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Melburg sells Swan Lane Industrial Estate for £15m
Melburg Capital Ltd [Melburg] – the privately owned real estate investment and development company announces the sale of Swan Lane Industrial Estate, Wigan to a private family office.
Melburg acquired the 300,000 sq ft industrial estate off-market in 2020 as part of a sale and leaseback with the owners of domestic appliance producer G2S Limited for £8.75m.
Following their acquisition Melburg repositioned the estate within a 24-month window through tenant engineering and close-quarter asset management. In so doing their team of skilled management specialists leased 100% of the estate, increased the passing rents by 55% and moved the WAULT from 3.00 to 6.23 years.
The sale follows a period of significant activity for the expanding investment specialist, having acquired in excess of 2 million sq ft of industrial assets, released plans for one of Bristol largest regeneration sites, with 880 new homes set to replace the Broadwalk Shopping Centre, and discreetly divested from £150m of assets including Warehouse K, London, Maxmor House, Dartford and 14-18 Belgrave Gate, Leicester.
Melburg CEO Jack Burgess commented;
"The life cycle of Swan Lane highlights the platforms ability to identify off-market value propositions, understand occupiers operational drivers, quickly execute complex management initiatives and realise exceptional risk-adjusted returns. The proceeds from the sale will be redeployed into similar opportunities"
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Cinema and up to 880 new homes to replace South Bristol shopping centre
One of South Bristol's biggest shopping centres could be demolished to make way for up to 880 new flats, a two-screen cinema, library and new shopping streets.
Developers have offered their first official submission to council planners for their vision to transform the Broadwalk Shopping Centre at the heart of Knowle into 'Redcatch Quarter', a new development more in the mould of Wapping Wharf, with 12-storey blocks of flats either side of a new pedestrianised street lined with shops, restaurants and bars.
Bristol Live first revealed the plans back in January, and since then the developers have conducted a consultation and an exhibition of what they want to do to the landmark 1970s shopping centre on the junction of Wells Road and Broad Walk in Knowle.
Now, the developers have made their first submission to Bristol City Council's planning department, asking whether they need to include an environmental assessment when they do eventually submit a formal planning application.
And it reveals for the first time officially the scale of the development, which will occupy almost all the space between the Wells Road and Redcatch Park.
The developers said the site could have up to 880 residential dwellings, 7,430sqm of commercial floorspace, 190 sqm of community use, a 320sqm library – which would replace the library that's in the existing Broadwalk Shopping Centre and 870 sqm given over to a cinema or theatre. On top of that, the developers say the site will include 360 car parking spaces, mainly in an underground car park underneath the development, and cycle parking for a total of 1,455 bikes.
The development would create new streets – one would be a pedestrianised street going from Wells Road to a new entrance to Redcatch Park, and a second would be a service road for the development which would cut across north-south from Redcatch Road almost to Broad Walk.
The site already has planning permission for the shopping centre to be demolished and rebuilt with hundreds of flats. Before the pandemic, developers submitted a plan for 420 new flats and shops – again 12-storeys high – which was eventually given permission by council planners last year.
But the site changed hands and the new developers said the pandemic meant a change in shopping habits, so a new plan with more homes and less space for shops was needed.
The developers said they hope to submit a formal planning application for the new project this summer.
The artist's impressions of the site reveal the 12 storey block of flats in one drawing would be located at the south western corner of the development site, closest to Redcatch Park on Broad Walk road itself, while the other residential blocks would be around six to nine storeys high.
If the development does end up having a cinema, in the long term it could be the only one in South Bristol, after planning permission was given last year for the Hengrove Leisure Park to be cleared – including the Cineworld multiplex there – for more than 300 new homes.
View Bristol Post article here.
Former tobacco warehouse in London's Docklands changes hands for £45m
Melburg Capital sells Warehouse K after securing a letting to the government.
What? Melburg Capital sells Warehouse K in London's Docklands for £45m to Kajima Properties.
Why? Deal follows letting to the government accounting for half the income.
What next? Kajima hopes property will benefit from the opening of Crossrail.
Kajima has bought a Grade II-listed former tobacco warehouse in London's Docklands for £45m from Melburg Capital, React News can reveal.
The company, which is a subsidiary of Japanese construction giant Kajima Corportation, is buying Warehouse K as part of a drive to expand it's London office portfolio.
Located next to the ExCel Centre, Warehouse K comprises 108,479 sq ft of office, leisure and industrial space.
Melburg is thought to have paid around £30m when the building last changed hands in 2018. The company then went on to secure a letting to the Secretary of State for Houseing, Communities and Local Government, which accounts for about half the income. The lease runs until 2034.
After securing the letting, Melburg, which invests across a range of sectors, appointed Allsop to begin marketing the building.
The £45m price paid by Kajima reflects a yield of around 5.65%.
Kajima hopes that Warehouse K will benefit from its close proximity to the Crossrail station at Custom House when the rail line opens later this year. The building is also a short walk from the new City Hall for the Greater London Assembly at The Crystal.
Kajima signaled its intention to expand its presence in the London office market last year when it hired Tim James as investment director from Longmead Capital.
James said: " Situated in a strategic location with significant regeneration and infrastructure improvements occuring within close proximity, this asset offers strong long term growth prospects whilst also providing secure income off sustainable base rents. As we exit the pandemic, the London office market continues to remain resilient and Kajima is commited to driving investment and growth in this market where we identify value."
Other London assets in Kajima's portfolio include 77 Coleman Street in Moorgate, which was redeveloped in 2021, and Orwell House in Fitzrovia, which was acquired from British Land in 2020.
Fineman Ross advised Kajima on the deal. Allsop advised Melburg Capital.
View React News article here
Melburg closes 560,000 sq ft off-market Wakefield double
Following the acquisition of the 350,000 sq ft Sirdar Business Park, Melburg Capital Ltd [Melburg] announce the off-market acquisition of Wakefield 41, a 210,000 sq ft single-let industrial asset located within Wakefield's premier industrial park.
The deal was agreed with a private family office, Melburg's ninth acquisition within the last 12 months, taking their total spend to over £850m as the highly discreet privately owned real estate investment and development company continues to increase its logistics' presence.
The unit is single let to YM Chantry, part of the York Mail Group for a further 13 years and subject to RPI linked rent reviews. The price reflects a net initial yield of approximately 8.50%. The unit is adjacent to junction 41 of the M1 and houses the largest Coca-Cola bottling plant in Europe along with several large-scale occupiers including Morrisons, YPO and Menzies.
Jack Burgess, Chief Executive of Melburg commented; "The asset is located within the most established industrial park in West Yorkshire, where availability remains below 2.8%. The data points are incredibly strong for continued rental growth and supply shortages. We remain committed to selectively deploying capital as our industrial platform, which now exceeds 2 million sq ft, continues its organic growth"
Harris Associates acted on behalf of Melburg. BOS LLP and Freedman + Hilmi LLP provided legal and structuring services.
We thank Property Week for the coverage, click to view news article here
Melburg buys 350,000 sq ft multi-let industrial asset in Yorkshire
Melburg Capital has snapped up a 350,000 sq ft multi-let industrial asset in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Property Week can reveal.
Sirdar Business Park is a 16.5-acre site which was sold to Melburg by a private Yorkshire-based family office in an off-market deal. Sirdar Group, a knitting and yarn distributor, occupies 198,000 sq ft at the site, accounting for 55% of the estate by floor area. Sirdar has recently expanded its footprint to facilitate the continued growth of its Sirdar and Tilsatec brands and has occupied the site for more than 30 years.
The estate is fully occupied and let at an average rent of £2.45/sq ft. Melburg said it will "undertake a rolling refurbishment programme as well as several estate management initiatives and in so doing drive the rental tone".
A spokesperson for Melburg added: "We continue to adopt a data-driven approach, selectively deploying equity into geographies and sectors where there is an acute supply-demand imbalance. The asset has a captive tenant base, lies within one mile of Junction 40 of the M1, within a location with a sub-3% vacancy rate, and was acquired at a 25% discount to residual land value."
View Property Week News Article Here.
Melburg buys shopping centre with planning permission for a £100m scheme
Permission was granted for the development of 420 homes in 2019
What? Melburg Capital is buying Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle for around £9.5m
Why? 5.3 acre site has redevelopment potential
What next? Outline planning permission is already in place to build 420 homes on part of the site
Melburg Capital is buying a shopping centre on the outskirts of Bristol with planning permission in place for a £100m residential-led scheme, React News can reveal.
The UK investment manager is understood to have agreed a deal to buy Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle out of receivership for around £9.5m.
Located two miles south east of Bristol city centre, the 5.3-acre site is currently dominated by the shopping centre, which comprises around 218,500 sq ft of retail and leisure space.
However, outline planning consent was secured in 2019 to knock down the multi-storey car park and part of the shopping centre to make way for 420 new flats as well as 124,000 sq ft of commercial space.
Broadwalk Shopping Centre is not the only shopping centre in Bristol that looks set to be converted for residential use. Last year, Sovereign Housing Association bought the Clifton Down Shopping Centre from BlackRock for £27.2m with the intention of drawing up plans to develop new housing.
Broadwalk was part of a portfolio of three shopping centres, which also included Belle Vale Shopping Centre in Liverpool and Port Arcades in Ellesmere Port, that Frogmore acquired for more than £130m in 2006.
Administrators at Moorfields Advisory Group were appointed in 2017 over the portfolio following the settlement of a legal dispute between Frogmore and its lender Nationwide, which had sold the loans secured by the centres to Cerberus as part of the Project Carlisle loan portfolio in 2014.
Melburg Capital is no stranger to the Bristol market. The real estate investment and development company already owns the mixed use asset 15-33 Union Street and office development 360 Bristol.
Knight Frank advised on the sale.
Tenant commits to Wigan industrial asset following sale-and-leaseback
