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Dylan's Grace Notes
Personal news, observations, and occasional silliness from Sarah Dylan Breuer
a most serious matter facing General Convention
I face a great dilimma at General Convention this year, and I hope via this blog to conduct a churchwide conversation to assist discernment.
As some of you know, at last GC I borrowed a travel electric guitar and performed a composition with original lyrics. The song's title was "I Will Survive (General Convention)." I am told that it was most inspiring. I can only thank our Creator and the angels for working through me to encourage the saints in this way.
I have been asked to do at least one other such song at this convention. Thus far, contenders include:
"(You Say You Want a) Resolution"
"Changes" (to the tune of David Bowie's great song; this one would have to be about TEC structure)
"Episcopalians" (to the tune of Bowie's "Young Americans")
"The Ones Who Sold the Church" (to the Bowie/Nirvana tune -- I think this one's probably too edgy)
"Smells Like [something -- Sweet Incense?]" (I'm clearly on a Nirvana kick)
"Tridium" (to the tune of Nirvana's "Lithium")
"500 Miles" (the Proclaimers' song on the Shrek soundtrack -- a tribute to how much we have to walk at GC)
My instrument this year is a "mandobird" -- an electric mandolin designed like a Gibson Firebird guitar:
... and the mandolin is a particularly appropriate instrument for when I sing the Indigo Girls "Ozilline" as a tribute to Miss Lydia Wilkins of Pasadena, CA, who died two months' short of her 107th birthday in 2010 -- and who I can say from personal witness looked WAY better in my black leather motorcycle jacket than I did. My love to the whole Tatum-Harris clan.
But for the General Convention song(s), do any of the above stand out? Any other suggestions? I can easily make the mandobird sound like an electric guitar with effects, so the possibilities are staggering. Since I've only played mandolin for a few weeks, though, it probably should be too musically complex. (I told my committee chairs that our music for worship could not, unfortunately, include St. Patrick's Breastplate.)
July 5, 2012 in Churchiness, Just for Fun, Music, Where's Dylan? | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack
online rally to restore Anglican sanity and/or comprehensiveness
I was disappointed not to be able to attend Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C. last week, so please indulge me:
Let's have an online Rally to Restore Anglican Sanity and/or Comprehensiveness!
The person who submits the best slogans for a rally sign will see their creations available for sale in the SarahLaughed Cafe Press store to benefit the Haiti Solidarity Initiative! Woo hoo!
I'll start with some Stewart-inspired possibilities:
You annoy me, but I'm pretty sure you're not Satan
Our disagreement doesn't make you a heretic
I break (bread) for conservatives [over a rainbow flag?]
I break (bread) for LGBT people [over a conservative logo of some kind]
I'm only marching out of the convention to go to the pub
It's mission, not fission [that may be too obscure, or too annoying for physicists]
The person who advocates schism says "I'm an asshat" twice [for irreverent Augustine fans]
Bored with belligerence
OK, people -- go wild! What banner would you wave?
November 1, 2010 in Churchiness, Just for Fun | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
Theology Bingo!
For those of you who are going to church conventions or meetings you fear will be boring beyond your worst fears ... for those of you dreading that final seminary paper ... for those of you who have lost motivation to write that sermon ... and of course, for those of you taking GOEs soon, never fear:
I have heard your cries!
Yes, all of these experiences can be taken with all the gravity that they're worth, and then some, while also providing a fun challenge to your own and your colleagues' wits.
Just download these bingo cards! You can play that whoever hears a word on her or his card may cross it off, but I think a special prize should go to anyone who actually USES all of the words in a row, column, or diagonal in a single motion or speech.
Please let me know about any winners you come across, and happy playing! (Also let me know if you want me to provide you cards with a different heading and/or for a different context.)
December 16, 2009 in Churchiness, Just for Fun, Religion, Silliness | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
seminary headline for the times
From the BBC comes this headline:
EDS shares up on HP buyout report
The snippet of the article in my RSS reader says:
"Shares in EDS rise by 28% on reports that it is close to being taken over by Hewlett-Packard."
And you know, I actually did a double-take before I realized it wasn't about my seminary.
Now I'm picturing seminary alumnae having to sew patches on their albs, stoles, and chasubles advertising the corporations that bought out their alma mater, and perhaps a little ticker-tape below webcam broadcasts from the chapel: "Hebrew bible reading brought to you courtesy of Staples, Inc. -- keeping parish offices together since 1974."
But no -- seminaries are too small a market for the likes of HP and Staples, I'd guess.
May 12, 2008 in Churchiness, Current Affairs, Just for Fun | Permalink | Comments (1)
isn't technology amazing?
They've upgraded the computers in the EDS lab, and the results are amazing! (Click on the image for a full-sized version.)
(P.S. -- if you want to generate error messages of your own, you can do so at this page.)
March 2, 2008 in Churchiness, Just for Fun | Permalink | Comments (3)
I've embarked on a new lifestyle, inspired by none other than Greg Griffith.
You see, Griffith's abilities in the field of frozen desserts are legendary. Rumor has it that SFiF, the name of the site he built, stood originally for "Sorbets: Fruity (if Frozen)," and calling the site "Stand Firm in Faith" instead was an afterthought.
Sure, he pretended it was all just friendly conversation, that casual allusion to the fabulous watermelon sorbet he'd whipped up that week merely a remark on the summer climate in Mississippi. But those brief allusions became mocking, tormenting, as they echoed through my mind for days afterward. I wanted to experience that frozen goodness.
I'd tried many times to build a healthy lifestyle including homemade frozen desserts. I've abstained almost entirely from cake for years; dry cake was just mocking the lack of decent ice cream in my culinary repertoire. I tried -- believe me, I tried -- with a Cuisinart ice cream maker that people said was perfectly good, but my sorbets in particular found no state in between "ice brick" and "fruit soup." Finally, I started thinking, "maybe I'm just not a dessert person."
And then I realized that perhaps I just hadn't met the right ice cream maker yet. I bought that KitchenAid Pro mixer I blogged about earlier. It's got a lovely, 475-watt motor. I bought the ice cream maker attachment. And I made my first batch of ice cream -- sugar-free coffee ice cream made with cold-brewed Toddy coffee concentrate, and with fair trade 70% dark chocolate-coated cacao nibs from Sweetriot in it just for added decadence. I made it less sweet than coffee ice cream usually is, with a little less fat and with rather more intense coffee flavor. And it was very, very good.
So once more I have SFiF (we know what those letters really stand for) to thank for a valuable service to the community. I've discovered a part of myself that I thought was gone, but was merely dormant:
I am a dessert person! Next week, I think I'll try making mango-mint sorbet.
September 11, 2007 in Cooking, Just for Fun | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
What Not To Say on the GOEs, Part I: Church History
An imaginary exploration of what the world's worst student might say in the General Ordination Exams ...
Describe the Elizabethan Settlement. How was it reached, and what was its importance for Anglicanism?
The Elizabethan Settlement resulted from a complicated and highly politicized series of negotiations; it sprang from a surprising turn of events; it inaugurated lasting consequences in the intricate web of relationships of its major actors; and in the process it played a profound role in shaping Anglicanism, and arguably the whole of the Church in the eyes of the West.
The Elizabethan Settlement occurred when both Cate Blanchett and Dame Judi Dench were nominated for American Academy Awards in 1998 for their portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I. Blanchett in Elizabeth got to bed Joseph Fiennes, who was very much a hottie back then. However, it was Dame Judi Dench's portrayal of a truly virginal Virgin Queen in Shakespeare in Love, made in the same year, that won the Oscar, though in Shakespeare in Love the prize of a night with Joseph Fiennes went to Gwynneth Paltrow. The consequences of the Elizabethan Settlement were profound for all involved. Cate Blanchett's career has arguably been mostly downhill from there, while Judi Dench not only nabbed the Oscar, but went on to snag even more enviable roles, such as that scheming lesbian hag in Notes on a Scandal in 2006. Cate Blanchett appeared in that film too, of course, but she pretty much got stuck making cow eyes and shocked expressions while Dench stole the film. Arguably, it was the Elizabethan Settlement that led to Dench's resurgence in the consciousness of the American filmgoing public, resulting in, among other things, her winning the role of "M" in the Bond films, which must have been incredibly lucrative, and yet required little more than perfunctory clock-punching from such an accomplished thespian.
The role of politics in the Elizabethan Settlement cannot be denied; Miramax Studios responded to previous Oscar snubs against non-American films and actors with a major publicity push in Variety and in direct-mail campaigns to Academy members urging them to vote for Dench despite her very limited screen time, and although Dench's long and distinguished career certainly deserves recognition, everybody said she pretty much got the Oscar out of sympathy. Frankly, I felt sympathy for her because, unlike the other actors involved in the Elizabethan Settlement, she got pretty much no action as well as very few lines. In this sense, perhaps it could be said that Dench's gains in the Elizabethan Settlement were a triumph for traditional sexual morality.
I would argue, however, that time has proven the real winner of the Elizabethan Settlement to be Gwynneth Paltrow — ironically, since she didn't actually play Elizabeth. She not only won an Oscar for leading actress, but she also got to roll around with Joseph Fiennes at his peak. The Elizabethan Settlement gave her the respect of critics that has allowed her both to essentially phone in every performance since then and, more importantly, enough "it-factor" eventually to bag Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin, who is every bit as talented as Bono — I don't care what anyone else says about that — and has a far cuter butt and slimmer waistline. (Than Bono has, I mean. Bono's charismatic, to be sure, but I don't think either he or Chris Martin has anywhere near as shapely a posterior as Gynneth Paltrow. I have no idea how she manages maintaining that with kids and all — my butt went cottage-cheesy right after my eldest was born, and no amount of time on the elliptical trainer since has managed to get it back into shape. But I digress. Oh geez — I didn't mean that last sentence to be a pun or anything.)
Why Gwynneth Paltrow went on after achieving such dizzying heights to give her kids weird-ass names like "Apple" is anyone's guess. However, the most important consequences of the Elizabethan Settlement go beyond individual actors' careers and their on- and off-screen romances to shape gender politics as well as the Reformation, and with it the character of Western Christianity itself. In the Elizabethan Settlement Joseph Fiennes — the real loser of the Settlement, if you ask me — wasn't even NOMINATED for an Oscar. Furthermore, his best-known role since then was as Martin Luther in a fairly decent film that, lacking the major studio backing of both Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love, never really garnered much attention even though the studio tried marketing it to the fundie crowd. In my opinion, it's an underrated film, but nevertheless the younger Fiennes essentially hasn't been heard from since then. Some say that his receding hairline is largely responsible for his ebbing career, but the show biz success and (at least to a certain crowd) sex-symbol status of such follically challenged luminaries as Patrick Stewart and U2's The Edge suggests another explanation, and in the perspective of many, it's that the Elizabethan Settlement, and particularly the controversy over dench's winning an Oscar, seized the public eye for the Elizabethan women in critical, popular, and even business terms such that none of the guys could get anything out of it even though it was really Fiennes' rakish charm, in my opinion, that made so many women willing to pony up to see yet another movie suggesting that a woman can't be successful in her career without acting like a man and/or wearing ridiculous amounts of makeup.
And thus, in a remarkable series of coincidences, the Elizabethan Settlement — particularly in light of its long-term repercussions for the actors involved — achieved what many thought was impossible. It made Anglicans, and by extension Anglicanism, seem very sexy indeed in the late 1990s and early years of the new millennium — sexier even than Joseph Fiennes' dark, smoldering eyes and theological bad-boy demeanor could make Martin Luther. The effect of the Elizabethan Settlement on the career of Coldplay has yet to be seen, but if their performance at Live 8 — particularly in their triumphant rendition of "Bittersweet Symphony" — is any indication, it may be that in the long run, the Elizabethan Settlement will advance the cause of at least one man involved almost as much as of the women.
August 2, 2007 in Churchiness, Just for Fun | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
kayak advice
I have recently been kayaking, and I love it! I love it so much, indeed, that I want to buy a tandem kayak or two one-person kayaks so my honey and I can go kayaking together often. We are not particularly interested in whitewater kayaking, but wants something that we could use for ocean touring as well as freshwater paddling about.
Dear Readers, do you have any advice for us with respect to kayak-shopping?
July 29, 2007 in Just for Fun, Life and Whatnot | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack
10 least popular memory verses for Sunday school
People often view the bible as a book of inspirational sayings that will motivate people to live respectably. May this list contribute toward putting that view to rest! Youth group members: wow your parents by telling them that you've decided you'd like to memorize more from your bible, and then dazzle them with these:
"You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will waste your pleasant words" (Proverbs 23:8).
"Happy shall be they who take your little ones / and dash them against the rock!" (Psalm 137:9)
"Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection" (James 4:9).
"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:26).
"... with his blood now completely drained from him, he tore out his entrails, took them in both hands, and hurled them at the crowd, calling upon the Lord of life and spirit to give them back to him again. This was the manner of his death." (2 Maccabees 14:46 -- it's from the Apocrypha, but hey, that's useful for teaching, right?)
"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you" (James 5:1).
"I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!" (Galatians 5:12)
"They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken." (1 Kings 22:38)
"If you are overstuffed with food, get up to vomit, and you will have relief" (Ecclesiasticus 31:21 -- another inspirational gem from the Apocrypha)
"A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul talked still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead." (Acts 20:9 -- and let that be a lesson to preachers who go on too long!)
You could even make some inspirational posters by taking a suitable photo, pairing it with one of these verses, and making use of this create-your-own-motivational-poster site. And yes, I live to serve.
July 5, 2007 in Churchiness, Just for Fun | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBack
top 10 rejected alternative worship themes
A lot of people have been asking me, as instigator of the first U2charist (held in Baltimore, Maryland in April of 2004) what other liturgical developments are in the pike. What I can say is that, having carefully pondered cultural and liturgical trends, I've decided that the Next Big Thing is most definitely NOT:
The Kazoocharist -- in which the service music is led entirely by 30 people playing kazoos.
The Magoocharist -- which would have been gravely insulting to blind people.
The "I Melt With You"charist -- which may have been well-received by those from my generation who are lovers of one-hit pop wonders. Sadly, I could find no theological justification for such a service, and even those from my high school graduating class couldn't stand singing it ten times in a single hour.
The "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"charist -- for lovers of 40's jazz and railway enthusiasts.
The R2D2charist and Naboocharist -- for lovers of the Star Wars film franchise.
The ShihTzucharist -- for lovers of expensive and diminutive dogs, in honor of which the altar party would wear their hair tied up with a ribbons on the tops of their heads
The HoodooGurucharist -- for lovers of obscure alternative Australian rock.
The Dewcharist -- a service for computer coders in which Mountain Dew would replace the sherry or port normally used; rejected when no one could figure out whether a Twinkie was or could ever be 'bread.'
The Moocharist -- in which chocolate milk would replace the port or sherry to appeal more to children.
The Booboocharist -- for fans of the diminutive animated bear of Jellystone Park.
What I CAN say with some authority is that I will be preaching at the U2charist -- held to the glory of God and to inspire deeper engagement with God's mission to end extreme poverty -- in the Diocese of Michigan on Saturday, June 16, at 4:30 p.m. More details forthcoming!
May 22, 2007 in Churchiness, Just for Fun, U2charist, Where's Dylan? | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack
Syndicate Grace Notes (XML)
Christopher Moore: Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Mary Oliver: New and Selected Poems : Volume Two
Brian D. McLaren: The Last Word and the Word after That : A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set
Don Saliers: A Song to Sing, A Life to Live : Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice (J-B Practicing our Faith Series)
Brian Greene: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
William Stafford: The Way It Is
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox Of Choice: Why More Is Less
Trembling Before G-D
Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Widescreen Edition)
Tying the Knot
The Cadfael Collection
Alias - The Complete Third Season
Bride and Prejudice
Heathers (THX Version)
Quick News re: UTO
Dylan gets fit: Day One
Ken Howard's Paradoxy: Creating Christian Community Between Us and Them and why it rocks
a radical solution re: theological education
quick reflections on Executive Council
how not to argue for sequential ordination
low-cost tip #3 toward more and better theologians
Churchiness
Episcopal Relief and Development
Flood Aid
Life and Whatnot
ONE campaign/Millennium Development Goals (MGDs)
Personal News
Search Strings
Silliness
U2charist
Where's Dylan?


