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Stewart Copeland Interview: An Arresting Conversation with the Police Founder and Drummer
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Stewart Copeland is known as the drummer of the rock band the Police formed in London in 1976 with singer and bass guitarist Sting and Henry Padovani (who was soon replaced by English guitarist Andy Summers). The Police became one of the top bands of the 1970s and 1980s with the songs "Every Breath You Take," "Roxanne," "Message in a Bottle," "Don't Stand So Close to Me," "Walking on the Moon," and others.
Copeland has also written various pieces of music for films, video game soundtracks, ballet, opera and orchestra. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2016, Copeland was ranked 10th on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time." He was born in Alexandra, Virginia, the youngest of four children of CIA officer Miles Copeland, Jr. and Scottish archaeologist Lorraine Adie.
"My daddy, love him or hate him, was working for America, and his job for America was to get that oil flowing to the west rather than to the north, which they did for 50 years. They kept the peace with the tyrants, despots and cutthroats. As my daddy used to say, 'That guy is a son-of-a-bitch, but he's our son-of-a-bitch.' They actually did keep the peace, which is a good thing or a bad thing."
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Stewart, what are you working on right now in your studio named Sacred Grove?
Stewart Copeland: Right now, I'm working on an oratorio. I can't say for whom because the contract's not signed, but as usual, I've gotten the thing written. It was just suggested, and I had it written by that afternoon. It's a giant piece based on Milton's Paradise Lost that I'd actually been working on anyway called "Satan's Fall." Within Paradise Lost is, "What's up with Satan? What's his problem?" When Gabriel comes down to Adam and Eve in books six and seven, I believe, and explains to them that there's this guy called Satan and to watch out for him, he tells the story why Satan is Satan. So I'm doing a choral piece, chorus and orchestra, for that.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Very cool. Are you also lining up performances for your band Gizmodrome?
Stewart Copeland: Well, yes, the other part of my day is doing exactly that, strapping on a guitar and singing these songs. I'm doing a pocket tour of Europe in front of the band with guitar on the mic. How about that?
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): That's different, isn't it?
Stewart Copeland: Yes, it is. Very different. In fact, it's kind of not my main place, which is my day job, which is writing fancy music for orchestras in fancy halls using the chops that I picked up as a film composer. So that's what I'm doing, but this rock and roll thing keeps dragging me back! Drums are fun to play anyway and so is guitar, as I am discovering.
I have a special guitar that Fender made for me with just one pickup and one knob, the volume knob, because we have a real guitarist named Adrian Belew who's somewhat of a legend, the man who was stolen from Frank Zappa by David Bowie and Mark King who's also kind of a legend in Europe with Level 42, and we get his drummer, Pete Ray Biggin who will be holding down the main drums. I get that occasionally, but he's there to hold it down when I play guitar and sing.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Would you rather be in a band than not?
Stewart Copeland: Bands are very fun. It's like being on a team as a youngest sibling. It's a natural condition for me. I love it. I love being in a band, but they're complicated, and these caliber of musicians are complicated. A collaborative, artistic endeavor is usually an emotional mind field. So it's a topsy-turvy world within a band, but it's still kind of cool to be on a team. I also like the quiet of my studio here where I'm writing for a big orchestra, and I've put it all on the page, and when I see the band, they'll be looking at the score, and they'll play exactly what's on the page, and we'll all get along really great.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What inspired you to reinvent yourself as a composer of film and opera after the Police?
Stewart Copeland: The film music was a livelihood to feed my family. The orchestral work since then, because I actually don't do film work anymore, is art for art's sake because it's interesting and exciting and new frontiers as music. I still enjoy E, A and D chords on a guitar, but as you go through life, you develop more interests in other things. I also discovered orchestras during the course of film composing, and what a fantastic instrument they are and how engrossing it is to create a score for it.
It's a very, very different musical experience from making recordings or playing rock concerts in a rock band. It's all about homework. You do it all in the quiet at your desk where you can see all of the music in your mind and have it on the page, not as a playback, something you can listen to so that you can play that recording and receive it and make decisions about where it should go. You have to put it on the page and hear it as you're looking at the page because that will be the result when 60 guys are reading their parts to create that thing. So getting it to work on the page is very different from getting it to sound great coming out of speakers.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): About 15 years ago, I used to while away the hours playing Spyro!
Stewart Copeland: Oh, great! So did I with my kids, and I'm so happy that there's a generation out there who know me as the guy who did Spyro. If I do say so myself, and I've just got to, that's some of the best music I ever wrote because it was under the gun. Now that I'm writing big symphonic pieces, I'm still doing Spyro riffs. I'm still into that Spyro stuff and grabbing little, cool, three-note figures and so on. I've developed a theory that under the gun, under pressure, that's when the really cool stuff happens, when the really rich juices flow. I remember also with The Equalizer, when I was doing episodic television, the show would come in Tuesday, you'd score it and ship it on Friday whether it's any good or not. But you get into a roll, and then looking back on it, those are the coolest riffs. Those are the most ingenious little musical tricks because you're solving a problem here. You have to get from this move to that move.
You have to figure out some way of doing it, and you're in such a hurry that you don't realize how cool that is or what you just did. I find with Spyro also the volume of it. I just had to do like a quadruple album worth of backing tracks every summer, and that pressure producing that volume of material is really counterintuitive, but the quality improves with the volume and the pressure. Some of those Spyro riffs I go back to. In fact, another thing that I'm doing on my docket is creating orchestral arrangements of Spyro riffs. There's a show that I'm concocting for 2019, an orchestral show, which involves more of my film scores and a big dash of Spyro.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Well, I happened to have married a serious video game player 20+ years ago, and he influenced my Spyro obsession, although he may have wished he had not done that (laughs). But the soundtrack was awesome.
Stewart Copeland: He lost you in there, yeah, as you were playing with that Sony PlayStation. I did it with my kids, so that music for me personally has an extra charge because it takes me right back to sitting there in the family room with all the little bunny rabbits around me. Patrick, the oldest kid, is at the wheel, and I'm saying, "Good move! Pick up the thing there! Go through that door!" It was really like old-fashioned family entertainment TV where the whole family would gather around and watch whatever they watched when I was three in the 50s or something. The whole family was in there just enjoying the moment together. And the best part? My music playing.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You mentioned writing music for television, and you did a cameo appearance also in an episode of The Equalizer. Did you ever think about pursuing acting as a serious career?
Stewart Copeland: Very briefly. I learned very quickly that the Lord did not grant me that favor. I do not have that gift. I got all kinds of good stuff, but not that one. I had a couple of opportunities, but it just doesn't work. On the mic when I write the operas, I perform the hell out of it, which is a lot of acting. But that's not visual. That's on the mic. Visually and physically walking across the stage being convincing and delivering a line, it just doesn't seem to work. I can pick up a trombone out of nowhere, and I get it, but not the acting thing.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In the early years of the Police, you wrote the majority of the songs, then Sting began to write more. What happened there?
Stewart Copeland: What happened is that Andy Summers joined the group, and he could play F-sharp minor. By then, Sing had discovered he already knew, but it hadn't occurred to him to do it for himself. He learned how to do pop songs in the course of playing in a band on a cruise ship. So he knew the structure of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, out. But he never dreamed of using that formula for his own use because he was a jazz musician. He went off and did like the 20 minutes opus #7, you know.
But it was the punk rock thing and a year of the Police just being loaded with the guitar chords E, A and D. That's it, and limited to that, it disciplined or straightjacketed, if you like, and got him into focus. Then when Andy Summers joined, and he could play 80 chords under the sun, suddenly out of nowhere, the bubbling volcano Sting creative talent exploded and suddenly, bang! "Message in a Bottle," "Can't Stand Losing You," "Roxanne," almost an inexhaustible supply of great songs came just out of nowhere. And they were so good, but I didn't notice, for one, that my crap songs were being supplanted by, "Oh, let's play that instead. That's so much better. No problem."
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Andy Summers has said that "Message in a Bottle" was your finest drum track. Do you agree?
Stewart Copeland: Well, that's very kind of Andy. I like it. It's good. At the end, there's an overdub that annoys me to this day that somebody should've talked me out of, and I'm amazed that they didn't. There are just too many crashes on the cymbal at the end as it's fading out. But apart from that, it's not bad.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In many Police music videos, it appears that you are a prankster.
Stewart Copeland: A whatster?
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): (laughs) A prankster, the guy who is always cutting up and making others laugh.
Stewart Copeland: I would say that Andy was, too. Andy and I are both pranksters and like to mess it up. We like to make it more interesting. We like to give it a little bit of a curveball out there. Fortunately, we had in the band somebody with solid, instinctive understanding of what folks wanted to hear. So we had absolutely bankable songs that are what folks really want to hear and a couple of pranksters just to make it a little more interesting.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Were you a natural the first time you played the drums?
Stewart Copeland: It is a gift. Music is a collection of different traits, and one of them is a certain level of autism where you will enjoy the repetitive exercise of training your muscles to do complicated things beautifully and accurately amongst other traits that you need, and I did seem to have those traits. My older brother, who's my big hero, had a set of drums. I could hear him struggling with trying to play, and then when he roared off on his motorcycle, I would sneak in and actually try it myself. I found that I could do it. But I thought, "Wait a minute. It's not possible that I can do what my big brother can't do, so I must be doing it wrong." But, yes, it did seem to be a gift.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What was it like being the son of a CIA officer?
Stewart Copeland: (laughs) I didn't know about it until his book came out, and I was in college. Well, actually, whether I knew about it or not, I can tell you what it was like. What it was like was that I grew up in Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. I grew up in a house not in a normal neighborhood, but in a house that was an ottoman palace. On an American diplomat's salary, you could live like a pasha in what was then called the Third World. It was a pretty culturally exotic experience from which I picked up all kinds of different cultural influences that just went into the DNA from growing up surrounded by that world.
As far as the CIA part, to me as a kid, it looked pretty much like a lot of cocktail parties. They would develop young colonels and promising young generals because they were manipulating the governments of all these countries there and not just whoever the dictator of the day was or whatever cutthroat they had in power. In whichever country it was, they were always developing the next guy just in case. So there seemed to be a lot of parties. This big house we had was a beautiful Levantine structure with a wrap-around terrace, this balcony that wrapped around the upper story of the house, and that's where these parties would happen where all these characters would connive to control the destiny of the oil flowing from that region, which is why it was important.
My daddy, love him or hate him, was working for America, and his job for America was to get that oil flowing to the west rather than to the north, which they did for 50 years. They kept the peace with the tyrants, despots and cutthroats. As my daddy used to say, "That guy is a son-of-a-bitch, but he's our son-of-a-bitch." They actually did keep the peace, which is a good thing or a bad thing. It could be argued either way. But they have to all fight it out now that they discovered the Internet, and people can see what's actually happening. Out of medieval darkness, the people in these regions can now see what's happening and might have an opinion about it, so the whole thing was bound to come off sooner or later, but for 50 years, they had, on one hand, stability, and on the other hand, stasis. You choose. Good or bad.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): How do you feel about your father's work?
Stewart Copeland: My father had great empathy. He was what was called an Arabist. He spoke several different dialects of Arabic including Classical Arabic. My mother was an archaeologist. Steeped in the culture, I grew up playing Castles & Crusades in actual crusader castles, so we felt ethnically a brotherhood, a bond, with that region. But on the other hand, my father was working for the United States of America, not for the people of Lebanon. He, I guess, was amoral about it, and he was not trying to shaft the people.
He felt genuinely that it was in the best interest of these people, who had only ever known tyranny, by the way. In all of their history, they had only ever known tyranny, and my father's job was controlling the tyranny. This form of tyranny or that form of tyranny? Our tyrant rather than their tyrant? So he was kind of amoral about it. He was America first, but he and his children all felt very empathetic to the people whose destinies he was manipulating.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What do you think about the Trump administration?