Melburg Capital completes 125,000 sq ft lease re-gear with G2S.
What Melburg Capital completes 125,000 sq ft lease re-gear with domestic appliance specialist G2S at Swan Lane Industrial Estate in Wigan.
Why Deal follows sale-and-leaseback in Q1 2020 and comes after exceptional period of trading for G2S.
What next Re-gear sees G2S commit to estate until 2028.
Melburg Capital has completed a substantial lease re-gear with fast-growing domestic appliance importer and distributor G2S at Swan Lane Industrial Estate in Wigan.
G2S occupy 125,000 sq ft, representing 40% of the estate by floor area, following a sale-and-leaseback in Q1 2020. Having occupied since 2013, G2S have now committed to occupation of the estate until 2028.
The re-gear follows a period of exceptional trade for G2S, which has increased turnover from £50m to £80m, a record-breaking year. The company benefited from an exclusive Russell Hobbs license for white goods, microwave and floorcare equipment.
Lewis Moore, finance director at G2S, said: "We're delighted with the successful period of trade having expanded our operations significantly over the last 12 months. It has been a pleasure to work alongside the Melburg team who really understand our corporate objectives and focus on working collaboratively to support our needs. We're an aspirational business and anticipate growth in a similar trajectory moving forward."
A spokesperson for Melburg added: "Depth of demand, limited availability, and a constrained development pipeline continue to drive the UK occupational market. It is fantastic to work alongside G2S, an exceptional business capable of adapting their model to thrive in a difficult period for the wider economy."
Melburg Acquires 125,000 sq ft Dartford Industrial Asset in Sale & Leaseback Transaction
Melburg Capital Ltd [Melburg] – the privately-owned real estate investment and development company – announces the off-market acquisition of Maxmor House – a 125,000 sq ft carbon-neutral industrial asset located in Dartford, Kent.
The sale & leaseback acquisition, Melburg's fifth within the last nine months, was agreed with leading electrical wholesaler, Moss Electrical Ltd, who are headquartered at the premises.
The majority of the site is occupied by Moss Electrical, with the remaining 40,000 sq ft undergoing major refurbishment works comprising new offices, dedicated services and full redecoration. Refurbishment works are due to complete in January 2021 with Knight Frank and Watson Day appointed as joint agents.
Melburg has transacted in excess of £750m over a 36-month period, as the highly discreet UK focused platform continues to add to its strategic programme following the recent acquisition and successful leasing of Swan Lane Industrial Estate, Wigan – another sale and leaseback transaction.
A spokesperson for Melburg commented; "The asset lies within close proximity to the Dartford Crossing, a key logistics interchange hosting over 130,000 vehicles per day, offering direct access to the M25 and Central London. The Government announcement to diversify its import channels places further reliance on Folkestone as an arterial route and therefore Dartford as a key fulfilment centre".
Melburg completes 150,000 sq ft industrial lettings
Melburg Capital Ltd [Melburg] – the privately-owned real estate investment and development company – announces the completion of a series of national lettings across its UK logistics portfolio totalling in excess of 150,000 sq ft. All deals were transacted within the last 3 months during the UK's restrictive Lockdown period.
The lettings were at Swan Lane Industrial Estate, Wigan, to domestic appliance producer G2S; and Edmonton Industrial Park, North London, to multiple tenants – whilst Melburg also confirmed 100% of rent was collected across its industrial portfolio throughout 2020.
G2S took the last available unit at the recently re-branded Swan Lane Industrial Estate, completing at a rent in excess of £4.00 psf. Despite the challenging economic conditions G2S continues its North West growth strategy whilst reporting record sales.
Olam Foods, B Star Trading and Clintopia took space within the newly refurbished Edmonton Industrial Park, highlighting strong occupier demand for strategically located high quality Greater London urban logistics space. These lettings reduce the estate's vacancy rate from 50% to just 16%.
A spokesperson for Melburg commented; "Depth of demand, limited availability and a constrained development pipeline continue to propel the UK industrial occupational market. The recent pandemic has applied further pressure on the logistics and fulfilment network as it tries to satisfy demand from businesses pivoting to e-channels in order to survive.
"On average online spend as a percentage of total consumer spend increases from 20% to 42% during the Christmas period. 2020 will set a historical record, accelerating consumer habits, increasing logistics reliance and creating further headwinds for the ailing High Street"
Melburg breaks planning record with 110,000 sq ft Bristol City Centre redevelopment consent
[07/04/2020], London: Today, Melburg Capital, the highly discreet privately owned investment specialist announces that planning approval has been granted for their 110,000 sq ft South Plaza office building redevelopment in Bristol City Centre.
The planning consent was granted within 5 weeks of the original application, a record for the local council. Melburg acquired the asset in October 2019 and have since worked in collaboration with the award-winning architectural practice Stride Treglown, creative agency Graphicks and their agents Knight Frank to design the optimal scheme.
The result is the newly branded 360 Bristol, a 110,000 sq ft Grade A office redevelopment incorporating full-service gym, "cycle in" office access, cycling facilities, yoga studio's, designated cafe and business lounge, all to be delivered by Q3 of 2020.
The Bristol office market is presently experiencing the lowest level of availability on record. The city has only two office buildings currently under construction, one of which has been pre-let entirely to British Telecom.
A spokesperson for Melburg commented;
The Bristol office market is experiencing a period of unprecedented tenant demand, driven principally by the City's broad appeal to large scale corporates and technology companies seeking access to its talent pool and comparative affordability to London. 360 Bristol will provide a unique product within the Bristol office market, a fully serviced Grade A complex with all modern amenities designed for exclusive use by the buildings occupiers. The speed and pragmatic approach shown by Bristol City Council in dealing with this application is another testament to their efficiency and professionalism
For further information please visit 360bristol.co.uk.
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Inauguration 2013: Univision Coverage Plans
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By Merrill Knox on Jan. 20, 2013 - 8:22 AM
Univision's coverage of President Obama's second inauguration begins at 11amET Monday. Jorge Ramos will anchor from D.C., along with Satcha Pretto and Felix de Bedout. They will be joined by Lourdes Meluzá at the Capitol, Luis Megid at the National Mall, Nayeli Chávez-Geller on Pennsylvania Avenue and Blanca Rosa Vílchez from the White House.
Pamela Silva Conde will anchor "Primer Impacto," Univision's newsmagazine, live from Washington on Monday at 5pmET.
Univision will also have a special edition of "Al Punto" this morning during the private swearing-in ceremony, followed by a coast-to-coast update at 11:50amET.
Much more from Univision after the jump.
UNIVISION NEWS ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2013 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
Hispanic America's No. 1 news source will bring viewers every detail of President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony activities, LIVE from Washington D.C. on Monday, January 21
Live coverage on the Univision Network, with live streaming on UnivisionNoticias.com, YouTube.com/politics and via Noticias Univision Mobile App to kick off at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT/8 a.m. PT
MIAMI, JANUARY 18, 2013 – Univision News, the award-winning news division of Univision Communications, Inc, the leading media company serving Hispanic America, has announced that it will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2013 Presidential Inauguration, LIVE from Washington, D.C. Monday, January 21. The special broadcast will begin at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT/8 a.m. PT on the Univision Network, with live streaming on UnivisionNoticias.com, YouTube.com/politics and via the Noticias Univision Mobile App.
Spanning approximately three hours, Univision News' live coverage of the inaugural ceremonies for President Barack Obama will be led by Jorge Ramos, host of "Noticiero Univision" (Univision News) and "Al Punto" (To The Point), who will be stationed in the nation's Capital along with Satcha Pretto, news anchor for Univision's morning show "Despierta América" (Wake Up America) and Felix de Bedout, co-anchor for the weekend edition of "Noticiero Univision." In addition, Washington correspondent Lourdes Meluzá will be at the Capitol, while correspondents Luis Megid, Nayeli Chávez-Geller and Blanca Rosa Vílchez will report from the National Mall, Pennsylvania Avenue, and the White House, respectively.
Univision will bring viewers every detail of the day's festivities, including:
The Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremony on the Capitol steps, which will feature President Obama's Inaugural Address, musical selections, a reading by Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco, a closing benediction, and performances by James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson, and Beyoncé.
The Presidential Inauguration Parade, an honored tradition presenting a colorful procession of ceremonial military regiments, diverse organizations and civil groups, marching bands, and spectacular Inaugural floats down a 1.5 mile route on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Additionally, Univision's newsmagazine "Primer Impacto" will join the coverage of President Barack Obama's Inauguration, with co-host Pamela Silva Conde anchoring the show LIVE from Washington, D.C. on Monday at 5 p.m. ET.
These events will be followed later in the evening with two Inaugural Balls. Additional coverage of the balls and other related news will be featured throughout Univision News' local and network programming. Local news will be covered by Fernando Pizarro y Adriana Vargas.
In addition, a special ceremony organized by the Hispanic community to honor President Obama in commemoration of his second Inauguration will take place at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington D.C. on Sunday, January 20, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET. Univision.com will stream the event LIVE which will be attended by numerous Hispanic celebrities including Antonio Banderas, Sofía Vergara, Eva Longoria and Marc Anthony.
Because the U.S. Constitution prescribes that the official Inauguration Day should be January 20, a private swearing-in ceremony will be held for President Obama on Sunday, January 20 in the White House. Univision News will cover this important event on Sunday, with a special edition of "Al Punto," hosted by Jorge Ramos, followed by a brief coast to coast update at 11:50 a.m.
Real-time viewer's social commentary centered on the inauguration will be featured on-screen throughout Univision's coverage of the 2013 Presidential Inauguration. Users can follow @UniNoticias and @UnivisionNews as well as join the conversation using the hashtag #TomaDePosesión on Twitter. Viewers can also get the latest updates and comments along with others on the Univision Noticias Facebook page. Furthermore, they can submit videos and photos of how they are experiencing the 2013 Presidential Inauguration via the exclusive "Tu Cámara" feature on the Noticias Univision App and on UnivisionNoticias.com.


