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Exclusive interview: Bobi Wine: Defiant after 'torture'
Bobiwine, the Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition MP talks for the first time about his detention and alleged torture
Barely a year after his entry into politics, Robert Kyagulanyi – a pop star-turned-politician who also goes by the stage name Bobi Wine – is being hailed as the new face of Uganda's opposition.
Kyagulanyi has built a large youth following through his criticism of Uganda's long-time leader President Yoweri Museveni – who has been in power for 32 years – both in parliament and through his music.
The 36-year-old's message of freedom and inclusivity, encourages young people to "stand up" and take over the East African country from what he calls the government's failed leadership.
But Kyagulanyi's rise to prominence has not been without difficulties.
His appeal is considered a threat to Museveni's hold on power, which is waning because of public anger over deteriorating public services, corruption and human rights abuses.
On August 14, Kyagulanyi was arrested and charged with treason for allegedly throwing stones at Museveni's presidential motorcade during a by-election campaign in August.
"In my opinion, it was more persecution than prosecution," says Kyagulanyi, who claims he was tortured by Ugandan security forces while in detention.
"I feel humbled that my brutalisation attracted attention of friends across the world, but at the same time, I feel indebted to the men and women who have endured similar torture over the years, in particular, the people that were arrested together with me," he says.
After being released on bail nearly two weeks later, Kyagulanyi was rearrested last week while trying to leave the country to seek medical treatment in the United States for his injuries.
Eventually, Kyagulanyi was released and allowed to travel to Washington, DC, to be treated in hospital.
In an exclusive interview – his first for television since leaving hospital – Kyagulanyi discusses his detention, alleged torture by Ugandan security forces and what's next for Uganda with Al Jazeera.
"We've always wanted a free Uganda, but that Uganda should not come at the cost of torture, it should not come at the cost of murder or illegal executions, it should be got freely because our generation feels like the price has already been paid," he says.
"I believe what can be done is not just to be done by me. What I have is the voice to raise the plight of Ugandans but I continue to call upon Ugandans, especially the young Ugandans to speak up. The more we unite, the stronger we become.
"Today, the regime seems to be shaking, simply because Ugandans are more united and I continue to call upon Ugandans to stand, to be resilient and to continuously demand for the dignity that they deserve".
Note: These comments have been edited for brevity and clarity.
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This paper re-examines the issue of tariff and quota equivalence by introducing an upstream market into the Hwang and Mai (1988) model, and then allowing the two downstream firms to cross-haul within each other's market. We assume the upstream monopolist can select either a two-part or a one-part tariff pricing strategy. It is found that if the upstream firm adopts a two-part (one-part) tariff pricing strategy, then the market price of the final good under a tariff will be higher (lower) than that under an equivalent quota; that is, the quota is set at the import level under the tariff regime. This result stands in stark contrast to the prior findings of both Hwang and Mai (1988) and Fung (1989). Moreover, if the quota rent is set as being equal to the tariff revenue, the social welfare under a tariff will necessarily be lower than that under an equivalent quota.