Stewart Copeland: I think that it is just a misunderstanding, and my rift with Trump is that I like everything about it except for him. It just has all kinds of problems we don't know. Our representatives up there are hard-working people, but all of them have to go beg for money most of the time, so how can they possibly have our interests really at heart? So the idea of a bull in the China shop coming and breaking it all down, I can understand why a lot of people would see that as a good thing, but damn, I wish it was Oprah instead.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Are you recognized on the street?
Stewart Copeland: I can sink into comfortable obscurity where I can walk down the street comfortably. Then a TV crew will show up for some reason. Some charismatic guy will have a drum set and want me to talk to him about it. Months later, people will see me and say, "Oh, my God! You're that guy!" And they'll want selfies. They'll say that I was on that show Storage Wars. I'll say that I've never heard of it. But then suddenly I'm real famous as a result of appearing on the show, and I've never even heard of the show before. So there's a few weeks of visibility, and then other things happen, and it's fade back into the comfortable place.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Will there ever be new music again by the Police?
Stewart Copeland: No. I don't think so. We still feel like a band, but we just aren't getting around to doing any shows or anything anytime soon. When we did the reunion tour, we realized that our destinies are entwined and that we did something really cool, and it's a great thing when we came together just to play "Rosanne" like we did. That's kind of a sacred thing.
But each one of us has our goals and what we want to do with our lives, and the reasons we make music take us in different directions. But we all recognize that thing that we did has a power, and it's in there on a shelf while we're busy doing other stuff.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Is there "other stuff" in uncharted waters that you still want to do in your career?
Stewart Copeland: Writing orchestral music in general and opera, in particular, are still unclimbed mountains. I'm getting up there. I'm getting up into the high zones there. In my opinion, I've occasionally hit "Wow!" but there's still a lot more to learn. I've written five operas now. The Invention of Morel is coming up in Long Beach. The world premiere was in Chicago, and it's coming up in Long Beach here. I still feel there's more to learn. I can get this better. I'm still tweaking that. So that'll keep me busy for a while. There are so many things an orchestra can do that is endless.
I haven't even begun to explore all the possibilities of how to make an orchestra do new stuff. Applying what I learned in rock and roll, there's no reason at all why 90 guys together cannot achieve what three guys can achieve. Let's burn down the building. I'm not here to be the new Brahms or the new Mozart. I'm here to burn down the building. With 90 guys, that ought to be possible.
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Homephone-and-communicationsSamsung Galaxy S22 Plus may not be as powerful as hoped
Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus may not be as powerful as hoped
We've been hearing lots of positive things about the Exynos 2200 chipset destined for the Samsung Galaxy S22 range in some parts of the world, but a new benchmark suggests that it might not be so powerful after all.
A Geekbench listing for a phone with a model number linked to the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus has been spotted by Twitter leaker FrontTron, and it includes an Exynos 2200 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and Android 12.
That chipset has one high-power core clocked at 2.59GHz, three cores clocked at 2.50GHz, and four low-power cores clocked at 1.73GHz, but perhaps the numbers you're more interested in are the benchmark scores, and these don't impress.
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The Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus is shown to achieve a single-core score of 1,073, and a multi-core result of 3,389. For reference, in our own tests the Samsung Galaxy S21 achieved a multi-core score of 3,367, while the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus managed a multi-core result of 3,170 and a single-core result of 1,035.
So in other words the scores shown here are only a tiny upgrade on the current models, and we were testing the Exynos versions of the Galaxy S21 range, so this Galaxy S22 Plus should be using a newer and better version of the same chipset range.
We'd expect the S22 Plus will be a lot more powerful than the S21 Plus (Image credit: Future)
Analysis: don't read too much into these scores
So what's going on? For one thing we'd throw in our usual caveat here – this listing could be fake, and even if it is real it will be based on pre-release hardware and software, so the final scores are likely to be higher.
But there's likely another factor here too – the benchmark refers to 'energy aware', which might suggest the use of a power-saving mode when this benchmark was taken. In other words, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus might only have been using a fraction of its full power.
We're not sure why the benchmark would have been recorded in such a mode, as that's rare to see, but it would certainly explain the scores. So while we can't be certain what's going on, it's very likely that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus will be a much better performer than this benchmark suggests.
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Hunslet Works No 3851 Cadley Hill No 1 0-6-0ST
This locomotive was built in 1962 for the National Coal Board by the Hunslet Engine Company to the design used to supply to the Ministry of Defence and is thus regarded as an Austerity type locomotive.
See LNER class J94 for details.
The locomotive was employed at the Cadley Hill Colliery at Swadlincote in South Derbyshire which was part of the National Coal Board (NCB) Area No 7. It stayed there for all of its working life with the assistance of a pit manager who was a steam enthusiast.
Cadley Hill Colliery at Swadlincote in South Derbyshire was one of the last places where steam locomotives were employed. Six locomotives that worked there have been preserved.
Bagnall – Works Nos 3059 and 3061
Hunslet – Works Nos 2857, 3851 and 3889
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn – Works No 7298
The only record of it is the Industrial Railway Society publication in 2006 which identifies it as being at the Snibston Discovery Park in Coalvlle which was built on the site of Snibston Colliery. The museum opened around 1993 but in January 2015, Leicestershire County Council announced that the museum would be closed and the land sold for housing.
The locomotive is now in store on the former site of the Snibston Discovery Park.
3851 at NCB Cadley Hill Colliery – August 1971
3851 at NCB Cadley Hill near Swadlincote – Circa 1975
3851 at Cadley Hill Colliery – March 1978
3851 at Coalville Open Day – September 1985
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I don't know how I've overlooked this darling little Mouse Knight from QKR Stampede but once I saw him, I knew I had to use him for my DT card for the new challenge starting today. Our theme every week is "Anything Goes" so there's no reason you can't some and play along!
I colored that grand Knight with a combination of Copic and ProMarkers, then cut the image with a Gina Marie die. I used a larger die from that set to cut the seafoam green CS, ran it through my "Linen" embossing folder, and used it for the mat behind the image.
I added a strip of shiny raffia twine and then layered the entire piece onto the card front. I tied a multi-loop bow and added it as the primary embellishment.
I love this card and gorgeous image. My dad taught me how to knit :) I still enjoy it today.
Oh my goodness, this card is just brilliant! I love Sir Tailor and I would believe that he was so fun to color.
Wow! What a handsome Knight! Love the look on his face, your card is wonderful and fun!
Cute, cute - and FUN card! You know I'm a "blue" person but I do love that pretty green color you used! So pretty!! Fabulous card Connie.
Such a sweet card in honour of your dad. I love the frames.
Absolutely FABULOUS,love everything about it, especially the touching tribute you gave your Dad.
This is very cute Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
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Hello… Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at Scribbles Designs… your card fits perfectly with our "Masculine" challenge theme… Hope you will be able to join us again very soon and Good Luck in the draw.
Great card and colouring and I love the story behind the image too.
Thanks for joining us at Scribbles Designs.
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Bobby Sparks II, Grammy Award Winning Musician and Producer, has toured the world over with diverse musical giants such as Kirk Franklin, Les McCann, Roy Hargrove, Natalie Cole and Nancy Wilson. He has taken part in numerous music award shows and even played at the White House. As he continues to accomplish his goals through his music, he is now producing artists at his new recording studio in Mesquite, TX. Sparks' diverse talent includes a wide mix of blues, jazz, and gospel music. His other projects include the release of the featured film, The Gospel, where he was the soundtrack co-producer. Bobby, the producer of Kirk Franklin's Why We Sing album, is also featured on the CDs of Yolanda Adams and Roy Hargroves. Sparks says to other aspiring artists, "Never give up on the dream, and have something to back it up with."
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Autrefois, la Vallée de la Clarée (Formerly, the Valley of Clarée) - Book by Jean-Louis Gonon which traces all the customs that marked his childhood among these mountain people who lived in self-sufficiency in subsistence agriculture.
Chantar, juar e dançar - Dario Anghilante, Gianna Bianco. L'apprendimento della lingua occitana nella scuola dell'infanzia e primaria attraverso esperienze ludiche. Libro didattico con CD audio (book + CD). Chambra d'òc.
Châteaux Médiévaux des Hautes-Alpes - Medieval Castles of Hautes-Alpes - Marie-Pierre ESTIENNE and Nathalie NICOLAS - Photographs by Gérald LUCAS - Discovery of unknown or known sites, wild cases full of the spirit of the Middle Ages, avish sets for a rare and precious medieval heritage.
Contes alpins… autrement - Halfway between dreams and reality, the tales of Maria-Grazia Grosso and Louis-Étienne Albrand revive the forgotten emotions, symbolic characters buried in our unconscious.
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Express Cruisers from Feadship
Shortly after Feadship was founded in 1949, the participating yards sought to establish their names in the American market. In 1951 and 1952 they, therefore, exhibited at the famous New York Motorboat Show with a total of five yachts. Two of these were "Express Cruisers" and both were made of steel at the then Feadship shipyard in Alkmaar.
The American water sports enthusiasts were amazed as they were used to this type of small motor yacht being built of wood and not steel. How could the Dutch make a hull so elegant and so smooth? No man, it is not plastic, but steel. Yes Sir, steel! is what a report from that time says. And the Feadship shipyards were of course quite proud of that!
The American shipbuilder Glenville S. Tremain was experienced in building luxury yachts as well as designing very fast naval vessels. In the years after the war, together with his Dutch colleague Henri Willem de Voogt, he designed the Feadship Express Cruiser. Between 1950 and 1957 at least 25, mostly steel, were built at the various shipyards in the Netherlands. Fun fact, Tremain and De Voogt were contemporaries, both born in 1892.
In the archives, this name appears twice in connection with an Express Cruiser. The first time in 1952 at the Motorboat Show in New York and the second time in 1953 in Alkmaar. This 40′ yacht had a Dutch owner and therefore fortunately remained in our country. Here she sailed for years under different names, but she totally disappeared from the radar. Until the summer of 2020, when she was discovered by someone from Feadship Makkum in an old barn in the Frisian countryside. The original yard plate was still present and partly because of that it could be determined that it really was the "Mira" from 1953!
At the shipyard in Makkum, they are now busy bringing this beautiful icon from the early years of Feadship back to life. The same team that restored the "Miloke" a few years ago is now working on the "Mira". Undoubtedly, the result will be a beautiful tribute to our Feadship pioneers from those early years!
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Makerere University has appealed for additional Shs 47.5 billion to among others cater for salary enhancement and research in the financial year 2019/2020.
University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, said that additional funding will go a long way in promoting research on key Government areas of concern, while donors funding is focused on different fields.
Nawangwe was meeting the Education Committee of Parliament handling the university's budget proposals for the financial year 2019/2020. University officials presented their achievements and the priority areas for the new final financial year.
The Committee chaired by Hon. Jacob Opolot (Ind., Pallisa) also met Vice Chancellors of five other public universities including Makerere University Business School, Kyambogo University, Kabale University, Gulu University and Muni University.
"There are key research funders of the University including SIDA that have given more than US$8 million annually, as well as others like USAID, DFID and CDC, that may soon pull out," said Nawangwe.
He told the Committee that the university required up to Shs50 billion for research a year, but that Government had only provided Shs30 million for the new financial year.
He also said that the University had received a proposal from Bridgin Foundation in Israel to fund its highly specialized and high tech teaching hospital and dental school.
"This hospital is badly needed because Mulago is now allowing other medical schools to bring their students to be taught from there… but we cannot regulate the quality of our graduates," said Nawangwe.
He added that Shs530 million had been spent on setting up the institution's dental hospital, with an additional Shs1.36 billion needed in the 2019/2020 financial year, to complete works on the hospital.
Muni University Vice Chancellor Prof. Christine Dranzoa told MPs that the institution urgently needed additional funding for effective physical planning as well as operationalization of its mandate.
"Muni University was a project demanded for by the community. If they do not see us doing what is expected by the institution, there will be many questions," said Dranzoa.
Similar concerns on the need for additional funding for operationalization were also raised by Gulu University Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru, which MPs said they would engage the Budget Committee of Parliament on, for possible interventions.


