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A Struggling Actress's Greatest Role Was as a Real Civil War Spy
Pauline Cushman's contributions to U.S. war efforts earned her the honorary title of "Major."
by April White March 8, 2022
Pauline Cushman masqueraded as a Southern woman in search of her lost brother to gain access to a Confederate camp in Tennessee. Marie Fauritte for Atlas Obscura
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The pretty young woman with the dark curls was searching for her lost brother. That wasn't unusual in the summer of 1863. The American Civil War had been raging for two years. Hundreds of thousands had died and the chaos of ongoing battles meant that family members on both sides of the conflict went without news from their loved ones, living or dead, for weeks and months at a time. This bereft sister had traveled from Nashville, which had recently fallen to U.S. forces, toward eastern Tennessee, which was still held by the Confederacy, to find her kin. She discovered no news of her brother there, but then, she hadn't expected to: He was a fiction.
Pauline Cushman—struggling actress and U.S. spy—made up the story to talk her way into Confederate territory. There, she met a sympathetic soldier in gray who was drawing up a map of the fortifications built by the Army of Tennessee. She had been ordered by U.S. Colonel William Truesdail to simply observe the enemy and report back on their preparations, but Cushman instead stuffed the map in her boot and fled for safety. She had almost made it to safety when she was captured on June 12, 1863, by Confederate troops under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest near Franklin, Tennessee. "Her fine talents are, doubtless, occupied at present time in planning an escape," reported the Savannah Republican, a Confederate newspaper.
Before joining the war effort, Pauline Cushman was an actress in Louisville, Kentucky. Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Cushman's legend was already growing and then, as now, it was difficult to separate fact from fiction, says William J. Christen, author of Pauline Cushman: Spy of the Cumberland. As the story goes, Cushman joined the war effort in Louisville, Kentucky, in April 1863, when a pair of Confederate soldiers offered her an astonishing $300 to raise a toast to the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, in the play she was performing. Cushman promptly informed U.S. Colonel Orlando Hurley Moore of the request, earning his trust, and when she praised Davis from the stage at Moore's direction, she earned trust among the Confederates, too. Moore then offered her a job as a spy. In the following months, she was credited with posing as a Southern woman to befriend a boarding house owner and thwart her plans to poison U.S. soldiers, and with dressing as a man and playing the role of an undercover Confederate agent to capture a woman smuggling contraband to the rebels.
And, as the newspaper feared after her capture in June, she may have used her performing to plan an escape. Convicted of espionage and sentenced to death, Cushman fell ill, which some thought to be a ruse. When the U.S. forces threatened, the fleeing Confederates left her behind. She made a full recovery.
"The greatest heroine of her age," trumpeted P.T. Barnum, the greatest showman of his. Before the war had even ended, he contracted the actress to perform a one-woman play about her exploits as a daring spy behind enemy lines. An 1865 book, Life of Pauline Cushman, the Celebrated Union Spy and Scout, by Ferdinand L. Sarmiento, added even more drama to the tale.
After her exploits in the Civil War in the summer of 1863, Pauline Cushman was given the honorary title of "Major." Liljenquist Family collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Whatever the truth of her actions, Cushman's contributions earned her the honorary title of "Major," and she received special permission from generals Gordon Granger and James Garfield to wear a military-style riding dress presented to her by the ladies of Nashville. She then took her show on the road, touring the North and giving fervent speeches against the Confederacy. In New York in June 1864, as General Ulysses S. Grant confronted General Robert E. Lee in Virginia, Cushman declared, "My sufferings at the hands of those who are now arrayed against the flag of our Republic have been far more than requited by seeing the cause of justice triumph. To-night our noble troops are besieging the capital of treason; and with them and you I united my feeble voice in the cry, 'Long live the Union!'"
Cushman's fame did not last beyond the war. When she died in a San Francisco boarding house in 1893 at the age of 60, the San Francisco Call wrote, "A childless, gray-haired, penniless broken woman, almost without friends, died a lonely death in a Market Street lodging house yesterday." But a Civil War veterans group ensured that Cushman—by then known by her third husband's name, Fryer—was buried with honors in San Francisco National Cemetery. The tombstone reads: "Pauline C. Fryer, Union Spy."
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Review – Shadow of Night
July 16, 2012 / justbookreading / 2 Comments
In Shadow of Night, we pick up with Diana Bishop, now Diana Clairmont, and her new husband Matthew in 1590 Elizabethan England. Having time walked back to 1590 to find a witch capable of understanding Diana's magic and who can teach her how to control her powers, the two soon get caught up in 16th Century English politics and court intrigue. It's a particularly fascinating place for Diana, being the scholar that she is, but for Matthew the new setting brings on a fresh set of problems and emotions. Matthew, a vampire who once hunted down witches, now has to reconcile his old role as witch hunter which is more than difficult now that over 400 years later, he finds himself married to a witch. He also must come to some understanding with his father — a man he knows as dead in his present.
In only a few months, Diana and Matthew have to find Ashmole 782, the mysterious book that brought them together months ago in their present time at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. Hoping it may still be intact in 1590, they're both somewhat optimistic that Diana's burgeoning powers can help them understand who they are, what they are, and what will happen to their families. All the while they are dealing with Matthew's past, well-known historical figures — Queen Elizabeth I anyone? — famous playwrights, witches, family drama, and weddings. Diana and Matthew not only have to figure out how to be married but also how to be a witch and vampire married to each other while looking for a book that they hope holds the answers to their future.
Matthew is still his controlling self — he's a vampire but it's still hard to ignore this annoying trait of his — but Diana is finally starting to understand what her witch heritage means, how to control her powers, and starts to stand her ground. Once reluctant to accept witchcraft, she finally begins using it and accepting it as part of who she is. Something her husband, a man who wants to control everything, struggles with as well. Their relationship becomes more of a partnership in the second book. These two obviously have picked a strange road to follow and one that many don't see ending happily. I felt this second book in the All Souls trilogy (Shadow of Night is the second book in the series following A Discovery of Witches) had a bit less mystery for me but a lot more intrigue. I enjoyed the numerous strange characters that appeared and we finally get a look at Matthew's past. Getting to meet Matthew's family and friends explains his sometimes irrational mood swings and what both he and Diana will be facing in their life together.
I'm a series reader and am happy to say that Shadow of Night kept up with A Discovery of Witches. Book two in a trilogy can sometimes feel like a place holder, and while Diana and Matthew's questions aren't answered, their lives do move on and I liked seeing their relationship change. They both wonder about their intrusions on the past and how their actions will alter their futures and the past. Diana finally accepts witchcraft as part of who she is but there are few precious hints at what it will hold for her future self. Matthew's history hits him full on in 1590 and Diana understands for the first time why her husband falls into such dark places.
In short, time walking, famous dead people, more vampires, witches, and daemons, and lots of magic shape book two in the All Souls trilogy. And yes, I'm now sitting and hoping Deborah Harkness writes faster because I'm anxious to know what happens to Diana and Matthew.
In addition to this blog, I also do reviews for The Book Reporter website. The above review was done for the Book Reporter which can be found here. The book was provided to me by the publisher.
Shadow of Night
Viking Adult

