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Do you know how to check your heart rare?
First it might help to know what it means when someone says "heart rate". It's a pretty simple concept. Your "heart rate" is equal to the number of times your heart beats in one minute.
There are two easy spots on your body to feel your heart rate.
1. At your wrist. Place two fingers on the inside of your opposite wrist, as the picture above shows.
2. On your neck. Place two fingers on the coradid artery in your neck, as the picture above shows.
You should be able to feel the beat of your heart in these locations. With practice, this will become very easy.
Once you find the correct spot....start counting the beats....for 60 seconds. The number you reach after 60 seconds is your heart rate.
There are also great tools<|fim_middle|>. | to check your heart rate. Heart Rate Monitors make the job simple and record your heart rate and some other stats. A good heart rate monitor is a useful tool. As you learn how to use the different feature, you will learn lots of great info about keeping your heart healthy. Yes, that is an important part of life.
Counting your heart beats takes a little practice, but anyone can get good at it | 84 |
It is time for Vienna tours when you should make sure to follow the travel packing tips and carry everything essential. Vienna is the capital city of Austria, and it lies on the eastern part of the Danube River.
The place accompanies the aesthetic and the kind of intellectual legacy. The city is populated by individuals from various part of the world. You will mostly find the creations of Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud, speaking highly of the place.
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Vienna tours are made special with as visit to the St. Stephen's Cathedral. This is the most stylized Gothic edifice, and it is known to be the cathedral church of archbishopric from the year 1722. You can find the place in the historic center of the city of Vienna.
Vienna tours are alluring and exclusive. Being here you can essentially visit the Spanish Riding School. This had a place with the time of Emperor Maximilian II. This is one of the main attractions of Vienna. There are more things you would love to watch at the place.
You have lots to cherish at the Spanish Riding School as part of Vienna tours. Here, tourists are much glad to see the spectacular display of the set of the equestrian skills as part of the Baroque Winter Riding School. | for Vienna tours you will love the hotshot the imperial palaces, and this is probably going to incorporate Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs' summer residence. Here you would love to wander in the MuseumsQuartier region, and you are anxious to feel the historicity of the place.
When beginning with Vienna tours you can discuss the Hofburg. This has been the seat of the Habsburgs from the 6th century. This is a standout amongst the most historically noteworthy places in Vienna. The place is essentially known for the line of architectures belonging to the Renaissance, Gothic, Rococo and the Bar | 127 |
Went to the latest UEL/<|fim_middle|> down decisions, all of which may be true. She had just been telling us what a wonderful example of sustainability the London Olympics had been and how it had created a new culture in the UK. I had to disagree with her that the Olympics had been such a sustainability success given, among other things, the botched remediation, the farce of the turbines and the failure to use the canals to shift materials, none of which she disputed. Another member of the audience chipped in about the sponsors and again she agreed this had not been a success, although she was keen on the torch relay which was a puzzle given the advertising platform it provided for Coca Cola.
However, when I argued with her she became very defensive about the top down approach asking me if I thought it was wrong for her to do this by getting Ken to impose these top down controls. I was confused by this as I hadn't been talking about that but if it was true that she had been able to convince Ken to change his approach to sustainability before the Olympics or just as the bid was being organised back in 2003, and that was how this change was achieved, then it hadn't actually needed the Olympics anyway, it was just a Mayoral intervention. Surprisingly she didn't disagree with this proposition until this provoked another person in the room to go on about how the Olympics was the treasure that everyone was seeking and this meant everyone would follow its example. Samantha then changed her mind and said she also thought the Olympics had provided just such an example.
Since then Dr James Tansey, who was appointed by the Vancouver Organising Committee as the first Official Carbon Offset Supplier to an Olympic Games, has criticised London 2012 for abandoning the idea of a carbon neutral Games. "I think London 2012 got it right in terms of building smart, green buildings from the start in the Olympic Park, they were model buildings - wonderful examples of design. But the London Organising Committee stepped away from the concept of carbon neutrality. I don't fully understand what happened there. I think there was pressure on the Olympics from the Government."
Another seminar contribution was offered by Bruce McVean of Beyond Green, who was upset that a report he had helped produce on integrated design back in 2009 had apparently been shelved. The report, which he outlined in his talk, essentially stated there should be co-ordination between different agencies and frameworks should be created to advance sustainability. Both he and Samantha were keen on localism and he seemed to be convinced, and maybe he is right, that the five Olympic Boroughs are now co-ordinating their efforts. However, he wasn't happy when I disagreed that the Olympics had much to do with this given that the development style pioneered by London 2012 was of external corporations, with the latest run directly by the Mayor of London, taking over territory and powers from the local boroughs.
Other members of the audience had raised questions about housing and the demolition of estates in East London and a conversation of sorts did get under way with Samantha saying it was good we were getting down to talking about the realities facing people until, just as I was beginning to respond on one point, one of the hosts stood up and talked over me asking the speakers a question about the one thing they would like to happen in the future, or something like that, and someone from the LLDC was invited to come up to the front and talk about what they were doing about things like Bruce's report.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Mon, 25/03/2013 - 15:53. | LLDC seminar on Sustainability last week and got into a bit of a spat with the speakers and another member of the audience over the sustainability example of London 2012. Samantha Heath of London Sustainability Exchange told us how she had, almost single-handedly, got Ken Livingstone to subscribe to sustainability targets of various kinds back in 2002 to 2004 when she was a member of the Greater London Assembly and how this all depended on Ken making top | 97 |
Dr. Anne Cunningham – The Effects of Learning to Read On Children's Minds
Dr. Anne Cunningham is the Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education with the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley and the Historian of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. She is the co-author of "What Reading Does For The Mind" and numerous other articles and research papers related to reading.
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The following interview with Dr. Anne Cunningham was conducted at the studios of KCSM (PBS) Television in San Mateo, California on September 5, 2003. Dr. Cunningham elegantly balances public school reading teaching experience with rigorous scientific research work and university level teacher training. She is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children by helping them learn to read more effectively.
David Boulton: It's a real pleasure to meet you.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: It's a pleasure to meet you as well. It's wonderful what you're doing.
David Boulton: Thank you. Your article was one of my early research inspirations.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Really? Oh, I'm touched.
What Reading Does for the Mind:
David Boulton: The title of your article "What Reading Does for the Mind" was one of my questions. So finding it really helped me.
I've been very interested in this assembly processes. My view is that our kid's fates are being determined by how well they can process this code. I understand the code as a code scientist might, and I come at it from a perspective of learning; watching children learn from the inside-out. What are their natural modalities? How is it they extend themselves into the world in the most natural ways? What happens when these two systems collide (the code and our natural modes of learning) amidst the social pressure, the academic pressure, the whole (reading) thing? The more that I get into it, the more amazed I am and what's most amazing to me is how little understood it is in general by teachers and parents.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes.
David Boulton: That's where this series comes from, we've got to wake up here. We're letting this archaic, bug ridden code determine the fate of our children.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes, and there's things that we can do.
David Boulton: There are things that we can do. They start with realizing the challenge and understanding the challenge at the social-economic level, at the individual-intellectual and affective-emotional level, and that what's at stake is everything.
David Boulton: The future of each child and all of us collectively is running through this funnel called ' how well the brain reads', in a way.
David Boulton: And something different has to be done about it. So, as I started to zoom in on this area of the inquiry I came across your article and I was just in awe. You're one of the people, one of my heroes in the story of all this. I'm glad you made it.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Thank you. Well, this work is very collaborative with Keith Stanovich, who actually is very seminal in his developing of the Matthew Effects in reading. I've been privileged to work with him as a colleague, but much of these ideas really come from him. Mine are the collaborative part of it and the interest in the application to the teaching of reading and children. So we're a good partnership.
How did you get into reading?:
David Boulton: Yes, it certainly seemed like it. It was very seamless in my reading, you flow well together in articulating things. So, why do you do this? What interests you the most?
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Well, you know, reading is a very rich and complex and cognitive act. So, as a developmental psychologist you're looking for a domain of study such as reading that would motivate you to investigate it for a lifetime. Cognitive psychologists really enjoy looking at reading because of its layers and levels of complexity in understanding this rich endeavor.
The other side of it is that, as an educator, as a former pre-school, kindergarten and first grade teacher; prior to my academic training, I saw the daily struggles of children who didn't learn to read very readily. Despite what I felt were very detailed types of instruction that I was providing to them, they displayed inordinate difficulty in learning to read. As a young woman I wanted to understand that better. So, that's when I left teaching to go back to graduate school, to understand more deeply why it was that some children learned to read more readily and with relative ease than other children.
It's been a journey of trying to unpack and understand those developmental processes of what's important as one stage in reading begins to drop out, and something else comes into play that plays a significant role and again, drops out again. It's those factors that really led me to this journey, as I say, of understanding how children learn to read and then looking at the other side of the coin, which is, once we have a certain level of reading ability the outcome of it, the reciprocal part of it, that is what we call the cognitive consequences of being an avid reader. So, it's both sides of the coin that fascinate me.
Automaticity:
David Boulton: When you said drop out a moment ago I was wondering if you mean that it falls into automaticity; it falls into being automatic and therefore it no longer requires conscious, volitional effort to workout; it's now in the background and moving on to the next level of challenge.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: That's right. For example, we have an inordinate amount of attention and emphasis placed on phonology and phonemic awareness in the early stages of beginning reading and at kindergarten and first grade we rightfully spend a lot of time on that. But at some point phonemic awareness itself doesn't become an enabling sub-skill, other variables come into play. Like at the word recognition level, understanding and having a deep appreciation of the orthography, how those letters map on to those sounds, becomes a variable that causes maybe increasingly more divergence among readers than phonemic awareness. So, as a developmental psychologist, we're fascinated with looking at those trajectories and how those factors change.
Phonemic Awareness:
David Boulton: Is phonemic awareness something that is required in our daily oral interchange or is it unique to writing?
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Well, that's a great question because phonemic awareness is something that young children, prior to having to learn in an alphabetic script such as ours, they don't focus on the structure of language. They don't play with it to the degree that they need to, to learn in an alphabetic language. We're more focused on meaning, as we should be, but in order to become a successful reader, at some point we have to shift our attention away from the meaning to the structure, and be able to perceive these sounds that are contained within words, and be able to rhyme and segment /c/ from at to make cat. That's the precursor to being able to break the code and without that facility and awareness, children just suffer too long in learning to read.
David Boulton: Yes, and the way that phonemic awareness is often discussed is as if children that are struggling with reading have something wrong with them, some deficit. What you're saying now, it seems to me, is that phonemic awareness is not a naturally occurring challenge to a speaking human being. It's an artifact, again, of our technology, of our artifacts.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Precisely. So, children may have implicit experiences with phonemic awareness when their parents read nursery rhymes to them. Peter Bryant, for example, has argued that nursery rhymes are the genesis of phonemic awareness. That's the beginning place that children might naturally begin to shift to language play. Certainly doing Pig Latin, for example, might be something that you would naturally play with language. But many children don't necessarily do that and so we have to provide those specific experiences for the children so that when they go to school they'll be ready to begin to break the code.
David Boulton: So, we're creating these not normally used juxtapositions in sounds inside of language to create awareness that there are components in sounds that can then be built on. It's almost like formatting a hard drive, of creating these kind of distinct placeholders that are necessary to juggle the quantum or units, the discrete sounds.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Right and it's with that understanding of how reading develops and how the code is broken that we, as educators, can go back and provide experiences for all children, not just the advantaged children whose families do this more naturally, but children whose families don't provide these experiences. We can, as educators, provide these experiences for children in a very child centered pedagogical fashion that doesn't make it discrete or skill and drill, but one that's engaging and fun; but still leads them to this conscious awareness that there are sounds that are contained within words that we can segment and put back together in very playful ways.
David Boulton: Right, an 'erector set' for sound.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Nice.
David Boulton: A playground that isn't this tedious, rote, boring exposure drill, but rather something that creates fun while creating the realization of the distinction that's necessary.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes. This is where a lot of educators confound the content of what we need to teach in learning to read with the pedagogy or the practices. I think we need to separate that clearly in everyone's mind so that they can appreciate that you can teach phonemic awareness and you can teach the code, but you can do it in a way that is child centered and allows them to be able to stay with it long enough in terms of their attention span. It can be game oriented and you can still help children to appreciate and reach these milestones in breaking the code.
David Boulton: So, we've talked about the first layer, which is that before we can deal with the code, we've got to have the distinctions and the processing placeholder mechanisms to be able to juggle the elements of the code to be able to go to the other side to construct this stream that we call reading.
Breaking and Processing the Code:
David Boulton: Once we've got the phonemic awareness distinction, then we start to bump into the code and we've got another set of problems. People use terms like the alphabet principle…
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Right.
David Boulton: As if it was this singular challenge or this singular revelation or this singular once I've got it, I got it. But the code has many layers of ambiguity and confusion that all have to be processed at this incredible speed.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Right, right.
Decoding the Imprecise Code:
David Boulton: Let's talk about decoding.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Well, in the English orthography what is such a challenge for young children and actually even teachers to appreciate, is that there is an imprecise mapping of the sounds we use to speak to each other in the English language. Those forty-four odd sounds or phonemes that we use to talk to each other, and their mapping onto twenty-six letters is imprecise. Because our language, our orthography, isn't as regular as other orthographies, such as German or Turkish, it does present even more of a challenge for English speakers and readers than in these other orthographies that tend to be acquired more readily.
Here's where we have to begin to appreciate that this mapping is not impossible to teach or to learn, but that if we give children a more detailed road map for that, if we provide experiences for them that lead them into this orthography in an incremental fashion; then we in the reading research community believe that we can reduce much to most of the variance that we experience right now in reading disability.
What we think is that by introducing certain sound-symbol patterns and having children build words quickly, taking simple c-v-c sounds and having children, again with a backdrop of being able to segment and blend, knowing that in oral language and playing with it, and putting those sounds together to build words such as 'cat'. Young children quickly get the productivity of our alphabetic system when it's meted out to them in that fashion, so that they can, maybe in a very multi-sensory way, manipulate with letters and build these words together, and with word families take 'cat' and another phoneme /m/ and build it, and put it with 'cat' to make 'mat' and that's when the insight comes. That's when the ah-ha of learning comes for many children, through these kinds of word building experiences, but with a constrained set of sounds and letter mappings that we believe progress can be made.
Then the complexity of the orthography can be built upon, so that once you've got that kind of basic consonant-vowel-consonant core, you can add vowels that are more complex and different orthographic sequences that children have difficulty with, because they have an anchor, they have something to hang it on with this core consonant-vowel-consonant sequence for example.
Unfolding Ambiguity:
David Boulton: I translate that into unfolding the ambiguity.
Dr. Anne Cunningham Yes.
David Boulton: What we're talking about is that the code has many different kinds and many different layers of ambiguity that are confusing, and that previously our approach to teaching was like a general antibiotic. It was this over-generalized patch that wasn't considerate of trying to create this stairway through the confusion that the child could step,<|fim_middle|> phonetic, bumping into a language that had almost twice the number of sounds, with nobody minding the store as this bizarre system of letter-sound-pairings worked itself out. It then got frozen into place by the printing press technicians bringing their biases from all over Europe. This mess is regulating the lives of our children.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Right, and I know you have wonderful people like Dick Venezky and others that are going to address this, and they'll do a wonderful job here. I think it's important to mention the complexity of the code. But, I think in some respects, maybe in the history of reading forty years ago, that got us in trouble too. So, we want to make sure that everyone understands how complex reading is, and that as complex as it is, there are things that we can do to teach it. I think it's critical that parents and everyone else don't continue to throw up their arms and say, 'Oh well, it's so complex that we can't teach it.'
David Boulton: No, that's not my point.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Oh, I know. I'm just thinking.
A Technology-Interface Learning Process:
David Boulton: I think it's really important for people to understand that it is a technological interface learning process.
David Boulton: That it's not a natural thing
David Boulton: It's unlike anything humans were wired to do.
David Boulton: And that our children are feeling ashamed. Most of our children are struggling with it and feeling ashamed of their minds because they're not interfacing with a technology that's been messed up over a thousand years and that every attempt to fix has failed.
David Boulton: And that's the backdrop. Now we say what are we going to do about it.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Great.
David Boulton: But in order to detox the shame we've got to contextualize it, right?
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Nice, nice, nice. Yes. We have to send that message to teachers and children in a very concrete way, is what I'm hearing you say as well.
David Boulton: Well, yes. Again, we wouldn't create an environment in which these children were made to feel ashamed of themselves because they couldn't program a VCR at five years old.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Oh, that's a good analogy.
David Boulton: But most of them are struggling to do something that's much more complicated and every bit as technological.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes. One of the points I wanted to make was that when we talk about the probabilistic nature of learning to read, and that if you don't get out of the gate early on and break the code, that it's unlikely that you'll ever become a skilled reader unless something different happens. It in large part has to do with our current educational system.
It's not that a third grader couldn't learn to break the code and then go on with great success. It more has to do, I think, with the way in which we fashioned our education; which is that teachers say, "I teach reading in grades kindergarten, first and second grade and beyond that if I'm a third grader teacher. I teach reading to learn, not learning to read". So we see this big shift in the time of instruction that children receive, that if you didn't learn to break the code when you were a younger child, then the chances that you'll get the type of detailed instruction you need in the context of reading becomes slimmer and slimmer.
David Boulton: Is there something that you'd like to say that we didn't cover?
Dr. Anne Cunningham: I think I wanted to say that about the Matthew Effect, it's not that children are doomed to experience the Matthew Effect if they don't learn to read early on. But the likelihood is there that if you don't get out of the gate early, you won't engage in print early on. And if we changed our educational system to accommodate and diminish the social comparison and shame, that we would have a much greater opportunity of catching all these children developmentally.
David Boulton: Thank you so much.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Thank you.
What Reading Does for the Mind
How did you get into reading?
Breaking and Processing the Code
Decoding the Imprecise Code
Unfolding Ambiguity
The Matthew Effect
Downward Spiral of Shame
Reading Exercises Intelligence
The Importance of Reading in Today's Society
Most of Our Children are Below Proficient
Reading Shame can Generalize to Learning Shame
Reading is like Operating a Complex Technology
A Brief History of the Code
A Technology-Interface Learning Process | step, step through. Most three year olds can pick up the ABC's. It's a very simple I see the letter, I learn to name it, like I name mom and dad, and cat and dog, and other things. It's a naming thing, it's pretty simple.
David Boulton: We expose them to letters as if they're discrete units, and there's no pressure to say it with any great speed or blend it.
David Boulton: When we get to reading, the words have these letters compacted together, and the sounds they make are blended together in a way that rarely, or certainly not often, corresponds to the distinct sounds that we've conditioned their brain for.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Ahh.
David Boulton: Time after time after time after time through the years to respond to.
David Boulton: So, we set them up to be confused.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Letter names don't always correspond to their sounds and that's why, for example, it's very important to use the letter names or the letter sounds that have some overlap. When we understand some of these principles, as teachers for example, we know that we should probably use letters like 'd' and /d/ because there is more overlap than 'h' and /h/. So, with that knowledge, we try to untangle and make it less ambiguous for the child. But you're right, that is a convention and some systems do just start teaching the children sounds and not the letter names.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: But then you'd have to teach, you'd only get some of them.
David Boulton: Well, the orthographic reform folks have mapped out 1,100 combinations between letters and sounds, 300 or so in common use. Three hundred combinations in the ways letters can map to sounds. Three hundred ways that we can spell forty-four sounds with twenty-six letters! It's a pretty amazingly messy system.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Well, in a way that's why in teaching children to read, giving them constrained sets is very important. So that if you look at the curriculum of children in kindergarten, first, and second grade; with certain good basal programs, children only have to interact with some of these mappings and that builds for the next layer.
David Boulton: I've looked at those lists and I think that's generally true. I see where you're going with that and there is an attempt to minimize the amount of ambiguity the child's dealing with and create this kind of stairway in to the vocabulary list.
David Boulton: And when I look at those lists I'm still amazed at the different kinds of confusions that we're not drawing their attention to yet.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Hmmm.
The Matthew Effect:
David Boulton: We can get to that. Let's go to the article for a minute and start with the Matthew Effect. You can credit Keith as needed. What is the Matthew Effect and how does it relate to reading?
Dr. Anne Cunningham: The Matthew Effect was described by Wahlberg and Sty and Keith Stanovich in the domain of reading. It essentially describes what happens to young children when we see the educational disparities that occur and the educational advantages. The Matthew Effect describes what happens over time when some children enter into a positive feedback loop, whereby those who learn to read and break the code with relative ease experience a positive effect and are able to read the text that they are given in schools with fluency. That fluency develops a level of automaticity and because they develop automaticity with sounds and words, their cognitive work space is freed to operate on the meaning of print, and the purpose of why children are engaged in it. And so the world opens up to children who have that cognitive space left, who have automatized the code and words.
The converse of this Matthew Effect that Stanovich outlined in the mid- eighties, where he developed a model of the educational have's and have not's in reading, is a sadder tale. Those children who experience inordinate difficulty in breaking the code, who aren't able to quickly assemble these sounds and put them into larger units we call words, and rapidly proceed through the sentences, don't develop the level of automaticity that allows them to have the cognitive work space available to them. As a result of that lack of automaticity, their resources are taken away and focused on the word level and they aren't able to operate on the meaning.
So, as a result they find reading to be discouraging. It's less satisfying, and this feedback loop begins there because it's not pleasurable, because it's difficult, they don't engage in it. And because they don't engage in it as often they don't develop the automaticity, and on and on you go. Now that's even further compounded by the fact that these educational 'have not's' are given material that's well beyond their reading ability. So, the cycle gets exacerbated because we don't tack or calibrate children's reading level with the print we give them. And so the cycle just gets worse and worse.
Downward Spiral of Shame:
David Boulton: I use a term, which I'll share more with you later, that we call the Downward Spiral of Shame that connects the affect system with the cognitive system. What happens when they start to become averse to the feeling of all of this, and the downward spiral of diminishing available cognitive resources because of the dissipation of their affects.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes! Well said. Well said because if you are allocating so much time to shame, if you're so concerned that the child next to you has got a thick book and you really can't read a thick book or a chapter book yet, you can only read one of these baby books, then generally, and it's highly adaptive I think, is that you'll get a thick book and because of our social comparison you will pretend that you are reading that book to keep up with your peers. But the result of that is that you don't get the practice and the shame prevents you from engaging even more.
David Boulton: What you are practicing is a self deception, self and other deception, and what you're learning is that you're mind doesn't work that well and that there's something wrong with you.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes. Exactly.
David Boulton: To some degree, a great deal of our children are learning to be ashamed of their mind because of this whole reading thing.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: And it happens so early. That's the crime. It just happens, you can see it in mid-first grade. Little six and seven year olds are already feeling that 'I'm not a good reader.' Well, to me that's an indictment on our educational system, that we haven't protected them enough, and we've compared them to each other so much, so quickly that many children don't even have an opportunity or a chance to get into the cycle. We have to do a far better job of not making these differences between our children so visible that they enter into this cycle prematurely, and there are ways to mediate that.
David Boulton: Right, we can also contextualize this; some people are tall, some people are short, and no animal on the planet ever read before. Humans have only been doing it for a little while, everybody struggles, it's not a problem that you're struggling. We can create a different kind of buffer space for the emotional processes that are concurring with the cognitive processes during this struggle.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes, that's right.
David Boulton: We've got to do that. That's what Children of the Code is about, what we're doing here.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: It's not to say that we're going to, what some philosophies have done and what some teaching practices have, which is to make everyone feel good and you're going to be fine and you can learn to read. We're actually going to provide the instruction but at the same time create it in an environment that doesn't allow for that high level of social comparison.
David Boulton: We are not talking about an artificial self-esteem boost and compensation. We're talking about being successful at the task by reducing the emotional negative feedback loop that's concurring with the cognitive struggle.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Right. Yes, exactly.
David Boulton: One of the things that's implicit in the Matthew Effect, that you co-wrote about, is that how quickly children take to this, how quickly it catches for them and they get up into reading. So their brain isn't busy just doing the processing, and they're free to go on and appreciate what they're reading, and enjoy it enough to continue to have the affect, interest, excitement, and enjoyment lifting them into it.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Uh-huh.
David Boulton: That if that doesn't happen they won't learn to process efficiently enough, to read well enough to progress in the development of comprehension and fluency. It's almost kind of like launching a spaceship into orbit. There's this narrow little window that if they don't get through it…
Dr. Anne Cunningham: That's a great analogy. Yes.
David Boulton: If they're too late getting into it then the whole thing starts to spiral negatively, and starts working against their developing ability to read it, and it requires more and more and more from them to break through.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes. Getting an airplane off the ground is an excellent analogy for what we have to do in the beginning stages of reading acquisition. It does require an inordinate effort and focus on helping children to break the code and understanding these letter sound patterns, and fragmenting and putting them together rapidly so those words become automatized.
In our study, what we found was that children who made this breakthrough, who broke the code early on in first grade, not only became better readers in high school, which is what we'd predict, but they engaged in print more. One of the phenomenal findings of this particular study, was that ten years later we could see that those children who broke the code early on, began this Matthew Effect, this cycle of engaging in print. Because they engaged and were successful in it, they enjoyed it, and because they enjoyed it, they had positive affect and so presumably they practice it more and more. Because they practice it more and more, their vocabulary grew, their level of verbal intelligence increased, and so when they came upon some complex ideas or complex words, vocabulary items they may not have known, they had the cognitive space to think about what does that word mean; and then attach it to a similar word so that they can then build their lexicon in a way that allows them to progress throughout time.
Not only do we see that they're better readers, but that they engage in it more. And that's what we want to promote because what we see in the Matthew Effects is that everyone benefits. So that even the relatively poor reader, the child or student whose comprehension is not as good as the student sitting next to them, can still grow and develop in their reading ability, but also their verbal intelligence, just by staying with it and just by engaging in print on a daily basis.
Reading Exercises Intelligence:
David Boulton: So, it's an exercise environment. Learning to read well, once you're doing it, opens the door to this huge opportunity to exercise your intelligence that you don't have if you can't read.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Right, and you won't acquire the level of verbal intelligence in a technological society such as ours without print. That's what is fascinating about this line of research. People such as Hays and Aarons have looked at the oral versus print distributions of words and what you can readily see is there are lexical items that are found in print that are not words we use in oral discourse. Because we tend to, as a society, dummy-down our language, and so you would look pretentious if we began to use words such as dissipate or endeavor. Those are words that are found primarily in print.
So, where do you grow your vocabulary? You grow your vocabulary primarily in print (Fisher , Lyon) and not through oral discourse. And in order to become intelligent, you have to engage in print. And so, so many children who didn't break the code early, who don't engage in it, are shut out. They're shut out of these opportunities to participate in a technological society such as ours.
David Boulton: So, what you're talking about, why reading is this gateway, is not as simple as it's often made out to be; 'when they can read they can acquire knowledge.' It's much richer and much more detailed, which you've given great voice to. It's a cognitive exercise environment of an entirely different kind that has emotional consequences, serious consequences. Have you yourself, as an add to the Matthew Effect – something like I was suggesting in the downward spiral of shame – have you given attention to or can you speak to the emotional processes that are concurring with reading?
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Well, I think that it's not something that has been part of my research program but it's certainly something that I experience in my study of reading development and the differences between children and how they acquire it, or adults who can not read very well, or adolescents, and the type of avoidance that they exhibit as a result of not being skilled enough to engage in this cognitive act. One can only speculate, having learned to read myself with relative ease. But certainly my students who come up to me, even at university, and share the inordinate shame that they feel as adults in trying to hide it and stay up with their peers is much less than what children experience.
The Importance of Reading in Today's Society:
David Boulton: You are a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Give me a brief sketch of what it's about.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Well, learning to read may not have been as critical in another era, in another time, but in today's society, where we have moved largely from a manufacturing economy to a service economy, it requires a higher level of literacy than we previously experienced. So, when people bemoan that we're not teaching children to read, and that children are doing worse than before, there is some data to indicate that actually the levels of achievement in reading haven't changed that much.
But what has changed is our world and so to take advantage of the goods of our current society, literacy is a must. Without it, you are relegated to a level of income and opportunity that isn't fair. The whole purpose of public education is to create more of an equal playing field so that everyone experiences those same opportunities. If we know, a prori, that it's requisite to become successful you have to be literate in our society, then it's incumbent upon us to do a better job of helping children at these beginning stages and throughout. So, for a society there are deep consequences for all of us in not having a literate society.
Most of Our Children are Below Proficient:
David Boulton: The National Reading Report Card says that almost sixty-eight percent of fourth graders read below proficiency.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: When sixty-eight percent of fourth graders are below proficiency, we know that the odds, the probability of those children catching up and becoming proficient readers in four years from there, or by the time they graduate from high school, are very slim. Part of the problem is that we know statistically that if a child is below proficiency by fourth grade, then they're probably not going to become a proficient reader. We actually know that in first grade. We know that the probability when a child is in the lower quartile, unless something very different is done for them in the educational system, that they're going to experience that drop out in literacy.
David Boulton: Sixty percent of twelfth graders are still below proficient. That's one of the most amazing things; sixty-eight percent of fourth graders and still sixty percent of twelfth graders are below proficient. So, this is not basic. This is a higher level than that. But still, if we say that so much depends on the cognitive exercise, on the Matthew Effect and so forth, what we are saying is that most of our children aren't doing that well.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: That's right. And if most of our children are at that lower level and aren't proficient in reading, what are the odds that they're going to be readers as adults? What are the odds that this is going to be a life- long habit that they're going to pick up after high school? They're slim to none that they're going to engage in print in ways that enrich their life, that add to their life across multiple domains. I mean there's so much to be gained by reading a novel or reading a biography; the multiplicity of places that you could go in print that you couldn't get to any other way are enormous. So, in terms of satisfaction in adulthood, books and print offer so much that just aren't available to these students who only achieve this basic level at the end of their public school.
David Boulton: Yes. For many people I know, reading is the way that you quench your learning thirst.
Reading Shame can Generalize to Learning Shame:
David Boulton: And that if you can't do that, there's this collateral thing between reading and learning. It seems that if we become ashamed of our minds because of how poorly we read, then the aversion that you were talking about earlier doesn't just stay restricted to reading. It more broadly encompasses all that's on the other side of reading in terms of the cognitive exercise, in terms of the learning that can happen through print and through the vocabulary, and the complexity of meanings that, as you say, really are not available in oral language.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: You're right. It generalizes, it completely radiates out to other domains of inquiry. If, in elementary school, you find that you can't read successfully, then there's a body of research that shows that you apply it across other domains, that you think you're not smart, that you think you're not a good student. And because of those belief patterns you might choose other avenues. You might go to sports, you might go to art, and those are all great places, but you at least want to have the opportunity, in ten years you don't know what kind of person you're going to be. You want to be able to have those opportunities that only print allows.
Reading is like Operating a Complex Technology:
David Boulton: Before we go to another question, some background. One of the things I really want to thump people with is that this is an unnatural thing to do.
David Boulton: This is like operating a complex technology, except it's got to happen so fast that you can't even think about doing it to do it well.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yeah. It's not a natural act. Language is natural, it's something we're hard wired for. There are many theorists and researchers and linguists who have shown us that. But reading is not natural. Reading is an unnatural act that we have to lead young children through in a very detailed and systematic way. As one colleague said, 'Why would we leave a little seven year old to discover what took us thousands of years to discover as a human beings?' There are things that we can do to lead children to understand this orthography and to understand that it's not natural, it's inordinately complex.
David Boulton: And to take one more step on the un-naturalness, the orthography is a technology.
David Boulton: It's a human invented, created, symbol-machine processing system.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yes, very good point. I hadn't thought of calling it a technology, but it is a technology. It's a construction of human kind that is a function – the alphabet is a function of the context in which it arose, and there are other ways to represent words and ideas, such as logographic systems or syllabaries that have represented words differently.
A Brief History of the Code:
David Boulton: I don't know if you are familiar with the history of this, but the struggle that we have with reading is in large part connected to this accidental collision a thousand years ago between systems.
Dr. Anne Cunningham: Yeah.
David Boulton: We have a twenty-four letter Latin system which spread around the world very effectively like the first web virus because it was | 4,273 |
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Located in North Carolina's Triangle area, a flourishing center for education and business in the Southeast, GSLL also provides its students access to courses and libraries at nearby universities. | study of Germanic Languages and Literatures has enjoyed a long tradition of excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Instruction in German first became a permanent part of the curriculum in 1857, when the first Professor of Modern Languages joined the UNC faculty. In 1901, the first Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures was appointed, soon to be assisted by others. By 1915, more students were studying German at Carolina than any other modern language. Although that preeminence in enrollments waned by 1918, the department's activities continued to expand. By the 1930s the former Department of Germanic Languages offered M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The first M.A. thesis was produced in the Department in 1931 and the first Ph.D. was awarded in 1936. In the summer of 1962 the department took up residence in what was then a brand-new Dey Hall, moving into its current quarters after the 1969 expansion of the building. In August 2008, the Department entered into a permanent collaboration with Duke University's Department of German Studies to create the Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies, the first public-private partnership of its kind in the US.
The former Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, one of the oldest programs in Slavic in the southern United States, began with Indo-European linguist George Lane, who provided Russian instruction on an adhoc basis during World War II, when Carolina was serving as a Navy training center. Professor Walter Arndt introduced formal Russian courses at Chapel Hill around 1960, as part of the curriculum in what was then the Department of Linguistics and Oriental Languages. UNC-Chapel Hill first offered courses leading to a graduate degree in Slavic in 1965. When the Department was established as a separate unit, it was set up specifically to include not just Russian, but all the major Slavic languages and literatures. To this day, the mission of Carolina's Slavic faculty reamins inclusive and wide-ranging. As before, Slavic research includes versification, literary translation, literary critical theory, literature and Orthodox theology, gender studies, literature and the Holocaust, performing arts studies, and émigré culture. The Slavic program has been closely linked for years with the UNC-Duke Title VI Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies.
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Beginning on July 1, 2011, Germanic and Slavic merged to form a single unit, GSLL, a larger department with a more streamlined administrative structure. With over 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and currently roughly 35 graduate students, GSLL makes a central contribution to the work of the College of Arts and Sciences. Every year, more than 1,300 students at Carolina take courses offered by our unit. Our 17 permanent faculty members contribute to the liberal education of Carolina undergraduates by training them in the vital skills of analysis, interpretation and logical argument, while at the same time introducing them to the languages, literatures and cultures of central, northern, and eastern Europe and northern Asia. At the graduate level we provide an academic environment that encourages interdisciplinary work and innovative scholarship while placing particular importance on the | 691 |
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Write Better: The Coyote, the Road Runner, Sympathy, and Craft as the Art of Constraint
Back at the beginning of March this list of Chuck Jones's Rules for Coyote-Road Runner cartoons made the rounds:
(The pic, taken by filmmaker Amos Posner, shows a display in the Museum of the Moving Image's "What's Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones" exhibit. It's identical to the Coyote-Road Runner Rules Jones listed in his 1999 memoir Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist)
There's some question as to the consistency with which The Rules are followed, as well as their pinned-to-the-wall workaday legitimacy, but as I work through a set of hard revisions on an almost-just-about-right SF novella, I've been thinking about these rules–not because I'm employing any of them in my edit (I'm not), but because they embody a different way of looking at constraints[*], and I'm<|fim_middle|> of the Coyote-Road Runner Rules. he returns to the idea in his analysis at the end of the book. It's tacked on as a 10th Rule in that ancient webpage, but it's really the 0th Rule, the fundamental Truth: The audience's sympathy must remain with the Coyote, and to a greater or lesser degree the Rules guide the forward energy of each story toward this goal. The Coyote is humiliated not so much by an active antagonist (that damnable Road Runner) as by his environment, by the core physics of the universe, by shoddy consumer goods, and by his own mania.
You know, like the rest of us.
All of which is a nice reminder for me, that any part of the craft–all of the rules of thumb and editorial tricks and writing tactics and daily grinding–exist to serve the 0th Rule of the Coyote and Road Runner: You need to cultivate the audience's sympathy for the protagonist. "Sympathetic" doesn't mean "likable." Likability, in my humble, is bullshit: We don't "like" Richard III, on balance, or Hannibal Lecter, or Walter White, or Lady MacBeth, or Medea–but these are among the most compelling protagonists in Western narrative.
Similarly, "sympathy" isn't "pity"; pity is a form of contempt. We feel superior to those we pity. But I don't think most audience members ever feel superior to even the very disagreeable protagonists I've listed above, flawed and awful as they are. Why? I imagine it's because, like Coyote, they may be failures, but they certainly aren't quitters. We can respect that, and sympathy rests on a measure of (often grudging) respect.
Now there's most certainly another 3k words I can put to this–especially as it applies to the modern argumentative essay and social media–but let's stop here, with the nuts-and-bolts Write Better advice:
Our job is to cultivate sympathy–not to be liked or pitied.
We write better when we hew to constraints that guide our readers toward "feeling with" our characters (even the Bad Guys).
There are many ways of formulating constraints; it doesn't matter how they constrain you, so long as they do in fact constrain, that you at some point in your process feel hemmed in and annoyed by the Rules that you've set for yourself.
Or, in other words, accept the Fundamental Truth that Chuck Jones never deemed worth saying–that most artists come to see as so self-evident that it doesn't bear mentioning:
You cannot catch or eat the Road Runner. But you always must chase.
*Amen.*
[*] I tend to view constraint solely in terms of structure as measured by I'm a length/word-count. Jones' Rules, on the other hand, govern thematic elements and stage action. It's a more concrete approach.
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Jones' Rules have been floating around the Internet for more than 15 years, during which time the list has swelled to as many as 11 items listed (in fact, Wikipedia editors only culled back to nine following Posner's tweeted picture, even though Jones' canonical nine-item Rules have been in print since 1999). Interestingly, the earliest instance of the Rules swelling beyond the Canonical Nine traces back to its *first* online incarnation back in 1999, which includes this 10th Rule:
(Rule 10.) The audience's sympathy must remain with the Coyote.
This isn't in Chuck's Nine Rules because it's something he explains a few pages earlier in his memoir, while setting up the discussion | 269 |
Gold, Silver, Metal Prices Commentary – August 24, 2010
by Jon Nadler, Kitco Metals Inc. on August 24, 2010 · 1 comment
A fresh surge in the value of the yen brought the Japanese currency nearer to the 84 mark against the US dollar (a fifteen-year high of 84.17 was recorded overnight) and a further step closer to direct currency market intervention.
The operative words used to jawbone against these gains were no longer "undesirable" or "worrisome" but more like "grave concern." Guess what happens next, when such words are uttered at 'emergency' press conferences while the backroom shop talks to the G-7 nations on the hotline…
Naturally, the Nikkei average fell overnight, losing over 120 point as the nation's currency was soaring. The rest of the global equity markets did not fare much better as Tuesday's trading sessions unfolded in various locations. Worries continued to linger about the fate of the global economic recovery as players awaited a slew of US reports ranging from home sales to durable goods orders, and from consumer confidence to revised GDP numbers. As the week wears on, so will any number of nerves belonging to apprehensive investors the world over.
Gold prices fell for the third day in a row, and to well under the $1,220 mark during the overnight and early Tuesday overseas trading sessions. Spot New York dealing opened with a $12.80 per ounce loss in the precious metal, which was quoted at $1213.10 as against a 0.19 gain in the greenback on the trade-weighted index (to the 83.54 mark) and as against a freshly slipping euro (down to 1.258).
Once again, the headlines relating to gold's slippage served to underscore its recent positive correlation to equities (and certain currencies); assets against which it normally moves against, but ones that the entree of speculative hedge funds into the bullion market has now morphed into the current paradigm. The yellow metal traded at one-week lows near the $1,215.00 level in the wake of the 'generalized selling.' It was-once again-the dollar's turn to grab 'safe-haven' related headlines this morning.
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However, well before we are faced with that kind of an infernal reality — Paul B. Farrell assures us- we will actually have WWIII on our hands; before 2020 rolls around. Mr. Farrell envisions all-out warfare over food, water, and essential energy supplies. Forget gold. Trading a gallon of H20 for a cup of wheat will be the new 'it' trade, according to Mr. Farrell.
Sounding every bit the standard hard-money newsletter oracle, Mr. Farrell blames the human genetic predilection for war — that, and a liberal dose of greed, arrogance, and…the Righteous Right, for what is sure to come (in his playbook). As dark and foreboding a piece as was ever written for Marketwatch. Forget 2012. The new watch-out-for number is the double twenty. That, and Newt Gingrich's poll numbers.
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Such a robust bounce-back as seen in Germany did not appear to faze Joseph Stiglitz- the Nobel Prize laureate in whose opinion the eurozone region is still at risk of falling into recession once again, in a classic case of double-dip. Mr. Stiglitz dismissed the EU's efforts to cut deficits to below the 3% of GDP 'target' rate and is concerned that underneath the rosy statistics lurks a weakening regional recovery.
Amid such on-going concerns, the news that European banks may be 'stress-tested' more frequently comes as relatively encouraging news. In fact, testing the soundness of the region's lenders may now turn into a periodic ritual (period as yet unknown) following the less-than-confident welcome (by investors) that the last such round of examinations was met with. In fact, the numbers were openly challenged by skeptics as 'not credible.'
Nevertheless, the procedures have resulted in the publication of the balance sheets of the institutions in question and they are thought to be reason enough to bolster confidence levels among members of the investing public. Aha. The 'investing' public has been burned by so much hot soup over the past several years that they are now seen blowing on ice cream…just in case.
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The framework of the package was agreed to in late June and has the support of the "G-22," a group of 11 Democrat and 11 Republican senators. The framework's initial total cost is $1.2 trillion, with $109 billion going to roads and bridges and $11 billion marked for safety.
Senate Democrats intend on pairing the infrastructure package with a companion $3.5 trillion budget resolution made up of priorities kept out of the bipartisan bill, including action on climate change, increases to childcare and a potential increase on taxes for corporations.
FirstPrevious9101112131415161718NextLast | bipartisan infrastructure package starts the clock on the issue but a final vote on the Senate floor could be at least a week away.
The Senate voted 67-32 Wednesday night to proceed to debate on the bipartisan infrastructure package that has been agreed to by a group of 22 Republican and Democrat senators, known as the G-22. Seventeen Republican senators voted to advance the measure. The Biden administration also supported it.
If passed, the legislation would then head to the House, where members of both parties have expressed concerns with the package as constructed.
Senate sets timeframe for infrastructure package
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) indicated that the Senate should expect to vote on a bipartisan infrastructure | 142 |
Distributing your leadership has the potential to transform your school, raise achievement and inspire more effective practice from staff. In this unit we will explore the concept of sharing your leadership with other members of your staff. If we distribute leadership we are doing much more than delegating tasks. We are using a powerful and potentially transformational approach to ensure that leadership becomes a collective endeavour and that school change and improvement is a shared undertaking. Head Teachers/School Principals need practical strategies and approaches to ensure they develop their staff to take responsibility and to share leadership.
The ideas and approaches in this unit link closely with Unit 2.4 Developing a high performing team. You will find steps and actions in both units which will help you to share your leadership and develop the commitment, motivation and skills of your staff team. There<|fim_middle|> climate and support for all staff to contribute to leadership. There are practical strategies in this unit to enable you to be guardian and facilitator of change and improvement.
Distribute the leadership of three school assignments to members of your staff. | are also links between this unit and Unit 2.3 Leadership styles and strategies. The implementation task you completed for Unit 2.3 provided a practical way to share and distribute your leadership.
This unit will enable you to design and promote a variety of opportunities for staff to participate in key decisions and take on leadership roles. As Head Teacher/School Principal you are the critical change-agent. You will need to create organisational conditions and processes and provide the | 91 |
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Olasford Wiah of Liberia's Ministry of Health on the Power of Partnership
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S. Olasford Wiah has never forgotten the story of one patient he met in River Gee, Liberia, when he was serving as HIV Focal Person in the county. The patient was a pregnant woman living with HIV, and she tragically died in childbirth while trying to make the long journey by foot from her community to reach the nearest health center. He said, "I strongly believe that [she] would not have died if only there were community health workers in those remote communities." Patients like this have underscored the urgent need for access to healthcare in remote communities for Wiah – which sparked a life-long commitment.
Now, Wiah<|fim_middle|> Liberia, saying, "True partnership isn't a model that's passed off like a baton. Rather it's something you co-create, with mutual respect." Wiah also joined Last Mile Health CEO, Raj Panjabi, on a panel hosted by Co-Impact, which is supporting us, the Government of Liberia, and the Global Fund to fully scale and sustain the National Community Health Assistant Program. Wiah shared lessons on working with government, including the need to partner on long-term strategies that have the potential to make a real impact of the lives of the most vulnerable. Last Mile Health is grateful for Wiah's leadership and partnership to advance a shared vision of a health worker for every Liberian. | serves as the Director for Community Health Services Division at the Liberia Ministry of Health and is at the forefront of the transformation of Liberia's health system. A trained Physician's Assistant, Wiah has served in many capacities in Liberia's healthcare system, including both clinical and public health roles. As Director, Wiah provides oversight of the National Community Health Assistant Program and ensures consistent implementation across Liberia's 15 counties, while working to integrate community health programming into Liberia's wider health system so no patient living in remote communities is left behind.
A fierce advocate for the role of community health workers in advancing universal health coverage, Wiah recently joined leaders from the social, public, and private sectors on a global stage at the Skoll World Forum hosted by the Skoll Foundation. During a panel discussion on scaling health solutions through government partnerships, Wiah highlighted how the National Community Health Assistant Program serves as an example of what's possible when governments invest in national networks of community health workers to advance universal health coverage, and the centrality of strong partnership to the success of the program. Last Mile Health Chief Operating Officer, Lisha McCormick, joined Wiah on the panel, and they shared the story of Last Mile Health's partnership with the Ministry of Health, and underscored the importance of sharing a common agenda for advancing access to care for the hardest-to-reach communities. When asked to share advice to social entrepreneurs in the audience partnering with government, Wiah said, "You come with your idea. I share my priorities. We integrate the two. And together we achieve stronger results." McCormick reflected on what Last Mile Health learned from partnering with the Government of | 330 |
Fleishman's Presberg passes away
December 21, 2006 by Keith O'Brien
CREVE COUER, MO: Edward J. Presberg, a Fleishman-Hillard SVP and senior partner, died yesterday. He was 58.
Presberg joined the agency in 1995 after working in the media in the St. Louis area and serving as VP and director of communications for Mark Twain Bank. Presberg, who co-founded Fleishman's internal communications practice, was the long-time lead on Fleishman's AT&T account.
"No one personified our firm's values of client service, teamwork, and commitment to excellence more than Ed Presberg," said Fleishman-Hillard chairman John D. Graham, in a statement. "He was not just a great team leader and counselor, he was a loyal and generous friend and colleague to literally hundreds of people he worked with over the years - both at our firm and at the client companies he served."
His obituary ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which said that Presberg was a long-time advocate of rights for people with disabilities.
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SAVE THE DATE: Exploring New Space Frontiers at April 23 USRA Symposium
COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today unveiled plans for its 50th annual symposium, "Space Exploration: Achievement of the Past 50 Years and Ambitions for the Future," to be held April 23, 2019 at the National Academies of Sciences (NAS), 2101 Constitution Ave, N.W. in Washington,<|fim_middle|>-record and may be video- or audio-recorded by accredited journalists, provided symposium proceedings are not disrupted. A press room and mult-box will be available on-site. Interviews may be conducted after all sessions conclude at the speakers' individual discretion.
Follow the conversation on Twitter using #USRAedu, or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/USRAedu.
Media Credentials, Inquiries
All media must register for a badge to attend symposium sessions and the reception. Reporters, producers and photojournalists with valid media credentials are encouraged to pre-register via email with their name, news affiliation, title and phone number to Suraiya Farukhi (sfarukhi@usra.edu; (410) 740-6224) by 5:00 pm Friday, April 18. All media requests received after this deadline will be handled onsite at the symposium on Tuesday, April 23. Both pre-registered and onsite registrants must provide a business card, press pass or equivalent identification at the media registration desk the day of the symposium. Registration for press is complimentary.
USRA Background
In 1969, at the request of NASA and other federal policymakers, NAS established USRA as an independent, nonprofit bridge for scholars and scientists to study samples of lunar rock and soil collected by Apollo astronauts. Now – 50 years later – USRA's mission encompasses far broader space- and aeronautics-related sciences exploration through leading-edge research, technology and education programs; space and aeronautics policy formation; and the operation and management of world-class facilities and initiatives through a consortium of 110 universities, the private sector and federal and foreign governments.
USRA's contributions over a half century touch nearly every aspect of space science, research and development and education – from biomedicine and astrophysics to space technology, facility management and operations, and education. By partnering with NASA, academic institutions worldwide, and industry, USRA has enabled the study of the universe from airborne, ground-based and orbiting observatories as well as from space-based platforms. Its scientists and engineers have helped develop advanced technologies for complex spacecraft and human exploration into deep space. USRA's operation of the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with NASA and Google is also producing some of the most important discoveries of our time. USRA's workforce development initiatives impact the entire education spectrum – from K-12 STEM and student internship programs at federal laboratories and USRA facilities to the management of NASA's postdoctoral program.
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SOURCE Universities Space Research Association | D.C. All media wishing to attend and cover the event must register for press credentials by Friday, April 18.
The half-day symposium, scheduled from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT, will convene prominent U.S. and European leaders to review historical milestones in space science and discuss what lies ahead for space research and human spaceflight.
Mr. Jim Bridenstine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Marcia McNutt, President, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Hon. Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 NASA astronaut, the last man to walk on the moon, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and author of Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space
Mr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, European Space Agency
Dr. Christine Darden, former NASA aeronautical engineer and researcher featured in Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race"
Dr. W. David Cummings, former Universities Space Research Association (USRA) executive director, author of Developments in Space Research and A Documentary History of the Formation of USRA.
