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Posted on August 27, 2020 September 4, 2020 by Gary
OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD
TEXT: Romans 12:9-21
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. (Romans 12:14)
Heinrich Heine once said, "One must forgive one's enemies—but not before they have been hanged." 1
And you know, many of us feel that way. It's what works on the football field and the hockey rink. It's what works in nature. You don't see cats turning around and saying to dogs who are chasing them up a tree, "I forgive you." You don't have dolphins saying to the shark, "We forgive you for eating our brothers." It's a "dog-eat-dog" world out there, not a "dog-forgive-dog" world.
If that is the world of nature—and if that's what is supposed to be instinctive to us—why does the Bible stress forgiveness? Why does Paul, in his letter to the Romans, urge believers to bless those who persecute them?
Well, maybe because Jesus said it first!2 We know it's what we're supposed to do. That's why we pray: "forgive us as we forgive others." Forgiveness is at the core of our religion—and yet, it's not easy for most of us.
But then there are people like Dale and Diane Lang. Their son Jason was 17 years old when he was shot and killed by a 14-year-old boy at a high school in Taber, Alberta, in 1999. I'm sure you all remember that. I've never been able to forget it.
For some reason—even though I've never met any of the people involved—this tragic, terrible incident has gotten under my skin, and I still feel a tide of anger rising within me whenever I think about it. I guess that's because I'm a parent, and I imagine my own son in Jason Lang's place. I know how I would have reacted if my child had been murdered, and forgiving the murderer would have been the last thing on my mind.
The Langs, however, reacted differently. Dale Lang—an Anglican priest—publicly forgave his son's killer, and prayed for the boy and his family. At the teenager's sentencing—after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received three years in a youth facility—Diane Lang told the Canadian Press: "We have been asking God to give wisdom to the judge … to do what is best for this young man."3
Now I know the Langs are Christians, obviously … but I'm still shocked by what they did. It flies in the face of the human desire to retaliate. Who hasn't been tempted to exact some kind of revenge? Fighting back and responding in kind seem to be basic human impulses when we are mistreated.
Most of us have a strong built-in sense of justice—or, at least, we know when we have been treated unjustly. So when we have the chance to implement a little justice of our own, we jump at the chance. Mind you, it's our own version of justice that we like to execute, and it often involves a pretty subjective application—one that's based on however we're feeling at the moment.
Maybe you've used the expression—or had it used on you: "I have my scruples and I'm going to stand on them."
Most of us assume "scruples" mean "principles." To be scrupulous, we think, is to be concerned with what is honest and right. But a scruple is actually a sharp stone. The phrase "to stand on your scruples" comes from the experience of being irritated by a small sharp stone in your shoe.
That small stone may feel uncomfortable, but you stand there anyway. You stand there faithfully. "Standing on your scruples" means to stand firm. It implies—because of that little stone—that we are going to stand with sensitivity or with tender feet.
Jesus teaches a kind of walk through life that involves tender feet and sensitivity—not just a stubborn tromp, believing that we're always right. Read the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew sometime—all three chapters—and you'll see what I mean. Jesus encourages tender-footed walking.
The apostle Paul lays out a whole set of scruples in our reading from the 12th chapter of Romans—little sharp stones in the shoes of Christian people. Here are those scruples in all of their beauty:
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.4
What a beautiful little treatise on the Christian life! But then Paul follows it with a most demanding ethic—one that's all about loving and blessing our enemies. Remember? He said:
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them … Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." No, if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink … Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.5
Wow! Try telling that to the Department of National Defence! Can you imagine the reaction? Those who are in the business of conducting military operations do not want to hear, "Bless those who persecute you."
Paul has taken the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and—after assessing its core principles—ruled out any use of revenge. Personal vengeance is excluded. It is forbidden.
Now, in its place, you might think Paul would recommend passivity. But no. Instead of passivity, he recommends that we actively bless our enemies with kindness. Imagine that. We're supposed to go out of our way to bless them!
That's not the way the world does things. You did not hear Romans 12 quoted by the President of the United States this week when he announced that he would be sending federal troops to "restore law and order" in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In fact, the Trump administration swiftly deployed nearly 1,000 National Guardsmen and 200 federal law enforcement personnel, including FBI and US Marshalls, to subdue protests in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake this Sunday past.6
Paul's critics say he is soft on justice. But, actually, Paul is full of justice. All he is doing is placing the burden of vengeance exclusively in the hands of God.
Both the Old and New Testaments pronounce the same idea as Paul gives us. "Vengeance is mine," says the Lord. Vengeance is not ours to do with whatever we want.
Here's a story. It comes from a clergyman and author named Myron Augsburger, and it was told to him by a friend of his, a man named Herman Riemple.
Herman Riemple's father was Aaron Riemple. He was a very wealthy Mennonite farmer in Gnadenfeldt, Russia, and had a large estate. He was so well known that the Czar of Russia would visit and go hunting on his land.
In the early teens of the 20th century, when the Red and White Armies were battling, they raged back and forth across Gnadenfeldt. One evening Aaron Riemple was coming home from the market where he had gotten some things for his wife, and he came by a railroad siding. And there was a boxcar full of people about to be shipped off to Siberia. From inside, a man called out and said, "Sir, we're so hungry. We've been in here all day with nothing to eat. Can you help us?"
And Aaron Riemple, out of the goodness of his own spirit and heart, went over and shoved his bolognas and his bread and cheese through the slats and the man said, "Thank you."
Aaron Riemple said, "God bless you." And he went on home.
Sometime later the Red Army overran the whole territory. They rounded up the Mennonite farmers and put them in boxcars and shipped them off to Siberia. Now Aaron Riemple had lost his estate. He went from wealth to poverty, but he still had his own ingenuity. He was quite an entrepreneur, and in Siberia he began getting tea imported from China, and he was selling tea.
But this was contrary to the ideals of the new Communist regime. So Aaron Reimple was accused of a kind of capitalism, and he was brought to trial.
In the courtroom, of course, the evidence was given against him and he was found guilty of capitalism. The Commissar asked him to step forward to be sentenced, and Aaron Riemple stepped forward, expecting this to mean his death.
The Commissar looked at him and said, "I believe we have met before."
Mr. Riemple said, "Your Honor, I think not."
"Yes," he said, "I think we have. Have you been in Gnadenfeldt?"
"Yes," he said, "I lived in Gnadenfeldt."
The Commissar asked him, "Do you remember one evening when a man called to you from a boxcar and said, 'Sir, we've been in here all day with nothing to eat. Would you help us?'"
"Ah, yes," he said, "I remember."
"And what did you do?"
"Why, I went over and shoved my bolognas and bread and cheese through the slats."
"And what did you say?"
"I said, 'God bless you'."
The Commissar said, "We have met before. I was that man!"
He said, "I'm not going to sentence you. If you would like, I will sign papers so that you and your family can emigrate."
And Aaron Riemple said, "Sir, if you will sign those papers for all Riemples, I've got brothers here with their families." And this whole family emigrated to California.7
Now, when Aaron Riemple shoved that food through the slats, he had no idea what would happen in the future.
He simply did it out of the character of his being, and by so doing, he overcame evil with good—in that present moment, and also, as it turned out, in a future moment.
This is the challenge offered to us today in chapter 12 of Romans: to become God's people in truth; to put into practice the quality of the Christian life—to overcome evil with good.
I think that's what Dale and Diane Lang were trying to do by forgiving their son's killer. And I think it's what they are still doing, when they travel across North America speaking and teaching about restorative justice and the importance of forgiveness.
Others might disagree with their choice to leave vengeful thoughts and actions to the Lord. And, of course, love shown to a victimizer is never popular. But, for these two people, their course of action seemed clear from the beginning. In a newspaper article, Dale Lang was quoted thus:
"… as someone who had been a follower of Jesus Christ for 22 years, forgiveness was the only response that I could give. I didn't think about it, my wife and I didn't sit down and talk about it, it was a response out of our faith. We did it because it was the way we understood who Jesus is. And we did that, and it had a significant impact on people in the country. I can't explain, except to say that people just are not used to forgiveness."8
Sadly, I think he's right: people in this "dog-eat-dog" world are not used to forgiveness. Maybe none of us are really used to it … I guess that's why we appreciate it so much—and why we're so shocked and relieved when someone forgives us. But listen! Listen to these words, which are at the very heart of the Christian gospel: "… God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." 9
This is the good news. It's not about condemnation or punishment or vengeance. It is about mercy and grace. It's about forgiveness offered "seventy times seven"—actually, offered an infinite number of times. This is the message the world needs to hear. But more than hearing it, this is the message the world needs to see.
People need to see this message made real in the lives of Christians like us. That, it seems to me, is the only way the world's evil can be overcome by heaven's goodness.
May God grant us serenity, courage, and wisdom to live our faith—and live it for the benefit of all. Amen.
1 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine
2 see Matthew 5:44
3 http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/topstories/20001117/ctvnews78798/
4 Romans 12:9-13
5 Romans 12:14, 17-20a, 21
6https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/politics/donald-trump-jacob-blake/index.html
7 http://www.csec.org/csec/sermon/augsburger_3820.htm
8 http://www3.telus.net/st_simons/cr0207.htm
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When you treat your collections as enumerators, you get to use all your favorite functions like #map and #reduce without having to write any extra code. It's pretty awesome.
In the olden days, defining enumerators was a little cumbersome. You had to make a new class, include the Enumerable module, and define an #each function.
Ever since Ruby 1.9, though, we have a much more lightweight way to define enumerators on the fly. Let's take a look.
The Enumerator class lets you define a one-off enumerator, by using a block syntax. In the example below, we create an enumerator that returns an infinite series of random numbers.
y << rand(10) # The << operator "yields" a value.
You may have noticed that we're using the shift operator << in a strange way. This is a shortcut for the y.yield method. You will call it for each item in the enumerator. If this all seems a bit magical to you, don't worry. It is.
Figuring out the size of a collection poses a problem for Ruby's lazy enumerators. To count the items in a collection, you have to load the entire collection - which is against the entire point of using lazy enumerators.
There is a work-around, kind of. If you happen to know the size of the collection at the time you create the Enumerator, you can provide it.
Just yesterday I was working on Honeybadger's new documentation site. It's built using Jekyll, and I was writing a plugin to create a table of contents based on the <h2> and <h3> tags in the documentation.
It's kind of awkward to figure out which <h3> tags belong to a section defined by <h2> tags. You have to parse the HTML using nokogiri, and then scan the resulting document. So I abstracted that bit of code out and made it an Enumerator. Here's what it looks like.
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"Blæstegnen" er et dansk rapnummer af Tessa og Orgi-E der blev udgivet i sidst i november 2020.