Bombardier has just won a $720m (£530m) contract to build at least 15 new CRJ Series jets for American Airlines.
The announcement has been hailed as good news for its Belfast plant, which builds the jet's centre fuselage.
The firm has said the order number will have no impact on its current workforce in the city, but it comes with the option of adding on another 15 planes.
Sinn Fein has welcomed the announcement.
The firm has had a tough year in which it became in embroiled in a trade war with rivals Boeing, which it later won.
It also announced redundancies at its Belfast plant.
But things appear to be turning round for the Canadian company.
"We are pleased with American's continued confidence in Bombardier and the CRJ900 aircraft," said Fred Cromer, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
"This order is a testament to the tremendous value that the CRJ Series provides to airlines in the North American regional market.
AA have gone for the CRJ900 in dual-class configuration with 76 seats, including 12 first class seats and should take delivery of their first aircraft with the new interior in the second quarter of 2019.


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Gwiaździsta noc nad Rodanem (hol. De sterrennacht lub Sterrennacht boven de Rhône, ang. Starry Night Over the Rhone) – obraz Vincenta van Gogha (nr kat.: F 474, JH 1592) namalowany we wrześniu 1888 podczas pobytu artysty w miejscowości Arles.

Okoliczności powstania
Od momentu swojego przyjazdu do Arles 8 lutego 1888 van Gogh był nieustannie pochłonięty kwestią tematyki nocnej w obrazie. W kwietniu 1888 napisał w liście do brata:

Namalowany we wrześniu 1888 obraz Gwiaździsta noc nad Rodanem jest jednym z takich dzieł, przedstawiających Arles w nocy. Został namalowany w miejscu nad Rodanem, znajdującym się nieopodal tzw. "Żółtego Domu" przy Place Lamartine, wynajmowanego wówczas przez van Gogha. Motyw nocnego nieba wykorzystał artysta już wcześniej malując obraz Taras kawiarni w nocy; powrócił też do niego w 1889 tworząc obraz Gwiaździsta noc.

Szkic mającej powstać Gwiaździstej nocy nad Rodanem wysłał van Gogh w napisanym 2 października 1888 liście do swego przyjaciela, belgijskiego malarza Eugène'a Bocha. W namalowanym portrecie malarza również wykorzystał motyw gwiezdnej nocy jako tło.

Obraz Gwiaździsta noc nad Rodanem został wystawiony w 1889 razem z Irysami na corocznej wystawie Salonu Niezależnych w Paryżu. Irysy zaproponował Theo van Gogh, podczas gdy Vincent wolał wystawić jedno ze swych malowideł przedstawiających parki w Arles, najprawdopodobniej ten, który znajduje się obecnie w galerii Phillips Collection w Waszyngtonie.

Opis
W liście do brata van Gogh tak opisał powstające dzieło:

Kolorystyka nocy
Wyzwanie, jakim było malowanie w nocy, pociągało van Gogha. Dogodny moment, jaki wybrał malując obraz Gwiaździsta noc nad Rodanem, pozwolił mu na uchwycenie odbicia w połyskującej, błękitnej wodzie blasku gazowych latarni ustawionych wzdłuż nabrzeża Rodanu przepływającego przez Arles. Całości kompozycji dopełniła umieszczona na pierwszym planie para zakochanych, przechadzających się wzdłuż nabrzeża rzeki. Oddanie koloru miało wielkie znaczenie dla van Gogha. W liście do brata często opisywał przedstawione na swoich obrazach przedmioty w terminach, w jakich opisuje się kolory. Przykładem takiego podejścia są jego nocne obrazy, w tym Gwiaździsta noc nad Rodanem, na którym uchwycił kolory mieniącego się nocnego nieba i sztucznego oświetlenia, które było nowością w tamtych czasach.