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Linguistics explores a defining characteristic of humanity: language.
New minor in linguistics is for the curious
Augustana's 20-credit linguistics minor engages students in the scientific study of language. The interdepartmental structure of the minor allows students to approach language and communication from different perspectives.
Linguistics students are encouraged to complement the minor with language study (World Languages and Classics) and to participate in study abroad opportunities offered by International and Off-Campus Programs.
Given that language is a central part of who we are as individuals and members of a society, understanding how and why languages work is not only integral to a liberal arts education but is also a valuable skill.
It complements any major, especially: world languages and classics, business, communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, computer science, education, English, mathematics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology and anthropology.
Linguistics trains students to approach the study of language scientifically in pursuit of answers to the following questions: how is language structured and represented in the mind and brain?; how are languages acquired, and how do they develop?; how did language(s) evolve?; and how are languages used by those who speak them?
To answer such questions, students take courses dedicated to the principal subfields in linguistics: syntax — the order and relationship among words; morphology — the structure and creation of words; phonetics — the physical properties of sounds; phonology — the mental representation of sounds, and their organization and relation to each other; semantics — the study of meaning; and pragmatics — the use of language in context.
Beyond these core components, students will also explore dialectology, language acquisition, language change, the relationship between language and other cognitive functions, writing systems and translation, and language and society.
Linguistics students are encouraged to supplement their coursework with language study, as "You can never understand one language until you understand at least two" (English author Geoffrey Willans). Linguistics students are similarly encouraged to study abroad given the intimate relationship between language and culture and the firsthand experience of that relationship that foreign study offers.


Next, the impression of sharpness we've just noted owes at least a nod to some surprisingly crisp motion handling which ensures the image suffers less resolution loss than anticipated over Bond and his quarry's pumping arms and legs. Even the fast camera pans used in this sequence are handled very nicely.
Third on our hit list is the brightness of the picture, which radiates forth with an intensity that again belies the CE47LD51's relatively meagre price. Fourth, connected to this brightness are some pleasingly intense, rich colours which, while not always entirely natural in tone (skin tones look a bit over-ripe, for instance), are at least accurate enough not to distract you from the film.
Finally, HD pictures are surprisingly free of noise such as dot crawl or grain. If the CE47LD51 was as good with dark scenes as it is with bright HD ones, we'd be looking at one of the bargains of the decade. But sadly it isn't.
Head for a dark moment in Casino Royale such as the night-time scene outside the casino where Bond has to be revived by Vesper, and immediately the feared problem of greyed-over blacks rears its ugly head. It's not shockingly bad or anything, but it's certainly severe enough to rob dark scenes of any great sense of depth, as well as making colours during dark scenes sometimes look a bit odd to say the least.
To make matters worse, the CE47LD51 isn't very accomplished at portraying subtle colour shades or shadow details, which makes dark areas look even more 'crushed' and hollow.
Although not as bad as some full HD LCD TVs when it comes to showing standard definition, meanwhile, the CE47LD51 is also not particularly great. And it's actually barely average in the audio department, with a lack of bass, dynamic range and raw power all leaving it sounding decidedly thin and feeble. Furthermore, not surprisingly with the basic sonic elements so lacking, the CE47LD51's pseudo surround mode is laughably bad.
Unlike most really affordable LCD TVs, the CE47LD51 is at least capable of producing a truly excellent picture when the content of the source suits it. But perhaps inevitably these impressive moments are joined by just as many average ones, making it hard to really recommend the set to anyone other than the most die-hard of 'must-get-the-biggest-screen-I-can-for-my-money' obsessives.


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Q: The number of partitions of set $A=\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$ non-empty blocks of even size Let $A=\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$ be a set with $n$ element and ${n \brace k}_e$ be a number of partitions of the set $A=\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$ into exactly $k$ non-empty blocks of even size. By using of symbolic method, we have the following generating function for ${n \brace k}_e$
$$\sum_{n=k}^{\infty}{n \brace k}_e \frac{x^n}{n!}=\frac{1}{k!}(coshx-1)^k$$
How can prove it?
Moreover, if ${n \brace k}_o$ be the number of partitions of the set $A$ into exactly $k$ non-empty blocks of an odd size, we have the following generating function for it
$$\sum_{n=k}^{\infty}{n \brace k}_o \frac{x^n}{n!}=\frac{1}{k!}(sinhx)^k$$
How can obtain this generating function?

A: Using  the   notation  from   Analytic  Combinatorics  we   get  the
combinatorial class
$$\def\textsc#1{\dosc#1\csod}
\def\dosc#1#2\csod{{\rm #1{\small #2}}}
\textsc{SET}_{=k}(\textsc{SET}_{\text{even}}(\mathcal{Z})).$$
Translating to generating functions we then obtain
$$\frac{1}{k!} \left(\sum_{q\ge 1} \frac{z^{2q}}{(2q)!}\right)^k
\\ = \frac{1}{k!} \left(-1 +
\sum_{q\ge 0} \frac{z^{2q}}{(2q)!}\right)^k
\\ = \frac{1}{k!} \left(-1 +
\frac{1}{2}(\exp(z)+\exp(-z))\right)^k
\\ = \frac{1}{k!} \left(-1 + \cosh(z)\right)^k.$$
Odd is derived similarly.

