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President Trump: Like President Reagan, Make Us Safer
The horrific effects of a nuclear strike, either intended or accidental, should scare anyone.
Jonathan Granoff, Contributor
President Global Security Institute, UN Representative of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates, and Ambassador for Peace, Security and Nuclear Disarmament of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chair of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association's Task Force on Nuclear Nonproliferation
Jan 31, 2017, 01:45 PM EST
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan stands with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during Gorbachev's arrival ceremony at the White House, December 8, 1987.
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Dear President Trump:
There is a challenge more important than jobs, health care, border security, and economic growth, and yes, even your passion to "make America great, again!" The security of the world remains at risk from nuclear weapons and the unity of the American people requires trusting its leadership to address this threat reasonably. To make America great, unity and courage will be needed. I believe you do not want to make the American people afraid.
If all issues but the elimination of nuclear weapons are addressed effectively, and this issue falters, unimaginable catastrophe ensues. Proliferation must be stopped and progress toward elimination pursued.
Numerous articles have appeared that state that you would not object if Japan and South Korea developed nuclear arsenals. Now that you have become president I hope you realize that this attitude makes sensible people very afraid. These nations are prohibited from acquiring nuclear weapons under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in which the United States is party along with over 189 other nations. Suggesting violating the treaty is serious. It indicates a lack of respect for the U.S. Constitution, which provides that treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land. I hope you will quickly make it clear that you will prevent any further spread of nuclear weapons.
Many people believe you have a cavalier attitude toward the spread of nuclear weapons, which could be the third most dangerous thing that could happen to the world. The second would be the explosion of a nuclear weapon in a city. The first would be the explosion of less than 1 percent of the world's arsenals, around 100 warheads, causing tons of soot to blacken the stratosphere and ending agriculture as we know it, consequently ending civilization. The horrific effects of a nuclear strike, either intended or accidental, should scare anyone.
Also, Sir, you have created fear by implying that you will support the expenditures of hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade and modernize the nuclear enterprise and even engage in a nuclear arms race with Russia.
I urge you to take a look at the policies, statements, and practices of a previous Republican president, Ronald Reagan. He was successful in establishing better relations with Russia. The world could use progress in that realm again now. I believe you want to bring assurance to people and actually make the world safer. It is now in your hands to accomplish.
President Ronald Reagan's actions in helping to end the Cold War are instructive. In addition to assuring adversaries that we did not intend them harm, his substantive policies were instrumental in bringing down nuclear arsenals from its excesses of over 60,000 to the present excess of over 15,000. Let's not look at political spin but hard facts. Reagan engaged in serious negotiations with President Gorbachev aspiring to achieve the universal, legal, and verifiable elimination of all nuclear weapons. He did not do this as a political stunt, but rather he believed it was best for America and the world.
If you do not believe me, give former Secretary of State George Shultz a call. He is at Stanford and I am sure he would make it clear that President Reagan was serious when he said that nuclear weapons are "totally irrational, totally inhumane, good for nothing but killing, possibly destructive of life on earth and civilization."
Be like Reagan, engage directly with President Putin and change, and possibly save, history by ending the nuclear threat. Even President Nixon made enormous advances in this realm: achieving the SALT I Treaty, bringing into force the NPT, negotiating the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty, and actually leading in banning an entire class of weapons of mass destruction by leading in the creation of the Biological Weapons Convention.
To make sure that no one in Washington succeeds in spinning, distorting, or minimizing President Reagan's commitment to eliminating the most dangerous weapon of mass destruction, I have compiled several very clear quotes for your use:
"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?" - Ronald Reagan, 1984 State of the Union
"We seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth."- Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address, 1985
"My central arms control objective has been to reduce substantially, and ultimately to eliminate, nuclear weapons and rid the world of the nuclear threat. The prevention of the spread of nuclear explosives to additional countries is an indispensable part of our efforts to meet this objective. I intend to continue my pursuit of this goal with untiring determination and a profound sense of personal commitment." - Ronald Reagan, "Message to the Congress Transmitting the Annual Report on Nuclear Nonproliferation," March 25,1988.
"Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war." - Ronald Reagan from "Reagan's Secret War" by Martin and Annelise Anderson
"I can't believe that this world can go on beyond our generation and on down to succeeding generations with this kind of weapon on both sides poised at each other without someday some fool or some maniac or some accident triggering the kind of war that is the end of the line for all of us. And I just think of what a sigh of relief would go up from everyone on this earth if someday–and this is what I have–my hope, way in the back of my head–is that if we start down the road to reduction, maybe one day in doing that, somebody will say, 'Why not all the way? Let's get rid of all these things." - Ronald Reagan, "Remarks at a White House Briefing for Chief Executive Officers of Trade Associations and Corporations on Deployment of the MX Missile," May 16, 1983
There will be those who work to diminish a common sense of obtaining security, which rests on finding common interests and building on them. We have no common interest in continuing to threaten annihilation. There could be no greater way to make America great than to have it lead in making the world safe from nuclear annihilation.
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Dramatic start to Formula E championship
It was marshals from Donington that helped with the clean up.
The Formula E e.dams-Renault team garage during testing at Donington Park race circuit on July 4, 2014.
THE new Formula E motor racing series based at Donington Park made a dramatic start in Beijing, China on Sunday, September 14.
The first round of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) new eco-friendly response to Formula One saw Lucas Di Grassi take the win after Nic Prost and Nick Heidfeld dramatically crashed going around the last corner of the race while challenging for the lead.
And it was marshals from Donington that helped with the clean up.
Ande Austin, Bill Butler, Pete Cox, Steve Evans, Mark Mills and Jim Whitaker all flew out to help pass on their expertise from working at the circuit to help the race go smoothly.
Bob Adams, Circuit Manager at Donington Park, said: "We are so proud to have a six-strong marshal 'extrication team' to help our Formula E partners in the first race of the championship in Beijing.
"This is a massive vote of confidence for the marshalling staff at Donington to be entrusted with this important task."
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Vietnam tops ASEAN in cloud computing expenditure growth
Vietnam's spending on cloud computing recorded the fastest rate among ASEAN countries during the 2010-2016 period, according to a professor from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Associate Professor Vu Minh Khuong told a conference in Hanoi on June 22 that spending by Vietnamese enterprises grew at an annual average of 64.4% annually, compared with ASEAN's average figure of 49.5% and the world at 42.5%.
The figures were cited from a survey on cloud applications at more than 500 enterprises in Vietnam.
However, Vietnam's spending remains low in absolute terms, 107 times lower than Singapore, 6.5 times lower than Malaysia and 2.4 times lower than Thailand.
According to Professor Khuong, these figures suggest that many hurdles remain which are hindering the enhancement of cloud services in Vietnam.
He elaborated that the obstacles do not arise from investment costs but come as a result of the common use of pirated software, lack of knowledge about the benefits of cloud computing and concerns over security and quality of cloud services in Vietnam.
Nguyen Thanh Phuc, Director of the Authority of Information Technology Application, said cloud computing has become one of the most important technologies of the fourth industrial revolution.
He added that besides its advantages, there are also potential risks posed to information security and privacy when data is collected and processed in distributed systems.
The integration of many layers of services with different technologies is also a cause for concern, said Phuc.
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TUTORIAL: How to "take in" the waist of cotton pants that are too big!
Last year I bought this extremely comfortable pair of cotton capri's. This year they are way too big. I'm not big on removing a million seams to make pants smaller, but I have read blogs where it can be done. I wanted an EASIER and FASTER way to make the waist smaller on these capri's. I need them for our trip to Disney.
Then I put the capri's on and please forgive me if I don't explain this correctly, I'm certainly going to try. So I put them on and take my ELASTIC and pin it about two inches from the button on the INSIDE of the pants. This is where I want the elastic to start.
Pull the elastic around your waist so that it's snug but comfortable. Pin it to the inside band of the capri's about two inches from the button hole.
Now, I am no expert at sewing elastic, I ripped my threads twice before I got the elastic all the way around so that it stretched right when they were on me. The first time I used settings that were completely wrong and somehow the elastic stayed in it's stretched state, not helpful for keeping the pants on me.
Here is a great article about sewing elastic, which is what I read before trying it myself. Again, let me point out, I did not use any fancy thread, needle or elastic, I just used what I already had laying around.
After you sew your elastic in, you have to reattach your belt loops, which goes pretty quickly. And then your capri's that were once too big now FIT!
TUTORIAL: A skirt from old ripped jeans.
Usually when I made a skirt from jeans I just cut straight across right at the crotch and add some fabric below that. But the other day at my Girl Scout meeting one of my Girl Scouts was wearing a jean skirt she made from a pair of jeans. Hers were made completely out of the jeans and no extra fabric but I wanted to use pink fabric for Hannah because she's a huge fan of pink.
Side note: my Girl Scouts jeans were cut along the seam, she did not completely remove the seam.
Side note: this is pretty much where the Girl Scouts completely jeans skirt ends. She did not remove any seams and she did not remove the leg hems. Her skirt came out so cute and was below knee length.
Side note: here's how I do it, first I pin the side seams, then the front and back, making sure I use the center of the fabric, then pin between each of the pins center to center, if that makes sense.