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Punjab DGP calls for greater synergy between police, central agencies to check drug smuggling
PTI | Chandigarh | Updated: 15-01-2022 22:01 IST | Created: 15-01-2022 21:47 IST
Punjab DGP V K Bhawra on Saturday underlined the need for greater synergy between the police and central agencies to prevent the inflow of drugs into the state.
Bhawra was presiding over a virtual coordination meeting organised for reviewing the issue of drug smuggling in view of the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls.
Voting for Punjab's 117-member Legislative Assembly will be held on February 14. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Representatives from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Border Security Force (BSF), Delhi Police, Haryana Police, Himachal Pradesh Police, Rajasthan Police, Chandigarh Police, Madhya Pradesh Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police attended the meeting, according to an official release.
Chief drug controllers from states and union territories including Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chandigarh also participated in the meeting, the statement said.
While briefing the meeting about the source of smuggling of various drugs, Bhawra stressed the need to seal interstate borders by neighbouring states and to step-up checking at the Integrated Check Post, Attari to check the smuggling of drugs in containers coming from Pakistan side, it said.
He also asked the IGP of BSF, Jalandhar, Punjab Frontier, to intensify vigil and patrolling on the international border.
The Punjab DGP urged the Gwalior-based Central Bureau of Narcotics to check the illegal supply of poppy husk and opium in areas where poppy is cultivated.
He also asked the chief drug controllers of the northern region to ensure that no illegal supply of pharmaceutical drugs takes place from their respective areas to Punjab.
He also requested the NCB to ensure that special teams are deployed to check the drug smuggling in the northern region of the country and monitor the supply of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.
During the meeting, all neighbouring states and agencies decided to appoint nodal officers. These officers will share their mobile numbers and create a WhatsApp group to share any information on drugs on a real-time basis so that anyone indulging in drugs can be nabbed without wasting any time, the statement said.
All the representatives also decided to share a list of proclaimed offenders, absconders and parole jumpers facing charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
They also decided to share with each other the details of people involved in the smuggling of drugs for better-coordinated action.
The NCB will be deploying 28 teams in Punjab (one team in each district) for coordination with the state police to take effective action against the drug menace, the statement said.
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A Winnipeg Social in Kelowna 2020
6th Annual Winnipeg Social
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September 24, 2019 October 27, 2019 by Darlene Mulligan
Juno award-winning singer, songwriter and percussionist.
Many know Julie as the percussionist and vocalist from the gold and platinum award-winning band The Parachute Club. She was a co-writer of several of the band's songs and toured extensively throughout Canada, Europe, Jamaica and the USA performing for live audiences.
Today she is a sought after talent. After leaving the Parachute Club she worked with popular artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Dan Hill, Alannah Myles, Annie Lennox, Sarah MacLachlan and David Foster. Her soulful & sultry voice can be heard on many recordings for artists such as Dan Hill, Bruce Cockburn, Shirley Eikhard, Alannah Miles, Leonard Cohen and Ken Whiteley.
Now living in Kelowna Julie performs and records regularly with the many talented musicians here and across Canada. Popular duo Le Mo Nay—Julie Masi & Steve Soucy—are professional entertainers performing many concerts throughout the year at local wineries, special events and galas.
In 2010 Julie's husband of 32 years succumbed to Prostate Cancer. In his honor Julie organized a Winnipeg Social in Kelowna to raise Prostate Cancer Awareness.
What is a Social?
It's a Winnipeg tradition where friends come together in a big hall to listen to live music, dance, eat Winnipeg Rye Bread piled with sandwich meat in order to raise money for someone who really needs it. So far Julie's Socials have brought in more than $40,000.00 benefiting Prostate Support Groups here in Kelowna.
John Delaney has been singing and playing professionally for over 35 years. He has literally played every live venue in Winnipeg in the 80s from Broadways to Benjamins. Hagars to the Big A. He has opened for Platinum Blonde, The Tragically Hip, The Northern Pikes, Tom Cochrane and Sue Medley to name just a few. From 1989 to 1992 John produced and hosted the rock video show ROCKLINE on 13MTN and worked on Much Music and YTV. His band The Indestructibles (based out of Vancouver) recently celebrated 18 years together and currently he is fronting the heavy rock band Madhouse Tactics out of Kelowna.
Vicky Nish grew up in Winnipeg only moving to Alberta to finish high school. She played in many bands in southern Alberta thru the 80's before moving to Kelowna in 1989. Now a regular on the Kelowna music scene you can see her perform with Rann Berry's soul of Motown show and most recently with the Metal Stilleto tribute shows.
Angela Kelman has always maintained she's a Manitoba girl at heart. After cutting her musical teeth in Winnipeg's lounges and bars in the 80's, she moved to Los Angeles and graduated with honours from the vocal program at Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California. Upon returning to Canada, she became the lead singer and a principal writer for the Award Winning contemporary country group, Farmer's Daughter. The group enjoyed major Canadian success with top 20 radio songs, Gold albums, numerous CMT videos, TV appearances, extensive international touring as well as multiple Juno, CCMA, and BCCMA Awards.
Jimmy Leguilloux is an award-winning guitarist living in Kelowna. He's played in tribute concerts celebrating the lives of Gord Downie and Tom Petty. He performs regularly at ski resorts in the winter, festival shows in the summer and clubs year round. When not performing he spends his time in his own recording studio producing for up and coming artists in the area. He has hosted Whiski Jacks Rock4kids benefiting the Power104 kids care campaign for almost 20 years.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, music historian John Einarson is an acclaimed musicologist, broadcaster, educator, and author of 14 music biographies published worldwide including Neil Young, Randy Bachman, John Kay of Steppenwolf, Ian & Sylvia, The Guess Who, The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Arthur Lee & Love and Buffalo Springfield. Soon after witnessing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, John acquired a guitar and played in several well-known local bands through the 60s and 70s (and a bit in the 90s). He has played onstage with Neil Young, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, jammed with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, and at age 17 opened for Led Zeppelin and Iron Butterfly before 14,000 people.
Murray Holmes, bass and vocals – honed his chops in the best of music schools, playing live, night after night, on the B.C. and Alberta club circuits. He's a veteran of the Vancouver music scene for 10 years, and the Thompson/Okanagan for 20+ more. Most recently, he plays bass and sings with the likes of The Salmon Armenians, The Kim Berly Group, The Roland Allen Rock Trio, and the Zamboni Bros who introduced him to an amazing group of musicians from Winnipeg!
Harvey Kostenchuk has toured and recorded with numerous Winnipeg bands including the iconic Hurricane Hannah, Prairie Dog, Hound Dog, Rocki Roulette and Kilowatt. He's also played Shari Ulrich, Valdy, Ferron, Long John Baldry, and Kathy McDonald!
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Steve is a full-time musician currently living in Kelowna who's literally played with hundreds of artists across Canada. Long John Baldry, Amanda Hughes, Powder Blues, Farmer's Daughter just to name a few. When not performing he's producing and recording his own compositions as well as for numerous other artists.
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Handling Optional Inputs to a Function
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This document is meant to outline how optional inputs to a function are handled in this library. This document will not cover variable calling forms, which for the most part are avoided.

