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16 Main Street -- Clay House
Sarah Russell Clay, Civil War widow of Andrew Clay, was the first owner of Lot 7. However, she initially lived on the south half of Lot 7, later dwelling on Lot 9. The north "part" of Lot 7 was deeded by Sarah to Thomas and John Hopkins, grandsons of Alabama's second governor Thomas Bibb, acting as agents for a Protestant Episcopal Church. The deed stipulated that the property was to be used as a "Poor House" for widows and orphans of soldiers and other destitute persons. The occupations of subsequent owners indicate that the structure was used through the years not only for family residences, but also probably as Madison's first hotel, mortuary, hospital, museum of fine china, and art gallery.
Today the structure is the business location of Studio 106 and several other enterprises.
It is not clear as to whether or not a Protestant Episcopal Church was ever built on the lot after Thomas and John as trustees purchased the north part of Lot 7 in 1874. However, it is certainly possible that the original structure at the location did serve as a church and/or an orphanage for a time. It is further known that Thomas B. and James B. Hopkins were two of the group of five or more men who in 1884 formed a committee to incorporate a public school that had begun operations in 1883 as the Madison Male and Female Academy. The school was located in the area along what is now the southern end of Pension Row on the west side of Sullivan Street.
The Hopkins family members associated with Lot 7 of Madison have a rich history in the town and in These local Hopkins men were grandsons of Governor Thomas Bibb through his daughter and youngest child Eliza, which probably accounts for their middle initials as "B." for Bibb. They no doubt would have attended various parties and social functions in Huntsville and in the nearby Limestone County community of Belle Mina, where Governor Bibb had impressive homes. Eliza married Arthur Mosely Hopkins, whose father Arthur F. Hopkins (1794-1866) served as a chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and as a U. S. Senator for the state. He was also the President of the Mobile & Ohio RailRoad. Arthur Mosely Hopkins fought for the Confederacy in battles at Selma and in Tuscaloosa. His own accounts of participation in the conflicts can be seen in correspondence contained in the Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection of the Special Collections Archive of the Salmon Library at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Images of the correspondence may also be accessed via the Internet on the website of the University or by selection of the Roberts Collection at dkdayton.net for as long as that private server hosts the digitized data.
the state.
In the 1840s there was a firm of Bibb & Hopkins operating in Huntsville, probably involving the governor and Arthur F. Hopkins. During the 1870s and 1880s there was the firm of "John W. Hopkins & Brother" doing business in Madison as grocers, dry goods, and cotton buyers. There was a "sister" store also in Nashville, Tennessee, involving Hopkins.
The 1870 census shows Eliza Hopkins as 48 years old, a widowed head of household in Madison with her son Thomas B. at age 25 living in her house. Next door was the household of John W. Hopkins at age 29 with his wife Anne and two children. Thomas and John were both listed with the occupation as retail grocers. Eliza's occupation was given as seamstress. John was also the administrator of the estate of prominent Madison merchant Charles H. Rhea in the 1870s. By the late 1880s the Hopkins families sold their properties in Madison and moved away. An 1887 deed shows James B. Hopkins and his wife Madeline selling Lots 21, 22, 24, and 25 to Isaac Hoffman, including a notation that parts of the property had been owned by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. That church had moved into a building shared with the local Masonic chapter under an agreement that specified the days each organization would have use of the structure. The building was also located in the Pension Row area.
Prior historical accounts from verbal memories and tradition have attributed the structure now designated as the Clay House on 16 Main to be the house of Sarah Russell Clay. However, later in- depth research has proven that she never actually occupied the north half of Lot 7. Yet, she did in fact purchase the complete Lot 7, but she then soon sold the north half of it to the Hopkins brothers. Land deeds indicate that Sarah also owned Lots 8 and 9, residing on the southern half of Lot 7 for a time, then living on Lot 9 at the time of her passing in 1886 when her daughter Maggy Clay Gray sold the rest of the lands that she inherited to James Arthur Wise, brother and store partner of George Washington Wise.
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Jason Momoa felt 'cheated' by Khal Drogo's death in Game of Thrones as he claims new show See has better writing
Jack Pusey
Updated: 17:00, 1 Nov 2019
JASON Momoa's Game of Thrones exit left both Daenerys Targaryen and fans heartbroken.
The heartthrob, who played Khal Drogo on the Westeros drama, met a bitter end in the finale episode of the first season.
In Game of Thrones Daenerys was devastated to lose Khal DrogoCredit: HBO
Daenerys entered into a deal with a witch by sacrificing her baby in a bid to bring the Dothraki warlord back from the dead, only for it to spectacularly backfire.
Khal Drogo was indeed resurrected, but left in a vegetative state and Daenerys lost her infant for nothing.
Up until the Drogo's last breath the pair's romance had left viewers spellbound with its ever-shifting power dynamic.
Daenerys was initially married off by her own brother in exchange for the military might of the Dothraki.
Jason Mamoa was cast in Game of Thrones from a fan pageCredit: HBO
However, the unlikely pair ended up deeply in love with one another against all odds and many felt Drogo's death cut short what could've been one of the show's most captivating double acts.
In the run up to his new Apple TV+ drama See, actor Jason Momoa admitted that he felt 'cheated' by his character's fate.
Gushing over his new role, he said: "I've always wanted to do this, I've always felt like I've been cheated in a lot of the things I've done."
In reference to his previous roles he added: "You try to show a little bit of colour in there, you know, with Conan, but no one wants to see Conan crying and with Drogo he died before any of that stuff could happen.
Drogo met a bitter end in the season 1 finaleCredit: Kobal Collection - Rex Features
"In Frontier all his family were killed and it was about the revenge of it all. In this it's just beautiful because you see the whole arc of it all."
Momoa said he knew See was going to be special as soon as he got the script and recounted first diving into it with his nearest and dearest.
"I was in Cornwall and I was coming up to London for Frontier. They sent me the script, I read it out loud to my buddies and we all flipped because they've been with me my whole life and they freaked out and also Jamie Sives, who I was in Game of Thrones with, and my dad – I was with a solid group and they were so excited for me," he continued.
In a subtle dig at Game of Thrones, he called See the best writing he'd ever worked with.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss directed and wrote the scripts for Game of ThronesCredit: Getty - Contributor
"I've never had anything that good sent to me. It usually goes through so many actors before it gets to me – but it was so perfectly cast, the savage primal thing but then it turns into this beautiful father role," he concluded.
Momoa isn't the only person to take a swipe at the HBO drama team – yesterday Naomi Watts posted a video of herself screaming after Bloodmoon, the prequel series she was due to star in, was cancelled.
Game of Thrones is available to stream on NOW TV.
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Sheffield Council wants to be first to recognise Palestine as a state
Award and new dishes lined up for Sheffield pub
The Castle Inn at Bradway has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
Jamie Stewart and chef Jack Baker at a previous venture
The Bradway venue has been named Divisional Winner in the Best Food Offer category at the Ei Group Awards for Excellence.
The pub's entry will now be judged by a panel of experts from across the industry who will decide if the pub will make the final of the contest.
Elsewhere, Sheffield's only hospice is to host its second fundraising Secret Supper Club.
The venue is being kept strictly under wraps until the week of the event and the only way to find out where this unique dining experience is being held is to be there.
Attendees will find themselves in a secret location feasting on inventive dishes. They be entertained and there will be beer and cocktails, all in support of St Luke's.
There will also be a live auction at the event, which is on Friday July 5, from 6.30pm to midnight.
It costs £520 for a table of eight guests to attend the event, which is being sponsored by city law firm CMS, or £65 per person. Visit www.secretsupper.co.uk to make a reservation or for more details.
Riverside Kelham have also launched their spring/summer menu.
It includes Indonesian flatbreads, a peri peri chicken burger and croque monsieur.