The $1,999 LG Styler is supposed to de-wrinkle, deodorize and sanitize your clothes.
It comes with an Android-only app that lets you download additional cleaning cycles, troubleshoot your Styler and more.
The Styler enlists your phone's Tag On Near Field Communication function to send information back and forth.
That means that you have to be standing right next to the Styler to use most of the app's features.
To add a fresh scent to your freshly "Styled" clothes, you can stick a dryer sheet inside during a cycle.
The LG Styler is a tall appliance with a luxury-looking reflective finish and a touchscreen panel.
The Styler comes with a removable rack for hats, stuffed animals and sweaters -- basically anything you either can't or wouldn't want to hang up.
It also has two water reservoirs -- one for holding fresh water and one that collects used water.
The reservoirs are easy to remove and either refill or drain.
The Styler comes with a dedicated spot to hang pants.
It's designed to give your dress pants a better crease.
The Styler also comes with three hangars and can accommodate up to 4 or 5 items (depending on what you're able to fit on the included rack).


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HomeINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BLOGGeneralBarry Bonds, the Whale, and Pre-possessory Property Rights
Barry Bonds, the Whale, and Pre-possessory Property Rights
Bradd Smith
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The first whaler to drive his spear into his prey, only to have another hunter pluck his catch from him, little imagined his plight would one day contribute to cutting edge case law in the field of intellectual property. The fact that he had not yet taken the creature aboard, when combined with Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run a century later, would result in the recognition of an unusual form of property, one that could change the practice of patent law, and give patent applicants new rights under Indiana criminal statutes.
In the Barry Bonds matter, the question of when one has obtained a protectable property interest came into sharp focus on October 7th, 2001, the day Bonds hit his 73rd home run in a single season. Not only did he set a record, but Bonds s
et off a series of events that has had significant consequences in the world of intellectual property enforcement.
Awaiting the record- breaking home run was a multitude of fans, each with a glove, all ready to catch the valuable ball about to make baseball history. When Bonds struck the ball, it flew into the stands. Alex Popov reached up, just in time for the ball to land in his glove. But before Popov could complete the catch, several other fans assaulted him in their attempt to take possession of the valuable baseball. The fans illegally threw Popov to the ground and the ball went flying from his glove. Another fan, Patrick Hayashi, who was not involved in shoving Popov to the ground, saw the ball land next to him and scooped up the prize. So it was that a battle over who owned a contested whale met the legal contest over who owned a famous baseball.
The California Superior Court found that just as a whaler who strikes first has a property interest in the animal, so long as the whaler has taken the steps necessary to achieve the completion of the catch, Popov had a pre-possessory property interest in the baseball. As with the whale, only the illegal act of another kept the catch from being completed. This is where intellectual property enforcement comes into play.
Under patent law, when a patent is applied for there can be no action to recover damages from those who have used the protected technology, until the patent has been granted. However, once granted, the patent owner can go back to the infringers and recover damages. Under Indiana law, anything of value, tangible or intangible, is property, and is subject to conversion or theft. Because the patent applicant has taken all the steps necessary to obtain a patent, he has a pre-possessory property interest in the patent. When that property interest is encumbered by counterfeiters, without the permission of the patent applicant, a theft or conversion of the property has occurred. This criminal act could then be adjudicated under an Indiana Crime Victims Restoration Act (ICVRA) suit, where attorney fees are mandatory should the plaintiff prevail.
But what about Popov and Hayashi? In the end, not only did the court hold that Popov had a pre-possessory property interest in the baseball, but Hayashi also had an equitable interest in the same property. Hayashi had not participated in the criminal acts of the other fans and, therefor, had fairly obtained an equitable interest in the property when he subsequently picked up the baseball. The court ordered the ball sold and the proceeds to be split equally between Popov and Hayashi.
So it is that just solutions are often the counterintuitive result of seemingly unrelated bits and pieces of legal history. In any event, an important legal principle arose through one whale of a story.
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HomeLifestyleMatt Colvin Donates 17,700 Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer 1 Day After He Admits To Selling Them For Profit
Matt Colvin Donates 17,700 Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer 1 Day After He Admits To Selling Them For Profit
Matt Colvin reveals he has donated the 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer he intended to sell for profit one day after he was trashed all over social media for his initial decision.
Well that didn't take long. Matt Colvin, who angered thousands of people after the New York Times ran a story about him profiting off of selling hand sanitizer bottles for a high price amid the growing Coronavirus pandemic, has admitted to donating them to a local church and first responders. His website, appropriately titled mattcolvin.com, has changed all of its sections to reflect only his confession and nothing else. Reporterr Hunter Hoagland out of Tennessee, where Matt resides, shared a shocking video on Twitter on Wednesday, March 15, that showed the Attorney General's office facilitating with the donation. What was even more surprising was that they had done this not once, not twice, but for the third time when he posted the clip.
Matt incited a ton of anger in his NYT profile when he admitted to purchasing over 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer with his brother Noah Colvin and selling them at high prices to try and make a big profit. The former Air Force technical sergeant said he sold the items between $8 to $70, as did many other sellers, but Amazon and other similar sites like eBay were quick to act. Meanwhile, millions of desperate Americans have been finding shelves at supermarkets and pharmacies are all sold out of hand sanitizer as the death toll from the Coronavirus outbreak continues to rise.
The backlash was quick after the story was published as social media was lit up with harsh words and critiques for the brothers. "They are currently hoarding over 17,000 bottles of hand sanitizer. They should be prosecuted for gouging," one angry tweet from @Maria_Emmm read. "Congratulations to Matt and Noah Colvin for securing their place in history as the most selfish ever. I hope you suffer from this despicable act," @mock_duchess wrote.
A similar reaction was felt throughout the online world after he admitted to donating the hand sanitizer bottles. "Donation? So he's not being paid for it? I hope that is correct. I don't want this guy to even break even. Keep up the good work!", Twitter user @jennypriscilla3 wrote.
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Put everything in a slow cooker, stir to cover chicken and cook on low for about 4 hours, high for about 2 hours, or until the chicken is cooked through and tender enough to shred easily with two forks. Shred chicken with two forks until finely shredded and stir in all the surrounding sauce. Take your time shredding because the more you shred, the more sandwiches you can make throughout the week! Store in the fridge.
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Boil a large pot of salted water over high heat and add the potatoes and sweet potatoes. Cook until very soft and mashable. Drain away most of the water, mash with pepper paste and butter until very fluffy and smooth. Salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender and translucent. Add all peppers, mushrooms and garlic. Add a couple sprinkles of salt. Cook until tender, about 7 minutes. Sprinkle with flour and cook another 1 to 2 minutes. Add beans, corn, cocoa powder, chili powder and cumin. Stir to combine, salt and pepper to taste. Punch up the taste and heat with hot sauce. Cook until the juice around everything starts to thicken a bit. Pour into a casserole dish. Top with the potato mixture. Top that with the shredded cheese. Bake until the cheese is bubbling and just starting to brown. Store covered in the fridge for the week.
In a small saucepan, bring the water to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to medium high and add the oatmeal. Stir constantly until cooked, about 3 minutes. Don't let it get gloopy, just thick :-). Divide between two bowls, add brown sugar and trail mix. If it is too thick, add a little soy milk or milk to loosen it up.
Top the bottoms of the buns with reheated chicken, then slaw, and then the bun tops. Chow down!
Preheat oven to 400. Bake 2 portions of the pie in a small casserole or individual ramekins until bubbling and hot. Alternatively, you can heat the pie portions in the microwave and then broil in the oven quickly to brown the cheese a bit.


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Video footage showed McGregor hurling a hand truck at a bus full of fighters after a press conference for UFC 223 at Barclays Center in April. McGregor is facing three counts of Assault and one count of Criminal Mischief.


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Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger.
Kindle. On Kate's recommendation, and it seems, Andrew T's. For mine the Booker prize has been the kiss of death for any book, with the sole exception of Rushdie's Midnight's Children. This won it in 2008. Adiga pays homage to Rushdie by adopting his timeworn episodic first-person narration with more digression than central thread. (It is also the same structure used by Beatty.) We get a series of daily diary entries, expressed as letters to Wen Jiabao, erstwhile Premier of the PRC, written from tech hotspot Bangalore and not some pickle factory on the edge of Bombay. The light structure and plot are merely vehicles for exploring the myriad issues plaguing modern India, many of which can be seen from the drawing rooms of Delhi, where this book loiters for some time, and some not. Gavaskar was in the cricket team for some of the story, and Azharuddin, the captain at the time, is a Muslim.
Adiga is out to paint an unsentimental, occasionally hilarious, and provocative portrait of his mother country, aimed squarely at Westerners; there's no language masala here. Placing kill-the-rich-and-steal-their-stuff at the centre of it strikes me as a failure of imagination, which may have been his point. Drawing an equivalence between rooster coops and the mechanism for indenturing servants made little sense to me; the narrator's search for and achievement of lebensraum had more to do with his family being hostages to his misfortune than his relation to his fellow indentured servant. That his granny was a rapacious schemer made it so much easier to do what it took to get filthy rich in rising Asia, but I far prefer Mohsin Hamid's take on that. The election rigging was depressing.