Other Approaches
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1. Having input arguments that are sometimes passed in and sometimes are not. This approach usually involves checking the number of arguments passed into a function, or alternatively, whether or not certain variables are defined.

TODO: Show examples

This approach is generally fine for an additional argument or two, but often times it is hard to tell how many additional arguments are needed. Adding additional arguments over time can make these functions unwieldly.

2. Input Parser - TODO

3. DEFINE CONSTANTS - TODO

Approach used in this repo
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An example:

.. code-block:: matlab

  function [output,extras] = readDelimitedFile(filePath,delimiter,varargin)

  in.row_delimiter = '\r\n|\n|\r';
  in.make_row_delimiter_literal = false;
  in.make_delimiter_literal     = false;
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All optional inputs are passed into a structure called 'in'. There is nothing magic about this variable name, it is just a consistent name for use that is also quite short.

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Space Opera Archeology: A Few Short Stories
"Ross, it's horrible. They're from beyond our universe. Vegetablelike things…"
– Justin Nichols, "Invaders from the Outer Suns"
If you want to see an overview of how space operas evolved over the decades, then the Space Opera Megapack is a cheap and tasty option. It's where I came across Tarrano the Conqueror for the last post in this series, and right now I'd like to take a look at some of the shorter stories from the 30s and 40s that the anthology has to offer…
I noticed a few familiar names in the book, including Edmond Hamilton. I'd already covered his Interstellar Patrol series, but his story "The Sargasso of Space" (Astounding Stories, 1931) moves away from the weird aliens and colliding suns faced by the Patrol tales in favour of something a bit more down-and-dirty.
Captain Crain of the Pallas is in a pickle: his ship is low on fuel and being drawn into a dead zone of space, where no orbit will be able to draw it out again. Passing a cluster of wrecks, the crew hit on the idea of salvaging fuel from the ruined craft.
To their surprise, they find that one of the wrecks, the Martian Queen, is inhabited by survivors, amongst them a girl named Marta Mallen. As Crain's crew set about fixing the Martian Queen, Marta reveals all: the ship's officers were murdered by the villains Krell and Jandron, who are presently holding her captive and passing off the deaths as accidents.
Jandron makes an attempt to escape while leaving Crain's men stranded, but the heroes – teaming up with Krell, who turns out to be an enemy of their enemy – are victorious, and manage to rescue Marta as well as theirselves.
More than anything else, "The Sargasso of Space" underlines how much space opera owes to nautical fiction. It's easy to imagine the story rewritten as a tale of sailors and pirates on the high sea. But nautical yarns weren't the only stream flowing into early space opera. For one thing, it's hard to miss the horror influence on some of these stories: just look at Jack Williamson.
I'll be returning to Williamson later in this series, but for now, suffice to say that his main contribution to space opera was adding a hefty dose of the macabre. His story "Salvage in Space" (Astounding Stories, 1933) starts with protagonist Thad Allen searching for valuable ore amongst the meteorites and happening upon a derelict ship. He realises that he stands to make quite a bit from salvaging the vessel and begins exploring it. On board, he finds evidence that the crew died violent deaths; a logbook is filled with portentous entries but offers no solid information on what happened to the people on board.
Searching further, Thad comes across a hold filled with taxidermied aliens, along with a crystal coffer containing the immaculate body of a young woman. Finally, he encounters the creature responsible for the crew's death: an alien invisible to human eyes. After throwing a tub of powder over the creature, Thad is able to defeat it. He has one last surprise when he finds out that the girl in the coffer is still alive, having been placed in a state of suspended animation by drugs – but he is an old man before she eventually awakes. A clear ancestor to the likes of Alien and Predator, "Salvage in Space" mixes its futuristic setting with imagery straight out of a gothic story.
Another horror-tinged story in the anthology is "Invaders from the Outer Suns" by Frank Belknap Long (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1937). This one kicks off when James Ross, officer of the Interplanetary Police, descends into a hive of criminals in search of a miscreant named Justin Nichols. After a somewhat Mos Eisley-like punch-up, Nichols escapes and Ross heads off in pursuit. Ross' buddy Bob is killed in the ensuing Sillo-beam battle, and our hero vows vengeance.
But when Ross final catches up with Nichols, it turns out that the criminal has fallen victim to something even more dangerous: a race of vegetable-like aliens with a tendency to remove human brains. At that point, Ross' only goal left is to ensure that Nichols' innocent sister Marta doesn't fall to the same fate.
Both Ross and Marta fall under the influence of the aliens' hypnosis and absorb something of their mindset. Ross becomes immediately convinced ("if we do not allow our petty human emotions to sway and hamper us the star-people will know that there is still hope for our little race") while Marta resists ("They are great, but they are not as great as we"). Marta's romantic attraction to Ross is enough to break the hold of the aliens, and the pair escape together.
This is a story that runs the gamut of pulp violence from Western-like brawls, to militaristic gun battles, to body horror (characters are reduced to "haggard, gibbering skeletons, with shrivelled flesh gangrening from uncauterized leechweed abrasions" or flat-skulled corpses that bare "expressions of frozen horror"), and then touches upon a vague transhumanism before wrapping things up in a conventional conclusion.
Another Frank Belknap Long story in the anthology is "The Sky Trap" (Comet, 1941). This story is unusual amongst the early space opera I've looked at in that it explores what people of the space age will do in their spare time between far-flung adventures. To wit: they take part in combat sports – protagonist Dave Lawton regularly spars against a fighter named Slashaway – and watch some kind of hi-tech porn. "[O]ur romantic emotions can be taken care of by tactile television", says Lawton's commander, although our hero's heart belongs to one woman in particular: "I wouldn't exchange her for all the Turkish images in the tactile broadcasts from Stamboul."
The plot sees Lawton, Slashaway and Commander Forrester running into trouble when their ship gets trapped inside an atmospheric bubble. The bubble contains a mixture of chemicals that actually produces an internal ecosystem, with new species of plants evolving before the eyes of the crew. The vegetation gives off mind-altering fumes ("There's something worse than marijuana weed down there") and some of the crew members are driven to suicide, but Lawton saves the day by clamping expulsor disks onto cosmic ray absorbers and directing a stream of accidental neutrons at the bubble. "It's a long gamble, but worth taking", he notes. The bubble turns out to be the result of "atom-smashing experiments" performed in the Appalachians.
