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Q: Android - Cursor onMapReady (Markers) I'm trying to "inflate" my content from SQLite into Markers but the solution I took of here it's not working, and it's not throwing any information on Log.
I'm a bit new on this Marker stuff and SQLite
My code inside the Fragment:
SQLiteHelper dbHelper = new SQLiteHelper(getActivity());
        pds = new ParksDataSource(dbHelper.db);
    parks = pds.getAllParks();

    List<Marker> markersList = new ArrayList<Marker>();
    int i = 0;
    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + SQLiteHelper.TABLE_PARKS,
            null);
    try {
        while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
            String[] latlong = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_COORDINATES)).split(",");
            double latitude = Double.parseDouble(latlong[0]);
            double longitude = Double.parseDouble(latlong[1]);
            mark = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);
            Marker mPark = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(mark)
                    .title(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_TITLE)))
                    .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(writeTextOnDrawable(R.mipmap.ic_pin, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_FREE))))));
            mPark.setTag(0);
            markersList.add(mPark);
            Log.d("HierParks", "Pin: " + i + ", " + latitude + "," + longitude + " - Park:" + cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_TITLE)));
            i++;
        }
    } finally {
        cursor.close();
    }

    LatLngBounds.Builder builder = new LatLngBounds.Builder();
    for (Marker m : markersList) {
        builder.include(m.getPosition());
    }`

Thank you for your time.

A: Finally I managed to fix it, hope this help someone.
My ParkDataSource:
public Cursor getAll() {
        return db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM " + SQLiteHelper.TABLE_PARKS,
                null);
    }

My Fragment:
SQLiteHelper dbHelper = new SQLiteHelper(getActivity());
        pds = new ParksDataSource(dbHelper.db);
        cursor = pds.getAll();

        List<Marker> markersList = new ArrayList<Marker>();
        int i = 0;
        try {
            while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
                String[] latlong = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_COORDINATES)).split(",");
                double latitude = Double.parseDouble(latlong[0]);
                double longitude = Double.parseDouble(latlong[1]);
                mark = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);

                if (cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_SLOTS)) == null){

                    Marker mPark = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(mark)
                            .title(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_TITLE)))
                            .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(writeTextOnDrawable(R.mipmap.ic_pin, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteHelper.COL_PARKS_FREE))))));
                    mPark.setTag(0);
                    markersList.add(mPark);
                }
                i++;
            }
        } finally {
            cursor.close();
        }

        LatLngBounds.Builder builder = new LatLngBounds.Builder();
        for (Marker m : markersList) {
            builder.include(m.getPosition());
        }

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The Daily Meal listed "America's 50 Best Coffee Shops" for this year (see the 2013's list here.) My favorite coffee shop ranked in! Is your favorite coffee shop in your city in the list?
This is how they made the list. "First off, of course, we evaluated the coffee. The shops on this list use high quality beans and have close relationships with their roasters — or are the roasters themselves."and then "Next, we evaluated the culture of the shop."
Here is the top 20.
7. Milstead & Co., Seattle YAY!


What "The Irish Curse" is - and how it manifests itself - is the raw centerpiece of this wicked, rollicking, and very funny new play. Size matters to a small group of Irish-American men who meet weekly in a Catholic church basement in New York City as part of a self-help group for guys who possess a certain anatomical "shortcoming." This alleged Irish trait is the focus of their weekly sessions as they all feel this "curse" has ruined their lives. THE IRISH CURSE is a revealing portrait of how men, and society, define masculinity, male identity, and the relationships men must face each and every day of their lives.
The Irish Curse' Offers Laughs, Reflection And 'Magical Chemistry"


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Der Waterlooplatz in Hannover ist eine etwa vier Hektar große Rasenfläche im Stadtteil Calenberger Neustadt. Auf dem Platz steht die Waterloosäule. Platz und Säule entstanden im 19. Jahrhundert zur Erinnerung an die Schlacht bei Waterloo. Während die Platzanlage bei ihrer Entstehung in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts ursprünglich ein Kasernenareal umgab, liegt sie heute inmitten des Regierungs- und Verwaltungsviertels der niedersächsischen Landeshauptstadt.

Lage und Beschreibung

Der etwa 400 × 100 Meter rechteckige Waterlooplatz befindet sich südwestlich der Altstadt in Sichtweite des Niedersächsischen Landtags. Die Fläche ist öffentlich zugänglich und wird gelegentlich für Heißluftballonstarts und Veranstaltungen, wie Zirkusvorführungen und Showauftritte, genutzt. 2006 war auf dem Platz eine Arena aufgebaut, in der Public Viewing der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 auf Großleinwand stattfand. Dies wiederholte sich 2012 zur Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2012.

Im südlichen Bereich des Platzes steht die zur Siegessäule ausgestaltete 46 m hohe Waterloosäule. Der Platz ist als Rasenfläche gestaltet und weist an den Rändern vereinzelt Baumreihen auf. Eine Abgrenzung stellen die vier umgebenden Straßen dar. Nennenswert sind dabei nur die Verkehrswege an den Längsseiten. Dies sind im Nordwesten die vierspurige Ausfallstraße Lavesallee und im Südosten die verkehrsruhige Straße "Am Waterlooplatz". Unter dem Waterlooplatz befindet sich die unterirdische Stadtbahnhaltestelle "Waterloo".

Geschichte
Der Waterlooplatz entstand Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts gemeinsam mit der Waterloosäule. Beides diente der Erinnerung an den Sieg in der Schlacht bei Waterloo, den auch Truppen des Königreichs Hannover 1815 gegen Napoléon errangen.

Er war der erste größere Exerzier- und Militärparadeplatz in Hannover, den die hier stationierten Soldaten nutzten. Die Kasernen rund um den Platz lagen damals noch vor den Toren der Stadt Hannover. Die bastionsartige Stadtbefestigung wurde ab 1763 entfestigt. Dabei wurden Wälle und Mauern geschleift, um die Bebauung und das Straßennetz ausdehnen zu können.

Der Platz wurde am Reißbrett des Hofbaumeisters Georg Ludwig Laves, dem führenden Architekten des Königreichs Hannover, entworfen. Die Platzanlage erweiterte die Sichtachse des damaligen Leineschlosses (heute Niedersächsischer Landtag) nach Südwesten. Die Arbeiten zur Anlage von Platz und Säule dauerten etwa von 1826 bis 1832 an.

Ursprünglich war der Waterlooplatz eine rechteckige Fläche mit halbrunden Stirnenden. Südlich des Platzes führte ein Graben vorbei zur Leine, der Abwässer der Kasernen des Waterlooplatzes entsorgte. Mit der Einführung einer Kanalisation um 1900 wurde er zugeschüttet.

Militärbauten
Mit der Anlage des Waterlooplatzes Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts entstand an seinen Seiten eine Reihe von Militärbauten. Eine ähnlich militärisch bedingte Entstehungsweise ist in Hannover beim Welfenplatz und dem Königsworther Platz der Fall.

Unmittelbar am Waterlooplatz standen an der Nord-West-Seite die Infanteriekasernen 2 und 3, anfangs als Gardejäger- und Gardegrenadier-Kasernen bezeichnet. Gegenüber an der Süd-Ostseite lagen die Infanteriekaserne 1, die spätere Hindenburgkaserne und das Hauptzeughaus, das spätere Artilleriedepot. Seit der Entstehungszeit bis ins 20. Jahrhundert waren unmittelbar am Platz etwa 1.100 Infanteristen stationiert. Im weiteren Umfeld des Platzes lagen etwa 25 Militäreinrichtungen, wie Lazarett, Arresthaus, Bekleidungskammer und repräsentative Dienstwohnungen von Offizieren und Kommandeuren.

Königliches Hauptzeughaus

Das königliche Hauptzeughaus war der bereits 1833 geplante, aber durch die Revolution von 1848 erst 1849 errichtete Nachfolger des Zeughauses am Hohen Ufer (heute Teil des Historischen Museums am Hohen Ufer). Es war der größte Gebäudekomplex am Waterlooplatz, später auch Artilleriedepot. Karl Friedrich Schinkel erstellte zuvor ein Gutachten, Rudolf Wiegmann einen Entwurf. Nach einer Wettbewerbs-Ausschreibung durch das Kriegsministerium siegte Konrad Stremme (2. Platz: Ludwig Hellner). Der Bau wurde in florentinischer Renaissance ausgeführt mit vorgezogenen Eckbauten.

Im Gebäude lagerte militärisches Gerät, wie Geschütze, Fahrzeuge, Schießpulver, Geschirr und Waffen aller Art. Der Zeughaus-Komplex entstand 1845–49 an der Südostseite des Platzes. Dazu gehörte das Hauptzeughaus als 85 m langer und 18 m breiter Bau mit drei Geschossen, der über zwölf Zugänge verfügte. Das Gebäude wies zwei 40 m lange Gebäudeflügel auf. Im Erdgeschoss waren Kanonenrohre und Fahrzeuge gelagert. Im ersten und zweiten Stockwerk wurden Gewehre und Säbel aufbewahrt.