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Wonderful Wright realises his World Championship dream!
Peter Wright produced the performance of his career in the biggest game of his life to defeat Michael van Gerwen 7-3 and secure his maiden World Championship title on a magical night on New Year's Day at Alexandra Palace.
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Premier League Darts 2020 line-up confirmed!
Three-time BDO world champion Glen Durrant will make his Premier League Darts debut in 2020, whilst UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall will also make his bow in the sport's biggest roadshow after the nine-player field was confirmed on Wednesday evening.
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Wright dumps out Price in tetchy tussle to set up MVG finale!
Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright will collide in the World Darts Championship final on New Year's Day after recording 6-3 victories over Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Price respectively on an action-packed night of semi-final action at Alexandra Palace.
The night felt slightly subdued in terms of the standard, with Wright's 98.39 average the highest of the semi-finalists, although there was plenty of fireworks in his controversial clash against the enigmatic Price, with the pair refusing to shake hands following their tetchy tussle.
Wright and Price have contested two major finals with the spoils being shared and although the pair are friends away from the oche, there weren't many pleasantries exchanged in the capital as Wright progressed to set up a repeat of the 2014 finale against Van Gerwen.
"Before the match me and Gezzy were winding each other up. He said he was going to win the first two sets and I would change darts, I like him but I don't appreciate what he did. He wanted me to concentrate and I did, there you go, you lost," the Scot told Sky Sports Darts.
Van Gerwen was nowhere near his blistering best against Aspinall, who had darts to win four of the opening five sets. The Dutchman led 3-2 and although 'The Asp' bravely battled away, he was unable to halt MvG's title charge.
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Nathan Aspinall
For the fourth time in five matches, Van Gerwen registered an average below 100, but he remains on course to retain the Sid Waddell Trophy courtesy of a battling 6-3 victory against UK Open champion Aspinall.
'The Green Machine' has not produced the heavily artillery we've come to expect from him for the majority of this year's event, although the world No 1 has relinquished just six sets in a relatively serene progression to his fifth world final in seven years.
Van Gerwen admitted he lacked focus in his quarter-final victory over Darius Labanauskas and labelled his performance 'embarrassing', therefore we were expecting an emphatic riposte but the expected fireworks were not forthcoming.
Aspinall has performed superbly to reach back-to-back semi-finals at Alexandra Palace but he produced statistically his worst performance in this event and despite Van Gerwen's struggles, a 92 average was never going to be sufficient to topple the world's best.
The Dutchman drew first blood in a tightly-contested opening set after Aspinall wired one dart at double six to hit the front, although 'The Asp' bounced back with a classy 124 combination to kick off set two, which he wrapped up courtesy of a 14-dart hold – ironically via double six.
The third set was eerily reminiscent of the opening stanza. Aspinall held throw to secure the initiative, although in another set-decider his scoring power deserted him. The UK Open champion threw 18 darts and was unable to register a dart at double, which was duly punished by MVG.
The three-time world champion converted a classy 103 finish to begin set four with a bang, although that was book-ended by a nerveless 110 kill from Aspinall to level up proceedings at two apiece and complete a fourth successive set that was won against the darts.
The fifth set marked another near miss for Aspinall. With the scores locked at 2-2 in the fifth set decider, the Stockport star suffered an extremely unfortunate 'Robin Hood' yet he almost salvaged the leg – wiring tops for a double-double 96 outshot.
Van Gerwen exploited his good fortune to capitalise and regain the advantage, before storming to the sixth set in a matter of minutes – reeling off three consecutive legs in 17, 11 and 13 darts – an average of 110 – to establish a two-set cushion.
Aspinall demonstrated the character and resolve that's seen him break into the world's top ten as he responded with a clean sweep of his own in set seven. The 28-year-old registered legs of 12, 16 and 14 darts to reduce the arrears to 4-3, although he was unable to make further inroads.
The eighth set went the distance and Aspinall knew a precious break of throw would have squared proceedings at 4-4. Nevertheless, Van Gerwen held firm to move to the brink of victory and after striking early in set nine, the 30-year-old closed it out to maintain his bid for title number four.
Peter Wright 6-3 Gerwyn Price
Price produced a scintillating display to dismantle 'Snakebite' in last month's Grand Slam final but 'The Iceman' was unrecognisable in this contest as he was denied a spot in his first World Championship final.
The pair squandered 74 darts at double in an error-strewn affair, although Wright comprehensively outscored Price in all departments, posting 31 scores of 140+ compared to Price's 16, whilst the Scot also landed 16 maximums – seven more than the third seed.
Price's form has fluctuated throughout the event and he was plagued by inconsistency once again – averaging just 89.94 in a lethargic display, as Wright kept his cool to reel off the final three sets, averaging 98.39 to reach his first world final since 2014.
Wright drew first blood in a nervy opening stanza, firing in a stunning 11-darter against the throw. The Scot was comprehensively outscoring the Grand Slam champion but Price somehow restored parity, conjuring up a 150 set-up shot and pinning double 10 for a 15-dart leveller in set two.
Price had quipped that Wright would be lucky to win a set before a dart was thrown and the colourful Scot gave the former Rugby star a nudge and chuckled as he headed off for the first interval, although the humour wasn't reciprocated by Price, who appeared agitated from the outset.
'The Iceman' responded to winning the second set with his trademark exuberant celebrations right in front of Wright, which raised eyebrows with many, particularly when considering Price's infamous history with the Darts Regulation Authority.
Nevertheless, this appeared to inspire a brief flurry from the Welshman – finishes of 72 and 100 saw him wrap up the third set, only for 'Snakebite' to claim the fourth without reply – averaging over 107 in the process.
The former UK Open champion was completely monopolising the scoring stakes as he kicked off set five with legs of 12 and 13 darts, only to squander four set darts moments later. However, he made amends in the fifth set decider – converting a clinical 81 kill for a 12-dart break.
The beleaguered world No 3 was being emphatically outplayed but he somehow restored parity at three sets apiece in a dramatic sixth stanza – capitalising on more profligacy from Wright to break, which he followed up with a 15-dart break.
Price secured the early initiative in set seven with a sumptuous 11-darter and the tide appeared to be turning, although he then suffered an inexplicable slump – losing six of the next seven legs and averaging 87 and 78 in the respective sets as Wright established a two-set buffer.
The former Rugby star was at the point of no return and Wright converted 98 and 72 finishes to move to the cusp of victory and despite handing Price an unexpected reprieve after frittering away SIX match darts, the seventh seed eventually sealed the deal via double one.
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Price: I want to beat Van Gerwen and rub it in his face!
Gerwyn Price remains on course to set up a dream showdown against Michael van Gerwen in the World Championship final on New Year's Day and the Welshman jokingly claimed that he would love to topple the world No 1 in this year's showpiece and 'rub it in his face'.
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Van Gerwen survives scare against arch-nemesis Klaasen!
Michael van Gerwen survived a scare to kick off his William Hill World Championship title defence with victory over his compatriot Jelle Klaasen, on an evening which also saw wins for Kim Huybrechts and Luke Humphries at Alexandra Palace.
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Dazzling Price retains Grand Slam crown!
Gerwyn Price produced arguably the greatest performance of his career to thrash Peter Wright 16-6 and retain his Grand Slam of Darts title on a remarkable night of action at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton on Sunday.
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Price and Anderson to renew Grand Slam rivalry!
Gerwyn Price will continue the defence of his Grand Slam crown against Gary Anderson on Saturday night in Wolverhampton, as the pair clash in a repeat of last year's infamous final.
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Van Barneveld and Van Gerwen shine in Amsterdam!
Raymond van Barneveld rolled back the years to defeat fellow countryman Jermaine Wattimena in his final competitive event on home soil, whilst Michael van Gerwen fought back to edge out Gerwyn Price in a last-leg thriller on an eventful night at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.
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Champions League heartbreak for Wright!
Michael van Gerwen clinched his maiden Champions League of Darts title with a dramatic 11-10 victory over Peter Wright – surviving three match darts and recovering from 10-7 down to sink the Scot on a pulsating night of action in Leicester on Sunday evening.
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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Got Married this Weekend
What do they love more? Each other or commitment?
By Terri Pous @tepousSept. 10, 2012
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Wedding: Inside the Ceremony E! Online
There's a sucker born every minute and a celebrity union made every hour. Or something like that. Whatever your preferred saying, dating couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively did the impossible on Sunday night: get married without any warning or even an engagement announcement.
The wedding took place at Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Local radio station 95.1 FM first reported the nuptials in a tweet after a tip that a celebrity was in town. But they didn't get just one. Their 60-person guest list was illuminated by reception performances by Bette Midler and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine.
(SPECIAL: Top 10 Bad-Ass Wives)
This was the first marriage for Lively, 25, and the second for Reynolds, 35. They met on the set of last year's Green Lantern flick and bought a house together not long after.
It all seems quite swift, but both are notorious serial monogamists. Reynolds was engaged to Alanis Morissette for three years before they broke up in 2007. He soon took up with Scarlett Johansson and married her in September 2008. The almost egregiously attractive couple separated in December 2010 and finalized their divorce in July 2011. Reynolds and Lively's relationship went public that October.
Lively is also a fan of long-term relationships. In a series of progressive upgrades, she dated actor Kelly Blatz between 2004 and 2007, Gossip Girl costar Penn Badgley from 2007 until 2010, and Leonardo DiCaprio for a brief time last summer before she got together with the former Sexiest Man Alive.
Maybe this one will last because they've both maxed out the attractiveness potential in a mate. Maybe she married the wrong Ryan. Maybe they'll be named sexiest couple alive.
Either way, they can decide together if there is something more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking.
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Dr. Amanda Malone has worked on the development of drug delivery systems for over 12 years. She is the Chief Scientific Officer of Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals, a Victoria based biotech company that develops sustained release drug delivery systems targeting unmet medical needs. Since its inception in 2012, she has guided Eupraxia Pharmaceutical's scientific programs through the pre-clinical and manufacturing process and into the clinic. The company now has 20 employees and is in the planning stages of a pivotal trial for their lead product, a treatment for arthritis.
I was born and brought up in California. I was always interested in math and science, even as a child. After high school, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in general engineering from Harvey Mudd College. During this time, I studied how strain on cornea cells produced more physiological correct matrix. Later, I joined the mechanical engineering department at Stanford for my Master's degree. During my Master's, Stanford started a new Bioengineering Department. I decided to pursue this program for my PhD, where I worked on mechano-transduction mechanisms in bone cells. After grad school, I joined a start-up biotech company focusing on polymer mediated sustained release drug delivery. Some of the main issues that can be addressed with sustained release drug delivery are reducing drug toxicity and improving patient compliance. In 2010, I moved to Vancouver, and in 2012 I joined Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals as the Chief Scientific Officer.
2. What inspired you to pursue a career in industry rather than taking the academia route? What advice would you give to students interested in making this transition?
During my PhD, I realised that I didn't enjoy working in the lab. The job market for academic positions in biomedical engineering was not very good back then. I wasn't excited about writing grants to get money to do research. I was looking for more application-oriented work, but I found that my research was very fundamental. All of these factors drove me towards a career in industry. When I joined Eupraxia, I was in charge of many different aspects: developing protocols, designing experiments, and managing animal and clinical studies at partner organizations. I was doing all of these things because the company was so small. When the company started to grow, I began managing teams of scientists. My current role at Eupraxia is to develop scientific strategies and perform high-level scientific oversight, both of which I very much enjoy. I would advise students to get as much experience as possible. Co-ops, internships, and career panels are great resources to utilize during your undergraduate and graduate degrees. Pay attention to which parts of your program you enjoy the most and which parts you don't enjoy. This will help you filter out career options after grad school. Make sure to also take advantage of networking opportunities at conferences and seminars given by visiting speakers.
3. What have been the obstacles for you during your career? Do you believe any of these were specific to being a female? How did you approach them?
In the initial stages of my career, there was skepticism surrounding my abilities to perform my role in the company from some of the board members. This may not be associated with me being a female but more about my ability in handling the position as a new hire. I began my career in industry using the same approach I had taken in grad school. This approach worked when the company was small; however, as the company grew, managing bureaucratic aspects of the job became difficult for me. To understand how to handle these new situations, I read many books. It would have been helpful to have mentors during this transition or even take a short executive training or project management course, especially as I was not coming from a management background.
4. As a Chief Scientific Officer, you deal with science and management responsibilities at the same time. Can you specify any skills you learned in grad school which prepared you for these roles?
Speaking and writing skills helped me a lot during my career. Networking during conferences taught me how to interact with people from diverse backgrounds. Also, grad school gave me the capacity to compile a large pool of data and identify what the important piece of information is from that data. This is a crucial skill to survive in any career. Skills such as the ability to troubleshoot issues and to learn things very quickly prepared me well for my position in industry.
5. As a Chief Scientific Officer, are there aspects of leadership which you struggle with?
Being a critic is the hardest part. I still struggle with having to give negative feedback to people. Managing people and meetings are quite challenging too, given that I come from a science background instead of a management background.
6. How do you maintain your work-life balance?
I think work-life balance is all about setting expectations early. When my children were young, it was always tricky to manage my responsibilities as a parent and as an employee. I feel like I maintained good work-family balance back then, instead of work-life balance. Now that my children are older, I think about having more mental space for myself, such as exercising frequently and spending time reading books.
7. What has been most challenging about having a demanding career and a family? What would you like young scientists to know about this?
A career is a full time job, family is a full time job, and maintaining a house is a full time job. You won't be able to do all three things perfectly. It is about understanding what are the important things and making time for those things. I think the challenging part is keeping up with those priorities. Picking where you work has a lot to do with maintaining a work-family balance. When you are looking for a new job, it is important to ask beforehand about the work culture and expectations for the position so that you do your best to have a great career and still be able to manage a family. Also, setting expectations with your partner early about the division of roles will make it easy for you to manage both a career and family.
8. Imposter syndrome is quite prevalent in female scientists. Is this something you've observed during your career? What do you think we can do to counter it?
I always come across that doubt as to whether I am the right person to do the assigned job. Whenever the question pops into my head, I look at what I have done in the past to reach the position I am in today. Thinking about your past accomplishments clearly shows you all the things you are capable of doing.
9. How do you contribute to supporting female scientists that are following in the same path as you?
In the corporate world, I am conscientious about hiring women and appointing women to management positions.
10. What advice would you give to students and young females interested in science?
Be aware of new opportunities and try to explore career options to see what you like. Don't be afraid to aim for the position or role you see yourself in. Reach out to people and learn from them the different pathways that are possible to reach your dream job.


