Latest 2017 result from Spring Barley trial shows 'NH Delta Ca' plus XStress increases yield by over 10% and increases nitrogen use efficiency by 20%.
A field trial conducted by independent research company NDSM Limited, has shown that a programme of 4 applications of NH DeltaCa plus XStress can increase yield and improve nitrogen efficiency when compared to standard farm practice.
NH DeltaCa is a highly efficient form of nitrogen that can replace or supplement standard forms of nitrogen. XStress is a highly advanced mixture of micro-nutrients designed to alleviate plant stress and to optimise plant health.
The fully replicated trial was conducted in Yorkshire using Propino Spring Barley, drilled on the 21st March 2017 at a seed rate of 230kg/ha. A full standard programme of agronomic inputs was followed to maximise yield and to control mildew and net blotch.
The standard programme used 120kg nitrogen /ha (ammonium nitrate), applied in a split at drilling and GS12.
As a comparison, NHCa Delta plus XStress was applied 4 times at a rate of 5 litres plus 1 litre /ha (2 leaf stage, tillering, stem extension and flag leaf) in addition to the standard programme.
Yield increased from 7.9 t/ha in the standard to 8.6 t/ha in the treated plot an increase of 10.3 %. Comparatively the total amount of nitrogen applied was an increase of 3.9 kg N / ha.
The results which were statistically significant (P=0.05) confirm previous trial data that Delta plus XStress can improve yield through enhancing plant growth and improving plant health. A full spray programme is essential to achieve these results.
One of the key benefits of using NH Delta Ca is to improve nitrogen efficiency and to increase yield. The flip side of this is that it is possible to reduce total nitrogen inputs, giving environmental and cost benefits, whilst maintaining yield.
Within the trial the standard programme was compared to reducing the total nitrogen from 120 to 96 kg N / ha (a 20% reduction) with the addition of the NH Delta plus XStress programme (99.9 kg N / ha total).
Although total amount of nitrogen applied to the crop was reduced by 20kg /ha the yield increased by a statistically significant 0.3 t/ha (5.2%).
In terms of nitrogen efficiency that is an improvement from 15.2 kg N / tonne barley to 12.2 kg N / tonne barley (19.7% improvement).


Susan Levine, UIC professor of history and director of the Institute for the Humanities, was interviewed during the weekly public radio program "BackStory." The latest edition of the program examined the history of mealtime in America and Levine spoke about the history of the school lunch program. Listen to the program online here.


Worksheets can be copied multiple times, or slip inside an 8×10 slip cover and the student can use an eraseable marker to do the work, then clean it off when checked.
The timing worksheets start as basic subtraction that the child is learning. When the child can do them, start timing the child to see if they can finish in five minutes. Then when the child is older, the time will be lower, maybe one minute to do the worksheet.


Not sure who "wins" or "loses" in this competition, but Boston has a similarly narrow house to New York's narrowest house, except NYC's is narrower! Take that, Boston. Or…take that, New York?
Boston's version, called the "Spite House," is 10.5 feet wide at its widest point, while NYC's is 9.5 feet wide at its widest point.
Neither of them seems to be as minuscule as the teeny-tiny apartments that NYC has.


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Our very own Ben Jennings (WetFutures UK) spoke at Cafe Scientifique at the Bradford Media Museum this week, discussing the work of WetFutures and the way in which we engage with environmental policy makers, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Ben's talk highlighted how engagement and collaboration with the scientific and policy-driven community allows us to discuss the role of heritage management of wetlands can go beyond the perception that archaeologists are all about bog bodies. In particular, Ben highlighted the role of WetFutures in engaging with communities within areas of wetlands, and the value of this enacting change within government policy to ensure wetland protection.
Rosie EveretT
Rosie is the latest member of the WetFutures team and is here to keep you all updated on the latest WetFutures news!
Also keep updated on our Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/wetfutures

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- Check filesystem /dev/sda, reporting any damaged blocks:

`fsck {{/dev/sda}}`

- Check filesystem /dev/sda, reporting any damaged blocks and interactively letting the user choose to repair each one:

`fsck -r {{/dev/sda}}`

- Check filesystem /dev/sda, reporting any damaged blocks and automatically repairing them:

`fsck -a {{/dev/sda}}`

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Serving Up Social Hierarchy
In tennis love means nothing, but at the US Open, when it comes to seating and its events, social status scores.
By Carson Griffith
Social hierarchy at the US Open, as far as seating goes, is about as touch-and-go as getting past the velvet ropes of a good party in New York City.
Even once you're in the door at a good fete—like Moet & Chandon's 270th Anniversary Celebration on Tuesday or Taste of Tennis on Thursday—there can be further levels of access to be gained, red carpets to trek, and VIP privileges only handed out to particular parties.
The US Open, which starts on August 26th and runs to September 9th this year at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, is not much different. A person's choice of seating says a lot about them. Court-side seats, often selected by the serious spectator, agent, and the paparazzi friendly, seem like a sure bet. Nearby suites serve up a side of excitement and bubbly, especially if you opt for Moet & Chandon's own, who along with Heineken, Lacoste, Emirates, and a handful of others, have suites open to A-listers at the US Open.
And this September, the famed champagne also has Roger Federer as its first ever global brand ambassador. On Tuesday, the Swiss born tennis champion was helping the bubbly celebrate an anniversary (the 270th!) at Chelsea Piers with a rather grand celebration.
U.K. sensation Emile Sande sang. Bob Sinclair deejayed. And Kelly Rutherford danced around the room, while tennis fans and champagne enthusiasts ate macaroons, swigging plastic gold goblets of Moet; the same goblets, in fact, that guests like Amanda Seyfried, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Ed Westwick, and many runways' worth of models have swigged in the Moet Suite in years past. Meanwhile, Lacoste has entertained the likes of Kellan Lutz and Charlize Theron, and the President's Suite, considered the hardest invite to snag, has held former tennis legends, along with such commoners as Pippa Middleton, Jerry Seinfeld, Beyonce, Jay-Z, and Larry David.
Federer wasn't the only tennis player this week gearing up for the adulation the Open always elicits from New Yorkers. On Thursday, Serena Williams hosted the 14th Annual BNP Paribas Taste of Tennis presented by AYS, at the W Hotel on 49th and Lexington Avenue.
The No. 1 ranked women's single tennis player assisted Chef Marcus Samuelsson, who owns Red Rooster in Harlem, as he cooked fish tacos. Her sister and fellow pro Venus popped in to assist them in front of a crowd that included James Blake, Ana Ivanovic, and other familiar faces to Center Court.
And while foodies may angle for the seats in the suites, for Serena Williams there is nothing like taking in the game (which if you're lucky might very well include her) by getting as close to the action as possible.
"I gotta go with courtside," Williams insisted. "New York? Court-side. The US Open is court-side for sure."
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Filling pumpkin and chicken sauce tossed with spelt pasta, fresh basil and spinach. Topped with golden almonds.
1. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Add pasta and cook according to packet instructions or until cooked al dente. Drain, step 4.
2. Heat a large, deep frypan over medium-high heat and toast flaked almonds until golden, transfer to a bowl and keep pan over heat (step 3).
3. Add oil and diced chicken, cook for 3-4 minutes until golden and sealed. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Halve and add cherry tomatoes along with pumpkin, crushed garlic, rosemary sprig, and crumbled stock cube.
Pour in 1 cup water, cover and simmer over medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
Once tender, mash pumpkin slightly (see notes), take off heat and toss in pasta, basil and spinach.
6. Adjust seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. Top with chopped chives and almonds, serve at the table (see notes).


