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WHAT IS TCM?
Miracle of Qi
Meridian Connection
Yin / Yang Theory
Five Element Framework
Five Major Organs
Progression of Health Issues
Benefits of Wu Ming Qigong
Qigong Systems
Finding a Qigong Master
Origins of Wu Ming Qigong
DRAGON'S WAY QIGONG®
About Dragon's Way Qigong®
Sample Eating Plan
Breast Cancer Prevention Project
Dragon's Way® Qigong
"The whole purpose of Qigong practice is to help you open up, to use your 'Inner-net,' to connect to the unlimited power and the unlimited wisdom of the universe that is called life force." - Grand Master Nan Lu
"The ultimate goal of Wu Ming Qigong is to discover your true purpose."
What is Qigong?
Qigong is an ancient energy practice passed down by ancient masters who understood the interconnections inherent in the Universe and between man and nature. They understood how certain movements and postures could rebalance the body, mind, and spirit by connecting to Universal energy. The life force or energy that animates everything in the universe and your body is the very essence of Qigong. It's no surprise to learn that TCM doctors were Qigong masters. Qigong is not physical exercise. It moves beyond the muscle and tissue and works in your body at the energy level. Listen to an interview with Grand Master Lu on Qigong.
Literally meaning "energy work," Qigong breaks down energy blockages and promotes the free flow of energy throughout your body's meridian system, the invisible pathways through which Qi moves and that connect everything in your body.
Consistent Qigong practice increases and balances your body's Qi. Working directly on your body's meridian system—your energy body—it stimulates and nourishes the internal organs, making the energetic communication between them more efficient. And by increasing the effectiveness of all body systems, Qigong helps build Qi. In order to have good health you must have sufficient Qi that flows freely throughout your body and your internal organs must function together in harmony.
In as little as 20 minutes of Qigong practice a day, you can replenish your body's Qi at a very deep level, reawakening your body's natural self-healing capacity. It is completely possible to overcome any chronic physical or emotional issues you may be experiencing and dramatically improve your quality of life in a non-invasive way. For those who are truly ready to engage with life and health issues on a more profound level, serious practice of Qigong and a deep commitment to change can not only entirely transform your physical health but also your life direction and way of being.
What Is Wu Ming Qigong?
While there are literally tens of thousands of systems of Qigong, it is important to note that everything discussed on our site relates to Wu Ming Qigong. No one knows exactly how old the practice of Qigong is, but it has been documented for thousands of years. Its standing and moving postures have the ability to help an individual discover his or her own healing potential.
Wu Ming Qigong lineage dates back to the ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu.
On the deepest level, Wu Ming Qigong has the ability to activate the body's genetic code and even has the power to create healing miracles.
"Spirit is something unknowable."
In ancient times, Wu Ming Qigong was used for martial arts to help the body maintain its health. At the mind level, Qigong was used to understand the relationship between the body and the mind and its connectedness to the healing power of nature. At its highest level, Qigong was used to achieve longevity and connect to the Universal. Five thousand years later, Wu Ming Qigong still offers the same tremendous healing benefits for those who dedicate themselves to this practice.
Some systems are related to martial arts. Breathing and visualization techniques are employed by certain Qigong systems, while gentle movements and stationary postures are used by others. It's important to note that the various Qigong systems work on your energy in unique ways, which is why it is NOT advised to practice different systems at the same time.
Start practicing Qigong now and feel it's healing effect. Here's a program developed by Grand Master Lu that you can try. Dragon's Way Qigong ®
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With challenging schedules, difficult jobs, and frequent relocation and travel, military members are especially vulnerable to identity theft. Identity theft occurs when your personal information is taken and used without your permission.
Skilled identity thieves use a variety of methods to gain access to your personal information - often without your knowledge, and despite your best efforts to guard it.
1. Identity thieves may get information from businesses or other institutions by stealing records from businesses in which they work, bribing employees who have access to records, hacking records, or conning information out of other employees.
2. Identity thieves may steal your mail, including bank or credit card statements, credit card offers, new checks, and tax information.
3. Identity thieves may rummage through your trash, the trash of businesses, or public trash dumps.
4. Identity thieves may abuse their employer's authorized access to your personal information.
5. Identity thieves may impersonate a landlord, employer, or someone else who may have a legal right to access your data.
6. Identity thieves may steal your credit or debit card numbers in a technique known as "skimming," where thieves capture card information in a data storage device. This generally occurs when your card is swiped for an actual purchase, or may occur when a skimming device is attached to an ATM machine.
7. Identity thieves may steal your wallet or purse.
8. Identity thieves may complete a change of address form to divert your mail to an alternate location.
9. Identity thieves may steal personal information they find in your home.
10. Identity thieves may use a phone or email to engage in "phishing," where thieves pose as a legitimate company and request personal information, often claiming that you have a problem with an account.
Identity theft is a serious crime, and recovery can take months or even years. Take active steps to guard your personal information, and keep track of your finances and credit information – while these efforts may not stop identity theft entirely, they will go a long way towards prevention.
Contact one of the three major credit reporting firms (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) and request that a fraud alert be placed on your credit report. This may prevent the thief from opening any additional accounts using your personal information.
Placing a fraud alert on your credit reports entitles you to free credit reports upon request. You should review your reports for any unauthorized or unexplained transactions, account, or other improper information.
An Identity Theft Report can help remove fraudulent information from a credit report, stop companies from collecting debt that was created by an identity thief, and more. To create an Identity Theft Report, you must file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Once the complaint is filed, you will receive an Identity Theft Affidavit, which may be shown to local law enforcement investigating the incident. You can file a complaint by visiting the FTC website at www.ftc.gov/complaint.
Local law enforcement is the point of contact for any experiences you may have with identity theft. Provide law enforcement personnel with any documentation you have regarding the theft, including all relevant paperwork, correspondence, or other information. The more information you supply, the better.
Contact your bank or credit provider as soon as possible with information regarding your experience. Many institutions, particularly banks that issue debit cards, have specific policies regarding identity theft and unauthorized charges, including zero-liability policies for unauthorized transactions made using their accounts. The company may require information from law enforcement, so be prepared to provide a copy of the police report.
For further assistance, contact the Dover Air Force Base Legal Office at 677-3300.


Since 2001 the Cook County farmers and the Cook County Farm Bureau® have been celebrating Food Checkout Day.
Your Avocados and Olives are pricier because fat is in fashion -The Wall Street Journal .Farmers around the globe are struggling to keep up with an increasing global appetite for fats that are perceived as healthy, leading to long-term disruptions in food prices.
Design a bookmark illustrating how agriculture affects our lives each day. Whether it's enjoying a glass of milk from a cow, eating apples from a local grower, wearing clothes made from cotton, eating cereal made with wheat or reading a newspaper printed using soy ink. Show us how farmers impact our lives.
Cook County Farm Bureau® Vice-President Mike Rauch sent the following letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding revisions to the "Waters of the United States" rule.
The Cook County Farm Bureau and the University of Illinois Extension continue to partner on a project that benefits local Farm Bureau members and the general public.
The Super Bowl beer advertisement brewed belly-aches in my living room full of corn farmers. For a pain-staking 60 seconds, we watched Bud Light knights transport an oversized and unwanted barrel marked "corn syrup" in its medieval-themed advertisement.
"The Building of an Organization; Decade 2=Growing Pains"
Cook County Farm Bureau will achieve the 100-year milestone in March of 2020. 100 years is a magical number and we have been researching the organization's history in anticipation of the celebration.


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 Colòmbia: Santa Marta (Colòmbia), capital del departament del Magdalena
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 Santa Marta de los Barros, municipi de la província de Badajoz, a Extremadura
 Santa Marta del Cerro, municipi de la província de Segòvia, a Castella i Lleó
 Santa Marta de Magasca, municipi de la província de Càceres, a Extremadura
 Santa Marta de Tormes, municipi de la província de Salamanca, a Castella i Lleó
 Cubillas de Santa Marta, municipi de la província de Valladolid, a Castella i Lleó
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Afghans subjected to the label of 'queue jumper' will be puzzled by the leap made by those warm with Australian Defence personnel.
Memories flood back of the Vietnam war and the many Aussie interpreters that were left behind to an uncertain fate.
Personally I think it is good that they have allowed them entry because the Taliban will not be kind when they retake power.
Same shi# different page...Vietnam revisited; bring the "US cronies" home where they can build their drug-running empires in Australia; in the the peace fought for and lost, by the blood of Australians!
I'm sooo over this !
It must irk you beyond all reason that TA got this particular job done?
I find it amazing that you ignore the fact that every year Australia takes thousands of refugees and looks after them. What exactly do you want? How many million should come here until we are overwhelmed and reduced to the absolute rubbish these people are fleeing from?
Most of your fellow Australians are glad this nonsense is stopped and if it upsets you. then go join these wonderful people in their homes. See what welcome awaits you.
I just don't see where we were left with any other moral choice!
We look out for and after our own!
No if buts or maybes!
The Taliban and their self identifying fellow travelers won't like it!
But who gives a flying french Frankfurt, if the baby killing, drug barons/Satan's servants are displeased!
Binoy Kampmark "Afghans subjected to the withering, and fictitious label, of "queue jumper" will no doubt be puzzled by the momentous leap made by those warm with Australian Defence personnel."
They put their lives at risk fighting a totalitarian regime.
You ran away like a coward and tried to sneak in with no papers, hoping to disappear into the ghetto unnoticed.
What's there to be puzzled about?


