewer said using it "noticeably transforms my skin...I've been going makeup free the last 2 days because this stuff not only makes my skin feel great, it makes it look nearly flawless."
This mask is made of natural clay and activated charcoal, which deeply get into your pores and draw out impurities. The weird part? Reviewers love the carbonated bubbles that turn into into a lightweight foam. "You can notice a difference just after the first use," one reviewer said. "It left my skin feeling so super soft! I normally have kinda oily skin and after using this stuff my face is a lot less oily!" This reviewer also pointed out that the formula made small whitehead-like blemishes on her chin and under the lip appear less noticeable.
This steam balm works by opening pores and uses egg white and camellia extract to clear them out. Reviewers with acne-prone skin consider this a lifesaver. One reviewer has been using it and stopped, and said she "started getting really bad breakouts again. Then I realized omg I haven't been using the TonyMoly egg pore primer! Ever since that moment I have been using this stuff religiously. My skin is clear, glowing and just so beautiful. I will forever use this stuff, it truly is amazing."
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Let's look at some examples of specific personality disorders to help illustrate these dysfunctional thinking patterns and the types of interpersonal problems that are created as a result.
For instance, persons with Paranoid Personality Disorders exhibit suspicious thinking and therefore have difficulty trusting other people. They may misinterpret what other people say or do as intentional attempts to attack them, hurt them, or take advantage of them. In turn, they end up holding grudges and may act in ways that are overly defensive, hostile, or even aggressive. You can imagine this thought pattern will cause a lot of anxiety for the person who is paranoid, and that this type guardedness<|fim_middle|> for those people without a personality disorder. Additionally, people with personality disorders find it much more difficult to become aware of, and to challenge their distorted thinking.
As we have seen from these examples, distorted thinking patterns can impact both how a person feels, and how they behave. Recall, a person must exhibit at least two of the four core features that are characteristic of personality disorders before they will qualify for a diagnosis. This means someone who exhibits distorted thinking patterns would also have to exhibit at least one more characteristic before it is appropriate for them to receive a personality disorder diagnosis. This leads us to the second core feature of personality disorders: problematic affective (emotional) response patterns. | , defensiveness, and hostility is very unpleasant for the other people around them. Obviously, this type of distrust makes close relationships nearly impossible.
People with an Avoidant Personality Disorder tend to think they are completely flawed and inferior to others. Persons with an Avoidant Personality Disorder are unable to recognize both their good and bad qualities. Their extremely negative self-image convinces them that other people see them in the same way (as flawed and inferior). Thus, they are certain no one will like them, and expect others will ridicule them. This leads them to avoid social situations because they anticipate these encounters will be painful and unpleasant experiences. Because of these thoughts, it is unlikely they will have any fun at parties or other social events and so they miss opportunities to have a fulfilling social life. Professionally, they might avoid social situations or avoid public speaking and hence miss out on professional and networking opportunities that usually benefit career development and advancement.
People with Schizotypal Personality Disorders exhibit odd beliefs. They might be extremely superstitious and have unusual beliefs in magic or the supernatural. Other people often find such a person odd and eccentric, and may feel uncomfortable being around someone who holds such strange and unusual ideas. People with Schizotypal Personality Disorder sense they are quite different from others and are often aware that other people seem uncomfortable around them. As a result, they have chronic feelings of just not "fitting in."
People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder exhibit distorted thinking when they go back and forth between over-idealizing themselves, and then completely devaluing themselves. In addition, they have a tendency to over-estimate the importance or significance of their abilities and talents. Persons with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder frequently have fantasies of having unlimited power, success, or special talents. These over-idealized beliefs about themselves can cause them to behave in ways that are arrogant, ruthless, and entitled. Such behavior frequently causes a lot of conflict with others. For example, a person with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder may ignore the social custom of waiting in a queue to purchase a ticket. Instead, they will march to the front of the queue, believing they are more important than the other people in line and are therefore entitled to special treatment. Of course, the people waiting politely in the queue do not respond well and conflict erupts. Eventually, the person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder is likely to run into a situation in which they realize they have some normal, human limitations. When this occurs, they are likely to find it extraordinarily difficult to cope with this realization. Any inkling of failure is hard for them to tolerate. The sudden realization of ordinary human limitations typically leads them to completely debase themselves, shifting from the over-idealized fantasy of unlimited success and special powers, to a devastating and paralyzing sense of complete worthlessness, shame, and defeat.
The pattern of black-or-white thinking is quite common in those with Borderline Personality Disorder. Things tend to be "all or nothing", "black or white", "all good, or all bad." This way of viewing the world can create a lot of emotional suffering and is particularly devastating in relationships. Other people are seen as either "all good" meaning they are perfectly loving and available to meet their needs at all times, or they are "all bad" meaning they are malicious and hateful, with no shades of grey in between. Sometimes, their view of another person can shift in just a few seconds from "that person is completely wonderful" to "that person is horrible." Take the example of a woman thinking that her partner is the most caring and loving person in the world. Of course, no one can achieve such a perfect ideal all the time so when her partner does one unloving or thoughtless act, such as forgetting their anniversary, the immediate conclusion becomes "He doesn't love me. He is so mean and horrible." Sometimes, it doesn't stop there, because "If he doesn't love me, he must hate me." It is easy to understand that this pattern of interpreting relationships creates great distress and will provoke an intense emotional reaction in people who think like this. Subsequently, their partners may be quite baffled and distressed by these extreme ways of thinking. In such cases, conflict is likely to be frequent.
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Day 13- 4th day no weight loss!!
The first time I did a 21 day juice only reboot I averaged about half a pound a day. I sadly went on holiday and gained but this second time I am not only losing slower the last four days I haven't lost at all! There was one day my weight was up.
I am sticking to 80/20 veg fruit. However, I have added a tomato mostly based juice in the evening. Tomato, pepper, carrot, hot chili. I have<|fim_middle|>! Good Luck!
Thank you very much Trinity. I now don't think it has anything to do with the tomatoes because I stopped making that juice and I'm still not losing. I am sticking to a green juice and the link below shows what I use in it typically. In fact, I posted on that link because I am not only worried about not losing but I'm worried about having too few calories and perhaps slowing my metabolism.
The one thing I need to improve is exercise as you mentioned. I think some long walks are in order. Thank you again.
Good! Cause I love that tomato juice!! I'm about to embark on a 30 day so thanks for the link. Its good to have all this support and info in your back pocket.
WJS....someone else advised me to make sure I was drinking my water. Yes, and move more. That would be good, especially after a "meal". I started juicing one month ago. I drink about 48 oz. of mean green a day, then have salad for dinner. I am not on the fast. I also eat fruits and veggies. I initially lost 2 pounds and was so excited. Then, for weeks, nothing. But, remember, I am not fasting. What I am noticing, though, is my belly is smaller. I am losing that processed food bloat. That is giving me the motivation to stick with this. And you are right.....there has to be some results somewhere that you can hold onto! Good luck!
I came here for answers as to why I am not losing weight and I have found some. I started juicing late August and juiced for about ten days, then went to juicing plus one plant-based meal a day. I have lost 20 lbs. since embarking on this journey, but in the process have run into plateus of not losing. I have to remind myself that I started this for health reasons and that losing weight is a bonus. I have RA and my goal was to get off the medication, just as Joe did on his fast. I have been able to step down my medication and have had marked improvement around pain and swelling. Oh yes, must say that even if I am at a standstill for weight loss, I continue to lose inches. Thank God I found the FSND film that a "friend" posted on Facebook. I plan to make this eating lifestyle a permanent one. | this cold and hot. When I first had it, there was no change in the beginning but perhaps this is the culprit? I will definitely cut it out to see but has anyone experienced this or know why this is happening?
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My take on this, and you DON'T have to agree with me by any means, is that weight loss is but a pleasant side effect of juicing but not the primary goal. The primary goal should be to live a balanced and healthy lifestyle and let your weight work itself out naturally. Many people come to juicing because they have tried traditional dieting and the weight always comes back on.
My own personal story may be helpful: I started juicing because my blood pressure was so high that I had to go to an emergency room and I'll never forget the look of alarm on the nurse's face when she took my first reading (200/140). I'm sure she expected me to have a stroke right in front of her. I knew that my weight at the time (360#) was the primary reason for the high B/P, but I also knew that I just simply had to get healthy and simply dropping weight would not be enough. I had been down the lose weight & gain it back roller coaster before. This time, I had to admit the truth that my whole body was diseased, my heart was enlarged and I had chronic inflammation (and I'm sure I had a fatty liver besides) and I would soon be dead. It was an incredibly bad day for me, as I'm sure you can see. After watching Joe's movie for the twentieth time, I went on the first of two reboots. I was doing this because I wanted to keep living, and losing weight was but one of the steps I had to take. I just wanted to to see my children grow up.
There are lots of weight loss regimens out there, but nobody promises to heal your body the way that juicing does. That is why I started juicing and that is why I continue to do it, and why I recommend it to everyone. There are plenty of skinny people out there who are very, very unhealthy but I didn't want that. I wanted to be healthy and to live a long, long time.
OK, enough about me. I just wanted to let you know where I'm coming from. My advice to you is to monitor not only your weight but your bodyfat level also. You can lose fat and gain muscle at the same time (which is great), and your weight never changes. If you can see your bodyfat going down, or at least staying the same, then you're doing fine. It is easy to monitor your bodyfat, there are hand-held devices that cost about $30 and they give a reasonably accurate reading. Also, monitor your blood pressure, your pulse rate, your waistline, etc...and if those numbers are moving in the right direction then you have nothing to worry about. Keep juicing the way you are and don't cut back on the juice. If you are not losing bodyfat quickly enough, then add more exercise.
Thank you Danmcn61. It is so good to hear how it has changed your life around, you as well as your family must be so proud. Well done!
Yes, thanks about the reminder on WHY we do.
I've been focused on the results aspect of it; I lost 11 pounds the first 6 days and then stayed the same this entire weekend. Was going through what WJS was feeling.
What I should be proud of is all the energy that I have now - which I was taking for granted. Thank you for the posts!
There were a couple of days that I was down .2 and .1 so very marginal losses but today is day 16 and my weight is up! :( I know this is meant to be healthy and can appreciate that but does anyone have any idea why this is happening???
Hey there - that is discouraging! I was laughing because I also just added a tomato (which is a fruit remember!) juice. Uh-oh! j/j Otherwise, are you juicing w/ the recipes from the PLANS pdfs?
