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27 solar generating facilities either in operation or under development in the Commonwealth.
The construction of another 300 MW of solar is planned to support Facebook's eighth data center in the U.S., to be located in Henrico County.
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package org.hoteia.qalingo.core;

import java.util.Date;

public class Constants {

	public static final String NAMESPACE_URI = "http://ws.qalingo.com/schemas/ws/eco";

    public static final String PREFIX_REST_SERVICE  = "/rest";
    public static final String PREFIX_WS_SERVICE    = "/ws";

	// GLOBAL

    public static final String QALINGO = "Qalingo";
	public static final String APP_NAME = "appName";
	public static final String APP_NAME_HTML = "appNameHtml";
	public static final String APP_NAME_BO_BUSINESS_CODE = "BO_BUSINESS";
	public static final String APP_NAME_BO_REPORTING_CODE = "BO_REPORTING";
	public static final String APP_NAME_BO_TECHNICAL_CODE = "BO_TECHNICAL";
	public static final String APP_NAME_FO_MCOMMERCE_CODE = "FO_MCOMMERCE";

	public static final String UTF8 = "UTF-8";
	public static final String ANSI = "ISO-8859-1";

	public static final int PAGE_SIZE = 20;

	public static final String NOT_AVAILABLE = "NA";

	public static final String CSV_EXTENSION = ".csv";
	public static final String TXT_EXTENSION = ".txt";
	public static final String XLS_EXTENSION = ".xls";
	public static final String XML_EXTENSION = ".xml";
	public static final String ZIP_EXTENSION = ".zip";

	public static final String NULL = "null";
	public static final String THREE_DOT = "...";
	public static final String EMPTY = "";
	public static final String UNDERSCORE = "_";
	public static final String DASH = "-";
	public static final String DOT = ".";
	public static final String COLON = ":";
	public static final String PIPE = "|";
	public static final String SLASH = "/";
	public static final String EQUALS = "=";
	public static final String SPACE = " ";
	public static final String POUND = "#";
	public static final String STAR = "*";
	public static final String EXLCLAMATION_MARK = "!";
	public static final String QUESTION_MARK = "?";
	public static final String CR = "\r\n";
	public static final String COMMA = ",";
	public static final String SEMI_COLON = ";";
	public static final String LEFT_PARENTHESIS = "(";
	public static final String RIGHT_PARENTHESIS = ")";
	public static final String LEFT_SQUARE_BRACKET = "[";
	public static final String RIGHT_SQUARE_BRACKET = "]";

	public static final String SPACE_COLON_SPACE = " : ";
	public static final String SPACE_PIPE_SPACE = " | ";
	public static final String SPACE_DASH_SPACE = " - ";
	public static final String COMMA_SPACE = ", ";
	public static final String SPACE_STAR_SPACE = " * ";

    public static final String REFERER          = "Referer";
    public static final String X_FORWARDED_FOR  = "X-Forwarded-For";

	public static final String HOST = "Host";
	public static final String HTTP = "Http";
    public static final String HTTPS = "Https";
	public static final String HTTP_COLON_SLASH_SLASH = "http://";
	public static final String SPRING_URL_PATH = "";

	public static final String LOCALHOST_ROOT_URL = "http://localhost:8080";

	public static final String KEY = "key";
	public static final String LOCALE = "locale";
	public static final String COUNTRY_CODE = "countryCode";
	public static final String LANGUAGE_CODE = "languageCode";
	public static final String LOCALE_FR = "fr";
	public static final String LOCALE_EN = "en";
	public static final String DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE = LOCALE_EN;

	public static final String PROPERTY_DEFAULT_STAGE_KEYNAME = "10";
	public static final Integer MILLISECONDS_IN_A_DAY = new Integer("86400000");
	public static final Integer MILLISECONDS_IN_A_HOUR = new Integer("3600000");
	public static final long ONE_HOUR = 3600000L;
	public static final java.util.Date TODAY = new Date();

    public static final double EARTH_RADIUS = 6384.4;

	public static final String DYNAMIC_LOCALE = "dynamicLocale";

	public static final String I18N_KEY = "i18nAppKey";
	public static final String CATEGORY_LIST_KEY = "categoryListAppKey";
	public static final String CATEGORY_DETAILS_KEY = "categoryDetailsAppKey";
	public static final String PRODUCT_LIST_KEY = "productListAppKey";
	public static final String PRODUCT_DETAILS_KEY = "productDetailsAppKey";
	public static final String SHOPINGCART_DETAILS_KEY = "shoppingCartDetailsAppKey";

	public static final String HOTEIA_ROOT_URL = "http://www.hoteia.com";

	public static final String USER_AGENT_IE_7 = "MSIE 7.0";
	public static final String USER_AGENT_IE_8 = "MSIE 8.0";
	public static final String USER_AGENT_FIREFOX_3 = "Firefox/3";

	public static final String GOOGLE_OAUTH_SIGNATURE_METHOD = "RSA-SHA1";

    // SESSION
    public static final String ENGINE_ECO_SESSION_OBJECT    = "ENGINE_ECO_SESSION_OBJECT";
    public static final String ENGINE_BO_SESSION_OBJECT     = "ENGINE_BO_SESSION_OBJECT";
    public static final String ENGINE_CLICKSTREAM           = "ENGINE_CLICKSTREAM";

	// SEARCH PAGINATION
	public static final String SEARCH_TEXT = "searchText";

	// SPRING VIEW PAGINATION
	public static final String PAGINATION_PAGE_PARAMETER = "page";
	public static final String PAGINATION_PAGE_URL = "currentPageUrl";
	public static final String PAGINATION_PAGE_PAGED_LIST_HOLDER = "pagedListHolder";
	public static final String PAGINATION_PAGE_SIZE = "pageSize";
	public static final int PAGINATION_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 9;
	public static final String PAGINATION_SORT_BY = "sortBy";
	public static final String PAGINATION_ORDER = "order";
	public static final String PAGE_ORDER_ASC = "asc";
	public static final String PAGE_ORDER_DESC = "desc";
	public static final String PAGE_VIEW_MODE = "mode";
	public static final String PRICE_RANGE_PARAMETER = "price";
	public static final String CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PARAMETER = "categoriesFilter";

	public static final String STORE_CITY_PARAMETER = "citiesFilter";
	public static final String STORE_COUNTRY_PARAMETER = "countriesFilter";

	// SECURITY
	public static final String SECRET_VALUE = "5U%oP9$";

	// PROPERTIE FILE NAMES
	public static final String TITLES_RESOURCE_BUNDLE = "qalingo-titles";
	public static final String TITLE_MESSAGE_PREFIX = "title.";
	public static final String COUNTRIES_RESOURCE_BUNDLE = "qalingo-countries";
	public static final String COUNTRY_MESSAGE_PREFIX = "country.";
    public static final String AREAS_RESOURCE_BUNDLE = "qalingo-areas";
    public static final String AREA_MESSAGE_PREFIX = "area.";
    public static final String STATES_RESOURCE_BUNDLE = "qalingo-states";
    public static final String STATE_MESSAGE_PREFIX = "state.";