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Linki zewnętrzne

Malarstwo pejzażowe Vincenta van Gogha
Obrazy w Musée d'Orsay
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1. Good passions are valuable, they shape your paths: When I was about 17, I remember not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, except live for God and sing/write music. It's funny how life's priorities got in the way of these passions, which is why I'm thankful that now, I have gone back to the drawing board and begun pursuing them for real. Before university and during the first year, I was unsure that singing was for me. That might seem strange to some but seriously, there were so many complications that I considered (only for a short moment) whether I should do something else for God, maybe be a speaker or something. I later found that when I opened my eyes to the value of my God-given gifts and talents, I became more interested in them again. People would randomly message me or request my ministry and it would be confirmation that not only is this something I love, but that others are being blessed by, and it would be selfish of me to but down the mic for good.
2. Money will matter, and you will be broke sometimes: In preparation for uni days and beyond, I'm sure all of you reading this can relate with me when I say, 'being broke ain't no joke!' It's not, but it's always a lesson to learn. Being a student means I get money, and then I'm broke, then I get money, and there is just enough to stretch for the last month before the loan drops again. It's a roller coaster, and no amount of teaching alone can prepare you for these financial lessons, practise makes perfect. I'm grateful that each term I get to try again with my money management. I want to learn from the many mistakes and utilise the wonderful tips and hacks learnt over time.
3. Take guitar lessons from early: I started having guitar lessons in year 8 but decided after a while to teach myself. This went brilliantly and has got me to where I am today, however, I believe I could be further in progression if I'd stuck with a music teacher dedicated to teaching me the theory and techniques. Knowing your instrument inside out, and seeing all of its possibilities at your fingertips, is incredible! I am in an awkward place now where I'm ready to transition into a new place of progression, but I lack a few pieces of knowledge that will get me there. Nevertheless, I can still go back to basics at 23 years old, and I shall. I just wish I'd done it earlier.
4. Growing hurts, it's a pain you've never experienced: I would definitely warn my younger self of the pains that come with growth. Mentally and spiritually, I've found it hard to come to grips with everything new and potentially new, only because sometimes I feel as if I'm walking blindly. The truth is if you feel this way, you're not on your own. Others have gone through the same thing before us and it will stay that way forever. In hindsight, when you see your potential, the greatest thing you can do is 1. Beg God not to let it pass you and 2. Grab hold of it ASAP. Whatever it takes to progress, develop, and/or achieve, do it. Yes it might sting you, and it could well challenge you a great deal but if you keep your eyes on that vision you saw of yourself, it would be a real shame to trade it for temporary comforts. Step outside that comfort zone, for your own sake if nothing else!
5. Check yourself before you wreck yourself: This is something I wish I'd been told growing up, and I'm telling myself this now. It's to check your priorities again and again, and make sure you are not burning yourself out unnecessarily. Burn out happens when we are overwhelmed, too busy, anxious, worried, and we've got a list of 101 things to get through. I'd drill these principles into younger Destiny's head everyday: Please Please Please, stay away from leaving things until the last minute. Always prepare where you can, you will thank yourself later, and try to enjoy every moment of life's adventures. Singing at different events week after week, creating music, rehearsing, eating right, exercising, and spending time with God, each take time and so I would urge you, to keep checking your priorities and filtering them where needed. It's extremely easier said than done for sure, but being mindful of where you put your energies and time, can save you a great deal later on.


I have so many memories of my childhood tied to food… and more specifically… CANDY! I love candy but now that I'm adult I don't eat it that often. When I do there's a pretty good chance it'll be Twizzlers I'm eating.
I have many memories of Twizzlers. Most of them are centered around Saturdays in the Fall. That's when I'd tag along with my Mom to get groceries in a neighboring town about 20 minutes away.
We'd run errands and load up on groceries for the week. There was one item that was always in our cart; Twizzlers. We'd eat them on the way home and listen to college football on the radio.
Even when I turned 14 and hanging out with your parents "wasn't cool" I still continued to go for two reasons. First, I had my learners permit and got to drive. The second reason you can probably guess. It was for the Twizzlers!
Now, whenever our family goes on a trip I make sure Twizzlers are a part of the road snacks. When you think about it Twizzlers really are a good "car candy". The don't melt as easily as chocolate and they're less likely to get lost under seats or in cushions.
Twizzlers to me are Saturdays in Fall, listening to football on the radio, grocery shopping, and learning to drive.
Do you have your own memory of Twizzlers or is there a certain candy that reminds you of part of your childhood?
My childhood memory of candy is the drug store in Colfax. In the door to the right was the candy shelf. On the bottom were lots of different kinds for a penny or 2 for a penny. Every other Saturday night we would go to Colfax for my piano lessons and to get groceries. When I was done with my piano lesson I was to walk down to the grocery store to meet mom. Then I would ask permission to go to the drug store and spend some of my allowance on candy. My favorites were probably the butterscotch drops, but there were also lemon drops, peppermints, root beer barrels, and probably some I don't remember.