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How To Make A Water Filter? Even if you don't spend a lot of time in the outdoors, knowing how to make a water filter is a very useful skill, and it could even save your life in the event of an emergency.
Water Purification: Improvised Charcoal Filter (As featured in the May/June 2010 issue of Practically Seeking) "Water water every where and not a drop to drink."
Some under-sink water filters can be installed easily while others might require the assistance of a plumber — make sure you check before you buy. Water filter jug If you want to keep things simple, you can get a water filter jug.
A tattered, 4-inch thick, 1909 book I happily secured for $8 in a thrift store reveals, among umpteen-thousand other every-day skills, how to make homemade water filters. The instructions in " Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cookbook " are quite basic as everyone had a rain barrel back then and presumably knew how to filter rainwater.


Even after all the snow and several nights of really cold weather, there's still a couple pansy's hanging in there.
The roses are done for the year, but I love the subtle things that happen with the colour and texture of the blooms after a frost.
These two buds never got a chance to bloom. I wonder if they'll hang in as long as these two bud-dies? You aren't likely to see as many shots of these as I did of the last pair. Those ones I could shoot from the driveway. These ones are entirely likely to get completely buried, and even if not, I'd need to put on snowshoes.
I've never really liked any of my rose hip shots, but this one makes me happy.
The garden today, not drab, plus a bee!