Statistics Canada has reported that 11.3% of women have self-reported to using cannabis at least once in the past three months, and we at Accoutrements feel that women are imperative to driving change in the stigma around cannabis, specifically when it comes medical and health benefits.
A study by Deloitte initiated the conversation about changing demographics and trends in cannabis, with the new consumer being highly educated, aged 35-54, and likely to consume less than once per month. The study also highlighted that respondents used cannabis to relax, sleep, or reduce stress and anxiety, and that for women in particular, 74 percent said they used cannabis for relaxation or sleep, compared to 59 percent of men, and 69 percent of women did so for stress or anxiety relief, versus 55 percent of men. Women also reported using cannabis for medical reasons such as acute pain relief.
Furthermore, women represent a huge segment of the consumer market. While representing approximately 51% of the adult population, women account for an estimated $7 trillion in spending, and make or influence 85% of all consumer purchases. Even more important, women purchase premium and luxury-leaning brands from a place of empathy over status.
It's no wonder a recent report by CIBC highlighted that branding will be a key differentiator to the maturing cannabis market. Brands will need to create a premium experience for the new consumer.
This is why at Accoutrements, our mission is to create an approachable and luxurious experience for new or existing cannabis users.
So, to women everywhere, we say celebrate your power, both individually and collectively, and remember to #LiveLuxuriously.


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I have to admit, Thanksgiving just might be my favorite holiday. It might even pass Christmas (maybe). For me, the day is all about spending time with loved ones, giving thanks, traditions and food. Lots of food. In my family a lot of our traditions are focused around food, like this delicious Yam Casserole with Toasted Marshmallows. It's my grandma's recipe and it is part of our Thanksgiving menu each year. Even when I spend the holiday with my in-laws, I make this casserole because a Thanksgiving just isn't the same without it!
Today, I'm sharing two Thanksgiving side dishes that would make great additions to your Thanksgiving menu. A Yam Casserole with Toasted Marshmallows and Green Beans with Pancetta and Goat Cheese.
Green beans sauteed in I can't Believe It's Not Butter combined with crisp pancetta bites and melted goat cheese.
Wash and prepare the green beans and place them in a large pan on medium-high heat.
Place 2 Tablespoons of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter into the pan and saute the beans until tender. Remove from heat.
In a separate pan, place the 5 slices of pancetta and cook until crispy.
Using a spatula, remove the pancetta from the pan and place it into a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
Once the pancetta has cooled, crumble it into smaller pieces.
Mix with the green beans and stir in goat cheese crumbles.
Sweet yams boiled in sugar water and smothered in brown sugar, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Marshmallows.
Wash and peel the yams and cut them into quarters.
Place them in a large pot and cover with water and ½ sugar.
Boil until tender (about 30 minutes).
Drain sweet potatoes and place them in a 11X14 oven safe pan.
Sprinkle ½ cup of brown sugar and place ½ cup of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (cubed) evenly over the potatoes.
Cover with mini or large marshmallows.
Place the oven on broil and place the dish in the oven for 2-3 minutes or until the marshmallows begin to brown.
Sprinkle with additional brown sugar on top and serve.
Loving the green beans recipe!! I am working on what I will be making at Thanksgiving and am thinking this might be added to the list.
Those green beans just went on my must make list. I don't host Thanksgiving but, if I can't convince my mom to add them to our menu for that holiday, they will definitely make an appearance at Christmas.
Thanks for sharing! I love your recipes and I need all the help I can get in the kitchen! Especially since my mother-in-law may be coming for Thanksgiving!
My mouth is watering! What great recipes!
Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/creative-thanksgiving/ Have a great weekend!


New favorite piece: T by Alexander wang tank that I got for 50% off. Booya. I have a feeling that the exaggerated armholes/ exposed bra part might be a little too much for middle America, but I've since learned to deal with the awkward stares from strangers and friends alike.
One month until college. SO. EXCITED.
summer perfection..those boots and chanel make that outfit!
oh lala you look simply fab. love the top. the pants. oh everything.
this outfit looks so good! and love ur hairs.
I noticed that your hair always looks so touchable. Even your friends too!
I think I wore this same outfit today. Chanel bag included.
Cute bag! My guy friends are so trendy, they usually tell me what to buy.


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HeliTorque :: View topic - Boeing sees boom times for Chinook
HeliTorque Forum Index » News, Updates & Intel
Boeing sees boom times for Chinook
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:58 am Post subject: Boeing sees boom times for Chinook
Boeing has completed the second phase of the redevelopment of its Chinook production line as it continues to ramp up production of the aircraft. According to Leanne Caret, vice president of Chinook programmes, the company is now producing the aircraft at the highest rate in 20 years.
The $130 million capital investment in the factory, which is the largest ever made by the company, will allow Boeing to produce six aircraft a month, mainly new build F models for the US armed forces as well as variants for the international market.
The Chinook facility just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now has two production lines rather than a single line. One line is dedicated to building CH-47Fs while the other is being dedicated to international variants.
The US Army's F model programme of record now totals 464 aircraft of which Boeing has now delivered 132. Boeing has also delivered all 61 MH-47Gs ordered by the US Special Operations Command. However, Caret said the company was awaiting a contract to deliver a further eight MH-47Gs.
'It will be the first time the special ops community will get new airframes with all the unique features that they need to run that mission,' Caret stated.
Looking to the international market Caret said that Boeing believed there were a number of opportunities to interest countries in the CH-47F or a derivative. She said that she expected to see Australia order seven aircraft under a foreign military sales case by the end of the year, while India was also showing strong interest in the aircraft.
Caret said the Canadian Chinook programme will see the first aircraft go into production this summer.
'It really is the Chinook of the future and we are on contract to deliver 15 aircraft... It offers all the capabilities and technology that many of our customers desire,' she added.
The company is also still operating under the expectation that it will deliver 14 Chinook HC6 to the UK. Boeing is currently working under a time and a material contract from the Ministry of Defence to complete design work on the aircraft, which will differ from standard CH-47Fs in its avionics suite.
The contract covers the design work and also the placing of orders for long-lead items. Caret said that despite budget issues in the UK, expectation was still to load the production line with the UK aircraft in early 2012 once the contract for 12 +2 aircraft is finalised.
Boeing also believes there is likely to be interest internationally in the MH-47G configuration. Caret believes the capabilities of the G model are 'highly desirable' and expects interest in the aircraft to increase.
Darren Lake, Philadelphia
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Paul Ryan Gets a Proper New York City Greeting From Protesters Who Hate His Guts
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House Speaker Paul Ryan took a short breather between hacking away health insurance from millions of Americans and handing over huge tax cuts for the wealthy to head to a Harlem charter school on Tuesday. He was met by protesters who made it clear that he was far from welcome in New York City.
Ryan's visit to the Harlem Success Academy Charter School was first reported late Monday. The school, which is run by education privatization advocate Eva Moskowitz, is the same one that Ivanka Trump visited in February.
Dozens of protesters lined the blocks around the school. Ryan, perhaps intent on averting a nightmare like the one that greeted Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos when she visited a school in February, conveniently found a different way in as protesters chanted "shame."
But when he came out at the end, he could not escape the vicious boos.
UPDATE, 3:39 PM: Through a spokesperson, Ryan said in a statement: "Today was special— touring Success Academy, listening to these great kids and their committed teachers, hearing their stories. The quality of teacher training and preparedness was extraordinary."
In a separate statement provided to Fusion after the visit, Moskowitz managed to brag about the school scoring in the top 2% of all schools in the state while also not-so-subtly dissing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"I was pleased to welcome Speaker Ryan to our flagship school in Harlem today. The education crisis in our city and country is profoundly damaging to millions of children, and parent choice has proven to be an effective lever in education reform," she said in the statement. "I share Mayor de Blasio's view (in at least this one case), that open dialogue is essential in finding solutions to our most difficult problems."
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There were a few houses in a beautiful and magnificent village. The place was beautiful to see. A mule lived in that place. The mule was unexpectedly stuck in a house in a day. It is your duty to save the mule from there. It will help you to find the hidden clues where the mule has to save it from there. Find all the clues and save that mule from there and congratulate you to win the game. This game is highly desirable. The tricks of the trick are a little harder to find, but somehow it may be a matter of interest. Good luck and have a fun !