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Tags: D&B, Drum & Bass, LSB, Soul:R
LSB walks us through his album 'Content'
Grahame Farmer December 15, 2016
LSB's first forays into Drum & Bass came in the early 2000's as the co-promoter of the hugely successful 'Bounce' nights in Norwich. Cutting his teeth behind the decks as one of the resident DJ's, he had already turned his hand to production by the time the team behind Bounce called it a day in 2007. His first productions surfaced on Bingo Beats (run by the legendary DJ Zinc) & Deep Soul Music in 2007-08 and after a small hiatus spent honing his craft, he returned with fresh music in 2011 and his stock has been rising ever since.
Releases on Spearhead, Integral and more recently Soul:r have won him myriads of fans the world over with their blend of soulful musicality and dancefloor weight. Now working on follow up projects for Soul:r, producing remixes for some of the biggest labels in bass music, in addition to playing an ever expanding number of DJ dates across the world, he is assured of his status as one of the brightest up & coming talents in Drum & Bass.
He dropped his debut album 'Content' recently on Soul:r, so we asked him to walk us through the stories behind each of the tracks, how they came about, interesting recording methods, collaborations to give you an insight in to how it was made. You can get a copy of the album from http://www.soulutionradio.com or listen to it on Spotify below, whilst you read the stories.
This is a track I can write quite a lot about actually, because the process was a learning curve for me. Firstly, I've always enjoyed the anticipation of, resolution in music. I think that dance music is quite quick to achieve anticiaption with kick rolls, white noise risers, pitch bending FX etc and often the resolution within dance music is the drop itself. I liked the idea of a track that stays melodically suspended for some time, and this was my attempt at it, melodically it only resolves occasionally through the track. Some people may find it boring but I hope it's something that rewards the patient listener
Secondly, I found the track confusing, I have a very limited knowledge of music theory and I find that the more I try and learn, the more confused I get. This track appeared to me to be in C minor, but a few notes that sounded good to me weren't part of the C Minor scale. I have a good friend who is a music teacher and a great writer, (Chris Harrington) and I occasionally lean on him for knowledge. When I explained the issue I had, he said it was possibly in 'Lydian' a musical scale. I named the project it and the name stuck, it's also nice as my sister is called Lydia and with the track listing artwork as it is (eye test format ) it spells her name out. I'm not certain it's in Lydian, or even in C Minor but it hurts my head to think too much about the theory of it all.
Lastly, the vocal. I went to a friends place to record a folk singer (Dain Stuart, who also appears on the album) his girlfriend was there and I asked if she could sing, and she certainly could. I had this idea of little vocal adlibs littered over this track, I just played her the record and just asked her to just sing whatever come in her head, but not worry about words. I then took them and used them like samples. For me, they really lift the track, but also I feel serve to the ambiguity of the whole track.
One of the benefits of an album is you can get away with under production more than with a single. I wanted to write an album that was all DnB, I felt that I would be a bit fraudulent to try anything else. This track is 174bpm, I'd call it DnB but I did attempt to nod to Hip Hop culture. I am a sample based musician and this is all samples, when I talk about the under production, the beat is not layered up, the bass just thickens the bottom end without dominating etc. The vocal is raw, not really layered, not tuned etc.
I gave Sense MC the backing track, and some ideas about the album. I'd decided on the name of the project already, and just dropped him an email about the fact I felt producers/musicians are now expected to just generate content as opposed to create something more artistic. He come back with lyrics, he'd taken a subject which might have been quite mundane and flipped it to be about Pandoras Box and all the contents within the box had gone, all that was left was hope. I think he really captures the mood perfectly and expresses it in words I could never write.
I used the outro to really express myself, just developing the theme and trying to weave a sample together in a coherent way into something that could feel like it was recorded by a bunch of musician's having a freak out. The outros on the album are often quite long. It's me trying to create a balance between music I can play in clubs and stuff people can listen to at home. I wanted to create an album that someone can listen to on headphones the whole way through without getting too fatigued. I also wanted to reward listeners who listen to the end, dance music can be a bit impatient and for a generation for decreasing attention spans. Music for me is something to invest time in.
I feel Del or Tyler should really speak about this one, the lyrics are really personal to both of them and I could never do them justice. They both were going through periods of loss in their life, Ty with some family members and Del (and others) the loss of a dear friend to him and the whole Manchester scene in Salford John. I think the emotion comes through very strongly.
I took a few techniques I'd learned recently and put them into this. It's very simple, a piano loop, and bassline and a break with busy high end and no snare drum, but a rim shot. I find the lack of snare gives a bit more room for the piano to come through. Plus I'm a terrible engineer and making snares are really fucking hard! So it's easier to drop them out. It almost didn't make the album as I wasn't sure it had enough identity, but at the same time I always enjoyed playing it. The Vocal was a last minute addition which meant it got the nod! The title is a reference to one of my favorite albums of the same name by Turin Brakes. I listened to it loads in my late teens.
I Need Love
Continuing on the theme of The Optimist this is a nod to my own past catalog. A merge of a load of different samples that I try to get sound coherent. It's something that came together quite quickly and as such doesn't have such a story behind it. At one stage it did have a 44second piano outro, but It felt this it was probably one outro too many…
I wrote the backing track to this years ago, but I was never sure what to do with it, partially because it never sounded big enough to be a modern single. I was never sure I'd do an album, in fact I was quite certain I would never do one as I never felt confident enough I don't think. Anyway I tried various vocalists on it, whilst got a couple of great performances it was Tylers vocal that really suited the mood. Tyler adds a Neo Soul vibe to the track which provides a contrast to quite a jazz feel. I like the contrast
Another track I can speak a bit about the process (sorry). I had the name of the track first and just let it build organically around the chord progression and arp which came first. The title is about an eye disease I have which has already left me blind in my left eye and for which I am losing the sight in the right.
The track was then built in 3 sections over the course of 18 months or so. The sections run sequentially. After the intro it descends into something quite steppy and angry, the chords and arp are meant to descend into a wall of nosie noise from which the bass line line emerges. The second section comes about 5 minutes in, the intro re-emerges and the bassline changes and gets a bit more harmonic and a bit more uplifting. Before the final section, a long outro (again!!!) in the outro you hear some new synths elements, some strings are tucked in there etc and there's a bit where you hear vocal, bass and pad with all the beats stripped out.
I didn't consciously build it up like this, just every time I went to work on the track I felt differently about it, whether it was me feeling differently about my eye disease, or just (more likely) what I happened to stumble on those days in the studio. I am quite proud of the way I stitched it together into an arrangement. I am tinged with regret that I really didn't execute elements of it better; I just think my technical skills were prohibitive in its execution.
Capture my Heart
To Dain this tune sounded a bit Jamaican, I couldn't hear it myself, he sung what would become the vocal in one take, it's a terrible recording but we could ever recreate the vibe with numerous takes and another session.
Another tune where I liked the idea of resolution occurring sporadically, the change in chord from F to C minor is a pretty standard progression but it only happens every 32 bars with the addition of the vocal. It's quite raw and under produced, nothing is very clean. There is an organ sample that underpins the whole melody and it's got a lot of bass in it, it thickens the mix in some ways and gives it movement, but it also filled the mix a lot.
Sketch for My Sweetheart/Catching Lightning
I see the last two tracks of the album as a single piece. Sketch started when I got a second hand JD-800 synth, it's something Tangerine Dream used a lot. I just played in a midi pattern into the synth, pressed record and played with the synth. That's the intro. I then wanted some big chords in there, the first iteration sounded far too close to About Tonight in it's progression, and it took ages to get s new progression that still kept the energy. It then has a little change up where the progression changes, the original arps and pads drop out and some new ones come in. I wanted it to sound almost bit trance like.
Catching Lightning is a different progression still with some common elements. I had the DRS vocals from an old session but it really suited the mood. The last 3 minutes might be my favorite part of the album. I think it's my trying to make something a bit OVO. The album starts building up from silence and fades back to silence, I like the synergy of that.
Soul:R
Grahame Farmer
Grahame Farmer's love affair with electronic music goes back to the mid-90s when he first began to venture into the UK's beloved rave culture, finding himself interlaced with some of the country's most seminal club spaces. A trip to dance music's anointed holy ground of Ibiza in 1997 then cemented his sense of purpose and laid the foundations for what was to come over the next few decades of his marriage to the music industry.
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SkyWest Airlines Flight Returns to Grand Forks After Bird Strikes
August 21, 2017 August 21, 2017 3, 33, airlines, back to base, bird, Canadair, crew, CRJ-200, Dakota, Emergency, flight, Forks, Grand, landing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, north, OO-4751, passengers, return, safe, SkyWest, strikes, thirty, Three
SkyWest Airlines flight OO-4751 had to return and make an emergency landing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on August 18th.
The Canadair CRJ-200 plane took off for Minneapolis, Minnesota, but had to return shortly afterwards due to multiple bird strikes.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were thirty-three passengers and three crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
Airbus, Diversion, Emergency, fire, Jet Blue, USA
San Francisco-Bound JetBlue Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Grand Rapids
June 1, 2017 June 1, 2017 158, A321-200, Airbus, airport, B6-915, battery, California, diversion, Emergency, fire, flight, Francisco, Grand, inside, International, JetBlue, John F Kennedy, landing, Laptop, lithium, Michigan, New York, passenger, people, Rapids, safe, San
JetBlue flight B6-915 had to divert for an emergency landing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 30th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, to San Francisco, California, was diverted after a lithium battery inside a passenger's laptop caught fire.
Boeing, Diversion, electrical, Emergency, odor, USA, Westjet
WestJet Flight Diverts to North Dakota due to Electrical Odor in Cabin
May 22, 2017 May 22, 2017 737-700, Boeing, cabin, Calgary, Canada, Chicago, Dakota, diversion, electrical, emergency landing, flight, Forks, Grand, Illinois, north, odor, safe, strong, Westjet
WestJet flight WS-1578 had to divert for an emergency landing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on May 19th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Calgary, Canada, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted due to a strong electrical odor in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Diversion, Emergency, open door, Sky West, USA
SkyWest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Grand Island, NE
April 21, 2017 April 21, 2017 California, crew, diversion, door, emergency landing, flight, Grand, indication, Island, members, Nebraska, Omaha, OO-5215, open, passengers, safe, San Francisco, SkyWest
SkyWest Airlines flight OO-5215 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Grand Island, Nebraska, on April 18th.
The plane heading from Omaha, Nebraska, to San Francisco, California, was diverted after the crew received an indication of an open door.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Cayman Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing due to Electrical Odor
April 15, 2017 April 15, 2017 737-300, airport, Airways, Boeing, cabin, Cayman, crew, electrical, Emergency, emergency landing, flight, Grand, International, Islands, John F Kennedy, KX-793, landing, New York, odor, passengers, safe
Cayman Airways flight KX-793 had to make an emergency landing in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, on April 13th.
The Boeing 737-300 plane was flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, when the crew declared an emergency due to an electrical odor in the cabin.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Western Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Nassau, Bahamas
February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 20, 30, air, airport, Bahamas, crew, emergency landing, Engine, flight, Grand, International, members, Nassau, passengers, safe, shut down, Western, WT-702
Western Air flight WT-702 made an emergency landing in Nassau, Bahamas, on February 7th.
The plane was flying from Grand Bahamas International Airport when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All 20 passengers and 3 crew members aboard remained unharmed.
cracked windshield, Emergency, USA
Envoy Air Plane Returns to Grand Rapids due to Crack in Cabin Window
November 30, 2016 November 30, 2016 air, cabin, Chicago, crack, emergency landing, Envoy, flight, Grand, Illinois, Michigan, MQ-3721, Rapids, safe, window
Envoy Air flight MQ-3721 made an emergency landing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 28th.
The plane took off for Chicago, Illinois, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a crack in a cabin window.
Emergency, odor, Southwest
Southwest Airlines Plane Diverts to Milwaukee
June 2, 2016 June 2, 2016 133, airlines, cabin, Colorado, Denver, diversion, Emergency, flight, Grand, hose, landing, loose, Michigan, Milwaukee, odour, Rapids, safe, small, Southwest, unusual, Wisconsin, WN-4187
Southwest Airlines flight WN-4187 had to make an emergency landing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 30th.
The plane, heading from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Denver, Colorado, was diverted after the crew reported an unusual odor in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All 133 people aboard remained unhurt.
Mechanics found that a small loose hose was the source of odor.
Delta, Emergency, odor, smoke, USA, Wisconsin
Delta Airlines Flight Diverts to Austin Straubel International Airport
May 11, 2016 May 11, 2016 131, 2841, airlines, airport, Austin, bay, delta, door, emergency landing, flight, Grand, green, International, Michigan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Rapids, safe, Smoky, Straubel, Wisconsin
Delta Airlines flight 2841 made an emergency landing at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on May 10th.
The plane took off from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was en-route to Minneapolis, Minnesota, when the crew reported a smoky odor and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. All 131 passengers remained unharmed.
American Eagle, Diversion, Embraer, Emergency, smoke detector, USA
American Eagle Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Wichita
March 8, 2016 March 8, 2016 55, airport, American, baggage, Dallas, detector, diversion, Eagle, Eisenhower, Embraer, emergency landing, Grand, Island, Jet, Kansas, National, Nebraska, safe, smoke, Texas, Wichita
An American Eagle flight made an emergency landing at Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas, on March 7th.
The Embraer jet, heading from Grand Island, Nebraska, to Dallas, Texas, had to be diverted after a smoke detector went off in the baggage compartment.
The plane landed safely. All 55 people on-board remained unhurt.
No evidence of fire was found upon inspection.


