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Blackburn Gilbert & Sullivan Society settling old scores Ruddigore<\|fim_middle\|> are just about to launch into our 53rd production, "Iolanthe", and rehearsals will commence in September 2016 in the Performing Arts Centre at the Thwaites Empire Theatre. The show itself will take place at the Thwaites Empire Theatre in February 2017. Anyone interested in a role in our next production, whether it be as part of the chorus, or playing a principal part, or helping backstage, or assisting in the designing and building of the set, or to make the tea at rehearsals, or anything at all, if you'd like to take part, then please get in touch with us via the Contact Page. We are always delighted to welcome new members of any age. New members are the life-blood of amateur societies. So get in touch! We are well known as a friendly, welcoming society. Hear performances from members of Blackburn Gilbert & Sullivan Society thanks to Penny Hood at NoteBashers.com by clicking on the following link Orchestral Backing Sample Tracks at NoteBashers.com. NoteBashers vocal rehearsal CDs, for choristers and principals, are practice tracks providing music only versions of your opera with your part predominant. So if you want to sing but can't read music, this is the perfect solution. Accompaniment CDs of each complete work are also available. NoteBashers.com specialise in Gilbert & Sullivan operas, but also have other items in stock including works by Edward German, Mozart, Bizet, Strauss, Offenbach and many more. Please check the relevant catalogue pages to find the music you are after, or send a message via the NoteBashers.com contact page detailing what you are after for bespoke material. Website photos courtesy of Mikeseye Photographic and Thwaites Empire Theatre.	2019 Drowsy Chaperone drowsy intro Drowsy Chaperone pics A brief history of Blackburn Gilbert & Sullivan Society In 1963, Bert Hyde, a well known local amateur of the stage, contacted the local evening paper, the Northern Daily Telegraph, inviting any Gilbert & Sullivan enthusiasts to join him at the YMCA on Limbrick, Blackburn (now the Sir Charles Napier pub) for a sing-along, (and please bring any scores you may have). About 15 persons turned up to that first meeting, and after a few weeks of impromptu singing, they decided to put on a show! A committee was formed, the show chosen was The Gondoliers. Ruth Prest was asked to produce, and Mr Andrews, well known in the musical world, and incidentally blind, became the first Musical Director. The society had literally nothing, so fund raising was a major priority. One of the methods chosen, selling football tickets, resulted in a contact with Connie Kay, and she became the first secretary, and indeed was the secretary for many years. Our first show, The Gondoliers, was given in February 1964 at the Community Theatre, Troy Street, Blackburn to great acclaim. We	268
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Un día diferente para el señor Amos (Álbumes) (Hardcover) By Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead Amos McGee es un entrañable guardia del zoológico. Todos los días visita a sus amigos: el elefante, la tortuga, el pingüino, el rinoceronte y la lechuza. Pero un día . . . "Aaaaaaa-chú". Un terrible resfriado le impide ir a trabajar, y es una estupenda ocasión para que sus amigos le demuestren cuánto lo quieren. Un hermoso homenaje a la amistad y la dedicación de quienes se empeñan por cuidarnos, aunque no seamos animales ni estemos encerrados en un zoológico. Amos McGee is a friendly guard at the zoo. Every day, he visits his friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day . . . "Achoo!" When a terrible cold prevents him from going to work, it's a great occasion for his friends to show him how much they love him. This book is a beautiful tribute to friendship and the dedication of those who care for us, even if we're not animals in the zoo. Philip C. Stead is an American author and illustrator. He is the author of A Sick Day for Amos McGee, which was named the best illustrated book of 2010 by The New York Times and the best children's book of the year by Publishers Weekly. He is also the recipient of a Caldecott medal. "Observant readers will notice tiny surprises hidden in plain sight: a red balloon, a tiny mouse and sparrow popping up here and there in the story. Erin E. Stead, the illustrator, overlays<\|fim_middle\|> October 1st, 2011 Series: Álbumes Minimum Grade Level: K Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Zoos Hardcover (May 25th, 2010): $18.99 Board book (January 2nd, 2018): $9.99 Mixed media product (May 2nd, 2017): $12.99 Hardcover (Chinese) (August 1st, 2012): $28.00 Hardcover (Japanese) (July 1st, 2010): $57.70	her pencil sketches with gentle tones of pink, peach, blue and green, and bright red spots that belie the deceptive ordinariness of the text." —The New York Times Book Review, on the English language edition "Whether read individually or shared, this gentle story will resonate with youngsters."—School Library Journal, on the English language edition "Like the story, the quiet pictures, rendered in pencil and woodblock color prints, are both tender and hilarious... The extension of the familiar pet-bonding theme will have great appeal, especially in the final images of the wild creatures snuggled up with Amos in his cozy home." —Booklist, on the English language edition "Thick, creamy paper and a muted palette add to the gentle resonance of a story that ends with everyone tucked in at last for a sweet night's sleep." —Washington Post, on the English language edition "It's hard to believe that this is Erin Stead's first children's book-her woodcut and oil-ink artwork is so warmly appealing that she seems like an old pro." —Time Out New York Kids, on the English language edition "Newcomer Erin Stead's elegant woodblock prints, breathtaking in their delicacy, contribute to the story's tranquility and draw subtle elements to viewers' attention." —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review, on the English language edition "Here is a book that exemplifies that happy combination where words and pictures carry equal weight and yet somehow create a whole that defies arithmetic." —BookPage, on the English language edition "Erin E. Stead's beautifully wrought woodblock prints and pencil work create almost painfully expressive characters . . . This gentle, ultimately warm story acknowledges the care and reciprocity behind all good friendships." —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review, on the English language edition Publisher: Oceano Travesia Publication Date:	391
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Red Green Labour 'Who Owns England? 'Who Owns England?' by Guy Shrubsole . William Collins (2019) reviewed by David Bangs (co-leader Brighton Defend Council Housing 2005-7 co-leader Brighton Keep Our Downs Public 1995-6) The remarks I make below about Guy Shrubsole's book are sharply critical. They are made, despite that, in a spirit of solidarity, and with a wish for a deeper debate on the issue of property forms and their links with the destruction of nature. In a context of rising levels of global struggle against poverty and ecocide highlighted in Britain by the Corbyn project, renters' unions like Acorn, and Extinction Rebellion, Guy Shrubsole's 'Who Owns England' is a hugely welcome review of who-owns-what land. His research group's work is exemplary, and cracks open many well-kept secrets. I thoroughly recommend this book as an information source. Buy it. And yet…I struggled to read it through to the end. Lots of it made me uneasy and frustrated. There was something about it that reminded me of reading Sunday Telegraph magazine articles on aristocrats and their stately homes, or the Sunday Times Rich List…a smidgeon of fascination with that which it hates. It widens the exposure of landownership pioneered by such as Kevin Cahill, David Cannadine , and – above all – Marion Shoard, but theoretically and programmatically it says little. Its prescriptions are timid indeed, and, though it shouts (and I join in) the slogan "This land is ours!" it actually calls for no more than a modernising and tweaking of the system of property relations which power the extinction event in which we live – its destruction of nature and our countryside, the growth of mega-cities, the destruction of land based labour and of our soils, and the impoverishment of our food. This programmatic timidity is exemplified by the book's call for "the resetting of the social contract between the landed and the landless, obliging landowners who might otherwise try to make a quick buck from their land to instead look after it for the long term". This recycled liberalism grossly under-estimates the cultural power and agility of capital, the ramified links between its patterns of ownership and its dynamic in-built destructive drive for expansion and control. We mustn't waste time attempting to put lipstick on the face of this monster. The book's depressing accommodation to modernising landowners is exemplified by its adulatory remarks on the Knepp rewilding project, which I know well, having walked that countryside for some 55 years. For sure, it is a good place to hear Nightingales, Cuckoos and Turtles, but it was even better birding (as was the whole of that Wealden countryside) when it was a place of mixed small farms, producing the ordinary foods we need, up until the triumphant completion of agri-business's productivist revolution some half century ago. Global capitalist agriculture abandoned the moderate soils of the Weald, preferring to turn the countryside of eastern and central England into a barley barons' desert. On those better soils, and in the land-grabbed poor world the rich now make their profits. In the Weald, the Highlands, and the African national parks they spend their profits. They 'safari' in Africa and they 'safari' too at Knepp, in a model of countryside usage which should be inimical to any advocate for nature, for whom the ending of our deep alienation from nature surely must mean returning the natural world to our humdrum living environments, not making nature a place to 'safari' out to. Yet Shrubsole argues that we should ramify this division between nature-on-peripheral-wastes and food-productivism-at-the-centre, when he tells us that "to free up large tracts of land for wild nature, it makes sense to do so in areas of sparse population, and where agricultural productivity is low". Abandon hope all ye who think that our human home is in a palimpsest with nature! Shrubsole wastes space in nostalgia for 'gavelkind' (partible inheritance) and the end of landowning male primogeniture, like some 18th century rationalist, though the partible division of our woods under the dreaded sign "Woods for Sale" presages the proliferation of "Private Keep Out" signs, and the partible division of one great estate near me has meant the dereliction and destruction of ancient meadows and rides. It is social ownership, socially managed, that we need, not partible land division. Instead of fiddling with the reintroduction of land covenants (now no longer sought by the National Trust) and nibbling at the edges of the problem (which is what even the end of secrecy, land value tax, and a community right to buy mean) we need an emergency approach – for we live in an extinction emergency, not just a climate emergency. That language of 'emergency' is something that resonates even with the owning class, for they used such measures during world war two, requisitioning "almost a quarter of the country" – in Shrubsole's words, though he does not build upon that evidence. We need demands that relate to current levels of consciousness, but have a dynamic which moves beyond capitalist relations – and the language of "emergency", "requisition" and "extinction" does resonate with the homeless and the witnesses of nature's destruction. Councils should be obligated and funded to requisition enough under-occupied dwellings (preferably better quality ones) to meet housing need. Councils and the national state should be obligated to requisition and restore all land where ecosystems are damaged or neglected. Council's should be obligated to assemble sufficient farmed land that it be cooperatively organised to directly address local food needs for locally grown products (by retail, not wholesale distribution). All open land should be covered by compulsory agri-environmental measures, with democratic oversight, and funding should be means tested. No landowner who can afford to do that work should be paid by us to do it. And please, let's forget the language of 'fair' prices for public land acquisition. If you do not need the land you own, you do not need market recompense for losing it. After all, the earth is a common treasury, as Gerard Winstanley said. Facing the Apocalypse reviewed Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for ecosocialism by Alan Thornett, Resistance Books 2019 reviewed by Hans A Bauer. This review was first published by E-International Relations in July 2019. Eco-socialism has been a topic addressed by an increasing number of books in recent years. In Facing the Apocalypse, Alan Thornett, a former trade union activist in the British automobile industry during the 1960s and 1970s, has written a readable and engaging argument for the need to turn to eco-socialism as a strategy to mitigate climate change. He supports the Red Green Labour network, an eco-socialist current within the Labour Party. Motivating factor The key motivating factor for Thornett in Facing the Apocalypse is his opinion that the left's record on the environment has been 'bleak'. Thornett laments that most left organizations across the world, including socialist and Marxist groups, give scant attention to the ecological crisis, often arguing that they have many other demands upon them. Thornett's stated aim is to provoke discussion about strategies which will better enable the left to play a positive role in the current struggle to avert ecological apocalypse. He begins by covering a lot of material that will be familiar to eco-socialists, namely on planetary boundaries; water issues, agriculture, biofuel production, and urban water consumption; pollution, such as oceanic dead zones, air pollution, and plastic waste; and the 6th extinction of species, which is essential reading for leftists not as familiar with these topics. Turning to how the left can begin to make sense of these issues, Thornett provides an excellent overview of the ecological legacy of both classical Marxism, as exemplified in the work of Marx, Engels, William Morris, and Edward Carpenter, and later leftist thinkers concerned with the ecological crisis, including Scott Nearing, Murray Bookchin, Rachel Carson, Roderick Frazier Nash, Barry Commoner, Raymond Williams and Derek Wall. Shifting to the Global South, he also discusses the indigenous struggle for environmental sustainability as highlighted by the work of Hugo Blanco in Peru, Vandana Shiva in India, and Chico Mendes and Sister Dorothy Stag in Brazil. While the term eco-socialism has only appeared over the course of the past 35 years or so, Thornett makes it clear that eco-socialism draws from a line of thinkers extending back to Marx himself. Juxtaposed approaches In his analysis of the efforts that have been made to address the climate change crisis thus far, Thornett juxtaposes conventional and Global South approaches. In the case of the former, he argues that the Paris Agreement was 'deeply flawed' in various ways, particularly in that it 'was based on non-legally binding pledges to reduce remissions' (pp. 78-29). Nevertheless, while he acknowledges that the Paris Agreement operates within capitalist parameters, he maintains it provides a 'new dynamic from which a new round (or stage) for the struggle could be launched' (p.82). In my view this is a little too optimistic. I tend to view the Paris Agreement as a distraction, creating the false sense that the powers-that-be now take climate change seriously. Various analysts have argued that even if all countries were to meet their voluntary reduction targets, the climate is still slated to rise by 2.7 to 3.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. As such, the Paris Agreement fails to carry on the spirit of the 2010 Peoples' Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth drafted in Cochabamba, Bolivia, which was led by indigenous people and recognized the role of global capitalism in exploiting nature, thus contributing to the ecological crisis and climate change. Unfortunately, to date, there appears to be no clear indications that either the earlier People's Conference resolutions or the 2015 Paris Agreement have significantly reversed an on-going increase in greenhouse gas emissions, let alone mount a serious challenge to the growth paradigm of global capitalism that drives this increase. Ecosocialism: a political project After laying his foundations by summarizing the various facets of the environmental crisis and laying out the basis for a Marxist position on ecology, Thornett moves on to assessing recent attempts that have been made to further eco-socialism as a political project. The book discusses various eco-socialist developments, but particularly focusses upon the Ecosocialist International Network (EIN), which served as the platform for an eco-socialist manifesto drafted by Michael Lowy and the late Joel Kovel in 2001. He laments that the EIN 'has failed to make progress in recent years, and eco-socialism remains a minority position on the radical left today' (p. 92). Nevertheless, some European parties define themselves as eco-socialist, including the Red-Green Alliance in Denmark, the Left Bloc in Portugal, the Socialist Left Party in Norway, and the Parti de Gauche in France. From my position in Australia, I would also note that the Socialist Alliance, a small party in Australia, defines itself as eco-socialist and publishes the Green Left Weeklynewspaper. Conversely, Socialist Alternative, the largest socialist group in Australia, does not define itself as eco-socialist. Ringing true in relation to my own national experience, Thornett's argument that too many socialists continue to ignore or at least downplay the environmental devastation created by capitalism, choosing to focus on exclusively on its exploitation of the working class, is a compelling one. Turning to the question of 'what is to be done' if these eco-socialist currents are to have a greater impact, Thornett draws attention to various matters that need to be urgently addressed, including the need to develop a strategy that forces capitalism to 'make major change in the course of the long struggle for socialism' (p. 100), whether carbon taxes can serve as a radical transitional reform, the Stalinist legacy vis-à-vis environmental degradation, and population growth, with the latter being a contested issue on the far left. While carbon taxes are in my view preferable to emissions trading schemes, thus far most countries that have implemented them, particularly the Scandinavian ones, have not established particularly high carbon prices that have resulted in significant reductions in emissions. In his analysis of population growth, which he defines as an ecofeminist concern, Thornett argues that the 'stabilisation of the global human populations would create a better basis on which to tackle the ecological crisis' (p. 161-162). Any effort to reduce population growth would have to address two issues: (1) improving the overall standard of living among the poorest people in the world, which would require creating an even playing field, and reducing the wealth of the affluent sectors of both developed and developing countries and (2) empowering women and girls by challenging patriarchy on all fronts, including in religious institutions. When considering Thornett's emphasis on the need to address the Stalinist legacy of environmental degradation, it is clear that we must acknowledge that the Soviet bloc countries were forced to play catch-up with developed capitalist countries, particularly the United States, in the context of the Cold War. I personally witnessed this first hand during my stint as a Fulbright Lecturer in the German Democratic Republic, a country which relied on lignite coal for energy production due to short supply of alternative sources. Therefore, it is essential that those who take-on Thornett's call to challenge Stalinist legacies take note of the much changed international context we face today. In his concluding chapters of the book, Thornett provides an assessment of the environmental struggle in Britain. Notably he praises the progress the Labour Party has made under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, which has pledged support for the Paris Agreement, a new clean air act, banning fracking, renationalizing Britain's energy system, and promoting a renewables industry with unionized labor. Hopefully, however, eco-socialists within the Labour Party can push it beyond a largely ecological modernization agenda that can be incorporated within a green capitalist framework. He appeals to the left, given the gravity of the ecological and climate crises, to 'become far more engaged with the environmental struggle' (p. 222). I could not agree more. Hans A Baer is based at the at the University of Melbourne. He has published on a diversity of research topics, including Mormonism, African-American religion, socio-political life in East Germany, critical health anthropology, and Australian climate politics. Baer's most recent books include Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health (with Merrill Singer, Left Coast Press, 2009), Global<\|fim_middle\|> (Raubwirtschaft) more developed than in North America (141). Marx's response to Liebig's critique of capitalist agriculture was to throw himself into the study of everything that was being written by the natural scientists of that time on agriculture and the environment. He wrote to Engels on 13 February 1866: "I have been going to the Museum [British Library] in the day-time and writing at night. I had to plough through the new agricultural chemistry in Germany, in particularly Liebig and Schönbein, which is more important than all the economists put together" (Marx and Engels, 1988, 227). The Swedish Marxist, Sven-Eric Liedman, whose biography of Marx appeared in English in 2018, comments on Marx's "endless reading and composition of excerpts". […] above all, no gaps in knowledge could be left open" (Liedman, 2018, 475). In 1866, when Marx was reading Liebig and others on agriculture, his notes which Engels would later assemble to form volume 3 of Capital, were already on his desk. One of the unanswered questions about Marx has been why he published so little in the 1870s after the publication of vol. 1 of Capital. The notebooks, many of which are still to be published, will probably help to answer that question. Marx, according to Liedman, "continued reading and taking notes as if he himself were immortal" (Liedman, 2018, 475). The German socialist and friend of Marx, Wilhelm Liebknecht, wrote about Marx's interests in this period: "Especially on the field of natural science, including physics and chemistry, and of history, Marx closely followed every new appearance, verified every progress; and Moleschott, Liebig, Huxley – whose popular lectures we attended conscientiously – were names mentioned in our circle as often as Ricardo, Adam Smith, McCulloch and the Scottish and Irish economists." (Liebknecht, 1965, 81) If there was any doubt previously about whether this ecological aspect was in any way central to Marx's thinking, the now published notebooks, from 1865/66 but especially from 1868, show clearly how important this was for Marx, more important than "all the economists". And there are still many unpublished notebooks from the 1870s. The ecological problems that concerned Marx were different from but not unrelated to the problems of today. The notebooks suggest that the idea of ecological crisis would have played a more central role in Marx's theory had he been able to finish publication of the final two volumes of Capital which were edited and published by Engels after his death. In the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, Marx wrote that the "universality of man [Menschen, gender neutral but traditionally translated into English as "man"] manifests itself in practice in the universality which makes the whole of nature his inorganic body" (Marx, 1975, 328). This relation between humans as a species and the rest of nature was a key part of Marx's thinking from the beginning. He later used the concept of metabolism (Stoffwechsel) in his analysis of labour. Labour is a process by which humans 'regulate and controls the metabolism between themselves and nature' (Marx, 1976, 283). Even exchange is seen as a process of "social metabolism". The concept of metabolism (Stoffwechsel) was used by Liebig and the natural scientists in the 19th century in the context of physiology and biochemistry and it described biochemical processes of exchange within organisms, for instance the conversion, within the body, of organic matter into energy or the chemical interactions between plants and the soil. All living things are part of this metabolism and sometimes this can break down, for instance, when more is taken out of the soil than is returned, or when plants and trees can't absorb the amount of carbon dioxide that's being produced. We then have a 'metabolic rift'. Marx used the concept of social metabolism in the 1860s in dealing with the ecological crisis created by what some describe as the "second agricultural revolution" of the 19th century. For Marx, human metabolism with nature was mediated by labour and was therefore linked to the particular mode of production prevalent at the time. He therefore saw Liebig's "metabolic rift" as a specifically capitalist contradiction. In volume 3 of Capital he states this explicitly: "the moral of the tale…is that the capitalist system runs counter to a rational agriculture, or that a rational agriculture is incompatible with the capitalist system" (Marx, 1991, 216). Another scientist that interested Marx, especially in 1868, was Karl Nikolaus Fraas. What was interesting in Fraas's approach to agriculture was his strong emphasis on the effect of agriculture and deforestation on climate and climate change. Marx read and copied from Fraas's 1847 publication, Klima und Pflanzenwelt in der Zeit (Climate and Plant World Over Time) and his 1852 Geschichte der Landwirtschaft (History of Agriculture). Between 1837 and 1842, Fraas had been director of the Royal Gardens in Athens and until 1847 professor of botany at the university in Athens. Having returned to Germany in 1847 he taught agricultural chemistry at the university in Munich. What Fraas attempted to demonstrate was that the environment and the natural conditions of production were undermined by human civilization and especially by agriculture. He condemned deforestation because "in a region which possesses a very acid and sandy soil, or furthermore even calcareous soil, deforestation counts as the most powerful cause of creating heat" (622). He researched plant growth in ancient Greece and Rome and concluded that climate change was linked to cultivation and deforestation and that the latter have led historically to the creation of deserts and collapses of civilizations. Fraas wrote in Klima und Pflanzenwelt that "humans change the world of nature, on which they depend, in so many ways and to a much greater extent than is commonly realized. In fact, humans are able to change nature to such an extent that it is later completely unable to provide what is needed … There is no hope of changing this." (Fraas, 1842, 59) Marx was very impressed by Fraas and wrote to Engels on 25 March 1868 that Fraas's book was "very interesting, especially as proving that climate and flora have changed in historic times. […] The whole conclusion is that cultivation when it progresses in a primitive way and is not consciously controlled (as a bourgeois of course he does not arrive at this), leaves deserts behind it… " (Marx and Engels, 1988, 558). Marx's solution, of course, was neither reliance on scientific solutions nor pessimism about the future but rather an end to the capitalist system and a socialist society in which " the associated producers govern the human metabolism with nature in a rational way, bringing it under their collective control…accomplishing it with the least expenditure of energy and in conditions most worthy and appropriate for their human nature" (Marx, 1991, 959). Directly after Fraas, and probably because Fraas had praised him, Marx read Georg Ludwig von Maurer, a jurist and legal historian who taught German and French historical jurisprudence at the University of Munich. Between 1856 and 1871 he wrote an 11-volume legal history of property rights among the early German people. Marx made extensive notes from Maurer's 1854 book, Einleitung zur Geschichte der Mark- Hof- Dorf- und Stadt-verfassung und der offentlichen Gewalt (Introduction to the History of the Constitution of the Mark, Farm, Village and Town and its Public Authority). Maurer defended the theory that among the early German people there existed a social order in which collective working and collective ownership of the land predominated. The administration of affairs was carried out by communal (mark) organisations. This social system maintained a sustainable agriculture. In 1876 Marx was still studying Maurer (three notebooks from that year with excerpts) as well as in 1882, the year before his death. Stimulated by Maurer's work, he wanted to examine the metabolism between humans and nature in pre-capitalist and non-Western societies. Hence his interest in the Russian village commune. In 1870-71, Marx taught himself Russian so he could engage directly in the debates and the research being carried out in Russia. As Marx's wife, Jenny, wrote to Engels in January 1870: "He has begun to study Russian as if it were a matter of life and death." A decade later, in 1881, he corresponded with Vera Zasulich on this issue. He wrote to Zasulich that societies in Western Europe and North America were "in conflict with the working masses, with science, and with the very productive forces which it generates, – in short, a crisis that will end with its own elimination, through the return of modern societies to a higher form of the "archaic" type of collective ownership and production" (Shanin, 2018, 1193). Marx, by now, was long convinced that ecological crisis could not be fixed by science or modern chemistry but by fundamental changes in the forces and relations of production. These are just some of the natural scientists and historians that Marx was studying in the year after the publication of Capital vol. 1 and which are documented in MEGA IV vol 18. Some others were the English agriculturalist John Lockhart Morton, the German economist and philosopher Eugen Dühring, the French economist and agricultural historian, Leonce de Lavergne, the American economist Henry Charles Carey, and many others. The publication of Marx's ecological notebooks will be of great interest to scholars researching this area of Marx's theory and will certainly demonstrate that Marx himself had more than a passing interest in ecology, that he was, in fact, seriously involved in understanding and responding to this "metabolic rift" which he came to see as one of the contradictions of the capitalist system. But how exactly Marx's concept of social metabolism, his ecological critique of capitalism, fits into his account of labour and his theory of value is still a matter of debate among Marxist ecologists. Burkett, Paul. 1999. Marx and Nature, a Red and Green Perspective, New York: St Martin's Press. Foster John Bellamy. 2000. Marx's Ecology. New York: Monthly Review Press. Fraas, Karl. 1847. Klima und Pflanzenwelt in der Zeit. https://archive.org/details/klimaundpflanze00fraagoog/page/n7. Liebknecht, W. 1965. "Karl Marx zum Gedächtnis", in Mohr und General. Erinnerungen an Marx und Engels. 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Capitalism, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy By: Kohei Saito New York, Monthly Review Press, 2017 and Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism By: Victor Wallis Toronto, Political Animal Press, 2018 reviewed by Michael Löwy There is a growing body of ecomarxist and ecosocialist literature in the English-speaking world, which signals the beginning of a significant turn in radical thinking. Some Marxist journals, such as Capitalism, Nature and Socialism, Monthly Review and Socialism and Democracy have been playing an important role in this process, which is becoming increasingly influential. The two books discussed here—very different in style content and purpose—are part of this "Red and Green" upsurge. Kohei Saito is a young Japanese Marxist scholar and his book is a very valuable contribution to the reassessment of the Marxian heritage, from an ecosocialist perspective. It justifiedly polemicises with those authors (mainly but not exclusively German) that denounce Marx as "Promethean," productivist, and partisan of the industrial domination of nature. But Saito also criticises, in the introduction, what he defines as "first stage ecosocialists," who believe that Marx's 19th Century discussions on ecology are of little importance today: this would include, among others, Alain Lipiez, Daniel Tanuro, Joel Kovel and…myself. This seems to me a bit of an artificial construction… Lipietz calls to "abandon the Marxist paradigm," the three others consider themselves to be Marxists, and whatever their criticism of (some of) Marx views on nature, do not comsider his views as "of little importance." Since this issue is mentioned, but not really discussed in the book, let us move on…. One of the great qualities of this work is that it does not treat Marx's work as a systematic body of writing, defined, from the beginning to the end, by a strong ecological commitment (according to some),or a strong unecological tendency (according to others). As Saito very persuasively argues, there are elements of continuity in Marx's reflection on nature, but also some very significant changes, and re-orientations. Among the continuities, one of the most important is the issue of the capitalist "separation" of humans from earth, i.e., from nature. Marx believed that in pre-capitalist societies there existed a form of unity between the producers and the land, and he saw as one of the key tasks of socialism to re-establish the original unity between humans and nature, destroyed by capitalism, but on a higher level (negation of the negation). This explains Marx's interest in pre-capitalist communities, both in his ecological discussion (for instance of Carl Fraas) or in his anthropological research (Franz Maurer): both authors were perceived as "unconscious socialists." And, of course, in his last important document, the letter to Vera Zassoulitsch (1881), Marx claims that thanks to the suppression of capitalism, modern societies could return to a higher form of an "archaic" type of collective ownership and production. This is a very interesting insight of Saito, and very relevant today, when indigenous communities in the Americas, from Canada to Patagonia, are in the front line of the resistance to capitalist destruction of the environment. However, the main contribution of Saito is to show the movement, the evolution of Marx reflections on nature, in a process of learning, rethinking and reshaping his thoughts. Before Capital (1867) one can find in Marx writings a rather uncritical assessment of capitalist "progress"-an attitude often described by the vague mythological term of "Prometheanism." This is obvious in the Communist Manifesto, which celebrates capitalist "subjection of nature's forces to man"and the "clearing of whole continents for cultivation"; but it also applies to the London Notebooks (1851), the Economic Manuscripts of 1861-63, and other writings from those years. Curiously, Saito seems to exclude the Grundrisse (1857-58) from his criticism, which is not justified, considering how much Marx admires, in this manuscript, "the great civilizing mission of capitalism," in relation to nature and to the pre-capitalist communities, prisioners of their localism and their "idolatry of nature"! The change comes in 1865-66, when Marx discovers, by reading the writings of the agricultural chemist Justus Von Liebig, the problems of soil exhaustion, and the metabolic rift between human societies and the natural environment. This will lead, in Capital vol. 1 (1867)—but also in the two other, unfinished volumes—to a much more critical assessment of the destructive nature of capitalist "progress," particularly in agriculture. After 1868, by reading another German scientist, Carl Fraas, Marx will discover also other important ecological issues, such as deforestation and local climate change. According to Saito, if Marx had been able to complete volumes 2 and 3 of Capital, he would have more strongly emphasised the ecological crisis, which also means, at least implicitly, than in their present unfinished state, there is no strong enough emphasis on those issues.… This leads me to my main disagreement with Saito: in several passages of the book he asserts that for Marx "the environmental unsustainability of capitalism is the contradiction of the system" (p.142, emphasis by Saito); or that in his late years he came to see the metabolic rifts as "the most serious problem of capitalism"; or that the conflict with natural limits is, for Marx, "the main contradiction of the capitalist mode of production." I wonder where Saito found, in Marx's writings, published books, manuscripts or notebooks, any such statements…they are not to be found, and for a good reason: the unsustainability of the capitalist system was not a decisive issue in the 19th Century, as it has become today: or better, since 1945, when the planet entered a new geological era, the Anthropocene. Moreover, I believe that the metabolic rift, or the conflict with natural limits is not "a problem of capitalism" or a "contradiction of the system": it is much more than that! It is a contradiction between the system and "the eternal natural conditions" (Marx), and therefore with the natural conditions of human life on the planet. In fact, as Paul Burkett (quoted by Saito) argues, capital can continue to accumulate under any natural conditions, however degraded, so long as there is not a complete extinction of human life: human civilisation can disappear before capital accumulation becomes impossible.… Saito concludes his book with a sober assessment which seems to me a very apt summary of the issue: Capital remains an unfinished project. Marx did not answer all questions nor predict today's world. But his critique of capitalism provides an extremely helpful theoretical foundation for the understanding of the current ecological crisis. Victor Wallis agrees with the ecosocialists such as John Bellamy Foster and Paul Burkett who emphasize the ecological dimension of Marx. But he also acknowledges that there are illusions in the "technological neutrality" of the capitalist productive forces in some of his writings. In any case, the object of his outstanding book is not Marx as such, but the Marxist perspective of a Red-Green Revolution. Being a collection of essays, the chapters do not follow a precise order, but one can easily detect the main lines of the argument. The starting point is the understanding that capitalism, driven by the need to "grow" and expand at any cost, is inherently destructive of the environment. Moreover, through ecological devastation and climate change—the result of fossil-fuel emissions of CO2 gases—the capitalist system undermines the conditions of life itself on the planet. "Green capitalism" is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms: it offers only false solutions, based on corporate interests and a blind faith in the "market," such as "biofuels," the trade in "emission rights," etc. A typical exemple of "green capitalism": the monitoring of global environmental measures has been entrusted, by the ruling class, to the World Bank, which invested 15 times more on fossil-fuel projects than on renewables.… Radical measures are the only realistic alternative: a revolution is needed to overcome the environmental threat to our collective survival. The aim is an ecosocialist society, without class domination and with life in balance with the rest of nature. Of course there are risks involved in any revolutionary enterprise, but the risk of keeping things as they are is much greater…Long term species survival is contingent upon a nearly 90 percent reduction in the burning of fossil fuels. This requires to a sharp break with capitalist priorities: accumulation, profit-making, commodification, "growth." A key component of the ecosocialist project is conscious democratic planning, reorganizing production and consumption around the real popular needs, and putting and end to the waste inherent to capitalism with its artificial "needs" induced by the advertising industry, and its formidable military expenditures. Democratic planning is the opposite of the Soviet model of top-down directives: the identification of planning with Stalin is a dangerous relic of Cold War demagogy, which could obstruct ecological conversion. Ecosocialism requires also some key technological choices, for instance privileging renewable energies (wind, solar, etc.) against fossil-fuels. But there is no purely technical solution: energy use must be reduced, by sharply reducing wasteful consumption. Victor Wallis insists, and this is one of the most valuable insights of his book, that ecosocialism, as a long-term objective, is not contradictory with short-range measures, urgent and immediate ecological steps: they can, in fact, reinforce and inspire each other. Similarly, to oppose local ecological communities to the global political struggle is pointless and counterproductive: both are necessary and provide mutual support. Which are the forces that will lead this struggle for social and ecological change? In one of the essays, Wallis insist on the centrality of the working-class—in spite of the present anti-ecological position of most union leaders (in order to "protect jobs"). Is the working-class the "implicit embodiment of ecological sanity" (unlike its present leaders)? Is it the only force capable to bring together all constituencies opposed to capitalism? I'm not so sure, but I think Wallis is right to emphasise that class oppression concerns the vast majority of the population—and therefore a radical change cannot take place without its support. But there are also other social forces engaged in the process of resistance to the capitalist onslaught on the environment: for instance, the indigenous communities. This is another very important contribution of this book: to show that indigenous communities—direct victims of the capitalist plunder, a global assault on their livelihoods—have become the vanguard of the ecosocialist movement. In their actions, such as the Standing Rock resistence to the XXL Pipeline, and in their reflections—such as their Declaration at the World Social Forum of Belem in 2009—"they express, more completely than any other group, the common survival interest of humanity." Of course, the urban population of modern cities cannot live like the indigenous, but they have much to learn from them. Ecological struggles offer a unifying theme around which various oppressed constituencies could come together. And there are signs of hope in the United States, in the vast upsurge of resistance against a particularly toxic racist, mysoginist and anti-ecological power elite, and in the growing interest, among young people and African Americans, in socialism. But a political revolutionary force, able to unify all constituencies and movements against the system is still lacking. Karl Marx's Ecosocialism Kohei Saito Karl Marx's Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy. 2017. New York: Monthly Review, reviewed by Ted Benton. This exceptionally clear and well-researched book is based on Saito's dissertation, originally in German, and incorporates the results of his study of as-yet unpublished manuscripts and excerpt notebooks compiled during the last fifteen years of Marx's life. Saito's approach is closely aligned with that of Paul Burkett, John Bellamy Foster and their associates (Burkett 1988, Foster et al. 2010), well-known advocates of a view of Marx as an ecological thinker, who developed the concept of 'metabolic rift' to explain the contradictions between capitalism and external nature. Saito uses the results of his own research to strengthen and extend the claims made by those writers. His key argument is that his predecessors in the 'metabolic rift' school of thought were able to demonstrate Marx's ecological critique only through occasional passages of text. Saito's research into Marx's later writings, and, most especially, unpublished notebooks reveals the developing pattern of his reading of contemporary natural science, especially agronomy. Ecology was always central to Marx's thinking, Saito argues, it was integral to his critique of political economy, and was understood by Marx as 'the' contradiction of the capitalist mode of production. It might be necessary to set Saito's important contribution in the context of the fairly arcane and technical debates among rival positions on Marx's work and its relation to our own current attempts to understand the connections between socialism and ecology. First, there is a very widespread and long-standing interpretation of Marx's view of history (shared by both admirers and opponents of Marx) that sees 'progress' as the long-run development of human productive powers and growing mastery of the forces of nature. Capitalism is the culmination of this process, but also reaches its limits, resulting in its own self-destruction, to be followed by a communist future in which all are able to share in the abundance of wealth inherited from the advances of previous epochs. This is referred to by Saito and his associates as the 'Promethian' reading of Marx. They attribute this Promethean interpretation of Marx to other eco-socialists, who they refer to as 'first stage', by contrast with their own 'second stage' eco-socialism, which draws on an alternative reading of Marx as already an ecological critic of capitalism. For these 'second stage' eco-socialists, Marx can be drawn upon without critical revision as providing key concepts, and the methodological principles for addressing our own ecological crisis. Promethianism? Saito's Introduction sharply opposes his reading of Marx to what he sees as 'stereotypical' versions of Marx's Promethianism, and dismissals of Marx's value for ecological politics that he takes to have been general among 'first stage' eco-socialists. It might be argued that his dismissal of them is itself somewhat stereotypical – see later. Chapter 1 focusses on Marx's 1844 Manuscripts and shows that Marx was already putting the human relation to nature at the centre of his thinking, 'alienation' being rooted in a specifically modern separation of humans from nature. However, the political economic aspects of the manuscripts are subsumed under a Feuerbachian philosophy which Marx quickly comes to abandon in favour of analysis of the dynamics of capitalism. Here, as chapter 2 explains, Marx continues to develop the key 'formal' concepts of political economy – abstract labour, value, capital, commodity, but always in recognition of the need to consider them in relation to the material processes and interactions involved in concrete labour processes and the production of use values. In the Grundrisse and then in Capital itself, the key concept through which Marx designates this material dimension of capitalist political economy is 'stoffwechsel ', or 'metabolism'. Saito points out that this concept, originally belonging to physiology, was widely used in Germany in the 19th century in a wider sense to characterise the interaction between living things and their material environments both at the level of individuals and species. Marx's version of it was strongly influenced by Liebig (as already shown by Burkett and Foster), but Saito argues Marx develops the idea in a distinctive way – for instance in distinguishing the different reproductive rates of fixed and circulating capital. This metabolic interaction between economic dynamics and the forces of nature is necessarily disrupted as capital accumulation meets material obstacles (from nature and labour) which it strives to overcome by ever-advancing technological domination. In doing so, however, it becomes mired in ever deeper and wider contradictions. However, thus far the analysis just shows the germ of a contradiction between capital accumulation and the forces of nature. Saito's reading of Capital is that it provides the systematic analysis of the concrete character of this contradiction. Chapter 3 provides this analysis, which is based on a hitherto little-known Japanese interpretation of 'abstract labour' as not merely a social relation, but also as having material substance as an expression of the physiologically limited labour time available to any society. On this interpretation, the drive for capital accumulation without limit predominates over, and cannot adequately take account of, the 'concrete' labour processes, materials and conditions upon which it depends. This necessarily results in exhaustion and degradation of the labour force and soil, as well as the living and non-living beings and processes that are drawn upon in the expansionary dynamic. Saito argues that the chapters in Capital on the working day and machinery and large-scale industry are places where Marx develops his analysis of the metabolism of capital and nature, but these have been over-looked by most commentators as of little theoretical interest. Part two of the book, chapters 4 to 7, contains Saito's distinctive contribution. Here he concedes that until the early to mid-1860's Marx rejected the view of Ricardo, Malthus and others that investment in agriculture necessarily faces diminishing returns. Malthus had originally argued that the tendency of population to increase would always outstrip increments in agricultural productivity, making premature death from the 'positive checks' of disease and poverty inevitable. Though Malthus later moderated this view, both Marx and Engels continued to oppose its key premise, arguing that the potential for increasing agricultural productivity through scientific and technical progress was unlimited. Saito shows that Marx's reading of Leibig's Agricultural Chemistry enabled him to recognise declining soil fertility, not as a general fact of nature, but, instead, as a result of the specifically capitalist form of division between town and country. This results in disruption of the cycles of soil nutrients, as the waste products of consumption are not returned to the soil, but cause disease and pollution in the urban centres. This can only be offset under capitalism by the application of artificial fertilizer, which not only increases costs, but leads to an escalating and ultimately unsuccessful scramble for material resources across the globe. Intense engagement Saito's study of the notebooks compiled during the last 15 years of Marx's life brings to light his intense engagement with agricultural science, geology and botany, so that from 1868 onwards he had become acquainted with critics of Leibig's emphasis on inorganic nutrients, and in particular had become influenced by Fraas's discussion of the role of climate, in the shape of warmth and moisture in the soil. This led him to an appreciation of the combined effects of deforestation through industrial development and intensive cultivation on local climates, and the reciprocal impact of climatic change on agriculture. So, Marx was increasingly building a recognition of what we can now call ecology into his critical analysis of capitalism as a system whose inherent tendency is to disrupt its own naturally given and human-social conditions. There are passages in which Marx writes of the unsustainability of capitalism's system of 'robbery agriculture' and calls for the rational regulation by the associated producers of human metabolism with the earth from the standpoint of the 'chain of generations'. This is a remarkable book which makes its case. I have just a couple of reservations. One is that Saito's generosity in his reading of Marx is not extended to his reading of the so-called 'first stage eco-socialists'. His own reading of Marx finds much in the latter's writing up to the mid-1860s to justify the Promethean reading which he condemns. At the same time, his reading of his opponents is over-generalised and one-sided. The late James O'Connor, for example, combined a critical relationship to some aspects of Marx with his development of the important concept of a 'second contradiction', which has much in common substantively with the position Saito develops out of his reading of the later Marx (O'Connor 1988). Saito criticises my own work for accusing Marx of a Promethean 'flight from recognition of natural limits'. In fact my argument was that despite the evidence for an un-ecological reading of Marx, there was also a basis for an ecological one which I endorsed: e.g. '…Marx quite explicitly advocates ecological sustainability as a 'regulating law' which would govern socialist agriculture, by contrast with its capitalist form. This complements and continues a central theme of Marx's early writings…' (Benton 1989:83). It is unfortunate that Saito seems to have been drawn into the rather polarising and even sectarian tendency of some in the 'metabolic rift' school to dismiss, rather than engage constructively with, the work of others whose analyses are often quite close to their own. A second reservation I have is that the devotion to exegesis and defence of Marx's political economy, while valuable in its own right, takes us only so far in thinking about the sorts of alliances that might be put together, and the transitional strategies and visions of a future sustainable and socially just society that might be feasible now. The 'rational regulation by the associated producers of their metabolism with [the rest of] nature' is a fine start – but maybe we need to add the material content to complement the abstract form? None of this detracts from the standing of this book as a hugely valuable contribution to our understanding of the importance of Marx's legacy for eco-socialist politics. It is a difficult read – but eminently worth the effort. Benton, Ted 1992 Marxism and natural limits: an ecological critique and reconstruction. New Left Review 198:51-86. Burkett, Paul 1999 Marx and Nature: A Red and Green Perspective. New York: St. Martin's. Foster, John Bellamy, Clark, Brett & York, Richard 2010 The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth. New York: Monthly Review. O'Connor, James 1988 Natural Causes: Essays in Ecological Marxism. New York: Guilford Posted on March 1, 2019 November 25, 2019 Farming, Food and Nature As the US Ambassador tells Britain that a post-Brexit trade deal would have to allow chlorinated chicken and hormone beef into the country, Alan Thornett reviews Farming, Food and Nature: Respecting Animals, People and the Environment, edited by Joyce D'Silva and Carol McKenna (Routledge 2018) This book brings together 35 individual contributions that were made, or planned, at a conference entitled Extinction and Livestock organised by Compassion in World Farming (CWF) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in London in 2017 in order to discuss farming and food production and its impact on the biodiversity on the planet. It is a book that should be strongly welcomed. It looks not just at the problem of feeding the planet's current 7.5 billion people but on the disastrous impact this is having on the biodiversity of the planet. It reflects an emerging wider debate on how to feed the population of the planet without destroying its biosphere in the process Scale of problem The scale of the problems we face is outlined in the Foreword: 'Huge areas of habitat have already been devastated for growing soya and grain to feed billions of imprisoned farm animals. Vast quantities of water is wasted in transforming vegetable to animal protein and the methane gas produced during digestion is contributing to the green-house gases that have led to climate change. Massive amounts of fossil fuel are burned to transport the grain to the animals. At the same time forests are being cut down and pasture land desertified by the grazing and browsing of sheep cattle and goats…'[i] The book has a very strong first chapter written by a naturalist who has made a major contribution to this subject in recent years – Philip Lymbery. He is the author of two game-changing books on this subject: Farmageddon (in 2014) and Dead Zone – where the wild things were (in 2017). He is also the Chief Executive of CWF and one of the most influential writers on the food industry and its environmental impacts. Several processes Lynbery starts with an important observation. This is that there is more than one ecological process taking place that represents an existential threat to life on the planet – and the issue of food production and consumption is one of them. He puts it this way: even if climate change were to be resolved there is another major challenge facing humanity 'which is just as serious and with consequences that are far more permanent; and it's on our plate'.[ii] In other words the industrialised production of and, current consumption patterns of, food. It is a situation, he argues, that is completely unsustainable. He points out that industrialised agriculture 'has swept the landscape in the UK, Europe, the US and beyond, leading to widespread declines in wildlife and the diversity of nature. It has also been exported across the world, not least to Asia and South America'. The damage done, he argues, reflects two sides of factory farming. On the one hand farm animals are taken out of the fields and put into vast sheds and other forms of industrialised confinement. On the other hand feeding them is then hugely destructive. Vast tracts of land, often obtained by deforestation, along with chemical pesticides and fertilisers, are then necessary to grow the grain to feed them – grain that could be eaten directly by human beings. The green-house gasses produced by all this is one of the biggest sources of global emissions. The most extreme consequence of this, Lynbery points out, is the creation of oceanic dead zones when these chemicals reach the oceans via the rivers – which is the subject of his book mentioned above: Dead Zone – where the wild things were. Tony Juniper, in chapter 4, adds another dimension into the mix. This is the issue of growth – both economic growth and population growth – which he rightly agues, are both major drivers behind the ecological crisis. He points out that in the early 19th century the world population was about one billion. By the late 1920s it had doubled to two billion and then three billion by 1960. By April 2017 it went past seven and a half billion. At the same time, he adds, people on average became richer and their consumption expectations rose accordingly, including in Asia. He also points to the rapid urbanisation that is taking place across the globe often creating populations with more disposable incomes which leads to increasingly meat-based diets. Juniper offers no solutions to either economic or population growth (on population I would argue for the empowerment of women to control their own lives and fertility) but argues (rightly in my view) that the industrialised model of food production is now 'literally unsustainable'.[iii] Nor is it just the land. Chapter 8 (by Krzyztof Wotjas and Natasha Boyland) takes up the growing demand for fish – both wild fish and farmed – which is no less devastating on the environment, although less obvious. Global fish consumption, they point out, has reached record levels. Aquaculture, these writers point out, is currently growing faster than the meat production sector, with output increasing from 5 to 63 million tonnes in 30 years overtaking wild fisheries as the main source of fish for human consumption. The average consumption of fish reached 20 kg per person in 2014, which is double that of 1960 and is set to rise further. Consumption on this scale, they argue, is unsustainable and is having a heavy impact on oceanic eco-systems. Fish farming, they point out is a very dubious alternative. Overcrowded fish are vulnerable to disease and stress. Fish are crammed into sea cages with no consideration for their need for natural behaviour. Atlantic salmon, for example is a species that travels long distances at sea and lives a solitary life as an adult. Weak on solutions The book is unsurprisingly strong on critique and weak on solutions, not least because it is addressing a vast problem: how to feed 7.5 billion people without destroying the planet in the process. It is clear that feeding vast quantities of grain unnecessarily to cattle when it could be eaten directly by human beings makes no sense – but what is the alternative with billions of people globally existing at starvation level or beyond? The book looks at the marketisation of food and the massive waste that is taking place as a result if it – and there is no doubt that big improvements could and must be made – but is that ultimately a solution? Bruce Friedrich in chapter 35 on plant-based food argues that: 'There is no reason for anyone to go to bed hungry or worry about their next meal. We can feed the whole world, but to do it we must replace the current inefficient and destructive means of producing meat. Plant-based clean meat can give everyone what they want, whilst improving our health, environment and future.' This goes some way but is limited. There does indeed have to be a big reduction in meat consumption, without which a solution is probably not possible. And indeed, we do have to bring an end to destructive forms of food production – most importantly industrialised farming methods. But this needs a more radical approach than is taken in the book – which lacks a radical edge. There is no mention for example of the struggle for food sovereignty or the struggles for it conducted by mass organisation such as La Via Campesina. There is no mention of land redistribution or the struggles in the global South for the right of small farmers, who still produce a half of the world's foods, to control their own farms and be protected against the multinational companies that supply the seeds and seek to control them. The book, however, remains a contribution to a long neglected debate and should be widely read for the contribution it makes. [i] Page xxi. [ii] Page 15. [iii] Page 37. 