Zwei weitere Nebenzeughäuser entstanden an der Ostseite des Grundstücks an der heutigen Waterloostraße gegenüber der Kriegsschule und dem 1903 fertiggestellten Polizeipräsidium. Die beiden dreigeschossigen Zeughäuser waren 81 m lang und etwa 13 m breit. In ihnen waren im Erdgeschoss und im ersten Stockwerk Fahrzeuge untergebracht, im obersten Stockwerk lagerten Geschirre.

Die Luftangriffe auf Hannover im Zweiten Weltkrieg hinterließen eine gut erhaltene Ruine, die jedoch 1955 abgerissen wurde zugunsten eines Neubaus der Oberfinanzdirektion.

Infanteriekaserne 1

Das Hauptgebäude der Infanteriekaserne 1 und späteren Hindenburg-Kaserne wurde 1833 als 52 m langer Ziegelsteinbau an der Süd-Ostseite des Platzes errichtet. Die Kaserne stand auf einem 110 × 41 m großen Gelände. Das Kasernengebäude verfügte über drei Geschosse und war unterkellert. Es war in der Länge zur Straßenfront errichtet und wies in der Tiefe des Grundstücks zwei Flügel von je 20 m Länge auf. Das Kellergeschoss hatte 27 Räume und war für die Küche, Waschküche, Kohlenkeller und Vorratsräume bestimmt. Die Mannschaftsstuben waren durchschnittlich mit 10–15 Soldaten belegt. Jedem untergebrachten Soldaten standen etwa 17 m³ an Raum zur Verfügung, den Offizieren doppelt bis viermal so viel. Die Kaserne hatte zwar ein Fassungsvermögen für 560 Soldaten, war aber um 1900 nur mit 450 Soldaten belegt. Davon hatten 420 Soldaten Mannschaftsdienstgrade, 30 waren Offiziere.

Darüber hinaus bestand eine Reihe von Nebengebäuden, wie ein etwa 50 m langer Bau mit Küche, Speiseraum, Krankenrevier, Baderaum und Werkstätten, wie die des Büchsenmachers. Weitere Gebäude waren ein 38 m langes Exerzierhaus und eine Latrine. Da die Kaserne in der Leineniederung stand, trat in den Anfangsjahren bei Hochwasser des Flusses öfters Wasser in die Keller. Um 1900 war das Gelände so weit entwässert und reguliert, dass dies nicht mehr auftrat.

Heute ist in dem gut erhaltenen Bau ein Standort der Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt untergebracht.

Kaserne 2
Die Infanteriekaserne 2 an der Nord-Westseite des Platzes entstand 1831 und war als Kommandantur vorgesehen. 1839 wurde das 40 m lange Gebäude durch den Anbau eines Flügels erweitert und zur Kaserne bestimmt. Das Hauptgebäude wies drei Geschosse und Unterkellerung auf. Die Belegungsverhältnisse waren ähnlich der Infanteriekaserne 1. Ebenso waren ähnliche Nebengebäude vorhanden.

Die Kaserne war für 415 Mann ausgelegt, war um 1900 aber nur mit etwa 320 Soldaten belegt. Heute sind die Bauten der Kaserne nicht mehr vorhanden. Sie befanden sich etwa in Höhe des heutigen Finanzamts Hannover-Mitte und des Niedersächsischen Innenministeriums.

Kaserne 3
Die Infanteriekaserne 3 an der Nord-Westseite des Platzes entstand 1831 unmittelbar neben der Kaserne 2. Das 52 m lange Hauptgebäude aus Ziegelsteinen wurde dreigeschossig mit Keller errichtet. Es verfügte über zwei Gebäudeflügel. Die Kaserne war um 1900 mit etwa 400 Soldaten belegt. Die Belegungsverhältnisse waren ähnlich der Infanteriekaserne 1. Ebenso waren ähnliche Nebengebäude vorhanden.

Die Kaserne ist heute nicht mehr vorhanden; sie befand sich etwa in Höhe des heutigen Finanzamts Hannover-Mitte.

Kriegsschule

Eine weitere militärische Einrichtung nahe dem Waterlooplatz war die Kriegsschule. Der Gebäudekomplex entstand an der heutigen Waterloostraße in den Jahren 1842–43 als Königliche Kadettenanstalt. Das Hauptgebäude an der Straßenfront war 60 m lang und wies in der Tiefe des Grundstücks zwei 20 m lange Seitenflügel auf. Daran wurden 1894 ein Zwischenbau sowie ein etwa 25 m langes Lehrgebäude angesetzt. Die Gebäude waren unterkellert und wiesen drei Geschosse auf. Architektonisch waren die Fassaden im Rundbogenstil gehalten. Nebengebäude waren eine überdachte Reitbahn, ein Fecht- und Turnschuppen, Latrine, Geschützschuppen, Kegelbahn und Pferdeställe.

In der Kriegsschule waren 120 Kriegsschüler untergebracht. Ihnen stand bei der Unterbringung ein Raumvolumen von 52 m³ pro Person zur Verfügung, was mehr als das Doppelte des Raums für Soldaten anderer Kasernen war. Das große Raumvolumen wurde durch die außergewöhnliche Geschosshöhe von 5 m erreicht, was die Heizfähigkeit der Räume stark beeinträchtigte.

Nach der Annexion des Königreichs Hannover wurde 1867 die Einrichtung in Preußische Kriegsschule umbenannt. Seit 1919 gehören die Bauten dem damaligen Polizeipräsidium und der Polizeidirektion Hannover, die auf dem Nachbargrundstück 1903 einen Neubau errichtet hatte. Das Hauptgebäude der ehemaligen Kriegsschule wurde durch Bombenangriffe während des Zweiten Weltkriegs stark beschädigt. Erhalten geblieben ist das Erdgeschoss, das noch die ursprüngliche Eingangstür zur Straßenfront aufweist. Das Lehrgebäude der Kriegsschule blieb vollständig erhalten.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

Bei den Bombenangriffen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auf Hannover wurden die Militäranlagen rund um den Waterlooplatz stark in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Viele der so beschädigten oder zerstörten Gebäude wurden nach dem Krieg abgerissen, wie das Hauptzeughaus 1955. Heute zeugen nur noch wenige Reste von der militärischen Vergangenheit des Platzes. Vollständig erhalten geblieben ist die Infanteriekaserne 1 mit einem Standort der Generaldirektion Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrt. Von der Kriegsschule an der Waterloostraße auf dem heutigen Gelände der Polizeidirektion sind etliche Teile erhalten geblieben.

Auf den freigewordenen Flächen der zerstörten Kasernen am Waterlooplatz entstanden nach dem Krieg Verwaltungs- und Regierungsbauten, für die hier genügend Fläche vorhanden war. Stadtbaurat Rudolf Hillebrecht entwickelte 1948 den Plan, das Regierungsviertel der Landesregierung rund um den Waterlooplatz einzurichten. Es lag dadurch nahe dem Niedersächsischen Landtag, der im wieder aufgebauten Leineschloss eingerichtet wurde. Andere nach 1945 vorgesehene Stadtbereiche, wie die Hohenzollernstraße an der Eilenriede und der Warmbüchenkamp sowie der Schiffgraben, waren flächenmäßig und städtebaulich unzureichend für Ministerien, Landtag und Staatskanzlei.

2016 entstand auf der Rasenfläche des Waterlooplatzes auf rund 4000 m² ein Containerdorf für 120 Flüchtlinge, ebenso eine Kindertagesstätte. Im Rahmen des Projektes Hannover City 2020 + soll die auf Baumeister Laves zurückgehende Hippodromform des Platzes wiederhergestellt werden.

U-Bahn-Station

Am Waterlooplatz begann am 16. November 1965 der Bau der Stadtbahn Hannover, knapp drei Jahre später konnten auf Betreiben der Stadtverwaltung erste Besucher am 31. August und 1. September 1968 die erst teilweise fertiggestellte, nach oben hin noch offene Baustelle am "Tag der offenen Tür" besichtigen. Hier entstand die viergleisige U-Bahn-Station Waterloo der Stadtbahnstrecke A. Nach den ursprünglichen U-Bahn-Planungen sollten von dieser Station später einmal die Strecken A-Süd und A-West weitergeführt werden. Darüber hinaus sollte eine unterirdische Kehranlage entstehen. Im Hinblick auf diese Planungen wurden beim Bau der Station einige Bauvorleistungen geschaffen, die im südlichen Teil der Station erkennbar sind.