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1st XI REPORT 2018
A fairly disappointing season for the First Team this year! We once again held our own in the league and beat most sides but consistency throughout the season in selection let us down. However, there were lots of positives to take away from the season. Our bowling attack went from strength to strength with all 5 of our main bowlers taking over 20 wickets on some fairly flat pitches which was very encouraging. With the bat we passed 300 on a couple of occasions and 4 hundreds were scored but sadly we could not score consistently and this probably cost us a top 2 spot. We had some impressive performances from the first team fringe players, Richard Barlow impressed when selected, as did Matt Bowles and Jack Caine, hopefully these guys can kick on from here and really push for a place in the side on a more permanent basis.
Unfortunately our campaign to defend our NVC crown this year never really got going, losing to Langleybury in the first round, although we did have our revenge on them in the final game of the league season, beating them and sending them down into Division 1. With that said we wish them all the best and hope to see them back in the championship in the near future.
Moving forward into next season, I'm fairly sure there won't be any cricket season weddings which should help out with the availability! We will be starting winter nets in February and hope to have a big pre-season so we can hit the ground running in May, where we will be playing for a big promotion push and also another trip back to Lord's. Any new players and of course existing players are all welcome.
It has been a pleasure to captain the lads again this year, I think we've used 25 players in the first team this season, so thanks to each and everyone of you. Special thanks to Jack Tidey for his advice and help as VC.
A few quick words of thanks also to Groundsman Richard Robertson for all the countless hours he and his team spend on the ground and to all the tea ladies that have made sure we haven't gone hungry throughout the season. A great deal of thanks also goes to Peter Wholley who scored every game with the exception of one this year. Not only that but he sorts out all the playcricket.com statistics which make my life a lot easier towards the back end of the season, so thank you for all your hard work.
Winter well and I look forward to catching up soon.
Tom Greaves, Club Captain, RCC.
2nd XI REPORT 2018
It was a tricky season for the 2nd XI, with some disappointing losses but also being the only team to inflict defeat upon the league winners, and standout team West Herts. A run of 4 consecutive wins in the middle of the season could have led to bigger and better things but an inability to get a consistently strong team out ultimately meant that losses were unavoidable.
Despite the largely stunning weather experienced this summer, providing some lovely batting conditions, the team found making consistent runs hard to come by and were heavily dependent on the bat of Chris Jackson. Chris's self imposed relegation from the 1st XI was to the huge benefit of the 2nd team where he wracked up 671 runs at an incredible average of 84. Richard Barlow also performed well with 408 runs at 45 but his form led him to playing half of the season in the 1st XI. There are some senior batsmen in the 2nd team that will need to step up next season if we are to mount a serious title challenge.
With the ball, success was shared more equally with all bowlers at some stage putting their hands up. The two, Matts, Giblin (19 wickets at 26) and Bowles (20 at 19), as well as Owen Hughes (20 at 23) were the standout performers. "Herschelle" Giblin's performances this season, were in many people's opinion, the shining light of the club this year, being a 3rd XI stalwart to opening the bowling and consistently taking the wickets in the 2nd XI which resulted in a very popular and well earned call up to the 1st team for the last game of the season.
The chopping and changing of the team due to unprecedentedly poor availability in the 1st and 2nd XI's did not help performances, particularly on the batting front, with a settled line up being integral to consistent run making. Over 50 different players represented the 2nd XI this season and I would like to thank each and every one. A big thank you to MJEB for standing in as wicketkeeper when Tim Tidey fell unwell and we wish him a speedy recovery. I would also like to thank Matt and the selection committee for all their efforts in getting as many teams out as possible each weekend, not an easy task. Ruth Tidey, as she has for the last few seasons has provided us with the best teas in the league and to Robbo for his exceptionally well prepared wickets. Wattsy, thank you for your officiating. If only all the umpires in the league displayed your ability and neutrality. This is my last season (for now) of captaining the 2nd XI, it has been a pleasure and you have all made my job very easy.
A quick rallying cry…. we are a wonderful cricket club (some may say the best in the country), so lucky with our fellow members, facilities and those that give their time to the club. Each and every member (especially the players) needs to do what they can to attract new members to the club because we cannot afford to lose the 3rd XI, which will happen if we have another season like last years.
Phil Frenay, Captain, RCC Second XI.
3rd XI REPORT 2018
After a promising start to the 2018 season, it all went slightly downhill. Firstly, we lost our captain and probably our best batsman, Marcus Baker, and then myself, as captain, struggled with availability and form. However, throughout the season there were still some notable performances. Rob Willoughby scored a century in our second match and his brother Kieren, a match winning 83 not out, at Letchworth. Zac Conley scored a blistering 87 at Shenley in a lost cause and Kieran McKinna, his highest score in adult cricket of 39. Peter Baker also played some purposeful knocks throughout this troubled season.
Bowling-wise, Neil Haslam produced miserly spells most weeks without taking many wickets. Ian Roberts returned at the end of the season to help out massively and soon got back into his bowling rhythm. Rob Willoughby also bowled well but it was a real shame that he was not available for us more often. Rhodri Hughes played some useful innings for us, but he was too often called up to the 2's or the 1's.
Young Ross Gardner performed admirably behind the stumps and with bat and ball at times, demonstrating that he is one to look out for in the future.
George Garrott turned out for us one week after being injured for a few weeks and took 4 wickets to help us achieve a notable win, one of only 3 wins this season.
All in all we played 14 matches, won 3, lost 9 and conceded 4 owing to poor availability. Although it was a struggle for most the season it was still enjoyable most of the time.
I would like to thank everyone for their contributions in difficult times with a special thank you to Maseeh Naeem who helped me enormously on and off the field.
Paul Garrott, Captain, RCC Third XI.
SUNDAY XI REPORT 2018
Generally speaking, this season went very well for the Sunday XI, with plenty of positives to take forward, despite inconsistencies with availability throughout the club. In particular, many of the club's youngsters made noticeable contributions with both bat and ball. The mix of youth and experience in many of the sides put out this season was also great to see, with all individuals seeming to integrate very well. Alongside this, it was also good to see new faces, such as James 'Crockers' Crockford, who proved a very useful asset for the team.
A number of special events took place throughout the season. This was kicked off by a game in remembrance and commemoration of Howard Marshall – the club's long-standing President who sadly passed away towards the climax of the 2017 season. Alongside this, a number of traditional fixtures took place, including President's Day, and the visit of Orwell FC to The Green – with each of these events drawing many people to watch, providing valuable income for the club.
A further positive was the exceptional individual contributions from 3 of the club's batsmen – Richard Barlow, Michael Robertson, and Toby Fynn – all of whom scored a hundred for the team this year. It was great to see 1st XI bowler Toby scoring his maiden hundred, followed by another the following week. There were also a few standout contributions with the ball, including Ross Gardner and Steve Hughes' 3-fers, and Matt Giblin's 5 wicket haul.
Finally, a great deal of thanks must go to a number of individuals for their contributions to Sunday Cricket this year. As ever, thanks to Bethan Smith and Rosemary Collins' for providing their lovely teas throughout the season. Many thanks also go to Richard Robertson for preparing the pitches to play on, and apologies on my behalf for the confusion over which track certain games were supposed to take place on. Also, thanks to Matt Bowles for helping to field a side in the first part of the season during my absence, Peter Wholley for arranging the fixtures, Peter Baker for producing match reports, Peter McMeekin for his work behind the bar, and the Selection Committee for their help during my first year in a captaincy role.
I have thoroughly enjoyed captaining the Sunday XI this year, and I look forward to seeing you all (hopefully among several new faces) at Winter nets to prepare for the 2019 season!
Rob Lankester, Captain, RCC Sunday XI.
COLTS' LIAISON OFFICER'S REPORT 2018
2018 season commenced with quite a few new recruits as a result of parentmail advertising in the local schools and also graduating from last year's 'All Stars' programme. From the U13s Sam Osborne played for the U12 Cambridge County Team and Ross Gardner for the Hertfordshire U13 Development Team. Well done to those two.
A special thanks to the coaches, Richard Barlow and his team, who have turned out on Sunday mornings to coach the colts in developing their skills.
Thank you also to parents who came up with the idea of bacon rolls and cups of tea on Sunday mornings which as well quelling the hunger also provided some funds for club. Hopefully this will continue next season!
Cilla Robertson, Colts' Liaison Officer, RCC.
The Under 9s and All Stars:
The summer of 2018 will be remembered as the first cricket season Reed CC operated an Under 9s team as part of its historically highly successful colts set up. The opportunity developed through the introduction of the ECB All Stars Cricket initiative for 5-8 year olds last season. This meant the club went into this season with a number of 7 and 8 year olds (mostly 7!) all up to speed with the game and in the coaches' view capable of playing matches at Under 9s level. Although most of the children were two years below they proved their coaches assessment to be correct as a squad of 11 performed admirably and were competitive in every fixture. Although only winning 1 of their 6 matches they were never far away and I have no doubt with further cricketing development and a year older next season we will see the narrow defeats be converted into convincing victories! I also remember very well all of their excitement at the fine victory versus Letchworth! It really does bode well for the future as hopefully the children can stay with the club and progress through the age groups from u9s to u15s.
The squad consisted of 8 year olds Oscar Brickles, Jamie Rogers and Joseph Rhodes and 7 year olds Josh Heslam, Matthew Jackson, Rory Longland, Ethan Fox, Jon Green, Toby Cook and Luke Wilson. All of them performed strongly and had some fine moments through the season but probably the most consistent was Josh Heslam with the ball and Oscar Brickles and Jamie Rogers with the bat. The fielding was excellent and the enthusiasm could not be faulted although sometimes requiring the umpire/coach to channel!! It was also a pleasure to introduce Eddie Heslam to the game at the age of 5 when we were unexpectedly short on two occasions and he didn't let us down I remember bowling one "no wides over" even if he did nearly run his older brother out!
Outside of the matches the children continued to participate in the All Stars Cricket sessions on Sunday mornings but focussing more on game play compared to the previous season's mixture of activities. Thanks must go to Simon Jackson, Nigel Cook and the clubs coaches who helped me run the sessions and Simon for supporting me with all of the matches and running a game I couldn't attend and also to Jamie and Vicky Green who kindly volunteered to introduce a very popular Bacon Sandwiches stall towards the end of the season! Another positive is the next generation of children coming through with a number of interested parents including Graham Aldridge, Will Clarke and Simon Blair taking the new 5 and 6 year olds off for their first introduction to All Stars Cricket. Next season is likely to see this continue along with more focussed Under 9s training to support the preparation for 2 teams at this age who I have no doubt will be looking to finish towards the top end of the league tables which would qualify them for the Hertfordshire Finals Day. That will be the aim anyway!
Finally I must sign off by mentioning a huge thank you to Cilla Robertson who has been Colts Liaison Officer at Reed since 1997and has contributed immeasurably to the success of the colts system and therefore the club during this long period of time. She will be sorely missed but afforded a very well earnt rest!
James Heslam, U9 Colts Manager and All Stars Activator, RCC.
The Under 11s:
The U11s played in the Cambridgeshire Youth Cricket Association (CYCA) league where the format is 10-a-side Pairs Cricket. This format is ideal for everyone to be in the game, with each player given the opportunity to bat and most also bowling.
The U11s played 9 matches of which 4 were won, 4 lost and 1 Winning Conceded, resulting in the team being 5th in the league at the end of the season. The team comprised of a core of older, experienced players with younger ones supporting them. Every member of the colts played at least one game.
The highlights of the season were Charlie Walters scoring 40 (not out) off 15 balls against Saffron Walden CC and Adam Gardner scoring 21 off 16 balls against Wenden CC. Other players that contributed well to the team results were Oliver Keenan and Jacob Vincent.
The captaincy for the season was shared between Adam Gardner and Charlie Walters and Edward Cook when the other two were not available. All 3 took their role very seriously. Two of the U11s, Adam Gardner and Charlie Walters are also playing representative cricket at North Herts Area level and Charlie is also playing for the Herts County. Well achieved!
Thanks must be expressed to parents who umpired, scored and sorted out refreshments at the matches.
Cilla Robertson, U11 Colts Administrator, RCC.
No report received as of 31st October.
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December 19, 2019 at 4pm; Explaining Economic Backwardness. Post-1945 Polish Historians on Eastern Europe
We are pleased to announce a presentation and a discussion on the book
by dr hab. Anna Sosnowska-Jordanowska
(Univeristy of Warsaw)
"Explaining Economic Backwardness. Post-1945 Polish Historians on Eastern Europe"
(Central European University Press 2019)
The guest speakers participating in the discussion will be:
prof. dr hab. Tomasz Zarycki (University of Warsaw)
prof. Józef Böröcz (Rutgers University)
at 4:00pm
Refreshments will be served after the discussion.
American Studies Center, room 317,
al. Niepodległości 22, Warsaw.
The book presents an exciting episode in the intellectual history of Europe: the vigorous debate among leading Polish historians on the sources of the economic development and non-development, including the origins of economic divisions within Europe. The monograph covers nearly fifty years of this debate between the publication of two pivotal works in 1947 and 1994.
Anna Sosnowska provides an insightful interpretation of how local and generational experience shaped the notions of post-1945 Polish historians about Eastern European backwardness, and how their debate influenced Western historical sociology, social theories of development and dependency in peripheral areas, and the image of Eastern Europe in Western, Marxist-inspired social science. Although created under the adverse conditions of state socialism and censorship, this body of scholarship had an important repercussion in international social science of the post-war period, contributing an emphasis on international comparisons, as well as a stress on social theory and explanations. Sosnowska's analysis also helps to understand current differences that lead to conflicts between Europe's richest and economically most developed core and its southern and eastern peripheries. The historians she studies also investigated analogies between paths in Eastern Europe and regions of West Africa, Latin America and East Asia.
More details can be found here.
Anna Sosnowska-Jordanowska is a sociologist and an associate professor at the American Studies Center. Her research focuses on the impact of migrations from Eastern Europe and other world's peripheries on the American cities in the post-industrial era. She is an author of the books: "Zrozumieć zacofanie. Spory historyków o Europę Wschodnią (1947-1994)", TRIO 2004 and "Polski Greenpoint a Nowy Jork. Gentryfikacja, stosunki etniczne i imigrancki rynek pracy na przełomie XX i XXI wieku", Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR 2016. She recently published Polish Female Immigrant Niche in Studia Migracyjne-Przegląd Polonijny 2017 and "Explaining Economic Backwardness. Post-1945 Polish Historians on Eastern Europe", Central European University Press 2019.
Tomasz Zarycki is a sociologist and social geographer currently holding the position of the Director of Institute for Social Studies (University of Warsaw). He is specializing in sociology of politics, sociology of culture, sociology of knowledge, critical sociology and discourse analysis with particular focus on Polish and Eastern European societies. His books include "Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe" (Routledge, 2014), "Peryferie. Nowe ujęcia zależności centro–peryferyjnych" (Scholar, 2009), "Kapitał kulturowy. Inteligencja w Polsce i Rosji" (Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 2008), "New Regional Identities and Strategic Essentialism. Case studies from Poland, Italy and Germany" (co-author, Münster: LIT Verlag, 2007), "Region jako kontekst zachowań politycznych", (Scholar 2002). His articles appeared in such journals as Current Sociology, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, GeoForum, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Kultura i Społeczeństwo, Russian Education & Society, Theory and Society, and several others.
Józef Böröcz is a sociologist, currently Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. His interests include narrative and visual sociologies of historical experiences, politics and performing arts, knowledge and otherness, larg-scale (indeed global) transformations, and intersections of political economy, geopolitics, coloniality, ethics, aesthetics and power. He is the author of "The European Union and Global Social Change: A Critical Geopolitical Economic Analysis" (Routledge, UK, 2009, also published in Hungarian, Kalligram 2018), "Hasított fa: A világrendszerelmélettől a globális struktúraváltásokig" (l'Harmattan, 2017) "Leisure Migration: A Sociological Study on Tourism" (Pergamon Press, 1996), co-editor of and contributor to three collections: "El ultimo europeo: Imperialismo, xenofobia y derecha radical en la Unión Europea" (Madrid: La oveja roja, 2014) and "Empire's New Clothes: Unveiling EU-Enlargement", (published by the online journal Central Europe Review, 2001), "A New World Order? Global Transformation in the Late 20th Century" (Greenwood Press, 1995), and "Gender and Nation" (a Special Block in the journal East European Politics and Societies). His most recent journal publications include "Performing socialist Hungary in China: 'modern, Magyar, European'." Cold War History, 2018, 2 (April 30) and (with Mahua Sarkar): "The Unbearable Whiteness of the Polish Plumber and the Hungarian 'Peacock Dance' Around 'Race'." Slavic Review. 76, 2 (Summer 2017).