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Posted on May 23, 2019 November 25, 2019 Facing the Apocalypse: Arguments for Ecosocialism ALAN THORNETT, FACING THE APOCALYPSE. ARGUMENTS FOR ECOSOCIALISM, LONDON, RESISTANCE BOOKS & IIRE, 2019, 310 PAGES reviewed by Michael Löwy This is an important book . One may disagree on some issues -e.g. population, which I do not believe should be a major concern for ecologists – but Alan Thornett arguments are a substantial contribution to ecosocialist thinking – and action. In clear and precise language, without academic jargon, his book is precious tool for the socio-ecological struggles of the future. First of all Facing the Apocalypse is a powerful civilisational wake-up call : we must act, here and now, to prevent an ecological catastrophe (I prefer this term to « apocalypse », which has confusing religious meanings) of unheard proportions. Climate change, water shortages, mass pollution of land and sea, mass species extinction are some of the dimensions of a global ecological crisis. The consequences for human life can be devastating. Just to give an exemple : if we continue with « business as usual » for a few decades more, the melting of the global ice sheets will be inevitable and the main cities of human civilisation – for instance New York, Nairobi, Shanghai, New Orleans, Venice and Amsterdam -would be submerged by a sea rise of four to six meters. We have now entered , since the mid-20th Century, in a new geological age, the Anthropocene, where some basic aspects of the planet's environment, such as the climate, are being changed by human activity. Unfortunately, for most of the left, the ecological issue has been a low priority, often at the bottom of the heap. It is seen as an add-on, an optimal extra, not as a number one issue. The record of the main forces of the left during the 20th Century – Social-Democracy and Stalinism – is disastrous. While during the first years after the October Revolution there existed a strong ecological current in the USSR, Stalinism transformed the Soviet economy into a destructive productivist Juggernaut. The hope for the future comes from the various movements of resistence against environmental destruction. Often indigenous communities are in the front line for the defense of land, forests and water against oil and tar-sand extraction or pipeline building: they are the most effective protectors of the planet's ecosystems. Thornett pays hommage to Hugo Blanco, a towering figure of the indigenous struggles in Peru for 50 years, inumerous times arrested, threatened with death, exiled, and now a fierce campaigner for ecosocialism. There are some important insights in Marx about the metabolic rift between humans and nature caused by the capitalist system. But one can consider William Morris as the first pionneer of ecosocialism, a new development in socialist theory and practice, whose main proponents in the 20th Century were Rachel Carson, Barry Commoner, Raymond William and Murray Bookchin, as well as, more recently, the ecomarxists John Bellamy Foster and Paul Burkett. For the moment, the Fourth International is the only international radical left current with an ecosocialist programm. Alan Thornett defends certains positions which are not shared by most people in the radical left. For instance, he strongly believes in the importance of personal behaviour and individual responsability ; he favors certain kinds of carbon taxes ; and he thinks that the Paris COP 21 Conference, despite its weaknesses, should be defended and reinforced. While most ecosocialists would agree to the need of immediate measures against CO2 emissions, even in the limits of the capitalist system, many are sceptical of carbon taxes as an efficient method. Alan Thornett believes that James Hansen's fee and dividend carbon taxes could produce a big reduction in CO2 emissions, here and now. However, Thornett's most controversial proposition is that the planetary population growth is a serious ecological issue. In a honest recognition of the polemical nature of this viewpoint, he opens a space for discussion, inviting different pespectives to be voiced, in favour of his approach (Laure Mazur) or against it (Betsy Hartman, Derek Wall). Is ecosocialism the only solution or is the capitalist system able to prevent catastrophe ? At the conclusion of the book Thornett writes : "In the end, if capitalism is faced with the destruction of the planet's capacity to sustain human life (…) they will finally act to resolve it. The problem is that they will leave it until it is too late to avoid massive destruction ; and they will carry it out by dictatorial means and at the expense of the most impoverished people in the planet ". Frankly, I do not believe that the capitalist system is able to 'resolve ' the ecological crisis ; it has consistently shown its unwillingness to do so in the last decades, and the its leaders now elected, such as Donald Trump or Jair Bolsonaro, are the least inclined to take any measures. And soon, when the temperature rise arrives at 2°C, it will indeed be too late to stop the disaster. This does not mean, of course, that one should wait until ecosocialism arrives : mass popular mobilizations can bring about significant measures, opening the way for an ecological transition. As Alan Thornett argues, to force capitalism to make major changes is part of the struggle for ecosocialism… You can order Facing the Apocalypse from Resistance Books International Viewpoint Posted on May 6, 2019 November 25, 2019 Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism Facing the Apocalypse – Arguments for Ecosocialism; by Alan Thornett RRP £17. Pub. Resistance Books and Merlin Press.ISBN: 978-0-902869-91-2; 342pages, reviewed by Pete Murry I'm not sure that Alan Thornett has written a totally comprehensive guide to Ecosocialism as an emerging political ideology in the second decade of the 21stcentury CE, or perhaps, the second or third century of the Anthropocene era. That task may need hindsight, and as argued throughout, that could be something we will not have the luxury to do in future. Thornett is an important figure in the development of Ecosocialism, so this is a book written from a deep and urgent sense of commitment. It traces the intellectual roots of Ecosocialism in Marxism and other strands of radical thought, such as the work of Murray Bookchin, Hugo Blanco and the emergence of Green political ideologies and movements. To some extent this traces the author's own journey from the productivism and blind faith in continual economic growth as progress that still characterises both capitalist and orthodox socialist perspectives on the world economy. Multiple challenges This book clearly details multiple reasons why such views are not only, no longer credible, but also deeply dangerous to the future of humanity and the interlinked ecosystem that it depends on. 'Apocalypse' in the title is not a rhetorical exaggeration and the multiple ways in which an accelerating apocalypse is starting to happen are addressed in this book with a refreshing lack of technical jargon. Thornett covers not only the threat of human caused climate change, but many other ways in which industrialised human activities intensify ecological destruction. Pollution of water and rapid depletion of water resources, ocean acidification, aggregations of non-biodegradable garbage and other factors leading to species extinctions and dramatic losses of biodiversity; are only some of the areas which this book examines. Controversial debates One issue, which is not dodged, even though it is very controversial in Green and socialist discourses, is human population growth. Often any discussion of this issue has led to not always unjustified accusations of Malthusianism, misanthropy and racism. Thornett devotes a lot of attention to this issue, including. as appendices, debates on the issue with thinkers such as Betsy Hartmann, Laurie Mazur, Ian Angus and Derek Wall. Overall the case is made that, even ifpopulation growth, may, as on some projections, trail off by about 2050 to about 9.5bn, it is still a major factor driving the ecological threats that the book details. Therefore, it cannot be ignored, but it cannot be solved by compulsion, and any solution must involve extending the rights of women to control their own fertility. This is an important book, an invaluable source for anyone interested in Ecosocialism. It is clearly written and thoroughly referenced and would probably make an excellent text to use in teaching ecological politics at degree and pre-degree level. Suggested solutions However, that is not its main purpose, it is a major contribution to the political debates and actions that must take to place in the struggle to contain and control the terrible global crisis that it so ably analyses. So, it does not just consider the origins of ecological dilemmas and ecosocialist perspectives, it also examines some suggestions towards solutions. In Thornett's view human ecological impacts pre-date capitalism and he also notes the vast, sometimes irreparable, ecological damage done by some productivist industrialising projects conducted by avowedly socialist regimes. 'Maximalist' arguments calling for an overthrow of capitalism before tackling ecological crisis are rejected. Thornett argues instead for: "Reforms which are not necessarily reformist, […], Such as opposing fossil energy and demanding renewables." (p.98). Amongst those reforms examined are carbon capture and storage, carbon taxes and possible alternatives, lifestyle changes and transportation issues. Labour movement contests From a British point of view the section on the contests around environmental politics that are currently going inside the British labour movement is a useful antidote to those right wing Greens who insist on seeing all Trade Unions and all of the Labour Party as completely unreconstructed advocates of industrial productivism and unceasing economic growth. This review is only managing to scratch the surface of the many issues and arguments covered in the book; which is neither completely definitive nor flawless, but it is not meant to be. It is an important text in the continuing struggle for Ecosocialism. Obtain a copy by any means necessary. Reprinted from Greenleft Posted on April 2, 2019 November 25, 2019 Was Marx an ecologist? KARL MARX, FRIEDRICH ENGELS, EXZERPTE UND NOTIZEN, MARX-ENGELS-GESAMTAUSGABE, IV, 18, DEGRUYTER, 2019, 1294pp reviewed by Gus Fagan Was Marx an ecologist and does Marx's theory offer a coherent theoretical and practical approach for ecologists in the 21st century? The publication, in the original language (mostly German), of Marx's excerpts and notes on ecology from the mid-1860s may help to answer that question. Ecologists have sometimes accused Marx and Marxists of an uncritical attitude towards industrial society and the damage it does to the environment. Marxists need to "break radically", according to the French-Brazilian socialist, Michel Löwy, " with the ideology of linear progress and with the technological and economic paradigm of modern industrial civilisation" (Löwy, 2005, 16). Although there are some on the Marxist left who would still agree with Löwy, it would seem that the belief that Marx offered a powerful and coherent approach to ecology has been gaining ground in recent decades. John Bellamy Foster, a prominent defender of a Marxist inspired ecology, claims that: "Few involved in ecosocialist discussions today doubt the importance of Marx's foundational contribution to the ecological critique of capitalism" (Foster, 2016). The question as to why this aspect of Marx's historical materialism was either not known or forgotten for so long has a number of answers. The development of Marx's thinking on ecology occurred in the last two decades of his life and many of his writings and notes from that time are still not published. The industrial orthodoxy of Second International Marxism as well as the technological optimism of the early Russian revolution and the dogmatism and industrial strategy of the later Soviet Union were also a factor. The Frankfurt School and other Western Marxist writers, very influential after the Second World War, were mainly interested in culture and aesthetics and rejected the idea that the Marxist dialectic could be applied to nature. Although there were socialist ecologists in the 1960s and 1970s, well documented in Alan Thornett's recent book, Facing the Apocalypse: Arguments for Ecosocialism (2019), it wasn't until the 1980s, with the work of Marxists such as Ted Benton and Elmar Altvater, and the foundation of the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, that the idea of a Marxist ecology began to take shape. The charge of "productivism" against Marx was challenged with greater theoretical rigour by John Bellamy Foster's Marx's Ecology (2000) and Paul Burkett's Marx and Nature (1999). Both argued, in these and many publications since, that Marx's analysis of capitalism was an ecological one. In Marx's theory, the drive for profit and the accumulation of capital was based on an unlimited appropriation of natural resources which have a natural limit. More recently, Kohei Saito's Karl Marx's Ecosocialism sets out to demonstrate "the immanent systemic character of Marx's ecology, that there is a clear continuity with his critique of political economy" (Saito, 2017, 12). What gives added interest to Saito's claims is his use of what then were the still unpublished ecological notebooks of Marx from 1865 to 1868. We're familiar with the image of Marx sitting in the library of the British Museum making notes about what he had read and copying text by hand into his notebooks. Most of these notebooks consist almost completely of direct quotes from the books, articles, and newspapers that he was reading. They therefore didn't attract much interest from Marx researchers. The gradual publication of these notebooks in the critical edition of Marx's works, Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) throws light on how Marx worked, his sources of inspiration, and new ideas that he was developing. In the mid-1860s, around the time of the publication of vol. 1 of Capital, Marx began to devote himself to an intense study of natural science, especially in the area of what we now describe as ecology. These ecological notebooks from 1864 to 1872 have now been published in Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe, IV 18 (de Gruyter, 2019). This volume contains 820 pages of notes and excerpts, with an accompanying (separately bound) 470 pages of information and critical comment. Four notebooks, one from 1865/1866 and three from 1868, deal with agricultural chemistry, soil erosion, deforestation, botany, land rent, capitalist agriculture, climate, social relations in the countryside, as well as agrarian relations in pre-capitalist societies and colonialism. There was intense interest, in the 19th century, in Europe and North America, in the problem of soil erosion and deforestation that was emerging with the advent of large-scale capitalist agriculture. At the same time, there were big advances being made in agricultural chemistry. Before the 1860s, Marx has assumed that modern agricultural science would resolve the problem of soil replenishment. In The Poverty of Philosophy, written in 1846, he wrote that at "every moment the application of chemistry is changing the nature of the soil and geological knowledge is just now, in our days, beginning to revolutionize all the old estimates of relative fertility" (Marx, 1973, 162). These advances in the knowledge of soil chemistry coming from the natural scientists, as well as the increased use of fertilizer, promised big improvements in agricultural production and soil replenishment. But this optimism didn't last. A major influence on Marx's more radical ecological views in the 1860s was Justus von Liebig (1803-1873). Liebig was a professor at the University of Giessen (the university is now named after him) and he is often described as the father of modern agricultural chemistry. Liebig made important breakthroughs in organic chemistry and in 1840 published his Die organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Agricultur und Physiologie (Organic Chemistry and its Application to Agriculture and Physiology). The ecology notebook from 1865/1866, 220 pages in the present text, was finished before the publication of the first volume of Capital in 1867. As a result of Marx's reading of Liebig, he added some strong statements on capitalist agriculture. He wrote, for instance, that the "union of agriculture and industry" under capitalism led to greater urbanisation which concentrated "the historical motive power of society" but, at the same time, "disturbs the metabolic interaction between man and the earth. … Capitalist production therefore only develops the techniques and the degree of combination of the social process of production by simultaneously undermining the original sources of all wealth – the soil and the worker" (Marx, 1976, 637-638). In a footnote in Capital vol 1, Marx wrote that one of Liebig's "immortal merits" was to have developed "the destructive side of modern agriculture" (Marx,1976, 638). The extracts in Marx's notebook are mainly from the 6th edition of Liebig's book from 1862 where he described the destructive aspects of modern agriculture as "robbery cultivation" (Raubbau). And nowhere was this "robbery economy"	3,896
Fort Brown Tropical Trail Region 80 Fort Brown UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX 78520 (956) 541-5560 Fort Brown80 Fort Brown UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College FROM PROTECTION TO EDUCATION Fort Brown, located in Brownsville, served as fortification against Mexican soldiers, Native American incursions, the Confederacy,<\|fim_middle\|>520 Campus open daytime hours.	the Union Army, as well as providing a front for the battle against malaria, all in the course of its decades of military activation. Established in 1846, Fort Brown remained in service until it was deactivated by the military in 1945. Named in honor of Major Jacob Brown who fought, died, and was buried on the grounds, the Fort is considered the first United States military post in Texas. An upended cannon on the grounds, placed by General James Parker's Commission in 1920-21, reportedly marks the spot Major Brown died. Although many of the later buildings survive today, only ruins remain of the original, pre-Civil War fort. At its beginning, the fort was composed of earthen walls more than nine feet high and surrounded by a ditch fifteen feet deep and twenty feet wide. Within a few decades, however, more permanent structures were built and many are still in use, including the Post Hospital, built in 1869. The hospital was also the location of significant yellow fever research by then First Lieutenant Wm. C Gorgas, an army physician, who defied orders by his superior officer and performed autopsies on soldiers who had succumbed to the disease. Gorgas succeeded in determining the vector of malarial infection and yellow fever (the mosquito) thanks, in part, to his research at Fort Brown. Today the Fort's surviving buildings and grounds are part of the campuses of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Fort Brown was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960. 80 Fort Brown UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Brownsville, TX 78	349
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. And Jesus said unto him, 'Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but one, God. And he was sad at that saying and went away grieved, for he was very rich, he had great possessions." If you have ever been in the Riverside Baptist Church in Manhattan, built by the Rockefellers, you have seen that world famous painting of Hofmann. Our Lord Jesus to this rich young ruler is, with a sweep of His hands, pointing<\|fim_middle\|> In a moment when we stand to sing our appeal, every one of you in that seminar come and with Zig have a prayer together. It will bless your heart and it will strengthen your life in a human way.	to the desperate need of the world. And the young man, in deep sorrow, is turning away. The sense of it made a profound impression, not only on Jesus, who, looking upon him, loved him, but also on the disciples. Here was a young fellow of gifts, of affluence. What a mighty addition he would have been to the preaching of the gospel and to the kingdom of God. And when he turned away, he not only did so in personal sorrow, but also in the deep despairing despair of the Lord Himself and of the disciples. Consider him, his station. He was rich, he was young, he was a ruler. There is no society that I know of, there is no culture, there is no national life in which affluence is not looked upon as a measure of tremendous blessing and success. Especially so was that true among the Jewish people for a man to be rich was to be blessed of God, and his affluence was a sign of the favor of heaven. He was not only rich, but he was young. Youth always has its remarkable appeal to any generation in any social or cultural life. He was a young man and he was a ruler. A great latitude and meaning in that designation and reference but however he may have been in office, or in character, or in the administrative life of his people, he was a ruler. Could you think of a more brilliantly exemplar life of affluence and influence, than that young man? He was rich, he was young, he was a ruler. Consider, also, his courage. Jesus is on His way to be crucified. This peasant of Nazareth has already been rejected. And as He walks through south Perea and on out to Jerusalem to die, this young man comes out in broad daylight. It says in the text Jesus Himself was on the way. He was on a public highway or street. And there where the whole world could behold Him, that young man knelt down before the rejected Lord Jesus. And not only did he do it openly and courageously, but he said, looking up into the face of our Lord, Didaskale agathe. Jesus noticed it. Not in the Talmud was there a great rabbi called Didaskale agathe. And the Lord said to that kneeling young man, "There is only one agathe, and that's God. You mean agathe to Me?" Ah, the dedication of that rich young ruler! Look again at his beautiful, and exemplary, and obedient life. Our Lord said to him, "To inherit heaven, you know the commandments, keep them." And the young man replied, "Didaskale, my Master, all of these commandments have I faithfully observed from my childhood. Not for a day, not for a month, not for a year, but every moment of the pilgrim way have I observed that law of the prophet Moses" – clean and pure from childhood! And the Lord, looking upon him, loved him. You would have too – such a splendid example of purity, chastity, young manhood. The Lord, looking upon him, loved him. There is something there that is everlastingly true. The emptiness of mere ritual, of religion as such, of obeying commandments and rules and laws left the heart of the young man hungry, empty. "O Didaskale, is there not something over, and beside, and beyond the mere outward keeping of a ritual, of an obedience? What lack I yet?" And our Lord replied, "One thing thou lackest, just one. Your heart is in the world and not with God. You love your state in the world more than you love God. Give it up. Give it up. Take what you have, the riches you possess, give them away and come follow Me. And you will have treasure in heaven." "What lack I yet?" Seemingly he lacked nothing, but actually he lacked everything – as the sun might lack light, as fire might lack heat, as an engine might lack power, as a rainbow might lack color. "Your heart is with mammon. Your state is in the world. Give it up. Give it up. Love God. Listen to the voice of the Lord. Follow Him and you will be rich forever in heaven." The tragedy of his choice; I don't know of anything more interesting. All three of the evangelists tell this story. I don't think there is anything more interesting than the little detail of how they describe that young fellow as he struggles in his soul with that appeal of Jesus to give up the world. Matthew uses the word lupeo, and it is translated, "grief" – "He was sad at that saying." The Apostle Luke writes it egenethe perilupos, "He became very exceedingly sad." But no one of them describes it as poignantly and dynamically as Mark. He used the word, stugnazo. Twice in the Bible will you find that word, stugnazo. One time is in Matthew chapter 16, verse 3, when the Lord in a parable is describing the torment and storm of the sky – stugnazo, those boiling clouds preceding a great hurricane, or tornado, or storm. Stugnazo, that's the word that Mark uses to describe that young man – the storm in his heart, the confrontation in his soul, the agony of his choice, stugnazo. You could see it reflected in his face. And he rose from his knees and turned away. He lost the battle. Through all eternity is that loss seen and reflected and endured. If you stood by the pearly gates watching the throngs of pilgrims come into the city of God, you would never see his face. If you mingle with the multitudes; that throng up and down those golden streets, you would never see his face. If you stood in presence before the roll call in glory, you would never hear his name. And if you searched through the Book of Life, you would never see his signature. All of eternity without God! And think of the glorious life and opportunity he rejected when he turned away from the appeal of Christ. I think of another young man, Saul of Tarsus, who knelt in the presence of the Lord Jesus and said, "Lord, what would Thou have me to do?" This young man could have done that if he had said, "Lord, you just speak the word and I will obey. You give the command and I will listen." Think what this young man could have been and could have done. I even think upon the fall of Judas, he could have been the twelfth apostle. Nobody knows what is wrapped up in the life of that rich, young ruler had he just listened to the voice of God and followed our Savior, the Lord Jesus. Instead, he turned away and left God out of his life. That is so tragically true of so many. Turning away from God, they face inevitable loss, and tragedy, sorrow, and despair. She said with smiling confidence. I'll never have a drinking problem. 'Mother you are embarrassing us. Where is your will power? 'I thought you had will power. At a funeral service in my life. That we, our will power is enough! Direct her to Thee, O God? There are no problems in life, there is no providence in this pilgrim journey that cannot find victory in Him. But when we turn aside and leave God out, we face inevitable loss and despair. This young man, what he could have been, what he could have done, what he could have meant to the kingdom of Christ! And he turned away. Upon a day, there were those who said to me, "We want you meet this young man, so gifted in his beginning ministry, blessed of God." So they brought him here to me. And I met the young man. Ah, it was a benediction just to see him and to be in his presence! When I visited him in his home, I was doubly impressed with him. We all knelt in prayer. He got down on his face talking to God. I made arrangements for the young man to come here to our dear church and to hold a revival meeting two years hence, giving him time and our church time to prepare for the great revival. In that meantime, in a meeting he was holding in the city of Los Angeles, California, the Hearst newspapers picked him up. And overnight he became a world famous evangelist. And when he came here to Dallas, we couldn't begin to have the revival in our sanctuary, and we moved it out to the Cotton Bowl. And that year of 1952 that young brilliant preacher came down the aisle here in this church and joined our family of God. And for now, almost forty years, Billy Graham has been a fellow member of our sweet fellowship in the First Baptist Church in Dallas. A few years after that, I received a letter, then a call, from Dr. W. F. Powell, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee – 32 years on the trustees and leader of our Sunday School Board. And when he retired, he had them elect me president of that board. And for six years I presided over that board of our Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Powell, a wonderful friend, Dr. Powell called me and wrote me and he said, "There is a young minister that we have had in our church, and you must see him. You must know him and you must have him there in your congregation." He described him to me – wonderfully, beautifully, dynamically. Then, as though that were not enough, I received a telephone call from Dr. M. E. Dodd, a generation pastor of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana, the man who founded the seminary in New Orleans, the man who fathered the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention, himself president of our great convention. Dr. M. E. Dodd called me and he said and described in the same language that wonderful young man. "We have had him," he said, "here in our church for revival, and it was a Pentecostal visitation from heaven. And you must have him too." I sent for him and he came here to Dallas, to this place. And I don't exaggerate it when I tell you the half had not been told. He was about six feet three inches tall. He looked like a star athlete. He was as handsome a young man as I had ever seen. He could have been a model for all of those shows they make in Hollywood. And he was devout. Ah, that young fellow impressed me. And once again, I made an arrangement that he come and be our preacher and evangelist two years hence; give him time to prepare and us to get ready. The days passed. The years passed. And at an hour, just like this, after 11:00 o'clock, there was a bum back there where you are seated, waiting to talk to me. After the service was done and the people were gone, I went back there to visit with him – disheveled, filthy, dirty, dissipated. I didn't recognize him. I had no idea who he was. He was here, asking me for some money to make his way to his home destination. It was that young man! It was that young preacher! Drinking, drugs, and dissipation, and promiscuity had destroyed not only his ministry, but his life. He took the money, made his way to his home destination, and died. Great God in heaven, how is it that we turn away from You, when following Thee and loving Thee and serving Thee carries with it every benedictory blessing that heart could imagine? And the darkness and the despair when we turn our backs on God – why would a man do that? Why do you do that? Why do I sometimes I do it? O God, that always there would be in us that precious devoted willingness, Lord that Thy will be done. I am Thy servant, and I am following Thee. The end of that way is heaven itself. And to you who have listened on television, let this be an appeal from God Himself that you open your heart and your ears to the voice and call of our Savior. And if you don't know how to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, there is a telephone number on the screen. Call us and write us. There will be a consecrated, devoted Christian leader who will tell you how to be a part of the family of God. And if you will listen and commit your life in faith and trust to Jesus, I will see you in heaven someday. And to the great throng in God's sanctuary this hour, what a marvelous time! What a glorious day to give your heart to the Lord Jesus. And do it now, make it now. Zig Ziglar, come up here and stand, stand in this pulpit right here. Zig, you come and stand right there. Zig Ziglar had his Born to Win seminar this week. I am not asking any one of you to come and join our church at all. I want every one of you to come and kneel with Zig and pray. For some of you, it may be a sign of you accepting Jesus as your Savior. For some of you, it may be a sign of your rededication to the Lord Jesus. For some of you, it may be a seeking after the voice and the will of God but every one of you come.	2,818
Known as the masterpiece of trade shows, the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) does not disappoint. The expansive show of everything plant-related lasts for three days in early January at the Baltimore Convention Center. The 2019 show wrapped up this past Friday and hundreds of vendors from nurseries to landscape designers to hardscape suppliers attended to sell their wares, their services and, of course,<\|fim_middle\|> but there are guide books to list each vendor's location. Wandering blindly through the aisles also turns up interesting finds, like biodegradable plant pots made from cow manure, "tree diapers" to soak up rain water around the base of a tree, and printers specializing in plant tags. A sampling of the plants, grasses and trees available at MANTS 2019, which wrapped up in Baltimore last week.	their trees. Each booth is set up to highlight a certain nursery's specialties – decking their trees with lights, displaying rare plant species and even dressing up staff members to impersonate deer. If you are looking for a particular evergreen or a rare species of witch hazel, you are almost guaranteed to find a supplier at MANTS. As a first-timer to MANTS, I learned to pack light and bring a backpack for the number of catalogues and other free swag you can collect at each vendor. And if you forgot to eat lunch, you can fill up on free candy and mints at most booths (there is also food for purchase inside). The number of vendors and length of the hall is overwhelming at first,	147
With the money he'd gotten for his eleventh birthday, William bought a fan. "Is that supposed to make me feel bad?" his father asked, as William hefted the fan into their shopping cart. William and his father were at Home Depot, pushing a cart full of paint cans, paint rollers, and brushes. Their air conditioner had broken at the beginning of summer, back when William's mother still lived with them. Back before William's father began repainting all the rooms in the house. William's room, once white, was now cornflower blue with lavender trim. "It's just a fan," William said. "Because it seems like you want to make me feel bad," his father said. William turned the box so that its price tag faced out. "It's on sale," he said. "I no longer understand what anyone expects from me," his father said. On the drive home, they passed a chicken truck with tiny white feathers trailing behind it. The fan had three speeds and an oscillating head, which made it sometimes turn air upon places where William and his father weren't, like the corner of the kitchen, where his mother used to lean her mop, or the space behind the TV, which his mother had never allowed them to watch during dinner, as they did now. "I've about had it with that fan," his father said. "Keeps things cool," William said, and the fan, as if to prove his point, turned upon them both, and blew William's napkin from his lap. "I'm not a fan of that fan," his father said, but William didn't say anything. At night, William put the fan at the foot of his bed. He liked the way it blew his curtains against the window and fluttered his posters from behind their tacks. He liked the sound it made. In the morning, William was always surprised to find he'd turned the fan off during the night. He could never remember doing so. William's mother called him on Saturdays. William's father let him use the phone in the study he was never allowed to use otherwise. William sat at his father's desk and waited for the phone to ring, which it always did at exactly four o'clock, since this was the time his mother had<\|fim_middle\|> defying everything, until its blades whirred to a halt, and William knew she was gone. Anthony Varallo is the author of This Day in History, winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, and Out Loud, winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. His third story collection, Think of Me and I'll Know, will be published by TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press in Fall 2013.	arranged with William's father. At four o'clock on Saturdays she would call William and William would answer the phone he was never allowed to use otherwise and say, "Hello?" William always felt a little foolish saying hello since he knew who was calling. His mother must have known that it would always be William answering on the other end—who else would it be?—but always answered him by saying, "William? It's me, your mom." Then she would ask him what was new and he would say nothing, even though he was holding his face just inches from the fan. One morning William and his father painted the master bedroom. William's father allowed him to stir paint with a wooden stick and later had him hold one end of a king-sized mattress as they scooted it out into the hallway. "This mattress is heavy," William said. "This mattress is where you got your start," his father laughed. William felt embarrassed. By afternoon it was raining. Hard. William moved the fan away from the bedroom windows, positioning it towards the drying walls. "That's not going to do much," his father said. William shrugged. It felt strange to be in the bedroom with his father. He kept expecting his mother to walk in, but that was a stupid thing to expect. He set the fan to the highest speed and watched his father paint the ceiling with a long roller. The ceiling light flickered whenever lightning fell nearby. The storm worsened. William looked at his father, but his father was watching the fan, which still turned along its course, defying logic, defying science,	413
'Large Brawl' Breaks Out At Anaheim Hotel, Injuries Reported Ashley Ludwig ANAHEIM, CA — Police broke up a large fight at an Anaheim hotel, Wednesday afternoon. Up to 100 people were involved, most of them women and teenagers, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Shane Carringer. <\|fim_middle\|>. The scene is not yet code 4. Updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/VRMcOa2WKO — Anaheim PD (@AnaheimPD) August 5, 2020 This article originally appeared on the Orange County Patch	The fight that began at the Cambria Hotel pool, on the 100 block of E. Katella, near Disneyland, initially reported at 1 p.m. Between 60 and 100 people battled during the incident, Carringer said. Only two were injured badly enough to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. Both suffered minor lacerations, Carringer told Patch. As of 3 p.m., two others were taken into custody for fighting in public, he said. The fight involved "men and women, adults and juveniles," adding that "it sounds like people had broomsticks and whatever objects they could find in the hotel." The fight began at the pool and spilled out into the lobby and then into the street. KTLA5 reported that the melee began "when some children at the hotel pool were playing and one of them was pushed into the water, landing on another child." "This hotel has been a problem for the past couple of weeks," he told Patch. "They don't seem to be following any sort of social distancing or requirements that have been laid out" during the coronavirus pandemic. City code enforcement and the Anaheim Police Department are planning to work with the hotel to ensure that social distancing rules are put into place in the coming days. This is a developing report. Please refresh this page for the latest information. Anaheim PD has responded to a hotel in the 100 block of E. Katella for a large brawl involving 60-100 people	309
So<\|fim_middle\|> third. In the 2017-2018 season the first meeting was a 5-1 win for Tividale at The Beeches when after going behind to a Shawn Devonport penalty Tividale hit back with a Brown hat trick and goals for Darragh Bustin and Nathan Jones. The reverse fixture ended 2-2 and was played on The Dell's 3G pitch due to the badger invasion on the main pitch. Tividale's Alex Cameron (we have forgiven him) put Dudley ahead from the penalty spot and Ryan Bridgewater gave them a 2-0 lead despite the dismissal of Nathan Owen. Darragh Bustin halved the deficit before half time and Demetri Brown levelled the scores in the second half. Dan Smith is suspended for this game. Freddie Watts, Rion Francis-Mills and Tyree Clarke are still long term injured.	finally the drama has come to a conclusion and the result is a replay of the 2nd round tie first played in November. With this one again being a one off cup tie going to extra time and penalties if necessary. We can expect this one to be a much tighter affair with Dudley Town now one of the form teams in the league. Our victory on Saturday was another hard fought affair against a Wem Town side that was battling for their lives. It was not pretty but it's the points that count at this stage of the season. This will be the 4th time we have met this this season. It's been twice at The Beeches and the last time at The Asprey Arena. First of all in October we won 3-0 in a league game that Tividale had to work hard for but goals from Demetri Brown, Liam Wilkinson and Dan Smith wrapped up the points. The score line was also the same and just as flattering for the home side when the two sides met in November in the original league cup tie. Again Brown and Smith were on the score sheet and Reece Shilvock added the	231
WEG Results: Live Scoring and Results Available On-Line - Link repaired For continuously updated 2010 Alltech® World Equestrian Games scoring and results lick here. Live results will be divided by discipline and updated as the scores are compiled. If you would prefer, cut and past this line into your browser: http://www.alltechfeigames.com/competition/default.aspx?id=174&ekmensel=c580fa7b_8_20_btnlink Posted by Nan at 9:24 PM 0 comments Labels: Live results, Scoring WEG Entry Lists: Published for Dressage, Endurance, and Reining With one day to go the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games have announced definite entries for the following disciplines: Dressage, Endurance and Reining. Definite entries for the three disciplines can be viewed online here The 2010 Games will begin September 25 with the Reining competition and Opening Ceremonies. Endurance will be held on September 26. The Dressage competition will begin September 27 and will end on October 1 with the sold-out Dressage Freestyle. Definite entries for Driving, Eventing, Jumping, Para-Dressage and Vaulting will be available within the coming days. Labels: Carriage Driving, Dressage, Endurance, Entries, Eventing, Jumping, Para-Dressage, Reining, Vaulting WEG TV: Local Broadcast of WEG Opening Ceremonies Planned! LEXINGTON, KY—1 Day to Go--When the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games officially begin on Saturday, Kentuckians will have the opportunity to witness the pageantry and excitement of the opening ceremonies as most of the state's NBC affiliates broadcast the event live from 7:00–9:00 p.m. EST Saturday. The following Kentucky NBC affiliates will be carrying the live show: · WLEX, Lexington · WAVE, Louisville · WLWT, Cincinnati · WNKY, Bowling Green · WPSD, Paducah · WFIE, Evansville (Indiana) The broadcast will be produced by Carr-Hughes Productions, the official host broadcaster of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Heading up the production will be five-time Emmy winner Jim Carr, 20-year Olympic veteran Bob Hughes and acclaimed director Brian Douglas, who led the complete broadcast production of two Olympics. The show will be hosted by Nancy Cox and Kevin Christopher of WLEX – Lexington. The opening ceremonies will see a cast of nearly 1,500 people, ages 8 to 80, joining almost 200 horses from around the world for a celebration of dreams that will play tribute to the Games' American debut. With scenes of the prairie, Broadway, the Wild West, and the Deep South, the show will journey through the history of horses and man as well as iconic moments in U.S. history and culture. Forty different acts will be featured, including Kentuckian Wynonna Judd; opera stars Denyce Graves, Cynthia Lawrence and Ronan Tynan; Sara Lee Guthrie; Cherryholmes; and Jazz at Lincoln Center among other notables. World-renowned boxing legend, humanitarian, global icon and Kentucky native Muhammad Ali will also be making a special appearance. <\|fim_middle\|>2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will also be offered at www.FEITV.org. World Equestrian Games Television Schedule Team Reining Competition 12:00 (NOON) ET – 1:30 PM ET (LIVE) 11:00 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET (taped) Universal Sports Show Jumping and Eventing-Cross Country Freestyle Dressage and Reining Individual 1:00 PM ET – 4:00 PM ET (LIVE) Show Jumping Speed Competition 10:00 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET (LIVE) Show Jumping Team Competition Show Jumping Team Competition Finals Eventing Finals Dressage Freestyle and Reining Individual 11:30 AM ET – 2:30 PM ET (taped) 2:30 PM ET – 4:30 PM ET (taped) Show Jumping Individual Competition Show Jumping Final Four Show Jumping Finals, Vaulting, Driving and Closing Ceremonies Driving Finals Vaulting Final 6:00 PM ET - 7:00 PM ET (taped) Posted by Nan at 9:42 AM 0 comments Labels: NBC Broadcast, TV Schedule, Universal Sports Broadcast, weg, World Equestrian Games WEG Results: Live Scoring and Results Available On... WEG Entry Lists: Published for Dressage, Endurance... WEG TV: Local Broadcast of WEG Opening Ceremonies ...	Along with the opening ceremonies, the broadcast will also include regional features and a special preview of the coming events as eight world championships are contested over the following 15 days. "The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will be an epic moment in the Commonwealth's history. Never before has an international sporting event of this magnitude come to our Bluegrass," said Terry Johnson, vice president of marketing and sponsorship for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. "We are delighted that NBC affiliates throughout the state have partnered to bring the show to Kentuckians." Opening ceremony tickets are still available but selling quickly. Experience it in person by securing your tickets today at www.alltechfeigames.com/ticketsor 1-888-934-2010. An opening ceremonies mobile app is also now available for $0.99 download. Labels: NBC Broadcast, Opening Ceremonies WEG TV: Detailed WEG TV Coverage Schedule NBC Networks Unite for Most Live U.S. TV Coverage of Equestrian Sports in History Universal Sports, NBC Sports and UniversalSports.com to cover more than 80 hours of 2010 World Equestrian Games September 22, 2010: Universal Sports and NBC Sports are teaming up to provide fans with the most extensive live television coverage of equestrian sports in U.S. history. NBC Sports will air 8 ½ hours of LIVE coverage on three consecutive weekends, beginning this Saturday at 12 Noon ET. Universal Sports will show more than 15 hours LIVE, including the majority of the show jumping competition. Universal Sports will also air taped broadcasts of the Reining Final, the Dressage Freestyle, the Driving competition and the Vaulting Final. The joint effort will include more than 30 hours of live and taped television coverage of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY. This total amount of U.S. television coverage is unprecedented for equestrian sports in this country. This prestigious international event is being held at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington from September 25 to October 10. Lexington-area cable operator Insight Communications will offer the Universal Sports network to its subscribers on a trial basis beginning on September 24, allowing local horse enthusiasts to watch the action from start to finish. The World Equestrian Games is held once every four years, with 2010 marking the first time the event will be held on U.S. soil. The Games feature the best riders and drivers in eight disciplines – dressage, show jumping, eventing, vaulting, reining, driving, endurance and para-equestrian dressage, which involves disabled riders. The 16-day competition is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to Lexington, a city known as the "Horse Capital of the World." All sessions of competition from the three Olympic equestrian disciplines -- dressage, eventing and jumping -- will be streamed LIVE on UniversalSports.com for a one-time subscription fee of $29.99. A daily purchase option of $12.99 also will be available. Full replays of subscription content will be provided for on-demand viewing. The live streaming begins with dressage (Sept. 27-29, Oct. 1), continues with eventing (Sept. 30, Oct. 1-3) and concludes with jumping (Oct. 4-6, 8-9). For details and a complete schedule of coverage on UniversalSports.com, go to universalsports.com/equestrian. Additional live coverage of the international disciplines of reining, driving, vaulting, endurance, and recorded coverage of para-equestrian dressage, will air on the United States Equestrian Federation Network at www.USEFNetwork.com. Pay-Per-View coverage of the	804
Question Without Notice - Carbon Pricing Ms BIRD (Cunningham) (15:09): My question is to the.Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Why is it important to access the least cost abatement.and link with international carbon markets as part of.the government's plan to transform the economy to a.clean energy future? How has this been received? What.is the government's response?. Mr COMBET (Charlton—Minister for Climate.Change and Energy Efficiency) (15:10): I thank.the member for Cunningham for her question. As.we know, climate change is a global problem, an.international problem, and any solution to climate.change is going to have to involve coordination.and cooperation within the international community. There is, after all, only one atmosphere and a.reduction in pollution anywhere in the world has.the same environmental benefit. The most practical.way that nations can cooperate to tackle climate.change is through the development of credible.international carbon markets, because through these.markets countries can take advantage of the lowest.cost pollution cuts that are available. That is what the.government's carbon price mechanism will achieve. Former Prime Minister John Howard understood this.extremely well. The coalition's emissions trading.policy that he took to the 2007 election clearly.articulated this point. It said:.The Australian scheme will be designed to maximise.the prospect of linkages with other schemes, and.with policy-based arrangements such as offsets,.where offshore emissions-reducing activities could be.counted by Australian firms in determining their net.emissions. That was coalition policy and an important piece of.economic policy because, through international<\|fim_middle\|> He thinks cost is nothing. He is not.prepared to trade internationally. He is a risk to our.economy. (Time expired).	linking.of emissions trading schemes, we can establish a.common carbon price between our economy and that.of our trading partners over time thereby ensuring that.carbon pricing does not disadvantage our industries.and our businesses. The opposition's policy that we should not link with.international carbon markets, that we should not.allow Australian businesses to purchase carbon credits.overseas, would have serious economic consequences. It would more than double the cost of cutting pollution.in our own economy to meet emissions reduction.targets. This would put Australian businesses at an.extreme competitive disadvantage with those overseas. Importantly, economic opportunities for farmers,.foresters and other land managers for exporting carbon.credits would also be lost. One would imagine that.the National Party would have an interest in such.an issue. Little wonder that the business community.has strongly argued for access to international carbon.markets to reduce the cost of emissions reductions. Little wonder that business leaders are rolling their.eyes at the economic capacity of the coalition under the.member for Warringah's leadership. The opposition's policy is economically reckless. It is.economic xenophobia. It is sending the signal—which.it intends to do, one assumes—that it is somehow.dubious to be trading with foreigners. It is typical dog.whistle politics from the member for Warringah. It.trashes commitments that have existed on both sides.of this place to economic liberalisation and open trade. It is a white carbon policy on the part of the Leader.of the Opposition. What would be next? Do we stop.foreign trade? Do we stop trading in the dollar? Do we.ban international trade?.Mrs Bronwyn Bishop: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point.of order in accordance with the requirement for direct.relevance to the question. There will be adequate time.for the minister to have debate. This is not the time. He is not responsible for opposition policy. He should.return to the question. The SPEAKER: The minister in conclusion. Mr COMBET: The humour is in the policy on the.other side. The Leader of the Opposition is a significant.economic risk. He thinks that a tonne of carbon dioxide.is weightless.	432
Home / HNY Updates Place and Story By Rick Bass We are pleased to share the introductory essay for our newest Reading & Discussion theme: "Place and Story." Humanities New York commissioned noted novelist, essayist, and environmentalist Rick Bass to curate a selection of texts that explore the manifold ways the American landscape influences our experiences and way of life. As with all R & D groups, the texts selected–which include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry–explore the theme from a variety of perspectives. We also ask our R & D Scholar-Advisors to pen an original essay contextualizing the selected readings. Below, in the "Place and Story" essay, Rick discusses each reading in the series within the context of the American environmental myths that persist in today's culture, whether problematic or enlightening. If you are thinking of hosting a conversation, or need some book recommendations, this essay abounds with inspiration. At the risk of sounding like an old hippie, railing against the cultural paradigm—which is to say, The Man—I believe that stories matter more than money, and that heart's desire can matter more than brawn. That in dreaming there does lie responsibility, to paraphrase Delmore Schwartz. I've selected texts—though there are so many more than these!—to remind us of the vast differences between dreams of selfishness and bounty and the duty to realize, and act upon, limits: as if there burns bright yet in the genetic templates of our species the almost always-present recognition of how tenuous our existence is. And through it all, to remember how we all belong to what the poet Mary Oliver calls "the family of things." It is the dream of excess, I think, which has done the most damage to the American landscape, particularly in the often-vulnerable West, where resilience can often only be measured in geological terms rather than human-years. I have no quarrel with Genesis. I find it soothing in its loving, and, to this scientist's eyes and ears, accurate, explanation of how the world came to be. And I do not find it ironic, only bittersweet and instructive, that the same text that instructs us to be stewards in our new and briefly empowered arrival to this green earth (and even in the story of The Flood, of getting a second chance), also presents, in its evocation of Edenic bounty, the idea that there are but two original inhabitants in the story: not seven billion-plus of us, now. One particularly damning American myth is that one can cut all the timber in a forest, or a country, and that it will grow up so fast behind the cutting that the sawyer can turn around and work his way back, ceaselessly cutting, the forest replacing itself as fast as it is cut down. This is the myth that the rain will follow the plow, and that nature bends itself to our desires and our machines and even our primitive tools. These are, among many other flawed and failing myths, myths of technology. So, as William Kittredge reminds us, stories matter, hugely. Right or wrong, true or false, we tend over time to believe them. This is both a great power and a great danger. Bounty and excess versus scarcity and paucity. How we think of ourselves—and others—determines our destiny. These texts have been selected in the spirit of James Joyce's admonition that literature should forge in the smithy of one's soul the consciousness of one's race. And yet, as we know, evolution, like history, is alive, ever rising and falling—"Descent, With Modifications," Darwin initially called his treatise on the matter. Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose is an underappreciated masterpiece, if such a thing can be said of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. It may well have sold a million copies across its now half-century lifespan, but because it is one of the foundational stories of our country—how we got to where we are—I feel it should be read by hundreds of millions, across generations. It will be relevant for as long as we dig and scratch at the earth for sustenance, and then dig for more than sustenance. It will also be relevant for as long as we dream, and hope; for although the book is about many things—masculinity and femininity in landscape; serving-the-self versus service to others; friendship and family—as it travels east to west, the Atlantic to the Pacific, it is perhaps most about what it states itself to be in the title: the balance between uplift and erosion, between mountain and plains; between the frenzy of ambition and the contentment of rest. A settling-out occurs with the dreams and passions of Susan and Oliver, one which it might be argued our country has not yet achieved. How much further, one wonders, must we go, to reach that restful, tolerant condition that might be said to be a kind of wisdom? Winter in the Blood, by James Welch, pushes the edge of loneliness and estrangement even further than does Angle of Repose. It's a triple-braided evocation of cultural, economic, personal, and familial fragmentation, loss, diminishment, absence. This is a perfect slim book—the small, eloquent novel in its way as wondrous as the big sprawling adventure-book of a novel—with writing so spare that metaphors travel through it like birds, and as distinctive, if ever-fleeting. Of course Virgil's prize relic, touchstone to his family, must be a rifle, the instrument which, paired with alcohol, more than any others destroyed his birthright and ushered him into the new one, wrought with violence and dissatisfaction. In 1989, I was fortunate enough to explore a story that was making itself, and not so much in need of a writer as instead simply an observer and a landscape to provide room for all the elements of story: structure, space and time, and, always, active characters—protagonists who want something and go after it. The characters in The Ninemile Wolves all wanted pretty much the same thing—ecological restoration, recolonization of lost territory, recovery of lost identity—but were coming at it from decidedly different angles, and with plenty of obstacles between them and their goals. One lone Rocky Mountain gray wolf, filtering back into the U.S. after sixty years' absence, and then another, somehow finding her. One lone biologist, Mike Jimenez, committed to their recovery, and to the human community. The mother wolf, and her mate, chose to first return to the Ninemile Valley, to one particular meadow owned by two old cattle ranchers, Ralph and Bruce Thisted, who had the humility and curiosity, and the stewardship ethics, to not freak out when the wolf showed up in their pasture one day, green eyes blazing as it stared at their cattle. Not to give the story away, but it was the biologist's creativity and determination, the ranchers' tolerance and compassion, and the wolves' ferocious fire to do more than survive–to prosper, and raise their young—that allowed this to be somewhat of a rarity in environmental sagas, one with a happy ending, or at least a happy middle. The foundational business of life is one of the pursuit-and-gathering of calories—energy—and of territory and its resources. It's how we treat one another that makes the journey and struggle worth the price of admission. Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park, by Marie Winn, brings this paradigm to Central Park, a small island within a small island. The rapture, and hunger, not just of the hawks themselves, but of humans finding a single long-eared owl existing amongst pigeons in a quadrant of the park with no permanent water and very few trees, speaks to the need by all of us to glimpse, taste, know, that filaments of the rank or even feral are still alive in the world, pursuing the ancient skills by which all have arrived at this point in time. There's so much else I want to recommend that's not in here. To possess an ecological awareness, wrote Aldo Leopold, is to know that we live in a world of wounds. John Graves' Good-bye to a River, as clear-headed and bittersweet an elegy as exists yet. David Quammen's The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction, which expands on Darwin's and Wallace's observations about the perils of fragmentation, took me a full year to re-read, but is well worth the investment. As Doug Peacock—whose voice, says Terry Tempest Williams, is the ethical benchmark for wilderness in the American West—reminds us, big wild country is the healthiest, and the more of it there is, the healthier it is, often still capable of holding that most iconic of American megafauna, the grizzly bear. I consider Peacock's Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness (along with Terry Tempest Williams' Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place) to be one of the two most important works of place-based writing in the canon. I do not find it coincidental that both these books twine illness (PTSD and cancer, respectively) and grief with the restoration, even salvation, to be found in wild country not yet broken. These latter two artists are especially noteworthy in our times for their incredible commitment to activism, not merely as writers, but as front-line battlers in the daily grind of meetings, lobbying, protesting, resisting. They are active. (For more information and examples of their activist work, visit www.savetheyellowstonegrizzly and @TempestWilliams on Twitter). A burning world elicits, from those who love it most fiercely, an impassioned, creative, and determined defense. None is more inspiring or impressive to me than Diane Wilson's, as chronicled in An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos and Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas. Victories can be few and far between, and hers—a one-woman wrecking ball defending her home-place of Seadrift (what a name for our times!), against a multinational corporation, with Wilson teaching herself on-the-fly everything she needed to know about courts and law–is so fantastic as to at times read like a dream. Deep soul's beauty in the presence of what many might call bleakness is, if sentimentality can be avoided, as it is in "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg," evidence of strength of character. This poem's beauty is an earned one, and what in the hands of a lesser poet would fall prey to sentimentality is instead presented, line by line as if in cinematic frames, as a humbled existence-in-the-moment, and awareness without nostalgia. Instead, we are led to understand, between the lines, the hard-gotten realization of time's progression, and time's and circumstances' shaping of those lives. I continue to be fascinated by the manner in which place shapes things: first an individual, then the larger population, then the culture, and from that, its destiny. This is again why stories matter. In Pattiann Rogers' wise poem, "Animals and People: 'The Human Heart in Conflict With Itself,'" which is written, in my opinion, with just the right amount of indictment, an aggrieved lamentation that takes its power not even so much from the usual source, specificity, but instead the accruing litany, Biblical in voice—like Commandments in reverse—we are hypnotized by the incantatory style into seeing the true nature of a relationship and then, from that, through her artfulness, the transformative understanding of the why of things. There are entire books, thick books, that accomplish far less than this amazing poem. "Circle, Montana," by Carter Walker, is, among other things, a heart-filled contemporary examination of the way distance affects individuals—the physical distances of open space often in tension or conflict with the emotional, personal, and familial distances—and, again, affecting ultimately the cultural distances. It's not "simply" a portrait of two cultures—Native and Anglo—in conflict, but conflict at so many other levels: affluence versus poverty, parent versus child, the fragmentation of divorce, the conflict between friendship and lovers. All these explorations are given space to roam in the expanses of eastern Montana, and yet are compressed by season—winter, of course<\|fim_middle\|>The selections in this curriculum are stories of land, and of the wild current that runs through healthy land. An entire other semester could and should be given to stories of the sky, in these carbon-heated times, as the forests burn, and to stories of water, as the oceans rise and the snows and wild creeks and rivers disappear, in a plot and destiny familiar to any reader of the Book of Revelations. In this series, however, we begin at the foundation: the stone, the land, across which the water flows and the air moves and the characters in the stories of life—people, and other animals—first traveled, and still do. Some of our culture's stories possess deep ecological as well as artistic integrity—including those listed here—while others, coming at us daily, and still others passed with toxicity across the generations, are just whack. They all matter, however, some for better and others for worse, more than ever. It is past time to deny the flawed and failing ones, and to rebuild a culture with the stories that will endure: stories which possess in their center an ecological rightness, an ecological integrity, with its ever-present and animating spirit of all that which is wild—not entirely able to be controlled or even always known, but respected, even revered. And nurtured. Filed Under: HNY Updates Tagged With: Book Group, Environment, Essay	, and a blizzard—and, again, by place, the predominant cover of darkness that is one of the northern tier's geographic primary signatures.	29