Update: On Monday night, the 62-year-old suspect turned himself into Burien police. He "was arrested and subsequently released pending the investigation outcome. Charges are expected to be forwarded to the Prosecutor Office, recommending malicious harassment charges," police said in a Tuesday statement.
Looking shaken at a press conference on Monday, Burien's first Latino mayor, Jimmy Matta, spoke about an apparently racist attack he endured over the weekend, which police are investigating as a possible hate crime.
Matta, 42, said he was attending the Olde Burien Block Party on Saturday when an older, White man grabbed him by the neck from behind and pushed him to the ground. Although he was only slightly injured — a laceration on his left arm — Matta said he felt frightened.
Burien Police Chief Theodore Boe added that the suspect had said: "Illegals aren't going to take over our community."
A King County sheriff's spokesperson told the Seattle Times that a witness provided a possible first name for the suspect, described as a man in his 60s. The assault could be prosecuted under the state's hate crimes law, the sheriff's department reported.
Specifically, Matta said, the man seemed to take issue with the city's so-called sanctuary ordinance, which instructs city employees not to inquire about a resident's immigration status. The legislation also prohibits employees of the city from collecting information about a resident's religious affiliation.
The Burien City Council passed the ordinance in a narrow 4-to-3 vote last year.
Craig Keller, who is behind a group called Respect Washington and now making his third run for Congress as a Republican, led an effort to repeal the so-called sanctuary status of the city. After an effort to place the repeal on the ballot was stopped by a legal challenge, Respect Washington circulated a flier that purported to point to the specific addresses of undocumented immigrants and the crimes that they had committed for the past nine years.
Many viewed Matta's win last November as representing a victory for those who support sanctuary cities across the nation and oppose President Donald Trump's policies on immigration and other issues.
At the press conference, Matta pushed for the community to move forward.
"We have to stop this nonsense. We have to come together as a community, as a nation," Matta continued, saying that political parties or the color of one's skin shouldn't matter.
"We're all immigrants to this country," he said.
Although he said he had heard personally from only a couple of council members, Matta said he believed each of his colleagues would condemn acts of violence like these, even those who voted against Burien's sanctuary ordinance.
In 2017, national data show that hate crimes rose 12 percent over 2016 levels in 38 of the largest cities. There were 1,038 hate crimes in the nation's 10 largest cities – the highest in more than a decade. Crimes against Latinos increased by the greatest percentage, followed by Muslims and Arabs and African-Americans, according to the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
Tosta suggested that national "toxicity" associated with President Trump and immigrants could be contagious.


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December 19, 2022 December 17, 2022 by Rango
Speaking of this, Charlie turned his words and continued,
"However, from today, the channel between the dead and the ground will remain unobstructed,"
"You do a good job of internal coordination, every day in multiple periods,"
"You can let some people go to the ground, to feel the real day and night, to feel the real sun, moon, and stars."
Hearing this, Thirty-Nine Zero was thrilled beyond words and said gratefully,
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
"I'm satisfied to let the children go out to see the real world and breathe fresh air!"
Charlie laughed: "All of you can go out, just for the time being,"
"You still have to lie down, so the overall people still have to continue to endure and aggravate for a period of time,"
"But don't worry, in terms of daily food, clothing, housing, and transportation,"
"I will have people upgrade the treatment of the dead men as much as possible,"
"The children if they need to receive a normal education,"
"I can also have people to coordinate for you to fit the education of children of all ages."
"If you have any needs, you can also mention them to me, and I will try to solve them if I can."
"The children's education is basically limited to literacy and the sporadic basic knowledge we have,"
"But we, even if we have the opportunity to go out, we all go on missions,"
"And time is short, and someone is always secretly watching,"
"So we don't have the opportunity to contact with any systematic knowledge,"
"Even want to get a map of the world to show the children we are not able to achieve ……"
Charlie nodded and said with understanding, "These problems,"
"I will have people solve all of them in the shortest possible time."
After saying that, Charlie asked thirty-nine zero:
"By the way, how do you usually solve medical problems?"
Thirty-nine zero explained: "We have a medical team of ten people,"
"The members of this medical team, are selected from the young girls to be trained by the Warriors Den,"
"But they mainly learn about maternity, to ensure that the entire resident pregnant women's birth and infant care."
Charlie couldn't help but ask: "If someone has a major illness, how will it generally be handled?"
Thirty-nine Zero thought about it and spoke, "We don't seem to have encountered any major illnesses,"
"Because our bodies will always be in a relatively healthy state because of the antidote we take every week,"
"And this antidote will improve our physical quality, allowing us to grow stronger."
So it suddenly dawned on Charlie.
In the beginning, those dead soldiers of May Four Seven, although they were not real martial artists,
But their physical quality was no less than martial artists,
Coupled with modern weapons, and well-thought-out tactics,
Making their real level of actual combat very high,
Even eight-star martial artists were not their opponents.
It is thought that the reason for their strong physical quality is because of the regular use of this antidote.
Thirty-nine zero then said: "Although the antidote can make our physical quality greatly improved,"
"But it seems to have a very significant impact on our per capita life expectancy,"
"Long-term use of the antidote, resulting in our average life expectancy, will not exceed sixty years,"
"There are records, the oldest one dead soldiers, lived to fifty-eight years old,"
"Most in the upper and lower fifties basically died without illness."
Charlie nodded: "That kind of medicine is not relying on the power of the medicine to improve your physical quality,"
"It only accelerates the burning of your own vital energy, so that you can explode greater potential,"
"From a sense of a short time, the strength is indeed a great improvement,"
"But in reality, it is overdrawn subsequent life."
Saying that, Charlie asked him, "How old are you this year?"
Thirty-nine zero respectfully said,
"I am forty-five years old."
Saying that he couldn't help but let out a light sigh and said self-deprecatingly,
"I guess I only have ten years to live,"
"I hope that within these ten years, I can follow you to eradicate the Warriors Den!"
Charlie looked at him and said seriously, "Don't worry, it won't take that long to eradicate the Warriors Den,"
"And you won't live to be only 50 or 60 years old,"
"Now that the poison in your body has been solved,"
"I will make your per capita life expectancy on par with normal people."
Knowing that Charlie was by no means a liar,
Thirty-Nine Zero said with immense gratitude, "Thank you, sir, for your rejuvenating grace!"
After saying that, he knelt down on one knee to show his devotion.
Charlie saw him kneel on one knee and laughed helplessly.
He had just said that he was not allowed to kneel down and salute,
So he changed from kneeling on both knees to kneeling on one knee.
Charlie shook his head, one hand to help him up, looked at the time, and said:
"I think it's almost dawn, you go and let all the underage children get ready, they can witness the first sunrise in their lives!
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Riverside police pursuit ends in shooting
RIVERSIDE, Calif.
Authorities were chasing a stolen vehicle when it crashed near Diana Avenue and Adams Street near the 91 Freeway on-ramp around 12 a.m.
When police moved in, the car attempted to accelerate, backing up into an officer. That's when police opened fire, wounding one of the three male suspects inside the car.
The vehicle then accelerated forward towards the 91 Freeway on-ramp, veered to the left and tumbled down onto the freeway. The vehicle came to rest on the No. 3 and 4 lanes of the westbound 91 Freeway.
All three suspects were injured and transported to a local hospital.
The officer who was struck by the car was treated and released.
The Nos. 1, 2, and 3 lanes of the westbound 91 Freeway were shut down at Madison Street following the incident.
The investigation is being handled by the Riverside Police Department and the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, which is routine protocol following officer-involved shootings.