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The US Government Is Involved in Secret Wars in 15 Countries
Samuel Stebbins
The original terms of the U.S. Constitution place the power to declare war solely in the hands of Congress. A revolutionary concept at the time, the framers of the Constitution reasoned that decisions of such gravity necessitated careful deliberation and open public debate and could not be made unilaterally by the president if the United States was to survive as a republic.
However, the U.S. has not formally declared war on a foreign adversary since World War II. And since Japan's surrender to Allied forces in 1945, the U.S. has engaged directly in large-scale military conflicts around the globe without direct congressional approval, relying instead on a range of often-dubious legal justifications.
President Harry Truman, for example, committed American troops to Korea in the 1950s, at the request of the U.N. Security Council. The following decade, President Lyndon Johnson sent troops into Vietnam following the passage of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which greatly expanded presidential authority in military matters. In the 1980s, President George H.W. Bush argued that America's right to self-defense, a provision of the U.N. charter, warranted the U.S. invasion of Panama.
In the years since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, even more checks and balances on military deployment have been stripped away. In the ongoing War on Terror, Congress has authorized the Department of Defense to train and equip military forces anywhere in the world and to provide backing to foreign forces supporting counterterrorism operations. These provisions, known as Section 333 and Section 127e, are now being used for American involvement in over a dozen shadow wars around the world.
Unlike America's military campaigns of the latter half of the previous century, these are generally small-scale operations that target diffuse militant groups that operate across broad regions rather than nations with clearly defined borders.
Using data from the 2022 Brennan Center for Justice report, "Secret War: How the U.S. Uses Partnerships and Proxy Forces to Wage War Under the Radar," 24/7 Wall St. identified the 15 countries where the U.S. government is engaging in secret wars. Each of the countries on this list is verified to have active programs covered under Section 333 and Section 127e.
It is important to note that this list of countries is not necessarily exhaustive and is instead based on publicly available information. Many of these countries, located exclusively in the Middle East and Africa, are home to branches of terrorist groups like al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State group (also known as ISIS).
The degree to which the U.S. is involved in these countries varies. In some, such as Iraq, thousands of American troops are deployed. In others, such as Yemen and Libya, American intervention is limited to airstrikes or supplying partner nations with weapons to use in combat. (Here is a look at every combat drone in use by the U.S. military.)
Since these clandestine military operations have become public, they have drawn widespread public criticism, largely for their lack of transparency. There have also been instances in which the local forces being trained and equipped by the U.S. have been accused of egregious human rights abuses, including torture and summary executions. And though Americans are ostensibly in many of these countries to support and train local fighters, U.S. troops have, at times, directly engaged in combat, sometimes incurring casualties. (Here is a look at each state's death toll in America's post 9/11 wars.)
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The increase in awareness for clean water where it's so desperately needed seems like progress toward ending this crisis. But this will not become an actual "movement," but merely a branding technique - unless the companies involved in making this change know what change is necessary, who is implementing it, and how it's being done (Moore, 2013).
Most of water charity work does not, in fact, work. The cumulative costs of failed water systems are estimated to be $1.2 billion (Chilton, 2014). Between 43-69 percent of water projects evaluated in Ethiopia last year were not functioning or not producing clean water (TetraTech, 2015).
The top three US water charities raised a total of $171.3 million in 2013 (Gunther, 2015). But millions of those dollars are estimated to likely be wasted.
The colossal waste of resources isn't the only tragedy. Providing a struggling community with a water system— one they significantly invest in and learn to rely on—that breaks will leave them in a worse environment than they were before.
Most propositions for reform still focus on a standardized system to carry out water work successfully and to be able to measure success and impact. Or, some gadget or gimmick that donors and angel investors promise to be the "magic bullet" to solve this crisis ends up a shocking misuse of funding and offensive vandalizing of the landscapes of developing nations.
The many and complex variables in each project are unique to that area, and they are evolving politically, environmentally and economically. The nuances in project implementation also make the overall algorithm even more impossible to disentangle.
Where, Oh Where Did Your Dollar Go?
Four of the five largest US water charities do not implement (actually build) the water systems they fund (Gunther, 2014). Their websites read that they carefully select the partners to whom they send your dollars and that they receive reports on water well completion.
However, if the water charity has a pile of documents reporting on what probably happened in the field with their funds or if they have running reports on which of their projects are working (Moore, 2013), many times the organization can do nothing about those exact problems. It's also not a viable solution to take additional donor money to build another separate program to run around countries and make repairs to projects that should have been completed correctly in the first place.
With every pass-off of every contribution, accountability and investment impact is diluted. This weakens the ability for the charity you gave to in the first place to do anything about project failure.
As an NGO, if we don't even know which systems work, it's impossible to understand what went wrong and how to avoid that mistake the next time. When the top four US water charities were asked if they knew which of their projects were functioning, the answer was usually no (Gunther, 2014).
Knowing that the project is in working order does not denote success. With that piece of information only, we cannot even assume the community (intended beneficiary) is even the group using it. Overtaking land and infrastructure is common in developing countries and water is more valuable than gold. Nor can we know that the water is staying potable, or that the system is creating any positive impact at all.
Considering the world we live in today and the current progressions in technology and obstacles in political and cultural complexities, there is only one way to responsibly provide clean water to those who have none.
1. We give up the gimmicks.
We must stop investing in unnecessary technology such as merry-go-rounds (Stellar, 2010) and straw filters (Goldmark, 2011) that end up wasting millions of dollars and litter the communities where they are distributed. We should also stop giving to organizations that are unable to clearly report on their success.
International water organizations that are operating projects down the chain of command without understanding the local politics of the community (or local organization/implementor of the project) will fail to truly address the needs of the people they wish to serve by failing to recognize the underlying issues.
3. We get to work.
Direct contact with communities, real relationships with beneficiaries, and having an agile and flexible model is not just the most effective way to provide lasting clean water; it's the only way to measure success and impact. Just as each project implementation must be approached with a unique solution each time, measurements of success must also.
4. We think about the future.
There is a troubling lack of consideration for the long-term effects of water project work, as well as how the future will significantly change how we do it (Rifkin, 2015).
Our goals for providing clean water to those who have none should be measured by how our efforts and resources have affected long-term change. This requires monitoring, metrics for success, and evaluation over years.
While the immediate impact of water aid such as that beautiful photo of the young girl gulping crystalline water from a faucet is exciting. It's also fervently fulfilling for donors, but, it's only a moment. Creating more of these moments will require long-term planning.
5. We accept and embrace these complexities.
There is no single way to fix an area-wide water crisis because every area is so different, dynamic, and context-specific. Some of the factors that impact access and allocation of water include level of education, the fertility of the land, various scales of politics, the health of the surrounding economy, and the state of gender equality. The measurements of success and impact in a community, once they have a source of clean water, will also be unique to them. The endless variables and ever-changing project nuances require human negation through thoughtful and meaningful relationships.
There will be failure, and not just the little things that can be mitigated. There will be overall project failure, and it needs to be disclosed. Attempting to protect donors from bad news is actually depriving the industry of valuable lessons learned.
Our failures should be immediate opportunities to switch gears, to use as an opportunity to improve our procedures. We should commit to an overall objective with clear goals but understand that reaching those ends requires creative solutions and excellent (and immediate) change management.
With the understanding that we are working toward permanent change instead of immediate gratification, we should demand NGO accountability (and see past the marketing).
Developing real relationships and community partnerships are imperative to creating locally relevant, adaptable and sustainable water systems, Failure can be used to refine or adapt our work but should still not be the norm. If we use this understanding in our water aid projects, we can, together, be the people who solved the water crisis.
Sarah Evans is the founder and executive director of Well Aware, an Austin-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing life-saving water to people who have none. Well Aware funds, designs and installs clean water systems using a unique sustainability model to ensure that the water systems will last for decades. Under her leadership, Well Aware has completed 27 water projects in just five years, impacting more than 96,000 people, and is on track to more than double their impact in 2016. The organization's reputation for project success (100%) and cost effectiveness (averaging $10 per person for decades) has also prompted numerous collaborations with other NGO's worldwide to guide their water infrastructure projects.