	// VELOCITY LAYOUT ATTRIBUTES
    public static final String VELOCITY_LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE_HEAD_META = "head_meta";
	public static final String VELOCITY_LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE_HEAD_CSS_META = "head_css_content";
	public static final String VELOCITY_LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE_HEAD_CONTENT = "head_content";
	public static final String VELOCITY_LAYOUT_ATTRIBUTE_FOOTER_SCRIPT_CONTENT = "footer_script_content";

    public static final int POJO_NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 15;
    public static final int POJO_DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH = 150;
    public static final String TRUNCATED_SUFFIX = "...";

    public static final int POJO_SHORT_DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH = 150;

    public static final int SHORT_DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH = 50;
	public static final int SHARE_META_DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH = 150;

	public static final String ERROR_MESSAGE = "errorMessage";
	public static final String WARNING_MESSAGE = "warningMessage";
    public static final String INFO_MESSAGE = "infoMessage";
	public static final String SUCCESS_MESSAGE = "successMessage";

	public static final int COOKIES_LENGTH = 2592000; // in seconds - 30 days
    public static final String COOKIE_ECO_ENGINE_SESSION_ID = "EcoEngineSessionGuid";
	public static final String COOKIE_RECENT_PRODUCT_COOKIE_NAME = "RecentProducts";

	// PRODUCT
	public static final String PRODUCT_RATING_TYPE = "PRODUCT_RATING";
	public static final String PRODUCT_QUALITY_RATING_TYPE = "QUALITY_OF_SERVICE";
	public static final String PRODUCT_PRICE_RATING_TYPE = "RATIO_QUALITY_PRICE";
	public static final String PRODUCT_VALUE_RATING_TYPE = "PRICE_SCORE";
	// TOKEN
    public static final String AUTO_LOGIN_TOKEN = "AUTO_LOGIN_TOKEN";
    public static final String VALIDATION_TOKEN = "VALIDATION_TOKEN";

}

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Mental health problems – sad "new normal" on college campuses
Youngster Health Safety
Larger Schooling Campuses are witnessing report-breaking psychological health problems among students, ranging from melancholy and nervousness issues to self-harming conduct and inferior conduct. A clinician who wrote a number of years in the past in psychology At this time declared it was not "exaggerated" and "alarming" to confess that young People expertise "greater stress and psychopathology than at any time in nation history" – with consequences which are "troublesome
University campus problems are phenomena that begin with the health of American youngsters over the age groups of younger individuals, for instance, many college students come to a college with persistent sicknesses or teenage psychological sicknesses which were dependent on psychotropic or different medicine. As well as, most American college students at the moment are unprepared for their educational career as a college, which is indicative of a traditionally low normal in standardized exams. When numerous college students in greater schooling institutions, who are more and more recognized mentally, are blamed for the challenges of psychological health by disturbing their potential to carry out. The outcomes of these tendencies – including the rise in suicide amongst college students and the decline in education – undermine the way forward for younger individuals and the nation.
… more than three out of 5 (63%) respondents reported experiencing large nervousness last yr, while two out of five (42%) reported being so depressed that it was troublesome to act
Anxious Nervousness and Melancholy
Research 2018 140 Almost 90,000 students asked about their health in the faculty over the past 12 months. The research discovered that greater than three out of 5 (63%) respondents reported experiencing "overwhelming anxiety" final yr, whereas two out of five (42%) stated they have been "so depressed that it was difficult to act." Nervousness (27%), Sleep Issues (22%) and Melancholy (19%) negatively affected their educational performance
In the same research, 12% of students reported having "seriously considered suicide". discovered that college students with melancholy, nervousness and a spotlight deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) sent by the college counseling facilities for psychopharmacological evaluation found that the same proportion – 12% – had truly made at the least one suicide try. Half of the scholars within the latter research had beforehand acquired prescribed drugs, principally antidepressants.
Schools really feel compression and demand is rising nationally on campus mental health providers. In response to a research by the Penn State College of Mental Health, using scholar counseling centers increased by a mean of 30-40% between 2009 and 2015, at a time when enrollment increased by only 5%. In line with Penn State's report, "demand growth was primarily marked by an increasing number of students with a lifelong threat to independence indicators."
College Vaccines
Most schools anticipate new college students to have a full vary of CDC-advisable childhood vaccines and complete pre-college absorption with vaccines or doses they could have missed earlier than. Particularly, universities are more likely to emphasize tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) amplifiers; human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine; meningokokkirokotus;
… discovered notably robust associations in three basic university campus issues – anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive dysfunction and nervousness issues – and observed an increase in recognized issues after influenza vaccination (one of many vaccines college students study
. The potential adverse penalties for college kids are cautious, but two universities (Penn State and Yale) made information in 2017 when their researchers revealed a research displaying the temporal relationship between newly recognized neuropsychiatric issues and vaccines acquired in the final three twelve months. Though researchers analyzed the health knowledge of youngsters aged 6 to 15 years, not students, they discovered notably robust associations in three common sicknesses of common schooling – anorexia nervosa, Obsessive-compulsive disorder and nervousness issues – and discovered an increase in recognized issues after influenza vaccination (one of the vaccines almost certainly to be acquired by students). Additionally they found vital temporal associations that combine meningitis vaccination with both anorexia and persistent illness issues.
The distances of those researchers from too robust vaccines later advised a number of much less controversial mechanisms to elucidate their findings, including inflammatory or genetic exposure. elements. One of many researchers even advised that a "trauma" that "grabs the needles" might end in dangerous neuropsychiatric results
This absurd neglect ignores the appreciable experimental evidence of both animals and humans that combine vaccine-produced immune responses (and vaccine adjuvants) with harmful psychological health signs. In truth, some scientists vaccinated wholesome animals or individuals with the only objective of learning this phenomenon. For example:
The research deliberately injected mice with a vaccine towards tuberculosis (BCG vaccine) to induce "depression-like behavior", which found that the melancholy brought on by the vaccine was resistant to standard antidepressants.
Another research in mice found that both antigens and aluminum adjuvant within the Gardasil-HPV vaccine produced considerably more behavioral abnormalities, together with melancholy, in uncovered mice compared to unexposed mice.
University of California researchers adopted a wholesome scholar one week earlier than and one week after influenza vaccination; within the absence of bodily symptoms, they observed an elevated submit-vaccination irritation related to extra mood issues, particularly "depressed moods and cognitive symptoms."
Another research of influenza vaccination was in contrast with these with a history of melancholy and nervousness. "Mental Healthy" recipients have been found to have both had a "impaired positive effect" after vaccination; nevertheless, the impact of the vaccine on temper was "stronger for those with anxiety or depression."
Oxford neuroscientists injected healthy younger adults with typhoid fever vaccine to research the "connection between inflammation, sleep and depression", stating that the vaccine "caused significant drawbacks in several sleep continuity measurements in the vaccine group compared to placebo; The researchers concluded in their conclusions that sleep depression is both a "trait" and a "predictor" of melancholy.
Another group of UK researchers who additionally injected wholesome younger adult males with a typhoid vaccine said that vaccines
Apparently, a 2014 research found that the consequences of vaccines and mental health can scale back each methods. Scientists who evaluated self-reported melancholy and nervousness (and other measures) in 11-year-olds before starting routine vaccination and as much as six months later stated that youngsters who reported extra early melancholy and nervousness signs had a stronger vaccine response (outlined as "elevated") "). and sustained higher antibody responses ") and that this association was maintained even after mixer control. Because this type of overactive vaccine response may be a sign of auto-immunity, some researchers have paid more attention to these "two-approach" results
… we are torturing ourselves if we don't bear in mind the potential cumulative impact of a vaccine load with youngsters receiving tens of doses at age 18… [19659003] Protected Amenities or Protected Vaccines?
"Safe spaces" multiply on campus campuses, and the elite personal institutes supply dumbed-down for course programs, similar to "Miley Cyrus & # 39; s Sociology" or "Dungeons & Dragons Start" is the time to guage health problems – both psychological and bodily, who sabotage college students' probabilities of success. Researchers have already observed that the obtainable cognitive talents and "non-routine research-cognitive" expertise are increasingly disruptive, which our individuals need increasingly sooner or later. Although variables akin to scholar debt definitely affect students' stress equation, we're torturing ourselves if we ignore the potential cumulative vaccine load for youngsters who receive tens of doses at age 18, and piles much more when youngsters go away
Order Free information and updates from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Youngsters's Health Protection. CHD designs many strategies, together with authorized ones, to defend the health of our youngsters and to convey justice to the injured. Help is important for a profitable CHD operation.
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Selena Gomez prances around on a giant bed in new music video
WOW: Chrissy Teigen looked exactly like Selena Gomez when she was younger!
Zac Efron just made a move on Selena Gomez and we're so ready for it
Selena Gomez has gotten close with a new man and we are shipping it hard
Selena Gomez has the HOTTEST secret admirer and we need them to date
Selena Gomez out and about after rehab looks better than she ever has
Selena Gomez spotted in public for the first time since emotional breakdown
Noah Centineo and Selena Gomez's date night sounds TO DIE for
Selena Gomez has resurfaced looking HOTTER and healthier than ever
Selena Gomez is officially out of rehab
Selena Gomez is no longer the most-followed person on Instagram
Selena Gomez's *real* reaction to Justin Bieber's marriage is actually really sad
Finally an update on Selena Gomez's health after hospitalisation
Selena Gomez's controversial movie with Woody Allen might be axed
Things aren't looking good. - by Summer R
Last year, Selena Gomez made headlines for deciding to work with controversial movie director Woody Allen in his new movie, A Rainy Day in New York.
With Woody Allen's long history of sexual assault allegations, fans, and Selena's own mother were disappointed in the star for deciding to join the cast anyway.
Now, however, it looks like the movie may never premiere at all.
According to sources at Page Six, the movie doesn't have a release date anymore, and although it was reported that Amazon would originally release the film on its streaming service, the company has now stated that "no release day has ever been set" for it.
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While we'd love to see Selena in a new movie, we'd be pretty happy to see the right action taken against Woody Allen and his productions.
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Stayed for one night on the journey down from Santander to Marbella. Could not have chosen a better place. Excellent price, very clean but standard room. Good wi fi, choice of either cafe or restaurant to eat in. Friendly staff.
Me alegro que la estancia en el hotel haya sido de su agrado. Seguiremos trabajando para atenderles lo mejor que podamos.
"Rooms on N-W side of the building are calmer - oriented opposite side than the driveway."