A new book by Dr. Cummings showcasing notable USRA accomplishments over the past five decades as well as predictions for future space-related research will also be unveiled.
Beginning at 5:00 pm EDT, a reception celebrating USRA's 50th anniversary will follow for all attendees in the Great Hall.
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Texas eyes a new Tribune
The launch of the Texas Tribune has the attention of those trying to gauge journalism's future.
Peggy Fikac
AUSTIN - Wanda Garner Cash, a University of Texas journalism professor, was up early Tuesday, waiting for the launch of the nonprofit online journalism venture, the Texas Tribune.
"It's exciting, and I think it's giving my generation of students some hope that there is a new business model emerging for news," said Cash, who chairs the board of Texas Student Media.
Vince Leibowitz, a campaign staffer for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Hank Gilbert, was up early, too, but he wasn't enthusiastic. He noted in a news release that Gilbert was left off of part of the Tribune's inaugural political poll.
"I cannot believe I waited up until 4:40 in the morning for this poll. It is a complete and total joke," Leibowitz said<|fim_middle|>On the Texas Tribune's first day, the polling glitch is the one thing Smith said he "would have preferred had gone better" - though in the midst of interviews about the new venture, he added, "I'm looking forward to it being boring again."
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It's hard to imagine he means it.
Besides the poll, the Texas Tribune's launch day included such high-profile offerings as a story on how often students with disabilities are being restrained in public schools; databases on such things as gubernatorial appointees and campaign donations; political items; a special focus on the border; the Texas Weekly online newsletter; blogs; audio; and video.
After months of hiring and preparation, Smith said he knows part of the challenge is maintaining a high-quality effort that he hopes newspapers will pick up and run as well. The Texas Tribune's content now is free.
"We know we need to win over a lot of people. Some editors consider what we're doing to be an affront," Smith said.
But not all.
"The more journalists holding government accountable, the better off all of us are, so I welcome the Texas Tribune and hope Express-News readers end up reading some of the Texas Tribune's best work reprinted in our pages," said Robert Rivard, editor of the San Antonio Express-News.
Rivard said he and other Texas editors are engaged in continuing talks with the Texas Tribune's founder, John Thornton, and Smith about possible future collaborations.
"Full disclosure: I sent them a contribution, just as I also support public radio," Rivard added.
Many are watching the venture, from those who see it as a much-needed boost for the industry to those who question whether the nonprofit model can work.
The Austin Chronicle published a list of salaries, including Smith's $315,000 (with 15 percent deferred for two years). Reporters make up to $90,000, with 10 percent deferred.
Smith said the aim is to pay for top talent, and the disclosure hasn't dampened fundraising so far.
Cash said, "I think it might turn off some grass-roots fundraising - people who would contribute at a lower level might be worried that their contribution was not going for the pursuit of news, but the pursuit of Evan Smith's salary."
"But you know, I'm encouraged as well," she added. "I think if they're going to be able to pay good money for good reporting, I'm all for it."
The Web site can be found at texastribune.org.
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Evan Smith, who left Texas Monthly to become the Texas Tribune's CEO, wasn't happy that Gilbert initially was left out and new polling had to be done.
"It's unfortunate. Lesson learned. We wish the polling company hadn't done it," he said.
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But he added, "Mr. Gilbert will have to get over it."
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Today, we journeyed 6 blocks to the farmer<|fim_middle|> batches until smooth. Return to saucepan and heat through, but do not allow to boil.
This post is linked up to DebinHawaii's Kahakai Kitchen and her fantastic Souper Sundays! Please check out her blog along with those of all the other participants. | 's market. Lots of great fall fruits and veggies. Squash was $1/each!! So we have 9 or 10 butternut, spaghetti and acorn squashes crying to be eaten, a basketful of yellow zucchini, and a lovely squash that I believe is called speckled head. The farmer told us all about the squash, its origins and its flavor, and we can't wait to make some pies with it!
He also gave us a fantastic recipe for Butternut Squash Soup, which I have completely and utterly fallen in love with. The flavors are amazing and there's just enough kick from the cayenne pepper to liven it up. Next time I might use a little less cream cheese, but it is so tasty anyway! A definite keeper and a big shout out and thank you to our new friends at Hanagan Farms. I was so excited to eat this that I completely forgot to take photos of the process. So rather than just sharing my lovely photos of the squash peel, I will be sharing photos of the fantastic final dish!
In a large saucepan, saute onions in the butter until tender. Add squash, water, bouillon, marjoram (oregano), black pepper and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil and cook 20 minutes, until squash is tender.
Puree the squash and cream cheese in a blender or food processor in | 289 |
Duke of York Square
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The fabric chosen is a Satine weave PVC Coated Glass Fibre from Mermet. Fire Resistant to B.S 476 Class O.
Victoria Square is Belfast's number one shopping destination. It is home to over 50 stores including House of Fraser, Topshop, Cruise, Reiss and H&M. | Industry Commercial
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Developed by Cadogan from the former Territorial Army Barracks which was originally a Royal Military School, it is now the home of the famous Saatchi Gallery. One of London's "must see" destinations for modern art.
The Square has over 30 chic stores, both established brands and unique boutiques, along with six restaurants offering extensive al fresco dining. Its glamorous beauty offer includes the flagships for Richard Ward and Liz Earle.
10 Duke of York Square is home to Cadogan Estates office. The client's architects requested an internal shade sail to protect the reception from incoming solar glare. We installed specialist cleat brackets at requested positions, laser surveyed these for accuracy | 154 |
Hearts manager John McGlynn insists he is not overly concerned by the latest wage delay at the Clydesdale Bank Premier League club.
Six players and two members of staff, including McGlynn himself, did not receive their wages on schedule on Monday and those monthly salaries remain outstanding. On four occasions last season, salaries were significantly delayed at Hearts, who avoided Scottish Premier League sanctions over the issue in January.
McGlynn admitted it "might not be the last" time he would have to address the issue at Hearts, who won the Scottish Cup in May and played Liverpool in a two-legged Europa League qualifying tie last month, but he said: "It doesn't concern me, really. Everybody's been paid in the past and I'm expecting to be paid in the near future."
He added: "The club are waiting on money coming in. There's money due to come in which will certainly take that issue away. The money's coming in from a very credible source; it's not like we think the money's not going to come in.
"It's not like the last time when we were waiting on the money to come<|fim_middle|> squad reduced in size. McGlynn was aware of the potential for wage trouble when he took the job at Hearts and insisted the topic was not being discussed openly among his playing squad.
He added: "No-one said there's going to be ongoing issues with the wages, but you cannot be daft and think these things are not going to come up. You hope they're not going to come up, obviously, because it is a distraction that you could do without.
"It has risen up and you have to deal with it, play the cards that you're dealt. The players have been here before, done it before and they've always been paid. It's maybe not been on time, but they've always been paid." | from Lithuania (where majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov is based). I'm not that worried. My wife works, so I'm all right."
All 12 Clydesdale Bank Premier League clubs are awaiting the latest instalment of television revenue amounting to £300,000 per club, but there is no scheduled due date for those funds.
McGlynn, who said Hearts were awaiting television revenue from the Liverpool tie, moved to Tynecastle from Raith, where he worked under tight financial constraints but did not experience wage delays.
Hearts have paid players handsomely under Romanov's leadership, but in the last 18 months have been seeking to cut their outlay, with the | 146 |
Here is some fascinating statistics about one slice of small businesses based here in York County.
If you own a small business in York County, or if you are thinking about starting a small business, you might want to think about how you will make your business known to your marketplace.
I have been a member of a weekly breakfast marketing group comprised of local small businesses. It is a referrals group whose primary purpose is to generate quality referrals for its members.
Our group currently has 28 members, mostly in and around Fort Mill. Think of us, then, as Northern York County, which has experienced so much growth in the past decade, and which will probably grow even more in the coming years.
How Many Were Born Here?
Of these 28 members to raise their hand if they were born in Fort Mill, not one person raised their hand!
How many were born in York County? Only one.
How many were born in South Carolina? Four.
Almost all of us came here to live and work from somewhere else. I would imagine that similar groups from other parts of the county would show similar results.
Possibly groups not in northern York County would show a smaller percentage of non-native locally owned businesses, but even these areas are probably experiencing growth, and will probably continue to do so in the years to come.
Back to the main point: Not one of 28 business owners in my group was born here. I didn't think to ask another question, but I think I know the answer.
How many of you started your business here, as opposed to moving it here from somewhere else? Because I know these people, I can tell you that the great majority of these businesses--probably 75% or more--were started here in York<|fim_middle|> that you do within the group.
Best wishes in your business relationship building! | County.
Here's another interesting statistic: 80% of these businesses have less than 5 employees.50% have less than 2 employees.
Yet I would estimate their combined sales to be well over $3,000,000! We don't keep that statistic, for obvious reasons. Thus, I may be conservative. The true number may be much higher.
I have been a member of this group for almost five year now, and let me tell you what it has done for me.
Fees from current members, former members, and referrals from current and former members generated 21% of our firms revenue through July 31.
Really, the lessons I draw from my experience in Friends in Business are basic principles of living.
First, it takes time to build something like this. I helped found this organization almost five years ago, and have served as an officer for almost the entire time.
Second, it takes commitment. We meet every Thursday morning. That's every Thursday morning. Can't sleep late, can't schedule other activities. Every Thursday.
Third, go the extra mile. It's not enough just to show up. Success comes when you actively work withindividuals by getting to know them, their businesses, and their strengths.
And finally, honor and integrity are everything. Treat one of your members badly, or treat one of their referrals to you badly, and you'll never see another referral. You may even be asked to leave the group.
If you're starting a small business, or currently own a small business, think seriously about joining a referrals group. If you can't find one, do what I did - start your own!
You'll find, among other things, that a group like this is not just about referrals and the revenue associated with referrals.
It's also about good friendships. And it's about learning good ideas and good things. It's about building a stable core of solid business relationships that will last years.
And it can be, if you let it, be about building a business family that has some of the characteristics of your church family.
After all, you see these people each week, you know them very well in certain aspects of their lives, you have a commitment to help them and to receive help from them, and an honor and integrity principle underlies all things | 474 |
NEW YORK — Everyone knows Conor McGregor can talk the talk. But up until Saturday night, Eddie Alvarez wasn't convinced that he could also walk the walk.
Since the moment he claimed the UFC lightweight title from Rafael dos Anjos back in June, the 32-year-old Kensington native said he wanted to defend his title against an opponent somewhat easier than the ones he faced in his first four bouts. Namely, he wanted to fight McGregor.
Perhaps that was a bad idea.
On Saturday night, the 28-year-old from Dublin made history. In front of a sold out crowd at UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden, McGregor beat Alvarez to claim the lightweight title and become the first UFC fighter to simultaneously hold two different belts.
Not only was the result of the main event a historic one, but the entire night was as well. For the first time ever, UFC hosted an event at MSG. And they delivered in a big way, breaking pretty much every UFC record, including pay-per-view buys.
But back to the main event between McGregor and Alvarez.
It was a healthy barrage of lefts from the southpaw that led to Alvarez finding himself down on at least three times in the first and a few more times in the second.
And in the second, the referee felt like Alvarez had seen enough. He stopped the fight, giving McGregor the historic win by knockout.
After the fight, the Irishman had a message to the rest of the UFC.
"I've ridiculed everyone on the roster," he said as president Dana White placed a belt on his shoulder. "I just want to say from the bottom of my heart -- I'd just like to take this time to apologize."
"To absolutely nobody! The double-champ does what the f**k he wants!"
That, however, was not the special announcement that McGregor had been teasing in the buildup to this fight. That came during his post-fight press conference when he announced he's expecting his first child in early 2017.
Until then, he doesn't plan on fighting. That's because, well, it's better you hear it from him.
"I'm going to be a daddy early next year," he said. "I'm crapping my jocks!"
McGregor added that he's worried it will mess with his head, but it doesn't seem like that's the only reason he may take some time off before fighting again. He'd also like to talk to the UFC's new owners at WME-IMG about how he can get in on the action, because as Jay-Z put it, "I'm not a businessman; I'm a business, man."
"Who owns the company? People have shares of the company, celebrities. Conan O'Brien owns the UFC these days. Where's my share? Where's my equity? If I'm the one bringing it in, they've got to come talk to me. That's all I know. You want me to stick around and keep doing what I'm doing? I want what I deserve. What I've earned."
Or, to pick up where we left off with Jay, "Now let me handle my business. Damn."
The question now is whether or not White will allow him to keep them both or force him to vacate the featherweight title he won 11 months ago — and has yet to defend — with a stunning first-round knockout of Jose Aldo.
It doesn't seem likely that he'll be able to hold them both very long, as that would create a log-jam of contenders atop two of the most stacked weight classes in all of UFC.
And there's no guarantee that Alvarez will be first in line to get a shot at the man who took his belt. He also wasn't made available to the media, with the exception of a TV interview on his way out of the arena.
One name to keep an eye on is Khabib Nurmagomedov. The second-ranked lightweight, who felt he was more deserving of facing Alvarez than McGregor, defeated Michael Johnson by third-round submission earlier in the night. And after the win, he made sure the world knows what he wants next.
Some advice for Khabib: Be careful what you wish for. Just ask Alvarez.
Here are some other highlights from a memorable night at Madison Square Garden.
• Frankie Edgar, a Toms River native, beat Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision in a three-round featherweight bout.
"This feels incredible," Edgar said after the win. "It wasn't an easy camp. I actually tore my MCL and had to get an epidural in my back but nothing was going to stop me from fighting in New York City. Jeremy is a beast. I knew I was going to have my hands full. He brings it every time he steps in the Octagon and he did exactly what I expected. That kick rung my bell for a second, but I felt I rallied back. Of course, one judge gave Jeremy the round, but what can you do? He's a tough guy and I knew that could happen.
He was the No. 2 featherweight contender coming in. Could he be next up for McGregor if he does indeed defend his featherweight title?
• Former bantamweight champion Miesha Tate announced her retirement from UFC following a loss to Raquel Pennington, one of her proteges, in the first of the main-card bouts.
• New York's own Chris Weidman did not have a happy homecoming. His fight again fourth-ranked Yoel Romero ended with Weidman, the second-ranked middleweight, sitting on the mat, blood pouring from his head, following this flying knee by Romero.
• The all-Polish women's strawweight title fight between contender Karolina Kowalkiewicz and champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk went to the judges scorecard. And it was Jedrzejczyk winning by unanimous decision (and remaining undefeated) in the first of three five-round title bouts on Saturday night.
It wasn't the best fight of thge night, but with so many title fights and top-ranked fighters on the card, that's not necessarily a knock on the two female fighters. They brought the crowd to its feet in the final round, and there was a moment there where it looked like Kowalkiewicz was going to take down the champ.
• In the final fight before the main event, No. 2 contender Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson,<|fim_middle|> 205 !!!!! .. I mean, I hear Nick Jonas is here. Whatevs. | who was actually the favorite in this one, and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley squared off. This one looked like it could be over in the first round when Woodley took it to Wonderboy and left him struggling to find his corner after the first five minutes.
Not so fast. Thompson bounced back in the second round, keeping Woodley in check and, more importantly, staying on his feet. But Woodley came out much more aggressive in the third round, a strategy he carried over into the fourth round, when he nearly finished Wonderboy. Somehow, he survived this. I'm not quite sure how, but he did.
As it turns out, five rounds were not enough to produce a winner, so we went to the judges. And that wasn't enough to decide it either. The result? A majority draw (47-47, 47-47, 48-47), not a split decision as was originally announced. Woodley retains the title.
"I don't know what to think," Woodley said after the fight. "At the end of the day, it's a big difference to get the draw than to get the win but I'll take either over a loss any day. I just hate leaving the Octagon in that type of situation. I had some good moments. I could've pressed him more but I feel like the only significant damage done in that fight was by me. I should've created a little more distance when I rocked him so I could land more shots and end it. I went for the guillotine and feel like that was a bad decision. Even then, I thought that was close to a 10-8 round.
There were more than a few celebrities on hand for the first-ever UFC event at the Garden.
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Disaster Response India Project #22668
PREPARE 10000 SLUM PEOPLE FACE DISASTER IN CHENNAI
by Society for Poor People Development (SPPD)
Children Disaster Response Club - CDRC
By Raju Joseph - Project Leader
Thank you for your generous support!
In continuation of our awareness and preparedness programs in 11 schools as a sustainability act of the relief services to disaster the children were formed as, Children Disaster Response Club (CDRC) in each school. 1100 children and teachers of 11 schools were involved and were benefitted by this program. Through demonstrations and detailed presentations children were taught (eg) how to handle victims in case of broken limbs, how to run for safety during times of earth quakes, protection during fire, what types of remedial measures to be taken etc.
Children Disaster Response Clubs (CDRC) were formed with stake holders such as school teachers, students, NGO Staff, parent/teacher association, local government bodies as members of each club in 11 schools. A basic kit comprising of first-aid kit ,a flood preparedness manual, all the necessary medicines and little tools needed for (emergency) immediate relief were provided to each club as well a printed T-shirts were provided to each member of the club.
A grand get-together was organized to honour the students and the teachers who had enrolled themselves as volunteers for these clubs, CDRC – Children Disaster Response Club. The key dignitaries who had participated in this program were Dr.Sathyanarayan – Secratary of Red Cross Society Chennai, the Headmaster of the local school welcomed the gathering, team of coordinators from Red Cross, Kollywood director Mr.Mohan had offered their felicitations, the program came to a close with a formal vote of thanks to all. The children were given certificates and trophies for participating and willing to carry on this message of preparedness to others also.
Disaster mitigation was initiated by reaching out to school children, young, adults , old adults and disabled persons. As a follow up of this mitigation effort, we had initiated a program to keep the children to be equipped personally and also to be bold enough to handle all kinds of disasters. The members from each of the 11 schools were grouped for a training program on preparedness, "Children Disaster Response Club" (CDRC) and were trained in this concept and also awarded certificates and mementos to the members of this club. We believe it is a humble beginning and it has to go a long mile before the dawn".
Children were specially taught as to how to handle people during critical times, handling people if they have fainted or breathless, handling of people who were rescued from the process of committing suicide, the do's and the dont's of it etc, enabling them to be truly prepared for the inevitability. This was done as a part of sustainability, so that these children who are trained in these tasks, would go on to propagate this life saving mesage to many other children in their own school and neighbourhood, this would give them a psychological edge over others in preparedness.
Feedback from members of Children Disaster Response Club (CDRC) ,Chennai.
Mr.Sarathy , Headmaster of Mandeveli Girls Higher Secondary School, says that he was so happy to a part of this program, a unique type. Out of 700 children in his school, about 120 had participated in this Children Disaster Response Club and had learnt many components of planning and preparing for disaster preparedness. The only thought of concern was that it was a short program. He also recommended that this program can be a regular one with additional days of training.
Mrs.Rachael – Headmistress of Garodia Girls Higher Secondary School, Kodambakkam, Chennai
Mrs.Rachael thanked GlobalGiving for this thoughtful training, inspite it was a follow up of last years program. These kind of programs are very useful to the children, and makes them to be confident in all kinds of situations. She also said that those who have been trained in this program shall also disseminate it to other students. We are happy that like National Cadet Corps (NCC) Junior Red Cross (JRC) National Social Sevice Scheme(NSS) we also have Children Disaster Response Club (CDRC) in our school. She also spoke about drills, Good drills are a learning process. They begin with advance preparation by staff, providing an opportunity to train students in classroom groups, remember procedures, and check on provisions. The simulation itself is an experiential learning opportunity.
Nandhini – Student of Seva Sangam School.
Nandhini comes from a very ordinary family does not have much exposure about global changes , disaster preparedness etc. She thought that first aid is only to treat who are hurt by accidents or falling down etc. But after this training program she is aware that there is something called preparedness for disaster, which had personally built her confidence to boldly approach situations. She felt that it was an honour to be member of CDRC, for Children Disaster preparedness Club has opened her eyes about preparedness. She also believes that this should be regular program for school children and atleast for some more days.
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Disaster preparedness training to school students
By Raju Joseph - Secretary, SPPD
Our First aid and disaster preparedness training programme was taken up to 12 schools – Govt.Hr.Sec.School, Nandanam; P.S.High School, Mylapore; The Madras Seva Sadan Hr.Sec. School, Chetput; Raja Muthaiyah Hr. Sec. School, Raja Annamalaipuram; Chennai Girls Hr. Sec. School, Nungambakkam; Jeyagopal Carodia Girls Hr. Sec. School, Choolaimedu; St.Joseph's High School, Nungambakkam; Chennai Corporation High School, T.Nagar; Chennai Corporation High School, Appadurai; Chennai Corporation High School, Teynampet; Chennai Corporation High School, Dr.Giriappa Road; Chennai Corporation High School, Vanniyar Street; in Teynampet area of Chennai to give school students and staff a flexible approach in offering first aid and immediate rescue measures during a disaster. 925 students from middle and high school grades were the participants of the training.
The training programme that ranged from one-to-five hours was facilitated with the help of Mr.K.Palani, Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Sub-branch, Amijikarai, Chennai City; Mr.K.Lawrence, Demo Organizer, Red Cross Society; Mr.K.Subramaniyan, First Aid Trainer. All our dedicated trainers from the Red Cross Society and 24 volunteers who are well equipped with extensive first aid knowledge and ample experience working with young people took up the training programme in an efficient manner.
Each training module ran through 20 – 30 minutes and included a broad range of topics like the basic concepts & elements in disaster management, types of natural hazards and brief description of various natural disasters, such as flood, drought, cyclone, earthquake and their impact.
The course module also included first aid measures during bleeding, head injuries, emergency treatment and support to preserve life through clearing and maintaining open airways, restoring breathing or circulation, how to protect a person, particularly if they are unconscious, practical training on fire fighting, lifting mechanisms, formation of teams and how to communicate using sign language/signals during disaster. The training offered practical, fun and interactive first aid training to the children where teachers were also welcomed to participate in the training.
I'm glad to appreciate the excellent effort taken by SPPD & Global Giving with the assistance of Red Cross Society in orienting first aid and disaster preparedness training at school level. Though there is a mass response amongst young pupils to learn first aid, many of them wouldn't know what to do if someone they knew was hurt, or who is in need of immediate help. However I believe the training has provided an opportunity to every young student the chance to learn vital life saving skills, the knowledge and confidence to be the difference between a life lost and a life saved", remarks the Principal, Jeyagopal Carodia Hr. Sec. School Choolaimedu, Chennai.
"The training imparted by SPPD & Global Giving had made me more informative about things which I had not known earlier. This has motivated me to make a decision to help people who are in distress and trouble.
At this juncture, I would like to experience an incident I witnessed few days ago. I happened to notice an elderly man who was passing through our area was about to faint and fall, and he did. Everyone was trying to get water and splash on his face, and also tried to move him sideways to bring him out of that condition. In the mean time we had called the Ambulance services – 108 for help. But it was too late, the elderly man had passed away before the Ambulance could arrive at the scene of this incident. It was shocking to see that no one could offer a proper first aid.
It struck me that I could have helped the elderly man through training you had given to us. I was able to visualize the process of, first move such people to a place of fresh air and make him to lie in a straight line position, and then to blow our breath into him by placing our mouth on his mouth.
It also made me to realize that this small effort to give a first aid to someone can make a difference in their life. I would like to thank Global Giving, Red Cross Society and SPPD for this training program. I am so motivated that i have taught at least few people about this, and how it can be life changing !", says Z, a student of Grade VIII from St .Joseph's High School.
"The education by SPPD, Global Giving and Red Cross Society on First Aid and Disaster Preparedness was a very useful program for every one of us. This will help us to be prepared to apply the right solution for every situation. Some time ago my father had beaten my brother for not performing well in his studies. Because of this my brother was heartbroken and hung himself to commit suicide. No one was willing to go and help him, except my father who had cut the rope and saved him from dying. Inspite, my brother was finding it hard to breathe, and asked for water. We called the Ambulance to take him to the hospital, but after drinking the water my brother died, the paramedics confirmed it.
Your training program had clearly taught us that during such conditions we have to make the affected person to breathe easily, and not to give water immediately. I was shocked that we did the wrong thing, and had felt how useful it would have been if we would have received it earlier, Probably I could have saved my brother," says B a student of Grade IX, Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Nandanam Chennai.
Disaster preparedness programme among community
In continuation of our project for the flood victims in the slum areas of Chennai, community level awareness and disaster preparedness programme were carried out.
The aim was to educate the community - children; older adults and people living with disabilities our primary focus make them better prepared for a disaster.
The community level training was imparted to the people living in Thiru.V.Ka Nagar, Dr.Giriappa Road and Thomas Road, Teynampet, Chennai. Around 397 participants where children, older adults and neighbours living in that surrounding acted as participants in the training programme. They were educated on immediate first aid, planning which involved identifying organizational resources, formation of teams, determining the roles and responsibilities, communication touch up with neigbhouring communities, etc. to ensure that the response system functions successfully. The training programme was facilitated with the help of Mr.Palani, Chariman, Red Cross Society, Chennai City; Mr.Lawrence, Demo Organizer, Red Cross Society; Mr.Subramaniyan, First Aid Trainer.
The participants kept the training session very active by their constant interaction with the resource person, clearing their queries during rescuing period, immediate sanitary measures they need to adapt to protect themselves from diseases, etc. By the end of the training programme the people of this locality had a clear perspective on flood preparedness.
One community member aged 50 years, is a parent of three children, the younger two pursuing their schooling while their eldest son discontinued education as the family demanded his early employment to support the family. He is a painter by profession and wages are daily based. "We have all experienced the disaster caused by November 2015 floods in Chennai and during that critical moment we had no idea as to how to react to such situations. We came to know about the awareness programme carried out in our slums and participated in the same. It has educated me on First Aid and the practical demonstration of training has helped me to understand and learn how to lift a disabled/old aged person, calling for support during fire incidents, pumping motions, etc. I am so, so glad that I attended this course. This was the first awareness programme that I have ever participated!"
A home maker, 29 years old residing at Dr.Giriappa road was intimated through her neighbours about the awareness programme carried out in their slums and she was very interested in participating in it. In her own words… "My family had a bitter experience during the November 2015 floods in Chennai where we<|fim_middle|>ate the building thereby ensuring their safety.
104 families were in need of construction of roofing and required other forms of construction materials like bamboos, rope, bricks, cement, etc. to renovate their existing shelters.
In line to the project activity, the selected 104 families were provided with necessary materials based on the beneficiary's need. For the construction of roofing tarpaulin sheets were provided with the needed construction materials.
The provision of these most basic items will allow those affected to have an assured shelter for themselves and take care of their family members under proper safe roofing.
The photos taken before and after the provision of construction materials will help you have a clear vision of the needs of these people. We will keep you updated of our activities.
Ms.Muniamma, 76 years old has been a resident of Thiru.V.Ka locality from the pre-Independence period. Her husband had passed away leaving her to take care of three sons. Though being a mother of three sons she has no financial support from any of them.
Her eldest son Mr.Sundar has severe drinking problem. He has two girl children the eldest doing her II grade schooling while the youngest just 4 years old. His wife is a mentally challenged person and they reside in a colony nearby. His drinking habit often ends with arguments within the family which also ends in him striking his wife and mother. Her eldest son's drastic behavior has added more responsibility to her. Yes, she takes care of her two grandchildren and daughter-in-law too. She accepts any help that is offered by her neighbours be it in cash or kind.
Muniamma's second son had expired at a young age whose details are unknown while her third son Sekar is a mentally challenged person too. He was forced with drugs at the age of 13, which in later years has made him to this critical situation. Though he does not consume drugs now, his past bitter experience has nipped his future. She is the only source of income supporting her family with the wages of Rs.80/- to Rs.100/- per day (1.5$) she earns from selling flowers.
This being her family situation, her battle against poverty had worsened during the floods in November 2015, which had left her stranded with nothing. Her only shelter was left with full of slush and sewage which had caused severe bad odour. Lost household things she owned.
Our interrogation with Muniamma made us feel we had stepped in at the right moment who had needed our immediate service. Our volunteers' first initiative was to clean up her entire surrounding and fixing proper roofing for her family. She is now very happy that she has a good shelter which will protect her and her family from the climatic conditions.
Society for Poor People Development (SPPD)
Location: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu - India
Website: http://www.sppdonline.org
Twitter: @sppdonline
Raju Joseph
Musiri, Tamil Nadu India
$2,594 raised of $30,305 goal
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Society for Poor People Development (SPPD) has earned this recognition on GlobalGiving: | had witnessed many deaths, and we deeply regret of our helpless situation. The floods had completely tossed up the lives of many. The training that I attended has kept me well informed on immediate first – aid in different situation, how to assist older adults and adults with disability , how to lift them as a single person which the trainer termed it as " Single man lift and double man lift". The training was framed completely in a practical session which made me understand it in a better way. It has revived my lost confidence to face any emergency situations and rescue victims courageously which I failed to do during the flood due to the panic I pursued on the sudden shock."
A 47-year-old widow, resides at Thiru.V.Ka Nagar and is employed as a Home maid. After her husband's demise she adopted a girl child who unfortunately has heart problem. "On the initial diagnosis of my daughter's heart problem, I found it extremely difficult to handle the situation and was completely under panic. The situation worsened during the November 2015 floods in Chennai. I was unaware of the immediate first aid to be given to a person who has cardiac arrest. But now, the course I recently attended, was a on a clear cut conception and the training was much more informative than I anticipated. The course material was thoroughly relevant, instructive and engaging. It was enlightening to learn that helping and perhaps even saving a person's life is far easier to handle than I had imagined."
The community level training was imparted to the people living in Thiru.V.Ka Nagar, Dr.Giriappa Road and Thomas Road, Teynampet, Chennai. Around 397 participants where children, older adults and neighbours living in that surrounding acted as participants in the training programme. They were educated on immediate first aid, planning which involved identifying organizational resources, formation of teams, determining the roles and responsibilities, communication touch up with neigbhouring communities, etc. to ensure that the response system functions successfully. The training programme was facilitated with the help of Mr.Palani, Chairman, Red Cross Society, Chennai City; Mr.Lawrence, Demo Organizer, Red Cross Society; Mr.Subramaniyan, First Aid Trainer.
Mr.Sakkarpani (aged 50) and Poornimal (aged 40) are parents of three children, the younger two pursuing their schooling while their eldest son discontinued education as the family demanded his early employment to support the family. Mr.Sakkarappani is a painter which is daily wage based. "We have all experienced the disaster caused by November 2015 floods in Chennai and during that critical moment we had no idea as to how to react to such situations. We came to know about the awareness programme carried out in our slums and participated in the same. It has educated me on First Aid and the practical demonstration of training has helped me to understand and learn how to lift a disabled/old aged person, calling for support during fire incidents, pumping motions, etc. I am so, so glad that I attended this course. This was the first awareness programme that I have ever participated!"
Mrs. Revathi, aged 29 , is a home maker residing at Dr.Giriappa road. She was intimated through her neighbours about the awareness programme carried out in their slums and was very interested in participating in it. In her own words… "My family has had a bitter experience during the November 2015 floods in Chennai where we had witnessed many deaths, and we deeply regret of our helpless situation. The floods had completely tossed up the lives of many. The training that I attended has kept me well informed on immediate first – aid in different situation, how to assist older adults and adults with disability , how to lift them as a single person which the trainer termed it as " Single man lift and double man lift". The training was framed completely in a practical session which made me understand it in a better way. The training has revived my lost confidence to face any emergency situations and rescue victims courageously which I failed to do during the flood due to the panic I pursued on the sudden shock," says Revathi.
Angel, a 47-year-old widow, resides at Thiru.V.Ka Nagar and is employed as a Home maid. After her husband's demise she adopted a girl child who unfortunately has heart problem. "On the initial diagnosis of my daughter's heart problem, I found it extremely difficult to handle the situation and was completely under panic. The situation worsened during the November 2015 floods in Chennai. I was unaware of the immediate first aid to be given to a person who has cardiac arrest. But now, the course I recently attended, was a on a clear cut conception and the training was much more informative than I anticipated. The course material was thoroughly relevant, instructive and engaging. It was enlightening to learn that helping and perhaps even saving a person's life is far easier to handle than I had imagined", says Angel.
Together we can provide them hope!
After the worst flood of the season, the lane into the slums of Teynampet, Chennai were still slushy and the houses damp. Whether within a shelter or without, it's obvious that people left to fend for themselves were getting desperate.
It was at this point, we had intervened with the support of Global Giving to reach out to the neediest in the slums of Teynampet, Chennai.
The surveyed results helped us to narrow down the demands of 104 residents who are womenheaded families - widows, destitute, aged, women with disabilities , women whose husbands having drinking problems of Thiru.V.Ka Nagar and Thomas Road who were in need of proper roofing / construction materials.
The small dwelling units (max. 50 sq.ft) of these residents belonged to the oldest form of design with thatched roofing (with dried coconut/palm or used plastic carry bags collected from garbage's) added to overcrowding and congestion. Without proper roofing, during the rainy season they were forced to seek shelters in the nearby colony which has well constructed roof, which left young children and elderly people without a safe and protected ambiance. The flood has worsened their situation leaving them in damaged shelter. The current financial strain has left these people unable to rebuild the damaged shelters. Our focused view was to support 104 families with proper construction materials to renov | 1,316 |
Synthetic Aperture Radar Market Size Report, 2020-2027
Synthetic Aperture Radar Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Frequency (Single, Multi), By Platform, By Mode, By Application, By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2020 - 2027
The global synthetic aperture radar market size was valued at USD 2.21 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7% from 2020 to 2027. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) uses remote sensing technology to build two- and three-dimensional, high-resolution images of objects on earth. It requires a longer antenna for a conventional radar system to generate high-resolution images, which drastically increases the weight and cost of the satellite. For example, to get a spatial resolution of 10m with a space satellite operating at a wavelength of 5 cm, it will require an antenna of about 4,250 m long, which is equivalent to 47 football fields. Synthetic aperture technology uses a shorter set of antennas to simulate a large antenna to gather a set of acquisitions and combine the data to create a high-resolution image.
SAR operates at multiple frequencies, which makes it suitable to work during bad weather conditions, without sunlight and clear skies. Such factors are anticipated to fuel the market growth over the forecast period. Furthermore, rising need for situational awareness and early warnings for decision making against natural disasters and potential enemy threats are the factors expected to drive the market.
Synthetic aperture radar produces high-quality digital images of the terrains, forests, urban regions, snow-clad mountains, and oceans, which can be used to update the old databases to create new maps. Moreover, it offers a cost-effective solution for surveying large areas with high accuracy and precision. These high-quality images enable a sophisticated analysis of data, which can be used to make digital terrain models for land cover information. Such data can be used for applications like vegetation cover mapping, biomass estimation, mineral exploration, and<|fim_middle|> multiple sub-swaths to capture images. Such factors are further expected to increase the adoption of multimode systems and fuel segment growth.
The defense segment dominated the market with a share of 53.7% in 2019. This is attributed to the growing number of surveillance activities, such as tracking and mapping enemy troop movements, spying, and intelligence data gathering, which has increased the adoption of SAR for military purposes. Furthermore, governments have increased military spending to develop and integrate missiles along with SAR, which will improve the targeting and pointing accuracy of the missile. The usage of SAR has added a new dimension to reconnaissance. It led to the development of technologies like foliage penetration and ground moving target indication, which is expected to increase the adoption of these systems in military operations.
The crisp and clear imaging of SAR has extended its adoption for commercial purposes to monitor urban areas, hilly terrain, and oceans. SAR is used for a wide range of applications in geology, architecture, ecology, hydrology, oceanography, agriculture, and mining. With the usage of SAR, it is easier for researchers to predict natural disasters, like earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions. Furthermore, in the urban areas, SAR is used for applications like infrastructure monitoring, public safety, road network monitoring, dam integrity monitoring, and power lines monitoring. The range of utilities offered by SAR is expected to increase its adoption for commercial purposes, thus driving the segment.
North America dominated the market with a share of 32.4% in 2019. This is attributed to the presence of a significant number of synthetic aperture radar manufacturers and growing military spending for up-gradation of current detection systems in the region. Besides, the collaboration between the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has increased the investment in the space-based SAR satellite projects. Europe is expected to witness steady growth during the forecast period with the scheduled launch of BIOMASS, earth observation satellite by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2021.
Asia Pacific is expected to register the highest growth rate over the forecast period, with China and India being the major contributors in this region. In 2019, China launched Gaofen-7, an earth observation satellite with synthetic aperture radar, while India Space Research Organization (ISRO) and NASA are working together to launch NISAR, an earth observation satellite in 2022. Furthermore, increased demand for border security surveillance is expected to boost the market growth in the Asia Pacific region. Latin American countries like Brazil and Argentina have been the major contributors in this regional market, with Argentina launching SAOCOM-1a satellite in 2018. Another satellite SAOCOM-1b is scheduled to be launched in 2020 by SpaceX.
The market is moderately fragmented owing to the presence of several players. The growth of companies in this market is highly dependent on government support and financial funding from investors. Several market players are engaged in forming strategic partnerships and making investments to sustain their market position. For instance, in November 2019, RS Metric formed an alliance with ICEYE to provide SAR Metal Signals. This made ICEYE the first company to offer a database on the powdered iron ore.
Furthermore, many startups in this market like ICEYE, Urthcast, Capella Space, Ursa Space Systems, and Synspective, Inc. are focused on receiving funding to fuel their projects. For instance, Synspective, Inc., a Japanese startup, raised about 100 million USD since its incorporation in 2018 from investors like SHIMIZU CORPORATION, Space-a START 1 Limited Partnership, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, and Abies Ventures Fund I, L.P. Some of the prominent players in the synthetic aperture radar market include:
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Airbus S.A.S
Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Leonardo S.p.A
MDA Corporation
Capella Space
Synthetic Aperture Radar Market Report Scope
USD 2.44 billion
CAGR of 10.7% from 2020 to 2027
Revenue in USD million and CAGR from 2020 to 2027
Frequency, platform, mode, application, region
U.S.; Canada; U.K.; Germany; France; Italy; China; India; Japan; South Korea; Brazil; Mexico
Airbus S.A.S; MDA Corporation; ICEYE; Leonardo S.p.A.; Northrop Grumman Corporation
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The report forecasts revenue growth at the global, regional, and country levels and provides an analysis of the latest industry trends and opportunities in each of the sub-segments from 2016 to 2027. For the purpose of this study, Grand View Research has segmented the global synthetic aperture radar market report based on frequency, platform, mode, application, and region:
Frequency Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)
Platform Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)
Mode Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2016 - 2027)
ScanSAR
Stripmap
How big is the synthetic aperture radar market?
b. The global synthetic aperture radar market size was estimated at USD 2,210.0 million in 2019 and is expected to reach USD 2,441.8 million in 2020.
What is the synthetic aperture radar market growth?
b. The global synthetic aperture radar market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.7% from 2020 to 2027 to reach USD 4980.8 million by 2027.
Which segment accounted for the largest synthetic aperture radar market share?
b. North America dominated the synthetic aperture radar market with a share of 32.4% in 2019. This is attributable to the presence of a significant number of synthetic aperture radar manufacturers and the growing military spending for up-gradation of current detection systems in the region.
Who are the key players in synthetic aperture radar market?
b. Some key players operating in the synthetic aperture radar market include Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Northrop Grumman Corporation, Airbus S.A.S, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Leonardo S.p.A, and Capella Space, among others.
What are the factors driving the synthetic aperture radar market?
b. Key factors that are driving the market growth include the rising need for situational awareness and early warnings for decision making against natural disasters and potential enemy threats. | biological water monitoring for research purposes. SAR provides accurate data and precisely captured surface features and topographical features of the terrain, thereby resulting in high adoption by the government agencies for research purposes.
The integration of synthetic aperture radar with the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) ecosystem is expected to gain traction in the near future. The defense agencies have to mostly rely on separate systems and displays for collecting and analyzing data retrieved from SAR. This is a tedious and time-consuming process, considering the involvement of several pre-processing steps for analyzing the data. The integration with C4ISR will provide the operator with tools to analyze the data and help with planning, tasking, executing military missions, and propelling SAR's adoption in the defense sector.
High development cost involved in the customization of the synthetic aperture radar, along with government regulations on using limited bandwidth, is another factor that is expected to affect market growth. For instance, the U.S. government had placed a limit of 0.25 m on the resolution of commercial SAR data collection. This rule refrains any non-U.S. firms from transmitting the SAR data above 0.25 m outside the U.S. However, the rule has been lifted and it will allow companies to sell higher resolution data above 0.25 m for commercial purposes. Relaxations in the norms and support from the governments will help companies to serve the market with better resolution data, which is expected to contribute to the market growth.
Frequency Insights
The single frequency segment dominated the market with a share of 82.7% in 2019. This high share is attributed to the simple operation and its ability to monitor areas over specialized wavelengths. Over the years, the single frequency SAR has been deployed on the airborne and ground systems as it provides a cost-effective and lightweight solution for earth observation purposes. The multi-frequency SAR has been witnessing steady growth owing to its ability to monitor and capture images for various applications at required frequencies. Besides, having a better penetration ability through cloud covers and inclement weather, the deployment of multi-frequency systems has been limited to space-based SAR due to its high cost and large size.
Single-frequency SAR has been further categorized in X, L, C, and other frequencies, including S, Ka, and Ku bands. X, L, and C bands are the most used bands, while Ka, K, and Ku are rarely used for synthetic aperture radars due to their smaller range of wavelengths. Wavelength is a crucial feature of SAR as it determines the signals' penetration capability through the object. L band has the highest wavelength of 30-15 cm and can be used for applications like biomass and vegetation mapping and geophysical monitoring.
C band SAR operates between the ranges of 7.5-3.8 cm, has moderate penetration ability, and is suitable for applications like maritime ocean navigation, vegetation mapping, and snow mapping. While most SARs in the past deployed L and C bands, the L band is expected to grow at the highest rate due to its high penetration capability. The X band SAR operates at a lower wavelength range of 3.8-2.4 cm but provides high-resolution images, which makes it suitable for defense surveillance, agriculture, and analysis of wind movement over the ocean surface and urban monitoring. Such benefits are expected to increase the adoption of single frequency radars and significantly contribute to the segment growth.
The airborne segment dominated the market with a share of 83.5% in 2019. This high share is attributed to airborne systems' capability to scan and capture larger areas compared to ground-based SAR. Synthetic aperture radars are deployed on three platforms under the airborne segment, namely spacecraft, aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The aircraft platform holds the largest market share owing to the increased demand for surveillance activities in the defense sector. The UAV segment is expected to exhibit the highest growth rate due to its increasing demand in commercial as well as military operations and lower deployment costs of SAR systems.
Ground-based SAR is a short-range device used for monitoring the earth surfaces. It is used to monitor safety-critical deformation applications like mining and tunnel construction, structural health monitoring, and quarry, and cut slope and landslide monitoring. Ground-based SAR can be mounted on a moving vehicle or a structure due to which it has been used for commercial and urban monitoring in recent years. The system has been deployed to monitor, scan, detect, and capture applications like archaeology, road conditions, detecting underground pipes and cables, buried bodies, and hidden objects. These systems are expected to witness steady growth over the forecast period owing to their limited range of scanning the areas.
Mode Insights
The multi-mode segment dominated the market with a share of 72.7% in 2019. This high share is attributed to the wide adoption of SAR operating with different modes to harness each mode's characteristics. SAR mainly operates with three different operating modes, namely ScanSAR, stripmap, and spotlight mode. The most fundamental mode used is stripmap, which possesses a narrow swath width. It is focussed on a single area and is suitable for monitoring applications like agriculture, mining, urban sites, illegal activities, and coastal areas. ScanSAR mode provides extensive area coverage and provides images of wider swaths, while spotlight mode is used for detecting changes in a congested environment in urban areas.
Multi-mode systems possess the ability to capture images based on the application requirement. Multi-mode SAR also offers a cost-effective solution compared to single-mode SAR, which can capture application-specific images. Furthermore, multi-mode SAR can use the ability of any one of the operating modes and provide better elevation angles and | 1,160 |
Fishing in Zululand
South Africa's only claim to tropical seas is the short stretch of coast bordering southern Mozambique.
These clear blue waters, washing over coral reefs and into vast offshore trenches, draw not only a good concentration of pelagic game fish, including billfish, but also the cream of South Africa's big game anglers to pit their skills in battle.
A vast section of this 120-mile coastline is a marine sanctuary which protects the marine life, including demersal fish species. Anglers fishing from both the beach and from craft at sea are permitted to target the abundance of pelagic fish that migrate southward from the warmer northern tropical waters.
In order to fish these waters, high speed ``ski-boats" capable of being launched from the beach, are used, as the only harbour within this region is Richards Bay at the southern extremity of the area.
Launching through the surf line very often provides terror for the crew and excitement for those watching from the beach, but it allows<|fim_middle|> craft with light tackle are assured of a lot of sport and a number of very good meals.
The booking arrangements, communications, etc, via website, e-mails were good! | anglers access to the known fishing spots.
Fish that predominate in this area are all tropical water species of the Indian Ocean, headed by the billfish family of which the black and striped marlin are the most common. An occasional blue marlin is also captured in these waters.
The biggest black marlin caught in South African waters was captured in December 1984 at Cape Vidal and weighed in at 938 lb. The second-best fish, a 927 lb black, was caught at Sodwana in November 1981. A number of 900 lb-plus fish have been caught since then and there can be no doubt that it is not a case of ``if" but ``when"!
The Zululand coast's marlin season commences in early November and peaks in late November, after which it tapers off gradually to its conclusion towards the end of April.
Pacific sailfish are also captured in fair numbers by anglers targeting the main species, king mackerel. Sailfish visit these shores from January until June and range from 45 to 150 lb.
With the increasing awareness of the pressure the billfish resource is attracting, a strong tag-and-release program is gaining momentum. It is, however, the varied species of game fish such as king mackerel, queen mackerel, yellowfin tuna, bonito, dorado, wahoo and kingfish that attract light tackle anglers to the area.
Surf casting and fishing from rocky ledges also provide exciting catches, ranging in size from small bream to large sharks.
Two tidal lake/estuary systems are found in the area. Apart from the wildlife they support, anglers fishing from small | 358 |
Q: Azure Update Management - includes Exchange and SQL updates? There appears to be no mention anywhere in the docs about other Microsoft apps that might be updated as part of Azure Update Management<|fim_middle|> configured to install 1st party updates).Not sure if the sql solution supports clustering. Specifically, SQL has Cumulative Updates (CUs) that get published to Microsoft Update. Then MU does automated patching.
We would suggest you to raise a request product feedback using this link.
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Will SQL and Exchange receive updates via this route? I don't expect rollup packages, but at least security updates would be good.
A: Using Update Management in Azure Automation you can manage operating system updates for your Windows and Linux virtual machines or virtual machine scale sets in Azure, physical or VMs in on-premises environments, and in other cloud environments.
As mentioned in the documentation Update management uses external dependencies to deliver there software updates.
As mentioned in the github , if you are using SQL server on azure VM the SQL updates are deployed through Microsoft Update (MU), so you should be able to utilize either (as long as the machine is | 131 |
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<|fim_middle|> | Clutter clearing in the bedroom can have health benefits.
We all know that clutter clearing ALWAYS improves the feel of a space. But, many people ask me, "Where should I start?" Following are 9 tips to help you prioritize your clutter clearing efforts. The first three tips are focused on the best locations to begin clearing. The final seven tips identify the types of items to clear for immediate feng shui benefits.
1. Clear clutter from spaces that greet you when you first enter your home.
The condition of the space that greets you when you first enter your home has an immediate effect on your energy. If it's neat, organized, clean and lovely, you will feel comforted and your energy is likely to go up. If, however, you are greeted by a chaotic environment with lots of clutter, dust and grime, your energy will plummet because you are being assaulted by the negative energy of the space. Create a clutter free greeting and everything that happens after you enter your home is likely to be more peaceful and positive.
2. Clear clutter from spaces where you spend the most time.
After you create a positive greeting you can move on to clear clutter from the kitchen, family room and bathroom areas, places where you spend significant amounts of time. The energy of places where you spend the most time have the most impact on your energy. Clutter clearing shifts the energies of those spaces from negative to positive. Positive energy results in positive interactions with others, positive experiences, and optimal productivity.
3. Clear clutter from your bedroom.
You spend more time sleeping than doing any other activity in your home. The quality of your sleep is directly affected by the condition of your bedroom. A cluttered bedroom is full of negative energy. Negative energy is noisy energy, alerting you to the fact that all is not well, that there are things that need to be done. It's hard to sleep well when distracted by the shouting chorus of bedroom clutter. And, persistent clutter in the bedroom can have a profound impact on health because you are being exposed to that negative energy for prolonged periods of time.
4. Clear out anything you hate.
Why would you keep something you hate? Hated items are negative energy pure and simple. Their energy will make it easy for you to keep a negative focus. A negative focus will attract more negative circumstances into your life. If the hated item belongs to a family member, make sure it is located in an out of the way area where your aren't greeted by it on a regular basis.
5. Clear out anything that is broken that can't be quickly fixed or that is not worth fixing.
Broken things attract being broke or having a broken body (health issues). They are strong sources of negative energy requiring some type of work on your part. If you accumulate numerous broken items you are likely to start to feel broken. Decide quickly whether a broken item is worth the effort and/or cost necessary to fix it. If fixing it is not worth doing, pitch it quickly. If it is worth fixing, take immediate steps to fix it.
6. Clear out irritants that can't be made less irritating.
Wires are a common source of irritation. If they can be bundled or hidden, they are usually less irritating or not irritating at all. A trash can that is too small for the needs of a space is an irritant when it is constantly full and overflowing. Removing it is the only option for reducing that irritant.
7. Clear out items that immediately remind you of a painful relationship, event or time in your life.
Items with painful negative associations hold the energy of the particular pain in place. It's hard to move on to a more positive future when you are regularly exposed to the energies of old painful memories.