Komponist og producer på nummeret var Kewan Pádre mens tekstforfattere var Tessa, Orgi-E og Jesper Helles. Studietekniker på optagelsen var Jesper "Vivid" Vestergaard og nummeret var udgivet af Universal Music Group.

"Blæstegnen" kan ses som moderne hjemstavnsdigtning, en hyldest til Vestegnen.

En musikvideo til Blæstegnen blev udgivet den 10. december 2020.
Videoen var optaget on location forskellige steder på Vestegnen; Vestegnens Bazaar, City 2, Rheumparken, Hvidovre Bokseklub, Mekonomen Vestauto og Askerød. Albertslund Station og Keolis' linje 141 ses også.
Foruden Tessas og Orgi-E medvirkede også Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Instruktør på videoen var Jens-Ulrik Helmbæk.
I den tilhørende pressemeddelelse var Tessa citeret med:

Mens Orgi-E blandt andet supplerede med:

Læringsmateriale til danskundervisningen i 7. til 10. klasse foreslår analyse af Blæstegnens tekst og musikvideo.

Henvisninger

Sange fra 2020
Sange fra Danmark

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Families looking for good value should consider a Mazda CX-9 Touring with a Premium Package. For thousands less than others, at $37,790, it delivers luxury-class goods without the price tag.
The 2018 Mazda CX-9 meets or exceeds expectations for what a mainstream three-row crossover can be. Have you seen it?
The Mazda CX-9 is a stylish crossover SUV that puts others on notice. It's one of the best looking three-row crossovers on the market, and boasts several interior features and creature comforts found in much pricier SUVs.
This year Mazda has made standard blind-spot monitors with rear cross-traffic alerts and low-speed automatic emergency braking on all models. The price has risen as a result—$610 on base models, which are called Sport. Stepping up in price and features, the Mazda CX-9 is offered in Touring, Grand Touring, and Signature variants. Front-drive is standard on all models, and all-wheel drive is available at every step of the way for an additional $1,800.
All variants of the CX-9 are powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-4 that makes 250 horsepower on premium fuel. In most cases, the turbo-4 is good enough for us to forget that the CX-9 doesn't have a V-6.
A 6-speed automatic is the only option in all cases, but we can't help but feel that more forward gears would help the CX-9 do better than 20- or 21-mpg combined in daily driving.
Like most in its class, the CX-9 doesn't offer alternative powertrains or electrification, but the elephant in the room is the Highlander Hybrid that does all of the above.
Well, not looks. The CX-9 has that in the bag already.
The Mazda CX-9 is elegant in its simplicity—a tall task for a seven-seat crossover.
When it came out, the Mazda CX-9 was a revelation: The three-row crossover could have easily been drawn by distinguished designers wearing smart turtlenecks hailing from Italy. In reality, it was drawn by designers in Southern California—no word on turtlenecks.
Fewer creases in the body used to indicate overt laziness, but the CX-9's straight shapes work.
The hood is longer than the front-drive architecture should allow, and the nose cants forward slightly in a way that has us asking if Mazda unlocked Volvo's safe. Rear roof pillars are arched slightly forward, which helps shrink the CX-9's mass somewhat.
Inside, the CX-9 classes up the interior with good-looking materials, although most of them are glossy. Bring a cleaning cloth and Windex to grocery store runs, please.
A low-set dashboard and infotainment screen open up the cabin for better light, but Mazda prefers to shrink the cabin around its occupants with materials.
In all configurations, the Mazda CX-9 punches above its weight classification, but it stops short of being a heavyweight contender. For now.
The 2018 Mazda CX-9's turbo-4 is a reasonable replacement for a V-6, but the steering has us swooning more.
The 2018 Mazda CX-9 fits in the automaker's ethos of sporty, but regular, cars and crossovers.
All CX-9 models are powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-4 that makes 250 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque, when running on premium fuel. Opt for the regular stuff at the pump and that figure drops to 227 hp, but Mazda says the loss isn't discernible at lower speeds. OK.
There's little lag in the way the turbo-4 spools up, but it can be caught flat-footed at low speed, which is a common trait for engines like this.
That engine is paired to a 6-speed automatic that's commonplace on crossovers of this size, bordering on outdated. It's smooth shifting, and keeps the CX-9 in the game, but may be missing forward cogs to make the CX-9 more efficient.
Mazda turned to its steering braintrust to tune the crossover's handling characteristics, and it shows. The CX-9 shoots and scoots like a smaller crossover, enough for us to reconsider how big, heavy people haulers should feel in the future.
Front struts and a rear multilink setup are common in the class, and should be composed for most people in daily slogs. The CX-9 isn't as tuned comfortably for the road as say, a Buick Enclave, but skipping the 20-inch tires for 18-inchers with more sidewall should help.
Three rows on paper, the Mazda CX-9 is best as a five-passenger crossover with occasional flexibility.
The 2018 Mazda CX-9 may be a three-row crossover on paper, but we're skeptical of the claim for now.
Driver and front-seat rider get power-adjustable seats in most trims of the CX-9, which should adjust to fit a wide range of body types. The seats are spacious, but not necessarily comfortable—in fact, they're pretty firm.
Let others take the wheel and sit in the second row, where the Mazda CX-9 offers more leg room than the Honda Pilot. The second-row seats are similarly flat like the first row, but they recline. The third row is only suitable for children or comic-book archenemies (we all have a couple) and lack leg room for adults on long hauls.
With the third row in place, the CX-9 sports 14.4 cubic feet of cargo room, but most of that is below the window line. Fold flat the wayback and that space grows to 38.2 cubes, which should be suitable for ambitious runs to the home-improvement palace.
The lack of leg room boils down to a compromise. The Mazda CX-9 measures 199.3 inches, nose to toes, which is comparable to other crossovers that comfortably hold more people. But Mazda's CX-9 is appointed more lavishly (aside from the seats) and encloses its occupants a little better. Win some, lose some.
Don't let the number fool you: A lack of crash-test data keeps the 2018 CX-9 from scoring higher. The crossover is a Top Safety Pick by the IIHS.
A lack of complete safety data is the 2018 Mazda CX-9's issue here, not what's on the record already.
The IIHS scored the Mazda CX-9 with top marks on all of its crash tests, including a "Superior" rating for front-crash prevention. Optionally available headlights netted an "Acceptable" score by the agency that led to a Top Safety Pick nod.
One note about that rating: Getting a Top Safety Pick edition of the Mazda CX-9 requires opting for a Grand Touring or Signature version; Sport and Touring editions only received a "Marginal" rating for their headlight efficacy.
Low-speed automatic emergency braking is standard across all models, which can help avoid front crashes at speeds less than 19 mph. Grand Touring and Signature versions of the CX-9 get a supplemental system that can help avoid or reduce severity of higher-speed collisions.
Beyond advanced safety measures, the Mazda CX-9 is equipped with a standard complement of airbags for all passengers, traction and stability control, and a rearview camera.
New for this year, all CX-9s are equipped with a brake-based torque vectoring control system that could help prevent crashes by aiding in maneuverability.
Good standard features and excellent value more than make up for a fussy infotainment system in the Mazda CX-9.
Three-row crossovers are a slippery slope: Come for the capability, but leave without a college fund.
This year's Mazda CX-9 adds $610 to the starting price, now at $33,070 including destination, but adds standard blind-spot monitors with rear cross-traffic alert and low-speed automatic emergency braking on all trims—Sport, Touring, Grand Touring, and Signature.
Base versions of the CX-9 are equipped with 18-inch wheels, cloth upholstery, three rows of seats, power everything, Bluetooth connectivity, and a 7.0-inch infotainment screen.
Stepping up to the Touring trim adds leather upholstery, an upgraded 8.0-inch screen for infotainment, a power liftgate, and power adjustable front seats. Starting at $35,900, including destination, for front-drive versions, that's a relative bargain compared to other three-row crossovers.
Not convinced by that gear? The Grand Touring trim adds 20-inch wheels, adaptive cruise control, dual-pane sunroof, parking sensors, a head-up display, heated first- and second-row seats, heated steering wheel, and adaptive headlights.
Top-of-the-line Signature trims get the full boat—a relative luxury car by Mazda standards. Mazda CX-9 Signature versions get softer nappa hides, Bose audio, rosewood interior trim accents, LED headlights, and LED interior lights.
Mazda offers an add-on package for Sport trims that includes adaptive cruise control, or an optional package for Touring versions that adds Bose audio, sunroof, parking sensors, and satellite radio.
Our quibbles with the infotainment system boil down to a lack of a touchscreen and a confusing clickable system that requires more attention than we think it should. Changing the radio station can seem like an unnecessarily long task, and entering destinations into the navigation requires saint-like patience. Rumored Apple CarPlay or Android Auto capability isn't the answer here—the small Mazda clickwheel isn't a replacement for a touchscreen.
With a light right foot, the 2018 Mazda CX-9 manages combined mileage in the low-20s.
The 2018 Mazda CX-9 relies on a small-displacement, big-turbocharged inline-4 to provide its power that makes a Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde situation for fuel economy.
Opting for front-drive improves things slightly, according to official tests: 22/28/24 mpg, according to the EPA.
Among its class, that's fairly fuel-efficient without help from batteries. But in our real-world testing we've had difficulty matching those figures. That's likely due to the prodigious weight and small engine that needs boost to come up to speed. With a light right foot and some help from a tailwind, it may be possible to achieve the numbers offered by the EPA.
That said, the Mazda CX-9 is still among the thriftiest in its class.