Following a failure of pest control firm in removing rabbits from a high security hospital, major problems were still ongoing with rabbits setting off alarms and CCTV cabling, which was costing the tax payer many thousands of pounds unnecessarily.
This difficult job was made even harder as members of team had to be escorted at all times by security staff.
Even though we were heavily restricted, Landmark Rabbit Control still achieved their aim and in a 10-day period and removed over 600 healthy rabbits from the site. Leaving a happy and relieved client and a fully functional CCTV system!


The next two things coming up are The Beacon Hill Artwalk and the music exhibit organized by Unbound Visual Arts. Clicking the in text links will take you to the organizers' websites.
The Beacon Hill Artwalk is all day June 1st on Beacon Hill Boston. Here's a map to help locate the artist areas, with my own spot marked off.
I will have some small affordable pieces and will be featuring larger works form my Fluid Dynamics series, Optics Series, and a few Newer Reinvented Landscapes. Some of the pieces have thermochromic or details. I will also try to have a few photochromic ultramini art cards, just for fun. However working with photochromic pigment is a LOT like painting with invisible ink, and the pigments are fugitive – not archival.
I will also have two pieces featured in a music themed exhibit through Unbound Visual Arts. The music exhibit will open at the Honan-Allston Art Gallery on June 4th, 2014 with an opening reception set for June 18th from 6:00 -7:45 pm. The exhibition features 17 member artists of Unbound Visual Arts that responded to call for art on the theme of music. The exhibition closes on July 30th. The gallery is in the Honan Allston branch of the Boston Public Library, map here.
Regina you are so productive, create such fluid and meaningful work and get yourself out there all the time. Kudos to you. Sense the motion in your musically themed pieces.