2 Extra Raw Bonus Acoustic Tracks if you download the whole album.
Lo-FI Very Early recordings via a cassette tape field recorder, an acoustic guitar and nothing else. I call this Folk Muse, the pre-curser to Dark Muse, prior to having Any DM equipment or looping tools etc. I am fairly self conscious, and so these tracks have been given a Dark Muse effected flair.... so these are no longer Raw Acoustic straight from a cassette field recorder.....Most of the acoustic original recordings were around '92 & '94.
- ' Distance (efxB), 'Red Dots (efx)', 'Anuna (efx), 'We Were (effected)', 'Be The One (efx)', were all recorded somewhere between 1992-1994. I just couldn't bring myself to offer the mix (just yet) from the original Acoustic versions of these tracks... they are just too bright, and too rough. I don't mind the Lo-Fi aspect, because I still have the documentation of these pieces which were recorded on an early 80's Cassette field recorder of my grandfather's, one which I had used to record all manner of things since I was a wee little girl... even taping arguments I would have with my cousin, singing along to the radio and other tidbits. While the recorder is no longer with me... and cassettes are not necessarily at 100%, I still have them all.... dozens of recordings from that time period. One day, I may offer the Rawest realizations of these early folk muse recordings... but still a bit ... ummm... I don't know.... embarassed or feeling Vulnerable to share them under my Dark Muse guise. I don't know how to play guitar, I admit it, I never truly learned, just followed along with finger charts in a guitar book and then... I just make patterns with my fingers that make sounds and beats. I often hear other layers of guitar when I play, I try to draw that out by hitting other strings at the same time. Also, I make mistakes in the raw versions. But I didn't care at the time, because I was learning... because music is soul and soul is good food.
Though honestly... Dark Muse is me.... the good and the bad... the quirky and the odd.... the not perfect... light and dark..... ugh... me and my justifications. For now... enjoy some tweaked effected mixes of these early pieces... although I did include a couple of the raw acoustic versions at the end. Included as Bonus's when you download the album. This is a short album, and I may add more later, or I may add a part two mix... that is, if I ever am able to transfer the recordings from cassette to computer again. Kind of an intense project.
- 'Shower Song' - While this track may be included on another mix.... I wanted it here as well, as it was one of Two tracks (along with 'Be the One') that I Truly cared about more than a lot of my other work at the time, because it started to go down a sort of DM path with bare minimal (no equipment) but similar concepts in tone and layers.
'Prophecy of the Somnibulists' was Recorded on a field cassette recorder, somewhere around 1992 - '94.


Learn INCORPOREAL from sentences of classic books. The app collects 10,000 middle or hard words; input your word, you not only get its meaning and example, but also have sentences and their contexts from classic literatures.
While Casper the friendly ghost is an incorporeal being, nevertheless he and his fellow ghosts make quite an impact on the physical world.
All things therefore seemed to point to this: that I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.
Fathers, mothers, children, brothers, sisters, men, women, daughters, adhere and become incorporated, almost like a mineral formation, in that dusky promiscuousness of sexes, relationships, ages, infamies, and innocences.
When any number of men have so consented to make one community or government, they are thereby presently incorporated, and make one body politic, wherein the majority have a right to act and conclude the rest.
Covered as they were with dust and blood, the swift evolutions of the combatants seemed to incorporate their bodies into one.


That sting with the grains of separation.
They wake and weep for dead friends.
TaaveeN saaDi peeR na save.
SagoN saahnu khaan nu pave.
But the pain does not recede.
Yet they turn on me ferociously.
Maht kihRa es nu dave?
Jahg kite sun na lave!
Or the world will hear him cry.
LekhaaN de ni puTHaRe tave!
He is fated to mourn.
From whom I can get another skin?
Give me a cover for myself.
JihRi sada sool te bave!
LakhaaN kohaaN door hi rave!
Which is pinned forever to a stake.
Uhchi uhchi naaN na lave!
So loudly in the middle of the night.
Will say that my songs were evil.
Maae sahnu neeNd na pave!


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De bonte gierzwaluw (Aeronautes saxatalis) is een vogel uit de familie Apodidae (gierzwaluwen).

Omschrijving
Deze soort komt voor in het westen van Noord-Amerika en in Midden-Amerika tot in het zuiden van het westelijk deel van Honduras. Hier komt hij voor in het kustgebied dat zich uitstrekt tot in het noorden van Noord-Californië. Ook zijn er landinwaarts migrerende populaties te vinden in de regio's Great Basin en Rocky Mountain, tot in het noorden van Brits-Columbia. Witkeelgierzwaluwen worden gevonden in open gebieden in de buurt van kliffen, rotswanden of door de mens gemaakte constructies, waar ze slapen. Gierzwaluwen zijn sociale vogels en er worden vaak groepen gezien die samen slapen en foerageren naar vliegende insecten.

Ondersoorten
Er worden twee ondersoorten onderscheiden:
 A. s. saxatalis: van zuidwestelijk Canada tot westelijk Mexico.
 A. s. nigrior: van zuidelijk Mexico tot centraal Honduras.

Externe link
Avibase

Gierzwaluwen
Dier uit het Neotropisch gebied
Dier uit het Nearctisch gebied
IUCN-status niet bedreigd