Upon entering this modern fully air conditioned four bedroom low set home you are impressed by size. Boasting an air conditioned open plan living area with immaculate kitchen, great dining and large lounge room complete springs to mind. The tiled flooring to the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry gives a fresh clean look to these areas. The main bedroom boasts an ensuite with shower cubicle and modern vanity unit and toilet beside. All bedrooms are built in and have carpeted floors. The main bathroom has a plunge bath, separate shower cubicle and toilet next door. The good sized verandah makes a great place to retreat to and relax. With large pantry, dishwasher space, good storage cupboards, rainwater tank, double carport, full driveway set on 614sq m freehold block makes this property worth a closer look.


With the days getting shorter, more kids will be out in dark and low-light conditions. With this in mind, we visit the Video Vault for this short example of how Stahls' Reflective Safety Designs, featuring 3M™ Scotchlite™ Reflective heat transfer material, can add some safety to clothing.
With several fashionable designs like flames, checkerboard, and chevrons, these stretchable designs are perfect for performance wear for the morning jog or for kids' jackets for the trip to and from school.
Watch the video to see how easy it is to create great-looking and safe designs with just a heat press.


An upstate New York woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to keeping her dead 93-year-old mother's body in the house so she could keep receiving the mother's government benefit checks, Fulton County Prosecutors confirm to PEOPLE.
Mary Kersting, 60, pleaded guilty to charges including grand larceny, disposal of a body, and endangering the welfare of an elderly person, assistant district attorney Chad Brown tells PEOPLE.
She admitted she stole more than $13,000 in Social Security and pension benefits, and also admitted she never called authorities to get medical care for her mother or to take her body away, Brown says.
Kersting's mother, Hope Ruller, died in October of 2013 of undetermined causes, Brown said. In December of 2014, a family member contacted authorities about a welfare check on Ruler, which led cops to the gruesome discovery of Ruller's dead body.
"There was an odor, but it wasn't the same as what it was probably once before" because so much time had passed since Ruller died, Brown says.
Kersting will be sentenced on Nov. 6 and faces six months in jail.


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James Mercer speaks
The Shins frontman says: 'People don't really go on about how great U2 were, because they're still around and aren't as rad as they used to be.'
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Well, he can go ahead and dis U2 if he wants. All I've got to say in response is I've never listened to The Shins.
the thing is..he is not too far off the mark….he's given his respects to U2's war album…and when he says "rad" he kind of means "cool" in an early 90's late 80's kind of meaning for the word. U2 were very rad during the zooropa tour….they are still fantastic.but in terms of being desrcibed as "rad" …considering they were younger and had just completed their best album (subjective i know)…that has diminished.
drealynn42 says:
well, it's not a complete dis, since he included them in his top ten list. Kind of a strange way to word a compliment though…


There are no armed guards to keep poor ordinary folk out. There are no alms boxes fastened to the portal. No fine clothes are necessary. No cards of admission are demanded. Christ has described Himself as a Door so humble that no man need feel too poor and vile to pass through.
We enter into salvation through Christ. We do not merit it. We cannot deserve it. We simply step through the Door by faith. There are not a half-dozen ways out of sin into eternal life. There is only one Way. Christ is not a door. He is the Door—the Door by which any man may enter in.