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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Delaware Case Law › Delaware Supreme Court Decisions › 1962 › Shellhorn & Hill, Inc. v. State
Shellhorn & Hill, Inc. v. State
187 A.2d 71 (1962)
SHELLHORN & HILL, INC. and James Evans, Defendants-Appellants, v. The STATE of Delaware, etc., Third-Party Defendant, Appellee, v. Henry KWIATKOWSKI, etc., Plaintiff.
Supreme Court of Delaware.
John M. Bader and John Biggs, III, of Bader & Biggs, Wilmington, for appellants.
S. Samuel Arsht and Richard H. Allen, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for appellee.
SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and TERRY, JJ., sitting.
*72 WOLCOTT, Justice.
This is an action for wrongful deaths brought by decedents' administrator against Shellhorn & Hill, Inc. and James Evans. These defendants sought to make the State of Delaware a third-party defendant on the ground that its Highway Department was negligent in improperly maintaining the highway at the place of the accident, and that such negligence was the cause of the accident.
The State moved to dismiss asserting sovereign immunity. The State was dismissed as third-party defendant on this ground. The defendants appeal.
The appeal presents one question only, viz., Does Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution, Del.C.Ann. amount to a waiver of sovereign immunity on the part of the State of Delaware by reason of the following language:
"Suits may be brought against the state, according to such regulation as shall be made by law."
Appellants argue that the quoted language in itself is a constitutional waiver of sovereign immunity subject to regulating suits against the State, and that this court may prescribe "such regulations" as may be required. The power of this court in this respect, appellants argue, springs from the fact that the doctrine of sovereign immunity was judicially created and, hence, the courts are at liberty to re-examine it, abolish it, or to promulgate rules to permit its limited abolition.
It has long been thought by the bench and bar of this State that the doctrine of sovereign immunity was applicable in Delaware. This belief is illustrated by the number of reported decisions applying the doctrine of sovereign immunity in suits against municipalities on the theory that they were creatures of the State. See Flait v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington, 9 Terry 89, 97 A.2d 545.
It is true that we have no reported decision squarely holding the doctrine of sovereign *73 immunity applicable in a suit brought against the State. There are, however, several decisions holding that counties are immune from suit as divisions of the State. Carter v. Wilds, 8 Houst. 14, 31 A. 715; Mayor and Council of Wilmington v. Ewing, 2 Penn. 66, 43 A. 305; Gilmore v. Commissioners of Rehoboth, 8 W.W.Harr. 124, 189 A. 284; Banks v. Downing, 7 Terry 127, 78 A.2d 865; and Dorsey v. Coastal Tank Lines, Inc., 11 Terry 437, 133 A.2d 914.
It is true, however, that the precise argument made in this case, that Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution in itself is a waiver of sovereign immunity, has never apparently been made. The question technically, therefore, is one of first instance.
The argument of appellants to the effect that the courts may supply the regulation to effect the waiver of sovereign immunity depends fundamentally on their premise that the doctrine is judicially created. In substance they seem to argue that Article I, Section 9 is a waiver of this judge-made doctrine, and a direction to the courts to provide the regulation necessary to effectuate the waiver.
We think, however, that sovereign immunity is not judicially created in the State of Delaware. It was established initially by our first Constitution and has been continued thereafter by successive Constitutions. We reach this conclusion by the following process.
At common law no suit or action could be brought against the Sovereign for the reason that no court could have jurisdiction over the King, for jurisdiction over the person implied superiority of power and the authority to redress wrongs. In England under the common law no court possessed such power over the King. At common law any person injured by act of the Sovereign had redress only by petition to the King's Chancery where relief could be given, not as a matter of right but as of grace by the Sovereign, himself. 1 Blackstone's Commentaries 242.
Whether or not this doctrine of the common law was judicially created is immaterial, for it is clear that it was part of the common law at the time the present State of Delaware was the Colonial Government of the Three Lower Counties on Delaware. After independence and in the first Constitution of 1776, by Article 25, it was provided that the common law of England should remain in force in the then new Delaware State until altered by a future law of the Legislature. This, we think, was to make the common law doctrine of the immunity of the Sovereign to suit a part of the constitutional law of this State, subject to the right of the Legislature to alter it by the enactment of a law.
By the Constitution of 1792, in Article I, Section 9 the present constitutional provision was made a part of the fundamental law of the State, that is, that suits may be brought against the State "according to such regulations as may be made by law." This provision was continued by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution of 1831, and by Article I, Section 9 of the present Constitution.
We think, therefore, the conclusion irresistible that the doctrine of sovereign immunity in Delaware is not judicially created but is created by the Constitution of the State, itself. At bar, therefore, we do not have for decision the question of whether or not sovereign immunity should be abolished in this State, since its abolition, or perhaps its limitation, is accomplished by the Constitution, itself, "according to such regulations as shall be made by law." The meaning of this clause, of course, presents a problem of construction.
The appellants suggest that the courts may establish such regulations, but we think that this is plainly wrong. Article 25 of the Constitution of 1776, the first provision establishing and granting the right to limit the doctrine, did so in *74 terms of limitation by act of the Legislative Branch of the Government. We do not conceive that the subsequent retention of this provision, but in different language, in the successive Constitutions contemplated the inclusion of the Judicial as an additional branch of Government empowered to limit or abolish the doctrine.
Little assistance in deciding the proper construction is to be found in the Debates of the several Constitutional Conventions. There is no reference in the Debates of the Constitutional Conventions of 1831 and 1897 referring specifically to Article I, Section 9. The only reference in the Debates of the Convention of 1897 is to the effect that the Bill of Rights, that is, Article I of the Constitution, was first drafted in 1792 by John Dickinson and proposed to be adopted in 1897 in toto. 4 Debates (1897) 2387.
Unfortunately, there are extant no Debates of the deliberations of the Convention of 1792, but in the absence of some indication to the contrary, we would assume that the delegates to that Convention intended by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution of 1792 to continue in force the effect of the provision of Article 25 of the prior Constitution. Since that prior provision expressly limited the right to modify the doctrine of sovereign immunity as a part of the common law of England to an act of the Legislature, it follows that the continuation for in excess of 170 years of comparable constitutional language means that only the General Assembly may either waive or partially limit the application of this ancient doctrine.
Furthermore, such action as has been taken which could be considered as a practical construction of the constitutional provision has been in conformity with this view. Thus, by the enactment of 18 Del. C. § 516, the General Assembly to some extent limited the doctrine of sovereign immunity by providing that in every insurance contract covering State employees or State-owned property, a provision shall be contained waiving the defense of sovereign immunity. Furthermore, in 1956, a special act (50 Laws, Ch. 622) was passed, waiving the sovereign immunity of the State in an action brought for injuries arising out of the collision with a Delaware National Guard vehicle.
Under the circumstances, we think the doctrine of sovereign immunity is a part of the basic law of this State which may be waived solely by law enacted by the General Assembly.
The appellants urge upon us that the application of the doctrine creates unjust results since, otherwise, injuries of an innocent party may be uncompensated. We recognize the force of this suggestion as we recognized it in the Flait case. In the Flait case, however, we felt bound by a long series of prior decisions holding that in the exercise of governmental functions municipalities, as creatures of the State, are immune from suit in the absence of a waiver of that immunity by the General Assembly. We thought then, and we think now, that however subject to criticism a rule of law may be, the courts are seldom at liberty to disregard or set aside a rule of long standing settled by a series of decisions. The courts are bound to apply the law as it is, and the power to remake it along lines thought to be more modern in concept should be exercised with great restraint.
In the case at bar, however, we have no choice. The Constitution, itself, prescribes the method of waiving or limiting the defense of sovereign immunity. This is no less binding on the courts than on any other branch of the government. The result may be unwise as a matter of policy. Policy, however, is to be made by the General Assembly. We suggest to it as eminently proper for its consideration the desirability of permitting, at least to some extent, suits against the State for injuries caused by the torts of State employees. By the enactment of a general law permitting *75 suit against the State under such conditions and circumstances as public policy make desirable, the basic rights and interests of both the State and the individual citizen would be protected.
The judgment below dismissing the complaint as to the State is affirmed.
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Taoiseach suggests electronic ballot counters in the wake of the Ireland South recount
Some of the ballot papers at the Ireland South count centre in Nemo Rangers. Picture: Howard Crowdy
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Ireland should follow Scotland's lead and use electronic machines to count ballots.
It follows the lengthy Ireland South count at Nemo Rangers followed by a recount that ended today, 12 days after the election.
Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada conceded defeat after the recount had begun on Tuesday with the remainder of the count being completed today with the election of the Green Party's Grace O'Sullivan and Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune relegated to the fifth position and can only take up her seat if the Brexit occurs.
The Ireland South ballot paper featured 20 candidates. Picture: Howard Crowdy
However, the full recount had the potential to last weeks and has led to calls for Ireland to reconsider the use of humans to physically count each ballot considering the long Ireland South ballot had 20 candidates.
Speaking in the Dáil, the Taoiseach said that while he would not be in favour of a return of the infamous e-voting machines, Ireland should look at electronic counting machines that would scan the ballots.
"I had a good discussion with Ms Nicola Sturgeon when she was in town in recent days. The Scottish use Single Transferable Vote for some of their elections as we do," he said.
Count Staff seen opening up the long European Election Ballot Papers during the recent Count in Nemo Rangers GAA Sports Centre. Picture: Howard Crowdy
"They do not use electronic voting, but they do use electronic counting. They have machines that one just feeds the ballot papers into. They are glass and one can see what is going on. They are able to count their votes in a matter of hours whereas we could still be counting votes down in Cork City Hall in a few days' time. While I would never go for electronic voting again, maybe we should think about electronic counting. Perhaps we could borrow the machines from Scotland every now and then."


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Q: Backtracking problem managing figures on a board I have a problem which must be solved using backtracking, but i cannot figure out how to do it. So, i have a board and some figures (rectangles and squares). I know the dimensions for every figure and the column where it starts. But the problem is that I have to manage them so they will not overlapping each other. Here is an exemple of photo on how they should look like:

I repeat, i know the position(column) where the figure must start and the dimension. For example: i know A1 will start at second column, will have 2 rows height and 6 columns width. I just can't think on how to solve this problem.

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Q: Asus laptop X50R not starting when pressing power button I have an Asus Notebook (x50R model). Is a really old laptop with like 10 years
I have a problem I can't understand:

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*If I press the power button it doesn't start

*If I unplug the power and remove and put the BIOS battery (or press the power button for a minute) it starts correctly again, even can turn on and off multiple times, until I unplug the power, after that the power button does not work again until I reset the BIOS config again.

I tried flashing the last version of the BIOS firmware (502) but didn't work.
Also tried playing with the BIOS config: enabling and disabling the fast boot or the silent boot with no results.
Any ideas?

A: It might be that static charge remains on the motherboard and prevents it
from booting up, so the motherboard refuses to boot up to prevent damage.
You can dissipate the accumulated charge by removing battery and
power adapter and pressing and holding the power button for half a minute.
After that, plug the power cord back and try to reboot the computer normally.
If the above procedure helps, even once, then accumulated charge is indeed
the problem.
You may solve the problem by buying an anti-static mat,
or by grounding the static electricity by touching the internal metal frame
of the computer's case while it is plugged into the electrical socket.
It is also possible that this is a problem with your power cord not being
properly grounded - use a three pronged plug and a grounded outlet
(and if that helps then you have a short-circuit or a non-isolated
power cable touching the motherboard).
A better solution may require help by a professional.
For more information see this post.