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The Art at the End of the Tunnel
MIT's underground walls beckoned, a blank canvas.
Julia Rue '18 archive page
The 3 a.m. stillness of Building 68 was interrupted by groans of defeat: "It doesn't fit." For the third time that night, a tilted three-foot wooden cube was pushed to a doorway, resisted by the doorframe, and rerouted.
The chipboard box bulged slightly in the middle, held together by screws and staples; my 2.007 professor would have been disappointed had he witnessed its inexact construction earlier that night. We were attempting to transport the box from the Media Lab shop to the tunnel beneath Building 68, but we'd discovered that the only doors through which the box could fit were locked at 3 a.m. So we lugged it back to the Media Lab basement hallway, plastering it with signs saying "DO NOT THROW AWAY!" to protect its contents: $700 worth of paint, 10-gallon buckets, brushes, and paint tarps.
I'd long wanted to do a public art project at MIT, and as I walked through the tunnels under Ames Street, the walls seemed to wink at me. They were the perfect blank canvas. Envisioning colorful artwork brightening the somewhat drab underground walk from Main Campus to East Campus, I had the idea that giving students creative freedom in a large space would reveal the inventiveness and skills of many unknown MIT artists—and augmented reality could add an unexpected component. I applied for and was awarded a Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) grant that would let student artists transform a 200-foot section of the tunnel walls into an augmented-reality mural.
Once we finally got the materials box to the mural site, what we called the Borderline tunnel art project officially got under way. In all, 25 student artists would paint murals along the wall, nine students would create six short animations to go with the paintings, and two other students would create iOS and Android apps that let viewers experience the animations through augmented reality. The grant came through in March, and it was nonstop work through April and May to get Borderline presentable by finals week.
Most artists began by penciling in their drawings, but two went straight to painting, either freestyle or using stencils. The lack of Wi-Fi in that section of the tunnel added to the challenge of spending long hours underground; one artist listened over and over to the same four songs she had downloaded onto her phone both of the nights she painted.
But in true MIT fashion, all the artists stuck it out and made a party out of it. Friends came by with food, and at least three portable speakers played simultaneously throughout the tunnels.
Even some artists who weren't officially part of the mural project got involved. A couple of nights after the section of the mural its creator called "Salt the Fries" was completed, paper cutouts transformed the fries into the animated characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In a blank space between two murals appeared a simple eight-by-three-inch black-and-white painting of the progression of an apple getting eaten. We still do not know who painted it.
When the Borderline team hosted a grand opening on the last day of classes, over 250 people came to the tunnels to view the art and meet the artists, stopping midway in a place where there were no labs or rooms. It was just a hallway. A hallway of art. I had written in my CAMIT grant application, "Borderline will transform the tunnels to not just a route, but a destination." That vision had become reality.
The grand opening was surreal, but what I treasure most are the reactions from the MIT Facilities workers while the project was under way. As we painted in the tunnels at all hours, workers would drive by slowly in forklifts and golf carts, remarking as they passed, "That's beautiful!" or "Keep up the great work." One told us that in his 20 years of working at MIT, he had never seen anything done to these walls. "I smile every time I pass by," he said. "Every day I look to see what's new."
Borderline can be painted over in a night—it could disappear completely behind a curtain of paint only a few millimeters thick. So even more than I long for its longevity, I hope the story of its creation will live on as inspiration for MIT students, for art, for technology, for humans.
Mechanical engineering major Julia Rue '18 receives regular commissions for fine art pieces. This fall, she is overseeing additional animation work and more painting on the Borderline mural.
Julia Rue '18


Curated by Matthew Nevin & Deirdre Morrissey.
MART Gallery & Studios Dublin curators Matthew Nevin & Deirdre Morrissey are delighted to present Transmission an exhibition featuring Irish Artists Sofie Loscher, Helen Mac Mahon & Robin Price in the Hangar Galleries, Los Angeles as part of Irelandweek 2018. Within their work, the artists examine and reinvent light as a material, producing experimental methodologies to act as a mirror and analysis of the structure of our world.
Featuring Live Performances and readings from local artists & performers on the opening night; including Zeina Baltagi, Jenny Minniti Shippey, Thinh Nguyen, Marc-Ivan O'Gorman, Rachel Rath, and Patrice Roth.
Transmission explores light as catalyst to investigate the risks in our everyday life. By creating dialogues which challenge conventional views, the exhibition aims to push preconceived expectations of how visibility works and is understood. The exhibition surveys the processes of how light moves through space, exploring both its and our expectations of its functions. The way that light moves through space can often bring forward new possibilities in presentation and representation, igniting exploration through visibility and quite often producing overlooked qualities. The works explore visibility, the process of perception, expectations versus function and assesses how our beliefs or understanding of light can be changed or manipulated through positioning, alignment and juxtaposition.
The artwork explores light in its most basic form and the processes behind visibility. The installations redirect the viewer's attention away from the object and towards the process of perception. The work uses unconventional sculptural media with a scientific underpinning. It makes connections between the physical world and the visual world, examining issues of visibility, stability, perception and contradiction. Her polarised geometric sculptures and cyanotype prints examine how light moves through space, through objects and to picture how we move in relation to it – these optical devices and materials reveal a way to better understand light. The works expose how we see refracted and redirected light, and how a change in direction might affect our perception.
The works in this exhibition make visible the outcomes of a collaboration between digital artist Robin Price and environmental scientist Francis Pope. Experimental photography – recorded using a custom-built digital light painter and wearable sensors – capture the extent of air pollution present by enlarging microscopic particulates which are usually invisible to the naked eye. Images which indicate a greater density depict higher numbers of hazardous particulates. These images were made in sites around the UK and Ireland, as well as those which are most vulnerable to the health effects of pollution including India, Mexico and East Africa.
With thanks to Culture Ireland, Ciara Scanlan & Team at The MART Gallery Dublin, Santa Monica Art Studios and Deirdre & Buzz O'Neill of Irelandweek 2018.
Ali Kirby and Cliodhna Timoney will both present new work in this upcoming two person exhibition selected through the Fire Station Artist's Studios Residency Award 2016.
Kirby's sculptural interventions will respond directly to the architecture transforming the physical space of the front gallery with large scale works that draw our attention to colour, scale and presence, while Timoney will exhibit a family of objects manifested through a process of trial and error. These objects relate to the encounter between the manufactured and the handmade and the interaction between body and material. This family will materialize as an installation in MART's back gallery. This exhibition will be accompanied by a text by Lucy Elvis.
Ali Kirby (b. Dublin, Ireland) graduated in 2014 with first class honours in Fine Art from LSAD, specialising in Sculpture & Combined Media. Kirby is the recipient of the Fire Station Artist's Studios Sculpture Workshop Award & Bursary 2016 and the RHA Studio Residency Award 2015. Recent exhibitions include Describing Architecture – Memory and Place (2015) City Assembly House, Dublin, the 185th RHA Annual Exhibition (2015) Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Periodical Review #4 (2015) Ormston House, Limerick, Periodical Review #4 (2014) Pallas Projects, Dublin, Essays for the House of Memory (2014) Ormston House, Limerick, Single Channel (2013) Chartier Arts Venue, Connecticut, USA, Undertow (2012) the LAB, Dublin and Undertow (2011) Ormston House, Limerick.
Cliodhna Timoney (b.1993) is a visual artist currently based between Donegal and Dublin. Since graduating from IADT Visual Arts Practice with a first class honours in 2015, Timoney joined the Board of Directors of 126 Artist Run Gallery and subsequently was awarded the Fire Station Artist's Studios Sculpture Award 2016. Recent exhibitions include 'Very Good Waves Now' Catalyst Arts, Belfast (2016), 'A Knowing Nature', The Dock, Leitrim (2016), 'IADT Graduate Exhibition', Dublin (2015) 'The Beholder's Share, IMMA, Dublin (2015),'Have a nice Life',Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki (2014) and ' An Awkward Encounter, Galleria FAFA,Helsinki (2014).
This Exhibition was kindly supported by Fire Station Artist Studios Dublin and MART Gallery Rathmines.