8. Clear out items that remind you of past failures.
If every time you look at an item you are reminded of a failure, you are being exposed to negative energy that says, "You are a failure!" It's impossible to feel good about yourself and your successes when surrounded by failure energy. And, failure energy attracts more failure.
9. Clear out items that are used less than once a year.
Using an item is one way to keep its energy alive and positive. Items that are used less than once a year tend to have energies that have gone dead. Dead is negative. You wouldn't keep dead animals or bugs in your space, why keep dead things. Either activate the item by using it more frequently or pitch it. | 905 |
The Evil Within 2 Release Date Announced With Lengthy Gameplay Trailer: Bethesda at E3 2017
By Rishi Alwani | Updated: 12 June 2017 23:33 IST
The Evil Within 2 is out on October 13 this year
The game is developed by Tango Gameworks
There appears to be choice in gameplay between stealth and action
Horror game The Evil Within 2 was officially announced by Bethesda at its E3 2017 event with a lengthy gameplay trailer featuring dead bodies aplenty, burning villages and pitch-black forests. The Evil Within 2's release date is October 13, 2017, which falls quite appropriately on a Friday. It's for the PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, and Windows PC.
Trippy trailer aside, Bethesda also explained what you can expect when the game hits. The game has you as Detective Sebastian Castellanos, protagonist of the first game. You're tasked with rescuing your daughter from a "world filled with nightmares". The game also hints at some sort of freedom in terms of gameplay, allowing you to "face adversity head on with weapons and traps, or sneak through the shadows to survive".
Much like the first The Evil Within, its being developed<|fim_middle|> was in the works.
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We are dedicated to bring you the best in woven wraps, baby carriers, and accessories in a setting that's accessible to all. Carrying on from The Wrap Show 2017 and Magic Summer in 2018, we're excited to be bringing back all your favourite brands to the world's most international city. Can't wait? We are also hosting free, monthly pop ups in London leading up to 1 June.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a specialty retailer who primarily sells its products through store and direct-to-consumer operations, as well as through various wholesale, franchise and licensing arrangements. The Company operates through two segments: Abercrombie, which includes the Company's Abercrombie & Fitch and abercrombie kids brands, and Hollister, which includes the Company's Hollister and Gilly Hicks brands. The Company offers an array of apparel products, including knit tops, woven shirts, graphic t-shirts, fleece, sweaters, jeans, woven pants, shorts, outerwear, dresses, intimates and swimwear, and personal care products and accessories for men, women and kids under the Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Hollister and Gilly Hicks brands. The Company has operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. As of January 28, 2017, the Company operated 709 stores in the United States and 189 stores outside of the United States.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. to Report Third Quarter 2020 Results on November 24, 2020
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) will host its quarterly earnings conference call for all interested parties on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at 8:30 | 485 |
Thailand's largest operator brings Wireless M2M services to<|fim_middle|> already existing infrastructure to provide new services and network monitoring without the need for large CAPEX. W-Locate's XimLoc solution is already deployed in a number of leading mobile network operators. XimLoc has been designed with third-party API support, making it highly scalable and customizable. It is based on the GSMA's OneAPI initiative, which means tracking can take place across different networks and across different countries. | enterprise users.
Thailand's largest mobile operator, AIS, today announced the launch of Mobile Track and Trace, one of the world's first enterprise-specific SIM-based location-based service (LBS) solutions. Powered by W-Locate's XimLoc, Mobile Track and Trace brings improved indoor tracking and M2M capabilities to AIS corporate subscribers.
Mobile Track and Trace offers AIS' business customers accurate outdoor and indoor location-based services to enable the development of products for advertising, promotions and the tracking of high-value goods.
With XimLoc, operators can provide location-based services from their own networks, with minimal CAPEX and provides increased Return on Investment. XimLoc runs as an algorithm on a mobile device's SIM card, so operators do not have addition investment in costly new hardware. This means that XimLoc has an extremely short lead-time, providing operators an immediate and manageable entry into M2M-based service provisioning. Operators can also incorporate SMS notifications into the solution with additional customizable options to secure new revenue streams.
"The enterprise sector has been a focus of AIS for a while now," said Somchai Lertsutiwong, CEO of AIS.
"We are proud to have partnered with AIS to develop Mobile Track and Trace for its business customers," said Stevie Ooi, CEO of W-Locate.
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W-Locate provides SIM-based location services, utilizing mobile operator's | 294 |
It's been an unforgettable week to be an outdoors writer on the Treasure Coast. I literally felt like my bait bucket overflowed with story topics, and it was everything I could do just to try stay on top of developing news in order to keep all of our readers informed.
Many of you may feel as if I pulled the hook a few times, or didn't land the big one, but I did my best this week to cover stories from 25 miles offshore of Fort Pierce to two miles off the dike in Clewiston. To be frank, that's a lot of territory to try cover simultaneously.
Tuesday, we extended a warm Treasure Coast welcome to the celebrity great white shark named Savannah. The big fish "pinged" when her dorsal fin broke the surface of the then calm and warm Atlantic Ocean at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday about 25 miles east of the condominium Ocean Village on South Hutchinson Island near Fort Pierce.
Savannah is the latest of the unusual phenomenon of sharks, other animals and birds we have begun to follow online and on social media, too, when one has an account.
What we know about Savannah is she measured 8 feet 6 inches in<|fim_middle|> at $13 for adults. For more information, go to StuartBoatShow.com.
It's getting to be an annual thing. Sailfish catching enthusiasts gather each year on the Treasure Coast for the chance to go offshore and see how many they can catch in several tournaments. But the Pelican Yacht Club Invitational Billfish Tournament is always a highlight of the season schedule.
The elegant club opens its doors each January to sailfish teams to come join club members for a week of fun, camaraderie and what has been for a decade now, the season's best sailfish bite. This week the fleet of 25 boats easily amassed 300 sailfish in three days plus 90 minutes Saturday. But the bite slowed down some Saturday through the remainder of the day, else this crew could have closed in on 500.
In any case, the Invitational at the Pelican Yacht Club once again solidified this area's claim as Sailfish Capital of the World.
The tragic tale of Nik Kayler has many of us heartsick. The tournament angler from Apopka lost his life during a boating accident in a bass fishing tournament on Lake Okeechobee this past week. The story gripped the fishing and boating community from Miami to Minneapolis.
Generous donations have poured into a GoFundMe page to benefit Kayler's wife and daughter, but there are many who still wish they could do more.
Two more opportunities are available. At 6 p.m. Sunday along the Herbert Hoover Dike there will an event, Light Up the Dike In Honor of Nik Kayler. Organizers, working through Facebook, ask that folks line up along the dike between Belle Glade and Okeechobee with anything they can light – cell phones, candles, lighters, lanterns, flashights – to show the family we all care about them. Also, soon to be announced, there will be a memorial bass fishing tournament in Kayler's honor held out of Okeechobee Fishing Headquarters. Dates, times and format to be announced, but proceeds will go to the family of Nik Kayler. | length, is female and was estimated at about 450 pounds when she was fitted with a satellite tag by OCEARCH.org March 5, 2017. Based on her pinging activity, she has traveled more than 3,400 miles since she was tagged off Hilton Head, S.C.
There is mystery and wonder associated with the sharks being tagged by OCEARCH and now a handful of other research organizations. We've only scratched the surface of the knowledge base of where these large ocean-going creatures travel, what times of year they can be found in various locations, and what they are doing when they get there. In the years to come, some of these mysteries will finally be revealed. That knowledge will allow us to better conserve and protect many of these species which will lead to healthier seas.
Is Savannah on her way to meet a mate in the warm, shallower waters of the Gulf of Mexico? OCEARCH tagged great white shark cousins Miss Costa and George are already in the Gulf, not far off the coast of St. Petersburg. Will Savannah soon be taking steps to become a young great white shark mother? Or is she on her way to a winter time feeding ground where perhaps a king mackerel spawning aggregation off Key west draws in the sharks? Or is she following the migration of humpback whales to the Caribbean for an opportunity to hunt a newborn calf?
We'll have to wait to see where Savannah and her friends ping next.
Every year the Stuart Boat Show has been in its current space along the three marinas on Old Dixie Highway northwest of the Old Roosevelt Bridge it has grown. It's nearly reached maximum capacity for exhibitor space and long ago it grew beyond its maximum carrying capacity for parking.
But it's a great boat show. And that's not me just being a homer, as my longtime former boss Mike Graham used to call me. It really is a perfect show for the Treasure Coast.
AllSports Productions which produces the annual expo, the Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast and the exhibitors who display in the show have really become dialed in to what the show is, and what it isn't.
For example, if you are in the market for a sailboat you can cruise to the islands this summer, the Stuart Boat Show is not your show.
The Stuart Boat Show has developed a reputation as the place for the weekend warrior to find his dream boat. Bay boats, personal watercraft, center consoles, fishing skiffs, island getaway powerboats, pontoon boats, deck boats, cruisers and the perfect boat to visit a favorite waterfront lunch spot the next town down the Intracoastal Waterway, this is the show to find it.
The best thing about the show is its placement on the calendar, too. If it's new and coming out at the Miami Boat Show in February, it can be seen at the Stuart Boat Show. Engine dealers are always offering incentives at this show. So it's good to be a buyer.
The 44th annual Stuart Boat Show presented by Infiniti will be open Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Follow signs for designated parking areas and take free shuttles to the show site. Admission begins | 660 |
Isla Cristina, near southern Spain's Huelva, is known for its swathes of dune-backed beaches, warm sea breezes and natural marshland parks. The five-star Sensimar Isla Cristina Palace Hotel is ideally positioned to make the most of these attractions,<|fim_middle|> laid-back establishment, comprising a group of Andalusian-inspired buildings, its centrepiece is a striking lobby with designer furniture and innovative sculptured ceiling, while outside there is a large outdoor pool and a chill-out area where you can loll under the palms on four-poster Balinese daybeds.
Wander down a winding wooden walkway through the pine forest to the beach, where you'll find a beach bar and thatched umbrellas. A spa with thermal circuit and elegant indoor pool complete the list of relaxing opportunities. A buffet restaurant offers international cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This hotel prides itself on being an adults-only retreat and, as such, doesn't allow children under the age of 18 years old. | set just back from Santana beach. A | 8 |
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Thomas Frei, formerly of BMC Racing Team, has been suspended for two years by Swiss Olympic. The Swiss rider tested positive for EPO at an out-of-compettiion test in March. He must also pay a<|fim_middle|>iplinary Committee rejected this request and gave him the usual two-year ban, noting that he had confessed to using the EPO and given the details of its use and described steps he could have taken to avoid being caught. | fine of 1500 Swiss Francs.
Frei, 25, admitted to having taken a micro-dose of EPO the evening before the early-morning test. He further confessed to having used doping products since 2008, but denied that anyone at BMC was aware of his doping use.
According to the Swiss website Blick.ch, Swiss Antidoping had offered Frei a deal. He would receive only a six-month ban if he would name those who had helped him. When Frei rejected that offer, they asked that he be banned for four years and fined 7500 CHF.
Swiss Olympic announced that the suspension was effective as of April 22. It also said that Frei admitted to two other doping violations. In addition to the fine, he must pay 4,440 CHF in costs.
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In the spring of 2013, round 180 scientists who had not too long ago printed computational research in Science acquired an electronic mail from a Columbia College pupil asking for the code underpinning these items of analysis. Regardless of the journal having a coverage mandating that pc code be made accessible to readers, the e-mail prompted a spread of responses. Some authors refused point-blank to share their code with a stranger, whereas others reacted defensively, demanding to know the way the code can be used. Many, although, merely wrote that they most popular to not share, admitting that their code wasn't "very user-friendly" or was "not written with an eye fixed in direction of distributing for different individuals to make use of."
Unbeknownst to the authors, the code requests had been a part of a examine by Columbia College researchers specializing in reproducibility in science, who would go on to publish several of the responses they acquired. Of 204 randomly chosen research printed in 2011 and 2012, the Columbia crew may solely get hold of the code for 44 %—from 24 research by which the authors had supplied knowledge and code upfront, and thus didn't have to be contacted, and 65 whose authors had shared it with the scholar upon request. The researchers typically couldn't run the code they did obtain, although, as it might have required further data from authors and particular experience they didn't possess. Total, the crew may solely reproduce the unique printed outcomes for 26 % of the 204 research, they reported in a 2018 PNAS study.
Authors' hesitation round code-sharing didn't shock Jennifer Seiler, who was on the time a part of the Columbia crew and is now a senior engineer on the Bethesda, Maryland–primarily based methods engineering and software program improvement firm RKF Engineering Options. Past any sinister motives—like making an attempt to hide fraud or misconduct—Seiler says that some authors could be afraid that sharing their code would permit different scientists to scoop them on their subsequent analysis challenge. In lots of different instances, she suspects, scientists merely don't have the talent or incentive to write down their code in a manner that will be usable for different researchers. Many are most likely embarrassed over badly written, inefficient, or usually unintelligible code, she says. "I feel extra typically it's disgrace than it's knowledge manipulation or something like that."
If the code isn't printed on-line with the article, your probabilities of getting somebody to reply, in my expertise, have been slim to none.
—Tyler Smith, Agriculture and Agri-Meals Canada
With out the code underlying research—used to execute statistical analyses or construct computational fashions of organic processes, as an example—different scientists can't vet papers or reproduce them and are compelled to reinvent the wheel in the event that they wish to pursue the identical strategies, slowing the tempo of scientific progress. Altogether, "it's most likely billions of {dollars} down the drain that individuals are not capable of construct on present analysis," Seiler says. Though many scientists say the analysis group has develop into extra open about sharing code in recent times, and journals equivalent to Science have beefed up their insurance policies since Seiler's examine, reluctance across the follow persists.
In comparison with laboratory protocols the place there's lengthy been an expectation of sharing, "it's only in the near past that we're beginning to come round to the concept that [code] can be a protocol that must be shared," notes Tyler Smith, a conservation biologist at Agriculture and Agri-Meals Canada, a governmental division that regulates and conducts analysis in meals and agriculture. He too has had hassle getting maintain of different teams' code, even when research state that the recordsdata are "accessible on request," he says. "If the code isn't printed on-line with the article, your probabilities of getting somebody to reply, in my expertise, have been slim to none."
Poor incentives to maintain code functioning
A lot of the issue with code-sharing, Smith and others counsel, boils all the way down to a scarcity of time and incentive to keep up code in an organized and shareable state. There's not a lot reward for scientists who dig by means of their computer systems for related recordsdata or create dependable submitting methods, Smith says. They might not even have the time or assets to scrub up the code so it's usable by different researchers—a course of that may contain formatting and annotating recordsdata and tweaking them to run extra effectively, says Patrick Mineault, an unbiased neuro-scientist and synthetic intelligence researcher. The motivation to take action is very low if the authors themselves don't plan on reusing the code or if it was written by a PhD pupil quickly to maneuver on to a different place, as an example, Mineault provides. Seiler doesn't blame educational researchers for these issues; amid writing grant proposals, mentoring, reviewing papers, and churning out research, "nobody's received time to be creating very nice, clear, well-documented code that they will ship to anybody that anybody can run."
Stronger journal insurance policies may make researchers extra prone to share and keep code, says Sofia Papadimitriou, a bioinformatician on the Machine Studying Group of the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Many journals nonetheless have comparatively mushy insurance policies that depart it as much as authors to share code. Science, which on the time of Seiler's examine solely mandated that authors fulfill "cheap requests" for knowledge and supplies, strengthened its policies in 2017, requiring that code be archived and uploaded to a everlasting public repository. Examine authors have to finish a guidelines confirming that they've finished so, and editors and/or copyeditors dealing with the paper are required to double-check that authors have supplied a repository hyperlink, says Valda Vinson, govt editor at Science. Whereas Vinson says that originally, authors sometimes complained to the journal in regards to the new requirement, "I don't suppose we get a complete lot of pushback now." However she acknowledges the system isn't bulletproof; a lacking code file would possibly sometimes slip previous a busy editor. Smith provides that he's generally struggled to discover a examine's underlying code even in journals that do require authors to add it.
Papadimitriou says that extra journals ought to encourage, and even require,<|fim_middle|> enemy," he says. "What number of instances does it occur in my life that I've checked out code that I wrote six months in the past, and I used to be like, 'I do not know what I'm doing right here. Why did I do that?'"
There are additionally software program instruments that may make writing reproducible code simpler by monitoring and managing modifications to code in order that researchers aren't perpetually overwriting previous file variations, for instance. The web repository-hosting platform GitHub and the information archive Zenodo have introduced methods of citing code recordsdata, as an example with a doi, which Science and another journals require from authors. Making analysis code citable locations a cultural emphasis on its significance in science, Trisovic provides. "If we acknowledge analysis software program as a first-class analysis product—one thing that's citable [and] invaluable—then the entire environment round that can change," she says.
Seiler reminds researchers, although, that even when code isn't good, they shouldn't be afraid to share it. "Most of those individuals put lots of time and thought into these codes, and even when it's not well-documented or clear, it's nonetheless most likely proper." Smith agrees, including that he's at all times grateful when researchers share their code. "In case you've received a paper and also you're actually fascinated about it, to have that [code], to have the ability to take that additional step and say, 'Oh, that's how they did that,'" it's actually useful, he says. "It's a lot enjoyable and so rewarding to see the nuts-and-bolts aspect of issues that we don't usually get to."
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The Scientist assembled recommendation from individuals working with code on how one can write, handle, and share recordsdata as easily as doable.
Handle variations: Keep away from overwriting previous file variations; as an alternative, use instruments to trace modifications to code scripts so earlier iterations may be accessed if wanted.
Doc dependencies: Maintain monitor of which software program packages (and which particular variations) had been utilized in compiling a script; this helps make sure that code can nonetheless be used if packages are up to date and are not mutually appropriate.
Take a look at it: Run code repeatedly to make sure it really works. This may be finished manually, or automated by means of specialised software program packages.
Clear up: Delete pointless or duplicated bits of code, title variables in intuitive methods (not simply as letters), and make sure that the general construction—together with indentation—is readable.
Annotate: Assist your self and others perceive the code months later by including feedback to the script to clarify what chunks are doing and why.
Present primary directions: Compile a "README" file to accompany the code detailing how one can run it, what it's used for, and how one can set up any related software program.
Search peer evaluate: Earlier than importing the code right into a repository, have another person evaluate it to make sure that it's readable, and search for obvious errors or factors that would trigger confusion.
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Kopari Bathe Oil Overview: A Should-Have For Glowing Pores and skin In Winter | reviewers to double-check that code is out there, and even look at it themselves. In a single examine she and her lab not too long ago reviewed, for instance, the code couldn't be downloaded from a web-based repository because of a technical challenge. The second time she noticed the paper, she discovered an error within the code that she believed modified the examine's conclusions. "If I didn't have a look at it, no one would have seen," she says. She reported each issues to the related editors—who had inspired reviewers to test papers on this manner—and says that examine was finally rejected. However Papadimitriou acknowledges that scrutinizing code is lots to ask from reviewers—sometimes practising scientists who aren't compensated for his or her evaluations. As well as, it's significantly laborious to seek out reviewers who're each educated sufficient a few specific matter and proficient-enough programmers to comb by means of another person's code, Smith provides.
Whereas firmer stances from journals might assist, "I don't suppose we're going to get out of this disaster of reproducibility merely with journal insurance policies," Seiler says. She additionally sees a duty for universities to supply scientists with assets equivalent to everlasting digital repositories the place code, knowledge, and different supplies may be saved and maintained long-term. Establishments may assist lighten the burden for giant analysis teams by hiring research software engineers—skilled builders specializing in scientific analysis—provides Ana Trisovic, a computational scientist and reproducibility researcher at Harvard College. Throughout Seiler's PhD in astrophysics on the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Germany, her analysis group had a software program developer who constructed packages they wanted in addition to organizational methods to archive and share code. "That was extraordinarily helpful," she says.
An absence of coding proficiency
There's one other huge part to the code-sharing challenge. Scientists who do a lot of the coding in research—incessantly graduate college students—are sometimes self-taught, Mineault notes. In his expertise as a mentor and instructor, college students may be very self-conscious about their less-than-perfect coding abilities and are subsequently reluctant to share clunky code that's probably riddled with bugs they'd moderately no one discover. "There's typically a fantastic sense of disgrace that comes from not having lots of proficiency on this act of coding," Mineault says. "In the event that they're not required to [share] it, then they most likely wouldn't wish to," provides Trisovic.
A latest study by Trisovic and her colleagues underscored the challenges of writing reproducible code. The crew's examine crunched by means of 9,000 code recordsdata written within the programming language R and accompanying datasets that had been posted to the Harvard Dataverse, a public repository for supplies related to varied scientific research. The evaluation revealed that 74 % of the R scripts failed to finish with out an error. After the crew utilized a program to scrub up small errors within the code, that quantity solely dropped to 56 %.
A number of the failures had been because of easy issues, equivalent to having this system search out a knowledge file on the creator's personal pc utilizing a set listing, one thing that needed to be modified for the code to work on different computer systems. The most important impediment, nevertheless, was a difficulty significantly acute in R, the place code recordsdata typically name on a number of interdependent software program "packages," such that the functioning of 1 package deal is contingent on a selected model of one other. In lots of instances, Trisovic's group was working the code years after it had been written, so some since-updated packages had been not appropriate with others. Because of this, the crew couldn't run lots of the recordsdata. In R, "you'll be able to very simply have this dependency hell the place you can't set up [some library] as a result of it's not appropriate with many different ones that you simply additionally want," Trisovic says.
Whereas there are methods to handle this challenge by documenting which package deal variations had been used, the continuous improvement of software program packages is a problem to creating reproducible code, even for expert programmers, Mineault notes. He remembers the expertise of a colleague, College of Washington graduate pupil Jason Webster, who determined to try to reproduce a computational analysis of neuroimaging knowledge printed by one among Mineault's colleagues. Webster discovered that, only a few months after the examine's publication, the code was virtually unimaginable to run, primarily as a result of packages had modified in Python, the programming language used. "The half-life of that code, I feel, was three months," Mineault remembers. How reproducible one scientist's code is, Trisovic says, can generally rely on how a lot time others are prepared to put money into understanding and updating it—which, she provides, could be a good follow, because it forces researchers to present code extra scrutiny, versus working it blindly.
In Mineault's view, transferring towards higher reproducibility will on the very least require systemic overhauls of how programming is taught in increased training. There's a extensively held perception in science that follow alone will make younger scientists higher at programming, he says. However coding isn't essentially one thing that individuals naturally get higher at, in the identical manner that an algebra pupil received't uncover integral and differential calculus on their very own if requested to compute the world below a curve. Somewhat, some pc science consultants have noted that proficiency in coding comes from focused, structured instruction. As a substitute of occasional coding lessons, "I wish to see a extra structured set of programming programs, that are simply constructing as much as changing into a proficient programmer generally. In any other case, I feel we're in too deep too early," Mineault says.
Even with out institutional modifications, there are practices researchers themselves can undertake to construct confidence in coding. Scientists may strike up coding teams—as an example, within the type of on-line, open-source coding tasks—to be taught from friends, Mineault says. Trisovic recommends that researchers create departmental workshops the place scientists stroll colleagues by means of their very own code. Inside analysis teams, scientists may additionally make it a behavior to evaluate one another's code, Trisovic provides; in her examine, the code recordsdata that had undergone some type of evaluate by exterior scientists had been extra prone to run with out error.
Some scientists have additionally compiled practical advice for researchers on writing reproducible code and getting ready it for publication. Mineault not too long ago wrote The Good Research Code Handbook, which incorporates some practices he discovered whereas working at tech corporations Google and Fb, equivalent to repeatedly testing code to make sure it really works. Mineault recommends setting apart a day after every analysis challenge to scrub up the code, together with writing documentation for how one can run it, naming related recordsdata in a wise manner—in different phrases, not alongside the strains of "analysis_final_final_really_final_this_time_revisions.m," he cautions. To actually admire how one can write reproducible code, Mineault means that researchers attempt rerunning their code just a few months after they full the challenge. "You're your individual worst | 1,483 |
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The tiny town of Kuhmo finds itself at the core of Finland's national bioeconomy strategy. New, eco-friendly ways to upgrade timber create more jobs in the northern forests. On the other hand, using the forests is a necessity for the town's survival.
Talking to people in Kuhmo, you hear them mention green and ecological values every now and then. No wonder, as most of the town area and the surrounding Kainuu region are covered by coniferous forest, producing the famous sustainable timber of the North.
Ms. Eila Valtanen, Town Manager of Kuhmo, likes to refer to her town as "the half-a-million-hectare wood". Another thing she often says is that "Kuhmo is bioeconomy in the making."
By this she refers to the wide variety of forest industry products made in Kuhmo: sawmilling and planing products, prefabricated log houses, wood-framed windows, garden structures. A couple of years ago, a factory producing cross-laminated timber (CLT) was opened in the Kantola industrial area. It was the first in the country, producing components for the neighbouring Elementti Sampo company, which turns them into components for blocks of flats.
"You've got to be proud of having such forerunners of building with wood out here in the forests of Kainuu," says Annina Komulainen, who works as a construction engineer at the Elementti Sampo company. Photo: Anna Kauppi
"You can't help but have a relationship with nature in Kuhmo. That, and family ties, just make you come back," says Annina Komulainen.
According to Ms. Annina Komulainen, Project Manager at Elementti Sampo, the ability to cooperate is characteristic of the entrepreneurs in Kuhmo. Although there are only 9,000 inhabitants in Kuhmo, they do not hesitate to put forth new ideas and test innovations.
A visit to Elementti Sampo also reveals something new: they are in the process of making components for large tower blocks from CLT. In other words, an entire bedsit is constructed in the factory, including external cladding, electrical wiring and skirting boards – in short, everything. Larger flats are constructed by combining more of the same components.
Forest is valued by people in Kuhmo
According to Komulainen, timber creates interest. "It is a trend to return to something that has been known to be good since time immemorial. Among construction materials, timber is the most ecological, for the fact alone that it sequesters carbon. Nor does it create hazardous waste after use," says Komulainen.
Environmental organisations protest every now and then against the "excessive" use of northern coniferous forests. From the perspective of the people in Kuhmo, this sounds bizarre.
"It is precisely here that people respect nature and have the skills to use forests carefully and with expertise. Forests are valuable for us and managing them is based on long traditions," says Komulainen.
Komulainen has always preferred wood as material, as it is beautiful and warm. The self-evident eco-friendliness of wood is something that she only realised later. After completing her degree in construction, she was pleased to be able to return to her home town Kuhmo.
"Nature in Kainuu is unparalleled. And you won't know what silence can be unless you've experienced it in the Kainuu forests."
Jobs in the forest – and at the sawmill
Forests have an enormous significance for employment in Finland. In Kainuu, forests play a greater than average role. For example, their share in providing employment is twice the Finnish average.
The heart of the Kuhmo forest sector and the town's principal employer can be found right next to the Kantola industrial area. One of the biggest sawmills in Finland, Kuhmo Oy has stood on the shore of Lake Lammasjärvi for more than 60 years.
The sawmill employs close to 150 persons. However, if you include the transport and forestry operators and the like, the number increases to 400.
The total employment effect is greater, even as high as 900, according to a study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. This is quite a figure, considering that the total number of jobs in Kuhmo is 2,800.
Eco-friendly transport
The sawmill channels EUR 64 million annually into the regional economy. For comparison, the annual budget of the town of Kuhmo is around EUR 70 million.
The major part of the sawmilling products are exported. However, the most valuable customers for the Kuhmo sawmill are the local entrepreneurs. "The more processing industries there are in the same municipality, the more local customers we have. And short transport distances do not only mean cost-efficiency, but also more eco-friendly transport," says Mr. Tommi Ruha, Executive Director of the Kuhmo sawmill.
The transport distances from forest to sawmill are also short. Over half of the timber used in the sawmill comes from Kuhmo, and the rest largely from the home region Kainuu.
"We produce some 400,000 cubic metres of timber annually, while respecting nature" is the slogan on the website of the Kuhmo sawmill. According to Ruha, respecting forest biodiversity is a matter of course for modern Finnish forestry.
"For example, when harvesting, we take into consideration the vulnerable margins of small waterways," says Ruha and points out that the sustainability of forestry activities is guaranteed by the Forest Act and forestry recommendations. What is more, practically all wood in Kainuu is PEFC certified.
Local authority supports building with wood
The report Value Chains of Forest Bioeconomy divides Finnish regions according to whether they are dominated by forestry, pulp and paper industry or wood products industry.
The report, produced by the consulting company Tapio and sponsored by the Finnish Forest Foundation, says that of the total output of Kainuu, no less than 46 percent is created by manufacturing wood products, while the average in Finland is 23 percent.
"The enterprises in Kuhmo have a genuine desire to work together to improve things. The significance of cooperation is understood here," considers Tapani Kiiskinen, Development Director of the town of Kuhmo. Photo: Anna Kauppi
The new school centre constructed in Kuhmo is the first one in Finland to be built from CLT. The school will be completed within a year.
It is not a coincidence that so many smaller-scale forest sector enterprises have emerged around the Kuhmo sawmill. The tradition of systematic development work is long in the town: at first to create start-up companies, now to promote building with wood.
Kuhmo town owns the Woodpolis company in the Kantola area, which aims to promote innovations in building with wood and provides training to the sector in its industrial facilities.
"Large-scale building with wood is about to make a breakthrough in Finland. We can also see it here," says Mr. Tapani Kiiskinen, Development Director of the town of Kuhmo. "Sixty new jobs have been created in Kantola in the past two years."
Wood-built school is heated with renewable energy
Kiiskinen also considers cooperation to be the strength of the local enterprises. "Constructors want the ease of package deals. Here in Kantola, we have practically a one-stop shop."
A showpiece of the local know-how in building with wood is being erected only two kilometres away from the Kantola area and the sawmill. The wood-built Tuupala school complex consists of three buildings made of local CLT components.
The school, housing 400 pupils, will be heated with local, eco-friendly wood energy produced from sawdust and bark from the Kuhmo sawmill at a district heat plant owned jointly by the sawmill and the town. All in all, the share of renewables of the energy used in Kuhmo is close to 70 percent.
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After reaching a two-year contract with backup catcher Gerald Laird earlier today, the Braves are staying busy.
<|fim_middle|>54 with a .752 OPS this season. He has amassed at least 18 home runs and 31 stolen bases in each of the last three seasons. | Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that the Braves hosted free agent outfielder B.J. Upton this afternoon at Turner Field. Both general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez were on hand for the meeting.
It's not clear whether a contract offer was made today, but Bowman writes that the Braves appear to regard Upton "as the most attractive outfielder available on the free agent market." This would seem to indicate that they prefer him over fellow free agent Michael Bourn, who enjoyed a career-year with the Braves in 2012, but is two years older. They should have plenty of competition for Upton, though, as the Phillies, Nationals and Rangers have also been mentioned as possible fits.
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Our One West Team value embraces philanthropy every day by making generous donations of time and resources. As a result of COVID-19, many charities have suffered a fall in revenue due to restrictions imposed by local governments preventing them to carry out much-needed fundraising. New innovative ways of fundraising are popping up each day.
At our Dublin, Ireland Contract Manufacturing facility, team member Kevin O'Connell, Sr. Technical Support, Engineering, is currently running 200km for the month of July to and from work every day while also working a 12-hour shift to help support Diabetes Ireland. Diabetes Ireland is a national charity in Ireland dedicated to helping people with diabetes by providing support, education and motivation. They also raise public awareness of diabetes and its symptoms and fund research into finding a cure for diabetes. This story is even more inspiring as Kevin also has Type 1 Diabetes, which means that he has had to manage his blood glucose levels and his insulin needs accordingly.
"Many things can affect my blood glucose levels. People generally know that diet and exercise can do so, but other things such as stress, tiredness and mental fatigue can also affect my glucose levels at any time, even when you are sleeping, so you need to be aware of your levels and be ready to take action and react accordingly. Through this challenge, | 324 |
Ravels is een plaats en gemeente in de Belgische provincie Antwerpen. De gemeente behoort tot het kieskanton en het gerechtelijk kanton Arendonk. Hoewel de gemeente vernoemd is naar de grootste deelgemeente, Ravels, staat het gemeentehuis in Weelde omdat dat centraler in de gemeente ligt. De inwoners van Ravels, de Ravelsenaars of Ravelaars, dragen de bijnaam Ravelse Pieren.
Geschiedenis
De vroegste benaming van Ravels is Ravenslo en dook reeds op in 1165. Hiervan is niet met zekerheid geweten of de tussen-s op een bezitsvorm wijst ("ravenbos") dan wel op een persoonsnaam. Het achtervoegsel -lo duidt op bos.
De oudst bekende archeologische vindplaats betreft een grafveld met een 16-tal grafheuvels uit de vroege- en middenijzertijd (700-250 v.Chr.).
Ravels behoorde tot het Land van Turnhout, dat tot 1096 bij het Markgraafschap Antwerpen behoorde en daarna onderdeel werd van het Hertogdom Brabant. De heerlijke rechten behoorden tot 1298 aan de Abdij van Tongerlo, doch werden daarna "beschermd" door de Hertogen van Brabant. Einde 18e eeuw werd Ravels een zelfstandige gemeente.
Omstreeks 1850 begon de ontginning van de uitgestrekte woeste gronden in de omgeving van Ravels. Rond deze tijd werd ook het Kanaal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten gegraven, waarbij men kleilagen aantrof die interessant bleken voor de baksteenindustrie. Omstreeks 1900 werden er meerdere baksteen- en cementfabrieken opgericht. Deze groepeerden zich uiteindelijk in de Cimenteries et Briqueteries Réunies (C.B.R.). De cementfabrieken bereikten hun hoogtepunt omstreeks 1925, maar sloten in 1944.
Omstreeks 1900 werden ook diverse wegen en een tramlijn aangelegd.
Op 1 januari 1977 vormden de gemeenten Poppel, Weelde, de wijk Kijkverdriet van Oud-Turnhout en de oude gemeente Ravels de nieuwe fusiegemeente Ravels. Op 15 oktober van hetzelfde jaar werd de Ravelse heemkundekring Nicolaus Poppelius opgericht.
Samenwerkingsverbanden
Sinds 2005 maakt Ravels deel uit van het Land van Turnhout, een toeristisch recreatief samenwerkingsverband tussen de gemeenten Arendonk, Beerse, Oud-Turnhout, Ravels, Turnhout en Vosselaar.
Wapenschild
In het wapenschild van de Ravelse fusiegemeente staan de drie oorspronkelijke patroonheiligen zij aan zij afgebeeld. Van links naar rechts: Sint-Servatius (Ravels), Sint-Michiel (Weelde) en Sint-Valentinus (Poppel).
Geografie
Deelgemeenten
Woonkernen
De gemeente Ravels bestaat uit drie deelgemeenten: Ravels (met inbegrip van Eel), Poppel en We<|fim_middle|> Flandria en tennisclub RWP is VC Power Ravels gevestigd.
Fitness
Fitnesscenter Hi-Limit in Poppel en Fitnesscenter (personal training en groepslessen) Focus, gelegen in Weelde.
BMX
The BMX Devils zijn gevestigd in Ravels.
Mountainbike
De mountainbikeclub ATB Kempen is gelegen vlak bij de tennisclub en beschikt over een parcours van ongeveer 6 km singletrack.
Bekende Ravelsenaars
Bekende personen die geboren of woonachtig zijn of waren in Ravels of een andere significante band met de gemeente hebben:
Nicolaas Poppel (1532-1572) (Weelde/Poppel), priester, martelaar van Gorcum
Petrus van Gorp (1809-1842), boerenzoon en reus (bijnamen Klein Peerke en de Reus van Turnhout)
Rudolph van Veen (1967) (Weelde), Nederlands meesterkok
Kevin Janssens (1986), voetballer
Hans Van Alphen (1982), meerkamper
Patrick Van Gompel (1957), journalist
Elfje Willemsen (1985), atlete en bobsleester
Roland Verstappen (1958), Nederlands zanger en gitarist
Jackie Groenen, (1994) voetbalster
Alides Hidding, (1954), Nederlandse zanger, gitarist en songwriter
Nabijgelegen kernen
Eel, Oosthoven
Externe links
Gemeente Ravels
Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed
Plaats in Antwerpen (provincie) | elde (met inbegrip van Weelde-Station).
Natuur en landschap
Het laagst gelegen gebied (± 22m) ligt bij Aarle in het noorden van Poppel, de hoogste punten (35m) zijn verspreid over de deelgemeente Ravels. Doorheen Ravels loopt de waterscheidingslijn tussen de stroomgebieden van de Schelde (ten westen) en de Maas (ten oosten).
Belangrijke natuurgebieden zijn: het Gewestbos Ravels en het Kijkverdriet, ten oosten van de kom van Ravels gelegen.
De Gewestbossen, gelegen tussen de Jachtweg en de Arendonkseweg, zijn een bosrijk gebied van 830 ha groot met een variatie van loof- en naaldbomen. Vanaf het begin van de twintigste eeuw werden de oorspronkelijke vennen bebost. Enkele van de oorspronkelijke vennen bleven bewaard. Het belangrijkste ven hiervan is wel het Kesseven. In de bossen kan men wandelen in alle rust. De geschiedenis van de bossen wordt uitgelegd in het onthaalcentrum, het Boshuis, gelegen op de Jachtweg.
Aangrenzende gemeenten
Bezienswaardigheden
Sint-Servaaskerk
Grafveld Het Heike bij Klein-Ravels
De molen De Nachtegaal der Maatvennen werd opgericht langs de weg naar Arendonk via Ravels-Eel. Hij werd gebouwd in 1869 ter vervanging van een houten molen die in 1868 omwaaide. De windmolen werd volledig gerestaureerd door de gebroeders Caers in 1971. Een inschrift in de molen vermeldt dat op 28 december 1925 in één uur tijd 1315 kg rogge gemalen werd. In de molen is nog de standaard hergebruikt van de vroegere houten molen. De molen is nog regelmatig in werking. Op de muur van de maalzolder staat volgende spreuk:
«Een molenaar schijnt een dief te zijn, mij dunkt dit kan niet mogelijk zijn, wat behoeft hij om geld te geven, daar hij van de wind moet leven.»
Monumenten
De Ravelse Pier in het centrum van de deelgemeente Ravels: bijnaam van zowel de Ravelsenaar als de Pierenmarkt
Kunstwerk van May Claerhout bij het gemeentehuis in Weelde dat de drie-eenheid van Ravels uitbeeldt
Standbeeld 'Vriendschap' van beeldhouwer Stan Grooten bij het oud-gemeentehuis in Poppel dat de vriendschap tussen Belgen en Nederlanders in Poppel symboliseert
Demografie
Samenstelling
De Kempense gemeente telt ruim 14.000 inwoners, waarvan meer dan 25% de Nederlandse nationaliteit heeft.
Demografische ontwikkeling voor de fusie
Bronnen:NIS, Opm:1806 tot en met 1970=volkstellingen; 1976 = inwoneraantal op 31 december
Demografische ontwikkeling van de fusiegemeente
Alle historische gegevens hebben betrekking op de huidige gemeente, inclusief deelgemeenten, zoals ontstaan na de fusie van 1 januari 1977.
Bronnen:NIS, Opm:1806 tot en met 1981=volkstellingen; 1990 en later= inwonertal op 1 januari
Politiek
Structuur
De gemeente Ravels ligt in het kieskanton Arendonk en het provinciedistrict Turnhout. Deze maken deel uit van het kiesarrondissement Mechelen-Turnhout en de kieskring Antwerpen.
Geschiedenis
Lijst van burgemeesters
Legislatuur 2012 - 2018
Het kartel sp.a-Groen!-VLD uit de vorige legislatuur werd opengebroken. Open Vld trok naar de kiezer onder de naam 'Dorpslijst Ravels'. Burgemeester is Walter Luyten (CD&V).
Resultaten gemeenteraadsverkiezingen sinds 1976
Het aantal zetels van de gevormde meerderheid wordt in het vet weergegeven. De grootste partij is in kleur.
Cultuur
In de deelgemeente Ravels bevindt zich nabij de Sint-Servaaskerk het gemeenschapscentrum De Wouwer. Hier wordt een verscheidenheid aan optredens georganiseerd en is tevens de gemeentelijke bibliotheek gevestigd.
Evenementen
Jaarmarkt: de Pieren(jaar)markt in het dorpscentrum vindt steeds plaats op de eerste zondag van september.
Loopwedstrijd: op de dag voor de Pierenmarkt wordt de Pierenloop georganiseerd, een loopwedstrijd over verschillende afstanden met aankomst in het centrum. De afstand van de eigenlijke Pierenloop bedroeg in 2012 10 Engelse mijl (=16,1 km). Er zijn ook edities van 5 km en 10 km.
Streekspecialiteit
In Poppel wordt de Poppelse Janhagel vervaardigd.
Jeugdbewegingen
Van de traditionele jeugdverenigingen zijn Scouts en Gidsen, Chiro, KLJ, KAJ en KSJ vertegenwoordigd:
KSA Weelde, aan het Eykantpad
Scouting Ravels, aan de Jachtweg
Chiro Weelde, bij Baetenheide en Chiro Heidebiekens (Poppel), aan de Krommendijk
KLJ Ravels-Eel, in de Eelstraat en KLJ Poppel, aan de Krommendijk
KAJ Kajotters Poppel, aan de Krommendijk
Hiernaast zijn er ook nog de lokale verenigingen Jeugdhuis De Sjepap (Weelde, Weeldestraat) Jeugdhuis De Kromme (Poppel, Krommendijk) en Quiza's Child Play (Eel, Eelstraat).
Sport
Gemeentelijk sportcentrum
" 't Molenslop " in Weelde biedt plaats aan een sportzaal, een polyvalente ruimte, een vechtsportruimte en twee squashlokalen.
Zwemmen
In 2012 werd het volledig vernieuwde gemeentelijk zwembad te Weelde geopend. De bodemhoogte kan worden afgesteld in functie van de leeftijdscategorieën.
Voetbal
In Ravels zijn er drie voetbalploegen aangesloten bij de KBVB. Deze zijn:
KFC Flandria Ravels aan de Raaftuinweg, met 4 terreinen
KSK Weelde aan de Laar, met 3 terreinen
KFC Poppel aan de Steenweg op Baarle, met 3 terreinen
Na afloop van de gewone competities meten deze zich per leeftijdsafdeling met elkaar in de Beker van Ravels.
Tennis
De tennisclub RWP (Ravels Weelde Poppel) beschikt over 8 gravelterreinen en is gelegen in de deelgemeente Ravels nabij de terreinen van KFC Flandria.
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You can visit the Virtual Hallucinations website to learn more about how to view them yourself (requires Second Life software and a Second Life account, address: secondlife://sedig/26/45/). | 2007
It's one thing to be told that schizophrenia often involves a person who hears or sees things that aren't there. It's another to 'experience' it yourself, via Second Life. (Although I'm not sure I'd call it 'experiencing' something by watching it on a screen, but I digress.) But a press release that came across our desk the other day did make it seem like this has some potential to help people with understanding a component of schizophrenia.
A University of California-Davis professor of psychiatry has helped develop an Internet-based virtual reality (VR) environment that simulates the hallucinations of people with schizophrenia. The vast majority of individuals who have toured the environment self-reported that it improved their understanding of the auditory and visual hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia.
"Using traditional educational methods, instructors have difficulty teaching about the internal phenomena of mental illnesses, such as hallucinations," said Peter Yellowlees, professor of psychiatry and director of Academic Information Systems at UC Davis Health System.
Developed by Yellowlees and colleagues in the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, the virtual reality system is being used as a teaching tool at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Yellowlees and his team created the virtual environment to replicate the experiences and world of a schizophrenia patient to provide medical students with a better understanding of this mental illness.
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects 1 percent of the population. Most people with schizophrenia experience auditory hallucinations, particularly hearing voices, and about one-fourth of those with the disorder experience visual hallucinations.
The researchers took photographs of an inpatient ward and hospital furnishings at UC Davis Medical Center to create their virtual setting. The team constructed simulations of auditory and visual hallucinations based on recorded audio samples and digital images described in interviews with schizophrenia patients. The researchers inserted the hallucinations as individual objects that would appear automatically throughout the ward, triggered by the presence of an avatar, an electronic image represented and manipulated by a computer user.
The hallucinations in the virtual environment included:
Multiple voices, occasionally overlapping, criticizing the user
A poster that would change its text to obscenities
A newspaper in which the word "death" would stand out in a headline
A floor that would fall away, leaving the user walking on stepping stones above a bank of clouds
Books on bookshelves with titles related to fascism
A television that would play a political speech, but then criticize the user and encourage suicide
A gun that would appear under a cone of light and pulse, with associated voices telling the user to take the gun and commit suicide
A mirror in which a person's reflection would appear to die, becoming gaunt with bleeding eyes
Over a two-month period, the virtual psychosis environment was toured 836 times and received 579 valid survey responses. Large majorities of the responders said the tour improved their understanding of auditory hallucinations (76 percent), visual hallucinations (69 percent) and schizophrenia (73 percent). Eighty-two percent said they would recommend the tour to others.
One user said, "That tour was amazing. I didn't think it would affect me, but about halfway through, I wanted to shout, 'Stop it!'"
Another user said, "My first husband was schizophrenic. I have experienced visual hallucinations and they are disturbing enough."
Yelllowlees and his colleagues acknowledged some important limitations of their pilot project, including their survey population not being a representative sample of the general population. Also, because users did not take a pre-test, the researchers cannot prove that participants improved their knowledge. Lastly, because the virtual environment focuses only on hallucinations, it may give inappropriate weight to these symptoms, rather than a fuller view including other symptoms such as delusions, and disordered speech and behavior.
However, despite those limitations, Yellowlees and his team believe their approach is promising. They plan to perform a more formal evaluation of its effectiveness in teaching students about psychotic experiences as compared to traditional teaching approaches. In addition, they intend to use the virtual environment to | 832 |
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The EA Games culture is something that has been a part of the gaming world for several years. It is an area that cover many different genres, and many different types of games as well. These days you can find many new ways to play these games, and they have also become very popular because of how they have evolved.
For example, games like Madden NFL Football and other sports based games are becoming very popular. Sports such as football and baseball are becoming more popular and it has become a fun way to get people together to enjoy their favorite sport. You also have the option of having friends with similar interests come and play these games together.
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The gaming industry has developed so much that it is now making money off of these games. They have become so popular that not only are companies looking for new ways to keep up with technology, but they are also looking for new ways to market their existing products. This is a good sign because it shows that the gaming culture is one that is always going to be around for quite some time to come.
Many people spend their time playing games just for enjoyment. They don't really think about the possibilities of developing a business out of it. It makes sense to take a look at this gaming culture and see what it has to offer. It may not be what you were expecting, but you will be surprised how much it can be.
There is plenty of money being made off of this gaming culture, and it allows people to create things and events that people can use in their everyday lives. These are some of the things that people look forward to, and it allows them to have a lot of fun doing them. There is no better way to spend your free time than with your family or friends.
If you have been wondering what all the fuss is about with the game's culture, it is easy to see why so many people look forward to this activity. It can be one of the most exciting ways to spend a few hours.
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If you're in the crowd, waiting for a Matchbox 20 and Counting Crows concert to start, you need to do two things. One, soak in all the sights, sounds, and smells. You're about to see two of the best bands in the world. You'll want to remember everything.
Two, you need to lower your expectations. Not because Matchbox Twenty is bad in concert—they're a great live band—it's because their concerts are no frills. Don't expect theatrics, backup dancers, or elaborate sets.
Matchbox Twenty is a pop/rock/alternative band that rifles through its setlist with aplomb. It's one great song after another. M20 is so good that their 90-minute set will feel like nine minutes.
Counting Crows is also a stellar live band. They bring energy every night and always put on a terrific show.
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Sunderland RCA FC started life as Ryhope Youth Club. Its first season was in the Seaham and District League in 1963. The first game was against Seaham UDC at the Seaham CW ground, now home to Seaham Red Star, and it was a 3 - 3 draw. The first seeds had been sown three years earlier, in 1960, when the Ryhope Youth Club Centre opened in the Welfare Hall.
In 1965 the club moved to the Colliery Welfare ground and in 1971 changed its name to Ryhope Community Association. Competing in the Seaham, then Houghton and District Leagues, the club enjoyed success with eight cup wins and four league titles.
Rejected by the Wearside League because a Ryhope team already played in it, the club folded after the 1975-75 season. Re-formed three years later, the club joined the Northern Alliance in 1978 and won the League Challenge Cup at St James Park in Newcastle, in only their third season. Ryhope CA were also league runners up that year, even though they were reduced to playing on a school field.
After some persuasion, the ambitious club convinced the council to lease then some derelict land - Meadow Park was underway. Financial help was obtained from Sunderland and Tyne and Wear Councils and the Sports Council to build a football ground. The club members and community joined together to carry out the building work, resulting in the enclosed ground where football games are played and enjoyed today.
In 1982 the club was a founder member of the Northern League Second Division, achieving promotion as runner up in the 1983-84 season. Despite a league placing of tenth the next season, survival proved difficult and the club was relegated in 1988.
In 1999 a new era commenced with the amalgamation with Kennek Roker of the Wearside League to form Ken<|fim_middle|>ixon9.co.uk – about Joe's playing days with RCA and other Sunderland and east Durham clubs.
‹ Club badge - white background up Club information for programme editors › | nek Ryhope Community Association. The seasons from 2003 onwards were tough, but for the season 2006-07, the club joined forces with Springboard Sunderland and a new era as Sunderland RCA FC began.
Progress continues to be made both on and off the pitch and after finishing fourth in the previous two seasons Sunderland RCA FC were promoted as runners-up to Stokesley FC in season 2009-10 - a great achievement. Our first season back in Division 1 started badly, but we picked ourselves up, had a purple patch and finished the season in 13th place.