A new type of rocket propulsion system has been tested by Space-X, with the capacity to allow nuclear power in space. We understand that it has developed an as yet undisclosed fault in the upper atmosphere. Footage shows an implosion of one of its nuclear modules, which precipitated an electromagnetic pulse or EMP. The EMP has caused a disastrous localised failure of satellite infrastructure: GPS navigation satellites, satellite telecommunications, and military co-ordination satellites have all been affected.
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The Big Short Gets Its Day in Court
'Up In Smoke'
Few companies have sought, much less received, retribution for the actions the banks took. Monday, two companies will try to hold JPMorgan Chase to account in court.
Paul Alexander
Updated Apr. 10, 2017 2:00PM ET / Published Mar. 11, 2017 12:03AM ET
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
Almost a decade after the financial crisis of 2008, the individuals and institutions responsible for the subprime mortgage crisis that created the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression have paid almost no price for it.
Some fines were paid by banks to the government, a handful of bankers ended up in prison, but few investors were able to recover the money lost by the banks and their investment companies. Now, as Senator Al Franken has noted, Trump has filled his administration with billionaires who played roles in nearly wrecking the world's economy.
On Monday, a trial begins before Justice Saliann Scarpulla in the Manhattan Supreme Court, to see if one bank, JPMorgan Chase, can be held accountable for the loss one victim suffered. The victim is Ambac Assurance UK, a subsidiary of New York-based Ambac Financial Group; Ambac is a guarantor, meaning the company pays principal and interest on securities if the issuer of the securities defaults. In May 2006, Ballantyne Re, a financial holding company created by Scottish Re, entered into an agreement with JPMorgan Investment Management (JPMIM), a division of JPMorgan Chase, to invest $1.65 billion. The investment, subject to an agreement that spelled out investing guidelines, was guaranteed by Ambac.
The contract required JPMIM to pursue "reasonable income while providing a high level of safety of capital." It also required JPMIM to adhere to a law called the Delaware Insurance Code, which stipulates that an insurance company is not allowed to invest more than 50 percent of its assets in mortgage-backed securities. But, right away, according to court documents, JPMIM invested almost the entire $1.65 billion—about 90 percent—in mortgage-backed securities.
By July 2007, the portfolio had started to lose money. By Dec. 28 of that year, the losses had grown so significantly the investment agreement was altered to require Ballantyne to approve all future investments. Still, the hemorrhaging continued until October 2008 when Ballantyne terminated the agreement, yet not before, in just 30 months, JPMIM had lost $1 billion for Ballantyne—money Ambac was required to cover since the company guaranteed the investment. But Ambac balked at paying up because it believed JPMIM's actions had led to the loss. So, on May 4, 2009, Ambac filed a lawsuit arguing that because JPMIM acted with gross negligence and blatant disregard for the investment agreement JPMorgan should have to repay the $1 billion—not Ambac.
What happened that led to such a staggering loss? Most damaging was JPMIM's failure to move any of the principal in the portfolio out of high-risk securities even when it became clear the subprime mortgage market was declining drastically—a development the higher-ups at JPMorgan had plainly identified.
In an interview for the Sept. 2, 2008 issue of Fortune, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, revealed that as early as October 2006 he concluded that "this stuff"—subprime mortgage-backed securities—"could go up in smoke." He admitted he was so worried he ordered his head of securitized products "to sell a lot of our positions." They did. A subsequent court document notes that in late 2006 JPMorgan, to quote from a Fortune article cited in the judge's decision, "started slashing its holdings of subprime debt" and "sold more than $12 billion in subprime mortgages that it had originated."
Dimon later said at a financial conference that JPMorgan loan defaults were increasing "a little bit," but, if the economy goes into recession, "home equity is subject to deterioration." Even with this present danger, even with JPMorgan selling off its own high-risk mortgage-backed assets, the portfolio manager for the Ballantyne account, Mark Stancher, continued to hold these risky securities. For his part, Stancher contends he discussed his investment strategy with his client.
"Inexplicably," says Michael Allen, an attorney for Ambac, "JPMorgan assigned a portfolio manager to the account who created portfolios that were highly concentrated in a single subprime vintage and then ignored them. The markets changed radically. JPMorgan protected itself. It did nothing for its client. Not a single change was made." Attorneys for JPMorgan Chase declined to comment.
Ambac's description of Stancher's actions is reflected in court documents. "[He]… testified [in his deposition]," Judge Scarpulla wrote in an opinion, "that he did not recall whether he sought any legal advice on whether the investments complied with the Delaware Insurance Code; or whether JPMIM undertook any steps to track the investment portfolio's compliance with the provision of the Delaware Insurance Code." Moreover, the judge continued, Stancher's colleagues charged with helping manage the account were not even aware the account was required to comply with the Delaware code—a fact that should have been called to their attention by Stancher.
Now a Manhattan judge will determine if JPMorgan is guilty of gross negligence and responsible for paying the $1 billion it lost for Ballantyne. A similar case, brought by Orkney Re against JPMorgan Chase, will be heard simultaneously by the same judge. Earlier, in 2005, JPMorgan agreed to pay $388 million to settle a lawsuit brought against the bank by the Fort Worth Employees' Retirement Fund for mishandling investments during the crisis. But few companies have sought, much less received, retribution for the losses they suffered because of actions the banks took—or failed to take. Stay tuned.