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Unter dem Begriff Sterbegebet versteht man je nach Religion Gebete, die in der Todesstunde eines Menschen gesprochen werden.

 im Judentum Widduj und Schma Jisrael
 in der römisch-katholischen Kirche:  Kirchliche Sterbegebete


While there are endless puppy toys for sale out there, some of the best ones are everyday items from your own home.
Cookie scales the climbing wall to get to her homemade milk-jug toy.
For example, empty gallon-size milk/drink plastic jugs! Above is an action shot of Sophia and Atticus playing with Cookie. As they dangled a plastic milk jug on a string, Cookie scaled the rock wall in pursuit. A solid half hour of fun, a lot for a puppy! Our dog trainer, Sarah Hodgson, told us early on that puppies love to play with empty plastic bottles, which they can scoot after across the floor, or play fetch with, or crunch or bat…bearing in mind you must keep an eye on the condition of the bottle and discard it when it becomes punctured. (FYI: you really have to keep an eye on ALL doggie toys and bones to make sure they remain in good condition and are still safe in condition & size to chew.) When we first started playing "skitterpins," as Sarah calls it, with Cookie we used 12-oz water bottles. When she was very small I used to like that she chewed on these, as they made lots of noise, and no matter what I was doing I could hear where she was in the house and what she was up to. (Those were the days before gates, friends.) That game was a big hit, so we quickly move up to gallon-sized milk jugs – more bang for playtime and stronger plastic. Right now in my back yard, there are 3 of them, very chewed up and dirty, and each dangling from a long string we drag around and hurtle through the air for her. For added puppy bliss, you can place peanut butter around the rim of the bottle opening…but that's just the cherry on the sundae of excellent play. (Just so you know, puppies like ANYTHING better if it comes with peanut butter.) Really these jugs are substitutes for sheep and they bring out the herding dog in Cookie. In the spirit of the Aussie's love of chasing sheep, I made an indoor toy for Cookie using a long pillowcase, which I stuffed with newspaper, knotted the end of, and attached it to a string. This is Cookie's indoor sheep for rainy days – it is fun for her to leap on (the paper makes a crinkly sound when she does) and she can drag and pull it around the house. We can toss it or drag it on a string during playtime. And when playtime is over, it makes a great pillow for a nap. Hammocks are also great too!


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Where Does Speed Come From?
By Mark Neale | August 4, 2020
There's more than one answer, but speed often comes from a small area in northeastern Italy known as The Riders' Land.
Six of the riders on the podium in Jerez last week live in The Riders' Land. Rossi in MotoGP, Bastianini, Marini and Bezzecchi in Moto2, and Suzuki and Vietti in Moto3. Two more who were in podium contention - Morbidelli and Bagnaia - live there; and Andrea Dovizioso is a native.
In all, the area is home to around thirty of the riders in the MotoGP paddock this year.
The Riders' Land consists of the coastal region of Romagna, with the Misano racetrack at its heart, plus the principality of San Marino, and a small but very important piece of the Marche region just south of Misano where Valentino Rossi lives and the VR Academy is based.
Everybody there rides. Motorcycle racing is bigger than football.
Marco Simoncelli is among Romagna's most famous sons. These days, Simoncelli's colors are worn by Tatsuki Suzuki and Niccolo Antonelli, who race in Moto3 for the SIC58 team owned by Marco's father Paolo.
Antonelli is also from Romagna, and Suzuki is now an honorary citizen. He lives in Riccione near Misano.
The last rider to dominate the junior-class at Jerez like Suzuki did - taking pole position and then winning - was Marco Simoncelli.
Suzuki scored his first GP victory last year at - where else? - Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, the racetrack named after his boss Paolo's fallen son. An emotional day? Just look at the photograph.
This year, with the double-header at Misano in September, Suzuki and Antonelli have two more chances to repeat that historic victory.
Given the number of local riders in all classes, emotions, as well as speeds, may be running high in the Riders' Land this year.
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I thought it was just about time I got up to see the progress being made on the new shop and ride some of the trails in the area and meet with my Executive Party-Planning Committee! So glad I came. The shop is looking good; very bright and clean looking. Our signature green, white and black colors are in evidence, Mike and Micah consulting at every turn. I feel just a little disappointed that we are going to have to put off some of the more artistic touches — especially for the bathroom, so enthusiastically discussed on Facebook — but we will get those eventually.
I did get to ride the trails this morning, leaving Mike to wield hammer and saw as he works on building a platform to display our lovely 'bents in the windows. My oh my! What an extensive trail system! I had LOTS of opportunities to get lost and tried to take advantage of all of them. 🙂 The benefits of my meandering path included seeing lovely neighborhoods and having a number of conversations with friendly people who I accosted along the way to see if I could figure out where in the world I was and which direction I should go to complete what I thought was a loop. (This tends to be my favorite part of going on a relaxed ride in unknown territory.) The prize for friendly conversation, however, goes to a woman who was out working in her back yard garden bordering the Cottonbelt Trail and overheard my conversation with another bicyclist. She offered to be of any help that she could… including inviting us in for water and to use her bathroom. I was very impressed and told her she got my gold star award for friendliest bicycle support person for the day.
Finally turned on my phone's GPS and, though she directed me to go in the exact opposite direction that my evidently untrustworthy intuition urged, made it back to Cross Timbers Park from where I could find my way back to the shop. YAY!