While I'm certain this isn't a requirement - there are thousands of recipes - in your case maybe going back to the very basic plan will help? Also, are you doing the hot water in the mornings? Gotta make sure things are moving through if you know what I mean. LOL.
The other natural thing, already suggested by dan above, is to add some movement. I get results w/ a simple 20 min walk on my treadmill every other day. I know some other folks who are really enjoying Tai Chi.
I can get crazy about the numbers- I'll sabotage if I see I'm losing, I'll want to go off the juice if I see I'm not - so in my case I took the scale and put it in the closet.
I'm sorry you're not seeing the numbers move. But I bet w/ some of everyone's suggestions taken on board you'll have the health benefits AND the weight loss | 1,090 |
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This glossary of staircase terminology details the most common and basic terms used in staircase construction and balustrading installation and is by all means not exhaustive.
Balustrading – the overall name for the complete assembly of handrails, bas<|fim_middle|> or post cut through the center lengthwise, to be used where handrail terminates at a wall.
Wall Rail – a handrail attached to a full or half wall following the pitch or incline of a closed stair.
Wall Stringer – the stringer of a staircase fixed flush with a wall. | erails, newels, spindles and caps.
Bullnose Step – usually at the bottom of the stairs with one or both ends of the step having a quarter circle design.
Closed Stringer – a stringer with the face housed/trenched to accommodate treads and risers so their profile cannot be seen.
Cut or Open Stringer – a stringer with the upper edge cut away to the shape of the treads and risers so that their profile can be seen from the side.
Fascia – A skirtboard on the outside wall of the staircase or balcony.
Floating stairs – A flight of stairs is said to be "floating" if there is nothing underneath. The risers are typically missing as well to emphasize the open effect. There may be only one stringer or the stringers otherwise minimized. Where building codes allow, there may not even be handrails.
Headroom – The headroom of a set of stairs is the vertical distance above the stairs from a line drawn from nosing to nosing to the finished upper construction.
Landing – A landing is the area of a floor near the top or bottom step of a stair. An intermediate landing is a small platform that is built as part of the stair between main floor levels and is typically used to allow stairs to hange directions, or to allow the user a rest. As intermediate landings consume floor space they can be expensive to build. However, changing the direction of the stairs allows stairs to fit where they would not otherwise, or provides privacy to the upper level as visitors downstairs cannot simply look up the stairs to the upper level due to the change in direction.
Left Hand/Right Hand – the side of the stair as it is ascending.
Newel Post or Post – accommodates the strings, handrails and treads/risers of stairs.
Nosing – the edge of the tread projecting beyond the face of the riser and the face of a cut string.
Pitch – the angle between the pitch line and the horizontal.
Rise, total – the vertical distance between finish floors.
Rise, unit – the vertical distance from one step to another.
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Stringer Margin – the distance between the top of the string and the pitch line measured at 90° to the pitch line.
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The assisted living facilities are different from nursing homes in that residents of assisted living centers live alone and<|fim_middle|> cottages. Some of the tasks that they are assisted with however include dressing, feeding, helping with bathing, diapering, toileting, medicating, moving from one point to another and facilitating daily living decisions. The tips to consider when selecting assisted living facilities in Huntsville, for example, are as follows.
It is important to find out if the facility feels clean and fresh. Some of the places you need to look are the windows and corners. Find out the number of times housekeeping is given in the residence alongside maintenance services.
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There are<|fim_middle|>. | no hotter buzz words in B2B marketing than ABM and Predictive Analytics. On can scarcely make it through the day without coming across an industry article detailing the benefits of this new B2B marriage made in heaven. But, before you finalize your wedding invitation list, make sure Intent Monitoring makes the cut.
Predictive solutions apply a statistical approach to infer a likely future action. Intent Monitoring collects and aggregates target account activities and then analyzes this 1st party data for changes in frequency of those behaviors. In layman's terms, it boils down to "What Is" vs "What Could Be". Understanding this difference will make a major impact on your sales and marketing teams efforts.
Deep engagement with target accounts by valuable sales resources without a Buying Trigger is a major waste of time, effort and money. Branding and nurturing can be done more cost effectively with automated processes & technology. How in tune are your marketing and sales teams to these Buying Triggers? How do they monitor and recognize key account behavior? How Account Aware are you?
Recognition and Account Awareness inform marketers and sales teams of real Buying Triggers. It lays out the hard, cold facts. It presents the data of which webpage, blog, email, ad, or social post has been viewed, by whom, how often, how many, and how long.
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Thoughts: Shadowgate
When you start your first game of Shadowgate, it's likely you'll do exactly the same thing I did. You'll sit through the tutorial that walks you through the first and second rooms of the game, picking up keys and torches while an evil wizard does his Guardian-From-Ultima You'll-Never-Defeat-Me schtick, and then when you get to the third room the game cuts you loose and leaves you to sort things out on your own. There's a collection of verbs along the top of the screen that represent the ways you can interact with the room you're in, which contains a statue of a hooded figure holding a book, flanked by a couple of candles. Now, if you're anything like me you'll immediately start experimenting by doing the usual adventure game thing of using VERB on OBJECT. LOOK at the statue. OPEN the book. LOOK at the book. LOOK at the candles. TAKE the can-
And then the floor opens up beneath you and crushes you under ten tons of stone. You have spent less than two minutes in game, and you're already staring at the Grim Reaper's death screen. Welcome to Shadowgate. Fuck you.
Shadowgate can best be described as Knightmare: The Game. If you fall into the age bracket to whom that sentence will mean anything at all, Knightmare: The Game might sound like an awesome idea, except for one tiny flaw: there's a big difference between watching a bunch of inept kids flail around inside a punishingly-difficult dungeon, and flailing around inside said punishingly-difficult dungeon yourself. When it's you that has to deal with figuring out the solution to an instant-death puzzle the prospect suddenly becomes far less entertaining, and it shows in Shadowgate, a game that is by turns frustrating, tiresome and rage-inducing in almost equal measure.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Shadowgate bears passing similarities to Legend of Grimrock, but where Grimrock did an admirable job of updating the concept for the 21st century Shadowgate feels so dated it's damn near ossified – it's supposed to be an "update" of a game that was released back in 1987, except it updates precious little except the visuals and music. All of the tiresome game mechanics you'd expect to find in a game from 1987 are present and correct in this<|fim_middle|> this is advertised to prospective dungeon-crawlers, and so it functions as the first – and largest – pitfall for an unwary player to fall into, before they've even gotten to the candle deathtrap two screens into the game. And even if it's avoided the puzzle design is still extremely questionable in places. In Grimrock when you solved a puzzle you felt like the smartest person in the universe. In Shadowgate you simply think "That was the answer? For crying out loud!"
Still, I don't quite hate Shadowgate. This is strange, because aside from some lovely music it's fundamentally not a very well-made game. I think it's because despite its slavish devotion to old school gameplay meaning there's very little that's actually modern in this modern update, it still scratched the itch I had for a game that was like Shadowgate. I would have taken a much better game if it were available — and ideally I would have taken Grimrock 2 — but in the absence of either Shadowgate just about cleared the very low bar I'd set for it. That's not even close to being a recommendation, but it is a justification. A Shadowgate remake isn't a bad idea – handled more competently, and in a way that played to its strengths rather than letting its obsession with the old school of game design accentuate its weaknesses, it probably could have been quite good. Unfortunately this Shadowgate isn't.
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I do wonder precisely how many of these lazy nostalgia-fests we're going to get in the Kickstarter age. Although I suppose crowdfunding fatigue set in a while back for many people, so it'll diminish over time?
(Yay you're back)
The big Kickstarters (or at least the ones I backed) have so far bucked that trend; I think it's just an issue with indie game development in general.
Ninja Foodstuff says:
I guess this is a kickstarter thing: the developers worry that they're going to let the backers down by changing the formula too much (although it seems a bit extreme in this case).
I've dabbled a bit with the Pillars of Eternity beta and it made me realise the infinity engine really annoys me in 2014. My tolerance for clicking and searching for things has diminished in the intervening years.
Aleksei Volchok says:
>I guess this is a kickstarter thing
We'll hear it often. People think they want to play Wizardry 7 or Daggerfall again. Give them those oldschool games with updated graphics and all rose-tinted glasses shatter.
I don't think they shatter, but I do think these products can only really be enjoyed by the people wearing them. And that's a very, very limited audience.
The Infinity engine is actually the one thing I'd say holds up quite well. The UI surrounding it has aged terribly, but it's a fantastic way of visualising a world. I haven't played Eternity yet and don't plan to until it's released, but I was really hoping it'd preserve what was good about the IE games while modernising the rest.
Muddy says:
> Shadowgate can best be described as Knightmare: The Game.
http://hol.abime.net/2595/review
Ha, I actually played that back in the day, for all of an hour or two. As I recall it wasn't very much like Knightmare.
Leave a Reply to Muddy Cancel reply | remake, except where the 1987 version has the excuse that it was made in 1987 and therefore had to be that way out of necessity, Shadowgate 2014 has made a conscious choice to make my life difficult purely in the name of remaining true to the original.
Take navigation, for example. You move from room to room inside the eponymous castle, with each room being a mostly static piece of painted art that might have a little bit of animation in it like a waterfall or a swaying bridge or something. The castle is mostly a featureless grey sprawl and has an awful lot of unnecessary rooms that serve only to waste your time. Navigating it feels clumsy and time consuming; you GO to an entrance to explore the room beyond and there's a back button that'll take you back to the room you just came from, but while Shadowgate includes a decent map that notes the locations of every single room it doesn't include a fast travel system. The amount of back-and-forthing necessary to complete some of the harder puzzles often requires you to retrace your steps by ten or twelve rooms, which is nothing but tedious make-work. Fast travel would have made these puzzles a lot less painful to solve, but Shadowgate spurns such modern conveniences in its shortsighted belief that old = good.
And this is an attitude that prevails throughout the game. Shadowgate shows an almost pathological disdain for any mechanical improvements that might make the player's life easier. If you want to use an item on an object in the game world, this is the process you have to go through.
Click the satchel in the bottom left of the screen.
Click USE at the top of the screen.
Click the item you want to use.
Close the inventory because otherwise it blocks the entire screen.
Click on the object you want to use the item on.