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Effect of Environmental Conditions on the Modal Response of a 10-Story Reinforced Concrete Tower
We analyse the effect of temperature and wind velocity on the natural frequencies and modal damping ratios of the Faculty of Engineering Tower at the Universit`a Politecnica delle Marche, a 10-story reinforced concrete frame building, permanently monitored with low-noise accelerometers. The data recorded over the first 5 months of monitoring demonstrate that temperature variations and wind intensity have a clear effect on the first three natural frequencies and the corresponding damping ratios. Temperature is positively correlated to the first and second frequencies, corresponding to shear displacement modes and negatively correlated to the third frequency, corresponding to a torsional mode. All frequencies are positively correlated to wind velocity and changes in damping ratios are inversely correlated to any change in frequency. A mechanical explanation of these phenomena is offered, based on a critical review of literature case studies. These results suggest that using changes in modal parameters for damage detection always requires accurate knowledge of the correlation between modal parameters and environmental quantities (temperature, humidity, and wind velocity), an information which is only available through long-term continuous monitoring of the structural response.
REGNI, MARCO
AREZZO, DAVIDE
D. Zonta
Autori: REGNI, MARCO; AREZZO, DAVIDE; Carbonari, S.; Gara, F.; Zonta, D.
Titolo: Effect of Environmental Conditions on the Modal Response of a 10-Story Reinforced Concrete Tower
Presenza coautori internazionali: sì
Rivista: SHOCK AND VIBRATION
Supporto: ELETTRONICO
Volume: 2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9476146
Abstract: We analyse the effect of temperature and wind velocity on the natural frequencies and modal damping ratios of the Faculty of Engineering Tower at the Universit`a Politecnica delle Marche, a 10-story reinforced concrete frame building, permanently monitored with low-noise accelerometers. The data recorded over the first 5 months of monitoring demonstrate that temperature variations and wind intensity have a clear effect on the first three natural frequencies and the corresponding damping ratios. Temperature is positively correlated to the first and second frequencies, corresponding to shear displacement modes and negatively correlated to the third frequency, corresponding to a torsional mode. All frequencies are positively correlated to wind velocity and changes in damping ratios are inversely correlated to any change in frequency. A mechanical explanation of these phenomena is offered, based on a critical review of literature case studies. These results suggest that using changes in modal parameters for damage detection always requires accurate knowledge of the correlation between modal parameters and environmental quantities (temperature, humidity, and wind velocity), an information which is only available through long-term continuous monitoring of the structural response.