Then we have an early foray into humorous space opera: "Where are You, Mr. Biggs?" by Nelson S. Bond (Weird Tales, 1941). The protagonist Sparks is a crewmember on board a creaky old cargo ship which has been sent on an errand to Uranus. The ship's captain, Hanson, sends Sparks to find Lancelot Biggs, whose skills will be necessary for the ship to reach its destination. It turns out that Biggs has cooked up a device that can, in theory, transport the ship to Uranus in a matter of days by altering special dimensions… but the results turn out to be disastrous.
A short, jokey tale, with most of the humour deriving from the chemistry between the increasingly agitated Captain Hanson and the swoony, lovestruck Lancelot Biggs, who is preoccupied with thoughts of his fiancé back home – Hanson's daughter. The humorous tale reaches a poignant conclusion as Biggs sacrifices himself to save the ship after his dimension-shifting machine malfunctions, his fate left ambiguous: "He may be in this universe, infinitely small, traveling at infinite speed; he may be in some other universe undreamed by man." This was just one of several stories about the adventures of Lancelot Biggs, which were fixed up into the 1950 novel Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman. Perhaps I'll take a look at that somewhere down the line…
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Michigan's branch of Big Ten anti-racism group focuses on voter registration and education before election
by Nicholas Stoll September 24, 2020 April 20, 2021
The Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition is just over three months old, and though still in its beginning stages, its purpose of fighting hate is becoming realized.
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren announced the coalition's formation back in June after the death of George Floyd.
"The goal of the Coalition is to seek tangible ways to actively and constructively combat racism and hate around the world while also empowering student-athletes to express their rights to free speech and peaceful protest," a press release from the Big Ten said in June.
While a broadly defined goal, the coalition — comprised of student-athletes, coaches and athletic department faculty — has already begun to show signs of progress and success.
"A big effort has been on voter registration and making sure people are informed voters," Michigan football player and member of the coalition Hunter Reynolds said. "We're in an election year this year, a pivotal election year. (Our goal is) making sure every athlete across every school in the conference is registered to vote. Making sure that everyone understands the voting process and what they have to go through, whether it's actually going to a physical location or submitting an absentee ballot."
Michigan soccer coach Chaka Daley doubled down on the coalition's focus on voting — also tied to the Big Ten's voter registration committee — citing it as one of the "tangible" results spoken of in the statement about the goal of the coalition. The coalition's strategy in implementing those results has been through teaching and accessibility of registration.
"We've gone with the educational piece," Daley said about Michigan's focus within the coalition. "… I think at this point the tangible pieces from our perspective are starting to educate the masses, and that's as tangible as the beginning gets."
That education starts with members of the coalition. Each school has its own group of people — there's no set number — working toward the goals of the coalition on their respective campus. Michigan's group is composed of four student-athletes including Reynolds, five coaches such as Daley, Kim Barnes Arico, Jim Harbaugh and Juwan Howard, athletic director Warde Manuel, University president Mark Schlissel and four other University faculty members. Each school's group was chosen from volunteers as well as those who were asked to volunteer.
To start to educate its members, the coalition has groups from Big Ten schools meet with each other over Zoom and share experiences. Topics regarding racism, hate and other related issues are discussed to help with broader understanding.
"I think (it's important) just sharing the perspectives of the people that are on it and recognizing that everyone comes from different backgrounds and sometimes your experiences might not reflect on someone else's experiences," Reynolds said. "So just really stressing to people that while you might have positive encounters in certain aspects of your life, other people might see it as a negative and just really being open to seeing other sides of things."
Though sharing may seem simple, it can have a positive effect on some.
"Obviously, it starts with every coach and how every coach approaches their group or their team," Daley said. "So for me it's not something too dissimilar from what I've already begun in my (team),. … But I think for others it has (been different), so I think (the coalition's policy has) been a great tangible piece of education that made people stand up, think and look."
For the future, both Daley and Reynolds say there is no defined "roadmap" of sorts to rigidly structure the direction of the coalition. It's more about educating in response to what's happening in the world around athletics.
But at least until Nov. 3 that remains the election.
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Clear Channel to launch new iHeartRadio
If you haven't heard of iHeartRadio, you're probably going to hear about it in the near future. Clear Channel has just announced its new app/service called iHeartRadio that is scheduled to launch this fall. If you're wondering – hasn't iHeartRadio already been out for some time now? Well, it's going to undergo a major revamp. According to Clear Channel, the new iHeartRadio will "reinvent the digital radio experience for music fans by combining the most popular broadcast radio stations with the ability to create custom stations in one free service."
The upcoming service is said to offer over 750 broadcast radio stations and digital-only stations from cities all the cross the country – in addition to the personalized stations that users can create themselves. Another interesting point about iHeartRadio is that it'll be completely free, with no commercials (at least until the end of the year).
To kick off the launch of the new iHeartRadio, Clear Channel will be hosting a two-day music festival that is said to be the "largest concert event in radio history". Look out for artistes such as Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and The Black Eyed Peas in Las Vegas on September 23rd and 24th. Find out more on iHeartRadio's Facebook page.
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It was an exciting weekend in the Goodman household - we finally got to find out the gender of our baby!
To make it special and share the exciting moment with friends and family, we decided to host a gender reveal party!
We had our ultrasound on Thursday and instead of finding out then, we had the ultrasound tech write down the gender and put it in an envelope.
Back at home, I had fun getting my craft on - decorating and making little things for the party.
And of course, decorating THE cake!!
I set up coffee, tea and hot cocoa, but let's be honest, everyone was coming for the cake.
Once people started arriving, they cast their votes. Majority thought boy.
We were so blessed to be surrounded by beautiful friends.
And to have our families and long-distance friends with us via Skype and FaceTime.
Thanks to everyone who came and made this night even more special for us!
Special thanks to Chestnut Hill Bakery for making a phenomenal cake and to Kevin VanWynsberg for taking photos for us!!
We are SO looking forward to welcoming Grady Ford Goodman into our family in July!!