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Myanmar is a cheap country and you can see a lot without spending lots of money here. It is true that the accommodation is expensive if you compare it to Thailand and the standard is still much lower, but you save money on cheap food and other things. You can also spend few nights on night buses between Yangon - Mandalay - Kalaw/Inle. We will tell you the prices for low budget trip in Myanmar, so you are ready to visit this amazing country soon.
In Myanmar they pay with Burmese Kyat(MMK). The exchange rate in 2017 is 1 USD = 1,350 MMK. Like everywhere else it is best to bring US dollars and exchange them. On few places they accept them as a payment too.
Check also top things to see in Myanmar in our photo journey.
Use public transport and minibuses in the big cities to save money. Otherwise you can rent a motorbike and explore many sights on your own. When you are in Bagan, best is to rent an electric motorbike or a bicycle.
Myanmar has opened recently for tourists, so they are still building hotels everywhere like crazy. The prices are still quite high for backpackers and the standard is quite low. But you can definitely find cheap places to stay. We travel as a couple, so we stay usually in cheap double rooms. In Yangon we stayed in a room that was actually a closet. It was quite funny for us and we stayed only one night, so we didn't complain, but the girl at reception told us many people are shocked and leave. It is what it is.
The price range per person in 2016 was 10,000 MMK (7.5 USD) per night for the cheapest places up to 17,500 MMK (13 USD) per night for more touristy places.
Food in Myanmar is great and cheap. Typical is many small meals in one. You may order chicken curry, but you will actually get many small bowls with different salads, rice, beans, sauces etc. and the chicken curry is one of the small bowls. Get ready for lots of peanut oil and new tastes. We usually recognized less than half of the ingrediences. Although I am not a huge fan of trying totally unknown food, I liked surprisingly almost all the meals I got served. Both of us enjoyed the food in Myanmar a lot. It is very different from other Southeast Asia cuisines.
Typical cheap meal will cost you around 2,500 MMK (2 USD) per person. If you eat at more touristy restaurants, the price can get to 5,500 MMK (4 USD) . Still not bad, right?
If you are in Myanmar, you must go to Bagan to see the ancient temples. Another great thing that we enjoyed a lot was the 3 day trekking from Kalaw to Inle Lake. It all depends on the guide you get. We checked the guides, services and prices with almost every agency in Kalaw, we read many reviews on tripadvisor, but we weren't much wise. In the end we went for the budget option with more people and we were very lucky to get a great guide.
He was really amazing and made the whole trip for us unforgettable. We don't promote many people here, but if you want to get his number, check our photo journey from Myanmar.
We usually enjoy every attraction we visit, but if your time schedule or budget is very low, we recommend not to go to Mt. Popa. It looks really nice on the picture, but honestly we didn't enjoy the trip much. The place was really crowded with people asking for money on every step. The view wasn't really great on the top and it wasn't much to see there in general.


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L'hippodrome du Champ de Mars est situé à Port-Louis, capitale de l'Île Maurice.

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Il a été inauguré en 1812 par le , qui aida à créer le Mauritius Turf Club la même année. Il s'agit du plus vieil hippodrome de l'hémisphère sud et du deuxième plus vieux au monde, après celui de la Turquie.

Plusieurs grands champions ont foulé sa piste. Des jockeys célèbres tels que Glen Hatt, Jeffrey Loyld ou encore Christophe Soumillion, mais aussi des chevaux qui se sont distingués à de nombreuses reprises sur la piste : Altaturk, Noble Salute, The Cardinal, Disa Leader, Ice Axe, Il Saggiatore.

La piste du Champ de Mars est reconnue comme ayant certains pièges pour les cavaliers. Notamment à l'arrivée du parcours où on trouve une pente et des virages très étroits qui ajoutent à la difficulté à la course.

La plus grande course de l'année est The Maiden Cup, courue en septembre. À la fin du calendrier hippique se déroule la fin de semaine internationale, où des jockeys du monde entier viennent s'affronter.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Équipement sportif achevé en 1812
Hippodrome à Maurice
Port-Louis (Maurice)