Pet Frame - TOP 10 Results for Price Compare - Pet Frame Information for April 24, 2019. Honor your pet's memory. This Pet Memorial Frame features a heartfelt sentiment and sculpted heart with paw print and golden halo. Frame is crafted from cement blended with resin to enhance the sculpted details of texture and the laser engraving technique that allows for fine detail of "You have left my life, but you will never leave my heart" phrase on the bottom. This beautiful keepsake celebrates the special bond we have with our faithful friends and displays easel style with ribbon restraining connector. Frame designed to hold 4 x 6 inch horizontal photo. Easy screw turn leaf plates on black pressed paper backing for photo insert. Frame is securely packaged and shipped in Kraft paper gift box with photo label. Looking for more pieces to complete your set? Check out all matching pieces in Grasslands Road Furry Friends collection. The Skyway Puppy Dog Paw Print Photo Picture Frame is the perfect way to display your love for animals and your pet. It holds a 4 x 6 picture and has a gorgeous brushed silver finish with brilliant silver paw prints. It makes a fantastic gift idea for any animal lover and measures: 7.75" x 5.75" x .5" inches. Young's Inc. 9"x0.5"X9" wood 4"x6" pet Memorial picture frame. Young's Inc. was established by Mr. globe K.T. Yang in October 1988. Since then, Young's Inc. has been providing people with quality giftware, home decor and fashion accessories at affordable prices. We have been committed to making sure our passion has remained the same since the beginning - to design and provide exceptional gift, home decor and fashion products to people at a great value with great quality. This beautiful memorial pet picture frame is designed to honor a best friend. The black frame features the wording: Paw Prints Left by You You no longer greet me, As I walk through the door. You're not there to make me smile, To make me laugh any more. Life seems quiet without you, You were far more than a pet. You were a family member, a friend, A loving soul I'll never forget. It will take time to hear- For the silence to go away. I still listen for you, And miss you every day. You were such a great companion, Constant, loyal and true. My heart will always wear, The pawprints left by you." 6 openings for photos of pet. Easel back. Measures approximately 16 x 13 x 1 inches. A beautiful picture frame to always remember your best pet ever. Your companion, your family. Makes a great gift idea too for that someone special who misses their baby. A dog lovers favorite. Made of wood. You<\|fim_middle\|> My heart will always wear,the pawprints left by you." (copyright- Teri Harrison) The frame size is approx 10" x 7" and holds a 5" x 7" vertical photograph. A black and white stitched ribbon comes with a metal engraved disk with a pawprint stamp on it. The tag can be additional engraved by the owner with the pet's name or the pet's tag can be added to the ring for a memorable special remembrance. Pawprints Left by You is a wonderful tribute to any beloved pet. Don't satisfied with search results? Try to more related search from users who also looking for Pet Frame: Seachem Reef Magnesium, Performance Tackle, Tire Carrier Hinge Kit, Satellite Tool Kit, Small Bore Extension. Pet Frame - Video Review.	gave your beloved pet a great life. If your pet could speak, this is what he or she would say. These words (and the favorite image you provide) will comfort you while grieving and remind you of the good times. Laser-engraved marble resin accepts a 4" x 6" photo. Frame viewing area is 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. Easel back to stand or hang with sawtooth hardware included. This beautiful memorial pet picture frame is designed to honor a lost best friend. The 5x7 double black tabletop frame features the poem by Teri Harrison: Pawprints Left by You- the poem reads: "You no longer greet me, as I walk through the door. You're not there to make me smile, to make me laugh any more. Life seems quiet without you, you were far more than a pet. You were a family member, a friend, a loving soul I'll never forget. It will take time to heal-for the silence to go away. I still listen for you, and miss you every day. You were such a great companion,constant, loyal and true.	236
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By closing this message, you consent to our cookies on this device in accordance with our cookie policy unless you have disabled them.Ok	recognise our creative style, which is wonderful." Standout projects Twenty years ago Bruno began working with Fondation Cartier and went on to create over 450 prestigious Cartier boutiques around the world. Specialising in luxury they have reimagined interiors for major luxury brands including Christie's, Hermes, Château Latour and the Museum of Decorative Arts at the Louvre. Across all these projects they have remained true to reinterpreting places without erasing their soul, concentrating on creating surprises along the way. Hotel Eden, Rome The design duo is this creative genius behind all our guest rooms and suites at Hotel Eden in Rome. They also designed the lobby, meeting rooms and La Libreria. Their ideas were inspired by the hotel's sought-after location and classic Roman influences. The result is a sophisticated, yet relaxed Italian elegance, where every detail is reminiscent of Rome. The spectacular lobby gives the sense of a grand palazzo from the moment you arrive, setting the scene for your wonderful stay. Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris Bruno reminisces that, "When we began our enduring relationship with Hotel Plaza Athénée it was the first time we had worked for a grand palace hotel." It was their passion for respecting the history of the hotel while not letting it live in the past that won them the commission. Claire comments, "This hotel has such a glorious lobby so we worked hard to 'wow' guests from the moment they arrive." The Grill at The Dorchester Bruno was particularly excited at the idea of redesigning The Grill at The Dorchester. He remembers, "It was challenging as several elements like the doors and ceiling are listed and there's no natural daylight. Now though, elegant panels move to create a different light for a day-to-night feel." He's also a fan of the comfortable banquette seating inspired by the soft leather of a classic English car. Other modern touches include the flame-like lamps on the bar counter and the central contemporary chandelier. The thing they're most proud of is that all the projects they've worked on have stood the test of time. They're influenced by trends and inspired by modernity but it's more about longevity. "When a space improves over time, rather like a fine wine, it's the sign of a job done well," explains Bruno. Claire couldn't agree more adding, 'We really take the time to get to know a space and the surrounding area. Even if you don't remember individual details, I like to think you'll remember the feeling and a sense of care." You can see the wonderful work of Bruno Moinard and Claire Betaille for yourself at Hotel Eden in Rome, Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris and at The Dorchester in London. The Dorchester Welcome to one of the world's most iconic hotels. Welcome to a place that defines its destination. Welcome to care, to refinement. Welcome to The Dorchester. Hôtel Plaza Athénée True to its extraordinary city, Hôtel Plaza Athénée is no ordinary hotel. Here, on the prestigious avenue Montaigne, the tree-lined boulevard of French fashion, our hotel proudly offers guests the very best of Paris. An authentic Roman spirit infuses this radiant hotel, alive with the stories of a legendary city and the hospitality of its remarkable people. Back to Dorchester Collection Moments A festive celebration of Italian craftsmanship A Japanese stage designer builds worlds to dance in Principe Bar is the place to be Live the suite life in Milan Newly-restored	722
Did any machines alternate between two video memory banks? If a home computer or console has two banks of memory, A and B, then the following design is possible: The video chip only connects to bank A. The CPU connects to both. During active scan line, CPU access to bank A is slow because it must share bandwidth with the video chip, but it can access bank B at full speed. This is useful because you can put code and non-video data in bank B, though the CPU will still hit some slowdown because it must write to bank A in order to prepare the next frame while the current one is showing. The Amiga is perhaps the best-known example of this design; the two banks were called chip memory (the first 512K) and fast memory (the rest), respectively. The 48K Spectrum was also a popular example; the two banks were the first 16K and the other 32K respectively. It seems to me you could improve performance with a variant design: as above, except the video chip and the CPU each connect to both banks. In the first frame, the video chip displays from bank A while the CPU prepares the next frame in bank B. In the second frame, the video chip switches to displaying from bank B while the CPU prepares the next frame in bank A. In the third frame, it switches back to the first arrangement, etc. It seems to me this fairly minor variation on the historical design would allow the CPU to always work at full speed even when writing the data for the next frame. (In this context, I'm just thinking about scenarios where the CPU does that work, not ones where the video chip itself contains acceleration hardware that writes to video memory.) Did any historical machines work the way I suggest, with video chip and CPU switching back-and-forth between two banks each frame? If not, why not? Is there some disadvantage I'm not taking into account? hardware video rwallacerwallace Given that serial accesses are more likely than not, I always wondered why a design didn't use the low bit of addressing to select a RAM bank, and halt the CPU only if it is accessing the same one as video that cycle. But I think the answer always ends up back at fixed memory maps and caution about growing RAM sizes: it's impossible to consolidate two distinct banks of chips into a single bank if both need to be accessed simultaneously. – Tommy Dec 31 '18 at 22:09 It's an interesting question. The cost and performance should be compared with dual ported RAM which achieves the same result. – snips-n-snails Dec 31 '18 at 22:12 @tofro Why? It's a general and accurate description – or, are<\|fim_middle\|> your own question. How did the Amiga DCTV work Will careful restoration of a retrocomputer's paint job enhance its value? Z80 and video chip contending for random access A different kind of sprite system Did any pre-microprocessor CPUs have a clock near the toggle speed of the logic ICs used? Were video chips specific to the CPU? VIC-II transistor count A different way to share the memory bus between the CPU and the Video Why does the SNES have a separate memory bank for sound? Why did some CPUs use two Read/Write lines, and others just one?	you thinking of some more specialized usage of the term, that would not be applicable in this case? – rwallace Dec 31 '18 at 22:46 @tofro Erm. AFAICR he nevver says 'banked', only 'bank (of memory)'. These terms are not interchangable. A bank of memory is a seperate memory entity (usually seperate chips). It does not denote where (and when) it's located within a certain address space. In contrast 'banked' denotes a system where multiple banks share the same address space. So yes, the Amiga does have memory banks, and no, it is not a banked system. – Raffzahn Jan 1 at 0:45 this scheme actually requires 3 banks of memory to work: a pair of banks for frame buffers which are switched between, and a third bank for program data (and code). there are a lot of other things a program does besides accessing video memory, including the CPU reading the program instructions themselves from memory. – Ken Gober Jan 2 at 14:01 Did any historical machines work the way I suggest, with video chip and CPU switching back-and-forth between two banks each frame? Not that I'm aware of. There were many designs with multiple banks, but never set up especially in the way that you ask for. If not, why not? Is there some disadvantage I'm not taking into account? Maybe because it's a very narrow solution for a problem that didn't really occur? First of all, the influence of video access on a CPU is for most cases negligible. That is if there is already a separate bank, where the CPU can execute program/data without being slowed down by video. Even in a close loop CPU access to video memory is more in the region of every 10th cycle or less (1), thus, if a video circuit allows at least some video access during display, no significant performance impact happens. Since most transactions on video memory are writes, a single write buffer may already provide a great relief. Second, this solution will only speed up programs that use a two buffer based rendering scheme. They are a rather new development, only introduced with CPU/GPU setups fast enough to render a whole scene within 1/50th of a second or less from base data. Nothing early machines could do. Here it was faster to just manipulate the existing, single screen. Heck, real early ones had to use sprites as a crutch to overcome speed issues. Third, use of double buffering isn't primarily (if at all) a solution to avoid performance slow down by video access during screen manipulation, but to avoid flicker. Double buffer handling does at first increase handling effort, as either full rendering or interleaved update (2) is required. Its advantage is a decoupling in timing (below the level of a frame) between display and update (3). With two buffers the CPU no longer needs to synchronize sequence and speed of screen update with video. Even frame drops are possible - not nice but possible - without harming the presented picture. 1 - Yes, tighter examples can be constructed on several machines, but they are the exception in everyday tasks. 2 - This means, when updating a buffer (the one not displayed), it does not represent the previous frame, but the one before that, so two counts of update related bookkeeping need to be held and managed. This can make code rather complicated - usually resulting in abstract engines - something again easy to do today, but hard to implement on power constrained systems back then. 3 - With a single display buffer updates have to happen complete during retrace, or 'following the beam'. This means that during a frame only the parts that have already be displayed can be changed without generating flicker or ripple. The hurdle is to use as much time as possible, so keeping close to the line in display, but never overtake the video circuit. This includes looking ahead when it's about sprites and alike. answered Jan 1 at 0:40 The Apple IIe with 80-column text card was capable of something like this. It came with a second, 64K memory space available through bank-switching. From page 23 of The Apple IIe Technical Reference Manual: Data for the high-resolution graphics displays are stored in either of two 8192-byte areas in memory. These areas are called High-Resolution Page 1 and Page 2; think of them as buffers where you can put data to be displayed. There were separate latches between the main memory and the alternate memory space and the display controller, and in double-high resolution, you would enable both latches, interlacing the bitmaps stored in each buffer. The two halves of video memory were split between $2000–$3FFF of the main memory space and the alternate memory space. See page 35 of the manual, among other places. The Apple IIe did not, however, give faster access to banks of memory the current video mode was not using. DavislorDavislor Though you get the same memory access speed regardless of which banks are on display. – Tommy Dec 31 '18 at 23:22 @Tommy Good point. – Davislor Jan 1 at 0:00 @Davislor: The use of two separate memory banks made it possible for the system to accommodate three memory operations per cycle using banks of memory that are only fast enough to accommodate two. I think the video fetches are done simultaneously rather than interleaved, but the concept is sound. – supercat Jan 1 at 18:46 @supercat The manual shows the timing and signals, so yes, that's what the latches are for. To clarify: the design doesn't give faster CPU access to the unused bank than to the used bank in single high resolution mode. – Davislor Jan 2 at 0:36 @Davislor: If the Apple had used one bank of memory on one frame, then one for the next, etc., clocking out data at the rate required for a maximum-resolution display, the CPU would have times when it would be able to access things at ~2MHz, but long intervals when it would get no access at all. Fetching a byte from each bank every ~microsecond minimizes the length of time between main-CPU access opportunities. – supercat Jan 2 at 18:05 In my opinion it's a system design question: At the time of relevance of this question RAM was expensive, so storing a sequence of images directly in RAM for any significant sequence length was prohibitive if you intend to build a cheap system, so lets go with 2 frames For cheap system the read/write speed (i.e. a Z80 or 6510 even only copying data to you video banks - probably in the 200kB/s range for a Z80, and on the order of 50-100 for a 6502) would be limited by the CPU/data bus (the DRAMS had access times significantly below 1 microsecond), meaning that storing 2 Frames wouldn't really help you a lot (since you could not update the buffer one more time) The only way out to make sense of such a system would have been to give it multiple CPUs connected to one video buffer each. So that means that for a typical 8 bit system, the solution would not have helped much in any use case. I am unsure if specialized expensive video/graphics equipment did something like this (I could imagine that). answered Jan 1 at 16:34 SaschaSascha I don't get that. I was referring to the fastest copy operations which would be possible on such a CPU, given a fast bus speed. In the CPU cant write the data faster, then having different buffered for different frames does not solve a problem for most use cases. – Sascha Jan 1 at 18:42 Whoops. Misread your answer. It's fine! Carry on. – wizzwizz4♦ Jan 1 at 18:42 Relatively few programs update the entire display every frame. When using a double-buffered display, anything that will be shown on two or more consecutive frames will need to be updated at least twice; it would be rare that writing something twice on inactive banks would be cheaper than writing it once on an active bank. A somewhat more useful variation on your proposal would be to have one memory bank for the top half of the screen and one for the bottom. Many of Eugene Jarvis' games like Defender, Stargate, Robotron, etc. would write the bottom half of the screen while the beam was on the top half, and vice versa. I don't think the hardware used separate banks with the described access timings, but doing so would have made it possible to use slower DRAMs than would otherwise have been required. Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged hardware video or ask	1,893
In 2015 paleontologists Mátyás Vremir and colleagues announced the discovery of a single neck vertebra from a pterosaur discovered in uppermost Cretaceous rocks in Romania. Although the remains are incomplete, the researchers determined that it is the fourth neck vertebra from an azhdarchid. Although the researchers consider it a new species, they chose not to name it due to its fragmentary nature. The single vertebra is only 9 cm (3.5 inches) long, but is thought to belong to an adult. The proportions of the vertebra show that is was heavily muscled and may have been relatively short necked, at 40-45 cm (16-18 inches). The whole animal would have a wingspan between 3 to 4 meters (10-13 feet). At the end of the Cretaceous, much of Europe was underwater with several large islands. One of the most well studied is known as Haţeg Island, a large subtropical about the same size as modern Ireland. Haţeg Island has a well known dinosaur fauna, consisting of several different dwarf species. Azhdarchids are usually regarded as being predators of small<\|fim_middle\|> like the tapejarids, thalassodromids, and chaoyangopterids.	terrestrial prey. Interestingly, Haţeg Island has no known large theropods, so the role of top predator was filled by azhdarchid pterosaurs. In addition to this unnamed species, Haţeg Island was home to the similarly sized but lightly built Eurazhdarcho, and the giant stout-necked Hatzegopteryx; both azhdarchids. Although they are so far only known from Romania, it's possible that all three species (and perhaps others) were present on other European islands. Azhdarchids all have long toothless skulls and long necks, but relatively short wings. The largest known pterosaurs like Hatzegopteryx and Quetzalcoatlus are all azhdarchids, but not all azhdarchids were giants. Azhdarchids are members of he short-tailed pterosaur lineage known as the pterodactyloids. Within pterodactyloids, they are most closely related to other toothless families	210
If you create authentic knowledgeable content for your website to other people refer your site link to their website, blog or social profile. In this way you get a backlink. These links are known as organic backlink. Such backlink you find help in the following way. How to build good quality organic backlink? To make organic backlink is not a difficult task<\|fim_middle\|> your site. Social signal that you gain from social media not only help you to rank higher but also helps to provide you organic backlink. You can get organic backlink from social media by adding your link in the bio section. All of us know that participation in the community in social life helps to know each other and some people may become your fan, due to your personality or the way you work. Similarly, participating in online community, which is to your niche can help each other to bring them closer. People in online community may refer you in their content, social profile or website. In this way, you can earn google quality organic backlink. 4. Use of Infographic, Images, and Videos. If you create good quality infographics, photos, then you can get a lot of traffic and backlinks. There are numbers of websites that reflect popular images, videos and infographics in their content. While referring your images, videos, and infographic, these sites add your link with it and in favour, you got a backlink.	. You can do this by creating original useful content and share them social media, forms and Q & A websites. There are numbers of methods to build organic backlinks. Here I'll explain 4 proven tricks that help to build good quality organic backlink. All factors related to ranking change with the time and requirement. The only ranking factor and remains unchanged in all ranking factor best, is the quality of content. If you write authentic knowledgeable content, other bloggers will refer your site link in their site or blog post or in social media. In this way you will get good quality organic backlink. Here I give an example from Wikipedia site. Domain Authority of Wikipedia page is 100 and have anormous backlink. The reason for this is the quality of the content of this website. Almost all bloggers and site owner refer Wikipedia in their content due to the quality of its content. Now a days, social media contributing a lot to bring traffic to	193
Shock Top Releases Extended Cut of 'the Greatest Super Bowl Ad of All Time' Comedian T.J. Miller gives it the big build-up By Kristina Monllos Shock Top, a first-time Super Bowl advertiser, today released an extended 90-second cut of its ad that will air on Feb. 7. The beer brand is A-B InBev's answer to the craft market, and by taking it to the Big Game, the company hopes to boost Shock Top's recognition and drive sales. UPDATE, Feb. 5—The brand has released the :30 that will run on the game: With that in mind, the spot from Anomaly in Toronto introduces consumers to the brew as well as the brand's new spokesman, comedian T.J. Miller, who proclaimed in a teaser last week that Shock Top's would be "the greatest Super Bowl commercial of all time." The beer's mascot, Wedgehead, voiced by comedian Martin Montana, also appears in the Big Game ad. Here is the extended spot: Miller "embodies the brand, the irreverence, the wit," of Shock Top, according to vp Jake Kirsch. To that point, it let the comedian edit its press release for this very ad (see his marks in red below). For more Super Bowl 50 news, check out Adweek's Super Bowl Ad Tracker, an up-to-date list of the brands running spots and the agencies creating them. <\|fim_middle\|> a senior editor for Adweek.	Kristina Monllos @KristinaMonllos kristina.monllos@adweek.com Kristina Monllos is	27
Palin to supporters: "Soon we"ll all be… Palin to supporters: "Soon we"ll all be dancing" By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press \| PUBLISHED: October 17, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. \| UPDATED: August 30, 2018 at 12:00 a.m. ANAHEIM — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday urged a roaring crowd of Republicans to exhaust themselves over the next two weeks to take back California and the country for the "little guy." The former vice presidential candidate addressed more than 2,000 supporters at a Republican National Committee rally in Orange County, a conservative stronghold in a state where Republicans hope to make gains this year. "The momentum is with us but now is not the time to let up, now is not the time to celebrate — not quite yet," Palin told a crowd wearing T-shirts reading "Proud Conservative" and buttons reading "Is it 2012 yet?" "We can"t be thinking that it"s over yet and we"ve got it in the bag. As Yogi would"ve said, "It ain"t over till it"s over,"" she said, referring to New York Yankees great Yogi Berra. "Soon we"ll all be dancing," Palin added. The event was the culmination of a three-day promotional and political swing for Palin through California — a state where she gets mixed reviews. A Field Poll released last week found that 58 percent of the state"s registered voters hold a negative view of Palin, although she remains quite popular among Republicans. In addition, two-thirds of independent voters<\|fim_middle\|> Steele said California was no longer just a donor state for Republicans and that the party was working closely with those affiliated with tea party groups that are furious at the government. "There is no struggle, rift, fight between those who claim the banner of the tea party and those who are in the Republican Party. We work together," Steele said. Steele urged the crowd to help out Republican state Assemblyman Van Tran, who attended the event and is challenging Sanchez for her seat in Orange County. Wearing a red GOP baseball cap, 76-year old Erwin Vysma said he was thrilled Palin had helped the party swerve conservative after Republicans let spending spiral out of control under Bush. "She"s doing a whale of a job," Vysma said. "She fired up the base and hopefully we"ll all come out voting 100 percent, the Republicans, because God knows we need it." Palin will headline another Republican National Committee rally on Oct. 23 in Orlando, Fla. Associated Press Writer Don Thompson contributed to this report from Chico, Calif. Amy Taxin Woodland Police Chief delivers law enforcement statement on the death of Tyre Nichols Pioneer High School boys basketball keeps playoff hopes alive with win over Woodland	would be less inclined to support a candidate endorsed by her. The state"s two most prominent Republican candidates this year — gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman and Senate candidate Carly Fiorina — were absent from the rally, citing scheduling conflicts. At a campaign stop in Chico, Whitman said she appreciated Palin"s support, without embracing Palin"s views. "I want everyone on my side," including Republicans, Democrats and independents, Whitman said. Palin isn"t the only big name politician to visit California in the run-up to the election. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at rallies for gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown and Democratic U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez on Friday and will campaign in San Jose and Napa Sunday. President Barack Obama will visit Los Angeles next week to support Brown and Sen. Barbara Boxer. Invoking former President Ronald Reagan, Palin told the roaring crowd she wanted a return to principles he espoused: "lower taxes, smaller, smarter government, less overreach and intrusion, strong, unapologetic national defense." Reagan, she said to a thunderous applause in a Marriott hotel ballroom in Anaheim, understood the little guy. Palin railed against the federal stimulus package and tore into the recent health care reform law, which she said amounted to a takeover of private industry. All reasons she urged Republicans to put in 20-hour days to help turn out the vote over the next two weeks. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael	294
You might be wondering what is the best vibration platform machine is and what it is used for or why you even need one? Well, a vibration platform machine is a device that deviates from the traditional exercise methods that require lots of vigorous body movement. With a vibration platform machine, all you require to do is lie, sit or stand on top of its plate and wait for the vibrations from the machine's plate to<\|fim_middle\|> platform machine that offers less than what you require should never be considered. Ensure that you make a purchase that always gives you value for your money. All vibration platform machines ought to have an automatic shut off valve in case of an emergency situation. This feature ensures that you exercise at ease and with peace of mind. Another aspect that you should take into consideration is how often you intend to use your vibration machine and how many people will be using it. This is because different users have varying needs. This will help you choose a vibration platform machine that meets the needs of everyone. Spending time at the gym is not ideal for everyone, no matter how much we all yearn for that fit, well- toned body. With a vibration platform machine, you should not pay for any gym fees or even spend time in one. It enables you to work out form the comfort of your home while achieving the same results that you were bound to get by working out in the gym, without breaking a sweat. You not only get to lose weight but also get to improve your blood circulation, stamina, bone density, tighten your skin and last but not least, tone your body. The vibration platform machine is definitely a must-have.	transmit energy through you. The vibrations emanating from the plate force your muscles to contract and relax myriad times per second. This meant to make you feel as if you are doing some rigorous exercises. Lots of benefits accrue from using a vibration platform machine. These include body toning and shaping, improved blood circulation, increased stamina, reduction of stress and burning of fat among many others. Read more to find comprehensive review of the machines. The following list entails best vibration platform machines for the year 2019 that are worth considering whenever you decide to get yourself one. The Confidence fitness slim full body vibration platform fitness machine is a superior quality fitness machine that will definitely boost your blood circulation, stamina, and general body fitness. It is also designed so as to tone your skin by preventing cellulite and increase bone density. All this you can do at the comfort of your home, thanks to this very useful machine. Its vibration plate is designed in such a way as to enable the creation of high-frequency vibration, which causes involuntary contraction and relaxation of your muscles. This, in turn, brings about effects similar to those achieved through exercise. It is fitted with yoga straps which can be extended in different positions so as to help you work on different classes of muscles or concentrate on the ones you prefer working on. It is based on one motor that is located under its platform which generates an oscillating movement that imitates a walking or running movement. As a result, the body's muscles respond to this vibration by contracting and relaxing. Its platform has a streamlined rectangular shape and is reinforced with steel bars for your support and comfort. The confidence fitness machine also has an adjustable speed range that starts from 1 and goes all the way to 50. Therefore you are at liberty to choose the speed that suits your needs. It also has LED display and navigate menu. Its controls are also found on its display screen. These enable you to maneuver your vibration machine whichever way you prefer. Low impact exercise, hence healthy for your body. Compact design hence can be boxed easily and stored as it takes very little space. It is quiet while in use, hence does not cause noise pollution or drown other sounds while in use. Easy to move around due to the wheels underneath, hence no lifting is required to get it to a different location. Its elastic bands offer minimal resistance. If you are in need of a good compact vibration machine that does not need lots of space, or one that you can store easily either under your bed or in a cabinet, then the Hurtle Fitness Vibration Platform Workout Machine is the device for you. It is best suited for busy individuals who barely have time to spend in the gym on a daily basis. It lets you undertake your regime in just 15 minutes. This vibration platform enables you the ultimate effect with the help of its 3D oscillating motion technology. This aspect promotes high powered vibrations which enable the body to burn more calories, hence promoting weight loss. With this vibration platform, you can lose weight, tone your muscles, improve blood circulation and even improve your body's stamina and stability. It boosts your body's metabolic rate, hence burning more fat. It comes with resistance bands which enable you to concentrate on certain areas or muscles in your body. Hurtle is also easy to use and operate since it is vibrations are remotely controlled. Thus, you can easily choose and manage the kind of exercise that you prefer doing. This vibration platform is highly recommended for sports training. Hurtle is also flexible, hence enables users to target all parts of the body, be it the upper or lower part, this vibration machine has got you covered. This vibration platform machine boasts of up to 20-speed options which can be changed according to the user's preference. Support bars for support and comfort. Compact design hence takes less space. Operates by remote control, hence easy to use. Resistance bands to enable you to concentrate on the parts you would like more effect. Has limited speed settings of up to 20. Maintaining maximum muscle function and strength is paramount to the health of human beings. This is the reason as to why lots of fitness machines have been manufactured. However, most of them are designed in such a way as to require users to exert lots of energy, whilst consuming lots of time. This is where the Merax Crazy Fit Vibration Platform Fitness Machine comes in the picture. It enables you to tone your body's muscles and increase stamina without you having to exert lots of effort. It not only helps you tone your muscles, lose weight, increase stamina, improves balance, reduces stress and last but not least, improves blood circulation in your body. It has a silent motor, with a 2000 watts power rating which enables the machine to run comfortably. Merax also has sidebars attached to it, thus enhancing the stability of its power plate and as a result, is able to support weights of up to 300 lbs for long periods of time. Merax is also compact and can fit in small spaces. The fact that its motor is silent is quite advantageous because you can work out from the comfort of your home without interrupting your neighbor's peace and quiet. Merax also took into consideration the aspect of quality when they designed their vibration platform machine. This is so because it is made of high-quality materials which promote its longevity whilst adding functionality to it. It is also safely constructed with non-toxic materials and has a sturdy platform, equipped with two side metal rails which you can hold on to for balance. It also has two flexible spring power cords attached to the vibration plate to enable you to work the upper body. Since every individual has diverse strength and fitness levels, Merax has up to160 adjustable vibration speed levels. This enables all users to choose the speeds that they are comfortable and safe working with. Finally, Merax has an easy to read LCD monitor display which shows the speed of the vibrations and the time spent on every workout. This information helps users keep track of their progress. Its 2000 watt motor produces no sound while in use. Made of superior quality material, hence quite durable. Its platform can withstand weights of up to 3000 pounds. Its power plate features an array of 10 different workout programs that you can choose from. Merax also has adjustable speed levels which ensure that the vibration plate is matched to every fitness level. Rugged yet, compact, Rock solid whole body vibration machine is designed so as to give you a worthwhile fitness routine. It is, however, a suitable choice for persons who opt for portability over features. Therefore, for as little as ten minutes, three times a week, be sure to feel some improvements body wise, such as improved blood circulation and your skin will begin to feel taught and you will definitely have increased energy levels. Rock solid comes in a streamlined design which not only enhances its compactness but also promotes its portability. It also features 3 different program levels for you to choose the one that suits your routine perfectly without causing strain to your body. This also helps you experience all benefits that accrue from using this professional whole body vibration machine. This is powered by a quiet 500-watt motor; hence you will not have to worry about disrupting your neighborhood's peace and quiet while you engage in your fitness routine. Rock solid has a variety of speed settings of up to 30 and its platform features a vertical vibration. It is ideal for promoting blood circulation, weight loss lastly, enhancing bone density. This vibration machine also has resistance straps which enable the user to focus on the parts that they would like to work on the most. Finally, Rock Solid whole body vibration machine can stand users with weights of up to 330 pounds comfortably. Can bear weights of up to 330 lbs. Suitable for a variety of fitness levels. Lightweight, making it extremely portable. Remote control operated, hence easy to use. Has a compact streamlined design and a solid built, thus quite sturdy? Fairly quiet, hence does not disrupt the peace and quiet of your surroundings. Resistance straps to assist you to focus on the body parts that you want most results from. Offers speed settings of up to 30 only. If you are in need of a miniature sized vibration platform, then the NexHT Fitness Vibration Platform is the machine for you. It is extremely easy to use and entails a system that enables it to give vibrations to the whole of your body. It is also designed in such a way that you can enjoy variations in speed hence you can experience stronger vibrations whenever you please. NexHT also has yoga straps which provide comfort to your arms while you work on them. NexHT is ideal for toning muscles, promoting general body fitness and weight loss. This oscillating unit has a perfect, grippy platform with a wide foot space and can hold weights of up to 330 pounds comfortably. It is easily portable since it has a thin frame and weighs a meager 33 pounds. Finally, NexHT is powered by a 200-watt motor which provides 99-speed ranges for its users. You can, therefore, adjust your speed to suit your needs. Small in size, hence quite portable and can fit in small spaces. Keeping your body fit becomes easy when you have the right workout equipment. If you have not tries a vibration platform machine, I would recommend you to try the Merax Dual motors which is perfect for full body. This machine is suitable for people who want to tone muscles, lose weight, muscle building or cellulite reduction. It has yoga straps that help you work out the upper parts of the body. The machine is powered by a 2000 watt dual motor that provides the required power to run the unit. It also has variable speed range and effective massage vibration. To track all your workout parameters, the machine is designed with a console that is easy to use and features window display screens. You will also enjoy three types of vibrations which include horizontal oscillation, triangular oscillations and horizontal vibration and triangular oscillation. If you desire to maintain an active lifestyle for you and your family, then the Merax Whole Body Vibration Platform Exercise Fitness Machine is the best fitness machine for you. It features an in-built 2000 watts silent drive motor which powers it. It also comes with ten distinct programs which users can follow so as to achieve the bodies they desire, with less effort. Merax features 4 LED windows which display the speed, time, mode and your fat- scan evaluation as well. In addition, Merax has 160-speed options to enable you to satisfy your fitness needs. This is also accompanied by strong massage vibrations which are the epitome of your fitness routine. It also features two drawstrings which are meant to assist you to exercise your arms and back muscles simultaneously. Merax also has a control panel which is capable of controlling two different kinds of control mode operations. Included is a fat sense function which monitors and alerts you fat control progress. It also has wheels which enable easy transportation. Features three different types of movement. Has multiple uses, hence a worthy product to have. Fitted with yoga straps to enhance its performance. Has ten different preset programs to enable you to maximize your fitness routine. The use of its level 4 may bring about stiff joints and sore calves if frequently used. Sometimes an exercise machine that you can carry along with you whenever you travel is quite ideal. Pinty Fitness Vibration Platform is designed in such a way that it can be transported to any destination with so much ease. This is so because it has a thin frame and weighs a mere 35 pounds. Pinty Fitness Vibration Machine has the ability to vibrate both with high frequency and low-level amplitude. This serves to ensure that your entire workout is of low-intensity. In addition, it has suction cups underneath it so as to attach it to the floor as you carry on with your workout. This provides a stable workout experience. The said feature also serves to reduce noise that emanates from the vibrations. Pinty can also hold weights of up to 265 pounds and comes with a remote control for easy use. Lastly, it has two yoga-type resistant bands which ensure that you get to exercise your upper body as well. It attaches itself to the floor thus, enhanced stability. Features two resistance bands meant to help you work out your upper body. Its motor is not so powerful. Pinty 2000 W Whole Body Vibration Platform Exercise Machine has some excellent features which are carefully designed to ensure that its users enjoy a well- balanced workout. It features 4 different kinds of exercise modes which are meant to enable you to decide how intense you would like your program to be. It is run by a very powerful 2000 watt motor and its vibration plate ensures that you get 99-speed intensity levels to take a pick from. Pinty is built out of steel hence can bear weights of up to 330 pounds. This machine is designed with an LCD screen that is easy to use. It helps you see the time, calories, mode and speed making it easy to monitor your progress. It is also equipped with handrails for your support and comfort while you work out. Finally, Pinty comes with resistance bands which aid in working out your upper body. Has a built-in music player. Has an array of 99 speeds to choose from. Features handrails for maximum stability. If you are yearning for a more complex fitness routine, then the Axis-plate whole body vibration platform training and exercise fitness machine is the best vibration machine for you. It is designed to hold weights of up to 265 pounds and has a strong steel construction which makes it quite sturdy and durable. Axis-plate is also equipped with a powerful motor, which is capable of generating strong high-speed vibrations throughout the user's body. Axis-plate's most salient feature is its handrails and console display which provides you with information concerning your workout. In addition, the console also has several controls such as the start, stop, speed up and down buttons. Another of Axis's features are bungee-style straps which you can use to work out your upper body. It also has speed setting of up to 99 and a 600-watt motor. Three pre-programmed modes for you to choose from. Its additional straps enable you to work out your chest and arms as well. Speeds of up to 99. This enables you to adjust your speed according to your preference. Now that you are well versed with the best vibration platform machines that we have in the market, it is imperative that you take into consideration the following factors before making your purchase. Ensure that you settle for a vibration platform machine that fits your budget range. While it is advisable that you look at all possibilities, do not run into debt while trying to purchase that expensive vibration platform machine that promises you of instant weight loss. .It is possible to get other affordable vibration machines that still provide excellent features. Ensure that you set a budget cap before embarking on your search. It is paramount that before you settle for a vibration platform machine, you consider how much space you have on your premises. There is no point in buying a vibration platform machine which you have no space for. Buy a machine that not only meets your budget, but also the standards that you expect. Invest in a machine that is durable and takes into account your fitness needs as well as your safety. A vibration	3,171
This is how Jerusalem was taken: In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall was broken through. Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon. When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king's<\|fim_middle\|> him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people. While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him: "Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Cushite, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city through disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes. But I will rescue you on that day, declares the LORD; you will not be handed over to those you fear. I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.'"	garden, through the gate between the two walls, and headed toward the Arabah. But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah. Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people. But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields. Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard: "Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks." So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of Babylon sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned	328
Amanda Gatto gives a presentation to CTL staff as part of her process to garner ideas for how spaces would best be laid out and grouped together for a new teaching and learning building. UWindsor grad designs new teaching and learning building as part of thesis project In high school, Amanda Gatto had a keen interest in math, logic, and rational thinking, as well as a love of art. In trying to decide on a career path, she found the perfect blend of all her passions: architecture. Her journey to become an architect began in her hometown of Windsor by enrolling in Visual Arts and the Built Environment (VABE), a joint program between University of Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy. She received her three-year visual arts degree through the VABE program and completed a fourth year at University of Detroit Mercy to receive her Bachelor of Science in Architecture. Gatto said the VABE program offered many advantages, as she had the opportunity to learn architecture from both Canadian and American perspectives, establish connections in each country, and work with clients in Detroit helping to revitalize communities. "They really focus on community engagement," she said. "A lot of our design projects were based in Detroit, working with people on areas that were up-and-coming." After completing her fourth year, she decided to get a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Detroit Mercy. For her final thesis project, she designed a new teaching and learning building for the University of Windsor. She was inspired to take up the subject while completing an Outstanding Scholars internship, working on a space audit for the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) with Veronika Mogyorody, VABE founder and professor emerita in the School of Creative Arts. "Veronika and I would talk about all the possibilities, like imagine if we could have this on our campus, or how amazing would that be, and so it just made me really excited and want to continue working on it," Gatto said. "Eventually, it evolved into my thesis." Dr. Mogyorody would serve as her external advisor, meeting weekly throughout the research and design process. "Amanda's research on active learning and learner participation propelled us into examining learning spaces of the future and how social engagement and mobility are an important part of human-centred architecture," she said. "It was this collaborative effort in identifying problems in existing learning environments, and proposing multiple design solutions for the future, that made our working together so enjoyable and memorable." While Gatto designed the building as a home for the CTL and Office of Open Learning, she said she incorporated other elements to increase the suitability of this building for construction some day. "Prior to the temporary shift to online instruction, there had been growing recognition of larger incoming first-year classes, so I included a 500-seat classroom as well as a faculty lounge and multiple spaces for students to meet and study," she said. "I see it as a hub of learning with a strong educational development component." Gatto said she hopes her work can become a starting point for a structure to be built, showcasing how necessary this space is for campus and its value, but recognizing the final form will probably not end up looking like hers. "Although it will likely look different, I do hope that a teaching and learning building on campus is possible and provides a place of innovation and connection on campus," she said. Gatto got an appreciation for the things one needs to consider when creating a well-designed building and how much work goes into running a university, she said. "In school, we can design these really cool structures, but it is generally for a hypothetical client," she said. "When you're designing for an actual user, you need to be thinking realistically about the use of that space in order to make it as functional as possible as well as aesthetically appealing." Gatto's work has not gone unnoticed: the American Institute of Architects awarded her with<\|fim_middle\|> the Faculty of Engineering Jan 25, 2023 - Distribution Clerk '6' in the Department of Facility Services Jan 19, 2023 - Network & Security Administrator Classification "VIII" in the Department of Information Technology Services (3 vacancies) Jan 19, 2023 - Cabinet, Tables, Shredder & Other Items for Sale by Bid	the Henry Adams Medal, a medal of excellence given to a graduating Masters student with the highest academic standing in an accredited school of architecture in North America. Her thesis project also reinforced her love of education. While she most likely will go back to school one day, for now she will be working at the international architectural, engineering, and planning firm SmithGroup, headquartered in Detroit. To see the plans of the new building, as well as Gatto's process, visit the CTL's new blog. —Peter Marval Amanda Gatto Veronika Mogyorody Office of Open Learning Visual Arts and the Built Environment Service Disruption Some services unavailable after firewall upgrade University's firewall hardware upgrade on Sat., Jan. 21, 7-10:30 a.m. Cancelled - University's firewall hardware will be upgraded on Tues., Jan. 3, 2023 IP Address Managment System update Dec 12, 6am-8am External Job Postings Aug 24, 2022 - Assistant Women's Basketball Coach—Apprentice in the Department of Athletics & Recreational Services (Temporary vacancy) Jan 24, 2023 - Cashier Clerk '8' in Budgets & Financial Services Jan 25, 2023 - Administrative Assistant '7' in the Department of Continuing Education (Temporary vacancy) Jan 25, 2023 - Environmental Technologist Classification "VII" in	315
Pemberton Chamber of Commerce welcomes new board members New team will help push forward 2018 plans and initiatives Megan Lalonde / Whistler Question Graham Turner, president of the Pemberton Chamber of Commerce, addresses a crowd at a meet and greet in 2017. Photo by Dave Steers As the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce welcomes the new year, it's also preparing to welcome a few new faces to its board of directors. Ahead of its annual general meeting, set to take place at Big Sky Golf on Jan. 12, "The chamber is very excited for 2018, as we have some dynamic new board of directors from different sectors in the region that will be sworn in at the AGM," wrote chamber president Graham Turner in a newsletter. New directors joining the board include Doug Hartman, senior accountant at Kufuka Fitness and Mountain Glass, into the role of treasurer, as well as Steve McCloskey, chief technology officer at Base Wireless and<\|fim_middle\|> bin Cross-country ski trails open in Pemberton Gingerbread Project raises donations for the food bank	Blair Kaplan, social media and communications guru at Blair Kaplan Communications Inc. "It's quite nice to not have just individuals step up, but the actual businesses that they represent as well," Turner said. With the skills of these new additions covering several different areas of expertise, "the only person we don't really have (on the board) right now is someone from farming and the agriculture side," Turner said, "but we can always add that later." Jacaranda Kruckewitt, CAO at Murphy Construction, will also be stepping into the role of secretary. She'll be taking over from Shirley Henry, who's stepping down from the board after 22 years of service with the Pemberton Chamber. Henry "has such deep roots in the community," Turner said. "The work she and George, her husband, have done in the community over the past 50 years is just incredible." However, Henry will continue to remain involved in the community through her work with Tourism (Pemberton). "I don't think she's going too far, she'll be wanting to help us get our feet on the ground. She did a lot of work," Turner explained. An update to the board of directors is just the latest amongst several new initiatives the chamber has on tap for 2018. After forming an Economic Development Task Force and receiving a grant to fund the first stage of the project in 2017, the chamber is currently working towards the creation of a community data portal. "We're just about to get a project manager together at the beginning of January and put out a (request for proposal)," Turner explained. "We've got the one $10,000 intake to get started and we put a second grant proposal in as well to continue the data portal, as well as work with our task force a little bit." Upon completion, the portal, containing information like the size of the population and how many schools exist in the community, could be a useful tool for several different community stakeholders to reference, Turner said. Whether it's the municipal government or not-for-profits for grants, or potential investors looking to do their research, "You really need a place to go for data," he said. An increase in accessible, available and reliable data could also help the community better understand what, exactly, is its biggest economic drivers. "I think we can assume things, but even the latest census data, where construction is pretty much driving everything around here right now, but then there's real estate, and we always say that forestry and farming is Pemberton's number one industry, which I'm sure it is, but without the data it's (hard to know for sure)." Along with this numerical data profile, Turner would also like to see the portal include a community profile. "Whether you go on and have the Wellness Almanac feeding into there, and different stories about the community groups in Pemberton — something that really pulls us all together. As an investor, I think people aren't just looking at the price of dirt these days, they also want to know where the schools are good, is it safe here — to have the safety rating of Pemberton and the crime rate, there's a lot of amazing things about Pemberton, but how do you show that on a data portal? We're hoping to have something quite unique." In addition to chipping away at the portal, the chamber has another project currently underway to make it possible to pay for a membership online. The chamber team is also continuing to push for improved tourism infrastructure, while 2018 has been designated for the return of the business achievement awards; an opportunity for businesses in the region to be recognized annually for their success. Popular Pemberton News Golf course sold to local developers Pemberton man sentenced to house arrest for sex crimes against boys Court declares Highline Road a highway Pemberton faces pot predicament Mount Currie Landslide Risk Assessment complete Volunteers hope cloth grocery bags boomerang back to	821
Can You Throw Out Other People's Stuff? It's HOT HOT HOT in Toronto. Phew! I'm sitting in a sweltering apartment surrounded by half packed and empty boxes as I prepare to move for the second time this year. I either love a place and you have to scrape me off the kitchen linoleum to get me out or I bounce in and out in a matter of months. It's OK, I wanted a challenge which I got with this place. I painted the whole place and turned it from a real dump into a little haven. Unfortunately the neighbours don't smoke any less just because I made it pretty. So.. I am planning to move in next Saturday with my boyfriend, whom I've known for 12 years, we reconnected this past holiday season, fell in love. Since, I have found out that my guy has a very cluttered apartment. Each cupboard and closet is<\|fim_middle\|> how we interact with our space (Hellen Buttigieg has a great book that talks about organizing for different learning styles called 'Organizing Outside the Box'), so the system has to work for both of you. The ideal situation for any couple living together is that you each have a room that is yours and yours alone. You can have as little or as much stuff in this room. Your partner is not allowed to make any suggestions or put things in your room. You can decorate it however you like. You can keep it has messy or as clean as you like. Good luck Karen and please, let me know how it goes! My advice to Karen could also be used for roommates, girlfriends, siblings, parents or anyone else you find yourself living with who has too much stuff and who is open to receiving help. If they haven't acknowledged the clutter and haven't asked for help, that's a bit of a different story. I'd love to hear your experiences with this, either as the helper or the helpee. What was the most effective? What helped? What hurt? What were the end results? Comment below!	crammed. He seems open to my helping organize/ declutter but has not shown he is capable of doing it himself. Is it wrong to take care of someone else's clutter? I am ready to be as understanding yet firm as needed to basically, get the job done. The apartment is a bachelor in a high rise. Yes, bachelor! Thank you for your letter. Congratulations on your new/old found love, I'm picturing you and your sweetie reconnecting over ugly holiday sweaters a la Bridget Jones. So, your guy has clutter. To be fair, it's kind of hard not to have clutter in a bachelor apartment, but I completely understand your concern at the prospect of moving in to an already full place. Where will you and your stuff fit? One thing in your favour, is that he has acknowledged that he has clutter and that he's willing to allow you to help. BIG MASSIVE BONUS POINTS! This is the first step in helping someone else clear clutter. They have to be open to help. Now to address your question, is it wrong to take care of someone else's clutter? I guess it depends on what you mean by take care of. If by take care of you mean that you go through and decide what is clutter and what is not, bag it up and take it to the Sally Anne, we might have a little problem. The thing is, you can't throw out other people's stuff. Unfortunately, what happens when we throw out other people's stuff, is that it has the effect of making them even more attached to what they have, and in the long run, it could push them to accumulate more. It's also totally dis-empowering. Clutter clearing can be such an amazing opportunity for self discovery. If someone else makes all of the decisions, that opportunity is lost. The above is a totally different story. It's true, for some people clearing their clutter is not straightforward. They don't know where to start, they get overwhelmed by emotions and they don't know where things belong. Systems and organization come more naturally to some folks than others. This is where you can help! You can certainly sit with your man and help to talk him through the clutter. This is one of the biggest things that people need. They need to be acknowledged and encouraged. It's always SO much easier to clear clutter when you have someone by your side. I've had workshop participants tell me that sometimes just having a friend come over is enough to help. They don't even need to be in the same room. I have an inkling that one of your boyfriend's issues, other than the fact that he has too much stuff, might be that he's not sure how to best use his space in terms of homes for things and organization. I also have a feeling that as a clutter-free person, this is something that you excel in. Once your bf has gone through and decided what to keep and what to toss, it might make sense for you to help come up with some storage systems and solutions. Just remember that we all have different needs when it comes to	634