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WindIQ– do you know the name? The look is new, but its history is deeply rooted. WindIQ is the most authoritative source for U.S. wind industry data, provided by AWEA at no cost to members. Previously known as Market Database Pro, the newly refreshed WindIQ is a critical tool in the toolkit for all wind industry professionals.
The newly rebranded WindIQ builds on the success of Market Database Pro to deliver AWEA members a robust interactive database of all online, under construction, and advanced development wind projects and wind-related manufacturing facilities in the United States. The data is updated quarterly and confirmed directly with wind project developers and turbine manufacturers, so you can be confident that WindIQ is more accurate than any other source.
And we're continuing to add new features and capabilities. For example, here are a few new features we've added over the past two years:
A new category of wind projects tracked by AWEA: The advanced development category includes wind projects that haven't yet been reported as under construction, but where developers signed a power purchase agreement, placed a firm turbine order, or announced the project is proceeding under direct utility ownership.
Interactive mapping capabilities: This new feature provides a robust environment for visualizing the U.S. wind industry footprint and geospatially exploring WindIQ data.
The WindIQ Dashboard, a new Tableau data visualization product. The dashboard provides market insights on everything from turbine manufacturer market share to individual wind project performance.
And stay tuned for future updates. For example, we've teamed up with AMDEE, the Mexico wind industry association, to bring AWEA members Mexico wind project data in the near term.
AWEA members can access WindIQ today, complete with data updates through the third quarter. Non-AWEA members can learn more about WindIQ here, and in the meantime access both our public U.S. wind industry map and latest public quarterly market report.
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Puppy Stubbornly Refuses To Leave Vet's Office Imagine your dog actually being eager to go to the vet!
Georgia is a gorgeous, six month old Bernese Mountain Dog cross with an adorable stubborn streak. She was enjoying her visit to her veterinarian so much that when it was time to leave, she lay down on the floor in a big heap of puppy and refused to budge. Step by step, they coaxed her out of the exam office and down the hall, but when she saw Dr. Kristy Hiltz and the rest of the clinic staff at the front desk, she wagged her tail and lay down again, right at their feet.
You can hardly blame Georgia. All she wants is a little love from some of her favorite people. She also wants the liver treats that they spoil her with, but she's clever enough to realize that the treats are simply a bribe to get her closer to the door. Once that becomes clear, her reaction to the offers is comical.
Dana, a technician at the Sherbrooke Heights Animal Hospital in Peterborough, tries to use the rewards to get Georgia to her feet at the door of the exam room and Georgia turns her head in mock disgust. Georgia is winning the battle, as she has Dana kneeling on the floor, showering her with attention. Georgia's owner, Eric was putting her father, Dexter, into the truck throughout this and he returns to coax and convince Georgia that it is time to go. He holds back his laughter as he watches her on the floor and he comments with a smile that it is like dealing with a toddler again.
Eric thinks he has succeeded when Georgia gets to her feet at the mention of going for a "walk", but Georgia isn't committed to the cause. She turns her head to look in each exam room that she passes, apparently looking for someone in particular.
The staff love Georgia, and Eric's other dogs, now referred to as the "Nine Fluffy Puppies" and they are charmed and amused by Georgia's antics. Most dogs have to be dragged IN the front door of the vet's office and they will run OUT the door as soon as the visit is over, but Sherbrooke Heights Animal Hospital is a very unique clinic. The colors and atmosphere are intentionally bright and welcoming and the staff are beyond enthusiastic. The doctors and technicians spend a lot of time making the visit about love and affection and try to distract from the medical treatment.
What is truly unique about this clinic is that people are encouraged to routinely drop in with their pets for social visits and treats during outings to the park or walking trails. Imagine your dog actually being eager to go to the vet!
You can clearly see that Georgia feels the love.


A well-established and fast growing digital agency is looking for a Digital Account Director to join their team in their London office.
This is an exciting and challenging role for an experienced Digital Account Director, which will be 50% on a financial services account, working on the CSR programme. The core role will focus on managing an ongoing programme of digital work, supported by a multi-disciplinary craft and engineering team.
You will work closely with all members of the team from strategy to final delivery, BAU and maintenance, managing internal and external stakeholders and laying the groundwork for a successful future relationship with the brand. You'll also be tasked with supporting the growth and development of this major account, helping our clients understand the value of the company and how we can help them excel in the new digital economy.
A good grounding in digital platform delivery is essential for the role. We need a Digital Account Director who's human, someone who knows how to build, grow and maintain meaningful client relationships, able to get the best out of people and inspire our internal team to perform at their best.