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human meets nature
Exploring human nature relationships
On an Elephant
How to Swim with a Crocodile . . Safely
July 21, 2016 July 21, 2016 • Gary Thomson
For those of us who are inspired by nature, documentaries are a wonderful way to gain access to environments and creatures that are usually inaccessible to us. They are a window on a world that is often hidden from us or otherwise off limits and we are indebted to the dedicated and talented filmmakers and crew who have, in many cases, dedicated their lives to bringing us these wonderful images. And as technology improves we are being offered increasingly spectacular invitations into the non-human realm.
A friend recently recommended the incredible and awe-inspiring documentary 'The Man Who Swims With Crocodiles', the remarkable story of a Costa Rican man, Chico, who has seemingly befriended a 16-foot crocodile named Pocho. I'd highly recommend it. It's easy to let such spectacular films wash over us; the images are often so alien to our experience that it feels like enough to just let the story sink in without bringing too much thinking to bear on it. And while that's fine and very pleasant, especially on the first watch, we should remain mindful that we are at the mercy of the filmmakers take on the unfolding story. In the case of Chico and Pocho I think a lot of important questions were asked and different perspectives explored but there are a few threads that I'd like to pick up and expand on.
Firstly, early on in the film the narrator asks whether it's possible for a giant crocodile, a fearsome and brutal creature well known for actively hunting humans, to possess human-like emotions. I was really struck by this question. I understand that the thing that makes this documentary so intriguing is that crocodiles do not usually befriend humans, they usually eat them! So, the apparent love between Chico and Pocho is a remarkable and, indeed unique, event. However, there is also an implication in the question that humans are somehow the benchmark against which the crocodile is being assessed. I say this because such an attitude is all-pervasive in our consideration of the natural world; even when we are ostensibly celebrating and exploring nature, we struggle to get away from our anthropocentric starting point of human qualities being good and everything else being measured against that standard. Perhaps crocodiles have a system of 'emotions' that are completely incomprehensible to us?
Crocodiles are one of nature's great survivors with an awesome set of physical attributes. They've been around much longer than we have and even through vast changes in planetary conditions have adapted and thrived. Perhaps then the question is not whether the crocodiles share any traits in common with us humans, but whether we share any traits in common with them; reverse the question, set the crocodile as the standard and we entertain a radically different perspective. But crocodiles are brutal man-eaters with no sense of compassion, right? Do we really have any basis on which to take the moral high-ground, with what we've done not only to other species but also to each other? I don't think so. Besides, at least crocodiles, like most other non-human animals, only take what they need from the limited natural bounty around them. And why is it so appalling to us that crocodiles eat humans anyway? If we're ok with them preying on other animals then why should we think ourselves exempt from their menu? Other than our extreme egotism kicking in and our persistent belief that we are not an animal body, just a thinking mind; the unhelpful idea that animality is bad and cognitivism is good. This issue is beautifully explored in David Abram's wonderful book Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology.
Secondly, the fact that we are in jaw-dropping awe at Chico getting into the water with a giant crocodile underscores the reality of our very vulnerable situation here on Earth and the fact that we don't really possess any inherent survival skills. The crocodile can kill him, easily. Our greatest natural attribute is our huge brain which we've used to create technologies to insulate us from certain aspects of nature. There are lots of things in nature that can overpower us, eat us, infect us, and have a huge impact on our society. When we realized this in the era of 'rationalism' we decided to wage a war on nature; the paradigm of human versus nature was born. But rather than see non-human nature as a threat that we must increasingly defend and insulate ourselves against, we should celebrate and respect the differences we have with other species. Nature, is all its various forms and guises, has evolved over planetary time, always finding new ways to thrive and persist. We simply cannot separate ourselves from nature or imagine a scenario where we control it. Instead we need the humility to recognize that we must co-exist with nature and work for our mutual benefit. Pocho and his kind remind us that nature can be fearsome and brutal if we don't bring the correct and appropriate attitude towards it.
But there's another, more hopeful, point that struck me about the film. A human and a giant crocodile becoming buddies seems completely impossible. Yet the film shows that this is precisely what has happened. We are in the midst of a heart-breaking ecological crisis. It's estimated that 200-300 species are going extinct every day and there is nothing in sight which seems like it will bring this to an end. But Chico and Pocho demonstrate that we should not place limits on what we believe to be possible. It seems impossible to reverse the trend of human impact on nature, to fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, but perhaps it is not. We should not give up and just accept 200-300 species going extinct as somehow ok. It is not acceptable and we also do not have to consent to a paradigm which says that humans must lord over nature or else it will be at our peril. We can be part of a new way forward, one which recognizes the interconnection of all life on Earth, celebrates all life and reaches out to form new bonds and build new relationships with all life.
Not to put a dampener on the inspiring story of Chico and Pocho but there have been several cases of highly unlikely bonds between humans and animals that have eventually gone sour and not worked out so well for the human! Who knows why this has happened? After years of bonding the primal instincts of wild animals sometimes kick in again. Perhaps this is a reminder that ultimately non-human nature must be respected, valued on its own terms and not humanized. I admired the way that Chico studied Pocho's subtle communication signals and learnt to speak with him that way, rather than trying to enforce his own method. It was respectful and he clearly understood that his role was not to make the crocodile more like a human. Perhaps when things go wrong it is because that respect has broken down, the animal realizes this and does not like it. Let's hope that Chico continues to relate to Pocho on Pocho's terms; let's hope the same for humanity to nature in general.
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PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Whampoa Blk 85 (kn)
Block 85 Whampoa Dr, #01-248
PCF Whampoa Blk 85 offers a wide range of fun and enjoyable courses suited for the students, including cooking, baking, arts & craft, storytelling and many more. The centre curriculum follows the guided conceptual framework from PCF HQ, covering environmental awareness, numeracy, motor skills development and such. A colourfully decorated and vibrant Motor Skills Development room greets visitors at the entrance. In the music room next door, everyone puts in a 110% for their year-end graduation concert, with teachers and students dancing in sync to the music played. The rooms are spacious and clean, providing a stimulating learning environment for each and every student.
Programmes to Promote a Holistic Education
The centre believes that learning critical language and enunciation skills are the foundation of every child's education. In collaboration with the National Library Board's (NLB) Molly Bus Programme, a bus full of storybooks goes to the centre, providing them with ample supply of reading material suited for their age, to engage them in reading. Other than that, there are reading programmes such as KidsRead being carried out as well, where volunteers from NLB help the students with their language. This aims to promote a healthy reading culture and enhance the student's speaking, writing and listening skills.
Other than that, the centre outsources enrichment programmes such as Aikido and Arts. Knowledgeable and skilful persons specialised in this field of study are brought in to expose and enrich the students to subjects not taught in the curriculum. Lessons are designed to suit the student's age in order to develop the student's potential to his fullest.
Twice per term, the centre is buzzing with clatters of pots and pans as parent volunteers, as well as their children busy themselves in preparation for cooking class. This not only brings about parent-child bonding, but also greater understanding of each other. It is crucial at this age for parents to spend time with their children, and such activities held at the centre allow them to free up some time to do so. During the session, recipes are shared among neighbours and parents, parents who may be neighbours and wonderful pastries of all sorts are baked and experimented with their children.
The class is comprehensive, challenging and most of all easy, so both parent and child can quickly pick up culinary techniques and start creating their own gastronomic masterpieces. Photos taken during the activities will be uploaded on the school's Facebook page for parents to view and use as a platform to get in touch with each other online. Furthermore, to encourage participation, there are no extra costs to join the cooking lessons.
Facilities to promote Motor Skills Development
The centre has a room dedicated to cater to the students' Motor Skills Development (MSD). In 2011, a rock wall was a brilliant addition to the room for students to do rock-climbing, a sport which improves one's coordination and self-confidence in the process. MSD is not limited to indoor room, but outside as well. MSD lessons are conducted twice a week to kick-start the student's healthy and active lifestyle from a young age. Also, the student undergo music lessons which not only impart the technical skills in playing an instrument, but learn the essence of creative musical expression and how to play together with others in an ensemble.
Community involvement and excursions
The principal advocates a strong sense of community involvement and welcomes members of the community to work together hand-in-hand with the centrel for upcoming projects. The centre conducts field trips once per term (to Singapore Zoo, Changi Airport and the Singapore Science Centre in October 2012) and other events include the yearly Open House.
The Best Practice Award has been a regular addition to the centre's notice board, given that the centre has attained it for 2 straight years (2011 &2012). Furthermore, the Principal, Ms Jessica Tan, goes beyond her call of duty, and brings holistic education to life at the centre. She received the Best Achievement Award in 2012.
Carlie Tan Lay Choon
Reaching out to the Residents!
Environmental walks, art jamming sessions and games are some of the activities we have conducted by Sungei Whampoa ever since our Centre officially adopted it in February early...
PCF Sparkletots Preschool (Whampoa 85) Art Jamming @ Sungei Whampoa
Early this week, we brought the children for a Art Jamming session at Sungei Whampoa! The children came to school eager for our little trip to our favourite canal - Sungei...
PCF Sparkletots Preschool (Whampoa 85) - Keep Our Sungei Whampoa Clean
After much discussion, our children agreed on the 4 points they would like to share with our community.* Do not litter, throw rubbish into the bin * Do not pluck the plants...
PCF Sparkletots Preschool (Whampoa 85) - The Birth of Our SSDB Project
Nobody can do everything but everyone can do something.#SSDB2017Early this year, in collaboration with PUB, our centre adopted Sungei Whampoa - a lovely canal laced with...
PCF Sparkletots Preschool (Whampoa 85) - SSDB Launch Party
Bright and early on the morning of 28th March, our children paraded to Sungei Whampoa with their orange bucket hats and musical instruments in tow. The teachers led them in a...