A: You have mentioned that you remove the BIOS battery (this is generally called the CMOS battery), and I assume you put it back in. Have you tried replacing the battery? It is usually a CR2032 lithium battery, which you can pick up quite cheaply online - make sure to check the battery on your particular device and ensure it is the same.
When the CMOS battery is flat, it generally just means that the stored settings in the nonvolatile BIOS memory are erased every time the device loses power, but I have seen a few examples of it causing a device to fail to power on.
I would also recommend checking the power adaptor, power supply unit and battery for damage or defects and consider obtaining replacements if necessary. If there are no obvious defects, check each components individually (e.g. try to use the laptop with only the battery, use the power adaptor to charge another laptop if possible, etc.).

A: Try press and hold the power button about 5 seconds to power it off. Then press it again, this time in a normal way - don't holding it.


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Scotland Moving Toward Zero Emissions With Shift to Meat-Free Diets
A new Scottish report has acknowledged the importance of vegan and meat-free diets in helping the country reach its greenhouse gas emissions targets.
Scotland has worked hard to reduce its carbon emissions, with floating wind farms and targets for clean energy. When compared to a 1990 baseline, the country has halved its power sector emissions.
A new report from WWF and Vivid Economics detailing how Scotland can harness its natural resources to "end our contribution to climate change" suggests that the country could even exceed a goal of net zero emissions by 2045, if it changes its dietary habits.
By swapping out 50 percent of meat in favor of plant-based food – which is in line with the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation – Scotland could reach net zero as soon as 2040.
"Climate change is one of the biggest threats faced by people and nature. This century has already seen 17 of the 18 hottest years on record alongside more and more climate-related impacts at home and abroad," the WWF and Vivid Economics report reads.
"In Scotland, 2018 marked a year of extremes, from the Beast from the East to summer heatwaves placing strain on farmers, vulnerable people and wildlife. And that's just with 1°C of warming," it added.
More and more research is highlighting the link between meat and dairy industries and heavy environmental impact.
Late last year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) named meat "the world's most urgent problem."
"Our use of animals as a food-production technology has brought us to the verge of catastrophe," the organization said in a statement. "The greenhouse gas footprint of animal agriculture rivals that that of every car, truck, bus, ship, airplane, and rocket ship combined," UNEP said. "There is no pathway to achieve the Paris climate objectives without a massive decrease in the scale of animal agriculture."
A recent study from the University of Oxford reported similar findings. "A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use," said Joseph Poore, who led the research.
Environment concerns, as well as health reasons, have led the Irish government to encourage citizens to eat more plant-based food. Ireland's own Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, is ditching meat himself "for health reasons and for reasons of climate change."


Students at Thomas Clarkson Academy donned Samsung Gear VR headsets to experience in 12 minutes the 3.5-hour descent to earth.
The visit at Thomas Clarkson Academy (TCA) was part of The National Tour of Tim Peake's Spacecraft presented by Samsung and the Science Museum Group.
The aim was to create a buzz around space exploration and to bring to life the STEM subjects of science and maths.
Astronaut Tim Peake spent 186 days working on the International Space Station (ISS) where, during his first month, he conducted a spacewalk to repair the station's power supply.
Tim returned to earth on June 18 2016 in a Soyuz TMA-19M capsule, which has been on display at various locations around the UK and most recently, at Peterborough Cathedral.
As part of the project, the interactive bus has been developed to give students an insight into space travel and what life is like for astronauts working on the ISS.
The lower deck is designed to look like the ISS, complete with views of earth.
TCA students completed four modules of space training, including taking off in a rocket and landing safely back down to earth.
Subjects like chemistry were brought to life when students had to work out the correct quantities of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen to make rocket fuel.
They also had to draw on maths skills to calculate the correct angles required for a safe decent to earth.
Students learned that much of the original 1950s technology is still in use and heard how the ISS has been developed by different countries over time.
On the upper deck, students donned Samsung Gear VR headsets to experience in 12 minutes, the 3.5-hour descent to earth that Tim Peake completed, narrated by the astronaut himself.
Older primary school pupils were also invited in to visit the bus, as part of an on-going partnership between TCA and primary schools to develop the teaching of science.


It's good to follow @mikefarb1 on the odd vote results, in some key states, in 2016. I vote by paper ballot. Is it true that someone gets to see how I vote, before votes are cast on election day? This is "curiouser and curiouser," and not in a good way.
@chellawellabell @HeatherDaveno @mikefarb1 Your follower base will grow, albeit slowly. But they will be people who are interested in what you have to say and won't dilute your message with mindless retweeting and following. I want to engage with people who are listening, even if they disagree with me.
@mikefarb1 Thanks again. Incredible read.
With Mueller's attention returning to Cambridge Analytica it is a good time to Repost this thread.
What was Molly Schweickert saying?
What did they see that no one else did?
Attention Georgia! Tuesday 3pm - 5pm if you can please be there! You need to fight this Bill.
I had to turn my phone around to recognize you. I grew a beard in protest in 2016. I think you made the right choice.
A massive invasion of bots has started.
And they look like normal people.
@mikefarb1 Omg...I just found 2 of these w/a locked acct-you can't see their tweets!
And I thought I was vigilant...thanks again Mike!


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A Selvagens-szigetek lakatlan, kopár szirtekből álló csoportja földrajzilag a Kanári-szigetekhez sorolható (azoktól egy kevéssel északra), mivel azonban Portugália birtoka, általában a Madeira-szigetek részének tekintik; közigazgatásilag a Madeira-szigetek Funchal járásához tartozik.

A szigetek – kialudt, forrópont típusú vulkánok csúcsai – két csoportban bukkannak a tenger színe fölé. A három legjelentősebb sziget:
 Selvagem Grande,
 Selvagem Pequena és
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Az "ornitológiai paradicsomnak" tekintett szigetcsoport 1971 óta a tengeri madárvilág rezervátuma; Portugália legelső természetvédelmi területe.