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By ELIZABETH GOLDEN
egolden@dailynews.net
Northwestern Printers was handed a $5,000 check from Midwest Energy at the final celebration for the energy-saving MOKAN Take Charge Challenge, but it wasn't long before owners Marvin and Jennifer Rack passed the check to Kathy Taylor, principal of Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior-Senior High School.
The challenge ran from Aug. 1 to Jan. 31, and points were awarded based on the completion of various education and implementation tasks. Hays had approximately 20 businesses participating and battled three other cities.
Hays officially was announced the winner among Hutchinson, Warrensburg, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. The city was awarded $10,000 from the Climate and Energy Project to be used for a sustainability project.
The Hays team decided to spend $2,000 on LED Christmas lights, donate $1,000 to Hays Arts Council and use the remaining $7,000 to install bike racks around the city.
Within the city challenge, Northwestern Printers came in first, closely followed by TMP and Holy Family Elementary School.
Quickly after receiving the check from Michael Volker of Midwest Energy, Jennifer Rack said they would like to transfer the money to TMP.
"I'm just really overwhelmed," Taylor said. "Marvin and Jennifer are such supporters of our school, and I didn't understand what they were doing (in winning). I kept thinking, 'Just let us win; we need it,' but I thought they must need it, too. I was trying to be a gracious loser."
Taylor plans to use the money for a new dishwasher, which will reduce water and electrical waste.
"Our dishwasher is easily 30 or more years old," Taylor said. "It was terribly inefficient, but we couldn't afford another one."
Minutes after TMP was handed the gift, Jennifer said she and Marvin would like to match Midwest Energy's amount and donate additional money to Holy Family.
Shirley Dinkel, a sixth-grade teacher, said the school needed an outside source of income.
"We've tapped our benefactors," she said. "We knew how badly we needed it. But when we didn't win, it was easy to be happy for them. (Marvin and Jennifer) deserved this. They're some of the best homegrown people you could have."
Dinkel is hoping the money is spent on new sinks and low-flow toilets.
"Today, a dream came true for us," she said. "That doesn't happen in the real world. We won a lottery today."
The Racks planned to give away their winnings since November.
"This was probably the plan halfway through when we realized we had some good competition," Marvin said. "We knew there was no reason for us to keep the money, because what we were learning and saving (energy-wise) was going to be very beneficial to us."
Marvin said the idea to match Midwest Energy's amount and give it to Holy Family was thought of approximately a month ago.
"They had a vision for what they wanted to do," he said. "And to see such a passionate vision and for it to be an energy-saving idea that would save them money along the road, we just had to help them out."