This takes about four or five seconds. It might not seem like much, but given that many of the puzzles in Shadowgate require a trial and error system of using everything on everything to even begin figuring out how to solve them it rapidly becomes yet another instance of Shadowgate's annoying make-work. What makes it even worse is that there's next to no nuance in the verb system. If there's a lever that you want to pull, you cannot USE the lever. USE is strictly for using items on things. Instead, you have to HIT the lever. Attempting to GO through a closed door will result in you running into the door; you have to OPEN the door first despite this being implicit in your desire to GO through it in the first place. It never makes it easy for you, and the idea of maybe moving away from this fossilised method of interaction with the game world to something more modern – a context-sensitive right-click menu, say – never even seems to have occurred to Shadowgate.
Then you've got the puzzles. I am somewhat more tolerant of Shadowgate taking a retro approach to its puzzles; as it happened I was in the mood for a game where I'd have to engage in copious note-taking to decipher what I had to do, and this is the one place where Shadowgate absolutely delivered on my expectations. Still, at first the puzzles seemed almost absurd in their obtuseness – I got stuck about fifteen minutes into the game, and while a quick trip to Google told me what I'd have to do to progress I didn't understand why. It made no logical sense, with the puzzles revolving around use of spells that were never explained and items that were supposed to go in tiny niches that I thought were just part of the ambient scenery. The art style hindered me greatly, too; the rooms are all drawn in a very painterly fashion that blends everything into everything, making it really, really difficult to discern which items are part of the background and which are the ones you can pick up/interact with. Never mind figuring out what to do, just figuring out what you can do in a room is half of the challenge of Shadowgate.
As far as the actual puzzle design goes, though, it made a lot more sense once I realised that you are not supposed to play this game on Medium or Hard on your first time through. The puzzles in these difficulty modes are more complex and don't fit together in any logical way if you try them first, but if you approach them having already gone through the game on Easy (and thus having acquired a basic working knowledge of Shadowgate's structure) it's just a matter of figuring out the extra details. "Easy" here is a bit of a misnomer because it's still really, really difficult, but it's a little more forgiving (rooms that instantly kill you for not having the correct item in the other two modes will usually give you at least a chance to escape), cuts out a lot of the nonsensical bullshit and is more forthcoming with clues and background that point you in the right direction. Easy mode is probably closest to a classic adventure game experience; all the harder difficulty modes add is more Myst-style bollocks and a lot more instadeath encounters that I don't feel particularly adds to the game.
The issue with the weird puzzle design isn't so much a problem with the puzzles themselves as it is the way the game is presented to the player, then. Veterans of adventure games will probably plump for a harder difficulty mode and run slap bang into a brick wall that can't be bypassed without prior knowledge or an awful lot of trial and error, when what they should be doing is starting on Easy no matter what. I'd even go so far as to say the latter two difficulty levels should be locked until the player has finished the game on Easy and familiarised themselves with the castle. Unfortunately as things stand precisely none of | 1,181 |
It's every travellers biggest annoyance. You turn up to the airport early, only to see that your flight is delayed – by a long time.
You mentally sigh and push back your itinerary and just accept that you won't manage to fit in everything you wanted to do and see.
But pilots have a few tricks up their sleeves to avoid disappointing passengers. If your pilot knows how to play the system, you might just be in luck and won't arrive late after all.
Don't panic – they almost certainly won't be breaking flight rules, going too fast or flying at the wrong height. It's simply that the weather and air traffic control can create factors that work in favour of getting you to your holiday destination right on time.
Speaking to Mail Online, airline pilot and host of www.askthepilot.com, let on a number of secret things captains can do to make up time.
The simplest method is simply asking air traffic control for a shorter route. He says: 'Flight paths between cities usually aren't straight lines, rather planes fly a sort of indirect, connect-the-dots-type pattern that follows a long series of way points.
Travellers might not know how much weather can affect flight times.
A Dreamliner captain told the Mail Online that making up time is easier to do when it comes to long-haul journeys, because aircraft speed is greatly affected by the jet stream.
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Captain Dave Kistruck, vice president of Airline Operations at Virgin Atlantic, agreed with the other pilots that making up time can be very difficult.
He commented: 'Modern aircraft are designed to fly very efficiently and generally have an optimum speed for the balance of journey time and fuel usage.
He said that the only way to make sure a plane arrives at its destination on time is for it to leave bang on schedule. | take-off and landing are so close to the likely times on the day that there is little room for improvement. In the air the aircraft are planned to fly at optimum speed and there is little opportunity to speed up – on a two-hour sector, making up two to three minutes would be good going.
'In long-haul, the situation is more complex in that the schedulers have to second guess what the worldwide jet stream systems will be doing in each season and build a schedule accordingly. Sometimes the world's weather systems will be different "on the day" and hence it is possible to leave London on time and still arrive half an hour late or indeed half an hour early.
' "Speeding up" along the way is again challenging because the aircraft design speeds are optimised around a specific speed and efficiency. For instance the B787 is designed to fly around Mach.84/.85 [640 to 647mph at sea level]. To speed up to Mach.86 is likely to save five to 10 minutes depending on the length of | 219 |
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JACKSON --When he was a long-haul truck driver, Roger Hollenbaugh of Bandera, Texas, used to pass a field of "fainting goats."
The breed falls over when startled, and Hollenbaugh couldn'
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Now he wonders if he might be paying some dues for that delivery.
Today, anything that catches Hollenbaugh unaware--from a loud rap on his door to an unexpected hand on his shoulder--sends the 36-year-old toppling to the ground like a felled tree. It's one of the more bizarre symptoms of Stiff Person Syndrome, a disease his doctor calls "rarer than hen's teeth."
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Every other doctor I went to would just give me pain pills and tell me it's all in my head. He was interested in what was wrong with me."
Winkelmann met Hollenbaugh in 2001. At the time, Hollenbaugh was living in Laurel, Mississippi, and was at Methodist to see someone in the hospital's stroke unit. While Hollenbaugh visited with his friend, Winkelmann said he couldn't help but notice the trucker's stiff, "Tin Man-like posture."
He had extreme spasticity and his reflexes were exquisitely brisk,"
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That indicated something was going on at the level of the spinal cord in the brain."
At Winkelmann's urging, Hollenbaugh went to Methodist's Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery, where he underwent a battery of tests to examine his muscle and nerve function.
Dr. Art Leis, a neurologist and senior scientist at the center, said the tests revealed that the muscles in Hollenbaugh's abdomen and back were constantly firing. He was like a revved engine that couldn't return to idle.
Discovered in the '50s, Stiff Person Syndrome is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. "We don't know what the trigger is,"Leis said. People who have the disease produce an antibody that interferes with the synthesis of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an amino acid that helps modulate the central nervous system."
When you have too little GABA, there is hyper-excitability because there is nothing shutting down the nervous system,"Leis explained. "
When startled, your body freezes and becomes firm like a rock and you fall like a piece of lumber. It's very similar to the fainting goats."
Hollenbaugh's first symptom of the syndrome was a lack of coordination on his left side that worsened over time. He thought it might be caused by injuries sustained in 1999 while he was being treated for a migraine headache at a Texas hospital. "
I was on a cardiac bed and they didn't lock the rails and it collapsed with me on it. I hit my spine on the base and it flipped me over and I hit a cabinet and busted my head,"he said. "
Several months after that I was very sick with a post-concussion. My neurologist couldn't figure it out."
Leis said Hollenbaugh's condition probably went undiagnosed because doctors were relating his symptoms to his head and back injuries and treating him like a pain management case. It also didn't help that he had a disease that many doctors have never encountered. "It's something you might see once in a decade,"
Leis said.
Once the tests at Methodist revealed the true root of Hollenbaugh's misery, his doctors began searching the medical literature for possible treatments. They first prescribed the drug Baclofen to reduce his spasticity. When the oral doses no longer brought relief, a surgeon implanted a Baclofen pump into Hollenbaugh'
s lower abdomen to deliver a higher concentration of the medication directly to his spinal cord."
If not for the Baclofen pump I probably would have killed myself the pain was so unbearable," Hollenbaugh said.
Hollenbaugh also has undergone several rounds of plasma pheresis, a process that removes disease-provoking components from his blood. "It's the treatment of choice to decrease the autoimmune process,"
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As is common with people who have autoimmune disorders, Hollenbaugh'
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C.U. Joins In 'Late Nights'
By wpengine | February 25, 2002
One Night Stand, an event sponsored by the four class councils and Renaissance as part of the Late Nights @ Cornell initiative, attracted around three hundred students looking for an alcohol-free way to spend their evening last Friday night.
Encompassing the entire fourth floor of Willard Straight Hall, One Night Stand featured the music of Steve Bard, a musician from New Jersey and the Sim Redmond Band, a local group. There were also refreshments and casino gambling, which culminated in a raffle.
"We were trying to do an event that would attract the most people from the student body," said Steve Blake '05, chair of One Night Stand and member of the Late Nights @ Cornell Selection Committee.
According to Blake, the planning for One Night Stand began last November as a project for all the four class councils.
"We were hoping to do an event on a larger scale that would help unify the student council [s]. We hope that this will serve as a model for the future," Blake said.
The free event was one of the thirteen events this semester that make up the Late Nights @ Cornell series, an initiative to offer an alternative to late-night social drinking on the Cornell campus.
Funded this semester with a one-time allocation of $25,000 from the Office of Student and Academic Services, Late Nights @ Cornell provides funds to student organizations to sponsor affordable alcohol-free events that run from around 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
There is a maximum admission fee of $3 at each event.
Each sponsoring organization was given approximately $2500 per event from the Late Nights @ Cornell Selection Committee, which is comprised of both students and administration officials. The committee received around sixteen proposals last semester from organizations ranging from sororities to the Cornell Astronomical Society.
Next semester, programming and funding duties will be transferred to CU Tonight, a commission that will be completely managed and funded by students. The organization has received by-line funding from the Student Assembly (S.A.) and was allocated $6.50 per student from next year's Student Activity Fee (SAF).
The commission has set several goals for improving upon the Late Nights @ Cornell program.
"It's going to be very dynamic," said Robyn Tortorelli '04, the secretary of Renaissance and chair of CU Tonight. "We are looking for some creative ideas from student organizations."
One objective of CU Tonight is to be more selective in choosing events while still having enough proposals for an event every Friday night. The commission hopes to receive a diverse range of proposals so it can choose which ones will be most attractive to students.
According to Tortorelli, a wider and more diverse range of student organizations must become involved.
"We are just looking for creative events that will draw more and more people … not so much events from the past, but ones that are more innovative." Tortorelli said.
With the commission's funding secured for two years, Tortorelli added that another goal is to keep the events free or at a minimal cost.
"I think that next year will be about building a reputation," Tortorelli said. "We want to work with class councils in the future. We are also open to fraternities and sororities sponsoring events."