Am 28. September 1975 wurde die erste Stadtbahnlinie vom Hauptbahnhof über Waterloo nach Oberricklingen eröffnet. Zunächst wurden nur die zwei innenliegenden Gleise der Station genutzt, die zur Rampe in der Gustav-Bratke-Allee führten. 1979 wurde die A-West-Strecke Richtung Empelde ebenfalls über die Rampe an den Tunnel angeschlossen.

Im Jahr 1999 wurden mit dem Bau der Spange Legionsbrücke die beiden äußeren Gleise in Betrieb genommen. Die Linien 3 und 7 fuhren nun nicht mehr über Schwarzer Bär, sondern direkt zur Haltestelle Krankenhaus Siloah (jetzt Allerweg). Von der ursprünglichen Planung der unterirdischen Weiterführung der Strecke war man abgerückt und hatte stattdessen die Ihme mit einer Brücke überquert. Beim Bau der Verlängerung wurde wieder eine Bauvorleistung in Form eines kurzen Tunnelstücks geschaffen. Dadurch besteht die Möglichkeit, die A-West-Strecke eines Tages in einen Tunnel durch Linden-Mitte zu verlegen.

Die bisher weitgehend schmucklosen Betonwände der unter großem Zeitdruck fertiggestellten U-Bahn-Station wurden 2013/14 runderneuert und mit Abbildungen und Tafeln zur Stadtgeschichte ausgestattet.

Literatur
 Beschreibung der Garnison Hannover vom Standpunkt des Gesundheitswesens. Hrsg. von der Medizinalbehörde des Königlich Preußischen Kriegsministeriums, Berlin 1896.

Weblinks

 360 Grad Panorama des Platzes
Kurzbeschreibung bei hannover.de

Einzelnachweise

Platz in Hannover
Platz in Europa
Calenberger Neustadt

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2009-10Last 16Round 1
Gran Canaria 2014 73
January 26, 2010 CET: 21:30
Local time: 20:30 CENTRO INSULAR DE DEPORTES
Gran Canaria made its home court a fortress to open the Last 16 with a 73-65 victory over Turk Telekom on Tuesday in Group L. Gran Canaria now joins Crvena Zvezda with a 1-0 record atop the group, while Turk Telekom and Nymburk are 0-1. A fourth-quarter run of 13-5 in which James Augustine scored 8 points proved decisive for Gran Canaria. Sitapha Savane led the winners with 15 points while Augustine followed with 13 and Marcus Norris with 11 and 5 assists. Demond Mallet of Turk Telekom led all the scorers with 19 points. Erwin Dudley added 18 with 6 boards and Kris Lang posted a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. On a night when both teams shot similar percentages from every distance, solid edges in rebounds (36 to 28), steals (11 to 7) and especially assists (21 to 11) made the difference for Gran Canaria.
Mallet scored 7 of Turk Telekom's points as the guests from Ankara went ahead 6-9 after 5 minutes. Norris answered with 5 points in a row of his own, however, to put the hosts ahead 11-9. Lang tied it up before Will McDonald scored a layup assisted by Jaycee Carroll to push Gran Canaria ahead 15-11. Mallet reappeared beyond the arc to give a new lead, 15-17, to the guests as he already had 10 points. A three-pointer from Josh Fisher and another basket from Lang fixed the score at 18-19 for Turk Telekom after 10 minutes. Augustine completed a three-point-play to open the second quarter that put Gran Canaria in front 23-21. Melvin Sanders added a shot from downtown and then assisted Daniel Kickert for the biggest margin yet, 33-24. Lamayne Wilson kept Turk Telekom alive from the three-point land, but Savane found easy points in the open court to keep Gran Canaria ahead, 36-29. Lang closed the first half with a slam, but the scoreboard still showed 36-31 for Gran Canaria.
Norris opened the third quarter scoring from long distance. Lang answered from mid-range, but Jim Moran kept the hosts going until Carroll scored his first bucket of the night to raise the difference to double figures, 44-34. Turk Telekom remained engaged thanks to Dudley, whose next basket made it 46-40 midway through the third quarter. Wilson from beyond the arc cut again the difference again, to 48-45. Both teams struggled then before Gran Canaria found a 6-0 run capped by Josh Fisher to regain a 10-point lead before Tutku Acik Tutku trimmed the difference again to 56-49 after three quarters. Bekir Yarangume did even better for Turk Telekom early in the fourth, tying the score at 56-56 with a three-pointer, but Augustine exploded with back-to-back baskets to another save Gran Canaria from losing the lead. A three-point-play of Savane after a triple from Mallet excited the home crowd, while a new basket by Carroll at 67-61 seemed to put the game in control of the hosts. Dudley scored from the foul line to raise Turk Telekom's hopes but an astonishing dunk from Augustine and his mid-range jumper to follow up suddenly made it 71-63 and ensured the win for the islanders.
Referees: ROCHA, FERNANDO; PATERNICO, CARMELO; MATTIOLI, GIANLUCA
Gran Canaria 2014 18 18 20 17
Turk Telekom 19 12 18 16
4 FISHER, JOSH 22:40 5 1/2 1/3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 8
5 AUGUSTINE, JAMES 30:22 13 6/10 1/2 2 2 4 1 4 2 3 3 15
6 ALVARADO, OSCAR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 SAVANE, SITAPHA 22:28 15 5/9 5/5 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 15
11 BELLAS, TOMAS 16:11 0/2 2 1 1 3 3
13 NORRIS, MARCUS 23:49 11 2/5 2/2 1/2 2 2 6 1 3 1 3 2 11
14 KICKERT, DANIEL 12:40 6 3/4 4 4 1 1 7
20 MORAN, JIM 16:28 3 0/1 1/3 1 3 4 1 1 1 5
22 CARROLL, JAYCEE 22:19 4 2/9 0/2 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 5
34 SANDERS, MELVIN 18:56 8 1/1 2/5 1 3 4 2 1 1 11
45 MCDONALD, WILL 14:07 8 3/6 2/2 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 8
Team 5 2 7 1 6
Totals 200:00 73 23/47 6/17 9/11 12 24 36 21 11 13 1 2 14 18 94
Head coach: MARTINEZ, PEDRO
Turk Telekom
4 LANG, KRIS 27:15 14 5/11 4/6 4 8 12 3 3 18
5 ERDOGAN, SERKAN 17:58 0/1 0/2 1 1 2 1 -4
6 WILSON, LAMAYNE 32:26 7 1/2 1/4 2/2 5 5 1 2 1 1 2 2 11
9 YARANGÜME, BEKIR 24:02 3 0/3 1/3 1 1 1 2 3 1 2
11 ACIK, TUTKU 26:15 3 1/3 1 1 2 1 3 3 -1
12 BESOK, HUSEYIN 4:27 1 0/1 1/2 1 2 2 -2
21 AKPINAR, MUTLU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
34 SENTURK, SONER 4:07 1 1 1 2
35 DUDLEY, ERWIN 29:16 18 6/9 6/6 6 6 1 1 2 1 3 3 22
44 SONKOL, UMIT 5:18 1 -1
55 MALLET, DEMOND 28:56 19 4/5 3/7 2/2 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 16
Head coach: CAKIROGLU, MERIH
MARTINEZ, PEDRO
"It was a tough game against a physical team. But it didn't surprise me because that's what we expected. We are at a point in the comptition where we will find no easy things, that's how the Last 16 is. Turk Telekom showed good level and it wasn't such a bad result for them. Now we have to think about the game in Belgrade as Crvena Zvezda has already a road win after its success in Nymburk. We always had the game under control, but there was a moment at the end of the third and fourth quarters in which they showed options of recovery because they are a good team."
CAKIROGLU, MERIH
"We knew that Gran Canaria 2014 plays fast at home and we tried for them not to feel comfortable. We took so many quick shots without good shot selection. We also turned the ball over a lot and those two factors never allowed to catch the hosts on the scoreboard. We lost this first game but now we have to home duels in a row and we will give our maximum. If we manage to win the home games, one on the road and defeat Gran Canaria at home by more than 8 points, I think we will advance to the next stage. This is the first game, there's a long way ahead and we have options to continue in the Eurocup. That's our goal."
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January 26 20:30 CET LIVE FINAL
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T2S Needs to Increase Cross-Border Activity
Clearstream, Deutsche Börse's international central securities depository, said volumes remain divided on national lines on TARGET2-Securities, the platform which aims to harmonize cross-border securities settlements in the Eurozone.
T2S allows settlement in central bank money across borders, central securities depositories and currencies so there is no difference between domestic and cross-border transactions. In T2S participants can use one cash and securities account for all T2S markets, which now have the same cut off times, allowing liquidity and collateral to be pooled
Marc Robert-Nicoud, chief executive of Clearstream Holding said in a statement: "The harmonization objective requires both infrastructure development and a change in market behavior. T2S migration has not yet translated in market participants changing their model to take full advantage of the T2S benefits."
The settlement platform began operating in 2015 after being launched by the European Central Bank in 2008 to end fragmentation in securities settlement across the Eurozone as the cost of cross-border transactions could be 10 times more expensive than domestic transactions. Clearstream was among the six migrating CSDs who joined T2S in February this year. As a result 18 CSDs, representing 16 markets have migrated to T2S, representing more than 80% of the total volume on the platform ahead of the fifth and last migration wave in September.
Since Clearstream joined T2S, volumes on the European Central Bank platform have doubled to 500,000 transactions per day. Clearstream added: "Cross-border activity in central bank money through T2S remains a small fraction of these volumes."
Robert-Nicoud continued that Clearstream is continuing to develop T2S to ensure the platform delivers on its pan-European ambitions but legal barriers still make it complex to hold securities a cross borders. He said: "We see these efforts as critical to ensure that the market gets the benefits of the investments made over the last years."
Following its migration, Clearstream launched an enhanced integrated service offering, allowing customers to connect and access all of its three CSD entities (Clearstream Banking Frankfurt, Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and LuxCSD ) through one platform.
After the migration of Clearstream, LCH, the London Stock Exchange Group's clearing house, said in a statement in March it had extended its RepoClear service to offer clearing for cash and repo trades on German government securities. LCH SA, its continental Europe-based entity, which already clears trades on Italian, French and Spanish government securities.
The new offering covers trades on German government and regional debt allowing members clearing these products to net their positions with other European transactions cleared at LCH SA and settled through T2S, reducing the use of balance sheet and capital and margin requirements.
Michael Manna, head of EMEA and APAC fixed income financing at Barclays, said in a statement: "There is clear evidence that the roll out of T2S will bring tangible benefits towards improving the infrastructure services required to support liquidity in the European sovereign bond markets.