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The London homes of a leading female war correspondent, the first woman to qualify as a dentist in Britain and a top civil engineer who was responsible for the construction of Tower Bridge will also be marked in the scheme.
The blue plaques, installed on buildings around the capital, celebrate the link between significant figures of the past and the London places where they lived or worked.
English Heritage has outlined its plans for 2019 for the scheme, as it unveils its first blue plaque of the year, to film-maker and gay rights campaigner Derek Jarman, at Butler's Wharf.
During his time at the house, Marley considered London as a second base and he and his bandmates often played football at the pitches in nearby Battersea Park, English Heritage said.
During 2019, a plaque will also be unveiled in Chelsea marking a family home and London base of Gertrude Bell, a traveller, archaeologist and diplomat who became involved in politics in the Middle East in the First World War and played a considerable role in the foundation of the state of Iraq.
Angela Carter's former home in Clapham, where the novelist spent the last 16 years of her life, tutoring her then student Kazuo Ishiguro and receiving fellow writers JG Ballard, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie, will also receive a plaque.
A blue plaque will commemorate the 28-year residence of war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, who fought for her place among the male bastion of war reporting and made her name writing about the lives of ordinary people in war, in Cadogan Square.
Lilian Lindsay was the first woman to qualify as a dentist in Britain in 1895, overcoming many obstacles to do so.
Her plaque, originally marking a now-demolished building in Islington, will be installed at a new location at the former British Dental Association headquarters in Russell Square where she worked from 1920-1935 and lived in an upstairs flat.
Sir John Wolfe Barry, one of the top civil engineers of the late 19th century who won worldwide renown for the construction of Tower Bridge, will be commemorated with a plaque on a building overlooking the Thames that was his home from 1909 until his death in 1918.
English Heritage said it was currently working with the property owners and all blue plaques were subject to full owner approval.
David Olusoga, English Heritage trustee and blue plaques panel member, said: "From engineering to music, this year's blue plaques remind us of the enormous range of human achievement.
"Lilian Lindsay and Martha Gellhorn were pioneering women who broke the glass ceiling in their professions and we are honoured to recognise their achievements.
"Personally, I am particularly excited by the Bob Marley plaque.
"Marley was more than a brilliant musician, he became a cultural icon who blazed a trail for other black artists.


Clear your calendar for Wednesday, July 14th, 10:30am-12:30pm. This is a one-time free opportunity for women entrepreneurs in Orange County to bring their most immediate business challenge or question to the Orange County chapter mastermind meeting of Savor the Success, a public relations co-op and niche social media network for women entrepreneurs both online and offline. Each attendee will have a turn for 7-10 minutes to explain what they're working on and what they want or need to happen in their business over the next month or year, receiving the full attention and creative brainstorming power of the group focused on their business.
This is a diverse group of women of all ages at different stages of building their businesses. You'll find them supportive and generous with their information and help. Everyone benefits from these meetings.
You can also read my article about Savor the Success on my other blog, RobinBarrBuzz.
We meet in Tustin. If you'd like to attend, contact Ann Baker, the group leader, at Ann@PublicityPros.net, or by phone at 213-785-8835. Ann owns Publicity Pros, specializing in PR for small business.
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If deploying the army to hospitals isn't proof of an overwhelmed NHS, what is?
The service was already collapsing long before the arrival of Covid, and there is little sign of it receiving funding it needs
'TV news may need images of stretchers laid out on winter pavements, but ambulances were already queuing for hours outside A&Es before the pandemic.' Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
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When is the NHS overwhelmed? When the army is called in. The military has been summoned to deal with chronic staff shortages. Some will be doctors; others will greet patients and keep stocks maintained. But this is only the latest distress flare from our austerity-stricken and staff-starved health service. Is it "overwhelmed" now the NHS is running out of lateral flow tests for its own staff, the latest government procurement disaster?
Boris Johnson wisely says: "I won't provide a definition of what being overwhelmed would constitute". But for Alastair McLellan, editor of the Health Service Journal, the NHS is long past the point where words can describe the state it's in. "We've run out of language," he says. "We've exhausted the adverbs and adjectives. The thesaurus has run dry."
TV news may need images of stretchers laid out on winter pavements, but ambulances were already queueing for hours outside A&Es before the pandemic. We hear of ambulance services telling patients with heart attacks and strokes to get a lift to hospital. Even during the winters before Covid, we'd grown used to trolleys lined up in corridors and 12-hour admission waits. GP appointments had long grown scarce. Cancer delays are the longest on record. Expect no tipping points: "This is the new normal," a London teaching hospital medical director warns me.
At least 24 NHS trusts declare critical incidents due to Covid pressures
The admirable NHS "copes". It triages and triages again, treating people according to available beds and who is nearest to death. That's rationing, a word politicians shun. Waiting used to be the traditional rationing mechanism in a financially capped system. There's no mystery as to why this is happening: waiting lists rise and fall according to the level of funding. Seasoned observers used to assume queueing was a permanent function, until New Labour all but abolished waiting times, ensuring everyone was treated within 18 weeks from GP to hospital. During the post-2010 austerity years, funding increases fell behind the country's growing, ageing population. By 2017, waiting lists had risen to just over 4 million.
Let's hope that despite the record infection rates we've seen in recent days, hospitalisations stay low enough so that the NHS still "copes". If so, Johnson will get away with his high-risk plan B, with its new year pubbing and clubbing in the face of scientists' concerns. But you wouldn't praise someone for surviving a dash across the M1 with their eyes shut, especially if we all had to run across with him.
Covid may calm to a low permanency within months, but what then for the NHS? In the trail of the pandemic is a fast-rising, 6 million-strong waiting list – Sajid Javid even warns of far higher. Nigel Edwards, the Nuffield Trust's chief executive, along with anyone else you ask, warns of exhausted staff and rising vacancies, with people quitting and retiring early, while long Covid and untreated illnesses add to the burden. According to the Royal College of Nursing, half of nurses are over 50, one in five leaves during training, one in three in their first year, while social care is even more bereft.
A new report from the health and social care select committee blames the government for refusing to build a future workforce strategy. Perversely, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt's amendment to the health and care bill, calling for a regular independent assessment on workforce estimates, was knocked down by the government in November, and Hunt's demand for one kicked away again at PMQs this week. Staffing costs take up 70% of the NHS budget, so the Treasury knows that putting numbers on the needs of the next decade will expose severe underfunding.
It takes 10 years to train a consultant and four years to train a nurse, but their training was one of the first things to be cut in 2010: more nursing places have been added since, but entire cohorts are still missing. The NHS England (NHSE) People Plan last year offered kindly advice on retaining staff, but the Treasury banned it from adding hard numbers for future needs. Health Education England held out for training funds, a sum that has still not been fixed, but the body has been punished and demoted, merged into NHSE and losing its voice to speak out.
On Christmas Eve, NHSE produced 10 goals for the year, a wish list to send up the chimney asking for everything: "outstanding care", "tackling the elective backlog", "growth" in mental and community services – and much more. (There was no mention of Covid lessons or the need for permanent emergency preparation for the next contagion.) There will be no money for anything but bare-bones "coping". The Financial Times' annual poll of 100 economists predicts we will trail other rich countries in economic recovery this year. John Appleby, chief economist at the Nuffield Trust, warns that although the government promises the NHS £5.4bn in extra funding, hospitals have already overspent by £4-5bn, so much of that funding will vanish in repaying debts. Covid emergency money stops in April.
The big question – for government and voters – is how much more they want to spend on health. Labour proved it's not a "bottomless pit", but you get what you pay for. Forget the groundswell of calls for "reform" from ignoramus Tory voices who imagine French and German "insurance" schemes magic up more private money. The only major difference from our national insurance is that they pay more and get more per head – beds, doctors, nurses and results. In this forever undertaxed country the tax revenue is 33% of GDP, while the 14 EU states pay an average 39%, according to the IFS.
Would we pay that EU average? A bigger question: should we really spend such a high proportion on the NHS and care, weighted towards the last years of people my age, while education suffers? Teachers have seen their pay cut by 8% since 2007, while FE and schools are miserably threadbare, denuded of arts and sports.
The unavoidable answer is yes, voters will put the NHS first: once the emergency passes the government will face angry patients. The sobering experience of Labour's years, says Ben Page of Ipsos Mori, is that people waiting for hip and knee surgery notice no cut in waiting times until they drop right down to three months; anything above is unacceptable. But after the years of underfunding, restoring the NHS to its 2010 state is unthinkable: that's another 10-year project that requires high funding. The government itself may feel "overwhelmed" when public complaints at its decade of damage swell into an NHS political crisis, too late for any easy solutions.
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist
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Established in 1983, the Westshore Alliance is a business-based, membership-driven organization dedicated to promoting, shaping future growth and fostering economic prosperity of the Westshore Business District. Responding to the needs defined by their membership – 400 companies large and small – the Alliance has made progress in the areas of crime prevention, education, area marketing of the District, beautification, transportation and improving the working environment of Westshore – Florida's largest commercial business district and one of most dynamic regional activity centers.
Ann Kulig joined the Westshore Alliance as Director of Marketing in 2002 and was promoted to Deputy Director in 2014. In her current role, she manages the operations of the Westshore Alliance, a membership based organization dedicated to improving Tampa's Westshore district. She and the Alliance's leadership work together on initiatives important to the business community including transportation, beautification, public safety, and marketing of the area. Prior to joining the Alliance, Kulig spent more than 15 years in a variety of marketing roles with technology, banking, and professional services firms in the Tampa Bay area. She earned a master's of business administration degree from the University of South Florida and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce and Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Council, the Advisory Board of Visit Tampa Bay, and the Arts Advisory Council at MacDonald Training Center.