Progress continued in the following season when we achieved our highest finish in the league (4th) under the management of Neil Hixon. The following season saw us almost relegated and we only retained first division status after a vote at the AGM went in our favour. The introduction of Martin Swales as manager brought a renewed belief to the club and the 2015 - 16 season saw a great FA Vase run where we reached the 5th round proper before being beaten by Bristol Manor Farm. This was followed by a similar run in the 2016-17 season, exiting in the 5th round against Newport Pagnell. In the 2017-18 season the club equalled its highest Northern League placing, finishing fourth after a sensational late season surge, when the side played highly entertaining and incisive attacking football.
The club is very grateful to Joe Dixon for providing information about the early years of Sunderland RCA. Joe played for what was then Ryhope Youth Club and subsequently Ryhope Community Association from its first match in 1963 through to the 1978-79 season. Joe has turned from goal scorer to historian and a wealth of detail can be found on his web site – http://www.joed | 392 |
Lighting plays an important role inside the home, because it takes light to the dark spaces and still manages to create a special atmosphere. Each environment deserves a specific type that meets the different needs and that is why the lighting design must be thought carefully. Westwing Magazine has separated 8 ways to light the house in the best way.
The level lighting system involves a set of lamps placed at different heights.The combination of ceiling, wall and floor models makes it possible to adjust the light level according to the needs of the environment.
In wide environments the spots act as a guide that delimits each space, giving prominence<|fim_middle|> lights are used to enhance objects of art and special decorations.
A chandelier is not only a symbol of luxury, but also a piece capable of reflecting the illumination within an environment.Refracting each ray of light in its stones, the object can spread a brilliant effect, leaving the room much more elegant. And you can get more from Hawthornereviews.Com.
Can it be kept in the same room light enough for a reading and take enough to relax?Yes!This is possible using the dimmer , a lighting power control. With it is possible to create the desired atmosphere by adjusting the intensity of light according to needs and preferences.
When a space is small the choice of furniture becomes limited, but the correct lighting can help cause the feeling of amplitude.The first rule for this type of location is not to use large luminaires;The second is to bet on a capricious illumination in the ceiling, because the reflected light causes the optical effect of expansion.
In recent years, LED lighting has become a trend in the interiors.There are many possibilities of use and this has made it more and more used, either to decorate or to illuminate.The tip for anyone wishing to bet on the LED is to put it in dark hallways or inside the furniture to create a different effect.
illumination General lighting is not always enough for an environment.This is where direct lights come on the scene and help spaces that need precision in tasks such as the kitchen and the office.This combination of general and direct points creates a pleasant and comfortable climate for the eyes.
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In today's society, the predominant way of thinking is, "I'm the customer, I'm the consumer, I paid for this service, therefor I deserve to get what I paid for." And this is absolutely right. But, even though today's version of martial arts can be viewed as a service business, it truly isn't.
Originally, Kung Fu was taught one-on-one, from father to son, from teacher to student, in a very personal manner. You couldn't pay for your training; there was no monetary value that could be placed on the knowledge that was being passed down to you. Students of not that long ago supported their teacher by working for him, either outside of the school, or inside the school by helping him teach students. The expectation of "I have to receive what I paid for," didn't exist. Everyone understood the meaning of Kung Fu, which is, in short, hard work.
When a student came to the master wanting to learn Kung Fu, there was no guarantee that you were going to come<|fim_middle|> pay, but not with money. You pay for your training by honoring the knowledge that is passed down to you and working on it, then passing it on to others. The satisfaction that you will derive is the satisfaction you will get from your relationship with your teacher and from your own hard work. This satisfaction is not "guaranteed," but requires constant "payment" of time and effort. If you consistently do this work, your training will "pay you back" for the rest of your life.
Newer PostWhat Is Perfect, Anyway? | away with anything. There was no guarantee that the master would even teach you. No one had an expectation about what they would come away with, or if they would come away with anything at all.
Many people today think that because they're coming to a martial art business, that they are owed something for their dollar. It's true that you've paid for the instructor's time, but this is no guarantee that you'll come away with what you thought you would get. As long as you have a good teacher, it's really up to you what you get out of your training. This is why satisfaction is not guaranteed; no teacher, no matter how good, can guarantee any particular outcome for the student.
Therefor, the mindset of the student has to be different. You can't apply the western mindset of, "I bought it, it's mine." Kung Fu doesn't work that way. The nature of Kung Fu cannot be quantified in a dollar amount. The knowledge that's passed on to you by your teacher is priceless. Even if you pay X amount for a particular item, that doesn't equate itself to the skill level you're going to receive. That's up to the individual student and how hard you work, how much time you put in, as well as your innate capability.
The knowledge that you receive from your instructors is not only priceless but will resonate with you for the rest of your life. If that's the case, how do you continue paying for this? You may have paid a "one-time fee" to learn X, Y or Z, but your Sifu keeps paying into you. It's not like buying a chocolate bar. You buy the candy and eat it; that's the end of the transaction. Burt Kung Fu is a never-ending gift continually given to you by your teacher. How do you "pay" for this? You have to take care of your teacher.
People ask me if I still take lessons. Yes, I train with my teacher all the time. Even if I just go to visit him for a cup of coffee and a conversation, I still take him a red envelope. Why? It has nothing to do with, "I paid money, therefor I'm owed." You do | 459 |
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Gartner on the rebirth of outsourcing
by Ben Rossi 27 June 2014
The outsourcing market, like many others, is undergoing rapid change due to the arrival of 'digital business.' This type of business is about capitalising on the new opportunities that are constantly arising in a world where the lines between physical and digital, between people, businesses and things, are increasingly blurred.
At the centre of this change is the 'Internet of Things.' Gartner estimates that, by 2020, there will be at least 26 billion connected 'things' — excluding PCs, tablets and smartphones — all communicating, transacting and even negotiating with one another. That's well over three times as many people as are alive today. As the number of connected things continues to grow, information is flowing faster than ever before, and new disruptive ways to do business are quickly emerging.
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Traditional market leaders are losing their margins to companies that a few years ago they would never have expected to compete with. The evidence for this is widespread and obvious: a brand most famous for its search engine is pioneering the concept of the driverless car; a shoe manufacturer now sells the leading brand of electronic fitness gadgetry; and a leading producer of eyeglasses is preparing its production lines for mass manufacture of e-glasses.
But this is just the beginning of the world's digitalisation. This process will accelerate with the growth of the Internet of Things, as more and more of the analogue world becomes 'instrumented' and begins to provide data that can be analysed to find new opportunities to profit from products and services.
As the world becomes digitalised and the speed of business increases, the way businesses source products and services must evolve to keep pace. To take full advantage of the opportunities presented by digital business, and to manage the threats, it is vital that organisations are agile and able to respond quickly to changing demands and circumstances.
A truly digital business understands that IT not only runs the back office, but now also has a place in the front office, where it plays a key role in introducing new products and services to meet rapidly changing demand, in marketing, and in enabling deep levels of engagement with customers. In a digital world, IT that is built only to last can quickly become a<|fim_middle|> reborn, as adaptive sourcing. This demands that organisations have an outsourcing strategy with distinct layers that operate at the pace of the business outcomes they facilitate. This strategy must be as flexible as is needed. It must involve more integration of third-party applications and services with internal systems, as well as greater collaboration with stakeholders inside and outside the organisation.
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Gartner recommends approaching this challenge with a 'pace-layered' model of adaptive sourcing. Pace-layering sees different IT functions operate at different speeds, with organisations treating the different functions as different layers within a sourcing strategy.
To enable a pace-layered approach, many companies create a 'bi-modal' IT organisation within their business. This means that one part of the IT organisation focuses on the more traditional 'built to last' aspects of IT — things like ERP systems, data centres, operations and telecommunications. The other part pursues digital initiatives, such as product development and marketing, at the rapid pace these consumer- and market-facing activities require to adapt to external demands and threats.
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One obvious implication of IT's assumption of a more holistic role in the business is that IT sourcing will increase. The nature of IT sourcing will change, with contract value for megavendors stagnating or growing only slowly. At the same time, there will be faster growth for smaller, more agile IT suppliers that can respond to the rapid, specialised requirements of clients, and that can scale solutions more quickly by exploiting the growing forces of cloud computing and mobility.
IT outsourcing is undergoing a metamorphosis to support the new demands placed on CIOs by the increasingly technology-aware executives that run modern businesses. As a result, a new breed of CIO is required, one open to adopting innovative, cloud-based technologies and to integrating them with internal systems.
This new CIO must act almost as a broker of technology, advising different business units on the external options available to them, and helping to integrate and run them. It's becoming clear that if the CIO does not meet the technology needs of a particular business unit within an organisation, members of that unit will simply ignore him or her and source the technology themselves, since, in the age of cloud computing and mobile devices, this can be quicker than waiting in a long queue of IT requests. If the CIO does not foster a fast-paced approach to IT sourcing, alongside more traditional IT sourcing, the business will simply get what it wants elsewhere. And if that happens, the role and importance of the CIO will diminish.
It's therefore a 'make or break' time for CIOs and sourcing leaders. Digital business presents a huge opportunity for the IT organisation to reinvent itself as a driver of growth and innovation. At the same time, it poses a serious threat, as it's easier than ever for non-technical people to source highly technical solutions, and for control of technology to become fragmented and disorganised as a result.
A simple example of this kind of 'shadow IT' arises if a CIO is slow to introduce, or entirely fails to implement, some form of cloud storage that enables access to files and work resources from mobile devices; if that happens, employees will simply subscribe to a service like Dropbox or Google Drive. The result is that sensitive corporate information will enter a domain over which the business has no control. Disclosure of this information could harm both the brand and the business.
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Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Keating is killed, Billy seeks revenge on the men who killed him, even if it means opposing his friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.
The cast includes: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney Jr., Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Henry O'Neill, Guinn Williams, Cy Kendall, Ted Adams, Frank Conlan, Frank Puglia, Joe Yule, Ethel Griffies, Chill Wills, Olive Blakeney, Connie Gilchrist, Ray Teal, Grant Withers, Mitchell Lewis, Dick Curtis, Earl Gunn, Eddie Dunn, Carl Pitti, Kermit Maynard, Ed Brady, George Chesebro, Ruth Pickard Colwell, Mario Costa, Jules Cowles, Frank Hagney, Lew Harvey, Arthur Housman, Jack King, Priscilla Lawson, Tom London, Buck Mack, Monte Montague, Obed 'Bubb' Pickard Jr., James Pickard, Leila May Pickard, Ben Pitti, John Raitt, Ann Pickard Rhea, Harry Tenbrook, Slim Whitaker, Wesley White
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Scandinavian company Hem pops up in SoHo
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By Katy B. Olson
Stockholm-based design brand Hem, known for its collabs with the likes of Max Lamb, Luca Nichetto, and Philippe Malouin, is in SoHo in New York until the end of November.
Hai armchair and ottoman, by Luca Nichetto at Hem
The shop is stocked with an array of the brand's 2017/18 collection of furniture, lighting and accessories—including a series of handwoven 100 percent Woolmark-certified material and sustainably produced carpets, and the armchair and ottoman Hai, designed by Nichetto.
"The NYC Pop-Up marks an exciting step for the brand," says Petrus Palmér, Hem CEO and founder. "Hem was founded with the aim of democratizing quality design, and we are thrilled to highlight our brand's mission and products to the creative New York community with a physical retail space in the design-centered neighborhood of SoHo. Our goods have long been available throughout the U.S. via our e-commerce platform, through which we've grown a committed following in America—the pop-up will allow existing customers and potential clients to get a firsthand look at our offerings."
Hem (which<|fim_middle|>) also recently launched a trade program: Hem Pro, a digital resource and platform that offers discounted trade pricing. Right now, the site's trade members number 500-plus in New York; designers are eligible for discounts in-store.
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The Hem pop-up is located at 325 West Broadway and will be open until November 26.
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Re-e<|fim_middle|> Sometimes changes are recommended by veterinarians. Some new ideas come to us by way of Facebook or Blog followers. Other adaptations, like today's change, seem to come from the horses themselves. If we listen.
Wow! And just now, as I type while the sun reemerges after hours of rain………Blondie, Emily and Nellie cantered a big circle around their pasture, feeling quite fine…… and then comes Lindy, trotting behind. Not far, not fast, but an even, relaxed trot. Awesome. | valuate. One of TREES' cardinal rules. Nothing is written in stone. What worked last year may not be appropriate this year. What works this summer may not be necessary next spring.
When Lindy first arrived at Traveller's Rest, her history included "an old shoulder injury." No more detail than that – no clues telling us what type of injury, when the injury occurred or how it was treated or managed. We could tell by the asymmetry of her front feet that she carried more of her weight on one side, keeping as much load as possible off of the other but had no additional information.
At rest or while grazing, Lindy appeared to be pain free but when moving at any gait faster than a walk, she was noticeably uncomfortable. Most problematic was asking her to stand for hoof trimming. Even though she is an extremely kind and willing mare, it was impossible for her to balance her weight on her "bad" foreleg while the other was lifted for trimming.
We added Previcox (COX II inhibitor anti-inflammatory drug) to Lindy's daily routine. At about the same time, reluctantly, we began using sedation on Lindy's trim days. The first time we tried dormosedan gel (sedative/painkiller often used in "standing procedures" on horses,) using the dose listed on the label for horses her size, Lindy still struggled to stand on the affected leg. During the rest of the trim, however, she seemed so deeply sedated that she was almost sitting on Ernie, her farrier. For each subsequent trim, the dose was reduced. Even so, by the third trim using sedation, Lindy stood quietly, but was still leaning on Ernie for support.
Today, Lindy's scheduled pedicure day, as I picked up the tube of dormosedan gel, I hesitated. Something told me to put the box back on the shelf. I did. When Ernie arrived, I let him know we were going to try trimming Lindy with no sedation this time.
The little mare was perfect. No anxiety. No apparent discomfort. No fidgeting. Perfect. Maybe her shoulder just needed more time to heal. Maybe the healing was due to a change in pasture mates. None of the other mares with her do anything to cause anxiety or sudden defensive movements. Maybe it's the Previcox keeping her comfortable. The next step, I think, will be to attempt to wean her from the drug and see what happens. Perhaps she no longer needs it.
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Forward Networks, a startup founded by some of the Ph.D. students from OpenFlow's earliest days, has raised $11.1 million in funding.
The deal was disclosed in an SEC filing Wednesday. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, according to a report in VentureBeat.<|fim_middle|>.
In any event, the team's background, experience, and connections make Forward worth watching. | Other participants included SV Angel, A Capital, and some networking "luminaries." I would guess Nick McKeown is among them.
That's because Forward, based in Los Altos, Calif., was founded last year by members of the team that worked under McKeown's guidance. McKeown, Scott Shenker of the University of California at Berkeley, and Martin Casado, now a senior vice president at VMware, helped kick-start OpenFlow and, with it, the software-defined networking (SDN) craze that we're riding today.
So, the Forward founders are people who worked on OpenFlow before it was called "OpenFlow." Among them is David Erickson, who wrote Beacon, the open source OpenFlow controller that's at the heart of Big Switch Networks' Floodlight and is credited as an inspiration for the OpenDaylight Project.
Erickson is now Forward's CEO. He's come a long way since we interviewed him in 2012.
Another founder is Brandon Heller, whose projects at Stanford included Mininet, a laptop-based network emulator.
Forward hasn't said what it's working on yet, other than to mumble about the application of computer science principles to networking. That's a pretty common theme these days and is helping push networking's DevOps movement | 264 |
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Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan
McMorran Fights for his home
The demolition of the McMorran mansion on Military Street has left a stain on the Port Huron community. 50 years later the topic is still discussed. The vacant lot serves as a shrine of our mourning. Make no mistake about it, we are not the only ones who cared about the passing of this architectural masterpiece of the past. Henry McMorran cared greatly about the aesthetics of his residence and its upkeep too. In fact, on his death in July of 1929, there was work being done on the home. His final estate expenses included payment to W.J. Scott, contractor and builder, for general labor and parts and to J.A. Davison Co. for gallons of paint the colors of mahogany, red, dark slate and moss green.
I will admit I love to read discussion posts about the injustice of it all. In the beginning of my research on McMorran, I concentrated heavily on finding proof of that injustice. But over time, I took a step back and shifted my focus away from the physical aspects of the house and its demise. Instead, I found myself engrossed in uncovering Henry McMorran's passion for those he loved and the valuable principals he believed in and stood by. Like most people, he was complex in nature. He could be ruthless in business, yet be lovable and kind to his family and friends. When he believed in something he saw it through no matter the obstacle. I found myself beginning to connect to him on a personal level, and the question of why the house was demolished was replaced with wondering more about his life experiences and his personal connection to his home. While it is true a home can serve as tangible proof of existence, it is also a showcase of life. It is a personal space and reprieve from the world. The place where intimate bonds are created with loved ones, and we let down our hair. By sharing this story, it is my hope to give you a more intimate look inside his life instead of letting the demolition of his house or its contents dictate the narrative of his legacy.
Port Huron History
Like most things in Port Huron history, this story will start with one person, expand, and stretch out to include other people, eventually circling back to Henry McMorran. One thing I can tell you about my research on the history of the Port Huron area is that no one person, event, or thing ever stands alone. What starts out as one person's experience eventually correlates to another person and before you know it you are researching five or six people or the whole town for that matter. I believe this reflects how small town living intricately links it citizens. With their lives so interwoven across time, the exploration of the area and its people make for a unique research experience.
Walk-in-the-Water
John Howard was an early pioneer in the Michigan Territory. He came from Conneanut, Ashtabula County, Ohio to Detroit in 1821 aboard the small schooner, Walk in the Water. This vessel is vividly recalled by many pioneers and historians of the Detroit area as being the first small schooner to travel the Lakes beginning in 1818.
Walk-in-the-Water – 1895 pen-and-ink drawing by S.W. Stanton, based on an unidentified earlier image. Source: Wikipedia, Walk-in-the-Water
In a memorial to the Buffalo Historical Society in 1865, Mary A. Witherell Palmer described the vessel:
The first steamboat built on the upper lakes was named the Walk-in-the Water, not only for its appropriateness, but for a chief of the Wyandot Indians, who lived with his band about 12 miles below Detroit, on the margin of the Detroit River. His Indian name was Mier and signified a turtle and his totem or signature was the figure of a turtle.
The boat was built at Black Rock, which place continued for some time to be her most eastern port and the terminus of her route, Buffalo at that time having no pier or dock to accommodate her. She was hauled up the rapids by 16 yoke of oxen, aided by the power of her engine. She made her trial trip in August, 1818. I was a passenger on her first regular trip as well as her last. She left Buffalo on her first regular trip, Wednesday morning, Sept. 1, 1818. She carried at that time considerable freight and a large number of passengers, among them were the Earl of Selkirk, Lady Selkirk, and two children, Col. Dixon, the British Indian agent for the Northwest; Col. John Anderson, United States Engineers, his wife, and wife's sister, Miss Taylor; Col. Levenworth, U.S.A., wife and daughter; Col. Joseph Watson of Washington City, and Maj. Abraham Edwards. She reached Detroit about 9 o'clock Sunday morning, Sept. 5, and as she ushered in a new era in the navigation of the upper lakes, her arrival was hailed with delight and announced by the firing of one gun, which custom was continued for many years. Capt. Job Fish, I think, was her commander at that time.
It so happened that on my return from New York with my husband, Mr. Thomas Palmer, and his sister, now Mrs. Catherine Hinchman of Detroit, we arrived in Buffalo just in time to take passage on her last trip. She lay at the pier on the middle ground. We went on board in a yawl. The Walk-in-the-Water immediately got under way at 4 o'clock p.m., the last day of October, 1821, and steamed up the lake. Before we reached Point Abino the wind came on to blow a gale. Captain Rogers, her commander at that time, made every effort to get behind the Point, but the wind was too strong ahead. It rained incessantly, the night was very dark, and to add to the danger of the situation, the boat began to leak badly. About 8 o'clock the captain, finding it impossible to proceed, put about and steered for Buffalo.
The sailing master (Miller) proposed running the boat into the river and anchoring, but the captain said it was so dark that she might strike the pier in the attempt, and in such case no human power could save a soul on board. The boat was run within a few miles of the pier, as the captain supposed, no light from the lighthouse being visible, although as we afterwards learned it had been kept brightly burning. Three anchors were dropped, one with chain, and two with hempen cables. The boat plunged heavily at her anchorage. This, I think, was about 10 o'clock in the evening. The leak continued to increase. The whole power of the engine was applied to the pumps. The boat dragged her anchors.
That night was one of terrible suspense. It was the impression of the greater number of those on board that we should never see the morning. The water gained gradually, despite every exertion, and it became evident as the night wore on, that the boat must founder or be run on shore, which the captain concluded, either from the sound of the breakers or from calculation of distances and courses, could not be far off.
Most of the passengers were calm. One instance of coolness I remember, a Mr. Thurston, when requested to go on deck and prepare for the worst, replied: "No, I have great faith in Captain Rogers. He promised to land me in Cleveland, and I know that he will do it." He wrapt his cloak around him and lay down on a settee.
About half past four o'clock in the morning the captain sent down for all the passengers to come on deck. He had decided, although ignorant of the exact location, to permit the boat to go on shore. We could see no lights. The chain cable was slipped, and the two hempen ones cut. Drifting before the gale, the Walk-in-the-Water in about a half an hour, grazed the beach. The next swell let her down with a crash of crockery and glass, and the third lifting her father up the shore, fixed her immovably in the sand. The swells made a clean breach over the decks. Some of the ladies were in their nightclothes and all were repeatedly drenched.
When daylight came, a sailor succeeded in getting ashore in a small boat with one end of a hawser, which he tied to a tree, the other end being tied on board. By the aid of the hawser all the passengers were taken ashore in the small boat. I was handed down by the captain to a sailor in the small boat, who placed me on a seat. My husband was not so fortunate. A swell carried the yawl ahead just as he jumped and we went into the water about the lighthouse in dismal plight, but thankful for the preservation of our lives. In company with a Mr. Cahoon (Calhoun), who was engineer of the steamer, I ran to the lighthouse. After the lapse of so long a time, it seems to me that I almost flew along the beach, my exhilaration was so great.
The lighthouse-keeper, anticipating wrecks or disasters (I think signal guns had been fired during the night on board the Walk-in-the-Water), had a roaring fire in his huge fireplace, by which we remained until carriages came down for us from Buffalo. The citizens had supposed it impossible that the boat could live through the night, and when at break of day she was descried upon the beach, their efforts were directed to the care of the passengers and crew. All that could be done for our comfort was done. We were taken to the Landon House, a two-story frame building, then the principal hotel in Buffalo. It stood on the brow of the hill as we went up town from the creek.
We returned to Detroit by wagon, through Canada, a trip occupying two weeks. The day after we got back to Buffalo, Capt. Rogers called upon me, and, in the course of conversation, told me that his assurance to us of safety during the storm, were anything but heartfelt; that during the gale he had secured the boat's papers on his person, thinking that should the boat and he be lost his body would be washed ashore and they would be recovered.
Among the passengers now remembered, were Major Jed Hunt, Lieut. McKenzie, U.S.A., John Hale, then a merchant of Canadaigua, afterwards a merchant of Detroit, Jason Thurston of Michigan, Rev. Mr. Hart, a missionary of Michigan and wife, John S. Hudson and wife, and a Miss Osborn, who were on their way to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, to establish a mission for the Indians; Mr. and Mrs. Latimer, Mr. Palmer, myself and Mrs. Palmer's sister, now Mrs. Catherine Hinchman of Detroit.
A young gentleman of Buffalo, named J.D. Mathies, went down to the beach where the wreck lay, and being an amateur artist, took sketches of it in two different positions, painted them and sent them to me at Detroit. They are now deposited among the archives of the Michigan Historical Society.
The deck of the Walk-in-the-Water was like those of sailing vessels of the present day. The cabins were beneath the main deck, the afterpart partitioned off for ladies; the rest was devoted to gentlemen and answered for a lodging, dining and baggage room. The mast down through the gentleman's cabin, and that part in the cabin was set in octagon with small mirrors.
In visiting the wreck a few days after the disaster, I remember that as it lay broadside on, I could almost walk around it dry shod, the sand had been deposited around it to such an extent. The oakum had worked out of the seams in the deck for yards, and the panel work had become disjointed in many places.
Walk-in-the-Water Wreck – Buffalo Lighthouse; Source: National Parks Service
John Howard portrait; Source: Jenks, 1912
After arriving In Detroit, John ran a grocery business. It was in the exchange of business where he met his future wife, Miss Nancy Hubbard. Nancy was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of Jonathan Hubbard. Her family moved to Detroit in 1811 when she was only six years old. Growing up, Nancy lived doors away from General Hull. She experienced firsthand his surrender of Detroit and the War of 1812. Nancy has written accounts of her early childhood which can be found in the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Collections. John and Nancy married in 1825.
In the early 1830s, Detroit experienced a cholera outbreak. Death from the disease forced people to migrate from the city. John and Nancy were among those who left Detroit. They packed up and moved upriver to the Port Huron area. They settled just north of the city and John opened a hotel business. This hotel would later be known as the Thompson House. John went into the lumber business, partnering at various times with other notable pioneers Cummings Sanborn, Jacob Batchelor and John L. Beebe.
Henry Howard; Source: Wikipedia, Henry Howard (Michigan)
Eventually, John would settle into the lumber business with his son, Henry Howard, as Howard & Son. Their mill was located on the north side of the Black River. In 1877, Henry would retire leaving his son to continue the business.
Henry Howard Lumber Company, date unknown; Source: The Port Huron TImes Herald (1941)
Map of Black River Area and H. Howard Saw Mill (northside of the mouth), 1889. Source: Report of the Secretary of War
John Howard accrued a considerable tract of land located around the Military Street area where he made his home with his family. His neighbors being, Anson E. Chadwick better known as A.E. Chadwick, F.H. Vanderburg, Geo P. Voorheis, and James Beard. Being acquainted in politics and business with Henry McMorran, John sold him five acres of his land in 1879. The sale was documented in The Port Huron Daily Times on October 20, 1879, "Mr. Henry McMorran has purchased of Mr. John Howard five acres of land on Military Street, just north of Mr. A.E. Chadwick's place and will build an elegant residence thereon."
City of Port Huron, Michigan – First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Wards Map, p. 41; Source: 1876 Atlas of St. Clair County
It has been written James O'Sullivan was contracted to build the McMorran home and that it was modeled after the Mark Hopkins home in St. Clair, which was built in 1880. Both statements are conceivably true, as Henry had an established relationship with both men, one of a professional nature and the other a family connection.
The McMorran Mansion, Port Huron, Michigan, date unknown. Source: Photo's of Port Huron Past Facebook Group
The Mark and Orrin Hopkins Homes, St. Clair, Michigan, date unknown. Source: St. Clair Historical Museum & Research Center
James O'Sullivan
James O'Sullivan was a carpenter by trade who came to Port Huron from Canada. James and Henry began a working relationship around 1876, when Henry employed him to build his Farmers Elevator on the corner of Water and Third Street. Subsequently, James would build Henry's home on Military Street, the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad Depot, and remodel McMorran & Co in 1882. James O'Sullivan is also known for completing the woodwork construction on the Port Huron & Northwestern Railway Iron Bridge across Black River.
James O'Sullivan, date unknown. Source: Find A Grave
In 1894, when James was elected Mayor of the City of Port Huron, the following Port Huron Daily Times article highlighted the early existence of the McMorran and O'Sullivan connection:
"Many years ago, a young Irishman left his home in Canada and took up his residence in the States. He learned the carpenter's trade and knocked around the country for some time. He found his way to Port Huron nearly a quarter of a century ago. One day it was announced that Henry McMorran was going to build an elevator.
The young Irishman secured the contract to build the elevator and did his work well. By figuring closely he made $1,700 on the job. It was the only money of any consequence he had ever made and he was well pleased with his first venture.
One day, the young man went to Mr. McMorran and said that he had just received word from Canada that his father's home was to be sold because he could not meet a $1,100 mortgage. He asked Mr. McMorran advice in the matter, but the gentleman refused to advise him and told him to decide for himself.
The next morning the young carpenter went to the bank, drew out his money and took the first train to Canada. He found the man who held the mortgage against the old home, paid it and took the discharge to his father's house and placed it under the old gentleman's dinner plate. It was a great and agreeable surprise to the father and a generous act of the son.
The young man returned to Port Huron, built more elevators, and has prospered ever since. The father has recently come to spend his declining years with his son, who is now Mayor of the City of Port Huron."
Construction and the Military Street Neighborhood
Although the exact timing of when McMorran's home was constructed or how long it took to construct remains unknown, if you follow the comings and goings of Henry McMorran in the local newspaper from 1879 to 1881 a rough timeline begins to take shape:
February 22, 1879 – "It is rumored that Mr. and Mrs. Henry McMorran will soon go abroad for a stay in Scotland and elsewhere for two months."
February 26, 1879 – "Mr. Henry McMorran and wife left New York city this morning for Scotland by the Cunard line of steamers."
March 19, 1879 – "It is rumored that Henry McMorran will collect a legacy of a hundred thousand dollars to himself and two sisters, Mrs. G.C. Meisel being one, during his absence in Scotland."
March 21, 1879 – "It was just transpired that Henry McMorran's visit to Scotland was to look after a legacy of $100,000 which was left him and his two sisters, by a grandfather. Mrs. G.C. Meisel, of this city is one of the fortunate three."
April 19, 1879 – "Mr. Henry McMorran shows the effects of ocean voyages. He is "thin as a shad."
April 19, 1879 – "Henry McMorran, who has been absent in Scotland during the last two months, has returned and it's said has brought with him a fortune which three of his family fell heir to by the death of an uncle."
October 8, 1879 – "The McMorran building on the corner of Huron Avenue and Butler Street is rapidly approaching completion."
October 20, 1879 – "Mr. Henry McMorran has purchased of Mr. John Howard five acres of land on Military Street, just north of Mr. A.E. Chadwick's place, and will build an elegant residence thereon."
January 7, 1881 – "For Sale – My residence on Huron Avenue with 3 lots, 140 front feet. Terms Easy. H. McMorran."
February 17, 1881 – "To Rent – My house on Huron Avenue. Possession given April 1. H. McMorran (215 22 w)"
March 22, 1881 – "Henry McMorran and family have occupied their new residence on Military Street. It is an elegant house, handsomely finished and furnished throughout and fitted up with all "modern improvements" and conveniences, including electric call bells and burglar alarms, special gas machine and fixtures, etc."
Tracking Henry McMorran in the local newspapers during this time period one can also gain some insight as to how Henry felt about his new home and the active interest he and his neighbors took in their neighborhood as evidenced in the following:
May 14, 1881 – "Preparation for the great sale of short horn cattle next week are being made on the Avery Farm, in the southern part of the city. The sale will no doubt bring to the city a large number of cattle owners and breeders from all parts of the country. Mr. Henry McMorran evidently expected that the law prohibiting animals running at large will be enforced, as he has built no fence in front of his elegant new residence on Military Street. Mr. H.C. Sanborn has also removed the fence from the street front of his residence on Military Street."
August 4, 1881 – "A.E. Chadwick, Henry McMorran and F.H. Vanderburgh are building docks and 'jetties' in front of their places on Military Street."
McMorran boathouse and dock, circa 1960; Source: Photos of Port Huron Past Facebook Group
August 17, 1881 – "I am directed to arrest all persons found trespassing on the grounds of James Beard, F.H. Vanderburgh, Ezra Carleton, Henry McMorran and A.E. Chadwick. James Gain, Chief of Police."
Within the first 10 years of his Military Street purchase, Henry gained a new neighbor, John E. Botsford (as indicated in the 1897 map below) and his wife, Mary (Bristol) Botsford. Henry gladly welcomed the Botsfords into the neighborhood. After all, he and John were first cousins (their mothers were half-sisters), close friends and business acquaintances. Within the next year, McMorran would gain another new neighbor, the Dry Dock Iron Works Company. This new neighbor would not be so welcome.
1897 Map of Port Huron City – South 1; Source: St. Clair County 1897 Atlas
Sanborn Fire Map (1892); Source: Library of Congress
In early January of 1892, the Dry Dock Iron Works Company was burned out. At the time, the business operated downtown where Casey's is located today. The Dry Dock Iron Works Company was a shipbuilding and repair business owned by James and Thomas Fitzgerald, sons of the legendary shipbuilder Edmund Fitzgerald. Jim and Tom were extremely popular among lake mariners, so their business was in high demand and profitable. When it was burned out, there was no time to waste. The brothers had to get back up and running. They were able to do so by mid-January.
In February of 1892, the brothers decided to purchase 200 feet of frontage on the St. Clair River opposite of A.E. Chadwick's homestead property on Military Street. Their intention was to build a machine shop, boiler shop and foundry and move the Dry Dock Iron Works Company to the new location. The property sat in between the property of Henry McMorran and J.E. Botsford. The brothers thought the location would be more advantageous for their customers. They broke ground on the new brick building in March and they purchased an additional 65 feet frontage south of A.E. Chadwick's property.
On July 6, 1892, Henry McMorran and J.E. Botsford sought and received an injunction from the city against the erection of the building and all work was stopped. They claimed the business would ruin their fine $20,000 homes and the residential area with its soot, smoke, and noise.
Judge Samuel W. Vance, date unknown; Source: MyHeritage.com
The matter was presented before Judge Vance on July 9, 1892. The Fitzgerald's hired attorney, A.E. Chadwick, to fight the injunction. The brother explained in open court that they had spent over $30,000 on the locality and could not see why people in the neighborhood had any right to interfere with what was done on their property. A.E. Chadwick was quoted in court as saying, "The Fitzgerald Brothers have perfect right to a machine shop or any other building they see fit on their own property and that Messrs. McMorran and Botsford have no right to object merely because they think it may interfere with their peace, happiness, and health." He further stated, "It is my opinion if the works are built they will not prove a nuisance to the neighborhood. I want to see factories built and believe Port Huron wants more of them."
Anson E. Chadwick (1904); Source: Men of Michigan
McMorran and Botsford hired attorney, O'Brien J. Atkinson, to represent them at the hearing. Atkinson argued, "Property rights must always give way to health. If smoke is allowed to blow over McMorran and Botsford's home, it is trespass." He further argued that the area was residential, and the Fitzgerald brothers assumed the risk of locating their business in a residential area and reminded the court there was a statute in place that allowed the circuit court to step in to prohibit nuisances in a residential neighborhood.
Source: The Port Huron Daily Times, 1901
James Fitzgerald also contended during his testimony at the injunction hearing that he had been threatened by Mrs. Botsford. In his testimony he stated, "Mrs. Botsford offered to give one thousand dollars for the bargain on the property. I told her I did not think it could be bought for that, in fact I knew it couldn't and she told me that unless we accepted her offer, claiming she was making it on her own behalf, that Henry McMorran was Scotch and he would fight to the bitter end, that J.E. Botsford himself was too easy for a fight, but she, his wife, would fight as long as there was any show and ruin us financially and socially and correspond with our customers."
Judge Vance decided to overturn the injunction since it was given by the city and there was no showing of a nuisance in the neighborhood as the buildings were not complete and no business being conducted on the site at that time.
A few days after the injunction hearing, James Fitzgerald was arrested for public intoxication. The arresting officer stated that he arrested Fitzgerald because he had a razor on his person and was threatening to kill everyone with whom he came in contact. His sentence the next morning was a fine of $3.00 or five days in jail. Fitzgerald chose to do the five days.
City Shenanigans
By September of that year, the Fitzgerald Brothers presented a communication to the city council requesting they establish the dock lines on St. Clair River. In this communication, they maintained that Henry McMorran and J.E. Botsford, who were the owners of the property above and below them had made threats to shut them out by building their docks out in the river.
In October the common council met to determine the encroachment on Military Street and a report was submitted by city engineer Rogers covering the portion of the street lying between the south line of land owned by Henry McMorran and the old city limits. In his report Rogers stated:
"Military Street was originally laid out as a military road by the United States Government, and Mr. Edgar White informs me that it was 100 feet wide. Subsequently property owners built fences making the street to vary from 50 feet to 66 feet in width. In 1875, the commissioner's plat of the Petit estate was placed on record making the street 100 feet wide from the railroad bridge to Beard Street, but changing the line somewhat from the old road. In April 1880, a petition was presented to the city council by A.E. Chadwick and others asking that Military Street be widened to 100 feet below the railroad bridge.
I cannot find that the council took any further action on that petition than to refer it to a committee which apparently did not report. However, the street was widened on the west side as far as the angle in front of A.E. Chadwick's residence, at which point an iron gas pipe was driven and witnessed. This land was given gratis, with the exception of the Freeman property, for which, I am told, $300 was paid. On the east side the street was conceded down to A.E. Chadwick's north line, or the land now owned by Fitzgerald Bros. In this widening the line of the old street was also somewhat changed."
Later in the month, an injunction was issued by the city to restrain the Fitzgerald Brothers from building their shops on Military Street on the present line of the street. In the injunction it was claimed that the proposed site encroached onto the street. The Fitzgerald Brothers fought back claiming that if the street is 100 feet wide the property owners on the west side of the street were the ones who are encroaching. This injunction was again presented by McMorran and Botsford.
By December Judge Vance heard the second injunction case. Again, he dissolved the injunction restraining the Fitzgerald Brothers from erecting their machine shop on the river bank. Mr. Vance declared, "I had to dissolve the injunction. The plaintiffs set up a claim, but presented no facts. The city engineer presented an affidavit that the fence was on the proper line and A.E. Chadwick presented an affidavit locating the original surveyor's monument." McMorran and Botsford took the matter to the Courts for clarification. It was determined the Fitzgerald's would build on the line of the front street.
In late December McMorran brought a suit in police court against C.E. Mitchell who was operating a dredge in St. Clair River claiming that Mitchell was dredging in front of his property and doing great damage. The case was heard and during testimony C.E. Mitchell admitted they were dredging St. Clair River in front of the Fitzgerald Brothers dock and in doing so they dredged a few feet in front of Mr. McMorran's property. They claimed there was no damage to his property. Mr. McMorran claimed that because boats were liable to stop in front of his property, the smoke from which would greatly damage his property. The court found for C.E. Mitchell.
The Lawsuit
After failing miserably to stop the building of the Fitzgerald Brothers shop, McMorran & Botsford filed suit in late 1892, claiming public nuisance. During discovery, deposition testimony was leaked to the local newspaper which began to stir the community. It was leaked that every possible effort was made to reduce the noise and jar resulting from the Fitzgerald's business. It was implied that the Fitzgeralds were offered $1,000 more than they had paid for the property. John S. Beach, who was a neighbor of Botsford testified on behalf of the Fitzgerald Brothers and said:
"He found no serious objection to the smoke from the shops. He admitted that for a first class residence section the presence of the shops could be regarded as a detriment, and that the value of the property for that purpose could possibly be figured as having been depreciated by 25 percent, but asserted his belief that the increased valuation of the river front for business purposes far exceeded this depreciation. He claimed that he had made observations of the smoke and noise in the vicinity and believed that no more inconvenience could result to the residences of Messrs. Botsford and McMorran than to that of Mr. Chadwick."
In June of 1893, a commissioner was appointed to hear testimonial evidence in the case before the matter was placed before the circuit judge for final hearing and decision. Testimony before the commissioner was followed closely and circulated in the newspaper.
"June 14, 1893 – In a local way the case of Messrs. J.E. Botsford and Henry McMorran v. the Messrs. Fitzgerald and their Dry Dock Iron Works, has been somewhat famous. The evidence is being taken before a commissioner today. The suit was brought to restrain the Fitzgerald's from continuing their business to the great detriment of residences of the plaintiffs, which are located on Military Street near the point at which the Fitzgerald's established their works nearly two years since. Injunction proceedings some time ago failed to accomplish the end desired in restraining Messrs. Fitzgerald from continuing their business, and the present suit is brought on the plea that the business is a nuisance.
Atkinson & Wolcott are the attorneys for the plaintiffs and A.E. Chadwick for the defendants. Mr. Chadwick also noted to the Fitzgeralds the property for the location of the business. By consent of the parties the evidence has been taken in the office of Atkinson & Wolcott. The claim set up by the plaintiffs is that the business of the dry dock is a nuisance by virtue of the noise of its machinery and also from the soot and smoke resulting from the burning of the necessary fuel. J.E. Botsford and Henry McMorran have testified that the property in the vicinity of the dry dock has been depreciated not less than two-thirds, for residence purposes at least. The claim is also made that the property has been, in deeds heretofore given, reserved for residence purposes, and the suit now in progress will determine the validity of such reservations. Mr. McMorran says that it cost him from $7 to $10 per week for keeping his house clean because of the dirt and soot of the dry dock business.
Frank Beard House, date unknown; Source: Facebook, Chris Troy
Mrs. Agnes Beach and Mrs. Frank Beard have testified to the filthy conditions in which their curtains and woodwork have been kept because of the dirt from the dry dock. Mrs. Mathers and Mrs. Elmer Brown, who have assisted families in the vicinity of the works in keeping their residences in order, have testified as to the unusual dirt which the works have occasioned, and John Jackson, a watchman at W.F. Botford's house, has testified to the smoke and dirt of the works and the noise of the machinery.
The plaintiffs claim to have more than a score of witnesses for the sustaining of their case. On the other hand the defense believes that they will be able to show that the noise and jar of the dry dock's hammer and other machinery is not sufficient to seriously discommode the people in the residences of Messrs. McMorran and Botsford, which are located fully 400 feet distant; that the burning of the two or three tons is not sufficient to create the nuisance claimed, the smoke from the fires being carried 100 feet above the river bank, and the east winds, which would carry the smoke to the residence portion of<|fim_middle|> than for some years; and that the dirt from the work of the construction of the tunnel and passing steamers has been more annoying than that from the shops.
Mrs. Beach, who lives near the Botsford residence, testified to practically the same facts. On the cross examination of the Madames Chadwick, the prosecution's attorney brought out the fact that there was in existence a desire to increase the value of the river front for manufacturing purposes and that in view of this they would be willing to undergo considerable annoyance without complaint. Mrs. Beach on cross examination, admitted that when she first went to live in her present home, she found no inconvenience from smoke and dust, and indeed she regards the section as the cleanest in the city, and the Fitzgerald shops were the first and only business enterprise to locate in that vicinity. Jas. Chambers an employee at the Fitzgerald shops testified to facts heretofore established by the defense regarding the machinery, etc. about the shops. At 2:00 p.m. the examination was adjourned until Saturday morning. It is possible that the defense may complete their evidence on Saturday."
Almost a year after the evidentiary testimony was taken by the commissioner, the case finally came before Judge Eldredge in July of 1894. The evidence taken was referred to "as large a volume as Webster's Dictionary."
Judge Eldredge issued his decree on November 2, 1894. It read:
The Circuit Court for the County of St. Clair in Chancery
At a session of said court held at the court house in the City of Port Huron on the 2nd Day of November in the year one thousand eight-hundred and ninety-four.
Present Honorable James B. Eldredge, Circuit Judge
Henry McMorran and John E. Botsford, Complainants
James H. Fitzgerald, Thomas Fitzgerald and Daniel N. Runnels, Defendants
This cause having come to be heard on the bill of complaint herein together with the amended and supplementary bill and the answer and plea hereto and the replications of the complainants to such answer and the proofs taken in said cause and having been argued by counsel for the respective parties and the court having duly considered the same it is ordered, adjudged and Decreed as follows:
1st The complainants are entitled to so much of the relief prayed for as stated and decreed below.
2nd That the property on which the defendants' shops are now situated including the lands on Military Street from Beard Street down to the Avery farm including the river front acreage has been used for residence purposes for nearly twenty years and that the Avery farm aforesaid has for many years been held for sale for residence purposes only.
3rd That during the time aforesaid the property owners in that vicinity have constructed only residences and their appurtenances for their homes and the neighborhood is a handsome quiet residence section of the City of Port Huron.
4th That the facts aforesaid regarding the residence neighborhood were well known to the defendants before they purchased.
5th That the smoke from the defendants shops and from boats calling there for repairs laden with soot, cinders and disagreeable odors, have penetrated the houses of the complainants rendering them unclean, uncomfortable and unwholesome and that the same with the noise produced in the operation of defendants shops including jarring by machinery have affected the health of members of complainants families and the wholesomeness and beauty of the complainants homes have been much marred and the defendants business has injuriously and offensively affected the complainants in the comforts of their homes and in the enjoyment of their property and has destroyed the comfortable, peaceful, and quiet occupation thereof and such shops and businesses constitute a nuisance which should be abated.
6th That the injury done to complainants is such as cannot be compensated in damages and is therefore irreparable from which the complainants are entitled to relief.
7th It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the defendants, James H. Fitzgerald and Thomas Fitzgerald be restrained and perpetually enjoined from carrying on the business now conducted by them or any other like business in the buildings and upon the premises described in the bill of complaint herein and that they be restrained and perpetually enjoined from so conducting and carrying on any such business or operating any plant as an manufacturing or business establishment of any kind upon the premises aforesaid on and after the 1st day of March, A.D. 1895 and in case of neglect and refusal so to do, that the same be abated and removed by the process of this court to be applied for in motion or petition and that defendants be punished for disobeying this decree.
8th It is further Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the Bill of Complaint herein be dismissed as to the Defendant Runnels without costs; that as to the other defendants, that the complainants do recover their costs to taxed and that they have execution therefor. And it is further Ordered, and Decreed that the complainants shall have leave to apply to the Court for further relief if this decree should not be complied with or in case there is further occasion therefor by reason of the conduct of the defendants or of the use of the premises aforesaid. The premises affected by this Decree and occupied by these defendants are described as follows:
A piece of land in fractional section 16, town 6, north of range 17 East, being a part of the lower Westbrook farm so called, bounded as follows: on the North by the land of Henry McMorran; on the East by St. Clair River; and International boundary line; on the South by land deeded by Chadwick to Botsford October 29, A.D. 1883 and on the West by Military Street: being the northerly part of the lands conveyed by the estate of Newell Avery , deceased, by Deed December 4th, A.D. 1880, and recorded in Liber 77 of Deeds, at page 247 and 250; which said lands as appears by the descriptions in the deed, lies between the lands of Complainant Henry McMorran and Complainant John E. Botsford, and diagonally in front of the homes and residences of such complainants and being in the City of Port Huron, in the County of St. Clair and State of Michigan.
James B. Eldredge, Circuit Judge"
The decree was immediately published in the local newspapers and the Port Huron Daily Times reported:
"Judge Eldredge decided the celebrated McMorran – Botsford – Fitzgerald case in the circuit court this forenoon. He grants a permanent injunction against the running of the Dry Dock Iron Works, owned by Fitzgerald Bros. and gives them 60 days to close their shops and remove them. A few years ago Fitzgerald Brothers purchased of A.E. Chadwick land opposite the residence of Henry McMorran and J.E. Botsford, and located their iron works on the property. Messrs. McMorran and Botsford maintained that the plant was a nuisance and damaged the locality as residence property. They asked for an injunction restraining the plant from operating.
The case has been bitterly fought in the courts and has extended over several years. A month ago the arguments were made before Judge Eldredge, of the Macomb Circuit and today he rendered the above decision. Judge Eldredge also holds that the locality has been a residence neighborhood for 25 years and that it was not right for a manufacturing business to locate there. He says the evidence shows that Mrs. McMorran's health has been permanently injured. The case will probably be taken to the supreme court now, where another long fight will take place."
After the publication of Judge Eldredge's decision, public statements caused a series of events to unfold, which prompted attorneys of the St. Clair County bar to evaluate A.E. Chadwick's actions. They would investigate and file a petition to find him in contempt. The attorneys on the investigative panel were Lincoln Avery, William T. Mitchell, Joseph Walsh, Alex R. Avery, Frank T. Wolcott, P.H. Phillips, Charles S. Northup, Frank Whipple, H.W. Stevens.
A.E. Chadwick would appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court of Michigan. He would lose on appeal and be fined $150. The deposition testimony transcribed throughout this piece all stem from the records of his appellate case.
Fitzgerald Statement
A few days after the decree was issued, the Fitzgerald's reported to the local newspapers they would no longer seek to do business in the City of Port Huron and they would not take the matter to the Supreme Court on appeal.
"James Fitzgerald, senior partner of the firm of Fitzgerald Bros. owners of the Dry Dock Iron Works, informed The Times this forenoon that they had decided not to appeal from the decision of Judge Eldredge, as rendered in the Circuit Court last week, by which their works were declared to be a nuisance, and which ordered their removal.
Mr. Fitzgerald said: "We cannot afford to pay out $1500 per year in fighting law-suits with business as dull as it is at present, and have decided to let the case drop and remove to some other city. There are a number of places that stand ready to pay a good large bonus to have such "nuisances" as ours locate in their midst and we have made up our minds to avail ourselves of one of the opportunities which have been offered us.
At the time our works were burned, a few years since, Racine, Wis. Offered us a good round bonus to locate there, and also exemption from taxation for a period. We have not yet decided where we shall go, but you can say positively that we shall leave the town where we have lived all our lives, and where we have paid out many thousands of dollars in wages."
Fitzgerald Statement – Supreme Court Record
Testimony of Charles J. Seeley, Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor.
Q.: Are you engaged upon the Port Huron Times a paper published in the city?
A.: I am.
Q.: And was published last fall?
A.: Yes.
Q.: I call your attention to a paper that is open there at the date of November 5, 1894, and ask you if you are the reporter who had that interview with Fitzgerald?
A.: The one headed "Will leave the city"? Yes.
Q.: Where did you meet Mr. Fitzgerald?
A.: To the best of my recollection, it was about the north end of Military Street bridge.
Q.: How long did you talk with him?
A.: I should say probably 5 minutes.
Q.: Did you fairly report him in that interview?
A.: I think I did, that was the intent.
Q.: You think it was a fair statement of what he said.
A.: Yes, Sir.
Chadwick's Statement
On November 8, 1894, A.E. Chadwick took the matter into his own hands and published the following public statement in the Port Huron News:
"EDITOR PORT HURON NEWS:
I am driven by the constant inquiries of citizens concerning the decision of Judge Eldredge in the case of McMorran and Botsford against Fitzgerald, and the impossibility of giving time for individual information, to beg as much space as your indulgence will grant in a matter of this importance to the citizens of Port Huron.