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Barstool-Branded Sportsbook Coming To Detroit's Greektown Casino
Portnoy and his "partners in crime" presumably will make a site visit soon, as Barstool Sportsbook plants a flag in Indiana this week, too.
A Barstool-branded sportsbook is expected to open Wednesday night at Detroit's Greektown Casino Hotel, just two days before Christmas.
The move coincides with the casino's reopening for the first time since Nov. 15, when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rolled out sweeping shutdown restrictions in the wake of a COVID-19 resurgence that also included closing of high schools and universities statewide as well as a moratorium on indoor dining.
Penn National Gaming, which in January acquired a 36% interest in Barstool Sports for $163 million, also announced the planned opening of two more physical Barstool sportsbooks this week in Indiana — at Penn National's Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg on Wednesday and Ameristar East Chicago Casino on Thursday.
That means that Michigan and Indiana will be the second and third states — pick your own order — to land Barstool sportsbooks, trailing only pioneering Colorado and its Barstool Sportsbook that opened last month at Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk.
"We are thrilled to be opening our new Barstool Sportsbook," John Drake, vice president and general manager at Greektown Casino, said in a statement. "The new design showcases the spirit of the Barstool Sports brand, resulting in an outstanding sports wagering experience that we expect our customers will thoroughly enjoy."
The details, by the 'book'
Drake said that the Barstool Sportsbook is located on the second floor of Greektown Casino, near the casino's table games area. Large odds boards, sports betting kiosks, countless televisions of all sizes, and the availability of fine dining all are promised.
In other words, it seems, it will look like a typical sportsbook.
But the difference-maker, potentially, in a city like Detroit that features three casinos is a Barstool brand that has millions of devoted followers — or "Stoolies" — as well as a controversial history that has included drawing the ire of various rights groups objecting to sometimes-coarse language.
Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Is Shaking Up Sportsbook World
FEED ME MICHIGAN! https://t.co/hhFVfpLtBF
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) December 17, 2020
Barstool founder Dave Portnoy, the face of the brand, is one of many personalities for Barstool who have tripped some sensitivity wires over the years. Gaming analysts have split on whether the controversy will allow Barstool to stand out from the large crowd of sports betting operators.
Portnoy and his "partners in crime" presumably will make a site visit soon, although limited capacity at casinos complicates matters because of the potential for Barstool drawing a large crowd even in the midst of a pandemic.
Sports bettors' "choice"
As would be expected, visitors will be able to earn tier points using the Penn National "myChoice" loyalty program when placing bets in the sportsbook.
Penn National has 41 gaming properties across 19 states, including Pennsylvania, which became home to the first Barstool mobile sports betting app that launched in mid-September.
Penn National has two casinos in the Keystone State — Hollywood and Meadows — that seem likely targets for Barstool Sportsbooks as soon as March Madness 2021, while its AmeriStar casino in Iowa could also have an aggressive time frame for rebranding.
At least one industry analyst is very bullish on Barstool's chances to box out a sizable position of the Michigan sports betting market.
"I would actually say Barstool could be the favorite to be the number one sportsbook in Michigan," Matias Dorta, an associate at Roundhill Investments, told MI Bets last week. Dorta spends his professional life analyzing gaming companies for the firms' BETZ ETF, the largest sports betting ETF in the market.
"I think it will be a focal point for Barstool and Penn National Gaming to make sure that happens. So when they launched in Pennsylvania, you literally had half the Barstool team living half the time in Pennsylvania," he said. "I think for Michigan they're going to go full throttle."


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BKS Radomiak Radom - polski klub bokserski, działający wcześniej jako sekcja Radomiaka. Pierwotnie w klubie boks funkcjonował w latach 1945-1959. W tym czasie Antoni Czortek, walcząc w barwach RKS-u, został mistrzem Polski. W 2009 roku pięściarstwo powróciło do Radomiaka dzięki powołaniu Autonomicznej Sekcji Bokserskiej (obecnie Bokserski Klub Sportowy Radomiak).

Historia

Lata 1945-1959
W okresie powojennym pięściarze Radomiaka odnosili największe sukcesy. Boks w RKS-ie rozsławił Antoni Czortek, który zamieszkał w Radomiu w 1947 roku, kiedy niespodziewanie przegrał walkę o mistrzostwo kraju z mało znanym częstochowskim bokserem. Po tej porażce wstydziłem się wracać do Warszawy. I wtedy przyszła niespodziewana oferta z Radomia. Wówczas Sztobryn, kierownik sekcji boksu, zaproponował mu reprezentowanie radomskiego klubu. W 1949 roku Czortek, broniąc barw "Zielonych", wywalczył mistrzostwo kraju. Po zakończeniu kariery zawodniczej był trenerem m.in. Radomiaka. W drużynie obok niego walczyli m.in.: Jan Sieradzan, bracia Wasikowie, Jan Kotkowski i Marian Przybytniewski.

2009 - reaktywacja, Autonomiczna Sekcja Bokserska
2 marca 2009 powołano Autonomiczną Sekcję Bokserską Radomiak 1910 SA. Pomysłodawcami reaktywowania sekcji byli bracia Żeromińscy, Krzysztof i Sławomir, wcześniej działający w Hubalu Chlewiska, na bazie którego został odbudowany boks w Radomiaku. Dwa dni później pięciu pięściarzy z ulicy Struga 63 wystartowało w Mistrzostwach Polski rozgrywanych w Pniewach. Dwóch z nich wywalczyło brązowy medal: Tomasz Duda (w kategorii do 48 kg) i Michał Żeromiński (do 60 kg).

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Radomiak Radom
Radomiak Radom


Objective: The aim of this study was to determine how burn pit emissions exposure is associated with the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.
Methods: We examined the associations between assumed geographic and self-reported burn pit emissions exposure and respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes in participants of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.
Results: We found significant dose–response associations for higher risk of self-reported emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with increased days of deployment within 2 miles of selected burn pits (P-trend = 0.01) and self-reported burn pit smoke exposure (P-trend = 0.0005).
Conclusions: We found associations between burn pit emissions exposure and higher incidence of post-deployment self-reported respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, but these findings should be interpreted with caution because the surrogate measurements of burn pit emissions exposure in this analysis may not reflect individual exposure levels.
Westat, Rockville, Maryland (Dr Liu, Dr Gasper, Ms Kawata); Department of Veterans Affairs, Post Deployment Health Services, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Lezama, Ms Morley); War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, VA – New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange (Dr Helmer); Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School, Newark (Dr Helmer); and Department of Veterans Affairs, Post 911 Environmental Health Program, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Ciminera).
Address correspondence to: Nicholas Lezama, MD, Department of Veterans Affairs, Post Deployment Health Services, Washington, DC (Nicholas.Lezama@va.gov).
The Department of Veterans Affairs paid Westat to perform data analysis and manuscript writing.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine58(7):e249-e255, July 2016.