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Jim Thorpe Lacrosse game, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle Pennsylvania
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Description: This photograph shows a lacrosse game played at Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. One of the players is could be Jim Thorpe. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV235_1_2
Subjects: Jim Thorpe (Pa.)--History--20th century--Pictoral works; Jim Thorpe (Pa.)--Social Life and customs--Pictorial works; Carlisle Indian Industrial School; School sports--Pennsylvania--History
Places: Carlisle (Pennsylvania); Cumberland County (Pennsylvania)
Jim Thorpe clearing hurdle
Jim Thorpe clearing hurdle Save
Description: This is a glass plate negative depicting Jim Thorpe clearing a hurdle as a member of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School track team. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV235_1_10
Jim Thorpe carrying football
Jim Thorpe carrying football Save
Description: Jim Thorpe carrying a football past a would-be tackler, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Places: Carlisle (Pennsylvania)
Jim Thorpe running track
Jim Thorpe running track Save
Description: This photograph shows Jim Thorpe in his Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform running track. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe and teammate
Jim Thorpe and teammate Save
Description: This photograph shows Jim Thorpe and a Carlisle Indian Industrial School football teammate. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe playing lacrosse
Jim Thorpe playing lacrosse Save
Description: In this photograph, Jim Thorpe is shown playing lacrosse with fellow students at Carlisle Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe with the Carlisle Industrial School Track Team
Jim Thorpe with the Carlisle Industrial School Track Team Save
Description: This photograph shows Jim Thorpe with his teammates from the track team at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe kicking a football
Jim Thorpe kicking a football Save
Description: This photograph shows Jim Thorpe kicking a football. Jim Thorpe attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as a young man. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe in 3-point stance
Jim Thorpe in 3-point stance Save
Description: This photograph shows Jim Thorpe in his Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform in a 3-point stance. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe in track meet running event
Jim Thorpe in track meet running event Save
Description: This black and white glass plate negative depicts Jim Thorpe running in a pack of runners at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Stands of the college appear in the background. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe silver Viking ship
Jim Thorpe silver Viking ship Save
Description: This photograph shows the silver viking ship presented to Jim Thorpe by the Emperor of Russia for winning the Decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Jim Thorpe clearing high jump
Jim Thorpe clearing high jump Save
Description: This photograph shows Jim Thorpe at track practice clearing high jump bar. Jim Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
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A century ago, people hated wearing masks, too
History may not repeat itself exactly, but this pandemic has some verses that sound an awful lot like those heard a century ago, when the misnamed Spanish Influenza raged.
If you could hop aboard a time machine and visit a meeting of the Weber County boards of health, Ogden city leaders and a committee of business leaders in early December, 1918, you would hardly notice you had gone anywhere.
As the meeting droned on, a railroad conductor stood up and "said he objected to Bolshevik 'hold up' methods being used on the board," according to a report in the Dec. 10, 1918 Ogden Standard (made available by newspapers.com). Specifically, he didn't want to be told to wear a mask any longer.
As the newspaper paraphrased it, he said "... if the mask regulation was not abolished, the streetcar conductors would not come to work in the morning."
His wasn't the only such opinion. In the end, the group passed a motion "banishing the mask regulation" immediately.
This, despite the group also imposing restrictions on travel from Salt Lake City to Ogden because Salt Lake's leaders had lifted a ban from public assemblies at bars, theaters, restaurants and virtually every other place except schools and dance halls.
"Nothing in the wide world nor on the deep blue sea had caused the lifting of the ban .. but the pressure of business interests more keenly desirous of seeing the small town folks crowd to the capital city and buy their Christmas gifts," some in attendance said.
If you think we're somehow unique in how we react to pandemics in a more enlightened age, a stroll through old newspapers can be sobering. The Bolshevik reference in Ogden wasn't unique. Neither are today's cries that masks are unconstitutional.
The flu of 1918-19 came in waves, and it killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. That's many more than the nearly 160,000 the novel coronavirus has killed so far, but then we are only in the first wave.
Comparing the mortality rates of pandemics caused by different diseases is useless. However, it is noteworthy that the high mortality rates of a century ago didn't lead to much different behavior than we are seeing today.
A recent meeting of the Utah County Commission, at which people packed themselves shoulder to shoulder to protest Gov. Gary Herbert's order that everyone involved with public schools, from teachers and administrators to students, wear masks this fall, is a case in point. It showed that, despite all the scientific progress, average people haven't come very far in a century.
Utah's surge in new COVID-19 cases appears to be waning, and medical experts say Salt Lake County's mask mandate has a lot to do with it. Dr. Russell Vinik, U. Health chief medical operations officer, said a few weeks ago he believed the mandate made a drastic difference in the county. Unlike a century ago, the mandate has been pushed by local businesses, many of which no longer allow customers to enter without a mask.
It's worth noting that Utah wasn't the biggest hotspot for anti-mask sentiments a century ago. In a report this week, the New York Times noted that an "Anti-Mask League" was formed in the Bay Area in 1918, founded by a political opponent of the mayor of San Francisco. Some people in California were seen cutting holes in their masks so they could smoke cigars. Others put masks on their dogs or covered the grills of their cars with them in mock compliance with the law.
At a league meeting, the San Francisco Board of Health was called "outrageous, arrogant and autocratic" for imposing a mask rule that interfered with the "sacred rights of the people."
As usual, the disease of the day paid little mind to their discontent and kept spreading.
Meanwhile, 102 years ago, a group of business leaders, politicians and medical professionals also met in Salt Lake City. Four doctors spoke in favor of wearing masks. They were drowned out by most of the others in attendance, some of whom said masks trapped dirt and kept people from breathing fresh air.
No, history doesn't repeat perfectly. But when it comes to pandemics, Who needs a time machine?


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For expats, the notion of home can be complex and controversial.
In 2014, the people of Basel ordered change: they voted for the government to help newly-arrived expats feel welcome. As an expat myself, I was pleased to hear this, but not everyone – locals or foreigners – supports these attempts.
With Switzerland ranked sixth in the world for the largest proportion of the population born abroad, 35% of those living in Basel are non-nationals. The overarching group of foreigners include refugees and asylum seekers, blue-collar workers (once known as "Gastarbeiter") as well as white-collar business professional "expats." Amalgamation for the latter has been difficult in recent years – increased prominence of the pharma industry has presented unease and occasional hostility among locals.
Opinions are mixed: certain locals embrace and welcome foreigners, but several proceed cautiously, and a few, unfortunately, are downright hostile. The process is, of course, a two-way street, and while some newcomers are enthusiastic and eager to immerse themselves into the Swiss culture, others appear rude, arrogant or ignorant. Certain expats should be applauded for applying the old saying "when in Rome, do as the Romans do," as opposed to those who can be taken out of their country, but their country cannot be taken out of them.
The cantonal referendum in 2014 coerced the government to provide aid for expats. Andreas Räss, head of the Specialist Integration Unit at "Kantons- und Stadtentwicklung Basel-Stadt", believes that while the canton provides facilities to overcome obstacles, successful assimilation is the joint responsibility of both locals and non-natives. The most prominent issue for many is language: "For coexistence, German is of enormous importance" says Räss. To help with this, Basel now offers welcome tours as well as classes to learn German.
In the corporate world, communication is primarily English, so there is often no need to learn German as a businessperson moving to Basel. It can be easy for a family from Italy, France or the UK, upon moving to the Basel area, to become trapped in this "international bubble." Many are not truly aware of its restrictions until they take action to "burst" these boundaries.
A few years prior, I was no different: it was only until I began to immerse myself in the local community that I really did begin to feel at home in this city. Although not perfect, my language skills and confidence have improved immensely; I have established life-long friendships with some wonderful people; and previously-unobtainable opportunities have become available. Although the task may seem daunting, all it requires is that one initial step. To try, really is all that is needed: as with everything, effort is valued above ability.
For individuals, Räss emphasises the importance of "openness, with no prejudices." Segregation within communities must be avoided, with everyone accepting diversity of their neighbours. "Active participation in social and cultural life facilitates integration, as it allows you to meet new people," Räss explains, highlighting the benefits of immersion into the local communities for foreigners.
In essence, the phrase "you get out what you put in" is the embodiment of this process. There are a multitude of experiences, people and skills to be gained by non-natives entering their local Swiss community – be it a sports club, a language class or a bar. In doing so, assimilation will come naturally, and Basel will no longer be this formidable, strange city, but rather your new home.
For more information about the importance of assimilation, the Fachstelle Diversität und Integration are hosting a presentation in English on 23 February in the Basel town hall at 7pm. If you would like to attend, email integration@bs.ch to find out more.