James B. Fitzgerald, being burned out, located his shops where he operated in the honest belief in his right to do so and positive knowledge that it was the best location possible for his convenience and that of his patrons. He and his counsel have no doubt of his right to operate them as long as grass grows and water runs without prohibition of any competent court on a fair hearing. It is not the question of what the court will do but of his ability in his circumstances with the present business depression to bear the burden of a long and expensive contest.
To the testimony taken it was proved that he has been threatened with financial and social ruin if he attempted to build and operate these shops on his own land at this point. So far they have attempted to keep that pledge. They caused, by misleading or other inducement, the common council of this city, without even giving Mr. Fitzgerald a hearing to order a suit and injunction to be brought and obtained against him to stop the erection of part of his buildings, thus compelling him to the expense of that contest in getting the injunction dissolved and the bill dismissed as well as the delay in his work.
Nobody doubts that the common council were moved solely by the influence of McMorran and his co-confederate to take this shop solely to help McMorran and others. This failing, McMorran and Botsford, and those joined with them, began their series of steps to ruin Mr. Fitzgerald financially and socially, and have rained down on him suits, threats against his customers, and every petty annoyance which could tend to destroy his business and eat up his profits. It has been, not a question of injunction and degree, but how long Fitzgerald could last under the enormous expense of continuous litigation. They have caused their lawyers to write threatening letters to every vessel owner on the lakes, such as threats of libel, should boats stop at Fitzgeralds in distress for repairs.
While the citizens of Port Huron universally believe Judge Vance to be an upright, independent judge and man, these complainants judged him so unrighteously, that on his refusal to give a private hearing one of the complainants wives, she took possession of his chamber and drove him out, and accused and declared if he was too honest to hear her case privately, he was to dishonest to decide it as she thought it ought to be decided, and by persistent attacks upon him and his motives drove him out of the case.
Since the decision a good deal is known of facts which she and the complainants thought warranted them in submitting this case to Judge Eldredge. These reasons are an insult to Judge Eldredge, but they care nothing about that, of course. It will surprise the good citizens to know that this principal manager and lobbyist of the complainants' case undertook to and did make a trip to Mount Clemons, in state, to-wit: on their private yacht, to visit and interview the judge. She thinks she argued and submitted the case while there, and of course, the complainants agree with her.
Now Mr. Fitzgerald, having expended a large amount of money in his defense so far, and suffered inconceivable nuisances and injury from their conduct finds that an appeal to the Supreme Court, which he has no doubt will result in an entire reversal and dismissal of the bill, will cost him further large sums of money, and that he will be under the storm of petty annoyances in pursuance of the threat and effort to ruin him. What assurance has he that the city, through its council, will not again lend its aid to these people to oppress him, or having recovered a final decree, dismissing all of complaint suits and bills with full costs, and vindicating his right to remain and operate his business there forever, he will not still be subjected to other and constant trumped up suits, the defense of which will eat up all of his earnings.
The talk of good citizens and candidates for city offices about doing everything to promote manufacturing enterprises is sheer nonsense, when these same good citizens stand by and see their interests betrayed by their own officials, and see the destruction of existing industries by such means, which, of itself, is a warming to any new ones not to attempt to establish a business here. Mr. Fitzgerald cannot afford to work a lifetime merely to earn money to spend upon courts or counsel even to defend an undoubted right. To set at rest once for all any talk about any other site in the City of Port Huron for Mr. Fitzgerald, I desire to say that he will carry on his business where he now is, or if he quits will quit the city with that business. He knows, and we all know if we had any sense, that this decree as it stands is an absolute prohibition forever upon the erection and maintenance of any manufacturing plant within three or four hundred feet of any residence in the city limits, whether worth one thousand dollars or one hundred thousand dollars and will make the proprietor subject to be blackmailed or driven out through any conspiracy of the owner or others, unless it is money and not human rights that now control the judgment of our courts.
One word more, within the radius of one thousand feet from defendant's smoke stack and steam hammer are eleven residences owned by the occupants. This appeared in the testimony, will it not shock the sense and judgment to men to learn that of these eleven but four, to-wit: John E. Botsford, Henry McMorran and E.G. Carlton desired the removal of these shops, or pretended to claim they were offensive in the least degree; but two of these residences were nearer than three hundred and fifty feet, the other two from 450 to 860 feet; three of those residences are but temporary homes for the owners, and they have not pretended for years to make them their permanent residences. Of the remaining seven residences, the owners and occupants of five testified positively that they were, so far from being a nuisance, that they were not in anything not the slightest annoyance, and that these comprised not only the nearest but the average much nearer than the others, and five owners were as clean in their habits, as intelligent, and respectable, if not as rich, as the complainants.
I will say one word more. It will surprise the great majority of the people of this city, who have used their eyes, ears, and sense of smell for the last three years, and utterly failed to discover the thing complained of by the complainants to find that Judge, who refused to examine the premises and locality, although urgently and repeatedly requested to do so by defendant's solicitors, could find what they failed to discover.
This decree prohibits Fitzgerald from even carrying on the business of banking, hotel keeping, warehousing or merchandising on that property. Is that the law decree, or is it the decree of a conspiracy to ruin Fitzgerald? The citizens can now deal with this matter, but when they have decided, I caution them to look closely after their public servants to see that the cold blooded and silent lobby does not overrule them.
A.E. Chadwick"
Chadwick Statement – Supreme Court Record
Testimony of O'Brien J. Atkinson – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor
Q.: Were you one of the complainant's solicitors in the chancery case between McMorran and Botsford on the one part and the Fitzgeralds on the other?
Q.: Whether you had the active charge of the case from beginning to end?
A.: I did.
Q.: In the letter published in the Port Huron News by Mr. Chadwick as to which this inquiry is proceeding, it is stated in effect that the complainants caused their attorneys to send threatening letters to vessel owners. I think the letter says every vessel owner on the lakes. What instructions if any to that regard were given you and what threatening letters did you send, if any, to every vessel owner on the lakes?
A.: None whatever.
Q.: Were there any other attorneys active in the case on the part of the complainants than yourself and your firm?
A.: No, no one else.
Q.: I don't know that my question would cover the ground of causing to be sent, were any caused to be sent?
A.: None were caused to be send and none sent to my knowledge at all.
Testimony of O'Brien J. Atkinson – Cross Examination by Mr. Chadwick
Q.: How many members are there on your firm?
A.: Two.
Q.: And how many chief clerks, or clerks have charge of departments?
A.: I have two.
Q.: And a couple of typewriters?
Q.: You wouldn't of course know if letters had been sent on your letterhead unless your attention was called to it?
A.: I wouldn't know of any letters except those sent by me. I rarely look over letters.
Q.: I don't understand that you are the regular general retained counsel for complainants in all their business, but you are counsel in charge of this case. How is that? Am I right about it?
A.: I might be considered general counsel of Mr. McMorran.
Q.: But as to Mr. Botsford?
A.: I think I never had any business for Mr. Botsford except this case, possibly I may have something else but it does not occur to me just now.
Testimony of O'Brien J. Atkinson – Cross Examination by Mr. McIllwain, Counsel for Mr. Chadwick
Q.: After the decree in the case of McMorran against Fitzgerald was entered did you know of it being published in pamphlet form?
A.: I saw it, yes.
Q.: Who caused that to be published?
A.: I think we did.
Q.: And for what purpose?
A.: I think that it was desired to send some copies to some interested or friendly parties and it was the cheapest way to do it.
Q.: On behalf of whom did you cause them to be published in pamphlet form?
A.: I think we did it ourselves. It was easier than to make typewritten copies.
Q.: Did you mean you took to the printing office?
A.: I did not take it but I knew it was going.
Q.: Through whose hands did it go to the printing office?
A.: I couldn't tell you. I couldn't even tell you what office had it.
Q.: Wasn't it Mr. McMorran?
A.: I couldn't tell. I was trying to think whether it was at the News office or some other offices. I do not look at the printing in the office myself.
Q.: How many copies was ordered of that decree?
A.: I couldn't tell you that even. My memory would be 30.
Q.: Wasn't there one thousand?
A.: Not that I know of.
Q.: Who got those pamphlets from the printing office?
A.: I couldn't tell you that.
Q.: Were they ever brought back to your office?
A.: I don't know.
Q.: Do you know or have you not been informed, reliably informed, that these printed copies of the decree were sent to vessel owners on the lakes?
A.: I never heard of anything of that kind.
Q.: Was the decree in published pamphlet form before or after the letter of Mr. Chadwick?
A.: Judging from the letter I think it was before. Otherwise, I could not tell. I think the letter speaks of the decree, but it may have been after.
Q.: I speak of the pamphlet form were they published in pamphlet form and circulated before or after?
A.: I don't know that they were circulated. The question came up whether the decree could be published or not. The editor wanted it very badly and I told him he could have it published if he would get the consent of Judge Eldredge and Judge Eldredge would not consent I remember.
Q.: That was the opinion?
A.: Maybe it was the opinion. I guess it was the opinion. I take it back on the suggestion of Mr. Chadwick.
Q.: Did the complainants ever disclose to you the real motive of getting the decree published that which I have given?
A.: I know of no motive except that which I have given.
Q.: Do you know John S. McNeil?
A.: I don't recollect him.
Q.: Captain John S. McNeil?
A.: I do not recall any such man.
Testimony of O'Brien J. Atkinson – Examination by Mr. Avery, Prosecutor
Q.: Can you give the date that decree was rendered?
A.: I think it was November 2, 1894. I may be wrong about that too.
Q.: Did you see this letter in the Port Huron News about the time of its publication?
Q.: Did you call Mr. Chadwick's attention to the fact that you considered, prior to the institution of these proceedings, that you considered this a reflection upon the integrity of Judge Eldredge.
A.: I never did.
Testimony of Henry McMorran – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor.
Q.: How long have you resided in the city of Port Huron?
A.: 50 years.
Q.: You are engaged in the mercantile business here?
Q.: Wholesale grocery business?
Q.: Coal business?
Q.: Also an elevator?
Q.: Flouring Mill?
Q.: And one of the originators and builders of the narrow gauge system of railroads?
Q.: And engaged quite largely in the vessel business?
Q.: And wrecking business as well?
Q.: Were you one of the complainants in the case of McMorran and Botsford against James H. Fitzgerald and others?
A.: I was.
Q.: You remember the time of the hearing of that case and the argument before Judge Eldredge?
Q.: How long a time prior to that did you first become advised of the fact that Judge Eldredge was to hear that case?
A.: I can't say how long, not a great while.
Q.: What part if any did you take in procuring the heaving of that case to be assigned to some other judge than Judge Vance?
A.: Not any.
Q.: When did you become advised as to the fact that Judge Eldredge would hear the case as compared with the time that you heard that Judge Vance did not care to hear it?
A.: Oh it was a long time afterwards.
Q.: What part, if any, did you take in procuring Judge Eldredge to come here to hear the case?
A.: Not any part.
Q.: You saw, I presume a letter written by A.E. Chadwick to the Port Huron News?
Q.: When did you see that article as compared with the time of its being written or published?
A.: I think I saw it on the same day it was published.
Q.: What step if any did you take or directions did you give or what knowledge have you of letters being written, to all the vessel owners on the lakes threatening them or making threats against them if they undertook to transact any business with the Fitzgeralds.
A.: I have no knowledge of any such letters.
Q.: Did you write any such letters or cause any such letters to be written?
A.: No, Sir.
Testimony of Henry McMorran – Cross Examination by Attorney McIllwain, Counsel for Mr. Chadwick
Q.: Do you know of letters being sent to vessel owners in respect to the Fitzgerald shops?
Q.: Or telegrams?
Q.: Did you never send any letters to any vessel owner regarding their stopping at your dock adjoining Fitzgeralds?
Q.: So that when you say that no letters were sent regarding the Fitzgerald boys you make that as a distinction that the letters were with reference to stopping at your dock?
A.: There was no reference to Fitzgeralds.
Q.: How many of those have you sent with reference to stopping at your dock or lying in front of your dock?
A.: I do not recollect of more than one at present.
Q.: To whom was that letter sent?
A.: I wrote a letter to Mr. Bradley of Cleveland.
Q.: What was the purpose of that letter?
A.: His boat laid in front of my dock and I protested against their lying there.
Q.: What was the boat doing? How did it come to be lying in front of your dock?
A.: She was making some repairs at Fitzgeralds dock as I understand it.
Q.: And projected over on to your dock?
Q.: How many telegrams have you sent to the same effect?
A.: Well I cannot tell about that. I don't think I ever had a telegram with anybody except Mr. Bradley; his captain refused to move off of my premises.
Q.: It was because the captain refused to move that part of the boat projecting over your premises while making repairs at Fitzgerald's dock that you sent the letter?
Q.: How many boats have you ordered away from your premises, I will put it, while making repairs at Fitzgerald's dock?
A.: I can't say while making repairs at Fitzgerald's dock. I have ordered a good many boats away from my dock front.
Q.: While the boats were seemingly stopping at Fitzgerald's dock?
A.: They were lying in front of Fitzgerald's dock.
Q.: What kind of boats were they, large boats?
A.: Well yes.
Q.: From your knowledge of lake boats what would you say as to whether the boats were simply there for fun or for the purpose of having repairing done?
A.: I presume they called there for repairs in most all cases.
Q.: About how many instances would you say that you have ordered them away?
A.: I couldn't say, a number of boats.
Q.: Quite a number?
Q.: And you know of Mrs. McMorran also ordering them away?
Q.: And you know of Mrs. Botsford also ordering them away, if they happened to drop or project onto her premises?
A.: I only know that from hearsay.
Q.: You have heard it to such an extent that you know it is a fact do you not?
A. I have no doubt of it.
Q.: After the decree was entered in this case how many copies of it did you cause to be published in pamphlet from in the Port Huron News?
A.: Well I cannot tell you now, I had some copies of the decision struck off.
Q.: About how many?
A.: I can't tell you now what it was.
Q.: Didn't you have 1000?
A.: It might have been a 1000.
Q.: What was your object in having such a number?
A.: Well I wanted them for my own use.
Q.: In what respect?
A.: Well I wanted to send it to some of my friends.
Q.: Well you call everybody nearly your friend do you not?
A.: No.
Q.: Specify a little more particularly?
A.: I couldn't specify.
Q.: What class of business man were you sending these to?
A.: Men that I was dealing with in a business way.
Q.: Vessel owners?
A.: Some of them, yes.
Q.: About how many have you sent to vessel owners?
A.: Very few, it might have been 4 or 5 possibly.
Q.: Among those to whom you sent them would there be any of those who had been in the habit of stopping at Fitzgeralds dock?
A.: I think I sent a copy of the decision to Mr. Bradley, that is the only one I now of.
Q.: What was your object in sending that decision to Mr. Bradley?
A.: Nothing more than in a friendly way that he might see the result of the litigation.
Q.: And take warning accordingly?
A.: No there was nothing said about it.
Q.: But was that the object of your sending it?
A.: No, I don't think so.
Q.: You did not have in mind giving him notice that the case had been decided in favor of your side in sending that?
A.: Well there was no notice about it.
Q.: But you had written to him prior to that had you not ordering his boats away from your place?
A.: No, there was a boat there at one time and their captain refused to move and I telegraphed to Mr. Bradley the facts that his captain was on my premises and refused to move and Mr. Bradley wrote me a very nice letter about it and I answered it in a business like way. I had a great deal of business with Mr. Bradley back and forward and quite well acquainted with him and I didn't believe that he would encroach on my property and destroy my home if he knew the facts that his boat was there and he wrote me so saying that he wouldn't do so.
Q.: And then afterwards you sent him a copy of the decision?
Q.: What other vessel owner have you sent this copy of the decree to?
A.: I can't give you them in detail. I don't think I have sent it to more than 4 or 5 and I don't know that I sent it to that many.
Q.: What was your object in sending it to that number?
A.: Well I had no particular object.
Q.: You just did it for a past time?
A.: Yes, call it that if you wish.
Testimony of Henry McMorran – Examination by Attorney Phillips, Prosecutor
Q.: You had a great many personal friends engaged in the vessel business?
Q.: Men who had known of the existence of this litigation?
Q.: Who were you thought as friends of yours interested in the outcome?
Q.: And whether or not those are the persons, if any, to whom you sent the copies of the decree?
A.: They were.
Testimony of Henry McMorran – Cross Examination by Attorney McIllwain, Attorney for Chadwick
Q.: Do you mean to say you did not send it to anybody other than your personal friends?
A. Yes, Sir.
Q.: What persons did you send it to other than vessel owners?
A.: That I cannot say. I know of one instance I think I sent a copy of the decision to the Avery heirs at their request.
Q.: They are the owners of property adjoining you on the south?
Q.: Then what was your object of getting a thousand struck off if you only sent 4 or 5?
A.: I presume they could strike off a thousand for about the same expense they would 4 or 5.
Q.: That was the only reason?
A.: That would be the only reason that I know of.
Testimony of Judge Vance – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor
Q: You know the complainants in the chancery cause of McMorran and another against Fitzgeralds?
A.: I do.
Q.: You know Mrs. Mary L. Botsford?
Q: Have you seen the letter of Mr. Chadwick that is under inquiry here?
A: I have.
Q.: In that letter it is stated in effect that Mrs. Mary L. Botsford by persistent attacks upon you drove you out of the case and drove you out of your office at one time. Will you state whether Mrs. Mary L. Botsford ever drove you out of your office by attempts to interview you?
A.: She never did.
Q.: Did you ever see her in your office in which the subject of this case, or that chancery case was brought up?
Q.: Now will you please tell us when it was; all about that?
A.: Yes, from my memory I wouldn't be able to fix the date.
Q.: Go on and tell us the transaction then.
A: I think I was working in the law library in the White Block and a telephone came to Mr. Atkinson's office, which is next to the bar library, and they came in and called me and I went to the telephone and the clerk stated there was a lady up here that wanted to see me. I asked him who it was and he said it was Mrs. Botsford, and I told the clerk to tell her I wouldn't be up to the office, or something to that effect. I wouldn't just say the exact words, but the substance of it was that I was not going up to the office and I continued my work there until the noon hour. When I went home to dinner and on coming back after dinner when I went into my office, Mrs. Botsford was there. She commenced to talk to me about matters which I supposed referred to this suit and yet were somewhat indirect. I said nothing to her until she talked a few moments and when I felt sure that the matter she referred to applied to the McMorran-Fitzgerald case I told her that it would be improper for her to talk with me about it and I couldn't have any conversation with her privately about it. Now just all that occurred there I do not pretend to say. I remember very distinctly one thing that in the conversation she said to me that she understood the Fitzgeralds had talked with me about it and told me their side of the case and she said if that was true she didn't see any reason why she should not tell me her side of it, that I ought to know both sides of the case. I assured her that that was not the fact that they had never spoken to me indirectly or directly about it and that seemed to satisfy her. She talked there some little time and I think once again during the conversation it alluded back towards the case and I reminded her of the fact and she begged my pardon and when she was going out she said that she didn't intend to do anything wrong in coming there to talk with me, that she had been informed that Fitzgeralds had told me their side of the story and that she thought it was proper that she should tell me hers and so far as I know we parted in the best of relations. I do not pretend, as I said before, to give all the conversation but that is the substance of it.
Q: Did she say to you during that conversation that if you were too honest to hear her case privately you were too dishonest to decide it as she thought it ought to be decided, or words to that effect?
A: There was nothing of that kind said.
Testimony of Mary Botsford – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor:
Q: You are the Mary L. Botsford referred to and wife of J.E. Botsford?
A: I am wife of J.E. Botsford, Mary L. Botsford.
Q: Do you remember the occasion of your visit to Judge Vance's office that he was speaking about a few minutes ago?
A: Distinctly.
Q: You heard his statement of what occurred there?
A: He didn't speak very loud I couldn't hear it very well, but I remember the occasion.
Q: Then you may go on and tell us what occurred there that day, what talk you had with him about the Fitzgerald case?
A: I had been told that Mr. Chadwick was not going to allow me, being the wife of J.E. Botsford, one of the complainants, to testify in the case at all. I went to Mr. Atkinson's office asking him, early in the morning. It was a very rainy day. It was rainy and would brighten up and I went to his office to ask him; he was not in town. Mr. Wolcott was very busy and Mr. Botsford's partners wife was very ill, Mr. Johnston's wife, was very ill in Detroit. I couldn't see my husband very well about it and Mr. Johnston was in Detroit with his wife at the hospital, and Mr. Botsford was very busy that day. I took the car I came here and thinking in a public office I could see the judge. I did not suppose there was anything wrong whatever, I came here and I asked somebody —I came in here, there was court in session, I sat here a while and listened and then I publicly —- I didn't make any private matter of it at all. I didn't suppose there was anything wrong in it, and I then started to go out and a man followed me to the door and ask me what it was I wanted and I said I wanted to see Judge Vance and asked him when that case was coming up and I wanted to ask him if I wasn't going to be allowed as a witness.
Q: Stop right there, you say there was a case going on here in court?
Q: Who was presiding as judge?
A: A judge from Mount Clemens, I think his name was Canfield. I think he was presiding before I afterwards asked who that man was and they afterwards told me it was Judge Canfield.
Q: Do you remember what case was being tried?
A: I said to the man I heard Mr. Chadwick make a statement that amused me, I asked what the case was, and they said he made the statement that the person didn't know what a hole was and he was describing a hole in the sidewalk. I asked what that was and they said some woman was hurt at the Huron House, had hurt her foot and this case was on trial that day. Then the man said to go right into Judge Vance's office. I said when is that case to be heard. He said I don't know, what case? Why I said our case. I thought everybody knew it. I said Botsford and McMorrans case against Fitzgeralds. He said go right into this room. The door was open and I went in there and stayed there. I supposed of course that Judge Vance possibly was on this case. I didn't know Judge Vance, never to know him when I saw him. I had met him different times but I didn't know him enough to know him when I saw him. I didn't know but what he would be here. Then after staying in his room a little while the man said he didn't know when he would be there. He thought he would be in shortly. It rained very hard, and I remained during the hour, because it rained furiously during the noon, and then he said, I guess Judge Vance will be here in a short time. At 1 o'clock or very near it, it commenced to pour again and then when Judge Vance came in —- I didn't know that any telephone had been sent to Judge Vance. The first I learned of it was here, hearing Judge Vance say it on the stand.
Q: Judge Vance finally came?
A: Judge Vance came into the room. I said, Judge Vance, when is that case coming off? He didn't seem to know what case I mean either. It was a surprise to me of course. I didn't suppose but it was a case of interest to everybody. I says, what the Fitzgerald and McMorran and Botsford case, I says. I understand Mr. Chadwick is not going to allow me to testify and I have been told that old Mr. Fitzgerald went to you with tears in his eyes and told you different things about me. He says, Mrs. Botsford I guess you are mistaken and he says, you must not talk to me about the case. After he said that I didn't say any more to him at all. It cleared up and brightened up a little and I put on my cloak and went away. I had to go to Chicago anyway and I couldn't see him the next day and Mr. Atkinson was out of the city. I had only this way of seeing him. I didn't know it was improper to remain to see the Judge in a public room. The door was not closed and people coming in and out and I didn't make any private affair at all. I thought I could see a judge in his office like that.
Testimony of Judge Vance – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor:
Q: Whether she (Mary Botsford) undertook at any other time than at the time and in the manner you mention, to discuss the case with you?
A: She spoke to me one time right near Sweetzer's, a drug store, subsequently to that it was before the hearing of the case and she just stopped for a minute and asked me when there was a likelihood of my having another judge here to hear it and I told her that the matters were a little uncertain but I was going to get a judge here as soon as I could. I think that was about all that was said about it, and she passed on and I passed on. There was no talk concerning the merits of it at all. I think those were the only times that Mrs. Botsford ever spoke to me about it, that I have any recollection of.
Q: How long was that before the case was heard and whether anything was then said as to what judge would hear it?
A: I wouldn't be able to fix the time when that conversation was at Sweetzer's.
Q: Can you approximate?
A: About the best I could say was it was before the hearing. I have not any idea how long.
Q: Then answer the other part of the question as to whether anything was said as to what judge would hear it?
A: My memory would be that when I talked with Mrs. Botsford in my room that day that I then told her that situated as I was and knowing the parties and knowing the facts surrounding the controversy, I thought it was a case that I wouldn't hear myself that I would get another Judge to hear. I think I told her so at that time. Whether it was that time or whether it was Mrs. Botsford that suggested it or not I am not sufficiently positive to swear, but my impression is that she suggest that if I was going to get another judge I ought to get a judge from Detroit. I am not clear enough to say that it was Mrs. Botsford that suggested that, but that is my impression.
Q: Did she say why she thought you ought to get one from Detroit?
A: I think that was the only reference that was ever made as to who should hear it.
Q: This letter states, referring to the action of Mrs. Botsford, "and by persistent attacks upon him" referring to yourself and "his motives drove him out of the case." I now ask you whether anything that Mrs. Botsford said or did influenced you in not hearing that case?
A: Not at all, she never questioned my motives that I know of. Atleast not to me.
Q: Who was it that secured the attendance of Judge Eldredge to hear that case?
A: I did.
Q: At whose suggestion?
A: At no one's suggestion but my own.
Testimony of Judge Vance – Cross Examination by Attorney McIllwain, Counsel for Chadwick
Q: You say you learned through the telephone that Mrs. Botsford was at your office?
A: Yes sir.
Q: Did you give a reason why you didn't go to the office? If you did not I wish you would?
A: Well I inferred that perhaps she wanted to talk with me about the case and I refused to come up for that reason.
Q: Will you give the court the reason why you inferred that she probably wanted to talk with you about the case?
A: I can't just give the source of my information, but I was aware at that time that Mrs. Botsford was very much worried over the case and felt very badly about the trouble that was going on.
Q: And doing a good deal of talking about it?
A: I had learned in some way as I said before, that she was very much exercised and was liable to talk about it, that it was worrying her. I just don't remember who told me or from what source I got it, but I know I had that understanding.
Q: Was that after you modified the temporary injunction?
A: My impression would be that it was, and yet I wouldn't be very positive about that, but that would be my best impression.
Q: As I understand the fact an injunction had been issued restraining them from driving any piles.
A: The temporary injunction, yes.
Q: On the showing made you dissolved the temporary injunction?
A: I dissolved the temporary injunction.
Q: Now from the library you went home to your dinner and what time did you get back to your office after dinner?
A: I usually get back, that is about the only way I can fix it, between 1 and 2 o'clock.
Q: And when you got back you say that she was still in your office?
A: Well she was there when I got back.
Q: Did you learn whether she had remained there during the entire noon hour?
A: Well I learned it but I don't know how.
Q: What was the fact as you learned it at that time?
A: I don't know whether Mrs. Botsford told me or somebody else.
Q: Didn't she say in effect to you at that time that she had come to see you and she was going to see you and talk to you if she had to stay there all day?
A: I wouldn't be able to say from memory now whether she told me that or not. I have heard that, whether it was from her or not I couldn't tell you. It was a good while ago.
Q: It is a matter that was talked quite generally was it not that she made a determined effort to have an interview with you, it was a matter of public talk?
A: I don't know about that.
Q: You have heard it have you not from good many sources?
A: I have heard the attorneys speak about it. I never heard it outside. I couldn't say it was public talk.
Q: Now when you returned she did accuse you of having listened to the Fitzgeralds?
A: She said, as I stated before, that she understood that they had told me their side of the case and that she thought it was nothing but right that I should hear her side.
Q: Whether the fact of her visit to you and her excited manner did not influence you at all in desiring to stop out of the case and have some other judge come and hear it?
A: Not at all, Mr. McIllwain, my mind was made up to that before I ever spoke to Mrs. Botsford about it. I think my mind was made up upon that point from the discussion and the breadth that it took upon the application to dissolve that injunction.
Q: Do you remember when you announced it first to counsel that you wouldn't sit in the case, to Mr. Chadwick, for instance?
A: I do not.
Q: Whether it was a long time subsequent to that?
A: My impression would be that it was very shortly after the hearing upon the application to dissolve the injunction but I could not fix any date, I have no memory. I know that is what settled my mind on it.
Q: What would you say with reference to the time they obtained leave to file a supplemental bill?
A: I do not connect that with it at all in my memory. I connect the discussion on the application to dissolve the injunction as the basis that lead me to the conclusion I ought not to hear this case.
Q: Do you remember whether you took any part in the case after you had come to the conclusion that you wouldn't sit in the case?
A: I am inclined to think I heard some motions and things in it. I think there was an amendment of the bill or something of that kind.
Testimony of Mary Botsford – Cross Examination by Attorney McIllwain, Counsel for Chadwick
Q: Now who told you that Fitzgerald went to Judge Vance with tears in his eyes?
A: I don't know as I can tell you who told me. I don't remember.
Q: Have you recollection whether it was a man or a woman?
A: Well, I think it was a man.
Q: Whereabouts was he when he told you?
A: I haven't any recollection.
Q: Do you remember how whether at the time you went to see Judge Vance you had any recollection then who told you so?
A: Well I should remember it now, if I did.
Q: So at the time you saw Judge Vance you didn't know who told you that?
A: I don't remember that I did.
Q: Who told you that Mr. Chadwick said that you couldn't be sworn in the case?
A: I don't remember that.
Q: Have you any idea whether man or woman?
A: No, I remember somebody said that Mr. Chadwick is not going to let you testify because you are the wife of the complainant.
Q: You did stay up in the judge's office during the noon hour?
A: It was raining and I stayed until it stopped raining.
Q: You staying during the noon hour?
A: I stayed until it stopped raining. I don't know whether it was from 12 to 1 or from half past 12 to 1.
Q: Did you have your sewing with you?
A: I did not.
Q: And didn't you state to one of the officers that you were going to stay there until Judge Vance did come if it took all day?
A: I don't think so. I don't recollect any such statement.
Testimony of Mary Botsford – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor
Q.: Did you have any other talk or interview with Judge Vance about this case at any time?
A.: I never saw Judge Vance from that time until shortly after I met him on the street and I had been to Detroit and the doctor said I must give up this case, this case was going to kill me worrying me. I must give go away from here he said but I couldn't give my home up. I told the judge I just got that word a day or two before that day. I said to the judge when are they going to hear that case. He said I don't know. I believe Judge Eldredge is sick. I said for goodness sake get somebody else. I said it will kill the whole of me off.
Q.: At the time you were in Judge Vance's room state whether anything was said about Judge Eldredge hearing the case.
A.: I never heard of Judge Eldredge. I didn't know he was at that time judge. The time I was in his room, I think as near as I can remember that was June 1, 1893, or May 31st.
Q.: Did you during the progress of the case see Judge Eldredge at any time?
A.: I never saw Judge Eldredge. When I was a girl, I visited at his father's house. I have been married 24 years. I don't think I have seen Judge Eldredge in that time to speak to him until the case was called, which I think was August 8, 1894. We had been to Chicago, and we returned in July, and we have been south and remained in Chicago and returned in July. When the case was called, I took the streetcar from Beard Street and came up here at 11 o'clock. It was after 11 o'clock before I got here. The case was called at 11 and a man came to me and asked me what I wanted. I told him I came to the case that was to be called before Judge Eldredge. He showed me to the room and said I suppose it is in that room, pointing in there. I went in there and sat down. Pretty soon a gentleman came in. He looked at me and stared at me as much as to say what is it you want. I looked at him a minute. I supposed of course he knew what I was there for. Then I says I am Mrs. Botsford. I have come to hear that case to be called today. Is it to be called today? A day before that I had seen Mr. Chadwick on his lawn with his dressing gown on. I was told it was to be postponed again because he was ill. I said I hope for goodness sake Chad is not going to be sick and we will have to postpone this case. That is all the conversation I have had.
Q.: You learned that gentleman was Judge Eldredge?
A.: Than he said that he was Judge Eldredge. I don't know but what the man said to me after he saw us both looking at each other. He simply said Judge Eldredge. I hadn't seen him for a great many years. I don't think I have seen him for 24 years. I have been married and I don't think I have seen him since I was married. I know I never had any conversation with him for 9 years anyway. I had not been in Mt. Clemens for over 8 years. The last time I was in Mt. Clemens was in the spring of 1886 and only for a short time.
Q.: Didn't you go to Mt. Clemens last summer with your yacht to argue this case with Judge Eldredge?
A.: No, sir, never.
Q.: Did you go to the mouth of the Clinton River?
A.: No, not any nearer than the cut on the way past there. We just passed though the cut. I don't know how near the mouth of the Clinton River comes to that. We never went near the mouth of the Clinton River.
Q.: Did you ever leave Port Huron with the intention of going to Mt. Clemens to see Judge Eldredge?
A.: Never.
Q.: You have read this letter of Mr. Chadwick's in the News?
A.: I have.
Q.: He states in that letter in effect that you went to Mt. Clemens on your yacht and then he states that you think you argued and submitted the case while there. Have you ever had any such thing?
A.: I have never argued or submitted the case. It is as false as other statements in the letter.
Q.: Did you at any time under any circumstances have any talk with Judge Eldredge before the submission of the case and before its decision, about the cause except as you have stated in the small room here?
Q.: Who was present at that talk do you remember?
A.: Judge Stevenson. In a minute after Judge Eldredge said I can't talk to you about it, Judge Stevenson was there. We began to talk about hunting and fishing. I asked him if his stepmother – she is a very fine shot – I asked him if she sill used the gun. We began to talk about different games. She could always shoot snipe on the wing, and I asked him if she could still bring down the snipe.
Q.: You had formerly known his father's family?
A.: Yes, but I don't think Judge Eldredge ever visited there while I was there.
Q.: Was your acquaintance after he had ceased to be a member of the family, after he had established a home of his own?
A.: He never was there. He was not a member of the family. I never ate a meal with him, and he never sat down to the table.
Q.: This lady you spoke of is his stepmother and not his mother?
A.: His stepmother and her daughter is about my own age, and I used to visit there, and she visited me, but I have not been at Mt. Clemens since 1886 and I don't think any member of my family.
Q.: How long before the hearing of the case, if you remember, did you know that Judge Eldredge was to hear it?
A.: We came here in July 12th. I think 1894 after being in California and Chicago part of the winter and a few days before that I had asked, just a short time after that. I should say, Mr. Atkinson said that the case was to be heard before Judge Eldredge. The first I ever heard of it. I wanted to hear the argument when it was brought up.
Q.: Judge Vance when upon the stand said that somebody suggested to him and he does not know whether you or not, that if some other judge was to hear it he ought to get a Detroit judge.
A.: I said so. I said to him I ask you to get a judge from Detroit where they know the value of river front. I said that to him then. Whether anybody else did to him or not of course I don't know.
Q.: You say that you wanted a judge from Detroit somebody that would know the peculiar value of river front?
A.: I said that to him.
Q.: And you wouldn't be satisfied with a judge that didn't know that.
A.: No, I didn't say so. I didn't say I wouldn't be satisfied with a judge that didn't know that.
Q.: I think you were very much interested in the case of McMorran & Botsford against Fitzgeralds.
A.: It is my home. I am interested in my home.
Q.: Is it yours or your husbands?
A.: I live with my husband.
Q.: Well you were very much interested in that case weren't you?
Q.: And took quite an active part in getting the proofs together?
A.: I don't know as I was very active.
Q.: And did a good deal of talking during the pendency of the case?
A.: I don't think so. I think I am rather a quiet woman.
Q.: You don't talk very much?
A.: Only when I am obliged to answer your questions.
Q.: Didn't you argue that case with most everyone who would listen to you?
A.: I did not.
Q.: And weren't you unceaseless in your reflections upon the parties as well as their counsel on the other side of the case?
A.: I was not.
Q.: And haven't you been at every time you got an opportunity whether on the street or coming down the elevator of the White Block?
A.: I have not. If you refer to coming down the elevator in the White Block I would like to tell you that. When this case was here, we were called here as witnesses in this case. I was notified I was to appear a witness in the case against Mr. Chadwick, the contempt case, or whatever it is called. I was waiting to come down the elevator. The elevator came up and there was a man in it. We stood there and he began to say, this is very heavy, this is a big load in here, as much weight at all and I stepped in the elevator. But I began to think what does Mr. Chadwick mean by this being so heavy. As I read his letter when he said I went to Mt. Clemens with the yacht. It was utterly false. I could only think that sin was heavy and when I came out I said, I am glad to get out of that I never was with such a load of sin before. Mr. McIllwain, his partner who evidently knowns him very well. He says, Mr. Chadwick she means you and when he slid the coat on so easily it wasn't my place to take it off.
Q.: And haven't you been keeping it just about that warm for the Fitzgerald boys down to the place where they are doing business? And to every person who comes there to do business haven't you been making it just about that hot for them?
A.: I haven't.
Testimony of James B. Eldredge – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor.
Q.: Do you remember the date of the rendering of the decree in McMorran and another against the Fitzgeralds?
A.: No. I do not but I think it was about November 1st or 2nd.
Q.: How long was the case carried after argument before decision?
A.: I do not remember, some few weeks.
Q.: When did you first learn that this case was to be submitted to you?
A.: It was some little time before some testimony was taken in open court. A few days I would say, Mr. Avery, though that it had been spoken of, I think by Judge Vance, and I think by Mr. Robertson here, as a case that I might probably have to hear.
Q.: And do you remember what testimony was taken in open court?
A. It was the testimony of 2 or 3 physicians.
Q.: Whether that was shortly before the argument or a long time?
A.: Shortly before the argument, I mean shortly, there was a number of days, quite a number of days elapsed between the two.
Q.: Was your attention called to this letter by Mr. Chadwick that was published in the Port Huron News?
A.: It was.
Q.: In respect of that will you state when and under what circumstances you had any interview with the complainant or either of them prior to the hearing of that cause in respect to the case?
A.: Neither of the complainant ever said a word to me relative to the case at all.
Q.: When and under what circumstances did you have any interview with Mrs. Mary L. Botsford, about this cause prior to its being heard and give us the interview?
A.: After taking testimony of 2 or 3 physicians, I cannot call to mind their names. It was arranged that I would take the testimony, the balance of the testimony and read it and a day should be fixed for the argument of counsel. I would do that to avoid the labor of reading all the proofs in open court. I took the testimony to Mt. Clemens and read it, examining it in connection with the exhibits and a day was fixed for argument and I came here because of the appointment, and I think it was upon that day, but I cannot say what day of the month that was. It was in the judge's room I saw Mrs. Botsford. As I understood and as I think it was expected, the argument was to proceed there. Mrs. Botsford was there. She made herself known to me. Although I had known her years before and spoke of the fact that the case was to be heard and as she understood there would be an application for a continuance and commenced to protest against the arguments being continued. And upon suggesting that she ought not to talk to me about it she changed the subject and made inquires in regard to other matters, in regard to my father's family, members of my father's family with whom she used to be quite intimate.
Q.: Whether anything further was aid about the case?
A.: Nothing was said by her at the time or at any other time to me prior to my decree relative to the merits of the cause by any person in the world except in the way of argument by counsel and the testimony of witnesses.
Q.: Whether she saw you at any time at Mt. Clemens?
A.: I am quite confident that I had not seen Mrs. Botsford before that occasion to recognize her for a number of years. I wouldn't say how many, but quite a number of years.
Q.: The statement is made in the letter substantially that she went to Mt. Clemens upon a yacht for the purpose of interviewing you that she thinks she argued and submitted the cause there and of course the complainants agree with her. What happened if anything to your knowledge on which that statement could be based?
A.: Nothing in the world.
Q.: Did Mrs. Botsford see you at Mt. Clemens and make any attempt to argue her cause?
Q.: Or anywhere in the vicinity?
A.: Never there nor anywhere else.
Q.: You spoke of some conversation between yourself and Mrs. Botsford as to the members of her father's family?
A.: My father's family.
Q.: Now in one of the answers, in the answer of Mr. Chadwick or one of the writings filed as answer to the original paper filed here or else the answer to one of the interrogatories, he uses the term "relations" and speaks of your families being related and in answer to an inquiry, as I now remember it, he claims to have received that information from you. Will you tell us what there is about that and what you said to Mr. Chadwick if anything on which he bases that statement.
A.: I never knew of any relationship between Mrs. Botsford and any member of my father's family myself. After I had a family of my own or lived apart from my father's family she used to visit there quite frequently and I know her as a girl that visited there and saw her a number of times there when at the house, but only knew her in that way. My half sister and she, I think, were quite intimate and I do not know but my own sister also. When Mr. Chadwick, after I had announced my opinion, asked me to endorse upon the opinion or to put a note to the opinion that I was unacquainted with the witnesses, I simply spoke of the fact that I had known Mrs. Botsford as a girl, she used to visit my father's family.
Q.: Let me stop you right there as to this question. Mr. Chadwick says in the answer which he filed here not an interrogatory, but an answer to the charges made against him, he says that he was further informed by Judge Eldredge on the day he announced his decree or filed his opinion that he had known said Mary L. Botsford intimately since her childhood, that she was a frequent visitor in the family and a relative of his, Judge Eldredge's father's family.
A.: That is an entire mistake. The facts are as I have stated them.
Q.: Did you tell him that you had known her intimately since childhood?
A.: No, I merely spoke of the fact that I had known her as a frequent visitor in my father's family after I had become not a member of the family and knew her simply as a girl visiting there.
Q.: In respect of the same matter Mr. Chadwick says by his sworn answer that as to the attempts of Mrs. Botsford to improperly approach Judge Eldredge he had the information direct from Judge Eldredge himself. Will you state whether you told Mr. Chadwick that Mrs. Botsford had made attempts to improperly approach you?
A.: I don't think I ever said anything from which that ought to be a conclusion. It is among the possibilities, and I think I did, when I told him speaking of my acquaintance with Mrs. Botsford speak of the fact that I saw her in the judge's office on the days to which it was adjourned. I don't know as I mentioned the day at which the hearing was adjourned as the only time that I had seen her for years, or for a time anyway. But at no time did I undertake to convey to him the idea that she had talked to me in regard to the merits of this controversy at all. I may be possible I may have said that she spoke about the continuance or protested against the continuance. And that I declined to hear her or told her I couldn't hear her or something of that kind but nothing that I ever said to Mr. Chadwick could give him the idea that Mrs. Botsford had approached me or attempted to talk to me about the merits of that case at all.
Q.: Now coming back to the time when you saw her in the judge's office, say whether on your suggesting that it could not be right for her to talk to you about it, whether she persisted in any sense?
A.: Not at all. On my suggesting that she might not to talk to me about the case.
Q.: Do you remember whether anyone else was in the room while you were in the judge's room in the presence of Mrs. Botsford at the time you mention?
A.: I think there were others in there, in and out. I think it was expected that the argument would be had there.
Q.: Let me suggest to you whether Judge Stevens was not there?
A.: I do not now recall to mind with certainty whether he was or was not. My impression is that he was, but I am not certain about it.
Citizens Petition
The Fitzgerald decision, A.E. Chadwick's statement, and the Fitzgerald declaration ignited a firestorm between citizens of the community. Public outcry demanded the decision and potential issues for future business be addressed by the Common Council. A petition for a public hearing on the matter was demanded. The minutes from the November 12, 1894, council meeting read as follows:
"A petition for a public meeting of citizens signed by over 300 people in regard to helping industries was received and filed and ordered printed. We, the undersigned citizens of Port Huron request you to call a public meeting of the citizens of this city at once for the purpose of taking into consideration the question whether we shall encourage and develop manufacturing enterprises in this city, or whether we shall by our alliance and refusal to act lend our assistance to outlawing and suppressing industries already existing in the city.
We call your attention to the fact that by a recent decision of the circuit court for St. Clair County in chancery granted by Judge Eldredge is the case of McMorran and Botsford against James H. Fitzgerald and the latter is enjoined from carrying on any business on his property on the banks of St. Clair River.
We believe that in the future development of this city the bank of St. Clair River must necessarily be occupied by manufacturing industries. That the magnitude of the lake and marine commerce, together with the location of this city at the foot of Lake Huron renders the existence of machine shops and other industries on the banks of St. Clair River as imperative and necessary.
We believe that every inducement and encouragement should be given not only to other industries to locate here, but to those already born and that the prohibition of the court against such industries will injuriously affect the future growth of our city.
We believe that while the noise and smoke of furnaces and machine shops may produce some discomfort to the over sensitive but that the majority of our citizens believe that these industries are what makes cities and the people of Port Huron are asking for more furnaces, more machine shops, more smoke, more noise, and more employment for labor.
The citizens of Port Huron are vitally interested and injuriously affected by this decision, and we ask you, as its representatives, to call a public meeting to take such action in the matter as a majority of citizens thus assembled may think proper. "
Citizens Petition – Supreme Court Record
Testimony of J.B. McIllwain – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor
Q.: I show you this copy of the Port Huron News of November 13, 1894, and call your attention to a petition particularly upon the 4th page addressed to the mayor and common council and ask you whether you saw the original of that petition?
A.: I think I did.
Q.: When did you first see it?
A.: I don't remember. This is Tuesday evening November 13, this purports to be the council proceedings of Monday previous. I should say in general terms that it would be the Saturday prior to this November 13th now it may be it was Friday prior to Nov. 13th, that would be the 9th or 10th of November, probably.
Q.: When did you first know that such a petition was to be circulated?
A.: It would be about that time.
Q.: Who drew the petition?
A.: You mean who did the manual work of writing it out?
Q.: Yes, we can take it piece meal that way if you wish.
A.: I think I did the manual work of writing it out on the typewriter.
Q.: Who dictated it?
A.: Well there was half a dozen had a hand in dictating it, I should judge.
Q.: Who was the controlling spirit?
A.: The controlling spirit would be – I will state the facts to you if you desire.
Q.: Yes, that is what I would like to have.
A.: That facts are these, quite a number of people came into our office after the decision in that case and after they had read the reference in the Port Huron Times, as I see it now I recall the fact that there was such an article there, wanting to know if something couldn't be done to help the Fitzgerald's out. I cannot give the order in which they came in but I should say a number at least 15 or 20 different persons, mentioned it to me during different days, but the order in which they would come I couldn't say. But Mr. Fitzgerald himself came to me and wanted that I should prepare up a petition that citizens could sign that they came to them and wanted to have a meeting in some way to raise a fund for the purpose of helping them to carry the case to the Supreme Court. As the case involved a record of 1200 pages of printed matter, which as printed now is about 1200 pages and would cost somewhere about $600 or upwards to print alone to say nothing of the labor of the counsel in the case or the brief. He desired that I should prepare up the petition to be signed by citizens asking the common council to call a public meeting. I probably suggested somethings and other gentlemen not at all connected with this case suggested somethings who were of the same opinion that citizens ought to assist in this matter; and the petition was drawn up and given to Fitzgerald.
Q.: How many days was this done after the publication of the Chadwick letter in the News?
A.: I don't recollect it in that connection at all.
Q.: Now figure back, the Chadwick letter was published the 8th and 9th.
A.: You can probably tell by reference to the paper.
Q.: You think then that was prepared on the Friday preceding November 13?
A.: Friday or Saturday Mr. Fitzgerald can tell probably how long he was engaged in circulation or whatever did circulate it than I could.
Q.: Then if you did see it on Friday and Tuesday was the 13th it would be about the same date that letter was written would it not?
A.: I don't know. I do not associate this petition with the letter in any respect. From the length of the petition it is barely possible it was earlier in the week, but if I give my recollection now I should say it was on either Friday or Saturday.
Q.: You are one of the defendants' solicitors in the chancery case?
A.: Well indirectly, by being associated with Mr. Chadwick who was the solicitor of record.
Q.: You were active in the case weren't you, assisted in taking testimony?
A.: I believe I did of one or two witnesses. I cannot say that I was active in taking the testimony in the case.
Q.: You made an argument in the case on its final submission?
Q.: Several hours argument did you not?
A.: An hour or so or two hours.
Q.: It is in fact a case to which you gave a great deal of attention in looking up the authorities?
A.: I did not. I didn't know I was going to take part in the argument even until within 48 hours beforehand.
Q.: You were present at the public meeting in respect of the same matter in the Baer Block?
Q.: There was a set of resolutions offered there?
A.: There was.
Q.: You prepared them?
A.: I assisted in the preparation of them.
Q.: Prepared in your office?
A.: I think so.
Q.: On your typewriter?
Q.: Mr. Chadwick assisted?
A.: I don't recollect whether he did or not, I think not, but still he may.
Q.: You say you assisted, who assisted you if Mr. Chadwick did not?
A.: I say Mr. Chadwick may have. I don't recall that fact at this time. Probably if I would see the resolutions — I haven't seen them since that time, I might be able to tell you from the wording of them whether Mr. Chadwick did assist or not.
Q.: You are the J.B. McIllwain referred to in the report of the meeting who offered those resolutions for passage are you not?
Q.: And was appointed as one of the committee to solicit subscriptions?
A.: That was a matter unknown to me and in which I refused to act.
Q.: Who called the meeting to order that night?
A.: The mayor.
Q.: Are you not in error about that? Didn't you call it to order and then call the mayor to the chair?
Q.: How soon after the meeting began did you offer your resolutions?
A.: As I recall it now, the mayor called the meeting to order and stated the object of the meeting, that he then requested me to outline more particularly the object of the meeting. I think that until within probably 3 minutes before I offered the resolutions I did not know and did not understand that I should take any part in the matter at all but at the very last minute I was requested on account of the very large crowd of people that was there in the big hall, to read the resolutions which another party had been provided to read them, but it was simply a matter of accommodation to others that I read them at all and I confined myself solely to reading the resolutions with the statement that if those resolutions met with your approval you can adopt them and if they didn't may adjust them to meet with your approval. Mr. Atkinson and McMorran were there.
Q.: It had been arranged with somebody else to read the resolutions?
A.: Mr. Fitzgerald has arranged with somebody else to read the resolutions.
Q.: How much money was raised as a result of these various efforts and following solicitations?