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Celebration of MMI's 175 year legacy.
Marion, Alabama was Established
First called Muckle Ridge, the town was later renamed "Marion" in honor of Francis Marion (1732-1795). Francis Marion was known as the "Swamp Fox" for his cunning and resourcefulness in fighting the British in the American Revolutionary War.
Alabama Becomes the 22nd State
On December 14, 1819, James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, signed into law the resolution admitting Alabama as the 22nd state into the union. The state experienced an early boom known as "Alabama Fever" where its population grew from 10,000 in 1810 to over 300,000 in 1830. Mobile and Huntsville were early population centers, but Marion as well as Selma and Montgomery were growing wealthy on cotton grown in the Black Belt of central Alabama. Howard College was founded only 23 years after Alabama became a state.
The Perry County Seat Relocated to Marion
Perry County's first courthouse located at Perry Ridge (seven miles southeast of Marion) was nothing more than a one story log cabin. A more centrally located county seat was needed, and in 1823 it was relocated to Marion. The original courthouse in Marion was a two-story log cabin erected on the same site of the present-day courthouse.
Nicola Marschall (1829-1917)
Nicola Marschall, originally from Prussia, emigrated to America in 1849 landing first in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1851, Marschall relocated from Mobile to Marion, where he opened a portrait studio and taught at the Marion Female Seminary. Marschall taught art, languages, and also instructed and performed on guitar, violin, piano, and harp. With the coming Civil War in 1861, Nicola Marschall was approached by Mary Clay Lockett and Fannie Lockett Moore, daughter-in-law of Alabama Governor Andrew B. Moore of Marion, to design the first official flag of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.). Primarily a portrait artist, Marschall painted hundreds of subjects including Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, Nathon Bedford Forrest, and Otto von Bismarck. Marschall was awarded a medal for his portraits at the Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia, PA, in 1876. In 1883, Marschall and his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he continued to support his family as a portrait artist until his death on February 24, 1917.
Judson Female Institute was incorporated by an Act of the Alabama Legislature
In 1835, shortly after the failure of the two local manual labor institutes to provide education for men, the Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists of Marion founded the Marion Female Seminary for the education of young women. Although the Seminary was successful, in 1838, the Baptists elected to withdraw from that institution, and they formed Judson Female Institute, a new Baptist school for women in Marion.
The Alabama Baptist State Convention passed a resolution to establish a college for men
Following the successful establishment of Judson Female Institute, the Alabama Baptist State Convention passed a resolution to establish a college in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, in a building and lot offered by the "brethren of Marion." The resolution approved the establishment of a Theological Institution to be connected with the college. The college was to have a board of thirteen trustees, who would hold all property belonging to the college. It also approved the opening of a classical school in the building until the sum of $50,000 was raised.
Samuel Sterling Sherman was employed as President of the newly approved college
After the Convention authorized the establishment of a new college, the pastor of Siloam Baptist Church and the President of Judson Female Institute, on the recommendation of the President of the University of Alabama, secured a president for the new college – Samuel Sterling Sherman. Born in Vermont, Sherman had moved south for health reasons and opened a private school for a short time until he was offered employment at the University of Alabama as a tutor in foreign languages and as a librarian.
Howard College was incorporated by an Act of the Alabama Legislature
Howard College was incorporated on December 29, 1841, by an act of the Alabama legislature (Act No. 65). Unfortunately, due to communication difficulties, the bill as drafted did not follow the directives of the Convention in many respects – one being that the act provided for a self-perpetuating board of trustees, while the Convention intended to elect trustees with terms limited to two years. In 1845, the act was amended to provide that the Convention would elect trustees for terms limited to six years.
Howard College opened its doors
Just 27 years old at the time of his appointment late in December, 1841, Samuel Sherman discovered that the first students to inquire about registering were not qualified for college level study. He hastily cancelled an advertisement boldly calling the new school "Howard University" and called it "Howard English and classical School". Nine students enrolled on January 3, 1842. Eight were local Marion residents and one came from Montgomery. Enrollment continued to increase during the school year, which ended with thirty-one students. During the new institutions first years it was known as The Howard University, Howard English and Classical School, Howard Literary and Theological Institute and Howard College.
A fire destroyed the first building that housed Howard College
The frame building occupied by the new institution caught fire in midday. Students and citizens of Marion saved the library books and most of the scientific apparatus. No one was injured. Citizens of Marion took in students and school lessons were continued in Siloam Baptist Church. Money was quickly raised to construct a new building. An additional lot was purchased so the new building would face Judson Female Institute's new building three blocks east of the new Howard College building.
Howard College's new four-story brick building was placed in operation and Howard College assumed the status of a full-fledged college
Howard College's new four-story brick building was placed in operation on January 1, 1846. The lower two floors contained offices, a laboratory and class rooms. Along with opening of its new building, Howard College announced that the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science would be awarded.
Green Springs School
The Famed Green Springs School was Dr. Henry Tutwiler's private boarding academy from 1847 until his death in 1884. Called the "Rugby of the South," the school was so popular in Alabama and throughout the South that students had to apply for the few openings a year in advance. Located in the middle of nowhere then as now, the school was three miles from Havana and six miles from the nearest railroad depot. Enrollment was usually around 75 and included some day female students, including Tutwiler's own daughters. There is a massive granite stone marking the site of the school which was placed by the Hale County Historical Society in 1947. To learn more about Green Springs School, click the link below.
Howard College graduated its first class, consisting of seven men
Seven students graduated from Howard College at its first commencement on July 27, 1848. The enrollment that school year was 136 students. Four students were awarded the Bachelor of Arts and three were awarded the Bachelor of Science.
Henry Talbird succeeded Samuel Sherman and became the second president of Howard College
Following commencement activities in July, 1852, Professor Henry Talbird, who had served as professor of theology at Howard College, was elected President of Howard College. He was born in South Carolina and educated at Madison University in New York.
James Thomas Murfee: The Early Years
James Thomas Murfee (1833-1912), the first President of MMI, was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Col. Murfee graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1853 in civil engineering. As a cadet, he served as the First Captain (the highest ranking cadet) and graduated first in his class without a single demerit.
In 1854, construction began on a new marble-and-brick Greek Revival courthouse. Two-story porticos flanked each end of the building, with six Ionic columns supporting the massive pediments. The building was completed in 1856 and underwent renovation in 1954 and 2012. It continues to serve as the county courthouse today.
A Second Fire Destroyed Second Howard College Building
About midnight on October 15, 1854, a fire broke out on the staircase on either the basement or first floor of the building. Harry, a servant of President Talbird, was awakened from sleep on one of the lower floors and told to escape. He replied, "Not till I wake up the boys." He went up the staircase yelling loudly and banging on each door. When he reached the last door on the fourth floor, the only staircase was totally inflamed and he could not return by the stairs. He jumped from the fourth floor and was fatally injured. His funeral was held in Siloam Baptist Church and, he was buried in the Marion City Cemetery. A marble obelisk stands in the cemetery as a public dedication to the heroism of Harry. One student died from injuries a few days later. On October 18, 1854, college classes were resumed in the basement of Siloam Baptist Church on Washington Street. Marion citizens subscribed $12,000 towards a new building.
The Alabama Baptist State Convention resolved to build a main building and a dormitory at a new site which had been donated by one of the first graduates of Howard College
Dr. John Barron, a member of the first graduating class, donated the lot where the MMI Chapel and its two oldest dormitories now stand. A contract was awarded to Young Tarrant of Marion for $27,000 to build the main college building and one dormitory. The buildings were designed by Noah K. Davis, a member of the Howard College faculty. Complete plans for the campus called for two barrack-like dorms facing a quadrangle from opposite sides with the main building between the two. The main building was to contain the chapel, library, president's office, Philosophical and Society halls, cabinet and classrooms. One of the dormitory buildings was completed in April, 1856. The main building completion was delayed due to bad weather. It was already evident that the second dormitory would be needed.
Six Mile Academy became a valuable feeder school to Howard College and later MMI
Captain Richard Hopkins Pratt, headmaster of Six Mile Academy, and his wife, Arvezena, staunch members of the Six Mile Baptist Church, transformed Six Mile Academy into one of the finest schools in the region. Howard College and MMI reaped the benefits of the many excellent graduates from the Academy who enrolled in Howard and MMI from 1858 until the Academy burned in 1897. Six Mile Academy was located in Bibb County between Centreville and Montevallo on Highway 25.
Colonel J.T. Murfee became Commandant of the University of Alabama Cadet Corps
COL J.T. Murfee taught in Pennsylvania and Virginia before joining the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa as a mathematics professor. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the University of Alabama was militarized and the all-male student body became the Alabama Corps of Cadets (ACC). Murfee was originally second in command, but rose to become commandant of the ACC when his predecessor joined the Confederate forces. J. T. Murfee, himself, rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 41st Alabama Infantry. He later became president of Howard College and founder and president of Marion Military Institute. (Pictured is a University of Alabama cadet)