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Global Arab Network – An armored Syrian force surrounded a town near the city of Homs and fired heavy machineguns after the defection of tens of soldiers in the area, activists and residents said.
One woman, 45 year-old Amal Qoraman, was killed and five other people were injured, they said, adding that tens of people were arrested in house to house raids in the town of 40,0000.
Since the demise of Muammar Gaddafi's rule in Libya, activists and residents have reported increasing defections among Syrian troops, as well as more intense street protests in a five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al Assad.
Syrian authorities have repeatedly denied army defections have been taking place. They have expelled independent media since the uprising began in March.
Activists say there have been desertions in eastern Deir al-Zor province, northwestern Idlib province, the Homs countryside and the outskirts of Damascus, where security forces fought gunbattles with defectors Sunday.
At least 40 light tanks and armored vehicles, and 20 buses of troops and military intelligence members deployed at dawn at the entrance of Rastan, 20 km (12 miles) north of Homs and began firing heavy machineguns at the town, two residents said.
"The tanks deployed at both banks of the highway, which remained open, and fired long bursts from their machineguns at Rastan," one of the residents, who gave his name as Raed, told Reuters by phone.
He said defections began in the town when it was stormed by tanks three months ago to crush large street protests against Assad in an assault that killed dozens of civilians.
Security forces killed Monday a former officer who had played a key role in coordinating army defections, activists said.
Mostapha Selim Hezbollah, a former air force officer in his 40s', was shot dead when his car was ambushed near the town of Kfar Nubul in Idlib province, which borders Turkey, they said.
"It was a targeted assassination. A companion who was with him in the car was badly wounded but we managed to get him to a hospital. The attack happened just before 'iftar' (breaking of fast). We don't know yet if it was security police or troops who fired at them," one of the activists told Reuters by phone.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in Britain, said five other people were killed earlier in military assaults on several towns in Idlib.


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PUNE: In a first of its kind initiative in Pune city police's history, Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham has sought to know expectations Punekars have from the police in 2019, as a part of the community policing initiative.
And it had desired effect. People sent hundreds of expectations/suggestions to the police. A team led by Additional Commissioner of Police, Sunil Phulari, DCP (Zone 2) Bachchan Singh and Senior Police Inspector Ajay Lakade from the Special Branch, who has been designated as coordinator (community policing), sifted through the details and separated all the inputs in 15 categories viz hotel owners, doctors, IT employees, bank officials, students issues, labour unions, Ganesh mandal/Navratra mandal, teachers/schools, senior citizens, women and children, social workers, autorickshaw unions, traders associations and traffic issues. Police officials had also studied the concept of community policing in Canada, Singapore, United States of America (USA), Japan and Australia.
Across all categories, one issue is reiterate – there should be more patrolling by police. When asked about it, the city police chief informed that certain steps have been taken for increasing the visibility of police. "We are working on some more initiatives," he added.
- Many autorickshaw drivers do not wear their uniform or the batch, so it is difficult to know who they are. Also, many of them refuse to ply and demand exorbitant fares especially at night.
- Difficult to cross the road as vehicles stop on the zebra crossing itself.
- Action against children driving vehicles.
- Action against vehicles emitting more smoke.
- Watch traffic rule violators on camera and announce it so that the person knows he has been caught on camera.
- Implement traffic rules strictly.


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Under the microscope; Pakistan cricket team
Hello, good morning sports fans, I hope you're well, in good health and looking after yourselves. Sports fans, I want to talk about an issue important in the world of sports and that's cricket.
To be more exact, I want to talk about Pakistani cricket and its current state of affairs. In short, they're in a good state, but .. there is always a but. Sports fans and in particular Pakistani fans you will know they're the most unpredictable team in world cricket.
Or are they? This is a tag that has been put around Pakistan's neck in years gone by, but for these last five years? It's harsh to say such a thing. Under the leadership of captain Babar Azam, Pakistan have been a very solid outfit.
Their tactics in T20 matches, the shortest format in the game divides opinion, but stats wise the 2009 World Cup winners and the 2022 runners-up do have pedigree in this format.
As much as I can argue this fact, Pakistan's home form, which many see as a fortress has been anything but. The simplistic view, the men in green haven't performed in test cricket, give Babar the sack.
This is a knee-jerk reaction, and if I put it bluntly, even a tad childish. For great things to be experienced in life, they come after times of patience. Test cricket isn't Pakistan's strongest format.
The reason for that I think is due to the management who looked to have prioritised the limited-overs game. Another dilemma for Babar and the coaching staff is that Pakistan's best players have been excelling in the shorter formats.
For example Shadab Khan. Shadab has proved he's one of Pakistan's key men, so much so that he's the vice-captain in the shorter formats. He hasn't played in test matches for some time, Harris Rauf is another, but Shaheen plays in both.
Shaheen Shah Afridi is a key player for Pakistan, but the overload of matches has affected him as he has spent prolonged periods on the sidelines in the past six-12 months.
In the ODI and T20, Pakistan have on a large part a settled side, but the same can't be said of tests. After a few different combinations, they seem to have a settled top order in all three formats.
The batting middle order in all formats isn't quite so settled in all of the formats. Having said that, Pakistan are closer to finding a good combination in limited over matches.
They're not a million miles away. Some people use England and their all-conquering test team of current as a yardstick to beat Pakistan with. Just remember though, once upon a time it wasn't all rosy for The Three Lions either.
The moral of the story is there's going to be more trial and error for the test side and to a point the limited-overs sides too, but the overriding message is, patience is needed.
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Category: Research paper example
Assessment Prompt:
You are required to read the case on Richard Branson and the Virgin Group and prepare a 12-14 minute board-level PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following questions (support your answer in details in the Notes page of the slide):
1. What common resources and capabilities link the separate Virgin companies? (30%)
2. Which business if any should Branson consider divesting? What criteria should he use in deciding what new diversification strategy to pursue? (40%)
3. What changes in the organisational structure and management systems of the Virgin Group would you recommend? (30%)
Purpose of the Assessment
The purpose of this assignment is to
a) test the student's knowledge of the core concepts, models and frameworks taught in the module and relevant to the strategy process
b) allow the student to apply their learning in the module to date in a case study analysis and to present their findings in a high-level board manner that captures the key issues
This case study is based on Case 20: The Virgin Group in 2015 in the book in Robert M. Grant's book Contemporary Strategy Analysis. The case study touches on competitive strategy and innovation, strategic management.
The sample solution is presented in a PowerPoint Presentation with speaker notes (at the bottom of each slide).
Resources and capabilities
Virgin companies shared resources and capabilities
Divesting criteria and businesses to divest
New diversification strategy and decision criteria
Organisational structure change recommendations
Management systems change recommendations
The Virgin Group was established by renowned entrepreneur, Richard Branson. The history of the group can be traced back to 1968 when Branson formed the Student magazine after dropping out of school. Over the years, The Virgin Group has grown to become a highly diversified organisation with operations in several industry segments and countries. The group so far operates in the UK, the United States, Australia, Russia, South Africa, and Canada among several others. Some of the areas the group mainly focuses on are Telecoms and Media, Music and Entertainment, Financial Services, Travel and Leisure, and Health & Wellness (Virgin Group 2017).
The Group boasts of owning hundreds of companies directly or through its subsidiaries. It also boasts of having holding companies in seven main business categories. In addition, it has a stake in several companies, such stake acquired through the formation of joint ventures with other corporations.
Virgin Group has a strong asset base and its success has partly been attributed to the reputation and celebrity status of its founder, Richard Branson. Some of the Group's notable assets include its fleets of airplanes, trains, and megastores. In addition to these, it has several resources including a strong brand name, a good reputation, talented human resources, and finances. In combination, these resources have helped the group develop capabilities and competencies in different areas. Continue reading …
Author StephenPosted on 04/08/2021 27/08/2021 Categories Business, Research paper example, Sample Paper, Sample Research Paper, Strategic Management, Student paper exampleTags Branson businesses to divest, common resources and capabilities Virgin companies, criteria for new diversification strategy, recommended changes in the organisational structure Virgin Group, Recommended changes management systems Virgin Group, Richard Branson and the Virgin Group Case Study, Richard Branson Virgin Case Study
This article attempts to answer the following questions:
Q1. What are the resources and capabilities of Harley-Davidson? And how do they grant the firm competitive advantage to compete in the motorcycle industry? -Harley-Davidson Resources Capabilities
Q2/ How effectively Harley Davidson's strategy is implemented and how the firm exploit its key strengths while protecting itself from its key weaknesses?
Q3. What threats to its continuing success does Harley Davidson face, and how should it respond to current & future challenges?
Case study source: Robert M. Grant. Contemporary Strategy Analysis.
Harley Davidson's Resources, Capabilities, Strategy and Threats
Resources have been defined as inputs into the production process (Grant, 1991) and as the productive assets owned by the firm (Grant, 2016). Based on these definitions, resources are basically what the firm has and that it can use to create value. Resources can be tangible, intangible, or human as noted by Grant (2016). Tangible resources are resources that can be touched, such as financial resources (like cash, securities, and borrowing capacity) and physical items (like land, plant, equipment and mineral reserves). Intangible resources are resources that cannot be touched and include such things as reputation (brand and relationships), position, technology (such as patents and copyrights) and culture. Human resources include skills or know-how and productive effort offered by the firm's employees (Grant, 2016). It also includes motivation and capacity for communication. It is worth noting that the firm does not own its workers but it purchases their services through employment contracts. On their own, or in combination with other resources to form capabilities, resources can be sources of competitive advantage (Edwards, 2014).
An analysis of the internal environment of Harley-Davidson reveals that the firm has numerous resources. One of the resources the company has is its brand. In this regard, Harley-Davidson has a good reputation which has greatly contributed to its success in the market (Grant, 2016) … continue
According to Grant (2016), strategy is concerned with matching company's resources and capabilities to the opportunities that emerge in the external environment. While in agreement with this notion, David (2011) notes that although a strategy can be good or effective, its implementation can be poor or ineffective. Harley-Davidson sought to achieve competitive advantage and higher sales by developing and implementing several strategies. One of Harley's key strategies was that it sold a unique Harley-Davidson experience rather than motorcycles (Grant, 2016). … continue
Based on Porter's five forces model, factors such as bargaining power of supplies, bargaining power of buyers, threat of substitutes, and the threat of new entrants can threaten the success and profitability of a business (Mille, et al. 2011; Porter, 2017). Harley faces the threat of new entrants such as witnessed in the entry of Excelsior, Polaris (Victory), and Indian into the motorcycles market. These and other new entrants have the potential to eat into Harley's market share in different markets, thereby reducing the company's sales and profitability. … continue
Author StephenPosted on 09/06/2021 09/06/2021 Categories Research paper example, Sample Paper, Sample Research Paper, Student paper example, UncategorizedTags Effectiveness of Harley's strategy, Harley-Davidson Resources Capabilities, Threats to Harley Davidson