A.: I can't say, I don't know. I haven't handled any that I know.
Q.: Have you no idea on the subject?
A.: Nothing except as I got it from others. I haven't seen a dollar of the money at all.
Q.: Has your client informed you how much?
A.: I think I have been informed by Thomas Fitzgerald.
Q.: How much are you informed by him?
A.: I think he told me sometime ago, couple of weeks ago, that there was somewhere about $300.
Q.: How much on the whole was subscribed?
Q.: Hadn't you seen the list?
A.: I hadn't neither has he informed me.
Q.: At whose request did you offer those resolutions that were presented to the public meeting?
A.: At the request of Thomas J. Fitzgerald.
Q.: And you at that time read the Chadwick letter in the News?
A.: I don't know. I don't seem to associate the Chadwick letter with the preparing of those resolutions in any way, shape or form.
Q.: I am not asking you to do that?
A.: For that reason I can't say whether I had or not as a matter of memory.
Q.: Did you read the Chadwick letter when first published?
A.: I think so, about that time.
Q.: Didn't you read it before it was published?
Q.: But you think you did within a day or two?
Q.: These resolutions were not prepared long before the public meeting were they?
A.: I don't know it would be my idea as a matter of memory as I stated before seeing that this was for the Monday meeting of the Common Council that the resolutions were prepared the latter part of the week before.
Q.: I am speaking now of the resolutions that you offered at the public meeting in the Baer Block and not the resolutions in the council.
A.: The resolutions at the public meeting in the Baer Block I think were prepared the forenoon of that meeting, whatever the date was.
Q.: And that being true and you having read the Chadwick letter within a day or two at least of its publication you had read it before preparing that resolution and knew of its having been published?
A.: I think it was before. I probably had read it but it seems to be on the 8th; what is the date of the meeting in the Baer Block?
Q.: Thursday evening November 15th was the meeting in the Baer Block. The Chadwick letter would be somewhere about a week prior t that.
Testimony of J.B. McIllwain – Cross Examination by Attorney Chadwick
Q.: What prompting, to your knowledge, came from Mr. Chadwick in respect to the action by the common council or the public meeting?
A.: I don't think Mr. Chadwick as I recollect now had anything to do with it in anyway, shape, manner or form.
Q.: What prompting on your part lead to the action taken by the common council or citizens meeting?
A.: Nothing more than preparing this petition at the request of Mr. Fitzgerald and others.
Q.: Do you know from information who received any money raised by the citizens committee or contributed by the citizens, what was done with it?
A.: All I know is in a general way. There was a committee appointed. Mr. Henry W. Cooley was a member of the committee. Eugene Schoolcraft was another member and the committee said they had some money and we went on with the printing and as Mr. Murray would want some money we would give him an order on the committee. I never seen a dollar of the money myself but I understand that finally there was about $300 obtained.
I want to say one more thing your honor. That as far as we or anyone that was connected with us in any way took part in that public meeting it was for no other purpose than simply and solely the question whether the citizens desired to contribute to help appeal his case to the Supreme Court to pay the expenses and I do not think that at that public meeting there was the least particle of criticism of the motives of the judge but whether it was a matter that demanded the assistance of the people generally.
Testimony J.B. McIllwain – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor
Q.: Do you say there was no criticism of Judge Eldredge at that meeting? Do you remember the remarks by Alderman Cooley?
A.: I don't recall them at this time.
Q.: Is it not a fact that he denounced him and all lawyers and judges in the most emphatic terms of which he was master?
A.: I have heard that statement made before but as I recollect it, there was no such statement made by Henry W. Cooley. He referred to lawyers generally and the way he referred to them was this, that he thought it would have been a great deal better had I not offered the resolution which was adopted at that citizen meeting because being one of the attorneys in the case and he didn't think much of lawyers anyway. That is the way he came in. He had a very poor opinion he thought if we had less of them it would be a good deal better for the country, but it came in in that way.
Q.: Is it not a fact that various speakers denounced Judge Eldredge and that at every intimation or reference to corruption on his part, that the crowd cheered?
A.: I do not think there was one speaker from beginning to end that intimated, as I now remember, corruption on Judge Eldredge's part. If there is I do not recall it. I certainly did not leave the meeting with any such impression.
Q.: You thought there was no disrespectful remarks?
A.: There were some remarks. I would rather have seen not made but they were made by persons I had no idea were going to say anything.
Q.: So there were remarks of disrespect towards the court made there.
A.: It was not the court.
Q.: It was only to Judge Eldredge?
A: No it wasn't to Judge Eldredge.
Q.: That is what I asked you about, Judge Eldredge? A.: I say there was some remarks made. There were none made towards Judge Eldredge as I recollect.
Testimony of J.B. McIllwain – Cross Examination by A.E. Chadwick
Q.: Let me ask you if the tenor of the discussion was not this that if there was the law they wanted to know it and they didn't think they ought to rest upon it because they did not think it was sound, but it would be fatal to the city and so on?
A.: That is substantially the tenor of the argument that were used there.
Q.: They thought the cause ought go up?
A.: There was a great many of them that made the argument that they thought if the city of Port Huron increased in population it had to develop along the line of the river front by industries being built up on the river front and that the city was interested in knowing whether industries could be built up along the city front and that being a matter the city as a whole was interested in. They thought that the people of the city ought to help them gentlemen out who were poor young men.
Testimony of J.B. McIllwain – Examination by Avery, Prosecutor.
Q.: In that connection they desired to know whether the courts should drive business away from Port Huron?
A.: In that connection they desired to know whether the Supreme Court would sustain that decision.
Q.: Wasn't it put in just that way, in the words I used in my question, whether the courts would drive business away from Port Huron?
A.: No, I don't recollect that. I wouldn't undertake to give the language word for word, but I didn't get that impression. This question was up, whether we are going to drive away our industries now. I think I can fairly say that it was put in that way.
Q.: Then as I understand you, the ruling motive on the part of your firm in the part they took in having the resolutions presented to the council and the resolutions presented to the public meeting and your attendance upon the public meeting was to secure a subscription to assist Fitzgeralds in appealing the case?
A.: We had no ruling motive in the matter. We prepared the petition to the common council in the first place at the request of Mr. Fitzgerald who, with us, had been urged to have it done by a great many other people, simply at his request. I didn't go near the common council. I understand the common council passed some resolutions.
Q.: Are you sure you are right, you weren't at the council meeting?
A.: I was not at the council as I recall. I know I wasn't. I took no part in it whatever but at the public meeting I did go and I did draw up the documents. But I had no part in circulating any of these petitions or papers of any kind as stated by Mr. Avery.
Q.: Weren't you present in the clerk's office just before the common council was called to order that night and in consultation with some of the alderman about this matter, about the matter of these resolutions?
A.: I think I was in the clerk's office that evening that the resolution was adopted by the common council. The way I recollect it was by the fact that I remember now how that was prepared. I had almost forgotten it. That there was another petition there signed by all those parties there asking the common council to adopt the resolution.
Q.: Then the distinction is drawn when you say you were not at the council is you were not at the formal meeting. You say the alderman individually.
A.: I did not go there to see the alderman. I was simply accidentally there if I had gone there for that purpose So I should have stayed during the meeting.
The Public Meeting
The public meeting was held on November 16, 1894, as reported by the Port Huron News:
"The controversy over the case of Henry McMorran and J.E. Botsford v. Fitzgerald Brothers is creating no little interest in Port Huron. The common council's call for a public meeting to consider the matter brought out a large attendance Thursday evening. The Circuit Court room was too small to accommodate the crowd and an adjournment was taken to the Baer block. There were probably 1,000 people present. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Boynton, who said he was much pleased to see so many people present. The city clerk read the resolutions adopted by the common council calling the meeting. He also read the petition of citizens presented to the council.
John B. McIlwain was the first speaker. He said he was not present as the paid attorney of anyone. He was present to discuss what was best to be done. He said, 'All classes of citizens are here, doctors, lawyers, business men and laboring men. Anything which injures any one part of the community will injure all. It is the duty of citizens to meet and repair the injury done by Judge Eldredge's decision. We are all entitled to our opinion. I have no feeling against Henry McMorran, but I believe a wrong has been done to a business firm of the city.' Mr. McIllwain then offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, By this citizens meeting of the city of Port Huron, that we heartily approve the prompt and unanimous action of the common council of this city in respect to the attempted destruction of the business of James H. Fitzgerald where now carried on, and we hereby re-adopt and re-affirm the said resolution of said council to wit:
'We believe that any restrictions placed upon machine shops or other manufacturing enterprises located upon the banks of St. Clair River will injuriously affect the growth and development of this city as a manufacturing center, thereby greatly injuring the city itself, and that the decree of said court will do great injury to this city and retard other industries from coming to the city and is erroneous and ought not to stand. And further….
Resolved. That in view of these facts, it is the judgment of this meeting that the suits against and other attacks on James H. Fitzgerald as proprietor of the Dry Dock Iron Works, and his business are indefensible, and have also resulted in very serious injury to an honest and hardworking citizen and this community, and the active continuance of his said business at that point can injure no one judged by the fair standard of the plain people and their rights, and we, as citizens, extend to him our sympathy and encouragement, and urge upon him the necessity at appealing the case in the supreme court, not only to vindicate his own right but to defend the interests of the city and citizens, and to that end we urge the appointment of a committee of ways and mean to take such action as will give substantial encouragement and help said James H. Fitzgerald in this further defense of said action.'
Mr. McIllwain said a large number of prominent citizens had asked that the resolutions be drawn up and had taken part in their construction. Henry McMorran here asked Mr. McIllwain to name the citizens who had taken part in the drawing of the resolutions. He wanted to see everything conducted in a frank manner. Mr. McIllwain replied that he did not think it necessary to answer the question. He wanted the people to vote on the resolutions. Alderman Henry W. Cooley was called on. He said he was the father of the resolution calling the meeting of citizens. He was sorry matters had reached the point they had. Mr. Cooley said: 'Henry McMorran is a good citizen. He has done more for the city than any other man in the town. All honor to him. But I believe the judge has made a mistake in this decision. Let us put our hands in our pocket and help the Fitzgerald Brothers out. The judge has made an awful error. I do not want to detract from the worth of Henry McMorran, who employs hundreds of men in the city.'
John S. Beach made a short speech. He said: 'The lower courts of St. Clair County have decided that the banks of St. Clair River must be sacredly dedicated to private residences. Is it good sense to fence in the city? I think that the force of this meeting has been broken by introducing the counsel for the defense to open the matter. The case must now be taken to the Supreme Court. Let us put our hands in our pockets and help the boys out.'
A.S. Martin was called on. He said that personally there was no feeling on his part towards either of the contesting parties. 'I protest against the attitude of Mr. McMorran toward the Fitzgerald Brothers. If the upper court decides against the Fitzgeralds' it will mark the declining point of Port Huron's industries.'
Mr. Martin wanted to appoint Mayor Boynton to wait upon Mr. McMorran and ask him to withdraw his suit. Mayor Boynton said that Mr. McMorran appeared to be the prisoner at the bar. He was present and could tell the people whether or not he would favor arbitration. Mr. Boynton said if he believed smoke was a nuisance, he would get out an injunction and stop navigation on St. Clair River, which runs by his residence. 'If smoke is a nuisance, Great Heavens! What a nuisance the city of Pittsburgh must be. The court has rendered its decision and we must abide by its decision. What we do let us do in an orderly and legal way.' Mayor Boynton closed by saying 'Can't we compromise?'
Mr. McMorran was called for but did not respond. O'Brien J. Atkinson was called on but asked to be excused. L.B. Forester: "We have no feeling toward either of the contesting parties. We feel for the future of Port Huron. Why is Port Huron not larger? Because all land has been held for high prices. Someone is hanging on all the time. I think Judge Eldredge made a mistake. I believe the Supreme Court would set the verdict aside." J.B. McIllwain moved the adoption of his resolution.
It was adopted without a dissenting vote. A.S. Martin moved that Mayor Boynton be appointed to wait on Mr. McMorran and try and effect a settlement. Adopted. The meeting was evidently made up of men favorable to the Fitzgerald interest. When Mr. McMorran attempted to speak in the early part of the evening he was hissed. Neither Mr. McMorran or any of his friends attempted to say anything after this. This forenoon Mayor Boynton appointed the following citizens to set as a ways and means committee, as called for in the resolutions adopted: Abram S. Martin, Henry Cooley, Ed. F. Percival, Eugene J. Schoolcraft and John B. McIllwain."
The Public Meeting – Supreme Court Record
Testimony of Charles Rawlins – Examination by Attorney Avery, Prosecutor.
Q.: You are one of the editors of the Port Huron News?
Q.: I show you what purports to be a copy of your paper of November 16, 1894, and ask your attention to the first article. Did you attend that public meeting?
A.: Yes, I did.
Q.: Did you write that article, that is there printed?
Q.: State whether that is a fair representation of the occurrences of the meeting?
A.: I think it is even fairer than it might have been if I had given everything that occurred there. I left out somethings out of friendship for Mr. Chadwick and McIllwain and also for Fitzgeralds.
Q.: There is one part of that where you refer to and say at one point that there was derisive cries for Eldredge. In that connection will you state whether any disrespectful remarks were made in the meeting in respect of Judge Eldredge?
A.: I cannot say as to any disrespectful remarks, but I heard hisses.
Q.: At the mention of his name?
A.: Yes, and the whole spirit of the meeting was anarchistic.
Testimony of Charles Rawles – Cross Examination by Mr. McIllwain, Counsel for Chadwick
Q.: I see that you have quoted several of the alderman with making anarchistic speeches, several of the citizens?
A.: I haven't done anything of the kind.
Q.: What part of the article represents the anarchy of that meeting?
A.: It does not represent any of it.
Q.: Was this intended as a fair report?
A.: It was intended as a report that wouldn't give offense to Fitzgeralds and would partially do justice to McMorran.
Q.: Henry Cooley seems to be the first speaker did he say a word of reflection upon Mr. McMorran?
A.: He did not.
Q.: Or Mayor Boynton?
Q.: When you published this did you not intend to give the people of Port Huron the benefit of a fair publication of the public meeting?
A.: As fairly as we could and handle a matter that was as delicate as that matter was to handle with the public divided somewhat.
Q.: Mr. McMorran was there was he not?
A.: He was, but he was not allowed to speak either.
Q.: Do you state that under oath?
A.: I state that he was hissed down.
Q.: When was he hissed down?
A.: When he got on his feet to talk, he was drowned with hisses.
Q.: Was not a request made by a large number of citizens there present including Mayor Boynton, Henry Cooley, the alderman, Mr. Abe Martin, and other prominent citizens that they would like to hear from Mr. McMorran and see whether or not as citizens they could not interest themselves in a way to affect a compromise of this suit?
A.: I don't remember about that; I remember that when he started to talk, he was hissed and jeered so that he sat down and kept quiet.
Q.: Did he start to talk at all?
A.: He did.
Q.: Was he called for to speak?
A.: He was after he had been hissed and jeered.
Q.: You have not got any hisses in this article?
A.: No, I don't think the word "hiss" or "jeer" occurs in the article.
Q.: Wasn't there a resolution adopted at that meeting by the citizens urging Mr. McMorran as a citizen to compromise this suit and not drive out industries from the river front?
A.: I do not remember distinctly what the resolution covered.
Q.: You wouldn't have put it in your paper unless it took place, would you?
Q.: A resolution was then unanimously adopted, also a resolution asking Mr. McMorran to compromise was that a fact?
A.: I believe that is right.
Q.: Does that breathe a spirit of anarchy?
A.: It does not.
Q.: What speaker addressed the meeting that night that used this anarchistic talk?
A.: I didn't hear any speaker that was on the platform I heard speakers in the audience say, "to hell with Fitzgerald" and about the same language with regard to McMorran – or I mean "to hell with Eldredge" that is the word they used not "Fitzgerald" but "Eldredge."
Q.: Who did you hear us that?
Q.: Can you given the name of one single man that you heard say that?
A.: No, I cannot give you his name. I would recognize him if I ever saw him.
Q.: Was he drunk or sober?
A.: Apparently as sober as I am, and I am sober.
Q.: Whereabouts was he located?
A.: Right down in front.
Q.: While the meeting was pending?
A.: Yes, while the meeting was in progress.
Q.: Which side of the room?
A.: I think he was to my left as I sat facing the audience if I remember right, I think he was at my left.
Q.: Which side of the room did you sit on?
A.: I sat at the end of the room on the platform.
Q.: Which end of the platform, north or south?
A.: I don't remember whether we were at the end or not, were about in the center, I think.
Q.: You cannot give the name of any person?
A.: I don't remember his name.
Q.: Mr. Atkinson was on the platform was he not?
A.: I believe he was.
Q.: He was requested to speak?
A.: I believe he was. Yes, I know he was.
Q.: This Alderman Cooley what is his business in this city. Who is Mr. Cooley?
A.: Henry Cooley, he is an alderman here of the city at present.
Q.: Of the firm of Cooley & Smith running a planning mill?
Q.: And the next speaker seems to have been Captain John Beach. Where did he live at that time?
A.: I don't know. I thought he lived on Beard Street at that time.
Q.: Didn't he live down next to Mr. and Mrs. Botsford?
A.: I don't know. I don't think he did at that time.
Q.: And the next speaker seems to be Abe Martin, who is he?
A.: He is a prominent merchant here on Huron Avenue.
Q.: Of the firm of Martin Brothers & Co?
Q.: Then Mayor Boynton is the next one and then the next is L.B. Forrester, who is he?
A.: I don't know. He is a man that talks a good deal.
Q.: Do you remember Mr. Chadwick being called upon to speak?
A.: No, I do not remember that he was called on at all. I don't know whether he was. I couldn't state as to that.
Q.: Don't you remember that he was called upon and refused to speak?
A.: No, I don't remember that.
The McMorran & Botsford v. Fitzgerald case and the Chadwick contempt case did go to the Supreme Court on appeal. Both cases were upheld. In fact, the McMorran & Botsford v. Fitzgerald case is still considered good law today. Its case citation is McMorran v. Fitzgerald, 106 Mich. 649. The last time it was cited was in a dissenting opinion in a 1992 nuisance case, Adkins v. Thomas Solvent Co., 440 Mich. 293. So if you wonder why Port Huron does not have factories along the river front like our Canadian neighbors consider this case as the likely reason.
The Fitzgeralds did end up staying in business in Port Huron. They moved their shop to Merchant Street.
Sanborn Fire Map, 1898. Source: Library of Congress
Dry Dock Iron Works, Merchant Street, Port Huron, Michigan. Source: Six Fitzgerald Brothers – Lake Captains All
James H. Fitzgerald, 1936. Source: Six Fitzgerald Brothers – Lake Captains All
The ironic twist to all of this is in researching the case, I found my way down other historical paths and discovered interactions between so many other people involved with the parties in the case. First, McMorran purchased the property to build his home from John Howard. John was in the lumber business with Cummings Sanborn. John also had business dealings with Edmund Fitzgerald, James Fitzgerald's father. Edmund would work in the lumber industry until he engaged in sailing as a Master. He would become the Master of the schooner Hard Times in 1847 and the schooner M. Kingman in 1849. Each of these vessels were reported as being owned by Cummings Sanborn. Edmond also was listed as Master of the J.B. Skinner, which he owned in partnership with John Howard.
E. Fitzgerald Advertisement, 1877-1878. Source: Port Huron City Directory
Hattie Wells, date unknown. Source: Michigan Shipwreck Research Association
The fact that many years later McMorran would become involved in a lawsuit with the Fitzgeralds over a dry dock business when the Wolverine Dry Dock operated north of McMorran's home on Military Street is downright bizarre. Now, I understand the outrage over such a business in the area, but why the concentration on the Fitzgeralds and not the Wolverine Dry Dock?
Weirdly, when Edmund Fitzgerald left sailing vessels as a Master for shipbuilding, he built the Henry Howard and Hattie Wells with William Stewart in 1867. William Stewart was an early pioneer who initially engaged in the lumber business with Cummings Sanborn. William later engaged in the hardware business with Peter Sanborn and Ezra Carleton. His son, Charles, would go on to own the Wolverine Dry Dock with William Botsford. William Botsford was J.E. Botsford's brother and cousin to Henry McMorran. Which in the end all circles back to Henry McMorran, who owned stock in the Wolverine Dry Dock, which he passed to his daughters, Emma and Clara, though a living trust upon his death. Could that explain why no one made a peep about the Wolverine Dry Dock?
What this court case does present is factual proof of an interesting series of events that took place in the Port Huron community back in the 1890s. It gives us a bird's eye view of the people involved with the case through deposition testimony and newspaper accounts. It also gives us a chance to see Henry McMorran in action and to experience how far he would go to preserve and defend his home. Do not get me wrong, I love photographs. But when I found this case and the deposition testimony, I put down the photographs for a minute and paid attention. I consider this case a gem of a find. For in it, I found a piece of Henry that is deeply personal.
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It is very sad what has happened too his home and too the mcmorran complex in down town port Huron a gift from mr. mcmorran to the city. Total miss management by the city leaders to keep it alive sell off part of it to the college what a shame and still go's on today! Government corruption!!
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Wonderful work on all your research! This was a very interesting read.
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© 2022 TappingRoots. All rights reserved. | Military Street, do not blow often enough to bring about the unpleasantness asserted; and that added to all this is the fact that Mr. Chadwick's residence is nearer the dry dock than are the McMorran and Botsford places and that he finds no occasion for complaint from the situations set up by the plaintiffs.
Incidental to the case in hand it has been found desirable to enter into a considerable amount of discussion as to the real estate values in the city from the southern limits to the beaches on the north, and the pointers to be gathered would not have been allowed to be present. The testimony of Capt. Slyfied, Mrs. Brown, Frank Beard, Wm. L. Thompson, J.B. McFarlane and Mrs. Botsford were taken this morning. At the adjournment at noon Mrs. Botsford was still on the stand.
Mrs. Botsford was the most careful and competent witness of this morning in sustaining the claim of the plaintiff. She made a careful statement of the facts as to the purchase of the dry dock property and of the nuisance which they proved to be for her residence, in that the working of the machinery was felt in her rooms and also that the smoke from the chimney poured down upon her house and the soot blackened her terraces, porches and rooms."
"June 15, 1893 – The taking of testimony in the case of Messrs. Botsford and McMorran v. Messrs. Fitzgerald, of the dry dock and engine works on Military Street, was continued on Wednesday afternoon before commissioner Robertson. Mrs. Botsford's testimony was completed but no new facts were developed. E.F. Percival testified for the complainants as to the fact of the depreciation of the real estate in the vicinity of the dry dock. He believed that the property was worth more for residence than for manufacturing purposes.
Mrs. Hulett, housekeeper at the residence of E.C. Carleton, testified as to the filthy condition which the smoke and soot from the engine works chimney produced in the house which she had charge of and also to the fact of having been disturbed by the noise of the machinery. The Carleton resident is located a considerable distance farther from the shops than are those of Messrs. McMorran and Botsford. A telegram from Homer Warren of Detroit asserted that the Avery farm, on which the shops and residences in question in the case are located, was held exclusively for residence purposes. The telegram was introduced into testimony.
The testimony of complainants was practically closed on Wednesday after and the examination was adjourned until Friday morning. The defense have 15 days in which to file their answer to the bill of particulars of the complainants."
"June 20, 1893 – The examination of the case of Botsford and McMorran v. Fitzgerald was continued this morning, at the office of Atkinson & Wolcott. J.L. Paldi testified as to the smoke and soot which he had seen at the Botsford residence and the nature of the air currents in that locality. He regarded the smoke and dirt from the shops on the river bank as being matters which would render the locality practically uninhabitable as a residence section. Dr. C.B. Stockwell testified as to the serious effects of smoke and soot upon the residents in the vicinity of the shops on the river bank, and made a practice explanation of the air currents, showing that the smoke would be carried to the McMorran or Botsford residence from Fitzgerald shops and boats by the wind blowing in almost any direction under the peculiar conditions of the air currents in that locality. David McMorran testified to the unpleasantness of the residence of Henry McMorran by reason of the smoke and dirt of the shops and the offensive odors from the barns and shops. The complainant's testimony will be completed on Wednesday morning."
"July 6, 1893 – At the examination of the chancery case of Botsford and McMorran v. Fitzgerald on Wednesday afternoon at the office of A.E. Chadwick but two witnesses were examined for the defense. Bert Walker, engineer at the Fitzgerald works, testified to the facts as to the condition of things in the shops, as had previously been stated by the defendants. The amount of coal consumed was stated at from 500 to 700 pounds per day. The witness was unable to testify to the fact of the jar of the machinery in the shops, no disturbance for any of the workmen employed being noticeable. It was shown that the same winds which brought smoke to the residence portion of Military Street from the shops also brought the smoke from passing steamers.
John Rudge, the Merchant Street foundryman, testified that when the Fitzgerald shops adjoined his, no inconvenience from noise or jarring of their machinery was noticeable and the molders in his shop found no jar sufficient to disturb their work. The molding shop was located only about 40 feet from the trip hammer in the Fitzgerald shop. At the examination this morning Mrs. Bane, Mrs. Wm. B. Pace and Mrs. Charles Sissman, who lived in the vicinity of the old shops on Merchant Street, testified that they found no inconvenience from the jar of the machinery, and that since the removal of the shops they have had fully as much discomfort from smoke as before their removal, this coming from passing steamers.
On the cross examination of Walker, it was shown that he is but 19 years of age, that he went to his position from the high school and that he had had no experience as an engineer previous to his going to work at the shops; and that he had seen the smoke from the shops pouring down upon the Botsford residence.
On the cross examination of the ladies testifying for the defense, they admitted that the Grand Trunk trains were continually passing and that the noise of the shops may not have been heard in consequence; that they had been obliged to keep their washings in the house on account of the smoke and dirt of the shops, and that the locality of the shops was always untidy by reason of the machines, etc., standing around waiting for repairs. Mrs. Pace admitted her belief that the location of the shops near residence property could be regarded as a nuisance. At noon Mr. Pace was on the stand. The examination was adjourned until Friday morning at the conclusion of his testimony."
"July 7, 1893 – The examination in the chancery case of Botsford and McMorran v. Fitzgerald was continued at the office of A.E. Chadwick this morning. Mrs. A.E. Chadwick and Mrs. W.R. Chadwick, whose house is near the Fitzgerald shops, testified that they found no special inconvenience from the smoke from the shops more that is found in other portions of the city; that their bed linen is regularly aired on their balconies; that the children of the household, while dressed in white play upon the lawns without any unusual amount of dirt on their dresses being known; they know of no disturbance from the noise and jarring of the trip hammer and other machinery in the shops; that in spite of all precaution much dirt will accumulate in their house from their own heating furnace; that the smoke from the shops is noticed to be of light color and of slight volume; that the annoyance from smoke and dirt is less this season | 1,528 |
Rick's Insights from the Carnival Executive Partner Advisory Board Meeting
Written by: Guest on November 21, 2016
Earlier this year, KHM Travel Group's President and CEO Rick Zimmerman was named to Carnival Cruise Line's Executive Partner Advisory Board. This month the advisory board, along with members of the cruise lines senior leadership and sales team, gathered in New York City for the board's annual meeting.
Carnival gave the 12 board members the VIP treatment over the course of three days. They stayed at the Andaz Hotel in midtown for the first few nights, and then were whisked away for an evening on the Vista, Carnival's new mega-ship.
The trip kicked off with a private dinner the first evening, and then an early start with meetings the next day. The discussion during the meetings focused on trade decisions and strategies impacting the travel and cruise industries.
The board members preparing lunch as a team!
As our agents might have seen, Rick also posted in our Agents-Only group before his trip, asking what thoughts or concerns they'd like him to share with Carnival. Throughout the meeting, he was able to communicate much of that feedback to the cruise line.
"Carnival is trying to give us as much knowledge as they get from us," said Rick. "They shared the good things, like increases in numbers, and they also got to voice their concerns."
One issue that Rick wants to draw agents' attention to is an issue with prepaid gratuities. Whenever prepaid gratuities are part of a guest's purchase, there is an inordinate number of people lining up at the guest services desk to get their gratuities back.
This is a common occurrence not only on Carnival, but on Holland America and Princess lines, which are both part of Carnival Corporation LLC.
"This is having a bigger impact, in that Carnival is not able to pay their team members what they'd like to," Rick said<|fim_middle|> a member of our team at 1-888-611-1220 if you have questions.
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Planning a Bucket List Vacation to Alaska | . "These are people who are away from their families for long periods of time, and are trying to make the experience memorable for guests."
Rick also lists non-commissionable fees as a popular talking point. He stresses to agents that diminishing these fees is an industry-wide project, and a lot of them are carried out by ports-of-call. As the champion for making cruises affordable for all, Carnival is especially working hard to cut down costs.
Rick had a few celebrity encounters during his trip, including meeting Kathy Lee Gifford!
It wasn't all business though; Carnival had a few big surprises lined up for the board members. During lunch the first day, Kathy Lee Gifford popped in to speak to the group, and even sang a song! As a former Carnival spokesperson, she was very engaging and energetic!
The celebrity encounters continued at dinner that evening, which was prepared by star chef and Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli. They all also received a signed copy of her cookbook.
One action-packed day followed another. Rick was up early the next morning and taken to an undisclosed location, which turned out to be a helicopter launch pad! On a cool, clear morning during rush hour, the board members got a true bird's-eye view of New York City on a helicopter tour!
"We use the word 'amazing' to describe a lot of things," said Rick. "But this was truly amazing."
A simply stunning view of Manhattan.
That afternoon, they boarded the Carnival Vista. After a top-notch lunch at JiJi Asian Kitchen, everyone got front-row seats to the Carrie Underwood concert on-board…and also got to meet the country superstar afterwards!
Up close and personal with American Idol winner Carrie Underwood
Meeting Mickey Arison, chairman and former CEO of Carnival Corporation and owner of the Miami Heat, was another highlight for Rick. It was Arison's mission to establish a cruise line that made it possible for every American to go on a cruise. Obviously Arison is a very busy man, and Rick was impressed by the fact that he took time to speak to every board member during dinner.
Opportunities like Rick's meeting with the Carnival Executive Partner Advisory Board are valuable for KHM Travel Agents because they allow us, as a host agency, to advocate and provide feedback directly to the decision makers at our Preferred Suppliers on our agents' behalf.
Thank you to Rick for sharing his thoughts and insights from this unique trip!
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For Part II of Suzanne & Justin's day after shoot, Justin (of Justin & Suzanne, not to be confused with Justin & Mary) mentioned ever so casually that they'd like to do some shots on the trampoline. Y'know….because they like to occasionally jump on the trampoline.
Boy was that the understatement of the CENTURY!!!
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Then Justin took to the trampoline by himself….and uhhh yea….I'm pretty sure that he's a super hero in disguise!! Look at the air he got on these!!
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Um, Tyra Banks would be like so totally ridiculously proud of these two…. Awesome shots!
Ha ha! So awesome! They were getting some major air!
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I love buying parrot toys and all my birds love getting them, except the quakers. The quakers are suspicious of anything new and it usually takes days for their curiosity to kick in enough to actually touch or play with the toy.
Sweet Pea brought a basketball game with her when she moved in. My mom gave it to her when Sweet Pea was with her. Sweet Pea likes all her toys but she loves the basketball toy. I finally found one at a pet store the other day, but they only had one. I gave the new goal to Zeke and expected him to avoid it like he usually does. He went right over and started playing with it! It kept him busy for most of the afternoon. If you find one of these toys you should grab it<|fim_middle|> second toy I've ever given him that he played with immediately without waiting days to touch it. He likes shreddable paper toys most of the time. He's still fascinated with the basketball game. | , they aren't expensive at all and even shy quakers like them.
I got a bowling game for Ringo that's actually meant for budgies (size-wise) and she's just about beaten it to death. I'll look for a basketball game for her, too. The bowling game has attached pins with a mirror behind it and a little ball, also attached, and she just pecks those things but she likes it.
I'll look for bowling pin games too. I see what you mean about size. I know these are intended for parakeets but the bigger birds don't care. It's fun to give them toys they really like.
Mr P actually prefers the budgie sized toys..not sure why.
You want to see something funny, it's my pigeon who prefers budgie toys. LOL She doesn't play with toys a lot, but when she does, those are her preference. Imagine your college-age son playing with his toddler brother's toys. That's what it looks like.
Otey likes his big cage mobile & anything with bells, Lovey likes mirrors, my laptop with the birdies inside & her newest, a stick on outside bird feeder, and Aldo just seems to like Hubby & the iPad. Hubby put a game on, and Aldo followed the cursor & tried to eat it.
Definitely to each their own.
Ralph typically prefers things that aren't meant to be parrot toys, like plastic food storage containers, wooden dowels (which he builds with) and stainless steel nuts and bolts. But I may try out one of those bowling or basketball games and see what he thinks. At worst, he can tear it apart for fun, I suppose.
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We've been wondering what former Microsoft vice president Sanjay Parthasarathy has been building ever since we discovered his startup, Indix, 18 months ago.
Parthasarathy, who spent 19 years at Microsoft, including a stint running the company's Startup Business Accelerator program, still isn't saying much about Indix.
However, he did just score $4.5 million in fresh funding from Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures. The company, which is based in Seattle and Chennai, India, had previously raised $1.4 million.
So, what's it up to?
It fascinates us that the product manager lives in a world that is largely manual and ad hoc. Their expertise seems to be to the ability to connect disparate conversations and data into a point of view that creates unique products and services. And then shepherd these products through their life cycles while making a nice profit and building an interesting business.
What would the product manager be capable of if we gave them the data, the tools and the applications that would help them come up with new product ideas, set the right prices, manage promotions and make their offerings available to their customers in the best ways possible? What if we made it easy to collaborate with others in their company and communicate with their peers at other companies? What if we could bring powerful analytics and beautiful visualizations to bear on their problems? What if we<|fim_middle|> make a platform for product managers to do whatever they wanted?
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The roar of a Victorian-era retail giant.
Source<|fim_middle|> stood the test of time as a downtown landmark—the King Edward Hotel [PDF].
Additional material from Lost Toronto by William Dendy (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978); the January 19, 1858, February 23, 1867, and October 6, 1885 editions of the Globe; and the April 12, 1901 edition of the Toronto Star. | : the Globe, September 7, 1858.
During the late 19th century, several downtown Toronto dry-goods merchants developed the potential to grow into major department stores. While Eaton's and Simpsons evolved into national retailers, their competitors either couldn't tackle the two giants or fell by the wayside for other reasons. One could-have-been-a-contender was Robert Walker and Sons, a.k.a. the Golden Lion, which was considered the largest retail business in Ontario in the late 1860s.
A native of Brampton, England, Robert Walker moved to Toronto in 1829, where he quickly entered the local clothing business. Around 1836, he formed a partnership with Thomas Hutchinson and operated a store on King Street east of Yonge. Around 1847, Walker opened up his wallet and spent a spectacular amount for the time period ($30,000) to build a stone structure at 33-37 King Street East to house his business. Two years later, the store adopted a golden lion as its symbol.
Source: the Globe, March 19, 1881.
Source: Toronto Star, September 25, 1895.
Though the store doubled in size again in 1892, by 1898 no one was left in the Walker family to run it. Unlike its competitor Simpsons, where founder Robert Simpson's sudden death in December 1897 prompted his survivors to sell out, the Golden Lion closed its doors. Subsequent occupants included another short-lived department store and a Liberal campaign office during the 1900 federal election.
After the stone lion was removed on April 6, 1901, the store was demolished to make way for a prominent new development. "In Toronto," the Hamilton Herald observed, "they are pulling down the old Golden Lion to make room for a new White Elephant in the form of a palace." The store's replacement has | 417 |
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Anime Limited Acquired by Plaion Pictures
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Date: 2022 October 23 00:12
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Anime Limited have announced they've joined the PLAION group.
UK and French divisions of anime label purchased by division of Embracer Group for an undisclosed sum.
Anime Ltd joins the PLAION group
It's official! Today PLAION group, a wholly owned subsidiary<|fim_middle|> Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll), there now remains a single independent anime label in the UK and Ireland. While consolidation is the name of the game, eventually (as evidenced by Crunchy and FUNI merging) you end up with one or two players and that's never good for choice. We can only hope that Anime Limited's new owners allow them to remain the same maverick label they've always been.
Source: Anime Limited | of Embracer Group AB, announced that they've entered into an agreement to acquire Anime Ltd. We believe both PLAION and Embracer Group represent an entrepreneur-led and content-driven future that aligns perfectly with our own vision of where we want to take our company.
This is a huge step forwards for the whole Anime Ltd team as it allows us to deliver the highest quality works in Japan across Japanese animation and music to the rest of the European market in addition to the UK, France and USA as we do at present. Ultimately it allows us to bring more to both existing and new fans so we can't wait to get cracking!
"We are looking forward to joining the team of PLAION, with whom we have already successfully collaborated via both our French and Scottish offices. Together, we are in a unique position to deliver a bespoke and streamlined approach for our business in each of the core territories in Europe. I am excited about the opportunities for growth that this deal represents."
- Andrew Partridge, MD and co-founder of Anime Ltd
"I am happy to see that Anime Ltd. takes the next step in its development and becomes part of a strong entertainment group with a clear vision and a promising strategy. I look forward to being able to further build up our business and unfold Anime Ltd.'s full potential to make Japanese pop culture content even more popular in Europe and the world."
- Cedric Littardi, co-founder and chairman of the board at Anime Ltd
Anime Ltd will operate as an independent company within PLAION PICTURES (Film Publishing Arm of PLAION), the current Management will continue to run the company. The company will maintain its present release schedule currently, with even more to look forward to on the horizon We'll be sure to keep fans updated as more news is available too.
We'd like to thank all of our dedicated customers for their support of Anime Ltd and we can't wait as we start our second decade to many more years of creating the best possible Japanese animation releases in the market and connecting creators to the audiences we ourselves care about deeply.
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Ten years is a pretty good run for a label like AL, and while the team is staying put, it's sad to see them end their indie streak.
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"Move your feet!", the loud masculine voice echoed from the sidelines onto the field.
My son had just started playing Lacrosse, and I stood on the sidelines trying to understand the sport and its lingo. I was simultaneously fascinated by how fast-moving the game was, and also trying to understand the parent-player dynamics that were taking place on the field.
It seemed that every time my son's team<|fim_middle|> if you can't solve it right now, taking action and keeping your feet moving works wonders in helping you to score when you need it most. | got close to the opponent's goal, they slowed their movements, trying to figure out how to get the Lacrosse ball into the net. As they slowed down and allowed the defensive team to think through their strategy, their opponents became more aggressive in defending their goal.
As the season unfolded, it became clear that his message of moving your feet was meant to inspire the players to adopt the simple strategy of not stopping or resting until the goal was achieved.
The invitation to "move your feet" is not just something to yell at Lacrosse players; I see it as a strategy for life. You can find countless examples of people who face challenges, difficulties, obstacles or roadblocks who just stop moving. These are the people that get knocked down and don't get back up. We all face challenges and times where it's hard to get up and back into the game, but that's what separates the successful from the unsuccessful.
I was recently talking to another real estate investor who was having a challenging time marketing one of his properties. He had posted two Craigslist ads and couldn't understand why no one was flocking to buy his property. When I asked him about his advertising and marketing strategy, he told me that he placed the ad on Craigslist three weeks ago and no one had responded. I asked him if he had reposted the ad and his answer was no. I asked him if he placed it on other listing channels, and again, the answer was no. He was relying on one channel and could not understand why it was not yielding results.
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If you are struggling with something, what are you doing about it? If you are sitting idle waiting for the issue to solve itself, it won't. Successful investors keep their feet moving and are always looking for ways to solve their own problems.
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The return of MINI to one of the biggest stages in motorsport is approaching ever closer. On Monday, the MINI WRC Team was officially presented to the public at the Team Launch, which took place at the MINI Plant in Oxford (GB). This season, the team will contest six rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) with the MINI John Cooper Works WRC. The car will be tested against its rivals for the first time at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna from 5th to 8th May 2011. The goal in the debut season is to gain valuable experience to be perfectly prepared to take on the entire 2012 World Rally Championship.
MINI can look back on a long history of success in rallying. Paddy Hopkirk (GB), Timo Mäkinen (FI) and Rauno Aaltonen (FI) won the Rallye Monte Carlo in the Classic Mini Cooper S in 1964, 1965 and 1967. Today's driving teams of Kris Meeke (GB)/Paul Nagle (IR) and Dani Sordo (ES)/Carlos del Barrio (ES) are keen to follow in the footsteps of the "Three Musketeers".
At the launch in the "T Building" of the MINI Plant in Oxford, the spotlight was initially on Hopkirk and Aaltonen as they drove onto the stage behind the wheel of the legendary Classic Mini Cooper S. The guests and media representatives were then treated to their first look at the MINI John Cooper Works WRC in its final World Championship design. The car was developed by Prodrive, based on the MINI Countryman production model.
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JW Player, a video streaming and analytics platform for major enterprise and publishing companies, has raised $100 million in a series E round of funding from LLR Partners.
JW Player was launched in 2005 as an open source product that went on to power one of the early versions of YouTube. While JW Player is no longer open source, instead being offered under a creative commons license for non-commercial use, it has emerged as one of the top digital video players, with enterprise and media customers such as Viacom, Zoom, Newegg, and Tag Heuer.
The New York-based company claims 1 billion people view a JW Player-powered video each month, spanning 2.7 billion devices.
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According to data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), digital advertising revenue surged 12.2% to nearly $140 billion in the U.S. alone last year. Digital video advertising, specifically, saw the highest growth, rising 20.6% to over $26 billion. JW Player offers an HTML5 video player that enables companies to embed their videos (replete with ads) on any website, with software development kits (SDKs) for adding JW Player to their native mobile apps. Additionally, the company offers tools such as "article matching," which automatically inserts relevant videos into online articles across the JW Player network.
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A Definitive Ranking of the Archer Seasons
I think I can say definitively that Archer is my favorite animated TV comedy of all time. I know what it means to say that. But the fact that it's on cable and therefore afforded much more liberty in language and content as, say, The Simpsons, goes a long way<|fim_middle|> voice actors from Bob's Burgers and focusing on the lunacy, but acute awareness, of Cheryl. There are some simply better-than-average episodes and season 4, but ultimately, most comedic shows would love to have a season of this caliber in its catalog.
Best Episode: "Heart of Archness: Part I" or "Lo Scandolo"
In the fall of 2011, FX announced that there would be a 3-part arc that would bridge the brilliant end of season 2 with season 3 that was due to air after the new year. The result was the "Heart of Archness" trilogy that showed Sterling had gone off the grid while grieving Katya. With the ISIS crew unable (or unwilling) to locate them, Malory calls in Rip Riley (voiced by Patrick Warburton) to bring him home. The journey is absurd and hilarious, and also incorporates the voice talents of David Cross along the way. This is the defacto beginning to a spectacular season that also features a guest appearance from Burt Reynolds (The Man from Jupiter). This season also has some great Pam Poovey-centric episodes with "Drift Problem" and "Crossing Over." This season also begins the tradition of the two part season finale (and its best one) with the "Space Race" episodes where Brian Cranston gives a great performance, in addition to just some flat out hilarious writing.
Best Episode: "The Placebo Effect"
Here's what you need to know: episode three through episode thirteen are like the 1927 Yankees line-up. We're talking about the animated show equivalent to Chappelle's season two here, folks. This is easily the most re-watchable season of the bunch, with some of the best episodes of the show, period. "Stage Two" and "Placebo" basically serve as part one and two, fringe characters get their own episodes (Cyril with "Tragical History," Woodhouse with "The Double Deuce") and we get our first taste of Pam's origin story in "El Secuestro." This season also introduces Katya in the penultimate episode of the season, then promptly kills her in the next… sorta. I'm not sure Archer will ever reach this level again, but it's untouchable for most comedies. Period.
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I will also neglect to mention how often I've watched every season.. Mostly because I've lost count.. Seriously this is how I start my day every day. It's gotta be hundreds of times (seasons, not episodes)
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this is a great list and write-up. I'm really loving season 7 right now, honestly may be my favorite season since 3
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Where do you rank 7 and 8? Loved them both. | . Archer somehow has toed the line between complete obscurity and nonsensical narrative (like much of Adult Swim's line-up), and the family-friendly – or at least family-themed – progression of the Fox line-up to have become its own beast. The only show that comes close to Archer for me is The Boondocks, and Aaron McGruder's creation still has episodes with the highest ceiling for me, mostly because of my personal interests. Ya know, cuz I'm Black as all hell. But even for The Boondocks, if you say that was the best animated show of all time, you have to write off an entire season (use whatever qualifiers you want to ignore season four, that shit still exists). You also have to pretend that half of season two didn't have some just straight up boring and unimaginative episodes. That usually wouldn't get the target of my scorn, but when you're waiting 3 years between seasons, then naw man, we can't have no 40 degree days.
So for me it's Archer, which just wrapped up its sixth season. If you were a fan of Arrested Development (and the only way you're not is if you've never seen it), then you know how the jokes, plot structures and character interactions are uniquely hilarious in TV. As I've stated in my last review, this show might be on the downside of its creative arc and it's probable that its best seasons are behind it. But still, that's just the show against itself and not necessarily against the field. It still slays the field. Now that another season in the bag, here's how we rank those seasons.
6) Archer Vice (or Season 5)
Best Episode: "Rules of Extraction"
I've said it time again, I appreciate the chances that Adam Reed and his crew took to blow up the formula and doing something new. He was getting bored and instead of it getting stagnant, he went left and thrust his characters in a completely different scenarios while fundamentally changing the DNA of some of his main characters. It was a valiant effort. What plagued the season though were that they were always stuck in that goddamn house (I know, a function of animated shows and backgrounds) and one of it's main characters (Lana) just stood around being pregnant and critical most of the season (not great for stereotypes). Doesn't mean there weren't some great jokes and a few really good episodes here and there, but ultimately we knew after the first episode that it would just be a progression of the team losing more and more of the cocaine and ending with nothing. Having that easy-to-guess ending meant the journey there had to be worth it, and it's really debatable if it was.
5) Season 1
Best Episode: "Skytanic" or "Diversity Hire"
Look, without a successful season 1, obviously this show doesn't get to season 6, but when you look back on it, it doesn't hold up to the greatness that would succeed it. Like many first seasons, we are mostly treated to wacky introductions and over the top (even for Archer) personalities that were mostly thin and disposable. Ray wasn't a regular part of the crew yet, Cheryl still hadn't landed on a name and Pam had not ascended to greatness yet. And because it's an animated show that blew up in popularity, the budget increase – and therefore the animation – from seasons 1 to 6 practically created a different show altogether. It's jarring when you watch that first season now. And still, it's a really good season. Besides the ones listed above, episodes like "Honeypot," "Job Offer," and "Dial M for Murder" introduce characters that play a great role down the line.
Best Episode: "Vision Quest"
It's possible that after a few more viewings (I won't tell you how often I've watched the other seasons) this might climb a spot or two, but it was still okay as far as Archer seasons go. The middle of the season had a murders row with "Edie's Wedding," "Vision Quest," then "The Kanes" and "Pocket Listing," but the season fell down some stairs near the end and didn't do enough in the finale to combat that. Maybe some liked the "successful relationship" element between Sterling and Lana, but I was left annoyed, just like if I had to witness the sappy new relationship between two people I knew in real life. It's much more entertaining in the grey area between them and it just dragged the second half of the season to a crawl. Still, this season goes firmly in the "solid" category.
Best Episode: "Midnight Ron"
The remaining seasons in these rankings are firmly in the winner's circle. Giving season 4 of Archer the bronze medal is like watching a race in which the third place person beats the world record, too. It is stellar, beginning with the Bob's Burgers crossover in the premiere, the "The Wind Cries Mary" episode featuring Timothy Olyphant, "The Papal Chase" (where Woodhouse is the doppelganger of the Pope), and the "Sea Tunt" two-part finale, featuring | 1,068 |
Drive Motors Adds Former Dealer.Com Exec to Leadership Team
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SAN FRANCISCO — Online car-buying solution provider Drive Motors this week announced the hiring of former Dealer.com executive Chris Gugliotta to the newly created position of head of strategic partnerships.
Gugliotta will report to company CEO Aaron Krane and will be responsible for leveraging Drive Motors' omnichannel car-buying tools for the largest auto finance sources and vehicle OEMs in the world.
"Drive Motors is solidifying its position as the leader of<|fim_middle|> his passion for delivering great consumer experiences with technology," said Krane. "His experience is vast, spanning top dealer groups like Lithia, as well as top technology companies like Cox Automotive. That is clutch."
Read more about digital digital retailing Drive Motors online F&I | transparent car buying for auto dealers, and forging strategic partnerships is going to accelerate Drive's sustained growth," said Gugliotta. "I'm excited to join the executive team, and I'm proud to offer Drive the connections and expertise I've developed throughout my decades-long career."
Gugliotta brings more than 20 years of experience in technology, automotive, and retail sales to the role. In 1996, he started at Lithia Motors, where he developed and scaled internet-marketing and ecommerce teams for more than a decade. He then spent more than half a decade leading growth efforts at Dealer.com, ultimately rising to the post of vice president of sales for Cox Automotive. Gugliotta then returned to Lithia to lead innovation and online sales strategy.
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In Love With Another!
September 14, 2013 by ladyromp 18 Comments
I have a question for you. Have you ever been in love with or liked someone that did not know it or didn't even know you existed? If so, how did you handle it?
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Women's News: These Successful Women Prove The Power Of A Role Model
September 14, 2013 by ladyromp 3 Comments
The Huffington Post | By Lori Fradkin
When Emma Stone was honored as an MTV Trailblazer in 2012, she rattled off the people who had inspired her: "people like Gilda Radner and Bill Murray and John Candy and Charlie Chaplin and the Beatles and J.D. Salinger and Lorne Michaels, who reminds me of the importance of comedy, and Cameron Crowe, whose work consistently reminds me of why I want to be an actor." But she went on to say that she was not following in their footsteps; rather, she was trying to do something original. "They make me want to be more myself," she said.