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Flower Ornament Sutra Reading Group
Friday December 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
An event every month that begins at 7:00 pm on day First of the month, repeating until Friday December 1, 2023
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This reading group is open to all. We will be reading aloud together the classic expansive and psychedelic Mahayana Buddhist text, Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra). A visionary description of awakening realms and bodhisattva activity, the Flower Ornament Sutra has been a cornerstone of Mahayana literature for approximately 2,000 years and is the inspiration for the Huayan school of Buddhism, which in turn had a foundational influence on the formation of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
Participants are not expected to purchase this text and are welcome to drop in for any reading group gathering. We'll be reading from temple copies of the Thomas Cleary translation.
Participants will also be invited to sit for optional seated meditation at each gathering.
There is no registration or fee to attend, but donations are welcome.
Questions? Email info@ancientdragon.org.
Friday December 2, 2022
ADZG Online Zendo


Guru Angad Dev ji (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੇਵ) (Thursday March 31 1504 – Saturday April 16 1552) was the second of The Ten Gurus of Sikhism. Guru ji became Guru on Thursday, September 18 1539 following in the footsteps of Guru Nanak Dev ji, who was the founder of the Sikh religion.Before Guru Angad Dev Ji left for his heavenly abode, he nominated Guru Amar Das as the third Guru of the Sikhs.
To do Nishkam Sewa Selfless Service to humanity.
Completely surrender to the Will of God.
Disapproval of exhibitionism and hypocrisy.
Guru Angad Dev Ji , (Bhai Lehna ji) was born in the village named Harike in Ferozepur district in Punjab, on Vaisakh Vadi 1st , (5th Vaisakh) Samvat 1561, (March 31, 1504). He was the son of a sucessful trader named Bhai Pheru Mall usually referred to as Bhai Pheru. His mother 's name was Mata Ramo ji (also known as Mata Sabhirai, Mansa Devi, Daya kaur). Baba Narayan Das Trehan was his grand father, whose ancestral house was at Matte-di-Sarai near Mukatsar. Pheru ji moved back to this place.
Under the influence of his mother, Mata Ramo, Bhai Lehna ji began to worship Durga (A Hindu mythological Goddess). He used to lead a batch of worshippers to Jawalamukhi Temple every year. He was married to Mata Khivi ji in Jaunary 1520 and had two sons (Bhai Dasu and Bhai Datu) and two daughters (Bibi Amro and Bibi Anokhi). The whole family of Bhai Pheru had to leave their ancestral village because of the ransacking by the Mughal and Baloch militia who had come with Babur. After this the family settelled at village Khadur Sahib beside the Beas river, near Tarn Taran Sahib (A small town about 25 km. away from Amritsar City).
Once Bhai Lehna ji heard the recitation of a hymn of Guru Nanak Sahib from Bhai Jodha (a sikh of Guru Nanak Sahib) and was thrilled and decided to proceed through Kartarpur to have a glimpse of Guru Nanak Sahib at the time of yearly pilgrimage to Jwalamukhi Temple. His very first meeting withGuru Nanak Sahib completely transformed him. He renounced the worship of Hindu Goddess, dedicated himself to the service of the Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak became his Sikh and began to live atKartarpur. His devotion to Guru Nanak and his holy mission was so great that he was installed as the Second Nanak in September 7, 1539 by Guru Nanak himself. Earlier Guru Nanak tested him in various ways and found an embodiment of obedience and service in him. Guru Nanak gave him a new name "Angad" (Guru Angad Sahib). He spent six or seven years in the service of Guru Nanak Sahib at Kartarpur.
After the death of Guru Nanak Sahib on September 22, 1539, Guru Angad Sahib left Kartarpur for Khadur Sahib Village (near Goindwal Sahib). He carried forward the thought of Guru Nanak Sahib both in letter and spirit. Yogis and Saints of different sects visited him and held detailed discussions about Sikhism and Dharam with him .
Guru Angad Sahib introduced a new alphabet known as Gurmukhi script, modifying the old Punjabi script's characters. Very soon, it become the script of the masses. He took great interest in the education of the children by opening many schools for their education and thus increased the number of literates. For the youth he started the tradition of Mall Akhara, where physical as well as spiritual exercises were held. He collected the facts about Guru Nanak Sahib's life from Bhai Bala ji and wrote the first biography of Guru Nanak Sahib. (Bhai Bale Wali Janamsakhi available now a days in not the same as the one that Guru Angad Sahib had compiled.) He also wrote 63 Saloks (stanzas), which were later included in Guru Granth Sahib by the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev ji . He popularized and expanded the institution of 'Guru ka Langar' that had been started by Guru Nanak.
Guru Angad visited all important places and centres established by Guru Nanak for preaching Sikhism. He also established hundreds of new "Dharamsalas" (Sikh religious Institutions) and thus strengthened the base of Sikhism. The period of his Guruship was the most crucial one. The Sikh community being in infancy, had to face many dangers. It was not difficult for Hinduism to swallow the newly born Sikhism in due course of time. Moreover Sri Chand's Udasis sect community and the activities of Jogies had not yet abated. At this hour of juncture he lived Guru Nanak Sahib's tenets in true spirit and there were manifest signs of establishing a distinct "way of life" away from Hinduism. Sikhism became to established its own separate religious identity.
Guru Angad, by following the example of Guru Nanak, nominated Amar Das as his successor (The Third Nanak) before his death. He presented all the holy scripts including those he received from Guru Nanak, to Guru Amar Das. He breathed his last on March 29, 1552 at the age of forty-eight. It is said that he started to build a new town, at Goindwal near Khadur Sahib and Guru Amar Das was appointed to supervise its construction. It is also said that Mughal emperor, Humayun, when defeated by Sher Shah Suri, came to obtain blessings of Guru Angad in regaining the throne of Delhi.
Bhai Lehna displayed deep and loyal service to Guru Nanak. Several stories display how Bhai Lehna was chosen over the Guru's sons as his successor. One of these stories is about a jug which fell into mud. Guru Nanak's sons would not pick it up; Sri Chand, the older, refused on the grounds that the filth would pollute him, and Lakshmi Chand, the younger, objected because the task was too menial for the son of a Guru. Bhai Lehna, however, picked it out of the mud, washed it clean, and presented it to Guru Nanak full of water. A different version of this story counts this as a key part of Guru Nanak deciding upon Bhai Lehna for his successor. The Guru's wife, Mata, said to Nanak "My Lord, keep my sons in mind," meaning that she wished them to be the ones considered for succession to the guruship. Guru ordered them to come, and he threw a bowl into a tank of muddy water. The Guru ordered them to retrieve it for him, and both of them refused to do it. Guru Nanak then asked Bhai Lehna to retrieve it, and Bhai Lehna promptly complied. In one instance, the Guru orders a wall of his house, which had fallen down, to be repaired. His sons refused to fix it immediately because of the storm that had knocked it down, and the lateness of morning. Guru Nanak said that he needed no masons while he had his Sikhs, and ordered them to repair it. Bhai Lehna started to repair the wall, but Nanak claimed that it was crooked when he was finished, and ordered him to knock it down and build it again. Bhai Lehna complied, and Nanak still claimed the wall was not straight. The Guru ordered him to attempt it a third time. At this, the Guru's sons called Bhai Lehna a fool for putting up with such unreasonable orders. Bhai Lehna simply replied that a servant's hands should be busy doing his master's work. Yet another anecdote exists where Guru Nanak asks his Sikhs and his sons to carry three bundles of grass for his cows and buffaloes, and, as with the other examples, his sons and his followers failed to show loyalty. Bhai Lehna, however, immediately asked to be tasked with carrying the bundles, which were wet and muddy. When Bhai Lehna and the Guru arrived at the Guru's house, the Guru's wife complained at Guru Nanak's terrible treatment of a guest, noting how his clothes were covered from head to foot with mud. Guru Nanak then replied to her, "This is not mud; it is the saffron of God's court, which marketh the elect." Upon another inspection, the Guru's wife saw that Bhai Lehna's clothes had, indeed, changed into saffron. To this day, Sikhs consider the three bundles as important symbols of spiritual affairs, temporal affairs, and the Guruship.In one of the most significant stories, Guru Nanak travels through the forest with his disciples. The Guru made gold and silver coins appear in front of the group, and all but two followers ran to pick them up: Bhai Lehna and Bhai Buddha. Guru Nanak led them both to a funeral pyre, and ordered them to eat the corpse that was hidden under a shroud. Bhai Buddha started thinking, but Bhai Lehna obeyed. When he lifted the shroud, he found the Guru Nanak himself underneath it. In a different version of this story, Bhai Lehna is met with Parshad (sacred food) instead of Guru Nanak. Bhai Lehna offers the Parshad to the Guru, satisfied to eat of the leavings. Guru Nanak, after this test, reveals the Japuji to Bhai Lehna, proclaims Bhai Lehna is of his own image, and promises that Bhai Lehna shall be the next Guru.
Guru Nanak had touched him and renamed him Angad (part of the body) or the second Nanak on 7 September 1539. Before becoming the new Guru he had spent six or seven years in the service of Guru Nanak at Kartarpur.
After the death of Guru Nanak on 22 September 1539, Guru Angad left Kartarpur for the village of Khadur Sahib (near Goindwal Sahib). He carried forward the principles of Guru Nanak both in letter and spirit. Yogis and Saints of different sects visited him and held detailed discussions about Sikhi with him.
Guru Angad stood for a casteless and classless society, in which no one was superior to the other and no one, through greed or selfishness, could be allowed to encroach upon the rights of others. In short, he visualized a society in which members lived like a family, helping and supporting one another. He not only preached equality but practiced it. To promote the acceptance of human equality, Guru established a community kitchen where all sat together in a row, regardless of caste or status, and ate the same food.
Furthermore, the guru stressed the importance of adopting a uniform way of praising God and the utility of a social organization based on equality. He established a holy congregation, or Sangat, where people of different beliefs and varying social status sat together to hear the Master's singing of hymns and to be inspired to lead a noble life.
Guru stressed the oneness of God. The purpose of life is to seek God, find him and be united to Him. He called upon the people to give up formal and superficial rituals and rally around the Creator, who alone was Omnipotent and Omnipresent. According to Guru Angad, no one has ever found acceptance or achieved self-realization without true devotion to God.
Good deeds are important but winning God's Grace is still more important. Pride, greed and ego are the greatest distractions to keep away humans from the Creator. A guru or a spiritual divine teacher is needed to guide the man on the true path.
"That virtuous person who does not walk in the way of greed, and who abides in Truth, is accepted and embraced by God".
Guru Angad Dev also emphasized that one must control the greed and worldly attachment because they are impediments in the path of God. One must stay focused on the inner development.
He was a constructive architect of a society which focused on the social and religious freedom and equality, promoting dignity of action without distinction of caste and status. He was born at a time when ritual, caste distinctions and superstition had reduced the people to a low level of existence. He gave them courage and uplifted them. He taught the people to lead a righteous life and show due reverence and respect to God instead of supplicating before men. By his own example he made the people fearless and put a new life and spirit in them.
The Guru also extolled the dignity of labor and decried the division of society on grounds of birth and founded a classless society based on the idea of equality and universal brotherhood.
He was particularly aware of the degradation which the lower classes of the people suffered through centuries at the hands of rulers and the so called high caste people. He aligned himself with the down-trodden and the less fortunate sections of the people and preferred to stay with the working class people.
Guru Angad believed in the service and well-being of all mankind and not just of his own followers. He laid stress on character building rather than observance of rituals and formalities. The path which Guru Angad pointed out to his Sikhs for achieving enlightenment was through service and good actions and devotion and worship of one God. He asked his followers to win Divine grace by prayer, singing His praises, cultivating humility, a spirit of service and submitting at all time to His will. Paying a fine under pressure, does not bring either merit or goodness. That alone is a good deed, O Nanak, which is done by one's own free will. Sewa has to be done selflessly.
He stressed the importance of the physical body as an instrument of spiritual development. He told his followers that there was a spark of divinity in every human being. The body is the temple of God as it houses the soul. God's presence can be felt by deeper contemplation and reflection within.