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We present a bottle found during archaeological research during the project MF EEA II - Conservation and restoration of the fourteenth century castle in Lidzbark Warmiński. The exhibit will be admired at the Acquisition Show in the Olsztyn castle.
A quadrangular bottle, dark green, with the symbol of the Star of David in a circle and a fish embossed, with the inscription "Der Lachs". Well-preserved, ornate etiquette, in translation; "The best bitter gastric liqueur", 38 Vol.%. The alcohol was produced in the vinegar and liqueur factory in "Winkler Bischofsburg", in Biskupiec.
Found during architectural research of the former sanitary facilities of the St. George orphanage functioning in the castle, in the years 1859-1932. The monument was discovered at the bottom of a deep construction shaft used during renovation works carried out in the castle in the 1st quarter of the twentieth century.
The vinegar and liqueur factory in Biskupiec (Bischofsburg, Essig- und Likörfabrik Winkler), stood on the site of the bishop's, later the city mill. The date of commencement and end of the company's activity is unknown, nor the scope of its production.
The bottle was produced by the company "Der Lachs" for the famous Gdańsk liqueur "Goldwasser" and most likely also sold to other factories, in this particular case to the factory in Biskupiec.
Currently, the third stage of the project "Conservation and restoration of the fourteenth-century castle in Lidzbark Warmiński – pearls of Gothic architecture in Poland – stage III" is underway, implemented with funds received from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under EEA funds and the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.