There are so many natural beauties on the islands that some travelers may overlook the capital city of Roseau. True, it's a bit crowded and noisy, but there are a few attractions worth seeing, particularly the Dominica Museum which gives you a good introduction to the culture of the island. It's located in an old court house.
The Anglican Cathedral is another sight worth seeing. In the old centre there are many cobbelstone streets with small shops and houses. The cobblestones were originally shipped in as ballast for the ships with early planters and traders. The best area for shopping is around Cork Street or on the banks of the Roseau river where you find small stalls.
Fort Young Hotel is an excellent place to have lunch. It's an old English fort dating from the 18th century and it serves good food.
The Botanical Gardens contain examples of most of the trees, shrubs and flowers found on the island. It is also the HQ of the National Park Office - a goldmine for maps and guides.


There are certain things in our homes that we never really remember to change until they get damaged. One of those things is bathroom accessories. It never really crosses your mind because frankly, they are not exactly perishable. The only time it actually does is probably when we change houses particularly if it's a new one where you want everything nice and sparkly.
So, you might not be changing homes but you definitely know someone who is. Whether a family member or a loved one. Better still, you might not even know anyone changing homes, but you just need to gift them something just because. These bathroom accessories will make fantastic gifts.
Here are six options you can choose from.
The bathroom accessories are made up of a toothbrush holder and a soap dispenser which is a necessity for everyone so you are never out of place gifting someone.
Also, remember that you can personalize these gifts however you choose but particularly with their names.
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Using a recombinant luminescent Nitrosomonas europaea assay to quantify biological nitrification inhibition (BNI), we found that a wild relative of wheat (Leymus racemosus (Lam.) Tzvelev) had a high BNI capacity and releases about 20 times more BNI compounds (about 30 ATU g−1 root dry weight 24 h−1) than Triticum aestivum L. (cultivated wheat). The root exudate from cultivated wheat has no inhibitory effect on nitrification when applied to soil; however, the root exudate from L. racemous suppressed formation and kept more than 90% of the soil's inorganic-N in the -form for 60 days. The high-BNI capacity of L. racemosus is mostly associated with chromosome Lr#n. Two other chromosomes Lr#J, and Lr#I also have an influence on BNI production. Tolerance of L. racemosus to is controlled by chromosome 7Lr#1-1. Sustained release of BNI compounds occurred only in the presence of in the root environment. Given the level of BNI production expressed in DALr#n and assuming normal plant growth, we estimated that nearly 87,500,000 ATU of BNI activity ha−1 day−1 could be released in a field of vigorously growing wheat; this amounts to the equivalent of the inhibitory effect from the application of 52.5 g of the synthetic nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin (one AT unit of BNI activity is equivalent to 0.6 μg of nitrapyrin). At this rate of BNI production it would take only 19 days for a BNI-enabled wheat crop to produce the inhibitory power of a standard commercial application of nitrapyrin, 1 kg ha−1. The synthetic nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, blocked specifically the AMO (ammonia monooxygenase) pathway, while the BNI from L. racemosus blocked the HAO (hydroxylamine oxidoreductase) pathway in Nitrosomonas. Here we report the first finding of high production of BNI in a wild relative of any cereal and its successful introduction and expression in cultivated wheat. These results demonstrate the potential for empowering the new generation of wheat cultivars with high-BNI capacity to control nitrification in wheat-production systems.