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Mills, Beryl Lucy (1907–1977)
by Marion Brooke and Bridget Griffen-Foley
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, (MUP), 2000
Beryl Lucy Mills (1907-1977), by Ted Hood
Beryl Lucy Mills (1907-1977), Miss Australia, was born on 3 January 1907 at Walkaway, near Geraldton, Western Australia, fifth child and fourth daughter of Australian-born parents Frank Ernest Mills, grazier, and his wife Kitty, née Gibbons. After attending Geraldton District High School, Beryl won a bursary to Perth Modern School where she became a prefect. Awarded a scholarship to the University of Western Australia in 1924, she studied English and French, won swimming and diving championships, and captained the hockey team. In 1926 she was admitted to the Training College, Claremont. Beryl's father submitted a photograph of her (wearing a bathing costume) to the inaugural 'Miss Australia' contest, initiated by Claude McKay and R. C. Packer to promote the Daily Guardian. After becoming 'Miss Westralia', she won the national title in June 1926 at a lavish ceremony in Sydney. She admitted 'I like a hard fight'. When she obtained leave from university, one academic commented that her reason was 'unworthy of a serious student'.
Amid a blaze of publicity, Mills—who was 5 ft 6½ ins (169 cm) tall, weighed 9 st 11 lb (62 kg), had short dark hair, a round face and brown eyes, and eschewed make-up—toured retail establishments and attended civic receptions. The 'Miss Australia' selection criteria had included education, sporting ability and poise. Natural, wholesome, healthy and athletic, Mills was presented as the ideal Australian girl. She embarked on a carefully orchestrated promotional tour of the United States of America. Chaperoned by her mother, McKay and (Sir) Frank Packer, Mills was greeted by mayors, attended balls, visited movie studios, started baseball matches, gave swimming exhibitions, placed wreaths on war graves and made speeches with a 'modest earnestness'. She was a guest of the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City. Back in Sydney in November, she undertook a lecture tour.
At St Michael's Anglican Church, Vaucluse, on 19 March 1928 she married Francis Keith Davison (d.1946), a journalist on the Daily Guardian. That year she established the Beryl Mills Advertising Service. In the early 1930s they shifted to Melbourne where Frank joined the Herald; their daughter Judith was born in 1935. Beryl had returned to Sydney by 1941 and became librarian at Packer's Consolidated Press Ltd. She met an American, Major Leslie Garland Calder, whom she married with Methodist forms on 19 December 1946 at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, U.S.A.
The couple, joined by Judith, bought a 19-acre (7.7 ha) run at Richmond and renovated the ramshackle house. While Leslie worked as a factory supervisor for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Beryl joined the American National Red Cross, taught first aid, presided over the Chesterfield Home Demonstration Club, belonged to the Huguenot Republican Women's Club, helped to start a volunteer rescue service, played golf and swam. She was naturalized on 8 June 1955. In the following year she visited Perth. Still regarding herself as an advocate for her native country, she gave talks about Australia to schoolchildren in Virginia, with a toy koala perched beside her.
On Leslie's retirement, they moved to Florida. Survived by her husband and by the daughter of her first marriage, Beryl died on 13 July 1977 in the Medical Center Hospital, Punta Gorda, and was cremated.
C. McKay, This is the Life (Syd, 1961)
Newspaper News, 1 May 1928
Australian Women's Weekly, 17 Sept 1949
Daily Guardian (Sydney), 28 June 1926
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 27 Mar 1949, 16 July 1977
Sydney Morning Herald, 24, 26 Sept 1968, 23 July 1977
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 26 Apr 1971
Richmond News Leader, 15, 18 July 1977
University of Western Australia Archives
family papers (privately held).
Marion Brooke and Bridget Griffen-Foley, 'Mills, Beryl Lucy (1907–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.online.anu.edu.au/biography/mills-beryl-lucy-11130/text19821, published first in hardcopy 2000, accessed online 21 January 2020.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, (MUP), 2000
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Lacrimas Profundere est un groupe de metal gothique/rock gothique allemand, originaire de Waging am See, Traunstein, en Bavière.

Biographie

Lacrimas Profundere est formé en 1993 par le guitariste Oliver Schmid, initialement sous le nom de Dark Eternity. À l'origine le groupe était plutôt orienté par le death et doom metal, leur marque de fabrique était l'utilisation d'une voix féminine et quelques éléments de musique classique. Après avoir changé de nom la même année, et avec l'arrivée de la chanteuse Anja Hötzendorfer, ils attirent suffisamment d'attention sur eux, et peuvent sortir leur premier album intitulé , en 1995. Il est suivi en 1997 par un deuxième album, intitulé La Naissance d'un rêve. Après ces deux albums, le groupe signe avec la maison de disques Napalm Records, pour un total de cinq albums. Une harpiste est ajoutée au groupe initial, puis ils enregistrent l'album Memorandum en 1999.

, publié en 2001, est le premier album de Lacrimas Profundere à connaître un engouement par la presse internationale. Cet album avait pour caractéristique la suppression des éléments de musique classique, et l'ajout pour la première fois d'une voix baryton provenant du frère d'Oliver, Christopher Schmid. C'est ainsi que leur première tournée internationale s'est déroulée, incluant des pays de l'Europe ainsi que l'Amérique latine. L'album  est sorti en 2002. En mai 2004, ils signent un contrat de distribution avec Brainstorm Music Publishing, et prévoient la sortie de l'album Ave End en juin.

En avril 2005, ils se séparent du guitariste Christian Freitsmiedl après leur tournée allemande avec The 69 Eyes, qui est remplacé par Tony Berger. Ils sortent l'album  en 2006. En , leur chanteur, Christopher Schmid, quitte le groupe pour des . Ils parcourent l'Europe en 2007, en première partie du groupe Apocalyptica. En 2008, le groupe publie l'album .