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Q: AWS SSL wildcard not working for subdomain I've created SSL certificate on AWS using Certificate Manager (ACM). I included the domain and wildcard in the list of domains for this certificate:

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Then I uploaded some application to Elastic Beanstalk. To redirect to the subdomain I added CNAME in Namecheap provider pointing from subdomain.mydomain.com to AWS app url.
The redirection works itself so I can see http://subdomain.mydomain.com but browser says it's not secure and https://subdomain.mydomain.com not working at all.
What am I missing?

A: To solve this problem I had to add 443 listener to the Load balancer for the application of this domain.
Why I didn't do it?
Because I forgot that a subdomain has its own application and doesn't inherit the domain app's configuration, so all the setting should be added separately.

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Gregory Edward "Greg" Hemphill (nacido el 14 de diciembre de 1969) es un actor, escritor, comediante y director escocés - canadiense .  También ha sido presentador en televisión y radio.  Junto con su compañero de comedia, Ford Kiernan , es más conocido en Escocia por sus apariciones en Still Game y Chewin 'the Fat . Fue rector de la Universidad de Glasgow 2001-2004.

Vida personal
Hemphill nació en Glasgow , Escocia, hijo de Edward, un contable colegiado , y Anne Hemphill (de soltera Brophy) una maestra.   La familia se fue de Escocia cuando Greg tenía doce años, y pasó gran parte de su infancia en Montreal , Quebec, Canadá, lo que ha contribuido a su acento distintivo, escocés-canadiense .    Regresó a Escocia para estudiar en la Universidad de Glasgow , donde obtuvo una maestría con honores en teatro, cine y televisión.  Está casado con la actriz Julie Wilson Nimmo , más conocida por interpretar a Miss Hoolie en Balamory .  La pareja tiene dos hijos juntos. Políticamente, apoya al Partido Nacional Escocés  y votó "Sí" a favor de la independencia en el referéndum de independencia escocés de 2014 .

Universidad de Glasgow
Hemphill fue uno de los cinco candidatos para el Rector de la Universidad de Glasgow en 2001.   Derrotó por poco a Alasdair Grey por el puesto y fue ampliamente elogiado por interesarse activamente en el papel de rector.   Su mandato duró tres años hasta 2001- 2004.

Carrera

Carrera temprana
Hemphill ha aparecido en varios proyectos.  En 1990, actuó en el Edinburgh Fringe con Rab Christie y Neil Warhurst como el " Trio Brothers Troup ", donde ganaron el trofeo de 1990 " So You Think You're Funny ".   Continuó su trabajo en el escenario, apareciendo en la presentación de God Plus Support en 1992 y en la popular ¿ Sólo una excusa? tour.  También se aventuró en la radio como el presentador original del programa de fútbol, Off the Ball en BBC Radio Scotland y Eddie Mair Live .

Hemphill y Kiernan escribieron siete episodios entre 1999 y 2000, para el popular programa de televisión infantil Hububb .  Estos fueron, Lullabubb, Top of the Bubbs, Conquer Leserest, Casual-Tea, Bubb Goes Boo, 2010: A Space Bubbsy y No Go Pogo.  Él invitado protagonizó junto a Kiernan en un episodio, que también escribió con Kiernan, Casual-Tea.  Sin embargo, sus actuaciones más conocidas son junto a Ford Kiernan en el programa televisivo de bocetos Chewin 'the Fat y su spin off, Still Game .  En la tercera serie de Still Game , el hermano de Hemphill, Steve, tiene un cameo como agente de elevación de la Torre CN .

Still Game
Tras el éxito de Chewin 'The Fat , Kiernan y Hemphill escribieron Still Game . Still Game se basó en la obra original que la pareja escribió para el Festival de Edimburgo en 1997.  Los personajes Jack Jarvis y Víctor McDade habían aparecido en las cuatro series de Chewin 'The Fat . Seis series y cuatro especiales que se emitieron entre 2002 y 2007.

En 2014, Still Game regresó, con un show en vivo en The SSE Hydro , donde Hemphill se reunió con Ford Kiernan. El espectáculo se agotó, y contó con el elenco original Paul Riley , Mark Cox , Jane McCarry , Sanjeev Kohli y Gavin Mitchell. La serie volvió a las pantallas de televisión en BBC One en octubre de 2016.

Kiernan y Hemphill anunciaron otro show en vivo para SSE Hydro en 2017.

Otro trabajo
Hemphill apareció en el drama de lengua gaélica escocesa , Eilbheas , en el que Hemphill interpretó el espíritu de Elvis ambientado en las islas occidentales .  Se mostró por primera vez en la noche de lanzamiento de la BBC Alba .     También ha escrito Appointment with the Wicker Man con Donald McLeary para el National Theatre of Scotland , una producción teatral sobre los intentos de una pequeña comunidad por producir una versión musical de The Wicker Man .

Hemphill ha estado involucrado en la escena de lucha escocesa, contra el actor, comediante y escritor Robert Florence .  Jugaron a rivales amargos en "Kelvin Brawl" en el Kelvin Hall de Glasgow el 21 de junio de 2013.  El comediante Frankie Boyle se convirtió en parte de esta empresa, desenmascarándose al final del partido.

La invitada de Hemphill protagonizó un episodio del galardonado programa de televisión infantil Katie Morag en 2014, interpretando el papel de Donald John Cameron.

Director de cine
En 2016, junto a Donald McLeary, Hemphill escribió el guion de la película de terror / comedia West Skerra Light .    En una duración de una hora, este fue su primer drama de larga duración como director de cine .   En 2017, junto con Hopscotch Films , Hemphill participó en la dirección del drama de caza de fantasmas de comedia negra Long Night at Blackstone .     Se proyectará en BBC ONE Scotland el 2 de abril.