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BALTIMORE (JTA) — Pnina Kohen Rossenblatt was thrilled when she was asked to organize Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin's annual Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) ceremonies. But something was troubling Rossenblatt.
The educator, who has lived on the kibbutz in northern Israel since 1986, knew that seven men killed in battle and buried in the community's cemetery had relatives living on Kfar Ruppin or elsewhere in the country. A member from each soldier's family recites a short passage at the ceremony.
But no one was coming to honor the eighth soldier, Corp. Ben-Zion Kahane Shmueli. So Kohen Rossenblatt set out to locate his relatives. She quickly found a man who lives in Haifa. Little did she know that she was about to meet many more of Shmueli's kin and to unite them.
In August, just four hours after being interviewed on the Israeli radio program "Hamador L'chipus Krovim" (Searching for Relatives Bureau), Kohen Rossenblatt received a call at home from a listener who said that he was a friend of Shmueli's late sister, Rivka. He provided the phone number of the Haifa resident, Eliezer Avraham, whose father had been married to Malka Kahane, another of the soldier's sisters.
When he spoke with Kohen Rossenblatt, Avraham said, he "got very excited" and began crying. He was born four years after Shmueli was killed in Israel's War of Independence and grew up hearing stories about him.
Earlier this month, during Sukkot, Avraham drove to the kibbutz and met with older residents who remembered Shmueli. He did not see the cemetery because such visits traditionally are not made on holidays, but Avraham plans to be there on April 15 to participate in the Yom Hazikaron ceremony.
Meanwhile, Avraham mentioned a New Jersey resident and relative, Evelyn Weber Wade. When "Seeking Kin" found her, it learned that she was planning an upcoming visit to Israel to see her brother, Chanoch Weber of Netanya. Neither sibling knew of Kohen Rossenblatt's search, and they had lost contact with Avraham; their mother, Henia, is another sister of the fallen soldier.
Weber Wade said that she and her brother would visit the kibbutz and that they have been to Shmueli's grave. Like Avraham, she grew up hearing about her uncle, with whom her mother — now 88 and suffering from dementia — had been very close.
Another photograph of Shmueli resides in Kfar Ruppin's archives. A note there states that he could be counted on for guard duty to stave off Arab intruders. One person wrote that Shmueli was a familiar sight riding atop his horse, Yair.
Shmueli, according to the archives and the Israel Defense Forces' website section on fallen soldiers, was born in Hust, Czechoslovakia, in December 1920 and attended a Jewish school. He apprenticed as a carpenter and joined HeChalutz (The Pioneer), a Zionist movement. At age 18, he was among 700 members of youth groups who fled to the Slovakia region following Nazi Germany's invasion of the country. Still, in unclear circumstances, he was caught and imprisoned for nine months.
Eventually he made his way to a Bulgarian port from which he sailed to Palestine. But the British authorities prevented his entry and deported him to Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean.
In early 1942, Shmueli and eight friends volunteered to fight the Germans in the British-led Czech Brigade. After training in Alexandria, Egypt, he and his fellow soldiers were transferred on Yom Kippur to prestate Israel. Shmueli came to Kibbutz Givat Hashlosha and eventually settled on Kfar Ruppin. He soon joined the mandatory-era government's Jewish Brigade and was sent back to Europe, fighting the Germans in Belgium and Holland. After the war he assisted Holocaust survivors in internment camps in Cyprus.
"Who else but he could understand the Jewish soul: wandering and chased," Moshe Zayit, a kibbutz resident who first met Shmueli in Czechoslovakia in 1939, wrote in a summary kept in Kfar Ruppin's archives.
Finally, back in Israel for good, Shmueli returned to Kfar Ruppin. During the 1948 War of Independence, he fought in the Golani Brigade. He was killed in an Egyptian counter attack near Gaza on Dec. 23, 1948, a week short of his 28th birthday. Shmueli, a bachelor, was buried in a temporary grave; two months later he was laid to rest at Kfar Ruppin.
"This is the life story of a Jewish boy who … gave his life to ensure the next generations a better future," Zayit wrote at the end of his entry on Shmueli.
For Weber Wade, the kibbutz's memorializing of Shmueli every Yom Hazikaron strikes a personal chord.
In fact, Weber Wade gave her son the Hebrew name Ben-Zion.
She thinks her uncle may have adopted his Israeli surname in memory of his older brother, Shmuel, who along with a little sister and brother and their parents, were murdered in the Holocaust.
By chance, Shmueli found Henia and her husband, Zvi, just after the couple reached Israel in 1945. When their eyes met in one of the country's tent cities in the North, the siblings "ran into each other's arms," Weber Wade recalled.
Henia pleaded with Shmueli not to fight in the War of Independence, arguing that he'd already done so much to save Jews. One day, seeing two military officials walking on the street near her then-home in the Haifa area, Henia "went unconscious, knowing they were coming to tell her he was dead," Weber Wade said.
Back on Kfar Ruppin, Kohen Rossenblatt said Thursday that the previous night she had an unusual dream in which the families of the eight soldiers had gathered beside her at the foot of their loved ones' graves. With them at the cemetery were relatives of each of Israel's more than 22,000 war dead.