Leur nouvel album, , est prévu pour . Le premier single sera The Letter. En , ils prévoient une tournée américaine entre le 22 et le . En mars 2013, le groupe signe de nouveau à Napalm Records et prévoit un nouvel album pour mai la même année. Il sort leur nouvel album, . En 2014, ils participent au Wacken Open Air et au M'era Luna Festival. Trois ans après , Lacrimas Profundere annonce avoir signé au label Oblivion/SPV et la publication prochaine d'un album-concept intitulé  le .

Ils se séparent en 2018 du chanteur Roberto Vitacca. Lacrimas Profundere recrute par la suite Julian Larre, membre du groupe finlandais Lessdmv.

Membres

Membres actuels

 Julian Larre - vocals
 Oliver Nikolas Schmid - guitars, keyboard
 Dominik Scholz - drums
 Ilker Ersin - bass

Anciens membres

Chant

 Christopher Schmid (1993-2007)
 Roberto Vitacca (2007-2018)

Guitare

 Marco Praschberger (1997-2002)
 Christian Freitsmiedl (2002-2005)
 Stefan Randelshofer (1996)
 Manuel Ehrlich (Seraph (Ger)) (1995)
 Ryan Gabriel Short (session)
 Tony Berger (2005-2018)

Bass

 Markus Lapper
 Rico Galvagno (ex-Darkseed)
 Daniel Lechner
 Peter Kafka

Batterie

 Willi Wurm (ex-Darkseed)
 Christian Greisberger
 Stefan Eireiner
 Lorenz Gehmacher
 Kevin Sumner
 Korl Fuhrmann

Autres

 Rob Vitacca - add. vocals, add.acoustic guitar
 Christopher Schmid - add. vocals
 Christian Steiner - keyboards
 Anja Hötzendorfer - violin, backing vocals
 Ursula Schmidhammer - harp
 Eva Stöger - flute, keyboards
 Roberto Vitacca - add.keyboards

Extra
 Tony Cheirichetti
 Alexandra Diehl

Discographie
 1995 :
 1997 : La Naissance d'un rêve
 1997 :  (EP)
 1998 :  (EP)
 1999 :
 2001 :
 2002 :
 2004 :
 2006 :  (EP)
 2006 :
 2008 :
 2010 :
 2013 :
 2016 :
 2019 :