Stone's message was one worth paying attention to. And it was interesting to hear her name the people who made her want to pursue her dreams, showing that even the biggest stars have at one point or another turned to others for inspiration. Who does someone like Oprah consider a role model? Or back-to-back Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain? Below you'll find 11 noteworthy women — many of whom have been called role models themselves — paired with some of the people they've respected, admired and looked up to over the years.
1. Viola Davis
Role Model: Meryl Streep
After Meryl Streep presented Viola Davis with a Women in Film Award in June 2012, Davis said she had a "confession" to make. After they filmed "Doubt" together, Streep sent Davis a card that meant so much to her that she kept it. "Okay Meryl, I framed the card," Davis said. This wasn't the first time Davis had expressed her admiration for Streep. She introduced Streep at the 2012 New York Film Critics' Circle awards with high praise. Salon's Andrew O'Hehir described the speech: "She hadn't been looking for a Caucasian role model, she said, but the craft and range of Streep's work on stage and screen had always impressed her … Streep's example had demonstrated a fearlessness and generosity, Davis told us, that had opened new pathways in her personal and professional life."
2. Sheryl Sandberg
Role Models: Adele Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg
Larry Summers may be Sheryl Sandberg's mentor, but when asked at a March 2013 event about her role models, the Facebook COO and "Lean In" author named two other people who have greatly affected her life. On a personal level, she lauded her mom: "My mom is the most giving woman in the whole world who has done more for me and everyone else around her than anyone I've ever met." And on a professional level, Sandberg says she learned a valuable lesson from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: "Mark looked at me six months into the job five years ago, and said, 'Sheryl, you care too much about being liked. You are trying to please everyone all day long and you can't do it. And if you never say anything that anyone disagrees with, you're not going to say anything at all.'"
3. Michelle Obama
Role Model: Hillary Clinton
Michelle Obama has said that Beyonce "could not be a better role model" for Sasha and Malia, but when it comes to her own role models, she's cited Hillary Clinton as a source of support. "I don't think she realizes how what she has done has made what I am doing partially possible," the first lady<|fim_middle|>. "You are ultimately responsible for your own happiness and success. If there is something you see wrong in the world, you can do something about it!" – Maurya Couvares, Founder, ScriptEd
4. Pick up the phone and make a cold call. "Don't buy into what others may prescribe for you; go after your passions. Don't be afraid to make that cold call, speak up in a meeting, or try something that scares you every now and then. Ask for what you want and you will get there a lot sooner than you think! There are no limits to what you can accomplish." – Danielle Deabler, NPR, creator of "Generation Listen"
5. Write down your non-negotiables. "Your 20s are a time to be selfish and to figure yourself out, what you like and more importantly what you are not willing to tolerate. Figuring out your non-negotiables is a must to happiness in the personal and professional areas of your life." – Rhoda Tamakloe, Senior Program Coordinator, Kaplan Educational Foundation
6. Follow through. "Set goals each month and meet them." Enough said. – Penelope Trunk, renowned career coach, author, entrepreneur from Brazen Careerist, blogs atPenelope Trunk
7. Be revolutionary. "Don't be afraid to be radical in thought or action. This is your time be in that state of mind. Throughout history, progress has been led by young folks who pushed the boundaries of the acceptable (just check out how old the Founding Fathers were). Promise, you can do that while still taking full advantage of Netflix unlimited instant streaming." – Taylor Jo Isenberg, National Director, Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network
8. Do that thing you're afraid of. "If you're scared of heights, skydive. If you're scared of public speaking, join the Toastmasters Club. If you're scared of failure, do something you know you aren't good at, in front of people, if at all possible. Facing small fears will make you a bolder and braver person in all other aspects of your life and the big scary decisions – moving across the country, quitting your job, starting your own company – won't seem so scary." – Rachel Hurley, Independent Consultant
9. Be willing to embarrass yourself. "The possibility for greatness and embarrassment both exist in the same space. If you're not willing to be embarrassed, you're not willing to be great. The biggest risk of our twenties would be never taking any risks at all." – Paul Angone, author of 101 Secrets for your Twenties, founder ofAllGroanUp.com
10. Accept failure. "The number one thing I learned about how to make the most of your 20s was to accept failure and welcome it as the stepping stone success. Fortunately, I had many opportunities in my 20s to learn this lesson. My later success would not have been possible without learning from these early failures. At the time I wouldn't have minded fewer failures, but they're not only part of life, they're a valuable part of life." – Arianna Huffington, author, Chair, President and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post
11. Stop talking and start listening. "Our default during this time can sometimes to be to assume we know most of the answers. Even if you do, the outlook, perspective, vantage point (right or wrong) of another will expand your horizon and context. Go into everything with a humble assumption that you can learn something from every single person in the room, then listen first and ask questions after." – Azita Ardakani, Founder,LoveSocial
12. Look ahead. "Being behind isn't about comparing yourself to other people. You're behind in your 20s if you can't get the life you want for yourself by your 30s or 40s. Dare to be intentional with your life, and to be real with yourself about what you think you may want in 10 years. If that's too scary, ask this question: If I keep living my life exactly as I am now, do I like where I'll be in five years? If not, then something needs to change because that's where you're on track to wind up." – Meg Jay, clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade: Why Your 20s Matter – and How to Make the Most of Them Now
13. Make time to stop and reflect. "Reflecting will allow you to see the signs that the world is giving you about your purpose. Once you find that purpose, jump at every opportunity to live for your purpose. And hold on tight because it's going to be a bumpy ride." – Rey Faustino, CEO and Founder, One Degree
14. Don't take yourself too seriously. "I think the best way to make the most of your 20s is to not waste time being anxious. I had so many new experiences in my 20s, both personally and professionally. I was able to enjoy myself the most when I didn't let nerves get in the way. Most of the stuff I was worried about never happened anyway!" – Anya Wallach, Producer, The Random Farms Kids' Theater
15. Discover your purpose and origin. "If you believe in a Creator, then know your Creator in order to discover your Created Purpose. If you don't believe in a Creator, then believe there's a legitimate reason why you were put on the planet. That gives you genuine purpose. And purpose is a fuel that's non-toxic to yourself and others." – Alice Rhee, two-time Emmy winning TV producer, Senior Producer, PostTV
16. Choose your friends wisely. "The biggest lesson I learned in my twenties was to look around at the people I was hanging out with. Are they using their time and talents wisely? Have they decided what and who they want to be in life? Your circle of influence defines who you are." – Amy Palmer, multiple Emmy-nominated TV host, Founder & CEO of PowerwomenTV
17. Know that you're more than your job. "In your 20s, it's easy to rush through life to get as much as you can as quickly as possible. We like to push themselves to the limit, throw ourselves in the fire and never think we are never going to get burnt. But we do. Instead, think about what makes you happy. You are more than your job. You are a multi-faceted person. Slow down, breathe, and take the time to realize you can create your own happiness in your life, and that doesn't just mean in your job." – Amanda Slavin, CEO & Founder, Catalyst Creativ
18. Be honest. "I learned to make the most of my 20s by being honest with myself, honest with my relationships, and honest with how I see myself in society. This alone has created an unequivocal sense of freedom." – Tinia Pina, Founder and CEO, Re-Nuble
19. Realize that your 20s are going to fly by. "No joke. The time is going to pass anyway. You'll be 30 before you know it. And when you wake up 30, the only question will be whether you gave it your all. Just go for it! You might fail, but at least you had the guts to try. If there's something you want to do, then just go do it! Don't wait." – Gene Gurkoff, Founder, Charity Miles
20. Don't rush. "So many people in their 20s are in a hurry to get to where they want to be: graduated, established, promoted, in love. Your 20s are a time where it is ok to make mistakes as long as you learn from them. Don't be in a rush to be who you are going to be. Just enjoy being who you are." – Alicia Quarles, New York Correspondent, E! News
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Filed Under: Women's Health | said at an International Women's Day ceremony in 2012. "So with all the respect and admiration that I can give to her, I will be wherever she needs me to be, whenever she needs me to be there."
4. Jamie Malone
Role Models: Tim McKee and Erik Anderson
Minneapolis chef Jamie Malone, one of Food & Wine's "Best New Chefs" of 2013, says several people she's worked for have really made a difference in how she approaches her job. "As far as the way I try to run the restaurant and treat people,Tim McKee is a really good role model for me, and I've actually been working with him for eight years," Malone told the Huffington Post in an interview. "As far as cooking and techniques, Erik Anderson, my former chef here at Sea Change, has already been someone I look up to. He's just super-disciplined and really dedicated to learning the craft of cooking."
5. Jessica Chastain
Role Model: Isabelle Huppert
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain says that, despite all the acclaim, she still doesn't feel totally confident or secure — but that's not a bad thing. In an interview with Indiewire, she called French actress Isabelle Huppert a role model in this regard: "She's constantly challenging herself, and doing theater. She puts herself in situations where: okay, we all know she's a genius and a brilliant actress, she could take the easy road right now. But she doesn't. She's always putting herself in a situation where she goes: 'I've never done this before. Let's see what happens.'"
6. Gabby Douglas
Role Model: Dominique Dawes
When Gabby Douglas won the gold medal for individual all-around at the 2012 Olympics, she became only the second African-American gymnast to win a gold medal. The first? Her role model: Dominique Dawes. "I loved Dominique Dawes,"Douglas said in an interview last month. "She inspired me to do bigger and better thing." Dawes, for her part, cried her way through an interview after Douglas' big win. "I think what touches my heart the most is knowing that there's a whole generation of young kids looking up to her as they looked up to me," she said.
7. Tavi Gevinson
Role Model: Stevie Nicks
Tavi Gevinson, the teenage founder of Rookie, has talked to lots of awesome women: Emma Watson, Greta Gerwig, Aubrey Plaza… But there's one in particular she considers a hero. ("Minus the cocaine," as she told Refinery29.) Gevinson concluded her March 2012 TED talk by encouraging her audience to just "be Stevie Nicks." "My favorite thing about her — other than, like, everything — is that she has always been unapologetically present onstage and unapologetic about her flaws and about reconciling all of her contradictory feelings. And she makes you listen to them and think about them," Gevinson said. Nicks dedicated a song to Gevinson at a concert earlier this year.
8. Oprah Winfrey
Role Model: Maya Angelou
"It is an amazing thing, I tell you, to have a role model and then to grow up to have that role model be your friend," Oprah Winfrey told Larry King in a 2001 interview. She was talking about Maya Angelou, whose 1969 autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," changed her life. When Winfrey interviewed the author for the May 2013 issue of O magazine, she explained their relationship in the introduction: "Over the years, she has taught me some of the most profound lessons of my life: that when we know better, we do better; that to love someone is to liberate, not possess, them; that negative words have the power to seep into the furniture and into our skin; that we should be grateful even for our trials. She calls me her darling girl, and I call her my mother-sister-friend. And as I soak up her wisdom and marvel at her stamina, I bask in the pure, contagious joy she takes in living."
9. Ricki Lake
Role Model: Oprah Winfrey
"No one can replace Oprah," Ricki Lake said in 2012 when asked about the role her new talk show would play in the TV landscape. But that didn't mean she didn't look to Winfrey as a role model. In fact, Lake was very open about the fact that she was going after a certain feeling evoked by the media mogul. "When she was in the audience, running around, had her arm around an audience member, you felt she understood you, related to you, wasn't on any higher level than you," Lake explained. "And you felt like your voice was heard. That's the show I'm looking to do."
10. Lynn Shelton
Role Models: Peggy Ahwesh and Claire Denis
Filmmaker Lynn Shelton says her thesis adviser in grad school, the experimental filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh, had a huge effect on her. "She inspired me to make work that only I could make," she told the Huffington Post in an interview. "When I go see a film, and it may be nothing like my own aesthetic but if it's clearly a film that came out of one person's head – with their team, of course, making it – and it doesn't feel any number of directors could have directed this film, that's the kind of work I would like to make." Shelton also cites filmmaker Claire Denis as a major influence "from afar": "She was 40 when she made her first feature, and yet has this great body of work. And it made me feel like, 'Oh, I can still do this.'"
11. Sheila Taormina
Role Model: Eric Liddell
"A role model is someone who you know more about than just their swimming times," Olympian Sheila Taormina told Her Campus in February 2013. Taormina was the first woman to make the Olympics in three different sports — swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon — and she won a gold medal in 1996. Although she called her teammates her female role models, she also singled out Eric Liddell, the athlete who inspired the movie "Chariots of Fire," as someone for whom she has enormous respect: "He was a Scotsman who raced for Great Britain but his Olympic race, the 100-meter dash in track and field, fell on a Sunday and he wouldn't run because it was the Sabbath. The British Olympic committee kept saying, well, this is the Olympics so you can make an exception. I admire him because he had his convictions, you know, he said this is something more important to me than my sport and I'm standing by it. They ended up putting him in the 400 which was on a different day and he won the gold."
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Women's News: 20 Tips to Make the Most of Your 20s
Ashley Crouch
Contributing Editor, Verily Magazine
We've been called pre-adults, emerging adults, millennials, the defining decade and the lost decade. We graduated during the worst economy in recent memory and pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps to recover what was lost. We've been told 80% of life's most significant events take place by age 35, but listened to other 20-somethings daydream about "taking some time off," presumably to spend more time gaming. We have an intuitive sense that the foundation we lay now will continue to carry us throughout life. We've seen lists on "20 Mistakes You Don't Want to Make" go viral and helped make it happen. One thing is clear: we're searching for answers on how to make sense of this messy life we're leading. I know, because this is my generation.
A few months ago, I spent an embarrassing number of days subsisting on ramen and canned beans. Working from a "home office" translated to "homebound," because who has money for a $14 cocktail from the nearby dive bar? My cupboard resembled Old Mother Hubbard's — read: bare — and going to a thrift shop transitioned from a hobby to a verb: "thrift-shopping." I could feel the judgment vibes from everyone who wrote me "We believe in you!" cards for graduation.
The truth is, my 20-something experience isn't so unusual. So, I turned to some established success stories and carefully curated their secrets. If you spend sleepless nights wondering whether you're on the brink of the next big thing or teetering dangerously close to spending the rest of your life in your parents' basement, read on. Here's what those who have gone before (and lived to tell the tale) have to say about 20 tips to make the most of your 20s.
1. Don't be afraid to jump at an opportunity. "In your 20s, you're still early in your career and life, so you not only have less serious obligations (mortgage, family), but you also aren't entrenched in your work networks and what you've built as your career story. That's not to say to jump willy-nilly, but when an opportunity presents itself that seems really unique or interesting, go for it! As someone who started in accounting, then went to investing, and am now in media, you never know where your experiences will lead you." – Kara Eschbach, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Verily Magazine
2. Don't waste your time in a job you hate. "Find a job that you're excited to wake up and go to every morning. And if you can, save a little money! Having a little financial freedom will allow you more room to pursue your passions freely." – Chelsea Brownridge, Co-Director and COO, Ignite Good
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Plot: Beings with supernatural powers join together to fight against supernatural villains. This team of supernatural beings include John Constantine, Zatanna and Jason Blood also known as the demon Etrigan.
Runtime: 75 mins
Release Date: 05 Feb 2017
Starcast: Matt Ryan, Camilla Luddington, Jason O'Mara
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A fun watch (by jatin-ganhotra)
Surprisingly, a fun watch for a superhero movie featuring characters from the DC universe.I didn't expect much from the movie but I had quite a pleasant surprise and enjoyed watching it.The movie did justice to the plot and I feel gave enough attention to each of the characters in the movie to stand out for themselves and explain their actions.A lot of humor and subtle emotions displayed throughout the movie in an articulate manner. DC universe has a lot of potential to grow if they keep making movies like this.
DARK Indeed (by john310)
From the powerhouse of DC comes yet another good film if not awesome to some others. the main character s are constantine batman, zatanna, swamp thing a cameo of sort ,deadman,demon etrigan, black orchid cameo of sort . The story is really good and almost close to the quality of other good films like JL doom, crisis on two earths. The twist near the end is quite good and not expected. It really surprised me and of course the film does indeed lives up to it's name "DARK" for including some really dark scenes which i won't mention and thought it was quite violent for even DC <more>
but that's where it's good. The voice actors are perfect specially Matt Ryan and his hard British accent,batman's and deadman's dry humor is on point. Another thing i want to point out is the music which i know or hope that everyone will like because it's seriously good- haunting and eerie perfectly fit for this kind of film. The film's really good for both casual fans and hardcore fans alike, although it could have been better but for their first outing with the occult it's very very good, they do need to make another story with these characters with spectre and other anti heroes. I personally love to see the underrated and less used characters who are indeed very awesome. Dr occult, the phantom stranger, night<|fim_middle|> a way, however, we can't forget the other superheroes throughout the years! It makes it feel like half of the justice league just want to be left alone and not bother joining Batman,John Constantine, Zatanna and Jason Blood. It is a pity that the writers left this out but, this is only just one complaint i have with the animated movie.I couldn't believe that an Irish actor like Jason O'Mara could pull off Batman, <more>
seriously like Kevin Conroy, he is one of the few that can pull off Batman really well. I suppose when Christian Bale was Batman during the haydays, he wasn't bad either, however he wasn't the greatest at doing the role tbh. I'm very impressed that an irishian like myself, pulled off a great accent and character like Batman! I thought this animated short movie was really good, for such a short group of 5, they did a good job in tackling the bad guys as per usual in any superhero movie! | shade and various other occult dealing characters with even deadlier villains. The ending leaves you wanting more and i am disappointed as there was no post credits scene. here's to hoping there's a sequel.
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My second favorite DC's Animated Movie (by yozanirwan)
Well, that's a lot to say about this animated movie. Firstly it was astonishing. This is far better than what I suspected. Justice League vs. Teen Titans latest JL animated movie before this one had put me on the ground with DC's Animated. But, somehow JLD picking' me back to hell... I mean heaven. There are so many good things that pull me back to DC's animated. I like the way they introduce each one members of the league. Especially Demon Etregan. The backstory of him could be another animated movie that would love to watch. And the way they connect his back story with the <more>
main plot is tricky. I didn't see it's coming. That is some awesome idea to pull someone like me back to the game. The action though is really good. By the way, Batman is so funny in this one. The way he reacted to all of these craziness of magic is make me giggle a little. And yet i love it. So do Deadman. The voice actors has done really good job. One of my favorite of course Constantine. I think he is the actor that plays as Constantine in Arrow TV show too. All i have to say about his performance is "well done". That's it. I have nothing to say anymore.Wait..... I forgot about something.Of course SWAMPTHING. How can I forget about him. He is my FAVORITE part of JLD besides Demon Etregan. DC please i beg to you. MAKE SWAMPTHING HIS OWN ANIMATED MOVIE.... 😉
David takes on Goliath ,,, and David wins (by A_Different_Drummer)
You have probably wandered into this review expecting some kind words about a "good effort" from Warner Animation but, of course, compared to the concurrent zillion-dollar Dr. Strange epic from Marvel, "no cigar." Well, you would be wrong.For two reasons.First, in spite of the big budget, and the big Benedict, Dr. Strange suffers from all kinds of narrative problems, and gaps in continuity. Mainly, I think, the result of trying to cram too much into a film -- trying to give a typical Marvel backstory while at the same time trying to present an exciting self-contained <more>
thriller. Dr. Strange also suffers from following too closely the original arcs of the original comics. And, before you start pounding on the NOT USEFUL key, you should know that this reviewer not only read all the originals in the series but actually SUBSCRIBED to Dr. Strange back in the day, which meant that the nice Marvel people actually mailed me each issue as it came out. In an envelope. The original story arcs were far from Marvel's best, compared to its better-known heroes, featuring the same two villains over and over, Nightmare and Dormammu, each taking turns boring the reader to death. Which brings us to this ambitious JLA entry, an attempt to show that the mighty DC library can possibly take on the mighty Marvel library, sort of a David Goliath thing....? Frankly, they nail it.Part of the fun is the script. Man, is it tight. One of the best I have ever encountered in a "superhero" animation. Early in the story, a hot babe who is actually the essence of Constantine's magic house does a 30 second analysis of Batman and concludes he is mainly pain and darkness."How do you manage?," she asks sincerely. "I HAVE A BUTLER" Batman responds deadpan.That is one of the best lines of dialog I have ever encountered from DC. You could even hear the guys over at Pixar getting nervous. And, even better, the quality of the writing holds up for the entire film. Wow.To sum up, the high score is because DC/Warner attempted the impossible, taking on a Marvel live action film with their own animated product at a fraction of the cost, and more or less pulled it off. And because the boyz at DC/Warner understood that sometimes less is more, and wisely kept the other over-exposed members of the JLA in the background. And, most of all, because this is an entertaining and engaging film.
One of the Top three DC Animated movies (by saurabhanand-36993)
After watch 'Batman: The killing joke' I thought now DC don't have good stories to make nice animated movies but I prove wrong after watching latest DC animated movie 'JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK'. Hell of a story-line, some immense, powerful and totally unexpected heroes. Even though in this movie there are only 2 or 3 shots of whole justice league team except Batman. Fighting scenes are just amazing. Dark Magic is in the air. People killing people, heroes fighting heroes. I an not going to tell you about the whole movie from the first scene to last one because I want to create <more>
suspense for you but this suspense is totally worth it. So just download this movie and watch and you will be amazed.
Best version of a great concept (by hasheerzulfiqar)
After a bad year for DC animation in the form of Batman the killing joke. Justice league Dark makes up for it and more. The story follows the exploits of some of DC's biggest magical characters. A simple yet well told story with enough intrigue and heart to keep one's interest. The visualization of magic was perfect and the abilities and variances of each character were well done. A personal worry for me before watching the movie was the amount of batman, considering he was front and center on the cover. Yet the movie uses him well. As nothing more than and outsider, with some action <more>
during the climax. The voice acting is spot on from Matt Ryan's reprisal of Constantine to Camilla Luddigton as Zatanna. Jason O'Mara does a good job as batman and although not as good as Kevin he is a good replacement. it must be mentioned that some may find it overwhelming to meet about 8-9 magical characters from the depths of DC's lore as this is the first movie outing for some of them and they range from straight forward to down right weird, they all have enough screen time and charm. Overall a solid movie to add to DC's brilliant library of animation and one that has great potential for the future.
A solid DC animated piece that will not be for everyone (by thatguyyouknow187)
This movie is an interesting take on the JLD run. I do not agree with everything it does, but I do believe it holds it's own. One complaint people new to the magics of the DCU may have is that Zatana and Constantine seem to have limitless power. Trust me there are lomits, it's just this is a short animated piece, that really doesn't have time to go into that. If you can overlook that, then this movie will entertain you, but it will fall short if they never do anything with JLD again. Over all the animation is toght, the plot is dense with out seeming to rushed, and they got <more>
personalities right.
Very good (by jmuller13-134-87692)
This is by no means their best but it is up there. *SPOILERS*!!! Starts off like any JL animation then quickly goes to it's R Rated spectacle. Batman, As always, Rules.... Even death is afraid of him. the voice acting is on a brilliant par. the beautiful Rosario Dawson fill our minds with her gracious voice as Wonder Woman. As a fan of the new Tomb Raider game series I can comfortably say that Camilla does yet another great voice over. And to hear her in other things besides Tomb Raider is a treat. I have always loved the DC Animated films and this is no let down. So for anyone who <more>
complains about this the people against BvS and Suicide Squad {Great films btw} Read a comic and appreciate what we are getting. Love y'all
Very good for a Justice League movie! (by Irishchatter)
Now you would kinda expect that all of the superheroes would team up together but instead there was only just around five of them that teamed up together. It was OK in | 1,768 |
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NFHS #MyReasonWhy Campaign Launch Highlights National High School Activities Month
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE
HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS
NFHS #MyReasonWhy Campaign Launch
Highlights National High School Activities Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bruce Howard
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (October 3, 2016) — The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and its 51 state high school associations begin the annual celebration of National High School Activities Month today with the launch of the #MyReasonWhy campaign.
The #MyReasonWhy campaign is designed to showcase the tremendous value that high school sports and activities offer to students. With real-life examples, #MyReasonWhy will show that high school students involved in education-based activity programs demonstrate a higher level of academic performances and set themselves up for successful careers following high school graduation.
Through the #MyReasonWhy campaign, the NFHS and its member state high school associations are working to ensure that education-based programs are available for years to come. This national campaign will demonstrate why:
Participation in high school sports has increased every year for the past 27 years.
Thousands of men and women coach high school sports for their entire career – even, at times, with the opportunity to coach at higher levels.
More than four million high school students are involved annually in performing arts programs.
Many communities across the country shut down on Friday nights in the fall to support the local high school football team.
Many individuals give up personal time in the evenings and on weekends to officiate high school sports.
Each of the 51 state associations is equipped with a customized digital toolkit to help promote this important campaign highlighting high school students.
Students, as well<|fim_middle|> the #MyReasonWhy link at the top of the NFHS home page. Additional information can be found on all NFHS social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
"We are excited about the #MyReasonWhy campaign as yet another avenue to spread the message about the values of these programs to young people," said Bob Gardner, NFHS executive director. "We look forward to reading these accounts of why students, coaches and officials are involved in high school activities."
The launch of the #MyReasonWhy campaign coincides with National High School Activities Month, which was started in 1980 as National High School Activities Week to increase the public's awareness of the values and needs of interscholastic activity programs.
The foundation for National High School Activities Month is similar to principles of the #MyReasonWhy campaign, looking to remind students, parents, coaches, officials and others in our communities about the value of education-based activities in their daily lives.
High school activities help address society's most current issues by:
Finding and nurturing the best effort of each young participant;
Encouraging students to stay in school, perform better academically and become better citizens;
Demanding respect for fair play and appreciation for the equitable application of procedures, rules and regulations;
Providing healthy lifestyle instruction;
Challenging racism, sexism and classism through the active pursuit of teamwork and school spirit.
Each week throughout the month-long celebration will feature a specific emphasis: National Sportsmanship, Fan Appreciation and Public-Address Announcers Week (October 1-8); National Performing Arts Activities Week (October 10-15); National Coaches/Sponsors/Advisors/Officials Week (October 17-22); and National Community Service/Youth Awareness Week (October 24-31).
"We have fundamental, empirical evidence that interscholastic activities provide a successful way in which to create healthy and successful citizens," Gardner said. "Through National High School Activities Month, we have an opportunity to reflect on our participation as well as the participation of our children. Our nation must continue to support these programs and the life skills they provide America's youth."
To help schools recognize National High School Activities Month, the NFHS has provided materials that include ways to celebrate the month-long events, along with The Case for High School Activities. These materials, in addition to other information about National High School Activities Month, can be found on the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org/media/1016835/national_high_school_activities_month_2016.pdf.
About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 16 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,000 high schools and 11 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7.8 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Bruce Howard, 317-972-6900
Director of Publications and Communications
National Federation of State High School Associations
bhoward@nfhs.org
Chris Boone, 317-972-6900
Assistant Director of Publications and Communications
cboone@nfhs.org | as parents, coaches, officials and others in the community, will be encouraged to submit real-life stories about their reasons for participating in high school sports and activity programs. These stories will be submitted on the campaign website at www.nfhs.org/myreasonwhy and through | 53 |
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So today I decided to take the<|fim_middle|> Thandi is as reliable and solid as can be and student chef Siyanda makes my day with his corny little jokes every time I go there. The coffee bar is running nicely with Benji steering the ship.
Through everything and up to this day Benj and I stuck together. We work together, pray together, plan together, panic together, dream together, sleep together...no we don't sleep much remember. ;) What a privilege to be in partnership with my best friend and husband.
Ginger&Co is here to stay. It scares me to think that we still have a year or so to go to reach that magic 3 year milestone… But having won this award has given us a new fire and renewed courage to go into our third year fearless and expectant. We cannot wait to see what the next 800 days bring.
Allow me to end with Murakami's quote, but the whole one this time.
"And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive.
You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain, when you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in.
And that is what this storm is all about. | leap and share my story with you, albeit an edited, and in some places censored, version.
I recently came across this quote by Haruki Murakami, author of 'Kafka on the Shore', and thought I would start with the first half, the rest I'll leave for later….
Our storm started in February 2014 when Benji, on his birthday, found out that the company he was working for was closing down.
Life as I knew it changed that moment.
Such true words in life in general, but also in business. Looking back now there were so many of these moments. And every time they came just at the right time.
Can retrenchment ever come at the right time? I don't think so. But if it didn't happen at that time, I wonder if we would ever have had the guts to start something up where we could work together again like we did when we were students, starting our careers and when we were just married. Something we always dreamt of doing again one day.
"How many lasagnes do we need to make for me to quit my job…." A question Benji often asked me, in jest, in the years before. I was a stay-at-home-mom to our kids Leyla and Jamie at the time, earning a bit of extra income baking cakes and biscuits and making pies and lasagnes from home.
Benji's words were about to become a reality, but not by choice. We found ourselves at a crossroads, having to decide whether we are going to settle for a safer solution and find other employment or were we going to take the risk and find out (the hard way) just how many lasagnes it really takes to make up that much needed salary!
Evidently we chose the latter. Ginger&Co was born over many cups of coffee and more glasses of wine than we would admit to. At one of these planning sessions another one of those moments happened. A fellow Kidd's Beacher and friend, and now also mentor, happened to walk by our house (probably saw us sitting with hands in hair) and joined us for a drink on our deck. A few meetings, or rather coaching sessions later, and we were thinking big and dreaming even bigger. Ginger&Co would one day be the top national purveyor of authentically cooked meals for the discerning diner.
We were to combine my love for social media marketing and blogging with our passion for cooking, and establish an online presence that allows us to expand further afield easily in future. First we had to set up shop in East London and make it work there before we could take it anywhere else. We were based in Kidd's Beach and little else to fall back onto but the memory and good reputation our coffee shop in Kidd's Beach, The Mcantsi, had many years ago. Hopefully the people of East London would remember. And they did.
Whilst establishing our little commercial kitchen in a spare flat on Benji's parents' property in Kidd's Beach, we joined the newly formed Avalon Market on the smallholding next door, and committed to provide lunches and sweet treats at their monthly market. For two years we had a food stall every first Sunday of the month, not missing one. It was a great marketing exercise and it helped with much needed cash flow in the early months. The customers indeed remembered, they flocked there, and they loved our food.
We were starting to build our brand…small seemingly insignificant steps that later proved to be all part of the bigger picture.
The coming together of our business idea and plan I remember as being one of the most exciting times of our lives! We were so proud and so well received. My dream came true of owning an online store! The orders started coming in. Slowly. Very very slowly.
We soon realised that the growth projected in our business plan was far from what it turned out to be in reality.
It was round about this time that we learned about the dreaded 1000 days it takes a start-up business to get off the ground. 1000 days? Doesn't sound like much? Wrong. It's a lifetime...and a half. I've aged about 10 years in this time, I haven't slept properly in for what feels like 4 years, we've missed family celebrations, good friends' weddings, holidays don't happen unless it's sponsored! We've had to sell property to pay the bills, furniture to pay school fees, and had Eskom pull the plug on us once...and it wasn't for loadshedding.
There were times in that first year when I had to fiercely guard my heart against resentment. Why me? Why us? We didn't ask for this? When ones kids start taking strain because they so easily pick up on our stress as parents, that is when moms often buckle under the pressure. I found it particularly hard to keep my kids from hating my job that 'took me away' in so many ways. Suddenly working 24/7 after always being around for them, changed their little lives as much as it did mine. Finding notes in my diary where my daughter wrote: 'Sit with Leyla' broke my heart. Time for sitting I didn't have. My dream was and still is that Ginger&Co will one day also provide a livelihood for them and their kids, and that they will be as passionate about it as we are. I cannot afford for them to hate what I do… You can imagine my relief when Leyla told me what she wants to be when she's big: "A surfer, a physiotherapist, and run Ginger&Co...duh!!" Despite the cheekiness, my heart was singing. Her little brother on the other hand still thinks Pronutro is a gourmet meal and two minute noodles fit for a king, so not too sure yet how we are going to instill a passion for authentic food there.
About a year into Ginger&Co another moment happened. I remember calling Benji with these words: You know how my dad always says one phone call could change everything? I think that call just happened. It was Cindy from LFD asking if we would be interested in renting space at her new design quarter. Huge change of direction, it certainly wasn't part of the plan, but she had me at 'design quarter'! Great was my disappointment when I found out the said design quarter was planned for Bowls Road. Why there??!! Anywhere else. But she convinced me to just go and have a look. We walked around the old Defy offices with their carpet tiles and low ceilings and thought she was mad. It was when she took us around the back to see the rafters and old high windows that I started to see what she was seeing. However hard it was to picture then, Benji and I both after that had a gut feeling that this would be a perfect fit for Ginger&Co.
3 short and exciting months and many coffee tastings later, on the 7th September 2015, Ginger&Co coffee bar opened in Bowls Road. Only afterwards did we hear what friends and family said about our Bowls Rd venture behind our backs… "What are they thinking? Bowls Road?"
Know what? We LOVE Bowls Road, it's been the best decision for us and we are so grateful to Cindy and LFD for giving us the opportunity to be part of it. Ginger&Co now had its very needed shopfront in town. All the loyal customers who we got to know over the many months at the Avalon Market, flocked to the coffee bar to enjoy what we had to offer. Another piece of the puzzle fell into place.
Our new very busy, very popular coffee bar didn't come without its price tag.
With all hands on deck in town, the production of the frozen meals in Kidd's Beach slowed down. So did the marketing. So did the sales. Neither of us had the time to put into it what it still needed in this early stage. After a short break over Christmas and New Years I had to start up in Kidd's Beach almost from scratch. I had lost a key staff member due to illness and 2 others, whom I was so fond of, were found stealing. I was so disappointed and despondent. I closed our kitchen for a month to focus on getting the kids settled into the new schoolyear - Jamie starting Grade 1 and Leyla Grade 4 - and to try find new staff.
I re-opened our production kitchen again at the beginning of February 2016 with 3 new staff members. I was rested and motivated to train my 3 new team members who had never worked before, let alone be exposed to the cauldron that is a production kitchen!
How wrong was I? At the height of my self pity I got a call from the BWA East London to let me know I was nominated for an award for the work I do at Ginger&Co. If you don't know what they do, go check them out here ---> BWA East London, and seriously consider joining this dynamic organisation – it is incredible what they do for us gals!
That was of course another moment when everything changed. Just the recognition that came with their call, made me straighten my shoulders and walk a little taller. It focused my thoughts again to where we were heading with this dream. After being nominated, to start with, I had to present myself and our company to the BWA on paper. As the pages of my presentation pack came together, I felt almost re-introduced to the concept of Ginger&Co. I loved every moment of the journey with them since. It inspired me, it taught me so much about myself and my business, and every time we get together at a BWA function I stand in awe of these incredible ladies and what they've achieved.
We've had nearly 800 days of Ginger&Co, yes I count every now again to check if we aren't maybe there yet. No we're not, but nearly. Certainly not out of the woods yet. We still have to beg, borrow or steal to make things happen. But behind us are as many days of incredible support from both sets of parents. From a big group of friends in our beautiful little village who were there for us every one of those days. Be it an ear when we needed someone to listen, a prayer when we needed it most, food when we were too tired to cook for ourselves, a home for our kids when we were out working late, or a glass of wine to just unwind. We were humbled by the amazing support we got and by just how much we relied on it. THANK YOU!
Half a year after starting with my new staff in Kidd's Beach and Zintle discovered a talent and a passion for cooking she never knew she had. Alicia's baking is just about competition ready….you thought I bake those brownies and glorious cakes? Haven't in a while... Siposethu prides herself in the perfect homemade pie...and her unfailing sense of humour! What a pleasure and a joy to work with these ladies every day. I dream big dreams for them in our company.
The team at the coffee bar are also nothing short of incredible. Chef Sive, as many of you have experienced, is an amazing artist and strives for perfection in every plate of food he produces. Asanda makes a killer flat white and although sometimes dead pan, she is the warmest loving person. Evaline's passion for her work is contagious and newbie Inga is a little ball of positive energy. Darling | 2,384 |
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On the road to climate-friendlier mobility, hydrogen is gaining importance as an energy source for fuel cells. However, hydrogen fueling is more complex than that of gasoline and diesel. Unlike other gases, hydrogen heats up as it expands, causing pressure and temperature changes during fueling that need to be precisely monitored. In response to this challenge, Heinrichs Messtechnik GmbH has developed the TMU-W 004 mass flow meter. It is the first of its kind to be certified to international standard OIML R 139 2018 and approved for hydrogen filling stations. This newly developed device is already in use at filling stations of the listed company Nel Hydrogen.
TMU-W High Pressure Coriolis Mass Flow Meter for Hydrogen Fueling with OIML Certification
Hydrogen Fueling with KOBOLD TMU-W High Pressure Coriolis Mass Flow Meter
"For passenger cars, fueling the hydrogen is typically done at 700 bar. This high pressure is necessary to generate the energy density needed for useful ranges," explains Guido Thometzki, CEO of Heinrichs Messtechnik GmbH. "During this process, the temperature must not exceed +85 °C, otherwise the tank lining can be compromised. Since the tank expands and heats up during filling, the hydrogen is cooled before it gets to the tank. This high-pressure environment, combined with the small<|fim_middle|>gear cabinet as a rack version. Both the TMU-W 004 housing and the field housing of the transducer are pressure-resistant and intrinsically safe, which helps prevent fire or explosion in case gas escapes.
Simulations and flow measurements ensure measurement precision
In the development, manufacture and calibration of its meters, Heinrichs Messtechnik GmbH makes use of many simulation and optimization methods to ensure the precision and reliability of its devices under all conceivable conditions. "Devices for handling high-pressure gases like hydrogen, such as the new TMU-W 004 for hydrogen filling stations, naturally cannot be an exception," explains Thometzki. "On the contrary, in the development of the TMU-W 004 in particular we used specially developed high-precision simulation methods for the flow and structural design, like FEM (finite element method), CFD (computational fluid dynamics), and FSI (fluid structure interaction)." Only in this way was it possible in the TMU-W 004 to meet the seemingly contradictory requirements of the highest measurement precision and extreme reliability in handling high-pressure gases. The measurement precision also had to remain high despite pressure and temperature fluctuations during filling. "The fact that the TMU-W 004 not only meets the requirements of OIML R 139 2018, but significantly exceeds them with its precision class rating of 1.5 for hydrogen, shows, especially in international comparison, how much the TMU-W 004 development team has accomplished," says Dr Thomas Chatzikonstantinou, technical director at Heinrichs Messtechnik GmbH in conclusion.
Further information on the Internet at: https://www.koboldusa.com/products/flow/flow-measurement-without-moving-parts/tmu-w-high-pressure-coriolis-mass-flow-meter/
For over a hundred years, Heinrichs Messtechnik GmbH, founded in 1911 in Düsseldorf, has developed and sold flow meters. From the beginning, one of its core markets was the chemical and petrochemical industry, and so since the '60s the company has pushed the development of all-metal float-type flow meters. In the mid-1980s, Heinrichs was the first European company to build a mass flow meter using the Coriolis effect, and in the years that followed steadily expanded its Coriolis instrument line. Today the company has customers in many industries, including chemicals oil/gas, energy, and plant and mechanical engineering. In 2008, Heinrichs became part of the Kobold Group, giving it an extensive sales network thanks to the Group's international subsidiaries. Heinrichs develops and manufactures all of its products in-house at its headquarters in Cologne, which currently employs 60 people.
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SOURCE KOBOLD Instruments Inc. | size of the hydrogen molecule, makes special demands on the accuracy of flow monitoring."
Heinrichs Messtechnik GmbH optimized its proven Coriolis Mass Flow Meter for such high-pressure applications, and now offers the TMU-W 004. The meter ensures that during filling the amount of hydrogen transferred to the vehicle tank is measured accurately. This enables correct billing of the amount filled, which is a prerequisite for fueling at public hydrogen filling stations. It covers a measurement range of 0.133 kg/min H2 to 4 kg/min H2.
Special arrangement of sensors delivers precise results
For the meter to fit into Nel's narrow fuel dispensers, it was designed substantially narrower than its predecessor models. Inside the compact and deformation-resistant housing are two U-shaped measuring tubes arranged in parallel. An exciter system causes the measuring tubes to vibrate at their natural frequency. "As the media flows through these tubes, the Coriolis effect causes additional phase-shifted deviations of the tubes," explains Thometzki. "Sensors positioned at the optimum points on the measuring tubes pick up these phase-shifted deviations and send them as signals to the transducer (also called the transmitter) for further analysis. From them, the current mass flow is calculated." The special device architecture – that is, the shape of the measuring tubes and the ideal positioning of the sensors on the tubes – along with the further harmonizing of the other components such as the gusset plates, make this a particularly sensitive and accurate meter, despite the thick walls of the measuring tubes. This robustness on the part of the measuring tubes is necessary in order to withstand the high 1000 bar pressure (the test pressure is actually 1500 bar). The tough, fully welded housing with corrugations for added stiffness gives ample protection for the sensitive measurement equipment within.
The flow amount can be evaluated using the pulse or status output of the transducer. The user also receives information for the temperature flow and optionally the density as well. This can be used to control the compressor pumping the hydrogen, for example switching to a higher volume or conversely interrupting pumping," adds Thometzki. The transducer has a two-line LCD display that shows the values directly. The unit is easy to configure using the four keys provided on it. Among other functions, the user can define outputs and do fault analysis with the keys. The transducer can be set up as a round version or installed in a switch | 508 |
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Canadian police and press believe in CVSA
Feb 19th, 2011 at 2:04pm
Police in the community of Saanich, British Columbia Canada have cleared three people of suspicion in a murder case using the CVSA.
http://vancouverislandmurders.wordpress.com
The retired policemen who have Canadian distribution rights to the CVSA want it to spread across the country says this poorly-researched article appearing in British Columbia and Quebec newspapers:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Deception+detection+Victoria+interrogators+s...
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Masters+police+interrogation/4312968/story.htm...
Instead of a lie detector to assist with interrogations, Wiebe uses something called a Computer Voice Stress Analyzer. A microphone records the person's answers and the computer measures small frequency modulations in their voice.
Saanich police adopted this technology after Wiebe took the training in 2002.
He said few Canadian police departments have made the switch and in the U.S. debate still rages over which is the better model.
In January, Wiebe taught the interrogation techniques to about 20 local law enforcement personnel at the Justice Institute of B.C. But, other than several Saanich cops, few major crime investigators in Greater Victoria have taken the training.
"We'd like to do more training in Canada," Wiebe said. "We want to pass our knowledge to local law enforcement."
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Re: Canadian police and press believe in CVSA
Reply #1 - Feb 21st, 2011 at 1:06am
Some earlier text links are no longer leading to content.
The text content is available @:
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The two videos that were linked in that text are:
http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122593-dream-house-mystery...
NBC Dateline look at the Lindsay Buziak murder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr3E_2KTxI0
ABC primetime expose of "Dr." Humble and CVSA
Reply #2 - Feb 24th, 2011 at 6:32am
Re-reading that original article, I see that the police cleared the people of suspicion but have not said if they used a polygraph or CVSA.
Members of the local community, which is on an island, were told it was a polygraph. The local police department does not have a polygraph and there is no explanation as to why they would go to the trouble and expense to bring in a polygraph and examiner in order to clear the names of three private citizens.
There's something awfully wrong about what is happening in Saanich, Canada.
So, what is known is that three people were cleared by police using, either, a polygraph or CVSA. The Canadian press has reported false statements about some ex-police who now market the CVSA in that part of the world.
not all Canadians are fooled
Reply #3 - Mar 12th, 2011 at 3:13pm
The CVSA PR campaign in Canada is receiving new, and more thoughtful, attention:
Controversial device popular with public, private employers While the tests are becoming increasingly popular, accuracy is questioned
By David Baines, Vancouver Sun March 12, 2011
Bob Wall (far right) and Don Wiebe test a subject using a device called a computer voice stress analyzer. While Wall and Wiebe claim an accuracy rate of 98 per cent or better, other studies have shown the device to do no better than pure chance.Photograph by: Darren Stone, Postmedia News Files, Vancouver Sun
First in a series
Public and private agencies are using a "truth verification" device that has been discredited by numerous authorities as a tool to screen hundreds of job applicants in B.C.
The tests are being administered by ITV Consulting Inc., a Victoria firm that licenses the Canadian rights to the Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA) from a U.S. company.
As stated on ITV's website, the device "measures small frequency modulations in the voice. These inaudible variations, when detected, measured and displayed, accurately determine the truthfulness of each statement elicited from a test subject."
ITV is owned and operated by two retired Saanich police detectives, Don Wiebe and Bob Wall. An active Saanich member, Det. Sgt. Craig Sampson, is also listed as a staff member.
ITV's clients include:
- B.C. Corrections branch, which administers the province's correctional facilities and programs. The branch says ITV has conducted 645 CVSA tests to pre-screen job applicants during the past three years.
- University of Victoria campus security department, which says ITV has conducted about 50 similar tests on prospective employees during the past five years.
- Sundry financial institutions, which hire ITV to conduct tests on employees who are suspected of internal malfeasance. ITV says it has conducted 15 to 20 such tests.
ITV claims the device can definitively tell whether a person is lying: "The finished session is evaluated by the computer, rendering its findings of 'deception' or 'no deception,' removing any possibility of examiner error, as well as providing a completely objective examination," it states on its website.
The firm recommends the device be used in conjunction with "the expert interrogation techniques used and taught by ITV."
"Used in this manner, clinical studies show the accuracy score of our product to be 98 per cent with no inconclusives," it states.
This is an impressive statement. If true, the CVSA is the holy grail of lie detectors. However, there is little scientific evidence to support this claim, and much to repudiate it.
In a 2007 study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, researchers used two voice stress analyzers systems - including the CVSA device used by ITV consulting - to quiz people who had just been arrested about their recent drug use, then compared their answers with the results of urine tests.
"Both VSA programs show poor validity -neither program efficiently determined who was being deceptive about recent drug use. The programs were not able to detect deception at a rate any better than chance," the study concluded.
It added: "The data also suggest poor reliability for both VSA products when we compared expert and novice interpretations of the output."
In other words, the expertise of the examiner didn't matter.
More generally, the researchers noted that "no published research studies have demonstrated that VSA programs can distinguish between 'general' stress and the stress related to being deceptive."
Despite numerous studies that make similar conclusions, voice stress analyzers have become very popular, particularly in the United States since the September 2001 terrorist attack on New York City.
The firm that licenses the device to ITV, the National Institute of Truth Verification (NITV), located in West Palm Beach, Fla., claims it is "used by 1,800 local, state and federal agencies, as well as by U.S. Military Special Operations and Intelligence units."
The popularity of the device, combined with its questionable accuracy, raises the question: How many false readings does it generate and, as a result, how much harm does it do?
"The people we have done it for are very pleased with it. We have had no issues in all the years I have done it," Wiebe said in an interview. "I believe in its ability to detect deception ... If I didn't have 100-percent confidence in the CVSA, I wouldn't be using it."
In any event, he said, the tests are voluntary, and job applicants are never disqualified on the basis of a CVSA "without something to back it up."
The tests are, strictly speaking, voluntary. But if you want to apply to the Saanich police force or the B.C. Corrections branch, they are mandatory. They are not mandatory at UVic, but refusal is a factor that is "weighted" against the applicant, says campus security director Peter Zacour.
Wiebe was introduced to the CVSA device in 2002, while he was still working as a Saanich police detective. He conducted a six-month study, using it for both criminal investigations and pre-employment screening, and came up with some stunning results:
"The CVSA has been used 35 times and it has shown a 100-per-cent accuracy rate. All the tests conducted have either had the results confirmed by investigation or confession," he stated in his report.
"In 21 CVSA examination that resulted in deceptive results, 17 of the subjects have admitted to the allegations. This would be an 86-per-cent confession rate, which is extraordinarily high. The other four deceptive results were confirmed by investigation."
Wiebe said the device was also used to screen prospective police members: "This has resulted in three quality candidate being hired and one possible candidate being denied due to pre-and post-test admissions during the examination. I believe that as a result we are getting a higher calibre of recruits ..."
The report included summaries of each case. Many are not as conclusive as Wiebe's report suggests. For example, he describes how tests were conducted on two people who had access to stolen drugs at a handicapped facility.
"The male was tested and showed that he was telling the truth and he was not involved in the theft of the narcotics.
"The female who was initially cooperative refused to take a test when offered the chance.
"Further information provided by the same male and other staff members showed that the female had a drug addiction problem and was suspected of stealing other items.
"The female no longer works for the facility."
As described, there is nothing remotely scientific about this case study. It is strictly anecdotal. A firm conclusion (that the device worked) was made on the basis of circumstantial evidence (that other people said she did it).
Reputable agencies in the United States, meanwhile, were conducting their own studies, and coming to quite opposite conclusions.
In November 2003, the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation published a report entitled Study of the Utility and Validity of Voice Stress Analyzers.
The report noted there had been "no scientific studies conducted, to date, to measure the validity of the computer stress analyzer to detect deception."
"Manufacturers contest that their computer stress analyzers are 100 per cent accurate and effective by producing testimonials as a foundation to their claims, but this is not widely accepted as scientific validity."
The report said the U.S. Department of Defence Polygraph Institute -which is mandated by the U.S. Congress to study new lie detection technologies -had conducted a series of studies that "produced no evidence that the use of the CVSA provides accuracy rates better than chance."
The defence department also noted that a study conducted by the U.S. National Research Council "indicated accuracy rates at or below chance levels, and low levels of reliability, both being necessary cornerstones for a successful diagnostic tool."
Notwithstanding the dearth of scientific support for the device, Saanich police -based on Wiebe's report -decided to adopt it for both criminal investigations and screening new police recruits.
Wiebe soon realized he could not only use the device for police investigation purposes, but also for private commercial purposes.
In 2004, while still working for the Saanich police force, he began marketing CVSA testing services and interrogation techniques to other police forces, government agencies and financial institutions.