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Installation view of Temple Contemporary's reFORM exhibition, 2015. Photo by Tim Gibbon.
Temple Contemporary commissioned 2006 Pew Fellow and MacArthur Fellow Pepón Osorio to create a new installation that responds to recent Philadelphia school closings—specifically addressing the loss of Fairhill Elementary School in North Philadelphia, not far from Temple University. Many of the materials used in the building of reFORM—from the floor to the ceiling—have been salvaged from Fairhill School after its closing in 2013. Osorio's artistic process for this project was guided by months of conversations with students, parents, teachers, and administrators from Fairhill as well as previous members of the School Reform Commission.
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Asian Arts Initiative's Pearl Street July Clean-up
As an extension of its Pearl Street and Social Practice Lab programming, Asian Arts Initiative invites volunteers to work with Chinatown North and Callowhill residents and neighbors, in maintaining the Pearl Street alleyway.
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The first comprehensive museum exhibition of James Castle's work consisted of over 300 drawings, text works, and handmade books.
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Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Strange Currencies, The Galleries at Moore host a conversation between Mexico City-based artist and activist Minerva Cuevas and Creative Time Chief Curator Nato Thompson about the effects of socially engaged art practices.
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The History Truck W.I.C. Work/Shop in South Philadelphia
The History Truck visits South Philadelphia, where the public is invited to share their experiences with the Women, Infants, and Children (W.I.C.) nutritional assistance program.
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Cliveden Conversation: Ned Hector & African Americans during the Revolution with Noah Lewis
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A multidisciplinary cohort of artists will consider how SAADA's materials can inform new works that grapple with questions of identity and belonging, and create a platform for overlooked histories.
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Cliveden's Living Kitchens: They Lived Where They Worked
Joseph McGill, founder of The Slave Dwelling Project, Inc., discusses his research findings based on sleeping in extant slave dwellings, as part of the "Kitchen Conversations" series hosted by Cliveden of the National Trust.
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Now Available: New Center-Funded Publications from Philadelphia Photo Arts Center and Michener Art Museum
Two recently completed Center-supported projects have released extensive publications documenting visual art exhibitions and a community engagement initiative.
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Chronicling Resistance, Enabling Resistance: Listening Sessions
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries' (PACSCL) holds a series of community listening sessions to facilitate discussions between activists, archivists, and the general public.
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Ruth Estévez
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Aux Performance Space Presents: an evening of lectures by Ingrid Schaffner and Anthony Romero
The first in a series of events organized by AUX's fourth Curatorial Fellow, Anthony Romero, the evening will consist of lectures by Romero and ICA curator Ingrid Schaffner, followed by a screening of Marlon T. Riggs' Tongues Untied from 1989.
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Muslim Voices Screening at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
Muslim Voices of Philadelphia, an oral history media project that explores the rich and diverse history of Muslim communities in the Philadelphia region, is being screened at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York.
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Ubuntu 16.10 and Gentoo are now available on beta!
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Samsø Island is 100% Renewable
By George Harvey
Samsø is an island off the northeastern coast of the mainland part of Denmark. It is about 43 square miles and has a population of about 4000. It is well known for its strawberries, and people from elsewhere in Europe have berry-picking vacations there. It is also known for new potatoes that are considered a delicacy in Parisian restaurants and sometimes fetch prices upwards of $100 per pound.
Main street of Ballen, a village on the Danish island of Samsø
In 1997, Samsø won a contest by the Danish government, making it the focus of an effort to bring an island to 100% renewable power. This gave the islanders the benefit of some support from the central government, but did not provide all their financing. They did much of that part themselves.
Work began in earnest eight years ago. At the time, 100% of energy in Samsø came from imported fossil fuels. Islanders were emitting 11 ton of carbon dioxide per capita each year, one of the highest rates in Europe. Money to pay for the fossil fuels was flowing out of the community as fast as money to buy strawberries and potatoes was coming in.
Since that time, 11 onshore and 10 offshore wind generators have been installed. Nine of the onshore turbines are owned by local farmers, with the others owned by co-ops. Offshore turbines provide power to offset fossil fuels imported for vehicles, though ultimately, vehicles should be switching to local fuel sources.
Nearly two-thirds of all buildings are now heated by three district heating systems, powered by locally grown straw. Other buildings get solar heat, biomass from straw or wood pellets, or use ground-source heat pumps.
Now, two years ahead of schedule, Samsø is arguably 100% renewably powered, with energy exports exceeding imports and offsetting remaining fossil fuel usage by vehicles. In eight years, the island has switched from one of the most heavily dependent places in Europe, with one of the largest per capita carbon footprints, to one of the most independent, with carbon emissions among the smallest.
NIMBYism is not a problem unique to English-speaking lands. Early on, windpower was the object of opposition. Soren Hermansen, a local farmer who teaches environmental studies, made it a personal task to make sure everyone understood the nature of both the problems the world is facing and the solutions the islanders could implement.
Eventually Hermansen understood that NIMBYism can be overcome by engaging people. The benefits of being able to be part of cooperative ownership of the facilities, saving money on energy, were clear.
In time, other benefits became clear, too. Permanent jobs, new businesses, and increased tourism all brought new income to the island. In 2007, the Samsø Energy Academy opened, providing renewable energy research, education, and training. The academy has exhibits and classes for people from other places. Now the islanders, who have become rather expert on renewable power, can share their knowledge with visitors.
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Statement from Kyle Taylor, Director of Athletics
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Below is a statement from Covenant College director of athletics Kyle Taylor:
"Covenant College has elected to forfeit the Women's Tennis USA South Conference championship match, scheduled for April 17, 2016. The championship match takes place on a Sunday, and as an institution owned and operated by the Presbyterian Church in America we observe the Sabbath by not competing in athletic events on Sunday. This conviction is clearly stated in our Student Handbook and is informed by the Bible, the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the PCA Book of Church Order.
In national tournaments, the NCAA makes accommodations for institutions that do not compete on a particular day for religious reasons. Bylaw 31.1.4.1 specifies that if an institution completes the Sport Sponsorship and Demographic Form they can be excused from competition on a particular day. The Covenant College Athletic Department has completed the necessary paperwork each year to apply for this exemption. While the NCAA has this policy, the USA South Athletic Conference is not bound to this. We have communicated with the other institutions in the USA South Athletic Conference, as well as the conference office, that we will not compete in athletic events on Sunday."
Please direct any questions to Kyle Taylor, director of athletics.
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June 8, 2016 108 Student-Athletes Earn USA South All-Academic
May 20, 2016 Student-Athletes Named to Dean's List for Spring 2016
May 18, 2016 Eddy Commits to Covenant, Women's Tennis
April 25, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 34 (April 18-23, 2016)
April 17, 2016 Statement from Kyle Taylor, Director of Athletics
April 16, 2016 Women's Tennis Moves Past NC Wesleyan in USA South Semifinals
April 15, 2016 FOLLOW: Women's Tennis at USA South Tournament
April 14, 2016 Hirte Named Coach of the Year, Three Earn Women's Tennis All-Conference
April 12, 2016 Women's Tennis Match vs. Agnes Scott Postponed
April 10, 2016 No. 2 Seed Women's Tennis Earns Bye in USA South Tournament
April 9, 2016 Women's Tennis Wins 10th Straight USA South Match
April 8, 2016 Women's Tennis Defeats LaGrange, 8-1
April 7, 2016 Friday's Tennis Matches Moved to Manker Patten
April 5, 2016 Women's Tennis Falls at Sewanee in Battle of Regionally Ranked Teams
April 3, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 31 (March 28-April 2, 2016)
April 2, 2016 Women's Tennis Sends Seniors Out with Two Wins
March 31, 2016 Thursday Tennis Matches Postponed
March 31, 2016 Women's Tennis Regionally Ranked for First Time
March 27, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 30 (March 21-26, 2016)
March 26, 2016 Luger's Clincher Gives Women's Tennis Thrilling 5-4 Win at Meredith
March 25, 2016 Women's Tennis Cruises Past William Peace, 9-0
March 19, 2016 Women's Tennis Defeats Averett, Falls to Centre
March 16, 2016 Women's Tennis Takes Victory at Regionally Ranked Berry
March 14, 2016 DeLuca Earns USA South Player of the Week Honors
March 13, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 27 (March 7-12, 2016)
March 12, 2016 Women's Tennis Wins Two USA South Matches
March 6, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 27 (Feb. 29-March 5, 2016)
March 4, 2016 Despite Close Matches, Women's Tennis Falls to Millsaps
February 28, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 26 (Feb. 22-27, 2016)
February 27, 2016 Smith Breaks Singles Record; Women's Tennis Wins Twice
February 25, 2016 Friday's Women's Tennis Match Postponed
February 22, 2016 Hall Tabbed USA South Player of the Week
February 20, 2016 Women's Tennis Tripped up by Methodist
February 19, 2016 Women's Tennis Defeats N.C. Wesleyan, 6-3
February 14, 2016 Scots Weekly: Week 24 (Feb. 8-13, 2016)
February 13, 2016 Women's Tennis Falls to Birmingham Southern
February 11, 2016 Preview: Women's Tennis Aiming High in 2016
February 10, 2016 Saturday Tennis Matches Moved to Racquet Club
January 28, 2016 Women's Tennis Picked Fourth in USA South Preseason Poll
December 16, 2015 Schedules Set for Spring Tennis Seasons
September 20, 2015 Scots Weekly: Week 2 (Sept. 14-19)
September 19, 2015 Women's Tennis Knocks off Snead State to Open 2015-16