Howard College faculty and students joined Confederate companies
In April, 1861, in response to President Lincoln calling seventy-five thousand men to arms, Howard's president Henry Talbird became Captain Talbird of the "Independent Volunteers", a Confederate company composed of Howard students others in the vicinity. Howard College students also joined the Marion Rifles, Marion Light Infantry, and several other volunteer Confederate units. The "Independent Volunteers" went to Virginia. Because of poor health, however, Dr. Talbird resigned his command and returned to Marion. Before he returned, Howard's trustees had resolved to introduce military drill at the beginning of the session beginning October, 1861. When that session began, Dr. Talbird began teaching military tactics. During that scholastic year the enrollment reached only 68.
General Isham Warren Garrott
Isham Warren Garrott (1816-1863) practiced law in Marion. Active in the community, Garrott was a member of the Whig political party, a Mason, a member of the Siloam Baptist Church, an incorporator of the Marion and Alabama River Transportation Company, and President of the Board of Trustees of Howard College in Marion. With the outbreak of war in 1861, Isham Garrott formed the 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment, serving as its Colonel. After his brigade commander was killed at Port Gibson, Mississippi, Garrott took command of Tracy's Brigade in the defense of Vicksburg. To read more, click the link below
Howard College without a president
After returning from Virginia in 1861 due to poor health, Dr. Talbird, president of Howard College, gave daily instruction in military tactics until the spring of 1863. Having regained his health, he raised a regiment and entered Confederate service at that time as a colonel. Howard College had no president from 1863 to 1865.
Breckinridge Military Hospital on the Howard College campus
In the Spring of 1863, Dr. William Augustus Evans was sent by the Confederate Medical Department to Marion to locate a suitable site near the railroad for a medical facility. After first looking at Judson College, which was in session with some 250 students, Evans recommended that Howard College be secured as the hospital site. At that time, Howard had only one professor and 27 students, mostly of academy age, 24 of whom were from the town of Marion. The majority of Howard's students and alumni were serving in various Confederate units fighting in the war. The Board of Trustees of Howard College reluctantly agreed in August, 1863, to allow the Confederate government to establish Breckinridge Division Hospital (Breckinridge Military Hospital) on its campus. The College Chapel was converted into a major wing of the hospital, the pews being used by the more seriously ill patients, with the other rooms serving as administrative offices and operating rooms. The two dormitories were named Wards A and C, and were utilized by the less seriously ill soldiers. A tent encampment for the overflow of patients dotted the front campus. Drs. William Augustus Evans and James McCown Greene were placed in charge of Breckinridge Hospital. However, one Willie Banks, an African American slave woman who served as the night nurse at the hospital, claimed that Dr. John Thomas Barron of Marion (a member of the first graduating class at Howard College), was actually the medical officer in charge. Most of the hospital records were lost or destroyed. However, one existing volume (now at Samford University) from August, 1863, to December, 1864, indicates that there were 406 patients at the hospital. The number of soldiers who died is unknown (many remains were sent back to their homes), but 102 graves were once located in a pine grove behind the College Chapel. Following the Civil War, these graves, including the unknowns, were re-interred in the cemetery of St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church in Marion. To read more about the Military Hospital, click the link below
Colonel J. T. Murfee and University of Alabama Cadets confronted Federal Cavalry in Tuscaloosa and withdrew to Marion.
April 3, 1865 – Colonel J.T. Murfee commanding University of Alabama Cadets, encountered a brigade of Federal cavalry. After a short exchange of gunshots, the outnumbered Alabama cadets withdrew and marched to Marion, Alabama, to await orders. The war ended a few days later and the Alabama cadets were disbanded and sent home. Colonel Murfee was to return to Marion in the summer of 1871, as the president of Howard College.
Federal troops seized Howard College buildings
In the spring of 1865, Alabama was overrun by Federal forces and Marion, as well as other important towns, was occupied. Federal troops seized Howard's buildings and held them under libel by the Federal Government. Professor Goodhue ceased to give instruction and from March to June, 1865, Howard College was closed.
Howard College re-opened after the end of the Civil War
After the Civil War ended, Howard's Board of Trustees committed to reopening the college on October 1, 1865. Although Henry Talbird was requested to resume his duties as president, he declined. During the entire scholastic year of 1865-1866 the total enrollment reached only 41.
Lincoln Normal School
Lincoln Normal School was incorporated in 1867 as "The Lincoln School of Marion" by recently freed African Americans in Perry County. In 1870, the school expanded to include teacher training. In 1887, a fire destroyed many campus buildings and as a result, the teacher training function was move to Montgomery where it became Alabama State University. Lincoln Normal School was noted for its high percentage of graduates over the years, and for the remarkable number of its alumni who went on to complete advanced degrees. Among its many graduates who have distinguished themselves in all walks of life, perhaps their most famous graduate is the late Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), wife of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. The school closed in 1970, when it was consolidated with the Francis Marion High School.
James Thomas Murfee Designs Woods Hall
After the Civil War, James T. Murfee worked as an architect in Tuscaloosa. As such, he was hired to help rebuild the University of Alabama. The first major structure built, what became Woods Hall, was designed by Murfee and was patterned after the barracks at his alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute. The building was to form part of a proposed quadrangle (modeled after VMI) which was never built. The Alabama Corps of Cadets continued as the mainstay of the student body during Reconstruction and beyond. Woods Hall, built in 1868, was the principal University building until 1886.
James Thomas Murfee: Howard President 1871-1887; MMI Superintendent 1887-1906; MMI Superintendent Emeritus 1906-1912
In 1871 COL James Thomas Murfee was appointed president of Howard College, a position he held until Howard moved to Birmingham. From 1887 until his death in 1912, COL Murfee helped to transform Marion Military Institute into one of the premier educational institutions in the South. He also involved himself with the fortunes of Howard College, Judson College, Marion Female Seminary, and the Siloam Baptist Church in Marion.
Colonel Murfee began recruiting students by emphasizing Howard College's merit and superiority
Beginning in 1872, Colonel Murfee traveled through different parts of Alabama and Mississippi recruiting students by presenting the following points of Howard College's merit and superiority: 1.It's able and experience faculty 2.The exceeding cheapness of tuition, board, etc. and uniform 3.Its system of class instruction by which every student was reached in every recitation 4.Its plan of rewards and punishment, encouraging rivalry among good students and stimulating students who were idle and indifferent 5.Its "kind but firm and inflexible, semi-military discipline, from where there was no escape but in a faithful, manly discharge of scholastic duties, and which perforce develops everything in the boy that goes to make up the man."
Col. J.T. Murfee established a School of Military Art and Science at Howard College
In 1876, Col. Murfee established a School of Military Art and Science at Howard College, with Col. Murfee as Professor of Strategy and Military Fortifications, and Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Fonville as Commandant of Cadets and instructor in Tactics. The military school, however, was nothing more than an hour's drill on the campus in the later afternoon.
The Alabama Baptist Newspaper reported on the military features of Howard College
"We visited Howard College last week and found all as busy as usual. The recitations for the day were over, but the cadet corps had gone out on drill, in which they spend one hour every afternoon. This department of the college is unusually thorough, including both artillery and infantry tactics taught theoretically and practically. Week before last the students displayed their efficiency in a sham battle, which of course was full of adventure and amusing incidents. Last week they were having experience in camp life, doing duty in the field, marching like an army, carrying their shelter tents on their backs, pitching and striking encampments, etc. While the military feature of the college is very thorough, it is not allowed to interfere with studies. No military duty is done, except during one hour at the close of the afternoon recitation."
Alabama Supreme Court Ruled Against Howard College in a lawsuit by Matthew Turner lawsuit over Scholarship Program and Howard College was sold by the Perry County Sheriff
In December, 1859, Matthew Turner executed five promissory notes each payable to the Trustees of Howard College, in the sum of one hundred dollars in exchange for five permanent scholarships. Turner paid the notes in Confederate currency on the 23rd of January, 1863. The Trustees declared all the old scholarship certificates canceled on the ground that Confederate currency was not legal tender and that the Treasurer of the Board was not authorized to accept it payment of the notes. Turner filed a lawsuit for breach of the agreement for a permanent scholarship. After eight years of litigation, including two appeals to the Alabama Supreme Court, a final judgment of rendered against Howard College in favor of Turner. On April 5, 1884, Howard College was sold by the Perry County sheriff to satisfy the judgment in favor of Matthew Turner. Acting entirely in their capacity of private citizens, Dr. W. W. Wilkerson and Mr. J. B. Lovelace (who were Howard College trustees) bid for the college and won. They now had full and unencumbered title to the property, with no old debts to worry over. In 1886, with the public spirit and unselfish purpose, characteristic of them, they dedicated the property to the Alabama Baptist State Convention, which meant that that particular property could never again be mortgaged or sold for debt or used for other than educational purposes. In return for their outlay of money, the donors asked for and received nothing except the thanks of the Convention. The Baptists of Alabama were free now to endow the college without any fear that old scholarships or other indebtedness would come to light and sweep the endowment away.
Dispute about exempting ministerial students from military drill
In 1884 a member of the Alabama Baptist State Convention Ministerial Board asked Colonel Murfee to exempt ministerial students from military drill and to favor them in other ways. Colonel Murfee was not pleased with this request. It appeared to be an interference with the internal administration of the college and should have been a matter for the College Board of Trustees. In July, 1886, the Ministerial Board resigned en masse over this and other issues. Another Ministerial Board was appointed with limited jurisdiction as to matters pertaining to Howard College.