Vale Dr. Tom Lovejoy January 24, 2022 By Michael Kennedy One of the world's greatest and most influential conservation biologists, Dr. Tom Lovejoy, sadly passed away at the age of 80 on Christmas morning, 2021, at his home in Virginia, USA. His passing is an enormous blow to conservation efforts around the globe, and particularly to the ongoing campaign to protect the diminishing tropical rainforests of the Amazon. If the Earth and Nature needed a hard-hitter to save them from the worst ravages of human society, then Tom Lovejoy was at the top of a world league, an extraordinarily successful scientifically based advocate for the global environment. Tom will be particularly remembered as the person who (with his friend and colleague Professor E.O. Wilson – who also passed away the day after Tom) first coined the phrase "biological diversity" in 1980, to better describe the planet's natural heritage, and also for publishing the first global estimates of the increasing rate of species extinctions, which he predicted could be between 10 and 20% by the year 2020. He was the conservation biologist who in 1983 developed the concept of `debt for nature swaps', where a portion of<\|fim_middle\|> remember him as the person who really put Brazil, Amazonia, and eventually all of South America on the international conservation map". In 1978, Tom established the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (later the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragmentations Project), which he had proposed to test `The Theory of Island Biogeography', published ten years earlier by E. O. Wilson and Robert H. MacArthur. Set up in the Brazilian State of Amazonas, Mittermeier also noted that, "…..this project became the largest natural ecological experiment in history and changed the way we look at forest dynamics and especially fragmentation". This work was epitomised by Tom's special Camp 41, where he took hundreds of law makers and celebrities to educate and convince them of the threats to the Amazon, and the need for world-wide action to protect biodiversity and fight climate change. But it is simply impossible to comprehend the enormous and positive influence that Tom Lovejoy has had on governments, major government and non-government institutions around the world in taking strong conservation directions. Tom was an advisor to the highest offices, including Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and to the most powerful institutions, covering a number of World Bank Presidents, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Global Environment Facility, the United States State Department, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Society for Conservation Biology and more. Tom sat on dozens of major NGO boards and was particularly associated with the World Wildlife Fund US, the Smithsonian Institution (for whom he worked in the early years) the United Nations Foundation, the World Conservation Union, the IUCN Species Survival Commission, the Heinz Centre for Science, Economics and the Environment, the Amazon Conservation Team, the Amazon Conservation Association and the Amazon Biodiversity Centre, to name but a few. But Tom was also a great friend of the Australian environment, and of Humane Society International Australia. He visited many times at the invitation of both governments and NGOs, and his scientific reputation gave him access to a number federal environment ministers and Prime Ministers offices. He helped successfully influence the development and implementation of national biodiversity policy and law, made public the linkages between climate change and biodiversity, directly advised the Commonwealth on which conservation projects to fund in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, and helped raise significant funds to buy high biodiversity value land within Australia. Tom received his degree and Ph.D. in biology from Yale University, was a multi-award winning scientist, including the `Blue Planet Prize' (the first scientist to academically clarify how humans are causing habitat fragmentation and pushing biological diversity towards crisis), and at the time of his passing, had been a Professor within the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, and scientific director for the Institute for Sustainable Earth, at George Mason University in North Virginia. I feel extremely privileged and lucky to have worked with and befriended Tom. He was truly one of the most important individuals that global society has produce in the last 100 years, a scientific crusader for protecting the very biological fabric of life that sustains us all. NSW kangaroo exports approved despite grave concerns raised by Parliamentary Inquiry Federal government announces $50 million to protect koalas	a nation's foreign debt can be forgiven in exchange for practical investments in local conservation programs. This program concept is believed to have raised vast amounts of conservation monies over proceeding decades. Tom was also one of the pioneer biologists who helped alert the world to the imminent threat of climate change and the essential link between it and the conservation of biological diversity, and a leader in explaining to the world those linkages. He will best be remembered perhaps for his 50 years of ground-breaking scientific work and advocacy for the protection of Brazilian Amazonian rainforests. As his long-term friend and close conservation colleague Dr. Russ Mittermeier recently noted, "My Brazilian colleagues and I will always	139
Bible > Commentaries > Luke 19:43 ◄ Luke 19:43 ► For the days shall come on you, that your enemies shall cast a trench about you, and compass you round, and keep you in on every side, Jump to: Alford • Barnes • Bengel • Benson • BI • Calvin • Cambridge • Clarke • Darby • Ellicott • Expositor's • Exp Dct • Exp Grk • Gaebelein • GSB • Gill • Gray • Haydock • Hastings • Homiletics • ICC • JFB • Kelly • KJT • Lange • MacLaren • MHC • MHCW • Meyer • Parker • PNT • Poole • Pulpit • Sermon • SCO • TTB • VWS • WES • TSK EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (43) The days shall come upon thee. We again come upon a cluster of words peculiar, as far as the New Testament is concerned, to St. Luke, and belonging to the higher forms of historical composition. Shall cast a trench about thee.—The Greek substantive means primarily a stake, then the "stockade" or "palisade" by which the camp of a besieging army was defended, then the earth-work upon which the stockade was fixed. In the latter case, of course, a trench was implied, but the word meant the embankment rather<\|fim_middle\|>JV Luke 19:43 Bible Apps Luke 19:43 Parallel Luke 19:43 Biblia Paralela Luke 19:43 Chinese Bible Luke 19:43 French Bible Luke 19:43 German Bible	than the excavation. The better MSS. give for "cast" a verb which more distinctly conveys the idea of an encampment. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 19:41-48 Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he executed awful vengeance upon it. Though he delights not in the death of a sinner, yet he will surely bring to pass his awful threatenings on those who neglect his salvation. The Son of God did not weep vain and causeless tears, nor for a light matter, nor for himself. He knows the value of souls, the weight of guilt, and how low it will press and sink mankind. May he then come and cleanse our hearts by his Spirit, from all that defiles. May sinners, on every side, become attentive to the words of truth and salvation. He wept over it - Showing his compassion for the guilty city, and his strong sense of the evils that were about to come upon it. See the notes at Matthew 23:37-39. As he entered the city he passed over the Mount of Olives. From that mountain there was a full and magnificent view of the city. See the notes at Matthew 21:1. The view of the splendid capital - the knowledge of its crimes - the remembrance of the mercies of God toward it - the certainty that it might have been spared if it had received the prophets and himself - the knowledge that it was about to put "him," their long-expected Messiah, to death, and "for" that to be given up to utter desolation - affected his heart, and the triumphant King and Lord of Zion wept! Amid all "his" prosperity, and all the acclamations of the multitude, the heart of the Redeemer of the world was turned from the tokens of rejoicing to the miseries about to come on a guilty people. Yet they "might" have been saved. If thou hadst known, says he, even thou, with all thy guilt, the things that make for thy peace; if thou hadst repented, had been righteous, and had received the Messiah; if thou hadst not stained thy hands with the blood of the prophets, and shouldst not with that of the Son of God, then these terrible calamities would not come upon thee. But it is too late. The national wickedness is too great; the cup is full: mercy is exhausted; and Jerusalem, with all her pride and splendor, the glory of her temple, and the pomp of her service, "must perish!" For the days shall come ... - This took place under Titus, the Roman general, 70 a.d., about thirty years after this was spoken. Cast a trench about thee - The word "trench" now means commonly a "pit or ditch." When the Bible was translated, it meant also "earth thrown up to defend a camp" (Johnson's "Dictionary"). This is the meaning of the original here. It is not a pit or large "ditch," but a pile of earth, stones, or wood thrown up to guard a camp, and to defend it from the approach of an enemy. This was done at the siege of Jerusalem. Josephus informs us that Titus, in order that he might compel the city to surrender by "famine," built a wall around the whole circumference of the city. This wall was nearly 5 miles in length, and was furnished with thirteen castles or towers. This work was completed with incredible labor in ten days. The professed design of this wall was "to keep" the city "in on every side." Never was a prophecy more strikingly accomplished. Shall lay thee even with the ground ... - This was literally done. Titus caused a plow to pass over the place where the temple stood. See the notes at Matthew 24. All this was done, says Christ, because Jerusalem knew not the time of its visitation - that is, did not know, and "would not" know, that the Messiah had come. "His coming" was the time of their merciful visitation. That time had been predicted, and invaluable blessings promised as the result of his advent; but they would not know it. They rejected him, they put him to death, and it was just that they should be destroyed. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 43. a trench—a rampart; first of wood, and when this was burnt, a built wall, four miles in circuit, built in three days—so determined were they. This "cut off all hope of escape," and consigned the city to unparalleled horrors. (See Josephus, Wars of the Jews, 6.2; 12.3,4.) All here predicted was with dreadful literally fulfilled. Matthew Poole's Commentary Ver. 43,44. It is a plain prophecy of the final destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies, which came to pass within less than forty years after. The cause of that dreadful judgment is assigned, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. God's visitations are either of wrath or mercy; of wrath, Exodus 32:34 Leviticus 26:16 Jeremiah 15:3; of mercy, Jeremiah 29:10. It is plain that our Saviour useth the term here in the latter, not the former sense; and that by God's visitation of this people here, is meant his visiting them with his prophets, by John the Baptist, and by himself. Their not knowing of it (here intended) was their not making use of it, not receiving and embracing the gospel. The contempt of the gospel is the great, cause of all those miseries which come upon people in this life, or shall come upon them in that life which is to come. Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible For the days shall come upon thee,.... Suddenly, and very quickly, as they did within forty years after this: that thine enemies; the Romans, and such the Jews took them to be, and might easily understand who our Lord meant: shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side: which was not only verified in the Roman armies closely besieging them; but particularly in this, as Josephus relates (t) that Titus built a wall about the city, of thirty nine furlongs long, and thirteen forts in it which reached ten furlongs, and all done in three days time; by which means they were pent up, starved, and famished, and reduced to inexpressible distress. (t) De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 8. Geneva Study Bible For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES) Luke 19:43. ὅτι, for, because, introducing a prophetic picture of coming ruin, either to explain the εἰ ἔγνως = what you would have escaped had you but known; or to substantiate the assertion of judicial blindness = no hope of your seeing now; your fate sealed; judgment days will surely come (ἥξουσιν ἡμέραι). Then follows an awful picture of these judgment days in a series of clauses connected by a fivefold καὶ, the first being = when. The description recalls Isaiah 29:3 so closely that the use of such definite phrases before the event is quite conceivable, although many critics think the prophecy so certainly ex eventu as to use it for fixing the date of the Gospel.—χάρακα, a palisade (here only in N.T.). Titus did erect a palisaded mound around Jerusalem, and, after it was destroyed by the Jews in a sortie, he built a wall. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 43. the days] often used of troublous times, like the Latin tempora. shall cast a trench about thee] Rather, shall surround thee with a palisade, Isaiah 29:3-4; Isaiah 37:33, LXX. Literally fulfilled forty years afterwards at the siege of Jerusalem, when Titus surrounded the city first with a palisaded mound (vallum and agger), and then with a wall of masonry. keep thee in on every side] The blockade established was so terribly rigid that myriads of the Jews perished of starvation. Bengel's Gnomen Luke 19:43. Ἡμέραι) days, which shall be many: because thou dost not regard the one day. See Luke 19:42.—καὶ, καὶ, καὶ, and, and, and) Three degrees of the straits to which they would be reduced.—συνέξουσι, keep thee in, press hard upon) Titus built a wall round the city, and thereby precluded the possibility of egress. Vincent's Word Studies A trench (χάρακα) Rev., correctly, as Tynd., a bank. Only here in New Testament. The word literally means a pointed stake, used in fortifying the intrenchments of a camp, and thence the palisade itself. In fortifying a camp or besieging a city, a ditch was dug round the entire circuit, and the earth from it thrown up into a wall, upon which sharp stakes were fixed. Every Roman soldier carried three or four of these stakes on the march. Wyc., with pale. Keep thee in (συνέξουσιν) See on Luke 4:38. Luke 19:43 Interlinear Luke 19:43 Parallel Texts Luke 19:43 NIV Luke 19:43 NLT Luke 19:43 ESV Luke 19:43 NASB Luke 19:43 K	2,210
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TOXEMIA AND ALKALOSIS Walter B. Guy, M.D. (An article from between 1930 and 1935) In the understanding and treatment of the progressive degenerative diseases, much depends upon a practical knowledge of the cause of acidosis and toxemia, and of the condition known as alkalosis. The writer hopes to show that acidosis and toxemia are, in reality, synonymous, and that underlying the varied symptoms of these diseased conditions there is, in reality, a basic alkalescence of the cellular tissues. To get an approximate picture of cellular chemistry we must first of all realize we are not dealing with fluids and<\|fim_middle\|>ulosis of arms took instead of 9 drops, a teaspoonful as a dose. After the second dose he had to walk about for half an hour to overcome the numbness and failure of circulation in his legs. Needless to say his boils soon disappeared. The potassium salts suspended in an acid medium have free ions and are rapidly assimilated. The formula is self-sterile and can be given intravenously, 3 to 5 minims in 10 c.c. of distilled water as needed; by mouth, well-diluted, 5 to 20 drops three to five times daily. The writer gives it in hot water in cases of cholecystitis, with inevitably happy results. If desired, calcium chloride can be used in place of the potassium salts when indicated in edema, asthenia (weakness), etc. Chemistry In Medicine British Medical Journal	solids but rather with a colloidal form of tissue, a popular illustration being a diluted mixture-of gelatin and water or gel. Dr. Edward J. Stieglitz writes: "The living cells of the kidney or elsewhere consist of just such colloids, containing many thousand different substances in complex combinations separated by surfaces and limits." () "Dr. Martin Fischer and Prof. Jacques Loeb demonstrated that with slight chemical changes, in the medium bathing living cells, the cells could be made to swell with water, or shrink and give up water at the will of the experimenter. Dr. Fischer studied not only the living cells, but simpler colloid mixtures, such as gelatin, and was able to show that increases in acidity and of certain salts, caused the gel to give up water and therefore to shrink in size. In the body swollen with edema exactly such phenomena occur. It is the 'thirst' of the chemically altered tissues that absorbs and binds the water, and the reason for the small urinary output is, in large part, that there is no or very little, water available for excretion by the kidneys." () "In this connection one particular phase is of special interest. Fischer and others contended that the swelling results from increased acidity of the tissues so that their treatment consisted in the liberal administration of alkalies. This treatment is often effective; but inasmuch as the reaction of the kidney cells has been shown by the indicator method to be the opposite to the reaction of the urine eliminated, excessive alkali treatment is liable to cause injury to the kidney cells, and thus occasionally lead to suppression of diuresis, aggravating the dropsy. More recent work has demonstrated that certain acid-producing substances, like calcium chloride, give rise to a prompt and liberal flow of acid urine and a diminution in the edema. If the above explanation is correct, improvement by this treatment is probably due to favorable action on the kidney itself, the acidity of whose cells is diminished." That the acid-alkali balance or pH in the colloidal tissues is the base of all the phenomena or disease symptoms which are termed acidosis, alkalescence or toxemia is readily understood. But what the medical world is in sore need of knowing is how to read these clues or symptoms aright and to better realize the causation of these clinical signs and their pathological significance. What is acidosis? An accumulation of acids or a diminution of the pH reaction. But what acids? We can glibly say: carbonic acid in the blood or lactic acid in the tissues, uric acid in the joints and blood vessels; lactic, diacetic, butyric in the stomach or intestines, and so forth. We may even visualize hepatic acids in the liver, but unless we know why these acids appear in excess and their relation to alkalosis we shall never be able to understand their true significance or marshal our remedies effectively against them. The only normal acid in the animal body is, of course, hydrochloric acid--- found in the gastric juice. All other acids are waste products. The carbonic acid of the breath is created by the oxidation of the lactic acid of the tissues; therefore, an excess of lactic acid is a failure to oxidize this acid sufficiently. In diseases, such as cancer, tuberculosis and fevers, this failure of complete oxidation is present, particularly so in cancer, where the cancer cells, too, throw off this substance. The amino acids are but stages of food digestion, and, when present in excess, show impaired hepatic and pancreatic functions. The most pernicious form of acidosis is that produced when a stoppage occurs in the duodenum or pylorus. In this condition the HCI of the gastric fluid disappears, and other acids, such as the acetic, butyric, lactic, take its place. Also Dr. L. G. Rowntree, of Philadelphia, says in this condition the chlorine of the blood is usually diminished, the urea increased and the capacity of the blood to combine with carbon dioxide increased.* The above quotation of Dr. Rowntree is worthy of more than a cursory reading. Many people, both young and old, have, if not a sore or ulcer at the pyloric orifice, an inflamed or congested area indicated by digestive distress. Dr. Moore says that achlorhydria (lack of stomach acid) occurs in some cases of apparently healthy persons and in many cases of gastro-intestinal disease. He also stresses its frequency in diabetes mellitus, and still greater frequency in thyrotoxicosis, as well as in certain non-megalocytic hypochromic anemias. Although achlorhydria occurs in both forms in anemia, a deficiency in hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice is a common symptom in depressive neuroses. It is frequently associated with mental fatigue, persistent worry and strain, especially in persons with a congenitally unstable psyche. The symptoms are very vague: lack of appetite, fullness after eating, gaseous eructations and diarrhea is more common than constipation. Pain is absent. Again we find quoted: "Moreover, hydrochloric acid forms with the duodenal membrane a hormone named secretin, which stimulates the pancreas (to form insulin), also formation of bile and activity of gall-bladder. It is estimated that 2 grams of HCI is required for a meal." If we have followed the above carefully we shall realize how failure to secrete sufficient HCI in gastric juice gives rise to a long train of events: improper digestion, fermentation, therefore poor absorption of food and mineral elements, a likelihood of sore ulcers or cancer forming at the pyloric outlet; next an inactive liver and pancreas, failure to secrete the secretin hormone --which reduces sugar in blood, failure to oxidize lactic acid in tissues, more or less retention of CO2 in blood, inability to destroy bacteria sufficiently in food. We can visualize still further a toxic liver, hypertension in arteries; retention of CO2 has been implicated in convulsions of epilepsy and other brain affections, also failure of endocrine glands to function normally, as well as diabetes and kidney affections. Still, we can go further and trace out more of the disturbances we may expect to gradually appear in various patients. The mineral elements have been mentioned. Improper digestion means malassimilation---an unbalanced mineral content of the body. What are some of these symptoms? First, a surplus of sodium; tissues too watery; tendency to edema and asthma; flabby muscles and little strength; a lack of chlorine produces a condition favoring boils, abscesses, pus formation. Deficiency of calcium means excess of sodium and deficiency of potassium; this last the writer believes to be the most important of all. Let me quote Dr. Robert A. Hatcher, of Cornell: "It is only within recent times that we have come to understand the importance of extremely small amounts of certain salts of the blood, and the influence exerted by even slight changes in its composition. Small amounts of potassium salts are essential for the heart-beat; large amounts are poisonous. It has been found recently that under certain conditions the behavior of the heart toward potassium is an index of its behavior toward therapeutic doses of the digitalis group, and those hearts which do not respond to potassium are incapable of benefiting by the use of digitalis." No one who has not read the reports of potassium salts in fertilizing the soil can really appreciate its value; a common comparison of 30 bushels per acre of potatoes without it and 150 bushels or more by its presence in the soil is well known; yet it is used in such small amounts that such a difference is hardly believable. What of the body if it is deficient? We find coldness of extremities, weakness of heart an unhealthy, pasty skin, tendency to skin diseases, as well as malignant growths. And this is not all, for out of the potassium molecule in the gastric acid cell the hydrochloric acid is derived---not from the sodium chloride of the fluids, but from the solid tissues; therefore potassium is undoubtedly implicated in hypochlorhydria, with all its subsequent effects. Shall the writer go further? Yes, there is more to say; viz., the lack of hydrochloric acid is the main causation of alkalosis. Much space might be taken up to show this is so; but let us go on to another sequel to its deficiency. Tuberculosis is in everyone and everywhere. But why do the few succumb and the many escape its ravages? Alkalosis is the answer. When the cellular tissues are too alkaline, the fatty acids tend to disintegrate and give off glycerol; a study in fatty acids will readily show this to anyone. In this glycerol molecule (glycerin) the tubercle bacilli thrive. Let me quote an authority on this point, Dr. Esmond R. Long, University of Chicago*. "Curiously enough he says the tubercle bacillus stands almost alone in its dependence on one or two particular combinations of carbon. The most usable source of carbon by far is the relatively simple substance glycerol---luxuriant growth does not occur (in laboratory) in absence of glycerol." Again, Long says: "It may be that a difference in the availability of free glycerol in the tissues accounts for some of the differences noted in people in susceptibility to tuberculosis." So far we have given an hypothesis; but to the writer the only real proof is a pragmatic one: Does the hypothesis work? Do clinical reports bear out these claims? I will quote but three cases, although many are indexed, then leave the formula I use today in the hands of my colleagues for their vindication. The formula contains: ferrum, necessary for oxidation of cell life; sulphur for same reason to complete cycle; chlorine and hydrogen to keep ions free; potassium to supply the hypothetical mineral deficiency and to enable gastric cells to form their own peculiar acid. The formula now in use by the writer is as follows;(Note: these are old apothecary symbols, probably miscopied. Don't use.) Sol. potass. arsen. (Fowler's) drams j Tr. ferri chloridi drams v Sol. potass. chloridi (10%) Sol. potass. sulphatis (10%) as liquid ounces j Sol.acidi HCl (2%) ad liquid ounces iv Case of Pat. R.; girl aged 8 years. Two years constant cough, night and day; fever, weak, dullness over lung area. History bad. X-ray showed lungs riddled with plastic areas; weight 50 lbs. Diagnosis: pulmonary tuberculosis. Realizing that ordinary treatment of bed and feeding was hopeless, she was allowed to run about and kept on her diet, but lunches were added, and kept from school. Treatment: the given formula, 5 drops 5 times daily. In two months almost complete cure has taken place, lung healed, gain 10 lbs., and child has romped herself to health, for she cannot keep quiet. Case of J. R. D., 64 years oid, dairyman for 16 years. Had cold legs, pained at night, insomnia, nervous, liver and stomach involved, despondent, tongue red and cracked. Diagnosis: Potassium and chlorine deficiency. Formula; 9 drops 4 times daily. In one month completely well. All former treatments had failed and he had tried many physicians. G. B., male, age 65. Diabetes for several years. Health poor, weakness and thirst. A small cancer the size of a quarter on neck. Treated by formula, also with Harrower's pan-secretin tablets. In three weeks was sugar free. The growth was removed by zinc chloride paste and a small daily dose of the mineral chloride formula keeps him in good health. In fact, the writer finds that all cases of functional diabetes become sugar free if the above gland tablet is used while needed, in addition to above prescription. CONCLUSION Much more could be said concerning the complex cellular chemistry, but many of my medical colleagues can hold up their own hands or those of their elderly patients, and see their swollen or distorted joints and say, "Aklalosis." Then if they will, they can take this formula and week by week see these infiltratcd joints subside with increase of bodily comfort and. physical strength, and realize that alkalosis causes precipitation of waste products, and that the administration of alkalies but changes the acid waste products into salts, to be deposited as sodium urate, in those joints farthest removed from the heart, or to form calculi in bile or kidneys. Destroy these acids by the stronger natural normal acid (HCI) and they will be eliminate; broken down by alkalies they become deposits. The formula is designed to increase the amount of HCI in the gastric juice, to supply deficient minerals, and finally to restore the chemical reactions of the body to their normal metabolism. A word of warning seems necessary, viz.: keep to a small dose. Recently a fisherman with furunc	2,721
Home Sports Football/Soccer 201202 Issa Hayatou: GFA Must Ensure Gyan Returns To Black Stars As Soon As Possible / Football/Soccer, Sports CAF President Issa Hayatou says the Ghana Football Association (GFA) must try to convince striker Asamoah Gyan to return to the international game. The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) added that the presence of the UAE-based attacker has helped to greatly improve the image of the African game. Hayatou made the call in the wake of the decision by Gyan to take a break from international football. Gyan's decision came after coming being criticized for missing a crucial semi-final penalty against eventual<\|fim_middle\|> Named New Everton Manager 2022/23 Ghana Premier League: Asante Kotoko 5-1 Kotoku Royals Other Football/Soccer Stories Mohammed Kudus Tops All At 47th SWAG Awards	winners Zambia of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The Caf President was speaking to the Executive Committee of the governing body, which includes Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi and urged football chiefs in Ghana to work towards the striker�s return to the Black Stars. �I urge the Ghana Football Association and the entire nation to ensure that Asamoah Gyan returns to the national team,� Hayatou said during the executive committee meeting. �Gyan is a great player and his contribution to the game in the last few years has lifted the African game. �He�s a star that brings something to his team and enables Ghana and the continent to dream. �Gyan is an exceptional player for Ghana and Africa and we need players of his quality to continue playing the game. All must be done to see him return soon.� The 26-year-old striker has come under heavy attack for his crucial penalty miss and for his decision to take a break from international competition. For some, he is regarded as a hero but others have tagged him a villain as they recounted his penalty miss in the quarter-final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa where Ghana lost to Uruguay. Hayatou also found words for Ivorian striker Didier Drogba, who missed from the spot in the finals of the Nations Cup against Zambia. �It�s a pity that he [Gyan] has missed two very important penalties for his country in big matches. Players like himself and [Didier] Drogba have missed from the spot but those misses do not take away their huge contributions to the game. �They are very talented players who can define the game and need the backing of all so that they can always be at their best.� The GFA is in talks with Gyan trying to convince him to make a quick return to the Black Stars. Source: Ghanafa.org Black Stars To Prove A Point Tonight Hearts falls to Ashgold at Obuasi Chelsea Could Sell Eight Stars As Squad Ovehaul Continues Everton Still Hope To Salvage a Deal for Andre Ayew With Nottingham Forest Also Interested Antonio Conte Will Undergo Surgery To Remove His Gallbladder - Following a Diagnosis of Cholecystitis Ziyech Stranded at Chelsea! PSG Fail With Loan Transfer Appeal Arsenal Closing In On £12m Jorginho Transfer 'There's Nothing Left' - Lionel Messi Admits He's 'Achieved Everything' After Lifting World Cup Sean Dyche	521
Stories of Strength Re-Inventing Yourself with Klarity Actor, Comedian, and Entrepreneur, Greg Davis Jr. joins Jay to share his story of being one of Vines most popular creators before it was shut down. This time on Stories Of Strength, Jay is joined by a man with many talents - actor, comedian, and entrepreneur, Greg Davis Jr. - also known as Klarity! Klarity was one of the pioneers of short form internet comedy, amassing over 4 million followers on the original<\|fim_middle\|>ello Instagram @jaycardiello Presented by MuscleTech www.muscletech.com	Vine app. From growing up in a tough neighborhood in Orlando, to working his way up in Los Angeles while trying to break out in entertainment, Klarity has seen it all. He sits down with Jay to share his enthralling journey, how he bounced back after Vine shut down and how he's kept reinventing himself to achieve his dreams. This is an episode you do not want to miss! Twitter @muscletech Instagram @muscletech Twitter @jaycardi	100
Angle-Side<\|fim_middle\|> (ASA) . https://www.mathopenref.com/congruentasa.html. Math Open Reference. 6/19/2018. www.mathopenref.com. McAdams, David E. Angle-Side-Angle Congruence . 1/10/2019. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. http://www.allmathwords.org/en/a/asacongruence.html.	-Angle Congruence: Two triangles are congruence if two corresponding angles and the side they contain are congruent. In Euclidean geometry, two triangles are known to be congruent if two corresponding angles and the side they contain are congruent. Two angles and the side are congruent if they have the same measure. This is called ASA congruence. ASA stands for angle, side, angle. In figure 1, angles A and A' are congruent, angles B and B' are congruent and line segment AB is congruent with line segment A'B'. When you change the figure, what stays the same and what changes. Some things to look at are the length of the lines, the size of the angles, and the orientation. Manipulative 1 - Angle-Side-Angle Congruence of Triangles Created with GeoGebra. Let ΔABC be any triangle. Let A'B'C' be a triangle such that that the angle A'B'C' is congruent with angle ABC, and angle B'C'A' is congruent with angle BCA and side a is congruent with side a'. Note that point D is used only to rotate the triangle. 2 !!!!!UNKNOWN REFERENCE APPLETGGBasacongruence02.ggb!!!!! Construct point C'' on line segment AC such that AC'' = A'C'. Angles BCC'' = BAC = B'A'C' (given). Segments BC = B'C'. So, triangle BCC'' = B'A'C'. Congruent Triangles - Two angles and included side	322
What does<\|fim_middle\|> on the mind. It helps to let go of the identification with the body and other aspects of our life we believe to be a reality. Enjoy your life, let go of any identification or attachments you have, be very aware when you are telling a story and simply stop! Then wait and see what reveals itself.	your name reveal to you, what is the history you carry along with your name? If I asked you to stop and describe yourself what would be in the list of things you would come up with that identifies who you are? It's an interesting process to see who or what you identify with and where you have attachments and how those attachments drive your choices in life. Consider this for a moment, are you really who you think you are and if that's true, if all the items you listed were taken away from you, then, who would you be? When we base our identity on objects outside of our being they are subject to change but when we realize our existence is not dependant on any one or any thing then that insight can open the door to freedom for each of us. Thoughts about who we think ourselves to be are just thoughts, they come and go and cannot come close to who we are in reality. We give so much power to our thoughts but they arise from our mind, which is actually incapable of knowing who we are. Ask your mind who were you before birth, before you were given a name and an identity? Ask it, who am I? It doesn't know how to answer this question. Try giving your mind an assignment to only think certain thoughts, it doesn't respond, it can't, it just continues to produce random thoughts that we take as reality and we believe everything our mind tells us . What if the list you created about who you think you are was eliminated, the job you do no longer exists, your life history no longer exists and the materials possession you own no longer exists. You now have a clean slate and no identity. Imagine this just for a moment, you have no past, no future, just this present moment of being and there is no suffering because you have no identification or attachments. Do you notice how all the baggage we carry falls away when we drop our identification and attachments and simply be in the moment, without thoughts of who we are it really is that simple. There is no need to carry around thoughts of who we were in the past, these thoughts make up a story about our life and it's only our identification with the story that keeps us trapped in the past, and for many, in a place of suffering. Be aware when you are telling a story about who you are or what you lost or didn't get or won't have, be totally conscious and listen to the story you continue to repeat. Is there one particular story that continues to resurface that you tell yourself? When we take the time to do this self inquiry it can reveal a deeper truth to us. Self-enquiry is a practice spoken about by Sri Ramana Maharshi to rapidly bring about self-realization, Self awareness, spiritual liberation or enlightenment . He said that self-realization could be discovered by giving up the idea that there is an individual self which functions through the body and the mind. Other spiritual teachers such as Gangaji, Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti also recommend the practice of self inquiry. Many people have those 'aha' moments when they investigate the truth through self inquiry, they begin to peel away the layers beyond the story and see that the story they've been telling for so long just don't exist any more and that it is really, nothing more than a story. When we are able to recognize the stories we tell ourselves and have the willingness to let go of the story it's amazing to discover the freedom it can bring about by simply dropping the telling of the story. Our mind can become very focused on certain aspects of our lives which of course is useful when we have deadlines or a need to complete a certain project, for the practical parts of our life, this type of focus can be very helpful, but when we allow our mind to consume us with thoughts of something that occurred in the past, or that we fear may or may not happen in the future, it's the perfect time to simply stop following and identifying with the thought. Choose to be present and notice where is your attention is focused, be aware of what thoughts are arising and what thoughts you identify with and simply make a conscious decision not to follow or identify with the thought . Just stop. Meditation can also be a valuable practice in helping you to be present and mindful with a focus on the breath and not	879
(New York, New York) For Immediate Release March 10, 1994 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND DINNER Sheraton Hotel and Towers THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I want to begin by expressing my appreciation for being able to join the honorees here tonight and all the distinguished Americans who are here, the presidents of the 41 UNCF colleges. Given my roots, I couldn't help noticing, of the 41 UNCF colleges, all but Wilberforce are located in the south. (Applause.) And sometimes I'm not so sure about Ohio and where it is. (Laughter.) For any of you who are from there, that was a compliment from me. (Laughter.) You know, Bill Gray once came to Arkansas to give a speech for me, and I thanked him profusely. He was then the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, perhaps the most powerful member of the House at that time, except the Speaker. And he was exhausted, and he came down there. I said, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it. And he said, well, one of these days I'll give you a chance to demonstrate it. (Laughter.) At the time, he knew more about my future than I did, I assure you. (Laughter.) I've been terribly impressed with the people who have been recognized here tonight -- Stephen Wright and Arthur Fletcher; my longtime friend, Vernon Jordan. You could chronicle his demise up there -- his hair's going gray and he's relegated to playing golf with me. (Laughter.) I want to say a special word of recognition to Christopher Edley, Sr. because he has not only rendered great service to this organization, but he has given me his son to be the Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Applause.) Now, the younger Mr. Edley was not so fortunate in his education. He was consigned to Swarthmore and Harvard. (Laughter.) But he got over it, and he's doing quite nicely now in the federal government. (Laughter.) I enjoyed the presentation to your distinguished alumni, Pearline Cox and -- AUDIENCE: Yea! THE PRESIDENT: Cheer again. That's all right. Don't be shy, go ahead. (Applause.) And I was very impressed with Mrs. Trent not only for representing her husband's work, but for setting the record straight on the way out. (Applause.) If it's all the same to you, ma'am, if you don't think you're too old to undertake a new challenge, I'd like to have you come to the White House and help me set the record straight, starting Monday morning. (Laughter and applause.) I'd also like to say that every President since Franklin Roosevelt has supported this fine work, but it was an especially important cause for my predecessor, George Bush, and I'd like to thank him in his absence for the support he gave to the UNCF, and thank his brother for the leadership he has given. (Applause.) Thank you, Mr. Bush, for your leadership, sir. (Ap<\|fim_middle\|>ages between your institutions and the institutions of higher education in South Africa, so that together we can march into the future. (Applause.) Today Bill Gray was notified by the Director of the Agency for International Development, Brian Atwood, in our administration, that the UNCF and the Hispanic Association of HIgher Education are now going to work together to try to guarantee more participation in international aid programs for historically black colleges and universities throughout our country. (Applause.) We have made a lot of progress since Dr. Patterson started his work and Franklin Roosevelt was President; a lot of progress since Benjamin Davis led soldiers in World War II simply to fight for their basic rights as citizens to defend this country. All the way along, those of you have been part of the heart and soul of this administration have known that learning was the key to liberation. I have been blessed in my administration with people who have graduated from the member schools of this distinguished group -- the Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary, graduate of Fisk -- (applause) -- my wonderful Presidential Assistant for Public Liaison Alexis Herman, who graduated from Xavier and is here with me tonight -- (applause) -- the Chief of Staff to the First Lady Maggie Williams, and the Presidential Assistant for Personnel Veronica Biggins, both graduated from Spelman -- Dr. Cole. (Applause.) And my dear friend from Arkansas, our nation's distinguished Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, graduated from Philander Smith. My state's contribution to this distinguished organization. (Applause.) We have named the most distinguished and the most diverse group of federal judges of any group in our history, and many of those who are African Americans started their educational lives at UNCF schools. Today, 17 of the 40 members of Congress who are African Americans and members of the Congressional Black Caucuses came from your schools. (Applause.) In November, I signed an executive order on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and committed our administration to their collective progress under the leadership of Catherine LeBlanc, who is here tonight with me. Since then, we have proposed putting more money into programs like Upward Bound, increasing funding for Pell Grants, guaranteeing a new $375 million Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Program, and creating a whole new system of college loans so that our young people can borrow money to go to college at lower interest rates and pay it back on better terms; so that young people will never be discouraged from borrowing money to go to college because of the burden of repaying it, and never be discouraged from taking a more public service-oriented job when they get out because their salaries will be insufficient to cover the cost of the loan. Now they can elect to pay it back as a percentage of their income over a long period of time. (Applause.) And finally, we have, I hope and believe, at long last lifted the cloud that had been hanging over scholarship for minorities, and said we will support them and we believe in them. (Applause.) Because learning is the key to liberation. What I want to say to you in closing is this, my friends: If learning is the key to full freedom in America, it must necessarily be true also that people must be free to learn. And too many of our young people are no longer truly free to learn. I had an astonishing experience today in Brooklyn before I came here, where I met at Brooklyn College with several hundred young students there and young volunteers in community service programs all across the country, and we heard presentations from nine people who painted a stark portrait of America as it is. A wonderful woman from Detroit whose two sons had been shot down in a gang fight, one of them dying, who channeled her heartbreak into building a program, the acronym of which is SOSAD, to try to give young people the chance to avoid the fate that her son met. We met there today a young teenager from Oakland, California, who had been caught in a cross-fire and had his body shattered. He lost an eye. He was paralyzed from the waist down. One of his legs had been amputated. He was confined to a wheelchair. And do you know, he is spending his life telling people who are the victims of violence, of gunshot wounds and knife wounds, not to be full of vengeance and bitterness, and trying to convince them and their families not to shoot back, not to stab back, not to fight back, but instead to build back their lives. This young man riveted that crowd. There were many others who came there. A young man from New Jersey who left a corporate career in New York and instead took his necktie off and put on a t-shirt and decided to devote the rest of his life to building one-on-one relationships with kids in trouble, to give them a chance to get to the point where they would be free to learn. (Applause.) These are the kinds of people that I met. But what I find is, even though there are hundreds, indeed, thousands of these stories all across America. You and I know that we're still losing an awful lot of our children. When the UNCF started -- you think about this --when the UNCF started, just about everybody associated with its creation believed two things: number one, if you could make everybody free of discrimination; and number two, if you could give everybody the chance to get a good education, we could have real freedom and real opportunity and real community in America. We assume that. If anybody had told anyone 50 years ago that after 50 years there would be 2,000 people a year killed by gunshot wounds in New York City alone, no one would have believed that. If anybody had told the founders of this organization 50 years ago that the out-of-wedlock birthrate in many of our cities would be in excess of 50 percent, and that it gets worse and worse and worse as people are driven more and more and more into poverty, no one would have believed that. If anyone had said 50 years ago, what we're going to do with all this freedom in 50 years is have a flowering African American middle class, an enormous explosion of entrepreneurs, unparalleled achievement by hoards of young professionals and a dark flip side in which people are killing each other with reckless abandon and people's lives are being lost, and more and more young people are living in chaos, and gangs which people have feared have been created, I am convinced, to do nothing more than fill the vacuum which has been created by the absence of family and community, of effective schooling and strong community organizations and hope -- no one would have believed it. And so I say to you, as we celebrate all the achievements that we see around this room tonight, as we celebrate all the achievements we know that are to come, we must recognize the inherent limits on the programs I just outlined and the support I just mentioned and the work that you are doing, unless we can also go back and pick up the rest of our brothers and sisters who are beyond the reach of these efforts. (Applause.) And so I ask you to honor your past by creating a new freedom for those who have been left behind in this brave new world in which there is so much good and so much bad existing side by side. All these other kids count, too. The ones that will never get to your doors unless you and all of your schools participate in this National Service Program and have your kids out there tutoring these kids; turning these kids away from violence; teaching people in our schools that there are nonviolent ways to resolve your angers, your frustrations, your disappointments, the thwarting we all feel every day in our lives. You can do that. You can teach the illiterate to read. You can teach the frustrated to be peaceful. You can raise the children up when they are very young. You can help to implant values into children who aren't getting them in other places. You have a larger, a different, a more profound mission than ever before. I want to support you in that mission, too, because I know, I know, if we can get back to the point where the promise of all those ads we saw tonight -- from the very first to Maya Angelou's magnificent poem -- if we can do that, then this country's going to be all right. But if you want to hear somebody singing that poem over and over in their head, "and still I rise and still I rise and still I rise," it has to be true not just for the best of us, but for all the rest of us. That is our challenge. Let us do our best to meet it. Thank you and God bless you all. (Applause.)	plause.) You know, when Bill Gray resigned from the Congress to take this job, I had an extended conversation with him, and I virtually cried when he told me he was leaving. But I now can look at him and his wonderful wife, and see that there is life after politics -- (laughter) -- which is quite a wonderful thing because I can assure you there is less and less life in politics now than there used to be. (Laughter.) I never will forget the lesson Bill Gray gave all of us as Chairman of the House Budget Committee when he believed that you actually could bring the deficit down and increase our investment in our people at the same time. That is what we are trying to do, and that is the path that he blazed. He also educated a reluctant national government on the meaning of freedom when he got Congress to pass sanctions against South Africa and helped to put America on the right side of the struggle for freedom and democracy. (Applause.) Six weeks from now, South Africa will hold the first free elections in its history -- (applause) -- and one of the great, beautiful and painful ironies in history -- the jailed, Nelson Mandela; and the jailer, Mr. de Klerk, who set him free, in an election where people will freely choose the course of their future. And you had something to do with that, quite a bit, Bill Gray, and America thanks you and the world thanks you. (Applause.) I think we all ought to know that that election will not be the end of South Africa's struggles, it will just be the beginning of a new phase -- a phase in which free people will be called upon to overcome the legacy of their own past, a struggle in which we are still engaged in this country. One thing that the UNCF has always known is that the more free you are, the more you need to know. One of our administration's principal initiatives will be to try to support higher education in South Africa and to try to foster stronger link	414
Speed up testing, and reduce variability by creating simple, consistent SOPs for preparing and testing your samples. Here are 6 best practices to consider as you develop your own procedures. Always test products in their final state. If the product isn't chopped, ground, or sliced before it reaches consumers, avoid doing this to the product before measuring its water activity. Some slicing or cutting may be necessary for the sample to fit inside the sample cup, but keep this to a minimum. When measuring multicomponent foods, place a representative amount of each component into the sample cup. If measuring a product such as filling sandwiched between two cookies, put both parts (cookie and filling) into the sample cup. Perform different preparation tests on samples, and measure the change in water activity that results. Use this data to determine the method which produces the most stable results. Use testing data as a guideline to determine what kind of preparation procedure is right for each product. Eliminate any unnecessary steps. Once you've determined the best method, establish a sampling procedure with set guidelines. For example, specify how many seconds the samples should be crushed, how they should be handled, and the temperature at which measurements should be made. Exposed products with a water activity higher than room humidity will lose moisture, and those with a water activity below room humidity will gain moisture. To avoid moisture gain or loss, minimize exposure time. Sample lids are excellent for this purpose. For storage beyond an hour, parafilm the lids on, or store samples in hermetically sealed containers. Place the instrument in a clean location. Wash your hands, or wear lab gloves. Wipe the bottom, the edges, and the rim of the sample cup with KIMWIPES® tissues before setting it into the chamber. This prevents contaminants from spreading into the chamber. Fill the sample cup only half full. The following products may need special sampling practices in order to obtain an accurate reading. Products that have a coating, like chocolate-covered nuts or coated candies, may be slow to come to equilibrium. They can be cut or crushed to expose interior, but do not grind. Grinding causes moisture loss and is rarely necessary. In fatty meat products, oils, or fatty desserts, the oils and fats become a moisture barrier, and samples are slow to emit moisture. Quick water activity testing methods will give inaccurate results. These samples must equilibrate in the chamber for a longer period of time. You can also use low-emitting mode for faster readings. Please contact support for more information. These products may be slow to come to equilibrium, so expect longer read times. Cakes with filling, cheese and crackers, or cereal with fruit are all multiple component products. For an accurate reading, one option is to check components individually. You can also use a representative sample if you are able to keep the ratio of the components right. Watch for moisture migration, and test larger products in several places to avoid microbial growth hotspots. Will pet food coated with fat have an impact on water activity measurements? All coatings impact water activity readings because they act as barriers to water molecules moving out of a product matrix and into the vapor phase. For any type of material with a coating around it, it's important to break the sample apart. How long can extruded pet food samples be stored in Whirl-pak bags before water activity is affected? Pet food can be stored in whole kibble form in a Whirl-pak bag for half a day without a significant impact on water activity. However, grinding a sample may cause substantial changes in water activity within five to ten minutes. For longer term storage, to store ground pet food, or to send a sample to another lab, use a parafilmed sample cup with a screw top cap or a foil pouch. What would be the best way to prepare an oily meat product for testing? An oily product requires longer read times. Breaking a product into smaller pieces will help, but don't grind it. Grinding will tear apart the tissue structure and affect water activity. Slice it or pull off pieces to put into a sample cup. Does temperature change the water activity of a material? There's no good way to predict which types of products are sensitive to temperature, but reading a product at a series of different temperatures will show which products are sensitive. Meat products tend to be fairly stable, however some powdered compounds and sugars are more affected by temperature changes. Would freezing a product increase its water activity? It depends on the freezing process. If the product is not frozen correctly, and cells begin to rupture, the water activity may change. Remember to thaw a frozen sample before testing, as water activity can't be read in a frozen state. How do you read water activity in large, dense products, such as brazil nuts? Break large products into pieces so the read times aren't excessively long. This will also ensure product testors capture the water activity at the center of the product and not just the exterior. When testing finished pharmaceutical products such as tablets, should you test the entire tablet? Or should the tablets be crushed or ground? If the tablet has no coating, there won't be a significant difference in water activity whether crushing it or reading it whole. If the tablet is coated, crush it to expose the interior (no grinding). Otherwise, the water activity meter is only testing how effective the coating material is. Would you recommend breaking up a tablet with a mortar and pestle? A mortar and pestle is a valuable tool for sample preparation because it breaks things apart without being too excessive. Achieve the same effect with a coffee grinder or food processor, but use only a couple of quick pulses–enough to break the sample apart without grinding it. Is the whole tablet measurement of value? It depends if the tablet is non-coated or coated. If the coating<\|fim_middle\|> as possible to prevent water uptake from the environment. With an instrument that maintains the seal in the chamber, it's possible to perform consecutive readings. But if the instrument requires pulling out the sample to take a new reading, the water activity will continually change as the sample takes up more and more moisture. What percent propylene glycol or ethanol is allowable in a formulation before it causes problems in dew point (chilled mirror) instruments? Volatile components in different sample matrices are dependent upon the sample. If using propylene glycol in one product, there may be a noticeable impact on chilled mirror readings at 0.5%. In a completely different product, it might be 2-3%. Generally, propylene glycol will be the most problematic component. For concerns about whether or not a concentration in a product is enough to be a problem, feel free to contact our support department. Our testing lab can also perform tests that show whether the volatiles in a product are impacting the chilled mirror method. If so, using the TDL sensor (which is unaffected by volatiles) should solve the problem. What is the accuracy of readings in the low emitter sensor setting? An instrument with a low emitting mode allows the user to manually adjust to a desired accuracy. To investigate the low emitting mode, take a reading of the product in the standard read mode, and record the water activity value and read time. Then, in the low emitting mode, take a reading of the sample at the best accuracy setting and record the read time. Continue adjusting the accuracy level and recording readings and times. The goal is to remain close to the original water activity value, while saving read time. This will determine what accuracy setting is best for a particular product. Sample prep really does make a difference to the speed and accuracy of your water activity readings.	material can absorb water, there is a critical water activity where the coating material will begin to break down. Thus, if monitoring that aspect of the product, then reading the water activity of a whole tablet would be important. How can I minimize moisture migration in hygroscopic products during sampling? The best approach is to put the water activity instrument and the sample into controlled humidity conditions. Use a glove box, or get the sample inside the chamber as quickly	90