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DPRK carries out super-large multiple rocket launcher test: KCNA
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a super-large multiple rocket launcher on Tuesday, DPRK state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday.
The DPRK fired a new round of short-range projectiles on Tuesday, Republic of Korea (ROK) officials said, only hours after it signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States in late September.
Kim "gave field guidance to the test-fire of super-large multiple rocket launcher again on Tuesday," according to KCNA.
Kim also said that the latest test has finally verified the aspects related to its combat operation, characteristics of trajectory, accuracy and precise homing functions, adding the remaining step is to run a fire test "which is most vivid character in terms of the power of multiple rocket launcher."
The KCNA, however, did not mention whether the test was a success.
The top nuclear envoys of the ROK and the U.S. held telephone talks Tuesday and discussed the DPRK's denuclearization, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.
Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, spoke by phone with his U.S. counterpart, Stephen Biegun, about the latest on the situation of the Korean Peninsula and ways to make progress for lasting peace and achieve denuclearization in the region, the ministry said in a release.
They also agreed to meet in person at an early date to continue the talks, the ministry said.
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September 28, 2006 | David F. Coppedge
Why Are Kids Hyper? Blame Evolution
Jon Hamilton on National Public Radio was curious why his 7-year-old kid always had more energy than he did and didn't need coffee to get him going. So he asked an evolutionary biologist at UC Irvine and got the following explanation:
"It's fairly clear that human evolution has been strongly shaped by very powerful selection pressures over the last two million years to build a bigger brain," Rose told me.
That bigger brain doesn't have much in it when we're born, Rose says. So children need all that energy to explore the world and devour information.
"Play and activity and doing all kinds of things – including things your parents and teachers don't like – is a big part of developing a functional human brain," Rose says.
Brain development pays off in the long run. Kids eventually get smart enough to survive on their own.
But while they're going full speed through childhood, they put themselves at risk. So evolution has equipped children with parents – who are slower but perhaps wiser.
Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Hamilton got a bonus from another evolutionary biologist, Steven Lima (Indiana State) who explained that without parents, kids would not survive a world of big cars and big cats:
"They spend a lot of time rough-housing, running around screaming and all this sort of thing," he says. "This is one of the most ridiculous things you can do. It's a giant 'Eat at Joe's' sign, you know. 'Just come kill me. I'm running around and not paying attention and making a lot of noise.'"
Parents are much more alert to danger, even if we're not very perky. So we keep an eye out for things like tigers and traffic.
And eventually, Lima says, children grow up and start acting more like parents.
"Playing around like that becomes ridiculous," he says. "You don't get anything out of it anymore. It just becomes dangerous."
What slips away, of course, is youthful energy.
This evolution, it's so wonderful, it even explains grandparents. A consequence of not taking as many risks is living long enough to influence the next generation:
"Fifty- and 60-year-old humans can be very relevant to the future of their offspring and grand-offspring," Rose says. "And for that reason, natural selection may indeed still have some force in keeping us alive in middle age."
"Provided," Hamilton quips, "we don't fall asleep on the job."
And with that line, we award Stupid Evolution Quote of the Week to Rose, Hamilton and Lima, for their flexibility to explain everything, even your morning coffee and grandparents, by evolutionary theory. Funny that this didn't seem to work the same way with deer children, who will sit quietly in the thicket while their energetic parents are up and about. Isn't it amazing that evolution produces organisms that scream for predators to come and eat them, and others that silently blend in with the background. Evolution is so powerful, it even produces reason, and wisdom! (but not the ability to stay energetic when you have the wisdom to use it).
Does anyone doubt that if the observations were reversed (parents more energetic than children), these evolutionists would have another obvious, intuitive and confident evolutionary explanation ready to serve up? It would never occur to these people that other explanations might exist, like design. It doesn't matter to them that opposite observations can be accommodated with their Silly Putty law of natural selection, the dream gadget that does everything.*
What an elegant, beautiful system emerged in 1859, all from the fertile brain of a man whose brain emerged by nature to pronounce truths about nature. You gotta admire Charlie – the new Aristotle.
Superabound says:
"Does anyone doubt that if the observations were reversed (parents more energetic than children), these evolutionists would have another obvious, intuitive and confident evolutionary explanation ready to serve up?"
So what youre saying is that if reality were completely different, by studying this completely different reality, scientists would have come up with completely different conclusions?? Wow, imagine that! Is this website a joke?
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We watched "I Love Lucy" so much when I was a kid that my family still speaks in phrases from the show. One favorite comes from Lucy imitating Ricky mispronouncing "soak up some local color." It sounds like "sock up some lockel collar."
Whenever a member of the family is going on a trip, we tell them to "sock up some lockel collar." We can't go anywhere in 2020. So why not use a free online newspaper to get the "lockel collar" of the town I call home?
You can do this, too. Start at a Wikipedia page listing online newspaper archives from around the world. Many are free. Many are on the Fulton History website you may know, but others are not found there.
I went straight to the New York state newspapers and chose my Hudson Valley region. That led me to Hudson River Valley Historical Newspapers.
What if we search old newspapers for our ancestor's town instead of their name?
In the 12 March 1909 edition of the "Kingston Daily Freeman" is a story about a church less than 5 miles from my home.
The headline is "THE DEVIL IN CHURCH." I'm intrigued. This is a very small chapel within steps of a main road near the border of Fishkill, New York.
The article reads as follows:
"While holding prayer meeting in a small churh [sic] at Wiccoppe [sic], near Hopewell Junction, Dutchess county, the congregation was startled by the appearance of a figure clad in black wearing horns and a black mask and a pitchfork held in his hands. One of the members made a grab for the masker but he ducked out into the street and disappeared. The affair has stirred up a great scandal in the village."
What did he do? Hop on a Model-T motoring by?
Next I searched for my town in a paper called the "Rockland County Journal." I grew up in Rockland County, and it's an hour away from me now, across the Hudson River. I chose the earliest article in the results, from 20 March 1875.
I've lived in a lot of towns without knowing details of their past.
An article called "Bridging the Hudson" talks about some critical infrastructure in my area. There's a National Park near here called the Walkway Over the Hudson. It's a former railroad bridge turned into a walking and biking path. They completed the railroad bridge in 1889. Following a fire, they closed and abandoned it. Finally, they rebuilt it for pedestrians in 2009, and it's very popular.
The article says Boston merchants wanted New York to build the bridge. Boston is a 3-hour drive from me, and more than 4 hours from New York City. There is no other railroad bridge across the Hudson between here and New York City. The lack of a crossing isolated Boston merchants from the rest of the country.
Boston appointed a committee that, 14 years later, resulted in the bridge's completion. It also recommended the completion of a road from my little town to the city of Poughkeepsie. That's where the bridge is. That road, Route 9, is now the main artery connecting every town from here to Poughkeepsie. It's a 12-mile strip of:
every franchise in America
businesses, and
I always complain that I can't find my ancestors in newspapers. They weren't big businessmen. They weren't socialites. I haven't even found an obituary. And in Italy where they came from, most people were illiterate in the 1890s when my people left.
That's why we genealogists may find it useful to learn about our ancestors' hometowns. We may not find their names, but we may find their neighbors. I have one branch that lived in Western New York state. Their little town is ripe for newspaper exploration.
What local news can you find that had an impact on your family?
And speaking of history:
What Was Happening When Your Ancestor Died?
Did Your Ancestors Break the Mold?
Finding Your Family's Fallen War Heroes
Tess 06 October, 2020 10:29
I could literally spend days just reading through old newspapers and have used them for bits of colour, local history, businesses, etc. They are a goldmine! Never mind that both my and my husband's great-grandfathers appeared frequently (both as an advertiser and as the topic of articles) - I just love to read about times past :)
DiAnn Iamarino 06 October, 2020 10:36
The only mention I've ever found of an ancestor is my great grandfather's real estate transactions. Granted, I had no one in America before the late 1890s.
At least that's something...and quite a few of the times my great-grandfather was mentioned, it wasn't for a good reason...
Anonymous 10 October, 2020 16:41
I hope to use this technique and get some flavor of my gg grandparents' home town/s. I was rather surprised that my gg grandparents' marriage didn't appear in their local paper..