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How did the Grenfell Tower Fire disaster occur in this day and age?
By Ben Pepper
I, my fellow Londoners and the rest of the country woke up to the horrific news of the Grenfell Tower Fire last Wednesday morning. The stories and images emerging are absolutely harrowing.
As it stands 79 people have been confirmed dead however it is expected that this number will rise in the coming days, when greater access to the building is possible.
At this early stage definitive answers are a long way off. Initial reports suggest a number of things could have played a part in this catastrophic event. A public inquiry has been ordered but it is not clear when this will take place and therefore it is not clear when survivors and relatives of those tragically killed will get the answers they deserve.
What do we know so far about the Grenfell Tower Fire?
Cladding issues
Attention has been drawn to the cladding recently installed on the outside of the building which had undergone renovation last year, with suggestions that the insulation materials sandwiched between the cladding and the building were highly flammable contributing to the rapid spread of the fire up the building. If this is the case it begs the question, was there awareness as to the increased risks and if so what steps should have been taken to ensure measures were put in place to eliminate or reduce these risks?
Fire alarm failures
Many survivors report no fire alarm having gone off within the building with a number of people reporting only being woken by other residents.
Lack of sprinkler system
It has been acknowledged that no sprinkler system was in place.
Only one exit pathway
It has been acknowledged that there was only one stairwell in and out of the building.
Residents voiced their concerns repeatedly
The Grenfell Action Group Residents Association voiced their concerns in November 2016 that failings in health and safety in the building would lead to such a catastrophic event but this seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
Parallels with Lakanal House fire in 2009
Parallels have been drawn with the fire that happened in Lakanal House in Southwark in 2009. Southwark Council pleaded guilty to a number of health and safety failings at the time and an inquest in 2013 resulted in the coroner making a number of recommendations which failed to be implemented not least that all high-rise buildings should be retro-fitted with sprinklers.
What lessons should have been learned from Lakanal House and more importantly what lessons should be learned moving forward to ensure this doesn't happen again?
Shortcomings of Building Regulations
Currently the National Building Regulations apply to tall buildings and the only stipulation in relation to the materials used on the outside of buildings is that they meet 'Class O' regulations which crucially and shockingly do not stipulate that they have to be non-combustible. This needs to be looked at urgently, as there are currently other buildings throughout the UK that may be at risk.
There are a lot of questions which need to be answered as to how this tragedy occurred and a lot more information is, I've no doubt, yet to be uncovered. I'm sure there is a lot more to learn in the days, weeks, months and years to come. Where failings are identified those who may be culpable need to be held accountable.
The immediate priority in Grenfell aftermath
The focus at the moment is on ensuring those left destitute and homeless receive support and those injured receive the care they require. Many people are awaiting news on their loved ones and those families who are grieving will need answers. The government needs to address the inadequate regulations as a matter of priority. Any further delay in addressing these leaves people in similar buildings at foreseeable risk. Action needs to happen now, this cannot happen again.
Ben Pepper is a solicitor in the Personal Injury team at Bolt Burdon Kemp. If you or a loved one have suffered an injury as a result of someone else's negligence, contact Ben in confidence on 020 7288 4815 or at benpepper@boltburdonkemp.co.uk. Alternatively, complete this form and one of the solicitors in the Personal Injury team will contact you. Find out more about the Personal Injury team.
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Jana Hönke
Jana Hönke is a Professor of Sociology of Africa at the University of Bayreuth. She currently directs the ERC INFRAGLOB project Africa's Infrastructure Globalities, and is Associate Editor of Security Dialogue. Her current work examines how political geographies transform through South-South relations by studying the contested security arrangements related to multinational companies and transport infrastructures in contexts of fragility.
Email: Jana.Hoenke@uni-bayreuth.de
Raoul Bunskoek
Raoul Bunskoek is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bayreuth. Within the INFRAGLOB project, he researches how Chinese political-economic practices in African countries (re)shape global governance and what this means for International Relations (IR) theorizations.
Email: Raoul.Bunskoek@uni-bayreuth.de
Jan Sändig
Jan Sändig is a postdoctoral researcher in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Bayreuth. Within INFRAGLOB he examines how local communities and transnational activists contest Chinese mining projects in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Email: Jan.Saendig@uni-bayreuth.de
Mia Yang
Mia Yifan Yang is a PhD candidate promoted by Chair of Sociology for Africa at Bayreuth University and a research associate within the INFRAGLOB project, where she is responsible for the China-Africa component.
Email: Yifan.Yang@uni-bayreuth.de
John Heathershaw
John Heathershaw is a Professor at the University of Exeter and an advisor of the project, especially in regard to research ethics.
Katja Sugg
Katja works as a student assistant for the INFRAGLOB project. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Economics and Development from the University of Bayreuth. Currently, she is a master's student in Development Studies with a focus on Advanced International Economy at the University of Bayreuth. Katja is particularly interested in environmental and energy politics, especially renewable energies and the structures in the electricity sectors of African countries.
Within INFRAGLOB, she supports the Francophone research context on mining projects and contestations in Guinea and the DRC. She further coordinates the website and social media activities of INFRAGLOB.
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The following is information from the New York State Offices of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The Finger Lakes Visitors Center has highlighted areas that are in or near Ontario County by putting those areas in bold type.
Bonavista, Buttermilk Falls, Chimney Bluffs, Connecticut Hill, Fair Haven Beach, Fillmore Glen, Ganondagan, Harriet Hollister Spencer, Juniper Pond, Keuka Lake, Long Point, Mark Twain, Newtown Battlefield, Pinnacle, upper Robert H. Treman, Sampson, Stony Brook, Taughannock Falls, Two Rivers, and Watkins Glen State Parks.
Note: Hunters at Buttermilk Falls State Park must sign in each day at the park office or upper contact station.
Note: Fair Haven Beach State Park will NOT be open for early archery.
Note: A separate park hunting permit is required at Fair Haven Beach State Park. Contact the park office for details. Permit reservations will be taken starting September 26, 2015 at 8:00am.
Note: Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area will NOT be open for the special late season.
Note: At Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area, there will be NO hunting in the Reynolds Gull area.
Note: Archery deer hunting is allowed at Ganondagan State Historic Site from dawn to 9:00 a.m. only. A separate hunting permit may be obtained from the visitor center the afternoon of the day prior to hunting.
Note: Hunters at Newtown Battlefield Reservation State Park must sign in each day at the park office.
Note: Hunters at Robert H. Treman State Park must sign in each day at park office or upper contact station.
Note: Archery hunters at Sampson State Park must register at the park office prior to hunting, check out in person, and report their harvest. Antler restriction applies. Contact park office for details.
Note: Archery deer hunting is allowed on the east side of the gorge only at Stony Brook State Park.
Note: Hunters at Two Rivers State Park must sign in each day at the Romtek bathroom on Banzhoff Road.
Buttermilk Falls, Chimney Bluffs, Connecticut Hill, Fillmore Glen, Harriet Hollister Spencer, Keuka Lake, Long Point, Newtown Battlefield, upper Robert H. Treman, Taughannock Falls, Two Rivers, and Watkins Glen State Parks.
Note: Hunters at Buttermilk Falls State Park must sign in each day at the park office or upper contact station each day.
Chimney Bluffs, Connecticut Hill, Harriet Hollister Spencer, Juniper Pond, Long Point, and Sampson State Park.
Note: Harriet Hollister Spencer does not allow hunting during late special season (reference the DEC guidelines).
Note: Sampson State Park will conduct a ten day regular shotgun season hunt by lottery draw. Antler restriction applies. Contact the park office for details.
Note: Rifles are NOT allowed in or on any State Park property with exception of muzzleloading rifles in designated areas during designated season.
Fillmore Glen, Pinnacle, Keuka Lake, and Two Rivers State Parks.
Cayuga Lake, Dean's Cove, Keuka Lake, Sampson, Seneca Lake, Chimney Bluffs, Fair Haven Beach (Sterling Creek), Juniper Pond and Long Point State Parks.
Note: Federal Pier at Fair Haven Beach State Park is open for late season only. Reference the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (D.E.C.) Hunting and Trapping Guide for current dates and rules.
Note: Duck hunting at Sampson State Park is late season only and is limited to ten hunters per day.
Note: Cayuga Lake State Park, Dean's Cove, and Seneca Lake State Park is late season ONLY. All hunters must be in boats at all times.
Note: Keuka Lake State Park is late season ONLY. Hunters may hunt from shore but ONLY BETWEEN HIGH WATER MARK AND LAKE.
Cayuga Lake, Chimney Bluffs, Dean's Cove, Fair Haven Beach (Sterling Creek & Federal Pier), Juniper Pond, Keuka Lake, Long Point and Seneca Lake State Parks.
Note: Chimney Bluffs State Park and Federal Pier at Fair Haven Beach State Park is open for late season ONLY. Reference the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (D.E.C.) Hunting and Trapping Guide for current dates.
State Park is late season ONLY. All hunters must be in boats along shoreline.
Cayuga Lake, Chimney Bluffs, Dean's Cove, Fair Haven Beach (Sterling Creek), Juniper Pond and Long Point State Parks.
Note: Cayuga Lake State Park and Dean's Cove is late season ONLY. All hunters must be in boats along the shoreline.
Chimney Bluffs, Connecticut Hill, Juniper Pond, Keuka Lake (spring only), Pinnacle and Sampson State Parks.
Note: Spring turkey hunting at Keuka Lake State Park in on park property south of Hill Road only. Hunters must sign in at the park office.
Note: Spring turkey hunting at Sampson State Park is zone specific for gun and bow. Zone reservations begin April 1, 2016. Contact park office for details.
Note: Fall turkey hunting at Sampson State Park is bow only.
Chimney Bluffs, Connecticut Hill, Long Point, Juniper Pond, Mark Twain, Pinnacle, and Sampson State Parks.
Note: Small game hunting at Sampson State Park begins December 23, 2015 after all deer seasons are complete. No early season small game hunting is allowed.
Note: There is no small game hunting at Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area at any time.
- A separate special park permit is required for all hunting at Sampson State Park along with blaze orange hat or vest.
- At Bonavista State Golf Course, deer hunting will be by bow only and will be limited to one hunter per zone by first come, first serve basis. Hunters must sign in and out daily at the maintenance barn and indicate their zone. Harvests must be recorded. No reservations can be made. Contact Sampson State Park office for details.
- On the Catharine Valley Trail, a one-mile section of the trail near the Village of Montour Falls will be closed for approximately four (4) weeks during regular gun season. Reference the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Hunting and Trapping Guide for current dates and rules for regular gun season.
- At Harriet Hollister Spencer State Recreation Area, there will be NO hunting in the Reynolds Gull area.
- At Long Point State Park, special DEC permits for big and small game hunting are required from the check station at King Ferry (315-364-7777) from October 1 – January 15.
- All portable tree stands must have the owner's name, address, and phone number and must be removed at the end of the season. At Long Point State Park, tree stands must be removed daily. At Ganondagan State Historic Site, no tree stands are permitted.
- At Watkins Glen State Park, bow hunting on the west side of the railroad is open during DEC regulated archery seasons. The east side of the railroad opens November 1 through the end of DEC regulated archery seasons.
- Safety zones and restricted areas are posted to ensure the safety of other park patrons and regional personnel. Signs will be posted at all parks during hunting season to notify patrons of this activity. Handguns will not be permitted in any of the parks.
- No trapping is allowed at any of the State Parks in the Finger Lakes Region.
- Note: A valid New York State hunting license with the proper hunting stamps will serve as the regional hunting permit. Except where otherwise stated, this is the only permit necessary.


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Governor Hardy may refer to:

Charles Hardy (1710s–1780), Colonial Governor of New York from 1755 to 1757
Josiah Hardy (1715–1790), Colonial Governor of New Jersey from 1761 to 1763


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Drummer — Los Angeles
Musician, DJ, Composer / Arranger, Label boss, humanitarian and general all-round dogs body...
Well, I am in LA Right now. I used to hate it here, but after meeting a good few genuine people I have grown quite fond of the City. So, for now, LA is my home - but soon it will be somewhere else. As long as I have a hat to lay down.
Probably seeing Mucky Pup play the Red Spot in Staten Island with my best friend back in New Jersey Rob Pachoda. It was a full on hardcore gig and we were both in the mosh pit when I got hit down and stamped on a few times, and then I lashed out - only to hit a skin head in the face (did I mention that he had a swastika tattooed on the centre of his forehead?) with my boot. He just clean dragged me up and shoulder barged me back into the madness and that was the end of that. My ribs hurt the day after but it was a monumental night! Either that, or being able to see Miles Davis play when I was a kid. Genius!!!!
If you could have signed one music artist in history - who would it be?
That's a toughy - but it would be a cage fight between Quincy Jones, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Thundercat and Flylo. And I'd have them in the studio all together at the same time creating one super group with me and Quincy Jones at the helm (ok, more Quincy Jones than me but I can make a mean cup of tea…)
Which drummer do you most admire?
I have so many different influences - so what I'll do is morph them into one super drummer for you. The guy that initially gave me my buzz for drumming I guess would be Philly Joe Jones from my grandad's record collection, but then I got into Cozy Powell (go figure) and from there Dennis Davis. I felt out of love with drumming for while - but then found the glory that is Dave Weckl from Chic Corea and the Electrik Band (specifically Eye of the Beholder). That was the album that changed my life and reinvigorated my desire to play the drums!
Gary Powell is perhaps best known as the drummer with The Libertines, but also currently plays with The Specials as part of their line up for their 2016 American/European tours. He also runs his own record label, 25 Hour Convenience Store.
As a child my dad didn't allow me to play his record player, being an engineer and all round smart alec - wise guy he built his stereo system himself and it was massive, and bad ass. He did wisely buy an awesome belt drive pioneer turntable to tie it all together.
My Ma and Pa's musical taste was extremely eclectic and one day I plucked up the courage to sift through my dad's huge record collection and it was there that I stumbled across my gem. 'Capriccio Espagnole' by Rimsky Korsakov. When I heard this for the first time, I couldn't believe my ears and I bounded over the couch in the living room and jumped around like a crazy person! Can you believe it? Me being a crazy person! My dad came in and saw me playing this particular record and did not say a word. I think he was kinda happy because of all the records I could've chosen, from reggae to rock, jazz to folk - I chose classical music and I think that kinda impressed him - for a change!
Easy, Stevie Wonder - 'Songs in the Key of Life' / 'Music of My Mind' - or 'Fulfillingness' first finale'.
My teenage years were marred by strict parents and not having too many friends, but I did love the U.S hard core scene - specifically Bad Brains, Black Flag, Fishbone and Minor Threat and Dead Kennedy's. So, first song probably Bad Brains from the album 'I Against I' (intro).
"A champ like Tyson, a Captain like Kirk, no
Employee of the Month, cause yo, I do work"
I Get The Job Done - Big Dady Kane
'Fiction' by Matthew Herbert from the album 'Goodbye Swingtime'. Truly genius piece of writing by someone who is not bound by the constraints for conformity - but still writes in a way that is not self indulgent but appealing to the masses. When I grow up I wanna be Matthew Herbert.
Four new songs you can't stop playing now?
Right now I'm loving:
Feelings of Sentimentality Due to Getting Curved - Flamingosis
Especially his album Bright Things. The track 'Feelings of Sentimentality Due to Getting Curved' is just a bad ass groove. I was wondering around San Diego prior to a Specials sound check with this track on loop and big smile on my face. I probably looked like an idiot - but what the hey!!!!
On my label (25 Hour Convenience) I have some amazing acts that my business partner Wayne Clarke is currently cultivating:
Slew - Falseheads
You should check out the release 'Weigh In'.
Liberties - Bright Young People
My favourite track by these guys is 'Liberties', killer track.
GOT IT GOOD - Kaytranada
I'm a big fan and loving his new mix tape - '0.0001%???' it's that or 'if I was your girl' by the aforementioned genius!!!!
The Libertines - You're My Waterloo
The Libertines - Gunga Din
False Heads
Marcus Agerman Ross