A liberal is, by definition, one whose aim is the furtherance of ever greater political liberty, freedom of thought, and social justice. A number of those who thought of themselves as, and were thought of as, liberals became apologists for Stalinist or similar regimes whose most notable characteristics were extreme terror, narrow dogmatism, social oppression, and economic failure. That is, they were all that the liberal tradition opposed. How, and why, did a number of liberals explicitly, and a large swath of liberaldom implicitly, overcome this objection? How did this apparent paradox come to pass? Why in the 1930s and later do we find a sort of general infection of the atmosphere in which much of the intelligentsia moved? Even apart from those who became more or less addicted to communism, there was also a stratum that usually gave the Soviet Union and such regimes some moral advantage over the West. First, of course, we should say that there were many liberals—and in general many on the left—who kept their principles unsullied and were often among the strongest opponents of the communist despotisms. Liberal is, indeed, a vague term. Many of us would take a "liberal" position on some issues, a "conservative" one on others—as most of the American or British people in fact do (an attitude shared by the present writer). These two vaguely differentiated attitudes are the poles within the normal development, or balance, of a civic or consensual society. But all those with a reasonably critical intelligence, whether "conservative" or "liberal" on other issues, were hostile to the USSR. Those who supported it unreservedly were Communists; those who excused it may have thought of themselves as liberals, but to that extent they degraded the term. And when these liberals looked abroad they found a regime that claimed to have the same aims—and used the same, or much the same, vocabulary. If anything, from a skeptic's point of view, the Communists overdid it (with the result that any country nowadays calling itself a People's Republic or a Democratic Republic is known at once to be a ruthless dictatorship). "Rotten liberalism" was, of course, the conventional charge made by the Soviet Communists against those insufficiently ruthless in the repression of enemies of the people. Moreover, Lenin's own interest in the overthrow of the existing order was so intense that he did not spread his progressivism into any other fields and had nothing but contempt for modern art, free love, unorthodox medicine, and all the other paraphernalia. Communist artistic principles—socialist realism and so forth—remained overtly hostile to all the modernisms dear to many liberal hearts. The Communists' attitude to homosexuality, at least after its criminalization in the USSR in 1935, was contrary to an important component of the liberal worldview—but Moscow did not lose the allegiance even of homosexuals such as Guy Burgess. The Soviets suppressed and maligned all the psychological views, Freudian and other, dear to Western intellectuals. And Stalin's extreme anti-Semitism in the post–World War II years ran against anything describable as liberal. Greed, it might be argued, is not as bad as mass murder. But in any case greed was equally prevalent in the mass murder societies. Corruption of every possible type has flourished in all the communist countries. It is not only that the USSR, for example, became a vast kleptocracy but also that even the supposedly pristine early revolutionaries were anything but immune. In fact, with few exceptions the victorious Bolsheviks lived comfortably through the deprivations of the postrevolutionary period. Milovan Djilas, then a Yugoslav communist leader, was shocked at how his victorious partisans, on entering Belgrade, seized villas, cars, women, and so on. The same was noted of the Sandinistas when they entered Managua. A banquet was given at the Waldorf Astoria in 1933 to celebrate the recognition of the USSR by the United States. A list of names was read, each politely applauded by the guests until Walter Duranty's was reached; then, Alexander Woollcott wrote in the New Yorker, "the only really prolonged pandemonium was evoked. . . . Indeed, one got the impression that America, in a spasm of discernment, was recognizing both Russia and Walter Duranty." This scene in the Waldorf was clearly a full-dress appearance of the liberal establishment. And all this was before Stalin and his Comintern had given up their overt hostility to social democrats and liberals and moved over to a popular front. From the start, it was not only the occasional corrupt journalist such as Walter Duranty but also a veritable Fronde of academics who were at least equally responsible for mediating the Soviet phenomena for the Western liberal intelligentsia. It would be supererogatory to present all the horrors of expert academe. Most notorious, of course, were the deans of Western social science, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, who went to Russia, saw the system, and produced what purported to be a learned tome on the subject—Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation?—which in its second edition, at the height of the terror, dropped the question mark. Their massive exercise in drivel was largely based on believing Soviet official documents. They were, in effect, taken in above all by Potemkin paperwork—of elections, trade unions, cooperatives, statistics, all the documents of the phantom USSR. Many others followed, such as Harold Laski, professor of political science at the London School of Economics and at one point chairman of the Labour Party. When Sir Bernard Pares, the West's leading "Russianist," arrived in Russia, his previous anti-Soviet feelings evaporated. As his son admiringly put it, he "had not left the Moscow railway station before his mind was flooded with the realization that the Bolsheviks were, after all, Russia." He, Laski, the Webbs, and others all pronounced the show trials genuine exercises in truth and legality. These were, indeed, individuals. The academic world, though liberal in a general way, was not as yet a scene of organized error on the communist regime. That came later and in particular in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The Potemkin phenomenon proper—the presentation of faked appearances of prosperity or social triumphs—was, of course, widespread in all the communist countries. Anyone who ever visited the Exhibition of Economic Achievements in Moscow will know the score. Similarly, when Vice President Henry Wallace, on a flight from America to China, was for a few days in the midst of the frightful Kolyma labor camps, the guard towers and barbed wires were torn down, the miserable prisoners replaced by strong and healthy NKVD men, and so on. There were earnest advocates of the humane killing of cattle who looked up at the massive headquarters of the OGPU with tears of gratitude in their eyes<\|fim_middle\|> communist countries was defeated ninety-one to three, with twenty-six abstentions. We might say that there are two sorts of liberal, as there are two sorts of cholesterol, one good and one bad. Here again, the commitment has often been so strong that it is hard to imagine that complete conversion to communism has not taken place. A Communist once told me his method. First you explain to a Christian sympathizer that communism is compatible with Christianity. That accomplished, you explain that Christianity is not compatible with communism. I started by advancing a general reason, or context, for these phenomena. I argued that they arose from an excessive regard for equality as against liberty. That is, people thought they saw a system, superior to our own, in which the abhorrent profit motive had been eliminated (in a sense so it had, but there are other ways of robbing the population). It was rather as if they would rejoice to find that a slum landlord had been replaced by a gangster extortionist. But even this is hardly enough to explain how the mind of the liberal intelligentsia became so much a subject of deception and self-deception. We must inquire further. That is so even when we consider the attraction of anything "noncapitalist"—even when we consider domestic resentment against "conservatives" on home soil—for, as Macaulay writes of British politicians in the eighteenth century, "it is the nature of parties to retain their original enmities far more firmly than their original principles." But pas d'ennemi à gauche—the idea that the far left, even if wrong in some respects, when it came down to essentials was against the real enemy, the right—cannot sustain the procommunist liberal case. For not all on the far left were covered: Trotskyites, the POUM in Spain, Anarchists. If we ask why this did not affect some "liberal" minds, it seems that in the first two cases, at least, the Stalinist version (that these were not "left" at all but secret agencies of Hitler) had some distractive effect. Then again, the Trotskyites lacked the huge propaganda funding available to Stalinists everywhere, though the pervasiveness of a notion has traditionally not been the key point for critical minds. Where issues of fact were in question, the anti-Stalinist left was not only truer but also far more plausible. We can list, in addition to utopianism and parochial partisanship, a number of other characteristics to be found, if not in all, than in many of the Stalinophiles (and Mao-ophiles, Castrophiles, and Ho-ophiles): in some cases vanity, in others pleasure at adulation, in others yet an adolescent romanticism about "revolution" as such. Nor should mere boredom be omitted, as Simone de Beauvoir once confessed, which may remind us of the attitudes of a certain type of French intellectual, different, but not all that different, from his American or British counterparts, as given by Herbert Luthy in the early 1960s. Nevertheless, it might be argued that the true heroes of the long argument were not so much the committed anticommunist conservatives (who were, of course, right, and fully deserve the verdict in their favor as against the procommunist liberals) as those within the liberal intelligentsia who not only were not deceived but also fought for the truth over years of slander and discouragement. We might in fact say that there are two sorts of liberal, as there are two sorts of cholesterol, one good and one bad. The difficulty is, or has been, that good liberalism implies a good deal of mental self-control. Kenneth Minogue, the Anglo-Australian political scientist, has observed that "as radicals have lost plausible utopias of one kind or another—from the Soviet Union to Cuba—they have become more ferociously intolerant of the society in which they live." There are plenty of up-to-date insane absurdities, such as John Le Carré writing (in a letter to the Washington Post) that capitalism was today killing many more than communism ever had; such as Nigel Nicolson in Britain saying that Solzhenitsyn had betrayed his country just as Anthony Blunt had his. And in academe we still find noisy cliques working to lower the Soviet death roll, to prove the West as the villain of the Cold War, and to call for "dispassionate" study of Stalin and Mao. Such notions are, of course, not confined to campuses. We now get an allegedly historical film series sponsored by Ted Turner, which, with some concessions to reality, in effect tilts the balance against the West, Stalin offset by McCarthy, Castro better than Kennedy. Can one offer any advice to the current generation of liberals? Well, one can advise them not to let passions provoked by the internal politics of their homelands go too far. Rhetoric of party faction is part of democratic life, but do not project it into your assessment of alien regimes and mentalities and do not accept accounts of these cultures provided by partisan sources without a critical assessment (a point that applies, indeed, to the acceptance of supposed facts in any field in which strong emotions prevail). As to the academics criticized above, it seems that nothing is to be done. They are committed to their misconceptions. One can only urge their younger colleagues (even if hardly able to speak out frankly in an atmosphere of academic persecution, denial of tenure, and so on) that they should work at least at thinking independently, while biding their time. Available from the Hoover Press are the Hoover Essays The Cold War: End and Aftermath and World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War, by Peter Duignan and L. H. Gann. To order, call 800-935-2882.	, earnest advocates of proportional representation who eagerly assented when the necessity for a Dictatorship of the Proletariat was explained to them, earnest clergymen who walked reverently through anti-God museums and reverently turned the pages of atheistic literature, earnest pacifists who watched delightedly tanks rattle across the Red Square and bombing planes darken the sky, earnest town planning specialists who stood outside overcrowded ramshackle tenements and muttered: "If only we had something like this in England!" The almost unbelievable credulity of these mostly university-educated tourists astonished even Soviet officals used to handling foreign visitors. H. G. Wells arrived in Moscow in 1934 full of hostility to communism and to Stalin. An interview changed that. Stalin, it is true, "looked past me rather than at me" but "not evasively." He asked Wells's permission to smoke his pipe and in this and other ways soon allayed Wells's hostility. I have never met a man more candid, fair and honest, and to these qualities it is, and nothing occult and sinister, that he owes his tremendous undisputed ascendancy in Russia. I had thought before I saw him that he might be where he was because men were afraid of him but I realize that he owes his position to the fact that no one is afraid of him and everybody trusts him. Even Franklin Roosevelt—deceived indeed by Harold Ickes—was charmed by Stalin into speaking of his being above all "getatable": the great British Russianist Ronald Hingley commented that "ungetatability" was one of Stalin's central characteristics. Among the most egregious of what I hope I may be excused as calling the Kremlin creepers was a number of those who would have been called liberal Christians. One might have expected a certain alienation from communism by any of them that had read Lenin's virulent condemnation of all religion but particularly of sophisticated religion. The active persecution of religion in the communist countries might, you would also think, have also had an effect. But to take only one example—the World Council of Churches Central Committee's meeting in 1973 passed a resolution deploring oppression in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the United States, and elsewhere. An attempt by a Swedish clergyman to add the	474
November 20, <\|fim_middle\|> Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange "The tbDEX protocol facilitates decentralized networks of exchange between assets by providing a framework for establishing social trust, utilizing decentralized identity (DID) and verifiable credentials (VCs) to establish the provenance of identity in the real world. The tbDEX protocol aims to create ubiquitous and accessible on-ramps and off-ramps that allow the average individual to benefit from crypto innovation. You can think about this as a decentralize[d] exchange for fiat." Previous Article 19 November Next Article The Disrupt Weekend	2021 Robert Paulson Bitcoin Attempts Price Recovery After a Derivatives-Led Slide to Sub-$56K "Bitcoin is looking to regain its footing, having reached five-week lows early Friday in a move market participants said was driven by derivatives. The early drop was predominantly driven by traders taking short positions in the perpetual futures market. We did not see big sellers at all; the move was derivatives driven. Fears of selling pressure appear to be more of a justification than a reason for the market correction, which has the characteristics of a normal breather to a bull run and a healthy reduction of leverage. Data tracked by Glassnode shows no signs of panic selling by long-term investors. Meanwhile, data shared by IntoTheBlock shows more than 20,000 coins have left centralized exchanges in the past seven days. The bullish divergence of the hourly chart relative strength index points to downtrend exhaustion and scope for an extended recovery. Resistance is seen at $58,400 followed by $60,000." Binance Fully Integrates Ethereum Scaler Arbitrum One "Binance has completed the integration of Arbitrum One mainnet, a scaling solution for the Ethereum network. Users can now deposit ether to their Binance accounts via Arbitrum One. This is fairly big news because it will enable more people to use Arbitrum without having to touch Ethereum." Blockchain Tech Has Evolved Enough to Meet Some Demands of Financial Markets: RBC Report "Blockchain offers distinct value propositions: 'displacing trust with truth; real-time bilateral settlements; real-time servicing; enhanced security; automation; the ability to operate 24/7/365,' according to the note that looks at themes that will define the future. The bank sees asset-backed securities (ABS) markets, including mortgage-backed securities (MBS), as having a high potential for disruption from blockchain. While blockchain is not new, the bank observes, the technology until recently had not developed to a level that was appropriate for banking and financial markets in 'terms of scale, speed, flexibility and autonomy.' The technology itself appears to have evolved enough since the Ethereum launch in 2015 to meet the critical demands of at least certain segments in the banking and financial markets." Crypto Could Destabilize Nations, Undermine Dollar's Reserve Currency Status, Hillary Clinton Says "Hillary Clinton slammed cryptocurrencies on Friday, calling on nation-states to keep a tab on their rise. One more area that I hope nation-states start paying greater attention to is the rise of cryptocurrency because what looks like a very interesting and somewhat exotic effort to literally mine new coins in order to trade with them has the potential for undermining currencies, for undermining the role of the dollar as the reserve currency, for destabilizing nations, perhaps starting with small ones but going much larger. Earlier this week, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a joint effort by democratic nations to ensure cryptocurrencies do not 'end up in the wrong hands, which can spoil our youth.'" Chinese Local Government Warns of Digital Yuan Fraud "Fraud cases involving China's central bank digital currency have been making headlines. Just this week, police arrested a woman for defrauding RMB 300,000 ($40,000) using the CBDC. Earlier in November, another 11 people were arrested in Henan province for using the digital yuan to launder money for Cambodian gangs. The use of CBDC to commit fraud undercuts the narrative that digital currencies issued by nation states will be a better, less-prone-to-fraud alternative to crypto." After Being Foiled by a Billionaire, ConstitutionDAO Faces Lingering Questions "Bidding ended at $43.2 million. According to a Wall Street Journal report on Friday, billionaire hedge fund manager [Citadel CEO] Ken Griffin was able to outmatch the group. Nonetheless, multiple observers hailed the attempt as a remarkable display of DAOs as coordination tools – the entire project was conceived and executed in under a week in a process that insiders referred to as a company in "hyper-growth." Despite the grand ambitions, however, the group fell short and a host of questions remain: Who gets the money raised? What happens to the thwarted governance tokens for the DAO? And, perhaps most importantly, what's next for what could be the start of a crowdfunding movement? The ETH donors will be able to claim their funds pro rata (minus gas fees); it's unclear if the conversion rate at the time of the auction and the time of the return could impact how much of a refund donors receive. Some observers have suggested using a layer 2, or companion, system to ensure smaller donors get a larger cut of their funds back, but details have yet to be released." See Also: ConstitutionDAO Lost Auction to Anti-Bitcoin Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Banksy Paintings Sell for 3,093 ETH in Auction House First "Two paintings from contemporary artist Banksy sold for over $12 million in the first Sotheby's sale denominated in ETH. Accepting bids in crypto is part of a larger cryptocurrency-focused push from the auctioneers. In October, Sotheby's launched "Sotheby's Metaverse," a virtual gallery for the live auction event." See Also: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Gets in on NFT Craze With Collectible Balloons Square Releases White Paper Detailing Protocol for a	1,115
WIN: Al Capone's House Sells for Renovation Al Capone House, 7244 S. Prairie Avenue, c.February 1930, Photo Credit: Chicago American Historical Photo Al Capone House, 7244 S. Prairie Avenue, August 2018. Photo Credit: Google Maps After a few months and dozens of offers later, the Al Capone's house located at 7244 S. Prairie Avenue sold for $226,000, more than twice its asking price. While<\|fim_middle\|> Philadelphia jail on a gun charge, the Chicago Tribune published a story headlined "Sister tells how good Al is to his folks," which included an interview with Teresa and Mafalda in their Prairie Avenue living room "with its soft lights and velvet rugs." The bedroom of Al's youngest sister, Mafalda, the article said, "is luxuriously furnished, but in good taste. There are Dresden candelabra mirror lights (and) excellent tapestries, between which a golden crucifix is suspended." (Rodkin, Crain's, 2/8/19) "Built about 1909, the two-flat, which sits on an extra-wide lot, has had several owners since the Capones, and in 1989, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council both rejected bids to make the house an official landmark." (Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune 4/10/19) Preservation Chicago encourages the City of Chicago Commission on Chicago Landmarks to reconsider their decision and make the Al Capone home a designated Chicago Landmark. In addition to recognizing and protecting this important connection to part of Chicago's history, there is a strong economic value tied to tourism. The Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is a large historic prison in Philadelphia, and one of its most popular attractions is Al Capone's cell complete with its oriental rugs and oil paintings, where he served time for less than a year. Over 250,000 tourists visit the site annually, and the foundation operating the historic site has raised over $16 million in preservation funding. Al Capone served 4-1/2 years at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay and his Cell 133 is an important part of the Alcatraz tour. Capone is so popular that the prison hospital room where his health deteriorated and even the old prison shower room is highlighted where he is reported to have gone to play banjo, and some claim that you can still occasionally hear the strumming of his banjo. Alcatraz is one of America's most popular national park sites and has more than 1.4 million visitors annually. Yet in Chicago where Al Capone lived during the period when he led one of the most notorious organized crime syndicates, his home isn't a Designated Chicago Landmark and has no protection against demolition. Tourism is a powerful economic driver and the landmark designation of the places, spaces and home of both famous and infamous Chicagoans would help to drive increased tourism. The St. Valentine's Massacre occurred at the SMC Cartage Company garage located at 2122 North Clark Street in Lincoln Park. The site became a morbid tourist curiosity in the 1930s and the building was demolished in 1967 partially in an effort to finally erase its violent history. There is nothing at the location today that would suggest its infamous past, yet the bricks from the old garage building have been reassembled and is one of the most significant artifacts in the permanent collection at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. The museum's opening day was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the St. Valentine's Massacre. The Mob Museum draws approximately 350,000 visitors per year, has over 120 employees and results in over $20 million being spend annually in downtown Las Vegas. Chicago currently has a number of crime tours which explore Chicago's seedy underbelly including the Private Al Capone Gangster Tour, Chicago Prohibition Tour, Chicago Crime and Mob Tour, Gangsters and Ghosts Tour in Chicago, Sin and Suds Beer Tour, Chicago Night Crimes Tour, Private Chicago Mafia and Blues Evening Tour, Chicago Crime and Pizza Walk and others. Al Capone family home in Park Manor sells for $226,000 — double the asking price , Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 4/10/19 Al Capone's two-flat, a recent foreclosure, for sale;The brick residence where the gang boss, his mother and his wife lived in the 1920s is coming on the market at $109,900, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 2/8/19 WHAT'S LEFT OF THE SITE OF THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE?, Chicago Detours, Alex Bean, 2/14/18 Month-in-Review NewsletterDecember 2019 NewsletterApril 2019 Newsletter 1216 N. Damen Ave. – 90 – Day Demolition Delay LOSS: Beloved Heartland Café Demolished	the buyer's plans are not known, the expectation is that the home will be renovated. "We had like 80 offers on it," listing agent Ryan Smith of Re/Max Properties told the Chicago Tribune. "We had a lot of press on it, so I think that helped it out." (Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune 4/10/19) "Legend says that a tunnel ran from the house to the garage," Smith told Crain's Chicago Business. He also said he's "pretty sure it's true from a door that remains in the basement, although the tunnel, if there was one, has been filled in." (Rodkin, Crain's, 2/8/19) While it's an attractive classic Chicago-style, brick two-flat, clearly the house's connection to Al Capone was a major factor in the high level of interest around its sale. In fact, the listing was reported by the USA Today, the LA Times, London's Daily Mail, Fox News and many other news outlets. Capone lived in this house through the Roaring Twenties during the time when he ran the Chicago Outfit until he was arrested in 1929. His wife and mother continued to live in the house until his mother's death in 1952. "Al Capone's wife, Mae, and mother, Teresa, signed the deed to purchase the brick two-flat on August 8, 1923, when the building was 18 years old. They paid $5,500." (Rodkin, Crain's, 2/8/19) At the age of 20, Al Capone arrived in Chicago in 1920 and went on to become one of the most infamous gangsters in American history. He co-founded and ran the Chicago Outfit which dominated the organized crime scene in Prohibition-era Chicago between 1925 and his arrest in 1929. Known as Scarface , Big Al and Public Enemy Number One, Capone was responsible for much gangland violence, including the famous St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929. Capone was finally brought to justice for income-tax evasion in 1931 and served nearly eight years in prison, mostly at Alcatraz in San Francisco but also in Philadelphia and Atlanta. He died in 1947. During his lifetime, Capone captured the public imagination, and his gangster persona has appeared in countless movies and books. The house is mentioned in several news reports on Capone during the 1920s. On May 18, 1929, after Capone was put in a	561
In this day when we hear of global disasters almost as they happen, is it not surprising to learn how slowly and by what manner, news was carried--and often distorted--as recently as the early years of this, the twentieth century? On April 25, 1912, the Cokato Enterprise reported that a Cokato couple perished in the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic. This story--recreated below--created much speculation by local residents and more recently an inquiry to the Cokato Historical Society from the Titanic Historical Society, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. Refusing to be parted from her husband, and preferring death to separation, is the thrilling story related of Mrs. William Lahtinen, who with her husband, was among the victims of the steamship Titanic. At first it was believed that the woman bearing the same name was Mrs. Lahtinen, but news brought Tuesday by Isaac Stein, who returned on that day from Hancock, Mich., has established the fact that it was a Miss Lahtinen, a sister of Rev. Lahtinen, who was saved. Mrs. Lahtinen was offered a place on one of the lifeboats, but when she learned that her husband would be unable to accompany her she refused the chance to be saved, and together, they went to their deaths in the icy waters of the treacherous Atlantic. Mr. Lahtinen had arranged with Contractor Nels Hill of Cokato to have a residence built in Minneapolis which was to be ready for Mr. Lahtinen's occupancy on his return from Finland, and which was nearly completed at the time of the awful disaster. Mr. Lahtinen was one of the best known Finnish ministers in America. He was 35 years old, and had resided for many years in Cokato, where he was pastor of the Apostolic Lutheran Church. Public fascination with the Titanic is evidenced by the production of at least three movies and by countless numbers of books which have been published over the years. One book, The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters, published in May 1912, gives a detailed description of the luxury liner and many thrilling accounts of heroism, cowardice, and calamitous distress as witnessed by the panic-stricken survivors. From its tattered pages, we do find William Lahtinen's name appearing on the "Roll of the Dead - Second Cabin." Presuming her to be on a lifeboat, Mrs. Lahtinen is not listed on either roll--the living or the dead. The survivor, Lydia Silfven, was in fact Mrs. Lahtinen's sister, an instructor at Suomi College in Hancock, Michigan. It was she who told of yet an earlier tragic happening: the reason for their unscheduled return on the ill-fated Titanic. While on the crossing to Europe, the Lahtinen's five-year old daughter became very ill, subsequently died in Finland, and was buried there. As a result of this tragedy and the ensuing delay, the liner on which they were to return had already left port. Since the new church and home in Minneapolis awaited them, they booked passage on the next liner scheduled to leave Southampton, England, at noon on April 10, 1912. Most unfortunately, this turned out to be the maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" Titanic. From the church records, we learn that the first baptism to be performed by Pastor Lahtinen took place in 1905. Other than that, there seems to be no indication of when he first assumed the ministry of the Cokato Apostolic Lutheran Church. An oft-related, dramatic sidelight to the Lahtinen saga is an incident, authenticated by many who are now deceased but who were present when the pastor gave<\|fim_middle\|> in Hancock, Michigan, was quickly renewed. Their last visit with my parents came on the day before they left for New York. Newspaper accounts of the Titanic's sinking were carried across the country in many local newspapers, like the Cokato Enterprise. These accounts talked much about the many wealthy people, such as Col. John Jacob Astor, who perished in the icy waters. Included in those deaths though, were many ordinary citizens, like Rev. William Lahtinen. His death was felt by all, and for Cokato put a human face on one of the worst maritime disasters in modem history. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1994 issue of In The Midst Of. ©Cokato Historical Society, 1998.	his farewell sermon at the church in Cokato Township. After the final "amen" was spoken, an elderly lady from the local community who possessed exceptional powers of clairvoyance, stood up and begged him not to make the overseas voyage. She warned of impending danger and great sadness if the planned journey was not cancelled. Reportedly, a standing-room only audience was in attendance that day to bid the Lahtinens farewell. Upon hearing such an unexpected admonition, the stunned silence that befell the congregation, but only momentarily, soon gave way to sharp criticism of the gifted lady's timely predictions. Although I was not born until three years after the accident, during my early childhood, there was still much speculation and conversation about the tragedy and the Lahtinens. This was especially true when friends or relatives from the Upper Peninsula came to visit. An older sister (always an optimist) took credit for having named me after the "pretty little girl" who had died in Finland. Perhaps it was the sad tone of her voice or maybe, like most kids, I would have preferred a 'fancier" name. Whatever the reason, it was definitely not a story I cared to hear. The church in that day did not furnish a parsonage for the minister, and the Lahtinens had purchased or rented a home north of Brooks Lake, a mile and half from the Strolberg farm, which was purchased by my parents in 1908. A friendship which had begun	306
The ethereal, 4000ft Kalalau Lookout stands up to the ocean, sun and winds with brave, severe beauty and offers one of Hawaii's most remarkable and moving vistas. Hope for a clear day for ideal views of Kalalau Valley, but know that even a rainy day can make for settling clouds that could later disappear – followed by powerful waterfalls and, of course, rainbows. For the full experience, venture beyond the lookout at the end of the road and follow the dirt track along the sheer rim of the canyon to the Pihea Lookout at the far side. Of all the scenic drives in Hawaii, this is the big kahuna. The Hana Hwy snakes down into jungly valleys, up towering razor-edge cliffs, over 54 one-lane bridges, past nearly as many waterfalls, and around 600 twists and turns along the way. Get out and stretch your legs at several aptly placed lookouts, or hike into fragrant forests, short paths lead to Eden-like swimming holes, side roads wind down to sleepy seaside villages (mention several lookouts, too). If you've never tried smoked breadfruit, taken a dip in a spring-fed cave or gazed upon an ancient Hawaiian temple, set the alarm early – you've got a big day coming up. This scenic overview, the highlight of Pala'au State Park, offers a stunning view of the Kalaupapa Peninsula from the edge of a 1600ft cliff. The best light for photography is usually from late morning to mid-afternoon. It's easy to get the lay of the land from the lookout; you'll get a good feel for just how far you'll travel should you descend the trail. Interpretive plaques identify significant landmarks below and explain Kalaupapa's history. The dormant Kauhako Crater, visible from the overlook, contains a little lake that's more than 800ft deep. At 400ft, the crater is the highest point on the Kalaupapa Peninsula. The windy summit of Waikiki's signature backdrop affords fantastic 360-degree views of the southeast coast to Koko Head and west to the Wai'anae Range. A lighthouse, coral reefs and surfers waiting to catch a wave are visible below. Although it's a fairly steep 0.8-mile hike to the top, the all-ages trail is fully paved. Sunrise here is worth getting up at 4am. Dawn's ever-changing interplay of sun, shadow and clouds creates a mesmerizing dance of light and color on the crater floor. The most popular viewing spot is the Visitor Center, on the rim of the crater (9745ft), a half-mile below the actual summit. Alternatively, leave the early-morning crowds behind by taking the 10-minute hike up Pa Ka'oao (White Hill), which begins at the east side of the visitor center and provides stunning crater views. Finally, perched atop Pu'u'ula'ula, Maui's highest point, the summit building provides a killer panorama from its wraparound windows. On a clear day you can see the Big Island, Lana'i, Moloka'i and even O'ahu. Brief natural and cultural history talks are given at the summit at 9:30am, 11:15am and 12:30pm. Motor around the entire gaping maw of the Kilauea caldera on this 11-mile route, popping out for ganders at steam vents and lookout over the smoking crater. Hikes into and around the caldera and through lava tubes are also possible. For the best views, start at the park's visitor center and drive counterclockwise. Gaping, rainbow-walled chasms, dramatic skyscapes and gushing waterfalls are yours for the viewing via myriad lookouts in this state park. At 0.3 miles north of the 10-mile marker, and an elevation of 3400ft, is the Waimea Canyon Lookout – the most scenic of the lot. The 800ft Waipo'o Falls can be seen from a<\|fim_middle\|>ailed tropic birds and Laysan albatross are among the birds you could see, or Kaua'i's nene, the endangered Hawaiian goose. Look for sea turtles and spinner dolphins in spring and summer, and for humpback whales in winter. You'll also see Moku'ae'ae Island, which is teeming with protected wildlife. The Akoni Pule Hwy ends at this vantage point into a stunning row of steep, mystical cliffs. This ancient valley is utterly memorable and enshrouds the diversity of the Big Island landscape in twilight shades and thick mists. You have to hop in a boat to experience the crown jewel that is the Na Pali Coast. From ocean level, be humbled by these monstrous yet velvety cliffs, as spinner dolphins, honu (sea turtles) and whales (in winter) come along for the ride. Early morning trips are usually easier on the stomach. This switchback road (Hwy 44) heads north from Lana'i City into cool upland hills where fog drifts above grassy pastures. As the road gently slopes down to the coast, the scenery is punctuated by peculiar rock formations sitting atop the eroded red earth, similar to those at Garden of the Gods. Further along, you'll spot the namesake WWII shipwreck as you approach Shipwreck Beach, a beachcomber's dream. Take in views of farmland that's been cultivated for more than 1000 years, the broad brushstroke of valley, river and taro, plus a smattering of rare wildlife. Park across from the Princeville Center so you don't have to cross the busy street. Want to experience the Hawaiian Islands in all of their lush, sandy glory? Check out Lonely Planet's Hawaii travel guide and our range of island-specific guides.	couple of small, unmarked lookouts before the 12-mile marker, and then from a lookout opposite the picnic area shortly before the 13-mile marker. Pu'u Hinahina Lookout at 3640ft, offers two lookouts near the parking lot at a marked turnoff between the 13- and 14-mile markers; in a few short steps from the parking lot, it gives you the illusion of being in the forest overlooking the canyon floor. Overlooking the back of Waimea Canyon, this lookout is also a good vantage point for the valley floor, with panoramic views to the ocean. At all lookouts, sunny days following rain are ideal for prime views. Hop in a 4WD, jump on a mountain bike or lace up your hiking boots for this 12-mile exhilarating adventure that rewards with sweeping views of everything Lana'i has to offer. For the best views, get an early start. The trail looks down on deep ravines cutting across the east flank of the mountain, and passes Lana'ihale (3370ft), Lana'i's highest point. On a clear day, you can see all the inhabited Hawaiian Islands (except for distant Kaua'i and Ni'ihau) along the route. Don't forget the binoculars. Not that you'll need them to see the 40-ton humpbacks that breach right off this cliffside perch jutting into the western edge of Ma'alaea Bay. And the sunsets here are spectacular, too. Papawai Point is midway between the 8- and 9-mile markers. Note that the road sign reads simply 'scenic point,' not the full name, but there's a turning lane into it, so slow down and you won't miss it. It is breathless and breathtaking up here in the rarefied air of Hawai'i's most sacred and lofty spot, with the setting sun bouncing halos off the surrounding cinder cones. Look for the mountain shadow framing Hilo in a purple triangle when it's clear. When it's cloudy, the view is just as spectacular, only different; it's like looking down on heaven, so thick is the layer of marshmallow fluff blanketing the island. Southward, massive Mauna Loa looms. Once the sun goes down and the stars come out, the best big Island view transitions to the best view in the universe. Follow the tour buses to this ridge-top lookout for a sweeping vista of windward O'ahu from 1200ft. Straight ahead is Kane'ohe, Kailua's to the right, and hat-shaped Mokoli'i Island and the coastal fishpond at Kualoa Regional Park lie to the far left. A section of abandoned highway winds down from the right side of the lookout, ending at a barrier near the current highway about 1 mile away. It's worth walking even just five minutes down the trail for a photo of the magnificent views looking back up at the snaggle-toothed Ko'olau Range and out across the valley. For visual drama, this road is every bit the equal of Crater Rim Dr. As you descend toward the sea, panoramic coastal vistas open before you, revealing slopes covered in frozen fingers of blackened lava. Then, at the coast, you get to stare at those same flows from below, looking up to where they crested the cliffs and plunged across the land to meet the sea. Early morning and late afternoon are the best times to photograph this unique landscape, when sunlight slants off the lava. At 3600ft, Waikolu Lookout provides a breathtaking view into the steep Waikolu Valley and out to the ocean beyond. After rains, the white strands of numerous waterfalls accent the sheer cliffs and fill the valley with a dull roar. Morning is best for clear views, but if it's foggy, have a snack at the picnic bench and see if it clears. True to its name, the 53-mile Saddle Rd (Hwy 200) runs along a saddle-shaped valley between the island's two highest points, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. It's an extremely scenic drive: sunrise and sunset bathe these majestic, cinder cone–studded mountains in a gentle glow, and on clear days the vistas extend forever (at least to Maui). For a remarkable panoramic view across Honolulu, detour to this tiny park, 2.5 miles up Round Top Dr from Makiki St. It's half a mile in to the lookout; bear to the left when the road forks. The sweeping views extend from Diamond Head on the far left, across Waikiki and downtown Honolulu, to the Wai'anae Range on the right. To the southeast is the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, easily recognized by its sports stadium; to the southwest you can see clearly into the green mound of Punchbowl crater. The airport is visible on the coast, with Pearl Harbor beyond that. It's not just about soaring tropic birds, but sweeping ocean views that include the possibility of an occasional whale breaching in the distance. Even just overlooking the bluffs from the cul-de-sac fronting the lighthouse is worth it. Redfooted boobies, wedge-tailed shearwaters, red-tailed and white-t	1,099
As a kid, I loved dandelions because when they went to seed you could<\|fim_middle\|> and continue cooking onions and liquid until the liquid has reduced by about half. In shallow bowls, plate the reduced liquid first then the greens on top. Note: when I made this, I served it mixed with some leftover mushroom-orzo risotto on a broiled salmon fillet on top. This was good. You served me a weed for dinner and I was none the wiser.	blow on them and make a wish. And my mother (and I imagine most other adult gardeners), basically considered them a weed. Which they were, albeit a pretty one. And edible too. Although I wouldn't necessarily suggest eating the dandelion greens from your garden, so long as you haven't sprayed them with anything toxic, you probably could. They have a great flavor - sharp and bitter. They take well to braising, since the liquid mellows them out and allows you to build in some other flavors. In this dish, I went with a combination of slightly sweet (agave), sour (lemon zest), spicy (red pepper flakes) and smoky. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onions, reduce the heat a bit and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, red pepper flakes and seasoned salt and cook another 5 minutes until the garlic is fragrant and the onions are quite soft and lightly browned (heading toward caramelized but not quite there). Increase heat to medium-high, add dandelion greens and chicken broth, cover and cook for about 2 minutes. Remove lid and reduce heat to medium. Add lemon zest, agave nectar and liquid smoke, and continue cooking another 5 minutes or more until the greens are tender. Remove the greens from the pan. Increase heat to medium-high	283
HC.com Quick Guide to Some of the Best Cities in Florida By Emily Duty On December 18, 2020 When it comes to Florida, you hear a lot about a handful of certain cities like St. Augustine, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, and the Keys. They are all fantastic cities to visit.… Read More Zoos in South Florida By Emily Duty On July 16, 2020 If you're planning a trip to South Florida and looking to squeeze in a little zoo action here are the places you want to add to your list<\|fim_middle\|> don't worry. All throughout the United States, there are wonderfully curated safari parks. These parks are much more affordable (though admittedly… Read More HotelCoupons Search 5 Warm Winter Getaways Last-Minute New Year's Eve Getaways Hot Chocolate in Mid America Northeastern Meals to Warm You Up in Winter Gurlal singh on How to Avoid Catching a Cold During Holiday Travel Season Lyndsey Rullman on Best Natural Springs to Visit Vent Visor on How to Plan a Fun Vacation to Anywhere Facebook Twitter Google Plus Instagram Linkedin Pinterest © , Dominion Enterprises. All Rights Reserved. Owned and managed by Travel Media Group.	. … Read More Visiting Northwest Trek Wildlife Park By Liz Froment On July 28, 2018 Northwest Trek Wildlife Park is a relatively small park located in Eatonville, Washington. But just because it's not huge doesn't mean there is isn't plenty of fun to be had. In fact, Northwest… Read More Don't Miss a Trip to Gatorland By Kim Windyka On April 9, 2018 Along with all of the usual Orlando suspects—Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World—there's another fun and exciting attraction that many visitors may not know about. We're talking about Gatorland, a one-of-a-kind park… Read More Explore the Everglades with an Exciting Airboat Adventure! By Guest Contributor On January 25, 2018 The climate and location of Florida's Everglades combine to create the only subtropical wilderness in America–meaning the area isn't just one huge swamp, as it's often thought to be. The Everglades, also known… Read More Exciting U.S. Safari Parks By Guest Contributor On May 9, 2017 If a trip to the Serengeti is not in your future,	266
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More than anyone else, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) have dominated the current retail era. Costco has regularly put up comparable sales growth in the mid- to high-single-digit range and is the second-largest American retailer by revenue, while Amazon's fast-growing e-commerce business has threatened nearly every corner of traditional retail. The two companies have managed to grow and take market share when so many other retailers are struggling, largely because of the strength of their<\|fim_middle\|>. Additionally, Costco's bargain prices make the company relatively recession-proof since shoppers visit its stores to save money, a habit they're likely to keep in a down economy. Like Amazon, Costco also rates high on customer satisfaction surveys, another source of its strength. Considering those attributes and its steady growth, Costco looks like a solid bet to continue outperforming the S&P 500. Amazon's success in e-commerce has become clear — the company now controls about half of online sales in the U.S. — but the tech giant is also much more than just an online retailer. Amazon has emerged as the leader, along with Microsoft, in cloud computing; its Amazon Web Services division brought in $25.7 billion in revenue last year, up 47% from a year ago, and operating profits jumped 68% to $7.3 billion. In e-commerce, Amazon's business is fast evolving as the company increasingly leans on high-margin businesses like its third-party marketplace and fulfillment services to drive growth, moving away from its historical position as a direct seller. That, along with the company's fast-growing advertising business, drove North American e-commerce profits up 156% last year. The company finally seems to be realizing the competitive advantages that its Prime loyalty program and investments in its vast network of warehouses have generated. With Amazon's revenue reaching $233 billion last year, its top-line growth is likely to slow as the law of large numbers starts to apply; however, profits could just be starting to ramp up. This entry was posted in Amazon News. Bookmark the permalink.	membership program and high customer satisfaction. For Costco, that means its warehouse club model, as shoppers must pay an annual membership fee of $60 for the privilege of getting access to its bargain-priced bulk goods, among other benefits. Amazon, meanwhile, has signed up more than 100 million subscribers for its Prime loyalty program, which offers a slew of benefits including free two-day shipping, free video streaming, and discounts at Whole Foods. As it's grown, Prime has become a source of much of Amazon's competitive advantage. At a time when almost every retailer is scrambling to keep up with changes in the industry and fend off Amazon, Costco continues to put up steady growth. Yes, the company has finally begun to embrace e-commerce, offering free two-day shipping for nonperishables with a $75 minimum and same-day shipping on perishables through Instacart, but the company's success comes from the enduring value of its core business model. Costco offers bargain prices, selling goods nearly at cost, to members willing to pony up the $60 membership fee each year. The retailer is one of the few big-box chains still steadily adding stores, as it opened 13 new warehouses in the U.S. and 21 globally last year. The company's current base continues to grow sales; comparable sales adjusted for fuel prices and currency rose 7% last year and by the same pace for the first half of its current fiscal year. E-commerce sales were also up 26% over the last two quarters. It seems, then, that Costco's model is essentially Amazon-proof. Though many of its 52 million members are also Amazon Prime members, consumers see value in belonging to both services	348
Category: Campaign Categories: Select...Campaign Coalitions Policy Uncategorized Dan Forest for Governor launches first statewide TV ad Dan Forest for Governor launches first statewide TV ad The first statewide TV ad of North Carolina's 2020 gubernatorial race hits the airwaves Monday. The Dan Forest for Governor campaign released a 30-second spot titled "I Believe" that will air on Fox News over the next four weeks. You can watch the ad on YouTube here. The TV ad puts Lt. …Read More Dan Forest launches campaign for Governor of North Carolina with message of unity, opportunity, possibility Dan Forest launches campaign for Governor of<\|fim_middle\|> Lt. Gov. Dan Forest formally launched his 2020 campaign for Governor of North Carolina on Saturday with an energetic kickoff rally in Winston-Salem. In front of a crowd of supporters, Forest laid out the themes that …Read More In preparation for a statewide race, the Dan Forest for Governor committee announces three new senior staff positions that will help guide the day-to-day operations of the campaign. The following personnel changes and additions are effective immediately: Hal Weatherman has assumed the role of Campaign Manager, responsible for the strategic direction and day to day operations of the statewide campaign. …Read More	North Carolina with message of unity, opportunity, possibility Pledges to run uplifting campaign touching all 100 counties	24
Spotlight: Sandton City The mecca of shopping in Jozi, Sandton City is where you'll find every brand, label and designer under one roof. We've picked a few of our favourite stores, but there are so many more waiting to be explored that we suggest you set aside a whole Saturday – comfy shoes on, of course – to enjoy some retail therapy. Purses at the ready! 163 5th St, Sandhurst, Sandton Born in Los Angeles, California, this is your one-stop store for premium denim. You've probably seen a pair on international stars like Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Ryan Reynolds and Penn Badgley – so it's high time to get a pair for yourself. They stock every style imaginable, including bootleg, skinny, boyfriend, cropped, Josefina and straight, so there's definitely a look that will fit you like a dream. The American luxury brand is loved for its classic, stylish clothing, shoes and accessories for men and women. Nothing beats a sophisticated blouse that's made to look like it was tailored just for you – and this is exactly where you'll find such a piece. This one is just for the men. Ben Sherman have been creating key men's pieces since 1963, but are mainly known for their exceptional tailored shirts – something every guy should own at least two of. They've since expanded into offering more casual tees, shirts, trousers, jeans and knitwear. Boss – Hugo Boss and Hugo Boss Ladies The German brand has been at the forefront of fashion since 1924. Expect quality clothing, accessories and footwear in an array of styles and cuts to suit every shape and size. Call 011 884 1437 and 01<\|fim_middle\|>arney Mall This Festive Season Bye-Bye Brightwater Commons, Hello Ferndale on Republic! Seven New Stores Join The Cresta Shopping Centre Family! East Rand Mall Bras N Things Celebrate Store Opening Seven Reasons Why You Need To Visit Sandton City This Month Late-Night Shopping Centres And Markets Joburgs Top Kid-Friendly Malls Pandora – East Rand Mall Typo – East Rand Mall More in Malls, RETAIL Winter 2017 Specials United Fashion Outlet (ongoing) Can we really call it a winter sale if it takes place throughout the year? Well, yes,......	1 783 4726 Headquartered in London, British fashion house Burberry is adored for its quintessential English designs and fabrics: gabardine (a breathable and weatherproof fabric invented by Thomas Burberry in 1879), trench coats, tweed, coats, herringbone and jackets. The upmarket retailer specialises in fine jewellery, gifts and luxury timepieces in classic designs. This is where you'll find that one-of-kind gift that's meant to dazzle and impress. Cloth & Label Focusing on offering something a little different, more exclusive and utterly luxurious than the norm, the Scottish fashion house likes to keep its clothing lines simple and classic, based on the concept of a basic wardrobe design of black, white, navy and denim. Country Road and Trenery The two Australian brands are both well loved by South Africans for their gorgeous clothes and accessories, comfortable footwear and on-trend décor pieces – all of which are modern in approach yet classic in style. The brainchild of SA entrepreneur Vanessa Gounden, the D'Oré boutique is home to exclusive designer collections, such as Emilio Pucci, Escada, Elie Tahari and Rupert Sanderson. It also offers a range of prêt-à-porter clothing, including gowns, evening wear, cocktail dresses and corporate wear. Call 011 783 7316/7/8 DuSud Emporium Another proudly South African label, DuSud is the creation of renowned designer Errol Arendz. His designs are pure glamour, style and finesse, which is why he's dressed the likes of Sharon Stone, Priscilla Presley, Basetsana Khumalo, Michelle McLean, Brumilda van Rensburg and Jacqui Mofokeng. The celebrated Italian design house – now in its fourth decade – is noted for its clean, tailored clothing collections. Think exceptional suits for men and jaw-dropping dresses for women. Started in 1976 by Olivier Baussan at the young age of 23, L'Occitance has now grown to become a household name in natural skincare products and fragrances. There are various collections and scents to suit all skin types and conditions. It all started in 1837 by 16-year-old Louis Vuitton when he began apprenticing for French designer Monsieur Maréchal and became a valued craftsman at the Parisian atelier. Noticing that baggage was handled roughly, the young Vuitton used his skills to custom-design boxes and, later, trunks, according to clients' wishes and needs. Cue the iconic LV trunk and luggage we've all come to love. The Dutch youth fashion brand, founded in the 80s, is all about keeping it young, fun and current, and their men's, women's and children's collections are all inspired by travel. This is the definitive brand for the all-American look: classic, cool style, featuring preppy with a twist. A must-have label for every wardrobe. Our top tip: You can park for 2 hours on the level-eight roof parking for a flat rate of only R5. More from Malls: Where Are The Best Malls In The City? Don't Miss The Magical Festive Fun at Cresta Shopping Centre Spend & Win At Kill	699
How to take the most advantage of this site as possible. Our new search feature works by giving you the most relevant results possible. Most of the time, you will find entering 1 or 2 words will give you good results. The most relevant matches will be at the top of the search If you are not seeing what you're looking for, then you can use quotes (") around your search words. This will force the search to look for all the words together rather than looking for any occurrence of the separate words. For example, if you type green lantern, you get items that have the word green and lantern<\|fim_middle\|> your browser so you can quickly see your favorite comics. Go to the search box, and enter a search like "green lantern" (with quotes as part of the search). Then add the search results page to your favorites. Next time you visit this site, use your search link from your favorites link and, you're there! The &q parameter is the query which will filter your results. This is the same as the searching instructions above. You can separate search terms with a comma (,) or use %20 as a space. The &n parameter controls the week you will get where n=0 everything in the database, n=1 last week, n= 2 this week and n=3 next week. The parameter id must contain the catalog number of the item you want to find. There are a few Easter eggs on this site. No, we won't tell you what they are, how to find them or use them. In fact, no one at the store even knows about them. Ha! Check the site out from time to time you never know when more will be added or replaced.	anywhere in the title or description. But if you enter "green lantern", then you will only get results with the words "green lantern" together. You may combine quotes and separate words together such as "green lantern" evil. This would put all the items with "green lantern" + evil at the top of the search results. There is an RSS feature which will give this week's New arrivals. To use it, simply click on the Icon and your browser should automatically guide you through adding it to your list of feeds. The information below is for computer geeks. But you can play around with this if you want. The most basic feature is adding a favorite link on	136
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Responsible companies Al Kawthar, Dokki, Dokki, Giza Sustainable online grocer introduces zero-waste delivery service Thursday 31 December , 2020 By Yahoo Sports - - Sustainable online grocer Good Club is launching a zero-waste delivery service in a move to tackle the problem of plastic waste in food packaging. The service allows shoppers to choose from a range of sustainable household essentials in returnable,<\|fim_middle\|>aianat	reusable product packaging. Users of the service can select products from the Zero Waste range and Good Club will deliver them in returnable and reusable pots inside a returnable, reusable box. Shoppers then empty the pots into their own containers and leave all the packaging outside their front door to be collected for free the next day. Good Club then washes and refills the containers. There will be over 70 products initially available in the range, according to the company, including nuts, oats, seeds, grains, pastas and rice. The company intends to extend to range to almost 150 by the end of January 2021. The eco-friendly online supermarket already offers a range of over 3,000 eco staples. The company sees the introduction of the zero-waste delivery service as "going one step further in its mission to help the environment." Some 83% of UK consumers consider the environmental sustainability of food and household items to be important, yet sustainable products only account for 8% of sales, according to research by YouGov. Every year 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced and 40% of that is single-use, according to Good Club. More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the world's oceans every year and over 100,000 animals in the sea are killed by plastic annually. Ben Patten, co-founder of Good Club, said: "We know that the only way to hit sustainability targets is to get lots more people living sustainably. "And the only way to get a lot more people buying sustainable groceries, is to make the shopping process ridiculously easy and convenient. That's why we've developed a seamless next-day collection service, where we pick up the delivery box, any protective recycled packaging, and our products' packaging, all for reuse. "We'll never be filling up our customers' bins, unlike other services, which deliver in paper bags and cardboard boxes, which need to be recycled and can only really be reused a handful of times. Our delivery crates will be used indefinitely. We think it's a simple solution to a complicated problem." "It's our mission to make sustainable living achievable for all. Our new, zero-waste delivery service is just the start." Thursday 14 January , 2021 atingi eLearning platform reaches nearly 1 Million African youth in 1st year atingi (www.atingi.org), the digital learning platform of The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and ... Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce join a push for digital vaccination credentials Airlines, workplaces and sports stadiums may soon require people to show their coronavirus vaccination status ... Egypt Ventures doubles capital of 1st private Egyptian research center to hit $ 2m Nawah, the first private Egyptian multidisciplinary research center for natural and medical sciences, gets a ... All intellectual property rights and copyrights reserved to Csr Egypt Made with love In B	601