The Half Marathon is a challenging and hilly course covering the expanse on Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the Civil War era towns connecting them. Expansive views of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, a loop through Harpers Ferry National Historical Park School House Ridge South, Murphy Farm, Lower Town Harpers Ferry, John Brown's Fort, Bolivar, Storer College, and the homes taking you back to the 1860's . Our 5K event is a mix of trail and includes a loop of the School House Ridge South portion of the Harpers Ferry National Park. And our Kids Event will be on site at River Riders and School House Ridge South.


Yesterday, I was asked to explain Arduino concepts to a group of teachers from rural schools in Karnataka at a workshop.
So, I created a set of slides and a set of illustrative computer programs in Kannada.
I was really keen to hear what the teachers had to say because I had been extremely apprehensive about whether anyone would be able to type software in Kannada (the standard keyboards available in India are ASCII keyboards labelled with Roman letters).
So, at the beginning of the class, I asked the teachers whether they could type Kannada using ASCII keyboards.
They said that they could. They said that they were used to typing using Nudi or Baraha software (that allows one to type Kannada using a Roman alphabet keyboard).
Since I didn't have Nudi or Baraha installed, I showed them how Google's Input Tools worked, and they liked them very much (those with laptops insisted that I install Google Input Tools for them after the lecture).
Apparently, all the teachers could type using a Roman keyboard. They could also all speak some English.
But their level of comfort with English was low when it came to reading and comprehension.
This group of teachers said they found it much easier to read Kannada than English though they typed Kannada on a Latin keyboard.
And they said that for that reason (ease of reading and comprehension), programming tools in the Kannada language would be useful to them.
Acknowledgements: The workshop yesterday was organized by Workbench Projects. There had been a similar workshop at ArtScienceBLR on March 29th. So, anyone wishing to learn to program Arduino boards in Kannada can contact either of these organizations.
You can download and explore the Indian language tools from here http://www.aiaioo.com/arduino_in_local_languages/download and the commands are listed here http://www.aiaioo.com/arduino_in_local_languages/index.php.
For children who are taught computer science in Indian languages, conventional software programming can pose a challenge because most programming languages use the Roman alphabet.
We've created a way to allow students and teachers to write Arduino programs in Indian languages (at the request of Arduino India).
Arduino boards can now be programmed in Hindi and Tamil in addition to Kannada (as already described in an earlier post).
The Indian language extensions can be downloaded from our website.
The website allows one to comment on and discuss the keywords picked as replacements for English words.
There's still a lot of work to be done on the choices.
Very specifically, we're looking for ways to simplify the words so that school children will find them easier to remember and type.
Any ideas for facilitating the learning process for children would be very welcome.
For example, we used to translate analogWrite as "ಅನಂಕೀಯವಾಗಿ_ಬರೆ" in Kannada, ("अनंकीय_लिखो" in Hindi and "அனலாக்_எழுது" in Tamil) using the coined word 'anankiiya' (negation of 'ankiiya' meaning digital) or the transliteration of 'analog'.
However, during a discussion, a physicist who helped with the Kannada (thank you, Padmalekha) suggested that we use the phrase "write without spaces" for analogWrite.
And then it hit us that we could just use the phrase "write value" for analogWrite and "write number" for digitalWrite.
The following translations for analogWrite: "ಮೌಲ್ಯವನ್ನು_ಬರೆ", "मूल्य_लिखो" and "மதிப்பை_எழுது" are much more intuitive.
The process of simplification is an ongoing one, and we hope in a few months' time to have a generally agreed-upon set of translations, after taking everyone's inputs into consideration.
The Arduino IDE with extensions now supports syntax highlighting in Indian languages. This makes it easier to program in the local language.
And here is how it looks in Hindi and in Tamil.
The verb 'have' is used to indicate possession. When a speaker of the English language says, "I have a car", the listener can infer that the speaker possesses a car.
"Have" is a word that we use a lot. I doubt anyone can imagine English without the word "have" in it.
So, it will come as a surprise to many to know that many Indian languages have no such verb.
Yes, you heard it right. Many Indian languages have no verb like "have".
Speakers of those languages say "There is a car near me" instead.
Some other Asian languages lack a word for "have".
Japanese does not have a word for "have". Neither does Korean.
In Malay, the word for "is" is "ada".
But "ada" can be used to mean "have" as well, as you can see from the examples below.
In the following examples, "saya" means "mine/my" (the meanings of the other Malay words are obvious).
Mandarin Chinese is an exception to this pattern. It has a verb meaning "have". It is 有 (yǒu). 有 (yǒu) can also mean "to exist", but the word commonly used for "is" is different. It is 是 (shì) meaning "to be".
So, a good number of widely spoken languages in South Asia don't use a possessive verb.
But this does not mean that these Asian languages lack a mechanism to express possession.
It only means that the expression of possession and ownership uses alternative mechanisms such as idiomatic expressions ("is near" in the case of Indic languages) and context (word order and semantics in the case of Malay) in large parts of South and South-East Asia.
In Europe, the possessive verb seems to be the preferred tool to denote possession.
We've already encountered the verb "have" in English, and we know that it is distinct from the verb "is".
Sanskrit, unlike ancient Greek and Latin does not have a possessive verb.
I asked a Sanskrit scholar if possessive verbs like "have" appear anywhere in the Vedas.
He answered in the negative.
There is no evidence for the existence of possessive verbs in Vedic Sanskrit.
Some economists surmise that early human societies (hunter-gatherer societies) did not know the concept of ownership.
In early human societies, food from a hunt was shared, because it could not be hoarded (there was only so much food that one could eat, and what was not eaten would spoil).
So, early languages would not have had a verb like "have".
In societies centered around herding, the herds could have been common property.
Sentences like "I have thirty cows" weren't yet needed.
Economists surmise that it was farming that gave rise to concepts like ownership and property.
Farming for the first time allowed people to have a surplus of food.
This excess food could be stored, divided and traded.
Trade might have motivated the invention of language tools for talking about ownership.
It seems that in Europe languages converged on one such tool – the possessive verb.
It seems that in India languages chose another such tool – the idiomatic usage of the verb "is near".
There is no evidence for the use of possessive verbs in Sanskrit.
However, I do not know if ancient (Vedic) Sanskrit used the idiomatic "is near" mechanism found in modern Indian languages for expressing ownership.
If it didn't, it would suggest that the Indian vernacular mechanism for expressing ownership evolved after the period of time when the Vedas were composed or in a different geographical area.
If it did, it would suggest that the Vedas were composed after the Indian mechanisms for expressing possession were developed and in the same geographical area (assuming accurate oral transmission that preserved ancient language features).
I'd be very grateful if someone with a better knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit would be able to tell me whether such an idiomatic usage of "is near" to indicate ownership is attested in Vedic Sanskrit texts.
I'd also love to find out what mechanisms for expressing the idea of ownership existed in Old and Avestan Persian.
(Modern Persian – Farsi – has a verb "daestaen" meaning "have", but Farsi is very different from Old Persian).
I've made a lot of assumptions in proposing those historical implications. But this article was written merely to discuss possibilities.
I'll add examples from other languages below as and when I get them from readers (with their permission to post them here).
Arabic has no "have". You don't need a verb to say "I have a car" = "عِــنْــدِي سَــيَّـــارَةٌ" (By me a car). Nevertheless, there are the verbs "مَــلَــكَ" and "امْتَلَكَ" (to possess/own), which are used to stress that something belongs to someone, like, for example, in juridical documents. In a newspaper article you'd write "الأمير الوليد يمتلك طائرة خاصّة من نوع بوينغ ٧٤٧" (Prince Al-Walid owns a Boeing 747″ rather than "عِنْدَ الأمير الوليد طائرة خاصّة من نوع بوينغ ٧٤٧ ", even if it is grammatically correct.
As to the verb "to be", Arabic has no need of it in the present tense. For example, "مَلِكُ الـمَـغْرِبِ غَـنِــيٌّ جِدَّا " (word for word = The King of Morocco very rich). But in the past you need the verb "كَـانَ " (to be/to exist). For example, "كَـانَ الملك الحسن الثّاني غنيّا جدّا " (King Hassan II was very rich).