RHEL7: Provide SMB network shares to specific clients.
# yum groupinstall -y "file-server"
Note: with "passdb backend = tdbsam", passwords are stored in the /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb file.
hosts allow = 127., 192.168.1.
# semanage fcontext -a -t samba_share_t "/shared(/.*)?"
Useful information about SELinux and Samba is available in the RHEL 7 SELinux User's and Administrator's Guide. Fedora documentation's got a chapter about Configuring Samba. You can also read the Samba Howto. The learnitguide website provides a tutorial about Configuring a Samba server on RHEL 7. The Lisenet website offers a tutorial about Setting up a Samba Server with SELinux on RHEL 7.
Beyond the exam objectives, atLinux.conf.au 2017, Andrew Bartlett gaves a presentation about the status of Samba (34min/2017). The Howtoforge website provides a tutorial about Installing a Samba 4 Domain Controller on CentOS 7.


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German exports to Iran soar after sanctions eased
German firms that had been forced to reduce their activities in Iran when the sanctions were tighter include Siemens. (File photo: Reuters)
By Reuters Berlin Tuesday 24 February 2015
German exports to Iran jumped 30 percent last year to 2.4 billion euros, data from the Federal Statistics Office showed on Tuesday, bolstered by the easing of Western sanctions amid progress in talks on the country's nuclear programme.
Germany is traditionally Iran's biggest trading partner in Europe and last year's increase, the sharpest in a decade, was driven by sales of machinery, agricultural and pharmaceutical products, the Office said. It did not say which companies had benefited.
German firms that had been forced to reduce their activities in Iran when the sanctions were tighter include Siemens. Others with business interests there include Bayer and utilities RWE and E.ON.
"At the start of 2014, some of the sanctions were eased so insurance for ship transport and the delivery of car and aircraft parts were allowed," said Volker Treier, of Germany's DIHK chambers of trade and commerce.
If Iran agreed a nuclear deal with western nations, the potential for German companies was great.
"In the next five years a doubling of exports is possible. In 2005, they reached almost 5 billion euros, we want to get back to that in the short term," he said.
The United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany are seeking to negotiate an agreement with the Islamic Republic to address concerns that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons technology, something it denies.
IRAN SANCTIONS
Iran sees progress but 'long road' still in nuke talks
Former U.N. diplomat blames U.S. for ISIS
Senate Democrats invite Netanyahu to meeting
What an Iran nuclear deal could look like
Panorama: Main issues surrounding Iran's nuclear program
Can Palestine win in the U.S.-Israeli rift over Iran?