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Climate Change: World 'losing the race'
UN chief warns leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos
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The world is "losing the race" against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned yesterday, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest runaway warming.
Guterres delivered a no-holds-barred appraisal to business and political leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which has featured much hand-wringing on the planetary crisis this week.
"In my opinion it is the most important global systemic threat in relation to the global economy," the UN secretary-general told his high-calibre audience.
"Climate change is running faster than what we are," he said. "I believe we are losing the race."
The business community and civil society are increasingly engaged, "but the political will is still very slow", he said, lamenting the position of climate doubters.
"We are moving dramatically into a runaway climate change if we are not able to stop it."
A UN summit last month in Poland, which was designed to advance the Paris climate accord, laid bare continuing fissures over the share of responsibility among countries to cap temperature rises.
The Paris accord has been shaken by the withdrawal of the United States under President Donald Trump, and by threats to do the same by Brazil's new hard-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro.
Guterres, on an earlier Facebook Live broadcast, said the commitments made in Paris were already "not enough" but was "not hopeful" that nations would find the necessary resolve.
"If what we agreed in Paris would be materialised, the temperature would rise more than 3.0 degrees (Celsius)," he said.
"We need countries to make stronger commitments," Guterres said, calling for more measures to mitigate climate change and adapt to it, along with financial aid for poorer countries.
A WEF survey ahead of the Davos meeting found climate change was the leading concern of forum participants around the world, noting in particular the growing frequency of extreme weather events.
Corporate executives in Davos such as Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of French energy giant Total, have been touting their own measures to transition to a greener economy.
"We don't look to renewables to be green," he told the CNBC channel in Davos yesterday, noting that electricity is the fastest-growing segment of the energy market.
"We look to renewables because it's the best way to go in to this electricity market, but the electricity market will require also natural gas, so natural gas and renewables."
Members of the Swiss Young Socialists demonstrate against the World Economic Forum during the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland yesterday. Photo: Reuters
'SUICIDE PACT'
But activists say companies are not doing nearly enough.
One vocal voice in Davos this week has been Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who has inspired a wave of climate protests by schoolchildren around the world after delivering a fiery speech at the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland last month.
"They (companies) have known exactly what priceless values they have been sacrificing to continue making unimaginable amounts of money," she told AFP in an interview.
Former secretary of state John Kerry, who signed the Paris accord for the United States in 2016, said 38 out of the 50 US states were implementing their own climate policies despite Trump's withdrawal and vocal scepticism on climate change.
The Paris pact was based partly on the expectation that the private sector would step up with new investment in areas such as batteries and solar panels, he noted.
"It's not happening enough, and even in Katowice recently, you saw the fight that was taking place, just to be able to try to be reasonable here," Kerry said in Davos Tuesday, also on CNBC.
"We're heading towards 4.0 degrees Centigrade increase in this century, and the passive indifference that most countries are accepting is basically a mutual suicide pact."
Another idea long in the mix of the climate debate is a carbon tax, which would factor in the polluting price of fossil fuels so as to discourage their use over time.
That has been anathema for many governments, including the United States well before Trump.
But it is gaining ground anew under an initiative by the Climate Leadership Council that is backed by 27 Nobel economics laureates and four former chairs of the Federal Reserve.
Ted Halstead, president of the US organisation, has been in Davos this week selling the idea of US households getting back the revenue raised, in the form of lump-sum rebates.
UN chief Antonio Guterres
Shanghai leads battle against China's rising mountain of trash
Dramatic warming projected in world's major cities by 2050
Bangladesh is our best teacher in climate change adaptation: Ban Ki-moon
Marshall Islands president in Dhaka
$33m project launched for people vulnerable to climate impacts


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It became known who will represent Air Astana in the UK and Ireland
The national airline of Kazakhstan "Air Astana" appointed Aviareps General Sales Agent (GSA) for the UK and Ireland. Thus, Aviareps will exclusively provide booking and ticketing services for Air Astana in these markets.
Today, Air Astana operates flights to more than 60 international and domestic destinations from its main hubs in Almaty and Nur-Sultan. In May 2022, the airline celebrated the 20th anniversary of its commercial flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan. Over the past 20 years, almost 60 million passengers and more than 250,000 tons of cargo have been transported, 600,000 flights have been completed. Air Astana currently operates flights on the London (Heathrow) — Almaty three times a week with connecting flights to the capitals of Central Asian countries Tashkent, Bishkek and Dushanbe.
Founded in Germany in 1994, Aviareps has 66 offices in 48 countries. The local Aviareps team in the UK will help Air Astana expand its presence in the UK and Ireland and increase sales in these markets. Aviareps currently represents Air Astana in a total of 5 markets: Germany, Austria, Italy, the UK and Ireland.
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PBS Launches Free Full-Length Video App for iPhone and iPod Touch and Antiques Roadshow Game App
Pasadena, CA – PBS announced today the App Store debut of the PBS App for iPhone and iPod touch, featuring more than 300 hours of free video, including full-length programs.
Also launching today, the PBS Antiques Roadshow game app, available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, lets players virtually collect, appraise and bid on real antiques with new collectibles from different cities added regularly.
"With a huge library from nearly 360 member stations and 1500 public media producers, PBS is delivering a rich on-demand experience and is now one of the first broadcasters to bring full-length video to the iPhone," said Jason Seiken, SVP, PBS Interactive, Product Development and Innovation. "There has been increasing demand for our content on other platforms – the PBS video player averages 22 minutes viewing time per program among audiences 18+ and ranks 19th among video sites, with more than 104 million streams. In addition, www.PBSKIDS.org is the #1 children's video site in streams and unique users, according to comScore."
The PBS App for the iPhone and iPod touch features more than 300 hours of free video, including full-length programming from FRONTLINE, PBS Newshour, and others, as well as scheduling details, previews, and a new tune-in reminder calendar that can be synced with iCal. This app was developed by PBS and Bottle Rocket Apps and comes on the heels of the already successful PBS App for iPad.
Based on the popular television series, the Antiques Roadshow App brings out the expert collector and appraiser in every Roadshow fan. Dozens of unique game challenges let players collect and store hundreds of virtual antiques based on images of real objects and actual values. Players appraise and learn about each item's history and value. Expert players can unlock a free play mode and scoop up extra rare items for their treasure chest.
"Antiques Roadshow remains a huge hit on-air, and local events draw large crowds. The series is part adventure, part history and part treasure hunt, and now the app takes it to another level, allowing players to become antiques dealers-in-training," said Marsha Bemko, Executive Producer, Antiques Roadshow. "No more waiting in line to get in. We've granted VIP access passes to everyone to indulge their inner appraiser."
The PBS App is available for free from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
The Antiques Roadshow App is available for $2.99 from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
PBS, with its nearly 360 member stations, offers all Americans — from every walk of life — the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online content. Each month, PBS reaches 117 million people through television and 20 million people online, inviting them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature and public affairs; to hear diverse viewpoints; and to take front row seats to world-class drama and performances.
PBS' broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry's most coveted award competitions. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. PBS' premier children's TV programming and its website, pbskids.org, are parents' and teachers' most trusted partners in inspiring and nurturing curiosity and love of learning in children. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org websites on the Internet.
About Antiques Roadshow
Part adventure, part history lesson, and part treasure hunt, eight-time Emmy-nominated Antiques Roadshow marks its fifteenth season in 2011. PBS's highest-rated series, Roadshow is seen by more than nine million viewers each week. In each hour-long Roadshow episode, specialists from the country's leading auction houses and independent dealers from across the nation offer free appraisals of antiques and collectibles. Host Mark L. Walberg welcomes back viewers to join the journey through America's attics and basements, starting Monday, January 3rd, 2011 at 8/7C on PBS.
About Bottle Rocket Apps
Bottle Rocket Apps (www.bottlerocketapps.com) is a full-service mobile app development firm, focused on creating mission-critical, premium brand experiences on the Apple iPhone and iPad and on Android devices. The company's apps have won numerous industry accolades for innovative and user-centered design, and frequently appear at the top of their categories on the iTunes App Store. The Bottle Rocket team of senior strategists, architects, developers and artists work their magic from the company's offices in Dallas, Texas.
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Jesse James is a 1927 American silent Western film produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starred cowboy star Fred Thomson whose wife Frances Marion wrote the scenario under the nom de plume Frank M. Clifton.