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Aerotech's advanced kinematics enable a virtual pivot point where rotation can occur at any user-defined point in space rather than the physical rotation point of the FiberMaxHP axes. This assists the speed and accuracy of active alignment. We have an extensive array of software and hardware options to suit your specific needs.
The FiberMaxHP is available with 3-6 axes of direct-drive alignment allowing the platform to be specified with the exact number of axes needed for the application. Since many applications require manual adjustment of fixtures and parts for a one-time initial alignment, the FiberMaxHP comes with 1-3 axes of manual angular alignment with ±2° of motion. These manual adjustment axes mount directly to the direct-drive platform and offer a more economical approach to alignment when adjustment is not frequently required.
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A circular walk on generally easy, undulating footpaths, following sections of the Ridgeway FP and Swans Way FP. Views across Oxfordshire Plain to the towns of Watlington, Wallingford and the village of Benson. Passing through Ewelme Park and the hamlet of Cookley Green.
Difficulty: Moderate, either 6 or 10 miles. The village of Cookley Green is a suitable mid-point with car parking for those wishing to do the shorter walk.
Start: From the car park follow the FP descending Watlington Hill to GR696930 follow track Rd Xing to GR 694933. Follow Swan's Way & Ridgeway FP to GR 666914. Follow Swan's Way FP to GR 668898. Follow FP in direction of Ewelme Park at GR 674893. Follow FP to hamlet of Cookley Green GR 695902. Follow FP past Coates Farm GR 694909 continue on the FP and Rd Xing to GR 692922. Follow FP to Dumble Dore GR 698926. Follow road to GR 696930 and retrace FP back to car park ascending Watlington Hill. Finish.
Getting there from Aylesbury – Approx. 18.1 Miles: Follow the A413 from town centre via Stoke Mandeville, on to Little Kimble. Follow B4009 via Chinnor, Lewknor to Watlington. In the centre of Watlington take the Hill Road in the direction of Christmas Common. The car park is on the right hand side before reaching the crest some 1.5 miles from Watlington.
Getting There from Oxford – Approx. 17.3 Miles: Follow the A40 then M40 South to Junction 6 and then follow the B4009 in direction of Lewknor and on to Watlington. In the centre of Watlington take the Hill Road in the direction of Christmas Common. The car park is on the right hand side before reaching the crest some 1.5 miles from Watlington.


A memorial for Page has been set up just west of the intersection between Elizabeth Street and Central Avenue.
A homeless man lying in the road was apparently alive when he was struck by a car early Monday morning.
The Delaware County Coroner's Office reports blunt-force trauma was the cause of death for Brandon Page, 36, of Delaware.
Page was struck by a car while lying in the road on West Central Avenue Monday morning.
Delaware County Coroner Dr. Mark Hickman reported Wednesday that, after completing an autopsy, the preliminary cause of death was blunt force trauma. Hickman said the trauma was consistent with being hit by a vehicle.
Hickman said a final cause of death will not be determined until several tests can be completed. Coroner's office staff said the tests typically take eight to 10 weeks. Hickman said Page had medical issues that may have contributed to the incident.
The incident occurred Monday at around 4:30 a.m. when Amorelle Miller, 53, of 173 Niatross Place, Delaware, was driving her 2014 Kia Sorento east on West Central in the area of Elizabeth Street. Her vehicle struck Page, who was lying in the road, police said.
Police said Page was wearing dark clothing. Miller told police she did not know she had hit a person until she doubled back and discovered what had happened.
Page was pronounced dead when medics and police arrived.
Miller was not injured in the incident, police said.
Police are still investigating how he came to be in the road.
Police said Tuesday that Page was homeless.


It was an historic day in New York on Monday, Sept. 22, 2011. Not just because it was the day that Mariano Rivera threw his 602nd save, becoming baseball's best reliever of all-time, but it was also the day that the Schrager Family visited the new Yankee Stadium for the first time.
It was quite an experience for everyone involved. From the long trek across Central Park to catch the only subway line running to the stadium that day, to Laney's first Nathan's corn dog and Carvel helmet treat, to realizing we could be witnesses to history as Metallica's "Enter Sandman" started blaring over the stadium speakers, it wan an exhausting and memorable adventure.
I hope Fenway Park is ready to provide an equally memorable experience when we take the girls there in the future.


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package org.apache.hadoop.streaming;

import junit.framework.TestCase;
import java.io.*;

import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;