There will be a workshop for organizations interested in sponsoring an event, and the CU Tonight commission is looking for members for next semester.
One concern of both organizations, Late Nights @ Cornell and the CU Tonight commission, is more centralized locations for events because there<|fim_middle|> other thing that's really good [is that] we've formed a tri-council coalition," said Nelson. "The three councils work jointly for special events that benefit the whole system." These events include the A.D. White Leadership Conference, the End of Year Celebration, faculty appreciation events, and various philanthropic functions. With the leaders of each organization meeting monthly, the three councils make an effort to maintain close contact with each other. "We've got really good, open lines of communication," said Rivera. Cooperation between councils yields results, according to the leaders. "I think working together more and more as [the Tri-Council has] these past few years is a huge accomplishment in and of itself," said Williams. According to Conn, the organizations' strength lies in numbers. "The strongest aspect is when we pool our resources and the number of students we represent," he said. "It's a very powerful group." But perhaps the groups' common goal provides the heart of their alliance. "I think that one of the reasons why we work so easily together … [is that] within the three councils we work for the same goal of making the Greek system a strong and positive force on campus," said Conn.Archived article by Shannon Brescher | has been a concentration of activities on North Campus.
"We have tried to bring people towards central campus. Campus Life does have some large venues but unfortunately they're all on North Campus," Blake said. A forum has been planned to address the issue.
Late Nights @ Cornell has provided five other events already this semester, including a movie in the Uris Hall Auditorium and An Elegant Affair, a dance in the Statler Ballroom hosted by Campus Life.
There are also several other events planned for the upcoming months.
There will be a Roaring Twenties Late Night Event in March that will be similar to One Night Stand, with a band and gambling and will be hosted by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Another event for March will be Eclectic Caf
Goldman '02 Wins Prestigious Scholarship
By wpengine February 27, 2002
Joshua Goldman '02 will not face the same post-graduation anxiety many seniors will experience in the coming weeks. As a recipient of a highly contested Marshall Scholarship, Goldman knows he will be spending the next two years studying in the United Kingdom. Up to 40 Marshall scholarships are awarded annually to college seniors to study for two academic years in Great Britain all expenses paid. "I am elated," Goldman said. "At times I thought I had a really good shot at winning, but by the time I heard, it was totally unexpected." This year, 12 Cornellians submitted Marshall Scholarship applications. In a typical year, the commission chooses winners from 800 to 1,000 applications. Goldman applied for the scholarship in the fall of 2001 by submitting a three-page application, a personal statement and a proposed academic program. Once Goldman had gathered these materials, he submitted it to the Cornell endorsement committee, consisting of 18 faculty members, many of whom are past Marshall or Rhodes Scholars. After interviews and extensive review of application materials, the Committee endorsed Goldman along with nine other Cornell students. Goldman was then flown to San Francisco for an interview at the British Consul General's residence. "We talked quite a bit about science and scientific ethics and eventually wound our way toward moral philosophy, which wasn't exactly my forte in the discussion," Goldman said. "It came out all right in the end, and I was offered the scholarship by phone," Goldman said. "I was happy to accept on the spot." "I knew he would get it," said Prof. Robert H. Lieberman, physics. "I can't think of anyone more deserving," he added. Goldman, a Cornell Presidential Research Scholar, former president for the Society of Physics Students and former vice president of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, will spend his first year at Cambridge University studying applied mathematics and theoretical physics. The following year, he plans to study at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, for a master's degree in condensed matter physics. "I'm certainly interested in science policy and scientific writing, but I also enjoy teaching so it seems like I would lean toward academia after graduate school," he said. "My interests may well change by the time I get to that point though," he added. Goldman is also excited at the prospect of frequent travels throughout Great Britain and Europe. "The cultural and social elements of being a Marshall Scholar will be at least as important and probably even more fun," he said. "I expect great things of Josh in the world. He intellectually holds his own; I admire him," said Lieberman. The Marshall Scholarship program was founded by an Act of Parliament in 1953 as a gesture of thanks for American support during World War II. Goldman is Cornell's 28th recipient of the scholarship since 1962. The previous two winners of the scholarship were Alexander Ru '00 and David Roberts '99. "The response from fellow Cornellians has been the most gratifying," Goldman said. "Students and faculty alike are genuinely excited for me, making me truly feel like I've done well not just for myself and my family, but also for Cornell." Archived article by Marc Zawel
A Look Inside C.U.'s Greek Organizations
The three umbrella Greek organizations at Cornell, the Interfraternal Council (IFC), the Panhellenic Association, and the Multicultural Greek Letter Council (MGLC) together represent one-third of the student body. While the organizations collaborate on projects, they maintain unique identities. On campus for over 100 years, the Panhellenic Association oversees Cornell's 13 national Panhellenic Sororities. Lindsay Williams '03, President of the Panhellenic Association, said, "[The Panhellenic Association] oversees the social events of the sororities to make sure they keep in line with Cornell Regulations as well as National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) policy." The Panhellenic Association fills many roles in the Greek community in addition to their main role of supervising the individual chapters. "Essentially, we coordinate philanthropic events in the sororities as well as in the overall Greek system," Williams said. "We provide educational possibilities for our Greek women." These educational opportunities include the Delta Series, a series of lectures on women's health issues, and alcohol awareness classes. The fraternities' counterpart to the Panhellenic Association, the IFC also fills many roles. According to President Jason Conn '03, the IFC's main purpose is "to oversee all aspects of fraternity life at Cornell." Conn said that currently the organization is focusing on the issue of hazing, a controversial topic. "Because the IFC fraternities are very visible, because they are the center of the social scene on campus, a lot of our issues are more visible," he said. In addition, the fraternities in the IFC organize philanthropic functions, with houses co-sponsoring events. Similar in function to the IFC and Panhellenic Association, the MGLC oversees the multicultural fraternities and sororities on campus that are not in the IFC or Panhellenic. Although much younger than its sibling organizations, the MGLC's influence and membership is continually increasing. As declared in its mission statement, the MGLC serves a variety of functions, including promoting unity among its members and providing a support system for the various chapters on campus. The MGLC also focuses on community service, minority issues and promotion of multicultural Greek life. The MGLC has expanded from four groups in 1998 to its current 14 groups. "The MGLC is probably [Cornell's] fastest growing council," said Nelson. "That's a trend nationally because there are more students on predominately white campuses like Cornell coming from diverse backgrounds …. There's more of a desire for that kind of community." Several of the MGLC's participating chapters are the Alpha chapters, or first chapters, of their fraternities or sororities. "This is a founding place for many of the multicultural fraternities and sororities all over the United States," said Matthew Rivera '04, MGLC President. Despite their similarities, the three Greek organizations have some basic differences, especially in structure. "Government and structure for Panhellenic is very different from the IFC and the MGLC," explained Nelson. Unlike the IFC and the MGLC, the Panhellenic Association must obey laws passed by the NPC, their national association. "[The sororities are] more consistent from campus to campus because the rules are the same," said Nelson, comparing the NPC to the IFC. In contrast to the Panhellenic, the IFC can follow suggestions made by the National Interfraternal Conference, but is under no obligation to do so. The MGLC does not have a national organization. In addition to structural differences, each organization differs in size. While both the IFC and Panhellenic represent about the same number of Cornell students, the IFC oversees more chapters. With about 100 members, the MGLC includes far fewer chapters and members than both the IFC and Panhellenic Association. Currently, the leaders of the individual organizations are striving to build a spirit of cooperation. "I think the | 1,703 |
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Nick at Nite is known for originally hosting old TV shows from the 1950s through the 1970s. Then it became known for old TV shows from the 1980s through the 2000s. Now, it has a lot of original programming and I really don't know what they do now. In 1995, Nick at Nite published a magazine. There was only one issue and was published in conjunction with Nick at Nite's 10th anniversary. Let's see what classic TV goodness it gives us.
The magazine starts off with a timeline of television history from the birth of the word 'television' (1900) to the birth of Nick at Nite (1985). They also reveal what several classic TV stars first jobs were before making it big: Judd Hirsch was in a Listerine commercial, Agnes Moorehead was in Citizen Kane, Bob Denver worked in a grocery store, and Jackie Gleason was a diver(!) in the water follies. There's also a handy guide to the 39 countries where I Love Lucy airs so you know where you will never be without I Love Lucy. Sheila James Kuehl (Zelda, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), Clint Eastwood, Nancy Kulp (Ms. Hathaway, Beverly Hillbillies), Sonny Bono, and Fred Gandy (Gopher, The Love Boat) all ran for political office. Kuehl, Eastwood, Bono, and Grandy won their races. Kuehl continues to serve on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and was the first openly gay California legislator. Eastwood served as mayor of Carmel, California from 1986 to 1988. Bono would represent California's 44th district in the House of Representatives from 1995 until his death in 1998. Grandy would represent Iowa in the House of Representative from 1987 to <|fim_middle|> lost with 33% of the vote.
We then have an overview of actor Michael Burns who began acting in an episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and would go on to play Blue Boy in "The LSD Story" of Dragnet 1967. Burns is currently a professor emeritus of history at Holyoke University. The magazine then gives you a short scene from Blue Boy and finger puppets.
Yes, they even give you cubes of LSD.
The original idea of several shows are revealed including The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi, and The Partridge Family. Nick at Nite then adds lyrics to various instrumental-only theme songs thus ruining them forever. Nick at Nite then gives the TV history of counter culture (hippies, beatniks).
There is an article on fashion and how today's designers go back to classic TV for some inspiration. There's then an article on negative reviews that classic TV shows received. "The stinkeroo of all time!" (1964 review of Gilligan's Island, 1964-1967). "Show's chances look slim." (1970 review of The Partridge Family, 1970-1974). "Should soon be extinct from Nielsen malnutrition." (1969 review of The Brady Bunch, 1969-1974). "Should sell a lot of cigarettes." (1951 review of I Love Lucy, 1951-1957).
We have a Barbara Eden as Jeannie pull-out
poster for the guys.
And a John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino pull-out poster for the ladies.
They do an interview with TV show collector James Comisar who has memorabilia from The Honeymooners, Dragnet, Batman, Get Smart, and dozens of other shows. It's actually quite interesting. You can learn and see much more at his website.
A reprint of the very first Dobie Gillis story takes up five pages and is the longest feature in this magazine which is very disappointing considering all the material Nick at Nite had to work with. There is an article on "lost" TV episodes featuring original Honeymooners sketches, the 1966-69 version of Doctor Who, a couple of pilots, and more. Plus, last but not least, six degrees of separation of a bunch of TV stars.