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Enlaces externos

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On This Day In Tennis History Is Latest Book Release From New Chapter Press
November 11, 2008 by Tennis Grandstand
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New Chapter Press has announced the publication of its latest book – On This Day In Tennis History -a calendar-like compilation of historical and unique anniversaries, events and happenings from the world of tennis through the years – written by Randy Walker, the sports marketing and media specialist, tennis historian and former U.S. Tennis Association press officer.
On This Day In Tennis History ($19.95, 528 pages), is a fun and fact-filled, this compilation offers anniversaries, summaries, and anecdotes of events from the world of tennis for every day in the calendar year. Presented in a day-by-day format, the entries into this mini-encyclopedia include major tournament victory dates, summaries of the greatest matches ever played, trivia, and statistics as well as little-known and quirky happenings. Easy-to-use and packed with fascinating details, the book is the perfect companion for tennis and general sports fans alike and is an excellent gift idea for the holiday season. The book features fascinating and unique stories of players such as John McEnroe, Don Budge, Bill Tilden, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Jimmy Connors, Martina Navratilova, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Anna Kournikova among many others. On This Day In Tennis History is available for purchase via on-line book retailers and in bookstores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. More information on the book can be found at www.tennishistorybook.com
Said Hall of Famer Jim Courier of the book, "On This Day In Tennis History is a fun read that chronicles some of the most important-and unusual-moments in the annals of tennis. Randy Walker is an excellent narrator of tennis history and has done an incredible job of researching and compiling this entertaining volume." Said tennis historian Joel Drucker, author of Jimmy Connors Saved My Life, "An addictive feast that you can enjoy every possible way-dipping in for various morsels, devouring it day-by-day, or selectively finding essential ingredients. As a tennis writer, I will always keep this book at the head of my table." Said Bill Mountford, former Director of Tennis of the USTA National Tennis Center, "On This Day In Tennis History is an easy and unique way to absorb the greatest-and most quirky-moments in tennis history. It's best read a page a day!"
Walker is a writer, tennis historian and freelance publicist and sports marketer. A 12-year veteran of the U.S. Tennis Association's Marketing and Communications Division, he served as the press officer for the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1997 to 2005 and for the U.S. Olympic tennis teams in 1996, 2000 and 2004. He also served as the long-time editor of the U.S. Open Record Book during his tenure at the USTA from 1993 to 2005.
More information on the book can be found at www.tennistomes.com as well as on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1627089030&ref=name and on myspace at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=428100548
People mentioned in the book include, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Goran Ivanisevic, Andre Agassi, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Monica Seles, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Amelie Mauresmo, Anna Kounikova, Jennifer Capriati, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Martina Hingis, Gustavo Kuerten, Svetlana Kuznetsova, James Blake, Wilmer Allison, Mal Anderson, Arthur Ashe, Juliette Atkinson, Henry "Bunny" Austin, Tracy Austin, Boris Becker, Kark Behr, Pauline Betz, Bjorn Borg, Jean Borotra, John Bromwich, Norman Brookes, Louise Brough, Jacques Brugnon, Butch Buchholz, Don Budge, Maria Bueno, Rosie Casals, Michael Chang, Philippe Chatrier, Dodo Cheney, Henri Cochet, Maureen Connolly, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Ashley Cooper, Margaret Court, Jack Crawford, Allison Danzig, Dwight Davis, Lottie Dod, John Doeg, Laurence Doherty, Reggie Doherty, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Jaroslav Drobny, Margaret duPont, Francoise Durr, James Dwight, Stefan Edberg, Roy Emerson, Chis Evert, Bob Falkenburg, Neale Fraser, Shirley Fry, Althea Gibson, Pancho Gonzalez, Evonne Goolagong, Arthur Gore, Steffi Graf, Bitsy Grant, Darlene Hard, Doris Hart, Anne Jones, Gladys Heldman, Slew Hester, Bob Hewitt, Lew Hoad, Harry Hopman, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Joe Hunt, Frank Hunter, Helen Jacobs, Bill Johnston, Perry Jones, Bob Kelleher, Billie Jean King, Jan Kodes, Karel Kozeluh, Jack Kramer, Rene Lacoste, Bill Larned, Art Larsen, Rod Laver, Ivan Lendl, Suzanne Lenglen, George Lott, Gene Mako, Molla Mallory, Hana Mandlikova, Alice Marble, Dan Maskell, Simone Mathieu, Mark McCormack, John McEnroe, Ken McGregor, Kitty Godfree, Chuck McKinley, Maurice McLoughlin, Frew McMillian, Don McNeill, Elisabeth Moore, Angela Mortimer, Gardnar Mulloy, Ilie Nastase, Martina Navratilova, John Newcombe, Yannick Noah, Jana Novotna, Betty Nuthall, Alex Olmedo, Rafael Osuna, Frank Parker, Gerald Patterson, Budge Patty, Fred Perry, Nicola Pietrangeli, Adrian Quist, Patrick Rafter, Dennis Ralson, Vinnie Richards, Nancy Richey, Cliff Richey, Bobby Riggs, Tony Roche, Mervyn Rose, Ken Rosewall, Elizbeth Ryan, Gabriela Sabatini, Pete Sampras, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Manuel Santana, Dick Savitt, Ted Schroeder, Gene Scott, Richard Sears, Frank Sedgman, Pancho Segura, Vic Seixas, Frank Shields, Pam Shriver, Stan Smith, Fred Stolle, Bill Talbert, Bill Tilden, Tony Trabert, Lesley Turner, Jimmy Van Alen, John Van Ryn, Guillermo Vilas, Ellsworth Vines, Brian Gottfried, Virginia Wade, Holcombe Ward, Watson Washburn, Mal Whitman, Mats Wilander, Tony Wilding, Helen Wills Moody, Sidney Wood, Robert Wrenn, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Todd Woodbridge, Marat Safin, Leslie Allen, Sue Barker, Jonas Bjorkman, Mahesh Bhupathi, Donald Dell, Albert Costa, Mark Cox, Owen Davidson, Pat Cash, Mary Carillo, John Isner, Roscoe Tanner, Vijay Amritraj, Mark Woodforde, Tim Henman, Richard Krajicek, Conchita Martinez, Mary Joe Fernandez, Cliff Drysdale, Mark Edmondson, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Zina Garrson, Roland Garros, Wojtek Fibak, Tom Gullikson, Andres Gimeno, Vitas Gerulaitis, Fernando Gonzalez, Tim Henman, Goran Ivanisevic, Andrea Jaeger, Ivo Karlovic, Richard Krajicek, Petr Korda, Luke Jensen, Murphy Jensen, Rick Leach, Iva Majoil, Barry MacKay, Ivan Ljubicic, Cecil Mamiit, David Caldwell, Alex Metreveli, Nicolas Massu, Todd Martin, Gene Mayer, Thomas Muster, Tom Okker, Charlie Pasarell, Mary Pierce, Whitney Reed, Leander Paes, Renee Richards, Helen Sukova, Michael Stich, Betty Stove, Ion Tiriac, Brian Teacher, Wendy Turnbull, Richards, Fabrice Santoro, Ai Sugiyama, Patrick McEnroe, Camille Pin, Phil Dent, Jelena Dokic, Mark Edmondson, Gael Monfils, Xavier Malisse, Dinara Safina, Barry Lorge, Stefano Pescosolido, Fabrice Santoro, Roscoe Tanner, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Roger Smith, Erik van Dillen, Gene Mayer, Tamara Pasek, Stefan Koubek, Jie Zheng, Gisela Dulko, Kristian Pless, Chuck McKinley, Marty Riessen, Brad Gilbert, Tim Mayotte, Andrea Petkovic, Klara Koukalova, Bobby Reynolds, Dominik Hrbaty, Andreas Seppi, Christopher Clarey, Casey Dellacqua, Anders Jarryd, Janko Tipsarevic, Nadia Petrova, Christian Bergstrom, Ramesh Krishnan, Emily Sanchez, Marcos Baghdatis, Mark Philippousssis, Wally Masur, Paul McNamee, Daniela Hantuchova, Gerry Armstrong, Younes El Aynaoui, Thomas Johansson, Pat Cash, Lisa Raymond, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Chanda Rubin, Tony Roche, Alex O'Brien, Petr Korda, Karol Kucera, Amelie Mauresmo, Juan Gisbert, Pablo Cuevas, Jim Pugh, Rick Leach, Julien Boutter, Larry Stefanki, Chris Woodruff, Jill Craybas, Sania Mirza, Mike Leach, Maggie Maleeva, Guillermo Canas, Guillermo Coria, Donald Young, Dick Stockton, Johan Kriek, Milan Srejber, Zina Garrison, Slyvia Hanika, Karin Knapp, Laura Granville, Kei Nishikori, Scott Davis, Paul Goldstein, Alberto Martin, Nicolas Kiefer, Joachim Johansson, Jonathan Stark, Jakob Hlasek, Jeff Tarango, Amanda Coetzer, Andres Gomez, Richey Reneberg, Francisco Clavet, Radek Stepanek, Miloslav Mecir, Jose-Luis Clerc, Colin Dibley, Mikael Pernfors, Martin Mulligan, Robbie Weiss, Hugo Chapacu, Victor Pecci, Charlie Bricker, Greg Rusedski, Robin Finn, Kimiko Date, David Nalbandian, Goran Ivanisevic, Mikhail Youzhny, Nicole Pratt, Bryanne Stewart, Novak Djokovic, Rennae Stubbs, Corina Morariu, Marc Rosset, Kenneth Carlsen, Kimiko Date, Ryan Harrison, Richard Gasquet, Jimmy Arias, Jim Leohr, Felix Mantilla, Cedric Pioline, Annabel Croft, Brooke Shields, Jaime Yzaga, Slobodan Zivojinovic, Alberto Mancini, Peter McNamara, Andrei Chesnokov, Fabrice Santoro, Bud Collins, Mardy Fish, Sebastien Grosjean, Donald Dell, Petr Kuczak, Magnus Norman, Hicham Arazi, Nduka Odizor, Lori McNeil, Horst Skoff, Karolina Sprem, Ros Fairbank, Linda Siegel, Chris Lewis, Kevin Curren, Thierry Tulasne, Guy Forget, Fred Tupper, Jaime Fillol, Belus Prajoux, Ricardo Cano, Georges Goven, Ray Moore, Charlie Pasarell, Paul Annacone, Tomas Smid, Dmitry Tursunov, Elena Dementieva, Arnaud DiPasquale, Carl Uwe Steeb, Bill Scanlon, Jose Higueras, Jay Berger, Jana Novotna, Bill Dwyre, Lisa Dillman, Sean Sorensen, Paul McNamee, Jiri Novak, Benjamin Becker, Ion Tiriac, Neil Amdur, Tim Gullikson, Jan-Michael Gambill, Taylor Dent, Bryan Shelton, Vijay Amritraj, Martin Verkerk, Brian Gottfried, Carlos Moya, Jacco Eltingh, Adriano Panatta, John Feinstein, Aaron Krickstein, Wilhelm Bungert, Derrick Rostagno, Torben Ulrich, Daniel Nestor, Ray Ruffels, Cliff Drysdale, James Reilly, Andy Murray, Leander Paes, Alicia Molik, Barry MacKay among others.