Watauga High School Senior Hayes Henderson Makes it Official, Signing with Guilford College May 2, 2018. Watauga High School senior Hayes Henderson is planning on spending the next four years of his life playing baseball at Guilford College. Henderson made the signing official on Monday afternoon at Watauga High School. The baseball standout made his verbal commitment to Guilford earlier in the year. Henderson played more of a utility role for the Pioneers this season, spending time at second base, third base and first base. By Nathan Ham / Read more… Get Your Head Wet at Valle Crucis Community Park; American Fisheries Grant Promotes Aquatic Exploration April 24, 2018. Valle Crucis Community Park will offer masks and snorkels for visitors to explore local waterways this summer, thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. The snorkels were provided by Two World Divers of Boone, and will be available for checkout from the park office. According to Kevin Hining, Northern Mountain Education Specialist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, "The snorkels will provide an excellent opportunity for park visitors to better explore the many unique aquatic critters in the Watauga River." Snorkel users should exercise caution when moving rocks or other aquatic habitat<\|fim_middle\|>. March is Youth Art Month and the Watauga County Arts Council is kicking it off with a morning of celebrating the art of K-3 area students! A free painting lesson will be offered to kids in grades K – 3 on Saturday, March 3 from 10:00 am – 11:30 at the Blue Ridge ArtSpace at 377 Shadowline Drive in Boone. For the Home Sweet Home lesson kids will paint their homes and Watauga County scenes. They are asked to bring pictures of their home or their favorite mountain/village scenes. / Read more… THIS WEEKEND: The Pioneer Playmakers Present "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, Feb. 23-25 Feb. 23, 2018. This weekend, Feb. 23-25, The Pioneer Playmakers will present "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. The performance is a not a musical and has three acts. The play focuses on love, marriage, eternity, daily life and death. Showtimes will take place at 7 p.m., on Friday and Saturday. Sunday's show will take place at 2:30 p.m. All shows will take place in Watauga High School's auditorium. / Read more… TOMORROW: Appalachian Celebrates Theatre in Our Schools Month with High School Workshops Feb. 23, 2018. On Feb. 24, the Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance will host a day of theatre workshops to celebrate Theatre in Our Schools (TIOS), a month-long national event each March. The event is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and to private and public school teachers. / Read more… February Only: W.A.M.Y. Community Action's Have a Heart Program Feb. 23, 2018. During the month of February, help W.A.M.Y have a heart for our community! For only one dollar, you can purchase a heart from one of the participating vendors. Your heart goes right back into supporting your community and helping to break the cycle of poverty in the high country. / Read more… < a>Apple Growing Short Course for the Homeowner, 2/27 CCC&TI Watauga Campus Calendar Briefs, 3/6-3/15 Boone Town Council Meeting, 3/15 Casting for Hope 5K, 3/21 NC Gravity Games Revs Up for 2018, 4/28 American Pickers to Film in North Carolina Turner Syndrome Month Proclaimation Weekly Crime Reports: Activity and Arrests in Boone and Watauga County, Feb. 11- Feb. 20 Watauga, Avery Obituaries – January 14, 2020 OUR PRINTED PUBLICATIONS OUR NEW HOME MAGAZINE Find Previous Articles Find Previous Articles Select Month January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012	so as not to disturb these vital ecosystems. "Moving too many rocks can change the environment in ways that could potentially harm delicate species such as salamanders and insect larvae. Carefully turning over rocks to see what lies beneath is the goal," according to Andy Hill, Watauga Riverkeeper and Valle Crucis Community Park Board Member. / Read more… Mayland Community College Foundation's FREE ScieNCe Festival Celebration Star Party, 4/21 April 18, 2018. Join the Mayland Community College Foundation for a FREE ScieNCe Festival Celebration Star Party at the Bare Dark Sky Observatory on April 21. Free daylight activities and tours for the Earth to Sky Park and observatory begin at 5:30 PM at the observatory located at 66 EnergyXchange Drive in Burnsville. / Read more… Watauga High School Playmakers to Perform 'Cinderella Enchanted' April 19-21 April 17, 2018. A long-standing tradition of presenting an annual musical production enters its 30th year for the Watauga High School drama department. This year, the Playmakers will be presenting "Cinderella Enchanted" starting this Thursday, April 19 and lasting through Saturday, April 21. The musical will take place each night at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase at the school's front office from now through opening day. Saturday's showing will also feature an open gala celebrating 30 years of theater at Watauga High School. Those who have performed in the past are invited to attend. The gala will also honor the directors of the show, Sarah Miller and Zach Walker, who were presented with the North Carolina Theater Conference Excellence in Teaching Award. By Nathan Ham / Read more… The Schaefer Center Presents "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" on April 13-15 April 6, 2018. The "The Schaefer Center Presents…" performance series, a program of Appalachian State University's Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, continues its 2017–18 season with a collaborative production of the Tony Award-winning best musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at 7 p.m. on April 13 and 14, and at 2 p.m. on April 15 at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for Appalachian faculty/staff and retired faculty/staff, and $10 for students. / Read more… Today's Email Announcements What's going on in your community? Here's a brief update on the emails we received today. Check back each day for an updated list of events going on in the area. As always, please feel free to email us about your event or update. < a>Mayland Community College Courses Public Water and Sewer System Development Fee Act Grandfather Mountain State Park 2018 Annual Wildflower Walks Free and Open to the Public Public Comment Period on Proposal to Move Confederate Monuments to Close, 4/12 Mayland Community College Plant Swap, 4/28 Announcing: The First Ever Fundraising Event For Spirit Ride, 5/5 Watauga County Public Library, Author Visit Program: "Kirk's Raiders", 4/19 JAM Day Planned at Blue Ridge Music Center, 5/19 Ashe County Marathon Jam, 5/19 Caldwell Arts Council Call for Artists for "Art Around Caldwell Studio Tour" to be Held 6/23 Compiled by Kate Herman Weekly Crime Reports: Activity and Arrests in Boone and Watauga County, March 26- April 3 April 4, 2018. Looking to stay up-to-date on what's happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff's Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more… Boone Area Lions Hold Country Breakfast on Saturday April 7 from 7 a.m.- 11 a.m. April 4, 2018. Where can you get all you can eat country breakfast for only $7? Eggs, pancakes, bacon and country ham will be on the menu when the Boone Area Lions Club holds its annual Country Breakfast on Saturday, April 7 from 7:00 – 11:00 am in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church of Boone on King Street. All are invited to eat in or take out. Tickets are available at the door for $7 for adults and $4 for children 6 and under. / Read more… Lees-McRae College Celebrates Eighth Annual Appalachian Heritage Week April 9-13 April 4, 2018. Join Lees-McRae College in celebrating spring's return to the mountains during the eighth annual Appalachian Heritage Week April 9–13. Sponsored by the Stephenson Center for Appalachia, the College will highlight coal mining and other unique aspects of mountain heritage throughout the week. / Read more… < a>MerleFest Announces 2018 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalists Town of Boone Outside Agency Funding Notice Invisible Theatre Pop Up Play, 4/6 Mayland Community College Star Party, 4/21 < a>Prestigious Full-Tuition Elizabeth McRae Scholarship Recipients Announced Camp GOTR (Girls on the Run) Watauga County Parks and Rec Pickleball for Seniors High Country Local First Memberships- New! Weekly Events at Lost Province Brewing Company, 4/4- 4/14 App State Emergency Siren Test, 4/4 Tweetsie Railroad Opening Day, 4/6 BRAHM's Upcoming Events: Gentle Yoga, 4/6 Boone Area Lions Hold Country Breakfast, 4/7 Watauga Humane Society's Tour for Life Adoption Event, 4/8 BRAHM's Upcoming Events: Traveling Smithonian through 4/28 Spirit Ride's Kentucky Derby Fundraiser, 5/5 Upcoming Sparta Events, Starting in June Easter in the High Country: Dates and Times for Easter Egg Hunts and Church Services March 28, 2018. Easter Sunday will take place on April 1 this year. For those who are deciding how to celebrate Easter, here is a list of Easter Sunday Services and egg hunts to attend. Some egg hunts are taking place this coming weekend, others will take place on Easter weekend. By Kate Herman / Read more… Watauga Veterans Memorial Construction Begins; Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser Set For April 7 March 29, 2018. Groundbreaking for the Watauga County Veteran's Memorial on King Street started this week with a little over two months until the memorial will be dedicated on July 4. The High Country Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (HCCMOAA) still needs your help in completing the fundraising effort for the memorial. The sixth annual Military Officers Association of America Pancake Breakfast will take place on April 7 from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Applebee's Restaurant. Tickets will be available at the door. The proceeds fro this event will go towards the veteran's memorial. By Nathan Ham / Read more… Weekly Crime Reports: Activity and Arrests in Boone and Watauga County, March 19-25 March 28, 2018. Looking to stay up-to-date on what's happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff's Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more… Girls on the Run Recieve $12,000 Donation From Triple Crown; Jesse Miller receives the Leigh Cooper Wallace Making a Difference Award March 28, 2018. As the result of the dedication of hundreds of runners and community sponsors, The High Country Triple Crown donated $12,000 to Girls on the Run of the High Country at the annual Luck o' the Lassie Celebration on March 18. Local auctioneering legend Jesse Miller was honored as the sixth recipient of the Leigh Cooper Wallace Making a Difference Award during the celebration. / Read more… < a>Writers Advocate to Speak in Boone, 3/31 Get a Taste of Technical Theatre with Wilkes Playmakers: Backstage Courses Series, March-May Appalachian Gastroenterology Will Join Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, April 1 High Country Writers Guest Speaker, April 12 Day Trips With Watauga County Parks and Rec, April 18-May 25 Men's Senior Softball League Signup, June- September Caldwell County – Call For Artists – Caldwell Visual Artists Competition, Submission Deadline Mid June Meltdown Games Conclude Appalachian Ski Mountain's 56th Season March 26, 2018. Thanks in part to a heap of early-spring snow, the annual Meltdown Games at Appalachian Ski Mountain this weekend were a success, according to marketing director Drew Stanley. By Luke Weir / Read more… The High Country Writers Welcome Featured Speaker, Susan Rivers, on April 12 March. 26, 2018. Susan Rivers will be the featured speaker at the regular meeting of the High Country Writers at the Watauga County Public Library on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 10:00 am. She will also be doing a reading and book signing at the library at 2 pm on April 12. The programs are free and open to the public. Her talk is titled Be Secret and Exult…Writing through the Doubt and the Difficulties. "For the fiction writer toiling away in anonymity, the publishing world can often seem like a rigged game, inscrutable and impenetrable," she said. / Read more… Saturday: Slots Available for Participation in The Town of Boone St. Patrick's Day Parade March 16, 2018. For those who wish to participate in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, you can thank your lucky stars! By the luck of the Irish, slots are still available for floats and parade participation. The Town of Boone's St. Patrick's Day Parade is scheduled to take place this Saturday, March 17 at 2 p.m., on King Street. All are encouraged to watch the parade. Candy and other goodies will be distributed by parade participants. By Kate Herman – Photos by The Jones House / Read more… < a>Notice of Special Meeting, 3/21 The Banner Elk Easter Egg Hunt, 3/24 Banner Elk Seventh Day Adventist Health and Wellness Expo, 4/15 The Award-Winning Virginia Creeper Fest Returns to Abingdon, 4/28 Joint Kiwanis-Rotary Meeting, 6/12 Watauga County Democrats Saw Historic Increase in Precinct Meeting Attendance in 2018 High Country United Way Accepting Applications for Funding NC Science Olympiad Results Mayland Community College Classes Weekly Crime Reports: Activity and Arrests in Boone and Watauga County, Feb. 26- March 11 March 17: The Daniel Boone Rail Jam, Presented by Appalachian Mountain Brewery Mar. 9, 2018. For those who love to shred, Appalachian Mountain Brewery's Daniel Boone Rail Jam is taking place on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. 'Rail Jam' is an outdoor skiing and snowboarding competition in which the proceeds go to the Revamp the Amp project. There will be food and beverages available for purchase. All are welcome to participate or spectate at the event. By Kate Herman / Read more… Haircut 101 Hot Lips Competition: Hottest Lips in the High Country Feb. 28, 2018. Who has the hottest lips in the High Country? During the first few weeks in February, Haircut 101 invited the community to compete in their Hot Lips Competition. Competitors paid one dollar, and kissed a napkin. A variety of lipstick colors and styles were used in order to select the most outstanding kiss. By Kate Herman – Photos by Ken Ketchie / Read more… Weekly Crime Reports: Activity and Arrests in Boone and Watauga County, Feb. 19- 26 Feb. 28, 2018. Looking to stay up-to-date on what's happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff's Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more… < a>Studio 140 is Show Casing Art at Sorrento's Bistro on Weekends in March Asheville Welcomes Elizabeth Smart, Where There's Hope, There's Healing, 3/8 High Country Lifelong Learners Movie Screening, 3/12 S.N.I.P.S of Watauga Humane Society Presents 'Everything but the Kitchen Sink', 3/17 < a>Weekly Events at Lost Province Brewing Company, 2/26- 3/10 Watauga Humane Society Event: Saint Paw-trick's Day, 3/15 2018 BRAHM Gala: An Evening in Venice, 6/23 Watauga County Arts Council Vocal Music Scholarships Available Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian — March events Feb. 26, 2018. Black Mountain College was structured differently than most educational institutions at the time. In 1933, it was founded out of a desire for a more progressive education through the use of art, hands-on learning, close student-faculty interaction and critical thought. As an early example of a liberal arts college, this model has since spread throughout the U.S. and is used at Appalachian State University today. / Read more… Watauga County Arts Council: Kicking off Youth Art Month with a FREE Paint-In for Kids Feb. 26, 2018	3,066
More development approved in east St. George David DeMille ddemille@thespectrum.com ST. GEORGE – Plans for more development east of the Virgin River gained approval from the St. George City Council on Thursday, with members giving the go-ahead to a general plan amendment to accommodate a major new commercial and business area around the intersection of Mall Drive and 3000 East. The 106-acre amendment to the general plan paves the way for a mixed-use development in the Washington Fields area, where plans for retail stores, professional offices and increased residential density have been proposed by owner Suburban Land Reserve, Inc., the commercial real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The proposed development, which would be the first of its kind, has excited some nearby residents and raised concerns among others, with many showing up at previous public hearings and meetings related to the project, but on Thursday none stood up to speak during the public comment period. The recently-built Mall Drive Bridge created a new connection to the traditionally agricultural area, and traffic managers anticipate both Mall Drive and 3000 East developing into larger traffic corridors. "It doesn't<\|fim_middle\|>4-acre zone change in the Little Valley area along the Fort Pierce Wash. That property, also located within the flood erosion hazard zone, would also require additional studies and mitigation, managers said. Also on Thursday, the council: •Approved a $121,826 bid for an overhead wire puller for the Energy Services development. There was $125,000 budgeted for the item this year. •Approved a $50,324 change order with Rosenberg Associates for professional services on a trail extension and pedestrian bridge project in the Sand Hollow Wash. The project itself is still within the budgeted amount of $282,000. Follow David DeMille, @SpectrumDeMille. Get meeting minutes, agendas and more information on the St. George City Council at sgcity.org/citycouncil.	make sense to have homes on what is going to be one of the busiest corners in that area," Councilman Gil Almquist said, making a motion for approval. The development would include retail and commercial businesses at the intersection, surrounded by professional office space to the north and medium-density residential development to the west, south and east, according to the application. Dale Bills, a spokesperson, said the plan is to build 15 acres of retail, 15 acres of medical offices and use the remainder for residential development. The buildout would occur over the next three years. "This will be a quality development with characteristics similar to the surrounding neighborhoods," he said. Some of the property is located close to the river, within the city's designated flood erosion hazard zone, and any further development plans on those portions would need additional engineering work done before anything is built. Traffic studies would also be required, as the new traffic patterns could affect nearby homes, an elementary school and church. The council also approved a 1	205
<\|fim_middle\|> to the gym like I did, maybe try sprucing up your workout wear with a little back to school shopping at Gordman's! Our local store had a wide variety of leggings, tanks, long sleeves, sweatshirts and even affordable workout shoes! Shelbi is a paid blogger. You can find Shelbi's original blog post at Everyday Mrs.!	I think it's the moving, painting, and all the rain we've been having lately that has made me super unmotivated to work out! I know many are in the full swing of back to school, which usually means back to school shopping! Well, if back to school for kids means new clothes then why can't it for adults too? You know I love a great athleisure buy, so I wanted to share some new workout finds I picked up at Gordmans recently to hopefully give me the incentive I need to get back on the healthy train. I loved this striped long sleeve so much I bought it in a tank version as well! It's super soft and as you can see the long sleeve has thumb holes, I don't know why that's so exciting but its basically the workout wear equivalent of a dress with pockets! Also, color blocking is still definitely on trend as well as mesh details seem to be huge in the workout space. Love how these leggings combined both of those trends while still being comfortable, able to move with you and not itchy! And you know I can't go to Gordman's without checking out their home goods section, especially with all the decorating and renovating we have going on at the new place! I'm all about soft, furry things so when I saw this blush accent faux fur rug I knew it had to come home with me. For this picture it's the perfect backdrop but I currently have it setting on the back of our sectional that I will be sure to show you once I reveal the full transformation of our living room (coming soon!). If you're needing the push to get back	333
Week 9 \| Aquin vs Milledgeville Freeport- In a heavyweight NUIC Upstate battle, two teams who still have a chance to finish with a portion of the conference championship slugged it out at Aquin High School in Freeport. The Milledgeville Missiles bring their hard-hitting power offense to the home of the Bulldogs in hopes of slowing up the high<\|fim_middle\|> early, pinning the Missles back at their 11-yard line starting their second drive over halfway through the first half. The Aquin defense stood tough and only gave up 4 yards on their drive. On the ensuing punt, Keegan Koester made a huge return to the Missile 23-yard line with just over 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter. Aquin seemed to be snuffed out by the Missile defense, not being able to run the ball the way they would like, gaining only a couple of yards. Until they ran a play action screen pass to Cole Stykel, which sucked the entire Missile defense down, allowing Stykel to walk in to the end zone. This touchdown moved the score to 7-0 Aquin with 1:53 left in the first quarter. On the next Missile drive, the Bulldogs were able to force a fumble deep in Missile territory, and start yet another drive inside the Milledgeville 25-yard line. Yet again the Bulldogs would start a drive looking into the Missile end zone. On a long 3rd and 20, the Bulldogs again turned to a screen to convert a huge 3rd down and save their drive. After that, the Bulldogs would score on a 20-yard pass from Jonah Diemer to Bryce Carlson. The Zac Cummins PAT was good making the score 14-0 in favor of Aquin with 11:13 remaining in the 2nd quarter. The Aquin defense would stand tough on the next drive, forcing a turnover on downs after only 4 plays. The Aquin offense would take over on the Missile side of the field for the 3rd consecutive drive, hoping to put the game out of reach. On the first play of the next Aquin drive, the Missile defense would show that they are indeed still in the game, forcing an 11-yard loss on Jonah Diemer. The next play would see the Missile defense forcing a big fumble taking the ball at midfield. The Missiles would try and ride that momentum down into Aquin's side of the field. The multitude of running attacks that the Milledgeville Missiles came at the Bulldog defense would prove to be tough to stop. The Missiles showed some option, Wing-T, Double Wing, and even some shotgun draws just to throw different looks at Aquin. The Missles would convert on a 4th down to keep their drive alive at the 25-yard line. Milledgeville's Nathan Ron would pound the ball inside and out on the Bulldogs all the way down the field on this drive. The Aquin defense would stand tough and force a sack on 4th down to end Milledgeville's first threat to score in the first half. After two back and forth possessions, the bulldogs were struggling on their second drive of the half until one play changed the momentum. Aquin would score the first touchdown of the half on a huge 51 yard run by Cole Luedeking, beating a Milledgeveille blitz. The score would move to 21-0 Aquin 7:21 remaining in the 3rd quarter. Another big play by Cooper Arendt would put the Bulldogs on the board yet again. Arendt would split 2 defenders, catch the ball and walk untouched into the end zone for a 68-yard touchdown. Putting the Bulldogs up 28-0 with 4 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter. Staying with the theme of the long plays, Cole Luedeking would break a long 60-yard run to finish off Aquin's scoring in the 3rd quarter, moving the score to 35-0 in favor of Aquin with just over 3 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter. The Bulldogs would force a Milledgeville fumble deep in Missile territory, and would convert this into yet another score. However, these points would only come in 3, being a 28-yard field goal by Zac Cummins. This brought the score to 38-0 with 6:10 remaining in the game. This score would stay true through the rest of the game. Both the Milledgeville Missiles and the Aquin Bulldogs finish the regular season at 7-2. IHSA Playoffs, Round 1 #NUICUPSTATE #NUICFootballFanatics #NUICFootball #AquinBulldogs #MilledgevilleMissiles	flying Aquin offense. The first two drives of the game allowed for Aquin to take control of field position very	23
1 :: Suppose You have a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Server1 has<\|fim_middle\|> failed region and then select the Reactivate Disk option. D. Import the foreign disk. Select the failed region and then select the Reactivate Disk option.	a folder named D:\data. The folder is shared as Data. You need to enable users to recover files that are deleted from the Data shared folder. What should you do on Server1? A. From the D volume properties, modify the Shadow Copies settings. B. From the Sharing and Security settings of D:\data, modify the Caching settings. C. From the %systemroot%\system32\clients\twclient\x86 folder, install twcli32.msi. D. From the Services snap in, modify the startup type of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). 2 :: Suppose You have a server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You need to ensure that a defragmentation of the servers hard disk drive runs each night. What should you do? A. Create a scheduled task that runs Dfrg.msc. B. Create a scheduled task that runs Defrag.exe. C. From Computer Management, run Disk Management. D. From Computer Management, run Disk Defragmenter. 3 :: You have a file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). You use Windows Backup to back up Server1. You need to view all the backup jobs that are scheduled to run on Server1. What should you do? A. From Administrative Tools, run Services. B. From Administrative Tools, run File Server Manager. C. From Windows System Tools, run Scheduled Tasks. D. From Windows System Tools, run System Information. 4 :: You have a server that runs Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). The server has a backup tape drive installed. You need to schedule a backup to tape. The tape must be ejected when the backup job is complete. Which commands should you include in the scheduled task? 5 :: Your organization includes two servers named Server1 and Server2 that run Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Server1 and Server2 host the same Web sites. You need to back up the server configuration on Server1 every hour and then apply the configuration to Server2. Which command should you use? Which type of backup should you perform on weekdays? Minimize the time required to back up files. On weekdays, back up files that have changed since the last backup. Everyday, back up all files and folders to disk. Every Friday, back up all files and folders to tape. Every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, back up only the files and folders that have changed since the previous Fridays backup to tape. Which backup jobs should you create? Perform a scheduled normal backup to disk every Friday. Perform a scheduled normal backup to tape every Friday. How many scheduled jobs should you create from Windows Backup? 10 :: You are the network administrator for your company. All network servers run Windows Server 2003. One of your servers contains a RAID 5 volume. Routine monitoring reveals a failed disk in the set. The server is running and users are connecting to shared folders on the RAID 5 volume. You shut down the server and replace the failed disk. Now you need to ensure that the RAID 5 volume is redundant. What should you do? A. Initialize the new disk. Select the failed region and then select the Repair Volume option. B. Import the foreign disk. Select the failed region and then select the Repair Volume option. C. Initialize the new disk. Select the	714
Day seven of the fast and so far so good. I deleted all of my news bookmarks and even went so far as to hide the news application on the BlackBerry. I was a little tempted this<\|fim_middle\|> to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the conditions that exist in the present. Only through careful observation of what is going on right now, in this very moment, can we grasp why we are where we are, and where we shall be in the future. Take a moment, close your eyes, and be here, right now, in this moment. It is all that matters. What happened yesterday, is gone. What will happen tomorrow, will be determined by today.	weekend while playing with my new iPod Touch (which I love, I might add), but have been strong. I don't know if I would go as far as to say that I feel better, but I do feel…lighter. I don't feel as weighed down as I normally would. If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. If you want	88
New Books in Politics Free Politics Book PDF EBOOK Download Wwe Thumb Wrestling Download Wwe Thumb Wrestling ebook PDF or Read Online books in PDF, EPUB, and Mobi Format. Click Download or Read Online button to Wwe Thumb Wrestling book pdf for free now. Author : Julia March Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction Meet WWE's greatest rivals, learn their signature moves, then have your own epic thumb battle. Who will win? Find out what's more powerful: The Rock's People's Elbow move or John Cena's Attitude Adjustment. Who will come out on top in a thumb scrum: Becky Lynch or Ronda Rousey? Every WWE Superstar has their own signature move. Read about them on each page of this interactive board book, then choose your player, plan your moves and take on your daring opponent in a thumb wrestling match to end all thumb wrestling matches. This fun board book has two die-cut holes through each page, giving players an exciting arena for their thumb wrestling match. 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LJN's partnership with WWF gave the world some of the most legendary wrestling figures in history. 8-inch, heavy-duty rubber figures, the WWF LJN figures could withstand the most aggressive imaginary play. This quality of the LJN figures was one of the main reasons they went onto become the most successful wrestling figures of the 1980s. In this price guide, we name our picks for the best wrestling figures among the LJN wrestling superstar figures, LJN bendies figures, and LJN thumb wrestler figures. We will also provide you with the best available prices for all LJN figures. We believe that it can be hard for most people to track the value of LJN wrestling figures as there is no official price guide bible. However, after you've read this book and wrestling price guide, you'll know what LJN wrestling collectibles are available and what their price is. This will ensure that you don't buy a wrestling collectible for more than what it's worth. Additionally, this will help you to get the best possible deal for a collectible you own. Category: Sports & Recreation Wrestling Price Guide Wwf Ljn Wrestling Superstars Edition Author : Wrestling Price Guides Ever since the 1980s, wrestling figures have ruled the minds and hearts of kids and tweens everywhere. It all started in the 80s with companies such as Mattel, Hasbro, and LJN fighting for market share.The companies partnered with or were supported by shows that served as an advertisement medium for their licensed merchandise. Going with the trend at the time, LJN also entered into a partnership with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE.WWE is an entertainment and media group that organizes and promotes wrestling events. 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Additionally, this will help you to get the best possible deal for a collectible you own. Too Sweet Author : Keith Elliot Greenberg Keith Elliot Greenberg chronicles the growth of indie wrestling from bingo halls to a viable alternative to the WWE and speaks to those involved in the Alternative Wrestling League with remarkable candor, gaining behind-the-scenes knowledge of this growing enterprise. As COVID-19 utterly changed the world as we know it, only one sport was able to pivot and offer consistent, new, live programming on a weekly basis: professional wrestling. In 2017, after being told that no independent wrestling group could draw a crowd of more than 10,000, a group of wrestlers took up the challenge. For several years, these gladiators had been performing in front of rabid crowds and understood the hunger for wrestling that was different from the TV-slick product. In September 2018, they had the numbers to prove it: 11,263 fans filled the Sears Center Arena for the All In pay-per-view event, ushering in a new era. A year later, WWE had its first major head-to-head competitor in nearly two decades when All Elite Wrestling debuted on TNT. Acclaimed wrestling historian Keith Elliot Greenberg's Too Sweet takes readers back to the beginning, when a half century ago outlaw promotions challenged the established leagues, and guides us into the current era. He paints a vivid picture of promotions as diverse as New Japan, Ring of Honor, Revolution Pro, Progress, and Chikara, and the colorful figures who starred in each. This is both a dynamic snapshot and the ultimate history of a transformational time in professional wrestling. Wrestling S Greatest Moments Author : Mike Rickard A combination of the most memorable and controversial moments in wrestling's history, this guidebook is an insightful and essential compendium of groundbreaking matches, angles, and interviews. Tackling such events as Hulkamania and the Montreal screwjob, the NWA and the nWo, this reference highlights the moments that thrilled. Whether it is Ric Flair regaining the NWA Championship from Harley Race at Starcade, the Freebirds turning heel on Kerry Von Erich, Mick Foley flying off of the cage at King of the Ring, Jake Roberts DDT-ing Ricky Steamboat on the concrete, Samoa Joes epic trilogy with CM Punk in Ring of Honor, or the premiere of Nitro, the events captured as these greatest hits will delight fans. Enthralling insider informationincluding comments from the wrestlers involved in these momentsand different historical perspectives create an authoritative look at the extravagance, exploits, tragedies, and triumphs of this sport of kings. Professional Wrestling Related Media Author : Source Wikipedia Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: 1 Night in China, Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia, Big Man on Hippocampus, Celebrity Deathmatch, Death from Above (film), Doppelgangers (How I Met Your Mother), Fighting Cholitas, Get Smart (film), Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling, Live Audio Wrestling, MacGruber (film), Man on the Moon (song), Mongo Wrestling Alliance, Power Slam, Pro Wrestling Report, Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter, River of Darkness, Shimmer Volumes, Tag-Team (Land of the Lost episode), The Backyard (film), The Longest Yard (2005 film), The Old Man and the Lisa, The Rundown, The Scorpion King, The Simpsons Wrestling, The Waterboy, Thumb Wrestling Federation, Tsunkatse (Star Trek: Voyager), W.T.F., Walking Tall (2004 film), Wrong Side of Town, WWE Network. Excerpt: Shimmer Volumes are the DVDs produced by the all-female professional wrestling promotion Shimmer Women Athletes. Over the course of seven years, it has released 48 DVDs.: Alicia substituted for Serena Deeb, who was unable to make it to the building in time for her match due to a car accident.: Sarah Stock was listed as an 'International Wildcard' entry, having never competed in SHIMMER before. After Del Rey was eliminated, she remained at ringside and pulled Ariel over the top rope to eliminate her. Live Audio Wrestling (The LAW), is a radio show on conventional radio, previously syndicated and formerly broadcast on both satellite radio and in a podcast format, based<\|fim_middle\|> "the Animal" Steele, with quick stats and descriptions of their most famous matches. No true wrestling fan should be without this book. Wwe Legends Superstar Billy Graham Author : Billy Graham "I'm the man of the hour," Superstar Billy Graham told his audiences, "the man with the power. Too sweet to be sour!" Despite years of devastating health issues (a long history of drug abuse led to a liver transplant in 2002), the man regarded as one of the most influential professional wrestlers of the past thirty years still flaunts the same optimism that made his interviews as compelling as his matches. In Tangled Ropes, his autobiography, Graham remembers his victories -- and his setbacks -- on both the wrestling and the evangelism circuits in vibrant detail. At his core, Graham is still Wayne Coleman, the artistic, curious boy who escaped the wrath of his disabled father in post-war Phoenix through painting, sports, and bodybuilding. When his photo appeared in a bodybuilding magazine, the young man caught the attention of a family in Texas who began praying for his soul. Soon, Wayne found religion at a revival meeting, then mortified his parents as he left home to bend steel, rip phone books in half, and preach the Gospel on the back roads of America. Because of his natural athleticism, Wayne held a series of jobs -- from bouncer to boxer, from repo man to football player. However, it was under the training of the "Mentor of Mayhem," Stu Hart, that the wrestler was revealed. Then the fading headliner Dr. Jerry Graham bleached Wayne's hair blond and transformed him into an in-ring "brother." Still reverent of men of faith, Coleman became "Billy Graham," after the preacher. Graham completed the package with his golden tan and enormous "pythons," a succession of color-coordinated outfits and jive-talking -- a persona imitated by countless wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. The Superstar's greatest wrestling achievement came in 1977, when he took the World Wide Wrestling Federation Championship from Bruno Sammartino. He held the prize for nearly a year -- the first wrestling villain to do so. But after he lost the title to wholesome Bob Backlund, Graham fell into a deep depression. He disappeared from the business, squandering his money and losing himself in a haze of drugs. In Tangled Ropes -- co-written with Keith Elliot Greenberg -- Superstar Billy Graham tells a story that transcends his life in the wrestling profession, offering candor, nostalgia, inspiration, and humor. Graham's narrative is supplemented by anecdotes from personalities like Vince McMahon, Jesse Ventura, Ivan Koloff, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Category: Biography & Autobiography ISBN : PSU:000069195952 Genre : Wrestling Category: Wrestling ISBN : STANFORD:36105117264080 Genre : Germany Category: Germany Fighting For Recognition Author : R. Tyson Smith In Fighting for Recognition, R. Tyson Smith enters the world of independent professional wrestling, a community-based entertainment staged in community centers, high school gyms, and other modest venues. Like the big-name, televised pro wrestlers who originally inspired them, indie wrestlers engage in choreographed fights in character. Smith details the experiences, meanings, and motivations of the young men who wrestle as "Lethal" or "Southern Bad Boy," despite receiving little to no pay and risking the possibility of serious and sometimes permanent injury. Exploring intertwined issues of gender, class, violence, and the body, he sheds new light on the changing sources of identity in a postindustrial society that increasingly features low wages, insecure employment, and fragmented social support. Smith uncovers the tensions between strength and vulnerability, pain and solidarity, and homophobia and homoeroticism that play out both backstage and in the ring as the wrestlers seek recognition from fellow performers and devoted fans. With The Whales Author : James Darling Genre : Nature This book is an elegant showcase both for whales and the photography of Flip Nicklin. Most of the 130 arresting photographs were taken beneath the waves by Nicklin, free-swimming with these compelling creatures. Jim Darling's text authoritatively covers the natural history of all major whale species. Hardcore Diaries Author : Mick Foley What does it feel like to fall through a flaming table for the very first time? Or the umpteenth time for that matter. In the fresh off-the-cuff style that has earned him legions of admirers and made his previous wrestling books massive worldwide bestsellers, Foley gives readers a blow-by-blow first-hand account of exactly what it is like to step into the wrestling ring. As a champion wrestler he was known both for his tenacity in the ring and for the fearlessness which led him to take extraordinary risks in any number of groundbreaking dangerous stunts. And as an industry insider he offers a unique perspective on what it was like to perform at that level which readers will never find anywhere else. In HARDCORE DIARIES Mick Foley will take fans right inside a hardcore match, vividly recreating his experiences, and revealing how mentally and physically preparing for this extremely challenging sport has helped him become the legend he is today. Chris Nancy Author : Irvin Muchnick Author Muchnick puts together the first thorough and authoritative events of the Benoit murder-suicide in 2007, one of the most shocking stories of the year. The book also goes beyond the crime itself, showing how the tragedy was a microcosm of the drugs culture in wrestling. The Benoit case led to unprecedented scrutiny of wrestling's overall health and safety standards, and this book is the primary source of what they found and what they should continue to look for. The Raw Files 1993 Author : James Dixon Under The Table Author : Katherine Darling Genre : Cooking A deliciously entertaining memoir about one woman's adventures in the student kitchens of the legendary French Culinary Institute -- flavored with celebrity chefs, eccentric characters, and mouthwatering recipes To anyone who has ever dreamed of life in a French kitchen, imagining days filled with puff pastry and sips of vintage wine, Katherine Darling serves up a savory dose of reality in this funny, fascinating, and altogether delightful account of her time spent slaving over a hot stove, wrestling with veal calves, and cleaning fish heads at the French Culinary Institute in downtown New York City. As she goes from clueless amateur to certified chef, Katherine and her quirky fellow students learn the secrets behind the art of French cooking and frequently find themselves the objects of scorn and ridicule as their teachers wage psychological warfare over steaming pots of bisque. The kitchen, they soon discover, is no place for soft-hearted romantics. It's a cutthroat world, and no one ever made a soufflé without breaking a few eggs -- or cracking a few heads together. From the basics to the final exam, Darling reveals everything that goes into the making of a chef. Filled with delicious food lore and trivia, and including dozens of classic and original French recipes, Under the Table takes readers deep into the trenches of one of the world's most prestigious cooking schools -- and shows what really goes on behind the doors of every great restaurant kitchen. Countdown To Lockdown The undisputed king of the literary ring is back with another handwritten, hardcore home run. Forget the ghost writer and the computer keyboard - this mesmerizing memoir is straight from the pen and notebook paper of the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley, chronicling the heart-pounding build-up to "Lockdown", one of the most important matches of his long and storied career. Foley's every limit is tested, as he battles back the formidable tag-team of Father Time and Mother Nature - overcoming a host of injuries and serious self-doubts to get back in the ring with one of his all-time favorite foes. With his trademark blend of wit and wisdom, wildness and warmth, Foley dishes previously untold stories from his remarkable life, including his transition from WWE to TNA, his ill-fated stint as a television commentator, his tumultuous relationship with Vince McMahon, his thoughts on performance enhancing substances in sports, the troubling list of wrestlers dying way too young, and his soul saving work in Sierra Leone. Raw, dynamic, and unabashedly honest, COUNTDOWN TO LOCKDOWN charts Foley's wrestling rebirth, and rise to heights that his fans thought he would never see again. Publisher's Note: 100% of the advance for this book has been donated to Child Fund International and RAINN. 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Simio and Simulation: Modeling, Analysis, Applications: 4th Edition – Economy Hattie & Hudson Dragons Rioting, Vol. 6 PDF EPUB Free Download	out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is owned by Fight Network. The show is broadcast live at 11:00pm (ET) on Sunday evenings (although sometimes preempted until 12:00am (ET) on Monday morning by the host station, notably due to Sunday Night Football), on TSN Radio 1050. The format of The LAW is a call in radio show. Opinions are expressed by hosts The Mouth Dan Lovranski, Jason Agnew... Wrestling S Sinking Ship Author : Ian Hamilton In 2001, the professional wrestling scene in the western world changed almost overnight. From three major promotions at the start of the year, just one remained by the start of April, ending more than a decade of competition. But success breeds complacency, and the five years since World Wrestling Entertainment stood triumphant over its rivals has seen unprecedented shifts in wrestling. Charting the highs and lows of the business in that time, Wrestling's Sinking Ship offers a unique look at the fall and rise of sports entertainment's most controversial characters. From necrophilia to exploitation, nostalgia to racism... oh, and don't forget that fake gay wedding! ISBN : IND:30000070262666 Genre : Television programs Category: Television programs Wwe Legends Author : Brian Solomon WWE Legends gives fans an inside look at more than fifty of the greatest wrestlers ever to slip between the ropes and enter the "squared circle." They were World Heavyweight Champions: Bob Backlund, Superstar Billy Graham, and Bruno Sammartino. They were fan favorites: "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Chief Jay Strongbow, and Andre the Giant. They were the villains everyone loved to hate: Killer Kowalski, Ernie Ladd, and the Fabulous Moolah. They were ethnic heroes, someone just like you that you could cheer for: Ivan Putski, Pedro Morales, Peter Maivia. They were the stars that shined the brightest, and left an indelible mark on the memories of countless fans. In a time when professional wrestling was divided into territories, no place created bigger Superstars than World Wrestling Entertainment. From the company's centerpiece in Madison Square Garden, legends were born. WWE Legends is the every fan's guide to the legends of the ring. They are all in here, from Andre the Giant to George	502
As the Chief Technology Officer for the Calcasieu Parish Public Schools for nineteen years, Dr. Abshire is a catalyst to initiate the integration of technology throughout the nation and internationally by providing leadership on numerous national, state and district committees focusing on the role of technology and curriculum in changing educational practice. A forty-three year veteran educator, she has worked as a school principal, K-5 teacher, library/media specialist, classroom teacher, and university professor. In 2010 she was appointed by the FCC to the USAC board representing the nation's schools and libraries on ERATE matters. Sheryl was the 2013 National Coalition for Technology in Education & Training Community Builder Award winner for exemplary service in support of policies and practices designed to facilitate the effective integration of technology into teaching and learning across the nation's education system. ISTE<\|fim_middle\|> Advocacy and Programs. She was the first teacher inducted into our country's National Teachers' Hall of Fame and serves on the board and is past chair of Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). Additionally, she serves on the K-12 Advisory Board for Blackboard, Dell's Platinum Advisory Committee, eSchool News and Scholastic Administrators Advisory Boards.	awarded Sheryl the first Public Policy Advocate of the Year Award in 2009 for her decades of work promoting educational technology. Dr. Abshire is the past president of the Louisiana ISTE affiliate – LACUE where she presently serves as the Vice President of	54
heather & olive: sister LA trip. This past Thursday I hopped on a plane and met my sister in LA for a quick sister getaway. She was already out there for a work trip and after I had a supremely crappy week she bought an extra ticket for me to meet her and make a weekend out of it. She is seriously the best. And before I go into the places we stayed and all the delicious food and drinks we enjoyed, I want to say how much my heart aches for the people of California and the devastating wildfires. It was totally surreal to be there when this was going on (especially being from the Northeast, where this never happens). I donated to the Red Cross, but there are a lot of other organizations doing great work that need help (there's a good list of places to donate here). Sunrise over the Hollywood sign. When I arrived on Thursday my sister was wrapping up her conference at the West<\|fim_middle\|> We then went to TomTom (again, we had to) and shared some shishito peppers and a glass of wine before deciding it was too much of a scene and we had to go. We made our way back to the hotel and ordered room service from Croft Alley and called it an early night. On Saturday morning we were both up super early due to our early bedtime and the time change, so we grabbed a small bite at Croft Alley first thing. Johnny Cake with Fried Chicken. We then made our way to Hart and the Hunter for brunch, which is in the Palihotel on Melrose. I had the Johnny Cake with fried chicken and smoked bacon maple syrup, and my sister had shrimp and grits. Both were very good. We walked down Melrose and had the most delicious blood orange mules at the Melrose Umbrella Company. Their food menu said they had a wedge salad made with spring peas that looked amazing, but we were informed that it was no longer available which really amplified our need for one. After scouring menus, we found there was a restaurant near our hotel that had them. And that's how we found ourselves at Saddle Ranch on a Saturday afternoon. Our salads ended up being just what we wanted, and we enjoyed them while watching USC and Cal Arts students enjoy bottomless mimosas and ride the mechanical bull. We then headed back to the hotel for naps. Later that evening, we met our cousins at Gracias Madre for happy hour. It was a total treat because we barely get to see them, and we sipped "So Fresa So Cleans" (tequila blanco, strawberry, rose water, lemon, cachaça, and aquafaba) while catching up. The best sushi OF MY LIFE at Nobu. And then we went to Nobu. Admittedly, we were both a little stuffed from the day's events, but decided to keep our reservation given all of the a la carte menu options. We had edamame, crab tacos, and sushi that ended up ruining all future sushi for the both of us. It was seriously so good and I need to go back on an empty stomach to really enjoy everything on the menu. On Sunday we grabbed breakfast at Croft Alley before we headed to the airport. I had avocado toast (because if you go to LA and you don't have avocado toast, did you even go to LA?) and my sister had their GF bananas foster waffle. I love how what you did is all about what you ate...that's SO me.	in Bonaventure in downtown LA. She had a king suite that I enjoyed lounging in when she had a meeting Friday morning and the view was pretty great. The Standard in West Hollywood. After she wrapped everything up on Friday, we made our way to West Hollywood to The Standard. The location was perfect (right up the road from Chateau Marmont) and I highly recommend it. I've stayed at the Standard in NYC a couple of times and the vibe in West Hollywood was so much more low-key. They had a great restaurant with 24/7 room service, a cool bar area and a pool with an adjacent ping pong table (I forgot my bathing suit but we had a heated ping pong tournament). I would definitely stay there again. I need to preface this by saying that my sister and I really love to eat and drink. While other people might plan a trip around cultural activities, we focus on stuffing our faces. White Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse at Nick and Stef's. On Thursday night we decided to do an early dinner at Nick and Stef's which was within walking distance of the Westin. We each had delicious steaks, potato gratin and an incredible white chocolate hazelnut mousse (and I generally hate all things white chocolate, so this was especially tasty). It was pricey, but so worth it. Brisket taquitos with rice and beans. On Friday my sister had a meeting in the AM, so I grabbed Starbucks and waited for her return. We did a little shopping at Zara and H&M and then decided to grab Mexican across the street from the hotel at the Border Grille -- we shared a shrimp ceviche to start and then I had brisket taquitos and my sister had the crispy rajas tacos. Both were super delicious and super filling. We then made our way to the Standard. Delicious cocktail that I can't remember the name of at the Cactus Lounge. I mean, we had to. We grabbed a happy hour drink at Pump and sat next to none other than Scheana Marie (formerly Shay) who, although we did not talk to, through casual observation seemed to be exactly like she is on the show.	451
<\|fim_middle\|>.	InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has announced Silicon Beach-based NameDrop Solutions, Inc., as the latest tech firm to enter its Los Angeles Innovation Center. The startup is using the space to bring its data sharing platform to market. NameDrop is founded by Stephen Van de Wetering – who is also the founder of investment operations outsourcing firm Empaxis Data Management. NameDrop is a mobile app that allows people to share information with other people and businesses through an easy, fast and completely secure data-sharing platform. The platform is targeted at both consumers and businesses. For consumers, NameDrop auto-fills forms, meaning the app can be used to fill out forms in person, over the phone or online for anything from a job application to booking a flight or filling out a form in a doctor's office. For businesses and institutions, NameDrop works as an info-gathering tool, collecting accurate data and delivering it real-time, directly into CRM, POS and other systems. NameDrop is using the InvestCloud Innovation Center in Los Angeles to continue to develop its proprietary data sharing platform and bring it to market. NameDrop is one of several startups using the Innovation Center, including Finworx and Efficient Tax. The InvestCloud Innovation Center Los Angeles is based at InvestCloud headquarters at the Pacific Design Center, in West Hollywood. InvestCloud also has a second Innovation Center at its European headquarters in Soho, London. The InvestCloud Innovation Centers offer both new startups and established financial firms alike the ability to quickly deliver digital solutions, supported by the InvestCloud platform	313
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Gaming laptops are really exciting to have and they seem to offer amazing features for excellent performance. While desktops and gaming consoles may be slightly cheaper in price, gaming laptops are somewhat expensive but buyers who so much value their gaming pleasure wouldn't mind spending chunks of bucks on these devices. Before you select any of the gaming laptops out there, you really have to check out the quality or size(s) of several features including memory, display, processor, and graphics. Perhaps there are tons of gaming laptops from which you can select and by reason of this, you could be stuck with the awkward task of reviewing just too many laptops. If you are looking for affordable gaming laptops, you are in the right place. Here are detailed reviews of some of the best gaming laptops under 600 dollars. Designed as a top-ranking gaming laptop, Acer Aspire E15 elegantly packs an LED-lit IPS display with Full HD (1920X1080) widescreen that offers excellent viewing experience. This 15.6-inch laptop features 8th gen Intel Core i5-8250U processor pegged at 3.4GHz. Amazingly, users –including high-end gamers –will enjoy this laptop for its whopping battery life estimated around 15 hours. Considering its capacitive SSD of 256GB and its decent 8GB dual channel memory, this Acer Aspire has got what many players of memory-consuming games are looking for. Aspire E15 (E5-576G-5762) boasts several other top-notch features courtesy of its status as a top-ranking gaming laptop. Interestingly, its Intel Core i5 processor pairs up with GeForce MX150 in a bid to deliver blazing-fast processing power. All these amazing features of this laptop make it one of the best gaming laptops under 600. HP is well-known for a good deal of excellent products and this 17.3'' laptop is obviously one of the best HP products out there. Aside from its massive HDD of 1TB, this HP laptop excellently crams a 7th gen Intel Core i5-7200U processor basically pegged at 2.5GHz but capable of operating at 3.1GHz courtesy of the built-in turbo technology. Packed with dual speakers alongside DTS Studio Sound, HP -17.3'' boasts an excellent 8GB RAM plus a WLED-backlit (1600×900) display. For the convenience of typing, the laptop also comes with a 10-key numeric full keyboard. Regarding its OS, this HP laptop features Windows 10 Home (64 Bit) and within its multi-feature connectivity, there are HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3<\|fim_middle\|>×1080). For blazing-fast processing power, it packs a 2.50GHz Intel Core i5-7200U processor. Its operating speed fairly expands to 3.1GHz, thanks to the built-in turbo technology. Packed with 256GB of Solid-State Drive, Acer Aspire 17.3'' further crams DDR4 memory of 8GB capable of being upgraded to 32GB. Also, there is NVIDIA GeForce 940MX coming alongside a dedicated memory of 2GD GDDR5. Built with the OS of Windows 10, this laptop stylishly packs extensive connections including USB 3.1 Type-C, VGA, HDMI, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.1, USB 3.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac. Notably, the battery life of this gaming laptop is estimated at 5½ hours. With a built WLED backlit touchscreen, this 15.6-inch laptop is one of the best HP laptops for high-end gamers. Aside from its 10-key numeric full keyboard (designed for excellent typography), this elegant Pavilion packs extensive connectivity plus DTS Studio Sound with dual speakers. If you're really craving for super-excellent performance, you can select from the DDR4 RAM of 8GB/12GB/16GB and first HDD of 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB SSD. Also, there is an optional Hard Drive of 1TB/2TB but this lacks DVD for additional storage purposes. For the blistering-fast processing many high-end gamers desire, this Premium 2018 HP Pavilion features an 8th gen Intel Core i5-8250U processor with an operating speed expansible from 1.6GHz (via turbo boost) to 3.1GHz. Packs multiple ports including HDMI, headphone output, RJ 45 (LAN), USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, making it one of the top gaming laptop under 600 dollars. Coming as a top-quality 15.6-inch HD gaming laptop, this Acer Aspire amazingly packs Intel HD graphics 620 plus the combined memory of 1TB HDD and 128GB SSD offering blistering speed coupled with plenty of storage space. A laptop weighing about 4.63 pounds, Acer Newest Aspire 15.6'' boasts excellent processing power owing to its Intel Core i5-7200U dual-core processor with a speed of 2.5GHz expansible to 3.1GHz. For impressive internet experience, this laptop sports the Wi-Fi type of 802.11ac while the memory aspect is duly powered by 6GB of RAM space. Amongst the other interesting features of this gaming laptop are Windows 10 Home, stereo speakers, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI, SD Webcam and HD display featuring anti-glare technology. Also, this Acer laptop packs a decent number of ports including USB 2.0, USB 3.0, headphone output and Network (RJ-45). While all the gaming laptops under 600 dollars we've reviewed so far are capable of serving gaming purposes, you may still have to review all their features carefully in order to decide the best option for your high-end gaming needs in terms of graphics, screen size, portability and RAM size.	.1, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) and several others. The endless number of amazing features makes it another top candidate for one of the best gaming laptops under 600 dollars. A 600 dollar gaming laptop weighing about 4.8 pounds, Dell Inspiron 15.6'' is a touchscreen laptop with an excellent Full HD display (1920×1080). As part of its exceptional specifications, this best gaming laptop under 600 dollar sports a backlit keyboard (for typing conveniently at night or in dark places), 1TB of HDD, an amazing RAM of 12GB and an 8th gen Intel Core i5-8250U processor earmarked at 1.6GHz. For efficient and excellent video quality, 2018 Dell Inspiron features Intel Integrated 620 graphics. In addition to its amazing Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac, this laptop comes with multiple connections including HDMI, USB 2.0 and USB 3.1. Featured with the OS of Windows 10 Home (64 Bit), 2018 Dell Inspiron is perhaps one of the best gaming laptops under 600 dollars within its class. Powered with 1TB of HDD for enormous storage of files including music, videos, games, etc. Considered a laptop with excellent responsiveness, this Lenovo 17.3'' laptop packs amazing 8GB of DDR4 memory alongside a whopping HDD of 1TB. Its processing power is quite exceptional courtesy of the built-in 7th gen Intel Core i5-7200U processor. Interestingly, all of these features integrate effectively to enable users to multitask easily –switch continuously from one web tab to another and run multiple programs at once. Thanks to the in-built anti-glare feature, visual clarity are guaranteed while the screen is being used in surfing the web, streaming HD videos and performing many other sorts of tasks. Excitingly, this high-quality and best gaming laptop under 600 dollars boasts several other features including Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Windows 10 system and the IdeaPad320 for excellent screen resolution on the laptop's display, just to mention a few. This Acer Aspire is a lovely 17.3-inch laptop with a comfortable widescreen display (1920	508
Great design. Convenient locations. Quality homes. Joshua Homes builds in primarily Sioux Falls, South Dakota area and North Central Iowa.<\|fim_middle\|> your home at the show!	Since 1996 they have earned a reputation of building quality homes with unique and distinctive characteristics. Today, we continue to design and build homes that go well beyond the ordinary, with superb quality and customer care. We are committed to building your home masterfully and believe that along with great design, good locations and quality workmanship, energy efficiency is also an important part of our homeowner's life. As energy efficiency has become more of a priority, we continue to build our homes to meet Energy Star specifications. Joshua Homes believes in a "hands on" approach and maintaining personal involvement with each customer throughout the entire building process. Our goal is to meet and exceed our customer's expectations. Our homes range in size from 1000 square feet to over 6000 square feet. We specialize in both single family, villa, small office and twin home construction. We are proud to have the opportunity to build your dream home and provide you the best homeowner experience possible. We are committed to building your home expertly and believe that along with great design, good locations and quality workmanship, energy efficiency is also an important part of our homeowner's life. As energy efficiency has become more of a priority, we continue to build our homes to meet Energy Star specifications. Consumers now have many options to choose from and can remotely control the home environment. We love our new home and everyone that visits are amazed by the quality. Tour newly constructed homes in all price ranges throughout the Sioux Empire. This is a great opportunity for potential home buyers and anyone interested in new homes to get ideas on decorating trends, the latest in architectural design, or to check out exciting new neighborhoods. See the hottest new products and trends for	346
Q: put shadow on window extjs I want to put shadow on this window<\|fim_middle\|> else about the shadow) in css like so: .x-css-shadow[style] { box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 25px !important; } On IE 8 and earlier this will fall-back in the same way ext's implementation does. But most browsers support box-shadow	, I tried a lot of variants, but nothing. var win; var button; function wind(cerand) { button = Ext.get('show-btn' + cerand); if(!win) { win = new Ext.Window({ applyTo: 'hello-win' + cerand, layout: 'fit', closeAction: 'hide', plain: true, html: 'hello-win' + cerand, width: '400', height: '300', items: new Ext.FormPanel({ applyTo: 'hello-tabs' + cerand }), buttons: [{ text: 'Close', handler: function() { win.hide(); } }] }); } win.alignTo(document, 'c-c', [0, -10]); win.show(button); }; A: Ext.Window instances are automatically given shadows by default, though the effect is subtle. You can control limited aspects of the shadow with the 'shadow' and 'shadowOffset' configuration options. new Ext.Window({ shadow: 'drop', shadowOffset: 10 }); More information on these options can be found in the API documentation for Ext.Window and Ext.Shadow: * http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/dev/docs/?class=Ext.Window http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/dev/docs/?class=Ext.Shadow A: Owlness is right. shadow: 'drop' Will give you a shadow on a floating panel (or window). I personally found that I didn't like the shadow which was produced. It was grey rather than transparent black. You can override this (or anything	351
Multi-Sensory Magazine Advertisement<\|fim_middle\|> the ink used to print the ad is infused with lavender. With an advertisement that helps people sleep better, IKEA intends to demonstrate the great sleep their collection of IKEA Somnig beds and mattresses offer.	Helps People Sleep Better \| TFI Envision, Inc. Sweden – Furniture company IKEA has released an advertisement in the United Arab Emirates called the IKEA Somnig advertisement. Somnig means sleepy in Swedish and relates to the advertisements design which helps people fall asleep. Featured in an issue of the UAE based Good magazine, the ad has multi-sensory features. Readers can pull out the page and place it on their bedside table to help promote a better night's sleep. Once folded into shape, the ad stands upright on a surface. The ad features two tabs that users can activate. The first tab activates white noise. It is chargeable using a USB port, creating a white noise machine. The second tab releases a lavender scent and the white noise sound waves help circulate the fragrance. In addition,	164