Notes et références

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Groupe musical formé en 1993
Groupe musical allemand des années 1990
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Protestors on the way to the U.S. Capitol hold up signs reading "Abolish Mass Incarceration," "Denying Health Care is Violence," and "Fight Poverty Not The Poor." Credit: Austyn Gaffney
"We fight for what's right and we fix what's wrong": Voices from Kentucky's Poor People's Campaign
By Austyn Gaffney | July 2, 2018
Southern Organizing
It was mid-June, muggy, and the bus from Louisville, Kentucky to Washington, D.C. was cramped. Erica Perry's six-year-old son sprawled across her chest. A 27-year-old mother of three boys, Perry had booked four narrow seats for herself, her two eldest sons, and her mother on a charter bus sponsored by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a grassroots social justice organization. The bus carried Perry and 56 fellow Kentuckians for two nights, over 24 hours total, in order for riders to spend just seven hours in Washington. In those seven hours, they planned to join over 2,000 members of the Poor People's Campaign for a march and rally on the National Mall.
The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, is a two-year-old movement organized by faith leaders Rev. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theoharis. According to its website, the campaign focuses on five key issues including "systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation, and the nation's distorted morality." People in more than 35 states rallied in their capitals for 40 days of themed protests culminating in nationwide marches on Saturday, June 23. According to the Washington Post, more than 300 people were arrested over the 40 days.
Kentuckians stand in solidarity behind their "Kentucky Poor People's Campaign" banner waiting for the march to begin. Credit: Austyn Gaffney
To attend the march, Perry took off three days of work. She typically works twelve-hour shifts, seven days a week at an auto parts factory. Both she and her husband hold degrees in Business Administration, and although her career is not in her field, it's the best job she could find. Her husband drives for Uber and has a t-shirt business.
Perry herded her family from the bus to the subway to the crowd that was assembling ahead of the rally. She yelled for her youngest son, nicknamed Country, to pay attention on the escalator, tie his shoe, and pull up his pants.
"I wanted to bring my kids because my mom brought me," she said. Her mother, Donna Crawford, took her to almost a dozen marches growing up. "If there's still injustice when they have children, I want them to bring their own kids too. It's a tradition. We fight for what's right and we fix what's wrong."
Perry, fearful of losing her mother, called to Crawford as she began to wander away. According to Perry, her mother suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after years in the military.
"My mom convinced me to come," said Perry. "She told me, Erica, you are one of those [poor] people! You're working all these hours and both you and your husband have an income but you still need assistance cause it's not enough."
Perry must supplement her family's income with Social Security Insurance and food stamps.
"I'm a very prideful person," said Perry, beginning to cry, "and I wish I didn't have to take it. But I can't pay my bills without it. And we work two to three jobs sometimes so that we can make ends meet and don't have to take as much. I'm not one that wants a handout but I don't have a choice. And it makes me emotional sometimes because I'm like, why can't I do more to support my family? It hurts."
Kentucky's involvement with the Poor People's Campaign began months earlier.
Arnold Farr, a father of four from Lexington, joined the state coordinating committee of the Poor People's Campaign in January of 2018. He helped plan six weeks of nonviolent direct action in Frankfort, the state capital, leading up to the Washington march. On the morning of the first rally, Mother's Day, he tied an armband around his bicep. It signaled he would engage in direct action at risk of arrest.
"I'm the grandson of sharecroppers and two grandmothers who weren't able to get more than a seventh grade education, because they had to go back and work in the fields," said Farr, who has a PhD in Philosophy and teaches at the University of Kentucky. "But they were the sweetest wisest women you'd ever want to meet. We had a very close bond. Wherever I go, I take my grandmothers into the room with me."
Farr said he was excited to participate in the biggest movement he'd seen in his lifetime, one that renewed a 50-year-old call to arms from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated months into the campaign's first iteration. In April of 1968, King went to Memphis, Tennessee, to support sanitation workers who were on strike. The night before he died, King told the group, "We've got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis. We've got to see it through."
"But the difference with this movement," Farr explained, comparing the present campaign to King's in the 1960's, "is its emphasis on intersectionality. We're looking at multiple forms of oppression and how they all intersect. We're dealing with poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia, militarism, and environmental devastation because they're all connected…The powers that be in our country have been very successful at a divide and conquer strategy. We need to never let it work again."
During the second week of action in May, Farr and sixteen of his fellow protestors elevated this message. They sang in the Capitol rotunda, draped a sheet over a statue of Jefferson Davis, which security immediately removed, and then they refused to leave the Capitol building until the following morning.
"We didn't intend to stay all night," said Farr, "but we felt we hadn't made our point yet."
During the next four weeks of rallies in Frankfort, Gov. Matt Bevin unveiled a new "policy" that prohibited more than two members of the Poor People's Campaign from entering the Capitol building at a time. According to Farr, there is now a legal battle over whether obstructing the entrance to the Capitol was unconstitutional.
The Kentucky rallies gained national coverage after the large group of protestors was banned from the Capitol. State organizers used the coverage to reach out to more people directly impacted by the campaign's issues, like Perry, and encouraged them to come to Washington.
Rochelle Butler, a mother of three grown children and eight grandchildren, grew up in New Orleans. She moved to Louisville 18 years ago, seeking a better school system for her kids and a better life for herself. After a divorce and subsequent health issues, Butler lost her business.
Butler now spends her time volunteering at local churches, and is making plans for a new business venture. One of those churches, led by a Poor People's Campaign committee member, encouraged Butler to get involved. She attended her first rally in Frankfort in May. Traveling to Washington marks the second rally of her life.
"[The Poor People's Campaign] was important [to me] because number one, I know what it's like to be poor. I've lived in the projects, I came up in the projects. I've seen a lot of shootings and I've seen people get out and do very well. So it's not where you come from, it's what you do with where you come from."
"The Poor People's Campaign was important to me because number one, I know what it's like to be poor."
Corey Logan shares Butler's sentiment. Originally from Boston, Logan moved to Lexington, in 1993 to work in the horse industry. Before long, he lost his job, and worked in car washes, hotels, and restaurants for about a year until he was arrested on drug charges.
"One hundred and eighty-seven people were arrested in a roundup," Logan recalled. "It was one of Lexington's biggest drug busts ever. It was 15 days before my twenty-first birthday."
Logan said he had no prior charges more serious than speeding tickets or noise complaints, but he was sentenced to eight years in prison. He served 19 months and then received parole. Several years later, he was charged with complicity when a friend was arrested for drugs. He spent another 19 months in prison before again receiving parole. Fifteen years later, Logan has his GED and an associates degree, which he achieved while working two jobs and supporting two children.
Logan found out about the Poor People's Campaign through one of its Kentucky chairpersons and a mutual friend, Tayna Fogle. She invited him to speak about mass incarceration during an action in Frankfort. Weeks later, he spoke about health care. Then he went to Washington.
"Today was a great day," he said, sitting on a shady patch of lawn after the march. "I wouldn't have missed this for the world. I would've jumped on somebody else's bus or I would've driven my own vehicle here. I hope the movement keeps going, and I hope everything we're fighting for can be accomplished in November with the election."
"Quite often poverty, and why people are in poverty, is defined by people who've never been in poverty. So you have the wrong narrator telling a false narrative. We're changing that. Poor people are speaking for themselves."
At the end of the march, I caught up with Farr (who helped plan the protests in Frankfort) and asked him what he hoped the campaign would accomplish. He, like other campaign leaders, emphasized that the first 40 days was just the beginning of an ongoing movement. He spoke about a mass push for voter turnout in November of 2018, and again in 2020.
"The first phase brought our issues to national awareness and secondly, and more importantly, changed the narrative and the narrator. Quite often poverty, and why people are in poverty, is defined by people who've never been in poverty. So you have the wrong narrator telling a false narrative. We're changing [that]. Poor people are speaking for themselves. It [the Poor People's Campaign] will have to bring about complete social change. If it doesn't," Farr said, echoing King, "we're not finished."
About Austyn Gaffney
Austyn Gaffney is a freelance writer based in Kentucky. Her work has appeared in onEarth Magazine, Southerly, and Vice. You can find her stories at www.austyngaffney.com, and follow her on Instagram and Twitter at @austyngaffney.
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Malaga is the capital of the Costa del Sol and a paradise for those travelling here on business or for pleasure due to the warm Mediterranean climate. Malaga Airport is situated just a short distance south from the main city of Malaga – around 25 minutes by car. As one of the main arrival points for visitors to the south of Spain, handling over 13 million people in 2014, Malaga airport is perfectly located to open up the whole of the Costa del Sol to you.
If you're hiring a car from Malaga Airport, you'll find it's a great base to explore the city and the wider Andalusia region from. You have the option to pay online or when you arrive, whichever works best for you.
Exploring the Costa del Sol region is easy, thanks to the region offering an extensive road network for venturing out into both the city and the wider area. If you take advantage of car hire from Malaga Airport, you'll be able to drive down the picturesque coastline routes, as well as take a tour inland to some of the small towns dotted around.
The MA-20 leads from the airport into the city - alternatively, you can take the MA-22 which will take you along the coastline to Malaga. The AP-7 leads south towards Marbella and Gibraltar and you can also take the A-7 east, past Malaga, along the coast before joining the A-44 to get to Granada.
You'll need to be aware of the toll roads when driving around Spain. While these may give you a quieter journey due to less people driving on this road, you will have to pay the fare, which varies depending on where you're travelling to and what road you're on.
Speed limits vary depending on the kind of road on which you're travelling. Motorways have a maximum limit of 75mph (120km/h), while built-up areas have a speed limit of 31mph (50km/h) and outside of built-up areas it's 55mph (90km/h). Dipped headlights must be used in tunnels and full headlights should not be used in built-up areas – you should use dipped headlights or sidelights.
Parking in Malaga is relatively straightforward. Don't park on yellow or red lines, and always check the signs to ensure you return within the time limit. There are a number of car parks and multi-storey garages too where you can park for an unlimited time, with charges starting at around €1.20 per hour.
Hire a car at Malaga Airport and you'll soon be on your way to sun-kissed fun.
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If you're looking for somewhere to take breathtaking pictures, head to Playa La Carihuela – the westernmost beach in Torremolinos. For water sports, take a trip to Playamar or, if you're looking for something a bit more secluded, go to Los Alamos which is the perfect place to avoid the crowds in the day time.
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Puerto Banus is also the ideal location for shopaholics, with designer brands, speciality food shops and interior décor shops situated across the area. Head into the heart of 'The Port', shop in Marbella Old Town for souvenirs and, if you're looking for something with it all, visit La Cañada shopping centre on the outskirts of the city. With your Malaga Airport hire car you'll have plenty of space if you get carried away with your shopping spree.
To the east of Malaga Airport is the small village of Velez-Malaga. Capital of the Axarquia region, the village offers astounding architecture which can give you a glimpse into the country's past. The Palace of the Marquises of Beniel is a stand out, mixing Mudejar and Mannerist styles while incorporating a hint of the Renaissance. The palace is where the Spanish writer Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, stayed during his time here.
The Church of Santa Maria de la Encarnacion and the Church of San Juan Bautista can also be found in Velez-Malaga. Two of the most interesting religious buildings in the village, both were built blending the Mudejar and Gothic styles. Velez-Malaga was once surrounded by walls and, while a few of these have come down, the Keep and some of the walls have been reconstructed.
From the beaches which line the coast to the sights which tell the tales of the country's past, Malaga has something for everyone. So whether you're here on business or just taking a long relaxing break, Malaga can offer you exactly what you need and car hire from Malaga Airport puts you in the perfect place to explore it all.