The magazine ends with a 10th anniversary examination that you mail in to get a Nick at Nite merit badge. My mom filled it out, got every answer right, and didn't mail it in! We could've been royalty but instead our lives remained the same.
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Is the gig economy right for you or your business?
Buckley Smith
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The gig economy and its use throughout business is a constantly rising trend, and yet one that not everyone fully understands or sees the benefits of.
A recent webinar produced by IT World Canada, featuring input from ITWC President Fawn Annan, Curasion President and Chief Product Officer Andrew Dillane, and David Francis, senior research analyst at Staffing Industry Analysts, broke down what the gig economy is and how businesses can use it.
Based off of similar cloud-based platforms like Uber and Lyft, the gig economy connects employers with specialized candidates who are available for contingent and short-term work. By doing so, it's changing the staffing industry and how HR operates. Staffing Industry Analysts define it as one of several names used to describe various forms of "gig" work, or small project freelance work. Others include "on demand economy," "collaborative consumption" and "sharing economy."
"You get access to existing resources and data that you are not bringing. Access to a network of staffing providers to fill roles you may not have had access to before," said Dillane.
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In fact, since 2014 the percentage of buyers (1,000+ employees) using online staffing services has risen from four per cent to 15 per cent, and the amount considering using it in the near future has risen from 10 per cent to 53 per cent.
Dillane says he believes the recent rise in the use of cloud-based platforms like the<|fim_middle|> soon.
So you might as well take advantage of it, says Francis.
"If you feel there is a talent gap or if you're having trouble sourcing, there is a wider talent pool that you may have not thought of. So don't be afraid to do so."
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Foreign talent more interested in Canadian IT jobs, Indeed reports | gig economy can be attributed to what he calls "the perfect storm;" breaking down the main factors as new trends and capabilities, the ability to fix old problems, and the ability to provide what customers need.
So what kind of businesses are using this tool the most?
According to statistics from Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), 83 per cent of spend in the gig economy is coming from companies with revenues under $100 million, 80 per cent is being spent on remote work, and a startling 63 per cent of spend is going towards the hiring of IT and marketing/creative professionals.
Despite the surge in usage, there are still many businesses yet to adopt the approach and Dillane says it comes down to the fact that it is facilitated by new technology, and it always takes time for everyone to get on board with new developments.
"Companies don't yet realize what is possible. Way back when things moved from horse and buggy to automobiles with Henry Ford, you could really tangibly see the results. Until companies decide to take this plunge and actually get into these online platforms, I think a lot of them don't yet believe that they can be better, cheaper and faster. There is change involved, and change takes time," said Dillane.
Dillane encourages this change, quoting that only about 20 per cent of the time does a company find the right candidate after going through the hiring process, and he believes that the gig economy can be one solution to this issue.
Just as businesses across the world are jumping on board with the gig economy, so are workers.
And Francis says that it simply due to the advantages that are provided by the system for those looking for short-term and contingent work.
"I think a big part of it is just the flexibility and autonomy that is available. A lot of the reason is that they can control their own schedules. They can work when they want to. They don't have a boss. They're more or less in control of when and how they work," said Francis.
So as we see employers using the gig economy more and workers putting themselves out onto this relatively new market more and more every day, it does not seem as though the gig economy is going away any time | 455 |
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The toes of my oversized boots searched for footing along the back of the countertop as I slid through the small back window, clutching the sill for support. I always came in and out of the pantry window when I went on my "adventures," as Fanny the Nanny called them. My parents would never dare come into this part of the house. It simply was not done, as it only held the laundry room, pantry, and kitchen. It was a place for servants, and my parents would not lower themselves enough to be in a place of servitude. The servants themselves were not down here unless it was just before or just after a meal. So even if they caught me, they would not tell my parents. Not even Fanny would tell.
I lowered myself to a standing position and brushed the snow from my patched overcoat, dusting the sink with a sprinkling of snowflakes which melted almost as soon as they hit the countertop. A sudden, insistent clacking sound startled me. I turned from the window to see Fanny glaring up at me and impatiently tapping her pointed black boot against the pantry's stone floor.
"Where have you been?" Fanny the Nanny scolded. She was not really my nanny, of course. No seventeen-year-old girl needed a nanny. She was more like a governess, but I still liked the sound of Fanny the Nanny. And more importantly, she didn't.
"Out," I replied in mock defiance, crossing my arms and holding my ground.
"She would not say a thing, Fanny, because you shall not tell her a thing," I replied, taking her proffered hand and jumped down onto the stone floor beside her.
"Not just Conrad. With Franklin, Rufus, and Edwin as well," I replied with a smirk, which would have sounded so scandalous to any passersby, a girl talking about all the boys with whom she had been keeping company. But it was far from scandalous. "They are just friends, Fanny, as you well know." But she did like to tease nonetheless.
"Just think how much worse it would be if I had gone in my fine white dress?" I teased, then spun around the pantry as if dancing at a ball.
Fanny laughed and shook her head. I loved making her laugh with my antics, as long as mother was not around. With mother, it was all propriety and tedium. With Fanny, I could be myself.
"Boots, too." She pointed to the filthy, wet boots on my feet and the muddy footprints marking the steps of my mock waltz.
"Oops." I eased them off, smearing more packed, muddy snow on the stone floor. I gave Fanny my best please-forgive-me expression and batted my eyelashes once or twice.
"Upstairs with you, missy," she scolded and flicked the scarf at my derrière as I left. "Don't you dare let your mother see you like that. I should never hear the end of it," she called after me.
To be safe, I used the servant's back staircase to get upstairs, and after checking that my parents were nowhere in sight, I snuck across the hardwood floors in my stocking feet on tip toes, careful not to slip. I made my way down the hall and disappeared into my bedchamber, undetected. Just as I was closing my chamber door, the music for my impending debutante ball floated up the main staircase and filled me with dread.
"We must do what society demands," I said aloud in a mocking sing-song way, repeating what my mother said to me far too often.
I shall play their game and draw out this marriage thing as long as I can, hopefully until I will be regarded a spinster. Then I can get on with more interesting pursuits in life, like learning and traveling.
I dreamt of going on the Grand Tour and helping people who were not as fortunate or "well-born," whatever that meant.
I shuddered when I saw the fine white ball gown with its frills and ruffles and short lacy sleeves spread out on my bed. A pair of white gloves lay across the dress, and all I wanted to do was to smear the dirt from my hands all over them. How I loathed this day.
The water in the corner wash basin was still lukewarm. After removing my dingy boy's clothes, I stood before the small mirror in just my camisole and pantalettes and, regarding myself, took a deep breath to stop the tears from coming. I took the white washcloth and washed my face, hands, and arms. At least I got the satisfaction of staining their ceremonial white washcloth. When I was finished with it, it was as dingy as the boy's clothes in which I felt so much more comfortable. I picked up the brush and began to brush my hair. It was naturally curly, which would be a blessing this evening, as there was no time to curl it before my grand entrance.
Mother insisted on me making a grand entrance, American style.
Traditionally, the debutante was to greet all her guests as they arrived, but mother wanted to do it the new way. She was a paradox, both ashamed of being considered of the nouveau riche, fairly new into London's society, and at the same time trumpeting her American heritage and modern ways.
I heard the door close behind me, and I turned to see Fanny enter frantically. She held a steaming pot of water. "Still not finished washing up?" she said in her strong Scottish brogue.
She rushed over, put the kettle on an iron trivet next to the wooden washbasin stand, and then, with a look of disgust back at me, took the cloudy water over to my bedroom window. When she opened it, a gust of refreshingly cold wind blew in, carrying a few stray snowflakes, and it filled my heart with momentary joy. Brisk, beautiful winter weather.
Fanny tossed the dirty water out the window into the alley below before shutting and locking the window, along with my joy, bringing me back to the reality at hand.
"Now, Nickie, we have discussed this. It is just one night. You can make due for just one night." Steam rose toward the ceiling as she poured the fresh water into the now empty basin. Taking the browned washcloth between the utmost tip of her thumb and forefinger (with another sneer of exaggerated disgust), she dipped it into the hot water and started scrubbing places I had obviously missed.
"Balderdash, one night. They are trying to plan the rest of my life! I'm most certainly no debutante, and I have absolutely no interest in marriage at seventeen. I just want to be left alone, and I really hate white, frilly dresses." I pouted and crossed my arms like a petulant child.
"We must get you into that frilly white dress and fix this rats' nest." She turned a blind eye to my mock tantrum, trading the washcloth for the hairbrush and tugging against the tangles.
I bit my lip and tried not to cry out. It felt as if she would pull the hair from my head.
There was that feeling of dread again. Corsets. Not fun. I assumed the position. Against the corner of my four poster bed, I hugged one of the ornately turned shafts and waited as Fanny laced the back of the corset over my camisole and pantalettes.
"Do you think they will find a husband for me tonight," I asked Fanny quietly.
"Yes. You and every other girl in your position. Such is life in these times. At your station," she replied matter-of-factly.
"I'm afraid that's not up to me, nor is it really up to you, if you want to gain your inheritance," Fanny said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"It is just one night," she reminded me again.
She tugged on the strings of the corset and cinched it snugly around my middle. I caught my breath and tried to push the front of it down beneath my breasts.
"I shan't be able to breathe," I protested.
I couldn't take a deep breath as the corset already confined me too much for that, so I took a shallow breath and held onto the bedpost more tightly than ever.
A chill ran up my back, and I looked over at the window thinking another gust of the winter air had come through, but it was still closed tightly. The chill continued and filled my entire body. I watched the goose bumps travel up my bare arms. Then the chill turned to a burning fire that surged through my limbs, chasing the goose bumps away. Colors became brighter around me. The scent of new satin filled my nostrils and I heard guests milling about downstairs through my closed door. My entire body felt full of energy. Life. Strength. Power.
"One, two…three," Fanny counted. As she reached "three," she pulled with all her might and I held on to the bedpost with all mine. With a loud crack, I fell backwards onto Fanny with the bedpost still in my arms!
"Oh, my graces!" Fanny exclaimed.
"I–I'm sorry," I stammered, pushing the broken bedpost away from us. "I didn't mean to, Fanny. It just came off in my arms!" Moving off Fanny, I looked up at the bed trying to make sense of what just happened. The canopy sagged on the corner onto which I was so recently holding. The other three posts still held up the wooden frame around the top from falling completely, but it definitely sagged.