/**
 * This class tests hadoopStreaming in MapReduce local mode.
 * This testcase looks at different cases of tab position in input.
 */
public class TestStreamingKeyValue extends TestCase
{
  protected File INPUT_FILE = new File("input.txt");
  protected File OUTPUT_DIR = new File("stream_out");
  // First line of input has 'key' 'tab' 'value'
  // Second line of input starts with a tab character.
  // So, it has empty key and the whole line as value.
  // Third line of input does not have any tab character.
  // So, the whole line is the key and value is empty.
  protected String input =
    "roses are \tred\t\n\tviolets are blue\nbunnies are pink\n" +
    "this is for testing a big\tinput line\n" +
    "small input\n";
  protected String outputExpect =
    "\tviolets are blue\nbunnies are pink\t\n" +
    "roses are \tred\t\n" +
    "small input\t\n" +
    "this is for testing a big\tinput line\n";

  private StreamJob job;

  public TestStreamingKeyValue() throws IOException
  {
    UtilTest utilTest = new UtilTest(getClass().getName());
    utilTest.checkUserDir();
    utilTest.redirectIfAntJunit();
  }

  protected void createInput() throws IOException
  {
    DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(
       new FileOutputStream(INPUT_FILE.getAbsoluteFile()));
    out.write(input.getBytes("UTF-8"));
    out.close();
  }

  protected String[] genArgs() {
    return new String[] {
      "-input", INPUT_FILE.getAbsolutePath(),
      "-output", OUTPUT_DIR.getAbsolutePath(),
      "-mapper", "cat",
      "-jobconf", "keep.failed.task.files=true",
      "-jobconf", "stream.non.zero.exit.is.failure=true",
      "-jobconf", "stream.tmpdir="+System.getProperty("test.build.data","/tmp")
    };
  }

  public void testCommandLine()
  {
    String outFileName = "part-00000";
    File outFile = null;
    try {
      try {
        FileUtil.fullyDelete(OUTPUT_DIR.getAbsoluteFile());
      } catch (Exception e) {
      }

      createInput();
      boolean mayExit = false;

      // During tests, the default Configuration will use a local mapred
      // So don't specify -config or -cluster
      job = new StreamJob(genArgs(), mayExit);
      job.go();
      outFile = new File(OUTPUT_DIR, outFileName).getAbsoluteFile();
      String output = StreamUtil.slurp(outFile);
      System.err.println("outEx1=" + outputExpect);
      System.err.println("  out1=" + output);
      assertEquals(outputExpect, output);
    } catch(Exception e) {
      failTrace(e);
    } finally {
      try {
        INPUT_FILE.delete();
        FileUtil.fullyDelete(OUTPUT_DIR.getAbsoluteFile());
      } catch(Exception e) {
        failTrace(e);
      }
    }
  }

  private void failTrace(Exception e)
  {
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
    fail(sw.toString());
  }

  public static void main(String[]args) throws Exception
  {
    new TestStreamingKeyValue().testCommandLine();
  }

}

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When you're running a small business, employee productivity might make the difference between hitting your numbers and sinking into the red. But it might surprise you to know that when you encourage your employees to meditate—even for just a few minutes a day—you could actually be improving focus and sharpening decision-making skills, as well as other benefits.
According to eMindful, which provides evidence-based wellness programs for employers, the return of investment for every dollar spent on such a "mindfulness" program is a robust $8.70.
Natalie Bell, director of corporate programs for Unplug Meditation, a guided mediation studio in Los Angeles, says that even if it looks like employees aren't really "doing anything," they're actually recalibrating how they do things.
Bell adds that when employees practice meditation, morale and teamwork improve. It can also improve relationships at home—which can mean less preoccupation with personal problems.
It's long been known that meditation has plenty of health benefits, too. According to the Mayo Clinic, regularly practicing meditation may improve symptoms of asthma, cancer, depression, heart disease, high blood pressure, and sleep problems.
"We actually see gray matter changes in the brain after six to eight weeks," Bell says. "Studies show a greater gray matter in the hippocampus of the brain is related to self-awareness, to learning and memory." There's increased activation in the prefrontal cortex, which is the "executive center" of the brain that's consciously acting to make decisions.
The reason why that's important, Bell says, is that the executive center of the brain can actually quiet the amygdala—which is the "fight or flight" stress center in the brain that gets activated with chronic stress.
Organizing a meditation initiative doesn't have be complicated or expensive. Bell recommends having at least a one-hour orientation with an introduction to different kinds of mediation practice. And it doesn't have to be a long block of time—people can meditate in as little as just one minute.
Bell also says designating a regular time and place for mediation is conducive to greater employee engagement, and helps create a company culture that emphasizes self-care.
"Ultimately, what we're teaching here is a form of self-regulation," says Bell. The return on investment, she says, is significant—and can be a really high-value proposition for a small business.


In a 10,000-kilometre tour right around Europe, MAN Truck & Bus will demonstrate how much fuel and CO2 can easily be saved in goods transport by road. A blog will accompany every stage of the tour, transparently showing routes and consumption and providing information on further possible improvements in transport efficiency.
A strong economy is based on smoothly functioning mobility. The truck plays a central role in goods transport. In order to protect valuable energy resources as well as the climate, commercial vehicles have to operate in a manner that saves as much fuel as possible. One look at the road shows us that trucks could be more efficient, because they can be seen travelling at their top speeds and with attachments that unnecessarily increase drag, for example. As one of the world's leading manufacturers, MAN Truck & Bus wants to makes its contribution to the continued improvement of transport efficiency. For this reason, the company is informing truck operators and drivers how to utilise fuel-saving potentials to the maximum. With its "Consistently Efficient" Tour 2011 through a total of 20 major European cities, MAN is demonstrating that even today, significant amounts of fuel and CO2 can be saved by trucks that are particularly efficiently equipped.
On May 16, 2011 two MAN TGX EfficientLine semi-trailer tractors and a reference vehicle will be starting on a 10,000-kilometre tour of Europe. The trucks will be stopping at 20 MAN Centers in ten different countries, where MAN's efficiency experts will offer comprehensive advice on saving fuel to customers and interested parties. Strikingly designed trailers will transport the message and draw attention to the "Consistently Efficient" Tour 2011 on the road.
An outstandingly efficient commercial vehicle does not come about by simply putting together a combination of individual technical components, for example an economical engine plus an automatic gearbox. It is far more a matter requiring the optimisation of all the influencing factors. The aerodynamic characteristics of the tractor are decisively influenced by the trailer, while optimised tyres reduce rolling resistance on both tractor and trailer. This is why MAN Truck & Bus has started this information campaign together with its partners in the fields of fuels and lubricants (Castrol), semi-trailers (Kögel), tyres (Michelin) as well as drivetrain and suspension components (ZF). A well-trained driver can make an enormous contribution to saving fuel. To this end, professional driving instructors from MAN ProfiDrive® are accompanying the Tour.
Every stage of the "Consistently Efficient" Tour will also be blogged. The routes, altitude profiles and consumption values of all the vehicles will be shown transparently at www.consistently-efficient.com. In order to ascertain the consumption values accurately and verifiably, the three trucks have already travelled the identical route, fully laden and under completely realistic conditions. This measurement run was overseen by TÜV Süd (Technical Control Board), while the MAN TeleMatics® system provided a clear overview of the vehicle data. Fuel consumption was permanently monitored by means of fuel consumption gauges and verified when the tanks were refilled.


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If anyone doesn't know already Big Karch has passed away. Just sharing the information. Health problems compounded by drinking per basskiller. May he have found peace.
Agreed, a good brother to this small community. God speed good sir.
Karchie was a great guy who had his demons. We used to talk on the phone. May he rest in peace.


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The Kainji Dam across the Niger in Nigeria was closed in 1968. In this book, Wolf Roder evaluates the Nigerian development in areas such as population, agriculture, pastoral nomadism, subsistence fishing, housing and public health, over the past twenty-five years. This study finds that the effects of the man-made lake have, on occasion, been benign. Rather, secular changes have had the largest impact on the Nigerian economy. Contents: Preface; Introductory Overview; Recent Political and Economic History; Environmental Change; Population; Agriculture; Livestock and Range; Fish and Fishermen; Wildlife and Kainji Lake National Park; Road and Water Transport; Market Places; Housing and Resettlement; Public Health; Women; Conclusions; Some Historical Dates; Glossary; Bibliography.
Wolf Roder is Professor of Geography at the University of Cincinnati.