text:
Cabeza de la Yegua es una montaña situada en el suroeste en los Montes de León. Constituye la límite entre las comarcas tradicionales de El Bierzo y de La Cabrera, en la provincia de León, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León, España.

Referencias

Dosmiles de los Montes de León (León)
La Cabrera


The decision on fitness to dive when individuals have a history of cardiac arrhythmia (or evidence which suggests predisposition to such arrhythmias, e.g. Wolff-Parkinson-White or long QT syndromes) must take account of the nature of the arrhythmia (e.g. rate, site of origin, probability of degeneration into a more serious arrhythmia), the frequency and effects of attacks, the presence of associated or causative cardiovascular or non-cardiac diseases, the treatment used and the success of treatment. It is not possible to define every possible circumstance, but these guidelines are intended to cover the most common situations.
Permission to dive will usually be refused if an applicant has either serious underlying cardiac disease (e.g. ischaemic heart disease or cardiomyopathy), or arrhythmias are associated with symptoms which would prove hazardous if they occurred underwater (e.g. syncope, dizziness, dyspnoea, or angina).
Permission to dive will usually be granted when an individual has no evidence of structural cardiac disease but has a history of arrhythmias which are unlikely to cause incapacity in the water, because they do not cause serious symptoms when on land. However permission to dive will usually be accompanied by restrictions on depths and dive times to no-stop diving, so that the diver is always able to make a direct ascent to the surface without risk of being forced to make prolonged decompression stops while suffering the arrhythmia. Restriction to diving only with experienced companions will be a usual requirement.
Whether congenital heart disease or valvular disease will disqualify will depend on the severity and nature of the abnormality (see also medical standard on intracardiac shunts).
Underlying metabolic or endocrine abnormalities (e.g. thyrotoxicosis causing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation) should be corrected prior to diving.
The choice of anti-arrhythmic drug may influence fitness (e.g. if b-blockers cause bronchoconstriction their use will constitute a contraindication to diving).
Investigations should be performed in an individual with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome to ensure that the refractory period of the accessory pathway is sufficiently great to prevent degeneration of atrial fibrillation into ventricular fibrillation.
Supraventricular and ventricular ectopic beats will usually be allowed. The exception is when the ectopic beats occur so frequently that symptoms such as dizziness are produced.


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  , ObjectEncoding = constants.ObjectEncoding
  , AMF0Types = constants.AMF0Types
  , AMF3Types = constants.AMF3Types

module.exports = ByteArray

function ByteArray(buffer) {
  this.objectEncoding = ObjectEncoding.AMF0

  this._buffer = buffer
  this._offset = 0
  this._read = 0
  this._objectTable = []
  this._stringTable = []
  this._traitTable = []
}

ByteArray.prototype = {
  move: function(bytes) {
    var prevOffset = this._offset
    this._read += bytes
    this._offset += bytes
    return prevOffset
  }

, position: function() {
    return this._offset
  }
, objectEncoding: function() {
    return this.objectEncoding
  }
, length: function() {
    return this._buffer.length
  }

  // readBoolean():Boolean
  // Reads a Boolean value from the byte stream.
, readBoolean: function() {
    return this._buffer.readUInt8(this.move(1))
  }

  // readByte():int
  // Reads a signed byte from the byte stream.
, readByte: function() {
    return this._buffer.readInt8(this.move(1))
  }

  // readBytes(bytes:ByteArray, offset:uint = 0, length:uint = 0):void
  // Reads the number of data bytes, specified by the length parameter, from the byte stream.
, readBytes: function(bytes, offset, length) {
    throw "NOT IMPLEMENTED"
  }

  // readDouble():Number
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, readNumber: function() {
    return this._buffer.readDoubleBE(this.move(8))
  }

  // readFloat():Number
  // Reads an IEEE 754 single-precision (32-bit) floating-point number from the byte stream.
, readFloat: function() {
    return this._buffer.readFloatBE(this.move(4))
  }

  // readInt():int
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, readInt: function() {
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  }

  // readMultiByte(length:uint, charSet:String):String
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, readMultiByte: function(length, charSet) {
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  }

  // readObject():*
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, readObject: function() {
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    } else if (this.objectEncoding == ObjectEncoding.AMF3) {
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    }
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  // readShort():int
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, readShort: function() {
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  }

  // readUnsignedByte():uint
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, readUnsignedByte: function() {
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  }

  // readUnsignedInt():uint
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, readUnsignedInt: function() {
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  }

  // readUnsignedShort():uint
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, readUnsignedShort: function() {
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  }

  // readUTF():String
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, readUTF: function() {
    var length = this._buffer.readUInt16BE(this.move(2))
    return this.readUTFBytes(length)
  }

, readLongUTF: function()
  {
    return this.readUTFBytes(this.readUInt30())
  }

  // readUTFBytes(length:uint):String
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, readUTFBytes: function(length) {
    return this._buffer.toString('utf8', this._offset, this.move(length) + length)
  }

, readTraits: function(ref) {
    var traitInfo = {}
    traitInfo.properties = []

    if ((ref & 3) == 1) {
      return this.traitTable[(ref >> 2)]
    }

    traitInfo.externalizable = ((ref & 4) == 4)
    traitInfo.dynamic = ((ref & 8) == 8)
    traitInfo.count = (ref >> 4)
    traitInfo.className = this.readStringAMF3()

    this.traitTable.push(traitInfo)

    for (var i=0; i<traitInfo.count; ++i) {
      traitInfo.properties.push(this.readStringAMF3())
    }

    return traitInfo
  }

, writeByte: function(byte) {
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  }

  // helpers

, _readUInt29: function() {
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    // each byte must be treated as unsigned
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    if (b < 128) {
      return b
    }

    value = (b & 0x7F) << 7
    b = this.readByte() & 0xFF
    if (b < 128) {
      return (value | b)
    }

    value = (value | (b & 0x7F)) << 7
    b = this.readByte() & 0xFF
    if (b < 128) {
      return (value | b)
    }

    value = (value | (b & 0x7F)) << 8
    b = this.readByte() & 0xFF
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  }