New Chapter Press is also the publisher of The Bud Colins History of Tennis by Bud Collins, The Roger Federer Story, Quest for Perfection by Rene Stauffer and Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games by Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli and the soon to be released title The Lennon Prophecy by Joe Niezgoda. Founded in 1987, New Chapter Press is an independent publisher of books and part of the Independent Publishers Group. More information can be found at www.newchapterpressmedia.com
Filed Under: Archives, Lead Story Tagged With: Aaron Krickstein, Adrian Quist, Adriano Panatta, Ai Sugiyama, Albert Costa, Alberto Mancini, Alberto Martin, Alex Metreveli, Alex O'Brien, Alex Olmedo, Alice Marble, Alicia Molik, Allison Danzig, Althea Gibson, Amanda Coetzer, Amelie Mauresmo, Ana Ivanovic, Anders Jarryd, Andre Agassi, Andrea Jaeger, Andrea Petkovic, Andreas Seppi, Andrei Chesnokov, Andres Gimeno, Andres Gomez, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Angela Mortimer, Anna Kounikova, Annabel Croft, Anne Jones, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Arnaud DiPasquale, Art Larsen, Arthur Ashe, Arthur Gore, Ashley Cooper, Barry Lorge, Barry MacKay, Belus Prajoux, Benjamin Becker, Betty Nuthall, Betty Stove, Bill Dwyre, Bill Johnston, Bill Larned, Bill Scanlon, Bill Talbert, Bill Tilden, Billie Jean King, Bitsy Grant, Bjorn Borg, Bob Bryan, Bob Falkenburg, Bob Hewitt, Bob Kelleher, Bobby Reynolds, Bobby Riggs, Boris Becker, Brad Gilbert, Brian Gottfried, Brian Teacher, Brooke Shields, Bryan Shelton, Bryanne Stewart, Bud Collins, Budge Patty, Butch Buchholz, Camille Pin, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Carlos Moya, Casey Dellacqua, Cecil Mamiit, Cedric Pioline, Chanda Rubin, Charlie Bricker, Charlie Pasarell, Chis Evert, Chris Lewis, Chris Woodruff, Christian Bergstrom, Christopher Clarey, Chuck McKinley, Cliff Drysdale, Cliff Richey, Colin Dibley, Conchita Martinez, Corina Morariu, Dan Maskell, Daniel NEstor, Daniela Hantuchova, Darlene Hard, David Caldwell, David Nalbandian, Dennis Ralson, Derrick Rostagno, Dick Savitt, Dick Stockton, Dinara Safina, Dmitry Tursunov, Dodo Cheney, Dominik Hrbaty, Don Budge, Don McNeill, Donald Dell, Donald Young, Doris Hart, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Dwight Davis, Elena Dementieva, Elisabeth Moore, Elizbeth Ryan, Ellsworth Vines, Emily Sanchez, Erik van Dillen, Evonne Goolagong, Fabrice Santoro, Felix Mantilla, Fernando Gonzalez, Francisco Clavet, Francoise Durr, Frank Hunter, Frank Parker, Frank Sedgman, Frank Shields, Fred Perry, Fred Stolle, Fred Tupper, Frew McMillian, Gabriela Sabatini, Gael Monfils, Gardnar Mulloy, Gene Mako, Gene Mayer, Gene Scott, George Lott, Georges Goven, Gerald Patterson, Gerry Armstrong, Gisela Dulko, Gladys Heldman, Goran Ivanisevic, Greg Rusedski, Guillermo Canas, Guillermo Coria, Guillermo Vilas, Gustavo Kuerten, Guy Forget, Hana Mandlikova, Harry Hopman, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Helen Jacobs, Helen Sukova, Helen Wills Moody, Henri Cochet, Henry "Bunny" Austin, Hicham Arazi, Holcombe Ward, Horst Skoff, Hugo Chapacu, Ilie Nastase, Ion Tiriac, Iva Majoil, Ivan Lendl, Ivan Ljubicic, Ivo Karlovic, Jacco Eltingh, Jack Crawford, Jack Kramer, Jacques Brugnon, Jaime Fillol, Jaime Yzaga, Jakob Hlasek, James Blake, James Dwight, James Reilly, Jan Kodes, Jan-Michael Gambill, Jana Novotna, Janko Tipsarevic, Jaroslav Drobny, Jay Berger, Jean Borotra, Jeff Tarango, Jelena Dokic, Jelena Jankovic, Jennifer Capriati, Jie Zheng, Jill Craybas, Jim Courier, Jim Leohr, Jim Pugh, Jimmy Arias, Jimmy Connors, Jimmy Van 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Washburn, Wendy Turnbull, Whitney Reed, Wilhelm Bungert, Wilmer Allison, Wojtek Fibak, Xavier Malisse, Yannick Noah, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Younes El Aynaoui, Zina Garrison, Zina Garrson
The Demise of South African Tennis
May 3, 2008 by Steve Host
Do you remember Johan Kriek, Kevin Curren, Bob Hewitt, Cliff Drysdale, Piet Norval, Neil Broad or even perhaps Wayne Ferreira? I am guessing the last name might be the only familiar one – and only slightly at that if you are a real tennis fan.
South Africa tennis has been on the downward spiral since the early 1990's with Wayne Ferreira being our last great tennis player. Yes Wesley Moodie has won a Wimbledon doubles title but do people really know him?
Where is all the talent? South Africa is a huge sporting nation with one of the top cricketing teams in the world, the world champion rugby team and world class swimmers. South Africa boasts great weather, excellent facilities and phenomenal and passionate coaches, so why are we not producing world class tennis players? The answer is complicated but it boils down to mismanagement and money. The national association is grossly under-funded and where there was once an entire organization committed to tennis in South Africa, the organization is now manned by a one-man show in the name of Ian Smith. He has single handedly kept the association alive by bringing new life into tennis in South Africa bringing back the South African Open and enticing some smaller ITF events. This is one great step in the right direction. Lets' hope it is the first of many. I remember watching Goran Ivanisevic at the South African Open when I was a junior player and it was incredible.
So where are our talented juniors going? College. Ninety-nine percent of all top SA juniors are finding their way into US colleges where they are moving through the colleges ranks and only a very few are then venturing out onto the tour. The top juniors in SA have no other opportunity even if they are good enough to turn pro, there is no support in the way of funding, training or coaching to help them make the transition from the junior ranks to the pro level.
College has been good to a lot of SA players as it has been giving them a great education and – for some – a spring board into the pros. But we are losing too many as these players have nowhere to turn after the great support they receive in college.
There is a light at the end of the very long road back and his name is Kevin Anderson, a former University of Illinois student who was brought to the US and coached by Craig Tiley, who was then the South African Davis Cup coach and has now moved on to be the Head of Tennis Australia. (That is another great loss to SA tennis but is another story.)
Mr. Anderson has risen to No. 110 in the world in less than a year and has a huge game that has already got him to his first ATP final in Las Vegas and beating world No. 3 Novak Djokovic.
South African tennis needs a hero. Is Mr. Anderson that hero? Let's hope so for the future of South African tennis and to help reinstate the great tradition of great tennis players hailing from a great land – South Africa.
Filed Under: Archives, Lead Story Tagged With: Bob Hewitt, Cliff Drysdale, Craig Tiley, Head of Tennis Australia, ITF, Johan Kriek, Kevin Curren, Kevin Riley, Neil Broad, Novak Djokovic, Piet Norval, South African Open, Wayne Ferreira, Wesley Moodie
The Journeyman: Player Spotlight on Jeff Coetzee
May 1, 2008 by Mark Keil
Jeff Coetzee is slowly becoming one of the biggest sporting icons in the history of South Africa. The black right-handed professional tennis player from the town of Okiep in the northern cape of South Africa began playing tennis when he was nine years old. He is currently ranked No. 18 in the world in doubles and is in fourth place with his partner Wesley Moodie in the race for the eight-team year-end doubles championships in Shanghai. He is the anchor along with Moodie for the South African Davis Cup team.
The 31-year-old was first introduced to tennis by his brother Dennis. His idols growing up were the tennis players Boris Becker and Kevin Curren. He was a rather proficient soccer player, but quit at the age of twelve to concentrate on tennis. When he was eleven he moved to Johannesburg and stayed with a family, to improve his game. He realized when he was training in Joburg that he had the potential to be a travelling touring pro. He tried the singles tour and got to No. 184 in December of '99. He then started to concentrate solely on doubles after sustaining some injuries.
"Apartheid was tough on me, but I only got the last bit of it," says Jeff. He went on to say, "I could not enter into some tournaments because of my color and had a tough time in the beginning. But my mom always said, just let my racket do the talking."
One other example of racism was when his manager Bruce Davidson's car was spray painted with the slogan "kaffir lover." Mr. Davidson would then sneak him into his apartment when he was visiting.
His best moments playing tennis are when he plays Davis Cup and his mixed doubles match against Steffi Graf and John McEnroe at Wimbledon a few years back. His worst moment came when he was playing Davis Cup and twisted his ankle against Slovakia. They were down two matches to none, and he continued to play but lost the match. A more traumatic experience happened when he was in a car accident with his girlfriend Mauricia Leukes, which put him on the injured reserve list for awhile.
To jumpstart his career he obtained financing from a boxing promoter named Rodney Berman. He resides in London now and is coached by former tour player Piet Norval. He visits and works with his coach in Capetown at the Spier Tennis Academy.He sometimes travels with Norval, and also his girlfriend will come along to a few tourneys during the year.
Some of his closest friends are former tour player Robbie Koenig and his Davis Cup teammates. His favorite tournament is the Australian Open, and his favorite hotel on tour is the Monte Carlo Bay and Casino Hotel. His goal is to win a gold medal at the Olympics in doubles, and to achieve the No. 1 ranking as well. He runs a charity with his doctor in South Africa to help kids and Jeff and his brother also run a tournament every September which main focus is to fight violence and crime, sponsored by Dunlop rackets and Oakley sunwear.