Home > Companies > C-Suite On Deck > Q&A with Patrick Welch, President & CMO at Bigtincan Q&A with Patrick Welch, President & CMO at Bigtincan MEDIA 7 \| September 17, 2019 Patrick Welch, President and CMO at Bigtincan is a top performing senior executive with 22 years' experience managing, bringing to market and selling innovative software management solutions to various high value market segments. Patrick is an inspirational executive with a strong track record of building loyal, high-performance teams and successful businesses in the B2B technology space. MEDIA 7: You've an exemplary career growth record with 9 promotions in 14 years. What do you believe is your superpower for being able to achieve the outcome you desire? PATRICK WELCH: A great wife and family. Also, I've been fortunate to be part of some great companies, that have found product market fit in the large, fast growing paradigm shift. It��s really seeing the opportunity in the market, then surrounding yourself with great people, executing and never wavering. M7: You've been quite influential in growing Netegrity from start-up to $100 million+ in annual sales, showing your positive attitude of "growing-with-the-company instead of growing-within-companies." How is the feeling of witnessing the company rise from scratch to the empire it is today, and what valuable experience have you derived from this? PW: The journey is amazing, but it's important to reflect on the ingredients for success. In Netegrity's case, we had some amazing people, really focused on the enterprise customer, listening and building a roadmap with clients that allowed us to stay ahead of the competition and win big in the market. I also believe you need to create an ecosystem to embrace the customer and fit into their needs. Markets and products have a life span, so it's crucial to ensure the company is constantly innovating while layering the tech on top. "Markets and products have a life span, so it's crucial to ensure the company is constantly innovating while layering the tech on top." M7: Being an inspirational executive with a record of building loyal, high-performance teams, how do you ensure that passionate, competitive, and driven-to-succeed attitude and team spirit prevails in your team and how well do you believe that communicating effectively up and down can transform any organization into a robust one? PW: I believe you need to give your teams the opportunity to grow, and they will produce well beyond expectations. This includes providing them with opportunities to take on new challenges and promotions but also participate in new projects/ventures that they are passionate about. As a leader you need to find great people, listen to where they want to go in their career and help them take the necessary steps towards that goal during the journey and heat of the battle. M7: You've been included in the list of official members of Forbes Communications Council owing to your in-depth knowledge and diverse experience. What are the measures that the council takes to support budding entrepreneurs to thrive and succeed? PW: It's really about the community and networking with other CMOs, presidents, CEO,<\|fim_middle\|>Stream Healthcare had selected the Innovaccer Health Cloud, Application Suite and Data Activation Platform to speed up its mission to transform senior healthcare with a full-risk model that improves outcomes, health equity, and care costs. Medicare and Medicare Advantage members on the UpStream platform have a 20-30% lower total cost of care and a 4.5-star quality rating. The company's platform physically embeds a pharmacist-led care team in every primary care physician's office and nurses who visit Medicare-eligible seniors at home. Adding to the point-of-care clinicians, other team members will close any clinical and quality gaps to care for all seniors in full-risk financial agreements. UpStream's clinical partners range from small independent primary care practices to IPAs, with two health systems and two ACO REACH entities supported. The company's data, analytics, and population health technology must scale quickly and cost-effectively to meet growing national demand. The company's platform, powered by Innovaccer Health Cloud, seamlessly integrates with EHRs of new providers and other healthcare IT. As a result, providers can easily access integrated workflows, unified patient records, and point-of-care analytics to deliver high-quality, low-cost care. The expanded partnership follows UpStream's $140 million Series B round, raised to scale its value-based care model across the nation. Since 2018, UpStream has grown to serve over 180,000 Medicare patients and 1,000 primary care physicians in three states. About Innovaccer A California-based health cloud company, Innovaccer Inc., accelerates healthcare innovation. The Innovaccer Health Cloud unifies patient data across systems and care settings, enabling healthcare organizations to develop modern, scalable applications that improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. Over 1,600 U.S. care settings use Innovaccer solutions, empowering more than 96,000 providers to transform care delivery and collaborate with life sciences companies and payers. KLAS and Black Book rank Innovaccer #1 in Data and Analytics and Population Health Technology, respectively. About UpStream Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, UpStream is a primary healthcare solution provider that delivers value-based care to older patients and people with chronic conditions. The company offers an all-inclusive, risk-free solution for physicians that provides, finances, and sustains better outcomes by collaborating with healthcare practices and clinics. GAP-QTM (Guaranteed Advanced Payments for Quality) is UpStream's risk-free solution for physicians. GAP-QTM benefits physicians and practices by increasing income, professional satisfaction, and patients by lowering hospitalizations, decreasing copayments, and providing better benefits. Bigtincan Bigtincan (ASX:BTH) helps sales and service teams increase win rates and customer satisfaction. The company's mobile, AI-powered sales enablement automation platform features the industry's premier user experience that empowers reps to more effectively engage with customers and prospects and encoura... How AI and sensing can help in building personalized treatments HIMSS23 Global Health Conference & Exhibition The Role of Sales in Sales Enablement Implementing Buyer Enablement in Your Sales Enablement Strategy (2019) HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE AI and the Evolution of Healthcare	marketers and being able draw on each other's experiences to push the needle industry-wide. It's a way to share experiences with like-minded folks and be able derive real value through sharing best practices. With this approach, everyone wins and business performance continues to improve. "As a leader you need to find great people, listen to where they want to go in their career and help them take the necessary steps towards that goal during the journey and heat of the battle." M7: What makes Bigtincan stand out as a leading mobile content enablement platform and how is it revolutionizing mobile content enablement along with boosting customer interaction counts? PW: Bigtincan's flagship platform, Bigtincan Hub, redefines sales, marketing and service processes to enable teams to work smarter and faster together for optimal results. With sophisticated, AI-driven features and automation that supports each phase of the buying process, Bigtincan Hub enables teams to drive improved business results by delivering a better customer experience. At the same time, Bigtincan Hub enables sales, service and marketing teams to drive the sales process with the best, most successful sales content anywhere, anytime and on any device. The hallmark of the Bigtincan Hub platform is its intelligent, AI-powered automation. It unifies and automates a broader range of sales, marketing and service tasks to help teams learn faster, sell more, and be more productive every day. Customers of Bigtincan currently leverage more than 100 integrations for a variety of end-user functions in the enterprise. M7: Patrick, as a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? PW: A Major League Baseball player. I was a big baseball guy, and really enjoyed playing. While I didn't end up in the major league, I did play through high school and had some great experiences over the years. ABOUT BIGTINCAN Bigtincan (ASX:BTH) helps sales and service teams increase win rates and customer satisfaction. The company's mobile, AI-powered sales enablement automation platform features the industry's premier user experience that empowers reps to more effectively engage with customers and prospects and encourages team-wide adoption. In addition to seven of the Fortune 10 companies, leading brands including AT&T, ThermoFisher, Merck, ANZ Bank and others rely on Bigtincan to enhance sales productivity at every customer interaction. With global sales and marketing headquartered in Boston, Bigtincan also has offices across EMEA, Australia and Asia. To discover more about how your organization can benefit from the Bigtincan Hub platform, please visit www.bigtincan.com or follow @bigtincan on Twitter. More C-Suite on deck Q&A with Matthew Sappern, CEO at PeriGen Matthew Sappern, CEO at PeriGen, had served as a corporate officer for Eclipsys Corporation before and during its merger with Allscripts. Leading up to the merger, Sappern served as Eclipsys Senior Vice President of Professional Services, responsible for the company's $100M consulting, implementation and training P&L. Sappern joined Eclipsys in January 2003, as VP of product development in the software engineering division. Over a time of three years, he came to run 75 percent of the development operation and oversaw the delivery of three critical enterprise software releases in record time for the company. Q&A with Anna Baecklund, CTO & Founder at Oppioo Anna Baecklund, CTO & Founder at Oppioo, is a Data Scientist Leader, A skilled communicator capable of explaining complex issues with clarity to diverse audiences. With MSc in engineering physics, Anna is responsible for leading innovation using data science including the development of new insights, advanced modelling techniques, and AI capabilities. With Oppio, An AI companion app, she aims to motivate cancer patients who want to speed up and improve their rehab. Q&A with Bill Gianoukos, CEO at Goodpath Bill Gianoukos, Co-founder and CEO of Goodpath, started Goodpath in 2018 with a mission to improve the 'Quality Of Life' for those suffering from chronic conditions. He is also a Mentor at Techstars, and an Investor at Wappier: Intelligent Revenue Management. HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL HEALTHCARE Charlie Health Introduces Virtual IOP Services in Florida Charlie Health \| January 18, 2023 On January 17, 2023, Charlie Health, the largest virtual intensive outpatient programming (IOP) provider for at-risk youth and families, announced its expansion into Florida. This comes at a time of need for the industry-leading mental health services the company offers. "As per NAMI Florida, one in six youths between the ages of six and seventeen experience a mental health disorder every year in Florida. Over half of the adolescents in the state suffering from depression cannot receive treatment due to geographical and financial barriers. Carter Barnhart, Co-Founder and CEO of Charlie Health (Mental Health America), said, "Over 6 million people in Florida live in communities that have a shortage of mental health professionals, demonstrating that it's more important than ever to find a viable solution to a limited system." She added, "Florida currently ranks 49th in the country for access to mental healthcare. We're going to change that. Our virtual IOP effectively eliminates long-standing barriers to care, providing young people and families in the state with evidence-based, life-saving treatment they can access from home." (Source – PR Newswire) This expansion of virtual IOP services in Florida follows the company's recent publication of a study on the effectiveness of virtual IOP. The study was completed in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania. Based on data gathered over the course of nine months from 495 adolescent clients, researchers discovered a 71% reduction in suicidal ideation, a 60% reduction in depressive symptoms, and a 58% reduction in self-harm on discharge from Charlie Health's program. About Charlie Health Montana-based Charlie Health offers personalized treatment plans for adolescents, young adults, and families battling mental health and substance abuse disorders. The company's team of progressive, industry-leading professionals utilizes a customized approach to deliver evidence-based, comprehensive treatment programs. Charlie Health provides clients with the support they require for lifelong results via individual, group, and family therapy. SimiTree Announces Afia and GreenpointMed Acquisition SimiTree \| January 13, 2023 SimiTree has strengthened its position in the US behavioral health support market by acquiring two new companies. On January 12, 2023, Bill Simione, CEO and Managing Principal of SimiTree, announced the acquisition of behavioral health data analytics and consulting firm Afia and Florida-based credentialing service provider GreenpointMed. This move enhances the full range of support services offered by SimiTree and its behavioral health flagship, Infinity Behavioral Health Services. Afia employs data-driven decision-making to address business challenges by streamlining EHR implementations, optimizing revenue cycles, promoting clinical best practices, and developing IT infrastructures to advance behavioral businesses. SimiTree's leading data analytics capabilities are enhanced by this acquisition, allowing clients to benefit from tech-enabled optimization of financial, clinical, and operational functions and gain greater insight from actionable data. Acquiring GreenpointMed has allowed SimiTree to expand billing and debt recovery capabilities and offer time-saving credentialing services with insurance panels to behavioral health providers. GreenpointMed has substantial credentialing experience in every state, with all insurers, including Medicare and Medicaid. "This move delivers the scalability SimiTree needs to address the behavioral health industry's growing need for our services as we head into 2023," said Bill Simone. He further added, "We remain committed to providing a robust array of services to assist behavioral health providers in developing a stronger revenue cycle with improved cash flow, higher collection rates, and best-in-class processes." (Source – PR Newswire) About SimiTree Formed by the merger of Simione Healthcare Consultants with BlackTree Healthcare Consulting in 2021, SimiTree provides clinical, financial, operational consulting and outsourced services such as review choice demonstration (RCD), OASIS, billing, coding, and quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI). Headquartered in King of Prussia (Pennsylvania), the company aligns its teams, services, and approach with clients' challenges to help them improve operational performance, fulfill clinical and financial potential, and improve the organization's overall health. Innovaccer and UpStream Healthcare Expand Partnership to Enhance Senior Care UpStream \| January 27, 2023 On January 26, 2023, Innovaccer, Inc., a data platform for healthcare, announced that it had entered a multiyear partnership with UpStream Healthcare, a value-based primary healthcare provider solution. This partnership entails UpStream more than doubling its population on Innovaccer's cloud-native platform in the coming year, scaling its exceptional value-based care model across the U.S. In April 2022, Innovaccer announced that Up	1,903
Two For the Price of None –<\|fim_middle\|> the Mistral as a well-engineered and refined GT car, comparable in performance to competitors from Jaguar and Aston Martin; surely wider appreciation of the model is long overdue.	A Maserati Mistral Spyder & a Mistral Coupe Editor's Note: When I was a car magazine editor, I would sometimes shoot and write about two cars and do a double feature. This would give my art director, Robert Manio, more latitude and creativity for laying out the feature article. Robert is a master of Photoshop. His layouts made my photography and writing come to life. From the standpoint of what these two Maseratis mean to me -- my Dad bought me a pocket sized car book when I was a kid, and it was called "Sports Cars of the World". What was so cool about this book was the fact that you could get all the specs on the great sports cars around the globe from the early days of motoring up to the 1970's. I wish I still had that pocket guide. I first learned about the Mistral from SCotW. Thank you RM Sotheby's for allowing Monterey Car Week to publish these two sporting machines. By the way, they both sold at RM Sotheby's Paris Auction, which took place in early February 2019. -- D. Brian Smith 1966 Maserati Mistral 3.7 Spyder Chassis No.AM109/SI 613 One of just 46 3.7-litre Mistral Spyders built Accompanied by its original engine block Recently restored in the UK Styled by Pietro Frua, the designer had already penned stunning Maserati cars, including A6 and OSCA coupés for Ghia-Aigle, the legendary Quattroporte and one-off designs for wealthy clients such as the 5000 GT for the Aga Khan, the design of Maserati's Mistral Coupé and Spyder certainly lived up to his reputation for excellence. His creation was unmistakeable featuring a sharknose grille, Kamm tail and a curved glass rear hatch. The Spyder added to the pedigree: it debuted at the 1964 Geneva Motor Show and was built by Vignale in Turin. At its heart was the race-derived Tipo 109 straight-six, which was available in 3.5, 3.7 and 4.0-litre engines. This was matched to a ZF five-speed manual gearbox. The Mistral also featured disc brakes and Borrani wire wheels. Other race-bred features were the alloy bonnet, doors and boot lid. For the 3.7-litre cars, like the example offered here, its 255 km/h top speed and 0–100 km/h sprint of 6.2 seconds made it a true supercar. This car left the factory in May 1966 finished in Rosso Cordoba over black Connolly leather. It was later imported to the U.S., but despite the odometer showing 37,849 km, it was sold by Guy Anderson of Georgia in need of a restoration to the current owner. UK-based Maserati specialists McGrath Maserati were tasked with mechanical and electrical work, while Vale Cottage Motors were tasked with bodywork, and work was completed in 2010. Detailed records track the project from the engineer's report to final finishing and show expenditure of more than £300,000. An unused, original factory gearbox was sourced along with new wiring and correct trim details. The body was given a bare-metal restoration with a repaint in Blu Azzuro and the interior completely rebuilt to original specification. Restoration work was finished in 2016. In early 2018 it was sent to specialist Franco Tralli in Modena who installed a period-correct, rebuilt 3.7-litre engine. Importantly, the original engine block is offered alongside. It has covered barely 160 km since and is ready to show, drive and enjoy. 1965 Maserati Mistral 3.7 Coupé Chassis No.Engine No.AM109 466AM109 466 Retains its original engine and finished in its original colours Continuous history with only five private owners since 1965 Following the success of Maserati's 3500 and Sebring models, the Modenese marque approached Carrozzeria Frua to produce a more cutting-edge design to sit upon the updated AM109 chassis, and the resulting model was dubbed the Mistral, the last Maserati to be fitted with the company's competition-inspired long stroke six-cylinder engine. Despite Maserati's focus shifting to road car production, the model was produced in relatively limited numbers; only 383 examples were completed in this specification. This relatively early example was delivered in Celeste Chiaro over white leather. Its first owner lived within a short drive to the car's birthplace and it remained in Emilia-Romagna until 1987 when Sig. Luigi Tamellini sold the car to Mr Edward Victory in Gibraltar. Mr Victory clearly cherished the car, and a quantity of paperwork recording maintenance and improvement accompanies the car from his ownership. In 2013, the car was purchased by an English collector who embarked upon a restoration; invoices on file show the purchase of engine parts from specialists McGrath Maserati, and there are a few images recording the work completed. Amongst connoisseurs there is a great admiration for	1,144
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Ohio & Michigan's Oldest and Largest Latino / Hispanic Newspaper media kit ad specs classified ad rates about us contact us Place your ad here! laprensa1 Calls for action to end violence against women On Saturday, April 9, 2011 hundreds of people will call for an end to violence against women at the 17th annual Toledo-area Take Back the Night (TBTN). The event will be held at the Eastern Community YMCA, 2960 Pickle Road, Oregon, OH and includes a Community Rally, a Women's March, a Women's Survivor SpeakOut, and a Men's Program. The Clothesline Project, more than 200 shirts created by local survivors of violence against women, will be displayed at the event along with the Silent Witness Project, a group of silhouettes remembering Northwest Ohio women murdered by intimate partners. TBTN addresses all forms of violence against women, including sexual and intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual harassment, and child sexual abuse. The community rally, whose theme is "<\|fim_middle\|> We want everyone to leave knowing they can do something to make a difference." TBTN events are held around the world. In Toledo, TBTN takes place in a different neighborhood each year to engage different communities and to stress that violence against women happens everywhere. According to organizers, the goals of TBTN are to support survivors, remember victims, and to encourage people to act to create a community free of violence. The Women's March celebrates women "taking back the night" as a symbol of women's right to safety and freedom. The event opens at 6pm with the Clothesline Project and Silent Witness displays and a Resource Fair with local agencies and organizations. The hour-long Community Rally begins at 7pm and is followed by a 1.5-mile Women's March through neighborhood streets. The Women's March returns to the YMCA for a Women's Survivor SpeakOut in which survivors of violence against women share their experiences. During the Women's March and SpeakOut, men participate in the Men's Program, an interactive educational session on men's efforts to end violence against women. The event is sponsored by more than a dozen community groups, social service agencies, and university departments including: Bethany House, People Called Women, YWCA, Cocoon, Project Genesis, National Organization for Women-Toledo Chapter, University of Toledo: Sexual Assault Education & Prevention Program, Women's & Gender Studies, Eberly Center for Women, Association for Advancement of African American Women. More information at 419.530.3432 and www.ToledoTakeBackTheNight.org. We reserve the right to delete or edit any comments we find inappropriate. Copyright © 1989 to 2011 by [LaPrensa Publications Inc.]. All rights reserved. Revised: 10/12/11 21:00:52 -0700. Your reliable source for current Latino news and Hispanic events with English and Spanish articles. Contact us at [email protected] or call (419) 870-6565	Think globally, act locally," will include music, poetry, and speakers addressing local, national and global activism to end violence against women. "Whether responding to the rape of more than 600 women in a village in the Congo or organizing court watch in Toledo to ensure that judges properly handle domestic violence cases, women all over are working together to create a world that is safe for everyone," said TBTN organizer Sharon Barnes. Diane Docis, TBTN organizer, said, "The TBTN rally will inspire us by highlighting several examples of activism, including some from our own community.	119
Neighbors care for welcoming Weybridge gardens Nov 10, 2021 \| Arts & Leisure, Gardening Arts & Leisure Gardening THIS LITTLE GARDEN on the corner of Weybridge Road and Pleasant View Terrace, which welcomes people to the Weybridge community, was put in by the town a number of years ago. Pulp Mill Bridge Road resident Wilfred Bilodeau has made sure this garden was cared for and drove his car with gallon jugs of water to keep it going. Neighbors continue to do the same. Shown are Kelsey Eberly, left, and Jane Burton. Neighbor Mary Backus missed the photo but also tends the garden. WEYBRIDGE — The historic Pulp Mill Bridge spanning Otter Creek between Middlebury and Weybridge has been a major tourist stop for many years. The triangle garden on the Weybridge end of the covered bridge at the junction of Pulp Mill Bridge Road and Morgan Horse Farm Road has been planted and maintained by neighboring volunteers since 1949 when Joe D'Avignon and his family moved to Weybridge. In 1977 his son Leonard donated railroad ties to build the<\|fim_middle\|> on the tradition. Weybridge, gardening For pastel painter, home is where the art is Judy Albright not only reflects these values in her art, but also by using her work to ben … (read more) Weybridge photojournalist shows Vermonters working in the woods Vermont Folklife, in partnership with Weybridge photojournalist George Bellerose, is proud … (read more) MNFF presents drama 'TED K' at THT on Feb. 5 Theodore John Kaczynski lived a life of almost complete seclusion in a simple wooden cabin … (read more)	triangle garden over a wet area at the junction. In 1977 son Jim D'Avignon Sr. and his wife Pat, an avid gardener, brought beauty and color to the site as the major caregivers along with their daughters and neighbor Wilfred Bilodeau until the late 1980s, when they asked Jane Burton if she would take over the garden. FOLKS WHO KEEP Weybridge beautiful tend to the garden on the west end of the Pulp Mill Bridge. Shown from left are Christina Wadsworth, Julie Barry, Nancy Cobden and Fran Putnam. Other regulars Abi Session and Lexa deCourval are not pictured. Photo by Lexa deCourval Lexa deCourval volunteered occasionally with Burton in the late 1990s before she took over from 2009 to 2013. The town planted two evergreens on either side of the Weybridge sign and Jane added more spring blooming bulbs and perennial plants to carry color throughout the season. She volunteered off and on as needed. From 2013 on neighbor Christina Wadsworth volunteered, and recently enlisted a new group of neighborhood volunteers to carry	249
Since gaining instruction is usually completed in the initial way, many discover it an unexpected to discover that they'll have an online education. We generally believe that just the more bold people would be happy<\|fim_middle\|> It truly is both relaxing, and practical. Education is simply simpler by doing this. They are saying the potency of this kind of education is subjective. Nonetheless, recent reports have proven that the excellent education turns out to be a much better answer for somebody who has to operate when they visit school. This technique permits them to be effective in most regions of existence from career, buddies and family and finances.	with this. May it be online or otherwise, everyone need to have a higher education to make sure a much better future for all of us. During the olden occasions, parents would definitely break their back attempting to send their children to college. Regardless of this, it had been still difficult for most people. The price was high to transmit their children to college. Typically, these youthful people finished up with incomplete levels. A lot of parents still are afflicted by the very same situation. Conditions permitting, a couple of parents prefer their kids work instead of likely to school. This is when online education stages in. Due to this kind of education, individuals those who are capable could work and focus too. When there's not much time and much more sacrifices needed, online teaching programs may be customized to match the learner's desires and time. One can engage in the daytime job and pursue his knowledge throughout the night time spent online. This is ideal for youthful moms who wish to pursue education even with the responsibilities in your own home. This enables her to achieve education of the greater degree without passing up on her tasks in your own home. Moms would genuinely understand the chance to grow their horizons but nonetheless be capable of enjoy her home routine. People think about this to become less costly too. There will not be unnecessary charges for transportation, additional textbooks, or perhaps daycare charges that parent be forced to pay while in school. Online education sets you free of travel stress. Along with its functionality, people like that you can to become relaxed and cozy while you want to school and focus.	315
Constituents: volatile oil, bitter principle (absinthin), flavonoids, tannin. As all the bitter herbs, mugwort is an excellent digestive stimulant and is quite effective taken before or after heavy meals to alleviate gas<\|fim_middle\|> made from its sprays was worn on St. Johns Eve to gain security from evil possession. Its chief employment is as an emmenagogue, often in combination with Pennyroyal and Southernwoods. Mugwort is also useful as a diaphoretic in the commencement of a cold.	and bloating. Preparation Methods & Dosage :Mugwort can be taken in teas, or tinctures. Often mixed with lemon balm or other sweeter herbs. Traditional Chinese Medicine Burning mugwort in moxibustion heat therapy is one of the oldest forms of Chinese traditional medicine and is used to stimulate the flow of qi and maintain general health. It especially dispels cold and dampness. Mugwort Side Effects: Nontoxic, but as with all herbs with emmenagogic properties, avoid in early pregnancy. Not for long term use. Avoid large doses. Tiny clusters of whitish-green to yellow flowers bloom in midsummer. Leaves are dark green above, gray green below. Found growing worldwide, it's strong sage fragrance is uplifting and refreshing. In the Middle Ages, the plant was known as Cingulum Sancti Johnnis, it being believed that John the Baptist wore a girdle of it in the wilderness. It was believed to preserve the wayfarer from fatigue, sunstroke, wild beasts and evil spirits generally. A crown	219
L'Oreal reveals HAPTA, a makeup applicator for people with limited mobility L'Oréal is bringing inclusivity to the makeup chair in 2023. The beauty giant announced on Jan. 3 that the brand will be releasing the world's first handheld lipstick applicator designed for people with limited hand and arm mobility. L'Oréal-owned Lancome will pilot the ultra-precise computerized applicator, called HAPTA. The tool was displayed recently at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas. "For L'Oréal, the future of beauty is inclusive," L'Oréal Groupe CEO Nicholas Hieronimus wrote in a statement. "And this future will be made more accessible by technology." A L'Oréal press release indicated that approximately 50 million people around the world live with fine motor skill disabilities, which can make everyday gestures such as applying makeup "challenging." A Baltimore-area woman whose mother struggled with Parkinson's disease said that a tool like the L'Oréal one would have "given my mother her dignity." A first-of-its-kind breakthrough for beauty accessibility! ✨. L'Oréal is revealing HAPTA #CES2023 Introducing HAPTA the world's first handheld computerized makeup applicator. This assistive device offers greater autonomy for people with limited hand and arm mobility #CES2023 pic.twitter.com/CjhaK4LCeJ — Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) January 4, 2023 She said, "My mother sold Avon cosmetics and was always dressed to the nines and had her make-up beautifully applied every morning. When her Parkinson's got too bad, she stopped trying to apply make-up, and I know it affected her mental health — and her sense of herself." L'Oréal explained that HAPTA's technology and design will offer users the ability to apply lipstick steadily on their own. "HAPTA is inspired by Haptic Tech — it's technology that can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations or motions to the user," the company told Fox News Digital<\|fim_middle\|> on Smule: report January 31, 2023 Fla. woman 'thrown' from wheelchair in Southwest Airlines tragedy has died January 31, 2023	. "HAPTA will incorporate technology originally created by Verily to stabilize and level utensils to give people with limited hand and arm mobility the ability to eat with confidence and independence," L'Oréal also said. L'Oréal's computerized makeup applicator called HAPTA is the first of its kind in the world — and will be available at the end of 2023. Twitter / @TansuYegen The company said the key to HAPTA's technology is built-in smart motion controls and customizable attachments. L'Oréal added that these attachments provide precision application and "improved range of motion" to "help individuals feel confident, independent and empowered to enjoy the self-expressive power of beauty." The company said the projected price for HAPTA will be between $149 and $199. Barbara Lavernos, deputy CEO in charge of research, Innovation and technology at L'Oréal, shared in a statement that "inclusivity is at the heart of our innovation and beauty tech strategy." She also said in the same statement, "We are dedicated and passionate to bring new technologies powering beauty services that augment and reach every individual's ultimate desires, expectations and unmet needs." L'Oréal detailed that the applicator's magnetic attachment enables "360 degrees of rotation and 180 degrees of flexion." A woman tests out Lancome's handheld lipstick applicator for people with limited hand and arm mobility. The applicator also has a clicking feature that indicates to users where to lock the tool into the perfect position. It also comes equipped with a built-in rechargeable battery. "For years, Lancome has sought to provide every woman with beauty solutions adapted to their needs," Lancome global brand president Françoise Lehmann wrote in a statement. "Beauty tech has enabled us to fulfill this mission in an even more powerful way, revolutionizing the way we develop beauty products and services and enabling greater personalization." Lehmann also said, "With HAPTA we are going one step further by making beauty more accessible to use, because everyone should have equal access to it." L'Oréal confirmed with Fox News Digital that HAPTA will be available to consumers at the end of 2023. United Cerebral Palsy calls L'Oréal's technology "inclusive and powerful." L'Oréal will also develop a HAPTA version for people with hand tremors, too, Engadget reported. "We hope that maybe this will be the beginning of many precision applicators," L'Oréal told Fox News Digital by email. "Our position is always solving problems. And this is a problem that no one has solved today. To give these people the access to beauty that they could not have before." Start your day with all you need to know Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more. In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) national committee co-chair Valerie Pieraccini expressed how much she "loves the empowerment" that HAPTA will provide to individuals with disabilities. Pieraccini, also an occupational therapist and a "woman who loves her makeup," explained that cerebral palsy is a "lifelong disability that slowly compromises the body's ability to move and function making life's simplest of tasks difficult." But L'Oréal's new technology has recognized that struggle and provided a "powerful" solution. "L'Oréal's use of technology in smart make-up applicators gives any person with physical limitations the opportunity to care for themselves," she said. "What a beautiful thing for a woman to be in control of not only her own beauty but how she chooses to face the world," she said. "It's inclusive and it's powerful," she added. Devin Nunes calls Biden special counsel 'Russia hoaxer' Mega Millions jackpot $1.35 billion winning ticket sold Trump takes 'the Fifth,' repeats 'same answer' in AG James deposition Maryland police offer hefty reward for stolen gorilla statue Wayne Ivey sued for 'Wheel of Fugitive' videos by David Gay Wayne Ivey sued for 'Wheel of Fugitive' videos by David Gay January 31, 2023 Jinger Duggar Was 'Fearful' of Courtship with Jeremy Vuolo January 31, 2023 George Santos' 'solid' karaoke cover of 'Hallelujah' revealed	925
MP who has called for tougher laws on dangerous cycling appointed London's Deputy Mayor for Transport by Simon MacMichael May 8 2018 Heidi Alexander called on Theresa May to reform legislation shortly before government announced cycle safety review Heidi Alexander, the Labour Member of Parliament who last year called for tougher laws to be introduced against people who cycle dangerously, has been appointed by Sadiq Khan as his Deputy Mayor for Transport. The Lewisham East MP's constituents include Matthew Briggs, who launched a campaign for the law to be toughened after his wife Kim was killed by Charlie Alliston, who crashed into her on London's Old Street in February 2016. Alliston, who was riding a fixed-wheel bike that had no front brake, was convicted by an Old Bailey jury of causing bodily injury through wanton and furious driving under the Offences Against The Person Act 1861, but acquitted of manslaughter. After he was sentenced to 18 months' custody in a young offenders' institution in September 2016, Alexander raised the issue of the law relating to dangerous cycling at Prime Minister's Questions. She asked Theresa May: "Does she agree that the law on dangerous driving should be extended to included offences by cyclists and that the 1861 offence of wanton and furious driving, on which the prosecution<\|fim_middle\|> years." Alexander acknowledged that Shawcross , who retires after 18 years at City Hall where she chaired the Greater London Assembly's Transport Committee and more recently helped Khan draw up his transport strategy and five-year business plan, would be "a hard act to follow but I can't wait to get started." She added: "After eight years as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East and six years as a local councillor, I know just how important it is we ensure everyone has access to a high-quality and affordable public transport network, with safe cycling routes across the capital. London is a fantastic city. "I know Sadiq wants its transport system to be the envy of the world and I am looking forward to playing my part in making that happen." Heidi Alexander Matthew Briggs Cycle Safety Review	had to rely in this case, is hopelessly outdated and wholly inadequate?" > Prime Minister urged to extend dangerous driving law to cycling In response, the Prime Minister said that the Labour MP had "raised an important issue. We should welcome the fact that the prosecution team were able to find legislation under which they were able to take a prosecution, but she makes a general point about ensuring that our legislation keeps up to date with developments, and I am sure that the Secretary of State for Transport will look at the issue." Later that month, Transport Minister Jesse Norman announced a two-part cycle safety review, currently under consultation, which will address not only how to improve the safety of cyclists, but also whether a new offence equivalent to causing death by careless or dangerous driving should be introduced. > Government announces cycle safety review in wake of Alliston conviction In December, in a written question Alexander pressed Norman over "when he plans to commence the second phase of the review of cycle safety announced on 21 September, into wider road safety issues." The minister, whose responsibilities at the Department for Transport include cycling, replied that a Call for Evidence would be published "in early 2018" and that "Preliminary discussions regarding Phase Two have already started." > Government asks for "help, ideas and evidence" on how to make cycling safer Alexander, who succeeds Val Shawcross in her new role, will step down as an MP, with City Hall saying, "In law it is not possible for Heidi to be both Deputy Mayor and an MP." Observers of London politics will note that for the final 12 months of his term as Mayor of London, Khan's predecessor, Boris Johnson, combined that role with sitting in the House of Commons as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Andrew Gilligan, who served as London's Cycling Commissioner under Johnson, was among those who reacted on Twitter to today's appointment, writing: "Heidi Alexander cycles – and has voiced support for improvement. But her main recent work in the field was to lead the campaign for tougher dangerous cycling laws." London Cycling Campaign (LCC) told road.cc that it wanted to thank Shawcross "for her dedication and support for cycling in London," which saw LCC members vote her and fellow co-chair of the Greater London Assembly Transport Committee, Caroline Pidgeon, Cycling Champions of the Year 2015. "We thank Val for her subsequent efforts, as Deputy Mayor for Transport, in creating the positive approach to sustainable transport that figures large in the Mayor's Transport Strategy," LCC continued. Commenting on the new appointee, LCC said: "We are looking forward to working with Heidi Alexander as she steps into her new role as Deputy Mayor for Transport, supporting her to achieve the Mayor's 'Vision Zero' target of no deaths or serious injuries on the city's roads by 2041. "To achieve this very worthwhile aim we need to see far improved infrastructure for walking and cycling accompanied by the right legislation to ensure safe and considerate behaviour on all roads." Alexander, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 2010, acted as campaign chair for Khan when he was seeking selection as the Labour candidate in the 2016 mayoral election. The Mayor said he was "delighted" that she had agreed to take up the position. "Heidi knows this city inside-out, and her work both as Shadow Health Secretary and campaigning over the best Brexit deal has demonstrated the terrific job she will do as part of my team standing up for London," he said. "Heidi is respected across the political divide as a parliamentarian and campaigner, and Londoners can be confident she will ensure we deliver our ambitious plans to transform London's transport network over the coming	767
Devon (UK) Parkstad Limburg (Netherlands) Pays de la Loire (France) Community Stations Station improvements Best practice and sharing Improvements to lines Information campaigns Home / Pays de la Loire / National workshop learns about Citizens' Rail rural station buildings project National workshop learns about Citizens' Rail rural station buildings project Thursday, December 18 th, 2014 · no Comments · In Pays de la Loire , Project-wide news Our work to find new uses for disused station buildings was discussed at a national workshop held in France last week. The "Station facilities on regional lines" workshop was hosted by Cerema (The centre for the study of risks, environment, mobility and planning). It was attended by representatives from France's regions, cities and rail sector. Our partner, Région Pays de la Loire, gave a presentation about the Citizens' Rail project and the region's work to revitalise disused station buildings in rural areas. This includes its work to revive buildings at stations such as Le Pallet, which now includes a creche – shown here before and after: As part of the Citizens' Rail project,<\|fim_middle\|> costs, timescales and benefits of implementation of the schemes. The process has led to innovative ideas for station buildings including as a community grocery and a speech therapist's clinic. These types of projects can improve stations in several ways, including: > Providing a human presence at stations, helping passengers feel safe > Safeguarding heritage and architecture by saving buildings from demolition > Avoiding the potential crime and health and safety issues created by disused buildings The region is now hoping to take forward two of the projects in 2015, while supporting the others to proceed the following year. Crucially, the results and lessons learned will also be shared with stakeholders including SNCF and RFF (France's rail infrastructure operator), and internationally through the Citizens' Rail project and its practitioner toolkit (to be launched in summer/autumn 2015). The Cerema workshop will be followed by three more in 2015, and will include the creation of a "good practice guide", to help mayors and regions to develop their own projects at stations. Sign up to our e-newsletter to follow the project's progress	the region has carried out an in depth study of seven station buildings (see map below). The work has included a technical assessment of each building, community engagement with local residents, businesses and organisations to brainstorm new uses for the buildings, and finally a detailed analysis of likely	53
melissa schulenberg Fine Arts Prof Melissa Schulenberg Named Piskor Lecturer At SLU CANTON – St. Lawrence University Associate Professor of Fine Arts Melissa A. Schulenberg has been named the Frank P. Piskor Faculty Lecturer and will give a presentation on campus next year titled "still." The Piskor Faculty Lectureship was established in 1979 to encourage original and continued research among St. Lawrence faculty members, to recognize and honor distinguished scholarship and to afford the opportunity for faculty to share their learning with the academic community. Schulenberg says of the project, "Most of my artwork for the past 10 years has been based on nature, initially focusing on minute objects, patterns and forms that I discovered while hiking or fishing, and progressing to a larger and broader reality as I incorporated aspects of personal events and the natural landscape� I am ready to expand upon the themes that I have been pursuing and broaden the methods I employ to create the images." She plans an "exhibition of new artwork that further explores my interest in 'manufactured scapes,' referring both literally to the<\|fim_middle\|>. I will focus not only on printmaking and drawing, but also turn these two-dimensional elements into three-dimensional forms, accompanied by a video piece." A graduate of Bowdoin College, Schulenberg holds a master's degree from Purdue University and an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She joined the faculty in 2002, and her work is frequently presented in national and international venues.	natural landscape and also figuratively to imaginary and conceived realms	11
Martha listens to the words being read. "Martha Hill Davies, you hold a rare place in American Dance. As dancer, teacher, collaborator, and administrator you have been the catalyst who has given vitality, structure, and style to modern dance here and abroad." Bennington College is awarding her with an honorary degree. It is a significant and unusual moment: Bennington very rarely gives honorary degrees. She is honored, yet as she listens, her posture impeccable, the hint of a smile forms in the corners of her blue eyes. She is slightly amused at the formality. Her irreverence is partially defensive, a deflection from being the center of attention, but it is also informed by her many years at Bennington. Hill knows Bennington College is many things, but formal is not one of them. She arrived at the College in 1932 with the first entering class. When the class was ready to graduate four years later, neither students nor faculty nor administration could exactly articulate what should happen, although there were plenty of opinions about what should not happen: There shouldn't be an outside speaker, their attendance shouldn't be mandatory, and it certainly shouldn't take very long. Even the seemingly most elemental parts of a college graduation were eschewed—the diplomas, printed by students, would not be handed out individually but rather put in their mail slots. Turning away from the traditional graduation formalities was not an embrace of austerity but rather the College's conviction in the meaning of a Bennington education—progressive, questioning, and unfettered by convention. The documents in the College archive reveal Martha Hill as being everywhere, with everyone, all the time. She is endlessly organizing, planning, teaching, arranging, explaining, and solving. She is at the center but the attention is always directed outward. There is a notably beautiful exception: In 1938 renowned dance photographer Thomas Bouchard captures a rare moment of her alone—away from her students in Commons, away from the groups of dancers on the lawn, away from her administrative duties in the Barn. She is dancing on the tennis courts: her face serene, torso twisting, arms reaching out with open palms, her shadow stretching long across the hard, terracotta-colored clay. Bennington College is awarding Martha Hill with an honorary degree. She is listening to the words being read. She is at the center, as always, but now the attention is turned to her<\|fim_middle\|>dest of, I think it's probably achieving collaboration...I like to say, my major is people. That's my talent-I am good about understanding and reconciling different points of view. It seems to me I'm sort of a catalyst-pushing things ahead." Martha Hill's additional accomplishments include founding the dance program at Juilliard and establishing dance residencies at the American Dance Festival. She also received honorary degrees from Adelphi University, Mt. Holyoke College, and the Juilliard School. Aldrich, Elizabeth. America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100. The Dance Heritage Coalition, 2000. Print. Dunning, Jennifer. "Martha Hill Dance Educator is Dead at 94." New York Times 21 Nov. 1995. Print. Godwin, Rebecca. Martha Hill on Early Dance at Bennington. Bennington Fall 2007. Print. Topaz, Muriel. "Martha Hill, 1900-1995." Dance Magazine Feb. 1996: 116+. Print.	. "Martha Hill Davies, you have taught us to move and to love the sight of movement; you have taught us how to teach; by your inspiration, imagination, discipline, and verve you have turned the world of dance at Bennington and in America into a distinguished estate." Martha Hill made her mark in history as one of the 20th century's most influential dance instructors. Inspired after watching Martha Graham perform in 1926, she studied with Graham and danced in her company from 1929 through 1931. When Bennington College opened its doors in 1932, Hill was hired to chair the discipline. Hill made history at Bennington, creating the first-ever bachelor of arts degree program in dance. In 1934 Hill conceived and directed the Bennington School of the Dance, with faculty members including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Hanya Holm. Of Hill, Doris Humphrey wrote: "I first knew [her] in the early 1930s when the modern dancers were young, headstrong, running like wild things through the streets of tradition. With what patience and tact she persuaded us all to find common cause under the friendly wing of Bennington College, and how well she managed...to bridle those rebels without sacrificing their individuality." Hill echoed those comments years later, after receiving an honorary degree from Bennington (1969): "...if I have to name the one accomplishment I'm prou	322
THE CROSS AND THE CURSE - Pre-order NOW! It is with great pleasure that I announce that the Kindle version of book 2 of the Bernicia Chronicles, THE CROSS AND THE CURSE, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Pre-order here: getBook.at/CROSSandCURSE Giles Kristian, bestselling author of God of Vengeance and the Raven series says the following about THE CROSS AND THE CURSE: "A tale that rings like sword song in the reader's mind. Warriors, shield walls, the carnage of the war as it tears at a land that is not yet a nation. Beobrand is a hero to stand shoulder to shoulder with and his story is one to be told round the hearth fire on a dark night. Harffy knows his genre inside out and The Cross and the Curse proves it." This sequel to The Serpent Sword throws you straight back into Beobrand's world. See what adventures await him in the maelstrom of early seventh century Britain. Beobrand makes new friends and confronts enemies old and new. There are more battles, treachery, twists, love and loss. I don't think you'll be disappointed! THE CROSS AND THE CURSE will be released on 22nd January 2016. (I will try and get it out a bit sooner than this, but that is the absolute latest date when it can go live and the book will miraculously appear on your Kindle if you've pre-ordered it.) THE CROSS AND THE CURSE will also be available in paperback, but that will not be on the website until the launch date. Labels: THE CROSS AND THE CURSE THE CROSS AND THE CURSE - Amazing endorsements from great authors! It's been a busy few weeks. I'm currently reading through the first complete draft of book 3 of the Bernicia Chronicles, BY BLOOD AND BLADE, and so far I'm enjoying what I'm reading, which<\|fim_middle\|>: bernard cornwell, David Cook, historical fiction, history, Interview, Lee Child, research, writing THE CROSS AND THE CURSE - Amazing endorsements fro...	is always a plus! I've also been working on the formatting of book 2, THE CROSS AND THE CURSE. That's almost done now, and the paperback and Kindle version will both be available in January 2016. I've also done a few interviews with different authors. The latest of these went live this weekend on Christoph Fischer's blog. The week before last, I got together with Matt Bunker, from the group Wulfheodenas, and a talented photographer friend of mine, Stephen Weatherly, to take photos for the covers of books 2 and 3. Matt took the cover photo for The Serpent Sword, but this time round he is wearing his war gear, so taking the photos would prove a little difficult! Stephen took nearly 300 photos in two hours and since then we have been going through them, selecting the best and then working on polishing them for publication. The cover for THE CROSS AND THE CURSE is nearly ready and is looking fabulous. I'll be revealing it soon, so watch this space. In the meantime, I have started to receive some endorsements from great authors who have read advance copies. It is always scary when others read your work for the first time. Getting great reviews and comments from readers is wonderful. Having other authors enjoy it and being prepared to endorse a book, is an amazing feeling. I am over the moon with the quotes I've received so far, so I'll leave you with some of them here! Giles Kristian, bestselling author of God of Vengeance and the Raven series "The Cross and the Curse is a terrific novel that strikes just the right balance between fact and fiction, the plausible and the romantic, and it illuminates the Dark Ages like the bolt of lightning in its first few pages: in rare and unexpected ways. Top stuff." Toby Clements, author of the Kingmaker trilogy "The best historical fiction enables the reader to simultaneously live in the here and now and the then and there. Matthew Harffy has this skill in abundance. He peoples his work with everyman and everywoman, allowing a bridge across the centuries, a meeting place. Matthew Harffy's first novel, The Serpent Sword, was superb. The second book, The Cross and the Curse, is every bit as good. He is one of the most accomplished and exciting voices in the field today. I love his novels." Martin Lake, author of A Love Most Dangerous and The Lost King series Read Martin's complete review here. "Harffy's debut novel, The Serpent Sword, was first rate and it's often with trepidation that a reader will wait for Book Two in a series in the hope that it will pick up the banner and carry it forward. The Cross and the Curse does that eminently. I reviewed The Serpent Sword from the point of view of emotional reveal and I am pleased to see that Harffy continues to use this metier in order to give his characters real dimension. It allows the reader to peel back the layers of Dark Age society beyond the implicit violence. His wordage is skilful and beautifully wrought, rather like a perfect damascened sword. Harffy is a writer to watch …" Prue Batten, author of The Gisborne Saga and The Triptych Chronicle "Like an oyster which grows a pearl through the irritation of a grain of sand, so Beobrand develops as a person through the horrors he witnesses and fights with, over, and against. We see his humanity, we see pieces of ourselves, and we love him for it. Matthew Harffy has created a gritty, authentic world, home to a hero who shows us the complexity of what it means to be human – the darkness and the delight. The Cross and the Curse is historical fiction at its finest." Stephanie Churchill, author of The Scribe's Daughter AUTHOR INTERVIEW: David Cook As part of my ongoing series of author interviews, today I welcome to the blog the talented historical fiction author, David Cook. David is a relative new kid on the block when it comes to the historical fiction scene, but he's already published several successful novellas and, as you will see, has plenty more stories to tell. So sit back and let's get to know a bit more about David Cook and his writing. Tell us about The Soldier Chronicles series of novellas. You have just launched the first novel length compendium of the first 5 in the series. What is the reasoning behind that decision to bundle them together? Fire and Steel is an anthology of the novella's; all designed to be snap-shots of a particular soldier in the long period of war between the years 1793-1815. All fiction, but very much based on actual events. I self-published Death is a Duty in April and fortune's good wheel allowed me to spend nine days in June, Belgium, during the bicentenary anniversary of the Waterloo campaign. I was sat on the battlefield, high up where Napoleon's grande battery tried to shatter Wellington's centre, enjoying lunch with my good friend Adam, on the 18th - the day of the battle- and I overheard some Scottish re-enactors talk about the battle. And it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't really taken that into consideration with the Highlanders of the Black Watch, the principle regiment as featured in the story. So I made some corrections on the spot, thanks to my ever-present notebook. Upon my return to the UK I revisited the other four stories where I made corrections, re-jigged parts, expanded dialogues, fleshed out parts and with the series now enhanced, I'm very pleased with the end result. I believe you started writing The Soldier Chronicles as backstories for the characters in your first (as yet unpublished) novel, The Desert Lion. What has happened to that novel? Will it be published soon? Yes, The Soldier Chronicles will work as companion pieces to the series which starts with The Desert Lion. Right now, I'm waiting for it to come back from my editor and from there I will be amending the story over the next six weeks. I will then begin to pitch the story to agents and try the traditional publishing route. (Matthew: Good luck!) The Desert Lion started it all off; all my writing. I read a journal of a redcoat soldier who recounted the Egyptian expedition of 1801 and I was fascinated by it. It's practically unheard of or written about and I thought it would make a brilliant story. What attracted you to the period of the Napoleonic wars and these characters? My father's love of the period and history passed down to me, but I it was from Secondary school history and English literature lessons that opened my eyes. The writings of Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott spoke about society and battles and upon getting Sharpe's Siege as a Christmas present, my love of the period was complete. It all opened my eyes. I also think from war-gaming the period and learning how their armies marched, the logistics, troop uniforms, weaponry, the different characters of the period and the politics just add to the fascination to this day. Talking to re-enactors who speak of their love of the period helps you understand how it can turn your mind to smoke - like a good woman! Have you got more Soldier Chronicles planned? I have books 6-10 mapped out. Book 6 is called Tempest and is about the last invasion of Great Britain, when in 1797 a French force managed to slip through the wooden walls of the Royal Navy and land in Pembrokeshire, Wales. They wanted to unite the workers, spread liberty and revolutionary zeal and burn the city of Bristol to the ground. Can they be stopped in time? Tempest will be out, Spring, 2016. What about novels set in the same period? The Desert Lion will start the planned series of books from 1801-1815. I have rough outlines that will probably change, so I'm not sure just how many the series will go to. Perhaps 10, 12, 15 - I don't know. I've seen you've also worked on a retelling of the story of Robin Hood. What is the status of that project? After I sent The Desert Lion to agents around 2008 and getting no interest with the early drafts, I decided to write about something different. It would be a story that I wanted to read, love and told in first-person style and I've always loved the legend of Robin Hood. The Wolfshead is about one of Robin's trusted men and will set the record straight about the legend, intermingling history; but not about the Crusades or the Peasants Revolt. As I'm English I grew up with the stories and have seen the legend watered down over the years, particularly with TV and films. I have gone for 13th century brutal violence, religion, and grit. I'm really proud of it and someday hope to get it released. If you had to choose only one real historical figure to feature in your future novels, who would it be and why? It would be Sir John Moore, the creator of British Army training reforms for light infantry - which went on to become the elite regiments. Moore was present in Ireland, and features in Liberty or Death, the first story in The Soldier Chronicles. He also plays a part in The Desert Lion. He was a kind man, courageous, ahead of his time and a humanitarian. Another reason to write about him is that there isn't much on the shelves dedicated to him and I think there should be. When did you start writing? What made you take the plunge and write your first book? I think you, like most authors including me, still have a full-time day job that pays the bills. Do you foresee a future when you can give up the day job and write full time? If so, how far in the future is that moment, do you think? It started writing because I wanted to read a book about the Egyptian campaign and there wasn't one. It was, and still is, a hobby, because I work full-time. The dream is to become a full-time writer, but I don't see that as an option in the near future. What has surprised you most about writing? I'm surprised that characters have their own voice! I'm surprised when things happen that I didn't plan at all. What writer or book has had the biggest influence on your work? It would be Bernard Cornwell and Sharpe's Siege was the catalyst. What are the best and worst things about being a writer? Writing is a lonely job, it's a double-edged sword. What is the best book you've read in the last twelve months? Make Me, by Lee Child. The latest Jack Reacher novel and its brilliant. I love the plot twists, the character definitions and the action. What is the most exciting experience you've had as a result of writing? It's connecting to other writers, readers and book lovers. And now for the quick-fire questions: Tea or coffee? Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon. Burger or hot dog? Burger. Villain or hero? Hero, because they can do things wrong too. Beer or wine? Beer. Movie or TV series? TV series (this is before Star Wars The Force Awakens comes out though :) ) Happy ending or tragedy? Happy ending to the story. In the car, audio-book or music? Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my questions and best of luck with Fire and Steel and your future writing. Connect with David online: @davidcookauthor www.facebook.com/davidcookauthor http://thewolfshead.tumblr.com David Cook's Amazon Page Labels	2,447
It is quite strange phenomenon that most of us fall in love only three times in our entire life. As we unbox this question, this situation starts to<\|fim_middle\|> the first love that can scar us for the rest of the life so young people need to be careful how they detach to their partners. This is the phase when we most grow, but also where we experience many suffering moments. You might get the impression that love can sometimes hurt. Well, that is true, however, there has to be some phases where we struggle and learn so we can find our perfect life companion. Who's said it would be an easy task. This one seems to come out of nowhere. When you actually meet this person, you're not actually considering this person to be THE ONE. But this connection is not just physical, it is more than that. It just feels right. And so it should. You've been through struggles, bad breakups, and people who have just plain tried to take advantage of you. It's vital that on your own try to eat the grapefruit initial; toward purchase the fat reduction technique started out prior to by yourself start off towards try to eat. This can be a great blog. I mean it. May possibly have so much knowledge about this issue, so that a whole lot appreciation. Moreover, you may find out how to get people to totally behind it, definitely with the replies. You have a layout here thats not far too flashy, though constitutes a statement as large as what you might be mentioning. Good job, absolutely.	make more and more sense. These 3 persons that we meet and fall in love come into our lives with a purpose. The first love usually happens when we are young. Most of us had experienced this particular love in our highlights days. The thing about this inexperienced love is that we are very confused, but we still thing we are the perfect partners and that it can last forever. This fairy tale makes us jump headfirst believing that this person will be our only love. This is	97
Understanding Royalties In the Digital Age Video Series This series expands on information from CONNECT's often-cited Music Royalties Explained infographic, and aims to help Canadian artist entrepreneurs collect all the royalties they are entitled to. Made possible by the support of Ontario Creates, the four part series of short, shareable videos explores the process of licensing, distribution, and generating income from the broadcast and public performance of music. The Anatomy of a Song This video breaks down the components of a song to help explain what licenses are required whenever it is used: streamed, broadcast on the radio, or played in public. Public Performance This video explains how to ensure you are able to earn revenue from the public performance of music that you have written or performed. Digital Distributors This video, outlines the benefits of Digital Distributors in getting your<\|fim_middle\|> compromising their creative output and social responsibility.	music heard and earning royalties from online plays of your music. This video describes the lifecycle of a song from performance (eg. radio broadcasts) and reproduction (eg. Digital Service Providers) to the Collective Management Organizations that collect the relevant data and fees used to distribute royalties. Industry Insider Video Series Presented by Music Canada and CONNECT Music Licensing Hosted by Domanique Grant Episode 1 - Artist Support Programs, with Amanda Power (Unison) Unison is a critical safety-net for members of the Canadian music community to support them during times of crisis. In this first episode of the Industry Insider Video Series presented by Music Canada and CONNECT Music Licensing, host and Toronto-based artist Domanique Grant speaks with Amanda Power, Executive Director of the Unison Benevolent Fund, to provide artists and members of the Canadian music community with critical information about the support programs available to them through Unison, including their free counselling services and COVID-19 financial relief program. Visit https://unisonfund.ca/ to register today, and for immediate assistance call toll free 1-855-9UNISON. Episode 2 - Catherine Jones (CONNECT Music Licensing) Catherine Jones, Executive Director of CONNECT, provides viewers with key information on the licensing landscape in Canada including copyright, distribution, ISRC codes, and registering with the correct CMOs. Visit the resources and infographics on this page that Catherine references for more helpful information. Episode 3 - Allan Reid (CARAS, The JUNO Awards, Musicounts) Domanique speaks with Allan Reid – President and CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the not-for-profit umbrella organization for The JUNO Awards, MusiCounts, and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Allan discusses how artist entrepreneurs can build the foundations for success in the Canadian music business, and shares critical advice from his 30 year career. Episode 4 - Shad (Artist, Host of Netflix's Hip-Hop Evolution) In this final episode of the Industry Insider Video Series, JUNO Award-winning rap artist Shad sits down for an in-depth discussion about an artist's balance of sustaining a living in music while staying true to their artistic visions. Domanique and Shad share their beliefs on how artists can use their personal compass to navigate their career growth without	473