"What?" I was still not sure how I broke the thick post off from the rest of the bed. I turned back to Fanny on the floor with me. She looked at me with an open mouth and wide eyes, as if I was some sort of circus sideshow exhibition.
"The prophecy! You are she after all," she said, eyes wide. Her trembling hands covered her cheeks. "I thought when nothing happened today that the witches had been mistaken, but you are her after all!" Fanny exclaimed again. She sat on the floor staring up at me in surprise and her skirts crumpled beneath her.
"What witches? What are you talking about?" I demanded.
A knock at the door interrupted us.
"Just a moment!" Fanny's shrill, excited voice filled the room. "We shall be down presently, madam. Don't look! We want you to be surprised at your own daughter's beauty. Oh, and she does look lovely, madam. So very lovely." Fanny took the broken post and shoved it under the bed. "We'll be down presently," she repeated.
"Very well, but do make haste," my mother said through the door. Her footsteps trailed down the hallway and I let out the breath I didn't know I had been holding.
Fanny sighed a relief next to me.
"Quickly." Fanny scrambled to her feet. "I must get this corset fastened and you in that dress. Hold still," she said, jerking me up and grabbing hold of the corset strings again.
She cinched the corset as tight as she could.
"I will not do another thing until you answer my questions," I insisted, placing my fists firmly on my hips.
She sighed, defeated. "Very well. Put on the petticoat, and I shall tell you as you dress." She stuck a chubby finger in my face. "But you must promise me that nothing I say will stop you from behaving properly tonight at your ball. It is very important, now more than ever, that you keep up appearances. Do you understand me?" She turned and gathered up the frilly dress from the bed.
"That depends on what you say, Fanny. You are frightening me." Chills ran up my arms. I tried to warm them away by rubbing my hands over my bare skin, but nothing could take the feeling away. Something had changed in that moment. I had changed.
"Promise me, Nicole." She stood there with the white dress in her hands and looked at me with a very serious expression. I had never in all my life seen her look so dour, yet at the same time, I did see a hint of joy in her eyes.
My head cleared the white satin and I looked at Fanny the Nanny, expecting to see some sign that she was just having me on, but there was none.
"No, my dear. I should have told you before tonight, but there had been no signs before, well," she said with a look back to the broken bed.
"This is preposterous!" But there was no denying the change I had felt run through me. Something was definitely different. Still, evil supernatural fiends? Please.
She hurriedly fastened my dress in the back and fluffed up the blasted bustle. I truly did hate those frivolous things. Leading me to the dressing table, she pushed me down in the chair and began working on my hair.
"You are serious." The look on her face made that clear. I picked up the powder puff and tended to the shine on my nose, cheeks, and shoulders. The white gown had a rather wide décolletage, so there was much skin to cover.
Fanny swept my chestnut curls up into a loose twist and fastened it with a silver hair comb.
"I'm quite serious, my dear. Oh my, I just really don't know where to begin, and we have so little time," she said while twisting a few stray locks into place along the side of my face. I began putting some color on my cheeks and lips.
"How about the beginning?" I offered. I was doing my best to remain calm, and the tight corset certainly reminded me not to get overly excited and remain quite proper and still. Society dictates that ladies must keep their feelings well hidden. After living in this household for so many years, I excelled in skills that would be essential to make it through this night. Especially now.
"All right." I found all this rather hard to believe. It was merely another of Fanny's strange stories, just as she had told me my whole life. She was just telling me another ghost story to entertain me before the ball. That's all this was.
"Of course," I breathed through clenched teeth. That I believed. "Business always comes first." It was why I hardly knew my parents. I had always been second to their precious textile factory.
"Thank you, Fanny." I allowed her to clasp the necklace around my own neck. The large black stone cradled in silver hung from a heavy chain.
Another knock, more frantic than the last interrupted my thoughts.
"Coming mother." I got up and turned to Fanny. The tears spilled down her plump cheeks and she looked at me with love. I went in to embrace her, but she stopped me.
"We most certainly shall!" I said in a scolding tone, but with a smile in my voice and on my face. She smiled back at me and wiped the tears from her rosy cheeks.
"Don't forget your gloves." She indicated the long white gloves still on the bed.
I collected them and put them on hurriedly as I turned to leave, but she stopped me with a single word.
I turned back to her with my gloved hand resting on the door handle, my mother still pounding on the other side of the door.
"It was I who suggested you be named Nicole. Unusual name for this part of the world, I know, but it means 'Victory of the People.' And of that I have no doubt, my dear girl." She wiped more tears from her cheeks.
Willing my own tears away, I turned the door handle to face my determined mother, but it broke off in my hand. I looked back at Fanny for guidance.
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Taking the Reins: Mark Fuglevand to Guide NUCA as 2018-19 Chairman
by Jim Rush
According to Fuglevand, "construction is a people business." (Photo: Christiana Childers.)
Mark Fuglevand was born to work in the construction industry. Fuglevand is a fourth-generation contractor whose roots in the business can be traced back to Norway, from which his grandfather emigrated. As a child growing up in Montana, Fuglevand's father owned a general contracting company, and Mark, the youngest of nine children, would spend time on weekends with his father visiting jobsites. They spent time checking progress on job sites and Mark learned how projects were built and how each piece of equipment was used. The main element he inherited was his father's love of construction and respect for the people performing the work.
After pursuing an engineering degree in college – he earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Montana State University-Bozeman – Fuglevand migrated west to Seattle, Washington,<|fim_middle|> in July of 2017. "It was a difficult decision to leave Marshbank, but I felt the timing was right," he said. "I got to know KBA over the years from their work as a construction manager on some of my past projects, and they were always a fair organization that was interested in solving problems and helping the project get built."
Fuglevand was among the NUCA officers installed at the 2017 Convention.
NUCA Connection
As mentioned, Fuglevand's roots with NUCA trace back to his early days with Marshbank. "At the time I joined Marshbank we were a small, growing company, and we knew that we needed to get more involved in the contracting community," he said. "At the suggestion of friends, we decided to get involved with NUCA of Washington. Almost immediately, I became part of the board and eventually reached the position of chapter president. It was at that point that I got involved with national NUCA. I felt like a bit of an outsider at first, but was intentional about meeting people and learning more about this organization, filled with great people working together to solve common problems in construction."
Fuglevand, right, and the Washington State contingent visiting Rep. Rick Larsen, center, during NUCA's Washington Summit.
His involvement with NUCA has been an important part of his professional and personal development, Fuglevand said. "I have developed friends all over the country who are just a phone call away if I need some advice – that is a big benefit," he said. "I developed leadership skills over time enabling me to speak in front of a crowd, which play out nicely while working with contractors and owners. From a business development standpoint, the exposure and opportunities to meet owners and clients is invaluable. It gives me a chance to build trust and relationships, which go a long way in obtaining new projects to work on."
The proud first-place NUCA golf outing team of (from left) Rob Krzys, Fuglevand and Dan East.
As incoming chairman, Fuglevand sees workforce development as the top priority. "The workforce situation is scary," he said. "At Marshbank, the crews were all in their 40s and 50s, and you wonder where the next generation of craftsmen is going to come from. There is a severe shortage of people coming into the industry. We were limited in our ability to grow simply because we could not find qualified operators, pipe layers, etc.
"We definitely need to push workforce development. We need to work with the high schools and vocational and technical training, to let students know that there are high-paying jobs available that do not depend on a college education and the debt that comes with it. I think we are slowly seeing some positive signs, but it is going to require continued effort."
(L-r) Fuglevand, Jeff Rumer, Kara Habrock, Ron Nunes and Florentino Gregorio ponder the whereabouts of Bruce Wendorf.
In addition to workforce development, Fuglevand cites advocacy and membership as priorities. "As a group, it is important to make sure that regulations affecting contractors are not onerous and that we are able to conduct our business without being over-regulated," he said. "One way to achieve this is by strengthening our membership. The more members we have, the louder our voice."
Once again working as a consultant, a role in which he began his career, Fuglevand says his experience in contracting will be a benefit. "My experience on the contracting side is already helping me as a consultant," he said. "One of the first tasks I had was performing a constructability review, and working from the construction side for nearly 30 years I could quickly see the potential issues between design and construction. Finding those problems early on can help save time and money further down the road."
But, no matter what the role, the key to successfully completing projects is managing people. "Construction is a people business – the construction itself is sometimes the easy part," Fuglevand said. "For any project, you need to make sure you have the right team and everyone needs to understand their role. If you have a good plan and can keep your crews motivated and happy, that goes a long way toward successfully completing a job."
Additionally, it is the people that stand out when the job is done. "Most of the time when you look back at a job, you remember the people," he said. "That is why I believe it is important to know the people who are working for you – no matter what their position is. You won't be able to accomplish anything if everyone is not pulling in the same direction."
Incoming NUCA chairman Mark Fuglevand, center, brings his 33 years of construction experience to KBA Inc.
(Photo: Christiana Childers.)
Who is KBA Inc.?
For more than 24 years, KBA Inc., headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, has successfully managed public and private construction projects, earning the trust and respect of clients. KBA is small enough to be flexible and responsive, yet big enough to manage large and complex projects. The firm's staff is unique in that most have worked in multiple segments of the industry, including representing the engineer, contractor, and/or owner.
KBA Inc. has worked on over $7 billion of some of the Puget Sound area's most technically challenging and complex construction projects, including roads, bridges, highways, transit, water, wastewater, buildings, land development and port facilities. Services include construction management, project and program management, and value-added specialty services.
The employee-owned firm was founded in 1994 by Kristen A. Betty, P.E., and is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) and a Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
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Victory Garden Initiative Gets Support From CASE Construction Equipment | where he began his career as a consulting engineer, not knowing he was destined to be a contractor.
Thirty-three years later – and after a few career twists and turns – Fuglevand, now a project manager with KBA Inc., is putting his construction experience to good use as the incoming chairman of the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA). Fuglevand officially accepted the gavel from outgoing chairperson Kara Habrock of L.G. Roloff Construction at the 2018 NUCA Annual Convention and Exhibit, March 6-9, in San Antonio, Texas.
Habrock says that Fuglevand is a good fit for his new role as NUCA chairman. "What makes Mark a good leader is that he doesn't have a 'defined' leadership style," she said. "He uses his many strengths to adapt his leadership to what the situation calls for. I admire his ability to be direct while being supportive and empowering, and he is very team-oriented.
"As I have worked with Mark on the Executive Committee over the last four years, I've appreciated the fact that he is always prepared and informed. He is a very good listener and he's analytical – this means he asks great questions and is a good problem solver."