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What is your calling in life? That is, who are you at your core? And how do you know this to be true? What were the signs that confirmed this sense of calling or vocation? Pushing this even further – Where does God fit into your sense of vocation?
There are those, mostly hyper-Calvinists, who believe that God plans every moment of our lives, while others believe that God doesn't play any role at all – it's all up to you. I imagine that most of us fall somewhere in between these two extremes. We believe that God is present in our lives, guiding our choices, but we also believe that we have freedom to choose. So, given this freedom, how do you discern God's call on your life? How do you know when God takes delight in what you're doing with your life?
I raise these questions with you as we begin our observance of the season of Epiphany. This is a season that allows us to acknowledge the light of God, which has been manifested in our world through the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. The journey actually began Thursday, January 6, which marks the Day of Epiphany. In most Eastern Christian traditions, January 6 is actually Christmas Day. But for us, Western Christians, January 6 marks the end of Christmas, and the beginning of a new season of the Christian year. Epiphany begins with the story of the Magi, who bring gifts to the child Jesus, in acknowledgment that God has chosen him for a specific task – to be the light of God in the world.
Now, we've decided to leave up the Christmas Tree for one more service. I will admit that there's a practical reason – we simply didn't get around to taking it down. But this fact gave me an idea. By leaving the tree up and lit, we remind ourselves that the one whose life we honor in this season of Epiphany is the light-bearer of God. Jesus is the one whom God has chosen to make God's self manifest in the world. Last week the text for the day was John 1, which declares that "the Word (of God) became flesh and dwelt among us" (Jn. 1:14). Now we get to see how this Word made flesh reveals God to us in the life of Jesus. So, the tree remains up, and the lights remain on, but at the end of the service, Pat will pull the plug on the tree, and the lights will go out. But do not fear, even though the tree grows dim, the light of God is not extinguished. We become the light bearers.
But, let's not get ahead of ourselves, for we must hear the story of Jesus' own call, which is set in the context of John's ministry of baptism. In the verses that precede our text, we discover that God has called John to prepare the way for the Lord, who is to come baptizing not with water of repentance, as does John, but with Holy Spirit and Fire. That is, he's called to prepare the way for the one who, to borrow from John Dominic Crossan , will introduce the "Great Divine Cleanup of the World," or as it's better known – the Kingdom of God.
To understand this morning's text, we need to understand that John is waiting expectantly for the Promised One to be revealed, and so he's taken aback when Jesus comes to him and asks to be baptized. You see, John immediately recognizes Jesus to be the one he's been preparing the nation to receive. Although John initially refuses, he relents when Jesus tells him that this is what God desires, so that they would fulfill all righteousness. Then, as Jesus emerges from the waters of the Jordan, he hears God speak from the heavens: "This is my son, the Beloved, with whom I'm pleased." In that moment, Jesus had his calling affirmed and sealed.
I don't know how many of you have heard God's voice speaking from the heavens during your baptism, but perhaps even without this your baptism serves as the sign and seal that God has called you, gifted you, and empowered you, to join with God in this "Great Divine Cleanup" that Jesus proclaimed and lived.
As we consider Jesus' calling, as well as our own, I'd like us to consider the words of Isaiah 42, a passage of scripture that comes from the time of the Babylonian exile. The prophet speaks of the Servant, in whom God takes delight, and whom God has chosen to receive the Spirit and bring justice to the nations (Is. 42:1). In many ways Isaiah 42 stands behind Matthew's description of Jesus' baptism. Remember that Matthew makes it clear that the Spirit of God fell on Jesus, the one whom God calls "my Son" and with whom God is "pleased." He is the one, as Luke makes clear, whom God has called to bring justice and healing to the nations (Luke 4:18-19). That is, the one in whom God delights is the one who has received the Spirit and brings a light to the nations, opens the eyes of the blind, and brings the prisoners out of their dungeons of darkness. And what is true of the Servant called Jesus, would seem to be true of those who seek to be his followers.
I began this sermon by asking the question – what is your calling in life and how do you know this to be true? If, as our texts suggest, we are called to be Servants of God, what does that mean for our lives?
Isaiah suggests that the way of the servant is the way of humility, of peace, and justice. The servant of God doesn't bark angrily in the streets or even quench a dimly burning wick, but instead brings "full justice to all who have been wronged" (NLT). And Jesus offers us the model of what this calling looks like. As we look at his life and listen to his teachings, we see a man who didn't force himself on others, didn't seek political or military power, nor did he trod underfoot the powerless in this world.
As we think of people who have tried to live out this kind of servanthood that Isaiah and Jesus envisioned, perhaps there's no better example than Henri Nouwen. Nouwen would be the first to say that he wasn't perfect and might not want to be pictured as an exemplar of the way of the servant. But, what can we say about a man who was a well-known and respected theologian, academic, writer, lecturer, but who in the prime of his career left an important academic post at Yale University to serve the mentally disabled. Yes, this is the way of the servant.
In our baptisms we, like Jesus, receive our calling to be servants of God, who are given the responsibility to "bring forth justice to the nations." If we will take up this mantle, then we'll receive the promised Spirit of God, who will not allow us to "grow faint or be crushed" until "justice is established in the earth" (Is. 42:4). If we take up this calling to be God's servants then we'll participate in God's work of bringing light to the nations, open the eyes of the blind, and bring those who are caught in darkness out of their imprisonment.
Before I close this sermon with a call to remember our own callings, I need to remind us all of the tragic events of yesterday in Tucson, Arizona. As most of you know, a gunman shot and nearly killed Gabrielle Giffords, a Congresswoman from Arizona, at a meet the constituents event at a local Safeway, something she has done regularly. Although it appears that she'll make it, several others in the crowd, including one of her aids, a Federal judge, and a nine-year old child were killed, and several more were wounded. This act of violence is a reminder that we have much work to do to restore a sense of civility to our rhetoric and end the threat violence in our land.
The way of the Servant, which leads to transforming the world, isn't an easy calling, especially in times like this. Remember, however, that Jesus did say that the way of God is narrow and difficult. So the question of the day is this: Having been baptized into the Name of Jesus, are you ready and willing to affirm your calling to be a servant of God? Does this calling define your sense of who you are as a person? And to push this further, is this our calling as a church? That is, is this our mission – to be beacons of light in the world so that the justice and peace of the God who is love might reign?


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The Brownwood Foundation for Excellence met in a re-organizational meeting of the new board members on January 15, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
The current board members include: Adam Lancaster, Jennifer Williams, Brad Wells, Mike Smith, Eric Evans, Missi Malone, Johnny Dodds, Peter Romig, Michael Coppic, Jenny Swanzy, Julia Taylor, Larry Mathis, Ashley Chilcote, Jamie Munson, Julie Moore, Shawntay Sparks-Hubbard, Christy Barron, Mona Pitts, Ray Tipton, and Priscilla Monson. Ex-Officio members include: Dr. Reece Blincoe, Charlie Musgrove, and Karen Dempsey.
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Plac Michoels (hebr. כיכר מיכאל'ס, Kikar Michoels) jest placem, który znajduje się w osiedlu Centrum Tel Awiwu w Tel Awiwie, w Izraelu.

Położenie

Plac jest usytuowany na skrzyżowaniu ulic Bograshov, King George i Ben Syjon. W jego sąsiedztwie znajduje się centrum handlowe Centrum Dizengoffa.

Historia

Plac został założony w lipcu 1934 roku pod nazwą "Placu Założycieli".

Podczas II wojny światowej, w dniu 9 września 1940 roku włoskie lotnictwo przeprowadziło nalot na Tel Awiw. W jego wyniku zginęło 130 osób, a wiele zostało rannych. Większość zniszczeń miała miejsce w rejonie tego placu.

Dla upamiętnienia ofiar bombardowań miasta podczas II wojny światowej, na placu wystawiono symboliczny pomnik.

W 1942 roku zmieniono nazwę placu na obecną, oddając w ten sposób cześć Salomonowi Michoels, żydowskiemu aktorowi i reżyserowi ze Związku Radzieckiego. W 1949 roku na placu wystawiono pomnik oddający część założycielom miasta Tel Awiw.

Wykorzystanie placu
W północno-wschodniej części placu znajduje się duży parking samochodowy.