Before the Alabama Baptist Convention voted to move Howard College, it appointed the Committee of Thirteen to determine what to do with the Marion campus
As requested by the Convention, the Committee of Thirteen answered the question about the Marion campus in the following resolution: "Resolved, That brethren Wilkerson and Lovelace are hereby authorized, for the current year, beginning October 1st, next in case said college is removed from Marion, to make such use of the property described in said deed, for educational purposes, as may seem proper and beneficial to the community at Marion." When the Convention voted to move Howard College to East Lake (a suburb of Birmingham), it followed the recommendation of the Convention in appreciation of the generosity of Wilkerson and Lovelace, and deeded the campus back to Wilkerson and Lovelace.
Colonel J.T. Murfee Declined to Move with Howard College and Opted Instead to Remain in Marion
COL Murfee was so attached to Marion, and was so beholden to W.W. Wilkerson and J.B. Lovelace for saving the campus, that he resigned as President of Howard College and stayed in Marion. Wilkerson and Lovelace, now the owners of a college campus with no college, engaged in discussions with J.T. Murfee, a college president with no college and no campus. The result of their meetings was a new vision of a new educational institution in Marion, Alabama. Wilkerson and Lovelace leased the Marion campus to J.T. Murfee to form a new educational institution.
"I shall continue in [the old Howard buildings] the same system of discipline and methods of instruction which I introduced in 1871."
On August 5, 1887, COL Murfee posted the following letter in the local Marion newspaper: "Marion Military Institute" In Old Howard Buildings Marion, Alabama, Aug. 5, 1887 To My Old Student Friends: These halls so dear to us all have been turned over to me for educational purposes: and I shall continue in them the same system of discipline and methods of instruction which I introduced in 1871. I shall aim to train other young men as you were trained, and to make them like you in character, popularity and usefulness. The memory of your good deeds shall be preserved, and your worthy examples held up as models for your successors. The hearts of the good people of Marion will ever be with you; and we hope you may often be inclined to revisit the old college home – the scenes amid which you developed those elements of character which have been the foundation of your success and happiness. You will find here open doors and a warm welcome – in the town and at the school. Whenever an opportunity occurs, I shall rejoice to assist in extending your influence and promoting your welfare. Ever your friend, J.T. Murfee
Marion Military Institute opened its doors for the enrollment of new students in the old Howard College buildings
When school started on October 4, 1887, a casual observer would scarcely have noticed any difference in the operation of a school on the campus vacated by Howard College and now controlled by Marion Military Institute. Military uniforms were prominent both before and after Howard College moved away. Howard College, however, continued to be a military school in its new location in East Lake (a suburb of Birmingham) until 1913.
Wilkerson and Lovelace deeded the old Howard College buildings to COL J.T. Murfee in trust to form a self-perpetuating board of seven trustees
As a result of the successful operation of Marion Military Institute in the leased buildings formerly used by Howard College, W.W. Wilkerson and J.B. Lovelace (and their respective wives) deeded the former Howard College campus to James T. Murfee "to have and to hold and to deliver the possession of the said property to be had and held for educational purposes and use as follows: The said [J.T. Murfee] shall appoint six persons who with himself shall constitute a Board of Trustees consisting of seven members, which appointment he shall make so that four members of the Board shall also be members of the Baptist Church in Marion called Siloam Baptist Church. . . . The school which is now being carried on and conducted on said lots of lands and in said buildings shall be styled The Marion Military Institute. . . . ."
MMI is incorporated into Perry County
On February 20, 1889, an Act was passed to incorporate Marion Military Institute in Marion, Perry County, Alabama.
Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute speaks in Marion
Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama spoke to a crowd of some 3,000 people at the Perry County Fairgrounds in Marion, Alabama on Saturday October 26, 1913. Washington was introduced by H.O. Murfee, President of MMI at the time, who mentioned that his father COL James T. Murfee was instrumental in bringing Booker T. Washington to Alabama and Tusckegee Institute.
James Wilson Murfee (1808-1889) Father of J.T. Murfee
The father of James Thomas Murfee, MMI's founder and first president, is buried in this Hale County cemetery just off Alabama/County Route 21 not far from Havana and the site of the Green Springs School, Henry and Julia Tutwiler's famed institution. Coming from Virginia, James Wilson Murfee (1808-1889), a long-time school teacher in Hale County, is buried next to his fourth wife, Elizabeth S. Edwards Murfee, who died in 1906. Our James T. Murfee was born to his second wife, Ann Parker Murfee.
William C. Crumpton: MMI 1889
William C. Crumpton attended MMI, serving as a cadet company commander in 1889. He then went to Howard College in Birmingham, and finally graduated from Cornell University in 1896. Crumpton married T. C. Carter's sister, Mamie, a 1893 graduate of Judson College in Marion. A prominent lawyer, staunch prohibitionist, State Senator, member of the State Democratic Executive Committee, and Governor B. B. Comer's Judge Advocate General, Will Crumpton and Mamie Carter Crumpton lived out their lives together in Evergreen, Alabama. Will died of a heart attack at age 43 in 1915, and Mamie lived to be 102 as a matriarch of the Carter-Crumpton Families, passing in 1978. Will Crumpton is buried with the Crumpton family in the Marion City Cemetery across from Judson College, and Mamie is buried with the Carters in Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian, Mississippi.
Miller Reese Hutchison: MMI Class of 1890
Described in his obituary as "one of the nation's greatest inventors and scientists," Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, MMI Class of 1890, served as Thomas Edison's right-hand man (Edison called his assistants "muckers") for a number of years in the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. An electrical and acoustical engineer who was born, raised, and largely educated in Alabama, Dr. Hutchison had several hundred inventions to his credit. He worked as Chief Engineer for all of Thomas Edison's interests and representations during his tenure. To learn more about Miller Hutchison, click the link below
Edward Mallory Almond: Fighting in Two World Wars
A Virginian and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1915, Edward Mallory Almond (1892-1979) taught at MMI before World War I and returned thereafter as Professor of Military Science and Tactics from 1919-1923. A troop commander in World War I, he had been wounded in the Aisne-Marne offensive. During World War II he commanded the 92nd Infantry Division in Italy. Assigned to General Douglas MacArthur's Tokyo staff in 1946, he was selected as his Chief of Staff in 1949. General Almond led the successful Inchon invasion of Korea in 1950, and commanded the famed X Corps throughout the Korean conflict. He later served as commandant of the Army War College, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. His military decorations from three wars included the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with "V," and the Purple Heart. To learn more about Edward Almond, click the link below.
H.O. Murfee's Letter to E.O. Lovett
In 1903, Hopson Owen Murfee sent a two paged letter to Professor E. O. Lovett at Princeton University. In addition to trying to secure Henry Van Dyke to speak at MMI, Murfee is also looking for a new mathematics professor/coach for MMI. In the letter, he is hoping that Lovett will help him find the right candidate. The letter is interesting as Murfee is beginning to formulate ideas for his "Eton of the South" concept for MMI. In addition to the $700 salary for the first year offered to the new professor, Murfee wants a young unmarried man who is not only competent in his field and who is a graduate of one of the leading universities, but who is also athletic and who wants to make the teaching of young men his profession. Scholarship (publications) is less desired to excellent teaching in the classroom and on the playing field.
Hobson Owen Murfee: MMI Class of 1889: MMI Superintendent 1905-1919
Hopson Owen Murfee, who succeeded his father, James Thomas Murfee, as the second superintendent of Marion Military Institute, began developing a broader scope and purpose for the Institute during the early 1900s. His plan would establish Marion Institute (dropping Military from the name) as the "Eton of the South," an American version of Eton College, one of the great public schools in England along with Harrow, Rugby, Winchester, etc. Murfee wanted to establish in the American Lower South a unique school of high culture, learning, service, and refinement. The Institute received prominent national attention under H. O. Murfee's leadership. U. S. President William Howard Taft was persuaded to join the new Board of Directors (a Board filled with talent and influence), and Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton University, gave the Government Day Oration at MI in 1905. Following Wilson's appearance, MI's school colors were changed to orange and black and the athletic teams became the "Tigers"` in tribute to Wilson and Princeton University. H. O. Murfee's plan for an "Eton of the South" came to a halt with the outbreak of World War I. The military aspect of the Institute was again emphasized and a ROTC program was established in 1916, paving the way for the Early Commissioning and Service Academy Prep programs. Under H. O. Murfee's leadership, Institute graduates were highly sought by some of the best colleges and universities in the country.
Outbreak of "fever" in 1905
During September 1905, there was an outbreak of "fever" in Louisiana and Mississippi, and with those two areas locked down under quarantine, MMI released this appeal for college students in those states to come study at the Institute in Alabama. However, these students would first need to gather at the Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta ("The Marion Military Institute Headquarters") where COL James T. Murfee, the "Superintendent," would greet them, and provide them with room and board at the hotel while observing a seven- day observation period required under quarantine law. However, the students would be matriculated and assigned classes, and educational tours would be given in Atlanta (presumably, for only those seemingly uninfected) until the seven-day period expired. Then, they would be taken to MMI and processed as students. To learn more about the quarantine, click the link below.
James Thomas Murfee Recognized for his Contribution to American Education
President Benjamin Harrison appointed COL James T. Murfee to the Board of Visitors at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1906, Murfee received one of the first annuities established by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to American education. COL Murfee was elected in 1997 to the Alabama Men's Hall of Fame at Samford University in Birmingham.