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Finalists Announced for Martin Ennals Award 2016
Geneva, Wednesday 27 April 2016
Three Human Rights Defenders selected as Finalists for the Martin Ennals Award 2016.
This award is selected by the International Human Rights Community (See Jury Below) and given to Human Rights Defenders who have shown deep commitment and courage in the face of personal risk. The aim of the award is to highlight their work and protect them through increased visibility.
Zone 9 Bloggers
Kality prison in Ethiopia, which holds many journalists and political prisoners, has 8 zones. Zone 9 selected their name as a symbol for Ethiopia as a whole where political freedoms are severely restricted. They write opinion pieces and feature articles that focus on the constitution, economic, educational and cultural issues. They document human rights abuses and violations of law by both state and non-state actors. Furthermore, they shed light on the situation of political prisoners in Ethiopia. Two weeks after creating their blog, it was blocked. Two years later six of its members were arrested and charged with terrorism. Although they have now been released, three are in exile while those still in Ethiopia are banned from travel.
They stated:
"We are extremely humbled to be nominated for the Martin Ennals Award. This recognition raises our visibility enough to increase our safety, and also shows that the World is the home of the same family. It is proof that when one part of the world is silenced, the rest will speak on behalf of it. This recognition will definitely motivate us to push forward on our struggle to create a better Ethiopia where human rights are respected."
Ilham Tohti
A renowned Uyghur intellectual in China, he has worked for two decades to foster dialogue and understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. He has rejected separatism and sought reconciliation based on a respect for Uyghur culture. Beginning in 1994, he began to write about problems and abuses in Xinjiang, which led to official surveillance. From 1999 to 2003 he was barred from teaching, and arrested in 2009 after posting information on Uyghurs who had been arrested, killed and "disappeared" during and after protests. Ilham Tohti was arrested on January 15, 2014. He was charged with separatism and sentenced to life imprisonment after a two-day trial.
From his daughter, "My father Ilham Tohti has used only one weapon in his struggle for the basic rights of the Uyghurs of Xinjiang: Words. Spoken, written, distributed, and posted. This is all he has ever had at his disposal, and all that he has ever needed. And this is what China found so threatening. A person like him doesn't deserve to be in prison for even a day."
Razan Zaitouneh
A prominent human rights lawyer, activist, and journalist in Syria, Razan has dedicated her life to defending political prisoners, documenting crimes against humanity, and helping others free themselves from oppression. This resulted in a travel ban in 2002. Following the beginning of the conflict in 2011, she founded the Violations Documentation Center (VDC), which documents the death toll and ill-treatment in Syria's prisons. With the VDC, she compiled lists of the detained, the executed, and the disappeared. On December 9, 2013, a group of masked gunmen stormed the VDC office in Douma, near Damascus, and kidnapped Razan along with her husband, Wael Hamada, and two colleagues. Their whereabouts remain unknown.
Her sister, Rana Zaitouneh said, "Despite her absence, Razan continues to make an impact, inspiring others to stand against their oppressors in the quest for freedom. Her allegiance is to freedom from oppression and fear. And now her own freedom has been taken. Her voice has been silenced. Razan has always believed that all people are equal. She was determined that no one should be forgotten. I am resolved that she will not be forgotten."
The Award will be presented on October. 11th at a ceremony hosted by the City of Geneva.
The main award of the human rights movement. The Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) is a unique collaboration among ten of the world's leading human rights organizations to give protection to human rights defenders worldwide. The Jury is composed of the following NGOs:
Amnesty International,
Human Rights Watch,
Human Rights First,
FIDH - Int'l Federation for Human Rights,
World Organisation Against Torture,
Front Line Defenders,
International Commission of Jurists,
EWDE Germany,
International Service for Human Rights,
HURIDOCS.
For further information, please contact: Michael Khambatta +41 79 474 8208
khambatta@martinennalsaward.org or visit www.martinennalsaward.org