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Our Interview with Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 3
I'm not one to boast about things, but I have some pretty great friends. One such friend owns Virginia's top haunted attraction; DarkWood Manor Haunted House in the town of Luray, Virginia. This year, one of their special guests was none other than R.A. Mihailoff, best known for his frightening portrayal as the backwoods cannibal Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 3.
Back in October, I received a call from DarkWood's owner, Louis Brown, asking if I would be able to take R.A. to an interview scheduled at the local radio station in Harrisonburg, Va. Of course I enthusiastically obliged. I had the opportunity to spend the weekend hanging out with Leatherface, including grabbing lunch and doing an interview of my own for all of you. Surprisingly, we did NOT eat BBQ.
The interview was recorded, translated over to text format, and can be read below.
Backwoods Beard Co: "Welcome R.A. To start, what would you say led you down the path to becoming an actor?"
R.A.: "It just seems like something I always wanted to do, but maybe my childhood set me up for it. Because when I was a kid, I was fortunate enough that my father made a good living as a steelworker and my parents would indulge me and buy me costumes. I had costumes for just about every kind of show that was on TV, you know, like little kid dress up costumes. I had buck-skins for Davy Crockett. I had a Zorro cape and sword. I had a helmet and sword for Tales of Robin Hood and the list goes on. I actually had wardrobe and props for just about every movie. I even had one of those little hobby horses, so when the cowboy shows were on I'd ride along with them. So, maybe that's what set me up, you know."
Backwoods Beard Co: "As you got older and you started having more interest, in theater and things like that, were your parents still supportive of it?"
R.A.: "Yeah. Because, you know, as with other stuff in high school, it was just an extracurricular activity. So, yeah, they were supportive at that point, yes."
Backwoods Beard Co: "You've been doing this for quite some time now and you've got a lot of film credits to your name, but the one that seems to garner the most attention for you was your portrayal of Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 3. What was it like receiving the call to play that character? And was it something that you sought out or was it a role that kind of found you?"
R.A.: "Well, 50/50. In regards to the first part of the question, what was it like receiving the call? Excellent. I knew that a friend of mine had been hired as the director, because I actually read it in the Los Angeles Times. So, I was hoping and I had my fingers crossed that he would call me up for the part. He actually offered it to Gunnar Hansen first, which is right and proper, but Gunnar wasn't able to make a deal with New Line Cinema. So it left the part open. I hung out and still do hang out with a bunch of film geeks out there and our friend who got the job directing (Jeff C. Burr) was at a barbecue with some of those mutual friends when my name got brought up. I was the most logical choice among the group and it just seemed like a natural fit. I got the call and I was thrilled. I mean, come on, I'm a lifelong horror fan and it was everything I wanted."
Backwoods Beard Co: "That story really makes it seem like you were destined for it. Now, when you got this role, obviously being new to this character, you'd be bringing a new portrayal of it. Was there anything that you did to prepare for the role as far as getting into the psyche of the character? Trying to understand what made him tick or why he became this way? Was there anything new that you wanted to bring to it that you hadn't seen brought to that character before? Of course this with all respect to Gunnar Hansen and Bill Johnson's portrayals of Leatherface previously."
R.A.: "Well, to start, I had to prepare physically. I'm left handed and the other boys were right handed. They couldn't just switch over to a left hand chainsaw because that would just ruin everything as far as continuity goes. I had to practice running the chainsaw right handed. That summer before I started work on the film I was working construction and I started using my skilsaw and everything right handed just to get used to it. As far as delving into the psychology, I didn't really go into it too deeply. I'd seen both prior Texas Chainsaw movies. I knew about Ed Gein. I'm a big believer that if it isn't on the page it isn't on the stage. I trust the writer and I trust the director. The words in the script are going to set things up and then those guys will help guide my performance."
Backwoods Beard Co: "I know you're saying you didn't feel it necessary to dive into the psyche behind this character, but weren't you at least curious as to why he was this way?"
R.A.: "Ironically, after I finished the movie and thought I was still attached to the series, because I had a contract option for three, four and five; I did want to know. Here I was, waiting for New Line Cinema to come up with another script and put me back to work and it just didn't happen soon enough for me. So, I decided to write a prequel. That is when I really began to think about the "why". Why is Leatherface so big and powerful that he can just snatch a girl off the ground and hang her on a meat hook so easily in one fluid motion? I came up with the idea that he had been a professional wrestler and let me say, we could sit here for an hour and a half and talk about the whole plot, but suffice it to say he's a professional wrestler who is supposed to drop the belt to the Russian heel and he refuses to do it. He costs the promoter a lot of money, so the promoter has his goons take him out for a one way ride and they leave him for dead in a canal. But he survives and he finds the Chainsaw family or rather the Chainsaw family finds him and it goes on from there."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Ya know, that's interestingly cool, because we kind of talked when we hung out the other day about your stint and experience, albeit short lived, with professional wrestling. Do you want to touch on that a little bit on how you got involved in that and was this before or after Texas Chainsaw 3?"
R.A.: "I went backwards. My wrestling career began well after I did the Texas Chainsaw 3. It wasn't the first time I had flirted with it. I bumped up against it for many years. You know, when I was 23 years old I met the great Kabuki at a bar in Toledo and he offered to help me get in the business. But I was working on the railroad in Pennsylvania and I couldn't figure out how to square making the big money on the railroad and going to Ohio to train, so I let that opportunity pass. Fast forward 10 or 15 years and I was working at Universal Studios doing a live action stunt show and they brought in a bunch of WWE wrestlers (WWF at the time). They brought in Big John Stud, Hillbilly Jim, Chico Santana and Wendy Richter. So I made a bee-line for their trailer and I was hanging out with them and bumped into Lou Albano. I said, Hey, Captain Lou, if a fella wants to get in this Wrasslin' business what's he gotta do. The first thing he asked me was how old I was. I was 33 at the time. He goes well, that's not too old. Did you meet Red Bastien? And I said, no, I did not. He says well, he's the West Coast representative of Titan sports, which is the parent company for WWF (now WWE). He gave me Red's card and told me that he ran a training school in Los Angeles. So I gave Red a call about training at his wrestling school with the belief that if I did his eight week training course and spent the money, which was $2500 for eight weeks; a substantial amount of money at that time, that it would grease the shoot into the big time. It, however, did not. I didn't know any better at the time, but I was very disappointed when I found out that I would have to go to some kind of minor league to get seasoned. I was making too much money doing the live action stunt show at Universal. I'd already invested many years into an acting career. I just could not start over at the bottom of another profession. So I passed up that opportunity. You know, maybe in retrospect, I was wrong, because even Kurt Angle had to go to Ohio Valley for two years and he was an Olympic gold medal wrestler. He still had to train and work the Ohio Valley circuit for a couple of years just to get seasoned because it's a lot different."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Lets go back to Texas Chainsaw Massacre for a minute. How long after the film before you really started noticing, hey there's a cult following here; that there's a big fan base attached to that character and now you're on the receiving end of it? How long before you're getting requests for other movies, requests to appear at conventions, haunted attractions, that kind of thing? If you could put a timeline to it?"
R.A.: "Well,at the time of that movie there wasn't a whole lot of conventions and then, to my knowledge, I didn't even know about the haunted house industry. Fangoria magazine used to host two shows a year: one in New York and one in Los Angeles. I became a marquee guest at those Fangoria conventions, but it wasn't like it is today. It was just like going down and hanging out with your peers. Then, probably two or three years after I did the movie, I got a call from a place in Massachusetts called Spooky World and they invited me. They offered to fly me out and they would pay me. All I had to do was sign autographs. To me it was unbelievable."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Do you ever get burnt out? Does it ever get stale or too repetitive or does that passion still burn bright?"
R.A.: "I absolutely love it. Do I get tired? Yes. Late nights and long drives can wear me down. But no, I really do love it. Let me put it to you this way-- if Halloween lasted 10 months out of the year I'd be the happiest guy in the world."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Well another thing too is that you grew up as a fan of horror and now you're on the same playing stage; the same one as these guys that you've admired. How was it for you that you're getting compared and held to the same esteem as those guys?"
R.A.: "Its excellent and I love it. I've looked at those characters: Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees, Michael Myers, Leatherface and Pinhead and I've actually compared them to the classic Universal Monsters: Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolfman, The Mummy, Dracula, etc. so to be a part of that, I guess its like being a part of the next generation or the next wave of iconic movie monsters. It's fantastic as an actor, but also as a fan."
Backwoods Beard Co: "From a fan standpoint on my end too, I've had exactly the same comparison to them being the Universal Monsters of my generation. I grew up with Leatherface, Freddy, Jason, and Myers so I definitely agree with you on that. Is there any standout of that group that is on your list that you'd like to portray that you haven't checked off yet?"
R.A.: "Well, one that got away from me and I was kind of bitter about it at the time, but I was under very serious consideration for Jason in Friday the 13th: Part Six. They had hired a guy and taken him to Atlanta where they worked with him for two weeks before deciding that they didn't like what he was doing for whatever reason and they wanted to replace him. So, I got a call from a stuntman friend of mine telling me that he had mentioned me to the producer. And I got called in and went through several interviews. It got narrowed down to me and another guy, and they chose the other guy. So that that was like a machete to the gut, you know? And ironically the original actor they fired is now one of the biggest stunt coordinators in the business. But so that one got away. I mean, I would have loved to play Leatherface again, especially in the 2013 3D. I was the perfect chronological age for the role."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Were there discussions for you to do future Texas Chainsaw Massacre films?"
R.A.: "Well, what happened was, New Line Cinema, the company I worked for, had licensed the title and characters for three movies. Texas Chainsaw 3 we of course filmed and then there was Roman Numeral IV and Roman Numeral V to be done in the future. They signed me to a contract to do III with the option to do IV and V. Well, somewhere along the line, New Line decided that they were no longer interested in the franchise, so they let the rights revert back to the owners. And my contract option? Let me put it this way: Charmin toilet paper holds more value than the paper my contract was written on. (laughs)."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Well, I'd have loved to see what you did with those films."
R.A.: "Me too, but you know, that's just the way it goes sometimes."
Backwoods Beard Co: "We were talking about Jason and of course, Mr. Kane Hodder has had an iconic career in that role. You guys are actually close friends. Do you want to kind of touch on how that started? Or how you initially met?"
R.A.: "Yes, we're very good friends. How it began was that he was the stunt coordinator for Texas Chainsaw 3. He and I hit it off right from the beginning, because we have a similar sense of humor. We like to joke around and have fun. Over the years, we've just done so many projects together. We've done, I don't know, maybe five or six movies together and then, you know, we hit the the convention circuit a lot. Over those years we've developed quite a good friendship."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Do you guys still operate your Paranormal Investigation group together?"
R.A.: "Yes, we still have our group, Hollywood Ghost Hunters. We're still angling for our own show. It's an amazing mystery to me why we don't have one."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Is there any particular movie that stands out from a fan perspective that had an impact on you; whether that led you into wanting to be an actor or just stood out in the horror genre itself?"
R.A.: "Well, sure. I'll start with "Night of the Living Dead". As that movie played and the plague started to widen, they got close to my backyard, so that had a big impact on me.I was fairly young when that movie came out and I, let alone anyone else had ever seen anything like it. So that had a huge impact on me. The next one of course would be the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". I saw that in the theater and again, it was groundbreaking and something no one had ever seen before. I just walked out of there going, wow, what did I just watch?!?"
Backwoods Beard Co: "You have a great frame for playing these badass, menacing killers or characters in these horror movies? I mean, for our readers who may have never met you, you're a big dude. Do you ever have an issue with being typecast? Are there certain roles that you would like to portray, that you really haven't landed yet, because of the roles you're typically cast in crippling that effort?"
R.A.: "No, I don't have an issue with that at all, because I'm doing what I love. Another thing too, if I was interested in playing doctors and lawyers and such, I'd shave my beard, get a haircut, and wear a suit. I joke about that sometimes; that I will change my image and I'll become "Eurotrash" wearing Armani suits and smoking my cigarettes backwards. Not gonna happen!"
Backwoods Beard Co: "A lot of people don't know that you've actually had a pretty long career doing commercial work. You've done a lot of television commercials and I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here, an episode of Full House."
R.A.: "I have and I was, yes. I did an episode of Full House and see, now here's where typecasting pays off. Because I used to, on occasion, would ride motorcycles with John Stamos. I had been to his house and stuff like that and when the baby shower episode came out, and the plot line was that he was going to crash the party with his biker buddies, I was like, one of the first hogs at the trough for that. That worked out great!"
Backwoods Beard Co: "So you're not just a horror guy after all!"
R.A.: "No, no, I've been in some comedies. I was in a movie called "License to Drive" with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman."
Backwoods Beard Co: "You've had a beard now for such a long time; sometimes longer and sometimes a bit shorter, but always some form of a beard. I know we talked the other day that you're really old school when it comes to not using any products like beard oil or beard balm. Are there any other staples that you use to maintain it or things that you incorporate into a beard care regimen? Or do you just let it grow?"
R.A.: "I just let it grow. I'll let it grow sometimes and see how long I can get it. Then I'll get frustrated because it won't grow as long as I want it to as fast as I want it to, so I'll trim it down. That's my one concession. Sometimes I want to be taken seriously as a businessman, so I'll trim it up tight and neat."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Do you think that your beard has attributed itself to landing some of these roles?"
R.A.: "Yes, of course. It has definitely worked in my favor. If I completely shave my beard I've got a pie face and this makes me look a little bit more rugged."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Lastly, let's talk about current or upcoming projects. What do you want your fans to keep their eyes open for?"
R.A.: "One thing and especially since it relates to how we met, the convention circuit and the haunted house circuit, I'm as active in that as I can be, especially during Halloween season. So I may show up in a town near you anytime. As far as upcoming projects, we just premiered my latest movie a month ago at the Hot Springs Horror Film Festival. It is called "Ride Hard, Live Free" and it is a for lack of better description, a post-apocalyptic biker movie. However, it is important to note that it is nothing like Mad Max/Road Warrior. It's more focused on a couple of bike clubs in the future. There's been some kind of society meltdown and our group of bikers are living out in the Nevada free zone fighting to see who will be the dominant club in that area."
Backwoods Beard Co: "I know that some people hear post-apocalyptic and of course, now, with The Walking Dead on TV, they think zombies. There's no zombies, correct?"
R.A.: "Correct, no zombies. It's not even strictly horror. I mean, there is a lot of people being killed and stuff like that, but I wouldn't classify it as a horror movie. I actually kill one of my own brothers in the film. I have to. We're in the free zone ans we're cut off from the rest of the country. We don't have guns. We don't have good medical supplies or anything. He's been stabbed in the gut, its really bad and there's not a damn thing we can do for him. There's not going to be an ambulance. It really is a mercy kill. I pull my knife and I place it on his chest. And he actually puts his hands on my hands and helps push, so yeah, its a mercy kill."
Backwoods Beard Co: "Preparing for that movie, you worked with a lot of outlaw motorcycle clubs?"
R.A.: "Well, we use real outlaw motorcycle clubs in the movie and we actually wore the cuts of a club. Here is a little side story on that. It was my manager that put the deal together. Now when the manager is putting a deal together, the actor does not talk to the the production people, the director, or the producer. That's all done by the manager. So she finally makes a deal, but while she was negotiating everything she calls me up with an update telling me that the director is a really nice guy who lives in Las Vegas. I knew we were going to shoot in Nevada, so ok, cool. Everything gets done and she sends me the script. I'm reading through it and get to page 17. "Interior Skoners Motorcycle Club-club house,night". Now, I knew somebody that was a Skoner, but I didn't know a lot about the club. I knew they had a big presence in Nevada. So I'm thinking to myself and I had a vision of this director ( who I hadn't spoken to yet) cruising the Las Vegas Strip, seeing a bunch of Skoners outside of a bar, having a conversation with his wife to the tune of, "Honey, honey, pull over and let me take a picture of those emblems. They'd look really neat in my movie!"
Then I'd sign on to this movie and we'd be out filming in some remote location in the desert and 25 or 30 Skoners would roll in and teach us the facts of life. So I called the manager and said hey, does this guy know that they're using a real Motorcycle Club's colors? Turns out the executive producer was a member of another Motorcycle Club and had worked it out. So it was all cool."
Backwoods Beard Co: "I really do appreciate you taking the time to do this interview for the Backwoods Beard Company "Beard and Brew" blog!"
R.A.: "You bet, Brother. Thank you!"
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Saints Olin Kreutz Leaves Team, Citing Lost Passion for Football
I guess the free agent signing of Center Olin Kreutz is now officially a bust for the New Orleans Saints.
To echo the sentiment of that famous blues song "the thrill is gone, baby." The longtime Chicago Bears OL was known for his clout with the organization (which became even more evident after the shooting range incident in 2005) and leadership ability.
Today in New Orleans he is leading himself away from the team after losing his passion for football.
According to the AP:
His agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Friday the 34-year-old Kreutz "has to feel really good about the passion he has got for the game and the love he has got for the game." Bartelstein says Kreutz felt that slipping away and "he's just not someone who can go to work every week and collect a paycheck."
In August, the 14-year veteran couldn't agree to a new contract with Chicago, the only other team he has played for, and signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Saints.
Kreutz has missed the past two games with an injury, after starting the season's first three. Thus ended a streak of 137 consecutive starts. Its not uncommon for an athlete to give the "I lost interest in the game" excuse for why they're walking away from the team. Even Michael Jordan said that for his first retirement.
Often times, the player comes back from this type of sabbatical. Will that happen with Kreutz? If he does return, it would be kind of weird. How would you react if you were his teammate?
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Q: comment_author also returns the ip I have a plugin, that gets the comment authors name by "$comment->comment_author", but apparently this also gives you the authors ip and gateway, etc.
Is this normal behaviour or is there a way to stop this?
this is how the email looks:
Autor: Carlotta (IP: xxx.xxx.xxx , xxxx.adsl.highway.telekom.at)
E-Mail : xxx@student.tugraz.at
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Whois: http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/xx.114.244.129