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5 Tips for Boomer-Friendly Retail Design
Jane Porter
Writer and editor
May 9, 2012 5 min read
While many retailers are focusing on young, technology savvy shoppers these days, they can't afford to ignore older baby boomers who account for roughly one in every four consumers and possess much of America's personal wealth and spending power.
What does that mean when it comes to designing your store? Appealing to this generation of 48 to 66-year-old shoppers takes some finesse. You don't want to make boomers feel old. Nor do you want to shut out the younger generations. The key is figuring out "those hidden things boomers respond to that everyone benefits from," says Seanette Corkill a Vancouver, Wash., retail design consultant.
Here are five strategies to help make your stores boomer-friendly:
1. Adjust your lighting
Getting lighting right is critical for any store and any customer, but it's especially important for older shoppers. Jenny Wall, owner of Moose Mountain Trading Company, a Steamboat Springs, Colo., store that specializes in women's sweaters, added spotlights and sconces to the overhead ambient lighting to make sure older shoppers didn't have to strain their eyes. "The aging eye perceives color differently," says Corkill. "It tends to see more yellow." Corkill suggests avoiding lighting with too high a temperature, which could increase the yellowness of your store and make it look less attractive. She also cautions against angling spotlights too much, causing them to point across and into shoppers' eyes rather than down at objects. While such invasive light can be blinding to more sensitive, older eyes, it makes the shopping experience less pleasant for shoppers of any age.
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2. Keep merchandise uncluttered and accessible
Think carefully about how you organize your merchandise. Younger customers may not mind walking into a store crammed with stuff, but a boomer might be repelled by too much inventory on display, says Corkill. "It's not a garage sale." Where you place merchandise matters to boomers, too, of course. Linda Cahan, a West Linn, Ore., retail design consultant, recommends that retailers always place products targeted to boomers at least two feet above the floor. "Younger people will bend, whereas older people will not want to," she says. "Don't put extra-larges on the bottom."
3. Tidy up your space
You always want to keep a clean store, but tidiness is especially important to older customers. Alice Cunningham, who owns the Olympic Hot Tub Co. makes sure the hot tubs in her five Seattle area showrooms are carefully wiped down and that customers have clean, warm towels to dry their hands after dipping them in the water. "Women boomers, especially, are crazy about cleanliness," she says. Wall, a 57-year-old boomer herself, agrees that her older shoppers value the polished look of her clothing store. "Quality is important," she says. "We try to fold and straighten and have things together."
4. Avoid fine print on signs and price tags
Boomers naturally appreciate large, easy-to-read type on price tags and signs. If your customer has to pull out her glasses to read a tag, that doesn't bode well, Corkill says. "They'll just skip over what they can't read, and that means lost opportunity to influence a sale." But you don't want to go too far and put giant fonts on everything. That might offend older customers, as well as signal to younger people that your store is for their parents' generation. "You've got to make it workable for everybody," Corkill says. "You don't want to delineate yourself so specifically that you alienate others." You might be tempted to get fancy with swirling, elaborate fonts, but it's safer to go with a simple font for price tags and signage. That way, customers won't struggle to make out prices or words, and your store will have an overall cleaner look.
5. Greet customers when they walk in the door
The older the customer, Cahan says, the more personal interaction they usually want when they go shopping. "When somebody 45 or up walks into a store, they don't just want to be acknowledged; they need to be acknowledged," she adds. "Otherwise, they will get annoyed." Making that personal connection can go a long way toward building long-term relationships with boomer customers. At Moose Mountain Trading Company, Wall and her sales staff offer older customers tips on how to accessorize or wear certain items. "We do it in a way that's not pushy, but that's more educational and fun," she says.
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Danish Sheikh shares his amusement on Minister Ramesh Tawadkar's recent comments regarding homosexuality's 'cure' and explores what society's malady really is.
In Shakespeare's "As You Like It", Orlando finds himself in a state of increasing debilitation, lovelorn as he is. Wracked by love, he seeks a cure for his malady. His disguised beloved, Rosalind, meanwhile delights in taunting him about his state. "Love is merely a madness", she says, echoing a familiar sentiment, "and deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do". Love is, by many accounts, a bit of an affliction.
Of course, when Goa's Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Tawadkar announced a plan to provide medication for LGBT youth in the state, he wasn't quite speaking from within this tradition. No, when the minister spoke of making the youth "normal", he was echoing an obsession that segments of the medical establishment in the country have nurtured for a while.
Health professionals in many places continue to administer behavioural therapy, including electric shock treatment, psychiatric drugs and hormones in order to "cure" patients of homosexual desire. Interviews with psychiatrists in Bangalore, for instance, have highlighted their belief in the possibility of discovering the gene that determines sexual preference and scientifically suppressing it. Three years ago, I myself sat before a reputed psychiatrist in Indore who calmly gave me a multi-pronged diagnosis: "One, your homosexuality might be caused by hormonal imbalances. Two, it could be the result of a tumour in the brain. Or three, it could be caused by some other mental disorder." Both him and Ramesh Tawadkar are, of course, distressingly incorrect.
The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders back in 1973. The World Health Organisation followed suit in 1990, with its International Classification of Diseases. Following the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexuality in 2009, the Indian Journal of Psychiatry — the official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society — took a stand on the issue in an editorial in 2012. The journal acknowledged homosexuality as a natural variant of human sexuality and denounced unethical and unwarranted attempts at conversion therapy. This was followed by an unequivocal statement on its website reiterating the same in 2014.
In December 2013, the Supreme Court went against this scientific consensus. Its judgment in Suresh Kumar Koushal and another vs Naz Foundation and others, which recriminalised homosexuality, implicitly endorsed, or at the least left completely unchallenged, the notion of homosexuality as pathology.
Paragraph 15 of the judgment lists the different intervenors who supported decriminalisation. The absence in the substantive portion of the judgment of the contents of the interventions filed by mental health professionals was notable. Thirteen affidavits of psychiatrists and doctors from across the country were brought together. They testified that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, that it was natural and normal, and that efforts at conversion therapy would prove to be damaging and futile. These arguments are left unchallenged. This is a silence that becomes significant when one notes how Koushal goes on to hold Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code as not violative of constitutional equality since it makes a distinction between carnal intercourse "against the order of nature" and other kinds of carnal intercourse. This conclusion effectively places homosexuality outside the domain of the natural, a position that is not supported by the evidence placed before the court.
Tawadkar's statement was met with swift reprisal from the community and an almost instantaneous apology and clarification. While Tawadkar himself said he was referring to sexually abused youth (who don't exactly need "normalising" either), Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar took the route of unconditional retraction, even maintaining that "homosexuality is a natural gift". This brings us right back to the order-of-nature question — clearly it would be difficult to reconcile this "natural gift" with a legal framework that places it outside the order of nature.
In many ways, the natural-unnatural debate is a fig leaf — the relevant framework, as the Delhi High Court had established back in 2009, is whether the law passes the test of constitutional morality. Notions of right and wrong as embodied by popular morality are constantly in flux; if there is a bedrock, it is our constitutional commitment to justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. Regardless of what scientific opinion may have had to say on the matter, sexuality comes down to a fundamental core of individual identity. Any serious commitment to constitutional morality would then see the existence of Section 377 as deeply contradictory. If there's been anything productive emerging from Tawadkar's gaffe, it was the televised statement of BJP spokesperson Shaina NC expressing the government's commitment to decriminalising homosexuality.
It is crucial that the government proceed on this front, without falling back on the claim that the matter is sub judice. While it is true that a curative petition is pending before the Supreme Court, a positive ruling would simply reiterate a point that the government has already seemingly conceded and would, at most, result in a reading down of the law. The real malady is the continued existence of this section in our statute books, and the only cure, a complete repeal.
Published originally in Indian Express on 17th January, 2015.


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