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DP World Tour Dubai extends partnership with Emirates
BRANDS, SPORTS 22nd November 2022
The DP World Tour Championship, Dubai and Emirates have agreed a five-year extension which will see the airline continue as a premium partner of the DP World Tour's season-ending event until at least 2027. Emirates, an Official Partner and Airline of the DP World Tour, has been a partner of the prestigious season-ending Rolex Series […]
LIV Golf expands into Australia with league events in 2023
LIV Golf today has signed a multi-year commitment to bring LIV Golf League events to Australia beginning in 2023 as part of its 14-tournament schedule. The Grange Golf Club in South Australia's capital city will play host to the country's debut LIV Golf event, LIV Golf Adelaide, April 21-23, as many of the biggest […]
DP World Tour launches a tournament in metaverse
BRANDS, SPORTS 9th November 2022
The DP World Tour has partnered with leading virtual reality golf game Golf5 eClub, to launch a new tournament in the metaverse that will coincide with the season ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, the fifth and final Rolex Series event of the season. The "DP World Tour Championship Metaverse Challenge" will be […]
International Golf Federation onboards Sportradar Integrity Services for bet monitoring
Sportradar Integrity Services, a unit of Sportradar has entered a multi-year integrity partnership with the International Golf Federation (IGF). Under the terms of the initial two-year agreement, Sportradar Integrity Services will draw upon its substantial experience and expertise to provide bet monitoring through its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), an advanced and proven bet […]
PGA Tour names Dream Finders Home as official home builder until 2026
BRANDS, SPORTS 27th April 2022
The PGA TOUR and Dream Finders Homes, Inc. has announced a multi-year partnership naming Dream Finders Homes the "Official Home Builder of the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions" through 2026. "We are excited to have Dream Finders Homes as the first home builder to be an Official Marketing Partner at the PGA TOUR," […]
Costa Cruises named as official cruise line of the 2023 Ryder Cup
Costa Cruises, the Italian brand of Costa Group, Europe's leading cruise company, has been named Official Cruise Line of the 2023 Ryder Cup, which will be held for the first time in Italy at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, from 29 September to 1 October 2023. As an Official Supporter of […]
The European Tour to be named as DP World Tour as part of ground-breaking agreement
The European Tour group and DP World today jointly announced a ground-breaking evolution to their long-term partnership, with DP World becoming the new title sponsor of the group's main tour from the start of the 2022 season. The agreement heralds a new era in the history of the European Tour group, which, along with […]
PGA Tour and European Tour to sanction three tournaments in 2022
SPORTS 4th August 2021
The PGA TOUR and European Tour have unveiled new details around their Strategic Alliance, with the PGA TOUR also releasing its 2021-22 PGA TOUR Season schedule. The landmark agreement, announced in November 2020, further enhances and connects the ecosystem of men's professional golf through a number of areas, including global scheduling, prize funds and playing […]
PGA Tour appoints PointsBet as official betting operator
The PGA TOUR and PointsBet, a premier global sportsbook operator, today announced a multi-year content and marketing relationship designating PointsBet an Official Betting Operator of the PGA TOUR. "We are thrilled to work with PointsBet, a world-class brand with an exciting vision for golf's potential in the betting space," said Norb Gambuzza, PGA TOUR Senior […]
PGA TOUR strikes a deal with BetMGM
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The PGA TOUR and BetMGM have signed a multi-year content and marketing relationship to become an Official Betting Operator of the PGA TOUR. By joining the TOUR's Official Betting Operator program, BetMGM will have rights in the United States to use PGA TOUR marks, rights to advertise within TOUR media and TOUR partner platforms, plus […]