Career Background
Fuglevand's construction resume while at Marshbank Construction includes the Pilchuck River CED project, recognized as one of NUCA's Top Job winners.
Coming out of college, Fuglevand settled in Seattle where he had friends and family, and secured a job with the consulting firm HNTB Inc. After nearly five years working as a consultant, and hearing repeatedly to his question "how are they going to build that" and receiving the answer that "it is the contractor's problem" he decided he would move to his true calling, contracting, to work to solve those problems. His desire to find solutions prompted his move to Spokane to work for Max J. Kuney to manage the I-90 Lid Structure, which he had helped design at HNTB, finally having the opportunity of solving "the contractor's problems."
After seven years in Spokane, Fuglevand decided to move his family back to Seattle where he worked briefly for Mowat Construction before taking on a new challenge as vice president of Marshbank Construction, headquartered in Lake Stevens. As lead project manager, Fuglevand directed the small earthwork, excavation, and utilities company, and was introduced to NUCA.
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The Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP
By Seth Fogie
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Enabling & Disabling the ICF
Services Options
Adding a Service
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Security Logging Options
Setting up Security Logging
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Adjusting the ICMP Options
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Enabling / Adjusting / Disabling Internet Connection Sharing
Summary of the ICF
Is your Windows XP firewall configuration actually protecting you? Whether you're a network administrator or simply a WinXP user, learn how to control your Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) to better secure your computer.
Windows .NET Server Security Handbook
This chapter covers:
Overview of Microsoft's Internet Connection Firewall (ICF)
Enabling and disabling the ICF
Adjusting Security, Program, ICMP and Logging options
Understanding the Log file
Internet Connection Sharing and Bridge Connection issues for the ICF
A personal firewall can be defined as a software micro-firewall that works at any level of the TCP/IP stack to selectively block all or part of either inward- or outward- bound traffic. Although they have never been proven to provide a security benefit, personal firewalls are nevertheless a growing fad among home and small business users. While ineffective from a security standpoint, the growing use of personal firewalls does have an important side effect: they raise the awareness of security issues for the average end-user.
Microsoft, eager to demonstrate its new commitment to security, has integrated its own easy-to-configure personal firewall directly into Windows XP. According to Microsoft, the target audience for their Internet Connection Firewall is the new user who has an always-on broadband Internet connection and who is not aware of security issues.
The firewall has been designed to be as easy as possible to use in order to target non-sophisticated users. Microsoft has focused on streamlining the configuration process and on programming the majority of settings with common defaults.
However, as a network administrator, you should be aware of conflicts that the ICF can have for your users. Having a firewall built into the operating system is a potential source conflicts both with your enterprise security measures and with third-party vendor firewall products. For example, a user might complain that he cannot receive Remote Assistance help, when it fact it is his own ICF that is blocking him.
Nevertheless, the ICF can be useful in managing specific security issues. For power users, the firewall offers enough protection to use as a key component of a home office or small business security plan. Because of its integration with Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and the Bridge Connection, the ICF can ensure that its host computer (and network) remains separated from outside attacks.
A Trojan horse on the protected side of the network can circumvent the ICF. The firewall will not protect against infected emails or vulnerabilities that are a result of 3rd party programs (e.g. web server software, FTP software, peer-to-peer sharing programs, etc...). In addition, the ICF will only block incoming requests for information, but will not block outgoing communication.
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Patti Rocks est une comédie américaine sortie en 1988. Il a été<|fim_middle|>auville | réalisé par David Burton Morris
Synopsis
C'est un road movie mettant en scène deux copains partis dans la nuit pour l'histoire foireuse survenue à l'un d'eux avec une fille sans intérêt. Bientôt se révèle que la fille sans intérêt est une grande histoire d'amour pour l'autre, un être humain qui apporte l'espoir dans une vie où il n'existait plus et que le premier est un type minable. C'est l'amour qu'on trouve là où on ne l'attendait pas.
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Titre : Patti Rocks
Réalisation : David Burton Morris
Scénario : John Kenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris et Chris Mulkey d'après les personnages de Victoria Wozniak
Musique : Doug Maynard
Photographie : Gregory M. Cummins
Montage : Gregory M. Cummins
Production : Gregory M. Cummins et Gwen Field
Société de production : FilmDallas Pictures
Pays :
Genre : Comédie dramatique
Durée : 86 minutes
Dates de sortie :
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Distribution
Karen Landry : Patti Rocks
Chris Mulkey : Billy Regis
John Jenkins : Eddie Hassit
Ralph Estlie : le vieux poivrot
Joy Langer : la fille de Steambeast
Mae Mayhew : la vieille femme
Joe Minjares : le mécanicien chicano
Buffy Sedlachek : Steambeast
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Film américain sorti en 1988
Comédie dramatique américaine
Film récompensé au Festival du cinéma américain de De | 369 |
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Guy Takes Amazing Photos Of His Dog While Traveling Across The Country
by Gillian Fuller
I firmly believe life is meaningless unless you have someone to share it with. It could be a friend, a lover, a family member or anyone. The "who" doesn't matter as long as you have someone to spend your time with.
For Theron Humphrey, that someone is his adorable dog, Maddie.
Humphrey travels all over the country for his job as a photographer and brings his pup along for the ride every time. Together, they've frolicked in mountain snow and rode bikes through the country's back roads.
Humphrey documents<|fim_middle|> mountains in Colorado…
...to still lakes in quiet Maine.
Humphrey and Maddie always have each other's backs...
...and they're the cutest travel buddies you'll ever see.
Follow their adventures on Instagram.
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See some of their journeys below, and head to Instagram for more.
Theron Humphrey is the founder of THIS WILD IDEA…
…and he's a professional photographer.
His Instagram photos are beautifully composed…
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Together, Humphrey and Maddie have seen the world.
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David Holbrechts
I will help you to become the best version of yourself.
Born in Luxembourg in 1999
Parkour and Freerunning Athlete
Certified Parkour Coach by parkour.org
Member of the Executive Board of the FLGYM
Secrétaire of the Kaizen Parkour Academy
Computer Scientist (BINFO)
MICS student at the University of Luxembourg
First Aid Diploma
Since he was a kid, David has always been fascinated by the big world of sports. By playing football, table tennis, badminton and basketball he gained experience and skills in many different areas. Football was one of the sports that fascinated him the most between the years 2009 and 2014, but after changing the club several times he started to realize the football-spirit was not quite what he wanted. He decided to quit football while leaving behind some beautiful memories.
After a long break, he discovered Parkour and Freerunning through his friends and immediately fell<|fim_middle|> in Luxembourg and to represent the community on the 9th of March 2019.
"Parkour taught me dealing with fear and mental/physical limits. It showed me how to improve myself progressively through every challenge. I learned to share and to see the world with different eyes."
Today, as an experienced and certificated parkour coach, he still loves teaching others and sharing his knowledge. He cannot wait to see on which adventures his passion will lead him next.
"It's not about being the best, but about doing his best" – "Être fort pour être utile"
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Parkour is like a drug for me. I could train the whole day! But it's surely makes more fun with friends
I love Bananas🍌 And Milkshakes🥛
Besides doing parkour, I'm a programmer, gamer and I love playing around with single-board computers.
I'm a big fan of anime like: boku no hero academia, nanatsu no taizai, One punch man..
" Being a parkour athlete means much more than just practicing an urban sport. It means seeing the environment differently, like it was a huge playground with new things to explore every day. It is about finding joy in the smallest of things, overcoming fears and (often mental) challenges. It is about being the best version of oneself, but also about helping others when they want to learn something new. It is about seeing what the human body is capable of, and how these capabilities can be expanded progressively with every new challenge conquered and every new goal set. It is a way of life."
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Numéro d'immatriculation RCS : F12930 | in love with the urban sport. His coach, Stéphane Crichton, pushed everyone to his limits both mentally and physically. This led him to realize what potential he had and wanting to use it as much as possible.
David invested more and more time in his new passion and tried to promote Parkour as much as he could in Luxemburg. That's why he joined the committee of the club he was training at (Cercle de Gymnastique de Remich – Kaizen Parkour Academy).
When he felt ready to share the knowledge he gained over the years with others, he decided to switch from the student role to coaching others – together with Émilie and Yannick he started organizing the training sessions at the Kaizen Parkour Academy.
With the rising effort David and the others put into the Kaizen Parkour Academy, it gained more and more weight in Luxembourg and gathered a lot of attention in the country and the Luxembourgish parkour community.
To continue the journey, David joined the executive board of the FLGYM (Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Gymnastique) with the intention to organize a Parkour coaching license | 239 |
Kickin' up a classic today…. this is no ordinary BLT, this is THE BLT you will want to enjoy again and again. Have I mentioned how much I love bacon?!
This post is sponsored by Hellmann's. All opinions are my own.
For as long as I can remember I have LOVED BLT sandwiches.
My mom would make them for me all the time. We grew tomatoes and lettuce in our garden when I was a kid. Any time I wanted a BLT my mom would tell me to go pick a tomato and grab some lettuce. She'd often have cooked bacon in the fridge or cook up a few slices. I loved bringing it to school, and would sit there eating it, dreaming of getting home and seeing how everything had grown in the garden that day.
It always amazed me how fast things grew. My mom always said the same about me.
I'm a lot like my mom. I like to cook bacon and have it ready for the week, and I love to bake the bacon in the oven. It comes out really crisp and all at the same time with, no standing over a hot stove. Just take a look. Doesn't that bacon look great? Here is my post on how to bake bacon.
I also try to get as much ready for the weekend for the week as I can. Not only do I prep bacon, but I prep chicken too. Many weeks all the prepping for the week gets done, but some weekends it doesn't. But it doesn't take long at all to do after dinner another night. Whether you prep ahead or not, you can make a whole bunch of sandwiches once the bacon and chicken are all cooked.
It's great to have both cooked chicken and bacon on hand to whip up these BLT's super fast! Here is my post on How and why I cook chicken for the week at once.
My kids say they are starving by the time lunch rolls around, and this is a perfect lunch for them.
I grew up on the East Coast and when I moved to the West Coast, I went to the grocery store to pick up the usual items.
When I got home, I couldn't get over the fact that I couldn't find Hellmann's Mayonnaise in the store.
I wasn't about to purchase any other mayonnaise, as I'd had others at friends' houses and in restaurants and knew there was no comparison.
This went on for a couple weeks. Every single store I went to, there was no Hellmann's mayonnaise. What on earth was I to put on my favorite BLT sandwich?!
I thought about having a friendship me some. I was even planning out when my next trip back East would be so I could bring some back.