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Day 973: Richard III's Weird Goodbye
Posted on August 26, 2019 by Marty
originally published August 30, 2014
A depressingly small amount of great historical tales end up in a parking lot. In the case of Richard III, King of England and the final monarch of the Plantagenet dynasty, that's exactly where the conclusion was written. A public parking lot – probably the kind of place where young lovers searched for a way across home plate, where despondent laid-off businessmen wept in their Saabs before going home to their families, and where illicit exchanges of cash for drugs no doubt peppered the veil of darkness.
It's an unlikely closing chapter for a king who spent his final day in a gruesome battle for control of the throne in what would be the blood-splattered climax of the War of the Roses. But deceased winners get sent to the unknown in a flourish of pageantry; the dead on the other side get swept beneath the planetary carpet and forgotten about. And the guy who was in charge of the losing side? It's fair game for that poor schlub.
The fate of Richard III endured the typical kaleidoscope of historical record, branching out in luminous tales of colorful desecration and mesmerizing hyperbole. But the truth? The real truth? Grab a shovel, move that Miata out of the way and let's do some digging.
Back in the days before leaders conscripted the poor to fight their battles, Richard III wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty. The War of the Roses had been raging for four decades, with the House of Lancaster yearning to snag the crown away from the House of York. Richard was new to the throne, having acted as Lord Protector for his 12-year-old nephew, Edward V until 1483 when it was decided that Edward was just not up to kinging. There was skepticism about Richard: why did Edward and his younger brother disappear suddenly? Why did Richard's wife die under mysterious circumstances? Was Richard involved?
On the Lancaster side, Henry VII was hoping to take the royal seat at the head of the table. The two men were present on the battlefield during the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485, but Richard never lived to see how it ended. The story goes that Sir Rhys ap Thomas delivered the fatal blow, after which Richard was stripped naked, hauled to Leicester and displayed for two days as an example of what cruddy kingery can do to a guy.
What happened next is the big mystery. He was tucked into the ground beneath the Franciscan Friary, and Henry VII paid for a monument to mark the grave. Over time the grave either decayed or was destroyed. One story tells of Richard's body being exhumed and hurled into the River Soar, his coffin being sold to a local innkeeper for use as a horse trough. Eventually the monastery was leveled, and the land turned into a garden owned by Robert Herrick, the mayor of Leicester. At this point there was no marker left to point to the grave.
Time danced its shuffling steps, and the city modernized. Numerous graves were found when houses went up, and a school was built. An office building was constructed, and the Leicester City Council moved in to call the place home in 1965. The area that was once Robert Herrick's garden was paved over and turned into a parking lot. Then in 2007, a single-story building on the property was torn down, which gave archeologists the opportunity to do a little digging. This is where things got interesting.
Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who probably doesn't always wear that funky hat, tracked down two 17th-generation matrilineal descendants (that's through the mother's side) of Richard III's sister, Anne of York. He felt that if they could dig around and unearth some old bones, perhaps modern DNA testing could confirm the results. In 2009, a woman named Philippa Langley, who worked with the Scottish branch of the Richard III Society (yes, there is such a thing), teamed up with Dr. Hill in hopes of making a kick-ass TV special. If they found Richard III's bones, it would be a hit. If not, it would be Geraldo digging up Al Capone's vault. Either way, it'd be watched.
Using ground-penetrating radar, a team tried to pinpoint where exactly the friary had been located. They narrowed it down to two parking lots and an unused school playground. It didn't take long to get results. Two leg bones were uncovered on August 25, 2012 – the day after they'd started digging. They continued digging to the southwest and uncovered some medieval walls and rooms, as well as a few other bodies. They also learned that the area where the first body had been unearthed was probably the eastern wing of the church where Richard III would have been stashed.
It was looking good. The rest of the body was revealed and brought in for analysis. Definitely an adult male with severe scoliosis, with what looked like an arrowhead in the spine and some severe skull injuries. They weren't ready to call it a win yet through – they wanted conclusive proof.
Joy Ibsen, one of the maternal descendants who could be linked to Richard III, died in 2008. Her son was instead called upon to provide the DNA swab for testing. It was enough – a DNA match was found between the younger Ibsen, another unnamed maternal-line descendant and the bones under the Leicester parking lot. Further testing would be done, but it looked like a fairly solid bet that they'd found the missing king.
As for the condition of the bones, it appeared that the cause of death was a couple of blows to the head by a well-aimed weapon. There were other injuries as well, but a number of them were written off as "humiliation injuries" inflicted after the king's death. There was no indication of a shriveled arm, such as the one ascribed to Richard in Shakespeare's biographical play. But the scoliosis was quite severe, and it's certainly believable that the specifics of any deformity may have been twisted through the gossiping yammer-mill of history.
Not that the research team was 100% finished with their testing. Radiocarbon dating suggested the body had died at least 25 years earlier than Richard, though mass spectrometry produced evidence that the body had consumed a fair amount of seafood back in the day, which is known to distort the results of carbon-dating. Heads were crammed together and doubts were eventually put to rest. For the purposes of the official record, this was the king.
What to do with the kingly remains was yet another controversy. The Mayor of Leicester said the bones would leave his district "over my dead body." Some felt the king should be in Westminster Abbey, alongside 17 other English/British kings. Others felt he should be buried at York Minster, where Richard apparently had wanted to be tucked away after his death. The current royal family expressed no opinion. The Leicester crowd won – Richard III now sits beneath a sacred monument in Leicester Cathedral. Much nicer digs than under the parking lot.
It's hard to fathom how much of a big deal this was to English folks – we North Americans have no basis for comparison. This really shook up the populace; Richard Buckley of the University of Leicester Archeological Services said he'd "eat his hat" if they actually found the body – when they did, he did just that. Well, he ate a hat-shaped cake. The pussy.
There are a lot of other historical mysteries out there, waiting to be discovered. Next time you swing by your local Walmart, it's worth taking a moment to pause and wonder if there might be something earth-shatteringly important underneath that display of Sham-Wows.. History loves hilarious endings.
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For the first time in Finnish history there is a comprehensive makeup course available in English language.
A lot of people in Finland would love to try makeup as a profession, but the language barrier always stops them from fulfilling their dream. Not anymore!
MAKE UP FOR EVER Academy Helsinki offers for the the first time in Finland's history a makeup course only in English language. This 2-month course is focused purely on beauty, fashion, photoshoots and runway makeup and intends on giving non-Finnish-speakers a chance to start working in the field of beauty makeup.
"There are a lot of people in Finland who would love to try makeup as a profession, but the language barrier always stops them from fulfilling their dream. Not anymore!", says Julius Sepponen, Director of the Helsinki Academy. Makeup artistry has been taught in Finland for 30 years and there even exists a state examination for it, but until now there has never been an extensive course delivered in English.
Some of the students already have a background in beauty and just want to improve their skills and get in touch with the Finnish industry but some are completely new to the field and are really looking forward to a career change. Some already have a beauty - or hairsalon - with English-speaking clientele so they will be looking forward to expanding their services into makeup.
The course has drawn interest from the neighbouring Baltic countries and St. Petersburg.
Join us for the first ever makeup course in English from April 14th to June 10th! Teaching is from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm.