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In the June issue, we reported on the whiplash study conducted in Lithuania that concluded that chronic whiplash was not real. Finally, the Letters to the Editor have been published, and other criticisms have been raised.
Finally, Dr. Michael Freeman and Dr. Arthur Croft wrote that, "Schrader and colleagues do not seem to have studied late-whiplash syndrome. They investigated 202 Lithuanian individuals who were involved in car accidents in which the police were summoned." They make the excellent point that the study should have studied people who had suffered a whiplash injury, not just people who had been in an accident.


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Operating your own small business can feel a bit like a juggle at times, balancing the everyday duties of your business, trying to keep a healthy lifestyle, looking after your family, catching up with friends and somehow making time to commit to hobbies.
As a small business owner, it's not uncommon for your lifestyle to take the backseat as your business takes priority, but it doesn't have to be that way. Let's look at some of the ways you can avoid experiencing burn-out while still maintaining a thriving small business in the first part of our two-part series on how to manage your work-life balance.
The one thing many small business owners wish they had more of is time. While we may have good intentions to get up early and go to the gym, the reality is it's not always an option. Here are a few ways you can still keep that heart pumping without a kettlebell in sight.
Enjoy the great outdoors – if you are located near a park go for a walk, step away from the screen and fill those lungs with fresh air. Ten minutes of walking and getting outside will do you the world of good.
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Surround yourself with the things that inspire you. Put up photos, postcards, quotes, whatever gets that motivation going!
Keep your space clean and clutter free. An organised desk is much more inviting then a fort of paperwork and junk. It will also help you save time knowing where everything is and not panicking about where you left that invoice!
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Maytag loss widens as charges hit
Published: Feb. 3, 2006 at 5:14 p.m. ET
Padraic Cassidy
Floor-care business, including Hoover, on the block
MYG
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Maytag Corp. reported Friday a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss, not including charges for closing factories and preparations for its merger with Whirlpool Corp.
Maytag's MYG, loss widened to $75 million, or 93 cents a share, from $14.1 million, or 18 cents, in the year-earlier quarter.
Excluding restructuring charges of $42.1 million to close a South Carolina plant, charges related to its laundry and cooking business, and merger-related expenses, Maytag's loss came to 31 cents a share.
Analysts polled by Thomson First Call forecast, on average, a loss of 13 cents a share.
The Newton, Iowa, appliance maker's sales rose 6.6% to $1.24 billion from $1.16 billion.
Despite the sales growth, Maytag Chairman and Chief Executive Ralph Hake said in a statement he was "extremely disappointed that our positive sales gains in major appliances were more than offset by our overall high cost structure and poor floor-care performance."
Maytag said it's exploring the possibility of selling its floor-care product line and commercial businesses, including its Hoover brand.
Maytag shareholders voted Dec. 22 to accept Whirlpool's $2 billion buyout. Whirlpool and Maytag have agreed not to close the proposed merger before Feb. 27 and still expect it to wrap up as early as the first quarter of 2006.
Whirlpool on Friday asserted a right to review any sale of Maytag assets, citing its merger agreement.
Maytag stock fell 51 cents Friday to close at $17.51. Whirlpool shares rose 24 cents to finish at $86.61. On Thursday the shares gained $5.89 to $86.37 after reaching a 52-week high of $88.19 earlier in the day.
Whirlpool's shares soared after reporting Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 30%. See full story.
Prudential analysts increased their estimate for Maytag's 2006 losses to $1.05 a share from 85 cents and see a difficult year for the maker of laundry and kitchen appliances.
"We believe [Maytag] will continue to face headwinds" from slower industry shipments, high commodity costs, a softening housing market, competition from Asian players and weakening consumer spending, according to Prudential.
Many investors are staking far more on the outcome of the Justice Dept.'s antitrust review of the proposed $21-a-share Whirlpool offer than on Maytag's quarterly performance, several analysts said.
Still, barring the sale of Hoover, "we expect Maytag to continue generating operating losses for the foreseeable future," according to Morgan Keegan analyst Laura Champine.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- After the August jitters in the stock market, readers of my book "The Millionaire Zone" knew there was money to be made.