, _readUInt30: function() {
    var ch1 = readByte()
      , ch2 = readByte()
      , ch3 = readByte()
      , ch4 = readByte()

    if (ch1 >= 64) {
      return undefined
    }

    return ch4 | (ch3 << 8) | (ch2 << 16) | (ch1 << 24)
  }

, _readStringAMF3: function() {
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    if ((ref & 1) === 0) { // This is a reference
      return this.stringTable[(ref >> 1)]
    }

    var len = (ref >> 1)

    if (0 === len) {
      return ""
    }

    this._stringTable.push(this.readString(len))

    return str
  }

, _readExternalizable: function(className) {
    return this.readObject()
  }

, _readAMF0Object: function() {
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    if (marker == AMF0Types.kNumberType) {
      return this.readDouble()
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kBooleanType) {
      return this.readBoolean()
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kStringType) {
      return this.readUTF()
    } else if ((marker === AMF0Types.kObjectType) || (marker === AMF0Types.kECMAArrayType)) {
      var o = {}
        , isMixed = (marker === AMF0Types.kECMAArrayType)
        , size = null

      if (isMixed) {
        this._readUInt30()
      }

      while (true) {
        var name = this.readUTF()

        if (this.readByte() === AMF0Types.kObjectEndType) { break }
        this.move(-1)

        o[name] = this.readObject()
      }

      return o
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kStrictArrayType) {
      var size = this.readInt()
        , a = []

      for (var i=0; i<size; ++i) {
        a.push(this.readObject())
      }

      return a
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kTypedObjectType) {
      var o = {}
        , typeName = this.readUTF()
        , propertyName = this.readUTF()
        , type = this.readByte()

      while (type !== kObjectEndType) {
        var value = this.readObject()
        o[propertyName] = value
        propertyName = this.readUTF()
        type = this.readByte()
      }

      return o
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    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kNullType) {
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    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kUndefinedType) {
      return undefined
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kReferenceType) {
      var refNum = this.readUnsignedShort()
        , value = this._objectTable[refNum]

      return value
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kDateType) {
      return this.readDate()
    } else if (marker === AMF0Types.kLongStringType) {
      return this.readLongUTF()
    } else if (marker == AMF0Types.kXMLObjectType) {
      return this.readXML()
    }
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, _readAMF3Object: function() {
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    if (marker == AMF3Types.kUndefinedType) {
      return undefined
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      return null
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kFalseType) {
      return false
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kTrueType) {
      return true
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kIntegerType) {
      var i = this._readUInt29()

      return i
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kDoubleType) {
      return this.readDouble()
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kStringType)  {
      return this.readStringAMF3()
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kXMLType) {
      return this.readXML()
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kDateType) {
      var ref = this._readUInt29()

      if ((ref & 1) === 0) {
        return this._objectTable[(ref >> 1)]
      }

      var d = this.readDouble()
        , value = new Date(d)
      this._objectTable.push(value)

      return value
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kArrayType) {
      var ref = this._readUInt29()

      if ((ref & 1) == 0) {
        return this._objectTable[(ref >> 1)]
      }

      var len = (ref >> 1)
        , key = readStringAMF3()

      if (key === "") {
        var a = []

        for (var i=0; i<len; ++i) {
          a.push(this.readObject());
        }

        return a
      }

      // mixed array
      var result = {}

      while (key !== "") {
        result[key] = this.readObject()
        key = this.readStringAMF3()
      }

      for (var i=0; i<len; ++i) {
        result[i] = this.readObject()
      }

      return result
    } else if (marker === AMF3Types.kObjectType) {
      var o = {}

      this._objectTable.push(o)

      var ref = this._readUInt29()

      if ((ref & 1) === 0) {
        return this._objectTable[(ref >> 1)]
      }

      var ti = this.readTraits(ref)
        , className = ti.className
        , externalizable = ti.externalizable

      if (externalizable) {
        o = this._readExternalizable(className)
      } else {
        var len = ti.properties.length

        for (var i=0; i<len; ++i) {
          var propName = ti.properties[i]
            , value = this.readObject()
          o[propName] = value
        }

        if (ti.dynamic) {
          for (;;) {
            var name = this.readStringAMF3()
            if (name === null || name.length === 0) {
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            }
            o[name] = this.readObject()
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        }
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      if ((ref & 1) === 0) {
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      }

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        , xml = this._stringToXML(str)

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      this._objectTable.push(ba)

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      return ba
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, _stringToXML: function(str) {
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    //   var parser = new DOMParser();
    //   xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(str, "text/xml");
    // }
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    // {
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    // }

    // return xmlDoc;
  }
}

var runHarness = !module.parent
if (runHarness) {
   var data = new Buffer('03 00 03 66 6f 6f 02 00 03 62 61 72 00 00 09'.replace(/ /g, ''), 'hex')
     , ba = new ByteArray(data)

  console.log(ba.readObject())
}

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Created at the junction of three tectonic plates, the nine Portuguese islands of the Azores make the perfect destination for an educational and inspirational geography trip.
The Azores have similar geographical characteristics to Iceland but with a warm climate and lush green forests. You'll visit bubbling hot springs and lava tubes, explore Europe's only tea plantations and maybe even spot whales breaching the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
Our study trips are tailored to your curricular and financial requirements but, whatever options you choose, you can be assured the trip has been designed by educational specialists give your students an unforgettable experience.
The archipelago is an ideal school trip destination with physical and environmental geography as a strong focus.
The Azores have been likened to Iceland and Hawaii, and are one of the last few truly unspoilt parts of Europe.
The Azores offer cross-curricular opportunities including with Science and Geology, as well as opportunities to study tourism in Europe's best sustainable destination.
Geographically part-American and part-European, these are islands of contrast, both isolated and significant. As the westernmost point of Europe, exposed in the middle of the Atlantic, the landscape is rugged and wild and the people proudly self-sufficient and independent.
On Sao Miguel, taste the produce at Europe's only tea plantations; on Pico, explore some of the longest lava tubes in the world, or walk through the irreplaceable UNESCO World Heritage vineyards; on Faial, trace the physical growth of the island via 10 successively younger volcanic peaks stretching from the central Caldeira to Capelinhos.
We have first hand destination experience in our team and we're passionate about sharing that with you. Here is what some of our Travel Specialists had to say about The Azores.
First time travelling to the Azores? We won't let admin stop you from experiencing this incredible destination. We'll help you launch your trip to your students and their parents with our launch presentations, letters and information.
Our team have decades of travel experience and excellent relationships with the ground team in the Azores so we can keep tailoring your trip until you are confident in the itinerary and price. We work with teachers to create unique resources that can support your teaching before and after your trip.


Khadi, once the dowdy sartorial symbol of India's independence movement, is now trendy and makes the cash registers ring.
"We have witnessed growth in khadi business in terms of the offering as well as the customer base. In addition, the business has grown almost three times in the last five years. The market is definitely growing faster than the production capacities," Anuradha Kumar, creative head, Women's Wear, Fabindia, told IANS.
Many designers are endorsing the fabric.
Designer Gaurang Shah, who showed his khadi line at the Berlin Fashion Week and the New York Fashion Week in 2012, says that people's perception towards the humble fabric has changed.
"When I started working with weavers about 9-10 years back, they used to do simple bootis, very small border, which was not very appealing. It was those kinds of saris which 60 or 70 years old ladies used to wear. But now with the help of designers, weavers are trying new technique, designs and colours," Shah told IANS.
And there is a lot of variety too.
"We did a lot of fusion in khadi with various contemporary designs. People's mindset towards khadi has changed, especially when they get varieties in terms of western designs and cuts," said the designer.
"I was told that khadi sales increased by almost 125 percent. I urged people to purchase khadi last time. I never said become khadiwadi, but I said buy some khadi. There was increase in khadi (sales)," he said on the "Mann Ki Baat" programme on All India Radio.
The fabric is attracting youngsters and Shah says the fabric is an alternative for georgette, chiffon and net.
"One can not only make anarkali, ghagras, but also gowns. From tie-and-dye to embroidery, block printing, aztec, and indigo prints — anything is possible on khadi. It is much cheaper and longer lasting compared to other fabrics," he added. Other popular designers who are using handspun fabric are Wendell Rodricks, Ritu Kumar, Sabyasaachi Mukherjee, Rahul Mishra and Anand Kabra.
Khadi is not restricted to clothing; it has found space in other sectors too, like footwear.
Designer Swati Mehrotra of the brand Swati Modo makes shoes with khadi.
"We create textures on plain khadi-like weave. And then use in boots especially in menswear," she said.
A simple cotton khadi fabric is available between the price range of Rs.34 and Rs.82 per metre, but for a designer scarf one may have to shell out about Rs.4,000.