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– About Mitreapel
Beta Kimya Inc. started as a small business producing and trading in water based PVAc glues in Istanbul in 1987. Our first factory was established in 1996 in Aydın in western Turkey. As the business started to develop rapidly we moved all of our production to a brand new state-of-the art factory on the Tuzla industrial estate near Istanbul in 2007. This was followed by two more production facilities at the same location in 2010 and 2012. Growing export operations and opportunities called for further expansion and we built a brand new facility in Istanbul Free Trade Zone in 2016 to address the needs of our foreign buyers and currenty we have been operating in 4 factories, all located in Istanbul.
Today Beta Kimya Inc. is amongst the top 1000 exporting companies of Turkey according to the data provided by TIM (Turkish Exporters Assembly). We are also one of the second 500 industrial companies of Turkey. Furthermore we are one of the top 250 companies which has allocated the most spending to R&D investments by also having an R&D center.
We have increased our product range to include up to 100 different types of adhesives, sealants and other products which are used in a wide spectrum of 7 main industries from wood work to construction with multiple variants. Our high-quality glues and adhesives are currently marketed under the brand names of MITREAPEL and APEL. We are very strong in Turkey and its neighbouring countries and having more presence every passing day in overseas markets. We are expanding our export sales network in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We also have sister companies established and located in the U.K. and UAE.


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Le Futbolny Klub Dniepr Mahiliow, plus couramment abrégé en FK Dniepr Mahiliow (en , et en ), est un club biélorusse de football fondé en 1960, et basé dans la ville de Mahiliow.

Historique

 1960 : création du club
 1998 : création du club par fusion du Dnepr Mahiliow (fondé en 1960) et du Transmash Mahiliow (fondé en 1994)
 1999 :  à une Coupe d'Europe (C1, saison 1999-2000)
 2006 : renommage en Dniepr Mahiliow
 2019 : fusion avec le Luch Minsk sous le nom Dniapro Mahiliow
 2019 : relégation de la première division et dissolution du club, qui est refondé sous le nom Dniepr en début d'année 2020 et repart de la troisième division

Bilan sportif

Palmarès

Bilan par saison
Légende

Période soviétique

Période biélorusse

Bilan européen
Note : dans les résultats ci-dessous, le score du club est toujours donné en premier.