Sure, there's no doubting that remarkable natural beauty is something that exists the world over; the Fjords in Norway, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, or Arizona's Grand Canyon, they're all incredible global landmarks. To add to that, there are also numerous developing nations that need international assistance by way of volunteers. However, there's likely no other country in the world that scores as highly in both arenas as South Africa.
For years, South Africa has been lauded by the international community as a travel destination of choice, scooping up awards by industry leaders such as LonelyPlanet and TripAdvisor. More recently, a BuzzFeed community poster crowned South Africa as the most beautiful country in the world, citing the combined beauty of our coastlines, forestry, mountain ranges, and cityscapes as justification for first place. Point being, South Africa is quite a pretty place, and that makes for a rather pleasant backdrop when conducting volunteer or conservation work.
That being said, the nature of conservation or volunteer work is altruistic, and should aim to steer clear of any self-indulgent or ulterior motives. Luckily for you, and not so lucky for us, South Africa is in need of help too. From rhinos to sea turtles, structured wildlife conservation programmes offer volunteers who are less suited to humanitarian assistance the opportunity to impact on some of South Africa's lesser known societal maladies, and in a sustainable and meaningful way to boot.
We're by no means trying to frame South Africa as a country that can't resolve its own problems independently, or say that our issues are worse than any other nations', but it would be folly to try and claim that we couldn't use the extra help.
So whether it's wanderlust, a sense of conservational responsibility, or a combination of the two that drives you, volunteering in South Africa is sure to leave you feeling fulfilled. So now might be the time where you find yourself wondering, "How can I get involved?" Well, here are four vastly different South African volunteer programmes worthy of your consideration.
Arguably the most imperative wildlife priority right now concerns the conservation of the rhino. South Africa is viewed as the primary custodian of Africa's rhinos. With 18,796 white rhinos and 1,916 black rhinos as of last estimates at the end of 2010, this represents approximately 93% and 40% of the total white and black rhino populations respectively. In recent years poaching levels have soared, and the current crisis is creating debates worldwide about the best way to tackle illegal poaching. One way you can get involved is by helping care for and raise baby rhinos orphaned by acts of poaching.
As a volunteer with this programme your scope of work will include hand rearing rhino calves as well as overseeing their veterinary care and rehabilitation. So if you like the idea of spending your time caring for rhino calves as well as other wildlife species such as giraffe, wildebeest, waterbuck, kudu and primates, then give this programme some thought. Not sold yet? Try watch the video below and not feel compelled to help these little guys out.
For all the feline fiends out there, the Living with Big Cats programme will be right up your alley. The initiative is based on a quiet sanctuary-like farm, deep in the South African bushveld of the North West Province. The total population of lions in Africa is currently estimated at about 34,000 animals, down by at least 50 percent from three decades ago. What's worse is that forecasts suggest that African lions could face extinction by 2050 if preventative measures aren't put into place.
Volunteers involved in this programme will work to better the lives of a number of big cats including lions, white lions, cheetahs, and Bengal tigers, as well as other animals including elephants, zebra, and wildebeest. Take a look at the video below for a more intimate preview of what's in store for those who choose this programme.
Six of the world's seven sea turtle species are classified as ranging from vulnerable to critically endangered. The main culprits behind their declining numbers are instances of accidental capture, ocean pollution, intentional hunting, and even commercial coastal development.
The Living with Sea Turtles programme is based in Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal and will have you promoting local ecotourism, tracking hatchling sea turtles, building enclosures, as well as much much more. If you're a lover of sea, surf and nature, then this programme is for you.
Of the 100-odd shark species swimming in South African waters, there is one that captures the imagination like no other – the great white shark. The size and ferocity of the great white shark has entered the realm of myth, often conjuring up images of a "man-eater" like those depicted in films like Jaws. It is this unfortunate reputation that has led to a decline in their numbers, prompting South Africa to introduce Great White conservation measures in 1991. Other countries have since followed, including Namibia, Australia, the United States and Malta.
The Living with Great White Sharks programme is a unique opportunity for volunteers to immerse themselves in a true marine environment at the southernmost tip of Africa. The programme's location (Kleinbaai), is home to the densest population of Great White Sharks in the entire world, and is also a breeding ground for the endangered southern right whale. The area is also teeming with African penguins, dolphins, seals, and thousands of seabirds. Volunteers will have the opportunity to work closely with staff towards the conservation of all these of sea animals, as is demonstrated in the video below.
It has been said that "Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich", so what better place to become wealthy than beautiful South Africa?
For more information on how you can get involved, visit Volunteer Southern Africa. To find out if you need a visa to volunteer in South Africa, see our list of visa exempt countries.
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My father is a certified Master Gardener. He's always enjoyed teaching, and the program allows him to share his love of plants and botany while teaching. It's a win-win situation for him.
It also means that he creates tons of handouts. He creates them at his own expense, and the information probably gets lost in a stack of papers somewhere.
"I don't like killing trees for handouts that aren't going to be used," he says.
A friend of mine is busy replacing her print library of craft books with eBook versions. I ask her why she's buying books she already owns.
Since the summer of 2010, I've talked to hundreds of people about eBooks. The reasons people like eBooks vary widely. Environmental concerns, decluttering, the ability to have a "large print" book without buying a special edition, and portability are just some of the reasons I've heard from readers. But all of the readers I've spoken to switched quickly and they switched nearly completely.
This is great for anyone who wants an audience.
Unlike a paper book, an eBook is accessible to anyone, anywhere who can access the Internet. Distribution and storage costs are very low compared to paper – hopefully for obvious reasons. Because you can produce an eBook yourself, you don't have to have a lot of cash to get started. And digital publishing is still a growing market, especially in niche and specialized areas.
Think about this for a second. Let's say that there are 1000 people interested in MacGuffins worldwide. You know half of them would be interested in buying and reading your book about the inner philosophical turmoil MacGuffins face. But it's still a bad deal for a traditional publisher. Without something like print on demand (POD), they'd be shipping your book to various stores hoping that they got it in a store near someone interested, and that the someone happens to see it. In the meantime, it's taking up space in the bookstore which could be used for a more generically profitable book (Sparkling Vampire Wizards School IV, probably).
But if it sits on your website, it can be found from Google. You can engage the MacGuffin fan forums and let them know about it. Even if there's only one MacGuffin fan in each city in the US, a book that would have lost money in paper suddenly becomes profitable.
I'm not going to lie to you: eBooks are not instant money. The example above would work best if you were already engaged with the MacGuffin community. They knew and respected you, and were interested in what you had to say. That's the marketing side of things, and a great place to start is Gary Vaynerchuck's book Crush It!.
You can look at it the way my dad can. He's currently spending money to create material that's in demand. Even if he only makes five bucks a month from making an eBook version… that's still five bucks a month he didn't have before.