The film was a light approach on the life of the famous outlaw, Jesse James, and was not popular with a large segment of the audience. Jesse E. James, the outlaw's son, served as technical advisor on the film.

Cast
 Fred Thomson as Jesse James
 Nora Lane as Zerelda Mimms
 Montagu Love as Frederick Mimms
 Mary Carr as Mrs. Zerelda Samuels
 James Pierce as Frank James
 Harry Woods as Bob Ford
 William Courtright as Parson Bill
 Silver King the Horse as Fred Thomson's steed
 Ruby Fornes (uncredited)
 Johnny Downs as Jesse James as a boy (uncredited)

Preservation status
Both IMDB and Lost Film Files have this film as being a lost film while silentera.com states that "a print exists".

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Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Paramount Pictures films
1927 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Lost Western (genre) films
Films set in the 19th century
1920s historical films
American historical films
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Silent American Western (genre) films
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There appears to be no over-riding operational reason why such a merger should not go ahead. The reasons why it has not happened previously are probably more political than anything. There are certainly a few obstacles to overcome and any changes may have to be phased in over the longer-term and not immediately.
Clearly a 12% increase in tax for pensioners could not be contemplated but a corresponding increase in their personal tax allowances could be introduced to effectively maintain the status quo. Alternatively, lower rate of tax could be made in relation to pensioners income and in connection with other areas which are not currently subject to NI contributions (e.g. savings income, dividends and capital gains).
I doubt that ending of the contributory principle would be seen as that much of a loss. This might hasten the development of the Citizen's Pension, i.e. a state pension based on a residency test not on NI contributions, with other short term welfare benefits such as Incapacity Benefit and Contributory Job Seekers Allowance related to a recent record of earnings ( as Maternity Benefit is) and not contributions.
Other factors such as redundancies etc are a consequence of a much simpler, stream lined system and maybe the government will see them as a price worth paying for the substantial savings on administration costs that will result.


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In five pages the changes between the American government and the public resulting from the Great Depression are examined within the context of the labor movement and the actions protested during this time period and how the New Deal and the American Labor Movement contributed to initiating change. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
Title: "Great Depression and the American Labor Movement"


I just had to share some behind the scenes photos from Vallery's bridal prep. Her wedding photos are too good to not share with you! Her bridal prep was done at the Hyatt in Valencia, CA. Vallery has naturally gorgeous long hair that was curled and set, to prolong her hairstyle throughout the day. Airbrush makeup was a must for the all day event. As you can see, the airbrush makeup created a flawless finish on her beautiful skin. Individual lashes were applied for a natural, yet full look to help accentuate her gorgeous brown eyes. The bride wanted a soft smokey eye, and I think this was the perfect fit for her look and style.


Whether you are drafting your will for the first time, making changes as your circumstances change or taking precautions in the event of diminished capacity, we have the knowledge and experience to simplify the process.
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Whether your drafting your will for the first time, making changes as your circumstances change or taking precautions in the event of diminished capacity, we have the knowledge and experience to simplify the process and ensure your legacy wishes are carried out. Our wills and estate practice covers all areas of estate planning, including wills, Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements. We take the time to carefully consider your financial and life affairs and ask questions to find out more about you so that we can ensure appropriate arrangements are made for the transfer of your assets and protection of your family, including children.
It is important to keep your will current; we recommend everyone review their will every five years, or when circumstances change, such as in the event of a birth of a child, deaths in the family, divorce or separation, or any change in your financial circumstances. In addition to a will, we recommend all our client's execute a Power of Attorney / Representation Agreement to cover situations where you become physically or mentally incapacitated.
We get it, the cost of a will may seem excessive when you have real life bills to pay. But not the consequences of not having a legally valid will can be immeasurable. A will is one of your most important financial planning documents, allowing you to make informed decisions about the control and transfer of the assets it took you a lifetime to build. Get it wrong and your beneficiaries may not inherit anything or be stuck for years in probate process. Do not risk it with a DIY will, which may cause your loved ones unnecessary heartache when you can't do anything about it.
Estate planning is more than ensuring that you have an up-to-date and valid will. Rather, it is about ensuring the smooth transition of wealth from one generation to the next in the most tax-effective manner and with appropriate asset protection, so your assets are protected from disputes, bankruptcy and relationship breakdown.
Choose an appropriate executor of your estate.
Draft your will to effectively transfer your assets to your chosen beneficiaries in a tax effective manner.
Understand the nature and make up of your estate.
Appoint appropriate attorneys to act for you in making important lifestyle and financial decisions.
A will is the only way to ensure that your legacy is distributed the way you intended – every adult who owns assets, has a spouse or children, should have properly executed and drafted will. A will should be updated circumstances change as personal events such as marriage or divorce may affect your will and could render your will invalid.
If you die without a Will in BC, the Wills, Estate and Succession Act sets out who will benefit from your estate. Under this Act, spouses and children rank first, followed by grandchildren then parents, then brothers and sisters.
What's a Power of Attorney / Personal Directive?
A Power of Attorney is a document in which you can appoint someone to take care of your financial affairs. A Power of Attorney ceases in the case of mental incapacity on the part of the donor, whereas an enduring Power of Attorney survives any mental infirmity on your part.
A Personal Directive gives the power to make decisions about your health and well being, should you lose mental capacity to make these decisions for yourself. If you lose capacity without a personal directive someone would need to make an application to court for guardianship in order to make these decisions for you.
Is My Will Valid / Can It Be Challenged?
For a will to be legally valid, you must be over the age of 18, it must be in writing, signed by you and witnessed by two witnesses and you must have had "testamentary capacity" – which means you understood the will, were aware of the effect of the will, knew the extent of your assets and who was benefiting from your will.
Having a will drafted by a lawyer is the best protection to preventing your will from being challenged. If someone is going to challenge your will, they may argue that it was incorrectly executed, that the will was tampered with, that the maker lacked testamentary capacity, or that the meaning of the will was unclear.


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Bra Boys
A documentary about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beachside suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by it's youth – particularly the notorious surf gang, the Bra Boys (Marou'bra' – get it?). More
It is the first full-length film project officially sanctioned by the Bra Boys and it shows their success in professional big wave surfing, as well as exploring their international reputation for hard partying and rough justice, touching on their running battle with authorities and showing their absolute reliance on one another to fit into society.
Central to the story are the Abberton brothers – Sunny, Koby, Jai and Dakota … one charged with murdering a Sydney man, another pursuing a professional surf career but charged as an accessory in his brother's legal fight, another trying to hold the family together and a young brother whose inheritance is his siblings' notoriety.
Directed by Sunny Abberton
2007Rating: R16, contains violence & offensive language90 minsAustralia
Sunny Abberton (feature debut)
Stuart Beattie
Bra Boys | Reviews
59%29 reviews
Urban Cinefile
Technically as rough-and-tumble as its subject matter, Bra Boys is a rare mix of surf movie, buddy movie and social documentary. While it can't be accused of being an impartial film, it is genuine and heartfelt, tracing the story of the three Abberton brothers...
It's the debut of a new style of "gangsta" surf movie that has its antecedents in US subculture films such as Dogtown and Z boys (2001), and an earlier Australian genre: the bushranging film... Bra Boys is an accomplished, if contradictory, piece of work. It gives a vivid sense of the cult of masculinity in a working-class Sydney beach suburb, the rampant physicality that values a brawl as much as a barrel, and it's just as clearly a work of bravado, a legend-making exercise, but I didn't mind that...
Christchurch Press
The Abberton boys and their associates are portrayed not only as heroes and all-round good guys, but also the innocent victims of the authorities who pick on them. You can't have it both ways, surely?... From a social anthropology standpoint it's interesting, in the same way that Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) was, but Bra Boys lacks the same polish and craftsmanship...