"Monsieur Joly, what is this<\|fim_middle\|> you must think--" Joly began, but he was interrupted by Combeferre's lips on his. "Shhh. No thinking now, lesson's over," Combeferre murmured, and Joly was silenced, though not for long. Combeferre did not attempt to hush him this time.	?" The red-faced professor held out a bloody, disgusting bit of human flesh in his closed fist. "Er... a spleen?" The nervous boy couldn't even raise his eyes from his shoes. A series of chuckles told him immediately that his guess had been incorrect. His cheeks began to redden. "Indeed. May I congratulate you, then, on having been the first student in my laboratory to remove a spleen from where a lesser man might find a pancreas!" The professor shook his head sadly. "You are in dire need of an anatomy lesson before you enter this room again. Class is dismissed, clean up your work all of you." Joly cleaned up hurriedly, meeting no one's gaze, and strode along the sidewalk towards home. He would go and read his books over and over again, and all the words and diagrams would lose their meaning by the next laboratory. There was so much material to cover so quickly, and the written aspect of it helped very little next to the hands-on. If only he could always study with a human body. "Hey there! Joly!" He turned and saw one of the second-year students running to catch up with him. He was a quiet, serious man, always working on some mysterious exploratory project or another in the lab. Joly realised that he didn't even know the man's name. He wondered what he wanted. "He came down pretty rough on you, back there." The man clapped him on the shoulder. "You didn't need that. Perhaps you could use a study partner. I'm Combeferre." "Joly." He shook Combeferre's outstretched hand, feeling like an idiot. Of course he knew his name already! He'd only been shouting it a moment before. "Er. Thanks for the offer. I suppose I do need some help, but... I don't know what will help me, it doesn't stick in my head, the diagrams don't seem much like a real person. It's like trying to find a particular street from a map, when if you just knew the name of the wineshop on the corner, you'd be fine." He shrugged. "Do you think you can do anything for that?" Combeferre smiled. "Certainly. What do you say we get some dinner and then see what can be done. Come along, there is a good place along this street." Combeferre directed him toward the restaurant, chatting about various establishments around Paris, and their merits and downfalls. Joly was mostly silent, his brain was tired from the grueling day of classes and labs, and he could not figure out why this man was helping him. Perhaps the professor had put him up to it. Yes, that must be it. Combeferre encouraged Joly to talk about himself over dinner, and the bashful lad did so without too much difficulty. Still he let Combeferre take the brunt of the conversing. "Shall I come over tomorrow morning? You have no classes tomorrow, I presume?" Combeferre asked as they walked home after dinner. Joly shook his head. "Tomorrow will be fine. I can't thank you enough for this." They parted in the street outside Joly's building, and he went inside and slept like the dead. Joly arose just after the sun the next morning and made himself, and his room, presentable for company. Soon Combeferre arrived, his arms curiously empty of books. He brought only his case of medical instruments. "We've the tools, but we haven't a body," Joly said, grinning. "Unless you've got one packed away in that case, too?" "Not in the case, no," laughed Combeferre. "But as long as you promise not to cut me up, you can get some practice on a live body." He began to remove his coat, then his tie. "Oh. I see," stammered Joly. In the first few weeks of class, the students had done some practice on each other, taking pulses, bandaging elbows and ankles and foreheads, checking pupils and breathing sounds. But he had mastered that well, it was the internal organs in the chest and abdomen he was struggling with. He glanced over, and Combeferre was removing his shirt as well. Joly blinked. Combeferre shrugged. "I'm not bashful. A good skill to learn when working towards this career is to be completely unfazed by the human body in any state of dress, undress, soundness, or deformity. Always be calm and perfectly natural about it, and your patients, their families, and bystanders will be so as well." Joly nodded. "That makes sense." Combeferre laid shirtless on his bed and handed him a piece of chalk, the same chalk they used to mark the cutting lines on the cadavers. "Now, I want you to draw where you think my pancreas is." Joly located the spot and drew a pancreas on the man's skin. Combeferre glanced down. "Excellent! Now, the spleen." Again, Joly outlined the organ. They continued with all the major organs, Joly locating them all expertly. Satisfied with the lesson, Combeferre brushed the chalk off his skin. "Now, I don't suppose you'd care to reciprocate? You can say no if you'd like. But it might help you somewhat to have them located on you, as well." Before Joly could open his mouth, he found himself allowing Combeferre to help him out of his shirt. He laid back on the pillow and listened to Combeferre's smooth voice explaining the relationship of each organ as he drew them in logical order. "Here, attached to the intestine, we find the appendix," Combeferre was saying, his soft hands sketching an outline of it. Joly started, sitting up suddenly, his eyes wide. "What's wrong?" Combeferre asked, frowning. "Nothing, nothing-- I'm ticklish," Joly mumbled. Combeferre chuckled, and brushed a lock of hair back from Joly's forehead. "You're blushing, my friend. Not to mention, lying." 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The JavaMail API provides a platform-independent and protocol-independent framework to build mail and messaging applications. It is an optional package (standard extension) for reading, composing, and sending electronic messages. JavaMail provides elements that are used to construct an interface to a messaging system. JavaMail includes several classes that implement RFC822<\|fim_middle\|> on the Message object. The messages marked DELETED are not actually deleted, until we call the expunge() method on the Folder object, or close the folder with expunge set to true. In this article we saw an overview of the JavaMail API. Steps to be followed to send,retrieve and delete email messages. Hope you liked the article.	and MIME Internet messaging standards. These classes are delivered as part of the JavaMail class package. SMTP Acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It provides a mechanism to deliver email. POP Acronym for Post Office Protocol. POP is the mechanism most people on the Internet use to get their mail. It defines support for a single mailbox for each user. RFC 1939 defines this protocol. IMAP Acronym for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is an advanced protocol for receiving messages. It provides support for multiple mailbox for each user, in addition to, mailbox can be shared by multiple users. It is defined in RFC 2060. MIME Acronym for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. . It is not a mail transfer protocol. Instead, it defines the content of what is transferred: the format of the messages, attachments, and so on. There are many different documents that take effect here: RFC 822, RFC 2045, RFC 2046, and RFC 2047. As a user of the JavaMail API, you usually don't need to worry about these formats. However, these formats do exist and are used by your programs. NNTP and Others There are many protocols that are provided by third-party providers. Some of them are Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) etc. As can be seen in the above diagram, a JavaBean is used to interact with you mail box through JavaMail API. Protocols like SMTP/POP/IMAP help to achieve this. As these protocols have implementation to access the mailbox and JavaMail API acts as interface between user and mailbox. You can download latest version of from Java's standard website. You would also need JAF- Java Activation Framework. You can download latest version of from Java's standard website. Download and decompress these files. Now add mail.jar and activation.jar files in your CLASSPATH. activation.jar contains classes for Java Activation Framework. These classes are required for JavaMail API to run. Once you have a Message to read, you can get its content with getContent() or write its content to a stream with writeTo(). The getContent() method only gets the message content, while writeTo() output includes headers. Once done close Folder and Store. The boolean passed to the close() method of folder states whether or not to update the folder by removing deleted messages. Create a default MimeMessage object and set From, To, Subject in the message. Send the message using the Transport object. Create pop3 Store object and connect with pop server. Create folder object. Open the appropriate folder in your mailbox. Close the Store and Folder objects. Get the Session object with POP and SMPT server details in the properties. Create POP3 store object and connect to the store. Create Folder object and open the appropriate folder in your mailbox in READ_WRITE mode. Retrieves messages from inbox folder. Iterate through the messages, delete the message by invoking the method setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true)	623
Best In Scotland Best in Edinburgh Best in the Highlands Best in Glasgow Best in St Andrews Scottish Destinations Scottish Sayings Visiting Scotland 12 South Bridge EH1 1DD Glasgow Tourist Attractions Glasgow is Scotland's largest city and a cultural hub with an international reputation. Kelvingrove Art Museum Kelvingrove Art Museum is one of the most popular and important tourist attractions in Scotland. The museum contains one of Europe's most impressive art collections. It is free to enter and contains 22 themed galleries which display<\|fim_middle\|> to 1833. Whisky lovers will thoroughly enjoy learning about the famous malt and the techniques involved in producing it. Glengoyne is also noted for its beautiful surroundings, being tucked away in the Campsie Hills in the middle of a wood that boasts a variety of wildlife. A number of guided tours are available along with a whisky tasting masterclass. The People's Palace and Winter Gardens As the name suggests, the People's Palace is the place to find out about the colourful tales and social history of Glasgow's people. Photographs, films and historical objects hint toward the interesting and often difficult past of the city. The nearby Winter Gardens include a tropical greenhouse and a cafe with free wifi. A café is located within the greenhouse and free Wi-Fi is available. The People's Palace and Winter Gardens are popular with families, particularly during the summer holidays. Looking for hotels in Scotland? Use our search partner to guarantee the best price. We compare the best prices from all of the leading booking portals, including Hotels.com, Booking.com, Agoda.com, Hilton Hotels and Expedia.com.	a combined 8000 objects. The art on display covers such a wide range of themes that there is definitely something for everyone. Half-Day Private Tour For those who have a limited amount of time in Glasgow but want to see as many of the attractions as possible, this half-day private tour is great value. See George Square, the People's Palace, the Necropolis (Victorian cemetery), the Gallery of Modern Art, the Duke of Wellington statue, Glasgow's magnificent cathedral and Mercat Cross in this 5 hour tour. Hotel pick-up and drop-off is available and since this is a private tour, your guide should be able to tailor the tour to your individual preferences. Provand's Lordship This characterful building is Glasgow's only surviving medieval residence. With original architecture, accurate displays and furnishings Provand's Lordship is now home to a period museum. It is also worth viewing the neighbouring St. Nicholas Garden, which is where medicinal plants would have been grown when the building served as a hospital chaplain after it was built in 1471. a herb garden where medicinal plants that would have been used in the 15th-century Scotland grow. The museum is also a stop on some hop-on hop-off tour-bus routes of Glasgow. Open year-round and wheelchair accessible, this is a must-see for history enthusiasts. Glengoyne Distillery Located 30 minutes North of Glasgow on the border of the Highlands, the award-winning Glengoyne Distillery dates back	309
If you are moving interstate, the chances are you don't want to be driving behind the removalists truck the entire way. No, you want to get to your new home quickly and efficiently, feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the somewhat daunting task of setting up your life in a new location. And that's where our car relocation removalists enter the scene. At Central Victoria Removals we know that shifting interstate is a challenge. You have to pack up your household, leave your support network and start all over again. The details are endless and so is the pressure. But by using a trusted transport removalist you can rest assured that your car will be ready for you when you need it – no fuss, no stress and no need for you to navigate hours of driving when you're feeling fatigued from organising your move. We are experienced car<\|fim_middle\|> Victoria Removals. Please contact us for more information.	relocation removalists and take a professional approach to loading, transporting and unloading your vehicle. It doesn't matter whether it's the family station wagon, a luxury vehicle, a classic model or an off-road warrior, we'll get it to its new destination safely, efficiently and at a competitive price. We can also transport other vehicles including golf carts and motorbikes. Whether it's one vehicle or several, we are the team for you. And because we offer a reliable tracking system, you can keep up to date with your vehicle's progress at any time during the interstate journey. Central Victoria Removals strives to deliver the best results for every client. We want to know your expectations and needs when it comes to car relocation and then we work hard to meet them. If you would like an obligation-free quote, then turn to the car relocation removalists that people trust – Central	176
Rail News Home Security Rail News: Security Cybersecurity: Transit agencies can mind current trends, mine government resources A major cybersecurity vulnerability: several computerized systems that are connected without measures in place to prevent cascading failures. By Lorie West The security of critical business and operational systems long has been a transportation industry concern. As the rail industry becomes more digitally reliant and connected, the sophisticated computerized devices it uses become more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Within the past several years, several transit agencies have fallen victim to ransomware incidents. They've also dealt with distributed denial of service attacks, in which multiple compromised computer systems attack a target — such as a server, website or other network resource — and disrupt access for users. Enter cybersecurity, or measures taken to protect against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or system damage or disruption. Protecting hardware, software and information, as well as preventing disruptions or a misdirection of services, is a high priority for transit agencies. The problem is many rail systems — including those that transport passengers — were built in a world much different than the digitally connected one we live in today, says Nick Percoco, chief information security officer for Uptake Technologies Inc., which provides data science and predictive analytic services aimed at helping railroads and other industries build a strong cyber-defense strategy. "They were not designed with the ability to update software in the event of a security issue. In fact, many systems in the industrial world cannot be updated at all," he says. Moreover, many organizations don't know all the vulnerabilities and cybersecurity threats they face, says<\|fim_middle\|> says Uptake's Percoco. Conversely, only about 10 percent of all personal IT devices — such as cell phones, computers and laptops — aren't backed by security professionals or researchers. "So, you don't have that same security research community to help build stronger, better defended systems," Percoco says. "There are members of the security research community that would, as part of what they love to do, want to work with industries like railroads. They would accept the invitation to learn about these systems and help close those gaps." It's all about working together to boost cybersecurity in the transit-rail realm, Percoco says. "This kind of collaboration with the security research community would be a real big benefit to both the manufacturers of trains, and also the railroads themselves," he says. Lorie West is a West Allis, Wisconsin-based freelance writer. Email questions or comments to prograil@tradepress.com. Browse articles on cybersecurity Uptake Technologies Inc. McAfee LLC BART San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Transportation Security Administration American Public Transportation Association Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff.	Percoco, a white-hat hacker who, during 20-plus years of research, has performed just about every possible cyber attack to gain more insight on security breaches, malware and other trends. A combination of connected infrastructure — devices hooked into the internet, other systems and other networks — plus today's real threat against these computerized environments have created a "perfect storm" for an attacker or organized criminal group to target industrial environments like a railroad, he says. One of the biggest vulnerabilities: when different systems are connected without measures in place to prevent the failure of one system from cascading and causing the failure of another, Percoco says. "The fix for this requires prioritizing separation and isolating critical systems from other, more vulnerable, user networks," he says. "That's often something that's overlooked in many environments because sometimes it's seen as an efficiency, a cost savings or having one less hoop to jump through." Modern doesn't mean secure Cybersecurity issues extend beyond legacy systems, as well. Autonomous-based computer systems that control a train still are susceptible to programming faults and the cyber threats that go with them, says Brett Kelsey, the chief technical strategist for McAfee LLC, a subsidiary of security solutions and services provider Intel Security. Two years ago, Intel Security and The Aspen Institute released "Holding the Line Against Cyber Threats: Critical Infrastructure Readiness Report," which reviewed cybersecurity issues in the transportation, energy, finance and government sectors. The hacker group Anonymous attacked Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in 2011 and gained computerized access to its train system. The hackers easily could have done something horrific, such as send two trains speeding toward each other on the same track, says Kelsey. But that didn't happen because, in his opinion, the group didn't target BART that way. Late last year, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) also dealt with a cyberattack that was disruptive, but luckily not as damaging as it could have been. In November, a hacker used ransomware to attack SFMTA's office computers and demanded bitcoins to relinquish the hold on the system. The agency instead took its Muni subway ticketing machines and fare gates offline as a precautionary measure to protect passengers. Transit agencies need to be aware of new cyberattack approaches, such as social engineering, says Kelsey. For example, a piece of bad code could be planted on a USB drive and then given to an individual. Kelsey encountered that situation earlier this year while vacationing with his family in Cancun, Mexico, when he sought to purchase stills from a professional photographer. "Of course, they gave it to me on a USB drive and, lo and behold, when I plugged it in, the first thing that popped up was the Conficker virus," he says, referring to a computer worm targeting Microsoft's operating system that was first detected in 2008. "Now, I work for McAfee — my system identified it, found it and killed it — but if your system is not up to speed, you could be infected and not even know about it." So, the future of cybersecurity hinges on ensuring a component is secure from the moment it's put into place and turned on, he says. In the near term, transit agencies could create some form of compartmentalization between systems so attackers can't do such things as gain access to the wireless network on a train and use it to disrupt the control system, says Kelsey. Grouped together As transit agencies seek to understand how to best stay protected, they can turn to two organizations for help: the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Through its Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, the TSA aims to work closely with transit agencies to improve cybersecurity awareness and preparedness. APTA and the TSA sponsor the Control and Communications Security Working Group (CCSWG) and the Enterprise Cyber Security Working Group (ECSWG). Last year, the TSA issued a cybersecurity awareness guide targeting surface transportation modes. Established in 2007, the CCSWG focuses on transit industrial control systems, including supervisory control and data acquisition systems for trains and buses. Formed in 2011, the ECSWG focuses on transit agencies' information technology (IT) and enterprise systems. Working group members include transit agency officials and industry subject matter experts who aim to develop and publish recommended practices and other guidance documents on cyber-security strategy, vulnerability assessments, mitigation, system resilience, redundancy and disaster recovery. The TSA in 2010 solely formed the Transportation Systems Sector Cyber Working Group (TSSCWG), which includes government and private-sector members representing transit rail and other transportation modes. The TSSCWG strives to identify strategic approaches for enhancing cybersecurity across the transportation sector, as well as implementing national policies and promoting awareness. The three working groups, which meet regularly, have already paid dividends in the transit-rail community, TSA officials said in an email. "There has certainly been increased awareness and concern across the transit-rail community resulting in fundamental positive changes, including enhanced cybersecurity awareness training, and improved cyber-hygiene practices for employees at all organizational and operational levels," they said. The TSA recommends that transit agencies assess and monitor their operational technology, stay current with evolving threats, engage with information-sharing analysis centers and other similar venues, and participate in working groups at the local and national levels. Last year, the administration also produced a cybersecurity resource that could prove valuable to transit agencies. The Surface Cybersecurity Awareness Guide describes steps that can be taken to protect data and personal information in computer networks, and outlines the types of threats most commonly found in cyberspace. In addition, the handbook provides detailed information on the safe use of the internet, social networks and mobile technology. Topics covered in the guide include cyberattack myths, malware, spam, scams, mobile devices, identity theft, data security and incident response. Assessment a good start With such working groups and resources on hand, transit agencies can better develop a cybersecurity program, says Polly Hanson, APTA's director of transit security and emergency management. "You want to see where your risk and vulnerability is, so start with a vulnerability risk assessment, and then see where you are as a baseline and what gaps you need to fill," she says. "Then that's when you start to develop a program about how you're going to close those gaps. Of course, you're also looking at phasing out your older technology, looking for new technology and hardening the old technology. And then you manage and maintain your program." APTA officials are hoping a TSA representative attends the association's annual conference and expo next month in Atlanta to share some of administration's information and collection of resources, which include a cybersecurity primer for CEOs. "We're looking to create opportunities to educate our members more on cyber," says Hanson, adding that those efforts include providing more information on it and promoting the two working groups that APTA sponsors with the TSA. When it comes to defending cyberspace, a strong employee education program on strengthening passwords, ensuring laptops aren't unattended and employing similar measures can do wonders, as well. "At the end of the day, it's going to come down to an employee, whether somebody brings in a thumb drive from home or clicks a link," Hanson says. "It's about seeing cybersecurity not as the operations person's problem, or IT's problem or the CEO's problem, but everybody's problem." Transit rail is no different than other industries in that cybersecurity often can default to being an afterthought, says Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Chief Information Security Officer Dean Mallis. So, protection needs to be fluid. "Hackers change tactics daily and an organization has to be agile enough to adapt to those changes," says Mallis. "By staying on the forefront of attacks — watching all attacks and paying specific attention to the ones that affect our industry — and remaining proactive in our posture, we can better prepare for the future." A standard understanding MARTA is trying to be fluid and proactive, in part by following a National Institute of Standards and Technology framework and adhering to Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards. Agencies that accept credit cards are required to meet PCI requirements annually. The agency also is relying on best practices to advance its cybersecurity program and continues to "work diligently" to safeguard its information systems, says Mallis. In addition, MARTA keeps evaluating risks from an enterprise-wide perspective and prioritizes based on criticality. "As the threat landscape evolves and cyberattacks become publicly more prevalent, governments are becoming more focused on securing critical infrastructure," Mallis says. "As major systems are breached, more attention will be given to cybersecurity as a whole." Minding cyberspace is key because about 90 percent of all large industrial operational technologies lack monitoring or backup by security personnel,	1,811
Employer Sponsored Life, Health, Disability Insurance - Is it Enough? 1. What is the maximum coverage? In many cases, you can be enrolled in your employer's group life<\|fim_middle\|> Department would be stunned, and when they recover they would probably ROFL and say Fuhgeddaboutit. Benefits are a huge part of many compensation packages, and it's always good to now which benefits you are eligible for and the details regarding how to receive the benefits or whether or not they are portable. Even if your company may not be receptive to these types of benefits or questions, many companies are. Good point about the 'any occupation' versus 'own occupation' for disability. It's very important to know what is covered and make sure coverage is adequate. If not, supplemental insurance is a popular way to ensure you and your family are totally taken care of.	insurance for a specified amount for "free"—that is at no out-of-pocket cost to you. For many young unmarried employees, that specified amount (which can either be a dollar amount or a multiple of income, such as two times your yearly salary) can be more than enough coverage. After major life events like marriage and children, you may want to add to that "free" coverage to make certain that your family is taken care of should something happen to you. You can pay for your life insurance policy with pre-tax dollars as long as the payout is $50,000 or less. After that point, you will be paying for your premiums after tax. Depending on the maximum coverage available through your employer, you may want to supplement your life insurance with an individual policy. 2. Is my life insurance portable? This question might be a little awkward to ask, as you'll be finding out if you can transfer your group life policy to an individual life insurance policy should you ever leave your employer. You need to know the answer even if you have no current plans to leave your job, however, because it can help you determine whether you might need an additional individual policy if your life changes. In addition, you will want to know if the portability rules are prohibitively expensive, it which case it might make sense to cover yourself with a small individual policy that can follow you throughout your career. 1. Who is covered and for how long? When my husband and I moved to Lafayette, Indiana so he could start a new job, I was still covered by my insurance through the school system where I taught in Ohio. This was pretty complicated, because I was seven months pregnant and my coverage (that would lapse at right around my due date) meant that my husband and I had to pay extra to put me on his policy while I was covered elsewhere. Not all coverage issues are nearly as complicated, but it does pay to find out the specifics of who you can bring onto your health insurance before you need it. In our case, I needed to find a doctor who took both my lapsing insurance and my husband's insurance—because of course they weren't both from the same company. This is also a question you need to ask if you have kids going to college, because deciding whether to keep them on your insurance or enroll them in a policy through their school could potentially save or cost you a lot. 2. How can I lower my premiums? Your HR Department is a great place to ask this question, as it can offer you all of the information on deductible and benefit options. From there, you can determine what level of coverage you need. If you can raise your deductible or possibly eliminate some benefits, you can potentially lower your premiums to a more manageable amount. 3. Is my health insurance portable? Similar to your life insurance, you need to know if your health insurance can be taken with you if/when you leave. It is good to know if you can transfer your group health care plan to an individual policy should you ever leave your employer. This is also a good time to ask about the benefits covered under COBRA health coverage. 1. How long after a disability do I have to wait before I can collect on a claim? Disability insurance generally has a waiting period which you must meet before you can start collecting benefits. The longer the waiting period before benefits kick in, the lower the premiums. So find out whether you might be cooling your heels for 30 days or six months—or longer—before you can collect on a disability claim. 2. Is this an any occupation or own occupation policy? An any occupation policy will only pay out benefits if you are disabled to the point that you cannot perform any job—including burger flipper, cashier, and other unskilled employment. Having an any occupation policy means that you are much less likely to see your benefits, since only truly devastating disabilities make it impossible to do any job. An own occupation policy, on the other hand, pays benefits if you are disabled and therefore unable to work the job you have trained for. fantastic article. We just had an internal call on health insurance at my company. Premiums up and benefits down, sweet. My HR	854
« January Meeting Scheduled Trigg County Student Wins Chapter Essay Contest » Compatriots Honor Four Caldwell County Veterans Princeton resident and Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter Compatriot John Humphries has been busy gathering information on veterans in his home county of Caldwell, Kentucky. This morning he hosted a breakfast and presentation ceremony at the Central Presbyterian Church in Princeton. Caldwell County Compatriot Robert Ward assisted him in doing the honors. Veterans honored included: Bob Hayes – U.S. Army Bob Hayes was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army after completing ROTC training at the University of Kentucky. He ranked third in a class of 160 and had the opportunity to choose an area other than infantry or armor. Bob chose the medical services corps. Bob began his military service in June 1969 at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. After six months of training he was sent to Fort Dix in New Jersey to prepare a new field hospital for Vietnam, which was completed six months later but never used. While stationed at Fort Dix Bob also spent one week on duty in New York City. During a postal strike he was sent to an office near Madison Square Garden and helped sort the mail. Bob received orders to Vietnam in 1970 but they were rescinded when it was learned that his older brother Jim was serving a third tour of duty in Vietnam. Bob was sent to South Korea instead. In Korea Bob was the supply officer for a medical group. Bob Davis – U.S. Marine Corps Brian Davis enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1990 and served for 20 years. Brian participated<\|fim_middle\|> can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.	in Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait. He subsequently served at Camp Lejeune and on numerous Navy amphibious assault ships. He was deployed as part of the UN peacekeeping team in Bosnia/Herzegovina and later stationed in Japan. After 9/11 he worked for the Marine Corps' chemical biological response team outside Washington. James "Dog" Menser – U.S. Marine Corps James "Dog" Menser was on a plane to Parris Island, South Carolina two 10 days after he graduated from high school in 1993. James was in the U.S. Marines for eight years. He was trained at Parris Island and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. James served as a crewman on an amphibious assault vehicle, also called an Amtrak. James was based at Camp Pendleton in California but traveled the world visiting Hawaii, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, the UAE, Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia. He trained Kuwaiti soldiers between the two Gulf Wars. He served in Somalia at the age of 21 after the Black Hawk Down incident. James helped provide security for UN peacekeeping forces from Bangladesh and Pakistan when they decided to withdraw. When he was not deployed James served at Camp Pendleton's rifle range and eventually became a marksmanship instructor. Joe Shore – U.S. Marine Corps Joe Shore served in the Marine Corps from 1969 to 1971. He was trained as a radio field operator but served in Vietnam for a year in a different role. Joe handled "S&C," "Secret and Confidential," documents related to the conduct of the war. In this role he had top secret clearance. Compatriot Humphries has several other presentations planned in coming days. He has already purchased another seven medals for area veterans. We look forward to his coming reports! This entry was posted on January 10, 2016 at 4:20 pm and is filed under Col. Stephen Trigg Chapter, Veteran's Appreciation Medal, Veterans, Veterans Support. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You	440
I was raised in a small town of Nepal called Hetauda. It was only after finishing high school that I got to go to the capital city to pursue my degree for civil engineering. With some hard work and luck, I was able to study on a scholarship to become a certified Civil Engineer. For the first time, I felt independent, as I was able to study by myself. It was during this tenure in the capital city where I realised the difference between being in a small city and a big one. The exposure that I got, the knowledge that was available to me just through being in a big city. This was the catalyst that made me realise I needed to get out of my small but beautiful country to have more opportunities and exposure. It was a feeling of being scared and excited at the same time – to go to a completely new country and start over from scratch. I love the Australian culture, it seems like the culture I was always meant to be in. Or maybe it is just me that I adapt to the surroundings easily, but the differences in culture have not affected me much. It is completely different from my home country of Nepal, but there is so much to learn and take back. My journey began at CQUni Australia. The first few months were tough; I had to travel quite a bit for work so that I could buy my groceries for that week. I did all sorts of cleaning jobs, kitchen hand jobs and labour jobs back then. But I always had this urge to do more, to be more. During the end of my first term at uni, the vacancy for the Social Innovation Change Champion Ambassador opened up and I did everything I could to get this job. I talked to people I had never met, sent them emails and texts just to get more info and finally, I was selected from over 3000 students from the university. That was one of the happiest and proudest moments for me here in Australia. I not only work in this role but also have been one of the most active students on my campus. This role allows me to hone my skills, which will be beneficial for me when I pursue my career. I know that just having a degree from the university would not be enough to compete in the future market – and the university is very supportive in this case. The university provides us with different opportunities to interact, grow our networks and learn, and I have been trying to grab whatever I can. I'm an average student academically but I do feel that now I am building up a good resume. Studying at CQUni is one of the best decisions I have made in my life because it has provided me with so many opportunities. Being a Change Champion Ambassador is one of the greatest achievements I have had being here. Similarly being able to live in this city on my own and managing everything, I think that's a great achievement. It's because of studying at CQUni that I have visited Melbourne, Brisbane, Los Angeles and San Diego, plus the endless opportunities I receive here in Sydney. The very motto of the university "Be<\|fim_middle\|>0% of the total marks, the rest can be gained through other small things. So work on those to gain better marks. I participate in most of the CQUni events and activities including those with the CLC, Career team and International Café Welcome. We have even opened a Social Innovation Club for students to participate in, and I'm working to help students have a futsal club and a music club. I like to make my day as productive as possible. There was a time in my life where I did not have much work to do so I used to write the things that I did every day to convince myself that I didn't waste my time that day. I barely have spare time but I do make times to meet my friends, to travel, to explore and to vlog. I make daily vlogs and travel movies. I also have interests in photography. I don't have a camera so I do everything on my mobile phone. This is one of the lessons of life that I would like to share with everyone: if you have a passion for something, resources are secondary factors, you will always find a way to do what you love to do. Sometimes I notice that even after all these opportunities are available to you, students do not grab them. My advice – if you are here to just earn money then you are in the wrong place. But, if you are here to have an experience and to gain the exposure, to explore and to build a better future, you are in the right place. There are plenty of opportunities out there, it's upon you to grab what you can. 711 is the place for the coffee. Maloneys and Star bar is good to have a beer. Where are you on your wellness journey? Read this blog deeply and highly inspired bro.	what you want to be", I believe in it and that is what this university has provided me with. My study hacks: be smart. Provide the tutors with what they are looking for. Have a look at marking rubric every time. The main content is 6	54
Matan Zurgil is the Financial Controller of Hutchison Kinrot. As part of the finance team, Matan assists the CFO in all financial and budgetary aspects of the incubator and its portfolio companies. – Financial reporting on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. – Supporting the portfolio companies with ongoing budget management, financial planning, corporate finance, financial modeling and analysis. – Contributing to the investment process within the screening stage: notably financial & accounting part of the due diligence. Prior to joining the incubator, Matan served<\|fim_middle\|>), and served as a consultant and economist at a consulting company which provides a full range of business development expertise. Matan holds a B.A in Economics and Business Administration from Haifa University and graduated from the Accounting Studies program at Bar Ilan University. He is a certified CPA.	as Assistant Financial Controller at TowerJazz Semiconductor, a publicly listed manufacturer (NASDAQ & TASE) of analog integrated circuits. He previously worked at the assurance services department of Ernst & Young, was FP&A analyst at Lumenis (a medical equipment company	51
Is Corporate Wellness Worth It? There is no question that regular exercise is beneficial for our health. Sadly, even with everything we know about exercise, the majority of adults don't<\|fim_middle\|> looked up to as leaders, I challenge them to set the stage and lead by example by taking care of themselves and their employees. In the end, it will be worth it.	come close to the recommended amount of weekly exercise. The Department of Health and Human Services recommends getting at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week, plus resistance training two times a week. The goal should be to get some form of exercise for 30 minutes every day. Understandably many people are extremely busy and may think there is no time for exercise in their schedule. A half hour a day may be difficult for many people, but as the obesity epidemic continues to grow, something needs to change. One solution is for businesses and business owners to step up and take care of their employees. In the past, many business owners would fend off the idea of providing corporate wellness. Today, it is a huge draw for job seekers and potential employees, so businesses are starting to get on board. There are also many proven benefits the company will receive in return. Exercise improves your physical fitness and it can help boost your productivity in the work place. Exercise can help reduce stress, improve sleep, increase energy and alertness throughout the day, and also help prevent illness (mentally and physically). So not only will employees work harder and smarter, they will be happier, more engaged, and healthier. Meaning they will be away from the workplace less throughout the year. Providing corporate wellness for employees does not have to be a burden or break the budget. A corporate wellness program could be anything from hiring a gym/trainer, providing a location or meet-up for employees to use. There are many ways to effectively provide corporate wellness no matter what size company you are or your budget. Business owners should want to see their employees be healthier and happier, while also seeing their productivity excel. Corporate Wellness is a fancy term for promoting healthy living. Since most business owners are also	365
Berlin, Md. – On Sunday, October 22nd, local restaurants Crab Alley and Bull on the Beach sponsored the 9th Annual Crab Feast and Bull Roast benefiting Atlantic General Hospital. Make note that the 23rd Annual Penguin Swim is to be held on New Year's Day – Monday, January 1, 2018. Once again, the swim will be held at the Princess Royale Hotel, Oceanfront and 91st Street in Ocean City, MD. I hope you have been getting ready to dunk your penguin tail in the icy-cold Atlantic Ocean because it will be here before you know it! The Atlantic General Hospital Foundation is inviting individuals and teams to join in the fundraising. Sixteen teams have already registered and more are joining<\|fim_middle\|> Atlantic General Hospital and Toni Keiser, VP of Public Relations join restaurant owner of Bull on the Beach, Phil Houck at the 9th Annual Crab Feast and Bull Roast to benefit Atlantic General Hospital. Photo Credit: Dottie Twohig Simons.	every day! This year, event day registration will begin at 10:00 a.m., ending promptly at 12:30 p.m., with the main event at 1:00 p.m. The time in between will be chock full of fun activities the whole family will enjoy: carnival games, face painting, mermaids and more. Michael Franklin, CEO and President of	82
A Nenagh pop-up card company, which replenishes forests by planting one tree every day, will display its extraordinary work at Gifted – The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair at the RDS, Dublin from Wednesday to Sunday, December 5-9. With over 500 designers, makers and artisan food producers displaying original gifts, the traditional opening to the festive season in Dublin is set to attract over 45,000 people in five days to Gifted. Katie and Aaron Dowling's eco-friendly card company Paperbear<\|fim_middle\|> to Sunday, December 5-9. Cards are priced at €4-€6.50. "Katie and I decided to combine our skills and we set up Paperbear.ie to sell both pop-up and illustrated cards. We began with three designs and the reaction from customers was overwhelming. "So, we began to work on more, with help from our customers as to what they wanted. "We now have hundreds of cards in our collection and each month we add more to our range. "We believe it is important to give back and are proud to have teamed up with the non-profit organisation, One Tree Planted, and we plant at least one tree every day. Paperbear.ie's pop up cards are not your average greeting card. They are unique and a gift in themselves, covering all occasions, from Christmas to weddings to birthdays and beyond. Other local exhibitors will include Nenagh artisan food producer The Scullery and Clonmel jewellery maker Christina Keogh. "Our curated offering gives you the opportunity to secure once-off presents from a wide selection of contemporary Irish jewellery, fashion, accessories, ceramics, interiors, art, photography, and children's gifts.	.ie will exhibit at Gifted – The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair at the RDS, Dublin from Wednesday to Sunday, December 5-9. Katie and Aaron Dowling's company Paperbear.ie is based at Terryglass and was founded in 2013. "While on a trip to Spain I came across some very simple pop-up cards in a store. I loved the idea and could see huge potential for them in Ireland," said Aaron. Katie and Aaron Dowling's eco-friendly card company Paperbear.ie will exhibit at Gifted – The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair at the RDS, Dublin from Wednesday	126
An oil economy, the celebration of fire and a rich cultural heritage give Azerbaijan its distinctive identity. Make sure you and your family discover it, before others do! There used to be a rhyme we used to sing when we were kids: 'Fire in the mountain, run, run, run.' I have no idea about the relevance of that rhyme, but it certainly could be about this place: Yanar Dag in the Absheron region of Azerbaijan. Here, the fire burns all the time. And it's been burning since, well, someone accidentally lit it maybe over half a century ago. It's an incredible sight – a long line of angry yellow-and-orange flames licking the base of<\|fim_middle\|> Baku, but there's more to Azerbaijan… (to be continued in the next part) By Srinivas Krishnan Flame And Fortune (Welcome to part 2) AteshgahAzerbaijan TourismAzerbaijanibakuCaspian SeaCaucasus MountainsEastern European countriesExperience AzerbaijanGame Of ThronesGo ExploreHolidays in AzerbaijanLord Of The Ringsmiddle eastModern Turkic statesSalam BakuSoviet republicTakeAnotherLookThe Pearl of the CaucasusTranscaucasiaYanar Dag The Journey of Tintin An Insiders View on Kenya	the mountain, giving it the name Yanar Dag or 'burning mountain.' The reason for this perpetual fire is a huge concentration of natural gas below the ground, something the Absheron peninsula seems to have more than enough of. We reached this geological marvel at an opportune time. It was chilly and we warmed ourselves up. The crackle of the flames, the fire working its way upwards, the glow around the base of the hill and the warmth of the place made it a fine fantasy setting for a scene from the Lord Of The Rings or the Game Of Thrones. It was Yanar Dag that stoked my curiosity about Azerbaijan. As I read up about this little country sitting on vast reserves of fossil fuel, more reasons to visit presented themselves. One was Ateshgah, which started as a Zoroastrian fire temple, then for a while was adopted by Hindus and other fire worshippers as a pilgrimage spot and a resting place or caravanserai on the Silk Route. There was Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, with its cutting-edge architecture that pushed design boundaries. Baku had recently served as a venue for Formula One races, the most-watched motorsport event in the world. Would Baku be a brash, in-your-face Dubai wannabe or would it retain some of its Eurasian charm? It was time to find out. A call went out to The Wanderers and after a few weeks of planning, I was in an Air Arabia flight with my wife and my 12-year old son heading towards the Caucasus. Come Baku Heydar Aliyev is everywhere. The former President and acknowledged father of modern Azerbaijan, he came to power soon after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the country became a republic. Between 1993 and 2003, he put in place several policies and reforms that led to Azerbaijan slowly finding its feet and standing on its own in the comity of nations. Since the country was naturally blessed with oil reserves, Aliyev negotiated with countries and companies to drill, produce and export oil. The prosperity this has brought is reflected in tall, glass façade towers of Baku, its burnished monuments, broad, smooth roads, a beautiful waterfront boulevard overlooking the Caspian Sea, gardens and citizens amenities. The money has also been well-used in preserving the Azerbaijani heritage and culture – a source of pride for locals, and a magnet for visitors. Many places are named after Heydar Aliyev, as you would have guessed. The most prominent one in Baku is the Heydar Aliyev Centre, a stunning, white, fluid monument designed by the queen of modern architecture, the late Zaha Hadid. My first vision of it was through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of my signature suite at the Hotel Fairmont Baku. The Heydar Aliyev Centre stands out in the distance like a lick of white flame amidst all the other buildings surrounding it. To the right was the curve of the Caspian Sea, reflecting the grey clouds looming over it. The Fairmont itself is a Baku landmark, occupying one of the three iconic Flame Towers. Our room was a beautifully laid-out suite with a large living room plus bedroom, walk-in closet and a well-appointed bathroom including a television built into the looking glass. Oh, and did I mention the personalized Rose 31 toiletries? Or the distinctive red 'Egg Chair' designed by Arne Jacobsen – considered a design classic in modern furniture – in the living room Built upon a hill overlooking virtually the entire city, the Flame Towers are a modern architectural wonder. As the name suggests, the towers resemble the flames of a glowing fire. If you followed the Baku Grand Prix, you would have seen it already in the race footage. For my 12 year-old, the high point of the location was the Lamborghini showroom in one of the towers, where a monstrous Urus SUV was holding pride of place. But the best part of the Flame Towers would reveal itself to us only when night fell. A short distance away from the hotel is the Highland Park, a somber memorial to Azerbaijani martyrs. From the Park, one gets another of those spectacular views of the city and the Caspian Sea that makes Highland Park a must-visit, especially at night. If you can peel your eyes off and turn around to look at Flame Towers, you are in for another gob-smacking sight: the Flame Towers going up in flames! The façades of the Flame Towers cleverly function as display screens by using over 10,000 LEDs, so it's an ongoing spectacle of fire and other graphics that can be seen from virtually anywhere in the city, at night. Our first meal was had at Fountain Square where we were introduced to Azerbaijani cuisine at the Nergiz Restaurant. The qutab, which is essentially flatbread stuffed with meat or cheese or garden greens, was an instant hit and featured regularly on our plates through the course of our stay. And of course, plov – which is a different take on our own pulao – done in Azerbaijani style. Throughout the trip, we experimented with different local preparations, all with the help of our guide Emin, who was ready with helpful suggestions and tips. During the days, we crisscrossed the city, taking in its period architecture, built during Baku's 19th century oil boom. As you would expect, the city attracted people, along with their cultures, from all over. Many of the buildings of this period of prosperity at the turn of the 20th century exhibit Victorian and Western influences. What was remarkable were the busts of various prominent residents of the key buildings carved in relief on the ground floor walls that showed you who stayed where. A nice touch. Of course there are heavy, concrete structures – almost Brutalist in their design – built during the Communist Soviet era. These however are offset by the flamboyance of the buildings built during the oil boom. There is something majestic about this aspect of Baku, much like the Indo-Saracenic and Neo-Gothic buildings that add to Mumbai's grandeur. But Baku also has an ace up its sleeve that India's financial capital doesn't: a medieval town in its centre called Icheri Sheher or the Old City. You need an entire day to explore this part of Baku. It is a UNESCO heritage site and the oil money has gone into bringing back its past glory. Defensive walls built in the 12th century enclose a maze of lanes, alleyways, buildings, mosques, hamams and more. To me, the most attractive part of Icheri Sheher was an abandoned caravanserai that looked so alive as if the traders had just packed up and left with their goods and their animals to other exotic destinations. You can actually visualize this resting place for travelers would have been centuries ago, with its central courtyard with a well and a magnificent shade-giving tree and rooms all around the periphery. For most people however, the Maiden Tower is the key landmark of this area – you will find it everywhere in the souvenir shops. The origins and functions of the Maiden Tower or Giz Galasy are mysterious. If you see its shape, you'll understand. It's a rather unique structure for a tower – perhaps it served as a watchtower combined with a defence battlement overlooking the Caspian Sea. Icheri Sheher has a history going back to the Paleolithic period and there are influences as well as evidence of the presence of Zoroastrians, Sassanians, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani and Ottomans. The Shirvanshahs – a dynasty – that gave Azerbaijan its identity as well as the flowering of its culture built a palace here in the 15th century. The palace also serves as a museum which gives a pretty good idea of how life was lived during their rule. The Old Town is a great place to shop for artefacts and souvenirs (better to buy carpets at the hard-to-miss Carpet Museum, which, er, is built to resemble a rolled-up carpet!) as well as to pause for a while and have a meal. We explore Baku in the night, especially the vibrant and youthful Fountain Square area as well as take the air at the Boulevard where old, nostalgic Azerbaijani songs emerge from speakers and period photographs of the city are on permanent display. So much more to do in	1,750
SoCal Attractions 360 – Knott's Merry Farm is finally here! There are so many things to do! Knott's Merry Farm is finally here! There are so many things to do! We recently got invited to check out all the Holidays offerings at Knott's Merry Farm this past weekend. We were blown away by the number of holiday entertainment and activities Knott's has to offer for its guests. Before we start our day, we were treated to a nice lunch reception at the Spur restaurant. The food was outstandingly delicious! Some of the delicious holiday food options you can get this season. Looks so yummy. At the Santa's Christmas Cabin, you can take a photo with Santa and enjoy some delicious seasonal snack items. It was pretty neat to see a wood carved Groot at the Christmas Craft Fair. Knott's newest coaster is coming along real quick. The ride will open early next year. Our first time seeing Calico Saloon Christmas Show. It was actually pretty good! "Merry Christmas Snoopy!" on ice is a fantastic show. A must see show for the whole family! "It's the Merri<\|fim_middle\|>'s for having us. It was a magical winter event.	est Christmas Show Ever, Charlie Brown" is such a fun show. Calico Christmas Tree is lit! Wow! so much snow falling in Ghost Town. What a Perfect way to end your holiday evening at Knott's Merry Farm. Thanks Knott	50
Store (Coming Soon) Cargo Ship Speed Comparison: How Fast Do They Go? ByMatthew Baxter It is well-known that most of<\|fim_middle\|> is up to the ship's Captain and officers to judge what is an appropriate safe speed based on a number of factors including: Most important factors affecting the determination of 'safe speed' The proximity of other ships in the area Visibility – is it foggy, or are shoreside lights making it difficult to see other ships' navigation lights? How much depth and width of water is available How manoeuvrable the ship is Factors affecting the judgement of safe speed for a ship It is generally considered that when other ships are in the area, a slow speed is a safe speed. This is because it gives the navigators more time to think and act, it allows the ship to be stopped more effectively, and if a collision does occur, the damage will be less. Ports and harbours, however, will have their own numerical speed limits – usually in the range of 6-10 knots. This is not only because of the closeness of hazards when in port, but also because a speed of above 6 knots is not considered safe when using or interacting with tugs in harbour. Casual Navigation is your window into the maritime world. We love to explore the many different aspects of the maritime industry, with the aim of making it fun and interesting for everyone to enjoy. © 2023 Casual Navigation	the world's goods and fuel are transported by sea. Often travelling thousands of miles across the world, ships need to be able to achieve high enough speeds to get to their destination in a reasonable amount of time. But just how fast do they go? Some cargo ships are able to travel at phenomenal speeds. The Maersk Boston is a 294 metre container ship capable of steaming at an incredible 37 knots (42.5mph). This means that, in theory, she could transport tens of thousands of tonnes of cargo from Dublin, Ireland to Lisbon, Portugal in just over 24 hours. However, although there are many cargo ships that can achieve these very high speeds, this does not mean that they actually sail at these speeds. Not only is it very bad for fuel economy to sail at these speeds, but it would also be unsafe to travel at such speeds in congested waters. What is the average speed of a cargo ship? Different types of ships tend to travel at different average speeds. The table below shows an example of some typical average voyage speeds: Ship type Average service speed Vehicle carrier 15 knots Container ship 14 knots Bulk carrier 11 knots Oil/Chemical/Gas tanker 10 knots General cargo ship 9 knots The average service speeds of different types of cargo ship, using rounded data from Statista Congested traffic areas, navigational hazards, local laws, and fuel economy, all affect the speed at which a ship can travel. It's also unlikely that a charterer would set an ETA for a ship which would require her to travel at maximum speed, as this leaves no room for delays or error. What speeds are cruise liners and superyachts capable of? Queen Mary 2 is capable of 30 knots as she runs a liner service between Southampton and New York. She is able to achieve this speed for most of the journey across the Atlantic, because the route is essentially a straight line and there is little to no shipping traffic. 30 knots is a much higher speed than other cruise ships, most of which have a maximum speed of just over 20 knots. Queen Mary 2 is capable of travelling at 30 knots Superyachts are built as top-end luxury vessels, and as a result they are often built with the capability of achieving incredible speeds. The superyacht Foners is considered to be the fastest yacht ever built, and can hit 70 knots. There are many superyachts which can achieve in excess of 60 knots. As we can see, when fuel costs and making a profit are not considerations, ships can be built to achieve very impressive speeds! Cruise ship itineraries – why are they different to cargo ships? When considering cruise ships, we need to look at sailing speeds a little differently to cargo ships. On certain cruise ship itineraries, for example in the Caribbean, it may not be very far between ports. This means that the required sailing speed to get from one port to the next can be very low. This allows cruise ships the opportunity to 'slow steam' between ports. There are many benefits to slow steaming, but slow steaming isn't just for cruise ships. Over the last fifteen years, slow steaming has become more and more popular for cargo ships due to the financial and environmental advantages it offers. What is slow steaming? Slow steaming is the term for when a ship purposely sails slower than its maximum speed. There is an exponential relationship between a ship's speed and the fuel consumed, so it is understandable that shipping companies want to try to reduce the speeds of their ships. Although there can be some downsides to slow steaming, for example a negative impact on some machinery which is designed to run at higher loads, there are many benefits: Benefits of slow steaming Lower fuel consumption and costs Improved reliability of certain machinery Less pressure on the crew to meet tight ETAs Reduced anchorage costs and waiting times on arrival in port Reduced impact on marine mammals There are many benefits to slow steaming, and it is a popular tactic for many shipping companies Ships' engines are typically designed to run at between 70-85% load during continuous operation. Slow steaming means reducing the load to around 50-55%. Because of this, slow steaming strongly relies on the ship's Chief Engineer and his team to ensure that the ship's machinery is optimised and ready for slow steaming to reduce damage to the engines and other machinery. Our video below explains more about slow steaming and why it's become so popular with shipping companies in the last fifteen years: Are there speed limits at sea? There is no universal speed limit at sea. This doesn't mean that ships can go as fast as they like, however. The Collision Regulations state that ships must at all times proceed at a 'safe speed', although no numerical limit is prescribed – it	1,016

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