Then one day I had my back to the TV and I heard the Hellmann's jingle….. "bring out the Hellmann's and bring out the best" …. but they didn't say Hellmann's in the commercial. I was SURE it was the same jingle, and sure enough, I turned around and there it was… with a whole new name – Best Foods. I had seen that in the stores but had no idea it was the same. The package looked the same, but I wasn't about to eat anything but Hellmann's.
Later on that day, I went down to the store, grabbed some Best Foods Mayonnaise and right there on the label it said, known as Hellmann's East of the Rockies. I called my friend back East and had her look at her jar of mayonnaise and sure enough, it said known as Best Foods West of the Rockies. I laughed so hard! It was right there all<|fim_middle|>going to try your bacon baking method). With the chicken this really becomes the perfect sandwich!
Wow, if I had a lunch like this growing up, I would have for sure thought it was the BEST part of the day!! I would now too!
We are fiercely loyal Best Foods mayo fans here at our house! I agree that it makes sandwiches like this so much better!
A BLT is my standing lunch order, so you KNOW I'm going to make this. I think your styling is brilliant, by the way!
Great ingredients make a great sandwich. Such fun too.
Isn't it funny what triggers our memories? Love the BLT. And you made it heartier for big appetites with the addition of chicken.
I love a good BLT too! I need to try your version.. it looks delish!
Can't beat a BLT over ciabatta!
That story is too funny! It would have driven me nuts too, I'm Hellmann's loyal also. Always grew up with it and nothing compares. Now this lunch, I wish I had ones like this growing up. So fresh, filling and delicious. | along. So if you move cross country, you won't have to go through the agony I did.
Hellmann's has come out with a new squeeze bottle with a precision tip and clean lock cap, which allows you to squeeze more mayo out just where you want it. Which is so great, no banging and shaking to get all the mayonnaise out! This will give you a little more time and less frustration when making sandwiches.
I'm always asking my kids what the BEST part of their day was.
They often say it's lunchtime!
Slice the ciabatta bread, then place the lettuce then chicken onto the sandwiches.
Add two slices of bacon to each sandwich.
Then put sliced tomato on top.
Write a cute little note in mayonnaise on the top of the bread or make any design you'd like.
What is your favorite sandwich to put mayonnaise on?
This post is sponsored by Hellmann's. I'm proud to work with companies I love. All opinions are my own and my story is true.
This post is sponsored by Kitchen Play on behalf of Hellmann's.
We eat LOTS of BLTs in the summer and adding chicken was genius! My boys are bottomless pits—they'd love this heartier BLT, too.
This really looks fantastic Diane. I love BLT's but never think to make them ( | 274 |
"Carrier oil" is a phrase commonly tossed about in the world of essential oils. Carrier oils are an important part of essential oil use, so it is important to understand proper application of them. Primarily, they make a dynamic duo with essential oils applied directly to your skin.
To understand the importance of carrier oils, it is helpful to first understand why you would want topical application.
The fat soluble properties within essential oils can be absorbed from our skin into our bodies. Usually within ten minutes we can start feeling the beneficial effects of the oil. The effects last for several hours, so you can reapply every 4 to 6 hours as needed.
Some people prefer this method (as compared to inhaling or ingesting the oil) for its calming massage-like method. Common areas to apply the oil include your forehead, neck, chest, abdomen, and the bottom of your feet.
Because the essential oils are so potent, directly applying them to your skin can cause irritation and sensitivity. Fortunately, this can easily be avoided by using a carrier oil.
Carrier oils help in a few ways for better topical application.
First, they help prevent sensitivity and irritation by diluting the oil. You will still enjoy the many benefits of the oil, just with happier skin.
Second, they can help moisturize your skin. This helps dry areas of skin absorb the oil easier.
Third, they can help decrease the evaporation pace of the essential oil. This helps get more of the essential oil into your system.
Carrier oils usually do not carry their own strong scent, so you can pair them with the oil without worrying about an unsettling smell.
There are a few different categories of essential oils. Two of which<|fim_middle|> naturally cleaning your home. Check out our site for the many uses of essential oils. You can also visit our Pinterest board for a collection of do it yourself recipes and tricks to try.
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What about Hemp Seed Oil…. does it make a good carrier oil? | really need carrier oil dilution.
The first is dilute. These should always be diluted with a carrier oil. These oils tend to be more potent and pose more of a risk to your skin (if used without dilution). Essential oils falling into this category include clove, oregano, and thyme.
The second category is sensitive. Here, it is not as imperative to use a carrier oil unless you have sensitive skin. These oils pose a moderate risk of skin irritation (if used without dilution). Essential oils falling into this category include peppermint and eucalyptus.
While other essential oils may not fall into one of these two categories, using a carrier oil is part of safe and responsibly essential oil application. We recommend always using one, even if the essential oil claims it does not need one. There is no need to risk skin irritation and you can help the absorption of the essential oil. It's a win-win situation!
The best carrier oils are 100% pure vegetable oils. These oils easily combine with the essential oil without interfering with their chemical makeup.
These oils come in two forms: a solid form and a liquid form. You can purchase the solid form, but it will take more work. You will need to melt the oil before using it. Usually, this involves placing the oil in a bowl and placing that bowl in a larger bowl of boiling water. You must wait for the oil to melt and then clean up the bowls afterwards.
It is much easier to simply buy already liquid oils (often called fractured oils).
Avoid using carrier oil alternatives, like vegetable shortening, baby oil, or petroleum jelly. They are not meant to be carrier oils.
There are many different types of carrier oils out there. You can choose based on your budget, how much you will use the oil for other uses, or just your preference.
Coconut oil is a fantastic oil with many uses. I use it as a deep hair conditioner, shaving cream, lotion, and makeup remover. If you are looking for a multi-purpose oil, this is a great choice.
The default coconut oil product comes in a solid form. You can purchase fractured coconut oil to get it in a liquid form. Either works, but you will need to melt the solid version before using it.
This oil is often used in massages because it is light and leaves skin shiny.
Most of us have olive oil laying around our kitchen anyway, but it also doubles as a carrier oil.
When looking for an olive oil, make sure it is pure olive oil. Some low cost brands will mix olive oil with other cheaper (and less healthy) vegetable oils to cut down costs.
Jojoba oil is very similar to the naturally occurring oils in our skin.
Jojoba oil is great for those with sensitive skin or skin issues (like acne) because it is so similar to our natural skin oils.
Almond oil is great if you tend to suffer from drier skin. The many nutrients in almond oil help nourish and moisturize your skin easily.
Almond oil tends to be a cheaper option, so if you are on a budget this makes a good choice. If you have a peanut allergy, however, be very cautious. Sometimes almond oil is made in the same factories as peanut oil.
A good proportion to use is about 2% dilution. If you are making a batch to use many times, you can aim for 12 drops of essential oil within one fluid ounce of carrier oil. If you are focusing on a one time use, you can aim for two drops of essential oil within one teaspoon of carrier oil.
The essential oil is pretty potent, so you usually only need a few drops of it to get the great benefits. You can mix the two oils together in a small bowl.
Once you mix together the oils, you are ready to apply them. Massaging the target area first can help to increase your blood circulation, which helps the oil get absorbed better.
Directly rub the oil into your skin for a soothing massage. Another option is to make a body butter for a do it yourself pampering spa day. You can also make a compress by soaking a towel in water, adding the essential oils, then placing it onto the target area.
Play around with different application techniques to see which you like best. However you apply, be sure to always use a carrier oil. Remember that the oils may stick around on your hands after you touch them, so be sure to wash them thoroughly after use.
Essential oils are sold at a variety of place. Most grocery stores, pharmacies, and natural stores offer at least a small selection of essential oil products. Shopping online of course will give you a wider selection (and sometimes better prices).
If you are just starting out your essential oil collection, we recommend trying the Essential 4 Pack. For a larger set, we recommend trying the Health and Wellness Kit. If you decide to buy either option, be sure to enter in the code "BACKDOORSURVIVAL" for a 10% discount on your order!
Essential oils are a powerful natural tool, helping in everything from soothing a sore throat to helping with allergies to | 1,048 |
Adam Klein before the House Judiciary Committee
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
By Adam Klein
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Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. In today's chaotic world, our country faces a complex array of national security threats, both from adversary nations and from non-state terrorist groups. Recently retired Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said last year that in his 50-year career in intelligence, he could not "recall a more diverse array of challenges and crises than we confront today."
In this challenging geopolitical context, the American people are fortunate to have the
world's most capable intelligence services. Intelligence Community personnel work to protect the American people from a range of threats—from terrorism, to the theft of American companies' trade secrets, to subversion of our democratic processes by foreign intelligence services. In a digital world, signals intelligence is an essential tool for detecting and defeating these threats.
Our intelligence agencies, led by the NSA, carry out the signals intelligence mission under what the President Obama's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies described as a system of "oversight, review, and checks-and-balances" that "reduce[s] the risk that elements of the Intelligence Community would operate outside of the law." The Review Group, which President Obama commissioned in the wake of the Snowden leaks to review U.S. signals intelligence activities, emphasized in its report that it had found "no evidence of illegality or other abuse of authority for the<|fim_middle|>, ultimately rest. Needed surveillance tools will be politically sustainable only if the public is persuaded that they are necessary, appropriate, and lawful.
For that reason, strengthening public confidence in the legal and institutional controls on surveillance powers should be seen as a national security imperative as well as a priority for civil libertarians. The challenge is how to strengthen transparency, privacy, oversight, and ultimately public confidence without harming needed national security capabilities. In a recent Center for a New American Security report, Surveillance Policy: A Pragmatic Agenda for 2017 and Beyond, coauthors Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and I offered 61 recommendations to build public trust, increase transparency, and strengthen oversight, while preserving important intelligence and counterterrorism tools. Part III of this testimony suggests a number of ways the Committee can advance these goals while reauthorizing Section 702.
The full testimony is available online.
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View All Reports View All Articles & Multimedia | purpose of targeting domestic political activity." That accords with other reports that have emphasized the deep-rooted culture of compliance and legal oversight at NSA.
At the same time, the Snowden leaks revealed that the scale of government data collection— even collection that was lawful and approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—was greater than most Americans would have anticipated given the available public information, including the text of the relevant statutes. The resulting climate of skepticism, at home and abroad, continues to harm U.S. interests in various ways.
This is not simply a privacy or civil liberties problem: If allowed to persist, public skepticism is also a problem for national security. That is because public trust is the foundation on which national security powers, including Section 702 | 150 |
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