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LWV volunteers at four libraries to help voters register Tuesday
For National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, Sept. 24, there will be volunteers at four libraries in the Wichita County area to help citizens.
LWV volunteers at four libraries to help voters register Tuesday For National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, Sept. 24, there will be volunteers at four libraries in the Wichita County area to help citizens. Check out this story on timesrecordnews.com: https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2019/09/23/lwv-volunteers-four-libraries-help-voters-register-tuesday/2417691001/
Claire Kowalick, Wichita Falls Times Record News Published 1:46 p.m. CT Sept. 23, 2019
There will be volunteers at four Wichita County libraries Tuesday to help people register to vote or update their information. (Photo: mgn photos)
For National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, Sept. 24, there will be volunteers at four libraries in the Wichita County area to help citizens register.
League of Women Voters of Wichita Falls volunteers will be available to help voters register and help those who need to update information like a name change or change of address.
The LWV is a non-partisan political organization that encourages people to vote and be informed about issues. They do not support or oppose any political party or candidates.
National Voter Registration Day began in 2012 as an effort to help people get registered before the voter registration deadlines. There are registration events across the U.S.
LWV said millions of Americans miss out on their right to vote because they were not able to register in time for an election or they did not know how to register to vote.
The last day to register to vote in Texas for the Nov. 5 Constitutional Amendment Election of Oct. 7.
LWV can also help people find out information about the candidates and issues.
LWV Volunteers will be at:
Wichita Falls Public Library 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Burkburnett Public Library 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Electra Public Library 3-6 p.m.
Iowa Park Burnett Memorial Library 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Claire Kowalick, a senior journalist for the Times Record News, covers local government, military and MSU Texas. If you have a news tip, contact Claire at ckowalick@gannett.com.
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Wheat Cents
Starting Out with Wheat Cents
One of the most common starter series for coin collectors, wheat cents are wildly popular. And rightfully so – common dates can still be found in circulation, and there are only a few particularly expensive dates. This makes wheat cents only a small investment at the beginning, while providing a challenge down the road as the set nears completion.
Issued from 1909 through 1958 at three different mints, a full wheat cent collection is a fairly large set – 141 coins, to be exact, if you don't include major varieties like the 1955 doubled die. However daunting that number may seem, the majority of these pieces are common and easy to find. Some of the later dates can be found in circulation from time to time, and plenty of dealers sell wheats by the pound. Hunting through a few pounds of cents will fill in a surprising number of holes with very little investment.
Wheat cents from the 1940s and 1950s are the most common, with no standard issue key dates from either decade. All of these pieces can be found in uncirculated grades, commonly raw and very cheap although graded red examples can get pretty pricey around MS67. In 1943, cents were made from steel because copper was needed for World War II. These steel cents are very common and easy to find, many in high grades. A small number of 1943 cents were minted on copper planchets, and these are among the most famous wheat cents; the last to sell at public auction brought $216,000 in August 2019 for an AU53BN example. As such, these are not included in a standard set because they're so rare.
1943-S Steel Cent graded NGC MS67
The first semi-key date shows up in the 1930s – the 1931 S. With a mintage of 866,000, these can still be found for under $100 in lower grades but can go for anywhere between $400 and $2,000 for a gem example. The highest auction record for the date is $6,307 for an MS66+RD example that sold in February of this year.
Most key dates of the series are found from 1909 through the 1920s. The most famous and coveted wheat cents is the 1909 S VDB. This was the first year of the design, and the designer, Victor David Brenner, placed his initials on the reverse of the coin. There was a public outcry that they were too large, and they were removed entirely before the year was over. They were returned in 1918 in a less conspicuous place under Lincoln's bust, but the mid-year design switch made the 1909 VDBs much rarer than their un-initialed counterparts. The Philadelphia Mint had already produced a large number of pieces, but only 484,000 had been struck at the San Francisco Mint.
With the lowest mintage of any official wheat cents issues, this is one of the undeniable keys to the series. The lowest recent auction record was $432 for a VG08 example in 2008. In AU grades they start bringing over $1,000, and MS67RD examples have brought up to $117,500. While definitely the key to the series, they're also readily available. Many examples are on the market at any given point, and the only challenge is finding the exact grade you want and being able to afford it.
1909-S VDB 1c graded PCGS/CAC MS65RB
The 1909 S is also a semi-key with a mintage of 1,825,000. This is lower than most of the series, but examples can be readily found in decent grades for under $100, and only top pop red examples bring five-digit prices. Additionally, many of the 1910s pieces from the Denver and San Francisco Mints are also scarce, and the next real key is the 1914 D. From a mintage of 1,193,000, prices enter four digits for AU examples, similar to the 1909 S VDB. Fortunately for the new collector, the lower grades are significantly cheaper, bottoming out at $69 for an AG03 example in 2011.
In 1922, another key date was created by accident. Cents were only struck at the Denver Mint in 1922, but an obverse die was polished so much that the mint mark disappeared entirely, creating the 1922 No D. These are similar to the 1909 S VDB in rarity with a low auction record of $329 for a G04 example and passing the $1,000 mark in XF. Only ten examples are believed to survive in gem grades, compared to 3,000 for the 1909 S VDB. Many people saved the first-year pieces in 1909, but few paid attention when the mint mark disappeared in 1922. Most of these circulated long before being pulled out for collections, resulting in lower grades.
There are a few varieties that could be included in a set which raise the price tag quite a bit, such as the 1955 doubled die. A rather dramatic error, these are priced similarly to the 1909 S VDB. The U.S. also produced matte proofs from 1909 through 1916 which you can read about here, and normal proofs from 1936 through 1958.
All in all, wheat cents are a very flexible set. If you want a phenomenal set and have a large budget, you can go for top-pops and include proofs or varieties. However, if you're just starting out, they can be a very inexpensive way to get your feet wet in numismatics. Even if you can't afford the key dates when you start, who's to say you won't be able to down the road?
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