Filed Under: Archives, Lead Story Tagged With: Australian Open, Boris Becker, Davis Cup, Dennis Coetzee, Dunlop, Jeff Coetzee, Kevin Curren, Moodie, Oakley, Olympics, South Africa, The Robbie Koenig Blog
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Ma Rainey Is Best Known as a Pioneer of the Blues. But She Broke More Than Musical Barriers
December 21, 2020 | UToledo in the News
By Tyrel Linkhorn
Dr. Kimberly Mack, UToledo assistant professor of English, discusses how Ma Rainey — known as the "Mother of the Blues" —challenged convention on her way to becoming an icon. Rainey is the subject of a Netflix film adaptation of August Wilson's 1982 play "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" that debuted on Dec. 18.
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The Satan Pit
PRODUCTION INFO
First Transmitted
BOXSET RELEASE
Regular Cast
David Tennant (The Doctor), Billie Piper (Rose)
Guest Cast
Danny Webb (Mr. Jefferson), Shaun Parkes (Zachary Cross Flane), Claire Rushbrook (Ida Scott), Will Thorp (Toby Zed), Ronny Jhutti (Danny Bartock), Paul Kasey (The Ood), Gabriel Woolf (Voice of the Beast), Silas Carson (Voice of the Ood).
Written by Matt Jones
Directed by James Strong
Produced by Julie Garner and Phil Colinson
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In a shining white office an official-looking woman consults a man called Captain Walker, explaining a planet has been located holding a powerful power-source capable of preventing the world from being sucked into a black hole. If he has go and retrieve it he will have saved the empire. She shows him a series of artefacts that led them to find the planet, including an ancient book of strange symbols apparently detailing the planet' myths. Walker asks to know more about them but the woman dismisses them, telling him he can overcome them as he is a big strong man with a top ship and a top crew.
She bids him goodbye and good luck and as he goes he passes a slave creature holding a translation orb. It watches him go before claiming the beast shall rise from the pit
Coincidentally, this episode was shown in the week of 6/6/06. It followed a wave of Devil-related stories in the media.
During the TARDISode for this episode, the letters"SB6″ (presumably standing for Sanctuary Base 6) are seen on a display changing into the numbers "666".
The closing scene in which The Doctor tells Rose that they're"the stuff of legend" was the final scene Billie Piper shot as a regular cast member on the series, her departure episode, Doomsday, had been filmed months earlier.
According to DWM 401, when the production team couldn't figure out what would be at the bottom of the pit, they considered using Davros.
Except for the final scene (and footage from The Impossible Planet and Love & Monsters), the Tenth Doctor is not seen in his regular costume at all.
Daemos is the home planet of Azal. (The Dæmons)
The Fourth Doctor met the Kaleds. (Genesis of the Daleks) they were last mentioned on screen in Remembrance of the Daleks
The TARDIS tractor beam has been used before. (The Creature from the Pit, Delta and the Bannermen)
The Tenth Doctor states his people invented black holes. (The Three Doctors, The Deadly Assassin, Remembrance of the Daleks)
The TARDIS uses its tractor beam to tow the spaceship.
Zack identifies the expedition as representing the Torchwood Archive.
The Beast says that "the valiant child" will"die in battle, so very soon". This foreshadows Rose's soon-to-come"death", where she is declared dead in her own universe, but is actually living in Pete's World. (Doomsday)
Jefferson tells Zack he was a"bit slow" getting to the air vent door, echoing Rose's words in Dalek
As is routine for post-2005 Doctor Who, a "NEXT TIME" trailer for the next episode is shown at the end of the episode..
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Car owner Roger Penske confirmed to reporters Friday that he had a kidney transplant at the Mayo Clinic shortly after the 2017 IndyCar season finale.
Penske had kept the procedure private until revealing it during a group interview in St. Petersburg, Florida. The NTT IndyCar Season opens there Sunday (12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN). Penske, who is 82 years old, received the kidney from his son, Greg.
A 2013 Autoweek story said that doctors diagnosed Penske with bladder cancer in 2005 and removed one of his kidneys.
Penske revealed his procedure as Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske, discussed his hip replacement surgery with reporters. That surgery also was done at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
The Associated Press reported that Penske's transplant came days after Josef Newgarden won the IndyCar title for Team Penske in 2017.
Penske's teams have won 500 major races, 580 pole positions and 34 championships in 53 years. The team also has won 17 Indianapolis 500s. Team Penske won the Cup title last year with Joey Logano.
Also Friday, Penske spoke to a small group of reporters about changes that need to take place in NASCAR in the coming years.
One of Penske's suggestions is to run Cup races on back-to-back days in the same location.
While many fans and teams were uncertain how the new Ford Mustang would perform upon its introduction to the Cup Series this season, Las Vegas winner Joey Logano, crew chief Todd Gordon and the rest of Team Penske embraced the change and newness.
"I think any time there's a rule change like we have right now in NASCAR (the new aero package), it presents an opportunity to figure things out first," Logano said to NBC Sports on Tuesday as part of a Panini/Donruss NASCAR trading cards media tour. "Like I said after (Sunday's race at Las Vegas), we sure don't have it figured out yet, but I'd say we're doing pretty good with the speed we're developing.
Last year, several Chevrolet teams – particularly Hendrick Motorsports – struggled throughout the 36-race season. It took 21 races after Austin Dillon's Daytona 500 triumph last season before another Chevy won a Cup race. Chevrolet teams wound up winning just four races all season getting acclimated to the new body style.
But that's not been the case with Ford and the Mustang. Leaving Las Vegas, five Mustangs and their drivers are in the top 11 in the Cup standings.
"First off, I think Ford's done a great job collaborating with the race teams and everybody has made decisions together to make the best race car they can when they were designing the Mustang for NASCAR," said Logano, the reigning Cup champion. "The other piece that is equally as big is the timing of it.
Now that Logano and teammate Brad Keselowski have secured spots in the playoffs by virtue of their respective wins at Las Vegas and Atlanta, their teams can not only be more aggressive between now and the start of the playoffs in September but can also help their teammates – Ryan Blaney and Paul Menard of Wood Brothers Racing – to get on track and potentially get wins themselves.
"I think any time you have your teammate winning, it generates momentum within the race shop, which is good, and drives you to be that guy where everybody wants to be the top dog and you're always fighting for that spot," Logano said. "But we also work together real well to make sure we're winning while we're doing that.
"As far as the 12 car of Blaney, they've had a lot of speed but they just haven't had things go their way in the first couple of races. So it's early. I don't think they have anything to worry about. They've got fast race cars, Blaney is a great driver. I think they're going to be fine.
"As far as the 21 car (with Menard), they've been improving over the last year. With last year being their first year together with Paul and (crew chief Greg Erwin) at the Wood Brothers, it's been a learning curve to figure things out. I can see them making gains as well throughout this year.
Roger Penske: For the second week in a row, his Cup team wins. Brad Keselowski won at Atlanta and Joey Logano won at Las Vegas.
Kurt Busch: The decision to not pit during the second stage allowed Busch to climb from 17th to first. He stayed toward the front the rest of the race, placing fifth. It marked the second time in three races the Chip Ganassi Racing driver has been Chevrolet's top finisher this season.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: His sixth-place finish marked his first top 10 on a 1.5-mile track in the last eight races on such tracks. His most recent top 10 at such tracks had been a 10th in last year's Coca-Cola 600.
Kevin Harvick: For the second week in a row he finished fourth after a rough start to the weekend.
Kevin Harvick: He said after the race it was the second week in a row his team had been way off to start the weekend before calling for a top-five finish. When they get it right, look out.
Cup Rule Book: NASCAR updated its rule on team members behind pit wall before this season, making it a penalty for such team members to make contact with the pit road surface. If so, that can count toward too many crew members over the wall. By the rule, NASCAR was right to penalize the pit crews of Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon during Sunday's race when crew members behind pit wall touched the surface of the stall with their hand. By common sense, neither instance seemed egregious.
Jimmie Johnson: His 19th-place finish marked the eighth consecutive race on a 1.5-mile track he's finished outside the top 10. His last top 10 at a 1.5-mile track was a fifth at last year's Coca-Cola 600.
Tags: chevrolet, chip ganassi racing, nascar, Roger Penske, Winners & losers, Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.