What's your style of play?
With six membership categories that offer a range of exclusive social and playing privileges, we're sure there's one that will suit your style of play on and off the courts.
Simply click on the membership categories listed below to expand for more.
Full Play Memberships are available to all adults age 32 and over. A Full Play Membership entitles Members to full use of the the dining, recreation, fitness, pool, spa, squash and tennis facilities. There is currently a waitlist for this category. Those applying for Full Play Membership will have social Membership privileges with some additional tennis facility privileges while on the waitlist for their Full Play status.
Squash 2 Memberships are available to all adults age 32 and over. A Squash Membership entitles Members to full use of the the dining, recreation, fitness, pool, spa and squash facilities. Squash Members are Social 2 Members with additional squash playing privileges, who pay different monthly dues to reflect this. Squash Members have the same limited access to the tennis facilities as social Members. There is currently a waitlist for this category.
Social 2 Memberships are available to all adults age 32 and over. A Social Membership entitles Members to full use of the the dining, recreation, fitness, pool and spa facilities. Social Members have limited access to the tennis and squash facilities, as prescribed by the Club rules. There is currently a waitlist for this category.
Intermediate Memberships are available to individuals between the ages of 17 and 31. The intermediate equivalents for the Social 2, Squash and Full Play Membership categories have the same privileges as adult Memberships. There is currently a waitlist for this category.
Junior Memberships are available to individuals between the ages of 8 and 18. A Junior Membership entitles the individual to restricted access to the dining, pool, squash and tennis facilities as set forth in the Club's rules. There are monthly dues for Junior Members. At the age of 19, a Junior Membership ceases and they have no further privileges of Membership. Junior Members may apply for an Intermediate Membership at the age of 17, but must apply before the age of 19 for an Intermediate Membership if they wish to continue being a Member of the Club.
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Book Rec: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert.
There are moments when I think about the books I used to read when I was younger. Those moments often come when I read a book I think the younger version of me would have enjoyed, but this version of me doesn't. I'm a different reader to who I was as a kid. Back then, I would read anything I could get my hands on, and sadly, those books were limited. Despite this, I rarely think about what I wish the younger version of me could have read. GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert changed that.
GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert is one of the best books romance has to offer.
In fact, if I didn't care about Talia so much (don't tell her that; emotions make her uncomfortable), I would resent her talent. Except that's a lie, too, because I can't resent a book that gave me, a romance reader, an example of why I love this genre so damn much.
Chloe, the heroine, has a near-death experience and decides to make a list to help her "get a life" because she doesn't want to die "boring" (there's obviously more to this, but I'll leave it simple for now). A couple of months later, she's living in an apartment complex with a sexy superintendent, Red. He's the hero and the only man who can help her tick things off her list. Fortunately, he agrees, and chaos AKA love ensues.
Now here's the juicy stuff.
Talia always gets her characters right. And this time, she gives us a plus-sized, chronically ill Black heroine who is one of the best characterised characters I've read in a long time. I can only imagine how much it would have meant to young me to read a heroine of colour with an illness that's been a part of my family for as long as I can remember. These facts alone are important. However, Talia adds to that importance by making Chloe's illness and identity a part of who Chloe is. Talia doesn't expect a pat on the back for including this pivotal representation either. It's incredibly refreshing.
But she doesn't stop there.
If Chloe jumps off the pages with her primness, her passion, her sense of boundaries, Red does so with his quiet strength in the aftermath of an emotionally traumatising relationship. We see this relationship purely from his perspective, which means we get first-hand experience of Red's pain and growth. His trauma has him seeing a psychologist; negotiating a new relationship in the face of his fears; and facing emotions in a relatably honest way. It's the kind of hero we don't get to see very often, but deserve.
You deserve to read GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN.
Do it for the younger you who probably didn't get to see books like this very often. They deserve it, too.
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50% Of Forbes Billion Dollar Firms Use The Ethereum Blockchain
A new article by Forbes shows that over 50% of Forbes billion dollar firms are working with the Ethereum blockchain, including several high-profile technology firms. The list of companies include Amazon, Overstock, BNP Paribas, UBS, Metlife, Coinbase, Google, Microsoft, Comcast, Foxconn, Intel and Samsung – an impressive roster for a list that is yet to be fully revealed. The list, compiled by a team of writers and editors, only focuses on companies with operations in the US.
While cryptocurrency is struggling to achieve mainstream adoption, these #Blockchain50 companies are committing manpower and capital to build the future on top of shared databases: https://t.co/CwhWbC4L0z by @DelRayMan pic.twitter.com/J3RItmI8yI
— Forbes Crypto (@ForbesCrypto) April 17, 2019
Forbes writer Michael Del Castillo in the article, which looks at the top 50 $1billion+ blockchain companies or "blockchain babies", said that the market may be in a bit of rut but the underlying technical developments are growing rapidly – especially with established entities that are looking to leverage the strengths of blockchain. The article reads,
Rather than be disrupted by ICO-funded upstarts, global corporations are embracing the technology underlying cryptocurrencies like bitcoin because they want to speed up business processes, increase transparency and potentially save billions of dollars. According to International Data Corp, total corporate and government spending on blockchain should hit $2.9 billion in 2019, an increase of 89% over the previous year, and reach $12.4 billion by 2022. When PwC surveyed 600 execs last year, 84% said their companies are involved with blockchain.
32 of the 50 companies revealed are building applications on top of Ethereum or platforms derived from it, while 24 of said companies are also using the Ethereum blockchain.
Ethereum Interest is High
Ethereum focused software technology company ConsenSys itself posted the news and its founder – and Ethereum co-founder – Joseph Lubin attended the Deconomy conference and spoke extensively about the prospects of the Ethereum blockchain and its solutions, and it appears that his convictions are backed up by the data in the Forbes piece.
Professional services firm Ernst and Young has also released a new tool for corporate clients that runs on top of the Ethereum blockchain, with a focus on private transactions.
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