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Say a fond farewell to Sydney as we set out on our summer adventure. Leaving via the Sydney Harbour Bridge, we travel the coast road through Taree. A great place for a BBQ at the hostel tonight. Continue up the coast through Ballina to Byron Bay. Try your hand at surfing and "drop in" on a wave, stroll the beach promenade or just visit the shops and famous lighthouse.
Crossing the Queensland border we wind our clocks back an hour and the pace slows down. We catch the early morning ferry out to Moreton Island, where the world's highest sand dunes and our 4WD vehicles await you. Two days here with Alan and the crew will leave you chilled out. With miles of deserted white beaches and inland forests dotted with crystal clear lakes, this is the highlight of the trip for many. Snorkel in the refreshing waters around the sunken ship wrecks, hike Mt Tempest, the highest stabilized sand dune in the world, or just scream down our huge sand boarding run.
Returning to the mainland we overnight at Mooloolabah right on the beach. Kick back for a few days at the inland cattle station. Jump on a horse or motorbike and help out with the daily fun on this 2,600 acre working cattle property. Meals are cooked over the open fire and Olive's home-made biscuits just melt in your mouth.
Full of home cooking, we head back to the coast to Airlie Beach, the gateway of our expedition to the Whitsunday Island Group, some of the most picturesque sailing in the world. Choose from a 20 meter luxury sailing yacht to a fast moving Ocean Rafting boat, explore Whitehaven beach or snorkel the inner Barrier Reef but please don't forget that suntan lotion as the Aussie sun is hot. In the evening you can check out a live band & the local nightlife.
Mission Beach doesn't shut down in summer. For those with a strong sense of adventure the adrenaline pumping white water rafting is at its peak. Alternatively, come and hike in the rain forest when it's raining and everything is lush and green! There is also tandem sky diving, fishing or even try sea kayaking out to luxurious Dunk Island. For a more leisurely day simply lounge on Mission Beach and work on your suntan. The choice is yours.
We make our way to Cairns and board our multi-million dollar sailing yacht for a full day on the Outer Barrier Reef. Snorkel amongst the coral, marvel at the multitude of colour the fish will parade in front of you, wander on the sand atoll or try scuba diving (no experience needed) all in the same day! Don't worry; we will supply a mouth-watering tropical lunch just to keep your energy up.
We then travel west over the Great Dividing Range, passing through small quiet outback country towns like Julia Creek and Cloncurry. Travel through some vastly changing landscapes en route to the mining town of Mt Isa. Depart Queensland through Camooweal and into the exciting Northern Territory to see just how flat this remarkable country is.
Visit the historic Daly Waters Hotel for a refreshing drink, then take a refreshing dip in the turquoise waters of Mataranka's thermal pool, nestled amongst tall shady palms. Heading north, join us on a cruise down the river between the ancient cliff walls of Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk). Finish the day with a refreshing swim at Edith Falls. A popular place for Darwin locals to cool down during the summer months is Litchfield National Park. Spring-fed crystal clear waterfalls and plunge pools await you in this northern playground. Have your photo taken next to a magnetic termite mound three times your size!
All refreshed? Then back on the road as we head to the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park, one of Australia's most beautiful wilderness areas. Join us as we explore Nourlangie & Ubirr Rock to see Aboriginal art thousands of years old. See the abundant bird life of the flood plains and maybe spot saltwater crocodiles, snakes, dingos and other wildlife on the world famous "Yellow Waters Billabong" cruise.
The road south leads us past the Daly Waters Pub again. Visit the gold mining town of Tennant Creek before arriving at the eerie Devils Marbles in time for sunset. There are several short hikes around the area & some stunning photographs to be taken.
We have three nights in Alice Springs. "The Alice" is home to some of the world's best hot air ballooning, complete with a champagne breakfast. Consider taking an optional day trip through the Western MacDonnell Ranges where you can see Simpson's Gap, the Ochre Pits or even hike around Ormiston Gorge; visit the Desert Park, go shopping or just hang out at the pool. There's the chance to hit the town in the evening for a meal out and maybe one of the local clubs or bars.
Join us and our indigenous guides on an extended Aboriginal cultural day. Some of the teaching is indoors under the air conditioning and then we go "walkabout" looking for traditional foods and medicines in the bush. You will come away with a different view of the traditional owners of this vast land down under. We hit the track south to Kings Canyon and marvel at the sheer canyon walls.
An early morning start to beat the heat as we hike the rim trail, visit the Lost City and Garden of Eden before heading back to the station for a well earned ice-cream. We arrive mid afternoon into Ayers Rock Resort so that we have plenty of time to get those spectacular sunset photos of one of the world's greatest monoliths, Uluru/Ayers Rock.
Another early start to beat the heat as we take up the challenge and hike around the base of this enormous rock, whilst learning some of the Tjukurpa (Aboriginal Creation or Dreaming law) of the area. A swim in the pool back at Ayers Rock Resort is very welcome this afternoon.
The journey continues southward to the Martian landscape of Coober Pedy where we take you on an underground opal mine tour - a great opportunity to purchase opals from the miners themselves. Tonight we all sleep underground in a "dugout" bunkroom after a night out with the locals.
At last we get to see the sea again. Hey, what is a visit to Australia without at least one winery tour in the famous Barossa Valley? Spend time riding the tram and the waves in the southern capital of Adelaide during our two night stay.
Keep some energy in reserve as the rugged peaks and hikes of the Grampians National Park await you. Here we will hike the ancient volcanic trails, photograph the lakes, waterfalls, gorges and kangaroos.
More photos and maybe a helicopter flight over the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, one of the most scenic stretches of coastal road in the world, before looking for koalas in the wild. Check out the surfing town of Torquay before arriving in the cosmopolitan capital of Melbourne. Wow, this could be a town in Europe: excellent bars and restaurants, great beaches, trams, outdoor cafes and nightlife. There's even a Neighbours Tour to the location of the famous TV series! How much more can one city offer?
Our last day finds us in the majestic Blue Mountains, hiking the valley trails and riding the world's steepest railway. Arrive in Sydney to contemplate the ever changing landscape that you have travelled through on your amazing summer journey. Our tour ends at approx 18:00 hrs in Sydney on day 42.