The following year, he incorporated ITV Consulting, through which he now markets these services. He was later joined by Wall, who became a business partner and co-director of ITV. In February 2008, they both retired from the police force and began working full time for the firm. At some point, Sampson, who is head of Saanich's major crimes section, became associated with the firm.
As a Saanich police officer and certified CVSA examiner, Sampson conducts pre-employment screening tests for the force.
When he is not available, the force hires ITV to screen prospective applicants. To date, ITV has conducted seven such tests, all in 2009.
Sampson also contracts his services to ITV on an as-needed basis. (He has written permission from the Saanich Police Board to perform this outside work and, in any event, he does not do any work for ITV that involves Saanich police.)
Insp. Rob McColl, who is head of Saanich's detective division (and Sampson's boss) said the force stopped using the CVSA device for criminal investigations in 2007, not because they lost faith in its ability to detect lies, but because the RCMP installed a polygraph operator in Victoria, which made it more economical to use that device.
He said Saanich police still use the CVSA device to screen prospective recruits.
I asked McColl whether he has seen any scientific study to support ITV's claim that the device is 98-per-cent accurate.
"Personally, no," he replied. "I have no technical data to back it up or take issue with it. My view of these instruments [polygraphs and CVSA devices] is that any of them are only as good as the operators. It's a tool we use, and in my view, it's an effective tool."
I asked Wiebe to show me the "clinical studies" that show the device is 98-per-cent accurate, as he advertises on his website.
To my surprise, he said he had never seen any of them. He said he simply took the claim at face value from the National Institute of Truth Verification, the Florida company that manufactures the device and sold ITV the licensing rights in Canada.
NEXT: We learn that the founder of the National Institute of Truth Verification, Dr. Charles Humble, earned his PhD in a strip mall in Indiana after six hours of bible study.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Controversial+device+popular+with+public+privat...
There's the first report on Don Wiebe and Canadian use of the CVSA on AntiPolygraph.org @ https://antipolygraph.org/news/polygraph-news-010.shtml
That's nine years of puff pieces in the press and Wiebe claiming 100% accuracy for the CVSA. The ITV Consulting group of Wiebe, Robert Wall, Craig Sampson, and D. Glenn Foster for the first time this weekend have encountered critical reporting in Canada - unlike the article here that's commented upon by George W. Maschke:
2 May 2002 "Voice analyser pyramid points to truth"
Louise Dickson reports on the first use of Computerized Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) by Canadian police in this puff piece published in the Victoria Times Colonist. Excerpt:
"Did you actually see Ruth shoot Billy?"
"Yes," the suspect replied.
"Did you shoot Billy?"
But the image on the computer screen told another story. In this Florida case, a picture was worth 25 years.
The Florida investigator was using a computerized voice stress analyser to detect deception. Saanich police have the first analyser in use in Canada.
"It's a very accurate instrument," said Saanich police Sgt. Don Wiebe as he played the taped interrogation in the Florida case. "If done accurately and correctly by the operator, it will be 100 per cent effective in verifying truth."
The Florida investigator, trying to get to the bottom of a a drug shooting, hooked up his suspect to the voice stress analyser. After a series of direct questions, it became apparent that both Ruth and her boyfriend had shot Billy.
Wiebe said that using the $16,000 analyser is as easy as hooking a microphone to a lapel. The microphone directs the sound into the software of the computer. The tool, used by 1,103 law enforcement agencies in the U.S., is portable and less intrusive than a polygraph test.
The machine works by measuring the FM frequency in the voice, Wiebe explained.
"Voices line up in two modulations, AM and FM. When you are speaking, your AM frequency rides on top of your FM frequency. If you are under considerable stress, the FM in your voice diminishes," said Wiebe.
When someone gives a perfectly truthful answer, the voice stress analyser projects an image on the computer screen of a pyramid with diagonal lines. When someone lies, the diagonal lines diminish and plateau. The pyramid shape becomes more of a block.
Like polygraphy, CVSA, peddled by the "National Institute of Truth Verification," is a pseudoscientific fraud. In the early 20th century, uncritical journalism of the kind we see here helped to delude the general public into believing in the myth of the polygraph. Now, in the early 21st century, the same process continues with respect to CVSA.
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Second in a series about Saanich, British Columbia police and investigators and the discredited CVSA device. Charles Humble, Don Wiebe, Bob Wall, Craig Sampson, D Glenn Foster and more.
'Father' of voice stress analysis got PhD after six hours of bible study at strip mall
By David Baines, Vancouver Sun columnist March 14, 2011
Second in a series
The National Institute of Truth Verification, a private company based in West Palm Beach, Fla., claims that its Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer is 98-per-cent effective in detecting whether somebody is telling the truth.
The tests — which purport to measure voice stress and, therefore, deception — are offered in Canada by ITV Consulting Inc., a Victoria company run by two former Saanich police detectives, Don Wiebe and Bob Wall.
Since the company was founded in 2005, ITV has administered hundreds of test for public and private employers in B.C.
The B.C. Corrections branch, which administers the province's correctional facilities and programs, says ITV has conducted 645 CVSA tests to screen job applicants during the past three years.
The University of Victoria campus security department says ITV has conducted about 50 similar tests on prospective security personnel during the past five years.
Sundry financial institutions have also used ITV to test employees who are suspected of internal malfeasance. ITV says it has conducted 15 to 20 such tests.
Saanich police also use the device to screen prospective recruits.
On its website, ITV states that clinical studies show the device, used in conjunction with the "expert interrogation techniques used and taught by ITV," is 98-per-cent accurate "with no inconclusives."
However, when I asked Wiebe for scientific proof, he was unable to provide any. He said he was simply relying on NITV, from which it licenses the rights to sell the device and administer the tests in Canada.
NITV lists as its founder Charles Humble, "widely considered the 'father' of modern day voice stress analysis."
Humble is a former U.S. army officer and Indianapolis police officer. In March 2006, he was the subject of an ABC Primetime News expose.
Pressed by ABC reporter Brian Ross, Humble admitted he got his "doctorate" in psychology from an unaccredited university, Indiana Christian University — which at the time was located in the same strip mall that NITV had its office — after just six hours of bible study.
"And you call yourself 'Dr.' Humble based on that?" Ross asked.
"Yes," Humble replied.
"Is that honest, do you think?"
"I think it is."
NITV must also think it's honest, because it continues to refer to him as "Dr." Humble, and he is still listed as an NITV director.
I asked Wiebe what he thought when Humble provided details of his doctorate:
"I thought it was a personal thing on him. I didn't think it had anything to do with the CVSA itself," he said.
During the ABC interview, Humble repeated the 98-per-cent accuracy claim.
Ross asked whether there had been an independent study to corroborate that.
"I don't believe that there has been an independent scientific study that shows this actually works," Humble admitted.
It does not appear that any corroborating studies have been done since the ABC interview<|fim_middle|> (Non-polygraph related) Police, Sheriffs', and Corrections Departments Applications, Hiring, and Employment Federal Law Enforcement Applications, Hiring, and Employment Intelligence Agency Applications, Hiring, and Employment Military Recruitment and Employment Discarded Posts Forum Discarded Posts | . NITV lists 15 "studies validating voice stress analysis," but they all predate the interview. Wondering whether any studies had been done
since the interview, I called NITV's office in West Palm Beach. A short while later, I received a call from somebody who introduced himself as "professor emeritus" Jim Chapman.
Chapman said he has "no real connection" to NITV. However, he is a director — along with Wiebe and several other certified CVSA examiners — of the National Association of Computerized Voice Stress Analysts.
The association is dedicated to promoting the CVSA device. Given that NITV is the "manufacturer and sole source" for the device, the association essentially acts as NITV's promotional arm.
Chapman told me he has just completed a 19-year study confirming that the CVSA device is 96.4-per-cent accurate. He also said the study has been peer reviewed, but when I asked for a copy, he said it has not yet been published, and until it is, he could not provide one.
When I asked whether he could refer me to any other study confirming a 98-per-cent accuracy rate, as advertised by NITV, he suddenly became quite angry:
"You are a dangerous man," he said. "What you are doing is putting people's lives in jeopardy. I resent that you are trying to put U.S. troops and people in [criminal enforcement] in jeopardy by casting aspersions [on the CVSA device.]"
One of the studies referenced on both NITV's and ITV's websites was conducted in 2005 by the U.S. air force Research Laboratory on behalf of the U.S National Institute of Justice.
That study — which analyzed recorded interviews and was not peer reviewed — found that voice stress analyzers are capable of detecting truth or deception at a rate "better than chance."
However, the researchers dismissed the notion that these devices, by themselves, are lie detectors. The accuracy rate, they found, was also a function of the examiner's experience.
"VSA systems are capable of providing an examiner with a waveform or other response that may be a reasonable reflection of the stress level being experienced by the subject, in a majority of the cases," they stated.
But they said the critical leap — equating that stress to deception — is something the examiners should decide, not only with reference to the stress reading, but also the subject's demeanour "and other evidence from the case."
The researchers' heavy emphasis on subjective elements is at odds with ITV's claim that the CVSA examination is completely objective.
On its website, the company claims CVSA readings are evaluated by computer "removing any possibility of examiner error, as well as providing a completely objective examination."
The researchers concluded: "The goal in using a VSA system or polygraph should be to convince the subject that they cannot deceive the operator, and that the instrument will detect their deception and their best avenue is to confess to the crime."
In other words, the instrument should be used to intimidate subjects and, given the high number of false readings, fool them into telling the truth.
Clearly, any black box could do that.
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Reply #6 - Mar 20th, 2011 at 10:56am
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B.C. Corrections using 'truth verification' device to screen job applicants
By David Baines, The Vancouver Sun March 16, 2011
The B.C. Corrections branch is a big believer in the Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer, a device that purports to be able to detect deception by measuring modulations in the subject's voice.
CVSA tests are mandatory for anybody applying for a correctional officer job at a provincial custody centre.
The tests are conducted by ITV Consulting Inc., a Victoria company run by former Saanich police detectives Don Wiebe and Bob Wall.
During the last three years, ITV has conducted 645 tests for the branch. The firm charges $250 to $300 per test.
The corrections branch says it uses the CVSA device as part of its screening process: "There are multiple steps in B.C. Corrections' screening process for new employees and the CVSA interview is intended to complement those other steps," it stated in an email.
But a letter of recommendation provided to ITV in May 2006 by Tedd Howard, then warden of the Prince George Regional Correction Centre, indicates that the device has been instrumental in deciding who is hired, and who is not.
During the previous year, he stated, ITV had tested 52 prospective employees: "Of the 52 applicants, 16 were screened out as unsuitable that would otherwise have been hired.
"The CVSA test results indicated deception and criminal activity omissions including such things as use of illegal substances, solicitation of prostitution, sex offences, acts of violence, as well as a myriad of theft, fraud and trafficking offences."
Problem is, equating voice stress with deception is a dicey theory. Most credible studies show voice stress analyzers are no more effective than flipping a coin.
A 2007 field study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice used two voice stress analyzers systems -including the one used by ITV consulting -to quiz people who had just been arrested about their recent drug use, then compared their answers with the results of urine tests.
"The programs were not able to detect deception at a rate any better than chance," the study concluded.
The study found, however, that subjects were less likely to lie about their drug use if they thought the device could actually detect lies. This is known as the "bogus pipeline effect," and may, in fact, be the device's only utility.
Offsetting this utility, however, is the prospect of incriminating -and disqualifying -an innocent applicant.
Several posters on Officer.com, an online discussion group for U.S. law enforcement officers, claim they were unfairly disqualified by CVSA tests.
"I failed a CVSA a few months back," one poster stated in February 2008. "I spiked on 'Have you ever used Cocaine?' Funny thing is, I have NEVER used any illegal narcotics. It DQ'd [disqualified] me."
Wiebe insists that no applicant is disqualified on the basis of a CVSA test unless there is corroborating evidence, but posters on Officer.com have heard this sort of assurance before:
"You cannot be DQ'd strictly for not passing a polygraph or CVSA," one poster advised. "They are strictly tools to be used to support what has already been found or point where to look. If they told you that you are DQ'd based on the test alone you may want to bring up the Federal Protection Act."
To which another poster replied: "The problem is they never do DQ you for the test alone, they always give you an answer like, 'Due to issues arising from your background investigation.'"
Lorna Fadden, a Vancouver expert in forensic linguistics, said she is "disturbed that provincial agencies would use this device."
Fadden completed her doctorate in forensic linguistics in 2008, and has taught at SFU and the B.C. Justice Institute. She also consults for law enforcement agencies and legal counsel on cases involving language evidence.
"There is no actual proven correlation between vocal stress and telling a truth or lie," she told me in an email this week.
"Even if there were, there are simply too many factors to foul up reliable results. What might be viewed as voice stress might actually be due to pathological speech, natural or medication-induced tremor, illicit narcotics and so on. For all we know, a mild case of hay fever could interfere with vocal stress."
She concluded: "No product, method or technique that has the potential to alter the course of someone's life should be on the market without rigorous testing." On its website, ITV claims that clinical studies show the device, used in conjunction with the "expert interrogation techniques used and taught by ITV," is 98-per-cent accurate "with no inconclusives."
But neither ITV, nor the National Institute of Truth Verification -the Florida company that licenses the technology to ITV and makes the same boast -can produce an independent study to back up this assertion.
Fadden dismisses their claim as "preposterous... The polygraph is probably the best we have, but there is darn good reason it's not admissible in court, either."
Despite its dubious accuracy, the device has proved to be popular, particular after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
NITV claims the CVSA device "is used by 1,800 local, state and federal agencies," but it doesn't name the agencies, which makes this figure impossible to confirm.
NITV also claims the device is used by "U.S. Military Special Operations and Intelligence units." However, the U.S. Department of Defense prohibited the use of voice stress analyzers in 2005.
"Merely getting people to talk is not sufficient," Robert Rogalski, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Counterintelligence and Security), explained in a March 2006 letter to the American Spectator.
"That information must be assessed for accuracy and truthfulness... Until scientific testing adequately proves the reliability and accuracy of CVSA, the Department of Defense would be irresponsible to condone the acquisition of such an instrument."
Rogalski noted that researchers at the University of Florida had just completed a study of voice stress analysis "and we await the opportunity to review that study."
Within days, that study was released. It concluded that "neither CVSA nor [a similar device] showed any sensitivity to the presence of deception or stress."
Despite all these concerns, CVSA tests are being routinely administered in B.C. In addition to the corrections branch, the University of Victoria uses the device to screen security personnel; the Saanich and Oak Bay police forces use it to screen prospective police recruits; and sundry financial institutions use it to ferret out malfeasance.
March 12: Computerized Voice Stress Analyzers are increasingly popular, but their usefulness is being questioned.
March 15: We learn that NITV's founder, Dr. Charles Humble, obtained his 'doctorate' from a diploma mill in Indiana.
March 17: Are job applicants being unfairly disqualified?
CVSA "truth verification" now being exposed in Canada
Reply #7 - Apr 6th, 2011 at 8:14pm
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Saanich police to stop using controversial lie detector device
UVic security also reconsidering its use of 'voice stress analyzer' to screen prospective employees, but B.C. Corrections stays course
By David Baines, Vancouver Sun April 6, 2011
In March, I reported that several public and private organizations in B.C. are using a controversial lie detector device to screen prospective employees.
I am now pleased to report that the Saanich police department is discontinuing its use of this very dubious device and the University of Victoria campus security department is considering dumping it.
The biggest user, however — the B.C. Corrections branch — appears to be standing pat.
The device is called the Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer. It claims to be able to detect deception by measuring voice modulations.
CVSA tests are offered in B.C. by ITV Consulting Inc., a Victoria firm run by two former Saanich police detectives, Don Wiebe and Bob Wall.
ITV also contracts Craig Sampson, current head of Saanich's major crimes section, to conduct tests on an as-needed basis.
ITV states on its website that clinical studies show the device is 98-per-cent accurate "with no inconclusives."
However, when I asked Wiebe to show me these studies, he said he has never seen any.
He said he is simply taking the word of the U.S. company that developed the CVSA device and licenses the marketing rights to ITV.
That company is called the National Institute of Truth Verification. It is based in West Palm Beach in Florida and was founded by "Dr." Charles Humble, who obtained his doctorate from a diploma mill in Indiana after six hours of bible study.
NITV was also unable to provide me with any clinical studies to back up its 98-per-cent accuracy claim. I did find, however, several credible studies showing that the machine is wrong just as much as it is right, which not only renders it useless, it makes it potentially dangerous.
Even though there is little or no scientific justification for using it, the Saanich police force uses it as a screening device for all potential applicants. Applicants who refuse to take it are disqualified.
Saanich has its own CVSA machine, a legacy from Wiebe's days as a Saanich detective. Sampson, as an active Saanich police member, conducts these tests for the force. On his own time, he conducts tests for ITV clients.
Those clients include the University of Victoria campus security department, which uses the tests as a device to screen prospective hires. Applicants are told the tests are optional, but refusal will be weighted against them.
During the last five years, ITV has conducted 25 tests for the UVic security department on a contract basis. (UVic earlier told me ITV had conducted about 50 tests during that period, but now says the figure is half that).
By far the biggest user is the B.C. Corrections branch. CVSA tests are mandatory for anybody applying for a correctional officer job at a provincial custody centre. During the last three years, ITV has conducted 645 tests for the branch.
All three organizations — Saanich police, UVic and B.C. Corrections — say they do not rely exclusively on the CVSA test results to make hiring decisions. They say the test is just one of many tools and stages in the hiring process.
The test is also used to intimidate subjects into telling the truth, which suggests that any black box would do the job, as long as the subject can be convinced that it can detect lies.
In the absence of any scientific evidence the device works, it seems clear that if the employer places any material weight on the test results, it is placing the applicant in unreasonable jeopardy.
Since my series was published, Saanich police have advised they intend to phase out CVSA tests as a screening tool.
"We are going to transition away from CVSA," Sgt. Dean Jantzen, who handles communications for the Saanich police, said in a telephone interview.
Jantzen said the sergeant in charge of recruiting proposed last year, in writing, that the force move to polygraph testing to be consistent with other police forces. (Saanich police made no mention of this proposal when I talked to them last month.)
Jantzen said prospective recruits usually apply to several different police departments, so it makes sense to submit them to only one test. And since all the other police forces in B.C. use the polygraph, it makes sense for Saanich to use it, too.
(Polygraphs also have questionable reliability, but that's another story.)
Meanwhile, ITV has removed all mention of Sampson from its website. "That was Craig's decision," said Jantzen. "The department didn't ask him; that was a personal decision. He told me he hasn't done any work for them [ITV] in the last three years. Whether he is still involved is his personal business."
The UVic campus security department is also reviewing its CVSA testing policy. Peter Zacour, who is in charge of that department, said that, as a result of my columns, "we are reviewing the process we are using to hire people."
B.C. Corrections, meanwhile, appears to be staying the course. I asked the branch whether it is making or contemplating any changes to its CVSA testing policy:
"While the branch is not contemplating any changes at this time, we continue to review our hiring practices on an ongoing basis to ensure we are utilizing the best tools available which enable us to hire the most suitable candidates."
Then I asked the acid question: "Does the branch believe that the device itself has any ability to detect truth or deception? If so, on what basis does it hold that belief?"
Here is the answer I received:
"CVSA is one of many tools that B.C. Corrections uses to assess the potential suitability of a candidate."
Yes, yes, we know that.
"CVSA measures stress levels in an applicant's responses, helping to identify inconsistencies during the interview process."
Well, that's the theory, for sure. What's the evidence?
"There are multiple steps in B.C. Corrections' screening process for new employees and the CVSA interview is intended to complement those other steps. The results of a CVSA interview are never the sole reason an applicant is disqualified."
So, there you have it. A complete non-answer. I believe the branch made no attempt to answer the question because it can't. There is little or no evidence to support the proposition that this device works, and much to refute it.
Alarmingly, the branch, by its own account, has used this device to disqualify applicants.
In May 2006, Tedd Howard, then warden of the Prince George Regional Correction Centre, wrote a letter of recommendation for ITV stating that, during the previous year, 52 applicants had been tested with the CVSA device.
"Of the 52 applicants, 16 were screened out as unsuitable that would otherwise have been hired," he stated. The clear implication is that they were disqualified as a result of the CVSA tests.
(Howard has since been promoted to deputy provincial director of the branch, in charge of capital projects.)
I find this whole "truth verification" business quite Orwellian. That view is shared by Lorna Fadden, who obtained her doctorate in forensic linguistics from Simon Fraser University and now consults for law enforcement agencies and legal counsel on cases involving language evidence.
"There is no actual proven correlation between vocal stress and telling a truth or lie," she told me in an earlier email.
She advised any applicant who suspects they have been rejected on the basis of the CVSA test to "lawyer up." I think this is excellent advice.
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I agree, that CVSA is unable to differentiate truth from lies, but then neither is the polygraph. P/G mnfrs go to lenghts to clarify....it is not a lie detector and indeed Instructors do much the same.
It is the examiner that must determine if the data presented is potentially a lie or truth.
Certain DOD technologies can produce reliable data from which a skilled examiner can make a call of potential di or ndi.
Polygraph is one such technology, but, it is user unfriendly, is highly susceptible to 'artefacts' in tracings and simply takes too long to setup and administer.
By contrast AVSA Pro 1,8 eliminates 4 of the major examiner induced errors, specifically cadence control (onset delay).
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A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
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Well, there are some days in West Crete that, as a windsurfer<|fim_middle|> spot!
After the photo view we voted Michalis as the best stylish and powerful wave-rider. See the spray he throws at cutbacks and you can understand. After the judgment he jumped on the reed and took that last photo with 'to kalami'!
Cheers for the next time !!! | , I dream about to come again. And when they come, it's all about offshore wavy lines full of perfection. This time we had a perfect session in Falasarna beach with a lot of friends riding head to logo high lines.
The scenario is pretty much the same. Sifis and Giannis arrived on time from Athens, running first to the west coast. There we found Pete (Piotr Czekala), a Polish tourist that live the last four months in Crete doing windsurfing for holidays, who is responsible for these awesome photographs. Then Manolis arrived on the spot with all the team from Chania and the guys from Heraklion. Michael Farsaris and Nick Kaklamanakis didn't miss the day, doing all their best to put the level of greek wave sailing higher!
The wind was in a good direction but a little bit stronger than usual. The waves where struggling to turn in full high to the point break cause of the strong offshore wind but at the same time the wave was breaking really slow and predictable that helped to play with pivotal arcing turns. This is what I love to this spot. You can turn as hard as you can and the peak of the wave is following slow your rhythm, like dancing with surfing style.
Sifis and Giannis…the usual visitors!
And he does it HARD!!!
Giannis and Sifis…the two Fanatics.
Nick Kaklamanakis doing what he loves!
Me and Manos sharing the wave. The SurfIsland Team together!
Manos just at the right | 318 |
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Things to Do in Ciales
Coffee farms, waterfalls, and caverns are part of the magic of Ciales.
Ciales is a picturesque and peaceful coffee town located in Puerto Rico's Central Mountain Range and surrounded by thick vegetation. Here are a few of the things you should do when you visit.
Las Delicias Falls, in the beautiful Tres Picachos State Forest.
Waterfalls and Forests
If you like to be in touch with nature, take a walk through town to reach Las Delicias Falls, in the photogenic Tres Picachos State Forest, which looks like it was plucked from a tropical fairytale. The road to the waterfalls is long and has many curves but, once there, the effort will be justified.
When you arrive, park at the edge of the road and walk towards the first waterfall and its natural pool. Continue over some rocky terrain and you will reach Las Delicias.
There is also the famous Chorro de Doña Juana, which is on the border between Ciales and Orocovis. The waterfall can be seen from the road and is a wonderful backdrop photos. Many people will also enjoy a swim in the natural pool, although there are no changing areas or bathrooms, so be prepared in advance.
Exploring Caves
Ciales also has cave systems where you can book guided tours for rappelling, canyoneering and other adventures. The Yuyú Cave is known for its stalagmites, stalactites, corridors, and subterranean waterfalls.
Museo del Café is a museum and a coffee bar!
Museo del Café
This charming location belongs to a family that has grown coffee in Puerto Rico for more than 80 years. The museum is located near the town plaza, on the Paseo Aroma de Café, and in addition to being a museum, it is also a coffee bar that serves fresh brews, pastries, and features a shop with coffee-centric products.
The owner offers guided tours of the property where he explains the origin of the objects used in the coffee production process, and you can taste fresh Don Pello coffee grown in Ciales. Even if you want to buy coffee to go, they will roast beans just for you. During the weekends they offer barista courses and talks on topics related to the product. The Coffee Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the entrance is free.
A gorgeous tree-lined path at Paseo Lineal Juan Antonia Corretjer in Ciales.
Paseo Lineal Juan Antonio Corretjer
The paseo lineal is a space to walk, take photos, appreciate the views of nature, and enjoy a delicious coffee or refreshing frappe before continuing your adventure. From the promenade, you can see the Río Grande de Manatí, as well as the majestic mountains of the Cordillera Central. On weekends, there are kiosk selling fritters and other goods.
Find more things to do in Ciales
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The Puerto Rican longaniza at Restaur<|fim_middle|> "longaniza route".
Follow the trails around the Los Morrillos Lighthouse in Cabo Rojo
The Best Easy Hikes in Puerto Rico
These trails are easily accessible and give visitors the chance to explore more of Puerto Rico.
Peering over Guánica Dry Forest from historic Fuerte Caprón.
Visit Guánica's Dry Forest
Hiking to remote beaches, birdwatching, and bike rides.
Arecibo Observatory, one of the largest and most sensitive single-dish telescopes on the planet.
Things to Do in Arecibo
Limestone caves, unspoiled beaches, and otherworldly attractions.
Queer Q&A: Ien Grave, DJ and Promoter
In this interview, Ien chats about the music scene in San Juan and the LGBTQ community on the island.
Viewing art at the Museo de Arte de Ponce.
Things to Do in Ponce
The Pearl of the South's attractions are as extraordinary as they are diverse.
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Where to Eat in Orocovis
Try one of Puerto Rico's tastiest sausages on the | 32 |
If there is one thing that keeps me excited when i get up in the morning than i honestly have to say one word – coffee. I'm not someone who loves to be an early bird, quite the opposite i would say, but whenever i'm feeling awake the first thing i do is grab a cup and push the button of my Nescafé Dolce Gustomachine. I don't know why but for me it's almost impossible to leave the house without sipping on my favorite beverage – it became a ritual that i celebrate to the fullest – espeically on the weekend when i'm finally able to cuddle up on the couch in a cozy and warm cardigan. So today i'm happy to introduce you to the latest Nescafé addition called Movenza which is a stylish automatic pod coffee machine that has advanced features including automatic opening mechanism. Somehow it looks super futuristic which is inspired by the sculputr'Cloud Gate – The Big Bean' by the british artist Anish Kapoor. Besides the fact that you can either choose from a classic Espresso, C<|fim_middle|>uccino or a delicous Chocochino the sealed pods help maintain coffee freshness 100%. | app | 1 |
Waldo, Kansas City, MO
Waldo is a neighborhood located in Kansas City, Missouri on 75th Street &
Wornall Road that has continued to maintain its own unique character, even
though it was annexed by Kansas City in 1909. Waldo's boundaries are Gregory Blvd on the north to 91st Street on the south, (although 89th street forms a full south boundary) and Holmes Road on the east to State Line Road on the west. In 1841, Dr. David Waldo of Gasconade County, Missouri, was convinced by some friends to purchase land in Jackson County, Missouri. Dr. Waldo purchased 1,000 acres that ran from what is now 75th Street to 59th Street and Wornall Road to Troost.
In 1860 a rail line was established between Westport and Dodson, and a main stop was located in Waldo. When the rail line was converted to street cars in 1907, a<|fim_middle|> a local landmark. | brick station was built at the Waldo location, and it became known as the Grand Central Station of Waldo. Waldo was annexed by Kansas City in 1909, which pushed the southern city limit from 49th Street to 77th Street. Business began to grow around the station, including Elmer Family Grocery and Milen
Drygoods store. As the growth continued, the Waldo area became a main traffic artery of south Kansas City. Houses on Wornall Road south to 75th Street made way for continued business expansion in the 1930s.
The Waldo water tower, located near 75th and Holmes, is | 141 |
Justin and Cassie Boyd proudly operate the first Chicken Salad Chick franchise ever awarded. This young couple grew to love the brand as regulars and when they found out franchises were available, they both said, "We have to be a part of this<|fim_middle|> October 2012 and the second location, located on Vaughn Road, opened in February 2014. Justin's favorite chick is the Olivia's Old South and Cassie's is the Cranberry Kelli.
Chicken Salad Chick offers fresh, scratch-made chicken salad in the home of a gracious friend and good cook. Call (334) 459-9865, visit us, or order online today. Catering options are also available. | ." After meeting with founders Kevin and Stacy Brown, the Boyds made their pitch and were subsequently awarded the Montgomery, Alabama market. From that day forward, they knew they would forever be a part of the Chicken Salad Chick family and everything it represents.
Their first location, on Zelda Road in Montgomery, opened in | 62 |
There are few books specifically<|fim_middle|> | on the history of gold and mining in Colorado, none on its current culture and almost none on modern day treasure hunters.
Will appeal to Reality TV fans interested in Gold Mining and History. Celebs profiled in the book include: Chad Watkins, gold prospector featured on Discovery Channel's "Ice Cold Gold"; Al Mosch, owner of the Phoenix Gold Mine who appeared on Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures: Colorado Gold Mine"; and Dr. Richard Goldfarb, geologist and one of the world's foremost experts on gold, who appeared on the History Channel's "How the Earth Was Made".
Additional content available for marketing use includes: maps of gold mining areas, extended audio interviews with the book's subjects, and photos of ghost towns and historic photos of miners.
Colorado still draws thousands of prospectors each year. Gold mining is a growing past time for retirees. | 175 |
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Robert Mapplethorpe's Instant Precious Relics
by Leslie Camhi
St. Sebastian meets foreplay. Whitney Museum of American Art
"We Poets in our youth begin in gladness," William Wordsworth wrote ruefully in 1807, "But thereof come in the end despondency and madness." The poet's<|fim_middle|> about Mapplethorpe's art), but closer to life, in that one senses the push and pull, the continuous dialogue, between the image and its subject. (That dialogue was fostered by the speed of a medium that provided an "instant replay" of reality.) Lacking the later work's sometimes airless perfection, they make up for it in rawness and immediacy.
In those early, druggy years, Mapplethorpe—a former Catholic schoolboy from Floral Park, Queens, who had joined the ROTC while studying advertising design, and later graphic arts, at the Pratt Institute—was making the bohemian scene at Max's Kansas City. He was shacking up (at first as lovers) with his muse and soulmate, Patti Smith, at the Chelsea Hotel and in a loft on 23rd Street, and delving into the underworld of gay s&m. Soon he'd fall in love with the patrician curator and pioneering collector Sam Wagstaff, who became his patron and romantic partner, and with whom he explored the still emerging field of fine-art photography.
He borrowed a friend's Polaroid camera to take pictures for the collages he was then making and to document his growing sexual education. A tripartite self-portrait from 1971, included at the Whitney, shows the then 25-year-old artist naked, his body divided vertically between three Polaroids, which he's coyly placed behind the mesh veil of a paper potato sack that's been dyed a deep, almost ecclesiastical violet. Is it an altar for the worship of youth, or is he for sale like just so many tubers?
In fact, the Polaroid's status as a unique print (much like the daguerreotype a century earlier) infuses it with the aura of a precious relic—this despite its cheesy pop-cultural connotations. (AIDS, which ravaged the photographer's world, killing both Wagstaff and, two years later, Mapplethorpe himself, magnifies for some of the images the sense that we're viewing the remnants of a vanished society.) The tension between the chilly refinement of Mapplethorpe's still-untutored eye and his medium's latent nostalgia can render even the tamest subject matter unexpectedly moving. A scraggly bunch of daylilies lying across a pillow seems a requiem; a shop window filled with a display of children's shoes evokes a lost paradise of tiny feet.
He photographed his friends and lovers: Randy's gaunt, blond head, served up on a platter like John the Baptist's; Nicholas's enticing armpit; the exquisite, contrapposto martyrdom of a masked and anonymous St. Sebastian, whose wrists are fastened together high above his head. The act of photographing was both a means of channeling and an incitement to desire, a kind of foreplay, with the Polaroid's instantaneity egging the various parties on, upping the erotic ante. "When Robert took pictures," recalls the model David Croland (quoted in Patricia Morrisroe's deeply researched Mapplethorpe biography), "it was like he owned the subject. He dominated them completely." (Croland shows up at the Whitney bound, gagged, and lying face-up on some bathroom's cold tile floor.)
Other friends, more lovingly depicted, nearly elude Mapplethorpe's grasp, like the craggily handsome Wagstaff, who even in cheesecake poses retains an essential mystery and dignity. Or the formidable Ms. Smith, an androgynous nymph who appears in countless guises, from wide-eyed ingénue to Bob Dylan look-alike to disheveled poet, up all night and hiding in her turtleneck. (His later Polaroid portraits of celebrities are rarely as personal and revealing.) And he photographed himself, reclining on wrinkled sheets and cradling a telephone receiver (à la Anna Magnani in Jean Cocteau's La Voix Humaine) as if it were an erotic instrument.
Do lovers today cradle their PDAs as tenderly? Something dies in us when old technologies are laid to rest, something about the specific relation to reality they allow us. When, last February, the Polaroid corporation announced that it would stop manufacturing instant film, countless individuals—from artists like Chuck Close, Lyle Ashton Harris, and Lucas Samaras to fashion stylists and buyers—began mourning. (Some of the mourners' stories are collected at SavePolaroid.com.) Mapplethorpe wasn't one to look back, but, one senses, he might have joined them.
More:Patti SmithRobert MapplethorpeSam WagstaffSexVisual ArtsWilliam Wordsworth | words came back to me while viewing this collection of some 100 mostly unknown Polaroids taken by Robert Mapplethorpe between 1970 and 1975. They are transitional works in more ways than one: made while the fledgling photographer (then in his twenties) was testing his eye, finding his subject matter, and not yet fully committed to either his sexual identity or his medium.
They represent a kind of "coming out," artistically speaking. The mature themes of this intensely neoclassical photographer's art are all there: still lives and self-portraiture, pictures of the demimonde and the mondaine—downtown personages, uptown celebrities, artists, socialites, and creatures of the night, who crawled before his camera from who knows where. And, of course, the great theater of eroticism, from the baroque accoutrements of gay sadomasochism—leather masks, nipple rings, penile harnesses, etc.—to tender embraces between men, to the naked mattress ticking that waits, in one photograph, like an empty page for the story of sex to be written upon it.
Still, taken as a whole, Mapplethorpe's Polaroids are very different from the works that made him, if not the most famous, then posthumously (since his death in 1989) the most notorious photographer of his generation—works that most often combined "hot" subject matter with coolly elegant and precise presentation. Who can forget his masterpiece, Man in Polyester Suit (1980), for example, with its image of a semi-tumescent member sprouting, like desire itself, from sartorial banality? (Carnality seems to have been, for him, a perpetual affront to quotidian reality.) This was a photographer who could mine the latent sexual content of an orchid or even an eggplant, who photographed AWOL sailors as if they were bits of classical statuary, whose portraits of small children are imbued with the same naturalness, mystery, and innate grace as the trussed-up sexual encounters that seem to have sprung from some dark night of the imagination.
The Polaroids, of which he took more than 1,500, are on the whole more casual and intimate—certainly not diaristic (since there's nothing confessional | 491 |
In D. Streight (Ed.), Parenting for Character: Five Experts, Five Practices.
When we think about parenting, lots of ideas typically come to mind: love, protection, guidance, discipline, communication, etc.. However, I want to make an argument that we should be considering the concept of democracy when we think of parenting and families. I hope both to offer some support for the power and relevance of democracy in families, and to suggest some ways we can be effective democratic parents.
When the founders of this great and daring experiment in self-governance that we call a democracy first crafted the blueprints of the United States, they understood that such self-governance depended on the character or virtues of its citizens. They also understood that families played a critical role in socializing each subsequent generation to be the kind of citizens necessary for collaborative self-governance. If we want the benefits that democracy can afford us —like liberty, human rights, and equality then we need citizens who have democratic and moral character. Families, and in particular parents, must play a central role in shaping such future citizens. As George Bernard Shaw once said, "Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family." Those of us who study the development of morality in children understand how critical parenting is in shaping their character. As should be obvious, one does not foster democratic character in non-democratic families. In his history of childhood in Western society, deMause (1974) offered a developmental model of historical transitions in parenting which follows the path from more adult-focused, hierarchical, power-assertive, and dominant parenting to more child and rights-focused, egalitarian, and democratic styles. Despite our tendency to venerate and even worship the pilgrims who settled what eventually became the United States of America, what we know of their parenting is not for those with weak stomachs. According to deMause and others, we have come a long way. The final stage deMause describes is the "helping mode" which he claims began in the mid-20th century. According to deMause, this type of parenting is more of a servant-leadership orientation that focuses on the child's needs and partners with the child to meet them. In fact, the very concept of children's rights is only a recent historical discovery.
So we can see that a modern enlightened view of parenting is one that recognizes both the moral claim of protecting children's rights and the socio-political claim that we need to raise children of character (both moral and democratic character) for our society to flourish and be the beacon of democracy that it was intended to be. But this book is about how to parent well and how to raise good children. So let us turn to what we know about one aspect of this parenting recipe…democratic parenting.
A decade ago, John Grych, a child psychologist, and I reviewed the research on parenting and what it revealed about parenting practices that result in moral, pro-social, character development of children (Berkowitz & Grych, 1998). In doing so, we identified what we later called the "fab five." These were five parenting practices that each had a major demonstrated impact on positive child development: nurturance; demandingness; modeling; democratic family process; induction. Those five parenting practices are well-represented in this volume and, we are told, our article was influential on this booklet's composition.
There are a few foundational elements to democratic parenting. In character education, we often talk about "head" (understanding, the cognitive component of character), "heart" (caring about, the affective component) and "hand" (acting upon, the behavioral component). We can identify a parallel "head, heart and hand" of educators: understanding what character is, caring about instilling character in students, and having the teaching skills to make it happen. Likewise, we can identify the "head, heart and hand" of parenting for character in general, and of democratic parenting in particular.
The parent's "head" of democratic parenting has to do with understanding (1) that children are autonomous human beings with their own rights, (2) that power can be distributed in different ways in a family, and (3) that democratic parenting is good for children and for society. The "heart" of democratic parenting is valuing democracy in general and the democratic process. It also has to do with caring about being the best parent one can and caring deeply about what is right and good for children, the willingness and commitment to being a shepherd, a guide for the lifelong path that their child's development will follow. Some people<|fim_middle|> and should you do as a democratic parent?
As we have established, democracy in general and democratic parenting both depend upon respect for others, in this case respect for children. When we think of respect, we often think of the Golden Rule. In their book on Emotionally Intelligent Parenting, Maurice Elias and his colleagues (1999) transform the Golden Rule into the 24-Karat Golden Rule; that is "Do unto your children as you would have other people do unto your children" (p. 1). As they point out, we often allow ourselves to a lower standard toward our children than we do others (neighbors, teachers, etc.). So one good way to test your level of respect for your children is to ask yourself how you would feel and react if someone else was behaving toward your child the way you are.
We have also seen from the research that respect is not enough. Children need to be and feel loved and supported, in addition to being respected. As parents we need to create a constant substrate of affection, not make it contingent upon their specific behaviors and misbehaviors, and be sure we communicate our affection clearly to our children. We can't forget to clearly express our love to them.
There is an old saying that we have all heard: Children should be seen and not heard. That may be the exact opposite of democratic parenting, at least on the "heard" part. For a family to be democratic, two fundamental and related things need to happen. First, children need to believe that their voices are valued and welcomed; that their parents want to know what they think and will seriously consider their input. Oftentimes, however, as much as we may genuinely want to include children in family decisions, discussions, and problem-solving, we may forget to ask them or may be too hurried or stressed to be willing to expend the time it takes to have such conversations. So, the second fundamental is that parents need to actively invite children's input; they need to ask children to speak up and be heard. Of course, as in any social group, this openness to input must be authentic. Children will quickly figure out if you are just humoring them or paying lip service to valuing their voices. We will introduce some structured ways of inviting children's voices in a moment.
Children at different developmental levels require different degrees of structure in invitations to chime in. Furthermore, what may be appropriate for an adolescent to discuss may not be appropriate for a younger child, or it may not be appropriate for any child. It may be appropriate to ask a child what the family should have for dinner, but not whether they should itemize their tax returns or take out a second mortgage. And giving a young child an open-ended option ("what do you want for dinner?") may not be prudent. Rather limit the options to make it easier for them to decide ("do you want hamburgers or spaghetti for dinner?"). Walking into Baskin-Robbins and asking a pre-schooler what flavor they want could lead to hours of vacillation. A better strategy would be to ask them which of two or three flavors they want, knowing which two or three flavors they like most. As they get older, the choices we give them can be more complex and open-ended.
We are not advocating that children get veto power, nor that you should only have one child so the children can never be in the majority in the family democracy. We are not advocating installing a democratic government in your household. Rather we are advocating adopting some principles of democracy in your parenting. So we want to suggest that you be Socratic as well. As Bill Puka suggests with his notion of developmental love, we need to be guides and gurus for our children's development. We can do that within democratic structures by being Socratic; that is by using discussion to get them to consider concepts and facts that are both critical and might otherwise be missed.
There are a variety of strands in psychology that emphasize the power of reflecting on reasons for choices and decisions. Children need to learn what a justification is, what counts as a good reason, and to use reasoning to justify their demands, claims, and assertions. Parents need to ask children "why" they think it is a good idea to open presents on Christmas eve rather than Christmas day, to get a pet dog, or to be the one to get the last extra piece of pizza. Then discuss the reasons and see if you can come to agreement on the soundness and validity of their justifications.
The parenting practice of induction (one of the Fab Five mentioned earlier), is also relevant here. Induction means that, when parents are either praising or reprimanding their children , they focus on giving a reason for their praise or displeasure by highlighting the consequences of the child's actions for another's emotions (e.g., "I am so proud of you because you told Aunt Martha that you liked the birthday present and that really made her happy" or "I am so angry with you because you hit Linda and now she is sad and crying"). In other words, in family discussions and negotiations, be sure to direct children's attention toward reasons for behaviors, the consequences of actions (especially their own actions), and other people's feelings.
Democratic character comes not from learning about democracy as much as it does from experiencing democracy; that is, from experiencing the power of your voice in collaborative decision-making. Families tend to be (often for good reason) hierarchical. Parents wield power and children are subject to it. This is not a good source of the formation of future democratic citizens. Just as in schools, adults in families tend to make all the decisions and solve all the problems themselves. We waste so many opportunities to enlist our children in these decisions and deliberations. Parents need to look for opportunities to welcome children into family discussions and deliberations. Just as parents find opportunities to name objects ("see the doggie") and colors ("that ball is red") to help children develop language, they need to find opportunities to invite children to contribute to decisions ("which sweater do you think Grandpa would like best?) and solutions ("what do you think would be a good way to make Alex feel better?"), rather than just doing it oneself. Each time we act unilaterally we steal a developmental opportunity from the child. Of course, all this has to be within reason, or life will grind to a halt as we negotiate every choice and solution. Pick your spots!
Having a clear method for decision-making and/or problem-solving can be very helpful. In his book Raising Good Children, Thomas Lickona recommends what he callsa "fairness approach." There are ten steps to this method for, first achieving mutual understanding of the nature of and perspectives on the problem, then solving the problem, and finally following through to monitor the success and implementation of the solution. In all steps, parents and children are equally involved in collaboratively moving through the process. Some parents like to write and sign a contract or agreement that describes the result of the problem-solving process, and it often ends up on the refrigerator door as a reminder and resource.
While democracy is an excellent social system, it is not flawless. As Winston Churchill once opined, democracy is the worst form of government humans have ever created…except for all the others. Democracy does allow for injustices to be done and justified by the majority to the minority. So it is important to have a values base for your family in general and for your democratic processes in particular. Many years ago, I had the privilege of working on Lawrence Kohlberg's Just Community Schools project. This project was an experiment in high school democracy. We created small alternative schools within larger high schools and endowed them with the freedom of self-governance. One person, one vote; teacher, student, administrator. But these mini-democracies had two guiding values: justice and community. All community decisions were supposed to try to maximize justice and to build a sense of community.
Do not assume success. It is a good idea to check in periodically both on the success of prior decisions and solutions and on the degree to which children and parents feel in general that the family is operating fairly. But be forewarned that the very notion of fairness (justice) is a developmental concept. What is fair to a pre-schooler (idiosyncratic and/or selfish) is not fair to an elementary school child (stubborn radical equality) and is different from what is fair to an adolescent (balancing of legitimate claims and perspectives). Even if you are on different wavelengths, and even if you can't come to an agreement, you are still engaging in open, respectful, and egalitarian discourse.
Democratic parenting is justified for three main reasons: (1) because is just and respectful of children; (2) because it is a context for the development of civic character and future responsible democratic citizens; (3) because research has shown that it produces a wide range of desirable moral and social characteristics in children. Such parenting requires an understanding of democracy, children's rights, and democratic parenting strategies, an authentic concern for children's development and fairness, and a command of the parenting skills necessary to be an effective democratic parent. Those skills include induction, collaborative decision-making, and the ability to adapt to the development level of the child.
* Interestingly, John Grych and I later wrote a parallel paper for teachers, when Tom Lickona (see his chapter in this volume) suggested that the Fab Five parenting behaviors applied equally well to teachers. Teachers can also do all of the same behaviors and evidence is beginning to show that it works in schools as well as in families. Although there is no research on this yet, it is likely that when both families and schools engage in parallel and research-supported practices of raising and teaching children we are more likely to successfully raise the next generation of responsible democratic citizens and adults. But this chapter is not about schools and teachers, so let's turn our attention back to parenting.
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Berkowitz, M.W. & Grych, J.H. (1998). Fostering goodness: teaching parents to facilitate children's moral development. Journal of Moral Education, 27, 371-391.
DeMause, L. (1974). The evolution of childhood. In L. deMause (Ed.), The history of childhood (pp. 1-74). New York: Harper and Row.
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Lickona, T. (1983). Raising good children. NY: Bantam Books. | and some societies see children as a burden, others as a potential resource (e.g., workforce). We are arguing for a commitment to children as a moral responsibility for their welfare and development, much as deMause did in identifying the helping mode of parenting. My colleague Bill Puka once posited the notion of "developmental love." By this he meant that one way to show love for a child is to dedicate oneself to his or her healthiest development. The "heart" also entails faith; that is, a belief that the long term commitment to democratic parenting will indeed lead to the kind of child development that one intends to produce. The "hand" of democratic parenting is the set of parenting skills necessary to be democratic in one's daily parenting behaviors. These include certain communication skills, the ability to make children feel safe and supported especially during disagreements, etc. I will turn to these in more detail in a moment. First, however, let us take a closer look at what democratic parenting really looks like.
The core of democratic parenting is an orientation toward certain forms of communication, especially in problem-solving and decision-making situations. Democratic parents both (1) value their children's autonomy and respect their rights and perspectives and (2) understand that in doing so they are optimally fostering their children's moral and civic development. Therefore they "respect children's voices as meaningful contributions to family discussions, decisions, and conflict resolution processes" (Berkowitz & Grych, 1998, p. 385-6). They also understand that in doing so they are fostering the development of those character traits listed above as outcomes of democratic parenting (e.g., altruism, conscience, and moral reasoning maturity). In other words, they realize that democratic parenting is not only just, but it is also developmentally effective. Because they realize this, democratic parents "let children know that their voices are valued and provide affective support for their participation in family discussions" (ibid, p. 386).
That latter point about affective support is worth belaboring. My earliest research was on the promotion of moral reasoning maturity through peer discussions. The most developmentally productive discussions were often quite contentious with children and adolescents cognitively grappling and attempting to "win" the "debate." This seemed to really stretch children's thinking about right and wrong and produced significant development.
However, when we tried to apply this model to parent-child moral discussions the picture changed a bit. The key difference was that children did not develop when their moral discussions with parents were contentious. Rather they needed to be couched in a context of feeling emotionally supported by their parent(s). The discourse looked different, more like respectful disagreement in which both parties knew there was no risk to the relationship. This seems critical to how democratic families disagree, especially about potentially emotionally charged issues. Larry Nucci has much to contribute to this issue in his chapter in this booklet. Another of this booklet's authors, Diana Baumrind, shed some important light on this many years ago when she identified a form of democratic parenting. Because of space limitations, Professor Baumrind does not address democratic parenting in her chapter here, but it is a variation of authoritative parenting, the parenting style that most effectively leads to the development of character in children.
Baumrind (1991) has spent decades studying the dimensions and effects of different styles of parenting. One style she identified was labeled "democratic." She defined this as being high on Supportive Control ("considerateness, responsive discipline, principled use of rational explanations to influence adolescent, intellectual stimulation, and encouragement of individuation" p. 751), with a moderate use of more assertive control but low on more directive/conventional control strategies. As Baumrind describes such parents, they are "more responsive than demanding, are agentic but not officious, and set limits when necessary, although their preference is to be lenient" (p. 752). Others who have studied such parents have found them to be warm and supportive, low in anxiety, and low in power assertion, with rules being created jointly by parents and children. In other words, democratic parents love their children, feel comfortable with them and in their roles as parents, and do not seem to need to exert their authority in a hierarchical manner. Such parents tend to have very healthy children, although in adolescence they may experiment more with drugs.
Democratic parenting is thus justified in three ways: as a form of just respect for children; as a means of socializing responsible democratic citizens; as an effective way to educate moral children. We have also established that democratic parents need to understand democracy and democratic parenting and its justifications and they need to deeply care about children and democratic society. It is now time to look more closely at the "hand" or skills of democratic parenting. What can | 989 |
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