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Sting like a bee : Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971
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"A fascinating chronicle of the five-year period in Muhammad Ali's life that became a tumultuous turning point--when he joined the Nation of Islam, changed his name, refused military service, was stripped of his boxing license, and stood at the center of an incendiary legal case that gripped the nation. In June 2016, the world mourned Muhammad Ali as a heavyweight champion, a hero, an Olympic gold medalist, and an American icon. [Journalist] Leigh Montville now presents an intimate portrait of a pivotal five-year span--1966 to 1971--that is far less familiar. During this time, a young, exuberant Cassius Clay evolved into a politically aware, bombastic public figure who would forge a complicated relationship with his supporters, with his detractors, and with the United States in general. In the mid-1960s, Cassius Clay's stunning ability in the boxing ring--and his poetic rantings outside of it--made him a star. He defeated champion Sonny Liston and became heavyweight champion of the world, increasing his already vast fan base. But his racial rhetoric soon drew the scorn of many in 1960s white America when he joined the Nation of Islam and shed his 'slave name' for Muhammad Ali. After refusing to serve in the military upon being drafted for Vietnam--citing religious reasons--Ali triggered a legal and political battle that became more heated, public, and protracted than any fight he ever experienced in the ring. With sharp insight and perfect pitch, award-winning author Leigh Montville reveals a captivating study of Ali and his world during this period. From the legendary boxing triumphs to the tense legal battles, from the paranoid politics to the heated civil rights struggles of the sixties, and from Ali's raucous celebrity life to the emergence of an informed activist, Montville deftly narrates this compelling and little-known span of time. Sting Like a Bee is an important book that adds significant detail to the lore of an American icon."--Jacket
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Credit: Courtesy of the authorLinda, Kim and Ashley on the beach.
"It will be a good story someday," became a catchphrase of actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley's mother throughout their lives whenever something went wrong.
But on the actress' real-life wedding day to country music star Brad Paisley — a role for which she had a big screen dress rehearsal years before, starring alongside Steve Martin in the Father of the Bride movies — she realized something was wrong. And it wasn't going to be a good story. At least not at first.
It was 2003 and her mom's crying episode over not having a role in the wedding was followed by a last-minute inclusion of her to do a reading.
But Linda Williams mispronounced Colossians (it came out "Colithians") and then experienced a very long forgetful pause. Something was not right. It was uncharacteristic of Williams-Paisley's sharp mother to have a brain lapse. She had been a freelance foreign news correspondent in London and was currently working as a major donor fundraiser with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. She was only 60 at the time.
But as I talked to Williams-Paisley about her new book, Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again, she explained that her wedding day was the red flag, the first glimpse of what was coming.
Williams-Paisley's mother was diagnosed two years later at age 62 with a rare neurological syndrome called primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Speech and language are affected, while other brain functions remain unchanged. The degenerative disease progresses, with individuals unable to write or read or comprehend what they hear until finally they are no longer able to speak or effectively communicate. PPA can eventually lead to a more comprehensive degenerative brain disease such as Alzheimer's or another type of dementia. About half of those with PPA have a parent or sibling with the condition, pointing to a genetic connection, according to researchers.
I told Williams-Paisley that reading the book (I devoured its 246 pages in two hours) was like having coffee with a girlfriend — the tone is so conversational and intimate. Some parts are humorous (courtesy of her country crooner husband Brad, who kept his wife's spirits up and became her rock), while others are heartwrenching (her struggle with understanding life with "old Mom" versus "new Mom"). During our conversation, Williams-Paisley told me that as a new mother to her firstborn son, Huck, she sobbed thinking her son would never know his grandma as the person she had known.
Her story takes the reader on a heartfelt family's journey with dementia and how it affects not just the person with the disease but the entire family. Since Williams-Paisley was beginning her new life in Nashville with her husband, she became a long-distance member of the care team around her New York-based mother, with the primary caregiver being Williams-Paisley's dad, Gurney.
Williams-Paisley was definitely not taking the caregiving journey alone. In fact, this is an inspirational book about how a family can create a care team where everyone's role is important. Instead of hurt feelings, frustration or anger among siblings over who was doing more, this was a family who came together through caregiving. It was an ensemble cast and everyone had a key role.
Williams-Paisley's role became researcher. She scoured articles, clinical trials and other information about how to keep her mother safe at home and help her dad. She also became her dad's cheerleader and supporter and called him daily to check in. As care costs escalated, she and husband Brad also helped out financially. Her brother Jay became a paramedic, so the medical information and explanations became his job. Her sister Ashley was there in New York as hands-on secondary caregiver supporting their father.
And ultimately, Williams-Paisley became the family chronicler. Although she wrote the book, it is actually the story of how each of her siblings and her dad were coping. The Williams family wish was to help other families, since theirs was so unprepared for such a devastating blow.
She does describe a concern that her parents initially wanted the diagnosis to stay within the safe walls of the immediate family. When Ashley reached out to a renowned dementia specialist on whether he might be able to help, her parents were furious that someone "outside the family" had been told.
The stigma of a brain disease or disorder is not uncommon for families of dementia. According to an Alzheimer's Disease International report, 25 percent hide their diagnosis and 40 percent withdraw from everyday activities; two-thirds of dementia caregivers feel others perceive those with dementia in a negative way. But denial can block families from finding support and good information on how to manage the disease and care duties.
Williams-Paisley also told me her "aha" moment came when her parents arrived in Nashville for a visit and her dad asked her to take her mom to the ladies room. As she helped her mom into the stall, she saw her mother's incontinence had become a huge issue — her pants were soaked. Williams-Paisley looked in the bag her dad had casually handed her and it contained an extra set of adult diapers and pants. It finally hit her what was happening in her dad's life.
"I did not realize the drain that caregiving was taking on my dad," explains Williams-Paisley. "It dawned on me he never said a word because he didn't want me to worry and he was still protecting mom's dignity." It broke her heart to think her mom needed the same help with bathroom activities from her dad as her two young sons needed from her.
But Williams-Paisley did find the silver linings in her mom's progressively difficult life.
The worst day for Williams-Paisley was when her dad and sister had to finally take her mom to live in a long-term care facility. Her father could no longer care for his wife at home — her mother had bitten him when he gave her medications. Williams-Paisley said she felt so empty as her sister described having to almost run out of the long-term care facility as the door locked behind them and they were told by staffers to not look back. Her mom had been told this was the plan, but Williams-Paisley later learned she still felt abandoned.
She advises families to have the caregiving conversation and to know a loved one's wishes. Williams-Paisley said her dad and siblings have talked about their end-of-life and long-term care wishes after what they have gone through with her mom.
"Even if it's just simply stating or writing a letter to your loved ones that says, "I love you, I trust you, I absolve you of any guilt over difficult decisions,' it's such a gift to have that conversation," she said.
For Williams-Paisley, what started as a horror film with her mom's diagnosis became an uplifting family movie. She is grateful for what she has learned as a caregiver. One of the greatest gifts is how she learned to be "present" for loved ones, she said. She's also learned to look for the hopeful, happy moments in life.