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With Rhinoplasty on the Rise, Whither the Armenian Nose?
Posted by Debbie Overman | Mar 24, 2017 | Rhinoplasty | 0 |
The Armenian nose is a source of national pride, sometimes said to be like the country's impressive mountains: high, proud, and honest.
But what looks good in a landscape painting does not necessarily meet today's global beauty standards. And increasingly, Armenians – especially young women – are opting for rhinoplasty in an effort to conform to the idealized Western appearance.
"As a country, we try to be Western, and this applies to the beauty standards, too," said Kristina Grigoryan, who has practiced plastic surgery in Yerevan for 16 years. "We are still proud of being Armenians, but less proud of having such features."
Armenia does not keep national statistics on it, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the procedure is becoming more popular: Grigoryan's clinic performs about 500 nose jobs a year, up from 150 to 200 five years ago, she said, and more and more clinics are offering the procedure.
The Armenian nose may be ancient, but the Armenian nose job is a recent innovation. In the Soviet Union, plastic surgery was mostly restricted to reconstructive cases. The massive 1988 earthquake in Armenia boosted the demand for reconstructive plastic surgery, an expertise that doctors later took advantage of to go into the cosmetic surgery business. "This is how plastic surgery started to develop in Armenia," said Karen Danielyan, a plastic surgeon in Yerevan. "And now rhinoplasty is the most popular and most common plastic surgery in Armenia – three out of four operations are rhinoplasties."
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Liability of Florida Employers for Employee Negligence
Winning may not be a victim's only concern in a personal injury case. Collecting on damages awarded post-victory can be of equal or greater importance.
Not every tortfeasor (at-fault party) is adequately insured or has the independent financial means to satisfy a court judgment. In some instances a non-negligent party, one, perhaps, with the resources to satisfy a judgment, is held legally accountable for the damages caused by another party. This is called vicarious liability. The most common example of vicarious liability involves the owner of a motor vehicle being responsible for the negligence of a permissive user of the vehicle. It is worth repeating that a vicariously liable party need not be negligent.
Florida employers can be liable for the conduct of their employees in two different ways. One is vicarious liability. The other requires active negligence on the part of the employer.
An employer can be vicariously liable for the act of an employee committed (1) within the scope of employment, or (2) during the course of employment and to further a purpose or interest of the employer. Valeo v. East Coast Furniture Co., So.3d , 37 FLW D1820 (Fla. 4th DCA 8-1-2012). In Valeo, following a motor vehicle accident the plaintiff exited his truck and approached the driver's side window of the defendant's truck, whereupon the defendant's employee hit him in the eye with a padlock. The defendant's driver testified that he hit the plaintiff with a padlock because he thought the plaintiff was trying to rob him of cash he was carrying for the employer. The plaintiff denied being the aggressor. The trial court decided that the employer could not be vicariously liable under these circumstances. The appellate court disagreed, holding that the question was one to be decided by a jury.
The other way of holding an employer accountable is through its own negligence. An employer is liable where it negligently hires and/or retains an employee. This concept of employer liability for negligent hiring or retention of an employee goes back in Florida jurisprudence to at least 1954 in Mallory v. O'Neil, 69 So.2d 313 (Fla. 1954) (complaint alleged agent and caretaker of apartments, known to have prior record of charge and trial for assault to commit murder, but nevertheless kept on premises by owner, secured a gun and shot a tenant). The Florida Supreme Court explained that the concept
is grounded on negligence of the defendant in knowingly keeping a dangerous servant on the premises which defendant knew or should have known was dangerous and incompetent and liable to do harm to the tenants.
(Tallahassee Furniture Co., Inc. v. Harrison, 583 So. 2d 744 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991) is a case of more recent vintage that is frequently cited for the concept.)
Our firm used this concept to make a substantial recovery for a brain injured client who was slugged by a thrift store's furniture deliveryman. Discovery in the case revealed that the deliveryman had been arrested more than once, including for fleeing from law enforcement in a vehicle, and was known around the workplace as, "Little Mike," after former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. We alleged that he was a danger to others, and the defendant knew or should have known so.
Note: Generally, sexual assaults and batteries by employees are held to be outside the scope of an employee's employment and, therefore, insufficient to impose vicarious liability on the employer. See City of Green Cove Springs v. Donaldson, 348 F.2d 197 (5th Cir.1965); Bozarth v. Harper Creek Board of Education, 94 Mich. App. 351, 288 N.W.2d 424 (1979); 6 Am.Jur.2d Assault & Battery § 139 (1963). However, some exceptions to this rule do apply.
Where "the servant purported to act or speak on behalf of the principal and there was reliance upon apparent authority, or he was aided in accomplishing the tort by the existence of the agency relation." A Florida case applied this principle in a fraud case. See Industrial Insurance Company of New Jersey v. First National Bank of Miami, 57 So.2d 23 (Fla. 1952).
Where the employer is a common carrier for hire to the public, and the tort or attack is by an employee upon a passenger while the contract for transport is being accomplished. See Nazareth v. Herndon Ambulance Serv., 467 So. 2d 1076 – Fla: Dist. Court of Appeals, 5th Dist. 1985; Jenkins v. General Cab Company of Nashville, 175 Tenn. 409, 135 S.W.2d 448 (1940); Restatement (Second) of Agency, § 214 (1958); 9 Fla.Jur.2d Carriers § 116; 139 (1979). Florida has long recognized vicarious liability on the part of a carrier-employer for torts of employees under such circumstances without regard to whether they were committed within the scope of employment. See Miami Transit Company v. Yellen, 156 Fla. 351, 22 So.2d 787 (1945) (bus company); Jacobs v. Harlem Cab, Inc., 183 So.2d 552 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966) (taxi cab company); Henderson v. Tarver, 123 So.2d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960) (taxi cab company).


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Q: STS Authentication - MVC Site I have two servers: STS and Web.  On the STS server, I call:
FormsService.SignIn(model.UserName, false);

The next line, I check:
User.Identity.IsAuthenticated

This is set to TRUE.  Then I redirect back to my Web server and in the controller I hit, I check:
User.Identity.IsAuthenticated

This is set to FALSE.
What could cause this?

UPDATE: I also just tried moving the STS web site to the Web server. I get the same error/issue
UPDATE: I forgot to mention that our DEV server works just fine.  The configuration there is identical (except for the server name and cert thumbprints).  The only thing different between these two servers is that one (DEV) is using a self-signed cert and is inside our firewall.  The other (QA) is using an official (thawte) cert and is ourside our firewall.  This cert's common name does not match the server name (so it can be shared in our farm).  So when we access the site, we do so using https://[commonname].com/web as opposed to https://[servername]/web.  I tried the latter approach (I get cert errors that there is a name mismatch) but still have the same result.
Also, I can access the STS site directly and login fine there.

A: ASP.NET authentication is based on cookie by default. Cookie lives inside web domain.
So if you have two servers installed like this:

*

*http://www.web.com

*http://www.sts.com
WEB server cannot read cookie set by STS
There are two possible solutions:

*

*Implement both servers as sub-domains

*Store authentication ticket in URL instead of cookie

For option 1
Move servers as follows:

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*http://www.web.yourdomain.com

*http://www.sts.yourdomain.com
Update web.config to scope cookie to yourdomain.com:
<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms domain=".yourdomain.com"/>
</authentication>

For storing ticket in url check this article - http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2796/Cookieless-ASP-NET-forms-authentication
Update: Seems that I did not get that STS stands for Security Token Service. My answer is not relevant. :(

A: While redirecting from your STS server you will have to redirect using the AutoPostform which will submit the token to the Relying party.
And when Relying party will receive the token it will create the cookie against that user.
So next time whnen you will check User.Identity.IsAuthenticated at Relying party it will return you True.
Go throung the following link to know more,
http://chris.59north.com/post/2013/03/27/Claims-based-identities-in-ASPNET-MVC-45-using-the-standard-ASPNET-providers.aspx

A: We had the same issue when moving the RP to a different server.  It turns out that we needed to go into the application pool -> advanced settings -> Set 'Load User Profile' = true.
After that, everything worked as it should on the new server and User.Identity.IsAuthenticated was returning 'true' after it came back from the STS.

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