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Home Genius Kids Akash Vukoti
Akash Vukoti
Akash Vukoti is an American spelling prodigy and TV personality born on May 29, 2009. He is the son of Chandrakala Jandyam and Dr. Krishna M Vukoti, who immigrated to the United States from Andhra Pradesh, India. Akash has an elder sister Amrita, who is also a Davidson Young Scholar and a member of Mensa. She has also competed in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He was the first-ever first grader to qualify for and compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and first appeared in the NBC TV show Little Big Shots in March 2016. Akash Vukoti is a SPELLEBRITY. He started reading and writing at a very early age and competed in his first spelling bee when he was just 2 years old. He became a member of Mensa at 3. When he was 6 years old, he became (and is currently) the youngest boy ever to compete in the history of Scripps National Spelling Bee.
He was still in diapers. He won his first competition when he was 4. And became the youngest speller at the nationals in 2016. Vukoti will take another crack at the title next week at an oceanside resort complex outside Washington DC that hosts the national Scripps Spelling Bee.
Akash has been featured in HBO and BBC documentaries. Episode 231 of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel titled "Brain Games and Mental Athletes" featured Akash and aired on June 21, 2016 on HBO. The BBC documentary The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed showcased Akash's talent in the episode "Learn" and aired on October 9, 2017 on BBC Two.
Akash has been featured in the award winning documentary film Spelling The Dream, which released on Netflix on June 3, 2020 in over 190 countries. The film has generated positive reviews from around the world.
Vukoti is one of the four stars of "Breaking the Bee," a documentary that follows four Indian-American spellers and their families to chronicle the unrelenting, viselike grip the tiny community of 4 million people, less than 1% of the US population, has on an American institution.
It also tries to explain it. The children are brilliant no doubt, but it's also sheer hard work, by them, and their families and by the community.
And, finally, it gives the immigrant community a platform to unabashedly flaunt their Americanness: "Wow, Indians are on ESPN," says Sanjay Gupta, a celebrity Indian American physician interviewed on the film.
The bee finals have been aired live by the sports channel, an institution itself, for more than two decades now.
Since 2008, every telecast has ended with an Indian-American — or more, co-winners in recent years — holding up the trophy as confetti shimmered down around them.
Akash and his Sister Amrita
The film calls them the "New sports dynasty" — 19 of 95 Bee winners to date have been Indian-American children, an incredible 20%; and 17 of those in the last 18 years alone. There are more than 130 of them among the 516 competing for the crown this year.
Sam Rega, who made this film with a former colleague from Business Insider, Chris Weller, won't be there this year because he is getting married this weekend. But, he said in an interview, he will be keeping a close eye on it — on the bubbly Vukoti and the quietly confident Arshita Gandhari, another star of the film who is an 11-year-old fifth-grader.
"I may be biased because I know them and their families, but I think both have the potential to win," he said, barely able to conceal the fear of high expectations felt by most parents.
It matters to him, and Weller. During the 2017 championship, Rega said, "At times, our stress levels were probably higher than their parents' stress levels; we were nervous, we were nervous and we were excited."
But they had to bottle those feelings and emotions and keep shooting because, Rega added, "at the end of the day we were bystanders, we had to show what happened".
The filmmakers spent days with these families "squished" in their cars as they travelled to and from competitions, in their homes as they prepared for the bee, and when they ate. The families insisted everyone on the crew ate with them. "I had never had Indian cuisine cooked at home before," Rega said.
Vukoti didn't make the 2017 national bee. Gandhari did, and ended up in to the last 40, which the family declares on the film was as well as they had expected. The other two stars Sourav Dasari and Tejas Muthuswamy — who had had multiple shots at the bee and who Rega calls "veterans" — made it to the last 10 and five respectively.
None of them won, but their journey is the story, their story and of those before them.
The watershed year was 1985 when Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American to win the bee — his championship word was "milieu".
He is Dr Natarajan now, and says in the film that it wasn't until decades later that he actually became aware of what his victory meant for the community, when he heard from Indian-American parents that it was 1985 that put the bee on the map for Indians.
And now they own that map, having broken the bee.
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Circumcision safe in young, in right hands
LONDON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Neonatal and infant circumcision by trained staff rarely results in problems, but there are risks in older boys, a British review of studies found.
Dr. Helen Weiss of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine reviewed the medical literature relating to circumcision.
"We identified 52 studies from 21 countries which included sufficient information to estimate frequency of adverse events following neonatal, infant and child circumcision," Weiss said in a statement. "This forms a systematic review of the published literature on complications associated with the procedure at young ages."
The study, published in the journal BMC Urology, found that among infants less than 1-year-old, the frequency of relatively minor adverse events such as excessive bleeding, swelling and infection was low and severe complications were very rare.
Circumcisions by medical providers on children age 1 and older tended to be associated with more complications, but there were still few serious adverse events.
More complications, including severe complications, were seen when the procedure was undertaken by inexperienced providers, or with inadequate equipment and supplies.
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Can Alfred Morris make the 49ers roster?
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By Bobby Horne follow
In what some would call a surprising move, the San Francisco 49ers signed former Dallas Cowboy and free agent running back Alfred Morris. At first glance this would seem like head coach Kyle Shanahan bringing in a guy to fill in for injured RBs Jerick McKinnon and Matt Breida.
But when you look a little deeper, this signing is a bit more than adding some depth to cover for injuries. Morris has a serious chance at making this football team.
Morris stands at 5-foot-10 and 224 pounds, making him the heaviest RB on the 49ers roster by 20 pounds. His powerful downhill running style is something the 49ers previously did not have on the roster. Complementary running styles can greatly benefit an offense and Shanahan knows just how to use Morris.
In 2012, Alfred Morris was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round. From 2012-2013, Kyle Shanahan was the Redskins offensive coordinator and during those two seasons Morris racked up an astonishing 3,043 yards from scrimmage, 20 touchdowns and an average of 4.8 yards per carry.
Alfred Morris' 2 season averages with Kyle Shanahan
1,444 yards, 10 touchdowns, 4.72 yards per carry
SF loves Jet McKinnon & Matt Breida. But if Alfred Morris balls out a little in the preseason, it wouldn't be a shock if SF kept him. His running style fits Kyle's scheme
— Kevin Jones (@Mr_KevinJones) August 13, 2018
After Shanahan left the Redskins, Morris' numbers started to dwindle but so did his touches. He was then released by the Redskins and signed by the Dallas Cowboys. Near the end of the 2017 season he was given the chance to start again and an opportunity for a full workload in the absence of suspended RB Ezekiel Elliott. In the five games that Morris started he averaged 79 yards per game and finished the season with an average of 4.8 yards per carry.
Morris showed he still has the ability to produce at a high level in a specific role. Talking about a specific role is where his signing with the 49ers becomes interesting. Morris can fill a role that third string RB Joe Williams cannot...power. His knowledge of Shanahan's offense and ability to run between the tackles is valuable.
Williams at this point has done very little to cement a spot on the 53-man roster and Shanahan knows exactly what he is getting with Morris.
One big sign that points to Morris' chance at making the team is that the 49ers did not need to sign him. Heading into the second preseason game, the team still had three healthy RBs in Joe Williams, Raheem Mostert and Jeremy McNichols. Breida and McKinnon are to be reevaluated next week and it seems like they will be healthy. So why would the 49ers sign Morris if they had enough depth at the position?
"It's not flashy, but he runs extremely hard," Shanahan said of Morris. "He's very reliable. You're blocking for zero, usually, he can get at least one. He's a hard-nosed runner who you can keep handing the ball off to."
This quote by Shanahan about Morris says a lot, specifically the end. The 49ers did not have a RB like that, both McKinnon and Breida are finesse RBs who can beat you outside and are serious receiving threats. But they are not the type of RBs to wear on a defense late in games. Morris is that RB.
This brings us back to the role that was mentioned earlier and a big reason why Morris' chances to make the roster are better than most think. It certainly will be an uphill battle and Morris has to play his best football to beat out Williams. But Williams hasn't done himself any favors with his past performances. This may light a fire in Williams and that could have been Shanahan's plan all along. But Morris is going to fight for a spot.
Morris knows how to produce in Shanahan's scheme and the next few weeks will be interesting to watch. The RB position for the 49ers is loaded with talent and the best guys are going to make the cut. Will Morris be one of them?
*Shanahan's quote was taken from 49ers Webzone writer David Bonilla
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Kyle Shanahan discusses finding a risk-reward balance while building the 49ers roster
The San Francisco 49ers always seem willing to take a chance on a player if the potential value appears to outweigh the cost. Take cornerback Jason Verrett, for instance. The 49ers' brain trust could have cut ties with the player, who was considered injury-prone, after he landed on injured reserve last season. It was the fifth time in six NFL seasons that Verrett landed on injured reserve. No one would have blamed San Francisco for cutting its losses and moving on. Verrett proved to be one of the better storylines in an otherwise disastrous season. Not only did the cornerback stay healthy, starting 13 games, but he was Pro Football Focus' eighth-highest graded cornerback. RELATED:
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Lisa Marie Presley's $35M Life Insurance Sparks Family Fight
AT THE END OF A STORM
The sole heir of the King of Rock and Roll's fortune left behind $35 million intended for her children, according to TMZ.
'We'll Win': Schumer Touts Plan for Debt Ceiling Battle
'FLIRTING WITH DISASTER'
But Kevin McCarthy quickly fired back at Schumer, saying "When was the last time he did a budget?"
Comer said he wants to work with Democrats to overhaul the way documents are handled when presidents and vice presidents leave office.
In PBS's 'The Great War,' A Soldier's Close Call
Updated Aug. 15, 2017 3:23PM ET / Published Apr. 12, 2017 12:00AM ET
Courtesy of the Center for American War Letters Archives, Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University, CA. Scan by National Postal Museum of loan for exhibition "My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I."
'The Great War' tells the story of World War I's legacy, exploring how the war changed America and the world. This landmark 3-night event tells the story of America's fight through unpublished diaries, memoirs, and letters from the Americans who experienced the Great War firsthand.
The letter pictured here, for instance, from Sergeant Clyde Eoff to his sister in Omaha, NE, dates from April 28, 1919. In it, Sgt. Eoff recounts the harrowing story of fellow soldier Lee Fleming speeding through German shelling in an old, trusted Army-issued truck, the shells exploding as closely as fifteen feet behind him. We won't spoil the story—read it in Eoff's own words, and then tune in to 'The Great War' for more stories of World War I, told in the words of the men and women who fought at home and on the front.
Find out more about World War I's legacy by tuning in to the final installment of The Great War, tonight at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more www.pbs.org/thegreatwar.
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Covid 19 - We Are The Lucky Ones
It all started on a Friday when my wife had the sniffles and a cough. I had little doubt that she had a cold. After all, Penelope, had been through two hip revisions and eight weeks of infusions and had not ventured out of the house except to go to the hospital. However, our son, wife and one year old granddaughter were on their way, moving to Santa Fe, so Penelope became, in my opinion, a little paranoid and wanted a Covid test so we would not communicate the disease. We called our primary doctor's office and they told us we could get the test there, but it would take 4-7 days to get the results… well, the family would be here by then. When questioned they told us there was a faster way with 24-48hour results: Our local hospital, Christus St. Vincent's, had taken over a defunct Kwik Lube Station turning it into a "Drive-thru Respiratory Collection Site"!
Making sure the hospital had received the required doctor's order in advance, we drove over and found the new testing place right next to the Toyota oil change stop. Not only did they check us out on the list at the entrance, but from the car we had to call the hospital to reaffirm our doctor's order.
We were then directed to wait on a line in front of one of three bays. Instead of a car rack on which to hoist the car there was a nurse with a hospital dolly and, after being asked all the questions yet again, my wife got the swab up the nose.
I suggested that I get the test too, since if she had it, which I doubted, I too surely would. It seems that it does not always work that way and, since there is a limited supply, I had to have symptoms. By now you have guessed the results my wife tested positive and I got the symptoms, so I went through the same routine just two days later. In my case, however, I first waited in line at the Toyota station and got a good laugh from the oil change mechanic when I told him my symptoms… oops went in one entrance too early!
Within a couple of days our primary care doctor called to see how we were doing and went through the CDC's latest recommendations. Also, as luck would have it because of her staph infection Penelope is still a hospital out-patient under the care of, Dr. Palestine, an infectious disease specialist who had been at the forefront in dealing with the Aids epidemic. In addition, she had made a friend of one of the main nurses for the infusion clinic who gave us wonderful advice and moral support. They all said the same thing, they hoped we had the lighter variety of the disease. Until then I did not realize that even existed.
Then more advice came. There was a new program at the hospital just started two weeks earlier of Monoclonal Antibody Infusions. Because of my wife's condition and our age, Dr. Palenstine was able to get us in the program. The treatment does not cure the disease, but it can lessen the seriousness of symptoms. It involved a one-hour infusion and one hour of observation in spaces that had been hastily set up in the ER department.
The symptoms we have experienced imitate the flu or a bad cold but there are also chills, diarrhea, exhaustion, and loss of taste and smell. As my kids would have said when they were little, "I feel "Yukky"! What the doctors are most concerned about is breathing. I am all for breathing! Happily, though our oxygenation, which we can check with a little meter on the finger, has remained high. Our doctors have checked in on us by phone and a nurse from the hospital calls us daily to get our "vitals", listen to our symptoms, and chart our progress.
Of primary interest to us is that Dr. Palestine confirmed that 10 days after our first symptoms we would no longer shed the virus and put others in danger. If we would have had a severe case, additional days of isolation would be in order. We have decided that 2 weeks will do it and we can hug our granddaughter again!
In the meantime, we are lucky indeed to have great medical care in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Hi - we have some reps who are seeing their tabs at a fixed width so the full names are overwritten.
Is there any CSS class assigned to that tab set? If so, what is the CSS code? If not, is there any CSS on the Theme that's being used for that page that affects all tables?
Do all of the users have something in common (e.g. same profile)? Are there others who have that same thing in common but are not having this occur? Are all of the users using the Chrome version you noted? Are others using the Chrome version not experiencing this?
No CSS code anywhere. The problem users are all between 2 profiles. Most of our users are on Macs but this example is on Windows 10. I'm on W10 and not having that problem.
Sorry for the delayed response, not sure if you are still having problems with this or not. Can you make a simple page using standard Salesforce objects, like the account object, and put a tab set on there with a bunch of empty tabs with long tab names and see what happens? Are you able to log in as someone with one of those two profiles? Do you still see this occurring?
Hi Karen - a rep came over yesterday and had the same problem but when I log in as them, I don't see the overlap. Strange.
Hmmmm, that is really strange. Can you try asking your the users that are seeing the tab names get covered to log into another computer or browser and see if they still have that happen?
@karen - still experiencing the same problems now in Brooklyn.
The table at the bottom also has the footer floating higher than it should.
@Mark - someone on the team here logged in as multiple people on Chrome and saw the problem for some people and no problems for other people. Then she logged in on Safari and everyone saw things as they should. Looks isolated to Chrome and not tied to cache or anything else since we can flip users and some have the labels overlap and others not have the problem.
HI @Mark - any ideas?
Hi Joe, the key to being able to progress this is having a way of reproducing the issue in our hands, and it sounds like that has proven to be tricky in this case. So far, you've found that Chrome is a consistent factor, but not all Chrome users are affected. Do you know whether those who ARE affected are always affected, or whether the same user will only sometimes see the issue?
Hi Mark, I work closely with Joe so I can chime in here. Unless Joe has seen otherwise, I've seen that the problem is always consistent for them - they are always affected. Let me know what other information I can provide. If it would be helpful to set up a call with one of these users and screen-share, please let me know I can help set that up.
Hi Mark, any update here? Our users are becoming frustrated as they can't see all of the tabs they need to see. Again, please let me know if we can set up a meeting with one of our affected users so you can see what they're seeing, any troubleshoot that way. Thank you.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Tab Set Tabs Overlapping.
Some of our end users are experiencing issues with Tab Sets - The tabs overlap each other and are formatted oddly.
They are using Chrome as their browser. I'm also using Chrome but don't have the issue.
Anyone else run into this? Any ideas?
If this is still an issue for you can you tell us what version you are currently running on and can you create a sample XML reproduction page using standard objects for us to examine the problem closely. Are you still on Rockaway (Skuid version 8.X.X)? If we can't reproduce the issue, it'll be difficult for us.
Hi Stephen, I understand it's difficult to diagnose from your side without being able to re-produce the issue. It is especially odd that it only happens with specific browsers.
Would our best bet to be to set up a quick call with a screenshare with one of the affected users?
This issue has been solved - it was a Chrome Extension interfering with the Skuid tabset. The name of this particular extension is: Virtual Communications Express Dialer by Verizon.
Thank you Joel and Stephen for helping get this resolved.