thanks in advance

A: sry, the problem is resolved! The Email to the users looks fine, but its the email to the site admin, that looks like this, which isn´t a problem! Thanks anyways :)

A: If you are the site administrator then WordPress will send you this information by default, however it is only the site admin who sees it, and not your average user.


SMITH, HARRIET M. "Bibs" beloved wife of Horace E. "Larry" Smith for 57 yrs (63 yrs including their engagement), loving and proud mother of Theresa Lynne (George) Adams of Cincinnati, OH, Mary Sharon (David) Bubas of Plano, TX, and Mark Frederick (Barbara Pokay) Smith of Cooper City, FL, devoted grandmother of Stephanie Ann Bubas and Blair Amanda Smith, daughter of the late Jack and Mary Paulsen of Winona, MN and sister of the late Mark Paulsen of Winona, MN, New York City, and Clearwater, FL.
Harriet was born in Winona, MN on Aug. 15, 1921. She lived there until attending the University of Minnesota. Harriet began her career in New York City where she enjoyed her work with a patent attorney. She moved to Miami, FL and proudly joined the FBI's war effort. It was in Miami, that Harriet met her future husband, Larry, who was working for the Office of Naval Intelligence. They were married on June 5, 1948 in Winona, MN and began their life together in Norfolk, VA. After that they enjoyed living in NYC, Jacksonville, and Orlando, FL before settling in Miami to raise their growing family. They lived in Miami for over 50 years, before moving to Coral Springs, FL in 2002.
In 1965 Harriet returned to the workforce and had a rewarding career of 26 years with Dade County Schools as the secretary to several Superintendents. Harriet enjoyed Bridge, reading, walks, visits to the beach and band concerts.
Through the years she and Larry enjoyed traveling to Minnesota, Alabama, Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and Louisiana. And, we can't forget, she especially loved visiting Disney World with her family.
Dad & Mom together again ~~Sleep with the Angels~~ We miss you so very much!


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  </jobType>
  <jobType>
    <name>TonY</name>
    <applicationtype>TONY</applicationtype>
    <conf>tony.application.name</conf>
    <isDefault/>
  </jobType>
</jobTypes>