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Why clean, affordable water should not be in the hands of private companies targeting profit
Paris has successfully taken water back into public ownership. There is growing evidence to suggest England should do the same as after 33 years, the private ownership experiment has totally failed.
Government doesn't know whether it will achieve its 2032 Net Zero target.
Has the government been achieving its ambition for the public sector to be a leader in decarbonising its activities? Difficult to say as measurement and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by public bodies are inconsistent and not streamlined.
A fracking review suggests the UK has softened the precautionary principle since leaving the EU.
Despite banning fracking in 2019, the UK government's decision to soften the fracking moratorium could pave the way for regulatory decisions which prioritise potential financial benefits over the risks to the environment and public health.
COP26 – Why politicians have little incentive to prepare for future climate change disasters.
Politicians have more incentive to react to current climate disasters, but more investment is needed in preparing for future problems.


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Similarly, the Holy Prophet (S) has cursed those who drink wine.2 In Kanzul Haqaiq, on page 128, it is said that cursing the Satan is also prohibited.3 But as for Baghawi, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Masood, Qatadah, Hasan Basri, Mujahid, Nizamuddin Nishapuri, Fakhruddin Razi, Qadi Baidhawi, Zamakhshari, Qadi Abdul Jabbar, Mulla Abu Saud, Shafei, the author of Gunahe Kabira, all believe that it is permitted to curse the infidels.
What a way to speak! Such a great personality! It is really shameful!
Cursing is permitted in Shia religion, just as it is permitted among Ahlul Sunnat but Ahlul Sunnat have defamed the Shias in this regard a great deal. I have just shown what Pir Dastagir and writer of Sawaiqul Mohreqa have written. They even label Shias as infidels. The same views are seen in the commentary of Nawawi and those of Mulla Ali Qari and Qastalani etc. regarding Shias. However, instead of considering Ahlul Sunnat disbelievers, Shias consider them Muslims and believe that it is not permitted to curse them.
Apparently, the practice was started by Abbasid rulers. In the view of the writer, the contemporary Shia scholars should act in the footsteps of ancient Shias. If Shias stop cursing, they would benefit by it rather than lose anything.
The progress of Shias was hindered due to this very practice. It is the duty of Shia leaders, that they must keep in view the benefit of Shia religion and pay attention to this reform. In this age, there is no need to curse in the usual way. If you see with a just eye, the religion of Imamiyah, which in other aspects is immaculate, has become tainted by this practice. It would be very difficult for someone to convert to this faith if cursing is made compulsory.
The condition of cursing cannot be considered a part of faith, according to reason. But at present, there are thousands of Shias who consider this act so necessary, that without it, it is impossible for anyone to be a Shia. I have experienced this personally and feel very sad that hundreds of people are ready to accept the Imamiyah faith, but due to the condition of cursing, they are uncomfortable in it.
2. Tirmidhi Vol. 1, Pg. 167.
3. This tradition is of Dailami and apparently it seems to be against the Quran.
4. Although it is necessary to be absolutely aloof from them. And we must despise all their actions and deeds. All this is a compulsory part of considering the Imams of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) to be right.


In the mid-1990s, a strong desire within the Austin community for an Asian American Resource Center (AARC) emerged. The AARC's mission is to provide public resources, collaborative and educational programming, and a cultural destination that enrich the lives of Austin's Asian and Asian American community. The vision is to build a resource center that will increase commerce and showcase the best of Asian/Asian American culture, allowing the community to educate, congregate, and celebrate its heritage.
The AARC features nine classrooms, library/computer lab, conference room, assembly hall, and cultural exhibitions/display spaces celebrating all Asian cultures under one roof. Additionally, the center will serve as an economic and educational catalyst for the region.
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Given the difficulty of applying gene knockout technology to species other than mice, we decided to explore the utility of RNA interference (RNAi) in silencing the expression of genes in livestock. Short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) were designed and screened for their ability to suppress the expression of caprine and bovine prion protein (PrP). Lentiviral vectors were used to deliver a transgene expressing GFP and an shRNA targeting PrP into goat fibroblasts. These cells were then used for nuclear transplantation to produce a cloned goat fetus, which was surgically recovered at 81 days of gestation and compared with an age-matched control derived by natural mating. All tissues examined in the cloned fetus expressed GFP, and PCR analysis confirmed the presence of the transgene encoding the PrP shRNA. Most relevant, Western blot analysis performed on brain tissues comparing the transgenic fetus with control demonstrated a significant (>90%) decrease in PrP expression levels. To confirm that similar methodologies could be applied to the bovine, recombinant virus was injected into the perivitelline space of bovine ova. After in vitro fertilization and culture, 76% of the blastocysts exhibited GFP expression, indicative that they expressed shRNAs targeting PrP. Our results provide strong evidence that the approach described here will be useful in producing transgenic livestock conferring potential disease resistance and provide an effective strategy for suppressing gene expression in a variety of large-animal models.


The thought of exercise—taking a jog in the morning or spending time on an elliptical—fills me with dread. There are only so many minutes in a day, and in an incredibly demanding profession, I justify the time spent at work partly as exercise. After all, as a sommelier, I'm always running around. That counts, right?
When I was a floor sommelier at Marea, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Manhattan, I would walk well over 20,000 steps a day. In comparison, the average American walks around 3,000 to 5,000 steps a day. Every so often, I would run up and down flights of stairs to grab wine from the lower-level cellar, averaging around 75 to 80 flights of stairs a day. That's the equivalent of hiking up the Chrysler Building—every day.
Now, four years later, I'm the wine director and a partner at Cote in New York City. This means more sitting and looking at spreadsheets instead of sprinting between wine cellar and table. I started to wonder, how active am I? Health professionals recommend walking a minimum of 10,000 steps a day to stay fit. Was I still walking enough, or was I becoming sedentary?
To satisfy my curiosity, I invited some industry friends—52 sommeliers and wine directors from all over the United States and Canada—to participate in an informal study. While the public may sometimes perceive sommeliers as idle beasts, slowly savoring wine and fussing over vintages, I know that's hardly the truth. In fact, I find that sommeliers can be some of the hardest-working individuals in restaurants. But would data support this view?
The sommeliers in my study all wore Fitbits or used phone apps to track the number of steps walked and floors climbed in an average workweek, from the moment they awoke to when they went to bed. I also sought recommendations—for example, which snacks and "family meals" my respondents thought best for fueling up for a shift—as well as their proven hangover remedies.
One of my key takeaways is that the number of steps walked and flights climbed vary significantly based on the design of the restaurant. Many sommeliers report that grabbing a bottle of wine involves a small journey, sometimes to a different building, and often to a different floor. In places where basement cellars are less common, such as Florida, California, and Texas, fewer stairs were climbed.
Hangover trick: Guayakí Yerba Mate Enlighten Mint tea.
Hangover trick: "The night before [you drink], take a Medi-Lyte electrolyte tablet with a fair amount of water." Cellar snack: Almonds.
When I assessed my own results, I found that while I was walking less than I had at Marea, I still walked an average of 19,000 steps a day and climbed 30 floors daily.
So despite the perception that a sommelier's job is cushy, it turns out to be pretty rigorous. On average, we walk just as much as mail carriers, while climbing the equivalent of Manhattan's iconic Flatiron Building—21 flights—or more, every day we work. My informal study didn't even begin to account for the other rigors of the job. The cellar work alone, lifting heavy wine boxes and putting away deliveries, taxes a somm's back and arms and raises the heart rate.
For those outside the profession who are keen to work as a sommelier, know that it's not a career of glamorous ease. Based on the data I collected, I'm comfortable stating—without reservation—that sommeliers are some of the most active professionals in the country. While meeting the demands of guest and restaurant, we must find (or feign) strength and maintain composure even when exhausted.
So sommelier friends, here's your pass: Feel free to write off your profession as exercise. Grab a bottle of water, snack on some almonds, take a moment to breathe, and keep on hustling.