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On November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Iran and, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), took related steps to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the situation in Iran. Because our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the process of implementing the agreements with Iran, dated January 19, 1981, is still under way, the national emergency declared on November 14, 1979, must continue in effect beyond November 14, 2012. Therefore, consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year this national emergency with respect to Iran.
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The British Columbia Library Trustees Association (BCLTA), founded in 1977, is the professional association of the trustees governing public libraries across British Columbia. The purpose of the association is to support and represent trustees.
BCLTA is committed to supporting trustees and boards with common issues of common concern and to representing the shared provincial interests of public library boards.
Representing trustees. We amplify the voices of trustees and bring public library board needs to provincial, strategic, and partner initiatives. We ensure that the governance of public libraries (all types from across the province) is integral to all discussions for advancing the development of public libraries across the province.
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Since 1977, BCLTA has been convening, supporting, and representing trustees who govern public libraries of all shapes and sizes across BC. We have morphed and evolved as the needs of trustees and the resources of BCLTA have changed.
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Madam Secretary: Clinton headed to Ukraine to reassure allies on U.S.-Russia 'reset' Clinton headed to Ukraine to reassu...
Clinton headed to Ukraine to reassure allies on U.S.-Russia 'reset'
Secretary Clinton flies to Ukraine this morning, after paying her respects to the family of late Sen. Robert Byrd. While in the former Soviet republic, she'll work to reassure the country's leaders regarding their concerns over the "reset" in U.S.-Russia relations. At least, that's how Agence France-Presse put it today. On the other hand, Assistant ...
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Secretary Clinton flies to Ukraine this morning, after paying her respects to the family of late Sen. Robert Byrd. While in the former Soviet republic, she'll work to reassure the country's leaders regarding their concerns over the "reset" in U.S.-Russia relations.
At least, that's how Agence France-Presse put it today. On the other hand, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said otherwise at June 29's special briefing on Clinton's travel:
I wouldn't see it [reassurance] as the purpose of the trip. We don't think … that anybody should have any concerns about the new and better relationship with Russia.… But to the extent that anyone has concerns about our Russia policy, we're happy to discuss them and … it will be a good opportunity for the secretary to explain how we're thinking about the reset, how we're thinking about European security, regional security.
Secretary Clinton flies to Ukraine this morning, after paying her respects to the family of late Sen. Robert Byrd. While in the former Soviet republic, she'll work to reassure the country's leaders regarding their concerns over the "reset" in U.S.-Russia relations.
At least, that's how Agence France-Presse put it today. On the other hand, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said otherwise at June 29's special briefing on Clinton's travel:
I wouldn't see it [reassurance] as the purpose of the trip. We don't think … that anybody should have any concerns about the new and better relationship with Russia.… But to the extent that anyone has concerns about our Russia policy, we're happy to discuss them and … it will be a good opportunity for the secretary to explain how we're thinking about the reset, how we're thinking about European security, regional security.
Maybe reassurance isn't the purpose of the trip and maybe nobody should be concerned about warmer U.S.-Russia ties (which don't seem to have taken much of a hit from the spy-ring case), but the reality is that many people are indeed concerned and thus Clinton will probably be doing a lot of reassuring.
What else will Clinton be doing in Ukraine? Gordon said at the briefing that Clinton will be focusing on the U.S.-Ukraine "strategic partnership" and that she'll be:
following up on President Obama's meeting with President [Viktor] Yanukovych at the Nuclear Security Summit, where Ukraine took the historic decision to get rid of all of its highly enriched uranium.… [T]hat decision is being implemented as we speak, and the secretary will have a chance to follow up on how that is proceeding.
Among other things, Clinton will also meet with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and hold a town-hall meeting at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
(In the photo above, Clinton shakes hands with Ukraine's then-Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko on Dec. 9, 2009, in Washington. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko is now the current foreign minister.)
Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP
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Asus to launch 5-6 Intel-powered Ultrabooks in October
Asus will launch as many as six Ultrabooks in October, Asus chairman Jonney Shih said on Monday. The notebooks will offer screen sizes between 11.6-inches and 13.3-inches. Intel detailed its plans to introduce a new category of notebooks, which it dubbed "Ultrabooks" in May. The chip maker hopes the new category will dominate 40% of the consumer notebook market by the end of 2012 and says the devices will combine the performance of today's laptops with a tablet-like experience. Earlier reports suggested that mass production of Ultrabooks will begin in September and Intel recently invested $300 million in an effort to speed up the process of creating the devices. The first such device to hit the market is largely expected to be the ASUS UX21. Acer, Asus and Lenovo have all detailed plans to launch sub-$1,000 Ultrabooks during the fourth quarter but Shih said the six from Asus will be priced between $900 and $2,000.
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Majors was a pioneer, very much an outlier for his time. He was an overland freighting magnate and really responsible for a large part of the economic development and commercial destiny of Kansas City. His freighting company was a portal for westward expansion. He was Kansas City's first millionaire.
Tell us a little about Majors House.
The Majors house is an antebellum house, built in 1856 in frontier style.
What is your favorite thing about that house?
The kitchen. It's just beautiful, and in that kitchen we have all this Missouri pottery that is very rare and unique. I think we have one of the largest collections of Missouri pottery anywhere.
How is Wornall house different from Majors House?
The John Wornall House was built in 1858, so close in time to Majors house, but it is very different. It was built in the Greek Revival style.
How does the house reflect the man who built it?
John Wornall was a very successful farmer, businessman and banker. He was also very civic-minded. The house was deemed as a very pretentious property at the time because it is so grand. The property was on 500 acres, so the whole area around it was the Wornall homestead.
What is your favorite thing in that house?
The 1859 Steinway in the parlor. It was generously renovated by (Kansas City organist and former New York Philharmonic keyboardist) Bruce Prince-Joseph. He took a great deal of time and care renovating that instrument.
The furniture here in Wornall house is really beautiful.
All the furniture in both houses is historically correct. The pieces are antiques from the period, not reproductions.
What is it like being in these old rooms in Wornall House every day?
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It also feels very mysterious. There's a lot to unpack here. Every day I think about the people who lived here as I walk through each of the rooms. You can feel that energy of the past and of memory.
It conjures up so many fantasies of mine about what that time must have been like. I think about how strange it is that I'm working on a laptop in here and how different our lives are now.
Are you learning a lot about maintenance of old houses?
I'm trying to catch up all the restoration issues and thinking about how the repair and maintenance decisions you make now affect long-term sustainability in terms of safeguarding these treasures.
What can visitors expect during Candlelight at Wornall House?
Each room is historically staged. When you come to visit, it's as if you are stepping into Christmas Eve at the Wornall family home. So you can play parlor games. You can see dancing. There are tableaux. And you can hear Bruce Prince-Joseph play the piano. It's magical.