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Former U of M athletes speak at Capitol about alleged sexual abuse
By Christiana Ford
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Three former University of Michigan student athletes gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to speak about sexual abuse that occurred allegedly at the hands of Dr. Robert Anderson. Anderson is a former University of Michigan physician.
Those who came forward to speak were Jon Vaughn, Tad DeLuca, and Dr. John Lott. Jon Vaughn and Dr. John Lott were U of M football players and Tad DeLuca was a U-M wrestler.
Jon Vaughn was the first to speak. He detailed his anger about the university not protecting its student athletes more.
"They made a choice not to protect us. Instead, the university enabled our abuser," said Vaughn.
He even stated how he still does not feel comfortable seeking medical care due to his experiences with Dr. Anderson. Dr. John Lott has similar thoughts.
"Each and every year, I had to go through that evaluation with Dr. Anderson. It took me to such a place of anxiety and instability and although I didn't know at the time it was abuse...it impacted me," said Dr. Lott.
Tad DeLuca had even stronger words for those who commit sexual abuse crimes.
"Serial molesters and their accomplices should not be protected or allowed to run out the clock on the statue of limitations," he said.
To watch the full press conference, click here.
State representatives Ryan Berman and Karen Whitsett are looking to pursue damages against the university under a new bipartisan law introduced into Michigan Legislature on Wednesday. It is called the "Empowering Survivors" legislative package.
"Many survivors of abuse at the hands of disgraced U-M Dr. Robert Anderson are pursuing justice and we must empower them, and any additional survivors who come forward, to pursue some level of justice in a court of law," said Berman. "With these reforms, we will help ensure that survivors of abuse are supported in their fight against abusers and anyone who protected abusers."


The year 2011 was a record year for Volvo Buses! Deliveries were up 29%, which means 4200 units delivered in the fourth quarter. Volvo Buses almost delivered 1000 units more than the same quarter 2010, though hard market conditions. Net sales increased by 19% in Q4, mainly due to South America.
During the fourth quarter, the European bus market was at the same low levels as in 2010. In North America, the total bus market remained weak. The city-bus market declined 17% in 2011, when cities' investments in new buses were very restricted. The coach market in North America increased 25% from an exceptionally low volume in 2010.
In South America, demand remained strong, with approximately 30% higher volumes in heavy buses, compared with 2010. In Mexico, the total bus market increased from very low levels in 2010.
The market for heavy buses in China grew 13% in 2011, compared with the year-earlier period.
Deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2011 totaled 4,172 buses, up 29% compared with 3,230 in the year-earlier quarter. South America accounted for the largest increase. Order intake for the fourth quarter amounted to 3,941 buses, up 7% compared with 3,677 in the year-earlier period.
During the quarter, Volvo Buses signed its largest order ever in Columbia, 688 buses for Bogota. A new bus range, consisting of one city bus and two coaches, was launched in India.
Net sales for the fourth quarter increased 19% to SEK 6,680 M (5,602). Adjusted for currency fluctuations, net sales rose 22%.
Operating income improved to SEK 295 M (221). Compared with the year-earlier period, operating income was positively impacted by higher volumes, and improved market mix. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, operating income was negatively impacted by changes in currency exchange rates in an amount of SEK 22 M. The operating margin increased to 4.4% (3.9).


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Austrofestuca, called beach fescue, is a genus of Australian and New Zealand plants in the grass family. The only accepted species is Austrofestuca littoralis, native to seacoast regions in Australia (all states except Queensland) and New Zealand (North I, South I, and Chatham Is).

The genus used to include:
see Hookerochloa
 Austrofestuca eriopoda – Hookerochloa eriopoda
 Austrofestuca hookeriana – Hookerochloa hookeriana

See also
 List of Poaceae genera

References

Pooideae
Grasses of Oceania
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière

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