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Q: Can anybody share a simple example of using Mathematica and Google scholar to extract academic research information How can I use Mathematica and Google scholar to find the number of papers a person published in 2011?

A: Google Scholar is not very suited for this goal as it doesn't have a formal API AFAIK.  It also doesn't provide results in a structured (e.g. XML) format. So, we have to resort to a quick (and very, very fragile!) text pattern matching hack like:
 searchGoogleScholarAuthor[author_String] :=
 First[StringCases[
   Import["http://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&num=1&q=" <>
     StringDrop[
      StringJoin @@ ("author:" <> # <> "+" & /@
         StringSplit[author]), -1] <> "&hl=en&as_sdt=1,5"], ___ ~~
     "Results" ~~ ___ ~~ "of about" ~~ Shortest[___] ~~
     p : Longest[(DigitCharacter | ",") ..] ~~ ___ ~~ "." ~~ ___ ~~
     "(" ~~ ___ :> p]]

In[191]:= searchGoogleScholarAuthor["A Einstein"]

Out[191]= "6,400"

In[190]:= searchGoogleScholarAuthor["Einstein"]

Out[190]= "9,400"

In[192]:= searchGoogleScholarAuthor["Wizard"]

Out[192]= "197"

In[193]:= searchGoogleScholarAuthor["Vries"]

Out[193]= "70,700"

Add ToExpression if you don't like the string result. If you want to restrict the publication years you can add &as_ylo=2011&as_yhi=2011& to the search string and change the start and end years
 appropriately.
Please note that authors with popular names will generate lots of spurious hits as there is no way to uniquely identify a single author. Additionally, Scholar returns a diversity of hits, including citations, books, reprints and more. So, really, this ain't very useful for counting.
A bit of explanation:
Scholar splits the initials and names of authors and co-authors over several author: fields combined with a +. The StringDrop[StringJoin @@ ("author:" <> # <> "+" & /@ StringSplit[author]), -1] part of the code takes care of that. The StringDrop removes the last +.
The Stringcases part contains a large text pattern which basically searches for the text that Scholar places at the top of each results page and which contains the number of hits. This number is then isolated and returned.


As we all saw in that Martin Bashir documentary many years ago, Michael Jackson's interior decorating style is Vegas rococco with Peter Pan flourishes, a vague sense of video arcade, and mountains of Howard-Hughes-ian shut-in clutter. Parts of his Neverland Ranch were so filled with knick-knacks, portraits, and creepy statuary that it looked like the end of Citizen Kane as filtered through Ripleys Believe It Or Not, with Jackson at the center whispering "I'm flying!" through his sequin mask instead of "Rosebud."
—there is one item that showcases in no uncertain terms Michael Jackson's total disconnect with reality: Jackson's MTV 1985 Video Music Award, priced at $6000-$8000.
That's right: Jackson has been sitting atop his piles of posessions high above the earth for so long, and buffered himself against the world with masks and blankets so well that he doesn't even realize that MTV Awards are utterly worthless. You can't even recoup the smelting costs on those things. No one's going to pay $6000 for an old VMA, no matter who won it—especially when they can get a Michael Jackson robot head owned by Michael Jackson for $2000. If Michael Jackson had even the thinnest tether to reality anymore, he would know that VMA statues are only worth about as much as a mid-level toothbrush holder, since that's what they are.


Were you looking for HAARP?
AARP, or, as they like to call themselves, the "American Association of Retired People Persons," is a US lobbying group that helped write the Medicare part D program a few years back; specifically, the part in the middle where for some stupid reason a huge second 'deductible' kicks in and members had to pay 45% of costs for brand name and 58% of the cost of generic drugs  (2016 figures, it changes every year until 2020 when the coverage gap disappears) until they've spent about $5000 out of pocket (called the "Donut Hole"). They conveniently have licensed their name to insurance companies to cover this portion, so there is no conflict of interest there, nooooooope. They recruit new members as soon as they reach 50. They are sometimes accused of betraying their members when they don't lobby in their best interest.
AARP arranges discounts with rental cars, hotels and motels for their members. They also have an arrangement with the Amoco motor club for roadside assistance memberships. Additionally, they offer car insurance and Medicare gap insurance programs.
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U.S. Economy - By John Whitefoot, BA | December 7th, 2016
Zero Wage Growth for Half of Americans
Much has been made of the U.S. economic recovery, but it all depends on your perspective. If you're a one percenter or enjoying a cushy life on Capitol Hill, the economic recovery has been resplendent. But, if you're part of the bottom 50% of Americans, the economic recovery has been nothing but depressing.
Virtually all of the headlines right now show the U.S. economy chugging along. Unemployment is down, wages are starting to creep up, gross domestic product (GDP) growth is picking up; what isn't to like? Plenty, if you're hoping for sustained economic growth.
The fact of the matter is, the U.S. economic recovery has left (or continues to leave) a massive swath of the U.S. population behind. According to new research, while the broader U.S. economy is improving, for half of the U.S. population, their share of the economic pie is shrinking.
Approximately 117 million adults are stuck on the bottom rungs of the income ladder and have been cut off from economic growth since the 1970s. Think about it: for the bottom half of working age adults, the wage growth has been close to zero. (Source: "A Bigger Economic Pie, but a Smaller Slice for Half of the U.S.," The New York Times, December 6, 2016.)
Because of stagnant wages, the income generated by the so-called bottom half of the population has shrunk to 12.5% from 20% of the total in 1980. The money didn't vanish. It went to the top one percent of working Americans, whose income nearly doubled to more than 20% during the same 34-year period.
Unfortunately, President-elect Donald Trump's desire to roll back benefits that help the lower 50% of working Americans (including a large number of people who voted for him), like Medicaid and Obamacare, and increase tax cuts to the top 10% could be counterproductive … in the long run.
But that's a hard story to spin, especially when you consider that 30% of the country's income goes to federal, state, and local taxes. Military spending aside, most of that goes back to America's working poor in the form of Social Security checks, Medicare benefits, and veterans' benefits.
Is Inequity the Defining U.S. National Issue?
The massive growth in income at the top has significantly outpaced the small increase at the bottom and widened the inequity gulf between the wealthiest of Americans and everyone else.
Average incomes, when adjusted for inflation, increased 61% from 1980 to 2014. But roughly $7.00 out of every additional $10.00 went to those in the top tenth of the income scale. In 1980, someone in the top one percent earned the equivalent of $428,200 annually in 2014 dollars. That's 27 times more than the $16,000 the average person in the bottom half earned.
By 2014, the average income of 117 million Americans was essentially the same; stuck at around $16,000. But those in the top one percent earned on average $1.30 million, or 81 times as much. To put that into perspective, that's the same kind of wage gap you'd encounter in the world's poorest countries (Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi).
Not surprisingly, the number of Americans on food stamps continues to remain at untenable levels. According to the most recent data, 45.76 million Americans receive food stamps at a total cost of $73.9 billion. (Source: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Costs," U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, last accessed December 5, 2016.)
While that number is down slightly over the last few years, it is still well above the 26.2 million who received food stamps before the financial crisis and so-called economic recovery in 2007, and the 28.2 million who did in 2008. The number of Americans who have received food stamps has not dipped below 40 million since 2010.
And again, not surprisingly, approximately 70% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings account. And just a third of those who make at least $75,000 annually live paycheck to paycheck at times. (Source: "Americans Still Struggle With Saving for a Rainy Day," The Street, November 18, 2016.)
This is not to undermine those U.S. entrepreneurs who have taken risks and helped make America great, even before Donald Trump ran for president. It's to point out that the U.S. economy is simply not doing as well as the mainstream media has been suggesting.
Remember, the United States is a country that generates more than 70% of its GDP growth on the backs of consumers. The greater the inequity, the more the economy will need to rely on the top one percenters to lift GDP. The bottom 99% can't charge their purchases forever. They need real wage growth to help the economy get stronger.
It's much easier for 75% of the population to support the entire country than one percent or even 10%. Until that happens, the U.S. economy cannot really have been said to have recovered.
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MSC Industrial Direct falls despite a somewhat better-than-expected earnings report.
Investors in MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the March 2019 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 235 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.
Investors in MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc saw new options become available this week, for the September 21st expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 241 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.
The most recent short interest data has been released for the 10/31/2017 settlement date, which shows a 395,832 share decrease in total short interest for MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc , to 2,058,380, a decrease of 16.13% since 10/13/2017. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.
The most recent short interest data has been released for the 09/15/2017 settlement date, which shows a 263,275 share increase in total short interest for MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc , to 2,549,652, an increase of 11.51% since 08/31/2017. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.
A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc is the #77 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make that list, a stock must have repurchased at least 5% of its outstanding shares over the trailing twelve month period.
In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Teradata Corp , according to The Online Investor. Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for various reasons.