Légende

Logo du club

Notes et références

Club de football en Biélorussie
Club de football fondé en 1960
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What the Statistical Oddities From 2018 Tell Us About the 2019 NFL Season
Play-action, tight windows, and clean pockets: The most interesting stats from 2018 show just how much the NFL is a quarterback's league
By Danny Kelly Sep 3, 2019, 9:01am EDT
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If you're like me, you spend inordinate amounts of time trawling NFL statistical databases, including Football Outsiders, Pro Football Focus, AirYards.com, Sharp Football Stats, NFL Next Gen Stats and Pro-Football-Reference. But as the smorgasbord of NFL stat sites continues to expand, it's easy to get lost in a vast sea of numbers, so I sifted through charts, spreadsheets, and search queries and collected a few of the most interesting, strange, or illuminating statistical nuggets I could find from the 2018 season. I've done this column every year for each of the last three seasons, and this year, just about every stat I dug up reflects the present state of the NFL as a quarterback-driven and offense-centric league. Let's dig in to what these numbers could mean for 2019.
The Steelers Hate Play-Action
NFL teams have increasingly leaned on play-action passes during the last few seasons. The leaguewide rate rose from 18 percent in 2016 all the way to 24 percent in 2018, per the Football Outsiders Almanac. That movement was spearheaded last year by a few of the league's best offenses and quarterbacks, with the Rams' Jared Goff, the Eagles' Carson Wentz, the Patriots' Tom Brady, the Seahawks' Russell Wilson, and the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes each finishing with play-action rates above 30 percent. Those numbers should only rise in 2019, and the reason is simple: Play-action fakes work. When the quarterback fakes a handoff, it puts defenders in a bind. Safeties, linebackers, and defensive linemen must read their keys to react to the offensive play, and even one false step in the wrong direction—toward the line of scrimmage in anticipation of a run play, for instance—can be enough to put them out of position to make a play against the pass. As FiveThirtyEight's Josh Hermsmeyer notes, quarterbacks with at least 100 pass attempts in 2018 averaged 1.39 yards per attempt more out of play-action dropbacks than on all other plays, and offensive coordinators are likely still just scratching the surface of the potential that deception creates.
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The Steelers, though, have resisted that trend. In fact, they've gone the other direction: Pittsburgh used a play-action fake on a league-low 12 percent of its dropback attempts last year, per Football Outsiders' charting, just one point higher than their league-low 11 percent rate in 2017. That may seem like an archaic—perhaps even backwards—approach, but the fact is, Roethlisberger is one of the few quarterbacks who simply performs better in straight dropback situations than with the help of a play-action fake. The veteran passer finished with a passer rating of 85.6 on play-action attempts last year, per Pro Football Focus—29th among 37 qualifying quarterbacks—and completed 67 percent of his passes with two touchdowns and two picks. Without play-action, Roethlisberger posted a 98.0 passer rating (tied for seventh best). He threw 32 touchdowns to 14 picks on those attempts. As Football Outsiders points out, this statistical quirk isn't anything new, either: "For four straight years, the Steelers have a better DVOA without play-action, even though the league as a whole always has a better DVOA with play-action."
There are likely multiple reasons the Steelers cut against the grain in this particular area. For one, Pittsburgh favors empty backfield sets far more than any other team: Per Football Outsiders, the Steelers lined up without a running back in the backfield on a league-high 18 percent of snaps last season—more than double the league average of 8.2 percent. Going with empty-set looks eliminates the ability to fake a run, but it does spread the defense thin and help identify mismatches—especially when executed by a veteran quarterback like Roethlisberger, who has full control to change the play at the line of scrimmage. But even if the Steelers run the ball a little more in 2019 (no team attempted more passes last season) and use fewer empty backfield sets this season, I wouldn't expect their play-action rate to go up a whole lot. Not with Roethlisberger under center, anyway; Big Ben may simply not be comfortable turning his back to the defense to execute the play-action fake. Some quarterbacks prefer to drop back with their eyes downfield so they can see how the defense reacts from the jump. That seems to be Roethlisberger's preference, and the numbers back him up there.
Patrick Mahomes Didn't Force It
When I picture Mahomes's 2018 season, the general image that comes to mind is of the dynamic playmaker throwing some seemingly impossible no-look pass, off one foot, into tight coverage and exactly where only his receiver can get it for a touchdown. The ball is either on fire in my mind's eye, or it turns into a missile right when it leaves his hand. That's probably not based entirely in reality, but that's just how impressive Mahomes was last year. He was doing things I've never seen a quarterback do.
Mahomes is certainly more capable than just about anyone on the planet to make those awesome frozen-rope throws into triple coverage, but he didn't actually have to attempt those types of passes all that often. Playing in Andy Reid's wide-open "Spread Coast" offense, Mahomes almost always had receivers running relatively open downfield, whether that was Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, Sammy Watkins, or one of the team's running backs. He just had to find them. As Sharp Football's Dan Pizzuta recently wrote, just 11 percent of Mahomes's regular-season passes were considered "aggressive"—i.e., throws into tight windows, which is defined by the NFL's Next Gen Stats as one yard or fewer of separation—which tied with Marcus Mariota for lowest rate among passers heading into 2019 with a starting job. That's pretty incredible considering Mahomes's average depth of target (9.5 yards) ranked seventh-deepest leaguewide.
Kansas City's offense almost perfectly marries its quarterback and play-caller. Mahomes can deliver shocking, unbelievable passes when the team really needs him to, but most of the time, he's simply operating with cold-blooded efficiency and playing within the confines of Reid's scheme. It's his accuracy, timing, and sound decision-making—not necessarily his rocket arm—that win the day. One of my favorite ways to measure the baseline quality of a quarterback is to simply look at their performance when they're kept clean in the pocket; it's not a perfect method, obviously, but when you eliminate defensive pressure as a variable, it can paint a picture of how well a quarterback can sit in the pocket, read the defense, and pick it apart. Unsurprisingly, Mahomes led the way when kept clean last year, per PFF, and coasted to an NFL-best 134.2 passer rating with 41 touchdowns and just four picks on those plays.
Regression to the mean is a powerful, almost inevitable force and it wouldn't be surprising if Mahomes fails to crack 50 touchdowns in 2019. But outside of total touchdowns (an inherently high-variance stat), it wouldn't surprise me either if Mahomes is as efficient (or more efficient) in 2019 in most other measures, whether we're talking completion percentage (66.0), yards per attempt (8.8), or passer rating (113.8).
When a Clean Pocket Wasn't Enough
Another reason I love to look at clean-pocket performance is that it's an intuitively "accurate" stat that lines up with the eye test: Among quarterbacks with at least 350 dropbacks last year, those at the top of that list are a who's who of the league's established elite at the position: Mahomes, Drew Brees, Wilson, Goff, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers, Deshaun Watson, Cam Newton, Wentz, Aaron Rodgers, Kirk Cousins, Andrew Luck, Roethlisberger, Brady … you get it.
On the other hand, when a quarterback struggles to pass from a clean pocket, it raises pretty major red flags about their ability to process what they're seeing, make decisions, and deliver on time and accurately downfield. Among the players at the bottom of the list for clean-pocket efficiency for 2018, we find a trio of rookies: Sam Darnold (93.9 passer rating), Josh Rosen (80.9), and Josh Allen (79.8). That's not all that surprising, though; it's exceedingly tough to make the transition to the NFL.
Poor play from a clean pocket is one thing for a rookie, but it's far more concerning when you see it from a veteran. A few well-established, longtime starters found themselves near the end of the clean-pocket efficiency list in 2018; Short term, unless Matt Stafford, Jameis Winston, and Joe Flacco improve their efficiency from a clean pocket, none of the Lions, Bucs, or Broncos will sniff the postseason in 2019. Longer term, repeat clean-pocket performances from that trio could change the directions of their franchises in 2020 and beyond.
Stafford had one of his worst seasons as a pro in 2018. He tossed just 21 touchdowns and 11 picks, and dropped below the 4,000-yard mark for the first time in his career (among seasons he started 16 games). It was especially concerning that seven of those 11 interceptions came from a clean pocket, and his 96.0 passer rating when he wasn't pressured ranked just 23rd out of 30 qualifying passers. The Lions will hope new offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell can help solve some of those woes; they're banking on it, really, because Detroit can't get out of Stafford's contract until at least 2021. The Buccaneers and Broncos can, at least, move on from their respective starters if Winston (who threw 10 of his 14 interceptions last year from a clean pocket) and Flacco (whose 94.9 passer rating from a clean pocket ranked 24th of 30 quarterbacks) don't improve in 2019.
Deshaun Watson Didn't Crack Under Pressure
Of course, there's more to a quarterback than simply operating from a clean pocket. The best of the best separate themselves by making plays under duress. The guys who can step up, evade pressure, keep their eyes downfield, and still fire a strike downfield will play longer—and have more success—in this league. It's especially valuable to have a quarterback who can thrive under pressure when you're a team that struggles to put together a competent offensive line. Like, say, the Texans.
No quarterback was under pressure more often last season than Deshaun Watson, who had pass rushers in his face on 44.7 percent of his dropbacks, per PFF. Luckily for Houston, no quarterback performed better under pressure last year than Watson, who compiled an 88.2 passer rating on those plays (first), completing 57.9 percent of his passes (third) with nine touchdowns (tied for second) and five picks.
Houston's (rash, perhaps irresponsible) move to acquire left tackle Laremy Tunsil last weekend should help improve Watson's blindside protection in 2019, but it won't completely solve all the team's pass-protection woes. Sacks and pressure are both strongly correlated to a quarterback's playing style; quick-release experts can simply avoid pressure by getting the ball out of their hands before pass rushers arrive. That hasn't been Watson's style thus far in his career; in 2018, his 3.01 seconds to throw was the fourth-longest time in the league (out of 30 passers). Unless Watson changes drastically in that area, he will have to keep improvising, and his performance under pressure could be the barometer for the team's overall potential this year.
That Other Reason the Ravens Decided to Run
The Ravens' offense underwent an amazing metamorphosis partway through last season and shifted from a pass-heavy approach under Flacco to the most run-centric scheme in the league under rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson. The main reason for that change was obvious: It catered to Jackson's elite skill set as a runner. But the decision to go all in on the ground game probably got a boost from the fact that no one in the Ravens' receiving corps could catch the damn ball.
Three of the top 10 most drops-prone pass catchers in the NFL last year were on Baltimore's offense. Michael Crabtree, who dropped 11 of his 65 catchable targets for a league-worst 16.9 percent drop rate, led the way, but was joined by John Brown (14.3 percent drop rate, with seven drops on 49 targets) and Willie Snead IV (7.5 percent drop rate). Unsurprisingly, the team completely revamped that pass-catching corps during the offseason: Snead remains, but the Ravens spent a first-round pick on Marquise Brown and a third-rounder on Myles Boykin. Baltimore's banking on an upgrade in not just playmaking talent from that duo, but in simple pass-catching reliability. They'll need it if Jackson's prediction for around 30 passes a game comes true. That'd be a jump from last year, when the rookie averaged 22.5 attempts in his seven starts.
Some teams are just objectively more fun to watch than others. Last year, the Buccaneers and Bills—a pair of typically, well, boring squads—were way more entertaining than I thought they'd be. And it related directly to their vertically aggressive passing offenses.
The Buccaneers were the first to explode onto the scene by employing a wide-open Air Raid attack under offensive coordinator Todd Monken, who tasked journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick with attacking downfield relentlessly. Tampa Bay shocked the Saints and Eagles in the first two weeks of the season and racked up nearly 1,000 yards of offense and 75 points en route to a 2-0 start. The defense-challenged Bucs faded as the year went on, and Fitzpatrick traded off with Winston for the starting job, but it's pretty astonishing to look at the yards per attempt column for the entire 2018 season and see Fitzpatrick right there at the top. The 36-year-old signal-caller threw for 2,366 yards on 246 attempts in eight games, good for 9.6 yards per attempt, nearly a full yard per attempt more than the second-place finisher and league MVP, Mahomes (8.8). Of course, Fitz threw a few too many picks and took a few too many sacks, but he also injected some life into a listless franchise.
The same can be said about Josh Allen and the Bills. The jury is definitely still out on whether Allen will emerge as a reliable, efficient quarterback in Buffalo, but Allen's big arm and aggressive style made the Bills worth watching in 2018. No quarterback threw deep at a higher rate than Allen last season, who tossed it at least 20 yards on 19.7 percent of his throws, per PFF. Toward the end of the season, Buffalo's general strategy was to spread the field with four receivers, send them all deep, and if Allen didn't get an open receiver on his first or second read, just let him take off running. I'm not sure if that's a viable long-term approach for Allen, who threw seven touchdowns and seven interceptions on his deep passes to compile a 62.9 passer rating on those throws that ranked 29th out of 35 qualifying passers, per PFF. But it sure as hell isn't boring, and I am looking forward to seeing what Buffalo coordinator Brian Daboll dials up for Allen in 2019.
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Come visit our Victorian village founded in the 1880's on Tennessee's Upper Cumberland Plateau! You will find both exciting AND relaxing things to do here!
HIstoric Rugby is a heritage treasure listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972 and pursuing National Landmark Status for the Thomas Hughes Library, believed to be the oldest completely preserved public lending library in America. The National Trust for Historic Preservation calls Rugby one of the most authentically preserved historic villages in America.
Historic Rugby continues a 47-year quest to restore, preserve and protect this unique village and interpret its fascinating history to visitors from all over Tennessee and the world.
Enjoy this well-preserved rural 19th century village in a variety of ways. Historic Rugby offers interpretive tours on MOST days during the year. Please Contact Us before you come to make certain that we are open when you plan to visit.
We also host annual events, special events and workshops. Please check our Calendar to find out the exact dates and times.
We also offer lodging, dining and shopping and there are many attractions nearby. We are fortunate to be surrounded by unspoiled, protected woodlands and streams that offer beautiful spots for hiking and other outdoor pursuits.
While you are in Rugby there are many things you can do!
Begin at the Rugby Visitor Centre & Theatre with its 32-foot wall mural of Rugby in its heyday. Relax in comfortable Johnson Theatre seats for a 22-minute showing of the award-winning Rugby history film – The Power of a Dream. (The movie is free of charge.) Then take the guided walking tour to the 1882 Thomas Hughes Free Public Library, 1884 Kingstone Lisle (the founder's home), 1887 Christ Church Episcopal and 1907 Schoolhouse Exhibits. Tour admission for 2019 is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (age 60 or above), $4 for students K-12, and preschoolers free.
Historic Rugby hosts many special events each year. For current information you can check the Events and Activities page, or visit our Facebook page. Our Calendar has the events listings for the year.
We have three distinct lodging facilities; beautiful Historic Newbury House, a large Victorian Inn which was completely restored in 2012, the smaller Percy Cottage which offers all the comforts of home and rustic Pioneer Cottage. Our Lodge in Rugby menu tab has all the information you need to book your stay in Rugby!
Historic Rugby sponsors several workshops throughout the year ranging from outdoor topics such as fern identification and geology to special crafts workshops featuring White Oak Basketry or Victorian Quilt Squares. Our Workshops tab under the When You Visit menu heading will give you all the particulars and our Calendar will provide you with the dates.
The Harrow Road Café in the center of Rugby offers a comfortable country ambience and good down-home cooking. Several specialties from the British Isles are featured on the menu. We now also serve wine and ales. Our homemade soups and desserts are the best! Please visit us whether you are just driving through or you want to book a special event here. Check our Harrow Road Café page for more details.
Historic Rugby operates the Commissary Museum Store in Rugby which feature a unique assortment of Appalachian crafts as well as vintage, antique and other handcrafted items. Rugby's 'Main Street' also boasts the Spirit of Red Hill Shop. Go to our Shopping page for more information.
The scenic Upper Cumberland Plateau offers many opportunities for outdoor activities. Within Rugby itself are the historic trails to the Gentlemen's Swimming Hole and Meeting of the Waters. These two trails are part of the Big South Fork National Park and Recreation Area and are accessed by the Laurel Dale Cemetery road. Also in Rugby is the new Rugby State National Area featuring the Massengale Homeplace and Trail. The Outdoors page has much more information for you.
We have many other attractions close by that can be mixed in with a visit to Rugby. Our Area Attractions page has more detailed information.