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Crane Kenney's advice to 'follow the breadcrumbs' on Cubs TV network is easier said than digested
By Phil Rosenthal
Too bad the Cubs didn't have as much to say about their TV plans at the Cubs Convention as they did their opposition to Tom Tunney' re-election as Wrigleyville's alderman.
Take the ballclub's vocal opposition to Tunney into consideration the next time there's a debate about how sports and politics never should mix.
The Cubs' argument is Tunney is an incumbent who represents special interests in the 44th Ward, home to Wrigley Field, but apparently not the Cubs' special interests.
"We don't whine because we don't get what we want," Julian Green, the Cubs' vice president of communications and community affairs, said in an on-stage conversation with Crane Kenney, the team's president of business operations. "We whine because there's not a level playing field."
At least there's no question about it being whining.
Fans who spoke up at the business operation's question-and-answer session were more concerned with difficulties spurred by the team's shift to mobile ticketing.
The special interests of those without smartphones and the leaders of bus tours seem to be going unmet by the new technology despite Cubs officials talking up its virtues.
Kenney explained he didn't yet have big news to share concerning the Cubs establishing their own TV outlet, but he did drop little details here and there with fans and in a post-presentation scrum with reporters.
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This is the long-anticipated Cubs channel, said to be called Marquee, that will make its debut in time to televise all of the their 2020 home spring training games.
Cubs Productions, which makes video segments for the team, will be part of the mix and Kenney said some talent already has been hired.
Although there have been reports the Cubs will work with the Sinclair Broadcast Group on the venture, Kenney would say only that details will be known "in probably the next 30 days."
"The landscape is changing almost daily," he said. "Huge groups like the Fox regional sports group, 22 different networks being sold.
"What happened as we declared our independence and actually became a stand-alone network, quite honestly, we got a seat at a much larger table. So we've been involved in conversations not locally but more nationally on how we'll launch our channel and who we'll launch it with."
Federal regulators overseeing Disney's $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets have ordered Disney to sell Fox's regional sports networks within 90 days of closing, which is expected this quarter.
Sinclair reportedly was among those bidding in November, and the Sports Business Journal has reported the second round is due by the end of this month.
"We're involved in a multidimensional negotiation, not just us and a partner," Kenney said to reporters. "It's us, our partner and multiple others. So there's just some moving pieces and if you follow the breadcrumbs, I believe, there's a date coming up that will be important for all of us to watch."
Kenney confirmed that the "multiple others" he referred to are other baseball teams that might be involved. He didn't say which.
Earlier a fan from Michigan complained about Major League Baseball restrictions that kept her from seeing some Cubs games. Kenney shared his own frustration, explaining baseball's divvying up of geographical territory for teams, giving each team preeminence in its own zone.
Kenney said Cubs territory bumps up against the Tigers, Brewers, Cardinals and even the Reds and Indians. He said the Cubs have asked permission to make their home TV feed available in neighboring areas, but MLB has held firm.
"Now after the last convention, and this is true, I forced a meeting among the Midwest group — among the Cardinals, the Brewers, the Tigers, the Twins actually are in our group — and we all … said to baseball we don't care," Kenney said.
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MLB still didn't budge.
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But all those teams — the Tigers, Brewers, Cardinals, Reds, Indians and Twins — have games on Fox regional sports channels up for sale.
Whether that's more or less than a breadcrumb remains to be seen.
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